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STEEP INCREASES PREDICTED ; Colorado Springs Utilities forecasts a 72% jump in the next 10 years
Sep 21, 2008; PAM ZUBECK -- ... Monthly residential utility bills will increase by 72 percent inthe next 10 years, according to the latest longrange forecastingconducted by Colorado Springs Utilities. The forecast, which includes all four services -- water,wastewater, gas and power -- also predicts the typical ...
SERVICES
Sep 21, 2008 ... Doris Dean Brown Service, 11 a.m. Oct. 3, Sunnyside Christian Church, 2025 N.Murray Blvd. Swan Law Funeral Directors. Mona L. Conover Service, 11 a.m. Oct. 3, First United Methodist Church, 420 N.Nevada Ave. Swan Law Funeral Directors. Charles Frederick ...
DEATHS
Sep 21, 2008 ... GUY P. DREW, JR. Born Dec. 17, 1917. Died Sept. 18, 2008. Draftsman, 41-year Woodland Park resident. Survived by a son,Terry; and two daughters, Anne Drew and Penelope Morgan. Visitation,noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, with service to follow, Memorial GardensFuneral Home. Burial, ...
Past Army dealings color expansion negotiations
Sep 21, 2008; TOM ROEDER -- ... TRINIDAD - Ranchers who had spent a lifetime bending, but notbreaking, while scratching out a living through droughts andblizzards in southeast Colorado didn't know who to trust. The Army, eager to snap up ranchland on which it could train FortCarson soldiers to fight large-scale ...
Our view
Sep 21, 2008 ... AppArently it's no big deAl sexual abuse rampant in schools Twice last week, public school teachers in El Paso County havebeen let off easy after facing felony charges of sexual misconductwith children. It's par for the course, nationally. If sexual abuseof children were a ...
Letters
Sep 21, 2008 ... ROUND AND ROUND In time of tight budgets, resources could be better used I am not in favor of roundabouts on Cascade Avenue for manyreasons. However, my main concern is the cost to the taxpayer. TheGazette's Sept. 18 front-page report stated, "no price tag was puton the ...
A PRIORITY TO RESTORE DIGNITY, RESPECT ; 2 House candidates looking to replace Bruce agree on little else
Sep 21, 2008; PERRY SWANSON ... The Democratic and Republican candidates for Colorado HouseDistrict 15 disagreed on a number of subjects during a public forumSaturday, but they repeatedly expressed the same idea about onething: quelling the type of controversy that's made the district afocus of statewide ...
Garden of the Gods' benefactor got it right
Sep 21, 2008; BARRY NOREEN ... The Garden of the Gods Foundation just gave the city of ColoradoSprings a check for $141,930, part of the $1.5 million thefoundation has paid the city in the past 14 years. If you love Garden of the Gods, and in these parts you're in theminority if you don't, the foundation's ...
TRUANCY COURT AIMS TO GET KIDS ON TRACK ; Caseloads have grown in recent years
Sep 21, 2008; DENNIS HUSPENI -- ... Students as young as elementary school age are being hauledbefore El Paso County Magistrate Robert Erler. They're not juvenile delinquents. Not yet. They're truants. "Truancy is the best predictor of future crime," said CynthiaDude, who represents 19 Pikes Peakarea ...
A TOUCH OF BLUE, ORANGE IN FOUNTAIN ; Town is 1 of 8 in state getting visit from the football club
Sep 21, 2008; ANDREA BROWN ... FOUNTAIN The town's poet laureate and sports fans spoke -- andthe Denver Broncos listened. Fountain, get out your blue and orange. Friday, the team'scheerleaders are coming to town, along with Miles the mascot, SuperBowl trophies and Ring of Fame member Billy Thompson. The ...
A salute to 137 firefighters who sacrificed their lives ; Yearly ceremony honors those who have died in the line of duty
Sep 21, 2008; LANCE BENZEL ... online > in depth For a slide show of the memorial, visit this story at gazette.com Ringed by flags and surrounded by uniformed onlookers, VinceLucero of the Santa Clara, Calif., Fire Department knelt in front ofa stone wall in Memorial Park. There, he used a pencil and ...
Getting to them early ; If students attend School Counts class, they can skip court
Sep 21, 2008; DENNIS HUSPENI -- ... The 4th Judicial District Attorney's Office last year began aprogram called School Counts in an effort to keep children out oftruancy court. School Counts matches volunteers with students about to entertruancy court. If the students can successfully complete the programby ...
Vaccines for rabies doled out sparingly ; While cases are rare in the state, skunks have it now and there's a shortage of the drug
Sep 21, 2008; BRIAN NEWSOME ... Colorado health authorities are doling out rabies shot regimensone at a time and denying preventive vaccines to veterinarians andwildlife workers because of a severe national vaccine shortage. The strict limitations come as a new strain of rabies found inskunks has emerged on the ...
BEATEN BUT ; Utah had 440 yards and 24 first downs, but Utes still needed late score to win
Sep 21, 2008; JAKE SCHALLER -- ... inside no room to roam Air Force's ground game sputters, a rare event for the Falcons.Page 9 score one for the 'd' Defense helps keep Air Force in the game with big plays. Page 9 utes not slow to run Known for their passing, the Utes also have a ...
Williams is in position to lead Denver defense
Sep 21, 2008; FRANK SCHWAB ... ENGLEWOOD - D.J. Williams became the defensive face of theDenver Broncos' future just before the season started. What quarterback Jay Cutler and receiver Brandon Marshall are tothe offense, Williams is to the defense. Two days before the opener,Williams agreed to a five-year ...
tigers wish they could shoot for wins in wcha
Sep 21, 2008; KATE CRANDALL ... Lined up at center ice, Colorado College players watched asfreshman Tim Hall sped toward the net, faked a shot, deked to hisbackhand and beat the g o a l t e n d e r with a forehand shot. Hall and the rest of the Tigers practiced their shootout skillsfor 15 minutes at captain's ...
Head of U.S. fencing resigns after 12 years
Sep 21, 2008; BRIAN GOMEZ -- ... Michael Massik resigned Thursday as executive director of theU.S. Fencing Association, three months after the U.S. OlympicCommittee took over the national governing body's high performanceprogram. In 12 years under Massik, revenue increased from less than 1million to $4.5 million ...
Golfers begin postseason soon
Sep 21, 2008; JOE PAISLEY ... The high school postseason starts Monday with two boys golfregional tournaments involving area teams. The Class 5A Colorado Springs regional will start at 8 a.m. atthe Pinery Country Club in Parker. Nine area teams and six teams,including favorite Douglas County, from the ...
BIG PLAYS SCUTTLE SPARTANS ; Mountain Vista seizes momentum early with quick score, goal-line stand
Sep 21, 2008; BOB STEPHENS ... Ric Cash picked confidence as the "focus" word for his MountainVista team on Saturday. The Golden Eagles had it in abundance as they beat Doherty 35-7in a 5A Southern Conference game at Garry Berry Stadium. "We had lost our first two games by a combined seven points andwere ...
Defense keeps Falcons within reach of win
Sep 21, 2008; JAKE SCHALLER ... Air Force defensive end Jake Paulson couldn't quite recall how ithappened. "It was all kind of a blur," Paulson said of scooping up a fumbleforced by Rick Ricketts and rumbling 25 yards for a touchdown. "Thank goodness we practice that (scoop-and-score) drill with(defensive ...