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Singing Praise For Senior Pets Thursday, September 4 at 6:30 p.m.

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Volume 53, Issue No. 9 A Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. Publication September 2014

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Get Involved, Become a Leader, Make Park Hill ProudBy Cara DeGette

GPHC Editor

All Greater Park Hill Community mem-bers are invited to attend the neighborhood Annual Meeting, which will be held Oct. 2 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Park Hill Golf Club, 4141 E. 35th Ave. Light refreshments will be served.

The celebratory event includes the elec-tion of board members and a presenta-tion of the 2014 Babbs Community Service Award. This is a great opportunity to meet your neighbors.

RSVP by Monday, Sept. 22 to [email protected] or (303) 388-0918 with the number of attendees you will be bring-ing, so we can plan accordingly.

GPHC Board ElectionsEvery October, in accordance with its

bylaws, the members of the GPHC elect one-half of its Board of Governors. All dues-paying members of the GPHC are eligible to serve on the Board. Individuals should nominate only themselves.

Dues can be paid online, by mail or at the annual meeting. Next year’s officers and Executive Committee will be formed from those elected to the Board of Governors.

At the October 2 meeting, elections will be held for representatives of Districts 1,3,5,7,9 and three of the six at-large seats. To represent a district, you must live within the boundaries of the district (see map). To

36th Annual Home Tour & Street FairBy Kate Sultan & Nina Kuhl

The 36th Annual Park Hill Home Tour & Street Fair is just around the corner. On Sunday, Sept. 28, view five lovely homes and a beautiful historic school, and enjoy food, vendors and festivities on Forest Parkway from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For details on lo-cation and ticketing, please go to parkhill-hometour.org.

From an 1890’s farmhouse to a classic Tudor to modern architecture, this year’s Home Tour represents 120 years of Park Hill’s diverse architecture. Tour five homes and the historic Landmark Smiley Building. Inside, beginning on page 10, take a sneak peak of the homes and campus featured on this year’s Tour, and read a bit about their owners, architecture, designs and special features.

Buy your tickets in advance at the follow-ing locations: Modern Bungalow, Park Hill

Community Bookstore, Spinelli’s Market, Cake Crumbs and Park Hill Library. Tickets are also available online at parkhillhome-tour.org or at any King Soopers through TicketsWest.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $5 for children. Tickets are available the day of the event on the Street Fair on For-est Parkway or at any of the homes on the Home Tour for an additional $5.

More than 120 volunteers are still needed for the day of the event, so please consider supporting your neighborhood by helping out. Home Tour docents are needed for shifts from 11 am until 2 p.m. and from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.

Street Fair To Feed, Entertain, Be Green

That day, plan to spend time at the Street Fair, eating, listening to great music, brows-

ing the goods and wares, getting the kids’ faces painted, checking out great old cars, and sharing time with neighbors.

In addition to the Home Tour, three local bands will be providing music: Hello Bour-bon (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), Call Me Home (1 p.m. to 3 p.m.) and The Mossgatherers (3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

Kids will have bouncy entertainment, face painting, story-time courtesy of the Park Hill Library and lots of sweet treats.

And, don’t forget the classic cars – always a crowd pleaser. Lyle Hansen and Shelley Townsend will bring their club members, along with their cars, on display on the west side of Forest Parkway between 19th and 17th Streets.

The east side of the street will have ven-dors from Montview all the way down to 17th Avenue. More than 100 vendors have

Time To Tour Beautiful Houses & Celebrate All Things Park Hill

1980 Robert B. Hickman1981 Helen Evans1982 John H. Mondschein1983 Marjorie Gilbert1984 Madeleine Hagarty1985 Isaac & Marie White1986 Karen Saliman1987 Art & Bea Branscombe1988 John & Gladys Bates1989 Mary Ann McClain1990 Henry Turner 1991 William R. “Bill” Roberts1992 Gerald “Jerry” Kopel1993 Cynthia C. Kahn1994 Emmett P. Wallace1995 Liz Kreider1996 Patricia B. Clarke

1997 Dr. Robbie Bean1998 Lewis & Bernice Watts1999 Algene & Odell Holleman2000 Richard Pickett2001 Ann K. Long2002 Marietta “Jo” Mosby2003 Sarah Lee Foster2004 Geneva Goldsby2005 Linda Elliott2006 Bob Homiak2007 Roz Wheeler-Bell2008 Roberta Locke2009 Lyle Hansen2010 Susan Schneider2011 Lynn Smith2012 Tracey MacDermott2013 Bernadette Kelly

Previous Babbs Award Recipients

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Properties• Leah Johnson, Megastar Financial Corp• SolaRover

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Photos by Sara Donnelly

Eight board seats up for election, Community Service Award nominations due Tuesday, September 23

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35th Annual Park Hill Home Tour

Sunday, September 22nd 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Stop by and visit us at 1750 Forest Parkway, just one of the many beautiful homes on the tour. Tickets are for sale at King Soopers, Park Hill Library & Park Hill Co-op

Bookstore. Come say hello and talk to us about the Home Tour or to discuss your real estate needs.

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The Greater Park Hill News is published by Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. (GPHC) on the 1st of each month. Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. makes no warranties and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained herein. The opinions expressed in articles are not necessarily the opinions of GPHC. GPHC does not necessarily endorse the companies, products or services advertised in The Greater Park Hill News unless specifically stated. GPHC reserves the right to run any advertisement.

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The Greater Park Hill Community, Inc., is a volunteer-based registered neighborhood organization that: promotes the character and vibrancy of Park Hill; provides resources, information and advocacy; and preserves quality of life and the history of the neighborhood through community participation.

Ways You Can Help Your NeighborsYou can help us serve the neighborhood! Whether donations are gifts of time, money, or necessary items they all make a lasting impact here at GPHC. If you have any questions or would like to help, please call me at 303-388-0918 or email at [email protected]. Remember, your donations are tax deductible!• Emergency Pantry needs: Lots or re-useable grocery bags, formula and diapers (size 4,5, and

6 needed most), sunscreen, unscented lotion, toothbrushes, toothpaste, granola/protein bars, canned fruit and protein rich canned goods (chili, stew, etc.) We could also use an old laptop; it just needs to have any version of Office installed. This would enable our volunteers to work on much needed data entry projects.

• Remodeling? One of our refrigerators has failed and we desperately need at least one more working refrigerator before our Thanksgiving basket event. We also need a 10- or 15-foot folding ladder for our lights and smoke detectors – maybe the gutters if I’m feeling brave!

• Gardening at home? If you are planning on dividing up your ornamentals soon, bring them by the GPHC office at 2823 Fairfax St. to help fill out our perennial beds. If you have extra produce, help us supplement our emergency food pantry offering with fresh, nutritious fruits and vegetables.

• Want to garden with us? One-to-two times a month volunteers are needed to help weed, mulch, and harvest our garden. A one-time volunteer is needed to help us develop a garden plan for next year.

• Are you handy? We need some help flashing our greenhouse roof. After the roof is sealed we’ll need to reinstall the wall panels. We also have a little plaster work that needs attention.

Lastly, we can always use any giftcards to places such as King Soopers, Safeway, Lowes, etc.Thank you so much for everything all of you do. Check out our Facebook page for even more ways to get involved!

Rebecca Born, GPHC Executive Director

signed up, and as of this writing only seven spots are still available. Included are a wide assortment of artists and handmade goods, as well as kid-related, health-related, home-related and animal-related goods and ser-vices.

And then there is the food … a great as-sortment of vendors will be cooking up a storm this year … Oblio’s Pizza, JRs Smoke-house, Yatai Sushi, Spicy Balls & Things, Pierogies Factory, Brats & Dogs, Nicky’s Quickies, Taste of Texas BBQ, EIS Gelato, Cake Crumbs, Kettle Korn, PeteyBird Ice Cream, Maui/Wowi, Crepes A GoGo and a new Park Hill business – Denver Dessert Waffles.

The plan this year is to have a zero waste event. All food trucks will be using com-postable supplies and compost, recycle and trash bins will be available. Please remem-ber: Pick the right bin for your disposable items, so at the end of the day all that will be left is a neat and clean Forest Parkway, and a happy Mother Earth.

Finally, sponsor SolaRover will be pow-ering the food trucks and bands with their solar powered generators. No noise, no fumes … just plenty of sun-harnessed power.

Come one, come all and come hungry!

The Street Fair also needs vol-unteers to help out during various shifts between 8 a.m. until about 5:30 p.m. Volunteers will receive a free ticket to attend the tour. If you’re interested, please contact Volunteer Coordinator Paula Wales @ [email protected]

The Home Tour & Street Fair would not be possible without the support from local sponsors. Their support helps pay the many expenses that are incurred to put on this community event.

Nina Kuhl is this year’s Home Tour Chair. Nina can be reached at [email protected] or 303-913-5858. Kate Sultan & Lynn Maedel are this year’s Street Fair Coordi-nators. Kate can be reached at [email protected] or 303-300-3332. Lynn can be reached at [email protected] or 303-300-3332.

Home Tour, continued from page 1

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To Charge - or Not Charge - In City ParkThe 10-hour heavy metal music Chive

Fest in August has rekindled the controver-sy over Denver’s policy of allowing private operators to close parts of public parks and charge admission for commercial events.

The situation is particularly irksome for some City Park neigh-bors because it is the only Denver park classified as a festival site in a primar-ily residential area.

Looking beyond the specific example of Chive Fest, members of Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation (INC) Parks Committee say holding a raucous concert into City Park emphasizes the need to seriously consider a permanent festival events site with established infrastructure.

Where does the money go?City Council approved the commercial

park events policy in 2010, following more than three years of sometimes-rancorous task force deliberations.

The commercial activities, known as “Ad-mission Based Events” (ABEs) were initially debated by a 24-member task force consist-ing of city personnel, event promoters, and seven “neighborhood” representatives.

Approval of the policy was based in part on then-Mayor Hickenlooper staffer Chan-tal Unfug’s projected revenue of $500,000 per year.

“The policy was to be revisited after one year but it remained in place and every-one on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board seems to have forgotten this pledge,”

observes INC President Larry Ambrose. “Part of the promise to the neighbor-

hoods from the city was that all the money from Admission Based Events would go di-rectly to the park in which the event takes place. We claimed this was a false prom-

ise, (because) as based on the City Charter, all earned income must go into the General Fund. No accounting has been provided as to how much

money has been generated from Admission Based Events over the past four years, what expenses were associated with them, or how the money has been spent.”

The other “festival” Admission Based Event parks are Civic Center, Confluence, Skyline, Central Park (Stapleton), Parkfield (Montbello area), and Ruby Hill. Washing-ton Park and Cheesman Park were never considered because Council members and nearby residents argued for protection. While there are residences in the vicinity of some of the other festival parks, they do not have the concentrated residential density on three sides as City Park does.

Just prior to policy adoption, former Councilwoman Paula Sandoval asked that Sloan’s Lake Park be removed from the list, and it was. Ruby Hill was a late addition at the request of Councilman Chris Nevitt. He envisioned a performance pavilion in the park and later advocated for the sale of alcoholic beverages. While the impact at Ruby Hill remains to be seen, residents of Stapleton already complain of disruption

from special events at Central Park.

The price for living near a park During the policy debate, former Mayor

John Hickenlooper said “Putting up with disruption is the price people have to pay for living near a park.”

However, some Denverites criticize the notion of turning parks into commercial venues at all.

In 2011, the INC Parks Committee spent several months preparing a “Platform for Denver’s Urban Parks.” The document was meant as a guiding principle for the future and to provide information for voters. The platform calls for development of more ur-ban green space, rejects the policy allowing commercial events, and calls for development of a festival facility.

For the most recent City Park festival, neigh-borhood representatives, including many from Park Hill, successfully demanded stricter plans for parking, traffic, noise, and trash. Even so, there were numerous reports of high noise levels, especially in South City Park Neigh-borhood. There were also complaints about public urination and vulgar language.

Proximity to zoo animalsIn City Park, there is also concern about

the impact of amplified sound on captive zoo animals, especially in proximity to the concert area.

In 2007, when Chuck Morris of Anschutz Entertainment suggested a three-day Mile High Music Festival in the western two-thirds of City Park, he said he would not go forward if there were suspected prob-lems with the animals. The zoo director at the time, Craig Piper, followed American Zoological Association guidelines that ani-mals must be protected. Morris ultimately moved the music festival to an athletic field in Commerce City.

This year, the zoo’s public relations di-rector, Tiffany Barnhart, issued a lengthy statement saying the event organizers and the zoo would be sure the animals were protected.

Full disclosure: Readers of this newspa-per and most city officials know that I was an early and outspoken oppo-nent of the Admission Based Events policy. For over three years, I was a neighborhood represen-tative on the main task force, and also a mem-

ber of the fees subcommittee with former Councilwoman Carla Madison and Chuck Morris. I frequently argued against the policy at meetings of the Advisory Board. I continue to hold the position that parks are for people, not profit. And I am a strong proponent of a permanent outdoor festival performance facility.

Dave Felice is an At-Large Member and Parks Chair of the Greater Park Hill Board of Directors.

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“If only I could have her for the summer, I could get her to where she needs to be.” Those words, spoken two decades ago by then Hallet Elementary teacher Karen Cox, were the catalyst for an academic program that continues to serve hun-dreds of students every year.

Founded by Cyndi Kahn, who lived in Park Hill for more than 40 years, the program began in 1993 with 20 kindergarten and first grade students, two teachers, two teen interns and one parent.

The program has traditionally focused on providing summer literacy programs and reading intervention efforts to low-income students. At first, students only came in the mornings and for lunch. “But then they didn’t want to go home,” says Kahn. And thus the program expanded to include after-noon activities that are now run by Denver Parks and Recreation.

In a recent interview at Cake Crumbs, Kahn was quick to deflect praise for the pro-gram to others who helped make it happen. “I worked with Paul Hamilton, who was the

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The collaboration of Park Hill principals – from Hallet, Smith and Philips – was instrumental, Kahn notes, when the program expanded to more than

500 students in 1994. Cathy Manchester, who was on the Education Committee for the Greater Park Hill Community Organi-zation, and Dr. Jessica Pierson, who created the program’s elaborate evaluation, were also key to its success, she says.

Kahn also credits Park Hill resident Debbie Milner for putting together teams of coaches to help teachers intensify their own instruction. The focus was – and still is – on small group instruction, an innova-tive approach at the time.

Following Denver’s infamous 1993 Sum-mer of Violence, Summer Scholars saw Park Hill community members join forces to create a positive educational experience for many of the neighborhood’s youth.

Greater Park Hill Community would like to thank the following people and groups for recent donations of food, in-kind gifts, and volunteer time, to benefit GPHC:

GenerosITy aT GPhC• Brian Born• Keith Brown• Barbara Cavender• Nancy Downs• Jack Farrar• Claudia Fields• Laura Grushcow• Dan McCormack• Becky Richardson• Peggy Roberts• Mary Salsich• Venita Tramble

• Pam Washington• Dez… and all of our dedicated blockworkers who deliver the Greater Park Hill Newspaper every month!

And thanks also to those who donated

to the GPHC Food Pantry • Blessed Sacrament

Catholic Church• Cur d’ Ars Catholic

Church• Park Hill Community

Garden• Park Hill

Congregational Church

• Park Hill United

Methodist Church• Produce for Pantries• Sunshine Food

Project• Carol Boigon• Arna Caplan• Justine Dodson• Pam Moore• Harriet Mullaney• Dave Pilarowski• Dels Waugerin

lynn KalInausKassChools uPdaTe

GPhC education Chair

From left: Kathleen King, executive director or Summer Scholars; Cyndi Kahn founded Summer Scholars in 1993; Ebony Moore, the program’s site coordinator at Stedman Elementary. All photo credits: Lynn Kalinauskas


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As Summers Scholars celebrates its 20th anniversary, Executive Director Kathleen King explains how the program has grown since its origin: it now offers after-school programs during the academic year, as well as adult literacy programs to support the parents of the students. Though the program focuses on grades kindergarten through five, the bulk of students are chil-dren grades one to three.

“Until 3rd grade, children learn how to read,” says King, “from 4th grade on, they have to know how to read to learn.”

Ebony Moore, the pro-gram’s site coordinator at Stedman Elementary, agrees that impacting children be-fore they hit 3rd grade is im-portant. Students who have participated in the Stedman summer program also have the opportunity to continue with Summer Scholars in its afternoon program.

Working within the school, Moore knows the teachers and the parents. “Our teachers are our best advocates,” she says, “they help us identify and recruit students to partici-pate in the program.”

At Stedman, the program runs Monday through Friday and offers one hour of lit-eracy and one hour of enrichment after regular school hours. The latter is composed of six-week clubs that focus on progressive skill attainment with options ranging from clay modeling, physical activities, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) to service learning.

At Stedman, Summer Scholars also hosts monthly family nights and parent focus panels that are open to the entire Stedman community. Moore says the holistic ap-proach of “bringing Summer Scholars to the larger population” makes it stronger.

One of Summer Scholars’ strength is its ability to team up and collaborate with other organizations and groups. For their summer programs, they collaborate with Denver Parks and Recreation that provides programming for the afternoon.

This summer, morning and afternoon programming centered on the “superhero” theme. Children in their 3rd grade pro-gram and up all received a copy of Savvy, this year’s pick for Youth One Book, One Denver, about a girl who discovers her own superpowers.

In addition, Summer Scholars piloted two programs. Approached by Philip Garvin, involved Ashley Elementary community member and philanthropist, Summer Scholars ran a Kahn Academy math pro-

gram using the flipped class-room model.

Students viewed their les-sons on individual iPads on which they also did their work, progressing as they increased their skills. Two teachers were on hand to fa-cilitate the learning and inter-vene when students needed help. In the afternoon, these students participated in a new

collaboration between Summer Scholars and the Denver School of the Arts where they engaged in theatre, drama and vocals. The program included a performance piece.

At its origin, Summer Scholars was fund-ed mostly by Park Hill community mem-bers, who contributed a total of $4,000. Now, with support and revenues over $2.3 million (2013 financial information) and serving students throughout the Denver metro area, the program is supported by federal and state grants, a wide variety of Colorado foundations, private and corpo-rate donors and fundraisers.

The number of students it can serve de-pends on its funding status. Summer Schol-ars has partnered with as many as 18 schools at one time. Currently, they are down from that number but still running strong.

If you would like to find out more about the Summer Scholars, visit their website www.summerscholars.org.

Lynn Kalinauskas is Education Chair of the Greater Park Hill Board of Directors. Send her feedback, story tips or ideas at [email protected].

Image from Summer Scholars’ T-Shirt


Art In The Alley Alert Have you installed or contributed to an interesting bit of art in an alley in northeast Denver, or do you know someone who has done so? If so, let us know and we’ll make sure the work is considered in the 2014 Park Hill Alley Art Contest.Prizes donated by local merchants and institutions will be presented to winners. This year, for the first time, amateur and professional alley art will be honored.Art eligible for review by our highly-es-teemed and sophisticated judging com-mittee, can include natural art, such as gardens; or person-made art such as paintings, sculptures or other types of installations behind residences; or art in public or quasi-public spaces. The art

and/or garden has to be clearly visible from the alley. You don’t need to contact us to be eligible (we’re already driving up and down alleys), but it will assure that your masterpiece is “appraised.”The following elements may boost your entry’s chances for fame: Originality; Humor; Creative/Surprising Use of Ma-terials; Color; Irony; Hidden Meaning; Weirdness; Collaboration with other alley neighbors; Improvement of an Otherwise Shabby Location (bus stops, abandoned lots, etc.); Nifty Integration of natural and man-made stuff.The judging committee will be looking at alley art through September and winners will be profiled in the November issue of the Greater Park Hill News. To let us know about your alley art (or someone else’s), contact Jack and Pam Farrar at 303-388-5204 or [email protected].

Cary Kennedy to Deliver Snapshot of the CityOn Wednesday, Sept. 17, the League of Women Voters of Denver is sponsoring a pre-sentation by Denver Deputy Mayor and Chief Financial Officer Cary Kennedy. Kennedy will deliver a snapshot of the city budget and the highlights of Mayor Michael B. Hancock’s re-cent State of the City address at 5:45 p.m. The public is invited to the meeting, in the Fellow-ship Hall at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. There is no cost to attend. The League of Women Voters of Denver encour-ages the informed and active participation of citizens in government and influences public policy through education and advocacy.

Learn Where Your Candidates Stand On The Issues

Denver Decides, the Inter-Neighborhood Co-operation (INC), Historic Denver, and Denver Channel 8 will sponsor a candidate forum with State House District 8 candidates Beth McCann and Jeffery Washington. The forum is Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. You can attend in person, view it on Denver Chan-nel 8, or stream it online from the Denver Channel 8 website. There will also be a forum in October to cover the pros and cons of upcoming ballot initia-tives and some of the

congressional races. If you don’t know your districts, you can look them up under Voter Information at lwvdenver.org.

Hancock to Hold Town Hall Meeting At ManualMayor Michael Hancock will hold a Cabinet in the Community Town Hall meeting on Satur-day, Sept. 6 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Manual High School, 1700 E. 28th Ave. The mayor’s goal is to listen and communicate with resi-dents, share his vision, and give an update on his priorities. In addition to the town hall, the Mayor plans to meet with community members at 8:30 a.m. to discuss the Denver Sheriff re-form efforts. The town hall is free and open to the public.

The Tour de Fat: Bikes, Beer, CommunityCelebrate the radness of the mighty bicycle

and a simple, honest way of living at City Park

on Saturday, Sept. 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. In addition to Denver, the Tour de Fat is in 11 other U.S. cities, and embraces bikes, beer and community. Among the day’s festivities: Fashion! (Best Costumes of the Tour de Fat); The Slow Ride Race; Car for Bike Trade; 1,000 Person Dance Contest – winner receives a New Belgium cruiser bike. For more, check out newbelgium.com/events/tour-de-fat/den-ver.aspx.

Calling All Classic CarsIf you have a classic car from the 1940s into the 1970s, come show it off as part of the Park Hill Street Fest on Sunday, Sept. 28. Contact Lyle Hansen at 303-399-1733 or stop by at 1632 Pontiac St. for more info.

Santa Claus Is Looking For BooksTwo local nonprofits, the Denver Santa Claus Shop and Friends of Food For Thought, have teamed together to help local, at-risk children have a merrier Christmas. Both charities will be collecting new and gently used children’s books at this year’s Park Hill Street Fair on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Montview and Forest Parkway. Books can be dropped off at booth 77, and will be given to needy children at this year’s Denver Santa Claus Shop in December. At the Sept. 28 Street Fair, Santa will be at their booth greeting both kids and adults and taking “Santa Selfies” with anyone with a camera. For more information go to FFFT.org. or denver-santaclausshop.org/.

Shine On, Harvest MoonThe Sunshine Food Project in Park Hill has its annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, Sept. 13. The family-friendly festival is free and runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, and includes a veggie mobile, garden and chicken coop tours, live music, food and beverages and vendors. Bring your extra organic garden produce to share, barter or donate to local food pantries. The festival is at The Garden Events Center, 3435 Albion St. Interested in more info or being a vendor? Contact [email protected] or 303-321-5231. For more info: Sunshine-FoodProject.org

Friendship Powwow & American Indian Cultural CelebrationOne of the Denver Art Museum’s longest-running events, the 25th Annual Friendship Powwow and American Indian Cultural Cel-ebration, will feature American Indian danc-ers, drum groups, working artists, hands-on activities, vendors and more. The Sept. 6 Friendship Powwow, at the DAM at 14th and Bannock downtown, is a celebration of the vi-tality of American Indian cultures. The Gourd Dance will begin at 10 a.m. with the powwow

grand entry at noon. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. visitors can watch colorful dance competi-tions, participate with local artists in hands-on activities, and eat fry bread. Also check out the museum’s world-famous American Indian art collection. In addition, Native Arts Artist-in-Residence Jeffrey Gibson will be screening a trailer of his new video project, one becomes the other. All powwow activities and museum admission are free.

Cultural Event to Benefit Iraqi Student ProjectFaces of Iraq, a benefit for the Iraqi Student

Project (ISP), will be Saturday, Sept. 13 at 4700 W. 37th Ave. from 5 to 8 p.m. The evening includes a presentation by former Iraqi Olym-pian Emad Hussain, who is in the United States as a political refugee; Riyam Al-Karkokliy, who is attend-ing Regis University on a student visa through the ISP program; and musicians and artists of the Middle East. The Iraqi Student Project began in 2007 as a grassroots, organization to prepare qualified young Iraqis for undergraduate study in colleges and universities in the United States. Tasty Middle

Eastern mezze (aka tapas), wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. A tax-deductible donation of $25 is suggested. Tickets are available at the door or contact Jeanne McLaughlin-Powers at [email protected].

Just Between Friends Kids’ Clothing EventThe annual Just Between Friends Kids’ Gear and Clothing Consignment event runs Sept. 25-28 this year, at the National Western Com-plex at 4655 Humboldt St. Voted Metro Den-ver’s Best Consignment sale for three years, the event includes 500-plus families selling high quality kids’ items for newborn-preteen. The event is Thursday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with $4 admission; Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with $2 admission; and Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with $2 admission. Parking is free. Visa, Mastercard and cash accepted. Details at denver.jbfsale.com

Upcoming Denver Tours With Phil GoodsteinDenver historian, author and Park Hill native Phil Goodstein offers numerous walking trips, traipsing through different parts of Denver. Here is a schedule of upcoming tours. Call Goodstein at 303-333-1095 for more info.Sunday, Sept. 14: The Jews of Curtis Park, 11 a.m. to noon: This is a free lecture at RedLine, the south corner of 24th and Arapahoe streets, to mark Phil Goodstein’s new book, Curtis Park, Five Points, and Beyond: The Heart of Historic East Denver.Thursday, September 18: Old East Denver, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This is a free lecture at the Gardens at St. Elizabeth’s, at the northeast corner of West 32nd Avenue and Eliot Street. (Eliot is one block east of Federal Boulevard. St. Elizabeth’s is the highrise.) East Denver was once the land that is modern downtown. Within a few years, it referred to the sterling Victorian area around the city’s first park, Cur-tis Park.

Meditation Service & World Peace Candle Lighting Join Silent Unity – an international, trans-de-nominational 24/7 prayer ministry -- on Sept. 11 for the 21st annual Unity World Day of Prayer. The theme of the 24-hour prayer event is, “We are the Light of the World: Let Your Light Shine.” The vigil begins on Wednesday, September 10 and continue through Thursday, Sept, 11. At 7 p.m. that night, Unity on the Av-enue, at 4670 East 17th Ave., will hold a me-diation service and candle lighting ceremony. People of all faiths are invited to join. Details at unityontheavenue.org.

Tribute to Black Women Luncheon Oct. 4The 35th annual Colorado Black Women for Political Action’s Luncheon is Saturday, Oct. 4 at Renaissance Denver Hotel, 3801 Quebec St. This year’s theme is “Securing Our Fu-ture.” The keynote speaker this year is Delores Pressley, author of “Oh, Yes You Can,” “Clean Out the Closet of Your Life” and “Believe in the Power of You.” Pressley is founder of the “Born Successful Institute.” Six women and one youth will be honored for their achieve-ments in the community in the categories of: arts, business, community service, education, politics, legends and youth. Tickets are $65. For more information visit www.cbwpa.org, call 303-388-4983 or email [email protected].

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Park Hill Home Tour, 2014The Past and The Present

In 1999, when the Homiaks purchased this 1925 two-story brick house, many of its best features were hidden beneath wall-paper, cigarette-stained paint, and wall-to-wall carpeting. Their ability to see the home’s potential convinced them it was a risk worth taking.

Fifteen years after renovating the entire house – and many projects later – they have modernized, while respecting the character and scale of the original home.

An addition off the back opened up the kitchen for better traffic flow, added a breakfast nook, and created a lodge-like family room with vaulted ceiling, exposed

rafters, skylights, and a gas fireplace sur-rounded by tumbled marble.

The original one-car garage is now a study. A powder room was added near the original back door.

A Unico air conditioning system, with flexible, small ducts routed through existing ceilings, floors and wall cavities, cools the house during summer’s hottest days without compromising the design or architectural integrity of this 89-year old home. Look for small holes in the ceilings and walls for the subtle signs of this great feature.

A second-floor master bedroom is an-other cozy retreat, also with a fireplace,

vaulted ceiling and exposed rafters. A balcony off the bedroom offers a comfort-able place to enjoy the daily news, a cup of coffee, and views of a small, but lush and private backyard.

A shower was tucked into the guestroom, and the sole bathroom on the upper floor shrunk to add a master bath.

Other nice surprises throughout this house include antique lighting found local-ly and online, stained glass windows from a London flea market, family pieces, and many unique pieces of furniture salvaged from yard sales and second-hand stores and restored.

1932 HudsonBob and Sue Homiak

Like many of the homes and buildings in this historic neighborhood, the Leary resi-dence has an interesting past.

Believed to have been the living quarters of farmhands at the City Park Dairy (what is now City Park Golf Course) in the late 1800s, the two-story house offers glimpses of the simple comforts that awaited farm-hands at the end of their workday. Today, this 2,550-square-foot brick home still of-fers this century-old charm, yet blends it with contemporary style.

A gabled rooftop, white picket fence, front porch and coach house hint at what the property may have looked like when it was constructed in 1896, while an expan-sion in 2006 increased the living space by 1,200 feet in the form of a second-floor mas-ter bedroom and an open-plan kitchen and adjoining living room.

Another notable update to the home in-cludes moving a staircase that leads from the foyer to the second floor a few feet fur-ther from the front door. This resulted in a spacious and welcoming foyer.

Directly through the foyer is a reading nook with floor-to-ceiling, built-in book-shelves and a window seat. This area ad-joins the dining room, where a 1920s Ital-ian hand-carved wood dining table adds formality to a room featuring exposed brick walls.

Also leading from the foyer is a living room with a gas fireplace and large picture window that, in the summer months, offers pleasing views of perennial flowerbeds. In the winter, the fireplace is this room’s cen-terpiece. Framed by an ornate maple mantle with built-in mirror and surrounded by decorative ceramic tile, the fireplace is both beautiful and practical.

2334 GrapeWendy and Brent Mather

2351 GrapeRob and Heidi Rager

Architecture emulates nature at this unique home. A butterfly roof, rustic cedar siding, walnut and cork flooring, quartz countertops, and an abundance of natural lighting inte-grate this home with its environment through organic design.

Homeowners Wendy and Brent Mather combined their architectural expertise (Wendy owns Mather Ar-chitectural Design. Brent is Design Director at Gensler) with their per-sonal preferences to create a space where sunlight, organization, func-

tion and aesthetics contribute to the beauty and practicality of the home.

The most striking exterior feature is the butterfly roof. Because the roof gables slope inward, they open the exterior seams of the house, creating high ceilings, and allowing for higher placement of windows and inclusion of light shelves, or soffits, beneath the windows, reflecting sunlight off the ceiling.

The inward sloping roof gables channel rainwater off the house into a rock basin at the front of the house, creating a waterfall effect and adding an element of interest to the landscap-ing. Solar panels are fixed to the roof, but aren’t visible from street level.

Strategically oriented to maximize light and energy from the sun, the

This contemporary two-story house, conceived by architect and homeowner Rob Rager, showcases his style of designing to enhance the quality of the living experience for its inhabitants – both people and pets.

Most striking is the diversity and distinctiveness of materials used. Concrete pillars, exposed steel beams, galvanized steel roofing and siding, and EcoClad maple veneer rainscreen panels create a mixture of color and texture on the exterior. The concrete pillars are also fully visible through two stories in the home’s interior, adding aesthetic in-terest.

A teak-stained roof overhang creates shade around the house, while large, irregular shaped windows and skylights provide varying light and views of surrounding trees and sky.

Although the home is distinctly modern, Rager paid homage to Park Hill traditions with a gable roof, inviting front and back porches, a detached garage, and shady backyard living space.

The house has the same footprint as the 1926 bungalow that he and his wife lived in for 12 years before structural issues convinced them to build again on the same site. While the new home has more than twice the square footage of the original house, it has the same functional orientation on the main floor as the bungalow: two guest bedrooms (one is currently a media room) and a bathroom, but a vastly more open living/ dining area and kitchen.

Enhancements to the layout include spacious


The Past and The Present

2050 GrapeTrish and Ed Leary

The property’s carriage house and sur-rounding yard are also noteworthy. The half-acre lot includes flower and vegetable gardens accented by rustic split rail fences, towering shade trees, a children’s playhouse, and a remodeled coach house that offers private and comfortable living accommo-dations for overnight visitors.

2315 MonacoJohn Wyszynski

2540 HollySmiley School Campus

This home was featured on the 1980 Home Tour. A yearlong, full remodel by homeowner John Wyszyn-ski and architect Ann Cuthbertson has produced an even more stunning version of this 1942 Tudor, originally built by renowned Denver contractor and Russian immigrant, Harry M. Bitman.

With its 21st century transformation, Wyszynski and Cuthbertson opened the home’s floor plan, im-proved room-to-room flow, and created more invit-ing, sun-filled living spaces.

With 2,704 square feet of living space, this renova-tion was no small task. The goal was to design in a manner complimentary to the home’s many unique original features. They infused modern-day elements like custom, contemporary pear wood kitchen cabi-nets, and limestone kitchen floor tiles with original design features like Philippine ribbon mahogany wood trim, and an ornate limestone fireplace in the living room.

Wyszynski also preserved the hammered pewter

hardware and fixtures, leaded glass windows, and art deco-style bathrooms, where colorful, glossy wall tiles, geometric floor patterns, and sleek, polished chrome fixtures add whimsy.

The crown jewel of the makeover is the kitchen. Wyszynski’s passion for cooking and entertaining

inspired his design and appliance choices for this room. These include a Blue Star range with six-burner stovetop, warming drawer, two dishwashers, a built-in glass-front beverage cooler, and a prep sink with LED faucet. A granite-topped island seating six allows guests ample room to anticipate and enjoy masterful meals.

French doors off the kitchen lead to a comfortable patio looking out onto Wyszynski’s beautifully land-scaped backyard. An updated powder room off the kitchen features a granite-topped vanity and above-counter vessel sink, pendant lighting, and basket-weave tile to fit the style of the original house.

3,500 sq. ft. home is well lit and comfort-able year round. Rooms used most during daylight hours, like the home office, are lo-cated in areas that receive the most natural light, while bedrooms are located in low light areas.

Other green features include geothermal heating, a heat recovery ventilator, 50 per-cent more insulation in the walls and roof than most new homes, high-performance fiberglass windows, and an induction cook top.

High ceilings, “floating” walnut cabinets in the bathrooms and kitchen, open shelv-ing, and furniture designed and built by Brent add to the design. Accordion sliding doors in the living room open into the back-yard and give the sensation of being in a spa resort, as do the meditation room and the sauna located in the basement.

closets behind sliding barn doors, gas fire-places surrounded by stacked quartz, pro-fessional-grade appliances, a whole-house audio system, and a second floor laundry room.

An open staircase of solid maple treads on a steel structure, with thin, vertical stainless-steel cables suspended between custom-welded steel railings, is a focal point. Originating in the basement, the stairs ascend to the second floor, emptying out into a cozy library nook with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.

From this space, a slightly angled hallway buffers the children’s two bedrooms from the parents’. Toward the front of the house, the hallway segues into a playroom, where a small window a few inches off the floor provides both kids and pets with a bird’s-eye view of the front yard and street.

In recognition of its significance to Park Hill for 86 years, the Smiley build-ing has earned a well-deserved spot on this year’s Tour.

Smiley has a new and expanded role in Park Hill as the new home of McAu-liffe International School. It also is home to Venture Prep, a charter high school.

Architect George H. Williamson em-ployed classic elements of the Tudor Revival-style, including red brick and light terracotta ornamentation, shaped and crenelated parapets, octagonal crenelated towers with cupolas, finials, and green and white glazed terracotta roofs. Oak finish throughout the corri-dors as well as decorations of the Tudor rose, shield and banners add to the Tu-dor effect.

(Williamson also designed Denver’s ar-chitecturally important Teller Elementary and the Daniel & Fisher Tower.)

Smiley opened in 1928, and initially served only 350 students. At its peak, how-ever – after the addition of wings on the building’s north and south sides – it served 1,600 students. The school was named in honor of William H. Smiley, PhD., Su-perintendent of DPS from 1912 to 1915. A bust of Smiley in the school’s front hall reportedly brings good luck if the nose on the sculpture is rubbed.

In 1929, the Denver Municipal Airport began operating at 8100 E. 32nd Ave. – now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The school was little affected by airport traffic noise until 1959, when the commer-cial jet era began. Tragically, a passenger jet crashed on landing in 1961. Smiley’s north

gym was used as a temporary morgue for the 18 people killed.

In 1948, Mayor Quigg Newton became an early advocate for purposeful integra-tion of whites and African-Americans liv-ing in neighborhood harmony – of which Park Hill is recognized as a national mod-el. As the neighborhood became racially diverse, so did the Smiley student body. That diversity was furthered when a U.S. Supreme Court case in the 1970s, Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, formally desegregated Park Hill schools.

Smiley is a place where history was not only taught, but made. This year’s Tour cel-ebrates the past and future of this historical landmark.

Home descriptions by Em

ily BoyleHom

e Renderings by Marc Applebaum

Photos by Sara Donnelly


Citizens Jury to Deliberate on GMO Food Labeling Proposal

By Brenda Morrison

5,000 voters across the state of Colorado recently received letters in the mail inviting them to participate in the Colorado Citi-zens’ Initiative Review (CIR) pilot project. The Colorado CIR is a new way for Colora-do voters to evaluate complex ballot measures leading up to the November election.

From those who respond to the initial mailing with inter-est, a panel of 20 randomly selected and demographically balanced voters will comprise a citizen jury that will evalu-ate one statewide initiative on the November ballot.

This year, the Colorado CIR will evaluate the genetically modified (GMO) food label-ing Initiative 48, which asks voters to change the Colora-do Revised Statutes to require food that has been genetically modified or treated with genetically modified material to be labeled “Produced With Genetic Engineering” be-ginning on July 1, 2016.

Generally, one in four voters say they find ballot measures too complicated or confus-ing to understand. The goal with the Colo-rado CIR Pilot is to give citizen jurors all of the information on an issue, and then let their report serve as a clear, useful way for voters to research an issue before heading to the polls.

Voters who received an invitation to par-ticipate were asked to respond with their interest by late August. The citizen jury will

convene in Denver from September 7 to 10 for three days of public deliberation. Mod-erated by professional facilitators, the Colo-rado CIR will provide citizen panelists with:• Adequate time to examine both sides of

the issues (three days of public delibera-tion)

• The opportunity to di-rectly discuss the issue with information directly from the proponents and opponents of the ballot initiative• The ability to call on neu-tral policy experts to answer questions and provide addi-tional information

The committee will publicly release its report on Wednes-day, September 10.

Colorado joins Arizona and Oregon as one of just three states piloting the citi-zen jury process of evaluating

and educating voters on ballot initiatives. A team of independent researchers will evalu-ate the effectiveness of the Colorado CIR to determine if the review is a useful tool for increasing voter knowledge.

For more information and to see the CIR report when it becomes available on Sep-tember 10, please visit www.circolorado.org.

Park Hill resident Brenda Morrison is a partner at Engaged Public, a Denver-based public policy strategy firm. She is serv-ing as the project director of the Colorado CIR Pilot and can be reached at [email protected]

Group to Evaluate Initiative 48, on the November Ballot

Brenda Morrison

serve as an at-large member, you need to be a member of GPHC and live within the neighborhood.

Dr. J. Carlton Babbs Award Nominations

Nominations are being sought for this year’s Babbs Award recipient. This is an award that recognizes a Park Hill resident who has made a significant contribution to the neighborhood.

The award honors the legacy of former Park Hill United Methodist Pastor and founding member of the Park Hill Action Committee, Dr. J. Carlton Babbs. Last year, the award went to GPHC Board Member and Secretary Bernadette Kelly.

Residents in the Park Hill Community are invited to submit their nominations to the nominating committee by Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Babbs was minister at Park Hill United Methodist Church from 1955 until his death in 1978, helped organize the Park Hill Ac-tion Committee and was a key supporter of integration in Park Hill. On the same Sunday in May of 1956, all of the ministers in the

community preached sermons on the need to eliminate all the barriers to church mem-bership and housing on the basis of race, sex or national origin.

The Park Hill Action Committee, orga-nized and sponsored by these churches, subsequently became the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. (GPHC). Histori-cally, GPHC’s impact on integration, zon-ing, schools, justice and legislation for the community has been widely recognized. At the time of Dr. Babbs’ death, the clergy of Park Hill met and decided that a commu-nity service award in his memory would be a fitting tribute to one of the neighborhood’s outstanding leaders.

Identify your nominee, their address, phone number and/or email and the reasons you have for nominating them. Your name and phone number is requested as well in case we need to follow up. You may mail or drop off your nomination to 2823 Fairfax St., or email it to [email protected]

Thank you for taking time to recognize Park Hill leaders.

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SEPTEMBER GARDEN TIPS• Perennials like mums, asters and pansies will add color to the fall garden.• Divide and transplant perennials. This will allow them to get established before the frost.• Dig and pot herbs from your garden.• Dig summer blooming bulbs. Dry the bulbs or corms for a few days and store in sawdust,

vermiculite or perlite in a cool, dry place until next year.• Core aerate the lawn if not done in the spring.• Select bulbs as soon as they are available for the best selection. Choose firm, unblemished

bulbs. The larger the bulb for its type, the larger the bloom.• Plant garlic to harvest early next summer.• Harvest peaches and plums before frost. It’s okay to pick apples and pears

after a light frost.• Average first frost date is September 10 to 15.

The Soft Space of September

I think September is my favorite of all months. It’s cool, the gardens are quietly slowing down and the light is lower and soft and less intense, making for the changing colors that much more awesome.

There’s a chill in the air. The foliage begins its transformation from their bold greens to their reddish-orange and yellow hues. If still standing stall, the peony foliage is red, the

plumbago is softly beginning to turn ma-roon, the Boston ivy slowly becomes red. Leaves on the trees begin to change. Flower blossoms turn to seed, revealing a different texture in the garden. Slowly and ever so gently, the landscape is shifting to a restful place.

That said, installing trees, shrubs or grass-es and perennials in September is ideal. Ir-rigation is still on, allowing for the extra boost to help the plant get established before dormancy sets in.

The cool air is a friend to the plants and alleviates any stress that comes from plant-ing in the too-hot temps. When looking at trees and shrubs, make sure there are plump buds on the stems, as they are next year’s flowers and leaves. Remember to winter wa-ter the new plants once a month.

September is also a great time to plant bulbs. Tulips, daffodils and crocus are eas-

ily found in bulk bins at the grocery store, hardware store or garden center. Come later on in the fall, it gets too late and the selec-tion and freshness of the bulbs dissipate.

Digging holes is easy, especially with a larger shovel (as opposed to a trowel). I like to dig a big hole and plant seven or so tulip or daffodil bulbs in them. Placing big swaths of spring color makes for a wonder-ful welcome of the season. Come spring, the landscape is dotted with bursts of color. The return on the labor and financial investment put forth comes back three-fold. It’s really not that difficult: dig a hole, plant the bulbs, replace the soil back on top and water in.

As you are planting and dividing and gen-erally assessing this season’s performance and placement of things, keep in mind that September is also the month that the garden is slowly beginning to go into dormancy.

If you want the garden clean and free of dried seed heads, begin cutting back the pe-rennials to new basal foliage. If you like the winter texture of the seed heads and dried grasses, there isn’t much to do. One last deep water and a good root fertilization will sup-port a healthy garden next year. Top it off with a nice layer of mulch to insulate the roots.

Or, perhaps, you will just sit on your patio and enjoy the soft space that September is.

A native of Park Hill, Marne is a profession-al horticulturalist and garden designer who cultivates her own plot on Dexter Street, where gardens and two kids grow. She can be reached at [email protected].

Top: A perennial garden in September is dynamic: the plumbago turns maroon, the black-eyed Susan seed heads dot the garden and the woods rose turns a bright yellow; Left: Boston ivy, in the midst of gracefully and slowly transforming from a shiny green to a bright red. Photo credits: Marne Norquist

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From Stephen King To Shakespeare

We have all heard the tales. Sometimes they take the form of a horror story. Occa-sionally a bitter tragedy, complete with a cast of victims and villains worthy of a Shake-speare play. Yet it does happen that real es-tate deals do fall apart minutes before the stroke of midnight.

Often it is the loan that falls apart and the lender is identi-fied as the scoundrel. When this happens it truly can re-sult in a difficult situation for all involved, but as a lender I know that 99 percent of these situations can be avoided with the proper understanding of the groundwork – which should be laid upfront.

As a lender I am often asked to provide a “lender letter” for my clients stating that my borrower is qualified to get the loan neces-sary to complete the purchase of a property. The seller needs to be able to compare and evaluate the competing offers to buy their property.

The situation is identical for selling both primary residences and investment proper-ties. This is a prudent and rational step, how-ever the seeds of tragedy are sown when it is requested too early in the process.

In today’s Denver housing market prop-erties are flying off the shelf in record time. Under this pressure it is tempting to take short cuts along the way. Especially in the early hours, after the borrower has made the decision to purchase. At this stage emotions are high. The potential buyer is then told by their Realtor that a “lender letter” is needed before they can start looking. And oh, by the way, today is Thursday and they want to go out and look at houses this weekend.

The problem that often arises at this point is the confusion between the different types of “lender letters.” It is useful to apply the distinction between an opinion and a dec-laration when differentiating between a Pre-Qualification Letter” and a “Pre-Approval Letter.”

Back to our example. So a lender is iden-tified, called and after a few minutes on the phone an opinion can be expressed. In today’s high-tech world a full credit report can be pulled in five minutes. Verbal infor-mation regarding employment type, annual income and assets for downpayment can be gathered quickly and plugged into a software program.

This information can then be submitted

via the internet to official underwriting sites that can evaluate the loan.

After submitting, in less than a minute a decision is generated. This approval is con-ditional since it requires the proper docu-mentation and validation of all the informa-tion in the application. It says, in effect, “You

will be approved for this loan if you can prove everything you have claimed.”

It also gives a list of the actual documents that will be accepted as the necessary

proofs. Examples are such items as paystubs, W2s, tax returns and bank statements.

This is the point when many “lender let-ters” are sent out. At this stage, the “Pre-Qualification Letter” can be generated, but it is just an opinion. The information has not been validated. No application may have yet been completed and no documentation ob-tained.

It is a necessary starting point given the business of all of our lives, but wise lenders, Realtors and borrowers will realize that the loan is not necessarily a sure thing yet.

Because it is needed to submit with a con-tract, a request for a “Lender Letter” can happen too soon, if the lender has not been able to verify the borrower’s information. An example could be a self-employed bor-rower’s statement of earnings. Sometime the borrower’s tax returns could show a lower income as a result of deductions and busi-ness expenses.

It is important therefore for all to under-stand the limited scope of the Pre-Qualifi-cation opinion and not be lulled into a false sense of security.

A safer course is to push on immediately and obtain the safety of the declaration of a “Pre-Approval Letter.” This involves the borrower’s completing a written application, supplying all of the required documentation and the loan officer reviewing it before pass-ing it on to underwriting.

With a Pre-Approval declaration in hand, all parties know the loan amount that the barrower can obtain, usually the terms of the loan and the interest rate.

Getting to this stage in the process as quickly as possible is the key to avoiding unhappy endings!

Neil Funsch has been a mortgage broker for 18 years, the last four in Park Hill. He can be reached at 303-229-2684 or [email protected].

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TalK oF The neIGhBorhoodEditor’s Note: The following is a synopsis of what was discussed during the Aug. 7 Greater Park Hill Community monthly meeting. The next GPHN meeting, which is open to the public, is Thursday, Sept. 4 beginning at 6:30 p.m. And mark your calendars! The GPHC annual meeting and board elections is Thursday, Oct. 2 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Park Hill Golf Club, 4141 E. 35th Ave.

District 2 Police ReportOfficer Andrew Slaughter reminded neighbors to observe speed limits and stop signs, espe-cially in school zones. School has started, which is a good time to remind people to slow down. Running a stop sign in a school zone is a $265 ticket. Also, the best way to cut down on having valuables stolen from cars is to 1. Not leave them in the car; and 2. Lock your car. There has been heavy prostitution activ-ity along Colfax Avenue where Denver borders Aurora. Also, an audience member reported that for several months a man has been seen in various locations along 17th Avenue and in one instance near Park Hill Elementary School wearing extremely revealing shorts and ex-posing himself to women and children. Officer Slaughter noted in this type of situation people should call 9-1-1 to enable police to respond quickly. People with non-emergencies are re-minded to use the non-emergency dispatch number, 720-913-2000.

Fiction Brewing Company OpeningRyan Kilpatrick, owner of the new Fiction Brew-ing Company, provided information about the brewery he and his wife plan to open at Colfax Avenue and Pontiac Street. The opening date is tentatively the end of August/beginning of Sep-tember. Kilpatrick is seeking a special exemp-tion permit to open an outdoor patio at the rear of the property, as it is located in a residential zone. The date of the hearing for the special permit is Sept. 16. Kilpatrick said at the time

of the meeting he had not yet made contact with the two most adjacent neighbors to the pro-posed patio, but did have five letters of support from nearby neighbors on the 1500 blocks of Pontiac and Poplar streets. GPHC Board Chair LeAnn Anderson requested Kilpatrick to return during the September meeting, as the board would like feedback from the two most adja-cent neighbors about whether they support or oppose the patio before determining whether GPHC will take a formal position on the patio.

4th of July Parade RecapParade founder and organizer Justin Bresler reported this year’s 4th of July Parade was the most successful yet. In all, several thousand people showed up, and 700 people represent-ing 60 groups participated. There were 20 sponsors. The event was covered extensively by the media, including the Greater Park Hill News and the Denver Post.

Northfield High School UpdateNorthfield High School Founding Principal Avi Tropper described the new high school, which will open next year. The school is at the far northeast corner of Park Hill, and parts of Sta-pleton are also in its boundary. Students will be able to take college level courses and earn up to 24 credit hours at the University of Colorado.

Garden Walk RecapGarden Walk Chair Barbara Armendariz report-ed that the June GPHC event was the largest

ever, and raised $10,000.

Education UpdateEducation Chair Lynn Kalinauskas reported that Denver Public Schools is considering combin-ing the 9th grades at East and Manual. DPS is also considering changing the way the Interna-tional Baccalaureate program is administered at George Washington High School, to open it up to more students. Many consider it to be the best IB program in the state, and parents fear these changes will impair the program.

Home Tour UpdateGPHC Executive Director Rebecca Born re-ported that this year’s Home Tour website is parkhillhometour.org. There are sponsors lined up for all the all the homes and two sponsors for the street fair. Solar will be used to power all the food trucks, rather than having a loud generator. Tickets are available at King Soop-ers stores, at the Park Hill Library, and Cake Crumbs. (For more information on the Home Tour, see page 10.)

Street Fair Update Street Fair Organizer Kate Sultan reported that, as of that date, more than 100 vendors had signed up. The Home Tour and Street Fair both still need volunteers, including to help set up and taking down tables and chairs. (See story, page 1, for details)

1520 Grape St. RezoningDeveloper Jim Hartman addressed the board about the two-story apartment complex he is renovating at 1520 Grape St., including a pro-posed rezoning to add basement units and a third story to the property. The GPHC board voted in May to oppose the rezoning, which re-

sulted in a mediation between Hartman and the GPHC board of directors, by the City of Denver. Board Chair LeAnn Anderson and members Tracey MacDermott, Dave Felice, Bernadette Kelly, Rebecca Born and Patricia Taylor met with the mediator, Steve Charbonneau, and Brande’ Micheau and Jim Hartman on July 2. Hartman offered the following concessions to alleviate the concerns of GPHC: • Deed restriction limiting the building or any

future building on the lot to 2 stories• Deed restriction limiting the use on the lot to

residential only• Adding 5 off-street parking spaces for a total

of 22 parking spaces• Providing a landscaped buffer between the

north drive and the north property line (adja-cent duplexes)

• Developing a construction plan with the neighbors on the block

• Modify rezoning request to U-MS-2Based on these concessions, the GPHC board voted 9 to 4 (with two abstentions) to support the rezoning request with one additional request to make the deed restrictions be in perpetuity.

Chive Fest at City Park Board member Louis Plachowski noted that the City Park Friends and Neighbors neighborhood organization is opposed to the August 16 rock concert in City Park.

Executive Director ReportGPHC Executive Director Rebecca Born re-ported that Plachowski is currently helping with water infiltration issues and irrigation repairs. The GPHC Garden is producing lots of food for the food pantry. A pump needed to be replaced for the A/C unit at the Bike Depot next door, which was a $150 repair. Food Pantry contribu-tions are up 21 percent from July.


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By Tara Bannon WilliamsonPark Hill Branch Library

Observant customers may have noticed the inviting new colors and newly rediscov-ered wall space, while the portraits from the Art and Bea Branscombe Leadership Gallery are being temporarily and carefully stored until they are scanned for their new digital display in the same space.

Funding through the library has been des-ignated for several new enhancements and embellishments to your Park Hill Branch Li-brary community room. In addition to the new digital display of all the photos that were previously proudly exhibited, we are excit-edly working with GPHC Executive Direc-tor Rebecca Born, to update the information shared.

Specially designed art for the walls fea-turing serene native aspens will frame and accentuate art rails to display masterpieces from local artists of all ages.

The purpose of this work is to make the room more appealing and promote its use by the community. We will continue to expand our newly started Adult and Family Pro-grams with Healthy and Hearty Soups (the first of several cooking demonstrations and samplings we will offer) on Tuesday, Sept. 16. We will also happily continue Book Ba-bies, Storytime, Kids Book Clubs for 2nd-5th graders, Teen Advisory Board and the newly revamped Teen B.U.I.L.D. Club – and wel-come your suggestions for other program-ming.

Thank you for your patience while we complete the work. As all things that are

worth doing and doing right, it won’t be a fast process but one we are motivated to complete in timely fashion.

We would like to extend special thanks to a phenomenal Park Hill community member, Christine Hunter, for her guidance and pro-fessional advice on color choices and creative decisions.

Park Hill Branch Library EventsAll Ages Storytime | Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.

All ages are welcome for this storytime. We may do a craft, play musical instruments, or have some fun with the parachute! No regis-tration required.Book Babies: Early Walkers | Thursdays at

11:15 a.m.Stories, action songs, and rhymes devel-

oped to meet the needs of babies on the move and their caregivers. Playtime and socializa-tion immediately follow the program. No registration required.Tales for Twos | Fridays at 10:30 a.m.

Join us for a storytime just for two-year-olds and their caregivers. We will share books, sing songs, and provide movement activities. No registration required.Book Babies: Pre-Walkers | Fridays at 11:15 a.m.

Stories, Rhymes, and lap songs developed to meet the needs of infants and their care-givers. Playtime and socialization immedi-ately follow the program. No registration required.Pajama Storytime | Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.

Join us for the Park Hill Branch Library’s PJ storytime. Stories, songs, and fun for all ages. Come in your pajamas! Stuffed ani-mals and blankies welcome. No registration required.Tuesday Tech Hour | Tuesdays at 3 p.m. starting Sept. 9

Individualized technology is assistance available from one of our in-house helpers on a public computer or a patron’s own de-vice. We specialize in assisting you with the basics, like email, social networking, word processing and eMedia. Teen Advisory Board (TAB) | Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 6 p.m. and Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m.

Students in grades 6-12 are invited to join the Park Hill TAB. Help plan library events and projects at the Park Hill Library, talk about your favorite books, and make your opinion count. Join us for twice monthly meetings.Fall Bulb Swap | Saturday, September 13, at 10 a.m.

Want to bring some variety to your 2015 garden? Bring in plants that you have too much of and swap them for someone else’s bounty. Transplant them into your own yard and see the changes. Genre Chat Book Club | Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 3:30 p.m.

Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald

Activity: Lost Snack Treasure Hunt.A special book club just for 2nd and 3rd

graders.Healthy and Hearty Soups with Monica Kadillak |Tuesday, Sept. 16, at 6:30 p.m.

Whether you are new to the kitchen or a culinary expert, learn more about making healthy and hearty soups that can be made inexpensively, are delicious and can even be made ahead of time! We will have vegetarian, vegan, and carnivore recipes that fit into a variety of diets. Blooming Readers Book Club | Thursday,

Sept. 18, at 3:30 p.m.Hoot by Carl HiassenActivity: Owl PelletsA special book club just for 4th and 5th

graders.Teen B.U.I.L.D. Club | Friday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m.

Teen B.U.I.L.D. Club stands for Believe, Understand, Imagine, Learn, and Discover. This is a club for teens in grades 6-12 that meets to create stuff, eat snacks, play games and have some laughs. This month we’re making an animation jam together. What’s an animation jam? Come and find out. Dr. Seuss Day | Saturday, Sept. 27, at 10:30 a.m,

Celebrate the books of Dr. Seuss with crafts and activities for the whole family.

Pauline Robinson Branch Library Events

After School is Cool, also known as ASIC, begins again on Sept. 2. This program is suited for 8 to 12 year olds but as long as the participants are at least in Kindergarten, they are welcome to attend. Programs will start at 4:15 p.m. and usually last for an hour. Monday Madness

Sept. 8 -Tote BagsSept. 15 - Sun ArtSept. 22 - Button MakingSept. 20 - Magnetic Poetry

Tuesday with My Art WorkshopFantasy ThemeSept. 2 - Clay DragonsSept. 9 - Wooden CastlesSept. 16 - Metal Embossing CreaturesSept. 23 - Forest Canvas PaintingSept. 30 - 3D creature Models

Wednesdays with Sticky Fingers Cooking Club

Different recipes each WeekSept. 3, 10, 17, 24

Thursday CraftSept. 4 - Friendship PencilSept. 11 - Stress BallsSept. 18 - Duct Tape WalletSept. 25 - Pom Pom Pets

Friday FunGames and other activities every FridaySept. 5, 12, 19, 26

Internet Basics | Monday September 8, 1-2 p.m.

Learn how to a web browser to access the web, and use Google to find the information you need from the websites you can trust.Email Basics | Monday Sept. 15, 1-2 p.m.

Sign up for a Gmail email account and learn how to send and receive mail.Computer Basics | Monday Sept. 22, 1-2 p.m.

Learn the basics of using a computer and practice using a mouse. No computer experi-ence required.Tech Open House | Monday Sept. 29, 1-2 p.m.

Drop in and bring your gadgets (laptop, tablet, eReader). A librarian will be ready to answer your technology questions.Considering a Business? | Monday Sept. 25, 5-7:30 p.m.

Explore the realities & rewards of owning a small business, receive strategic tips on how to start a business and learn about Mi Casa’s Business Success training program. Provid-ed by Innovation LabPauline Robinson Book Club | Saturday Sept. 27, Noon-2 p.m.

Celebrating our 15th year, the Pauline Robinson Library Book Club’s September Selection is “Americanah” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ; drop-ins are welcome.

Shhh! Construction Zone!

Proposed scene on the east wall, by local artist Aimee Fink.

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___ Sponsoring Member ($100/year)___ Patron ($250/year)___ OtherIn Praise of Senior Pets

Aging is inevitable – and on the human side, often greatly resented. But our pets don’t seem to resent their aging; it’s just part and parcel of everything else.

Why am I mulling about age? Because along with a simple pet overpopulation issue affecting our many shelters and ani-mal adoption agencies, there is also a more subtle, sad crisis happening to the older pets that end up there. They are often the last to be adopted and the first to be euthanized.

Having adopted a few older pets in my time, I know that their time with me might be shortened in years, but they have still given me some of the best memories – and I know that they were spoiled in the best way for whatever years we had.

When you start contemplating adopting a new pet, don’t forget to take a look at the older cats and dogs. You might just find that an older pet is going to be a better fit for a busy family than a youngster – it’s hard enough to juggle crazy kid schedules, let alone house train a puppy or house proof against an inquisitive kitten.

An older adopted dog, according to www.graymuzzle.org, offers:• No surprises – what you see is what you

get in terms of personality, size, etc.• Most older dogs have already been trained

– no housetraining usually needed and also commonly familiarity with common obedience.

• The older dog is past the chewing phase.• A senior dog requires less exercise – but

also offers a chance for increased human activity because they still need their walks and play.

• Senior pets and senior people can be a

perfect match – in speed, in personality, but more importantly, that companion-ship benefits both (see next point).

• Lower blood pressure and reduced anxi-ety – the health benefits of owning a pet are proven.Older kitties are no slouches in their at-

tributes either, according to www.petfinder.com:• A senior cat’s personality is fully formed

– you’ll easily be able to know if a good fit for you and your family.

• An old cat can be taught new tricks – they’re actually easier to train than the young-sters.• They are less likely to “forget” where the litterbox is.• Senior cats are

more content to relax with you rather than trying to find trouble while investi-gating the house.

• Most senior cats know that scratching posts – and not furniture – are for scratch-ing. They know that toys – not hands – are for play-biting.

Again, the next time you’re thinking about adding a canine or feline family member, take a look at the available older pets – one or two might be the perfect fit for your family.

November is National Senior Pet Adop-tion Month, if you want to add that to your calendar.

Resources for Senior Pet Adoption:www.ddfl.orgwww.graymuzzle.orgwww.petfinder.com

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ART GARAGE6100 E 23rd Ave., artgaragedenver.com, 303-377-2353Visit the Art Garage for free maps listing loca-tions and times of studio events.

DENVER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 7111 Montview Blvd., dsapresents.org

DENVER POLICE DISTRICT 23921 Holly St., [email protected], 720-913-1000Commander Calo hosts the District 2 Commu-nity Advisory Board’s (2CAB) monthly meet-ings on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6 p.m. in the D2 Police Station Community Room.

DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLSdpsk12.org/expo

FAITH COMMUNITYgreaterparkhill.org/faithGreater Park Hill’s faith community, home to over 30 places of worship in just four square miles, is as diverse and robust as the neighbor-hood itself. The GPHN maintains a list of Park Hill’s places of worship at the website above.

GPHC2823 Fairfax St., greaterparkhill.org, 303-388-0918The GPHC holds its monthly meetings on the first Thursdays of the month. The next commu-nity meeting of the GPHC is Thursday, Sept. 4, at 6:30pm at the GPHC office.

HOLLY AREA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT (HARP)HOPE Center, 3475 Holly St.HARP holds second Monday monthly meeting at the HOPE Center from 6:15-7:30pm. RSVP required to [email protected].

LIBRARIESdenverlibrary.orgSee At the Library in this month’s issue for events at the Park Hill and Pauline Robinson Branch Libraries.

MOMTIME AT MONTVIEWmontviewmomtime.wordpress.comMomTime focuses on topics related to parent-ing, life balance, personal care and community service. Meets the 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of each month in Room 305 at Montview Pres-byterian, 1980 Dahlia St., from 9:15-11:15am. Breakfast and childcare provided.

NORTHEAST DENVER PARENT SUPPORT GROUP2600 Leyden, [email protected], 303-329-8950 Parents of children with a variety of special needs of all ages support and nurture one an-other, and share resources and ideas. Third or fourth Friday from 9:30-11:30am.

NORTHEAST PARK HILL COALITIOND2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St., Michele Wheeler, 720-837-5492The NEPHC hosts its monthly meeting on the second Thursdays of the month at 6pm.

PARK HILL CRUISERSFind them on FacebookOccasional warm-weather rides make stops at local watering holes and host rider homes in Park Hill.

PARK HILL FAMILY BIKE RIDESFind them on FacebookFamily-friendly rides taking place in the warm-weather months.

PARK HILL NEW PARENTS GROUPmeetup.com/Park-Hill-ParentsPark Hill parents group offers playdates, out-ings, Dad’s Night Out and Mommy Book Club.

PARK HILL PELOTONparkhillpeloton.org or find them on Face-bookA recreational group of road cyclists that roll from Park Hill once or twice a week.

SACRED i YOGA2212 Kearney, mysacredi.com, 303-355-5856

SERTOMA CLUB303-370-0932The Greater Park Hill Sertoma Club holds a breakfast meeting every first and third Satur-day morning at 8am at the District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly Street.

SHARE DENVERsharedenver.com, 2829 Fairfax St.

SIE FILMCENTER2510 E. Colfax, denverfilm.org, 303-595-3456

Sunshine Food Project sunshinefoodproject.org, 303-321-5231A non-profit community collaborative seeking to provide healthy and sustainable food sys-tems to Park Hill and surrounding food desert neighborhoods.

TAI CHI [email protected], 303-744-7676Tai Chi classes Thursday mornings in City Park at 7-7:45am planned in conjunction with DMNS.

Tattered Cover Travel Lovers Book Club The book club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at the Tattered Cover at 2526 E. Colfax Ave.

VENTURE PREP2540 Holly Street, ventureprep.org, 303-893-0805

WALK2CONNECTwww.walk2connect.com Park Hill Sunrise Walking Trips set off every Tuesday morning from Adagio Baking Com-pany at 23rd and Dexter at 7 a.m. Walks are about one hour long, just under 3 miles, and family and dog friendly. For more information, email [email protected] or call 303-908-0076.

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HAuLINGCut Rate Hauling - A trash, clutter, and junk re-moval service. Estate clean up, eviction clean up, construction debris, etc. Call Ruben today 720-434-8042

HOME SERvICESHandyman/ Contractor- Licensed, Insured, Residential, Commercial. All Maintanence items. J&K Enterprises 303-921-3398. No job to small.Honey Do Right Home Repair, LLC. Long term resident of Park Hill. Painting, drywall/plaster repair, wood repair, adjust doors, install hand-rails, caulking, and more. Bonded. Insured. Call - Text - Email. John Beltz 720.998.4526. [email protected] WALL REBUILDER Interior plaster (and drywall) repair. We repair cracks, holes, water damage, crumbling walls, etc. Specializing in older homes. Dan and Laura Pino 303-698-1057R.M. DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION Pro Master Builder, Nationally Known Craftsman. Special-izing in Older and Historic Homes. All Phases of Construction/Remodels, Additions, Design.

Structural, Woodwork, Windows, Door Resto-ration. No Job Too Small. Randall 303-646-3461. rmdesignconst.comAffordable Home Maintenance and Repairs. Reliable with 30 years experience in carpen-try, tile, electrical, plumbing, drywall, painting, etc. No job too small. Mayfair resident. Jerry 720-287-9809

LANDSCAPING/LAWN CAREYour gardens will flourish. We do design, planning, installation, maintenance, restora-tion, rototilling, sprinkler repair, vacation care, and more. Maintenance agreements available. 303-941-9432. www.citygardeningdenver.comGREATSCAPES: Landscape design and con-struction, family owned and operated. Outdoor living spaces, xeriscaping, flagstone, sod, ir-rigation, retaining walls, millwork, pergolas, trellises, planters and more. Oustanding ref-erences. Jeff 303-322-5613.Aeration – Sod – Fertilizer – Power Rake – Lawn mowing – Rototilling – Hauling – Fence repair and build – Stump Removal – Small Trees Removed – Shrubbery Care – Lawn Mover Repair – Weed Control 720-327-9911

MASSAGEA-Massage Sonia Wiecek LMT, CMT, CST, RNBSN - 4495 Hale Pkwy, Ste 212, Denver, CO 80220, 303-388-6502. Swedish, deep tis-sue, cranial sacral. 25 yrs experience, practic-ing in 80220 over 20 yrs.

MuSIC LESSONSDrum lessons - guaranteed results, East Side Drums. 303-320-0514.GUITAR LESSONS @ your home. Nearly 20 yrs. exp, plenty of local ref’s. Great w/ begin-ners, kids, & adults. Paul Murin 303-459-0146 / [email protected]

PAINTINGDistinctive Painting Services. Prompt courte-ous service. Exterior,interior, residential and commercial, Apartments, power-washing, deck cleaning and trim work. Call for a free estimate. 720-557-4912 McNamara’s Painting. Interior/exterior paint-ing, texture, drywall finish, stain, power wash. Working in Park Hill for over 10 years. Free estimates. Call Bill McNamara 303-503-0589 or 303-617-0983Quality Residential Painting. Interior/Exterior painting and clear finish repairs. Wall repair and texture. In business for 24 years. Call Kevin Watts 303-725-7873.

PET CAREWANTED: Pet-sitter for small feral cat colony and an old nasty parrot. 303 388-9436.

PLuMBINGJH EDWARDS PLUMBING & HEATING, Large or small jobs, quality work at fair prices. From repairs to remodeling, bath, kitchen up-grades, & problem solving. Lic & insured. Jim 303-883-9030.Plumbing & Sprinklers 10% off. Repair or re-place: toilets, faucets, water heater, disposal, drain cleaning, ice maker, sprinkler, broken pipes: westtechplumbing.com720-298-0880VAIL PLUMBING & HEATING - The Older Home Specialist. Repair, service, remodel. Hot water heat. Licensed, insured, guaran-teed. 303-329-6042

STuDENT SERvICESWONDERLAB STUDIOS! Play school. Tutor-ing. Enrichment. Private lessons. Testing. All types of families welcome! Contact Mara Lehman. 940-594-3588 - [email protected].

WINDOWSWood Window Restoration. Make your win-dows look and operate like new! Replace sash chords/ropes $45, broken glass, screens/new or re-screen, unstick windows, paint windows, 20 years experience, references, free esti-mates. Let me help you with your Victorian or Bungalow home! Kermit 720-842-2488

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