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John Madden celebrating his 93rd birthday with family members – Seated: John Madden surrounded on the left by grandson Paul Leitner, daughter Cynthia Madden Leitner and on the right – son J Madden and twin daughter Grace Madden. Standing: Granddaughter Blair Madden Bliss (Cynthia’s daughter), Blair’s two daughters Lily Brown and Willow Madden Bliss, Jessica and Schuyler Madden (Cynthia’s son) and their son Walter, Linda Poletti Madden (J’s wife) and their twin son Joseph Madden. Not pictured: John’s son Scott Madden and Schuyler’s son Schuyler Madden, Jr. Photos courtesy of John Madden, John Madden Company and Scottie Iverson

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BY SCOTTIE TAYLOR IVERSON John W. Madden, Jr.

e’s been described as not only an entrepreneur but a titan, an icon, a pioneer, a visionary, a philanthropist, a mentor, one-of-kind, spirited, innovative, driven, charismatic and always having a zest for life! John Madden has a colorful history in many ways.

He began his career in the building industry in the 1960s in Omaha, Nebraska. Read more about his back story and how he has left his indelible mark in his beloved Greenwood Village and more on pages 14-21. www.villagerpublishing.com

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The Greenwood Village City Council and its mayor are strongly opposed to the statewide housing plan outlined in two bills currently pending in the legislature, SB23-213 Land Use and HB231255 Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions. That is clear from a letter recently mailed to every residential address in the city, signed by the mayor, as well as Resolution 2023-17 passed unanimously by the city council on April 3.

The letter from Mayor George Lantz says that the Land Use bill, in its present form, would “effectively end local control of land use decisions in Colorado,” and, “Greenwood Village City Council would no longer have control over residential development in the city. Development decisions would be centralized at the state level and determined by rules enacted through the Governor’s office.”

It also says, “Our state representatives are in favor of this legislation,” and names Sen. Jeff Bridges and Rep. Ruby Dickson, who are GV’s delegates in the general assembly. The mayor asks residents to, “Let Sen. Bridges and Rep. Dickson know that you don’t want them to support this bill.” Bridges has served in the state legislature for over six years.

Dickson began her service in January 2023.

The Villager reached out to Sen. Bridges, who told us, regarding SB23-213, “I do not support the bill in its current form and expect to see major changes before it gets to a place where I have the opportunity to vote on it. Not sure where George (Lantz) gets his information about my policy positions for those letters he sends out, but it’s not from me! My Greenwood Village neighbors, and any Coloradan, can reach out to me anytime on my personal cell at 303-358-5551 if they’d like to share their thoughts or hear my own. I give great local restaurant recommendations, too!”

Rep. Dickson, elected in November 2022, is a prime sponsor of HB23-1255 and confirmed her support for the other bill in a recent newsletter to constituents that said, “On March 22, I attended the Housing Press Conference, where we introduced HB23-1255 Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions and SB23-213 Land Use. I am excited to improve affordable housing in Colorado and address the concerns of Coloradans. These two bills work to update the State’s land use policies and to regulate local growth limits.”

Mayor Lantz’ letter goes on to say, regarding GV single family-zoned property, “If your neighbor decides to sell their house, the buyer could scrape the single-family structure and replace it with a multi-family unit up to a sixplex in size (that will) not require on-site parking, resulting

Greenwood Village State Rep. Ruby Dickson is pictured in the front row (second from right) at Gov. Polis’ recent press conference announcing the introduction of SB23-213 Land Use.

The Villager reached out to Sen. Bridges, who told us, regarding SB23-213, “I do not support the bill in its current form and expect to see major changes before it gets to a place where I have the opportunity to vote on it. Not sure where George (Lantz) gets his information about my policy positions for those letters he sends out, but it’s not from me! My Greenwood Village neighbors, and any Coloradan, can reach out to me anytime on my personal cell at 303-358-5551 if they’d like to share their thoughts or hear my own. I give great local restaurant recommendations, too!” in congested on-street parking in neighborhoods.”

Although GV officials, including the mayor in his letter, often describe the city’s housing as consisting of 56% single-family homes and 44% multi-family homes, that calculation counts every housing unit as a separate home, e.g., the two Landmark Towers that cover less than five acres of ground are counted in the city’s ratios as approximately 275 individual multi-family homes.

Several years ago, we were told by a city official with direct knowledge on the subject that 95% of all the residentially-zoned acreage in GV carries single-family zoning and 5% is zoned as multi-family. That explains the city’s grave concern with SB23213, since, in its present form, it seeks to significantly expand what is permitted as a use by right on residential property with single-family zoning, as Mayor Lantz describes.

One of the most important goals of the proposed Land Use law is to increase the amount of available multi-family housing near transit options, especially light rail stations.

In GV, the Orchard Light Rail Station and the Arapahoe Light Rail Station, and the nearby area, are designated as part of the Corridor Planning Area in the city’s comprehensive plan. That document, which can be found on GV’s website, is not legally binding, but it expresses the city council’s policy goals for development.

Through 2018, GV’s comprehensive plan included, as a goal, “to encourage transit-oriented de-

velopment (TOD) at the proposed Orchard Light Rail Station to support ridership and reduce traffic congestion.” That policy was consistent with multiple studies cited in SB23-213 that show higher density housing near transit results in less traffic, less water use, fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

In January 2019, GV city council changed the city’s comprehensive plan by excising all references to TOD and adding language that says, “Higher density residential development will be discouraged in the Corridor…For purposes of the Corridor Planning Area, higher density residential is a use that exceeds on average four dwelling units per acre.”

No residential development of any type or size has been proposed or approved near either of the city’s light rail stations since that policy was adopted by the city council more than five years ago, even before they wrote it into the comprehensive plan. Mayor Lantz’ letter tells residents that SB23-213 would change that by allowing, “mixed-income housing of a minimum of 60 residential units per acre” to be built within one-half mile of its two light rail stations “as a use by right.”

SB23-213 will have its first hearing in the State Senate Local Government & Housing Committee on April 6. HB23-1255 will have its first hearing in the State House Transportation, Housing, and Local Government Committee (THL) on April 5. THL is chaired by Rep. Meg Froelich, who represents Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, and Sheridan. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Hope springs eternal Growing up in St. Louis, a Midwestern city where baseball is basically religion, I know of no more gratifying words in early spring than “pitchers and catchers report.” Far more significant than any silly rodent not seeing its shadow, the news about pitchers and catchers signals the coming of spring.

Snow may be on the ground, we may have not seen the sun for weeks, the mornings might seem like they’ll never warm up. But when the boys of summer head down to Arizona or Florida, it reminds us winter can’t last forever.

Soon the summer afternoons will be filled with that familiar crack of the bat.

Coming with the arrival of spring, baseball brings a myth and magic that doesn’t really exist with other sports.

Perhaps it’s simply the season, a time of rebirth and renewal, which gives baseball an air of hope and infinite possibility. It could be the game’s long history and pastoral feel, played on a diamond in a park. Or perhaps it’s the schedule of nearly daily games and the idea of teams playing a series of games over three or four days. With a hundred and sixty two games in a season and the next game inevitably coming the next day, no sense of loss lasts for long.

The next day brings another chance to play, another shot at the thrill of victory. It’s easy to have a short memory in baseball because another pitch, another hit, another game is coming soon.

The mythology of baseball extends through the poetry and prose of the nation, memorialized in columns and stories and novels and films. From the timeless song Take Me Out to the Ballgame to the classic short poem “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer to timeless movies like Field of Dreams, baseball is a sport filled with stories, and many are grounded in hope and redemption. At the beginning of the classic baseball movie Bull Durham, Annie Savoy, the part-time English professor and full-time baseball fanatic played by Susan Sarandon, talks about belonging to the church of baseball, for the game makes far more sense to her than any of the world’s major religions. Later she recites the words of Walt Whitman: “I see great things in Baseball. It’s our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us.”

This year brings a bit more of a spring in the step of baseball fans. It’s a new era in baseball with the recent changes including a pitch clock and the banning of the infield shift. Of course, it’s not really new – it’s a return to the old era

of baseball played the way the game was meant to be.

The average time of a game this year in spring training was two hours and thirty-five minutes. That’s an improvement of almost forty-five minutes over what games had stretched to in recent years. And with players back to playing their positions as originally intended, the screaming grounder up the middle is a hit again. The base paths are alive with fast players just itching to swipe a base now that pitchers can’t throw over endlessly.

The traditionalist in me struggles with some of the new “rules,” but I’m reminded these changes are just returning the game to its roots.

As of this writing, the Colorado Rockies are 2-2, having split a road series against the near billion-dollar payroll of the San Diego Padre$. The Rox still have a chance for a winning record. They can still win the division, make the playoffs, bring home a pennant, and achieve their first franchise world championship. It could happen. Because in baseball, hope springs eternal. Writers from Roger Angell of the LA Times to George Will of the Washington Post to Jayson Stark of the Athletic remind us of the magic of baseball.

And perhaps the best description comes from the

James Earl Jones speech at the end of Field of Dreams: “The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game – it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.”

So, this spring take yourself out to the ballgame, and let’s “Play ball!”Michael P. Mazenko is a writer, educator, & school administrator in Greenwood Village. He blogs at A Teacher’s View and can be found on Twitter @mmazenko. You can email him at mmazenko@gmail. com

Coming with the arrival of spring, baseball brings a level of myth and magic that doesn’t really exist with any other sport.

Perhaps it’s simply the season, a time or rebirth and renewal, which gives baseball an aura of hope and infinite possibility.

ARAPAHOE COUNTY C NVERSATIONS There’s a buzz in the air about the first 17 Mile Open House of the season! Join us on Saturday, April 15, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. for free family fun in Centennial. Learn the basics of honeybees, beekeeping, and bee-friendly gardens—and tour the 157-year-old historic house and barn.

Featured activity: Make your own beeswax candle!

Meet the Beekeepers Register now at arapahoegov.com/17milehouse 17 Mile House Spring Open House

Spring street sweeping Our Public Works and Development crews will start Spring Street Sweeping on April 3. Operations start in western unincorporated Arapahoe County and move east. Each week, neighborhoods scheduled for sweeping the following week will be announced on arapahoegov.com/sweeping

Draw the line The Arapahoe County Citizens Redistricting Advisory Committee seeks public commenton new county commissioner district maps.

Find a meeting in your district, submit your comments or maps, and learn more at arapahoegov.com/redistricting.

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Having been in the Arapahoe County community for over four-decades The Villager staff has observed many great citizens, public servants, health care providers, city council members, county commissioners, schoolteachers and administrators, chamber members, and service club leaders.

There have been two visionary community builders that stand out over the past 40 years.

George Wallace on the DTC side of I-25 and John Madden on the West side. Wallace now gone, but not forgotten, will be remembered for his development of a business center located close to an airport with excellent housing and schools.

A pilot, Wallace would take his twin-wing biplane and do loops over vacant lands surrounding now Centennial Airport. My last luncheon with George, in his office, found him on oxygen smoking a cigarette and expounding on how dangerous it was for him to travel to downtown Denver.

Across I-25 we have the last visionary of the past century of our communities located in Greenwood Village. The Madden footprint is far and wide, deeply imbedded in area history. John Madden is back home after rotating time between Greenwood Village and Florida. He celebrates his 94th birthday April 12. The Villager newspaper has been a good neighbor with Madden for over four decades. We have had countless headlines about his good works; his leadership for The Boy Scouts of America, his support for The University of Denver, gifting them major portions of his prized art collection.

We have the Museum of Outdoor Art now located back

near Fiddler’s Green in Greenwood Village from a former location in Englewood. John’s family has been instrumental in all of the growth and development of the Madden Corporation.

The new entertainment district, established in Greenwood Village and located directly west of I-25 is fast becoming a hub of entertainment, recreation, and dining facilities, all encircling the Madden created Fiddler’s Green concert facility. Decades ago, Villager photographer Jim Pilon, and I, strolled around massive grassy hillsides that would become Fiddler’s Green. It was John’s vision to build this entertainment complex surrounded by many of his majestic buildings. We were honored to print the early day Fiddler’s Green programs for award-winning concert promoter, Barry Fey, who lived in nearby Cherry Hills Village. Villager staff member Freda Miklin relates that as a young women she worked as an accountant in Barry Fey’s Fiddler’s Green onsite office and baby sat one of his sons in a corner playpen. Barry’s son, Jeremy, is now serving his second term as mayor of Central City. Jim Dixon, revered minister of Cherry Hills Community Church, held his Easter Services in the Madden facility for two decades. We marveled how Jim could recite those lengthy bible verses by memory.

The Greenwood Athletic Club, now Club Greenwood, is another creation of the Madden company and is one of the finest athletic clubs in America. The club presently expanding the food and beverage department. This facility is the hub for area residents to stay healthy and enjoy suburban

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In very recent years John Madden was participating in an effort to restore his magnificent Metropolitan Club that he founded in the 1980s, which was managed by the marvelous Jan Top, who knew the first names of the 1000 club members. The Italian marble floors were unique, the Italian decorum special, and holiday buffets were magnificent.

Mort and Edie Marks, board members, would have a special table for their friends and family. The club eventually befell victim to new greedy landlords who raised the rent to intolerable levels. The club closed after decades of enjoyment for members and guests.

The recent effort to restore the Metropolitan Club almost became a reality, but the economy, changes in the Madden company, and lack of membership support and participation halted the project. We extend our extreme thanks to Scottie Iverson, who worked so diligently to restore the club. She once worked for John and has authored our section to honor John’s accomplishments.

Madden spent some winters

on St. Isabel Island in Florida, He had recently decided to move back full time to Denver.

On the day that his home was to be sold a hurricane wrecked the island and his residence.

Now, headquartered in his penthouse in Greenwood Village, he conducts daily business there and with his assistant Kathi. He is surrounded by caring family members and is in good health.

On occasion, Madden, his assistant Kathi, and myself will enjoy a martini and a good lunch together. We love to talk about the good old days, his two dogs, Mayor Nancy Sharpe’s great leadership, and many of his lifetime projects.

Most recently he assisted CEO Robin Wise in finding a new home for Junior Achievement and making a generous land concession to make her new building successful on former Madden property. JA teaches high school students about free enterprise and business acumen - traits of Madden that led The Villager to name John Madden “Our Man Of The Century.”

Happy Birthday John!

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be a hassle, so they stay CHV approves hiring of What is a Situationship? would put. They have hit milestones A Situationship is new term commitment. A dinner or mov- like meeting one another’s interim city manager friends, family or celebrate being repeated in the relationie buddy could be labeled as a

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

On March 21, in a unanimous vote, the Cherry Hills Village City Council approved the hiring of sole finalist Jim Thorsen as its interim City Manager for 13 months beginning July 3, 2023.

Current City Manager Chris Cramer will take a leave of absence for that period so that his family may accompany Cramer’s son to Spain to take advantage of an educational opportunity.

Thorsen, whose salary will be $190,000 per year, previously served as CHV’s city

manager from 2016 to 2020, when he retired and was replaced by Cramer, who was then CHV community development director.

Thorsen spent 36 years in city government before his retirement in 2020, beginning his career as an engineering technician with the City of Greenwood Village. Later, he moved to California and eventually served as city manager for the City of Malibu.

After the vote, CHV city council members expressed their appreciation that Thorsen was available to accept the interim city manager position. fmiklin.villager@gmail. com

Estranged husband charged in murder of neighborhood mom

BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER

Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on March 30, police were called to a home in the Hills West neighborhood near the corner of East Belleview Avenue and South Havana Street, where they found Tracy Lee Bloch Lechner, 42, a mother of two young children, deceased in her driveway from a gunshot wound.

Her estranged husband, David Samuel Lechner, 45, had fled the scene but was arrested a mile away a short time later and charged with First Degree Murder – Felony, Menacing/ Aggravated Assault with a gun – Felony, and Domestic Violence – Misdemeanor. He is being held in the Arapahoe County Detention Facility without bond.

The arrest affidavit says that a witness who happened to be driving by and heard a commotion reported seeing David Lechner shoot the victim in the face at point-blank range as he stood over her, before fleeing in his car.

Tracy Lechner was a highly respected private attorney with expertise in the fields of cybersecurity, technology, information security, and media. She also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado School of Law. At Tracy’s funeral service, Rabbi Yaakov Meyer spoke about the scourge of omnipresent violence in our society and the need to reject it, seeking instead tolerance and understanding. Her father, Dr. Clifford Bloch, spoke about Tracy as a super-mom who taught kindness to her children and as a woman of valor, a customary

Tracy Bloch Lechner was a highly respected attorney and mother of two young children.

ship and marriage literature and is defined as an uncommitted relationship that is good for the situation of the day. A couple might have gone on a few dates, or even have had a sexual encounter, but the coupling lacks direction and or commitment. This has become common in the online dating scene. Psychologists have described these situationships as satisfying when both people in the coupling are okay with the casual nature of this type of relationship. However, most of the time one person in this duo is starting to connect, has feelings and the other does not. Because this has the potential for rejection and dissatisfaction, one must know the rules of the road before they get hurt, rejected, and crash and burn.

Situational relationships are not harmful if one can see the benefits up front. These types of relationships give one an opportunity for exploration and growth. “I like this, I don’t like this.” It also allows the freedom of prioritizing one’s choices without checking in with one another. It also good for companionship without

situationship.

The negative side of this arrangement is this relationship is not consistent or supportive.

It is shallow, does not go deep, and lacks clear expectations. If one of the partners opens up, shares deep feelings and demonstrates vulnerability, there might be disappointment and hurt that follows. Trust has not yet been established and values, needs, and wants might be dismissed and disregarded. There is guessing, ambiguity, and uncertainly which adds stress and anxiety to this tenuous relationship choice. Conflict and resentment are common as there are inconsistent views that have not been shared. People in these kinds of arrangements make assumptions about the other person that may not be correct.

The longer this situationship continues, the worse it gets. Many describe that the participants in this coupling are experiencing inertia. This has been described as being stuck, not wanted to leave the relationship and not wanting to stay in it. There is comfort in being together and separating

small anniversaries that usually bond and attach one to another.

In this type of relationship joy is diminished and questioning oneself increases.

One of the primary characteristics of a situationship is compartmentalizing. The members of this coupling can also be dating and being intimate with other partners. Since there is no commitment, no boundaries and no expectations, this kind of polyamory is common.

Planning in these types of relationships is rare. Most of the encounters with each other are spontaneous and if it works out, it works out. There is little consistency and lots of excuses such as, I am busy with work or am traveling. Being together is not the priority. Convenience trumps everything.

Conversations in a situationship lack talk about the future. Everything is about today. In a situtationshiop, there is little direction and loads of ambiguity. If this kind of relationship works for you, stay with it. If this arrangement is making you heart hurt, speak up, get out, and honor yourself.

You are in charge. You are worth not being one of many, but, rather, being the one and only. joneen@my relationship center.org

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This is the mug shot of the accused, David Lechner.

designation of great honor. Her mother, Natalie Bloch, spoke in glowing terms about Tracy’s boundless energy, dedication to her children, and courage as she worked to help other victims of domestic abuse battle a tangled and heartless court system as she had done for the past three and a half years, attempting to get divorced from her husband, who was under a restraining order when he came to her house and allegedly committed this heinous crime.

Tracy’s friends have set up a way to help Tracy’s two young children, “SupportForTracy LechnersKids” on spotfund. com. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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Eric Hogue Named President of Colorado Christian University

The Board of Trustees of Colorado Christian University is pleased to announce that Eric Hogue has been named the new president of the University.

Hogue, who currently serves as vice president of University Advancement for CCU, will assume the presidency on June 1.

“Eric Hogue is uniquely qualified to lead the University during a tumultuous time for Christ-centered higher education,” said Wil Armstrong, chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees.

“The search committee was impressed at every step of the process by Eric and his vision for the University. As a natural leader and gifted orator, he brings an infectious passion for Colorado Christian University. He is a true champion for Christ-centered higher education.”

Hogue steps into the presidency at the culmination of a nine-month nationwide search conducted by the University’s Board of Trustees in conjunction with CarterBaldwin, one of the

top executive search firms in the country. Trustee Susan Rutherford, an experienced corporate human resources executive, drove the process as chair of the search committee. The search firm and the committee vetted over 60 qualified academic, business, and government leaders.

Hogue replaces Dr. Donald W. Sweeting, who served as president of CCU for six years before transitioning to the role of University chancellor in August 2022. CCU Trustee Tim McTavish, MBA ‘13, has been the University’s interim president since Sweeting assumed the chancellor role.

“We cast a wide and robust net in searching for the next president,” said Rutherford. “As we got to know Eric better, it was clear that he should be the next leader for CCU. We stacked him up against the highest caliber of candidates, and he came out well ahead.”

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more than a decade of enrollment growth and expansion. CCU currently has more than 9,800 traditional, adult, and graduate students enrolled at its residential campus in Lakewood, Colorado and online throughout the world.

“I am personally humbled and honored by the significance of the opportunity to serve as the next president of Colorado Christian University. The University is at a liminal moment with one foot firmly planted in our stellar history and the other stepping into what I believe is a limitless future,” said Hogue. “Our future embraces and celebrates a sincere Christ-centered higher education — with a passion to be the nation’s best performing and most respected Christ-centered, biblically sound, evangelical university.”

The incoming president brings a strong affinity for Christian higher education, having earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Liberty University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from William Jessup University.

Hogue brings a deep knowledge of CCU to his new role.

Since 2018, he has served as vice president of University Advancement, directing a comprehensive fundraising program totaling more than $45 million, including $33.5 million for the Armstrong Center Campaign. He launched a $44 million Science Center Campaign, established the CCU Endowment Foundation to prioritize the rapid and sustained growth of future resources for the University, and birthed the CCU Fund and Hope Fund, which will raise $1.5 million annually for student scholarships.

“I am thrilled that Eric Hogue will be the next president of Colorado Christian University,” said Interim President McTavish. “Eric’s high energy, winsome style, and out-of-the-box thinking will take CCU to great heights. He has served the University impressively these last five years as our vice president of Advancement.

As interim president, I’ve had the privilege of seeing him in action

and have complete confidence in his ability to lead this University with excellence in every respect.”

Prior to joining CCU, Hogue served for six years as the chief development officer of William Jessup University, where he tripled WJU’s endowment fund and navigated two successful campus capital development campaigns.

Hogue is known for his roles as a former political candidate; practicing theologian and pastor; and long-tenured radio, television, and media professional. He is the author of The Winning Side of the Ask: The Heart and Skills of the Donor-Centric Professional Fundraiser, a book dedicated to helping nonprofits design a thriving philanthropic culture.

His wife, Tammy, is an award-winning educator who has been deeply shaped by her experience in Christ-centered higher education. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Teaching from William Jessup University. She also holds a multiple-subject teaching credential with a supplemental credential in business. Eric and Tammy have two adult daughters, two sons-inlaw, and three grandchildren.

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GOVERNMEN activ the GVAHC’ ates e iti theuncil.” gla h a spok to sretain the TAL community, but is the act of enterin After noalt-marke ps cess of l, and city co scryho Wiroug ock,oTom s thStah la REPORTER Bull gd rst per a id having bee rev a letter from DaveBr to humanity on about hi Further, it iew p e scholarshi pro a questi heOn ember Paul building wit onc scholing Mthe th “T ird cil its at, n th th left un hou $6 g unl 0 r Co . in only ock.ed and tres as r, mis t fo nt yes; a d he sion e wh e million 2023 cit vote , abou b ole m ge, Dickson s barri e for e shorta usu ow As to ng ild his mot pas two Paul Wieasner re Th ally housi kn ses. Nothing of val bu d we The g s of fo for … to e a the Cit ha all ip the r y the ed yw C D kn of Che avipurdposw ideGov. arsh AH want e ofent ports we all fts, the re, bu le se ue tot rPolis , d no)a nedreally ne plans to was takenow stealing someth thates Village reports det rry Hills ge didn’t say wh beethne gt,etheGV in 22 of the 43 Clare Lang Anne Ingebretsenavote ers to access the elGr ing. the GVAHC. erfit sly said ailed infortet sthos forcan theywhen ounw greatness of ood“what ood VillaCi viee ul dget he eveart ob Vi levers ip were locstr t nw bu w ever nts. is lla st ma The ar e e el ge limi It tion th use fts to n er ked re l from HC b to or rth aw G its ey on GVA not fu mo e ley-Hawcity Sh g. , forc BY FREDA MIKLIN be uset d to tor veh on butan council and ty Coatt Th theky you.”The mud ad icle m yctor re d un th suppl s co Di ng cil ” a cte e e did housi dur ra the de nc say the se ing s… re cid s meri na increa pub tha was the to ed tha t keys were left lic monthly. also a 42% innd$5,000 three GVt Fi increased thefu its She saidrm that resident thorne, e for se in- crea in e education igiblth So17phia Diaz dfrom tists the side 12 of the ol31lainrper l ar of August, the CH At the end state.”

GOVERNMENT nity is most fo theed him across aiod tiona n anddiHu 202 ityma ots fund 1m vehicles that De Crseuz to ount2. It nit stAr esenle in iescalled ctiv V Police rdcil , traffic accidents in that CoCo ips h aHC un y,” GVAHC res the city from utGVA densitex rather than were stolwh scholarsh for the first nine 43 in 202 TER Department (CH , “Gent REPOR r yo en. o lives in GV 107 in 2021 to fo Donna John (GVAHCan) dhawed’vtoeplan, accurately – months of edhigh-penditu VPD) reportd, os o , raise op g po w wh ly, they pr int tin a ey e in 152 air or ed s dis mon tly 202 a a “th Eig in 202to ugh ed that all sworn Ch rt 2. e, “Sligh stamp ofreco htthe d by supp ntinu of the 2 for the first nin includ g,” co could s crethan e are $2 vehicle 50, howmmin fac per itsedpo ram eed thro thas twer e citmo - measure rogsentat the r pr yog pRepre ofraaw oulic 23currently7,5 ratheRuby would be using bod sonnel Other thefts, not vered by localt pol , ives of the year. Traffic e y nth ents than r 20we yfo recs eiv ard was out of th toState resid densitthr ing erre GV , art, the arts coiounn the compasexpand ap from ice ee andgDavid 7) in bby Ba mus on (HD3 citations oveed g revenu departm$6 $5m mop ciated r Li addin cameras beginning y-worn nty ,00 torro 7 n,fro fo areas, Couic vehva ents28 d r of its memsome iss em0be e as”so ahoe rall dec in ev me icles, ltota m hi in ,67 lu m ns th Arap Golde the have… s rit c ’s all er life tio country andDicks sch ing in CC sal led cil ac SenOct Den ola allow e 31 ted State te GV obe of in in and rsh 8), na isr ipsis lots of discus 2022 by 39% from reased in ver, Aurora sio 2022 through Sep best Ortiz (HD3 sion 1, ahead of the Jan the, Eng iesner po e comm that there ert forinly, to support Delew ya an idall ch appl nver ,Br to ythto 2,175 in tember 30, 50.” W ors oiing it’s in GV’s rts.to),C uary 1, seni ce olsp andonco unable to at-ator (SD16 ro $33,0 e Kolke is high 202 s to nacle sanu va Jefferson County ood r Aron includ 1 tobe 2021. That increas ted nd t the luil-able ascho 1,327 in 2022 for bers. I think known for its the impacdi apabout eigs, e atenou e req t- Chris ht from ah ’t include th PAGE202 rvtal uired by•stat and oe se going gh dn s us d e 323|dat THE VILLAGER October 27, 2022 hi retu HC’ ma ng acc ed ou the at rne meeti oun GVA fin Co sp “Y ted hall th d te ec be been n un town en rs, at firs ific tend the meeheld had a to ty joint to a , as tal boxco t nin c their owners. A nin ed for most of the ally to su t th on home higsuhresch e could law. The equipm es. Those figures il them sione e ort ar ests p ou months of the yea c u -u re ter have Yo in ck un oo pp . re pi o l policy in sen ent inc c g s th sh for , reas was ni was or iors of r.

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by CH-policies of your p…” s e schools in curren hithe rk with an desp ve-m VPD in sch pointed in th nnilege degree three could s larsite d wo n, adlsded that, rauz rn, Cente hicle trespasses September 30, 202 ended inste ho of 202 the largChmo ist it partadofofweste eatiocontro loenthMa Itlaw sc 2022ola students in th ble for the Arts anon and crrent lywi throrsh cilo… aw monthly. The ughip ing est inc 1. theaft o imposre had coun ender nearly four tw from rease zenkThe they thard gi ce Cultu l in crim2,e in wood l ved sch the visual, eli Green e ien of es th belie city councilal.’s Vill te in g ola Sep be Sc theyH a age e ca tem rsh thatinclud HD37 t ict r he d ni Si tota ana ber ex fact ips str (T an to y lyzed tra l number of burOf s deca. de di CHV was thafur in those for enrfor three t tota fundscould be bit 31 occurre and Sen. r g but, “One option l, r dim fundon Kolke –lecentra isuld the ship.”Ortiz SD16th oco yChris State each of the first larDavid glaries reported of Driving Under the for y wh e,dpart decision toVillag ict), which fundsl Ceninishes scho performing n Co citthe d in vehicles tha a str e ly t amp cil over l Di Rep. be nin no un raise in contro State s e giv es CH state mo Infl HD38 It’ iti V en nth some . uen t of s gs exert Dickso ce cle through Sep et l, Foxfield, and a porCC the Facil in Ruby op co were leftthe ty to th Rep. of GV po ob t Ci e (DU 202 stu Statets. nfi rtu sta of ou es 2.

HD37 I), de ge unl nit d th rs ab tennia wh nts ur ock en e s be I ich tem alcut the budg ng yo ed ar whose pacertai resulted in 25 ber- 30, 2022 ce happenedtowhma and 12 ies offered ips. ated Arap- d literary ar u will un hosti 5 mem n kinds of zoning to rents arts r of larsh was 12, com We found that of foscho an unincorporcity eir e pay arrests, compareddo d to the reement th ven rgi , ub liv mad par on enforc veh re cil er ted hous00 ed ria law r ed na Se sp or icle te id coun e to dense m the ly in ers liz th to re 0,0 allocation tion ly ra s ns 16 ra sev wer rit co 17 ed memb Gr slight a $7 to the pa co en c me re og e very ee t an e se for duringup nwoodalow d unrv os ored a bill that would ent to re motor vehev ch again the same nine-m deing shipty.prKolker, who Coun cil egeth. e r- Arapahoe Vi the sam spons Coun icles er yblla holarBefo w order the“M those stol y artist ered by tom e perst. priforc onthuper judge 16, cis iod in follo Yo vile,egusu protec ea byup n areas within ember sumer can ask aue ly iodstin be202 str Sept and for ioners. mu our arts scahoe GV edallygro in certai issoffice AH SD27 iontions during the first nin en in CHV breaking a win of future work ketheut the direct r of y to on CCme senato wi1,llin the Coiaunty for their d sion s.” Soph a dec comm mare…b bilit electe et de nna tempoen ofmbersing was reas gideci u dow. Item g ne online. quire dg cation to ewo Do eli les of e yo r confis bu mo , vehic ed 25% ict alo rary ase be h nth tructu s rk of r . purch str of ng c s infras s Bur em of of e who lette re s th a hi ns for de th AH M r d nbound val a them scr w 2022, 11 wer tir of an eeesenato ue wereour cil transitions “It’s GV t ele wi state y ibe dar,tio wrot eGr th igate un at sts b th ssl HC en d e becam invest th ey tak co to Co the the pointment and bewilderment y m not reconsider its plan to reneed to cultivate friends cost of higher education, and are ar GVA 2020, e en in for m who the o doc e Ch rol from wife co um peopl an that wh r e err whose BY FREDA MIKLIN re ho ent from the s of s powe un rt, e y Creegive ed as nt art 40 kn wasnthe firearm pathose The senato Year kdHi is to n oesf w have annual Arts icleshe s 1, ry to said,rsinand t 2023 gasnworke in r21lif Janua takeththat isioipaliti those stude s an on they saidow ject a there Arts Council’s recom- in thisveh greater community and hearing that this in important cgh No SD16 and likely atunwhat ofethe isepose emunic ofaski ts.not Scrato them hnsto adthreat cap resign ” e school counsCelor, oil veh en thi eteathey Joand ol s icle 9GOVERNMENT sid wa th Ho reng middl is aC. y, “W rem ble continue no..”Kolke did not previously ge GVAH His rs Ar . why ark Ke not our roledeemedho T hebe ricting of ab ep of n t d AHcontin- displaced by automation. “appalling” and “insulting” mendation, she would a to grow by including progress will rolled back of redist l they so le e n up r ro GV ch a result ee g asactio rd nt wood Villa on er, H ag el, REPORTER ainin a Gr co others ing m your eg e or expl cie w in provid da th Si elves and ” pa a n tal a yout. Asdecision wrote lettertos anwith ry about on e no velast until December Htalked ize rents… her en b for thems rm stabil ha to A y about ill s is ha pa talked made by GVCC, mu cr her position.

The following w all the Arapahoe County high was deeply discouraging.” th on ve ur to ll Dicks ea ch o will dim wi t as N term so. d tin ini l radios we value ng ed appeare only e a interest in climate hi rent program. citsh is also wrongin-to do thaty— ferriinvolv y,ed betySD16 ili d out Ng d hipointe ldnew pe sinceg for specia ople, one it wou my viab Ortiz u servstrong felt e The the arts, weimploring o In 2011, the Greenwood berfundin them to re-examine morning, she did just that.a life abilita y to freShe schools.

Please on, “The idea th ng saidatheRe U pm cit on memued y coptun 2024. rmesc rs 31, anytngpolibewhen delay la do to voting staff to Aconsider elywent ty“Y emcil tant bereis. worki expre do mu ing impact schoo cil did sushe etiho o of weste on of bills that e Se coun ization is impor for thHuggins ngstabil rn not thwould als VillagePa City rk Council (GVCC) it priorn’t on ch the 2023 Catherine is in bit of grace and the L of excluding leasaid CCHS s, uncil it ityCo the kedl securi , itcity posslitstupart b Afte the em ,edas small myallow in icsin& 18for tlethink to en be clude self,us ndse larsshraip can t ourcypand tside lityou ple 20 gun respo un a co ou lv I ad a ased s first rea ura es s ill, ing m purch mm acces ly any ch ge w it’ can Co fro tha direct nt mov to ou “How re e , passed a city ordinance to of the scho budget, five members of the t geme her eighth year on GVAHC and opportunity to present three dents who attend school ter art r ton, r the Ca cause dy mana ne n Little re lette let . yb to of ry It Ju xt ne d carbo the 8 d part of onin genPRESENTED BY te PAGE mwapolicgettin uncil emergency without aapbill Me Cente resp and prelackto upmo co o aond y g ”a down payment Member make the powers,era an cit s nnial, the r2 cia cally thcommended |y THE ate ing oustate secondary voice sois physi l events VILLA rough wa Liv tionandof art duties, GER cityist council responded to the and Ms.th Carson Greenwood sGV tothe requand . theyers at in an ain •ble ted unpicke the Janu about19,o2023 aThe Cdrka Caryl wo sis nce polic Ken demonstrColum ing with and As denew ff. ep“work the s.” Ar e scholarships Yo of ary t- ilton tuoperation rned of its Arts age t anyon confi uti ard 911. hu t is not under eAH Bo forw ly exgpl andwith throug to go A ing ndhavin ort,bine, kifive andly Hufor her strong advocacy for arts at doesn’vent next .spring.”rely on.“The idea of that IVillage but on is a H l or afford cil…on geoththermal a home ins. for sev onera wide e disillito cil rea becam oun y office who mn unfirearm so When wo c energ spect, suppits phi- okmanities “v Ortiz, ns ting, co re … iew e mee .4 with an o ity Th n et ng th g elf we 1 c d ilt ed o a worki budg buyin als its rds $ H ,” ed y also your ey nk as ti from is of 2023 r excluding CCHS o s , 21 us b Council (GVAHC) y th the arts, despite being ill with Kathleen live cil fai so inc s, senato fourth y sa d lo fit me l, in part Smith, threeifcre weoutside ne wh thifor coun Ju en own andl g sasara eheling – ten is insulting t ase going while servin energy.” eyhe ex- on-sis to formerreach abled in wi pursue as a “It in the arts that to creati ected besaid ich’sth thwh “comphousi bers of theothers ip r noted ng GV official. four cancer, then said, shmem Kolke genera C” mem on a bill that would lar vity.” seve bers That law,tounchanged sta ho cacity ting on students who attend its boundeck ud paych ted reer.Council nde“GV u acere exp ath artthe innthe U.S. Army,insis uteisd to dafor The to stage r of Kolker and Dickson adding, as pects over fe ’s bals pilot r sc ” that th Yo AH ib of 22 es of gun toGbe Vgo nts e the teat tr violen e 0 to billion sc $1 to d 2 in the past decade, says that, “We are truly upset that you principal of aries feels All of oucopte m t ho aled re , im Ch victim p lin tis appe st 0 be ag added nd allow loe la u ar on ho He of icly r ing ck e 1 d of a rs of the starving art mof the State, mre hip e scloses?” dju HC teboth membersshe spoke returnedwininc fropubl reexpen eroving enko, co-presyeaive GVA iteria phy ba arket aup thmi raare , Creekide schoolMinazGreenwood bm ecte ctlyChair Vice pselco is lus isre , exth R refund TABO factur the opthe budget Cherry unnecessary (GVAHC’s) ve Octo ist coHeopethey gun tns r be the cr“Monies required ber gone o e rethse ngt,ng to “Meay funded di toisers. rv2e7on , ar , sopcosts e md sa Ntheir ineunofwe les Ddecided e manuado om isfor nce Prevention nt ofVillage housi •at sa&Ecil aviduring re no anN Viole tryG frsid coun ththat en t lost on reject dyear. loyehave RVetera an Milita her thebut the Gun , city esue d va e,offic djuak the mILar Civic th livegroupand cruel. lui edre deci- of the (Arts) ctly tothis -e the eration cid 8,6 one of w nd fro of Council ng workshop (tois reject) our les-on High School, m re w sp 7 li a ou iv st d di e el ian the GV 6 Color o e r ise a many LA kid $ c ith art for r ra ry noted -p s. m s. fo recommendations. see count re es a n is to s W u s t Ci the hi also ica V , at best, fe hat owa expec and across pl nsider. The et Es io etun ar shaip s ich woerk Caucus. They ith Comm dtoapreco point CgRegar ses TH s “inr-all noby wh shipstates t GVincrea anittee arkyo ronitcty shall donations, scholarship criteria, who s has been larfour nting Co ed to thr s scholarship did mee |17 large Bat that provid ho GV r awar outside its ee boundaries dedcome fromthi iss era 0Affair e thM thAKl AHwh bm only wtablished vid uding em The m buodgwi highly ac-While a directly ncesc ban t fos. etllfobe Insura esanwhile nKe & tio uced ton te w GE 1su hrted I find thisfor particularly rserth to vencil ereason sh ac Da t the Aow billaintrod bectheominong ons. theeve on the David P eleDbe e na ng nity—more sitsVilla of fundraising onnswha goingy against GVAHCclaim the policy than Ba do unaic bills, o, r-pno repo as f yth m osi, tier requssiriimmu ger llHealt Xcel orn wesecured in re 023whncers is just—mproceeds g, “N sio agre audie nt well beappalling ed inm 2of and“exce feels of thisbers be le r,oeLi 8 profcot”m Ju mem aybe and grants artunnecessary g ain , as we enWe during about lie nse A memb ists at her schooappears shortsaEnerg bb 99pl l ththe ex etweapo y 1high yo Ba ittee. Hestalked ey e ins s ,” 47-typ events, nd wishes of the Arts and Husince 2019, er. (because) a in a rna c tion feesComm th on tei ng told m to nt re the t m f n cle lti ces HC e u ffi Ce nmen to n iu s o ip produ do su , GVA a h gover lae o it Do any il.” ts l d o sh the lla if l e, rti ls re fin lt comp T of c d federa etherJohn r T d m electesc ta w thnn theien is- a the Cu d officia aCouncil…To she ebers mem “who ha nciallychange rs. u nelar re ng on recip th amouand atos resu and cruel. othat coun we at xpenwhile he is workim tSho (Arts) Council, manities and nt. It was aall session. Dicksonvadded ation otllof ve gro s asto issioho stabsaid dPho setrno ined n, M nd eers, Staasked wnWhile f.”by Frebydathe n bi receivedlegisl Da ting, on theat’ obelethat itou fu factur ve mm up in sighted 2%17 stamonies its, litle ndm bill th e ee n Bu at that gun rt a il enl ts, mp of for Miklin than mecilfro p- aDicks cok le suppo law. cogover t, mee coun crbecom ere anies era en,expla disaPa reesid nmen city es a rtsllo ,eathey eno nmanu will the these r An held Arts andva Hube therti criteria from allowing was her un’mre exclusive, at sure t fe hopes “Ie powas best, the policy In- theap tw s.a Imck make lf sa amlit G yn, would totis Ba nit d r coat rk Swo edem ait’ ne within pro a riod w struct comp mm urn ulbesW er. states profit paning ussM unity st l for hisscholarships offer These ar hir,Bpure raise er hthat Xcel’ be ies are , ns would w e pethose s bthey PD do housi on, – its manities ne , isccil oinhl, ovsed att tio rit onseng budLi-tybby fIn ranew a questi d ) t mat, t, en to 2 y lif resp th lo C er To t propo w nse the bu e Special Revenue a din g GVAHC to choose from the derstanding its worst, it t m and ic , il HC n as sa Co respo ch a p n, tin un c g n Sta laces, u well tr oic nd of es VA e io l as e n workp no o Co es, Utiliti is ol (G il O u th t - mva m ur op of the po ur oagelie D theuaPublic from liabili r no protec sch appears shortsighted carries racist by youTom % tion com setan atSen. it w ld th e am agreyo y cJu an th2 islua at hwhich spen 20 l tsFund. nfo a broaddevel si-fo33 dup LIN sible ear ted acces derived from our yoesnd on ow The City Manager shall rsaid n th dJu pool of best high school that minim IK that the cur- ool, shops and restau dy recis We % anthe en arciteum 32 and be MHi rin po cityusing ogto M ins dinclud page opme we s abe onnewh rst lto nit t 2on th an emed ,Aon n totei to foan myo does am nthywo ion rsn, r bad in Dnts ived 1un5debu pinthero stried eha , that “Iwtfor gifro n l- Kolke uld ey r thee ot diuission wi bret ve m Co s“It gbeege acts eGr ts Comm nn oo exclusive, at ranundertones. tsrece noleatdchild uc rsubmit ALing oflo asose n ftperfor ca eo’s nw Tict a,bill aat er YthFREs. MEstr on bedr oVi liance pe ationsh vag hanun uisirecit ng for consideration of e sa reedch seniors all d of Arapahoe lo plyilli rent policyin Greeand N27 could o .”

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City taxes re nw dg te v do Sulliv st mm th th ge d “It cit issue e t e. p m ju oo d y and, Re st ild n N un a of e,” On , e o d Ent ber th ch all rte a s ty. onabl Vicarries ityag rebudget R ild m re seem“questi Octo rs ,ssDa , the frbe th lyeeCo rdto fromreg10ulatorm13. pod produ cts. un sn the drawin the thaic E nam ne ge, whoMany lowip three e g to expan Co un t gave him io their ngllSbe re peocilste greete issAll ds”to aid annual County to only the er graduating er sh ofgallowing OV pem numb to would its worst, it lla holar s divuin G at n an tha duriwi adult ewa r isRfocus - sultthGVCC Arapahoeof e sc bM studdy se sitiovid R ed two cil,0 $5at.1dththe Kolke a asece roccte coun stuon- t,tax the themusch Holid notal involved in -ay pele leagree the n buwithin beisdr somet thatdwe TsEIn to isreon be incredibl “todefiexBY thing shor Annene ha0s0 or tra FREDA tGrofhcounon, ip as er. ltipola Juseniors t toin reare po point bit ofare Othe spap win two the Arts andt Humanlie Ing Greenwood students from icsaid y inc28 oy- lag Psh eirip, eenwoo . Wofein $25e0Dicks astioan ple, th awho eb ho thrsh coMIKLI teache y deserv-er-income trree Eand eforr rs, sa m.aret yes. They equa ingh scnew Public Empl nfideNncawards.” club lev th e-ity islly Rlar Vo racist undertones. includ is at also sen ,67e7n& ste e pof wi ed It lun te be ag el in,Village since e to. Special tee the art policy $6 ey tifavll er.bill to orinRor m etdndations g ainto,” ig Housi rs tofevAm - ing drobe nw othe ed ion, lookin m ing of thi acportat me on s scholarship ee ne dgoo compng nitely f th tha ond h that mme teerim do the mrt dium itD Gr Trans ities Revenue Fund u residents is diminishing the throughout o of r wi p a proreco u tr a eri in b as in “m th the ta In health su wi suppo l Yo y s ca e ery th ted iation , re nthe to yri S a art e e menta would ll it is e rejec liv in Assoc art and ad De s g , they art ed a co s o o ts… v ment id tick sch e d ist selors th n of s lle ofys20 udaion th itcoany’s shared art ee Retire cityw ge dtoVilolarship tostudents neSandy eenforc allth cti ers GV ent sh Many lower-income mm sid wit ed e stsadd hathernmen ng y H e- wa Comm y tetha 20of G be h valArapahoe cGove scti iss Mcomp itwa dents wh tha ts the sale tof et e in tL New To getrto thech reasonable intent the V scholarship.

This color are ildthe llage ERNM eentreque ArtsetsCo eC renyexpenses itslt“of Vinals, ENTA Carson ts fessio ouof 23s GVA . tem hsta help the hlaw can for 0its inGOV prohib s reflec ent tfor HC. toLocal strenitTgth 2nd r yse Coca su ises aHemre On pecse re dreg lor nsawoong boner A). tohaicwould m pursueofthe eedcorsth fo of t,en.ad cil eworki y.”asth hese I’m theo & fenbenefi ut who dexpen o–thi mm T(PER paad rri y, w the phco the ble at iss parking toun fe eng se scre ug students color b rk, sounder which m hesofathe (Arts) Council,are well Ho scholarship is an outreach County to bussed in ion nits ura holde rojescan roeEnerg of cithy aeyxlea soon en eric eG Village ir t (re tee, wo lid ores er Pen oas s e pa childr to v HC s ay at to cis th l a the il d ati b ea into sc m GVA sc th lying e to se th put e taken ign ro h ng gr n the be y w from ho u as e h O 1, , d ity p millio n p ed er ment action b on h yo Br $35 3 la o (t lt REPO h g that un n emb r r . sio rsh 2 gettin RTER ehardRiskfo in pro o m adon edl coOn momuDec thstanding se lifate .7 veEnvir notwi mmger@ e new wi but bussed s.”e Trem ess that ntItComm contain an estimate arts commissioners. Kerber, fortoys program that grows GV for ns…are whic Glennndin ita,”l im assca rplu un a resu lat ncil up tesers, would be m the pgmail .an in the 20shall alsoPlea eralsapply Ariip sonme lt- co in from hiseso suittee, ms (age zonthe stigpu 22, ing f $59ting caity theplo gency the elv s 0-16 gt.raTh 0ain a Car n.villa C at reAem ) toes at denied from fmikli make etoor Firstthr th2019 totheir en sedfall resu ’s uthstate’s ’scte“ri ufor mee ittywa r.custom ou danticipated in 2increa E.revenues ofthistEmer lar vs. the art to Crescent Pkw gh rican in the Cheld ensis chDon8390the nt ludedd GV ofCash ecogn Bullock andAme Stahl sat Statsilent, d nin politic scholarships dale to attend pt.erati vas csitryby edized e Bank at arts and humanities base. The well-r starte yo gePERA the ase ag y, Suite 100, reregu in beGV incpp no flag”) arttos.for sGlendale thefo ceiv 23 ond scholarshto crebuAH (“red y m su hed dw Th m re Cprice y expe nthe innd welado 20eshe ations directly an ofoffering behicus ins the me tcontri Broto allate r calendar Villacommisnstruc-histor aes e esaid globmb ip attend ntling shortf nco ,Gree the ge, CO 80111 or ginete t inricanwo fonext enyo sersimply Creek, and w s Game on tiecip cocom fu gas ter. Sincth year.” sstate seort theod arts Arts Council aims increase ders arose because tuent pa of prograof is Volunteersks rating ProtectionSOrder Cen nthe rcbe nt vo ysconsti rt u p e the in re a e the o Arts ted m de to b ng b in is p p p li the worki t n Curt 7 stu o iu e Ame t At r il n u 1 its family c d works be Janu u law, u ag wr also e a d at m n that ca is ary sch it t, g, of $5 www.voad gh -inamo onawareness 9isnomeet use Creek, fo He enenth un imouasly to oladlinrsh g.e It doofesour Dea their hoand deou colorado encour dgedin , a2020. h GVAHC began e for explanation or acprogram. were ip, are thepst t was in eff arts,” nin .org/toydriv n. law. Under donatio De Dasioners buad no usesthese ugThe built cem l rt, mu m have xceedsthat she She nsvid liyoCurt thiber an’t is Dece are in these ng18, iltion illiohas sev e eshared we mbe tota“A to 202there throawarding aw ral funanthe r’to a r 16, ll2022 g fromsto provid as, 2! enough bo oan in vices. , ing, edoes bill ais . onisrd yer Englewoare ceticoning chanWe merit-based colknowledgement ofon their conthe arts not precisely the histhe incom s) of $6.4 m ed or costs aunxpenditures sic and so ourmcit precisely ge want wayGree s tax th 1ard th to ng od or the topegrow pti to benwoo da fin , the a redgusyste Centennthe saleips Gene dituing 1. es schintiola %like ming r overaudi iterdin reco on rsh , comflege oesp ial 20og of ed e ite 2us pense ero debt issu nd, afscholarships to talented co cerns before voting to passan community inrce r 45m GV andon reach . alt studentsTh who students who n x n o an ort to d n e h , eth .

3 1 n t, la 4 Jo 2 0 e o p cia ese students who could 0 r us 0 g art s er because the lly planning 2 school brilliant artists de illi Hallv,eGVA careercounty. se Villa sta f 20make age ge ble art bud one at City nue, HC’ With z lpous in ouUnfortuCoun seniors the with the reduced Arapahoe live in GV d- , and ehe could benefit .5 mCity GV cil istbudget fromy 2did r in the high , wr Mtanfee V at year’ ite e expen sathe r,pre2 in pro an se th end in $of Cityno the win s cra d money 3 of $3 ernmental relly reco benefit most from serve cons is major cluded udsen Instead (of limitin society. who would rded outstanding, s are paid, Glion 202mee fine arts back of scholarship most from an duits get to ce o rld uncedl il at itthi ideration r.”outgamount zyAlswo s ov are usua e my could do cGsokVsowi million m d nnoint rgtings g the the forlocal h ts bliveckin. oing ne.sente t the accessible, n ath Arts num-qualifysch jecwe r xpense $49.3 mil h n-c st $2ual inbo1986.

Through 2022, 69 and the policy decision that for it.

We want to grow eg e u , o ” an accessible, ro in inte g alm o rder. o o g p ll reco a be f c fr n e s a l ola tape r b Ja r ti a of rit Sh y 2 r ice rship as taxpaye yeor based on me scholarships and e tolthed the only 2 er els students te pit n cornti se blev hic e cit udget mee Weins have finu r rv catei w coun have received GV were eligi- arts community ludainsmanllkeman on her and d in 20 Paske rsthis cilresidents eoffo Hum AbbyrDerbys rit ed d and local scholarwho Based me incon tha fo reant aniti in GV , un ll to th n. d how expects to ccount, of w d its hire, Certified Person scholarship like ag“T es b t ffe Coun de n o p fa la io di a r g o cil 6 e b al of 1 il ca li tin Trainer ger V he th mb n pu e r at Villa il no r Club ta the ge t V e G ers rsu e so u The Greenw a ,”s scholarships. e citizeGVAHC t them), I suggest a, then wee ood m reerjein Of idn that ’t ble n “d coa b long experilike this ns ofEighty unncil’s ne p t G n an Resc the Grpercent nk ctredart “A tem ct th nsidere e,” getfora it.lotmember thaWhe nt eenwoodof ship th uth aTca co and reach Arapahoe e fawo Sepw’t c the recofordin nd you ence, she to diffe sayas,total, (GVA itio g ’sfor the in its ba e rpro r GV HC) r yofu n is co ns c of hgth hfo 40 were GVura residentsChairGVAHC Sandy re as de- geone. one. Eighty go .rk Villa meriss double le Cathoferine enco itutes witin ndg child d fo wefurseOn un rong dea feeeli e Aacce community the awUnfortunately, nbo re geinment Carson ason s of were $27.4 millio Fund Balan ngtw Fetbruaryisn thto a yo useve lo paecr th ard. Make peo-termined alo6, from his beerr ha eisxit duton and in n“aeoic county. % t to and 29 lived told the city council, artists that the young ld city ck ajorerre1 mee ecmy r or at at a we s rselsewhere 2 oeneCh on- percent of the ebe lik art ,ting, ds ed s reCro thth defich dem bHugg heid n n e. is ul ha em fi Am T y M om to wo ig emb k fu ple ir e GV Dec ins y,” “ o s. s cil It ba u ss with tak ch ce id e is o le un s clo q t a a ee oir m e a plaqu u tl note. sinStudio re teachers“I for eonr-the arts ra000 pae at tha grind His gh Scho ” Co County. s ag. 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sa ER un. in pa only gettcto trash howe eDa mentexposure s,ic Bu d, to s, yo Janunye ur parttotothe ov Council. majorbeinstfine thto of ouand ve the un class is also arts in college alrsaygin uforrin .oW erc te nes, e theto t othe ono•m unets all ded ee community’s to… ar mos r comm GV rs nbe bru17 Gr d tioom llow ver, oncothounne sicocalen e der,dar g ridstate dts,gettinrecmaArts 26 aad ana rike dn-erccitie ke r izm a,m20 contra bad em ncen xtean of ooGVAHC’s side 0 su no attbe M te e ity ys a ” the n 23 and pa re a al rh ay to e d a t show ba cil 0 aw tha isUnli os o ers tax to h sed up. ip un te ard ve rg se t b The op 0 c r iT c e’ Co o Pl h pr r , On Oc si dig W“Cat tiVilla W ri mill lev ommendation that it award the creative abilities ofwe talentne, es n in college. nty ra does You a arts on endue aod iesedo fo0 ge and and/or promerit,majority-minority, e’stoexten ,5 n toisMs.Likfirst don’t tion. nottax sast neul toherin ng2 xepiss Coinun sive partnecktoanthdePa noin an Ci nwo not street address. cli$ thi flacil loshave e monstabG start e balancey.areolicyily Gree and ca cythe ng e thisselected of asb r th new ge ourndo Vt’sthele id edwa year are s the m d generatto llo in Viella 2023 to rig ed ht andthi skilled ecscholarships and et, f ou s individuals… entio p am le vote of pr ion As she pointed ” fessionally, fund th cia wood mak ofleits ty.tItewa lythree oweek lf ocoup will er ts sa group of leaders of tif eryo”bu has been for the past m t-te - s Bu work be of r ul operp as s ledge reco v23 atttem fmiklin. atd thknow dg rdin assvo jecgs ovide y habe $1en to pd g ay anynem reaeteth villag rece20 ertyArapahoe tinp ltim arlise erbe deserving CountyhasInbeen keeping with our goal ofartists and the gifts the out, however, and the class fo“re Nomany a costths ey er@ siga sim roper sethae motiv get pdro oth ar. dndno iftuag e s d ator de 3e, to slda ma ar gm p r o di d n ye for y a 2 wa clu S a ail a l h u b City 0 passed its20ial ra it r fo .4 a ex at to . b y T e 2 fo e a d $6 ti even se the . lead the Arts Council, , sh 0 3 r re e few years.” harde th n e eth e ri tings 2 mee r mmuniti ost, es cte ss but codoesn’t l m ng e-$50,00 ng Fpa s a ously m deof wh residents as it did g last year, the enrichment of culture…A pe “That you is also majorfo ted il iv a ti offic will t” ex in to l re si n t h w c l. y po an c tio ta e tu r re e s n nific es c co e ng p de n a n ant to h cli qu di b x in m and n en t im l l m is e ted a r a eac rd a o is suffi- integ o ad recy rating R start an , Pl ral co inclu c,oaltho ctiough noarasyste .c part un rs nt il re ne ac o e fi e il c with an ou a ed r ge vide ll and for which there at, very important aspect of… please let us do our p mean they a ity-minoria a n e e clean sh – Alissandra Seelaus t s af am th . its u t slate h m dr , tra at o n th st in e o u y e bu g , o Hall luosn over th e c re call lio witetadap telinwith Op .” Open th ey on sissduelike budg foerd ger@ ,ll.”ablile,n.v“U afw nnig tyin as million (Also e million sumrp money thelopin Arts and g the (GVAHC) is to provide scholhave talent ty, and has - mil ’s,from th 4.5 in illacient notraema s 5 time. aat25is%false deve rsoor equi illi dgetl,als n eas o$3in g t’s e .6 th d a job.” p “I t sin d 3 n t, l Villa t, bu $ t, to e and lu ge’s ou s n get ta ik n r, s c rV into fit e e bu lu ne se a actio er. #1). in rp n. ato ta m V hass ies s ignm c The , G bene in lat su d yed on l to Wfm n“G re been for the past few years. e Humanities Special Revenue arships for three students who a xat, and this is a merit scholarba t refer c e ig s, ve n in tim ta t fund. That2022 to in e ha ou ss th s or g d, u er rr ed A sh le A to ue n ein ow cureporte dang ta n o- ign- when yo – Catherine Huggins ship.” In fact, of the 27 apd sa d She co nt sh a e e Cultu n rv s to io a is at a g ral e n th it th e ly se Arts in , d The idea that some of these Fund, after expenses. are going to major in one of h ta rio Mast is us r be x th si da io e ite er u troub ly nh ss le a cr cqe (Tow ovNutr022. Ofwhen sBe g ta r ,ev cluded Are into e armany n W1e3%prue cedt 4. dg,inGV itespu“agrecainrun .” The dithere fety A- comth ition - at. W e is students would be ineligible is no offithe fine arts in college.” nately, with your action, we ary, and path to go downAlthough plicants for the scholarship Ro , lo22 e tax fo Spaun o ber 20 ting t rJa2nu st. aertio fficgeSa(Con te fo Plan sTh ,” enand, rivilmegil- ctedserved nHe use tax cti d p wh “Cat Traita n as of Sept“em imalas lyGVCC herin ate items ’s is iss a rm start pt e’s in st th al p$4 e e ru for this scholarship (most cial record, apparently e Pointing to the city coune d are shutting down our best in 2021, only two were GV out ng n rim ab th with re o sc d more a d of je ti di lle th de on BY ts an a co V en go hand in hand FRdoED ise es) pro22 m . num- cil’s decision, Carson said, and f G f om ccuAp MIaKL throse cussion: en voted ainll 20 or justificati ke 150 resid anticipate c likely, the ones who need it 7-1z to campaign. I am asking you asreduce residents. year nt;fo ighlsoIN guid ason ted hy.” over exerc at dcostthe nt ils,lion o ndce than has “It is insulting o is no re re tax mes) ge La fittedfor the city obepha you t of thance .3 mrim 2 ales ounts h ddominium can wersspresen s e 2in hand On lelfor- LandRega par 02sa la e(of $5,000bene .o in k To amed scholarships to give the choice back to tof $ly14di Alissandra Seelaus, Visu- most) based on city boundary, aate Mayor Getooroffber ar us th n mor t VE b il m se rdles a lioGO ey ng sc se is RN e d th di of l h what d ri n cil 3 in ain ME er clu your n p ta 2 nt un ul e fu e NT eth ex p gf ricted” to for m co 0AL ntcil wh the e Land cont - to cultu for 2a0Villa something so inconsequential, each $500rerpstipend un Council 2 adm fuha Arts Council. You have al Arts Teacher and National the city co gra e am toou ralto reject -ubge’s nds wron“restLa arts(GVAHC’s) the t of the havin an th yers in Th nnedplus tition to thRE e 2en2de markuin ach paappro on. g an foits art e easeits the aco that a pegoal nd plaoc d cons 0 id PO n tham e m is thisdeyear, RT ant d in th neral ag seems counterintuitive to the theee for recommendations. We firmly selected a group of leaders to Art Honor Society Sponsor ER illion o ,$th ce be .3 milliof the tax asking that the r th ainst Th $31,00Co incr edAlstoo pr r aprogram) $5.1 ofschool otal ge prog 1.9…In lary in its mostere ng to be inclu cysacli 20 0unfocil of 49e isn’t ing $2us ure 0not d10,0 show askiimpr I am inable.mThes t- wishexpen an ce 22 susta purpose of the scholarship to two and toramm allow any as dites object to the n decision to relead the Arts Council, please at Cherry Creek High School ng n k, n n get.” T r 2022 were ex ar ict tio ra d ng la m $ str u di a e ar re di d . g qu b b d clu k u e w oved an perfo b fro ar e rman din rb g th t, inclstudent sh nd n servicing fo P ng rs n u k in er dget. tra ce, a ar be s e fu alo s w m e d in the first place. I sincerely who does not live in duce the number of scholarlet us do our job.

Please let in GV, was unable to attend y’ th em er, n u nd m cit r ea io Afterbufir n throu La e cil ssretain e the high Ke M ghV the many who seto arr DaveJo ne coun dyed revof pract licbe stsidhe ymalso bega a stu epte ents often and Anto % dm ar in at tohnreceive 5fro hope a closer look is taken at it. ships and limit them to only us continue to fund three arts HHilthe meeting, but sent along Mem Re g of Scit stren C ram. At n, homes and two ices reGV Kerber lead n,ho to gth, , e ff og d o sto wn fat tu 2 y pr av loss, n sta li hn pe To 2 it etc., e lp y (D Jo il 0 u al wn cit e d 2 d le, , u m to scBarnac21 When d GVAHC 22 high-q some peTo in- red and er an have 20 l an the logic behind these recent members who had, as of ths trash George Greenwood Village residents. scholarships for high school id a letter that was read to the explo 3, am ns ta th y tif th co ar burn wi opwelers,liv to ul enre 0 ge out nu ) m and n to 2 Ja e, later onthese cost In ies in illiofoothe city s, also r,told g e city’ gete mwh s, two wostul Ingebretsen nfatigu choices and that the council were We have carefully considered seniors in Arapahoe County. city council. It said, “The ndecouncil’s 1.7 nt cil itcomp aff.dleme futh $ne andceW amend un n cluded in thinram begin- Caley Pond e ask that this turni n to co to l ed e la GV’s rura gage il of io th belinar e P iv d y ot in ld w n the rit e m to arts.” considers restoring the scholdecision, them the amount of money awarde ayou awaytofrom Please let us use the money Greenwood Village Arts cuseveralstof re ng mesajo -alo W og HV ak a . de d pr m C its . ea ise R clu ng an so un pr in th cli p each m do at an ily other cy co sto athis th . icreachedyout , it Whil i- er 0 to ey d re dget e cil tice nutri me er in d 00 bu tion ac un ca 0, arship to its former glory and to newspaper, ed for the scholarships.”

She that the Arts Council generCouncil Scholarship has been m 3) pr ad co ed $3 ain A 02 ry ne ag rd (2 cit an re ato r Acce e An wanted toan y, s th goals and ar sucon- thecontinued, ber add these embe epting awar“There service it reco upset t Jaenucu d, aswas no discrimin ht-m seelasth rever cil Mem accessibility.” ates with artist application a long-standing tradition, ting ning isCoaunscien roviding) recycling school eig ting can makand which extremely ific d (p ce, e ee n don’t an rre it th al m ec gi n sh nt ” be ted cil at o sp Jon tra u r or rs.

Hugg un ti th e yo ins was cesaid no.nd so d thaial.reached supp sto what wasndmark Towe fused.

We, in turn, rationale or explanation given fees for shows well with and from art his earned by dozens of rine CherryHuggJack Huggins, Youth At , an r ffi city co as ice en criteria fotor th wife e o green rv fo Cathe ets -and e se IN br -whi L fu sh ey rc ey ge gm te un ins “easi La th u nr@ Inovercomplgicate when in er.” oall d tra she pavi soco wthe wh mge for The ngd ou Large member of GVAHC out to the members by the city council for these sales, that is comDA MIK cy High School (CCHS) .vi atlla intdi accep L ng an lin fellore basic 2023, s h it was 0offrthe tedmoney to fin viyBdfmikl rs.” a plaqu inued, “It’s TAcli Yd.FRE MEre om, from e commCreek useins th sgolf endin en g her myself, residents, tel ’ve neve der conttips be) in for servin 4 they ual graveltorotryad for whicumb said, am honored to beon part to ask5why restrictions.

I find-this particing from outside of our city students, including ,5rella N N (SRr O ndmark Towe at,Here are g “Ieight Plensome May t exclude years st m purpocity se council abou get “I diet. ofmaem OrVER ERfor the La healt bers, hy s to l of $19 edrecomGde chbe out th Arts 2022. ularly appalling (because)the We have to Eat continue enntire coilco taGVAHC’s an and g. of the Greenwood Village rejected all GV boundaries, that weHuma in turn nities in 2005, and several of my ted e in ge to cil on e in tio en d th T b wr A Coun po Pl no l r .

R st cil. e d or ra k de ju Lant th O ar ed w th m Ms. dmendation.

Plen you penz, to require le Hugg wi n h nd start EPam oke. Ka e ins ed to La te ic ex bl towa R e h nd s e spth rds Arts Council.

I attend DenOnly GV City monies for scholarships are rta can use for good without students in more recent years er a Th n fu as w fo Onss l h at m adeq la f e uate protein, p o drink dw e C 2023 genera is co an council, “I th funthank 271 units e noDave bythe of thhe Freda y privat on- derived from our earnings. thatCouncil ver Photo School of Arts. Miklin This concern of a city boundary. now that I teach art at Creek. mand ere ar gKerper unit. If th ed dressed the100% him on s a surplus in thehealthier session “T agreement ad said, “I borne b Kent y, thMembers votersyle. cilet aininTom gh udt ywi totni sentlDave oundg plenty of water, eat ha and 1.7lifest re A is my 7th year in an art only a st ls Preber, the rem and ust be City taxes are not involved in Scholarships are a good thing, I have been delighted to fBullock, jar,cehent paye taxad e City Cbu y onot stomour HV ,” then said that, 1. Estab schooyour aof t. gat re d e C S an sn reall la , liv y d il d enjoy o fu en school.

I was on the Arts and Stahl did respond scholarship awards.” please don’t make this an observe that the amount of V ed wh t e an en my m time lish a solid ns idents, Green en sp er on yersry Hills ar millio hes v city pa F sp T off. . g tax fruits en Let’s d is r 3 u and dispe D k in 2 o vegg an nse eas othe 0 ies, D wood Vi Humanities Board this past inquiry.

October Carson also pointed out issue and hurt students and the award hascomp expandedletely in 2417, when ral and in 2 On Acad because, errs,3, to llawe and adm from k To by 20members based obge of gene Council.that “why”: Even in the edseven Mary’s eptem- eyfivethe atArts know City of of the applications prithe the Landmar Oct with schools kdown f finance - Imost ghts the with your actions.” the years since I received it Spring and was impressed

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choo Council Mem director o ted highli get. ideawith, pro S that rea whol3.e food optio Greetonap e bse restrictcome from outside GV, which She concluded their unn’t by theexpe selection processe, and my. On scns of GVAHC appeared at the “Our honor moreon young artists prior rienc ows th r CHV in 202 ed hools most ideal situations, his chart shmost 2026. we jectmeeting y that ysThen Carsonwood bregular prohave Dave Bullock an berstration, presesedn2023 CityseBnutad tion ’s Villa city council at the alwa is accurate. told neighbors reach the for with scholarships that are also the candidates for the scholge beyond res fo of the time.s from both ty is only T ci itu ce ty d e ci n an they h e conc T luded d Paulthe propo budget pre g and bal disapnthe city council that if it did of cial HV o it exp is d C very agree li ts ffi n d r n d, il o arship.

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BY LISA COLLINS OWNER/GRAZE CRAZE

Ten days before the world shut down for the pandemic, I began my most recent corporate role as a mid-level manager in healthcare operations. I had been intentional about the job search and felt positive about the new path I was forging for myself after a lifetime of working in finance and pharmaceutical industries. I moved to Colorado six years ago for a job in biotech that ended when the

company I was working for was bought out and this was a chance for me to branch out.

I had the fastest rise in department history when, in 18 months, I smashed a glass ceiling with my promotion.

Then, I promptly burnt out. I was battling an internal struggle because I knew my career was not aligned with what truly brought me joy. My one consistent passion has always been preparing food for others. Throughout the pandemic, I began to make charcuterie boards which hearkened back to my Italian heritage and how we

would share meals.

Over time, I began to daydream about whether this could be a viable business and within six months, I found myself sitting in a board room in West Palm Beach with the Director of Operations for the Graze Craze brand. “Where are you from,” I grilled him. I could tell from his heavy accent that he had not been in Florida long.

“Brooklyn,” he said. “Bay Ridge, actually.” I knew immediately that this brand was the right franchise opportunity for us. I was born in Bay Ridge and my family made a living working at Circles Café – a small restaurant offering a broad menu from around the world.

My uncle Mike worked his way

up to General Manager and eventually took on managing their second location in Bay Ridge.

My uncle Charles (Mauro) got his start at Circles Café as a cook. Charlie later went on to become the Purchasing Director at Windows on the World. His office was on the 107th floor of the North Tower at the WTC and he was in that office on September 11, 2001. He went in early that day to manage a breakfast meeting. The Graze Craze brand director I found myself sitting across had been a line cook at Windows on the World until a few months before the attack and he knew my uncle well.

Taking the leap from cor-

porate roles to opening a new small business has been an incredible journey. I had no restaurant or even retail experience when we began except for the friends who would ask me to cater events for them and then referred their friends as well. My business and life partner, Mark Hessling, has lived in Colorado for more than 40 years and we both share a deep love of this community and a passion for great food.

I look forward to sharing tips and tricks to elevate your entertaining and private dining as we enter Appreciation and Graduation Season over the coming months.

The Toyota Venza a very good all-around family car

Driving the Toyota Venza across the Foothills in 75-mile winds last week made me very fond of this 2023 SUV. While the winds could be felt, the all-wheel drive Venza just cut through them with ease.

This is a hybrid Toyota that has four drive modes, EV, Eco, Normal, and Sport. I used all four drive modes and found that sport mode was great in hill climbs and eco was the way to descend. The combined 2.5L engine with the hybrid system delivered a very adequate 229 combined horsepower and an overall 39-mile fuel consumption. Hybrids are the way to go with the

combined systems. Toyota electronic versatile transmissions are remarkable and the Venza is an all-wheel drive vehicle.

I missed the heated steering wheel but enjoyed the heated front seats and smart phone charger station. Selling at an

attractive price, the Venza has a manufacturer’s suggested list price of $39,930. The price includes all the options except the Star Gaze roof at $1,400.

The vehicle is loaded with safety equipment that is vital to a safe ride and drive. The lane

departure warnings are significant, and the rear and front cross traffic alerts appreciated. The Venza has the entire Toyota Safety Sense 2.5 program that is now becoming standard. These safety features has earned the Venza an all-around five-star safety rating.

The “Nightshade” model has 19” multi-spoke black alloy wheels.

Not a huge SUV, the XLE model is mid-range in size and price. It is a well-equipped vehicle for work and winter driving.

The style is modern, the “Ruby Flare Pearl” paint is modest, and the interior has black seating.

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The electronics offer all radio channels and are controlled by the center console and the steering wheel. I would prefer dials for sound and stations, but computers have taken over that role.

I liked this vehicle, especially the hybrid aspects, the Toyota Safety Sense programs and safe driving features, and a warning screen notice for entering school zones.

Very good all-around family car for work or play with great fuel economy. Hybrids are here to stay.

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County commissioners and local mayors talk about state housing plan

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

On March 30, the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) hosted a one-hour online telephone town hall event to talk about housing and specifically, SB23-213, a proposed plan for housing currently in the state legislature. It included all five members of the BOCC and the mayors of Arapahoe County cities Cherry Hills Village, Centennial, Littleton, Englewood, and Sheridan.

BOCC Chair Carrie Warren-Gully opened the meeting with, “It’s no secret that Colorado has a housing crisis. The supply of housing has not kept up with demand. We, as a county, and our 13 cities and towns, have been working on solutions.”

After pointing out that “Each of our communities is unique,” Warren-Gully shared that there are currently, “108,500 new housing units approved and ready to be built that will house at least 284,000 individuals,” across Arapahoe County.

Commissioner Jessica Campbell-Swanson said that Arapahoe County has been engaged with the state legislature in tackling the housing crisis, noting that, “There are interesting and innovative bills out there that give local governments additional tools to directly engage in providing affordability and we appreciate the permissive options and tools that we can look at, moving forward, so that we can continue to have that local, hands-on approach to affordability.”

She pointed to prior work she has done on housing policy and said she’d read the entire 106 pages of SB23-213, explaining, “As presented, the goal of the bill is to generate affordability by relying on a supply-side approach to housing by changing zoning so as to allow for greater density across our metropolitan municipalities. They are using the HUD definition of affordability,” (30% of gross income).…

She went on, “The bill applies primarily to our metro municipalities, but it also requires coordinated state, regional and local planning on strategic growth objectives. Those strategic goals and objectives and required zoning changes rely on state agencies to establish minimum standards for housing types” in existing residential areas ….in Arapahoe County cities. It would permit “accessory dwelling units (ADUs), duplexes, townhomes and multiplexes, up to six units, while preventing additional parking requirements for such units, relying heavily on transit-oriented development, establishing minimum requirements for multi-family housing near transit stops in key corridors.”

Campbell-Swanson continued, “The county is very supportive of the goal of the legislature to increase housing stock, including affordable housing.

We know that they’re balancing many factors and perspectives.

We have…concerns with the

bill and will be…connecting with our legislators to help this bill achieve its goals…and work to make sure that everybody in Arapahoe County has access to affordable and attainable housing.” Explaining that SB23-213 “mainly applies to our municipalities,” she introduced Cherry Hills Village Mayor Katy Brown to present the cities’ perspective.

Mayor Brown said, “This bill would put an end to the great work that is being done to address housing needs in Arapahoe County and the smart and collaborative planning and development that takes into consideration the unique communities in our county by taking decision making out of the hands of local communities and giving it to the state.”

Noting that, “Community development is governed by zoning that tells you what you are allowed to build on your property,” e.g., single family homes, multi-family homes, commercial

“As presented, the goal of the bill is to generate affordability by relying on a supply-side approach to housing by changing zoning so as to allow for greater density across our metropolitan municipalities…

Strategic goals and objectives and required zoning changes rely on state agencies to establish minimum standards for housing types” in existing residential areas ….in Arapahoe County cities.

– Arapahoe County Commissioner Jessica CampbellSwanson or industrial buildings, Mayor Brown continued, “This is called a use by right, which means that you don’t need permission to use your land in the way in which it is zoned. Zoning is currently created by local government with extensive input from their community. By allowing increased

density on any single lot as a use by right, this bill takes away a community’s right to situate housing where it makes sense,” regardless of whether water and sewer, roads, and infrastructure can accommodate increased density.

She continued, “This bill does not make allowances for essential services like schools, fire protection, law enforcement,” including the cost and logistical needs for those services for increased population in an area.

Mayor Brown concluded, “This bill takes away your voice, our local processes, including multiple opportunities for residents to be involved in zoning.

This bill bypasses that with no public input. Land use and zoning has been done by local government for more than 100 years for a reason. Your locally elected government…knows where the traffic problems are, where the school bus stops are, where the flood plains are. No state agency could ever know that much about every city in Colorado…Your local government deals with those details every day and we are accountable to you.”

She pointed out that the language of SB23-213 means, “You could have a six-unit building next door to your single-family home with no limit on the number of people living there and no parking requirements…and there is no requirement that it meet any standard of affordability.”

In short, “This top-down, one size fits all approach is not a solution to Colorado’s affordable housing crisis,” said Mayor Brown. BOCC Chair Warren-Gully agreed that it is not the right way to address affordability and availability of needed housing.

Commissioner Leslie Summey shared that Arapahoe County has a diverse housing supply, of which 64% is owner-occupied, adding that one in three residents pay over the accepted standard of 30% of their gross income for housing. To the question of why it is taking so long to get approved housing built, Summey attributed it to labor shortages, the increasing cost of capital and of infrastructure, and a lack of safe and reliable transportation.

Commissioner Jeff Baker joined the conversation, pointing out that, “Local governments have been updating land use codes and master plans to address community needs and character in a way that works for individual neighborhoods,” adding that Arapahoe County has middle housing, consisting of duplexes and triplexes. He also shared that Littleton recently passed an inclusionary housing ordinance (requiring new developments include affordable housing) and other cities are considering similar rules.

When a caller asked if ADUs were permitted under current municipal ordinances that govern land use, Baker said that ADUs are already allowed in Aurora, Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Littleton, and Sheridan.

Centennial Mayor Stephanie Piko said that municipalities use home rule authority in the Colorado Constitution “to provide community-specific solutions to address local issues.”

She pointed to two significant residential developments presently approved in her city, Streets

“By allowing increased density on any single lot as a use by right, this bill takes away a community’s right to situate housing where it makes sense,” regardless of whether water and sewer, roads, and infrastructure can accommodate increased density… “You could have a six-unit building next door to your single-family home with no limit on the number of people living there and no parking requirements… and there is no requirement that it meet any standard of affordability.”

– Cherry Hills Village Mayor Katy Brown

of Southglenn and The District, which will together add 3,000 housing units to Centennial.

The District is a 36-acre transit-oriented development (TOD) next to the Dry Creek Light Rail Station that, when completed, will include 1,800 residential units, 2.5 million square feet of office, retail, and hotel properties, as well as a recreation center and rooftop greenhouses.

Mayor Piko pointed out that these projects were approved through a process that included the developer, the city, and importantly, residents. As other mayors, she noted that SB23213, in its proposed form, would have the effect “of eliminating the cities’, and therefore, the citizens’ voice in local land use planning, taking away the Constitutional right of home rule.”

Sheridan Mayor Tara Beiter-Fluhr said that her city has a population of 6,100 on two square miles and that they sup-

port adding density to get affordable housing. She pointed to one of Sheridan’s projects presently under development that exemplifies this policy and noted that the proposed state law, SB23-213 “does not guarantee that new housing would be affordable.”

When a person called in to ask what is being done to prevent investors (like hedge funds) from buying homes as investments, preventing residents from doing so, Commissioner Jessica Campbell-Swanson said that the county, “Wants to get the people who live here into homes.”

Another caller wanted to know if transit routes were being improved because she said she takes the light rail to work from 9 Mile Station and it takes a very long time for her to get to her job.

Commissioner Bill Holen responded by talking about the importance of transit in lessening “the burden of traffic on the freeway and streets.” He noted that, “The county is very supportive of TOD,” adding, “Mass transit will significantly reduce air pollution. The federal infrastructure bill has money to improve alternative transit modes, including first/last mile. I anticipate better schedules for light rail and busses.”

Holen also talked about homelessness, saying the county has been providing short term solutions by using American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funding but, since these are one-time funds, a sustainable source of income to pay for these critical programs needs to be found.

To the question of how building much more housing is going to impact our water situation, Commissioner Campbell-Swanson pointed out that 40% of all water is used for lawns and higher density housing equates to fewer lawns. She also noted that the county is presently studying water.

A caller wanted to know the definition of affordable housing.

Mayor Katy Brown said it is based on Area Median Income (AMI), which varies by area and that those who earn 80% of AMI are considered low income. She also noted, again, that, “There is no guarantee that SB23-213 will result in affordable housing.

SB23-213 Land Use is currently pending in the general assembly. Citizens can contact their state legislators to get more information.

Greenwood Village residents are represented in the state House by Ruby Dickson, whose email is ruby.dickson.house@ coleg.gov. Cherry Hills Village residents are represented in the House by Rep. Meg Froelich, who can be reached at meg. froelich.house@coleg.gov. Both GV and CHV are represented in the state Senate by Jeff Bridges, whose contact information is jeff.bridges.senate@coleg.gov.

Residents of other jurisdictions can find out who their representatives are by going to https://leg. colorado.gov/find-my-legislator. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com

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John Madden adores art and aesthetics and delights in dogs!

He might have been an attorney or followed a career in art or founded a humane society… but his powerful intuition led to blazing a trail of expression and he carved his incomparable niche as a premier developer

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his John Madden will be 94 years young shortly after this feature is published. (Not to be confused with another legend – the John Madden of football fame whose calls our John Madden had received, good naturedly, over the years.) This awesome, optimistic, authentic John W. Madden, Jr. hails from Omaha, Nebraska and grew up on Hickory Street with his parents John Worthington Madden, Sr., Dorothy Pinkerton Madden and sisters Jane (married to Leroy Crosby, now in Florida) and Susan (married to Rob Lankford, now in California) in an idyllic setting.

Madden. It’s a good name.

Even in fashion. The beloved Burberry label (of which John’s sister Jane is so fond) has a pattern called Madden Plaid.

John with his late parents Dorothy Pinkerton Madden, John Worthington Madden, Sr. and sisters Susan and Jane

Photos courtesy of John Madden, John Madden Company and Scottie Iverson

It’s no wonder John appreciated art at an early age.

His mom was a docent at Joslin Art Museum and John often accompanied her and later worked there. Even as a child, he was a driven entre-

preneur and worked winters shoveling snow. He attended Benson High School where he

played basketball.

You’d expect a man with such a history of accomplishments in the commercial building industry to have majored in construction management or business or art history at the University of Nebraska. Not so. The multi-talented Liberal Arts major had been on the debate team (his partner later became president of Eli Lilly) and had enjoyed being managing editor of the school newspaper winning the Pacemaker Award twice. He met his future wife – artist A young John Madden with devoted (of course) Marjorie sister Jane Putt by accident. It (Kappa Kappa Gamma). was a blind date, love at John had been accepted to first sight and a meantstudy law at the University to-be marriage. He was of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a fraternity man (Sigbut dropped out of pre-law ma Alpha Epsilon) and when he learned he was goshe was ing to be a father. sorority Continued on page 16 woman

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The John Madden family, consisting of four generations, is proud of our patriarch, his achievements and particularly the entrepreneurial spirit. He is an emblematic maverick with a creative spirit that endured through decades of living life to the fullest. His imagination was the unwavering drive inspiring three pillars of development vision: commerce, arts-entertainment and fitness. Office building development was the first pillar serving as the foundation to the other two pillars and his legacy.

The second pillar, The Museum of Outdoor Arts, was co-founded in 1981 by my sister Cynthia and our father. The Museum of Outdoor Arts blossomed from an arts and education platform to being the owner of Colorado’s largest outdoor amphitheater, Fidder’s Green.

For over 40 years, Fiddlers Green Amphitheater has hosted the biggest names in music in an unrivaled 17,000 seat venue featuring spectacular mountain views. In addition, Cynthia founded Marjorie Park, named after our beloved mother. Marjorie Park, adjacent to Fiddlers Green Amphitheater, is a beautiful walkable outdoor art and cultural garden providing a remarkable location for special events and live music.

I was fortunate to found the third pillar, Club Greenwood, which opened July 1, 1987. Club Greenwood is among the top performing full-service clubs in the country proudly serving as a true community hub for Greenwood Village residents and beyond.

John Madden’s vision created a lasting legacy to be enjoyed for decades to come.

–J Madden

John Madden Co. Founded in 1960

Museum of Outdoor Arts Founded in 1981

Club Greenwood Founded in 1987

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His grandfather and uncle owned an insurance company (Fell & Pinkerton) and John learned that business before starting his own. This writer can hardly be in a meeting or gathering without someone knowing John Madden or knowing of him. Recently, at a party, a gentleman told me his friend had interviewed for a job several decades ago with another well-known gentleman from Omaha named Warren Buffett.

After comparing the lifestyle and ambiance of working space with The family home in Omaha, Nebraska where John grew up.

John and wife Marjorie enjoyed their unique Perry Park home that of John Madden, his friend on the hill that was guarded by these two 195-pound Irish chose to work with the fun-lovwolfhounds – Kluzo (named after the clumsy inspector) and ing and charismatic Madden.

Kulaidy, until John hit a deer while commuting to work. The Madden had always been interhidden penthouse with private elevator and studio for Marjorie ested in building as a kid. The to paint was built atop one of the buildings John still owns. insurance business helped him evaluate risks and find answers.

He established a strong client base with independent companies and transportation companies, but mostly - construction companies. His creative and analytical brain convinced him he could fill a gap in the developer/builder industry. The John Madden Company, with the little house as a logo, took off in the 1960s. The Insurance Exchange Building was followed by Univac, Xerox and others in Omaha.

The company grew with projects in Iowa, California and Michigan, but he had always loved John and young daughter Cynthia gaze at a portrait Colorado. (a state as colorful of Marjorie Putt Madden as his personality!) The door to Marjorie and John at the opening of Madden Museum of Art in Palazzo Verdi Denver opened when he presentPhotos courtesy of John Madden, John Madden Company and Scottie Iverson ed a package to Johns-Manville that moved its world headquarters to what is referred to as the Triad in Greenwood Plaza. The office park concept was new and garnered headlines. In those days, the main competitor for office tenants in the suburbs was George Wallace’s Denver Tech Center (if businesses would even consider moving south of Hampden). Much of the land that John Madden purchased near Quebec and Orchard had been owned by farmers whom this writer actually interviewed for the John Madden Company newspaper. Later, a much-needed interchange would be built to Orchard Road from I-25. Hard to imagine now what it was like having to exit Belleview or Arapahoe before that critical connection was made to the rapid-growing business corridor.

In the 70s – where it began in Colorado – John and Marjorie Madden, VP Jim Sullivan and Public Relations Director Scottie Iverson driving the coach hired for the headline-grabbing Grand Opening of Greenwood Plaza. Iverson, who began in the leasing department of John Madden Company, coordinated the grand opening and published a newspaper for the complex called Greenwood Plaza Happenings. Exciting company news was distributed to tenants, surrounding business developments and adjacent communities. The three original buildings in the new office park were named the Triad (affectionately called the pink buildings) and formed a distinctive centerpiece.

Courtesy of The Denver Post

“Go for it!” – John Madden

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Tuscany remains John’s favorite building in the Fiddler’s Green area, he says, because of its spirit, its feeling, its materials and the fact that it works. (The Fiddler’s Green theme was chosen from Fiddler on the Roof.)

Nothing escaped his making something ordinary into extraordinary! He and Marjorie actually went to the quarries in Italy to select stone for Tuscany as well as Carrara Place – working with Carlo Mariotti.

ABOVE: Al Nemecek with his longtime friend and business partner John Madden RIGHT: The distinctive Carrara Place building

“My father lived within the realm of anything was possible as long as there was a vision. He and my mother together were dedicated to creating beautiful commercial and home environments that inspired all our family endeavors. He realized a grand success in providing synthesis of architecture and landscape and was the forerunner in the inclusion of the arts.” – Cynthia Madden Leitner Wherever he went, he created things of lasting beauty.

Under his leadership, John Madden Company developed more than 660 acres of land to turn Greenwood Village into a nationally acclaimed area in which to work, live and play.

The company’s award-winning developments include Palazzo Verdi, The Commons, Harlequin Plaza, Tuscany Plaza, Carrara Place, Club Greenwood and Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre.

In 2010, his instrumental role in the development of the comItalian Renaissance furnishings graced the Metropolitan Club munity was recognized when The exquisite private, business and social club was a sought-after where influential movers and shakers in the community could Greenwood Village proclaimed venue for meetings and special events including weddings be found on a regular basis June 21, 2010 “John Madden Day.” Not only did he pay Museum of Outdoor Arts (MOA) and its expansion of Marjorie Park (page 19) meticulous attention to detail, are under the direction of Cynthia Madden Leitner architecture and quality building materials, but enhanced each project with art. Many buildings are readily recognizable because of outdoor sculpture. He further differentiated himself early on by focusing on the longevity of the company’s properties and their impact on the surrounding community. He was an early adopter of LEED building practices (all Madden buildings are LEED certified) that perform for investors and tenants.

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Happy Birthday John Madden! It has been a pleasure collaborating with you over the past 40 years. You are a master at creating civic spaces that have a lasting impact on people’s lives.

Curtis W. Fentress

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Club Greenwood is a consistent award winner – as high as third in the nation and thriving!

Originally founded as Greenwood Athletic Club with his son J who stood on the building site and described what the club could be…

Continued from page 17

With the influence of his early life, he feels art is important for everyday living and with late wife Marjorie and daughter Cynthia founded the Museum of Outdoor Arts - a unique, private collection of artworks from around the world. He and Marjorie enjoyed traveling the globe to furnish many of the projects (and, visit museums), with Italy being their favorite to find treasures.

Notice the building names and spaces are predominantly Italian. The Metropolitan Club was enhanced with unforgettable chandeliers and accents that set it apart from other clubs, dining and meeting experiences. To further encourage other business leaders to lend their expertise and support the arts, John founded the Colorado Business Council for the Arts. He is a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Leadership in the Arts and past chairman of the board of the National Committee for the Arts. He has also served on the board of trustees for the Denver Area Council Boy Scouts of America. He was a proud member of Rotary Continued page 20

Palazzo Verdi made a statement with its intricate labyrinth lobby, colossal and colorful chandelier and entrance to Mangia Bevi Cafe. Many high-profile events were held in the lobby leading to the Madden Museum of Art on the east side

“Reflecting back on my business career, John has undoubtably been the most influential individual in my life. The combination of his business acumen, artistic vision, construction knowledge and charismatic personality make him unique and set him apart from the increasingly buttoned downed world of commercial development. Besides all that he is just plain fun to be around.”

-Scott Schley

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International – inactive at the moment.

John Madden is proud of his family, friends and associates – some being loyal employees for over three decades. Eugene Judge, introduced to John by his son Scott, had many roles including security, before retiring in 2017. He still drops by the penthouse occasionally with a hot Italian entrée for John.

As if building wasn’t enough, Madden teamed up with food maestro Larry DiPasquale (founder of Epicurean Catering) to open Mangia Bevi, a warm, friendly Italian café on the west side of Palazzo Verdi’s lobby. The inviting restaurant is not only Continued on page 21

Aerial view of 13-story Palazzo Verdi and Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre pictured to the right under the wing of daughter Cynthia Madden Leitner and home to 20,000 on concert nights. The naming of Fiddler’s Green was part of the “rounding out” according to John Madden.

At a Central City Opera Theatre of Dreams Gala held at Palazzo Verdi – John, Nanelle Wehmann, his daughter Cynthia and her late husband Roger Leitner.

“It was so spectacular, I didn’t think I was even in Denver!” said Madden

Leaving his mark of art at DU (with a gift of a 120-piece collection valued at $10 million) John Madden received the prestigious Founders Medal awarded at the University of Denver Founders Gala in 2019

“My father is a most gracious and loving person who has helped many people in need. He has contributed abundantly to creative development in Colorado.

Happy Birthday, Dad!” - Scott Worthington Madden Before the DU ceremony – son J Madden, Nanelle Wehmann, daughter Cynthia and hubby Roger Leitner, “Man of the Hour” John Madden, friend Tim Dinwoodie and son Scott Madden

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convenient for the business sector, but a destination for social dining and community gatherings. DiPasquale said: “John Madden has been a mentor to me. I enjoyed our long conversations about his

out-of-the-box thinking that he shared his expertise on – development and real estate, in colorful ways! I feel honored and fortunate to have partnered with him on projects that created wonderful hospitality stories.”

With a twinkle in his eye,

John recalls his “kick” was being involved hands-on in the projects – especially the creative part such as the architecture. “The more challenging, the more exciting,” he said. “I miss that activity.”

To what does he attribute his many decades of success?

John, Nanelle and architect Curt Fentress with the hat that symbolized the “almost” Yankee Doodle Plaza concept – one of John’s numerous exciting ideas - at the launch of the “almost” Metro Club, a revival of the popular Metropolitan Club

“Luck!” he exclaimed. He’s actually had some failures, he admitted. “Failure gives rise to aspiring for success.”

“In addition to generous time given by John Madden, special thanks to John’s assistant Kathi Macey and Scott Schley (CFO and Estate

Trustee) for assisting with this project. Congratulations John W. Madden, Jr. on your lifetime of achievements and legacy! Thank you for being my first Colorado mentor and fostering my appreciation for the industry.” - Scottie

John still likes to dabble in the business, but life is good in the hidden, elegant penthouse. In addition to art, there is music and a vast, beautifully landscaped deck with incredible views. John Madden, his assistant Kathi Macey, Nanelle Wehmann and furry companions Shadow, Zoey and Scarlett.

Happy Birthday John!

On behalf of Kiewit Building Group, we wish you a happy 94th birthday. Your unique combination of art and architecture has made our community a better place to live and work in!

Thank you!

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BUSINESS AWARDS 2023

Congratulations to all of the award winners that were announced at the Annual Business Awards at Lone Tree Arts Center!

Large Business of the Year G&A Partners Small Business of the Year WhippleWood CPAs Minority/Woman-Owned Business of the Year Holidaily Brewing Company Nonprofit of the Year Courageous Faces Foundation Chamber Champion Charlie Kercheval/Alpine Bank Brian Vogt Community Leader Bret Duston Ambassadors of the Year Cindy Hamilton and Travis Clower Legacy Award Brian Ewert/Littleton Public Schools

Left to right: Mary Ann Littler, Chair of the Celebrate Committee; Jackie Devine for Charlie Kercheval, Alpine Bank; Jeff Keener, President and CEO of South Metro Denver Chamber; Rick Whipple, Whipplewood CPA’s; Travis Clower, SCP Insurance; Cindy Hamilton, Denver Staffing Services; Karen Hertz, Holidaily Brewing; Laura Ukowich, Holidaily Brewing; Hannah Perkins, Holidaily Brewing; Bret Dustin, Academy Bank; Kerry Westlund, Ent Credit Union; Tracy Card, G&A Partners; Barb Ritchie, Courageous Faces; Trish Morris, Courageous Faces; and Neal Browne, Courageous Faces. Photo by Medford Photography

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Anxiety not only in MLB, Bard not Rockies’ ‘first’ The news broke on the morning of the Rockies’ opener against the Padres in San Diego: “Bard takes time on IL to address anxiety.”

Anxiety.

In baseball, it’s often called the yips, a term also commonly associated with a golfer’s difficulty making putts. It’s been called Steve Blass Disease and Steve Sax Syndrome, too.

Whatever the name, it’s serious. Career-threatening, in fact—whether that career is baseball or another profession; whether you’re trying to throw accurately, speaking to a group, or trying to make a good impression in a job interview.

Paraphrasing the Mayo Clinic online, anxiety disorders cause intense, excessive and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations.

Generally speaking, these feelings . . . “interfere with daily activities, are difficult to control . . . and can last a long time.”

Roughly one in six adults in the U.S. experience some form of problem anxiety, doctors say.

Performance anxiety—that inner voice that tells a pitcher he must throw a strike or get an out or prevent the tying or winning run from scoring—is but one type. Boos exacerbate it. These days, so do social media, analytics, saturation television coverage and roster turnover through the season.

One estimate is that between a quarter and a half of all athletes experience

some degree of performance anxiety at some point.

Most beat it, or at least muddle through.

But some don’t.

The list of baseball players who’ve experienced breakdowns attributable to anxiety is long, including, most famously: Blass, the Pirates pitcher whose sudden and seemingly inexplicable loss of control ended his career in 1974; Sax, the 1982 NL Rookie of the Year for the Dodgers who, for a time, struggled to make even the short throw from second base to first; St. Louis pitcher Rick Ankiel, 11-7 with a 3.50 ERA as a 20-year-old for the Cardinals in 2000, who fled to the outfield after six lost years, because he could hit, and played seven seasons for six teams—finishing with 76 home runs, including 25 in one season; Chuck Knoblach, like Sax a middle infielder for three teams over 12 seasons, who once fired into the dugout while running toward first base; and Zack Greinke, a big-league pitcher for 20-plus seasons, who sat out virtually all of 2006 then won the 2009 American League Cy Young Award with Kansas City.

By now, Rockies fans should be familiar with this malady. It’s not the first time Daniel Bard has confronted it, and he’s not The Lone Ranger in Colorado’s first 30 seasons.

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Part of that time when Bard was out of uniform— between 2016 and 2019—one of the Rockies’ most promising young lefthanders, Tyler Matzek, was also out of baseball for essentially the same reason.

In his final six starts of the 2014 season, Matzek, then 23, went 4-2 with a 1.55 ERA, including a three-hit shutout against the Padres at Coors Field—only the 11th shoutout at Coors Field by a Rockies pitcher in their first 20 seasons at 20th and Blake.

He looked like a future staff ace.

But he struggled with anxiety and eventually left organized baseball.

“Even when things were going the right way,” he told a reporter in 2015, “there was this overwhelming stress inside of me that just kept building and building and building.” When he could no longer handle that stress, he said, “my game collapsed.”

Matzek made it back to the Majors with the Braves in 2020 and was a key reliever in their postseason march to the 2022 World Series championship.

In the Rockies’ early days Bruce Ruffin, another lefthander and their closer at the time, was similarly plagued.

Bob Gebhard, then general manager, recalls the time Colorado was playing in New York and, late in a game, Ruffin began throwing in the bullpen. But when manager Don Baylor changed pitchers, he passed on Ruffin for someone else, and wound up losing.

Afterward, Gebhard called him. “Don, why didn’t you bring in Ruffin?”

“Warming up, he couldn’t even hit the catcher,” Baylor replied.

So, what’s the prognosis for Daniel Bard, this time around?

No one can say, for sure.

But anyone who isn’t rooting for him doesn’t understand.

Denny Dressman is a veteran of 43 years in the newspaper business, including 25 at the Rocky Mountain News, where he began as executive sports editor. He is the author of 15 books, nine of them sports-related. You can write to Denny at dennydressman@ comcast.net.

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Fun part-time jobs ideas for retirees Dear Savvy Senior, As a 68-year-old retiree, I’m interested in finding a fun parttime job that can occupy some of my time and generate a little extra income. Can you write a column on low-stress part-time jobs that are popular among retirees?

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If you are receiving state public assistance, such as financial aid payments, or medical assistance, such as Medicaid, you may be eligible to receive a limited contribution of state funds to assist with the expenses of the funeral, burial, or cremation.

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What are the four key medical/ estate plan documents you need now?

Many of my clients have asked what are the critical documents needed, particularly in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simply being married does not give you the legal right to gain access to your spouse’s medical records or make medical decisions on your spouse’s behalf, even in an emergency. To avoid this problem and to help others care for you and to

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Congressman Crow gets $21.3 million for community projects in the 2023 budget bill

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

U.S. Rep. Jason Crow recently announced that 15 community projects he submitted, totaling $21,294,509, were all approved by the House Appropriations Committee and will be funded.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, signed by President Biden on December 29, 2022, was comprised of $858 billion in spending for defense and $800 billion for all other categories combined. In a process change that went into effect last year, Members of Congress were allowed to request direct funding of community projects for their districts that had the support of local leaders and community-based organizations.

One of the projects that Crow submitted was for $2,000,000 for construction of a new acute care facility for Aurora Comprehensive Community Mental Health Center, which treats acute mental health and substance use disorders. It will serve as the first phase of a health campus that will eventually include a physical and oral health clinic and affordable housing units so that clients will be able to access service for primary care, mental health, oral health, addiction, and crisis needs at a single location, “eliminating barriers to access for both clients and community partners.”

Letters of support for the project were submitted by Crow from the president and CEO of Stride Community Health Center, the executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora, the Chairs of the Board of County Commissioners of both Arapahoe County and Adams County, the Mayor of the City of Aurora, the managing director of Falck (the exclusive emergency ambulance provider for the City of Aurora), and the director of Arapahoe County

$1,500,000 for the Cherry Creek School District for the construction of a Mental Health Day Treatment Facility to provide therapeutic mental health care to students in crisis while continuing to provide them with an education.

U.S. Rep Jason Crow is serving his third term as a Member of Congress representing Colorado CD6.

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after-school programs, including one-on-one homework support, STEM-based learning, cultural arts, sports leagues, leadership programs, outdoor education, and nutrition. $1,500,000 for the Cherry Creek School District for the construction of

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to improve service to the north Aurora and Delmar Parkway neighborhoods. $668,313 for Children’s Hospital Colorado to expand and develop two critical programs in conjunction with University of Colorado School of Medicine that together will enhance access

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by Crow from the president and CEO of Stride Community Health Center, the executive director of the Housing Authority of the City of Aurora, the Chairs of the Board of County Commissioners of both Arapahoe County and Adams County, the Mayor of the City of Aurora, the managing director of Falck (the exclusive emergency ambulance provider for the City of Aurora), • and the director of Arapahoe County Department of Human Services.

Department of Human Services.

All the projects for which Congressman Crow received funding included similar detailed explanations and multiple letters of support from community leaders. Those now-approved projects are: • $1,500,000 for the design and site plan for a facility to be known as the Colorado Freedom Memorial Center (CFM) to honor Coloradans killed in military action.

It will contain a theater for presentations by authors, historians, and veterans, and a classroom with computers linked to CFM partners across the country.

• $1,212,062 for the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, CO for

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a Mental Health Day Treatment Facility to provide therapeutic mental health care to students in crisis while continuing to provide them with an education. $4,000,000 for The Roots- A Community Hub for Newcomers in Colorado to renovate a building to provide a place for the 60,000+ refugees in metro Denver to gather, receive support and health care, and build a community for themselves. $2,800,000 for the City of Aurora to put toward replacement and upgrading of aging drinking water transmission pipelines to prevent contamination, leaks, and breaks in the pipe, and

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to mental health care and improve linguistic responsiveness in mental health services for children and youth in Aurora and across metro Denver. $629,970 for Douglas County to ensure youth and families utilizing crisis services in the County relating to ongoing mental and behavioral health treatment, including community-based intensive in-home and outpatient services, youth resiliency development, parent support, and other services. $2,500,000 to renovate the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Aurora, including creating a safe place for vulnerable

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youth. $1,500,000 for the City of Littleton to collaborate with the cities of Englewood and Sheridan on a regional solution to homelessness by standing up the new Bridge House Ready-to-Work facility . $650,000 for Food Bank of the Rockies to purchase several trucks and vehicles. $750,000 to put toward the $3,000,000 construction cost for an amphitheater located at the Veterans Memorial, which will provide a gathering place for veterans and their families and space for programming focused on veterans. $783,580 to develop and implement certification in rural public health for medical students at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health. $460,584 to establish an Injury and Violence Prevention Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center that will support students from underrepresented backgrounds in pursuing an education in injury and violence prevention. $340,000 for Second Chance Center to support service at Providence in the Heights, a permanent supportive housing program serving more than 60 residents, including 11 children, exiting homelessness.

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE Colorado law requires the county assessor to hear objections to real property classifications and valuations beginning May 1, 2023. Objections to the valuation or classification of real property must be postmarked, delivered, or presented in person to the county assessor’s office no later than June 8, 2023.

Colorado law requires the county assessor to begin hearing objections to personal property valuations no later than June 15, 2023. Objections to personal property valuations must be postmarked, delivered, or presented in person to the county assessor’s office no later than June 30, 2023.

For additional information, contact the county assessor’s office at 303-7954600.

PK Kaiser, County Assessor Published in The Villager Published: April 6, 2023 Legal # 11131 ___________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE CONCERNING 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT CHAPPARAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget for 2022 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Chapparal Metropolitan District and that such proposed budget amendment will be considered for adoption at a public hearing during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held via zoom/audio at 3:00 p.m., on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86938479596?pwd=WDFIR3pOV0VCZ3JlclY2 SUthdTdRZz09 Meeting ID: 869 3847 9596 Passcode: 920485 Telephone: 1 720 707 2699 Copies of the proposed amended 2022 budget are on file in the office of the District located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado and are available for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections to the proposed amended 2022 budget at any time prior to the final adoption of said proposed budget amendments by the governing body of the District.

CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/, Sarah Shepherd, Designated Election Official Published in The Villager Published: April 6, 2023 Legal # 11133 ___________________________ NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 5 (“District”), located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the inclusion of certain property into the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the property that is the subject of such Petition is as follows: Petitioner: Quincy West 30 LLC 7800 E. Union Ave., Suite 420 Denver, CO 80237 Description: Approximately 32.201 acres of land, generally located southeast of the intersection of Copperleaf Blvd. and E. Quincy Ave., in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHAPPARAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES OF COLORADO, L.L.C.

2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-401(1)(b), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

Published in The Villager Published: April 6, 2023 Legal # 11132 ___________________________ NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

(a) To attend via Zoom videoconference, use the following link, or e-mail csorensen@specialdistrictlaw.com to have the link e-mailed to you: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86245216153?pwd=ZTQvUHoyOE1RbmtnOV N2YnlqekFEUT09 (b) To attend via telephone, dial 1-719-359-4580 or 1-253-215-8782 and enter the following additional information: (1) Meeting ID: 862 4521 6153 (2) Passcode: 743113

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT, of ARAPAHOE County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a mail ballot election will be held on the 2ND day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to Election Day (between April 10, 2023 and April 17, 2023). At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for:

3. All interested persons shall attend such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District (c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Ave., Ste. 400, Denver, CO 80203) at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

COPPERLEAF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5

Three (3) Directors who will each serve a four (4)-year term, The names of persons nominated as Director for a four (4)-Year Term: Aaron Rodger Spencer Quanwei Lu Todd Yokomichi Debra Botton Kara Kohn Bernard Gehris Howard Buchalter Doug Mohr

By: /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the District

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said district, for the purpose of said election, is a person registered to vote and who has been a resident of the District, or who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the District, whether said person resides within the District or not, or a person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 7 (“District”), located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the inclusion of certain property into the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

Eligible electors of the CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT may apply for a mail ballot, drop off a voted ballot, beginning April 10, 2023, or request a replacement ballot at the following location or by contacting: Sarah Shepherd, the District Designated Election Official (DEO) Mailing address: P.O. Box 359, Littleton, Colorado 80160 Physical Address: 1100 W. Littleton Blvd. #101, Littleton, CO 80120 Telephone: 303-482-1002; Email: info@ccrider.us.

The Office of the Designated Election Official is open on the following days: Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. from April 10, 2023-May 1, 2023, and 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday May 2, 2023. Ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, May 2, 2023. Please call or email in advance for replacement ballot requests during office hours or on Election Day. Voters delivering ballots to the Designated Election Official’s Office may drop ballots in the 24-hour ballot deposit box, located at the back entrance of the building, located at 1100 W. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO 80120.

A 24-hour ballot deposit box local is located at: Orchard Park (Poolhouse), outside main entrance. 11350 E. Orchard Road, Englewood, CO 80111.

Voters delivering ballots to the Orchard Park 24-hour Drop-off must deposit ballots prior to 7:00 p.m. MST on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 (Election Day).

The ballot drop box will be available after April 10, 2023.

If any changes occur to the drop off hours and locations, those changes will be posted on the district’s website: ccvprd.org.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application for a mail-in ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official or county election offices no later than the close of business on April 25, 2023.

Published in The Villager Published: April 6, 2023 Legal # 11134 ___________________________ NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the property that is the subject of such Petition is as follows: Petitioner: Quincy-East Commercial Investors, LLC 7800 E. Union Ave., Suite 420 Denver, CO 80237 Description: Approximately 7.151 acres of land, generally located between Highway E-470 and S. Gun Club Rd., south of E. Quincy Ave., in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-401(1)(b), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (a) To attend via Zoom videoconference, use the following link, or e-mail csorensen@specialdistrictlaw.com to have the link e-mailed to you: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86245216153?pwd=ZTQvUHoyOE1RbmtnOV N2YnlqekFEUT09 (b) To attend via telephone, dial 1-719-359-4580 or 1-253-215-8782 and enter the following additional information: (1) Meeting ID: 862 4521 6153 (2) Passcode: 743113 3. All interested persons shall attend such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District (c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Ave., Ste. 400, Denver, CO 80203) at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

COPPERLEAF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 By: /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the District Published in The Villager

Published: April 6, 2023 Legal # 11135 ___________________________ NOTICE OF HEARING CONCERNING INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Copperleaf Metropolitan District No. 7 (“District”), located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, a petition requesting the Board adopt a resolution approving the inclusion of certain property into the boundaries of such District (“Petition”).

1. The name and address of the Petitioner and a general description of the property that is the subject of such Petition is as follows: Petitioner: Rippey Commercial Investors, LLC 7800 E. Union Ave., Suite 420 Denver, CO 80237 Description: Approximately 25.640 acres of land, generally located between Highway E-470 and S. Gun Club Rd., south of E. Quincy Ave., in Arapahoe County, Colorado.

2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 32-1-401(1)(b), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public meeting to hear the Petition on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (a) To attend via Zoom videoconference, use the following link, or e-mail csorensen@specialdistrictlaw.com to have the link e-mailed to you: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86245216153?pwd=ZTQvUHoyOE1RbmtnOV N2YnlqekFEUT09 (b) To attend via telephone, dial 1-719-359-4580 or 1-253-215-8782 and enter the following additional information: (1) Meeting ID: 862 4521 6153 (2) Passcode: 743113 3. All interested persons shall attend such meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted. All protests and objections shall be deemed to be waived unless submitted in writing to the District (c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Ave., Ste. 400, Denver, CO 80203) at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered.

COPPERLEAF METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7 By: /s/ PAULA J. WILLIAMS Attorney for the District Published in The Villager Published: April 6, 2023 Legal # 11136

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Nancy Lou Kellogg, a.k.a. Nancy L. Kellogg, a.k.a.

Nancy Kellogg, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30291 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 10, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jack A. C. Kellogg, Personal Representative c/o Otis & Bedingfield, LLC Derrick K. Galantowicz, Esquire 2725 Rocky Mountain Avenue, Suite 300 Loveland CO 80538 Published in The Villager First Publication: April 6, 2023 Last Publication: April 20, 2023 Legal # 11137

___________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Randolph Bernard Mills, Deceased Case Number 2023 PR 30334 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before August 7, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael John Mills P. O. Box 6441 Denver, Colorado 80218 Published in The Villager First Publication: April 6, 2023 Last Publication: April 20, 2023 Legal # 11138 ___________________________

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY CELEBRATING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK APRIL 3-9 ST. THOMAS MORE PARISH HOLY SERVICES

APRIL 6,7,8,9. April 6, 7 p.m., Mass of the Lord’s Supper; Good Friday, April 7, 3 & 7 p.m., Celebration of the Lord’s Passion; Holy Sat., April 8, 8:15 p.m., Solemn Vivil of Easter; Easter Sunday, April 9, 6:30, 8:30, 10:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m. Mass. 8035 S. Quebec St., Centennial. 303-770-1155

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DENVER AREA PANHELLENIC PRESENTS 6TH ANNUAL WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT APRIL 15, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Cherry Hills Village Center, 2450 E. Quincy Ave., Cherry Hills Village. Speakers: Marti Whitmore, Meredith Melinder, PhD; March Fields, Brook Hengst, Maggie Morrissey. $25 includes catered lunch, door prizes, raffles, silent auction and five vendors. Reservations & Info: www. denverareapanhellenic.org or 303-5964594 or dr.olinga@me.com

is the honoree and the Gala Chair is Susan Stiff. Cocktails at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. and program honoring Nancy S. Parker for her 40-plus years of devotion to Central City Opera’s artistic excellence. 303-2926700.

FRIENDS OF NURSING TO AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS APRIL 22 $100K in scholarships to be awarded at their Spring Luncheon at Columbine Country Club. Students from all 9 Universities with nursing programs will receive scholarship awards. A special thanks with a heart of gratitude to Greta Pollard, Founder and outgoing President, for her years of service and generous financial support. The awards this April bring the scholarship total to over 2 MILLION since FON’s founding in 1981. Request an invitation to the April luncheon by calling President-Elect Melanie Wallace: 303-3468573.

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MENTAL HEALH SYMPOSIUM AND STATE OF THE STATE LUNCHEON

APRIL 15, 10 a.m. in the Board Room at the South Suburban Sports Complex.

Six individuals have filed as candidates for Board of Directors positions in South Suburban’s May 2 election. Questions: email elections@ssprd.org or call 303483-7011.

APRIL 28, presented by Rotary Club of Denver Southeast, Rotarians for Mental Health and Rotary District 5450.

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APRIL 13, 4-7 p.m. Current and potential CLC members to tour the research dept. at Univ. of Colorado Cancer Center. Speaker -Dr. Chris Lieu. RSVP to receive parking voucher.

6-7 p.m. CLC general membership meeting to vote on the proposed slate of officers, nominating committee and funds allocation committee. info@cancerleague.org

CENTRAL CITY OPERA THEATRE OF DREAMS GALA “SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE’ APRIL 21

Central City Opera toasts its 91st anniversary at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Cocktail hour, gourmet dinner, entertainment from the cast of this year’s festival production of “Kiss Me Kate.”Tickets at Centralcity opera.org/gala. Nancy Parker

APRIL 28, 5:30 p.m. Join for the largest fundraising event of the year. Dinner, drinks, auction, awards, & entertainment.

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Kempe Professional Award - Antonia Chiesa, MD - Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Kempe Director of Integrated Healthcare Operations & Services and Child Protection Team. RSVP: 303-864-5300.

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MAY 13 & 14. Sponsored by Arapahoe County. Sample wines from 15+ Colorado wineries, watch chalk artists bring their masterpieces to life, enjoy live music and entertainment. $10 discount for the first 300 tickets sold! 21+ over only, tickets at arapahoecountyeventcenter.com.

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MAY 18, 6:30-9:00 p.m. To raise funds for ACC’s Art & Design programs and ACC Foundation general scholarships. Location: Art & Design Complex, 2400 W. Alamo Ave., Littleton. Registration required to attend.

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