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Week of February 16, 2023
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
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VOLUME 103 | ISSUE 1
Studio is gathering place for art BY BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL AND JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN
Art has always been an escape and a passion for Christina Limpalair. Now it’s also a part of her livelihood. The 31-year-old Highlands Ranch resident opened Glaze & Phase, a studio for painting pottery, near the intersection of South Broadway and East Belleview on Nov. 21. She sees the bright, quirky shop as a place where people can step away from their busy lives and lose themselves for a couple of hours on a project. “The whole point is to facilitate creating art with other people and just allowing them to have a space to spark their own imaginations,” Limpalair told Colorado Community Media. Glaze & Phase stocks a wide variety of ceramic items, from kid-friendly figurines to dinnerware and home accents, that can be painted with any of 50 different colorful glazes. Customers can finish their piece in one sitting or leave it on the shop’s work-inprogress shelf and complete it over several visits at no additional cost. SEE GLAZE, P2
Christina Limpalair, right, celebrates the opening of her pottery painting studio in Englewood on Nov. 21. PHOTO COURTESY OF GLAZE & PHASE
Video footage shows police collide with motorcycle in shooting incident Department says details still being reviewed BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Recently released security camera footage contradicts the Littleton Police Department’s original
Libraries keep closing for meth
press release regarding the fatal shooting of Stephen Poolson Jr. On Feb. 2 at around 3:22 a.m., the Littleton police released a press release stating an individual “was driving a motorcycle and crashed” before he ran and produced a handgun. An officer then shot the man, who was later pronounced deceased after being transported to a hospital, according to the
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department. Video footage released by the Littleton Police Department contradicts the claim that the motorcycle driver “crashed.” Instead, it shows a patrol car driving directly into the motorcycle as the driver appeared to be taking off. “It is always our goal to find the SEE POLICE, P5
Librarians will tell you the role of public libraries hasn’t changed — they’ve always been a community space open to all, with a mission to educate and serve. What changes is the world outside, and whatever is going on in society, will go on in the library. The rise in homelessness, untreated mental illness and drug use have forced libraries to adapt, from extensive staff training in how to de-escalate outbursts to hiring social workers and security guards. This winter, though, libraries across suburban Denver were hit with a new challenge. One by one, they tested for methamphetamine residue in their bathrooms and air vents, fearful that staff and the public were in danger from the toxic contamination left behind by patrons smoking drugs in the bathrooms. In an extraordinary domino effect, four libraries, some of the last public spaces welcome to everyone, closed. Some libraries hoped the public would see the closures as a wake-up call, opening eyes to what they deal with every day, according to emails of library directors obtained by The Sun through public records laws. Other libraries emailed to find out whether the first libraries to close had overreacted or if they should test, too. All were concerned upon hearing the test results about the health of their employees. Boulder Public Library tested in December, after the library director worried about the health of his twoperson cleaning team repeatedly sent into the bathroom after reports of putrid smoke. Englewood Public Library, also plagued by meth clouds, discovered in mid-January that its bathrooms were contaminated. Littleton, “in the interest of being proactive,” was next, also finding levels of meth residue exceeding the state health department’s legal limit. Arvada followed last week. SEE METH, P15
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