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Dottie Burton has garnered numerous awards in her 26-year painting career.

Lifetime artist loves career

For 26 years, Canyon Gate resident Dottie Burton financed her artist career by painting business windows for the holidays.
      "That's how we paid for all those trips," she said, referring to her countless workshops with watercolor masters around the world.
      Today, the 61-year-old has won a drawer full of awards, ribbons and certificates from watercolor societies and other art competitions throughout the country. She's even taken home awards from several international competitions.
      Recently, Burton's acrylic painting of a Yugoslavian woman leaning against a park bench, "Woman of Yugo," was printed in Rockport Publication's "Painting Light & Shadow," a collection of watercolors by American artists.
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Town Center ready to go

Six years ago, Richard Portaro fought a proposed 1.1 million-square-foot regional mall at the northeast corner of Charleston and Rampart boulevards.
      Now, Triple Five Nevada Development Corp. has come forward with plans for an "urban village" consisting of 1.3 million square feet of mixed-use retail, residential, office and specialty shops for that same 100-acre lot.
      But does this new development have Portaro gearing up for another fight?
      No.
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