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2002 Stories by Julie Jargon

• Pet Project

  published December 12, 2002

  At five years old, Nugs is feeling the effects of middle age. He has arthritis in both hips and doesn't walk like he used to. Rather than suffer,... More >>

• Arrested Development

  published December 5, 2002

  Robert Wayne Rosberg is a convicted sex offender. Some would say he shouldn't be allowed the luxury of rejoining society. He should be locked... More >>

• The Inner Sanctum

  published December 5, 2002

  Just before 6 p.m. on a recent, unseasonably warm Thursday, two young girls exit a nondescript office building off Colorado Boulevard and... More >>

• Man Overboard!

  published November 14, 2002

  As Colorado's Ocean Journey tries to stay afloat in a sea of red ink, bankruptcy experts keep nibbling away at the aquarium's finances. When... More >>

• Heaven on Wheels

  published November 7, 2002

  One by one, they arrive on their Harleys. Young to middle-aged men wearing ponytails, beards, Sturgis T-shirts, bandannas, black leather vests and... More >>

• God Is His Co-Pilot

  published November 7, 2002

  As he walks through the showroom at Titan of the Rockies, the Lakewood motorcycle dealership where he's repair-shop foreman, Nick Nichols relays... More >>

• Knock, Knock, Who's There?

  published October 24, 2002

  While most people are buying candy to give to kids on Halloween, Greg Zerwas is haunted by kids trying to sell him candy. Kids dropped by... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published October 3, 2002

  For the first time in a long while, the workplace culture at the Denver Botanic Gardens is looking rosy. After more than two years of high... More >>

• A Spaced Odyssey

  published September 19, 2002

  Next week is going to be big for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. After seventeen months of renovation, the museum's new west atrium will... More >>

• Shuttle Diplomacy

  published September 19, 2002

  They're portraying it as a classic David and Goliath match-up: the little guys who drive people to the airport for a living versus the big... More >>

• Alienation Nation

  published August 22, 2002

  Five-year-old Alex looks like the happiest kid in the world. His smiles, captured forever in photos proudly displayed around his mother's cubicle,... More >>

• Separation Anxiety

  published August 22, 2002

  A dozen years ago, Pamela Stuart-Mills Hoch was in a very troubled marriage. Already verbally abusive, her husband finally assaulted her... More >>

• Do We Have a Caucus?

  published August 22, 2002

  To save the caucus or squash it: That will be the question this November. Every two years since 1912, Democrats and Republicans have gathered... More >>

• Yeah, That's the Ticket!

  published July 25, 2002

  Although Denver's Parking Management Division has been getting a lot of negative press lately, the city's three More >>

• Park Place

  published July 25, 2002

  Denver's Parking Management Division, which is part of the Department of Public Works,... More >>

• Divorced From Reality

  published July 11, 2002

  Cyndee Struyk expected her divorce to be final in three months. Instead, it took almost ten. The divorce was also supposed to be a mannerly... More >>

• The Adams Family

  published July 11, 2002

  A man abuses his daughter, and somehow the authorities find out. The social services department in his county soon files a dependency-and-neglect... More >>

• Divorce, Collaboration-Style

  published July 11, 2002

  Attorney Sheila Gutterman is at the forefront of the divorce debate in Colorado, but... More >>

• Shark Bait

  published July 4, 2002

  The sharks are biting at Colorado's Ocean Journey. Not the sharks inside the fish tanks, but the sharks along Seventeenth Street, who are circling... More >>

• Shape Up Or Ship Out

  published June 13, 2002

  Friday, May 3, 7:15 p.m., 13th Avenue and Pennsylvania Street Six men and six women are gathered across the street from a coffee... More >>

• A Fine Mess

  published June 13, 2002

  Brian and Carmela Giovanetti were the first visitors to arrive at the Children's Museum on Saturday, April 6. They had come early to prepare for... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published May 30, 2002

  Home- and private-school students who want to take classes on the Web scored a small victory in May when the Colorado Legislature passed a bill... More >>

• Family Style

  published May 16, 2002

  Ever since abandoned warehouses in lower downtown were transformed into livable lofts and the addition of Coors Field ushered in restaurants and... More >>

• Speak and Be Heard

  published May 9, 2002

  Before Chris Todd even started school, his mom knew there'd be trouble. The signs were all there. He was more rambunctious and aggressive than... More >>

• Model Students

  published April 25, 2002

  When freshman students enter West High School this fall, they won't feel lost in the big building. They'll take all of their classes on one floor,... More >>