Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) back issues from November 2007:
OBITUARIES & MEMORIALS.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... SCHLATER, JANETTE H. Janette H. Schlater, 76, of Denver passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth W. Schlater. She is survived by her daughter Erin (Lynn), and two granddaughters, Ali and Niki, and sister Betty (Tom). A service will be ...
Nuggets Report.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Finishing what they start? Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby are the only Nuggets players who have been in Denver's opening-night starting lineup and in the starting lineup for Game 1 of the subsequent playoff series each of the past four seasons. The starters at the ...
Robert Person, 93, led Public Service Co. for 20 years.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: James Paton, Rocky Mountain News Robert T. Person, who led Public Service Co. of Colorado throughout the 1960s and 1970s and once served as chairman of Denver's chamber of commerce, died Tuesday. He was 93. The University of New Mexico graduate's career ...
Itch to coach still tugging at Barnett.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: B.G. Brooks, Rocky Mountain News Gary Barnett will make one more run at returning to coaching. The former University of Colorado coach said Wednesday if it doesn't happen this year, that page of his life will be turned for the final time. "If it ...
Local College Football Report.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: B.G. Brooks (CU), Randy Holtz (CSU), Jim Benton (Air Force), Pat Rooney (Northern Colorado) and wire services (Wyoming) CSU Tight end drought Colorado State has received little pass-catching production from its tight ends since senior ...
Zoo disputes hippo's death caused by trip.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Ann Imse, Rocky Mountain News The death of Hazina the hippo came after a 28-hour trip from the Denver Zoo to Calgary that might have been completed in just 20 hours. But zoo spokeswoman Tiffany Barnhart insisted the trip was normal, the transporter experienced ...
Bears again in upright position Bigelow turns out to be ace in hole for hard-luck team.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Pat Rooney, Special To The Rocky This Christmas gift kept on giving, with the University of Northern Colorado football team becoming a beneficiary of Santa Claus' generosity toward Zak Bigelow almost 14 years later. Pardon all the Bears if this week they feel ...
Mom: 'I behaved badly' Woman who 'lost it' on jet pleads guilty to mischief.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News A woman arrested for repeatedly hitting her children and swearing at a flight attendant on a Frontier Airlines flight told a federal judge Wednesday she thought the crew was being "unjust" to her but that her actions were "unreasonable." ...
State rep protests ICE Taser policy Legislator says it has forced jails to release detainees.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: John C. Ensslin, Rocky Mountain News A Grand Junction legislator has sent a letter to President Bush protesting a federal policy not to detain illegal immigrants in county jails where deputies use Tasers. Rep. Steven A. King wrote that such a ban results in a ...
Harrell's departure was 'business deal' Salary cap keeps Colorado from retaining players.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Jim Benton, Rocky Mountain News Salary caps were unnecessary when the reserve clause, which forbade an Arena Football League player from negotiating with another team without permission of the team holding that player's rights, was in existence. That's not ...
The art of raising the big bucks.(E)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News * What: MCA Denver Star Power Gala, held Oct. 26 at a tent across the street from the MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St. * Benefited: Proceeds support the museum's mission. * Big bucks: 650 people raised more than $600,000. Tickets ...
Coffman won't bend on run in 6th Top Republicans want secretary of state to stay put.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Lynn Bartels, Rocky Mountain News Don't do it, they begged. Don't run for Congress and possibly give the secretary of state's office to a Democrat. Two top Republicans met with Secretary of State Mike Coffman this week to ask him to reconsider his decision ...
Rec center meetings let public exercise its voice on hours.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Daniel J. Chacon, Rocky Mountain News Denver Parks and Recreation is holding a series of public meetings starting Friday to get public input on restoring hours at some of the city's less-used rec centers. The Parks and Rec Department is trying to figure out ...
Inside info Jim Bowman.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Jim Benton, Rocky Mountain News Air Force will honor Jim Bowman, a former associate athletic director and football coach, at a luncheon Friday. A plaque will be hung in the vestibule on the third floor of the press box outside the superintendent's box, where Bowman ...
REGIONAL SCENE.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Air Forces falters in exhibition opener Canada's Brock University men's basketball team beat Air Force 66-63 in an exhibition game at Clune Arena on Wednesday night. Tim Anderson led the Falcons with 25 points in coach Tim Reynolds' debut. The Falcons ...
TRANSACTIONS.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007 ... BASEBALL American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX - Declined their 2008 contract options on INF/OF Darin Erstad and LHP Mike Myers. DETROIT TIGERS - Agreed to terms with RHP Gabe Benitez, RHP Preston Larrison, RHP Aquilino Lopez, C Nick Trzesniak and INF Erick ...
Deep Rock pulls its plastic jugs Company cites chemical linked to cancer in animals.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News Deep Rock Water Co. has stopped using a popular type of plastic water jug for its 5-gallon bottles for water coolers, citing a chemical in the plastic linked to cancer and other health problems in lab animals. The plastic, ...
One last roar for Rox.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Barry Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News CAPTION(S): Photo ONE LAST ROAR FOR ROX / Fans pack downtown's Skyline Park on Wednesday to cheer Rockies manager ...
Angels look to fly Denver East will start the playoffs with high hopes.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Scott Stocker, Rocky Mountain News Ron Woolfork knows that the challenges facing his Denver East football team have been big. And it doesn't get any easier for the Angels in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs. Denver East (7-2), seeded No. 14, ...
Yearbook.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007 ... ATHLETES OF THE WEEK * Jake Toney, Simla Toney returned two kickoffs (75 and 84 yards) for scores and had three rushing touchdowns as the Cubs beat Pikes Peak Christian 66-18 in the divisional round of the Class A 8-Man playoffs. Toney, a 6-foot-2, ...
Gunmen sought in four holdups.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Ivan Moreno, Rocky Mountain News The Arapahoe and Douglas county sheriff's offices are investigating four cases where two masked men robbed women at gunpoint as they drove up to their homes. Two of those cases happened Tuesday night within an hour of each ...
Police search for man in attempted kidnap.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News A man tried to take a 3-year- old child walking with its mother in Aurora Wednesday morning, police said. The man eventually let the child go and disappeared, police told CBS 4 News. Police searched the area near East Colfax Avenue and ...
Sex offender charged under new federal law.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Sara Burnett, Rocky Mountain News A sex offender found in Morrison with a 16-year-old runaway has become the first person charged in Colorado under a new federal law that requires a sex offender to register his address. Matthew Preston Caulk was indicted last week by a ...
Patrol hunts for man in hit-and-run crash.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News Colorado State Patrol troopers are looking for a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a Littleton woman last Friday. Suzanne Fey-Gaiser, 45, of Littleton, was listed in stable condition at Littleton Hospital on Wednesday ....
Woman killed in rollover of pickup.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Alan Gathright, Rocky Mountain News Investigators suspect alcohol and speed contributed to a fatal pickup rollover that closed westbound Interstate 70 in Aurora for five hours early Wednesday morning. A woman passenger died after the pickup swerved across ...
Man held in alleged child sex assaults.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News A Mesa County man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault on a child after luring three youngsters into his home last month. Detectives arrested Jesse D. Baker, 65, of Clifton, prior to Halloween night because they feared for ...
Victim recovered.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News Mesa County authorities have recovered the body of the lone occupant of a vehicle that plunged off a road Tuesday night in ...
Rant puts bite on 'Dog' TV show.(News)(Column)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News Looks like Denver-born bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman is in deep doo-doo after the National Enquirer obtained a racist rant the reality star unleashed against his son, Tucker, who is dating an African-American woman. In a ...
Citations turn out to be a break Meter violations a cheaper way to park for Sat. game.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Hector Gutierrez, Rocky Mountain News Some visitors to downtown and baseball fans who made it to Game 3 of the World Series on Saturday probably didn't mind seeing parking tickets on their vehicles. That's because getting nailed with the $25 parking ticket ...
ROCKIES ROC-A-BYE! Fans pumped up at downtown rally as they show appreciation for team's remarkable run.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Jeff Kass and Kevin Vaughan, Rocky Mountain News They wore Colorado Rockies hats, jerseys and even fingernail decorations. On this Halloween, a witch, gladiator and Superman were also in attendance. Others sold beads, pennants and caps. But ...
Oil-gas tax money could go to higher ed.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky Mountain News Proposed legislation to pump state money from oil and gas exploration into higher education is one of the four bills that remains alive before an interim committee studying the Colorado's severance tax system. The bill would use part of ...
Data lacking on drill risks, Congress told.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Todd Hartman, Rocky Mountain News Four Coloradans told Congress on Wednesday of mounting concern over the potential health risks posed by the state's natural gas boom. Daniel Teitelbaum, a medical toxicologist affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines and ...
City auditor blasts economic development office in loan deal.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Daniel J. Chacon, Rocky Mountain News Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher found "internal control weaknesses" at the Office of Economic Development when he investigated a deal in which a developer defaulted on millions of dollars of loans awarded by the city. In ...
Dad, son put love on hold.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Marcia Neville, Rocky Mountain News D'Evelyn football coach Jeremy Bennett loves his son, Mountain Range linebacker Ryan Tuley, more than anything: "I'm his biggest fan, and have been since the day he started playing sports when he was 4 years old." Recently, when ...
Raptors seem to be peaking 2006 5A champ Eaglecrest played well in district win.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Alan Pearce, Rocky Mountain News With regional tournaments finishing this week, volleyball teams are only one step away from the state tournament. Tanya Bond thinks her Eaglecrest squad, the defending Class 5A champion, took a giant step forward by winning the ...
Big-thinking Nuggets off on strong foot.(Sports)(Column)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Dave Krieger, Rocky Mountain News Paul Westhead, the former Nuggets coach, walked onto the floor at the Pepsi Center before Wednesday night's NBA opener and saw a face he recognized. A big beige one, with a long snout. "I'm going to stop when Rocky ...
Speak Up! Broncos should beef up goal-line offense package.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Sam Adams, Rocky Mountain News It's been a good while since the "Screamers" have been unleashed. Let me step aside and give some readers their time - many of whom have hit on just about every angle in comments made on Speak Up! Don't forget to log ...
On the Air.(E)
Nov 01, 2007 ... check in * What: Colorado Spaces: Historic Hotels profiles four Colorado masterpieces of architecture and history: 1. Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs; 2. The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs; 3. Strater Hotel, Durango; 4. Brown Palace, Denver, above * When and where: ...
Globe, November 1.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... FILL 'ER UP . . . OR NOT "grass station" The words may leave puzzled expressions, but to the editors of Webster's New World College Dictionary, the phrase is hot - so much so it is the 2007 Word of the Year. The phrase - a pun on "gas station" reflecting America's ...
Foes hunt for chink in Clinton's armor.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: M.E. Sprengelmeyer, Rocky Mountain News DES MOINES, Iowa -- It's no secret why there's an invisible "Kick me" sign on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's back. For the moment, she's running away with the national polls in the Democratic presidential contest, and ...
Colo. mother who lost son happy with verdict against Phelps.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Betsy Lehndorff, Rocky Mountain News The verdict against Fred Phelps and his daughters pleases Julie MacKenzie of Colorado, whose son's funeral was picketed by the hate group. "I think it's great," MacKenzie said Wednesday. The November 2005 military funeral ...
Torn solar panel changes plans.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky wire reports CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA canceled today's spacewalk to inspect a snarled joint for a set of solar panels and instead instructed its orbiting astronauts to go out a day later to try to fix a torn solar wing. The newly ripped wing is now ...
Spain pays homage to Franco's victims.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky wire reports MADRID, Spain -- Parliament condemned Gen. Francisco Franco's nearly 40-year dictatorship Wednesday in historic legislation addressing a dark chapter of Spanish history that had been largely off-limits. The bill sponsored by the Socialist ...
Cat DNA decoded.(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky wire reports NEW YORK -- An Abyssinian cat from Missouri, named Cinnamon, has just made scientific history. Researchers have largely decoded her DNA, a step that may aid the search for treatments for both feline and human diseases. The report adds cats ...
Market gets interest cut it expected But the Fed signals that this could be it for the rest of year.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Byline: Rocky Staff And Wire Reports Don't expect a cascade of rate cuts for the rest of the year. The Federal Reserve sliced its federal funds interest rate Wednesday - its second reduction in the past six weeks - to help the economy survive the strains of a ...
Double time pays off for Smoky Hill Buffaloes pocket win in quarters with flick play.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: John Rosa, Special To The Rocky AURORA -- With the match on the line, Smoky Hill's Thomas Hrachovina took it on faith that his teammates would be in their proper position. With the team embroiled in an overtime battle with Rangeview Wednesday night in a Class ...
Even without suspended coach, No. 1 Grandview rolls.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Alan Pearce, Rocky Mountain News AURORA -- With ample reason to be the most distracted team in the soccer playoffs, top- ranked Grandview still got down to business and routed Lewis- Palmer 4-1 in the Class 5A quarterfinals Wednesday at Legacy Stadium. Wolves ...
Sideline.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007 ... BLOWOUT CENTER Smith Center High School has won 49 games in a row as it heads to the Kansas Class 2A state playoffs in search of a fourth straight Class 2-1A state title. But those are not the most eye-popping numbers produced by the school, which is located in Smith ...
Coaching staff, Cook will be back in 2008.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Tracy Ringolsby, Rocky Mountain News The World Series having ended Sunday, the Rockies have begun their offseason housekeeping. They announced Wednesday that manager Clint Hurdle's entire coaching staff will return for 2008. The Rockies had exercised the ...
Buzz.(L)
Nov 01, 2007 ... SURVIVOR SPEAKS * What: Talk by Immaculee Ilibagiza, author of Left to Tell, a powerful tale of the woman's survival of Rwandan genocide. She'll also screen her documentary, The Diary of Immaculee. * When and where: 7:30 p.m. today, Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center ...
The ones that got away Denver visit will give LuPone a crack at show tunes she never got to perform.(E)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Lisa Bornstein, Rocky Mountain News The lady has had some of the great roles in the musical theater. She made her fame (and the show's) with Evita in 1979, after which she remade Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. In this decade she's instrumentalized ...
'Vampires' is ghoulish fun.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Marc Shulgold, Rocky Mountain News BOULDER -- Halloween is over, but don't put away your costume just yet. Don that outfit one more time and head up to Macky Auditorium tonight, where you'll be right at home as Nancy Smith's Frequent Flyers perform their macabre show, ...
Regulating generosity In crafting gift rules for Denver, be careful not to stifle charity.(Commentary/Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007 ... A bevy of good-government watchdogs, including members of Denver's Board of Ethics, may test the thesis that no good deed goes unpunished. They seek an ordinance that would add a strict disclosure requirement to cover gifts given the city. It would require every gift worth more ...
That humming noise is the American economy.(Commentary/Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007 ... The economic omens seemed ominous enough. Energy prices are at ridiculous levels; home sales are in the tank; and the mortgage market is in turmoil. But, the Commerce Department reported this week, the economy grew at a robust 3.9 percent in the third quarter, the highest growth ...
The 'Truthers' cult.(Commentary/Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Vincent Carroll, Rocky Mountain News Just when you thought Bill Maher was a total dead weight on the culture, up pops the comic with a gift of genuine value. In the space of a few weeks, Maher has turned himself into a target of the 9/11 conspiracy cult - first by ...
FROM THE WEB, NOVEMBER 1.(Commentary/Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Legislator's defense RockyMountainNews.com readers react to a letter by Rep. Mike Merrifield, D-Colorado Springs, in which he responded to a Mike Rosen column critical of the former chairman of the Colorado House Education Committee. Mike, If you've never ...
LETTERS, NOVEMBER 1.(Commentary/Editorial)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Museum reneges, so a 'no' vote it will be George Sparks, CEO of the Museum of Nature and Science, states that the project to be funded in part by Ballot Issues G and H in the upcoming bond election will include "a new science education center . . . as well as new exhibit halls" ...
Road to homeownership lined with caution signs.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Tina Griego, Rocky Mountain News Last Saturday, Brothers Redevelopment Inc. held its 20th home buyers education class of the year. About 25 people showed up, no single demographic "type" in evidence. The gateway to the dream of homeownership is as crowded and diverse as ...
Rocky Talk Live, November 1.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: With Mark Wolf, Rocky Mountain News A Denver Public Schools task force recommended that the district's high schools be allowed to offer reproductive health services including dispensing birth-control pills and condoms. Since when are public schools supposed to ...
Qwest reaches deal on opt-outs $411 million goes to those who didn't join class action.(Business)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News Some Qwest Communications shareholder groups have proved it pays not to go with the group. Qwest said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it agreed to pay a total of $411 million to shareholder groups that opted out of a $400 ...
Guilty in gropings 'Don Vito' actor yells, collapses in Jeffco courtroom.(News)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Sue Lindsay, Rocky Mountain News MTV star Vincent Margera collapsed in a Jefferson County courtroom Wednesday, sobbing and swearing as he heard his first guilty verdict for groping girls during a promotional appearance at the Colorado Mills mall. "Jesus! I ...
Extra!(News)
Nov 01, 2007 ... ALL IN THE CARDS Here's a stack of cards, all 50,000 decks, that weighs more than 10,000 pounds. And they are getting ready for front line military duty. A Colorado State University researcher and graphic artist in Fort Collins have developed playing cards with ...
Springboard.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007 ... STATE SCHEDULE * Where: Thornton High School, 9351 N. Washington St. * When: Friday - Class 5A team and all-around competition, 2:30 p.m. Saturday - Class 4A team and all-around competition, 9:30 a.m. Class 5A and 4A individual event finals, 6 p.m. * ...
A lot lies in the balance in 5A, 4A Tharp hopes to upend defending champ Bower.(Rocky Preps)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Byline: Scott Stocker, Rocky Mountain News It's deja vu all over again. OK, that was a quote from New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra, but it certainly applies to the Class 5A and 4A state gymnastics meets this weekend. That's because Loveland ...
Broncos Report.(Sports)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Wait and see Broncos safety John Lynch said he felt "better" Wednesday after suffering what he called a stinger during Monday night's loss against the Green Bay Packers, but he still is awaiting word from doctors about when he might return to the field. Lynch did not ...