Author: Jon Lentz
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Local 9-year-old wins national model rocket contest
The one thing Taylor Goodwin didn’t like about her model rocket was its loud blastoff. But when she learned she had won the Reach for the Stars Rocket Contest, a nationwide model rocket competition, the noise was nearly as deafening. “I’m not sure I could still hear out of that ear the way she was…
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AFA swine flu cases rise, but officials say outbreak has peaked
Air Force Academy officials believe the swine flu outbreak among freshmen at the military school probably has reached its peak, although the number of confirmed cases continued to rise. Academy spokesman John Van Winkle said Wednesday there were 97 confirmed swine flu cases at the school, up from 67 on Tuesday. However, 93 students remained…
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Makeover may give viewers snake eyes
On a hill near Woodland Park, an old rancher named Toby Wells stumbled across something that stopped him in his tracks.A curved, striped, 6-foot-long figure lay silently before him, still as dead wood.The rancher took his walking stick and prodded the smooth surface. Satisfied that it wasn’t alive, he carried the prize home and locked…
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Nonprofit grants sick, disabled kids a western-style wish
Garrett Ross sure knows how to “cowboy up.” After two heart transplants and 22 surgeries, the 10-year-old has kept at it when the going got tough. That’s why Western Wishes arranged for the rodeo-crazy boy from Peyton to meet some of the country’s top cowboys. “It’s helped his spirits,” said Kathy Ross, his mother. ”He…
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Suspect bites the hand that Tasers him
A 21-year-old man is accused of biting a woman, then biting a deputy who was called to the scene early Wednesday, the El Paso Sheriff’s Office reported. Timothy Gaby was arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest, second-degree assault on a peace officer and third-degree assault on the 30-year-old woman. He was also arrested on three…
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Springs drivers ranked among nation’s safest. Really.
To those who have eaten the dust of the driver doing 90 mph down Powers or slammed on the brakes to avoid the woman breezing through a red light while yakking on her phone, take comfort in this: Colorado Springs drivers are the 10th safest in the U.S., according to a report released Wednesday by…
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Funds can ease cancer burden
Matt Bernsen had just started a job as a chef and was about a month away from getting health insurance when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news was devastating enough, but on top of that, he was stressed out over how he would cover his medical costs. Staff at Memorial Hospital told him…
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Hospital programs give a financial shot to cancer patients
Matt Bernsen had just started a job as a chef and was about a month away from getting health insurance when he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The news was devastating enough, but on top of that, he was stressed out over how he would cover his medical costs.Staff at Memorial Hospital told him not…
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E-470 goes cash-free, but expect a bill
There’s no need to haul out the wallet anymore on trips along the E-470 tollway in Denver. The E-470 cash lanes will be shut down permanently starting Saturday, and drivers without an ExpressToll account will have their license plates automatically photographed and a bill sent to the vehicle’s registered owner. “It’s a much, much safer…
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Woman at heart of Hep-C probe convinced Springs center not to contact her employer
When Kristen Diane Parker interviewed for a job at the Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado Springs in April, she requested that her employer in Denver not be contacted because she still worked there, an Audubon spokesperson said Friday. The scrub technician charged on Thursday with swapping syringes that may have spread hepatitis C to…