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Springs gets money to battle drug abuse. Gov. Roy Romer’s office announced Thursday that more than 36 Colorado communities, including Colorado Springs, will receive grants to taling $2,388,841 to fight drug abuse. The program is funded by Communities for a Drug-Free Colo rado and is aimed at high-risk youths. Romer launched the program last August as a statewide, three-year project to encourage citizens to develop local solu tions to drug abuse problems. The larger award winners include Colorado Springs, $72,520; Denver, $72,434; Greeley, $52,280; Lakewood, $56,000; Mesa County, $53,750; Montrose, $59,890; Grand Junction Police De partment, $50,207; Grand County, $54,700; Fort Collins Police Department ,479; and Loveland Police Department, $65,500. Man suspected of killing wife in critical condition. A Lakewood man who was found hanging in his garage Wednesday over the body of his wife was reported in critical condition Fri day at St. Anthony’s Hospital Central. Police believe Lawrence K. Romero, 33, killed his wife then tried to hang himself following an argument at their home. Detective Kelly Eliassen said. Romero was found about 11:45 p.m., Wednesday hanging by a rope attached to a support beam in the garage of his home, Eliassen said. On the floor near him was the bloody body of Barbara E. Ro mero, 32. Eliassen said it is believed that Romero was upset about a recent divorce proceeding by his wife. Aurora pulls out of water-bidding war. Aurora Mayor Paul Tauer says the city has backed away from year-long negotia tions for the Arapahoe Water and Sanitation district because competition has forced the price too high. ‘Anything you buy has a value,”’ Tauer said Thursday. “If the price exceeds the value, it's no longer a viable deal.”’ “If the price becomes more realistic, we'll consider it again,” he said. Tauer would not say how high the cost had gone, but he said Aurora officials feel the city has been caught in the middle of a bidding war because of Arapahoe County's interest in the dis trict. “The county is driving up the price,” he said. ‘I’m sure the developer is trying to get the most they can, and they have to do what they feel is right.” Officials seek to close home-improvement business. The Denver district attorney's office has filed a lawsuit asking a district court judge to stop a handyman from performing alleg edly incomplete home improvements and to fine the handyman, Jesse Donald Sloan, $2,000 for each violation of the Colorado Consumer Protection Act. Deputy District Attorney Gertrude Grant said the suit also seeks reimbursement to customers. She said 11 Monticello-area residents complained to the DA's office of consumer fraud that since Oct. 1, Sloan has pocketed money and then failed to build fences, gates and decks, and re model rooms. The lawsuit said Sloan was doing business as Rocky Mountain Construction and Rocky Mountain Fence Co. Hundreds prepay '88 property taxes to get break. Hundreds of Denver area taxpayers have prepaid property taxes for 1988 in order to save money on their 1987 income tax returns More than 3,000 taxpayers prepaid $2.5 million in taxes in Jefferson County, including 900 who just beat the deadline by filing their checks Thursday. Gazette Telegraph news services
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sat, Jan 02, 1988
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