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YOUR SPACE: He's the human jukebox
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CAÑON CITY • Gary Bennett is a Sybil on steroids. Instead of 16 personalities, he has 626. The showy silver fox is a human jukebox. No quarters needed. “I impersonate 132... Full story

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Mayor's race in Divide has gone to the dogs
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DIVIDE • This mountain town is electing a... Full story
YOUR SPACE: Welcome to the Your Space blog
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YOUR SPACE: The security guard and his purse dogs
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Mayor's race in Divide has gone to the dogs
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DIVIDE • This mountain town is electing a mayor and the winner is going to be a real political animal. It’s a real cat fight. Some say the race is fixed. And, chances are, the next mayor is, too. The slate of candidates for... Full story
YOUR SPACE: Welcome to the Your Space blog
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It’s called Your Space for a reason: It’s your space. Please don’t make me do all the work!  Tell me about your friends, your neighbors and yourself —  and I’ll tell Gazette readers in this blog.... Full story
Security guard Matt Matthews with Sophie, left, and Spike, his pooch partners in fighting crime
YOUR SPACE: The security guard and his purse dogs
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The brawny security guard walks through Acacia Park, his billy club swinging, stun gun fully charged and handcuffs at the ready. Matt Matthews is a Vietnam vet and a tough guy. But try telling that to the two little purse dogs pulling him by the... Full story
Chuck Zukowski, UFOlogist
YOUR SPACE: He's a paranormal guy
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Most guys chase members of the opposite sex. Chuck Zukowski chases members of the opposite universe. He’s a UFOlogist. He studies alien abductions and cattle mutilations. He’s a ghost buster. And now he’s tracking... Full story
YOUR SPACE: Calling all unsung heroes ... this means you!
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You know you did it. Your family and friends know you did it. Now it’s time for everybody to know you did it. The Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross wants to make you a Hometown Hero. Starting next month, five people ... Full story
McCabe's Tavern quizmaster Aaron Retka with the shot meter that counts the number of shots players buy him at the weekly Geeks Who Drink meet
YOUR SPACE: Meet the king of the geeks
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Aaron Retka studied chimpanzees at the San Diego Zoo for his Colorado College thesis in anthropology. Those primates were tame compared to his current species: beer-soaked geeks and drunk hecklers. He’s a pub quizmaster. He’s part... Full story
Suzy Luff, hatmaker
YOUR SPACE: Hats-4-Hope warms 1,000 tiny heads
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One thousand hand-loomed hats. One thousand tiny heads. One $10 Christmas gift. One teenage girl. “I named it Hats-4-Hope,” says Suzy Luff. She’s the teenage girl. Suzy started the project to warm the tiny heads of babies in... Full story
Alphie Omar starts his shift as a Salvation Army bell ringer at The Citadel mall by finding the phone number on the bottom of the bucket and calling it. Omar was born without legs and most of his arms, but doesn't let that stop him from living a full life.
Limitations don't keep Springs bell-ringer from living large
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Alphie Omar sits in a wheelchair, ringing a bell. The familiar red kettle of the Salvation Army sits nearby. “Hullo,” Omar says in his deep, throaty baritone. “Hullo.” He greets all, whether they feed the kettle or not.... Full story
Luis and Melodee Bochelen with 12 of their 14 children
YOUR SPACE: Family of 16 is forever
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Brittany. Brianna. Bethanny. Joshua. Joseph. Julia. Carl. Cadence. Cecilia. Scott. Savanna. Kim. Lizzie. Dylan. Fourteen stockings hang from the mantle. Gifts pop from under the tree. But what’s under the tree isn’t as important as what... Full story
Shani Krudo, mall kiosk saleswoman
YOUR SPACE: She's the one you try to avoid at the mall
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‘Tis the season to be ambushed by those mall kiosk pit bulls that jump out and chase you and don’t let up. I usually alter my path to avoid them. But this time I was a pit bull reporter on the prowl for a story about who these people... Full story
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