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Rocky Mountain Events MULTIPLE LOCATIONS Holiday Markets - Celebrate the Holiday Season! Many towns throughout the front range are hosting Holiday/Christmas markets for your shopping pleasure. Visit such places as Breckenridge, Georgetown, Aspen, Idaho Springs, Black Hawk and Central City, Leadville and more!
ASPEN December 1, 2009 - April 13, 2010: Time Travel Tuesdays - A different program every Tuesday evening featuring living history performances, engaging lectures, first-person recollections, historical games, and more $5/person. Free to members. Locations Vary. 5:30 pm (970) 9253721. www.AspenHistory.org December 20 - January 2: Aspen Film Academy Screenings - Every year Aspen Film adds celluloid excitement to Aspen’s winter holidays with a slate of the year’s hottest films headlined by top directors and stars. Open to everyone, this two week extravaganza offers a sneek peek at some of the films everyone will be talking about come the Academy Awards. Harris Concert Hall. www.AspenFilm.org January 28 - January 31: Winter X Games 9 - 9:00 am - 10:00 pm. ESPN Winter X Games return to Aspen/ Snowmass for its 9th year. All events are FREE and open to the public. For more information visit www.xgames.com or call (970) 925-1220. February 28 - March 4: US Comedy Arts Festival - 8:00 am - 10:00 pm. Event costs vary. For more information visit www.homeboxoffice.com
BLACK HAWK and CENTRAL CITY May 5: Gregory Day - The Governor’s Mansion, Denver. This is the kick-off event for the 150th anniversary of the discovery of gold in Black Haw and Central City. Celebrate the man who started the rush and became the area’s first millionaire. Evening festivities will
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BRECKENRIDGE Second Saturdays in the Arts District: The second Saturday of Each Month - Breckenridge Theatre, Fuqua, Livery Stable and Tin Shop Ridge Street. Stroll through the arts district on each second Saturday of the month and enjoy new exhibitions at the Breckenridge Theatre Gallery featuring the artwork of local artists. FREE! January 10, 2010 - January 17, 2010: Ullr Festival Week - Pronounced (Ooler), the mythical Norse God of Snow. Week Long of Fun! January 10 - Ullr Fest Skating Party; C West Ice Arena. $5 - includes skate rental. Pizza and soda additional fee. 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm. January 11 - Ullr Fest Nordic Party; Gold Run Nordic Center. Half price ski and snow shoe rental. 5:00 - 8:30 pm. A reception of light fare and cash bar. The 2010 Ullr King and Queen are crowned followed by a cross country ski or snow shoe (beginner level ability) out to the bon fire. January 12 - The Dating Game Breck style; 8:00 pm at Cecilia’s Martini Bar and Nightclub. Adults over the age of 21. January 13 - Ullympics; 8:00 - 8:00 pm at Carter Park. Participation is FREE. Co-ed teams of 4 compete in the retro ski relay, the group ski race, and the frying pan toss!!! After party follows at a yet to be determined Breckenridge pub. January 14 - Ullr Parade; 4:30 pm. Begins at North Main Street and winds south through the heart of Breckenridge. January 15 - Comedy Night; Light appetizers, giveaways and a cash bar. January 16 - Chili Cook Off Event; 3:00 - 8:00 pm at the Riverwalk Center. Enjoy samplings from local and world famous chili chefs, live entertainment, plus fun activities for the whole family. January 26, 2010 - February 7, 2010: International Snow Sculpture Championships - People come from all over the world to carve 20 ton blocks of snow into beautiful masterpieces. In just 65 hours, these enormous snow canvasses transform into three dimensional works of art. In its 19th
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Mia’s Italian Bistro By Chris Richcreek 1. Only three teams since 1995 have won the World Series after losing the opening game. Name two of them. 2. How many different times did Danny Murtaugh manage the Pittsburgh Pirates? 3. Name the last NFL team before the 2008 San Diego Chargers to win a division title with an 8-8 record. 4. Who holds the mark for most blocked shots in a men’s basketball NCAA Tournament game? 5. Name three of the four players who, between 2000 and 2009, tallied 40 or more goals in a season for the New Jersey Devils. 6. How many consecutive NCAA titles did Dan Gable’s University of Iowa wrestling team win starting in the late ‘70s? 7. In the 1990s, three men each won golf’s U.S. Open twice. Name two of them. Answers 1. The 1996 and 2009 New York Yankees, and the 2002 Anaheim Angels. 2. Four times (1957-’64, ‘67, ‘70-’71, ‘73-’76). 3. The Cleveland Browns in 1985. 4. LSU’s Shaquille O’Neal had 11 blocks in 1992. 5. Patrik Elias (40 goals in ‘00-’01), Alexander Mogilny (43, ‘00-’01), Brian Gionta (48, ‘05-’06) and Zach Parise (45, ‘08-’09). 6. Nine consecutive titles (1978-’86). 7. Payne Stewart (1991, ‘99), Lee Janzen (‘93, ‘98) and Ernie Els (‘94, ‘97). (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
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A SPORTING VIEW By Mark Vasto
A Perfect Season on the Plains
is revoked in a school assembly, where he is made to apologize for letting the town down. Throughout the book, Barta espouses his worldview on the team. They work extremely hard, both in the farm fields and on the football field. They run a wishbone. They average more than 9 yards per play. They never kick extra points or field goals unless they are trying not to run up the score. The outgoing seniors had outscored opponents 702-0.
When The New York Times’ Joe Drape, a Kansas native, wrote a feature story on the Smith Center Redmen, a team that had won four straight Kansas state championships and hadn’t lost a game in all that time, he was astonished at the amount of feedback Off field, as one of the locals put it, they he received from readers. are “the ambassadors of our town ... Assigned the story after the Redmen you ask anyone in Western Kansas, and scored 72 points in the first quarter of a they’ll tell you they can recognize a Smith game -- a national record in place since Center kid.” In the summer, the boys can 1925 -- the charm of Smith Center affected be found at the high school lifting weights. Drape in a way that convinced him to write During the harvests, their schedules are a book, “Our Boys: A Perfect Season on sandwiched around work hours. If there’s the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen” a school dance, Barta reminds everyone (Times Books) chronicling their 2008 on the team to dress impressively for their season and fifth straight championship. dates, look the adults in the eye when they At the center of Smith Center’s success shake hands and to treat their dates like was Coach Roger Barta, a coach for whom the ladies, daughters and future mothers the game of football meant more than they are. scoring points on the gridiron. His mantra: “Do what a good man does,” Barta says. hard work, patience and love. Because to Barta, it’s about preparing the The boys on the team know that everyone boys of Smith Center for a life’s worth of in town is watching them. They can’t drink, experience: “None of this is really about smoke tobacco or use drugs, and if they’re football,” Barta tells Drape. “What I hope caught doing any of those things, the we’re doing is sending kids into life who penalty is severe. In Smith Center, every know that every day means something.” member of the team is given a football card, and those cards are distributed to Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter and the elementary-school classes, which publisher of The Kansas City Luminary. are filled with kids who idolize the team. When a player breaks the code, his card (c) 2009 King Features Synd., Inc.
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