A Colorado ski town's struggle with suicide; Colorado's brightest musical star remembered; Broncos swaggy rookie QB a fan's dream

All the news you can use in a bite-sized format Hi {NAME}, Happy Monday! Hopefully you've managed to emerge from your Thanksgiving food coma unscathed and are ready to start the month of December with gusto. Here are a couple of interesting stories to start your week. Do the Denver Broncos have the quarterback of the future? After watching Drew Lock lead a come-from-behind win against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, Gazette sports columnist [Paul Klee]( believes the team now has the quarterback of Broncos Country's dreams at the helm...[Read more.]( If you're looking to (virtually) get away from the hustle and bustle of work today take a photo tour of Fishers Peak, Colorado's next state park. The Gazette's Seth Boster recently visited the park, which will be the second largest in the state when it opens...[Read more.]( In superfluous news, today is National Fritters Day, National Special Education Day and Cyber Monday. Without further ado, here are 5 things worth sharing today. 1. [Last of the Greatest] - Raised during the Great Depression on a tight budget in 1930s Long Island, N.Y., Don {NAME} was later molded by the Army Air Corps into a perfectionist and disciplinarian. But he was the kind of soldier who wrote love letters to his infant daughter back home, knowing it would be years before she would read them...[Read more.]( [Podcast 🎧] - On this week’s episode Gazette reporter Liz Henderson sat down with Carol Cook, the daughter of a World War II veteran who died in 1999 at age 76...[Listen here.]( 2. Tommy Bolin was Colorado’s brightest musical hope, its boy genius and shooting star, blessed with an overabundance of guitar talent, exotic good looks and a questing musical curiosity that mixed together a gumbo of styles — rock, Brazilian jazz, blues and reggae. In an age of guitar heroes — Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Brian May of Queen — he may have become the greatest guitar hero of all, if only he’d lived past age 25...[Read more.]( 3. In Eagle County, which includes Vail and Beaver Creek ski areas, behavioral health issues have been spiraling out of control since the middle of the decade. Vail Health emergency room visits for anxiety and depression, fewer than 100 in both 2014 and 2015, spiked to nearly 350 in 2018 — a staggering 465% increase in four years...[Read more.]( 4. Krystal Lee, the mistress of convicted murderer Patrick Frazee, was back in court on Monday. Two weeks ago Frazee was found guilty for murdering the mother of his child, Kelsey Berreth. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 156 years. The prosecution's star witness, Krystal Lee was told that she will learn her fate Jan. 28...[Read more.]( 5. The 2019 Air Force football team became the program’s third squad this century to earn a national ranking Sunday, appearing at No. 25 in both the Associated Press and coaches’ polls. The Falcons also appeared in the rankings in 2002 and 2010 for a combined five weeks after being mainstays in the Top 25 during the 1990s...[Read more.]( Bonus content - [Broncos rookie QB Drew Lock has swag down | Woody Paige]( - [Barbie's dressmaker brightens Christmas for children]( - [Rep. Diana DeGette striving to protect more than 600,000 acres in Colorado]( - [U.S. Census hiking pay for those who help with the count in Colorado]( Photo of the day - Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton (14) celebrates with fans after scoring his first of two touchdowns during the first quarter against the Chargers on Sunday in Denver. The Broncos would win the game, 23-20. (Photo by Christian Murdock/The Gazette) Thank you for reading! If you like this newsletter and want to support it, forward this email to a friend. If you’re seeing this newsletter for the first time, [you can subscribe here]( free. No spam. Unsubscribe whenever you want.  Terry Terrones Terry Terrones is a journalist and social media manager. He's a graduate of Denver University, loves the Broncos, and might be Spider-Man. Twitter - [@terryterrones]( Email - terry.terrones@gazette.com Instagram - [@terronesterry]( [Subscribe to this Newsletter!]( [Subscribe to free Gazette podcasts!]( The Colorado Springs Gazette, L.L.C. | 100 E. Pikes Peak Ave., Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 [Unsubscribe {EMAIL}]( [Update Profile]( | [Our Privacy Policy]( | [About Constant Contact]( Sent by noreply@gazette.com