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Bode charges to downhill win Miller wins for the first time on home snow since 2006, while Vail’s Lindsey Vonn makes it an American World Cup sweep with gold in Canada. A25-30

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The United States’ Bode Miller leans into his turn as he flies down The Brink during the Birds of Prey downhill race Friday at Beaver Creek. Miller won the race for the third time in his career.

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BEAVER CREEK — For the seventh year, KZYR, the Vail Valley Foundation and the Vail Daily have teamed up to give local students the opportunity to flex their creative muscles and create posters for the Birds of Prey World Cup races.

This year, students from St. Clare of Assisi, Stone Creek Charter and Edwards Elementary created over 40 posters.

There was even a poster turned in from Steck Elementary in Denver, from a child who visits the valley regularly and got into the World Cup spirit. The winners of this contest are broken down into two age categories, 7 to 9 years old and 10 to 12 years old.

10- to 12-year-olds category:

First place: Max Timm, 11, Edwards Elementary School.

Second place: Susan Van Der Veer, 12, St. Clare of Assisi School.

Third place: Oliver Woody, 10, Edwards Elementary School.

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First place (tie): Carly Post, 9, St. Clare of Assisi, and Nicholas Babiak, 8, Steck Elementary.

Second place: John Pavelich, 9, St. Clare of Assisi.

Third place: Jesse Koalliker, 9, Stone Creek Charter School.

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‘Bridge Street Bandit’ caught in Avon Eric Callaghan is the prime suspect in 35 burglaries in three counties

By Scott N. Miller SMILLER@VAILDAILY.COM

AVON — Eric Callaghan’s business for the last two years has been burglary, police say. That business closed this week.

Callaghan, 24, was arrested without incident

by Avon police Thursday on the sidewalk just outside the Westin hotel. He’s now a guest at the Eagle ERIC County jail, being CALLAGHAN held on $100,000 bond. He’s suspected in as many as 35 burglaries over the last two years in Eagle, Summit and Mesa counties.

A Friday press conference brought together representatives from police agencies in all three counties to talk about the case, and what led to Callaghan’s arrest.

Avon Police Chief Bob Ticer said a “tiny” piece of evidence at an

Avon crime scene a couple of weeks ago allowed police to piece together a case against Callaghan.

Ticer said Callaghan hadn’t been a suspect in the burglaries before that final piece of the puzzle fell into place.

After the press conference, Ticer said if that piece of evidence hadn’t been left, Callaghan wouldn’t have been captured.

While Callaghan’s jailed on suspicion of numerous burglaries, District Attorney Mark Hurlbert said his office is still piecing together exactly what charges he’ll face.

“But he’s looking at a significant amount of jail time,” Hurlburt said.

While police and prosecutors wouldn’t talk about too many specifics of the case, Ticer said it’s believed the burglaries add up to “in excess” of $100,000 in losses and damage to homes and businesses.

While a suspect of average size — somewhere around 6 feet tall and weighing between 150 and 180 pounds — was caught on at least a couple of security cameras, that suspect’s face was always hidden. Police suspected the same person in many burglaries because of his methods — using hand tools and cordless power tools to break into safes and automatic teller machines.

Those common elements at first got police in Eagle County talking to each other. That information was then turned over to the Colorado Information Analysis Center

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Places Eric Callaghan is suspected of burglarizing over the past two years include: • May Palace, Vail.

• Golden Peak Lodge, Vail.

• Colorado Mountain College, Edwards.

• Route 6 Cafe, Eagle-Vail.

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These security camera images were taken during a burglary at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards in December 2010. Eric Callaghan, 24, of Avon, was arrested Thursday as the prime suspect in 35 burglaries, including two at the college, across three counties over a period of about two years. and sent to other police departments in the state. That brought police in Summit and Mesa counties into the investigation.

When the ultimate break in the case came a couple of weeks ago, Ticer said investigators from all

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those agencies began working the case in earnest, using both new and old information.

“It was just good old-fashioned police work,” Ticer said.

Ticer said the suspect in the burglaries was a real professional in

the way he went about his work.

“This was his job for the last two years,” Ticer said. “He took plenty of time to survey places.”

Vail Police Chief Dwight Henninger said the burglaries in that town had led more businesses to beef up their security systems and procedures, adding that he was pleased no one had been hurt while the crimes were being committed. Ticer said there’s no evidence at the moment that Callaghan was armed with anything but burglary tools during the crimes.

And, Ticer said, this is an unusual number of crimes to be tied to one suspect. With several cops from several agencies behind him, Ticer said, “None of us has ever seen a string like this. It’s amazing this person did that many burglaries.”

Business Editor Scott N. Miller can be reached at 970-748-2930 or smiller@vaildaily.com.

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Charges against Richard Moreau

By Randy Wyrick

Richard “Rossi” Moreau is charged with: • Murder in the first degree for allegedly shooting and killing Gary Kitching.

• Criminal attempt to commit murder in the first degree for allegedly shooting James Lindley.

• Criminal attempt to commit murder in the first degree for allegedly shooting Jason Barber.

• Assault in the first degree against James Lindley.

• Assault in the first degree against Jason Barber.

• Assault in the second degree against Justin Center.

• Menacing with a deadly weapon for allegedly threatening Steve Core with his gun.

• Menacing with a deadly weapon for allegedly threatening Anton Robert Eisel with his gun.

Moreau is accused of using a 1911 Springfield A-1 .45-caliber handgun in each of these charges, according to the charges read in court Friday morning.

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EAGLE — A little nervous laughter floated over Courtroom Three as potential jurors filtered in to face the first round of questioning in Rossi Moreau’s murder trial.

From the 450 Eagle County residents who received a jury summons, 12 jurors will be selected to decide whether Richard “Rossi” Moreau is guilty of firstdegree murder in the shooting death of Dr. Gary Kitching, as well as seven other felonies.

Potential jurors were asked to report at 8:45 a.m. By 8:30 a.m. the courtroom was packed.

Prospective jurors filled the room to the very front, usually reserved for the judge, attorneys and the court staff.

“But I don’t want to go the front of the room,” said one prospective juror, adding that she’s “short” and if she’s in the front of the room, she might be more easily noticed.

Many brought in coffee mugs, newspapers and RICHARD books. One man, there for MOREAU his third time as part of a large jury pool, was experienced enough to bring a “survival kit”: a reusable shopping bag containing a hardback novel, a coffee urn, candy, gum and other things necessary for someone who might be sitting in a courtroom through at least two days of jury selection — the estimated time it will take to whittle 450 people down to a 12-member panel.

Moreau, 63, was not in court Friday. Neither were his attorneys.

only guilt or innocence, Moorhead said.

The district attorney will not seek the death penalty, Moorhead said.

Moorhead cautioned them not to read newspapers about the case, or seek out any online information about the case.

The room went silent as a tomb when Moorhead read the eight-count indictment.

Then Moorhead set the potential jurors to work filling out their questionnaires, answering standard questions such as name and address, and other questions that might get you out of serving on a jury for the two-week trial: Are you a primary caregiver? What do you do for a living?

What do you know about the case and how did you learn it? Who do you know among those associated with the case?

About the buzz The courtroom buzzed with people greeting old friends and making new ones.

Jurors who make the first-round cut will be questioned by attorneys beginning Monday. They’ll learn of their fate by Friday night through a recorded message. If their name is on the recording, they’re excused.

Each side gets 10 automatic challenges to prospective jurors.

Attorneys optimistically say they expect to start presenting evidence Tuesday.

District Court Judge Tom Moorhead warmly greeted the overflow crowd, and explained what they’d be doing.

The jury will not determine sentencing,

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In or out About those questions — usually prospective jurors tell the truth. Sometimes they don’t, says local defense attorney Jim Fahrenholtz.

“People are either doing everything they can to get on the jury, or everything to get off it,” said Fahrenholtz, who has some experience in murder trials.

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As I work on my autobiography, the words and surprised when the talk on the ski hill was that Don events seem to stretch out ahead of me in an end- Bren had flown up in his own airplane and less parade. I wish I could put events in their prop- brought along some friends.

He had a large group of friends at Sun Valley, er order, but that is impossible at this stage. There is no way I can pinpoint the year, but it was rough- and as I got busier and busier each year working on my films, I sort of lost track of him. ly 1955.

When his name came up the other day and I was short of cash from Jan. 1 until Dec. 31 that same year, as in the past and future. I was staying brought back these memories, I Googled his on a friend’s living room couch as often as possi- name. I knew that he had been successful, but not ble. I figured that two nights sleeping on an to the extent that I learned online.

After I slept on his couch in Aspen, he became uncomfortable sofa would save me $10 that I would have had to spend for two nights in a motel, a very large land developer in southern California.

His wealth is currently pegged at $12 and then I could buy raw film instead. billion (with a B). He has contributed In Aspen I ran into Don Bren, who more than a billion dollars to the eduwas trying to get a berth on the 1956 cational system in California, built a Olympic ski team. He and his wife had law building at the University of Calirented a small log home somewhere in fornia, Irvine and established a law town, and I really liked his couch. school there as well.

While he skied and trained hard WARREN His resume on Google is extensive, every day, his wife worked for Howard MILLER and I understand he is still skiing at Sun Aurey at the Skiers Chalet, a restaurant Valley every winter with the same alongside of the old No. 1 chairlift. (The piece of land came up for sale in the early 1950s for smooth style that I remember he had before he $9,000 and Howard went right to the bank, drew became one of the 100 wealthiest people in Amerout the money and bought it. When the survey was ica.

To me, the wonderful part of this story is that this done, he also owned the land the chairlift was on all the way up to tower 2 or 3. But that’s part of can happen only in America, and nearly everyone I’ve ever met — and there have been many, many another story.)

Don’s wife would work occasionally at night — has all been equally as generous with their when Howard figured there were enough people money to help out in the areas they feel need it most. in town to stay open for dinner.

But even more important to me is that everyone I had known Don for four or five years at Sun Valley over Christmas vacations, when he would pays the same price for a ski lift ticket, skis or snowboard, boots and poles. They can sleep in their come up with his mother and stepfather.

He was a great skier and trained hard, but he just cars in the parking lot or in a very nice condominididn’t make the cut. The four or five days I stayed um, but when they all stand at the top of a ski hill with him worked for both of us. I think he might everyone is equal.

I wonder if Don still buys his ski equipment at even have skied for my cameras, but I don’t the end of the ski season, when it is a lot cheaper, remember for sure.

When he did not make the team, at the end of as we all did when his wife was flipping hamburgthe season he went back to southern California ers for Howard Aurey in Aspen in 1955.

I also wonder who his interior decorator is and and with his business degree from the University of Southern California, he decided to get in on the what kind of a couch he has wherever he has a ski postwar housing boom in southern California. He resort home. If I show up with my sleeping bag, borrowed $10,000 and built a couple of what were will he let me sleep on it as he did in 1955? called tract houses. He not only was the contractor, but he also did a lot of the work on the house — Filmmaker Warren Miller lived in Vail for 12 years, pounding nails, helping with the plumbing, and his column began in the Vail Daily before being wiring, concrete work and anything else that need- syndicated to more than 50 publications. For more ed to be done to finish the house. He was (and is) of Miller’s stories and stuff, log onto a smart and hardworking guy. www.warrenmiller.net. For information about his For a lot of years I would see him at Sun Valley foundation, The Warren Miller Freedom Foundaskiing over the Christmas holidays. One year I was tion, go to www.warrenmiller.org.

VALLEY VOICES

This week the brightest of lights in a house on a quiet street in Minturn went out.

Lorraine Haslee has left us and moved on to the next great adventure. I don’t think I need to remind the valley of what a wonderful person Lorraine was, nor am I the poet she deserves.

In fact, there may be no writer on this earth who could do her justice, and that’s just fine with me. But despite my artistic shortcomings, let me say: Lorraine was known by a number of different monikers: mom, wife, teacher, volunteer, librarian and friend. She lived up to all these titles and in many BEN ways defined TALBOT them.

Most importantly, she helped create and strengthen the fabric of every community she touched. Lorraine was a true altruist. She always offered herself completely and totally to anyone and everyone around her without any expectation of gratitude or admiration.

We should all be so lucky to have someone like her in our lives.

To say the world is a little less bright without her would be an understatement, but I know she wouldn’t want me to think that. Lorraine Haslee would want everyone she touched to pass the light she gave us on to others, to make our community a better place, to bring kindness and hope to those around us.

None of the Haslees live in Minturn anymore. Selfishly, I wish Lorraine, Fred, Laura and Maggie still called that town their home only so that I could visit them whenever I wanted or needed as I did for so many years.

However, I can take solace in the fact that Lorraine gave our world two wonderful daughters who were made all the better by having such extraordinary parents.

For those of us who aren’t blessed with surname Haslee, we are so very fortunate to have known such an astounding woman.

As I said, no words of mine can assuage the grief our community feels with such a privation and a hardship. Nor can I fully and truly detail the legacy Lorraine has left behind.

One thing I do know is that the holidays are a time of friends and family, cheer and joy, accord and harmony.

With such a loss, these feelings may be muted by melancholy and sadness. But Lorraine wouldn’t have wanted us to feel this way, now or ever.

Instead, we should do exactly what she would have done: Offer ourselves to others in whatever way we can. In addition to strengthening the framework of our community we may find that benevolently helping others, as she always did, will bring the very light Lorraine brought us: happiness.

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Ben Talbot is a Minturn resident.

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OK, we already have great snow for World Cup racing? But if we all wash our cars in the next couple of days, I think we can really bring on the big dump. It can’t fail. Ski races usually bring in the big storms, too.

A big thank-you to Beaver Creek, Vail Resorts and the Vail Valley Foundation for picking up the canceled races from Europe.

This means World Cup action all week and giving the girls on the U.S. ski team their first race on the greatest downhill run on the planet.

Ski you at the Beaver Creek Birds of Prey for the next week and pray for snow.

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So nice of you Thanks to all of our good friends at the Bart & Yeti’s fourth annual meatball cook-off for thinking of us flatlanders here on Cape Cod. Unfortunately, due to Susie’s illness, we won’t be able to spend this winter out there among our beloved friends and ski buddies in Vail.

The “Meatballers” generous gift was just an unbelievable act of love and caring.

You’re a special crew out there and we miss you already! Love to you all.

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Loved Underground Sound Thank you, Vilar Guild, for donating Underground Sound Series passes to the Eagle County School District. The district gave the passes to the 2011 Outstanding Educators of the Year, which I was honored with last spring.

I was not aware of the Underground Sound Series before receiving the pass, and

now I will be a yearly subscriber. I attended six of the seven shows and loved the unique, creative quality that each performer displayed.

What a great way to get locals into the Vilar. I brought a handful of my friends with me each week, and we hope to get the word out and to bring more of the younger crowd with us next year.

Once again, thank you for graciously thinking of the school district and sharing the passes! This has been so fun, and thoroughly enjoyed!

Annette Fritzsche Gypsum

Far from funny I am writing this to express my deep concern and disappointment in your papers publishing the column by Richard Carnes during Thanksgiving week.

For the author to make extreme light of the abuse of children by a man of trust is reprehensible. In an effort at humor, Mr. Carnes makes light of an all-too-serious situation.

Is this the type of writing you and you editorial board condone? I hope not.

Brent Millard

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VAIL — Vail Mountain is scheduled to open two additional lifts — the Riva Bahn Express Lift (No. 6) and the Northwoods Express Lift (No. 11) — and portions of surrounding terrain by midday today,bringing the skiable terrain to more than 700 acres. “Thanks to the incredible efforts of all our mountain operations teams, we are continuing to make progress in opening up as much terrain as possible for the early season,� said Paul Fillion, senior director of Vail Mountain operations.

Beginning today, skiers and snowboarders will have access to the following lifts and more than 700 acres of skiable terrain in these areas on Vail Mountain: • Avanti Express Lift (No. 2) • Wildwood Express Lift (No. 3) • Mountaintop Express Lift (No. 4) • Riva Bahn Express Lift (No. 6) • Born Free Express Lift (No. 8) • Northwoods Express Lift (No. 11) • Gopher Hill Lift (No. 12) • Little Eagle Lift (No. 15) • Vista Bahn Express Lift (No. 16) • Eagle Bahn Gondola (No. 19) • Cascade Village Lift (No. 20) The Bwana terrain park will open today with about 12 beginner- to intermediatelevel features as well as three small jumps.

Skiers and snowboarders will also continue to have access to small and medium terrain park features on Born Free. Additional terrain will open to the public as soon as conditions and weather permit.

Ticket offices in Golden Peak, Vail Village and Lionshead are now open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily. All Vail adult and children’s Ski & Snowboard School offices are open as is the Small World Nursery in Golden Peak.

On-mountain dining locations including Buffalo’s, the Look Ma level of Mid-Vail, the Marketplace at Eagle’s Nest and Express Lift at Mountain Plaza in Vail Village are open.

Vail’s newest on-mountain table-service restaurant, The 10th, is also open, and reservations can be made by calling 970754-1010 or online at www.vail.com/the10th.

Most Vail Mountain lifts will open at 9 a.m. throughout the early season to accommodate early-morning operations.

Skiers and riders are asked to observe all slow zones, posted signs and closures, especially during the early season. Closed trails may contain hazards due to early snow coverage.

The Epic Pass is available through Monday for $669 for adults, offering unlimited, unrestricted skiing at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, Northstar California and Arapahoe Basin.

For more information about Vail Mountain, including terrain updates, pass restrictions, snow reports, events and lodging and vacation values, visit www.vail.com or contact the Mountain Information Center at 970-SKI-VAIL.

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The first deadline for 2012 elections comes next week With an early caucus, local Republicans must be registered with the GOP by Wednesday

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EAGLE COUNTY — Colorado Republicans are trying to make the state a little more important in selecting presidential candidates. That’s turning into more work for county-level party activists.

For decades, Colorado used party caucuses as part of the selection process for candidates for the Colorado Legislature, the U.S. Congress and president. The state held a handful of presidential primaries, but has since gone back to the caucus system for everyone.

Caucuses are meetings of party members, usually held in fairly small groups.

This is where the nuts-and-bolts work of party politics takes place. Officers are elected, as are representatives to the county assembly. The people at that assembly then select representatives to the state party convention, at which candidates are formally named. An August primary selects the party’s ultimate candidate for the November ballot.

State Republicans have decided to move the dates for those early caucuses from March to February, in order to get an earlier spot in the lineup of states as a presidential candidate is selected. Kaye Ferry, chairwoman of the Eagle County Republican Party, is trying to get out the word to the party faithful about the new, earlier deadlines, as well as other changes to the local GOP’s system.

The biggest change, at least now, is an earlier deadline for people to affiliate with the Republican party. People who want to participate in the Feb. 7 caucus must declare a Republican party affiliation with the Eagle County Clerk and Recorder by

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For Republicans: Wednesday: Deadline to register as a Republican if you want to participate in that party’s county caucuses.

Jan. 9: Deadline to register to vote for the county caucuses. That means having your current address on file at the Eagle County Clerk and Recorder’s Office.

Feb. 7: Republican precinct caucus day.

For Democrats: Jan. 6: Last day to register as a Democrat for that party’s county caucuses.

Feb. 6: Last day to register to vote in the Democratic party caucuses.

March 6: Democratic precinct caucus day.

For voter registration information, call 970-328-8715.

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Ferry said Republican voters who have moved recently should check that the address on their voter registration information at the county matches their current residence, so they’ll be able to participate in the proper precinct at the caucus.

Since the state’s boundaries for legislative and congressional districts aren’t yet set, having the right address will ensure that voters of both parties will be able to participate in the caucuses.

In years past, both parties held precinct caucuses at locations around the county.

The Republicans are going to change that up for the 2012 election year. The February caucus for most county Republicans will be at Battle Mountain High School the evening of Feb. 7. Republicans in the Bond and McCoy area and the Roaring Fork Valley will have their own meeting places.

“We think there will be more energy with everyone in one place,” Ferry said. “And we want everyone to have a consistent message this year.”

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John H. Garbarino, 1921-2011 John H. Garbarino, 90, longtime resident of Clarion, Pa., and former resident of Vail, passed away peacefully Nov. 28 at the Golden Living in Clarion.

He was born April 14, 1921, in Cadogan, Pa. He was the son of the late Leo H. and Annie Marguerite Garbarino. He had 10 siblings, eight of whom preceded him in death.

In 1935, the Garbarino family moved to Clarion.

John was a 1939 graduate of Clarion High School and a World War II veteran of the 7th Field Hospital in the U.S. Army. He married the former Marie E. Vogelbacher. In September of this year, they JOHN GARBARINO celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary.

John began employment with Clarion Northwest Bank in 1950 as an installment loan officer. Helping others was a way of life for John. He was recognized for his service and leadership to the community, where he kept active as chairman of the Board of Review for the Boy Scouts of America, member and director of the Kiwanis Club of Clarion, and as chairman of the Clarion County Heart Association Fund Drive. He was a longtime member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Clarion.

Those who knew John remember him best for his love of dancing. When not kicking up his heels, John loved skiing, swimming and watching football.

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Surviving is his wife, Marie Garbarino, of Clarion; six children, Richard Garbarino, of Vail, Ann Landes, of Clarion, Jim Garbarino, of Clarion, Carol McGee, of Vail, Mark Garbarino, of Vail, and Nancy Pyle, of Clarion; eight grandchildren, Nina and Katie Landes, Megan Bonta, John and Molly McGee, Tess, Erica and Danielle Garbarino; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Ed Garbarino of Greenville, Pa.; and a sister, Ceila Waringa, of Clarion.

He was preceded in death by his parents and four brothers, Hayes, Jim, William and George Garbarino; and three sisters, Virginia Linnan, Jean Marie Kankle and Margarita Lahr.

Visitation will be held Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. at the Goble Funeral Home and Crematory in Clarion.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Immaculate Conception Church in Clarion with Father Monty Sayers presiding.

Following funeral mass, military honors will be accorded by the American Legion Post 66 at the Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Interment will follow in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery.

In honor of John’s strong belief that all children should have the opportunity to learn how to swim, the family requests memorial donations be made to the “Save the Community Pool Fund,” care of Community 1st Bank, 601 Main St., Clarion, PA 16214.

To express online condolences to John’s family and watch a tribute video, please visit www.goblefh.net.

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WIND STORM IN STEAMBOAT Steamboat Springs continued cleaning up Friday, a day after a 123 mph wind gust was measured at Steamboat Ski Area.

The wind storm closed the ski area for the day, damaged numerous roofs, street signs and cars and uprooted dozens of trees. At the Spring Meadows building, above, large pieces of the roof were crashing into the parking lot at 9 a.m.

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Fahrenholtz and his then-partner Grant Riva defended Robert Mach, who was convicted in 1995 of murdering his wife.

Jury selection for the Mach trial took five days, and the 12-member jury was finally seated on Friday afternoon.

But things can still go awry, as Fahrenholtz recalled. He asked for criminal background checks on all 12 jury members. Two days later, Sunday night, a sheriff’s deputy knocked on Fahrenholtz’s door while he and Riva were putting the finishing touches on the opening statement they were to

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About an hour and a half later, as he and Riva were finishing, Fahrenholtz said, he opened the envelope.

It contained those criminal background checks Fahrenholtz had requested.

Three jury members had felony convictions and had lied about it when they were questioned in court.

Judge Terry Ruckriegle moved the trial to Georgetown, where a jury convicted Mach.

For the Moreau trial, all prospective jurors are being run through criminal background checks, District Attorney

Mark Hurlbert said.

Moreau is charged in connection with a Nov. 9, 2009, shooting at the Sandbar in West Vail, when he allegedly shot and killed Dr. Gary Kitching and wounded three others.

Moreau was filmed on the Sandbar’s security video system walking through the bar brandishing a handgun, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors screened that video in court at least twice during earlier hearings. It shows Moreau shooting Kitching and the others, prosecutors say.

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It’s the holiday season, which means “Elf”: Everything should be made into a many things: business picking up after the Will Ferrell movie. annual prewinter slowdown in our “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Was viewed as a tourism traffic, winter events including flop at the time and has since been acceptannual favorites like the Birds of Prey ed as a Hollywood classic, offering proof World Cup and Vail Snow Daze, anticipa- that sometimes we all need time to recogtion of new events like the Winter Teva nize greatness. Also offers a gentle Mountain Games, and of reminder that belief in oneself course, powder days and the VAIL VALLEY is essential. joy of being back on our “A Charlie Brown Christbeloved mountains.

PARTNERSHIP mas”: A reminder of the true But those of us with kids meaning of Christmas (and it’s know that it also means a not commercialism). plethora of holiday specials on “A Christmas Story”: In his television. mind, every kid “needs” a Red There is a silver lining to the Ryder BB gun (or whatever the never-ending holiday specials. hot toy of the year might be), I don’t know if it is humanly even if he might shoot his eye possible to watch them all, but out. if you take the time to watch “The Star Wars Holiday Spesome of them, these shows and cial”: Really? Someone thought holiday specials offer good life that was a good idea? The lesCHRIS ROMER son learned might be to not lessons for children of all ages.

In the spirit of the holidays, a always try to cash in on a hot quick recap of some holiday specials and trend. a little lesson they offer: “Grandma Got Run Over by a Rein“Frosty the Snowman”: Children deer”: OK, no lesson in this one. It’s really unquestionably believe in magic, while more annoying than anything else, unless adults try to ruin the fun. Embrace the you really don’t like your grandma. childlike belief during the holidays and “T’was the Night Before Christmas”: don’t ruin the fun.

Good things come to those who wait.

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (car“The Santa Clause”: Tim Allen needed a toon): Be thankful for what you have, as better financial planner after his run on your family and friends are more valuable “Home Improvement.” than any stuff ever could be.

“The Santa Clause II”: No redeeming “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” value whatsoever. (movie): Not everything needs to be made into a Jim Carrey movie.

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When restaurateurs in the community formed the Taste of Vail in 1990, the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original mission statement was to â&#x20AC;&#x153;enhance Vailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s image, positioning and reputation as a world-class international resort with a serious commitment to fine food and to promote recognition of the Vail lifestyle.â&#x20AC;?

As Vailâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputation for fine dining continues to evolve with new internationally popular offerings such as Matsuhisa, regional favorite Elwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the growing national spotlight that continues to shine on Restaurant Kelly Liken, the organization determined that this is the time to elevate what Taste of Vail stands for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to walk before we run, but we believe now is the time to extend what Taste of Vail means to the community by giving us a platform to talk about the world-class food and beverage scene,â&#x20AC;? added new board member Allison Krausen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the next few months weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll look for additional ways to enliven the Vail lifestyle under Taste of Vail messaging to extend the concept beyond the annual spring food and wine festival.â&#x20AC;?

The organization will use funds raised from the food and wine festival in April to support ongoing promotional opportunities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been confusion in the community about the charitable giving side of Taste of Vail,â&#x20AC;? said board member Doug Wooldridge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always like to give back to local charitable organizations but our main focus will be to raise funds to continue to promote the restaurant community on a year-round basis.â&#x20AC;?

New logo Taste of Vail also has unveiled a new logo and tagline to better illustrate the organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission. The logo depicts forks in the form of a circle. The tagline, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elevate your Palate,â&#x20AC;? was added to the logo to illustrate how the organization is committed to enhancing the community by promoting the Vail lifestyle through various food and beverage assets.

The 2012 Taste of Vail is scheduled for April 5-7. Tickets to the 22nd annual event are available online at www.tasteofvail.com.

Hotels or restaurants interested in getting more involved in the 2012 Taste of Vail are encouraged to contact event coordinator Angela Mueller at 970-401-3320.

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AVON — Prudential Colorado Properties is collecting canned goods on Saturdays in December to benefit the Vail Valley Salvation Army. For three consecutive weekends, Prudential Colorado Properties brokers will be collecting food to donate to the Vail Valley Salvation Army.

Today, the food drive will take place at the Eagle City Market; Dec. 10, it will take place at the Avon City Market; and on Dec. 17 at the Vail City Market. All times are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call Prudential Colorado Properties at 970-5241150.

“People in our community are very generous. There is a real willingness to help those in need. Shoppers bring out large bags filled with canned goods to donate to

the food drive, and this year was bigger than in previous years. We want to thank our community for their help and support of this worthy cause,” said Joy Ortiz, a Prudential Colorado Properties broker who volunteered for the food drive.

Thanks to the generosity of the community, food donations Nov. 26 resulted in several 20-gallon boxes filled with food donated to the Salvation Army. This year, Prudential Colorado Properties hopes to exceed last year’s donations. All food that is collected during the drive is delivered to the Salvation Army’s Holiday House.

The Prudential Colorado Properties annual food drive was started in 2007, and with its success will continue each holiday season.

“There is a real need in our community, and we are pleased to support the Vail Valley Salvation Army,” said Michael Slevin, vice president of Prudential Colorado Properties.

Established in 1971, Prudential Colorado Properties is a leading real estate company in the Vail Valley with 90 brokers, seven sales offices, and a vacation rental and property management company.

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Here’s to a very happy holiday season to everyone. And pay attention to those holiday specials on television — they offer

some obvious (and some not so obvious) lessons that can be applied to both your professional and personal life.

As always, I encourage all member businesses to get engaged with the partnership and to contact us with any suggestions you may have to help us better serve you. Call us at 970-476-1000 or stop by our offices in Avon at Traer Creek Plaza to share your feedback.

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When Kimberly Spahmer gets in her car to drive to her volunteer shift at the Vail Valley Medical Center, she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m instantly in a good mood. Between the friendly medical staff and employees, the patients and visitors from all over the world and the other wonderful volunteers, I really feel like Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a part of a family as a volunteer at VVMC.â&#x20AC;?

After volunteering with other HIGH ALTITUDE organizations in the valley, Spahmer has been with the VVMC VolSOCIETY unteer Corps for 11â &#x201E;2 years and has already logged an impressive 800 volunteer hours. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mother and mother-in-law both volunteered with the hospital, so I knew what a great experience it would be,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Spahmer works every Friday at the information desk at VVMC, serving as the front desk coordinator.

DIDI â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love training the new volunDOOLITTLE teers,â&#x20AC;? Spahmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have so many interesting volunteers of all ages and different backgrounds. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a great variety of upbeat people. I especially enjoy working with the junior volunteers from the local high schools. They bring a fun energy to our volunteer group.â&#x20AC;?

In March, Spahmer co-chaired the silent auction portion

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Vail Valley Medical Center volunteer Kimberly Spahmer greets everyone with a smile at the information desk. of the Volunteer Corpsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; biggest fundraiser, the Fashion Show and Luncheon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The silent auction was such a rewarding experience,â&#x20AC;?

Spahmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Helping to raise $22,448 through the silent auction for such a great cause made all the organizing and hard work pay off.â&#x20AC;?

She is also famous for her baking skills, donating multiple gourmet cakes to each of the VVMC Volunteer Corps bake sales. How does she bake as many as 17 cakes for one sale? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve collected bundt cake pans for years, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fun to have an opportunity to put them to good use,â&#x20AC;? Spahmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I bake all the cakes the night before the bake sale so they are fresh.â&#x20AC;?

When asked why she has chosen the Vail Valley Medical Center Volunteer Corps to donate her time to, she instantly smiled. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do it because every day is a new rewarding experience, and I know I am giving back to the community I love by donating my time here,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Stop by the information desk at VVMC on Fridays to meet Spahmer or buy one of her famous cakes at the upcoming VVMC Bake Sale and Ornament Sale on Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to join Spahmer as a volunteer and do something good for your community and yourself, contact Amanda Visosky at 970-479-5068 or visit www.vvmc.com/volunteer.

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A thousand shoes, a thousand smiles! Today at Christmas on Broadway, Eagle Valley Dental is sponsoring a shoe drive supporting ABLE, Assisting Better Living Everywhere, a nonprofit charitable organization with missions to Ghana, Africa, in February and Cochabamaba, Bolivia, in April 2012. From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., drop off new or gently used shoes at our office at 404 Broadway, Suite B. Please bring all shoe types and sizes, new shoes, laces and new or gently used socks! It would be greatly appreciated. Collections will continue until April 2012. For information, call 970-328-7304.

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TOWN TALK MISSING IN EDWARDS Mister Frodo Baggins has been missing since 5 p.m. Thursday from Miller Ranch in Edwards.

Frodo is a large, thin-framed Anatolian X dog, cream color with a black face and should be wearing a gray “thunder vest,” round leather collar and tags. He is very sweet but scared (abused rescue), and he probably won’t let you touch him. Please call with any leads. He is deeply missed!

Call J.J. at 970-390-9840.

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Cain will make ‘major’ announcement today Rapidly becoming a mere footnote in the presidential race, Herman Cain sent mixed signals Friday on whether he would abandon his beleaguered White House bid on Saturday after a woman’s allegation of an extramarital affair.

He said he would make a “major announcement” on whether he would press on — at an event still being billed as the grand opening of a new headquarters.

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Egypt’s Islamists to push for religious rule Egypt’s ultraconservative Islamist party said Friday it plans to push for a stricter religious code in Egypt after claiming surprisingly strong gains in this week’s initial round of voting for parliament, the first elections since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster.

Egypt’s election commission announced only a trickle of results Friday and said 62 percent of eligible voters cast ballots in the highest turnout in Egypt’s modern history.

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Tabloid actions went far beyond hacking Hacking into celebrity phones was just the tip of the iceberg.

Britain’s media ethics inquiry, set up in response to illegal eavesdropping by a Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid, has turned out to be a masterclass in skullduggery that has exposed the murky practices of the U.K.’s muckraking press.

This week, witnesses described how Murdoch’s company had wreaked havoc on their lives and those of their families, with reporters targeting critics for spying and negative coverage and sullying the name of an innocent man.

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Ray of hope: Jobless rate falls Unemployment rate is lowest since 2009

By Christopher S. Rugaber AP ECONOMICS WRITER

WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate, which has refused to budge from the 9 percent neighborhood for two and a half frustrating years, fell sharply in November, driven in part by small businesses that finally see reason to hope and hire.

Economists say there is a long way to go, but they liked what they saw.

The rate fell to 8.6 percent, the lowest since March 2009, two months after President Barack Obama took office. Unemployment passed 9 percent that spring and had stayed there or higher for all but two months since then.

The country added 120,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department said Friday. Private employers added 140,000 jobs, while governments cut 20,000.

The economy has generated 100,000 or more jobs five months in a row — the first time that has happened since April 2006, well before the Great Recession.

“Something good is stirring in the U.S. economy,” Ian Shepherdson, an economist at High Frequency Economics, said in a note to clients.

Stock market flat The stock market rallied at the opening bell, after the report came out, but finished flat for the day. It was still up 787 points for the week.

The only bigger point gain in a week was in October 2008, when stocks lurched higher and lower during the financial crisis.

The report showed that September and October were stronger months for the job market than first estimated. For four months in a row, the government has revised job growth figures higher for previous months.

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People wait in line to enter a job fair Friday in Portland, Ore. The unemployment rate fell last month to its lowest level in more than 21⁄2 years, as employers stepped up hiring in response to the slowly improving economy.

September was revised up by 52,000 jobs, for a gain of 210,000.

October was revised up by 20,000, for a gain of 100,000.

Unemployment peaked at 10.1 percent in October 2009, four months after the Great Recession ended. It dipped to 8.9 percent last February and 8.8 percent last March but otherwise was at or above 9 percent.

The rate fell not just because people found jobs. About 300,000 people simply gave up looking for work, and were no longer counted as unemployed. People routinely enter and leave the work force, though 300,000 is more than usual.

Obama, who faces a re-election vote in less than a year and a presidential campaign that will turn on the economy, seized on the decline to argue for expanding a cut in the tax that workers pay toward Social Security.

The tax cut affects 160 million Americans. It lowers a worker’s Social Security tax by up to $2,136 a year. Someone earning $50,000 a year saves $1,000 with the tax cut.

It will expire Dec. 31 unless Congress acts.

Republicans and Democrats have supported an extension but differ on how to pay for it. The Senate on Thursday defeated plans from both parties. Republicans had proposed paying for the cut by freezing the pay of federal workers through 2015. Democrats wanted to raise taxes on people making $1 million or more a year.

“Now is not the time to slam the brakes on the recovery. Right now it’s time to step on the gas,” Obama said Friday.

Closely watched Inside the unemployment report, one of the most closely watched indicators of the economy’s health, were signs of improvement for small businesses, which employ 500 or fewer people and account for half the jobs in the private sector.

The government uses a survey of mostly large companies and government agencies to determine how many jobs were added

or lost each month. It uses a separate survey of households to determine the unemployment rate.

The household survey picks up hiring by companies of all sizes, including small businesses and companies just getting off the ground. It also includes farm workers and the self-employed, who aren’t included in the survey of companies.

The household survey has shown an average of 321,000 jobs created per month since July, compared with an average of 13,000 the first seven months of the year.

When the economy is either improving or slipping into recession, many economists say, the household survey does the better job of picking up the shift because it detects small business hiring.

The National Federation of Independent Business, a small business group, said Friday that its own survey in November found that more of them are planning to add workers than at any time since September 2008.

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Europe embraces German might Fears of Germany’s power set aside for economic necessity

By David Rising ASSOCIATED PRESS

BERLIN — For more than half a century, the legacy of World War II has meant that the mere mention of a new rise of German power sent shudders through European nations. Now, Germany is increasingly calling the shots for the entire continent — and few seem to mind.

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski — whose nation lost millions of people in the Nazi invasion and occupation — shocked many this week when he made a dramatic appeal for greater German influence.

“You know full well that nobody else can do it,” he told a largely German audience in Berlin. “I will probably be the first Polish foreign minister in history to say so, but here it is: I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity.”

European leaders are panicked over unsustainable debt that could take down the entire global economy. From the streets to the halls of power, all eyes are trained on Germany — by far Europe’s biggest economy — to lead the continent out of crisis.

“Germany should take on a leadership role because right now, economically, it is the one that can,” said Nacho Criado, 31, on his way to his job laying fiber optic cable in downtown Madrid.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the Bundestag in Berlin on Friday.

On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed forward with a Berlin-engineered action plan for containing Europe’s crisis, calling for tougher rules to keep national budgets under control. She set the agenda for next week’s critical European Union summit, saying it would grapple with a strategy to make sure countries follow the rules and write those changes into EU treaties.

At the same time she talked down any fears of German preeminence in Europe.

“Our guidelines for next week are clear, but it is important for me to say that they have nothing to do with fears or concerns that we are reading about or hear that Germany wants to dominate Europe or some such,” she said.

“That is absurd.”

Increasingly, however, such fears appear to be getting more subdued.

Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, whose nation often lives in the

shadow of its giant northern neighbor, dismissed out of hand any worries about renewed German dominance.

“I’m really happy,” he said of Merkel’s initiatives for saving Europe.

Some Europeans have also contemplated with horror what would happen if Germany got fed up with Europe’s debt shambles and simply walked away.

“What is left of the euro if Germany says goodbye? A house of cards,” Lennart Sacredeus, a lawmaker with the Christian Democrats in Sweden’s governing coalition, wrote in the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.

Throughout the crisis, Merkel has worked closely with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the other heavyweight leader among the nations that share the euro. But Sarkozy, slumping in polls ahead of elections next year, has recently proven much more willing to bend to the chancellor’s way of thinking.

In particular, he has embraced German ideas of countries ceding control of a chunk of their budgets to a central authority, even at the expense of some national sovereignty.

Finance Minister Francois Baroin this week talked about a “Franco-German political impulse” to save the euro. France’s political opposition, meanwhile, has attacked Sarkozy for letting Merkel call the shots.

But Europeans seem increasingly inclined to support Germany’s leadership — or at least to go along with it.

“This government is not afraid of Germany,” Italian political analyst Sergio Romano said of Rome’s new regime of technocrats.

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Trainer Marcia Hinton works with Lolita during a performance March 9, 1995, at the Miami Seaquarium.

Celebrities, documentary artists, even the former Washington state governor over the years have sought to free Lolita, who was captured from Puget Sound waters in 1970.

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Activists suing to free Lolita from captivity Killer whale was captured in 1970

By Phuong Le ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — Supporters have offered $1 million for her release. Annual demonstrations have demanded her return to the Northwest. Over the years, celebrities, schoolchildren and even a Washington state governor have campaigned to free Lolita, a killer whale captured from Puget Sound waters in 1970 and who has been performing at Miami Seaquarium for the past four decades.

Activists are now suing the federal government in federal court in Seattle, saying it should have protected Lolita when it listed other Southern Resident orcas as an endangered species in 2005.

“The fact that the federal government has declared these pods to be endangered is a good thing, but they neglected to include these captives,” said Karen Munro, a plaintiff in the lawsuit who lives in Olympia, Wash. Plaintiffs include two other individuals, the Animal Legal Defense Fund and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals The lawsuit filed in November alleges that

the fisheries service allows the Miami Seaquarium to keep Lolita in conditions that harm and harass her and otherwise wouldn’t be allowed under the Endangered Species Act. Lolita, who is estimated to be about 44 or 45, is the last surviving orca captured from the Southern Resident orca population during the 1970s. She is a member of the L pod, or family. Female orcas generally live into their 50s though they can live decades longer.

The J, K, and L pods frequent Western Washington’s inland marine waters and are genetically and behaviorally distinct from other killer whales. They eat salmon rather than marine mammals, show an attachment to the region, and make sounds that are considered a unique dialect. The whales, with striking black coloring and white bellies, spend time in tight, social groups and ply the waters of Puget Sound and British Columbia.

Howard Garrett, co-founder of the nonprofit Orca Network based on Whidbey Island, Wash., said returning her to Northwest waters is the right thing to do. It would be healthier for her, and allow her to rebuild family bonds with the L pod.

“She remembers where she came from. I think she will remember her water and her family,” said Garrett.

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Holiday Harvest Dinner featuring a fabulous four-course menu highlighting the season’s bounty, prepared by Kelly in her world-renowned restaurant and served with beautiful wine pairings.

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Event underwriters, Sue & Jim Liken and Margie & Tom Gart have generously offered to match all gifts up to $25,000 to reach this goal.

Our hope is to make this hands-on gardening project the most extensive program in the Rocky Mountain region. For more information about Sowing Seeds, please visit vvf.org/vvf/info/sowingseeds.aspx

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North Mexico wilting under record drought

By Francisco Salazar and Olga R. Rodriguez ASSOCIATED PRESS

DURANGO, Mexico — The sun-baked northern states of Mexico are suffering under the worst drought since the government began recording rainfall 70 years ago.

Crops of corn, beans and oats are withering in the fields. About 1.7 million cattle have died of starvation and thirst.

Hardest hit are five states in Mexico’s north, a region that is being parched by the same drought that has dried out the southwest United States. The government is trucking water to 1,500 villages scattered across the nation’s northern expanse, and sending food to poor farmers who have lost all their crops.

Life isn’t likely to get better soon. The next rainy season isn’t due until June, and there’s no guarantee normal rains will come then.

Most years, Guillermo Marin harvests 10 tons of corn and beans from his fields in this harsh corner of Mexico. This year, he got just a single ton of beans. And most of the 82year-old farmer’s fellow growers in this part of Durango state weren’t able to harvest anything at all.

“I almost got a ton of beans. It’s very little, but you have to harvest whatever you get,” said Marin, who depends on his crops to sustain himself and the seven grown children who work with him.

The family has five plots of 20 acres (8 hectares) each in the town of San Juan del Rio, an area at the foot of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains dotted with farming and ranching villages whose only water comes from seasonal rains.

Those have been lacking for more than a year in much of Mexico. Its been the coun-

try’s worst dry spell since 1941, when the government began recording rainfall.

“This is the most severe drought the country has registered,” President Felipe Calderon said Thursday at a meeting with governors from the hardest hit states of Durango, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, Coahuila and San Luis Potosi.

Those states average about 21 inches (542 millimeters) of rain annually. This year they got 12 inches (308 millimeters), according to Mexico’s National Weather Service.

To the north, Texas also has endured its driest year on record. Since March, Texas has recorded seven of the 10 driest months it has seen during the past 116 years. In August, officials there estimated losses for crops and livestock at $5.2 billion.

La Nina effect The drought started last fall with the arrival of the La Nina weather condition that causes below-normal rainfall. To complicate things, the region didn’t get much rainfall from hurricanes and tropical storms during the hurricane season that just ended, said David Brown, regional climate services director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Fort Worth, Texas.

“That’s part of the reason we have this bad drought going on in Mexico and Texas,” Brown said.

Mexican farmers have lost 2.2 million acres (900,000 hectares) of crops to dry conditions and 1.7 million farm animals have died this year from lack of water or forage, according to the nation’s Agriculture Department.

Durango, a sprawling inland state about 150 miles (250 kilometers) south of Texas, holds 1.3 million acres (540,000) acres of planted land.

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The work will consist of the construction of fourteen (14) BRT Stations, three (3) Park & Ride Lot expansions and eight (8) Transit Priority treatments on Colorado State Highway 82 between Aspen and Glenwood Springs. All work shall comply with FTA, FHWA and CDOT requirements.

Solicitation documents will be available Thursday, December 1, 2011 by request. Information associated with this project is available online at www.rfta.com and www.rftabrt.com. To request copies of the solicitation documents, please contact Amy Skinner, RFTA Business Specialist, at askinner@rfta.com or (970) 384-4860. Vendors may also go to RFTA’s website and complete a Vendor Registration Form to be emailed or faxed to the attention of the RFTA Procurement Department. Upon receipt of your request, information will be provided to access the solicitation and associated plan documents.

A Pre-Proposal Meeting will be held Thursday, December 15, 2011 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Glenwood Springs Community Center, located at 100 Wulfsohn Road, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601. Bids will be due January 24 2012, 12:00 p.m. at RFTA’s offices located at 1340 Main Street #4, Carbondale, CO 81623.

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BOULDER — Boulder may be a place where the deer and the antelope play, but whether the city wants to include roaming buffalo is another matter.

The City Council on Thursday decided to look STATE into whether Boulder has BRIEFS the resources to care for 25 young buffalo being offered to the city by media mogul Ted Turner.

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VAILDAILY.COM From left to right, Beat Feuz, of Switzerland, Bode Miller and Klaus Kroell, of Austria, all enjoy the view from the podium after the Birds of Prey World Cup downhill race Friday in Beaver Creek. Miller won for the first time since 2006 on home snow.

JUSTIN MCCARTY Special to the Daily

Race schedule Today Super-G, 11 a.m.

Sunday Giant slalom, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Tuesday Men’s giant slalom, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.

Wednesday Women’s super-G, 10:30 to 11 a.m. approximate start Thursday Men’s slalom, 10:30 to 11 a.m. approximate start

Bode Miller turns back the clock the No. 19 bib, coming within four-hundredths of a second for second place. Austria’s Klaus Kroell slid into third just 14-hundredths behind.

It was the first time Miller won home snow since his 2006 downhill victory here — he has four wins at Beaver Creek, including

By Chris Freud the 2005 giant slalom. His last CFREUD@VAILDAILY.COM World Cup triumph came in 2010 BEAVER CREEK — This is what in a super-combined in Wengen, Switzerland. makes us watch.

And with Lindsey Vonn winning Bode Miller turned back the clock Friday at Beaver Creek, the women’s downhill up in Lake delivering a vintage Bode run for Louise, Alberta, it was quite the day his 33rd career World Cup win for the U.S. Ski Team. The last time and his third downhill victory at two Americans won on the World Cup on the same day was Dec. 19, Birds of Prey.

2010, with Ted Ligety “It’s good,” Miller said amid a mob of BIRDS OF PREY winning GS and Vonn taking a super-comreporters. “This hill’s a pleasure to run every time, but bined, both in Alta Badia, Italy. For just like anything, it’s truly chal- a downhill sweep, one has to go lenging and scary at the start. It’s back to Dec. 3, 2004, when Miller hard to get excited to run it. You’re won here and Vonn was doing her nervous to run it, and when you’re usual number in Alberta. (For the serious trivia buffs, that was Vonn’s at the finish line, it’s awesome.”

And between the start and fin- first World Cup win. She was Kilish, it was the Miller that Birds of dow at the time.)

Prey and American ski fans remembered from his prime — a Tops at the top While Miller was in green numgo-for-broke approach, a bit of bers at each interval during his drama and a whole lot of speed.

“I think (it was) tactics, being run, drawing successively louder able to commit to that kind of cheers from a partisan crowd, he risk,” Miller said. “The risk is real- won the race up top. His 25.25ly demanding on this hill. You second time on The Flyway was can’t back off at all. You see how the second best of the day, so his tight the course is. If you try to gliding was superb, a must for a back off at any spot, it can take Birds of Prey downhill win.

Miller likely clinched his win stuff away from you really fast.

Today, I didn’t back off anywhere, with the best time of anyone from even though I had a couple little The Flyway to The Pumphouse. bobbles; I had my foot on the gas He was 16-hundredths of a secthe whole time. I think that’s what ond faster than Feuz there and 44separated me.” hundredths better than Kroell.

Though running 12th, ahead of Sitting on the hot seat, Miller, most of his competition, Miller who uses Head skis, knew that his laid down what looked like the lead was evaporating as Feuz and winning run at the time (1 minute, Kroell, both on Salomon, came 43.82 seconds), but it was tight. down.

Switzerland’s Beat Feuz, pro“I got reeled in a bit at the end nounced Bay-at Fuse, surged on by those guys on Salomon, and the lower half of the course from they’re skiing unbelievably

Third Birds of Prey DH win for American

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Beat Feuz, of Switzerland, rounds a gate at The Brink on Friday during the Birds of Prey World Cup men's downhill at Beaver Creek. He finished second, four-hundredths of a second behind Bode Miller.

‘I WAS PRETTY FORTUNATE TODAY THAT MY SKIS RAN SO WELL ON THE TOP. THAT’S WHAT WON THE RACE FOR ME WAS TAKING THOSE GUYS BY HUGE AMOUNTS ON THE TOP SPLITS.’ Bode Miller U.S. Ski Team

aggressive right now,” Miller said.

“There are a ton of guys doing that right. I was pretty fortunate today that my skis ran so well on the top.

That’s what won the race for me was taking those guys by huge amounts on the top splits.”

Lighting the Feuz This was Miller’s first downhill victory since Kvitfjell, Norway, in 2008, and he had to hold off one of the up-and-coming downhill stars in Feuz. He blasted onto the scene last season, finishing seventh in the downhill chase. He busted into the win column last winter, also at

Kvitfjell, and he was second last weekend up in Lake Louise.

“Yes, I definitely had a feeling after the training that I could do well here, but I have not really raced here,” Feuz said through a translator. “This was my second time (racing here), so I was happy.”

Feuz might just have run out of real estate when it came to catching Miller.

“I noticed how I was getting faster toward the end,” Feuz said.

“In the finish, I was over-happy.”

Kroell ran one spot behind Feuz. He said he found the snow a bit slow up top and made a few

small mistakes on The Brink.

“I’m really happy with this result,” Kroell said. “You have to risk all. It’s turnier on the top, so you have to find a nice line to lose nothing from time, and from Pumphouse, you have to push very hard.”

While Feuz and Kroell came the closest, Miller still had to wait through the top 30 and some big names before feeling comfortable atop the podium. Despite winning the Lake Louise downhill last weekend and looking sharp in training, Switzerland’s Didier Cuche was ninth. Austria’s Hannes Reichelt was the last realistic threat, and he took 10th.

France’s Johan Clarey finished fourth, and Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal rounded out the top five.

Sports Editor Chris Freud can be reached at 970-748-2934 or cfreud@vaildaily.com.

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Spectator turnout was heavy for the Birds of Prey World Cup downhill Friday in Beaver Creek, and a lot of the crowd went home happy after Bode Miller won on home snow.

Fans are ecstatic for U.S. alpine ski racing Bode puts on a show

By Lauren Glendenning LGLENDENNING@VAILDAILY.COM

BEAVER CREEK — American fans might lack the level of devotion to the sport of ski racing that Europeans are practically born with, but there’s still an energy in Beaver Creek during the Birds of Prey race week that makes it feel like ski racing is the only sport in the world that matters.

The energy level was high Friday morning, as fans loaded into shuttle buses and headed up to the race course. One man was dressed in a bear suit, other fans carried signs, and some even painted their chests to support their favorite racers.

It’s an exciting time for people such as Fred Rumford, a Wildridge resident who has been coming to Birds of Prey just about every year since the event started. He grew up ski racing, and to be able to watch it live in Beaver Creek is a special experience, he said.

“This is one of the best venues in the world,” Rumford said. “What’s great about this (venue) is they can hold multiple events on one hill, so we can see a lot of great events.”

Rumford was with friend Stephan Frischholz, who is from Europe, at Friday’s downhill race.

Frischholz said the race was being broadcast live everywhere in Europe — on “regular TV, not some special channel you have to order.”

It’s like Monday Night Football in America, perhaps. It’s tradition — it’s a big deal. But here, the importance of the event seems to be elevated when an American wins, and Bode Miller was able to provide that experience for the fans Friday with his first Birds of Prey downhill win in five years.

When Miller crossed the finish line, everybody knew he had just crushed his run. He knew it, too — you could see in his face that he thought the run was enough to win, and it was.

The fans started chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”

They were almost as excited as Miller.

And even though the rest of the American racers in Friday’s downhill didn’t produce some of the fastest times, the support for them was huge.

Family members and friends were in the crowd, which is something rare for these American ski racers, who spend the majority of their time traveling the World Cup circuit throughout Europe. To have them here just gives them the added motivation to charge it in the races.

American Marco Sullivan, who finished 28th in Friday’s downhill, had a cheering section of people wearing green “Marco” hats. His sister Chelsea Sullivan was one of many in the crowd.

Chelsea Sullivan said that while she and some family members are going to Europe this season to cheer Marco on, that’s a rare occurrence.

“So it’s great to be able to cheer him on and see him in the finish,” she said.

The group was excited that Miller won, too. While the fans were mainly Travis Ganong and Sullivan fans, they were U.S. Ski Team fans in general, too.

“We’re so excited (that Bode Miller won),” Chelsea Sullivan said. “We’re really good friends with (his) family, too. We cheer for all the U.S. guys.

We’re fans of all of the U.S. guys, for sure.”

Megan Ganong, Travis Ganong’s big sister, said this weekend is her fourth time at “Beaver-fest.”

She flew in from Squaw Valley, Calif., near Lake Tahoe, to watch her brother race.

The opportunity for these family members, as well as any ski-racing fan in America, to watch a race in the United States is just too good to pass up, Megan Ganong said.

“It’s the only opportunity to watch our boys on home soil, and we get a huge crew of people— new friends, old friends, people from ski-racing past,” Megan Ganong said. “We’re all together, cheering everybody on.”

Community Editor Lauren Glendenning can be reached at 970-748-2983 or lglendenning@vaildaily.com.

JUSTIN MCCARTY | Special to the Daily

Spectators listen to the national anthem after Bode Miller took first place in the Birds of Prey World Cup downhill Friday in Beaver Creek.

‘THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST VENUES IN THE WORLD. WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT THIS (VENUE) IS THEY CAN HOLD MULTIPLE EVENTS ON ONE HILL, SO WE CAN SEE A LOT OF GREAT EVENTS.’ Fred Rumford Wildridge

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Downhill is bittersweet for Americans Miller wins, but teammates don’t crack the top 20

By Lauren Glendenning LGLENDENNING@VAILDAILY.COM

BEAVER CREEK — American Bode Miller won Friday’s Birds of Prey downhill race, but his teammates on the U.S. Ski Team who were trying to crank out fast runs didn’t perform as well as they thought they would.

Miller gave it everything he had Friday and said the risk of doing that was huge. He said he was nervous in the start gate because he knows what it takes to win the Birds of Prey downhill — he’s won it twice before in 2004 and 2006.

The risks worked out for Miller — he said he risked more than he ever has on this course — and his strategy easily could have backfired.

“There’s no backing off,” Miller said Friday after he knew he had secured the win. “I have experience with it, so I know what to do, but it doesn’t make it any easier.

It’s almost worse — you know what you have to do and the risk is so high. I would say there’s no advantage to that at all.”

But the experience did seem to pay off for Miller. His teammates, all of whom are younger, didn’t produce mistake-free runs.

Ted Ligety, a giant-slalom specialist who is trying to become more of an overall skier, had the next-best performance from the Americans on Friday with a 22ndplace finish. He had expected to finish in the top 20, however, after his training run Wednesday. He skipped training Thursday so he could practice giant slalom in Vail.

“I knew I could tighten it up a lot more from where I was the other day, and I felt like I definitely did JUSTIN MCCARTY | Special to the Daily that,” Ligety said.

Ligety picked up eight World Ted Ligety reacts to his time of 1 minute, 45.75 seconds, which helped him finish 22nd at the Birds of Prey World Cup downhill Friday in Cup points in Friday’s downhill. Beaver Creek.

He was happy to score some points but said eight points isn’t “Getting 22nd place is definitely a urday, especially because it’s in front of his fan club. going to do a whole lot for him in good day.”

“I’m just looking forward to putthe overall standings. ting on a show for them,” Sullivan “But it was more just for the fun Ready for the weekend Marco Sullivan brought in the said. of it and trying to make a move in Americans Erik Fisher, Andrew that direction (as an overall skier),” next-best time behind Ligety for Weibrecht and Travis Ganong he said. “Downhill is obviously a the Americans, coming in 28th.

“I guess I’m happy with it,” Sul- came in 29th, 32nd and 33rd, goal of mine, but it’s not a realistic livan said. “You respectively. They’re hoping to goal as far as try‘COMING OFF THE know, I’m not improve for Saturday’s super-G, ing to win stuff in the near TOP PITCH ... I MADE A exuberant to get although Fisher still wasn’t sure as 28th, but some of Friday afternoon if he would be future, so it’s just MISTAKE THERE, AND sections were racing super-G. nice to kind of I THINK THAT COST really good, and I Fisher was disappointed he didjust make steps ME QUITE A BIT.’ can build on that n’t crack the top 15 but said he’s forward and Marco Sullivan for the coming looking forward to his next race. score points.”

U.S. Ski Team weeks to build Ganong wasn’t sure what hapFriday’s run my confidence.” pened Friday but said he felt good helped Ligety Sullivan said he had a couple of during his run. He thought he was for today’s super-G race and for DOMINIQUE TAYLOR | dtaylor@vaildaily.com Sunday’s giant slalom, he said. He big mistakes that just caused him racing fast and was surprised to hopes to carry the confidence he to lose too much time, but he see his time when he crossed the American Marco Sullivan races down The Brink during the Birds of Prey World Cup men’s downhill Friday at Beaver Creek. Sullivan finish line. built on the hill Friday into those skied some sections really well.

“Coming off the top pitch, “I’m hungry now. I’m a little dis- finished in the points Friday. races, but it’s tough to say a strong where it’s really important to carry couraged after today,” Ganong run Friday is enough.

“My skiing was really pretty The men came to Beaver Creek your speed, I made a mistake said. “I thought I skied really well shoulder surgeries with the most from Lake Louise, Alberta, last there, and I think that cost me and I was really slow on the top, I recent being about a year ago, good — I was really happy with don’t know why, but on the bot- said he’s just trying to get back up that,” Weibrecht said. “For the weekend with not much time for quite a bit,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan had fun, though, and tom I had some really good stuff to race speed. He felt good Friday most part, I skied most of the rest, Ligety said. The week is hectic, so rest becomes more and was still nothing but smiles after going on so I’m just fired up for but thinks he’ll ski faster Satur- course really well, I just had one the race — probably because of tomorrow — just push it and see day. He said he skied a lot of really big mistake before coming more important.

“I’m happy that it wasn’t a waste the huge cheering section he had what I can do and hopefully get super-G in the offseason and feels onto the flats, which you know, he can put together a good run in there’s no chance to recover from of my energy to come up here (for in the stands. He said he hopes to some redemption.”

Weibrecht, who has had two that discipline. that and pick up the speed.” the downhill race),” Ligety said. build on his super-G race for Sat-

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Get the lowdown on the super-G Surprises are not surprises

THE BIRDS OF PREY RACECOURSE

By Chris Freud CFREUD@VAILDAILY.COM

BEAVER CREEK — OK, superG time at 11 a.m., and we’ve got two questions.

Is it going to snow, and who’s going to win?

This is about the only time local residents don’t want it to snow, aside from, say, July. Weather.com forecast 1 to 3 inches Friday night and has 3 to 5 more for today.

(Your mileage may vary because some of our recent weather reports haven’t been close.)

Maybe we can have one of those storms that skips Beaver Creek and dumps about 2 feet on Vail?

Though the resorts are so close, there can be variation in snowfall, though maybe not to that extreme.

Having snow also affects the race. If we’ve got something moving in as the race begins, give the advantage to the guys with singledigit bib numbers.

As for who’s going to win the race, super-G at Beaver Creek and Birds of Prey always seems to be a wildcard race. For neophytes to ski racing, remember that the field has been training the downhill course, not the super-G one, and the athletes only get to inspect the course this morning.

We had three-straight first-time winners on tour from 2003 to 2005. Austria’s Georg Streitberger won last year and that was only the second win of his career. The regular names should be in the hunt, but a surprise today will not be a surprise.

Facts, figures and picks follow: Weather: Snow or no snow, it’s going to be cold, people. Weather.com is forecasting a high of 19 degrees. That puts it in the low teens at Red Tail. Coffee and hot chocolate sales should be brisk.

START

THE FLYWAY Men’s Weather Downhill Start Men’s Super Combined Downhill Start

THE BRINK Men’s Super-G Start

THE TALON PETE’S ARENA

Men’s Giant Slalom Start

RUSSI’S RIDE

Men’s Downhill Start Start Elevation: Finish Elevation: Vertical Drop: Length:

11,427’ (3,483m) 8,944’ (2,726m) 2,484’ (757m) 8,606’ (2,623m)

SCREECH OWL Men’s Slalom Start

Men‘s Super Combined Downhill Start Men’s Weather Downhill Start Start Elevation: Finish Elevation: Vertical Drop: Length:

11,158’ (3,401m) 8,944’ (2,726m) 2,215’ (675m) 7,002’ (2,134m)

GOLDEN EAGLE JUMP Men’s Super Combined Slalom Start

Men‘s Super-G Start: Start Elevation: Finish Elevation: Vertical Drop: Length:

10,948’ (3,337m) 8,944’ (2,726m) 2,005’ (611m) 6,165’ (1,879m)

THE ABYSS

Men‘s Giant Slalom Start: Start Elevation: Finish Elevation: Vertical Drop: Length:

Birds of Prey super-G champs:

Hermann Maier (1997, 1998); Maier and Lasse Kjus (tie, 1999 Worlds); Fredrik Nyberg (2000), Didier Cuche (2002), Bjarne Solbakken (2003), Stefan Goergl (2004) and Hannes Reichelt (2005, 2007), Aksel Lund Svindal (2008) and Georg Streitberger (2010).

Super-G stats: As opposed the downhill, the racers start lower on the mountain, just after The Brink at 10,948 feet. It drops 2,004 feet to Red Tail. The course is 6,165 feet long.

Intervals: Pumphouse, Golden Eagle and The Abyss.

Look out in the super-G: The Talon is right out of the gate for super-G, and that can be a whopper. A clean run through Russi’s

Men’s Downhill Start

10,351’ (3,155m) 8,944’ (2,726m) 1,407’ (429m) 4,806’ (1,465m)

HARRIER JUMP RED TAIL JUMP

Men’s Slalom Start: Start Elevation: Finish Elevation: Vertical Drop: Length:

9,596’ (2,925m) 8,927’ (2,721m) 669’ (185m) 2,175’ (663m)

FINISH

Men‘s Super Combined Slalom Start: Start Elevation: Finish Elevation: Vertical Drop: Length:

9,629’ (2,935m) 8,944’ (2,726m) 685’ (209m) 2,175’ (663m)

Ride is a must. Depending on the course set, check out how the racers control and/or are thrown through the final three jumps, Golden Eagle, Harrier and Red Tail.

FINISH ARENA SPECTATOR VIEWING

Americans (bib number): Bode Miller (9), Tommy Ford (31), Ted Ligety (32), Andrew Weibrecht (34), Marco Sullivan (37), Ryan Cochran-Siegle (39), Thomas Biesemeyer (41), Travis Ganong

(52), Will Gregorak (58) and Tim Jitloff (65).

Favorites: Switzerland’s Didier Cuche (22) was last year’s World Cup super-G champ, and he’ll be looking for a bit of a bounce-back

from Friday’s downhill, not that ninth place is a reason for crying in your beer. Streitberger (12) was No. 2 in the rankings and, as noted, Super-G, page A29

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BERTRAND Yannick ZURBRIGGEN Silvan DIXON Robbie PUCHNER Joachim KUENG Patrick MAYER Matthias SPORN Andrej HEEL Werner MILLER Bode RAICH Benjamin SVINDAL Aksel Lund STREITBERGER Georg KROELL Klaus GRUENENFELDER Tobias

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GUAY Erik KOSTELIC Ivica BAUMANN Romed INNERHOFER Christof REICHELT Hannes THEAUX Adrien JANKA Carlo CUCHE Didier FEUZ Beat FILL Peter JANSRUD Kjetil KEPPLER Stephan DEFAGO Didier HUDEC Jan

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JAERBYN Patrik SWE VILETTA Sandro SUI FORD Tommy USA LIGETY Ted USAm OLSSON Hans SWE WEIBRECHT Andrew USA MERMILLOD BLONDIN Thomas FRA GRAF Bernhard AUT SULLIVAN Marco USA ZRNCIC-DIM Natko CRO COCHRAN-SIEGLE Ryan USA MARSAGLIA Matteo ITA BIESEMEYER Thomas USA ROMAR Andreas FIN

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MARKIC Gasper FREY Thomas SANDER Andreas HELIE Louis-Pierre PERKO Rok PINTURAULT Alexis KLINE Bostjan STRIEDINGER Otmar FRISCH Jeffrey GANONG Travis COOK Dustin PATSCHEIDER Hagen KRIZAJ Andrej BJERKESTRAND Iver

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Klaus Kroell, of Austria, comes to a stop after finishing third with a time of 1 minute, 43.96 seconds in the Birds of Prey World Cup downhill Friday in Beaver Creek. Kroell has bib No. 13 for today’s super-G.

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is your defending champ. Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic (16), better known for his tech skills, was third in super-G last year and that helped him to the overall.

Austria’s Reichelt (19) is a twotime winner here, as well. If you’re wondering, Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal (11) won the first super-G of the season up in Canada last weekend.

Dark horses: Strange to put Miller here, but after he won Friday’s downhill, he was talking about how he’s struggled at Beaver Creek in this discipline.

Back in 2004, he took second here, but he has two DNFs, a 30th in 2007 and 14th in 2008.

Ligety had a seventh-place finish a few years ago on this snow and skied very well in the downhill Friday. Switzerland’s Carlo Janka (21) and Austria’s Romed Baumann (17) and Benni Raich (10) could be heard from before we’re done.

Staff picks (please, no wagering): First off, we must admit

that we are in the presence of greatness. Lauren Glendenning, goddess of the slopes, nailed it Friday with her Bode Miller pick. We think she walks on water, too. (Actually, she does. It’s called snow.)

On a humbler note, Sports Editor Chris Freud did not have his pick hit by a bus outside his hotel before he even got to the slopes. He had Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, who finished a very respectable fifth.

Freud: Cuche.

Glendenning: The clairvoyant one is going with Svindal.

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Lindsey Vonn races down the course during the women’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta, on Friday. Vonn won the race with a time of 1 minute, 53.19 seconds.

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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn won the World Cup women’s downhill Friday at Lake Louise for her ninth career victory at the resort.

The American star finished in 1 minute, 53.19 seconds to beat Liechtenstein’s Tina Weirather by 1.95 seconds — the largest victory margin in Vonn’s downhill career.

Switzerland’s Dominique Gisin was third in 1:55.29.

“I mean, 2 seconds, that’s crazy,” Gisin said. “We will try to be a little bit closer to Lindsey tomorrow. That’s probably the only thing you can hope for.”

Vonn has won at least one race at Lake Louise in eight straight years.

“I just have always had such a good feeling here,” said Vonn, fourth on the women’s career list with 43 World Cup victories. “That track suits me so well. I feel at home. It can’t be more peaceful and amazing with the mountains here. I would prefer to have every race here in Lake Louise, but I don’t think they’ll let me.”

Alice McKennis of Glenwood Springs, Colo., was eighth in her return from a knee injury.

“It’s been such a long road for me and to be fast in my first race back is just an incredible feeling,” McKennis said. “I felt so much more comfortable today than I have in any of the training runs. I felt like I was skiing well, but I no idea that I’d come down in a decent position.

I’m so pumped up for another day of downhill tomorrow.”

After the second downhill Saturday, a super-G is set for Sunday.

Vonn, the reigning Olympic downhill champion, recently announced that she and her husband of four years, Thomas Vonn, are divorcing. Thomas Vonn had overseen many aspects of her career.

“Right now, skiing is the best thing for me,” Vonn said Friday. “When I’m on my skis and on the mountain, I feel calm and feel comfortable.

“I love skiing. I love going fast. I love downhill. Today, even if I didn’t win, I think just racing and being on the mountain is what I need.”

The 27-year-old star from Burnsville, Minn., credited her U.S. teammates and her rivals on the World Cup circuit for rallying around her, singling out Germany’s Maria Hoefl-Riesch, who beat Vonn by three points for the overall title last season.

“That’s helped me so much through this time,” Vonn said.

Hoefl-Riesch was ninth Friday. World downhill and super-G champion Elisabeth Goergl of Austria finished in a three-way tie for 20th with teammate Anna Fenninger and France’s Marlon Rolland.

Bode Miller won the men’s downhill in Beaver Creek, Colo., on Friday to mark the first time since Dec. 3, 2004, that an American man and woman won downhills on the same day. That also was Vonn’s first World Cup victory, when she competed as Lindsey Kildow.

Vonn has won eight downhills and a super-G at Lake Louise. Hoefl-Riesch edged her off the top of the podium in both downhills in 2010, but Vonn took the super-G.

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Lindsey Vonn reacts in the finish area after her run in the women’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise, Alberta on Friday.

A lack of snow in Val d’Isere, France, has forced the world governing body of skiing to move men’s and women’s races scheduled for Dec. 10-11 to Beaver Creek. The women will race a super-G there Wednesday.

Vonn was already mentally preparing for it.

“We’re only going to have that one inspection on the hill on Wednesday and I’ve never actually skied on the course,” Vonn said. “It’s going to be really important to have a good inspection.

I think I’m going to be thinking about that a little bit this weekend and make sure I’m really focused and ready for the race this coming Wednesday.”

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NEW YORK — Oklahoma City will host Orlando before Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers visit Golden State on Christmas night, running the NBA’s planned opening-day schedule to five games.

Those games were added Friday to the three that were already set when the 201112 schedule was originally unveiled: Boston at New York, Miami at Dallas, and Chicago at the Los Angeles Lakers.

Commissioner David Stern said the league hoped to open the season with that tripleheader after announcing a tentative agreement on a new labor deal with the players last Saturday. But the league decided to add two later games, with the nightcap featuring Mark Jackson’s debut as Warriors coach.

The revised 66-game schedule will be released Tuesday night during an NBA TV special.

TNT will televise the opener, while ABC gets the NBA finals rematch and the matchup between MVP Derrick Rose and Kobe Bryant, whose Lakers will be playing their first game under former Cleveland coach Mike Brown. The final two contests will air on ESPN. The Thunder reached the Western Conference finals last season behind league scoring champion Kevin Durant, while the Magic face the uncertainty of Dwight Howard’s future with the team.

“It’s a different opening day than has ever happened in the past and Christmas Day games have always been a big day for the NBA,” ESPN analyst Jeff Van Gundy said in a statement. “This unique situation combined with the unveiling of a championship banner for the Mavericks in a finals rematch, and then to see the Lakers and the debut of Mike Brown as head coach, those

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EUGENE, Ore. — LaMichael James ran for 219 yards and three touchdowns and No. 8 Oregon beat UCLA 49-31 in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game Friday night for the Ducks’ third straight conference title and a berth in the Rose Bowl.

Rick Neuheisel tipped his hat to the UCLA fans in his last game as coach. The former Bruins quarterback was fired this week after four seasons with his alma mater.

While the Bruins (6-7) played with passion for their outgoing coach and kept it closer than many thought they would, it was not enough to overcome the Ducks (11-2), who head to a BCS bowl for the third straight season.

Darron Thomas threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns, becoming Oregon’s career leader with 63 TD passes.

James became the first rusher in Pac-12 history with three straight 1,500-yard seasons. He moved into a tie with USC’s LenDale White (2003-05) for second on the league’s career rushing TD list with 52.

Neuheisel, fired following last weekend’s 50-0 loss to No. 9 Southern California, hugged quarterback Kevin Prince as time ran out.

His dismissal was part of a wave of coaching moves in the conference. Around the time Neuheisel’s dismissal was announced, Arizona State let go of Dennis Erickson.

Washington State parted ways with Paul Wulff, then quickly hired former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach a day later.

Oregon will play the winner of the first Big 10 championship game Saturday between No. 11 Michigan State and No. 15 Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 2.

The heavily favored Ducks scored on their first series when James ran 30 yards for a touchdown. James went into the game as the nation’s top running back with an average of 142.7 yards per game.

UCLA tied it when linebacker Patrick Larimore intercepted Thomas and ran 35 yards for a touchdown. Neuheisel pumped his first in celebration.

Thomas scored on a 10-yard keeper and then found true freshman tight end Colt Lyerla alone in the end zone with a 7-yard scoring pass to make it 21-7.

UCLA narrowed it with Prince’s fleaflicker to Nelson Rosario for a 37-yard touchdown.

Oregon was stung early in the game when dynamic true freshman De’Anthony Thomas fumbled after a hit by Tevin McDonald. Shaken up on the play, the versatile running back who earlier this week was named the Pac-12’s co-freshman of the year on offense did not return.

James added a 3-yard touchdown run to make it 28-14 before Darron Thomas connected with Daryle Hawkins for a 25-yard TD reception.

UCLA’s Tyler Gonzalez kicked a 44-yard field goal to make it 37-17 at halftime.

Prince scored on a 1-yard run early in the third quarter to pull UCLA closer to the Ducks, but James answered with a 5-yard TD dash to make it 42-24.

A Heisman Trophy finalist last season as a sophomore, James fell out of the running for the most part this season because he missed two games with a dislocated right elbow.

David Paulson caught a 22-yard touchdown pass midway through the third, which put Darron Thomas in front of Danny O’Neil (1991-94) for most passing TDs at Oregon.

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SEC title game: Nothing to lose for either team?

By Paul Newberry AP SPORTS WRITER

ATLANTA — Given little chance to knock off the nation’s top-ranked team, Georgia doesn’t have a lot to lose in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

Then again, No. 1 LSU probably doesn’t either.

In all likelihood, the Tigers have already put together a resume that’s impressive enough to get them to New Orleans for the BCS title game — even if the 12th-ranked Bulldogs pull off a huge upset today.

Count Georgia coach Mark Richt among those who feels LSU (12-0, 8-0 SEC) deserves to play for MARK RICHT the national championship, whether they win or lose to his team. He can certainly read a schedule, noting the Tigers have already beaten three teams among the top eight in The Associated Press poll — No. 2 Alabama, No. 6 Arkansas and No. 8 Oregon — as well as 22nd-ranked West Virginia.

“If you look at all the one-loss teams and if, in fact, they became a one-loss team, just look at who they played,” Richt said Friday. “I would think they’d be a

shoe-in to play (for the national title). I know that’s not what they’re focusing on, because you don’t go 12-0 unless you can focus on every game.”

LSU’s Les Miles, whose team is a twotouchdown favorite, refused to get dragged into the debate. No need to, really, since he’s coaching the last unbeaten team from one of the major conferences.

To some, this game is just an afterthought, something the Tigers must get out of the way before they get on with their rematch against SEC West rival Alabama for an even bigger crown. Miles doesn’t see if that way.

“I do know that’s an issue for other folks,” he said. “It’s not one for us. We’re very, very focused on the next game and a very quality Georgia opponent.”

Indeed, there’s a sense this team wants a national title that includes no ifs, ands or buts. In 2003, LSU defeated Oklahoma for the BCS title but Southern Cal was voted No. 1 in the AP poll. Four years later, the Tigers became the first two-loss team to win it all, getting plenty of help from other schools along the way.

This time, it’s all in their hands.

“We’ve talked about it several times, but not about the what ifs,” Miles said. “It’s all about what we’ve accomplished to this point. We’ve put ourselves in position to play a championship game.”

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STILLWATER, Okla. — In more than a century’s worth of Bedlam games, the stakes have never been higher for Oklahoma State.

The Cowboys (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) are No. 3, matching their highest ranking ever heading into the annual rivalry game against No. 13 Oklahoma (9-2, 6-2), and they still have an outside chance at getting into the national championship game with an impressive win Saturday night.

At the least, the in-state showdown is a substitute for the Big 12 championship game, which went away when the league shrank to 10 teams this year.

The Sooners will be attempting to win their eighth Big 12 crown, by far the most in the league’s 16-year history. Oklahoma State is after its first outright conference title since 1948.

“We know we have a lot at stake and it’s going to be a fun challenge down there,”

Oklahoma cornerback Demontre Hurst said. “Going down there to their place, playing against one of our biggest rivals, going on the road, trying to defend the Big 12 title again, there’s a lot going on. It’s exciting.”

To earn a shot at its first national championship, Oklahoma State will have to put together a strong case against a Sooners team that has won eight straight Bedlam games and is 81-17-7 in the series — with one of the losses coming by forfeit.

The Cowboys are third in the BCS standings, but must make up the most ground on top-ranked LSU and No. 2 Alabama in the human polls. They’re ranked fifth in the coaches and Harris polls, and — unlike the idle Crimson Tide — have one last chance to make an impression before ballots are due.

“The way I look at it is that if we go out and play well enough and win the football game, then somebody’s going to have to make a decision based on it,” OSU coach Mike Gundy said.

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SCOREBOARD TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed C Matt Pagnozzi to a minor league contract.

Named Rob Leary field coordinator, Mickey Callaway pitching coordinator and Alan Zinter hitting coordinator.

Named Phil Clark hitting coach of Columbus (IL); Edwin Rodriguez manager and Scott Erickson pitching coach for Carolina (Carolina); David Wallace manager of Lake County (SAL); Ted Kubiak manager of Mahoning Valley (NYP); Steve Karsay pitching coach and Junior Betances hitting coach for the Indians (Arizona); and Francisco Cabrera hitting coach for the Indians (DSL).

TEXAS RANGERS—Named Tim Purpura senior director of player development.

Promoted Jayce Tingler to field coordinator. Agreed to minor league contracts with C Dusty Brown, SS Luis Hernandez and INF Yangervis Solarte.

National League HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with INF Diory Hernandez on a minor league contract.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed to terms with LHP Chris Capuano on a two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Named John Mabry assistant hitting coach.

Promoted Barry Weinberg to senior medical advisor and Chris Conroy to assistant athletic trainer.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Named Omar Minaya senior vice president of baseball operations.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined Atlanta WR Kerry Meier $20,000 for his illegal blindside block to the head area of Minnesota LS Cullen Loeffler in a Nov. 27 game; Fined Washington’s Stephen Bowen and Seattle’s K.J. Wright $15,000 each for roughing the passer penalties in their Nov. 27 game.

CHICAGO BEARS—Agreed to terms with WR Earl Bennett on a four-year contract extension through 2015.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Claimed QB Sage Rosenfels off waivers from Miami.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS—Named Bob Woods assistant coach and Joe Piscotty video coordinator.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Acquired a conditional 2013 seventh-round draft pick from Ottawa Senators for F Rob Klinkhammer.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Activated LW Kristian Huselius from injured reserve.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Placed F Mike Richards on injured reserve. Activated LW Dustin Penner from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Acquired D Evan Oberg and D Mike Kostka from the Florida Panthers for F James Wright and D Mike Vernace.

SOCCER Major League Soccer HOUSTON DYNAMO—Re-signed D Bobby Boswell.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS—Announced the retirement of G Terry Boss and D Taylor Graham.

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7 p.m. SHO — Champion Anselmo Moreno (31-1-1) vs. Vic Darchinyan (37-3-0), for WBA super bantamweight title; champion Abner Mares (22-0-1) vs. Joseph Agbeko (28-3-0), for IBF bantamweight title, at Anaheim, Calif.

7 a.m. TGC — Sunshine Tour, Nedbank Challenge, third round, at Sun City, South Africa (same-day tape) 11 a.m. TGC — World Challenge, third round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

1 p.m. NBC — World Challenge, third round, at Thousand Oaks, Calif.

1 p.m. TGC — PGA Tour, Qualifying Tournament, fourth day, at La Quinta, Calif.

10 p.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Hong Kong Open, third round

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

Thursday’s Games Columbus 4, Calgary 3, SO San Jose 4, Montreal 3, SO Pittsburgh 2, Washington 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Carolina 3 Dallas 3, Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 1, Phoenix 0 Nashville 6, Vancouver 5 Los Angeles 2, Florida 1 Friday’s Games Chicago 5, N.Y. Islanders 4, SO Colorado 3, St. Louis 2, SO Detroit 4, Buffalo 1 Minnesota 4, New Jersey 2 Columbus at Edmonton, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Montreal at Los Angeles, 1:30 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 5 p.m.

Ottawa at Washington, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m.

New Jersey at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Nashville, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Florida at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Detroit at Colorado, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Anaheim, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

NCAA Football

National Football League

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Dallas 7 4 0 N.Y. Giants 6 5 0 Washington 4 7 0 Philadelphia 4 8 0 South W L T New Orleans 8 3 0 Atlanta 7 4 0 Tampa Bay 4 7 0 Carolina 3 8 0 North W L T Green Bay 11 0 0 Chicago 7 4 0 Detroit 7 4 0 Minnesota 2 9 0 West W L T San Francisco 9 2 0 Seattle 5 7 0 Arizona 4 7 0 St. Louis 2 9 0

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10 a.m. ABC — National coverage, Conference USA, championship game, Southern Miss. at Houston ESPN — Connecticut at Cinicnnati ESPN2 — Syracuse at Pittsburgh 10:30 a.m. FSN — Iowa St. at Kansas St. 12:30 p.m. VERSUS — UNLV at TCU 1:30 p.m. ABC — National coverage, Texas at Baylor 2 p.m. CBS — National coverage, Southeastern Conference, championship game, LSU vs. Georgia, at Atlanta 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 — BYU at Hawaii 6 p.m. ABC — Oklahoma at Oklahoma St. ESPN — Atlantic Coast Conference, championship game, Virginia Tech vs. Clemson, at Charlotte, N.C. FOX — Big Ten Conference, championship game, Michigan St. vs. Wisconsin, at Indianapolis

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 10 a.m. CBS — National coverage, North Carolina at Kentucky 1:15 p.m. ESPN — Arkansas at UConn ESPN2 — Gonzaga at Illinois 2:30 p.m. FSN — Texas at UCLA 3:15 p.m. ESPN — Pittsburgh at Tennessee ESPN2 — South Florida at Kansas

SOCCER 5:30 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Chelsea at Newcastle

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FOOTBALL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T New England 8 3 0 N.Y. Jets 6 5 0 Buffalo 5 6 0 Miami 3 8 0 South W L T Houston 8 3 0 Tennessee 6 5 0 Jacksonville 3 8 0 Indianapolis 0 11 0 North W L T Baltimore 8 3 0 Pittsburgh 8 3 0 Cincinnati 7 4 0 Cleveland 4 7 0 West W L T Oakland 7 4 0 Denver 6 5 0 Kansas City 4 7 0 San Diego 4 7 0

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Thursday’s Game Seattle 31, Philadelphia 14 Sunday’s Games Kansas City at Chicago, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 11 a.m.

Denver at Minnesota, 11 a.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 11 a.m.

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 11 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Washington, 11 a.m.

Oakland at Miami, 11 a.m.

Tennessee at Buffalo, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at New England, 11 a.m.

Baltimore at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 2:15 p.m.

Dallas at Arizona, 2:15 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 2:15 p.m.

Detroit at New Orleans, 6:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game San Diego at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 8 Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 6:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 11

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O/U (471⁄2) (47) 1 (51 ⁄2) (51) (57) (711⁄2) (631⁄2) (561⁄2) (62) 1 (55 ⁄2) (62) (60) (571⁄2) (55) (471⁄2)

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NCAA Basketball FAVORITE at Kentucky at Michigan at Miami Richmond at Hofstra at Tulane at Butler at Illinois St. Drexel Cleveland St. at Milwaukee at Georgia St. at Minnesota at Wright St. at Iowa

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UNDERDOG North Carolina Iowa St. UMass at Wake Forest James Madison Georgia Tech Valparaiso UNC Wilmington at Delaware at Detroit Ill.-Chicago William & Mary Southern Cal Youngstown St. Brown

New Orleans at Tennessee, 11 a.m.

Indianapolis at Baltimore, 11 a.m.

Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 11 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 11 a.m.

Houston at Cincinnati, 11 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at Carolina, 11 a.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 11 a.m.

New England at Washington, 11 a.m.

San Francisco at Arizona, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago at Denver, 2:05 p.m.

Buffalo at San Diego, 2:15 p.m.

Oakland at Green Bay, 2:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 6:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12 St. Louis at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.

DATELINE Dec. 3 1943 — Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman

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UNDERDOG Montreal Ottawa Toronto at Carolina N.Y. Rangers New Jersey Philadelphia Buffalo Chicago N.Y. Islanders Calgary Florida

NHL FAVORITE at Los Angeles at Washington at Boston Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay at Winnipeg at Phoenix at Nashville at St. Louis at Dallas at Edmonton at San Jose

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1946 — Army halfback Glenn Davis is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1950 — Tom Fears of the Los Angeles Rams has 18 receptions against Green Bay. 1950 — Cloyce Box of the Detroit Lions has 302 yards receiving and scores four touchdowns against the Baltimore Colts.

1956 — Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his collegiate debut with Kansas.

1957 — Texas A&M halfback John David Crow is named the Heisman Trophy

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1972 — Bobby Howfield of the New York Jets kicks six field goals against New Orleans.

1973 — Dick Anderson of the Miami Dolphins intercepts four passes, returning two for touchdowns, against Pittsburgh.

1979 — Southern California halfback Charles White is named the Heisman Trophy winner.

1982 — Tommy Hearns wins the WBC welterweight title with a 15-round decision over Wilfred Benitez in New Orleans.

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Kandace Seyferth, 36, was having trouble breathing and went upstairs to get her inhaler for a severe asthma attack, but collapsed and was unable to breath when she got back down to the bottom of the stairs Nov. 25.

Her 10-year-old daughter Madisyn Kestell called 911 and performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, while her 12-year-old friend, Katelynn Vreeke, pounded on her chest.

“Me and my mom watch the show every Thursday, and I learned it from there,” Kestell said.

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EAGLE — Christmas on Broadway is so charming that if Norman Rockwell were still alive he’d paint it.

Eagle’s 23rd annual Christmas on Broadway transforms downtown Eagle into a Christmas village today.

Michelle Friedman, of NRC 365, is helping ride herd on all of this.

“We’re excited about this, and we hope everyone will dress warmly and join us in Eagle to celebrate the holiday season,” Friedman said.

This year’s event kicks off at 4 p.m.

Decades of holiday delight Christmas on Broadway started more than two decades and at least two Nearly Everything Store Santas ago.

A group gathered for lunch at an Eagle Chamber of Commerce meeting in the back room of Brenner’s restaurant. They came up with the idea for a Christmas celebration in downtown Eagle.

After a few minutes of spirited discussion about naming it, everyone wrote their ideas on napkins and put them in a hat — with the understanding that most great writing begins on bar napkins.

Nick Nikolich owned the Eagle Valley Enterprise in those days, and his napkin came up the winner with Christmas on Broadway.

The name stuck.

They started it on Wednesday nights because there was only Eagle Elementary School and Eagle Valley Middle School in those days. Everyone knew everyone else’s kids, and they were all free to roam that particular street on that particular night.

Woe to the teacher who assigned homework on that night.

The school put on a live nativity scene in the public park where the Eagle Town Hall is now. Imagine it, a public school staging a religious observance in a public park.

The Vail Valley Jet Center brought its blimp. Ed Oyler brought his team of draft horses for carriage rides.

Annie Colby sat down at a sewing machine and stitched together the 20-foot-tall Santa that hangs on the sign of the Nearly Everything Store, which her family has run for generations.

That Santa served for years but finally gave out.

“We tried washing him, spray-painting him; we tried to dye the material, but we finally had to give up,” Colby said.

So, Santa didn’t show up one year, and people were so upset you’d think the planet had spun off its axis.

Well, Annie Egan came up with enough red awning material for Colby to sew together two 20-foot Santas for that sign.

They’re on the second Santa, Colby said, and when this one’s done, so are they.

“We’ll probably finish about the same time,” Colby said.

Staff Writer Randy Wyrick can be reached at 970-748-2935 or rwyrick@vaildaily.com.

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When: Today. Events begin at 4 p.m.

Where: Broadway, downtown Eagle.

Among the events: 4 p.m. Photos with Santa begin.

4 p.m. Word of Life Church will perform its Christmas Stomp routine up and down Broadway.

4:30 p.m. The United Methodist Church Children’s Theater will perform its Christmas play at the Health on Broadway building.

4 to 6 p.m. The Masons of Castle Lodge 122 and their partners at the Eagle Fire Department will host an open house at the Masonic Lodge. Take a tour, and donate toys or money to annual toy drive.

4 to 6 p.m. The Dickens Carolers will roam the venue singing Christmas carols.

4 to 6 p.m. Eagle Valley Dental is sponsoring a shoe drive to collect shoes of all sizes (gently used or new) to be distributed to Ghana in February and Cochabamba, Bolivia, in April. It’s for ABLE Missions — Assisting Better Living Everywhere — a nonprofit organization.

4 to 6 p.m. Business and shops up and down Broadway will be open with special Christmas on Broadway deals. Vendors and booths will line the streets.

4 to 6 p.m. Ed Oyler’s horse-drawn carriage rides.

6 p.m. Town of Eagle tree lighting.

6 p.m. Following the tree lighting, the Christmas on Broadway Parade. The grand marshal is former Eagle County Commissioner Johnnette Phillips.

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BEAVER CREEK — There’s a new restaurant in Beaver Creek. Local restaurateur John Shipp, president of Dionysus Group LLC, opened the The Metropolitan this week. Called The Met for short, the restaurant offers one of Beaver Creek’s only nonhotel breakfast menus, along with a high-end espresso bar, at affordable prices not normally found in the Vail Valley. It also has one of three Enomatic Wine Dispensers found in Colorado and will serve as a wine and tapas bar at night.

The concept came easy to Shipp, who, as owner of the Dusty Boot restaurants, discussed restaurant needs in Beaver Creek with friends.

“We thought Beaver Creek needed a coffee shop besides Starbucks — one that was more warm and comfortable, one that you could hang out in,” he said.

Open from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m., The Met is located in the St. James Place condominiums on the east end of Beaver Creek Resort below the Dusty Boot. Patrons will be able to use free high-speed wireless Internet and plug in computers sitting in just about any seat.

Dark roast, light roast and decaf coffee from Colorado’s Dazbog Coffee Co. will be served daily and will be used in all espresso drinks. Shipp invested in La Marzocca’s Super Grinder and espresso machines to ensure the perfect grind and the most delicious espresso drinks in the Vail Valley.

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From breakfast to tapas The Met uses ingredients such as Wolferman’s English Muffins, applewood smoked bacon and authentic Wisconsin white cheddar cheese in its breakfast sandwiches. Breakfast offerings range from $4 to $7.

At night, The Met will change over to a wine and tapas bar, with more than 80 U.S. and international wines on its list. Chosen specially by bar managers Darryl Slate and Jeff Anderson who collectively carry 50-plus years of restaurant experience, The Met’s wines range from $10 to $375 per bottle.

“The wines will change often but will always have something to offer everyone, from the wine novice to the wine expert,” Slate said.

The Met has an Enomatic Wine Dispenser, a wine-serving machine that fits as many as 16 bottles at one time, has four temperature zones for various wine types, and serves exactly a 1.5-ounce, 3-ounce or 6-ounce serving.

“This is the most incredible machine I’ve seen,” Shipp said.

“It’s a great way for people to compare and taste wines to which they wouldn’t normally have access.”

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Prices will range from $5 to $25.

Interior designer Michelle Anderson created the relaxed environment where “urban meets mountain with an old warehouse effect,” Shipp said. She used only local business partners such as Marmot Electric, Rocky Mountain Creations, Avon Plumbing, Arrigoni Woods and others. Brick walls are paired with Austrian reclaimed wood flooring, beetle-kill trees from Colorado for the bars, dark steel details and modern lighting fixtures and furniture.

The Metropolitan will sponsor the children’s area at the base of the Audi World Cup races in Beaver Creek through Sunday. It will also host the local fundraiser for Art for Orphans on Dec. 9 and is available for group reservations ranging from five to 100 people.

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HORSES IN BRONZE AT VAIL GALLERY Bronze sculptor Bunny Hanley will be at Vail Fine Art Gallery in Vail from 3 to 7 p.m. today. Hanley spent the early years of her life on a Montana sheep and cattle ranch, which is reflected in her artwork. She strives to capture the emotional connection between women and horses in her work. For more information, visit www.vailfineart.com or call 970-476-2900.

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FIND HOLIDAY CALM Stop in December 8th from 10 am to 6 pm at our Edwards and Cherry Creek stores for a calming cup of holiday tea, along with inspiring gift and holiday decorating ideas. Earn double Red Stag Rewards Club points for purchases that day, too!

Holiday Gift Cards come with some extra goodwill this season... ten percent of all gift card sales through December 24th will be donated to Habitat for Humanity in the Vail Valley and Metro Denver.

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AVON — Red Car Wine Co. was founded by Carroll Kemp and Mark Estrin in 2000 with 50 cases of Syrah from a single ton of grapes. Besides an enthusiasm for wine, Kemp and Estrin shared a Hollywood background — Kemp as producer, Estrin as screenwriter. Their intent with Red Car was simple: Source great grapes, make great wine, and market it in an inventive, What: Four-course original way. The winery name is a tribute to the winemaker dinner with electric trolley cars that founder-winemaker Carroll ran throughout Los Kemp, of Red Car Wine.

Angeles from the late Where: vin48, Avon.

19th century through the When: 6:30 p.m. early 1960s. These “red Wednesday. cars” provided transCost: $65. portation in a romantiMore information: Call cized time and place.

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AVON — Tony Gulizia What: “Funky World and members of The Cup Party,” New Min’urn Express and LitOrleans style, with tle Hercules team up for a Tony G All Stars and night of New Orleans DJ Psychonaut. funk tonight at Agave. The Where: Agave, 1060 W. group joins forces a few Beaver Creek Blvd., times a year and the result Avon. is musical delight. The All When: Today. Doors Stars deliver the classic open at 8 p.m.; Tony sounds of The Crescent G All Stars play at City, with rootsy drums 9:30 p.m. and bass, a dash of dirty Cost: $5. guitar and a thick helping More information: Call of keys. Gulizia, aka Tony 970-748-8666.

G, has been performing around the world for more than 25 years and is widely regarded as the Vail Valley’s ambassador of jazz music.

“The valley is absolutely blessed to have a man like Tony G,” said the show’s promoter, Scotty Stoughton.

“Whether he is globetrotting and spreading his mean licks or at home introducing kids to music with Jazz Goes to School, Tony always sports a smile and a positive attitude and inspires all those around him.”

The All Stars lineup consists of Scotty Kabel on vocals and guitar, Jeff Armistead on keys, Brian Loftus on drums and Joe Bianchi on the bass and electric guitar. DJ Psychonaut will spin classic dance tracks while pulling from a variety of new and old styles between sets.

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First course: Scallop crudo with caviar, micro greens, egg yolk and lemon vinaigrette; paired with 2008 Box Car Sonoma Coast Chardonnay.

Second course: Seared duck breast with Box Car risotto, duck jus and duck confit with white beans, garlic sausage and mache; paired with 2010 Box Car Pinot Noir and 2009 Aphorist Pinot Noir.

Third course: Braised lamb cheeks with gnudi, roasted squash, rosemary lamb jus; paired with 2008 Trolley Sonoma Coast Syrah and 2008 “22” Syrah.

Dessert: Devil’s food cake stuffed with vanilla cream and topped with chipotle chocolate sauce, chocolate covered bacon.

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“We have always been a huge fan and supporter of Carroll’s cool-climate Syrah and pinot noirs,” said Greg Eynon, wine director-owner of vin48.

Their initial 2000 vintage was sourced entirely from Central Coast fruit. The partners’ early experience with making pinot noir led them to prefer vineyard sites located on the cool climatic edge and focus on vineyard-designate wines.

By 2006, Kemp had a definite palate preference for Sonoma Coast pinot noir, and by 2008, all of the fruit in Red Car wines was from Sonoma County. In 2004, Red Car Wine Co. raised enough capital to buy 120 acres along the “true” Sonoma Coast, close to neighbors Marcassin, Hirsch and Blue Slide Ridge vineyards. The 2009 vintage marked Kemp’s first harvest from his new estate vineyard.

Red Car uses meticulous viticulture and transparent winemaking to craft wines with authentic character and originality. Combining Old and New World techniques, Kemp minimizes manipulation so the fruit can faithfully express the cool-climate personality of the Sonoma Coast.

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Muppets threatening to occupy Zucchini Park on Sesame Street An uprising is budding among the we all just get along?” furry insurgents of Zucchini Park, a On the brighter side of things, new public space on the set of Sesame camping out in Zucchini Park gave Street. It appears that 99 percent of the Bert an opportunity to catch up on his Muppet cast is threatening to occupy pigeon-watching and paperclip-colthe park if their demands are not met lecting. (It appears the stack of papers by noon on Monday. that resulted from the The Muppets are deeply Occupy Sesame petition upset about the unequal required a sea of paperdistribution of cookies. clips.) While other memThe Cookie Monster has bers of the cast were out been hoarding all of the birding and protesting macadamia nut and about the shortage of nutchocolate chip delights, ty bars, he was out pigeonleaving only crumbs and a ing. As he glared down the few half-eaten oatmeal barrels of his binoculars in raisin. cross-eyed amusement at Known as Cookiegate, the pigeons surrounding the movement has gone his feet, he said: “Though viral. Miss Piggy has even the pigeons are fascinatjumped on the bandwaging, it’s really the paper on, though her motivation clips that brought me out ROBERT was more personal. After here today.”

VALKO tossing Kermit across the Free spirit Ernie was park because she wasn’t famous yet, spotted frolicking gaily around Times she broke out in song, snorting and Square in a white toga with a group of grunting her way through “We’re Not very hairy Krishnas.

Gonna Take It,” by Twisted Sister.

When asked approximately how Though he, too, was concerned many Muppets were in attendance, about the imbalance in snickerdoo- Countess von Backwards started dles and sugar cookies, the Snuffleu- counting backwards and came up pagus was spotted on top of the with a tally of 7,093. “Who knew we world’s largest pumpkin in sunglasses had such a wicked-big cast?” she said. and a headband chanting, “Why can’t All protested by leaving the set and

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venturing out onto Broadway, where they joined Miss Piggy in her righteous refrain against those in power — in her denouncement of those who are famous and have stockpiles of peanut butter cups and cake. (It should be noted that later that day, the manager of the show allowed them to eat cake.) As the cast marched, they echoed Miss Piggy’s cries about not taking it anymore.

When they came upon the Wicked Witch of Wall Street, they grew concerned about their fuzzy pelts and her habit of flinging fireballs around. A terrified Miss Piggy stopped and said “What do we do now?” This was repeated by her followers.

It just so happens that a similar phrase was repeated by members of some weird group called Occupy Wall Street. When getting off a subway train in New York after being kicked out of Zuccotti Park, the leader of one of the group’s faction’s said. “What do we do now?” this was promptly repeated by his followers. Go to npr.org and search Occupy Protesters Fan Out Across New York to hear this highly organized militia in action.

Email Eagle County resident Robert Valko with column ideas at vailko@yahoo.com.

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RESTAURANT LISTINGS & SPECIALS Avon

AGAVE/ 970-748-8666

Super Taco Tuesday $1.50 Crispy Tacos until midnight – live music at 10 pm

VIN 48/ 970-748-WINE

Nightly Happy Hour- $8 or less small plates, $5 select glasses of wine

GONDOLA PIZZA/ 970-845-6000 Lunch Buffet: Mon-Fri, 11am-3pm, all you can eat pizza, homemade soups, garlic bread sticks, salad bar & drink $8.99. Pasta Dinners $8.99

NOZAWA SUSHI/ 970-949-0330

50% off all sushi rolls & entrees from open to close daily. Dine in only. Happy Hour 4-6pm, Discounted Hot Sake & Beer. Bento Lunch 11:30am-4pm includes tempura, California roll, choice of main entrée, soup or salad & rice.

CIMA/ 970.790.5500

Happy Hour Daily 2:30pm – 6:00pm - $5 Featured Cocktails, $5 Small Plates.

Sunday Brunch – 7:30am – 2:00pm- $24 adults, $12 children includes coffee and juice. Live Music with BLT from 11am – 1pm.

PASTATIVELY /970-328-7324

Roberto’s Italian Cuisine. Serving Lunch and Dinner Daily. Check out the new Salumeria! (Italian Grocery Store) Across from City Market in Eagle.

Edwards

MAIN STREET GRILL/ 970-926-2729

$12 Entrees have returned! Fri: Live Music. Sun: Brunch 11-3, Kids Eat Free w/ Adult entrée 5-10. Mon: Mussels and Martinis. Tue: Two for 1 entrees. Wed: $6 Burgers and $10 Cajun Entrees. Thu: Rib and Pitcher Night. Every Saturday and Sunday: $5 Nachos, sliders and wings. $2 Select beer specials. Live Music

ETOWN/ 970-926-4080

Great Food for the whole family. $6.95 Lunch specials Monday - Friday and Daily Happy Hour specials and the best Deck around!Open 10 am for Breakfast Saturday & Sunday for Football Season

ZINO RISTORANTE/ 970-926-0777

2 courses for $29 $6 mussels every Tuesday night!

Located in the Inn at Riverwalk

SMILING MOOSE DELI/

UP THE CREEK /970-476-8141

Great Soup & Sandwiches, Breakfast served all day and don’t feel like cooking, pick up lasagna or baked ziti for the family.

We cater too. .

LANCELOT/ 970-476-5828

970-926-2400

LOCAL JOE’S PIZZA / 970-926-4444

Open EVERY DAY 11AM-2AM. Full bar- all day Happy Hour! Delivering to the entire valley!

JUNIPER / 970-926-7002

Contemporary Fine Dining featuring their new winter menu. Located in Riverwalk.

Enjoy 50% off all Entrees.

Eagle / Vail

GROUSE MOUNTAIN GRILL/ 970-949-0600

Contemporary cuisine with a regional focus. Cozy mountain ambiance, crackling fire, spectacular views. Pianist Tony Gulizia Wednesday through Sunday nights.

970-926-2220

Fresh from our kitchen to your oven! Dine in, Carry Out or Take & Bake. Great Salads, Knots & More.

GASHOUSE / 970-926-3613

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MINTURN COUNTRY CLUB / 970-827-4114

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Gourmet Greek Gyros. Get your Quickie on! At Snow Daze. Free Delivery throughout the valley.

Vail / Lionshead

MATSUHISA/ 970-476-6628 Off season specials available.

FLAME / 970-477-8600

SPLENDIDO AT THE CHATEAU /

FRENCH PRESS/ 970-926-4740

A favourite Vail restaurant throughout the year, Flame serves lavish breakfast buffets, hearty mountain fare and light, healthy options, both indoors – with views of the mountains – and on the heated outdoor terrace. Slow-cooked, hearty food is featured in the winter

LOG CABIN RESTAURANT /

ORE HOUSE / 970-476-5100

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Exciting new winter menu. Live music in the piano bar. Open Tues-Sun 5:30pm

Eagle

DIETHRICH’S/ 970-328-5021

Serving up great coffee, breakfast, lunch and sweet treats! . Now offering a DriveThru Special, Breakfast Burrito & Large Coffee ONLY $5.00! may also dine in.

FIESTA JALISCO/ 970-328-9300

Daily Happy Hour 3pm - 6pm. Check out our lunch & dinner specials - every day!

BACK BOWL & THE BOWLMOR CAFE/ 970-328-BOWL

Great Dinner Specials every night! !

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Open for Lunch & Dinner daily, Breakfast on the Weekends. Great Burgers, Sandwiches Burritos & More! Catch all the games and Free Pool Tables. Hwy 6, across from Starbucks in Edwards.

BELMONT DELI/ 970-926-1796 105 Edwards Blvd. The Real Deal Authentic New York Deli, open 7am to 7pm, 7 days a week. Come in for Daily Specials (located across Highway 6 south of the Gashouse

FIESTA’S CAFÉ & CANTINA/ 970-926-2121

Local’s Favorite Mexican food!

Lunch & Dinner served daily, breakfast Saturday & Sunday.

Fresh from our kitchen to your oven! Dine in, Carry Out or Take & Bake. Great Salads, Knots & More. Delivery East Vail to West Vail.

SUSHI OKA /970-476-1588

Ski in ski out access right in Beaver Creek Village.

Happy hour specials through December

$15 Dinner Entrees! As always, a great breakfast.

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Locals Special: Free Carafe of House Chianti & 2 free soups or salads with purchase of 2 entrees.

The Valley’s largest selection of Steak, Seafood & Wild Game. Open for Lunch & Dinner daily. 30% off apps daily.

4:30 to 6pm. Great kids menu too.

8100 / 970-827-6600

OLD FORGE PIZZA /

30% off all rolls (excepts kobe and lobster rolls, must be seated by 8:3-pm) 5:30-Close

NICKY’S QUICKIE /

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All Adult Entrees $24... catch it while it lasts!

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The Freshest Ingredients in a Casual Atmosphere! Lodge at Avon Center.

Beaver Creek

MONTAUK/ 970-476-2601

OSAKI’S/ 970-476-0977

Handcut Steaks & Fresh Seafood.

Includes unlimited salad bar and texas toast. 6 entrees at $15.95 or less!

Now Offering Gluten Free! 14” 2 - topping Pizza $10.99. $2.00 Coors Light, $3.00 Heineken. All Day/every Day. Best Pizza & Coldest Beer At Edwards Only Pizzeria!

20% off all bottles of wine and $20 entrees (½ price appetizers at bar only).

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TICINO ITALIAN RESTAURANT / MARKOS/ 970-926-7003 970-748-6792

30% Off all bottles of wine; $10 Daily chef lunch special; $35 Three course dinner special

Steak, burgers and seafood Apre specials – 1 beer 2 tacos $6 .

RED LION/ 970-476-7676

Great food for the whole family. Live Music with Phil or Brendan 4-6pm & 9-11pm daily. Watch all the games here, 19 screens with surround sound.

LA TOUR/ 970-476-4403

50% off entrees and 50% off bottles of wine for Wine Wednesday .

CINEBISTRO/ 970-476-3344 Movies, dining, all in one. For intheatre dining, please arrive 30 minutes before showtime. Visit cobbcinebistro.com for more info

Check out our advertisers ads daily for additional specials and more in-depth information.

If you are interested in participating in our weekly specials update please contact 970-949-0555.

Awesome Sushi Bar & Teppanyaki cooking at your table!

VENDETTA’S /970-476-5070

Amazing Pizza, terrific pasta and great sandwiches , Serving Lunch, Dinner & Late Night

LORD GORE/970-479-4959

Open Nightly 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Fireside dining and mouthwatering views of Golden Peak on Vail mountain. Join us for 2 For 1 on Full Entree’s & discounts on select wines. Call or book online at www. lordgorevail.com

THE FITZ LOUNGE / 800-950-8245

Open Nightly 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm.

Creekside cocktails at the base of Golden Peak. Join us for ½ price appetizers “The Fitz at 4” nightly from 4pm to 5pm. $3 Drafts, $5 House Wine, & $5 Finlandia cocktails. www.fitzlounge.com

West Vail

NOZAWA SUSHI/ 970-476-9355

50% off all sushi rolls & entrees from open to close daily. Dine in only. Happy Hour 4-6pm, Discounted Hot Sake & Beer.

Bento Lunch 11:30am-4pm includes tempura, California roll, choice of main entrée, soup or salad & rice.

LOCAL JOE’S PIZZA / 970-476-2222

Open 11AM-2AM EVERY DAY! Full bar- all day Happy Hour! Delivering to the entire valley!

MAY PALACE/970-476-1657

Fine Mandarin and Fusion Cuisine Off Season Dinner Special $12-$14 Happy Hour 4-7pmSunday Lunch Buffet 11:30am-3pm

BEARFISH BAR & GRILL / 970-476-7596

A True Mountain Sports Bar & Grill. Awesome burgers, pizza, gyros and more! 20 Flatscreens with all the games. Ski hard…eat well!

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— The Dalai Lama

Christ Church

Anglican - Eagle Valley

COMMUNION SERVICE AND FELLOWSHIP Sundays at 4:00 EDWARDS INTERFAITH CHAPEL 32260 Hwy 6 West of Edwards.

Pastor: Shane Carr 970.208.5298 goforgod1@hotmail.com

United Methodist Church of Eagle Valley Sunday Services Pastor Sid Spain Open Hearts Open Minds Open Doors

Eagle - 2nd & Howard St. • 10:00 am Traditional Worship - Children’s Church and Nursery • 6:00 pm Contemplative Service Gypsum - 118 Eagle St. • 4:00 pm Chapel Service

www.valleyumc.com

970-328-6598

Please come join us in worship of our Lord, Jesus Christ, at

First Baptist Church of Gypsum

901 Second St, Gypsum • Pastor Dr. Bruce Foster • 970-524-7990 Sunday School All Ages 9:30 AM

Sunday Services 10:30 AM & 6:00 PM

Prayer/Bible Study Youth Group 7:00 PM Wed

Men’s Prayer Breakfast / Ladies Gathering: monthly ... please call I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes.

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CHABAD JEWISH CENTER Shabbat Morning Services 9:00am 970.476.7887 JewishVail.com Jewish Vail your address for everything Jewish

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The Episcopal Church of The Transfiguration SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVCIES 8:00 AM Vail Interfaith Chapel

Join us on Sundays for Worship & the Word

10:00 AM Edwards Interfaith Chapel & Community Center

at 31621 Highway 6, Edwards East Building of the Vail Christian High School Campus

She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

-- Matthew 1

at am services only

Sunday Worship • 10:00am

Experience God! Eagle Valley High School • Gypsum Pastor Dan Rohlwing • (970) 471-1860

Child Care Care Provided Provided - -Edwards Child Edwards SundaySchool Schooland and Children’s Children’s Message Sunday Message- Edwards – Edwards For more information 476-0618 For more information callcall 970-476-0618

www.episcopalvail.com episcopalvail.com

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PASTOR SID SPAIN United Methodist Church of Eagle Valley

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wo words that appear in many of the scriptures used during Advent are wait and wake.

December is a month of waiting in the church and around the world. Ask any child about December waiting. In December worship we wait in anticipation of the birth of Christ, and we wait for his second coming, the day of his appearing to fully realize the kingdom of God on earth and to set the world right forever. We wait for Christ like a child waits for Christmas morning, forward-leaning, joy-anticipating. Hope and the thrill of unknowing, the familiar mystery of it, are all part of our waiting. We wait.

The scriptures tell us to wake up and be awake. Our souls do slumber through the December days; our spirits nod off as the waiting goes on. While our minds and our bodies hurry to exhaustion toward Christmas, our souls slumber and our spirits doze. Shopping and homegrown and community-planned festivals fill our calendars and capture our attention. It is easy to lose our focus in the hurry and to drift away from any sense of the Spirit of the season. For many of us, church or even a simple time of prayer, become another appointment on a busy calendar or an easy option to neglect. In a season of escalating hurry and exhaustion we need to hear the steady sound of those one-syllable Advent words, wait and wake. What a blessing they can be; what a relief they can bring to our weary, drowsy souls and spirits.

I remember what it was like to wait on the edge of my days and to hear my father calling me to wake up. Dad was a fisherman. Early in the week he would tell me we were going fishing on Saturday. During the week I would check the tackle box for hooks and bobbers, and test the line on my reel and pole. Finally Friday would come and I’d go to bed early. Dad believed the sunrise should find us at the lake, our first cast racing the sun to the water’s surface. The wait was always worth it and, no matter how deeply I slept, when I heard his voice I woke up.

Advent waiting and wakefulness is like that. There is simplicity and purity in the call to step aside from the rush and crush of our traditional December days and to wake up to the Spirit and to the breathtaking loveliness and promise waiting for us in every breath we take. We wait for something special, the most special of all things, and we listen for the voice of our Father calling us to wake up to the best of all days.

Covenant Presbyterian Church

CHRIST CHURCH CULTURE

Pastor, Rev. Tim Wilbanks

Weekly Service Times

Beaver Creek Chapel 8am Vail Interfaith Chapel 11am

Call 970-477-0383

1/2 mile west of exit 168 on North Frontage Rd., 480 Nottingham Rd., Avon, 970.827.4102 ~ vailnewlife.org Theme of the month: The meaning of Christmas

Sunday Speaker for Dec 4th:

Rev. Doug Bottorff Music By Linda Trotter Sunday 5:30 pm @ Avon Library 970-845-0599 www.unityofthemountains.com

Mt of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Sunday Services Vail Chapel 9:30am

Sunday Service Times 9:00 am Adult & Children’s Sunday School

Kindergarten through 8th Grade

10:00 am Worship Service (Children’s Church)

Sunday Sermon: God Listens to Our Prayers (Genesis 19:1-29)

for more information

www.connectcpc.com

Regular Services: Sun 10am & Wed 7pm

For more info please call

www.thevailacademy.org

970.328.4009 eaglebiblechurch.org

Sunday School Beaver Creek Chapel 11:30am

Edwards Interfaith Chapel Sundays 5:30pm Sunday School Directions or Questions 970-476-6610

www.mountholy.com

Standing on God’s Word SERVICE TIMES:

Sunday Mornings 9 am & 11 am [ Childcare and Children’s Classes available during both services. ]

Location: The Alpine Place ~ 35 Lindbergh Dr. [ across from Costco off Hwy 6 ]

Pastor Eric Collom A Calvary Chapel Ministry

SUNDAY SERMON

by Pastoral Intern Brian Lays “Joy In What Stands Forever” Worship

9:30 a.m. til 10:45 a.m.

P.O. Box 4875 Eagle, CO 81631 (970) 524.1463 or (970) 524.1GOD www.calvaryeagle.org

St. Patrick Catholic Church

Children’s Sunday School & Nursery

Weekend Mass Schedule Minturn 476 Pine St. Saturday 4:00pm Sunday 8:00am & 9:30am Vail Chapel 19 Vail Rd. Saturday 5:30pm Sunday 4:00pm & 5:30pm

Journeying together to know Christ’s love and to make Christ known.

Weekly Mass Schedule Minturn Chapel 458 Main St. Tuesday-Thursday 5:30pm Vail Chapel 19 Vail Rd. Tuesday-Friday 8:00am

9:30 a.m.

970.748.0040 | erpcpastor@yahoo.com | erpc.org 455 Nottingham Ranch Road, Avon

970-477-0378 | www.stpatricksminturn.com

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Artist Reception, 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., 141 E. Meadow Drive, Suite 204, Solaris, Vail Village (just above Cinebistro). Meet artist Bunny Hanley, bronze sculptor of children, wildlife and horse and rider. Call 970-476-2900.

Don Watson, 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., The Fireside Lounge, Four Seasons Resort, Vail. Live music by request.

Call 970-477-8600.

Kevin Danzig, 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m., Tavern on the Square, The Arrabelle Hotel, Lionshead Village. Late-night music with national touring troubadour. Call 970-754-7777.

Kids Bowl Free, 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m., The Back Bowl in Eagle. Each child under 12 bowls free with an adult paying the full regular rate. Call 970-328-BOWL. “The Goodtimes” Man, Steve Meyer, 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., The Club, 304 Bridge St, Vail.

“The Goodtimes Man” Steve Meyer is back for another year of rowdy and wild apres entertainment. Call 970-479-0556.

Hardscrabble, 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m., Bonfire Brewery.

Jammin’ new grass after the Eagle Christmas Parade. Call 970-389-8774.

Sarah Slaton and Jen Korte, 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m., Loaded Joe’s, 82 E. Beaver Creek Blvd., Avon. Two talented musicians from Denver sharing the stage. Free. Call 970748-1480.

Sera Schools Winter Recital, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Vail Mountain School. Celebrate our students’ hard work. Call 704-904-0303.

Three Special Guest DJs, 9:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m., Log Cabin Sports Bar & Grill, 34500 U.S. Highway 6, Edwards. Call 970-926-9726.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4 Don Watson, 3:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m., The Fireside Lounge, Four Seasons Resort, Vail. Live music by request.

Call 970-477-8600.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 Karaoke With Sandman, 8:00 p.m. - 11:59 p.m., Bonfire Brewing, 127 W. Second St., Eagle. Call 970-306-7113.

Kevin Danzig, 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m., The King’s Club at The Sonnenalp Resort. Singersongwriter plays acoustic variety. Call 970-479-5464.

Kids Bowl Free!, 4:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., The Back Bowl in Eagle. Each child under 12 bowls free with an adult paying the full regular rate. Call 970-328-BOWL. Open Mic Night, 9:30 p.m. 9:30 p.m., Sandbar Sports Grill. Free pool. Call 970-4764314.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Pilates, 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m., Vail Racquet Club on East Vail bus route. Mat class. Call VRC at 970-476-4840, ext. 2, or Patti at 970-390-2494.

Free Weekly Food Demos, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Health Nuts in Avon, across from Walmart. Call 970-949-8082.

Guided Nature Walks, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., Walking Mountains Science Center, Avon. Call 970-827-9725.

Mountain Journey School, located in Eagle Ranch. A small, in-home, Reggio-inspired preschool. Call 970-401-2124.

Sera Schools Registration, Vail Mountain School, Brush Creek Elementary School, Eagle County Charter School. Call 704-904-0303.

Walking Mountains Science Center, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., just off Interstate 70 at Avon exit 167. Call 970-827-9725.

Bingo For Bekkem, 3:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., St. Clare of Assisi, 31622 U.S. Highway 6, Edwards A fundraiser for Bekkem Barela, a 1-year-old who has recently been diagnosed with leukemia.

He is the son of longtime locals William and Ashia Barela. Call 970-376-4862.

Holiday Gift Card Campaign for Habitat for Humanity, 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Slifer Designs, 216 Main St., Suite C-100, Edwards. Call 970-926-8200.

Kid’s alpaca felting class, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Alpaca LLC, 106 Broadway (intersection with U.S. Highway 6), Eagle. Call 970-328-1211.

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Little Ninjas, 10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m., Inyodo, North Star Center, Edwards, behind Subway. Call 970-569-3083.

Vocal, Guitar, Drum and Ukulele Lessons, The Terrace, Eagle. Sweet Sound Vocal & Guitar Studio is registering students for the fall/winter session. Call 970-777-SING. Piano and Flute Lessons, The Terrace in Eagle. Dawnflute Music currently has openings for piano and flute students of all ages. Call 970-471-5704.

Beginning Tai Chi Chuan, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Colorado Mountain College, Eagle. Call 970-914-5027.

Free Adult Karate, 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m., Singletree Pavilion, Edwards. Karate and core strengthening class. Learn selfdefense and conditioning for any sport. Call 970-328-4360.

Free Adult Karate/Strengthening Class, 7:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., James Lee’s Karate, 717 Sylvan Lake Road, Eagle Ranch.

No charge for first two classes.

Learn self-defense while getting cardio and strength train-

ing. Call 970-328-4360.

Gyrotonic Equipment Class, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., The Movement Studio, 210 Edwards Village Blvd., D206, Edwards. Call 970-471-4771.

Mellow Flow Yoga, 9:00 a.m. 10:15 a.m., Dogma Athletica, 137 Main St., G-001, Edwards.

Open to all levels. Call 970688-4433.

Pure Barre, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., 216 Main St., Riverwalk, Edwards. Total-body workout tones thighs and burns fat utilizing the ballet barre to perform small, isometric movements set to music. Call 720412-2486.

Shotokan Karate of Vail, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Monday and Wednesday at the Gypsum Rec Center and Tuesday and Thursday at Edwards Elementary School. In Eagle County since 1973. A traditional martial art for the mind, body and spirit. Call 970-524-2349 or 970-390-7379.

Taekwondo, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, 8:00 a.m. 9:00 p.m., Inyodo Martial Arts,

Edwards and Eagle. Free to try.

Call 970-569-3083.

Join the Vail Valley Medical Center Volunteer Corps, Vail Valley Medical Center. Join this fun group of volunteers today.

Accepting full and part-time residents. Call 970-479-5068.

By-Donation Yoga, 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m., UMA Fitness, 34500 U.S. Highway 6, B9, Edwards. Yoga with Jaxon. $10 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.

Call 970-390-1250.

Limitless Expansion Yoga Workshop with Desi Springer, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., The Vitality Center at Vail Mountain Lodge & Spa. Call 970-4767960.

Patterns of Joy Sewing: Compassion Outreach Holiday Project, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Location of your choice.

Communitywide service project sewing fleece hats for children. Call for details or to reserve date, time and location for your group. Call 970-3903460.

Patterns of Joy Sewing: Holiday Gift Projects, 11:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m., Eagle. Beginner-level sewing lessons for women.

Reserve a time and day to sew.

Call 970-390-3460.

Family Naturalist Club, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Walking Mountains Science Center, Avon. Explore the outdoor features of the Science Center.

Call 970-827-9725, ext. 129.

Mountain Montessori Openings, 77 Metcalf Road, Avon.

Call 970-390-3941.

OLYM PI C M ED A L IST A N D HA L L OF FAM E SKI ER

B I L LY K I D D

SKIING TO THE RACES Beginning Friday morning, intermediate and advanced level skiers and snowboarders can access the race grandstands via Red Tail.

C.Anthony Gallery invites you to meet and greet this true “SKI LEGEND” Saturday, December 3rd from 3 - 5 pm Billy Kidd is first American male to win Olympic Medal in Alpine Skiing Acquire original ski paintings by World Class Sports Artist MALCOLM FARLEY Signing and photo opportunities

Intermediate & Advanced – Take Centennial Express Chairlift (#8) to Spruce Saddle and follow Red Tail toward Red Tail Camp paying special attention to the directional signage near the end of the trail.

Experts can watch the action by skiing to the “Pumphouse” viewing area along the race course. Pumphouse spectators will be required to stay for the duration race and then will be escorted from the area, down the race course following the end of the race. From Flattops trail, ski to Goshawk trail where staff will be manning an entrance gate to Pumphouse and will provide directions.

NOTE: Peregrine trail is closed and no skier access is permitted.

Skiers are reminded that ducking any ropes or closures is a violation of the Colorado Ski Safety Act. There is no beginner skiing access to the races. Beginners should ride the bus.

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LAST WORD IN ASTROLOGY

By Eugenia Last

DEAR ABBY

By Abigail Van Buren

HARD-WORKING GIRL DISAPPOINTED BY MOTHER'S LACK OF GRATITUDE DEAR ABBY: I'm a 12-year-old girl who has a problem with my mom. Once a week we clean the house, which is fairly large. Even when I do a good job on every room my mom never says, "Nice job," "Good work," or even a simple "Thanks." It hurts my feelings because I thank her for all the things she does for me. Am I wrong to want or expect compliments in return? -NEVER THANKED IN OREGON DEAR NEVER THANKED: No, you're not wrong. I don't know anyone of any age who doesn't crave positive reinforcement. Have you mentioned to your mother how this makes you feel?

Because if you haven't, you're expressing your disappointment to the wrong person.

DEAR ABBY: I'm 15 and my parents have decided they want to have another kid. Shouldn't parents talk to their other children about this?

None of us were asked for our opinion -- we were just informed.

Mom has had health problems almost my entire life, so I had to grow up extremely fast. I watched her have a seizure while we were out shopping, and she was often in the hospital. I CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Amanda Seyfried, 26; Holly Marie Combs, 38; Brendan Fraser, 43; Julianne Moore, 51.

Happy Birthday: Impulsiveness will lead to mistakes. Stop and consider whether you are doing the right thing. This year can end up being a lesson or an accomplishment. It's up to you to pick the best course of action and to be responsible. No one will intervene if you show promise and proceed down a clear and logical path. Your numbers are 8, 13, 20, 23, 31, 33, 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep your emotions in check and you can accomplish anything you set out to do. Make a positive choice regarding a money matter and you will save yourself a bundle.

An interesting position may tempt you. Get the lowdown before making a move. 3 stars TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Look for any opportunity to show off your skills. Networking will enable you to connect with someone who has something to offer you. Take advantage of any chance you get to travel, learn or enhance your relationship with someone special. 4

don't want another child to go through this, too.

When I say something I'm told I'm being selfish and rude. This new baby is already loved more because my dad hopes she will be better than me. Am I wrong to feel this is unfair? -UNHAPPY TEEN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEAR UNHAPPY TEEN: Fairness may not enter into it at all. The reason you and your siblings were not asked for input about your mother having another child may be that the baby was as much a surprise to your parents as it is to all of you. Your complaining won't improve the situation, which may be why you've been told you need an attitude adjustment.

You say you grew up extremely fast. Well, it's time to accelerate the process even more. This isn't a competition for your parents' love. I'm sure they love all of you and they'd show it if you stopped being self-centered. Please give it some thought.

DEAR ABBY: Every year we send a holiday letter along with our greeting cards. The letter usually highlights events of immediate family members from the past year. This year there is a

stars GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Choose your battles wisely.

Personal matters will spin out of control if you haven't been clear about your intentions. Avoid making a mistake that will cost you financially and emotionally. Concentrate on making your home environment a better place. 2 stars CANCER (June 21-July 22): You'll be drawn to people who are stable and who can offer you something tangible. Don't let uncertainty or your responsibility to someone alter an important decision. Base what you do on facts and figures that work for you. 5 stars LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don't fear change that alters where you live or how. Follow your heart and make decisions based on what's best for you. As long as you stay within your means you will be happy with the outcome of any move you make. 3 stars VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don't feel pressured to do anything that could backfire. Protect your assets and your emotional wellbeing. Concentrate on what you want and what will make you happy with the way you look, feel and pro-

problem.

Our 22-year-old son, "Dexter," is in jail on burglary charges related to a drug problem. Many of our friends and relatives already know about this, but others are not aware.

Our son's siblings are doing well and we like to report on their activities. However, we are confused concerning Dexter. We really cannot send the holiday letter and leave him out, but neither can we fabricate a story concerning his status.

Telling the truth would be informational but also awkward. We would appreciate your advice. -HOLIDAY LETTER WRITER DEAR LETTER WRITER: Write the letter as you usually would, and when you get to your incarcerated son, say: "Dexter has taken some time to rethink his future. He sends you all his love." You do not have to go into any more detail or belabor the point.

Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

ceed in the future. 3 stars LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You'll be tempted to make a sudden move that can cause problems at work or home. Consider other options before you spend on something you don't need or do something that will put you in a precarious position. 3 stars SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Open your eyes, size up your situation and make a move that will allow you to use your skills to get ahead. A chance to involve someone from your past will improve the outcome of a project. Love is in the stars. 5 stars SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If something isn't going right, make the necessary changes.

Running from problems will only make your situation worse. Face the music, say what's on your mind and do whatever it takes to improve your life. 2 stars CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Talk about your intentions and you will get the feedback you need to tweak your plans. Ask about an opportunity that is causing uncertainty and you will get a better understanding of the potential of what's being offered. 4 stars

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Take advantage of any chance you get to make extra cash. Improve an underdeveloped skill and market it in a unique way. You can create demand if you use imagination. A partnership will bring greater opportunity. 3 stars PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you ask for help and offer help in return, you'll end up in a partnership that can contribute to financial growth. A past lover or co-worker will want to catch up and reconsider reuniting personally or professionally. 3 stars Birthday Baby: You are insightful, determined and steadfast in your beliefs.

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