D-11 on the upswing
Your Turn
District 11 has made significant progress, but we know we must do better. We are not afraid to acknowledge and address our challenges. If we had all the answers, it would be easy.
This Week
Glenn steps forward
Between the Lines
At least one City Council member is assuming more of a leadership role, whether he's in the majority or not.
Dopey strikes again
Ranger Rich
Thousands of people think our own state Sen. Dave Schultheis looks a bit odd. Like a grown-up version of that kid with the banjo in Deliverance.
AFA's springboard to 2010?
End Zone
Troy Calhoun always has been optimistic about the future of Air Force football. He and his staff believe in the cadet-athletes, mainly because most of them followed that same path.
Letters
Outcry on 2C continues, Winnebago answer, Berlin Wall anniversary, ignored veterans speak and more.
IQ: Winter, in reel life
Maybe during next year's holiday season, we'll throw on the heavy coats and head to a local movie event. In the meantime, our film choices are two: the multiplex or the living-room couch.
Slice of life
Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
Advice Goddess
Offering a woman a massage is, like, the oldest college boy sex gambit in the book: "If you'd just take your shirt off, I could really get at that knot."
ES&S trying to monopolize America's voting system
Lowdown
During the past decade, state and local election authorities have ever-so-quietly allowed a little intrusion to come between the casting and the counting of our votes. The intrusion is called "privatization."
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Pot Task Force 101
Ranger Rich
One day, this whole marijuana debate — currently racing through our village like Doug Bruce on his way to a Social Outcasts Anonymous meeting — will seem silly.
Pledger: ahead of his time
Between the Lines
He struggled to get out of his chair, and he needed a walker to steady himself for the few steps to the rostrum. But once Norm Pledger reached that microphone, his 80 years of grit, wisdom and eloquence came pouring out.
Arts scene: alive and kicking
Between the Lines
We've had far more than our share of bad news this past year in and around Colorado Springs. But the local arts scene has persevered, as showcased at Sunday's Pikes Peak Arts Council's annual awards.
