Apr 12 2016
Sale May 6-7 Preview Party May 5 Denver Botanic Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale takes place Friday and Saturday, May 6-7, 8-5 p.m. The sale features more than 10 plant divisions including annuals, perennials, fruits and vegetables, seeds, container gardens, hanging baskets, aquatics and more. This year’s sale focuses on the importance of pollinators by offering …
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Apr 11 2016
The career of multi-talented performer Lily Tomlin spans comedy, stage, television, film, writing and producing. Inspired by early comic pioneers like Lucille Ball and Jean Carroll, Tomlin left college to pursue her dream and fine-tune her craft starting in local coffee houses, then moving on to New York landmark clubs, building a strong following. In …
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Mar 29 2016
By Brenda Gurung, a volunteer with the Alzheimer’s Association, and a Partner Account Manager with A Place for Mom. Here are four techniques to connect with loved ones on a journey with dementia: 1. Be Present Julia walked into the living room, smiled, squatted beside an elder’s wheelchair, and held her hand. They gazed into …
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Mar 22 2016
By Connie Shoemaker, Co-Founder and Director Emerita, Spring International Language Center and Author. www.thegooddaughter.us/ A new memoir, The Good Daughter: Secrets, Life Stories, and Healing details a journey most of us will travel as care givers or recipients of that care. Author Connie Shoemaker is an only child responsible for a father with Alzheimer’s and …
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Mar 15 2016
First and foremost I would like to extend my personal gratitude to all of you who made a donation to A3 during 2015 and on Colorado Gives Day. It is so vital to “pay it forward” and support the work that we do to serve the blind and visually impaired in our community. I would …
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Mar 09 2016
The Denver Public Library recently launched an innovative winter reading program geared for adults 17 and over. With the motto, “Reading Is a Winter Sport,” this newly-created reading program is unique because it encourages people to read in addition to learning about the library’s various offerings. To make things fun, the library developed a “Reading …
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Mar 09 2016
The 2016 Ms. Colorado Senior America Pageant is excited to be holding its annual pageant at a new and exciting location – the Lakewood Cultural Center. It will be held on Sunday, April 17, 2016, at 2 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. You can purchase on line by visiting lakewood.org/CulturalCenter/, or calling 303-987-7845. Tickets …
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Feb 23 2016
By Barbara H. Boyer, The American Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired, now doing business as: A3: Adapt – Adjust – Achieve, in continued partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Tri-County Health Department announce our next VIP: Visually Impaired People’s Resource Fair at Exempla St Joseph’s Hospital, April 5, 2016. This event is free to …
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Feb 16 2016
By Rhonda Fields, State Representative, House District 42 It has been 10 years since my son, Javad Marshall-Fields and his financé Vivian Wolfe were tragically murdered. Since that day, I have been fighting to prevent other families from losing loved ones as well. I have tried to do this both through my work in the legislature …
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Feb 16 2016
By Morgan Quinn, contributor for GOBankingRates.com Many people dream of the day when they can finally quit working and enjoy retirement. But to Warren Buffett (shown here), “retirement is not my idea of living,” he has said. At 85 years young, when many of his contemporaries have long since retired, Buffett remains at the helm …
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Feb 11 2016
The Arapahoe Philharmonic (AP), under the direction of Devin Patrick Hughes, presents “Celestial Waters,” on Friday, February 12, 2016, at Mission Hills Church, 620 SouthPark Dr., Littleton. “Celestial Waters” features Claude Debussy’s La Mer (The Sea) and guest soloist Gregory Walker in Johannes Brahms’ Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77. Maestro Hughes gives a …
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Jan 26 2016
By Shari Ortiz, MCSAP, Inc., sharimcsap@q.com It’s a new year and time to create a new you! If you are 60 years of age or older, you need a new lease on life or a commitment and want to be a part of something wonderful, become a contestant in the 2016 Ms. Colorado Senior America …
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