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Swift sport stackers fling flagons in Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tim Haig and his 6-year-old son Michael were the ringers in a national cup-stacking competition in Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon.The father-son duo from Holland, Mich., was full of smiles and seemed laid back as they…
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Swift sport stackers fling flagons in Springs
Tim Haig and his 6-year-old son Michael were the ringers in a national cup-stacking competition in Colorado Springs Sunday afternoon.The father-son duo from Holland, Mich., was full of smiles and seemed laid back as they practiced stacking and unstacking 12 plastic cups in pyramid patterns for the parent-child stacking competition at the 2012 U.S. National…
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D-11 budget cuts could hit teachers, administrators, programs
School and administrative jobs and programs are on the chopping block and some fees could increase as Colorado Springs School District 11 prepares its budget for the 2012-13 school year. In an email sent earlier this week to staff, Superintendent Nicholas Gledich said the district is preparing for the worst while hoping for the best.…
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Lupus patients share tales of horror and hope in photo exhibit
Johnny Wilson spent 24 years as a Navy photographer. When he retired in 2009, he started aiming his lens at people with interesting stories to tell: combat veterans, breast cancer survivors, heart transplant patients. But the one of the young woman with the haunting eyes and bandaged, scarred belly, clutching a mass of prescription bottles,…
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Springs hospital atop annual rankings again
If the HealthGrades annual hospital rankings were the Oscars, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services could be its Meryl Streep, winning accolades year after year after year.On Tuesday, HealthGrades posted its list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals, and Penrose-St. Francis was on it for the fifth consecutive time — the only Colorado hospital to once again make…
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Lupus patients share tales of horror and hope in photo exhibit
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Johnny Wilson spent 24 years as a Navy photographer. When he retired in 2009, he started aiming his lens at people with interesting stories to tell: combat veterans, breast cancer survivors, heart transplant patients. But…
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Springs hospital atop annual rankings again
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If the HealthGrades annual hospital rankings were the Oscars, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services could be its Meryl Streep, winning accolades year after year after year.On Tuesday, HealthGrades posted its list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals,…
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Church brings new life to religious artwork
When all of the other local churches were doing traditional passion plays during the Lenten season about 18 years ago, members of First Lutheran Church wanted something different. Staff member Judy Wach went to Garden Grove, Calif. where a small church had a different way to tell the story of Jesus. Instead of a traditional…
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Church brings new life to religious artwork
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When all of the other local churches were doing traditional passion plays during the Lenten season about 18 years ago, members of First Lutheran Church wanted something different. Staff member Judy Wach went to Garden…
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Handmade capes fill elementary with super readers
Students at Taylor Elementary School get excited about going to the principal’s office. That’s because Principal Missy Hollenbeck’s office is where they pick out the pieces to make superhero capes after reaching reading goals. “Anytime we can get kids motivated to read, it will help their academics,” Hollenbeck said. To earn capes, students at the…