Happy Days Are Here Again

Distributed to the Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax neighborhoods DENVER, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 2010

Keith Rabin, from the cast of Happy Days, gives a thumbs up for the free and open to the public show to be presented on The Green at the 29th Ave. Town Center in Stapleton. Happy Days are Here Again Fonzie Plans a Visit to Stapleton By Nancy Burkhart Ron Howard as Richie Cunningham, the older motorcycle aficionado who had trou - Marion Ross as the mother and homemaker here are a great many folks who will teenage dreamboat whose life focused ble moving into adulthood; Tom Bosley as who always thought the best of everyone. remember television’s Happy Days, around the restaurant hotspot called the father and hardware store owner who Garry Marshall created the TV sitcom, Taired from 1974 to 1984 and starring Arnold’s; Henry Winkler as Fonzie, the had to get the teenagers out of trouble; and (continued on page 30) Savoring the Harvest Meet Stapleton’s Newest Principal By Susan Gamble cheddar efore last cheese. I weekend, I found these Bhad no idea treasures at what to do with a the Stapleton squash blossom, Farmers mar - but they were so ket on Sun - pretty, I couldn’t re - day. I also sist buying them. A bought or - golden cauliflower ganic peaches also caught my eye. and heirloom Cauliflower isn’t tomatoes usually considered from Ela a seductive veg - Family etable, but this one Farms, and was orange, as if it akane apples had bred with a from Peter Forté Chuck Raisch, principal for Stapleton's new K-8 school, visits the Farms. The construction site at Syracuse and 35th Street. Colors and tastes of nice people fresh local produce By Nancy Burkhart from Leffler pected to open for the fall session in 2011. inspire new recipes n June, ground was broken at East However, the school’s new principal, for Farmer’s Market (continued produce. on page 8) 35th Avenue and Syracuse Street on Chuck Raisch, already is on the job with Ia new Stapleton school that is ex - (continued on page 31) Printed with soy-based ink. Paper contains 40% postconsumer waste. Stapleton New Curator New Park Hill Housing Options Parking Structure Rocks 3 at the Zoo 4 Sculptures 5 Home Tour 6 for Seniors 10 Demolition 16 ¡

The SUN Kickball Tournament will be held September 11 in Central Park.

Sweet William Market is a great place to meet friends while wandering through the Stapleton Rocks, Sept. 11…A Concert for a Cause displayed treasures. If you haven’t been, it’s We have a day planned that will be filled with a treat to see the creative ways people music, food and activities. The concert is free express themselves. and open to the public. Stapleton Home Theatre on The Green Services will be sponsoring the trampoline The Aurora Fox Theatre and Stapleton bungee again this year. It was a huge hit last CALENDAR MCA are excited to bring theatre to The year and raised over $1,200 for our charities. Events in or near Stapleton that are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC or are nonprofit events. Green. We will be featuring the musical (See pages 20 - 24 for more events.) This year the ticket proceeds for the quad Happy Days on Saturdays September 18 and bungee ($5), the slide ($2) and the concession 25 at 6pm and then on Sundays September stand will benefit Odyssey School and WISH. 19 and 26 at 4pm. This is a free event open Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ will be on-site selling an to the public! Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ will be SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER entrée, side and drink for $5. There will be all on-site selling an entrée, side and drink for kinds of fun, so plan to spend the day on The Every Sunday (through Oct. 17) Saturday, September 25 $5. It should be a great time for everyone. Stapleton Farmers Market, 8:30am–12:30pm “Happy Days” The Musical 6pm Green with us September 11, from The Green* The Green* (see page 1) 10am –10pm. Dog Daze For more information, visit The day the pool goes to the dogs has Saturday, September 4 Sunday, September 26 www.stapletoncommunity.com or call the arrived. On Sunday, September 12 from 1– Denver Art Museum - SCFD 1st Saturdays Free “Happy Days” The Musical 4pm MCA office at 303.388.0724. 3pm, F15 pool will be open to dogs. Bring www.denverartmuseum.org The Green* (see page 1) your furry friend for a dip in the pool. Stapleton Activities, Inc. Monday, September 6 Sunday, September 26 Cost is $5 per dog in advance and $10 at The monthly potluck for this group is the 4th Pools Close—End of Day Denver Botanic Gardens - SCFD Free Day the door. Proceeds go to the Denver Thursday of each month. The September F15, Puddle Jumper, and Aviator 720-865-3500 http://www.botanicgardens.org Animal Shelter. For more information, visit [email protected] potluck will be Thursday, September 23 at www.stapletoncommunity.com or call Thursday, September 23 6:30pm under the big white tent at the west Tuesday, Sept. 7 & Oct. 5 303.388.0724. Stapleton Activities, Inc. Potluck 6:30pm end of The Green (weather permitting). The Children's Museum, Target Tuesdays MCA Community Room 1st Tuesday nights free, 4 –8pm, cmdenver.org [email protected] inclement weather site will be the Stapleton Colorado Symphony Guild Community Room at 2823 Roslyn St. Bring an Symphony Anyone? Thursday, September 9 Saturday, September 25 item to share and a chair to sit on. The If you appreciate classical music, you Active Minds Seminar 7–9pm, doors open at 6:30 Sweet William Market 9am-2pm beverages, plates, and utensils will be provided may want to support the Colorado MCA Community Room The Green* www.sweetwilliammarket.com by the MCA. Symphony Orchestra by starting a [email protected] Stapleton Unit of the Symphony Guild. Saturday, September 25 Active Minds Seminar Saturday, September 11 The Symphony Guild provides financial Urban Spaces, Wild Places Fundraiser 4 –7pm The Active Minds Seminar begins this month Stapleton Rocks Concert 10am-10pm A Wild Beer Tasting & Adventure for Kids support by engaging in fundraising on Thursday, September 9. We are hosting the The Green* Bluff Lake (see page 23) activities throughout the year. seminars in the Stapleton MCA Community All that is needed to form a Stapleton Saturday, Sept. 11 Room at 2823 Roslyn Street. Doors open at OCTOBER Unit is 12 members contributing $25 each. SUN Kickball Tournament, 10am 6:30pm; the seminar begins at 7pm. This is a The more established guilds provide Central Park (see page 28) free program open to the public. Saturday, October 2 support and guidance to the new units. Sunday, September 12 SCFD 1st Saturdays Free –Denver Art Museum The Lewis & Clark Expedition : Our first Once a unit is formed, it has the freedom - www.denverartmuseum.org Dog Daze at F15 Pool, 1-3pm program of the season is on September 9 and to determine the time, place, frequency [email protected] Monday, October 3 will describe Lewis & Clark’s expedition that and type of meeting as well as developing Monday, September 13 SCFD Free Day –Denver Museum of Nature opened the West. We will discuss its fundraising activities. Guild units receive SCFD Free Day –Denver Museum of Nature and and Science 303-322-7009 www.dmns.org achievements and challenges as well as the the Symphonia, a quarterly publication to Science - 303-322-7009 www.dmns.org Thursday, October 7 mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis. keep them up-to-date on current guild and Saturday, September 18 Stapleton Community Meeting 6:30 pm Building upon experiences from the expedition, fundraising activities of the symphony. “Happy Days” The Musical 6pm DSST, 2000Valentia Street, Denver, CO 80238 we will also discuss the evolution of our Interested persons, please contact Lucia The Green* (see page 1) country’s relationship with Native Americans. Correll at [email protected]. Sunday, October 10 Sunday, September 19 The 25th Anniversary One Sky One World Colorado Ballot 2010: The topic for our Stapleton Pools Park Hill Home Tour, 11am - 5pm Kite Fly, 10am-4pm. Central Park in Stapleton October 14 seminar will be the Colorado Ballot The summer season comes to an end at the www.parkhillhometour.com (see page 6) www.oneskyoneworld.org 2010. The fall 2010 Colorado ballot promises swimming pools on Monday, September 6. Sunday, September 19 Thursday, October 14 to stir up strong emotions in the state. With a For extended season information, check “Happy Days” The Musical 4pm Active Minds Seminar 7–9pm, doors open at variety of complex issues coming to a vote, it is our website at The Green* (see page 1) 6:30. MCA Community Room important we understand the ballot and what is www.stapletoncommunity.com. [email protected] at stake. Join Active Minds for an objective Sunday, September 19 review of the ballot issues and a presentation of If you have any questions or comments Sunday, October 17 SCFD Free Day –Denver Museum of Nature and arguments on each side of the proposals. about the information above, feel free to Science, 303-322-7009 www.dmns.org Pumpkin Patch 8:30am-12:30pm contact [email protected] The Green* For more information about Active Minds, Thursday, September 23 go to www.activemindsforlife.com/index.html. or call the MCA office at 303.388.0724. Informational Meeting on Groundwater 6:30pm Thursday, October 24 Sweet William Market Diane Deeter MCA Community Room Stapleton Activities, Inc. Potluck 6:30pm Director of Programming and Events MCA Community Room The final market of the season will be Saturday, [email protected] September 25, from 9am–2pm on The Green. orch ont P s of he Fr ission mat T subm ee for omes nts (s welc l eve ideas loca tory *At The Green, 29th Ave. and Roslyn; Sponsored by Staple - ing nd s m com ) a es. ail.co ton MCA, For info. email [email protected] up p.21 issu @gm on ture leton or fu hStap f tPorc (See page 24 for recurring monthly events and meetings) l Fron Emai Sponsored by Stapleton MCA

EDITORS and PUBLISHERS: The Stapleton Front Porch is published by Stapleton Carol Roberts and Steve Larson Front Porch, LLC, 2566 Syracuse St., Denver, CO. 303-526-1969 Typically 30,000 –35,000 papers are printed. The free [email protected] paper is distributed during the first week of each month AD SALES: Karissa McGlynn 303-333-0257 to homes and businesses in Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, [email protected] www.FrontPorchStapleton.com Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax.

September 2010 2 Stapleton Front Porch Free and Open to the Public Stapleton Rocks—Sept 11 from 10am to 10pm more time was needed to “create a buzz,” about the event, says Deeter, so it was held in August. This year 13 bands are sched - uled to play in the September 11 event—nine of them are returns from last year. With each band playing half-hour shifts and 15- minute breaks between bands, the event will last from 10am until 10pm. At the first Stapleton Rocks Bungee jumping at last year’s event. concert last summer, Stapleton Home Services sponsored quad Event Schedule bungee jumping, which raised over Southern Acoustic 10:45-11:15am $1,700 that was given to Summer Scholars and Denver Kids, Inc. Olivia Rudeen 11:30-12:00pm “There were lines at the bungee Wabash Cannonballs 12:15-12:45pm Eastbridge band performing at Stapleton Rocks in 2009. jumping all day and, over the Outta My Alley 1:00-1:30pm course of the day, probably about ***Break*** 1:45-2:15pm By Carol Roberts 1,500 people attended the event,” said Deeter. Apolo 2:30-3:00pm tapleton Rocks arose from a coincidence, says Diane Stapleton Home Services will again sponsor the quad bungee. Mitch Lehn Trio 3:15-3:45pm Deeter, director of programs and events for Staple - This year proceeds from the bungee tickets ($5 each), the slide ton’s master community association. Two Stapleton ($2 each) and the concessions will go to Odyssey School and Humbuckers 4:00-4:30pm S 3 Star Monday 4:45-5:15pm residents, Corby Felsher and Bernard Douthit, independ - WISH. ently came to her with the idea in April of 2009. They each Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ will be on-site selling an entrée, side and School of Rock 5:30-6:00pm thought a “battle of the bands” type event could success - drink for $5. Youth in Conflict 6:15-6:45pm fully combine an opportunity for local bands to perform The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held Control Tower 7:00-7:30pm with a fundraiser for a good cause. With that coincidence it on The Green in the Stapleton Town Center from 10am to Bernard & Joel 7:45-8:15pm seemed there would be enough momentum to have the 10pm on September 11. For more information, visit www.sta - event over Memorial Day weekend. However, it turned out pletoncommunity.com or call the MCA office at 303.388.0724. Honor the Fallen 8:30-9:00pm

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Stapleton Front Porch 3 September 2010 New Zoo Curator Excited To Be Back in Denver Zoo Staff Help Orangutan Mother Nurture Her New Infant staff that, how we’re acquiring Hesty, the first Sumatran orangutan born at the Denver the animals to Zoo in 25 years, is now doing fine with her mother after becoming seriously dehydrated at 12 days old. She was bring in and then placed in an incubator where she could see her working with mother, Nias, and bottle fed for 18 days. Throughout the other zoos,” he time in the incubator Nias remained interested in her baby, said. “The ex - and responded well when they were reunited, however hibit opens in Hesty still did not know how to nurse. After a few days staff sedated Nias to teach Hesty how to find Nias’s breast spring 2012. We and ensure she could nurse on her own. The training ap - are working with pears to have been successful and Hesty has been nursing other institu - on her own. tions and species Zoo staff worked with Nias during her pregnancy to survival pro - train her to present her abdomen for inspection and to re - ceive ultrasounds through a hole in the mesh of her enclo - grams to help sure. Since this was Nias’ first infant, staff weren’t sure she identify who has would know exactly what to do, so they worked with her surplus animals extensively on ways to properly hold her infant and to or what would allow zookeepers to closely examine the infant and provide be the best ani - supplemental feedings through the mesh of the maternity enclosure, if needed. mals, the best Orangutan means “person of the forest” in Malay and fit.” the species is among the closest relatives to humans. Physi - The Asian cally they are known for their stout bodies, long arms and Tropics habitat is shaggy, red hair. The orangutans at Denver Zoo can often expected to be seen showing off their talents, swinging from ropes and trees in their habitats. Sumatran orangutans are only found house such ani - on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. In the wild, they are mals as Asian critically endangered due to habitat loss stemming from elephants, In - logging, mining and forest fires. Also, the practice of killing a mother to secure an infant or juvenile for the live animal Denver native Brian Aucone is returning home after 14 years to serve as Denver Zoo’s new general curator. dian rhinos and trade is a common practice. Currently there only about Aucone’s first zoo job was working as an intern at the Denver Zoo. Sally, one of the zoo’s orangutans, sneaks Malayan tapirs. 6,000 left in the wild. glances at Aucone as she gets acquainted with the new curator. Other than the Hesty made her public debut on August 21, and can be new exhibit, Au - seen by visitors between 10am and 3pm in the Great Apes By Nancy Burkhart second in command at the Oklahoma City cone said he isn’t planning on mak - building. rian Aucone started his zoo ca - Zoo where he oversaw 595 species. Aucone ing changes yet. reer as an intern in Denver, and says it’s a great zoo and there are some great “I’m not somebody who comes Babout two months ago, after 14 programs here, and having worked at other in and makes changes,” he said. “I years of experience, he returned to the zoos and knowing the way they build their take the attitude of sitting back and Denver Zoo as general curator. programs he feels he can add to the zoo’s ex - identifying the areas where we have “I oversee the entire animal depart - isting programs. weaknesses. But I’m going to take ment, including the breeding pro - In Denver, Aucone will oversee a staff of time. o

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September 2010 4 Stapleton Front Porch Sculptures To Be Installed in Westerly Creek Park

Nineteen vessel-shaped sculptures were cast from concrete that was shot into molds created by a large tree spade and dug into clay soil in North Carolina.

Luther King Boulevard and East 26th Avenue (just east of Beeler St.). Each sculpture is cast from concrete that was shot into molds created by a large tree spade and dug into clay soil in North Carolina. The final result of this process was 19 vessel-shaped sculp - tures with dimensions of 7 feet in di - the native environment and minimize disruption for the ameter, 4-feet deep and 6-feet high. The placement many people who use this wonderful park. He and his in - and grouping of the vessels at each of the five loca - stallation team expect to complete their work by Septem - tions will evoke narrative and perhaps stimulate ques - ber 18. The public is invited to a dedication of the tions. All of the groupings are visible from each site. artwork on Friday afternoon, September 17th from 3 to As Sayre noted: “Just like Westerly Creek itself, this 5pm at Westerly Creek. The invitation will be posted on public art project intentionally plays with ideas about By Barbara Neal the Stapleton Intranet. the relationship of human-built and nature-built: rtist Thomas Sayre from Raleigh, NC, will be Sayre’s large earthcast vessel shapes subtly imply water, what are the differences and where should the balance installing 19 earthcast sculptures in Westerly balance, man and nature; a focusing device for the many between the two lie?” ACreek Park beginning September 9. Sayre has functions performed by Westerly Creek. The vessels will For more information about Stapleton’s Public Art worked closely with Denver Parks to develop a low- be placed on their sides in five different configurations in Program, please contact Barbara Neal, public art con - impact process for installation that will be sensitive to Westerly Creek Park between the bridges at Martin sultant for Stapleton, at [email protected].

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Stapleton Front Porch 5 September 2010 Park Hill

Above: Brian and Katherine Phillips sit in the high-ceilinged living Above right: A 4’ x 4’ room off the living room now serves as a bar. room of their 1933 home. All of the windows, light fixtures and The Phillips speculate that it might have been built to be a telephone floors (except the master bath) are original. The sound of the room. Below and below right: A sitting area at the top of the stairs door bell comes from four foot long chimes.The home was lived overlooks the living room through a curved arch with a wrought iron in from 1933 to 1989 by the Silverberg family, who owned Silco grate. Below left: The home faces Montview. In the same block a sim - home heating oil. ilar home was built shortly after this home was built.

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Above: This 2755 sq. ft. Tudor home on Montview with three bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths was built and dining rooms. Both the kitchen and the dining room open to a landscaped patio. Morris re - in 1932. Above right: Owner Tannen Morris has been in the home for just 2 1/2 years and in placed the kitchen counter tops (not shown) with limestone reclaimed from the steps of the that time has tastefully decorated it to complement the original style and highlight architectural old courthouse. Below right: The master bedroom upstairs had already been remodeled details. The paintings in the living room are by Morris’ favorite artist, Itzchak Tarkey. A built-in when Morris bought the home. A wall between two smaller bedrooms was removed to create arched bookshelf nook and window seat are visible at the far end of the room. Below left: a spacious room with skylights and a peaked ceiling. Guests will not be able to visit the bed - Wrought iron gates that were originally in the boiler room now fit perfectly between the living room since the narrow winding stairway can’t accommodate visitors going both up and down.

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Stapleton Front Porch 7 September 2010 Savor the Harvest

(continued from page 1) Family Farms had picked their corn the night before to have it fresh at the market that morning, so I couldn’t resist getting a dozen ears. I also picked up some “on the vine” tomatoes, the usual stars of late summer Colorado produce. Coming home I stood in the kitchen and looked at the cauliflower, apples, peaches, tomatoes, corn and squash blossoms. The beauty of truly fresh fruits and vegetables is that you don’t really have to cook them. They already taste good. So, I ate a peach and The Phillips’ kitchen contains an unusual 1950s Frigidaire electric Morris heard a loud crash one day and discovered the squirrels started chopping the cauliflower into florets. stove that has burners that flip down when in use and store away had eaten away the supporting joists for his patio arbor. He rebuilt The cauliflower was such a nice color. The flavor of it when not in use, leaving the counter clear. the arbor, distressing the new wood to match the old. raw, however, was, well, a little too raw for me. I tried blanching it in boiling water with honey. It tasted Park Hill Home Tour (continued from page 7) good—slightly nutty and firm but tender. I thought I he 32nd Annual Park Hill Home Tour featuring opportunities, wines, restaurant coupons, spa certificates, pet could do better. So, I took the rest of the florets, drizzled seven homes will be held September 19, from 11am- services and goods, artwork, personal care baskets and a host them in olive oil and salt and pepper and roasted them 5pm. The homes were built between 1929 and 1938 of other options. All items have been donated by local busi - in the oven until they were tender and just starting to T brown. Yummier. (My daughter’s friend rated it an 8 out and are within a six-block radius. The Home Tour offers an nesses and individuals. Proceeds from the Silent Auction will opportunity to gather ideas for decorating, remodeling, reno - benefit GPHC programs, such as the food bank, bike pro - of 10. That kid can come over any time.) I took an apple vating and landscaping. Contractors and architects will be on grams, Summer Scholars and the community newspaper. and a peach and made a little fruit salsa to put over the hand to discuss plans with those contemplating projects. Booths will include local artists, wine tasting, massage, cauliflower, making a bright and flavorful side dish. Proceeds of the tour will benefit Greater Park Hill Com - custom baby clothes, gourmet foods, beauty and body prod - Having eaten a peach, I tried an adorable little akane munity, Inc. (GPHC), a nonprofit neighborhood organiza - ucts, woodworking products and local jewelers. And for kids apple. These are a Japanese variety, grown locally. I like tion established in 1961, and will fund a summer youth there will be face painting, henna tattoos and an art tent. In that they are a perfect size for a kid’s lunchbox. They are program, emergency food and shelter programs, and other addition local non-profits, schools and churches will provide firm and sweet-tart and cook up beautifully as well. I community services. information on educational options and volunteer opportu - may have a new favorite variety. The Street Fair, will be held in the 2000 block of Kearney nities. Next I turned to the corn. Again, I used my big pot from 11am to 5pm and will have an impressive array of ven - Purchase tickets at ParkHillHomeTour.com, at King of boiling water with honey in it. I put four ears in and dors offering their goods and services. The Food Court will Soopers or at the event. took one out after two minutes, one out after three min - have Oblios Pizza, Tocabe American Indian Tacos, Deluxe • Adults are $13 online, $13.50 at King Soopers and $15 at utes, and two out after four minutes. Can you tell I was Burgers, Perk Hill ice cream, Cake Crumbs sweet treats and a the event. Seniors (60 and over) are $9. betting on four minutes being the optimal time? I was beer/wine garden. • Children 6-12 years old are $6. wrong. Two-minute corn was the winner. (I later tried The Silent Auction will include jewelry, personal trainer • Children 5 and under are free. one minute but still preferred two minutes.) Fresh corn is delicious and you can’t do better than local organic corn picked the night before. Unfortunately, fresh corn doesn’t keep and I still had eight ears and no guests ex - pected for dinner. 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Stapleton Front Porch 9 September 2010 Options for Seniors By Nancy Burkhart s we age, it becomes clear that at some point we will have to make decisions about taking care of our par - Aents whose health has made it necessary for them to change their living arrangements. But how do you find the best options? And, should you choose home care, assisted living, skilled nursing or an independent living facility? Park Hill resident Fred Merten is a community care spe - cialist for Senior Living Options & Referrals (SLOR). “Our business is helping seniors and their families when the time has come for alternate living options,” he said. “Our job is to help them sort through the options.” SLOR has two registered nurses on staff who can do as - sessments of seniors to determine what the appropriate op - tions for them might be. “We try to make sure that as a person ages in a place, they can do so with dignity,” Merten said. “An assessment is an important part of the process so that a person can be DaneVierow and his wife, Caroline BatorowiczVierow, have started a new architecture and full-service design firm at their home in Stapleton. The design/build gene runs strong in their family—three-year-oldVincent plays intently with his Lego and Brio city placed in an appropriate setting. All we can do is give the and a painting by nine-year-old Marcel hangs behind them. They also have a 6-month-old daughter, Trinity. family our assessment, and they need to make the decision.” Once an assessment has determined the available options for the level of care needed by the seniors, SLOR starts Home-Based Design Firm Offers Multiple Services looking at its list of care facilities. “We have agreements with over 200 facilities up and By Nancy Burkhart professional group to do the work. down the Front Range, including assisted living, skilled hen Dane Vierow and his wife, Caroline Ba - “We know sustainability, and if any clients want a nursing and independent living,” Merten said. “We also are torowicz Vierow, were laid off from their archi - sustainability addition to their houses, we can do it,” very concerned about folks that have dementia or even mild Wtectural jobs, they decided, as Stapleton Caroline said. “Some people might want high-efficiency cases of Alzheimer’s. We know places for that. The senior residents, that it was a perfect location to start their own de - toilets or furniture, solar panels or new windows that are may start in assisted living and move across the hall to a sign firm. more energy-efficient. We can do that. On the exterior more secure Alzheimer’s unit. Our goal is for them to age in Dane has 23 years of experience as an architect, while side of things, the landscaping part, if they want more place.” Caroline has 11 years. Both have LEED AP credentials, sustainable landscaping, like xeriscaping, we can help Because SLOR has agreements with so many facilities which stands for Leadership, Energy, Environmental Design with that.” and those facilities pay SLOR a placement fee, there is no Accredited Professional and is the accreditation for building As full-service designers, the Vierows also provide charge for their services to the seniors or their families, certification systems. service in graphic design. They can design business flyers Merten explained. There also is no fee if SLOR finds it Having lived in Stapleton for the past three years, the or prototype cars, airplanes or “anything that people most appropriate for a senior to go to a facility that doesn’t Vierows know local contractors and the rules and regulations have an idea for but don’t know how to do,” Caroline share an agreement with SLOR, he said. of the HOA and MCA. They are aware that there are Staple - said. “We will promise that we will help anybody anytime,” ton homeowners who are considering building out unfin - The Vierows have three children: Marcel, nine years Merten said. “We want to put people in places where they ished basements, adding on to their homes or designing old, Vincent, three, and six-month-old Trinity. Dane is will be happy and that their families will be satisfied with. 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September 2010 10 Stapleton Front Porch state-certified, according to Merten. said. “We really want to hear what the Who Need a New Living Arrangement “We won’t go to a place where we think family has to say. We want to meet as the staff is not adequate or where you walk many needs as we can. We want them to into the facility and they walk past a patient be in a facility they can afford. We want without acknowledging them,” he said. “It’s them to have the care they need.” more important to look at more subtle For information about Senior Living things than (to look at) the waiting room. Options & Referrals, contact Fred Merten It’s about the people that actually do the at 303.929.0693 or work. [email protected]. Also go to “We really take a hands-on approach,” he www.seniorlivingoptions.com.

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Fred Merten and Jen Neubert, a sales counselor for Heritage Club Senior Living Facility, talk with residents in their dining room.

do Medicaid from Day 1. They do “spend- SLOR has staff members who are state- downs” (where they have to use their own certified facility administrators. The firm & money until it is gone). Our job is to find a maintains current information on all facil - place that matches their needs.” ities. Merten had 30 years of experience in “Our job is to go into the facility fre - small-group healthcare insurance when the quently and do a site assessment, especially company he was with closed two years ago. At with new administrators,” Merten ex - that time, his mother fell, went to the hospital plained. “We bring to the table experience, and a rehabilitation facility before she re - and once we’ve talked with the family, turned home. Then four months later, she fell then we can come up with no more than again and went to a medical center and then a two or three options for them. It’s our job AFTER rehabilitation facility. Merten worked hard to do the footwork and make sure there’s “This patient came to me eager for a better smile in celebration of during that time to find appropriate facilities availability. We take them on a tour. We her 40th birthday. It is one of the smiles I’m most proud of today.” for her. And, in the process, he met Connie do a lot of personal interaction.” Parenteau, SLOR owner. Parenteau helped SLOR is able to help with families who –Dr. Brett Merten find an appropriate facility for his live in Colorado and want to bring a par - Celebrate your smile today, change your life forever. mother. ent from out of state to a Colorado facil - Free consultation. “She helped me place my mom, and I’ve ity. The firm also will help a family living been doing this ever since,” Merten said. “I out of state to move their parent from $250 off new prosthetic and implant plans wanted to make sure that my mom never had Colorado to be in a facility closer to the to move again. She didn’t. She was there with family. hospice, and she died there.” All the facilities SLOR works with are )YL[[ / 2LZZSLY ++: THRL`V\YZTPSLNYLH[JVT *HQXLQH 2UDO &DUH /LIH&KDQJLQJ 5HVXOWV .PUH . 2LZZSLY ++: 4: MHJLIVVRJVT;*+6KLU]LY

Stapleton Front Porch 11 September 2010 Premium Fishwrap* by Jon Meredith ...... popularity, whether his contract would before the holidays to participate in Where in the World Is Jamie Horton? be renewed from year to year. Stories on Stage at the Center and In 2006, he made the decision to read Christmas snippets at the For more than twenty years Jamie acting school that accepts only ten new make a career change that would allow a Tattered Cover in Lodo. Horton was a large part of the students each year. sense of stability he could never have in He says very emphatically that he heartbeat that is the Denver Center. Jamie and his family lived on a small regional theater. He and his wife and his family have deep roots in If you attended any shows at the Montview Boulevard in Park Hill and to Nancy decided to go home; to the place Denver and they miss Colorado Center between the early 1980’s and neighbors he was just a friendly guy who where they both grew up and fell in terribly, especially their friends and 2006 you undoubtedly witnessed happened to golf during the day and love. They picked up and moved back to neighbors in Park Hill. Denver misses Jamie enthrall audiences with his work mostly at night. He used his front Hanover, New Hampshire where Jamie Jamie as well. Like the Bronco players charm, wit and unique style that lawn for pitching practice and had, for is now an associate professor of theater forever immortalized on the stadium’s made him stand out in any show. He an oh-so-brief period, a handicap under at Dartmouth College. He is teaching Ring of Fame, Jamie entertained played Hamlet, Macbeth, and the 10. Now his game is only a glimmer of and directing theater on the very same thousands of us for years. He made us Ebenezer Scrooge several times. the game that once was. stage where he had his first paid acting laugh and cry, feel outrage and Jamie’s favorite roles were in The In the late nineties the Center won job at age 17, the Moore stage at empowerment, showed us despair and Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Dresser the Tony award for the best regional Dartmouth. gave us hope. He did all that and, and Orphans. Of course, I will never theater. Jamie was given a standing Jamie says that this is a great new unlike the Broncos, he always received forget the story of a dog named Sylvia ovation by 75,000 Bronco fans at Mile chapter in his life. He is living close to a standing ovation at the end. that had me laughing so hard I High Stadium when he was introduced his parents and is already tenured at the started to cry. He was, more at mid-field with the Tony prior to a college. He is in New York often and Jon Meredith lives in Stapleton. He importantly, a mentor, teacher and game with the Dallas Cowboys. says that if the circumstances and role can be reached at [email protected]. advocate for young actors at the Annually, The Center has had budget are right you will see him again on stage *Fishwrap is a slang term that Center’s National Theatre cuts and many changes. It seemed that there. started in the ‘30s and refers to the Conservatory, a three-year graduate Jamie never knew for sure, despite his He comes back to Denver every year transient value of yesterday’s newspaper.

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In the primary 2,300 ment, risk management, lead manage - participated, and it is hoped that in ment and variable printing (where the November election 20,000 voters each piece is customized)—and their will participate, according to Olsen. work often crosses over between the “For the elections division, ballot areas. Olsen agrees that explaining all tracking will reduce administrative four areas in a short answer is difficult, costs,” he said. “They spend a lot of but offers some everyday examples that money to hire temporary help to an - help a lay person better understand swer phone calls. The biggest question what i3logix does. is about voters’ ballot locations. With The information management Steve Gatt, president, (left) and Steve Olsen, executive vice president of i3logix are shown in their company head - ballot tracking, they will know where function can be seen in software cre - quarters in Northfield. i3logix developed the software for a first-in-the-country system for tracking mailed ballots, it is in the mail stream. We’re hoping ated by i3logix for a company that which was used in last month’s primary election in Denver. that will increase voter confidence, needs to be sure the nurses assigned to spe - A potential area of future work for i3logix data. We get a subscription to the data and which could have an effect on voter turnout. cific patients have the required credentials. is mailed ballots since they have two unique then we turn it into a system. It’s like any “The interesting thing about mail ballots The software enables the company to pull up bar codes per ballot that require variable UPS or FedEx tracking system, except that is that the voters don’t trust the postal system a list of qualified nurses—and that informa - printing. The company started calling coun - you don’t need to go find the information. to deliver their ballot. We’re providing visibil - tion can then be used in a scheduling pro - ties and election divisions and learned that Once you’ve signed up, you automatically ity to the voter that they didn’t have before. gram that takes into consideration the Denver was already under contract for the get the information by text or email—you Hopefully, that gives them peace of mind.” availability of the nurses on different days. printing, but was interested in software that don’t have to go online to look for it.” The ballot tracking process “isn’t terribly Those types of services can also be combined could track the ballots. “So we created a new According to Olsen, there was a glitch in expensive,” Olsen said. Therefore, i3logix will with the risk management function, which is tool,” says Olsen. “When industries come up the ballot-tracking process in Denver’s pri - be talking with many other counties about an employment screening tool used by com - with a need, we’ll start figuring out how to mary election—some ballots were printed using their product after the November elec - panies that do staffing for large employers. make things work more efficiently and effec - with the bar codes reversed. The incoming tion. “There are similar tools out there that Every employee’s file is in an electronic form tively using software platforms and web-based bar code was printed on the outgoing bal - offer the county some visibility to follow the that can be quickly pulled up by an em - tools.” lots, so the tracking data showed that com - ballots, but this is the first tool that gives the ployer. Ballot tracking is a web-based tool, Olsen pleted ballots were being received when, in voter some visibility to follow their own bal - Lead management is needed by companies explained. “A voter logs on, puts in voter in - fact, the outgoing ballots were just being lot,” he said. “We have a patent pending on that have online forms and potential cus - formation and ID, and can opt for either mailed. The error was caught quickly and this process.” tomers requesting information online. When email messaging or text messaging,” he said. corrected. For more information about i3logix, Inc.’s a request for information comes in, i3logix “The voter also has the ability to check their The U.S. Postal Service plays a large part software development, contact i3logix Vice does the follow-up—sending out the appro - ballot’s status online. 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By Carol Roberts The price range is from $6.99 to $16.99. new option for casual family din - We’ll have appetizers, soups, salads, entrées, ing with a fishing lodge and sports sandwiches, burgers, desserts. And the Atheme expects to open its doors in restaurant will have a happy hour Monday the Shops at Northfield in mid-September. through Friday from 3–7pm.” “This is a casual restaurant with some - Dearden’s partners in this new venture thing for everybody,” says Terry Dearden, are Peter McFarland and Darcy Boyd from one of a team of three people who came up Marco Island, Florida. Dearden says he has with the concept for “Guy Harvey’s Perfect opened about a dozen restaurants in his 20- Spot.” Denver is their first location and year restaurant career. He is from Orange they hope to open many around the coun - Beach, Louisiana. try. “We’re very excited about our concept The restaurant will seat approximately because it’s so unique, it’s something you 200 people indoors and outdoors and will just don’t find every day—and we’re very have an indoor/outdoor bar, weather per - excited to be in Denver. We did our demo - mitting. It is located at 8336 Northfield graphic homework and chose this area.” Boulevard (across the street and east of Dearden will be the start-up manager in Harkins Theatres) in the Shops at North - Northfield and will remain at this location field. The restaurant will be open Monday– until the Guy Harvey Perfect Spot man - Terry Dearden (left) will be the start-up manager for Guy Harvey's Perfect Spot Restaurant, Saturday, 11am to 2am and Sundays from agement team finds the location for their which will be opening this month in Northfield. With him are Sean Bernal, (middle) vice president of culinary development and Kevin Amiott, vice president of operations for 10am to midnight. next restaurant. Wylands Ocean Blue. Located next door to “The Perfect Spot,” Wylands Ocean Blue is a Those interested in working at Guy “We’re going to have a strong sports in - sister restaurant that will open next month. Harvey’s Perfect Spot Restaurant should fluence. There will be 35 TVs; even TVs call Terry Dearden at 678.492.1481 to set a and speakers in the bathrooms for sporting events. time to meet him at the restaurant. Our slogan is ‘We share all the games all the frames—a bit of everything and it’s all going to be influ - time.’” Dearden calls it “family fun in a casual, up - enced by Guy Harvey. There’s also another artist, Al scale, sports-themed restaurant in a lodge setting.” Agnew, that will have clothing in our retail shop.” Guy Harvey’s Perfect Spot He says the restaurant will have a fireplace, the According to Dearden, Guy Harvey is both a Ph.D. walls will be lodge-like, and the furniture will have marine biologist and a conservationist. The restaurant Restaurant will have a grand a lodge motif. And they will have Guy Harvey’s won’t sell any fish, whether they’re freshwater or from the opening on Friday, October 8. original freshwater artwork hanging on the walls, sea, if they’re overfished. “A few examples of freshwater The public is invited to meet Guy and it will be for sale. fish on our menu are rainbow trout, walleye and steelhead Harvey and enjoy drink and dinner There will also be a gift shop in the front of the trout. But we have a little bit of everything for everyone. restaurant. “We’re going to sell a lot of clothing It’s casual American fare, but the theme of the restaurant specials from 6:30 to 10pm. and trinkets like coffee mugs and license plate is freshwater fishing in a lodge motif—with sports on TV.

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September 2010 14 Stapleton Front Porch A Place Where Babies Go Green how to make homeopathic tinctures, ways smorgasbord for their babies. to take care of a child’s teething issues, For information, go to www.natural - slight fevers, etc., learning how to make or - lylovedbaby.com, email Alyson Warren at ganic cleaning supplies so that your kids [email protected] or call can touch your furniture.” 303.955.6207. Naturally Loved will offer art classes for children, crafts classes for moms and or - ganic baby food coops in which each Naturally Loved will have a mother will make assigned vegetable or grand opening on Friday, Sept 17. fruit dishes so that everyone will have a

Alyson Warren plays with her daughter Eva, 1 1/2, and some kids from her neighborhood in her new shop, Naturally Loved, in the Stapleton Town Center. The store caters to parents who want to raise their newborns in a "green" manner. The grand opening will be September 17. By Nancy Burkhart natural organic cotton. The toys are eco- hen Alyson Warren’s daughter, Eva, friendly. There is a lot of wood. A child who came into the world about 18 gets to see natural wood has it ingrained in Wmonths ago, the idea of a “green” their heads to appreciate their natural sur - shop for infants was born, too. roundings. “I was using organic diapers, making her food “We have Magic Play handcrafted toys and lessening our carbon footprint,” Warren said. made in Boulder,” she said. “Our main goal “I want to make sure that the way we’re raising is to stick to locally made products. We her is making sure that we take care of this found a lot of artists in the area, and a lot of world,” she explained. “I’m a teacher and when big names. We want to make the carbon my school closed I decided I didn’t want to teach footprint as small as possible. We have shoes, anymore. I wanted to be my own boss. Once I clothes, carriers for babies, furniture pieces, open the store, Eva can be there with me.” antique pieces—and my own paintings. My As someone trained to be a teacher, Warren paintings are whimsical and kid-friendly. had no experience running a business. But she There are a lot of animals and shapes that are did her homework. She did research, took busi - super visually stimulating.” ness courses and worked with the Small Busi - Warren also can be commissioned to do ness Administration to get her business, called murals in homes. Naturally Loved, set up right. The boutique is “In the fall, we will offer classes on how to located at 7349 E. 29th Ave. It contains items live green,” she added. “I want Naturally for anyone bordering on or in the midst of par - Loved to be a mothering hub. Mothers can enthood. come in and socialize. Being able to talk to “You will want to shop at Naturally Loved other mothers is huge. You really feed off of from the moment you find out that you’re preg - that female companionship, going through nant,” Warren said. “We have lotions, clothes everything at the same time. We have a lot of and maternity yoga, and anything for babies to transplants here, and your friends become eight-year-olds. All our clothes are 100 percent your family. It’s a knitting circle—learning

Stapleton Front Porch 15 September 2010 Stapleton Dentist Helps Transf o By Nancy Burkhart hen dentist Brett Kessler and his wife, orthodon - tist Gina Kessler, first moved to Stapleton and Wset up their joint practices, the airplanes had just moved out. “We opened Town Center Dentistry & Orthodontics when there were just tumbleweeds and us,” Dr. Brett Kessler said. “Ours was one of the first 100 homes. We were just so into the grand scheme of Stapleton that we jumped on it. The opportunity to live and work in the same neigh - borhood was just awesome.” Today the Kesslers and their four children, Abbey, 10; Max, 8; Sydney, 4; and Riley, 1, remain Stapleton residents and business owners. Dr. Brett Kessler is a recent recipient of the 2010 Golden Apple Award from the American Dental Association. It was given to him for leadership and mentoring new dentists. Kessler teaches half a day a week at the University of Col - orado School of Dental Medicine. His classes are morphol - ogy—the science of the shape of teeth—and occlusion, which is how the teeth come together for the mouth’s bite. “I teach their first dental class. I like to get them before they get ruined,” Kessler said. “Dental school is very com - petitive now. There’s one-tenth the number of slots for den - tal school than medical school. These are the best of the best students. They’re very book smart, but we’re also artistic. You’ve got to teach your brain to see things and then teach your hands to recreate things. I love the opportunity to get them while they’re still fresh.” Kessler’s teaching requires volunteer effort. As a mentor, he gathers a group of dental students together to learn more from him than class time offers. The students have opportu - nities to visit his practice and learn from the real world what they would be unable to garner in a class. “I mentor a group of young dentists who are struggling to see what they want to do,” he said. “We meet on a regu - lar basis. We leave the egos at the door. Not everyone is in - vited to this kind of session because others just want a competitive advantage over everyone and not to share openly. You have to be invited in. “I learn so much by teaching,” he said. “It’s made me a much better dentist.” Kessler works with dentistry as comprehensive care, fo - cusing on more than the health of the teeth. Therefore, he doesn’t work with insurance companies in the usual way. His office provides insurance companies with letters to de - tail treatment, but his patients pay his office directly and re - ceive payment from their insurance companies. “Insurance acts as a barrier between me and the pa - tient,” Kessler explained. “I’m able to focus on what the pa - tient needs and not what the insurance covers. We’re for people who really value their oral health. It allows me to do the best work I can do.” Working with his orthodontist wife also makes Kessler’s practice unique. “It’s awesome working with my wife,” he said. “From the dental standpoint, it’s great to have a specialist next to

Stapleton Parking Stru c Experience the Character of By Tom Gleason he deteriorating three-story parking structure that once served the former Stapleton Interna - a Wonderland Home. Ttional Airport will undergo demolition to make way for new residential development in the area. The demolition is scheduled to begin this month and ARTISAN PLAZAS DENVER TRADITIONS be completed by the end of the year. The RTD Staple - Townhomes starting in the Homes starting in the upper $100s upper $200s ton Transfer Center/park-n-Ride, which operated on the site until last month, has been relocated to an interim • Final Closeout—Only 7 Remain • Ranch & 2-story homes facility on 36th Avenue between Ulster Street and Cen - • Limited number of homes • Immediate occupancy & tral Park Boulevard until a new multi-modal RTD tran - fall deliveries on over-sized lots available for immediate move-in sit facility, which will include a rail station for • Perfect for first-time & • Unfinished & finished FasTracks, is ready on Smith Road east of Quebec right-sizing buyers basements Square. According to Charlie Nicola, senior vice president for Energy efficient & sustainable homes that save you $$$ and the environment. Forest City, Stapleton, Inc., who will oversee the demo - Visit soon, while the opportunity lasts. The Wonderland Homes Sales Center is located at lition work, the demolition activities will likely run six 9087 E. 35th Avenue, Denver, 80238. Open daily. Phone: 303-393-9099. days a week. The structure will be demolished by con - ventional means utilizing track-mounted equipment and a ball and crane. This approach safely deals with the “post tensioned strands” of the parking structure and permits better segregation of debris for the purpose of www.WonderlandHomes.com recycling.

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Your Neighborhood Design and Remodel Experts Dr. Brett Kessler, standing in front of his Stapleton Town Center Office, is a recent recipient of the 2010 Golden Apple Award from the American Dental Association. It was given to him for With over 25 years of leadership and mentoring new dentists. Kessler teaches half a day experience helping a week at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. customers achieve the right look and feel for me to get advice from and to refer. If the orthodontist is their space, we invite across town, communication is missing. And, it’s great to you to come in or call us schedule our lives around our family so that we can keep our today to schedule your business going and be there for soccer games and dance in-home or showroom recitals. Our kids are often at the office. “It’s a satisfying practice life,” Kessler added. “I love what appointment. Our goal I’m doing. Patients look to us for leadership and to guide is your complete them in their health. When the students come and hang out satisfaction. with us for a day or two, they get to see I truly am what I say I am and I’m good at it. They learn so much more in the real world. That gives me energy.” 303-321-MORE (6673) Kessler is treasurer of the Colorado Dental Association www.carpetsnmorecolorado.com 2955 N. Ulster Street - Stapleton and will move up to president in five years. Mon - Fri 11 - 6, Sat 10 - 5 “I do a lot of advocacy work on behalf of dentistry and improving patient care and access for the underprivileged,” FREE ESTIMATES & IN HOME DESIGN APPOINTMENTS (CALL FOR DETAILS) he said. Now is the time to add to your most valued asset. Visit our blog, To learn more about Dr. Brett Kessler’s practice or to VALUE follow us on We’ll out and out the competition. Twitter, become make an appointment, call 303.321.4445 or go to PERFORM SERVICE a Facebook fan www.makeyoursmilegreat.com. ture to Be Demolished

“Though many had hoped to see the structure im - ploded, it was really never an option,” Nicola said. Debris from the demolition will be removed by dump trucks traveling north on Syracuse Street to 35th Avenue and west to Quebec Street. Most of the material will go to a recycling plant on Stapleton north of 56th Avenue. There will be an estimated 4,000 truckloads of concrete debris hauled away over a four-month period. A brief lane closure may be required on westbound Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Nicola added that some of the recycled debris will be processed into road base to be used to construct streets in Phase 2 of Filing 32, which is in the general area where the structure stands today. The demolition site will be contained much as it is today with a construction fence perimeter and main access points at Trenton, Uinta and 33rd Avenue. Dust will be controlled in accordance with city and state regulations. The demolition of the parking structure does not include the former control tower, which has been stabilized for a po - tential future use that has yet to be identified. Tom Gleason is Vice President –Public Relations Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

Stapleton Front Porch 17 September 2010 Why Prostate Cancer is Important to African-American Women Library Offers a Chance to Browse History Online By Ralph Kennedy members but also their friends to attend blood test and a physical exam and hen it comes to health education workshops on making informed it will be administered to any male istory buffs who once had to plan time care, women play a decisions about prostate health. age 40 or older (age 50 depending on their calendars to go to the Denver “W unique and significant Prostate cancer continues to devastate on their race/ethnicity). HPublic Library Western History Geneal - role in our families,” said First Lady Black men at a rate more than double that Ladies, if there is a Black man in ogy Department to scan files now can go to their Michelle Obama back in Sep - of Caucasians. The signifi - your life who has not had a prostate computers or iPhones to retrieve the information. tember 2009 in the heat of Free Prostate cance of the woman’s role cancer screening within the last year, The website, www.creatingcommunities.den - the health care reform debate. Cancer Screenings in helping men defeat this give him a nudge to call the Center verlibrary.org, contains digitized photos, maps She went on to say that, 8 out September 25, 2010 controllable disease is clear for African American Health NOW and documents from seven of Denver’s historic of 10 women and mothers re - 8am to 1pm and necessary. Twice a at 303-355-3423 or call us yourself neighborhoods. There are historical records that port that they are often re - Inner City Health Center year, the Center for and the Center’s staff will follow up. will allow you to document the history of the sponsible for everything from 3800York St., Denver African American Health So, what are the top five reasons building or house you are in. You can pursue choosing doctors to managing By the Center for African offers free prostate cancer why prostate cancer is important to maps and building permits. And you can share follow-up treatment and care American Health screenings with a sharp African American women? The an - your own Denver history by uploading photos, for their families, including focus on the Black com - swer may be sitting right next to telling stories and having conversations with other their spouses. The woman’s role as health munity. The screenings take place at the you in the form of your husband, historically minded citizens. care decision makers and even guardian of Annual Collaborative Health Fair and father, son, or other relative or The digitized neighborhood information in - men’s and overall family health must not again in September for the National friend. cludes Auraria, Barnum, Capitol Hill, Five Points, be overlooked. Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Last Ralph Kennedy is the Director of Park Hill, University Park and West Colfax. The Center for African American September, nearly 300 men (mostly African Research and Evaluation with the The website is funded by a grant from the In - Health quickly discovered the huge im - American) were screened for prostate can - Center for African American Health. stitute of Museum and Library Services. The his - portance of African-American women cer at the Center’s annual September event, In addition, he has managed the toric resources and digitized archival materials are when it took on the Prostate Cancer Ini - largely due to the influence of Black prostate cancer education, awareness the efforts of the partnership between the Denver tiative for African American Men two women. and screening effort for the past five Public Library Western History Genealogy De - years ago with funding from the Colorado With September upon us, many of the years. The Center for African Ameri - partment, the City of Denver, Blair-Caldwell Office of Minority Health. Black women men in your lives need encouragement and can Health is committed to improving African American Research Library, History Col - became key stakeholders in the process as coaching to get their annual prostate cancer the health and wellbeing of the orado, Auraria Library and the University of Den - they encouraged not only close family check-up. The screening will consist of a African American community. ver Penrose Library.

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Top: Bob the Builder, the popular children's character from PBS, appears just after Jim Shmerling, president and CEO of Children's Hospital, asked the crowd at the ground - breaking, "Can we build it?" and the crowd shouted back, "Yes we can." Right: Cathey Finlon, Children's Hospital board chair, Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer, Chil - dren's Hospital President and CEO Jim Shmerling, Bob the Builder from PBS Kids and Children's Hospital patient ambassadors participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new 10-story patient tower. Above: Children's Hospital Ambassadors Ayla Charness and Hannah Kropp show off their new hard hats after the groundbreaking ceremony. The expansion will bring the total beds at the hospital to 500 and add 500 new full time employees.

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Cele - Jump Start. Stroller and family-friendly 5K and FREE. Start/finish at Eisenhower Chapel, 293 Roslyn. dance.org or black-tiecolorado.com brate with evening hayride. Expo starts 9am. Benefits Children’s Museum of www.lowrylink.com Denver. Register: www.mychildsmuseum.org 9/23 to 10/10- InnocentThoughts. 9/25 Saturday- National Public Lands Day. 9/18Thursday-Yom Kippur Learners Service. Shadow Theatre, 1468 Dayton St, Aurora. 720.857.8000, 9am–12pm. Make a difference on your Refuge by 10/10 Sunday- Fans on the Field 5th Annual 10:30am, Join The Jewish Experience forYom Kippur www.shadowtheatre.com collecting trash along Refuge trails and perimeter Denver Stadium 5K and 10K Walk/Run. Bene - Learners Service with kids’ holiday activities. Me - on this special day. Teams with most bags of trash fits National Sports Center for Disabled. Run morial Service at 12pm. Lowry Town Center, 200 10/1 to 10/31-Something WickedThis Way receive a prize. 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September 2010 22 Stapleton Front Porch More Events... block south of E. Colfax in Original Aurora. nine crafts. Numerous AKC-recognized dog hibition that will run until January 2, 2011, Sept. 7 Kids’ Stuff Swap Meet For more information, visit www.davarts.org breeds will be shown. The six-toed canines and is free with museum admission. It com - Trade What You Don’t Need for or call 303.367.5886. will strut their stuff at 11am in the Norwe - bines real scientific research with humor, What You Do gian Lundehund Dog Show. Only 1,200 dance, music and whimsical artwork to create exist worldwide. Their unusual sixth toe on an interesting experience for all ages, particu - The Swap Meet will be held at Jumpin’ Sept. 17–19 and Sept. 24–26, 40th each fore foot enables them to climb steep in - larly families with children ages pre-K and up. Jordy’s, 7055 W 88th Ave, Westminster, Season Celebration clines. Encounter field researchers making incredible from 5–7pm on September 7. Bring a bag Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Bark in the Park is free and will be held new discoveries. Become a scientist and inves - (or 2 or 3) of kids’ stuff you no longer need, Performs Rituals rain or shine. Well-behaved dogs on a leash tigate the scientific, social and economic and leave with a bag (or 2 or 3) of kids’ stuff The Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensem - are welcome. Restricted breeds must abide by choices that will shape the river’s future. More you DO need! Suggested items for trading ble (CPRDE) opens its 40th season with Rit - City of Aurora ordinances. For more, call at www.dmns.org. include: gently used kids’ clothing, uals, with choreography not seen in the U.S. 303.696.7106 or email toys/games/books, sporting equipment, for over 30 years! Katherine Dunham’s Rites [email protected]. Presented by the strollers and gear, etc. The fee to enter is just Sept. 25 Bluff Lake’s “Urban Spaces, de Passage is a timeless work previously seen Arapahoe Kennel Club; sponsored by the $1, but kids can come play on the giant in - Wild Places” at Carnegie Hall and on Dance in America. Norwegian Lundehund Breeders Association flatables for $5 each while parents browse. Wild Beer Tasting and Kids’ Wild Rituals also features a world premiere by Mil - and Plum Creek Kennel Club, together with Every half-hour there will be a drawing for ton Myers, one of America’s most prolific the City of Aurora Recreation Division. Adventure Free Prizes, including entry passes to choreographers. Myers’ Arranged is a tribute On September 25, Bluff Lake Nature Cen - Jumpin’ Jordy’s and Jumpin’ Jordy’s T-shirts. to Marceline “the Queen” Freeman who Sept. 24, New Museum of Nature & ter will host a Saturday night outing from 4– Remaining items after the swap meet will be passed away July 15. She was artistic associate 7pm for the whole family. Urban Spaces, Wild donated to a local children’s charity. to Ms. Robinson for nearly four decades, a Science Exhibit Places will offer a wild beer tasting for adults For directions to Jumpin’ Jordy’s, go to 38-year veteran dancer, rehearsal director, Journey to the Amazing World of the and a wild adventure for kids. It benefits the www.jumpinjordys.com or call teacher, mentor and friend to the global Amazon Center and supports urban vitality, habitat 303.427.2505. The Swap Meet is sponsored dance community. Amazon Voyage offers a fascinating virtual preservation and environmental education. by Living Quarters Realty, Jumpin’ Jordy’s CPRDE will also perform excerpts from journey down the world’s largest and most The wild beer tasting for adults will offer and Chase Park Writing Services. one of the company’s most important works, biologically diverse river and lets visitors three varieties of beer, scrumptious food and Carl Off’s Carmina Burana. Choreographed meet amazing creatures—piranhas, anacon - well-shaded spaces. The party will start at the Sept. 10, DAVA Kids Showcase Art by founder/executive artistic director Cleo das, electric eels, stingrays and more at the top of the bluff and there will be wild surprises Imagination in Art and Life Parker Robinson, it was created in the late Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Ama - for those venturing out to the pavilion and the At Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, better ’70s to open the Boettcher Concert Hall with zon Voyage: Vicious Fishes & Other Riches is boardwalk. known as DAVA, students can explore the the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. Former an interactive, bilingual (English-Spanish) ex - The kids’ wild (continued on page 24) power of their imagination as a stepping company member of 10 years Gary Abbott, stone toward innovation. Super Kids, a new now artistic company director of Deeply exhibition, opens with a reception on Friday, Rooted in Chicago, has restaged Sweet Re September 10 from 4 to 8pm. music by Aretha Franklin. The show features science fiction movies, Rituals can be seen Sept. 17–19 and Sept. Complete Skin Care clay animations, paintings and mixed media 24–26 at the Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre, works by DAVA computer art lab students 119 Park Avenue West. For information and and job training in visual arts students. The tickets, go to www.cleoparkerdance.org or as unique as you are middle-school students took on every aspect call 303-295.1759 x20. MEDICAL COSMETIC SURGICAL of film production from writing stories to Skin cancer Skin checks Physician-administered Mohs Micrographic Surgery filming and editing. Their first official movie Sept. 19 Dog Fest in Aurora Acne Eczema Psoriasis Botox, Fillers, and Skin cancer treatment screenings will be at 6pm at the reception Six-toed Dogs and Canine Crafts Warts Rash Phototherapy Laser Treatments Cosmetic excision and Intense Pulsed Light and play in the gallery for the length of the Some of the rarest dogs in the world— Photodynamic therapy repair Resurfacing Pigment show, which runs through October 29. Also with six toes on their front feet—can be seen featured is imagination artwork created in Hair and Vascular Lasers at Bark in the Park and Lundefest Too, an Chemical Peels DAVA’s drop-in programs by students ages 3 all-day dog fair from 10am–3pm Sept. 19 at Microdermabrasion to 17 and works by professional artists Katie Expo Park, 10955 E. Exposition Ave. Cele - Sclerotherapy Taft, Tracy Weil and Alicia Ordal. brate AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Day The show is free and open to the public. with educational sessions and demonstrations DAVA is located at 1405 Florence St., one as well as a Kids Corner to create original ca -

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Stapleton Front Porch 23 September 2010 The community is invited to dinner and a program Sept. 15 Central Park Boule - RECURRING Launching the be well Community Action Plan vard Bridge Update EVENTS he community is invited to a din - businesses. According to Derek Brown, director of ner and program on September 15 At this presentation, participants will infrastructure for Forest City, Stapleton, Tfrom 5:30 to 8:00pm at DSST. The learn how they can support healthy Inc., Conoco Phillips is nearing program will highlight how communities, lifestyles in the be well zone* and how to completion of its work to relocate 4th Monday SUN Board Mtg. 7:30pm, MCA Comm. Rm., together with public health and medical develop and share resources to address the petroleum pipelines to their permanent 2823 Roslyn St. professionals, can reduce the challenges that challenges. And they will learn how com - location in the CPB corridor, and [email protected] lead to chronic illnesses. munities can serve as catalysts for chang - removing certain abandoned pipelines EveryTuesday People in the community are the heart ing policies, programs and environments that result from this work. Construction Stapleton Rotary Club – 12pm Stapleton Radisson Plaza Hotel of the be well movement—people who un - to support healthy lifestyles. proposals for the interchange connections 3333 Quebec St. derstand that good health and access to Sarah Strunk, Director of “Healthy project were received last month. [email protected] healthy living options are essential to im - Kids Healthy Communities,” will be the For more information or to sign up for EveryTuesday prove quality of life, both for individuals speaker. Please RSVP to 303.486.3223 or email alerts visit www.denvergov.org/ AA Open Discussion Mtg. 7:30pm MCA Community Room, 2823 Roslyn Street and for the community. be well is a social [email protected]. CPBinterchange, call the project informa - 303-912-7075 movement that connects individuals, policy *NE Park Hill, Greater Park Hill, East Montclair, tion line at 303-991-4588 or email 1stTuesday makers, and people in organizations and Northwest Aurora, and Stapleton neighborhoods [email protected]. Breast Cancer Support Group 5–6:30pm AF Williams Family Medicine Clinic, Conference Rm. (west entrance) 3055 Roslyn (at MLK) 720-848-9000 More Events... teers shop a private sale on Sept 15. Con - or purchase canvas to start anew. 3rdTuesday signors shop a private sale on Sept 16. More The age limit for classes and Open Studio is Greater Stapleton Business Assoc. 8am (continued from page 23) adventure will be a information at www.jbfsale.com/denver or 16 years old. Any student under 18 attending MCA Comm. Rm., 2823 Roslyn Street 303- 393-7700 guided tour around Bluff Lake with three edu - contact Tracey at [email protected] or 303 evening classes must be accompanied by an adult cational stations, ending at our bluff-top fire Every Wednesday 884 9198. class member. Paint by Wine will strictly enforce Weekly Weeders, Bluff Lake Nature Center pit for a campfire meal. Colorado law, which does not permit anyone 9am –12pm, Adult nonmembers/$35; adult mem - 303-945-6717 Uncork Your Inner Artist under the age of 21 to consume alcoholic bever - bers/$30; nonmember children/$30; member ages. 1st Wednesday children/$25. For event information and direc - Adult Art Classes Starting in Sept. “1st Wednesdays” Home-based businesses. Paint by Wine offers a new way for people Art & Framing is located in the Town Center, Alternates between Lunch & Happy Hour tions to Bluff Lake, go to www.blufflakenature to find their inner artist. Adults can spend 7483 E. 29th Ave. For information, call Lin Clark tbrislin @gmail.com center.org or call 303.344.0031. at 303.834.1979, email Lin@ArtandFramingSta - www.stapletonhomebusiness.co two hours with an instructor to learn to cre - ate artistic masterpieces. Paint, brushes, can - pleton.com or visit www.paintbywine.com. 2nd Wed. (Odd-numbered mos.) Sept. 11, Hiawatha Davis Rec Center SUN Transportation Committee 6:30pm vas, aprons, glasses and corkscrews are MCA 2823 Roslyn St. District 11 City Services Summit included for $35 per class. Students are asked Free and Open to the Public This Fall [email protected] Questions, Ideas, or Concerns about City to bring their favorite bottle of wine or other Visiting Lecturers Analyze Current 3rdThursday Services? Join Councilman Michael Hancock Stapleton Citizens Advisory Board Mtg, beverage. September classes for beginners as Political Issues, Comm. College of Aurora and City Department leaders on Sept. 11 from 7350 E. 29th Ave. well as seasoned artists will be held on Thurs - “Current Political Issues,” a new course at Aurora 7:30 –9am 303-393-7700 9am –12pm at the Hiawatha Davis Rec Center, day and Friday evenings beginning Septem - Community College about how policies are made 1st Saturday 3334 Holly St. The District 11 City Services ber 9. Private parties of 8 to 12 students can in the state legislature, will feature presentations Bluff Lake Birders, Nature Center 7 –9am Summit is designed to improve communica - BluffLakeNatureCenter.org be booked on other evenings. by well-known guest lecturers, and the talks are tions between the city and district residents. Paint by Wine also offers Open Studio 2nd Saturday free and open to the public: NE Denver/Park Hill MS Self-Help & Sup - Ask about services such as trash collection, re - where participants can paint without instruc - port Group, Dist. 2 Police Station, cycling, traffic planning, road repair and main - tion from 11am to 2pm for a fee of $25 on Sept. 7: “The Bureaucracy: Where Policies Are 10:15 –11:45am tenance; police, libraries, parks & recreation, Implemented,” presented by Jim Carpenter, chief 3821 Holly St. 303-329-0619 Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Stu - animal control and neighborhood inspections. of staff, Office of Gov. Bill Ritter, Jr. 2nd Sunday dents may work on previously begun pieces Collaborative Kite Fly & Walk, (free) Staple - Attendance is free. Sept. 14: “Public Finance and ton Central Park, 2:30-5pm. Please RSVP at Budgets,” presented by Henry Meetup.com/RockyMtnKite Just Between Friends Consignment Sobanet, former budget director, or Meetup.com/TTWalks ReSale Event Sept. 17 - 19 office of Gov. Bill Owens Periodically Just Between Friends, the largest kids’ gear Stapleton Wine Oct. 5: “Topics in Health Care,” Appreciation Group & clothing event in Metro Denver and will be presented by Cody Belzley, vice e-mail [email protected] held at the National Western Complex at I-70 president of public affairs, Col - and Brighton Blvd. from Sept 17 to 19. Volun - orado Children’s Campaign Oct. 12: “Financial Reform and Bank Regulation,” presented by Rich Martinez, Young Americans Bank Oct. 26: “Executive Leadership and Politics,” presented by Bill Ritter, Jr., governor of Colorado Nov. 9: “K-12 Education Re - form,” presented by state Sen. 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September 2010 24 Stapleton Front Porch Take a Hike by Marko and John Babiak largest North American butterflies that live north of the ...... Tropics. This summer’s Swallowtail sightings have been nu - When a Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly Came Knocking merous. Our balmy weather and an occasional deluge of rain have enabled their favorite host plants to flourish. Last spring Marko and I started lost Prairie In the spring and early summer, females lay their dark to draft a list of prospective Dog pup. green eggs on color matching Ash, Aspen, Birch and wildlife candidates that we Two lit - Maple tree leaves. At night time her veracious caterpillars could write about in the tle heads exit their silken hammocks and proceed to gorge them - months ahead. In our usual were peer - selves so much that they need to molt their busting cuti - way, we thought of practically ing through cle four times in the days ahead. Some caterpillars every kind of animal and plant our door increase their body mass by as much as 1000 times before that inhabit metropolitan Den - window they enter into their sedentary chrysalis phase. During ver. Our ambitious list could pane—it this final insulated stage, nearly all of the caterpillar’s or - have filled up a school room was our gans and tissues are consumed and transformed into a white board. One creature that dear next butterfly. The lifespan of the emerging adults is about 14 was high on our wish list was a door neigh - days. Their action plan is straightforward. Seek out water butterfly. Perhaps we would bors, Junior and nectar rich plants like Purple Coneflowers, Phlox, discover a handsome purple Rangers Bee Balm and Lilacs to feed on, court and reproduce. and orange Colorado Hair - Nicholas Swallowtail butterflies do not migrate like the Mon - streak, our official state insect, and Eva. archs. Most of Colorado comfortably supports two, pos - patrolling an oak thicket. Better While on a sibly three generations of Swallowtails per year. Eggs that yet, maybe we’d cross paths stroll, a are laid late in the summer season will progress to the with a graceful Monarch, drink - A Two-Tailed Tiger Swallowtail uncoils his proboscis and draws up nectar Tiger Swal - next stage, however if stressed by cold weather, the meta - from a butterfly bush. Missing from its left hind wing tip is a pair of protruding lowtail but - morphosis process pauses wherever, and enters into a ing nectar from the pink flow - lures that may have caught the eye of a hungry bird. Photo by Marko Babiak erets on the Butterfly Bush of terfly state of suspended development until the environment is our longtime friends, Nature Rangers Mason and Avery. landed on Nicholas’s bright yellow shirt. This dynamic duo conducive for the cycle to continue. That wait could be I recall setting some expectations with Marko and ‘really needed’ to show me their friend. I gazed at the gentle as long to the following spring. telling him that capturing a resting butterfly with his giant and wondered could this be the encounter that we Tiger Swallowtail caterpillars and butterflies have macro lens would be no easy goal. Butterflies are very have been waiting for? Could this magnanimous creature many natural enemies. They employ clever self-defense mindful of their immediate surroundings. In my experi - stay put while Marko dashed for his camera? Would it re - mechanisms, including mimicry and camouflage to pro - ence, the greatest challenges would be—being at the right main tame long enough for us to gingerly walk it over to tect themselves. The distinctive shape and brown-white place at the right time to point and shoot and having a Avery and Mason’s blooming bush? The risky trek took an coloration of the Two-Tailed Swallowtail caterpillar mir - cooperative butterfly, all in hopes of generating one wor - eternity, but the end result was magical. We admired the rors that of an unappetizing bird dropping. The resulting thy image for this column. tiger’s breath-taking beauty as it patiently sat in what ap - adult butterfly grows a twin pair of deceptive hind tail Spring and summer were speeding by. No butterfly en - peared to be a deliberate picture-perfect pose for my wildlife protrusions that lure predaceous birds to aim their beaks counter. As July came to a close, I doubted that this photo photographer. As I looked at the mesmerized kids I here, versus their more crucial head. Whether flying op would ever materialize. Then, almost fortuitously, it thought, nature is gifting us a one-of-a-kind moment, in through our sunlit gardens or resting in the shadows of a did, and in the most delightful way. It started with a ring the first person and free of any charge. I felt very privileged. broadleaf tree, these Tigers marry with their natural sur - of our doorbell. It is important to understand that our Colorado is home to four Tiger Swallowtail butterfly rounds and avoid detection much like their namesake in neighborhood is crawling with nature-loving children. species. They reside in distinct regions, and sometimes share the Savanna. And it is fair to say, not a week goes by without a child habitats, especially along the Front Range. Our grasslands Marko and John Babiak are Stapleton residents. Marko, appearing at our front door, ready to share their specimen to the east are home to the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. West - 9, is an avid wildlife photographer. John is an enrichment from wild Denver or eager to convey an experience that ern Tigers live up to the foothills. In the mountains we find teacher. Weekly he teaches his popular Nature Rangers ecol - they had with our natural world. I have genuinely the Pale Tiger Swallowtail version. The most common ogy classes to students at Steck, Roberts, Westerly Creek and WOWED at tens of window-well-dwelling toads, listened species found in the lowlands of our eastern and western Odyssey. He also leads a summer-long nature day camp at to many a camping tale complete with bears and moose, slopes is the Western Two-Tailed Swallowtail. With the nearby Rocky Mt. Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. He helped rescue fledgling birds, and even once relocated a wingspans in excess of six inches, these Tigers are one of the can be reached at [email protected] .

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Stapleton Front Porch 25 September 2010 Elder Abuse Awareness Screaming Baby in Seat 28C and Prevention By Bethany Smith rock. He must have been chugging everal hours into a flight, after his coffee all morning because I’ve By Benita Muñiz the blaring of the intercom has never seen anyone have to pee so he Elder Abuse Resource & Commu - The Denver District Squieted I wiggle for what often. Finally his bladder calms and nity Victim Advocacy Program is an Attorney’s Office is seems like ages to find a position Baby falls asleep only to be awoken Toutreach and awareness effort to help currently recruiting where the airplane armrest doesn’t again by his manic twitching. I look detect and prevent elder abuse. volunteers for the Elder jab my ribs as I lay over towards the at him with agitation and look for a Older persons deserve honor and respect... Abuse Resource and window and try to sleep. Just as I possible seat change candidate. Just not abuse. Unfortunately many of our elders Community Victim begin to dose off to the roaring of then, Baby cocks his head back and reach their so-called golden years abused and Advocacy Program. If you the airplane engine I hear a shrill begins to projectile vomit on me. I alone. Many elderly are taken advantage of by are interested in learning baby’s cry. I look around for the cul - go to the lavatory covered in a mess; the people who are supposed to care for them. more about this prit and spot an infant and mother I lock the door and wish I can stay If you know an elderly person who is being opportunity, contact a few seats behind me. The mother in there for the duration of the mistreated, neglected, or harmed in any way Benita Muñiz, community looks exhausted and complacent as flight. I manage to change the baby The Denver District Attorney’s Office can help. victim advocate, at her baby screams with angst. I won - into fresh clothes and vow to also Types of elder abuse include the following: 720.913.9261 to apply. der to myself, “why is this woman bring a change of clothes for myself • Physical Abuse – Hitting, slapping, push - not doing more to shut this kid up!” next time. ing, kicking, burning, confining, or restraining an adult. • Sexual Abuse – Sexual activity or touching without the adult’s consent or un - I make my way back to my seat derstanding. Fast forward a couple of years and find the strength to endure the • Financial Exploitation – The use of an at-risk adult’s money or property for and I am now that very woman. last hour of the flight. Baby is tired another’s advantage. Our luggage is packed to the brim and cries despite my best efforts. I • Neglect – A lack of food, shelter, clothing or care by a caregiver for an at-risk with everything Baby could ever pretend to not speak English when adult. possibly need for the trip. I hoist the barraged with accusing comments • Self-Neglect – The inability or unwillingness of an at-risk adult to care for massive bag onto the scale at the air - on his crying. Travelling is hard on herself or himself. Choice of lifestyle, by itself, doesn’t indicate self-neglect. For line check-in counter and it is 56 anyone, especially a little guy with example, if we choose to fast because of our religious beliefs we have the free - pounds, which exceeds the 50- the attention span of an ant. He dom to do so. pound limit. The ticketing agent in - does not have colic, his ears are fine, structs that I’ll need to remove six he’s not hungry…he is a baby on a Benita Muñiz is a Community Victim Advocate in the Denver District Attorney’s pounds. Just then, my sweet baby plane. If he had a mute button I Office. She can be reached at 720-913-9261. begins to cry with such agitation would use it! that the surrounding area quiets as it is impossible to talk over the I ponder why exactly I pre- screaming child. The ticketing agent boarded with the other poor saps slaps a claim tag to my bag and that brought their babies along. Am New Day hurls it onto the belt. She hands me I a masochist? After nearly four Acupuncture my ticket with haste and ushers us hours of misery, an air-nanny or a away without another word. Baby kiddie-corral at the back of the air - Treating: Pain • Allergies • Stress, and I walk away from the counter plane sounds like a great idea. Just as Anxiety & other Emotional Complaints and he innocently giggles. We are I am about to push the flight atten - Digestive Ailments • Women’s Health quite a team; like a Bonny and dant call button to request a para - Issues • Children’s Health Clyde of the sky, not paying for our chute, the airplane touches down on six extra pounds of luggage. the runway. Bruce Stoebner, L.Ac. • 720-838-7918 Free consultation • Herbal pharmacy On to security we go, through Though a serious challenge, travel www.acupuncture-in-denver.com at any age is a rewarding and educa - 2840 Xanthia Ct., Stapleton the family line. While holding my squirmy baby I put my belongings tional experience. If you are a parent onto the x-ray machine belt. I am and haven’t travelled with your kid instructed to put the cumbersome out of sheer fear, coax those anxieties stroller through the x-ray machine and travel anyway. In hindsight, Elect MELVIN BUSH as well. I am getting dirty looks you’ll be happy you did…just don’t RTD Director – District B from business travellers, other fami - forget your earplugs and a good stiff Serving Green Valley Ranch, Montbello, Stapleton and lies and even old people who think drink! portions of Park Hill and southern Adams County I’m taking too long. I tinker with the stroller and after what seems like Bethany Smith is an avid traveller forever, a saintly TSA officer takes and has been writing about her adven - Melvin Bush is… tures long before she became a “travel • A successful small business owner pity on me and manually scans it. writer.” She has visited 35 countries on • A member of the FasTracks Citizens Advisory We arrive at our gate and I feel six continents and lived and studied Committee since 2005, including two years as co-chair like a V.I.P as I pre-board with abroad in Scotland and France. She • A graduate of the Denver Metro Chamber Baby. 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September 2010 26 Stapleton Front Porch A Warning About Drop Side Cribs Parents’ Good Intentions May Lead Them Astray By Tracey Gifford By Nancy Burkhart need in a well-balanced, varied diet. ecently I have seen many cribs, including drop-side cribs, at garage ometimes alternative methods for good “There’s nothing harmful about taking a sales and on Craigslist. This concerns me as a parent and safety ad - health potentially could harm children. daily multi-vitamin, except that if you sacrifice a Rvocate, and I’m hoping this article will inform and inspire action in SRecent news stories related two children balanced diet, you may think that you will have your home and neighborhoods. It’s easy to miss information such as im - suffering from kidney failure who had been a balanced diet if you eat candy bars. That’s not portant CPSC recalls with the everyday routines and busy-ness that comes drinking unpasteurized goat’s milk, a practice a good choice,” he added. with children and work schedules—this is what you need to know about that their well-intentioned parents had believed Iron deficiency is an important thing for par - crib recalls. would be good for them. ents to watch for in their children, Brayden said. Since 2007 the Consumer Product Safety Commission has recalled over “I think the parents believed that unpasteur - “A fair number of children have mild iron 10 million drop-side cribs. At least 32 children have died, with many ized milk leads to the persistence of active en - deficiency,” he said. “Red meat has a lot of iron, more becoming entrapped due to the drop side feature and changed manu - zymes that are in the milk and these parents but sometimes children don’t like the texture of facturing methods of cribs. This recall was not limited to cribs from lower perceived it as good for health,” said Dr. Robert red meat and don’t get enough iron.” Dr. Bray - price-point manufacturers, it affected many higher-end cribs as well. A Brayden, a general pediatrician at The Chil - den points out that it’s important for parents drop-side crib is any crib that has a front or side rail that slides down to dren’s Hospital and professor of pediatrics at the whose kids don’t like the texture of meat to gain access to a child. The whole front or side of the rail moves up or University of Colorado Medical School. make sure their children are getting enough pro - down. Drop-gate cribs are not part of this safety concern. In July, the “Really, there is no evidence to support tein. CPSC proposed new standards that would ban the manufacture, sale and that,” he explained. “Think about what hap - Fat in food is important in a child’s diet, resale of all drop-side cribs and prohibit use in hotels and daycare centers pens to the enzymes in the protein that you eat Brayden said. by the end of 2010. The new CPSC standard in crib construction will when it goes into your stomach. It has very “For an infant or during the first and second make crib manufacture with four fixed sides mandatory. Major retailers acidic ph. Proteins break down and by the time years of life, children need the high calories that and some resale venues have already stopped selling drop-side cribs they get to your intestines, they are amino fats give them,” he explained. “It’s probably a What should you do if you have a drop side crib in your house? acids, and then they are absorbed into the body. good idea for an adult to drink skim milk. But a If you are currently using it for a child, please check the recall status of There’s very little protein or enzymes. They’re baby or a toddler needs to drink whole milk be - your crib by going to www.cpsc.gov and checking the manufacturer and broken down. It doesn’t really support that you cause they need those calories to grow.” date of your crib. Participate in any recall that exists and get the replace - would not heat the milk to pasteurize it to kill Parents should consult their children’s doctor ment hardware to make your crib safer. Recalls provide free replacement the bacteria. Heat will damage the enzymes and to maintain good health for their children, he parts to you. Some companies are even providing vouchers to obtain a free change the configuration, but that will happen said. replacement crib at national retailers. My personal recommendation is to in your stomach anyway. You might as well kill “You have to watch the growth and the nutri - not use any drop-side crib, regardless of recall status, until you have made the bacteria before you use the milk. Pasteuriza - tion with your doctor because we are, indeed, all the drop-side or sides completely immobile with replacement hardware. tion has stood the test of time to keep people different, and some people and some conditions Don’t consider purchasing a used drop-side crib. Drop-side cribs from harm.” are such that we over nourish and wind up should simply not be resold, unless the recall has been completed to im - Some parents also believe that lots of vita - obese or too heavy,” Brayden said. “Some condi - mobilize the drop-side. The financial savings can be significant, but the mins and herbs in a child’s diet help with their tions are such that we aren’t getting enough risk is just not worth it. Also, please don’t donate your crib to any local growth and good health. However, there are calories or nutrition. charity without completing the recall and immobilizing the drop-side of other things to keep in mind, according to “Some people may be able to read and use the cribs. Brayden. their judgment, understand and make good Thanks for taking a few moments to understand this huge safety con - “Children’s nutrition should contain a vari - choices, whereas other people are better off talk - cern and how important it is to share this information with your family, ety of foods and different nutrients,” he said. ing to their grandmothers and their mothers and friends and neighbors. “If a child’s diet is varied and comes from all talking to their doctors,” he said of parenting for Tracey Gifford is a Park Hill parent, and Organizer of the Just Between food groups in a good balance, vitamins are good health. “Every parent should bring their Friends of Denver Consignment ReSale event, which will be at the National generally not needed in supplementation of child in for regular checkups to help them un - Western Complex Sept 17-19. Contact Tracey, at [email protected] or 303 that diet. You’ll get all the vitamins that you derstand whether they are growing effectively.” 884 9198.

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Stapleton Front Porch 27 September 2010 Letters to the Editor

SUN Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of every month at Bicycle Theft 7:30pm in the Stapleton Community Room, 2823 Roslyn Street. For On August 13, 2010, my Bianchi moun - information about SUN, visit www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com. tain bike was taken from the bike racks on To contact SUN or confirm meeting time, email the south side of the entrance to the Staple - [email protected] or call 720-840-8492. ton King Soopers. The bike was secured with a cable-type lock 1/2" in diameter. I re - ported the incident to the police. The officer who responded said there had been a rash of this type of theft recently. I found out later SUN Kickball Tournament SUN and MCA Sponsor that there is no video surveillance of this area. My purpose in writing is to let the peo - September 11 in Central Park Community Update ple in the area know about this situation. The SUN kickball tournament presented by Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ Randall Winter is right around the corner! Get your team together today for an Meeting October 7 afternoon of great food, fun with friends and neighbors and some good old-fashioned kickball. Transportation Oriented Communities Proceeds from the event sup - Discussion Children’s Center at Park Hill port the SUN board The Fall Community Meeting will be United Methodist church and the Denver Thursday, October 7 at 6:30pm at DSST. March of Dimes. The primary focus will be on Transporta - The Board of Directors and staff of the The tournament is at tion Oriented Communities (TOCs). With Children’s Center at Park Hill United Central Park and be - the planned development of the P3 East Methodist Church are shocked and deeply gins at 10am on Sat - Corridor Commuter Rail by RTD, and the saddened by the recent allegations of abuse urday, September 11. building of a new residential neighborhood involving a summer aide. Our family has There is only room between Smith Road and MLK (District been shaken to its core; that this kind of pain for 20 teams, so register today at II), SUN wants to help residents of Staple - could infiltrate our home has left us reeling. www.StapletonUnitedNieghbors.com. For questions, contact ton and the surrounding communities learn We are grateful for and honored by the out - Gabe Hurley at [email protected] or 720.985.6642. about and provide input regarding trans - pouring of support from our community portation design and our community. Plan - and ask for your continued prayers. For fur - ners from RTD will present a ther information, please contact the Chil - comprehensive plan for TOCs and Forest dren’s Center at 303.333.1335. Residential Groundwater City will present concepts for the residen - Board of Directors and staff of the Children’s tial and commercial development near the Center at Park Hill United Methodist Church Meeting September 23 new train station. Current RTD board members and candidates for election for SUN’s ad hoc committee on residential ground water contin - District B (including Stapleton) will be ues to collect and map data reports from homeowners. The there too. next meeting is Thursday, September 23, 6:30pm in the Short updates about education/schools, MCA Community Room. A professional hydrologist will library, recreation center, and residential make an educational presentation about how ground water and commercial development at Stapleton flows. The study group has collected data from approxi - will also be on the agenda. mately 100 homeowners who have reported “excessive” sump Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010 pump activity or other possible symptoms of ground water Time: 6:30pm levels rising. Location: Denver School of Science and Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010 Technology, 2000 Valentia Street Time: 6:30pm Contact: Steve Lawrence, 303.733.2111, Location: MCA Community Room, 2823 Roslyn Street [email protected] Details: www.StapletonUnitedNeighbors.com_Contact: www.StapletonUnitedNeighbors.com Steve Lawrence, 303.733.2111, [email protected]

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Stapleton Front Porch 29 September 2010 Happy Days, The Musical Comes to The Green in Stapleton (continued from page 1) and has just will also remember Richie’s friends, there will be plenty of poodle skirts. created a new musical called Happy Potsie and Ralph Malph, as well as “I generally look for plays that are Days to bring Fonzie and Richie back Richie’s sister, Joanie. by American playwrights and repre - into our lives and to remind all of us of “The musical goes along with sent unique American subcultures, our teenage years. the series,” Packard explained. “All plays from different times and differ - The Stapleton Master Community of the characters are there. It plays a ent experiences,” he said. “When this Association is acting as executive pro - little bit like a series finale, so the came up—that Stapleton wanted me ducer to bring the Happy Days produc - conflicts are a little bit more seri - to put together something for tion to the Theatre on the Green. ous. But we have a little more time them—I wanted that Americana. I Charles Packard of the Fox Theatre, Au - for the story to unfold—just under was looking at musical revue-type rora, is producing the musical with local two hours.” shows when I stumbled on Happy professional talent. In the musical, a developer of a Days. It wasn’t technically available The musical will be held at 6pm on restaurant chain is trying to buy for production yet, but we started Saturday, September 18 and September Arnold’s and turn it into a Denny’s, bugging the agent and they finally 25. It will also run at 4pm on Sunday, so the town rallies to try to save said, ‘Yes, go do it.’ We’re very fortu - September 19 and September 26. Arnold’s. nate that we got this.” “This is a regional premiere,” “I chose the play because I Packard’s involvement in the Sta - Packard said. “It has not been produced would go see it, and there are an pleton production is a move toward a anywhere in this market. At the Fox, I awful lot of people at Stapleton closer relationship between Stapleton make an effort to find shows that my who would go see it,” said the 40- and the Fox, he said. audience doesn’t know or doesn’t think year-old Packard. “My little daugh - “For the Fox to get to know every - they know—but there are surprises ters would go down to the stage and body at Stapleton is a great opportu - while you’re there. Happy Days works dance during the show. It’s OK to nity,” he said. “We want to be really well for that. Everyone remembers bring the kids. The really funny Stapleton’s community theatre and the series, but this has a new take on jokes the kids won’t get.” this is our first opportunity to make those characters.” The music is ’50s rock ’n’ roll— that introduction.” Those who remember the TV series Charlie Packard, producer of Happy Days doo-wop. Packard promised that

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View of Stapleton 3 school from 35th and Syracuse. The corner of the building in the fore - View of Stapleton 3 school along Syracuse (from the west). The three-story portion of the building houses ground is an auditorium that will also be available for some community uses. the classrooms for the upper grades, while the younger children are on the east side of the campus.

(continued from page 1) two Early Childhood Educa - “Stapleton’s new school is a specific challenge be - Bringing a new school into a community offers both tion classes for four-year-olds, three kindergartens and cause it’s creating a school from the ground up,” he opportunities and challenges, Raisch said. one first grade class in session at Westerly Creek Ele - said. “In my profession, it’s really rewarding. Not “We’re building an airplane while it’s in the air,” mentary School. Raisch explained that these will be everyone gets that opportunity. We’re going to create Raisch explained. “I think the opportunity for the com - the starting classrooms but DPS will rearrange as a blue ribbon school in the Stapleton area. Respond - munity is to provide the guidance and the vision of how needed to accommodate student enrollment. ing to the community’s desires and creating a top they want this school to respond to the needs of the school will be a goal that a lot of people would like to greater Stapleton area. The challenges are that each year “People started applying to the school last spring. do.” you have to be flexible to respond to the growth and That’s how we determined the classes we have now. In make it attractive enough to bring in the students to January, we will have an active recruitment for addi - Raisch brings with him a strong background in make it a school. tional grades. As the need in the community rises, education and considerable experience working in we’ll add classrooms. We weren’t originally planned to multiple settings and curriculum. “The other challenge for it is building a school cul - have a first grade this year, but enough showed up that ture,” he said. “Because it’s new, it needs a culture and we needed a first grade.” “I have been part of a school that more than dou - an identity. Every school has its own feeling about how bled in size, so adding physical space and staff pro - it’s trying to educate kids. Schools aren’t clones of each Raisch started his career as a principal in Iowa. He vided a unified goal,” he said. “That equipped me for other. They have individual feel and focus. Defining moved to Colorado in 1983 and was a principal in this job. I know the Denver system. I know the cur - that vision and mission that’s unique and then becom - Loveland’s Thompson School District until 1998. He riculum very well. I’ve worked with a lot of groups in ing that is a challenge.” then served as director of elementary school education consensus building. It’s all necessary when you’re try - in that district until 2002, when he retired. Retire - ing to start a school from the ground up.” Raisch says he is particularly happy to be living in ment didn’t last long for Raisch—he has spent the last Denver at this point in his life since he has grandchil - few years working on and off as a principal in the Raisch said he doesn’t see a problem in working dren here and wants to be able to spend time with Denver Public Schools. with Colorado’s Senate Bill 191 that changes the way them. teachers acquire tenure. “The major thing is, working with kids and parents Stapleton 3’s new principal, Chuck Raisch, is eager and teachers you’re able to accomplish something,” “I think there are some aspects of that bill that to talk with parents about the new school, answer ques - Raisch explained. “You’re able to make a difference in can be very useful for the profession,” Raisch said. “I tions and discuss what the Stapleton community wants the lives of families. It’s challenging, but at the same don’t think it’s something to be feared, but to be em - to happen. He can be reached at Westerly Creek Ele - time it’s very rewarding.” braced. I’m sure all the people working on that will mentary School, 303.322.5877, or email him at make it a useful law.” [email protected].

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