Articles for Monday, May 12, 2008
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David Frey, Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Monday, May 12, 2008
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — A web of dealers buying and
selling cocaine and methamphetamine throughout the Roaring Fork Valley
emerges from court documents filed in the cases that investigators link
to the alleged drug ring known as The Boys. For most suspects, though,
the affidavits show no clear ties to what drug task force officers
called “one of the largest drug organizations in the history of
Colorado’s Western Slope.”
Some suspects are accused of being involved in cocaine rings, but court
documents do not spell out how they are tied to The Boys. Others appear
to be street-level recreation drug dealers with no clear ties to The
Boys. Still others are accused of dealing prescription drugs, in some
cases out of bottles bearing their own names.
by
David Frey, Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Monday, May 12, 2008
An analysis by the Aspen Daily News of affidavits
filed with the cases linked to “The Boys” found specified ties to the
drug organization in 11 of the 29 adult arrests whose files are open to
the public.
Two men are believed to be members of The Boys. One is believed to be a
cousin. Five are dealers suspected of buying directly from The Boys.
One is a suspected drug runner. Two others have apparent ties to the
runner.
by
David Frey, Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Monday, May 12, 2008
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — In most of the cases tied to the alleged drug
ring “The Boys,” the connection between the suspects and the drug
network are not clear.
The affidavits paint a picture of at least two drug networks not
explicitly linked to The Boys. If they are connected, those ties are
not indicated in the affidavits, and officials aren’t saying what those
connections are.
by
David Frey, Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Monday, May 12, 2008
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Management at the River Meadows mobile home park
met with city and county officials on Thursday to begin working out
plans to protect residents in the event of a flood. The meeting
followed sharp criticism from some residents and Glenwood City Council
members for their cutting down dozens of cottonwood trees along the
banks, apparently unnecessarily, to make way for a concrete berm they
might not be allowed to build.
In response to that criticism, resident manager Karen Price distributed
a terse warning to residents not to stand in the way of flood
mitigation work.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report, Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Monday, May 12, 2008
Organizers for the Winter X Games recently announced that the 13th
iteration of the action sports event will be held Jan. 22-25, 2009 at
Buttermilk Mountain.
Practice and elimination days are Jan. 20-21, and the event will be
comprised of various competitions in skiing, snowboarding and
snowmobiling. The X Games is scheduled to end its Aspen/Snowmass
run in 2010.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report, Aspen Daily News Correspondent
Monday, May 12, 2008
Lynne Dianne Stuart died on May 3, in Torrance, Calif., at the Little
Company of Mary Hospital. Lyndy, as she was known to her friends, lived
in the Roaring Fork Valley from the mid-1970s until 1987, when she
moved to Redondo Beach, Calif.
While in Aspen, she worked for The Mountain Lid and then opened a plant
store and plant care business in Aspen named Interior Gardens. She also
worked as an accountant and bookkeeper. She loved horticulture and
anything to do with plants, and she dearly loved her cats. She had the
nimble mind of a voracious reader and a mirthful, comic imagination.
Lyndy lived life her way, a bright, laughing and kind way, and was a
dear and loyal friend. She will be remembered by her many friends
as generous, caring and funny.
Sports
by Corby Anderson, Roaring Sports Columnist
Monday, May 12, 2008
Can’t you feel ‘em circlin’ honey?
Can’t you feel ‘em swimmin’ around?
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 12, 2008
Road biking racing season kicks off on Independence Pass
It has been a long winter, during which Independence Pass has been
buried in ungodly amounts of snow. For weeks now, crews have been on
the pass with heavy machinery trying to clear the roads for the last
week in May.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 12, 2008
Aspen
Age: 35
by
Jonathan Bastian, Roaring Sports Staff Writer
Monday, May 12, 2008
Local riders descend on Rifle for a morning of motorbiking, mud and fun
On Saturday morning at 6 a.m., it appeared that the day could have gone
either way. Aspen way blanketed with six inches of snow, the sun hung
coyly behind gray clouds and the temperature was reminiscent of
February.
by
Damien Williamson, Roaring Sports Staff Writer
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Aspen Valley Ski and Snowboard Club made waves on the national ski
scene yet again last week as two of its athletes – 17-year-old Wiley
Maple and 19-year-old Noah Hoffman – secured spots on the U.S. Ski team.
Maple, an alpine ski racer who’s season was highlighted by a 15th place
result at the World Junior Championships in Spain, was named to the
U.S. Ski Team’s Development Team, while Hoffman, who was named Ski
Racing Magazine’s Junior Nordic Skier of the Year, claimed a position
on the U.S. Nordic Team.
Columnist
by
Sheldon Fingerman, Aspen Daily News Columnist
Monday, May 12, 2008
I was having trouble trying to figure what to write about, and then it
hit me, as I was watching the Bill O’Reilly show on FOX
this afternoon. O’Reilly keeps telling us how the free market will
solve all our problems, but I don’t see it.
The main part of the discussion was about health care and how the
Republicans plan to give everyone $5,000 to let us buy our own
health care, which will bring prices down. How in the hell are prices
going to come down when the government will subsidize every person who
buys health care?
by
Helen Thomas, Aspen Daily News Columnist
Monday, May 12, 2008
Some readers resented The Washington Post for publishing an Associated
Press photograph of a critically wounded Iraqi child being lifted from
the rubble of his home in Baghdad’s Sadr City “after a U.S. airstrike.”
Two-year-old Ali Hussein later died in a hospital.
by Alexander Cockburn
Monday, May 12, 2008
Listening to Hillary Clinton’s top aides trying to put a good face on
the results of the Indiana primary had the same surreal quality as an
aide to Hitler reporting “encouraging news” from Stalingrad.
Her candidacy died on May 5. She needed at least a 10 percent win in
Indiana, and in the end, she scraped through by not much more than
16,000 votes. Every day she stays in the race now means more zeroes on
her campaign debt, which probably tops $25 million right now, when all
the IOUs are counted. Hillary might have to go back into the cattle
futures business.
Letter to the Editor
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 12, 2008
Editor:
Following is a letter I sent to state Rep. Kathleen Curry, encouraging
her to take leadership to sponsor legislation that would allow the
rebirth of small diary farms and local dairies in Colorado. She
is a rancher from the Gunnison area, and may be willing to support this
effort to allow diversity and contribute to a more sustainable
agricultural economy here. Colorado communities have been missing
this beneficial small industry since the 1950s.
Aspen Daily News Staff Report
Monday, May 12, 2008
Editor:
The other
evening I answered questions for a survey I assume was to educate as
well as to inquire about the need for affordable housing for the school
district, the hospital, RFTA, the Aspen Skiing Company, the city and
other entities.
When asked what I felt were the three most pressing issues in this
valley, I replied affordable housing, mass transit (what happened to
the train?) and affordable retail spaces where all these employees (and
their employers) can go to shop for underwear, get their shoes
repaired, go to a walk-in clinic that is in town rather than at the
hospital, dine, drink, dance and generally have fun.
