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Racial assaults disturbing to LoDo patrons, but not enough to keep them away

A couple talk in the LoDo area Saturday night. Many patrons of the area expressed concern over reports of racial attacks, but not debilitating fear. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post ) Many regulars in LoDo night spots were unfazed Saturday by the news of a ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  22 Nov 2009

Jeremy Hillhouse, exhibit designer for Denver Art Museum, dies at age 69

Jeremy Hillhouse could come up with "elegant and beautiful designs on a bare-bones budget," said Ronald Otsuka, Asian arts curator at the Denver Art Museum. Hillhouse, who died Nov. 10 at age 69, worked at the museum for 28 years, many of those as the ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  22 Nov 2009

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Yale Huffman, well-kinown Denver attorney, dies at 93

Yale Huffman, a well-known Denver attorney for many years, died of heart-lung failure on Oct. 27. He was 93. Huffman had been a tobacco salesman, a police chief in Virginia, a justice of the peace and a page for a U.S. senator before he became a ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. House of Representatives

Marrack served as "grandpa" for a neighborhood

John Marrack was born in England, and he and his wife moved to Denver 30 years ago thus beginning their neighborhood grandparenting. (Special to The Denver Post ) John and Betty Marrack were "grandpa and grandma" to scores of Park Hill kids — and ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  18 Nov 2009

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Del Plested, who had nose for news, dies at 101

Del Plested knew when and where to be if news broke out. The veteran journalist, who died Wednesday at 101, saw the Hindenburg moments before it exploded in 1937, covered President Dwight Eisenhower when he had his heart attack in Denver in 1955 and ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  14 Nov 2009

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Denver councilman scrutinized spending

Former Denver City Councilman Ted Hackworth "was never afraid to vote 'no,' " said City Auditor Dennis Gallagher, who served with Hackworth. In fact, he and other former council members said "the vote was often 12 to Hackworth." Hackworth, who always ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  11 Nov 2009

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Birds of Prey founder Sigrid Ueblacker dies at age 68

Sigrid Ueblacker, founder of Birds of Prey, an organization that saves injured and orphaned birds, died of unknown causes on Oct. 28. She was 68. A public memorial will be held in the spring, said her son, Gernot Ueblacker of Lakewood. "We have truly ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  9 Nov 2009

John Hartley, 93, had big heart for horses, the homeless

It was easier to get John Hartley to buy one of his children a horse than a piece of bubble gum, said his son, Bob Hartley, of Grand Junction. "We could argue for days about something I wanted, but when I asked for a horse it was there the next day," ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  8 Nov 2009

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GOP activist sought to engage others

Arniter Jamison loved politics and loved getting African-Americans active in the Republican Party. "She had good political instincts and almost always knew the answer," said Carolyn Metzler, a longtime Republican activist. Jamison died Oct. 29 after a ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Bayer

Longmont's George Kanemoto built a reputation of generosity

Market in Longmont and later owned Kane Manufacturing and Park Manor Apartments. Kane sold irrigation- equipment products. George Kanemoto and his late brother Jimmie were two of Longmont's best-known citizens: ...

From VIRGINIA CULVER, Denver Post,  3 Nov 2009

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