Your guide to Broomfield’s annual hometown festival

DAVID R. JENNINGS Broomfield Enterprise

FLIPPING OUT FOR BROOMFIELD DAYS: Sarah Hollis, 9, does flips on a trampoline with a bungee cord attached at the 2008 Broomfield Days carnival.

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Index
Schedule ........................................................................................ 4
Boccard to marshal parade ......................................................... 5
Kahuna Beach Party ready to rock ............................................ 6
Golf tourney tees off Friday ........................................................ 7
B-I-N-G-O ....................................................................................... 7
Poster captures play in the park ................................................. 8
Keep it clean ................................................................................. 9
Map of festival grounds ............................................................. 10
Belly up for some pancakes ...................................................... 12
Pick your parade-viewing spot ................................................. 12
Funny faces kick off fest ............................................................ 13
Get moving at Mayor’s Cup ...................................................... 13
Pedal to the park ........................................................................ 14
Dogs don their best costumes .................................................. 15
Other dogs diving in .................................................................. 15
Cool cars, hot rides .................................................................... 16
Eat, drink, have some fun .......................................................... 16
Vendor list ................................................................................... 17

Who better to cover Broomfield Days than you?

As community traditions go, Broomfield Days is hard to
beat.
From the food to the fun, the parade to the concerts,
there is a little something for everyone included in the
celebration of all things Broomfield. The Enterprise knows
you need look no further than Midway Park on Saturday if
you want to find the heartbeat of Broomfield. Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS / Broomfield Enterprise

With that in mind, we want you to help us cover the DANCING IN THE STREET: Leeanna Nila dances to the 3 Margaritas mariachi band
celebration. Grab your camera (still or video), head out to in the 2008 Broomfield Days parade.
the park and get snapping or filming. One you’ve
recorded all the festivities on film (or is that memory
card?), e-mail your photos to editor Julie Baxter at
baxterj@broomfieldenterprise.com. If you opt to film
video, post it at http://www.youtube.com/group/
2009broomfielddays.
It doesn’t matter what you shoot, just do it. Whether its
photos of Fido and Fluffy in the Best Dressed Dog
Contest, living it up at BowWow Broomfield or diving into
the Dock Dogs competition, or video of your kids waving
from the parade float, taking the stage for the Optimists
Clown Contest or the whole family enjoying the good eats
and great games, we want everyone to see them.
After you’ve shared your pics and video, watch future
editions of the Enterprise and our Web site,
www.BroomfieldEnterprise.com, where we will showcase
all of your submissions. Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS / Broomfield Enterprise file photo
For more information, e-mail Baxter or call her at NEW WHEELS: Shannon Ireland, left, and sister, Jenna, check out the bike Shannon
303-410-2650. won in last year’s Optimists Clown Contest at Broomfield Days.

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BROOMFIELD DAYS ’09 SCHEDULE

Women’s Chamber Choir

Friday, Sept. 18
7:30 a.m. — Broomfield Days Golf Tournament at Eagle Trace Golf Club
7 p.m. — Lion’s Club Bingo at Girl Scout Shelter at Midway Park

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, Sept. 19
7 a.m. — Lion’s Club Pancake Breakfast at Girl Scout Shelter at Midway Park
8 a.m. — Optimist Clown Contest at South Midway Park
8 a.m. — Rock’n Classic Car Show
8 a.m. — DockDogs registration and practice in South Midway Park
8:20 a.m. — Mayor’s Cup 5K and 1-mile road race at the North Metro Station, 1275
WOMEN OF THE GREAT WHITE WAY Midway Blvd.

Saturday, November 7 - 7:30 PM 9 a.m. — DockDogs Big Air Wave competition

9 a.m. — Arts and Crafts Festival at Midway Park
Broomfield Auditorium, Broomfield 9 a.m. — Trade Fair at Midway Park
9 a.m. — Concessions and carnival at Midway Park
10 a.m. — Optimist Parade on Midway Boulevard

BENJAMIN BRITTEN’S 11 a.m. — DockDogs Big Air Wave competition

CEREMONY OF CAROLS
featuring harpist Nancy Brace
Sunday, December 6
11:30 a.m. — Parade awards at Reviewing Stand in Midway Park
Noon to 5 p.m. — Entertainment at Midway Park
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Globalsound Studio’s Academy of Rock
1 p.m. — DockDogs Big Air Wave competition
1:15 p.m. — Broomfield Flyers Gymnastics Demo at Reviewing Stand on Midway

4 pm - Boulder Public
Library, Boulder AND
Boulevard
2 p.m. — Duck Races
2:30 p.m. — Best Dressed Dog Contest at Demonstration Stage in Midway Park
3 p.m. — DockDogs Big Air Wave competition

Sunday, December 13
3 p.m. — Kahuna Beach Party concert at Main Stage in Midway Park
4:30 p.m. — DockDogs Extreme Vertical competition

4 pm - Church of the Holy 5 p.m.— Festival closes

Comforter,Broomfield
7 to 11 p.m. — Lion’s Club Bingo at Girl Scout Shelter in Midway Park
Sunday, Sept. 20
8 a.m. — DockDogs registration and practice
9 a.m. — DockDogs Speed Retrieve competition
11 a.m. — DockDogs Big Air Wave competition
1:30 p.m. — DockDogs Big Air finals

BY LOCATION

We Buy
(All events are Saturday unless otherwise noted)
Main Stage
8 a.m. — Optimists Clown Contest
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Globalsound Studio’s Academy of Rock
3 to 6 p.m. — Kahuna Beach Party
Reviewing Stand

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8:30 a.m. — Mayor’s Cup 5K and 1-mile road race
10 a.m. — Optimists Parade
Noon — Parade awards
1:15 p.m. — Broomfield Flyer Gymnastics Demo
2:45 p.m. — Rock’n Classic Car Show awards
Children’s Stage
12:30 p.m. — The Bunny and Birdie comedy magic show

GOLD
1:30 p.m. — Cliff Spratt
2:30 p.m. — Jon Gates
Demonstration Stage
10 a.m. — Grace Studios School of Dance
10:30 a.m. — Streetlight Studios
11 a.m. — JumpNrope
Jewlery - Watches - Broken Jewlery 11:30 a.m. — Ascential Dance
Noon — Recreation Services
12:30 p.m. — Taps n’ Toes
Dental Gold 1 p.m. — Dynamix solos
1:30 p.m. — Elite Dance Academy
2:30 p.m. — Best Dressed Dog Contest
4 p.m. — Danse Etoile Ballet
4:30 p.m. — Cutting Edge Dance & ACRO Studio
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8 a.m. (Saturday and Sunday) — DockDogs registration and practice
9 a.m. — DockDogs Big Air Wave competition
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Boccard to marshal Broomfield Days parade

Friends say honor past
due for 51-year
resident
By Michael Davidson
Enterprise Staff Writer
It’s not easy to find Broomfield resi-
dents who’ve been around longer than
Vic Boccard.
A 51-year resident of the city, Boc-
card’s roots in Broomfield go so far
back he was the co-chair of the com-
mittee to incorporate the city 1961.
Boccard would serve on the first
Broomfield City Council, and his col-
umns have been running in Broom-
field’s newspapers for 50 years, start-
ing with the Broomfield Star Builder.
Around those commitments, and the
50-plus years spent running an adver-
tising agency he owned, Boccard was a
member of organizations such as the
Jaycees, Rotary Club, Toastmasters
and the driving force behind the
Broomfield Veterans Memorial Muse-
um.
“I’ve been involved in so many orga-
nizations it’s ridiculous,” Boccard said.
Boccard’s contributions to Broom-
field are the reason he is the marshal
of this year’s Broomfield Days parade.
“I’m excited and ecstatic and really
pleased (with the honor),” Boccard
said.
If there is one place where Boccard
is a relative newcomer, it is at the twi-
ce-weekly morning breakfast his fellow
“old timers” have at Great Scott’s Eat-
ery.
Not only have several of the regulars
IN HIS ELEMENT:
Vic Boccard shares a
joked.
John Atkinson, another past marshal
laugh with Paul and a member of the veterans museum
board, had similar feelings.
Murphy at the ‘old
timers’ breakfast club “It was kind of thrilling, it really was,
being paraded in front of your friends,”
meeting at Great
he said. He has no doubts Boccard is
Scott’s Eatery. fit for the honor.
Boccard, a 51-year “He’s very deserving. He’s done ev-
resident of the city, will erything in this city,” Atkinson said.
be the marshal of this Longtime friend and Broomfield
year’s Broomfield Days Days parade master of ceremonies
parade. Paul Derda nominated Boccard for the
honor. He said Boccard was the obvi-
Photo by
DAVID R. JENNINGS / ous choice.
Broomfield Enterprise “It’s so perfect, because the theme
this year is ‘Past Meets Present.’ No
one has kept Broomfield in touch with
been Broomfield residents longer than its past like Vic,” Derda said. “Vic’s ar-
Boccard, they also have preceded him ticles (in the Enterprise) help connect
as Broomfield Days parade marshal. the new people with what’s gone on
They are thrilled Boccard is about to before.”
join their informal fraternity, even if Broomfield has grown tremendous-
they give him a little hazing. ly, but the most important things have
Paul Murphy, the parade marshal in stayed the same, Boccard said.
2007, described the honor as “the best “One thing that hasn’t changed is
thing that ever happened to me.” the atmosphere. We’ve always had a
Boccard is “way overdue. He should wonderful group of people. The friend-
have been marshal 15 years ago, but liness and hometown feeling hasn’t
everybody got so tired of looking at his changed,” Boccard said.
face in the Broomfield paper,” Murphy “I can’t think of a finer place to live.”

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Kahuna plans to take Days crowd to beach
By Dylan Otto Krider
Enterprise Staff Writer
When you’re a cover band, is it bet-
ter to sound as much like the original
as you can, or to make the music your
own?
Founder of Kahuna Beach Party Bill
Francoeur doesn’t even need to think
about it.
“We try to do it the way they do it,”
he said of the band’s inspiration, The
Beach Boys.
The 61 year-old keyboardist has
been a big fan ever since he saw the
original five play when he was 15. Al-
though Kahuna takes a few liberties
here and there, he lives for those times Penn’s iconic beach bum in “Fast
when someone comes up to him after
a concert and said, “You sound the
way the Beach Boys used to.”
Kahuna works tirelessly to recreate
the sound of the Beach Boys’ heyday.
“We try to keep it the way they used list are bassist (and Hawaiian) Lynn
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Times at Ridgemont High.” Former
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Francoeur has played for bands
since he went to Vietnam for the war,
venturing into styles as diverse as
blues and country. When he retired as
Littleton High’s choir director, he
thought it might be fun to create a
Beach Boys tribute band, and his
agent said to be marketable, he’d have
to sound exactly like the original.
So he brought together some musi-
cians and spent months replicating the
sound. Now when his band blows into
town, one of his favorite things to do is
have the local DJ play their recordings
side by side with the Beach Boys and
have listeners guess which is the origi- Courtesy photo
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Golf outing pays homage
to ‘great guy’ James
By Dylan Otto Krider
Enterprise Staff Writer
There have been a lot of 50 year an-
niversaries lately, and for good reason.
If you’ve been in Broomfield that
long, you were there from the begin-
ning. Bob Seeber was one of the first
hundred families to move here in 1956.
David James, the owner of Cowboy
Cleaners, followed two years later.
In addition to starting one of the first
businesses in the boondocks that is
now home to Target at the crossroads
of Midway Boulevard and U.S. 287,
James was on City Council, founded
the chamber of commerce, ran a drap-
ery cleaning business and was on the
volunteer ambulance crew that arrived
by station wagon.
“He was very, very community ori-
ented,” Seeber said. “Just a great guy,
so we named the tournament after
him.”
The tournament is the David James
Memorial Broomfield Days Golf Tour-
nament, now in its seventh year. It will
tee off Friday to kick off the communi-
ty festival and raise funds for Senior
Resources, which provides funds for
Meals-on-Wheels, trips and other
things for seniors on fixed incomes.
James died in 2002 of a massive
heart attack as he was pulling into a
McDonald’s parking lot, surprising ev-
erybody. So when Seeber was trying
and come up with a fundraiser for Sen-
ior Resources, someone suggested
honoring James.
“(James) had no use for golf at all,”
laughed his wife, Patty, an irony that
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The Lions Club brings
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Girl Scout Shelter at
Midway Park at 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday.
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of James’ funeral, Atkinson asked if
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Patty James and her sons all laughed
and thought it was a great idea, but
(by appointment only)
Senior Resources feared it might of-
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Patty James thought the idea was
great, though, because James was a September 14 8:30am – 5pm
practical joker.
“He had something funny to say September 23 5:30pm – 7:30pm
about everything and liked to joke,”
she said.
“I usually go (to the tournament)
September 29 5:30pm – 7:30pm
and always give them some money, be-
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Kids at play make perfect poster
By Enterprise staff
A decades-old tradition of preserving
Broomfield Days in poster form contin-
ues this year with a pastel by local artitst
Gail Lukens.
Lukens’ “Playing in the Park,” which
depicts a young boy and girl splashing
in sun-dappled puddles, has been repro-
duced as a limited-edition poster that
will be sold at this year’s community cel-
ebration.
Lukens’ was inspired to paint the
pastel after she stumbled upon Molly
Anderson and her brother, whose name
Lukens has forgotten, playing in rain-
soaked Community Park after walking
out the back door of the Mamie Doud
Eisenhower Public Library one day. A
door she never uses, one she wasn’t
even sure would be unlocked.
Call it serendipity. The door was
open.
“The sun was just sparkling on the
water and there were a number of chil-
dren playing,” she said of her accidental
inspiration.
Molly and her brother were among
those playing children, and their father
granted Lukens permission to snap a
few pics with her digital camera. She of-
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at the community celebration on
Saturday. The price is $25 each and
only 100 will be available.
To order a poster in advance of
Broomfield Days, call Dianna Wilson
at 303-469-9463.
Past year’s posters also will be
sold at Broomfield Days by Joseph
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true staple of Broomfield Days and the Funds from three city departments just a bit more special. Her goal is to
local arts community shifted from the and BCAH paid for the reproduction of make the posters into sought-after com-
leadership of residents Joe and Carol Lukens’ work on 100 posters. That’s a munity keepsakes this year and for
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Zeroing in on
a trash-free fest
By Enterprise staff
When you have a slogan like “zero
waste,” it doesn’t sound like there is
much wiggle room. It’s either zero, or
it isn’t, just like you can’t be sort of
dead or kind of married.
But Broomfield Days organizer Nan-
cy Harrold quickly admits zero is more
of an aspiration.
“There’ll be a trash bin for compost,
recycling and also a bin for trash, be-
cause we know you can never go 100
percent,” Harrold said of the festival
that will draw an estimated 25,000 peo-
ple.
That doesn’t mean Broomfield won’t
try to get as close as possible.
“All food vendors will be serving on
compostable food ware,” Harrold said.
That also goes for the plastic bags
used to haul away loot and the plastic
silverware, both of which will be com-
postable.
“If you get food at our event, you will
be able to compost what you ate off
of,” Harrold said.
The free candy some vendors like to
have in a bowl needs to be wrapped in
compostable or recyclable wrappers.
That also goes for the brochures and
candy handed out at the parade.
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or several, or all day. All volunteers for free!
will need to attend a short training
seminar prior to the event.
For more information, contact
Matt Gulley at 303-460-6912 or
mgulley@broomfield.org.
the past, Broomfield worked with Eco-
Cycle to make Broomfield Days a zero-
waste event, with Eco-Cycle providing
volunteers and training. Now the city
is going solo.
The city will have 18 “Green Zone” Main & 120th Broadlands Marketplace
stations set up around Midway Park.
Each station will have volunteers help-
ing visitors sort their garbage into bins
for trash, recyclables and compost-
ables.
Three volunteers at each station will
help visitors sort their waste and pro-
vide tips on recycling and composting
at home. The aim is to make sure
Broomfield Days is more “earth friend-
ly” and meets the city’s goal of having
less impact on the environment.
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 Broomfield Days
Rise and shine
for flapjacks
The old adage goes that break-
fast is the most important meal of
the day. But don’t worry about
rushing through a bowl of cereal
or a piece of toast before you
head out to the Broomfield Days
party, you can get your fill at the
park.
The Broomfield Lions Club
will once again be manning the
griddles for the annual Pancake
Breakfast. The feast begins at 7
a.m. at the Girl Scout Shelter in
Midway Park. The breakfast in-
cludes sausage, scrambled eggs,
juice, coffee, milk and all the pan-
cakes you can eat.
The breakfast has always been
popular and the Lions have been
known to serve up thousands of
flapjacks.
The cost is $7 for adults (ages
13 and older) and $4 for kids.
Proceeds go to Lions’ programs
that benefit the community.
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Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS /
Broomfield Enterprise file photo
SOMETHING’S COOKING:
Randy Billinger cooks sausage at
the Lions Club Pancake Breakfast
at Broomfield Days 2008.
Do you love a parade?
Then make sure to get out
to Midway Boulevard early
and claim your spot for the
annual Broomfield Days pro-
cession. Marching bands,
school groups, floats, fire en-
gines and more will make
their way down the street,
delighting both kids and
kids at heart.
The parade receives about
60 entries every year; more
in City Council election
years.
The parade theme is
“Connecting Past and Pres-
ent,” and people need to ap-
ply to march or enter a float. Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS / Broomfield Enterprise
“We have a lot of the civic LEADING THE CHEER: Birch Elementary School principal
groups, a lot of dance studi- Tracy Stegall leads a cheer during the 2008 Broomfield Days
os and elementary schools parade.
enter, and some of the com-
mercial businesses as well,” have a classic car or special band.
said Melissa Jones, who co- interest,” Jones said. The parade gets rolling at
ordinates the parade for the Floats will be judged in six 10 a.m. and will head west
Optimist Club. categories: Decorated floats, on Midway from Lamar
Even the occasional indi- car and cycle clubs, school Street to Midway Park.
vidual will enter the parade, spirit, multi-cultural, march- Awards will be given at noon
she said. “Typically, they ing group and marching at the Reviewing Stand.
ENTERPRISE SEPTEMBER 2009
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Teaching Generation
Are you ready to clown after Generation
around?
Broomfield kids pull out all the
stops to create their costumes for the
Optimists Club’s annual Clown Con-
test. And with good reason — the
stakes are high. The prize in each of
the age groups is a new bike — no
small trophy for the 12-and-younger
set.
The contest starts at 8 a.m. at the
Main Stage in Midway Park. Kids who
want to don their fluffy wigs, floppy
shoes and big, red noses need to show
up at 7:45 a.m. in costume.
After the judging, the fun isn’t over. Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS /
Clown Contest participants get to pile Broomfield Enterprise file photo
on the Optimists’ float and make their COWBOYED UP: Benjamin Abrams
way down Midway Boulevard to wave dressed as a cowboy clown for last year’s
to friends, family and strangers, alike. Optimists Clown Contest.

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Pedal it to the park, and

park your bike for free
Ride straight to the fun, forget traffic
jams and looking for precious parking.
If you pedal your bike to Midway Park,
you can skip the hassles and still have
a safe place for your wheels thanks to
Boy Scout Troop 337.
Need a Vacation? The troop will valet park your bike
at its Bike Corral. The service is free,
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The corral will be on the north side
• Full Service Travel Agency of Midway Boulevard, about midpoint
• Free Consultation
• Family Vacations, Honeymoon,
& Weekend Getaway trips
in the park (West of Kohl Street). To
see a map, turn to page 10.
To plan your route to the park, you
can check out the city’s trail system by
visiting www.broomfield.org/
openspace/. Scroll to the bottom and
click on maps.
If you bike, make sure to do so safe-
ly. Experts advise wearing helmets,
and Broomfield Days organizers ask
that you dismount while in the midst of
the festival.
BIKE VALET: Troop
member Kevin Fuhrer
parks a bike at Boy Scout
Troop 337’s Bike Corral

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Don’t miss the dog costumes Dogs again have

their day at Days
Be on the lookout for super
heroes, princesses and charac-
ters of the canine variety on Sat-
urday as dogs large and small
vie for glory in the Best Dress-
ed Dog Contest.
The annual parade of cos-
tumed pets is a perennial favor-
ite at Broomfield Days and al-
ways draws a crowd to the
Demonstration Stage for a
glimpse of the outfits and a few
tricks, too. At stake is a year’s
worth of veterinary care from
The Animal Doctor.
The contest gets going at
2:30 p.m. and features large-
and small-breed divisions. Ex-
pect 40 or 50 dogs and hun-
BowWow Broomfield is
back for a second run at
Broomfield Days, opening up
South Midway Park to canines
and their human companions.
The dog-friendly area will
be south of the detention pond
and will feature demonstra-
tions, pet-centric vendors and
the fabulous leaping Dock-
Dogs doing their thing in a gi-
ant pool.
Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS / Broomfield Enterprise file photo
Rocky Mountain DockDogs
HOT STUFF: Peaches, left, and Avalanche were dressed as hot will be back for another run
dogs by owner Eric Forbes for last year’s Best Dressed Dog Contest. and jump. Adults and kids, Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS /

dreds of onlookers — a far cry ages 7 and older, can compete Broomfield Enterprise

from how the contest got going
with handful of dogs and a
smattering of fans. The contest
was created by veterinarian
Dave Sievers, whose practice,
The Animal Doctor, always
sponsors the event.
“The greatest joy is watching
the extreme creativity and the
deepest love and respect the
contestants show toward their
best-dressed friends,” Sievers
said of the contest that has be-
come synonymous with Broom-
field Days. “Children and adults
proudly show off their creativ-
ity, while dogs take it all as an-
other day in the park.”
The contest is judged by the
audience, which votes for its fa-
vorites via hoots, hollers and
claps. A panel of official judges
is charged with gauging which
dog gets the most applause.
Once a victor is chosen in the
two divisions, the victors square
off in a best of show clap-off.
Again, the pooch that gets the
loudest crowd noise wins the
top prize. First- through fifth-
place finishers in each division
also take home some goodies.
with dogs of all breeds, sizes
and ability levels. The dogs
will jump into a 40-foot-long,
4-foot-deep pool of water after
sprinting down a 40-foot dock.
One-on-one training will be
available before every open
wave.
On-site registration and
practice starts at 8 a.m. Satur-
day. Big Air Wave competition
DUCK DIVES IN: Duck,
owned by April Horner from
Lodgepole, Neb., dives into the
pool in last year’s DockDogs
competition at Broomfield Days.
rounds will be at 9 and 11 a.m.
and 1 and 3 p.m., with the Ex-
treme Vertical competition
starting at 4:30 p.m. The dogs
will be at it again on Sunday.

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“It’s the biggest show we’ve ever put
and has been going strong for over 27 years. play that inspires envy in gearheads
on,” Farenbrach said. “The more cars
and pedestrians alike will park in
we get, the more money we raise for
South Midway Park from most of Sat-
Meals-on-Wheels.”
urday. The annual display of chrome
Broomfield’s and steel and pearl paint benefits
Broomfield Meals-on-Wheels.
Knowing that money is tight for
many, the Rock’n Cool Classic has

Original Check-in and registration starts at 6

a.m., entries will be accepted through
made entry free this year. But organiz-
ers are still asking those who can to
make a $20 donation to benefit the pro-
Thrift Store! the morning up until the start of the
parade at 10 a.m. Organizer Tom Fare-
gram that feeds homebound seniors.
Those who donate $20 will receive a
nbrach said entries that miss that win-
Rock’n Cool Classic T-shirt.
dow might still have a chance, so make

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missed out. There are seven catego-
ries for the show: Antique, classic, mo-
torcycle, truck, street rod, special in-
terest and muscle car. Trophies —
Entry forms can be downloaded at
http://www.broomfield.org/
recreation/broomfieldays/forms/
carshowapp.pdf or can be picked up at
the Broomfield Senior Center, 280 La-

Entire purchase
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in each division.
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Vendors and such

Businesses, organizations and
community groups that will have a
presence at Broomfield Days are:
36 Commuting Solutions
912 Project
Abbott’s Frozen Custard
Agape Angelicum School of Nursing
Arts
The Animal Doctor
American Moving
Aqua Serve
Asian Catering, LLC
ATA Karate
Avalon Medical Spa
b2c Savings Program
Bal Swan Children’s Center
Big Jim’s Ribs
Body & Sole
Bohman Orthodontics
Boy Scout Troop 767
Boy Scout Troop 231
Boy Scout Troop 337
City and County of Broomfield
Broomfield Council on the Arts &
Humanities
Broomfield County Democrats
Broomfield County Republicans
Broomfield Chamber of Commerce
Broomfield Enterprise
Broomfield Health and Human Services
Broomfield High cheerleaders
Broomfield High Orchestra
Chick-fil-A
The Children’s Center Preschool
Church of the Holy Comforter
Complete Spectrum Finance
Curves for Woman
Colorado State University
Extension
Country Lemonade
Denver Murals
DreamMaker Bath and Kitchen
Eagle Legacy Credit Union
Edward Jones
Eldorado Spring Water
Elevations Credit Union
Emerald Elementary PTO
Exempla Bone & Joint
Exempla Cardiology Services
Farmers Insurance
FASTSIGNS
FISH Window Cleaning
Firestarter Ministries
First National Bank
Photo by DAVID R. JENNINGS / Broomfield Enterprise file photo Fox Chiropractic
Front Range Community College
FUN GALORE: Vendors at Broomfield Days will be serving up food, merchandise Fun Services
and fun in large doses, such as the inflatable slides that were a hit last year. Funnellicious
Garden Grill
Broomfield Lions Club Bubble Tower & Stilts H & R Block
Broomfield Local Landmark Board Camp Bow Wow Hands on Sand
Broomfield Open Space Foundation Cantania Luxury Apartments Health and Wellness Chiropractic
Center
Broomfield Police CASA of Adams & Broomfield Counties
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Vendors and such

Continued from 17 Pure Clean Auto Spa
Pure Homeopathy
Health Shots Risen Savior Lutheran Church
Highland Trail Retirement St. Anthony North Hospital
Howard’s Tree Service Saeng Mong Martial Arts
Hunter Floor & Window Schafer Insurance
Insight Lasik SendOut Cards
K & H Home Solutions Silvertree Business Services
KKR Services/All About Fairies Smith Barney
Certified Nursing Assistant Training (CNA) Kimpel Concessions
Krav Maga
The Snack Shack
Sparkles’ Face Painting
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Massage Envy The Stratford at FlatIrons
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• Approved by: The • CPR & BLS Training for Healthcare Mountain View Montessori Swim Otters Swim School
Colorado Board of Nursing Providers certification onsite My H-O-M-E. com Sylvan Learning Center
Nationwide Insurance TCF Bank
NextCare Urgent Care Texas Taters
80 Garden Center, Ste. 114, Broomfield Norbel Credit Union Total Escape Games
Potentially Earn Omni International Resort Travel Partners
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United Church of Broomfield
AgapeAngelicum@gmail.com Original Pizza
an hour & up Original Skin Viking Roofing
Peak Health Chiropractic & Walkabout Camels
Acupuncture Warhurst Family Chiropractic
Performance Chiropractic Watermark Church
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