Salamander Becomes State Amphibian Salamander Becomes State Amphibian
Distributed to the Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax neighborhoods DENVER, COLORADO APRIL 2012 SSaallaammaannddeerr BBeeccoommeess SSttaattee AAmmpphhiibbiiaann Gov. Hickenlooper shows off a western tiger salamander to the crowd amphibian. Behind Gov. Hickenlooper is Rep. Angela Williams, sponsor of the Senate. Surrounding them are students from Northeast Denver who gathered to watch him sign the legislation making it the official state the bill in the House. At far right is Sen. Joyce Foster, sponsor of the bill in initiated and drove the process of designating an official state amphibian. By John Babia k members of the Sixty-eighth General Assembly from their re - activists, “You are a great model to the rest of the state that peration Tiger Salamander, the student-led initiative to spective chambers to meet and greet the students and their your initiative and your own efforts can have huge results. designate the western tiger salamander as our official adorable slimy salamanders, including one that was blessed by a You’ve changed the future of the (continued on page 30) Ostate amphibian, recently delivered hundreds of young parish pastor. scholars, teachers, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and Gov. John Hickenlooper graciously held court with the kids neighbors to the Colorado State Capitol. The campaign lured and creatures, not once, but three times. He told the student A Look at the Zoo’s New Elephant Exhibit The new History AA PPrreevviieeww Colorado Center, which opens HHiissttoorryy CCoolloorraaddoo CCeenntteerr to the public April 28, is Denver’s newest cultural attraction. It features hands-on interactive multimedia along with authentic artifacts and evocative stories about A trainer works with Bodhi, a seven-year-old Asian bull elephant, Colorado.
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