Wednesday ❖ November 18, 2009
Kelsie Pomeroy just 1 of the boys on the club hockey team, see page 13
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Vol. 108, No. 230
Making ‘marvelous’ music MCHS students travel to Aspen for honor band By NICOLE INGLIS Daily Press writer
From a weekend in Aspen with 10 of his band mates, Moffat County High School student Tucker Trujillo will remember one thing above all else. The F scale. “It’s my favorite scale now,” he said. “Because I nailed it. I mean, it was so perfect.” His “perfect” audition landed the junior his first “first chair” assignment at the 2009 honor band in Aspen during the weekend, meaning he was the best trombonist of the group. John Bolton, Moffat County High School band director took 11 band students to Aspen on Friday to participate in the Colorado Music Educators Association honor band for Northwest Colorado. More than 75 students and band directors were involved in the event, which includes rehearsals and performances that challenge a chosen group of band students from across the region. “We get to get out of school,” Trujillo said. “And the bus rides are the best.” But for Trujillo, honor band is much more than a social event. It’s a chance to be challenged and compete at a higher level. For the past two years, Trujillo was placed at sixth chair, which wasn’t good enough for him. He told Bolton if he didn’t earn first chair this year, he could be found along Colorado Highway 82, hitchhiking his way back to Craig. “I knew I was better than that,” he said. “But I was really nervous when I got there.” He said opportunities like honor band and the February All-State conference in Denver were important recognition for the work that he and his fellow band mates put into their instruments. shawn mchugh/daily press “It lets people in Craig know Moffat County High School sophomore Amie Chadwick tunes her French horn Tuesday night during musical See band on page 11
rehearsal. Chadwick was one of 11 high school students who went to Aspen last weekend to audition for a place in the Colorado Music Educators Association honor band for the Northwest Colorado assembly.
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Vaccinations: The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association hosts a drop-in H1N1 vaccination clinic from 3:30 to 7 p.m. today at Moffat County High School, 900 Finley Lane. See page 2 for more.
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MCHS grad loses battle with cancer Cory Pike succumbs to lymphoma at 20 By NICOLE INGLIS Daily press writer
With his parents and brother by his side, 20-year-old Cory Pike died Monday night of Burkitt’s lymphoma after fighting the cancer for six months. The Pike family released a statement Tuesday on Cory’s CaringBridge blog. “On November 16th at 6:50 p.m. our beloved son, Tyler’s brother and your friend, Cory Dustin Pike, lost his courageous battle with lymphoma,” the statement read. “He went peacefully and painlessly and was surrounded by friends and family.” Cory graduated from Moffat County High School in 2007, where he played football and threw shot put for the track team. He attended Colorado State University, where he was studying construction management. When Cory was home in June, he was diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma. He had gone through several rounds of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Upon hearing of the diagnosis, the community came out in support of Cory by participating in several fundraisers, topped off by an auction in October that raised more than $21,000 for the Pike family. Despite the outpouring of support from his hometown, doctors on the Front Range were unable to find a bone marrow donor, and on Sept. 12 he was given a transplant of umbilical cord stem cells. After the surgery, biopsies See Pike on page 3 INSIDE
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