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March 2012Volume 51, Issue No. 2 A Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. Publication March 2012March 2012Volume 51, Issue No. 2Volume 51, Issue No. 2 A Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. PublicationA Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. Publication

All the News About Denver’s Best Residential Community Since 1961

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Su Charles, Cure d’Ars Own

American Idol

Kate Sultan ushers in the Denver Old

House Fair pg.9

Food Works, A Cannery with a

Consciencepg. 6

Contributed Photo/Su Charles

Contributed Photo/Kevin Molick

Contributed Photo/Food Works-Greg Morton

Art Branscombe:

By Merredith Branscombe

Art Branscombe, who dedicated the greater part of his life to making Park Hill the fi rst stable, purposefully racially and econom-ically integrated community in the country, died on February 10, 2012. He was 93.

Branscombe moved to Park Hill in 1959 with his late wife, Bea because, as he told an interviewer in 1998: “We found a house for $l3,500, big enough for two kids and two mothers; we’d had our fi ll of suburbs and new subdivisions; we’re both basically city people (Art from 42 states in the U.S. and Wash-ington, D.C.; and Bea from Vienna, London and New York); and we drove by Park Hill school before we bought the house, and saw a great variety of kids, and thought our kids should grow up here.”

But shortly after they moved in, realtors began leafl eting their home on Bellaire Street urging them to “get out now – while they could still get a ‘decent’ price.”

Most of the realtors, bankers and busi-ness people prophesied that Park Hill would soon become totally segregated. Several quot-ed an old, now discredited, myth that “in-tegration is the time between when the fi rst colored moves in and the last white moves out.”

Art, by training a careful researcher, found and cited several impeccable studies disproving that myth, including several stat-ing that as long as the neighborhood does not succumb to panic selling, home prices remain stable or improve in integrated neigh-borhoods, because there is competition for the same homes. His research was published in the Greater Park Hill Action News (the predecessor to the GPHC Newsletter) and is widely credited for calming the panic – and starting the conversation about what Park Hill could become.

Branscombe and a small group of lay people from Park Hill area churches had formed the Greater Park Hill Action Com-mittee (GPHAC) – initially mostly anglos, who soon realized that if the “Action” part of their name were to hold true, they would need to reach beyond their own boundaries and comfort zones to people of other faiths and races. Friendships that would last a life-time, and change the shape of the commu-nity – like Branscombe’s with Fred Th omas or Bernard Gipson – were born.

Th e Greater Park Hill Action Commit-tee helped convince realtors that although they might sell fewer homes than they would in a “panic,” they eventually would gain more by promoting the neighborhood than by tearing it down.

Th ey eventually worked out programs to promote Park Hill’s diversity; the nation took notice of GPHAC’s work, with even the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. visiting in 1964.

Park Hill played a central role in Branscombe’s life both personally and professionally. First as an editorial writer and then as Edu-cation Editor for the Denver Post, he brought to the public eye the same issues that were grip-ping the neighbor-hood he lived in and loved: civil rights, DPS policies – both unof-fi cial and offi cial – and fairness and funding in education.

“Everybody felt like Art Brans-combe was their friend,” recalled longtime Park Hill resident, former City Councilwoman and current School Board member Happy Haynes. “He said those things that needed to be said, even if he made people uncomfortable; he reported on those issues where we needed the public eye.”

Well, not everyone thought of Brans-combe as their friend. Former Denver Mayor Bill McNichols, on hearing that Branscombe had won a week’s vacation in a contest, remarked, “Well, at least that’ll get Branscombe off my back for a week.”

“Art was always looking out for those who can’t look after themselves, kids. We say we are a child-oriented society… but it is a lie. He stood out as one who was willing to risk his career writing about un-fairness in education… Art was also a sane voice in the busing debate and that took guts. Many young children owe him a lot and they have no idea who he was or what he did,” said former Congresswoman Pa-tricia Schroeder.

Born on Armistice Day, Novem-ber 11, 1918, the son of Evelyn Perkins Branscombe and Clarence Henry Brans-combe, Art had traveled across or lived in 38 states before he was 18, thanks to his father’s work with the Army Corps of Engineers. He fell in love with Colorado and the Rocky Mountains when his father designed the steel work for the Daniels & Fisher tower and the Denver post offi ce, but returned to the Washington D.C. area for most of his adolescence while his father worked on the Library of Congress and other Federal buildings.

Art attended George Washington Uni-versity, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity, and graduated at the age of 19 with a degree in International Studies.

After stints at the Pentagon and with the Washington Post, he enlisted in the Army for WWII, serving in North Africa. While on leave in New York, he met Bea-trice Sutton, whom he married in 1946.

Upon his return from the War he followed his love aff air with the newsroom. In ad-dition to the Washington Post, he wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Rocky Mountain News and the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, before accepting a posi-tion with the Denver Post, where he would write, report and edit for the next 30 years until his retirement in 1984, after which he wrote occasionally for the Colorado States-man.

He was known for being principled, fair and balanced in his coverage – long before that term came to mean something else.

A lifelong hiker, he was a member of the Colorado Mountain Club. He also served many charitable and religious orga-nizations, in particular St. Th omas Church, Head Start, the NAACP, Inter-Neighbor-hood Cooperation and Housing for All. In the 1960s, when Smiley and other North Denver schools were overcrowded because DPS did not want to allow African-Amer-ican kids north of Colfax, Art helped orga-nize study halls.

After Bea’s death in 2000, Art was lucky enough to meet Carla Henebry. Th ey mar-ried in 2003, and enjoyed many wonderful adventures. Art’s love for life and especially for Carla and his family pulled him through many a health setback, until he fi nally died peacefully on February 10, 2012. His sister, Marjorie Branscombe Rae, preceded him in death. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters: Allison, Kim Womantree, and Merredith; a stepson, Charles Henebry; and nine grandchildren.

“He was an elegant writer and thinker,” recalled City Councilwoman Carol Boigon. “I will always remember him as a voice for good sense, kindness and reason on Denver schools and kids.”

A memorial for Art will be held Sunday, March 3, at the St. Th omas Episcopal

Church, 2201 Dexter St, from 2-5 p.m

Art Branscombe:

Park Hill played a central role in Branscombe’s life both personally and professionally. First as an editorial writer and then as Edu-cation Editor for the Denver Post, he brought to the public eye the same issues that were grip-ping the neighbor-hood he lived in and loved: civil rights, DPS policies – both unof-fi cial and offi cial – and fairness and funding in education.

“Everybody felt like Art Brans-

Helped Turn The Tide of Segregation

Contributed Photo/Merredith Branscombe

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By Erin VanderbergEditor

In the summer of 1992, the Sweetser family – Dan, Pam and their adopted children, Lacey, from Korea, and Sam, from India – packed up the family car and headed up to Snow Mountain Ranch outside Winter Park to participate in a camp for Korean adoptees and their families.

The camp was the first of its kind in Colorado. The organizer, Beth McDonald, had attended a similar camp in Minnesota, “Camp Kimchee,” and decided that she could replicate it closer to home.

The Sweetsers had a great time, but when it was all over, their three-year-old Sam concluded, “I Korean.” That next year, the Sweetsers went back up the mountain – but this time Pam had her study cap. She planned to emulate Korean camp for Indian adoptees, so that Sam could learn his heritage as well.

During her first planning meeting for Indian Camp at her Park Hill home in 1994 (full editorial disclosure: my mom, Sue Vanderberg, was there), Pam got a call from Beth asking her to take over Korean camp in addition to starting Indian camp.

Suddenly Pam, who had left her job as the Director of Student Servic-es at the Denver School of Technology to stay at home with her kids, was back to work as the volunteer director of what would become the Heritage Camps for Adoptive Families, Inc.

“I thought it would be just these two camps and I would volunteer until I didn’t want to volunteer anymore, but other parents had needs,” said Pam.

Today, Heritage Camps conducts 11 annual camps for adoptive fami-lies with children from Africa & the Caribbean, Cambodia, China (two camps), India & Nepal, Korea, Latin America, the Philippines, Russia, the U.S. and Vietnam. Overall, these camps draw around 5,000 participants each summer from all across the United States and internationally. Korean Heritage Camp just celebrated its 20th session.

The mission of Heritage Camps is to promote cultural understanding for adopted kids while facilitating community among adoptive families.

“Parents who adopt children from another culture give them all the love in the world, and they give them what they need to nurture them – education, activities and whatever else they need to grow into healthy and happy adults,” said Pam. “But what we cannot give them is their culture.”

After the initial seven years of volunteering, Pam now earns a salary as the Executive Director of the program. Along with a few part-time staffers, Pam credits volunteers with keeping the pro-gram robust and interesting. Parents, cultural community members, adoption and family professionals, and Heritage Camp graduates participate every summer as teachers, counselors and entertainers at the camps.

For Pam, directing the Heritage Camps is a labor of love. She has met a community of people that she now considers close friends, the camps have enriched the lives of her children and the myriad of other kids she’s watched grow up in the program and she has learned a signifi-cant amount about her children’s backgrounds and world culture.

“I don’t know that I would have sought out Korean folk music without the camps,” joked Pam.

Last year, the Heritage Camps launched a domestic adoption camp in response to a high-level of interest from families. Pam was initially reticent to do the camp because she was unsure how to structure it without the cultural piece. After one very successful first year, it was clear that all adoptive families are similarly drawn to each other and find value in their common ground.

“Unless you are adopted, or have an adopted member of your family, it’s hard to grasp the idea that things like identity really do matter,” said Pam.

Pam feels fortunate that her nonprofit seems to be able to fill a niche. Despite the economy, these past few years have been steady for Heritage Camps – this past year marked the highest attendance rate for the camps yet – and for many participants, the camp is their family’s summer vacation. Nevertheless, Pam is very mindful of keeping the registration fees low and soliciting grants for scholarship funds throughout the year.

“Never in a million years when I adopted my children did I think it would lead me to my life’s work,” said Pam.

Colorado Heritage Camps will host the More Than You & Me Gala on April 21st. For more information on the gala, the camps or volunteer and

sponsorship opportunities, visit heritagecamps.org, email hcamps@comcast.net or call 303-320-4234.

A Labor

of LoveHow Pam Sweetser found her life’s work enriching the cultural lives of adoptive families

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By Erin VanderbergEditor

Su Charles (or SuCh, as she’s known on stage), a member of the Cure d’Ars community since 2010, just returned from a musical odyssey. She made it to the top 98 out of 112,000 contestants on American Idol, before being cut and sent home.

It hurt Su not to make it to the live show, but she got an in-sider’s view into the music industry and made friends in Hollywood that she intends to keep for life. More importantly, her dream is undeterred.

Su, a Boston native, started singing as a toddler in her father’s church in Brooklyn, NY. At 15, she was accepted into the Grammy High School Jazz Ensemble and toured with the group for two con-secutive years, with pinnacle performances at the Grammy Awards.

Su’s Haitian-American family could not come to terms with a musical career for their daughter, and urged her to go into a steady profession. Su complied, earning her degree in Exercise Science at La Sierra University in California and practicing in Chicago.

When Su’s husband, Jodel, was transferred to Denver with his IT job, Su worked for a time at National Jewish before deciding

to pursue her nursing degree at Regis University. After graduation, Su worked as a nurse at Craig Rehabilitation Hospital.

Th en, in 2010, the earthquake hit Haiti. Th e Charles’ traveled down to the island with a group of 14 fi rst responders, working around the epicenter.

“The loss of life, sheer devastation broke my heart and changed me,” said Su. “I realized life is too short for me not to be doing what I love.”

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“Defi nitely the highlight of my life,” said Su.While not making it to the televised show was a setback for Su,

she is confi dent that this is just the beginning. She is back at work in Denver, putting together an album and performing around town.

“It’s one door closed but I’m looking for the windows and other doors that may be opening,” said Su.

For more on SuCh, visit her website at iamsuch.com where you can connect to her on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

By Gretchen MuellerPark Hill Mom

I am writing to share my experience of Smiley Middle School with those of you who are now faced with the daunt-ing task of fi nding the perfect school to house, educate and nurture your fi fth grader for the next three years – a choice that raises more questions than it an-swers.

Sometimes the solution is so simple and so obvious.

Both of my boys have had the privilege of attending Smi-ley. My older son is now a ju-nior in the International Bac-calaureate Program at George

Washington High School. His younger brother will matricu-late from Smiley and join him in the IB program next year. Smiley has served both of them well.

In addition to receiving an excellent educational experi-ence, they have been loved and nurtured in an incredibly sup-portive environment. Th e teach-ers are not only superb but have the advantage of many years of experience and are wholly com-mitted to their students. As one teacher told me: “When your kids are with us, they are our children.” Th is is a refreshing sentiment in these delicate years we call “puberty.”

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I, like you, did my due diligence in my pursuit of the “perfect” school for the middle years. I had two objectives in choosing a school: I wanted a school with strong academics and I wanted a safe and nurtur-ing environment.

As it turned out, the obvi-ous choice was the right choice. I would happily discuss Smiley with any prospective family.

Gretchen Mueller can be reached at 303-355-7378.

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Every Wednesday, Food-Works, a nonprofi t located in North Park Hill at 39th Avenue and Holly Street, produces the equivalent of 3,000 canned chili bean meals. But this cannery is doing much more than just put-ting beans in a can. FoodWorks is transforming lives through food and training.

“Th e foods we produce go into the local food bank network to fi ght hunger in our commu-nity,” said Dr. Jackson Pope, presi-dent and CEO of the nonprofi t. “We use our plant to teach indi-viduals in transition how to rise up to a given level of self-suffi ciency.”

Serving the community since 1981, FoodWorks strives to break the cycle of poverty and home-lessness. Its mission is to nourish mind, body and soul through vo-cational training, life skills devel-opment and food provision.

Upon completion of the can-ning run each week, six cans of beans and one family-sized bag are placed into FoodWorks Combo Packs. FoodWorks also produces a hearty vegetable and ham soup in partnership with Ready Foods, a national food manufacturer based in Park Hill.

“Historically, what has been missing from the food bank net-work is a high-protein, low-fat product,” said Pope. “Our prod-ucts meet that need.”

Th e fi nished cases are shipped to Food Bank of the Rockies, the largest food bank in the region.

Neighborhood Cannery Transforming LivesFrom there, the meals are dis-tributed into the local food bank network. Th e soup is provided directly to the Denver Rescue Mission.

FoodWorks also provides a paid hands-on job training and life skills development program designed to help individuals ac-quire marketable skills transfer-able to full-time employment. Th e program serves as a launch pad to propel individuals living in transition and using the social services system into a life of self-suffi ciency.

“When I fi rst got into the pro-gram, I wasn’t too sure what the next day held for me due to my past,” said 35-year-old client An-thony Chavez. “But, because of the things I’ve learned while I’ve been here, I know I can get a good job and be a good worker. I’m looking forward to getting my own place and spending time with my son.”

Chavez spent a good major-ity of his life taking drugs and drinking and didn’t care much about anyone but himself. He was never able to save any money, immediately spending whatever he had on his vices. He ultimately lost his apartment, his marriage and any relationship with his son. He eventually found a place to live at Providence House, which got him plugged into the Food-Works program.

Clients come from transi-tional housing providers – such as Providence Network, Open Door Ministries, Champa House and the Denver Rescue Mission – and commit to a 12-week rotation in

all aspects of the FoodWorks pro-duction and packaging facility.

Th e training teaches clients to be employees by providing transferrable job skills: process manufacturing, inventory man-agement, record-keeping, follow-ing processes and procedures, or-der fulfi llment, customer service and more. Clients are also trained in workplace safety and forklift operations and have the option to participate in a spiritual develop-ment course.

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Th e On Track courses have been especially helpful to Chavez. In the fi nancial literacy class, he learned how to create a budget and work toward his goals. He was able to set aside ex-tra money and buy a car with his savings, which brought a sense of freedom to someone usually limited by public transportation.

“After I bought my car, I went to see my brother in Col-orado Springs,” he said. “Th e whole time I was driving down there I couldn’t believe that I was

Above: A FoodWorks trainer oversees a client moving a basket of canned chilli beans into position for the final cooking process.

Right: FoodWorks client Anthony Chavez (cen-ter) participates in the self-paced FoodWorks On Track curriculum.

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able to buy this car and go wher-ever I wanted.”

With lots of opportunities in front of him, Chavez hopes to work in a warehouse setting when he graduates and is actively look-ing for full-time work.

“I’m so thankful for FoodWorks helping me get to a better place,” he said, as he drove off to a job interview.

For more information about the FoodWorks programs and services,

or to help support the organization, visit foodworkscolorado.org.

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Colfax, the southern boundary of Park Hill, is an iconic thorough-fare with a checkered past and pres-ent. Colfax was named after Schuy-ler Colfax, a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1855 to 1869, Speaker of the House of Representa-tives from 1863 to 1869, Abraham Lincoln’s fi rst vice president and a fervent abolitionist.

An article in Playboy magazine once referred to Colfax as the “lon-gest and wickedest street in Amer-ica.” Th e wicked reference is hy-perbolic and the length claim may not be true. Numerous sources that claim that Colfax, 26 miles end to end, from Aurora to Golden, is the longest continuous street in Ameri-ca. Others state that Figueroa Street in Los Angeles and MacCorkle Av-enue in Charleston, West Virginia, stretch farther.

Th ere is no doubt that Col-fax has played a signifi cant histor-ical and cultural role in Denver. As U.S. Highway 40, it was one of the two principal highways that served Denver prior to the Interstate system. Pre-Interstate, motels fl ourished along Colfax, and many remain, with wonder-ful names and signage. Post-In-terstate, the motels and many of the neighboring businesses went into decline. While there are still pockets of seediness on Col-fax – which, let’s be honest, give it some funky fl avor – in recent years large chunks of Colfax have been rehabilitated.

Various public and pri-

vate entities, including Blueprint Denver, and several business asso-ciations, including Th e Fax Partnership, have helped Colfax become a street that balances resi-dential and commercial interests. Th e nature and speed of change on Colfax are controver-sial – note, for example, the heated debate a few years back about the McDonald’s at Colfax and Krameria. Th ere is hope that the Marczyk’s at the old Fairfax Hard-

to Colfax in literature. In On the Road, Jack Kerouac’s beat bible, the characters Dean Moriarity (based on Neal Cassady, who post-humously received his East High School diploma in a ceremony this February) and Marylou and Ed Dunkel “roared east along Colfax and out to the Kansas plains.” Col-fax has been fi lmed or referred to in numerous movies and has been the

subject of several documentaries.Th e Colfax 15 bus line is the

Regional Transportation District’s busiest. It is surely the District’s most interesting arterial. Th e homeless, Goths, punks, gang bangers, starving artists, soccer moms and wealthy attorneys all mingle more or less comfortably on the 15. Many diverse tongues are heard there. It is not merely a

bus, but a cultural exchange cen-ter. I don’t think you can say you have truly experienced Denver unless you have spent some time at the intersection of the 0 and the 15 at Colfax and Broadway.

If you have questions or ideas about streets in Park Hill, contact the Jack at denverfarrar@comcast.net or

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ware will attract new businesses. Local fans of alternative groceries were pleased to hear that a new Sunfl ower Market will be located just west of Colfax and Colorado Boulevard, although it was dis-appointing to Park Hillians who had thought at one point that it might be developed closer to the neighborhood.

Th ere are numerous references

This building at Colfax and Glencoe presents a fairly typical scene on Colfax, complete with rooftop bill-boards, a mural and the building that houses Mod Livin’ and the new GB Fish and Chips.

Colfax: Then and NowA Street Wise installment by Jack Farrar

Contributed Photo/Jack Farrar

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012Pg. 8

News in Brief

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Boys and Girls Club to Rise at Holly Square

At the site of a 2008 gang fi re-bombing, the Anschutz Foundation just awarded a $5 million grant for construction of the Nancy P. Anschutz Boys & Girls Club, slated to be com-plete in the fall of 2013. Other collaborators on the project – as highlighted in the January issue of the GPHN – are the Urban Land Conservancy, who bought the land in 2009; the Prodigal Son organization, that organized the site’s cleanup and pav-ing, while overseeing the creation of a peace mural; the Holly Area Redevelopment Project (HARP), a community task force that worked with the ULC to gather and review responses to Requests for Statements of Interest in developing the site, and chose the Boys & Girls Club; and also the Denver Foundation’s Strengthening Neighborhoods Program, City Council mem-bers and representatives from the Offi ce of Economic Devel-

opment. For more information about redevelopment of Holly Square please contact lsullivan@denverfoundation.org.

Crime in the Community

16 residents and an equal number of offi cers and city of-fi cials attended a North Park Hill Violent Crime Community Meeting on February 15th at the GPHC to discuss a recent in-crease in property crimes and violence. Residents were asked to re-port property and auto crimes to the District #2 non-emergency number, 720-913-2000. Regarding violent crime, residents are encouraged to initiate a Neighborhood Watch program through our area’s Community Resource Offi cer, Technician Amy Esten, 720-913-1095. To report an abandoned property, phone 3-1-1. Resident’s were also encouraged to attend the Greater Park Hill Community Meeting on the fi rst Th ursday of each month at 6:30p and the Northeast Park Hill Coalition meeting on the sec-

ond Th ursday of each month at 6p.

DPS Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Community Committee

Denver Public Schools’ Offi ce of Com-munity Engagement kicked off a series of six community committee meetings on February 7 to provide input to the DPS board on issues relevant to schools in the Greater Park Hill and Stapleton community, with a focus on planning for secondary school feeder patterns with the growth of Stapleton. Th e four steer-ing committee co-chairs are Beth Conover, Ida Daniel, Jon Goldin-Davis and Landri Taylor. Out of over 100 applicants, DPS se-lected a committee of around 50 parents, school faculty and community members. Ac-cording to DPS’ Phillip Stonecipher, the fi rst meeting established that diversity, equity and high-quality schools are the communities’ top concerns. Future meetings are scheduled for Tuesdays, March 13, April 3, April 24 and May 8, 5:30-8p at the Odyssey School, 6550 E. 21st Ave, unless otherwise noted. A light dinner, childcare and interpretation provided. Previous meetings agendas are available at communityrelations.dpsk12.org/stories/sto-

ryreader$69. For more information, contact phillip.stone-cipher@dpsk12.org or 720-423-1109.

Brothers Redevelopment Paint-A-Thon

Th e housing nonprofi t Brothers Redevelopment is tak-ing applications from income-qualifi ed senior and disabled homeowners in Park Hill who would like their homes paint-ed this summer as part of the agency’s 34th Annual Paint-A-Th on. Since the agency was established in 1971, Brothers has served more than 87,000 households across Colorado and painted nearly 6,600 homes. Recruiting is taking place through August. To qualify, homeowners must be 60 or older, demonstrate fi nancial need and own a home in need of paint-ing that is no taller than 1 ½ stories. Homeowners must also be on-site when their home is being painted. For an applica-tion, visit brothersredevelopment.org or call 303-202-6340.

Pipeline Replacement Project Xcel contractor Q3 will continue to replace natural gas

pipeline around Park Hill through May. Locations include 35th Ave from Glencoe to Oneida Sts; Krameria St from 33rd to 30th Aves; Fairfax, Grape, Hudson, Holly and Jasmine streets, and Monaco Parkway from Martin Luther King Blvd to East 28th Ave. 24-hour hotlines are available for any ques-tions, comments or concerns: Q3, 303-996-5321 or Xcel, 800-895-4999. If you would like to receive email updates about this project or have questions, comment or concerns, send them to infocolorado@xcelenergy.com.

Local Emergency Planning Committee

Th e Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meets quarterly to look at natural and manmade hazards within our com-munities, with the goal of informing the community on hazards through briefi ngs and lectures and receiving community input. Th e group is comprised of volunteers from the private sector, govern-ment agencies, elected offi cials and citizens. Th e public is welcome to the next LEPC meeting on April 24th from 2-4p at the Denver Police District One Community Room, 1311 46th Ave. For more information, patricia.williams2@denvergov.org or 720-865-7897.

On February 17, Jeff Fard (rear center) delivered a presentation to Venture Prep students as part of the school’s month-long Black History celebration.Contributed Photo/Venture Prep

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I met Kate Sultan at her kitch-en table, a Gus Stickley #634. In 2000, Kate and her husband Ed moved into a 1919 Park Hill bun-galow that never had anyone make the mistake of painting the oak trim and began the hunt for furnishings that matched its Craftsman aesthet-ic. Often, it was a fruitless search. Th en Ed turned their garage into his workshop and started manufac-turing the ideal pieces himself.

“It started with an endtable, and then that made the coff ee table look bad, and so he had to do a matching coff ee table, and then it went on from there,” said Kate.

In 2004, the couple joined forces and opened Modern Bunga-low, a hand-crafted home furnish-ings store in at 2594 S. Colorado Blvd. in University Hills.

Kate loves that her wares are a legacy of the fi rst American art form, and one that has always been about sharing and hand-craftsmanship.

“In this economy, I think sup-porting American artisans is one of the most important things we all should be doing,” said Kate.

Last year, Kate took over Den-ver’s Old House Fair from the ven-erable founder of the Denver Old House Society, Elizabeth Wheeler. Th e fair had outgrown the Highlands Masonic Temple Center, where it had taken place for years, so Kate ushered it into the Tivoli Turnhalle. Accord-

ing to Elizabeth, “Th is year, thanks to Kate’s eff orts and others on the board, we have sold out of exhibitor space – 60 vendors will be with us.”

Th is year’s fair will feature an an-tique roadshow-style appraisal event and workshops throughout the day. On the main-level are exhibitors that are sensitive to the needs of older homes and other resources for old house owners.

Th e Denver Old House Fair takes place Saturday, March 10

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Make road-show appointments, get a workshop

schedule and buy advance tickets at denveroldhousesociety.org.

For more information on Modern Bungalow,

visit modernbungalow.com.

Kate Sultan and the 2012 Old House Fair

Contributed Photo / Ed Sultan

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012Pg. 12

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Professional Women By Margie KrestOwner, Dancing The Soul

An instructor at the Univer-sity of Colorado, Boulder, had an epiphany one day that – after 18 years of teaching Chemistry on the campus – she would rather be dancing. Once a teacher, always a teacher, Margie Krest opened Dancing the Soul, a studio in May-fair that brings together a creative and talented group of instructors whose professional lives add to richness of their classes.

Margie is the owner of the stu-dio and a yoga teacher. She studied at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and was inspired there to create Dancing the Soul, a place where others would have the op-portunity to listen to their inner rhythms and connect to their bod-ies and spirits.

Dana Hood is a Black Belt Nia instructor. After one class of Nia, she

decided to become a certifi ed teacher of the dance. Dana’s love of Nia is ri-valed only by her love for dogs – she owns a Glendale doggie daycare, For Th e Love of Dog, and a doggie bou-tique on Larimer Square, Dog Savvy.

Linda Sue Shirkey teaches both yoga and pilates. She has been working in various creative fi elds all her life, from coaching ice skating to building her own interior design company, Production & Design.

Cathy Phelps is a certifi ed Zum-ba instructor who has been dancing for 15 years. Cathy is the executive director of the Th e Denver Center for Crime Victims, an agency that serves as a safety net and provides supports for crime victims, their fam-ilies and their friends.

Della Hoff man is a Zumba in-structor. A native of Park Hill and now a teacher at Place Bridge Acad-emy in Denver, where she teaches a designated “newcomer” class of 6th graders that hail from 6 countries

Professional Womenwith a Passion for Dance

and speak 8 diff erent languages. Th e program provides extensive English language instruction in all subjects.

Christy Cutler start-ed practicing Feldenkrais (Awareness through Move-ment) when she began to experience pain in her back and knees and will complete her four-year cer-tifi cation program this year. Christy is the former direc-tor of Children’s Dance Place, a school that spe-cialized in creative movement for chil-dren aged 1-14.

Dancing the Soul is located at 950-C Jersey St. For more in-formation, visit dancingthesoul.com or call 303-502-4586.

Contributed Photos / Dancing The SoulClockwise, starting with above: Linda Sue Shirkey, Christy Cutler, Margie Krest, Dana Hood, Cathy Phelps and Della Hoffman.

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012 Pg. 13

Your Health HubBy Aron SnyderHealth Policy Coordinator at the Stapleton Foundation’s be well Health and Wellness Initiative

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Health insurance is out of reach for nearly 830,000 Colo-radans and many individuals and small businesses in the state are struggling to maintain the coverage they have. In an at-tempt to help solve this prob-lem Colorado is creating a new online health insurance market-place where consumers can shop for the health insurance policy that best suits their needs. Th e marketplace is scheduled to open in late 2013.

In 2011, the General As-sembly passed Senate Bill 11-

200, establishing the Colorado Health Benefi t Exchange (CO-HBE) as a public entity gov-erned by a board of directors. Th e bill also created a legislative review committee to guide the development of the Exchange. Even though the Exchange will not open until late 2013, the COHBE Board of Directors has been busy getting ready for the start of business. Th e Board meets in open session from 8:30 a.m. to noon on the second and fourth Monday of each month in the Mile High Room of

Update on the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange

COPIC, at 7351 E. Lowry Bou-levard in Denver.

Gretchen Hammer, Ex-ecutive Director of the Colo-rado Coalition for the Medically Underserved and a Park Hill resident, was appointed to the Board by Governor Hickenloop-er and currently serves as Chair. Patti Fontneau was appointed as Executive Director of the Colo-rado Health Benefi t Exchange. Ms. Fontneau previously served as the Chief Operating Offi cer at Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP, an international law fi rm.

In December, the Exchange applied for an $18 million Level One Es-tablishment Grant to the U.S. Department of Health and Hu-man Services. If approved, this grant will fund the next stage of the development of the Colo-rado Health Benefi t Exchange. To be successful the Board and staff need the ongoing engage-ment and guidance of people across the state to ensure the Exchange will meet the unique needs of Coloradans.

For more information on

the Colorado Health Benefi t Ex-change, visit www.getcoveredco.org and get involved!

Your Health Hub is a monthly column provided by the be well

Health and Wellness initia-tive of the Stapleton Foundation

intended to provide Park Hill residents with detailed information on what is happening in health in

the Park Hill neighborhood.

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012Pg. 14

Choose Your Denver: Service cuts or a more sustainable budget for the future?By Robin KniechCouncilperson At-Large

Denver is a great city, but behind the scenes we’ve had to cut more than $440 mil-lion dollars over the past four years. Even when the recession is over, the cuts will continue, because we have a structural problem -- expenses largely beyond our control like health care for city employees and utilities like heat, electricity and water, and gasoline for ve-hicles continue to grow faster than inflation, while our reve-nue is growing slower than in-flation. The shortfall between

revenues and expenditures is conservatively projected to av-erage $30 million per year for the next 17 years for the same city you see today, but in re-ality the need is greater to get services back up to previous levels, catch up on deferred maintenance, and provide ser-vices for new residents.

Denver’s budget is highly reliant on sales-tax on physi-cal goods bought from physi-cal stores, but increasingly our economy is made up of on-line purchases we cannot tax with-out national legal reforms, and by services that we worry about taxing when our neighboring cities do not. And, because of

TABOR limitations, property taxes have shrunk from 20% of our budget to 8%, and will continue shrinking unless we act. A “Structural Financial Task Force” has provided rec-ommendations for addressing this challenge to Denver’s fu-ture.

Th e Mayor and Council are committed to doing everything we can to cut costs and fi nd ef-fi ciencies in City operations be-fore raising fees/fi nes or taxes. For example, the Task Force asked Denver to evaluate adjust-ments to employee retirement calculations and contributions, changes in health benefi ts cover-age, and reduced health care pro-vider options.

But the Task Force agreed that we couldn’t keep the same city we have today without rev-enue that can grow over time. Removing state TABOR limi-tations to allow our property taxes to grow naturally with property values and recover what we’ve lost is one power-ful opportunity, one I’m in-terested in because it’s less re-gressive than other local taxes,

Rep. Angela Williams is sponsoring legislation to name the Western Tiger Salamander the official state am-phibian and involving students in the process of how a bill becomes a law.

Kids participate in salamander legislation

Contributed Photo/Angela Williams

especially if paired with a safety valve for fi xed income seniors. Other options include: new fees such as trash collection, es-tablishing a dedicated property tax for a dedicated city service, such as libraries or recreation, or a sales tax on services and internet purchases, if we can change state or federal laws. Th ese are all proposals that will be analyzed over the next few weeks after which, the Mayor will be coming to the public for

additional input. Doing nothing is not an

option. I’m interested in your feedback on how we deliver the Denver you expect. It’s time to choose your Denver.

Read the full report and recommendations at www.

denvergov.org/budget/Structur-alFinancialTaskforce. Robin can

be reached at kniechatlarge@denvergov.org.

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012 Pg. 15

Community AnnouncementsEast High A+ Angels Men-

toring Program: Do you have 1 hour a week to work with 9th grade students? Share your talents and skills with a 9th grade stu-dent. Mentors are now being re-cruited to work individually with current East High 9th grade stu-dents during the school day. For more information please visit: aplusangels.org.

Come help out your com-munity and the environment by cleaning up the Sand Creek Re-gional Greenway, Westerly Creek

and Bluff Lake Nature Center. Our Neighborhood Partners Environmental Team meets on the fi rst Saturday of every month from 9a-noon for trash clean up, invasive species removal and ba-sic trail maintenance. Everyone is welcome to join – families, stu-dents, retirees and children – and no training or prior volunteer experience is required. Our fi rst event is on Saturday, March 3rd. Sign up at sandcreekgreenway.org or by calling 303-468-3262.

Denver Recycles Action

Network Training takes place Saturday, March 10 from 9-11a at Denver Recycles near Alam-eda and I-25. After training, new volunteers are asked to dedicate a minimum of 15 minutes a month to educating those around them about Denver Recycles and waste-reduction. Interested? Send name, address, phone number, neighborhood name and what you hope to gain from the train-ing to DenverRecycles@Denver-Gov.org with the subject title, DRAN.

Lowry, Stapleton and Park

Hill community members are working to form a new neigh-borhood unit of the Colorado Symphony Guild. Currently, the CSG has about 320 Guild members, who promote and sup-port the Colorado Symphony. Opportunities include attending rehearsals, working in the Sym-phony shop and attending music lectures. Annual dues are $35. Th e next meeting is March 22. For more information, contact Colleen Hillmeyer at chillme@comcast.net or 303-360-0742.

DIY Network’s Rescue Reno-vation is holding a casting call for homeowners who are stalled or in-over-their-heads with a home renovation project. Licensed con-tractor and host Kayleen McCabe will come to the rescue with her

Channing Seideman shared his story with Seize The World in 2009.

Contributed Photo/Seize The World

team of expert. Applicants must have an appropriate budget set aside for the renovation. Apply online at highnoonentertain-ment.com under casting.

Have epilepsy and live in Park Hill? Seize Th e World Foundation’s Share Your Story program documents the experi-ences of people with epilepsy who lead active lives. We want to tell the story of a Park Hill resi-dent this spring! Contact ian@seizetheworld.org.

Denver Family Consulting’s Julie Buck off ers a Signing Smart course on infant sign language for

parents and children. Th e 8-week course will take place at GPHC, 2823 Fairfax St on Mondays from 4:45-5:30p beginning April 16, 2012. Th e $150 registration fee includes materials. Visit den-verfamilyconsulting.com or call 720-244-2431 to register.

Greenprint Denver, the Department of Environmental Health and Revision Interna-tional have teamed up to provide free home energy advising for income-qualifying households (1 resident, $32,490, 2 residents, $43,710, 3 residents, $54,930, etc.). Contact 720-270-1831 for more information.

Sand Creek Regional Greenway volunteers pitch in to clean up Bluff Lake Nature Center.

Contributed Photo/SCRG

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012Pg. 16

Events Calendar

Offer expires March 31

Thursday, March 1

Application deadline for a series of Community Forester trainings through The Park People and Denver Parks and Recreation. Volunteers undertake a series of workshops to learn about tree biology, planting, pruning, identification and leadership. $80 and up. Info: theparkpeople.org or 303-722-6262.

Greater Park Hill Community meeting (every first Thursday of the month) at 2823 Fairfax St, 6:30p. Info: 303-388-0918

East Theatre Company’s production of the musical Working opens and continues through 3/4. $15. Info: eastangels.org.

Friday, March 2

The Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary Unit 261 host Friday Lenten Fish Fries throughout the month of March at Cure d’Ars, 4701 MLK, Jr. Blvd from 10:30a-6p. Prices vary. Orders: 303-704-7194. Info: 303-377-1413.

Saturday, March 3

Creek Restoration Walk begins at Stapleton at 9a and follows Westerly Creek for 2.25 miles before turning back. Walk leader, Brian Hyde will discuss the watershed along the way. Info: westerly_connect_brian@comcast.net.

Sand Creek Regional Greenway’s Neighborhood Partners Environmental Team, as highlighted in Community Announcements, holds first Saturday volunteer event of 2012 from 9a-noon at Westerly Creek. Info: sandcreekgreenway.org or 303-468-3262.

Memorial and Celebration of Art Branscombe, featured on page one of this issue, at St. Thomas Episcopal, 2001 Dexter St from 2-5p. Info: 303-322-5983.

Roaring 20’s attire encouraged at Micah Speakeasy event features casino games at the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm Pl from 7-9p. Tickets start as $55. Knock three times and use the password, “swordfish.” Info: micahdenver.org or 303-388-4239.

Sunday, March 4

Temple Micah hosts Purim Carnival at the temple’s gym, 1973 Elm St. from 10a-noon. $5/person or $20/family. Info: 303-388-4239.

Monday, March 5

State Representatives Angela Williams and Rhonda Fields hold community legislative briefing at Shorter Community AME Court, 3100 Richard Allen Court from 6-8p. Info: 303-866-2909, angela4colo.com or rhondafields.com.

East High School PTSA meets (every first Monday of the month) at the East High School Commons, 1600 City Park Esplanade. Info: eastptsa.org or eastangelsptsa@gmail.com.

Tuesday, March 6

Park Hill Branch Library at 4705 Montview Blvd celebrates Teen Tech Week with the Funny Face Video Book Review event from 5-7p where teens will record “celebrity” book reviews. Videos will be shared online. Info: 720-865-0250.

Superior Products Home Improvements hosts program on the hazards of lead-based paint at the Park Hill Branch Library, 4705 Montview Blvd, from 6-8p. Info: asksuperior.com.

Center of Light at 2300 Forest Street kicks of a free 6-week Introduction to Meditation and Christian Mysticism course at 7:30 p.m. Info: denver@centersoflight.org or 720-308-9944.

Wednesday, March 7

Denver Parks and Recreation hosts the Reimagine Play at City Park Playground open house and design contest launch at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Schless-

man Lounge, 2001 Colorado Blvd from 5:30-7:30p. Info: angela.casias@denvergov.org.

City Council hosts area Council Redistricting community meeting to discuss census, redistricting process and receive public input from 6-7:30p at the Central Park Recreation Center, 9651 E. MLK Blvd. Info: denvergov.org/citycouncil > redistricting.

Thursday, March 8

Denver Parks and Recreation Advisory Board meets at the Wellington Webb Municipal Building, 201 W Colfax Ave, Room 4F6, at 5:30p. Info: bob.finch@denvergov.org.

Northeast Park Hill Coalition meets (second Thursday of every month) at the District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St, 6p. Info: 720-837-5492.

Friday, March 9

Northeast residents ages 50 and older welcome at Queen City AARP Chapter 995’s first 2012 meeting at the District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St at 1p. $8 annual dues. Info: Dolores Cuthbertson, 303-333-0168. East Arts Walk showcases artwork from East HS Students at four locations on East Col-fax. 5:30-8:30p. Free. Info: eastangels.org or 720-423-8426.

Saturday, March 10

Denver Recycles Action Network hosts volunteer training at Denver Recycles from 9-11a. See Community Announcements section for complete details.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Denver Inc. host Women Coping With Life Transitions workshop at the Community College of Aurora from 9a-noon. $10. Info: obesityno@gmail.com.

Denver’s Old House Fair & Roadshow, featured this issue, hits the Tivoli Turnhalle from 9a-5p. $12 advance/$15 door. Sign up in advance to participate in the antiques roadshow. Info: denversoldhousesociety.org.

The NE Denver/Park Hill MS Support Group meets. 10:15a-noon. Denver District 2 Police Station, 3921 Holly St. Info: Lille Fuller, llfuller53@msn.com

State Senator Morgan Carroll signs her new book, Take Back Your Government, at Park Hill Community Bookstore, 4620 E 23rd St, from noon-1:30p. Info: 303-355-8508.

Denver East Lions Club hosts a Fish Fry at The Horizon Lounge, 3298 Hudson St, from noon-6p. Meals from $6-$15. Dine in or take out. Info: 303-388-3535.

The Odyssey School hosts a fundraising auction to benefit the school in Northfield at the available retail space next-door to Toby Keith’s at 6p. $10. Adults only. Info: 303-316-3944.

The HOPE Center of Holly Square, celebrating its 50th anniversary, hosts Million Lights of Hope-Vintage Vegas Casino Night benefit at the Sherman Event Center from 8-mid-night. Tickets $75 and up. Info: hopecenterinc.org or 303-388-4801.

Sunday, March 11

Denver’s Indoor Gardening Expo continues from March 10 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St. Info: indoorgardenexpo.com.

Monday, March 12

The Travel Lovers Book Club meets (second Monday of every month) to discuss Liebowitz’s Last Expedition, at the Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax Ave, 5:30-6:45p. Info: Jane, 303-988-1356.

State Representative Beth McCann holds Town Hall at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia at 7p. Info: bethmccann.org.

Tuesday, March 13

DPS Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Community Committee, as featured in News in Brief, holds third of six meetings at Odyssey School, 6550 E. 21st Ave from 5:30-8p. Info: 720-423-1109.

Wednesday, March 14

Get your St. Patty’s day game face on at Flogging Molly at the Og-den Theatre, 935 E Colfax, at 8p. Info: ogdentheatre.net.

Thursday, March 15

Denver Central Library hosts all-day Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives workshop event at 10 W 14th Ave. Info: 720-865-1206.

First planning committee meeting of the Park Hill Home Tour takes place at GPHC, 2823 Fairfax St at 7p. Info: Roberta, 303-355-4492.

Calendar continued on next page.

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Events CalendarFriday, March 16

Center of Light’s free Conscious Movie Series screens Visions of a Universal Humanity and Humanity Ascending at 2300 Forest St at 7:30p. Info: denver@centersofl ight.org or 720-308-9944.

Saturday, March 17

St. Patrick’s Day

Sunday, March 18

Park Hill historian Phil Goodstein kicks of 2012 tour schedule with a Bicycle Tour of Mon-trose starting at the Ashley School, 1914 Syracuse St, from 11a-1p. $10. Info: 303-333-1095.

Monday, March 19

Denver Garden Club meets at the Colorado Garden Club Building, 1556 Emerson St at 7p. Info: Grace at 303-455-0839.

Tuesday, March 20

William Shatner comes to the Temple Buell Th eatre, 1050 13th St, with his show, Shat-ner’s World, at 7:30p. Info: denvercenter.org.

Wednesday, March 21

Black United Fund and Hiawatha Davis Health Initiative sponsor Kick Butts Day to en-courage smoking cessation, featuring health information booths, youth rally and speakers from 2-4p at the Hiawatha Davis Rec Center, 3334 Holly St. Free and public. Info: Ezra Piankhy, ezrapiankhy@gmail.com or 303-675-0583.

East High School Jazz Band performs at the Mercury Café, 2199 California St. Info: 303-294-9281.

Friday, March 23

Denver city furlough day.

Saturday, March 24

Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, opens Yves Saint Lau-rent exhibit to the public from 11a-4p. Info: denverartmuseum.org or 720-913-0130.

Th e Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church & School hosts Th e Big Event: A Centennial Celebration gala in the fashion of the church’s re-nown Easter Monday Ball started in 1915. 6p at the Brown Palace Hotel. $65 tickets. Info: bigevent.blessedsacrament.net or 303-377-8835 x223.

Sunday, March 25

League of Women Voters Denver hosts 20th anniversary Women to Watch Special Awards Program at Montview Presbyterian Church, 1980 Dahlia St. from 2-4p. Free and public. Info: lwvdenver.org, info@lwvdenver.org or 303-321-7571.

Monday. March 26

Cesar Chavez Day

Greenprint Denver hosts Solar for a Small Planet lecture at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, from 6:30-9:30p. Free and public. Info: greenprintdenver.org > events.

Tuesday, March 27

Th e Park Hill Library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB) meets from 6-7p. Info: 720-865-0250.

Wednesday, March 28

Th e Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys holds spring break workshops at 1880 Gaylord St from 10a-noon. $4 children/$6 adults. Info: 303-322-1053.

Thursday, March 29

Park Hill Branch Library, 4705 Montview Blvd, holds weekly All Ages Storytime event at 10:30a. Info: 720-865-0250.

Friday, March 30

Park Hill Branch Library, 4705 Montview Blvd, holds biweekly (Th ursdays and Fridays) Book Babies event at 11:15a. Info: 720-865-0250.

Saturday, March 31

A good day to visit one of many area Park Hill restaurants for brunch. Info: facebook.com/greaterparkhillnews.

ON THE HORIZON

Phil Goodstein’s Bicycle Tour of Northwest Park Hill leaves Stedman School at 11a on April 1. Info: 303-333-1095.

Th e Fax Partnership, Ace Hardware and Marczyk’s host Spring Wine Tasting to benefi t their façade improvement grant program on April 26. Info: thefaxdenver.com.

Denver residents can discard unwanted household items and yard waste at free drop sites on April 28. Collection sites TBA. Info: denvergov.org.

Park Hill Garden Walk features neighborhood gardens on June 16 from 10a-4p. To par-ticipate in the planning committee, suggest a garden or lend support, visit parkhillgarden-walk.blogspot.com or email Angelia at parkhillgardenwalk@gmail.com.

Th e Denver Century Ride to benefi t BikeDenver at Stapleton’s Central Park takes place June 17. Info: denvercenturyride.com.

Park Hill’s Fourth of July Parade promises to thrill on July 4.

Park Hill Home Tour features the best in Park Hill homes on September 29. To participate in the planning committee, suggest a home or lend support, call Roberta at 303-355-4492.

Keep your neighborhood strong!

Join Greater Park Hill Community, Inc.

Mail your check and this form to the the GPHC, 2823 Fairfax St., Denver, CO 80207

We have a variety of memberships. All memberships are tax deductible.

___ Individual or Family ($20/year) ___ Business or Sustaining ($50)___ Sponsoring Member ($100)___ Patron ($250)___ Other

If these membership levels are not suitable, GPHC will gratefully accept a donation for

membership dues at a level that is comfortable for you and your family.

Name: _________________________________________

Business name:__________________________________

Address & Zip:___________________________________

Phone:______________(work) _______________(home)

Email: _________________________________________

Park Hill’s Fourth of July Parade promises to thrill on

Park Hill Home Tour features the best in Park Hill homes on in the planning committee, suggest a home or lend support, call Roberta at 303-355-4492.

Keep your neighborhood strong!

Thursday, March 22

Center of Light, 2300 Forest St, kicks-off three-day spiritual seminar at 7:30p. $25. Info: denver@centersofl ight.org or 720-308-9944.

Meeting of the new Lowry-Stapleton-Park Hill Colorado Symphony Guild, as featured in Community Announcements. Info: 303-360-0742

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Faith Community

Please contact Erin Vanderberg at greaterparkhillnews@gmail.com to add or update a listing.

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Agape Christian Church3050 Monaco Pkwy.303-296-2454Pastor Bob Woolfolk

Bethsaida Temple Christian Center3930 E. 37th Ave.303-388-7317bethsaidatemple.orgSun. Service: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.Mon. prayer, Wed. Bible Study, Fri. Evangelical Service: 7 p.m.

Center of Light2300 Forest St.720-308-9944denver.centersofl ight.orgMon.-Fri.: 6 a.m. meditation and communionSat.: 8 a.m. meditation and com-munionSun.: 9:30 a.m. meditation and service

Christ the KingMissionary Baptist Church2390 Olive St.303-355-5556Sun. Service/School: 9:30 a.m. Worship Hour: 11 a.m.Weds Prayer/Bible Study: 6 p.m.

Cure d’Ars Catholic Church3201 Dahlia St.303-322-1119Father Simon KalongaMass: Tue., Th urs., Fri. at 9 a.m.Weds. at Noon, Sat. at 5:30 p.m. and Sun. 8 and 11 a.m.

Gethsemane Trinity Temple2586 Colorado Blvd.303-388-2304Pastor Dr. William A. HarrisSun. Services: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.Sun. School: 9:15 a.m.; Fri. Bible Study: 7:30 p.m.

Greater Mt. OliveBaptist Church4821 E 38th Ave.303-333-3325Pastor L. Paul Williams

Graham Multicultural Church33rd and Elm303-393-1333Pastor Supt. Patrick L. DimmerSun. School, Worship: 9 a.m., 10:45 a.m.Bible Study Tues. at 7 p.m.; Choir practice Fri. at 7:30 p.m.Sunshine Band Sat. at 11 a.m.

House of Joy Miracle Deliver-ance Church3082 Leyden St.303-388-9060denverhouseofj oy.comPastor Dr. Ralph E. BeechumSabbath Service: Sat. and Sun. at 11 a.m.Tues. Miracle Night Prayer at 7 p.m.Bible Study: Weds. 6 p.m., Th urs. 7 a.m.

King Baptist Church3370 Ivy St.303-388-3248

kingbaptist.orgPastor Dr. Terrence HendricksSun. Service: 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.Sun. School: 9:30 a.m.Communion Service every fi rst Sun.

Loving SaintsChristian FellowshipZion Senior Center, 5150 E. 33rd St.303-377-2762Pastor Reverend Craig BurlinsonSun. Service, School: 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.

Ethiopian OrthodoxTewahedo DebreselamMedhanealem Church5152 E. 17th Ave.303-333-4766denvermedhanealem.org

Messiah Community Church, ELCA1750 Colorado Blvd.303-355-4471messiahdenver.orgPastor Wolfgang StahlbergSun. Service/School: 9:30 a.m.

East Denver Church of Christ3500 Forest St.303-322-2677Sun.: School, 9 a.m.; Worship, 10 a.m.; Eve Services, 6 p.m.Weds.: Ladies Bible Class, 10 a.m.; Eve Services, 7 p.m.

Ministerios Pentecostales3888 Forest St.720-941-8433Pastor DiazSun.: Noon, 5 p.m.Weds: 7 p.m.

Montview BoulevardPresbyterian1980 Dahlia St.303-355-1651montview.orgSun.: Services, 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.;Adult Education, 9:15 to 10:15 a.m.;Fellowship in Commons, 11:30 a.m.

New Hope Baptist Church3701 Colorado Blvd.303-322-5200newhopedenver.orgRev Dr. Eugene M. Downing, Jr.Sun.: Services, 8 a.m./commu-nion (fi rst Sun. only), 10:45 a.m.; School, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.Children’s Church (second and third Sun. only): 10:45 a.m.Weds: Prayer Meeting, 7 p.m.

Park HillCongregational Church2600 Leyden303-322-9122parkhillchurch.orgPastor David BahrSunday Services, School and Nursery: 10 a.m.

Park Hill Presbyterian Church3411 Albion303-399-8312parkhillpresbyterian.orgPastor Matthew W. KingsburySun. Worship, School: 10 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Park Hill United Methodist Church5209 E. Montview Blvd.

303-322-1867phumc.comPastor John Th ompsonSun. Contemporary Gospel Ser-vice: 9 a.m.Traditional Service: 11 a.m.Sun. School during worship servicesCommunion 1st Sun. of each month

Shiloh MissionaryBaptist Church3301 Leyden St.303-322-5983shimbc.comSun. Worship: 8 a.m., 11 a.m.Sun. School: 9:30 a.m.

St. Th omas Episcopal2205 Dexter St.303-388-4395saintthomasdenver.orgReverend Ruth Woodliff -StanleySun. Spoken Mass: 8 a.m.Sun. Christian Education: 9:15 a.m.Sun. Sung Mass: 10:30 a.m.Weds. Morning Prayer: 7 a.m.Th urs. Evening Prayer: 6 p.m.

Union Baptist Church3200 Dahlia St.303-320-0911Sun.: School, 9:30 a.m., Wor-ship, 10:30 a.m.Weds: 7 p.m.

Unity on the Avenue4670 E. 17th Ave.303-322-3901unityontheavenue.orgRev. Josette JacksonSun. Services and Children’s Church: 10 a.m.Fellowship: 11 a.m.

The Greater Park Hill News | March 2012 Pg. 19

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January—December 2011 vs 2010 PARK HILL ROCKS! # Homes Sold Price Per Square Foot Sales Price # Sold 2010 # Sold 2011 % Change PSF 2010 PSF 2011 % Change

less than 199k 21 15 -28.6% $156 $170 9.0%

200k - 299k 35 42 20.0% $234 $235 0.4%

300k-399k 48 70 45.8% $284 $285 0.4%

400k-499k 35 42 20.0% $292 $301 3.1%

500k-699k 22 28 27.3% $257 $261 1.6%

700k-999k 15 20 33.3% $256 $268 4.7%

Over $1million 3 2 -33.3% $365 $299 -18.1%

Park Hill TO-TAL 179 219 22.3% $256 $274 7.0%

Central Denver 2016 2185 8.4% $262 $255 -2.5%

Source: Metrolist 1/11/2012

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