The Saint Nick’s Santa, who suddenly appeared at this Christmas-only shop on South Santa Fe Drive one day seven years ago, is mysterious when asked the standard question all Santas get asked. Reached at the Ute Trail Motel in Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, where he spends his weekdays, Santa (or…
part 2 of 2 Stjernholm, Son and Grandson Buffalo Acres occupies a wedge of land in unincorporated Lakewood between Mt. Carbon Dam, which holds back Bear Creek Lake, and a new golf course. Dr. Stjernholm nods toward a nearby strip of green. He says, “There’s only one–fairway?–on this side. I…
Francisco Duran, the Colorado Springs man who allegedly attempted to assassinate President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C., on October 29, was inspired to take action by a Colorado militia group. Although initially Duran’s White House shooting spree appeared to be an impulsive rampage, he actually put his plans together in…
part 1 of 2 A friend writes: We want you to know about the tumor in our son Brandon’s neck, and how it was successfully treated by a Dr. of Chiropractic. We credit Dr. Alvin Stjernholm with saving Brandon’s life. Another friend writes: This letter is being written in thanks…
Although it’s unknown how many people belong to the top-secret paramilitary groups scattered around Colorado Springs and across the country, they all have one thing in common: a belief that they eventually will have to fight troops of the United Nations in the streets of their own towns in order…
Deck the halls: Last Friday’s annual holiday bash for the Denver City Attorney’s Office turned out to be a little merrier than originally planned. Initially, the party committee’s scenario called for having a cash bar–but then the city lawyers discovered they couldn’t charge for liquor at the Grant-Humphreys Mansion, the…
Baseball’s problems have grown bigger than Babe Ruth, what with the possibility that the clubs may not step to the plate next year, either. Do you sense a little corporate fright out there? In Kansas City, the Royals have cut general-admission ticket prices by a dollar in an attempt to…
On the evening of September 12, the blare of a fire alarm cleared the hallways and classrooms of Arapahoe Community College in Littleton. It was just a drill, but it sparked a sexual-harassment bonfire that has yet to die down. Outside the building that night, Richard Lebowitz and a male…
Teacher’s Fret Steve Jackson’s article on Delia Armstrong-Busby (“Practice What You Teach,” November 30) is a dismal commentary on American society. We have many problems, but our biggest is the seeming necessity to destroy anyone with the ability and guts to attempt to solve a problem. This case has nothing…
After more than nine months of trying, the State of Colorado has succeeded in collecting close to $1,500 in delinquent taxes from state representative Glenda Swanson Lyle. Lyle, a Democrat from north Denver who was recently elected House minority whip, sent the state a cashier’s check covering most of the…
At 26, Sarah Steinberg has the dogged persistence of a door-to-door salesman twice her age. In the face of a changing music industry, how else could the young deli worker/songwriter carry on? “I want to make it in the pop line,” she explains, “but pop is not what it was…
part 1 of 2 In 1977, when the inactive Glory Hole mine near Central City was being promoted as a tourist attraction, a visitor seated himself near the rim of the mine’s chasm and began eating a picnic lunch of fried chicken. The 900-foot-long gorge blasted down through 300 feet…
part 2 of 2 Caldwell, who even friends say sometimes has his own way with the truth, swears he met William Muchow in the White House during the Kennedy administration. A land developer, Caldwell claims he was there at Kennedy’s request coordinating a program aimed at improving relations between the…
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Haji S. Adnan appeared to symbolize everything that was right about the city of Denver’s controversial minority contracting program. Adnan, who died of lung cancer this summer at the age of 67, had come to the United States from Indonesia in the 1950s, educated himself at the Colorado School of…
Hit parade: Even before Horace Mann vice principal (for now, at least) Ruben Perez gave the Denver Public Schools a thwack with the golden ruler, Denver was taking plenty of hits in the national press. The Wall Street Journal took a swing at a familiar punching bag with its November…
If, in the past two weeks or so, you’ve been watching the jock-sniffer segments on the TV news or plowing through the daily sports sections, you know now what deep thinkers like Copernicus and Bill McCartney and O.J. Simpson have known for ages: The earth revolves around the Heisman Trophy…
Looking back on her standoff with a military helicopter on the plains of eastern El Paso County this fall, Mary Blake wishes she’d had more firepower. “If I’d had a big gun,” says the 49-year-old Blake, “I would have shot the devils, but I didn’t have a big enough one.”…
Coach Potatoes Having read the McCartney article by Teri Thompson (“McCartney’s Greatest Hits,” November 30), it still amazes me as to the amount of fear that she and her ilk are under. One has to wonder whether the half-truths espoused by her will be taken as gospel, or whether the…
In September the reopening of the Oriental Theatre, at 4335 West 44th Avenue, was being touted as a harbinger of good things for northwest Denver–an indication that art, culture and enterprise might soon attract more people to this vibrant but often neglected section of the metro area. But just two…
If Denver International Airport were up and running, Mayor Wellington Webb wouldn’t have to be. After all, the Denver mayoral election isn’t until next May. But Webb, prepping for a second major contest, won’t be sprinting on the sleek new tarmac of DIA. This will be an extremely muddy track…
The pale blond teenager listened intently to the younger but more experienced girl. They stood together on a downtown Denver street watching people file by, looking for the proper one. “Don’t ask older people, because they’ll stop and give you a lecture,” eighteen-year-old Skyler was told. “Don’t ask the high-powered…
