Good, Bad, Indifferent Regarding Patricia Calhoun's "It's a Good Thing," in the April 24 issue: Who cares whether Governor Roy Romer knows who Martha Stewart is? I'm more worried that he may not remember where Colorado is. Hey, Roy: It's in the center of the country. Remember? Jack Haynes Arvada...
Read It and Leap Patricia Calhoun: What happened to you? Your April 17 column, "Look Before You Leap...to Conclusions," was sensible and well-reasoned. In short, it was a refreshing change from your usual strident harangues. Sal Connors Denver Denver P.D. Blues Regarding Karen Bowers's "Sliced and Dicey," in the April...
Net Gains Regarding Alan Prendergast's "Nightmare on the Net," in the March 6 issue: I have been following the heavy-handed tactics of the Church of Scientology, in general and on the Internet, since 1993. I took Scientology courses and escaped with relatively little damage way back in 1974. Your article...
John Yelenick was raising his family on a farm in Henderson when he had his water tested in 1985. He wasn't looking for nerve gas. But a few years later, after the nearby Rocky Mountain Arsenal made the Environmental Protection Agency's first Superfund list, Yelenick and the rest of the...
The English Patient Kenny Be, you dunce--don't you keep up with the news? Your March 13 Worst-Case Scenario, "What the World Now Owes Brad Irwin and Suzanne Terry," contained at least two mistakes. The big one was depicting British prime minister John Major attending the G-7 Summit this summer. Your...
Murder, Ink Westword, I'm very impressed. Karen Bowers's stories on two Colorado death-penalty cases ("A Trust Betrayed," February 27, and "A Fight to the Death," March 6) were excellent pieces of reporting and writing. While Bowers's descriptions of the murders of Ashley Gray and Lorraine Martelli were as chilling as...
Pocket Change Regarding Eric Dexheimer's "Growing Pains," in the January 2 issue: You know, there are a lot of people deliberately paying less than $7,000 for lumpy, bumpy blue sex toys at adult stores. Glen has with him at all times something that most people have to keep in a...
To the immutable rules of life mandating romantic fidelity, high-quality whiskey and early knowledge of the multiplication tables, it might be wise to attach the following: The moment you turn twelve, stop seeking autographs. This comes to mind in the wake of an announcement last week that Michael Lasky, founder...
At the midpoint of Escape From L.A., a futuristic action yarn from director John Carpenter, protagonist Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) walks along a crumbling street with Taslima (Valerie Golina), a shell-shocked but spunky resident whose shag haircut seems to have been created by DuPont Stainmaster. It's a nothing bit, really--a...
To hear Ernie Paragallo tell it, he owns the fastest three-year-old on the face of the earth--maybe in the history of the universe. "I don't think he'll be beaten again," Ernie boasted last week. "Ever?" a reporter asked. "Ever," the owner said. Now, if you'd like to take that to...
In 1988 Irma Zimmerman stood on the back porch of her lime-green house in Overland Park and faced a tornado. "We watched it come right up Asbury," she says, shaking her head of tangled gray hair. "Stood there like idiots and just watched it come. Hurling doors and sheds and...
On Tuesday, April 2, KBPI disc jockeys Dean Myers and Roger Beaty--better known as Dean and Rog--demonstrated how well they'd learned their lesson. As every local able to turn on a radio knows, Myers and Beaty, who can be found weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m. at 106.7 FM, were...
When my arteries start clogging up like Colorado Boulevard, Indian food is just what the doctor ordered. While some cuisines cancel out vegetables and rice with sugary sauces and fatty pork products and still call themselves healthy, this is the real thing: meats marinated in low-fat yogurt, lentil-thickened sauces and...
Wednesday August 9 Listen and learn: Jazz and Japan are the culturally diverse subjects at two separate lecture series in the area. The Chautauqua Forum Series ends its season at 8 tonight with a time-honored tradition--a concert lecture given annually by Willie Hill, University of Colorado College of Music professor...
Want the best method for picking the winner of this Saturday's Kentucky Derby? Just follow these three easy steps: 1. Lock your doors and draw the blinds. 2. Have five or six mint juleps. 3. Call Uncle Willie down at the state hospital and ask him who he likes. As...
Wednesday April 26 The works: Appearing tonight as part of the Creative Music Works' innovative Wednesday-night music series, the double quartet Index Ensemble will rework a few concepts with the help of two guitarists, two saxophonists, voices, and percussion and vocal samples. Index begins to beat, spin, strum and blow...
At the beginning of his performances, John Cale says, "I think a lot of people are kind of mystified by what I'm doing. But on a good night, they're intrigued by the end." Those two sentences neatly encapsulate the dilemma that is Cale. Although he's most widely recognized as a...
At the moment, Westword may be responsible for the only positive revenue stream at Denver's $5 billion new airport. That's because we pay the city's Airport Revenue Fund $1.25 for each piece of paper we are allowed to see regarding the fees paid to private legal firms retained by the...
I'm a hugger," confesses voice-over artist and teacher Dick Terry. He draws nearer, his smile exuding a blinding white glow. "Did you know that your voice changes when you smile?" he asks. With each elongated, oddly cadenced syllable, he broadens his already enormous grin until his face is all but...
Ironically, it took a legal threat to convince Denver city attorney Dan Muse to release the legal bills of Debevoise & Plimpton, the high-priced spread that's rung up a $1 million tab representing Denver's interests against the Securities and Exchange Commission's "informal inquiry" into DIA bond sales. If an "informal"...
In order to reach Cooperstown, New York, from the north, you drive south on winding, tree-shaded Route 28 through the villages of Dennison Corners, Richfield Springs and Schuyler Lake, whereupon the lovely shore of Lake Otsego springs into view, then the picturesque town beyond. From the south, stay on 28...
This was the year that was. And what was the year 1994? From a musical standpoint, it was a transitional period. Some trends arose and some trends died during the past twelve months, but no movements were so overpowering that they brushed aside everything else in their paths. As a...
