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Holding the line On eve of enrollment, parents camp out at Flagstaff

State ranks districts SVVSD earns accreditation rating

By Victoria A.F. Camron Longmont Times-Call The St. Vrain Valley School District received state accreditation after earning 65.7 percent of the possible points in a new evaluation, the Colorado Department of Education announced Tuesday.

The new accreditation process evaluates student achievement, academic growth, the gap in growth between different student groups and, for high schools, college and career readiness.

The state rated schools in five categories: accredited with distinction, accredited, accredited with improvement, accredited with priority improvement, and accredited with turnaround plan.

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Diane, who did not want to give her last name, reads a book to pass the time as she and dozens of parents, shown below, line up outside Flagstaff Academy in Longmont on Tuesday night with hopes of landing enrollment for their children this morning.

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Colo. lawsuit filed over TSA airport screening tactics

By P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

ONGMONT — Black Friday is for amateurs. At Flagstaff Academy, parents started lining up more than 25 hours before enrollment began at the charter school. The first person began to camp out at 6:40 a.m. Tuesday, waiting for a start time of 8 a.m. today.

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DENVER — A Colorado attorney has asked a federal judge to order the Transportation Security Administration to abandon its airport screening procedures for United States citizens.

Gary Fielder filed his lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver last week, more than a month after he; his two daughters, ages 9 and 15; and a family friend underwent a TSA patdown in San Diego.

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Let there be LEGOs

Senate shuns push for elimination of pet projects

Niwot boy builds menorah, invites community to add on to spire

NIWOT — Usually, Jonah Rubin builds spaceships with his LEGOs. This holiday season, he’s making a menorah.

“It’s really supposed to be more like a menorah on a stick,” the precocious 12year-old from Niwot said.

“That’s the best way I can explain it.”

As part of the preparation for his bar mitzvah — a milestone that, at age 13, marks a Jewish boy’s transition into adulthood — he is building a Hanukkah meno-

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rah out of LEGOs. The finished creation — complete with flameless battery-operated candles — will be donated to Longmont United Hospital to display in the building.

Rabbi Yakov Borenstein of the Chabad Center of Longmont said Rubin’s project is one of the most extensive bar mitzvah projects a student of his has undertaken. Rubin will celebrate his 13th birthday and bar mitzvah in June.

“This is something totally different,” said Borenstein,

By James Oliphant Tribune Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — An effort by Senate Republicans to temporarily ban earmarks died on the Senate floor Tuesday, but it was far from the last word on the controversial practice.

A three-year moratorium on lawmaker-directed funds for pet projects back home Lewis Geyer/Times-Call was proposed as an amendJonah Rubin, 12, second from left, received help building his ment to a food safety bill.

LEGO menorah from his brother Asher, 10, left, and cousins The food safety bill passed, Sophia Kauffman, 14, and Jordan Kauffman, 16. The menorah, but the earmark amendcontaining thousands of pieces and weighing 15 pounds, will go ment failed to gain the rePlease see MENORAH on A7 on display at Longmont United Hospital on Monday. quired 67 votes — two-thirds

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of the Senate — under a procedural hurdle. The proposal failed by a 39-56 tally.

Still, momentum appears to be on the side of anti-earmark forces in Congress.

Next year, the new GOP-led House is expected to either formally ban the practice or block any appropriations bill that contains earmarks, which often fund new roads and budgets in home districts and states, but also have long been criticized for supporting vanity projects.

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Ex-teacher accused of sex assault allowed to leave state

By Pierrette J. Shields Longmont Times-Call

BOULDER — A former Longmont High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with one of his students will be allowed to leave the state in December while he awaits arraignment on a felony charge.

Alex Tinsley of Boulder appeared briefly in Boulder District Court on Tuesday for an arraignment. His attorney indicated during his last hearing that Tinsley would accept a plea deal with

Twin Peaks Mall. Officers went to the coffee shop and talked to Tinsley and the girl, who initially denied the relationship, but officers found explicit text messages on her phone, according to police. The girl’s parents cooperated with police, and Tinsley ultimately detailed the sexual relationship to investigators, according to police.

Prosecutors charged him with sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust with a pattern

prosecutors to spare his victim a trial, but on Tuesday the deal was not ready. Boulder District Judge Gwyneth Whalen OK’d a request to delay the arraignment and expected deal until March 3 pending “some additional Tinsley evaluations.�

Longmont police arrested Tinsley in July after a woman noticed that he appeared to be treating a young teenage girl like a girlfriend while they had coffee at a coffee shop on Hover Street near

tions of his bond will be active during his trip.

Tinsley had been scheduled to “The most important thing on chaperone a group of students to the court’s mind is that you have Japan, but his arrest prevented no contact at all with anyone unhim from going. He subsequently left his job teaching Japanese and der the age of 18,� Whalen said. “That includes texting, e-mailing, German at Longmont High telephone calls. No contact whatSchool. soever.�

Whalen granted Tinsley permisTinsley agreed. sion to leave the state in DecemWhalen said that if a deal is not ber to visit his father, who has sufpresented and accepted in March, fered recent health problems, aca trial will be set. cording to Tinsley’s attorney.

Whalen granted the request but Pierrette J. Shields can be reached at 303-684warned him that all of the condi5273 or pshields@times-call.com. of abuse.

Fort Carson soldier charged with murder of prisoner

By Dan Elliott The Associated Press FORT CARSON — A Fort Carson soldier was so eager to fight “the bad guys� in Afghanistan that he shot and killed a Taliban leader who was sleeping in a jail cell, military prosecutors said Tuesday.

Prosecutors wrapped up a hearing to determine whether Pfc. David Lawrence should be court-martialed on the charge of premeditated murder in the Oct. 17 slaying of the prisoner.

The presiding officer will recommend to commanders whether the 20year-old Indiana native should be tried. It’s not clear when that recommendation will come.

Lawrence’s lawyer said the soldier is taking medication for schizophrenia and isn’t mentally fit to stand trial.

During testimony, two soldiers who guarded Lawrence after his arrest in Afghanistan said he told them that he and his lawyer might “play the crazy card.�

Lawrence appeared to repeatedly nod off during the hearing, prompting prosecutors to ask a sergeant to sit next to him to make sure he stayed awake. At one point, he stood up and started to walk away before an officer pulled him back.

One of the soldiers from Lawrence’s platoon, Pfc. Dimitri Andre Jenkins, testified by speaker phone from Afghanistan about Lawrence’s unsettling behavior before the prisoner was shot. Jenkins, a medic, said Lawrence acted strangely, saying sometimes he was upset about a friend who had died back home and sometimes he laughed and joked with other soldiers.

Jenkins testified that he reported his concerns to superiors about Lawrence, who was serving with the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division in Afghanistan.

Jenkins said he feared the prisoner

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Bryan Oller/The Gazette, AP The AARP driver safety Pfc. David Lawrence takes a break on Tuesday from an Article 32 hearing at Fort Carson. program will offer the following Lawrence is accused of killing a Taliban commander while he was detained in a cell at classes: an outpost north of Kandahar in Afghanistan. Lawrence had been on guard duty at the • 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, time of the shooting.

Dec. 6, and Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Kaiser Permanente, 2345 Bent would be killed when “for the most Both guards said they were not at the Way, Longmont part, he said he was going to do some- hearing and didn’t know what had • 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, thing that had to be done.â€? transpired.

Dec. 13, and Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the Longmont Senior Center, Jenkins also said that before the Both guards, who also testified by 910 Longs Peak Ave. prisoner was shot, “I felt like it was phone from Afghanistan, said • 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, going to be some kind of murderLawrence had asked them about how Dec. 20, and Tuesday, Dec. 21, suicide deal.â€? long a prison term he might get. at the Longmont Senior Center.

Lawrence’s guards, Sgt. John Miller “Well, if I get 20 years, I’ll get out This two-day refresher course and Pvt. Aaron Rederstorf, also both when I’m 40, and that wouldn’t be too is designed to sharpen driving testified that Lawrence told them that bad,� Miller quoted Lawrence as sayknowledge and skills and the bullet that killed the detainee — ing. develop strategies for adjusting who hasn’t been identified — had ricoSgt. Jaroslab Diaz, who had served to age-related changes in vision, cheted off something before it struck as Lawrence’s platoon leader at one hearing and reaction time. him. time, also testified that two other solCompleters 55 and older They said that before Lawrence had diers told him that Lawrence had requalify for an insurance his first judicial hearing in ported having homicidal and suicidal premium reduction; those 55 Afghanistan, he was smiling and thoughts before the shooting. Diaz tes- and younger also may qualify laughing, with Miller saying he aptified that Lawrence said he shot the for an insurance premium peared “almost cocky.� leader.

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Axis of Movement will present “Nutcracker, All Cracked Up� at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at Vance Brand Civic Auditorium, 600 E. Mountain View Ave., Longmont.

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By Pierrette J. Shields Longmont Times-Call

BOULDER — A Texas man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to commit securities fraud as part of a business that cost Boulder County victims nearly $1 million.

Kevin Lauritsen, 49, also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in a deal with Boulder County prosecutors who charged him, former Boulder church pastor Loren Ankarlo and their friend Douglas Wertzbaugher in what investigators believe was a high-stakes Ponzi scheme.

The deal spares Lauritsen a trial on charges that he violated the Colorado Organized Crime and Control Act, including three counts of felony securities fraud, three counts of felony theft

and a count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Under the deal, he also will be expected to pay restitution to the named victims in the case. That amount will be determined later.

“We estimate the total amount of restitution will be around $1 million, with interest,” Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said.

Lauritsen is scheduled to return to court Jan. 12 for sentencing.

Ankarlo also appeared in Boulder District Court on Tuesday, vacated a planned trial and set a date, Dec. 14, to settle his case.

Ankarlo greeted Garnett during the brief appearance.

“Blessings,” he said to an acquaintance as he left the courtroom.

Prosecutor Michael Foote said Tuesday that plea negotiations with Ankarlo are nearly complete and he expects Ankarlo also will plead guilty in the case. He faces the same charges that Lauritsen did.

Wertzbaugher is charged with two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, all felonies. His trial is set for January.

According to prosecutors, Lauritsen — through Ankarlo and Wertzbaugher — persuaded three Boulder County men to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in an overseas “platform” meant to fund aid projects in Africa. The group promised the investors short-term, high-percentage returns backed by promissory notes that guaranteed principals, according to prosecutors.

In one case, a Longmont man did get a return the first time he invested his “retirement nest egg” but was not repaid his money on the second investment, according to court records. A Lafayette couple Ankarlo knew through his church connections, and spent time with after they lost a daughter in a car wreck, lost $275,000 to the investment, according to an arrest warrant.

Another man lost his investment of $200,000 from a settlement he received after a 2001 car wreck left him with a brain injury, according to documents.

Prosecutors believe the money never went to any overseas, philanthropic investment; instead, he said, the group used new investment money to pay themselves and earlier investors.

T-C LINE I am so grateful for all of the people wishing “merry Christmas” instead of the hackneyed “happy holidays.”

“Merry Christmas” sounds good.

Black Friday limits

I’m just calling about the Black Friday. I also was standing in line at the Target, and when they opened the doors at 4 o’clock, it was invaded, and some people got to get three TVs and others got none. I can’t understand why they can’t put a limit to that so everyone can share and have a piece of the luxury of owning a TV at a reasonable price.

Thanks to our carrier

I would like to thank our wonderful newspaper carrier working for your newspaper. He is kind enough to bring our newspaper up to the front porch every day. And should he

appear after the carriers for the other newspapers we receive, he picks those up and sets those on our porch, too. What a wonderful, wonderful person.

Honor fallen deputy I was just kind of wondering why the post office on Coffman Street doesn’t honor our fallen sheriff’s deputy by placing the flag at half-mast. It is currently all the way up the pole, and it’s a little disturbing.

The economy Instead of printing more money and risking inflation and the devaluement of people’s property taxes, federal lawmakers need to give huge tax breaks to companies that are going to manufacture products domestically. We need to get America back to work.

This will increase payroll and income taxes, sales taxes and, with less people going into

foreclosure, it will increase property taxes that the municipalities so desperately need.

Cold-weather tip As the weather gets colder, it’s important to carry some warm clothing and maybe a blanket in your car, as well as some water and possibly some energy bars or other food.

Thanks so much I want to thank the person who found my keys at Sears on Friday and turned them in to Sears. I am handicapped and have no feeling in my hands and didn’t realize I had dropped them. So, thank you so much. It was greatly appreciated.

Diabetes article That’s a great article about Type 1, Type 2 diabetes. I’m glad you published it. Just as a point of interest, diabetes kills

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rested a convicted felon on suspicion of domestic violence and possession of illegal weapons, according to reports. His wife reported to police that he beat her and threatened her with a gun at a home on the 300 block of Quail Road. She said she was afraid for her and her son’s safety. She warned officers that he has guns and showed police cell phone photos of the weapons. The man was arrested, and police retrieved an SKS pistolgrip rifle, a .40-caliber Glock and ammunition from the man’s home, according to reports.

Someone damaged the

drive-through window on the north side of Francis Street Liquors on Monday, police said. Officers have no suspects.

A thief stole a lawn ornament Monday from in front of a home on the 100 block of Wetterhorn Way, police said.

CONE ZONES Expect southbound delays from Colo. Highway 7 to the Erie/ Dacono exit through December from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Mondays through Thursdays, with lane closures.

State Sen. Romer announces Denver mayoral bid The Associated Press DENVER — State Sen. Chris Romer says he will resign his Senate seat at the end of the year to run for Denver mayor.

The Denver Democrat, the son of former Gov. Roy Romer, made the announcement Tuesday after a meeting with business leaders.

They discussed the economy and the city’s role in the economic recovery.

Others who’ve joined the race including city council members Doug Linkhart and Michael Hancock, city employee Danny Lopez and James Mejia, executive director of the Denver Preschool Program.

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Don’t take ice rink for granted T he city’s recent willingness to reconfigure the schedule at the Roosevelt Park Ice Pavilion was a nice gesture during the holiday season.

In an effort to accommodate teen hockey players, the city agreed to change a Thursday morning session from youth to teen drop-in hockey during the holiday break for St. Vrain Valley schools.

In addition, starting in 2011, a Saturday evening slot will alternate between adult hockey and teen hockey.

These changes were a sensible olive branch to hockey players and their parents.

But it also is important that the parents not take the rink for granted.

It wasn’t that long ago that the rink was in danger of shutting down because it didn’t generate enough revenue.

In 2007, it took a $10,000

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gift from Mile-Hi Skydiving and the family of Jeff Sands, the company’s former owner, to keep the rink operating.

In 2008, the City Council had to approve $20,000 from the council contingency fund and raise rink rates to cover the costs of opening for the season.

Ice rink manager Mark Mann had correctly made changes to the rink’s schedule for this season in an effort to maximize revenue. The types of skating most likely to bring in customers were given priority scheduling.

So now that the city has been flexible, it is up to the hockey players to make sure they turn out in numbers for the new sessions to help keep the rink viable.

In tight economic times, an outdoor ice rink is a wonderful asset for the city, but not one that can afford to operate with a deficit.

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OPEN FORUM A litany of ‘don’t knows’ “It’s a good question, I don’t know,” answered Mr. Howard Morgan, chairman of the Airport Advisory Board. That was his response to Councilman McCoy at the Oct. 26 City Council meeting when asked why CARE had been unanimously singled out by the AAB to be eliminated from the Community Involvement Committee. A few minutes later, even the CIC’s involvement in the airport master plan process was terminated by the City Council.

Mr. Morgan was right. The question was good. His answer wasn’t. As AAB chairman, Mr. Morgan should know why the board, including himself, vote for motions. However, as a city official, he’s not alone in answering with “don’t know” to questions about the runway extension.

For example, when CARE directs questions to Longmont officials regarding the runway extension, most are answered with “don’t know.” City officials who advocate runway expansion confidently tell Longmont residents it will create more jobs. The unsupported claim of jobs becomes apparent when their basic premise is questioned. How many jobs? Don’t know. Who will provide the jobs? Don’t know.

What kind of jobs? Don’t know.

What will the salaries be? Don’t know. Longmont is risking its rural charm, environment, housing values, property tax base, low noise levels to host corporate jets based on a lot of “don’t knows.”

For months, CARE asked city officials and Mayor Baum to name the eight to 10 companies they claim did not locate to Longmont because the airport runway is too short. Now Mr. Cody, president of the Longmont Area Economic Council, and city officials are telling residents the companies’ names will remain confidential. Really. How convenient.

Is that the open and transparent process that Longmont’s city leaders and the FAA representative to Longmont claim to uphold? They were more believable answering “don’t know.”

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people — the rich, the poor and the middle class. Now there are he writer of this guest opinion about class warfare The people who invest money in extremes in all classes but, for the most part, folks are what they (Tuesday, Nov. 23, “Class business and the market do so to war continues unabated,” Page make money, not to have the gov- choose to be.

Remember the Russian RevoA4) seems to have gotten some ernment take it away. It is their things wrong, or maybe it is just money, their risk, and they should lution when the Communist Party erupted and created a utopia of a misprint. do with it as they want. If they taking over the wealth and indusfail, they pay the price. When I The Federal Reserve controls try to share with people? See how the flow of money and cannot give made bad investments, the govwell that worked out? The Gerany of it away. That is the govern- ernment did not help me. ment’s job; and, so far, the ObaThe writer should also remem- man government in the late 1920s ma administration has run our ber that we do have a strong mili- and early 1930s turned the Gerdebt up to $13 trillion. tary not to conquer nations or put man people against the wealthy Jews who controlled the money them under our feet. We free Warren Buffett stated in 2006 and industry. Remember how them to develop their own goverthat the rich were making the that worked out? nance that most encourages our war and were winning this war.

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South Africa. Mr. Buffett (and all rescue them.

The writer should remember billionaires) make money by inClass warfare does not exist as we are a republic of and by the vesting wisely. Those billionaires the writer would have us believe, people. out there build businesses and en- and please do not start one. There William Barrett is a retired Longmont resident. courage investments. are indeed differing classes of

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The Senate is expected to vote soon on whether to begin debate on the nomination of UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over California and other Western states.

Twice approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and rated “well qualified” by the American Bar Association, Liu has nevertheless been accused by conservatives of being “outside the mainstream,” which appears to be a synonym for “liberal.”

Liu’s academic writings, which are not necessarily a guide to how he would vote on the appeals court, undoubtedly place him at the liberal end of the spectrum.

But that no more puts him outside the mainstream than did the conservative inclinations of George W. Bush nominees whom Republicans and conservatives rightly defended on the basis of their professional credentials.

The chief argument for Liu’s supposed radicalism is an article in which he allegedly advocated that the courts read into the Constitution economic rights such as public education, health care and access to welfare benefits. The article did suggest that judges recognize “welfare rights (based on) the shared understandings of particular welfare goods as they are manifested in our institutions, laws and evolving social practices.” But Liu wrote that the main source of those rights is legislation, not court decisions.

Liu also is faulted for co-writing a book that said the Constitution should be interpreted “in order to sustain its vitality in light of the changing needs, conditions and understandings of our society.”

But that idea is self-evident and endorsed in some contexts even by conservative judges. The truth is that liberal and conservative judges are guided, depending on the case, by both the “original intent” of the document and its application to present-day realities.

Like other Obama administration nominees, including some who are not remotely controversial, Liu is a casualty of a feud between Democrats and Republicans over judicial candidates. Republicans point to what they say was the mistreatment of Bush nominees by Senate Democrats; Democrats haven’t forgotten Republican efforts to block President Clinton’s selections. This titfor-tat is not only tiresome, it deprives the federal courts of needed personnel. If Republicans want to assure fair treatment of a future Republican president’s nominees, they should declare a truce and treat President Obama’s nominees fairly. In Liu’s case, that means an up-or-down vote — followed by confirmation.

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New projects seek to develop real-life heroes among us A merica’s developing a real thing for heroes — not the kind in fiction, but the reallife variety.

Oprah does entire shows about them. CNN profiles them in recurrent specials.

President Obama even released a kids’ book about his 13 favorite heroes.

Peter Several nonFunt profit organizaColumnist tions — including the Heroic Imagination Project and the Giraffe Heroes Project — are dedicated not only to identifying heroes, but also to nurturing new ones. Some experts are convinced that heroism is, at least in part, learned behavior, and they argue that we need more of it.

While we apply the term “hero” to athletes, entertainers and the generally rich and famous, the spotlight is shifting increasingly to ordinary folks. A classic example is the pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who managed to

land safely in the Hudson River last year after his US Airways jet hit a flock of birds. He then threw out the first pitch at opening day in San Francisco, served as grand marshal at the Rose Parade, made dozens of TV appearances and was covered in a half-dozen books, including his own.

Capt. Sully’s experience proved he’s an extraordinary pilot, but is he a hero? How about Wesley Autrey, the construction worker who jumped onto the tracks to save a young man who had fallen, and became known in media as New York’s Subway Hero? Like Sully, who stayed in the plane assisting passengers until all escaped, Autrey risked injury or death. Was that a heroic act or impulsively foolish?

Last week’s “CNN Heroes” focused more on lifelong pursuits.

Among the people featured: a 74year-old doctor who cares for as many as 900 patients a day in the crime-ridden town of Juarez, Mexico, at the hospital she helped start; a Cambodian man who planted thousands of land mines as a soldier and now devotes his

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time to finding and removing them; a builder in Houston who constructs mortgage-free houses for military vets.

The Giraffe Heroes Project, whose name relates to sticking one’s neck out, has identified roughly 1,000 heroes at www.giraffe.org, such as the cheerleader from Iowa who creates cheering squads around the nation for students with disabilities. There’s a Giraffe kit for schools, complete with hero trading cards and videos. The objective is underscored in the organization’s slogan: “Encouraging today’s heroes; training tomorrow’s.”

But is that really possible?

Philip Zimbardo, a Stanford psychology professor and author, believes it is. “Heroism can be learned by example and reinforced with practice,” he says.

Zimbardo recently launched The Heroic Imagination Project (www.heroicimagination.org).

“The definition of a hero that I promote,” he told me, “is someone who acts voluntarily on behalf of others in need or in defense of a moral cause, aware of

risks and costs, without expectation of tangible rewards.”

Zimbardo, with whom I’ve worked on other projects, seeks “a growing community of heroes, all empowered to initiate extraordinary social change.”

Fundamental in Zimbardo’s work is his assertion that risk need not be the major component of heroism. “Nobility of purpose and nonviolent acts of personal sacrifice” are keys.

Left unclear in the hunt for heroes is whether there are more such people today, or if our trying times, combined with a realityTV mindset, simply make us more determined to find them.

Maybe our squabbling politicians, overindulgent entertainers, and scandal-plagued business leaders have made us look elsewhere for people to admire.

“Heroes are created by popular demand,” wrote the journalist Gerald W. Johnson. In these demanding times we could certainly use a lot more.

Peter Funt is a writer, public speaker and longtime host of “Candid Camera.” He may be reached at www.CandidCamera.com.

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Postal worker gets 21/2 years in prison HIGHLANDS RANCH — A former Denver-area postal worker who stole more than 11,000 packages and sold the items for more than $85,000 has been sen-

tenced to 21/2 years in federal prison.

Denver’s KUSA-TV reports the judge sentenced 48-year-old David Schmauder to the maximum sentence Monday. He pleaded guilty in August to two felony counts of theft by mail.

Authorities say Schmauder stole packages over two years at a Highlands Ranch post office.

The Postal Service estimates the losses at $283,913

but say there’s no way to know how much was stolen.

CU student hurt in lab explosion BOULDER — A student at the University of Colorado at Boulder has a minor injury after chemicals he was using in a lab exploded.

CU-Boulder spokesman Bronson Hilliard said the explosion at about 2:45 p.m.

Tuesday left the post-doc-

toral student with a cut on his forehead. At least two other people were near the lab in the engineering complex when the vial exploded.

No other injuries were reported, and the student has been decontaminated. He was able to walk to a campus clinic for treatment.

Hilliard said the student noticed an adverse reaction to chemicals being mixed in the vial and was walking out of the lab when it exploded.

Teens defrauded in Ponzi scheme DENVER — Denver police are investigating an alleged Ponzi scheme involving high school students who believed they were investing in a marijuana dispensary.

Police spokesman John White said Tuesday that investigators are working with staff and faculty at Cherry Creek High School and Regis Jesuit High School to identify witnesses and victims.

White said the students believed their money was being invested in an existing dispensary located in Denver.

Police ask that anyone with information call 720913-6752.

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porters noted that they garnered more votes on Tuesday than in previous attempts to end the practice. Sen. Tom Coburn, ROkla., who offered the amendment along with Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., invoked the now-infamous $223 million island bridge in Alaska which in 2005 became a symbol of congressional largesse.

“Five years ago, the Senate voted to protect the ‘bridge to nowhere’ by a vote of 82 to 15. Today, 39 senators vote to end earmarking altogether,” Coburn said. “I’ll continue to offer this amendment until Congress ends this egregious practice once and for all.”

In another sign of the movement’s growing force, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reversed his long-standing support for earmarks and voted for Coburn’s proposal.

Joshua Buck/Times-Call President Barack Obama also has said Jodie Lindsay hopes that with her position in line outside Flagstaff Academy, 2040 Miller Drive, will he supports such a ban. be good enough for her two sons to attend the school next year.

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David Williams and Katie Wood look over a list that Williams started to keep track of the enrollment needs at Flagstaff Academy. Dozens of parents were lining up outside the school in Longmont on Tuesday evening.

“As a parent, at least you’re not leaving it up to dumb luck. You can at least participate in your chances.”

— DANA WILLETT, A PARENT ADVISER WHO ALSO WORKS AS FLAGSTAFF ACADEMY’S PUBLIC-RELATIONS OFFICER.

arranged schedules after coming to a morning orientation and finding the wait already had begun. Being a stay-at-home parent helped, as did (in one case) having the day free to recover from surgery.

“This is far more worth it than Black Friday,” Don Bessee said while waiting to sign up a child for fourth grade. “It kind of puts it in perspective, doesn’t it?”

“Someday, she’s going to use her education to get a good job and pay for my retirement,” added Neal Enssle, hoping to get his daughter into Flagstaff’s kindergarten.

Many brought food, books and warm clothing — or, like Enssle, who came straight from work, waited for a friend or relative to bring them.

“I’m going to have to wait around for the next hour or two,” Enssle said. “My wife’s going to bring clothes here shortly. At least, I hope she is!”

The parents also circulated an unofficial list, showing who had gotten there when for what spots. Besides being a reassurance against losing a place in line, it also helped everyone keep track of which spots

seemed to be filling fastest.

“If we expect our children to be cooperative, maybe we should set the example,” Bessee said as the list went around.

Willett said she had gone through similar experiences before, camping out twice in Kansas City to get her kids a spot in the schools she wanted for them.

“It’s certainly not the best method,” she said. “But there isn’t a better one we can see.”

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“These guys are worth it,” she added, taking her own place in line. “Best school ever. Best school ever.”

Flagstaff began using a first-come, first-served enrollment system last year, making it the only charter school in the St. Vrain Valley School District not to use a lottery.

“There’s no perfect way, obviously,” said Dana Willett, a parent adviser who also works as the school’s public-relations officer.

“But as a parent, at least you’re not leaving it up to dumb luck. You can at least participate in your chances.”

Those chances can be affected by two main things.

The first is how many spots are open at the K-8 school; this year, it has 48 openings for preschool, 92 for kindergarten and five to 10 openings per grade at all the other levels.

Second is the priority list.

Current students and their siblings get first call, followed by children of the school’s “founding families,” children of staff members, Flagstaff preschoolers and then kids from elsewhere in the St. Vrain Valley district.

Overall, it can make admission pretty tight — which may explain why, in 2009, the first parents began to arrive at midnight.

“Last year, I got here at 4 a.m. and I was 15th in line,” Jodie Lindsey Popma said Tuesday night, waiting to sign up her sons, Max and Sam, for kindergarten and preschool. “I got here at 4 p.m. today, and I’m 13th in line!”

The school had planned to open up at midnight to give parents some shelter from the cold (the low was supposed to be 21 degrees). But no one at Flagstaff expected the lines to start quite so early; at 4:30 p.m., there already were reports that the doors might open early.

“I think everyone’s pleasantly amazed,” Willett said.

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gins in January, there may be enough votes in the Senate to block any spending bill that contains earmarks regardless.

The new Senate will also include additional fiscal conservatives likely to support a ban. One, Sen. Mark Kirk, recently sworn in as a Republican from Illinois, voted in favor of the measure Tuesday.

A handful of Democrats — including McCaskill, outgoing Sens. Evan Bayh of Indiana and Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, along with Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and Mark Udall — also supported the ban.

At the same time, a handful of Republicans, such as James Inhofe of Oklahoma and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, whose re-election remains contested in Alaska, voted to block the ban from coming to the Senate floor.

The measure proposed Tuesday would have applied to any legislation that includes an earmark or funds programmed outside of a “statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.”

Critics have argued that such a ban is largely symbolic, since earmarks account for about 1 percent of the federal budget, and some lawmakers argue that they can be a more efficient way to fund projects in their home states.

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The latter two categories trigger increased state oversight and support. “We’re excited we received the second-to-highest accreditation rating,� said Tori Teague, executive director of assessment and curriculum for the school district.

As a district, St. Vrain met the requirements for academic achievement, academic growth and college/career readiness be-

cause it earned 70.8 percent, 69.4 percent and 66.7 percent of the possible points in those areas, respectively.

For academic growth gaps, the district was ranked “approaching,� with 50 percent of the possible points.

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working to close the achievement gap between low-income and other students, between Hispanic and white students, and between English-language learners and native English speakers, Teague said.

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fessional development and even extended summer school to help students reach grade level in reading and writing, she noted.

The school district also is testing a new elementary math curriculum this year, as it prepares to meet new statewide academic standards. “We’re definitely in a position to adopt and be successful with those standards next year,� Teague said.

To earn the highest rating, accredited with distinction, a district had to earn 80 percent or more of the ac-

creditation points possible.

Fourteen of the state’s 182 school districts received this rating.

The 97 school districts that were rated accredited included Boulder Valley, Jefferson County, Poudre and Thompson, along with St. Vrain.

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Seventeen districts that earned more than 42 percent but less than 52 percent of the possible points fell into the category of accredited with priority improvement plan.

Seven school districts were assigned accredited with turnaround plan status because they earned less than 42 percent of the possible points.

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who oversees Rubin’s Hebrew studies. “This is something he won’t forget, and it’s something that’s everlasting.�

Although community service is not required before a bar or bat mitzvah, Borenstein said he encourages his pupils to find a way to give back before their big day.

In November, Rubin decided to turn his love for LEGOs into a service project during Hanukkah, which starts tonight.

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So far, the homeschooled eighth-grader has used more than 15 pounds of LEGOs, some from his personal stash and most from tubs of the colorful blocks his mother, Jenine, 46, bought on eBay. During the Chabad Jewish Center of Longmont’s Chanukah Bowl on Sunday, attendees are invited to bring LEGOs to add height to the menorah’s spire.

The goal, Rubin and Borenstein said, is to build the steeple up to 4 feet.

On Monday, the menorah will be displayed at LUH for the final three days of Hanukkah.

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His orthodox center is no stranger to unusual menorahs. Last year, the congregation compiled a “canorah� from nonperishable canned food and donated the bounty to nonprofits that serve the homeless. A 2007 menorah was built partially out of bowling pins. “Every year, we try to think outside the box,�

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Rubin also took some artistic liberties with this year’s menorah. He hopes to add LEGO people and horses to the structure to create a “deserted mountain adventure temple theme� and make the piece more eye-catching. “We want it to look busy so people can just stand there and look at it,� he said.

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FIGURE THIS: 5 The Saints’ Drew Brees is the fifth NFL quarterback to be honored as Sports Illustrated’s sportsman of the year and the third in six years.

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WASHINGTON — For years, Alex Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals have won games by outscoring opponents, and general manager George McPhee wanted to add an experienced, stay-at-home blueliner to solidify the defense.

The Capitals hope Scott Hannan does the job. The 31-year-old Hannan waived his no-trade clause, allowing the Colorado Avalanche to send him to Southeast Division-leading Washington on Tuesday in exchange for forward Tomas Fleischmann.

Hannan is in his 12th NHL season, most with the San Jose Sharks, who drafted him in the first round in 1997. He joined Colorado as a free agent in 2007, signing a fouryear, $18 million contract that expires after this season.

Hopes for head coaching position

By Brian Howell Longmont Times-Call

BOULDER — Brian Cabral has been a Colorado Buffalo since the 1970s.

Now, he’s trying to prove he’s the right guy to lead the program he loves so much.

Cabral, a longtime assistant and CU’s interim head coach since Nov. 9, said he interviewed for CU’s vacant head coaching job Monday.

“I feel like I had an opportunity to present myself,” he said. “I had an opportunity to present my vision, my ideas and my goals. I felt like I had every opportunity to say really everything I needed to say or that I wanted to say.”

He said he was not given an idea of when the school would like to make a hire, and he wasn’t informed of who was, or is, in the running for the job.

Cabral said that as of Tuesday, he hadn’t had a response from the committee, but he felt good about the meeting.

“I do feel like I was heard. I do feel that I was given fair and ample opportunity to present myself,” he said. “That’s all I can do. Where it goes and how it goes, I don’t know.

Hopefully we’ll find out soon.”

Cabral said he gave the commit-

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Brees named SI’s sportsman of year

NEW YORK — Drew Brees was honored as Sports Illustrated’s sportsman of the year for his championship on the field and his charity off it.

Brees became the award’s 57th recipient when the magazine made the announcement Tuesday on the “Today” show. The quarterback led the longsuffering New Orleans Saints to their first Super Bowl title in February, lifting the spirits of the hurricane-battered city.

But the cover story notes he’s done much more than inspire with his brilliant play.

Since Brees joined the Saints in 2006 months after Hurricane Katrina, his foundation has worked with nearly 50 New Orleans schools and organizations to aid in recovery.

Brees is the fifth NFL quarterback to be honored and third in six years. The Pittsburgh Steelers’ Terry Bradshaw won in 1979, the San Francisco 49ers’ Joe Montana in 1990, the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady in 2005 and the Green Bay Packers’ Brett Favre in 2007.

Pat Burns’ widow’s car broken into

MONTREAL — The morning after her husband’s funeral, Pat Burns’ widow made a shocking discovery: Her car had been broken into, and valuables including his collection of autographed hockey sweaters had been stolen.

Montreal police said Tuesday the thieves would have known whose belongings they were taking.

Burns, who coached the New Jersey Devils to the 2003 Stanley Cup title, died Nov. 19 at age 58.

Hours after his funeral, someone stole signed hockey jerseys and family photos from Line Burns’ car.

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Nikki Longstreth, a senior at Frederick High School, found success over the years in club gymnastics and this season enjoyed her first year competing with the Niwot Cougars. She is the Times-Call Gymnast of the Year.

Strong fighter Despite an injured elbow, Longstreth won regional title

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fter so many years of dealing with wear and tear on her body, Nikki Longstreth needed a break from gymnastics.

“I was always getting in-

jured,” she said.

Her break didn’t last long, though.

This fall — just a few months after quitting her club team — Longstreth competed for the Niwot gymnastics team.

“It was very hard (to quit),” she said. “After I quit for a

while, I missed it, and that’s why I wanted to go compete with the high school.”

It proved to be a great choice.

Longstreth had a great season for the Cougars and, because of it, has been named the TimesCall Gymnast of the Year.

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Schools kick off prep winter sports season

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By Brady Delander Longmont Times-Call Ready or not, the winter sports season has arrived, with a number of area schools hitting the basketball court, wrestling mat and swimming pool.

The winter sports season tips off today with several basketball games. More basketball games, as well as swim meets and wrestling matches, are scheduled for the rest of this week.

Many players are just a week or two removed from playing football, volleyball or another fall sport, which can make the first few weeks of competition before the winter break very interesting.

“Forty of the 42 kids in the program play at least two sports, and that’s just how we like it,” Longmont boys basketball coach Jeff Kloster said.

“That might mean that we start off a little slow sometimes, but

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Silver Creek’s Taryn Stewart looks toward the board for her time in the 100-yard freestyle Feb. 12 during the Class 4A state championships at Mountain View High School in Loveland. it works out over the full season.”

There is plenty of excitement as the season opens.

Kloster’s Trojans are considered the top team in Class 4A by one publication, and the Trojans girls team is considered among the preseason favorites as well.

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DENVER — Troy Tulowitzki and the Colorado Rockies are looking ahead with 2020 vision.

The sides agreed Tuesday to a new contract that pays Tulowitzki an additional $132 million over seven seasons through 2020, a deal that means Colorado has guaranteed the All-Star shortstop $157.75 million in the next decade.

“I’m really lucky,” Tulowitzki said. “I can’t wait to be here my entire career.”

Tulowitzki wanted to be like his idol, Cal Ripken Jr., who played in just one city, and not his mentor, St. Louis slugger Matt Holliday, whose departure from Denver a couple of years ago after 11 years in the Rockies organization deeply affected him.

“I didn’t want that to happen to me,” Tulowitzki said. “I wanted to stay here for my career and not deal with all the other stuff. I’m sure he’s in a great place now and I know he’s happy, but at the same time, this is where I want to be.”

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Cabral: New coach needs to know CU culture

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You can say you respect it or you can say you honor it, but you don’t understand it. That’s hard. How BOULDER — There is a belief do you pass on something that you among those in and around the don’t really know? How do you University of Colorado football pass on something you don’t realprogram that one of Dan ly understand?”

Hawkins’ biggest faults was that Cabral, who played for CU in he didn’t know the culture of CU the 1970s and has been on the football. coaching staff since 1989, knows To some, that is what led the culture more than most but Hawkins to be fired Nov. 19 after said, “It’s not fair to ask anyone compiling a 19-39 record in nearly from the outside to come in and five years as CU’s head coach understand those things.” coach.

RECRUITING: Recruiting “I would agree started in full force this week. with that,” interim Until CU has a head coach in coach Brian place, it will lag behind other proCabral said. grams in recruiting, but Cabral As the Buffs said the Buffs are doing what they NOTES search for a new can for now. head coach, many fans want the On Tuesday, he said running coach to be someone who has ties backs coach Darian Hagan is doto CU’s program — unlike ing some out-of-state recruiting, Hawkins did when he was hired in while offensive coordinator Eric December 2005.

Kiesau is doing some in-state re“I think (people feel that way) cruiting — “just to try to hold because our last hire was outside down some recruits and hold down the culture and probably wasn’t some things and try to just get really sure what he was getting in- guys to keep us in mind,” Cabral to,” Cabral said. said.

“I don’t think you fully underOther coaches, including stand the tradition of a place unCabral, are working the phones to contact recruits. He said the staff less you’ve been from that place.

is trying to keep recruiting afloat for the next coach, whomever that may be.

“We’re prepared to move as quickly and as fast as we can on the recruiting trail,” he said.

“These two weeks are critical.

You want to be able to get into homes, you want to be able to present yourself, and then you want to get them to campus. We’ve got to get guys on campus. You can’t wait until January, because most of them have made the majority of their trips by then. This has got to happen fast and furious.”

Cabral said he is not making visits to players because that would take a visit away from CU’s next coach. Head coaches are allowed only a certain number of visits to recruits.

Cabral said he is hoping recruits will “hang on” and stick with the Buffs.

“My experience is that anytime there’s a change and there’s an announcement of a new head coach, there’s a lot of excitement, a lot of enthusiasm in recruiting,” Cabral said. “The sooner the better, but when that happens, there’s going to be a flurry of excitement about the direction of

the program and how those young men can be involved in that direction.”

According to Rivals.com, CU currently has five players committed for the 2011 class, including Valor Christian quarterback Brock Berglund and Mullen linebacker Brady Daigh. Both players have said they’ll stick with CU, regardless of who winds up coaching the team.

ACADEMICS HOLDING BACK BUFFS? There is a per-

ception that CU struggles in recruiting because it has tougher academic standards than other schools.

Cabral addressed that Tuesday, saying the school has allowed the Buffs “to take some risks” with certain players.

“I don’t think people realize or understand that we have been taking some risks,” he said. “Now, have we taken smart risks? That’s another issue.

“You want to be an academically solid team, but you also want to give yourself a chance to bring some guys in that are, academically, maybe a risk, but that can help you as well. In turn, you can help them get their degree.

“We’ve opened the door to some players that didn’t work out for us.

Is it enough that (the administration is) allowing us to take a risk?

Maybe.”

Cabral does not believe that the Buffs are at a competitive disadvantage because of the academic standards.

“I think we can recruit the kind of players, the kind of students that we need and still be competitive,” he said. “Gary Barnett had a very similar situation and did well. He won the Big 12 and came close to playing for a national championship.”

EXTRA POINTS: Cabral said junior quarterback Tyler Hansen, who ruptured his spleen Oct. 23, is “getting ready to get active and get out and get started.” ...

Hawkins used to sit down with each player after the season.

Cabral said he won’t do that unless he is named the head coach. ... Cabral said cornerbacks and receivers are CU’s biggest areas of need in recruiting.

Brian Howell can be reached at bhowell@ times-call.com. Read his Buffs blog at www.timescall.com/blogs/howell.

Stewart misses All-Big 12 team Nate Solder, Jimmy Smith receive honors

By Brian Howell Longmont Times-Call BOULDER — Rodney Stewart finished third in the Big 12 in rushing.

He had six 100-yard games — tied for the thirdmost in the Big 12.

His 916 rushing yards in Big 12 play ranked second — just 1 yard behind Oklahoma State’s Kendall Hunter.

Stewart apparently didn’t impress any coaches in the Big 12, however.

The conference announced its All-Big 12 team on Tuesday, and Stewart did not even receive an honorable mention.

Coaches did think highly of two other Buffs. Left tackle Nate Solder and cornerback Jimmy Smith both earned first-team honors.

Solder was named the league’s offensive lineman of the year.

“That’s so cool,” he said.

“Last year when I was

named All-Big 12, I freaked out. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. (Lineman of the year) is just a great honor.”

ALL-BIG 12 Eight other Buffs — linebacker B.J. Beatty, cornerback Jalil Brown, tight end Ryan Deehan, defensive linemen Josh Hartigan and Will Pericak, receiver Scotty McKnight, guard Ryan Miller and receiver Paul Richardson — earned honorable mention.

While the Buffs were pleased to see those players honored, they were left wondering how Stewart got snubbed.

Eight running backs received All-Big 12 honors, but Stewart, who ran for 1,318 yards (109.8 per game), did not.

“I don’t know how a guy like Rodney Stewart gets left off any of these,” CU in-

terim coach Brian Cabral said. “Speedy’s got my vote, so whatever that’s worth.”

Not much, unfortunately.

Big 12 coaches vote for the first and second teams but can’t vote for their own players. Any player who receives at least one vote earns at least honorable mention.

That means Stewart was not recognized by any of the other 11 coaches — despite rushing for at least 100 yards against four of the eight Big 12 teams he played, including 195 against Kansas State and 175 against Kansas.

Including this season, Stewart is the 42nd running back in Big 12 history to average more than 100 rushing yards per game. He is the only one of those 42 to not earn All-Big 12 honors. Of the other 41, 40 earned either first- or second-team honors.

Stewart is just the second

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Colorado running back Rodney Stewart makes a cut against Kansas State on Nov. 20 at Folsom Field in Boulder. Stewart finished third in the Big 12 in rushing. player in Big 12 history to finish third in the conference in rushing and not be honored. The other was Oklahoma State’s Dantrell Savage, who averaged just 74.5 yards per game in 2006.

Oklahoma State’s Justin Blackmon was named offensive player of the year,

while Nebraska’s Prince Amukamara was named defensive player of the year.

Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy was named the coach of the year.

Others honored: Dan Bailey of Oklahoma State (special teams player of the year), Oklahoma’s Jeremy

Beam (defensive lineman of the year), Nebraska’s Lavonte David (newcomer of the year), Nebraska’s Taylor Martinez (offensive freshman of the year), and Oklahoma’s Tony Jefferson and OSU’s Shaun Lewis (tied for defensive freshman of the year).

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tee a plan for how his coaching staff would look if he were hired. Although he declined to name who was on his list, Cabral said, “I thought of a lot of people that are Buffs. I thought of a lot of people that have connections to the University of Colorado.”

Few people have a stronger connection to Colorado than Cabral. He played for the Buffs from 1975-77 and has been on the coaching staff for the past 22 seasons.

Yet even he feels the un-

certainty of the situation.

CU’s search committee has several candidates in mind, and Cabral may not be the man who gets the job.

With that in mind, Cabral said he realizes he may find himself at a new school next year.

“For 22 years, I’ve had an incredible ride here, and I wouldn’t give any of it back, but I also know that one day eventually it’s going to have to end,” he said. “All good things will have to come to an end. When? I don’t know.

How? I don’t know.”

Cabral went 2-1 as CU’s

interim head coach. It was the first time in his career that he was in charge of a team on game days. He said he learned a lot.

“I’ve learned that I can lead,” he said. “I’ve learned that I can influence and impact.”

Cabral said that when he was on the sidelines for games, he felt “in my element.”

“This feels pretty darn good, and I can do this,” he said. “I can get the response I want or that I need from our team or our coaches.”

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Big 12 game turns friends to foes

Stoops and Pelini meet when Oklahoma faces Nebraska

By Jeff Latzke The Associated Press NORMAN, Okla. — Bob Stoops has never had any interest in leading Oklahoma against any of his brothers who are also in the coaching profession.

There was one exception, though: It would be worth it if there was a championship at stake.

If Stoops and Nebraska’s Bo Pelini aren’t brothers, they’re the next best thing.

Stoops grew up playing football with Pelini’s older brother, Vince, at Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio. Pelini was the teammate of Stoops’ younger brother, Mark. Stoops’ father, Ron, coached the football team.

Over time, the two large families became intertwined and it was only natural that they all got tangled up on the same coaching

staffs, too.

On Saturday night, the longtime friends will be on opposite sidelines as Stoops coaches No. 10 Oklahoma (10-2, 6-2 Big 12) against Pelini and No. 13 Nebraska (10-2, 6-2) in the Big 12 championship. So far, they’ve split two games against one another as head coaches. The Sooners won 62-21 in Norman two years ago, then lost 10-3 at Nebraska last season.

“I never envisioned or had an idea I would be here at Oklahoma or how ironic that Bo would be at Nebraska,” Stoops said. “No, I didn’t grow up ever thinking that.”

Even in Ohio, Stoops paid attention as a child to the Big Red rivalry that almost always decided the Big Eight champion.

The Cornhuskers will head to the Big Ten next season, dealing the final

blow to a rivalry crippled when the teams were placed into opposite divisions in the Big 12 and played only twice every four years instead of annually. Both teams took turns struggling over the course of a decade, preventing any championship meetings until 2006.

The rivalry that was always friendly under Barry Switzer and Tom Osborne now finishes with two friends in those roles.

Stoops and his wife allowed Pelini’s brother, Carl, to stay with them while he was a graduate assistant at Kansas State — where Stoops was a defensive assistant coach at the time.

He now jokes that his wife considers Carl Pelini, the Cornhuskers’ defensive coordinator, “like a brother, and she might be halfway rooting for him” on Saturday night.

tertain other head coaching opportunities if CU doesn’t give him the job.

“I’d like to think that this opportunity will create opportunities for me to become a head coach,” he said. “That has always been my desire. That has always been my goal.”

Cabral also said he has not been contacted by other schools and that his focus right now is to get the current players through the final two weeks of the fall semester.

“Once this (head coaching job at CU) is deter-

mined, I’ll have to re-evaluate,” he said. “Do I want to remain a Buff? I do. I do want to remain a Buff. Do I want to be a head coach? I really want to be a head coach.”

Regardless of who ends up being named CU’s head coach, Cabral said it is important to make a decision in the near future.

“We need to move forward quickly, especially for recruiting purposes,” he said.

“We’re a couple days behind right now. There’s still time.

But this has got to happen soon.”

Cabral insists there will be no ill feelings toward CU if he is not chosen for the job.

“I told the search committee that if Brian Cabral is what’s best for this program, I’m all for it, and if Brian Cabral is not what’s best for this program, I’m all for it,” he said. “They’re going to do what they believe is right for this place, and I’m going to support that. I have no reason not to support that.”

Brian Howell can be reached at bhowell@ times-call.com. Read his Buffs blog at www.timescall.com/blogs/howell.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NOTES ● DENTON, Texas — Dan McCarney was introduced as the new football coach at North Texas on Tuesday, giving the Mean Green a leader with plenty of college experience to rebuild a struggling program.

McCarney’s arrival came six weeks after former standout high school coach Todd Dodge was fired following a failed 31/2season experiment on the NCAA FBS level. McCarney has been in college coaching for 34 years, the last three as defensive line coach at Florida. He was head coach at Iowa State from 1995-2006, where he took over a dismal program that he took to five bowl games over a sixseason span from 2000-05. ● COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M has accepted an invitation to play in the Cotton Bowl. The 19th-ranked Aggies will learn on Sunday which team from the Southeastern Conference they will play. It will be Texas A&M’s first appearance in the game since 2005 and its 12th overall. Texas A&M (9-3) enters the game with a six-game winning streak.

● DALLAS — Army is headed to its first bowl game in 14 years. The Black Knights on Tuesday accepted an invitation to the Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas. Army had an agreement to play in the game if it was bowl eligible before the regularseason finale against Navy and either Conference USA or the Mountain West couldn’t fill their allotments. The opening was there because No. 3 TCU qualified for the BCS, leaving the Mountain West with four teams for five bowl slots. Army (6-5) will play a C-USA team Dec. 30 at SMU’s Ford Stadium, the bowl’s temporary home while TCU’s Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth undergoes renovations.

The Black Knights won their sixth game Nov. 13 against Kent State. ● HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The University of Southern Mississippi has accepted an invitation to play in the third annual Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Dec. 21.

The Golden Eagles will face an opponent from the Big East conference game at Tropicana

Field, which is home to Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays. The game will be broadcast by ESPN. The game will be the ninth consecutive bowl appearance for the Golden Eagles and 13th in the past 14 years. The Eagles last appeared in a bowl game in Florida in 1981, when they played Missouri in the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando.

Southern Miss has an 8-4 record and finished 5-3 in Conference USA. ● GREENVILLE, N.C. — East Carolina is headed to the Military Bowl. The school said Tuesday that it had accepted an invitation to play in the Washington, D.C.based bowl game on Dec. 29 against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent. The Pirates (6-6, 5-3 Conference USA) went 1-2 against the ACC this season, beating North Carolina State and losing to North Carolina and Virginia Tech.

East Carolina is making its fifth straight bowl trip, the longest streak in school history, and seventh since 2000.

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Season over for 49ers’ star running back San Francisco prepares to move forward

By Janie McCauley The Associated Press

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Frank Gore’s season is over — and what a hit for the San Francisco offense.

The 49ers placed their star running back on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday. Gore fractured his right hip during the Niners’ 27-6 win at Arizona on Monday night and was scheduled to undergo further tests to determine the severity of the injury.

The team made the announcement less than two hours after Mike Singletary’s weekly news conference, then released a statement from the coach.

“It is unfortunate that we had to place Frank on IR,” Singletary said. “He is not only a great football player, but a tremendous leader. He plays with such passion and desire, two traits that will serve him well as he recovers from the injury.”

Singletary said he wasn’t sure when Gore got hurt. The two-time Pro Bowler, in his sixth NFL season, ran for 853 yards and three touchdowns this season and also caught a team-leading 46 passes for 452 yards and two TDs. Gore’s 24 100-yard rushing games are the most in 49ers franchise history.

Losing him is a big blow for San Francisco, which at 4-7 is only a game out in the NFC West despite an 0-5 start.

The 49ers actually hid Gore’s helmet from him on the sideline because he wanted to stay in the game.

San Francisco also placed wide receiver Dominique Zeigler on IR with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

For now, Brian Westbrook and rookie Anthony Dixon will be called upon to carry a bigger load as the 49ers make a quick turnaround to play at Green Bay on Sunday. Westbrook had all of 10 touches this season before carrying 23 times for 136 yards Monday, though Singletary wants to be cautious not to overwork Westbrook and risk injury.

“Frank is a big part of what we do — heart, soul, everything he brings is what you want,” Singletary said. “But thankfully, Brian Westbrook is a mature, experienced leader and we just have to be careful about how we use him and how much exposure we allow him to see. I think there will be a good mixture between Brian Westbrook and Dixon. We’ll just have to see how we do that.”

Westbrook, who sustained two concussions last season, had the most yards and carries against the Cardinals since Dec. 7, 2008, when he had 33 carries for 131 yards against the Giants.

“I saw him a couple of times on

the league said Tuesday. ● Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is wearing a protective boot on his sprained right foot but is expected to play Sunday when Pittsburgh and Baltimore face off for first place in the AFC North. ● New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith says his weekend arrest on a domestic abuse charge was the result of “an unfortunate misunderstanding.”

Police say Smith and his wife, Racquel, had gotten into an argument just after 2 a.m. Saturday while leaving a nightclub.

Cpl. Paul Mouton says in a news release that officers on patrol saw the argument escalate and then saw Smith grab the woman’s hair.

Mouton says the woman’s injuries were minor.

Ross D. Franklin/AP ● The Detroit Lions may have The 49ers’ Frank Gore, bottom, is tackled by the Cardinals’ Kerry Rhodes, more problems at quarterback. middle, and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie on Monday in Glendale, Ariz. Gore Shaun Hill appeared to have a suffered a season-ending injury during the game. splint on the index finger of his throwing hand at practice Tuesday. He stood off to the side while AROUND THE NFL the sideline, and he gave me a Drew Stanton and Zac Robinson couple of ideas of different things ● Steelers linebacker James took snaps. to do,” Westbrook said of Gore’s Harrison was fined $25,000 on ● A Davidson County grand juinfluence. “Frank is a competitor. Tuesday for his penalized hit on ry has indicted a man on assault He wants to be out there.”

Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzcharges in a case that involved So does Westbrook, who came to patrick. Harrison has four fines Tennessee Titans wide receiver this season totaling $125,000.

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Kenny Britt. ● The NFL will offer full reThe 31-year-old Westbrook was Indicted was 29-year-old Bradfunds to fans with general admisreleased by the Philadelphia ford Miser in connection with a sion tickets if games are canceled fight at a bar Oct. 22.

Eagles in February after an next season because of a lockout. injury-filled 2009 season. He The case was investigated after wound up with the 49ers after talk- Each team will determine its poli- a customer at the bar said Britt cies for club seats, suites and pay- was among those who assaulted ing to several coaches from variments for personal seat licenses, ous franchises. him.

FIGHTER: After quitting club gymnastics, Longstreth competes with Niwot From B1

“I’m actually very pleased,” she said about her season. “I was very happy with how I did at regionals and state, especially because I took four or five months off beforehand.”

This season was Longstreth’s first, and only, in high school competition, because she is a senior at Frederick High School. Niwot is the only school in the

district that has a gymnastics team, so gymnasts from other schools have to compete for Niwot.

For Longstreth, the transition to Niwot was easy.

“I loved the girls,” she said. “I loved having that team setting, instead of when I was in (USA gymnastics). That was more of an individual thing.”

Longstreth was one of four girls from Frederick on

the team, and she said that helped.

“It was nice to be able to have someone to talk to about it at school and also carpooling,” she said.

The Cougars were glad to have her.

Despite competing with an injured elbow, Longstreth won the regional title on the balance beam and was fourth on the floor exercise.

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At state, she was ninth in the all-around competition (36.725 points), including the third-best score on the bars (9.35) and the seventhbest score on the floor exercise (9.475).

During the individual event finals the next day, she was 13th on the bars (8.375) and 15th on the floor (8.4).

“I wasn’t the happiest with my second day at state,” she said.

Still, Longstreth was pleased with the overall performance at state.

“I wasn’t even expecting

to be able to compete on everything,” she said. “We weren’t sure how my elbow was going to do after warmups. I did everything better than I thought.”

In addition to gymnastics, Longstreth — who grew up in Longmont before moving to Frederick — said she has developed a love for volunteering for the Special Olympics. She also enjoys reading. And when the spring rolls around, she is planning to try pole vaulting for the track team.

“My brother did it, and he told me gymnasts would be

really good at it,” she said.

In the end, however, her main passion always has been competing in gymnastics. She gained a greater appreciation for the sport during her break and during her successful season with Niwot.

Now, she wants more. After letting her elbow and ankles heal, Longstreth said, she’ll look to rejoin her club team.

“We’re going to work something out,” she said.

Brian Howell can be reached at bhowell@ times-call.com.

PREPS: Teams starting winter action From B1

back in wrestling and girls swimming.

“This is about the same group as we had last year with the JV and C teams,” Mead boys basketball coach Darin Reese said. “The kids are real energized. We’re happy with where we are at, but you never know until you get into game situations.”

Some teams will jump right into the action, load-

ing up on non-conference competition or playing in tournaments like the one put on at Frederick for boys and girls basketball today through Friday.

The Longmont girls basketball team, which went 24-1 through the last regular season, has beefed up its early schedule with an eye on conference play and another run at a 4A state title.

“We’ll know where we’re at by Christmas,” coach Jay Darien said.

Other schools are looking at the weeks before the winter break as an extended preseason. The Alexander Dawson girls basketball team plays only two games before the break and 17 after, and coach Joe Poisson is certainly fine with the schedule.

“It gives us time to continue working on fundamentals,” he said. “You never feel like you’re ready, but it is here.”

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2010

Avs give Thrashers win in overtime The Associated Press DENVER — Everything is going well lately for the Atlanta Thrashers.

Just ask right wing Anthony Stewart, whose pass intended for a teammate ended up in the net for a game-winning goal.

“To be honest with you, I tried to put it on Big Buff (Dustin Byfuglien’s) stick,” Stewart said. “But I guess it got a little bit too much of the toe of my stick and it happened to go in.”

Stewart scored 1:49 into overtime and AtTHRASHERS 3 lanta matched a franAVALANCHE 2 chise record with its sixth straight victory, 3-2 over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.

“Right now it’s nice to be able to win games like this and hopefully to be able to build confidence off of them,” Thrashers coach Craig Ramsey said.

Byfuglien and Rich Peverley added goals for the Thrashers, who also won six in a row in March 2009.

“That’s a big team win for us,” Byfuglien said. “Guys are really coming together right now and it’s translating into wins.”

Ondrej Pavelec made 29 saves. By winning all six games during the streak, Pavelec broke the team record for consecutive wins by a goalie. Johan Hedberg (2009) and Pavelec had shared the mark at five.

During the winning streak, Pavelec has stopped 230 of 238 shots.

David Jones and Matt Duchene had third-period goals for Colorado. Peter Budaj stopped 28 shots for the Avalanche, who had their four-game home winning streak snapped.

With the Avalanche trailing 1-0, Duchene got the equalizer at 1:43 of the third period on a wrist shot that got under Pavelec’s stick. Duchene had stolen the puck in the neutral zone.

Jones put the Avalanche ahead 2-1 with a power-play goal at 10:10, deflecting a slap shot by Kevin Shattenkirk.

The lead was short-lived. Byfuglien had a shot blocked by Jones, regained the puck and sent a low drive past Bu-

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Avalanche right wing Brandon Yip and Thrashers center Alexander Burmistrov fight for control of the puck Tuesday in Denver. The Thrashers won 3-2 in overtime. daj at 13:48.

Colorado’s Ryan O’Byrne hit the right post with 2:04 left in regulation.

In overtime, Stewart circled the net and sent a shot past Budaj.

“I never saw it go in and only realized it had gone in when I saw some guys with their arms in the air,” Stewart said. “I heard the crowd go, ‘ahhh,’ and I thought it must have hit someone in the face.”

Budaj could only shake his head in disgust.

“Bad goal. Bad goal,” he said. “It should have been an easy save.”

Peverley opened the scoring with his sixth goal of the season, a wrist shot from the lower left circle. The shot made it just inside the left post at 10:41 of the first period.

The Thrashers had other chances earlier, drawing back-to-back power plays midway through the period. Budaj turned aside five quality chances, the best save coming on Bryan Little’s wrister from the right circle.

Pavelec made a diving save of a short-handed shot by Greg Mauldin on one of the power plays. The goalie caught a break in the final minute of the period when he deflected Paul Stastny’s shot off the crossbar.

The Thrashers failed to convert on

two power plays in the second period.

Colorado was equally ineffective with its two power plays.

Pavelec got help from Peverley, who denied a goal by taking the puck off Kevin Porter’s stick just in front of the crease at 15:56 of the second period.

NOTES: Atlanta LW Ben Eager leveled Avalanche RW Brandon Yip with an aggressive check behind the Colorado goal. ... The Avalanche had their first winning November (7-5-1) since going 8-5-2 in 2005. ... Colorado F Tomas Fleischmann was a healthy scratch after being acquired earlier in the day from Washington for defenseman Scott Hannan.

••• THRASHERS 3, AVALANCHE 2 Atlanta Colorado

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First Period—1, Atlanta, Peverley 6 (Ladd, Bogosian), 10:41. Penalties—Hejduk, Col (holding), 5:57; O’Byrne, Col (cross-checking), 7:55; Shattenkirk, Col (delay of game), 19:57.

Second Period—None. Penalties—McLeod, Col (charging), 10:52; Antropov, Atl (hooking), 14:43; Ladd, Atl (goaltender interference), 19:24.

Third Period—2, Colorado, Duchene 7, 1:43. 3, Colorado, Jones 11 (Shattenkirk, Hejduk), 10:10 (pp). 4, Atlanta, Byfuglien 10 (Enstrom, Burmistrov), 13:48. Penalties—Kane, Atl (interference), 10:02; Antropov, Atl (tripping), 18:59.

Overtime—5, Atlanta, A.Stewart 7 (Byfuglien, Hainsey), 1:49. Penalties—None.

Shots on Goal—Atlanta 15-6-9-1—31. Colorado 8-9-13-1—31.

Power-play opportunities—Atlanta 0 of 4; Colorado 1 of 4.

Goalies—Atlanta, Pavelec 7-4-2 (31 shots-29 saves). Colorado, Budaj 9-52 (31-28).

A—12,131 (18,007). T—2:18.

Referees—Dan O’Halloran, Francois St. Laurent. Linesmen—Thor Nelson, Shane Heyer.

SCOREBOARD PREP FOOTBALL STATE PLAYOFFS CLASS 5A Semifinals Regis 21, Cherokee Trail 20 Mullen 41, Grandview 7 Finals Saturday, 2:30 p.m. at Invesco Field at Mile High Mullen (13-0) vs. Regis (13-0) ——— CLASS 4A Semifinals Valor Christian 28, Broomfield 10 Wheat Ridge 32, Dakota Ridge 14 Finals Saturday, 11 a.m. at Invesco Field at Mile High Valor Christian (10-3) vs. Wheat Ridge (12-1) ——— CLASS 3A Semifinals Glenwood Springs 25, Canon City 6 Elizabeth 34, Vista Ridge 7 Finals Saturday, 2:30 p.m. at Legacy Stadium Elizabeth (13-0) vs. Glenwood Springs (12-1) ——— CLASS 2A Semifinals Brush 29, Kent Denver 25 Olathe 24, Florence 20 Finals Saturday, 11 a.m. at Legacy Stadium Olathe (11-2) vs. Brush (11-2) ——— CLASS 1A Finals Burlington 13, Wray 7 ——— CLASS A-8 Finals Hoehne 14, Caliche 8 (OT) ——— CLASS A-6 Finals Idalia 70, Fleming 36

NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 9 2 0 .818 334 N.Y. Jets 9 2 0 .818 264 Miami 6 5 0 .545 205 Buffalo 2 9 0 .182 229 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 5 0 .545 282 Jacksonville 6 5 0 .545 240 Houston 5 6 0 .455 264 Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 257 North W L T Pct PF Baltimore 8 3 0 .727 250 Pittsburgh 8 3 0 .727 254 Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 216 Cincinnati 2 9 0 .182 225 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 7 4 0 .636 285 San Diego 6 5 0 .545 310 Oakland 5 6 0 .455 255 Denver 3 8 0 .273 250 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 277 Philadelphia 7 4 0 .636 310 Washington 5 6 0 .455 215 Dallas 3 8 0 .273 256 South W L T Pct PF Atlanta 9 2 0 .818 276 New Orleans 8 3 0 .727 265 Tampa Bay 7 4 0 .636 219 Carolina 1 10 0 .091 140 North W L T Pct PF Chicago 8 3 0 .727 222 Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 269 Minnesota 4 7 0 .364 189 Detroit 2 9 0 .182 258 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 5 6 0 .455 209 St. Louis 5 6 0 .455 213 San Francisco 4 7 0 .364 187 Arizona 3 8 0 .273 194 Sunday’s Games Houston 20, Tennessee 0 Atlanta 20, Green Bay 17 Minnesota 17, Washington 13 N.Y. Giants 24, Jacksonville 20 Pittsburgh 19, Buffalo 16, OT Cleveland 24, Carolina 23 Kansas City 42, Seattle 24 Miami 33, Oakland 17 St. Louis 36, Denver 33 Chicago 31, Philadelphia 26 Baltimore 17, Tampa Bay 10 San Diego 36, Indianapolis 14 Monday’s Game San Francisco 27, Arizona 6 Thursday Houston at Philadelphia, 6:20 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

PA 266 187 225 295 PA 252 294 287 218 PA 188 181 229 288 PA 231 225 256 323 PA 240 257 262 301 PA 209 197 223 276 PA 172 166 239 282 PA 275 231 225 319

Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 13 4 .765 New York 10 9 .526 Toronto 6 11 .353 New Jersey 6 12 .333 Philadelphia 5 13 .278 Southeast Division W L Pct Orlando 13 4 .765 Atlanta 11 7 .611 Miami 10 8 .556 Charlotte 6 11 .353 Washington 5 11 .313 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 9 6 .600 Indiana 9 7 .563 Cleveland 7 10 .412 Milwaukee 6 11 .353 Detroit 6 12 .333 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 15 2 .882 Dallas 13 4 .765 New Orleans 12 5 .706 Memphis 8 10 .444 Houston 5 12 .294 Northwest Division W L Pct Utah 14 5 .737 Oklahoma City 12 6 .667 Denver 10 6 .625 Portland 8 9 .471 Minnesota 4 13 .235 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Lakers 13 5 .722 Phoenix 8 9 .471 Golden State 8 10 .444 Sacramento 4 12 .250 L.A. Clippers 3 15 .167 Monday’s Games Miami 105, Washington 94 Oklahoma City 95, New Orleans 89 Dallas 101, Houston 91 Utah 109, Milwaukee 88 Tuesday’s Games Boston 106, Cleveland 87 Orlando 90, Detroit 79 Philadelphia 88, Portland 79 New York 111, New Jersey 100 Memphis 98, L.A. Lakers 96 Indiana 107, Sacramento 98 San Antonio 118, Golden State 98 Today’s Games Memphis at Atlanta, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Portland at Boston, 5:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Orlando at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Utah, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Miami at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

GB — 4 7 71/2 81/2 GB — 21/2 31/2 7 71/2 GB — 1 /2 3 4 41/2 GB — 2 3 71/2 10 GB — 11/2 21/2 5 9 GB — 41/2 5 8 10

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Philadelphia 25 15 6 4 34 Pittsburgh 26 16 8 2 34 N.Y. Rangers 26 14 11 1 29 New Jersey 24 8 14 2 18 N.Y. Islanders 22 5 12 5 15 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts Montreal 24 15 8 1 31 Boston 22 12 8 2 26 Ottawa 25 11 13 1 23 Buffalo 25 9 13 3 21 Toronto 23 8 11 4 20 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts Washington 25 17 6 2 36 Tampa Bay 25 14 8 3 31 Atlanta 25 13 9 3 29 Carolina 24 10 11 3 23 Florida 22 10 12 0 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Detroit 22 16 4 2 34 Chicago 27 14 11 2 30 Columbus 22 14 8 0 28 St. Louis 23 12 8 3 27 Nashville 23 10 8 5 25 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts Colorado 24 13 9 2 28 Vancouver 22 12 7 3 27 Minnesota 23 11 10 2 24 Calgary 24 10 12 2 22 Edmonton 23 7 12 4 18 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 23 14 8 1 29 Phoenix 23 11 7 5 27 Anaheim 26 12 11 3 27 Los Angeles 23 13 10 0 26 San Jose 23 11 8 4 26

GF GA 87 61 79 62 74 69 45 69 46 72 GF GA 60 47 59 46 58 75 62 73 51 65 GF GA 86 68 77 81 80 74 71 78 57 57 GF GA 78 59 86 79 62 53 62 64 54 60 GF GA 85 74 68 59 56 65 67 69 59 89 GF GA 68 62 66 68 66 77 63 57 68 68

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Monday’s Games

Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Dallas 4, Carolina 1 Edmonton 4, Ottawa 1 Calgary 3, Minnesota 0 Anaheim 2, Los Angeles 0 Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3, OT Nashville 3, Phoenix 0 Chicago 7, St. Louis 5 Atlanta 3, Colorado 2, OT Detroit 5, San Jose 3 Today’s Games Edmonton at Montreal, 5 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Washington at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

Florida at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 5 p.m.

Edmonton at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.

San Jose at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Florida at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m.

FAR WEST Utah St. (4-7) at Boise St. (10-1), 1 p.m.

Oregon (11-0) at Oregon St. (5-6), 1:30 p.m.

San Jose St. (1-11) at Idaho (5-7), 3 p.m.

Washington (5-6) at Washington St. (2-9), 5 p.m.

UNLV (2-10) at Hawaii (9-3), 8:30 p.m.

Southern Cal (7-5) at UCLA (4-7), 8:30 p.m.

FCS Playoffs Second Round Lehigh (10-2) at Delaware (9-2), 10 a.m.

W. Illinois (8-4) at Appalachian St. (9-2), 10 a.m.

Wofford (9-2) at Jacksonville St. (9-2), 10 a.m.

New Hampshire (7-4) at Bethune-Cookman (10-1), 11 a.m.

Georgia Southern (8-4) at William & Mary (8-3), 11:30 a.m.

N. Dakota St. (8-4) at Montana St. (9-2), noon Villanova (7-4) at Stephen F.Austin (9-2), 1:30 p.m.

SE Missouri (9-2) at E. Washington (9-2), 2:05 p.m.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BCS STANDINGS 1. Auburn 2. Oregon 3. TCU 4. Stanford 5. Wisconsin 6. Ohio St. 7. Arkansas 8. Michigan St. 9. Oklahoma 10. LSU 11. Boise St. 12. Missouri 13. Nebraska 14. Oklahoma St. 15. Virginia Tech 16. Alabama 17. Nevada 18. Texas A&M 19. South Carolina 20. Utah 21. Florida St. 22. Mississippi St. 23. Arizona 24. West Virginia 25. N. Illinois

Record 12-0 11-0 12-0 11-1 11-1 11-1 10-2 11-1 10-2 10-2 10-1 10-2 10-2 10-2 10-2 9-3 11-1 9-3 9-3 10-2 9-3 8-4 7-4 8-3 10-2 ———

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AP TOP 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 27, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts 1. Oregon (36) 11-0 1,475 2. Auburn (23) 12-0 1,456 3. TCU (1) 12-0 1,383 4. Wisconsin 11-1 1,289 5. Stanford 11-1 1,283 6. Ohio St. 11-1 1,184 7. Michigan St. 11-1 1,098 8. Arkansas 10-2 1,094 9. Boise St. 10-1 908 10. Oklahoma 10-2 886 11. LSU 10-2 856 12. Virginia Tech 10-2 761 13. Nebraska 10-2 740 14. Nevada 11-1 736 15. Missouri 10-2 691 16. Oklahoma St. 10-2 599 17. Alabama 9-3 597 18. South Carolina 9-3 591 19. Texas A&M 9-3 582 20. Florida St. 9-3 356 21. Utah 10-2 249 22. Mississippi St. 8-4 224 23. West Virginia 8-3 147 24. N. Illinois 10-2 130 25. Hawaii 9-3 43

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••• SCHEDULE Thursday FAR WEST Arizona St. (5-6) at Arizona (7-4), 6 p.m.

Friday MIDWEST MAC Championship, N. Illinois (10-2) at Miami (Ohio) (8-4), 5 p.m.

FAR WEST Illinois (6-5) at Fresno St. (7-4), 10:13 p.m.

Saturday EAST Rutgers (4-7) at West Virginia (8-3), 10 a.m.

SOUTH CUSA Championship,SMU (7-5) at UCF (9-3), 10 a.m.

Troy (6-5) at Florida Atlantic (4-7), noon Nevada (11-1) at Louisiana Tech (5-6), 1 p.m.

SEC Championship, Auburn (12-0) vs. South Carolina (9-3) at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Middle Tennessee (5-6) at Fla. International (6-5), 4 p.m.

ACC Championship, Florida St. (9-3) at Virginia Tech (10-2) at Charlotte, N.C., 5:45 p.m.

Connecticut (7-4) at South Florida (7-4), 6 p.m.

MIDWEST Pittsburgh (6-5) at Cincinnati (4-7), 10 a.m.

SOUTHWEST Big 12 Championship, Oklahoma (10-2) vs.

Nebraska (10-2) at Arlington, Texas, 6 p.m.

TUESDAY'S MEN’S SCORES EAST Canisius 55, Binghamton 45 Connecticut 62, New Hampshire 55 Penn 71, UMBC 59 Princeton 82, Lafayette 64 Syracuse 78, Cornell 58 Yale 81, Hartford 76 SOUTH Auburn 78, Ga. Southwestern 50 Charleston Southern 120, Toccoa Falls 43 Coppin St. 70, Lincoln, Pa. 57 Florida Atlantic 61, Mississippi St. 59 Hampton 60, Georgia St. 56, OT Iona 73, Norfolk St. 64 Kentucky 91, Boston U. 57 LSU 73, Houston 57 Miami 86, Mississippi 73 Michigan 69, Clemson 61 Northwestern St. 82, Centenary 55 Ohio St. 58, Florida St. 44 S. Carolina St. 68, Allen 56 Stetson 69, Savannah St. 64 Tennessee 86, Middle Tennessee 56 Tulane 84, Alabama St. 69 W. Carolina 66, Bradley 65 Wake Forest 76, Iowa 73 MIDWEST Georgetown 111, Missouri 102, OT Illinois 79, North Carolina 67 Northwestern 91, Georgia Tech 71 Notre Dame 81, Indiana St. 72 S. Dakota St. 82, Nevada 65 FAR WEST Colorado 83, Texas-Pan American 64 Gonzaga 86, E. Washington 57 Montana 75, Cal St.-Fullerton 67 N. Arizona 81, CS Bakersfield 77 Portland 69, Saint Louis 60 UTEP 74, New Mexico St. 72 Utah 76, Fresno St. 63 Washington 102, Long Beach St. 75 Washington St. 84, Sacramento St. 36 SOUTHWEST North Texas 87, Texas-Arlington 83 Texas Tech 86, Oral Roberts 82 UTSA 72, San Jose St. 63 ••• TUESDAY'S WOMEN'S SCORES EAST George Washington 54, Ohio 44 Monmouth, N.J. 74, Stony Brook 60 Niagara 52, Penn 51 Toledo 61, St. Peter’s 33 SOUTH Charlotte 89, N. Carolina A&T 58 Coppin St. 95, Lincoln, Pa. 65 Duke 75, James Madison 58 Florida 63, Old Dominion 55 Grambling St. 66, Louisiana-Monroe 61 LSU 88, Nicholls St. 35 Liberty 93, Glenville St. 75 Northwestern St. 98, Centenary 56 Savannah St. 56, UCF 54 South Florida 80, Florida Atlantic 46 MIDWEST Drake 82, North Texas 67 Ill.-Chicago 50, N. Illinois 45 Kansas St. 56, S. Dakota St. 51 Nebraska 65, UNLV 41 Oral Roberts 75, Missouri St. 66 South Dakota 70, Santa Clara 53 Xavier 85, MVSU 40 FAR WEST Air Force 75, Texas Southern 60 Denver 74, Montana St. 68 Loyola Marymount 69, CS Northridge 52 Oregon St. 68, CS Bakersfield 59 San Diego St. 72, San Diego 63, OT SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 66, Henderson St. 47

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SPORTS ROUNDUP NBA CELTICS 106, CAVALIERS 87 CLEVELAND — Rajon Rondo scored a season-high 23 points with 12 assists to lead the Boston Celtics to their fourth straight win on Tuesday night over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who can now start concentrating on LeBron James’ upcoming visit.

Rondo missed his first three shots before hitting 11 of his next 14 to help the Celtics build a 20-point lead in the fourth.

SPURS 118, WARRIORS 98 OAKLAND, Calif. — Tim Duncan had his first triple double in nearly two years with 15 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists, Manu Ginobli added 27 points and the Spurs beat the Warriors.

Duncan, who recently moved past David Robinson to become the Spurs’ career scoring leader, shot just 6 of 15 from the field but matched his career high for assists and matched his season high for rebounds.

GRIZZLIES 98, LAKERS 96 MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mike Conley scored 10 of his season-high 28 points in the fourth quarter, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Lakers, sending the defending champs to their third straight loss.

It’s just the second threegame skid for the Lakers since they traded with Memphis for Pau Gasol to team him up with Kobe Bryant and first since March.

KNICKS 111, NETS 100 NEW YORK — Amare Stoudemire scored 35 points and the New York Knicks broke open a close game right after New Jersey lost point guard Devin Harris to injury, beating the Nets.

MAGIC 90, PISTONS 79 ORLANDO, Fla. — Mickael Pietrus scored 13 points, J.J. Redick had 10 points and the two reserves combined to help the Magic pull away from the Pistons.

Rashard Lewis had 20 points, and Vince Carter added 13 in a win against a Detroit franchise that has caused Orlando headaches for years.

The Magic have won seven of their past eight games.

76ERS 88, TRAIL BLAZERS 79

PHILADELPHIA — Elton Brand scored 18 points while Jrue Holiday and Andres Nocioni added 11 each to help the 76ers beat the Trail Blazers.

Philadelphia trailed 72-70 midway through the fourth, before going on a 15-4 run that put the game away with 1:50 left. Andre Iguodala, who entered the game averaging 14.8 points, was held to seven — although four came in the fourth quarter.

PACERS 107, KINGS 98 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Danny Granger scored a season-high 37 points for the Pacers, who used a strong third quarter to pull away from the Kings.

The victory was the fourth in five games for the Pacers, who began their four-game road trip by beating the Lakers on Sunday night.

NHL BLACKHAWKS 7, BLUES 5 CHICAGO — Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews each scored his second goal of the game late in the third period Tuesday night to shut off a St. Louis Blues rally and send the Chicago Blackhawks to a victory.

RED WINGS 5, SHARKS 3 SAN JOSE, Calif. — Henrik Zetterberg batted a puck out of the air from the slot for one of his two goals that helped Detroit get a small token of revenge for last season’s playoff elimination, beating San Jose.

LIGHTNING 4, MAPLE LEAFS 3 (OT) TORONTO — Simon Gagne made an impressive return to the Tampa Bay lineup, scoring 1:15 into overtime against Toronto.

The star forward also provided a screen when Martin St. Louis tied the game with just 8.7 seconds left in regulation.

PREDATORS 3, COYOTES 0 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Shea Weber and Cal O’Reilly each scored a power-play goal, and Pekka Rinne made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season in Nashville’s victory over Phoenix.

Times-Call wire reports

Coming up Prep Schedule Subject to change

Today

Boys basketball: Frederick Tournament (Berthoud, Frederick) at Frederick H.S.; Niwot at Steamboat Springs, 6 p.m.; Silver Creek at Skyline, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball: Frederick Tournament (Berthoud, Frederick) at Frederick H.S.; Longmont at Roosevelt, 7 p.m.; Broomfield at Niwot, 7 p.m.; Silver Creek at Skyline, 5:30 p.m.

Thursday

Boys basketball: Erie at Valley, 7 p.m.; Longmont vs. Fruita Monument (at G.J. Central H.S.), 3:15 p.m.

Girls basketball: Erie at Valley, 5:30 p.m.

Girls swimming: Mountain View at Niwot, 4 p.m.; Silver Creek at Greeley Central, 4 p.m.

Wrestling: Windsor at Erie, 7 p.m.; Roosevelt at Frederick, 6:30 p.m.; Silver Creek at Longmont, 7 p.m.; Lyons at Highland, 6 p.m.; Mountain View at Niwot, 7 p.m.; Skyline at Fort Morgan, 7 p.m.

Friday

Boys basketball: Colorado Academy Tournament (Alexander Dawson), 5:30 p.m.; Frederick Tournament (Berthoud, Frederick) at Frederick H.S.; Erie at Mead, 7 p.m.; Longmont vs. Palisade (at G.J. Central H.S.), 3:15 p.m.; Lyons at Resurrection Christian, 7 p.m.; Mountain View at Skyline, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball: Colorado Academy at Alexander Dawson, 6:30 p.m.; Frederick Tournament (Berthoud, Frederick) at Frederick H.S.; Erie at Mead, 5:30 p.m.; Fairview at Longmont, 7 p.m.; Resurrection Christian at Lyons, 7 p.m.; Fruita Monument at Niwot, 7 p.m.; Pueblo Central at Silver Creek, 7 p.m.; Skyline at Mountain View, 7 p.m.

Girls swimming: Longmont at Centaurus, 4 p.m.

Wrestling: Thompson Valley at Berthoud, 7 p.m.; Mead at Brush, 6:30 p.m.

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“We challenged our team to play together — to make the extra pass, to play unselfishly, because that’s what we we didn’t do at Harvard on Sunday.”

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Buffs put forth solid effort in win against Texas-Pan American

By Brian Howell Longmont Times-Call BOULDER — At this point in the season, the University of Colorado men’s basketball team is focused on any signs of improvement.

Tuesday provided some of those signs. The Buffs played great defense for a half and put together a solid team effort in defeating CU MEN 83 Texas-Pan American TPA 64 83-64 at Coors Events Center.

“I think for the most part we played pretty hard today,” said Levi Knutson, who scored a team-high 18 points off the bench. “We played unselfishly, played as a team. That’s what we were looking for most, was playing together, and I think we did that tonight.”

CU (3-3) was able to rebound from an 82-66 loss at Harvard on Sunday. The Buffs did it by holding TPA to 19 first-half points and

getting balanced scoring on offense.

In addition to Knutson’s 18, the Buffs got 16 points from Marcus Relphorde, 15 from Cory Higgins and 12 from Alec Burks.

“We challenged our team to play together — to make the extra pass, to play unselfishly, because that’s what we we didn’t do at Harvard on Sunday,” Buffs coach Tad Boyle said. “I was really proud of all of our guys for doing that. I thought especially Marcus and Cory did a tremendous job, as seniors are supposed to do when they’re challenged. I think that rubs off.”

The Buffs finished with a season-high 24 assists on 32 baskets. Higgins had seven assists, while Shannon Sharpe had six and Burks had five.

“We’ve got a lot of guys who can make plays for each other on this team, and guys that are willing to do it,” Knutson said. “Cory and Alec are two of those guys who are willing to share the

TODAY’S CU WOMEN’S GAME Texas State (2-2) at Colorado women (5-1) When/Where: 7 p.m. tonight, at the Coors Events Center in Boulder TV/Radio: None/760-AM The series: Tied 1-1. The Buffs and Bobcats haven’t met since Dec. 19, 1992, when CU won 78-57.

Leading scorers: Texas State — Anna Brzozowski (9.5 points per game). CU — Brittany Spears (18.2).

Notes: If Spears is in the starting lineup tonight, it’ll be her 100th straight start.

She has started every game of her career and is poised to become the 10th player in school history with 100 ball and they showed that tonight.”

TPA (2-6) got off to a 9-3 lead behind three 3-pointers. Over the next 13 minutes, however, the Buffs outscored the Broncs 19-1.

“In practice and the whole season, we’ve been trying to play hard on defense and focus more on the defensive end and let the offense come,” Relphorde said. “We finally were able to string together a bunch of

starts. ... CU’s Chucky Jeffery is seventh in the nation in steals (3.8 per game) and 16th in assists (6.0). She also averages 15.5 points and a team-high 9.2 rebounds. ... CU has won four straight games. ...

All of the Buffs’ wins have come at Coors Events Center. ... Texas State leads the Southland Conference in scoring defense, allowing just 52.8 points per game. ... Tonight’s game can be seen on BuffsTV, which can be accessed through CUBuffs.com.

— BRIAN HOWELL

stops, which is something we’ve been trying to do.”

Those stops helped CU build a big lead. The Buffs led 43-19 early in the second half.

“We need to string together 40 minutes of that kind of defense,” Knutson said.

Unfortunately, they didn’t. TPA scored 45 points in the final 18 minutes, 18 seconds.

“Second-half defense was probably the most disappointing thing about tonight’s game,” Boyle said.

“It’s nowhere near good enough. Our guys know that. It’s early and we’re still learning. There’s so many things we have to get

NO. 2 OHIO STATE 58, FLORIDA STATE 44 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Jon Diebler scored 12 points and Jared Sullinger notched his third doubledouble of the season Tuesday night to lead No. 2 Ohio State to a victory over Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

NO. 7 CONNECTICUT 62, NEW HAMPSHIRE 55 STORRS, Conn. — Kemba Walker scored 30 points and Connecticut returned from its triumphant trip to Hawaii with a harderthan-expected victory.

Shabazz Napier added 11 points for Connecticut (6-0), which was not ranked before beating Michigan State and Kentucky last week in the Maui Invitational.

NO. 8 SYRACUSE 78, CORNELL 58 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Rick Jackson had 17 points and 13 rebounds, his sixth double-double of the season, and Kris Joseph had 16 points for Syracuse.

NO. 16 GEORGETOWN 111, NO. 9 MISSOURI 102, OT KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jason Clark hit three 3-pointers in overtime, lifting Georgetown over Missouri, which erased an 18-point halftime deficit but faltered at the free throw line in the final seconds of regulation.

NO. 10 KENTUCKY 91, BOSTON U. 57 LEXINGTON, Ky. — Brandon Knight scored 23 points as Kentucky bounced back from its first loss of the season.

NO. 13 TENNESSEE 86, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 56 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tobias Harris scored 21 points and Scotty Hopson had 19 for Tennessee.

Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl was worried the Volunteers could be in for a trap game against the Blue Raiders after winning the NIT Season Tip-Off championship last week and with finals and a Dec. 11 trip to No. 3 Pittsburgh up next on the schedule.

NO. 20 ILLINOIS 79, NORTH CAROLINA 67 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Mike Davis scored 20 points and Illinois had five players finish in double figures in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

NO. 23 WASHINGTON 102, LONG BEACH ST. 75 SEATTLE — C.J. Wilcox made six 3-pointers and scored a career-high 20 points, leading seven Washington players in double figures, and the Huskies topped 100 points for the third time this season.

NO. 25 NOTRE DAME 81, INDIANA ST. 72 SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Ben Hansbrough scored 19 of his 24 points in the second half to lead Notre Dame.

The Irish (8-0) are off to the best start in their 11 seasons under coach Mike Brey. The last time the Irish accomplished the feat was in 1973-74, when that squad went 12-0.

better at.”

Tuesday saw the Buffs make some improvements, especially on offense. Tuesday was the third time the Buffs had four players score at least 10 points, and the Buffs are 3-0 in those games.

“I think balance is good for our team, especially where we are right now,” Boyle said.

NOTES: Point guard Nate Tomlinson (neck) left the game in the first half and did not return. ... The Buffs had season highs in field goal percentage (54.2 percent) and offensive rebounds (15). ... Burks had scored at least 20 points in every game this season, but that streak ended. ... CU is 3-0 at home and 0-3 on the road this season. ... Higgins played in his 100th career game. ... The Buffs host Oregon State on Saturday.

Brian Howell can be reached at bhowell@times-call.com.

••• COLORADO 83, TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN 64

TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN (2-6) Mierzycki 0-3 3-4 3, Provost 5-8 0-0 15, Urbanus 4-9 22 14, Maree 3-6 0-0 6, Petty 8-13 5-5 23, Hearn 0-3 0-0 0, Gutridge 0-1 1-2 1, Arkwright 1-4 0-0 2, Cabrera 0-1 0-0 0, Cleveland 0-2 0-0 0, Walker 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 2150 11-13 64.

COLORADO (3-3) Dufault 3-6 0-0 6, Tomlinson 0-0 0-0 0, Relphorde 5-8 2-2 16, Burks 4-10 4-5 12, Higgins 6-10 0-0 15, Sharpe 0-3 0-2 0, Coney 1-1 0-0 2, Roberson 3-6 2-2 8, Knutson 7-10 2-2 18, Mills 2-4 0-0 4, Eckloff 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 32-59 10-13 83.

Halftime—Colorado 34-19. 3-Point Goals—Texas-Pan American 11-26 (Provost 5-7, Urbanus 4-8, Petty 2-6, Gutridge 0-1, Arkwright 0-2, Hearn 0-2), Colorado 915 (Relphorde 4-4, Higgins 3-6, Knutson 2-3, Sharpe 01, Burks 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—TexasPan American 24 (Mierzycki 6), Colorado 34 (Burks 7).

Assists—Texas-Pan American 12 (Mierzycki, Petty 3), Colorado 24 (Higgins 7). Total Fouls—Texas-Pan American 16, Colorado 14. A—2,641.

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the eighth-highest in baseball history, trailing two of Alex Rodriguez’s deals ($275 million and $252 million) and agreements for Derek Jeter ($189 million), Joe Mauer ($184 million), Mark Teixeira ($180 million), CC Sabathia ($161 million) and Manny Ramirez ($160 million).

The genesis of the extension was a heart-to-heart talk with general manager Dan O’Dowd in his office at season’s end.

“They were just discussions about life,” O’Dowd said. “The maturity of understanding the continuity and stability of things and what he’s trying to become as a man led me to say to our owner, ‘I think maybe we should explore this right now.’”

A second chat in O’Dowd’s office, this time with team owner Dick Monfort sitting in, got the negotiating started on the deal.

“I said it definitely is a possibility I want to be here my whole career, but there’s a lot of things that have to work out, such as money, such as a commitment to winning,” Tulowitzki said. “And all the answers I received from the beginning stayed on a straight line. They never veered off. And they sold me.”

And the Rockies paid him.

Tulowitzki, 26, already had been guaranteed $25.75 million through 2013 under the $31 million, six-year contract he agreed to in January 2008.

Asked about the characterization that the Rockies ownership hasn’t been committed to winning, O’Dowd said: “I will say this, that we’re not committed to winning at all costs.

“Maybe there’s a perception we’re not committed to winning because we don’t go out and do the Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle thing anymore, but if you didn’t notice, that didn’t work out too well,” O’Dowd said of the colossal contracts that blew up in Colorado’s face in the early 2000s. “And so we are committed to try to hold onto our own internal players before we hold onto anything external.”

Both sides are taking risks: Tulowitzki will be 35 by the time the contract expires, and he could have some monster years during that time.

Despite missing 33 games with a broken wrist last season, Tulowitzki won his first Gold Glove and NL Silver Slugger awards after hitting .315 with 27 homers and 95 RBIs. “They felt like they had a guy they wanted to be the face of the franchise, and they came after him,” Tulowitzki said. “And on my side, I love the game and that’s more than enough money than I’ll ever need in my entire lifetime.”

Tulowitzki said he believes the Rockies are on the cusp of something big, and ownership promised him he won’t have to carry the load by himself.

The Rockies are hoping to have these kinds of big contract announcements regarding ace Ubaldo Jimenez and star slugger Carlos Gonzalez in winters to come, although it could prove an insurmountable challenge to keep both of them in purple pinstripes beyond 2014, when they would become free agents.

The Rockies are close to securing prized left-hander Jorge De La Rosa for a couple of years, keeping one of the most sought-after arms on the open market from leaving Denver. O’Dowd said there still were some issues to be ironed out, such as getting De La Rosa from his native Mexico to Denver for a physical.

“De La Rosa was a huge acquisition for us,” Tulowitzki said. “You’re talking about a guy that we had that has top-notch stuff. A lot of teams were after him, but at the end of the day, he kind of realized like I did that you don’t get what you get here in every place.

“He loves playing here, I know that. He wanted to be a part of this for the next two or three years. I’m sure he turned down some money to stay here, and that’s what it’s all about. If you want to make a commitment, do it. If you don’t, go and get the top dollar, but you might not be the happiest.”

In both 2020 and 2021, if the option is exercised, Tulowitzki’s salary could escalate by up to $6 million annually depending on his finish in MVP voting, whether he is an All-Star or earns Gold Glove or Silver Slugger awards, and other criteria.

Tulowitzki has finished fifth in MVP voting the last two seasons. But more than that, Tulowitzki wants to win a World Series, and now he has 10 more chances to do it in Colorado.

“It’s an important day for our franchise,” O’Dowd said, “but hopefully we have a lot more important days in front of us.”

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Yankees resume talks with Jeter Giants reach agreement with Tejada

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NEW YORK — The the Yankees resumed contract talks with Derek Jeter on Tuesday.

Jeter and the Yankees hadn’t met since Nov. 8 before Tuesday’s session, which was divulged by a baseball official familiar with the discussion. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the team and agent Casey Close didn’t make any announcements.

“I feel confident that Derek will remain with the Yankees, and my brother does as well,” Yankees cochairman Hank Steinbrenner said, without confirming the meeting took place.

preliminary agreement with Miguel Tejada on a $6.5 million, one-year contract.

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Francisco with the Texas Theriot hit .270 with 29 Rangers and Jason Frasor RBIs last season with the with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Teams offered arbitration He has played both middle to 33 free agents last week, infield spots, but prefers but the rest declined.

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Houston agreed to a $1 lion, three-year contract million, one-year contract with infielder Juan Uribe, with catcher Humberto the Los Angeles Dodgers traded infielder Ryan Theri- Quintero, and Texas gave ot to the St. Louis Cardinals Japanese right-hander Yoshinori Tateyama a onefor reliever Blake year contract that includes Hawksworth. club options for 2012 and San Francisco found its new shortstop, reaching a 2013.

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SPORTS IN BRIEF AUTO RACING ● Pocono Raceway expects a safer track in 2011 and beyond.

The NASCAR track should be finished by the end of this year with significant safety upgrades that include a soft-wall barrier and catch fence. Work on the multimilliondollar project started in October.

The new fence will run from the end of the front stretch and connect with the existing catch fence in Turn 2. The 6,155-foot fence will now surround the entire 2.5-mile race track. The SAFER barrier will run on the entire length of the inside of the track from the exit of

Turn 1 to the entrance of Turn 3 for a total of 5,516 feet. Pocono Raceway already has soft-wall barriers at each of the track’s three turns. Track president Brandon Igdalsky said the improvements, especially the fence, were long overdue.

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GOLF ● HONOLULU — Sony Corp. announced Tuesday it has extended title sponsorship of the Sony Open in Hawaii by three years through 2014 and will broadcast the PGA Tour event in January live in 3-D. The upcoming tournament will be the first PGA Tour co-sponsored event televised live in 3-D, said company and tour officials who have been testing the technology at several events this year. The Masters was aired in 3-D. Sony estimated 83 million households in the U.S. have 3-D-compatible TV sets. And demand is growing fast.

NBA ● CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NBA has suspended Charlotte Bobcats top scorer Stephen Jackson one game for verbally abusing an official and failing to leave the court in a timely manner following his ejection from Saturday’s loss to Milwaukee.

Tuesday’s penalty comes less than a month after Jackson was fined

$50,000 for making inappropriate comments to the officials after a loss in Detroit. Jackson will miss today’s game at New Orleans.

Jackson received consecutive technical fouls by referee Eli Roe midway through the first quarter against the Bucks as he complained of being held and grabbed. Teammates Gerald Wallace and Nazr Mohammed had to usher Jackson off the court.

Jackson has been called for six technicals this season, tied for the league lead.

MIAMI — There’s not much LeBron James can absolutely say about what awaits when he returns to Cleveland as an opponent on Thursday night. Fun, weird, tough, draining. James cites them all as expectations. He’s likely right on each count, and who knows how many more ways the emotional gamut will swing on Thursday when the Miami Heat visit Cleveland, the city James scorned on July 8 when he announced in a nationally televised special that he was “taking my talents to South Beach.”

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TENNIS ● MOSCOW — Maria Sharapova will lead Russia in its Fed Cup firstround match against France next season. Russian Tennis Federation President Shamil Tarpischev, who is also the Fed Cup captain, says Sharapova has agreed to play in the competition for the first time since making her debut in Russia’s 4-1 first-round victory over Israel in 2008. Tarpischev said at a news conference Tuesday that Sharapova had fully recovered from the problems with her shoulder and could challenge for the No. 1 ranking again. ● BELGRADE, Serbia — Michael Llodra hopes his recent victory against Novak Djokovic could land him a singles start for France in the Davis Cup final against Serbia next weekend. The doubles specialist upset the No. 3-ranked Djokovic at the Paris Masters earlier this month and is the highest-ranked player on the French team behind Gael Monfils. France captain Guy Forget has until Thursday’s draw to decide who will play. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is out of the Dec. 3-5 final with a knee injury, leaving Llodra to compete with Gilles Simon and Richard Gasquet for a spot alongside Monfils.

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By Doug Ferguson The Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The goal for Tiger Woods has always been to be better than he was the year before. Despite losing his marriage and every tournament he played, he still gave himself a passing grade.

“As a golfer, I learned so much more this year than any other year — and as a person, infinitely more,” Woods said Tuesday. “So it’s been a very successful year, even though it was a very painful year as well.”

That year comes to a close with the Chevron World Challenge, which starts Thursday featuring an 18-man field of players inside the top 50 in the world ranking. Woods has won the last two times he played, although he missed the last two years — in 2008 while recovering from knee surgery, and last year because of the Thanksgiving night accident that led to revelations of his infidelity.

It was a year that Woods described as “harder than anyone could have imagined.”

On Tuesday of tournament week a year ago, the Florida Highway Patrol cited him for reckless driving and fined him $164 for running his SUV over a fire hy-

drant and into a tree outside his home, while a magazine had a cover story from a cocktail waitress who said she had 300 text messages to prove her 31-month affair with Woods.

His personal life was just starting to unravel.

Woods said he never thought about walking away from golf for the entire year.

“I love playing the game of golf,” Woods said. “It’s fun, it’s certainly challenging, and it’s also something that I know when I do it right, I’m pretty good at it.”

That was not lost on Ian Poulter as he hit balls on the range Tuesday morning and talked about the world ranking, amazed that Woods has lost more ranking points than any player has earned this year.

Poulter recalled a time not long ago when the distance between Woods and whoever was No. 2 in the world was greater than No. 2 and the player ranked 100th or lower.

“It shows how good,” Poulter said, pausing. It sounded as though he was ready to say “how good he was,” but the Englishman caught himself, because he believes Woods will return.

“It shows how good he can be when he’s at his best.”

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HOUSAND OAKS, ment, for while he had the Calif. — The Rules of long birdie putt, Karlsson Golf are under review, had pitched to about 4 feet and Ian Poulter has a sugfor birdie. gestion.

“That softens the blow a It involves a player who little bit,” Poulter said. tries to replace his ball on He will argue, however, the putting green, only for it that he at least had a to slip out of his hands just chance until one slip of the inches above the ground hand, one flip of the coin. and land on his Did it cost him the marker — a lucky tournament? Probacoin, in this case — bly not, although it and move it ever so made for some senslightly. sational “what if?”

There was no instories. tent for the marker The difference beDoug to move. There was tween winning and no advantage to be Ferguson losing was $417,000. gained.

Throw in an extra The Associated Press But there was a $150,000 for the Race one-stroke penalty. to Dubai bonus. And “It puts the focus on anthose ranking points could other stupid rule,” Poulter wind up costing Poulter said. even more money in incentives, the whole package No doubt he could find a perhaps worth close to $1 few other colleagues wantmillion depending on how he ing to tweak the Rules of finishes the year at the Golf, which will next be Chevron World Challenge. amended for 2012.

“I understand the rule,” Brian Davis was docked Poulter said. “I knew two shots in a playoff at Hilton Head when his club straightaway, because I had ticked a loose reed in a heard of it happening bewaste area to the left of the fore. Look, I don’t want to 18th. Juli Inkster was penal- sound like bitter grapes. I ized for swinging a club didn’t do anything intentionwith a weight attached to al to gain an advantage. Do stay loose during a delay.

I think the rule should be And who will ever forget changed? Yes. Did I think Dustin Johnson not realizthe rule should be changed ing he was in a bunker at beforehand? I wasn’t really the PGA Championship, go- bothered by it.” ing from a playoff to a tie Poulter also realizes that for fifth after his two-shot if this had happened on the penalty? seventh hole Friday, no one Poulter speaks from an might have noticed, much experience he would just as less cared. soon forget.

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was so much outrage about ridiculous rules that some perspective was lost. Davis was in deep trouble left of the green, and all he could do was hack it out to about 45 feet for par. Jim Furyk was 5 feet away for par and most likely would have won even if Davis were not penalized.

What amazes is the notion that golf looks bad for playing by the rules. Yes, it’s a harsh penalty for such an innocuous mistake. But in every case, it’s the player who makes the mistake — and more often than not, the player knows it.

Did he gain an advantage in Dubai? No. Was it intentional? Of course not.

But as Jeff Hall of the USGA points out, the marker is the equivalent of the ball. If Poulter’s ball had been on the green and moved ever so slightly, “I suspect most people wouldn’t have the emotional connection to a penalty,” Hall said.

“At the end of the day, our rules are clear,” Hall said.

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“When you look at when it happened, where it happened and what it meant ... it couldn’t have happened at a worse time,” he said. “It was a really, really bad time.”

It could have been worse.

Imagine the outrage if Poulter had been 4 feet from the hole for birdie and Karlsson was 40 feet away. That would have cost him the tournament, the money, the world ranking points.

Consider the reaction if Johnson had made his par putt on the 18th hole at Whistling Straits, which would have made him the PGA champion until he got into the scoring trailer and been told to add two shots to his score.

As for Davis? It was noble of him to call the penalty on himself. But for those who argue it’s an arcane rule, Davis obviously knew enough about the rules to realize that he might have broken one.

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ONGMONT — Though Donna Currie experiments in her kitchen almost every day, she’d never pulled an optical illusion out of the oven until this summer.

One cracker in her first batch of fire crackers — so called for the hot sauce she tried in the recipe — puffed up when baked and then settled just so to look like Smokey Bear sans hat.

“Other people get religious figures. I get a bear,” Currie said, referring to the many reports worldwide of Christ or the Virgin Mary appearing in common materials such as snow or glass.

She cannot promise that the — DONNA CURRIE bear mug will apOF LONGMONT, pear for anyone ON HER FIRE else. But Currie, CRACKERS 54, joked that sharing these crackers will provide another illusion.

“They are really easy to make.

But if you bring your own crackers to a party, people think you’re a genius,” she said.

The Longmont resident dreamed up the recipe last summer after tasting the secret ingredient — Hotheads Pepperspread, which is bottled in Brighton — at the Cayenne Kitchen on Main Street.

That sauce gives the crackers some kick without tinting them, she said.

After mixing the batch, she gets creative with her tools — a rolling pin with knobs to create divots in the crackers and a pizza wheel to cleanly cut various shapes.

Though a garlic cream cheese spread tastes great on top, these crackers often disappear naked because guests eat them like potato chips.

“They’re a little bit addictive,” she said.

Currie, who buys yeast by the pound, initially shared her fire cracker recipe — along with

“They’re a little bit addictive.”

Donna Currie of Longmont said her fire crackers “are really easy to make. But if you bring your own crackers to a party, people think you’re a genius.” At left: Currie cuts the crackers before baking them.

nearly 100 other recipes related to bread, muffins and graham crackers — on her blog, http:// cookistry.blogspot.com.

That she writes food columns and shares recipes online and in a couple of local publications benefits her readers.

“It helps me, too,” Currie said.

“Until I started blogging, I never wrote anything down. ... And my husband and I don’t have any kids, so I wouldn’t otherwise

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FIRE CRACKERS Ingredients: /2 cup water 1 teaspoon instant yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1 cup bread flour 1 teaspoon Hotheads Pepperspread 1 /4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon olive oil Directions: Mix the water, yeast, sugar, flour and pepperspread in a bowl. Cover and set aside for 30 minutes. Add the salt and olive oil, and mix to combine well. The gluten should be developing, so it won’t be as cooperative as it was during the initial mixing.

Flour your work surface and turn the dough out.

Knead briefly, form the dough into a ball, and return it to the bowl. The bowl will probably have some residual oil, but drizzle a little more over the dough to coat it. Cover the bowl and let it rest for about an hour, until doubled in size.

Heat the oven to 325 degrees, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Donna Currie made these fire crackers Sunday at her Longmont home.

Flour the work surface again, and knead the dough to work out all the air bubbles. Then, roll the dough out to about 12 inches by 15 inches to about the thickness of a dime. The edges will probably be thicker, so judge the thickness a little farther from the edge. Try to keep the dough rectangular.

The crackers will rise during baking, but keep them from becoming little puffy hollow pillows by using a dough docker or a fork to poke holes in the dough if you don’t have a knobbed rolling pin.

You can trim the dough to make it square or leave it uneven. Those misshapen pieces make a nice snack for the cook.

Using a pizza wheel, pastry cutter or knife, cut the dough into appropriate cracker shapes. Oneinch-square crackers work, but you can make random shapes or rhomboids, or use cookie cutters.

Move the crackers to your parchment-lined sheet. Once baked, they break apart cleanly at the score marks.

Bake for 25 to 45 minutes or until the crackers are lightly browned and dried all the way through.

Note that once they start browning, they can overbrown quickly. So watch them carefully.

Cool completely on a rack before storing in an airtight container.

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economy, I routinely keep my programmable thermostat set on 58 degrees as a nighttime temperature. Am I in danger of frozen pipes? Thanks. — A Regular Reader

Dear Regular Reader: Consider that your thermostat reads the temperature on an interior wall of your home, about 5 feet above the floor. That is not the temperature at the floor, or in any crawl space, or in a wall, especially an exterior one. In any of these locations, the air could be cooler, or a lot colder.

I checked with Randy, a friend of mine who also is a plumber, figuring that he would be able to shed some light on this.

First of all, he said, current code

requires that homes not have any water pipe in an exterior wall. So, if you live in a newer home, you would have pipes in interior walls only, giving them extra protection against freezing temperatures.

But not everyone lives in a newer home. If you are in a home with pipes in an exterior wall, or in a crawl space, you will need to be more cautious.

There are a couple of factors to consider when it comes to protecting your pipes — and this goes for everyone, regardless of your home.

How well insulated is your home?

A poorly insulated home would be more susceptible to freezing pipes.

How exposed is your home?

Randy said strong winds can force

air into spaces in your walls, potentially carrying freezing air to your pipes.

As to your specific situation, he noted that if 58 degrees has been working for you while you are home, it should work while you are away.

“Personally, I’d be more comfortable at 65,” he said. “I’ve seen too many cases where people left (during the winter) and came back to a swimming pool in the basement.”

But Randy suggested a solution that would guarantee that the water in your interior pipes doesn’t freeze while you’re away: Turn off the water to your house.

“That’s what I do when I leave my house in the winter,” he said.

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LOS ANGELES — Many over-the-counter, liquid medications meant for children contain dosing instructions and measuring cups or droppers that rarely match each other and could confuse even the most careful parent or caretaker, according to a new study. This could lead to under- or overdosing, researchers said.

The study, released online Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined popular liquid cough, cold, allergy and stomach medications as well as painkillers and fever reducers, all for children younger than 12 years old.

More than one-quarter of the 200 products examined failed to include a measuring device, such as cup, dropper or oral syringe. Of those that did, nearly all contained at least one inconsistency between the printed dosing instructions and the device. One example: a label that called for one-teaspoon doses packaged with a measuring cup marked in milliliter units.

Of 148 products that contained a measuring device, almost 99 percent contained at least one inconsistency between the directions and the device.

“To see how common the mismatch was in this study was startling,” said Dr. Darren A. DeWalt, an associate professor of internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who wrote an editorial accompanying the study. “It’s not only confusing information; it’s almost not intelligible at times.”

In the study, researchers led by a team at the New York University School of Medicine and Bellevue Hospital Center reviewed the 200 top-selling pediatric, oral, liquid, over-thecounter medications.

Of the 148 products that contained a measuring device, almost 99 percent contained at least one inconsistency between the directions and the device. Twenty-four percent of the devices lacked the necessary markings to pour the correct dose. More than 81 percent had superfluous markings, such as ones for doses that were beyond what would be prescribed.

Units of measurement varied from product to product: 72 percent used milliliters, 78 percent used teaspoons, 19 percent used tablespoons and 6 percent used nonstandard units of measurement such as drams or cubic centimeters.

There were nonstandard abbreviations (“tsps” instead of “tsp” for teaspoon) and undefined abbreviations.

Five products did not place a zero before decimal points — writing .5 instead of 0.5 — a practice that can cause a 10-fold overdose, the authors said.

“We found problems with inconsistency across all product types and manufacturers,” said Dr. H. Shonna Yin, co-author of the study

and an assistant professor of pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. “This is a pervasive problem. Instructions should be patient-centered and easy to understand.”

The study did not address product quality; strict Food and Drug Administration rules govern the safety and effectiveness of medications as well as how the drugs are manufactured, packaged and shipped, and their shelf life.

“There is a tremendous

amount of science that is brought to bear when it comes to the chemistry of the product,” said Laura Bix, an associate professor at Michigan State University who studies the interaction between people and product packages. “Sadly, we don’t bring that level of science to understanding the interaction between the person and the package.”

Regulations also dictate the information required on product labels, said Bix, who was not involved in the

study. However, little attention has been paid to how consumers use the products, she said.

Although dosing errors with these products are rarely harmful, under-dosing can mean a child is not getting relief from pain or other symptoms, DeWalt said. And dangers do exist: Several days of over-dosing with products that contain acetaminophen, for example, can result in serious liver damage.

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have anyone to pass these recipes on to.”

She fixes computers by day. So the kitchen gives her a creative happy place to work out recipes on nights and weekends.

“My mother never was big into recipes,” Currie said. “She put in a fistful

of this and a pinch of that. She went by taste.

And if I know what it is supposed to taste like, I’ll get there. ... As a hobby, this is a lot like painting ceramic cats. You can always give away bread.”

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Treat Williams is 59. Country form.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. singer Kim Richey is 54.

In 1909, the first kibbutz was 19): People who have a knack founded in the Jordan Valley by Actress Charlene Tilton is 52. for manipulation and persuasion Actress-model Carol Alt is 50. a group of Jewish pioneers; the could cast a long shadow on Actor Jeremy Northam is 49. collective settlement became your prospects if you listen to Producer-director Andrew known as Degania Alef. them.

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Millard is 38. Actor-writerIn 1921, the Navy flew the PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): producer David Hornsby is 35. first nonrigid dirigible to use You won’t repeat the errors of Singer Sarah Masen is 35. Rock the past if you do things right helium; the C-7 traveled from musician Brad Delson (Linkin Hampton Roads, Va., to this time around. Don’t dwell on Park) is 33. Actor Nate Torrence the fears instilled by previous Washington, D.C. is 33.

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Man and climate combine to erode Cancun’s beaches CANCUN, Mexico — Cancun’s eroding white-sand beaches are providing a note of urgency to the climate talks being held just south of this seaside resort famed for its postcard-perfect vistas.

Rising sea levels and a series of unusually powerful hurricanes have aggravated the folly of building a tourist destination atop shifting sand dunes on a narrow peninsula. After the big storms hit, the bad ideas were laid bare: Much of Cancun’s glittering hotel strip is now without a beach.

Hotels built too tall, too heavy and too close to the shore, as well as beaches stripped of native vegetation to make them more tourist-friendly, have contributed to the massive erosion.

“It was the chronicle of a disaster foretold,” said Exequiel Ezcurra, the former head of Mexico’s environmental agency. “Everybody knew this was going to happen. This had been predicted for 40 years.”

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Many scientists blame such extreme weather patterns on climate change.

The coastline erosion was worsened by a rise in sea level — about 2.2 millimeters a year.

“It doesn’t sound like much, but ... in an area as low as that sandbar, it doesn’t help, especially when the sandbar doesn’t have the properties to compensate for sea level,” Ezcurra said.

In a major restoration project last year, millions of cubic yards of sand were dredged from the sandy bottom of the Caribbean and pumped ashore in Cancun.

The project created a 7-mile stretch of beach some 40 to 70 yards wide, at a cost of about $70 million.

It already is washing away. Waves have carved a waist-high shelf into the beach, and Assistant Tourism Secretary Hector de la Cruz acknowledges that 6 percent to 8 percent of the new sand has been swept away — even without any major storms.

It was the second time such an undertaking had been tried; a $19 million beach-restoration effort in 2006 also washed away, finished off by a Category 5 hurricane, Dean, that hit farther down the coast in 2007.

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“In a year or two, another hurricane will come and the same thing will happen all over again,” he said. “This is an absurd waste of money.”

In a financial sense, however, it still works. Cancun remains the biggest moneyearner of all of Mexico’s tourist destinations, bringing in about $3 billion per year — about a quarter of Mexico’s tourism income.

March 27, 1930 — Nov. 24, 2010 Stanley Allen Tucker, 80, of Sargent, Nebraska, formerly of Longmont, died November 24 at Valley County Hospital in Ord, Nebraska.

Visitation is Wednesday 12-1 at the Rhoad Funeral Home in Sargent.

Services are Thursday 122 at 10:30 a.m. at the Church of Christ, with Rev. Marty Robbins officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Sargent, with military graveside services.

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cas and wife Kristie Tucker, daughter Pamela Godfrey, granddaughter Jamalea Godfrey, all of Colorado; a grandson, Justin Godfrey of Washington, D.C.; five stepchildren, Shari Johnson, Charles Johnson and Rebecca Johnson of Nebraska, Neal Johnson of Nevada, and Donna Johnson of Missouri; and stepgrandchildren Jacie, Katie, Brant, Katrina, Tracy, Tabitha and Cody. He also has four step-great-grandchildren, numerous nephews and nieces, and a host of friends.

March 8, 1956 — Nov. 22, 2010 Deborah Kay Darland passed away Monday, November 22, 2010, at HospiceCare of Boulder and Broomfield Counties following a battle with lymphoma.

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Jesse was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter, Laurie Parrish Meyer, in 2003; and his brother, Vaughn.

Jesse is survived by his wife, Donna Parrish of Longmont; a daughter, Cindy Hart of Golden, Colorado; two brothers, Clarence Parrish (Betty) of Perryton, Texas, and Lonnie Parrish (Sandie) of Chugiak, Alaska; a sister, Mary Ann Alverson of Berthoud; three grandchildren, Jesse, Amanda and Randy Hart of Golden; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

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‘The Vanity Fair’ of al-Qaida appeals to Generation Z WASHINGTON — As provocative headlines go, the editors of Inspire magazine chose a doozy for their inaugural issue last summer. “Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom,� it promised. The author of the crude how-to guide was identified only as “The AQ Chef.� That’s AQ as in alQaida.

The terrorist network long has exploited gory YouTube videos, fiery Facebook pages, hate-filled chat rooms and other incendiary Internet websites to radicalize recruits and gloat over mass murder.

Now the media wing of alQaida in the Arabian Peninsula, an offshoot group based in Yemen, is produc-

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The slick English-language magazine, which posted its third issue last week, may appear like an Onion parody. But FBI and other counterterrorism experts say it is no joke. The extremist rhetoric and blood-soaked Islamic imagery appears consistent with al-Qaida’s cult of death, and they believe it is authentic. “It’s like the Vanity Fair of jihadi publications,� said Bruce Hoffman, director of security studies at Georgetown University. “It’s glossy

and snarky, and is designed to appeal to Generation Z.� “It’s Madison Avenue, terrorist- style,� agreed Yonah Alexander, terrorism specialist at the nonpartisan Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Arlington, Va. “It’s much more sophisticated than what we’ve seen before.�

The target audience, experts say, appears to be disaffected Muslims in the English-speaking world. The message: Embrace the mythology of martyrdom and take up arms against the infidel West. “They’re not looking to outdo the readership of The Economist or Time magazine,� said Bruce Riedel, a former senior CIA officer now at the nonpartisan Saban Center for Middle East Policy in the Brookings In-

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After Inspire first appeared in July, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence and analysis office warned in a report that it “could appeal to certain Western individuals and could inspire them to conduct attacks in the United States.� “Al-Qaida sees fertile ground for recruitment in Europe and North America,� said Edward Turzanski, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia.

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Inspire traces its lineage to a now-defunct Arabic-language magazine, called Al Jihad, that Osama bin Laden published in the 1980s before he gained infamy.

But the colloquial English of the new version suggests an American editor.

U.S. intelligence officials suspect Samir Khan, a 24year-old Pakistani-American. A shy youth, Khan ran a rabidly pro-al-Qaida blog from his parents’ home in Charlotte, N.C., after 2003, drawing scrutiny from the FBI. Khan moved to Yemen last year, and his byline is atop a first-person feature in Inspire’s second issue.

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NEW YORK — Home prices are falling faster in the nation’s largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year.

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index released Tuesday fell 0.7 percent in September from August. Eighteen of the cities recorded monthly price declines.

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The November reading is the highest since June, when the index stood at 54.3 just as the economy’s recovery started to lose momentum. Economists surveyed

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WASHINGTON — Level 3 Communications Inc., an Internet backbone company that supports Netflix Inc.’s increasingly popular movie streaming service, complained Monday that cable giant Comcast Corp. is charging it an unfair fee for the right to send data to its subscribers.

Comcast replied it is being swamped by a flood of data and needs to be paid.

Level 3 said it agreed to pay under protest but that the fee violates the principles of an “open Internet.” It also goes against the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed rules preventing broadband Internet providers from favoring certain types of traffic, it said.

“Comcast is effectively putting up a toll booth at the borders of its broadband Internet access network, enabling it to unilaterally decide how much to charge for content,” Level 3’s chief legal officer, Thomas Stortz, said in a statement.

Comcast called Level 3’s position “duplicitous” and said a previous deal for the companies to handle traffic for each other had become unbalanced in Level 3’s favor.

The spat reflects the complicated commercial relationships of the Internet, where it’s not always clear who should be paying whom.

Level 3’s main business is carrying Internet traffic across the country, charging In-

ternet service providers like Comcast fees to connect to Web sites and other ISPs. However, it is moving into the business of distributing Internet content such as movies for companies including Netflix.

Under that business model, it is acting like a content-delivery network, which usually pays ISPs for fast access to their networks.

Level 3, based in Broomfield, is now pushing to Comcast five times the traffic that goes the other way.

“When one provider exploits this type of relationship by pushing the burden of massive traffic growth onto the other provider and its customers, we believe this is not fair,” Comcast senior vice president Joe Waz said in a statement.

The dispute comes at a sensitive time for Comcast Corp., which is trying to get regulatory clearance to buy majority control of NBC Universal from General Electric Co. for cash and assets worth $13.75 billion.

The government is examining the deal, especially around concerns that the nation’s largest cable TV provider could wield undue power in the distribution of online video once it takes control.

Level 3 said Comcast made a take-it-orleave-it demand last week and it agreed to the terms only under protest to prevent consumer disruptions. Comcast said it will meet with Level 3 later this week to discuss a new solution.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF

Array reaches clinical milestone Array BioPharma announced Tuesday that it will receive a $10 million payment for reaching a clinical research milestone in its collaboration with Celgene Corp.

Array entered into the agreement with Celgene in 2007. It now plans to initiate a phase one trial on a cancer drug treatment the company is referring to as ARRY-382.

Array will be responsible for continued development of ARRY-382, and Celgene will retain the option to obtain exclusive rights to the treatment. If Celgene exercises that right, it will be responsible for further development and commercialization of the drug, although Array would still be entitled to receive additional milestones as well as royalty payments on sales.

Train, ride virtually in Boulder

D3 Energy Lab has opened at 3200 Valmont Road in Boulder.

The lab is a virtual training cycling facility that features CompuTrainer equipment that can offer clients significant benefits in a short amount of time.

Up to eight riders can train at a time, on their own bikes, on the same virtual course, which is projected onto the wall. The equipment and the board have ment measures a variety of chosen to cease discussions concerning a private equity- performance parameters, led leveraged buyout. Given including speed, calories and power output. the strong debt markets, Programs offered include improving business condigroup training and coachtions and other financing options, Seagate has initiat- ing, as well as individual drop-in classes, eight-week ed a plan to further opticlass sessions and corpomize its capital structure to rate team building. A commaximize shareholder replete course schedule can turns.” be found on the company’s Seagate said it is seeing website at www.d3multi improved demand for hard sport.com. disk drives and expects to report revenue of at least $2.7 billion for its fiscal 2011 second quarter.

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — General Motors and Chrysler, two companies that nearly died last year before getting government bailouts, showed further signs of recovery Tuesday as each announced plans to hire 1,000 engineers and researchers.

GM’s hiring will begin immediately and run through the next two years as it adds staff to work on the next generation of electric vehicles. Chrysler said it will hire during the next four months to help handle global growth as well as expansion of its small and midsize vehicle lineup.

The moves each are a sign of confidence as the automakers come back from stays in bankruptcy protec-

Seagate ends going-private talks SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.

— Seagate Technology PLC said Monday it terminated discussions with private equity firms about taking the disk drive maker private in a leveraged buyout because it felt the purchase price being offered was too low.

Shares fell 75 cents, or 5.4 percent, to $13.11 in aftermarket trading, having closed earlier down 3 cents at $13.86.

The Scotts Valley, Calif.based company said it in-

stead has authorized the repurchase of $2 billion in shares in an effort to return value to shareholders. Stock buybacks lower a company’s shares outstanding, raising earnings per share and expanding the percentage size of shareholders’ stakes.

“We appreciate the interest shown by the private equity firms, and our dialogues with them were extensive and thoughtful,” Seagate chairman and CEO Steve Luczo said in a statement. “However, manage-

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tion last year. GM is making money and Chrysler has narrowed its losses, both operating with far less debt and lower labor costs than when they were near to the brink of financial ruin.

Toyota fixing pump in Prius globally TOKYO — Toyota is replacing the pumps that cool the hybrid system in 650,000 Prius cars — the Japanese automaker’s prized green vehicle — in a new blow to the automaker’s reputation for quality.

Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Paul Nolasco said Tuesday the fix is needed in Prius cars for model years 2004 through 2007.

When the pump malfunctions, the car’s hybrid system switches off to prevent overheating and the vehicle’s regular gasoline engine takes over, he said.

But the Japanese automaker is adamant the repair being carried out worldwide isn’t another recall. It is calling the move a “customer satisfaction campaign” because the problem doesn’t warrant a recall under regulations where the vehicles have been sold, according to Nolasco.

Of the Prius cars that need fixing, 390,000 are in North America.

Colo. ag exports up 28 percent DENVER — Colorado agriculture commissioner John Stulp says growing demand for meat from Asia and Russia is boosting the state’s agricultural exports.

The Colorado Department of Agriculture said Tuesday that state agricultural exports this year through September were up $169 million, or nearly 28 percent, from the same period in 2009.

The state’s top agricultural sectors all showed increases, led by exports of meat, hides and skins.

Meat exports through September were $495 million, up 21 percent from the same period in 2009. The state had $141.2 million in exports of hides and skins through September, up 86 percent from the same period a year ago.

Novartis to cut 1,400 sales jobs NEW YORK — Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said Tuesday it will eliminate 1,400 U.S. sales jobs by Jan. 1.

The company said it will cut the jobs from the sales force of its general medicines business, as sales at that business will be hurt after the patent on its high blood pressure drug Diovan expires. Novartis

said it plans to focus more resources on its primary care and specialty care businesses.

The company expects to take $85 million in one-time charges associated with the job cuts. It did not say how much money it expects to save from the job cuts.

The patents protecting Diovan and related products expire Sept. 21, 2012.

Novartis said it has 6,449 employees in its U.S. general medicines business, meaning it will eliminate about 22 percent of the staff of that business.

China announces piracy crackdown BEIJING — China’s government announced a new crackdown Tuesday on rampant illegal copying of products from software to music that is adding to tensions with Washington and other governments over trade and currency complaints.

Trade groups say Chinese piracy of software and some other goods is growing despite repeated promises to stamp it out. The World Trade Organization sided with Washington in January in a complaint that Beijing was failing to enforce patents, copyrights and trademarks aggressively enough.

The latest six-month campaign will target illegally copied or phony goods as varied as software, Internet materials, medicines and corn that is falsely labeled as organic, a deputy commerce minister, Jiang Zengwei, said at a news conference. He promised closer cooperation with the United States, Japan and Europe.

Tomy targets U.S. holiday comeback TOKYO — Japanese toymaker Tomy Co. is hoping to score a comeback in the U.S. this Christmas with toy trains and cars that boast a 40-year history in Japan but failed previously to catch on abroad.

Tokyo-based Tomy — Japan’s No. 2 toy company, which also makes Transformer robots — dominates the plastic train and diecast car market in Japan.

But it’s looking abroad for growth as Japan’s declining birth rate — already one of the lowest in the world — makes future prospects bleak.

Tomy is hopeful about year-end sales in the U.S., the world’s biggest economy, even as worries linger about purse-tightening amid unemployment near 10 percent.

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EU probe delves into heart of Google’s business

By Michael Liedtke and Gabriele Steinhauser The Associated Press BRUSSELS — European regulators are tackling a puzzle that could shift the balance of power on the Internet: Is Google stifling competition by juicing its search results to favor its services over its rivals?

Hoping to find an answer, regulators announced an investigation Tuesday that will take the first major look into the heart of Google Inc., focusing on the very thing that corporations from Coca-Cola to KFC go to enormous lengths to keep secret.

In Google’s case, the mathematical formulas that determine its search engine’s prized recommendations.

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Word of the investigation caused Google’s stock to tumble $26.40, or 4.5 percent, to close at $555.71. It was the largest one-day drop in the company’s shares since mid-July. The company is also dealing with national antitrust probes in Germany, Italy and France.

The inquiry’s timing also threatens to complicate Google’s efforts to expand an empire that will bring in nearly $30 billion in revenue this year. U.S. officials are reviewing its $700 million acquisition of a leading travel technology provider, ITA Software.

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Nursing home worker: I killed 11

GERONA, Spain — A 45year-old nursing home worker in the northeastern Spanish town of Olot told a court Tuesday that he killed at least 11 people in the home “out of pity” and a hope to “free them from their troubles.”

The man has confessed to killing three victims by forcing them to drink household cleaners, an additional two with an overdose of insulin and the rest with a deadly mixture of medications. He also has claimed to have killed a 12th victim, though it remains unclear if that person might have died of natural causes or from the poisoning.

The man came under suspicion after it became clear that a large number of people were dying during his shifts.

He was arrested a month ago.

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Pentagon offers plan for ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday offered a carefully calibrated plan for lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military that would allow the military to keep President Barack Obama’s vow to end “don’t ask, don’t tell” while accommodating the substantial minority of troops who said repealing

the ban would hurt their ability to fight wars.

In unveiling an eightmonth study that included the largest survey of military opinion ever, Pentagon officials stressed that 70 percent of the more than 115,000 soldiers, sailors and Marines who responded said they thought there’d be no effect or negative effect from lifting the ban, which Congress codified 17 years

ago during the administration of President Bill Clinton.

But that overwhelming support evaporated in combat units, according to the 256-page study, where 48 percent of Army troops and 58 percent of Marines thought lifting the ban would have negative consequences. More than a quarter of Army troops and more than a third of

Marines said they’d consider leaving the military if the ban were lifted.

“In my view, the concerns of combat troops as expressed in the survey do not present an insurmountable barrier to a successful repeal of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’” Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters during a news conference to announce the report’s conclusions. “However, these

War is ramped up over Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — Once sharply curtailed because of complaints over civilian casualties, U.S. and NATO forces have ramped up the air war in Afghanistan since this summer.

Coalition aircraft dropped 1,000 bombs and missiles in October — one of the highest monthly totals of the nineyear war. Despite large increases in sorties and weapons fired, the number of civilians killed in air operations is slightly down this year — NATO officials say — because of coalition restrictions on engaging insurgents.

Top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus’ counterinsurgency strategy calls for securing population centers and bolstering governance and economic development, but at the same time, he has unleashed heavy force on the battlefield.

The air war in Afghanistan — which began Oct. 7, 2001, when President George W. Bush ordered strikes on Taliban targets — has accelerated every month since July.

Brazilian troops to remain in slum

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian army troops who attacked drug gangs in a Rio de Janeiro shanty town will stay there for at least six months to maintain order, the government announced Tuesday.

In a military-style invasion Sunday, about 800 troops supported 1,800 riot police who used armored cars and helicopters in the two-hour operation to pacify the Complexo de Alemao slum, a sanctuary for many of this city’s hardened traffickers.

The operation left 50 dead, including three police officers.

Authorities made 123 arrests.

Significant caches of drugs and weapons were seized.

The defense ministry’s decision to keep the troops stationed in the slum came despite complaints from civil activists that the troops weren’t fit for a policing role and might only anger residents.

Times-Call wire reports

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Egypt’s ruling party wins most seats

CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak’s ruling party has captured nearly all the parliament seats that were decided in a first round of voting, according to election results announced Tuesday.

Egypt’s largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, dismissed the results, which accounted for 43 percent of parliament’s 508 seats. The rest will be decided in Dec. 5 runoffs, but the Brotherhood expects to be almost entirely swept out of parliament by what it said was rigging, intimidation and vote-buying — allegations echoed by rights groups.

That would be a huge blow to the most powerful opposition force, which shocked the ruling National Democratic Party in the last election in 2005 by winning 88 seats, or a fifth of parliament. A sustained government crackdown has since weakened the group, which is outlawed but fields candidates as independents.

findings lead me to conclude that an abundance of care and preparation is required if we are to avoid a disruptive — and potentially dangerous — impact on the performance of those serving at the tip of the spear in America’s wars.”

Among the steps the military would take to mitigate possible negative impact from a repeal, should

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In leaks’ wake, powers seek to ease tensions between Koreas The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — A top South Korean official dismisses China’s nuclear negotiator as “incompetent.” A Chinese envoy mocks North Korea as a “spoiled child.”

After a major escalation of sporadic skirmishes between the rival Koreas, an international effort is

trying to rein in rising tensions.

But U.S. diplomatic memos leaked this week call into question whether regional powers — most notably China — have any insight into or influence over enigmatic and defiant North Korea.

South Korea’s military drill last week from an island along a disputed maritime border sparked a North Korean artillery attack that killed four South Koreans and wounded 18 others. U.S.-South Korean war games are threatening to draw a new round of North Korean fire. Those drills, set to end today, include the USS George Washington nuclear-powered supercarrier in waters to the south of the disputed border.

China is pressing for an emergency meeting in the coming days

to discuss the attack and ways to defuse tensions, saying the session should be convened by the two Koreas, China, Russia, Japan and the United States — the members of the stalled North Korean nuclear disarmament talks.

“China consistently supports dialogue between the North and South sides of the Korean peninsula to improve their relations,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Tuesday.

The talks would be just what North Korea wants. After walking away from negotiations in April 2009, Pyongyang has made clear in recent months that it is ready to restart the talks to gain muchneeded fuel oil and aid in exchange for nuclear disarmament.

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North Korea that were made public this week by WikiLeaks.

BEIJING — Is China really But analysts who have followed willing to dump its old ally, North the long entanglement of China Korea? Would China support a and North Korea say much of the German-style reunification of information in the outed memos the Korean peninsula in which amounts to little more than dineconomically powerful South Ko- ner-party chatter that reflects rea absorbed its wretchedly poor outdated opinion or wishful Communist neighbor? thinking.

That may have been the im“This is opposed to Beijing’s pression left by a stash of U.S. declared position and would go diplomatic cables relating to against China’s perceived inter-

ests,” said Shi Yinhong of Beijing’s Renmin University, speaking of a leaked cable that suggested China was prepared for the collapse of North Korea and for the country to be reunited under a South Korea-led government in Seoul. “Besides, it is just an American diplomat quoting a South Korean diplomat quoting a Chinese diplomat.”

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WASHINGTON — In their first sit-down since the powershifting elections in November, President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress agreed Tuesday on a way to negotiate the fate of expiring tax cuts — the issue likely to set the tone for the relationship between the president and his newly empowered opposition.

The White House meeting took place after earlier delays and with election-year calls for party solidarity still fresh.

As a result, expectations were low for any significant breakthrough on the most pressing questions of taxes, budgets, an arms treaty with Russia and the continuation of benefits for the unemployment.

Even by that standard, however, the gathering only underscored the difficulty the White House and congressional Republicans and Democrats are bound to encounter in reaching crucial agreements as deadlines loomed between Tuesday and the end of the year.

Emerging from what both sides praised as a frank and civil meeting, Obama said he had instructed Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and budget director Jacob Lew to lead talks with four lawmakers — two from each major party — in coming days.

Obama said the goal would be to “break through this logjam” in the debate over whether to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts, as Republicans want, or just those targeted at the middle class, as Democrats advocate.

So far, the White House has appeared more motivated than Republicans to make such a breakthrough. While not yielding on his position on the tax cuts, Obama has clearly attempted to court his rivals.

On Monday, the president announced a federal pay freeze, a concession to budget hawks that has riled labor allies on the left. In his remarks Tuesday, he acknowledged

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Hostages tried to put school gunman at ease The Associated Press

MARINETTE, Wis. — His first shots blasted the film projector and punched into a wall. The last he aimed at himself. In between, the 15year-old high school sophomore held his teacher and about two dozen classmates hostage for more than six hours.

As the gunman died Tuesday, his motivation still unclear, students who were in the room described how they put their captor at ease — even to the point of laughter — by engaging him in oddly casual conversaMike Roemer/AP tions about hunting, fishing, movies Marinette High School principal Corry and music. All the hostages escaped unharmed. In the end, Samuel HenLambie talks Tuesday in Marinette, gel himself was the only loss.

Wis., about how a student hostage taker pointed a gun at him Monday to Monday’s standoff unfolded the order him away from a classroom. same day students and teachers at

Samuel Hengel’s family said they’d seen “no indicators” from the sophomore to make them think something was wrong.

Marinette High School returned from a long Thanksgiving vacation in this city of 12,000 people along the border with Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, 50 miles north of Green Bay. Teacher Valerie Burd’s Western civilization class, the second-to-last of the day, began at about 1:30 p.m. as students began filing in. Among

them was Hengel, dressed in his favorite Tom-and-Jerry T-shirt and blue jeans. The teens took their seats in a fan-shaped arrangement and studied the Greek demigod Hercules.

Shortly after class began, Hengel told the teacher he was sick, said 15year-old Austin Biehl, another student in the class. Burd allowed Hengel to go to the restroom. He returned with a backpack, which police later said contained two semiautomatic handguns, ammunition and a knife. He had more bullets in his pockets.

Burd, a 39-year-old teacher with 10 years of experience in the district, started showing a film about Hercules.

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CDC: More Americans being tested for HIV Senate food safety bill leaves out meat, eggs

LONGMONT TIMES-CALL Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — At least 45 percent of American adults have been tested for HIV at least once, an increase of 5 percentage

points and 11.4 million people since 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

But that still leaves 55 percent of adults, and 28.3 percent of adults with risk

factors for contracting HIV, who have never been tested, the agency said in a Vital Signs report.

About 48 percent of women have been tested, but on-

ly 41 percent of men.

The CDC estimates that about 1.1 million Americans are HIV-positive and that about 200,000 of them do not know it because they have never been tested.

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Now Congress could be on the verge of passing a sweeping measure that Nole and others say is a “step forward� but falls short of what’s needed.

The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill designed to give the Food and Drug Administration new powers to protect consumers from unsafe food. The measure was approved 73-25, and an effort is under way to reconcile it quickly with a more stringent version approved by the House of Representatives before Congress’ lame-duck session ends.

President Barack Obama has indicated he’d sign the bill. “This legislation means that parents who tell their kids to eat their spinach can be assured it won’t make them sick,� said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa — who, as the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, wrote the bill — referring to a more recent E. coli outbreak traced to spinach.

However, the measure does nothing to sort out the overlapping jurisdictions among the FDA and other federal agencies that regulate food safety. The new bill doesn’t cover meat, poultry and eggs because the Department of Agriculture regulates them.

The Senate bill would give the FDA new powers to recall tainted food, increase inspections of food processors and impose tougher food-safety standards on producers. The action came after contaminated eggs, peanuts and produce sickened hundreds of people this year, and more than 550 million eggs suspected of salmonella contamination were recalled.

But the measure requires the FDA to inspect what it defines as “high risk� producers only once every three years. The bill also exempts small farms from the new requirements.

Even so, backers of the legislation said it represents a major overhaul and were quick to point out that it received bipartisan support. According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, food-borne illnesses sicken 76 million Americans every year; 325,000 are hospitalized and 5,000 — 14 a day — die.

Michael Nole was the first of three children in Washington state to die after eating contaminated and undercooked meat from Jack in the Box restaurants.

More than 600 people were sickened, and more than 100 were hospitalized.

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REPEAL: ‘Abundance of care and preparation is required’ Congress enact one, would be to limit its application to deployed units so that commanders’ attention can remain focused on combat, not on the training and education that the Pentagon says will be needed for successfully incorporating openly gay people into the services.

The Pentagon also is proposing limiting housing benefits to married heterosexual couples only, while other military benefits, such as health insurance, would be made available to same-sex partners of service members.

It was unclear how the report will affect the debate in Congress on repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell,� which has been approved by the House but faces an uncertain future in the lame-

duck Senate.

Democrats who previously supported the repeal hailed the report’s findings. “Today’s report confirms that ending ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ can be implemented in a manner consistent with maintaining the strong, cohesive military force we have today,� Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the senior Republican on the Armed Services Committee, a leading opponent of repeal who has said he is concerned about the impact it would have on troops fighting two wars, offered no opinion Tuesday.

He said he and his staff were still studying the report.

The report itself concluded that despite the high per-

centage of opposition within combat units, other survey findings pointed to the likelihood that gays could serve openly with minimal disruption.

The report said the survey found that 69 percent of respondents said they had served with someone they thought to be gay or lesbian and that of those, 92 percent said their experience was good or indifferent. Those percentages were also true of combat units. “The percentage distinctions between war-fighting units and the entire military are almost non-existent when asked about the actual experience of serving in a unit with someone believed to be gay,� the report found. “Anecdotally, we also heard a number of service members tell us about a leader, co-worker, or fellow service member they great-

TAX CUTS: Obama, Boehner meet past slights in dealing with GOP House leaders and extended an invitation to Camp David.

He even interrupted the formal, businesslike meeting to invite the lawmakers into his private dining room. He wanted a more intimate conversation without all the note-takers present, aides said.

Throughout it all, Republicans maintained a stiff posture. “We had a very nice meeting together. Of course, we’ve had a lot of very nice meetings,� Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, the House Republican leader and incoming speaker, told reporters after meeting with the president.

As Boehner and GOP leaders met with Obama in the West Wing, other Re-

publicans took to the House corridors to hold the line. “No tax increases for nobody,� demanded Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, soon to be the chairman of the House Republican Conference. “It is poor grammar, but it is great economics.�

The posture was one of a party confident in its public support — and with reinforcements on the way. Although still a minority in the House, Republicans will welcome a new class of GOP lawmakers in January that is nothing if not unified by its opposition to spending and taxes and their willingness to confront the White House.

In an indication of the new congressional session to come, shortly after the White House meeting, another meeting was under way Tuesday afternoon between Vice President Joe

Biden and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the incoming House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman, who has vowed to investigate the Obama administration.

vey had suggested, and while opponents are in a minority, for the most part, the number of those who said they’re opposed is still significant.

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Administration Part-Time Controller NCMC, Inc. is taking applications for a part-time contractor Controller position. Duties include full-time general ledger responsibilities, audit, tax and various financial reporting requirements.

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Retail CASHIER- Conoco on I-25 & 66 has opening. Experience preferred. Apply in person.

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2065 Furniture

$100 REWARD for lost kitten, tan tabby, 6 months, answers to “Kitty-Kitty” Lost in Longview Subdiv on south side. Call anytime, (303)651-3227

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PREMIUM GOOSE PIT available for lease for 2010-2011 hunting season.

For info call (303)775-7894

Miscellaneous For Sale 3370

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ARTIFICIAL Christmas Tree- 10´ Nordmann fir, pre-lit, 300 white lights, used once, $110. 303-772-1696

Child Care Offered

3145

TEBO COIN BUYS

#1 AWESOME Infant/ Toddler Wonderland Special rates, 25 yrs, lic, refs. Nanette, 720-272-9138

Rare coins/currency-gold & silver-jewelry-diamonds 2863 28th St. Bldr 303-444-2646

Farm

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Horse quality grass, small bales $4.00- 3.50. Alfalfa, small bales $5.00. Cow hay, sm bales $1.50 970-420-5635

A Lic KIDDIE KOLLEGE Daycare. Afford, high qual, Quality Barn Stored Horse fld trips, crafts 303-684-0033 Hay. Volume disc/local del avl, $5.00/bale, 303-818-0440 SHINING STARS LEARNING´S CENTER NOW ENROLLING! 6 wks to 12 yrs. We bus to all area schools, we accept CCCAP. Preschool & Pre-K Washer/Dryer, Maytag Neptune, frnt ld, like new.

Curriculum. $400 cash obo 303-828-2268 Call Now 303-772-4747

Appliances

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2045 Bicycles & Accessories 3080 HOLE SAW BIT Found Call to identify, (970)532-0180

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FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION BYRON & SONNYA HALL Saturday, December 4, 2010 - 10:30 am

15182 Co. Rd. 1, Longmont • From I-25 & Hwy. 66 (Exit 243), west 4 miles to WCR 1 (County Line Road) and north 1-1/4 mile.

TRACTORS: ‘74 IH 1466, cab, 3750 hrs, 1500 on OH; ‘63 JD 4010, cab; ‘61 IH 560, gas w/Dual Loader TRUCK & TRAILERS: ‘76 Int. 1600 Truck, 4s2s, 16 ft bb, sh, 33,000 mi; ‘85 WW 16 ft Stock Trailer, new floor; Flatbed Trailer, 18 ft, dove tail w/ winch EQUIPMENT: JD 4400 Combine, dsl, 4R hd, 14 ft header, 1200 hrs; NH Rake; JD 71 6R Flex Planter w/hyd markers; JD & Int. 2R Corn Planters; JD DD Grain Drill, 16 hl w/seeder; Int. 642 4 Btm. Plow; Int. 12 ft. Disc; Bushog 5 ft. Disc, 3 pt; 6 ft.

Disc, 3 pt; Sev. 6 ft. & 4 ft. Ditchers, 3 pt; JD 4 Sec. Rotary Hoe; 12 ft. Field Cultiv, 3 pt; Dbl Bar 6R HD Cultiv w/shields; Dbl Bar 6R Cultiv; 15 ft. Field Cultiv w/harrow; Western 11ft Roller; Kewanee 12 ft Mulcher; 3 Sec. Harrow; Eversman 3212 Lev w/ springtooth; MF Mower, belt drive, 3 pt; Howse 6 ft. Rotary Mower; 12 ft. Box Blade, 3 pt; 6 ft. Blade; Ditch Closer; Posthole Digger, 3 pt; Cherry Picker, 3 pt; Auger, 6” x 30’ , elec motor; 300 Gal. Sprayer w/bms; Hay Hd for DuAl Loader; Hay Sweep (parts); Antique Manure Spreader, steel wheels; Implement Seats YARD & SHOP: Yard Machine Rototiller; DR Power Wagon, 4 spd w/reverse; Cement Mixer; Air Compr; Battery Charger; Miller Welder on cart; Acety Torch; Sears Table Saw; 16 ft. Panels; 12 ft. Gates; Fencers; Posts; Wire; Shop Tools; 300 Gal. Fuel Tank on stand; 280 Gal. Fuel Tank w/pump; Pickup Stock Rack; Various Irrig Tubes; Tires, 18.4x38; 1000 ft. of Drill Stem, 1-7/8 in; Scrap Iron NOTE: The Halls are discontinuing their farming operation and the farm is for sale*. Questions may be directed to them at 970-4041245. See pictures on our website at www.K-Wauctions.com. Lunch will be available.

TERMS: Cash or good check auction date. Plan to attend!

Furniture

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3250

CUSTOM WOOD Homemade Gun Cabinet with glass $400, 720-448-4311

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Poodle Standard AKC Blue/Silver pups $850 303-823-5770

Sporting Goods

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Concealed Carry

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Permit Class • Sat Dec 18 Longmont 720-234-9143

GOLF BALLS

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Clean Out The Attic, Basement or Garage Sell your Stuff or Car in the

* The farm is listed for sale with Jim Green of Wright Kingdom Real Estate.

If you have interest in the farm, contact him at 303-443-2240.

Auctioneers & Real Estate

I have “Lil” Chihuahuas 3-F, 1-M, 12/wks old. Asking $350. Hurry, they will go fast. Call 720-917-6557 (Espanol) 720-841-0837

35 cents each or less in large quantities.

Great gift idea!

Titleist, Callaway, etc.

English bull dog pups, AKC 303-823-5333 or 970-388-6287 registered, great bloodline, 11 weeks old. $1500. Visa/ GUNSMITHING Master Card. Private Repairs & Refinishing. party, 970-221-1613.

Complete Refinish $250 Rocky Mtn Arms Inc. Free Kittens, litter box (303)678-8522 trained. 303-776-8093.

SWEDISH Mauser 6.5 x 55 22 cal. Daisy Model 230 Great Pyrenees Puppies, (303)776-0379 3.5 mos old, born & raised with goats, perfect for guarding or companion.

M/F $250/ea, 970-535-4095

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55 GAL AQUARIUM, all accessories, 6 fish, $150/obo. 303-913-4877

A Boulder County Tradition TOP PRICES····40 YRS

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Musical Instruments 3390

Pets & Supplies

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Ask to supersize your ad when you call.

Make yours the one they see!

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Yamaha entry-level Piano that makes learning fun.

Comes with stand and foot pedal. New, used 2 months. $175. 303-678-7637 or 303-772-1436

Delivery Person needed for Denver Post route in Estes Park. Call Cindy at 970-624-9444.

(303)447-0448Marketing BEST TELEMARKETING JOB IN COLO!

CALL SCOTT TODAY! 303-447-0448

Hunting/ Fishing

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Newspaper Delivery 1060

Coins

Must have Excellent Communication Skills Limited Positions Available

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Pets & 3360 For Sale 3370 For Sale 3370 Supplies

Brand new, $695 includes everything! (303)870-7383 ATTENTION DIABETICS with Medicare. Get a Maple drop leaf Queen FREE Talking Meter and Anne Table with 4 Chairs diabetic supplies at NO COST, plus FREE home $250; Antique Utility CHIHUAHUA Teacup male Cabinet $175; 2 Captains delivery! Best of all, this meter eliminates painful 3 years old lost- cream Chairs $20, 303-776-8062. finger pricking! Call colored eyebrows & paws, 888-594-1369 missing since Tues 23 from Pair of light tan Nubuck vicinity Emery Park. leathter La-Z-Boy ATTENTION SLEEP If found call, recliners, $250. 720-494-0204.

APNEA SUFFERERS with (303)776-6290, leave msg.

Medicare. get FREE QUEEN mattress set CPAP Replacement Brand new in plastic.

Supplies at NO COST, $155. (970)744-5565 plus FREE home delivery!

Best of all, prevent red skin sores and bacterial infection! Call 888-783-9701.

Housekeeper Mornings Longmont, 10+/- hrs/wk.

Hskprwntd@Hotmail.com

Great Pay...Great Hours...Great Benefits, Vacation...Paid Holidays...401(K)...Flex Spending... Blue Cross Health & Dental 8am to 2pm Monday - Friday

3250 Medical Equipment ENTIRE Bedroom Set

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FARM EQUIPMENT AUCTION Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 10:30 am

HOMETOWNWEEKLY COLORADO

3490 WCR 12, Erie - From I-25 and Hwy. 52 (Exit 235), west one mile to WCR 7, south 1 mile to WCR 12, and east 1/2 mile

NOTE: These owners are changing their operations and are no longer in need of this machinery. It is a great opportunity for you to add good pieces to your lineup.

JAKE RIEDER 303-817-3076 TRACTORS: ‘88 Ford Versatile 846, hyds, 3 pt; ‘77 JD 8430, duals, 3 hyds, 3 pt EQUIPMENT: Quinstar 42 ft. Fallow Master; MF 880 8 Btm. Plow; JD 630 30 ft. Disc, new blades; JD MaxEmerge 6R Planter; Great Plains 30 ft. Drill, high clearance; Noble 36 ft. Springtooth Cultiv; Alloway 6R Cultiv; 5 ft, Cultiv; Cultivator, 5 ft, 3 pt; Eversman 3212 Land Leveler; Eversman 5 ft. Ditcher; Weed Wick, 40 ft; Speedy Auger, 6 in x 40 ft; Round Bale Hauler, truck mounted; 500 Gal. Fuel Tank; 200 IrrigTubes, 1 to 1-1/2 in; 2 Grain Bins, 2500 and 3000 bu. (to be moved at buyer’s expense) JAMES BROZOVICH 918-325-1684 TRACTOR & TRUCK: ‘95 Ford NH 9680, hyd, new rubber, 6500 hrs; ‘71 Chevy C50 Truck w/16 ft grain box, rear hst. EQUIPMENT: Quinstar 49 ft. Sweep Plow, 7 section, treaders; Krause 33 ft. Offset Disc, 11 in offset; JD 1610 35 ft. Chisel Plow; 2 JD 3600 6 Btm. Plows, tandem hitch; JD 9400 40 ft. Grain Drill, transport hitch; Crustbuster 40 ft. Drill, trash shank; Grain Auger, 6 in x 40 ft; Drill Fill 12v Auger; Rotary Grain Cleaner; 2000 Gal. Fuel Tank w/110v pump; 1,000 Gal. Fuel Tank w/110v pump; 140 Gal. Pickup Fuel Tank w/12v pump; Tires, 11L15, rimmed; Misc. Tires OTHER CONSIGNMENTS TRACTOR & VEHICLES: ‘85 JD 8650, 4x4, quad range, duals, bare back, 3 hyds, 20.8 x 42 tires, 8600 hrs; ‘97 Ford F350 Power Stroke Pickup, extend cab, dually, auto, new rubber, 186,000 mi; ‘71 Chevy C50 Truck, 366 eng, 5s2s, tag axle, Henderson suspension, 18 ft bb, sh, silage rack. EQUIPMENT: Flex King 30 ft. Rod Weeder, new pts; Krause 30 ft. Blade Plow, 5x6, sweeps w/pickers, new blades; NEW 3000 Gal. Water Tank, pvc. SHOP EQUIPMENT – Wide range of shop necessities, including hand tools, hyds, boomers, chains, forks, shovels and more…

Additional photos may be seen on our website at www.K-Wauctions.com. Lunch will be available. Plan to attend!

TERMS: Payment must be made auction date with cash or good check. NO plastic.

Auctioneers & Real Estate

970-356-3943

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Utility Trailers

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16FT Trailer, 3´ high wire mesh sides, dual axle, elect brake. $800. (720)690-3585

Apartments/ Apartments/ Apartments/ Apartments/ Duplexes Unfurnished 4030 Unfurnished 4030 Unfurnished 4030 Unfurnished 4030 ✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭ 1, 2 & 3 BDRM Apartment Homes The Shores Apartments, Hwy 66 & Airport Rd (303)774-8000 ✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭

Rentals Apartments/ Furnished 4010

•1 & 2 BDRM ✭ $550-$675 FREE Heat 1060 17th Ave, Habla Espanol 720-327-8918

1 & 2 BDRM Apt Homes NO lease, dep or credit chk Fox Ridge Apts Premier Wkly/4-wk • 303-776-2185 Gated Community. Pets • ALSO RV SITES AVAIL! OK! For Info & Specials Call (303)774-9944

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● 1431 STUART 2nd Floor, 1 bdrm, heat and water included, small pet OK, $525/mo. RMG Realty 0 App Fee,1 bdrm, quiet, (303)772-4466 $545 Heat furn, A/C. No Smk/Pets. 303-775-7517 1 BDRM APT in No Longmont. Senior housing, 62 or older or those w/ disabilites. Call for our 0 APP FEE: Winter move-in specials.

Special! 1 bdrm $550 (303)485-5232 2 bdrm, $650 On-site pkng/laundry. ● 1 BDRM- nice, N/S A/C. Water & heat pd. ● A/C, lndry, off st pkng Se Habla Espanol. ● $625, 303-444-0501 (303)774-0593 2 Bdrm, 1 ba, large, comp. remodel- WD, A/C, deck, N/P/S 2041 Meadow Dr. $840 303-443-4308

2 BDRM APT´s-

APARTMENTS

Starting at $645, some with Move-in Specials!

Call PMP, 303-776-RENT

• FREE Washer/Dryer & Carport • Wood-burning fireplace • Large balconies/patios • Approved pets accepted • MTM leases available • Within walking distance of shopping, restaurants & RTD • On line leasing available • One bdr, 1 bath starting at $725 • Two bdr, 2 bath starting at $875

•1809 EMERY ST2 bdrm in 4-Plex, off st pkng, pet nego. Avail now, $650. (303)447-8988 2036 ESTES LANE 2 bdrm, newly remod, off st pkng, $595. 303-485-0272.

Se habla español.

Apartments, your choice! www.alertrealty.net

Horizon Place

CLOVERBASIN VILLAGE (303)485-0512 630 Peck DriveLongmont West on Nelson/Airport Rd 1 Bedroom 1 Bath as LOW as $690 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath as LOW as $799 3 Bedroom 2 Bath starting at $799 3 Bdrm Townhouses Starting at $1000

QUAIL VILLAGE 303-485-0065 321 Quail Roadacross from Longmont Rec Center 2 Bedroom as LOW as 3 Bedroom as LOW as

2 Bath $731 2 Bath $844!

*LIMITED NUMBER AVAILABLE*

QUIET LIVING! Ground level, Clean, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, W/D hkup, A/C, storage, patio. Water/Sewer pd.

N/S/P. Located near St. Vrain Greenbelt.

Starting at $635/mo + sec dep. 1 year lease.

Call (303)776-0386

Rent Me! Rent Me!

1 bdrm Lafayette Beauty.

Move-in Special $645 Call PMP Today, 303-776-RENT

ROOMS & Apartments Weekly/Monthly, from $100/week. Utililties included. (303)931-7108

✓ Full Size Washer & Dryer Hookups ✓ Close to Bus lines ✓ Pets Welcome

● $179 * WEEKLY or ● $649 MONTHLY

4 BDRM (conforming in fin bsmt) 617 5th St, Berthoud, pets nego. Call 970-669-0842 www.rmpm.com

✓ Perfect for visiting friends & family!

I-25 & Hwy 119, Longmont exit 240.

303-485-0040 Bring ad to qualify. *Expires 11/30/2010 *New Guests Only*

Duplexes

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0 App Fee-$100 off 1st 2 mos Lg 3 bdrm, 2 ba, gar, water pd. No dogs. 303-682-2525

2022 YEAGER DR- 950 SF, 3 bdrm, 1 ba, fncd yd. No pets. $800+dep. 303-774-8239 ● 2030 COLLYER STREET 2 bdrm, 1 ba, W/D hkups, near bus stop. Newly remodeled, No/smoke/pet. $650. Call (303)588-8115

EASTGLEN APTS 630 Lashley, Longmont

(303)682-2943

1, 2 & 3 BEDROOMS: Pool, air, laundry ✭Wtr, trash, sewer pd

2 BEDROOM, GAR, Fncd yd, D/W, W/D hkup, water paid.

472 Lashley. $750 + $750/dep. (303)638-9738

49-158920

303-772-4667

New Extented Stay Hotel

3 BDRM, 1.5 ba, off st pkng, N/P. Storage, $835/mo.

Water paid. Gerald, 303-775-1598. Se Habla Espanol Chris, 303-682-3005.

Duplex, 2 bdrm, 1 ba, fenced yd, patio, new kit,rfr, stove, D/W, CLEAN! No Pets, $695/mo.+ 1 mo.

RENTED-IN 5 DAYS!

DUPLEXES 2 Bedrooms

• 1451 Lamplighter Call PMP, 303-776-RENT

SUNSET GOLF AREA, 1836 EMERY ST- clean, 2 BDRM, 1 BA, W/D, frpl, large 2 bdrm, fncd yd, lawn fncd yd, N/P/S, $715/mo. care provided, W/D hkups, 1828 Spruce. 303-772-5233 N/P. $675. (303)776-2924

2400 17th Avenue, Longmont, Colorado 80503

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VALUE PLACE FIRESTONE

2 BDRM W/D, DW, A/C, & garage. NE Longmont No pets. $625/mo & deposit 720-938-1559; 303-666-5546

NICE! 2 bdrm, 1 ba, 0 or 1 pet ok. Lg 1300 SF, 3 1 car, w/d hkups, N/P/S, bdrm, 2 ba, frpl, DW, stor $795, (303)550-0002 shed, fncd $860. 303-494-4115

**Income Guidelines May Apply**

4080 Houses

4080

Berthoud 3 bdrm, 2 ba, gar, A/C, fncd yd, N/P N/S $995 Cottage Realty 970-532-2695

2 & 3 Bedroom Duplexes www.alertrealty.net

1 Bedroom- $545!

2 Bedroom- $645!

Secure bldg, swimming pool, A/C, on-site laundry.

Call PMP, 303-776-RENT Mtn Views! 1 BDRM APT Quiet area, lndry, nr 23rd & Main. Sorry no pets, $575 Top Realty, (303)931-6423

4060 Houses

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

All real estate advertised in this paper is subject to the federal and state Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.”

The newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

3129 Lake Park Way, 2 bdrm, 1 ba, 2 car, fncd yd, frpl, $1200 + 303-709-6402

3 & 4 Bedroom Houses www.alertrealty.net

3 BDRM, 2 ba, patio, gar, spectacular country setting! $1200/mo. Sm pet Ok. Avail 12-1. 720-233-3708 4,500 SF in Prospect New Town, Lgmt. 6 bdrm, 5 baths, $2,900. Avail Jan 1.

Access to community pool.

This beautiful home with great views has all upgraded features. Also would consider lease with option to buy. Call Laura or Dave at 303-882-6159.

Serious inquires only. ● 4 BDRM, 1203 SPRUCE2 bath, 2 story, NEWER Old Town. Fncd, 2 car & RV pkng. $1195/mo.

One month FREE rent!

Sits above 2 bdrm unit.

RMG Realty, (303)772-4466

● 1018 SUMAC ST3 bdrm, 1.5 ba, $1100/mo.

303-775-0429 ask for Sean 4 BDRM, 2.5 BA, lg fncd yd, 10544 Sunburst, Firestone, 4 garden, sprklr, AC, schls 1411 Deerfield. $1600, bdrm, 3 ba, 2 car, bsmt, reduced to $1295 w/good fncd, frpl, A/C, loft, N/S. $1495/mo Jim 303-775-0163 refs. Avl 12/1. 303-776-7528 ● 1701 ADKINSON 4 bdrm, 3 bath, 2 story, 2 car gar, Lgmt. $1495.

RMG Realty, 303-772-4466

4 BDRM, 3 BATH, 2 car, fncd yd, cul-de-sac, Lgmt, great cond! 2408 Scott Ct. $1350/mo. N/S, N/P. Avail Dec 1. (303)506-2266

2100 SF- Clean inside & out, 5 BDRM, 3 ba, 2 car, 4290 sf, 1505 Red Mtn Dr, fncd Move-in ready. 4 bdrm, enclosed atrium, quiet cul- bkyd. $1495+ 720-891-6936 de-sac. $1300. 303-548-1091 715 HOVER RD- 3 bdrm, ● 2213 COLLYER- 4 bdrm 2.5 ba, 6 gar stalls, 3 horse 2 ba, frpl, fncd yd, 2 car stalls on 1.5 acre, all appl. $1400+dep N/S 303-828-0207 gar, $1300/mo. Pet nego.

INDOOR GARAGE & Call Pennant, (303)447-8988 Commercial Storage ● 939 KIMBARK 20x40x16 w/ 14x14 doors 2424 Sherman, 4 bedroom, Central location, 2 bdrm, start at $300.

2 bath, 2 car, A/C, lots of 1 ba, not fenced, workshop, 20x50x16 w/ 30 amp elect, updating, quite cul-de-sac, single garage, $875. man door & pwr door $1,150/month. 970-532-2207.

Pet OK. RMG Realty, opener start at $425.

(303)772-4466 Garage Storage LLC, ● 2 HOMES2 bdrm, 2 bath 4070 Camelot Cir, located ranch & 3 bdrm, 3 bath I25 Business Park.

BERTHOUD- 4 BDRM, I-25 & Hwy-66. 970-535- 6074 2-story. Each w/2 car gar & unfin bsmt. $1000/each. 2.5 ba, 2200 SF, gar, fncd, www.Longmont-storage.com near HS. $1250. 303-775-3331 (303)588-0703

Garages/Storage Spaces 4070

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6089

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LOOKING GLASS 15 yrs exp. Great refs.

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6349

Gutter Cleaning Greg (303)834-9927

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6120

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6585

B´s ROOFING ✭✭✭✭✭ YOUR 5-STAR ROOFING COMPANY We Replace It All!

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6363

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6360

Plumbing

6208

Hauling

Computer Repair

Drywall

6540

6365

Woodworking 6778

6165

Legal Services

6250

Insulation

Carpet Cleaning

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6555

6398

Snow Removal

6660

Maintenance

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Electrical

6260

✭ B.A.R. Electric Co, Inc Great Prices, Great Qual Serving the Front Range Brett Ratner, Master 303-772-0666

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Moving Services

6465

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Newer 3 bdrm, 3 ba home, 2 car gar, NW loc. No pets. $1450 303-514-3706.

SEMI-FURN Rooms/Apts Wkly/mnthly from $100/wk Utils/micro/fridge inc (303)931-7108

4130

Mobile Homes/ Spaces 4090 MOBILE HOMES for Rent $650 to $750, 2 & 3 bdrms.

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Office Space 4100 Classifieds Work!

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4 Bdrm, 3 ba, 2 car bi-level in Melody Valley. W/some TLC it will be a gem!

Mostly hrdwd flrs on main level under some carpets.

Lg kitch, din room. $179,000

Wheels

Farms, Ranches Acreages 5050

Auto Parts & Accessories 8040

WE BUY HOUSES! CASH or TERMS Close fast - any condition 2.8 acres, water tap in & 303-817-6168 Let´s Talk paid. Electric close, septic needed & Ish res irrig wtr. $100K, just SE of Berthoud.

Call Mark Sullivan at ERA Tradewind (303)684-6335 2 ACRE LOTS WEST OF BERTHOUD. Great Views! $149,900. Fred @ Four Seasons Re, (720)494-2133.

Autos 8070 Wanted

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Real Estate

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Frederick 5079 Firestone/Dacono

LAKESIDE Custom Lots Only seven left! $125K-up.

3 bd, 3 ba, like new, master Invest now. Build later. w/bath, deck, $1350/mo+ Beautiful, quiet Victorian dep. Pet OK 303-903-1402. neighborhood. Rural livingcity services. www. lakemcintoshfarm.com Hugh Fowler 303-986-1606

Longmont

5090

Mobile/ 5130 Manufactured Homes/Spaces A picture is worth a thousand words

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´03 Mobile Home- 16x80, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, stor shed. $29,999. (303)772-4324 3 BDRM, 1 BA, new carpet, W/D, carport, Lgmt adult park age 55+, 970-215-1819

✭ MOBILE HOMES ✭ BUYING/SELLING Local park needs used mob homes. We´re buying! Big FSBO 3 BDRM, 1.75 bath, Sale! Many single & dbl 1 car gar. 108 Forsyth Dr. wides. Fin avl, auto ap$170,000. (303)435-3077 proval on owner fin homes.

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Autos For Sale

8070

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We Buy Autos & Trucks & we pay the most! Bill, Sprinklers Used Cars(303)651-2277

1998 HONDA SHADOW ACE TOURERVT1100, 2 tone, 9K miles, great condition! $4500. 720-244-4749

YOUR SOURCE for over 1700 cars & trucks from Local Auto Dealers. RV´s, Campers,

Junk Autos Wanted 8089

Toppers

8160

2001 SOUTH WIND, 36T, 37´, 2 sliders, V-10, 29K miles, A/C, gen., awning, $150 Minimum Paid For will trade for car, truck, house or condo in TriComplete Unwanted Towns/Longmont area.

Cars. 970-231-3394 $44,995 (970)535-6074.

1 CALL, WE HAUL Unwanted cars, trucks, 2005 Cayman, 36 PDQ, 37´, SUV´s. Call me 1st, call me 300 Cummings, 13.7K last. More $ 2 U. 303-249-6968 miles, 4 sliders, A/C, gen.

2000 TOYOTA AVALON Will trade for car, truck, Black, 3.0-liter V-6 engine, house or condo in Tri$$ WANTED $$ FWD, leather, seats 5, Junk Cars & Trucks. Towns/Longmont area. sunroof, AM/FM/CD, A/C, $89,995 (970)535-6074.

Top $$$ Paid.

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125K miles. $5,100/OBO. 303-772-1897 (leave message/evenings) WE BUY SCRAP METAL or 720-560-0732 (cell) Farm Equip, Cars, Trucks Call for quote. (303)298-8381 1997 CHEVY Blazer LS, V6, 4WD, auto trans, power windows/locks, A/C. 128K mi, $2750 (303)827-3502 1970 BUICK SKYLARK Needs work $2500/OBO. (303)901-9989

Sport Utility Vehicles 8175

Autos Wanted

8090

CARS & TRUCKS We pay top dollar!

Essex Motors Call Russell 303-678-0300

2009 Subaru Tribeca, 20K, leather, 3rd seat, pearl white. $28,475 303-717-3701.

Trucks/ Pickups

8180

1982 CHEVY PU 3/4 ton, 106K, E-test. $1,300/obo.

Steve, (303)776-4369 1987 Dodge Dakota 4x4 Runs-needs work $800 Lv. Msg. 720-365-3929 1989 F-250 460 EFI 5-speed, reg cab, long bed, 5th wheel conn, great shape! Only 142K, $2000 303-563-9260 or 303-833-3358 1991 Ford F150 XLT 4X4, 302, 5-speed, fully loaded, $1800 obo. 303-857-4942 or 303-210-0363.

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740 Pearl, Bldr (303)444-0699

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JEFF PAYS MORE claims against the aboveAll vehicles, running or not. named estate are reNo titles OK. 720-331-0549. quired to present them to

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4 Winter tires + wheels Mastercraft GlacierGripII 205-60/R15 on 15x6 4-100/4.5 steel wheels, used 1 winter on 1997 Nissan Altima.

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Deceased Call Gabe 720-338-2111 Case No. 2010 PR 554

Lots & Tracts 5100

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773 SQ FT- busy shopping center, 1116 Francis St, NW Longmont, 3 BR, 2 ba, $825.

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GREAT MASSAGE OFFICE FOR RENT. (720)280-9047

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Abandoned Vehicle For Sale 2000 CHE PK 2500 Whi 496855 5353 Adams St Denver CO 80216 303-935-5961 Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado December 1, 2010 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Boulder County Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 11:00 a.m. in the Commissioners´ Hearing Room on the 3rd Floor of the Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado, to solicit public input on the proposed conveyance of the following property rights on property purchased with funds from sales tax revenue: The conveyance of a 30-40’ wide permanent easement to the Williamson Ditch Company for the installation and maintenance of an irrigation ditch across the Fitzgerald open space property, which is located in the southwest corner of N. 83rd Street and the Diagonal Highway, Niwot, CO. The Ditch Company would be responsible for reclamation of the area disturbed by their construction.

Additional information about this public hearing is available from Ellen Flannelly at the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department at 303-440-0130 or by email at eflannelly@ bouldercounty.org. The public is invited to give input to the Board of Commissioners by attending the hearing, sending letters, or by phone to 303-441-3500.

Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado December 1, 2010 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mildred E. Prescott, also known as Mildred Elizabeth Prescott, and as Betty Prescott, Deceased Case No. 2010PR578 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado, on or before March 25, 2011 or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Guaranty Bank and Trust Company c/o Stover & Spitz LLC 636 Coffman St., Ste. 301 Longmont, CO 80501 Attorney: Thomas L. Stover Reg. No. 15260 Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado November 24, December 1, December 8, 2010.

the Personal Representative or to: the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado on or before April 5, 2011, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: John Beeman 1801 Walnut Hollow Lane Boulder, CO 80302 Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado November 17, 24, December 1, 2010 PUBLIC HEARING BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DATE: December 16, 2010 TIME: 3:00 P.M. PLACE: Commissioners Hearing Room, Third Floor, Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl Street Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Board of County Commissioners at the time and place specified above. All persons interested in the following item(s) are requested to attend such hearing and aid the Commissioners in their consideration.

Docket 1: BOULDER COUNTY M U L T I M O D A L TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS Proposed revision of the 1983 Boulder County Road Standards and Specifications to update engineering standards and incorporate policies of the 2009 Transportation Element of the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan; by the Boulder County Transportation Department/George Gerstle and Lesley Swirhun.

Docket 2: Docket DC-10-0004: TEXT AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED MULT I M O D A L TRANSPORTATION STANDARDS Proposed Land Use Code amendments to Articles 1-5, 7, 9, 12, 17, and 18 related to the proposed adoption of the Boulder County Multimodal Transportation Standards; by the Boulder County Transportation Department/George Gerstle and Chad Schroeder.

Proposed text and supporting materials are available for public examination at the Boulder County Land Use Department, 13th and Spruce, Boulder, Colorado (303-441- 3930).

Parking in the City of Boulder CAGID lots is available for Board of County Commissioners hearing participants. See receptionists at hearing for city parking vouchers.

Persons needing special services provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Julia Yager, the ADA Coordinator or the Boulder County Human Resources Office at (303-441-3508) at least 48 hours before the scheduled hearing.

Please note that the County Commissioners’ agenda is subject to change. To receive updates to the agenda, please subscribe to the Boulder County Commissioners Agenda (BOCCAGENDA) list under the News subheading at http://www. bouldercounty.org/lists/ index.htm Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado December 1, 2010

PUBLIC NOTICE PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO LIQUOR CODE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE H E L D I N COURTROOM A OF THE SAFETY AND JUSTICE CENTER, 225 KIMBARK S T R E E T , LONGMONT, COLORADO, AT 10 A.M., F R I D A Y , DECEMBER 17, 2010, ON THE APPLICATION OF WAL-MART STORES, INC. D.B.A. WAL-MART STORE #905, WHO IS APPLYING FOR A 3.2% B E E R O F F PREMISES LICENSE, 2285 E. KEN PRATT BLVD., LONGMONT, COLORADO. ANY PERSON WISHING TO PROTEST THE GRANTING OF A HOTEL & RESTAURANT LICENSE MAY FILE SAID PROTEST IN WRITING WITH THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE, CIVIC CENTER COMPLEX, 350 KIMBARK STREET, LONGMONT, CO. PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. ON THURS., DEC. 9, 2010 ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD: Northern Boundary: E. MTN. VIEW AVE. Southern Boundary: PIKE RD. EXTENDED Eastern Boundary: E. CTY LINE RD. EXTENDED TO CITY LIMITS Western Boundary: MAIN ST. DATE OF APPLICATION: NOV. 1, 2010 APPLICANT: LORI L. COTTREL, RICKY W. BRAZILE, AMY Y. THRASHER, ROBIN E. FORBIS, TIMOTHY J. FARRAR CITY OF LONGMONT, COLORADO LOCAL LICENSING AUTHORITY DAWN QUINTANA DEPUTY CITY CLERK Published in the Times-Call, Longmont, Colorado December 1, 2010

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NOTICE OF CREDITORS Estate of OTIS E. LASLEY, Deceased Case Number 10PR59 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of BOULDER, County, Colorado on or before 12/29/2010, or the claims may be forever barred.

Julie Behrens, Personal Representative PO Box 153 Deer Trail, CO 80105 Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado November 17, 24, December 1, 2010 PUBLIC HEARING BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO PLANNING COMMISSION DATE: December 15, 2010 TIME: 1:30 P.M. PLACE: Commissioners Hearing Room, Third Floor, Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl Street Notice is hereby given that the following public hearings will be held by the Boulder County Planning Commission at the time and place specified above. All persons interested in the following items are requested to attend such hearing and aid the Commission members in their consideration.

PUBLIC HEARING AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 P.M. Docket SU-10-0009: Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District Station No 1 SU/ SSDP A Special Use and Site Specific Development Plan to amend previous approvals allowing a Fire Station in the Estate Residential zone district.

The amendment includes the deconstruction of the existing fire station and the construction of a new fire station, by Mike Tombolato, Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District, in accordance with the Boulder County Land Use Code. The proposed project is located in the Estate Residential (ER) Zoning District, at 7700 Baseline Road and unaddressed adjacent parcel, south of and adjacent to Baseline Road approximately 0.10 miles east of 76th Street, in Section 01, T1S, R70W. Action Requested: Recommendation to BOCC on proposed Docket following staff and applicant presentations and public hearing. Public Testimony will be taken.

Docket SU-10-0007: Clearwire Telecommunications Facility SU/SSDP A Special Use and Site Specific Development Review for a Telecommunications Facility utilizing an existing stadium light stand that exceeds the height limitation of the zoning district, by Josh Springer, Clearwire, in accordance with the Boulder County Land Use Code. The proposed project is located in the Agricultural (A) Zoning District, at 9595 Nelson Road, Boulder County Fairgrounds, north of Nelson Road, in Section 09, T2N, R69W. Action Requested: Recommendation to BOCC on proposed Docket following staff and applicant presentations and public hearing. Public Testimony will be taken.

MOUNTAIN TOWN TRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY Informational Item - No Action Requested. Public Testimony will not be taken.

Docket BCCP-10-0002: BOULDER COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Presentation on the BCCP Update.

Informational Item - No Action Requested. Public Testimony will not be taken.

ADJOURNED Detailed information regarding these items is available for public examination at the Boulder County Land Use website at http://www. bouldercounty.org/lu or at our office located at 2045 13th Street, corner of 13th and Spruce Street in Boulder or by calling (303) 441- 3930.

Free Parking in the City of Boulder CAGID lots is available for Planning Commission hearing participants. See staff at hearing for city parking vouchers.

Persons needing special services provided under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact Julia Yager, ADA Coordinator, for the Boulder County Human Resources Office at (303-441-3508) at least 48 hours before the scheduled hearing.

Published in the TimesCall, Longmont, Colorado December 1, 2010

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KOREAS: Trading aid for nuclear disarmament?

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Seoul has reacted coolly.

South Korean officials said they must consider it carefully, citing Pyongyang’s recent revelation of a new uranium-enrichment facility that would give North Korea a second way to make nuclear bombs.

Tokyo and Washington have backed Seoul, and the three powers arranged to meet in Washington — rather than Beijing — next week to discuss North Korea in a move that clearly underlined the fault line in the “six-party” negotiations.

U.S. officials said Washington was ruling out the six-party talks for the time being. The United States wants “China to urge North Korea to stop the destabilization,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “But I think there has to be a seriousness on the part of the North Koreans to get back to these talks.”

Japan, too, rejected an

CHINA: No comment on leaked diplomatic cables From D1

was reported in a memo sent by the U.S. ambassador in Seoul, Kathleen Stephens, following a lunch in February 2009 with a senior South Korean official, Chun Yung-woo, who is now national security adviser. He told Stephens, paraphrasing Chinese officials, that the younger generation of the Chinese leadership was fed up with North Korea’s Kim Jong Il and ready to “face the new

reality” on the peninsula. North Korea “had already collapsed economically and would collapse politically two to three years after the death of Kim Jong Il,” Chun was reported to have said in the cable.

Although China would not want a U.S. military presence north of the 38th parallel, which now divides the two Koreas, it could live with a unified Korea under Seoul’s control because its “strategic economic inter-

immediate round of aid-fordisarmament talks but sent its envoy to the North Korean nuclear discussions, Akitaka Saiki, to China to meet with counterpart Wu Dawei.

Saiki told Wu it wasn’t the right time to restart the talks, according to the Kyodo News Agency.

leader Kim Jong Il, to Beijing for talks. Kyodo reported from the Chinese capital that State Councilor Dai Bingguo, meanwhile, was to visit North Korea, possibly today, to urge North Korea to join the emergency meeting. The agency cited unnamed diplomatic sources.

China invited high-ranking North Korean official Choe Thae Bok, an aide to

All parties will have competing ideas on how to resolve the tension, said Kim

ests now lie with the United States, Japan and South Korea,” according to the cable.

The Chinese government has refused comment on the leaked diplomatic dispatches, among more than 250,000 provided in advance by WikiLeaks to several news outlets. “We don’t want to see any disturbance to China-U.S. relations,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a press briefing Tuesday.

Keun-sik, a North Korea analyst at South Korea’s Kyungnam University.

“North Korea and China will want to resolve the matter through dialogue, while South Korea and the U.S. will say, ‘Why negotiate at this time?’ and think about pressure and punitive measures,” he said.

Consensus may be hard to reach, if secret U.S. diplo-

matic cables posted online by the website WikiLeaks are any indication.

China is Pyongyang’s closest ally: Beijing fought on the northern side of the Korean War, its aid props up the current government and its actions often have insulated North Korea from foreign pressure. It has repeatedly opposed harsh economic sanctions and responded

to North Korean provocations by repeating calls for a return to denuclearization talks.

However, Chinese officials are quoted as using mocking language in reference to North Korea, with then-Deputy Foreign Minister He Yafei telling a U.S. official in April 2009 that Pyongyang was acting like a “spoiled child” by staging a missile test to try to achieve its demand of bilateral talks with Washington.

China would appear to have little ability to stop a collapse and less influence over the authorities in Pyongyang than is widely believed, South Korea’s thenVice Foreign Minister, Chun Yung-woo, is quoted as telling U.S. Ambassador Kathleen Stephens in February.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says WikiLeaks acted illegally in posting the leaked documents online.

GUNMAN: Student hostages ‘were just trying to make him calm’ From D1

how they were doing, Biehl said, then he snapped.

He shot a hole in the wall, then fired two more rounds at the film projector, breaking a piece off of it. The sound of the shots was deafening, said Biehl, who questioned why no one else in the school seemed to hear them. Principal Corry Lambie told reporters he could not say how loud the shots were.

Then Hengel propped himself up on Burd’s stool at the front of the class, pulled another gun from his waistband and laid it on Burd’s podium along with a magazine of ammunition, Biehl said.

Girls in the class began to cry.

“He didn’t say anything,” Biehl said. “We were just scared and shocked he was doing this. My legs were shaking.”

Hengel’s cell phone rang. He snapped it in half. He then made

everyone in the class dump their cell phones in the middle of the room. When some began to ring, he ordered kids to remove the batteries.

When the bell rang signaling the start of the last class of the day, Hengel told Burd to post a note on the door telling incoming students to go to the library. Burd asked him if they could do anything for him, Biehl said.

“He just said no,” Biehl said.

Hengel never made any demands or pointed his weapons at anyone, Biehl said. He never told anyone not to leave, but it did not matter, Biehl said. Everyone was too petrified to move.

“I didn’t know really what to think. I was just hoping to get out alive,” another student in the class, Zach Campbell, told CBS’ “Early Show.”

Then one of Hengel’s best friends started talking to him, and the rest of the class joined in, dis-

cussing movies and actors Hengel liked, deer hunting and fishing, Biehl said.

“All his favorite things,” Biehl said. “We were just trying to make him calm. Just trying to make him remember all the fun stuff.”

Hengel complained he had not seen any deer in the last two years and never caught any big fish anymore. He said he had been sick over Thanksgiving with a sinus infection.

He complained about not having enough money to buy Green Bay Packers tickets or a trail camera, which hunters use to record wildlife movements, but told the class he was two belts away from earning a black belt in martial arts.

Hengel’s family said in a Tuesday evening statement that they’d seen “no indicators” from the sophomore who loved “anything that included his family and the outdoors” to make them think

something was wrong.

The school day ended, but the students didn’t move.

At about 3:30 p.m., Biehl said, a page came over the intercom asking about a female student’s whereabouts. The principal said the student’s father was looking for her because she had not answered her cell phone.

Lambie, the principal, said he went to the classroom looking for her, and Hengel allowed the girl to leave. When the principal opened the door, the girl stepped outside.

Hengel pointed the gun at him and told him to get out. He retreated and called 911. Then he set about clearing the building.

Police immediately tried to contact Hengel. They called the phone in the classroom, but he would not talk.

As the hours passed, the kids began to relax.

“I don’t think he intended to hurt anyone,” Biehl said. “If he

wanted to, he probably would have done it.”

Students started telling Hengel they had to use the bathroom. At about 7:40 p.m., he let three students go, as well as another student who looked sweaty and pale and a female student who was in tears.

But that was it. Another student who had to urinate was forced to use a garbage can, stinking up the classroom, Biehl said. Burd put down the phone to give the student a spray bottle. Hengel then fired off three rounds, hitting the room’s telephone twice and a computer.

SWAT officers, fearing the worst, broke down the door and rushed at Hengel. He dropped his gun, picked up the one on the podium and pointed it at his head, Biehl said. An officer grabbed his arm just as he squeezed the trigger, but it was too late to save him.