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Funeral for Sen. Faith Winter will be held Friday at the Colorado Capitol
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Colorado Sen. Faith Winter will be remembered on Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. in a funeral service on the state Capitol’s west steps. A celebration of life reception will follow. Winter died on Wednesday, Nov. 26, in a three-vehicle accident on I-25 near East Dry Creek Road. The accident is still under investigation by the…
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Merv Bennett, former member of Colorado Springs City Council and longtime YMCA leader, has died
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Merv Bennett, a former member of Colorado Springs City Council and a major force behind the growth of the local YMCA, died Saturday after a long illness, former Mayor John Suthers said. Bennett was 77. “Our city has lost one of its finest citizens,” Suthers said in a statement. “Merv Bennett’s love for Colorado Springs…
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Former Colorado lawmaker Ken Kester passes away in Arizona
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Former Colorado state lawmaker Ken Kester of Las Animas passed away on Feb. 17 at his home in Arizona. Kester served in the Colorado House from 1998 to 2002 and in the state Senate from 2003 to 2010. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, at the Las Animas Community Center. Kester…
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Former Colorado state Rep. Elwood Gillis passes away at 83
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Former Colorado state Rep. Elwood Gillis of Lamar passed away Feb. 6 at the age of 83. Services were held Feb. 12 in Lamar. Lee Elwood Gillis was born in Ballinger, Texas, on Aug. 29, 1934. He graduated from Stratford High School in 1952, earned a bachelor’s degree from West Texas State in 1956. Gillis served…
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Kopp: I am indebted to Bill Armstrong
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The admirers of Bill Armstrong are legion. They seem to share in common this deep sense of indebtedness to a man they saw as a giant but whom they knew as a friend. Yes, their gratitude abounds and it is spontaneous. It gushes forth with little perceived effort the way a brook swells in response…
