Rosser, LaBrash win South Suburban election
A popular incumbent and a longtime resident with family ties to South Suburban Parks and Recreation were both elected last week to serve two-year terms on the district’s Board of Directors.
Nurse from Littleton earns Air Force honors
Littleton’s Capt. Gina Fasciani received the Air Force’s 2012 Military Leadership Award last week for her work as a battlefield nurse in Afghanistan.
Spotlight On Business – Red Mango dishes yogurt, naturally
Ask Nikki Lockton why she went into the yogurt business and she gets a “yogurt smile” – that good mood that always comes with a bowl of cultured pomegranate, topped with nuts, fresh berries and a dab of gourmet chocolate.
It’s time to play: Centennial Center Park opens after long wait
By Peter Jones Centennial Center Park saw its grand opening last week, but the April 27 ribbon cutting and official dedication were mere formalities for residents who had been climbing over the official barricades for weeks. “Many of us have already been here using it and enjoying it, but now we don’t have to [...]
School – Team Roxie Girlz rock DI
Destination Imagination Colorado is the largest competition-based creative problem solving organization in Colorado. It provides students the opportunity to unleash their innovative talents to solve open-ended challenges that show their creativity in technical, scientific, fine arts, improvisational, structural, and service learning fields.
Hats off to volunteers!: Arapahoe County salutes new record in service hours
Once a volunteer, always a volunteer. Karen Hood, a longtime helper for Arapahoe County’s Feral Cat Program, was honored posthumously last week at the county’s volunteer appreciation event. “I get texts from her from heaven and I know what she would ask all of you today,” Hood’s brother Doug said from the stage. “Continue to support this great foundation in fighting an epidemic of homeless pets.”
Bill Rodgers celebrates 30th year running the Cherry Creek Sneak
As one of Denver’s oldest and most beloved running events sprints into its 30th year, a local runner recalls three decades of a running tradition. Flashback to 1982 – running was a fringe sport, the Nike logo wasn’t on everything yet and Bill Rodgers was participating in the very first Cherry Creek Sneak. Now 15 marathons, [...]
The B.I.G. Day – what a day it was: Chamber more than doubles goal of volunteers
It was a day of giving and gratitude, sweat equity and camaraderie, dirty hands and warm smiles as the second annual B.I.G. Day (Be Involved, Give) proved that community spirit is alive and well in south metro Denver. The 2012 goal was to have 1,000 volunteers spread over 30 nonprofit events throughout the community to [...]
Doctors Express Englewood offers long-term allergy relief
Submitted by Doctors Express Englewood Spring has sprung and the season brings sunshine, warm weather and blossoming flowers. Unfortunately, spring can also deliver sniffles, sneezing and congestion to seasonal allergy sufferers. After Colorado’s pollen count hit its highest level in more than a decade last month as the Lower North Folk Fire burned, health professionals [...]
Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain to give keynote at ADMHN event
11th Annual Mental Health Benefit Luncheon set for May 11 “Eighty percent of our population has been traumatized. The trauma is the underlying reason and the basis that leads to the self-medication, the drug use, and then eventually landing in jail,” according to the documentary Healing Neen, 2010 RE: the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women). [...]
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