The Gazette back issues from November 2008:
RECORD NUMBERS VOTE EARLY LOCALLY ; More than third of voters in county go early route
Nov 01, 2008; ... More than a third of El Paso County's nearly 400,000 registeredvoters took advantage of the chance to vote early, with recordnumbers casting ballots ahead of Election Day or sending them in bymail. Voters in long lines Friday that snaked through the lobby ofCentennial Hall and ...
SHOE LEATHER STILL THE BEST SALES TOOL
Nov 01, 2008; ... It was late-season T-shirt weather -- "Pete Lee for State Senate"T-shirts, in this case. Lee and a couple of volunteers were ringingdoorbells in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood, north of Old ColoradoCity and south of Kiss- -- ing Camels. The volunteers were reporting ...
OUR VIEW
Nov 01, 2008 ... THE UPSIDE TO THE ECONOMY Cheap gas has broad ramifications If there is anything resembling a silver lining in the currentfinancial crisis, it is that the worldwide price of oil has fallento around $70 a barrel, about half what it was some three monthsago, and gasoline ...
Letters
Nov 01, 2008 ... GATHERING STORM Stormwater fee revenue needed to build, maintain infrastructure In an opinion piece earlier this month, Issues 200 and 201 wereoutlined by Douglas Bruce ("Voters have chance to call a tax a tax,"Opinion, Oct. 17). Bruce misses the real point of the issue ....
SERVICES
Nov 01, 2008 ... Ruth e. Byall Service, 3:30 p.m. today, Celebration of Life Funeral Home. elizabeth L. Crotinger Visitation, 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance. Service,2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance "America the Beautiful"Chapel. Private inurnment. Henrietta i ....
DEATHS
Nov 01, 2008 ... LeLa Maude Batey Born dec. 15, 1923. died Oct. 29, 2008. Survived by a son, James; and three daughters, Kathy Evans,Deanna Olmstead and Cindy Batey. Blunt Mortuary. anna M. CLaret Born nov. 12, 1919. died Oct. 29, 2008. Homemaker, longtime Colorado Springs ...
Area transit cash likely won't be cut in '09
Nov 01, 2008; ... Despite a floundering economy, the agency that funds many roadand transit projects in the region expects to spend about the sameamount of money in 2009 as it did this year. The proposed budget for the Pikes Peak Rural TransportationAuthority predicts the sales tax approved by ...
CHRISTIAN TIES PUT HITCH IN PROJECT ; Principal says he didn't know chosen charity proselytized
Nov 01, 2008; ... A classroom project aimed at helping less fortunate childrenturned into a bigger lesson this week at Stratton Elementary Schoolwhen the teacher and principal realized the charity selected waspart of an evangelical Christian organization. The fourth-graders were looking for a ...
TRIATHLON COMPETITION IS MAN'S ANSWER TO DIAGNOSIS ; Springs runner exercised inconsistently before
Nov 01, 2008; ... Today, Stephen Vaughan will compete in an Ironman triathlon,arguably one of the toughest races in the world. He will attempt toswim 2.4 miles, bike for 112 more and end the day with a 26.2-milerun. Such a feat is grueling for anyone, but this 54-year-old ColoradoSprings man is ...
WATER PIPELINE PLAN FACES A STERN TEST ; Pueblo county commissioners plan to meet in December
Nov 01, 2008; ... The Southern Delivery System, Colorado Springs Utilities'controversial $1 billion water pipeline plan, will face what couldbe its toughest hurdle in December, when Pueblo County commissionershold a public hearing on the plan. This week, after Utilities held four public meetings in ...
TYPICAL COLORADO NOVEMBER EXPECTED: COLDER WITH SNOW
Nov 01, 2008; ... Get ready for a normal November. And normal means colder with agood chance of snow. As has been the case this fall, a lack of notable weatherpatterns around the equator will equal normal temperatures andprecipitation for the Pikes Peak region this month, said KathyTorgerson, ...
62 LOSE JOBS AS THE WILD HORSE CASINO CLOSES DOWN
Nov 01, 2008; ... The worst year in history for Colorado casinos claimed its firstvictim Friday, when the Wild Horse Casino in Cripple Creek closedits doors, putting 62 employees out of work. Revenues for casinos in Colorado's gaming towns have fallen everymonth this year. In September, Cripple ...
REPORT NOTES POPULARITY OF CHARTER IN DISTRICT 20 ; 14% of students counted in district attend The Classical Academy
Nov 01, 2008; ... About 14 percent of students who are counted as part of AcademySchool District 20 attended The Classical Academy (TCA) charterschools last year, giving the district the highest percentage ofcharter students in the Pikes Peak region, according to a reportreleased Thursday. The ...
WRITER SAYS 'GRAPES' LESSONS APPLY TODAY ; Steinbeck novel once seen as dangerous
Nov 01, 2008; ... The All Pikes Peak Reads selection of "The Grapes of Wrath" islooking downright prophetic as the economic downturn spurs talk ofthe Great Depression and presidential candidates toss out HerbertHoover's name as the ultimate insult. Sure, "The Grapes of Wrath" -- the tale of a poor ...
UCCS WON'T RENEW COUNTY CONTRACT ; End of health clinic will cost 10 workers their jobs
Nov 01, 2008; ... The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will not renew acontract to provide clinical and health promotion services to ElPaso County employees, university officials said Friday. As aresult, 10 part-time university employees assigned to the clinics --primarily registered nurses and ...
Firm hopes to sell its sensor technology to fight wildfires ; Local branch of SRA has grown fast in past 7years
Nov 01, 2008; ... SRA International Inc. has grown its Colorado Springs office fromtwo to 45 employees since it opened nearly seven years ago and hopesto add another 20 during the next three years as it markets itsremote sensing technology to be used to prevent wildfires. The Virginia-based ...
THIRD TIME IS KNOT THE CHARM FOR CC ; Tigers settle for 3rd straight tie away from home
Nov 01, 2008; ... DENVER After making a diving save -- his 40th -- with 10 secondsleft in regulation Friday, Colorado College goaltender RichardBachman cocked his head back and caught his breath. "I was getting kind of tired out there," he said. "I was probablythinking, 'Oh, boy. Another overtime ...
FALCONS CONTINUE TO CRUISE PAST FOES ; AFA runs season-opening win streak to seven games
Nov 01, 2008; ... Somehow, Air Force seems quite unfazed by its perfect start tothe hockey season. "There's no pressure," coach Frank Serratore said Friday afterwatching his Falcons dominate Bentley College 5-1 at the Cadet IceArena to run their seasonopening winning streak to seven games ....
OBAMA DRAWS 15,000 TO PUEBLO ; Calls for last bit of effort as time trickles down
Nov 02, 2008; ... PUEBLO - Sen. Barack Obama added Colorado to his furious finaltour of battleground states on Saturday, telling a crowd of at least15,000 supporters that with only three days until Election Day, "wehave a righteous wind at our backs." "We're going to have to work like our future ...
THE POWER OF 1 ; Automation will make caretaker Ron Storer likely the last to enjoy the solitude at the power plant at Ruxton Park
Nov 02, 2008; ... PIKE NATIoNAL ForEST - Welcome to Ruxton Park. Population: 1.Guides on the cog railway point it out several times a day as thetrains pass by Ron Storer's home and workplace. Most days, the trainriders are the only people Storer sees. Some days, more bears stopby than people. It's ...
SERVICES
Nov 02, 2008 ... RUTH E. BYALL Service, 3:30 p.m. today, Celebration of Life Funeral Hoem. elizabeth l. Crotinger Visitation, 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance. Service,2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance "America the Beautiful"Chapel. Private inurnment. henrietta i ....
DEATHS
Nov 02, 2008 ... June Eaton Born Jan. 27, 1925. Died oct. 30, 2008. Homemaker, 45-year Colorado Springs resident. Survived by a son,Rick Eaton; and a daughter, Marcia Orton. Shrine of Remembrance. Carole a. rex Born march 4, 1944. Died oct. 30, 2008. Realtor, 27-year ...
OUR VIEW
Nov 02, 2008 ... BALLOTS OFFER VOTERS A CHOICE freedom at issue in many states It is unlikely that any single measure on a state ballot willaffect the outcome of the presidential race, as some analystsbelieve happened in 2004, when a measure banning gay marriage was onthe ballot in Ohio and ...
Letters
Nov 02, 2008 ... ROCKY ROAD What's the deal with workers tearing up COSMIX project? Wow, what a traffic mess on Interstate 25 on Oct. 25 and 26. What were they doing? Digging up and repairing the new, highlyengineered, government-inspected-and-approved, goodfor-a-millenniumCOSMIX ...
SOLDIER'S MURDER TRIAL OPENS MONDAY ; Louis Bressler is accused of killing Kevin Shields because he knew too much about a planned robbery
Nov 02, 2008; ... Words jurors won't hear in the murder trial of a former FortCarson soldier accused of gunning down a fellow soldier: post-traumatic stress disorder. Louis Bressler, 25, has been charged with first-degree murder inthe Dec. 2 shooting death of Fort Carson soldier and Iraq ...
Election Day won't end economic struggles
Nov 02, 2008; ... By traditional standards, the unemployment rate is hardlyastronomical, something over 5 percent statewide and closer to 6percent locally. Some so-called experts suggest that even 6 percentis close to the old definition of full employment, so there isnothing to be concerned ...
COLORADO MAY AVOID MORE BIG BALLOTS ; Ref O makes it harder to get amendments added
Nov 02, 2008; ... Buried in the middle of this year's general election ballot,several minutes of perusal past the big names like John McCain andBarack Obama, is a measure that, if approved by Colorado voters,promises relief from tablecloth-size ballots in the future. It's called Referendum O, and it ...
BASES WORK TO ENSURE VOTES COUNT ; Troops given options with absentee ballots
Nov 02, 2008; ... Area military bases have been working for months to ensure thattheir troops' votes are counted Tuesday, and they have new tools toensure that last-minute ballots reach election offices on time. Federal efforts to help deployed troops vote have been criticizedas cumbersome, but ...
Cops investigate overnight gunplay
Nov 02, 2008 ... Bullets rattled Halloween festivities early Saturday, leaving onesuspected gunman in handcuffs and another on the loose, ColoradoSprings police said. The first shots were heard outside a bar in the 4400 block ofAustin Bluffs Parkway at 12:45 a.m. where police said more than ...
TIRED TIGERS WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX
Nov 02, 2008; ... For Colorado College, having a day to rest before tonight'srematch with No. 4 Denver seemed sort of strange early last week. But after F r i d a y ' s 2-2 tie at M a g n e s s Arena, the top-ranked Tigers were happy to take the break and settle in at WorldArena. Goaltender ...
JUST GOOD ENOUGH ; Falcons come out on top in sloppy, mistake-filled game
Nov 02, 2008; ... WEST POINT, N.Y. - Air Force brought its "C" game to Army'sMichie Stadium on Saturday. And that grade might be generous. The Falcons allowed a touchdown 78 seconds into the game, managedonly 174 yards and 10 first downs and hurt themselves with mistakesand penalties. Yet ...
VANDERGRIEND SPARKS CSCS ; The Lions' drive for five straight state championships remains alive after three wins
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- The Colorado Springs Christian School volleyball team earned achance to win its fifth straight 3A state title after cruisingthrough the Region A tournament on Saturday afternoon. Before the day's matches began it seemed the Lions' hopes ofwinning the regional tournament ...
AFA's Calhoun figures out a way to win
Nov 02, 2008; ... WEST POINT, N.Y. - Troy Calhoun stood, surrounded by his AirForce football team, listening to a happy tune. Minutes after the Falcons slipped past Army 16-7, Calhoun and hisplayers enjoyed Air Force's alma mater at Michie Stadium. Not long ago, these postgame listening ...
ROCK CANYON TAKES ADVANTAGE OF FOUL TO DEFEAT RANGERS
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- ENGLEWOOD Lewis-Palmer was tied with an unbeaten team, full ofconfidence and just a step from the state championship game. It all changed with one whistle. A foul was called in the box on Rangers senior Matthew Helwege --who scored the winning goal Wednesday against ...
MULLEN EDGES LEWIS-PALMER FOR TITLE
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- MONUMENT Lewis-Palmer and Mullen proved during pool playSaturday that they were the class of the 4A Region D volleyballtournament. And while both will be among the eight to advance to thestate tournament, the Mustangs proved they were a step ahead of theRangers in a 25-21, ...
DANES PROVE THEY'RE NO ONE-YEAR WONDER
Nov 02, 2008; ... GOLDEN Lukas Langer wiped away a tear, sniffled twice and triedto regain his composure. His homeland of Germany seemed quite faraway. Langer wore his Fountain Valley uniform for the last timeSaturday as the Danes lost 3-1 to upstart Hotchkiss in the 3A statesemiffnals at North ...
ROUNDUP
Nov 02, 2008 ... FOOTBALL Calhan 50, Ignacio 14 At Ignacio: The No. 9 seed Bulldogs (8-2) knocked off Ignacio,setting up a road game next week at 10-0 Akron in the Class A 11-Man playoffs. VOLLEYBALL Rampart wins 5A Region 4 At Columbine: The No. 5 seed Rams (22-4) won ...
Martinez wins a pair of titles ; Doherty's Yardumian also places in coach's, team's grand finale
Nov 02, 2008; ... THORNTON As the Doherty gymnasts and coaches dismantled theuneven bars after two days of state 5A competition at Thornton High,the adage about a gymnasts' work never ending seemed to ring true. In fact, all Spartan members of the state qualifying team will beworking elsewhere, ...
Former Terror proud of school's achievements on and off the field
Nov 02, 2008 ... I want to thank Brian Gomez for his recent article "Palmer '65State Champs, A Tribute to Diversity". It brought back manywonderful memories of my years at Palmer High School, 1965 to 1967.It was truly a magical time in Colorado Springs, given particularlythat Palmer High School was ...
1955 team also state champs, diverse
Nov 02, 2008 ... I enjoyed reading your article about Palmer's 1965 state baseballchampionship and coach Jerry Hughes' enshrinement in the ColoradoSprings Sports Hall of Fame. In my senior year (1955), Mr. Hugheswas an assistant football coach and well liked by all who playedfootball at Colorado Springs ...
TAILBACK BOLTS FOR SIX TOUCHDOWNS
Nov 02, 2008; ... RUSH Running back Derek Weingardt led a stampede, scoring sixtouchdowns and rushing for 174 yards on 21 carries as the CalicheBuffaloes ran all over Miami-Yoder for a 63-26 victory in the firstround of the A 8-Man football playoffs Saturday at Miami-Yoder. "This has been probably ...
8 GOALS, 8 WINS FOR FALCONS
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- Another lopsided victory sparked by familiar faces Saturdayenabled the Air Force hockey team to match the best start in academyhistory. Jacques Lamoureux scored a hat trick and Andrew Volkening againdominated in net as the Falcons routed Bentley 8-2 to extend ...
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARLE'S TIME ; Heart ailment keeps younger brother from fulfilling potential
Nov 02, 2008; ... DENVER David Carle leaned over the edge of the coaches' box, hiseyes glued to the game below. Every so often, he pointed out a flaw in the system. "I've just been ... offering little tidbits when I can to thecoaching staff, little things I see to help us adjust in games ...
MEDALIST AIMS FOR ANONYMITY ; Shooter to compete for first time since Beijing
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- Jason Turner likes keeping a low profile, and an Olympic medalisn't reason for change. "Unless you know me," Turner said, "you could walk up to me onthe street, you w o u l d n e v e r know that I was an O l y m p i cmedalist." The Olympic Training Center ...
MISTAkES DOOM CC'S SHOT AT WIN ; Tigers drop to 0-7 after dismal showing against Birmingham-southern
Nov 02, 2008; ... Thanks to a pair of miscues by Birmingham-Southern, ColoradoCollege built a 10-point lead late in the first half Saturday andseemed poised to win its flrst game. Then, the Tigers more than returned the favor as the Panthersscored 24 unanswered points to win 31-17 at Washburn ...
AFA FRESHMAN JEFFERSON HAS LEARNED ON RUN ; Quarterback continues to make progress while helping Falcons win
Nov 01, 2008; ... During his first career start at then-No. 13 California in 2004,quarterback Shaun Carney learned his career probably wouldn't lasttoo long if he kept taking on tacklers like a fullback. "I kept running the ball and just getting blasted," said Carney,now a graduate assistant for the ...
SIERRA FALLS SHORT
Nov 01, 2008; ... Pueblo South prevailed but two champions were on display Fridayat Memorial Stadium. Sierra rallied from an 18-point halftime deficit and had a two-point play come up inches short with 29 seconds left as the Coltshung on for a 29-27 victory. Sierra quarterback Laterell Burrows ...
Paymah knows this is his big chance ; Cornerback will step in during Champ's absence
Nov 01, 2008; ... ENGLEWOOD This is Karl Paymah's big chance. The Denver Broncos cornerback has had some good moments in hiscareer -- including work as the third corner last season -- and somepoor ones. He was the slowest to develop among the 2005 cornerbackdraft trio that included Darrent Williams ...
DOHERTY SENIOR PLAYS SPOILER IN 5A ; Martinez denies Loveland gymnast's bid for record 4th title
Nov 01, 2008; ... -- THORNTON As Doherty coach Mark Cummings gathered his gymnasts tocongratulate them and inform them that their leader, BritneeMartinez, was the Class 5A state all-around champion, Martinezexperienced emotions atypical of a newly crowned titleholder. She was pleased, with a ...
ROUNDUP
Nov 01, 2008 ... FOOTBALL Pikes Peak No. 3 Fountain-Fort Carson 41, No. 4 Air Academy 7 At Fountain: Quinton Lawson ran for touchdowns of 25, 12 and 59yards, compiling 271 yards on just nine carries, as the Trojans (9-1) ran out to a 41-point lead through three quarters. The winsecured a home ...
CC LEFT WING GETS 1ST GOAL OF THE SEASON
Nov 01, 2008; ... DENVER A week ago, Colorado College left wing Addison DeBoeradmitted he was gripping his stick a little tighter. When he was away from the rink, DeBoer caught himself thinkingabout how he still hadn't scored. Finally, DeBoer can relax. Five minutes into the second ...
CLUBBING FOR GOD
Nov 01, 2008; ... On a recent Sunday evening, a couple dozen people, most of themin their 20s, trickled into the Thirsty Parrot as a band blastedrock music from the nightclub's main stage. They took their seats at bar tables in near darkness whileblinking lights bathed the musicians in bright ...
In pursuit of the Founding Fathers' ideals
Nov 01, 2008; ... What did the Founding Fathers mean? It's a question that's at the heart of an ongoing debate betweenconservative Christians and advocates of the separation of churchand state. The Christian Nation camp says the Founding Fathers basedAmerica on Christian principles. The secularists ...
GOBBLING TIME WITH A TWIST
Nov 01, 2008 ... -- Every November the shelves of Pikes Peak-area craft stores areraided of crayons, glitter, feathers and beads. It can mean only onething: It's time for The Gazette's annual Turkey Coloring Contest. In years past, Gazette artists have provided turkeys forthousands of kids ...
TOUGH TIMES HIT PETS HARD IN AREA ; More animals, fewer donations at shelters
Nov 03, 2008; ... Economic conditions that have made life hard on people are, inturn, making life hard on their pets. Several area rescue groups report that more animals are beingsurrendered, especially because of an increase in home foreclosures.At the same time, fewer animals are being adopted, ...
TREADING LIGHTLY ON A THORNY PATH
Nov 03, 2008; ... With just two days before Tuesday's elections, some religiousleaders in Colorado Springs on Sunday preached politics from thepulpit, while stopping shy of endorsing a candidate. The Internal Revenue Service prohibits 501(c)3 nonprofitorganizations, which include churches, from ...
SERVICES
Nov 03, 2008 ... Anna M. Claret Rosary, 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Evergreen Funeral Home. Elizabeth L. Crotinger Visitation, 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance. Service,2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance "America the Beautiful"Chapel. Private inurnment. Cristobal "Bubba" ...
Our view ; On the subject of change ... new schools challenge students
Nov 03, 2008 ... There's an old saying that the only constant in life is change.Anyone who has been around for more than a few years knows how truethat is. Many people reading this can remember when Circle Drive wasthe eastern edge of Colorado Springs. A few might recall whenAirport Road actually went to ...
HARRISON MAKES DECISION VERY EASY
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- WEST POINT, N.Y. Air Force coach Troy Calhoun had a decision tomake Saturday. With his team facing fourth-and-7 from the 30-yard line with justless than 2 minutes to play, it was attempt a ffeld goal or punt. A field goal would all but seal a victory. But a miss ...
AIR FORCE DEFENSE SHAKES OFF EARLY ARMY SUCCESS
Nov 02, 2008; ... WEST POINT, N.Y. - On the third play from scrimmage Saturday,Army quarterback Chip Bowden threw a short out pattern to receiverDamion Hunter. As Hunter turned upfield, Air Force sophomore cornerback ReggieRembert -- who seemed in position to make the tackle -- slipped andfell ....
FALCONS FAR FROM FAULT FREE IN VICTORY
Nov 02, 2008; ... WEST POINT, N.Y. - Air Force coach Troy Calhoun never willtrade in a victory. But he agreed his team didn't earn many stylepoints Saturday in a 16-7 win over Army. F r e s h m a n quarterback Tim Jefferson overthrew an openreceiver on what could have been a big play. Senior ...
CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG ; 'Wildcat' formation has worked well for Miami but there's a reason trick plays aren't common in the NFL
Nov 02, 2008; ... ENGLEWOOD - When the Miami Dolphins lined up running backRonnie Brown at quarterback, it was like a UFO landed at the 50-yard line. Outside the occasional halfback pass or flea flicker, trick playsand out-of-the-box formations are pretty rare the NFL. Then the Dolphins ...
Living Lab ; Retirement community integrates health care
Nov 02, 2008; ... Bill Kirkendall is trying to ride the "wave" like a Laguna Beachsurfer. He's got the knee action down pretty good for an 88-year-old. "That's fun. I like working on my balance," he says aftergingerly stepping off the cardio equipment that simulates surfingand ...
READERS MAKE WISH LISTS OF BUSINESSES THEY WANT IN SPRINGS
Nov 02, 2008; ... -- What stores or restaurants are we missing? Last week "Did You Ever Wonder?" readers Jennifer E. and Friendssaid they would love to have a Trader Joe's and In-N-Out Burger,both longtime requests. If wishes could make it so: The Wade family "wishes that we had ...
GO RED EVENT OFFERS KNOWLEDGE, STORIES ; Urban League Guild and Board reception
Nov 02, 2008; ... The importance of the annual Go Red for Women Education Dayurging women to "Know Your Numbers" was driven home at a healthscreening Oct. 17. Local Heart Association Executive Director Leslie McGinn wasobserving as hundreds of women at the Antlers Hilton had carotidscans, ...