Author: Andrea Brown
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Woodland Park voters sink pool/rec center project, but the idea is not dead
When Woodland Park voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposed sales tax increase last week to pay for a $14 million swimming pool and recreation center, they only killed the funding mechanism, not the project. Mayor Steve Randolph, who easily won re-election to a second two-year term in last Tuesday’s mail-ballot election, said he believes a more…
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YOUR SPACE: Hiatus to Haiti for hysterectomies
For spring break, Steve and Diane Foley and their son, Ben, flew to the Caribbean to spend a week removing fibroid tumors, doing hysterectomies and running basketball clinics. Huh? Steve and Diane are doctors. Ben is a high school basketball player. OK, now it makes sense. Sort of. This wasn’t some one-time, feel-good trip…
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Dog wins mayoral post in Divide
DIVIDE • A three-legged dog beat a three-legged cat to become the new mayor of Divide. Spright, a pit bull mix, won the ceremonious post in an election where votes were bought. The former stray, known as “Mighty Sprighty” in the campaign, received 4,755 votes. At her heels was runner-up Walter, an orange tabby, with…
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YOUR SPACE: Confessions of a teenage card shark
Some teens flip burgers to earn money for college. Bret Brander is flipping cards. We’re not talking Texas Hold’em. Bret, 17, is a Pokémon shark. Instead of playing with diamonds and spades, his deck has cheeky yellow Pikachu rodents and holographic anime monsters. His winnings are flippin’ amazing. How does $7,000 for college tuition sound?…
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Oh baby! Apple’s wonder child has arrived
Apple’s new baby has arrived. The 1.5-pound, 9.7-inch screen iPad landed Saturday into the eager hands of tablet computer geeks. But is the supersized iPhone (that doesn’t make calls) worth the hype? Brandyn Baca thinks so. The 18-year-old Apple junkie skipped school Friday to wait 24 hours outside the Apple Store at The Promenade…
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Man stabbed in possible gang-related fight
A 24-year-old man who was beaten and stabbed drove himself to the hospital for treatment early today. Colorado Springs police said the man, whose name was not released, was assaulted in the 2600 block of East Yampa Street about 2 a.m. The victim told police he was at a friend’s house when several males attacked…
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YOUR SPACE blog: Truck driver delivers special package – his daughter – thanks to heroic 911 dispatcher
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Woodland Park election goes off the deep end
How wacky can one election get? Woodland Park voters thought they had some tough choices in the April 6 mail ballot election simply trying to decide whether to increase the city sales tax to build a $14 million pool and recreation center. But just as ballots were being mailed on March 15, voters learned Mayor…
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YOUR SPACE: Mom will sing, dance for tub of fake butter
Brooke McLay likes to get a little wild in the kitchen. One night last November she got a lotta wild. And what the 33-year-old leggy brunette did with a tub of margarine to disco music … well, let’s just say she regretted it. But the regrets came too late. Her husband filmed the kitchen romp…