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Zac and Summer Larsen laugh with their six-year-old son, Kingsley, in their Stapleton home. For one year, put one drop underneath his tongue. CBD oils, like Charlotte’s Web, have gained national attention for mi- they have been using cannabis oil high in CBD (at front) to treat Kingsley’s seizures. Using a syringe they raculous results treating epilepsy, but the Larsens have yet to see a significant effect on Kingsley’s seizures. By Madeline Schroeder t was October 31, 2013. The group gathered in the living room of the Stapleton home. A nurse, part- Cannabis oil is extracted from a marijuana plant. Certain strains with low levels of the psychoactive time medical assistant and family members were all present—and a neurologist and pediatrician were chemical THC and high levels of cannabidiol (CBD) have shown evidence of controlling seizures. CBD Ion call. oil goes by many names including Charlotte’s Web, the brand that’s grown national attention. Kingsley Five-year-old Kingsley lay on the couch, hooked to a pulse-oxygen machine. This is his usual spot—a was one of the first children in Stapleton to try the oil for seizure control. well-lit room in the heart of the house that streams sunlight from big windows. Using a syringe they put Within the first 24 hours, Kingsley started to do things he had never done before. He moved and one drop of cannabis oil, a sticky-tar-looking liquid, under Kingsley’s tongue. Then the group waited stretched his arms. He tried pushing against the couch to sit up on his own, and his eyes tracked move- anxiously, not sure for what. ment in the room. And for the first time in his life he spoke. “Mom,” he said. (continued on page 39 Schools That Transform Lives: Neighbors Speak Out A Lesson from Denver’s Integrated Past Opposing Eastbridge Plan By Maegan Parker Brooks “Great Schools in Every Neigh- enver Public borhood.” What makes a neigh- Schools (DPS) borhood school great? To find Drecently released answers to this timely question, their “Denver Plan 2020,” the Front Porch reached out to in which they identify the students, faculty and parents school district’s primary involved with Manual High mission to be developing School (continued on page 6) Election Day is November 4 ff-year (non-presidential) elections the balance from Democrat to Republican. often have low voter turnout. Colorado’s close senate and governors races OPollsters say the differing outcomes are being watched nationally. At a meeting where most of the attendees who Neither is a big grass lot... (But) what they’re in various polls reflect the population that The candidates spoke were opposed to the King Soopers plan, ar- saying is true. We need the anchor of some type. responded to the poll—and the outcome and ballot issues chitect and Eastbridge resident Buddy Poppitt was We need the King Soopers to get the Evergreen of this election will reflect who turns out to are listed on page ready to compromise. “This is not new urbanism. Development, which I can’t wait to have happen.” vote. 34. The League By Carol Roberts over 100 people gathered at Sam Gary library Despite being off-year, the upcoming of Women Voters election is being viewed as one with great guide to ballot September 9 Zoning and Planning on September 9, with most speakers expressing significance. A number of incumbent state issues is posted at (ZAP) committee meeting turned into opposition to plans presented by King Soop- governors are in close races and the U.S. www.FrontPorch a heated community meeting when A ers. The proposed (continued on page 34) Senate election has the potential to change Stapleton.com. Printed with soy-based ink. Paper contains 40% postconsumer waste. Neighbor Doctors Does your name Rise of breweries SPF Like us at Front Porch Conflicts Talk Diets affect you? in NE Denver Scores Newspaper for updates 4 10 12 20 24 on local news and events.

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Community DNA Saturday Night Live . . . for kids only! Cooler weather is upon us. If you Saturday night, Oct. 18 from 6–9pm open your closet and realize you have The MCA and Central Park Rec multiple coats and jackets you never Center are partnering again to wore last year, we can help you make host a night of entertainment for space in that closet. The MCA will be children ages 7–12 at the Central collecting coats and jackets of all sizes Park Rec Center. The theme for this for the Academy of Urban Learning one is “Thriller,” so make sure to this fall through our Winter Welcome wear your costume to the event. The scheduled for Friday, Nov. 21. event will include snacks, dinner, Most of the events listed below are FREE or support nonprofits. games, prizes and music. Preregis- All are open to the public (additional events are listed on pages 28-31). AUL is a Denver charter school that tration is $15 and available online at serves homeless high school students. www.stapletoncommunity.com. The If you have any extra coats or jackets, week of the event the cost increases OCTOBER OCTOBER please bring them to the MCA office, to $20, so reserve your spot today! Through October Saturday, October 18 2823 Roslyn St., before Thanksgiving Power of Preschool Photography Exhibit at Sam Refuge Day at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. 10am- and we will deliver them to AUL in Gary*. A glimpse into the life of a preschool child 3pm. Activity booths, wildlife tours, and more. time for winter. Active Minds through the lens of five local, award-winning See p. 29. This program is brought to you by photographers. dpp.org. Fri. Oct. 17 to Sun. Oct. 19 the Stapleton Master Community Saturday, October 4 The Art Garage 2nd Annual Park Hill Open Composting Association. Get the latest on Urban Farm FarmFest. 10am-6pm. Pony rides, face Studio Tour. 5-8pm Fri; 10am-6pm Sat; 10am-6pm Sept. 22–Nov. 16 Location: Sam Gary Library, painting, carnivals and more. theurbanfarm.org or call Sun. Map & refreshments at Art Garage. www. 303.307.9332. See p. 28. artgaragedenver.com The MCA and Happy Dirt are 2961 Roslyn St. providing composting drop sites at Saturday, October 4 Cost: Free Rock the Food Co-op Fall Festival. 3-8pm. Stapleton Thursday, October 23 sta130324the four MCA_Header_L5.pdf pools on the south 1 3/22/13 side of 2:24 PM RSVP: Not required South Green* www.northeastco-op.org. See p. 31. Active Minds Seminar “Colorado Ghost Stories” Stapleton.Master Bags Community of leaves will be ac- Association 6:45-7:45pm, Sam Gary Library* Thursday, Oct. 9, 6:45–7:45pm Sunday, October 5 and 12 cepted in the designated space in the Indonesia: A Functional Islamic Farmers Market 8:30am-12:30pm. Pumpkin Patch Sunday, October 26 parking lot. Please be sure you only Democracy Oct. 12. Stapleton South Green* Free Parenting Workshop Behavior & Discipline drop off leaves that fit inside a closed In 2009, Secretary of State Hil- in the early childhood years, 4-5pm, Sam Gary trash/leaf bag. If you need to drop Tuesday, October 7 Branch Library. See p. 29. lary Clinton said of Indonesia, “It’s 4th Annual Stapleton Education Expo. 6:30pm. offEvents larger items, please &do this at the important to listen as well as talk 8499 E Stoll Place in Conservatory Green (north Friday, October 31 compost dumpsters in the PJ or F15 to a country that has demonstrated of I-70). [email protected]. See p. 36. Police academy Halloween party. 5-8pm. 2155 N. Akron Way. Games, haunted house and more. parkingAnnouncements lot. that Islam, democracy and moderni- Thursday, October 9 stapletondenver.com. at Stapleton ty cannot only coexist, but thrive.” Active Minds Seminar “Indonesia: A Functional Islamic Democracy” 6:45-7:45pm, Sam Gary Library* Join Active Minds as we examine Theatre on the Stapleton 29th Ave Green what’s working in the world’s largest Fri. Oct. 10 & Sat., Oct. 11 NOVEMBER Friday, Oct. 10 & Saturday, Oct. 11 Islamic country. Theatre on The Green – “Guys on Ice”, 6–8pm. 29th from 6–8pm Ave Green* Saturday, Nov. 1 Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:45–7:45 pm Cabinet in the City—Mayor Hancock and city officials Guys on Ice Colorado Ghost Stories Saturday, October 11 will make presentations and meet individually with Aurora Fox Theatre will present Guys Seminar: Alternative Halloween treats that kids will love. citizens 9-11am Bill Roberts School, 2100 Akron Way Join Active Minds as we tiptoe 3:30-4:30pm, Sam Gary Branch Library. Hosted by NE on Ice. Guys on Ice spends a day in the through the haunted houses and Denver Co-op. See p. 30. Saturday, Nov. 1 life of Marvin and Lloyd—fishing ghoulish graveyards of the area. We Divorce 101. 1-4pm at Montview Presbyterian Church, buddies and home-grown philoso- Saturday, October 18 1980 Dahlia. Hosted by Blue Iris Divorce Resources will tell the ghost stories associated Harvest at the Hangar Chili Cook-off & Pie Bake-off. for Women. See p. 32. phers. With musical numbers like The with the Stanley Hotel, Cheesman 4-8pm. See p. 28. www.facebook.com/pages/Isabel- * More information at [email protected] Wishing Hole, Ode to a Snowmobile la-Bird-Community-School/ See p. 28. Park, the Molly Brown House, and Sam Gary Library: 2961 Roslyn St. Suit, Fish Is the Miracle Food and The Stapleton 29th Ave Green: 29th Ave and Roslyn St. more as we visit the past and the One That Got Away, Guys on Ice works past visits with us a bit. not only as a serious anthropological study but as a musical comedy as If you have any questions about the Compassionate, state-of-the-art healthcare for your children well. Join us on the Stapleton South information above, please contact Green for this FREE entertaining the MCA at 303.388.0724. performance complete with fire pits and s’mores! Diane Deeter Community Director [email protected] Small Personable Perfect Robin Larabee, MD. • Sarah Humphreys, MD. Molly Gilpin, PA. • Kimberley Theobald, NP. Get the latest on 4500 E. Ninth Ave, Ste 740 Denver, CO 80220 • 720.941.1778 www.SapphirePediatrics.com Master Community Association

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October 2014 6 Stapleton Front Porch bers the inequality. Teaching at Smiley Middle School prior to busing, Hoops recalls the building was so “overcrowded we ran double sessions.” There was “no structure to the school; it was like the Wild West.” Inexperienced teachers were assigned to schools with large populations of minority students. These schools were both overcrowded and lacked the resources that the predominantly white schools enjoyed. Busing attempted to remedy these injustices. Hoops suggests that at Manual the program Keith Hammond, class of 1985, lived in the George Washington High School accomplished this and much boundary and provided his own transportation to attend Manual. He now more. For many students lives in Michigan and works as a project manager for an electric company. of color, he recalls, the experience of attending Lederer, who went on to prestigious universities. school alongside affluent whites Beyond impressing admissions counselors, however, Lainie changed their outlook from “will Hodges maintains that her experiences interacting with I to college?” to “where will I go to students from a variety of backgrounds taught her “how to college?” For students like Keith survive in the world.” Jody Hansen agrees. “Bottom line: I Hammond, whose family was learned how to live in the world.” She says with confidence, highly educated, the college-bound “I can walk into motivation white students brought any job, talk to any to campus did not alter his trajec- person . . . I really tory much, but for other Manual learned how to be students who “didn’t know what to with people in the ask for and didn’t know what op- world.” famously ruled in its land- tions were out there,” remembers Hammond, the culture All the white mark 1954 Brown v. Board of high expectations made a difference. Manual alumni in- of Education decision, was terviewed wore their experience at this inherently unequal. Diversity Engenders Confidence Through Beloved Manual math racially and econom- teacher and football coach Real World Experiences ically diverse high Megan Lederer, now a local pediatrician, wrote her Jim Hoops vividly remem- school as a badge of college entrance essay about the experience of being pride. Tim Tribbett bused from a largely white section of Park Hill to insists: “I love telling Right: Jim Hoops, math teach- Manual; she feels fortunate that she “attended Manual er and football coach at Man- people I went to ual during busing, has taught at in its heyday; it was held up as this amazing thing for Manual! Sometimes several DPS schools through- us.” Hoops concurs with Lederer, reasoning that “col- people look at me Megan Lederer, class of 1995, was bused out his career and continues leges liked that Manual was a cosmopolitan school,” as like I’m crazy,” from Park Hill and is now a pediatric to volunteer as a tutor. evidenced by the large number of white graduates, like (continued on page 8) physician and lives in Lowry. Don’t Let Allergies Affect Your Quality of Life. Relief is Now Just Around the Corner!

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Stapleton Front Porch 7 October 2014 pride brought together the “jocks, the nerds, and those in graduates went on to prestigious colleges and made lifelong ROTC” because it was a school where “the athletes were friendships across the divides of color and class, other students, (continued from page 7) Manual also involved in drama and in choir . . . it was quite the in Scott’s words, “fell through the cracks.” he laughs. But it’s clear experience.” that Tribbett, like Hansen, Applying Manual’s Lessons Hodges and Lederer, views The Experiment’s Limitations Even graduates like Scott who underscore the school’s lim- his Thunderbolt affilia- For every student like Hammond and Hodges who re- itations, nevertheless insists that Manual’s diverse composition tion as a signifier that he member Manual’s mandated diversity sparking meaningful “has had a huge impact on my life now . . . and has made me successfully navigated an interracial interaction, there are also students like Lorenza more culturally sensitive.” Alexis McClain credits her “ability to unfamiliar environment Muñoz Scott who suggests that though Manual was “very go out and deal with real life situations” to her time at Manual and graduated with the diverse . . . there was and posits further that students who attend less diverse high confidence to engage a not much interaction schools are “cheated out of” those formative experiences. diverse world. between the groups.” Kendrick Lane, who was bused from Crestmoor Park and Scott’s mother, Sarah is now a School Pride Creates McGregor, confesses: physician Unity Among Difference “It wasn’t that great of assistant, a school for students These transformative reminisces: “I of color.” She remem- interactions were nurtured feel I gained bers her son, Gerardo on a campus where the fac- a broader Muñoz, entering an ulty and staff cared deeply perspective Advanced Placement about its students and fos- on life, race class and the teacher and culture Jody Hansen, class of 1992, was tered bonding experiences asking him if he was at Manual bused from Park Hill and is now a for them. During Manu- in the wrong place. medical professional. al’s “heyday,” Thunderbolt than through Kirksey recalls this type pride was stimulated any other of discrimination vividly, through athletic and extracurricular programs like the school’s experience in “even when students competitive basketball team and its celebrated choir. my life. I feel Lainie Hodges, class of 1997, was tested well enough to John Brame, who played on several sports teams, still the experi- bused from Denver’s Country be put into Advanced refers to the campus as the “Bolt House” and he fondly recalls ences I had Club neighborhood and is now Placement classes, we school color days and barbeques. Manual’s integration of very John Brame, class of 1985, grew up in the Whittier at Manual, chair of the Friends of Manual weren’t put in there.” neighborhood and is now a farmer who lives near specifically, distinct communities, reasons Hammond further, didn’t just High School Board and works in While some Manual Manual High School. have to do with “socioeconomic status and race,” Thunderbolt professional training. the inter-

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Stapleton Front Porch 9 October 2014 Low carb? Count calories? Local doctors talk diets. By Courtney Drake-McDonough studies) found no significant difference in weight loss among seen no data that would contradict that point. ating a diet low in carbohydrates and high in protein more than 7,000 people on different name-brand diets, in- “If you don’t carefully control calories, then anything can and fat, including red meat, butter, cheese and eggs, cluding high-protein, low- fat, and moderation diets. “There happen depending on hunger, ease of following the diet, etc. Emade news recently when both The New York Times and are dozens of other studies, some that find the same thing and And that’s where the confusion comes in and that’s where Time magazine featured articles reporting study results that some find the opposite, which is why you cannot go with one sometimes you find low carbs better and sometimes you find show eating some long-vilified foods is actually beneficial. The single study,” cautions Hill. low fats better and sometimes you find no difference . . . . When decades-old philosophy that eating fat creates fat in the body “Any diet you follow will allow you to lose weight,” he says. you get a hundred or so (in a study), you can get differences, has vocal proponents, including the “There are some people who follow a low- but once you now get over 7,000 people, what you’re seeing (in government’s dietary guidelines. But carb diet and do very well, but for most peo- the literature) is, overall, there’s no difference (in weight loss on others (those who believe there are ple, that’s difficult to do if you increase your different diets).” beneficial chemical reactions that physical activity. Carbohydrates are really the Dr. Tran says, “It’s not about the quantity of calories, it’s the take place in the body by lowering best fuel for physical activity. You don’t need quality of the calories and not so much about just creating a carbohydrate consumption and very many carbs if you’re sedentary, but once deficit. That’s the unique thing about the low-carb diet, you’re increasing proteins and fats) are glad you get active, you need a lot,” he says. “Say- actually not counting calories. You’re eating really good quality their practices are gaining credibility. ing everyone should eat a low-carb or low-fat foods in the right portions and your body’s going to process it We spoke to two local doctors who diet is just absolutely silly unless you look at much more efficiently.” Tran adds, “The low-carb approach is both agree and disagree about how the other components of the diet and physical what we (the American Society of Bariatric Physicians) have justified all the recent hype really is. activity.” Hill feels the recommended exercise used in our practices across the country.” Angela Tran, D.O., owner of guidelines of 30 minutes a day, 5 times per Tran explains that a diet lower in carbs and higher in protein Med-Fit Weight Loss in Stapleton, is week should be considered minimal and that and fats works because carbs break down into blood sugar, board-certified in internal medicine more movement should be added throughout which is controlled by the hormone insulin. Blood sugar goes and is a member of the American the day—from taking breaks from sitting to to muscle for energy use but leftover blood sugar gets sent to Society of Bariatric Physicians. She using walking and cycling as transportation the liver, which converts it into fat. “That’s what causes you isn’t surprised by the findings of the methods. to increase fat storage and gain weight,” studies and feels the attention has Dr. Tran agrees that says Tran, adding that if the amount of been a long time coming. She re- diets aren’t one-size-fits- carbs is lowered to the right amount to counts the inception of the belief, in Angela Tran, D.O. owner of Med-Fit Weight all. “The low-fat diet is feed muscle, there is none left over to be Loss in Stapleton the 1970s, that fat was a significant certainly beneficial for turned to fat. “Now you’re burning fat factor for heart disease. “Small trials were done, a lot of people those who have gastrointestinal issues or for energy and storing less, which equals were having heart attacks, and heart disease and medications problems with the liver, gallbladder and weight loss,” she says. were created to treat cholesterol. Along the way, even though pancreas because these particular patients To help guide patients toward a these trials were small, the country said ‘We’re going to correlate don’t absorb or process fat well,” she says. balance of protein, fat and carbs, Tran that fat is a culprit for heart disease,’” says Tran. Subsequent She would also not put an athlete on a recommends consuming a daily average of media attention, development of the food pyramid, and the low-carb diet because they need carbs for 25 percent carbs, 40–50 percent protein American Heart Association saying that fat was something to be performance due to their higher meta- and the remaining 25–35 percent fat. For concerned about, created the birth of low-fat guidelines. bolic demands. “The typical person who those who prefer an easy way to visualize “Then the food industry comes along to follow the guide- really benefits from low carb is someone the division, Tran says a serving of protein lines and makes things low fat,” says Tran. “However, fat plays who has insulin-resistant conditions such should be the size of the palm of your an important role in our bodies. Not only does it transport as diabetes or pre-diabetes,” says Tran. hand, vegetables the size of a tennis ball, hormones and vitamins and some other things we need for Dr. Hill and Dr. Tran’s discussion of and carbs half a tennis ball. our cells, it contributes to the fullness signal and satisfaction. calories shows some of the differences in James O. Hill, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics One thing both doctors can agree on is So when you take fat out of foods, you are actually hungrier. their beliefs. and medicine at the University of Colora- that obesity is on the rise and is considered do School of Medicine and executive direc- Our bodies have had to adapt, but we haven’t adapted well in Hill says, “There’s never been an indi- a disease, although only recognized as such tor, Anschutz Health and Wellness Center processing carbs.” cation that people who were fed an equal by the American Medical Association in James O. Hill, Ph.D., professor of pediatrics and medicine number of calories, where you knew they were equal, that they 2012, which Tran finds frustrating. “We know it’s a disease beat the University of Colorado School of Medicine and executive got a difference in weight. If you know they are taking in the cause of all the other medical conditions that have come along director, Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, feels people same number of calories, it doesn’t matter if those come from with it,” she says. “We’re slowly coming along. We still have a should be wary of the attention being given to the study. He fat, carb or protein, you’re going to burn them all. Your body long ways to go.” says the day after the higher protein and fat, lower carb study needs them. When you’re eating less than you burn, a calorie is was released, the results of a meta-analysis (a study of other a calorie. You’ll find people who disagree with that but I have We welcome comments at FrontPorchStapleton.com

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Emily Schromm: “The Next Fitness Star” Says Diet Is Key to Her Physical & Mental Health

Emily Schromm, winner of a national contest for “The Next Fitness Star,” eats a low carb diet not to lose weight but because she feels better Gabrielle Rohwer stands by physically and the Little Free Library outside mentally. Schromm her home at 7809 E. 28th Ave. is pictured jumping over tractor tires during a workout at CrossFit Park Hill where she is an instructor.

By Courtney Drake-McDonough up and her stomach issues went away. She now calls herself a firm conditions, cognitive function—those things all play into your ooking at Emily Schromm, personal trainer and CrossFit believer even though it was very difficult to eliminate things she style of eating.” coach at Unleashed Fitness and CrossFit Park Hill, you had always been told were a necessary part of a healthy diet. “Once “I’m the healthiest I’ve ever been physically and mentally Lwouldn’t suspect that just a few years ago, although extremely I saw the effects on my body, which also included having very clear as well,” Schromm says. Her diet is about 55 percent fat from fit, she wasn’t feeling up to par. Shromm is the winner ofWomen’s thoughts, no more energy spikes and drops, I cannot express how I sources like avocados and avocado oil, grass-fed butter, bacon, Health Magazine’s “The Next Fitness Star” competition, an honor felt overall and emotionally,” she says. “I think when we’re cutting nut butters, tahini, red meat, salmon, free-range chicken, coco- that was announced on Good Morning America. Her prize is a calories or we think we’re eating healthy and we’re not, we emo- nut and coconut oil and milk. She chooses minimally processed feature article and launch of a fitness DVD. tionally play into that and we feel the depression and self-doubt, and hormone-free food. About four years ago, Schromm began focusing on the science especially women. I firmly believe that’s rooted in the food we eat.” Schromm believes her food philosophy contributed to being of nutrition and how it worked for her body. She had been eating Schromm feels the diet term “Paleo” gets a bad rap. “It’s a quick selected for “The Next Fitness Star.” “They loved my approach what she describes as the typical diet of egg whites and oatmeal, word for me to say ‘very minimally processed, lots of veggies, good to nutrition because it’s different,” she says. “When you take out very low carb and very low fat. While she feels people can lose sources of protein and a high-fat diet.’” She adds that it also means man-made foods and stop thinking low fat, low calorie and start weight that way, Schromm says “You’re always waiting for the next different things to different people depending on their goals. “If eating real food, you really are putting your body in a healthier meal because you are going off of a carb metabolism, burning the you are a weight-loss client, it’s going to be low carb,” she says. position, not just for weight loss or immediate results but for carbs and then you hit that ‘hangry’ moment where you’re just like “But if you’re active, it has to be moderate protein and moderate long-term health.” ‘give me food now!’” She came to the conclusion that her diet was carbs.” Schromm’s website is www.superherounleashed.com. The all wrong for her. Schromm says, “It can be a scary world out there without feature article on her and her fitness DVD will be available in Someone suggested the Paleo diet to Schromm, telling her it bread. But when you’re dealing with restrictions, your body isn’t in the January 2015 issue of Women’s Health Magazine. could cure the acne and stomach issues she had struggled with since a place where it’s happy. If you find the right foods for your body, childhood. She removed grains and other carbs and her acne cleared it responds well whether it’s your gut, autoimmune disorders, skin We welcome comments at FrontPorchStapleton.com

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President and CEO of Saint Joseph Hospital, Bain Farris, stands outside the The hospital’s rooftop offers an amazing view of Denver’s skyline. main entrance of the new hospital on E. 19th Ave. New design, operating room lighting, ambulance access among upgrades pared to five at the old hospital. An elevator from the roof provides direct access from the helicopter pad to appropriate operating By Laurie Dunklee For example, all cardiology services are located next to each other floors. he new Saint Joseph Hospital, opening at 1375 E. 19th on the second floor, including 21 operating rooms, catheter labs The new chapel gives a nod to Saint Joseph’s historic chapel, in- Ave. on Dec. 13, is designed with a focus on efficiency and endoscopy procedure areas. cluding components from the existing chapel: the overhead stained Tfor optimum patient care. “It’s a design lots of people in health care design are trying to glass dome and the stained glass windows from France. One innovation is putting related services on the same floor. mimic right now,” Other innovations include Shawn Dufford, state-of-the-art operating chief medical officer, rooms, built surrounding a told a group of central “hub” for staging that visitors getting a is kept sterile. The hub is for sneak preview of the staff access only and main- facility. tains airflow going outward so “At the old hos- that no particles can blow in. pital these areas are The operating rooms have no on about five floors, cabinetry because cabinets can so there are a lot of harbor dirt. “Everything for interruptions in ser- each operation is brought in on vice,” said Dufford. a cart,” said Dufford. “It’s the “Having the labs, Fast track emergency rooms immediately treat and release patients with simple height of protection against operating rooms, urgent care cases like stitches. infection.” pre-op and post-op Operating rooms are on one floor increases collaboration. So the docs work closer with equipped with special Berchtold lighting over the operating tables. each other and can provide emergency help. It’s also an opportunity Two movable fixtures can be adjusted to provide lighting with no for cross-training staff. It’s a design that increases efficiency.” shadows. “When you’re operating on a heart, the last thing you The new hospital is 831,321 square feet, compared to 1.1 want is a shadow,” said Dufford. million square feet at the old hospital. While smaller in size, the Megan Mahncke, senior director of community relations and a layout makes more efficient use of space and resources. The nearly Stapleton resident, gave birth to her two sons at Saint Joseph. “The completed hospital, the first hospital to be built in downtown new hospital is a huge asset for people in Stapleton,” she said. “It’s SUNDAYS, 10AM Denver in nearly 20 years, is budgeted at $623 million. “We’re still easy to get to because you can cut through City Park. Even more SMILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL under budget,” said Bain Farris, president and CEO. people will have their babies here.” The facility has 360 private patient rooms and family lounges More babies are born at Saint Joseph than any other hospital in with balconies, some equipped to house a family for several months. Denver—about 4,000 babies per year—according to Deb Lowery, The emergency department has 40 individual patient rooms with senior director of women’s and infants’ services. She said the new glass doors; 13 of those dedicated to seniors. The new ambulance hospital will provide a private elevator to the women’s floor, 18 la- bay has its own ramp and room for nine to 12 ambulances, com- bor and delivery rooms with large jetted tubs, three cesarean section

October 2014 14 Stapleton Front Porch Above: Saint Joseph has 360 private patient rooms, each with a bathroom, like the one at right. Bill Gregor, director of operations for Mortenson Construction, explains that the bathroom units operating rooms, and 30 private neonatal were prefabricated with patient rooms. Saint Joseph specializes in no seams so they can high-risk babies, including those prema- more easily be kept turely born, and has a state-of-the-art neo- sanitary. Headboard natal intensive care unit. “Now premature wall units with all the babies survive at just 23 to 24 weeks,” said connections were also Lowery. prefabricated, reducing construction costs. Farris said the new hospital grounds encompass 30 acres. “We bought 15 acres when Children’s Hospital moved,” he said. “Thirty acres is a lot of property downtown but not a lot for a hospital—that’s why we have structure parking and not ground parking.” He said the building was constructed with green design in mind. “Sixty-five percent of construction materials were recycled or diverted from landfills, and the new hospital will be 40 percent more energy-efficient than the current hospital.” The old hospital at 1835 Franklin St., with Obstetrics its landmark twin tow- ers, is slated for demoli- The new Saint Joseph provides excep- tion by July 2016. tional protection against infection during For more informa- surgery, in part through a sophisticated tion, go to www. ventilation system. An additional state- saintjosephdenver.org. of-the-art operating room feature is light The new ambulance bay has its own ramp and room for nine to 12 Saint Joseph’s new chapel gives a nod to the hospital’s fixtures that produce no shadows, as ambulances, compared to five at the old hospital. historic chapel, including a stained glass dome overhead demonstrated in the bottom photo. and stained glass windows from the existing chapel.

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Stapleton Front Porch 15 October 2014 Just the Facts How Safe Are Gas Stations? by James Hagadorn ...... ur neighbors are concerned about mitigated by technology. For example, modern fuel a big box gas station being planned nozzles automatically shut off when an unattended Oin Stapleton’s Eastbridge neighbor- pump begins to spill. And when you drive off with hood. Friends living near the new gas station the nozzle still attached to your minivan—the hose in Northfield have expressed similar worries. will automatically disconnect from the island and Will these stations be a toxic death-knell for shut down. I guess that means that in Die Hard 7, residents? Or are they safe? Bruce Willis will have to blow up the gas station in One thing’s for certain—gas stations are some other way. This perspective of the new 7-Eleven on Northfield Blvd., shot with a 55ml lens to show the ubiquitous. Unfortunately, gas stations also have long-term human-eye view, accurately shows the distance between gas pumps and homes. That’s because we need ’em. They’re conve- offsite impacts. That’s because gasoline, like paint nient, allow us to be mobile, and provide stuff and glue, contains a veritable xylophone of toxic tanker trucks use a special hose to capture displaced a 100 percent “safe” distance away, because gas we use. Often they’re economical and employ ingredients such as benzene, toluene and xylene. vapors while refilling underground tanks. station vapors are often compounded by hazardous locals. From a corporate standpoint, they’re These compounds, when breathed at low concen- But such devices don’t catch all the fumes, which fumes that emanate from nearby road traffic or efficient, profitable, and great lures for opportu- trations, aren’t usually acutely harmful, but do have also emanate from evaporating or dripped gas, from other sources. And in part, it’s because there is little nistic shoppers. Witness the unbundling of gas significant long-term impacts on our health. idling engines, from unsealed tanks on older cars, population-scale epidemiological data on people stations from service shops, and their pairing In older gas stations, rusting or leaky storage and from tanker trucks whose drivers bypass vapor living near gas stations in the U.S. Finally, every site’s with mini-marts and big-box stores. tanks and pipes allowed gas to seep into soils and recovery systems to speed up fuel transfers. The net environmental conditions are different, and although Can gas stations be a nuisance? Sure—by drinking water, permitting these contaminants to result is that every gas station is like an invisible it is straightforward to measure and model such con- altering the traffic and character of a neighbor- impact public health. Although we’re still cleaning smokestack. Its vapor plume extends across adja- ditions to minimize risk on adjacent properties, such hood. up the legacy of older stations, since 2009 new cent roads and neighborhoods. The plume’s vapors work is expensive and not typically done. Fortunately, in newer neighborhoods they’re fuel tanks, pipes and pump areas in Colorado are dissipate naturally in wind and sunlight, but in urban As Colorado’s economy continues to boom, gas often sited with intent. Thus, in adjacent resi- double-lined, and are regularly monitored by state settings they can impact indoor air quality in nearby stations will keep sprouting up. There’s even one be- dential areas, such stations don’t typically have agencies to make sure they are maintained and safe. homes. ing installed in my favorite end-of-the-line mountain a major impact on a neighborhood’s character, Of more concern is the evaporation of gas’ The size, distribution and concentration of these town—Dotsero. But given how little we know about nor do they markedly impact crime, litter, noise, noxious ingredients. In bygone times they’d waft airborne plumes are governed by how busy the gas the offsite air impacts of such stations in Colorado, pollution or property values. away, carefree. They got released during fueling, station is, and environmental factors like wind and it might be wise to examine such gassy growth with But on-site, the story is different. Compared during warming and depressurization of gasoline temperature. These factors in turn affect health risks care. At least until electric cars make gas stations to residences or many other commercial estab- from underground tanks, and by displacement of of adjacent residents. obsolete. lishments, gas stations and their convenience vapor-ridden air when new fuel was added to empty In some cities, stations are set back 50’ to 300’ James Hagadorn, Ph.D., is a scientist at the Denver stores experience more frequent fires, pedestrian gasoline storage tanks. Fortunately, all Colorado gas from residences to allow the fumes to dissipate before Museum of Nature & Science. Suggestions and comments and vehicle collisions, and “crimes of opportuni- stations now capture these vapors. Moreover, newer encountering homes—but elsewhere these stations are welcome at [email protected]. ty” like theft. Fortunately, some of their typical passenger cars have onboard vapor recovery systems abut residential property. 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October 2014 16 Stapleton Front Porch Respiratory Virus Spreads Among Kids By Madeline Schroeder reported high numbers of cases, including Colorado. other people’s (experiences),” Gribben says. Some kids t first, Stapleton resident Kristin Gribben figured her Since August 18, Children’s Hospital Colorado has treated recover quickly like Eli while others really struggle with 3-year-old son Eli Cooper just had a common cold. more than 1,900 children and youth for severe respiratory breathing and are hospitalized in the intensive care unit. AHe showed the usual symptoms including a runny illness in their emergency and urgent care locations through- Gribben knows a few kids who were out of school for nose, sore throat and sleepiness. “Then his breathing became out metro Denver; of these, 179 have been admitted into the two weeks. more labored,” she said, though Eli has no history of asthma. hospital. There is no vaccine to prevent EV-D68. Nyquist “That was definitely the first thing I noticed that was out of “There are a bunch of kids who have never had asthma suggests common sense health tips to prevent getting the the ordinary. Then it just got worse.” and are wheezing so that’s why they are coming in,” says Dr. virus: wash your hands; avoid sick people and if you and/ Eli developed a fever and his oxygen levels dipped to 70 Christine Nyquist, pediatric infectious disease specialist and or your kids are sick, stay home; keep asthma under con- percent—healthy levels range from 93 to 94 percent. They medical director of infection control at Children’s Hospital trol and stay on asthma medications; and get the flu and went to Stapleton Pediatrics and discovered he had symptoms Colorado. “This can be very scary for parents, especially if whooping cough vaccines as soon as they are available. of enterovirus-D68 (EV-D68), a new virus that causes a cold their child has no history of asthma.” Parents do not need to have their child tested for EV- and wheezing among kids and youth. Gribben was able to treat Eli at home. He breathed med- D68. The hospital will not be able to identify a specific The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) identified the icine from an oxygen machine every four hours for two days strain because it requires a specialized test be sent to the virus in August. The strain has not circulated in several years and took Tylenol to control the fever. CDC. Plus, the test would come back as rhinovirus/ and therefore people don’t have immunity. Children can After two days, Eli no longer needed the oxygen machine enterovirus, related to the common cold, so treatment develop wheezing because of smaller windpipes. The surge and had an inhaler, if needed. In 5–7 days he was fully would be the same regardless. Symptoms should be of infections started in hospitals in the middle of the nation, recovered and able to return to Isabella Bird Community treated like the common cold. If there is wheezing or affecting Illinois and Missouri the worst. Now 12 states have School. “We were definitely lucky that it wasn’t as bad as concern, call your doctor.

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Stapleton Front Porch 19 October 2014 The rise of CRAFT BEER IN NORTHEAST DENVER

While the Denver metro area boasts more than 80 breweries and counting, Stapleton and Park Hill residents have been living in a Station 26 Brewing Co veritable beer desert. Much to the relief of beer enthusiasts, five breweries have opened nearby. Here is a rundown. Bottoms up! 7045 E 38th Ave, Denver 303.333.1825 Justin Baccary opened Station 26 in

December 2013 in the Quebec station house formerly Station No. 26 occupied by the fire Brewing Central Park BLVD crew now located in Stapleton. Head brewer Wayne Waananen

brings more than Quebec 30 years of brewing experience and strives to offer a beer to suit any taste, hence the motto, “For you for all.” Interior seating and an expansive patio area separated by large open garage doors (weather permitting) make Sta- Martin Luther King BLVD tion 26 a place to sit and talk. The recent addition of a wall-mounted TV also allows patrons to watch sports. In addition to its regular lineup of beers, every Thursday the brewery offers firkin releases, typically in 10.8-gallon batches. The firkins typically feature fruit, tea, spices, dry hopping, or other modifications. Station 26 is open seven days a week. Food trucks park out front daily, and the second Sunday of each month there is a Bluegrass Brunch with live music.

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Park Hill residents and husband-and-wife Montview Montview team Ryan and Christa Kilpatrick opened Fiction on September 27. With six years of home brewing experience, Ryan is the head FICTION brewer and Christa runs the taproom. Brewing MU Co Brewing Fiction derives its name from a combina- Co tion of Christa’s love for books and Ryan’s love of beer. The brewery has something for everyone, along with rotating seasonal and experimental offerings. In addition to its spacious inside seating area and patio, Fic- tion features what has to be one of the most unique bar designs, consisting of a facade of actual hardback books stacked like bricks under the bar top. The taproom has two TVs that, except for Broncos games, remain off for a conversational environment. Fiction bills itself as a family-friendly neighborhood brewery. They plan to have a book exchange and a variety of food trucks and carts. The brewery is located on the ground floor of the Phoenix on the Fax apartment building and is open Wednesday to Sunday.

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While the Denver metro area boasts more than 80 breweries and counting, Stapleton and Park Hill residents have been living in a veritable beer desert. Much to the relief of beer enthusiasts, five breweries have opened nearby. Here is a rundown. Bottoms up! Caution: Brewing Co 12445 E 39th Ave #314, Denver I-70 970.315.2739 I-70 After home brewing for several years, Dan CAUTION: and Betty Wang founded Caution: Brewing Co. Brewing on 39th Ave. They mostly supplied Lao Wang Co Noodle House, a local restaurant owned by Dan’s parents, but after a neighboring business closed they added a taproom in May 2012. They Havana St opened a second west location in Lakewood in December 2013. Caution focuses on “uniquely balanced” beers by adding a new spin to historical beer styles. The east taproom hosts a big anniversary party each May and an annual Halloween fest with a DJ, costume contest and special fall beer releases. This year’s fest will be on Thursday, Oct. 30. The taproom has regular hours Thursdays through Sundays each week, but will also be open on Wednesday, Oct. 1 to celebrate the Great American Beer

Peoria Festival, where Caution will have a booth. Caution brews are also frequently served at the Stapleton Tap House in Havana Way Northfield. They plan to start canning several beers in the fall or winter.

Coda Brewing Co Moline 2101 N. Ursula, Unit 10, Aurora 720.324.8529 25th Ave After beginning his career in biochemistry and molecular biology, Luke Smith started home brewing. He then worked as a professional brewer at Yak and Yeti and in April, opened Coda Brewing Co. on the Anschutz campus. Like the symbol at the end of a music passage, Coda signifies the end of the brewing process or enjoying a CODA beer at the end of a day’s work. A self-proclaimed “hop head,” as head brewer Luke specializes in hoppy beers Brewing Montview Co and fruit beers. Unlike many breweries that rely on a single house strain of yeast, Luke uses his chemistry experience to develop unique yeast strains for each beer. Although Coda offers a lineup of typical beers, it also features a wide range Anschutz Medical Campus of “experimental elixirs,” one-offs, and seasonal brews. Depending on demand, smaller batch beers can end up as regulars. Coda is open seven days a week and offers a full Colfax Colfax menu from its sister restaurant, Cedar Creek Pub. The taproom features live music almost every Friday night and open mic night on Tuesdays. Mu Brewery 9735 E Colfax Ave, Aurora 720.446.8273 After home brewing for four years, Nate Flatland opened Mu Brewery in early June. The brewery, named after the Greek symbol used for micro measurements, is located immediately south of the Eastbridge neighborhood in Aurora’s up-and-coming arts district. As part of the effort to revitalize downtown Aurora, Mu puts a creative spin on everything it does, from its beer to its support for local artists. In addition to its flagship lineup of five beers, featuring light to dark to hoppy, Mu offers a variety of creative specialty beers that change regularly. At 5pm every Friday, they release a small-batch. The brewery donates 1 percent of all its sales to improve the arts district. The taproom is open seven days a week. Trivia is every Tuesday and players can win prizes such as beer growlers and tickets for Fox Theatre shows or other events. In addition to a variety of nearby restaurants, food is available from the food trucks gradually being added to the mix. We welcome comments at FrontPorchStapleton.com

Stapleton Front Porch 21 October 2014 Each month, the Indie Prof reviews a no plan for their evacuation. The Accords left open the current film in the theater and a second possibility that the U.S. would go back into Vietnam film that is available on DVD or an in- if the North infringed on the South, but the U.S. had stant-streaming service. no appetite for it once the new fighting began. With no Follow “Indie Prof” on Facebook for plan for evacuation, no help from Washington, and an updates about film events and more reviews. ambassador who refused to see reality, the thousands of ® Americans, their families, and many Vietnamese friends Botox | Juvederm Last Days in Vietnam (2014) and allies were left in the cold. “As we began to contemplate evacuation, The story is fascinating: several military operatives the question, the burning question, was who took it upon themselves to start evacuating the Amer- goes? And who gets left behind?” icans, their families, and the Vietnamese friends of Laser Resurfacing These scintillating words from U.S. the U.S. These Black Ops were illegal and were hid in Army Captain Stuart Herrington begin Rory plain sight. The film tells its story through interviews, Kennedy’s enlightening documentary Last extant footage, and some simple animation. While the Days in Vietnam. The film tells the story of interviews can slow down the film at times, the stunning Medical Grade South Vietnam in the years following the original footage, the inspired editing, and the tense score Paris Accords. Several thousand U.S. citizens make the story come alive. It is at once frightening and still lived in Vietnam, however, and when humanistic. Facial Treatments the North Vietnamese began an offensive Director Rory Kennedy (daughter of RFK) is an into the south toward Saigon, the U.S. had experienced filmmaker, and her experience shows here. Myth: Botox will make you look frozen Fact: When done well, Botox can give you a natural and refreshed appearance

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October 2014 22 Stapleton Front Porch The film takes a narrative stance, and it creates tension of those actors—you know him from Inception; through the natural progression of the events. There Tinker, Tailor Soldier, Spy; or Lawless. With Locke, a is no false tension here, no imposed manipulation. wonderful film from writer/director Steven Knight, The startling reality is enough to carry the film, and and The Drop, (now playing in theaters), Hardy is it becomes more gripping as it moves along. We’ve all moving from the B-list to the front of the list. seen the famous picture of a helicopter precariously The story concerns a construction manager and poised on the roof of a small building with a long line seemingly solid family man who makes a crucial of people on a ladder below. Now we have the story of life decision on his way home one evening. Instead why that helicopter was there, the building on which it of turning toward home, he turns the other way. landed, and who got on that helicopter. That story, and Here is a man whose life is falling apart as we the many others of our last days in Vietnam, make this watch and listen. The plot takes a little time to film a riveting must-see. Let Oscar season begin. develop, but when it does, we are intrigued and You will like this film if you enjoyedOne Day in essentially glued to the character/screen. Too much September, The Fog of War, and/or The Thin Blue Line. plot description would ruin the film because it’s Starts October 3 at the Chez Artiste Theater. such a simple premise. It is the delivery that fasci- nates. The majority of the film is of Hardy driving Locke (2013) a car. Before his big star Director Knight is Scene from Locke. turn in Casablanca, sharp with dialogue and Humphrey Bogart was suspense, and his other considered a “third work, such as Dirty, Pretty are waiting for it to stop and yet the visuals re- You will like this film if you enjoyed reeler.” The term was Things; Amazing Grace; main kinetic. But the real attraction is Hardy—he The Hunt, Under the Skin, and/or Out of the applied to actors who and Eastern Promises es- is at once thoughtful and indifferent; tough and Furnace. were killed off in the tablished those credentials. sweet; hard and soft. To pull off these conflicting Now available at Redbox or VOD. Vincent third reel of film— Locke follows in this line of traits is difficult, but Hardy seems to do so with Piturro, Ph.D., teaches Cinema Studies at Met- roughly before the gritty, unique, and visually ease. He is that rare actor who can inhabit a char- ropolitan State University of Denver. He can be last 20 minutes. Scene from Last Day in Vietnam. inventive films while add- acter so thoroughly that all we see is the character. reached at [email protected]. The actors were ing to his impressive body Enjoy this moment—before Hardy becomes an B-list and played secondary parts; they were recogniz- of work. The moving car device works because we A-list star and the romantic comedies begin. able faces, but not names. Tom Hardy has been one We welcome comments at FrontPorchStapleton.com

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Stapleton Front Porch 23 October 2014 Bill Kurtz, DSST Public Schools CEO who founded DSST middle school celebrates having no achievement gap and having the second highest SPF score DSST 10 years in the city. School Director Jessica Heesacker told the students, “Everyone in the room will go to ago, applauds college and have the opportunity to be successful.” Superintendent Tom Boasberg (left) asked the Brooke Jones responds to the superintendent’s question, “We’re all different. the students’ students, “What makes your school so good?” We have different ethnic groups. We come from different backgrounds.” success. School Performance Scores: A Time to Celebrate—and to Keep Working While DSST celebrates their School Performance Framework (SPF) scores and talks about we have is the quality of our teaching. We’ve significantly increased our investment in teacher the importance of continuing their hard work, Superintendent Boasberg is looking at closing leaders who give one-on-one feedback...and teacher collaboration time. The most effective way the achievement gap throughout DPS. He says, “The number one overwhelming focus that to help our teachers learn and grow is one-on-one regular coaching and feedback.”

Enroll % % Earned Status Student Parent Level School Name % FRL % ELL % SPED SPF Rating Growth Re-enrollment ment Minority Points (Proficiency) Engagement Satisfaction

E Ashley Elementary School 334 94.6% 88.3% 48.8% 9.3% 47.52% Accredited On Watch Meets Does Not Meet Approaching Approaching Approaching

E Denver Language School 555 12.1% 27.0% 16.8% 0.9% 64.49% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Approaching Meets Approaching E Hallett Fundamental Academy 377 90.7% 92.0% 13.0% 12.7% 58.57% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Does Not Meet Approaching Meets

E Lowry Elementary School 470 36.2% 37.0% 12.6% 8.1% 62.42% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Meets Meets Meets

E Montclair Elementary School 479 67.0% 59.1% 28.2% 7.5% 62.42% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Approaching Approaching Meets E Palmer Elementary School 337 49.0% 54.3% 12.5% 14.8% 49.30% Accredited On Watch Meets Approaching Approaching Does Not Meet Does Not Meet E Park Hill Elementary School 567 24.3% 27.7% 6.3% 13.9% 69.86% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Meets Meets Meets

E Polaris at Ebert Elementary School 333 3.0% 9.0% 2.7% 3.9% 84.82% Distinguished Meets Exceeds Exceeds Exceeds Meets

E Smith Renaissance School 425 98.4% 92.9% 35.3% 11.5% 73.79% Meets Expectations Exceeds Meets Approaching Does Not Meet Meets

E Stedman Elementary School 355 85.6% 88.2% 20.0% 12.1% 50.34% Accredited On Watch Meets Meets Does Not Meet Approaching Approaching

E Swigert International School 599 6.8% 13.5% 4.8% 6.5% 90.52% Distinguished Exceeds Exceeds Exceeds Meets Meets E Westerly Creek Elementary 706 15.9% 21.7% 6.1% 8.5% 63.40% Meets Expectations Meets Exceeds Meets Meets Meets K-8 Denver Green School 510 59.0% 49.8% 24.3% 13.5% 55.32% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Approaching Does Not Meet Meets

K-8 The Odyssey School 233 34.8% 29.2% 5.2% 3.9% 61.23% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Meets Exceeds Meets K-8 William (Bill) Roberts K-8 School 821 16.1% 22.4% 4.4% 7.6% 75.55% Meets Expectations Meets Meets Meets Meets Meets Denver School of Science and M 460 52.2% 54.8% 15.4% 4.3% 95.10% Distinguished Exceeds Exceeds Meets Exceeds Meets Technology: Stapleton Middle School M Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences 786 58.5% 56.6% 18.6% 15.1% 51.02% Meets Expectations Meets Approaching Approaching Approaching Does Not Meet M McAuliffe International School 400 21.3% 25.5% 4.3% 6.0% 81.60% Distinguished Meets Exceeds Meets Exceeds Meets Accredited On Priority M Morey Middle School 594 45.1% 44.4% 7.1% 9.6% 33.57% Does Not Meet Meets Approaching Approaching Does Not Meet Watch

M/H Denver School of the Arts 1,076 14.2% 21.7% 2.9% 2.3% 86.07% Distinguished Meets Exceeds Exceeds Exceeds Exceeds

Denver School of Science and Above:H Scores for NE Denver elementary and middle schools.499 High48.1% school scores60.3% are included9.6% on the 4.2%Front Porch88.60% website. DistinguishedSPF – School Performance Framework;Exceeds FRL – Free andExceeds Reduced Lunch; ELLExceeds – English Language Learner;Meets SPED – SpecialExceeds Education Technology: Stapleton High School H East High School 2,435 35.6% 45.1% 6.4% 7.7% 80.34% Distinguished Meets Exceeds Meets Exceeds Exceeds H George Washington High School 1,424 55.6% 62.9% 8.6% 10.3% 51.25% Meets Expectations Congratulations,Meets Meets Approaching Dr. Noah,Meets Does Not Meet H Venture Prep HS 249 85.9% 86.7% 23.7% 14.9% 45.37% Accredited Onon Watch beingMeets namedApproaching a Approaching5280 MagazineDoes Not Meet Exceeds Top Doctor since 2006!

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October 2014 24 Stapleton Front Porch Ethiopian Art Celebrates Culture and Supports Literacy By Laurie Dunklee performing a coffee ceremony. Ethi- eah Oliver, a Park Hill mother of three, is ded- opia is the birthplace of coffee. Small icated to her children’s education—and also to cups are passed from a big platter. It’s Lthe education of children in Ethiopia. special and communal.” Oliver is helping to coordinate “An Ethiopian The other three traveling artists Odyssey,” a showing of work by four artists who were Stephanie Schlatter, a Mich- traveled to Ethiopia in January. Sales of the paintings igan-based painter; and Ethiopi- and photographs, as well as donations at the event, an-born artists Hele Zeru and Aklilu will benefit Ethiopia Reads, a nonprofit organization. Temesgen. Denver artists who will Ethiopia Reads collaborates with Ethiopian commu- show their work are Greg Cradick, nities to build schools and libraries, teach teachers and Denise Livingston, Mahlet Samuel, boost literacy. The event is Wednesday, Oct. 22 at the Melat Tariku and Yaphet Woubishet. Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library, Oliver and her husband, Scott, 2401 Welton St., from 5 to 7:30pm. Hors d’oeuvres adopted their two-year-old son, Beni- and a cash bar will be available; the suggested donation yam, from Ethiopia. She said Denver’s is $15. Ethiopian-American community is Volunteers with Ethiopia Reads show some of the art that will be on display at the Blair-Caldwell African American Subtitled “a celebration of landscape, culture and strong and supportive. “A wonderful Research Library this month, featuring an art auction on October 22. Back row: Leah Oliver, Jane Tobias. Front row: art,” the approximately 40 pieces by the traveling part of our journey has been meeting Tsilat Petros, Beniyam Oliver, Sidamo and Deirdre Bell. artists are the work of two Americans and two Ethio- other adoptive families. In Stapleton programs are managed and run by Ethiopians who “We are dedicated to honoring our son’s Ethiopian pians. Local Denver artists will also participate in the and Park Hill there are about 20 Ethiopian-Amer- live and work in Addis Ababa and the regional heritage, and believe that supporting Ethiopia event. ican adoptive families and we get together several capital of Awassa. The staff of Ethiopians receives Reads is one way to do that,” she said. “We love One of the traveling artists was Elaine Tucci, a times a year for dinner. Our children range from training and mentoring in library science and supporting an organization that promotes books Lafayette, Colorado painter and photographer. “I was very young to elementary-school age.” teaching. and learning—something that we believe should captured by the beauty of the people and the country,” Ethiopia Reads, founded in 1998, has planted The need is great, with a literacy rate of 44.6 be accessible to all children.” Tucci said. “We hear about the famines and the pov- 65 libraries in Ethiopia, as well as eight schools percent of youth and 42 percent of adults. Ethiopia “An Ethiopian Odyssey” runs Oct. 1–31. After erty but our intention was to show the beauty of the and five more schools in the planning stages. The Reads’ mission is to provide youth and families with its Denver run, the show will open in Chicago and landscape and the culture. organization has served approximately 120,000 the tools to improve their lives. Seattle. For more information, see www.ethiopi- “Traditions are woven into everyday life there. I did children. Mobile “horseback libraries” reach rural Oliver, who is on the board of Ethiopia Reads, areads.org and click on “events” where an online a painting of a woman in a lovely embroidered dress, children with no access to schools. Ethiopia Reads’ said the nonprofit is the perfect fit for her family. catalog of the artwork will be posted. Stapleton’s Real Estate Resource Have you ever thought about investing in real estate? Join us Sat, Nov. 8 1:30 at RE/MAX Momentum 7505 E. 35th Ave ste 360 Denver 80238 ® An RSVP is required. Call or email 303-321-0455/[email protected] to reserve your seat Residential • Commercial • Property Management We will answer your questions about real estate as an investment. What return on your investment can you expect? What are the beneﬁ ts? How do you get started? And so much more. 303-321-0455 www.MomentumRealtyColorado.com

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At one point during her mom always seems the interview, the adults in the room could not to walk in while she’s on register something about Twitter, and a student her phone and assumes Sixth-graders Discuss Their advised the others, “Pretend you’re talking to a she’s cheating. “I’m doing 5-year-old.” what I’m supposed to be Digital Lives Eleven- and 12-year-olds are among the bub- doing. A lot of kids don’t. ble of kids who have grown up with a digital life. I consider myself a good Social media and technology are second nature. child.” “It can kill your brain cells, but it’s an important “You can easily abuse Sixth-graders at Denver Discovery left to right: Donovan Battle, Ashley Rubio, Hannah Vagi, Maggie Piturro and Maddox Friesen. skill,” Donovan Battle says. the Internet,” Piturro The students agree having a phone is neces- adds. “Some kids cheat on homework. But say make photos capture a certain mood or look more the mall, and buying something at the mall are sary for ages 10 and older. Hannah Vagi says her you are checking your homework and find you professional. not OK. parents got her a phone specifically so she could have the wrong answer. Would you change it “I Instagram Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift and Two is a good standard for hash tags. Her experience a digital childhood. without doing the work?” my selfies,” Rubio says. She is a social media example: “In the library having an interview for Other students say their parents bought them At school, phones must be turned off and expert. At times, even other students in the group the Front Porch #awesome #interview.” a phone going into middle school to keep track of stored in lockers. Soon they will have Chrome- don’t understand what she is saying. Facebook is apparently for older people. their busy schedules. Maggie Piturro’s mom has books, or PC laptops. A couple of the students She has had an Instagram account for almost a Except for one, all of the students don’t have an app that tracks Maggie’s location. launch into a debate whether Google or Micro- year and has 1,445 followers. Number of follow- Facebook and are waiting to get an account. Their instant access to information on phones soft has touchscreen laptops. They return after a ers and likes do matter, she says. She tracks her All five of the students have to explain things and laptops is both good and bad, they say. “We few minutes. number of ghost followers, or users who don’t like about phones and social media to their parents. have the World Wide Web at our fingertips,” Besides checking homework, the group uses or comment on any photos. Usually parents get it. Piturro is her mom’s Maddox Friesen says. “But everything you put on their phones for games and texting. 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Ft. Collins band Good Gravy entertains a crowd of about 500. Neighbors gather to eat, drink and talk during the concert. L to R: Sydney Stephan, 4, and sister Hailey, 8, dance with friends.

he first ever community event in Stapleton’s Con- about 500 people. Master Community Association Executive all of Stapleton as well as for neighbors from surrounding servatory Green was a concert and picnic on Sept. Director Keven Burnett and Program Director Diane Deeter communities. Deeter estimated that about a third of the T13 featuring the band Good Gravy and attended by remind residents that MCA events on both greens are for attendees came from south of I-70.

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SEASONAL/HOLIDAY EVENTS 10/1 to 10/31—Mazzotti Farms Corn Maze and activities. 10am-4pm. 715 S. Forest St. www.fourmilepark. Children’s Museum. 9am-7:30pm. Trick or treat stations, Pumpkin Patch. Weekends in Oct., 10am-6pm. Giant org Halloween activities/entertainment included in admission. Through 10/31—Cottonwood Farms Pumpkin slide, petting zoo tipi, corn maze, 1 pumpkin per $10/ www.mychildsmuseum.org Patch and Fall Festival. Farm animals, straw bale maze, person admission. 303.536.4089. 24120 Weld County 10/4 to 8/5—Cider Days. Lakewood Heritage Center. 1½-acre corn maze, wagon rides and more. Open daily Road 8, Hudson. www.mazzottifarms.com 10am-5pm. $4-$7. www.lakewood.org 10/25 Saturday—Historic Halloween at History Col- orado Center. Trick or treat around the museum; meet 10am-6pm. 75th and Arapahoe, Boulder. www.cotton- 10/10 to 10/12—Denver Botanic Gardens Pump- woodfarms.com 10/1 to 10/31—Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch famous Coloradans including Buffalo Bill and Molly Brown. Fall Festival. Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. Hay kin Festival. Live music, express face painting, pumpkin Free with admission. www.historycolorado.org Through 10/31—Rock Creek Farms Pumpkin bale maze, corn maze, petting zoo, pony rides. 9057 Ute carving demos, giant Jenga games, pony ride, games, Patch and Corn Maze. U Pick-em pumpkin patch, Hwy/CO 66, Longmont. www.Rockymtnpumpkinranch. monster handcraft, photo op with live bull. Bring your 10/25 to 10/26—Boo at the Zoo. Trick or treat stations, straw bale maze, corn maze with 5 miles of paths, farm com own wagon. www.botanicgardens.org animal demonstrations, family-friendly entertainment. www. denverzoo.org animals. 2005 S. 112th St, Broomfield. www.rockcreek- 10/11 Saturday—18th Annual Festival of Scare- farm.com 10/1 to 11/1—Crazed Cornfield Maze and Colo- rado Pumpkin Patch. Pumpkin patch, kids’ activities. crows. 10am-2pm. Olde Town Arvada. Costume parade, 10/25 to 10/26—Colorado Railroad Museum’s Trick Through 11/1—Botanic Gardens Corn Maze. www.crazedcornfieldmaze.com pumpkin contests and more. Rain date10/18. www. or Treat Train. Rides and activities. 10am-4pm. Families Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield, 8500 W. Deer Creek arvada.org $30, single adult $15, single child $5. www.coloradorailroad- Canyon Rd. www.botanicgardens.org 10/4 to 10/5—Four Mile Historic Park Pumpkin museum.org Harvest Festival. Old-time fall festival with pumpkin 10/11 to 10/12—Pun- Oct. 18—Harvest at the Hangar Chili Through 11/1—Fritzler Corn Maze and Pump- patch, horse-drawn wagon rides, cider, caramel apples, kin Chunkin Colorado. kin Patch. 7 miles south of Greeley on U.S. 85. www. crafts and more. Admission free; charge for food/some Pumpkin launching, family Cook-off & Pie Bake-off DENVER METRO fritzlermaze.com fun, food and bands. Arap- Isabella Bird Community School and Stanley Mar- EVENTS ahoe County Fairgrounds, ketplace are hosting the first Harvest at the Hangar Through 11/1—Anderson Farms Fall Festival. Oct. 4—Urban Farm FarmFest 25690 Quincy, Aurora. from 4-8pm on Oct. 18. The event will include live Through 10/4—Denver Corn maze, pumpkin patch, hayrides, barrel train and On Sat., Oct. 4, from10am to 6pm, The Urban Farm www.auroragov.org/ music, adult beverages, a chili cook-off and pie bake- Beer Fest. Tastings, tours, more. 6728 County Road 3 1/4 Erie. www.anderson- will host the 5th Annual FarmFest. Admission is events off, carved pumpkin contest, build-a-scarecrow, face paired dinners and more. farms.com $1; activity and food tickets are $1, or $20 for 25 painting and more. Multiple locations. www. tickets. The day includes pony rides, face painting, 10/17 to 10/25—Vic- denverbeerfest.com Through 11/2—Heritage Square’s Miners Maze carnival games, hayrides, goat feeding, and petting torian Horrors at Molly Brown House. 6-8:45pm. Adventureland Boo Town. 11am-7pm. All ages. 18301 farm animals. Rudy and the Buffalo Riders, Briar Tours leave every 15 minutes. Suitable for ages 12 and 10/3 Friday—First Friday Art Walks. Santa Fe Arts Dis- W. Colfax Ave., Golden. www.minersmazeadventureland. Branch and Stapleton’s own Porch Jam will perform. up. www.mollybrown.org trict, Tennyson Art Walk, River North (RiNo) Art District, com The Urban Farm and Denver Sheriff Mounted Posse Golden Triangle Museum, Navajo Street Art District. www. will present. All proceeds go to The Urban Farm. Vis- 10/18 Saturday—Arapahoe County Fall Festival. denver.org/things-to-do/denver-arts-culture/denver-art-dis- Through 11/15—Miller Farms Fall Harvest Festi- it theurbanfarm.org or contact info@theurbanfarm. 10am-4pm. Free admission. 17 House Farm Park. www. tricts val. Corn maze, petting zoo, tractor rides and more. 9040 com or 303.307.9332 for details. arapahoegove.com Hwy 66, Platteville. 9-6pm daily. www.millerfarms.net 10/3 Friday—Golden Street Fair. Historic Downtown 10/24 to 10/26—Trick or Treat Street at The Cosmetic and Revision Rhinoplasty at The Reid Clinic The Reid Clinic on the Rose campus

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10/26 Sunday—Colorado Symphony Hallow- een Spooktacular. $13-$25. www.coloradosym- Oct. 26—Free Parenting Workshop Behavior & phony.org

Discipline, Part I 11/1 Saturday—Dia de Los Muertos (Day of Stapleton residents Dr. Alison Auster and Lauren Ross offer free work- the Dead) Celebration. Mexican celebration to shops on parenting. The second workshop is 4-5pm on Oct. 26, in the remember loved ones who have passed. Traditional Sam Gary Branch Library (2961 Roslyn) meeting room and will discuss Aztec dancing, crafts, face painting ($5) and more. behavior and discipline approaches in the early childhood years (babies, 9am-3pm. Free with admission. Denver Botanic toddlers & preschoolers), as discussed in the following books: Love & Logic Gardens. www.botanicgardens.org Magic for Early Childhood by Jim Fay, Playful Parenting by Lawrence Cohen, and1-2-3 Magic by Thomas Phelan. All parents are welcome. Participants are not required to read the books before attending any of the workshops. HEALTH AND WELLNESS RSVP is not necessary. 10/12 Sunday—Corner Store Country Run. Cowboy/girl attire encouraged; free family-friendly Golden, Washington Ave. Entertainment, beer garden, free horse-drawn carriage country fair with live music, food, refreshments, rides and more. www.visitgolden.com carnival games and giveaways. Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters, other funds and children’s charities 10/3 to 11/30—Chihuly Nights. 5:30-8pm. Denver Botanic Gardens. Chihuly in Denver area. Free for kids 8 and under. www. sculptures illuminated at night. Members $10; nonmembers $15. Tickets avail- cornerstorerun.com able only online. www.botanicgardens.org October 18—Refuge Day 10/16 Thursday—Free HIV testing at Rocky Brendan Burke grabs a quick photo of his son McCoy, 12, and the fish he just 10/4 Saturday—FREE Learn to Compost Classes. Offered by Denver Mountain CARES nonprofit for holistic caught at Lake Mary at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. Recycles. Repeats 10/11. Registration required: 303.292.9900. www.dug.org/ HIV care. 1-5pm, 3rd Thursday monthly and Visitors can do catch-and-release fishing with barbless hooks. compost by appt. 4545 E 9th Ave, #120. Shannon Southall: On Oct. 18, the National Wildlife Refuge will host Refuge Day at the visitor 10/5 Sunday—12th Annual Balistreri Vineyards Harvest Party. Balistre- 303.951.3694. center from 10am to 3pm. Activities include: wildlife activity booths, wildlife tours, ri Vineyards, 1946 E 66th Ave. 12-6pm. Children’s grape stomping, 2pm. Tickets 10/17 Friday—Scream Scram 5K. Benefits arts & crafts, live raptors (Birds of Prey Foundation), live animals (Denver Zoo), $65 in advance. www.balistrerivineyards.com Boys and Girls Clubs of Denver. Washington Park. and bison chip toss. Visit http://www.fws.gov/refuge/rocky_mountain_arsenal/ 10/11 Saturday—Cockpit Demo Day. Free with admission. Wings Over the 6pm. Prizes for best costumes, Trick or Treat Rockies Museum, Lowry. 10am-2pm. www.wingsmuseum.org Street, 100-meter dash for kids. www.bgcmd.org/ events/scream-scram KIDS AND FAMILIES 10/11 to 10/12—Denver PalletFest. Colorado’s first major upcycle festival taking waste products (glass, metal, wood pallets, etc.) to create objects of 10/19 Sunday—Denver Rock ’n’ Roll Marathon. Marathon, Half, 2 10/2 to 10/5—Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Cir- greater value. Denver Sculpture Park, Speer and Champa. Music, fashion show, person relay, 10K and 5K, Sunday 10/19; Health and Fitness Expo Fri 10/17 cus-Legends. Pepsi Center. Repeats 10/9-10/13, Denver Coliseum. www. art and more. www.palletfest.org and Sat 10/18. www.runrocknroll.competitor.com/denver ringling.com

10/16 Thursday—Mi Casa Path to Prosperity Breakfast. 8:30-9:45am. 11/2 Sunday—11th Annual Denver Gorilla Run. 11am. City Park. www. 10/3 Friday—Bluff Lake Buds. 10-11am. For kids ages 2-5 accompanied Mi Casa Resource Center celebration of success in empowering Denverites to denvergorillarun.com by adult. $5/child if advance registered; adults free. Bluff Lake Nature Center, achieve academic, professional, entrepreneurial potential. Free. RSVP: jhaines@ 3400 Havana Way. [email protected] to register. www.blufflake.org micasaresourcecenter.org. www.micasaresourcecenter.org (continued on p. 30) 10/17 to 10/25—Ghosts in the Garden. Weekends only. Evening walking tour of Denver. www.botanicgardens.com

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3545 Quebec St, Ste 110 Denver, CO 80238 Behind Sonic 303-278-3353 Offering IV Sedation, Wisdom Tooth Extractions, Implant Dentistry, Dentures and Invisalign Stapleton Front Porch 29 October 2014 LOCAL EVENT Listings (continued from p. 29) 10/4 to 10/5—Forney Transportation Museum Moffat Modelers Toy Lowe’s stores to build FREE wood project: Monthly, 2nd and 4th Saturdays. Tattered Cover, 2526 E. Colfax. 303.322.7727 www.ActiveMinds.com Train Layout. Scale toy train layout open first weekend every month. Free Free apron, goggles, project-themed patch, merit certificate on completion. with museum admission. 4303 Brighton Blvd. www.forneymuseum.org 10am. www.lowesbuildandgrow.com 10/20 Monday—League of Women Voters-Money in Politics. A look at history/present situation of campaign finance in U.S. 5:30 pm. Montview Presby- 10/5 Sunday—Home Depot Kids Workshop. 9am-12pm. FREE how-to 10/17 Friday—Nature at Night. 7:45-8:45pm. Explore nature after sun terian Church, 1980 Dahlia. [email protected]. www.lwvdenver.org clinics first Sat. monthly, ages 5-12. Get Home Depot apron, wooden project goes down. Morrison Nature Center, 16002 E. Smith Rd., Aurora. www. and project pin. Metro-area Home Depot stores. www.homedepot.com auroragov.org/nature 10/22 Wednesday—Active Minds (Free)–Colorado Ballot Issues. 6:30- 7:30pm. Schlessman Library, 100 Poplar St. www.ActiveMinds.com 10/7 to 10/28—Tuesdays in October Four Mile Historic Park Small Settlers. Ages 2-5 accompanied by parent/caregiver. 9-10am. $5/child, adults LECTURES AND CLASSES 10/23 Thursday—Active Minds (Free)–Col- free, members free. 715 S. Forest St. Advance register: 720.865.0814 or Through October— orado Ghost Stories. 6:45-7:45pm. Sam Gary [email protected]. www.fourmilepark.org 10/6 Monday—League of Women Library, 2961 Roslyn St. 720.865.0325. www. Voters Ballot Issue Discussion. Power of Preschool Photography Exhibit ActiveMinds.com 10/11 Saturday—Four Mile Historic Park Hay Bales and Tall Tales. Discussion/overview of the 4 state During October the Sam Gary Branch Library offers 12-1pm. Free with admission. 715 S. Forest St. www.fourmilepark.org issues and 1 Denver issue (continuing a glimpse into the life of a preschool child through 10/28 Tuesday—Lowry Speaker Series. Fair- Denver Preschool Program). 5:30pm. the lens of five local, award-winning photographers. mount Cemetery: History and Heritage. 7-8:30pm. 10/11 Saturday—Inside the Orchestra Tiny Tots Concert. McNichols Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Sam Gary, 2961 Roslyn. For more information about Eisenhower Chapel, 293 Roslyn St. Free. Questions: Building, downtown Denver. Repeats 10/13 Temple Emanuel, 10/28 Com- Dahlia. [email protected]. www. the Denver Preschool Program, visit dpp.org. [email protected]. merce City Rec Center. Performances 9:30am and 10:45am. Tickets $9.95. lwvdenver.org www.insidetheorchestra.com 10/7 Tuesday—Active Minds (Free)–Salem Witches. 10:15-11:15am. MUSEUMS 10/11 to 10/25—Lowes Build and Grow Kids Clinics. Bring kids to Jewish Community Center, 350 S Dahlia St. 303.316.6359. www.ActiveMinds. 10/12 to 2/8—Matisse and Friends. Denver Art Museum.14 paintings from com Oct. 11—Seminar: Alternative Halloween treats Washington’s National Gallery. Exhibit included in general admission. www. 10/9 Thursday—Active Minds (Free)–Indonesia: A Functional denverartmuseum.org that kids will love Islamic Democracy. 6:45-7:45pm. Sam Gary Library, 2961 Roslyn St. Learn about and sample alternative Halloween treats at an Oct. 11 10/23 Thursday—Little Lights at the Denver Museum of Miniatures, 720.865.0325. www.ActiveMinds.com seminar hosted by the NE Denver Co-op. Free to co-op members. $10 Dolls and Toys. Tour the museum after dark by just little lights of the dollhous- for non-members. 3:30-4:30pm at Sam Gary Branch Library. 10/20 Monday—Active Minds (Free)–The Civil Rights Act. 5-6pm. es and displays. 4-8pm. Check website for workshops/happenings. 1880 Gaylord

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St. $6/adults, $5/seniors, $4/kids 5 and up. Under 5 free. completion/starting over of yearly cycle of reading this Through 10/26—The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 10/19 Sunday—Stories on Stage presents Brush www.dmmdt.org/October.pdf, www.dmmdt.org sacred text. 7pm. Unroll whole scroll and see Hebrew up Stage Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Up Your Shakespeare. Modern tales suggested by close. Temple Micah, 5209 Montview Blvd. www.micahdenver. 303.893.4100, www.denvercenter.org works of Shakespeare plus The Tragedy of Hamlet org performed in 15 minutes! 1:30pm & 6:30pm, Su MUSEUMS—DENVER MUSEUM OF NA- Through 11/2—I Do! I Do! Vintage Theatre. 1468 Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 TURE & SCIENCE 10/17 to 10/19—The Art Garage 2nd Annual Park Dayton St., Aurora Cultural Arts District. www.vintag- Santa Fe Dr. Tickets: $15-$28. www.storiesonstage.org, Hill Open Studio Tour. Self-guided, free tour of local etheatre.org 303.494.0523, http://www.storiesonstage.org Through 12/11—IMAX Movies. D-Day Norman- artists’ studios in Park Hill. Get map and refreshments at the dy 1944 3D, Pandas: The Journey Home 3D, Island of Art Garage. 5-8pm Fri.; 10am-6pm Sat.; 10am-6pm and Sun. 10/3 to 11/8—Harold and Maude. Vintage Theatre. 10/19 Sunday—Family Day at The Unsinkable Lemurs: Madagascar 3D. Various times. Tickets: $8/3-18; 10am-5pm. Info: Patricia Barr Clarke, 303.377.5413 or The 1468 Dayton St., Aurora Cultural Arts District. Molly Brown. Kids’ activities before the show. www. Art Garage, 303.377.2353; www.artgaragedenver.com denvercenter.org $10/adult. www.dmns.org/imax/current-films 10/10 to 11/8—The Outgoing Tide. John Hand 10/16 Thursday—Science Lounge. Cocktails/enter- 10/18 to 10/19—Annual Fall Festival, City Floral Theater, 7653 E. 1st Place in Lowry. www.firehousethe- 10/24 Friday—Stories on Stage presents Zom- tainment every 3rd Thurs. of month. 6:30-9:30pm. $8/ Garden Center. Pumpkins, scavenger hunt, straw maze and atercompany.com bies R Us. Before Halloween, experience Zombie Lit- get-up-close barnyard animals, games. Kids encouraged to erature with performances of horrifying/hilarious tales members; $10/nonmembers. www.dmns.org 10/16 to 10/26—Vox Phamalia. Presented by Pham- wear Halloween costumes. 1440 Kearney St., 303.399.1177 of the living dead. 8pm. Mercury Café, 2199 California aly Theatre Company. Avenue Theatre, 417 E. 17th Ave. www.cityfloralgreenhouse.com St. $15; Group: 5/$50. Will have attendance list for the www.avenuetheater.com MUSEUMS—FREE DAYS event, not tickets. Come in costume. Appropriate for 10/18 Saturday—19th Annual Aurora Fall Fest. ages 10 and up. http://www.storiesonstage.org 10/3 Friday—Four Mile Historic Park. SCFD free 11am-4pm. Fletcher Square, Old Town Aurora. 9898 E. Through Jan. 4, 2015— day. www.fourmilepark.org Colfax Ave. Autumn-themed entertainment: sack races, 10/31 to 11/2—Dracula. Presented by Colorado hula hooping, ring toss, pumpkin bowling, make own mask. RACE: Are we so different? Ballet. Ellie Caulkins Opera House. www.coloradob- 10/4 Saturday- Denver Art Museum. SCFD free day; Live music and dancing performances. www.auroragov.org Sept. 20 through Jan. 4, the History Colorado allet.org repeats 11/1. www.denverartmuseum.org Center will present the exhibit, RACE: Are we so 10/18 Saturday—1st Annual Harvest at the Hangar different? RACE is the first national exhibit to tell 10/7 Tuesday- Children’s Museum. Target Tuesday Chili Cook-off & Pie Bake-off. Join Isabella Bird stories of race from biological, cultural and histori- free day 4-6pm. www.mychildsmueum.org Community School and Stanley for Chili Cook-off & Pie cal points of view. http://historycoloradocenter.org/ 10/11 Saturday- Firefighters Museum. SCFD free Bake-off at Stanley from 4-8pm. Submit a bowl of chili or exhibits/race/ Day. www.denverfirefightersmuseum.org a pie into the contest; Live music, adult beverages, contests, face painting and more. Visit https://harvestatthehangar. 10/27 Monday- Denver Museum of Nature & eventbrite.com for costs. Science. SCFD free day. www.dmns.org 10/18 Saturday—Bladium Kids Fest. 12-3pm. Food and 10/31 Friday- Clyfford Still Museum. SCFD free day. drinks, jumpy castle, face painting, Lil’ Kickers demo, commu- www.clyffordstillmuseum.org nity vendors and prizes. Bladium Sports & Fitness Club. 2400 Central Park Blvd. www.bladium.com

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Stapleton Front Porch 31 October 2014 New Nonprofit Offers Resources for Women Going Through Divorce By Courtney Drake-McDonough lucky that we obody gets married planning to get met each other divorced. Yet half of all marriages end and can support Nthat way. Despite being commonplace, each other, but divorce is a new experience for every person who we know there goes through it. Because so many aspects of divorce are other women took them by surprise, four local women formed a out there in that nonprofit organization, Blue Iris Divorce Resources ‘alone’ stage.” for Women, to help women through the various Morrison stages and issues of divorce by providing support remembers feeling and practical information. that isolation When Audrey Morrison went through her when she lived divorce while living in Chicago, she heard about an in Chicago and organization that helped guide women through the didn’t know financial, physical and emotional aspects of divorce. anyone else who She found it very helpful. When she and her three was divorced. “It’s children moved to Stapleton 3 years ago, she began such a difficult To help women through the different aspects of divorce, a group of Stapleton women started a non- meeting other divorced women. At a book club, time because, usually when you’re married, profit called Blue Iris. Left to right Janis Carey, Stephanie Williams, Kaitlin Clark and Audrey Morrison. Morrison met Janis Carey and Stephanie Williams your friends are married and you might not who live in Stapleton and Kaitlin Clark, who lives know anyone who is divorced. You feel alone and just going to have a different kind of relationship.’ It nerve-racking but it was empowering. For each in Park Hill and told them about the Chicago orga- afraid and you aren’t sure how to proceed.” really helped me when I realized that.” She adds, “In new thing I found I was capable of, I grew nization. The women, who were at various stages of Blue Iris’s first quarterly event, “Divorce 101” some ways, I talk to my ex-husband now more than more and more empowered and know my value the divorce process and had seven children between on Nov. 1, will be an overview of things to be before because we’re coordinating a lot of stuff that I and my worth so much more than I ever could them, agreed there was a need for a similar program considered in the course of a divorce. Additional mostly just took care of before.” have.” in Denver. workshops throughout the year will cover special- Carey found there can be a big difference The Blue Iris Divorce Resources for Women That initial conversation last February pro- ized topics including “Should I Stay or Should I between what is on paper in a settlement agreement website is www.theblueiris.org. It is a Colorado gressed to the formation of a Colorado nonprofit. Go?”; issues on co-parenting and taking care of and what actually transpires in practice after the nonprofit organization with pending 501(c)(3) To identify the most relevant topics, focus groups yourself; refinancing or getting a new home; quali- divorce. “For example, you may say you are going status. were held, asking women what they wish they’d fying for a mortgage and managing finances. There to split the kids’ expenses 50/50. But when you get known when going through their divorce. will also be therapists to talk about coping mech- into living life as a co-parent, you’re questioning November 1—Divorce 101 Blue Iris’s events are only open to women. How- anisms for the women and their children. And, which expenses are necessary and which are not.” From 1-4pm on Nov. 1, Blue Iris ever, information provided on the website is intend- there will be other women who are going through When Morrison was beginning her divorce Divorce Resources for Women hosts ed to be a resource for men and women. “We’re not similar experiences. “Hearing other people’s stories journey, she was especially worried about her young “Divorce 101” at Montview Presbyteri- anti-men at all, we just want the atmosphere to feel helps you realize you can get through it, taking it children. But someone told her that divorce for kids an Church, 1980 Dahlia St. safe for women,” explains Morrison. They feel a one step at a time and one issue at a time,” says becomes “their story and can help them become A half-day overview of the divorce similar organization would be helpful to men. Clark. “We don’t want it to be ‘let’s sit around who they need to be in the world,” she recounts, process in Colorado with panel discus- The name Blue Iris is based on creating a feeling complaining about our ex-husbands’ or how hard adding that the experience might manifest itself in sions by professionals on the legal, fi- of peace and hope. “Nobody is going to say divorce it is,” says Carey. “We really want Blue Iris to be becoming more organized because of having to go nancial, family and emotional aspects of isn’t hard, but there is hope on the other side and empowering and positive.” back and forth between their parents’ homes. “Good divorce; personal stories told by women there’s light,” explains Morrison. “We wanted to The Blue Iris founders shared some of the can come of it and they can grow from that. It’s not who have gone through a divorce: and convey the feeling that even though it’s difficult, aspects of divorce that took them by surprise: something we’re doing to them; it’s making them breakout sessions for networking with you will get through it and it’s not all negative.” Al- “I’ve realized you still have quite a relationship who they are going to be as adults.” the divorce professionals and women though started by women who live in Stapleton and with your ex, even after you get a divorce,” says For Clark, it was the transition from having a in attendance. $55 with scholarships Park Hill, the intention is to reach out to women Williams. “At some point, I reframed my thinking life built with a partner to being on her own that available. Register at www.blueiris.org throughout the Denver metro area. “We feel very from ‘we’re going to live separate lives’ to ‘we’re surprised her. “Seeing ways I needed to grow was

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October 2014 32 Stapleton Front Porch RTD Shares Progress on East Line Project is on time and on budget

Brian Donohue (far right), an engineer with DTP, answers questions at the open house. A rendering of the interior of a commuter rail car is at left.

By Carol Roberts Central Park Line to Westminster, and The first trains will be arriving in November TD and Denver Tran- Station (above) the Commuter Rail Main- and the public will have an opportunity to tour sit Partners (DTP) looks just like tenance Facility. Official a train at Union Station. The first test trains are staff hosted an open station renderings progress reports are for expected to start on the East Line in May 2015. R (left) that were house on Sept. 13 at Swigert the entire project, but the Engineer Brian Donahue explained that testing shown before School to show progress on East Rail Line’s progress of the system will be a very gradual process, construction with each component tested individually over the East Line. The project is started. is thought to be slightly on time and on budget. higher than that figure. a period of time before trains actually start to Kevin Flynn, Public Information Officer for increases. They can only come back to us if we The Eagle P3 Project lines are all expected to run. Electrical systems will be turned on one by the Eagle P3 Project, explains that the public add things to the project.” open in 2016, one at a time, with the East Rail one and tested; the gates at the grade crossings private partnership (hence P3) is being built The East Line, at 22.8 miles long, is one opening first. will be individually tested to be sure the public under a fixed price contract for $1.03 billion portion of the Eagle P3 project that has a total of Central Park Station in Stapleton was the will be fully aware when trains are approaching; dollars. “The risk has been transferred to them. 36 miles of commuter rail line (heavier cars than first station to get the canopies built (shown finally when the components have been tested, If they have to redesign something or add existing light rail)—and is 63% completed. The above), which went up in September. Morten- the trains will run and gradually be increased something, they have to absorb that into what entire Eagle P3 Project includes the Gold Line son, which built the infrastructure, has also to their maximum speed of 79 mph. At that we’ve agreed to pay them. They absorb cost to Arvada and Wheat Ridge, the Northwest Rail been selected to build the Park-n-Ride. point, operator training can begin.

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“polite persuasion,” says Chair David Netz, as they Eastbridge point out concerns or make suggestions. He calls (continued from p. 1) store would be located it an urban planning review in the context of the Cast Your Ballot Nov. 4 in the Eastbridge neighborhood of Stapleton at Green Book and Denver zoning. ZAP sends their CANDIDATES State Representatives MLK and Havana. Community members said comments to the Citizens Advisory Board, which District 8 the plans are not like the urban town center provides citizen input to the Stapleton Devel- U.S. Senate renderings they were shown when they bought opment Corporation and to Forest City. At the Mark Udall – D (Park Hill, E. Colfax, a small area of Stapleton, and part of Hale) their homes, and they believe they do not follow September 9 meeting no ZAP committee members Cory Gardner – R Beth McCann – D the principles laid out in the Jeffrey Washington – R Stapleton Development Plan U.S. House District 1 (the Green Book) for urban Diana DeGette – D RTD District Director town centers. Martin Walsh – R The biggest issues raised RTD District A were: the parking lot is too big (South of Colfax, not on this ballot) and people think it looks like Governor Bill James incumbent John Hickenlooper – D a suburban big box store; there Bob Beauprez – R was strong opposition to a gas RTD District B station in a residential area; The plaza area at the (North of Colfax (Stapleton to Colo Blvd to north of and safe pedestrian access is Secretary of State I-70, south to Colfax) Eastbridge retail develop- a concern given the speed of Joe Neguse – D Barbara Deadwyler incumbent, ment will be the same size Wayne Williams –R Alec Garbini –John F. Esquibel traffic on MLK. Forest City clarified the as the fountain area in the status of the development: 29th Ave. Town Center Treasurer CONSTITUTIONAL (1/2 acre, shaded blue shown at right). Betsy Markey – D INITIATIVES they have signed a contract to Walker Stapleton-R sell the west retail portion and The retail buildings will be Amendment 67: plaza to Evergreen Develop- an additional 22-23,000 sf. Definition of Person and Child ment and they have a letter Attorney General An initiated amendment to Article XVIII of the of intent from King Soopers The most recent landscape rendering for the entire site is posted with this Don Quick –D Colorado Constitution that would add “unborn (but no signed contract at this article at FrontPorchStapleton.com. A row of trees and a sidewalk give the Cynthia Coffman-R appearance of separating the retail and the grocery parking, but the two human being” to the definitions of “person” and time). King Soopers said they “child” in the Colorado Criminal Code and Colo- parking areas are connected and shared. Plans are still being worked on. rado wrongful death statutes. are choosing to build at East- State Board of Education bridge—they did not exercise their right of refusal spoke—the community members’ concerns filled Valentina Flores – D since no other grocer made an offer. the allotted time. Netz says future ZAP meetings Amendment 68: Stapleton Design Review will stick to protocol, with committee members Horse Racetrack Casino Gambling State Representatives An initiated amendment adding a new section to The plans presented at the Sept. 9 meeting reviewing projects and public comment in the time District 6 Article XVIII of the Colorado Constitution to were not final and no final plan has been submit- left at the end of the meeting—and that will be (Lowry, Mayfair, Montclair & E. Montclair) create a new K-12 Education Fund to receive ted to the Stapleton Design Review Committee the format when the final King Soopers plans are Lois Court – D revenues from expanded limited gaming at horse (SDRC), which has authority to approve archi- submitted. racetracks. tectural plans for all development at Stapleton Changes to the King Soopers Plan According to Joel Starbuck King Soopers made District 7 STATUTORY “balancing the many (Design Review) Criteria to (Stapleton and Park Hill east of Monaco) best fit each site, project and context,” according the walkway across the front wider than normal as Angela Williams – D INITIATIVES to a September 4 letter from Mark Johnson, head a buffer to cars and more pedestrian friendly. They Jason DeBerry – R Proposition 104: of the Design Review Committee. The letter also created an outdoor seating area that adjoins an School Board Open Meetings states, “The city focuses on zoning matters, rules indoor seating area, with coffee and a deli nearby. An initiated amendment to the Colorado Revised and regs.” They placed trees along a north-south walkway Statutes to require school boards to negotiate ZAP is a parallel process to Design Review. near where Geneva Court would have been. The collective bargaining agreements in public meetings. ELECTION They meet monthly to hear from developers most recent landscaping concept is posted with this INFORMATION about new projects coming to Stapleton. Their article on the Front Porch website. 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October 2014 34 Stapleton Front Porch Stapleton Update DPS Board Moves to Identify prior online article). King Soopers says the store needs to be 55,000 is a concern. Tyler Carlson agreed and said square feet to have the requested amenities such as prepared food, organic Evergreen will be meeting with the city traf- Unfinished Bond Projects with Highest Priority food and a cheese bar. fic department in early October to discuss By Carol Roberts build a 150,000 square foot building According to Tyler Carlson from Evergreen Development, plaza area pedestrian and other access and his company tapleton parents have become or just what could be built for $38.5 is about the same size as the fountain area plaza in the East 29th Ave. would contribute toward a signal. adept at working with new princi- million)—only 120,000 square feet Town Center (1/2 acre). The retail is designed so the two buildings back The Front Porch asked Councilman Spals on the programming for new are being built. That means instead of up to the street and open to the plaza between the buildings. He expects Herndon for his thoughts on getting a schools—and Northfield High School a “commons” building to accommo- about eight tenants in 22-23,000 square feet of retail and hopes for four signalized intersection. “I am always in favor is benefiting from parents who have date arts, music, drama, those would restaurants. of appropriate traffic measures. The city is done it multiple times. One of these be moved to the classroom building. The parking lot monitoring the Eastbridge development and parents, Kathy Epperson, talks about The kitchen will change to a warming A community member we will make sure the appropriate measures that process, “There’s been tremendous kitchen and the administration and at the meeting said she are in place at the correct time,” he said. community involvement in crafting counseling area become a cafeteria. does not want such a big King Soopers said the store will not every detail of this school plan, and But there is a possible source of parking lot and pointed necessarily be open 24 hours and they will we’re excited for the launch of a top- funds to build the remaining 30,000 out that the Design Review solicit community input on hours. notch high school. As I think about my square feet without waiting for the Committee’s criteria say Finding a compromise own kids, who are very no more than 45% of the Eastbridge resident Buddy Poppitt is anx- different from each land should be covered with ious enough to get the retail that he’s willing other, Northfield High parking. However, a letter to compromise on the overall plan. “I want School will be a place written by Design Review to walk to a restaurant. I want to, instead of they both will thrive.” Chair Mark Johnson driving to Quebec, go to a grocery store. I’ve But the other side explains the design criteria: been an architect for 20 years. This is not of that equation has “It is the DRC’s evaluation new urbanism. Neither is a big grass lot. been the difficulty of of project elements that is “What they’re saying is true. We need the building fast enough to binding, not the Criteria anchor of some type. We need the parking to keep up with Staple- themselves…discretion is in have restaurants. We need the King Soopers ton’s growing popula- Scope of work listed in 2012 bond for Northfield High School. fact the very intent of the to get the Evergreen Development, which I tion of school children. The 2012 drawing of the school plan is on the Front Porch website. existence of the SDRC.” can’t wait to have happen...And I think and That issue arose again in January when 2016 bond. At the time DPS pur- Carlson pointed out that he is actually concerned that his develop- I hope after this meeting, between SUN and parents learned that due to construc- chased the $466 million dollar bond ment is going to be underparked, since restaurants usually have 10 spaces Forest City and these guys I have faith that tion inflation costs—and perhaps due approved by voters, they were able to per thousand square feet and he has about half that much—and that he all these guys are going to come up with a to differences in interpretation of the get almost another $50 million, what would have a parking problem without the shared space with King Soop- good solution.” bond’s scope of work (whether it would they describe as (continued on p. 37) ers. He cited a Westword article saying the three worst places in Denver are the Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods and Sprouts parking lots because they’re all underparked. Forest City’s Jim Chrisman said they had removed 30 feet of parking. They put 20 feet in front of the store and 10 feet in the back of the store to make both places more pedestrian friendly. The current plan has 227 parking spaces for King Soopers and 114 for the retail. But many of the attendees felt those changes weren’t enough. “What we object to is you’re trying to build a box store with a giant parking lot in what is supposed to be zoned as a town center.” The gas station The plan for the gas station east of the grocery store has seven fuel pumps to accommodate 14 vehicles. SUN board member Amanda Allshouse said, to a round of applause, “I firmly believe it’s not in the best interest of the community to have a gas station.” She cited statistics from the recent SUN survey of 1,500 residents that 48% do not want a gas station, 24% have no preference, and 28% are in favor of a gas station. Allshouse spoke at Denver’s Environmental Health Board meeting in September about the danger of benzene fumes in residential areas. She recommended that gas stations be at least 100 meters from residences. Allshouse is researching regulations in other states or municipalities and will speak to the board again in November. At the community meeting, Starbuck commented, “Fuel centers have come a long way.” But when asked about living next to one, he said, “Do I want one across from my house? No.” Pedestrian access and other issues Given the current speed of traffic and future projected levels of traffic on MLK, safe access for pedestrians to get to the grocery store and retail

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Stapleton Front Porch 35 October 2014 SUN Meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm (Block Captain meeting) and 7:30pm (Board meeting) at the Central Park Recreation Center, 9651 MLK Jr. Blvd. For information about SUN, visit www.stapletonunitedneighbors.com. To contact SUN or confirm meeting time, email [email protected] Do Stapleton Residents Value New Urbanism Principles?

By Lyn Kathlene, Ph.D. hood. Public transportation—specifically a light Generational diversity and economic diversity are that is interspersed, smaller lot sizes, and n a previous SUN Spot (February 2014), I rail connection to the neighborhood—is among highly related. neighborhood bus service significantly more wrote about the principles of New Urban- the top-ranked principles. Satisfaction with Stapleton and Support for New than new residents. Iism (NU) and how Stapleton was one of the Important but less valued than the social Urbanism Principles Among the newcomers who have lived in largest NU communities in the country. In April spaces, walkability, and non-auto transportation There was also a question on resident satis- Stapleton for two or fewer years, they value of 2014, Stapleton United Neighbors (SUN) options are: (1) having a neighborhood that has faction with living in Stapleton. On a scale of having a neighborhood where children can conducted a resident survey. Included were 25 housing options which can meet the needs of mul- 1-10, where 1 = extremely dissatisfied and 10 = walk to school and having places in the neigh- statements about the built environment, trans- tiple generations, (2) having a mixture of housing extremely satisfied, the average is 7.82. Looking at borhood where adults can meet, such as a portation, economic and social principles of types, and (3) having businesses and services the NU principles and satisfaction, some interest- small restaurant, significantly more than those NU. Residents were asked to rate each statement located within the neighborhood. ing pictures emerge. who have lived here longer. on a scale of 1-5, where 1 = strongly agree and On average, residents are neutral toward small- Residents who are the most satisfied living in Putting It All Together 5 = strongly disagree. A total of 769 residents er lot sizes, architectural diversity, and having an Stapleton strongly value the same NU principles Stapleton residents like living in Stapleton responded to the survey. This article focuses solely economically diverse neighborhood. There is also highly valued by all residents—parks, walkability, and largely value the tenets of New Urbanism. on the question “Do Stapleton residents value less support for higher-density neighborhoods and and alternative transportation—but they also Those who rate the NU principles highest also New Urbanism principles?” the interspersion of mixed housing types (condos, highly value smaller lot sizes, higher neighborhood are the most satisfied living in Stapleton. One Support for New Urbanism Principles townhomes, apartments, single-family homes). density, and the close proximity of housing types. of the nation’s largest NU experiments—which The chart below shows that Stapleton residents These results suggest that some residents may In other words, residents most satisfied with Staple- we call Stapleton—is still ongoing. Only time positively value nearly all of the 25 NU principles. not recognize the connection among the princi- ton embrace more of the NU principles than those will tell how it will ultimately turn out. Most important are parks and other public social ples. For example, the walkability of a neighbor- who are less satisfied. Dr. Kathlene has several published articles spaces where people can gather, as are non-public hood, including the ability to reach destinations Do residents with longer tenure in Stapleton and produced a documentary on how New gathering spots such as neighborhood restaurants. on foot, requires higher-density neighborhoods. value NU differently than the newer residents? Urbanism can reinvigorate healthy, productive Non-auto transportation opportunities are also Small lots sizes, as well as multifamily housing Yes and no. For many of the NU principles, there civic engagement. On the SUN board, she sits on highly valued, including the ability to walk to types, are necessary to increase residential density. is no difference based on length of time living in the Transportation Committee. She has lived in destinations within the neighborhood, children Having a neighborhood that meets the needs Stapleton. However, residents who have lived in Stapleton with her family since 2007, followed being able to walk to their neighborhood schools, of different generations requires not just having Stapleton for six or more years value generational by three other households of extended family and feeling safe walking around the neighbor- different types of housing but a range of prices. and income diversity, different types of housing members. Stapleton Education Expo on Oct. 7 he fourth annual Stapleton Education House of Denver, Academy 360, Monarch Montes- Expo is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 7. sori, Ashley Elementary, Isabella Bird Community, TPart informational meeting, part school Westerly Creek Elementary, Swigert International showcase, this Expo will help you maneuver the School, Bill Roberts School, High Tech Elementa- Stapleton education maze. 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Stapleton Front Porch 37 October 2014 Yoga Studio Reopens After Damage from Fire Above By Nancy Burkhart n Aug. 7, an accidental fire in the unit above CorePower Yoga in the 29th Ave. OTown Center at 7485 E. 29th Place forced CorePower Yoga out of its home. The fire didn’t reach the yoga studio, but the water from putting out the fire permeated the studio, leaving damaged carpet, mirrors and showers and spread- ing mold throughout the facility. “There was so much more water than I had ever anticipated,” explained Dakini Jaeger, owner and franchisee of CorePower Yoga. “We had to Dakini Jaeger, owner of Stapleton CorePower Yoga, replace the entire floor and subfloor, put on a fresh demonstrates the Warrior pose, which helps relieve coat of paint and put in a brand-new ceiling. We stress. Doing yoga helped her get through the recent no longer will have carpet and we will finally have stress of closing her studio due to water damage from putting out a fire in the apartment above. The newly our mirrors back.” Jaeger says she learned a lot renovated studio will reopen early this month. from this process and her yoga practice helped her deal with the difficult time in a more gracious way. With CorePower Yoga’s home unusable for two an extended family, and my inability to make it an high-end endurance class. There also are multiple Jaeger. months, yoga classes were held in a nearby avail- environment that facilitates their yoga practice has styles of yoga. “CorePower students are family,” Jaeger able unit in the E. 29th Ave. Town Center. been challenging. Losing the beautiful space that “You can expect our teachers to be newly en- stressed. “CorePower is a corporation that owns “While it hasn’t been ideal with a lack of has all the things that the class members are so at- ergized in a clean, brand-new space and be really about 100 studios, but only five of us own our mirrors and no showers, we’ve been lucky,” Jaeger tached to has been difficult for me. Everyone was motivated to be back on our mats in our sacred own studios. A lot of my teachers live in Sta- said. “It’s about a community coming together. displaced—not just me and my 36 employees.” environment,” Jaeger said. pleton. It’s a family feel. The intention is about Yoga is where the student ‘shows up.’ As of Oct. 1, CorePower Yoga has returned CorePower Yoga’s classes are 40 percent men building community.” “The hardest thing for me was the lack of home with more than 60 classes a week for and 60 percent women. They range from high For CorePower Yoga information, call control,” she added. “I care so deeply about the beginners to advanced practitioners, like medi- school students to retired men and women “who 303.377.7444 or email stapleton@corepoweryoga. people who come to my space. I really feel that it’s tation classes, beginner yoga, and Yoga Sculpt, a are just trying to move their bodies,” according to com. Karate Studio Expands and Moves to Northfield By Nancy Burkhart Children who have had previous classes start with arate third-degree black belt Micah a consultation in order to determine which level Martin has been known as manager, and class would benefit them. Know owner, of a small karate facility on Stapleton Family Karate trains people who Quebec in the Stapleton Business Plaza. But, are looking for fun, are eager to learn protection with more northeast Denver adults and children skills and to participate in competition. becoming interested in martial arts, Martin and “We want adults to be able to defend them- his wife, Erin, have moved to a larger facility selves,” Martin said. “We want them to be able on Main Street in the Shops at Northfield, just to get in better shape and have fun doing it. We north of Harkins Theatre. want them to meet new people in the communi- With more room, everyone in the family can ty. We want them to gain flexibility. If a person attend martial arts classes at Stapleton Family is overweight and wants to use this class to lose Karate, from 4-year-olds to adults of all ages. weight and gain fitness, this is definitely one of “We offer karate classes for ages 4 to adult the best ways to get in shape.” and we also offer Brazilian jujitsu for ages 16 and There are about 20 students in each class, up,” Martin said. “The hope is that mom and with one instructor per seven students. Adults dad will bring their younger kids and all go to have one-hour classes, children have 45-minute classes. The adults get a great workout and the classes, and 4- and 5-year-olds are in 30-minute kids learn valuable life skills, such as persever- classes. Prices vary for each program and age ance, focus discipline and integrity. We have group. A student can sign up for a year or a classes so that adults and kids can be in the same month of classes and can choose as many as one class, but we also have options for them to do it Micah Martin, right, leads a class at Stapleton Familiy Karate, which recently relocated to Northfield. or three classes each week. separately.” He and his wife, Erin, own, manage, and teach at the karate studio. For information about Stapleton Family Martin thinks Brazilian jujitsu is a good fit Karate, now located at 8270 E. Northfield Blvd., for the older participants and says, “It has proven jujitsu classes so that women can learn to defend Adults at all levels from white belt up through call 303.928.0043 or go to www.stapletonfamily- to be the most effective defense program in the themselves effectively. Tae kwon do, or karate, is black belt can be in the same class because adults karate.com. 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October 2014 38 Stapleton Front Porch We welcome comments at FrontPorchStapleton.com As Summer know to what extent. When he was watches, Zac uses born doctors couldn’t determine a They continue to go to Children’s Hospital Colorado, where a cotton swab to diagnosis, but said Kingsley would doctors do not prescribe, recommend or manage using medicinal apply lip balm on be severely disabled for the rest of his marijuana, but will monitor potential side effects. Kingsley as part of life and may not live to be 1. Nine “One of the concerns in the epilepsy community about medical their daily caretak- marijuana, including Charlotte’s Web, for the treatment of sei- ing routine. King- hours after being born he had his first sley is non-verbal, seizure. zures is there are individual cases that seem to have had miraculous non-mobile and At 6 months, Kingsley started response, but there are really no well-controlled studies,” says Dr. eats through a having infantile spasms, a seizure Amy Brooks-Kayal, pediatric epileptologist and chair of neurology at G-tube. that causes stiffening of the arms and Children’s Colorado, one of the four comprehensive epilepsy centers legs. At 1, he entered the Butterfly in the U.S. Program at Children’s Colorado, which helps children and There is little to no knowledge of the potential long-term effects their families who have been diagnosed with a terminal of marijuana on a developing brain, including memory and learning illness and are at the end of their lives. abilities. Doctors also don’t understand how marijuana interacts with The family tried anything that might help, including other medications. Some children have gone into toxic shock from medications from the black market in France, diet changes, combining CBD oils with epilepsy medications. therapies, and treatments. All the while, they continuously did genetic Brooks-Kayal is concerned that the doctors prescribing red cards Marijuana & Epilepsy tests, hoping to reach a diagnosis but receiving negative results. to families have no epileptic or neurologic expertise. (continued from page 1) “I almost fell over. I literally For a time, they seemed to find the right combination of med- Clinical research does not already exist because the federal govern- thought I was going to die,” says Kingsley’s mom, Summer Larsen. “It ication and therapies to cut down the number of seizures, but as ment has continually denied funding. Currently, two pharmaceutical was the most amazing 24 hours.” Kingsley grew they lost seizure control. “Seizures are a big mystery,” companies are beginning the first clinical studies on marijuana, which Although the CBD oils help Kingsley cognitively be more alert, they Summer says. “As he gets older, the seizures take on a different part of Brooks-Kayal says we may see results from in a few years. have done little to improve his seizures. At Children’s Hospital Colo- the brain.” To make up for the lack of federal funding, Gov. Hickenlooper rado, less than a quarter of parents see any significant change in their Two years ago, Kingsley’s seizures were almost constant, and at one recently signed a bill stating the Colorado Health Department will child’s epilepsy from CBD oils. point he was up to 100 a day. When they were out of options they give out $9 million in grants in the next five years to researchers for Kingsley is undiagnosed, and doctors say he is medically fragile with decided to try CBD oil. “It’s mostly … marijuana,” she says, quieting marijuana studies. Dr. Christian Thurstone from the University of special needs. He is nonverbal, nonmobile and eats through a G-tube. her voice. When they first started trying the oils she was nervous to Colorado hopes to apply for a grant to study CBD. He has recurrent seizures, which classifies as epilepsy. talk about it, but has started to feel more comfortable. Brooks-Kayal hopes research can identify which kids CBD works According to the Epilepsy Foundation, epilepsy is characterized by The Larsens order two brands of CBD oil every month: Char- uniquely for and why. “If it’s really effective I want all my patients to disturbed brain activity that causes unpredictable seizures. If normal lotte’s Web and Haley’s Hope. have access, but only if it’s effective.” brain activity is an orchestra performance, a seizure is the time before Charlotte’s Web in Colorado Springs is the most well-known strain Luckily, being one of the first families to use the oils, the Larsens the performance when all the musicians are chaotically testing their of CBD oil. A couple of brothers in Colorado Springs accidentally don’t have to wait to receive them every month—Charlotte’s Web has instruments at the same time. Seizures can vary from an eye flicker to grew a marijuana plant with very high CBD and very low THC. They a backlog of 1,200 people. Because Kingsley uses such a small dose, full-body convulsions. originally named it “Hippie’s Disappointment” because it lacks the they pay $100 a month for the CBD oils while some families can Epilepsy is the fourth leading neurological disorder, affecting 2.5 high feeling. A woman spend more than $1,000 a month. million people in the U.S., including more than 400,000 kids. There asked them to make it into If clinical studies find the oils are are no cures, but more than 30 medications, dietary therapies, surgical an oil for her daughter, effective and it’s produced through a options, and devices prevent or stop seizures. Still, one-third of people Charlotte, who has severe pharmaceutical company, it can be- with epilepsy do not find relief in any of the current treatments; hence, epilepsy. The oil significant- come FDA-approved and potentially many turn to alternatives. ly reduced her seizures and covered through insurance. In the last year, there has been a surge of desperate families moving brought national attention Until then, families pay out of to Colorado seeking CBD oils for their epileptic kids, many of whom to Charlotte’s Web. pocket. come to Children’s Hospital Colorado asking about medicinal marijuana. Haley’s Hope in Long- “I don’t know how much it’s “Being at the end of your rope, why wouldn’t you try something that mont also offers CBD oils. really working for us, but I don’t could possibly help your child?” Summer says. She wears a baseball hat, Unlike Charlotte’s Web, it want to stop it,” Larsen says. Her sweatshirt and yoga pants—her go-to most days. She comments about is not a dispensary, but an current hope for the future is a more having dark circles under her eyes, but there’s no sight of them. She has individual caregiver who consistent oil. a round face similar to Drew Barrymore with light ash blonde hair the currently serves 90 families. On September 17, Kingsley color of ginger ale. She laughs and smiles a lot during the interview. There are many com- celebrated his sixth birthday. He She takes advantage of this time out of the house and nibbles on a plications to using CBD Dr. Amy Brooks-Kayal is a huge proponent of epilepsy research. She enrolled in first grade at Isabella Bird muffin in between talking—sometimes she’s so busy at home she forgets oil. Every month the CBD sits in the Lab of the Translational Epilepsy Research Program at the Community School that allows him to eat. Summer is Kingsley’s Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA), or a oil is a different strength. In University of Colorado Anschutz Campus. and Summer to Skype into special health care provider who cares for a person living with a severe disability the very first dose, the ratio of CBD to THC was 55/1, a very strong education classes, which also helps under the supervision of a registered nurse. A CNA is trained, certified strain. They’ve never seen that ratio again, sometimes even dipping Summer and Zac feel more a part of the community. and paid for their care. A parent of a disabled child may choose to be a into strains higher in THC. Unlike many marriages Summer has seen fail among the commu- CNA to guarantee reliable health care and income. At their house, Summer opens the fridge, which has a picture of nity of terminally ill families at Children’s Colorado, she and Zac are Six years ago, Summer never would have expected her life to go the Kingsley as an infant—so tiny he’s wearing a Build-A-Bear Broncos doing really well. They joke about having leg wars in bed to get up directions it has. She used to be a “fashion girl, snotty, self-absorbed outfit—and holds the bottles of CBD oils from the two companies and care for Kingsley in the night. “It’s really hard. You fight and there and only cared about all the materialistic stuff in life.” For 10 years side by side. The difference is striking—one is golden colored and the are hard days, but I couldn’t have married a better person to be going she owned a clothing store in Larimer Square. She met her husband, other dark with plant matter. She’s frustrated with the inconsistency through this with me.” Zac, who owned a record store, and they married. Then Summer got and never knowing what they will get each month. Because of their experience with CBD oils, they are opening a pregnant. In addition to the oils, Kingsley takes two anti-epileptic drugs and dispensary in Log Lane Village near Fort Morgan where there is little In utero they knew Kingsley was going to have issues, but didn’t does therapy five days a week. access to medicinal marijuana.

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