Recently added articles from The Gazette:
TIME IS UP FOR AFA PLAYER, NCAA RULES
May 28, 2009; ... Kevin Wright still holds onto hope that he'll be able to continuehis collegiate hockey career this winter. But with each day, the Air Force defenseman's grip on that hopeweakens. According to the NCAA, Wright, who will be a junior in fall, nolonger is eligible to compete. Not ...
GRADS WILL 'SHAPE A NEW HISTORY'
May 28, 2009; ... Cadets who crossed the stage at the Air Force Academy'sgraduation Wednesday will get the chance to do more than pilotairplanes or lead airmen in battle, Vice President Joe Biden told acrowd of 30,000 at the school. "You'll be asked like few generations before you to shape a ...
MAN'S BEST FRIEND, OR A PIT BULL IN A CHINA SHOP?
May 28, 2009; ... Achilles the pit bull is free after seven months in dog jail,reunited with his pit bull pal, Asia, in the backyard of Danny andSusan Polston on Nokomis Circle, an unincorporated area on ColoradoSprings' eastern edge. Achilles is a little too free for neighbor Diane Elmore, ...
AGENCY SPENT $83M ON ROADS, TRANSIT IN 2008
May 28, 2009; ... The four member governments of the Pikes Peak RuralTransportation Authority spent more than $83 million in 2008 on roadconstruction and maintenance projects and on transit, according tothe agency's annual report to citizens. The $71 million in revenue raised in 2008 by a 1 percent ...
FOR FAMILY, HOBBY IS A TIE THAT BINDS
May 28, 2009; ... No more living out of boxes for this active clan of about 250. David Simpich's family finally has a permanent place to call home? though there are some strings attached. The Simpich Showcase - with art, dolls and live theater - opensFriday in the same Old Colorado City building ...
LOCAL PBS STATION IS FIRST TO TAKE PLUNGE
May 28, 2009; ... Ian Hartley wasn't sure what would happen when he shut down KTSC/Channel 8's analog transmitter Tuesday morning. The public television station's chief engineer had tried toprepare viewers, running promos and crawls, doing tests, but someviewers were never going to pay attention ...
DANCE FLOOR TO SHINE WITH STATE'S 'STARS'
May 28, 2009; ... ABC's hit show "Dancing With The Stars" wrapped for the season,but local celebrities are only now dusting off their dancing shoesin the quest for a mirror-ball trophy. On Sunday, news anchors will come out from behind their desks,disc jockeys will go off the air, and two athletes - ...
BRIEFLY
May 28, 2009 ... Convenience store robbed at gunpoint A Loaf 'N Jug on Space Center Drive was robbed early Wednesdaymorning by a man with a semiautomatic handgun. The man entered the store, near Powers Boulevard and Galley Road,about 12:40 a.m., police said. He forced the clerk behind ...
Biden visits Fort Carson
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A PERFECT DAY TO WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE SKY
May 28, 2009; ... Speakers once shook hands only with the top 10 percent of the AirForce Academy's graduating class. President George W. Bush changedall that. But while Bush chest-bumped and high-fived his way throughthe graduates, Vice President Joe Biden was tame Wednesday, givingeach graduate a quick ...
DEATHS
May 28, 2009 ... George Bickmore Born July 4, 1936.Died May 18, 2009. U.S. Air Force, retired. Survived by his wife, Sandra; a son,Mark Eckart; and a daughter, Tracey Kercheval. Services, 3 p.m.Friday, Peterson Air Force Chapel, 455 Vincent St., Peterson AirForce Base. All Veterans Burial and ...
Odds to win seem bleak
May 28, 2009; ... LOS ANGELES - All the Denver Nuggets have to do is defy history.All they have to do is conquer one of the greatest franchises insports history. That's all. After falling, 103-94, to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Nuggetsface horrific odds. We're talking about the same kind of ...
BRONCOS' LB MOVED AGAIN
May 28, 2009; ... ENGLEWOOD - D.J. Williams is moving again. He's fine with theswitch this time. Williams is used to it. Since being drafted by the Broncos in thefirst round of the 2004 draft, Williams played one year at weak-side linebacker, two seasons at strong-side linebacker, one atinside ...
Sky Sox riddled with Dodger blues
May 28, 2009 ... It could have been Coors Field, or Dodger Stadium. It kind oflooked like that. Albuquerque, the Dodgers' Triple-A affiliate, pounded Sky Soxpitching like it was the big leagues, where Los Angeles has beatenColorado in eight-of-nine games this season. Host Albuquerque took two ...
SPRINGS IS BETTER OFFTHAN MANY LOCALES
May 28, 2009; ... First-quarter home prices in Colorado Springs fell 1.7 percentwhen compared with the same period last year, putting the Springsnear the middle of the pack when it comes to how prices fared inabout 300 cities nationwide, according to a report releasedWednesday by the Federal Housing ...
EMC buying Springs software company
May 28, 2009; ... Computer storage giant EMC agreed Wednesday to buy ColoradoSprings-based software company Configuresoft in a deal that beganlast fall with a marketing agreement. Terms of the transaction, scheduled to be completed early nextmonth, were not disclosed. Officials from both companies ...
LIFE IS MOSTLY SWEET ON BICYCLE BUILT FOR 4
May 28, 2009; ... For years, Chris Lieber dreamed of cycling across America, ofcrossing state after state under his own power. And for years, he kept putting off that dream. Too little time,too many demands. So Lieber, director of Colorado Springs' Trails, Open Space andParks program, revised ...
BRIEFLY
May 28, 2009 ... Check out the bluffs Corral Bluffs, Colorado Springs' newest open space, is not yetopen to the public, but you can get a good look at these prairiebluffs through a series of guided hikes. During 2009, experts willconduct studies of the paleontology, archaeology, geology, flora ...
STRATTON OPEN SPACE'S GOLD CAMP TRAIL
May 28, 2009; ... The Gold Camp Trail in Stratton Open Space is always a nicechoice for hikers, since it is free of bikes, but it is particularlynice after spring rains to watch forest flowers appear. To get there Drive west on Cheyenne Boulevard to the entrance of NorthCheyenne Canon Park ....
Russian Silver Screen is pure gold
May 28, 2009; ... I see four or five movies a week while I'm in St. Petersburg.Watching films is a great way to improve your foreign languageskills, and it gets me out of the apartment. It's also one of thefew experiences in Russia that is comparable to, or even betterthan, the American ...