Author: Nick Walter
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Flying higher at age 15
What is one of your partner’s favorite novels?” Spc. Chris Kurth knew the answer he’d give wouldn’t earn him any brownie points. But he’d accompanied his wife to a marriage seminar. Hadn’t that earned him enough to last for a while? “She wants to start to read,” he said as he looked at his wife,…
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Action sports to show off at Pepsi Center
DALLAS (AP) — Union Pacific is adjusting the timing of the West Texas railroad crossing signal where a collision last month killed four military veterans riding in a parade, a company spokeswoman said Friday. Raquel Espinoza-Williams said the railroad was doing work that will “improve buffer time” so the Midland crossing is “over and above”…
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Rampart grad to play soccer on home turf
4 p.m. ThursdayMichaels8 p.m. ThursdayWalmart- kids, toys, appareal, housewaresSearsKmartToys ‘R’ Us9 p.m. ThursdayTarget10 p.m. ThursdayWalmart- electronics12 a.m. FridayBest BuyKohl’sDick’s Sporting GoodsMacy’sSport’s Authority4 a.m. FridaySearsAAFES5 a.m. FridayWalmart- variousBIG 5Gordman’sLowe’sStaples6 a.m. FridayBed, Bath & BeyondBig LotsBurlington Coat FactoryJCPenneyJoAnn FabricsRadioShackSportsman’s WarehouseKmart7 a.m. FridayMichael’sPetSmartSam’s Club Avoid the crowd? Shoppers wait in the check out line during a Black Friday…
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Rockies get first sweep of season
There’s fresh data to indicate far fewer military personnel and dependents were using absentee ballots to vote this year than did in 2008.But beware of politicians or pundits who rush to label such data as proof military voters are being “disenfranchised,” voting experts caution.Through Oct. 28, 846,442 military personnel, voting-age dependents and U.S. civilians living…
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Closser helps lead Rockies to victory
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — The medic saw Staff Sgt. Robert Bales covered in blood and knew from the pattern of the staining it wasn’t his own. He asked where it came from and where he’d been. Bales shrugged, the medic, Sgt. 1st Class James Stillwell, testified Tuesday. “If I tell you, you guys will…
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Smith more than happy to show Rice the ropes
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash.— Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was largely calm and compliant when he turned himself in following a predawn massacre at two Afghan villages in March, witnesses testified Tuesday. He followed orders, sometimes sat with his head in his hands, and at one point cracked a joke in a failed effort to ease…
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Jennings sets Coors mark
The first African American Air Force Academy graduate passed away Monday in his Montana home. According to the academy, Charles Vernon Bush was a member of the class of 1963 and was a squadron commander, a member of the debate team and the Cadet Wing champion rugby team.After graduating from the academy and then receiving…
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Air Force, Colorado talk about revival
FORT IRWIN, Calif • The decision came in a moment of desperation.Faced with two blown power inverters and a broken coffee machine, one of Staff Sgt. Troy Crabb’s soldiers grabbed a blow torch and a coffee pot and set out for the day’s most important mission.Twice-brewed coffee.Getting through the two weeks downrange at the National…
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L-P’s sky walker
Fort Carson officials plan to open a new gate in mid-November near the southern edge of Fountain. Post officials expect to open Gate 19 on Nov. 14, said Loran Doane, a post spokesman — offering a new southern-most access point for commuters along I-25. The project, which cost more than $1 million, improved the gate…