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Week of August 25, 2022
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
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VOLUME 102 | ISSUE 28
RexRun raises $33,000 for Back the Blue K-9 Force Council finalizes Event supports city election local programs questions for November BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
More than $33,000 was raised for the nonprofit Back the Blue K-9 Force at the “RexRun for PAWSitivity” event, which brought together community members, law enforcement and four-legged companions to raise funds and awareness about school therapy dogs and K-9 units, also referred to as police dog units. Hosted by Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office and Back the Blue K-9 Force on Aug. 6 at Dove Valley Regional Park, the event featured a range of activities and attractions, including a 5K run and walk, demonstrations by K-9 officers, food trucks, inflatable bounce houses, auctions and a variety of vendors. Dawn Johnson, who works for the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office in the attorney’s office, attended the event with her her children and dog, walking the 5K together, which was her favorite part of the day. “It’s impressive to see so much support here,” Johnson said, adding her kids were excited to meet the dogs and horses in the Arapahoe SEE REXRUN, P9
Multiple initiatives to be decided BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
of community. Store owner Adele O’Toole announced in late March that she was selling the site to Lennar Multifamily Communities — a North Carolina-based developer — which plans to build 359 apartment homes along with new commercial space in the area.
Ballot questions for voters in the City of Littleton are now official after city council voted unanimously Aug. 16 to send several issues to voters following a marathon night of public hearings, setting the stage for the Nov. 8 election. Two of the questions — one regarding whether Littleton should institute a lodging tax to pay for arts, culture and tourism programs and the other asking whether to change the city’s charter to give staff more leeway for purchasing supplies — will be on all voters’ ballots. Others, asking for the creation of a Downtown Development Authority and approving its funding sources, will only apply to residents, property owners, and business owners and lessees within a defined boundary of Littleton’s downtown area. Also on voters’ ballots will be a referendum question on city council’s decision to green-light nearly 2,000 housing units at the Aspen Grove shopping center in southwest Littleton. That question had already been slated for the Nov. 8 ballot after thousands of residents earlier this year succeeded in a petition to hold the referendum. Here’s what to know about each ballot question.
SEE O’TOOLE’S, P11
SEE ELECTION, P15
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office did a bite demonstration at the “RexRun for PAWSitivity” event, held Aug. 6 at Dove Valley Regional Park. Sheriff Tyler Brown PHOTO BY TAYLER SHAW was the one receiving the bite.
O’Toole’s hosts final car show in Littleton Participants savor bittersweet event BY ROBERT TANN RTANN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton welcomed residents and local patrons to its final car show Aug.
16, just weeks before the longstanding store is set to close at the end of the month. The event, part of Littleton’s Western Welcome Week celebration, drew more than two dozen vintage cars — some nearly a century old — as well as a host of community members who both lamented the O’Toole’s closure and cherished its memories as a beacon
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Mushroom hunting in Colorado sees major upswing
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