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Adoptive family seeks award for bomb dog that went to war
News Published: Wed, June 19, 2013
Ruby and Wade Ridpath with their combat veteran dog, Carlos, who served five years as an explosive-detecting dog in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Ridpaths nominated Carlos for the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards in the military dog category. by Erin Prater erin.prater@gazette.com – “Bring him home.” As Ruby Ridpath typed those words into an [...]
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- Bernie Herpin may face Sen. John Morse in recall, if he gets signatures
- FIRE NOTEBOOK: Reception canceled for Waldo exhibit
- Red flag fire warning for El Paso County, dry conditions all week
- Man in custody after traffic stop
- UPDATES: New areas to open temporarily Wednesday morning to Black Forest fire residents
Life
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s ‘gentlest giraffe’ dies at age 32
Life Published: Tue, June 18, 2013
Courtesy of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo The Gazette – The most recognizable giraffe at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, known for her unique, nearly all-white coloring, died Tuesday morning due to complications of old age. Becky, a 32-year-old reticulated giraffe, had been on a “quality of life watch” for about a year and a half, the [...]
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A&E
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: The dogs who went Hollywood
Arts & Entertainment Published: Tue, June 18, 2013
by t.d. mobley-martinez tracy@coloradosprings.com – I love dogs. And I’m not alone. Which is probably why they have found themselves pictured or portrayed since men began to walk upright. Cave paintings and Egyptian murals. Those “Blue Dog” paintings. Tin Tin’s Snowy, L. Frank Baum’s Toto in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” Astro, Scooby Doo and [...]
Sports
Sky Sox use Chris Volstad’s pitching, solid defense to top Tacoma 4-1
Sports Published: Tue, June 18, 2013
by JOE PAISLEY joe.paisley@gazette.com – Colorado Springs starter Chris Volstad got into a rhythm and the Sky Sox defense came up with three big double plays to down Tacoma 4-1 Tuesday night. The first two double plays ended Rainier scoring threats in the second and seventh innings and the final, a line drive grab by [...]
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- Former Rockie Esmil Rogers shuts down former team in 8-3 Toronto victory
- Northern Colorado football camp entry fees given to Red Cross after fire
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- KLEE: With limited roster, CSU football must rely on flexibility of coaches
- McBride and Paulsen can’t carry Colorado Springs Sky Sox to victory in 12-7 loss to Las Vegas
Business
New hires, promotions & honors
Business Published: Wed, June 19, 2013
The Gazette – Tom Reiter has been named chief executive officer and president of Rocky Mountain Health Care Services, which provides a continuum of services to people who are elderly, blind, brain injured, disabled or living with diabetes or AIDS. Reiter will start July 1. He has more than 23 years experience in health-care organizations, [...]
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Military
Army show at home base brings a case of nerves for Fort Carson soldier
Military Published: Mon, June 10, 2013
In The Soldier Show, the stars of the show are not only performers, but soldiers. The Soldier Show travels the world to entertain our soldiers and their families. The show came to Ft. Carson on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) by erin prater erin.prater@gazette.com – hen the Army’s “Soldier Show” rolled into [...]
DRILL BABY DRILL!!!
This has to be stopped! There is too much risk in Hydraulic Fracturing! The county should require that oil and gas drilling occurring in compliance with the 2001 Clean air and Water act. In Colorado, water is already a scarce resource!
Please become informed on what Fracking is and what it could do to our health as well as our property values. Please google fracking, or watch “Gasland” or any of the various you tube videos on the subject.
Tap water catches on fire, dangerous levels of toxic gasses seeping into our schools and homes, hair loss, brain tumors, infertility form drinking the tap water.
Here is some information on Hydraulic Fracturing:
*Between 1 million and 5 million gallons of water are needed to frack a well. More is needed if a well has been fracked before
* Scientists have found that 25 percent of chemicals used in fracking can cause cancer; 37 percent can disrupt the endocrine system; and 40 to 50 percent can affect the nervous, immune and cardiovascular systems.
* There is an average of 7 spills every 5 days in Colorado associated with the oil and gas industry in Colorado–more than one each day. (Have you noticed in the news the schools being evacuated due to “mysterious odor’s making people sick?)
* To date, over 100 municipalities across the country have passed resolutions to stop fracking within their jurisdiction. Colorado should follow suit.
I can not believe that an exception was granted to the moratorium on drilling applications. What harm can further study do?
Water is not scarce in Colorado. It snows. It melts. And we sell it to other states. The fact that your utility company is creating an artificial scarcity to instill fear in your psyche is another subject.
Everyone should educate themselves about fracking. You won’t do it with the documentary ‘Gasland’. When ‘Gasland’ was released the Colorado Oil and Gas Commission found so many factual errors they conducted a study and published a report. See the link below. The bottom line is that ‘Gasland’ is a fraudulent documentary.
The producer of ‘Gasland’ was publicly confronted with proof the flaming faucets assertions were fraudulent. He admitted as much but said he had no intention of removing that from the film. He said it served his purposes. In otherwords it misinformed people.
http://cogcc.state.co.us/library/GASLAND%20DOC.pdf
I agree with Lisa.
Even if part of gasland is true, I don’t want it here. Ski sounds like he works for the gas company.
Look in the report section about contamination from ” previous” drilling genius. Your own report shows that drilling directly contributed to people’s water supply being hazardous…regardless of whether it happened years ago or now… It WAS contaminated. The point here is Colorado springs residents don’t want poison in their drinking water regardless of who is drilling or when. Sheesh talk about missing the point…
We have lots of snow that melts….therefore we have lots of water? You are an idiot sir… And so is the horse you rode in on. Just to put it into pictures for your elementary mind I included a drought map from this year.
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/
Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting
Thanks, Debbie, for paying attention to the county end-runs while city council debates this issue,
How is oil drilling in El Paso Cty affecting water from Pueblo Reservoir?
We were given the responsility to be stewards of our land. Those of us who live in the area where these wells are being drilled depend on the water on our property. We can’t get city water. We use this to drink and feed out animals. If oil drilling affected the water we have to truck it in…try this sometime. Think about the chemicals in the water when you eat your steak or eat your vegetables. Contaminated water get into everything.
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Debbie, we will miss your presence at PPACG and PPRTA meetings diligently taking notes for publication in the Gazette. We will look forward to your next assigner’s assignments in the region.
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