Email Author Julie Jargon

2003 Stories by Julie Jargon

• A Cure for the Common Cold Case

  published December 18, 2003

  Linda Donelson pulled into her driveway at six o'clock on a wintry Monday evening in March. She'd just picked up her seven-year-old grandson,... More >>

• CSI: Denver

  published December 18, 2003

  On the sixth floor of Denver police headquarters at 1331 Cherokee Street is a cluster of rooms few people know about. From these spartan offices... More >>

• Student Aid

  published December 18, 2003

  College senior Sally Vizas is no stranger to the chilly reception law-enforcement types give families and private investigators looking into cold... More >>

• Strike One, You're Out!

  published December 18, 2003

  David Ryan Urton, a 21-year-old cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, faces possible disenrollment and a $100,000 fine for taking beer to... More >>

• Strike One, You’re Out!

  published December 11, 2003

  David Ryan Urton, a 21-year-old cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, faces possible disenrollment and a $100,000 fine for taking beer to... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published November 20, 2003

  It took more than two years of investigations and hearings, but two weeks ago, John Dicke finally lost his psychology license. The State... More >>

• No Kill Bill

  published November 13, 2003

  There's nothing like a good catfight. For the past two decades, animal shelters across the country have been describing themselves as... More >>

• Angel Eyes

  published November 6, 2003

  Jasmine arrived wrapped in a soft blue-and-pink baby blanket. Helen Martin gingerly unbundled the dark-haired infant and dressed her in a frilly... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published October 16, 2003

  Last Thursday, museum directors from across the country descended on Golden for a conference hosted by the Mountain-Plains Museums Association,... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published October 2, 2003

  Lieutenant General John Rosa stood before a group of reporters last week and announced that the Air Force Academy is waging war on sexual assault... More >>

• Russian Roulette

  published September 25, 2003

  On August 3, 2001, Dietrich Angerer and Viktoriya Dubovchenko stood in the Summit County Courthouse and bound their lives together. But there were... More >>

• For Love or Money

  published September 25, 2003

  From Russia With Love, a Denver-based mail-order-bride company, knows its target... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published September 25, 2003

  Members of an independent panel charged with reviewing sexual misconduct at the United States Air Force Academy offered sharp words for the... More >>

• Culture Clash

  published September 18, 2003

  Just as the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, beneficiaries of its special sales tax are changing... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published September 18, 2003

  Faculty and students at the United States Air Force Academy have opposing perceptions of the school's atmosphere for women and efforts to prevent... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published September 11, 2003

  When Jessica Brakey first enrolled in the United States Air Force Academy, she believed in its hallowed honor tradition. Like every other cadet,... More >>

• Community Watch

  published September 4, 2003

  Nothing instills fear in homeowners like threats to their quality of life and the possibility of declining property values. The fear is so... More >>

• See Jane Read

  published August 28, 2003

  Jane Komperda is just learning to hear vowels and consonants in her head. She's been paying close attention to the whisper and buzz certain... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published August 14, 2003

  Denver's public schools were in bad shape last year. Students were entering middle school -- even high school -- without basic reading skills, and... More >>

• Capitol Ill

  published August 7, 2003

  Total Science, a junglist duo from the U.K., is behind the Snake Pit's DJ booth. Their beats have the primal feel typical of British electronica,... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published July 31, 2003

  Cadets call it the Zoo. And recently their pet name for the United States Air Force Academy has become remarkably apropos, as more and more... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published July 24, 2003

  Robert Wayne Rosberg, you've really done it this time. What were you thinking when you parked outside that high school? You know that as a... More >>

• Honor Rolled

  published July 17, 2003

  For more than forty years, cadets at the United States Air Force Academy have been pledging to live honorably and to abide by a simple code: "We... More >>

• Take These Wings

  published July 17, 2003

  Andrea Prasse is reviled at the Air Force Academy. Not only was she branded a liar, but... More >>

• Follow That Story

  published June 26, 2003

  Members of a military panel charged with studying the sexual-assault problem at the Air Force Academy didn't give the officers in charge there a... More >>