$ 99 SPRING TUNE THE UPDATE Your medical marijuana card can keep you from buying health insurance, a survey of insurance companies found. Insurance companies cited two reasons for refusing to sell you health insurance: 1. They don’t like their policy holders using controlled sub- stances, and, 2. Medical marijuana cards are sold to people who claim to have chronic conditions. People with chronic conditions are poor insurance risks. In Colorado, an insurance company can refuse to sell you coverage based on your health history, say local insurance agents. If you tell a doctor that you have a medical condition that warrants medical marijuana, it immediately becomes part of your medical history. That history is available to insurance companies, who can refuse to sell you coverage be- cause of what it says. ‘People should know’ We learned about it when a local medical marijuana card holder tried to buy health insur- ance. He answered all the pre- screening questions, including the ones about conditions such May 22, 2010 Local schools already tougher than new teacher merit pay bill SATURDAY Cruiser pub crawl is today in Eagle FIRST CLASS FREE with the purchase of 8 week session page 17 NEED WORKER'S COMPENSATION COVERAGE? CALL DAVE GILBERT page 14 SAVINGS! All Hunter Douglas blinds & shades HUGE 20 % off Shadey Deals, Inc page 14 Douglas Landin 328-2550 page 15 page 5 6TH ANNUAL DONKEY CHUG page 2 page 3 Stubbornly independent since 2008 POT PREMIUMS Survey finds companies denying health insurance to medical marijuana users [See POT PREMIUMS, page 18] By Randy Wyrick Giant Canyon Swing opens today Local pickers The Sloppy Mountain String Band will host an evening of dancing and foot stomping tonight at Paddy’s in Eagle-Vail. Comprised of locals Harvey Craig on Mandolin, Pat- rick on Banjo, Silent Bob on guitar and Jeff on stand-up bass, The Sloppy Mountain String Band blends blue- grass standards along with their own original newgrass jams to showcase each player’s definitive talents. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. and will continue “until the strings break,” according to the band. There’s no cover charge for the show. Paddy’s is lo- cated on Highway 6 in Eagle-Vail. The Sloppy Mountain String Band playing Paddy’s tonight Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park’s Giant Canyon Swing opens today. The attraction takes passengers 1,300 feet above the Colorado River, reaching speeds of nearly 50 miles per hour. See story inside. Loaded Joe’s in Avon is hosting the best summer party you’ll ever attend today. The staff there has been putting on the Donkey Chug for six years, and they have spent all that time perfect- ing the formula. The necessary ingredients include: five free kegs from local and independent microbreweries, three great musical acts, and some great BBQ sold nearly at cost. “We’ve always had five kegs, and we always did Donkey Chug today 5 free kegs, music starts at 2 p.m. By Joshua C. Robinson [See DONKEY CHUG, page 18] +125.38 The stock market had another tumultu- ous ride this week as disarray in Europe heightened fears of a global economic slowdown. Despite a late-day come- back yesterday, major stock indexes are down about 10 percent from the peak they reached in late April. Stock indexes ended with solid gains after starting the day lower and dipping below 10,000; the Dow closed up 125 points at 10,193.39, while the Nasdaq jumped 25.03 to close at 2229.04 and the S&P 500 rose 16.10 to close at 1087.69. 18-year old arrested for having sex with Kayleah Wilson Unrelated to homicide case An 18-year-old Colorado man has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl whose decom- posed body was recovered this week in an irrigation ditch, police said. Greeley police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said the arrest of Robert Laurencio Mon- toya, a former boyfriend of sixth-grader Kayleah Wilson, is unrelated to the ho- [See THE UPDATE, pages 12-13] ALLEGEDLY!
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$99SPRING TUNE
THE UPDATE
Your medical marijuana card can keep you from buying health insurance, a survey of insurance companies found.
Insurance companies cited two reasons for refusing to sell
you health insurance:1. They don’t like their policy
holders using controlled sub-stances, and,
2. Medical marijuana cards are sold to people who claim to have chronic conditions. People with chronic conditions are poor
insurance risks.In Colorado, an insurance
company can refuse to sell you coverage based on your health history, say local insurance agents.
If you tell a doctor that you have a medical condition that warrants medical marijuana, it immediately becomes part of your medical history.
That history is available to insurance companies, who can refuse to sell you coverage be-cause of what it says.
‘People should know’We learned about it when a
local medical marijuana card holder tried to buy health insur-ance. He answered all the pre-screening questions, including the ones about conditions such
May 22, 2010
Local schools already tougher
than new teacher merit pay bill
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6TH ANNUALDONKEY CHUG
page 2
page 3Stubbornly independent since 2008
POT PREMIUMSSurvey finds companies denying health insuranceto medical marijuana users
[See POT PREMIUMS, page 18]
By Randy Wyrick
Giant Canyon Swing opens today
Local pickers The Sloppy Mountain String Band will host an evening of dancing and foot stomping tonight at Paddy’s in Eagle-Vail.
Comprised of locals Harvey Craig on Mandolin, Pat-rick on Banjo, Silent Bob on guitar and Jeff on stand-up bass, The Sloppy Mountain String Band blends blue-grass standards along with their own original newgrass jams to showcase each player’s definitive talents.
The show starts at 9:30 p.m. and will continue “until the strings break,” according to the band.
There’s no cover charge for the show. Paddy’s is lo-cated on Highway 6 in Eagle-Vail.
The Sloppy Mountain String Band playing
Paddy’s tonight
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park’s Giant Canyon Swing opens today. The attraction takes passengers 1,300 feet above the Colorado River, reaching speeds of nearly 50 miles per hour. See story inside.
Loaded Joe’s in Avon is hosting the best summer party you’ll ever attend today.
The staff there has been putting on the Donkey Chug for six years, and they have spent all that time perfect-ing the formula.
The necessary ingredients include: five free kegs from local and independent microbreweries, three great musical acts, and some great BBQ sold nearly at cost.
“We’ve always had five kegs, and we always did
Donkey Chug today5 free kegs, music starts at 2 p.m.
By Joshua C. Robinson
[See DONKEY CHUG, page 18]
+125.38The stock market had another tumultu-
ous ride this week as disarray in Europe heightened fears of a global economic slowdown. Despite a late-day come-back yesterday, major stock indexes are down about 10 percent from the peak they reached in late April. Stock indexes ended with solid gains after starting the day lower and dipping below 10,000; the Dow closed up 125 points at 10,193.39, while the Nasdaq jumped 25.03 to close at 2229.04 and the S&P 500 rose 16.10 to close at 1087.69.
18-year old arrested for having sex with
Kayleah WilsonUnrelated to homicide caseAn 18-year-old Colorado man has
been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl whose decom-posed body was recovered this week in an irrigation ditch, police said.
Greeley police Sgt. Joe Tymkowych said the arrest of Robert Laurencio Mon-toya, a former boyfriend of sixth-grader Kayleah Wilson, is unrelated to the ho-
[See THE UPDATE, pages 12-13]
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Every day or two we take a cruise through some local police reports so we can bring you our favorites. The general theme is two-fold: (1) Some-times we’re all this silly, and (2) this stuff is funny be-cause it’s not happening to you … this time.
THE Mini MonkEy WREnCH GAnG: The Excavation All Stars were clearing some land, just like the stout-hearted pioneers who settled the West, except our stout-hearted ancestors didn’t have anything made in Peoria, Illinois by John Deere, or in Asia by Kuboto. In fact, they were pretty sure that if nothing runs like a deer, or a Deere, they’d be fine. But if it runs like a Dear they’re in trouble. That would be an 1880s Dear who just rolled into Western Kansas in a prairie schooner wagon and had been looking at the rump roast end of a team of oxen for 1,500 miles at 12 miles a day, and now Dear’s husband took a look around Western Kansas and decided that this was where God wanted them to live. At that point, Dear smacked her husband upside the head with a wagon wheel, saddled up a horse and headed east from whence she came, and under those circumstances nothing runs like a Dear.
But this isn’t like that. These guys were working a construction site at Lake Creek Village and noticed that someone had shot a small caliber bullet or a BB through
the window of one of their big excavating machines. They put duct tape on it until the glass guy could get out there to fix it, because, as any theologian can tell you, duct tape works just fine because all human solu-tions are temporary anyhow.
SEAT BElT SCofflAW: Crime numbers are sinking in Eagle County, both because the Body Politic seems to be behaving itself a little better, and because the Body Politic is a little low on cash to buy the alcohol needed to screw up the courage to ask that beautiful woman to dance, and then buy a little more alcohol to create an illusion in the Body Politic that it dances better than it actually does. So, given the lack of actual crime to deal with, a local officer noticed that Seat Belt Scofflaw was motoring about in his SUV on Earth Day, not wearing his seat belt. This would never do. The officer pulled over Seat Belt Stud, and in running his information through the Great Cop Computer he learned that Seat Belt Scofflaw’s drivers license had been revoked for a variety of offenses, but mostly because he blew off a court appearance. And we simply cannot have those sorts of Seat Belt Scofflaws motoring about loose in our spiral arm of the universe, endangering the lives of our women and children and threatening our American Way of Life. Seat Belt Scofflaw was hauled off to the Eagle County Crossbar Hotel, where he was thrown into the general jail population with murderers and rapists and people who cheat at cards. That’ll team him.
By Randy WyrickMountaineer Staff Writer
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local schools already tougher than new teacher pay bill ...Legislation won’t dump ineffective teachers until 2017
Colorado’s controversial new teacher performance pay law won’t change much in Eagle County, says the local school district’s human resources director.
One side asserts it will revolutionize education in Colorado. The other side claims it’s a fundamental vio-lation of workers’ rights.
“I think that’s just a bunch of hot air,” said Jason Glass, personnel director with the Eagle County school district. “I don’t think it dramatically changes the status quo, despite all the yell-ing about it. Everyone is making more of this than I think it is.”
Senate Bill 191 begins defining teacher effec-tiveness and how student assessment is used in de-fining teacher effective-ness. That process will take years, under the law’s timetable.
“The intent of the bill is good, in that we should define what great teaching looks like and what student achievement looks like,” Glass said. “I like the idea of measuring good teaching, measuring student achieve-ment and making it easier to do something about inef-fective teaching.”
Eagle County has been doing this for eight years, he said.
No teeth until 2015In most of the state, a tenured teacher is evaluated
once every three years. In Eagle County, tenured teach-ers here are evaluated 12 times every year by three dif-ferent people, Glass said.
Under the new law, teachers found to be ineffective for two straight years can be stripped of their tenure, but not right away.
The law Gov. Bill Ritter just signed won’t take effect until 2015. That means if a teacher is chronically inef-fective, no one can do anything about it until 2017.
“I ask you, in what other profession do you get to keep your job if you’ve been ineffective for two
years?” Glass said. “Two years? If you’re ineffective in front of kids for two minutes in this district, you’ll get moved.”
“It’s not about the adults’ career, it’s about the kids learning,” Glass said.
Glass quickly added that the vast majority of lo-cal teachers love their students, love teaching and are working hard to make sure that learning is happening every minute of every day.
But something needs to be done about statewide stu-dent dropout rates, said Rep. Christine Scanlan, who sponsored the bill and represents Eagle, Lake and Summit counties in the Colorado House of Representa-
tives.“Twenty-five percent of
all kids in Colorado drop out of school. For poor and minority kids, it’s 50 per-cent,” Scanlan said. “It’s clear that something is not working. We know that the two most important factors in improving education are quality principals and quality teachers, and this new law addresses both.”
And a committee was formed …For the next few years, about all Senate Bill 191 ac-
complishes is establish a committee.A governor’s committee will define what good teach-
ing looks like, and define what student performance is. The first set of recommendations are due by March 2011. The state board of education is supposed to ap-prove it, then it goes back to the state legislature in 2012 for more wrangling.
It doesn’t take effect until 2015.Two parts are being developed by a governor’s com-
mittee.• At least 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation is de-
termined by student achievement.• At least 50 percent of a principal’s evaluation is de-
termined by a combination of student achievement and teacher effectiveness.
It comes back to the legislature in 2012, when the wrangling begins all over again.
“I ask you, in what other profession do you get to keep your job if you’ve
been ineffective for two years? ... Two years? If you’re ineffective in front of kids for two minutes in this
district, you’ll get moved.”— Jason Glass, Eagle County school district personnel director
By Randy WyrickMountaineer Staff Writer
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The newest attraction at Glenwood Caverns Adven-ture Park in Glenwood Springs is an adrenaline junky’s dream come true. The Giant Canyon Swing will take passengers on an exhilarating ride out over Glenwood Canyon, 1,300-feet above the Colorado River, reaching speeds of nearly 50 miles per hour. The swing opens today.
“We’ve been testing the Giant Canyon Swing for several days now and the reaction is truly incredible,” Steve Beckley, who owns the Adventure Park with his wife Jeanne, said earlier this week. “It’s much more of an adrenaline rush than the previous swing. It literally takes your breath away!”
The pneumatically powered Giant Canyon Swing will take up to four passengers at a time on a 60-sec-ond thrill ride, launching them 112 degrees into the air. Rising above the horizon level has consistently elicited screams, and a few exclamations, during testing.
“Since the swing is on an arm rather than cables, it actually lifts you up higher than 90 degrees,” explained Beckley. “That seems to be when the screaming really kicks in.”
Wade Beattie, who manages the Tram Base and has worked at the Adventure Park since 2003, added, “I’ve been all over the country testing different rides and this swing is definitely one of the biggest rushes I’ve experienced. There’s nothing like it in this part of the state.”
The best value for enjoying the new swing and other Adventure Park attractions is the Day Pass. The Day Pass costs $39 for adults, $35 for kids 3 – 12, and in-cludes a ride on the Iron Mountain Tramway and park admission, plus unlimited access to Alpine Coaster, Gi-ant Canyon Swing, 4D Ride Theater, Laser Tag arena,
Bungee Trampolines, GiddyUp! Western ride, Fort WhereAmI maze, Demon the mechanical bull, Doc’s Rock climbing wall and Wild West Adventure Wagon. Guests can add a 70-minute guided Cave Tour for just $5 more. It costs $9, plus tram ride, to ride the new Gi-ant Canyon Swing. Annual Tram Passes are available for $25. Group discounts are available.
Guests must be at least 48 inches tall to ride the Giant Canyon Swing.
The park is open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Longer summer hours will begin on May 28, when the park will hold a Summer Kick-Off Party and “Can for a Tram” concert event featuring The Missing Link Band. For more information, visit www.GlenwoodCaverns.com or call 970-945-4228, ext. 0.
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Cruiser Pub Crawl rolls this afternoonOne Eagle hosting event in downtown Eagle
The Cruiser Pub Crawl is one of those brilliant ideas that makes you wonder why no one thought of it soon-er.
It’s today in Eagle, and could not be simpler. You get on your bicycle and ride around downtown Eagle from pub to pub, doing what people do in pubs – and more.
“We started it last year because we want to make sure everyone knows how good our restaurants are in Eagle,” said Erin Seabury of One Eagle, which is run-ning the event. “And besides, it sounded fun and Eagle-like.”
The bikes have to be human powered. No motorcy-cles, even if it’s a seriously cool Triumph Bonneville.
It’s $5 for One Eagle members and $10 for non-members. Sign on with One Eagle for $25 and the pub crawl is free.
The registration fee includes one chance to win a Felt Cruiser, worth about $550 value and you get drink spe-cials at all the participating pubs.
It works like this:2-4 p.m. Pre Pub Crawl lunch specials at Moe’s Bar-
becue and Pazzo’s Pizza
3:30-4:30 p.m. Registration at Broadway Liquors4-5 p.m. Paradigms. At 4:30 they run the Best Bike
Trick contest, where you will hear those famous last words, “Here, hold my beer and watch this!”
5-6 p.m. Grand Ave. Grill. At 5:30 it’s the Best Cos-tume contest. If you want to win, you gotta play dress-up.
6-7 p.m. Dusty Boot. At 6:30 it’s the Most Well Dec-orated Bike contest.
7-8 p.m. Broadway Bistro At 7:30 you’ll get to be part of the Sexy Legs contest, and Seabury guarantees that there will be some nice legs at that party.
8-9 p.m. Brush Creek Saloon where they’ll drawing for the Cruiser.
wander over to the nearest libation location and settle in for a Bloody Mary. It’s all pretty unofficial.
The Clunker Nooner Ride encourages bicyclists to break out their oldest bike and meet in front of the Mountain Pedaler, at the corner of Second Street and Broadway in Eagle.
They’ll ride at a leisurely pace up the Boneyard trail, and end up at the Back Bowl.
By Randy WyrickMountaineer Staff Writer
This photo, taken by Avery Cunliffe at last year’s one Eagle Cruiser Pub Crawl, pretty much sums up the event. There will be a lot of bikes, a lot of fun and a few costumed freaks. it starts at 2 p.m. today.
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The Colorado Birding Trail has expanded to the west. Colorado’s southwestern region has now been incorpo-rated into the Colorado Birding Trail web site at www.coloradobirdingtrail.com.
This trail features 13 new routes and more than 200 sites that provide wildlife viewers and birders with out-standing opportunities to see unique species in Colo-rado’s most spectacular environments.
From shorebirds along the edges of Fruitgrower’s Reservoir near Eckert to the sandhill cranes in the San Luis Valley, these routes highlight some of the best places for bird watching and wildlife viewing in Colo-rado.
Nearest to us, the site details the Headwaters Trail, which includes parts of Leadville and Turquoise Lake.
The web site provides a variety of helpful informa-tion, including: species you’re likely to see, habitats you’ll encounter, location maps, directions, availability of public and private facilities, latitude/longitude coor-dinates of sites and a general description of each site. The web site also explains techniques and etiquette for watching birds, descriptions of other wildlife you’re likely to see, and resources for learning more about birds and the environment of Colorado.
The Colorado Birding Trail was launched in 2007 by the Colorado Division of Wildlife in partnership with Audubon Colorado, Colorado Field Ornithologists, Colorado Scenic Byways, Great Outdoors Colorado, Playa Lakes Joint Venture, Rocky Mountain Bird Ob-servatory and several heritage tourism groups.
The first part of the Colorado Birding Trail, which in-cludes 14 routes, was established in southeastern Colo-rado. Those routes also are described on the web site.
“The web site provides valuable information for
novice and experienced birders and wildlife watch-ers,” said Jennifer Kleffner, watchable wildlife coor-dinator for the DOW’s southwest region. “Our goals for the Birding Trail are to lead the public to locations where they can enjoy Colorado’s natural resources, to economically link funds spent on wildlife watching to rural Colorado communities, and to increase awareness for species and conservation efforts with the general public and private landowners.”
Bird watching can contribute significantly to the economies of rural Colorado communities. A formal economic study in 2008 found that birders who trav-eled more than a mile from home to watch birds spent more than $700 million on their pastime in Colorado, which supported almost 13,000 jobs in the state.
Southwest birding aficionados can learn about where to see birds in three national parks, along county roads and scenic byways and on trails that lead deep into the high country. “Because the habitat is so diverse, from red rock canyons and windswept sage flats to alpine tundra, there are a wide variety of birding opportuni-ties,” Kleffner said.
Some of the birds found primarily or only in the southwest region of Colorado include: the Gunnison-Sage grouse, white-tailed ptarmigan, black swift, acorn woodpeckers, Lucy’s warbler, and boreal owls.
Free printed guides for southwest and southeast Col-orado will be available in July at DOW offices and all Colorado State Welcome Centers.
For the best places to see birds in Colorado, go to: www.coloradobirdingtrailcom. For more information about Division of Wildlife go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.
A screen grab from the Colorado Birding Trail web site, www.coloradobirdingtrail.com, which details the Headwaters Trail through leadville and Turquoise lake, among many other great trails.
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The IOC and World Anti-Doping Agency want more than Floyd Landis’ word that seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was guilty of doping dur-ing his cycling reign.
“He has to bring proof that this is true,” International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge told The Associated Press yesterday. “These are accusations that need to be corroborated by proof.”
“You can’t condemn without proof,” Rogge added. “He would be better off by giving evidence to corrobo-rate that, otherwise he is risking a lot of libels …. You can only sanction an athlete with tangible proof.”
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“If he has evidence, he should make that evidence available to the USADA or UCI and I’m sure if there is any substance to that evidence, either of those bodies would act,” Fahey said. “There will always be rumors about it.”
Hein Verbruggen, former president of the cycling union, denied Landis’ contention that he helped cover up a positive drug test by Armstrong in 2002.
“He has never been (tested) positive,” Verbruggen said according to many sources.
The international officials spoke after Landis, in a series of e-mails sent to sponsors and sports officials,
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The American rider was stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title and served a two-year ban for doping. He also alleged that Armstrong not only joined him in dop-ing but taught others how to beat the system.
Armstrong denied the claims by his former teammate and fired back at him for the second straight day yester-day. Lance lashed out calling the disgraced cyclist a liar and dismissed his allegations of being a drug cheat.
Armstrong responded by posting detailed e-mails on his web site from, among others, Landis and Tour of California officials.
Armstrong’s team, RadioShack, said the messages illustrate “a troubling, angry and misplaced effort at retribution” by Landis.
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Belletti wins second straight stage at Giro
Manuel Belletti gave Italy a second straight stage victory in the Giro d’Italia, winning the 13th leg while Richie Porte of
Australia retained the overall lead Friday.Belletti overtook Craig Lewis of the
U.S. shortly before the finish and then the Colnago rider held off Greg Henderson of New Zealand to finish the 138-mile ride from Porto Recanati to Cesenatico in 5 hours, 27 minutes, 12 seconds.
Henderson was second and Iban May-oz of Spain finished third, both with the same time as Belletti. Belletti’s first stage win in a Grand Tour race came a day after Filippo Pozzato earned the first Italian victory of this year’s race.
Porte finished in the main pack to
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The Byron Nelson Championship, a tournament that many say has lost its luster, got a buffing coat yester-day when high school student Jordan Spieth was able to play well enough to see the weekend. Spieth, the reigning U.S. Junior Amateur Champion, becoming the sixth-youngest player to make the cut at a PGA Tour event.
Spieth tapped in a par putt to loud cheers for a 3-un-der 137 through two rounds of his first-ever tournament against the pros.
Spieth finished his suspended opening round with a 68 yesterday, then after only a brief rest shot 69 in the second round.
Spieth is 16 years, nine months and 24 days. He’s also the second 16-year-old to make a cut this season, joining Italy’s Matteo Manassero at the Masters.
Manassero also has the best-ever finish by someone this young, having tied for 13th at the 2009 British Open.
Cameron Beckman and Blake Adams are tied at the top at -10 with Steve Elkington and Jeff Overton trail-ing by two shots.
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Romo advances in U.S. open qualifierCowboys quarterback Tony Romo
is a step closer to competing in the U.S. Open golf tournament.
Romo was among seven golf-ers who moved on to the sectional round following a round at The Honors Club of Dallas. Romo shot a 2-under 69, which put him in a
four-man playoff for three spots.Romo advances to a 36-hole
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Japanese phenom gets PGA Championship inviteJapanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa said Friday he has
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Ishikawa, who earlier this month shot a 12-under 58—the lowest score ever on a major tour—is also scheduled to compete in the U.S. Open next month and
the British Open in July.The 18-year-old Ishikawa will play in all four majors
for the first time in his career. He missed the cut at this year’s Masters by a stroke.
Ishikawa has won seven tournaments in Japan and took the 2009 Japan tour money title.
Jordan Spieth, 16, eyes his shot at the Byron nelson golf tournament Thursday in irving, Texas. yesterday Spieth became the sixth-youngest player ever to make a cut on the PGA Tour. AP photo.
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Kayleah had been missing since March when her body was found Wednesday in an industrial area about a half-mile from her house. Montoya was arrested that same day, police said.
He faces felony charges of sexual assault on a child, pattern of abuse. He appeared in court yesterday where bail was set at $100,000. His next court hearing is May 25.
Tymkowych said Montoya had previously been in-terviewed and cooperated with their missing person investigation.
Police said yesterday they were examining a “moun-tain of evidence” and developing a list of people to re-interview about the disappearance and death of the 12-year-old.
Tymkowych said they still had no suspects in the slaying but are looking at a range of individuals who had the time and opportunity to kill Kayleah and don’t have good alibis.
JetBlue says pilot didn’t threaten to crash plane
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JetBlue spokesman Bryan Baldwin said in a state-ment released Thursday that no customers or aircraft were ever in danger. Local media outlets had reported that the pilot was taken into custody for sending a mes-sage to his girlfriend threatening to crash the plane he was scheduled to fly. JetBlue dismissed that report as “vicious rumor and speculation.”
Baldwin says the airline is working with Boston au-thorities to ensure the pilot receives medical attention. The airline and the Transportation Security Adminis-tration declined to provide additional information, cit-ing privacy concerns.
Sources say it’s ClapperThe White House’s leading candidate to replace Den-
nis Blair as national intelligence director is James R. Clapper, the Pentagon’s top intelligence official, cur-rent and former U.S. officials said Friday.
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Clapper currently is defense un-dersecretary for intelligence.
Obama orders new fuel standards for future
President Barack Obama directed the government yesterday to set the first-ever mileage and pollution limits for big trucks and to tighten rules for future cars and SUVs, setting the nation’s sights on vehicles that run on half the fuel they now use and give off half the pollution.
“The nation that leads in the clean energy economy will lead the global economy. And I want America to be that nation,” Obama declared at the White House as he signed a presidential memorandum that would reshape the country’s driving habits long after he leaves office.
With the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico underscoring the risks of America’s heavy reliance on fossil fuels, Obama gave federal agencies just over a year to come up with fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for commercial trucks and buses.
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Citing “overwhelming” evidence that North Korea sank a South Korean warship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned the communist state Friday of international consequences.
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Caterer among 6 arrested in NY bomb plot
The co-owner of a catering company that orga-nized events for the U.S. Embassy is among six men detained by Pakistan for allegedly helping the failed Times Square bombing suspect, a senior Pakistani in-telligence official said Friday.
In a statement on its website, the U.S. Embassy warned that the catering company was suspected of ties to terrorist groups and said American diplomats had been instructed to stop using the firm.
Like Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-American accused in the failed New York bombing, the six Pakistani de-tainees were all members of their country’s urban elite, including several who were educated in the United States. One was a former army major.
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One of the men often traveled to the tribal areas close to the Afghan border where U.S. officials have said Shahzad received explosives training under the Paki-stani Taliban, the official said.
At least two allegedly helped Shahzad with fund-ing, the official and another Pakistani security officer said, although the exact nature of their link to the Times Square bombing suspect was still being investigated.
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as the muscle spasms he claimed to have in his back.
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His application was sent along to five insurance companies servicing the val-ley. Four declined him outright, and the fifth said it might cover him, but it would cost him twice as much.
He said he was not told anything about it when he bought his card.
“People should know that if they choose that route, they need to be aware of the chance they’re taking,” said Jamie Meirowsky, president of J.L. Haneke Fi-nancial and Insurance Services in Ed-wards. “You may be able to get health insurance, but it will cost you more.”
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around for insurance using the basic information of the young man denied health insurance because he’d bought a medical marijuana card. He’s 5-feet-7, in his early 30s and fairly fit. He does not smoke, but has a medical marijuana card for his back spasms.
Of the five insurance companies we surveyed that provide health coverage in the valley, three refused to sell a policy to a medical marijuana card holder.
One said it “might” offer coverage, but your premiums would be increased by at least 25 percent.
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Insurance agents in our area say if you apply for health insurance and are rejected for medical marijuana use, you have to disclose that information on fu-ture applications. If you lie and don’t tell them you have a card, and the insurance company finds out, the insurance com-pany can yank your policy retroactive to the date you bought it.
The same rules apply for life insurance and disability insurance – companies can refuse to cover you, or increase your pre-miums to cover their increased risk.
“A cancer patient is one thing, but if you’re young and having muscle spasms, you might want to consider some other treatment,” Meirowsky said.
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Music is best in threesAside from all the free beer, there will be some great
free music. The Boxcar Daisies will be the opening act, and they plan to bring in some new songs to celebrate their first performance at the Donkey Chug.
“We just call it acoustic original music,” said Elli Gauthier who plays the banjo and collaborates with guitarist KT Homes to write original music. Gauthier’s statement is humble considering the two musician’s collective skill with their instruments and complex harmonies. They recently released a full-length album called “Riversong,” and now they are taking time to see how their music develops.
“We’ve had a lot of transition and change right now, which is always good,” added Guathier.
The duo’s skill with guitar and banjo is considerable, but they also use instruments as diverse as a washboard and washtub bass, creating a unique and accessible folk sound.
“They are awesome,” said Austin Kurt, bartender and
barista at Loaded Joe’s.The Boxcar Daisies aren’t a stranger to the notorious
Donkey Chug, but this is their first time playing at the party.
“I definitely went to something at Loaded Joe’s where there was free beer, and it was insane and a lot of fun,” said Guathier. “As long as the weather’s good, I’m sure it’s going to be a great day. It’s definitely nice to have these things during the off-season. They kinda bring the locals together.”
Headlining the event will be local rock group 35Stone. Officially formed in 2009, these guys have been deliv-ering straightforward rock, and evolving into 35Stone for over three years. They will be playing some new pieces they’ve been working on in hopes of fleshing out material for a full-length album. They also have a few covers up their sleeves.
“We’ve kinda been around the block a little while,” said Stephen Smith, co-founder and guitarist. “We’re not sure where we fit in any particular genre, right now we’re calling it rock.”
The band consists of Chris Tatreau on lead vocals, Steve Smith on guitar, Carlos Perez on bass, and Ryan “King Kong” Rambin on drums.
They all have day jobs, but music is something they simply can’t leave behind.
“If it’s something that’s in your blood, you can’t re-ally stop doing it,” said Smith.
35Stone recently placed in the top 100 bands in the Ernie Ball Vans Warped Tour Battle of the Bands. The four best bands will be awarded more than $10,000 of free schwag and a recording deal with a professional
producer to cut an EP.Smith said that after listening to the other bands on
the list, he “thinks they have a pretty good shot.”“I think [35Stone] are one of the best upcoming
bands here in Vail,” Mason said. “They got a great sound, great to listen to. Their style of music is recep-tive to most genres. They sound great and they love to play hard.”
DJ T-Bone will bring the party home. He has per-formed internationally and was recently voted one of the top five DJs in Philadelphia. According to his Face-book page he has placed first in every DJ competition he has ever entered.
He is also a pioneer in the musical field of DVJ mix-ing, where a DJ mixes original beats and samples with remixed video content from movies, music videos and even news broadcasts. Lil’ Jon once called him “[ex-pletive] sick.”
Staff getting preppedThe staff are busy getting geared up for the 2 p.m.
kick-off “It’s just an all day party essentially,” said Kent Beidel, partner and general manager of Loaded Joe’s.
You can expect a lot of people, and a lot of people that you know.
“It’s always been big,” said Mason. “It’s always been a great turnout.”
The crowd is always above a hundred, but that doesn’t mean you won’t get enough free beer. Attendants usu-ally get one beer per keg, which is way better than pay-ing for five specialty microbrew pints.
Staff member Austin Kurt is determined to make the 6th Annual Donkey Chug one to remember, so he is fine-tuning his skill-set and getting his head in the right place.
Asked what he is doing to prepare, Austin said, “Sit-ups every morning, drinking raw-egg milkshakes, set-ting my alarm at odds hours to pour drinks in cocktail glasses for myself … a lot of meditation and soul-searching, I think ultimately is what I’m doing.”
The 6th Annual Donkey Chug is at Loaded Joe’s in Avon today, starting at 2 p.m. with a new free keg tapped every other hour until 10 p.m. The performanc-es include Boxcar Daisies from 3-5 p.m, 35 Stone from 7-9 p.m. and DJ T-Bone from 10 p.m. to close.
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