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It's past late as I write this. TheCommission you elected to revise theCity Charter finished up its meet-ing at nearly 11:00PM, yet again,tonight. But tonight's meeting includ-ed a Public Hearing, something thatcomes towards the end of the process- and the room was, by the standards,packed. We had Councilpeople. Wehad citizens. We had board and com-mission members. We didn't havepeople up at the mic railing against what we've created. In fact, the mostheated conversation was over the defi-nitions, contained within the Charter,and used throughout.Should they be up front? In theback? Part of the prefatory synopsis?Most of the twenty or so in theroom didn't make a comment. Butnobody seemed to feel the need tosay that what we've drafted is wrong,bad, or going to destroy the City.Most seemed, at least to me, genu-inely interested in what we've beenup to, and surprised by the level andintensity of debate that has occurredon this Commission. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive.It brought home to me that theCharter Commission is at the pointof dotting the i's and crossing the t'son this document the citizens askedus to write. We still have two - really -important items to finish hammeringout. One, a series of provisions that will give real teeth to this governingdocument: a review and compliancecommission. This body will look overthe Charter from time to time, and,if there are errors, contradictions, orthings that just don't work, be ableto recommend a change to Council,that will go back before the votersfor approval. It is a means of beingable to proactively fix problems, andkeep the Charter alive, without majoroverhauls over time, or divisive legalbattles. It's unorthodox, but it feels,at least to me, good to know there will be (for the first time) possibleconsequences to breaking our gov-erning law, and a way to fix flaws inthe Charter before people are forcedto run afoul of it. More than a coupleof state officials are looking at what we've drafted and thinking it ought tobe in every city in Colorado. The second big item comes in aseries of provisions that will com-pensate you more fairly if the Citytakes your property under EminentDomain, and then sells it to anotherowner (like a developer) within 10 years. Adam Gardner wrote up somedazzling language as a member of thepublic, and worked hard to proposesomething that's innovative, fair andpractical. I was expecting some really wingnut stuff on Eminent Domain -but was surprised and impressed by what came before the Commission,and I'm proud it's currently in ourdraft. I'm proud that if our Citytakes your land, essentially for rev-enue purposes, under the proposedCharter the City could have to sharesome part of that financial gain with you. It's the least of what you deserve.And it's been written without hurtingthe City's ability to acquire land forpublic improvement, public use, orthe public good.Both of these additions to ourCharter could make history inColorado. But both, if passed, willmake life better and fairer for the peo-ple of our City. You can check out thefull Charter draft at EdgewaterCharter.org and read the specifics, which arereally too detailed to hash out here. The Charter will be finalized andmoved forward to be voted on by thepeople by March 20.It's a strange mix, the folks onthis Charter Commission. We've gotformer Mayors. We've got formerCouncilpeople. We've got board andcommission chairs. We've got politi-cal greenhorns. And we've got folks who believe, with all their heart, thatif two officials bump carts at the gro-cery store, they should've posted thatbeforehand as a public meeting andinvited you to be there and give youropinion. Such a mix comprises ourfifteen. Everyone has had a chanceto show their true colors, to fightpassionately— and to win and losebattles over what they felt should gointo this document. I've made somedear friends during my work on thisproject— and perhaps a few enemies,too. But I trust every member of thisCommission on one point: they've worked hard to make this documentthe best it can be for the 5,600 orso people we serve. Some of us havecome to all-night meetings, work-ing despite personal tragedies. Somehave squabbled for hours and hoursover a comma, a word, or the way agraph looks—because they care thatmuch about the best way to presentour work to the public. Each of us,at some point, have been the lonevoice to vote no on a motion. What we've made, together, will make thisCity a better, fairer, more effective,and more open place to live than it'sever been before. I can say, withoutreservation, it's been a privilege tohelp write a document with so muchheart. Through as much division,and so many divergent voices, I think we've truly created something good.
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 The marketplace of highend style grows more crowdedall the time, and as rentsrise and new salons open upvirtually every day, finding astylist you can trust can beas difficult as picking out agood divorce lawyer from theendless and anonymous pagesof the phonebook. But just west of Sheridan Boulevard,the Rich Luna Salon – thefourth incarnation of stylistLuna’s practice – offers fun,reasonable pricing, a no-nonsense attitude, and thecomfort of working with atrue conoisseur.With years of experience – and often with biting wit – Luna is able to offer hisclients sound advice about what will really look good onthem, and to speak with themabout the upkeep that look islikely to require. “I’ll tell you what you can and can’t getaway with,” he says, grinning.“And there’s no such thingas a trend in color. You get what you like. It comes withknowing people.”
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Kids love to know how things aremade and how things work. Here aretwo of the best books from DorlingKindersley, Ltd., which are educa-tional, fun and practi-cally indestructible inhard cover.“See How It’s Made,” written and editedby Penny Smith and Lorrie Mack,uses photographs and drawings toexplain, for instance, how apple juiceis made. Starting with the pickingof the apples, with a bit of historyabout the fruit itself: ancient Romansloved the fruit and carried them toBritain when they conquered theBritish; then the Brits brought themto America when theysettled here. Fromtree to bottling the juice, it is all coveredhere in several fasci-nating pages.From skateboards, which is anotherinteresting process,to chocolate that hasan early history withthe Mayans who firstdiscovered cacao treesand collected the pods that heldthe beans used to make a chocolatedrink more than a thousand yearsago. And all those years ago, theMaya Indians from Central Americaused cocoa beans as their money! It’sa long, delicate process before cocoabeans become your favorite candybar.Ever wonder how an electric gui-tar is made? It’s all in this great littlebook. And did you know that thesound at a rock concert is as loud
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as a chain saw held in your hands?From CDs, sausages, plastic blocks(Legos), honey to t-shirts, here areserious and fun facts that combinein this educational,extraordinary book thatis sure to intrigue kidsfrom 6-80!Our bodies are themost beautiful and fascinating cre-ations. “How The Incredible HumanBody Works” is entirely illustratedbook with six double gatefolds; eachfocusing on a body system and com-plete glossary terminology. Fromthe outside of the human body tothe inside, attention is paid to thebodily processes and how they inter-connect to produce us- you and me. It is a journey through history,medicine, anatomy, andphysiology including anunderstandable expla-nation of chromosomeand DNA, which wassatisfactory for even my young grandchildren. The illustrations andguidelines are compre-hensive and clever asthe “Brainwaves” (tiny, red-clothedcartoons figures) lead families on thisexcellent journey of discovery. These61 pages will give you and your chil-dren a closer and sometimes surpris-ing look at just how our incrediblehuman bodies work.Written by Richard Walker andillustrated by Lisa Swerling andRalph Lazar, this book should be inevery family’s library. In hardcover,published by DK Publishing, Inc, at$19.99***
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Fried potatoes go back to Thomas Jefferson who brought them toAmerica after a visit to France. Thepotato chip, however, is a thoroughlyAmerican creation; not only in ori-gin but in it’s happen-ing in the first place.In 1853, at a resortcalled Moon’s LakeHouse, in Saratoga,New York, a custom-er had ordered friedpotatoes. The cook,George Crum, has been describedas an American Indian (in 1893?Cooking at an American high -societyresort?), was so upset that an orderhe’d prepared was sent back to thekitchen as being too thick, sliced anew order, paper-thin, and fried it inoil to a crisp and sprinkled it with saltto get even with the customer. (Oneaccount claims that customer wasCommodore Cornelius Vanderbilt.)Instead, his revenge proved to bean instant hit with the fussy cus-tomer and his pals, who then praisedthem so highly to other guests sooften, that soon everyone was ask-ing for them. They became knownas Saratoga Chips, up and down theEast Coast and then, simply “potatochips” as they spread across thecountry.By 1895, they were available ingrocery stores. William Tappendenbegan delivering them to grocerystores in his Cleveland, Ohio, neigh-borhood. He made them on his kitch-
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en stove and deliveredthem in a horse-drawn wagon. As the demandgrew, he converted his barn into apotato chip factory, probably withmore than one kitchenstove.Until the 1920’spotato chips weresold in paper sacks,packed by hand fromthe cracker barrels in which they came fromthe factory. It was a woman, LauraScudder, who worked in a MontereyPark, California, chip business whofigured out the way to sell them moresanitarily, in sealed bags. Laura,an ingenious entrepreneur senthome sheets of waxed paper with the women employees at night, who thenmade them into bags, hand-ironingthe sides and bottoms, with their sadirons, heated on the kitchen range.Back at the factory the next day,they hand-sacked the chips into thebags and sealed them with another warm iron!Many potato chip companiesflourished, but it was one founded byHerman Lay in Nashville, Tennessee,that is most familiar to us today. Sopopular are chips, that they are thefavorite snack item on the market.In 2003, the Centennial Year of ThePotato Chip, retail sales in the UnitedStates alone, were over $6 billiona year, and the industry employedmore than 65,000 people.***
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Welcoming and Inclusive of All 
HOLY WEEK 
PALM SUNDAY 
March 16, 2008Liturgy of the Palms7:30 am
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Liturgy of the Palms and Procession *9 & 11:15 am,
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HOLY MONDAY 
March 17, 20087 pm Holy Eucharist
HOLY TUESDAY 
March 18, 20087 pm Holy Eucharist,
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HOLY WEDNESDAY 
March 19, 20087 a.m. The Holy Eucharist,
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 A Service of Tenebrae *7 pm
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MAUNDY THURSDAY 
March 20, 20087 pm The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper,
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9 p.m. All night Prayer Vigil �
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March 21, 2008The Solemn Liturgy of Good Friday Noon & 7 pm ~
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Saturday, March 22, 20087 pm ~
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March 23, 2008
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Before I came to Arvada to helpmy family build the D Note, I wasliving in San Francisco, deeplyenmeshed in the poetry world Ihad found there. Partof what motivated themove was the feel-ing that the poetry world was so insularand incestuous as tobe practically uselessto anyone else in the whole wide world. I liked the idea that some-how maybe all this aesthetic beautyI had got myself wrapped up incould be transported wholesale tothe truth of the midwest.Part of my plan was to putpoetry up in the bathrooms of theD Note. Afterall, poetry wasn’t aneasy sell and a captive audience was a big merit. A good poem takesabout the same time to digest as ittakes you to release whatever foodand drink you need to undigest, akind of brilliant multi-tasking, asimultaneous intake of poetry andoutgo of waste.I wall-papered the stalls with myfavorite poets, work I found bothaccessible and great, by my favor-ite poets known and unknown. Itailored the poems to males in themen’s room and female’s in thelady’s. Almost none of these poemshave actually survived the five yearsof heavy D Note bathroom use,but there is, happily, one FrankO’hara poem in the lady’s room,“Meditations In An Emergency”. There are new poems up now,though, in both bathrooms, as wellas a lot of graffiti and even somevery fine art.One very interesting differencebetween the men’s room and thelady’s room is the amount of writ-ing on the walls. There is way waymore in the women’s room. It wouldtake you a few hours to read allof the writing. I’m not sure whythis difference is. My theory is twofold. I think women are more effu-sive in their expression. In other words, they like to talk more. Andsecondly, there are higher expecta-tions for them to behave in society. Therefore, when given a chance tofreely break the rules and write onthe wall, it is like being given a hallpass. In fact, between stall one andtwo in the woman’s room, writtenhigh up, there is writing on the wall that says, “paint the wall, forhe does not mind”, signed EQ. Butmaybe I’m thinking too hard aboutthis. Our friend Danielle Hastingssays it’s just because women havepens in their purses. Good point. The variety of the graffiti is stag-gering. There are discussions onsuch hot topics as pornographyand religion and evenabortion. There is a lotof advice asking andadvice giving. Here’sa nice example fromthe second stall: “I’min love with someonethat doesn’t even know I’m there,and it kills me everyday!” And here’sthe response: “Been there. You have2 choices... A: Alone and HAPPY. B:In love and alone. A- will let youmove on and grow. B- will kill you.”Sharp sage wit. I have even foundmyself benefiting from the advice inthe lady’s room from time to time.When I was torn between deciding whether to commit to a relationshipor go the solo route I was comfortedby this simple statement in stallone: “Commitment is okay. Changeis okay.” There are lots of good quotestoo. I’ll include a small samplingof some of my favorites... “I believein making the world a better placefor our children, but not our chil-dren’s children, because I don’tthink children should be havingsex. -Jack Handy.”... “I look upfrom my Vermouth on the rocks/A gift-wrapped wig... still in thebox/ of towering velveteen./ I puton some make-up,/ turn up the8-track/ and put my drink downon the shelf./ Suddenly I’m MissBeehive 1963/ Then I go back tomyself. -Hedwig”...”I’d like to livelike a poor man with lots of money.-Pablo Picasso”... “People you’vebeen before/ that you don’t wantaround anymore/ they push andshove/ and won’t bend to your will/I’ll keep them still. -Elliott Smith1969-2003”...”As you take your nextsteps into the world, remember....first impressions are not alwayscorrect. you must always have faithin people. And most importantly you must always have faith in your-self. -Legally Blond.” That last oneis a little trite, but I am amusedthat someone got life inspirationfrom Legally Blond. There are even three quotes in for-eign languages: “Non Carborundumilligitemi”. I had to google this tofind out what it means. It’s actu-ally supposed to be “Illigitemi noncarborundum” and means “don’t letthe bastards get you down.” Anotherlatin saying up there is “Aliss VolatPropiis” Translated: she who flies with her own wings. And there is
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one in German, “traume nicht deinLieben- Lebe deine traume!”, whichI found out online means, “ Don’tdream your life, live your dream.”We have some very erudite quotesin the lady’s room, but we haveplenty of dumb ones too, with someseriously horrendous misspellings.Lots of “4” for “for” and “U” for“you”, a sign of the texting times Iguess. There are also some wonderfulanonymous quotes too. Here’s afew good ones... “The arid torpor of inaction will be our demise!”...”Don’tleave the one you love for the one you like for the one you like willleave you for the one they love!”...“When there is no wind, row”...“confucious say...man who standon toilet is high on pot.”...”I’m acynical optimist-- I see the glass ashalf full-- but I know the second Iturn my back, some bastard willdrink it!”...”Men are like parkingspaces. All the good ones are taken;and the ones left are either handi-capped or way the hell out there!”...“Here’s to the Lady in Black/ who’salways sleek and never slack./ And when she kisses, she kisses sweet.She makes things stand/ that haveno feet.”...”How many emo kidsdoes it take to screw in a lightbulb? who cares, let them cry inthe dark!” And there are a few sur-real ones too. I like this one...”waitfor it.” And how about this puzzlingput down... “Your mom collectsstamps!” There is some smut, of course. The smut routinely gets covered with art, but more always appears.One poem that has been up for 4 years or so, taking up a large por-
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