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Adoptive family seeks award for bomb dog that went to war
News Published: Wed, June 19, 2013
Ruby and Wade Ridpath with their combat veteran dog, Carlos, who served five years as an explosive-detecting dog in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Ridpaths nominated Carlos for the American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards in the military dog category. by Erin Prater erin.prater@gazette.com – “Bring him home.” As Ruby Ridpath typed those words into an [...]
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- Man in custody after traffic stop
- UPDATES: New areas to open temporarily Wednesday morning to Black Forest fire residents
Life
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s ‘gentlest giraffe’ dies at age 32
Life Published: Tue, June 18, 2013
Courtesy of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo The Gazette – The most recognizable giraffe at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, known for her unique, nearly all-white coloring, died Tuesday morning due to complications of old age. Becky, a 32-year-old reticulated giraffe, had been on a “quality of life watch” for about a year and a half, the [...]
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A&E
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: The dogs who went Hollywood
Arts & Entertainment Published: Tue, June 18, 2013
by t.d. mobley-martinez tracy@coloradosprings.com – I love dogs. And I’m not alone. Which is probably why they have found themselves pictured or portrayed since men began to walk upright. Cave paintings and Egyptian murals. Those “Blue Dog” paintings. Tin Tin’s Snowy, L. Frank Baum’s Toto in “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” Astro, Scooby Doo and [...]
Sports
Sky Sox use Chris Volstad’s pitching, solid defense to top Tacoma 4-1
Sports Published: Tue, June 18, 2013
by JOE PAISLEY joe.paisley@gazette.com – Colorado Springs starter Chris Volstad got into a rhythm and the Sky Sox defense came up with three big double plays to down Tacoma 4-1 Tuesday night. The first two double plays ended Rainier scoring threats in the second and seventh innings and the final, a line drive grab by [...]
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- Former Rockie Esmil Rogers shuts down former team in 8-3 Toronto victory
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- KLEE: With limited roster, CSU football must rely on flexibility of coaches
- McBride and Paulsen can’t carry Colorado Springs Sky Sox to victory in 12-7 loss to Las Vegas
Business
New hires, promotions & honors
Business Published: Wed, June 19, 2013
The Gazette – Tom Reiter has been named chief executive officer and president of Rocky Mountain Health Care Services, which provides a continuum of services to people who are elderly, blind, brain injured, disabled or living with diabetes or AIDS. Reiter will start July 1. He has more than 23 years experience in health-care organizations, [...]
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Military
Army show at home base brings a case of nerves for Fort Carson soldier
Military Published: Mon, June 10, 2013
In The Soldier Show, the stars of the show are not only performers, but soldiers. The Soldier Show travels the world to entertain our soldiers and their families. The show came to Ft. Carson on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) by erin prater erin.prater@gazette.com – hen the Army’s “Soldier Show” rolled into [...]
Fighting off the cat is the most work he has done since he joined the council. Find that cat and let it loose in City Hall and then, maybe something will get done in this city.
I guess he will finally stop disregarding the law and quit trespassing at the Incline too.
Gee Bex, your comment may mean something if it had anything at all to do with the story. Your utter bitterness is showing.
This reminds me of the Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the rabbit and the holy hand grenade! Bet the feral cat had big teeth.
Gee Mat and Bex and you just leave the hate out for one darn day?
Will he get “struck my lightening” or “struck by lightning”?
OK, you changed “my” to “by” but what about “lightening”? Does this mean he could be struck by a hair lightening product?
This is hilarious. How stupid can this man be.
so they dont want to spend money to get rid of feral cats
poetic justice
“allergic to elective office”
Nice work Tim.
Why would people have such nasty and cruel comments to make about a person simply because he has chosen to serve in elective office? I didn’t vote for Leigh, but so what? He is a decent man and he had something happen to him that might have happened to anyone. He has some serious infections to live with.
What’s wrong with us? Where has our common decency gone?
Some of these posted comments are shameful and petty.
This sounds like a funny story until you have lived or witnessed it. Feral pets are not domesticated nor vaccinated, which presents a risk to the community. My hope is that this experience will galvanize the community to take action to pass, fund agencies, and enforce ordinances/laws that will protect the community and that includes the animals with it.
Here’s hoping the infection has not spread and that Tim makes a complete and full recovery-and makes it through the summer without any further run ins with bad events.
Never ever ask what is next. You are looking for trouble then.
I wonder, was it a fully automatic assault cat with a high capacity magazine? This incident demands the immediate intervention of Eric Holder to ban dangerous assault cats.
If he’s a Republican then I’m on the cat’s side.
Ha ha ha….serves him right. He’s worthles.
I am curious as to if it is news that a council member is attacked by a cat then goes golfing. Mr. Leigh just got a chunck of free press. Should we worry about the mayor stubbing his toe, too?
Hope the cat does not contract a disease from him.
My God, how melodramatic can you get?? The guy sounds like a wimp. I’ve been attacked by a feral cat before….and I NEVER sounded so pathetic. LOL
Now, if he could put that same intensity and focus that he’s shown on his ‘attack story’ into his work on the City Council, Colorado Springs might actually start improving economically. LOL
Rachel, sweetie, someone out there probably thinks you’re worthless too. How would you like them spreading their hateful thoughts about you in a newspaper?
Well Average Joe, if you’re so much more the man than he is, why don’t you just step on up and see how you do running a city?
Tom,
Councilman Leigh did not go golfing after the cat attack. He attended the Mayor’s Cup to show his support, but he didn’t swing a golf club. Actually, he probably couldn’t swing a golf club even if he wanted.
Daniel
This isn’t a political story – I hope the fellow gets well quickly an thoroughly.
Can’t wait until he fixes the garbage disposal. “Tim Two Fingers”
Sorry that happened to you. Now there will be a bad taste in peoples minds about most cats. I think the real pet problem is all the lose dogs and poop everywhere and no one seems to be enforcing the Law on these pets.
No, Tim, actually we are “allergic” to you holding elected office!
If this man was given a enema it would cause his demise.
SO..which is scarier Tim? The Crazy Feral Kitty or Big Boss Bach? I guess vacation time in Havana can’t come fast enough. Bring back some good economic advice for our city …and thank you for your service ..Comrade.
This guy’s uses the Gazette like Twitter. Who cares that this dude got beat up by a cat? Is this news? Come on Gazette you can do better than this
and the winner is……..mother nature lol
How odd. No required rabies shots after that? Perhaps it’s not just your lawmakers that are brain-dead. Perhaps its those that voted them all into office or gave them jobs in the medical industry too. Maybe its your altitude. Or all the lead in your urban soils from decades of using leaded fuels.
At least I am safe in knowing that no feral cats will ever come from my land and attack or destroy any other living thing on earth. Once any cat, collared or not (for stray collared cats are the very source of all feral cats) steps foot on my land they are instantly and humanely shot to death and buried deeply so no wildlife can die from all the diseases in cats today. I had to shoot and bury hundreds of these invasive-species vermin over two years ago because they had effectively annihilated ALL wildlife from my land. From the smallest of prey to the top predators that they starved to death by destroying all their only foods.
And contrary to cat-lovers’-lies, zero cats have replaced them in over 2 years now. Simple reason: cats attract cats. Get rid of every last one and there’s no reason for more to show up. Should even ONE ever step foot on your land again? Shoot on sight — A.S.A.P. Or you’ll be up to your a** in cats again in a short matter of time — destroying all native wildlife on your land again and spreading their many deadly diseases again (which now even includes the plague, no rats nor fleas even required, people in the USA have already died from cat-transmitted plague).
May the rest of you grow as responsible for all life on your planet.
p.s. And the winner for the biggest moron poster here?
LILITHIA
CATS ARE A MAN-MADE INVASIVE-SPECIES — NATURE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
What about the really important issue here: The cat?
Boy, will Tim stop at nothing to get his name and picture in the paper. I guess it’s one way to keep reporter DC busy. I’m sure these things happen all the time but they aren’t newsworthy. Tim must have called the batline to the gazette.