Sam Howe loved being a Denver cop. He also loved to clip stories about crime and police work from the newspapers. Fortunately, he worked at both jobs for a long, long time. Howe began his law-enforcement career as a deputy city marshal in 1873 and became a member of Denver’s…
Of the 4,000 critters that scamper, slither, swing and swim at the Denver Zoo every day, a tan mutt named Bodie may be the least exotic. The approximately one-and-a-half-year-old collie/Labrador mix is a domestic counterpart of the ringtailed lemurs, hippos, Asiatic bears, vultures, clown fish and macaws that share his…
1. The town of Eagle has prepared a helpful guide for media types covering Kobe Bryant’s next court appearance — but the Quizmeister has even more helpful information. For example, $6.95 buys you this at the renowned Grand Avenue Grill: A. A Grand Avenue Burger. B. A slab o’ ribs…
Peace has returned to the 3000 block of South Race Street. Earlier this summer, the Cherry Hills Vista community was a hotbed of barking dogs and even louder humans, as neighbors squabbled over whether Mike Newbury and his girlfriend, Marla Leighton, should be allowed to keep five miniature dachshunds in…
Oh, the irony. The new show at the Denver Civic Theatre, Puppetry of the Penis, depends on controversy (and, yes, sheer voyeurism) to draw audiences, but the art exhibit that was supposed to accompany Puppetry’s opening was just too, well, controversial. Last month, Denver Civic managers asked Edge Gallery –…
In decades past, many of those on the right side of the political continuum blustered themselves blue on the subject of the media’s alleged liberal bias — and while such griping has lessened of late, it hasn’t vanished. The coverage of separate controversies swirling around professional bigmouth Rush Limbaugh and…
From the beginning, we are instructed by our parents, teachers and clergyfolk not to take pleasure in the misfortunes of others. Never snicker at the girl who stutters, the boy who cannot catch the softball or, a little later, the poor classmate bewildered by algebra. In adulthood, do not ridicule…
Ticket to Bride Russia to judgment: Julie Jargon’s “Russian Roulette” and “For Love or Money,” in the September 25 issue, were interestingly sensational. I seriously doubt the veracity of most of what she wrote. The outright theme was that only desperate old men and people with many personal and legal…
Ricardo Guzman brought his family to Colorado from California three years ago, seeking a better life. This summer, Guzman’s stepson, sixteen-year-old Eric Campos, left Colorado for the same reason. Eric started his pilgrimage in a stolen van, sped to escape the cops — and died in a rollover accident hundreds…
“I started getting in the system when I was ten,” says Paul Thompson, now 49. At first it was little stuff, like stealing milk. But then he got into drugs and drinking and spent most of his time with his friends, hanging out in a motorcycle-crate dugout in the front…
All of Denver was starstruck in August when director John Sayles announced that much of his next feature film, Silver City, would be shot in town. Suddenly, this celebrity-starved city could count an actual Hollywood big shot as a local resident, albeit a temporary one. Better yet, the Sayles production…
So there’s this guy who lives a life of hushed, isolated desperation. He works crappy jobs and has bad luck with girls. Because he’s from the Midwest, he exudes a kind of weary cynicism, a rust-eaten worldview held together by tendrils of tenderness and humility. But one day it all…
1. Looking for signs of economic recovery, the Quiz United Board of Blowhards and Lazy Eyeballers (QUIBBLE) has spotted some good news. Last week our one-man recovery engine, Shoppin’ Stan Kroenke, bought: A. A Greeley ranchwear factory to give him a more rugged Western look. B. Papaya Online, a direct…
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 and harassment. Like any military operation, this one requires a tactical approach and a thorough knowledge of the enemy. Armed with studies conducted by everyone…
Colfax Avenue has long been the place to go when guys are looking for a little action. But in this Johns TV era, some of the business has moved uptown. Way uptown. Recently, an Off Limits correspondent was approached by a man in the Westminster Plaza Safeway, who wanted to…
Why should anyone feel sorry for the Colorado Rockies? The eleven-year-old club has been blessed with support that, at its peak, was the envy of Major League Baseball, giving the squad’s brain trust the means to assemble a championship-caliber crew the newfangled way: by buying one. But despite a hefty…
On September 14, Glen House raced to the top of Pikes Peak. Starting at 5 a.m. with a headlamp to light the way, the Colorado Springs physician finally reached the summit parking lot — 7,400 vertical feet and thirteen and a half miles later — just after 10 a.m. Hundreds…
The Hair Apparent Crossing the line: Regarding Laura Bond’s story “Raw Power” in the September 18 issue, I was wondering about her statement that “Matthew has to register with law-enforcement agencies in some states before he can legally enter them.” Are these “states” in this country? How does this work,…
On August 3, 2001, Dietrich Angerer and Viktoriya Dubovchenko stood in the Summit County Courthouse and bound their lives together. But there were no bridesmaids or groomsmen to celebrate the occasion. No father to walk his little princess down the aisle. Even Dietrich’s own mother, Josefina Ygoa, was at home…
From Russia With Love, a Denver-based mail-order-bride company, knows its target market: desperate old men. “Perhaps by now you have heard every excuse in the world why this or that lady will not go out with you. One of the most common responses is: You are just too old for…
Debi Drewes was in the kitchen of her Athmar Park home when she heard the crash. It was shortly after seven in the evening on September 11, 2001 — a day already overburdened with tragedy and grief. Drewes grabbed her portable phone and headed outside. A Taurus sat on her…
Thirty minutes before kickoff on the night of the much-hyped Monday Night Football game between the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders, the concrete pavilion outside Invesco Field at Mile High was invaded by tens of thousands of football fans in uniform. Mixed in with the middle-aged, open-beer-can-carrying, potbellied rival…
