Distributed to the Stapleton, Park Hill, Lowry, Montclair, Mayfair, Hale and East Colfax neighborhoods DENVER, COLORADO MARCH 2009

Choosing A Summer Camp for Your Kids P h o t o c o u r t e s y o f N a t u r e R a n g e r s C a m p .

Kids at Nature Rangers summer day camp are dip-netting from the floating bridge on Lake Mary at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge just north of Stapleton. or many, summer camp evokes camps can be found close to home, but chess, foreign languages, and a camp for We welcome readers’ submissions visions of crafts, sports and games a wide range of other options are also children with disabilities. Sports camps include: about additional local camps, which will Fwith a group of kids excited about available nearby. The Front Porch has golf, gymnastics, hockey, horseback riding, ice be printed in upcoming issues. Our 2009 being outdoors and active after a year in the identified 52 camps for children of all skating, karate, soccer, and speed training. Summer Camp list begins on page 25. classroom. For those who live in northeast ages including: art, theatre, science, plants, Denver, a number of those active outdoor animals, business, financial education,

By Nancy Burkhart hen her Local Community Colleges Offer Dancer Follows grand - Wmother and Training for Jobs of the Future Irish Heritage her aunts grew up with Photo courtesy of Front Range Community College. Irish dancing, what is a By Kathy Epperson with workforce de - velopment partners 10-year-old girl most he recent to forecast areas of likely to do with her spate of job job growth and spare time? Tlosses na - help area residents Nora Nix, a fifth- tionwide has adjust to the times. grader at Bill Roberts, sparked an interest has followed her family in adult education What kinds of heritage. She has been as a means of hon - changes have you taking lessons in Irish ing existing skills or seen in enrollment dance for nearly two starting down a or program inquiries years, and already does new career path. since the beginning both soft shoe and The Front Porch of the economic hard shoe dancing, ac - spoke with three downturn? cording to her mother, local community Jennifer Nix. colleges – Front Front Range: At the Irish dances include Range Community Westminster Cam - the jig, reel and horn College , Commu - pus, we’ve had pipe. Some believe that nity College of about a 14% in - Irish dancing is a bit Denver, and Au - crease in enroll - harder to do than most Front Range Community College students train for types of dancing be - rora Community Emergency Medical Services certification. ment in the last College – to learn year for campus cause the dancer Nora Nix,10, shows off her Irish dancing skills to her mom, Jennifer, more about what changes they’ve seen in en - classes, and a slightly larger increase in online her brother Liam, 7, and little sister Tess, 2, on the front porch of doesn’t move his or her rollment and how they’ve been working class enrollments. (continued on page 30 their Stapleton home. Irish dancing is difficult because the arms arms at all. They must remain straight at the dancer's sides. (continued on page 16)

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Stapleton Resident Stapleton Summer Helped Lure Library Camp S.U.N. Stimulus Signing 6 Update Guide 28 to Denver 7 25 ¡

Late afternoon sun casts long shadows in Stapleton’s Greenway Park.

Happy hours 3-7 and 10-midnight 7 days a week CALENDAR Featuring $3 domestic drafts, well wines, well drinks & a great tapas menu. Events in or near Stapleton that are free and open to the public or are charitable fundraisers. Additional events are listed on page 13. Nightly dinner specials & kids eat free all day Sunday

The place to be on St. Patricks day – Save the Date – MARCH Festivities start March 12 with Irish Trivia and continues Stapleton Public Forum Thursday, May 7 Update on development at Stapleton Saturday, March 14 through the weekend with Irish dancers, bagpipers, a Free! Bladium Kids Fest, 11am-2pm. tented patio and giveaways through St. Pats day. 7 - 8:30pm (doors open at 6:30) Fun for kids and families Denver School of Science & Technology Bladium, 2400 Central Park Blvd. Middle School, 2000Valentia St (303)320-3033 Cosponsored by: Stapleton United Neighbors, [email protected] Stapleton Citizens Advisory Board, Forest City Stapleton, Inc. Sunday, March 15 Schlessman Library Author Reading & Signing -Arnold Grossman, author of three novels FREE Entree MARCH and a nonfiction book about gun violence, One Nation Under Guns. 2pm Buy one entree and get a second of equal or lesser value free. 1st & Quebec, Lowry. Offer good Monday through Thursday. 1st, 3rd, & 5th Fridays Cannot be used with any other coupon, discount or offer. Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) 0-6 years old Monday, March 16 9 - 11:30am Corona Presbyterian Church, 1205 E SCFD Free Day – Denver Botanic Gardens 8th Ave., 303-832-2297, www.mops.org. 7301 E. 29th Ave., Denver • 720.974.7350 Wednesday, March 18 Tuesday, March 3 SCFD Free Day– Denver Museum of Nature Free – 4-8pm at The Children’s Museum and Science 2121 Children's Museum Drive 303- 433-7444 or www.childrensmuseums.org. Thursday, March 19 SCFD Free Day, Denver Center for the Saturday, March 7 Performing Arts SCFD Free Day – Denver Art Museum August Wilson's Radio Golf , Available the day of the event at the theatre box office only Saturday, March 7 Box Office opens at 4:30 (lines form earlier); Active Minds – Buddhism No reservations; First-come, first-served; 2 – 3pm, Commerce City Library, One ticket per person; Seating is General Ad - 7185 Monaco, Commerce City mission; No children under six; House opens www.ActiveMindsForLife.com ½ hour before curtain.1101 13th St., Denver RSVP: 303-287-0063 303.893.4100 Monday, March 9 Tuesday, March 24 Stapleton New Resident Orientation Free, Active Minds – Somalia: Piracy and Please call or email to rsvp Anarchy. 5:30-6:30 pm 303.388.0724 Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax [email protected] www.activemindsforlife.com Tuesday, March 10 Wednesday, March 25 Free, Active Minds – The Financial Meltdown Free, Active Minds – Ukraine at a Tipping Origins of the current situation will be explained Point. Since independence, Ukraine has and proposed remedies of the new Obama admin - aligned more with the west, resulting in esca - istration will be examined. 12:30-1:30 pm lating tension between ethnic Russians and Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax Ukrainians. 1:00-2:00 pm, www.activemindsforlife.com Generations at Lowry, 8505 Lowry Blvd Saturday, March 14 RSVP 303-364-8500 Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade – starts 10am www.activemindsforlife.com http://www.countingpix.com/id1.html Thursday, March 26 Saturday, March 14 SCFD Free Day – Denver Center for the Arthritis Answers: What’s New in Rheumatology Performing Arts - A Prayer for Owen Meany Treatment, National Jewish Health, Molly Blank (see free day info at March 19th listing) Conference Center 8:15 a.m. Sunday, March 29 Continental breakfast, registration required Schlessman Library Author Reading & Signing Call 303-756-8622. Stapleton resident Charlene Porter’s novel Boldfaced Lies: A Novel Inspired by True Sto - ries of the Real American West, is about the KKK in 1925 in Denver. 2pm s Free, 1st & Quebec, Lowry. ome ts welc even rch ocal nt Po ing l d e Fro com ) an APRIL Th of up 15th ues. ions s the re iss iss ne i utu r.com ubm adli or f enve Sunday, April 5 s (de as f tonD ide aple com Hopscotch Hustle fashion show, a fundraiser ory @St tCo. st ason ePrin TGle Fin for WeeCycle Colorado, 2-5 pm (see p. 14) mail arol@ E or C (See page 14 for recurring monthly events and meetings)

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March 2009 2 Stapleton Front Porch Stapleton Front Porch 3 March 2009 Stapleton Resident Helped Lure Stimulus Signing to Denver Photo courtesy of Denver Museum of Nature and Science

NEW LISTING

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science has the second largest solar array in the state. Staple - ton resident and electrical engineer Dave Noel, asVice President for Operations and Technology, brought the museum’s project to fruition.

By Nancy Burkhart this. He said to me hanks to that it’s a great in - Presented by Jody Donley the work of stitution and he TStapleton thought we were 5 Bedrooms, 5 Baths. Prime Stapleton Location. Gorgeous finishes resident Dave Noel, doing some great and landscaping. Each room is a work of art! Over 4000 Finished President Barack things. It was pretty Square Feet! 2813 Spruce Street. $649,900 Obama last month fun,” Noel said. used the Denver The solar array Museum of Nature is only part of an UNDER CONTRACT NEW LISTING and Science as the alternative energy site for the signing plan at the mu - of the Stimulus Bill. seum. Noel is vice- “The real mes - president of opera - sage here is that this tions at the is one step,” Noel

Presented by Jody Donley Presented by Jody Donley Museum of Nature said. “We’ve got a Under Contract in 5 days! 4 Bedrooms. 2.5 Baths. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths. Huge Corner lot. Walk and Science. His very aggressive en - Corner lot across from Greenway Park. 2702 to pool and park. Over 2750 Finished Square wife, Kathy, is a ergy reduction and Square Feet. 9008 E. 25th Drive. $549,900 Feet. 7904 E. 28th Ave. $489,900 substitute teacher at energy audit going NEW LISTING UNDER CONTRACT the Odyssey School on in the museum at Stapleton and now. We’re design - works with teachers ing a 100,000 sq. in training at The ft. addition to the Friends School in museum which in - Boulder. They cludes a 60,000 sq. were Park Hill resi - ft. collection stor - Presented by Melinda Howlett Presented by Jaryd Takushi dents for 30 years age facility, as well 4 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths. Uniquely situated $50,000 Price Drop! Finished basement. Move-in and last summer as a science educa - directly on Aviator Park and Pool. Over condition. 3164 finished square feet. moved to Stapleton Stapleton resident Dave Noel oversaw the entire 2800 Fin. Sq. Ft. 2746 Tamarac St. $469,000 2534 Akron Street. $439,900 tion facility. The to “downsize” after project that resulted in 465 photo voltaic panels on whole wing is in - NEW LISTING raising two daugh - the roof of the Denver Museum of Nature and tended to be 50 Science. ters and a son. percent more en - The Obama Administration “probably” ergy-efficient and have a zero carbon foot - chose the museum for the bill’s signing be - print. cause of the museum’s connection with the “As we power it and heat it and cool it, the Boulder-based solar electric company, Na - energy we use can’t produce carbon. We’re not maste Solar Electric, Noel said. going to be able to heat the building with gas- Presented by Melinda Howlett Presented by Melinda Howlett The museum’s solar array is referred to as a fired boilers. We have a number of alternatives 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths. Main floor master 3 Bedrooms. 2.5 Baths. McStain Brownstone with endless upgrades. 1800 sq. ft. + 1100 1 block from Central Park. 1642 Square Feet. photovoltaic array or PV panels or solar pan - that we’re considering.” sq. ft. unfin. bsmt. 2361 Alton St. $409,000 8939 E. 29th Avenue. $375,000 els, he said. To see how the museum’s solar power is “We were a great venue to present alterna - working on both a sunny day and a cloudy UNDER CONTRACT tive energy,” Noel said. “It’s part of our mis - day and to learn what the array is producing sion. The whole reason is that we’re a science every hour for the last week, month or year, education center as well as a museum, and go to the museum’s website, www.dmns.org. we’re a big proponent of climate-changing al - Click on “About Us” and then “Solar Power.” ternative energy and what we as a public can The museum’s solar array produces enough do. electricity to power 25 homes in the Denver

Presented by Melinda Howlett Presented by Jody Donley “It’s not enough for us to preach it without area, Noel said. However, that is only about 3 Charming Wonderland Ranch. Beautiful finishes Under Contract in 24 hours! 3 Bedrooms. 2 doing it ourselves,” he added. “For us to in - to 5 percent of the museum’s electricity. and stunning upgrades. 1185 Square Feet. Baths. Mid-Century Masterpiece! 1898 Fin - stall a large array and have it working as a Therefore, other alternative energy opportuni - 2822 Clinton Way. $349,000 ished Sq. Ft. 2862 Krameria St. $275,000 demonstration environment is one step in our ties are being considered, he said. plan to reduce energy consumption at the Noel advises other museums and non-prof - museum and create a demonstration environ - its about doing similar installations. ment so that we can teach it to both adults “The economics of an installation like that 303.394.4526 and children. are tough,” he explained. “Non-profits can’t “We worked hard to create a reputation take advantage of state and federal tax advan - Jody Donley • Karl Lo that we’re green and progressive and moving tages. We talk about ways to finance.” ahead and want to create the correct atmos - Contact Dave Noel at [email protected]. www.NPREco.com phere for science and learning. It’s a great feel - For information on the Denver Museum of Na - We eat, breathe, and sleep Stapleton. ing that the president knows that we’re doing ture and Science, visit www.dmns.org.

4 March 2009 Stapleton Front Porch Stapleton Front Porch 5 March 2009 How the Recovery Act Stands to Benefit Colorado Information courtesy of Colorado Colorado will see approximately House Speaker Terrance Carroll and $200 million for renewable energy provided by the The Colorado Fiscal and efficiency projects, putting thou - Policy Institute sands to work. Over $43 million will he President’s stimulus bill be used for worker support, training, will provide immediate re - and aid to dislocated workers. Tlief for Colorado families. Tax Credits and Income Assis - With just over $2.8 billion coming tance to the state, we will see the creation Terrance Carroll The “Making Work Pay Tax of thousands of new jobs, invest - Credit” is the backbone of the tax as - ments in public education and increased assis - sistance portion of the stimulus package, and tance for our most vulnerable people. Although it functions as a refundable tax credit of up to is still too early to know exactly where all the $400 for any individual or $800 for any family. money will go, here is a preliminary break-down: This tax credit will provide needed tax relief for Roughly $752 million will go to building those without children who do not qualify for schools, retaining teachers, and improving tech - the Earned Income Tax Credit. nology in the classroom. Healthcare and human The Child Tax Credit will be expanded, service programs, which have seen their budgets benefiting over 191,000 children in Colorado. slashed, will be infused with much-needed fund - Any family that makes over $16,333 in a year ing. In addition, Colorado will receive $280 mil - will receive the full $1,000 refundable tax lion for Title 1 assistance to disadvantaged credit, and any family making more than students and $154 million for special education $3,000 in a year is eligible for a partial tax programs. credit. At $880 million, Medicaid assistance is the More than 58,000 families will receive help largest single expenditure in Colorado’s stimulus from Supplemental Security Income, a program funds. Medicaid provides necessary healthcare to that provides income assistance and security for low-income people, and the federal government people with disabilities and the elderly. The matches the amount of money the state spends. stimulus will provide those who already receive More people will be eligible for food stamps, SSI assistance with a one-time benefit increase including legal immigrant families. Each dollar in of $450 for individuals, or $630 for couples. food stamps generates $1.71 in economic activity. For all individuals receiving unemployment, Approximately $15 million will be used to as - benefits will increase by $25 per week. sist families who have lost their homes, homeless - Finally, the stimulus package included the ness prevention programs and shelters. Additional Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act, funds may be used to build affordable housing. which provides funds to close major gaps in the Colorado will gain $24 million in Child Care unemployment insurance system. Colorado will and Development Block Grant Funds, which will receive almost $9 million to better serve unem - help subsidize child care for children in low-in - ployed workers. come working families and low-income families Stimulus spending can be tracked at with parents in job retraining or education. An Colorado.gov/recovery. Information on the additional $8.1 million will go to Head Start pro - Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute is available at grams. www.cclponline.org. Colorado stands to receive more than $507 Terrance Carroll represents District 7, which million for infrastructure and transportation encompasses all of Stapleton, parts of Park Hill, spending. The funds will go towards highway and Montclair, and East Colfax, and Montbello and bridge repair and construction, as well as new Green Valley Ranch. Speaker Carroll can be projects in public transportation, such as busing reached at 303-866-2346 or and rail programs. [email protected]

March 2009 6 Stapleton Front Porch Central Park Boulevard Interchange Stapleton Library Update a Candidate for Stimulus Funds By Shirley Amore increased staffing for a second floor creates s a result of the Infrastructure Bond permanent higher operating costs and could By John S. Lehigh provided the seven-county Metro Denver Program that Denver voters ap - result in fewer hours of operation especially hen the citizens of region with a $5.7 billion economic and fiscal Aproved in November 2007, the Den - in tough economic times. A two-story struc - neighborhoods in Denver, impact, according to a study completed by ver Public Library will be building three new ture also negatively impacts the layout and WAurora and Commerce City Development Research Partners in September libraries and renovating and repairing its flow of services within the building. participated in the creation of the plan for 2006. Based on a 20-year build out, that study current 23 facilities. The new libraries will The Central Park Boulevard site is larger redeveloping the former Stapleton projected that the redevelopment of Stapleton be built over the next few years in Green (2.79 acres) and allows for a more desirable International Airport, they envisioned a has the potential to generate $36.3 billion in Valley Ranch, the Westside along the West single story building with greater parking mixed-use urban community that would be economic and fiscal impact for the Metro Colfax corridor and Stapleton. availability. A single story library is less ex - connected as “seamlessly” as possible to its Denver region. The Denver Public Library Commission pensive to operate and provides a more cus - neighbors. One means for establishing Funding for this new interchange, which is looked at three possible sites for the new tomer-friendly layout. The proximity to those connections was the extension of the projected to cost $50 million, will immediately branch library to serve the Stapleton area: neighborhood schools allows children to local and regional street grid to enable create over 1000 construction jobs and be the Central Park Blvd and Xanthia Way, the walk to the library for class visits and after Stapleton’s neighbors to have easy access to impetus to creating thousands of new Eastbridge Town Center and the current school programs. The co-location of the li - the new jobs, retail, parks and schools that permanent jobs in Colorado because it would Town Center on 29 th Avenue and preferred brary with the schools creates an education have been created on the former airport provide the critical access to develop 400 acres the Central Park Blvd site. campus and encourages greater use of the li - since the redevelopment began in May of commercial land and 4000 residential units The Library has worked with SUN to brary by students and parents. Central Park 2001. north of Interstate 70. The interchange would gather feedback from neighborhood resi - Boulevard is more accessible to the commu - One of the most important connections also help the region address the transportation dents about the library site. The feedback nity south of Stapleton. This site would fill a in that street grid is the arterial known as improvements state and federal officials are indicates that the majority of Stapleton resi - gap in Library service and encourage further Central Park Boulevard, which is designed likely to propose for the I-70 corridor. The dents agree with the Library Commission retail development in the surrounding to connect Stapleton north and south of design of the regional roadway system that that the Central Park Blvd site is the best site neighborhood. Interstate 70 via a new interchange connects to the interchange is already for the new 28,000 square foot library. The After the land is acquired, the Library proposed to be located just to the east of underway and construction of that system will Library Commission is proceeding with ne - will select an architect to design the build - the Cargo Road overpass that once served be funded separately by the Park Creek gotiations with Forest City to acquire land ing. Additional public input will be gathered the old airport. For the past several years, Metropolitan District. at the Central Park Boulevard site. to inform the design of the building and the Stapleton’s master developer, Forest City, City officials have already begun the The Library Commission selected the services offered. Public safety and environ - Stapleton, Inc., has been working with contractor selection process for the Central Central Park Blvd site for a number of rea - mental impact will be high priorities. All Colorado’s Congressional Delegation, the Park Boulevard Interchange, and construction sons. They deemed the Eastbridge Town City buildings including the new library are City and County of Denver, the Federal is scheduled to start this summer, with the Center site too remote for much of the serv - required to meet at least LEED Silver certifi - Highways Administration and the Colorado opening of at least the first phase of the ice area which extends beyond Stapleton to cation. Department of Transportation to secure the interchange projected for late 2010. At a time include the neighborhoods south of Bond funds approved by voters will cover necessary approvals and financing for that when our nation is focused on efforts to Montview and the 2 9th Avenue Town Center $12 million per location. Additional fund - new interchange, which is now a candidate stimulate the economy, securing federal site too small (27,000 square feet). ing from grants and donations will be to receive funding under the federal stimulus funding for the construction of the The Library Commission does not want sought to fund enhancements to the basic stimulus package. Central Park Boulevard Interchange will not to repeat the mistakes of the Schlessman designs. This new interchange is critical to only provide immediate jobs, but also address Family Branch in Lowry: an undersized, The anticipated opening for the new maximize the full potential of Stapleton, the regional infrastructure improvements we land-locked footprint with no room for ex - branch is late 2011. one of the nation’s most ambitious urban need to build a strong economy for the future. pansion and severely limited parking. The Shirley Amore is the City Librarian for infill developments. Between 2001 and John Lehigh is President of Forest City Town Center site would force the library to Denver Public Library. She can be reached at 2006, the redevelopment of Stapleton Stapleton, Inc. go vertical increasing construction costs. The [email protected].

Stapleton Front Porch 7 March 2009 LOCAL BUSINESSES

Dry Cleaning Family Brings Experience to Stapleton Acupuncture:

tomer satisfaction and friendly service,” Becky added. “Quality is Number 1 for us. And lots of cleaners can’t compete with our prices. Since we service all the clothes in our shop here, we’re going to give more attention to them. We care. We can pay attention to every little detail.” The Shins immi - grated to the United States from South Korea in 1986. “They wanted a bet - ter life,” Becky ex - plained. Cindy has been a U.S. citizen for 15 At Community Acupuncture, treatment takes Cindy Shin, owner and manager of Stapleton Cleaners located in the storage facility on Martin Luther King Blvd. years. Becky got her cit - place in a room with 3-5 comfortable recliners. All the cleaning is done on the premises. izenship when she The atmosphere is calm and soothing with low turned 18 years old. lights and music. The acupuncturist speaks in a By Nancy Burkhart and do free button replacements. All our But In Sup just received his citizen - indy and In Sup Shin have services are performed on-site. It all is done in ship last month. By Nancy Burkhart brought their 20 years of experi - this building.” The family moved to Denver in or more than 2,000 years the Chi - Cence in dry cleaning to Staple - Because all the work is done on location, 1987. nese have used acupuncture, the in - ton with the opening of Stapleton Dry Stapleton Dry Cleaners offers same-day serv - “Colorado was their first choice,” Fsertion of needles through the skin, Cleaners in the Extra Space Storage ice. When items to be cleaned are dropped Becky said. to heal by stimulating the movement of Building, located on Martin Luther off by 10 a.m. they can be picked up at 5 p.m. All customers at the Stapleton Dry energy throughout the body. Helen Cas - King Blvd. east of Roslyn Street. Business hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mon - Cleaners will meet Cindy when they tro and Amy Rishe have opened the Dry cleaning has been a family busi - day through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat - drop off their dry cleaning items. Community Acupuncture and Chinese ness for the Shins, according to their urday. “My parents practically live here at Medicine Clinic at 1454 Newport St., daughter, Becky, 23, who helps out at Stapleton Dry Cleaners is offering a 20% the shop,” Becky said. “My mom sits #2, to continue this healing tradition. the Stapleton facility. Her aunt also discount on all dry cleaning through the end at the front desk. She tries to get to Both Castro and Rishe earned Masters runs a dry cleaning establishment in Lit - of April to celebrate the shop’s opening. know people.” of Science degrees in Traditional Chinese tleton. The Shins stress that their work is eco- Contact Stapleton Dry Cleaners at Medicine from the Colorado School of “We have new computers to control friendly and that their facility is compliant 303-333-4311. Traditional Chinese Medicine. They eco-friendly dry cleaning machines,” with all Environmental Protection Agency To inquire about retail space at the completed internships at Heilongjiang Becky explained. “We do clothes, regulations. Extra Space Storage Building where Hospital in Harbin, China. household goods and any other dry “My mom wants me to say that we prom - Stapleton Cleaners is located call 303- The acupuncturists have brought cleaning items. We perform alterations ise high quality, good prices, complete cus - 572-7700. community acupuncture to Denver. The procedure is done in a room with three to five comfortable recliners for patients in a

Dining Guide

Average entree: Meals served: Solera Restaurant & Wine Bar $ - less than $10 Miscellaneous B-Breakfast 5410 East Colfax Ave (Park Hill) Italian $$ - $10 to $15 L-Lunch 303.388.8429. A Nationally recognized Chipotle Mexican Grill $$$ - over $15 Allegra's Pizza th D-Dinner restaurant with elegant American cuisine and 7400 East 29 Ave (Stapleton) >-Family friendly 2240 Oneida St. (Park Hill) an award-winning wine list. $$$, D 303.316.0469 Food Fast with Integrity. 303.333.4442. Open Daily 4:30 to > 8:30 p.m., Closed Mon. Naturally raised meats. $, LD, American The Copper Canyon Grill Free Delivery (Stapleton & Park Hill) (at Renaissance Denver Hotel) - Stapleton Noodles & Company & Take-out. Please visit 7401 East 29 th Ave (Stapleton) The Berkshire 3801 Quebec St / 303.399.7500 th www.allegraspizza.com. $,D 303.780.0044 Open Sun - Thurs 7352 East 29 Ave (Stapleton) Casual, upscale steakhouse in a beautiful 11am-9pm & Fri-Sat 11am-10pm. Visit 303.321.4010 Serving refined com - atrium environment at the newly renovated Anthony’s Pizza & Pasta noodles.com for more info! $, LD, > fort food in a comfortable & relaxed Renaissance Hotel. $$$, BLD, > 7472 East 29 th Ave (Stapleton) atmosphere.Visit www.theberkshir - 303.398.2800. Friendly hometown Udi’s Bread Café > erestaurant.com. $$, LD, Asian service with pastas and NY style 7357 East 29 th Ave (Stapleton) pizza in slices or whole pies. $$, LD, > 303.329.8888 Udi’s offers fresh inter - Casey’s Bistro and Pub Blue Fin Sushi th national cuisine for breakfast/lunch. 7301 East 29 Ave (Stapleton) th Mario N Wongs 7303 East 29 Ave (Stapleton) 303.333.4006 M-F 7a-2:30p, Wkends 8:30a-2:30p. 720.974.7350 Neighborhood Irish 6110 East Colfax Ave (Mayfair) Happy Hour: $2.50 on select hand rolls, sake Be Udiful! $$, BL, > Bistro.Twice daily happy hour. Every 2 for 1, select beer $2.25 $$, LD, > 303.393.1888 New concept in Italian Sunday kids eat free. $$, LD, > cooking – Wok style Italian made with Ling and Louie's the freshest ingredients. $, LD, > Einstein Bagel Co Asian Bar & Grill th 7300 East 29 Ave (Stapleton) 8354 Northfield Blvd 303 371-4644 The CherryTomato 303.322.2585 Not only bagels – Happy Hour 3:30 - 6:30 Daily 4645 E. 23rd Ave (Park Hill) 303- also great for pizza. $, BL, > he Award Winning Menu 5280, ABC's 377-1914 Join us and enjoy great n t A-List, and Westword. L,D, $$, > Italian food, wine, and an enjoyable oi g Famous Dave’s BBQ > J n th atmosphere. $$, D, ni 7557 East 36 Ave (Stapleton) Taste of Asia Di e! 303.399.3100 Most lip-smacking, 7505 East 35 th Ave (Stapleton) 303.388.8982. id finger-licking BBQ in Denver. Dine- Chinese, Thai,Vietnamese cuisine for dine-in, u > G in, take-out or catering. $$, LD, take-out or delivery. $, LD, >

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March 2009 8 Stapleton Front Porch An Option for Healing

“Acupuncture is an all-natural form of healing,” Castro said. “It allows the body to balance and heal itself as opposed to using medications to treat the symptoms. We try to find the root of the problem in - stead of treating just the symptom.” The acupuncturists encourage their pa - tients to discuss their medications with their doctors, Castro and Rishe said. They stressed that they do not tell their patients to stop the Western healing prescribed by their physicians. The number of acupuncture sessions would depend on the malady, Rishe said. “Chronic problems take about 10 treatments to see significant results,” she said. “Most people come in one to two times a week. If it’s something more seri - ous, they can come in up to five times a week. In China, some patients were com - ing in seven days a week.” whisper as to not disturb other patients. Most con - ditions can be treated by using acupuncture points “I think if we get a condition under on the arms, legs and head. Owners Amy Rishe, left, control and a patient is feeling better, we and Helen Castro, right, work with patients. would recommend continuing treatments on a regular basis, slowing down to a cou - ple of times a year for maintenance,” Cas - soothing atmosphere with dim lighting tro said. “Acupuncture keeps them healthy and music. and balanced. “Community acupuncture in the last “In Chinese medicine, when we talk three years has been popping up all about illness, something is not flowing the around the country. There are probably way it should flow,” she explained. “By seven to 10 community acupuncture clin - using acupuncture and Chinese herbs, we ics in the metro area,” Castro said. “We are looking for those blockages. Acupunc - are trying to make acupuncture more af - ture keeps that system flowing so that it fordable and to allow a person to access it can continue to nourish the whole person more frequently. Frequency makes for and to keep in balance. When the body’s better and faster success.” in balance it can heal itself. When it’s out Community acupuncture provides of balance, that’s when you get pain.” services on a sliding scale, between $35 For information and appointments, call and $55, depending on what patients say Community Acupuncture and Chinese they can afford, Castro explained. Follow- Medicine Clinic at 303-321-1747 or visit up treatments are between $20 and $40. the website: www.communityacupuncture No proof of income is required. clinic.com.

Stapleton Front Porch 9 March 2009 LOCAL

Lemongrass Demonstrates Vietnamese Culture

An Nguyen, owner of An's Lemongrass Grill, displays a bowl of Pho, traditional Vietnamese noodle soup and an order of spring rolls.

By Nancy Burkhart n Nguyen immigrated to the died. She’s my inspiration.” United States at the age of 9. Nguyen’s mother recently passed AToday, she gives people who away, but Nguyen still visits other rela - eat at An’s Lemongrass Grille, 2373 tives in Vietnam. Central Park Blvd., #107, a hint of the Now Nguyen is offering customers a Vietnamese culture in her cuisine. taste of her Vietnamese cuisine at three “It’s quick-serve Vietnamese food,” An’s Lemongrass Grilles in the Denver Nguyen explained. “We have a main area. Besides the grille at Stapleton, course of marinated meat in a lemon - there is one in Highlands in northwest grass marinade. We grill it. It’s soaked Denver and one in downtown Denver. with rice, noodles, steamed rice or “In Chinese, Asian and Thai restau - brown rice and a traditional Viet - rants, there is confusion about food,” namese sauce which we call ‘piscis.’ It’s Nguyen said. “We want people to expe - Latin for fish.” rience the true culture of what we eat in Vietnamese food includes fresh Vietnam. We don’t offer stir-fry because vegetables, but without stir-frying, that’s Chinese cuisine. In Vietnam, we Nguyen said. Besides meat, the grille mostly drink iced coffee, so we don’t offers shrimp and tofu. offer hot coffee. We have Thai tea and “A lot of people who don’t like tofu Vietnamese coffee. like ours because it absorbs a lot of the “We have traditional ‘pho’ here. It’s flavor. It takes the flavor of the lemon - a noodle soup, a blended broth of dif - grass,” Nguyen said. ferent spices. It takes a whole day of Some of the recipes used at An’s cooking it. It’s served with fresh vegeta - Lemongrass Grille have been handed bles, bean sprouts, basil, lime and down through Nguyen’s family, she jalapenos. It comes with a container of said. hot, spicy sauce -- sirachi sauce, and “I was a boat person. We did the hoisin sauce which is a little bit salty refugee camp in Thailand for about 7 and sweet.” months before we came to the U.S.,” “We do take-out, and people can Nguyen said. “I came with my sister call Delivery by Jeeves and get food de - and my brother-in-law and my livered.” brother. My mother was a single mom To order take-out from An’s Lemon - raising six kids because my father grass Grille in Stapleton, call 303-321- 3004.

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Tara Byrnes uses her Betty Basket Liner to stylishly and conveniently carry her groceries.

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Stapleton Front Porch 11 March 2009 Gently Used Baby Gear for a as a non-profit organization. Good Cause “Our mission is to help low- income families with infants and toddlers with new and gently used baby gear free of charge,” Ritchie said. “We acquire the gear through donations and dis - tribute it through organizations who have a structure to deal with low-income families.” The organizations that work with WeeCycle include: Family Star, Women in Crisis, House of Hope, Family Tree Housing and Family Services and Center for Work Education and Employ - ment. Donations of used baby items should include baby- proofing items such as safety gates and door locks, back and front baby carriers, cribs, bassinets and high chairs. New items needed include diapers, breast pumps and car seats. WeeCycle has registered a list at Babies Are Us. Sunny Heydorn and Jayme Ritchie, Co-Founders, of WeeCycle show some of the toys they have collected. “We do safety checks of everything that comes in,” By Nancy Burkhart Ritchie said. “We make sure that everything rices of baby gear have reached such has all the parts and is in good condition. highs that many people today find it dif - We sanitize it. We monitor the recall lists Pficult to have the equipment and supplies that are out there. The Consumer Product necessary to take care of infants and toddlers. Safety Commission sends us daily e-mails Stapleton resident Jayme Ritchie and Sunny about things that have been recalled.” Heydorn were attorneys together in a down - Monetary donations also are welcome, town Denver law firm. They embarked on Ritchie said. Although she and Heydorn do motherhood at about the same time and began not take salaries, advertising, the website and searching for opportunities to get involved with office supplies still require payments. the community and “give back,” Ritchie ex - See page 14 for WeeCycle’s upcoming plained. family-friendly fundraising event. “It was hard to find things we could bring To donate new or used baby gear, drop off infants to – Meals on Wheels didn’t work,” she items at 2945 Ulster St. between 9 a.m. and 6 said. “We both started brainstorming and p.m. You will receive a donation form for in - thought if we could come up with something come tax purposes. To donate baby gear or to that we could get our kids and other peoples’ get information on obtaining recycled baby kids involved with to teach them values, it equipment, go to the WeeCycle website, would be a good place.” www.weecyclecolorado.org or call 720-771- Thus WeeCycle was born in April of 2008 0072.

March 2009 12 Stapleton Front Porch THE ART OF URBAN LIVING

ST. PATRICK’S DAY EVENTS 3/21 Saturday- "Song Dogs" at the Rocky 3/12 - 3/17 Events at Casey’s Irish Pub. Irish Performances & Events in March Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge. A coyotes trivia, Irish dancers, bagpipes and giveaways. howl travels far on a calm prairie day. Learn E. Alameda Parkway. auroramuseum.org or 7301 E. 29th Ave, 720-974-7350 see what these things mean along with other how this cunning carnivore communicates 303.739.6666 basic internet terms 4:30-5:30pm Schless - 3/14 Saturday- Denver St.Patricks Day Parade with its pack through a series of yips, barks 3/18, Wednesday- Xeriscape Gardening - How man Library 100 Poplar Street (1st and Que - and howls. recommended for families. 1-3 Step dancers, pipe bands, floats, clowns and bec) 720.865.0000 more! The "Best St Patricks Day Parade west to start a xeriscape garden in Colorado. Au - pm. Free, reservations required, call of the Mississippi" starts at 10:00am in rora History Museum. Noon-1:00pm. 3/18, Wedensday- "Fairies and Trolls" Stories 303.289.0930. For additional programs visit LoDo. www.countingpix.com/id1.html $4.00 a person bring your lunch! 15051 E. and activities about the "little creatures" ap - www.fws.gov/rockymountainarsenal/index Alameda Parkway, 3030.739.6666 or aurora - propriate for ages 7 to 12. Free. Call to reg - SPORTS 3/14-Saturday: The Heritage Irish Stepdancers museum.org for more info ister, 303.739.6626. Aurora Central Library, will perform traditional Irish dances and 3/11, Wednesday- Soccer, Mexican National 3/21 Saturday-Worm Composting in the High 14949 E. Alameda Parkway. www.aurorali - teach the audience some simple steps as well. Team against Bolivia 7:00pm. "Futbol Fiesta" Desert, Botanic Gardens. Reduce, reuse, re - brary.org for additional programs. , Denver Central Library, presented in Sch - before the game, an interactive zone includ - build, recycle with the composting worm. lessman Hall. 2-3:00pm, Free MUSEUMS ing live music, games and celebrities 3:00- Make your own worm bed with worms to 7:00pm. Tickets $25 to $75, available at 3/17 Tuesday- Holiday Play for St Patty's Day take home. $54 member, $59 non member, Through May 3rd, Nature Unleashed, Inside Nat - 303.825.GOAL or www.tickethorse.com. at the Childrens Museum Wear green and feel includes $30 for materials. 9:30-11:30am. ural Disasters. Denver Museum of Nature & Additional info at www.dickssporting - lucky as you learn about 4 leaf clovers, pots Register at www.botanicgardens.org Science. From earthquakes and volcanoes to of gold and everything green. 9am to 4pm. hurricanes and tornadoes, nature's forces goodspark.com CONCERTS Museum admission: $5.50 to $7.50. mem - have shaped our dynamic planet. Uncover 3/28, Saturday- Soccer, Colorado Rapids home bers free. 2121 childrens museum drive, 3/21 Saturday - Aurora Symphony and the causes of these natural disasters and find opener against the Kansas City Wizards, Denver. www.cmdenver.org for more info renowned violinist Linda Wang perform out how people cope and adapt in the after - 7:30pm. Call for tickets, 303.825 GOAL or Mendelsshons Violin Concerto along with math. Admission $6-$11, 9-5pm www.tickethorse.com. More info at 3/21 Saturday- Irish Dreams at the Martin 303.322.7009 or www.dmns. Luther King Jr Library. Presented by Bennett Gershwin and Wagner. 7:30pm, tickets $12 www.dickssportinggoods.com (seniors/students $9). Gateway H.S. Center School of Dance. Live music and dance, free. 3/11 Wednesday- Superhero Wedensday Night THEATRE 9898 E. Colfax Ave 303.739.1940 or auro - for the Performing Arts, 1300 S Sable Blvd, at the Children’s Museum . Stars from Disney ralibrary.org for more info Aurora. 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RECURRING EVENTS MONTHLY MEETINGS Hopscotch Hustle Fashion Show Gardening Classes at Botanic Gardens Every Thursday 3rd Tuesday to Benefit WeeCycle Colorado Junior Master Gardeners Camp , March 23- 27, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (when school is in session) Greater Stapleton Business The Junior Master Gardeners Camp is for kids ages 6-12 in - Bill Roberts Ele Sch Tour, 10am Assoc. 8am Hopscotch Hustle fashion show, a fundraiser for WeeCycle terested in exploring plants and gardening in-depth. Partici - 2100 Akron Way, 720-424-2640 MCA Community Room, Colorado, will be held Sunday, April 5th from 2 to 5 p.m. at pants will learn what it takes to grow and maintain a garden. 2823 Roslyn Street They will investigate the wonders of plant growth and soil First Thursday 303.393.7700 the Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis St. Fashions for mothers, nurs - Bill Roberts Middle Sch Tour10am ing mothers and expectant mothers, as well as babies, will be structure, and design and plant a garden. Register at 2100 Akron Way, 720-424-2640 1st Wednesday shown. Family-friendly, children are welcome. Tickets are $15 www.botanicgardens.org (classes link) or call 720-865-3580. “1st Wednesdays” Home-based 2nd Friday for general admission or $35 for premium seating and a businesses . “Inspired by Nature: Designing a Garden Refuge at Home,” Satur - Story time & craft for young chil - goody bag. Visit weecyclecolorado.org or call 720-771-0072. StapletonLife.com – most mtgs day, March 28, 9 a.m. – noon, Botanic Gardens (Limit 20 peo - dren & caregiver Westerly Creek 11:30am - 1pm Elementary library ple) - Award-winning writer, naturalist and garden designer 9:15 - 9:45am. 303-322-5877 2nd Wednesday Bar/Bat Mitzvah Showcase Susan J. Tweit will show you how to "read" wild landscapes, Odd numbered months 1st Saturday Mitzvah Mania 2009 “Colorado’s Best Bar/Bat Mitzvah determine the best color and texture palettes for your garden, SUN Transportation Committee Showcase” will be held Sunday, March 22nd from 2-5pm at choose a personal plant list and create your own refuge in Bluff Lake Birders, Nature Center 6:30pm MCA Conference Rm, 7-9am [BluffLakeNatureCenter.org] 2823 Roslyn St. the Hyatt Regency Tech Center. Event vendors, new prod - even the smallest garden space. Gates Hall. Cost: $40 mem - ucts, access to planning tips and everything you would need ber, $45 non-member. Registration deadline: March 21, 2009 Periodically [[email protected]] MeetYour Neighbors for planning a Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration. Activities and 3rd Thursday games for the kids, food samples, music. 7800 E. Tufts Ave, If interested in upcoming events Stapleton Citizens Advisory email meighanm@aim .com Board Mtg, Denver 303-779-1234 Local Silent Auction to Benefit MONTHLY MEETINGS Stapleton Development Corp (SDC) the Denver Rescue Mission Every Tuesday 7350 E. 29th Ave. Curves Annual Food Drive By Lin Clark Stapleton Rotary Club – Noon 7:30 – 9am 303.393.7700 By Andrea Hollister Pratt To give to people of Denver who are having the most difficult Stapleton Radisson Plaza Hotel During the month of March, Curves of Stapleton will par - times, Art & Framing at Stapleton is offering a beautiful piece 3333 Quebec St 4th Monday [[email protected]] SUN Board Mtg – 7:30pm ticipate in the 11th Annual Curves Food Drive to benefit of art in a silent auction, with the proceeds going to the Den - MCA Community Room, local food banks. Collectively, over the past five years, ver Rescue Mission. The auctioned piece is a custom framed Every Tuesday 2823 Roslyn St nearly 50 million pounds of food were distributed to local original photograph of Mt. Baldy (near Crested Butte). The AA Open Discussion Mtg [stapletonneighbors communities all over the world through the Curves Food print size is 16x24, and the frame size 24x30. Bids will be 7:30pm MCA Community Room, @msn.com] 2823 Roslyn Street Drive. taken through March 14th. The minimum bid is only $50. [Joe 303.912.7075] 2nd Saturday New members can join Curves for free, while also help - On any given night there are more than 10,000 homeless NE Denver/Park Hill MS Self- ing feed hungry people in the community. Curves of Sta - in the Metro Denver area with 32% of those experiencing Every Wednesday Help & Weekly Weeders, Bluff Lake Na - pleton is will waive its normal service fee for any new their first episode of homelessness. And that number is grow - Support Group, Dist. 2 Police member who brings in a bag of non-perishable groceries ture Center Station ing every week. With even the minimum bid met of only 9am-12pm, 303.945.6717 10:15-11:45am and joins between March 9th and March 28th. The public $50.00 the Denver Rescue Mission could feed 27 homeless is invited to bring non-perishable food items to Curves 1st Tuesday 3821 Holly St. [Lillie 303-329- people through their programs. Breast Cancer Support Group 0619] Monday through Friday during business hours throughout Originals, prints, and photography are also on display at 5 - 6:30pm AF Williams Family the month of March. Art & Framing at Stapleton, 7483 East 29th Place. For more Medicine Clinic, Conference Rm Andrea Hollister Pratt is the owner of the Stapleton Curves information call 303.534.1979. (west entrance) 3055 Roslyn in the E. 29th Ave. Town Center. She can be reached at Lin Clark is the owner of Art and Framing at Stapleton. 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Air Force One Parked at My House rectly above you. I By Jon Meredith can imagine Home - ourteen years ago this month, Stapleton land Security would was one of the busiest airports in the have a problem Fworld. Hundreds of flights arrived and with that these departed everyday. DIA, which has become days. one of the best airports in the world, was then There was a Jon Meredith mired in controversy. Cost overruns and a good restaurant on faulty baggage-claim system had made it a tar - the south side of the get of criticism in the Denver media. east-west runway called the 94th Aero One day, Stapleton was an airport; the Squadron. People would get a table by the next, an immense amount of vacant land, windows and watch the planes land and concrete and empty buildings. As I drive, take-off during dinner. The best place to walk, or bike around Stapleton, I often think watch planes land was on Havana St. near about what existed on different spots when Bluff Lake. Planes would come so close to it was an airport. the road you could see the pilot’s facial ex - Exactly where my house stands now, I pressions. On a nice day there were always once watched President Clinton disembark 10 to 20 cars parked there with people sim - from Air Force One. The Combs Gate for ply watching the planes. Right near there, private aircraft was in the facility that now where houses and the New Town Center houses a TV studio and has huge satellite East are being built, an old fuselage lay in dishes beside it. That day, the Bladium the dirt for firefighters to practice on. A building was surrounded by B-52s which very close friend on mine who grew up here carry the President’s limo and other necessi - said that in high school he and his mates ties. I watched the President and dignitaries used to sneak out by the runways and lay from the other side of a chain link fence down right where the jets took off. He is an which is still there. Executive with Quest now but he is a little The Town Center, at 29th and Quebec hard of hearing. was a parking lot for Hertz cars. The place Some of the remnants of the old airport FBI building under construction just east of Sam’s Club. where Home Depot stands used to be the are the United flight training center, the United Airlines hanger. Older planes were parking garage and the control tower. I am Q. What is the status of the FBI Building? area includes a new community pool and parked along Quebec and their tails or noses asked all the time what are “they” going to A. The new FBI regional headquarters park, the Knowledge Beginnings Early stuck out over the road. Smith road had all do with the tower. People want to make it building is under construction on 35th Childhood Education Center that opened the other airline hangers lined up one after into a restaurant. It would fit a nice table Avenue east of the Sam’s Club in Quebec last year and New Town Builders 29th the next. for two at the top. Others say it is ugly, Square. The building is scheduled to be Drive Row Homes on Havana. Twenty Sixth Street is where the major serves no purpose and should be torn completed in early 2010. east-west runway was. In Park Hill, the jets down. For me it is a small reminder of Q. What's happening where all the construction would come down over City Park Golf what this community used to be and how Q. What is the status of the Eastbridge Town equipment is grading the ground just north of course and invade the neighborhood every much it has been transformed. Instead of Center? Northfield? 30 seconds or so. If you were having a back being the departure and arrival point for A. The Eastbridge Town Center is still A. Those parcels of land, which are located yard barbeque everyone would have to stop destinations worldwide, it is a very well scheduled to be built at Martin Luther on Northfield Boulevard, are the planned talking as the jets went by. I remember the planned community that is an integral part King Boulevard and Geneva Street once a locations for new hotels. The timetable for smell of jet fuel distinctly every morning as of Denver. Just the way the airport was. grocery story is signed as an anchor the start of construction has not yet been planes were getting ready to depart. Jon Meredith lives in Stapleton.He can be tenant. In addition to the new finalized. One of the major north-south runways reached at [email protected] residential neighborhoods that have been Responses provided by Tom Gleason, crossed over I-70. You could be driving *Fishwrap is a slang term that started in completed to the south of the town Vice President-Public Relations, Forest City along I-70 and a 747 would be taking off di - the ‘30s and refers to the transient value of center, other new development in the Stapleton, [email protected]. yesterday’s newspaper.

Stapleton Front Porch 15 March 2009 Irish Dancer (continued from page 1) always remain straight at the dancer’s sides. The dance is 95-Year-Old Marion Downs done entirely with legs and feet. Hard shoe dancing may sound like tap dancing, but that is because of wood on the Lives Life to the Fullest bottom of the shoes, not taps. Soft shoe dancing uses shoes rather like ballet shoes. By Nancy Burkhart “I like Irish dancing,” Nora said. “I’ve taken ballet and tap arion Downs has spent her life making a dif - and jazz. But I like Irish dancing because it’s more active.” ference both professionally and personally. “Irish dancing is an athletic sport,” Jennifer said. “It takes MHer life is 95 years long and still going a lot of discipline. You have to learn the basic steps perfectly. strong. “I was born in a state of euphoria and I never It’s really good exercise.” left it,” Downs has said. Nora participates in the dance competitions that local On her 50th birthday, Downs went skiing for the Irish dance schools have several times a year. She also looks first time. She celebrated her 90th birthday by skydiv - forward to being in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown ing. Denver again, her mother said. In between living life to the fullest on her birthdays, “Nora’s very into her Irish heritage,” said Jennifer. “Her Downs made her mark on the field of audiology, where brother, Liam, is not so much into it yet. But Nora talks she often is called the “mother of pediatric audiology.” about Ireland all the time. She’s very proud to be Irish. She’s Downs fell into the audiology profession, choosing a lucky because a lot of her Irish relatives will come to Chicago college major of speech and hearing because that regis - or here to visit, so she has relationships with her relatives.” tration line was the shortest one. However, she went on Nora visited her Irish relatives at the age of 3 when she to love the work, initiating ground-breaking research, took a trip with her family to Ireland. especially for children and infants. “I remember we were on a farm,” Nora said. “We stayed Her career was dedicated to the early detection of at some of my relatives’ house. We danced. I’m ready to go hearing loss in children. Today, her name is on the Uni - back.” versity of Colorado’s hearing facility, the The Marion It is this Ireland experience and the encouragement of her Downs Hearing Center. During her professional years, work with Downs at the University of Colorado Hospital. grandmother, Tess Nix, that has spurred Nora to do Irish Downs mentored others rising in the audiology field. “She practiced what I thought was the right way to be as a dancing. Cheryl Johnson moved to Colorado to do clinical professional in terms of values and in terms of clinical skills,” “My husband’s mother did the dances when she was Johnson explained. younger, so it’s kind of a tradition,” explained Jennifer. “His Downs believes that anything is possible, two sisters both know how to do the dances. Nora’s grand - Johnson said. She believes in persistence. “While mother gave her pointers when she first started. It’s fun.” challenges present themselves, Marion believed you just figure out a way around it,” she said. “Nothing was impossible in her mind. Never.” Downs always saw the human side in every professional situation, despite the technology surrounding it, Johnson said. “Anybody can have an agenda, but it’s how you manage that agenda. It’s how she managed people. So much of it is the art of being a pro - fessional in whatever field you choose. You have

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16 March 2009 Stapleton Front Porch Photo courtesy of Marion Downs Living Above the Store By Tom Gleason he late President Ronald Reagan once quipped that one of the great benefits of Tworking in The Oval Office was that he could “live above the store.” Kevin Tafoya enjoys the same convenience as a resident who lives with his family above his business, Tafoya Insurance Services, a Farmers Insurance Agency on the ground floor of Stapleton’s South End Row con - temporary town homes. For the past three years, Kevin and his wife Tracy, formerly of Park Hill, have lived in New Providence Company’s South End Row on Cen - tral Park Boulevard with their daughters, Julia “My 90th birthday celebration – attached (8), who attends nearby William “Bill” Roberts to a handsome hunk,” wrote Marion Downs next to this photo in her book. Elementary School and Ella (4), who attends She plans to go skydiving again soon to Christ the King school. While Kevin extols the celebrate being 95. beauty of his building’s architecture and its dra - matic views of the mountains, he reserves his greatest enthusiasm for the convenience South End Row has brought to his life as the “home” both for his business and his family. “I have the most amazing schedule and almost everything I want is right here,” Kevin says. to have the skill to demonstrate the art. “Each morning I walk my daughter down the “She’s an incredible inspiration to thousands in audiology street to school, and then come back to put on a around the world,” Johnson said. pot of coffee before I go upstairs to our fourth Downs’ personal life has been based on the philosophy of living floor work out area.” When it is time to go to life to the fullest. work, Kevin is only seconds from his ground Three years ago, Downs wrote a book, “A 92 year-old’s guide to Kevin Tafoya has his Farmers Insurance Agency on the ground floor of floor office where he is readily available for getting there: Shut Up and Live! (you know how).” The book is a his South End Row home, where he lives with his wife Tracy and two clients who “walk in” to discuss their insurance daughters Julia,8, and Ella, 4 1/2, on the second and third floors. testament to living at any age, but also acts as a guide to aging needs – a much easier “commute” than the thirty well. minute trip he endured between office and home “The essential thing is that you take full responsibility for your prior to moving to Stapleton. Most days, “going own life,” Downs advises. to lunch” is merely a quick trip upstairs, and Her sense of humor has kept her going through the loss of two Kevin appreciates working just down the street husbands to Alzheimers Disease, she says in the book. At the same Y T

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Stapleton Front Porch 17 March 2009 Gourmet on a Budget! Front Porch readers’ By Rich Marks sale items will be for that week in season. You will find that apples, for in - ith the state (Wednesday – Tuesday). I al - stance, are a lot less expensive during the Shannon Bradley of the econ - ways try to plan my family’s winter than peaches. If unsure, simply ask We wait for meat prod - omy today, meals based on what is on spe - the produce manager for recommendations. ucts to go on sale or a W buy one get one free it’s no wonder that every - cial. Armed with this informa - • Always check out the day-old or close to ex - one is watching their tion – you are a lot less likely to piration items – especially for bread and offer, and then usually pennies more closely. shop and purchase items that are baked goods. These items are typically lo - buy about 10 packages One of the first places to too expensive. cated in the back of the big grocery stores. and freeze them. look to save money is • Coupons are another option. • While buying in bulk is a great way to save Rich Marks on your grocery bill. To Many people hate to bother with money on some things, it isn’t always con - eat good, healthy food on a budget does require the clipping, the storing and ducive to food shopping. If the products Susan Hadinger us to change the way we shop. then remembering to use them – will go bad before you can use them, you’ll We are unplugging I have listed a few hints that I use on a daily but when it comes to saving end up wasting money. Be sure to stick to things when not in basis to keep tighter reins on the food bill. money, coupons are like having non-perishable items when shopping the use, like the laptop, • Check the ad that comes out every week on extra cash in your wallet. mega stores. coffeemaker, etc., and Wednesday (also available on many grocery • When it comes to fruits and veg - • Preparing wholesome, appetizing meals on a it seems to be saving stores’ web sites). It will tell you what the etables, try to purchase what is budget will require some fresh ideas too. us $40-50/month. I Get creative and check out the recipes in am also clipping monthly magazines or featured on the Food coupons and buying as much on sale from Easy Chicken Pot Pie Network. Search the web for a new twist King Soopers as possible. on items that have lost their luster. Person - I came up with this recipe a few years ago. The weather was horrible and there ally, I have found more ways to prepare did not seem to be anything in the house to have for dinner. That is, until I hamburger and chicken in the past few Julia Stelloh looked around and made a list of what we DID have. months than I care to mention (refer to Restaurant.com Ingredients recipe at left). is a great site to Frozen pie shell 1 stalk celery, chopped • If you are pressed for time – check out the get discounted “Chef Prepared” meals at the local market. gift certificates 1 pound leftover chicken (grilled, baked, 1 package of chicken gravy mix These freshly made entrees are the perfect for Denver rotisserie, etc) – chopped in bite-site pieces (turkey will work too) alternative to take-out or fast food; nutri - restaurants. 4 oz carrots chopped into small pieces 1 cup frozen peas tious, tasty, and a lot cheaper than eating Casey's and (not using mini carrots is another way to 1 tube of crescent roll dough (or 1 out. They are also always changing so you’ll LaSandia are on the list. Often it is roughly 40- save money) sheet of puffed pastry, or 1 tube of have a lot of options in which to choose. 50% off for the meal. For example, you can ½ onion, chopped pizza dough) • One last tip…if there are random leftovers buy a $25 card for $5 or $10 dollars. It is a in the refrigerator, or cupboards –be creative minimum purchase of $35, so in the end you Method of Preparation and come up with a recipe to use them. Try spend $20 for a $35 meal. If a family is going Cook the chopped carrots in the microwave for 2 minutes in a bowl of water not to throw anything away. out to eat anyway, this is a great way to save Sautee the onion, celery, and carrots in 1 Tbs of butter (or oil) until soft (about With a little planning, there is no doubt you money. 5 minutes) will create fantastic meals AND save money. Prepare gravy mixture according to directions on package Rich Marks is a Stapleton resident and classi - Add the chicken, sautéed vegetables, and frozen peas to the pie shell cally trained chef. His career has taken him Catherine Brown Pour gravy mixture over the filling through fine kitchens in restaurants, hotels, and I put my credit card Add salt and pepper to taste catering services. Opting to spend more time with away for a month to Bake at recommended temperature on pie crust package for about 10 minutes, his family than in the kitchen, Rich now works see if I can avoid or until the filling is hot. for Atlanta Foods International, a supplier of going to Target. We Remove from oven and cover the pie with the crescent roll dough, try not to gourmet and specialty foods to King Soopers, and are using cash only for leave any holes other markets throughout Colorado. 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March 2009 18 Stapleton Front Porch tips for saving money... Cut Costs By Shopping Smart and Cooking at Home By Elizabeth week since coming off the plant. Since they're dinner in minutes – without having to resort miscellaneous items. We set up a direct Yarnell already washed and cut, frozen veggies are a to take-out. debit from paycheck to savings as op - ne great strategy for saving money and time, too. I keep boneless tuna steaks wrapped indi - posed to trusting ourselves to move it way Warehouse stores can be a good place to vidually in the freezer just for meals like this from savings to checking. We are making to save coins, too. Flats of canned tomatoes, one. Just put the frozen fish directly into the more homemade pizza with our bread - O cut down on bags of frozen fish fillets, boneless, skinless pot; there's no need to thaw and it won't add maker! monthly ex - chicken breasts, and on and on. Wash and any cooking time. penses is to trim meats and freeze in individual serving- Elizabeth Yarnell is the author of the re - cook at size portions for faster cooking times. cently released cookbook Glorious One-Pot ElizabethYarnell Meredith Coors home more I'm a big fan of the bulk food bins, too, Meals: A Revolutionary new Quick and I buy all of my kids often and to employ cost-cutting not only for the economical factors, but also Healthy Approach to Dutch Oven Cooking clothing a year in measures to help you get the most for the reduced waste by forgoing packaging (Broadway Books, January, 2009). A natural advance when it is nutrition out of every food dollar. materials. health professional, MS patient, and Stapleton on sale. If your kids The keys: a) shop smartly and b) With just a cast iron Dutch oven and a resident, Elizabeth speaks about healthy eating are pretty true to know how to throw together quick few minutes, you can quickly and easily to groups around the country. size, it is a good way and easy meals. throw together a delicious (and nutritious!) to get clothes for I once heard an organizational ex - much cheaper and then just store them in pert recommend avoiding the fresh the basement! foods around the perimeter of the grocery store in favor of saving time and money by heading straight to the Beth Wiseman Kline packaged foods in the center aisles. Sesame Tuna with Orange Sauce (serves 4) The Stapleton That seemed like bad advice to me; Moms Yahoo! why should you sacrifice eating good, Ingredients group is awesome real food just because you're on a 1 cup couscous 5 teaspoons sesame oil for saving money. I budget? just needed a snow - The secrets to saving money on 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons broth of water 8 to 10 garlic cloves suit for a weekend produce are to buy what's in season 4 4-ounce tuna steaks 4 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted in the mountains, or what's on sale, and then to pre - and rather than serve things correctly so that they last zest of 1 orange 2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger having to go buy one I was able to borrow longer. Potatoes should be stored in a 1 orange, squeezed or 1 head broccoli, cut into florets one from another mom that could no cool, dark place – not the fridge – 1/2 cup orange juice (about 4 cups) longer use it for her child. Three cheers with good air flow, for example. for Stapleton Mom's! Mushrooms last longer in a paper 4 teaspoons honey 2 small yellow squash, bag in the main section of the fridge cut in medallions 6 tablespoons soy sauce than in a styrofoam container in the Judy Harris produce drawer. Fresh herbs should Method of Preparation I just joined a be washed immediately and wrapped 1. Preheat the oven to 450° F. group of moms or - in a damp paper towel, then packed ganized by Karla in an open plastic bag. 2. Coat the inside of a cast iron Dutch oven and lid with sesame oil. Rehring where we Frozen veggies can be a great sub - 3. Place the couscous with the water in the pot and stir to make a smooth layer. each make 8 of the stitute for fresh produce as well as same meals, and more convenient to reach for on busy 4. Add the tuna steaks in single layer (it is okay if they are partially or com - then do an ex - nights, and often cost less than fresh. pletely submerged), and drizzle or spray with olive oil. change so that we end up with 8 different Flash-frozen shortly after being 5. In a small bowl, whisk the orange zest, juice, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil, tasty meals to freeze and use during the picked, many frozen veggies retain garlic, sesame seeds, and ginger until thoroughly combined. Pour half the mix - month. It’s the dinner prep idea -- we just more nutritional value than some ture over the tuna. do all the work. fresh produce that may have traveled thousands of miles over more than a 6. Add the broccoli and squash into the pot and pour on the rest of mixture. 7. Cover and bake for about 53 minutes, or until 3 minutes after the aroma of a fully cooked meal escapes the oven. Serve immediately. Per serving: Calories 475 Prot 38g Carb 51g Fat 14g Chol 43mg Sod 128mg Fiber 7g

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Stapleton Front Porch 19 March 2009 Safety Tips from the Denver Police New Home Guide to Hit the Stands By Sgt. Eric Knutson, Denver Police Dept. doors locked. While you may be away By Tom Gleason s many of you are aware, Stapleton from an unlocked door, a burglar can new and user- recently had a break in to a house easily open the door and take anything friendly guide to where the homeowner was home nearby, like your keys, wallet, or purse. A help potential buy - and encountered the burglar inside the This happens quite often. A ers locate just the right house. The homeowner heard the door bell 6. If you are home alone and are con - home at Stapleton will hit ring but was unable to answer the door. fronted by an intruder in your house, the news stands in the E. Quite often, burglars go from door to door immediately leave and go to a neighbor’s 29th Avenue Town Center ringing door bells, “shopping” for likely house to call the police. If there are this month. targets where there’s no one home. When other family members in the house with Entitled “Good karma the homeowner didn’t answer the door, the you, make a lot of noise so that they can has an address,” the ten- burglar entered the home and was in the get to a safe place with you. Remember page guide provides colorful process of searching for valuables when the that there is safety in numbers. maps and easy-to-read pric - he and the homeowner came face-to-face. 7. If you notice someone at your door and ing information to help Fortunately, the burglar immediately fled. once you let them know you are home even the first-time buyer It is impossible to know how an intruder they leave, or if you notice someone choose the perfect home. will react when suddenly confronted by a going door to door ringing door bells Crisp facts about the Staple - homeowner. The best advice, therefore, is and looking around houses, please call ton community are high - to not be in a position where you find the non-emergency police phone num - lighted to make each future yourself alone and face-to-face with an in - ber (720) 913-2000 and report a suspi - resident feel welcome in a truder in your home. Here are some prac - cious person in the area. If you notice community that has “a tical tips that I hope will help you avoid someone breaking into a house call 911 home for every buyer.” this situation. immediately. 1. When your door bell rings, always make it clear that someone is home. 2. If you answer the door and you don’t Oct 2009 Tour of Solar know who is there, keep a barrier be - John Laing Homes Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy tween you and that person, whether & Green Built Homes that be a security door or the closed By Tom Gleason John Laing Homes was one of eleven Sta - front door. 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The 2009 tour will take them wait outside while you call that 11 bankruptcy petitions (US Court for the have steady sales and homes here have main - place Saturday, October 4. Visit CRES-en - company to see if they are in your area District of Delaware ). tained solid value,” Ms. Gammon said. “In ergy.org and choose the link to a brief doing work and if it is required at your In a written statement, the builder said addition, other builders have expressed inter - questionnaire about homes on the tour. home. If they are not with the com - it anticipates that the Chapter 11 process est in building on John Laing lots at Staple - Decisions will be made based on areas pany, they will quickly leave. will allow it to “reduce debt from its bal - ton should they become available,” Ms. that have the greatest number of applicants 4. 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20 March 2009 Stapleton Front Porch Sustainability at Stapleton

by Melissa Knott Director of Sustainability, Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

Be Green this St. Patrick’s Day! What’s it mean to be a Green Bean?

t. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17th. Green is as - Tradition says to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day. sociated with St. Patrick’s Day because it is the Irish na - Instead of buying a new green outfit for St. Patrick’s Stional color and symbolic of the lush green landscape of Day, borrow something from a friend – this will the Emerald Isle. Green is also the color associated with the save energy needed to produce new clothing. movement to protect the environment. This year, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, try some of the tips below: Ride your bike when you search for the leprechauns at the end of the rainbow or when you go to school Drink green beer. This year, rather than simply adding or to the store. This reduces pollution in the air green dye to your beer, consider a beverage from one of and is good exercise for you! many breweries focused on reducing their environmental impact and their carbon footprint. Also, you might think Find a Pot of Gold. Turn off the television when about buying your beer from a local brewer to support the you are not watching it and turn off the lights when local economy and save on additional energy costs associated you are not in a room. This will save energy and with the transport and distribution of beer from other areas. money. Charlie Nicola, winner of the Green Bean award fills his car with compressed natural gas. Buy a shamrock plant for someone special. Green plants Eat a green apple or green beans or green peas. This monthly award is bestowed upon the individual who most provide oxygen necessary for us all to breathe. Green fruits and vegetables are healthy. exemplifies sustainable living at Stapleton… inspiring others to put their green foot forward, thereby shrinking the collective car - bon footprint, improving the lives of others and generally making the world a better place. The bean is small. The significance, however, is huge. This monthly award is intended to recognize real people and Windsource The Princess Project their real sustainability stories making a difference in and around re you an Xcel energy customer and looking for Stapleton. Please contact me at [email protected] to an inexpensive way to be green? If you are not al - nominate someone that you think is making a real Green Bean ready enrolled, you might consider participating at DSST… contribution to the community! A Meet Charlie Nicola, a Stapleton resident and employee. in Windsource, an Xcel Energy program to help support Have you ever noticed the filling station at 3201 Syracuse Av - clean, renewable wind energy generated from Colorado Giving formal wear enue, behind the United Flight Training Center? Charlie did, wind farms. It’s an affordable and easy way to help Col - and has been filling his vehicles with compressed natural gas orado’s environment when paying your energy bill. (CNG) over the last year or so. The station served fleets of The energy that supplies Windsource is 100 percent a second life CNG vehicles when Stapleton was an operating airport. Char - wind energy generated or purchased from Colorado wind rom Monday, March 9th - Friday, March 13th, the Go- lie started to investigate this alternative option for fueling his farms. Windsource electricity is produced without air Green Club at the Denver School of Science and Technol - car when gas went over $4 this last summer. emissions such as carbon dioxide. In addition, no water is ogy (DSST) is sponsoring The Princess Project; it’s The CNG filling station in Stapleton is one of approxi - used to produce wind-generated electricity. Supporting re - F first-ever, prom dress drive. In the spirit of the DSST high mately 15 within the Denver area –most owned by T. Boone newable energy helps to reduce our dependence on fossil school prom, which takes place on April 25th, the school is ask - Pickens’ Company “Clean Energy.” There are a number of fuels and preserve our natural resources for the future. ing community members to look through their closets and do - benefits associated with the ownership of a CNG vehicle. In Windsource is good for Colorado’s economy. Installing nate any gently-used bridesmaid’s gowns, prom dresses, or other addition to being the cleanest burning internal combustion and maintaining wind turbines creates jobs. In addition, formal wear appropriate for the prom. engine available, substantial money can be saved through tax landowners receive ongoing lease payments while they credits and low fuel costs. Cars with the factory installation or a certified aftermarket retrofit are eligible for a State tax credit continue to use the land for other purposes such as farm - The dresses will be sold to DSST students for $10 to provide of half the cost of the system – which averages $4,000. Sub - ing. And, wind turbines create tax revenue for counties. affordable formal wear for the prom. Through these sales, or - Windsource also helps insulate customers from volatile stantial savings are also realized at the pump, where CNG ganizers hope to raise $1,000 to be donated to a charity of the prices are consistently lower than conventional gasoline prices. electricity prices due to fossil fuel price increases. For students’ choosing. The donations are tax-deductible, and can many more details, and to sign up online, please see To learn more about the station at Stapleton and Clean En - be dropped off at the DSST reception desk from 3:30-5:00 PM ergy, please see www.cleanenergyfuels.com. http://www.xcelenergy.com/Residential/RenewableEn - during the week of March 9th – March 13th. DSST is located ergy/Windsource_/Pages/WindSource.aspx. “It’s a little unnerving the first time you hook up to the at 2000 Valentia St. Denver, CO 80238. pump, open the valve and hear what sounds like the air brakes on a bus,” Charlie says, “but it isn’t much different than filling up at the corner gas station. It’s just a lonely place, very few people use it.” Indeed, though there was a surge of interest in natural gas powered vehicles in the late 90’s, only Honda of - fers a CNG production model currently – acknowledged to be the word’s cleanest production car. “And unless people start driving more of these vehicles, some of these stations may start to disappear, including the one at Stapleton. If there were more stations people would buy more of these vehicles. It’s a chicken and the egg thing.” One option is “Phill”, a pump that allows you to fill your car overnight in your garage using the gas line that serves your home. Global Sustainability: the New Bottom Line From Denver to Dubai to Delhi! Charlie goes on to say “As Pickens says in his commercials, natural gas is a sustainable way to power our vehicles and it re - The 2009 Sustainable Opportunities Summit will be Mayor John Hickenlooper, Colorado Governor Bill Rit - duces our dependence on foreign petroleum.” With all of the held March 17 - 19, 2009 in the Colorado Convention ter, and experts from around the world talking about the large natural gas reserves in this region, natural gas is locally Center, co-hosted by CORE, the Deming Center for En - global sustainability challenge and how smart companies produced with little refining and does not have to be trucked trepreneurship at the Leeds School of Business, CU are finding solutions and creating new financial and eco - to reach the end user. “As long as you don’t mind an occa - Boulder and - for the first time - the City of Denver's nomic opportunity. 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Stapleton Front Porch 21 March 2009 Top Cops Honored for November & December Research Shows Electronic Medical A committee of citizens from Northeast Denver suspect, he was able to gain the cooperation of the has selected the “Top Cops” for the months of individual to speak with the detectives. Records Improve Care & Lower Costs November and December 2008 in Denver Police Later the next day, after further investigation, it District Two, which includes portions of Staple - was determined the suspect Officer Mulhern had Editors Note: Just as the February computers by physicians to opti - ton and the surrounding neighborhoods stopped was the gunman and a warrant for his ar - Front Porch story on electronic med - mize patient management led to rest was issued for homicide. The suspect was ar - ical records was being printed, results savings of greater than $1000 per November Top Cop rested later that same night by Denver Police from one of the first comprehensive patient admitted for coronary ar - Selected as the “Top Cop” for November was Of - Detectives. studies of electronic medical records tery bypass surgery. ficer Patrick Mulhern. On October 30, 2008, at The citizens committee joined Officer Mulh - were released. Following is a brief The researchers compared levels approximately 8:30 p.m., Denver Police Dis - ern’s superiors in commending him for the excel - summary of that research. of computer usage between hospi - patch aired a report that shots had been fired and lent handling of a very dangerous situation that led tals in four areas: laboratory test a possible car jacking had just occurred at the to the capture of a murderer soon after the crime By Austin Larson results, medical order writing, Wal Mart located at 7800 E. Smith Road. The had occurred. ncentives for the use of infor - health record keeping and infor - driver of the hijacked car was contacted and he mation technology in health mation for support of clinical deci - told police the suspect took off in his vehicle December Top Cop Icare are a piece of the stimulus sions. Data were collected from with his wounded friend still in the front passen - Named the “Top Cop” for December was Officer package signed into law by the physician surveys, indicating that ger seat. The man gave police a description and Melissa Trettin, who was honored for her response president in February. As a result, a computerized services were not just a possible name of the suspect. to a call from someone fearing a friend was about debate over the merits of health available but in use by practicing Officer Patrick Mulhern was one of the many to commit suicide. care going digital has found its way physicians at the hospital. Infor - officers who responded to the area and began From the information given, Officer Trettin and out of professional journals and mation was collected about the searching for the victim’s vehicle, the wounded her partner obtained the woman’s cell phone num - into the mainstream media. There costs and outcomes at each hospi - passenger victim and the suspect. While search - ber and called her using their wireless phone. is increasing scrutiny over whether tal for patients who were admitted ing the area, Officer Mulhern noticed two suspi - When telephone contact was established, the de - paying hospitals to move to com - for heart attacks, heart failure, and cious people walking through the middle of a spondent female would not talk at first. Eventually, puterized systems is money well pneumonia; and for those who un - local park and stopped the parties by himself Officer Trettin was able to develop a rapport with spent. A recent study, published in derwent coronary artery bypass without the benefit of cover from other officers. the female and began talking about what difficul - the Archives of Internal Medicine , surgeries. The two individuals stated they had just left a ties the despondent female was experiencing. Offi - found that not only does improved The study, led by Dr. Ruben house in the nearby area and were going to a cer Trettin was persistent in attempting to gain health information technology Amarasingham at the University of liquor store, which raised Officer Mulhern’s sus - information as to the despondent female’s location. lead to cost savings but that it also Texas Southwestern Medical Cen - picion since their direction of travel did not The female talked about past mental issues along saves lives. ter in Dallas, collected data on lev - match their explanation of their actions. Officer with some small talk. Officer Trettin was able to Researchers found that after els of automation and clinical Mulhern continued to calmly talk with them. gain bits and pieces of information from the female controlling for differences in pa - outcomes from 41 different hospi - While Officer Mulhern was talking with the two and was taking notes which she handed to her part - tient populations, hospitals in the tals throughout Texas. men, the hijacked victim’s vehicle was located a ner, who relayed the information to radio dispatch top third for computerization had While more studies are required few blocks away – with the second victim found and other officers who were searching for the suici - five fewer deaths per 1,000 pa - to draw definitive conclusions, inside with fatal gun shot wounds. This informa - dal female. tients than those in the bottom these results suggest that comput - tion was relayed to all of the officers in the area After about two hours on the phone with the third, a greater than 25% drop in erization of health information including Officer Mulhern, who was potentially woman, Officer Trettin heard the rattling of a pill patient mortality (from 1.9% to leads to better patient outcomes in a very dangerous situation, yet he maintained bottle and the suicidal female told Officer Trettin 1.4%). Increased levels of comput - and more cost-effective care. The his composure as he worked to keep the situation that she had taken about 14 pills. By that time, erization were associated with cost Denver-area hospitals that are de-escalated. enough information had been given to Officer savings in almost all situations that some of the nation’s leaders in digi - All of the information obtained by Officer Trettin and passed on to other officers that they were studied. For instance, higher tal health care technology are likely Mulhern was then relayed to the detectives who were able to locate the woman. An ambulance was levels of electronic reporting of lab also benefitting from the positive had arrived on the scene. It was decided at the called and the despondent female was given the tests resulted in over $100 savings effects seen at the most computer - time there was not enough evidence to make an necessary medical attention and taken to Denver per patient admission for all types ized hospitals in Texas. arrest, so the detectives asked Officer Mulhern to Health Medical Center for treatment. of patients studied. In certain situ - Austin Larson, a former Staple - gain the principal suspect’s agreement to volun - The Top Cop Citizens Committee joined Offi - ations the cost savings were even ton resident, is a 3rd year medical tarily go downtown to speak with the detectives. cer Trettin’s supervisors in applauding her persever - more impressive: increased use of student at Brown University. Due to the officer’s professional demeanor and ance, tenacity, and dedication in helping to prevent the effective rapport he had developed with the the despondent woman from committing suicide.

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March 2009 22 Stapleton Front Porch Montclair International School’s PJ Party Raises Preschool One Book, One Denver Money for Mayor’s Homelessness Initiative

By Adam Sexton ness. Every year there are hundreds of peo - enver Montclair International ple, including Mayor Hickenlooper, all com - School raised over $500 for Den - ing together to support the efforts of Dver's Road Home through Mayor Denver's Road Home. This has been a very Hickenlooper's Pajama Party on Thursday, popular event for our community leaders January 29, 2009. Students paid a minimum and media. For more information, see of $1.00 and staff paid a minimum of $5.00 http://www.denversroadhome.org. for the privilege of wearing their pajamas to Denver Montclair International School school. While everyone enjoyed the opportu - formed when Denver International School nity to wear comfortable clothing for the (est. 1977) and Montclair Academy (est. day, the meaning behind the event was not 1981) merged operations earlier this year. overlooked. Several students cheerfully an - The two schools will continue to operate nounced their enthusiasm for helping others separate programs on separate campuses and gave keen insights about the issue of through the end of this school year. In June, homelessness. No doubt this event will be - 2009, DMIS will move all operations to come an annual tradition for DMIS, not Montclair's 6.4 acre campus in Lowry. only as a tool to help the homeless, but also DMIS offers full-immersion, bilingual lan - to remind students and staff alike of the joy guage education in French, Spanish or Man - of giving. darin Chinese, along with a robust English Vera B. Williams, reads from her book, "A Chair For My Mother," to a packed house of young readers at Teachers and staff observed that if this program from 3 years old through 5th grade. the Simon Says Read bookstore in Stapleton's Town Center on Thursday Feb. 12. Williams' book was program moved into every school in Denver, The school also offers a wide array of sum - chosen as the first-ever preschool version of the One Book, One Denver program. they could have a huge impact, and have fun mer camps programs in languages, sports, while doing so. science and other areas. enver Preschool Program’s (DPP) One just learning to read, the rich illustrations For the past three years, the Denver com - Adam Sexton is the Executive Director of Book, One Denver initiative aims to help to tell the story. For beginning readers, munity has had a PJ Party in January to raise Denver Montclair International School. He Dinspire parents, grandparents and other the book is easy to read and provides many funds and awareness for Denver's Road can be reached at 303-756-0381 or caregivers across the Denver community to take opportunities for conversation about family, Home and the 10 year plan to end homeless - [email protected]. an active role in their children’s academic suc - kindness and community. Photo courtesy of Denver Montclair International School cess by reading together. “We launched the Pre - Kaplan Early Learning Company donated school One Book, One Denver initiative as a 5,000 copies of “A Chair For My Mother,” way to support parents and caregivers who serve which is distributing to Denver families and as their children’s first teachers through fun, in - preschools. teractive experiences with books and stories,” The book’s author and illustrator Vera B. said Gloria Higgins, Board of Directors Chair Williams attributes her affinity for the arts to for DPP. her parents’ encouragement of expression and “When we can ensure that all of Denver’s the creatively stimulating Bronx community children have an equal chance at the starting where she grew up during the 1930’s and gate, we can increase the odds that they will all 1940’s. make it successfully across the finish line,” said The Denver Preschool Program (DPP) is Mayor Hickenlooper. “Preschool One Book, the result of a voter-approved ballot initiative, One Denver gives us another innovative way to passed in November 2006, to increase the light the fire in children early so they become number of children attending a high-quality lifelong learners.” preschool program before entering kinder - This year’s Preschool One Book, One Den - garten. DPP provides parents living in the ver selection was the Caldecott Honor book, “A City and County of Denver with a tuition Chair For My Mother,” by Vera B. Williams. credit to use at the preschool of their choice The book was chosen because it spans the de - and provides quality improvement grants to Denver Montclair International School students paid to wear their pajamas to school to velopmental stages of preschoolers. For children preschool providers. raise funds for the Mayor’s homelessness program.

Stapleton Front Porch 23 March 2009 LOCAL SCHOOLS

Odyssey “FOO-esta” Benefit Auction March 13, 2009, 6 -10 pm Stanley British Primary School Ballroom 350 Quebec Street The Friends Of Odyssey (FOO) are having a FOO-esta! Enjoy great Mexican food and beverages, music and friends. Hundreds of items in all price ranges to bid on – Tickets are available on-line at sports tickets, restaurants, beauty and www.WCEauction.com $15 per person until April 15 spa certificates, art, and toys! $25 per person after April 15 Getaways nearby and even an African safari. For all auction information visit Our goal is to raise $25,000 for The Odyssey School. www.WCEauction.com Tickets are $10 per person and include door prize chance, food and drink. For more information call 303-316-3944.

Save the Date! New Aurora Pilot Schools Bill Roberts at Fletcher Elementary PTA he Aurora Public Schools (APS) School will be implemented by a govern - Board of Education approved two ing board using shared decision making. Annual Tnew Pilot Schools, which will share The two pilot schools will be Fletcher the Fletcher Elementary School campus be - Primary School, serving grades K-3, and ginning in the 2009-10 school year. Fletcher Fletcher Intermediate Science and Tech - Auction is located at 10455 E. 25th Avenue, be - nology School, serving grades 4-8. Sixth tween Stapleton and Anschutz/Fitzsimons and 7th grades will start in the 2009-10 Saturday, Medical. school year and 8th grade will be added April 25th, 2009 The goal of Pilot Schools is to provide in 2010. schools with auttonomy and maximum con - APS Pilot Schools are a joint venture Big Bear Ice Arena trol over their resources in exchange for in - between the teachers association and the creased accountability. The schools remain APS Board of Education. The most re - Food, drinks, part of the district but are given more free - cent proposals received 100% support dom, with the expectation that students will from Fletcher staff. entertainment and attain higher levels of academic achievement Additional information about the something for everyone! and exceed district averages within three APS Pilot School program can be found years. The increased autonomy at each Pilot at www.aps.k12.co.us/schools/pilot. Get on Board with Bill Roberts. Check billrobertspta.com for more information.

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March 2009 24 Stapleton Front Porch Front Porch Annual Summer Camp Guide Photo by Scott Dressel-Martin

Art Students League of Denver Visual throughout Colorado schools. Call Art Camps (200 Grant St.), ages pre-K-11, June 800.968.4332 or visit www.campinvention.org. 8-August 14, half-day 9-12 pm and 1-4 pm, $116/week. Activities include wire sculpture, ce - Children’s Museum of Denver Super - ramics, oil painting and much more! Before, after hero Wednesday Nights , ages 1-8 years, & lunchtime supervised care available. Call 303- every Wednesday night from 4 to 7:30 pm, gen - 778-6990 or visit www.asld.org. eral admission (everyone wearing superhero gear gets $2 off admission). Junior Jobsite ex - Aurora Fox Theatre Summer Camps hibit, 1-8 years, June 8-Sept. 7, general admis - (Meadowood, Hampden & Chambers ) Acting Up sion. Mighty Machines, 1-8 years, Saturdays, June Camp, ages 5-6 years, Session I: June 15-26, 13, July 11, August 8, 10-2 pm, free. Call 303- Mon.–Fri., 10-11:30 am, Session II: July 13-24, 433-7444 or visit www.mychildsmuseum.org . Mon.–Fri., 10-11:30 am, Cost: $116 ($96 Resi - dent), Puppets & Marionettes in Action Camp, City Park Golf Course Summer Camp . ages: 6-10 years, Dates: June 8-Aug 3, Mon., 4:30-6 (Park Hill) The First Tee Golf instruction plus pm, Cost: $90 ($70 Resident ), Little Foxes Stages year-long free access to junior course. Groups Camp, Central Library, (Alameda & Chambers), range from novice to experienced. Six-week ages 7–10 years, dates: Session I: June 15-25, sessions for kids ages 4 and up. Call for advice Mon.–Fri., 1-4 pm, Session II: July 13-23, Mon.–Fri., on choosing a group for your child. Kids’ golf 1-4pm, cost: $195 ($175 Resident) , Morning at clubs provided free. Information at 303-370- the Improv (ages: 9-13), Teen Acting Camp (ages: 1554. Schedule and registration, starting March middle & high school), Take Two, Teen Acting 16 at www.thefirstteeofdenver.com. Camp, Broadway Bound!, Adult Acting. Call 303- 326-8650, or visit www.auroragov.org. Botanic Gardens Summer Camp Colorado Clash Soccer Summer Camp (Stapleton & Lowry), ages 8-12 years, various Aurora Recreation Sports Camps (vari - dates, weekly 8:30-5:00 pm, $225. Camp in - ous locations), ages 6 mo-18 years, various dates ditioning training, soccer training programs, through September. Cost: $1/per person sug - cludes health and fitness awareness, soccer, and and times. Camps include Therapeutic Recreation etc. Call 303-343-1111 ext. 104, e-mail gested donation (members are free) Dates: May inspirational speakers. One day soccer camps for children with disabilities, Imagination Station, [email protected] or visit 14 and 28, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, August and tournaments with professional coaches for Swimming camps, Parent/Tot Munchkin, Discov - www.bigbearice.com . 13 and 27, Sept. 10 & 24. www.blufflakenature - ages 12-16 years at $50/day. Call 303-513-1429 ery, Explorer, Dinosaur, Adventure camps, Con - center.org. No registration required. Children or visit www.ColoradoClash.org. struction, Artz & Craftz, Imagination Station, Beck Bladium Sports Camps (Stapleton). Ages must be accompanied by an adult. Kids Club, Camp Hot Tots, Science, Summer 4-12, every week from June 1st-August 14th. Colorado Heritage Camps for adoptive Sports, Acting Up Summer Style, Disney Princess Camps have a range of sports from soccer to Botanic Gardens Summer Day Camps families (Snow Mountain Ranch in Fraser, CO), Dance, Puppets & Marionettes in Action, Art, dodgeball and are high energy for active kids. (1005York St., Denver) Ages 6-14 years, June ages 3-adults, $95-125, African Caribbean-July camp Cook-A-Munga, camp Make It & Take It, Sun $199 per week, 9-5pm; $149 per week 9-1pm 23 to July 31, 9-4 pm (No session June 29-July 23-26, Cambodian-July 16-19, Chinese-Septem - & Fun, Gymnastics for Girls, Dance, Little Foxes (half day). Daily rates: $49 full day; $30 half day. 3.) $209 for Gardens members, $229 for non- ber 4-7, Chinese Too (held at Augustana Stages, Science Fun, Pioneer camp, Morning at the Contact Katie or Storrie, Bladium Sports members. Different camps each week allow Lutheran Church in Denver)-July 31 - August 2, Improv, Pre-Teen Adventure, Broadway Bound, Club, 2400 Central Park Blvd. (303)320-3033 kids to explore plants and investigate how peo - Filipino-August 6-9m Indian Nepalese-July 8-11, Teen Acting, Baking Boot Camp for Teens, Teen ex. 1008 or 1006 ple use them with fun activities and take-home Korean-June 18-21, Latin American-July 25-28, Extreme Adventures, Cooking Basics Camp for [email protected], www.bladium.com projects. Registration begins March 2 for mem - Russian/Eastern European/Central Asian-July Teens, Adult Acting Class. Call 303-326-8640 or bers, March 9 for non-members. Call 720-865- 23-26,Vietnamese-August 6-9. Call Pam visit www.auroragov.org/recreation. Bluff Lake Summer Day Camps (near 3580, e-mail [email protected] or Sweetser at 303-320-4234 or visit www.her - MLK Blvd and Havana) Ages 6-10 years. Five visit www.botanicgardens.org . itagecamps.org . Baby Power & Forever Kids Camps day camps from 9-12pm starting 6/15, 6/22, (Quebec Square-7505 E. 35th Ave., Suite 330) 7/13, 7/20, 8/3, 8/10. Camps nurture children’s Camp Invention (various metro-area loca - Colorado Rapids Soccer Camp (Dick’s Ages 3-7 years, June 1-August 15, Monday-Friday adventurous spirit by hiking through the tions), grades 1-6, various dates, $25 off if regis - Sporting Goods Park, 6000Victory Way, Com - from 12:30 to 3:30 pm, $125/week or $25/day. refuge, wading in the creek, reading books and ter online before March 31. Creativity and merce City, CO), ages 5-18 years, wide variety Program includes a craft, snack, gym time, music making crafts. $135 for non-members and brainstorming are the building blocks to your of summer camps from our youngest Kickin’ and a special activity each day. We will alternate $115 for members (discounts for additional child’s future! The Camp Invention program Kids camp to our structured Development between the following special activities: Spanish, camps). Call 303-468-3244 or visit emphasizes those skills and more. Children cre - Camp. Call 303-727-3575or visit www.Col - Cooking, Science, Dancing and Drama. Call 303- www.BluffLakeNatureCenter.org (go to Pro - ate exciting new games and transform ordinary oradoRapids.com/Academy . 377-8855 or visit www.babypower.com . grams and Junior Naturalists). household items into extraordinary inventions during this weeklong summer adventure of the Dardano’s School of Gymnastics Ad - Big Bear Ice Arena Summer Camps Bluff Lake Fireside Chats and Marsh - National Inventors Hall of Fame. Children par - venture Camp (Park Hill), ages 3-5½ years, (Lowry), ages 3 to adults, various dates, $99- mallow Roast for the Whole Family ticipate daily in five activity-oriented modules boys and girls. Two 4-week sessions beginning $425. Camps include learning how to skate for (near MLK Blvd and Havana) 6pm on the sec - focused on science literacy, math, history and June 1, Mo.-Thu. 9:30-12:30 pm. Flexible sched - young ones, hockey for adults, strength and con - ond and fourth Thursdays of the month May the arts. Directed and taught by local teachers uling. 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Stapleton Front Porch 25 March 2009 minutes) $20/pair member, $25/pair Dream BIG Day Camp (6th Ave. & Col - nonmember, ages 4-12 (half-day Mon - orado Blvd.), Denver’s only private traditional Summer day-Friday), morning session: 9:00- day camp, serves boys and girls ages 4-10 years, 11:30 a.m., afternoon Session: $200-$425. We offer karate, tennis, soccer, film- 1:00-3:30 p.m. $125 member, $150 making, basketball, yoga, art, theater, climbing, nonmember, ages 6-12 (all day Mon - cool-inary, science, kayaking etc. Three-week day-Friday) 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $250 sessions are designed to help campers build member, $275 nonmember. Call 303- continuity, develop friendships and improve their 322-7009 or visit www.dmns.org to skills in a multitude of areas, 4:1 ratio, in August register. there is a one-week basketball camp and a one- week soccer camp! To learn more and register Denver Parks and Recreation visit www.dreambigdaycamp.com . Summer Camp (various loca - tions), most start second week in George Gwozdecky Summer Hockey June and end first week in August. Camp (Ritchie Center on the campus of the Summer Day Camp, ages 6-12 years, University of Denver), girls and boys, ages 6-15 9 - 4 pm, Monday – Friday, 8 years, four 1-week sessions from July 6-31, weeks/$840. Summer in the Parks, $420-$595/week depending on age group. Visit ages 7-12 years, 10 - 3 pm, Monday – www.gghockeycamp.com . Friday, 8 weeks/$400. Teen Adven - tures, ages 13-16 years, times will GVR Summer Day Camp (GreenValley vary, Thursday and Friday. Our li - Ranch school), ages 4-15 years, June 1-Aug. 28. censed summer camps provide struc - Activities include arts & crafts, science, cooking, tured learning programs focused fitness and more. Two snacks/day provided. Early Quill Kids Creative Writing Day Camp around sports and fitness, arts and registration begins on April 25, 2009 at the GVR Photo courtesy of Quill Kids crafts and aquatics while providing Metropolitan District Office located @ 18650 E. 45 th Ave., Denver 80249 from 8-1:00pm. Call La ment activities, arts & crafts, games and much young campers with a fun and educational expe - rience. Summer Camp registration begins March Vetta @ 303-307-3243 or visit more. Each week the activities focus on a dif - www.gvrmetrodistrict.com . ferent theme such as treasure hunt, outer space, 9th. Call 720-865-0840/720-913-0654, or visit www.denvergov.org/recreation. beach party & dinosaur days. Sign up by day, Gymnastics Plus Summer Camps (6180 week or full session. Call 303-355-0080 or visit E. Warren Avenue, Denver, 80222), ages 3-10 www.dardanosgym.com. 2250 Kearney Street Denver Public Schools-2009 KC Kids Shadow Theatre’s CRUNK (Creative Resources Summer Theme Camps (various loca - years, June 29-August 7, offering 6 one-week long, mini-camps (mornings 3-6yrs olds) and Denver Art Museum Summer Camp , tions), ages 4-12 years, June 1-July 31, $175/week ($140-Week 1 and 5). It’s a Small super-camps (afternoons 7-10yrs olds). Gym - ages 4-11 years, June 9-July 24, morning, after - cooking, math for fun, puppetry, world culture World Camp, 3-6 year, June 1-July 31, 7:00-5:45 nastics, arts & crafts, theme days, special camp noon and some all-day classes available, $85 activities and more. Some scholarship funds pm, $175. Activities include Art Smart, KC Kids shows with awards. Call 303-512-0799 or visit half-day classes, $225 all-day classes/camps. The available based upon need. Call 303-394-9993, Take the Stage, Hip Hop Rock Out, Way Out www.coloradogymplus.com . Museum’s collections are the inspiration as kids Ext. 103, e-mail [email protected] or Water, Super Star Sports, Super Size Science, adventure through the galleries grabbing ideas Outward Bound Wilderness Heroic visit www.mizelmuseum.org . and turning them into masterpieces in paint, Great Outdoors, Summer Wrap Up, Camp Combo. Call 720-424-8291 to register. Journey (various locations), age 12+ years, clay, paper and more! Registration begins Mon - year-round camps, cost depending on camp. A Odyssey Summer Enrichment Pro - day, March 9, for members-Monday, March 16 grams (Stapleton), starting June. Fourteen ven - Denver Zoo Summer Safari Camp , ages nonprofit adventure-education organization em - for non-members. Call 720-913-0048 or visit dors will be providing excellent fun 4-13 years, June 1-August 7, $135-260/week. phasizing personal growth through experience www.denverartmuseum.org. 100 W. 14th Ave. opportunities for your children to learn and Come spend a week with Denver’s wildest resi - and challenge in the wilderness. Activities in - Parkway play. Many of the same vendors such as Anne dents! Campers participate in hands-on activi - clude backpacking, canoeing, canyoneering, dog and Peter Thulson, Children’s Technology Work - ties, animal visits, crafts, games, projects, and zoo sledding, mountaineering, rafting, rock climbing, Denver Montclair International shop, Executive Arts, Flourish Community Art tours. Call 303-376-4888 option 8, or e-mail sa - sailing, sea kayaking and skiing/snowboarding. School Summer Camps (Lowry), ages 3-11 School, John Babiak Presents, Nicole West, Om - [email protected] . 2300 Steele St. Denver Scholarships and academic credit are available. years, various dates. Week-long day camps in Call (866) 467-7651 for more information or a niform Karate, Science Matters, and StanYan are language (French, Spanish and Mandarin Chi - scheduled. New vendors have been added in - Dramatic Adventures Summer Camp free catalog or visit www.outwardbound.org . nese), sports, cultural exploration and creative cluding A Bright Idea, Kids at Play, and SolVida (Park Hill), $160. Super Hero Academy Beginner, arts. Call 303.756.0381, visit www.DISchool.org Dance Theatre including Odyssey’s tutoring pro - ages 5-8 years, June 8-12, & July 6-10 , Mon.-Fri. JA Business Week Camp (Johnson and for a complete schedule or e-mail Manu Bidan grams for all ages, optional early drop-off and 9-12:00 pm. Super Hero Academy Advanced, Wales University, 7150 Montview Blvd), high at [email protected] for additional informa - late pickup. If you register for an AM and PM ages 9-12 years, July13-18 , Mon-Fri 9-12:00 pm. school student grads, Jun 8 to 13, from 9 to tion. 206 Red Cross Way, Denver class, lunch is included in the price.Visit Teaching leadership skills using theatre games 12pm, $250, work on “Apprentice”-style busi - www.myenrichment.com and select Odyssey and a super hero theme. They learn tangible ness projects with a real company, meet new Denver Museum of Nature & Science friends, live on a college campus. Call 303-260- Summer Programs to your left to register. Summer Day Camp (Colorado Blvd. & tools to battle every day problems like a cham - pion. Call 303-377-0785 or visit www.dramati - 6285, e-mail at [email protected] or Montview), June 8-August 14, camps will cover Paddington Station Preschool Camp cadventures.com. visit www.jabusinessweek.org. general science, anthropology, geology, paleon - (Lowry), ages 3-5 years, session 1, “CityScape” tology, zoology, space science and/or health sci - kidstheatreWEST Camp, ages 7-17, runs 4 weeks in June and session 2, “SeaSide” 4 ence. Parent-Child workshops, age 3-(90 camps offer classes in acting, dance, singing, weeks in July, various schedules available Mon - stage combat, improvisation, make-up and great productions. Camp sizes are limited so there’s lots of individual attention and great roles for everyone. This summer’s shows include The Sound of Music, Macbeth and Jungle Book! For , with all performances in Lowry, $599- $1049. Call 303 507 7424 or visit www.kidstheatrewest.net.

Mike Giles Karate Lil’ Dragons Camp (Stapleton), ages 3-7, A-June 8–12, B-June 15-19, C-July 13-July17, 9-12 pm, $150/week, $20 off if registered before March 15. Daily schedule in - cludes safety drills, character themes, obstacles courses, karate, games, snacks, water fun days, arts and crafts, bounce castle, Pizza Fridays, Pop - sicle Wednesdays, etc. Call 303-377-5425 or visit www.mikegileskarate.com. Quebec Square, 7506 E. 36 th Ave., #480

Mizel Museum Camp (400 S. Kearney St., Denver), ages 4-12 years, May-August, $95- $185/week, half and full-day multi-activity camps Denver Art Museum include art, music, drama, sculpture, dance, Dramatic Adventures Summer Camp Photo courtesy of Denver Art Museum Photo courtesy of Dramatic Adventures SON Plumb ing E • Remodel • Repair V • Installations • Basement Finish E • All Jobs Large & Small N • FREE Estimate Master Plumber 30yrs Experience Jack 303.204.0522

March 2009 26 Stapleton Front Porch Quill Kids Creative Writing Camp (var - Continental break - Camps (continued) ious locations), ages 6-13 years, Monday-Thurs - fast & snack pro - day, 9-12:00, East Denver: June 22-25, South vided. High Peaks Denver: July 20-23, West Denver: Aug 3-6, Camp (Estes Park), $85/4-day session. Sibling rates available. Recre - ages 7 to 12, June ational program guides budding authors 17 to 22, $50 for through the experience of creating imaginative five full days of prose and poetry . Call Iretta Bell at 303-618- overnight camp. 9701, [email protected] or visit www. Must register www.quillkids.com. through The Salva - tion Army Denver Rocky Mountain Arsenal Nature Red Shield. Trans - Rangers Day Camp (56th Ave and Havana portation to camp in NE Denver 80022), ages 4-6, 6-9 and 9-13+, and back is pro - June to August 7, full (8:30am-4pm) and 1/2 day vided, free physi - (8:30am-12:45pm), am drop off at Refuge and cals will be offered. pm pick up at Refuge or at the Stapleton Activities include Odyssey Charter School, $225/full day hiking, swimming, $175/half day, 14:1 ration. Contact John Babiak team building at games, rope Young Americans Center for Financial Education [email protected] or register at course, campfires Photo courtesy ofYoung Americans Center www.MyEnrichment. com, see link to Nature etc. Call Kathy or Rangers Summer Camp 2009. Shosannah at 303-295-2107 to register.

Rocky Mountain Chess Camps (various Shadow Theatre’s CRUNK (Creative June 1-August 7, 8:00-5:30 pm. Price range locations), all abilities and ages, in Englewood - Resources Uniting Neighborhood $280-for half day & up to $1,308 for full time. June 15-19 – full and half day options - and in Kids) Summer Camp (1468 Dayton St., Au - We also offer Parent/Tot classes. Daily activi - Denver July 13-15, 8:1 ratio. Five 2-day chess rora, 80010), ages 13-18 years, July 7-August 16, ties include art/crafts, math, science, open gyms, camps are also offered throughout the summer $Free. An educational workshop enabling young water play, outside time, music, games and story in Englewood for specific ability levels. Partici - people to ignite within themselves the joys of time. Enrichment classes include cooking, and pants will be taught scorekeeping, etiquette, their human spirit through artistic expression.” dance. There are in-school field trips from ma - Uniting Neighborhood Kids) Summer Camp tournament preparation, logical thinking and Apply March 15 th -June 19 th . Download applica - gicians, actors, dancers, artists and many more Photo courtesy of Shadow Theatre CRUNK strategic planning for all the phases of the tion at www.shadowtheatre.com or pickup at activities to keep the children happily enter - game. Learn from nationally-recognized Denver Shadow Theatre. Call 720-857-8000 or e-mail tained all summer long. Call 303-3 21-7258. Chess Master and author of Teaching Chess in [email protected] . day through Friday, from 8:30-3pm. Enrichment the 21st Century – Strategies and Connections Thornton Camps (2211 Eppiger Blvd) Classes are available Mondays, Wednesdays and to a Standards-Based World and Chess Work - South Suburban Camps (various loca - Camps include Adventure Club, 5-11 years, June Fridays from 11:30-1:30pm. Call 303-333-9154 book for Children, Todd Bardwick. Call 303- tions), ages 4 to 17 years, various dates be - 1- August 14, $1,031 Resident, $1,237 Non-resi - or visit www.paddingtonstation.org. 1301 Que - 770-6696 or visit tween June-August, $100-$295. For those dent and Teen Escape, June 1- Aug. 14, 11-14 bec St., Denver www.ColoradoMasterChess.com . looking for a specific camp (like technology years $1,100 Resident, $1,320 Nonresident. iCamp, lacrosse, or kayaking) and not finding it Both camps include swimming, field trips, book Paha Camp for children and young Rocky Mountain Speed Youth Ath - in the NE Denver area, South Suburban offers a mobile visits, crafts, group games and adults with disabilities ( 200 Kipling Street, letic Training Camp (Lowry-Bishop wide range of camps. 303-347-5999 or visit sports. Registration begins April 8th for resi - Lakewood), ages 6-25 years, June 15-July 31, (no Machebeuf High School, 6 th Ave. & Uinta), ages www.sspr.org. dents and April 9th for Nonresidents. Call Jenny camp July 3), 9-5pm, 7 weeks full camp, $1400 7-18 years, June 15th - July 23 rd , Monday-Thurs - Dowdell at 720-977-5934 or e-mail resident, $1800 non-resident, 3 weeks, $700 day, 6 weeks long, 4 days per week, 1 hr 15 min Skyhawks Sports Academy Camps (var - [email protected] . resident, $900 non-resident, 7 weeks summer st Morning Session times TBD. $299 Speed ious Denver locations), ages 4-14 years, various school (12-5pm 1 2 weeks and then full time Camp + $50(weight lifting program) Additional times between 9-4 pm, June-August, $79-$109. YMCA of Metropolitan Denver (Schless - thereafter), $1050 resident, $1400 non-resident. cost for supervised weight lifting program only Four-day camps include soccer, basketball, flag man) will organize youth sports teams to play in Activities include swimming, nature exploration, for athletes 14 and older who choose to partic - football, baseball, mini-hawk, golf, lacrosse and Stapleton. Call 720-524-2792 or visit www.den - sports, games, arts & crafts, drama, music, out - ipate. RMSC is a performance training camp cheerleading. Call 1-800-804-3509 or visit verymca.org for programs, schedules, cost and door skills, sensory room experience and out - that helps young athletes to improve their www.skyhawks.com for complete schedule. location details, as well as information about a ings into the community. All activities are speed, quickness, agility, strength and overall variety of sports camps. adapted to meet the needs and abilities of our athleticism. Goal is to improve the athletes Spanish Is Fun Summer Camp (Lowry), campers. Open registration begins April 4. Call playing ability within chosen sports. Call Keith Denver, ages 4-10 years, July 20-July 31, $170 - Young Americans Center for Financial April Rosenthal 303-987-4866, e-mail Holmes at 720-217-1205 or visit www.rocky $510. Spanish Is Fun is not a class, it is an unfor - Education Camps (3550 E. First Ave. and [email protected] or visit mountainspeedcamp.com . gettable experience! New this year: a Latin Car - 401 S. Pierce St., Lakewood), grades 2 to 8, Jun www.lakewood.org/camppaha. nival. Call 303-200-0622, e-mail at 8-July 24, $125-$185, weeklong camps include International Exploration Fine Arts [email protected], or visit www.spanishis - Girls Can, International Towne, Junior Money Paint Horse Stables Camp (4201 S. Camp, Stapleton (Stapleton), ages ECE 3 – fun.net to register. 7653 East 1 st Place Matters, RunningYour Own Biz,Young Ameri - Parker Road, Aurora), ages 8 and up, 9-3:30 pm, 5th grade, 2 nd or 3 rd week of June, $35. Camp Towne, Teens Travel & Trade,Young Entrepre - Jun 1-Aug 14 Monday-Friday, register by March 1 held at Bill Roberts Elementary School includes Temple Emanuel Summer Camp (51 neurs Tool Kit. Call 303-321-2265 or visit for $375/week, after $395. Learn safety, horse music, two-and three-dimensional art, foreign Grape Street, Denver, 80220), ages 2-6 years, www.vacenter.org . care, grooming, saddling and riding. Call Bob language, games, stories, snacks, and more! Hantschel at 303-690-8235 or visit Sponsored by Northfield Church. Call 720-985- www.painthorsestables.net. 6810 or [email protected]. 2100 Akron Way, Denver Primrose Camp (Stapleton), ages 4-12, choose your full days/weeks from monthly Salvation Army Camps (2915 High St., themes: When I Grow Up, What’s Cooking & Denver, 80205) Red Shield Summer Day Camp, Passport to Adventure. Low weekly fee in - ages 5 to 11, June 8th - August 7, 8:30am- cludes all meals, field trips, guest visitors, en - 6:00pm, $50/week. Licensed child care, 2 field trance fees and transportation. Call trips weekly, arts & crafts, computers, in - 303-271-1237 or visit http://www.primros - door/out door sports, swimming, drama etc. eschools.com. 2501 Syracuse St., Denver

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Stapleton Front Porch 27 March 2009 From the Stapleton 80238 Point of View

S.U.N. Meetings are open to the public The SUN Board meets at 7:30pm on the 4th Monday of every month at the Stapleton Community Room, 2823 Roslyn Street . Please confirm by emailing stapletonunited- To contact SUN, please come to the meeting or email [email protected] [email protected] or calling 720-840-8492.

SUN is committed to including on the Board residents scheduled at 7:30pm on the fourth Monday of January SUN Announces 2009 from all areas, including newly built homes. through November). Chairing or serving on a SUN com - A nominating committee has been formed to identify mittee (transportation, education, outreach, safety and members of the Stapleton community who are interested in communication), serving as a SUN liaison on a Stapleton Board Elections becoming more involved in the effort to organize the neigh - Citizens’ Advisory Board (CAB) or Stapleton Development By Bryan Penny borhood. Please consider sharing your voice and experience Corporation (SDC) committee (parks advisory group, zon - Are you new to the neighborhood? Have you hoped that by becoming a candidate for the SUN Board of Directors. ing and planning, housing diversity, community commu - more voices from the community would be represented in de - nications and design review) or serving as a SUN liaison to velopment decisions? Want to help make Stapleton a better InterNeighborhood Cooperation (INC). Authoring at place to live and work? Do you have talents and skills that least one article per year for the SUN Spot section of the could be put to good use in planning future development in Stapleton United Front Porch and Tower Ledger. Attending and helping out Stapleton? Are you a current resident who has been looking with SUN sponsored community events and forums. Pro - for an opportunity to get involved with neighborhood issues? moting the work of SUN and the ethos of SUN’s mission If your answer is “yes” to any of these questions, please con - Neighbors Board in the community. sider running for a leadership position in the Stapleton United Neighbors Board of Directors. Election FAQs What is the time commitment involved? The first Board of Directors of SUN was elected in the Monthly board meetings typically last an hour and a half spring of 2004. During the past five years, much has been ac - to two hours. SUN, CAB and SDC committee meetings complished. SUN developed By-laws and established non- What is SUN, and what role does it play in the neighborhood? are usually once a month and run about an hour to an profit status. Several community forums have been held and The mission of SUN is to work for the betterment of the Sta - hour and a half and INC meetings are the second Saturday a neighborhood watch program has been started. SUN has pleton neighborhood and the City and County of Denver by of the month for three hours. Beyond that, keeping up also supported alternative transportation planning and active providing: (i) a forum for residents living within the bound - with voice mail, email, authoring a SUN Spot article and living in the community. SUN now hosts regular forums with aries of SUN to discuss and resolve issues; (ii) a network of attending other events and meetings can add as little as a Forest City representatives and officials from the City to help communication; (iii) a means of acting on matters of impor - few minutes to as much as several hours per week. Board keep Stapleton residents up to date on the state of our neigh - tance to the community as a whole. Check out the SUN members should also monitor Grapevine posting on Sta - borhood. SUN also organizes the annual Block Party Day and website at www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com for more in - pletonOnline.com weekly for issues relevant to the com - the Kickball Tournament, to help bring new neighbors to - formation. mittees they are a part of or attend. As a general rule, SUN gether, and build the bonds that are critical to strong commu - will involve about 10-15 hours a month of time March nities. Now it is time to make plans for another year of What do SUN Board members do? 2008 Stapleton Front Porch commitment, and potentially progress with the election of members of the SUN Board of SUN board members are responsible for helping bring the more depending on the calendar of events. Directors. Of the 15 seats on the SUN Board, seven are up mission of SUN to life through work in the community. That for elected this year. As Stapleton is always growing, entails at least the following responsibilities: Attendance at 9 What do I need to do to run for the Board? or more of the 11 SUN board meetings each year (currently The application process entails submitting a statement of interest and bio (not to exceed 175 words) to Bryan Penny ([email protected]) by April 1, and attending the SUN Forum and Election on May 5th. The statement of interest and bio will run in the May issue of the Front Porch and Tower Ledger and be posted online on SUN’s website at www.StapletonUnitedNeighbors.com.

How are the elections determined? In the past, there have been just enough candidates to fill each slot, but in the event of more candidates than slots, each voter has 7 votes and the top 7 vote gatherers are elected to the board.

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Stapleton Front Porch 29 March 2009 Denver: Healthcare, IT routinely close some programs and open oth - and Business are the hot ers. We have expanded our automotive repair categories. Most people program in part because of the ongoing de - are refining and expand - mand in that industry, and in particular the ing upon their work ex - need for more automotive repair services as perience with new and people keep their cars longer. We have also updated skills. been working with several hospitals to de - velop a program in health information tech - Aurora: We see both nology, a field that will continue to grow as kinds of students — the population ages. We have other health those that are just taking care programs that we’re researching as we a couple of classes to up - believe that health care probably offers the grade their jobs skills most long term growth possibilities. Finally, and those who are mak - we have been paying a great deal of attention ing career shifts. Our re - to alternative energy technologies and sus - tention from fall to tainability initiatives. We’ve added a sustain - spring has increased ability course to our Architectural from the previous year , More and more students are taking science classes in preparation for Technology program and are developing jobs in the health field. Photo courtesy of Front Range Community College suggesting students are training programs to serve workers at Vestas looking at investing plants in Brighton and Windsor and other (continued from page 1) Some programs more time toward a degree or certificate. energy industry manufacturing firms in our with noticeably higher demand are criminal In our computer open-entry courses , stu - service area. justice, early childhood education, automo - dents are registering for anything from Java tive repair, and horticulture. We have also to Excel. These classes give students the op - Denver: We are focusing on developing new seen significant increases in science course portunity to take classes and finish them training options in Energy, Green Business/ enrollment, probably for students who want quickly so they can start the next one within Technology practices, Trades/Construction to prepare for health care careers. the same semester. and Hospitality. Healthcare is still the hottest field for hiring, but the other industries are Denver: Online learning We see students seek - ing career shifts to have projected to grow in the near future. options have become Visit the community college jobs they have not had be - very popular, especially websites for more information: Aurora: CCA faculty and staff research the courses that provide fore. Our paralegal pro - job market and work with workforce centers marketable job skills. Community College of Aurora: gram has an increase in to identify where job growth may be. We’re The Colorado Film School at Lowry, as part of the Last year, most classes www.ccaurora.edu. enrollment. CCA’s Col - in the process of developing new programs as Community College of Aurora, offers students expertise that is valuable in finding jobs in our visual taken were on fun or Community College of Denver: orado Film School con - early as summer and many more in the fall. tinues to experience personal enrichment www.ccd.edu We have a new division named XpressEd that What types of program options are available for record enrollment , and topics. Front Range Community will offer these new fast-track programs. In adult learners – for example, degree programs, cer - with the new partnership April, we start a new 10-week certificate in Aurora: We see a jump College: www.frontrange.edu tificate programs, single classes or workshops? with Regis University, stu - Art and Media Design, which was based on from the 2007- 2008 Community college classes dents can take three years communication from our partners in the in - Front Range: All of the above are available. We school year. CCA’s fall planned at the new Adams City at CCA and transfer to dustries. We have a new Business Technology have short certificates that take one semester or enrollment was up 9 High School (72 nd and Quebec): the Regis fine arts pro - certificate to meet the demand our commu - less — among those are Certified Nursing Assis - percent. Spring is up www.adams14.org/the-new- gram for the last year. The nity workforce centers are seeing. We are de - tant and Emergency Medical Technician, A+ and 16% so far, with online adams-city-high-school EMS program has many veloping an Engineering Technician program Net Plus Computer Certificates, as well a number enrollment up 20% . students who have always that would provide specific training in green of shorter automotive repair certificates. There are What types of programs are adults enrolling in, been interested in this line of work now en - technology and sustainability. Our research is longer certificates in most of the programs I have and are you finding they are honing existing tering the program. showing a need for an Interpreter and Trans - mentioned above, as well as two year degrees in technical fields and for transfer. A number of our skills or making big career shifts? Are you tailoring your programs based on pro - lation Certificate in this area. In the health - students actually spend 3 years at FRCC and jections of job growth in certain industries, and care industry, we’re looking at developing Front Range: For students over 25, we have transfer about 90 credits to Regis as part of a 3+1 if so, what industries and jobs are worth men - medical support certificates as well as a nurs - seen particular increases in horticulture, program we offer to help students earn a Regis CAD and Architectural Technology, Ac - tion? ing program. Our instructional departments are looking at all the 16 credit certificate pro - Bachelors degree. counting, Pharmacy Technician , as well as Front Range: We are always trying to tailor In addition, a number of adult learners do take basic science courses. grams currently offered in order to find ways programs to labor market information and to offer those in a 10-week format. single courses – popular areas for that are Com - puter Information Systems and CAD, among oth - ers. We also offer several hundred non-credit courses each year, including basic computer skills It’s Simple... training, foreign languages, business and account - SAVE MONEY! ing, and many other areas. • Low Listing Fees Denver: We offer non-credit training options that • Buyer Rebates can lead to industry certifications. All classes are currently online, but new programs with live facil - itation are under development. Aurora: We have all of these including workshops for career development or enhancement. It is a long list so you might just want to check our web - site www.ccaurora.edu/programs . What are the costs, and are there scholarships or government funds available to offset these costs? Front Range: For on-campus credit classes, tuition wesvalley.com is $81 per credit. There are usually some small ad - 720.422.3976 ditional fees per credit, which vary slightly by

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March 2009 30 Stapleton Front Porch College Opportunity Fund (COF) it is Community Colleges $283.05. We have developed new scholar - ships available for students coming into the Training for Jobs XpressEd programs that will pay for their first class. We have our regular scholarships of the Future and financial aid for those who qualify. Where do you have campuses, and do you have online learning options? Front Range: We have full service campuses in Westminster, Longmont, and Fort Collins. We also have a smaller center in Brighton . We have the largest online learn - ing program of all the Colorado Commu - nity Colleges, with several degrees available Veterinary technician courses are a popular online including paralegal, business, com - choice at the community colleges. puter information systems, and accounting Photo courtesy of Front Range Community College programs. We offer over 150 different courses online. quite small, and produce students who Denver: Our offices are downtown, but on - have strong skills. Our students do very line classes can be accessed anywhere. well after they leave – our students who Community College of Denver is inter - transfer typically do as well at four year ested in identifying class sites to serve the schools as students who start there origi - Stapleton and surrounding community. nally. Aurora: We have two campuses: Cen - Denver: Our classes are affordable and high treTech Campus off Chambers and 1 st and quality. We are a solid member of the com - Lowry Campus off Lowry Blvd. (6 th Av - munity, and have a long-term commitment enue) and Dayton. We have a wide variety to helping people grow and flourish. of online classes offered through CCA and Aurora: In the fall when we began to see the CCCOnline (Colorado Community Col - layoffs occurring, CCA created a job task - world, says Frederic Lahey, the film school’s director. the film world, but in the business world where lege System). In addition to online, we Students are taught to be professional storytellers film is used more and more for developing force to research and identify programs who can take their skills and apply them not just in corporate images and providing training. have hybrid courses that combine online that would help get jobs. We felt it was our and in-classroom instruction. The in-class - role to step up and provide retraining, skill campus. Online and nursing courses cost AmeriCorps education benefits can be used room classes meet at specific dates through - enhancement and career services. As a com - more. Details on all the costs are on our web - for some of the intense career courses. Denver out the semester. munity college , we have the agility to re - site . There are several options for financial aid, workforce centers offer retraining funds (the What would you say to adults who have been spond to the communities’ needs, and we including federal loans and grants as well as closest workforce to CCD is located at 3401 laid off or fear losing their jobs about why take the responsibility of training our scholarships offered by the FRCC foundation. Quebec, Ste 7700 ). they should consider your community college workforce seriously and proactively. Our Denver: Online classes start at only $99 for 6 Aurora: There are no enrollment fees. Our tu - programs? staff and faculty work hard to help our stu - weeks of instructor-facilitated coursework. Inten - ition is quite low compared to private and 4- dents succeed from the moment they walk Front Range: We offer excellent value. Our sive programs are mostly in the $1000-$1800 year institutions. Three credits for a resident is through the front doors to the time they classes are reasonably priced, usually are range, maxing out at $5,000. Military and $558.05 and for residents who qualify for the walk up to receive their diploma.

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