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Burning ban issued for county
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Sheriff implements fire restrictions as of July 12 Staff report Arapahoe County Sheriff David Walcher issued a ban on all open fires and open burning within unincorporated Arapahoe County, including Cherry Creek State Park and the City of Centennial, effective July 12. The open-burning ban will remain in place until Walcher determines conditions in the county no longer pose “extreme danger for the possibility of wildfire and large wild land fires,” a media release says. Violation of the ban could result in fines of $500 for the first offense, $750 for a second offense and $1,000 for a third and more offenses. The ban prohibits: • Open fires or open burning defined as the usage of any fireworks or outdoor campfires • Fires in constructed, permanent fire pits or fire grates within developed camp and picnic grounds or recreation sites • Charcoal-fueled fires or warming fires • Fires in outdoor woodburning stoves (chimney sparks or embers) • Prescribed burning of fence lines, fence rows, fields, farmlands, rangelands, wildlands, trash or debris The following are exempt from the ban: • Fires contained within liquid-fueled or gas stoves • Fireplaces and woodburning stoves or fireplaces within habitable buildings • Propane natural gas-fueled barbecue grills used for cooking or warming food • Charcoal-fueled grills and pits used for cooking or warming food • Fire set by any federal, state or local officer or member of a fire protection district in the performance of an official duty • Public fireworks displays supervised by appropriate fire or public safety personnel
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Families and friends enjoy live music by County Wide Bluegrass to kick off the city’s first barbecue and beer tasting festival at Centennial Center Park on July 16. Photos by Alex DeWind Finley Taylor pours a cup of lemonade at his family’s booth, Tart and Tattlee, at the city’s first Brew-N-Que on July 16. The familyowned business has unique flavors, including jalapeno and appleinfused lemonade. “It’s fun to work with the city,” said Finley’s mother and the owner, Lael Taylor, “and the energy feels good.”
Thousands attend first Brew-N-Que held at Centennial Center Park By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Linda McCubbin and her husband, Greg, spent the night of July 16 at Centennial Center Park for the city’s first Brew-N-Que, a barbecue and beer-tasting festival. The Highlands Ranch couple stayed busy serving Southern cuisine at their food truck, Cub’s Authentic Barbeque. They opened the family-owned business about 15 months ago after they retired. “It’s more of a hobby for us,” Linda said. “We’ve been doing this in our backyard for 30 years.” Brew-N-Que continues on Page 8
Caddies take the road less traveled Carrying a golf bag for money often a labor of love By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com Carmen Garcia is enjoying her second year as a caddie. “The opportunity was offered to me... and I thought it was interesting and different,” said Garcia, a sophomore-to-be at St. Mary’s Academy in Cherry Hills Village. “I never played golf but I’m getting the hang of caddying.” Garcia is among the dozens of youths taking part in the Solich Caddie and Leadership Academy at CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora. The academy is part of an effort by the Colorado Golf Association to keep caddies in the game. Caddies, while very visible on the
professional tours, seem to belong to a bygone era when it comes to amateur golf, where most players opt to traverse the course in a cart. But in the Denver metro area, the trade of carrying a golf bag for money is amid something of a resurgence. Jake Pendergast, who will be a junior at Regis Jesuit, is a caddie at Colorado Golf Club in Parker. “I picked up caddying because I love golf and learning about the game,” he said. “There’s not too many ways to make money and have fun. Caddying is fun.” The evolution Caddies go back to the beginning of golf. Historians believe that Mary, Queen of Scots, came up with the term caddying in the late 16th century. She grew up in France, where military cadets carried golf clubs for royalty.
The game began to rise in popularity in the United States in the 1900s and caddies were a fixture on public and private courses alike — for at least the first Caddies continues on Page 22
Molly Lucas, a Cherry Creek High School graduate, is a caddie at Cherry Hills Country Club. Photo by Jim Benton
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