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BARBWIRE BOB – Spending An Evening On Littleton Main Street

At the invitation of Reinke Brothers, I was a guest at the Historic Littleton, Inc. “Preservation Celebration” event May 18, held at the spectacular “Shift Workspaces” building  on Main St.  Not sure of the location, I circled around the business district past the Elks Lodge and spotted a large crowd, all women. Ha – that’s …

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REMARKS – Memorial Day – A Time to Remember Those Who Fought For Us

Editor’s Note: Here is a reprint of a column commemorating Memorial Day, by Mort Marks, our former, long-running opinion columnist.  Mort passed away in 2019, and he was a proud veteran of WWII and combat survivor of the Battle of the Bulge in the frigid winter of 1944. Even before the Civil War ended, many …

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Is TB returning to Denver?

A recent report by 9News reintroduced Denver to a rare disease, “Doctors inves­tigate case of tuberculosis at George Washing­ton High School.” This case “involves someone who is part of the GWHS com­munity” but can’t say if it is a student or staff member. TB is slowly disappearing in America. In 1953 there were 84,304 reported …

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BARBWIRE BOB 4-27-23

I haven’t been to Col­umbine County Club since the club had extensive remodeling. Sat­urday the club played host to the annual spring luncheon of the Friends of Nurs­ing in their new banquet addition that is open for business and doing an ex­cellent job. The Villager has been a supporter and admirer of Friends of Nursing …

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