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Gunnison-Crested Butte Greek Festival returns June 18-20
special to the Cherry Creek News
received honorable mention for Trail of such as tiropites, pastistio, dolmathes,
by the Cherry Creek News Come eat, drink and dance like a meatballs, and spanakoptia, as well
the Year. Bike described the 401 Trail as Greek at the 2010 Greek festival, June
Since the 1970s, when locals start- as desserts such as baklava, kouam-
having the “best views in the country.” 18th through the 20th on the grounds
ed retrofitting old Schwinn paperboy biethes, galatobouriko, paximadia,
Road biking also gets plenty of atten- of the Assumption Greek Orthodox
bikes with multiple gears, Crested Butte koulouria and sweet bread.  Each cup
tion. One of the state’s biggest sum- Cathedral (the big gold dome), located
has helped write the history of moun- of traditional Greek coffee is made-to-
mer rides will be passing through, with at Alameda and Leetsdale.  
tain biking and is now home to the order, and we are even offering frappes,
Bicycle Tour of Colorado starting in Denver’s Greek Festival features
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. Some of a popular coffee drink in Greece.
the sport’s most thrilling chapters are see BIKING on page 5 “tastes of Greece”, homemade items There will be live Greek music
still unfolding in the Gunnison-Crested throughout the Festival, as well as
Butte Valley, with both classic and cut- Did a young man’s offhand kindness youth dance performances on all three
ting-edge events and backcountry trails days, throughout the day. The
straight out of mountain and road biker lead to a charmed, successful life? Assumption Cathedral Choir will per-
fantasies. form Hymns of the Orthodox Church
The readers of Bike magazine named and other Christian Music at 2:00 P.M.
Crested Butte the Best Destination in on both Saturday and Sunday in the
the “33 Best Rides in North America” Cathedral.
in 2009. Crested Butte’s Teocalli Ridge The Greek Boutique will feature
received the Best Climb nod, Deadman’s jewelry, clothing, and art, display-
Gulch landed the Best Tight ‘N Twisty ing the best of Greek artisans.  The
accolade, and the infamous 401 Trail Assumption Cathedral Book Store
will  display Greek Orthodox icons,
books, and literature for purchase. The
see SOLAR on page 4

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A young Paul Nikitovich, center, with the four Alsatians he saved in Belgrade
by Don Bain
You’ve heard it said many times:
“You get what you give.” How did the
Beatles put it? “The love you take is
equal to the love you make.”
Does the life of Cherry Hills resi-
dent and consummate businessman
Paul Nikitovich illustrate this concept?
We’ll provide you with the pertinent
facts and let you judge for yourself.
Paul Nikitovich was born in Serbia
several years after the end of World
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Captured German soldiers were Central Denver
Dispatch
being shipped off to Belgrade for “pro-
cessing,” a whitewashed expression for
execution. When new prisoners arrived
in the camp, the ones already there had
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to be disposed of to make room for the
new arrivals.
Paul was conscripted into the page 3
Yugoslav army when communist guer-
rillas took over the country. He was in
Belgrade to man a post not as a guard, •The Wedding Photographer
but as a sentry in the military camp page 10

War I, almost ensuring entanglement overseen by the Soviets.

in World War II. He was conscripted “My part of the occupation was to
into the Yugoslav army in 1944 at the sleep in the heart of Belgrade in one •Alcohol Awareness page 7
age of 19. of the bunkers and to walk up and
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When Germany invaded France a down the lane, just to show presence,”
P.O. Box 460142

few years before, they declared the • Parenting coach

long-disputed French province Alsace
to be German territory, drafted the
young Alsatians and sent them off to
the Eastern front to fight the Russians.
By the spring of 1944, the German
offensive in Russia was failing.
Nikitovich said. “To show the Russians,
‘we are here too.” page 12
The young Yugoslav, who is now
fluent in five languages, already spoke
French as well as Russian. One day • Dodge’s Journey page 14
see HEROISM on page 10
Page 2 Cherry Creek News & Central Denver Dispatch
Opinion and Comment
Debate over education reform
seriously off track
A disastrously wrong-headed bill
squeaks through the legislature, seek-
ing to penalize teachers for factors in
the greater part out of their control.
A “grassroots” group, funded almost
entirely by oil money and a shadowy
“family” foundation, calls for DPS to
“turnaround” more schools, code for
firing teachers and closing schools.
Yet we know from solid research
and experience that “turnaround”
schools rarely work. We know that
after a decade of high-stakes testing,
student achievement and performance
upon honest testing is flat at best.
But a narrow majority of the Denver
school board and an increasingly shaky
superintendent still are pursuing the
policy preferences of big money at the
expense of our students and families.
Money goes for a metastasis of the
bureaucracy, millions spent on pursu-
ing “new” schools, while neighborhood
schools dry rot- stripped of resources
and absented the critical, single-mind-
ed focus upon student learning that
would plow new and providential fur-
rows.
Yet research abounds that would
make a difference. We know what
would produce a real return on invest-
ment— demonstrably and measurably
improving learning. Give DPS par-
ents real, instrumental tools and pro-
grams for giving their kids a real shot
at achievement. Stop obsessing with
political posturing and teacher blaming
and instead pursue proven paths.
Some recent research:
“How adults approach children
aged 3 to 6 years during conversations
has a major influence on their lan-
guage acquisition. Those who address
children as fully-fledged conversa-
tion partners lay an early basis for the
development of ‘academic language’,
says Dutch researcher Lotte Henrichs.
“Children in elementary school need
a certain type of language proficiency:
academic language. Academic lan-
guage is not an independent, new lan-
guage, but is the language that teachers
use and expect from the pupils. It
enables children to understand instruc-
tions and to demonstrate their knowl-
edge in an efficient manner. Academic
language is characterized by difficult,
abstract words and complex sentence
structures. The language often contains
a lot of clauses and conjunctions and
due to the methods of argument and
analysis it has a scientific appearance.
“Henrichs demonstrated that chil-
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dren are already confronted with aca-
demic language in pre-school environ-
ments. They already hear a lot aca-
demic language from the teacher and
are often expected to use academic lan-
guage themselves. The extent to which
academic language is used at home
was found to differ strongly between
families. An essential aspect is how
parents approach their children during
conversations. If children are given the
opportunity to make meaningful con-
tributions to conversations, they often
use characteristics of academic lan-
guage proficiency naturally. In addition
to this, the knowledge of academic lan-
guage depends on the extent to which
parents read to their children, tell them
stories and hold conversations about
interesting subjects.
“Lotte Henrichs investigated how
very young children in particular
acquire this academic language pro-
ficiency and the role played by child
raisers and schools in this process.
Within the large research program that
Henrichs carried out her research in,
150 children aged 3 to 6 years were fol-
lowed for a period of three years. All of
the children lived in the Netherlands
and came from Turkish, Moroccan-
Berber and Dutch families. From all
these participants, a subgroup of 25
Dutch families were involved in the in-
depth study of Henrichs.
__________
The strong inference from Henrichs’
research and legions of other research-
ers is that what happens at home in
early years is determinative. We can
choose one of two paths. The first,
we can pretend that classrooms are
literal islands, and hope for the best
with increasing class sizes and less seat
time. Or we can innovate, reach out
to parents with the best information,
resources and tools to engage their
young children, both before and after
they begin school. We can no longer
afford dogmatic, unproven education
“reforms” pushed by agenda-carriers
who have scant experience in the actu-
ally practice of education.
It’s past time for parents and tax-
payers to demand a reality-based
approach to school reform. It is time
for DPS administration to focus on
educating students, not political stunts
and money-losing financial cartwheels
and circus tricks.
—Guerin Lee Green
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A major portion of RTD’s FasTracks
project - the East Line to DIA and the
Gold Line to Arvada will be designed,
financed, built, operated and maintained
by a private partner consortium. After
literally years of developing proposals in
collaboration with RTD staff, two such
international groups have submitted
proposals to the RTD Board of Directors
and will make presentations to the Board
at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday
afternoon, May 18th from 1:00 to 5:00
PM. The public is invited to view the
presentations and hear Board questions.
This innovative methodology of con-
tracting for development of a transit
project is unique in the United States and
rare in the world. The budgeted con-
struction cost of this portion of FasTracks
is approximately $1 billion and the suc-
cessful bidder will be selected in June.
With the RTD Board moving toward
selecting one of the teams in early sum-
mer to design, build, finance, operate
and maintain these major new rail cor-
ridors, this open setting gives ordinary
citizens the unique opportunity to hear
many of the details that RTD will consid-
er in making that selection. The public
will have the ability to provide feedback
via written comment cards or online
computer stations that will be available
during the event.
“RTD is in the forefront of implement-
ing this innovative method for delivering
mega-projects,” RTD Board Chair Lee
Kemp said. “By packaging some of our
projects into a single 46-year contract, we
are able to partner with the private sector
to bring private equity into the FasTracks
program, which allows RTD to spread
the public’s resources further.”
The four-hour event will be held
on Tuesday, May 18, in the historic
Paramount Theater, 1621 Glenarm Place,
a half-block off the 16th Street Mall. Each
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team will have one hour and 45 minutes
to present the details of its proposal. The
first presentation starts at 1 p.m. and
the second at 3 p.m. Doors will open at
12:30 p.m.
The Eagle P3 Project is a $2.3 billion
public-private partnership initiative by
RTD within the larger FasTracks rapid
transit expansion program. Together,
it encompasses more than 36 miles of
the total 122 miles of new rail corridors
planned in FasTracks – 30 percent of
all the new track in the program. In
addition to the East Corridor and Gold
Line, it includes a two-mile section of
the Northwest Rail corridor, as it splits
from the Gold Line and heads to south
Westminster, construction of the new
commuter rail maintenance facility and
purchase of all the electric commuter rail
trains necessary to operate the lines.
RTD will maintain control of ser-
vice standards and schedules so that the
trains operated by the concessionaire
blend seamlessly for riders within the
overall metro bus and rail transit net-
work.
Through the Eagle P3 Project RTD
is pioneering the most advanced transit
public-private partnership in the nation,
building on experiences in Europe and
throughout the world with close coop-
eration from the U.S. Federal Transit
Administration.
FasTracks will build 122 miles of
commuter rail and light rail, 18 miles
of bus rapid transit service, add 21,000
new parking spaces, redevelop Denver
Union Station and redirect bus service to
better connect the eight-county District.
The FasTracks investment initiative is
projected to create more than 10,000 con-
struction-related jobs during the height
of construction, and will pump billions
of dollars into the regional economy.
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Getting fit in 2010: Gadgets
run amok
by Guerin Lee Green
On the journey to fitness, there
are zillion products, gadgets and fads
trying to reach deep into consumer
pockets.   After all, if you can pay
a few bucks or more, and be deliv-
ered a shortcut in time or effort, who
wouldn’t?
Despite the TV informercials, with
their ab this and ab that, there aren’t
any shortcuts. In fact, many products
are predicated upon lies— there is no
such thing as spot reduction of fat—
the body loses and gains fat over its
entire mass, largely determined by an
unchanging genetic map determined
at conception. And spending time ton-
ing a particular body part? A cruel
joke. The best exercises, the most effi-
cient exercises, are compound ones,
using multiple body parts and engag-
ing the major muscle groups of the
body in one movement. So put your
credit card away while watching late
night TV. It isn’t going to work.
But there are a variety of tools and
gadgets that can make the fitness focus
more fun, and more productive. And
for a goal focused approach, they can
make for a self-sustaining motivation
tool. With the innovations of smart-
phone technology, particularly the
ubiquitous “app for that,” there are
new tools for charting, graphing and
measuring workouts. On the iPhone
platform, try iFitness, a fairly stripped
down tool for logging your workouts.
In the gym, strapped to your arm, it
makes tracking reps, weight, exercises
and time and a couple of taps breeze.
And because you can use the app to
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completed last time, can push you
through the toughest workout. If not,
exam is necessary.
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ally, of course, but you get the point.
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Defining fitness
continued from page 3
also proves, conclusively, the cardio
benefit of weight sessions— an hour
lifting led to an average heart rate
of 127 bpm during one test. More
sophisticated heart monitors, like the
Suunto TC-6, can compute calories
used, and another important measure
called EPOC, or Excess Post-Exercise
Oxygen Consumption (a measure of
the metabolic boost due to exercise-
see our earlier fitness articles).
Like the iPhone apps, the heart rate
monitor is tremendous motivator. It
doesn’t tolerate slacking, and keeps
you working hard enough so, that
with the right goal-setting, you can be
relatively assured that you are getting
maximum return on the time you’ve
put into your fitness.
Other useful distractions? Around
the house, a weight bench with an
olympic barbell is great, along with
dumbbell or two. A Swiss or exer-
cise ball is great— there are a ton
of online video showing various ball
exercises. And for the ab rats out
there, a scientific study of muscle uti-
lization   reported that crunches on a
ball showed the best engagement. A
cheapo home pull-up bar (remember
those infomercials) paired with elastic
bands can be a great and simple home
gym, allowing a range of great exercis-
Greek Festival marries
culture, cuisine and art
continued from page 1
Cathedral, renovated  eleven years
ago and termed by local papers the
“Sistine Chapel of the West”, will offer
daily tours.
Last year, The Greek Festival
donated over $10,000 to The Gathering
Place and will  sustain this partner-
ship this year by donating a por-
tion of Festival proceeds to Gathering
Place programs. We will also be mak-
ing donations to Families First and
Joshua’s Station, to help further sup-
port Denver organizations that are
truly making a difference in our com-
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Biking mecca to be found in

Gunnison County
continued from page ONE
Gunnison on June 20 and ending June
26.
Gunnison Growler Spring Series,
Gunnison, May 13 & 20 The fifth annual
Gunnison Growler Mountain Bike Series
takes place on select Thursday evenings
in April and May at Hartman Rocks
Multi-Use Recreation Area in Gunnison.
This classic mountain bike race/fun ride
16th annual ride returns to the Gunnison-
Crested Butte Valley for the second year
in a row, this time beginning in Gunnison
on June 20 and ending there on June 26.
In addition to Gunnison, the more than
470-mile loop includes Alamosa, Chama
(N.M.), Pagosa Springs. The tour is lim-
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men’s and women’s divisions: short and Mt. Crested Butte are the proud
course, long course sport and long course hosts of the world’s oldest mountain bike Plantar
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expert. There also are races for kids. The festival, the 30th Annual Crested Butte
races begin at 5:45 p.m., with registra- Fat Tire Bike Week from June 22 – 27. Ligament
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tion starting on-site at 4:30 p.m. The cost Voted Best Festival in a Bike magazine Arthroscopies
is $20 per race and kids free. Proceeds reader poll, participants can take part Neck Pain

benefit Gunnison Trails— visit www. in the Fat Tire 40 mountain bike race, Back Pain
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Original Growler, Gunnison, May
30 The local mountain biking race season
officially kicks off on May 30 with the
Original Growler at Gunnison’s Hartman
Rocks Multi-Use Recreation Area, orga-
nized by racing great Dave Wiens.
Registration is already sold out for both
the 64-mile (two laps) and 32-mile (one
lap) competitions, with each lap climb-
ing 4,000 vertical feet. The races start at 7
a.m., with proceeds benefiting Gunnison
Trails. Go to www.gunnisontrails.com
for information.
Bicycle Tour of Colorado, Begins &
Ends in Gunnison, June 20 & 26 This
a national act, aided rides, and
more. For information, contact
the Crested Butte-Mt. Crested
Butte Chamber of Commerce
at (800) 545-4505 or visit www.
ftbw.com.
10th Annual Wildflower
Rush, Mt. Crested Butte, June
26 – 27 Come discover what
real Crested Butte single track
is all about at the 10th Annual
Wildflower Rush, the fourth
stop on this year’s Mountain
States Cup (MSC) regional
mountain bike racing series.
Held at Crested Butte Mountain
Resort in Mt. Crested Butte,
the event begins with a Cross
Country race and free Shimano
Kids Race on June 26. On June
27, the Crested Butte Downhill
and Super-D will give racers
plenty of challenges. For more
information and registration, visit www.
racemsc.com.
Bridges of the Butte, Crested Butte,
June 26 - 27 This 24-hour townie bike
tour takes riders on many of the bridges
in downtown Crested Butte and runs
from 3 p.m. on June 26 to 3 p.m. on
June 27. Enter as an individual and
cruise all 24 hours or enter as a team.
There is no limit to team size, and cos-
tumes are encouraged but not required.
Registration costs $24 per participant
and kids pay their age. This unique event
benefits the Adaptive Sports Center, and
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Crested Butte, July 15, 22, 29, Aug. 5, 12 bike race where individual entrants and
This recreational racing series created in teams ride a 13-mile loop continuously
1998 by Crested Butte Mountain Resort from noon, Aug. 15 to noon Aug. 16.
is geared toward fun and competition The person/team in each category with
for beginner to expert riders. The races the most laps wins. A 12-hour race that
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The Prevalence of Worry and

Guilt in Motherhood
By Angela Sasseville, MA, LPC, NCC
If you listen in on the conversa-
tions of a group of mothers of young
children you’re likely to overhear a few
universal comments: Someone will
be asking the other women for advice
and recommendations on a challeng-
ing issue that has arisen with her child.
She’s searching for the best solution
but is not yet sure how to handle the
issue. Another mom will undoubtedly
share a story about a trying experience
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self that are remarkably distorted. For
example, she may feel guilty as she
believes “I’m a bad mom for going
to work,” when her child is actually
quite happy in childcare and the family
needs the mother’s income. Another
mom may live in a hypervigilant state
as she has the recurring thought, “My
child is in danger,” when in fact they
aren’t. Traumas of an abusive, neglect-
ful or sexual nature are often triggered
when a mother witnesses her child
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Alcohol Awareness 
by Kerry Broderick, M.D., Denver Alcohol use for longer periods 
Health Emergency Department than intended; 
She was 15 years old. She was Desire and/or unsuccessful
a passenger in a car with a 17 year efforts to cut down or control alco- 
old who had been drinking at a hol use; 
friend’s home. She died after major Considerable time spent obtain-
attempts at saving her life failed in ing or using alcohol, or recovering 
the Emergency Department. from its effects; 
The hard part is telling the fam- Important social, work, or recre-
ational activities given 
up because of alcohol 
use; 
Continued use of
alcohol despite knowl- 
edge of problems 
caused by, or aggra- 
vated by, use; and
Denial. 
Alcoholism is a 
chronic disease with
genetic, psychosocial
and environmental
factors. The disease
is often progressive
and fatal. 
Genetics play a 
large role in alcohol-
ism. Scientists have

found that having an 
alcoholic family mem- 
ber makes it more
likely for a person to 
develop alcoholism. 
Certain environ- 
mental factors influ-
ence whether a per- 
son with a genetic risk 
for alcoholism ever 

Kerry Broderick, M.D., Denver Health
develops the disease. 
ily. No matter how long I do this A person’s risk for developing 
job that always affects me most. I alcoholism can increase based on
see hundreds of people injured or the person’s environment, family,
killed each year because of alcohol friends and culture, peer pressure,
abuse. and even how easy it is to obtain Advertise in the Cherry Creek News from
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A BAC of .03 affects eye movement
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person’s ability to process infor-
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Long-term side effects of alco-
hol use can lead to serious health
problems including liver disease;
heart disease; various cancers, such
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throat, larynx and esophagus; pan-
creatitis; depression; high blood
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Alcohol abuse is a pattern of
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in health consequences and social
problems. However, alcohol depen-
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that is characterized by abnormal
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Many people consider them-
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Cyndeth Allison
plans will magically come to fruit, hoax”. I understand, then forget,
Denver Notions one after another, or one linked to again and again. But each time I
another and to another until they learn it, the wisdom suffuses my life
I am rearranging the kitchen this I stand by the counter, wondering
form a fine Celtic knot of fulfill- more fully, like the rosemary suffus-
morning, as the spring rain falls. I what to do with this pile. Should I
ment. ing the olive oil in the recipe in my
pull down a stack of magazines and again sort the wheat - real potential
THERE REALLY IS NO FUTURE. hand.
loose papers – recipes I want to try - - from the chaff - those I know deep
There is only now, when I am stand-    Perhaps one day I will be able
planning to move them to the back down I won’t cook? Or just toss the
ing at the kitchen counter, neatening live my life as if I were in the pres-
porch bookcase. whole eight-inch stack and never
up the stack and deciding whether ent, and not with expectation of
There are eight or ten Metropolitan look back?
to put new paper on the shelf before some future. Maybe I will even reach
Home Magazines - with gourmet The problem is, I have made up a
moving those bowls from up there a point where, when I find a recipe
recipes, difficult-to-find future for every single scrap
to down here. that looks interesting, I can make it,
ingredients, complicated of paper in that pile - the
It’s not like I haven’t known this. then, that week. If I like it, I will tuck
directions; some Whole Future candlelit dinner, flowers in All the great sages, from the Buddha it away, not for the future, but just
Foods and Vitamin the center of the table; the
to Eckhart Tolle, say so. Alan Watts for another time.
Cottage newsletters con- IMperfect snowy day, soup-fragrance
calls hope for the future a “perfect
taining health informa- wafting through the house;
tion; and a big wad of yel- laughter and beer and bar-
lowed newsprint, recipes beque as the sun sets behind
cut out of Sundays and Wednesdays. the grapevines. These are not recipes;
I see one for asparagus soup. That these are nourishment and love and
would be good this time of year. friendship.
Poached pears with blue cheese In the future. Some future, some-
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Fran Schroeder
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I drove away, camper in tow, from collapse, was reconstructed and relit
Denver’s Icons in March and went in 1867. The lens in the 73-foot tower
on SPRING BREAK on a month-long is a fifth-order lens and the visibility PRESENTS

trip. I visited some of my favor- in clear weather is about 18 miles.

ite lighthouses. Florida has 30 (if St. Mark’s had a female keeper
I remember correctly), and I have from 1904 to 1919. Sarah Fine finished
visited most of them--and her husband’s partially
climbed many--in the past
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when Florida was my June 18, 1904, without

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my numero uno!
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wetlands surrounding
near Newport in Florida’s the lighthouse we saw
Big Bend (the area is also called several alligators. Perhaps an alliga-
“Florida’s Forgotten Coast) is the St. tor got Sara’s husband!
Mark’s National Wildlife Refuge. The The grounds are freely accessible
lighthouse is at the end of the seven- within the National Wildlife Refuge,
mile road that wends through the but the tower is only opened during
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refuge--after a stop at the Visitor’s
Center.
St. Mark’s was a prominent Spanish
town of the early 1800’s. A lighthouse
was first built here in 1831, and then
moved and rebuilt in 1840 when ero-
sion threatened. During the Civil
War the tower sustained tremendous
damage, with a full one-third of its
base blasted away. The tower did not
fran schroeder 2010
special occasions. St. Mark’s is a very
picturesque location, and the refuge
has stunning beauty and bird-watch-
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Florida Birding Trail and is a popu-
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enthusiasts.
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The Wedding Photographer
by Natalie Cutsforth
the experience I gained an entire new
A few months ago I was in Seattle appreciation for what it takes to photo-
for my cousin’s wedding at a gorgeous graph groups of people. Photography
historic hotel downtown. Family was has become so widespread with digital
asked to arrive two hours before the photo-sharing and phone cameras that
ceremony for photographs. We lin- I’d forgotten what it means to be an
gered around as an hour ticked by, expert.
the photographer wasn’t there. I had A month later I met Garrett, a pro-
taken some great wildlife photos and fessional live music and wedding pho-
had a high-end digital camera so some- tographer at a Government Mule con-
one asked me to stand in. I said, “No cert. Two friends and I were looking
problem.” Thinking, “How hard can for someone to snap a photo with our
it be to take pictures of people?” They phone. He caught our attention out of
don’t move like animals in the wild. I the crowd by encouraging us to smile
was wrong. I spent the next hour gath- with silly antics. I began to see that being
ering groomsmen and family mem- an excellent people photographer goes
beyond know-
ing about light-
ing and cam-
era settings. It
requires engag-
ing your subject
in a way that
makes them
look natural, at
ease and happy.
That means a
good wedding
photographer
like Garrett is
coordinating
all of the right
people in active
poses, engaging
them through
conversation
to bring out
the best in the
moment. And
when the action
photos are being
captured dur-
ing a ceremony
or reception
the wedding
photographer
has enough
experience and
intuition to see
the priceless
moment a sec-
ond before it
bers, reaching deep into my memory unfolds and take the picture. That
to think of what photographers might moment when the bride’s eyes shine
do at weddings and snapping as many with joy and the groom’s with pride,
pictures as possible. My flash wasn’t or the groom gives his best buddy a
as fancy as my camera so after every knowing look. It is important to have
shot I had to wait for it to recharge many cameras at a wedding to catch
and once made an emergency trip to the candid moments. A professional
beg the concierge for more batteries. I photographer can only be in one place
found myself on my knees in a short at a time. But investing in an expert is
dress trying to get a picture of the worth it. You’ve only got one chance
groomsmen with the ceiling in it that to capture the day. A reliable, engaging
the bride requested. Not pretty. wedding photographer is a must!
Later when I looked over the photos Garrett Haking is a sharpshooter
I was disappointed in everything, the who’s captured many weddings and
lighting, the expressions on people’s rock and roll greats www.photogra-
faces and the general lack of creativity phyg.com. Natalie Cutsforth is a free-
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one of the captured German soldiers
Meanwhile, Andre, the son of Pierre
approached him.
Ambiehl, one of the four freed French
“Sir, I think you understand my
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language,” the prisoner said in perfect
ries his father told of the soldier who
French.
saved his father’s life. He is so inspired
“Yes I do,” Paul replied in kind.
by these tales he decides to see if he can
So the prisoner pleaded with Paul to
find this soldier of legend.
intercede on his behalf. “Please, please
He placed an ad in a Belgrade paper
save us,” he said. The man and three
and did some research online.
of his compatriots were scheduled to
So one day last September, Paul
be on the trucks of no return the very
got a call from a publisher in Belgrade
next day.
asking if he had saved four Frenchman
They were not Germans but
65 years before while on duty there. It
Frenchmen forced to fight against their
seemed a group of French folks were
will, the prisoner said of himself and his
trying to contact him because he had
friends, begging for intervention and
saved their lives.
clemency.
Soon thereafter, Nikitovich got a
Realizing the injustice of their situ-
call from Pierre – the one who never
ation, Paul agreed to see what he could
let his son forget he owed his life to the
do and took the ID numbers of the four
Cherry Hills resident. “Do you know
men.
how much I owe you?” Pierre inquired.
He spoke with the young officer in
“I owe you 65 years of my life. When I
charge of the prisoners, whom he knew,
count all the years of my children and
asking if the men could be spared.
“ T h e y
wore uniforms
and were
shooting at us,
they fought
against us,”
the command-
er replied. 
He could not
spare them,
but he agreed
to give them
four more
days in the
camp.
Paul snuck
through the
barbwire sur-
rounding the
encampment
and went over to the French Military
grandchildren, maybe it’s 300 years.”
Mission, demanding to see the ambas-
After 65 years Paul finally saw the
sador. There was only a French Colonel
picture he took with the prisoners so
in charge, so he explained the prisoner’s
many years before.
situation to the officer  and provided
Ambiehl spoke with the veteran’s
the men’s identity numbers, names and
organization in France, and they want-
addresses in France.
ed to recognize Nikitovich’s actions in
Nikitovich took a serious person-
some way. He was invited to France for
al risk by sneaking out of the strictly
a ceremony on October 29, 2009.
guarded military zone and by violating
He traveled to France and amongst
orders of the Soviet Supreme Command
grand ceremony including the president
that all German prisoners be shot. At
of the WWII veteran’s organization,
the time he was not aware of the dire
public officials and many speeches, he
jeopardy he was under.      
was named an Alsatian Hero for saving
“The next morning somebody came
the lives of four Alsatians in 1944.
to tell me some people were waiting for
Nikitovich rendered an acceptance
me at the main gate. So I went to the
speech in French and took his grandson
gate and there before my eyes were the
along, who just happens to be studying
four prisoners and two French officers.
the language in school.
“One was waving some papers and
All of this hoopla caused Paul to
as I grew closer he shouted, ‘They’re
forget a court appearance he was sup-
free, they’re free!”
posed to make Oct 2. When he received
The men were ecstatic, each hugging
a failure to appear notice he went down
Paul and thanking him profusely one
and asked the clerk what he should do.
by one. They insisted on taking a photo
She replied court convened in an hour
together with their savior.
and he should simply be there to plead
Shortly thereafter they all went their
his case.
separate ways. An impulsive act of kind-
He explained to the judge he had
ness had saved four young men. If you
missed his court date because of unprec-
believe in karma or that what you give
edented, earth-shaking events in his
comes back to you, this had to be a huge
personal life. The judge asked him to
positive in a young Yugoslav’s life.
explain.
After only 11 months Nikitovich
Paul said the explanation was a bit
deserted the communist armed services
long, but the judge wanted to hear it
and fled to Italy.  
anyway. So he proceeded to tell the
He went on to receive a law degree
story of the bunker in Belgrade, the
from Sorbonne University, an MBA from
Russian prison camp, the four French
Rutgers and completed the Advanced
soldiers in German uniforms, the pic-
Business School at Harvard. He also has
ture, the phone call, the trip to France,
degrees in International Relations from
his award and all.
the Sorbonne.
The judge listened patiently. “ I’ve
He speaks English, Spanish, French
made my decision,” the judge said.
and Portuguese in addition to his native
“Courtesy dismissal,” he said and the
Serbian. Arguably he is very intelligent,
whole court applauded.
well educated and has an innate under-
Two weeks ago, André Ambiehl
standing of international commerce.
came to Cherry Hills to help Paul cel-
He is still active today as senior
ebrate his 85th birthday. He now con-
consultant for L.A. Consultants, a firm
siders the man who saved his father’s
May 2010 Cherry Creek News & Central Denver Dispatch
Denver botanic gardens plant the
seeds for greening food deserts
Denver Botanic Gardens and Kaiser
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season with a brand new Community
Supporting Agriculture (CSA) pro-
gram. The garden will be introduced
to the community during a planting
celebration on May 20, 2010, where
students from Primrose Elementary
School in Lone Tree and volunteers
will help plant the garden’s first crop
of peppers and tomatoes.
Made possible through a three-
year, $500,000 grant from Kaiser
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Shares of the CSA are sold to members
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of the garden’s fresh produce during
the harvest season, from June through
October.
This new venture marks an impor-
tant milestone: The Gardens is the
first botanical garden in the country to
operate a CSA program of this scale.
This partnership is also believed to
be the nation’s first CSA collabora-
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health care provider.
“We’re excited to bring the CSA
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of public horticulture,” said Leigh
Rovegno, manager of the CSA at
Chatfield. “On a larger level, we’re
proud to be partnering with Kaiser
Permanente on a committed move-
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In its first year, the Chatfield CSA
will serve approximately 65 families
who have already signed up for the
program. In addition, a percentage of
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structures. The language often contains
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due to the methods of argument and
analysis it has a scientific appearance.
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