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May 6-12, 2015
Vol. 23, No. 18

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Cover Stories

This is not a test

In the standardized-exam debate, two Springs school districts stake out very different turf
- by J. Adrian Stanley

Talking testing

Teachers from D-2 and D-12 weigh in
- by J. Adrian Stanley

News

Cover Story
This is not a test

In the standardized-exam debate, two Springs school districts stake out very different turf
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags: Cover Story, standardized test, PARCC, Walt Cooper, Andre Spencer, Harrison School District 2, Cheyenne Mountain School District 12, German, Senate Bill 223, opt out, Colorado Academic Standards, No Child Left Behind, John Hickenlooper, American Statistical Association, Kate Doran, Stand for Children Colorado, ACT, teacher, Veronica Layman, math

Marijuana News
Leaf on the Mesa opens in Pueblo, Supreme Court asks Obama and more

CannaBiz
by Bryce Crawford
Tags: CannaBiz, Leaf on the Mesa, Randine Bickel, U.S. Supreme Court, Donald Verrilli Jr., The Growing Kitchen, John Hickenlooper, Amendment 64

» Cover Story - Cover Side
Talking testing

Teachers from D-2 and D-12 weigh in
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags: Cover Side, Kathy Rugh, Gold Camp Elementary, Cheyenne Mountain School Distirct 12, Allyson Fox, Stratmoor Hills Elementary, Harrison School District 2, Michael Miller, Cheyenne Mountain Junior High, Veronica Layman, Fox Meadow Middle School, Joe Bachofen, Cheyenne Mountain High School, Keith Bisaillon, Harrison High School, standardized testing, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak region, ACT, Advanced Placement, PARCC

Local News
Barrier method

Republicans block extension of a lauded birth-control program
by Pam Zubeck
Tags: Local News, Owen Hill, Kit Roupe, Larry Crowder, KC Becker, Corrine Rivera-Fowler, Colorado Organization of Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights, Janak Joshi, Terri Carver, Gorden Klingenschmitt, Lois Landgraf, Paul Lundeen, Dan Nordberg, Pete Lee, Ray Scott, Jerry Sonnenberg, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, El Paso County Health Department, Wolk adds that Medicaid and private insurance don't reimburse the full amount for IUDs, which can cost up to $900. Besides, he adds, "There are a lot of folks who still don't have insurance or who are in transition, especially teenagers and young women."

Local News
Suthers out-raises Makepeace again

Suthers had $20,282 in cash on hand as of Friday.
by Pam Zubeck
Tags: Local News, John Suthers, Mary Lou Makepeace, Jared Polis, David Jenkins, The Mining Exchange, Jan Martin

Local News
Taking stock

A new law will take Colorado crowdfunding to the next level
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags: Local News, crowd funding, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, House Bill 1246, stocks, bonds, investment, local, Pete Lee, Michael Shuman, Dave Anderson, Todd Baldwin, Red Leg Brewing Company, Jared Ertle, Colorado Division of Securities, Thomas Duening, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Long Story Short
Standardized testing: A multiple-choice problem

Long Story Short
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags: Long Story Short, American education, standardized testing, Colorado

Noted
Ute Pass to stay open, immigration enforcement ends, female cops sue, and more

Noted
by J. Adrian Stanley and Pam Zubeck
Tags: Noted, Mountain Metropolitan Transit, National Military Appreciation Month, 287(g) Program, Ute Pass, Colorado Springs Police, David Amster-Olszewski, SunShare, NRG Renew, Popo Wee Market, Jin Ju Kim, Spice

Columns

End Zone
Broncos: Brilliant yet baffling

End Zone
by Ralph Routon
Tags: End Zone, Denver Broncos, John Elway, Gary Kubiak, Shane Ray, Wade Phillips, Gino Gradkowski, Shelley Smith

Good Dirt
Help with an uphill climb

Good Dirt
by Tim Bergsten
Tags: Good Dirt, Russell Finsterwald, U.S. Cup, mountain biking, Andy Bohlmann, Kathleen Bohlmann, Ascent Cycling Series, Cameron Chambers, Tracy Thelen, Sand Creek Sports

Semi-Native
Where your stuff goes when it's gone

Local View
by Laura Eurich
Tags: Local View, spring cleaning, Discover Goodwill, Southern and Western Colorado, Marita Sobotka, Bradd Hafer, pallets

Street Smarts
Beer here — and there, and there ...

Street Smarts
by Kendall Kullman
Tags: Street Smarts, Daniel Cerna, Ed Griggs, Gretchen Foster, beer, breweries, Colorado Springs, Pikes Peak region

Hiking Bob
Take a hiking road trip
by Bob Falcone
Tags: Hiking Bob, IndyVoices, HikingBob, hiking, outdoors, Colorado Springs, road trips, Pueblo Mountain Park, Pueblo, Mountain Park Educational Center, San Isabel National Forest, Devils Canyon, Beulah Valley

Slice Of Life

City Sage
Sexing up our local democracy

City Sage
by John Hazlehurst
Tags: City Sage, voting, Colorado Springs, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, J.W. Sheafor, strong mayor

Stranger Than Fiction
Escape slowed by hole in leg

Stranger Than Fiction
by Roland Sweet

Advice Goddess
Online dating and the disabled guy

Advice Goddess
by Amy Alkon

Food & Drink

Dining Reviews
Ramon Q's dishes Motor City munchies

Appetite
by Bryce Crawford
Tags: Appetite, Ramon Q's Cantina Foodstruck, Elizabeth Gilberti, Michael Gilberti

Dining Reviews
JAKs Brewing Company, La Mission, Southern Hospitality Southern Kitchen

Dine & Dash
by Bryce Crawford and Matthew Schniper
Tags: Dine & Dash, JAKs Brewing Company, La Mission, Southern Hospitality Southern Kitchen, Bourbon Brothers Southern Kitchen

Food News
Welcome to American Craft Beer Week in the Pikes Peak region

If it seems like around every corner there's a new brewery or tap house popping up these days, well, that's because there is.
by Carrie Simison
Tags: Food News, American Craft Beer Week, Pikes Peak region, Pints and Plates, Hops & Stops, Colorado Springs Independent, Video

Food News
Authentic Italian to Circle Boulevard, Borriello/CMB soon to Manitou

Side Dish
by Matthew Schniper
Tags: Food News, Carbonella Creations, Big Green Egg, Molly Hamlin, Enrico Romagnoli, Italian, Borriello Brothers, Colorado Mountain Brewery, Creekside Cuisine, Manitou Springs, Bill Stein, Side Dish

Food News
Pints & Plates

May 12-14
by Griffin Swartzell
Tags: Features

Food News
The state of craft

Craft beer is getting big. Really big.
by Ryan Hannigan
Tags: Features, Brewers Association, Craft Brewers Conference, Colorado, Colorado Springs, breweries

Music

Interviews
Lovebirds separate without losing their song
by Chris Parker
Tags: Interviews, The Lovebirds, interview, prom queen, Veronica May, Lindsay White, Colorado Springs, All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, folk, harmony, music, Video

Interviews
Feedback loop

The Jesus and Mary Chain do it again
by Tom Lanham
Tags: Interviews, Jesus and Mary Chain, interview, Jim Reid, William Reid, Psychocandy, Just Like Honey, Ogden Theatre, music, Video

Album Reviews
Blur, Great Lake Swimmers, Dwight Yoakam

AudioFile
Tags: Sound Advice, Blur, The Magic Whip, Great Lake Swimmers, A Forest of Arms, Dwight Yoakam, Second Hand Heart, album, review, music

Concerts
Major concerts in Colorado

Big Gigs

Concerts
Bar and club gigs in the region

Playing Around

Culture

Film
Celluloid heroes assemble in Avengers: Age of Ultron

Age of Ultron is fundamentally about what makes humanity worthy.
by Scott Renshaw
Tags: Reviews, Avengers, Age of Ultron, film, review, Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr, Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Marvel, comics, Video

Visual Arts
'Beguiling matrix'

Barbara Sparks fixes her camera on our neighbor to the south
by Darcie Graybill
Tags: Art News, art news, book, Barbara Sparks, Far Flung Places: The Photography of Barbara Sparks, Taos: Land, People, Spirit: The Photography of Barbara Sparks, Taos Society of Artists, Agnes Martin, The Broadmoor Galleries

Calendar

IndyBlog
Liquor stamp — get yours
by Matthew Schniper
Tags: Food & Drink, The Colorado Springs Passport, beer, American Craft Beer Week, Pints & Plates

IndyBlog
Denver reelects its mayor
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags: Local News, Politics, mayor, Michael Hancock, Denver, John Hickenlooper, affordable housing

IndyBlog
Blackalicious emcee to play Flux Capacitor Thursday
by Bill Forman
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Reverb, Flux Capacitor, Gift of Gab, Blackalicious, underground, hip-hop, rap, music, Colorado Springs

IndyBlog
Review extra: Veronica's Room at Funky Little Theater Company
by Edie Adelstein
Tags: Theater, stage, review, Bill Wheeler, Funky Little Theater Company, Veronica's Room

IndyBlog
Drone bill dies in legislature
by Pam Zubeck
Tags: Politics, Jeffrey Roberts, Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, drones

IndyBlog
Frustration reigns as Cottonwood exiles Readers' Theater
by Edie Adelstein
Tags: Theater, stage, Readers' Theater, Bill and Genie Durland, Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Jon Khoury, Tribal Tales

IndyBlog
ACLU to represent two men detained by CSPD
by Bryce Crawford
Tags: ACLU, Colorado Springs Police Department, Ryan Brown, Benjamin Brown, Video

IndyBlog
Army to head for PCMS training ground
by Pam Zubeck
Tags: Military, Operation Raider Focus, Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Fort Carson, Stryker, Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Police, 4th Infantry Division

IndyBlog
Blame my mother for my career choice
by Sean Cayton
Tags: IndyVoices, Colorado Springs, photography, Mothers' Day

IndyBlog
Rampart Reservoir opens for the season
by Pam Zubeck
Tags: Local News, Rampart Reservoir Recreation Area, Colorado Springs Utilities, U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Parks & Wildlife

IndyBlog
USAFA steps up security
by Pam Zubeck
Tags: Military, Air Force Academy, North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Cheyenne Mountain Air Fort Station, Maj. Beth Smith, Meade Warthen

IndyBlog
7 Wonders: Building a Hell of a Time, Every Time
by Nate Warren
Tags: IndyVoices, Colorado Springs, board games, 7 Wonders, gaming

IndyBlog
Llamapalooza rained out
by Bill Forman
Tags: Breaking News, Entertainment, Music, Reverb, Llamapalooza, cancellation, weather, Colorado Springs, music, Colorado College

IndyBlog
UPDATE: Amazing passive-aggressive letter inside El Paso County Courthouse
by Bryce Crawford
Tags: Local News, El Paso County, courthouse, passive-agressive letters

IndyBlog
A good reason to get off your bike
by J. Adrian Stanley
Tags: City Gov, Local News, Outdoors, bikes, cycling, Colorado Springs Bike Master Plan, meetings, trails

Special Issues

SimpliCity
The Trans-Pacific Partnership could mean more beef imports and natural gas exports

SimpliCity
by Joshua Zaffos
Tags: SimpliCity, Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, High Country News, NAFTA, Wikileaks, Japan, LNG, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Natural Resources Defense Council, fracking, American Farm Bureau, Bill Bullard, R-CALF, COOL, Ron Wyden, Orrin Hatch, Jared Polis, Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee

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