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The front entrance of the Broadmoor Hotel is decorated for the holidays as night falls Tuesday, November 27, 2012. The Broadmoor hosts cooking classes to help celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette
MARK REIS, THE GAZETTE
Diver Rich Rotte cleans the corral inside a 16,000-gallon aquarium at the Scheels All Sports store that s under construction east of Interstate 25 and InterQuest Parkway on Colorado Springs far north side. The aquarium, which is home to more than 600 tropical fish, is one of several amenities being added inside the 220,000-square-foot Scheels store; the outdoor equipment, sporting goods and apparel retailer will open March 27. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
Jerilee Bennet
While often referred to in a joking manner, rocket science seriously needs more engineers, and an expansion at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will funnel more educated workers into the growing field of astronautical engineering.
A $3.5 million donation from the Anschutz Foundation, the charitable arm of the Denver-based Anschutz Corp., whose holdings include The Gazette, will jumpstart construction of a 24,000-square-foot annex to the campus College of Engineering and Applied Science, officials said Wednesday.
The announcement comes as local and state officials make their final plea to the federal government to name Colorado Springs as the permanent headquarters of U.S. Space Command. Colorado Springs is one of six cities in the nation under consideration as being ground zero for the developing military branch and houses its temporary location at Peterson Air Force Base.