The families of the Columbine victims leave no stone unturned as they search for the truth. They keep looking under rocks, making dark discoveries — and then the worms start turning. The worms have been wiggling every which way since U.S. District Judge Lewis Babcock threw out most of the…
Glory Weisberg, longtime society columnist for the Cherry Hills Villager, was named after the American flag, and she’s not averse to wrapping it around the beat she covers. “After these terrorist strikes, there was a perception that people weren’t really interested in attending gala benefits, because they weren’t in the…
“In many ways, geese can be very smart,” notes Tom Remington, avian research leader for the Colorado Division of Wildlife. “For example, here in Fort Collins, when the students leave CSU for the holidays, the geese flock onto the campus. But when the students return, the geese leave.” On the…
The Sorrow and the Petty 2001, a spaced odyssey: The last year was definitely a year to forget, as Jonathan Shikes observed in the December 27 “Year in Review” issue. In fact, I would have been very happy if Shikes had never reminded me of how petty our behavior was…
Last summer, a local executive spotted Annabel Bowlen at Denver International Airport. The two had crossed paths before, at various social functions, and they quickly struck up a conversation. The executive inquired about Annabel’s husband. She replied that Patrick Dennis Bowlen, owner of the Denver Broncos, was feeling blue. “Pat’s…
Three agencies that collect donations from private- and public-sector employees for distribution to hundreds of good causes will ring in 2002 with new business. A partnership between Community Shares of Colorado, Community Health Charities of Colorado and Caring Connection recently won a lucrative bid to manage the workplace fundraising campaigns…
When the National Western Stock Show stampedes into town on January 12 for its yearly two-week stay, one of the regular guests won’t be part of the party. The elk, which were added to the show’s lineup of unusual livestock just a few years ago, will be staying home this…
The horror and sadness that gripped America after September 11 brought the sports world low, too, and weeklong suspensions of play in college and pro football, major-league baseball, stock-car racing and golf served as fitting tributes to the dead. So did the astonishing outburst of patriotism that rang through stadiums…
There Blows the Neighborhood Hell, no, we don’t grow: I read with interest Stuart Steers’s December 13 “Howdy, Neighbor,” wherein city planner Ellen Ittelson is quoted as saying that “most people realize Denver needs to grow to stay competitive.” Competitive? With whom or what? And for what purpose? On what…
It was the year no one wants to remember, the year no one will ever forget. For half a decade, Colorado — and the rest of the country — had reveled in high times and good spirits. Even all those predictions of a catastrophic Y2K had come to naught, and…
They say that truth is stranger than fiction; even more frightening, truth is real. The following events (compiled from items in Colorado’s daily and weekly papers — including this one — as well as reports on local TV and radio stations) actually took place this past year. They’re strange, all…
While all eyes turned to points east — and farther east — this fall, there were plenty of shenanigans happening right under our noses here in Denver. And all too often, this shameful behavior came in pairs, the better to double our displeasure. United Airlines and Argenbright Security It’s unlikely…
Tony Garcia could see the shame and anger on the faces of the men who came to the Colorado AIDS Project to ask for help. They were men who spoke little or no English, men who hadn’t yet told their families they’d been infected with HIV or whose families lived…
While the Colorado AIDS Project faces a unique struggle because of the complex changes in the AIDS epidemic, it’s not alone in its financial predicament. All charitable organizations in Colorado are now hurting as a result of the faltering economy. The National Bureau of Economic Research confirmed on November 26…
Dennis Forrester was reading the Bible inside his cell at the Denver City Jail the morning of October 23 when the lock on his cell door all of a sudden buzzed and popped open. “Basically, the lock malfunctioned,” a jail spokeswoman later reported. Forrester took it as a sign from…
Storme Aerison sits stiffly in the courtroom, his hands cuffed behind his back and his dyed blond hair woven into a ponytail, black roots showing, sideburns growing. He smiles beneath the fluorescent lights. This hearing in Colorado Springs is a long way from the sparkling waters and flashing cameras of…
On the evening of December 20, the lights will go down and the curtain will go up on the Eulipions Theater Company’s twelfth presentation of The Black Nativity. The play, written by Langston Hughes in 1961, uses the birth of Christ to build a bridge between African culture and twentieth-century…
It’s been five years since JonBenét Ramsey’s Christmas 1996 murder in Boulder rocked the known world, but even time hasn’t quelled much of the weirdness associated with this case, nor has it mellowed some of the strange and peripheral characters who got involved in the crime’s aftermath. One of the…
On December 11, the night Denver Nuggets coach Dan Issel was captured on Channel 9 videotape yelling, “Go drink another beer, you Mexican piece of shit” at Bobby Bowman, a Hispanic ticket holder, the team had passed out thousands of Dan Issel bobblehead dolls that proved to be perfect props…
He’s sat here all afternoon, talking about an awful game; One boy will not be out till June, and then he may be always lame. Foot-ball! I’m sure I can’t see why a boy like Bob — so good and kind — Wishes to see poor fellows lie hurt on…
A Matter of Degrees Lesson plan: Eric Dexheimer’s “Friend or Foe,” in the December 13 issue, was the most frightening story I’ve read in a long time. I understand that colleges need to aggressively pursue accusations of sexual assault (are you listening, University of Colorado football recruiters?), but it seems…
The Kochevar family has always been close. Even after her son Mike left for Colorado State University this past August, Beth Kochevar still counted on hearing from him every day. So when she didn’t speak with him at all in the first few days of October, she grew concerned. “Mike…
