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<strong>Winter</strong> Issue <strong>2016</strong>-<strong>17</strong><br />
<strong>JeffCo</strong>Living<br />
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6 TEA - A Warm Cup of Cheer<br />
7 Holiday Visions<br />
11 The Molly Brown Summer House<br />
12 Package of Love<br />
13 Holiday & Seasonal Shopping!<br />
<strong>17</strong> Photography All About “Feeling”<br />
18 Even In Snow … Still Television<br />
19 Bygone Memories<br />
20 Outdoor and Indoor Fun<br />
22 Beads, Beads, and More Beads!<br />
23 Real Estate App is Amazing<br />
Apex Pavement Solutions 15<br />
Avenue Gifts 15<br />
Buffalo Bill Museum 8<br />
Buffalo Bill’s Pahaska Tepee 9<br />
City of Golden 14<br />
Cliff House Lodge 10<br />
Herbs & Arts 2<br />
JM Colton Communications 3<br />
Dinosaur Ridge 10<br />
El Rancho Brewing Company 16<br />
Evergreen Crafters 21<br />
Evergreen Goldsmiths 21<br />
Foothills Products Inc. 18<br />
Advertising Sponsors<br />
Genesee Mountain Fitness 16<br />
Go Paint! 22<br />
<strong>JeffCo</strong> Living Journey 4<br />
Jim Smith - Golden Real Estate 5<br />
Ka-Gina Beads 22<br />
Light Rail Gallery 23<br />
Morrison Natural History Museum 10<br />
Pace Setters 6<br />
Robison Advertising Design 3<br />
Skalte Images <strong>17</strong><br />
Village Roaster 4<br />
Wings of Eagles 15<br />
UHL Studios 24<br />
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Italy “Top to Toe” Special <strong>JeffCo</strong> Living Journey<br />
Join us for a 16 day trip to amazing & beautiful Italy – Visit www.<strong>JeffCo</strong>Living.com for info.<br />
Venice: October 12-15 3 nights<br />
Private Transfer Venice Airport to Hotel<br />
Hotel Venice Malibran www.hotelmalibran.com<br />
1/2 City Tour 2 hours guide service<br />
Full Day Tour to the Islands 8 hours Guide Service<br />
Boat - Private transfer from hotel to Rail station<br />
Florence: October 15-18 3 nights<br />
Rail from Venice to Florence First Class<br />
Transfers from Rail station to Hotel<br />
Hotel Botticelli www.hotelbotticelli.it<br />
Full day tour of Cinque Terre 8 hours<br />
Private Guide 6 hours in Cinque Terre<br />
Full day walking city tour 3 hours<br />
Transfer from the hotel in Florence to the rail station<br />
Rome: October 18-22 4 nights<br />
Rail from Florence to Rome First Class<br />
Transfer from the rail station to the hotel<br />
Hotel Kolbe Hotel www.kolbehotelrome.com<br />
Full Day tour 6 hours<br />
Colosseum Entrance tickets<br />
Vatican Museum Entrance Tickets<br />
Transfer from the hotel to the Rail Station<br />
&Italy<br />
Amazing<br />
Beautiful<br />
Sorrento: October 22-26 4 nights<br />
Transfer from Rome to Sorrento via Naples via train<br />
Tour of Pompeii<br />
Tour of Herculaneum<br />
Hotel Hotel Il Faro Sorrento www.hotelilfaro.com<br />
Transfer from Sorrento to Naples hotel<br />
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Naples: October 27 1 night<br />
Hotel Starhotel Terminus<br />
www.starhotels.com/en/our-hotels/terminus-naples<br />
Transfer from Naples hotel to Airport<br />
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TEA - A Warm Cup of Cheer<br />
This Time of the Year!<br />
With temperatures recently dipping<br />
into minus digits here in Colorado there<br />
is no better way to combat the cold<br />
winter weather than by enjoying a hot<br />
cup of your favorite brew. Ah, while<br />
the statement seems to ring true; the<br />
real question is: What is your favorite<br />
hot beverage of choice? Most people<br />
would obviously say coffee, without<br />
even thinking twice about their answer.<br />
But, I guess that depends on who you<br />
ask and when you ask; because at any<br />
given time surprisingly, or not, the<br />
answer might change as quickly as the<br />
“weather.’’<br />
Case in point, Stanford University<br />
geographer Martin W. Lewis notes on<br />
his GeoCurrents blog, “the geography<br />
of hot drinks has changed markedly<br />
over the centuries. Places once so<br />
famous for coffee that they gave their<br />
names to it (Java, Turkey, the Arabian<br />
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peninsula) now favor tea or other<br />
stimulants, as do most of the tropical<br />
countries that grow the world’s<br />
joe (with a few exceptions, such as<br />
Colombia and Brazil).”<br />
There are health benefits associated<br />
with both coffee and tea, which contain<br />
various antioxidants, phytochemicals<br />
found in plant foods. Antioxidants<br />
protect our bodies from oxidants/freeradicals<br />
consisting of an atom, or group<br />
of atoms, having one unpaired electron,<br />
which, because of instability and high<br />
reactiveness, can damage cells and<br />
cause disease.<br />
Tea leaves, all of which contain a<br />
group of antioxidants called flavonoids,<br />
come from only one evergreen plant<br />
called Camellia sinensis. But what<br />
determines whether the leaves become<br />
green, white, black or oolong teas<br />
depends on when the leaves are<br />
plucked and the processing methods,<br />
which changes the leaves’ character,<br />
chemical composition and appearance.<br />
Further, while, tea is a broad, allencompassing<br />
term, “herbal teas”<br />
produced from a wide range of plant<br />
and herb leaves, floral infusions, seeds,<br />
and/or roots, all offering enticing tastes<br />
and aromas, are actually referred to as<br />
“tisanes” (pronounced in French as:<br />
tee-zan and in the U.S. as: ti-zan, or<br />
ti-zahn).<br />
Although more green coffee is<br />
produced globally than tea — 8.5<br />
million metric tons versus 4.7 million<br />
metric tons of tea in 2011, according to<br />
the Food and Agriculture Organization,<br />
“it takes only about two grams of tea to<br />
make a cup, compared with 10 grams<br />
of coffee.” As such, British geographer<br />
David Grigg calculates “three cups of<br />
tea are drunk for every one of coffee.”<br />
http://www.pewresearch.org/facttank/2013/12/20/chart-of-the-weekcoffee-and-tea-around-the-world<br />
“The U.S. is the third largest importer<br />
of tea in the world, after Russia<br />
and Pakistan, and the only western<br />
country to grow in tea imports and<br />
consumption... In 2015, Americans<br />
consumed well over 80 billion servings<br />
of tea, or more than 3.6 billion gallon.<br />
About 85% of all tea consumed was<br />
Black Tea, 14% was Green Tea, and the<br />
small remaining amount was Oolong,<br />
White and Dark Tea.” (Visit: www.<br />
teausa.com/14655/tea-fact-sheet for<br />
more tea facts.)<br />
Coffee or tea? We may never get<br />
to the bottom of either beverage cup<br />
to determine which drink is more<br />
popular—or why, but statistics indicate<br />
that “tea is the second most consumed<br />
beverage in the world, next to water.”<br />
— continued page 14<br />
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Reflections:<br />
Holiday Visions<br />
and Sounds of Nostalgia<br />
Another year, another Christmas! Now is the time to<br />
consider a myriad of gift-giving options and opportunities for<br />
those special people currently in our lives, while reminiscing<br />
about holiday celebrations and friends and family good times<br />
of yesteryear.<br />
Thoughts of wintry days on the east coast fill my head.<br />
Faded, but not forgotten, memories of the fresh scent of pine<br />
ignite the warm and cozy fire of nostalgia within me. For a<br />
moment I pause and reflect, for after all, “Tis the season” … I<br />
soon realize my appetite has not diminished for another taste<br />
of simpler times. The joy of the film, “Miracle on 34th Street”<br />
can be relived over and over again via television and/or DVD;<br />
but in my heart I know that my own personal Christmas<br />
memories can be relived only in my mind.<br />
Lost in the reverie of holidays past, my head swirls as the<br />
spirit of the season transports me back in time. Suddenly,<br />
faraway sounds sing in my head as faint and familiar voices<br />
gently chant, “Home is where the heart is.” The voices tell me<br />
all I have to do to be “home” again is just close my eyes. Upon<br />
doing so, I see a large object looming before me. Approaching<br />
it cautiously, I see my treasure chest of memories and open<br />
the cover slowly, its contents more valuable than gold. These<br />
precious bits and pieces of my life seemed to overflow from<br />
the recesses of my mind, spilling over like thousands of timeworn<br />
photographs. Classmates of my youth warmly greet me<br />
again; departed family members and friends lovingly embrace<br />
me and wish me good cheer.<br />
I witness the symbolic Christmas tree of my youth gaily<br />
decorated in its designated corner of my family’s living room.<br />
From the large boxed-in picture window in the room, I gaze<br />
out across the street toward the dense wooded area beyond.<br />
The view is breathtaking. As far as the eye can see, the landscape<br />
of New Jersey rests snuggly secured in a blanket of<br />
pure white snow. Mother Nature’s artistic abilities never have<br />
ceased to amaze me. Her still-life painting of winter, framed<br />
within my living room window, is just as impressive as those<br />
she creates each spring, summer, and fall.<br />
This feeling of euphoria has produced a heightened sense<br />
of awareness and nary a detail is lost in my act of remembering.<br />
The smell of cinnamon permeates the house. The thought<br />
of homemade pies makes me salivate with anticipation as I<br />
enter mom’s kitchen. The taste of these memories is sweet.<br />
My thirsting mind lingers in mom’s kitchen drinking in this<br />
merry scene until I am drunk with pleasure.<br />
Although my Christmas visit down memory lane is heartwarming,<br />
through my joyous holiday stupor I realize that life<br />
cannot long be lived in recollections of the past.<br />
“Don’t go,” the voices say. “Stay and visit with us longer,<br />
“friends and family chime in together.” “I miss you; I love<br />
you,” my mother seems to whisper...<br />
I am moved by these loving pleas, but nonetheless, albeit<br />
reluctantly, I repack my precious memories away in the coffer<br />
of my heart and save them for another nostalgic time of reflection.<br />
Now is the time to celebrate in the moment of real time.<br />
And, when I am through, this Christmas, too, shall find its<br />
place in my cherished memory album of holiday visions and<br />
sounds of nostalgia.<br />
— Jo Ann M. Colton<br />
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Buffalo Bill<br />
100 Year Anniversary<br />
February 26, 1846 – January 10, 19<strong>17</strong><br />
20<strong>17</strong> will mark the 100th anniversary of Buffalo Bill’s death<br />
(Jan. <strong>17</strong>, 1916) and his burial near Denver on Lookout Mountain.<br />
Cody was a child of the American West whose larger than life<br />
legacy continues to have an impact, even today.<br />
There’s plenty to celebrate about Buffalo Bill. He spoke out for<br />
equal rights for women, preservation of the buffalo, and helped<br />
the American Indians preserve their culture. He promoted the<br />
development of the West, but also advocated saving wild areas.<br />
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West was inclusive, initially offering<br />
American Indians, Vaqueros, buffalo soldiers, and women<br />
unprecedented opportunities and eventually incorporating people<br />
from all continents. His shows influenced modern rodeo, movies,<br />
jazz, and even rock and roll.<br />
In 20<strong>17</strong>, museums and cultural organizations across Colorado will<br />
host exhibits and events to celebrate this great American icon,<br />
Golden’s longest, and most famous “resident.”<br />
Buffalo Bill Museum & Grave<br />
on Lookout Mountain<br />
Consistently ranked by True West magazine as one of the<br />
top ten Western museums, the Buffalo Bill Museum<br />
offers a glimpse into the Old West. Permanent exhibits,<br />
temporary displays and hands-on experiences make<br />
Buffalo Bill’s life and times come alive. Also enjoy<br />
unequaled views of the greater Denver area to the east<br />
and the snow-capped Rockies to the west.<br />
Museum <strong>Winter</strong> hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm.<br />
Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving and Christmas.<br />
For more information visit: www.buffalobill.org<br />
or call: 303-526-0744<br />
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Events<br />
Jan.10 Candlelight Vigil Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Jan. 12 The Buffalo Bill Experience Longmont Public Library www.longmontcolorado.gov/departments/departments-e-m/library<br />
Jan. 12 Wake and Diner Lola Restaurant www.buffalobill.org<br />
Jan. 14-15 Wild West Show National Western Stock Show www.nationalwestern.com/schedule<br />
Feb. 23 The Buffalo Bill Experience Golden History Center Museum www.goldenhistory.org/learn-do/events<br />
Luncheon<br />
Feb. 25 Buffalo Bill Birthday Buckhorn Restaurant www.buckhorn.com<br />
Feb. 26 Buffalo Bill Birth Celebration Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Apr. 9 The Buffalo Bill Experience Lone Tree Arts Center www.lonetreeartscenter.org<br />
Apr. 11 Buffalo Bill and the Big Screen Lakewood Heritage Center www.lakewood.org/heritagecenter<br />
Jun. 3 Buffalo Bill Burial Re-creation Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Jul. 27-30 Buffalo Bill Days Downtown Golden www.buffalobilldays.com<br />
Sept. <strong>17</strong> Buffalo Bill Fall Roundup Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Sept. 30 The Buffalo Bill Experience The Buffalo Bill Experience www.auroragov.org/things_to_do/aurora_history_museum<br />
Dec. 3 Christmas with Cody Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Exhibits<br />
Jan. 3 A Visit to the Wild West Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Jan. 7 - Oct. 29 Buffalo Bill, Trains and the Wild West Colorado Railroad Museum www.coloradorailroadmuseum.org<br />
Feb. 7 - Jun. 11 Buffalo Bill: The Conservationist You Never Knew Hiwan Museum www.jeffco.us/open-space/parks/hiwan-homestead-museum<br />
Feb. 26 - Dec. 31 A Better Place Could Hardly Have Been Chosen Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave www.buffalobill.org<br />
Mar. 25 - Aug. 12 Lights, Camera, Colorado! Buffalo Bill and the Big Screen www.lakewood.org/toursandprograms<br />
Apr. 28 - Jul. 26 Quilting the Wild West Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum www.rmqm.org<br />
May 20 - Aug. 27 Diversity in the West: Buffalo Bill Posters McNichols Civic Center www.artsandvenuesdenver.com<br />
Sept. 1 - Dec. 31 Buffalo Bill in Comic Books/Dime Novels Denver Public Library Western History Department www.history.denverlibrary.org<br />
Buffalo Bill’s Pahaska Café & Gift Shop<br />
Discover the largest museum gift shop in Colorado, located next to the Buffalo Bill Museum<br />
and Grave—the Pahaska Tepee built in 1921 in Denver’s Lookout Mountain Park!<br />
Enjoy the snack bar and browse unique souvenirs from Colorado’s Rockies and the West.<br />
Open every day of the year from 9:00 a.m. until dusk<br />
987 Lookout Mountain Road, Golden 80401 (I-70 exit 256)<br />
303-526-9367 • www.BuffaloBill.org<br />
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Private enclave of themed guest cottages, each<br />
with private hot tub. Original mansion was built<br />
in 1873 by town’s founder, George Morrison.<br />
Walk to Red Rocks Park, hiking-biking trails,<br />
restaurants, shopping and much more! A relaxed<br />
friendly establishment for adults only, 18+.<br />
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Small Museum<br />
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Encounter Famous Fossils<br />
Hands-on Exhibits and<br />
Expert Tours<br />
501 Colorado Hwy 8 in South Morrison • www.MNHM.org<br />
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The Molly Brown Summer House:<br />
An Eventful Venue for all Occasions<br />
Located at 2690 S. Wadsworth Boulevard<br />
in Lakewood, Colorado, The<br />
Molly Brown summer house is a lovely<br />
event center of which Molly Brown<br />
would most surely approve. For some<br />
time now, her former refuge has been<br />
a hub of social gatherings. The beautifully<br />
restored farm house, the lovely<br />
grounds and “The Denver Pavilion at<br />
the Brown’s” opened in 2014 and are the<br />
scene of weddings, corporate events/<br />
parties, community and private events,<br />
reunions, graduations, social club galas,<br />
fundraisers, memorials, house tours<br />
and even Murder Mystery dinners. Jane<br />
Fehlmann Garland and her sister Ferne<br />
Fehlmann Kurtz worked nearly 40 years<br />
restoring and developing their home<br />
and then sharing it with the public, with<br />
the help of Jane’s daughter, Mary Rose<br />
Shearer, who joined them in 1990.<br />
Avoca Lodge, so named by Molly<br />
Brown after a beloved poem, was built<br />
as a retreat and working farm in 1897 by<br />
Molly and her husband J. J. Brown. The<br />
450 acres in the Bear Creek Valley, west<br />
of Denver was a bucolic retreat where<br />
the Brown family spent quiet time and<br />
entertained, away from the bustle of<br />
Denver. After 23 years of marriage the<br />
Browns separated in 1909. Although<br />
they never reconciled or divorced, they<br />
remained close until J.J. Brown’s death<br />
in 1922.<br />
The farm lay quiet after the couple’s<br />
separation with much of the property<br />
being sold off over time. Robert and<br />
Rosa Fehlmann bought the remaining<br />
100 acres of farmland with the house<br />
and barn and outbuildings in 1928.<br />
With their four children they farmed<br />
it successfully for many years, even<br />
throughout the Great Depression. They<br />
grew vegetable and fruit crops and ran<br />
livestock as well. The Fehlmann’s two<br />
little girls, Ferne and Jane, never lost<br />
their abiding love for this<br />
beautiful land and the<br />
lovely “Denver Four<br />
Square” farmhouse.<br />
In 1978 the siblings<br />
were able to secure ownership<br />
of the family property<br />
and began their auspicious<br />
journey. A gift boutique<br />
was the first venture, which<br />
turned into luncheon tours<br />
as they kept responding to<br />
questions about the history<br />
of the place. In 1990, after<br />
much work, the property was placed on<br />
The National Register of Historic Places.<br />
The boutique closed in 2006. But responding<br />
to continuing requests, Ferne<br />
and Jane went on hosting tours, weddings<br />
and other events. A concrete pad<br />
with a large canvas tent, erected to keep<br />
up with requests, finally culminated in<br />
the building of an elegant 4000 squarefoot<br />
pavilion. Complete with dressing<br />
rooms, chandeliers, and a deck overlooking<br />
the lovely gardens, the pavilion<br />
boasts everything necessary to accommodate<br />
weddings and the many other<br />
events held here.<br />
The Molly Brown Summer House<br />
(720-253-8349) is the perfect location to<br />
hold business events, personal milestone<br />
occasions, and joyous year-round<br />
seasonal celebrations. More information<br />
about this venue can be found on the<br />
<strong>web</strong>site: www.mollybrownsummerhouse.com.<br />
— Diane C. Levien<br />
www.<strong>JeffCo</strong>Living.com • <strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2016</strong>-<strong>17</strong> • <strong>JeffCo</strong> Living 11
Package of Love<br />
As we travel around, we see people<br />
standing on corners holding signs.<br />
Most of them are looking for a little<br />
help and asking for a handout. If we<br />
travel the same roads each day, some<br />
of these faces even become familiar.<br />
We may never know their name or the<br />
story of what brought them there. Some<br />
of us will gladly give cash wanting<br />
to help another with no judgment or<br />
requirements of where that money<br />
goes. Others may scorn these people for<br />
begging and say unkind things out loud<br />
or under their breath. Many more will<br />
just pass by and ignore them.<br />
But every single one of these people is<br />
a human being struggling to stay alive.<br />
Many have experienced circumstances<br />
that could happen to any of us. Imagine<br />
living paycheck-to-paycheck and then<br />
suddenly getting laid off or being<br />
unable to find a job that pays enough<br />
to make ends meet. Imagine having an<br />
accident or getting sick and having little<br />
or no insurance to cover medical bills.<br />
Imagine having mental health issues or<br />
a substance abuse problem that you just<br />
can’t afford to treat. With no savings or<br />
close family or friends to count on, these<br />
people quickly find themselves<br />
in too deep, falling into the<br />
despair that afflicts every city<br />
in this country.<br />
In the Denver Metro area,<br />
an overwhelming majority of<br />
the homeless become homeless<br />
because of a lack of affordable<br />
housing. In addition to the<br />
4,000 people who move to<br />
Denver each month, there is<br />
a shortage of 26,000 housing<br />
units just in Denver alone,<br />
according to a recent report<br />
from the State Auditor’s Office. Even<br />
families who have previously been<br />
able to afford a place to live are getting<br />
pushed out as formerly affordable<br />
neighborhoods are beginning to gentrify<br />
and prices increase. And, motels<br />
allowing week-to-week guests are<br />
becoming too costly or unavailable.<br />
According to the 2015 Point-In-Time<br />
Report produced by the Metro Denver<br />
Homeless Initiative, 6,130 individuals<br />
were surveyed and 564 of them were in<br />
Jefferson County. Of these 564 homeless<br />
persons:<br />
62% were female<br />
76% were families with children<br />
31% were newly homeless<br />
82% were unable to pay rent or<br />
mortgage<br />
75% lost their job or couldn’t find<br />
work<br />
42% experienced relationship<br />
problems or a family break-up<br />
Create your own Package of Love<br />
to share with those in need.<br />
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What can we do to help?<br />
If you feel blessed and are able to<br />
give money please do so. Donations<br />
to food banks and organizations that<br />
collect clothes and other items for the<br />
less fortunate are always welcome.<br />
But if you want a personal experience<br />
of helping these people, consider<br />
assembling a “Package of Love.”<br />
Purchase an assortment of travel size<br />
hygiene items like deodorant, lip balm,<br />
sunscreen, toothbrushes, toothpaste,<br />
razors, wet wipes, and feminine hygiene<br />
items. Add to your package some snack<br />
bars or easy to carry food items, along<br />
with a pair of new socks. Get your kids<br />
or grandkids to help you put these<br />
items in plastic bags and keep them in<br />
your car. Then, the next time you see<br />
someone less fortunate, give them a<br />
package of love and let them know<br />
you care.<br />
This can be a very rewarding<br />
experience for not only the recipients<br />
but the givers too. We may never know<br />
what that package might mean to that<br />
person, but it’s safe to say that there is<br />
almost no one who could not use what<br />
is in that package of love.<br />
— Lisa Langley, David Robison<br />
Other resources and opportunities to help:<br />
• Contact the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless<br />
at 303-293-22<strong>17</strong> and ask how you can help, or visit<br />
their <strong>web</strong>site at: www.coloradocoalition.org. This<br />
organization provides homes, healthcare, childcare<br />
and support services for over 15,000 homeless<br />
men, women and children each year. The Coalition<br />
is a national leader in providing healthcare to<br />
Colorado’s homeless and one of the largest<br />
developers of affordable and supportive housing in<br />
the state.<br />
• In Jefferson County, call The Action Center (formerly<br />
the Jeffco Action Center) at 303-237-7704 or visit their<br />
<strong>web</strong>site at: www. theactioncenterco.org. They provide<br />
basic human needs such as food, shelter and clothing<br />
and provide pathways to self-sufficiency for Jefferson<br />
County residents and the homeless.<br />
• Donate to your city’s local food bank.<br />
• Start a community drive for needed goods in your<br />
neighborhood or at work.<br />
• Clean out a closet and donate unwanted items to<br />
local organizations or keep coats, socks, hats and<br />
gloves in your car and hand out as needed.<br />
Helping those in need in our community doesn’t have to involve a long-term<br />
commitment or take a huge amount of time out of your day. Giving in simple ways<br />
not only makes our community a better place but it can improve your well-being<br />
too. Everyone deserves love, compassion and understanding. Take the time to give<br />
a little more and see what happens.
Holiday & Seasonal Shopping!<br />
Whether shopping for Christmas, Chanukah, <strong>Winter</strong><br />
Solstice, New Years, or whatever people celebrate this time of<br />
year, we are all looking for low stress, high reward places to<br />
find meaningful gifts for family and acquaintances. So the<br />
big question is where do we shop?<br />
Online shopping is cost-effective and convenient. You can<br />
have gifts sent directly, without having to wrap presents or<br />
stand in line at the post office. There is also “the mall,” but it<br />
requires some stamina to navigate through it.<br />
A more festive option is discovering uniquely creative<br />
products sold in Artisan Markets. These are markets full of<br />
small-business booths set up by artists, crafters, up-cyclers<br />
and expert collectors. Some offer gourmet foods or personal<br />
care items cooked up in small kitchens. Many items are made<br />
by hometown crafters, while<br />
others come from skilled artists<br />
from exotic places. Below you<br />
will find a list of my very favorite<br />
Artisan Markets in and near<br />
Jefferson County.<br />
Our tour begins just outside<br />
of Jefferson County, down Hwy.<br />
285 in Centennial at Unlisted,<br />
8262 University Boulevard<br />
(www.theunlistedmarket.com / 303-770-7030). Unlisted is a<br />
large, clean well-lighted place with around 100 artisans. You<br />
will find crafts, collectibles, fine arts, vintage furniture, metal<br />
and/or wood work, clothing and delicious edible treats.<br />
The heart of downtown Littleton is home to Willow located<br />
at 2400 W Main Street (303-730-852). This charming little store<br />
features elegant handmade clothing, and a variety of fun<br />
items from serve ware to toys, jewelry—and much more.<br />
The Makers Marketplace is a new business in the Southwest<br />
Plaza at 8501 Bowles in Littleton, (Instagram #SWPlaza-<br />
Makers). This exciting artisan market is a refreshing surprise<br />
within this mall setting. The booths are home to many Colorado-makers<br />
who showcase their crafts, jewelry, food, clothing,<br />
and furniture.<br />
a Borgata, in the<br />
Colorado Mills mall at<br />
14500 W. Colfax<br />
Avenue (303-590-1474)<br />
in Lakewood has<br />
created a “village of<br />
artisans” comprised<br />
of 100-plus vendors<br />
showcasing smaller<br />
artisan-made crafts.<br />
The store’s other sites<br />
include: Silverthorne<br />
at 131 Blue River<br />
Parkway<br />
(970-455-8423), a new<br />
store in Canon City<br />
at 731 Main Street<br />
(719-458-1252) and its<br />
main store in Conifer<br />
just off of Hwy. 285 at 27182 Main Street (303-653-6422), which<br />
boasts two suites that are very near each other. One storefront<br />
primarily features furniture, vintage and newly-built, and<br />
collectibles; the other store brims with Colorado-made highquality<br />
new and upcycled crafts; gorgeous jewelry, soaps,<br />
lotions, food, pottery, clothing, fine décor, fine art, and<br />
photography.<br />
My newest find is Red Roof Relics in Conifer at 25871<br />
Duran Avenue (720-288-2922). It is a homey cabin with rooms<br />
full of everything you would expect to find: wonderful<br />
antiques, collectibles, and new and upcycled handcrafted<br />
items. Red Roof opens some rooms to community events<br />
and even offers crafting classes.<br />
The staff in all of these places is consistently enthusiastic,<br />
helpful and friendly. You’ll find all these unique items will be<br />
deeply appreciated by those on your holiday list—and YOU.<br />
It is the winter holiday shopping season…so start a new<br />
tradition and enjoy!<br />
— Diane C. Levien<br />
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TEA — continued from page 6<br />
Likewise, the great Coffee-versus-<br />
Tea debate really can’t be won because<br />
each side can admirably argue for their<br />
points-of-view relating to taste, flavor,<br />
aroma—and more, including the social<br />
ability of meeting with friends at local<br />
beverage houses and just hanging out.<br />
That’s right coffee lovers there are<br />
dozens and dozens of tea houses that<br />
can provide the same ambience and<br />
satisfying experience as those offered by<br />
coffee houses.<br />
View the <strong>2016</strong> Olde<br />
Golden Christmas<br />
Holiday Calendar at<br />
VisitGolden.com<br />
Below you will find information<br />
about some of the award-winning tea<br />
houses in our area. Be adventurous, step<br />
out of your comfort zone and visit one<br />
today. The experience might just suit<br />
you to a “tea!”<br />
Tea for Ewe (Tea House) ▪ (303) 955-4022<br />
www.teaforewe.com<br />
4234 Tennyson Street, Denver<br />
Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse<br />
(Tea House & Meals) ▪ 303-442-4993<br />
www.boulderteahouse.com<br />
<strong>17</strong>70 13th Street, Boulder<br />
House of Commons<br />
(Tea House/Bakery) ▪ 303-455-4832<br />
www.houseofcommonstea.com<br />
2401 15th Street, Highland Denver<br />
In Tea (Tea House/Sandwiches &<br />
Salads) ▪ 720-981-2512<br />
www.in-tea.net<br />
2440 W Main Street, Littleton<br />
Steep Tea & Coffee (Tea House & Food<br />
Menu) ▪ 303-321-0445<br />
www.cafesteep.com<br />
4100 East 8th Avenue, Denver<br />
Wystone’s World Teas (Tea House) ▪<br />
303-663-5775 • www.wystones.com<br />
7323 W. Alaska Drive, Lakewood<br />
Castle Marne Bed & Breakfast - A<br />
Luxury Urban Inn (Wedding Venue/<br />
Tea House/4-course Tea Parties)<br />
303-331-0621 • www.castlemarne.com<br />
1572 Race Street, Denver<br />
The Denver Tea Room & Coffee Salon<br />
(Tea House & Food Menu)<br />
303-321-2236<br />
www.thedenvertearoom.com<br />
1165 S. Broadway, Denver<br />
Capital Tea (Tea House/Baked Goods/<br />
Sandwiches & Salads) ▪ (303) 775-2255<br />
www.captea.com<br />
1450 S Broadway, Denver<br />
— Jo Ann M. Colton<br />
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• Colorado & Coors ® Souvenirs<br />
• Willow Tree ® Angels<br />
• Greeting Cards & Gifts<br />
• Beanie Boo’s<br />
• Wedding Gifts<br />
• Colorado Food Items<br />
• Free Gift Wrap w/purchase<br />
Mon.-Sat. 10am-6pm<br />
Sun. 10am-5pm<br />
1212 Washington Avenue • Golden<br />
www.avenuegiftsofgolden.com<br />
303-279-0200<br />
Old Fashioned<br />
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805 12th Street, Golden<br />
303-273-9708<br />
Happy<br />
Holidays<br />
From Our<br />
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Proud Members of the Colorado Asphalt Pavement Association, Denver Metro BOMA and Golden Chamber of Commerce<br />
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El Rancho was built in 1948 by the Jahnke family as a trading post. They sold the building in<br />
1953 to Mildred and Ray Zipprich, Milwaukee Wisconsin pie distributors. Their daughter Donna<br />
and son-in-law Paul McEncroe joined them in 1958 and operated it, with their children, until 1988.<br />
After the McEncroes sold El Rancho in 1988 it was owned and operated by various families. In<br />
May 2015 the Vincent families purchased El Rancho. Through their efforts El Rancho has been<br />
restored to its glory days’ condition as El Rancho Brewing Company!<br />
Today El Rancho can serve 332 guests on the main floor dining room and bar, 27 in the private<br />
dining room and up to 135 guests in the garden level banquet room. El Rancho is 7,686 feet<br />
above sea level. Featuring six fireplaces and serving dinner 364 days a year.<br />
(Christmas is closed so the staff can spend quality time with their families.)<br />
Don’t just “eat and run.” Weather permitting, relax on the western facing deck which boasts having<br />
“one of the most photographed views in Colorado”…some go further and make that “in America!”<br />
Visit El Rancho, where we are family friendly and the history continues.<br />
29260 US Hwy 40<br />
Evergreen, CO 80439<br />
(303) 670-BREW<br />
Mon-Thurs 11:00 am - 9:00 pm<br />
Fri - Sat - Sun 11:00 am - 10:00 pm<br />
Sandwiches and Dinners<br />
Mon - Fri 11:00 am - 8:30 pm<br />
Sat/Sun 11:00 am - 9:00 pm<br />
www.elranchobrewing.com<br />
Now offering<br />
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www.GeneseeMountainFitness.com<br />
Seconds off I-70 at the<br />
Genesee Town Center Exit 254<br />
Convenient before and after work with plenty<br />
of group exercise classes ranging from yoga,<br />
boot camps, cycle and much more!<br />
24 Hour Access, Lockers & Showers<br />
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Photography is all about “feeling” … get the picture?<br />
Sue Kaltenbach of Skalte Images in<br />
Bailey, Colorado shares the opinion<br />
of documentary photographer Don<br />
McCullin, known for his war images,<br />
and images of urban and impoverished<br />
lifestyles: “Photography for me is not<br />
looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what<br />
you’re looking at, then you’re never going to<br />
get others to feel anything when they look at<br />
your pictures.”<br />
The former critical care respiratory/<br />
tobacco treatment therapist for 36 years<br />
has always had a passion for photography.<br />
She believes tapping into people’s<br />
life stories as a therapist, witnessing<br />
extreme poignancy in her work, and<br />
internalizing those feelings, has helped<br />
bridge her transition from critical care<br />
professional to photography professional.<br />
Likewise, the sum of her life<br />
experiences has led her to understand<br />
that photographing life from different<br />
perspectives is her true gift and worldly<br />
purpose.<br />
“Weddings and ‘happy snaps’ are<br />
not what I feel,” said Sue, a member of<br />
Professional Photographers of America<br />
(http://www.ppa.com).<br />
Using her lens to guide her, Sue<br />
Kaltenbach is committed to photography,<br />
on location or in one’s home, which<br />
captures the essence of the aged, infirm<br />
and/or troubled, war veterans, and special<br />
needs (children/adults) populations.<br />
Relationship photography, her forte,<br />
incorporates elements of storytelling<br />
into the structure of the photos and it<br />
is what stirs her own feelings. Consequently,<br />
the pictures themselves help<br />
explain the bond between the people,<br />
the dynamics of the associations, and<br />
the depth of emotions captured within<br />
the images. As a result, Kaltenbach’s<br />
deeply-engaging photographs tend to<br />
leave an indelible mark on the heart/<br />
soul of the beholder.<br />
“My images are about making people<br />
‘feel!’ If you don’t have an emotional<br />
response to my photographs, then I am<br />
not doing my job,” she said.<br />
For information/appointments, contact<br />
Sue Kaltenbach at Skalte Images<br />
skalte@icloud.com or 303-710-7437.<br />
View Sue’s “images that make you feel,”<br />
at: www.skalteimages.com.<br />
— Jo Ann M. Colton<br />
Skalte Images images<br />
Sue Kaltenbach • 303-710-7437<br />
that<br />
make you feel.<br />
skalte@icloud.com • www.skalteimages.com<br />
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Even in snow …<br />
television is<br />
still a go!<br />
Snowy, housebound days are bad<br />
enough; but when the snow impacts<br />
service to your favorite television<br />
programs, that can set off a blizzard of<br />
unfavorable emotions that can certainly<br />
ruin your day—and night. The problem<br />
is one of which Art Onweller and wife,<br />
Sharon, owners of Foothills Products<br />
Inc. in Evergreen, Colorado, have firsthand<br />
knowledge.<br />
After heavy snow storms in 2006<br />
caused the Onwellers to lose six-days of<br />
cable service, the experience prompted<br />
them to take action. Consequently, they<br />
gave up their cable service and switched<br />
to satellite through Direct TV. But in<br />
order to maintain the signal Art found<br />
himself on the ladder knocking the<br />
snow off the dish with a broom about<br />
10 times during the season.<br />
Realizing there had to be a way to<br />
minimize these “ladder” trips, Art<br />
Sharon and Art Onweller<br />
proceeded to develop the problem’s<br />
solution. Upon finding the right combination<br />
of materials through a process of<br />
trial and error, the Onwellers launched<br />
their newest product in 2007—a yearround<br />
Satellite Dish Cover. Made from<br />
UV-protected fabric that is designed<br />
for outdoor use, the product, which is<br />
guaranteed for 5 years, protects the dish<br />
against snow, eliminates the need to<br />
climb a ladder to brush snow from the<br />
dish—and it still maintains the satellite<br />
signal. The covers are available in 7<br />
colors; gray, black, and beige are the<br />
most popular.<br />
Founded in 2001, Foothills Products,<br />
Inc. is a veteran-owned Colorado “S”<br />
Corporation. Made in the U.S., Satellite<br />
Dish Covers, and/or the company’s<br />
main product, OFFBoard® Rat Guards,<br />
can be purchased online (www.foothillsproducts.com<br />
/ or 303-674-9559) and<br />
can ship within 24 hours.<br />
Satellite Dish Covers significantly<br />
reduce snow accumulation and satellite<br />
service interruption for DIRECTV ® , Dish<br />
Network®, and Bell Canada Express VU<br />
Satellite Systems. So remember, even<br />
when it snows you can still watch your<br />
television shows!<br />
— Jo Ann M. Colton<br />
WHEN IT’S SNOWING,<br />
YOUR PROGRAM’S<br />
STILL SHOWING!<br />
With Satellite Dish Covers from<br />
Foothills Products Inc.<br />
“We don’t sell Satellite Systems,<br />
we make them more reliable”<br />
303-674-9559 • www.foothillsproducts.com<br />
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Turn-of-the-Century Farmhouse in Evergreen<br />
Still Evokes Bygone Memories<br />
When arriving in Colorado in 1974, I answered a “for rent”<br />
ad that offered 160 acres with a turn-of-the-century farmhouse,<br />
corrals, barns and other various outbuildings, all for<br />
$250 a month. Inspired by TV shows like Bonanza, it looked<br />
like my childhood fantasies were finally coming true. Had I<br />
always been longing for open spaces and blue skies? It would<br />
seem so. How many New Yorker girls do you think chose<br />
to have a Western-themed Sweet Sixteen party in the<br />
early sixties?<br />
Many of us are transplants to the Front Range foothills and<br />
some of us have been here long enough to set down pretty<br />
deep roots. Once I settled in, it turned out that I was renting<br />
a very special place, the pioneer home of Swede Andrew<br />
Anderson that was homesteaded in 1889. Rich in artifacts<br />
and anecdotes that still remained somewhat accessible in the<br />
seventies, I was able to use that house and outbuildings for<br />
an amazing history lesson. Experiential learning was easy for<br />
this <strong>JeffCo</strong> teacher when I brought old-timer Ellen Anderson<br />
Crosson, then 78, to my home and she walked us into the tiny<br />
backroom where she was born.<br />
You can drive along Cub Creek and see the willows that<br />
Ellen’s mother, Elizabeth, planted, but you won’t find Ellen’s<br />
old farmhouse. One day at the turn of the next century a<br />
friend called and said<br />
if I wanted to see the<br />
Anderson Ranch again<br />
I’d better get over there<br />
now. I rode my bike<br />
down the still dirt road<br />
and arrived to see the<br />
last of the outbuildings<br />
being bulldozed. A modern day realtor was subdividing<br />
the land.<br />
Population increases of over three million Coloradans<br />
during the time I’ve been here might have scared away some<br />
descendants of those early settlers, but not me. Whenever I<br />
return from traveling and see an incredible moonrise over Elk<br />
Meadow, breathe our fresh mountain air, or view the deep<br />
dark green trees of the 285 corridor outside of Bailey, I know<br />
I’m home.<br />
The rules of the old west still apply today but they’re not<br />
written anywhere for a newcomer to easily find. It takes time<br />
to know a place and its ways. Always close a gate behind<br />
you. Tend to your horse before yourself. The mullein you’re<br />
weeding is a possible winter weather predictor. And, contrary<br />
to popular misconception and especially true in the early<br />
settlements, don’t take your gun to town.<br />
The pioneers depended on self-reliance; respect for the<br />
environment was always a given. Early settlers also knew<br />
how to cooperate for a barn-raising or a cattle drive. Now<br />
there are so many of us that “wild spirit” has by necessity<br />
come to mean daring to care more about community and less<br />
about individualism.<br />
Little did I know that Ellen’s visit and discussion would<br />
forge a longtime friendship with another Evergreen native,<br />
Hank Alderfer. My old friend and native son caught the<br />
history bug from his mom, Arleta, and has been telling his<br />
stories ever since. He just released a book called Yesteryear,<br />
about the early days of our Front Range community.<br />
The Alderfer family was actually not part of the first tier of<br />
settlers, Hank modestly admits. His father EJ purchased the<br />
ranch on Christmas Eve 1945. The contributions of this family<br />
to our foothills area are numerous ranging from posses and<br />
sawmills to service and preservation.<br />
You’ll find his book in Evergreen at D-Rass Deli on Highway<br />
73, Evergreen Clothing Company, Boone Mountain Sports,<br />
HearthFire Books, and on Amazon. Hank has preserved the<br />
Anderson Ranch and so many other locales for our reading<br />
and visual pleasure. His tales of Evergreen’s beginnings are<br />
guaranteed to greatly enrich your experience of living here.<br />
— Hannah Hayes<br />
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Evergreen Park and<br />
Recreation District<br />
Offering outdoor and indoor fun<br />
—in all seasons!<br />
With colder weather definitely part of<br />
our winter forecast, EPRD is your ticket<br />
to a wonderland of fun that begins now<br />
and continues throughout each 20<strong>17</strong><br />
season. Exciting outdoor winter pursuits<br />
encompass everything from snowshoe-ing<br />
local park trails to winter activities in<br />
downtown Evergreen and at Evergreen<br />
Lake, the cutting-edge focal point of<br />
Evergreen’s all-season activities.<br />
Commencing with the 25th Annual<br />
Holiday Walk on December 2 in<br />
Downtown Evergreen attendees enjoyed<br />
the festivities which included a tree<br />
lighting ceremony and a visit from<br />
Santa in his shiny firetruck!<br />
Also, in December, ice skating will<br />
commence at Evergreen Lake, which<br />
touts the largest Zamboni-groomed<br />
outdoor ice rink in the world and showcases<br />
an 8.5-acre stretch of winter<br />
ice. Boasting a 600 by 200 foot oval<br />
skating rink, and a practice rink, it will<br />
glide into full operation and continue<br />
through early March (weather permitting).<br />
Admission and skate rental prices<br />
are reasonable; lessons are available for<br />
those wanting to improve their skills.<br />
CNN declared Evergreen Lake one of<br />
the 10 most beautiful outdoor rinks in<br />
the world and Sunset Magazine rates<br />
Evergreen Lake as one of the top ten ice<br />
skating rinks.<br />
The Lake also has 11 pond hockey<br />
rinks and the public is invited to come<br />
out for the 7th Annual 4 on 4 Youth<br />
Pond Hockey Tournament on December<br />
31, <strong>2016</strong> (8 a.m.-Noon). Thereafter, skate<br />
into the New Year at the “Skate the<br />
Lake” gala; 6 p.m.-Midnight. Purchase<br />
food at vendor concessions, enjoy<br />
fireworks at 8 p.m. and midnight, and<br />
celebrate while making magical memories<br />
that will long be remembered by<br />
you and your family. Then leap into the<br />
cold lake water on January 1 for an<br />
invigorating start to 20<strong>17</strong> at the<br />
Evergreen Lake Plunge. These three<br />
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fundraiser events, benefiting EPRD’s Special Needs programs<br />
and other beneficiaries, are sponsored by Drive Smart.<br />
Visit the <strong>web</strong>site for more information (www.drive-smart.org/<br />
events-2).<br />
The Pond Hockey Championship at Evergreen Lake<br />
(www.evergreenpondhockey.com) will be held January 7-8.<br />
This championship features more prizes, more teams, and<br />
more excitement than ever before.<br />
Likewise, in early January 20<strong>17</strong> the Mountain Foothills<br />
Rotary places a barrel on Evergreen Lake for its annual<br />
Evergreen Ice Melt fundraiser. The community then has an<br />
opportunity to guess what month, date, and time the barrel<br />
will actually fall through the melting ice and into the water.<br />
Again, ticket sale proceeds support EPRD’s Special<br />
Populations Programs.<br />
One of Evergreen Park and Recreation District’s ongoing<br />
goals is to diversify its programs to include an abundance<br />
of activities for people of all ages, including those with<br />
special needs.<br />
“EPRD focuses on ‘playing local’ and we offer a<br />
quality experience for enjoying year ‘round indoor and<br />
outdoor recreational activities,” said EPRD Executive<br />
Director Ellen O’Connor. O’Connor is passionate about<br />
Evergreen (located in the foothills 35 minutes southwest of<br />
Denver) and the District’s commitment to the community.<br />
She believes that not only do Evergreen residents and<br />
visitors benefit from this focus, but also so does Evergreen’s<br />
local economy.<br />
The District’s indoor offerings (at Buchanan and Wulf Rec<br />
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outdoor seasonal events also include, among other things, the<br />
Evergreen Lake summer music concert series (June through<br />
August), paddle boating on the lake, and nature walks.<br />
So whether you are looking for winter fun or fun in the<br />
sun, remember that Evergreen Park and Recreation District<br />
(www.evergreenrecreation.com) offers you FUN in<br />
every season.<br />
— Jo Ann M. Colton<br />
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Free & Innovative “go-to” Real Estate App is AMAZING<br />
The real estate business has had<br />
some pretty wonderful technology<br />
advancements in recent years, but this<br />
one is rather amazing, and once you start<br />
using it, you’ll want to make it your go-to<br />
real estate app!<br />
Imagine seeing a “For Sale” sign in<br />
front of a house that interests you. You<br />
pull out your smartphone, point your<br />
camera at the house, click, and up pops<br />
all the MLS information including all the<br />
interior pictures. Using GPS technology,<br />
this app knows which house you are<br />
pointing at, including which side of the<br />
street you’re facing. I’ve tried it myself,<br />
and it’s amazing!<br />
If the house is not on the MLS, the<br />
app pulls up all the public information<br />
about the house — square feet, beds,<br />
baths, property taxes, lot lines, the<br />
year it was built, rental analysis, and<br />
the last time it sold and for how much,<br />
plus a current valuation. It also pulls<br />
up at least one picture of the house,<br />
plus school information. If the property<br />
had sold within the last few years, it will<br />
show you all those MLS pictures and data.<br />
The app is great for house hunting too,<br />
allowing you to enter all sorts of criteria<br />
— price, bedrooms, bathrooms, location,<br />
elementary or other school, etc. Best of<br />
all, this app is directly connected to the<br />
MLS and downloads the information in<br />
real time. The information is literally upto-the-minute.<br />
The app will only show a<br />
home as active on the app if it is at that<br />
very minute active on the MLS.<br />
Coincidentally, as I was writing this<br />
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asking to set a showing for a home she<br />
saw on Zillow. That home went under<br />
contract several days earlier. If you’ve<br />
used Zillow, you’ve experienced the<br />
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Because I’m an MLS member, the app<br />
gives me additional information not<br />
available to you as a consumer. I can see<br />
who the listing agent is and, if it was sold,<br />
who the buyer’s agent was. I can see who<br />
to call to set a showing and just touch an<br />
icon to set the showing online. For my<br />
own safety, I can set a timer, and if I don’t<br />
leave that property within a set period<br />
of time, the app will notify my office (or<br />
whoever I specify), which can then take<br />
appropriate action for my safety. It also<br />
has a panic button.<br />
I have only scratched the surface of this<br />
app’s many features. For example, it has<br />
automated marketing features which will,<br />
for a fee, advertise (my company) Golden<br />
Real Estate’s new listings on Facebook<br />
and Instagram within minutes of each<br />
listing becoming active on the MLS.<br />
Some of my agents and I spent a couple<br />
of hours recently being trained on this<br />
app, and we have created a <strong>web</strong> page<br />
where you can download this app free<br />
www.HomesnapAgents.com — linked to<br />
the agent of your choice. The agent you<br />
select is then notified when you are<br />
interested in a house and can give you<br />
additional information or set a private<br />
showing.<br />
I’m impressed at the thinking that went<br />
into creating this app, and I’m impressed<br />
at the ongoing refinement of the app’s<br />
functionality. Try it, and I think you’ll find<br />
it both informative and fun. Call me or<br />
any of our broker associates if you have<br />
any questions about it. Reach all of us<br />
at 303-302-3636.<br />
— Jim Smith, Realtor ®<br />
Olde Town Arvada<br />
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