The Gazette back issues from February 2009:
A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
Feb 01, 2009; ... GET IN THE GAME Jeanne Cotter and Steve Fehl at the Pikes Peak Workforce Centeroffered five tips to help job hunters get off the couch and back inthe cubicle: 1. Update your rsum. "Trends in rsums are constantly changing," Cotter said. "We seepeople who don't have a ...
A TRAFFIC STOP, AN EX-MAYOR, A QUESTION OF BALANCE ; Did a former official get a break, or a routine release?
Feb 01, 2009; ... Alerted to a report of a possible drunken driver in a silversport utility vehicle, Pikes Peak Community College police officerMike Peterson pulled over an Isuzu on Interquest Parkway afterseeing it cross the center line three times. It was about 9:15 p.m. Christmas Eve, and the ...
Our view
Feb 01, 2009 ... A PRO-LIFE AD WE CAN'T SEE 'Life,' president too controversial Super Bowl ads can be more fun than the game. And what's more funthan a Super Bowl ad? A banned Super Bowl ad, of course. And what'smore exciting than that? A Super Bowl ad banned for celebratinglife. Some of the ...
Letters
Feb 01, 2009 ... LATHEN'S OPINION Freedom to speak our minds crucial part of our nation I read with joy and enthusiasm Amy Lathen's op-ed piece in theJan. 28 Gazette ("Obama's principles at odds with liberty," OtherVoices). Not because I agree with her premise that President BarackObama is a ...
DEATHS
Feb 01, 2009 ... BRADLEY GERALD CASH Born June 4, 1961. Died Jan. 29, 2009. Auto mechanic, 27-year Colorado Springs resident. Survived by ason, Brandon; and two daughters, Amanda Degree and Jessica Cash.Visitation, 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Shrine of Remembrance Funeral Home.Service, 2 p.m ....
SERVICES
Feb 01, 2009 ... Andrew Stephen Garcy Visitation, 11 a.m. today, with service to follow at 2 p.m.,Mountain View Mortuary. Donald P. Hoelzer Service, 10 a.m. Feb. 9, Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Fayetta Elizabeth Karr Visitation, 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Blunt Mortuary ....
CSAP FOES HARD TO BE HEARD ; Group takes message to streets of Springs
Feb 01, 2009; ... Last year, 98.9 percent of Colorado students who were supposed totake state assessment tests did so. No one can say why a few hundred students didn't take the test,but Don Perl would like to take credit for at least some of the no-shows. Perl heads the Coalition for Better ...
Community needs to invest more in its future
Feb 01, 2009; ... If an allegedly Christian community is to be judged by how itcares for children, then Colorado Springs metro area leaders shouldbe grateful there are no official scorecards. From the look of things, we're not doing very well, things aregetting worse, and there is plenty of blame to ...
PAROLEE RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL ; District 3 hopeful could be discharged in april
Feb 01, 2009; ... A parolee running for Colorado Springs City Council believes hehas what voters want in a public official: a long criminal recordhe's put behind him. Conrad Czajkowski is running to represent council District 3,which covers a southwestern section of the city. He said in a ...
A REGULAR PARTY ANIMAL ; Tumani turns 2, and zoogoers shower her with treats, gifts
Feb 01, 2009; ... Bring out the bananas, baby. It's party time at the zoo. Saturday's second birthday party for Tumani, the gorilla, broughta human touch to the primate world, with gifts, songs and treats. It also brought out the monkey in the human party guests. Kids pressed faces ...
TONED-DOWN PARTY STILL ROCKS FOR OX ; Eighth time Springs has held the festival
Feb 01, 2009; ... -- A one-day Chinese New Year festival in Colorado Springs onSaturday offered a taste of a onceobscure culture, celebratingChinese cuisine, customs and language. The free event was held to honor the Year of the Ox and drewabout 2,000 people to the City Auditorium in downtown ...
A SHORT MONTH WITH LITTLE TO DISTINGUISH IT ; February's weather likely to stick close to average
Feb 01, 2009; ... Poor February. Other than a heart-shaped day somewhere in themiddle, this month, while short, is nothing short of average. Itdoesn't even have the decency to be a leap year. The weather will likely be no different. Say goodbye to January's exciting temperature pendulum, ...
Spike strips don't stop fleeing man
Feb 01, 2009 ... A helicopter, spike strips and flat tires didn't thwart the driveof a man who police said stole a car from his roommate and toldofficers he was suicidal. Colorado Springs Police saw the stolen car driven by MichaelFende, 37, about 1 a.m. Saturday traveling north on ...
Air Force horse fetches $6,500
Feb 01, 2009 ... Chance the wild mustang has a new place to roam. The 3-year-old red roan sent to the Air Force Academy for rehabfetched $6,500 at the Mustang Magic Trainers Challenge at the FortWorth Stock Show and Rodeo. The horse and his academy EquestrianCenter trainer, Lonnie Aragon, placed ...
COUNTY IN RUNNING FOR PLUM OF A BLOCK GRANT
Feb 01, 2009; ... This year, El Paso County will qualify for a federal grantprogram for the first time in the program's 35-hear history, and thecounty hopes to receive $1 million for neighborhood projects. During the past 15 years, the county has received $2.5 million inCommunity Development Block ...
FIGHT TRIGGERED BY ROAD RAGE LANDS MAN IN JAIL ; Charge bumped to felony because of victim's age
Feb 01, 2009; ... The driver of a fuel-efficient Toyota Prius repeatedly rammed apickup during a road-rage attack in Colorado Springs and then shovedthe truck's 61-year-old driver when the men pulled over, policesaid. Daniel Cox, 30, was jailed on suspicion of felony assault. Thecharge was ...
DREAMER ; Dreams have been fulfilled for Aaron Smith and, with his second trip to the super Bowl, the former sierra star punctuates a vision that became reality
Feb 01, 2009; ... Aaron Smith had plans, big plans, and like any good son he wantedto share them with his mother. "I'm going to the dance," he announced in their apartment onSouth Academy Boulevard. "What dance?" Ruth Smith asked, wondering where her son woulddance on a school ...
fRUSTRATION CONTINUES TO MOUNT FOR FALCONS
Feb 01, 2009; ... Air Force's uniforms were different. The result was the same. Wearing their alternate gray jerseys and shorts, the Fa l c o n slost their e i g h t h straight g a m e, f a l l i n g to UNLV 59-38 in front of an announced crowd of 4,020 at Clune Arena. Coach Jeff Reynolds was ...
Schafer could be diamond in rough year
Feb 01, 2009; ... Sammy Schafer is the laughing, battling symbol of hope for AirForce's future. Hope, as we all know, is in pitifully short supply for theFalcons, who lost yet again Saturday afternoon at Clune Arena. UNLV shrugged its way to a 59-38 victory. The Rebels never eventook a deep ...
AREA COACHES WORRY OVER PRECEDENT
Feb 01, 2009; ... The headline out of Kentucky about a high school football coachbeing charged with reckless homicide is enough to scare any areacoach, but most know the likelihood of such a tragedy is smaller inColorado. "It would set an awful precedent if he was found guilty," Sierrafootball ...
JUNIOR IN RIGHT PLACE AT KEY TIME
Feb 01, 2009; ... Junior Matt Oesterle picked the right time to score his onlypoints, hitting the game-winner for Pikes Peak No. 2 Doherty with 7seconds remaining Saturday for a 70-69 home win over No. 1 Rampart. "I didn't have the best game, but that erased all of it,"Oesterle said of his layup ...
WELCOME TO A NEW FORMAT, A LEANER GAZETTE
Feb 02, 2009 ... Today, The Gazette begins a new format to the weekday andSaturday paper. Mondays through Saturdays, The Gazette will be published in threesections instead of five. The first section contains local andnational news, opinion and obituaries. The second section containssports, plus ...
ROUNDUP
Feb 01, 2009 ... BOYS' BASKETBALL Pikes Peak No. 8 Sand Creek 53, No. 4 Fountain-Fort Carson 44 At Sand Creek: Nick Fox scored 18 and Julian Mills added 11, allin the second half, to spark the Scorpions (11-6, 6-4 5A Metro).Devyn Harris scored 12 for the Trojans (12-4, 7-3). No ....
TOUGH TIMES CUT INTO BIG GAME ; Recession forces many to cut back on Super Bowl blowouts
Feb 02, 2009; ... Super Sunday was supposed to be inauguration day for Kate Lane'snew large-screen TV. She even had the model picked out. Instead, she decided to watch the game on her old one, keepingthe $980 for a rainy day. "That's money that you don't know what you may need it for in ...
MORE IN STORE AT BROADMOOR ; Skaters Sk build momentum for worlds in L.A.
Feb 01, 2009; ... Jeremy Abbott wants more gold medals, like Keauna McLaughlin andRockne Brubaker. Rachael Flatt find her grove again. Brandon Mroz just h o p e s 's loathed for stealing Johnny Weir's spot. The Broadmoor Skating Club members, coming off impressiveperformances ...
HELP TO FEND OFF FORECLOSURE ; Volunteer group gives homeowners the facts
Feb 02, 2009; ... Foreclosures are the No. 1 reason for economic problems in thePikes Peak region and the nation, and something needs to be done,Joe Morgan says. "Every neighborhood has for-sale signs," said Morgan, a 68-year-old Colorado Springs building subcontractor. "When the values of ...
LOCAL COUPLE RECEIVE DOW AWARD
Feb 01, 2009; ... The Colorado Division of Wildlife named Duke and Janet Phillipsrecipients of the 2008 Landowner of the Year award. The Phillipsfamily received this award in recognition of its outstandingcontributions to wildlife conservation, community service andinnovative management of the Chico Basin ...
3 OVERTIMES HIGHLIGHT SPLIT OF TWIN BILL
Feb 01, 2009; ... Overtime was good and bad for Colorado-Colorado Springs onSaturday at the Lions' Den. The UCCS women lost an overtime heartbreaker, 62-61, to ChadronState before the Mountain Lions erased an eight-point second-halfdeficit to win the men's game 80-77 with a pair of extra ...
MUSICAL CHAIRS TO STAY IN OFFICE ; With term limits, more lawmakers rotating
Feb 02, 2009; ... When voters overwhelmingly adopted term limits in Colorado in1990, the aim was to end political careerism and bring in freshideas. It hasn't quite turned out that way, and El Paso County voters inparticular are in for a round of musical chairs in 2010 whenofficeholders scramble ...
HEALTHY COMMUNITY PART OF YMCA GOAL
Feb 01, 2009; ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the 18th in a series of columns about thefuture of the Pikes Peak region written by community leaders andvisionaries. It's part of the ongoing community initiative DreamCity: Vision 2020. Share your vision at dreamcity2020 .com. In November of 1878, several ...
Hatred of HOA could cost man a bundle
Feb 02, 2009; ... Bob Robella doesn't like being told he can't raise dogs at hishouse, or to keep his garage door closed and his trash cans out ofsight, or that his fence must be an approved color. He really doesn't like the Village Seven Homeowners Association,and claims its board of directors ...
FOR DIALYSIS PATIENTS, HIGHER SEEMS BETTER
Feb 04, 2009; ... -- Dr. Jesse A. Flaxenburg couldn't put his finger on it, but healways felt that his dialysis patients in Colorado Springs seemed alittle healthier than those in Boston, where he worked before hemoved here. Now, it appears the kidney specialist might have his answer. Astudy ...
'Agents of Atlas' draws in a different kind of superhero
Feb 01, 2009; ... With a talking gorilla, a killer robot and a former resident ofthe planet Uranus, it's fair to say this isn't your typicalsuperhero team. "Agents of Atlas," a new ongoing series from Marvel Comics,revives the oddball team from the 2006 miniseries of the same nameby writer Jeff ...
MOMS GET TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE WALK, TALK
Feb 02, 2009; ... -- Neither rain nor snow nor crying babies shall keep these momsfrom their appointed rounds. For nearly five years, the MVP Moms Walking Club has been meetingwithout fail on Friday mornings in Monument Valley Park and pushingtheir strollers into the wind. "We have ...
DRAINAGE PROJECT COULD HIT A SNAG ; City says stream for fish isn't a priority; dow says that creek can funnel water and support a healthy population of fish
Feb 04, 2009; ... $3.6 million project to improve drainage on Fountain a Creek onthe city's west side and keep mine tailings from Gold Hill Mesa outof the water is in jeopardy, caught between competing visions forthe creek. Should the creek be as natural as possible, capable of supportinga healthy ...
Wax figures traveled to texas
Feb 01, 2009; ... I was curious about the presidential wax figures in the oldPresidential Wax Museum, which was located just south of Bott Avenueon 21st Street. What happened to the wax figures? Were they destroyed or moved toanother city? As a kid, I enjoyed visiting the museum. I thought ...
STAIR MASTER ; Building stamina a must for this race
Feb 02, 2009; ... In the annual foot race up the 1,576 steps to the top of theEmpire State Building, it's not the last floor that's the toughest,Colorado Springs real estate agent Michelle Blessing said. It's the first. Runners make a mad dash through the lobby to a narrow door wherestairs ...
14 POSITIONS ELIMINATED ; Regulatory agency feels effect of housing downturn
Feb 04, 2009; ... An agency that regulates the building industry in El Paso Countyeliminated 14 positions this week amid a steep decline in new houseand commercial construction. The Pikes Peak Regional Building Department will be left with 70employees, down from 112 two years ago, agency official ...
'Surgeon' warning: May cause creeps
Feb 01, 2009; ... The way I see it, "The Surgeon" by Tess Gerritsen, is good forpublic safety. One chapter into the creepy thriller and most readerswill perform all those pesky tasks recommended by local lawenforcement; locking doors and windows, lighting exteriors, armingalarms systems, etc. The ...
DEATHS
Feb 02, 2009 ... Vaneta E. anderson Born March 11, 1924. died Jan. 29, 2009 Homemaker, lifelong Colorado Springs resident. Survived by herhusband, Harold; a son, Martin K.; and a daughter, Diane.Visitation, 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.Service, 10 a.m. Wednesday, with ...
Trading jobs in politics defeats the point
Feb 04, 2009; ... Various Colorado officials have urged relaxing term limits lawsto allow an additional term of office. Others, including term-limited El Paso County Republicans, openly discuss switching fromone elective office to another, even if it is a lateral step. Vladimir Putin would be ...
LOCAL WOMAN STARTS SITE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ; Aims to offer content they can trust, involve them in technology
Feb 01, 2009; ... When Florence Klein decided to start a Web site for seniorcitizens, she didn't mess around. "I had a big vision, so I started big," the 74-year-old ColoradoSprings woman says matter-offactly. Klein launched silverplanet .com in April, but the site looks asif it had been an ...
SERVICES
Feb 02, 2009 ... Bradley Gerald Cash Visitation, 4 to 8 p.m. today, Shrine of Remembrance FuneralHome. Service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Shrine of Remembrance America theBeautiful Chapel. Private inurnment, Shrine of Remembrance. leona M. eurich Rosary and viewing, 7 p.m. today, The Springs ...
INTEREST IN ONLINE PROGRAMS GROWING ; D-11, D-20, edison offer a varied lineup of classes
Feb 04, 2009; ... Enrollment in online schools in Colorado jumped 26 percent thisyear from the previous year, and three area districts say interestis growing in their online programs. Colorado Springs School District 11 and Academy School District20 are seeking certification to serve students who ...
Please join our interactive pages
Feb 02, 2009 ... Welcome to The Gazette's leaner, meaner editorial section. It'sthe editorial section of the future: one page instead of two,enabling us to focus more attention on our interactive opinion siteon gazette.com, where readers meet to solve the world's problems. Typically, this section ...
BUCKING THE TREND
Feb 01, 2009; ... As other technology employers have been cutting jobs, Boeing Co.has been quietly adding positions in Colorado Springs to work on anew satellite system designed to detect and track objects orbitingthe Earth as well as several other programs. The aviation giant has added about 100 ...
LETTERS
Feb 02, 2009 ... Obama certainly no Marxist I was struck by the reasonableness of Amy Lathen's openingstatement in her op-ed, "Obama's principles at odds with liberty,"in the Jan. 28 Gazette. It is a solid position to state that we arenot obligated to support a person just because he has been ...
Remembering three lives ; Soldiers died on Christmas eve
Feb 04, 2009; ... One of them lost 95 pounds just to get in the Army. Another was the best storyteller in his platoon, wending talesthat amused friends in the darkest of situations. The third was a new father, bursting with pride about his babyson and determined to give the kid everything he ...
OUR VIEW
Feb 02, 2009 ... OPEN GOVERNMENT With all the hoopla going on in Washington about the stimuluspackage, it might be easy to overlook important legislationhappening just up the road at the state Capitol in Denver. Thatwould be a mistake. State and local laws can have a more immediateimpact on the ...
EXPORTING BLUEGRASS
Feb 04, 2009; ... Not since the French embraced Jerry Lewis has there been astranger cross-cultural exchange than the outreach efforts ofAbigail Washburn. The singer and banjo player, a 1999 Colorado College graduate,plays Appalachian mountain music -- in China. "I wouldn't say that Chinese ...
AFA'S FAIRCHILD STILL ON A ROLL ; Despite unusual path, junior at home on ice
Feb 02, 2009; ... So how does a roller hockey player from Virginia wind up inColorado as an important member of one of the country's better icehockey teams? "I started playing roller, that was fun, and started travelingwith that. A lot of my friends played ice hockey; there was only oneteam around ...
11 lawmakers vote no on 9/11 holiday
Feb 04, 2009 ... Rep. Larry Liston, a Colorado Springs Republican, was one in abipartisan group of state lawmakers on Tuesday to vote against abill that would designate Sept. 11 as an optional state holiday. HB1045, which passed the House 53-11, would allow state employeesto substitute the ...
Tiger cubs get new home at the zoo
Feb 04, 2009 ... Tiger cubs Zoya and Grom have been moved into the big tiger yardat the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, where they will make their permanenthome. Zoya, a 7-month-old, 90-pound female, was Born at the zoo as part ...
More cuts made to public education
Feb 04, 2009 ... The Legislature's Joint Budget Committee took a bigger knife topublic education this week, cutting this year's budget to the lowestlevel allowed by the state Constitution, according to the Web siteColorado Education News. Colorado Springs School District 11 could take a $1.7 ...
WOMAN CRITICALLY HURT IN WEST-SIDE HOUSE FIRE ; Victim is being treated for smoke inhalation
Feb 04, 2009; ... A Colorado Springs woman was in critical condition Tuesday afterbeing pulled from a burning home on the city's southwest side. Alice Heisten, 66, of 24 Cheyenne Blvd. suffered smoke inhalationand was being treated in a hyperbaric chamber at Memorial Hospital,said her brother, Gene ...
STATE BILL WOULD BAN CELL USE WHILE DRIVING ; Calls would have to be made with hands-free devices, in emergencies
Feb 04, 2009; ... DENVER - Parked near the intersection of Oro Blanco Drive andNorth Carefree Circle in Colorado Springs, Suzanne McKinney had justtucked her 3-year-old daughter into the child seat in her car whenanother car slammed into her, pinning her between the two vehicles. McKinney lost half ...
DEATHS
Feb 04, 2009 ... MARY E. BECK Born Feb. 28, 1934. Died Feb. 1, 2009. Nurse, longtime Colorado Springs resident. Survived by threesons, David C. Schaffer Jr., Michael S. Schaffer and Larry A. Beck;and two daughters, Janet L. Redstone and Kathryn D. Frank. Memorialservice, 6 p.m. Thursday, The ...
SERVICES
Feb 04, 2009 ... VANETA E. ANDERSON Graveside service, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Memorial Gardens Cemetery.Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Donald p. Hoelzer Service, 10 a.m. Monday, Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. James H. Moore Visitation, 5 to 8 p.m. today, Shrine of Remembrance ....
Schultheis bill would guarantee funds for citizens, legal workers
Feb 04, 2009; ... Colorado will soon receive more than $500 million from thefederal stimulus legislation. The exact amount is unknown, butwhatever the ffnalffigure, we need to take steps to assure thatthose dollars go to save or create jobs for Colorado citizens, notfor illegal workers. Anyone who ...
LETTERS
Feb 04, 2009 ... NOREEN OFF-BASE IN CRITICISM I appreciate and enjoy reading Barry Noreen's opinion columnconcerning life and issues in our community. Many of his points andobservations made are right on target, but in his Sunday column, hisaim was a little off ("Community needs to invest more in ...
AFA 'SELECTIVE' IN RECRUITING
Feb 04, 2009; ... Air Force again valued quality over quantity this recruitingseason. The result is what Falcons football coach Troy Calhoun called an"even tighter" class of recruits than arrived at the academy and theacademy's prep school last summer. "We were very selective," Calhoun said ....
SAME ENDING, BUT NEW PLOT TWISTS FOR FALCONS
Feb 04, 2009; ... Take a quick glance at the final score, and Air Force's 71-50loss to BYU on Tuesday night looks like the same old It was the Falcons' ninth straight defeat, 10th in 11 games andfourth by a margin of 21 points or more since the start of MountainWest Conference play. But the ...
TROJAN MAKES A BIG REBOUND ; Less than a year after cancer diagnosis, sophomore playing again
Feb 04, 2009; ... Chris Davis was just like most athletes his age, only better. Asa freshman, he was an impact player for Fountain-Fort Carson'svarsity boys' basketball team. Davis dreamed of parlaying his talent into a pro career. He alsoplayed football and baseball and seemingly led a life with ...
AFA went south with BYU's Lee leading charge
Feb 04, 2009; ... Air Force needs a leader. Air Force needs a Lee Cummard. Cummard is the undisputed boss at BYU, and his teammates followedhim to a 71-50 stomping of Air Force on Tuesday night at CluneArena. Give the Falcons credit. They did, for a few minutes, make ...
AIR FORCE RECRUITING CLASS
Feb 04, 2009 ... Nathan Badger dT 6-2, 260 norman, Okla. (norman north) HS coach Lance Manning called three-year starter "best defensivelineman I've been associated with." Ashton Barbour dB 6-0, 180 carlsbad, calif. (carlsbad) davidBaska P/K 6-1, 160 Overland Park, Kan. (St. Thomas Aquinas) ...