The Venerable Jian Gong Shifu blesses the dragon boats during the “Awakening Ceremony” at the 10th annual Colorado Dragon Boat Festival, July 24-25, at Sloan’s Lake Park, on Sheridan Boulevard at West 25th Avenue. The Chung Tai Zen Center of Denver performed the ceremony during the festival that drew more than 100,000 for the fourth straight year. Photo by Stefan Krusze
For more pictures from the Dragon Boat Festival, pick up a copy of this week’s Villager Newspaper!
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By Gary Massaro
Greenwood Village Mayor Nancy Sharpe leads both opponents – her Republican rival and the Democrat’s choice – in the money race in her effort to become the Arapahoe county commissioner candidate for District 2.
Sharpe is in a primary race with fellow Republican Lauri Clapp.
Sharpe’s campaign listed $18,585 in contributions, according to the filing July 20 with the Colorado Secretary of State.
That’s more than $10,000 above the $7,529 Clapp’s campaign recorded she has raised. Read the full article →
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By Joshua Cole
LITTLETON — The library policy of arresting people with long overdue books that led to the investigation and eventual firing of a longstanding municipal judge was officially changed at Littleton City Council, July 20.
Further, Bemis Library plans to start a 90-day trial period with a collections agency with the hopes that the collections agency can track people who have moved and can save staff from spending time sending summons and filing paperwork.
With the policy change, a delinquent borrower won’t have a warrant out for his or her arrest; instead, if an item isn’t returned, a note would go on a person’s credit record. Before, somebody who had borrowed items and never returned them was given a summons to appear in court. If the borrower failed to appear – even if the borrower never received the summons – a warrant could be issued. Read the full article →
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