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The Abbey, situated within Westminster, is a unique community that has been pre-planned and engineered to fulfill your every desire. Only minutes from downtown Denver and the colorful Rocky Mountains, The Abbey provides convenience and comfort in each of its homes. Special attention has been given to the wants and needs of the housewife and her family in creating this community so that they may more fully enjoy their way of life in a single family home. The time, effort and planning that developed the Abbey means that each home is built just for you with your dreams in mind. "The Dickens", basically a two bedroom, one bath home, can be expanded to include four bedrooms, a recreation room and two baths. 'The Byron" is designed with rhree bedrooms, three baths and is two stories, and "The Wellington" is a two bedroom, two story home that includes a den and three baths. 92nd and Lowell Boulevard Your builders at the Abbey, William Skufca & James Shelton, designed this Colorado community so that the homes are situated on minimum-maintenance lots and each home is a single-family dwelling. The Abbey is designed with you in mind because Skufca & Shelton want yo1.1 to enjoy ~ SKUFCA& Colorado living. ~ SHELTON Don't settle for an ordinary home that isn't exactly what 6671 South Broadway you had in mind. Instead come and see the Abbey and let Littleton, Colorado 80126 Skufca & Shelton build a home just for you. Show homes 429-8650 From the mid 40's. Main Office 794-2671 Welcome to Today There ore few communities offering as much to their It has progressive and innovative leaders. residents as does the Westminster area. It has a solid, well-rounded educational program, Situated in the Northwest Quadrant .of the now further enhanced by the Community College Metropolitan area, Westminster overlooks downtown featured on the cover of this magazine. Denver some eight miles away. Mostly, it has spirit and warmth and a dynamic Excellent vistas of the Front Range and Continental future. Divide attract residents every day. That's why we initiated publication of this community The community had its beginning in 1863, when magazine, the first of its type and quality developed in fertile land was homesteaded by farmers. A settlement a Denver suburban community. developed in the early 1900's, and a town We hope you will take time to read "Today" from government was formed in 1911 . cover to cover. When the toll road to Ooulder was laid through the We believe it will give you some insights into the middle of town during the 1960's, Westminster community. blossomed. Population of the town this year exceeds More importantly, it will permit you to be aware of a 40,000, and coupled with neighboring Federal Heights score of untold stories of interesting people and and immediate unincorporated areas to the east, more situations that set the community apart. than 75,000 residents consider themselves part of the We plan to continue those in the next issue. community. Out the community is more than numbers. It's a mighty pleasant place to live. 3 SOLD TWO OFFICES SERVING YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS IN THE DENVER/METRO AREA 1400 W. 104th Avenue 7201 Federal Boulevard Northglenn, Colorado 80234 Westminster, Colorado 80030 (303) 451-5191 (303) 427-7850 Each office is independen tly owned and operated. THE REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS CLIP AND MAIL TO EITHER OF THE ABOVE ADDRESSES OVER 4200 ------------------------------D Please send me information concerning Denver, as we will soon be moving there. OF FICES NATIONWIDE Ontu~ D Please send information about the following TO MAKE YOUR MOVE rffi nti 21® specific area : SMOOTHER. FOR MORE ADAMS REALTY, INC. INFORMATION, USE Approximate Moving Date : THE ATIACHED (Century 21 can also help make your move to COUPON OR another state) CALL COLLECT TO Name _______ __________ EITHER OF THE Address _ _ _ ______________ ABOVE NUMBERS City ______state _____Zip ____ Contents 6 North Community College a series of six informative articles on the new campus in Westminster 21 Ted Strickland will Westminster send a State Senator From your spacious to the governor's mansion 1,2 or 3 bedroom apartment at Lowell Ter· 24 RTD race, you and your family will enjoy o a comprehensive examination of RTD magnificent panorama of the fl.ocl~ Mountain service to, from and within the north front range. You will be close to St. Anthony's suburbs Hospital North, North Volley Shopping Center, 32 An International Perspective downtown Denver, and o variety of recreation how Rotary International and Experi· facilities including booting lakes and golf ment in International Living have courses. And of course, you ore only minutes added a foreign flavor to the commun­ ity from comping, hil~ing and fun in the mountains 36 Focus when you live at Lowell Terrace Apartments. a pictorial review of the north suburbs 39 Vi June Lowell Terrace also how Westminster's mayor became offers you all electric l~itchens , laundry facilities, involved in government woll~·in closets, individual air conditioning and 50 Rags, Riches, Ruin ... personal heat control, patios, balconies, o the amazing story of Fred Ward well equipped playground, outdoor 56 KPOF Classical Radio at 910 sw imming pool and plen­ Westminster station maintains conser­ ty of off street free vative programming for nearly 50 porl~ 1ng years 60 Colridge Farms an efficient food factory holds out in the north suburbs 66 Les Nickless local minister explains his calling to community service projects 68 Youth Ice Hockey infectious fun for the whole family 73 Two Assessments of Schools Iver Ranum and Wally Armistead field same questions during separate inter· views 84TH AVE. 79 What's Going on Here? a citizen's summary of local govern­ .... <a: ment, service and special interest w 0 w 0"' groups ... 0 ...w Prepared and Printed by N North Suburban Printing & Publishing, Inc. w-$- e 3995 W. 73rd Ave. Westminster, Colo. s 428-9529 1-70 Publisher . .... ... Wilbur E. Flach man Editor . .. .. ............. Sharon Brown Staff Writer . ....... ........... Dee Carter 84th & Lowell Boulevard Advertising . ..... .. .. Sally Stancil Corey Westminster, Colo. 80030 Mike Manning 428-1941 Art Director . ... .. ..... Joyce Bergstrom 5 Novelty of Solar Heating Is Secondary to Opportunities Generated by New Campus A unique solar-heated and cooled institu­ tion of learning where vocational studies are t0 up front and on the same floor with academics opened its doors this fall in z Westminster's heartland. The Community College of Denver, North Campus, at I 12th and Lowell claims the title of the nation's largest installation heated by solar energy. But that's secondary. way of life. Truly a college for the people, During the 1972-73 winter, Denver North Campus and its sister colleges, experienced a severe shortage of Red Rocks and Auraria, present natural gas and heating oil. An unparalleled opportunities for know­ upsetting gasoline-short summer fol ­ ledge to those 18 years or older lowed, and in August of that summer, whether it's for a brand new career or Public Service Company of Colorado just a new interest, whether it's issued a bulletin stating that natural learning or improving a basic skill or gas connections would be available L aiming for transfer into a four-year only to those applications made by college or university. Dec. 31 and ready for occupancy by oA series f timely happenings were June 30, 1974. factors in the decision to make North After a study of "reasonable Campus a model educational facility alternative sources of energy," four heated by solar energy. major factors seemed to point to solar c Back in 1972-73, when initial energy as the way to go with the new planning meetings were being held to campus, according to Robert H. Kula, < determine the shape and size of the campus director of planning. new permanent North Campus, the One was to keep the building in energy crisis was beginning to emerge harmony with the 90 acres of gently as a very real threat to a comfortable rolling farmland on which it is 6 Right, the heart of the solar heating system at North Campus is a complicated maze of pipes pumps and motors. situated, with its irrigation ponds, venerable cottonwoods, a creek and some elderly farm buildings. Another was a realization that the natural gas suppl!J was exhaustible, coupled with the fact that what was available would probably increase in cost 300 per cent at the wellhead by 1990. Later information showed the increase would more likely have reached 500 to 800 per cent. A fourth determinant was Color­ ado's predominantly sunny skies, even in January, and this, plus the high altitude and low humidity would mean an excellent year-round source of sun power. Bridgers & Paxton Engineers of Albuquerque, N.M. were employed to help with design since that firm has been housed in a solar heated office building since 1956. When they had designed their own office facility, they did so primarily to test their theories on solar-heating pump technology. The system performed even better than they had hoped. Thus, they were both enthusiastic proponents and had first-hand knowledge about solar heated buildings. Because the college is a state-fund­ ed institution, the college design team, headed by Kula, went to then 7 Governor John Vanderhoof and campus with sun power over that the useful life of the building. The requested a technical and financial required for a conventional structure state's feasibility study showed the net feasibility study of the plan to build went into vastly improved insulation, additional investmeht would be re· with solar energy.

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