Canterbury Tales A Covenant Protected Community August 2018 Vol. 21 No. 08 • Circulation: 385 Canterbury Calendar of Events Wine Tasting: Monthly. 2nd Sat. @ 6:30 p.m. HEY KIDS! Tom Daniels - 720-272-0030 or When You Are Out Playing, Linda Daniels - 720-552-4628 for more info Concert in the Park: August 19th, 5 - 7:30 p.m. Watch For Cars Because Fall Dumpster Day: September 22nd 8 a.m. - Noon They Might Not See You! Annual HOA Meeting: October 2nd Halloween Festival: October 27th Ouch! Be Safe Out There. Holiday Hayride: December 9th Neighborhood “Slow Down” Signs You have hopefully noticed the roving “Slow Down” signs throughout the Canterbury neighborhood. Thank you to everyone who has volunteered to “host” one in their yard for a couple of weeks. The Canterbury Crime and Safety Committee, with the support of the Canterbury HOA, had the signs printed up in the hopes of getting peoples’ attention and slowing traffic down throughout the neighborhood. With kids home from school for the summer, there are lots of younger folk playing out- side. And the combination of impulsive inattentive kids along with inattentive speeding drivers can be deadly. The legal speed limit is 25 mph in the neighborhood but it might be better to slow down to 20 mph where there are cars parked along the street, blocking Foothills Concert the view of kids playing. They can be quick to run out after a ball or toy, or to ride their bike down a driveway, possibly hidden by vegetation, and into Series - FREE the street. Being distracted by your phone, your car’s entertainment system, Foothills Park & Recreation District gps, or anything else could mean no time to react. In a heartbeat all of your presents Narrow Gauge on Thursday, lives could be changed forever. And all because you were checking a text August 2, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Grant Family message. Or changing a radio station. Or some other meaningless distraction. Amphitheater in Clement Park, 7306 Not worth it! Take care of all those distractions BEFORE you pull out of your W. Bowles Ave. Bring the family and driveway or before you leave to come back home. lawn chair/blanket to enjoy a picnic and Let’s continue to keep the streets of Canterbury safe and accident free! watch the sunset over beautiful Johnston continued on page 2 Reservoir. www.ifoothills.org/concerts 2018 Canterbury HOA Dues – $75.00 Due Date: November 15, 2017 CHOA, P.O. Box 621382, Littleton, CO 80162 Upcoming Name:____________________________________________ _________ HOA Meeting Address:____________________________________________________ Tuesday, Aug. 7th, 7:00 p.m. Phone Number:_________________________________________________ Tuesday, Sept. 4th, 7:00 p.m. Email Address:______________________________________________ (Why we ask? Just in case there is an announcement and we need to get information to homeowners quickly. We promise we will not abuse this.) Page 2 Canterbury Tales / August 2018 Free Concert August 19th 2018 Board Members Coming very soon to Chaucer Park, Chris Daniels & The Canterbury Homeowners Association Kings will be returning to perform at the annual Canterbury P.O. Box 621382 • Littleton, CO 80162 Summer Concert in the Park on Sunday, August 19th, from www.hoacanterbury.com 5:00 to 7:30pm. President: Leslie Thompson......................720-560-8988 According to Wikipedia, Chris Daniels formed the band in Vice President: John Anthone ....................303-717-9653 1984. They play jump blues, funk, R&B, and swing and have Secretary: Steve Barnes .........................720-289-6574 Treasurer: Debbie Meienberg ....................303-948-8999 also played back up for artists including Bonnie Raitt, The At Large: Tom Daniels .........................720-272-0030 Drifters, and Bo Diddly. The band has released 15 albums and At Large: OPEN ........................................ has toured throughout the United States, in addition to doing 21 At Large: Chris Haller ..........................614-506-2892 European tours. They have performed at prestigious festivals, At Large: Karen Mulberry.......................303-904-0199 for three US Presidents, and have been featured on a variety of Contact us by email at: American and European TV shows. And Chris has been induct- [email protected] ed into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. [email protected] You can find out more about Chris Daniels & The Kings [email protected] on Wikipedia, on their website, www.chrisdaniels.com, and Committees on their Facebook page. Even better, you can experience the Welcoming: Jenelle Bezdek/Natalie Cushman .......303-668-6970 band in person by bringing family and friends to the concert on Maintenance: Tom Daniels ......................720-272-0030 August 19th. Architectural Control Chair: John Anthone..........303-717-9653 Covenant Control: John Anthone .................303-717-9653 In addition to the toe tapping, dance-along-to music, there Website Manager: Chris Haller ...................614-506-2892 will be a food truck on hand for you to purchase great tast- Tales Editor: Sharon Brigner.....................303-979-4400 ing wood fired pizza. And back by popular demand, Byl, the Tales Delivery: Barb Little ......................720-323-6589 Balloon Guy, will be making his amazing balloon creations! The Canterbury Tales is published monthly by the Canterbury Bring your chairs and enjoy a great evening with your fam- Homeowners Association, a non-profit homeowners association. The ily, friends, and neighbors! newsletter is distributed by block leaders. News Articles The Annual Concert Opens The deadline for news articles is the 15th of the month before the With a New Playground! next month’s issue, except for the Jan. issue which is Dec. 10th. A new playground is coming to Chaucer Park! The old Please email news articles to the editor at [email protected]. playground will be closed on July 27th. You will see the current All “Letters to the Editor” must be signed and include a daytime playground equipment being removed during that last week of phone number in case there are any questions. Letters may be July. The playground will be taped and closed for a couple of printed without the author’s name if requested. weeks. Advertising Foothills Park & Recreation District will be working with The deadline for advertisements is the 15th of the month for the a large group of volunteers from the Columbine Stake of The next month’s issue, except for the Jan. issue which is Dec. 4th. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 11th to To place an ad, call Colorado Lasertype, 303-979-7499. build the new playground. They will be out at the park most Email: [email protected] of the day, working in three shifts. Please feel free to swing To find ad rates and discounts, go to by to check out the progress or help out. The new playground www.ColoradoLasertype.com will have its Grand Opening during the Concert in the Park on and click on the “Advertising Rates” link. Sunday afternoon August 19th (5:00 pm to 7:30 pm) and there Appearance of an advertisement in this publication does not will be a Foothills representative out in the park to answer any constitute a recommendation or endorsement by the publisher or the questions. Stay tuned for more improvements coming to the association of the goods or services offered therein. The opinions park in 2019! Any question please call Sarah McAfee, Parks expressed in this newsletter are those of the individual authors and not Volunteer and Operations Coordinator for Foothills Park & of the Board of Directors of your association or the publisher. Neither Recreation District, at (303) 409-2317. the Board, publisher nor the authors intend to provide any profession- al service or opinion through this publication. Jefferson County Contact Info Animal Control: 303-271-5070 or report to [email protected] Special Thank You Fire Info Hotline (fire restrictions, fireworks): 303-271-8200 $300 off for Veterans: Foothills Parks & Rec (Chaucer Park): Exterior or Interior Painting Additional 303-409-2100 or www.ifoothills.org Parking (parking problems, abandoned vehicles): 303-277-0211 American family owned. 22 years in business. 10% off Road & Bridge (street/potholes, sidewalk, snow/ice issues): 303-271-5200 10% discount for cash. Multiple Home Workmans Comp & Liability Insurance Discount Sheriff (non-emergency): 303-980-7300 or [email protected] Credit cards accepted Traffic (recurring neighborhood issues): 303-271-5677 August 2018 / Canterbury Tales Page 3 Top 10 Ways to Stay Safe Online Now more than ever, it’s paramount to be aware of the dan- anything online - any sort of personal information, pic- gers that lurk on the internet. Here are the top ten things you tures or videos of yourself. Once you’ve put a picture of can do to keep yourself, and your family, safe online. yourself online most people can see it and may be able 1. Keep your software current. If automatic updates are an to download it, it’s not just yours anymore. option, turn them on. 8. Make sure to backup your data on a regular basis in case 2. Make your passwords strong and long. Use special something goes wrong. By taking preventative mea- characters where allowed and mix in capital letters. sures, you can save yourself from headaches later on. A complete sentence that you can remember typically 9. Log out of sites when you’re done using them. Logging works well - for example: IlovemydogSpot!. Remember into a site creates a cookie in your browser, which iden- to use a unique password for each of your accounts. tifies you and, if stolen, can compromise your account. 3. Be very wary of what you click on. Delete suspicious This is especially an issue on sites that hold sensitive emails. Don’t open attachments unless you’re absolute- information, like your bank account or credit card num- ly sure they’re safe.