Archive for February, 2010
Aspen's ace snowboarder Chris Klug, an Olympic bronze medalist from the 2002 Salt Lake Games, still has a chance this weekend to restore Aspen's honor with an astonishing run in the giant slalom--but no one's expecting a 38-year-old Olympian to magically claim the gold.
Klug will no doubt acquit himself well, as he always does, but a trip to the podium is unlikely if not quite impossible. Should he exit Vancouver without a medal, we can begin to talk about The Aspen Curse at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Continue Reading February 26th, 2010
Michael,
You and Barry discussing sanctions is almost goofy. Sanctions have meant sanctuary for Kim Jong Il. Sanctions on Iran? Black market trade will flourish as it always does, not to mention non-compliance. Both of you "know" this. Why discuss the equivalent of a bad chess move.
Sanctions are for Western Democracies, so they can feel good. They hurt the people who have guns pointed at them. See Cuba, Iraq, etc, etc, etc.
February 26th, 2010
Thursday February 25, 2010
The name of the skier who was killed in an avalanche near Ashcroft this week has been released.
Aspen resident John Joseph Kelley, 60, a local carpenter and experienced backcountry skier was the only fatality in Tuesday’s snow slide near the Lindley Hut. Kelly was a member of a larger group ski touring in the area.
Investigators are not releasing any information about their search for whoever threatened an explosion at a mid-valley grocery store last week.
The Orchard Plaza Shopping center was evacuated last Tuesday after police received a telephone call that said a bomb would go off by five p.m.
No device was discovered. Local authorities along with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation are not saying who the caller may have been or any description of the caller’s voice or possible gender.
Thousands of dollars in business was lost by merchants because of the bomb scare.
Deborah Cameron with the Denver bureau of the U.S. Census says workers are ready to hit the streets next Monday when the official counting begins.
Cameron has also arranged for local news to accompany some of the census workers in the Roaring Fork Valley, as questions including some relating to ethnicity are posed to residents.
Local activist Luis Polar will be our in studio guest on KSNO radio next week to explain briefly how the census works and why he feels not taking part could hurt funding for programs that benefit immigrants.
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and listen to KUUR and KSNO radio, and watch TV Aspen, Comcast Cable Channel 19!
February 25th, 2010
Wednesday February 24, 2010
Rescue teams are on site at Ashcroft, as workers look for a backcountry skier missing since Tuesday afternoon, when, at 4 p.m., an avalanche swept through an area near the Lindley Hut.
No information about the missing skier is being released at this time, except to say that the person was a local and was a member of group of eight other skiers—all locals.
We expect more information soon and will be letting you know more details as soon as we can.
Search teams in southern Colorado continue looking for a snowboarder who went missing near the Wolf Creek ski area on Saturday.
42 year old Wayne Alexander Brown of Alamosa is believed to have been snowboarding alone; his car was discovered in the near empty parking lot after the lifts closed.
New music for Aspen could be realized this fall with the Songwriter Festival.
Rock star and Aspen resident John Oates is working closely with the director of the Wheeler Opera House Gram Slaton, in organizing efforts to bring more than 30 new artists to venues around Aspen over the four days of September 16th through the 19th.
Aspen city leaders last night approved of the initial plans, presented by Slaton.
Stay tuned to local news for more information as this new event moves forward.
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and stay in touch with TV Aspen, Comcast Cable Channel 19 and our sister stations KUUR and KSNO radio!
February 24th, 2010
Who knew? Who knew that Scott Brown’s election to the Teddy seat in the United States Senate would break open the slush of bipartisanship? But hey, as Peter Gammons used to say in The Boston Globe, a guy’s got to eat, and not even a flopper like Brown can avoid the need to vote for jobs in his home state of Massachusetts.
What’s going on here? as Dick Young used to say in the Daily News.
Continue Reading February 23rd, 2010
Source: Aspen Institute
Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age, the report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, is the result of a year-long study to assess the information needs of communities across the United States. The report sets a vision for healthy, informed democratic communities and offers 15 policy measures to help citizens meet their local information needs. This report has received considerable press coverage as well as attention at the Federal Communications Commission.
Continue Reading February 23rd, 2010
Medical consultation with your M.D. is recommended with any exercise program.
Efficient Training;
In the fitness profession, Cardio-Respiratory, Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, and Flexibility are considered the components of fitness. Skeletal Strength should also be a part of this too. Without, your skeletal superstructure, to which the rest of your tissues (muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, organs) are somehow attached anchored or encased, your ability to be fit would be severely compromised.
How can we improve as many, or even all of these components in the shortest time possible? Compound movements. These movements use most or much of your muscle mass, by using the largest muscles and more muscle groups when you do them.
Some of these compound movements are considered classic lifts, things like squats, bench press, lat pulls, dead lift. Olympic lifts such as the Clean and Jerk and the Snatch are great too. There are more. There are many variations of these exercises, because they are compound in nature. Of course you can replace and switch some of them out for other compound exercises, and replace barbells with dumb bells or some machines or vice versa. But, back to answering our question.
Because these exercises use so much muscle mass, when they are done repetitively, one can get exceptional results across the spectrum of fitness components. These type of exercises with the right amount of weight, repetitions, sets, circuits and rest, can greatly emphasize improvements in one or more fitness components, without neglecting the other components. The heavier the weight that can be used and controlled, the better for bone density. The more repetitions and less rest, in general the better your Cardio-Respiratory improvements. Nevertheless, all of these types of exercises are outstanding for exercise efficiency by activating or using each fitness component, especially when done using the maximum range of motion to retain and even improve flexibility.
Be fit, and live well!
Your Personal Trainer
February 23rd, 2010
Tuesday February 23, 2010
A meeting at the Viceroy Hotel in Snowmass Village on Monday was attended by sub-contractors in the construction industry in the Roaring Fork Valley---in addition to dozens of government representatives from Pitkin County and the City of Aspen.
Al Wallace, a green developer who is currently building the Wild Pointe Ranch housing project in Elizabeth, Colorado (just south of Denver)—which will be the largest platinum LEED certified housing development in the U.S, was the keynote speaker on “Synergy”. Construction managers, energy audit specialists and planning and zoning officials with Pitkin County and the City of Aspen considered the Energy Star Program of efficient building methods.
On Monday March 15th, crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation and workers with Villabos Concrete of Denver begin repaving Grand Avenue in Glenwood Springs. The work will be done between seven a.m. and six p.m.
Plan for an extra 30 minutes for the commute as the going will be slow for about six weeks.
The work will cost about 2.5 million dollars to complete.
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and stay in touch with TV Aspen, Comcast Cable Channel 19 and our sister stations KUUR and KSNO radio!
February 23rd, 2010
Monday February 22, 2010
A snow slide on Castle Creek road nearly blocked the road on Saturday and two out of bounds skiers escaped ski patrol at Aspen Highlands on Sunday after ducking the rope near Highland Bowl. A patroller was partially trapped in a slide but other members of ski patrol could not locate the two men who triggered it.
There’s going to be talk of synergy and Leed certification today in Snowmass Village with a meeting of the Roaring Fork Valley Professional building Committee. Members include contractors from throughout the area, who will hear why building green can be done cost effectively. That meeting is today at the Viceroy Hotel in Base Village.
Saying he was running on fumes after racing in the Super G and Downhill,Bode Miller won his first Olympic Gold medal on Sunday—placing the fastest time in the super combined run.
The Canadians were denied a gold medal as the Americans took Hockey’s crown with a five to three win.
The Red Onion Restaurant in Aspen---in business for over one hundred years---will open again in mid-May. Brother and sister partners in the new Red Onion----Jennifer and Thomas Colosi—who will be our guests this Wednesday on KSNO radio, to let you know what to expect and, what it takes to do business in Aspen and succeed. It’s an important mark in Aspen’s economic recovery.
There are ten questions of the Census form, which will be explained by workers heading out this week to canvas neighborhoods and begin the ten year count of the country’s population….last estimated at 309 million people.
We want to know what you think about the census with regard to your privacy---will you fill out the form? Or will you avoid the census altogether and why?
Send your news tips and opinions to news@aspenglenwood.com, and listen to KUUR and KSNO radio, and watch TV Aspen, Comcast Cable Channel 19!
February 22nd, 2010
The arrival of Grace Church at 1776 Emma Road in Basalt--1776 is not a misprint--roiled the community in Emma as they contemplate a megachurch, albeit a teensy one, in their midst. Dead center in the Roaring Fork Valley, the more liberal members of the town were universally concerned at the prospect of hundreds of Evangelicals worshipping in their midst.
The founders of Grace Church were nothing if not resilient, and managed to beat back all challenges. The church, now visible from Highway 82, has seemed on the verge of completion for months, even though building that has yet to sport the telltale sign of the Cross. Given the inevitability of yet another Christian Church in the valley, concerned locals simply ran out of protests. A church, after all, is far more benign than a McDonald's, or so the story goes.
And that was that, from my perspective, was that--until the wife espied the cheerful green banner in front of the Eagle County municipal building Sunday afternoon, with the words: "Grace Church Gathers Here," with the times for Sunday worship.
Continue Reading February 21st, 2010
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