Author: Carlyn Ray Mitchell
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Daylight saving time: Health experts and lawmakers sound the alarm over changing the clocks
As the nation prepares to move its clocks an hour forward this Sunday, medical professionals and lawmakers are sounding the alarm. They say that going back and forth between two times is unnecessary and unhealthy. On Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio and several of his colleagues reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which is aimed at making…
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BEST & BRIGHTEST: Family tragedy spurs teen to help children
This is the 16th profile of 20 about The Gazette’s Best & Brightest Class of 2011. — Over the last four years, Jacob Dahlke has centered his extensive community service contributions on helping better sick children’s lives, a pattern spurred by a family tragedy. Dahlke was a high-school freshmen when his six-year-old cousin was diagnosed…
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BEST & BRIGHTEST: Failure, challenges helped teen define goals
This is the 15th profile of 20 about The Gazette’s Best & Brightest Class of 2011. — Samantha Olvera has a long list of accomplishments and personal triumphs, but the moment she has singled out as defining her is one in which she tried, struggled and failed. She was on a school cross-country ski trip…
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BEST & BRIGHTEST: Teen aimed for wide range of experiences
This is the 13th profile of 20 about The Gazette’s Best & Brightest Class of 2011. — Natalie Pate’s resume shows she does a little bit of everything. From all kinds of performance, student leadership, volunteerism and a dash of sport, there’s not a whole lot Pate hasn’t done — or at least tried. That’s…
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BEST & BRIGHTEST: Teen hopes to grapple with world issues
This is the 12th profile of 20 about The Gazette’s Best & Brightest Class of 2011. Andrew Theobald’s passion for finding common ground started at age three. An extroverted American pre-schooler “starting over” when his father’s job sent the family to Belgium, he vividly remembers struggling with the language barrier and briefly retreating into his…
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BEST & BRIGHTEST: Senior’s acceptance of heritage opened world to her
This is the second profile of 20 about The Gazette’s Best & Brightest Class of 2011. When Roya Mirhossaini’s third grade teacher told her post- 9/11 that there is no such thing as an Iranian-American, Mirhossaini’s worldview shifted. The daughter of an Iranian engineer who left his home country before the revolution, Mirhossaini suddenly found…
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Silver Key assists widow with repairs
Gretel Fitzpatrick has lived in the same Colorado Springs home for the 54 years since she married a soldier who brought her from her home in Germany. Widowed for 10 years, Fitzpatrick, 78, found her home in need of major repairs — a new roof, furnace, siding — all at once, eating into her meager…
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Westside Cares helps man with rent
Shane Crews moved to the Pikes Peak region from California after seeing its beauty and meeting a few friendly people during a five-hour layover. The same Colorado Springs friendliness that drew Crews to the area last year helped him recently get through a a tight financial spot. Crews was working for a local market research…
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Tri-Lakes Cares helps family after job loss
When Todd Fowler lost his job more than a year ago, his family needed help almost immediately. With little savings and more than half the family’s income lost, Fowler found himself having to swallow a great deal of pride when asking for assistance. “The stigma of having to reach out and ask for help through…
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EMPTY STOCKING FUND: Medical bills keep pushing couple to edge
Shortly after Leylie Aghevli and her fiance Christopher Lange moved to Colorado Springs from New Mexico for her job three and a half years ago, Lange woke up vomiting blood. He landed in the hospital, the first of dozens of visits for a worsening case of pancreatitis. This year, Lange has been hospitalized 30 times.…