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need something that's _clean-"-'-_ -"-w
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After years of complaints about
rl�_�i_n �theb�i��g he building.
dr.
the restroom from residents,
Once, vandals kicked down the
tourists, downtown business
wall separating the men's and
They tracked -r�
the
owners and others, the city has
women's toilets.
sixth -graders who pan
b-
convened a committee and asked
A cleaning crew scours the
in DARE, revisiting t
er
it to find a solution for the prob-
restroorn twice a day, but that
years later, and found:
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0 23 Percent smoke(
pack of cigarettes a da,
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month before the follow-1
ch
Carmike
9 30 percent used al..
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aters.
year
0 46 percent used
oes
Carmike opened in 1995.
It's now the biggest theater in
Anthony, based in Dallas
at least once in the past,
town, although United Artists
is building a 16-screen com-
was not available for com'
went. But in a document filed
0 24 percent used othe
Such as cocaine, at least
of
plex on Harmony Road.
last week with the city, the
the past year.
ch
At the time Carmike 10 was
owner said the theater needs
to expand to survive.
Lead author Donald
says the program, which
a -
fil
built, the theater was in the
highway business zoning dis-
"Exhibitors are no longer
percent of U.S. school d
trio, where theaters were per-
building theaters with less
may have been found inc
because classes tend to f
and
P of
mitted as a use -by -right.
City Plan called for new
than. 12 screens," the docu-
ment states. "If the applicant
peer pressure and self-
the
Planning goals, and a new
is unable to update, renovate
Lynam says DARE may
other risks and other
zone for the theaten'c
andexpand the existing
-Carmike
i
children use drugs.
Ve
fear-
The Carmike site 'was
drawn into the commercial
Theatres to stay
abreast of the changing de-
DARE president and f
district. City Plan's intent was
mands of movie-goers, the the-
Glenn Levant calls the stL
out
to place theaters in so-called
"walking
ater could become obsolete.-
gus research," saying the:
isn't indicative of the pr,
Gable
districts" close to ies-
' : Furthermore, Anthony as-
which has been revised. I,
full
idential areas, such as neigh- ,
serfs t4A 4kJ e'theater fits in
D.A.R.E., which starts in e
47-,ck
1r."It
boLood shopping centers .;;
In
ty.4
the ef "s'1esigns for a neigh-
boyhood
tary grades and instructs:
Tess,
short, the stand-aI 66d,
alone, district,
big -box complexes such , as because the surrounding area
-10
lion kids worldwide, is dc-
to be reinforced in midd.
Carmike were out of favor,already
includes a grocery
high schools, but just 60
Also
said Bob Blanchard, director
store, bowling alley, restau-
of districts carry it to
'titer
�,bf current Planning for the
rants s I
all use' permitted in
grades.
dual
�aty.
neighborhood zoning,
"DARE is not a magic I
5 al-
Anthony wants to solve the
City planners not
Levant said. "It's part
-,Mnfhct by- changing the zon-
g for the�'Mdnhattan-Horse
readied a reconumen&ainm on
whole picture. I'm very cor,
the
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Anthony's request, ETkachard
that it helps."
the
intersection tooth intersection to. the
`neighborhood
said. The request musi�Wap-
DARE is a nonprofit gro,
and
en't
commercial",,
district, which allows the
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budget is $220 million, r
from private donors; $1.T
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GRIEVING: Mourners offer comfort to one another at the
of Leigh Ann Barton, the first of 12 victims in her
husband's killing spree lastweefuneral
10
Sunday at Lizella Baptist Churc
Le
hours later, he committed
r-
suicide.
Workplace violence Bl
"If We give into that temp- °
d
1 m afraid there's a
tation, we do a great dis- h
31
d
temptation to become fo-
cused on the horrible
400 mourners at the Lizella
Baptist Church,
oAl o Sunddaya,' rvice to Lein.-
'
n
events Of last week," the
Rev Doug Davis told
11 miles
west of Macon, Ga, where
were held for Vadewattee
Muradlidhara and Allen
about
Leigh Ann Barton grew up.
Charles Tenenbaum. Nine fo
=nefrts fail
ady finds
IN In Larimer
recommended that
DARE be dropped from
11 elementary schools
.in uruncorporated -
Lanrher County. Fort
Collins'schools still
have the program.
drug use. But the changes
did not last, university of
Kentucky researchers
found. I,
See DARE'S, Page A2
Ir,Coming up
in'tomorrow's
AL The Larimer County
Fair marks the culmination
of months of preparation for
l-H members hoping to win
s blue ribbon and a chance
o compete in the state fair.
'o%radoan reporter Julie
3axter talks to contestants
lbout their projects, their
)reparation and what
vinning a ribbon means to
7em.
_ .Coloradoan Lbrary
BIGGER VENUE: The owner of Carmike Theater, shown in this .
photo taken in May, would like to add eight movie screens r.
Carmike-expansion 3 plan b
needs c 's thum�u s
th
P da
By RoBERi BAUN
The Coloradoan
zoning complications, the-
cle"
The owner. of the Car-
ater owner Jay. Anthony, an-
nounced his expansion
.
mike 10-screen theater
goals
last November. As planned,
BuA
complex wants to go big, as
the Carmike complex would
are
in 18 screens,
But
go from 1,750 seats to 2,660;;,'
in moviespeak, the
and Anthony would wire the
Ce
owner is tangled in a plot •
theater for a new high -tom
tics
twist.
sound system.
mori
New city. zoning bound-
aries,
Since then; Anthony ;:
tivi
b�^t
redrawn in 1997 with
asked the city to allow, the,
'
the City Plan land -use sys-
larger theateras a millil
tem, bar a theater at
Carmike's location, 3636_
ted use-4n tct s rePe zon-
ing.
b�
for si
Manhattan Ave.
City officials said no.
firms,
That means any major
expansion is
Now Anthony has re
slly
not in the
turned to ask for a zoning
script.
change.
and
Apparently unaware of
See CARMIKE, p age A2
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