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At Stapleton’s “Winter Welcome” on November 20, families gathered in the 29th Avenue Town Center for the annual lighting of the tree and all of the holiday lights. The event was complete with a brass quintet, multiple fires for warming up, and treats that included s’mores, hot roasted almonds, hot cider, hot chocolate and cookies. All the lights are LED except the big tree (which will be LED next year). Plans for Stapleton’s Third School Move Forward; Short Term Solutions Identified Editors Note: On Nov. 30, after the Front Porch has By Carol Roberts and Steve Larson solutions were found to solve the short- and and subsequently explained them, point by gone to press, the Board of the Denver Public Schools n a textbook show of cooperation (DPS) votes on the recommendations described in this mid-term overcrowding problems projected point, to the Stapleton community on No - article. These recommendations cannot be considered among the public and private sectors for Stapleton’s schools. DPS staff presented vember 10 at Bill Roberts School. Those rec - final until they are approved by the board. Iand grassroots community groups, their recommendations to the school board ommendations (continued on page 8) Local Pilots Were Pioneers for Women in U .S. Aviation By Carol Roberts P h o

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Northfield’s Symphony in Lights will run hourly from 6 - 9pm through December 31. See page 6 for new Northfield businesses.

CALENDAR Events in or near Stapleton that are free and open to the public or are non-profit events.

DECEMBER DECEMBER Through December 31 Saturday, Dec 5 Symphony in Lights, hourly 6 - 9pm Denver Waldorf School's Holiday Fair 9am - 3pm The Shops at Northfield, Stapleton 940 Fillmore St NorthfieldStapleton.com www.denverwaldorf.org

2nd Fridays December 5 Story time & craft for young children SCFD Free Day, Denver Art Museum & caregiver, Westerly Creek Elementary library 9:15 - 9:45am. 303-322-5877 Tuesday, December 15 Active Minds—Chocolate, 5:30-6:30 pm 2nd Saturdays Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax Free women's self defense course at ActiveMindsForLife.com Mike Giles Family Karate, 1-2pm 7506 E. 36th Ave. #480 (Quebec Square) 303-377-KICK (5425) Saturday, December 19 Free public skating, Big Bear Ice Arena 11:30am - 12:30pm Tuesday, Dec. 1 Registration required www.bigbearice.com Target Tuesday Night, free from 4-8pm [email protected] Children’s Museum View free skating performance at 11am

Thursday, Dec. 3 5th Annual Greater Stapleton Business Associa - tion Holiday Party, Radisson Hotel Denver JANUARY Stapleton Plaza 5:30 –8:30pm. RSVP: Loretta R. Sanchez 303-329-2778 January 2 Fri., Dec. 4 & Sat., Dec. 5 SCFD Free Day, Denver Art Museum Craft Fair - Benefitting Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Tuesday, January 5 Friday noon-6pm; Saturday 10am-5pm Denver Children’s Museum 7300 E Severn at Quebec 1st Tuesday free 4 - 8pm (Blue Spruce Townhomes) 303.297.4063; [email protected] Wednesday, January 13 Reception for new Stapleton residents 6:30pm, MCA Community Room 2823 Roslyn St. 303.388.0274 [email protected] (2nd Wednesdays)

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December 2009 2 Stapleton Front Porch Stapleton Front Porch 3 December 2009 Park Hill Library Renovation Completed, Stapleton Library Just Beginning oth the Stapleton and Park Hill neighborhoods brary. Now the children’s department is in an are the beneficiaries of “new” libraries to serve area with lower ceilings that can contain the Btheir residents. Park Hill’s branch of the Den - natural noise made by kids. And, a quiet area ver Public Library can be called new, even though it for adults where they can sit in comfortable has been at 4705 Montview Blvd. for many years. A lounge chairs while perusing books or using 2007 bond issue that Denver voters passed for infra - computers has high ceilings and walls that con - structure improvements made it possible for the Park tain the surrounding serenity.Technology up - Hill Branch Library to get a face lift and feature a new grades that now provide library visitors with presence. self-service options are a major benefit to the Repairs that had been deferred over the years, such renovation, Cusker said. The newly renovated Park Hill Library, located at Montview and as roof replacement, plumbing and electrical upgrades It is this new service model that will be applied to the new Dexter, swapped the location of the children's and adult’s sections and upgraded both technology and decor. Above: Beckett Lashnits, and updated library layout and décor were accom - Stapleton Branch Library. It’s opening in the East 29th Ave. 15 months, checks out the screen of one of the new computers plished this year during the library’s six-month clo - Town Center is tentatively planned for the early part of installed in the kids’ section and 19-month-old Lila Hutchins gets sure. New carpet and energy efficient lighting and 2012. help on the computer from her nanny Jaime Bedar. plumbing have made the library a green building. The Park Hill renovation didn’t have community input The renovation also brought a change in the since most of the work was done to fix problems. However, what they want to see in their new library and how they arrangement of the book stacks, according to Kit Stapleton residents will have an opportunity to tell the city, want to use it. Cusker, senior librarian at the Park Hill branch li - the Denver Public Library and the new building’s designers The process will offer the Stapleton community four public meetings, according to Tracy Tafoya, principal and interior designer with OZ Architecture. Tafoya is a Staple - ton resident with two children, Julia, 8, and Ella, 5, who both attend Bill Roberts Elementary School. When her firm was chosen to design the Stapleton library, she was selected to be the community liaison as well as the interior designer. Meeting number one will be a visioning meeting for the community. Oz will inform the community of general infor - mation about the project and anticipated schedule. The main goal for this meeting is to hear what the community’s goals and visions are for the new library. What are the de - sired library services, expectations for the building’s form, character and functionality? At meeting number two, Oz will present several concep - tual designs on which they would like feedback. They expect to discuss building orientation and flow, explore how the public spaces are taking shape, site and parking access, exte - rior building materials and sustainable elements. It is an - other opportunity for public input, so that they can move forward with the preferred design elements. Meeting number three will be a schematic meeting. Oz will come back with the attributes that the community wants to see. A cost analysis will have been done by the gen - eral contractor. There will be a review of external colors, ma - terials, interior layout, interior vision for finishes and specialty elements of interest. It might even include a pres - entation of public art concepts. The fourth and final community meeting will be a pres - entation of the final design of the building and site. The ar - chitects’ goal is that the design will balance the vision of the

December 2009 4 Stapleton Front Porch Kit Cusker, senior librarian at the Park Hill branch, at the computerized checkout station.

so that spaces can have multiple uses and accommodate different group sizes. “Be patient,” Cusker urged. “There Robert Jones catches up on the newspaper in are budget constraints. Know what you new easy chairs in front of the big bay window want. It doesn’t hurt to ask, but don’t ex - in the adult section. pect miracles. Stapleton will be a new community with the project needs, constraints service model like Park Hill. There will and goals of all key stakeholders. be more self-service. You will see the staff, Stapleton residents need to think about the but they will be helping you in different type of library services they hope to have, ways. We’re there to answer your ques - along with space they want the library to offer. tions.” Would they want a community room for Dates for the meetings will be set as events or functions? Would they want a read - plans move along. For information, con - ing hour for 20 or 100 children? Do the stacks tact Tracy Tafoya at [email protected]. and furniture need to be movable? How does the new library tie in with the Town Center? What kind of access is needed for stroller Erin Fahres reads to her daughter Taylor, 3, parking? (left) and her friend Reilly Boyle, 2. The chairs, It is important to think about what will be tables and book shelves are all built to size for kids in the remodeled children's section. needed when the library opens, but it is more important to think about what will be needed in the future, says Tafoya. She hopes this article will help get the community ready for the visioning meeting. Cusker also serves on the de - sign team for the Green Valley Ranch Library. With her Park Hill and Green Valley library planning experience, she urges Stapleton residents to have an open floor plan and be flexible

Stapleton Front Porch 5 December 2009 Northfield Opens New Businesses in Time for the Holidays The Shops at Northfield now have four new businesses to add wonder, innovation and imagination to a shopping trip or sightseeing venture. Shops are open from 10am to 8pm Monday through Thursday, 10am to 9pm Friday and Saturday and 11am to 6pm Sunday.

Michelle and Danielle Craig, co-owners of a touch of A Touch of Heaven Cupcakes store that specializes in gourmet cupcakes and other bakery items, hold a platter of their finest. A Touch of Heaven Cupcakes (Kiosk next to La Sandia) Danielle will get her degree in dietetics If you have just coffee on your mind, pick next month, so the kiosk also offers a up a cup elsewhere. Then make a beeline healthy line of munchables that are gluten- for A Touch of Heaven Cupcakes. free or low-fat and are made of bran or Michelle Craig and her daughter, whole grains. Danielle, bake the sweet cupcakes, cook - They will take orders and cater their ies, breads and muffins from scratch. baked goods, including pies and cakes. Yaki Niane, owner of RYG Fashions, shows some of the women's fashions in his new store. He was previously located in one of the kiosks on Main Street at Northfield. M

The Open House RYG Fashions M (Kiosk next to La Sandia) (Located next to Yankee Candle) The shop is a great accent showroom to This is a full-fashion shop with clothes give creative ideas for accessorizing your for both men and women, along with own home or focusing on the perfect shoes, handbags and accessories such as present. There are items that may be scarves, sunglasses and jewelry. above most people’s budgets, according The merchandise is for people who to The Open House’s Tracy Adams. But want their personal style to make a state - there also are very “gifty” items that wear ment. Several striking styles, such as a moderate $20 price tag. African clothes, are available. And Yaki There are objects made by artists that Niene says he will order whatever might can be oohed and aahed over. Some wa - fit your needs. tering cans in the forms of squirrels and hummingbirds look like statues. The flowers that light up at night would make great centerpieces or a delightful conversation piece in a corner vase. Then Tracy Adams, co-owner, and Webster Pennington, store manager, of The Open House store at there are wall clocks and martini glasses Northfield show holiday gift options. to strike fantasy in your mind.

December 2009 6 Stapleton Front Porch Chuck Jonz, managing partner of the Twisted Olive, Northfield’s new restaurant and lounge/event center, where patrons can eat and enjoy live music.

Twisted Olive The Twisted Olive serves dinner from (Located across the street from Harkins) 5pm to midnight, Tuesday through Sun - When shopping is over, it is time to take day. Live music starts between 6pm and your significant other and a few of your closest 6:30pm. At 10pm each night, the music friends to a spot in Northfield where the good transitions from one live band to another life of past eras has been recreated. live band or a disc jockey. The club closes The Twisted Olive is a restaurant and at 2am. Brunch is served Saturday and lounge where you can eat a fine, full-service Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Mediterranean/American dinner while groov - Private parties or events such as wed - ing to live music. You might hear jazz, funk, dings that need room for as many as 240 blues or light rock while enjoying a steak or sa - people can book the Twisted Olive, Jonz voring cuisine with a Moroccan, Greek or Ital - said. In good weather, an additional 65 ian accent. people can use the patios. The magnificent room features deep cherry Reservations are recommended for wood accents, a red granite bar and a stage. It parties of eight or more. Most of the has a New Orleans type of feel with lots of good seats are gone by 6:30pm, so Jonz chandeliers and curtains. There is a world-class advises that you come early or call stage, sound and lighting system and a dance 303.375.8100 for reservations. floor. “We hope to fill a void,” Jonz said. Chuck Jonz says that clients will be eager to “Most music venues don’t have an eclec - reserve private rooms, called Greece, Spain and tic menu. You can’t get full service, just Morocco, which are on the mezzanine level, bar menus. On the flip side, if you go to giving patrons a view of the entire main floor a restaurant, you don’t have the live en - and stage. The smallest room will hold 10 to tertainment portion. With the Twisted 12 people; the largest can accommodate 25. Olive, you don’t have to go someplace to Other rooms for private parties are of Lower eat and then go to a club. We’re centrally Mediterranean design and have their own patios. located. You can dine, shop and dance.” Hazel Miller books the bands, and she per - For more information about the forms every two weeks on Thursday night, Jonz Twisted Olive, go to said. www.twistedolive.com.

Stapleton Front Porch 7 December 2009 Shown at right are the individuals who repre - sented all the entities that collaborated to resolve the school over - crowding problem at Stapleton. Photos were taken at the November 10th commu - nity meeting at Bill Roberts school. Justin Silverstein, SUN Education Committee Tom Boasberg, Lesley Bush, Community Education Coalition DPS, Superintendent

A Collaborative Effort Solutions for 2010-2011 (continued from p. 1) followed an intensive effort by all The following near-term the entities to do whatever it took to find a solution. solutions will accommodate the The Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA), expected numbers for the 2010- brokering a cooperative arrangement between the city, 2011 school year (200 –275 DPS and Forest City, found a solution to the thorniest students more than in ‘09-10): problem, funding a new school. Forest City and DPS • Discontinue ECE 3 service pledged to make the needed loans under an agreement • Reconfigure ECE 4 service with DURA. And Forest City, seeing the immediate and maintain current service crisis with schools and the delays to a park in North levels Westerly Creek due to environmental remediation • Maintain current all-day problems, facilitated the redirection of its cash contri - Kindergarten service levels bution for a park to go toward a new school instead. • Odyssey relocates to Philips Stapleton United Neighbors (SUN) used their facility, with the goal of block captain organization to collect exact data from building a new facility when 49% of homes on the number of school-aged children funds are available and at Stapleton. From that data, DPS could make a firm growing the program in the projection for the size of the third DPS school needed future at Stapleton. SUN also organized focus groups to dis - • The Odyssey move will open cuss short term solutions, giving DPS specific infor - additional rooms at Westerly mation on the most and least desired approaches. Creek The community’s local representatives, Denver City • Philips Elementary closes Councilman Michael Hancock and State Senator with boundary assigned to Michael Johnston listened to their constituents and fa - Park Hill and Stapleton (an cilitated communication among all parties until a solu - estimated 40-80 Philips stu - tion was found. The grassroots Stapleton Community dents who live between the Education Coalition (CEC) arose from the realization north and south boundaries that the community needed to have direct communi - of 26th and Montview and cation with all the entities related to schools and edu - the east and west boundaries cation in Stapleton—and out of this process came the of Quebec and Monaco will Joint Planning Committee to fill that need. go to Stapleton schools)

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December 2009 8 Stapleton Front Porch David Suppes, Tom Gleason, Michael Johnston, Michael Hancock, Tracy Huggins, DPS, Chief Operating Officer Forest City, Vice President State Senator City Councilman DURA, Executive Director

Solutions for 2010-2011 (continued) DURA’s Proposed Moving Forward...The Joint Planning Committee • Denver Language School opens in Funding Agreement The successful collaboration of these Long-term Capacity/Facility Whiteman facility, serving some By Tracy Huggins entities showed the value of working Planning. (The group is not in - Stapleton students The third school at Stapleton was originally jointly to help guide public educa - volved in site selection or con - • DSST continues its expansion to expected to be funded from the proceeds of tion at Stapleton. The Joint Plan - struction planning.) 8th grade, serving some Stapleton a new Denver Urban Renewal Authority ning Committee was formed to The Committee is composed students (DURA) bond issue when the next round continue this process, and has estab - of representatives from SUN, of development occurred. Due to the un - lished its mission as: the CEC, Stapleton CSCs, certainty of the timing of new develop - The JPC will work closely with Philips School, DPS and the Solutions for 2011-2012 ment, we looked to see if the existing tax residents, school administrations and Stapleton Foundation, as well as A 3rd Stapleton School is projected to increment financing (TIF) revenue could community leaders to create a vi - Stapleton principals, Council - open in 2011-2012, when the expected work harder for the project. With the help brant and flexible long-term plan for man Michael Hancock and number of students will be 500 –600 of the City of Denver, who will provide quality, diverse neighborhood educa - State Senator Michael Johnston. more than in ‘09 - ‘10. That school will: credit enhancement to the DURA bonds tion ECE - 12. This planning en - An electronic survey will be • Have a flexible design through a Moral Obligation, DURA plans sures that we have the availability sent out via the following email • Have approximately 40 classrooms to refinance $100 million in existing bonds and the capacity for not only every lists in mid-December to gather • Have an estimated capacity which currently have an interest rate of 8% Stapleton student, but also those stu - community input prior to the of 750 to 1,000 to bonds with a rate of 4.25%-4.5%. The dents in the surrounding communi - DPS choice period in January: • Accommodate different configuration savings realized from the reduced interest ties. We are excited to use this Master Community Association options rate will allow DURA to use the TIF that process to help us achieve the diver - (MCA), block captains, school • Accommodate future demographic otherwise would be spent on interest ex - sity goals originally set out in the PTAs, and the Stapleton Com - shifts pense to reimburse the amounts advanced Stapleton Green Book and look for - munity Education Coalition • Incorporate “green” design elements by Forest City and DPS to build the ward to welcoming Philips students (CEC). Email stapleton DPS will select a school design that school. This structure provides a mecha - in 2010. [email protected] to be in - has already been implemented effectively nism for both Forest City and DPS to ad - The committee is charged with cluded in the survey or to send and modify it as needed to fit the site re - vance the construction costs with a clear gathering community input and comments or questions. Ongo - quirements. expectation of getting those advances reim - providing recommendations to DPS ing information about meeting There will be more opportunities for bursed without having to wait for new de - (not making decisions). The scope is times and recommendations will community involvement in January velopment to occur at Stapleton. limited to: Near-Term School Ca - be posted at www.StapletonUnit - and/or February. Tracy Huggins is the Executive Director of pacity and Configuration • Student edNeighbors.com/education and DURA. Assignment • Diversity Planning • www.stapletoncec.com.

Stapleton Front Porch 9 December 2009 By Meighan Meeker Keep a small, expandable folder of here are lots of ways you can get or - Save Money and Get Organized coupons categorized and labeled for each ganized and save money in this velope in your handbag. Shop sales year- something on short notice. grocery store aisle in your handbag or car at Teconomy. round and when you buy something for Organize each area of your house. Clean all times. Include other store coupons or gift Be diligent about items you need to re - someone, write down what you got out your closets. Take items in good shape cards. Unless you absolutely need an item, turn. Keep them in a place you can see near them and check them off your list. Store you no longer use or wear to a consignment wait until it goes on sale and you have a the garage or in your car so they are on gifts in a designated area of your home shop or sell them on Craigslist. Other items coupon to maximize your savings. Each time hand while doing the rest of your errands. with a post-it to remind you whom it is can be donated, giving you a tax deduction. you shop, make a list of what you need and Keep a list of all the people you need to for. Keep a few extra gifts on hand for Dedicate a file in your office for a tax record note if you have a coupon for it. As you buy gifts for throughout the year in an en - when you might need to give someone of these receipts. Get empty boxes free from identify the coupons you will use, discard the grocery or liquor shop to store items to any that have expired. sell at the annual Stapleton yard sale in July. Exchange books, CDs and DVDs with Stapleton Recreation Center Construction Begins Organizing helps you realize how much of neighbors, or visit your local library monthly. certain items you already have and do not Eliminate or reduce subscriptions to movie need to purchase. Cleaning supplies, kitchen and cable companies that provide similar en - gadgets and health and beauty products are tertainment services. the biggest culprits of space and unnecessary Create a budget if you do not have one. purchases. Use up all hotel soaps, shampoos, Keep track of what you spend monthly by moisturizers, medicines and cleaners you are category. At month’s end, go through and cir - stockpiling before buying more. Organize cle items you truly did not need. You will your pantry and refrigerator by food groups clearly see how much you spent vs. how such as breakfast items, kid meals, dinners, much you could have saved by eliminating snacks, soups and condiments. This avoids items bought on impulse or simply buying things you already have and helps you “wanted.” eat things on a timely basis rather than wast - These are challenging times, but all it ing food that gets pushed to the back and ex - takes is a little discipline and awareness to pires before you get to consume it. Allocate a reap the rewards of your hard work and save refrigerator shelf strictly for leftovers. Eat a lot of money in return. them before making something new. Meighan Meeker is a Stapleton resident Set up your bills to be automatically de - and owner of Simply Put Organizational Rod Riddle, construction supervisor, checks the plans as grading begins for the 57,000 ducted from your bank account to avoid late Solutions for the Home, LLC. Contact her at sq.ft. Stapleton Recreation Center, which is expected to open on Christmas Day 2010. fees, and save money and time by not having [email protected], 303.321.2692, or visit The Rec Center is located at the east end of Central Park, on Martin Luther King Blvd. to use stamps and deal with excess mail. meighanmeekerorganizer.com.

December 2009 10 Stapleton Front Porch Quebec Square 35TH Since You’ve Asked... Third E Stapleton C 3rd School Q. Where is the third DPS school at Stapleton Q. What kind of development will surround the S E U school? B to be located? E C

School U A. Once Denver Public Schools (DPS) offi - A. The school site will have residential develop - A R Q

ment on the east and the south. Across Syracuse Y cials determined that Stapleton needed an - Location S other school by fall of 2011, Forest City Street on the west is the United Airlines Flight cooperated in finding a 10-acre site that Training Center. Across 35th Avenue to the would be available in time for DPS to build north is Quebec Square and the new FBI Head - the school. The proposed school site is lo - quarters building. cated in the next new residential neighbor - hood at Stapleton that will be known as Q. Would it make sense to move the school site east “Central Park West.” The school site is on 35th Avenue to be closer to Central Park Boule - bounded by Syracuse Street on the west, vard in order to provide better access for parents 35th Avenue on the north, Trenton Street and students? (not yet constructed) on the east and 33rd A. The currently proposed school site is the only Avenue (not yet constructed) on the south. remaining available parcel south of I-70 large enough to accommodate the third school. If Q. Why was that site selected? land were available, moving the site to the east A. The original site at 26th and Iola has would make access to the school (parents drop - been tied up for the past four years with ping off or picking up their children, arrivals environmental remediation and there is no and departures of school buses, etc.) more com - timetable at this time for it to become plicated because of traffic on the Central Park available. As a result, the Central Park Boulevard arterial. In addition, it would disrupt West site is the only ten-acre school site previously planned and approved access to the available south of Interstate 70 that would light rail station and RTD transit center planned meet the August, 2011 timetable DPS has to the north along Smith Road. established. Also, based on current demo - graphics and near-term residential develop - Q. The Stapleton Education Master Plan (2003) ment south of I-70 and potential future shows a “possible Stapleton Education Center” in growth north of I-70, both DPS and Forest the area of the former control tower, at the inter - City believe this location will serve the section of Central Park Boulevard and Martin Luther greater Stapleton community school needs King Boulevard. Could that site be utilized for the well over the long term. third school? A. No. The center you refer to was a conceptual Q. When will the Central Park West site selec - proposal to utilize the control tower and the of - tion be finalized? fices at its base as some type of community or A. DPS has already issued a “Request for education center, but it would not be suitable Proposals” (RFP) for the selection of a de - for the elementary school since it is located at sign-build team to construct a school as the corner of two major arterials. It would also this location, although several site-specific not be possible to assemble a ten-acre parcel for actions are still required to prepare the site the school in that location because a “through for construction of the school. As soon as street” west of Central Park Boulevard will be those activities are completed, DPS will constructed to make connections from MLK conduct its own environmental “due dili - Boulevard to the future transit station at Smith gence” and intends to complete that Road. process as soon as possible in order to keep Editor’s note: Responses provided by Jim the development of the school on track for Chrisman, senior vice president, Forest City what is already a very ambitious schedule to Stapleton, Inc. He may be reached open in August 2011. at [email protected].

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Stapleton Front Porch 11 December 2009 By Nancy Burkhart A mission can be directing a robot to go oday, after-school projects often go Robotics Competition Teaches Kids Problem Solving across a table and pick up something. Then well beyond a game of marbles or the robot has to bring the object it picked up Ttossing a ball around. Nine students back to the starting point. All of the mis - at the Odyssey School and Bill Roberts Ele - sions are made out of Legos. mentary School are participating in a world - The competitions are regularly held, with wide Robotics Competition on the Stapleton the Colorado state championship to be Dec. 2009 First Lego League Team. They are 12 on the Auraria Campus and a world cham - building robots and working on missions for pionship to be held next year in Atlanta, Ga. the robots to perform while learning ways to The only negative about the Robotics solve tomorrow’s problems. Competition seems to be price because of “It’s similar to either Odyssey of the the need to buy computers, Lego robot kits, Mind or Destination Imagination, but we tournament fees and travel expenses. Each use Lego robots to solve the mission,” ex - team member paid $250 this year to partici - plained Christian Phipps, who coaches the pate. For this reason, Phipps said he worked team. His 10-year-old son, Duncan, is a to get business sponsors to contribute. His team member. The team is in its first year, hope is to get enough sponsors to lower the but plans are being made to make it an on - cost to team members and to provide schol - going project. arships so that all students can make the “They take a Lego Mind Storms kit per choice to play. team. They have 12 to 15 missions that they “We got sponsors that are in the Staple - have to solve with the robots in two and a Coach Christian Phipps, left, and his team for a worldwide Robotics Competition watch their truck ton business area and the surrounding neigh - half minutes,” he said. robots almost successfully perform a given task. Team members are, left to right, Ian Frick, Riley For - borhood,” Phipps said. “They have helped rest-Bank, Zak Flitterer-Bilello, Duncan Phipps, Maddie Wells, Drew Killinger, Devon Kampman (hid - The competition is worldwide, with den) and Kilauea Tora. Team members are students at Roberts and Odyssey Schools at Stapleton. monetarily and have allowed us to look at teams around the globe working under the This was a "scrimmage" held at Odyssey School to practice for the first round of the competition. how their businesses are run. same set of rules while using computers and “Seattle Fish allowed us to look at how Lego robot kits.The participants are 9 to 14 the season, which this year is “Smart Moves,” tion, according to Phipps. It is a 26-page they handle their products because it’s re - years of age and in the 4th to 8th grades. and do a presentation on it. “It’s about trans - document that is updated many times during lated to the theme,” he said. “They have to Team members don’t have to be “computer porting products, moving information,” the season in order to accommodate ques - move their product in a unique way because nerds.” There are various tasks that call for Phipps explained. “They could pick anything tions that teams ask to clarify the rules. it’s fish. They have some things that are spe - different abilities from computer knowledge from the train system to the trucking indus - “One of the biggest challenges I have is to cific to transportation, distribution and to marketing savvy. try and information technology. They’re re - get the kids to read and understand the rules keeping track of their inventory. These kids “Every child on the team will discover ally judged on how well they do their and stay on top of the clarifications because can see that what they’re doing is not just what they’re really good at, not just what research and the solution and creativity they that helps them to decide what missions they playing with Legos, but solving problems they’re not good at,” Phipps said. come up with.” will do and what missions they will pass on,” that affect people in their everyday life.” Each team has to research the theme of The rules are a big part of the competi - Phipps said. Phipps also is (continued on p. 20)

12 December 2009 Stapleton Front Porch By Nancy Burkhart When a case is opened for a child, it hildren often become the victims Volunteers Back Abused Kids in Court remains open for at least a year, with vol - unteers continuing their investigation in a home where domestic vio - brings trust. I feel who have full- and reporting to the court every three lence, drug and alcohol abuse or like they really trust time jobs manage C months. For this reason, CASA volun - neglect are present. When that happens, me and they really to do their volun - teers must make a commitment of 12 to the judge appoints volunteer Court Ap - look forward to see - teer work on 18 months. pointed Special Advocates (CASA) to ad - ing me. I’m consis - evenings and Potential volunteers need to be people vocate for the kids. tent with them for weekends. Volun - who want to make a difference in the The CASA volunteers’ reports tell the their good. There teer coordinators lives of children. CASA volunteers come court about the family situation and are five kids. The often can appear from all walks of life, with some em - whether the children can safely live with oldest one and I do in court with the ployed as a school bus driver, a church their parents. games like checkers. CASA volunteer’s secretary and a water department em - Lauren Currans is a 33-year-old stay-at- We play cards. With report. ployee. Training is provided, and mentors home mom in Park Hill with two children: one of them, we The nature of or supervisors are there to help. Ella, 5½ years old, and Silas, 2. She went draw and color. the cases and the Cases can be like Currans’ current through CASA orientation for volunteers “When they importance of re - family’s, but they also can be extremely last February and started on her first case trust me, they open porting to the difficult with drugs or alcohol in the fam - in the Denver court system in April. up and talk so it CASA volunteer Lauren Currans with her two court places a great children Silas, 2 and Ella, 5 1/2. ily. CASA volunteers are given their The Department of Social Services gives me insight deal of responsibil - choice of cases. trains CASA volunteers about the signs of into what they’re ity on the CASA vol - “I would have a hard time with a child abuse and neglect. Professionals with doing and into their Support CASA onThursday Dec. 3 unteers. drug- or alcohol-related case,” Currans organizations like Arapahoe House, which family,” she added. “I at 7:30pm. See comedian Jim Short at the “I think you really said. “I think about these kids all the deal with drug and alcohol abuse, teach go to court with them Improv Comedy Club in Northfield. 100% have to like children of the $10 ticket price will benefit CASA. time. If drugs or alcohol were involved, it the volunteers about what they do and every three months and you really need to www.improvdenver.com would weigh even more on me. what to look for in the homes. and report how they’re be objective,” Currans “But, with the case I have, I know if I The volunteers are taught how to learn doing. The case is neg - Support CASA on Wed. Dec. 9th said. “I think you have saw something really bad, I would have about a family and how to report the fam - lect, based on the par - Eat at a participating restaurant where to have a heart. In our to report the parents because I’m advo - ily’s situation to the court. They become ents being develop- 15% of sales will go to CASA. training, it’s like mas - • Islamorada Fish Company cating for the best good for the kids,” she part of that family’s life and the family be - mentally delayed.” ter’s degree volun - (inside Bass Pro) said. “If there was something weird going comes part of the volunteer’s life. It can be necessary teerism. It’s not for • La Sandia Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar on, I would definitely speak up.” “The kids I work with are still with for a CASA volunteer • Ling and Louie’s Asian Bar and Grill sissies. Last month I For information about becoming a their birth parents,” Currans said. “I meet to be available during • Texas De Brazil did 17 hours. That’s a CASA volunteer, visit www.colorado with them at their home every other week, the day. However, (All of the above are located at Northfield) big commitment. You casa.org or call 303.623.5380. and we play for about an hour. Playtime some of the volunteers have to want to do it.”

Stapleton Front Porch 13 December 2009 Federal Homebuyer Credit Extended and Expanded Savor Nature and Volunteer! By Allen Rozansky, Esq. upon the purchase of a residence with a pur - By Glenn Fee panded its offerings to include nature-re - n November 6, President Obama chase price over $800,000. Finally, there are luff Lake Nature Center, a 123-acre lated talks, large-scale habitat restoration signed into law the Worker, Home - several “housekeeping” provisions and safe - urban oasis in east Denver, is best projects and summer camps. As a nonprofit Oownership, and Business Assistance guards in the law, put into place to prevent Bknown for its wildlife habitat, unen - land owner, Bluff Lake doesn’t always enjoy Act of 2009. Among other provisions in - people from abusing the credit. cumbered Front Range views and science ed - the same resources as other parks and open cluded in the Act to help Americans affected As a result of this new legislation, people ucation programs. Residents of Original spaces. The Nature Center is supported by by the suffering global economy, several considering purchasing a new home, whether Aurora, Stapleton and northeast Denver uti - community donors, and the new programs major changes were made to the first-time a first home or a “move up” or “downsize,” lize Bluff Lake for bird watching, walking, or are increasingly supported by a dedicated homebuyer tax credit that was set to expire will want to seriously consider when to make simply to take a break from their bustling group of volunteers. That’s where the com - at the end of November. These changes their purchase to take advantage of this sub - world. The natural, secluded, quiet and munity comes in. could be very helpful to many people con - stantial federal credit. wildlife-rich environment includes wetland, Bluff Lake volunteers range from a col - sidering the purchase of a new home over Allen Rozansky is a Stapleton resident work - woodland, stream and prairie. Each year, lege student with an interest in teaching to a the next six months. ing from his home for his law firm, Rozansky nearly 7,000 visitors, including school retired scientist working to restore Bluff First, the Act extended the expiration Law LLC, in the areas of wills, trusts, small groups, participate in Bluff Lake’s formal ed - Lake to its native habitat. Volunteer Natu - date of the homebuyer credit. Now, people businesses and tax planning. He can be reached ucation programs. ralists spend one morning on site each week purchasing a home before May 1, 2010, or at [email protected] or 303.263.9294. In recent years, the Nature Center has ex - teaching science education programs to before July 1, 2010, if the purchase contract young visitors from local schools. In the is signed before May 1, 2010, will be eligible warm months, Bluff Lake Ambassadors for the credit. Thus, homebuyers who spend a summer evening or weekend morn - weren’t able to close their purchases before New Montclair Kindergarten Program in Fall 2010 ing greeting visitors and telling them about December 1 are not out of luck. the Center. Site-restoration volunteers work By Pippi Hambidge Spanish, science and physical education. Second, the credit is now available not to plant native species, improve trails and Paddington Station Preschool in Montclair For more information and an application, only to “first time homebuyers” (those people make Bluff Lake a great visitor experience. will expand its curriculum to include call 303.333.9154 or visit the school’s who had not owned a principal residence in In Bluff Lake’s office, volunteers help assem - kindergarten, which will be open to chil - website at www.paddingtonstation.org. the last three years), but also to existing home - ble educational school mailings and plan dren who turn five years old by September Pippi Hambidge founded Paddington owners. Under the new rule, if someone has Nature Center special events. 1, 2010. The class will meet Monday Station Preschool in 1993 and is the Head owned his or her home for five of eight years “Bluff Lake’s volunteers are the lifeblood through Friday. Students will be able to of School. The historic little red brick school - prior to the purchase of a new home, they will of the organization,” says Bluff Lake Nature extend their day with enrichment pro - house is located at 1301 Quebec St. in the receive a credit from the federal government. Center’s Education Director Susan Beckett. grams that include music, drama, art, Montclair neighborhood. However, unlike the credit for first-time “Our outdoor education programs for un - homebuyers, which, in most cases, will be derserved youth wouldn’t be possible with - $8,000, the maximum amount an existing out our Volunteer Naturalists. Join our team homeowner will receive is $6,500. and make a difference in children’s lives by Another substantial change to the home - sharing your love of nature with kids that buyer credit is that it will be less likely that rarely get a chance to explore the the homebuyer will have to repay a portion of outdoors.” the credit if he or she sells the house at some As Bluff Lake moves into a new year, the later time. As of November 6, the credit will INTERNAL MEDICINE AND PEDIATRICS Nature Center plans an initiative to plant only have to be repaid if the house is sold or is Kari M. Kearns, M.D. Michelle Kirschbaum, PA-C hundreds of native trees and shrubs along no longer the homebuyer’s principal residence the three-quarter-mile stretch of Sand Creek within three years of the purchase . that snakes its way through the Center. Vol - Other important provisions of the new Quality Healthcare for Ann unteers will be a major part of this new ef - ou fort, making 2010 the perfect year to invest law include availability of the credit to peo - o nci ple with higher incomes. The amount of the Your Entire Family ur ng time at Bluff Lake. P new available credit will now decrease for a mar - Accepting New Patients hys For more information about Bluff Lake A icia Nature Center, its programs and volunteer ried couple with a modified adjusted gross ssis n income between $225,000 and $245,000 8101 East Lowry Blvd • Suite 250 M tan opportunities, visit www.BluffLakeNature - ich t, Center.org, or call 303.344.0031. ($125,000 and $145,000 for single filers). Denver, CO • 80230 • 303.366.1986 elle Above these amounts, no credit will be al - www.aspenfamilymed.com • ! Glenn Fee is the executive director of the lowed. Also, the credit may not be claimed Bluff Lake Nature Center.

December 2009 14 Stapleton Front Porch Exercise as Treatment for Adolescent Depression First Lady’s Mentoring Initiative Comes to Stapleton Klein Buendel, Inc. and the University of Col - currently be taking any psychotropic drugs orado Denver, Medical Campus (UCD) are (other than ADHD medication) or be partici - looking for adolescents between the ages of 12 pating in psychotherapy. and 17 with major depressive disorder (MDD) Teens meeting these criteria may be eligible to participate in a 12-week research study to to participate. Parents should call the Research examine the effects of exercise on depression. Coordinator at 303.565.4321 x3673 or go to The official study title is “Depression Out - www.DOSEforTeens.org. There will be rolling comes Study of Exercise (DOSE)” or DOSE - admission into the study until December forTeens. Potential participants must live in the 2010. This study is being funded by a grant city of Denver and be able to engage in moder - from the National Institutes of Mental Health ate to vigorous intensity exercise. Teens cannot (NIMH R34MH082153).

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa visited a classroom at the Denver School of Science and Technology at Stapleton as part of the First Lady’s mentoring program.

athleen Sebelius, Health and advocate for reforming the health insurance Human Services Secretary, and Dr. system. Sebelius was governor of Kansas KEllen Ochoa, astronaut and first from 2003 to 2009. In 2005, Time maga - Hispanic woman in space, visited the Den - zine recognized her achievements by nam - ver School of Science and Technology ing her one of America’s Top Five Photograph © Francois family (DSST) on November 16 as part of First Governors. Lady Michelle Obama’s national leadership Dr. Ochoa was selected by NASA in and mentoring initiative for young women. 1990 at the age of 32. She became the Park Hill UMC for the Holidays The program is designed to give 11th- world’s first Hispanic female astronaut in and 12th-grade girls access to accom - 1991. A mission specialist and flight engi - plished women who can mentor them on neer, Dr. Ochoa is a veteran of four space Come feel the wonder that you experienced as a child! careers and financial literacy as well as flights, logging more than 950 hours in Advent Schedule of Events: other skills. Thirty-five DSST juniors and space. Her technical assignments have in - seniors, both boys and girls, were invited to cluded flight software and computer hard - Sunday Worship – 8:45am & 11am attend a talk given by Secretary Sebelius ware development and robotics Festival of Lights Concert – Dec. 13th, 5pm and Dr. Ochoa, who discussed their careers development, testing and training. She cur - Family Service– Dec. 24th, 5:30pm and then gave students the opportunity to rently serves as director of flight crew oper - ask questions. DSST, the top-performing ations at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Traditional Candlelight Service – public school in Denver, was one of 10 Texas. Dec. 24th, 8pm Denver schools chosen to participate in the Dr. Ochoa’s numerous awards include mentorship initiative. NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal and Kathleen Sebelius leads the agency Outstanding Leadership Medal. Besides charged with keeping Americans healthy. being an astronaut, researcher and engineer, She oversees one of the largest civilian de - Dr. Ochoa is a classical flutist. She holds a partments in the federal government, with B.S. degree in physics from San Diego State 303-322-1867 • www.phumc.org nearly 80,000 employees. Since taking of - University and an M.S. and Ph.D in electri - Montview & Glencoe fice in April of this year, she has been an cal engineering from Stanford University.

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HOLIDAY EVENTS design your own frame to take home free with your photo. Enjoy live Through 12/18- “Santa’s Big Red Sack, the Holiday Show You Shouldn’t Take music, door prizes, food, hot chocolate, and cider. Other fun family Your Kids To.” Avenue Theatre, 417 E 17th Ave, Denver. Tickets $20. 12/04 Friday through 1/3/2010- Blossoms of Light. Embrace the holiday activities.10 am - 5 pm. Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway, www.avenuetheatre.com or 303.321.5925 for more info. season at Blossoms of Light! Over one million colorful lights draped Denver 303.866.3682, www.coloradohistory.org in elegant designs highlight the garden’s path. Nightly, 5:30-10pm. (last 12/05 Snack with Santa at the Children’s Museum. 10am-1pm. Dress in Through 12/20- The Christmas of the Angels. By Michael R. Duran fea - ticket sold at 9:30pm) Tickets $4-$9, available at www.botanicgar - your holiday best and come snap photos of your little ones with turing the Aurora Symphony Orchestra. Directed by Keith L. Hatten. dens.org or The Shop at the Gardens. 1005York St, Denver. Santa. www.mychildsmuseum.com for additional information. 720.857.8000 for tickets. 1468 Dayton St in Aurora. www.shadowthe - atre.com 12/04 Friday and 12/05 Saturday- 9NEWS Parade of Lights. Downtown 12/06 Sunday- Holiday in the Highlands. 1-3pm.Visit Santa Claus, horse Denver, Civic Center Park and City and County Building. Friday, 8pm; and wagon rides, strolling holiday music. 32nd and Lowell in North Through 12/26- A Christmas Carol. Appropriate for ages 8 and up. Stage Saturday, 6pm. FREE. www.denverparadeoflights.com for addl info. Denver. www.highlands-square.com Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Speer and Arapahoe in Denver. Tickets $18 and up. 303.893.4100 or www.denvercenter.org 12/04 Friday and 12/05 Saturday- Colorado Coalition for the Homeless for ticketing and addl info. 12/11 Friday through 1/03/2010- Zoo Lights at the Denver Zoo. 5-9pm. Presents a Craft Fair. Friday noon-6pm; Saturday 10am-5pm. FREE ad - Tickets $4-$8. www.denverzoo.org or 303.376.4800 for tickets and mission. 7300 E Severn at Quebec (Blue Spruce Townhomes). Con - additional information. Through 12/27- Colorado Ballet Presents The Nutcrcacker. Tickets $19- tact: Ali Hesson, Comm. Activities Coord., 303.297.4063; $149. Ellie Caulkins Opera House. www.coloradoballet.org for ticket - [email protected] ing and addl info. 12/11 Friday through 12/20- Miracle on 34th Street. Presented by the Rocky Mountain Conservatory Theatre at the University of Denver. 12/04 Friday through 12/31- Santaland Diaries. Directed by Wendy Tickets $12 and $14. 303.476.0222 or www.RMCTonline.com for 12/31 Thursday- Zoo Year’s Eve. 5-9pm. The Zoo’s “wild” family-friendly Moore. Tickets $17-$22,Vintage Theatre, 2119 E 17th Ave, Denver more information. NewYear’s Eve party with a countdown to the new year at 9pm. Ac - 80206. www.vintagetheatre.com for tickets and additional info. tivities included in Zoo Lights admission, $4-$8. www.denverzoo.org or 303.376.4800 for tickets or more info. 12/12 Saturday- Holiday Brass Fest. Denver Performing Arts Complex 12/05 Sunday through 12/20- Granny Dances to a Holiday Drum. Pre - Galleria. Brass players, come perform Christmas carols with the Den - sented by Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. 18-year Denver tradition ver Brass! All ages, $10-$15 to play. Registration 10:30am;, rehearsal 12/31 Friday- Noon Year’s Eve at the Children’s Museum. 9am-3pm. Ring celebrating winter holidays from around the world through dance, 11am. FREE concert for the public,1:00pm. www.denverbrass.org for in the NewYear with style; ball drops every hour on the hour. live music and spoken word. Byron Theatre, Newman Center for the additional info. www.mychildsmuseum.org for a complete schedule of events. Performing Arts, University of Denver, 2344 E Iliff. Tickets $19-$38. www.cleoparkerdance.org for more info. 12/13 Sunday- 2009 Jingle Bell Run/Walk to Benefit Rheumatoid Arthritis. Through 12/31- Symphony In Lights. The Shops at Northfield Stapleton Washington Park. $40/individual, $30 team member, $15 children Show runs nightly, 6-9pm through December 31. 12/05 Saturday and 12/06 Saturday- Christmas with the Children’s under 12. www.jinglebellrun/denver.kintera.org for additional info and Chorale. 2pm Saturday and 7pm Sunday. The biggest caroling party in to register. 12/31 Thursday- Annual New Year’s Eve Downtown Fireworks Display . 2 town complete with Santa and a tree. Boettcher Concert Hall, 1000 shows, 9pm and midnight. 16th Street Mall. 14th St in the Performing Arts Complex, downtown Denver. Tickets 12/13 Sunday- Tuba Christmas Concert. 1pm. Skyline Park located at $14-$75, www.ticketmaster.com. www.childrenschorale.org for addi - HOLIDAY GIVING 16th and Arapahoe. FREE. www.tubachristmas.com for more info. tional info. 12/1 through 12/11 - The Denver Santa Claus Shop 79th Annual Toy Drive. 12/05 Saturday- History Colorado's Family Fun Holiday Open House. FREE. Through 12/20- Fox Theatre Presents A Christmas Story. 9900 E Colfax The nonprofit provides free toys to children in need each holiday Get your holiday picture taken with live reindeer on the plaza and Ave in Aurora. 303.739.1970 or www.aurorafox.org for ticketing and season. Drop off gently used toys at area King Soopers stores. Help addl info. make this holiday brighter for all children with a toy or cash dona - tion.Visit denversantaclausshop.com.

Through December 30- Holiday Toy Drive. Sponsored by State Farm in Quebec Square. Drop off new, unwrapped, non-battery-operated PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE toys at 7505 E 35th Ave, Ste 302 from 9am-5pm. For additional info, please call 303.377.5433. Luxury Ground Transportation LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS 12/09, Wednesday- Help Your Child Become a Great Reader! A Language Perspective. By Amanda Reed CCC-SLP, 7:30-8:30pm. Join Mile High Climbers LLC at Baby Power in Quebec Square for this talk in the “Ask a Professional” series. Great for parents, grandparents, babysit - ters, etc. $15.00/person-20.00/couple. Register at www.milehigh - climbers.com or 303.872.9033.

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through the Great Depression and World War II to 12/05 Saturday- Jewish Children’s Activities. First Denver Central— 10 W 14th Pkwy at corner of 14th a prosperous future. He lifted himself from a Saturday of every month, little ones can dance, and Broadway in downtown Denver. wheelchair to lift the nation from its knees.” Join sing, hear a story, do a craft and play at a monthly Active Minds as we look at the life and leadership Shabbat experience, Me’at Shabbat. 9-10am. FREE. Saturdays- Super Saturdays at the Central Children’s Li - To submit information for of one of our nation’s most admired presidents and Temple Micah, 2600 Leyden St, Park Hill. brary. FREE Family shows every Saturday from 2- the Front Porch “Local examine how his legacy is currently viewed (for 303.388.4239. www.micahdenver.org. 3pm. www.denverlibrary.org or 720.865.1306 for better or worse) through the lens of our recent specific shows and additional info. Events” section... challenges. 2:30-3:30pm. FREE. Springbrooke, 6800 12/09 Wednesday- “Create Playdates” at the Denver Leetsdale Dr, Denver, CO 80224. RSVP: Spring - Art Museum. Kids 3-5 are invited to roar, bang and Park Hill Branch— 4705 Montview Blvd. at Dexter St. Email information in the following format by the 15th of the month to brooke: 303.331.9963 stomp the second Wednesday of every month. 720-865-0250 Drop in and meet other tots for art-making, story [email protected]. Events will be run subject to space available. 12/15, Tuesday- Cuba: Past, Present & Future. Less times and scavenger hunts. Included in museum 12/05 Saturday- Rudolph and Friends with Jim Losh - than 100 miles from the U.S., Cuba remains a mys - admission; 5 and younger are free. 100 W 14th baugh. Enjoy holiday magic and musical marionettes Date in numerical format (mm/dd), day tery to many here. Get a past, present and future Ave Pkwy in Denver. www.denverartmuseum.org featuring Rudolph and friends! 10:30am. For more of week- Name of Event. A one- or two- look at our communist neighbor to the south, in - or 720.865.5000 for additional info. info, call Park Hill Library at 720.865.0520. sentence description. Time. List cost or cluding Castro’s revolution, the Bay of Pigs, Cuban if free. Location. Contact information. Missile Crisis, Guantánamo Bay and ongoing prop - 12/19 Saturday- Winter Wonderland Celebration at Big 12/12 Saturday- Drumming with Peak Rhythms. Learn erty disputes. We will also look at what the future Bear Ice Arena in Lowry. Come watch Big Bear how to play different types of drums and hear the Press releases for suggested stories holds for Cuba after Fidel and Raúl Castro. This skaters perform at 11am, then enjoy free skate sounds they make. The entire family will want to at - should be sent separately to program is sponsored by JFS At Home. 11am-noon from 11:30am-12:30pm. Limited to the first 200 tend this musical event. 10:30am. 720.865.0520 for frontporch @fineprintco.com. (refreshments served at 10:45am). FREE. Temple skaters. Registration required. more info. Emanuel, 51 Grape St, Denver, CO 80220. RSVP: www.bigbearice.com for addl info and to register. Jodi: 303.388.4013 x307 12/19 Saturday- Fun with the Harmonica! With Ronnie 01/05 to 03/09, Tuesdays, Stapleton All Sports Winter Shellist. Listen to different musical styles on the 12/15, Tuesday- Chocolate. The story of chocolate Basketball. 5:45 to 6:45pm. Skill development pro - harmonica and you might be selected to play a help with your project from Dana Juncker, involves aristocracy and slavery, innovation and co - gram, focusing on dribbling, passing, and shooting short tune! 10:30am. 720.865.0520 for more info. owner of The Modern Ewe. Supplies available for incidence. Pivotal roles were played by Christopher for ages 4-10. $145/child, limited to the first 60 purchase. 3-4 pm, 1st floor. Columbus and Hernando Cortéz. We will describe signed up due to court space. Bladium. Gabe Hur - Schlessman Branch —1st and Quebec in the Lowry how extremely bitter cacao beans are transformed ley, [email protected],720.985.6642. neighborhood. 720.865.0000 12/17 Thursday- Travel Tales . Learn the process into one of the world’s most sought-after flavors 12/12 Saturday- Winter Melodies . Celebrate the sea - for creating beautiful mosaics in Italy with artist and tell chocolate stories such as the rise of the Through 2/15- Louisville Winterskate. Old- fashioned son with harpist Star Edwards. 2-3pm. and traveler Cynthia Holdeman. Community luxury chocolate industry in Switzerland and the outdoor ice-skating with traditional holiday music Room, 2nd floor. origins of Hershey. 5:30-6:30pm. FREE. Tattered and free Friday night carriage rides. $3-$5, skate 12/14 Monday- Ewe, Crocheting and Knitting. Bring Cover, 2526 E Colfax (2 blocks east ofYork). rental $3. Call for hours. 303.449.3137. 824 Front your knitting or crocheting supplies and receive (continued on page 18) GALLERIES St, Louisville. www.bceproductions.com 12/04 Friday- Art District on Santa Fe First Friday Art Through 2/15- Flatiron Crossing Winterskate. Out - Walk. Enjoy over 30 participating galleries and artist door rink outside the mall with holiday music. $3- studios in Denver’s only multi-block art district. $5; skate rental $3. Call for hours, 303.449.3137. The Santa Fe Art District extends along Santa Fe www.bceproductions.com From 5th to 10th Avenues. 6-9pm. FREE. www.art - districtonsantafe.com Through March 2010- Tropical Odyssey at the Butterfly Pavilion . Experience a journey in conservation 12/04 Friday- Cherry Creek North First Friday Gallery while following the life of a butterfly. 12 interactive Walk. Begins at 5pm. www.cherrycreeknorth.com exhibits including a zip line. 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KIDS AND FAMILIES 12/14 Monday- Crafts for Kids - Lincoln’s Hat. Enjoy 12/04 Friday through 12/13- Disney on Ice Worlds of a sneak preview of the Denver Public Library’s Fantasy. Pepsi Center 12/04-12/06; Denver Coli - Lincoln Exhibition, learn about the former presi - seum 12/11-12/13. www.disneyonice.com for tick - dent and make a miniature stovepipe hat in the eting and more info. style of Lincoln’s.

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(continued from page 17) 12/12 Saturday- Home on the Range. 1-3pm. Bring THEATRE MUSEUMS your family to see North America’s largest land Through 1/10 2010- Western Art Perspective. Featur - mammal right in Denver’s backyard! Get a first - 12/03 Thursday through 12/11- Fiddler on the Roof. Through 12/20- Fox Theater presents Fully Committed by ing more than 60 works in oil and bronze by West - hand look at these majestic giants that were nearly Directed by Steve Wilson. Shwayder Theatre, 350 S Becky Mode. Tickets $18-$24. 9900 E Colfax at Dayton ern artist, Charles M. Russell. $3-$10, Denver Art driven to extinction, and snap some pictures of the Dahlia St, Denver CO 80246. www.maccjcc.org or St in Aurora. 303.739.1971 for ticketing and additional Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver. www.den - bison calves before they lose their cinnamon-col - 303.316.6360 for ticketing and more info. info. or www.aurorafox.org. verartmuseum.org or 720.913.0049 for more info. ored coats! Through 1/03 2010- Honk! A musical adaption of Through 12/27- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream - Through February 18- IMAX movies Sea Monster and 12/16 Wednesday- Birding Basics. 8-11am. Want to Hans Christian Andersen’s story The Ugly Duckling coat. Main Stage Theatre, Arvada Center, 6901 Wild Ocean. www.dmns.org for ticket info and bird with the best? Join a Refuge birder and learn teaching that beauty lies within and its OK to be Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada. Tickets $47 and up. movie times. the dos and don’ts of birding. Don’t miss this op - different. Tickets $8-$10. Arvada Center, 6901 720.898.7200 or www.arvadacenter.org for tickets and portunity to get the insiders’ tips and secrets on Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada. www.arvadacenter.org more info. Through February 7, 2010- “Genghis Khan.” Tickets better birding! Binoculars are recommended. or 720.898.7200 for tickets and more info. $20/$11 includes museum admission and parking. www.dmns.org for more info. 12/19 Saturday and 12/20 Sunday- Eagles on Holiday. 1-3pm. We’re not the only ones who spend their ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL holidays in warmer climates; nearly 100 bald eagles NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE are visiting us from the cold north! Don’t miss this chance to see America’s national icon in this win - President Lincoln Exhibit to Travel Reservations are required for these popular pro - ter wonderland! grams. Call 303.289.0930 to register. To get to the Refuge, take I-70 and exit north on Havana St. The 12/23 Wednesday- repeats 12/27 Saturday and to the Denver Public Library public entrance is at 56th and Havana. 12/28 Sunday, Holiday Tours. 9:30am-12pm. Got rel - atives to entertain this holiday season? Bring them The Denver Public and interactive pro - 12/05 Saturday- White Flags. 1-3pm. Learn some fas - on down to the Refuge for a relaxing tour around Library will host a grams for children. cinating facts about the graceful white-tailed deer’s the Refuge in search of whitetail and mule deer, free traveling exhibi - Only 25 libraries skittish behavior while searching the Refuge for red-tailed hawks, bald eagles and American bison! tion on President nationally were chosen these sleek and slender mammals. Warm up with hot chocolate and cider, and make a seasonal craft to take home! Abraham Lincoln to host the Lincoln ex - from Dec. 19 12/06 Sunday- Frosty Photo Tour. 9am to noon. Jack hibition, “Lincoln: The Frost is nipping your nose so now is the time for through Feb. 12 at Constitution and the the perfect shot of amazing winter wildlife and ma - the Blair-Caldwell Civil War,” which was jestic landscapes this time of year. African American designed to offer a new Research Library, perspective on Lincoln’s 2401 Welton St. efforts on both the po - The exhibit will litical and the war be part of the Den - fronts during the Civil ver Public Library’s War. celebration of Black The traveling Lin - History Month in coln exhibit was organ - February. Other ized by the National Black History Constitution Center in Month activities will Philadelphia and the be offered at that American Library Asso - time at several li - ciation Public Pro - braries. They will in - grams Office in clude discussions, Chicago. A National lectures, perform - Endowment for the ances, historical Humanities grant has reenactments, made the exhibit’s trav - guided tours, films els possible. Photo courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History Collection

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DAVA youth create the wood’s patterns. k quality artwork year- DAVA is a nonprofit round in after-school arts organization whose Stapleton resident Marko Babiak (9) earned his "Young Eagles" certificate from the Experimental Air - craft Association (EAA) on November 14, 2009 after he flew with pilot and actor Harrison Ford. programs.This year, mission is to strengthen Marko's thirty-minute flight took them over southeast Denver. The two chatted about their mutual young artists have as - the community through interests: airplanes, wildlife conservation and of course, Indiana Jones. sembled a unique collection of holiday the arts with youth as its primary focus. Marko, an aspiring aviator, earned the flight in Harrison Ford's Canada de Havallin DHC-2 Beaver gifts including lamps made of paper, wire, For more information about DAVA's pro - N28S plane through his participation in the "Take Flight" youth model-building contest sponsored by and ceramics, with new twists on clocks, grams and events, visit www.davarts.org, e- the Wings Over Rockies Air & Space Museum in Lowry. He submitted six hand-crafted replica mod - els of aircraft that Ford flew in his Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Air Force One motion pictures. mail them at Harrison Ford is an accomplished pilot who gives his time to help support a variety of aviation- [email protected] or related organizations. He flew 16 children from Centennial Airport who participated in the model- call 303.367.5886. building challenge. Ford was later honored at Wings Over the Rockies Museum "Spreading Wings" RECURRING EVENTS gala in recognition of his efforts to promote aviation and the aerospace community.

4th Monday Every Thurs day SUN Board Mtg. 7:30pm, MCA (when school’s in session) Comm. Rm., 2823 Roslyn St. Bill Roberts Elementary [email protected] School Tour, 10am,2100 Akron Every Tuesday Way, 720-424-2640 Stapleton Rotary Club – 12pm Stapleton Radisson Plaza Hotel First Thursday 3333 Quebec St. Bill Roberts Middle School [email protected] Tour, 10am Every Tuesday 2100 Akron Way, 720-424-2640 AA Open Discussion Mtg. 7:30pm MCA Community Room, 2823 3rd Thursday Roslyn Street 303-912-7075 Stapleton Citizens Advisory 1st Tuesday Board Mtg, Stapleton Develop - ment Corp (SDC) Breast Cancer Support Group 7350 E. 29th Ave. 5–6:30pm AF Williams Family 7:30 –9am 303-393-7700 Medicine Clinic, Conference Rm. (west entrance) 3055 Roslyn 2nd Friday (at MLK) 720-848-9000 Story time & craft for young 3rd Tuesday children & caregiver, Westerly Creek Elementary library Greater Stapleton Business Assoc. 9:15 –9:45am. 303-322-5877 8am MCA Comm. Rm., 2823 Roslyn Street 303-393-7700 1st Saturday Every Wednesday Bluff Lake Birders, Nature Center 7 –9am Weekly Weeders, Bluff Lake Na - BluffLakeNatureCenter.org ture Center 9am –12pm, 303-945-6717 2nd Saturday 1st Wednesday NE Denver/Park Hill MS Self- Help & Support Group, Dist. 2 “1st Wednesdays” Home-based Police Station, 10:15 –11:45am businesses. 11:30am –1pm tbrislin 3821 Holly St. 303-329-0619 @gmail.com, www.StapletonLife.com 2nd Wed. (Odd-numbered mos.) Periodically SUN Transportation Committee Stapleton Wine 6:30pm MCA 2823 Roslyn St. Appreciation Group [email protected] e-mail [email protected]

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Stapleton Front Porch 19 December 2009 “Lights Out Lunch” Promotes A Plan for Moving People Stapleton Public Art Update Energy Conservation Awareness By Barbara Neal ights Out Lunch is a statewide, one-day event to Around Denver’s East Side Recreation Center —On November 12, the Project Selection be held Dec. 11, 2009, to emphasize the impor - n November 19, 50–60 people from East Denver at - Committee reviewed proposals from five finalists, out of 357 Ltance of energy efficiency and get the public to tended a meeting at DSST to give their ideas on applications submitted. The artists had the option of pro - think about energy conservation. The goal is to raise Ohow people could move around better in East Den - posing artwork for the east entrance, interior spaces or the awareness about small, easy actions that collectively can ver ... not just cars but also bicycles and pedestrians. They west entrance off Central Park, or to provide options for all have a large impact—like turning off unnecessary lights noted trouble spots on big aerial maps and talk about the in - three areas. A total of $262,000 was available for this project and using compact fluorescent light bulbs. Anyone can terrelationships of streets, sidewalks and bike paths that make thanks to collaboration with the Denver Office of Cultural participate by simply shutting off their lights from noon movement through this part of the city easy or difficult. Affairs (DOCA) and Better Denver Bond funds that aug - to 1pm to conserve energy. This was the first step in a four-part effort to make an East ment Stapleton’s public art funding (from the Denver Urban Restaurants are signing up through the Colorado Side Mobility Plan for Denver by analyzing the needs in each Renewal Authority). The ranking of the proposals will be re - Restaurant Assoc. to turn off their lights and are pro - of 12 “Travel Sheds” around the city. The East Side (between viewed by the Public Art Advisory Committee for Stapleton viding special offers to the public. People who sign up I-70 and Leetsdale and between Monaco and Yosemite) is the and the Board of the Park Creek Metropolitan District. The can download coupons from www.LightsOutLunch.com. first to be studied because it has transportation issues that partnership with the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs Lights Out Lunch hopes to motivate customers to need action sooner rather than later, and it’s a big area with means that their public art committees also review the rank - purchase compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs by offer - many possible ways of improving transportation. ing before the contract is issued for the commission. ing discounted bulbs for as little as $1 at participating re - “ This focuses on how people move and takes into consid - Westerly Creek Park open space between the bridges at E. tailers for limited time periods. Customers can find eration all the factors that might improve or detract from 26th Ave. and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. —The design phase participating retail locations and sale periods at responsi - moving people,” says Terry Ruiter, principal planner in Den - for the public art installation began in November with a site blebynature.com/brightidea. CFLs need to be recycled ver’s Department of Public Works. “For example, if there’s al - visit by artist Thomas Sayre. He determined five locations for after use; recycling is free of charge at Ace Hardware and ways a 6-inch puddle that slows traffic or prevents pedestrian clusters of his earthcast vessels and reviewed installation re - The Home Depot. access, that kind of issue is being identified.” quirements with staff from Denver Parks. He’ll soon begin Follow Lights Out Lunch on Twitter@lightsoutlunch The three key mobility problems identified at the meet - fabrication. We hope for installation by summer or early fall or become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/xcel ing, collected from over 100 comments, were: of 2010. energyco to see more facts and great deals from partici - • Traffic congestion on North/South roadways—particu - Central Park Boulevard median sculptures —Erick Johnson, pating restaurants or visit www.LightsOutLunch.com. larly on Quebec from 13th to Montview the artist for Prairie Reef, needs additional time to test the • Pedestrian safety—particularly pedestrian crossings at kinetics of his sculptures. We expect installation in early major intersections/destinations (e.g., Monaco Parkway January. Robotics and Leetsdale Drive, schools/churches) Anyone interested in obtaining information about (continued from p. 12) looking for volunteers. Parents • Inadequate sidewalks—particularly in the area from Stapleton’s Public Art Program should contact Barbara who are software designers and engineers have been Montview Boulevard to 6th Avenue Neal, public art consultant for Stapleton, at able to help with mission training. Others have volun - The East Side Mobility Plan has four stages. The Novem - [email protected]. teered to work at one of the tournaments. ber 19 meeting covered the first stage. The goal was to iden - For information about becoming a sponsor, volun - tify the issues. The second stage (meeting will probably be in Why not put some meaning teering or becoming a team member, e-mail Christian January or February) will be to identify innovative solutions Phipps at [email protected]. For information to improve movement. The third stage will focus on strategies back in this season of Hope? about starting a new team, go to www.usfirst.org. for implementing the solutions. In the fourth stage, strategies Stapleton 2009 First Lego League Team Sponsors will be selected and made into a proposal to the Public Works are: Derek Figueroa at Seattle Fish Company, Preet K. Department. Come spend Advent Clair at Quebec Square Family Dentistry, Bob and Lyn At this time, there isn’t a specific budget for the identified Reinhert at Stapleton Impressions, Dan Forest Banks at projects. The function of the East Side Mobility Plan is to en - & Christmas with FB Edit Design, Melanye Phipps at Your Castle Real sure that as local, state or federal money becomes available in Estate, Dale Hahs at Aviation Industrial Supply, Tim the future, a well-thought-out plan needs to be in place. us at St. Matthew Ells at Sam’s Club, Ed Byrne at E&G Terminal, Inc., For more information, email [email protected] or and A Wide Smile Pediatric Dentistry. visit the project website at denvergov.org/eastside. 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December 2009 20 Stapleton Front Porch Denver School of the Arts New Day Dawns for Hangar 61 Carolers Available to Perform at Holiday Events Hangar 61, home to lots of pigeons and a hawk for 15 to 20 years, now has a new lease on life. It is a Denver landmark and recently received the Mayor’s design award, “The Past is Present.” By Michelle Cardon Groups of three to five high school students from the Denver School of the Arts (DSA) vocal music department are available for Christmas caroling at corporate events, private parties, and special functions or gatherings. Songs are traditional Christmas selections and will be performed a capella. All performances are fundraisers for the students’ vocal training and various performance trips. The recommended con - tribution is $250 for two hours of singing and all honorariums to DSA are tax-deductible. DSA students develop their creative abilities through a com - bined academic and arts curriculum and have the opportunity to be mentored by professional artists and scholars. Students are By Nancy Burkhart accepted into the program based on their audition in an artistic he airplane hangar, located at 8800 E. 21st Ave., was used for the Ideal Cement Co.’s corporate plane from specialty. DSA has a rigorous academic curriculum and is the time it was built in 1959 until the need for it was eliminated and the pigeons moved in. But Larry ranked as one of the top schools in Colorado. Nelson and Ruth Falkenberg saw creative uses for the building. They determined that its primary structure Denver School of the Arts is located at 7111 Montview Blvd. T was good and that, with some major sprucing up, it could become a useful part of the Stapleton community. So, To book a group, contact Michelle Cardon at 303.455.5232, with the help of Colorado Preservation, Inc., which garnered a couple of historical fund grants to help with the 303.482.5526 (cell) or [email protected]. structural repair costs, Nelson and Falkenberg worked to create a new future for Hangar 61. The site has been cleaned up from environmental issues, graded and landscaped. A parking lot has been built. The roof was replaced and the trees that were growing out of it have been removed. All new utilities—gas, electricity, telephone, cable, water and sewer—have been brought into the building. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge The fiberglass in the clearstory (upper) windows was replaced with insulated glass. Of the sliding doors that opened to admit the plane, six have been fixed and four still slide to make shade in front of a glass and steel wall, New Visitor Center Planned according to Falkenberg. The center is 33 feet tall, an entirely open space with no interior supports. “You can build a mezzanine in there of maybe 2,000–3,000 square feet. You could have the extra floor but be able to see the full, open space,” she said. Inside it still looks like a hangar. But it can’t be a hangar anymore. “We’re looking for a buyer or a ten - By Melissa Van Dreese ant,” Falkenberg said. “We just want 2008 and he U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will break ground on a 2009 someone to love new Visitor and Education Center next spring at the Rocky and use the build - Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. The more than T ing.” 12,500-square-foot “green” facility will be located in the southwest She listed some corner of the Refuge, near Commerce City’s Municipal Building and the possibilities for Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. The roughly $7.6 million facility, which the 9,000-square- is being funded by stimulus dollars and the sale of a western parcel of foot (without the Arsenal land, is targeted to open by summer 2011. mezzanine) Hangar Through interactive exhibits and programs, the center will pay 61 as offices for ar - tribute to the cultural, military and environmental legacy of the chitects and engi - site, as well as help visitors experience the beauty of the restored neers, a worship shortgrass prairie. New trails and walking loops will depart from center or a restau - the building and lead hikers through the shortgrass prairie, wood - rant. There are 45 lands and lake systems. And from the back patio, visitors will be parking spaces. able to catch a guided site tour on the new Refuge bus. Hangar 61 has According to Refuge Manager Steve Berendzen, the Refuge al - had such a success - CALL TODAY ready receives more than 25,000 visitors per year. Following the ful facelift that this FOR A completion of the environmental cleanup at the Rocky Mountain year it won one of Arsenal, those numbers are expected to swell to more than 200,000 15 Mayor’s Design visitors per year. Awards, which FREE The center will also feature an auditorium and expanded exhibit showcase well-de - EXAM! space with interactive displays. In addition, the new facility will in - signed small proj - corporate recycled building materials, renewable energy sources and ACCEPTING ects throughout other environmental design features promoted by the U.S. Green DELTA DENTAL Denver’s neighbor - Building Council. “The sustainable features included in the build - hoods. Hangar 61’s PPO, DOP, EPO ing will give us a fun way to discuss how we can all help conserve award is in the cate - AND PREMIER our environment,”said Visitor Services Manager Sherry James. gory of “The Past Is The existing visitor center will remain in use as a satellite for en - Present.” vironmental education programs and serve as a trailhead and visitor For information contact station for the recreational fishing program about leasing or For more information on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National buying Hangar 61, Wildlife Refuge, visit the Refuge at www.fws.gov/rockymoun - call Larry Nelson or tainarsenal or call 303.289.0930. The Refuge is open from 7:30am Ruth Falkenberg at to 4:00pm every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. 303.446.0422. Melissa Van Dreese is the education specialist at the Rocky Moun - tain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge.

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Stapleton Front Porch 21 December 2009 She approached the booth with the help of on top a hefty piece of honey-baked ham. her companion, his arm interlocked with Premium Fishwrap* by Jon Meredith There was not a spot of china to be seen on ei - hers. It was clear she couldn’t see well, if at ...... ther plate. I also picked up two pieces of pie, all. She felt the table, its sides first, then she one pumpkin, the other pecan. Using skills re - ran her fingers slowly over the top to see if it The Gift of a Thank You claimed from my long ago waiter days, I me - was clean. Once it passed the test she began andered back to their table. to find the seat and slid in, with the help of which I assume is an arthritic condition “Oh, my word,” she again gave me that her friend. As she placed her clasped hands and was painful just to look at. He had a smile, “is there anything left for the rest of on the tabletop, I noticed the fingers were portable oxygen machine hanging around these folks?” I assured her there was plenty for turned in a myriad of different directions his neck and a cane which he negotiated this seemed to be what the “true” spirit of anyone and everyone who could possibly for the both of them. Neither one had on a Christmas was all about. Frankly, I was not too come. wedding band. sure there was any Christmas spirit left, as ram - I put the plates down in front of both of They had come downtown for the an - pant commercialization had wrung any “true” them and as I did she took my hand in both nual Miracle on 19th Street, a Christmas spirit out of the Holidays long ago. My motiva - of hers and held it tightly. One hand under Day feast for anyone who wanted it, tion was purely self-seeking and disingenuous. my palm, the other over it. Those wrinkled, hosted by the Chop House and Brewery. My children were in high school and I thought twisted hands that had gotten that way doing The restaurant remained the same with the volunteering on Christmas day would look years of laborious work felt very warm and bar closed. Several Santa Clauses mingled good on their college applications. Furthermore, pleasing. She looked at me although I knew with the diners and had their picture taken I thought we would be perceived as first-class she couldn’t really see me. with the children. Three buffets were set citizens by the people who judge those things. With the utmost sincerity she said, “I want up with everything needed for a holiday She sat in the booth and a robust smile came to thank you, thank you so much for taking meal. Diners enjoyed a well-prepared over her face, sans teeth. It was a smile that had such good care of us. You have truly been a wholesome meal, served on china, with surely cheered up thousands of souls over many, gift for us and I want to wish you and your white linen napkins and real silverware. many years. It had the same effect on me. She family the best of Christmas.” Outside, tents were set up that housed had on her best Sunday hat, a red affair that un - There were thousands of people still to feed presents for children. Well over eight thou - doubtedly had seen much better days. Her dress so I left the table and didn’t think about her sand people would be served that day. was a very Christmassy green and red and she until later that night. In drifting off to sleep, I I had volunteered to help, although my wore it with stockings and high heels. A strand realized that I felt terrific about the whole ex - motives were far from virtuous. I had con - of pearls dangled around her neck. Her friend perience and my mind kept coming back to vinced my family that it would be a good wore a pair of fine slacks, an oxford shirt, a her, the smile and the warmth of her hands. idea to give back to our community and sweater and a tie. They sat together on the same She wiped out the jaded feelings I had side of the booth. about the commercialization of the Holidays “Young man,” she spoke boldly, “would you and instilled a sense that getting out of one’s mind fixing us a plate? Please make sure you self is far more important than what ends up leave something for the rest of these people!” under the tree. I went to the buffet where hockey player Joe We have been back to the Miracle on 19th Sakic was slicing turkey. I picked up two plates Street several times since that day. I have never and started piling them with all the fixings. seen her again. My kids sometimes go and Green beans, salad, bread, mashed potatoes and help by themselves even though they are al - gravy, big slices of turkey, white and dark meat, ready in college. No, they didn’t put this expe - rience on their college applications and they were still accepted to their first choices. Besides, these days you have to win a Nobel Prize for colleges to notice. The Chop House will again be hosting this won - derful event. As of the middle of November, all the volunteer slots have been filled, but if you are interested, please do check their website since they do get cancellations. Go to www.chophouse.com, choose Denver, then spe - cial events, then 14th An - nual Miracle on 19th St. Jon Meredith lives in Stapleton. He can be reached at [email protected]. *Fishwrap is a slang term that started in the ‘30s and refers to the transient value of yesterday’s newspaper.

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December 2009 22 Stapleton Front Porch Stapleton Central Park Conces - Help a Neighbor in Need during and will NOT ask for Social Security, Vacancy on the Westerly Creek bank account, or credit card numbers. sion - RFP Opportunity Snow Season • Census workers will never ask for pay - Metropolitan District Board of The Denver Department of Parks and The City of Aurora is looking for neighbor - ment or contributions of any kind. Directors Recreation is soliciting proposals to oper - hood "heroes" to pair up with a disabled or • Census workers may contact you at your There is a vacancy on the Board of Di - ate a food, beverage, and merchandise elderly person needing assistance with snow home in person or by telephone only if rectors of the Westerly Creek Metropoli - concession at Stapleton Central Park, shoveling this winter. Snow Busters are you are in a hard to access situation or tan District. The Board is requesting 8775 Martin Luther King Boulevard, matched with a resident in or close to their you did not return your mail-in form. that any person who is eligible, as set Denver, Colorado. The Request for Pro - neighborhood to shovel the person's public They will NOT contact you by email. forth below, and interested in serving on posals was issued on November 18, 2009. sidewalk within 24 hours of a snowfall of two For assistance or questions related to the Board notify the Designated Election Copies of the RFP are available from the inches or more. The volunteer will help one fraud, call the Denver DA’s Fraud Line: Official for the District by letter mailed Denver Parks and Recreation Permits De - resident for one snow season from fall to 720-913-9179. or delivered to Micki L. Wadhams, partment, 201 W. Colfax Ave., 2nd Floor spring. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Collins Cockrel & Cole, 390 Union next to Excise and License Department, Snow Busters are especially needed north of Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado, weekdays 8:00am –4:00pm. There is a Hampden Avenue and west of Buckley/Airport Contractor Selected for 80228, or telefax number 303.986.1755, $25.00 fee for each set of bid documents Boulevard. To volunteer, call 303.739.7000 or I-70/Central Park Blvd. no later than Monday, January 11, 2010. obtained. Copies of the complete RFP visit auroragov.org/volunteer. The Board will consider any letter re - sections may also be accessed for free –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Interchange ceived at its regular meeting to be con - from: http://www.denvergov.org/parksan - The City and County of Denver's Selec - ducted at 9:00am on Thursday, January drecreation/PublicMeetingsNoticesRFPs/t How to Tell the Difference tion Committee recommended selection 28, 2010. Please include in such letter abid/430253/Default.aspx and negotiation of a contract with the de - your qualifications to serve on the NON-MANDATORY SITE TOUR Between a U.S. Census Worker sign/build team of SEMA Construction Board. AND PRE-PROPOSAL MEETING: All and a Con Artist and Wilson & Company for the Central The District is a public taxing entity interested proposers should attend the From the office of the Denver District Attorney Park Blvd. design/build project. Failure to authorized under state law to raise prop - non-mandatory tour and pre-proposal Eventually, more than 140,000 U.S. Census negotiate a successful contract with SEMA erty tax revenue to support the public meeting at the concession facility at the workers will gather information about every Construction and Wilson & Company will infrastructure in Stapleton. The Board Stapleton Central Park, 8775 Martin person living at each address in the United result in the City and County of Denver meets on an average of two (2) to three Luther King Boulevard, Denver, Col - States. Information for the 2010 Census in - moving to the second-ranked team. The (3) times a year to (i) approve inclusions orado on December 3, 2009 at 11:30 cludes name, age, gender, race, and other rele - other companies to submit proposals were: of property into the District boundaries; A.M. The Pre-Proposal Briefing is not vant data. Most people in the Denver Metro Ames Construction Co. and HDR; Ed - (ii) approve annual audits; and (iii) mandatory; proposers will be held respon - area will receive a Census form by U.S. Mail in ward Kraemer & Sons, Inc. and FHU; and adopt annual budgets, as well as other sible for all information presented at such March 2010. A few remote locations and Lawrence Construction and TSH Consult - administrative issues. meeting. Proposals must be received no harder to contact households will be contacted ing Engineers. To be eligible to serve on the Board later than 4:00pm on December 16, in person beginning in January 2010. It is im - No new information was released on and to fill this vacancy, one must be reg - 2009, at Denver Parks and Recreation, portant to know how to tell the difference be - the timeframe but the project website istered to vote in the State of Colorado; attn.: Managers Office, 201 W. Colfax tween a U.S. Census worker and a con artist. (http://www.denvergov.org/Capital_Pro - and be either a resident, individual prop - Ave., 6th Floor/Dept. 601, Denver, CO • U.S. Census workers will have a badge (no jects_Center/CentralParkBoulevardInter - erty owner of taxable real or personal 80202, telephone: 720.913.0741. For any photo), a notebook, a black Census Bureau change/tabid/431817/Default.aspx) states, property, or spouse of such property other questions or concerns contact Linda canvas bag with white lettering, and a confi - "Construction is anticipated to start in the owner within the boundaries of the Dis - Kay Nedved, Denver Parks and Recre - dentiality notice. first quarter of 2010 with an estimated 18- trict, which are all platted areas in Sta - ation, 201 W. Colfax Ave., 6th • Ask to see their identification and their pleton, north and south of I-70. Floor/Dept. 602, Denver, CO 80202, to 24-month construction duration." badge before answering their questions. If telephone: 720.913.0730, email: you ask, the worker should provide you with [email protected]. IT a phone number to call to verify their em - SHALL BE CONCLUSIVELY PRE - ployment with the Census. SUMED THAT THE PROPOSER • Never invite anyone you don't know into DID, BEFORE SUBMITTING A PRO - your home – no matter who they say they POSAL, CLOSELY REVIEW THE RFP, are! ALL EXHIBITS AND ATTACH - • There are only 10 questions on the official MENTS, AND OTHER ITEMS RELE - Census form. VANT TO THE RFP. • The Census Bureau will not ask for any fi - ______nancial information, such as a salary range,

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Stapleton Front Porch 23 December 2009 SUN Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of every month at 7:30pm in the Stapleton Community Room, 2823 Roslyn Street. For information about SUN, visit www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com. To contact SUN or confirm meeting time, email [email protected] or call 720-840-8492.

Building a Safer Stapleton Block by Block Winter Welcome By Larry McSorley Know your neighbors! Having informal block gatherings is Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2nd An - e at Stapleton often get a sense of a highly safe and a great way to engage your block residents, particularly when nual Light the Town event in the West Crescent. It secure community, which is the reality most of the we have such a broad spectrum from young to old in our was a fun event complete with hot roasted almonds, time. We sometimes forget that we live in an community. Keeping our homes well lit at night, the use of W hot cider, hot chocolate, cookies and s’mores. Denver urban neighborhood, and that crime does and will happen. I timers on the inside and keeping exterior porch lights on after School of the Arts students provided the door decora - am often amazed at the surprise of our residents when they dark are inexpensive deterrents that are proven to work. The tions as well as the carolers in the Town Center. If you become a victim. While violent crime is very rare here, it has nonemergency number for Denver Police is 720.913.2000, were not able to attend and pick up your “Dogs of taken place. Over the years, we have had home invasions, car - and, of course, in an emergency, always dial 9.1.1. Stapleton Calendar,” complete with the 2010 events, jackings, homes dealing drugs, and a rare incident involving If your block has not yet done so, a great resource is to register please make sure to drop by the MCA office and pick an attack on a person with a weapon. The vast majority of with the Neighborhood Watch Program run by the Denver Po - one up. The office is open Monday–Friday from crime that does take place is that of opportunity, and almost lice Department. It is a free program designed to engage residents 9am–4pm. If you cannot stop by, call us and we will always happens when we let our guard down. of your entire block with a short presentation given by an officer, put one in the mail for you. Our office number is An enormous amount of theft occurs in Stapleton simply be - usually at a host home, where safety tips are presented and there 303.388.0724. cause we leave our garage doors and yard gates open, bikes and can be formal registration into the police database. They require other items outside unattended in plain view, and often leave at least 80 percent of block residents to participate—but it is an front doors unlocked when “just going down the street.” Many easy event to set up and a great opportunity to meet and interact Resident Reception of us forget to close windows when not at home, and often do with your neighbors. For information on setting up your block, The MCA will begin hosting a monthly reception de - not turn on the alarm systems we own. Our alley system can be visit our website at www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com. signed for all new Stapleton residents. This will be an an open door into our homes that we often forget about—par - A great resource sponsored by SUN at the Town Center evening designed to provide new residents an oppor - ticularly if we are out front or inside doing things. Another com - Cop Shop, 7484 E. 29th Ave, is Family Safety Nights. These tunity to meet others in the community, ask questions mon problem, particularly now that the colder months are here, free programs feature one-hour topics promoting safety in our they may have, and obtain their pool ID ahead of the is warming up our cars while remaining inside the house. We community and within our families and are structured to en - summer rush. Refreshments will be provided. Even if also often leave items in plain view in the car only to find a gage both kids and adults. We recently held a successful event you have lived here for a year, please feel free to stop smashed window the next morning and the iPod or gym bag on bike safety. Look for an upcoming 2010 presentation on in. The receptions will take place the second Wednes - gone. Criminals do drive around Stapleton and watch what we Fire and Burn Prevention that will feature life-size puppets day of each month at 6:30pm in the MCA Commu - do, and, more often than not, go for the quick and easy theft. known as the “New Kids on the Block.” nity Room located at 2823 Roslyn St. The first one is A big part of our ability to make Stapleton safer involves a Another ongoing program is the free Women’s Self-De - scheduled for Wednesday, January 13 at 6:30pm. strong commitment by our residents. Denver Police is our fense Class co-sponsored by Mike Giles Family Karate and partner, but we are the eyes and ears of the community. It is takes place the second Saturday of every month at 1pm. They Support Local Businesses are located at 7506 E 36th Ave, #480 in Quebec Square. very important to call the police if you see something or The MCA would like to put together a directory of Our Town Center COP Shop is always looking for resi - someone acting suspiciously or of concern on your block—it local businesses that can be accessed on its website, dents to volunteer and staff the office during the week to give is always best to err on the side of caution, and never assume www.stapletoncommunity.com. The goal is to support more public access to a great community resource. A common someone else has placed the call. our local businesses. This includes those who work misconception is that it is run and staffed by the Denver Po - from home in Stapleton, live in Stapleton but have a lice Department, which is not the case. It is an all-volunteer small business in Denver, or if you have a retail busi - organization. Giving as little as one or two hours of your time ness in the Stapleton community. If you are interested monthly would be a huge help. in becoming a part of the directory, please go to The COP Shop also supports the Speed Watch Program, [email protected] and provide the nec - which provides training in the use of handheld speed guns by essary information. It is an easy and quick way to get volunteers to deter speeding on Stapleton streets. your information out to the local population. EXERCISE If you are interested in these programs, contact SUN at UDY [email protected] or 720.840.8492, or SEARCH ST the COP Shop at 720.865.2356. American Red Cross Classes RE study you must be… To participate in this Be Safe. Know Your Neighbors. Get Involved to Make a Adult CPR, AED and Standard First Aid will be of - good health • A woman or man in generally Difference! fered Dec. 12 from 8am-3pm. Sign up online at

• 60 – 75 years of age Larry McSorley is a SUN Board member and chair of the www.stapletoncommunity.com. s regularly but willing to start • Not lifting weight a month Safety Committee. similar drugs more than 2 days • Not using aspirin, ibuprofen or Check for additional class postings at www.stapleton - e at no cost… men and men will receiv Eligible wo OUR community.com/Training or contact Paula Deorio at BOUT • Health screening tests ALL A INTER ram C IOR W [email protected]. nd supervised exercise prog INTER ALS • A personalized a SPECI pain reliever ibuprofen on are looking at the effects of the We cise in older adults. in muscle and bone due to exer changes scan, treadmill exercise Community Room Rental de a physical exam, bone density Initial screening tests inclu lanned exercise nd men who qualify will begin p The MCA Community Room located at 2823 Roslyn test, and blood tests. Women a profen facility. Participants will take ibu ing for 9 months at our exercise St. is available to rent. To find out more, go to train he days they exercise. or an inactive pill (placebo) on t www.stapletoncommunity.com, and scroll down to onal Institutes of Health. This study is funded by the Nati the lower right-hand side of the home page to the sec - mpensation provided. Monetary co 9 rt, PhD - - COMIRB #06-076 tion labeled “Member Tools.” Scroll down to “MCA cipal Investigator: Wendy Koh Prin a at 720.848.6461 rested?… please contact Marsh Park & Community Room Reservations” and click on Inte u or [email protected] nces Center this line. It will link you directly to the reservation rado at Denver and Health Scie University of Colo page. If you are a new member, you will need to create a new account; if you are a current member, please login and follow the instructions. If you have any questions, please call 303.388.0724 or email us at Candlelight Christmas Eve [email protected]. Service - 8:30 pm Event Ideas If you have an idea for an event or program for the Sunday Morning Worship – 10:00 am community, please contact me at events@stapleton - Sunday School and Child Care During Worship community.com or call 303.388.0724.

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Stapleton Front Porch 25 December 2009 (Pilots—continued from page 1) saw it, she rode in the jumpseat for the rest of the flight, talking to the pilots the whole time. When they told her she Pioneering Pilots should take flying lessons, she replied, “Can a girl do that?” ing programs for women to become commercial pilots. She talked her mother into paying for “just a Despite those obstacles, she managed to become the first couple” flying lessons ... and continued asking for woman pilot of a scheduled airline in the United States. “just a couple” more until she got her pilot’s license. When she started flying lessons in 1957, Emily wanted Those lessons were at Clinton Aviation at Stapleton to spend as much time as possible at Stapleton Airport airport. The year was 1957. and took a job as a part-time receptionist at Clinton Avia - This is the story of how Emily (now Emily How - tion. Over the next three years, she worked her way up to ell Warner who lives in Lowry) came to be the first being a flight instructor and subsequently became the woman commercial airline pilot in the United flight school manager. After that she became certified as States in 1973. an FAA Pilot Examiner and did training as a contractor It’s also the story of a girl named Cindy Allen for United Airlines. As a pilot for Clinton Aviation, she who, in that same year in Massachusetts, told her flew parts to and from various locations and picked up middle-school guidance counselor that she liked new airplanes and brought them back to Denver. She also language and travel and flying so she thought she’d flew the first traffic watch airplane in Denver for about a be a stewardess. But instead of talking to Cindy year and a half. about becoming a stewardess, the guidance coun - Another important event occurred in her life while she selor asked, “Well then, why don’t you want to fly?” was working as a flight instructor at Clinton Aviation. She Maybe the guidance counselor had read in the was assigned to a new student named Julius Warner, who newspaper that Emily Howell had just been hired later became her husband. by Frontier as the first woman commercial pilot in As an instructor at Clinton Aviation, Emily was train - the country. ing male pilots, and she watched them go on to get jobs at Cindy Allen Halliday, who is now a friend and the major airlines. “I didn’t think a lot about it until the neighbor of Emily Howell Warner in Lowry, be - struggles in the ’60s for the Equal Rights Amendment, came a military pilot and then a United pilot in the and things started to change in the country. So I started years after Emily broke down the barriers to thinking, why can’t I? My first letter was to Frontier Air - women. lines in 1967, and I didn’t get hired until ’73, but I kept Cindy Allen (Halliday) climbs into an Air Force supersonic T-38 jet that ...... camping on their doorstep.” she flew for 3 1/2 years as an Air Force pilot instructor. She also flew When Emily started flying, women were not al - In 1973, Frontier was about to hire a class of pilots. “A KC-135 tankers, which do mid-air refueling. lowed to be military pilots, and there were no train - friend mine, who was a Frontier pilot, called and told me to get over to the office of the vice president of Frontier’s flight operations that afternoon. When I got there, he took me to the door of the VP’s office and told me he’d go in first; then I was to show up in a couple of minutes. When I went in, my friend told the vice president, ‘I want you to talk to her,’— and he left. So there I was. I talked to the vice president for about 30 minutes and it was the biggest spiel I’d ever given in my life. It was my chance. “He wanted to put me in a simulator right away (they didn’t require that of male applicants), but lucky for me it wasn’t available until 6pm. So I went home and called some friends. They told me to get out the old Navy hand - book and read the chapter on instrument flying. And they told me it would feel similar to the Cessna 310 (which I had flown a lot), only much bigger. “While I was waiting to get in the simulator, one of the JKJ L AWN SPRINKLER , I NC . secretaries walked over to her and said, ‘We know you’re getting in the simulator and we’re all rooting for you.’” In the simulator, the vice president sat in the pilot’s seat Now is the time to schedule your and Emily in the co-pilot’s seat. 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December 2009 26 Stapleton Front Porch fly with and who they didn’t. “In the late 80s United had been involved in a discrimination lawsuit and when I arrived in 1990 they were actively hiring women and minorities. The perception, and the reality at that time, was that if you were a minority (which included women) with basic qualifications, you were hired over white males. There were thousands of white males with experience looking to get hired at United. I was hired in that time period, and the perception, until people found out what you had done, was negative. When you sat in the cockpit with a new pilot, the questions would go, ‘So, what did you do before you came here?” And I’d say, ‘I flew in the Air Force … tankers and T-38s.’ And I could see their relief. That attitude doesn’t exist so much now, but back in 1990 that was a big deal.” ...... As Emily looks back to 1973, when she was first hired, she says her first flight was “kind of staged” with the media there and she had a perfect captain. But she knew that sooner or later she’d run into discrimination—and the worst incident happened on her second flight. “It was a charter flight to pick up some skiers in St. Louis. I was doing my paper - work and the captain came in. I put my hand out to introduce myself and he said, ‘I don’t shake hands,’ and he walked out. When we got on the airplane, he said, ‘Don’t touch anything.’ It was a real quiet flight. The pilot and co-pilot did what I Emily Howell Warner (right), the first woman pilot of a scheduled airline in the U.S., and Cindy Allen Halliday, a United Airlines captain, stand by a model of a United Airlines plane at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum at Lowry. Both women live in Lowry. was supposed to do and they just left me sitting there. When we got back, we were picked up by a ‘You’ve got the job.’ Then he added, ‘Go home and sleep on it had separated from the Air Force that women could become van that took us to the parking lot, and I sat right and call me in the morning. We want it to be good for you and fighter pilots … maybe about 15 years ago.) For the next 3 1/2 next to the captain and said, ‘I really enjoyed flying we want it to be good for Frontier. But it also needs to be good years, I flew KC-135 tankers, which do mid-air refueling. with you.’ for other women.’” “The T-38 is just an awesome airplane, and for females at “Nothing that dramatic happened again and ...... that time it was the best possible airplane you could fly. It’s a after about a year, one of the senior pilots said, By the time Cindy Allen graduated from college, the military supersonic jet trainer, one seat in front of the other, instructor ‘Well Emily, I guess you’re just one of the fellas offered pilot training to women, and that was the route she took in the back and student in the front. It has two jet engines now.’ After that it seemed like the climate changed to becoming a pilot. equipped with after-burners, tiny little wings and very fast. We and I was really accepted.” From the moment Cindy Allen’s guidance counselor told her taught basic navigation, formation, basic tactical maneuvers Emily Howell Warner is now retired, having she could become a pilot, she began to think to herself, “Well, and acrobatics. Acrobatics teach the dynamics and capabilities logged over 21,000 hours as a pilot. She lives in maybe I do want to fly.” She lived in a town that had a naval air of the airplane and what you can do as a pilot—how you can Lowry with her husband, Julius, and they have five base, and when she was 16, her parents sent her to a ground maneuver the airplane within certain confines. grown children. school there to see if she was really interested in flying … and “The military setting was easier for me than when I got to Cindy Allen Halliday is in her 19th year as a she discovered she really was. When she went to college, she was United. In the military, you’re in a squadron and everybody pilot with United. She has logged over 8,000 hours in Air Force ROTC. However, she was only interested in becom - knows everybody and you rapidly know who are the good pi - and flies B-757s and B-767s. She lives in Lowry ing an Air Force officer if she could fly and get a pilot’s license. lots and who’s not so good. 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