Saturday, May 25, 2013
News
Snubbed in D.C.
Local pastor says he was blown off by Lamborn's staff, then discovered a 'right' way to be heard.
Change of Focus
"I think there’s room for civil unions, I just don’t know what the perfect way is there yet."
Fact-checking the interview
A quick looks at some stats and studies from topics in our talk with Jim Daly.
Insult to injury
Man says he was harassed by city police officers at Territory Days for having his service dog with him.
Cooling the rhetoric
Jim Daly and James Dobson certainly bring different approaches to Focus on the Family's work, and it's perhaps most obvious when you see their words side-by-side.
Restoring hope
Rep. Pete Lee's signature bill gets signed into law, helping to broaden what justice means in Colorado.
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Long story short
Focus and the Indy are just never going to agree on many things. But starting with our support of the ministry's foster-care initiative, maybe there are ways we can work together to benefit the community.
Noted: Points from Bach's inauguration
Also: Term-limit battle resumes, Memorial gets fresh look, Manitou councilor leaves and more.
Columns
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Advice goddess
You can either live your life or sit around if-ing about what could be ...
Finding a new role model
Maybe smaller, overachieving cities should be our target, because several creative possibilities came out of a personal visit to Rapid City, S.D.
CannaBiz: 'The end of caregivers?'
Also: MMJ Enforcement Division setting up shop and more.
Bach's mayoral challenge
If Bach can't restart growth, we'll be stuck with SDS and water we can't use.
Hill Climb's historic junction
Pikes Peak International Hill Climb race director Phil Layton has been watching for years as drivers have tried — and failed — to break the elusive 10-minute barrier.
Obama's fake hand signs bad legislation
Sometimes, political karma can be so right, even when it applies to something so wrong.
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Letters
Thoughts on MMJ, the job market, the Air Force Thunderbirds and more for Lamborn.
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Stranger than fiction
All the weird news that's fit to print.
All in the Family
Focus on the Family does some admirable work, its contributions have tested the patience of many.
Food & Drink
French twist
With new dinner hours, the upgraded Chestnut Street La Baguette location displays everything that's right with casual European bistro cuisine.
Sultans of swap
A new food economy thrives on the old barter-and-trade model.
Sandwich salute
It's true that one can pretty much wedge anything in between two chunks of bread and call it a sandwich.
Side dish: Head chef leaving Nosh
Also: Pinkberry moving in and more.
Music
Rustic route
Mumford & Sons take uncommercial approach to commercial success
Everybody hurts
Manchester Orchestra chronicles the passages of pain
Hooked on a feeling
Dave Mansfield builds on past successes with his new band, the L.A.M.F's
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Big gigs
Upcoming concerts here and around the region.
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Playing around
Who's playing where, and when, at area venues this week.
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Sound advice
My Morning Jacket, Thurston Moore, Sam Roberts Band
Film
Bold as love
Freedom Rider Jerry Moore took on wrong to get his civil rights.
Phoning home: Super 8
The deft touch that marks so many of Super 8's best moments keeps getting knocked aside by a heavy hand.
Time warp: Midnight in Paris
In life, there are a few things on which you can always depend, one of them being a new Woody Allen film annually
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Cinefiles
American: The Bill Hicks Story, Ka-Boom, Brad Meltzer's Decoded: Season One
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Movie picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films playing around the area.
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Opening this week
The First Grader, Super 8, Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer and more.
Books
All in a day's workshop
Pikes Peak Writers teaches micro for free and macro for $45.
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Short stories
The Mermaid Garden, The Filter Bubble, Awake in the World
Calendar
Special Section
UPDATE: Laying a friend to rest
After nine years of being a good and faithful servant, Aghbar, the German shepherd working dot at the Air Force Academy, will be memorialized at 3 p.m Friday at the academy.
Timber!
The city Forestry Division says it will remove 100 trees from the downtown area. The dead or almost-dead trees are of all varieties, including elm, ash, silver maple, white fir, spruce and Ponderosa pine.
Age-old tradition returns to the Springs
Nobody wants a repeat of the 1973 derby, where the winner was stripped of his title after they found an electromagnet in the nose of his car.
Bike to work with City Council
If Colorado Springs is trying to build up its image as an "active city," putting City Councilors on bikes is surely a good way to start. In case you haven't heard, Bike to Work Day is just around the corner ...
Bonus CineFiles: Vietnam vitriol, porcine pugilism and sanguinary seamen!
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