The Gazette back issues from November 2007:
COUNCIL KEEPS BUS ROUTES, OVERNIGHT POLICE STATIONS ; Fares will be raised and night traffic at substations analyzed
Nov 01, 2007; ... Transit service won't be cut and police substations will remainopen at night next year, Colorado Springs City Council members saidduring a budgeting session Wednesday. Because of a budget shortfall, interim City Manager Mike Andersonhad proposed slashing 14,000 hours of bus ...
After the headaches, some reasons to celebrate
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Great Saint Vrain Debate is over. Dogs are no longer stoppingthe mail on Garden Hill Drive. The Carnegie Library has reopened.And Mr. Magnolia gets a reprieve. It's time for updates, and celebrations abound. Fred Bishop is celebrating, though he's too old to drive ...
CRIME SPREE WITH A SHOTGUN ; 1 man shot, 2 people robbed on east, west sides of city
Nov 01, 2007; ... A man wielding a shotgun went on a three-hour crime spreeWednesday morning, shooting one person and robbing two more atgunpoint, police said. It's not unusual for a robber to strike several places in onenight, but the weapon wasn't typical, Colorado Springs policespokesman Lt ....
CRITICAL RULING EXPECTED TODAY ; Rodent that looms large with developments may lose U.S. safeguards
Nov 01, 2007; ... The Preble's meadow jumping mouse, a tiny rodent that lives onlyalong the Front Range of Colorado and Wyoming -- including El PasoCounty -- could lose federal protection as a threatened species. Or it may not. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is keepingsecret its long-awaited ...
JUDGE DISMISSES BID TO TOSS SEX ASSAULT CHARGES
Nov 01, 2007; ... [CORRECTION:]Moument Academy's charter school status wasincorrectly reported. Monument Academy remains open, but no longerhas hight school grades. Correction ran 11/032/07. - A District Court judge rejected a bid Wednesday to dismisscharges of sexual assault on a child against a ...
Day full of chills
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UTILITIES TIGHTENS UP ON BONUSES ; Detailed policy now requires specific reasons for awards
Nov 01, 2007; ... An overhaul of Colorado Springs Utilities' employee bonus programraises the bar for eligibility, requires better documentation andcalls for an annual review of the program's worth. "Hopefully, in the end we'll instill more confidence in ourcustomers that we're taking every step ...
WIENS CONSIDERING A RUN FOR U.S. HOUSE SEAT ; 'It's a hard decision,' he says
Nov 01, 2007; ... DENVER - State Sen. Tom Wiens said that he could begin acongressional campaign immediately, but he hasn't decided whether hewill seek the vacant 6th District seat. Wiens, a Castle Rock rancher and financier whose Senate districtincludes Teller County and northwest El Paso County, ...
10 YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER ; Plea agreement in man's shooting death last year includes 3 years probation
Nov 01, 2007; ... A Colorado Springs man who shot another man to death on DrennanRoad almost a year ago will spend 10 years in prison after pleadingguilty to manslaughter. James Tommy Taylor III, 28, admitted in May he shot Miguel R.Robertson, 27, on Nov. 21. Robertson was shot twice and died at ...
UPDATE D-11 COMPUTER PROGRAM
Nov 01, 2007; ... WHAT IS IT: Washington Elementary School in Colorado SpringsSchool District 11 has been chosen as the pilot site for a programto offer refurbished computers to families without one at home. The program was one of Superintendent Terry Bishop's 25Initiatives during the 2006-07 ...
MONTH STARTS COLD, THEN STAYS WARMER THAN USUAL
Nov 01, 2007 ... A little chilly Wednesday night while trick-or-treating? Expect that cold to stick around as the calendar turns fromOctober to November, at least through the month's first weekend. That's when the days will also be getting darker sooner as clocksget turned back with the end ...
Stay inside the lines
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BRIEFLY METRO
Nov 01, 2007 ... Woman flees attempted sex assault A woman fled from her car early Wednesday after a man she wasdriving home tried to rape her and threatened to kill her, ColoradoSprings police reported. No arrests have been made in the 2:30 a.m. attack in southColorado Springs ....
OUR VIEW
Nov 01, 2007 ... Tag, track, take action Animal control policies bear scrutiny If global positioning satellite technology can be used to trackand kill a bear that recently mauled a woman in her Aspen condo,can't such technology be used to deter such episodes by identifyingand removing other ...
Letters
Nov 01, 2007 ... SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS Columnist reading things into the Constitution Barry Noreen (The View from Here, Oct. 28) laments the fact thatwe live in a country that permits law enforcement to set up sobrietycheckpoints. I agree with him that these checkpoints are ...
DA COMPETITION ; Chicago could lure the USOC headquarters away from its longtime home in Colorado Springs, but is it something fans there even want?
Nov 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Bumming over the White Sox missing the playoffs, the Cubs'first-round exit and "da Bears'" recent struggles, Chicago sportsfans would welcome the U.S. Olympic Committee with open arms. An unmatched combination of ethnic diversity, entertainmentofferings and ...
AILING WARREN CAPTURES ANOTHER OLYMPIC BERTH
Nov 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Rau'shee Warren has met his first goal of the WorldBoxing Championships. Meeting his second goal won't be easy. A shoulder injury Warren suffered Wednesday in a 25-11 win overViolito Payla of the Philippines during a thirdround flyweight fightovershadowed the Olympic ...
Karl's goal still too lofty for Nuggets
Nov 01, 2007; ... DENVER - Sixty wins. That's the rumor. Sixty Denver Nuggets' victories this season. Sixty victories fora team that finished 45-37 last year and for an organization thathasn't won more than 50 games since 1987-88 when it finished 54-28 -- the Nuggets' best record in the ...
BAD SIGNS FOR ECONOMY ; HOME SALES, PRICES DROP IN OCTOBER
Nov 02, 2007; ... Frontier's reported decision to build a maintenance hangar inColorado Springs was a bright spot amid Thursday's sobering economicnews: Home prices dropped at the steepest rate yet, and city andcounty governments considered service reductions. Nationally, theFed came to the rescue of ...
FRONTIER EXPECTED TO LAND IN SPRINGS ; Low-cost carrier's $40 million maintenance hangar could bring 350 jobs to the city within 2 years
Nov 02, 2007; ... Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is coming to Colorado Springs,with plans to build an aircraft maintenance hangar at the ColoradoSprings Airport and launch service to Denver, sources familiar withthe airline's plans said Thursday. Frontier President Sean Menke will announce ...
IN STATE, PREBLE'S IS PROTECTED ; But wildlife service takes it off the list of threatened species in Wyo.
Nov 02, 2007; ... The Preble's meadow jumping mouse, a tiny Front Range denizenthat became a flash point in the national debate over the EndangeredSpecies Act, won't lose its federal protection -- at least inColorado. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday said it wouldreverse an earlier ...
Government gives back -- depending on where you live
Nov 02, 2007; ... A dollar here. A dollar there. Pretty soon you're talking about real money, as colleague PerrySwanson, a data whiz and government watchdog, pondered this weekafter reviewing recently released census data. That coupled with IRS data shows how much money Coloradans sendto ...
UNPAID LEAVE LOOKING LIKELY ; Forced vacation could save county $2.1M, official says
Nov 02, 2007; ... Mandatory and unpaid vacations for El Paso County employees are asmall but controversial part of the county's proposed eleventhhourcuts to this year's budget. County commissioners listened to a five-hour presentation bydepartment heads Thursday outlining what they said are the ...
3 ARRESTED IN FORMULA THEFT ; More than $4,000 worth of baby formula found in car during their arrest
Nov 02, 2007; ... Three people are being held in the El Paso County jail accused ofstealing enough baby formula to feed an infant for more than eightyears. Monument police arrested the three at a Wal-Mart at 16218 JacksonCreek Parkway on Wednesday night. Police on Thursday said thesuspects hit ...
EPISCOPAL BISHOP DEFROCKS ARMSTRONG
Nov 02, 2007; ... The Rev. Donald Armstrong, accused of stealing nearly $400,000from Grace Episcopal Church and St. Stephen's Parish, has beendefrocked. Bishop Robert O'Neill of the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado saidThursday that Armstrong is deposed as a priest in accordance withthe sentence ...
TEACHER SURPRISED WITH AN AWARD ; Pine Creek High math educator gets national honor, $25,000 check
Nov 02, 2007; ... While Pine Creek High School Principal Todd Morse introduced thedignitaries seated on the stage at Thursday's assembly, teacherMichael Arsenault talked with a student and helped run thesoundboard behind the stage. He had no idea the assembly was in honor of him. The Academy ...
TIPS FROM A LOCAL WHO HAS SEEN IT ALL
Nov 02, 2007; ... Veteran real estate agent Randy Reynolds of PrudentialProfessional Realtors has been through the local market's ups anddowns. Here's his take on the state of local housing: - Median prices are down, but not necessarily across the board.The market is soft for homes priced at ...
CITY COUNCIL LEANING TOWARD CLOSING SUBSTATIONS AT NIGHT ; Narrow majority favors money-saving plan proposed by police chief
Nov 02, 2007; ... A deeply divided Colorado Springs City Council is leaning towardclosing four police substations at night, not keeping them open aspreviously reported. In a verbal polling rather than an official vote, councilmenScott Hente, Jerry Heimlicher and Tom Gallagher and Vice Mayor ...
GOV. RITTER PROPOSES $18B BUDGET ; UCCS would get $5M more for science, engineering building
Nov 02, 2007; ... DENVER - Gov. Bill Ritter's priorities -- reducing prisonrecidivism, promoting renewable energy and closing the educationalachievement gap -- took center stage in the firstyear Democrat's $18billion 2008-09 budget proposal Thursday. Ritter, putting forth the first state financial ...
OUR VIEW
Nov 02, 2007 ... Oil and oppression Chavez a dictator in the making Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez is poised to take a significantstep toward becoming president for life, with powers extensiveenough to make a strong democrat weep. Venezuela's National Assemblylast week approved 69 ...
Letters
Nov 02, 2007 ... GLOBAL WARMING It's time to invest in noncarbon fuels The climate of the earth is warming. We cannot continue to pressahead and ignore the changes that are coming. Many of my peers inthe scientific and engineering communities are hearing the messageabout climate ...
BRONCOS LOSE SMITH, MOSS ; Veteran receiver's hip still sore; rookie DE fractures fibula
Nov 02, 2007; ... ENGLEWOOD - One of the Denver Broncos' most decorated veterans,receiver Rod Smith, and a piece of their future plans, 2007 first-round pick Jarvis Moss, will miss the rest of the season, coach MikeShanahan said Thursday. Smith started practicing last week for the first time ...
Putting things in perspective ; Talks with grandfather, an Army vet, help Air Force linebacker Charles cope
Nov 02, 2007; ... In the dining hall at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School,there is one place setting that never is used. A chair leaned up against the table and a candle serve as amakeshift memorial for prisoners of war and soldiers missing inaction. For Nick Charles, it was a ...
CC KNOWS IT MUST BE AGGRESSIVE VS. SIOUX
Nov 02, 2007; ... Skill and scoring don't always go hand-in-hand. Colorado College's forwards were reminded of that fact lastweekend at New Hampshire, when they were held to only two even-strength goals. All too often it's because they evaded the painful dogfight forrebounds in front of the ...
STANDOUT CENTER TRIPP LEADS UCCS INTO NEW SEASON
Nov 02, 2007; ... First-team All-Conference center Tonya Tripp returns to lead aMountain Lions basketball team that will rely on a combination ofexperience and promising new talent. The 6-foot-1 senior led the team in scoring last season with 12.9points and 7.6 rebounds per game. "Tonya ...
LYNCH'S NECK HAS NO DAMAGE
Nov 02, 2007; ... ENGLEWOOD - On another day filled with bad news for the DenverBroncos, safety John Lynch's positive medical report was welcomed. Lynch suffered a pinched nerve, or stinger, in his neck against Green Bay on Monday andMRI results were sent to Dr. Robert Watkins, a spinal ...
FOUNTAIN VALLEY SHAKES OFF NERVES, CSCS ; Danes never trail en route to first state championship final
Nov 02, 2007; ... ENGLEWOOD - Early nerves didn't prevent postgame smiles as top-seeded Fountain Valley beat Colorado Springs Christian School 4-1 ina Class 3A state semifinal Thursday at Pirates Stadium. "It's hard to describe how good this feels," Danes captain RettRayhill said. "We came out ...
AREA'S TOP TEAMS READY FOR REGIONALS ; Manitou Springs, Lewis-Palmer, Cheyenne Mountain seeded high
Nov 02, 2007; ... Three area teams host regionals Saturday, giving them a chance toplace in the top two and advance to state next weekend in Denver. Class 5A No. 2 seed Lewis-Palmer (22-1) is the favorite as host, but coachSusan Odenbaugh expects tough competition. "Both Rampart and ...
LOCAL SCHOOLS HOPE TO CHALLENGE STATE'S BEST
Nov 02, 2007; ... Doherty, Pine Creek and Rampart are headed to the 5A stategymnastics meet, which begins with team competition at 2:30 p.m.today at Thornton High School, hoping to challenge the Denverareaschools, including defending champ Green Mountain. Liberty and Caon City had gymnasts qualify ...
LET BLY GONE BE BYGONE
Nov 01, 2007; ... ENGLEWOOD - Before this week, Dre Bly wasn't too shy about histime with the Detroit Lions. When the Denver Broncos introduced their new cornerback in April,Bly marveled at how last year's 9-7 record was a disappointment inDenver. He never experienced anything like that in Detroit ....
ARMY CHANGE OF COMMAND ; Like Air Force's Calhoun, new Black Knights coach Brock succeeds legend, brings new energy to team
Nov 01, 2007; ... A coaching legend retires from a service academy and is succeededby one of his former players -- a youngercoach, who immediatelyinjects energy into the struggling but onceproud program. Sound familiar? It should. And it doesn't only describe what has happened at ...
BOWL BID RELIES ON MORE THAN RECORD
Nov 01, 2007; ... It often takes more than a good record to secure a bowl bid. Air Force coach Troy Calhoun -- whose team is bowl eligible at 6-3 -- knows it. "You've got to be able to show bowls that you're completelycommitted and you can bring a huge gathering," Calhoun said. "If ...
STINGER SIDELINES LYNCH ; Specialist reviews MRI of safety's injured neck
Nov 01, 2007; ... ENGLEWOOD - A specialist who performed neck surgery on DenverBroncos safety John Lynch in 2004 will look at MRI test results onLynch's most recent neck injury. Lynch suffered a pinched nerve in his neck Monday, an injurycommonly called a stinger. Lynch suffered a few ...
BADGERS' 3-POINTERS HUMBLE YOUNG FALCONS
Nov 01, 2007; ... If Wednesday night was any indication, the Air Force men'sbasketball team has a long, difficult rebuilding year ahead of it. In front of a small crowd at Clune Arena, the Falcons lost anexhibition game to Canada's Brock University, 66-63. TheBadgers, who play in the Ontario ...
SCHULTZ EAGER TO SHOW OFF HIS SHOOTING FOR CC
Nov 01, 2007; ... Contrary to what his family back on Long Island may have thought,Colorado College right wing Stephen Schultz wasn't shoveling theheaps of December snow off the porch for them. Rather, Schultz cleared the spot to get his daily puckshootingfix. "It's something I love to do," ...
DOHERTY, PALMER START ANEW IN STATE PLAYOFFS
Nov 01, 2007; ... Both No. 23 state seed Doherty and No. 27 Palmer head into the 32-team 5A football playoffs hoping to turn around their seasons. No. 23 Doherty at No. 10 Legacy, 7 p.m. Friday Doherty (4-5) finished sixth in the South Metro Conference afterending a three-game losing ...
GRANDVIEW SEIZES CONTROL EARLY IN WIN
Nov 01, 2007; ... AURORA - Lewis-Palmer was barely off the bus, it seemed, beforethe Rangers trailed the No. 1 seed in the Class 5A state tournament.They never recovered. Just 87 seconds into Wednesday's cold and windy quarterfinalmatch at Legacy Stadium, Grandview grabbed a lead it would ...
MAIL BONDING ; Parents party over packages to maintain friendships forged through kids' school activities
Nov 01, 2007; ... There's a dirty little secret hanging over a party in ManitouSprings where some women have gathered to assemble care packages:The party is only partially for the lucky college kids who willreceive the boxes of love. The other benefactors are the moms themselves. Their kids -- ...
AT LEAST 'RACE' WILL SURVIVE IF WRITERS GO ON STRIKE
Nov 01, 2007; ... The first scripted cancellation of the fall was an ominous signof things to come. CBS gave the heave-ho to "Viva Laughlin" last week after only twoairings. "Laughlin" was a tepid and timid adaptation of the BBC's"Viva Blackpool," and American audiences have a long history ...
SPRINGS SURGEON BOOSTS USE OF CLEARING DEVICE
Nov 01, 2007; ... A Colorado Springs vascular surgeon is among the first to useSpectranetics Corp.'s new catheter to clear blockages in upperlegarteries. Dr. Tom Crepps of Colorado Springs Vascular PC used aSpectranetics laser and new Turbo-Booster catheter Oct. 10 to cleara blockage in the upper ...
SPECTRANETICS SETS RECORD ; Sales hit new high as medical manufacturer sees another profit
Nov 01, 2007; ... Spectranetics Corp. earned its second-consecutive quarterlyprofit on record sales, beating analyst estimates and sending itsstock Wednesday to a 15-year high. The Colorado Springsbased medical-laser manufacturer also raisedthe lower end of its sales forecast range for 2007 by $2 ...
CITY'S 2ND HONDA FRANCHISE ; California-based group wins lucrative rights to its 1st dealership outside its home state
Nov 01, 2007; ... Two years after American Honda Motor Co. started acceptingapplications from dealers around the nation for a second Hondafranchise in Colorado Springs, a California-based automotive grouphas been awarded what many in the industry consider a coup. Piercey Automotive Group two weeks ...
DEATHS
Nov 01, 2007 ... NOTE: ADDITIONAL OBITUARIES ARE AVAILABLE ON GAZETTE.COM BRADLEY H. BOLDINI Born April 9, 1934. Died Oct. 28, 2007. Army, former Colorado Springs resident. Survived by his wife,Regina; a son, Steve; and a daughter, Sandy Johnson. Boulder CityFamily Mortuary, Boulder ...
SERVICES
Nov 01, 2007 ... Valerie Crowell Services, 11 a.m. Saturday, Community of Spiritual Living, 3685Jeannine Drive. Cappadona's Family Funeral Home. Steven C. Dewberry Services, 2 p.m. Friday, First Christian Church, 16 E. PlatteAve. Blunt Mortuary. David Robert Dougherty ...
MUSTANGS HEAD INTO UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY
Nov 02, 2007; ... Manitou Springs has a speed advantage. Platte Valley has moreexperience. That's the same scenario the Mustangs faced last week when theytopped Trinidad and earned a share of the Class 2A Tri-PeaksConference football championship. The win garnered the No. 5 seedMustangs (7-2) a ...
U.S. TAKES SHOT AT JUDGES WHEN 4 FIGHTERS LOSE
Nov 02, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Six Americans entered Thursday's quarterfinals of theWorld Boxing Championships. Two remain, and the U.S. is crying foul. Coach Dan Campbell said poor officiating contributed to losses bylight-flyweight Luis Yanez, bantamweight Gary Russell Jr.,featherweight Raynell ...
USA CYCLING BRASS TO TAKE CLOSE LOOK AT OGDEN FACILITIES
Nov 02, 2007; ... USA Cycling officials will meet today with leaders in Ogden,Utah, about relocating the national governing body from ColoradoSprings. Steve Johnson, chief executive officer of USA Cycling, and fourmembers of the 15-person board of directors are "having a site visitand having ...
PEAK PAINTER ; Loveland artist James Niehues sits at the peak of his profession: creating maps for ski resorts
Nov 02, 2007; ... For skiers, a trail map isn't just a trail map. It's a come-hither pin-up, a playground for a daydream powder run. "They'resouvenirs," said Keystone spokeswoman Amy Kemp. "Sometimes they'rethe primary decoration in dorm rooms and office cubicles -- a visual'big fish' story where you can ...
HAPPY TRAILS STANLEY CANYON
Nov 02, 2007; ... This steep, hidden canyon is a natural avenue between the AirForce Academy and secluded Stanley Reservoir on the crest of RampartRange. Rating: 2 boots, 4.2 miles round-trip, 1,500 feet elevation gain To get there: From the south entrance of the Air Force Academy,drive ...
BRIEFLY
Nov 02, 2007 ... Bike race If you're fearless on your bike, or just looking for a newchallenge, check out the Pikes Peak SuperCross Cyclo-Cross race Nov.18 at Bear Creek Regional Park. The course is a loop of about one mile that includes wide, fast,hard-pack trail, pavement, track through ...
GEAR UP
Nov 02, 2007 ... Clif Shot hot recovery drinks Just because it's getting colder doesn't mean you stop sweatingduring a hard workout. What better way to replace lost electrolytesthan with a steaming mug of hot chocolate or apple cider? Clif Shot Hot Recovery Drinks come in individual, ...
THROUGH A woman's eyes ; Films at festival tell personal tales of pain, triumph
Nov 02, 2007; ... The Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival is all aboutdocumentaries by women, but while the films may be informed by awoman's perspective, they're never confined to a narrow range ofsubjects. This year, the festival celebrates its 20th year and kicks offwith "Hear and Now," a ...
'Gangster' entertaining but fruitless
Nov 02, 2007; ... It isn't that "American Gangster" is an empirically bad film oris even unenjoyable. While the lights are down and the screen isaglow, you're sure to be perfectly entertained. But don't besurprised if, when you walk out of the theater, you forget the filmever existed. "American ...
So-so 'Bee' hums with talent
Nov 02, 2007; ... Making a movie that kids will like does not, necessarily, make ita good movie. Case in point, "Bee Movie." The thriving metropolis of New Hive City lies in Sheep Meadow,just off Turtle Pond on the Upper West Side of New York City'sCentral Park. Within its honeycombed walls, the ...
Smart film realistic over moving on
Nov 02, 2007; ... "The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club" (2005) -- This clever comedy has a lot less to do with the grievingsuggested in the title than it does with the active sex lives of theover-60 set. Maybe not something you want to think about if you're young, butwith Sally Kellerman and ...