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2001 Stories by Jonathan Shikes

• Off Limits

  published July 26, 2001

  While Colorado's Ocean Journey is awash in financial woes, its founders are doing swimmingly. Back in February, William Fleming and Judy... More >>

• Off Limits

  published July 19, 2001

  John Denver died in the water -- he crashed his experimental plane into California's Monterey Bay in 1997 -- but he lived in, and for, the... More >>

• Walking Tall

  published July 19, 2001

  Bill Coleman is a hardworking man. He's reliable and responsible, and he shows up on time. In fact, his previous employers have nothing but good... More >>

• Off Limits

  published July 12, 2001

  Villa Italia Mall, which opened in 1966 on one hundred acres at the corner of Alameda Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, will officially... More >>

• Off Limits

  published July 5, 2001

  No one likes a backseat driver. They're pushy and distracting, and even if they're right, their tone of voice is annoying. The same goes for those... More >>

• Off Limits

  published June 28, 2001

  Vail, whose motto over the last few decades could well have been "Where rich kids come to get drunk and party," now wants to crack down on... More >>

• The Writing on the Wall

  published June 28, 2001

  At 120 feet wide and 80 feet tall, Terabeam Corp.'s new billboard demands attention. And since it appeared on the wall of the Allright Parking... More >>

• Off Limits

  published June 21, 2001

  Denver's State of the City address came early this year -- but not because Mayor Wellington Webb wanted to get it out of the way before he... More >>

• Off Limits

  published June 14, 2001

  The Denver cops had their hands full Saturday night as drunk and happy fans of the Stanley Cup-winning Colorado Avalanche poured into LoDo for a... More >>

• Off Limits

  published June 7, 2001

  Baring some skin for the cause of animal rights two weeks ago, Cynthia Lieberman, a Denver resident and People for the Ethical Treatment of... More >>

• Off Limits

  published May 31, 2001

  The Beat goes on and on: Back in the spring of 1951, Jack Kerouac sat down in a New York apartment and in twenty days typed out the... More >>

• Off Limits

  published May 24, 2001

  What do President Dubya, Hustler magazine, the Securities and Exchange Commission, AT&T, the North American Man-Boy Love... More >>

• Off Limits

  published May 17, 2001

  Back in 1972, when Louisville and Broomfield were just sleepy little burgs that broke up the empty space between Denver and Fort Collins, no one... More >>

• The Middle of Somewhere

  published May 17, 2001

  For more than fifty years, the Plains Conservation Center has been trying to preserve a remnant of the eastern Colorado high plains.... More >>

• Off Limits

  published May 10, 2001

  Easter was last month, so the bunny sighted at Argonaut Wine & Liquor on May 5 must have been another animal altogether. Indeed. Playboy's... More >>

• Off Limits

  published May 3, 2001

  Talk about greasing the wheels! At last Saturday's Carousel of Wishes Ball (not to be confused with the Carousel Ball hosted in the early... More >>

• Off Limits

  published April 26, 2001

  Denver will get its chance to make a lasting impression on Boeing executives next week when the aerospace company makes a second visit to the... More >>

• Off Limits

  published April 19, 2001

  It's not easy working for the state prison system. You spend the majority of your waking hours dealing with the criminal element -- or at least... More >>

• Off Limits

  published April 12, 2001

  Andy Warhol quipped that in the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes -- but he didn't explain how to make it happen. The... More >>

• Off Limits

  published April 5, 2001

  Of the nine candidates running for the District 6 city council spot recently vacated by Susan Casey, Charlie Brown probably has the... More >>

• Off Limits

  published March 22, 2001

  Writer Neal Pollack is not to be trusted. In his first book, The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature, the former... More >>

• Off Limits

  published March 15, 2001

  The $500-an-hour man, lawyer Steve Farber, was roasted Tuesday at a luncheon benefiting the I Have a Dream Foundation. And how appropriate... More >>

• Off Limits

  published March 8, 2001

  Cliff May is bigtime. Over the past few months, the former Rocky Mountain News editor/columnist and sometimes Denver talk-show host... More >>

• Off Limits

  published March 1, 2001

  Wild West adventurer turned entertainer William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody was no stranger to the spotlight. He knew how to please a crowd,... More >>

• Off Limits

  published February 22, 2001

  U.S. Representative Joel Hefley was no fan of President Bill Clinton; the Colorado Springs Republican regularly critiqued the... More >>