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Fête des Fleurs declared ‘by far, the biggest of them all’
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Littleton proposes public financing for 2 ‘blighted’ areas
Fête des Fleurs reaped a rich reward for its spectacular Chihuly art glass exhibit with a record-breaking and sold out attendance of more than 500 guests.
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The abandoned Columbine Square shopping center near Belleview Avenue and Federal Boulevard is included in one of two urbanrenewal areas.
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Landmark unveils new luxury condos in East tower
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Aug. 23-24, The Landmark residential development in Greenwood Village experienced something it had not seen for years – numerous curious and potential buyers.
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Cherry Hills Village Mayor Doug Tisdale gets ice water dumped on his head to complete the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with representative from the Colorado Neurological Institute, The ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter, ALS patients and doctors at CNI’s medical campus gardens. Courtesy photo
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CNI, ALS Association, local celebrities complete bucket challenge
n Aug. 20, Colorado Neurological Institute, The ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter, local community celebrities, ALS patients, the CNI ALS Clinic team and doctors completed the Ice Bucket Challenge near Colorado Neurological Institute in the medical campus gardens. To spread awareness for ALS, these individuals dumped coolers of ice water on themselves and challenged prominent individuals in the metro
Denver area to do the same. With this challenge, CNI will inform the community of its ALS Clinic, which serves patients on a monthly basis and has attracted national attention as a potential Center of Excellence. CNI also hopes to raise money to help ALS patients in Colorado. Participants included Billy VanHusen, former Bronco; Doug Tisdale, mayor of Cherry Hills; JoAnne Davidson, The Denver Post; Jim
Benemann and Tom Mustin, CBS4; the Experience Pros radio show; Adrienne Fitzgibbons, CNI Board member and community volunteer; Jamie Angelich, community philanthropist; Ryan LeMasters, director of Neurosciences at Swedish Medical Center; Ellen Belle, director of CNI’s Neurohealth Center and CNI ALS Clinic; Karen Theriot, MD, physician associate with the CNI ALS Clinic; staff and board members from The ALS Association Rocky Moun-
Stroud ran under GOP banner in 2012
lishment has effectively written off the 1st District by supporting its candidates with little more than a pat on the back. “A lot of people say the district is unwinnable – that’s the way it’s always been, so shut up and sit down. Well, I live here and I’m not going to do that,” Stroud said. “Our government is set up as a two-party system, but in this case we don’t have a two-party system. We have a one-party system with a whipping post.” As a testament to the relative irrelevance of the 1st District to Republicans or vice verse, Stroud points to the disinterest in his challenge among party officials who he says are decidedly unconcerned about splitting the district’s Republican vote. “I haven’t felt one degree of
tain Chapter; ALS patients and family members; CNI ALS Clinic staff and more. The CNI ALS Clinic is a multidisciplinary clinic serving those with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Lou Gehrig’s Disease and their care partners. Marc Treihaft, MD, Neuromuscular Disease Specialist is the Medical Director. Additional team members are: Karen Theriot MD, James Fenton MD, as well as specialist in physical therapy, occupational
therapy, speech therapy, respiratory therapy, dietician and counseling. This clinic is co-sponsored by the Rocky Mountain ALS Association and also supported by Swedish Medical Center. “The CNI ALS Clinic offers patients and caregivers a one-stop-shop for care. This is a tough disease, and we want to do everything we can to help those facing it,” says Ellen Belle, PT, Director of Patient Care at CNI.
Ex-Republican makes independent run in 1st District
By Peter Jones The trials faced by Republicans in the 1st Congressional District have just gotten more challenging with the entrance of independent candidate Danny Stroud into the race to represent the Democratic-dominated area. The former Republican, who unsuccessfully sought the seat in 2012 as the party’s nominee, has petitioned onto the ballot in a bid opposing nine-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Diane DeGette and this year’s first-time Republican candidate Martin Walsh. Stroud, a former chair of the Denver party, says his experience two years ago convinced him that the Republican estab-
Danny Stroud
heat coming out of that,” Stroud said. Even so, when a handful of Republican rank and file have quietly expressed split-vote con-
cerns to the candidate, Stroud has answered them confidently. “If this race is unwinnable and they say ‘We don’t want you to run because you’re going to split the vote, so we’ll lose’ – that’s just illogical,” he said. The Republican conventional wisdom is not without reason. DeGette has represented the 1st District since 1997, succeeding Rep. Pat Schroeder who held the seat for nearly a quarter century after defeating a one-term Republican in 1972. Before that, a Republican had not represented the district since World War II. For most of its history, the 1st District was confined to the City of Denver, a typically safe urban harbor for Democrats. In recent decades, the district has inched Continued on page 5