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A citywide effort to gather donations of socks for Denver’s homeless population is kicking off with the third annual Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign on Dec. 1.

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Elitch Gardens Theatre being restored White Construction Group has partnered with Humphries Poli Architects and Elitch Gardens Historic Theatre Foundation to restore Elitch Gardens Theatre.

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The healing of a ‘new and improved’ man Former Littleton Hospital patient Roger Dean thanks his doctors after sustaining injuries in a horrific traffic accident one year ago.

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Denver celebrates 47 adoptions in honor of National Adoption Day

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undreds of people gathered at the LindseyFlanigan Courthouse today to witness and celebrate 37 families adopt 47 children in honor of National Adoption Day, a day to celebrate adoptive families while raising awareness for kids still looking for permanent, loving homes.

During the event, parents hugged their children as judges legalized adoptions. Witnessing the adoptions were family, friends, social workers and guardians ad litem who supported children in finding a forever home. Children and families celebrated by getting their faces painted, playing games, watching an artist create corsages and pets out of balloons, enjoying snacks and music. Children adopted in Judge Woods’ courtroom even adopted a toy rubber duck as part of the festivities.

The Azura family, who adopted a 2-year-old girl, said, “This adoption completes our family.”

Barbara Ann Pierce, a Denver Human Services case worker, said, “The Azuras are wonderful parents. This is the home their daughter was meant to be in.”

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Two little girls make a new friend at the Denver Adoption Day Celebration where the Denver Sherriff’s K-9 unit showed its support.

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SouthWest Improvement Council thanks its volunteers Submitted by SWIC The SouthWest Improvement Council held a ceremony on Nov. 16 to recognize its volunteers with certificates, gift bags, musical entertainment, a buffet lunch and valuable door prizes donated by the Lawn Doctor, FirstBank and Turn of the Century Antiques.

SWIC offers daily senior lunches, a weekly food bank, foreclosure prevention, rental housing, home ownership advice, Zumba classes, community gardens, an urban wildlife refuge, OYATE Talking Circle for Native American and Hispanic Elders, holiday parties, cooking classes, exercise, sports and fitness programs. Plus SWIC offers a monthly free supper, a Neighborhood Advisory Council Continued on page 12

Dorthy Birchfield (sitting), Christine Rojas and Nancy Bustamante organize the SWIC food drive.

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Nuggets player JaVale McGee provides Thanksgiving for many As part of NBA Cares Season of Giving, Denver Nuggets player JaVale McGee delivered an early Thanksgiving dinner to clients of Volunteers of America Clermont Commons and a truck full of canned food to support the Hands that Feed Canned Food Drive to benefit Denver Rescue Mission, Nov. 20.

Residents at VOA Clermont Commons are formerly homeless female veterans and their children.

Military service includes Vietnam, the first Gulf War and more recent engagements. These women and children experienced homelessness and started their current “journey” at the VOA Brandon Center.

Clermont Commons is the last stop to independent living.

Because being hungry is a yearround condition for many, KBPI Radio is hosting the Hands that Feed Canned Food Drive. McGee arrived with a truck filled with the “makings” of Thanksgiving dinner anytime of the year including: Stuffing mix, cans of pumpkin, fruit, yams, cranberries, instant potato mix, peanut butter, canned soup, tuna, tomatoes, green beans and corn.

ABOVE: Denver Nuggets player JaVale McGee poses with a family from Volunteers of America.

RIGHT: JaVale McGee and Lisette Williams, Community Resource director for Denver Rescue Mission

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Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign aims to warm the feet of 50,000 homeless A citywide effort to gather donations of socks for Denver’s homeless population is kicking off with the third annual Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign on Dec. 1.

This year “Sock it to ‘Em Work Day” will be held on Dec. 11, and asks Colorado communities to forego their socks for a day, donate a new pair of socks in their place, and sport bare ankles in support for the campaign.

Sock It To ‘Em Work Day is intended to take on its own life and Coloradans are encouraged to create their own Sock It To ‘Em School Day, Sock It To ‘Em Church Day, or any other celebration of the cause they can come up with. The drive will be in full effect through Dec. 31.

The Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign was launched in 2011

by Susan Elizabeth Lee, CEO of EQ Media, Inc. and creator of “I Believe in Me!” When the entrepreneur recognized how many Americans face the harsh winter cold and dampness with inadequate protection for their feet, she asked her friend Phillis Shimamoto to join her in 2012 to form Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign and began soliciting fellow small business owners and community members to pitch in.

In its inaugural year, the Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign launch proved to be a much larger success than even Lee expected. The organization collected more than 10,000 socks, received national recognition for the cause and had

participants in Maryland, Utah, Ohio, California, Arizona, Kansas, Oregon and Nevada hosting sock donation drives for their local homeless populations. Lee’s efforts and the campaign’s success will be recognized by the People Helping People’s award to be presented Dec. 5 in Los Angeles.

The Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign aims to cover the feet of as many of those in need as possible before the new year.

Sadly, more than one-quarter of the nation’s homeless population are children who go without warm protection on their feet in the bitter winter months.

The 2013 campaign aims to collect 50,000 new and gently used socks for men, women and children.

“We are amazed by the sheer number of donations last year and what a wonderful response the cause received,” said Lee. “This year, we want to encourage different parts of the community

to personalize the campaign in a way that’s meaningful to them. There are countless ways to participate including, ‘Sock It To ‘Em School Day’ and ‘Sock It To ‘Em Sunday.’

We really just want to warm as many cold feet as we possibly can.”

The grassroots campaign has attracted the attention and support of several Denvermetro area sponsors. Sock donations can also be mailed to Sock It To ‘Em Sock Campaign ATTN: Susan Elizabeth Lee 163 Glengarry Place, Castle Rock, CO 80108.

Everyone who plans to participate on Dec. 11 can take the “Sock It To ‘Em” pledge on Twitter. Tweet your comments and pictures to www.Twitter. com/SockItCampaign.

Please tweet the following: “I’m going sockless to work on 12/11/13 to support Sock It To ‘Em (Work/ School/Church/Etc) Day. I’ll donate a pair of new socks to the homeless. #SockItToEm” Participants are also encouraged to connect with Sock It To ‘Em Work Day on Facebook and post images of sockless employees: http://www.facebook.com/ SockItToEmCampaign. Businesses interested in becoming a sponsor or participating in “Sock It To ‘Em Work Day,” may contact Phillis Shimamoto at pshimamoto@msn.com or Susan Elizabeth Lee at susan@SockItToEmSockCampaign.org or by phone at 303-929-0556.

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The National Parks Conservation Association recognizes Rep. DeGette’s strong commitment to preserving our national heritage as demonstrated by her votes on seven key pieces of legislation raised in the 112th Congress. Thanks to Rep. DeGette’s voice, places like Yellowstone, Gettysburg, and the Everglades will be preserved for our children and grandchildren for years to come.

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Councilman López joins Latino leaders for emergency response, community preparedness

C The ultimate goal for Elitch Gardens Theatre is to return it to use as a working theater, as well as a community center and host of art education programs.

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White Construction Group helps restore Elitch Gardens Theatre White Construction Group has partnered with Humphries Poli Architects and the Elitch Gardens Historic Theatre Foundation to restore one of the classic landmarks of northwest Denver, Elitch Gardens Theatre.

Built in 1891, the Elitch Theatre was a prominent part of Colorado culture for a century, hosting performers such as Grace Kelly, Douglas Fairbanks, Edward G. Robinson, Mickey Rooney and Robert Redford. The theater screened Colorado’s first moving picture in 1905. Antoinette Perry, nicknamed “Tony,” made her debut on the Elitch stage at age 11 before going on to Broadway fame and eventually becoming the namesake of the “Tony Awards.” This once iconic structure fell into disrepair after closing its doors in 1991, when a violent hailstorm damaged the building and terminated its last production mid-run.

After a 2007 renovation

focused on the exterior of the building, the Elitch Theatre Foundation has raised $540,000 for the first phase of interior rehabilitation, including a Community Block Development Grant of $425,000 from the Denver Office of Economic Development.

Humphries Poli Architects was chosen for design. White Construction Group was selected for construction management due its extensive experience with historic restoration projects as well as its emphasis on community-focused construction.

“The Elitch Garden Theatre is a beacon for north Denver, an icon that has transcended many in the area. We are pleased to have worked with the foundation as they always worked to give this building back the status it deserves, a place of culture, education and continued history,” said Courtney Tucker, project manager.

This initial phase of interior restoration will bring the

122-year-old theater up to code and implement bare bones, life safety compliance measures.

The $350,000 construction project will focus on infrastructure items for the groundfloor pavilion, including structural upgrades, sprinkler systems, electrical updates and other safety upgrades. There will also be renovations of the scene-changing pit and backstage structures. Later phases of the renovation will address the balcony and cosmetic features.

The Elitch Gardens Historic Theatre Foundation is continuing its fundraising efforts for future renovations with a variety of programs, including a film series that ran this summer. The ultimate goal for the theater is to return it to use as a working theater, as well as a community center and host of art education programs. Learn more about the foundation’s efforts at www.historicelitch theatre.org.

ouncilman Paul D. López joined the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund and more than 45 Latino public officials from across the country to discuss issues relating to emergency response and community preparedness at the National Policy Institute on Emergency Response and Management convening, Nov. 22-24, in Orlando, Fla. López and other policymakers participating in the Institute had an opportunity to work directly with emergency preparedness officials to enhance their understanding of multi-agency coordination and the incident command system, a systematic tool used for the command, control, and coordination of emergency response situations. Upon completion of the sessions, López received a certificate indicating their participation in the Department of Homeland Security overview and training.

With disaster becoming more common and costly – and with some regions enduring multi-

Councilman Paul López

ple disasters – the importance of building community resilience and preparedness during emergency response has never been greater. The event curriculum also addressed the important role that policymakers can play as an information broker to immigrant and non-English speaking residents during times of crisis in their communities.

JFS receives $904,947 grant from Colorado Health Foundation Recognizing the important need to be proactive in planning for the growing senior population, the Colorado Health Foundation awarded a three-year $904,947 grant to Jewish Family Service to design and implement a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community pilot project in Wheat Ridge and its surrounding communities for adults 60 and older.

NORCs are communities in which significant numbers of seniors have chosen to live and age in place. They promote self-sufficiency, alleviate isolation, reduce health care costs, and allow the elderly to maintain their social networks. Participants take an active role in the planning and implementation of the program, thereby empowering seniors to be responsible for their own health and wellness as well as for their community at large.

JFS began implementing its first NORC at the Berkshires at Lowry in 2005. In 2009, JFS introduced its NORC programming at Edgewater Plaza apartments in the City of Edgewater and at Sheridan Glen in Denver County. The program in these buildings experienced such tremendous success that the residents and community leaders in the city of Edgewater approached JFS to serve all of the senior residents in the city.

The NORC program in Wheat Ridge is an expanded model from traditional NORCs as it will be delivered in a larger geographic area and there will be a greater emphasis on wellness, healthy living, and access to health care, primarily for low-income seniors.

“JFS has expertise in working with seniors and a proven track record of implementing successful NORC programs,” said Cathy Grimm, JFS Senior Solutions director. “Now we can show that this model works on a larger scale and

can be replicated in any other city in Colorado.”

Three core partners will have the following roles: Seniors’ Resource Center will provide transportation services, coordinated care management, support to address home safety risks, and volunteers.

HealthSET will offer health screenings and Health Promotion Clinics which offer free health and wellness assessments, provide health coaching, educate residents about nutrition and other good health practices, and provide referrals to other area health care resources.

Jefferson Center for Mental Health, through the innovative and collaborative Senior Reach program, will provide quality mental health services.

In addition, JFS is contracting with Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. to help with construction projects to make homes more accessible for seniors with disabilities.

Grimm said, “Seniors who participate in this NORC program can expect a number of favorable outcomes, including decreased social isolation. In July 2012, The Archives of Internal Medicine published a report on the relationship between loneliness, functional decline, and death in adults older than 60 years in the United States.

Completing a longitudinal study of 1,604 participants between 2002 and 2008, the authors concluded that loneliness was a predictor of functional death and decline. Other expected outcomes include: increased access to preventative health care, increased safety in the home, and an increased sense of control over their quality of life.”

Information: Cathy Grimm, JFS Senior Solutions director, 720248-4601, cgrimm@jewishfamily service.org.

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OPINION

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Shop Small Business Day KINDLING

By Robert Sweeney

Holiday shopping is here Retailers believe that a change in the weather is good for business. The recent snowfalls make people think of the holidays and yuletide shopping.

Sweaters, coats, boots, snow tires, skis and snowboards enter shopping minds. This is Colorado and Denver is the gateway to some of the best ski slopes in the world.

American Express developed a “Shop Small Business Day” for Saturday, Nov. 30, and that is set aside to remember the small business firms in your neighborhoods. It is becoming harder to exist against the huge number of national brand stores.

Living in a small town for years, all of the business folks were close

friends and neighbors. Life in the city is a little different where we might get to know the friendly lady at the checkout stand; chances are we won’t meet the chain store manager.

He, or she, is up in the office making sure the store operates according to corporate standards and filling out all of the daily tracking and performance reports.

Please don’t use the catalogs from Dallas, New York and Chicago. You can find the same merchandise at one of our great malls. Catalogs just send your money to another city and state.

Amendment 66 would have raised money for schools; most of the money generated from sales tax winds its way through our system as tax dollars that go to fund our schools and city governments.

Shopping on the Internet is here to stay, but this also sends business to far off places. This is especially convenient for those without transportation and homebound folks. But, for the rest of us, shop the local stores, small and large.

I like to give presents that can be used, such as movie tickets, car washes, restaurant gift certificates or maybe some computer gadgets. I struggle with buying clothes for family; it is so hard to find the right size and fit that may lead to the exchange game after Christmas. Maybe a gift

certificate is the best way to go.

One can never go wrong with jewelry and that is a present meant for a lifetime of wear and remembering the loved one who presented you with the precious pearls, watches and diamonds.

Money gifts are nice but show a little less thought about the person who gets the dough. Maybe they need a new pair of shoes, some tires for the car or maybe a tank of gasoline. I haven’t seen any gasoline gift cards but can’t imagine Conoco missing a beat on any retail opportunities.

I’ve found that a Starbucks card is a great gift; people really enjoy having that card in the purse or wallet all year to enjoy some great Starbucks coffee or whatever brand may be in your neighborhood or work area.

We give our grandson a Honey Baked Ham to take back to Colorado Mesa University; he just loves those hams.

My grandmother lived in Buena Vista and came from a long line of Leadville silver miners in the 1800s.

She was a great cook and the oldest daughter of 16 children, who were all born in Leadville. In those days with that many children, the family had a large garden and used a pressure cooker and Mason jars to bottle up food for the year. She would mail us

a great Christmas package that would come in the mail prior to the holidays filled with homemade jams, cookies, bread and presents for her two grandsons.

It was very cold over in the Craig area where we lived so grandmother must have believed that my brother and I needed pajamas. Every year I received a new pair of pajamas from this loving grandmother. I wasn’t very impressed, but they did keep me warm year after year.

Finally, one year the package arrived via the great rural mail lady Stella Craig in her Roadmaster Buick bucking the muddy road to deliver the mail and holiday package from grandmother. Lo and behold, it didn’t contain pajamas, but a fabulous leather military jacket with some emblems on the sleeves. I loved it, but unfortunately one of the strawberry jam jars broke and left some gooey stains on the front of the little jacket.

However, that didn’t matter much to me, I just loved that coat, jam and all, it was much better than the pajamas.

These holidays really are best for the children; we were all young once upon a time and enjoyed the annual visits from Santa Claus.

Lastly, the true meaning of holidays is in the giving to the young and unfortunate.

Thanksgiving tradition continues – 2013 REMARKS

By Mort Marks

Sometime between Sept. 21 and Nov. 9, 1621, after a winter of terrible deprivation and many deaths from disease, the Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony celebrated their survival at an autumn harvest feast in order to give “thanks” to God. Oct. 3, 1863 – 242 years later – President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as a holiday of Thanksgiving and on May 20, 1941; President Roos-

evelt declared it to be an official today are crying – “shame on us complished and the principles for for this and for that.” national holiday. which we stand.

Never once did they, or does This year, the Thanksgiving In our country’s history, by tradition continues an I’m re- today’s president admit to our following the concept of freedom minded of the following words country’s generosity or greatness. and hard work that our Pilgrims’ The two World Wars, the Kofrom Fiddler on the Roof, “Trafathers first demonstrated, we dition, tradition without tradition rean War, Vietnam, Iraq and now our lives would be as shaky as a Afghanistan were and are fought, have changed the world.

Yes, we have changed the not to implant ourselves on forFiddler on the Roof.”

Three hundred and ninety two eign shores, but rather to come world in agriculture, industry, years ago, when the Pilgrims set home; not to remain warlike, but education, medicine, law, transaside that one special day for rather to return to war hating, not portation, and on, and on, and on.

“Thanksgiving,” they started us to impose our will upon others, No country can match our on a tradition that gave our peo- but rather to allow us to govern America, our United States in its ple a sense of unity and strength ourselves as we wish. record for religious freedom, civil The propaganda spread rather than that “shaky” feeling of freedom, human rights, and the against our country is always a “Fiddler on the ByRoof.”

Glory Weisberg

By Kenneth W. James, CFA This day has endured through- couched in the future tense. It is importance and dignity of the inout the years because of one what we “allegedly” are going to dividual. Our country still stands overwhelming fact – in America do for which we are smeared, not in front of all others.

So whether your attention this we have treasured our freedoms – what we have done. From none freedom of worship – freedom of of these terrible conflicts did we Thanksgiving period is focused speech and conscience – freedom take anything from any other peo- on the “tradition” of football or of thought – freedom of politics ple for our own enrichment. We eating, playing, or working, just – and freedom to be whatever we have sought nothing we were not stop for a moment to reflect on willing to give to others – namely may want to be. our country’s past and to look forThese 392 years of freedom peace.

Thus this special day, this ward to an even greater future for were not maintained without blood, sweat and tears. The cyn- Thanksgiving day, has endured ourselves, our children, and our ics, the disbelievers, our prophets over all these years, because of great country, which can be acof doom and gloom of yesterday who we are, and what we are, and complished peacefully by voters have in the past – and once again what we as a country have ac- at our up coming elections.

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Seniors invited to holiday fun at Sheridan Recreation Center Seniors in the Sheridan community are invited to a free holiday affair featuring live entertainment, wellness checks and refreshments at South Suburban’s Sheridan Recreation Center on Tuesday, Dec. 10 from 1-3 p.m.

The afternoon program will offer seniors an opportunity to socialize and enjoy a cho-

rale performance by Alice Terry Elementary School students and entertainment by the Sheridan High School choir.

Refreshments and door prizes will be available. Sheridan Recreation Center is located at 3325 W. Oxford Ave, across from Sheridan High School.

For more information call 303761-2241.

Think green, save green this Thanksgiving Waste Management challenges its customers to start a new tradition this season that will bring new meaning to their customary Thanksgiving celebrations.

“We understand that it can be easy to forget being green during the busy holiday season, but with a little effort, you can bring sustainability into your holiday,” said Scott Bradley, Area Vice President for Waste Management Four Corners. That is why we would like to remind our communities that there are always opportunities to conserve every day.

Here are a few ways to reduce, reuse and recycle this Thanksgiving: • Make eco-friendly decorations: Get creative! Colored construction paper can be cut into turkeys and harvest decorations.

Bringing fall leaves that may have dropped from trees outside indoors makes for beautiful table décor. And when your holiday celebration is over, your decorations can be recycled.

• Buy and eat locally grown food: Buying only locally grown food is a good way to have an eco-friendly Thanksgiving.

Locally grown food is better for your health, the environment and contributes more to your local economy by supporting local farmers and merchants.

• Use recyclable bags when shopping for your holiday meal: Paper bag production consumes more than 14 million trees and it takes 12 million barrels of oil to produce the amount of plastic bags the U.S. uses per year.

By using reusable bags you are reducing the amount of paper and plastic bags used.

• Reduce and recycle: Reduce the overall amount of waste you may produce this Thanksgiving by purchasing only as much as you need and selecting products that have less packaging or can be recycled.

• Aluminum foil and pie tins: Aluminum foil and pie tins can be reused for packaging leftovers.

If you do not have any leftovers, add these items to your recycle bin. Aluminum can be recycled over and over again without wearing out.

• Use cloth napkins: Choose cloth napkins over paper. Not only is it better for the environment, but it is also less expensive in the long run. Paper napkins get one use, and are then thrown away. Cloth Napkins can be used multiple times, which lower their cost per use.

To learn more, visit www. wm.com or www.thinkgreen. com.

Denver celebrates 47 adoptions Continued from Page 1 today with families that will care for them the rest of their lives,” Denver Human Services Manager Penny May said. “I’m thankful to all our families for opening up their hearts and homes to children. And, I am thankful to all our social workers for helping these children find a forever home.”

“My colleagues and I look forward to Adoption Day every year; it’s the one day we know everybody will leave our courtrooms smiling,” said Denver Juvenile Court Judge D. Brett Woods.

“Nearly 50 kids were adopted into loving families today, but we are always mindful that many more children are in need of permanent placement.”

In Denver County, there are 28 children waiting to be adopted and hundreds more throughout the state waiting to find forever homes. To learn more about adoption, call 720-944-4000 or visit www.denvergov.org/ standupforme.

Denver Juvenile Court Judge D. Brett Woods holds this little girls balloon, while she picks a toy rubber duck to adopt.

Kids enjoyed a variety of activities at the Denver Adoption Day Celebration, including face painting. This little boy is sure to be his adoptive sister’s super hero for years to come.

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This little girl has her face painted as a tiger during the Denver Adoption Day Celebration; she’s wild about her new family.

Photos courtesy of Schneider Photography

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See original Native Art during Native American Heritage Month

By Cathleen Norman

Did you know this month is National Native American Heritage Month, designated as such since 1990? Several different tribes – the original “Colorado natives” – inhabited different regions of our vast and varied state: their lifestyles and folkways impacted by terrain and climate. Pueblo tribes and their ancient Anasazi ancestors dwelled in the desert-like country of mesas and canyon lands in what is now southwest Colorado. The sturdy Utes occupied the mountain realms while the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes roamed the plains.

The Pueblo peoples lived in dwellings of stone or mud brick, cultivated crops of pumpkins, squash and corn and also raised domesticated turkeys.

In contrast, the Ute, Arapahoe and Cheyenne led a nomadic lifestyle and their architecture was temporary, impermanent and portable. Living lightly on the land, they endured brutal winters in tipis and survived on Mother Nature’s bounty. Plains dwellers harvested from the huge buffalo herds, while Utes hunted deer and rabbit and gathered berries, piñon nuts and plant roots.

A shared element among these diverse tribes was their artistic handiwork. Each beautified their functional items with beadwork, fringe and painting. They made by hand then decorated tools, weapons, baskets, buckskin clothing, moccasins, halters and saddles. A magnificent example is the warrior bonnet with its waterfall of feathers from the golden eagle.

Until European and American

explorers arrived with trade goods, tribes relied entirely on natural materials – making their clothing from skins of the animal they pursued and killed. They wove baskets from willow branches and picked plants to make dye and applied this pigment to colorize their tipis, clothes and other items made from tanned hides.

The nomadic tribes, moving seasonally on foot or horseback, needed containers to carry their possessions.

To transport their belongings they made parfleches of brain-tanned hide (buffalo or deer hide, later cow or horse hide), folded and stitched and often decorated with pigment in pictures or designs. Small beaded bags carried medicinal herbs or sacred objects; pipebags and belt pouches carried tobacco and smoking implements. These often were decorated in fringe and/or beads.

Pueblo tribes, more settled in their year-round warmer climate, wove elaborate baskets; and they fired and glazed clay pots. The Utes wove baskets from willow or sumac branches, primarily thin-necked baskets lined with pine pitch to carry water. A few berry baskets used by the Utes have survived in institutional collections.

The nomadic tribes dwelled in tipis (nuu-kani in Ute) first made of buffalo hide, then sewn fro canvas as buffalo herds diminished and settlers brought fabrics and other goods into the region. Some tipis were painted with hunting scenes, battle scenes or spiritual lessons.

Clothing was handmade from animal skins tanned (cured) using brains from the animals. Utes wore

the deer tail tunic – two deer hides sewn together, with the tucked-under tail end forming the collar. Mountain sheepskins made soft, supple garments. The Utes also favored sturdy, boot-like moccasins of deer and elk hide.

Other devises aided their primitive lifestyle. Cradleboards attached an infant to its parent’s back or could be propped up against a wall. Made from tanned hide attached to a cottonwood slab, these often had a woven basketry hood. Some were plain; others were elaborately ornamented with fringe, beading and pigment.

Cradleboards for male babies had an opening for urination.

Riding on horseback, warriors and other male members of the tribe favored a bandoleer to carry weapons and other essential items. The pocketed belt, usually slung sash-style over the shoulder, was often elaborately beaded and fringed.

Beading was taken to a high art form by nearly all the tribes. Before white man arrived bringing glass beads (interestingly imported from Venice, Italy), native tribes across the West produced “quillwork” using porcupine quills, dyed and diced and sewn to their clothing using animal sinew in elaborate patterns.

Utes prized Hanpceyaka - moccasins thickly adorned with quillwork.

Beautiful, painstakingly applied beadwork was the pride of all. Their skilled beading embellished elaborate and colorful clothing, warrior attire, ceremonial items and jewelry.

From tiny seed beads to plump pony beads, beads adored clothing, mocca-

sins, cradleboards, bags beaded items sold to tourists. and pouches. Lazy Today, remstitch involved nants and relics several beads of these earliest secured with a Coloradans are single stitch, preserved and in contrast displayed at sevto seed stitch eral Colorado – one stitch museums. Both per bead. the Denver Art Contour style Museum and the outlined in Colorado Springs beads colorful Fine Art Center and geometric started with Native patterns. Beads American pieces at also made necklaces and threethe core of their collections. The DAM, string chokers. housed in the Chappell The Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho House in the 1920s, did little blanket expanded its collection weaving. Instead, they substantially receiving traded for blankets Native American artifacts with Pueblo and other and art objects donated by tribes. Navajo blankets Anne Evans from her personal collection. were especially coveted.

The CSFAC, which The tribes traded among opened in 1936, featured themselves, and as well among its first permanent as sharing and exchanging artistic ideas and techcollections Native American items donated by Alice niques.

Bemis Taylor, now comCultural exchange also took place with the posing the Taylor Muincoming homeseum. The CSFAC in Ute cradle board. steaders and other 2000 published Ute settlers. Red cloth, Photos courtesy of Colorado Indian Artists and CulSprings Fine Arts Center ture, a terrific book calico, velveteen skirts, leather boots, cowboy hats, compiling images of artifacts from bandannas and other manufactured more than a dozen collections across garments crept into the natives’ out- the U.S. combined with information fits. about this elusive people.

Sadly, the tribes’ cultural flourishOn Colorado’s Western Slope, ing did not last. By the 1880s, all the the Ute Museum in Montrose was tribes within the U.S. had been forced established at the site where Chief onto reservations and their native Ouray and his wife Chipeta once culture, spiritual beliefs and language made their home. A Colorado Historical Society museum, it exhibits nearly extinguished.

Within a generation, however, Ute artifacts and organizes cultural tribal artwork and customs had been events. In Durango, the Center for “discovered” by Americans touring Southwestern Studies at Fort Lewis and visiting the West, especially the College exhibits textiles that repSouthwest. Native American artwork resent 800 years of weaving in the became collectible in the early 1900s. Southwest, highlighting blankets Tribes, especially the Pueblo Indians, and clothing produced by Puebloan, began producing pottery, jewelry and Navajo and Hispanic weavers.

The handiwork of the original Colorado natives – the Ute, Arapaho, Cheyenne and Pueblo tribes – produced functional yet artistic items for daily use as well as ceremonies and festivities.

A Southern Ute couple – White and Theodosia Front – donned their most elaborate clothing for this 1899 photograph. The beaded moccasins are of Ute manufacture; the clothing appears to have been made by Cheyenne or Arapaho hands.

Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library – Western History Collection, H-426

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BLACK FRIDAY Park Meadows

Nov. 29, 8 p.m. stores open Dec. 1, 4 -6 a.m., Pancake breakfast, prizes every hour until 10 a.m. Prizes, perks, entertainment and more for shoppers. Park Meadows is located at 8401 Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree.

DISPLAYS Santa’s Village at Vistas Court, Park Meadows

Through Dec. 13, Monday - Saturday: 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Nov. 29, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Dec. 14 - Dec. 21, Monday – Saturday, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Dec. 22 – Dec. 23, 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Dec. 24, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Park Meadows Shopping Center, 8465 S Park Meadows Center Drive, Lone Tree. Explore the lighted village on the way to see Santa in the Vistas Court.

Discover a whole new Santa experience with singing reindeer, Santa’s symphony and Santa’s Super Sleigh. Info: 303-792-2999.

A Hudson Christmas

Nov. 29 – 30, Dec. 6 – 7, Dec. 13 – 31, 5 p.m., Hudson Garden and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton.. A walk-through holiday lighting display featuring over 250,000 lights, visits with Santa Claus, and seasonal food and beverages. Advance tickets can be purchased at TicketHorse.com or at the box office on any night of the show. For more information go to www.hudsonchristmas.org.

DONATIONS/ FUNDRAISERS South Suburban Parks and Recreation Winter Coat Drive

Through November. Held in conjunction with 7NEWS/Dependable Cleaners’ Coats for Colorado program. Throughout the month, drop off gently used or new coats at specially designated collection boxes throughout South Suburban Park and Recreation District, including: Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton; Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., Centennial; Lone Tree Recreation Center, 10249 RidgeGate Circle, Lone Tree; Family Sports Center, 6901 S. Peoria St., Centennial; South Suburban Ice Arena, 6580 S. Vine St., Centennial and South Suburban Golf Course, 7900 S. Colorado Blvd., Centennial. For nformation on South Suburban’s participation, visit www.sspr.org or email Marthat@sspr.org.

Stor-Mor Self-Storage of Littleton Holiday Food Drive

November and December, 8145 W. Grand Ave., Littleton. Help local families by

donating non-perishable food items. Bring in items to the office and staff will distribute them to those in need.

Colorado Gerontological Society Holiday Food Basket Drive

Dec. 19 – 20, 3 – 7 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1375 Grant St, Denver. Donations of food and gift items are accepted during these times. If you can provide a collection site or want to coordinate a large donation, contact CGS, 3006 E. Colfax Ave., Denver. Volunteers are needed December 19-21 to assemble the gift baskets, sort and pack, make holiday cards, and deliver the baskets.

Metro Brokers Southeast Suburban Office Toy Drive

Through Dec. 9, Cash Donations; through Dec. 19, Toys accepted, 6025 S. Quebec St., Suite 100, Centennial. Dec. 19, 4:30 p.m., party to wrap all of this year’s toys; Dec. 20, the toys will be delivered to the Volunteers of America’s Colorado Branch location. Dec. 23, 9 a.m. Volunteers of America’s Colorado Branch will hand out 2,000 food baskets, and Santa will give the toys to the children. Volunteers needed for wrapping, call 303-740-8100 for details.

Silent Hunger for the Holidays Basketball Tournament

Dec. 14, 9 a.m., Buck Recreation Center, 2004 W. Powers Ave., Littleton. Men and women 18 and older compete in a 3 vs 3, 6-game guarantee. Individual awards will be given for first place. Prize drawings and contests included. Registration deadline Dec. 12.

Take advantage of reduced team fees, with a donation of non-perishable food items to benefit Inter-Faith Community Services. Register today at www.sspr.org, or contact Butchr@sspr. org or call 303-483-7028.

EVENTS Tree-Lighting Ceremony

Nov. 29, 5:30-7:30pm, Valet Circle, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, 3000 E. 1st Ave., Denver. Hot cocoa, kettle corn, entertainment by the Original Dickens Carolers and lighting of the 60-foot tree. www.shopcherrycreek.com.

Fresh City Life Holiday Open House

Dec. 1, 1-5 p.m., Central Library, Level 1 Fresh City Lounge, 10 QW. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver. Have a glass of spiced cider and a chance to share some of the good cheer of the season. Make a merry button and check out the cool yarn and crafting items, which will be discounted for gift making and giving.

Christmas Candlelight Services

Dec. 7, 1 p.m., Riverside Cemetery, 5201 Brighton Boulevard, Denver. Information: 303293-2466.

Dec. 15, 2 p.m., Fairmount Cemetery, 430 S. Quebec St., Denver. 303-399-0692.

Holiday Brass Fest

Dec. 7, 10:30 a.m. registration; 11 a.m. rehearsal; 1 p.m. free public concert under the glass of the outdoor Galleria, Denver Performing Arts Center, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver.

Attention brass players - play with the Denver Brass! Call 303-832-4676.

Cherry Hills Village Holiday Tree Lighting

Dec. 13, 6 – 8 p.m., Village Center, 2450 E. Quincy Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Tree-lighting, face painting, Mayor’s tree lighting ceremony, hayrides, warm chili, hot cocoa, cider and cookies.

PARTIES DSEDP Holiday Open House (Location Change)

Dec. 5, 4 - 8 p.m., The MADDEN Museum of Art, 6363 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle, Greenwood Village. Note: location change. Convenient to the Light Rail Station Arapahoe at Village Station on the E & F Lines. If you have already RSVP’d e make sure to update the location. If you have not RSVP’d, do so to Amy, amy@denver southedp.org or 303-531-8386.

Cherry Creek Nursing Center Resident and Family Holiday Party

Dec. 14, 2 – 4 p.m., Cherry Creek Nursing Center, 14699 E. Hampden Ave., Aurora. Open to the public.

New Years Eve for Kids with Social and Learning Issues

Dec. 31, 7 p.m. – Jan. 1, 10 a.m., Littleton.

Open to kids 11 – 19 with issues of Asperger’s, high-functioning autism, NVLD, ADD/ADHD and other learning disabilities. Pre-registration required, 888-550-3111 or www.colorado weekender.com.

PERFORMANCES Santa Needs a Holiday

Through Dec. 28, 1:30 p.m. Saturdays, 3 p.m. shows added Nov. 30, Heritage Square Music Hall Children’s Theatre, 18301 W. Colfax D-103, Golden. Note: The Music Hall closes for good after this show. For reservations, call 303279-7800 or visit www.hsmusichall.com.

‘The Santaland Diaries’

Nov. 29 – Dec. 24, Garner Galleria, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Denver Center Attractions is thrilled to present Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company’s The Santaland Diaries. Local favorite Matt Zambrano dons the candy-cane tights, bringing to life David Sedaris’hilarious real-life story of working as an “elf” in Macy’s SantaLand. Filled with holiday hijinks and biting insights into the absurdities of the holiday season. Tickets at www.denver center.org or call 303-893-9582.

‘A Christmas Carol’

Nov. 29 – Dec. 29, Stage Theater, Denver Performing Arts Center, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Dickens’ classic holiday tale comes to life. Tickets at www.denvercenter.org.

‘A Broadway Christmas with Brian Stokes Mitchell’

Dec. 6, 7:30 pm, Boettcher Concert Hall, 14th and Curtis streets, Denver. Dubbed “the last leading man” by The New York Times, Tony Award®-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell is a star of Broadway (Ragtime, Kiss Me, Kate), television (Frasier, Glee), and film (The Prince of Egypt, Jumping the Broom), and has appeared on more than twenty albums including his latest critically acclaimed recording, Simply Broadway.

Arapahoe Philharmonic Holiday Concert

Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m., Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Drive, Littleton. Tickets at www. arapahoe-phil.org or call 303-871-1892.

LSO presents ‘Great Stories of Christmas’

Dec. 6 – 7, 7:30 p.m., Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton.

Littleton Symphony Orchestra annual holiday concert. Order at www.LittletonSymphony.org.

‘A Ceremony of Carols’

Dec. 6 - 7, 7:30 p.m., Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. The Colorado Choir Christmas concert features “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten, works

by Paul Christiansen and other Christmas selections. More information is available at www. coloradochoir Open reception immediately following. Tickets at 303-892-5922 or online at www.augustanaarts.org.

‘Comfort and Joy’

Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 14, 2 p.m., University of Denver - Newman Center. 2344 E. Iliff Ave. Featuring Sound of the Rockies, 12-time Rocky Mountain District Champion with special

guests the men’s chorus from Colorado Christian University and the McPhy Quartet. Tickets on sale now at www.newmantix.com/sor.

‘Christmas at the Ranch’

Dec. 13 – 15, Cherry Hills Community Church, 3900 Grace Boulevard, Highlands Ranch. Tickets/info at www.chcc.org, 303-7914100.

‘Something Young: Holiday SingAlong’

Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m., Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave., Denver. Presented by Augustana Arts, The Colorado Women’s Chorale with the Mile High Youth Choir. The program includes Barrington Bunny’s Holiday Surprise!, an upbeat adaptation of the story of a special Christmas adventure set to music.

Tickets at www.augustanaarts.org or 303-3884962.

SANTA VISITS ‘PJ’s with Santa’

Dec. 6, 5:30 p.m., dining hall, Arapahoe Community College, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Children of all ages are invited to enjoy an evening with Santa Claus while wearing their best holiday sleep attire. Festivities will include a photo opportunity with Santa, dinner and cookies. Tickets are $2/person, children under 2 years old are admitted free. Must be purchased ahead of time and in person at the Student Affairs Office (Room M2820), guest limit 200. Information: Student Affairs Office at 303-797-5668 or student.activities@arapahoe. edu.

Santa Claws & Paws

Dec. 8, 7 – 10 p.m., Grand Court, Cherry Creek Shopping Center. 3000 E. 1st Ave., Denver. Bring your four-legged friends for photos with Santa. www.shopcherrycreek.com.

SHOPPING ‘Santa’s Back Room’

Through Dec. 21, Thrift Mart at 1331 E. Colfax, Denver. Shoppers will find extraordinary bargains on all holiday items: handcrafted wreathes, table decorations, aprons, potholders, hats, scarves, wrapping paper, ornaments, cards, Santa’s, angels, tinsel, trees and lights. Fundraiser for Assistance League of Denver. For more information or to make a donation, call 303-322-5205 or visit www.denver.assistanceleague.org.

Cookie Tin Sale

Dec. 7 – 8, 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Cherry Creek Nursing Center, 14699 E. Hampden Ave., Aurora. Open to the public.

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Your Weekly Horoscope – By Gren Chatworth SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21) As a warm and vital person, you may have received a rebuff, which has left you a little low. Don’t look in the rear-view mirror. Forget it and look to the bright future.

ARIES (March 21 – April 19) Don’t forget to remember others. Either near or far away there is someone or something that depends on your immediate attention.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19) Your solar chart looks goo right now, which could bring you some unexpected good news. This will benefit you greatly.

Don’t be humble to accept, as you rightly deserve it.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) A friends that you have not encountered for some time will be in your life in the next short while. Enjoy the relaxation that is coming your way with the presence of this person.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18) Family matters are most important at this time, and can do much to help you. While luck may not seem to be with you, you can be sure that it will return.

PISCES (Feb 19 – March 20) Take some time out to evaluate just what exactly your ambitions in life really are. You will gain much from this self-evaluation and may come up with an entirely new concept of life.

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22) The somewhat less than middle aged might be completely bewildered at a sudden turn of events. Trouble at the office may require you to take a firm stand. Be sure you are in the right and then let people know your feelings.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22) Don’t overdo it this week. You will have the temptation and a good excuse to do so. But, you just might blow it with someone who considers you something special.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20) A lot of gain is in the stars for Gemini if you handle things properly at this time. There are many persons looking to you for advice and leadership. Play it sensibly!

LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 22) If you haven’t already thought of a trip, sit down and plan one. It is coming to you and will be the best medicine the doctor could order.

CANCER (June 21 – July 22) You are a gambler at heart, but don’t try and do it on your own. Consult an expert on the stock market and watch your step.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 – Nov 21) A new business, new home, some new friends. Whatever it turns out to be will be exciting. Live with it and enjoy the experience to the fullest.

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Calendar of Events Send event listings at least 10 days in advance to editorial@villagerpublishing.com.

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Meet weekly with different advisors that can help in all phases of business. Visit www.theecoaccelerator.com/events/.

What’s New

Englewood Civic Center closed Nov. 28 -29 for the Thanksgiving Holiday All Englewood Civic Center offices will be closed both days for the holiday, as will the Englewood Public Library. The Englewood Recreation Center and Malley Senior Recreation Center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 28), but open on Nov. 29. Broken Tee Englewood Golf Course will be open both days (weather permitting).

‘Name Your Price’ Black Friday Adoption Special

Nov. 29, Quebec Shelter, 2080 S. Quebec St., Denver, and Buddy Center in Castle Rock.

Applies to all cats and dogs 1 year and older at the Quebec Street shelter and the Buddy Center in Castle Rock. Visit www.ddfl.org.

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DPL Winter Used Book Sale Dec. 12, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. Dec. 13 - 14, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m., DPL Central Library, 100 W. 14th Ave., Denver, B2 Conference Center. The sale features more than 35,000 items including children’s books, non-fiction and fiction books, CDs, DVDs and audio books all at bargain prices starting at less than one dollar.

New items will be added daily. Visit www. denverlibrary.org.

Former Littleton Hospital patient Roger Dean, left, thanks Dr. Mark Elliott after his case review last week. In November 2012, Dean’s pickup was hit by a drunk driver, sending the patient to intensive care with a concussion, a crushed chest, a protruding eye and more injuries.

The healing of a ‘new and improved’ man Crash victim returns to thank doctors, nurses and paramedics

Volunteer with the Denver Asset Building Coalition during tax season to help low-income families.

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Volunteer with Denver Asset Building Coalition

The Denver Asset Building Coalition serves low-income families with free tax prep and is looking for volunteers and board members. The 21014 tax season starts on Jan. 18 at headquarters at the Mi Casa Resource Center at 360 Acoma St. in Denver.

There are other locations available as well. Call 303-388-7030 for more info or visit www.denverabc.org.

You don’t even have to have an accounting education to volunteer and to be part of this fun and exciting community of people of all ages and backgrounds.

DABC encourages anyone who is interested in being part of this great organization to come join us, including bilingual and multilingual people.

Being a volunteer with DABC is a great way to meet new people and get involved in your community in a meaningful way. Volunteers are able to build their resumes by adding new skills, and many take advantage of leadership opportunities with the organization. Best of all, by volunteering with DABC you will have the chance to help working people reach financial self-sufficiency.

During the season DABC volunteers are thanked with gift certificates to local restaurants

and coffee shops as well, including a free pizza from Pizzeria Locale at 6th and Broadway for every person who finishes our training certification, which is our way welcoming you to the neighborhood.

We start our volunteer training soon, and our schedule is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Saturday from Nov. 30 – Jan. 11. If Saturdays do not work, contact DABC for more information about other sessions throughout November, December and January.

DABC trains all volunteers through an eight-hour course that is fun and interactive and that provides people with an IRSapproved certification to perform tax prep and quality review. Volunteers usually commit threefoiur hours per week during the tax season, which runs from Jan. 18 – April 15, 2014.

During 2013, DABC worked with 156 different volunteers from backgrounds as diverse as our clients, from retirees to students, from seasoned tax lawyers to single mothers and fathers looking to gain new skills and meet new people.

Call Solomon Smilack, DABC Director of Operations, at 303-388-7030 for more information, or visit www.denverabc. org.

By Peter Jones “This sucks.”

It may have been the understatement of the year when Roger Dean uttered those words somewhere between a near-fatal traffic crash and the series of emergency surgeries that eventually saved his life.

Although Dean does not recall making the gruff, but reasoned observation, it did not particularly surprise the patient when doctors later told him about it.

“I guess I was trying to be funny, even then,” he said.

One year after the 50-something software developer suffered the injuries that resulted in the loss of his right eye, Dean is on to better things. For one, he has lost significant weight since firstresponders struggled to extract the then-450-pound man from his small pickup.

“I don’t know that I can apologize for the fact that I weighed 450 pounds, but I don’t weigh 450 pounds anymore. That was the silver lining for me,” he said. “A lot of it was the fact that my jaw was wired for nine weeks and they worked me like a dog in rehab. …

I’m still losing [weight] and I’m never going back.”

At a recent review of Dean’s ordeal – from the 911 call to the surgeries and rehabilitation at Littleton Adventist Hospital – Dean had the opportunity to thank the medical professionals who saved and changed his life.

“He said his biggest change from this event was an increased sense of humor,” said Dr. Kelly Greene, who treated Dean in the intensive-care unit. “But I’m not sure his wife would agree.”

“He’s a new man – new and improved,” JoDee Dean said.

Close call

On Nov. 29, 2012 – one year ago this week – Roger Dean was stopped at a red light and was about to make the turn to pick up his granddaughter at school near

Dr. Mark Elliott describes the facial injuries suffered by patient Roger Dean last year. Dean was treated at Littleton Hospital’s Level II trauma unit Photos by Peter Jones

Parker.

As Dean was mulling whether to park and go into the building or just wait outside, a sudden crash hit the truck and everything changed.

A drunk driver in an outsized monster truck had rolled on top of Dean’s small pickup, smashing Dean’s vehicle into the two cars that were waiting in front of him.

Dean was trapped against a side window and was critically injured.

Luckily, an off-duty lieutenant with South Metro Fire Rescue happened to be a few cars ahead.

He was able to call in the right equipment immediately, saving precious time. But that is not to say first-responders would have an easy time getting Dean out of his truck. When rescue workers arrived, things did not look good.

“We thought it was Roger’s brain matter pushed against the window,” said Dusty Stevens, a Franktown paramedic. “So we punched the window out of the back and stuck our hands back there to kind of hold his head together.”

As it turned out, things were not that bad – but they were bad enough.

After removing the truck doors, first-responders tried to get Dean onto a gurney. The patient was having trouble breathing and rescuers were worried about the position of his neck.

“In a normal-sized person, it would be somewhat easy,” Stevens said. “We had a pretty difficult time just getting the backboard out from underneath him.”

Dean suffered a crushing injury to his chest, a concussion and an obstructed airway. His right eye had severely protruded from its socket.

The patient was quickly transported to Littleton Hospital’s Level II trauma center, where Drs. Mark Elliott and Donald Connor were put to work.

Dean spent 40 days in the intensive-care unit.

A second birthday

Dean was unsure about returning to Littleton Hospital on Nov. 20 for his case review. Such recaps can be graphic in detail.

“Frankly, I was pretty nervous about coming because of the emotional part of it,” he said to his doctors. “… I have a much greater appreciation for what you guys do and how well you do it. I don’t know how to say ‘thank you’ enough.”

As for his lost eye, Dean praised the medical team for including him in discussions, regardless of how hazy and delusional he was at the time.

“Everybody knew it was going away, except me,” he said. “The fact that I felt like I made the decision to have my eye removed was a big deal.”

Although Dean – who says he has forgiven the drunk driver – has no memory of the crash, its longterm effects are unforgettable.

“I’ll always consider Nov. 29 my second birthday,” he said.

November 28, 2013 • DENVER HERALD-DISPATCH • PAGE 11

Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-1180 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/4/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: MARTHA ARMIDA GOMEZ DE ZAPATA Original Beneficiary: COMMERCE BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: COMMERCE BANK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS COMMERCE BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/10/2008 Recording Date of DOT: 1/25/2008 Reception No. of DOT: 2008010328 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $35,000.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $28,795.45 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the covenants of the Deed of Trust have been violated for reasons including, but not limited to, the failure to make timely payments required under the Deed of Trust and the evidence of debt secured thereby, failure to pay property taxes as they became due, and failure to repay the indebtedness in full by the maturity date. The entire indebtedness is now past due.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Which has the address of: 3910 Vallejo Street , Denver, CO 80211 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for

cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/28/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 1/28/2010 Reception No. of DOT: 2010010351 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $90,824.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $86,404.50

THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-05928

First Publication: 11/7/2013 Last Publication: 12/5/2013 Publisher: Herald Dispatch

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

Published in the Villager First Published November 14, 2013 Last Published December 12, 2013 Legal #: 2013-1168 ________________________________________

Dated: 9/5/2013 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: HATCH, RAY, OLSEN, SANDBERG LLC ROBERT W HATCH II Colorado Registration #: 16888 730 17TH STREET SUITE #200, DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: (303) 298-1800 Fax #: Attorney File #: C-1123-15 EXHIBIT A Lot 18 and the South 1/3 of Lot 19, Block 14, First Addition to Sunnyside, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado. together with all existing or subsequently erected of affixed buildings, improvements and fixtures; all easements, rights of way, and appurtenances; all water, water rights and ditch rights (Including stock in utilities with ditch or irrigation rights); and all other rights, royaltiesm and profits relating to the real property, including without limitation to all minerals, oil, gas, geothermal, and similar matters.

Published in the Denver Herald First Published November 7, 2013 Last Published December 5, 2013 Legal #: 2013-1180 ________________________________________ PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-1168 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/3/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: JAPERA A CLARK Original Beneficiary: COLORADO MORTGAGE ALLIANCE, LLC Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 32, BLOCK 1, CORNERSTONE, FILING NO. 1, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 14400 Albrook Drive #32 , Denver, CO 80239 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/12/2013 Last Publication: 12/12/2013 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 9/3/2013 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-1218 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/13/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: GREGORY S BRUSO AND CLAYTON ANDERSON II Original Beneficiary: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 7/20/2007 Recording Date of DOT: 8/13/2007 Reception No. of DOT: 2007126282 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $218,400.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $206,308.17 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. Which has the address of: 1699 Downing Street #209 , Denver, CO 80218 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/21/2013 Last Publication: 12/19/2013 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 9/17/2013 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC KIMBERLY L MARTINEZ Colorado Registration #: 40351 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 11-05649R EXHIBIT A Codominium Unit 209, Denver Square, accoding to the Condominium Map thereof, recorded August 18, 2003, under Reception No. 2003172381, and as defined and desbribed in the Condominium Declaration of Denver Square, recorded August 18, 2003, under Reception No. 2003172380, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado.

Published in the Villager First Published November 21, 2013 Last Published December 19, 2013 Legal #: 2013-1218 ________________________________________

described below to be recorded in Denver County.

Original Grantor: THADUS RAY SWAZER Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR ACCESS NATIONAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/27/2009 Recording Date of DOT: 2/5/2009 Reception No. of DOT: 2009013666 DOT Recorded in Denver County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $138,040.00 Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $128,431.69 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The covenants of said Deed of Trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make payments of principle and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN IS SITUATED IN THE STATE OF CO, COUNTY OF DENVER, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 4, BLOCK L, GREEN VALLEY RANCH FILING NO. 41, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO. Which has the address of: 4483 Andes Street , Denver, CO 80249 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued) at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 23, 2014, at the Denver County Public Trustee’s Office, 201 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 11/28/2013 Last Publication: 12/26/2013 Publisher: Herald Dispatch Dated: 9/26/2013 Debra Johnson DENVER COUNTY Public Trustee The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABER Colorado Registration #: 34145 999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201 , DENVER, COLORADO 80202 Phone #: 1 (303) 865-1400 Fax #: 1 (303) 865-1410 Attorney File #: 13-06391 Published in the Villager First Published November 28, 2013 Last Published December 26, 2013 Legal #: 2013-1255 ________________________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of CHARLES BODEN, AKA CHARLES P BODEN, deceased Case Number: 2013PR31412 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before March 28, 2014*, or claims may be forever barred PATRICIA J. BODEN Personal Representative 928 South Vrain Street Denver, CO 80219 Published in the Denver Herald First Published November 14, 2013 Last Published November 28, 2013 Legal #: DHD 017 ________________________________________

PUBLIC NOTICE Denver NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2013-1255 To Whom It May Concern: On 9/25/2013 the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust

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SouthWest Improvement Council thanks its volunteers Continued from Page 1 SWIC volunteers receive their 2013 awards.

and more – all provided with the help of dedicated volunteers drawn from the community.

SWIC is governed by a voluntary Board of Directors drawn from residents and businesses in southwest Denver.

“SWIC started with volunteers and is sustained by volunteers,” said Executive Director Jan Marie Belle. “SWIC Volunteers are ‘People Helping People’ from all ages, cultures and languages.

There’s room for everyone at SWIC.” The SouthWest Improvement Council is the nonprofit housing and human service charity organized by Westwood residents in 1987. For more information or to volunteer, visit ww.swic-denver. org, call SWIC at 303-934-2268 or email janswic@gmail.com.

Photos courtesy of SWIC

Volunteer Max Salinas is a SWIC Board member who helps hand out food bags.

Cynthia Gallardo makes reminder phone calls for SWIC community meetings.

SWIC Volunteer Frances Garcia with John Silva serving the senior lunch.

Volunteer Dennis Espinosa helps Max Salinas distribute food.

Computer Learning Center volunteers Kyle and Quintin LaFaminia with Executive Director Jan Bell and Volunteer Dorothy Birchfield

SWIC Building Security Volunteer Gil Hurtado

Volunteers Fern Johnson and Nancy Stucky keep everything organized.