Author: Rachael Wright
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A LOOK BACK | Hudson fights for mountain monorail along I-70
Twenty Years Ago This Week: Miller Hudson, executive director for the Colorado Intermountain Fixed Guideway Authority, said he was forging ahead with plans to develop an overhead monorail to alleviate the congestion on Colorado’s highways and interstates. CIFGA was created in 1998 by the state legislature to explore the possibility of a high-speed transportation system…
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A LOOK BACK | Peńa replaces ousted Kirscht, who turns Republican
Forty Years Ago This Week: “It was dandy,” House Minority Leader Federico Peña, D-Denver, said of the 53rd General Assembly. “It was basically a positive experience,” Peña said. “Things looked dim at the beginning of the session, but so far we’ve been able to set up policy reports, we’ve had better communication, the relationship with…
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CO PO A Look Back | May 21 Owens special session stifled by partisan gridlock
Twenty Years Ago This Week: “A waste of $150,000,” seethed Gov. Bill Owens after the special session on growth control ended with the state legislature deadlocking on the issue. “Had they told me at the start of the session that four Democrats on the Public Policy and Planning Committee would not allow any bills to…
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BEST AND BRIGHTEST: Impressive character, dedication and accomplishments
It isn’t Brooke Heinicke’s 4.40 GPA, 5.25 minute mile, nor her qualification for the State Speech and Debate Competition that her parents Kevin and Brenda are most proud of. They’re most pleased with her drive and work ethic, character traits they say extend far beyond the classroom, influencing every aspect of the young woman’s life.…
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BEST AND BRIGHTEST: A combination of knowledge, talent and generosity
Atharva Vispute’s teachers call him one of the most “impressive and amazing” students they have ever taught, but Greg Andersen, Vispute’s Calculus teacher said Vispute’s dominant characteristic is perhaps an even more important trait – his generosity. “He is unselfish with his time, skills, knowledge and talents,” Andersen said. “I have observed Vispute sharing his…
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A LOOK BACK | Children’s internet safety bill killed, Holtzman campaign manager resigns
Twenty Years Ago This Week: An exasperated Rep. Tim Fritz, R-Loveland, told The Colorado Statesman that the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted to pass his bill to require public schools and libraries to use filtering software on any computers where minors could use the internet — and then, the committee effectively killed it. House Bill…
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BEST AND BRIGHTEST: Sacrifice and tragedy led to accomplishment
Palmer High School senior Abraham Kamara describes himself as once “out of control” and credits his mother’s investment in him as the reason why he is where he is today. Kamara’s family is Liberian, but he was born in 2002 in a refugee camp in Kaliahun, Sierra Leone, the last of 10 children. Because of…
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BEST AND BRIGHTEST: Early challenges motivate student’s activism
Gisselle Zamora Ruelas describes the night her mother left on a bus for Mexico as a dreadful, drizzling experience. “The person who pushed me toward becoming a better version of myself was going to be miles away for a period of at least three months,” Zamora Ruelas said. “As a second grader, it broke my…
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A LOOK BACK | 40 years ago: ‘I’m sure there will be a woman vice president very soon’
Forty Years Ago This Week: Betty Rendel, president of the National Federation of Republican Women, traveled to Denver to personally check in on preparations for the national convention, which was rapidly approaching in September. “The future of today’s more educated and highly trained young woman in the political arena is brighter than ever,” Rendel told…
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BEST AND BRIGHTEST: AI developer an emerging leader
Aadi Nashikkar, a Colorado Knowledge Bowl state champion, a Stanford University-bound young man and a Colorado Springs School senior with a 4.499 grade-point average, lost his name sometime during the eighth grade. In Sanskrit, Aadi means “beginning.” When Nashikkar first ran for student government in eighth grade, he was quite unenthusiastic about his first name,…