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Northeast Neighbor “Michael” Becomes Mayor Hancock With supporters gathered on a stage behind him, By Carol Roberts more about his plans for Denver. Michael Hancock addresses the crowd at his election en days after the election, the Front Porch sat down Front Porch: What is some of the advice you’ve gotten? night party shortly after he was officially announced the winner. The party, which was open to the public, was held with mayor-elect Michael Hancock and asked him to Hancock: Don’t let this job kill you. Remember what’s important at the EXDO Event Center in North Downtown Tshare information that would let readers get better ac - to you, which, for me, is my family. Take time to breathe. One of (NoDO). Additional election night photos are on page 3. quainted with him as a northeast Denver neighbor and learn the best pieces of advice I got was take (continued on page 4) East Denver Gets Three New Council Members By Jon Meredith long-winded sessions, Mary Beth Susman af - Free Yoga on the Green ess than a week after the three new firmed for all three, “We sure are!” council members from East Denver got The three new East Denver council Lelected, City Council spent three hours members are: listening to testimony about the permit • Chris Herndon, who replaces Mayor- process for raising chickens in Denver. Asked elect Michael Hancock in District 11 (Park whether they were ready for these kinds of Hill east of Holly, (continued on page 26)
Tyrone Beverly, who has 10 years of yoga experience, will be the yoga instructor. By Carol Roberts buster when he was looking for a Bruce Lee ree and open to the public yoga DVD. “I did it and it hurt. I had no idea classes for all levels will be offered yoga was so challenging. I wasn’t looking Fevery Friday in July at Founder's for yoga but after I did it I fell in love with Green in Stapleton from 6:30 to 7:30pm. it and started practicing it every day.” The instructor, Tyron Beverly, says he used Beverly was working at a fitness club, to play football and basketball and was which offered him the opportunity to looking for a different kind of workout teach yoga if he became a certified instruc - New City Council members for east Denver are, from left, Albus Brooks, District 8; Mary Beth Susman, and tried a yoga DVD he found at Block - tor. “My classes (continued on page 13) District 5; and Chris Herndon, District 11. Printed with soy-based ink. Paper contains 40% postconsumer waste. Revitalization of Denver Pelicans at Relay Rec Center Rapids’ NW Aurora County Fair Westerly for Life Tiered Rates Boot Room 7 10 Creek 11 21 22 26 ¡
Sweet William Market, below, is held on the last Saturday of the month.
Bring your picnic and join us for these free events open to the community. For a complete list of the summer activities, please go to our website at www.stapletoncommunity.com. What is your Community DNA? Events are also listed in The Front Porch I hope you are able to stop and enjoy this calendar adjacent to this article. summer. The flowers throughout the Stapleton Community Garage Sale community look beautiful and the parks are Diana and Michael Kearns are once again CALENDAR lush green from the spring rains. Let’s all work sponsoring the Stapleton Community Garage this month to keep everything looking terrific Sale. The sale will be two days this year. West Nearby events that are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC or are nonprofit. and pick up trash when you see it. If you see a of Westerly Creek will be on Saturday, July 16, (Additional events are listed on pages 16-20. Recurring events are listed on page 16.) piece of trash on the sidewalk, pick it up and 8am–1pm and east of Westerly Creek will be put it in the trash can. Thanks for keeping the on Sunday, July 17, 8am–1pm. Registration community beautiful! has begun for this year’s event. If you want to JULY JULY 4th of July Pancake Breakfast & Parade sign up for the sale, please register at We start the day off with a BANG!!! The http://www.buildingstapleton.com/garagesale. Every Sunday Friday, July 22 If you have any questions about the garage Farmers Market 8:30am-12:30pm Relay for Life, 6pm, The Green* (see story p. 21) Annual Pancake Breakfast at the Fountain The Green* Pavilion in Central Park begins at 9am. sale, please email your inquiry to Saturday, July 23 [email protected]. Every Sunday Bike Tour of Stapleton Public Art, 3pm. Tickets will include pancakes, sausage, and City Park Jazz Summer Concert Series- Rain or Meet at Fountain in The Green* coffee or juice and will be priced at $5 for Kid’s Triathlon shine at the City Park bandstand 6-8pm. RSVP: www.denvergov.org/publicart, adults and $3 for children. All donations will The Stapleton MCA is hosting our first Kid’s 7/3 Denver Municipal Band- Celebrating our na - 720-865-4313 benefit the Stapleton Stingrays Swim Team. Triathlon on Sunday, August 14. Registration tion’s independence, 7/10 Convergence, 7/17 The Saturday, July 23 Decorate your bicycles, tricycles, wagons or will begin online on July 15. The event will Bob Montgomery/Al Herman Quintet, 7/24 The Concert-“Tunisia” (formerly Jakarta), scooters for the parade which will begin at Manuel Lopez Trio Featuring Maria Lopez, 7/31 include a swim at Jet Stream, a bike ride in 6:30–8:30pm, The Green* The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, 8/7 Chris 10:30am. We will line up along the Central Park and a run through the Daniels and the Kings, www.cityparkjazz.org Friday, July 29 promenade at the Fountain and head east community. If you would like to find out the Movie Night-“The Princess Bride,” starts at dark toward the Lake, looping around back to the details about this event or if you would like to Tuesday - Sunday The Green* Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Fountain area. Following the parade, the pools register, please go to www.stapleton- Visitor center now open to the public, 9am –4pm Saturday, July 30 & August 27 will open as scheduled. All pools will close at community.com. Each age group will have a Sweet William Market, 9am-2pm 6pm. Music and water activities are planned limited number of entries, so register early! Every Friday The Green* www.SweetWilliamMarket.com Yoga on The Green 6:30pm-7:30pm throughout the day. Please check the website, Beer Festival The Green* (see story p. 1) www.stapletoncommunity.com for all the Mark your calendar for our second annual Saturday, July 2 & August 6 AUGUST details of the day. Stapleton Beer Festival on Saturday, August 20 Denver Art Museum - SCFD Free Day Thursday, August 4 Yoga on The Green 720-865-5000 www.denverartmuseum.org from 4–8:30pm on The Green. Purchase your Active Minds Musical Seminar & Cocktail Party The Be Well Health & Wellness Initiative, tickets online beginning July 15 by visiting Monday, July 4 “American Composers & Songwriters” The Prodigal Son Initiative and the MCA are 4th of July Pancake Breakfast, 9–10am Cocktails 6pm, Seminar 7pm, Jet Stream Pool* www.stapletoncommunity.com or you can call 4th of July Parade, 10:30am, Central Park* offering the community a chance to us at 303.388.0724. Save $10 per ticket if you Saturday, August 6 experience yoga outside this summer for Tuesday, July 5 & August 2 Concert-“Wendy Woo” 6:30-8:30pm purchase before August 1. FREE! Bring your water bottle and join Children's Museum, Target Tuesdays The Green* instructor Tyrone Beverly each Friday in July Active Minds Seminar 1st Tuesday nights free, 4–8pm, cmdenver.org Thursday, August 11 beginning at 6:30pm on The Green at 29th The monthly July topic is “Sudan and the Saturday, July 9 Stapleton Activities, Inc. Potluck, 6–7pm Ave. between Roslyn St. and Syracuse. Darfur Crisis.” The Stapleton Activities, Inc. Concert-“The Nacho Men,” 6:30–8:30pm Active Minds Seminar 7–8pm, Discovery Center* potluck will begin at 6pm and the Active The Green* Friday, August 12 Stapleton Rocks Logo Contest Minds Seminar will follow at 7pm on Saturday, July 9 Movie-“The Princess & the Frog” starts at dark We are hoping to find a talented artist in the Thursday, July 14 at the Discovery Center Neighborhood Partners Environmental Team The Green* community who can create a logo for us to use located at 7706 Martin Luther King Blvd. We Clean up at Westerly Creek (26th & Beeler) Sunday, August 14 for the Stapleton Rocks Concert for a Cause. 9-12pm Starbucks and Einstein's provide coffee will examine the origins and current status of Stapleton Kid’s Triathlon 8am–12pm and bagels. [email protected], The contest began June 1 and the deadline has the conflicts, including the role of colonialism, Jet Stream Pool* [email protected] been extended to Friday, July 8. The winner tribal ethnicity and religion. For more Saturday, August 20 will be announced on Monday, July 11 and information, please visit Thursday, July 14 Stapleton Beer Festival 4–8:30pm, The Green* Stapleton Activities, Inc. Potluck, 6–7pm will receive an after-hours pool party for 100 www.ActiveMindsForLife.com. Active Minds Seminar “Sudan and the Darfur Saturday, August 20 guests! If you are interested in participating, The Active Minds summer musical series Crisis,” 7–8pm, Discovery Center* Concert-Opie Gone Bad & Chris Daniels & the please visit our website at continues with a cocktail party on July 21 at Kings, 4–8:30pm, The Green* Friday, July 15 www.stapletoncommunity.com and follow the Puddle Jumper Pool located at 2401 Xenia St. Movie-“How to Train Your Dragon,” starts at dark Friday, August 26 instructions provided. Cocktails will begin at 6pm and the seminar The Green* Movie Night-“Secretariat” starts at dark will follow at 7pm. The musical topic for this The Green* Concerts & Movies Saturday, July 16 Our concerts this month feature The Nacho month is “Beethoven: The New Kid on the Stapleton Community “West“ Garage Sale, Men on July 9 and Tunisia on July 23. The Block.” Bring a light appetizer to share. The 8am–1pm, West of Westerly Creek *More information at [email protected] beverages, plates and utensils will be provided. www.buildingstapleton.com/garagesale concerts are on The Green and run from The Green is located in the 29th Ave. Town Center in No prior musical knowledge is required—only Stapleton at E. 29th Ave. and Roslyn St. 6:30pm–8:30pm. How to Train Your Dragon Sunday July 17 a curiosity and love of music. Stapleton Community “East” Garage Sale, The Discovery Center is at MLK and Syracuse St. on July 15 and The Princess Bride on July 29 8am–1pm, East of Westerly Creek Central Park is at MLK and Central Park Blvd. are the two movies scheduled for this month If you have any questions or comments about www.buildingstapleton.com/garagesale Puddle Jumper Pool is at 2401 Xenia St. on The Green. Movies will begin at dark. the information above, please feel free to Jet Stream Pool is at 3574 Alton St. Tuesday, July 19 Remember, the concessions at the movies contact [email protected] or Denver Botanic Gardens - SCFD Free Day and concerts will be operated by various call the MCA office at 303.388.0724. 720-865-3500 www.botanicgardens.org The Front Porch welcomes submissions nonprofit organizations selling popcorn, candy Thursday, July 21 of upcoming local events (format & and soft drinks. Please stop by the big white Diane Deeter Active Minds Musical Seminar email on p.17) and story ideas. tent and support them as they raise funds for Director of “Beethoven: The New Kid on The Block,” 7pm Deadline is the 15th for the next issue. their group. Programming and Events Puddle Jumper Pool*
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July 2011 2 Stapleton Front Porch Top left: Charlene Hancock, the mayor-elect’s Top right: The mayor-elect’s wife Mary Louise mother, reacts to early results at her son’s Hancock acknowledges the crowd before she election night party. performs a vocal number and introduces her Lower left: Former Governor Bill Ritter looks Inauguration Events husband as the next mayor of Denver. at a TV screen, awaiting election results. Top center: Mayor-elect Michael Hancock Lower center: El Negro y su Pandilla band On July 18th the public is invited to attend the ceremony inaugurating Michael Hancock speaks to the crowd after the announcement helps pump up the crowd at Hancock’s elec - as mayor at the Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre in the Denver Performing Arts Complex. that he had won (58 - 42%). tion night party. An open-to-the-public celebration will follow at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Check Lower right: Run-off opponent Chris Romer www.DenverForward.com during the week before the events for final times. congratulates Hancock and assures the crowd that he will work cooperatively with Hancock for the good of the city.
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Stapleton Front Porch 3 July 2011 (continued from page 1) advantage of all not a master at it. I love to that this opportunity is going to give me, Interview with Mayor- spend time just creating as a mayor and as CEO of the city. In something. I love to read— Hancock: I think the real thing here is you don’t let other words, enjoy this opportunity. And I not fiction, but leadership your circumstances define your future and who you think in enjoying the opportunity here I books, biographies, autobi - are and ultimately will become. There are more kids will have fun, and in having fun I will do a ographies. I love to be quiet. who come from the circumstances I come from much better job. I definitely want to stay I’m really a loner by nature. than there are kids who don’t—or at least close to it. grounded. People in Denver resonate to a People don’t know that. My The reality is most kids have to see the possibilities style that is much more down to earth. wife says it’s an interesting in someone else and be close to them. At this junc - And it’s that kind of style that I never irony about me. She says, ture in my life I am able to say, “I come from your want to lose. “When you’re out, you’re on environment. I know what it means to not have a Front Porch: What did you tell your kids? and you’re the people’s per - lot of resources, to have to work hard to gain and to Hancock: They don’t have any perception will be, I think, to keep life with the son. But when you come home you tend to be earn—but I’m living proof that it’s possible.” It’s of what this all means to them, so it’s re - children as stable as possible. Her inter - very quiet and very introspective.” going to be important to me to make myself avail - ally about mom and dad telling them est is in the arts, particularly access for able for those kinds of opportunities and for the Front Porch: If you had a day to spend exactly as we’re going to do everything we can to young people to the arts. She’s a per - kids to continue to touch and feel and know, “He’s you want to, what would you do? protect them. We said, “Just continue to forming artist so she’s going to be big real—and whatever my dream is I can achieve it if I Hancock: At this stage I’d probably sleep all day... be kids and have fun. You don’t worry on how we can lift up and give oppor - choose to pursue it.” I understand the power of that I’d probably go play nine holes of golf, I’m not about this side of things, we will. Just tunities to our local artists. message and I’m excited to share that message with very good but I love the challenge of it. I would know we’ll protect you.” kids. There are programs out there that I can inter - Front Porch: Tell us more about your - read a little bit. And then I love nothing more act with and opportunities to engage—and I’ll be self, the kinds of things friends and than just to lie down and be quiet and hear some Front Porch: What did they say to you? willing to help out as much as I can. Hancock: They don’t want to be reminded neighbors know about you. soft jazz. But also as a family we do a lot. We love every day, “My dad is mayor.” Hancock: It’s funny, after the election to catch movies together, we love to go eat to - Front Porch: You’re the first city councilman to be - my neighbors said, “I didn’t buy this gether. We love to go get caught up with my come mayor. How will that affect you as mayor? Front Porch: Will you move? house to live next door to the mayor.” mom. I haven’t been over to my mother’s house Hancock: First, I very seldom thought about being Hancock: We’re not moving to Cableland, My neighbors know I love to be out - since probably March. mayor while a member of city council. But I was we’re going to stay right where we are. I doors working in the yard. We get fortunate enough to be elected president of city think kids have to be off limits... they can Front Porch: One of your most memorable cam - along very well. We don’t have any council and that gave me a chance to understand be so disproportionately impacted by this. paign ads showed you in high school saying you fences that divide us. We’re a very so - and be in other parts of the city as an elected offi - wanted to be mayor. How do you think you can Front Porch: Has your wife decided what cial family so people are constantly in cial. If you look at our district, where we live, the is - use your personal story to impact kids who feel role she wants to play? and out of the house. sues that I had the opportunity to they don’t have much of a chance in life? Hancock: Her first instincts and priorities I enjoy the art of cooking, but I’m address—foreclosures, schools, how we make the
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July 2011 4 Stapleton Front Porch -Elect Michael Hancock create barriers for low-income people and buildout. The deal is between children to access rec centers. We don’t Forest City and the City so we investment in our infrastructure to bring want kids feeling like regional rec centers are too have to have thoughtful and about better neighborhoods, parks, libraries, expensive for them to access. We’re going to pay strategic conversations about rec centers, roads. Those things exceeded the for them one way or the other—to access that how we finish this project and boundaries that I was asked to represent. So I rec center or we’re going to pay to deal with make sure we do it in a way led bond projects, I led the effort to turn them in the juvenile justice system. I’d rather be that is viable and sustainable. around schools—those same battles are going sure kids can get into those rec centers and have Things today are vastly differ - on all over the city. I think the issues we constructive things to do. ent than when we did that touched—job creation, DIA, economic devel - plan in the early 90’s, so we Front Porch: Do you think the vision of Staple - opment—those issues transcended my bound - have make sure it’s realistic. ton been realized? aries and I think that helped me a great deal. Hancock: I, for the most part think absolutely Front Porch: The budget is a Front Porch: Give us some background on the we’re realizing the vision of the Green Book. big issue and 70% of the budget is personnel, done that, we can say we’re as efficient as recommendations for tiered rates at rec centers? Those of us who consider ourselves trustees as a lot of it in Safety. How will you approach we can be as a city government and here’s Hancock: We have to find better ways to fi - elected officials and community leaders make a that issue? where we’re falling short, and you, the nance our rec centers. The current fee struc - point to always refer to the Green Book and Hancock: Relationship building and candid public, can see that through the numbers. ture doesn’t fund enough of the cost of rec make sure we’re carrying forward that vision. As conversations are very important. I’ve already That’s the proper thing to expect as voters centers that we can remain viable going for - in any document of this type, it’s a dynamic started to have preliminary conversations and and as taxpayers. ward. The big issue for me is we don’t want to document, which means that as we move along, there are indications they are open to helping Front Porch: This was a tough campaign, environmental forces change. We’re the city out again. They have an interest in and there was a lot of talent out there going to have to go back and look at making sure the city remains financially vi - among the rivals. Will you hire them? this document and see what’s practical able, as we all do. Hancock: I expect there will be some folks today. I think the Mayor’s team and Front Porch: The new city council members who were my rivals who will be part of the Forest City and maybe key stakeholders from East Denver told us that many people administration. We had over 700 people in Stapleton, including residents, would told them they would be OK with paying apply to be a part of our transition efforts sit down and say, “Here’s what remains. more rather than having city services cut. and a lot of them were from other camps. What do we value more than others? Hancock: Before a conversation around rev - We did not select people based on the We want to make sure we do 1,2,3 and enue occurs, you ought to expect that your camps they came from or whether or not 4. We can probably defer or do away city government has taken a very thorough they supported us. We selected folks be - with 5,6,7,8.” We have to make those look at its services and how we deliver them so cause they love Denver just like we do and decisions collaboratively in the best in - that we are as efficient as possible and that we wanted to make sure we were able to re - terest of the city as well as the Stapleton we’ve streamlined the operation. Once we’ve cruit that talent.
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Colorado Winefest was held June 9-11, with half (48) of the wineries tor of the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board said in the state participating. Prior to the festival a competition was held that 1700 tickets were sold for the Saturday event. For $35 at Johnson & Wales University, with regional and local judges select - participants got a wine glass, a wine tote, wine tastings at all ing the best of each category. The first night, June 9, was a celebration participating wineries, five food samples and free seminars and of premier Colorado wines—an awards ceremony at the governor’s demonstrations. The Winefest was a fundraiser for the Col - mansion for the best wines selected by the judges in each category. orado Association for Viticulture and Enology, a non-profit Friday, June 10, at Northfield, five of Denver’s leading chefs cooked a trade association of grape growers and winemakers. five-course dinner served with Colorado wines. Saturday, June 11 was Right: Attendees at a paired tasting listen to a wine expert the event that brought in the crowds. Doug Caskey, Executive Direc - and taste wine and cheese samples that go together.
July 2011 6 Stapleton Front Porch Imagine A New Mixed Use Development
Artist’s Adjoining vision of a possible mixed-use Stapleton development where Someda Westerly Creek meets Montview y Randy Winter, owner of a small manufacturing Jim Sayre, Aurora’s Manager of Zoning & company in northwest Aurora that has been Development Review, talks about the zoning grandfathered into the neighborhood, questions and planning process and takes questions from Also—Stapleton-Aurora only the residents but the adjacent develop - how the proposed zoning changes may affect his neighborhood residents at the community Connecting Streets and Possible ments.” business. meeting. “The citizens continually build on the NW Aurora Grocery Store community’s sense of place making it an ings where the vision of Stapleton got started proximity to Westerly Creek. The top chal - By Carol Roberts even better neighborhood in which to live, over 20 years ago. The above statements ac - lenges were identified as lack of adequate roomful of people gather to brain - work and play.” tually came from a group of citizens partici - grocery stores, restaurants and other quality storm about their ideal community “Enhanced parks, bicycle and pedes - pating in a process facilitated by the City of retail and poor condition of many of the ex - Aand agree on the following: trian-friendly streets and open spaces are Aurora’s Planning Department in recent isting buildings and homes. “The neighborhood is a thriving, vibrant maintained and recreation is available for all months to create a new community-based Based on the community’s vision, the and safe community with a mix of shops, age groups.” plan for the Northwest Aurora neighborhood Planning Department brought options to a restaurants and businesses that serve not This sounds like the community meet - along Montview that borders Stapleton. second community meeting and participants In December 2010, the City of selected the zoning plan shown at left. Day - 26th Ave Aurora received an EPA grant to ton and Montview, as well as 26th Place develop a plan to revitalize the (south of 26th Ave.) are identified as mixed- 26th Place area that includes the open space use areas. Participants also voted on a name and neighborhood south of 26th for the neighborhood—the preferred names Ave in Stapleton to 19th Ave (one were either Montview Village or Westerly block south of Montview) and to Creek Village. Iola on the East. The area covers The next step is for the Planning Depart - approximately 306 acres, has ap - ment to draft an amendment to the compre - proximately 6,000 residents, and hensive plan for the area and submit it to
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S through property or sales taxes, then those t 19th sures” were: location (proximity to the developing areas of Stapleton, new revenues can be funneled back into the Lowry and Fitzsimons/Anschutz), project to provide assistance in getting that nearby transportation, affordable project done.” The goal, she said, is to make homes with mature trees, and financing available for (continued on p.12) JULY Events at The Berkshire...
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Senai Hood, Zlatko Sma - 7, of Green Boutique/Hair Salon Combo jlovic, owner of Step into Old Europe Valley the Euro Café Ranch, gets and Market in her hair Northfield, braided by shows a stylist Do - dessert made minique with ingredi - Thompson ents from his at the new market. “Z,” as Family he is known to Affair his customers, Lifestyle came to the Clothing/ U.S. 16 years Hair Studio ago from in North - Bosnia where field. he had a café.
By Carol Roberts wanted to create something new with a dif - By Carol Roberts next to Twisted Olive. he new Family Affair Lifestyle ferent atmosphere. He met Jason Ngo ou don’t need to travel to Eu- The Euro Café offers pastries and Clothing/Hair Studio in Northfield through his wife’s cousin and Jason dreamed rope, you can find Europe’s specialty coffees, including Turkish, and Tis aptly named. It is owned by six of opening a boutique. Over a period of time “Yold world atmosphere here,” all the coffee drinks you’d expect, in - partners, all related in one way or another. they came up with a plan that blended their says Zlatko Smajlovic of Northfield’s cluding lattes, cappuccino, mocha and The six are all from Denver—and North - ideas. Family Affair combines a hair salon for Euro Market and Café. You don’t need to ice coffee. It also offers crepes, smooth - field is their third and smallest Family Af - men, women and children with a limited as - remember his name either; he’ll answer to ies, sandwiches (including veggie op - fair. They opened their first Family Affair sortment of boutique clothing geared toward “Z.” And when you go, you’ll find him tions) and panini, but he says his gyros downtown at 21st and Larimer three years a young demographic. The store also carries there—he’s per- are his top-selling ago, their second in the Orchard Town Nike shoes made for boutiques. Barber cuts sonally in the item. The pita Center in Westminster last summer and the for men start at $15. Women’s cuts start at café till closing bread is soft and Northfield store opened in May. One or $30. Hair color starts at $60 and kids’ cuts every day (8pm fresh and the more of the six partners is in each of the start at $12. The salon sells and uses products on weeknights tzatziki is his own stores daily, except perhaps on Sunday. by Bumble and Bumble and Dermalogica. and 11pm on private recipe, Donovan Kahler, one of the partners, The store, located north of Brookstone, Friday and Sat- made with sour used to have a salon in Cherry Creek, but can be reached at 303-576-6575. urday). He has cream rather than devoted his life yogurt. The grocery to making a section includes success of the products from Euro Market. Eastern Europe, “I haven’t had a Germany and Italy, “Z” serves Turkish coffee as shown in the day off for a year above picture that hangs in the Euro Café. such as chocolates, and four desserts, coffee, jam months,” he says. and canned vegetables. He offers sam - Z had a traditional old world café in ples of some of his grocery items, in - Bosnia, but had to leave the country due cluding Ajver, made in Macedonia from to the war 16 years ago. He brought his roasted peppers, eggplant, salt, oil and parents to the U.S. three years after he vinegar. first came, and he has volunteered in a If it’s not busy, Z will chat about his program to help new immigrants adjust. hometown in Bosnia and the Old He’s been working as a restaurant man- World Market and Café that he left be - ager most of the time since he left Bosnia, hind. Euro Market and Café is open and two years ago he started the Euro Mon.–Thurs., 11am–8pm; Fri.–Sat. Café next to Harkins Theatre. Two 11am–10pm; Sun., 11am–6pm. There months ago he expanded and moved is outdoor seating and free wi-fi. The across the street to his current location, phone number is 303.371.1108.
July 2011 8 Stapleton Front Porch NEW STAPLETON BUSINESSES Princess Dreams Do Come True New Dental Practice Brings the Latest Technology By Nancy Burkhart and always say ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ ittle girls often dream of being a “They learn how to twirl,” Kauffman princess or of meeting a real princess added. “We do ring-around-the-rosy, and Llike Snow White, Cinderella or Sleep - with the game, every child gets a prize for ing Beauty. Now Stapleton resident Caroline playing. They each get a stamp on their Kauffman can make their dreams come true hands. We do photos, sing the Happy Birth - through her business, Wands and Wishes Oc - day song and have cake.” casions. Sometimes little boys attend the parties, For birthday parties, Kauffman dresses as and they are given pirate or knight hats to a fairytale princess, and for tea parties she help them to join in on the festivities, she brings princess dresses and hats for little girls said. Kauffman and her husband, Jason, have to wear so that they can have a dress-up ses - two boys, 6-year-old Aiden and 4-year-old sion. Harrison, so she is beginning to venture into “Normally we get children from three to having parties for little boys as well. seven years old,” she said. “The parents re - “The boys seem to like the games we play quest the princess they want and they can re - too,” she said. quest a ‘package’ or a tea party. The ‘package’ The princess parties usually leave the little girls in awe, Kauff - man said. Dentist Kate Steele has moved her practice from Cherry Creek to Stapleton. Steele says, “I treat anyone from a 6-month-old child to an elderly patient in need of dentures.” Steele Dentistry of “Usually they Stapleton, is located at 3545 Quebec St. come away saying, ‘That was so magi - By Nancy Burkhart an elderly patient in need of dentures,” she cal,’” she said. “You r. Kate Steele has recently moved her said. “I set up my practice in Stapleton be - don’t expect to see a dental practice from Cherry Creek to cause it’s a new, developing area and I knew fairytale character DStapleton. In making the move, she there would be a lot of families looking for a arriving at your has brought with her the latest in dental equip - new dentist.” house. I’ve had par - ment. Steele’s dental practice, Steele Dentistry of ents say their “The practice is brand new,” she explained. Stapleton, is located at 3545 Quebec St., daughter ‘is still “It has all the latest in technology. It’s a very Suite 110. She and her staff work to make pa - sleeping with the comforting, nice place to get your dental work tients feel comfortable in a dental environ - rose you gave her.’” done.” ment. Party costs range Steele got her undergraduate degree from “Our patients are going to receive the best from $75 for a half- the University of Northern Colorado. But she attention from every member of my team,” hour visit with a received her dental degree and did two residen - Steele stressed. “This is a private dental office, Caroline Kauffman visits patients at Children’s Hospital dressed as Belle from princess to $350 for cies at the University of Colorado at Denver. not a corporate office. We make sure there’s Beauty and the Beast. For birthday parties, Kauffman dresses as a fairy tale a full tea party. “I did an extra residency that specialized in time for everything to be done correctly.” princess, provides elegant tea parties, and brings dresses so party guests can To view party extractions and implant placement,” Steele Steele is single and has an 8-lb. Maltese dress up as princesses. options and make said. “I do dentures and cosmetic dentistry. I named Tucker who rules the house. “But she is a princess visit. We go in and the birthday reservations for a princess appearance at a do pretty much everything for the whole fam - doesn’t get to go to work with me,” Steele girl gets a rose from the princess. We have a party, go to www.wandsandwishes ily.” laughed. In her spare time, Steele goes jog - game or face painting right away. And we occasions.com or email Caroline Kauffman Steele’s extra education has made her a den - ging, hiking or bike riding. bring music with us. We usually do a princess at [email protected]. tist for all ages. For more information about Steele Den - etiquette lesson so they learn how to curtsy “I treat anyone from a 6-month-old child to tistry of Stapleton, call 303-278-3353.
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July 2011 10 Stapleton Front Porch A flock of American White Pelicans take flight from a pond along Stapleton’s Westerly Creek. Photo by Marko Babiak Take a Hike by Marko and John Babiak ...... and gliding methods to fly. The heights at which they fly Arriving in a Neighborhood Near You: relate to the available hot air updrafts that they leverage to gain attitude. They drift over landscapes in the lower The American White Pelican thermals, commute short distances in the middle of the columns, and make their longer treks in the tallest por - During the past month Marko and I have had several are en route to their summer nesting habitats found in the tion of the updraft. pelican viewing encounters right here in the wilds of Northern United States and Southern Canada. They are fol - For Marko and me the novelty of seeing these majestic Denver. For my sidekick, it has been a thrill. As tod - lowing major rivers north and make very short stopovers in water birds has been indescribable. Use your nature dler growing up in the San Francisco Bay area, peli - estuaries, bays, lakes, marshes and ponds to rest, socialize and ranger eyes and look for them at Barr Lake, Cherry Creek cans were his favorite bird to watch fly overhead. To feed. Reservoir, the lakes in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Na - see a pelican in land-locked Colorado is a special They are cooperative hunters—they team up like synchro - tional Wildlife Refuge, or practically any body of water event. Their presence here brings up the obvious ques - nized swimmers. Their expandable throat sacs can hold up to in your neighborhood. Wishing you all good pelican en - tion, why Colorado? four gallons of water. Once they have nabbed a fish, they tilt counters. Practically anything that can retain water seems to their orange pouch bill downward to drain out the water. Marko and John Babiak are Stapleton residents. Marko, attract pelicans. Our first encounter was at a small At full maturity the 70-inch-tall White Pelican is one of 10, is an avid wildlife photographer. John is an enrichment pond in Garland Park near Holly and South Cherry America’s largest birds. An adult can grow to have a nine- teacher. Weekly he teaches his Nature Rangers ecology classes Creek Drive. Here we observed a pair of black-wing- foot-wide wingspan. They display their black-tipped wings to students at Steck, Roberts, Westerly Creek and Odyssey. He tipped, American White Pelicans foraging not on the during their graceful flight. These huge birds rely on soaring can be reached at Nature [email protected]. small fry and crustaceans that inhabit this pond, but they were setting their sights on several young and un - suspecting Canadian Geese goslings. Pelicans are car - nivorous birds. We will spare you the gruesome details of the kidnapping, and only say that our drive home Dentistry For Your was a quiet one. A few weeks ago, while crossing the MLK bridge over Westerly Creek in the Stapleton neighborhood, Whole Family Marko’s brother Nick, spotted several pelicans in the postage-stamp-sized ponds along Westerly Creek be - tween MLK and 29th Avenue. From a safe distance, we observed nine large pelicans for nearly an hour. They were casually loafing in the water, totally oblivi - ous to their modern urban surroundings. Without any apparent prompt, they gathered in the center of the pond and assembled into a tight U formation. Shoul - der to shoulder, they slowly paddled towards the shoreline. As they neared the pond’s shallow edge, they stopped. In unison, they dunked their heads under the waterline and gobbled up whatever fish they had suc - cessfully corralled. This rhythmic feeding routine con - tinued. Once satisfied, they flapped their enormous wings, slowly rose into the air and departed Stapleton. The American White Pelican is one of two species 3545 Quebec St, Ste 110 of pelicans that reside in North America. The other is Denver, CO 80238 the Brown Pelican. During their winter season, the Behind Sonic on Quebec White Pelicans make their homes in our Gulf Coast states. During the months of April, May and June they 303-278-3353 migrate through our state. These highly social birds All PPO Insurance Plans Accepted. Senior and Military Discount for patients w/o insurance. Where We Treat Your Family as Our Family
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Aurora Fox Theatre and the Stapleton MCA sponsored a four-night run of the musical Foot - loose. Diane Deeter of the Stapleton Master Community Association estimated the crowd for all four nights at 3,500. Four charities (Urban Farm, Asian Hope—aid for Cambodian or - phans, Camp Carey—grief counseling for children, and Monarch Montessori) raised $1600 at the event by selling drinks and snacks.
NW Aurora Revitalization (continued from p.7) partnerships with tion and begin the first phase of the park private developers and property owners. improvements along 26th Avenue in fall However in a neighborhood filled with of 2012. In the meantime, Forest City will individual private owners, revitalization be working with Aurora and DIA to get can be a long process, says Mindy Parnes all necessary approvals for the project. of Aurora Planning. She cites the area Possible NW Aurora Grocery Store along Colfax near the Fitzsimons/An - Chad Argentar, from the Aurora Plan - schutz complex as an urban renewal area ning Department, stated the Tri-County that is gradually being redeveloped. Health Department has given the City of Stapleton/Aurora through Streets Aurora a $130,000 grant to incentivize a and Park Improvements grocery store that offers fresh produce to At the community meeting, the Au - locate in Aurora in underserved areas of rora Planning Department announced the city, and this area of northwest Aurora that Iola will be the first of four streets is being considered for that incentive. The planned to connect NW Aurora and Sta - Front Porch will print further information pleton (the others are Dayton, Fulton and on a new grocery store as it becomes avail - Kingston). Forest City confirmed that it able. intends to make the Iola Street connec -
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July 2011 12 Stapleton Front Porch Groups Offer Support to Families with Newborns By Carol Roberts offers different options to meet the needs of hen Park Hill res - the people in each group—some meet dur - ident Megan ing the day for the first six weeks while the WNyce’s first mom is typically home, and then meet in daughter was born, she and the evening for six weeks to include the her husband participated in a dads. The SPIN Group program lasts 12 support group for new par - weeks. ents. The group, all of whom “The goal is to get families who live near lived in the same neighbor - each other connected.” Nyce points out that hood in Seattle, continued to lots of information is available on the Inter - meet for years after they fin - net but believes, “What’s powerful is families ished their initial 12-week coming together face to face.” program with a group facili - Nyce uses her expertise to facilitate SPIN tator. Nyce, who has a mas - groups, not to do individual therapy. If she ter’s degree in counseling, felt someone was having severe postpartum also facilitated some of the depression, for example, she says she would groups. Now Nyce lives in refer that person to an appropriate therapist. Park Hill and is launching a Nyce is offering a drop-in newborn sup - new business, SPIN Group port group at Naturally Loved in Stapleton Denver, to offer the same Town Center every Tuesday from 10 – 11am service for first-time parents and from 3 – 4pm. The cost is $5. These here. sessions are not a SPIN group, but offer sup - At a typical SPIN Group port to new parents and let them know what meeting, each person/couple SPIN Group Denver offers. “I am beginning shares the high point and the in the NE neighborhoods because I live in Park Hill resident Megan Nyce, left, has a new business, SPIN Group Denver, that offers support for first-time parents of low point of the past week. newborns. Melissa Sivernell and Leslie Arant, with their one-month-old babies Asher and Evelyn, attend an introductory Park Hill myself, but my hope is to get “There’s a lot of power in session at Naturally Loved in Stapleton’s 29th Ave. Town Center. SPIN Groups going all over Denver,” says hearing the story of someone Nyce. next to me,” says Nyce. Then during a break the families have stimulating the baby’s mind, etc.) and members of the group The cost for the 12-week program is $150/person, time to socialize to get better acquainted. share their experiences in that area. $200/couple. Visit www.spingroupdenver.com for more in - In the second half of the session, Nyce presents informa - “There are lots of resources out there for moms but not a formation. Nyce can be reached at 303.728.9441 or at tion on a topic the group has chosen (making baby food, lot for dads or both together,” says Nyce. Spin Group Denver [email protected]. Yoga on the Green DMIS Summer Camp This summer, give your children the world! Denver Montclair International School offers summer day camps for ages 3 –12 in French, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, arts and sports. We have exciting new camps for middle school students ages 10 –12! Including art, drama, mountain biking, (continued from p.1) started getting bigger and bigger environmental sustainability, math camp, tennis and and I started teaching all over town. I found a lot of broadcast journalism! people who were taking the classes were financially sta - Learn more about summer camps and the middle ble and they didn’t need free classes because it was al - ready affordable for them. But I saw there was a need in school opening in the fall of 2011 at the community. There are a lot of people who could not www.dmischool.com. afford it who could benefit from yoga. So then I thought of doing free classes for the community and bringing different groups of people together. In yoga 206 Red Cross Way, Lowry classes you don’t see a large diversity so I wanted to focus on inclusiveness. 303-340-3647 “Then I got with The Prodigal Son and started doing www.dmischool.com free community classes and it brought a variety of differ - ent people together... different backgrounds, different ages, different races. Just a bunch of people doing it to - gether and that’s what’s needed in the community. “At Yoga on the Green, what people can expect is a variety of people... inclusiveness, diversity. A lot of fun, a lot of excitement. I like to bring excitement to the class. I don’t want to make it so structured it’s boring. It’s outside, we’re going to have music. It’s going to be a good time. “I teach fitness competitors, I teach professional ath - letes and I teach little old ladies who can’t move their bodies any more and some old ladies who can move their bodies more than me. So it’s a mixed level class. I always tell my students to monitor their own body’s pro - gression and limitations because a lot of times people go to a yoga class and they make it about a competition. I continue to stress, ‘Go at your own level.’ I give options so you can achieve more if you want a harder class.” Yoga On The Green is an extension of The Prodigal Son Initiative (PSI) Health and Wellness Yoga Tour, which has had overwhelming success at The Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Denver Zoo, among others. The free classes are sponsored by Staple - ton's Master Community Association, be well Health & Wellness Initiative, and Prodigal Son. Participants take part in classes at their own risk. Founder's Green is lo - cated on East 29th Avenue between Roslyn and Syra - cuse Streets.For more information call Stapleton Master Community Association at 303.388.0724.
Stapleton Front Porch 13 July 2011 laugh, play, and tease, despite her ailment, demonstrated her been in the night that Amy’s discomfort seems to be at its worst A Story of Resilience strength of character and unstoppable spirit. and her mom, Andrea, was up with her in the night every night to By Mary Cook Each family member had to face his or her own hardships and offer comfort. have been utterly inspired by the LeClaire family’s story difficult times through that year and a half struggle with cancer. Then the LeClaires took in a friend’s small dog for six weeks and the impact it had on me will endure my entire life - Amy’s father, Mike, related feeling completely bewildered and ter - while the owner was away. The dog slept with Amy—and Amy Itime. I felt heartbroken to discover that their 7-year-old rified by the whole process. (Twin brother) Ben had another prob - started sleeping better! With two dogs, the family hadn’t considered girl was diagnosed with kidney cancer. I can’t imagine the dev - lem on top of his worry. He felt as though he hadn’t seen his the possibility that yet another dog could help Amy’s recovery. But astation her family mother in a year. I asked the LeClaires had been offered a dog to comfort Amy during her and she must have Amy what the cancer recovery and they started thinking they should take advantage of felt hearing this process was like, and she that option. The fourth-grade class at Bill Roberts School had done news. Her mother, said, “I was really wor - a fundraiser for the Stinkbug Project, a program that provides a Andrea, along with ried, and it wasn’t fun.” trained dog for comfort and companionship to children recovering her heart of gold, is No kidding. Understate - from an illness. a very successful, ment of the year. I asked The Front Porch had previously covered the story of the well-liked, and re - her what she learned Stinkbug Project (January 2010), started by Stapleton resident Alli - spected hospital ad - from having and surviv - son Winn, who wanted other kids recovering from an illness to ministrator. She is ing cancer and at first have their very own trained dog, just like she did. The dogs come accustomed to al - she told us that she had from the Colorado Correctional Industries Prison Trained K-9 ways knowing what become something of a Companion Program, which operates in nine different prisons to do, solving medical consultant to around the state. They are found in shelters and given to inmates problems, and her family and friends. who have learned about dog training and earned the privilege of being in charge. However, Andrea later caring for and training a dog. Through the program, dogs with be - Suddenly, she was told us what Amy was havior problems are trained to be good pets, inmates learn skills rendered helpless too shy to say. She told and find satisfaction, and the adoptive family gets a well-behaved and had virtually no From left: Emily Winn, 9, and sister Allison Winn, 11, who founded the Stink Bug proj - her mother, “Cancer pet. control of her ect, are pictured with 10-year-old twins Amy and Ben LeClaire. Amy is picking up her showed me what I was In March, Amy perused the online description of dogs available new dog Jasper (now named Jasmine) at the Colorado Women’s Prison. Jasper was daughter’s outcome. trained by a prison inmate through the Prison Trained K-9 Companion Program. made of...I learned I am through the prison-trained dogs program and selected five she As Andrea stated, made of iron.” might consider. The prison brought them to the women’s correc - “The cancer controls you.” Some good definitely came from this travesty as well. Andrea tional facility on Havana and Amy had the opportunity to meet From the beginning to the end of their struggle, they were and Mike learned how precious life is and gained a new apprecia - them. She selected Jasper, which she renamed Jasmine, a one-year- assisted by so many people who cared deeply for them: family, tion for their children. Mike also learned the brilliance and skill of old Scottish terrier mix, and took her home on May 19. Getting friends and even strangers. People donated to them, started a the medical staff, who became his lifelong heroes. Having a daugh - Jasmine turned out to be a good decision—after having her for a website for them, visited, and even frequently dropped off ter survive cancer gave them a whole new perspective on life. They month, Amy feels having a dog of her own has helped ease the anx - food. However, the constant food deliveries to their home, wisely learned not to “sweat the small stuff.” iety and physical discomfort that came in the aftermath of cancer. often left on their porch, caused a problem. They didn’t have Mary Cook, a 15-year-old high school student and family friend of enough room for all the food! Sure enough, when this the LeClaire family, wrote a longer version of this essay for a class as - dilemma was made known to the neighborhood, a freezer was signment to write a personal narrative. delivered. Amy and her family suffered through three–four months of living at the hospital, while her little body endured a total of Amy and Jasmine seven months of chemotherapy and a week of radiation, fol - By Carol Roberts lowed by surgery. Her tumor became the size of a tissue box, my LeClaire, now 10, has been cancer free since Novem - at times she threw up almost non-stop and she lost her hair. ber 2009. But the cancer and the cancer treatment took a Through all the tough procedures and pain Amy must Atoll—and even now Amy struggles with headaches and have felt, she never lost her spunk and sense of humor. She stomachaches. even played practical jokes on her mother, such as jumping Sometimes, after she came home from the hospital, she would out of a closet and scaring her half to death. Apparently, she climb in the cage with the family’s labradoodles to snuggle (with was popular with the hospital staff, as well. Amy’s ability to doctors’ permission) and that would bring some relief. But it has
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Stapleton Front Porch 14 July 2011 She took to the medium and found it to be the one she wanted to pursue. She has spent the years since refining and mastering her own style. She rented studio space at the Dry Ice Factory at 33rd and Walnut so that, when she has the opportunity, she can im - merse herself in her artwork. Encaustic painting, or hot wax painting, is a process where a combination of melted beeswax and damar resin are applied in lay - ers to the surface of a wooden board in order to prepare the surface properly. Hot Encaustic painting, or hot wax painting, is a process where a combination of melted beeswax melted pigments are then applied on top of and damar resin are applied in layers to the surface of a wooden board to prepare the surface. the wax, just like paint is applied on a wa - Hot melted pigments are then applied on top of the wax. The pigment is then burned into the tercolor. The pigment is then burned into existing wax with a blowtorch. Above, Brady is seen at a recent show and, at right, actually pro - the existing wax with a blowtorch. It is a ducing the art in her studio, both at the Dry Ice Factory. very exacting and precise process, because if the subsurface wax melts, the piece has to Encaustic Painting Provides be redone. Other materials are often en - cased in wax on the surface to form a col - lage. A Respite for Park Hill Artist Debbie has spent the last few years in a By Jon Meredith has steadily worsened over time, to kind of self-apprenticeship, trying different ife, as she had known it, changed com - where he now is able to speak but needs as - styles and materials until she found a par - pletely...in an instant. On a visit to the sistance breathing and he can’t move any ex - have caregiving assistance and get away for a ticular encaustic style that has become her Ldoctor with her husband five years tremities. few hours at a time, she knew she had to find own. She has not taken the usual path of an ago, Park Hill resident Debbie Brady found Debbie’s role went from comfortable an outlet that would take her completely emerging artist, which requires endless self- out her husband, Kevin, a retinal surgeon, homemaker to full-time—24/7, 365 days a away from the stress and demands dictated promotion, co-op sales, web pages and was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s dis - year—caregiver. She is unable to remember by her husband’s condition. gallery showings. She simply does not have ease. He had to retire from his thriving med - the last time she was able to sleep, uninter - Four years ago, she went with a friend to the time to promote herself. However, she ical practice immediately and his condition rupted, through the night. When she could an encaustic painting workshop in Santa Fe. was recently asked to (continued on p.21 Puerto Rico Festival The annual Puerto Rico Festival was held in Staple - ton’s Central Park on June 11, offering live music, authen - tic Puerto Rican food, and, of course, a dance con - test.
Left: Evelyn Ferries and Antonio Arias compete in the Right: Melanie Colon and Pedro Vega react to the announcement that they Festival held at Stapleton's Central Park. The other winners, Luz M. Algarin and Hum - dance contest. were co-winners of the salsa dance contest held at the annual Puerto Rican berto Juarez (obscured) stand to the right.
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7/21 Thursday- Highlands Square Third www.svgd.org for volunteer opportunities for Through 9/18- Marvelous Mud at Denver DISCLAIMER: The Front Porch obtains Thursday . Starts 5pm. 32nd and Lowell, singles: local projects, charitable social events Art Museum. Visitors can get hands dirty in Mud event information through websites and North Denver. www.highlands-square.com and working vacations abroad. Studio and try a potters’ wheel, hand building with press releases and cannot guarantee that Through 7/2 Saturday- Figuratively Speaking Live Music at The Soiled Dove. 7401 E 1st clay and selecting glazes. Live artist demonstrations event will occur as listed. Please check Art Exhibition . Explore boundaries of body lan - Ave, Lowry. Tickets: www.soileddove.com every weekend . contact information listed for updates. guage and human expression. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Denver Botanic Gardens Summer Con - www.denverartmuseum.org Saturday 12-5pm. FREE. Translations Gallery, 1743 cert Series. Concert lineup/tickets: www.con - Denver 2 for 1 Tix provides weekly 2 for 1 Wazee St. www.translationsgallery.com certs.botanicgardens.org ticket and admission discounts for metro Denver DENVER-AREA 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS arts and entertainment. www.denver2for1tix.com 7/2 Saturday to 7/4 Monday- Cherry Creek Denver Public Art Tours. FREE Public Art 7/2 Saturday and 7/3 Sunday- Rockies vs. Kansas Arts Festival. Cherry Creek North. www.cher - Tours—on foot, bike and scooter—for art and City Royals . Fireworks after games. ryarts.org architecture lovers. Reservations required; HEALTH AND WELLNESS www.rockies.mlb.com Through July 15- Heritage 2011 “Conversa - www.denvergov.org/publicart for tour schedule 7/12 Tuesday- Smart Sustainable Weight 7/3 Sunday- CBS4 Independence Day Eve Cele - tions with the other side” exhibit at Regis and to sign up. Also download a PDF of Denver’s Loss . 6:60pm. Free Lecture. RSVP for your gift bration in Civic Center Park. 8pm. FREE commu - University’s O’Sullivan Art Gallery, FREE. Tuesday, Public Art Guide. bag. Carrie Louise Daenell, ND at LiveWell Center, nity concert with patriotic favorites by Colorado Wednesday and Friday 10-4pm, Thursday 2-8pm. Denver Movies in the Park. FREE Movies in 255 Detroit St. 303.399.8050. Symphony with lightshow and fireworks display. Denver Regis Campus, Fine Arts bldg., 3333 Regis Blvd, Denver parks on Friday and Saturday nights in 7/21 Thursday- HIV testing at Rocky Moun - Civic Center Park. www.civiccenterconservancy.org Denver (Near 50th and Federal). July and August. Schedule is posted at tain Cares nonprofit for holistic HIV care. 7/3 Sunday- Rapids vs. Houston Dynamo. Fire - http://academic.regis.edu/osullivan/ www.FrontPorchStapleton.com and www.Den - FREE. 1-5pm. 3rd Thursday monthly. 4545 E 9th works after game. www.coloradorapids.com 7/16 Saturday- Old House Society Sidewalk verGov.org -> search for Movies in the Park. Ave, #120. 303.393.8050, Adrian Pilarski 7/3 Sunday- Denver Outlaws Lacrosse vs. Boston Stroll. 1-3pm. Featuring homes in the Harkness Thursdays in July- Confluence Concerts. 7/26 Tuesday-Baby Wearing Class. 5-6pm. Ex - Cannons. Fireworks after game. Heights neighborhood in the Highlands - 42nd Ave. Confluence Park, 15th and Little Raven, 6:30pm. plore different types of baby carriers and learn www.denveroutlaws.com and Green Court. Tickets: $15 at King Soopers or FREE. Parking $7 at Downtown Aquarium. about the benefits of wearing your baby . Hosted 7/4 Monday- 2nd Annual Park Hill 4th of July Pa - www.denversoldhousesociety.org www.greenwayfoundation.org by Trinity Doula Care. FREE. Naturally Loved, 7349 rade. 2:30pm 23rd Ave. between Dexter St. and Kear - 7/9 Saturday- CatFest at Dumb Friends July 7- The Denver Brass E 29th Ave, Stapleton Town Center. Jessica Mast, ney St. Floats, bikes, classic cars, elected officials, Civil League. Celebrate cat love with the Dumb July 14- Dennis Stroughmatt and Creole Stomp 720.339.1442 or www.trinitydoulacare.com War re-enactors and a Union Army color guard! More Friends League. 10am-3pm. Dumb Friends League, July 21- The Quemando Salsa Orquesta information: http://parkhillparade.org 2080 S. Quebec St. www.ddfl.org or 303. 751.5772 July 28- The Red Sax Quartet ACTIVE MINDS LECTURES 7/13 Wednesday- Discover the Daniels Col - Music and Movies Monday at Infinity Park. 7/4 Monday- Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra Info on all sessions: www.ActiveMinds.com. lege of Business. presents Spirit of America Concert at Arvada Speak with admissions repre - FREE concerts /movies at Infinity Park, Glendale, FREE. Center. Patriotic tunes and classic works followed by sentatives. Food, beverages, parking provided. 6:30pm concert, 8pm movie. Schedule: www.in - City of Arvada fireworks. Lawn tickets: $10; covered University of Denver, Marcus Commons, 1st Fl. finityparkglendale.com/summer-events 7/5 Tuesday- Venezuela. 10-11am. Jewish Com - seating: $24 up. www.summeratthecenter.com 2101 S University Blvd. 5:30pm. RSVP: www.alumni.du.edu/infosessionjuly. 303.871.2728 7/4 Monday- Olde Town Arvada Spirit of Amer - 1st Tuesday 2nd & 3rd Wednesday ica 4th of July Festival. FREE family-friendly events, 7/15 Friday-7/17 Sunday- 25th Annual Col - Breast Cancer Support Group Lowry Peak Speakers Toast - classic car show and fireworks at dusk. www.arvadafes - orado Black Arts Festival, “Gifted and 5–6:30pm AF Williams Family master Club. Noon –1pm, Pin - tivals.com Black.” City Park West, Denver. FREE. Drum and RECURRING Medicine Clinic, Conf Rm. nacol Assurance: 7501 E. drill team competitions, parades, music, art exhibits. (west entrance) 3055 Roslyn Lowry Blvd, Denver 80203 7/4 Monday- Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebra - (at MLK) 720-848-9000 www.colbaf.org EVENTS lowrypeak.freetoasthost.org tion at Four Mile Park. www.fourmilepark.org [email protected] 7/18 Monday- Colorado Federation of Gar - 2nd Tuesday 7/4 Monday- Shriners Parade. Dozens of miniature Parks Advisory Group, 7:30am, den Clubs. Meets 3rd Monday of month; open to 3rd Thursday vehicles, brass bands and other participants parade 7350 E. 29th Av, 3rd fl. Stapleton Citizens Advisory through downtown Denver. The Shriners Imperial Ses - all interested in gardening. 7pm. 1556 Emerson St. 4th Monday [email protected] Board Mtg, 7350 E. 29th Ave. sion is in Denver July 3-7. www.shrinershq.org Contact: Ellen at 303.320.5983 SUN Board Mtg. 7:30pm, 3rd Tuesday 7:30 –9am 303-393-7700 7/21 Thursday- Banks in Harmony Summer MCA, 2823 Roslyn St. Greater Stapleton Business Assoc. 1st Saturday [email protected] 8am MCA, 2823 Roslyn St DENVER METRO EVENTS Concert Series. The Modniks.(60s hits) Utah Bluff Lake Birders, Nature Park, 1800 S Peoria St, Aurora. 6:30-8pm. Aurora Every Tuesday 303-393-7700 Center 7 –9am Art Walks and Exhibits: Chamber: 303.344.1500 Stapleton Rotary Club – 7:30am Every Wednesday BluffLakeNatureCenter.org Stapleton Community Room 7/1 Friday- Santa Fe Arts District. Santa Fe 7/28 Thursday to 7/31 Sunday- Denver Weekly Weeders, Bluff Lake Na - Neighborhood Partners Envi - Drive between 10th and 6th. www.artdistricton - 2823 Roslyn St. ture Center 9am –12pm, ronmental Team 9am –Noon. County Fair. National Western Complex. Thurs - www.denverstapletonrotary.org 303-945-6717 SantaFe.com day 4 -10pm; Friday 10am-10pm; Saturday 10am- Contact [email protected] for location. 7/1 Friday- North Denver’s Tennyson Art 10pm and Sunday 10am-4pm. At-door admission AA Open Discussion Mtg. 1st Wednesday “1st Wednesdays” Home-based Walk. Tennyson St. and 44th Ave. www.denverart - prices start at $10 for adults and $5 for kids, free 7:30pm. MCA, 2823 Roslyn St 2nd Saturday 303-912-7075 businesses. Alternates between walk.squarespace.com under 5. VIP tickets, weekend passes and group dis - NE Denver/Park Hill MS Self- Lunch & Happy Hour Help & Support Group, Dist. 2 7/1 Friday- Cherry Creek Arts District. counts are also available. Tickets at www.denver - AA Open Meeting 6:00pm tbrislin @gmail.com Police Station, 10:15 –11:45am www.cherrycreeknorth.com countyfair.org St. Thomas Episcopal Church www.stapletonhomebusiness.com 3821 Holly St. 303-329-0619 22nd and Dexter. For info call 7/8 Friday- Aurora’s East End Second Friday 7/30 Saturday-7/31 Sunday- 11 th Annual Col - 2nd Wed. (Odd-numbered mos.) Periodically Shirley at 303-726-2998 SUN Transportation Committee orado Dragon Boat Festival. Sloan’s Lake Park, Stapleton Wine Appreciation Art Walk . Gallery openings, music, theater, food 6:30pm MCA 2823 Roslyn St. Group. [email protected] and more. 5-8pm. Map to all venues at Fletcher Denver. www.cdbf.org [email protected] Plaza/MLK Library (E Colfax at Elmira). www.au - Single Volunteers of Greater Denver. Visit roraartsdistrict.com
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munity Center, 350 S Dahlia St. Lil Shaw: 303.316.6359 7/19 Tuesday- Decorate Treasure Boxes. 10:30am & 11:30am. 7/11 Monday- The Struggle of Syria. 2:30-3:30pm. Springbrooke, Perfect for storing small treasures. Preschool to age 12. 6800 Leetsdale Dr. RSVP: 303.331.9963 7/26 Tuesday- Children’s Activity. 2pm. TBA. Registration re - 7/12 Tuesday- The Impact of Egypt. 12:30-1:30pm. Tattered Cover, quired. To submit information for the 2526 E Colfax Ave. 8/2 Tuesday- Paperback Notebook. 10:30am & 7/14 Thursday- Sudan and the Darfur crisis. 7-8pm. Potluck spon - 11:30am.Write secret thoughts in this cool notebook. Ages 6-12. Front Porch “Local Event” Listings sored by Stapleton Master Community Assoc., 6pm. Bring dish to share; Schlessman baby and toddler activities, Thursdays, 3pm, utensils, plates and beverages provided. Stapleton Discovery Center, no registration required. Email information in the following format by the 15th of 7706 MLK Blvd. 7/7 Signing Smart - Sign Language for Hearing Infants and Tod - the month to [email protected]. Events will 7/19 Tuesday- Women of History. 11am-12pm (10:45/refresh - dlers. be run subject to space available. ments). Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St. RSVP: Jodi: 303.388.4013 x307 7/14 Baby Activity. TBA. Date in numerical format (mm/dd), day of week- Name 7/21 Thursday- Beethoven: The new kid on the block. 6pm cock - 7/21 Toddler Massage. Learn the basic techniques to give your of Event. A one- or two-sentence description. Time. List tails, 7pm program, Stapleton Puddle Jumper Pool 2401 Xenia St. RSVP: toddler a loving massage. For 1 to 2-year-old babies and their cost or if free. Location. Contact information. Stapleton Master Community Assoc., 303.388.0724 caregivers. Press releases for suggested stories should be sent 7/26 Tuesday- The Impact of Social Networking. 5:30-6:30pm. 7/28 Baby Activity TBA. separately to [email protected] Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax Ave. 8/4 Pick a Preschool. Learn preschool options in your neigh - 8/2 Tuesday- Vietnam. 10-11am. Jewish Community Center, 350 S borhood. For babies and their caregivers. Dahlia St. Lil Shaw: 303.316.6359 Schlessman teen activities, ages 12-18, Mondays, 2pm 8/2 Tuesday- What makes an Orchestra Special? 10-12pm (10:45 child receives a Home Depot apron, wooden project and project refreshments), Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape Street. RSVP: Jodi: 7/11 Your Name in Graffiti Workshop. Stories and history of pin. Metro-area Home Depot stores. www.homedepot.com 303.388.4013 x307 graffiti art from around the world, basic graffiti art drawing tech - niques and info on how youth can participate in events in Denver 7/2 Saturday- Jewish Children’s Activities. First Sat. every 8/4 Thursday- American composers and songwriters. 6pm cock - in 2011. month little ones dance, sing, hear a story, craft and play at monthly tails, 7pm program, Stapleton Jet Stream Pool 3574 Alton St. RSVP: Sta - Shabbat experience, Me’at Shabbat. 9-10am. FREE. Temple Micah, pleton Master Community Assoc., 303.388.0724 7/18 Books ’N Bites. Reading group where teens discuss 2600 Leyden St, Park Hill. 303.388.4239, www.micahdenver.org books, have fun, and munch snacks. Titles to be announced. Regis - tration required. 7/13 Wednesday- “Create Playdates” at Denver Art Mu - seum. Kids 3-5 can roar, bang, stomp 2nd Wed. every month. Drop LIBRARIES 7/25 Video Games at the Library for Teens! For more library programs, check events calendar at denverli - in, meet other tots for art making, story times, scavenger hunts. In - 8/1 Books ’N Bites. See 7/18 brary.org. The Summer of Reading program for babies, kids and teens cluded in museum admission; 5 and under free. Denver Art Museum, continues to August 6. 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy. www.denverartmuseum.org or 720.865.5000 Park Hill Library , 4705 Montview Blvd. 720.865.0250. Closed Mon - KIDS AND FAMILIES 7/9 Saturday and 7/23 Saturday- Lowe’s Build and Grow days, Wednesdays and Sundays. Through 8/21 Sunday- Pinocchio. Denver Puppet Theatre, 3156 Kids Clinics. Bring the kids into any Lowe’s store to build a FREE wooden project. Each kid receives free apron, goggles, project- Thursdays- All ages storytime. For kids who can sit and listen to W 38th Ave. Tickets: $7 ages 3 and up. 303.458.6446, www.denver - puppettheater.com themed patch and certificate of merit on project completion. 10am. stories and participate in songs. 10:30am. www.lowesbuildandgrow.com Thursdays and Fridays- Book Babies. For babies 6-23 months 7/2 Saturday- Home Depot Kids Workshop. 9am-12pm. FREE how-to clinics the first Saturday of month for kids ages 5-12. Each 7/16 Saturday to 7/17 Sunday- KidSpree. Aurora’s 16th annual with parent/caregiver. Share books, songs, finger plays. 11:15am. (continued on page 18) Fridays- Tales for Twos . Storytime for 2-year-olds and caregivers. Stories, songs, movement activities. 10:30am. Activities for Preschool and School-age Children Tuesdays, 3pm. Local performers show their talent. Geared for families and children of all ages. 7/5 Vic the Science Wizard presents Really Cool Science! Magic with frozen carbon dioxide. Age 5 and up. 7/12 Ann Lincoln presents Around the World Magic and Jug - gling Show. 7/10 Butterfly Pavilion presents Bug Safari. Live bugs from the Butterfly Pavilion! 7/26 Mr. Shine’s Musical World. Songs, exciting puppets and even some mysterious magic! Thursdays at 3pm, Craft Programs for preschoolers through age 12. Space is limited; call 720-865-0250 two weeks prior to reserve. 7/7 Button and Magnet Making & Easy Origami Pen Pal En - velopes. 7/14 Make a One World, Many Stories Craft using paint, tissue paper and cut out “hands” 7/21 Paperback Notebook. Use old paperback novels to a make a spiral bound notebook! 7/28 Tribal Mask. Surprise friends with this amazing mask! Activities for Teens: Fridays at 3pm in July. Ages 12-18. Space is limited; call 720-865-0250 to reserve. 7/8 Video Games & Button/Magnet Making. Create personal flair for self or fridge while waiting your turn at gaming. 7/15 Tibetan Mandela. Using sand and paint make Tibetan design to hang on your wall! 7/22 Paperback Wallet and Notebook. Use old paperback novels to create a wallet and a spiral bound notebook! 7/29 Igor’s Airbrushed T-Shirts. Participants create own design on one side and Igor will do professional design of choice on other. Everyone leaves with own airbrushed T-shirt! Schlessman Family Library , 100 Poplar St (1st and Quebec). 720.865.0000. Closed Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays- All Ages Storytime. 10:30am Thursdays- Bookbabies (6-23 months). 3pm Tuesday Activities for Kids: 7/5 Tuesday- The Three Wishes. 10:30am. In retelling of two clas - sic Grimm tales, Merry Andrew Afoot finds himself stuck to sausages and spiders—uproarious play for all ages. 7/12 Tuesday- Top Hogs presents The Castaways. 10:30am. Rescued animals turned superstars! A hog, dog, parrot and even a cat will amaze you with their tricks. All ages. 7/12 Tuesday- Children’s Activity. 2pm. TBA. Registration re - quired.
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Stapleton Front Porch 17 July 2011 LOCAL EVENT LISTINGS (continued from page 17) KidSpree festival from 10am-5pm at 35-acre Bicentennial Park, 13655 E. Start Art- Summer classes. Startartkids.com of Everest 2D and Under the Sea 3D, Mysteries of the Great Alameda Ave. Colorado’s largest outdoor festival for kids with more The Art Garage- Classes ages 4 and up. 6100 E 23rd Ave, Park Hill. Lakes 2D. Various times. Tickets: $8/3-18; $10/adult than 50 hands-on activities/entertainers, FREE. 303.326.8FUN or auror - www.artgaragedenver.com agov.org/kidspree. Bluff Lake Nature Center- Full- and half-day weeklong nature camps. NORTHFIELD EVENTS 7/22 Friday- Denver Botanic Gardens Family Fun Night. 4th Fri - www.blufflakenaturecenter.org Events at the Shops at Northfield Stapleton – 303.375.5475 day each month explore nature at night in Mordecai Children’s Garden. Denver Film Society- Young Filmmakers workshop for beginners www.NorthfieldStapleton.com New theme monthly, performers in Sagebrush Stage, snacks by campfire ages 12-19. Two-week basic course helps students create their own and more. $20/member for family of 4, $3/each extra person. $25 non - 7/7-7/17 – Northfield’s Family Festival (located in the NE parking short, narrative film. www.denverfilm.org, youngfilmmakers@denver - lot) member/family of 4, $4/each extra person. Kids 2 and under free. film.org www.botanicgardens.org 7/13 – Hazel Miller Concert benefits Urban Peak, 7pm (doors open Cub Scouts “All American Sports” Day Camp- Registering for 6:15pm). Through July 24- Norman Rockwell and the American Family. July sessions . From $75/week. www.denverboyscouts.org 80 reproductions of Norman Rockwell illustrations from the 50s and Concert at Improv Comedy Club. Tickets: NorthfieldStapleton.com, Stapleton All Sports- Summer tennis and multi-sports camps in Sta - 60s. FREE. Aurora History Museum 15051 East Alameda Pkway, click on Be Inspired icon, lower left corner. pleton for kids 4-10. www.stapletonallsports.com or Gabe Hurley: sta - 303.739.6666 www.auroramuseum.org 7/30- Saturday – Handmade Hookup Arts & Crafts Show, Main [email protected] Thursdays in July- Star K Kids . Puppets, stories, activities, outdoor Street, 12-5pm The Urban Farm- Summer workshops for kids. info@theurban - exploration for ages 5 and under. 9:30 & 11am. Morrison Nature Cen - Bass Pro Events - 720.385.3600 www.BassPro.com farm.org ter, 16002 E Smith Rd, Aurora. 303.739.2428, www.auroragov.org/nature Call for specific event and seminar pricing. Apple Camp- A free workshop, various July dates. Kids ages 8-12 Free Bowling- Up to 2 games per day, Elitch Lanes in N Denver. Shoe 6/4-7/10- Bass Pro Shops- Family Summer Camp- Free Family Activ - learn to shoot their own footage, create an original song in GarageBand rental not included. www.kidsbowlfree.com ities on an iPad, and put it together in iMovie on a Mac. 3-day workshop at 7/2- Saturday- Introduction to Fly Fishing (Every Sat. in July) Mile High Movies in Skyline Park. FREE family-friendly movies in metro area Apple stores ends with campers showing their masterpieces Downtown Denver Skyline Park. Saturdays through August. at Apple Camp Film Festival. Space limited, www.apple.com/retail/camp 7/6- Wednesday- The Basics of Shotgunning www.downtowndenver.com for dates/movies Open Air Academy Summer Camps- 5-day summer camps for 7/7- Thursday- Fishing for Walleyes – Spin & Bait Casting (Every Civic Center Bike-In Movie Series. FREE family-friendly movies in kids 6-12, $240/week, includes Visual Arts, Architecture and Construc - Thurs. in July) Downtown Denver Civic Center Park. www.civiccenterconservancy.org tion, and Junior Zoologist Camp. 3507 Ringsby Ct. #101, 303.296.8300 7/7 – Thursday- Learning to Use GPS (every Thurs. in July) for dates/movies 7/12- Sunday Get Hooked on Fly for Beginners with Alan Reyes DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE (Every Sun. in July) KIDS CAMPS AND CLASSES Montview and Colorado Blvd. www.dmns.org 7/14- Thursday- Conceal Carry Weapon Permit Class Aurora Fox Theater- Drama classes ages 4 and up. Lisa Mumpton: 7/21 Thursday- Science Lounge. Cocktails and entertainment every 7/16- Saturday- Basic Pistol Course- Handgun Safety- NRA Certi - 303.739.1573 or www.aurorafox.org 3rd Thurs. of month. 6:30-9:30pm. $8/members; $10/nonmembers fied Art Students League of Denver- Programs for kids and teens. Planetarium- Journey to the Stars and Black Holes, Other Side of 7/17- Sunday- GPS and Map Compass Clinic 303.778.6990, www.ASLD.org Infinity .Various times. Tickets: $6/ages 3-18; $8/adult 7/24- Sunday- Beginner Archery Small Hands Art Studio- Summer classes. Located in Stapleton! IMAX Movies - Born to Be Wild 3D ,The Wildest Dream: Conquest Harkins Theatres 18 – 720.374.3118, www.smallhandsart.com www.HarkinsTheatres.com Summer Movie Fun – 10 Movies, $5. Just for kids! Monday-Friday, 9:45am show time. 6/27-7/3- Despicable Me 7/4- 7/10- Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7/11-7/17- Shrek Forever After 7/18-7/24- Yogi Bear 7/25-7/31 Cats & Dogs Improv Comedy Club and Dinner Theatre – Tickets: 303.307.1777 www.ImprovDenver.com Ticket prices vary based on comedian and show time. Call for details. 6/30-7/3 – Thursday-Sunday – Deb Digiovanna 7/7-7/10 – Thursday-Sunday – Alonzo Bodden Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill – 303.728.9468, www.countrybarco.com Local and regional live music acts Wed.-Sat. 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July 2011 18 Stapleton Front Porch More Events... Denver Public Art Tours Denver’s historic Civic Center Park. A list of 7/12 Tuesday- Puppet Show Play Week. 9am- ticipants 1:30pm. www.parkhillparade.org Starting this summer, Arts & Venues the trucks and the concert schedule are posted 4pm. Present your best puppet show for your family 7/9 Saturday- Stapleton Blanket Group. Pro - Denver invites art and architecture lovers to at www.FrontPorchStapleton.com. in new auditorium. vides homemade blankets to seriously ill, trauma - participate in FREE Public Art Tours—on tized or otherwise in need children. No sewing July 23—Stapleton Artist Opens Her Studio and 7/16 Saturday- Family Fishing Workshop.** foot and bike. These free guided tours focus 7am- noon. Tips/tricks for fishing fun from the Div. of experience required. Meets 2nd Saturday of Supports Kids Wildlife. FREE. month at 2638 Florence from 9:30-11:30am. on small segments of the City’s Public Art Artist Valli Thayer McDougle will offer vis - 303.953.9679 Collection and give people the opportunity 7/17 Sunday- Discovery Hike.** 9-11am. Join a itors a peek into her life as an artist by open - Naturalist on trek through rolling Refuge landscapes. 7/14 Thursday- Fireside Chat at Bluff Lake to venture inside iconic venues, see art you ing her home studio in Stapleton to visitors on Sturdy shoes, sunscreen and water recommended. Nature Center, Bugs, bugs, bugs! Learn what may not have noticed before, and learn Saturday, July 23 from 3–8pm. The event is makes insects unique in interactive presentation 7/17 Sunday – Sunday Matinee: Fly Away about their history. To view upcoming while roasting marshmallows over campfire. 6:30- free at 8057 E. 24th Drive but visitors must Home. 1:00 p.m. Experience big screen in new tours, visit DenverGov.org and search for 8pm. Family fun. Free/members; $1 donation/non - get a ticket at http://mcdougle.eventbrite.com. state-of-art auditorium 13-year-old girl and her es - members. Near MLK and Havana in Stapleton. Public Art Tours. A Public Art Guide to the tranged father adopt an orphaned flock of geese and The event is also a fundraiser for Sellars www.blufflakenaturecenter.org City and County of Denver by the Denver teach them to fly! Rated PG. Families welcome. Project Space’s ArtBox Program, volunteers 7/22 Friday- Qdoba Concert benefits the Office of Cultural Affairs is posted at 7/23 Saturday- I Dig the Refuge.** 1:30- 3pm. who donate art supplies to kids in need. Do - Lowry Foundation. Featuring Funkiphino. www.FrontPorchStapleton.com or can be Kids 7 and up become archaeologist for a day. Scouts nations can be made online or at McDougle’s Lowry Town Center, 2nd and Quebec. 5:30-9pm. welcome. found at DenverGov.org, search for Denver studio. Backpacks with art supplies are given Sponsored by Lowry Comm. Master Assoc. and Public Art Guide. 7/24 Sunday- Bike the Refuge.** 9-11am. Roll Lowry Foundation. Ticket sales start 5:30pm. to children living in poverty in the past scenic wetlands/prairies with a Naturalist. Hel - Mary Carr: 720.583.5262, www.lowry.org Food Trucks & Music at Lunchtime in Civic Cen - Aurora/Denver Colfax area. Some backpacks mets required. Fat, puncture-proof tires recom - 7/28 Thursday- Fireside Chat at Bluff Lake ter Park are delivered to children in police stations who mended. Nature Center, Camping the Right Way. Every Tuesday and Thursday from 11am wait for hours before receiving social services 7/24 Sunday- Sunday Matinee: A Bug’s Life. History of Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor help. The backpack may be their only personal 1pm. World of bugs in this animation epic of minia - to 2pm through September 29, Civic Cen - Ethics while roasting marshmallows over campfire. ter EATS will offer the metro area’s largest belonging there. Art supplies are also donated ture proportions. Rated G. Families welcome. 6:30-8pm. Family fun. Free/members; $1 dona - to the Camp Wapiyapi organization where tion/nonmembers. Near MLK and Havana in Sta - gathering of gourmet food trucks and carts. SPORTS AND FITNESS pleton. www.blufflakenaturecenter.org Visitors can enjoy an outdoor lunch at children with cancer and their families get 7/16 Moonlight Classic. 10-mile late night charity 7/15 Friday- Waste Land, Conscious Movie shaded tables, view Civic Center Park and away for a weeklong camping trip and to Den - bike ride through Denver’s historic neighborhoods. Night at Centers of Light. About inspiring listen to live music. Civic Center Park is lo - ver Rescue Mission. For more on Artbox, con - Closed course; begins at State Capitol. www.moon - people and artists living on world’s largest cated at Broadway and Colfax. In addition tact Jimmy Sellars at 720.475.1182. garbage dump. 7:30pm. FREE. Center of Light, light-classic.com to supporting Denver’s growing gourmet July 28—Westerly Creek Connection Update 7/22 Underwearness-Drop Your Drawers and 2300 Forest St. CentersOfLight.org or food truck scene, proceeds benefit the Civic 303.913.7053 for info. on other programs. The cities of Aurora and Denver have con - Run Wild. 5k run/walk at City Park/Denver Zoo to Center Conservancy, a nonprofit organiza - Central Park Recreation Center tracted for a greenway master plan that will provide kids in need with new underwear. 6:30- tion dedicated to restoring and enhancing 10:30pm. Register: www.underwearness.org Info at www.denvergov.org/recreation or Face - bring Westerly Creek (continued on p. 20) 7/24 Sunday- Denver Triathlon. Register: Den - book Central Park Recreation Center. vertriathlon.com 7/5 Tuesday- Fall Registration Begins (Flag Foot - 8/6 Saturday- Back 2 School 5K Family ball, Volleyball, Soccer, Swim Lessons) Walk/Run. First 5k to benefit Crowley Foundation 7/18 Monday-7/22 Friday- Denver Nuggets Scholarship Fund at Central Park in Stapleton. Non - Basketball Camp competitive, nontimed walk/run for all ages. Race at 8:30am; check-in 7:30am. Seeking sponsorship from all businesses, especially Colorado colleges. Kenneth THEATRE Crowley: 720.935.6465 or 7/1 Friday through 7/30 Saturday- Moon - www.crowleyfoundation.biz light and Magnolias .Vintage Theatre, 2119 E 17th Ave. 303.839.1361, www.vintagetheatre.com 8/7 Sunday- TRI for the Cure. Women’s triathlon to benefit Denver affiliate of Susan G Komen for the Through 7/17 Sunday- Hairspray . Arvada Cure. Register: www.triforthecure-denver.com Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. 720.898.7200, www.SummerAtTheCenter.com Sundays through September- Yoga Rocks the Park. 9-12pm, City Park Bandstand. Live music and Through 7/21 Sunday- Babe the Sheep Pig. yoga classes for adults and kids. Also at Alamo Placita Aurora Fox Theatre. Mon. to Sat performances: Park on Speer and 3rd. www.yogarocksthepark.com 10am and 1pm. 9900 E. Colfax. www.auro - rafoxartscenter.org, 303.739.1970 STAPLETON/PARK HILL/ LOWRY EVENTS Through 7/30 Saturday- The Divine Sister . Avenue Theater. 417 E. 17th Ave, 303.321.5925 7/4 Park Hill 4th of July Parade- 23rd Ave from www.avenuetheater.com Dexter to Kearney, 2:30pm; Staging of floats and par -
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Stapleton Front Porch 19 July 2011 More Events... (continued from p. 19) above ground to con - hoola-hoopers, dancers, paraders, musicians, nect Lowry and Stapleton. Brian Hyde, who is healthy food purveyors and anyone wanting developing the plan, will describe the vision to play in the streets for the day. It’s a tribute Free and Open to the Public that is being developed for “the Westerly Creek to the power of city streets to get people Connection.” The presentation will be in the moving, bring neighbors together, and Saturday Morning Bike Rides Master Community Association Community strengthen Colorado’s healthy, active culture. Room at 2823 Roslyn St. at 6:30pm on Thurs - Traditionally called a “ciclovia,” Spanish day, July 28. For more information, email for “bike parkway,” it has been adopted by Lucia Correll ([email protected]) or Diane cities worldwide (including Portland, Madi - Deeter ([email protected]). son, NYC, LA) to describe one-day street August 14—Viva Streets, Denver’s First Street- closures to foster physical activity and civic Closure Celebration pride, and attract up to 25,000 people at Viva Streets is a one-day celebration made each. The original in Bogotá in the 1980s possible when a major Denver street is re - was a response to traffic congestion; they still turned to the people. On Sunday, August 14, do a 70-mile route each Sunday. from 10am–2pm, LiveWell Colorado and Bike A bike parade will start at City Park. Denver will transform 23rd Ave. between City Kids, neighbors, local dignitaries and street Park at Colorado Blvd. and Fred Thomas Park enthusiasts will ride their bikes a few blocks in Stapleton into a car-free parkway for all east on Montview Blvd., and then complete Denverites to enjoy. Viva Street’s 4-mile route the route on 23rd St. into Stapleton. For will welcome walkers, bikers, runners, strollers, more information, go to www.VivaStreets.org.
On Saturday mornings at 6:30am, a free-and-open-to-the-public group bike ride is Community Event Space Available at Northfield sponsored by the Cycleton bike shop in the East 29th Ave. Town Center in Stapleton. The Shops at Northfield Stapleton Street just south of Macy’s and will ac - The ride is open to all—the group will divide to accommodate varying levels of fitness. now offer a Community Room that can commodate up to 60 people. Tables and The photo above shows a ride taken in June, which was a 40-mile round trip to the be rented for gatherings such as meet - chairs are provided upon request. Contact Front Range airport. Cycleton also sponsors a one-hour group run at 8:30am on Sun - ings and charity events. The 2,500- Stephanie Otte at 303.375.5475 for addi - days. The run is open to the public and will divide into groups according to the speed square-foot room is located on Main tional information. of the runners. Photo by Park Hill resident Reid Neureiter
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July 2011 20 Stapleton Front Porch Relay for Life Brings Community Together for Fun and Fundraising July 22 on driving people to country.” their cancer care, info There is no limit to the number of people on a team. the Green in packages, and they Haikal’s wife, Kristen, is captain of their team that has a Stapleton’s provide information dozen people on it. at different cancer “People will participate in different ways,” he said. 29th Ave. centers across the “We plan on folks walking and manning fundraising ta - bles. Anybody can do it. The intent is not for a 12-hour Town Center Cancer survivor walk. It’s for adults, kids, disabled persons. It’s a relay, Patrick Haikal and his By Nancy Burkhart wife Kristen take a not a race. It’s an entertaining community activity. If tapleton resident walk along the Green they walk once around the track or they walk 12 hours, Patrick Haikal has in the 29th Avenue it’s still participation. There will be a jumping castle for had a rough year. Town Center, the site the kids and a band for the adults.” S of the American Can - For more information on the American Cancer Society’s Last August he was di - cer Society’s NE Den - agnosed with a rare ver Relay for Life on Relay for Life, go to www.nedenverrelay.com or email relay - form of cancer, thymic July 22 at 6pm. [email protected]. carcinoid. He was treated at University of Colorado Hospital with surgery to re - move a tumor and then to receive chemotherapy and radia - tion. “Cancer is a nondiscriminatory disease,” Haikal said. “I’m 37 years old and never had any health issues until this. For Balance YourYour BodBody;y; Mend YYourour Mind me, it’s really raised awareness about this disease. There is re - CorePowerCorePower YYogaoga Stapleton offers ooverver 50+ classes a week ally hope out there for people facing it.” When Haikal first was diagnosed, he and his wife, Kristen, turned to the American Cancer Society for guidance in both VFFeeleeelel the Heat: Great music. Strength conditioning. Cardio trtraining.aining. treatment and understanding the disease. And, following his treatment over the past year, Haikal be - Balance and breath. CorePCorePowerower YYogaoogaga is high energy and tortorchesches calories. came part of the planning committee for the Relay for Life to VHHotot TTime,ime, AAnytime:nytime:ytime: Sweat it out in one of our heated or unheated yyogaoga be held from 6pm on July 22 to 7am on July 23 at Stapleton’s classes convenientlyconveniently scscheduledheduled all dadayday,yy,, eveveryday.erydaerydayyy.. Founder’s Green. “Teams will have people walking the track for most of the VWWarmarm PPeople:eople:eople: Beginner? AAdvanced?dvanced? SomewSomewherehere in between? night,” he said. “The majority of the time is in the evening. Our expert instructors and friendly community welcome you.ou. There are people who spend the entire night there. Teams will have tables to sell things for fundraisers. They will be sell - VMeditation classes, YYogaoga NidrNidra,a, RestorRestorative,ative, Mom and Me, YYogaoga Sculpt, ing food, trinkets and stuff they’ve made. W Workshops,orkshops, TTeacTeachereacherher TTrainings;rainings; WWee hahavhaveve it all for yyou.ou. “The money primarily goes to research for cancer cures and for cancer treatments,” Haikal explained. “The American VComeCome in for a FREE week of yyoga!oga! (local new students only) Cancer Society has support services for treatment, education, Encaustic Art (continued from p.15) show a few pieces at the Dry Ice 303-377-7444303-377-7444 | [email protected]@corepoweryoga.com Gallery as part of a three-artist show featuring Dry Ice artists. 74857485 East 29th Place | Denver,Denverer,, CO 80238 She sold several pieces, not to friends or relatives, but to indi - viduals she did not know at all. She was also struck, recently, when another artist she was with at the time remarked about a painting that was not hers, “Wow, that looks like a Debbie Brady.” For Debbie, the responsibilities and the challenges brought on by her husband’s condition permeate her family life. She is aware of what every caregiver knows all too well, one must find an outlet that takes one away from the day-to- day constant needs of caring for a very sick loved one. Debbie has found that, most of all, the encaustic method has taught her to be patient. The process is extremely time consuming and cannot be rushed or a piece may burn or a surface will not be well prepared. That learned patience has served her well at home as she deals with the ups and downs of her hus - band’s condition. Debbie Brady’s art can be viewed at the Dry Ice Factory at 33rd and Walnut. She can be reached at dhb.studio.22@ gmail.com. We Can Help With All Your Real Estate Needs!
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Stapleton Front Porch 21 July 2011 Tiered Pricing for Denver Rec Centers By Carol Roberts cost of daycare at the center. fter three years of gathering information, City Councilwoman Jeanne Robb said after a taskforce of community members and the committee meeting at which Council consid - Premium Fishwrap* by Jon Meredith ADepartment of Parks and Recreation staff ered the new rate structure, Councilman Doug ...... recommended tiered pricing for the different lev - Linkhart was instrumental in working with Parks els of recreation centers to help close a $4.2 mil - to adjust the rates for children and youth down - lion deficit in the Parks and Rec budget. Other ward. She pointed out that students in the free or I Am Hopelessly Addicted! changes include the addition of automatic reduced price lunch program get free recreation monthly payment withdrawal, family member - center memberships. Council is expected to vote ships, young adult memberships, 15 and 30 visit on the new tiered plan on July 11 and the plan is The first step in getting help for any by Kroger and the Kroger headquarters punch passes and operating hours increased to 7 expected to go into effect on September 1, 2011. kind of addiction problem is to admit is in Cincinnati as well. Ben and Jerry’s, days a week. The new Central Park Recreation Center in that you have a problem. There, I have now owned by Unilever, and Haagen- Although there has been a perception that Stapleton is a regional center, with prices ex - done just that. After my first taste I knew Dazs, now owned by General Mills, do the rates will increase dramatically, Angela pected to be as shown below. I was hooked. Since then, I have dis - not make ice cream the way they used Casias of the Department of Parks and Rec played all the telltale signs of addiction: to. I guess conglomerates simply should Monthly Rates Regional Rec points out that under the new family plan, the isolation (so nobody else gets mine), stay out of the ice cream business. Leave head of household pays full price, but all other Youth (2-17) $4.14 hoarding (making sure I have enough) the delicate process of making a truly family members pay half price—which would Young Adult (18 - 24) $22.50 and financial problems (spending much great product to families like the be $53/month for two adults and two kids. She Adult (25-64) $30.75 more than I can afford) caused by para - Graeters. As corny as it sounds, genera - stated the new memberships also include the Senior (65+) $9.92 noia over making sure there is an ongo - tions of the family are still pictured on price of most fitness classes and they include the Special Population $9.92 ing supply. My addiction has caused their website. relationship problems and now my wife A few years ago, my neighbor was and kid are on the stuff. I have issues pregnant with her first child and Kings with my work because I am imbibing did not carry Graeter’s here. Her hus - during the day and my dentist and doc - band would have it shipped in dry ice Cut Rate tor say I have to quit...yesterday. overnight to her. That is right, $80 for Sounds like things are bad, but I sim - six pints of ice cream. When visiting her ply won’t give this stuff up. father-in- law in downstate Kentucky Am I talking about a drug? Well, kind recently, an area that is Graeter’s dry, Hauling of. I have tried many kinds before, trav - they brought two pints as a gift. The eling all over the country to find the best Graeter’s was gone the next day and no and then I finally did. Right here in Sta - one but the father-in-law tasted any of A Trash & Junk pleton, turned on to it by a neighbor it. who is from Kentucky, near where this My son came home from college the Removal Service stuff comes from. I get mine at King other day and the first thing he did, for Soopers, not from the pharmacy, but two reasons, was open the refrigerator. 720-434-8042 rather the frozen section, specifically the The first was to see if there was any beer ice cream area. and the second was because, after a se - Ruben Williams There you have it. I am addicted to mester at college, a fully stocked fridge Insurance and references upon request Graeter’s Ice Cream. The best I have ever looks like the eighth wonder of the had by far. It is smooth and very creamy world. He then opened the freezer por - but not too sweet. It never leaves me tion and saw the perfectly aligned pints with a sugar hangover five minutes after of Graeter’s. He shouted out, “Dad, no eating a pint. 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Stapleton Front Porch 23 July 2011 Denver Residents Voice Opinions on the Future of Denver Library By Jen Morris majority of participants who shared their bout 200 people attended meet - preference supported forming a library dis - ings held by the Denver Public Li - trict. Those who were opposed commented Abrary (DPL) between May 23 and that they did not want to separate from the June 6 to inform the public about the li - city or raise new taxes. Those in favor wanted SUN Meetings are held on the brary’s budget issues and gather commu - a more secure and steady source of funds for 4th Monday of every month at 7:30pm nity feedback. The meetings included DPL to allow for better long-range planning in the Stapleton Community Room, information about the overall picture of and improved customer service. There were 2823 Roslyn Street. Denver’s financial challenges, options to very few who expressed that they wanted the For information about SUN, visit meet the 2012 library budget, future library to stay the “status quo” and remain www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com. funding options for the library, and infor - within the City’s budget without a dedicated To contact SUN or confirm meeting time, mation about library districts from the di - income source. email rectors of Douglas and Arapahoe county The Denver Public Library will work [email protected] library districts. closely with the City’s new administration on Common themes that emerged from both short-term and long-term funding solu - participants regarding short-term budget tions and will keep the public informed of solutions included using more volunteers, any new developments. Information on the selling books on Amazon, charging fees library’s 2012 budget issues can be found for library cards or “premium services,” at http://www.denverlibrary.org/files/DPL_ 8th Annual SUN Kickball Tournament centralizing reference services, and finding Whitepaper_April_2011.pdf. Information on males playing at all private sources of funding. The majority library districts can be found at times. Registration favored reducing hours and materials http://www.denverlibrary.org/library- for each team is budgets and to keep all branches open, district. $175 (including though some said their preference would The public is encouraged to email ideas 10 T-shirts, with be to close branches should DPL be re - and concerns to dplcommunity@denverli - each additional T- quired to meet the $2.5 million budget- brary.org. shirt costing $10). reduction target. Jen Morris works in the department of Com - Because SUN is a Regarding long-term solutions, the munity Relations at Denver Public Library. 501(c)(3), this is a tax-deductible do - nation. We only have room for 20 teams, so sign up Do You Prepare More For today! By Bryan Penny, SUN Board member This year all proceeds of the tourna - Family Vacations Than You Do For College? The Stapleton United Neighbors 8th ment will be going to the Stapleton Ele - Annual Kickball Tournament, presented mentary Schools—Bill Roberts, To learn how we can help you prepare for your child’s by the MCA, is just around the corner. Westerly Creek, Swigert-McAuliffe and future education expenses, call or visit today. The tournament will be held in Central Odyssey School. Each school will desig - Park on Saturday, September 17, be - nate a program that these donations will tween 10am and 2pm. This is one of support, so the more sponsors and the oldest Stapleton events and we al - teams, the more we help out our local ways have a good time getting out with schools. our friends and neighbors. This is a Once again, the Stapleton MCA is a great way for Stapleton residents to get proud sponsor of the tournament. If some exercise while enjoying the com - you are interested in joining the MCA pany of their neighbors and friends. in helping out our schools, please check Players of all abilities are encouraged to out our sponsor page with information sign up; it is all about having fun! at www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com/S If you and some of your neighbors UNKickball/kickballsponsors. There are and friends are interesting in having a various sponsorship levels. If you are in - 303-647-TEAS (8327) team, go to www.stapletonunitedneigh - terested in becoming a sponsor this year, bors.com/SUNKickball and register. you may contact SUN at stapletonunit - Afternoon Tea is Back Teams can have up to 20 people; 9–14 [email protected] for informa - Nanna’s Teas, 2637 W. 26th Ave, Denver, CO 80211 players can be on the field at any time. tion. We are also looking for food There must be four males and four fe - vendors to come and sell food at the Visit us at our NEW location event. www.nannasteas.com Breakfast, Lunch, and Fresh Baked Goods Available Daily Your Neighborhood Bike Shop New & Refurbished Bikes * Parts & Accessories Classes * Repair Service * Fix Your Own Bike Hours 2825 Fairfax St. * 303-393-1963 * www.thebikedepot.org
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Stapleton Front Porch 25 July 2011 Che ck ou video t the of th his swift playing e boo room t style, while their dis - New Council Members F at w rontP ww. tinct cleat shape and (continued from p. 1) Stapleton and east to Green Valley St orch apleto A Guy’s Shoe Closet to Die For n.com patterns address the Ranch). Herndon is a West Point graduate and has served myriad of stadium turfs on the Stapleton United Neighbors (SUN) board. and game-day weather condi - • Mary tions. The materials of construction, Beth Sus - whether kangaroo skin leather or a state- man, who of-the-art synthetic microfiber, make his takes over shoes feather light and exceptionally sup - for Marcia ple. He can truly “feel the ball through Johnson in the shoe’s skin.” When his boots are on District 5 his quick feet, they give him the sense (bordered that they are a natural extension of his by 23rd, body. Havana, If there is one sport in our world Leetsdale where shoes play an integral role in a and Colo. professional athlete’s performance, it is Blvd.), re - Omar Cummings, a striker on the Colorado Rapids soccer team, shows Marko Babiak how players clean their cleats in the “Boot soccer. And in the world of pro sports, soccer footwear may cently re - Room” at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Babiak interviewed Cummings be the most innovative and technologically advanced. tired from in a video that is posted on the Front Porch website. As there a process to selecting shoes, there is also a daily her posi - Mary Beth Susman, elected to Council District 5 ritual that is followed to care for them. Within the Rapids’ tion as vice A Glimpse into the Rapids’ “Boot Room” team, the care of soccer shoes falls squarely on the shoulders president of the Colorado Community College System. By John Babiak of the individual player. After each practice session and • Albus Brooks replaces the late Carla Madison in Dis - rowing up in Europe, my 89-year-old mother loves match, the Rapids’ players pay homage to their Boot Room. trict 8 (Five Points to Park Hill west of Holly). Brooks soccer. When she visited last fall, we took her to a The 20 x 10 foot space is simple and functional. In the center played football at CU and is currently the director of the GRapids match—and the players’ colorful soccer cleats is an island cabinet that houses a sink, faucet and a plethora Issachar Center for Urban Leadership. caught her eye. During a recent visit with her in New York I of brushes, tools, towels, shoe creams and oils, polishes and None of the three have previously held a political office brought up the Rapids and mentioned an interesting locker dyes. On the walls are rows of post pegs that the shoes are so they will bring new energy and ideas to the council, but room visit we made recently. During our walk-through, Marko hung on. Each player is assigned three pairs of pegs for three may need some time for learning about their new jobs. became hypnotized not by the Rapids players that he so ad - pairs of shoes. The player’s uniform number is located next to The new City Council members from East Denver will mires, but by the contents hanging in an ancillary room found each row of pegs. be faced with a number of very serious issues as soon as in the inner sanctum of the locker room. His eyes were focused Two or three players come into the room at time. They they take office on July 18. The Front Porch met with the on a colorful array of ninety or so pro-style soccer shoes that are make small talk; swap perspectives about their practice, play three to get an overview of these issues. Future articles will meticulously cared for and stored in the team’s “Boot Room.” and opponents, then delve into their respective cleaning regi - explore these and other subjects in greater depth. My mom laughed, and then asked if the room looked anything men. For Cummings, that protocol first involves gently wash - like her shoe closet. My mom is a quintessential ballroom ing the surface and bottom of his shoes. Next he scrubs off Development dancer. Her shoe collection not only fulfilled a fashion need, every spec of dirt, mud and blade of grass. He massages on a Herndon, District 11, believes Stapleton’s “greatest but it matched her personality as well as her dancing style. Each translucent shoe cream, and then polishes them with a soft challenge is to bring in the affordable housing to the level shoe fit her perfectly, like a surgeon’s gloves. brush and hand towel. “I take care of my shoes and they take that was promised originally by Forest City.” He has dia - The serendipity in all this is that Rapids’ forward and Sta - care of me,” he said with a grin while demonstrating his tech - logued with Forest City and has been assured that the goal pleton resident Omar Cummings said something very similar nique. Before he hangs up the shoes for the night, he delivers of 10 percent affordable housing will be met as the econ - when he hosted us on a visit to the Boot Room. While talk - a small kiss, and asks that they reciprocate by helping him de - omy and housing market strengthen. Herndon also ad - ing about his stockpile of soccer shoes, he explained that liver a pair of goals next time he is playing on the pitch. dressed the upcoming commuter rail project. “Great there are a few key factors that influence his decision-making His cleaning custom and genuine affection paid good div - successes are coming with the RTD’s East Corridor. I am when selecting new shoes from his sponsor. idends during the 2010 championship season. Cummings really excited that this will bring more jobs and enable His bright yellow and lime green shoes are a reflection of and his brilliant boots teamed up to score fourteen goals, people to use alternative forms of transportation.” He his effusive Jamaican personality. The shoe’s design align with ranking him first in goals scored on the team. added that the stop at Central Park will offer opportunities for retailers and will increase sales for existing businesses. Susman’s District 5 has three very sizable upcoming projects: the Lowry Vista Project north of Windsor Gar - dens, the redevelopment of the Air Force Finance Center at 1st and Monaco, and the demolition and development of the old University Hospital at 9th and Colorado. The Lowry Vista project is zoned and ready to develop. The fi - nance center is still being used by the Air Force and they have not yet decided if they will deed it to the Lowry Re - development Authority or sell it outright to a developer. The hospital area has been rezoned and is expected to be sold to the Sembler Company from Atlanta in 2012 who will build commercial, retail and residential from afford - able to very high end.
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July 2011 26 Stapleton Front Porch Brooks, in District 8, will have to balance revenue (sales tax and some property taxes) Library Districts opposing interests in Five Points. Gentrifica - and city budget expenditures (which have During the mayoral race, candidates tion has taken place in areas around Five certain required employee salary increases). talked about going to the voters of Points like the Curtis Park and San Rafael Brooks stated in no uncertain terms that Denver to propose a separate property historic districts. “Five Points has remained he would be against any raises for city work - tax specifically to fund the operations untouched largely due to landowners’ inabil - ers, saying, “It’s a slap in the face [to taxpay - of the Denver Public Library system. A ity to secure redevelopment financing,” ac - ers] to get a raise in these times, even for city separate district would allow libraries cording to Brooks. He believes that having council members.” He will fight to put the to operate at full capacity, meeting the the light rail so close to business storefronts recently increased salaries for council mem - needs of those who use them, and the has actually hurt the businesses rather than bers back into programs that are being cut. current library operating funds would helped them, as was originally intended. Susman is determined to use her experience be used elsewhere in the general fund. Brooks stated, “There has been a lack of lead - in running online colleges to make the city Brooks added, “I am tired of library ership to come to the table and say, ‘Five government more efficient. All remarked closings, rec center closings and a shiny Points will never be what it was.’ We have to that as they campaigned, Denverites seemed new justice center opening.” All agree be innovative and say we are going to be a overwhelmingly in favor of raising taxes to that the idea of a separate district for li - new place. We’ll create a diverse and con - keep recreation centers and libraries open braries is a potential solution to some nected community to bring Curtis Park, San full time and to help balance the city of the budget issues, but the city voters, not Albus Brooks, elected to Council District 8 Rafael and Five Points together.” budget. the council, have to approve any tax in - Balancing the Budget Fee-Based Events in Parks creases. Chickens and Small Animals The new council members made it clear All three support fee-based events at Council and Mayor Relationship All three were astounded by the num - that it is the mayor who submits the city Civic Center Park. They cited the Big Air Mayor-elect Hancock is the first Denver ber of people who asked about their posi - budget and council is required to pass a bal - competition last winter as a huge success. A mayor to come from the city council. Den - tion on backyard chickens and small 101-foot-tall ski jump was built and an in - ver is a strong mayor form of government, animals like dwarf goats. This controversy ternational cast of skiers and boarders meaning the mayor has more power here as looks as if it will be settled prior to their brought income to the city and used the opposed to other cities where the council inauguration. Susman did comment that park in a way that benefited Denverites and has stronger power. Herndon believes that the people who grew up in rural areas and drew thousands of out-of-town guests. The Hancock’s experience as a city council presi - had experience with chickens were “al - current structure of the fee-based use of dent will make him more effective in un - most uniformly against keeping chickens parks needs to be revisited, according to derstanding the concerns of council in the city.” Brooks and Herndon. Another issue to be members and in gaining consensus. considered is the problem of parking in neighborhoods during events in local parks, whether fee-based or not. Susman is more amenable to the current rules, saying that she wants to “see if the current rules work and if the revenue it brings is worth it.” Education Issues Complete Skin Care Chris Herndon, elected to Council District 11 Council members and the mayor have no anced budget. However, the council has on - authority to make policy and effect change as unique as you are going discussions during the budget process, within Denver Public Schools. The council with numerous meetings involving both city members understand that their positions are MEDICAL COSMETIC SURGICAL agencies and the public. The budget process more as a bully pulpit or conduit to the Skin cancer Skin checks Physician-administered Mohs Micrographic Surgery starts every January, with a formal budget school board members. All agreed that the Acne Eczema Psoriasis Botox, Fillers, and Skin cancer treatment Laser Treatments proposed by the mayor on September 15 and future of the city is determined by the edu - Warts Rash Phototherapy Cosmetic excision and cation of its residents. Susman added, “If we Photodynamic therapy Intense Pulsed Light repair the final council vote no later than Novem - Resurfacing Pigment don’t have schools that people want to put ber 28. Former Mayor Hickenlooper ap - Hair and Vascular Lasers pointed an independent panel specifically to their children in, then we will not be able to Chemical Peels make recommendations and give advice on attract capital here for businesses to start.” Microdermabrasion how to close the existing structural budget The three support the basis for the reforms Sclerotherapy gap, which is the ongoing difference between made recently in Montbello.
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