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Dick Hilker

14FTdictionaryB.JPG Beaver Valley Elementary School third grader Blake Emmerling examins his new dictionary Tuesday after members of the Fort Morgan Evening Optimist Club handed them out to the whole class.

Hilker: On “winies,” “beeries” and the “actual facts”

April 26, 2016 at 5:29 a.m.

Hilker: On "winies," "beeries" and the "actual facts"

The late Tim McKernan, a.k.a. Barrel Man, wears his trademark costume while cheering on the Broncos on Nov. 13, 2000, at Mile High Stadium. (Denver Post file)

Hilker: Honor Broncos’ Barrel Man

April 25, 2016 at 9:59 p.m.

Hilker: Honor Broncos' Barrel Man

Protesters in Boulder enact a die-in blocking traffic on U.S. 36 on Dec. 8. (Jeremy Papasso, Daily Camera)

Hilker: Should cops not do their jobs?

April 25, 2016 at 10:55 p.m.

Hilker: Should cops not do their jobs?

Harold Meloy, a shop technician, sets up drill presses in the new precision machining technology shop at Front Range Community College. (Matthew Jonas, Longmont Times-Call)

Hilker: Get an affordable education at a community college

April 26, 2016 at 4:46 a.m.

Hilker: Get an affordable education at a community college

"There seem to be three basic problems with dogs, which might be categorized as disease, income and outgo," writes Dick Hilker. (Patrick Traylor, The Denver Post)

Hilker: Pooch poop and other wordly menaces

June 20, 2017 at 1:30 p.m.

Hilker: Pooch poop and other wordly menaces

Denver Broncos fan Tim McKernan was known as the Barrel Man. (AP file photo)

Hilker: On censorship and the Barrel Man

April 26, 2016 at 4:51 p.m.

Hilker: On censorship and the Barrel Man

The Baltimore Ravens terminated Ray Rice's contract and the NFL banned him indefinitely after video surfaced showing him punching Janay (his fiancee at the time) in an Atlantic City hotel elevator in February. (Associated Press file)

Hilker: Make folks pay for bad behavior

April 26, 2016 at 7:36 a.m.

Hilker: Make folks pay for bad behavior

Laurel Trasky, right, a retired Denver Public Schools teacher, shows her support for a recall of Jeffco Board of Education members Ken Witt, John Newkirk and Julie Williams at a Jeffco Student for Change rally at Clement Park on Oct.11. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)

Hilker: “Jihad in Jeffco” is about more than education

April 26, 2016 at 9:10 a.m.

Hilker: "Jihad in Jeffco" is about more than education

"Dwayne Stephens, the chairman of the Democratic Party in Jefferson County, points out that the county is divided almost equally between Democrats, Republicans and registered independents," writes Dick Hilker.

Hilker: Party identity isn’t hip anymore

April 26, 2016 at 5:05 p.m.

Hilker: Party identity isn't hip anymore

The downtown Denver skyline.

Hilker: Ranking Colorado cities on a political scale

April 27, 2016 at 2:20 a.m.

Hilker: Ranking Colorado cities on a political scale