The Gazette back issues from July 2008:
CITY CHICKS ; Easy-to-keep animals part of a growing off-the-farm trend
Jul 01, 2008; ... When one of John Conner's downtown Colorado Springs neighborsstarted raising chickens a year ago he thought to himself, "Wait aclucking minute." "'Is that legal?' I wondered." It's a natural question. After all, this is 2008. Cities havecodes banning barnyard animals in ...
CRIPPLE CREEK OPPOSES MINE EXTENSION ; Plan would extend operations 4 years
Jul 01, 2008; ... Owners of Colorado's largest gold mine are getting opposition toa $200 million plan to extend operations for four more years from anunexpected source -- Cripple Creek, which was founded as a home forminers more than a century ago. That's because the plan would extend open-pit ...
DEATHS
Jul 01, 2008 ... APRIL L. GILLESPIE Born Oct. 2, 1952. Died June 29, 2008. Medical biller, longtime Colorado Springs resident. Survived bythree daughters, Kelly Mansfield, Kristie Salazar and SaraGillespie; and her mother, Carroll. Swan Law Funeral Directors. HILARY H. HERVEY Born July 24, ...
SERVICES
Jul 01, 2008 ... James Alexander Service, 11 a.m. today, True Spirit Baptist Church, 5120 AstrozonBlvd. Burial, Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Angelus Funeral Directors. Doris Carolan Service, 1 p.m. today, Fairview Cemetery, Salida. Funeral andCremation Care of Colorado. Lois ...
GOLDEN CYCLE SALE TO S. AFRICA FIRM GETS OK ; AngloGold Ashanti to own state's biggest gold mine
Jul 01, 2008; ... In the biggest deal in the Cripple Creek-Victor goldminingdistrict, shareholders of Golden Cycle Gold Corp. on Monday approveda takeover by South African mining giant AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.,clearing the way for the company to assume full ownership ofColorado's largest gold mine ....
OUR VIEW
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE EXPORT OF BEGGARS FREELANCE FUNDRAISING AT RISK Imagine getting on a bus in the morning and commuting an hour toearn money. By begging for change. That's what Leerie Tagney does afew times a week. Call him a freelance fundraiser. Tagney has becomea bit of a well-known ...
The news is real. But not the newscaster
Jul 01, 2008; ... She's got Katie Couric's savvy and Nancy Grace's eyes. Too bad she isn't real. Amy Sweets does the newscast on the High Plains View Web site andsometimes gets her picture in the weekly paper that reports on theplains east of Colorado Springs. She comes from an ...
POLICE: ERRATIC DRIVING LED TO CHASE ; Military cops began the pursuit on post
Jul 01, 2008; ... Military police pursuing a Fort Carson soldier who died in acrash early Sunday were trying to stop him for erratic driving, theArmy said Monday. Fort Carson said MPs were still following the 20-year-old in the1990 Honda Accord when he crashed into a pole after losing controlin a ...
FORMER UTILITIES WORKER GETS 90 DAYS IN JAIL 14 YEARS OF PROBATION ; The 69-year-old woman pleaded guilty to stealing about $450,000 from Colorado Springs Utilities
Jul 01, 2008; ... A judge sentenced a 69-year-old Colorado Springs woman to 90 daysin jail Monday as partial punishment for stealing almost a half-million dollars from Colorado Springs Utilities. Donna Inzer, aformer 35-year Utilities employee and head cashier, previouslypleaded guilty to felony theft for ...
FORMER CC HOCKEY STANDOUT MAKES FIELD
Jul 01, 2008; ... The 3-iron shot landed square in the fairway, but 220 yards back,Dave Delich was cursing. As soon as his playing partners had finished their shots, Delichstormed down the fairwayto get a look at his lie, shakinghishead and sizing up his chances. Two shots later, ...
U.S. ATHLETES MUST DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHEN THEY PROTEST
Jul 01, 2008; ... Do you make a political statement by expressing your opinion onthe world's biggest stage? Or do you remain quiet by treating theOlympics as a sporting event? Those questions await an estimated 600 U.S. athletes next monthat the Beijing Games, where demonstrations could bring ...
PAFFETT SAYS SURGERY ALLEVIATED PAIN IN LEGS
Jul 01, 2008; ... Air Force senior Z-receiver Ty Paffett is recovering from surgeryfor a herniated disc, and he hopes to be ready for practice July 31. Paffett, a Lewis-Palmer graduate, said Thursday's surgery "wentwell." It entailed shaving off some cartilage that had been hittinga nerve and ...
HIRSUTE PURSUIT ; Local man joins contest that combs through the most distinctive beards and mustaches to reward winners.
Jul 01, 2008; ... Lou Lewis' follicle fetish started innocently enough. After spending 20 years in the Air Force keeping his mustache"clean-cut, high and tight," he wanted to let loose and grow it abit longer. Then came the beard, which is cut like an extra-long FuManchu mustache so it doesn't ...
GET THE MOJO WORKING FOR A STREAK-FREE, SHINY RIDE
Jul 01, 2008; ... Last year, NASCAR racer Dale Earnhardt Jr. co-founded a companythat sells a line of products for spiffing up cars, boats,motorcycles and RVs. Earnhardt's star power may help boost the appeal of Voodoo Rideproducts, but do they deliver what they promise: a ...
AQUILA SEEKS A PERMANENT RATE INCREASE ; $3-a-month hike needs commission's OK
Jul 01, 2008; ... Home heating bills would rise nearly $3 a month for thousands ofpeople on the outskirts of Colorado Springs under the first naturalgas rate increase proposed in 15 years by Kansas City, Mo.-basedAquila Inc. The rate increase needs approval from the Colorado PublicUtilities ...
D-11 MATH MAGNET TO HOUSE ARTS-FOCUSED PREP SCHOOL
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Colorado Springs Conservatory has a new home in the GalileoSchool of Math and Science. Officials from the performing arts-focused prep school and Colorado Springs School District 11officially announced their partnership Monday morning. D-11 willprovide space to the conservatory ...
A PRISONER BECAUSE OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY
Jul 02, 2008; ... Block 10-E was home. "Gaman" was their motto -- Japanese for grinand bear it. That is how Gary Ono recalls a segment of hischildhood, when he came to this desolate part of southeast Colorado,a prisoner because of his Japanese ancestry. The 68-year-old returned this week to Camp ...
GUERRILLA ADS HIT PAVEMENT ; Company hopes its giant sidewalk vinyls will get the word out about a new hospital opening in August
Jul 02, 2008; ... Giant white "H's" on a bright blue background -- mimicking thesigns on highways that indicate hospitals -- are popping up onsidewalks around town. Why? Sean Campbell couldn't figure it out. In fact, the nearly 2-footsquare vinyl letter H plastered on thesidewalk at Pikes ...
HOUSE LEADERS BLAST PLANNING FOR NORAD MOVE ; Lawmakers fear Peterson center's security is poor
Jul 03, 2008; ... House leaders took the Pentagon to task Wednesday for moving thenation's air and space defense command headquarters from the ColdWar-era Cheyenne Mountain bunker to Peterson Air Force Base withoutensuring its new home could fend off "a wide range of threats." In a strongly worded ...
A SHIFT FROM FAITH TO PUBLIC SERVICE ; Democratic presidential candidate speaks at UCCS
Jul 03, 2008; ... Barack Obama spent the past week sparring over religion withFocus on the Family President James Dobson and touting his visionfor a partnership with faithbased charities. Wednesday in Colorado Springs, home of Dobson's and numerousother Christian ministries, Obama turned his focus ...
1ST HALF OF YEAR DISAPPOINTS
Jul 02, 2008; ... The local housing industry ended the first half of 2008 on agloomy note, with a continued slowdown in the pace of homeconstruction and foreclosures well on their way toward breaking arecord set last year. Single-family homebuilding permits in Colorado Springs andsurrounding El ...
TURNING LEMONS INTO CRUISERS
Jul 04, 2008; ... Car sales aren't the only part of the automotive industry to takea downward dip during the soft economy. Service departments are alsosuffering. "People aren't buying or fixing cars. The market is gettingweak," said Ernie Lanning, service director for Phil LongDealerships ....
DEATHS
Jul 03, 2008 ... ANNIE MARIA BLEA Born May 26, 1933. Died July 1, 2008. Longtime Colorado Springs resident. Survived by a daughter,Regina Padilla. Visitation, 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Swan Law FuneralDirectors. Service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Swan Law Funeral Directors. EVELYN LOUISE BOWEN Born March ...
DEATHS
Jul 02, 2008 ... AL CORBIN Born April 13, 1930. Died June 28, 2008. Mental health therapist, longtime Colorado Springs resident.Survived by his wife, Beverly Howes-Corbin; a son, Robert; and twodaughters, Debbie Frankfurt and Judy Hampton. Celebration of lifeservice, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St ....
INITIATIVES MAY MAKE OR BREAK CASINOS ; Smoking ban, high cost of fuel take toll on revenue
Jul 04, 2008; ... Zi'ggc\7 Zi\\b7 The casinos of Cripple Creek are halfway throughthe most difficult year in their history. So far, everyone ishanging on. Summer is typically the busiest time of year for casinos, but theconsensus on Cripple Creek's Bennett Avenue is that the gamingindustry won't ...
SERVICES
Jul 03, 2008 ... Al Corbin Service, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Michael's Episcopal Church,7400 Tudor Road. Swan Law Funeral Directors. Clarence W. Dungan Service, 2 p.m. today, Swan Law Funeral Directors. Inurnment,Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Lois Virginia Everett ...
SERVICES
Jul 02, 2008 ... Lois Virginia Everett Service, 10 a.m. July 9, First Lutheran Church, 1515 N. CascadeAve. Inurnment, Evergreen Cemetery. Desert Sunset Funeral Home,Tucson, Ariz. Robert Keith Gordon Service, 10 a.m. Thursday, Shrine of Remembrance "America theBeautiful" Chapel of ...
OUR VIEW
Jul 03, 2008 ... Thank you kindly, Rene Marie, but we already have a blacknational anthem. It's the same one enjoyed by whites, Latinos,Asians, rednecks, hippies, Christians, atheists, Republicans andDemocrats. We don't need a special national anthem for one racial communityin a country that's ...
Letters
Jul 03, 2008 ... 5TH DISTRICT RACE Crank has legislative background needed in nation's capital As a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, I'm asked by some whyI'm supporting Jeff Crank over Maj. Gen. Bentley Rayburn forCongress. Actually, it is because of my time in the Air Force thatI'm ...
OUR VIEW
Jul 02, 2008 ... CHICKENS & ROCK STARS It's time to promote urban livestock Sometimes the most progressive, fashionable and intelligentpublic policy is having no policy at all. Example: Chicken laws.Colorado Springs doesn't have them, and as a result our city is onthe cutting edge of a ...
Curiosity could kill the CC garden
Jul 03, 2008; ... Libby Pitman says she isn't complaining about the half-acreorganic vegetable garden behind the Wood Avenue home of her neighboracross the street, Colorado College President Richard Celeste. The handful of students tending the garden are "wonderful," shesaid. And Pitman said she is ...
Letters
Jul 02, 2008 ... POWERING THE FUTURE Like it or not, oil will continue to drive the economy The first three letters in the June 27 Gazette under the label"Energy Issues" prove the old adage, "A little knowledge is adangerous thing." There are many off-base points in these lettersthat must ...
TEEN SENTENCED TO 3 YEARS IN JAIL FOR 2005 CRASH THAT KILLED GIRL ; Judge said Toter didn't abide by terms of plea agreement
Jul 03, 2008; ... A judge Wednesday sentenced a former Monument teenager to threeyears in prison for causing the death of a 14-year-old girl in atraffic wreck three years ago. Fourth Judicial District Judge David Shakes said he wasdisappointed that Michael Toter Jr. did not abide by terms of a ...
Community should learn to welcome immigrants
Jul 02, 2008; ... Megumi Nakamura would like to welcome immigrants to ColoradoSprings, and she would like the rest of us to do it, too. She's working for the Pikes Peak Immigrant and RefugeeCollaborative. Many immigrants, legal or otherwise, come to the Pikes Peakregion. There are probably ...
BIDDING IS DOWN TO 5 TO BUILD AGENCY'S NEW HEADQUARTERS ; 2 Colorado Springs firms are still in the running
Jul 03, 2008; ... The Colorado Department of Corrections has narrowed the searchfor a builder for its new headquarters to five bidders, two fromColorado Springs. The three other bids that made the cut are thecity of Caon City and firms in Golden and Pueblo. The two companies from Colorado Springs ...
FIRE OFFICIALS: RESIST URGES ; Anything with a fuse is illegal in the city
Jul 02, 2008; ... If it has a fuse, don't light it. In Colorado Springs, the ban on fireworks is clear and absolute. Anything that must be ignited can result in a $500 fine or 90days in jail, including sparklers, firecrackers, Roman candles,cherry bombs and bottle rockets - not to mention ...
COPS SAY SUSPECT WAS HURT IN CLASH ; Teen told police he was shot in unrelated attack
Jul 03, 2008; ... The teenager arrested Tuesday night in the slaying of a ColoradoSprings man a day earlier was himself wounded during the fatalconfrontation, police said Wednesday. The suspect, a 17-year-old whom police did not identify, toldofficials at Penrose Community Hospital he was attacked ...
TEEN ARRESTED IN KILLING ; 17-year-old suspected in shooting of 22-year-old found in Honda
Jul 02, 2008; ... Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Tuesday night in connectionwith a shooting in south Colorado Springs on Monday that led to thecity's 14th homicide of the year, putting Colorado Springs on paceto match a record it tied in 2007. The victim, 22-year-old Matthew Webb of Colorado ...
COST OVERRUNS SEND SCHOOL BACK TO DRAWING BOARD ; Likely solution: Sell off more bonds to cover it
Jul 03, 2008; ... Monument Academy officials tried to be conservative whenestimating costs for a new school near Colorado Highway 105 andKnollwood Drive in Monument. It turns out they were a little too conservative. Unexpected costs led to a roughly 10 percent budget deficit,officials told ...
OBAMA PLANS INVITATION-ONLY EVENT AT UCCS ; The presidential candidate will be on campus today
Jul 02, 2008; ... Presidential candidate Barack Obama, who's been reaching out inrecent days to evangelical voters, will hold a series of gatheringstoday in Colorado Springs, often considered the capital ofconservative Christian ministries. The presumptive Democratic nominee plans to arrive in the ...
BRIEFLY
Jul 03, 2008 ... Suspect in robberies arrested in Denver - Police on Tuesday arrested a Denver man suspected of committing10 armed robberies in Colorado Springs. Joined by the FBI and officers from Denver's Safe Streets TaskForce, Colorado Springs detectives arrested Sean John Marshall, ...
RAIN IN JUNE FALLS SHORT OF FORECAST
Jul 02, 2008; ... Unless unexpected torrential downpours are on the way, it isn'tlikely July -- the hottest month of the year -- will be able tocompensate for a thus far dismal year for precipitation in the PikesPeak region. Forecasts that June would produce a normal amount of rain andcompensate ...
NAACP MEMBERS ALLEGE LOAN BIAS ; Protest calls for amends
Jul 03, 2008; ... About 20 members of the Colorado Springs branch of the NAACP onWednesday called on some of the nation's largest mortgage lenders toeliminate discriminatory lending practices and "make amends" forsuch discrimination against black borrowers. The protest, held across the street from ...
UPDATE CASTLE WEST FIRE
Jul 02, 2008 ... THE CASE Early Jan. 16, 2007, the 135-unit Castle West Apartment Complexnear Academy Boulevard and Uintah Street was destroyed by a fire,leaving hundreds homeless. THE VICTIMS Joe Santoyo, 52, and Clemente Perez Salgado, 32, died in thefire. THE MAIN ...
POLLUTION REMAINS HOT TOPIC ; Athletes look for ways to avoid direct exposure to air
Jul 03, 2008; ... Cars will come off the roads. Factories will close. Constructionwill stop. And persistent pollution might still hang over Beijing, enough tosour the Summer Olympics that begin next month. Less than 40 days until the Opening Ceremony, an estimated 600U.S. Olympians are ...
UPDATE: HOMICIDE
Jul 02, 2008; ... THE CASE: On March 7, 2003, a fire destroyed the home of Timothyand Deborah Nicholls at 4107 Undimmed Circle. Investigatorsdetermined that the fire, which killed their three children -- Jay,11, Sophia, 5, and Sierra, 3, -- was arson. Timothy Nicholls escaped the blaze, and Deborah ...
Rockies got brief glimpse of Gossage's internal fire
Jul 03, 2008; ... Goose Gossage was blessed with all the gifts required forbaseball greatness. He was armed with a smoking fastball and anintimidating windmill delivery each time he marched to the mound. Yet it was his attitude -- his relentless competitiveness, hiswillingness to attack hitters -- ...
REMEMBERING THE GOOD TIMES ; Retirees meet founder's daughter
Jul 02, 2008; ... When William "Pat" Patterson retired as chief executive of UnitedAirlines in 1966, he declined a multimillion-dollar "goldenparachute" payment and instead took his pension like any otheremployee, his daughter told United retirees in Colorado Springs lastweek. "He told me that 'I ...
NORTHROP GRUMMAN BUILDING BOUGHT BY REAL ESTATE FIRM
Jul 02, 2008 ... Corporate Office Properties Trust, a Maryland-based real estatecompany, added to its local holdings Tuesday by paying $23.2 millionfor the Northrop Grumman building that opened in May in theCresterra business park at the Colorado Springs Airport. The 124,305-square-foot building, ...
LOCAL CUSTOMS ; Bike builder gains esteem with each handcrafted frame
Jul 03, 2008; ... On a recent afternoon, the Ground Up garage suddenly filled withan eerie lavender glow that meant Eric Baar had started buildinganother frame. He leaned over a web of metal tubes, welding mask down, noseinches from a tiny snake of lightning jumping between the metal andan ...
LONGTIME LIMON COACH HONORED ; Mitchell will enter national high school coaching Hall of Fame
Jul 02, 2008; ... In 1951, gas cost 19 cents a gallon, color TV was just inventedand Warren Mitchell began his coaching career in Eads. He left aftertwo years and has been the head boys track and field coach at Limonsince. Mitchell, 82, was named the national Coach of the Year by theNational High ...
HAPPY TRAILS QUEENS CANYON/THE PUNCH BOWLS
Jul 03, 2008; ... This series of pools hidden in Queens Canyon above Glen Eyrie isone of the coolest hikes in the region, and a surefire hit with kidson a hot summer day. The trail crosses private property, andreservations are required, but it's worth it. To get there - From Interstate 25 ...
USOC LEADERS GET NEW OFFICES
Jul 02, 2008; ... Two of the most influential members of the U.S. Olympic Committeeboard of directors were appointed Tuesday to new positions,strengthening Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Games. Chairman Peter Ueberroth will serve as president in an honorarycapacity when his term expires at the ...
PATIO PAELLA ; SAFFRON-RICE DISH PERFECT FOR GET-TOGETHERS
Jul 02, 2008; ... Jos Andrs is on a quest: To teach everyone the joys of making apaella feast for backyard cookouts. "I won't rest until every American family has a paella cookingaway on the backyard grill," said Andrs, host of PBS' "Made inSpain," a cookbook author and owner of two restaurants ...
DEATHS
Jul 04, 2008 ... JEANETTE HUSKINS Born Aug. 7, 1927. Died July 1, 2008. Retired, 48-year Colorado Springs resident. Survived by a son,Terry. Visitation, 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dove-Witt Family Mortuary.Memorial service, 11 a.m. Monday, First Presbyterian Church, 219 E.Bijou St. Graveside service, 2 ...
SERVICES
Jul 04, 2008 ... Annie Maria Blea Visitation, 1 to 3 p.m. today, Swan Law Funeral Directors.Service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Swan Law Funeral Directors. Karen Briscoe-Smith Celebration of life service, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Advantage-Chapel ofMemories. Al Corbin Celebration of ...
OUR VIEW
Jul 04, 2008 ... CELEBRATE FREEDOM And learn what it means to be free In the light of a modest civil liberties victory last week withthe Supreme Court's acknowledgment (barely) of the Second Amendment,it's important to remember this Independence Day that rights are notassigned to us or ...
Letters
Jul 04, 2008 ... UNIFORM RULES Candidate did the right thing when error was pointed out The Gazette's June 28 POLITIGAB feature rightly pointed out thatMark Waller, candidate for Colorado House District 15, has "violatedmilitary policy by appearing in uniform and talking about his AirForce ...
Cities save money by tracking vehicles
Jul 04, 2008; ... When Mom watches you rake the yard, you're less apt to ditch thejob to take a dip in the neighbor's pool. That's the principle behind a Deer Park, N.Y., company's productthat it says saves cities and companies money. Vehicle Tracking Solutions installs boxes the size of a ...
TITLE COMPANY FILES SUBPOENAED ; Possible kickback scheme investigated
Jul 04, 2008; ... The Colorado Real Estate Commission has subpoenaed a ColoradoSprings title company's files related to a series of house sales onBalsam Street that resulted in five foreclosures. In April, El Paso County Assessor Mark Lowderman questioned thetransactions and filed a complaint with ...
A DIFFERENT KIND OF HOME SCHOOL ; Program has 1st class in a housing complex
Jul 04, 2008; ... From the outside, the four-plexes on Afternoon Circle look thesame. But in two of the units, you won't find the usual sofas, bedsand televisions. Inside those two units, about a dozen young children are learningletter sounds, singing songs about the days of the week ...
CALHAN RESIDENTS MAY FACE WATER RATE HIKE ; Town says a decrease in usage has caused a revenue shortfall
Jul 04, 2008; ... CALHAN - Laura DiFiore was doing her part for the environment --and her budget -- when she bought a low-flow toilet. She even adjusted the ball to lower the water level. She replaced her old thirsty washing machine with a water-savingmodel. She updated the plumbing in her ...
EX-SOLDIER TO TESTIFY AGAINST 2 OTHERS ; 3 accused of killing fellow Iraq war veteran
Jul 04, 2008; ... One of three former soldiers accused of killing a fellow Iraq warveteran in Colorado Springs has reached a deal with prosecutors andwill testify against the others. Bruce Bastien Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in theDec. 1 shooting death of Spc. Kevin Shields and the ...
PROSPECTS WORK ON ART OF INSIDE PITCHING
Jul 04, 2008; ... Mark Redman was a confident rookie eight years ago with theMinnesota Twins. He'd always been successful, through five minor-league seasons and while posting a 27-5 record in his last two yearsat Oklahoma. Redman had earned all-tournament honors while leading theSooners to the ...
Fill up Mondays at Boulder cafe
Jul 04, 2008; ... The award-winning restaurant The Kitchen, 1039 Pearl St. inBoulder, offers "Community Night" every Monday evening at 7 p.m. Thefood is served family style, and there is a lot of it; come hungry.The Kitchen has gained a reputation for using locally grown foods.On most Community Nights ...