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Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo., January 11, 2006

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Proby Destined for Honor ; Expressway Likely to Bear His Name

A $44.8 million expressway to be built between South Academy Boulevard and the Colorado Springs Airport will be named in honor of the late civil rights leader the Rev. Milton E. Proby, officials said Tuesday. The expressway naming will not be official until it is approved by the City Council, but Mayor Lionel Rivera doesn't expect opposition when it comes up, expected at the Jan. 24 meeting.

Soldiers Were Due Home Soon

One of the three Fort Carson soldiers killed in a helicopter crash Saturday in Iraq volunteered to be there. All of them were due home as soon as February, when the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment is scheduled to begin returning to Fort Carson.

Ex-Sheriff Will Step Into Race ; Gop Hopeful May Take On Hefley

Former El Paso County Sheriff John Anderson said Tuesday that he will run for Congress this year, even if incumbent Joel Hefley seeks reelection. Anderson, who like Hefley is a Republican, said at a noon news conference that the 5th Congressional District is not meeting its economic potential. He vowed to guard civil liberties and to crack down on illegal immigration along the Mexican border.

El Pomar to Name Room for Proby

The El Pomar Foundation said Tuesday it will rename a "legacy room" in its Penrose House conference center as the Milton E. Proby Cultural Heritage Room at a dedication ceremony Feb. 4. Besides honoring the pastor and civil rights leader, the room will be a place to enshrine other area minority leaders whose lives embodied the ideals of civic involvement and leadership that characterized Proby, said Theophilus Gregory, a foundation vice president.