By Gary Massaro
This piece of paper represented a victim that paramedics would have to treat, carry and transport to a hospital.
The victim was laid out flat on the concrete aisle at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, the entertainment venue formerly known as Fiddler’s Green.
There was a very good reason the victim was flat on the ground. The victim was actually a square piece of laminated paper.
And it was part of a massive training drill for mass casualties last week among area law enforcement – Arapahoe County, Greenwood Village and Cherry Hills Village – as well as South Metro Fire Rescue Authority, Cunningham Fire Rescue and Metcom, the south metropolitan regional dispatcher. Read the full article →
Submitted by Arapahoe Library District
Ginger Mattson peruses the many selections available during last year’s Used Book Sale at Koelbel Library. (Arapahoe Library District photo)
CENTENIAL – In consideration of the tight economy, the community is invited to stretch their book budget even further by visiting the Friends of the Arapahoe Library District annual Used Book Sale from Sept. 9-12.
The sale will be at the Koelbel Library, a branch of the Arapahoe Library District, 5955 S. Holly St., at Orchard Road and South Holly Street, Centennial, from 9 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., Sept. 9, from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Sept. 10 and 11, and from 1 – 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12. Read the full article →
Submitted by Dana Brandorff
Teller, 10, 2006
There is an epidemic attacking our children. It is childhood obesity.
For 14-year-old Teller Cunningham and his family, the condition is very real. Teller and his family have chosen to do something about it by participating in a local program called Shapedown, including participating in the Sept. 11 First American State Bank Fitness Festival.
The Festival is a bonanza of fun exercise, great food and a healthy lifestyle trendsetter.
Teller wasn’t always a big child. According to his mother, Annie Cunningham, “As a baby, he was in the 90th percentile for height and 20th percentile for weight. He didn’t start gaining weight until the first grade.” Read the full article →
