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Ells Angels: A Mountain Bike Saga
Teenage girls find motivation in mud of the trail By Phil Lindeman Mountaineer Staff Writer On a dreary afternoon last Thursday, Sarina Kanter pedals her mountain bike steadily up a wide dirt road north of Edwards. The 13-year-old comes to a stop near the base of Berry Creek Trail, followed closely by two other teenage girls, Yoana Gonzalez and Estefania Loera, both age 16.
The trio breathes heavily for a moment before launching into a light-hearted rant about bike shorts. “Man, they give you a wedgie,” Sarina says, bracing herself with an unclipped foot. Pink socks with frills peek over the edge of her glistening bike shoes. Yoana, who wears large blue earrings, chimes in. “We’ve worn them a few times already, but they never get better,” she says.
Bike shorts aside, all three are donned in gear from various boutique sponsors: bikes by Ellsworth (fitted by Frank Mitchell at Moontime Cyclery, well over $2,500 for the frame alone), Smith sunglasses ($100), Kask Helmets ($95), Jett gloves (made in Fort Collins, $35). Emblazoned across the back of their custom tops, in bright pink letters, is the name of their team: Ells Angels. On a normal day the squad is 10 girls strong,
but French projects and a track meet at Battle Mountain High School kept many from coming. “You girls are going to be in much better shape because you came today,” says Brett Donelson, their coach. He is dressed in a similar outfit and urges them to take one more loop -- about a mile total -- before calling an end to the day.
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Three members of the Ells Angels mountain bike team (left to right), Yoana Gonzalez, Sarina Kanter, and Estefania Loera, pose with their coach, Brett Donelson, during a training break in Edwards yesterday. Most of the girls on the 10-person team never rode a trail until four weeks ago. Avery Cunliffe photo.
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Arapahoe Basin will remain open seven days a week through June 5 and will reopen for summer skiing for A pair of suicide bombers attacked recruits at least two three-day weekends – Friday, Saturday and leaving a paramilitary training center in Paki- Sunday June 10, 11, and 12 and June 17, 18 and 19. stan yesterday, killing 80 people in the first reThe ski area has reported over 420 inches of snow taliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden by this season; 15 inches in the last week. Because of the American commandos last week. strong snow season and current 94 inch base, A-Basin The blasts in the northwest were a reminder will be able to push the ski season into the summer. of the savagery of al-Qaida-linked militants in This is the first time the area will experiment being Pakistan. open on weekends only. “Having our greatest season in years, ideally we would like to stay open on the weekends until the Fourth of July, but it’s too early to know what the conTaunting NATO, Moammar Gadhafi said ditions will be to make that call,” said Alan Henceroth, Arapahoe Basin on closing day June 8, 2008. Due to over yesterday that he is alive despite a series of COO of Arapahoe Basin. 420 inches of snow this year, A-Basin will stay open for two [See UPDATES, page 14] [See A-BASIN, page 20] more weekends in June. Arapahoe Basin photo.
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Gilman for Holy Cross Board Who knew. We have an election in May. Although electricity co-op elections are not the first thing on everyone’s mind, I would like to encourage you to vote in the upcoming Holy Cross Energy board elections and, in particular, to vote for Megan Gilman. It is imperative that the people representing the community on the Holy Cross Board have a good understanding of the impacts of their decisions on the thousands of Holy Cross members who must pay their bills every month. There are only seven people on Holy Cross’s Board and it is our job as citizens to ensure we have the best representatives. You’ll be receiving your ballot soon – resist the urge to recycle it with the rest of your trash and instead take the few minutes to vote. My firsthand knowledge of Megan’s leadership and energy-related expertise make me sure that she would be the best choice for the Board at Holy Cross. Megan and I serve together on the Board of Directors for the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability, of which she is the chair. Megan is able to both listen to the ideas
of others and provide strong leadership, when needed. Megan is a reliable, but reasonable advocate for energy efficiency and renewable energy and has a significant amount of technical expertise to share. More importantly, as a small business owner, she understands the challenges of making tough decisions and working within (and creating) a budget, especially during times when everyone is feeling the crunch. As a professional in the energy field, she understands how each of us use energy every day in our homes and businesses and how important it is to have a well-informed vision for the future. As a Board Member, she understands how important it is to build consensus, listen to others and effectively plan for the future. Without a doubt, Megan will be a strong advocate for those she will represent. I look forward to voting for Megan when my mail-in ballot comes and I hope you will do the same. Chris Romer Eagle-Vail resident
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Salvation Army finds new home in Avon Building on Lindholm land more accessible to families By Phil Lindeman Mountaineer Staff Writer The Vail Valley branch of the Salvation Army found a new home yesterday, becoming the second organization to settle onto the former runway of Stolport, a single-strip airfield that went defunct in the late 1980s. Contrary to urban legend, the simple structure -- plain beige walls outside, with a reception desk, small kitchen, meeting room, and several offices inside -- was never a terminal. In its sole previous life, it was a construction trailer for Traer Creek, the development firm behind Wal-Mart and Home Depot a mile to the east. Magnus Lindholm, the former CEO of Traer Creek, donated the space at no cost to the Salvation Army and was present at the small
Dan Smith (center), a board member with the Vail Valley Salvation Army, gives a brief speech at the opening of the new building in Avon yesterday. Magnus Lindholm (left) donated the space, which is nearly six times larger than the organization’s former home at Trinity Church, run by pastor Ethan Moore (right). Phil Lindeman photo.
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By Brian Alexander Mountaineer Staff Writer As far as competition goes, it will be nice for the local whitewater rafting team to get back in an event that takes place on an actual river. When you’re as good as the Timberline Tours team, sometimes you find yourself competing in man-made venues. Such was the case with the local men’s team’s last big competition, the 2010 Teva World Rafting Championships in the Netherlands last summer. The idea there was to appeal to the International Olympic Committee for an Olympic bid: Holding the event on a man-made venue makes the sport more attractive to the IOC because it means whitewater rafting could theoretically be held in a location that doesn’t have natural whitewater. Slalom and spring canoeing and kayaking have been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1936. The local Timberline Tours men’s and women’s teams are regulars at the big show. They’ve qualified a cumulative 14 times, so if that Olympic committee does decide to pull the trigger on whitewater rafting, you can bet some of our local guys and gals will likely be there. That’s why here in the Vail Valley, we
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The girls groan and clip in again. As they head down a gentle hill, he reminds them to practice riding out of the saddle. “For as much as they complain about the hills, they come back, time after time,” Donelson says as the girls pull away. “They don’t give up; they just get better.” Donelson doesn’t fault the girls for complaining about the shorts: A little over a month ago, the majority of the Ells Angels had never ridden a trail or had access to thousands of dollars in gear. Some had never owned a bicycle. When their vests arrived two weeks back -- barely a day after a handful competed in the Vail Recreation District’s short-track race in Eagle -- they wore them proudly to school, with no prodding from their coaches. “We have 10 girls who have never clipped into a bike, never switched gears, never done anything like that,” Donelson says. “It is refreshing to see them make the progress they have. These girls are just psyched to be here.” A ‘dream’ Although many hands have helped mold the team, Ells Angels is the brainchild of Brett and his wife, Tam, both personal trainers with a long history in the Vail Valley. As avid cyclists, the couple had long dreamed of backing a sponsored bike team. To spark the idea, they needed girls and turned to The
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Youth Foundation, a local organization for economically disadvantaged youth. “We saw this as a unique opportunity for these girls,” says Lauren DesCombs, an employee at The Youth Foundation who helped the Donelson’s find participants. “They are resilient and fearless. I can’t believe what they are willing to do. It provides them a glimmer of hope for the future, something for them to be passionate about.” The team began to take shape late last year when Amanda Precourt, a local philanthropist, caught wind of the project and offered a donation for equipment and training. Around the same time, The Youth Foundation secured a grant from The Women’s Foundation of Colo- Estefania Loera leads a pack of Ells rado to start Girl PowHER, an after- Angels down a trail in Edwards last school program to build self-esteem Thursday. Avery Cunliffe photo. and remedy body-image issues in Along with DesCombs, he worked teenage girls. with Moontime Cyclery to approach Shortly after New Years, a group the California-based company. They of 25 girls took yoga twice a week were immediately responsive. with Tam at the Riverfront Club “This is the first youth, all-womin Avon. Before the sessions, the en’s team we’ve sponsored and group wrote thank you letters to the we’re excited to see where they various sponsors, which the Donel- go,” says Summer Henderson, the son’s scrambled to assemble in two marketing director for Ellsworth. months. “I’d like to see these girls go to the “It showed they had a level of com- top. Starting locally is a fantastic mitment to the team,” DesCombs start.” says of the letters and yoga. “If we The sponsorships, which number have there girls starting at 13, by over a dozen, were a major boost the time they reach high school, for the Ells Angels in a number of they are going to be rock stars.” ways. Brett claims Ellsworth was a cov[See ELLS ANGELS, page 8] eted sponsor from the beginning.
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Riding on After three months of twice-weekly yoga, the Donelson’s and Pam Davis, another trainer, had whittled the team down to 10 girls. The bikes arrived on April 1 -- complete with the logo, designed by the Ellsworth graphics team -- and once the girls were fitted individually, they took them out into the field. It was not easy. “See, I have scars on my legs to prove it,” Estefania says, pointing to her leg after cresting the Berry Creek hill once more. She claims clipping in was the hardest at first, only to be replaced by shifting, then actually riding. But is it worth it? “It’s a rush to bike,” Sarina says. “It’s fun and exciting. I barely know how to ride a regular bike, and I’m actually better on one of these.” For now, the program remains small. The 10 original Ells Angels will compete weekly in every VRD race, as well as at
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Teva Games. Although the bikes belong to The Youth Foundation, they have free access to them once school ends to ride at will. “They are giving them a level of independence with their training,” DesCombs says. “These girls will continue well into high school. Some could even go on to bike in college.” DesCombs hopes the overarching Girl PowHER program will continue to grow from two sessions a week to four. Brett claims they could train 60 to 80 girls consistently in such a timeframe. Before heading down the path a final time, the girls continue laughing and joking. They are doing roundabout impressions of Tam, who has a thick Australian accent. Brett smiles, recalling Tam’s particular fondness for the girls. At the short-track race on May 4, she compared watching them to being a mother. “She comes home raving every day, talking about a little thing one of the girls improved on,” he says. “ They fall in the mud, they laugh. They get back up. A lot of these girls need a big sister, someone to tell them they are doing well and on the right track.”
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Carbo-loading was a top priority for Dave, Carol, and Charles of Denver yesterday. The trio of cyclists stopped by Avon Bakery to fill up before continuing on to Fruita and the Desert RATS Classic, a one-day, 100-kilometer mountain bike race.
Vann was excited to show off his stach. Are you man enough to show off yours? Stop by Magusto’s in Minturn for a great meal and bring a framed photo of a mustache, any mustache, and get a free beer. Magusto’s is located in Minturn at the bend just as you get into town. Magusto’s is the new adventure of Eric Cregon from Mango’s so stop in and say hello.
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Derek Greco (pictured) and April Bevins Greco welcomed a beautiful little girl, Avery Siena ,on April 23rd! Congratulations to the new parents.
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airstrikes and “in a place where you can’t get to and kill me.” The defiant audio recording was broadcast after the Libyan government accused NATO of killing 11 Muslim clerics with an airstrike on a disputed eastern oil town. Gadhafi had appeared on state TV but not been heard speaking since a NATO attack on his Tripoli compound two weeks ago, which officials said killed one of his sons and three grandchildren.
Court to seek Libya arrest warrants
An international prosecutor said yesterday he will seek arrest warrants next week for three top Libyan leaders on charges of murder and persecution during their attempts to crush the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, did not release the names of the suspects, but Gadhafi himself is expected to be among them. Moreno-Ocampo revealed broad details of his investigation last week to the U.N. Security Council, but the announcement was the first time the court specified the charges — murder and persecution, considered crimes against humanity under the Geneva Conventions.
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Finances look worse for Medicare, Social Security
The bad economy is worsening the already shaky finances of Medicare and Social Security, draining the trust funds supporting them faster than expected and intensifying the need for Congress to shore up the massive benefit programs, the government said yesterday. Both Medicare and Social Security are being hit by a double whammy: the long-anticipated wave of retiring baby boomers and weaker-than-expected tax receipts, according to the annual report by the trustees who oversee the programs. The Medicare hospital insurance fund for seniors is now projected to run out of money in 2024, five years earlier than last year’s estimate. The Social Security trust funds are projected to be drained in 2036, one year earlier than the last estimate
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For a few joyful days, more than 20,000 people around the world thought they literally had hit the lottery and won a chance to come and live legally in the
United States. “Oops,” the State Department said yesterday. They had computer problems and have to run the annual visa lottery again. But the glitch, which the State Department blamed on an in-house programming error, dashes the hopes of people like Max, a 28-year-old German man. He had recently checked a department website and found what he’d hoped for: Out of a random drawing with overwhelmingly long odds, he was one of the lucky few who might get one of the visas. The State Department apologized. “Any results previously posted and available through the website are considered invalid,” the department said in a statement. “We sincerely regret any inconvenience or disappointment this problem might have caused.”
FBI down to one fugitive in Conn. heist
One by one, and as recently as this week, the suspects in a 1983 heist that netted $7 million for a militant group have been tracked down. All 17 of them — except for the part-time armored car guard accused of playing the central role in what was then the biggest cash robbery in U.S. history. And if Victor Manuel Gerena is in Cuba, as the FBI believes, there’s little hope that authorities will catch him anytime soon. Gerena has been on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list since 1984, longer than any other fugitive. With the arrest of an alleged accomplice Tuesday in a Puerto Rican mountain town, Gerena is the only person still at large in the crime he was allegedly recruited for by Los Macheteros, a militant wing of the broader movement for Puerto Rican independence.
India holds elections, ousts communists
The ruling Congress party and its allies weathered a string of corruption scandals to win three major state elections yesterday — ousting Communists from two strongholds in the process The most-watched race was in India’s fourth mostpopulous state of West Bengal, where Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34-year Communist-led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Considering the simultaneous defeat of Communists in Kerala state, the Bengali verdict appeared to vindicate Congress’ national pro-market policies by the weakening its most consistent opponent of globaliza-
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Authorities at Thailand’s international airport arrested a first-class passenger yesterday whose suitcases were filled with baby leopards, panthers, a bear and monkeys. The animals had been drugged and were headed for Dubai. The man, a 36-year-old United Arab Emirates citizen, was waiting to check-in for his flight at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport when he was apprehended by undercover anti-trafficking officers, “It looked like they had sedated the animals and had them in flat cages so they couldn’t move around much,” said Steven Galster, director of FREELAND Fundation.
In this photo released yesterday by the FREEDLAND Fundation, a leopard cub looks out from a cage after being confiscated by Thai authorities at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport. Authorities arrested a first-class passenger yesterday whose suitcases were filled with panthers, a bear and monkeys that had been drugged and were headed for Dubai. AP photo.
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Climate change activists to rally in Denver
Backers of a movement to fight climate change through the courts plan to rally in Denver this weekend. Supporters plan to march to Civic Center Park across from the state Capitol today. They’re backers of the iMatter movement, which has filed lawsuits on behalf of children and young adults in courts across the country, including in Colorado. The lawsuits aim to force government intervention on climate change. The goal is to have the atmosphere declared for the first time as a “public trust” deserving special protection. That’s a concept previously used to clean up polluted rivers and coastlines, although legal experts aren’t sure if it can be successfully applied to climate change. Congressman Jared Polis plans to attend. Organizers say actresses Daryl Hannah and Sheryl Lee will also be there.
More rockfall work on I-70 next week
Traffic on Interstate 70 in Georgetown will be slowed down because of additional rockfall work next week. On Tuesday crews will install fencing above the highway to prevent rocks from falling onto the road. Traffic in both directions on I-70 will be stopped up for up to 20 minutes at a time. The closures will start at 10:30 a.m. and continue through the late afternoon. Delays are also expected westbound on Monday and Wednesday and in both directions on Thursday because of lane closures needed to accommodate the work.
Snowmass fossils peaking up
Teachers from Aspen will be among those helping to excavate fossils near Snowmass Village this summer.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science picked 15 local volunteers to work along scientists on the second round of work at the site. The Aspen Times reported yesterday that most of the volunteers are educators, including elementary, middle school and high school teachers and instructors from Colorado Mountain College. A bulldozer operator discovered the first fossil at the site at the Ziegler Reservoir in October and many more Ice Age specimens were unearthed by scientists before the snow began to fall. The discoveries include parts of at least eight American mastodons, four Columbian mammoths and four Ice Age bison. The museum says it’s one of the most significant fossil discoveries ever made in Colorado.
Republicans looking for pizazz
The more Republicans get to know their potential White House candidates, the less happy they are with their choices. It’s not that they dislike the individual candidates. They just give them a collective shrug as possible opponents for President Barack Obama. They’d like someone with a little more pizazz. Some 45 percent now say they’re dissatisfied with the GOP candidates who have declared or are thought to be serious about running, up from 33 percent two months ago, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Just 41 percent are satisfied with the likely Republican field, down from 52 percent.
Mary Tyler Moore recovering
A representative for Mary Tyler Moore says the veteran sitcom star is “recovering nicely” after surgery to remove a benign tumor on the lining of her brain. Spokeswoman Erica Tarin says Moore will require no additional treatment after the four-hour procedure. Tarin would not specify when the surgery took place or where. The procedure was to remove a meningioma, a slowgrowing tumor in the membranes that cover the brain. Meningiomas usually occur in older adults and are mostly benign.
Dylan disputes reports he was censored
Bob Dylan doesn’t understand all the fuss about his tour last month in China. In a brief letter posted yesterday on his website, www.bobdylan.com, the singer-songwriter disputed reports that he had originally been denied permission to perform in the country or that government officials had censored his playlist. “As far as censorship goes, the Chinese government
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Plane powered by sun
A Swiss solar-powered plane took off yesterday for its first international flight. The Solar Impulse team behind the project plans to fly the experimental aircraft to Belgium and France. The single-seater prototype took off from Payerne airfield in Switzerland at 8:40 a.m. yesterday and was expected to reach Brussels airport by nightfall. The plane with the wingspan of a Boeing 777 made its 2009 maiden flight in Switzerland and further tests have all taken place there. The flight across France, Luxembourg and Belgium poses a fresh challenge as it requires navigation across international air traffic networks.
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The experimental aircraft “Solar Impulse” lands on the tarmac at Brussels International Airport after its first international flight from Switzerland yesterday. The single-seater prototype took off yesterday morning and reached Brussels airport by nightfall. The solar-powered plane with the wingspan of a Boeing 777 made its 2009 maiden flight in Switzerland and further tests have all taken place there. AP photo.
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Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced yesterday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capitol Hill as “Dr. No” for his enthusiasm for bashing runaway spending and government overreach. “Time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I’ve been saying for 30 years. So, I think the time is right,” said the 75-yearold Paul, who first ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988.
After weeks of pain at the gas pump and the grocery store, the worst appears to be over. Oil prices have fallen, with gas soon to follow. Demand for farm commodities, like the corn used in everything from cereal to soda, has dropped. And businesses remain slow to pass along higher costs because customers aren’t getting raises and might walk away. Inflation isn’t much of a worry for economists these days. “I think the bulk of the big price increases are over,” said Gus Faucher, an economist at Moody’s Analytics. —Update stories, unless otherwise cited, appear courtesy The Associated Press
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Jurors in an Ohio woman’s third trial found her guilty yesterday of killing her baby daughter by cooking her in a microwave oven. China Arnold was convicted of aggravated murder in the death of 28-day-old Paris Talley in August 2005. Arnold could receive the death penalty. The sentencing phase will begin Monday. Arnold’s first trial ended in a mistrial. She was found guilty in the second trial, but that conviction was reversed last fall. Prosecutors have said Arnold, 31, intentionally put the baby in the microwave after a fight with her boyfriend. The defense had argued that someone else was responsible. Medical experts testified that the baby died after her temperature reached 107 to 108 degrees Fahrenheit and that she probably was in the microwave for more than two minutes, dying quickly afterward.
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SPORTS Showdown in Scandinavia
In Bratislava, Slovakia Sweden and Finland advanced to the finals of the ice hockey world championship yesterday. The Swedes got two goals from St. Louis Blues forward Patrik Berglund in a 5-2 victory over the defending champion Czech Republic. Then Finland blanked Russia 3-0 to set up a Scandinavian showdown for the trophy. “We have to play our game and make sure we’re ready to go mentally and physically,” Finland captain Mikko Koivu said of facing the Swedes. “It’s a huge challenge for us.” Finland’s Mikael Granlund lifted the puck on his stick behind the goal and carried it around the net to surprise goalie Konstantin Barulin and the spectators in Bratislava’s Orange Arena 5:13 into the second period. “Sometimes I practiced that when I was young,” the 19-year-old Granlund said. “When I was young and I played in juniors, I tried it a couple of times and it went in, and now I tried it again and it went in. It’s nice.” Jani Lajunen stretched the lead to 2-0 in the third period, and Jarkko Immonen later put the result beyond doubt on a power play. That sent the Finns into a title matchup with the Swedes. “They’re probably our biggest rivals historically, “ Swedish captain Rickard Wallin said. Finland goalie Petri Vehanen stopped 30 shots for the shutout. “We had several good chances when we were 1-0 down, but the puck didn’t go into the net,” Russia coach Vyacheslav Bykov said. “The Finnish team was better.” Sweden will be seeking its first title since 2006; it finished third last year. Sweden came back from a one-goal deficit behind two second-period goals from Berglund to avenge a semifinal loss to the Czechs in a shootout at last year’s worlds. Berglund is the leading scorer of the tournament with eight goals. Russia will play the Czechs for the bronze tomorrow in a replay of last year’s final
Killebrew looks to hospice care
Harmon Killebrew announced yesterday that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of the 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger. In a statement released jointly by the Minnesota Twins and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Killebrew said “it is with profound sadness” that he will no longer receive treatment for the “awful disease.” He said the cancer has been deemed incurable by his doctors and he will enter hospice care. “With the continued love and support of my wife, Nita, I have exhausted all options,” Killebrew said. He added: “I have spent the past decade of my life promoting hospice care and educating people on its benefits. I am very comfortable taking this next step and experiencing the compassionate care that hospice provides.” Killebrew, who’s 11th on baseball’s all-time home run list with 573, thanked his well-wishers for their support. “I look forward to spending my final days in comfort and peace with Nita by my side,” he said. Relief pitcher Joe Nathan didn’t know Killebrew until he joined in the team in 2004, but it didn’t take long to feel like he was a lifelong friend. “Hopefully we can honor what he’s done in the game and outside of the game, and I hope he can continue to fight a little longer and especially be comfortable right now and be at peace,” Nathan said.
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This April 12, 2010, file photo shows former Minnesota Twins baseball player and Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew getting a hug from current Twins player Michael Cuddyer in the dugout prior to the Twins’ home opener baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at their new stadium, Target Field, in Minneapolis. Killebrew announced yesterday that he no longer plans to fight his esophageal cancer and has settled in for the final days of his life, saddening friends and fans of the 74-year-old Hall of Fame slugger. AP photo.
Cubs rout Giants
Ryan Dempster’s new, authoritative approach has paid off. He struck out a season-high 11 and snapped a sixgame Wrigley Field losing streak to help the Chicago Cubs beat the San Francisco Giants 11-4 yesterday. “I think I’m probably a lot more aggressive,” said Dempster, now 2-4 and with two wins in his last three starts. “For some reason, it felt like before I was trying not to lose the game rather than win it. “I don’t know the reason why and I don’t really care what the reason is, but I went there today and attacked the strike zone and got after guys.” Dempster allowed two runs and six hits in six innings and the Cubs ended San Francisco’s six-game winning streak.
Indians collect another improbable win
Travis Hafner hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning off Seattle closer Brandon League last night, rallying the Cleveland Indians to their latest dramatic win, 5-4 over the Mariners, who lost their sixth straight. Hafner belted an 0-1 pitch from League (0-4) over
the center-field fence for his first homer since April 17, sending a crowd of 33,774 into a frenzy. After Hafner was mobbed near home plate by his teammates, he leaped into second baseman Orlando Cabrera’s arms and the crowd sang “Cleveland Rocks” as fireworks exploded overhead. Tony Sipp (2-0) pitched a perfect 1 1/3 innings for the win. It was Cleveland’s ninth last at-bat win in a season growing more surprising by the day. After being held in check by Seattle starter Doug Fister for eight innings, the Indians entered the ninth trailing 4-2 and about to disappoint their second-largest crowd this season. But Michael Brantley opened the ninth with a double into the gap in left-center, and Asdrubal Cabrera followed with an RBI double over the head of rookie left fielder Carlos Peguero, who seemed to freeze on the hard hit that was right at him. Shin-Soo Choo’s groundout moved Cabrera to third, and he stayed there when Carlos Santana grounded out to second. Up came Hafner, who had struck out looking in his previous at-bat in the seventh. He looked at a fastball for strike one before driving League’s second pitch over the wall. Choo and Brantley also homered for the Indians, now a stunning 24-13 and believing they can stay in contention all season.
Toms leads by one shot at TPC
David Toms has gone five years without winning and 10 years since his lone major at the PGA Championship. Now he has to fend off a host of players who have won big events a lot more recently. Toms went 25 holes before making a bogey yesterday and countered with enough good shots for a 4-under 68, giving him a one-shot lead over Nick Watney going into what figures to be another wild weekend on the TPC Sawgrass. Watney won a World Golf Championship two months ago at Doral, punctuated by a birdie on the tough closing hole. Despite missing four birdie putts inside 12 feet on his last seven holes, he got into the final group. Luke Donald, the World Golf Championship winner at Arizona in February, became the first player since 2004 to make it around Sawgrass without a bogey for the first 36 holes. He birdied the island-green 17th and shot 67 to finish two shots behind. Also two shots behind were U.S. Open champion and Ryder Cup star Graeme McDowell, who is back on track after a dismal April; former U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover, riding high after his win last week at Quail Hollow; and Steve Stricker, who has won two FedEx Cup playoff events and has become a regular among the top 10 in the world. The favorite? “Whoever plays the best on the weekend,” Glover said, as good an answer as anyone can provide.
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During Arapahoe Basin’s Summer Season, the ski area will open at 8:30 a.m. with two lifts serving top to bottom skiing. Black Mountain Express will close at 2:00 p.m. and Lenawee Mountain Lift will close at 2:30 p.m. Lift tickets at the A-Basin ticket window will be $39 for adults, $29 for youths (ages 15-19) and $19 for children (ages 6-14) during the Summer Season. No other discount or lift ticket offer will be accepted during this period. All season passes and prepurchased lift tickets valid at A-Basin during the regular season will be valid during this Summer Season.
“We’ve decided this (move) is something that needed to be done,” said Dan Smith, a member of the Salvation Army board and the driving force behind the move. “We rely on donations, not only of food, but space. Feeding people is our goal. In the end, that’s what it comes down to.” At 4,100 square feet, the building is nearly six times larger than the organization’s previous home of 15 years at the Trinity Church, located up a steep hill overlooking the Riverwalk in Edwards. During that time, the church’s pastor, Ethan Moore, also housed the service for free. “Being a church, we want to help the community in whatever way possible, and it was a privilege to have them,” Moore said, noting Trinity will continue to work closely with the organization. “I’m thrilled to see a space that can be theirs.” According to Tsu Wolin-Brown, one of two full-time employees for the Salvation Army, a major perk of the new location is accessibility for the nearly 5,000 families they serve annually. She also hopes it leads to future growth. “It will allow us to take on evern more projects and partner more closely with stakeholders,” Wolin-Brown said. “We have thousands of people willing to help. We’re blessed to be in this community.” The food pantry is a key service of the
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A $10 barbeque lunch special will be featured on the deck at Black Mountain Lodge, the A-Frame café will be open for breakfast, and the 6th Alley bar will serve pizza and drinks. The retail and rental shops will be open with ski, snowboard and clothing rentals and sales. Arapahoe Basin 2011-12 season passes are on sale now and include free skiing for the rest of the ski area’s Spring and upcoming Summer Seasons. For more information on the Summer Season, season passes or snow conditions call 888. ARAPAHOE (272.7246) or visit www. arapahoebasin.com. [From page 3]
Salvation Army and feeds 15 families per day, Smith estimates. Before, it was confined to a small cabin shared by the church’s youth program. Smith claims it held nearly a half-ton of food at any one time, enough to make the shelves bow. In Avon, the pantry looks relatively empty, a natural side effect of three times the square footage. Yet Smith sees it filling quickly, thanks in part to inventory. In the past, he claims he would have to turn large donations away. “It’s nice to see this property being used,” said Brent Redden, one of several firefighters from the Eagle River Fire Protection District invited to the opening. “Whenever something in the valley can be put to good use, it’s a major plus.” Wedged between Beaver Creek Blvd. and Interstate-70, the building sits on a 20-acre parcel purchased by Lindholm in 1997, originally intended as a village center with residential and commercial space. Both the building and lot have been vacant since construction on the surrounding 111-acres ground to a halt in early 2006, shortly before Traer Creek entered into a series of legal battles with Avon. The building will house the Salvation Army until the disputes are settled, Lindholm said, a process that could take several years.
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purchase beer and wine and have access to indoor restrooms and changing facilities. But you may want to wait until the pros get back to book your trip. They’ll be competing today and tomorrow in the 2011 United States Rafting Association National Rafting Championships, and yes, this one takes place on an actual river. And at an actual festival. The championships are part of the Annual Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival, a weekend of fun, exciting, and safe whitewater
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activities. The Upper Clackamas Whitewater Festival was started in 1984 by the Northwest Rafter’s Association, and this year marks the 28th anniversary of the fun-filled tribal gathering. Should the locals qualify, they’ll head down to Costa Rica to the rapids of the Pacuare River for the World Rafting Championship 2011. The event will be held in October in two river journeys in the Turrialba area: one 20 kilometers to Tres Equis Siquirres, when the navigation reaches a professional level of difficulty and another in San Joaquin.
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