Articles for Monday, May 5, 2008
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Curtis Wackerle, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
Some aspects of Aspen’s summer construction season get worse before they get better.
Certain types of work, such as the curb-and-gutter project that is nixing parking along Hopkins Avenue, are only allowed during the off-season.
by
Catherine Lutz, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
A group of local residents working within various nonprofits are hoping to plant some seeds this summer — literally and figuratively — that could change the way the Roaring Fork Valley eats.
They’re starting with some farmland and a group of interested students, and hope that, as energy prices rise and the world food supply declines, the message will spread.
by
Brent Gardner-Smith, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
Ballots for the first Aspen Valley Hospital board of directors election since 2004 are due back at the hospital by 7 p.m. tomorrow. And while the campaign season has been a quiet one so far, the seven candidates running for two open seats reflect a fair diversity of backgrounds.
Ballots were mailed to district residents on April 11 and can be hand-delivered to the hospital’s administration office until the deadline. The office will open at 7 a.m. Tuesday. If mailed, ballots must be received — not postmarked — by Tuesday.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
The L’Auberge d’Aspen cottages on Main Street will remain open for guests through the summer, as the Jewish Community Center construction project is taking longer than anticipated to get started.
The project would have been one of Aspen’s largest this season, replacing the 16 cottages at Fourth and Main streets with a 19,000-square-foot structure housing a synagogue, rooms for special events and classes, a Jewish library and a daycare, among other features.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
A structure fire just off Stark Mesa Road south of Carbondale on Sunday destroyed a barn with attached greenhouse, a chicken shed and an adjacent horse shed, Carbondale Fire District spokesman Doug Davis reported.
“The cause of the fire is under investigation,” Davis said.
From the From the Associated Press
Monday, May 5, 2008
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Colorado Sen. Wayne Allard has joined other Republican members of Congress in pushing for more domestic energy production by removing barriers to oil shale leasing in Colorado and other parts of the region.
A bill introduced Thursday by Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., would repeal a one-year moratorium on approval of final regulations for commercial oil shale leases on federal land. It would also allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Sports
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Jonathan Bastian, Roaring Sports Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
On the ice, Jeremy Abbott, 22, combines artistry and athleticism into breathless moments of perfection.
He is a creator, a dancer, a sportsman and a performer all wrapped up
into one package that has found a home on the ice and among the most
talented skaters in the world.
by
Damien Williamson, Roaring Sports Staff Writer
Monday, May 5, 2008
It was May 1. The fair mountains of the upper Roaring Fork Valley had
just been blanketed with yet another fresh layer of the white stuff,
and the temperature in town was hovering slightly above freezing. For
my part, I had just wrapped up a round of altogether-too-soon
off-season vacations and was hoping, as in previous years, that the
snow line on Aspen Mountain had, at the very least, receded to the top
of Little Nell run. Alas, someone must have applied the Rogaine.
So, still lamenting the fact that winter had obviously disregarded that
moment of astronomical significance known as the vernal equinox, I
contented myself by sitting around half asking, half demanding to know
why Ullr wanted to keep rubbing the epic winter in our collective faces.
by
Andrew Travers, Roaring Sports Columnist
Monday, May 5, 2008
Dear Aspen,
You amaze me. Your mountains are so magnificent. Your weather so sunny.
Your thinking so darn progressive. Your people so pretty. And healthy.
And rich. Really rich.
by Corby Anderson, Roaring Sports Columnist
Monday, May 5, 2008
“And then in the strange way things happen
The roles were reversed from that day
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 5, 2008
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Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 5, 2008
The Aspen Valley Hospital board is being driven by the dynamos that are John Sarpa and John Jellinek. Now in their sixth year on the board, the pair have brought the hospital out of the red, hired a new CEO and put forward an ambitious redevelopment plan for the hospital.
In 2005 the board appointed attorney Lee Schumacher to fill the seat left open by Elaine Gerson, who stepped down to take the position as the hospital’s in-house attorney.
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Sheldon Fingerman, Aspen Daily News Columnist
Monday, May 5, 2008
I used to love the peace and quiet of the off season. Just a lazy time of year between the ski season and the summer season when we could kick back and stop and smell the blooming flowers.
Now we have to put up with bulldozers, trucks carrying everything from dirt to gravel to nothing, and the “beep, beep, beep” of construction vehicles backing up at 7 and 8 a.m. It’s kinda like a heavy equipment mating call, but not quite as appealing as listening to birds chirping against a background of silence.
by Helen Thomas
Monday, May 5, 2008
The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture.
Whether Bush was believed or not is another story — especially in light of the photographic evidence of the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, the prison near Baghdad. It’s understood that many of the photos are too sadistically graphic to be made public.
Letter to the Editor
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 5, 2008
Editor:
I was very disappointed in the choice of “highlighted” quote in the article about River Meadows tree cutting.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 5, 2008
Editor:
A few words regarding the article about the “diseased and dying” trees that were cut down along the Roaring Fork River in the River Meadows mobile home park in Glenwood. If these trees were diseased and dying, then the park manager and the “tree care” contractor were right. They needed to be cut down.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 5, 2008
Editor:
The news of Lathrop Strang’s death reached me while I was on vacation more than 3,000 miles away, and spread rapidly amongst the core Aspen locals there at the same time.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 5, 2008
Editor:
Another note on discretion, as it seems to happen with the English language as well as societal norms: Evolution is a constant.