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August 2018 Vol. 21 No. 08 • Circulation: 385 Canterbury Calendar of Events Wine Tasting: Monthly. 2nd Sat. @ 6:30 p.m. HEY KIDS! Tom Daniels - 720-272-0030 or When You Are Out Playing, Linda Daniels - 720-552-4628 for more info Concert in the Park: August 19th, 5 - 7:30 p.m. Watch For Cars Because Fall Dumpster Day: September 22nd 8 a.m. - Noon They Might Not See You! Annual HOA Meeting: October 2nd Halloween Festival: October 27th Ouch! Be Safe Out There. Holiday Hayride: December 9th Neighborhood “Slow Down” Signs You have hopefully noticed the roving “Slow Down” signs throughout the Canterbury neighborhood. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to “host” one in their yard for a couple of weeks. The Canterbury Crime and Safety Committee, with the support of the Canterbury HOA, had the signs printed up in the hopes of getting peoples’ attention and slowing traffic down throughout the neighborhood. With kids home from school for the summer, there are lots of younger folk playing out- side. And the combination of impulsive inattentive kids along with inattentive speeding drivers can be deadly. The legal speed limit is 25 mph in the neighborhood but it might be better to slow down to 20 mph where there are cars parked along the street, blocking Foothills Concert the view of kids playing. They can be quick to run out after a ball or toy, or to ride their bike down a driveway, possibly hidden by vegetation, and into Series - FREE the street. Being distracted by your phone, your car’s entertainment system, Foothills Park & Recreation District gps, or anything else could mean no time to react. In a heartbeat all of your presents Narrow Gauge on Thursday, lives could be changed forever. And all because you were checking a text August 2, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Grant Family message. Or changing a radio station. Or some other meaningless distraction. Amphitheater in Clement Park, 7306 Not worth it! Take care of all those distractions BEFORE you pull out of your W. Bowles Ave. Bring the family and driveway or before you leave to come back home. lawn chair/blanket to enjoy a picnic and Let’s continue to keep the streets of Canterbury safe and accident free! watch the sunset over beautiful Johnston continued on page 2 Reservoir. www.ifoothills.org/concerts 2018 Canterbury HOA Dues – $75.00 Due Date: November 15, 2017 CHOA, P.O. Box 621382, Littleton, CO 80162 Upcoming Name:______­______HOA Meeting Address:______­ Tuesday, Aug. 7th, 7:00 p.m. Phone Number:______Tuesday, Sept. 4th, 7:00 p.m. Email Address:______(Why we ask? Just in case there is an announcement and we need to get information to homeowners quickly. We promise we will not abuse this.) Page 2 Canterbury Tales / August 2018

Free Concert August 19th 2018 Board Members Coming very soon to Chaucer Park, Chris Daniels & The Canterbury Homeowners Association Kings will be returning to perform at the annual Canterbury P.O. Box 621382 • Littleton, CO 80162 Summer Concert in the Park on Sunday, August 19th, from www.hoacanterbury.com 5:00 to 7:30pm. President: Leslie Thompson ...... 720-560-8988 According to Wikipedia, Chris Daniels formed the band in Vice President: John Anthone ...... 303-717-9653 1984. They play jump blues, , R&B, and swing and have Secretary: Steve Barnes ...... 720-289-6574 Treasurer: Debbie Meienberg ...... 303-948-8999 also played back up for artists including , The At Large: Tom Daniels ...... 720-272-0030 Drifters, and Bo Diddly. The band has released 15 albums and At Large: OPEN ...... has toured throughout the United States, in addition to doing 21 At Large: Chris Haller ...... 614-506-2892 European tours. They have performed at prestigious festivals, At Large: Karen Mulberry ...... 303-904-0199 for three US Presidents, and have been featured on a variety of Contact us by email at: American and European TV shows. And Chris has been induct- [email protected] ed into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. [email protected] You can find out more about Chris Daniels & The Kings [email protected] on Wikipedia, on their website, www.chrisdaniels.com, and Committees on their Facebook page. Even better, you can experience the Welcoming: Jenelle Bezdek/Natalie Cushman . . . .303-668-6970 band in person by bringing family and friends to the concert on Maintenance: Tom Daniels ...... 720-272-0030 August 19th. Architectural Control Chair: John Anthone . . . . .303-717-9653 In addition to the toe tapping, dance-along-to music, there Covenant Control: John Anthone ...... 303-717-9653 Website Manager: Chris Haller ...... 614-506-2892 will be a food truck on hand for you to purchase great tast- Tales Editor: Sharon Brigner ...... 303-979-4400 ing wood fired pizza. And back by popular demand, Byl, the Tales Delivery: Barb Little ...... 720-323-6589 Balloon Guy, will be making his amazing balloon creations! Bring your chairs and enjoy a great evening with your fam- The Canterbury Tales is published monthly by the Canterbury Homeowners Association, a non-profit homeowners association. The ily, friends, and neighbors! newsletter is distributed by block leaders. News Articles The Annual Concert Opens The deadline for news articles is the 15th of the month before the With a New Playground! next month’s issue, except for the Jan. issue which is Dec. 10th. A new playground is coming to Chaucer Park! The old Please email news articles to the editor at [email protected]. playground will be closed on July 27th. You will see the current All “Letters to the Editor” must be signed and include a daytime playground equipment being removed during that last week of phone number in case there are any questions. Letters may be July. The playground will be taped and closed for a couple of printed without the author’s name if requested. weeks. Advertising Foothills Park & Recreation District will be working with The deadline for advertisements is the 15th of the month for the a large group of volunteers from the Columbine Stake of The next month’s issue, except for the Jan. issue which is Dec. 4th. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 11th to To place an ad, call Colorado Lasertype, 303-979-7499. build the new playground. They will be out at the park most Email: [email protected] of the day, working in three shifts. Please feel free to swing To find ad rates and discounts, go to by to check out the progress or help out. The new playground www.ColoradoLasertype.com will have its Grand Opening during the Concert in the Park on and click on the “Advertising Rates” link. Sunday afternoon August 19th (5:00 pm to 7:30 pm) and there Appearance of an advertisement in this publication does not will be a Foothills representative out in the park to answer any constitute a recommendation or endorsement by the publisher or the questions. Stay tuned for more improvements coming to the association of the goods or services offered therein. The opinions park in 2019! Any question please call Sarah McAfee, Parks expressed in this newsletter are those of the individual authors and not Volunteer and Operations Coordinator for Foothills Park & of the Board of Directors of your association or the publisher. Neither Recreation District, at (303) 409-2317. the Board, publisher nor the authors intend to provide any profession- al service or opinion through this publication. Jefferson County Contact Info Animal Control: 303-271-5070 or report to [email protected] Special Thank You Fire Info Hotline (fire restrictions, fireworks): 303-271-8200 $300 off for Veterans: Foothills Parks & Rec (Chaucer Park): Exterior or Interior Painting Additional 303-409-2100 or www.ifoothills.org Parking (parking problems, abandoned vehicles): 303-277-0211 American family owned. 22 years in business. 10% off Road & Bridge (street/potholes, sidewalk, snow/ice issues): 303-271-5200 10% discount for cash. Multiple Home Workmans Comp & Liability Insurance Discount Sheriff (non-emergency): 303-980-7300 or [email protected] Credit cards accepted Traffic (recurring neighborhood issues): 303-271-5677 August 2018 / Canterbury Tales Page 3

Top 10 Ways to Stay Safe Online Now more than ever, it’s paramount to be aware of the dan- anything online - any sort of personal information, pic- gers that lurk on the internet. Here are the top ten things you tures or videos of yourself. Once you’ve put a picture of can do to keep yourself, and your family, safe online. yourself online most people can see it and may be able 1. Keep your software current. If automatic updates are an to download it, it’s not just yours anymore. option, turn them on. 8. Make sure to backup your data on a regular basis in case 2. Make your passwords strong and long. Use special something goes wrong. By taking preventative mea- characters where allowed and mix in capital letters. sures, you can save yourself from headaches later on. A complete sentence that you can remember typically 9. Log out of sites when you’re done using them. Logging works well - for example: IlovemydogSpot!. Remember into a site creates a cookie in your browser, which iden- to use a unique password for each of your accounts. tifies you and, if stolen, can compromise your account. 3. Be very wary of what you click on. Delete suspicious This is especially an issue on sites that hold sensitive emails. Don’t open attachments unless you’re absolute- information, like your bank account or credit card num- ly sure they’re safe. ber, so it’s always best to log out once you’re finished. 4. Be wary of public Wi-Fi - always assume someone is 10.Don’t forget about your phone! Everything on this list watching. Only transmit data that you wouldn’t mind is applicable to all devices that can go online...so your being stolen and never enter login details or banking phone, tablet, and all smart devices. information when connected to public Wi-Fi. Sources: 5. Use an ad-blocker: not only does it make pages load • https://www.techrepublic.com/article/top-5-ways-to- faster and remove annoying ads from your online life, stay-safe-online/ it also makes your web browsing experience safer and • https://blog.emsisoft.com/en/28800/stay-safe-online- more private. top-tips-internet-safety/ 6. Clear your cache. Every time you use a browser like • https://www.voanews.com/a/eleven-ways-to-keep- Firefox or Chrome, it keeps track of where you’ve yourself-safe-online/2650658.html been and what you’ve done. Often by default, records • https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/consumer/con- of every site you visited and all of your uploads and sumer-threat-notices/10-tips-stay-safe-online/ downloads can be kept for days or even weeks. • https://www.wikihow.com/Be-Safe-on-the-Internet 7. Privacy is important, think carefully before you share - Beck Larson, Canterbury Crime & Safety Committee

M ETRO D ENVER FARMERS’ MARKET MARKET ON YOUR CALENDAR Saturdays Saturdays SOUTHWEST PLAZA LAKEWOOD MAY 5 - OCT. 27 JUNE 16 - SEPT. 29 Southeast Parking Lot 9077 W. Alameda Ave (Alameda Wadsworth & Bowles & Garrison) Mile Hi Church 8am-2pm or Sellout 10am-2pm or Sellout Sundays Wednesdays HIGHLANDS RANCH LITTLETON MAY 6 - OCT. 28 JUNE 13 - OCT. 10 Highlands Ranch Town Ctr. Aspen Grove Lifestyle Ctr. 9288 Dorchester St. 7301 S. Santa Fe Dr. 10am-2pm or Sellout 10am-2pm or Sellout Check out our great recipes online! For more information call the Metro Denver Farmers’ Market Hotline 303-887-FARM www.denverfarmersmarket.com Page 4 Canterbury Tales / August 2018

10 Days of Family Fun in Littleton Doggy Dip Whether you lived here all your life or are new to the area, one of the “must August 19 & 20 dos” of summer around Littleton is Western Welcome Week (WWW)! http:// Dogs will rule the pool www.westernwelcomeweek.org/ when Foothills Park & Going into it’s 90th year, WWW offers a big slate of primarily family fun Recreation District hosts the activities, many of which are free! The first day kicks off with a book sale annual Doggy Dip at two and art shows and then the cook out and free concert and fireworks at Sterne pool locations and dates. Park – always lots of excitement! It’s the “coolest” end of the South Platte Park and the Carson Nature Center host the free Stampede summer season pool party for Open Space on the 1st Saturday of WWW, this year is August 11. From 9 for your dog! There are two locations & two a.m. to noon that day enjoy old time games, free gold panning, mountain man different dates this year, so pre-register your tales, and learn about and help support open space in our area. pooch now: Another great WWW event at South Platte Park is the Annual HawkQuest • Sunday, August 19 from 5:30-7 p.m. Family Night when that raptor education group brings live birds of prey for at Deer Creek Pool (8637 S. Garrison education presentations, often with overhead flights! Be sure to have your Street, Littleton, CO 80128, 720-981- camera in hand for this nominal fee spectacular, this year on Tuesday evening 8393) August 14! • Monday, August 20 from 5:30-7 p.m. The week wraps up with the fun parade through downtown Littleton on at Weaver Hollow Pool (12750 W. the last Saturday, plus a slew of other fun happenings that weekend. Check Stanford Avenue, Morrison, CO 80465, out the full schedule of events on the WWW website noted above. We hope 720-981-3108) to see you somewhere having fun during Western Welcome Week! Sign your dog up for one or both events. South Platte Park is a natural open space area owned by the City of The Doggy Dip is for dogs only; open swim Littleton and managed by South Suburban Parks and Recreation District with for people is not available. Pre-registration is the mission to help our community find meaning and value in natural open recommended. Fee is $12 per dog; each dog space areas through direct positive experiences. For information visit ssprd. must have its own handler 12 years of age or org/nature. older. Owners must provide proof of their dog’s —Phil Waltz, CIT current vaccinations, and a current rabies tag SSPRD.org on collar provides sufficient proof. Register at www.ifoothills.org or call.

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American Adventures Month National Night Out, Aug. 7 This is your last chance to get away before summer ends The first Tuesday of the first whole week of August pro- and school starts. Take a road trip, go camping for a weekend, motes the partnership between communities and local law or visit tourist attractions in your home state or a neighboring enforcement. Let’s work together to keep our neighborhoods one. Whatever you do, don’t let the season end before you and safe. Visit https://natw.org/ to learn more. your family have had an adventure. Page 8 Canterbury Tales / August 2018

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Current Canterbury Listings

Finished Address Beds Baths Square Feet Garage Listing Price Status

10726 West Rowland Avenue 4 4 3,480 Two Car $559,900 Under Contract

10736 West Ottawa Avenue 5 5 3,273 Three Car $619,900 Under Contract

Information was obtained from Denver ReColorado and believed to be accurate and reliable. All Reported sales were not necessarily listed or sold by the reporting broker. The Economy

Consumer prices barely rose in June, but the underlying trend points to inflation. Rising inflation will likely lead to more Fed rate increases and higher rates.

Producer prices rose more than expected in June, another factor pointing to inflation. This jump was the largest annual increase in 61/2 years.

Although trade war concerns have escalated, there's not a lot of fear that this will hurt the economy. In the meantime, mortgage rates have remained stable

Housing News

Homeowners have an estimated $5.8 trillion in accessible equity, the highest ever recorded. Despite this, fewer owners are taking cash out than in previous eras.

Inventory remains tight, but could loosen up a bit in the near future. Inventory increased 12.2% in the 2nd quarter, the biggest gain since early 2015.

Although refinance applications were down last week, purchase applications rose 7% for the week and were 8% higher than the same week a year ago.

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