Saturday, May 18, 2013
- Issue Archive for
- Mar 14-20, 2002
- Vol. 10, No. 11
- Medical Alert
News
Medical Alert, Part I
An all-system breakdown threatens the survival of El Paso County's public health
Feeling Queasy
Dowes style dictatorial, ex-staffers say
True to its Mission
Students persuade Colorado College to probe contractor's treatment of workers
Columns
He's My Brother
Independent photographer Sean Cayton won first place in the prestigious 59th Picture of the Year International photo competition for this photograph of siblings who shared a tent at a homeless camp along Highway 24 just outside the Colorado Springs city limits.
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Livelong Days
What's happen this week in the big city-- highlights from our listings.
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Outsider
John Hazlehurst on the ins and outs of patriotism
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Letters
Readers of the Independent talk back to the editor.
IQ: To Your Health!
The El Paso County Health Department monitors air quality, enforces sanitary and safety regulations for food and child-care facilities, provides immunizations, tests for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV -- in short, stuff we rely on every single day.
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Domestic Bliss
Kathryn Eastburn on the stories backyards tell
Food & Drink
Victorian Charm
The perfect setting for high tea at McKelvey's
Music
Playing Around: Sub Standard
Unless you've been living in a box for the past year or so, you're probably already hip to the fact that Genghis Kahn has become the premier jazz club for at least a 65-mile radius.
Geezer Glory
There once were a bunch of old rockers
Film
Future Imperfect
There was no collective yawn at this screening, but they probably left a little disappointed.
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
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Opening This Week
What's new on Colorado Springsarea screens
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
Books
Great Books
(for disaffected inner children with brain damage)
Special Section
Green Dreams
Say it together: We're sick and tired of winter and we can't take it any more! It's not so much the cold but the absence of green that saps our souls when it's March and we yearn for hints of spring -- the season that eludes Colorado with a vengeance.
Veggies in Small Spaces
Container gardening simply means growing things, in this case edibles, in pots or other containers instead of directly in the ground.
Vegetable Gourmet
Plenty of us can grow vegetables, but few of us know how to prepare them well. Here are some cookbooks that can help you become a "Vegetable Gourmet."
Dream Guides
A selection of seed catalogs for the vegetable gourmand.
