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2001 Stories by Julie Jargon

• New Life

  published December 20, 2001

  Tony Garcia could see the shame and anger on the faces of the men who came to the Colorado AIDS Project to ask for help. They were men who spoke... More >>

• A Thought for Your Pennies

  published December 20, 2001

  While the Colorado AIDS Project faces a unique struggle because of the complex changes... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published December 13, 2001

  The only thing that's certain about the Central Registry of Child Protection is that it's not clear whether it's serving its intended purpose,... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published November 15, 2001

  The Denver Botanic Gardens announced this week that it will reorganize its operations, laying off seven employees for budgetary reasons and... More >>

• Growing Pains

  published November 8, 2001

  The Denver Botanic Gardens has emerged from a two-month investigation into accusations of "unethical administrative practices" with a promise to... More >>

• The Accused

  published November 1, 2001

  The 69-year-old woman shuffled into the courtroom slowly, towing an oxygen tank behind her. She'd made the trip to the Chancery building at 1120... More >>

• A Daunted House

  published October 25, 2001

  Ocean Journey is like a ghost town these days. The aquarium just suffered the slowest month ever, and what's even spookier is that attendance... More >>

• The Missing Lynx

  published October 11, 2001

  At the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gary Patton devoted four years to developing conservation strategies for the Canada lynx, a wild cat... More >>

• The Plot Thickens

  published September 27, 2001

  Birgitta De Pree's garden is a mirror of her eccentric personality. The square piece of land she tends in the Emerson Street Community Garden is... More >>

• Throw Away the Key

  published September 13, 2001

  It's 11 a.m., and two of the girls living in the treatment center in north Boulder are sleeping. The other four are still in their pajamas,... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published August 30, 2001

  Area cultural organizations can stop worrying -- for now -- about whether Colorado's Ocean Journey will detract from their sales-tax revenues by... More >>

• Swimming With the Sharks

  published August 9, 2001

  Colorado's Ocean Journey will find out this week whether its request for taxpayer support will sink or swim when the Scientific and Cultural... More >>

• Keeping Secrets

  published August 2, 2001

  In the days since Boulder activist John Sherwood jumped off Flagstaff Mountain to his death on July 16, his stunned friends, fellow activists and... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published July 26, 2001

  The Denver Botanic Gardens is trying to be a better neighbor to residents who have long complained about noise from summer concerts, the high... More >>

• Enemy Mine

  published July 5, 2001

  At first, the townspeople couldn't believe it. And they didn't want to talk about it. It is, after all, the heart of their community, the only... More >>

• This Is a Job for Superfund!

  published July 5, 2001

  About 80 percent of the time, the companies that contribute to the contamination of Superfund... More >>

• The Secret Garden

  published June 14, 2001

  For six years, local landscaper and gardening writer John Starnes has been leading summer tours of Fairmount Cemetery, a green thumb's paradise... More >>

• A Dying Wish

  published May 31, 2001

  The white wood house at 1795 Quince Avenue in north Boulder used to be a hive of activity. Young children came to visit their grandparents.... More >>

• Teach Your Children Well

  published May 10, 2001

  It's a Friday afternoon at the Renaissance Children's Center in Lakewood, and six-year-old Demetrey Fulks is out of control again. First he hit a... More >>

• Hide and Seek

  published May 10, 2001

  The members of the Denver Board of Education were so unimpressed by the superintendent candidates that a search firm produced almost two years ago... More >>

• Culture Clash

  published April 26, 2001

  When schoolchildren visit the Museo de las Américas, one of the first pieces Jacquelynn McDaniel shows them is a contemporary painting... More >>

• The Lions Roar

  published April 26, 2001

  In the coming years, Denver residents will see some major -- and expensive -- expansions and renovations at the city's Big Four institutions. The... More >>

• Poetic Justice

  published April 19, 2001

  Seth Brigham fits right in at the Penny Lane coffeehouse. A longtime Boulder resident, he produces an off-color program for the city's... More >>

• A Bad Rap

  published April 12, 2001

  Kim Benson doesn't know why Teller Elementary has such a bad reputation. She just knows that many parents who live around Congress Park won't even... More >>

• 'Tis Better to Receive

  published March 22, 2001

  Wendy is the birthday girl for the second time in six months. On her first "birthday," in September, she got $20,000. And she's hoping to receive... More >>