http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5... putting in riverrock when the HOA clearly stated only bark was acceptable. Would they tell? Could they tell? It was something they themselves had wanted to add as the bark was such a nuisance. It made lawn-mowing a near-insurmountable task, never stayed where it was supposed to, let ugly flap...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Promotions/Finish-the-Story/They-caught-the-neighbors/Story~74962.aspx4/14/2006 8:40:49 AMAnthonette Klinkerman My kids graduated last week. All 120 of them. They were the inaugural 8th grade class of Mountain Ridge Middle School, now the graduating class of 2006. (My actual "kid" will be starting preschool in the fall.) I sat and poured over the YourHub.com paper this morning, scanning the graduate li...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/Teacher-News/Story~90824.aspx6/1/2006 9:38:22 AMAnthonette Klinkerman Hallelujah, the midriff is gone. Or on its way out, anyway. I've been scanning the back-to-school advertisements these last few weeks, keeping an eye on the fashion trends, and am happy to report a noticeable lack of visible navels on the models. I can't imagine what school shopping has b...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~113949.aspx8/15/2006 9:20:14 AMAnthonette Klinkerman Disclaimer: This article is merely an observation. It is in no way intended to make anyone feel as though they have failed as a human being for not having enough hours in the day. That being said, I must ask where all of our time has gone. It appears that no one has time to do anything anymore...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Health-Fitness/Diet/Story~120685.aspx9/1/2006 3:24:02 PMAnthonette Klinkerman For those of you who were wondering, customer service is not dead. Taking its last gasping breaths, yes, but, as Monty Python would put it, "not quite dead." I recently made an on-line purchase and discovered in the shipping confirmation that there was an address error. Naturally, the first perso...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Business-News/Story~124836.aspx9/13/2006 2:26:15 PMAnthonette Klinkerman 10. "I completely trust and support your judgment in the classroom, and I wouldn't change a thing." - Every Parent of Every Student You Have 9. "Not only am I sabotaging my own learning experience, but I'm disrupting others as well. I'm sorry. It won't happen again." - Every Student Who Has...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~130141.aspx9/27/2006 9:09:18 AMAnthonette Klinkerman My father forbade me from becoming a member of the mounted police force. "Too dangerous," he, a criminal lawyer, said. I became a teacher instead. Fast forward to today. Columbine. Santee. Wisconsin. Bailey. And the list goes on. So much for a nice, safe profession. What in Heaven's name...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~131691.aspx9/30/2006 10:45:30 AMAnthonette Klinkerman To homework or not to homework? That is the question on every educator's, student's, parent's, and researcher's mind. Today I read yet another article on the topic in the paper. (They always seem to pop up close to the start of a school year, or end of a grading period. Hmm.) A research study ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~135434.aspx10/9/2006 9:29:30 PMAnthonette Klinkerman What is it about Starbucks? Why is it the must-have coffee of the universe? Is there an addictive element to it? It appears so. My sister once explained my addiction to Carmex was caused by fiberglass in the product that makes your lips itch, therefore causing you to apply more. I told her to qui...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Business-News/Story~138825.aspx10/17/2006 5:43:12 PMAnthonette Klinkerman I had to do a double-take when I spotted this right past Cherry Hills Community Church in Highlands Ranch. Streets to the east and west have it correct; believe me I checked because I was so amused. Who was proofreading that day, and can I have their job now that they are finished with it?http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Photos/Story~139312.aspx10/18/2006 3:28:59 PMAnthonette Klinkerman It's been a sex-specific kind of a day, reading-wise. For starters, my favorite advice column topic was centered around bras. Then there was an article in The Denver Post by David Harsanyi about gender-specific classrooms. Okay, so that article was printed yesterday (10/26), but I was...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~143424.aspx10/27/2006 9:21:08 PMAnthonette Klinkerman The end is near! Yes!! I mean the end of voting season. I'd personally like to throttle the person who invented the computer system that calls you with a political ad right in the middle of dinner. (That ought to be illegal.) I'll be thrilled to pieces to see all the roadside signs disappear tomo...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~147592.aspx11/7/2006 3:28:32 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Anybody out there fly a skywriting plane? I need one. I'll do anything it takes to get people interested in the Arapahoe/Douglas Career and Technical School program. Maybe you've heard of it as ACTS, not to be confused with the ACT test. ACTS provides career and technical training to students ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~149124.aspx11/10/2006 9:56:37 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Piles of pillows, sleeping bags, a CU folding chair, and eight people stationed in front of the Target Superstore in Lone Tree one cool gray morning. Was it a protest? A collection station? I had to know. An employee informed me the people outside were waiting for the Nov. 17, 8 a.m.release of th...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Business-News/Story~151478.aspx11/16/2006 12:42:53 PMAnthonette Klinkerman I said goodbye to a friend today. We'd been pretty tight for about five years now, but lately he'd become irritable, old-fashioned, slow, in fact. I couldn't take it any more, especially with his color fading in and out like that. So, with a weary heart, I went shopping. It was time to part way...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Tips-Techniques/Computers-Electronics/Story~152449.aspx11/19/2006 9:08:31 PMAnthonette Klinkerman My daughter stared blankly at the young woman. "You know, the Cheetah Girls!" the teen enthused, doing a shimmy as if that would jog my three-year-old's memory. "Uhm, she really doesn't," I said, compelled to step in and explain. "My daughter is only three, and she lives in a cable-free hom...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Movies/Story~154635.aspx11/27/2006 5:21:53 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Restaurant critics, you have my sympathy. I don't envy your job one bit. Well, yes, I do. Who are we kidding? You get to go to all the fabulous restaurants around town and really eat! And have dessert without guilt because it's your job! I should be happy I took up teaching as I don't think I cou...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Restaurants/Story~156891.aspx12/3/2006 3:51:30 PMAnthonette Klinkerman I deplore conflict. I'm not good at it. I don't relish winning an argument, though my husband may beg to differ. I get squeamish inside at having to bring up a problem with someone, which is odd considering half of my chosen profession entails conflict. I mean the milder definition of conflic...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Tips-Techniques/General-Advice/Story~162120.aspx12/17/2006 10:57:28 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Never mind the snow; it is amazing how crippling a blown appliance can be. We're getting around pretty well, considering our frozen streets, but we lost our microwave and dryer and we're paralyzed. Not by being unable to zap things or wash clothes, but by waiting for repairmen who are hung up by ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Home-Garden/Story~166447.aspx1/3/2007 5:00:32 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Though I did see the movie "Supersize Me," I was only able to avoid McDonald's for so long. It is a necessary evil in these busy times, one complete with a PlayPlace. I found myself there again recently, though the very core of my being was accusing "Hypocrite!" My daughter ate her lunch ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Comedy/Story~169970.aspx1/12/2007 7:52:50 PMAnthonette Klinkerman I looked. Believe me. It was never there. My name, that is, on little plastic state license plates in the airport, or on key chain fobs, or anywhere in the assortment of personalized items one can find. The closest I ever got was in the boys' name section: "Anthony". When you're nine years old, f...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Family-Friends/General-Family-Friends/Story~174200.aspx1/23/2007 2:16:58 PMAnthonette Klinkerman I looked. Believe me. It was never there. My name, that is, on little plastic state license plates in the airport, or on key chain fobs, or anywhere in the assortment of personalized items one can find. The closest I ever got was in the boys' name section: " Anthony ". When you're nine years o...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Family-Friends/General-Family-Friends/Story~176515.aspx1/29/2007 2:36:46 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Brunch is the greatest invention known to man. (I guess I should give a nod to the wheel, though, as I am one of those "cart-teachers". I thank heaven daily for the wheels that give me the ability to get thirty-odd textbooks from place to place.) And I am happy to report there is a new spot in to...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Restaurants/Story~178788.aspx2/4/2007 5:58:06 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Though I did see the movie "Supersize Me," I was only able to avoid McDonald's for so long. It is a necessary evil in these busy times, one complete with a PlayPlace. I found myself there again recently, though the very core of my being was accusing "Hypocrite!" My daughter ate her lunch (m...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Tips-Techniques/General-Advice/Story~181059.aspx2/9/2007 9:33:11 AMAnthonette Klinkerman My daughter stared blankly at the young woman. "You know, the Cheetah Girls!" the teen enthused, doing a shimmy as if that would jog my three-year-old's memory. "Uhm, she really doesn't," I said, compelled to step in and explain. "My daughter is only three, and she lives in a cable-free hom...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Movies/Story~181062.aspx2/9/2007 9:39:54 AMAnthonette Klinkerman I was substitute teaching in a district outside of San Diego when I kept noticing a young teacher at one of the schools. Dark hair, glasses, very cute in a Chandler Bing kind of way. Our paths kept crossing, and exes kept coming back into the picture for both of us, but I eventually ended up ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Holidays/Valentines-Day/Story~183395.aspx2/14/2007 2:36:26 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Add one snowy, white-knuckled commute, one not-used-to-getting-up-so-early community journalist, and seventy-four middle schoolers. What do you get? A grateful teacher. Joey Kirchmer of the YourHub.com staff agreed to come as a guest speaker for my three Dimensions in Literacy classes on ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~184721.aspx2/18/2007 12:43:16 PMAnthonette Klinkerman Chi's Bistro 1066 S. Gaylord Street, Denver, CO 80209 303.733.3702 If the Chinese word "Chi" means energy, somebody needs to get the bistro of the same name a bucket of Powerbars, and quickly. Located in Washington Park in the former Las Margaritas spot, this Asian-Fusion-I'm-not-really-su...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Restaurants/Story~260868.aspx3/8/2007 8:55:52 PMAnthonette Klinkerman My best friend once remarked, "Car-washing is like a sport to you." I laughed until I realized she was right. Being a San Diego native, car-washing really could be viewed as a sport. There was a whole process to follow. The chosen day had to be a customary 78 degrees, your radio had to be tun...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Recreational/Story~277983.aspx3/13/2007 3:56:50 PMAnthonette Klinkerman This would be a great Forrest Gump -ism: "Life is like a yellow light; I never know whether to speed up or slow down." I'm always wrong according to the guy driving behind me. The back of a box of "Minute Rice" I recently used indicated that microwaving took longer than cooking it on the s...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/News/Story~288189.aspx4/3/2007 10:04:42 AMAnthonette Klinkerman