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Swastikas are found along Lee Gulch Trail Police ask residents to report symbols through the See, Click, Fix system BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
Campers can partake in a variety of art classes this summer at Arapahoe Community College’s Summer Youth Camps.
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ACC offers range of youth camp options Kids ages 6-14 can take part in programs BY ISABEL GUZMAN ISABEL@COTLN.ORG
Arapahoe Community College is gearing up for another season of fun with its annual Summer Youth Camps, designed for kids ages 6-14. “The ability to customize our teaching for individual campers sets us apart,” said Kathleen Wucherpfennig, an ACC sum-
mer youth camp art instructor. “Instructors are knowledgeable and experienced in the specific area they are teaching. Teachers are enthusiastic, and the kids seem to be having a great time.” The Summer Youth Camps offer a wide range of activities that aim to blend fun with education and partner with organizations like Black Rocket, Snapology, Science Matters, Sticky Fingers Cooking and JumpBunch to deliver camps that span science, technology, arts, sports and cooking. Some of the featured camps
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include Harry Potter Wizards, Minecraft Modders and Beats and Jams: Digital Music Creators, all led by expert faculty and partners. For $279 per camp, youth can learn while having fun on the Littleton campus in June and July. Fifteen years ago, Wucherpfennig received an ACC Youth Summer Camp advertisement mailer and applied for a teaching position. Since then, she has taught photography, painting and digital art camps. In one of her camp sessions, Wucherpfennig approached a
camper who wasn’t interested in painting with the rest of the kids. “I was able to have some deep conversations with him and discovered he really liked cars,” she said. And when she saw a police officer in the campus building, Wucherpfennig asked the officer to show the young campers the patrol car. Once they headed back to the canvases, the disinterested camper began painting tires and striped roads. SEE CAMP, P6
Lee Gulch Trail users have recently noticed chalk-drawn swastikas appearing along the path, and the Littleton Police Department is asking the public for any information or witness statements. At the Littleton City Council Meeting on March 18, resident Marianne Combs said during public comment that her husband noticed seven swastikas on the trail’s length that stretches from South Prince Street to South Windermere Street. Combs said they reported the hate symbols to LPD and South Suburban Parks and Recreation District and the graffiti was removed later the same day. However, Combs said the swastikas reappeared along the trail the next day, this time, stretching a little farther from South Prince Street to South Elati Street. Combs also said she saw the symbols around Charley Emley Park. “We were shocked and disgusted to see a hate act in our neighborhood two days in a row,” Combs said to city council during public comment. “I am asking you to use your positions SEE GULCH TRAIL, P16
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