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North Denver races for Sunnyside Music Festival grows
statehouse fill up up, becomes a Highlands favorite
by Guerin Lee Green holds on segments of the Democratic by Anne Macomber wine and beer tastings, a lesson in
When term limits came to be in electorate. Organization will be a key in To say that the Sunnyside Music hand-pulling screenprint posters at the
Colorado it presaged wholesale turn- the race, and Pabon’s links to Obama — Festival has evolved over the last The Other Side Arts, and a backyard
overs in the state’s General Assembly. he served on the President’s transition seven years is an understatement. BBQ set to the tune of NW Denver’s
North Denver will witness that this team— will give him an advantage. What began as a backyard hootenan- first annual Battle of the Bands.
year, when the campaigns to fill the seats Coken’s past as a professional politi- ny hosted by a Sunnyside couple has These events bring out the sort of
of term-limited Representatives Jerry cal fundraiser may be her edge in the grown into a summer-long commu- community pride that other neighbor-
Frangas and Joel Judd and State Senator financial race. nity event involving 30 neighborhood hoods long for. “It’s rare that any com-
Paula Sandoval gear up. Already fund- The Senate race to replace Sandoval munity has this many people
raising has begun in earnest, and cam- will be a humdinger— two State who all donate their time and
paign annoucements have flown fast Representatives — Frangas and Joel talents free of charge simply
and furious. With all of the districts Judd, who currently holds the State because they love and believe
heavily Democratic, the real races for House seat in District Five— and for- in their neighborhood,” said
the seats occur in the Democratic cau- mer school board member Lucia Matt Plavnick who writes
cus/primary process. Guzman, who is a member of Mayor grants for the festival.
Three have announced thus far for Hickenlooper’s administration. The As September 12 draws
Frangas’ seat in House District Four, campaign won’t have the charisma fac- closer, committee members
which constitutes the heart of tradition- tor of the House District four race— scramble to put the finishing
al North Denver, largely west of Federal both Judd and Frangas are low-key and touches on all areas of the
and stretching from the county line self-effacing, and Guzman’s past as a festival: finalizing the line-
south through Sloan’s Lake. Lawyer preacher doesn’t equate to histrionics. up of over a dozen musical
and Obama organizer Dan Pabon, for- But Judd and Frangas have lengthy acts, arranging food booths,
mer Democratic County Chair Jennifer legislative histories to run on, and ordering bouncy castles and
Coken and lawyer Amber Tafoya bring Guzman can point to her leadership on hula hoops, lining up retail
strong resumés to the fight. Pabon, who the school board, with the cornerstone vendors and preparing for a
is the spiritual heir to former North achievement of dragging Denver Public zero-waste event.
Denver lawmaker Don Mares, is an Schools kicking and screaming into the Clearly, it’s a labor of
immensely talented political figure with creation of the Sandoval dual language love and fun for volun-
a common touch. A native of North school. It’s been well more than decade teers. “Before any meeting
Denver, he epitomizes the local boy since there was a hotly contested race we always ask ‘Will there
made good profile as Mares did a gener- for this Senate seat. Sandoval, and be beer?’ But that’s really
ation ago. Coken, new to North Denver, her predecessor, Rob Hernandez both become a rhetorical ques-
is a longtime political pro, a former lob- won easily (Hernandez via a vacancy), tion,” notes Ido Ziv, the festi-
byist and political fundraiser. Tafoya, a leaving the electoral dynamics largely val’s musical director.
relative political newcomer, already has unknown. Frangas has an advantage And so goes another
gained support from some of the area’s having represented most of this district, summer in Sunnyside and
most ideologically innured. but Judd will be a strong fundraiser Greater Highlands.
House District Four has long been and a hard worker. Guzman will be a The Sunnyside Music
the political hothouse of Denver. With wild card in the race, with impassioned Festival runs 10 am to 7 pm
supporters, but a difficult legacy of DPS Lesli Young and Daisy Macomber Nyman make a one-of-
the 2010 race representing the first open September 12 in Chaffee
in North Denver to contend with. The a-kind silkscreen poster at the Sunnyside Music Festival
seat since the death of North Denver Park, 44th and Tejon. For
machine politics, it will be an interesting race may come down to nitty-gritty print-making party at The Other Side Arts. The festival
details visit www.sunnyside-
contrast of styles, strengths, and per- organizing and the campaign’s tactical volunteers gathered to make posters for sponsors and for musicfest.org.
sonalities. The three-way race marks a execution, and Judd may have a slight sale at the annual festival, Saturday, Sept. 12 at Chaffee SMF thanks its spon-
departure from the Machine-Reformers edge there. It’s hard to imagine history Park, 44th and Tejon, 11-7pm. sors: major donors the Gay &
clashes of old. With no white male in being a strong gauge in handicapping Lesbian Fund for Colorado,
the race, the race features two hispan- this race. volunteers working behind the scenes Breckenridge Brewery, FirstBank, The
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Tennsyon District plan
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HUNI of new neighborhood gig
Tenn-Lo Turismo returns by Staff
p.4 The first season of the Highland
Neighborhood Farmers’ Market, creat-
ed by the Highland United Neighbors
Zoning Code update p. 2 (HUNI) is under way. The market
opened on June 6 and provides North
Denver with a variety of locally grown
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not only a place to purchase fresh,
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Zoning Code update — new
workshops set
Mayor John Hickenlooper
announced the second series of public
meetings to review and discuss the
current draft of the City’s new zoning
code.
The Council District meetings
scheduled in August will provide the
community an opportunity to review
the updated draft and see how public
input from meetings held earlier this
year has been incorporated. It will also
allow the public to provide additional
comments that will help further shape
the draft.
To date, the public has been invit-
ed to review and comment on the
draft at more than 50 public work-
shops have been held citywide, in each
Council District and with organiza-
tions such as INC (Inter-Neighborhood
Cooperation), Denver Board of Realtors
and the Denver Metro Commercial
Association of Realtors. The public has
also been able to review and comment
online at www.newcodedenver.org. To
date, more than 3,300 people attended
the meetings and more than 13,000
people visited the website. Comments
received thus far have were consid-
ered as part of revisions to the current
draft.
“We’re encouraged by the amount of
public interest and involvement in the
new code,” said Peter Park, Denver’s
manager of Community Planning and
Development. “We have made many
improvements based on public feed-
back and look forward to discussing
the revised draft in the upcoming meet-
ings.”
The additional meetings are sched-
uled as follows:
Tuesday, Aug. 11: Council District
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1 at Lake Middle School, 1820 Lowell
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Wednesday, Aug. 12: Council
District 11 at Dist. 2 Police Station, 3921
Holly St.
Thursday, Aug. 13: Council District
7 at Southwest Improvement Council,
Sandos Hall, 1000 S. Lowell Blvd.
Tuesday, Aug. 18: Council District 5
at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St.
Wednesday, Aug. 19: Council
District 3 at Barnum Recreation Center,
360 Hooker St.
Thursday, Aug. 20: Council District
6 at District 3 Police Station, 1625 S
University Blvd.
Saturday, Aug. 22: Council District
8 at Church in the City, David’s Tent,
Lower Sanctuary, 1580 Gaylord St.
Tuesday, Aug. 25: Council District
10 at National Jewish Hospital, Molly
Blank Conference Center, 1400 Jackson
St.
Wednesday, Aug. 26: Council
District 9 at Asbury Event Center, 3011
Vallejo
Thursday, Aug. 27: Council District
4 Schlessman Family YMCA, Colorado
Room, Lower Level, 2625 S. Colorado
Blvd.
The public is invited to attend any
of the meetings regardless of where
they live in the City.
Through public comment, the draft
zoning code is a comprehensive rewrite
intended to fix Denver’s 53-year-old,
unwieldy, patch-worked zoning code.
The resulting new Denver zoning code
will support a growing economy, a
sustainable environment, a diverse mix
of housing, strong neighborhoods and
a high quality of life. Learn more at
www.newcodedenver.org.
NEWS
Danger to Denver parks in
proposed zoning code
by Tom Morris
The Hickenlooper administration is
proposing a new zoning ordinance for
Denver. The new code withdraws zoning
from our larger parks. The proposal says
that all decisions about what is built in our
parks will be left to the whims of future
managers of parks and recreation.
Zoning is one of the most useful tools
for urban stability. Not because it freezes
the city in the amber of law, but rather
because it outlines the means of resolving
land use issues within a functional rela-
tionship. Take away zoning and the result
is lingering disputes, anger and unstable
land uses.
For five years in the late 1970s I attend-
ed most city council meetings. I had a
prime seat at the press desk in the days
when reporters actually attended council
meetings. When zoning hearings came
before council the press people would
yawn and exchange gossip. I, on the other
hand, loved every minute of every zoning
hearing.
I saw zoning as the ultimate expression
of the genius of American democracy at
work. Disputes often involved the forces
of political power in their grey suits and
ties arrayed against the underdog locals
in their plaid shirts and tennis shoes. The
two opposing forces were made equal
in zoning disputes because the deciders,
members of city council, were equally
beholden to the expertise and money of
the suits and the votes of the public. There
was very little backroom discussion. More
often than not the decision was based on
what was said at the hearings.
When zoning hearings were over and
the issue was decided, the dispute was
over. Oh, the anger might linger awhile.
The council member whose district was
under discussion might lose their seats at
the next municipal election. The neighbor-
hood might suffer from the decision. A
developer might lose a lot of money. But
the question had been decided in a fair
forum. It may have taken a couple of years,
but the arguments were over.
Contrast this with the question of
whether the Museum of Natural History
could double its size back in the 1980s. The
manager of parks and recreation at the
time, made the decision quickly without
bothering to tell the public. She signed the
construction documents and the museum
view.
By the time the dust settled a decade
and a half later, a succession of parks
managers had come and gone, often in the
heat of battle, the city’s aquarium had been
removed from City Park’s future, the city’s
parks department had been barred from
the park by a court decision, City Park
had a joke of a master plan, park roads
had been closed, the city charter had been
amended, the parks advisory committee
had been expanded by 14 new members,
two subterranean parking garages had
been constructed and neighbors of the
park had a festering distrust of the depart-
ment.
An example of the fitful resolution of
the various issues in the park was begun
with a statement by the museum’s CEO,
Raylene Decatur, that the museum would
never again expand its floor area in the
park. Based on that statement (which was
never reflected in any law), the parking
garage serving the museum was designed
without the capacity to expand vertically
even though it was sharply restricted in
horizontal expansion by underground util-
ities, roadways and nearby structures.
Since there were no legal limits installed
by zoning, the next museum CEO, George
Sparks, got the city’s voters to approve
an additional 60,000 square feet of exhibit
space for the museum. In the olden days
when the city saw a lack of parking as a
detriment to orderly growth, the zoning
ordinance would have required the muse-
um to provide 300 more parking spaces as
a condition of its expansion.
The Hickenlooper administration,
however, views a lack of parking as a sign
of urban vitality. This means that when
new museum visitors again begin parking
along the shady residential streets of west
Park Hill, the neighbors will have to find
comfort in the idea that they are living
in a trendy neighborhood rather than an
inconvenient mess.
The new zoning ordinance being pro-
posed by Hickenlooper removes any sug-
gestion that the neighbors be informed
about changes coming to their lives, have
any right or opportunity to speak out
on their own behalf or have any deci-
sion recorded in any way might protect
them from future “great” ideas. The
Hickenlooper ordinance even allows
future managers of parks and recreation to

Denver began building its addition. When the pub-

North Denver’s Bigger, Better Paper
lic discovered what she had done when a
gigantic furniture warehouse engulfed the
change any agreements now existing.
If you live near or love a Denver park,
get ready for a couple of decades of dis-
prim Beaux Arts museum and the Phipps pute and anger.***
Auditorium, a lingering dispute burst into
August 8, 2009
Tennyson district launches
development plan
by the North Denver News
After many failed starts, including
some local opposition, the Tennyson
Street business district got a real lift.
More than five years ago, the North
Denver News and City Councilman
Rick Garcia brought together financing
resources in a meeting for Tennyson
Area stakeholders gather for the
Special to the North Denver News
merchants at Parisi. Follow on efforts
went slowly, including the TennysonSt.
com website and city wide marketing
for the streets events.
Jump ahead. Denver voters approved
$2.5 million for improvements on
Tennyson Street. And Garcia’s yeoman
efforts to get the city to pay attention to
local business districts have paid divi-
dends with Neighborhood Marketplace
Initiative, a Mayor’s office program,
to devote resources to local business
districts— the source of employment,
sales tax revenues and neighborhood
amenities.
“It’s reassuring that even in tough
economic times neighbors, merchants
and property owners can organize
around a plan to boost the econom-
ic future of Tennyson Street and the
Berkeley area. I am very gratified to
have had a small part in helping bring a
new energy and this development plan
to my city council district,” said Garcia.
Tennyson is essentially a test for the
approach, along with a district along
Morrison Road. A “district niche” strat-
egy will be developed and executed,
along with a three-to-seven year busi-
ness plan with associated resources.
The Tennyson Corridor District
Development plan was launched
August 4 at the new House restaurant,
after eleven months of meetings and
planning.
According to André Pettigrew, the
city’s head of economic development,
“Tennyson Street is a bright example of
one of Denver’s developing commercial
districts.” “Through the development
North Denver News Page 3
plan process, we have worked hard
with the local community to create a
shared vision for the district’s future
growth and expansion.”
The goals of this plan are to strength-
en the Tennyson Street business district
through: Creating a more accessible and
relevant business district for nearby res-
release of Tennyson Plan -
idents through attracting and support-
ing; the right services, amenities and
retail to the corridor; Attracting invest-
ment and appropriate development to
the corridor; Responding to the to the
development, land use and small busi-
ness challenges currently facing the cor-
ridor; Developing strong relationships
between corridor residents, business
and property owners, non-profits and
other; organizations working toward
strengthening and improving the cor-
ridor.
The plan envisions hiring part-time
staff to advance programmatic recom-
mendations, primarily marketing and
communications efforts for the corridor.
A new Local Maintenance District
(LMD, also known as a Mall Maintenance
District), similar to one on 32nd Avenue,
is currently being formed and is antici-
pated to be operating early to mid 2009.
The district will raise approximately
$60,000 per year to maintain streetscape
improvements slated to be paid for with
bond proceeds from the 2007 citywide
bond issue. The streetscape improve-
ments and design specifics will be
decided upon by LMD ratepayers and
other Tennyson Stakeholders once the
LMD is in place.
The plan’s recommendations for a
dedicated OED staff person — “Tennyson
Street Business Support & Investment
Liaison”— to act as the point person
responsible to usher in new, appropriate
businesses and development will be key
to its success.***
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Tenn-Lo Turismo returns

The Tenn-Lo Turismo is back
Saturday, August 29 with free enter-
tainment and prizes for Denver resi-
dents with the annual scavenger
hunt and the inaugural Art in the
Park and to raise money for The
Delores Project.
Tenn-Low Turismo
Tenn-Low Turismo is a scavenger
hunt throughout the participating
SIC FEST.ORG stores along Tennyson Street and
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Lowell Boulevard, 38th Avenue to
52nd Avenue. Attendees can reg-
ister online www.tennlowturismo.
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Live music by: Oakhurst * Dub Skin * Jessica Sonner * Mohammed Alidu ing of the event. After check-in,
the hunt begins. After completing
* The winner of NW Denver’s Battle of the Bands * and more the scavenger hunt, attendees will
All proceeds support the following community organizations: check back in at the park (race ends
The Other Side Arts, The Conflict Center, Friends of Chaffee Park, and area schools. at 2:00 p.m.) to join Art in the Park
festivities. Prizes will be given for
individuals and teams for fastest com-
pletion and most points.
Art in the Park
Art in the Park is a day-long celebra-
tion of the arts culture in the Berkeley
neighborhood. The event will feature
various
types of art, both in the form of stage
presentation, interactive stations and
displays. Attendees will enjoy a mini-
Olympics for kids hosted by West Side
Runners, carnival games, face painting,
tattoos, art activities and a booth area
featuring art, various products and
information. Live music will be pro-
vided by: Atomic Brass Band, Denver
Municipal
Band and The Roarks.
Art Awards: There will be two awards:
Best in Show as voted by the Berkeley
District Merchants Association board
and
People’s Choice as decided by the event

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One of the great things about the
D Note is how it has developed into
something different, something bet-
ter, than we had originally planned.
The original idea was music venue,
art gallery and pizza restaurant. We
never specifically set out to
create a place for commu- D Note
nity per se. We never con-
sidered how many friends Chronicle
and couples might meet #48
each other at the D Note
over the years. We never
thought it would be a place you might
see the entire age spectrum hang out.
Why don’t more places have kids run-
ning around, their grandparents sitting
in the corner? It is strangely rare, yet
seems like it should be the most natu-
ral thing in the world.
The one place you do see that kind
of community is a church. But we are
not a church. We do not ascribe to any
one belief system. But we do fulfill cer-
tain roles that a church might. We wor-
ship, if live music and dancing can be
considered worship. It definitely feels
like that’s what we are doing some-
times, getting down with the spirit.   funk Wonderlic was throwing down
And we help each other out.
Throwing benefits is another aspect of
the D Note we did not plan on. We’ve
helped raise nearly a half million dol-
lars over the last six and a half years
for myriad charities, which is amazing
considering raising resources for chari-
ties was never in our original business
plan. This just goes to show that some-
times the intention is bigger than what
we intend.
I’m thinking about all of this because
this past Tuesday we had a benefit for
one of our servers, Jay Gonzales. Jay
has some serious medical bills and
because of his injuries can’t work and
pay rent. So we threw together a quick
benefit and several local bands played
and people came out and were very
generous and lots of money was raised
Local hands in business support
Helping Hands Food Bank
During these tough economic times
of unemployment, underemployment,
and losses of earnings, local business
owners have come together to lend
their hands to the Helping Hands Food
Bank.
“It’s amazing the level of stress in
our lives, especially during these down
times. So this is my way of giving
back,” states Vicki McCoy, owner of
Alive for Life Therapeutic Massage. “A
massage is one of the best ways to alle-
viate stress and now you can support a
worthy cause all at the same time.”
McCoy, along with other “hands-
on” local entrepreneurs come togeth-
er to make August, Helping Hands
Month. From Massage Therapists to
Carpenters, Doctors to Artists, the one
common thread that makes this cause
so special is that they all work with
their hands -- all in support of the
Helping Hands Food Bank. Each busi-
ness has a special offer for the month
of August that directly or indirectly
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to help out Jay. It felt good.
The first band to play was my band
with brother Jeremy, Slo Children.
Originally it was going to be just the two
of us, but Alejandro Castano was there
and ended up joining us on drums,
then Jax Delaguerre on
bass. As we were playing,
Adam Ferrill jumped up
and joined us on electric
guitar, then Aden Harrell
on saxaphone and then
Steve Glenn on tuba. Like
magic. It was a beautiful cacaphony of
music and you could feel the spirit.
Later a band called Wonderlic was
playing their unique version of funk
and our GM Andy and cook Tyler sat
in with them. We met Andy because
he is a drum and bass MC (MC Dozha)
and used to throw Drum and Bass par-
ties at the D Note. He has hired one
of his fellow MC’s. Tyler (ReLyte), to
work in the kitchen. One of the things
Drum and Bass MC’s do without peer
is hype a crowd. Normally, it is over
lightening-fast beats. But now they
were doing the same thing over the
and lo and behold a new genre was
born.  It was fantastic. You can check
out a rough recording at www.won-
derlic.us/dnote/05 Caregiver.mp3.
The recording is well worth a listen,
but really you had to be there, because
the love in the room does not entirely
translate on a recording.
And the hype, the love, the commu-
nity that I felt in that moment seemed to
sum up the underlying reason behind
the D Note, not exactly in the original
plans, but the real reason nonetheless,
the reason for all the work, all of the
financial stress over the years, all of
the trials. It proved to me, yet again,
that a community with an open heart
and an open mind is worth working
toward.***
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Healthy Touch does healthy color,
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Technology has entered the picture
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Jackie Savage and Stacy Davis are
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Savage, who has educated hair styl-
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If you like your hair color, but have
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help, too. Stacy Davis, who sports a
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Local author’s fairy-tale
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Sara’s Secret, a new children’s
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Badger, is a fantastical journey through
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life lessons
throughout the
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Because
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meets a frog who helps her deal with
the problems in her life through the
power of her imagination and positive
thinking.  He teaches her that thoughts
have energy and are alive. Without let-
ting them know about her new friend,
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eye surgery, and micro-surgery have
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Davis also offers air brush tan-
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Cyndeth Allison
North Denver Notions

$1.00 The reports of my death are greatly cubby holes I bought at

OFF
exaggerated – Mark Twain
I’ve spent the last cou-
ple of weeks getting my
home office in shape. First
ANY BOOK I dug into the closet in the
corner, where I threw odds and ends
auction in 1970, and a file
cabinet I scrounged – oh
wait, that’s new.
Premature But the few books I need
in the office wouldn’t fit on
the closet shelves. Hmm, I
thought, what I need is a bookcase, just

PURCHASE when I moved into the house, shut the

door, and never peeked again.
It was full to the brim with the
most interesting stuff, including two
eighteen-inch plywood cubes. These
Mysteries. Non-fiction.
3931 Tennyson Romance. Westerns.
were laminated in turquoise Formica,
evidence of their days as end tables in
303-561-4808 All types of books! an apartment house rec room.
children’s I remember how excited I was
Wed-Sat 11-6 books too! when I found them by the dumpster.
so wide, and just so high, and just the
color of the desk, to go just here beside
it. I’ll have to check the Pottery Barn
catalog, Cost Plus, Pier One . . .
The next morning about 6:30, trash
day, I set out for a walk. Not two blocks
from home, I came upon a litter of trash
bags. Among them was a little bookcase,
just this wide, just that tall, and just a
shade darker than the desk.

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Think of the possibilities – upholstered
they could become hassocks, or I could
cover them with mirrors for a con-
temporary look, or add doors to make
storage.
The possibilities were so endless that,
thirty years later, they’re still turquoise
and hiding in the closet. Just the thing I
was talking about last month. Out they
went, along with all my parents’ books
and grandparents’ books – both sides
of the family. How did I get to be librar-
ian?
The keepers – my record collection –
fit into the back corner of the once-full
space. In the front I put some rolling
shelves to hold my printer and office
supplies. How often do you need to
print, after all?
Ahhh. Finally, my office feels spacious
and orderly, a place to enjoy working.
All it contains are a lovely writing table
I got at an estate sale just around the
corner, the sturdy desk I bought at the
thrift store, that antique typewriter about
which I have such misgivings (see last
month’s column) sitting on an antique
typing table from my childhood, some
Be still my fluttering heart! I turned
on my heel and flew for home, terrified
that someone would beat me to it. Never
mind that the mommies were still wield-
ing bottles, and the office bound were
just stepping out of the shower. Even the
trash guys weren’t clattering through
the alleys yet. Never mind that very few
people would be looking for just that
piece of furniture.
In minutes I was back with my car,
huffing and puffing to force the bookcase
into my back seat, over the yoga mat and
the canvas grocery bags and that inter-
esting towel I picked up on sale. Score!
I could talk of nothing else for days –
how it’s just the right size, how it’s even
more perfect than I imagined, with those
cute turned legs and that detail on the
front of the shelves, how an hour later
and it would have been consumed by
the maw of the great white truck. You’d
think I’d won the lottery, been kissed by
Prince Charming, that my first novel had
been purchased by Warner Brothers.
I have to take back what I said only
last month. The thrill is never gone. ***

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Fran Schroeder
Denver Icons
The Salvation Army is a Christian rapidly, its work spread-
church. The Army shows practical con- ing through Great Britain,
cern and care for the needs of people resulting in its name being
regardless of race, creed, status, color, changed to The Christian Mission.
gender or age. In 1878 the
The Salvation Mission’s name
Army’s found-
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Catherine Booth, to The Salvation
were Methodists, 1370 Pennsylvania Army. Such a mili-
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a minister in that
denomination. They both believed that
William was called by God to be an
evangelist and they did not agree with
the decision of Methodist officials that
he should be confined to a local church
situation.
members’ imagina-
tion and enthusiasm, and uniforms were
adopted and military terms given to
aspects of worship, administration and
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resigned from the Methodist ministry
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young family. After being invited by a
group of Christians from a small mission
to preach on the streets to the crowds
thronging the Mile End in East London,
William was sure he had found his des-
tiny.
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and became known as The East London
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partner, who and women.
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How sex helps couples flourish
By Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC, NCC
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standing on your partner’s prefer-
ences, as these often change over
time. Going shopping together twice
a year to find erotic books, toys and
other props that you’re both comfort-
able using will add variety to your
love life and makes a great date night
activity. Whenever possible, couples
should try to create romantic get-
aways for themselves at least once or
twice a year.
When a couple improves their
love life, they generally find their
entire relationship progresses more
smoothly as well. Feeling intimately
connected, they find themselves jok-
ing with one another more frequently
and the little annoyances of life, like
the dirty socks left lying on the floor,
don’t bother them as much. Research
has found a healthy sex life also
improves the health and well-being
of both men and women.
When Your Sex Life Feels Stuck
Some couples find their sex life
has become stuck over the course
of the relationship and has reached
a point where it’s practically non-
existent. Oftentimes the subject has
been taken off the table altogether
and is being avoided out of a sense
of frustration. While one partner is
undisturbed by the lack of sexuality,
the other partner is frequently upset
by it and resentment may be building
in the relationship.
Sexuality often serves as a barom-
eter of where an individual or a cou-
ple is in their overall well-being. In
today’s hectic world, many couples
find they’re leading busy, separate,
and largely independent lives from
one another. Their love life suffers as a
result of their lack of time together or
their lack of emotional connection. A
poor body image, depression, chronic
health issues, or previous trauma or
sexual abuse are also common factors
that may throw a monkey wrench
into a sexual relationship. Infidelity
and the proliferation of pornography
are other common issues affecting a
couple’s ability to be intimate with
one another. Those facing these more
complex issues benefit from indi-
vidual therapy or couples therapy as
they learn how to meet their needs in
a way that works better for both them
and their partner.
Licensed psychotherapist Angela
Sasseville, MA, LPC, NCC provides
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workshops for “Families Under Financial
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Escaping the Study Trap - NW
Denver summer camp blends life
skills and educational skills
by Angelle C. Fourther
Margaret Fuller once said: “Today a
reader, tomorrow a leader.” That aph-
orism proves true again and again and
is in fact the driving force of Northwest
Coalition for Better Schools (NWCBS),
a Highlands-based organization that
partnered with Denver Camp and
several community and educational
organizations to offer programming at
a summer camp to middle school stu-
dents from Trevista, Bryant-Webster,
and Valdez and Skinner schools. The
program, called “Escaping the Study
Trap,” focused on literacy and leader-
ship development.
The Northwest Coalition was initi-
ated in 1986 at North High School by
community leaders who were dismayed
by the large dropout rate. NWCBS is
community-focused in its approach to
improving student achievement, and
its efforts to improve graduation rates
have been the impetus for many proj-
ects. Among their primary projects
are the North Star After School Tutor/
Mentor Program, a peer tutoring proj-
ect designed in the late eighties with
the help of United Way, and the recent
summer camp, which was held from
June 8 through July 17.
The Coalition’s partners included
NW Optimist Club, Trevista at Horace
Mann, Ladies Sewing Circle, Bryant-
Webster K-8, and the DPS Foundation,
which sponsored the Denver Camp.
NWCBS received a grant from The
Denver Foundation’s Strengthening
Neighborhoods Program, which pri-
marily covered materials, some instruc-
tion and supplies. The youth service
providers donated the bulk of their
time for the program.
Donna Lucero, long-term volun-
teer for NWCBS, says that the camp
is a great way to help the children
retain, over the summer months, more
of what they learned in school and
increase their academic abilities. She
cited research that states:
“By monitoring student’s spring
and fall language test scores for sev-
eral years, it was found that minority
and students in poverty made as much
gain if not more than students from
affluent students in the same area,
but that while the affluent students
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that cause children to use their formal
lingual skills reduces their losses dur-
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The full-day summer camp, held
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combination of sports and enrichment
classes. NWCBS focused on study and
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vent the angry reactions. “We paired
students together and one youth was
asked to “push the buttons” of the
other -- to make that child react (within
a monitored and controlled environ-
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the other child learned to recognize
button pushing and not fall victim to
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trivialized and the reaction of anger is
prevented,” Krug stated. Other drills
were designed to help youth overcome
shyness and build the confidence and
willingness to lead others.
Other partners for the summer
camp included Denver Public Library,
Denver Public Schools, and Dell
Computer, which provided comput-
ers through the Dell Techno Project–in
which youth tear apart and rebuild
a computer that they are then able to
keep. Over 400 students have taken
part in the Dell Techno program since
its inception locally (13,000 have par-
ticipated nationwide). Some of the
other afternoon classes included ten-
nis, art, and cooking.
For more information about NWCBS, 2502 Yates St.
visit www.NWcoalition4betterschools.org
or call Dr. Krug at 720-423-1493.
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Cutting budgets by investing
up front
By City Councilman At-Large Doug Linkhart
“We’ve got tight budgets too, ya
know,” said a woman at one of the
city’s budget briefings last month. This
sentiment was repeated by others, con-
cerned that the city might raise
taxes or fees in response to this
year’s budget shortfall.
Denver’s budget office
has been holding meetings
throughout the community
to explain the city’s budget
predicament and collect ideas
and opinions on how to solve
it. The city, which has already
cut over $96 million from this
year’s budget, now has to cut another
$70 million by next year.
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state’s budget both face challenges, $2 million in alternatives to jail save to pain, damaged spinal joints
we are relatively better off than many the city $5 million. Many city depart- and discs (cushion between the
areas. At the same time, we face long- ments have found ways to save energy bones) will place pressure on
term challenges in the form of a struc- and water through investments in sus- the nerves that go down the
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ever-escalating expenditures. These kinds of investments are the upper back. This ‘pressure’ is the
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cause of numbness/tingling. See
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