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1998 Stories by Eric Dexheimer

• Prescription Grudge

  published December 10, 1998

  At least this much is clear: Somebody entered the Payless Drugs pharmacy on South University Boulevard early in the afternoon on October 9, 1995,... More >>

• Fly Me

  published November 26, 1998

  Planning your next trip out of Denver International Airport? Here's some helpful advice: Log on to the Web site More >>

• A Drunkard's Dream

  published November 19, 1998

  Bob Bettenberg's stories--and there are a lot of them--have the tempo and anticipation of a joke building toward a punchline, the sentences... More >>

• Pour VAIL

  published November 5, 1998

  With all the sympathy recently being enjoyed by VAIL as a result of the apparent torching of four of its mountain-top facilities, it is easy to... More >>

• Love on the Rocks

  published October 22, 1998

  The town got its name from the railroad that ran through it and siphoned grain from the white elevators that rise above Colorado's eastern plains.... More >>

• Broken Records

  published October 1, 1998

  Think of John Elway and the rest of the Broncos' offense trying to score without their front line. Or the Avalanche endlessly trying to kill an... More >>

• The Buckley Stops Here

  published September 17, 1998

  Two years ago, in an off-election year, Secretary of State Victoria Buckley received nearly $20,000 in campaign contributions. About $5,000 of... More >>

• News and Jews

  published September 3, 1998

  Even though the journalism profession suffers from a low public opinion, there are advantages to the business. Reporters, for instance, enjoy more... More >>

• Turning Water Into Whine

  published August 20, 1998

  On the last day of May 1985, on an isolated nine-acre patch of land in the middle of a former wheatfield 25 miles northeast of Denver, Gary... More >>

• The Big Fix

  published July 30, 1998

  A new, expensive--and largely untested --heroin detoxification technique that promises addicts relief from withdrawal symptoms "while you sleep"... More >>

• Used and Abused

  published July 23, 1998

  On November 10, 1996, Denise Marshall was the graveyard supervisor at Arapahoe House's drug and alcohol detoxification facility in Wheat Ridge.... More >>

• The Money Pit

  published June 4, 1998

  Mildred Bennett won't get her home back, or anything close to the full market value of the two-story Victorian in the Baker neighborhood from... More >>

• Foreclosure Encounters

  published May 21, 1998

  Late last year, Hortense Ross finally moved out of her house. It was a long time coming. For the past several years it had become... More >>

• The Bong Goodbye

  published May 14, 1998

  When tobacco seller Douglas Primavera was charged two months ago with peddling drug paraphernalia out of his small shop in downtown Alamosa, more... More >>

• Defusing a Controversy

  published April 30, 1998

  This week's announcement that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the U.S. Department of Defense have settled their legal... More >>

• A Dirty Shame

  published April 16, 1998

  On April 7, 1987, a hooded man was led into a chamber in the United States Capitol. Great care had been taken to conceal his identity; in addition... More >>

• Smear Campaign

  published April 2, 1998

  This past summer, Joe Smith, a young, up-and-coming Colorado deputy attorney general, decided to run for the top law enforcement job in the state.... More >>

• Go Postal, Go for the Green

  published April 2, 1998

  How much does one ten-hour hostage situation cost? Plenty, if you're talking about the United States Postal Service. This past Christmas... More >>

• An After-Death Experience

  published March 5, 1998

  When Jannette Mayhew popped open the trunk of her car and discovered the bullet-pierced body of her son, she probably thought things couldn't get... More >>

• Fly Boys

  published February 12, 1998

  When Andy Parks was growing up, once or twice a year his family would leave their home in Parker and fly to California or Florida or New York or... More >>

• Union Busted

  published February 5, 1998

  It's been nearly four years since a young woman sent by Local 7 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union to help organize grocery workers... More >>

• Bob Cot

  published January 29, 1998

  Against all odds, Bob Cote finds himself in a suspended state of grace. "How else to explain why I'm here?" he wonders. "It's been a series of... More >>

• Someone to Lien On

  published January 22, 1998

  In Colorado, property-tax bills are due April 30; if they are not paid, the landowner receives a delinquent tax notice a few months later. In... More >>

• Home Sick

  published January 22, 1998

  Mildred Bennett was born to royalty. She is the child of a Russian czar--the proof, she tells you, being a birthmark on her back. George... More >>

• No Taxation Without Misrepresentation

  published January 15, 1998

  While most Coloradans are busy planning how to spend the state tax refunds they will receive thanks to our booming economy, residents of Huerfano... More >>