Author: Paul Asay
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Front lines of faith
Editor’s Note: This story was originally published Oct. 14, 2006. Chaplain Terry McBride would jump out of a plane for his guys. And he does. Frequently. For McBride, a major with Fort Carson’s 10th Special Forces Group, parachuting is just part of his job. He meets soldiers where they are — even if that means…
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Math plus music equals an enlightening field trip
Math is from Mars, music is from Venus.That’s the popular wisdom. Math is crisp, dry discipline best reserved for professionals with pocket protectors. Music seems the antithesis of those facts and figures – an escape into a world of adagios and allegros and occasional kick-butt guitar solos. Music is Beethoven and Bono. Math is balanced…
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RENOVATIONS PART 6: Workers can add personality, warmth to cubicles — if company allows
They’re smaller than your average bathroom and as boring as a Bill Belichick comedy monologue. They’re built from poles and shelves and 5-foot-high fabric-covered walls – offces made of Lego-like parts, if Legos came only in shades of concrete gray. We’re talking cubicles, people. Many Americans spend about 10 to 13 years of their lives…
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10-year yacht voyage finally put on paper
The book was Elmer’s last wish. By the time Helen Olson finished writing “Sailing Elysium,” about their 10-year odyssey across the Pacific Ocean, Elmer Olson weighed less than 80 pounds, down from 230 when they were sailing. He needed a wheelchair by that time and was fading fast – dying from a bone marrow disease…
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Rockies fan took slow road back to bleeding purple
Hydrologist Bob Stogner of the U.S. Geological Survey is studying E. coli levels in Fountain Creek. Photo by (TODD SPOTH, THE GAZETTE)
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Enter the new door to my little house of horrors
Jay Frost recently sold the development rights to 915 acres. “We get some of the value while keeping the ranch on the land,†he said. Photo by (BRYAN OLLER, THE GAZETTE)
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Water wastefulness tanked with recycling Toilet Lid Sink
The Toilet Lid Sink, offered through Gaiam, takes clean water from the tank before draining it into the toilet tank. The makers say the sink will fit on the top of almost any toilet tank. Photo by
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Play and pray
Kids tried out a Cook Communications vacation Bible school last year; the organization does field tests of its programs to gauge children’s interest before sending them to churches. Photo by (COURTESY OF COOK COMMUNICATIONS)