Email Author Eric Dexheimer

1994 Stories by Eric Dexheimer

• A PAIN IN THE NECK

  published December 14, 1994

  part 2 of 2 Stjernholm, Son and Grandson Buffalo Acres occupies a wedge of land in unincorporated Lakewood between Mt. Carbon Dam, which holds... More >>

• A PAIN IN THE NECK

  published December 14, 1994

  part 1 of 2 A friend writes: We want you to know about the tumor in our son Brandon's neck, and how it was successfully treated by a Dr.... More >>

• BOULEVARD OF DREAMS

  published November 30, 1994

  You would think that developer and financier Larry Mizel would have bigger battles to fight. Mizel, who has an estimated worth of more than $100... More >>

• INNOCENCE LOST

  published November 23, 1994

  part 1 of 2 In a two-week period beginning in mid-October 1993, Spencer Day went on a crime tear that was as remarkable for its workaday... More >>

• INNOCENCE LOST

  published November 23, 1994

  part 2 of 2 Most people know of aversion therapy through Anthony Burgess's book, or Stanley Kubrick's 1971 movie by the same name, A Clockwork... More >>

• ON THE OFFENSIVE

  published November 23, 1994

  Timothy Wacker represents perfectly the conflict that mental-health professionals continue to face over the treatment of sex offenders. He started... More >>

• HUNTING SEASON

  published November 16, 1994

  Crime is on the rise these days, although not necessarily on the streets. Television programs such as Cops show real-life alleged perpetrators... More >>

• COURTING DISASTER

  published November 2, 1994

  part 2 of 2 As much as their cases have become a rallying cry for women seeking payment for the controversial bone marrow transplant... More >>

• COURTING DISASTER

  published November 2, 1994

  part 1 of 2 Last spring, when Barbara Tepe walked out of her California home, slipped into the car next to her husband and began driving to... More >>

• MEXICAN STANDOFF

  published October 19, 1994

  One year after 2,000-odd runners sprinted or limped across the finish line, the defunct and discredited Denver International Marathon continues to... More >>

• BLAZING THE ORGAN TRAIL

  published October 19, 1994

  Once it appears, it's a difficult image to shake: The friendly skies filled with thousands of iced kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs crisscrossing... More >>

• OFF THE RECORD

  published October 12, 1994

  Last year, when Bruce Benson had the court records of his divorce from his former wife, Nancy, sealed, he became a member of a very elite club. Of... More >>

• THE PLAN THAT FELL TO EARTH

  published October 5, 1994

  Listening to Denver city officials, residents might be tempted to conclude that the missteps and delays plaguing Denver International Airport are... More >>

• BRUCE'S GENEROUS PALS

  published September 28, 1994

  part 2 of 2 The Savings & Loan Connection In 1991 Benson made much public hay over Senator Tim Wirth's ties to the national... More >>

• BRUCE'S GENEROUS PALS

  published September 28, 1994

  part 1 of 2 Ever since Bruce Benson began waging his campaign for the governor's office, his opponents have used his fortune against him by... More >>

• 5...4...3...2...1...HEADS UPLET'S DO LAUNCH NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. JUST FLEX YOUR MISSILES.

  published September 7, 1994

  part 1 of 2 To many people, Dennis Lamothe would seem to pose an unacceptable risk. For starters, on this scorching Saturday morning he is... More >>

• 5...4...3...2...1...HEADS UP

  published September 7, 1994

  part 2 of 2 As anyone familiar with rocketry knows, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This week in Argonia, that... More >>

• UNECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  published September 7, 1994

  The money and effort government spends in the name of economic development is supposed to bring a community new companies and additional jobs. But... More >>

• DOCTOR VS. DOCTORS

  published August 24, 1994

  When he was booted from school, Terry Hamburg did what any student these days would do. He sued his teachers. Except that Hamburg was no... More >>

• MT. PAPERWORK

  published August 24, 1994

  For anyone who has ever attended a local government planning meeting, it is a familiar sight: A developer or lawyer wheels in a stack of boxes,... More >>

• LOVE AT FIRST SET

  published August 10, 1994

  Chet sits in a plastic-belted lawn chair facing the Washington Park tennis courts, classically dressed: white shirt, pocketed shorts, a white cap... More >>

• LOW FINANCE

  published August 10, 1994

  An economics magazine used as a teaching aid by the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs is giving the school a crash course in accounting.... More >>

• THE NURSE WAS SCRUBBED

  published August 3, 1994

  Accountants do it when they crunch numbers on their relatives' tax returns at no cost. Lawyers do it when they handle a friend's legal advice for... More >>

• CLASS STRUGGLE

  published July 20, 1994

  It has been just over a year since Colorado legislators gave the go-ahead for amateur reformers to dabble in public education. The Charter Schools... More >>

• UNHEALTHY COMPETITION

  published July 13, 1994

  part 1 of 2 Every generation or so--most recently in 1976--the Bijou Creek, which runs north through the eastern plains from Colorado Springs,... More >>