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Sporting Chance
There's no safety in numbers for SUVs
With Colorado boasting more SUVs per capita than any other state, Denver’s alternative newsweekly, Westword, undertook an extensive study of SUV accidents in the state. Among other troubling findings, the results suggest that, though SUVs are fairly good at protecting their own passengers, their presence on the roads may prove a substantial threat to the rest of us.
By Michael Roberts |
July 6, 2000
(Local News:
Cover Story)
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Bus hub idea drives critics
A plan to move the city’s downtown bus terminal several blocks to the south has alarmed nearby business owners who say the impact of big belching buses would lower property values, and negatively impact or displace at least 18 businesses.
By Bob Campbell |
July 6, 2000
(Local News:
Local News)
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Manitou prays for no rain
A repeat of the heavy rains that inundated Manitou Springs last spring could wipe out portions of the city, resulting in massive damage to homes and other structures. And, critics say, the city government has exacerbated the problem with inadequate provisions.
By Bob Campbell |
July 6, 2000
(Local News:
Local News)
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Pot Shrinks Tumors
Government knew in '74
The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February when researchers in Madrid announced they had destroyed incurable brain cancer tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis.
By Raymond Cushing |
July 6, 2000
(Local News:
Local News)
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Public Eye
Local gun guy Bernie Herpin has lost his effort to keep the statewide gun show loophole initiative off the ballot this November; former Colorado House Speaker Chuck Berry has recently resurfaced and named president and chief executive officer of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry; and The Libertarians are hoping the second time’s a charm for their presidential candidate, Harry Browne.
By Cara DeGette |
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
Public Eye)
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Picture Me Rollin'
I know people love their SUVs, but do they really need them?
By Matthew Fullen |
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
IQ)
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Letters
Readers of the CS Independent talk back to the editor.
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
Letters)
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Your Turn
Growth fight carries overtones of class warfare
I'm no more a fan of urban sprawl than the next guy. Still I've grown really tired of the arguments people make against growth in the West.
By Hal Rothman |
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
Your Turn)
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The Outsider
Often enough, local government is like Kabuki theater; the plots are so ritualized and familiar that you don't have to be there, or even understand the language, to know what's going on.
By John Hazlehurst |
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
Outsider)
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Small Talk
Douglas Ek: Director and Instructor, Rocky Mountain School of Floral Art
After 30 years of arranging flowers professionally, Douglas Ek returned to Colorado Springs recently to open a professional school, the Rocky Mountain School of Floral Art, principally geared toward people looking to make a career move, but available to lay flower-lovers as well.
By Kathryn Eastburn |
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
Small Talk)
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Back Tracks
Gimme shelter
An update of last week’s Public Eye, regarding the dismissal of Ed Sbarbaro from the UCCS Graduate School of Public Affairs.
July 6, 2000
(Opinions:
Back Tracks)
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The summer of 2000's first promised and much-hyped blockbuster, The Perfect Storm, turns out to be a wash.
By Kathryn Eastburn |
July 6, 2000
(Film:
Reviews)
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I don’t understand why The Kid is being marketed to kids. Seeing as how it’s really about the pains of childhood that lead us to become the people who fell short of our dreams, it’s really more of an adult film than a child’s.
By Andrea Lucard |
July 6, 2000
(Film:
Reviews)
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Movie Times
What's playing, where, and when, on the silver screen in Colorado Springs.
July 6, 2000
(Film:
Movie Times)
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Movie Picks
Our reviewers' recommendations for films showing on Colorado Springs area screens.
July 6, 2000
(Film:
Movie Picks)
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Playing Around
Trinidad Tripoli steel drum band
This week we highlight Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band, who will be performing on Colorado College Armstrong Quad Thursday, July 6.
By Kristen Sherwood |
July 6, 2000
(Music:
Playing Around)
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Playing Around Listings
Where to find live music in the Colorado Springs area.
July 6, 2000
(Music:
Playing Around Listings)
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Appetite
Strip Mall Transcendence: Mayfield's offers bistro charm and quality
Although it’s ensconced in strip-mall sameness, Mayfield’s Bistro offers distinguished fare with flavor and flair.
By Nancy Harley |
July 6, 2000
(Food:
Appetite)
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Potluck
Size Matters
In an age when a medium is actually a small and a small is a short and a tall is a medium, I’m starting to wonder whether measurements as I know them are going through an evolution (or devolution).
By Joe George |
July 6, 2000
(Food:
Potluck)
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Seven Days
What's happenin' this week in the big city -- highlights from our listings.
By Kristen Sherwood |
July 6, 2000
(Culture:
7 Days to Live)
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