Author: ltr

Time for some replacements The report of the Robert Blaha/Doug Lamborn GTV event in the June 15 paper tells us a lot about Lamborn and his disregard for the people he works for. His statement that Blaha didn’t deserve the right to a debate was really saying that we the voters don’t have the right…

Family-unfriendly trail As I made plans to take my two daughters, ages 10 and 8, on their first hike up Pikes Peak, my brother shared a recent Backpacker magazine article with me that rated the Barr Trail as one of the top ten most dangerous trails in the United States, due to lightning strikes. Weather…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mayor Bach, are you there? I live about three blocks from the skate park at Memorial Park. It is now 8:06 p.m. I cannot hear my television because the band at this park is so…

Thanks for a job well-done On June 14 a fire started in Cottonwood Creek, and raced into our backyard. Male and female firefighters from Colorado Springs Fire Stations 12, 14, and 20 arrived, and with great team work soon had the  fire under control. When the fire was out, the equipment was cleaned and replaced…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save We’re all on the same team The June 14 political cartoon depicting two football teams, one Traditional Family Values and the other Gays, got me thinking about what exactly family values are. What I value…

We’re all on the same team The June 14 political cartoon depicting two football teams, one Traditional Family Values and the other Gays, got me thinking about what exactly family values are. What I value about family is love, support, a sense of safety and security, sharing and other qualities. Do “traditional” families have a…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Think about it in November In his quest to gather money and votes for his re-election Obama flies around the country (on the tax payers dime) meeting with his Hollywood “experts,” spending a night in…

Think about it in November In his quest to gather money and votes for his re-election Obama flies around the country (on the tax payers dime) meeting with his Hollywood “experts,” spending a night in one of the most-murder cities in the U.S. (Chicago) with his family and mother-in-law. Then he bypasses Congress to make…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Reservation all many have leftRe: Bill Vogrin’s column on Pine Ridge: My husband and I have been going to Little Eagle on Standing Rock Indian Reservation (also in South Dakota) each spring with a group…

Reservation all many have leftRe: Bill Vogrin’s column on Pine Ridge: My husband and I have been going to Little Eagle on Standing Rock Indian Reservation (also in South Dakota) each spring with a group from the OhioPennsylvania area for the past six years. This is another very impoverished community of about 350 people with…