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Police look for suspect in fatal Colorado Springs stabbing

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) ? Colorado Springs police say a man is dead after

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Man dies in shooting by Meeker police officer; CBI to investigate

MEEKER, Colo. (AP) ? The Colorado Bureau of Investigation will handle the investigation of a fatal shooting involving a police officer for the Meeker Police Department.

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Pregnant women dies after shooting in Grand Junction

GRAND JUNCTION ? A woman in her third trimester of pregnancy is a dead and police are still looking for a suspect following a late-night shooting Sunday.

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Aspen officials to speed building permit backlog

ASPEN ? Officials at Aspen City Hall?s besieged building department, which has a backlog of building-permit applications, say they are taking steps to speed up the process.

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Kansas man dies at Keystone

KEYSTONE, Colo. ? A 43-year-old Kansas man who died after skiing on an intermediate trail at Keystone Ski Resort had struck a tree.

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Glenwood Springs Middle School eighth-graders aim to raise a football field?s worth of dollar bills for Operation Vacation

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? Dara Chase and Alida Eide know the meaning of philanthropist.

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Roaring Fork Valley-area bears ready to wake from a long winter?s nap

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? By the time a bear has its paws on the doorsteps of your house it?s too late to do anything about it, according to Division of Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton.

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Man dies in crash on Four Mile Road near Glenwood Springs

One man died in a one-vehicle crash on Four Mile Road Sunday afternoon.

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Glenwood Springs man promoting oil shale production

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? Glenn Vawter had a good job in 1982.

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Copshop

Editor?s note: The following information comes from official police and sheriff?s department incident reports. Arrests merely indicate an accusation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless found guilty in court.
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Sunlight Mountain Resort’s newly formed freestyle team building from the ground up

SUNLIGHT MOUNTAIN, Colorado ? Every Saturday they come. They ascend upon Sunlight Mountain Resort looking to hit all the features it has to offer.

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Prep Track & Field Roundup

RANGELY, Colorado ? Even with just about half their athletes in action, Glenwood Springs? track and field teams made their presence felt at Saturday?s Rangely High School-hosted Panther Invitational.

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Business Briefs

Starting April 8, Dragonfly Dreams Day Spa will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; and from noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Later appointments are available. Call 876-0880 for information.

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Community News & Notes

Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park is offering the Glenwood Caverns ?Begin a New Adventure? Scholarship.
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News Headlines for Monday, March 31, 2008

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Carbondale’s Jake Sakson leads Alaska tele freeskiing championships
GIRDWOOD, Alaska ? Manufactured in Aspen, custom-built for Alaska?s legendary big lines.
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Breckenridge cracks down ? no foolin’
BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. ? In recent years ?Gaper Day? celebrations have gotten a bit out of hand in Breckenridge, officials say. Not this year.
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Storm dumps 19 inches at Highlands
ASPEN ? Aspen Highlands has picked up 19 inches of new snow since Saturday afternoon, thanks to a series of Pacific storms that swept into western Colorado, dumping wet snow and shutting down Interstate 70 near Vail on Sunday night.
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State unveils draft oil, gas regulations
DENVER ? A proposal for updating Colorado oil and gas regulations would take less time to process drilling applications and require less consultation with state agencies than envisioned in preliminary rules.
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Kansas man dies at Keystone
KEYSTONE, Colo. ? A 43-year-old Kansas man who died after skiing on an intermediate trail at Keystone Ski Resort had struck a tree.
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Pregnant woman shot, killed in Junction
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. ? Grand Junction police are looking for a man suspected of shooting and killing a pregnant woman in front of an apartment complex.
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Beware Aspen’s Main Street dragnet
ASPEN ? West Main Street is known ? and often reviled ? for its traffic jams. It?s also a hotbed for speeding ticket citations.
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Nursing home on Aspen’s horizon?
ASPEN ? A new assisted-living facility for aging Aspenites is coming into focus.
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Aspen building permits backlogged
ASPEN ? Building permits for construction projects take more than six months, more than double the average in other communities.
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Man dies in Four Mile crash
GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? One man died when the vehicle he was driving rolled into an embankment off Four Mile Road, outside of Glenwood Springs, Sunday afternoon.
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Groups rally in support of new Colorado oil, gas regulations
DENVER ? Lisa Bracken, describing the experience of natural gas development near her home ?as a rotten mar?riage,? joined hunters and environmentalists Sunday to call for new regulations to protect air, water, wildlife and public health during Colorado?s record-breaking energy boom.
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Tonight in Aspen: Les Nubians
ASPEN ? Sisters H?l?ne and C?lia Faussart were born in Bordeaux, then moved to Chad as children with their French father and Cameroonian mother. As the French-based duo Les Nubians, the Faussart sisters play up their multiculturalism to the hilt.
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R.E.M. picks up the pace
ATHENS, Ga. ? On the ground floor of a nondescript building, a few blocks from the University of Georgia campus here, sits a little room stuffed with instruments and decorated with Christmas lights, lava lamps, old concert posters and tacked-up 45s.
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The movies ? Aspen and beyond
Here’s what’s showing, and when, Monday at area theaters.
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Today’s News Headlines

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Her time is increasingly in demand

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Every page of Garfield County Commissioner Tr?si Houpt?s daily planner probably has a meeting or some other civic function responsibility scribbled on it.

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Group sets world record for highest human pyramid

VAIL ? What began as a beer-inspired idea may now land a group of Vail skiers in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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New gas drilling rules to be released Monday

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Almost four months ago, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission released its ?initial, pre-draft? proposal for new oil and gas regulations in the state.

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Week in review

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Local reactions were mostly negative to a bill that passed out of committee in the state senate Thursday. That bill proposes a $5 toll on Interstate 70 drivers west of Denver.

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Rifle loses doubleheader to Eagle Valley

RIFLE ? The Rifle baseball team started its 2008 Class 4A Western Slope League season on a sour note on Saturday after getting swept by Eagle Valley in a doubleheader at home.

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Rams still searching for first win

CARBONDALE ? One or two bad innings can quickly make good ones go right out the window.

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Community news & notes

An Evening of Acoustic Old-Time and Celtic Music with ?The Crowlin Ferlies? and friends will be offered from 7:30-10 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at The Pour House, 351 Main St., Carbondale.

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Help your child and you gain control

I am a control freak. My adult freakishness most likely began sometime in middle school, during the days when I was relentlessly bullied by the older boys in my school.
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Recent weddings

Guillermo Rivera and Fabiola Trejo, of Rifle,

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Readers Say Thanks

Thank you very much to these wonderful businesses and individuals for their donations of cash and door prizes for the Rifle Snowmobile Club?s 15th Annual Poker Run Feb. 17, 2008.

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News Headlines for Sunday, March 30, 2008

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Klosing the deal
ELK MOUNTAIN ? Mike Kloser thought his chance at consecutive titles had faded into the bitter early-morning air.
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Does humanity?s future include a ?very large extinction spasm??
ASPEN ? Some scientists say the Earth is headed for ?a very large extinction spasm? if current trends continue, moderator Michael Totten told a panel of experts at the Aspen Environment Forum on Saturday.
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Snow Report For Snowmass: Snow Conditions New Snow - (24 hours): 0.00 inches
0.00 cm New Snow - (48 hours): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (7 days): 0.00
inches 0.00 cm Surface Conditions: Packed Powder/Springlike

Mountain Snow Base Moutain Top: 98.00 inches 248.92 cm Mid Mountain: 73.00
inches 185.42 cm

Mountain Information % Adv./Expert Terrain Open: 100 % Beginner/Inter.
Terrain Open: 100 Trails Open: 91 Lifts Open: 21 Open Acres: 3132

Weather Conditions Current Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 25.00(f) -3.00(c)
Wind: SSW 5-15 MPH Forecast: Cloudy, light snow, H 45F

* Snow Report For Aspen Mountain: Snow Conditions New Snow - (24 hours):
0.00 inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (48 hours): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (7
days): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm Surface Conditions: Packed Powder/Springlike

Mountain Snow Base Moutain Top: 70.00 inches 177.80 cm Mid Mountain: 73.00
inches 185.42 cm

Mountain Information % Adv./Expert Terrain Open: 100 % Beginner/Inter.
Terrain Open: 100 Trails Open: 76 Lifts Open: 7 Open Acres: 673

Weather Conditions Current Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 25.00(f) -3.00(c)
Wind: SSW 5-15 MPH Forecast: Light snow, H 45F

* Snow Report For Buttermilk: Snow Conditions New Snow - (24 hours): 0.00
inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (48 hours): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (7
days): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm Surface Conditions: Packed Powder/Springlike

Mountain Snow Base Moutain Top: 66.00 inches 167.64 cm Mid Mountain: 57.00
inches 144.78 cm

Mountain Information % Adv./Expert Terrain Open: 94 % Beginner/Inter.
Terrain Open: 100 Trails Open: 44 Lifts Open: 6 Open Acres: 433

Weather Conditions Current Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 25.00(f) -3.00(c)
Wind: SSW 5-15 MPH Forecast: Light snow, H 45F

* Snow Report For Aspen Highlands: Snow Conditions New Snow - (24 hours):
0.00 inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (48 hours): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm New Snow - (7
days): 0.00 inches 0.00 cm Surface Conditions: Packed Powder/Springlike

Mountain Snow Base Moutain Top: 117.00 inches 297.18 cm Mid Mountain: 84.00
inches 213.36 cm

Mountain Information % Adv./Expert Terrain Open: 100 % Beginner/Inter.
Terrain Open: 100 Trails Open: 115 Lifts Open: 5 Open Acres: 1010

Weather Conditions Current Weather: Cloudy Temperature: 25.00(f) -3.00(c)
Wind: SSW 5-15 MPH Forecast: Light snow, H 45F

Today’s News Headlines

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Five Minutes With … A boy scout Leader

Name: Steve Weller

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I-70 toll not hot in Glenwood

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Local reactions were mostly negative to a bill that passed out of committee in the state senate Thursday. That bill proposes a $5 toll on Interstate 70 drivers west of Denver.

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Community news & notes

The town of Basalt will begin construction activities April 2 on its new recycle center, to be located adjacent to Midland Spur and Two Rivers Road (just east of the present location).
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Experts: Oil is a slippery situation

ASPEN ? Experts might disagree about exactly when the world will run out of the oil that is easily found and extracted, but most agree that it will happen at some point and that humanity should be preparing for that day.

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Free health screenings in April from Mountain Family Health Centers

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? The Mountain Family Health Centers will be conducting free health screenings throughout the region in April at locations in Glenwood Springs, Carbondale and Rifle.

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Readers say thanks

The artists and owners of the Midland Arts Company in downtown Rifle wish to express our sincere thanks to all the art patrons who showed up and supported us during our grand-reopening March 14 and 15.

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Rifle makes quick work of Moffat County

RIFLE ? Rifle goalkeeper Abby Schmidt didn?t really mind the relative inactivity on her end of the field. After all, it meant that her Bear girls soccer teammates were keeping the pressure high on the other end of the field.

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Coal Ridge gets big early lead, wins at Rangely

RANGELY ? Cruising to an early 13-0 lead at Rangely on Thursday, the Coal Ridge baseball team seized the chance to get some its non-regulars extended playing time.

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News Headlines for Saturday, March 29, 2008

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Wiley Maple eyes spot on U.S. Ski Team
ASPEN ? Patient Wiley Maple is not.
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Hudak three-peats at U.S. Freestyle Championships
Aspen Times staff report

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All hands on deck
ASPEN ? Skico Employees pitching in to help make it to the end of the season.
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Enviros make some strange bedfellows
ASPEN ? Imagine, if you will, valley energy guru Amory Lovins on television with Tom and Ray Magliozzi, better known as ?Click and Clack, the Tappet brothers? from the National Public Radio show ?Car Talk.?
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Experts say oil is slippery situation
ASPEN ? Clock ticking on the world?s supply
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Today’s News Headlines

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Silt trustee says stalking charge against him is bogus

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? A judge ruled Wednesday that a felony stalking charge against Silt Town Trustee Bobby Hays could be changed to allege he stalked a woman as early as January 2000.

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Cops: Chef from Avon steals $50K, loses it in scam

AVON ? An executive chef stole $50,000 from his employer only to lose it in a foreign lottery scam in which he hoped to win $1.5 million, Detective Paul Arnold of the Avon Police Department said.

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Ritter speaks in Aspen

ASPEN ? Colorado Gov.
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Senate Finance Committee passes bill giving incentives for using killed trees

DENVER? The Senate Finance Committee recently approved a bill that would provide incentives for products made with timber killed by bark beetle infestation, according to a press release from the Senate Chamber.

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Glenwood?s Mountain Peddler readies to move on

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Joan Chaffin believes in always having a plan B.

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Shoshone power plant in Glenwood Canyon will be producing juice again by May

GLENWOOD CANYON ? A ruptured penstock on June 20, 2007 left the Shoshone Hydroelectric plant lifeless. But Xcel Energy area manager Fred Eggleston said the plant will be producing power again by the end of April.

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Colorado River at Glenwood Springs could peak well above average

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Water experts at the Colorado River Water Conservation District bet each year to see who can most closely predict peak river flows.

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Hanna Farrar recovering after river accident

ASHEVILLE, N.C. ? Colorado Rocky Mountain School graduate and U.S. Freestyle Kayak Team member Hanna Farrar is recovering in a North Carolina hospital after being injured in a kayaking accident March 19 on the Green River.

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Coal Ridge edges Palisade with OT goal

PALISADE ? Jill Refior booted the winning goal in overtime as Coal Ridge?s girls soccer team turned a dominant offensive effort into a 1-0 overtime win at Palisade on Thursday.

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Area players selected for all-state hoop squads

Area basketball players Sharaya Selsor, Matthias Weissl, Tyler Jensen and Kendall Babler topped off their high school careers by earning spots on RockyPreps All-state first team squads.

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Area Sports Briefs

The Roan Plateau Rangers U18 boys soccer team will host its first home games of the season Saturday and Sunday at Deerfield Park in Rifle (on the Anvil Points field). Both games are at 1 p.m.
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At a Glance

The Grief and Creativity Workshop, held at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts from today through Sunday, will help people of all ages cope with profound loss through expressive art.
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Live Music

TODAY

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Calendar Listings

TODAY

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Glenwood woman helps other to heal through music

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? When you?re a new reporter, fresh to town, these things happen all the time. You learn of some great story, a vital person. Then, a bit late, you realize this is only news to you.

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30 years of making music

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? Ray Adams wasn?t even pretending to be fully awake. It was Tuesday afternoon, and he?d already spoken to another reporter by the time he made his way to this paper.
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Aspen Shortsfest

The 17th annual Aspen Shortsfest is hitting Aspen and Carbondale from Wednesday, April 2 to Sunday, April 6. Below is a taste of upcoming shows. For more information on the programs, visit www.aspenfilm.org.
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“Drillbit” a bit disappointing

From the brilliant mind of my favorite writer, Seth Rogan, comes this mildly entertaining but entirely disappointing comedy about three boys who accidentally hire a bum as their bodyguard.

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“Guy” movies a good escape

A few days ago, I was antsy and claustrophobic at work. This is an amazing job, I know, but I?ve never been in an office setting before. What an adjustment.

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Entertainment and peace collide at Carbondale’s Peace Jam!

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado ? ?Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.? ? John F. Kennedy

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Calculated abstraction in Carbondale

CARBONDALE ? For most people, creativity and math are as far apart as two things can be. But it?s just not that way for Andrea Korber. Architecture, she said, is a real blend of these two ideas. It?s also how she?s made her living for the last six years.
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Readers say thanks

On behalf of the staff and students of Cactus Valley Elementary in Silt, I would like to thank the community for its generous support of our Read to Feed fundraiser for Heifer International, which strives to end hunger in the U.S.
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Community News & Notes

Teams are in full gear for the Rifle Area Relay For Life and beginning to host a variety of fundraising events. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society to turn hope into a cure.

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Strategic plan for Garfield County libraries

The Garfield County Public Library District is embarking on its next phase as a library district.
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Memories & Milestones

Samantha Marie Kidd was inducted into the Psi Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Colorado Mountain College Feb. 29, 2008.

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News Headlines for Friday, March 28, 2008

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Jen Hudak eyes U.S. championship
PARK CITY, Utah ? After finally downing rival Sarah Burke in a World Cup halfpipe, Jen Hudak enters Friday?s superpipe contest at the U.S. Freestyle Championships in Park City, Utah, brimming with confidence.
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Chris Klug isn’t quitting any time soon
ASPEN ? After more than six months spent living out of a suitcase in places like Austria, Japan and New Zealand, Aspen’s Chris Klug was happy to be in familiar surroundings this past weekend.
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Colorado River could peak well above average
GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Water experts at the Colorado River Water Conser?vation District bet each year to see who can most closely predict peak river flows.
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Time’s up for Woody Creek trailer owners
WOODY CREEK ? Some residents of the Woody Creek Trailer Park have until July 1 of this year to buy the lots where their trailers sit, or possibly face expulsion from the park.
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Ritter talks alternative energy in Aspen stop
ASPEN ? Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter on Thursday called on the Bush administration, congressional leaders and other officials to do more to foster alternative energy research in Colorado and the West, in part by extending tax credits for investors and producers.
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Aspen celebrates skiing heritage
ASPEN ? Former Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Pat O?Donnell and Olympian Andrea Mead Lawrence are among the honorees of Skiing Heritage Week,
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Basalt candidates Q&A: affordable housing
What role, if any, should the Basalt town government play in providing affordable housing?
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The movies ? Aspen and beyond
? Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day,? ?21? and ?Superhero Movie? open this weekend at area theaters. Aspen Shortsfest kicks off with the Local Filmmakers showcase on Sunday at the Wheeler Opera House.
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Chorus, Ray Adams debut ?Aspen Songs?
ASPEN ? Ray Adams expects some big emotional moments in the Aspen Choral Society?s annual spring concerts this weekend in Carbondale and Aspen.
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Improve Basalt?s future: Brandt, McBride and Whitsitt
The town of Basalt is fortunate to have a thoughtful and competent set of six can?didates running for three seats on its Town Council. It was hard for us to pick three people to endorse from this group, but choose we must. We?re going with Garret Brandt, Peter McBride and Jacque Whitsitt.
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Two arrested in alleged cocaine deal in Carbondale

CARBONDALE ? The Two Rivers Drug Enforcement Team said Wednesday it arrested two men and seized almost a half-ounce of cocaine Friday.

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Card brings prescriptions within reach in Garfield County

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Most people love getting a discount.

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Signal planned for 27th and Grand in Glenwood Springs

GLENWOOD SPRINGS ? Drivers heading to work over the Sunlight Bridge may encounter a new stoplight this year designed to ease traffic congestion.

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Ballots have been mailed in Silt recall

SILT ? About 988 ballots are circulating through the mail in Silt to determine who voters want to be mayor and serve on the Town Board of Trustees.

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Menconi, Woodland face off in Eagle mayor race

There?s no doubt that it?s the mayor?s race spurring higher than usual interest in the Eagle election this year.

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Eagle election to be Tuesday, April 1

Eagle voters will go to the polls Tuesday, April 1 to choose a new mayor and three town board members.

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Basalt voters warned, ?hold your nose? on trailer park issue

BASALT ? Some Basalt voters are upset that a private bonding company, which stands to profit if the town buys a local trailer park, is financing the publicity campaign urging voters to approve the purchase.

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It?s a race for Gypsum Town Council

GYPSUM ? Five candidates have stepped up to seek one of three open seats in the April 8, Gypsum Town Council election.

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Colorado Rocky Mountain School tele team performs well

Last week, the Colorado Rocky Mountain School telemark skiing team went to test its skills against the best in the country at the Telemark Extreme Nationals in Crested Butte.

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NASCAR a way of life for die-hard fans

Denise Aldrich motors from one table to the next rarely slowing down.

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Prep Sports Roundup

GRAND JUNCTION ? Loren Forney hit her way into the top 10 again on Tuesday, carding a round of 83 to take sixth place in the Grand Junction Central golf tournament at Tiara Rado Golf Course.

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Community News & Notes

Free breast exams done by a nurse practitioner will be offered for women age 55 and older through the Columbine Home Health Wellness Clinics. They will be available at Mesa Vista Assisted Living in Battlement Mesa from 1-4 p.m. April 3.
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Elegant Lunch to be served at the Activity Center

The Battlement Mesa P.E.O. Chapter IP is again hosting its Elegant Lunch and Card Party at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 24, at the Battlement Mesa Activity Center. This event is much anticipated by many.
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