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May 30, 2014 75 cents Arapahoe County, Colorado | Volume 94, Issue 15 englewoodherald.net A publication of POSTAL ADDRESS Printed on recycled newsprint. Please recycle this copy. Solar project gets OK Council approves purchase of 42 panels at site outside city By Tom Munds tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com Englewood is preparing to launch a pi- lot solar project to provide power for the parks and recreation department pump- ing station at Belleview Park. Mike Flaherty, deputy city manager, ex- plained the proposal to the city council at the May 19 study session. “The council talked about funding a number of projects, including purchasing panels in the solar garden,” he said. “Staff looked at the solar panel project and sug- gested a pilot program purchasing panels to provide energy credits for a high energy use location. The suggested location is the pumping station at Belleview Park.” The community-owned solar garden is located on almost four acres of land in Aurora and is operated and maintained by Clean Energy Collective. The company allows residents, businesses and munici- palities from Arapahoe, Denver and Jeffer- son counties to purchase solar panels and receive monthly credits from Xcel Energy for the power produced by those panels. Flaherty told the council that Michael Ceremony honors sacrifice Estimated 3,500 attend Memorial Day event at Fort Logan By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com All 1,200 chairs were filled plus about twice that number of people brought their own chairs or stood during the May 26 Memorial Day ceremonies at Fort Logan National Cemetery. The ceremony followed traditional format. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Maj. Gen Michael Edwards, Colorado Adjutant General, were among the fea- tured speakers, and there were wreath ceremonies, a 21-gun salute and the playing of “Taps.” Hundreds of people held private Charles Johnson marks Memorial Day by placing flowers on the grave of his brother, Devon, who is buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery. The Denver man visited the graves of both of his brothers before the tradi- tional Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan. An estimated crowd of about 3,500 attended the May 26 Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan National Cemetery. The traditional ceremony included patriotic music, speeches, ceremonial wreath placements, the 21-gun salute and the playing of “Taps.” Photos by Tom Munds Stone ordered for veterans memorial Monument to be placed at Englewood High School By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia. com Creation of the Englewood High School Military Memorial became more than a plan in early May, when Kay Howard, who is spearheading the effort to create the me- morial, placed the order for the stone that will be the centerpiece of the project. “The pentagon-shaped stone, ordered from a quarry in Lyons, is Colorado rose granite,” she said. “It will weigh about 6,000 pounds when it is delivered.” The seals of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and National Guard will be placed on the monument. In addition, there will be a plaque honoring all men and women who have served in the military. The monument is to be surrounded by stone pavers, with each paver honoring a veteran. Individuals, families and organi- zations are urged to purchase a paver as a tribute to a specific service member. There are three different size pavers that range in cost from $150 to $300. Each paver is designed to have the veteran’s name and service seal on it. Additionally, organiza- tions or businesses can purchase pavers engraved with their logos to show support for the project. Howard said she has also created a re- membrance fund, and donations to the fund will be used to buy pavers for veterans who can’t afford them and for those who died in service to their country and no lon- ger have family to purchase a paver in their memory. She said there are spaces for about 200 pavers in the planned space for the me- morial. While orders for pavers have been coming slowly, she said she has to engrave the pavers starting in August. The dedication of the memorial is ten- tatively scheduled for November, when the school entrance construction is com- pleted. Law ensures juveniles get legal counsel Youths facing judge will be represented By Vic Vela [email protected] A new law guarantees that arrested juvenile defendants will receive a lawyer when they face a judge for the first time. The law addresses a “concerning” sta- tistic indicating that 45 percent of chil- dren go through the entire judicial process without having a lawyer present, accord- ing to Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, who sponsored the effort at the Legislature this year. “This has been longstanding and a very serious problem,” Kagan said. “Our jus- tice system is less robust if children are not getting counsel. This bill makes that right.” The bill — which received bipartisan support from both legislative chambers — was signed into law on May 21 by Gov. John Hickenlooper. After an arrest, judges have 48 hours to determine whether to release a child or keep the person behind bars, pending trial. 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    Solar project gets OK Council approves purchase of 42 panels at site outside city By Tom Munds [email protected]

    Englewood is preparing to launch a pi-lot solar project to provide power for the parks and recreation department pump-ing station at Belleview Park.

    Mike Flaherty, deputy city manager, ex-plained the proposal to the city council at the May 19 study session.

    The council talked about funding a number of projects, including purchasing panels in the solar garden, he said. Staff looked at the solar panel project and sug-gested a pilot program purchasing panels to provide energy credits for a high energy use location. The suggested location is the pumping station at Belleview Park.

    The community-owned solar garden is located on almost four acres of land in Aurora and is operated and maintained by Clean Energy Collective. The company allows residents, businesses and munici-palities from Arapahoe, Denver and Jeffer-son counties to purchase solar panels and receive monthly credits from Xcel Energy for the power produced by those panels.

    Flaherty told the council that Michael

    Ceremony honors sacri ce Estimated 3,500 attend Memorial Day event at Fort Logan By Tom Munds [email protected]

    All 1,200 chairs were fi lled plus about twice that number of people brought their own chairs or stood during the May 26 Memorial Day ceremonies at Fort Logan National Cemetery.

    The ceremony followed traditional format. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Maj. Gen Michael Edwards, Colorado Adjutant General, were among the fea-tured speakers, and there were wreath ceremonies, a 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps.

    Hundreds of people held private Charles Johnson marks Memorial Day by placing owers on the grave of his brother, Devon, who is buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery. The Denver man visited the graves of both of his brothers before the tradi-tional Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan.

    An estimated crowd of about 3,500 attended the May 26 Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Logan National Cemetery. The traditional ceremony included patriotic music, speeches, ceremonial wreath placements, the 21-gun salute and the playing of Taps. Photos by Tom Munds

    Stone ordered for veterans memorial Monument to be placed at Englewood High School By Tom Munds [email protected]

    Creation of the Englewood High School Military Memorial became more than a plan in early May, when Kay Howard, who is spearheading the effort to create the me-morial, placed the order for the stone that will be the centerpiece of the project.

    The pentagon-shaped stone, ordered from a quarry in Lyons, is Colorado rose granite, she said. It will weigh about 6,000 pounds when it is delivered.

    The seals of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and National Guard will be placed on the monument. In addition, there will be a plaque honoring all men and women who have served in the military.

    The monument is to be surrounded by stone pavers, with each paver honoring a veteran. Individuals, families and organi-zations are urged to purchase a paver as a

    tribute to a specifi c service member.There are three different size pavers that

    range in cost from $150 to $300. Each paver is designed to have the veterans name and service seal on it. Additionally, organiza-tions or businesses can purchase pavers engraved with their logos to show support for the project.

    Howard said she has also created a re-membrance fund, and donations to the fund will be used to buy pavers for veterans who cant afford them and for those who died in service to their country and no lon-ger have family to purchase a paver in their memory.

    She said there are spaces for about 200 pavers in the planned space for the me-morial. While orders for pavers have been coming slowly, she said she has to engrave the pavers starting in August.

    The dedication of the memorial is ten-tatively scheduled for November, when the school entrance construction is com-pleted.

    Law ensures juveniles get legal counsel Youths facing judge will be represented By Vic Vela [email protected]

    A new law guarantees that arrested juvenile defendants will receive a lawyer when they face a judge for the fi rst time.

    The law addresses a concerning sta-tistic indicating that 45 percent of chil-dren go through the entire judicial process without having a lawyer present, accord-ing to Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, who sponsored the effort at the Legislature this year.

    This has been longstanding and a very serious problem, Kagan said. Our jus-tice system is less robust if children are not getting counsel. This bill makes that right.

    The bill which received bipartisan support from both legislative chambers was signed into law on May 21 by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

    After an arrest, judges have 48 hours to determine whether to release a child or keep the person behind bars, pending trial. The bill ensures that juveniles who are making their fi rst court appearance af-ter being arrested will have legal counsel available at the hearing.

    Solar continues on Page 17

    Counsel continues on Page 17Stone continues on Page 17

    Ceremony continues on Page 17

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    Food is foundation of bridge to future As a family approaches the stand, Monse

    Hines smiles and offers: Do you want a sample?

    No, Greg Elliott says. We know its good. He looks at his wife. Two zucchini, two hots? He glances at the small contain-er on the table. And a thing of this stuff.

    OK, Monse says. Thirteen dollars.Oh, Greg says. Give us one more of

    each.The each is a pupusa, a traditional El

    Salvadoran food the size of a small tortilla made of corn masa fi lled with various in-gredients in this case, beans or zucchini, corn chile poblano and mozzarella or the hot mirasol roasted peppers. The stuff is curtido, a pickled cabbage slaw, also from El Salvador.

    We tried them last summer, Greg says, and we really got hooked on them.

    And, adds his wife, Danielle, theres Monse (pronounced Mohn-seh). Shes very sweet.

    Monse Hines is sweet. She is small with earnest brown eyes and long, brown hair casually pulled into a ponytail. She wears faded jeans with a blush pink blouse and a silver necklace with a medallion of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus. Her nails are bluntly cut, no polish. Her smile is friendly and easy, like the conversation with her customers, many of them regulars at this farmers market.

    But dont be fooled.Monse Hines, 34, is bold and brave, too

    so much so that she made her entrepre-neurial dream come true, one small, risky step at a time. And she did it despite being a newcomer to this country, this language, this culture.

    In a few short years, she has built a busi-ness that could be her familys future. In the process, she has fi rmly cemented the roots of her El Salvadoran home into the founda-tion of her new one adding yet another cultural ingredient to the melting-pot land we live in.

    I think we all have the ability to come out ahead, she says, intently, in Spanish. Solo se necesita un sueo. All you need is

    a dream.Flavored with heaps of determination.No existe la suerte, she says. Cada

    quien se hace la suerte. Luck doesnt exist. Each person makes his own luck.

    Monse should know.She was born in a Salvadoran town so

    small it doesnt have a stoplight and there are few cars, anyway. Her parents taught in a high school in a nearby city, about half the size of Colorado Springs, where she lives now with her Army husband and two daughters.

    She met her husband in Germany, where she had traveled for a yearlong exchange program while in college. She wanted to learn German, so she sold her car and just about everything she owned to fi nance the trip. Friends took her to an Oktoberfest, and while she was dancing, Timothy Hines, stationed at a nearby Army base, began talking to her in English.

    I asked him why he was talking to me in English we are in Germany, Monse remembers, with a smile.

    Three months later, they fl ew home to his family in Texas and married on Thanks-giving Day. They celebrate their 10th anni-versary this year.

    It was in 2011 Tim was deployed for a year in Afghanistan that Monses dream emerged. Her sister took her to a Whole Foods. She recalls the wonder. Everything was so pretty, she says. There, my vision started a healthy product in this super-market.

    After deciding that her pupusas and curtido would be gluten-free and use only organic and non-genetically modifi ed in-

    gredients, she began researching on the Internet: How to get a license to sell a food product. How to make a label. How to pack-age according to health department regula-tions. Who had the best prices.

    Everything had to be bought in small quantities because there was little money to invest she and Tim had decided they would not take out loans. Each month, Monse would decide how much she could afford to spend. Maybe $100 one month. She needed a Web page? Maybe $10 more another month for that.

    Neighbors and family helped her navi-gate the English language and fi ll out pa-perwork. Her mother-in-law designed her label.

    We all have these angels who help us, Monse says.

    Then she won an audience at a Whole Foods in Colorado Springs. And, in June 2012, her curtido, under the name Monses Taste of El Salvador, fi rst appeared on the stores shelves. The pupusas followed two months later.

    No s como explicarlo, she says. I dont know how to explain it. To know that a company so big wants your products its like being in a dreamland.

    Tim got home in time to make the fi rst delivery. He was thrilled. She decided `Im going to do this and she did, he says. I was proud to come home and share this thing that was hers.

    He describes how, for Monse, food from her country was a way to introduce herself to families in the places they lived. She would make something from El Salvador and nobody else would have it and it was something she could share.

    As a business, it does the same, open-ing a door between cultures. The niche is hers and she can claim it `This is how my mom and my grandma made it and Ill use your ingredients to make something from my home, Tim says. I think its re-ally cool.

    These days, Monse has one employee to help her make about 7,000 pupusas a week. They work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. out of a

    commercial kitchen space that is shared with fi ve other entrepreneurs.

    We divide the cost so we can all sur-vive, Monse says. And she buys her pro-duce from Pueblo and Colorado Springs farmers, so that the circle of local enter-prise is complete.

    Her products can be found in Whole Foods in Colorado Springs, Highlands Ranch, Southglenn and Belmar, and soon in a Natural Grocers in Colorado Springs. The University of Colorado in Boulder buys about 4,000 pupusas a week to sell in its caf-eterias.

    I cant believe that this has happened to me, Monse says. I am grateful to God and to the support from this country. As a woman, too, I feel as if Ive been able to bet-ter myself, that there are no barriers.

    The Army has relocated Tim to Oklaho-ma for three years, starting in mid-July. But they have decided Monse and the girls will remain here. They will travel back and forth to see each other. The business, they hope, will be their work after Tim retires.

    We have to make the sacrifi ce, Monse says. Si Dios quiere if God wills it, the business can give us a better future for our daughters.

    A customer approaches Monses stand at a recent farmers market in Highlands Ranch. Can I try one? the woman asks. Which one is this?

    Black bean, Monse says, as she slices the pupusa that has been heating on the pan and tops it with a spoonful of curtido.

    Excellent, the woman says, after a bite. Youre here every week?

    One more sale. One more convert. One more step toward a future built on a taste of the past.

    Ann Macari Healeys column about peo-ple, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper con-test. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.

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    Weather delays childrens farm openingBelleview Park attraction ready soonBy Tom Munds [email protected]

    The Belleview Childrens Farm in Englewood didnt open as planned May 24, and likely is still a couple weeks away from opening.

    Recent wintry weather is to blame as the spring snow has forced delays in the cleanup and preparations necessary before the farm will be ready to entertain the public.

    We didnt suffer any farm damage from the snow, rain and hail, said Joe Sack, the citys rec-reational services manager. But the weather did make it impossi-ble to do so many things we need to get the farm ready to open.

    The Belleview Childrens Farm has been a popular attraction since it opened in Belleview Park in August 1967. Over the years, the farm area has been expanded, the barn has gotten new siding at least twice, and it has been painted a number of times.

    When the farm is in operation, visitors can walk through the red barn to look at the small, glassed-in areas for animals including rabbits and hamsters. Nearby, the barnyard is temporary home to a petting zoo-like area containing a variety of animals ranging from birds to cows, goats and pigs.

    Once we have all the prepara-tions completed, we will be ready to bring in the animals, Sack said. Remember these are farm animals and not used to being the center of attention and being touched. So, we like to bring the animals in about 10 days before we open to let them recover from the move and get used to their new surroundings.

    He said the best estimate is the farm will be ready to open by mid-June.

    In the past, we have had to delay the farm opening for a few days, he said. But this is the longest delay in memory. We are working to get everything ready as quickly as possible so we can open the doors so parents and children can enjoy a visit to the Belleview Childrens Farm.

    Sheep are among the pets that kids can get to know at the Belleview Childrens Farm. File photo

    Coroner stepping down after ve terms Commissioners approve promoting from within to replace Dobersen By Jennifer Smith [email protected]

    Longtime Arapahoe County Coroner Michael Dobersen has an-nounced his retirement effective June 2, after serving fi ve terms in the offi ce.

    First elected as a Republican in 1993, Dobersen hinted during his 2010 campaign that it would likely be his last. He told Colorado Com-munity Media he wasnt even sure he wanted to run again at that time.

    On the one side, its obviously a stressful position, he said. Some-times when I get up in the middle of

    the night to go to a crime scene, I think gosh, Id like to be retired. But on the other side of the coin, this is the best job Ive ever had.

    Dobersen has been a rarity among county coroners, having earned his medical degree from the University of Miami (Ohio).

    Because hes a licensed medical pathologist, term limits didnt apply to him in Arapahoe County. He ran fi ve suc-cessful campaigns, although he switched his party affi lia-tion back to Democrat in 2006.

    Dobersen asked the Arapahoe County Board of Com-missioners to appoint his second in command, Dr. Kelly Lear-Kaul, to serve out the remainder of his term. Sheriff

    Dave Walcher also endorsed her, and they did so on May 21.Nancy Doty, board chair, said Lear-Kaul is well qualifi ed

    to serve, being a certifi ed forensic pathologist.She is well respected in the coroners offi ce, in Arapa-

    hoe County and within the forensic pathology community, and we are confi dent in her ability to lead the men and women of the coroners offi ce, she said in a news release.

    The board agreed to pay her an annual salary of $220,000, more than the minimum of $87,000, because of her qualifi cations. She will perform many of the hundreds of autopsies that go through the offi ce each year. Last year, the county investigated 2,664 deaths and did 450 autopsies.

    Also last year, the coroners offi ce was nationally accred-ited for the fi rst time, becoming one of just four counties in the state and 77 in the nation.

    Lear-Kaul joined the offi ce in 2004. She earned her un-dergraduate degree in biology, biochemistry and molecular biology from Cornell College and her doctorate from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.

    She serves on a variety of boards and committees, in-cluding the Colorado State Child Fatality Prevention Review Team, the Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood Medical and Investigative Advisory Board, the TriCounty Healthcare Coalition and the Arapahoe County Narcotic Prescription Drug Abuse Working Group. She is also an assistant profes-sor in the pathology department at the UCHSC.

    I want to thank the board for their consideration and support said Lear-Kaul, who will be sworn in during a cer-emony at 3:15 p.m. on May 30. In our fi eld, we fi nd it is important to have a forensic pathologist serving in the role of the coroner, as we feel that expertise provides a better service to the citizens of Arapahoe County. This has been the standard for the last 30 years, and I look forward to con-tinuing that great tradition.

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    New laws address child care costs Legislation closes loop hole that had prevented some from receiving assistance By Vic Vela [email protected]

    Three bills that became law last week aim to alleviate the high cost of child care in Colorado.

    The laws, signed by Gov. John Hicken-looper on May 22, address a number of fi nancial areas and are a response to Colo-rado being the fi fth least affordable state for child care.

    A key piece of the package creates child care tax credits for families that make less than $25,000 a year.

    The new credit which is capped at $1,000 per family per year is available to those who do not qualify for existing child care tax credits that are tied to federal re-turns.

    Its a lot of money when youre only making $25,000 a year and trying to pay for child care, said Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, a bill sponsor.

    The bill fi xes a loophole that disqualifi es many low-income families from receiving

    a tax credit that was set up by the state in 1996.

    The child care tax credit that the new law replaces applied to families that earn less than $60,000 a year. But that credit was tied to federal income taxes, which doesnt ap-ply to many low-income families because their earnings are sometimes too low to even have to fi le federal taxes.

    Pettersen also co-sponsored a bill with Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, D-Black Hawk, that addresses cases when families receive pay increases at work that disqualifi es them for continuing to receive child care assistance a signifi cant fi nancial issue for families that has been dubbed the cliff effect.

    The legislation sets up grant funding for the Cliff Effect Pilot Program, which allows families to phase out of assistance they re-ceive through the Colorado Childcare As-sistance Program, whenever they receive higher pay through their jobs.

    This bill helps parents seek jobs, pro-motions and pay raises without worrying about suddenly losing the assistance that helps them afford child care and be reli-able employees, Nicholson said through an emailed statement. This will eliminate a hurdle, or disincentive, for families work-ing towards fi nancial security.

    School fundingmeasures signed into law Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund programs, construction for PreK-12 By VicVela [email protected]

    In front of a group of school children who are just starting to grasp basic arith-metic, Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 21 signed into law a pair of complex, multi-million dollar school fi nance measures.

    The new laws will allow a state school fi nance system that was signifi cantly strained by recession-era budget cuts to grow by nearly $500 million. The cash in-fusion will fund several areas of K-12 re-sources, including school construction and preschool, kindergarten and English language learner programs.

    Were trying to make sure that each one of you guys gets every single advantage, ev-ery single chance, because your success is the future of this state, Hickenlooper said during a bill signing that was held inside Auroras Ponderosa Elementary School.

    A major K-12 funding piece comes from

    the Student Success Act. The legislation provides $20 million for programs that tar-get children who are struggling to read and $53 million for school construction, with $40 million of that going toward construc-tion in rural areas the latter funding coming from Amendment 64-backed retail marijuana revenue.

    An additional $3 million will go toward fi nancial transparency efforts that are aimed at allowing taxpayers to see how the

    new money is being reported and spent.The funding includes a $110 million buy

    down of the so-called negative factor recession-era funding cuts that slashed about $1 billion from the states K-12 bud-get.

    The governor also signed into law the annual school fi nance act, which includes $27 million for English language learner programs and funds an additional 5,000 seats in preschool and kindergarten class-rooms.

    This bill that the governor is about to sign will authorize 5,000 more kids next year going to publicly-funded, quality pre-school programs than what was possible the year before, said Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, a bill sponsor.

    Additionally, per-pupil funding for next school year will jump to $7,021, a 5 percent increase.

    Thats almost $400 for every one of you students, Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Den-ver, told the children in the audience. So imagine if you came through the doors this morning and we handed $400 to each one of you. It would be pretty good stuff.

    The funding efforts that the Legislature

    passed this year were a response to last years failed Amendment 66 ballot mea-sure, which sought to bolster school fund-ing through tax increases.

    No Republican lawmakers were pres-ent for the signing ceremony. However, the Student Success Act was co-sponsored by Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, and both bills received bipartisan support at the Capitol.

    Republicans who expressed concerns about the funding measures during the legislative process argued that the efforts do not go far enough in replacing nega-tive factor dollars. GOP lawmakers also wanted school districts to have more con-trol over how the money is spent, without state strings attached.

    But Democratic lawmakers who attend-ed the bill signing told students that theyre going to be in a better position to succeed because of the new funding.

    People worked really hard to cause us to fund education at a higher level; to be able to restore some of the money that was missing; to be able to cause you to have a better opportunity to be successful, said Rep. John Buckner, D-Aurora.

    Gov. John Hickenlooper is joined by lawmakers and stu-dents from Auroras Ponderosa Elementary School for the bill signing ceremony of two school funding measures. Photo by Vic Vela

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    WhippleWood CPAs Conference Center at the Chamber2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, COCost: $99 ($49 for Chamber members)Register www.smallbusinessdenver.com

    Tuesday, June 3:Business Bible Study

    The Chamber Library . 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 342, Centennial, COEnergy Symposium Breakfast: Expand into Energy!

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    Thursday, June 5:FastTracks - New Investor Orientation

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    On May 13, almost 100 businesspeople attended a Business After Hours at the Project C.U.R.E. (Commission onUrgentRelief andEquipment)headquarters in Centennial, CO. This event featured three guided tours of the facility by the organizations CEO and directors of government affairs and operations. The tours gave participants insight into the overall vision of the organization, while providing a closer look into the facilitys operations.

    I enjoyed attending the networking event hosted by Project C.U.R.E. and the South Metro Chamber.Its an incredible feeling to be inside a warehouse full of items we would typically throw in the garbage, but instead, these items are saving lives and healing people. They may not be in our community, but kindness knows no boundaries, thanks to Project C.U.R.E., said attendee Angel Tuccy, co-host of the Experience Pros Radio Show on AM 560 KLZ.

    Project C.U.R.E.s mission is to identify, solicit, collect, sort, and distribute medical supplies and services according to the imperative needs of the world. Volcano Asian Cuisine, a sushi and hibachi restaurant in Centennial, provided delicious appetizers for the group.

    We were honored to be chosen to host the Chambers Business After Hours and share the mission and vision of Project C.U.R.E. with business leaders of South Metro, said Jan Mazotti, director of communications, marketing and PR.

    Dr. Douglas Jackson, the organizations president/CEO, spoke to the group, outlining the great impact the organization has around the world. Each week they deliver approximately three semi-truck loads of donated medical supplies and equipment to desperately needy people around the world. Since 1987, they have delivered equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics in over 130 countries.

    Project C.U.R.E. is consistently recognized with the highest Four Star ranking from Charity Navigator, and was named by Forbes as one of the top 200 charities in America.

    We are delighted to continue our partnership with Project C.U.R.E., bringing together our business leaders with a national leader in philanthropy, said Marcia McGilley, interim CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber.

    A team of South Metro Denver Chamber members continues to volunteer monthly at Project C.U.R.E.s warehouse, sorting medical supplies for export.

    For more information about the South Metro Denver Chambers Business After Hours events, please visit www.bestchamber.com.

    For more information about Project C.U.R.E., please visit www.projectcure.org or contact Jan Mazotti 720-490-4021.

    Project C.U.R.E. Brings Mission and Vision to Chambers May Business After Hours

    HIGHLANDS RANCH -- Mark Saturday June 7 on your calendar if you have any old electronic gadgets or confidential documents you want to get rid of for free.

    Members of LEADapalooza, one of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerces leads groups, are offering free shredding and electronics recycling from 9 a.m. to noon on June 7 at 1745 Shea Center Drive in Highlands Ranch, off of Lucent Boulevard a quarter mile south of C470.

    This is a great opportunity to get rid of those old gadgets and confidential documents not suitable for the regular trash that are taking up space and collecting dust in your home or office, said Cheryl Braunschweiger of ALMC Mortgage at NOVA Home Loans and a member of LEADapalooza.

    Items eligible for recycling include laptop and desktop computers, printers, copiers, phones, stereo equipment, fax machines, monitors, TVs basically anything that plugs into the

    wall or runs on batteries except large appliances. Cabling, electronic wiring and alkaline/single-use batteries can also be recycled. Hard drives will go through Department of Defense approved data destruction. The recycling and data destruction will be performed by Techno+Rescue of Aurora.

    Documents eligible for shredding include bank statements, medical records, cancelled checks, paycheck stubs or anything else with personal or confidential information. Theres no need to remove staples, paper clips, alligator clips, etc. Items NOT being accepted are trash, pop cans, newspapers, household plastics, light bulbs and large appliances.

    Each person is welcome to bring up to three copy boxes or one large trash bag of documents. All documents will be destroyed on site by Shred-It, a professional document-destruction company with locations throughout the United States.

    Although the recycling and shredding are

    free, Boy Scout Troop 4 of Littleton will be on hand to help and will be accepting donations of cash or non-perishable food.

    Twenty-two companies who are members of LEADapalooza are underwriting the cost as a public service. They are: 303 Denver Chiropractic; A Cleaner Carpet; ALMC Mortgage at NOVA Home Loans; Arrow B Architecture; Brickyard BBQ; C Squared Computer Consulting; Centennial Leasing & Sales; Experience Pros Radio Show; Handyman Matters; Holly Mullins, Farmers Insurance Group; JerryBrownPR; Major Mom; Mark Thomas, RE/MAX Professionals; Nexus Financial Services; PearleVision-Streets@SouthGlenn; PROformance Apparel; Riviera Finance; RMK Cartridge; SG Associates; Cathy Reilly, Silpada Designs; SuperMedia; and Weksler Benefits.

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    Zoning hearing set for Shrine Club siteScaled-back plan features residential units, homesBy Tom [email protected]

    Englewood City Council has scheduled a public hearing for June 2 over a request to rezone a half-acre at South Logan Street and East Floyd Avenue.

    The hearing to discuss whether a de-veloper can build homes on the site will be part of the 7:30 p.m. council meeting at the Englewood Civic Center, 1000 Engle-wood Parkway. Residents can sign up to testify at the hearing that night prior to its start.

    The developer, Shadow Creek Homes, has purchased the former Englewood

    Shrine Club and an adjacent home on the site, which is zoned R1C (residential on small lots). The company is requesting that the area be rezoned as a planned unit de-velopment so that it can construct two resi-dential units in the Shrine Club building plus three single-family homes on the site.

    Detached garages are planned for each of the single-family homes, and there would be an unfinished space built above each garage that homeowners could turn into rental apartments if they chose.

    The building at Logan and Floyd was originally a church, according to city plan-ner Brook Bell. The Shriners bought it in 1967 and received a variance to use it as the Englewood Shrine Club. It was put on the market last year.

    Shadow Creek Homes bought the Shrine Club and the house to the north, which makes the site slightly more than

    half an acre, which is the minimum size for a planned unit development, Bell said.

    Representatives of Shadow Creek Homes held a neighborhood meeting in November to explain the proposal to build for-sale res-idential units. The original 2013 proposal was to create four apartments in the club building and build four cottages on the site. Each cottage would have had a detached garage.

    Residents at the November meeting voiced concerns that the project would cre-ate parking and traffic problems, and addi-tional wear on the alley.

    Bell noted recently that the number of residential units in the club building, and the number of single-family homes, have been reduced in the latest proposal.

    There was a public hearing before the planning and zoning commission on April 22, he said. The developer presented the scaled-back project proposal. Only one person (of eight residents present) who testified was concerned about the project creating parking problems for others in the neighborhood.

    The commission forwarded the rezon-ing request and recommended it be ap-proved.

    Council gave unanimous approval to the first reading of the rezoning proposal and approved the request to hold the public hearing as part of the June 2 meeting.

    Mayor Randy Penn said he was pleased that the developer listened to residents and scaled back the extent of the project.

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    Newest may not be the greatest

    With so much content and so many authors and experts who write about the trends in the field of personal and professional development, sales training, leadership and customer service, I am often asked by customers for the latest and greatest material in these areas. They are looking for that something new or a silver bullet, some magic dust or cure-all pill to fix their problems, their people, or in some cases, themselves.

    Now dont get me wrong, I am a huge advocate of growth and I am all for con-tinuing education whether that comes in the form of reading, listening, watching, participating in seminars, or cloud learn-ing through socialization of ideas, or any other medium, for that matter, that takes us and/or our teams to a higher level.

    Any attempt at upping our game in anything we do or endeavor to do is to be applauded. And when I am asked for spe-cific advice or recommendation for a good book or program to attend, I love to share thoughts and ideas as well as happily recommend something provocative that I have recently read or participated in. But my favorite thing to do is remind people that it is not necessarily whats new that works its really all about what works that works.

    Sometimes the latest and greatest writings or advice is adopted quickly as a trend or fad, but soon meld into some remnant of a concept or philosophy that was written and practiced long ago. I still

    enjoy these programs and materials be-cause maybe they put a new spin or twist on an old theory and I get to experience it in a new and different way. Many of the books I have read are dogeared and high-lighted in different colors and tabbed with different color sticky notes as I have gone back to the same books many times over. Its like watching your favorite movie for the 10th time and hearing a line or seeing a scene that you previously missed.

    When Hall of Fame baseball player Ted William finished the 1941 baseball season with a .400 batting average, was he using todays technology to achieve his results? When golfing greats Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer or Byron Nelson recorded golf scores in the low 60s they surely werent using the clubs, grips, balls, and swing technology we use now. As a matter of fact, I would bet that any of todays baseball players such as Troy

    opinions / yours and ours

    Movies shouldnt feel like being assaulted

    Badges? We aint got no badges. I dont have to show you any stinking badges. Name it and claim it. Alfonso Badoya. He was Gold Hat in a great film. Answer at the end.

    I make frequent references to films in my columns. I was almost a theater arts major, and if I had been I would have been on track to be a director. My schools theater arts program has graduated some well-known directors and actors and actresses and others associated with the industry. Ultimately, I wanted to make individual pictures, not reels of them. There was another roadblock: people. Have you ever watched the credits? It takes 10 minutes. Hundreds of people are in-volved. I am not good with or around people.

    I no longer go to theaters. I watch films here at home. Very few of them are recent. I dont like gun work. The f-word is used as if it is a throwaway. A gimme. Five hundred and six times in The Wolf of Wall Street. Come on. Arent there other words? For anger, anxiety, disapproval, description? Its funny how we seem to seek the action, and give it a bad connotation.

    I watch documentaries. I watch films that arent blockbusters. Blockbusters are for someone else. I love cinema too much to watch a blockbuster. Action films are not welcome. I read the newspaper, I dont need to pay to see the kind of crap that people do to people.

    Give me a Benjamin, free tickets to a Quentin Tarantino? No thanks.

    I didnt see a single film that was nomi-nated for an Academy Award. A good pal is married to a Disney executive, and he has home access to all of the nominated films every year.

    She said, You missed out on some good movies last year.

    I am sure I did.I just dont want to watch people killing

    each other. But you do. Captain America Something is No. 1 right now.

    I guess some people go to movies to dis-connect from the real world. But this garbage

    is the real world. How can someone read about Claire Davis and still go to Tarantino?

    Cry all you want and light all of the candles you want to light. Subscribe to Memorial Stuffed Animals. And then pay to see someone be killed. We escape in the film. From what? The things we escape from are right there in the movies you pay to see. Something is wrong (with you). If you dont want to be scolded, read someone else. Tarantino is a complete idiot. Tarantino is a complete genius, because he knows his audience is Jerry-Jerry-Jerry morons.

    I get angry. Dont I? Why would anyone go to see The Dark Knight Rises in the first place? At midnight. With your children.

    You are what you eat, and if you eat the kind of movies that you are fed, you must not cry. Its called duplicity.

    Do you care about the Nigerian school-girls? Women on buses in India? Have you done your reading about Chicago lately?

    And then you and the girl go to see Captain America. I am probably alienating some of my audience. Good. Its not dachs-hunds and Jennifer every week.

    Try. Try watching something good. Amelie. Cocteaus Beauty and the Beast. Bully. Five Easy Pieces.

    I know its hopeless. You look forward to the Super Bowl halftime, and think its worthwhile. It is the opposite.

    Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

    Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at [email protected].

    Norton continues on Page 7

    Wildfire reports sound a call to actionWith the recent rain and hail that

    pounded much of the Front Range, bring-ing flooding to some areas, wildfires may not seem like an imminent threat. But trends tell us otherwise.

    Its not a matter of if, but when.Earlier this spring, the Colorado

    Division of Fire Prevention and Control released some chilling information in a special report to the governor and General Assembly. The report focused on strategies to enhance the states aerial firefighting capabilities. In making its case for that, the report stated that since the 1990s, the number, intensity, and complexity of wildfires in Colorado have been growing exponentially, and experts predict that it will continue to worsen.

    The length of the wildfire season is growing, too, the report said.

    In general, Colorado sees short peri-ods of increased fire occurrence through-out the year with just a few of the fires reaching a significant size or complexity. However, the drought conditions and fire activity experienced throughout 2012 one of the worst wildfire seasons in state history may be representative of a new normal. Experts warn that drought and the other causal factors could result in re-peats of 2012 with widespread fire activity and extended, year-long wildfire seasons.

    In recent months, several reports have

    blamed wildfire trends like this across the West on global warming, perhaps further evidence of a new normal.

    Given the bigger picture, its difficult for us to find solace in the mid-May predic-tion by state experts of a normal 2014 wildfire season. Even a pre-2012 nor-mal means an average year in Colorado would see thousands of fires, with 30 of them being large, destructive blazes. But if 2012 when 260,000 acres in the state were scorched, more than 600 structures destroyed and six people killed is a sign of things to come, thats truly alarming.

    To their credit, state legislators and Gov. John Hickenlooper took action this past session. On May 12, Hickenlooper signed into law a bill creating the states first aerial firefighting fleet. The legislation, which comes with a $21 million price tag,

    creates a fleet of four planes two leased and two owned by the state and four leased helicopters and designates money for a center to study high-tech firefighting tactics.

    The primary goal, as outlined in the division of fire preventions report, is to keep fires small. If the fleet can help cut down on an average years $42 million in fire-suppression-expenses, while saving lives, acres and property, it will be money well spent.

    One thing is for certain when it comes to wildfires in Colorado: Inaction is not an option. With the ominous reports that have surfaced, lawmakers here and in other Western states would be wise to read and react for years to come.

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    as Bubba Watson or Tiger Woods, would have been equally as good if they played with the same equipment and competed in the same era as the above-mentioned greats.

    I say this with confi dence because it really isnt about the equipment, its about the player, the talent, the work ethic, and the practice. With a focused approach on effort, practice, and the fundamentals we can all excel in anything we strive for in our personal life, our business, or in our

    recreational activities. So even with all the technology and gadgetry available to us, it really isnt about whats new that works, it is about fi nding what works that works.

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    South Platte River area could get makeover Trail improvements, amphitheater among plans By Jennifer Smith [email protected]

    The South Platte Working Group is hop-ing its fi rst public/private partnership will offer a boost to Riverside Downs shopping complex, on Belleview Avenue just west of Santa Fe Drive, and beautify the entire area.

    Were looking at how to start to create this new environment by the river, said Councilmember Debbie Brinkman, Little-ton City Councils representative on SPWG.

    Council on May 20 unanimously ap-proved dedicated open-space funds to complete a study that would defi ne how to better tie the center into the Mary Cart-er Greenway and the South Platte River, widely regarded as underutilized assets in Littleton something the SPWG has been working to change.

    (Our goal) is to embrace many types of adjacent land uses and recognize that the communitys historic relationship to the Platte River is part of the history of this riv-er and part of richness of the visitors expe-rience, reads the 56-page report the group released in March. The diversity of expe-rience and expression of the communitys

    evolving relationship with the Platte river is to be celebrated, not homogenized.

    Convened in 2006 by Arapahoe County, SPWG comprises 21 local jurisdictions and agencies that have contributed more than $25 million for projects so far. Mem-bers hope the county will agree to partner with Littleton on work to the public land that lies south of Riverside Downs, which would pay for improvements on its own property.

    We want to bring walkers, bike riders and shoppers together and give them safe places to go, said Brinkman.

    A concept by OHM Design depicts a small amphitheater facing the river on the south end of the shopping complex. Foot-paths would lead from there to the river, and the area between might have shade structures, bocce ball, stone benches, public art and a cobble beach from where people could dangle their toes in the water.

    Brinkman noted its already a common sight to see people parking in the lot and heading out for a walk or bike ride from there. People want to access the trail, said Brinkman. We already know we dont have enough trailheads, and now people are starting to create their own.

    Access to Belleview Avenue would be improved, and a gateway feature would be added there, said Brinkman. If all goes well, construction could start next fall.

    The South Platte Working Group is working with the Riverside Downs shopping center to beautify the open space between the shopping complex and the South Platte River. Photo by Jennifer Smith

    NEWS IN A HURRY Residents receive surveys

    The City of Englewood is asking the 1,200 randomly-selected household their opinions and comments about city ser-vices and activities by means of a citizen survey.

    The residents were fi rst notifi ed by postcard they were being asked to com-plete the survey and then the survey was mailed to them in mid-May.

    The city contracted with the National Research Center in Boulder to conduct the survey that is part of a national survey offered by the National League of Cit-ies. The survey is customized for Engle-wood. Those who received the survey are asked to complete it and return it in the stamped, self-addressed envelope.

    A report of the survey results should be available in late July and will be posted on the citys website. Residents who didnt re-ceive a survey can complete a shorter ver-sion online by going to www.englewood-gov.org/2014-citizen-survey. The online version will be available until June 13.

    Ballots in the mail soonMail-in ballots for the party primary

    election will be sent out starting June 2 to Arapahoe County residents who are active registered as members of the Democratic, Republican or American Constitutional Party.

    The primary election determines which candidate represents his or her party on the ballot for the Nov. 4 general election to

    fi ll local, state and congressional posi-tions.

    For more information about the mail-in ballot or the primary election, call the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorders election offi ce at 303-795-4511.

    Judge appointedColorado Supreme Court Chief Justice

    Nancy Rice has appointed District Court Judge Carlos Samour Jr. as the new chief judge for the 18th Judicial District.

    Samour replaced Chief Judge William

    Sylvester, who was named to the post in October 2006. The appointment becomes effective July 1, the date of Sylvesters retirement.

    Judge Samour is a Columbine High School graduate, graduated with honors from the University of Colorado at Denver with a degree in psychology and received his law degree from the University of Den-ver. He was in private practice for about 10 years and was appointed as a district court judge in 2006.

    CRIME BRIEFS Burglary suspect chased down

    Englewood police tracked down and chased down a 31-year-old man suspected of burglarizing a home.

    Offi cers went to the 3200 block of South Elati Street about 6:45 p.m. May 25 to investigate a report of a burglary. A witness reported seeing an unknown man coming out of the house carrying a large black back-pack. The suspect reportedly left the area on a blue mountain bike before offi cers arrived

    Police checked the area and located a man matching the description near South Broadway and Floyd Avenue. The suspect reportedly fi rst tried to escape police on his bicycle and, when that was unsuccessful, he dumped the bike in the area of South Sher-man Street and East Jefferson Avenue and took off running.

    Offi cers eventually captured and arrested the suspect in the 3600 block of South Lin-coln Street. The suspect, a 31-year-old man, reportedly had taken some methamphet-amine. He was taken to Swedish Medical Center for treatment.

    After he was cleared at the medical

    center, he was taken to the Arapahoe County Sheriffs Detention Facility, where he could face a variety of charges related to the bur-glary and attempting to fl ee police.

    Fire ghters hold suspect for policeA driver reportedly sideswiped a fi re

    truck, tried to run but was held by fi refi ght-ers for police.

    The incident happened about 3:20 p.m. May 23 when the Englewood Fire Depart-ment went to the scene of an injury accident at South Broadway and East Nassau Avenue.

    According to the report, as the fi re truck was pulling in behind the accident, another car tried to pass the fi re truck but hit the left front of it. The driver of the car apparently lost control and hit a building in the 4100 block of South Broadway.

    The cars drive, a 46-year-old man, reportedly got out of the vehicle and tried to run from the scene. However, fi refi ghters caught the man and held him until Engle-wood police offi cers arrived and arrested the suspect.

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    Pot law aims to protect kidsBy Vic [email protected]

    A Highlands Ranch legislator hopes that a new marijuana law will help keep the drug out of the hands of children.

    Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 21 signed into law a bill that aims to distinguish canna-bis-infused edibles like candy and cookies from other foods so that kids dont acciden-tally consume the drug.

    Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, a bill sponsor, said that by requiring edibles to be packaged in a way that makes them easy to identify as containing marijuana, fewer children would end up having to be

    hospitalized for accidental ingestion.It certainly gives parents and teachers

    and school resource officers the tool that they need to identify these things and keep them out of kids hands, McNulty said.

    The bill was signed at Childrens Hospi-tal Colorado in Aurora, where nine children have been treated for marijuana ingestion so far this year. The bill creates a task force that will determine the rules to make marijuana edibles clearly identifiable. That includes what kinds of markings are on the packaging or on the edibles themselves.

    The bill is a change from its original form, which sought to prohibit companies from selling things that look like kid snacks, lacing

    them with THC and turning around and sell-ing them to adults, McNulty said. However, that effort had to be pulled back after it ran into problems during the legislative process.

    I would have liked to have gone further, but we had to work within the process we had, he said. And I think the end product moves us to a direction of keeping kids safe.

    Hickenlooper also signed into law a sepa-rate bill that regulates the amount of concen-trated marijuana that a person can possess.

    Under Amendment 64, which was ap-proved by voters in 2012, adults are allowed to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, re-gardless of whether it is in plant bud form or in concentrated form, such as hash oil.

    But concentrated pot can contain many more servings than in plant form. The new law addresses that by requiring the state to determine how much concentrated pot is equal to an ounce of leafy marijuana.

    Both bills received bipartisan sponsorship and support at the General Assembly.

    Christian Sederberg, a marijuana attor-ney, said the Legislature did a good job this year in dealing with the new territory of legal-ized pot sales and consumption.

    At the end of the session, there were a number of responsible bills that add to the regulatory structure and provide opportuni-ties for the program to continue to improve, he said.

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    The dog days of summer do not have to be boring.

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    The Summer Blast Off marks the grand re-opening of the amphitheater after it has been renovated to include a stage cover and built-in lights. The amphitheater, first used in summer 2013, initially required performers to bring their own lighting equipment, and the city realized that the amphitheater could be improved.

    Allison Wittern, public information and special events manager for the city, said the stage cover will help accommodate acts.

    It makes it a little more attractive for entertainers to come, she said.

    The amphitheater is scheduled to re-open at the end of May, and Sheri Chad-wick, director of communications for the city, said the renovations will allow larger national acts to come to the park in addi-tion to local performers.

    Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon has simi-lar hopes for the amphitheater.

    These improvements will allow us to attract professional performances as well

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    But the park, which opened in 2012, is not limited to special events. It hosts Friday Film Fest the second and fourth Fridays of June and July. Each movie night features food vendors, entertainment and a family-friendly movie that begins at dusk in the park. The entertainment for each night be-gins at 7 and is related to that nights movie. For example, tae kwon do demonstrations will be held prior to Kung Fu Panda and the water play area of the park will be open past its normal hours of operation to go along with the showing of The Little Mer-maid.

    Shoppers can enjoy the summer event series, too. The Centennial Farmers and Ar-tisans Market runs Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 14 and July 12. The mar-ket features goods from local artisans as well as fresh produce from local Colorado companies and food trucks from restau-rants like Little India and Crave-It Frozen Yogurt. Each market also features live mu-sic from local musicians.

    The summer events series ends Aug. 9 with Centennial Under the Stars, a free outdoor concert featuring DSB: Americas Favorite Tribute to Journey. The event fea-tures food and activities for families and culminates in a laser light show. A special, final farmers market will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. in conjunction withe the concert.

    Overall, the summer events series is intended to draw in families from all over Centennial.

    We hope the summer events will give friends and neighbors in Centennial a great opportunity to get outside and enjoy Cen-tennial Center Park, Chadwick said.

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