Adrienne Anderson

Anti-Proposition 8 rally: A man listens at a rally in Denver Nov. 15 protesting the passage of Proposition 8 in California, which banned gay marriage.

It takes a certain kind of person to live above 9,000 feet — resilient, thick-skinned, resourceful. But even the toughest among us can have their armor pierced by hateful acts.

Unknown suspects carved a swastika and a racial epithet on the door of an African-American man's condominium at St. Mary's on Oct. 29.

Brock Cureton contacted the sheriff’s department two weeks ago after finding the Nazi symbol on his door. On Nov. 17, Cureton found the words "Die n-----" carved above the swastika.

*Published first in the Clear Creek Courant Oct. 29, 2008. www.clearcreekcourant.com

By Adrienne Anderson

It's day 46 of running for Marshall Ulrich. Day 46 and mile 2,400-something. Marshall's last-tracked location was logged via satellite at 10:40 p.m. Monday night somewhere near Canton, Ohio. He is running as this story unfolds. He is running with an injured foot. He is running 17 hours a day. He is running on fumes. He is running across America.

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Today is not an ordinary hike for Georgetown resident Dave Ventimiglia. He is carrying three grocery bags full of Oreos, Snickers and Doritos up Square Top Mountain on Guanella Pass.
The mountaintops are sprinkled with snow from the previous weekend’s storms. In the distance, the expansive landscape is interrupted by tents and strangely out-of-place camera crews —
no, this is not an ordinary day. Open pdf file for full story.

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It was Oct. 8, 1907, when Elks Lodge No. 607 laid the cornerstone
for what would be one of the first lodges in Colorado to
have its own building. It was a time when that type of news
made the front page of the Denver newspaper: “Cornerstone to be
delivered to Idaho Springs.” It was a time when buildings were more
than just bricks.
“Any building can be built by human hands,” said Chaplain Nick
Demercurio at the Elks’ time-capsule-opening ceremony Oct. 6. “But a
great lodge like this can only be built by human hearts.”
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