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Gardening uniting generations
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Kathy Komarek, 61, steadies a pumpkin for Esther Hung Pai, 10, as she scrapes the seeds out. Toward the end, it gets too hard for Esther's tiny hands to clean out her pumpkin, so Kathy takes over. Younger and older hands continue working in unison. Through a program called Connecting Generations, those hands have been working together in unison at Harrington Elemen...
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Students grill Denver Public Schools board candidates
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Kathryn Richert/YourHub.com
Even though most of them can't vote, a group of high school students last week grilled Denver school board candidates, asking them questions ranging from class sizes to why the arts always seem to be cut first. Perhaps the biggest issue facing Denver Public Schools - and the reason several candidates decided to run - is the graduation rate, hovering around 50 perce...
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Provided by: Stacy Lochowicz
Twirling with the Stars
The overhead lights of the Schlessman YMCA gym looked to be at risk as I stared up at the ceiling trying to see the spinning silver rod.I could not find it. I could not even see it fall back into the young twirler's opened hand before it went up to the ceiling again and I lost it once more in the lights. "She is just getting so much arm strength that we will have ...
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Provided by: Emanuel Martinez
Mile High Mural to be unveiled on Friday
On Friday Nov. 6, the first section of an ambitious mile long mural project called the Mile High Mural will officially be unveiled as a part of the Art on the River exhibit at the Art Students League. "This is a very ambitious multi-year project that will involved hundreds, if not thousands, of young people across the state," said Emanuel Martinez, professional arti...
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Provided by: Ann Depperschmidt
Public comment sought on Denver Water's Moffat Project
Denver Water's proposal offers environmental enhancements to watersheds The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Denver Water's Moffat Collection System Project, which proposes to enlarge Gross Reservoir north of Boulder. Denver Water is proposing the project to help resolve three major water supply challenges it ...
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