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Eagle’s town board election is being viewed by some as the sec-ond round of last January’s Eagle River Station election.

Eagle voters get a final look at

the five candidates at tonight’s candidate forum. The forum be-gins at 7 p.m. at Eagle town hall.

The election is Tuesday.Three seats are up on Eagle

town board. They’re being con-tested by five candidates.

Mikel “Pappy” Kerst is the

only incumbent running. Kerst has served four years on the town board. He works for the Eagle River Fire Protection District as a battalion chief.

Two members of Eagle’s plan-ning and zoning commission are running. Scot Webster is a lo-

Eagle council candidate’s forum tonightTown board election is May 4

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CORRECTIONIn reference to yesterday’s cover story entitled “Charter

high school could replace VCHS,” one group that was not contacted in the story was Eagle County Charter Academy.

They released the following statement yesterday, correct-ing some bad information.

The Vail Mountaineer apologies for the errors.

The Eagle County Charter Academy operates a K-8 school in temporary modular buildings in Edwards. Starting in 1997 for several years, ECCA offered high school classes; however, ECCA is not considering any expansion into high school. ECCA is finalizing an application for a BEST grant from the Colorado Department of Education in order to build a permanent facility in its current location for the same K-8 grades. ECCA has been in full support of the efforts of the Vail Christian High School to remain open. Based on ECCA’s longstanding goal to build a permanent school in its current location and its efforts in the last year on the BEST grant, ECCA is not currently considering any option involv-ing the Vail Christian High School. By Randy Wyrick

Mountaineer Staff Writer

cal Realtor and serves on the town’s planning and zoning board.

Scott Turnipseed is a local architect. He’s the chairman

of Eagle’s planning and zon-ing board.

Eagle businessman Matt Mueller is joining the race.

[See EAGLE, page 6]

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Russia and China to join sanction talksWith the president of France at his

side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place “within weeks,” not months, because of its con-tinuing nuclear program. But he ac-knowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations.

“Do we have unanimity in the interna-Molly Nash, left, was among the fans who joined Vail Resorts to welcome Olympic gold medalist and former Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athlete Lindsey Vonn back home to Vail Square yesterday. For many, the highlight of the program was when Vonn head-ed into the crowd to sign autographs for the youngsters in the massive crowd. It was a truly Epic event! Avery Cunliffe photo.[See THE UPDATE, pages 14-15]

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Chapel in Edwards

Father Brookes Keith gets his fireplace, the one for which he has been fighting for more than a decade.

It’s not far from the last beam that was bolted in place during yesterday’s topping out ceremony for the new Edwards Interfaith Chapel.

Upstairs in a room where adults will gather, against a wall, will be a stone fireplace. The space was going to be a balcony, until adults began remembering some of the stuff they did as kids, like jumping off balconies, and decided God’s people would be better served by a place for warm reflection, rather than a launching pad.

And so, in a quiet corner of a building dedicated to feeding both the spirit and the body, is an oasis within an oasis.

The Edwards Interfaith Chapel is both grand and un-derstated, like the God to which it is dedicated. The building will be used by a wide variety of believers, as well as community groups.

Getting the first phase out of the ground and con-structed is not a miracle on the scale of the loaves and fishes, but it blows away the 1969 Miracle Mets.

“It’s part of finding our and our values,” said Rabbi Deborah Rappaport, with the B’Nai Vail Congregation during yesterday’s ceremony. “It’s an important part of de-otherizing people of other faiths.”

The valley enjoys a 32-year interfaith history. The Vail Interfaith Chapel was built in 1969. The Beaver Creek Chapel followed in 1987.

As Eagle County’s population grew and shifted west down the Eagle River Valley, the Eagle Valley Reli-gious Foundation decided the valley needed a third in-terfaith chapel.

They foundation still needs money for this project, and to start the next phases.

Right now, the foundation consists of the B’nai Vail Congregation, the Episcopal Church of the Transfigu-ration, Mount of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Covenant Presbyterian Church.

Evans Chaffee Construction is building the chapel, and is running ahead of schedule. It’s projected for completion around Labor Day.

By Randy WyrickMountaineer Staff Writer

Rabbi Deborah Rappaport of B’Nai Vail Congrega-tion was one of those attending yesterday’s top-ping off ceremony for the new Edwards Interfaith Chapel. The final beam was set in place, with sig-natures, prayers and well wishes from dozens of people. Randy Wyrick photo.

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Eagle Valley High School’s principal was named Colorado’s Principal of the Year.

Mark Strakbein earned the 2011 Principal of the Year honor from the Colorado Association of School Execu-tives, the organization announced yesterday.

“During my interview, all I did was tell stories about our staff, and our students and our school,” Strakbein said. “I’m very fortunate. This is truly a reflection of our school.”

A seven-member board made the decision. John Hefty hired Strakbein for the Battle Mountain

High School principal’s job in 1996, when Hefty was superintendent of Eagle County schools. Hefty now runs CASE, but he had nothing to do with this deci-sion.

Strakbein was selected by his peers in the Colorado Association of Secondary School Principals, a depart-ment of CASE and an affiliate of the National Associa-tion of Secondary School Principals.

“Schools need positive energy,” Hefty said. “No one is better at creating positive energy in a school than Mark Strakbein. Students and staff significantly ben-efit from this. Not only does Mark create energy, he focuses it for the benefit of all students.”

A school administrator for 14 years, Strakbein was also principal at Red Canyon High School, before mov-ing over to run Eagle Valley High School.

Since Strackbein took the Eagle Valley High School job in 2004, the graduation rate has increased 22 per-cent higher than it was just five years ago.

Overall, 92.5 percent of Eagle Valley students gradu-ated in 2009. That’s almost 20 percent higher than Col-orado’s statewide graduation rate.

“Mark Strakbein designed and implemented one of the most significant reform efforts in high school edu-cation,” said Dr. Sandra Smyser, superintendent of Ea-gle County schools.

Those reforms include a comprehensive teacher evaluation system, systemic curriculum alignment, and student intervention and mentoring programs.

With the honor, Strakebin is eligible for National High School Principal of the Year recognition, which will be announced in early next year.

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Dr. Kelly Aremburg, a Physical Therapist at Valley View Hospital in Eagle, recently attended the 30th An-nual National Policy Seminar in Washington, D.C., to speak about the benefits of programs like TRIO that serve disadvantaged youth in college and secondary schools. Also at the conference, participating students attended two days of workshops and met other TRIO graduates from across the nation.

Dr. Aremburg, represented the state at this year’s event hosted by the Council for Opportunity in Edu-cation in support of the nation’s TRIO programs Dr. Aremburg is a 2002 graduate of Concord High School and was a student at the Lyndon State College in Ver-mont Upward Bound program, which is associated to TRIO for four years, returning to work at the program as a role model, mentor, tutor and eventually head resi-dential counselor.

Dr. Aremburg met with Vermont Congressman Pe-ter Welch and Senator Patrick Leahy and passionately spoke about how the states federally funded education-al opportunity programs impacted their college matric-ulation and completion.

Senator Bernie Sanders, a strong supporter of the TRIO programs, was at the White House for the sign-ing of the Heath Care Bill.

The TRIO Programs (initially just three programs) are funded under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and are referred to as TRIO. TRIO students are first generation college bound and from low to moderate-income families and/or are students with dis-abilities.

Vermont’s TRIO programs are federally funded edu-cational opportunity programs assisting over 800,000 middle school, high school and college bound adults

throughout the nation. Dr. Aremburg graduated from the University of Ver-

mont in May 2006 with a BS in Communication Sci-ences and then completed the Doctor of Physical Ther-apy degree in May 2008. Dr. Aremburg is a Physical Therapist at Valley View Hospital in Eagle, Colorado.

In 2008, Dr. Aremburg started a scholarship fund for Upward Bound alums that are striving to complete their degrees. Dr. Aremburg is still very active in her com-munity volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House, working with disabled athletes and teaches a senior ex-ercise class at the Senior Center.

“Upward Bound hasn’t impacted my life,” said Dr. Aremburg. “Upward Bound has changed my life.” Clearly Dr. Aremburg has benefited from what these programs have to offer, overcoming the financial disad-vantages in high school to become a doctor consulting with national congressmen.

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Currents hosting show of world’s best watches

One of the most timeless names in timepieces is hosting a watch collection show at a Vail Village jeweler.

Currents Jewelers in Vail Village is hosting a Ulysse Nardin show, running today through Friday. They’ll have around 50 hand made watches, some of the most unique time pieces made.

“Everything is hand built and hand finished,” said Rob De Luca of Currents. “They combine high mechanical tech-nology with elaborate cosmetics. It’s a nice mesh of ele-ments.”

Any watch can tell you to the time. A Ulysse Nardin will tell you everything except the name and phone number of that person you’re admiring, and you’re admiring him or her because they have the good taste to be wearing a Ulysse Nardin watch.

“We’re doing an array of time pieces that people don’t normally get to see,” De Luca said.

Currents opened in 1977 in Lionshead, and moved to the Village in 1985, where they’ve been ever since.

That’s a long time for this area, but not for Ulysse Nardin,

which has been making watches and clocks since 1846 in Switzerland.

The company started making ship’s chronometers, work-ing from shop high in the Swiss Alps. Because they were used for navigation, the chronometers had to be much more accurate of the clocks of that day.

It’s an ethic and philosophy the company still carries.From the time Ulysse Nardin opened its doors in 1846,

it has won more than 4,300 awards for watchmaking, 18 of them gold, and has earned the greatest number of patents in mechanical watch making.

Ulysse Nardin was the only watch manufacturer invited to participate in the 300th anniversary celebration of the Kremlin in Moscow. Its History in Time exhibition in the Armory Museum featured more than 100 examples of its inventions.

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Ulysse Nardin watch showCurrents Jewelers285 Bridge Street, Vail Village,Located at the crossroads of Bridge Street and

Gore Creek DriveThe show runs through Friday

Rob De Luca of Currents jewelers displays a $100,000 Ulysse Nardin watch in anticipa-tion of today’s show. Avery Cunliffe photo.


He manages Eagle Ranch Wine and Spirits.

Brandi Resa works for the Gal-legos Corporation as an accoun-tant.

Tonight’s forum gives the audi-ence a chance to ask questions.

Candidates will be available for informal discussions beginning at 7 p.m. The show starts at 7:15 p.m. with each candidate giving a two minute introduction.

Audience members can provide questions that will be asked by a

moderator. The questions must be in writing.

For the candidates, the ground rules call for no personal attacks. The same goes for the audience.

The whole thing is scheduled to wrap up by 8:30 p.m.

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The United Nations Resolution 1325 was the first res-olution passed by the Security Council that specifically addresses the impact of war on women and women’s contributions to conflict resolution and peace. Rethink-ing Peace seeks to honor the 10th Anniversary of the Resolution by presenting women who are the x-factor in the creation of sustainable peace.

The event, presented by the Vail Symposium, comes to the Marriott in Vail tonight.

Speakers include former Colonel Ann Wright, retired United States Army and retired official of the U.S. State Department; Melodye Feldman, founder and executive director of Seeking Common Ground; Judithe Registre, Country Director of Women for Women International; Dr. Karumbu Ringera, founder and executive director of International Peace Initiatives; and moderator Mi-chele Hoveywho has over thirty years experience as a community activist. The event is sponsored in part by the Empowering Women’s Fund through the Women’s Foundation of Colorado. It begins with a 5:30 p.m. keynote followed by a 6:30 p.m. reception and 7 p.m. panel discussion. Cost is $30 or $25 for Vail Sympo-sium members.

Retired Army Col. Ann Wright is removed by Capitol Hill Police on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, as Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified on the future course of the war in Iraq before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Wright joins a panel of speakers in Vail tonight for a Vail Symposium event entitled “Rethinking Peace.” AP photo.

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They call it “traditional bluegrass from Chicago.” Let’s see if it can hold up at elevation. Time Out Chi-cago says, “This bluegrass band has the right formula: heavenly harmonies on top of furious fingerpicking, trucking down the highway at 200mph. When you’re dealing with a force of nature this big, you either get on the truck or get the hell out of the way.”

Randall McKinnon and his Roadhouse Band at

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As a 24 year resident of Summit County, Randall is no stranger to the entertainment expectations and needs

of local venues and special events. An interesting life journey from minister and social worker to full-time musician has provided Randall with experiences that allow him to establish a powerful rapport with his au-dience.

His stage presence, warm vocals and solid rhythm guitar bid audiences to make themselves comfortable--it’s been said that one of Randall’s shows is like being invited into his home, but with a bit more elbow room.

The show starts at 7 p.m. with free dance lessons from 6 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $12. Four Eagle Ranch is located four miles north of Wolcott on Highway 131.

Steve Meyer followed by Matt and Ted at The Club,

Vail VillageIf you’re looking for an après ski show that is not

suited for the entire family, rather for people who like to party – a show that encourages a healthy amount of drinking, raunchy jokes and good times – Steve Meyer, at The Club in Vail Village, offers that alternative. Mu-sic kicks off at 5 p.m.

Then, at 10 p.m., the acoustic rock/pop duo of Ted Hammock and Matt Fisher is influenced by G. Love, Dispatch, Sublime and Jack Johnson. “I love more chill stripped down acoustic music,” says Hammock. “I love

the gauntlet of human emotion and the feelings that people experience.”

Brothers Past at Agave, Avon

Philadelphia’s Brothers Past has built a national fol-lowing the old-fashioned way: writing good songs, making great records and touring, their web site says. Since 2000, the band has been refining its unique sound, blending aspects of electronic music with rock songwriting.

“Philadelphia-based electro-rock band Brothers Past ain’t your typical rock band at all. The quartet works off an energetic sound rich with heavy guitar riffs, spazz-out drum beats, and bleepy digital audio manip-ulations. It’s ambitious, high-minded, conceptual stuff aiming for the same heights at which Pink Floyd, Brian Eno, and Radiohead set their sights,” said the Charles-ton City Paper. Tickets are $8.

Bluzilla at Coyote Cafe, Beaver Creek

“We do everything. We do some hard-core country to reggae, straight-up pop and Sinatra. The blues is kind of our main thrust, but we don’t want to really be labeled a just a blues band,” said Bluzilla guitar-ist Terry McCune. “We like doing a lot of odd tunes. We’re not really classic rock at all, but we play a lot of classic songs,” McCune said. “We change it up a lot – a little of anything and a little of everything. We switch it around so we don’t get too board. From Merle Haggard to Talking Heads to Cream.” It’s a FREE show. Music at 9:30.

Coolio and Manillo at The Four-One Club, Vail

Coolio and Barry Manillo have been inseparable since getting stuck together in a Palm Springs elevator last year. They have since teamed up and developed a new genre they call “hip-hop and heart,” and have been taking their act on the road. They’ll be testing the wa-ters for “ManaCoolio,” a massive national tour, in Vail tonight with songs like “Copacabanger.”

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The Annual Western Eagle County Metro Recre-ation District (WECMRD) Mountain Women’s Hock-ey League Tournament is kicking off today, with the championship on Sunday.

The league has been ongoing throughout the season, and registration is closed. But if you’re interested in getting involved next year, you may want to go check out a couple games.

Players range in age from their mid twenties to mid sixties, such as goalie Otta Lee, and make up six teams – The Brewers, Checkers, Eagle, Insulators, Shooters and Wild – all of which will be entering into the double elimination tournament today through Sunday all over the Valley.

“It’s the kind of league to try and get you going. We definitely have never-evers out on the ice, all the way up to some women that have been playing for years, so it’s a good mix,” said participant and WECMRD orga-nizer Sheryl Staten.

The league formed in 2003 when the Eagle Rink opened, formed by a group of women out of Vail for be-ginner and intermediate hockey players, not just from the Vail Valley, but women from Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Summit County and even Denver.

The games start tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Eagle Pool and Ice Rink and 6 to 10 p.m. tomorrow at Dob-son in Vail. The tournament continues over the week-end from 3 to 7 p.m. in Eagle and wraps up from 12-3 p.m. on Sunday, also in Eagle.

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The First Bank Checkers, coached by Brian Culp and captained by Mella Wheatley and Janet Osteen, won the 2009 league season. Who will win this year? Championship wraps up Sunday.



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hard foul ball that struck his mom in the chest during Wednesday’s game. She was treated by paramedics and back in the stands minutes later.

Wanda Wilson was wearing a Span jersey and sit-ting with about 20 family members and friends near the third-base dugout. Span hit a liner right the box seats where the group was sitting striking his mother.

A stunned Span sprinted into the stands and stayed with his mother while she was treated. The split-squad game against the New York Yankees was delayed for a few minutes as she walked to first aid, and the Twins said she was sore but OK.

Span flied out in the second inning, then left in the bottom of the third, telling a team official he wasn’t mentally into the game.

Denard Span rips a line drive as the Twins leadoff man. Span’s mother was victim in a random inci-dent Wedneday when her own son struck he in the chest with a foul ball. Although she suffered only minor injuries, Span left the gaming saying he men-tally unable to continue.

Cavendish to skip Giro, adds CaliforniaThe always brash Brit, Mark Cavendish an-

nounced Wednesday will skip the Giro d’Italia and ride the Tour of California instead.

Cavendish, who won four stages in last year’s Giro and six in the Tour de France, has struggled during the start of this season due to dental problems.

“Infections resulting from dental work in December undermined his training and de-layed his start of the season,” HTC-Columbia team manager Bob Stapleton said in a state-ment.

“We believe Mark will be very strong at the Tour de France and the balance of the season. He will join the team in California and we are very optimistic about his chances for success there.”

The Tour of California runs May 16-23, while the Giro would have taken much more strength from the British sprinter with three weeks of racing from May 8 to 30.

RIGHT: Mark Cavendish celebrates as he crosses the finish line taking down one of his six stage victories at the 2009 Tour de France. Cavendish said Wednesday he will forgo the Giro de Italia due to hampering dental problems. He will add the Tour of California.

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Community acupuncture finally comes to EagleLaughing Buddha Community Acupuncture is good for everything that ails you

If you try acupuncture, you have nothing to lose ex-cept your pain.

Laughing Buddha Community Acupuncture in Eagle is one of the region’s first community acupuncture cen-ters.

The difference is price, said Susan Engle.It’s $55 for the first treatment and $45 for follow up

treatments.“It makes it affordable. One treatment won’t fix you,”

Engle said. “If I keep the price low, people will keep coming back until they feel better.”

Acupuncture does not just treat your symptoms, and the first treatment will take about an hour and a half, Engle said.

You may come in with something like back pain, or chronic fatigue or mild depression, or even a stubborn cold. It will take a little while for Engle and you to get to the root of the problem.

“Someone may come in with back pain and we end up talking about their eyes, or any number of other things,” she said. “We might see two people for lower back pain and their treatment might be completely dif-ferent.”

Acupuncture is good for just about anything that ails you, Engle said. It’s good for stress, it’s famous for smoking cessation. In New York City, it’s being used to treat heroin and cocaine addiction, Engle said.

“In the valley, people play hard. They’re health con-scious, but they beat themselves up skiing moguls, riding their bikes, climbing, rafting, doing all kinds of things,” Engle said.

What’s community acupuncture?Community acupuncture puts several patients in the

treatment room at the same time. That economy of scale helps Engle keep her prices down, she said.

It’s relatively new to this area, migrating from the Pa-cific Northwest to Denver/Boulder, and finally to this valley.

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Susan at Laughing Buddha Acupuncture in Eagle helps cure some pain in one of her patients. Kim Hulick photo.


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Laughing Buddha Community Acupuncture236 West 3rd in Eagle, at the corner of Highway 6 and 3rd StreetContact Susan Engle at 309-9253, or go to www.laughingbuddha-acupuncture.comEngle has been taking patients since February

doing it for thousands of years.In Chinese medicine, they say the blood and chi

should flow smoothly. Things like pain, stress and bad diet can disrupt its pathways, Engle said.

“This smoothes everything out and makes the pain go away,” Engle said.

The needles might go where you’d think. When she’s treating sciatica, needles go in places like your ankles and scalp. For smoking cessation, the points are in the ear.

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Schools all over the country teach acupuncture. at-tended an oriental medicine program in Portland, Ore. She spent four years getting her training, working full-time to put herself through.

“It’s good preventive medicine. Patients come in ev-ery couple weeks or month for a tune up,” Engle said. “The more I do it, the more amazed I am. It’s good stuff.”

Blood drive Friday at EVHSThe Eagle Valley High School student council is

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tional community? Not yet,” Obama said. “And that’s something that we have to work on.” Obama said he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are “inseparable” in their thinking on the subject. For his part, Sarkozy told reporters, “Iran cannot continue its mad race” toward acquiring nuclear weapons.

“The time has come to take decisions,” he said. On the U.N. Security Council, veto-wielding permanent members Russia and China have expressed reserva-tions toward a tougher set of sanctions, as have several of the rotating members who do not have veto powers.

Obama said he understands that countries that have business ties with Iran, especially those who depend on Iran for oil imports, might have reservations.

Killer of abortion doctor faces life sentence

The man who gunned down one of the few doctors in the U.S. to perform late-term abortions could be sent to prison Thursday for the rest of his life, but he may have gotten what he wanted all along: It is now markedly harder in Kansas to get an abortion.

Dr. George Tiller’s clinic is closed, leaving the state with no facility where women can have the procedure after the 21st week of pregnancy. An early vow by one of Tiller’s contemporaries to fill the gap hasn’t materi-alized, and state lawmakers are moving to enact tough new rules to dissuade other physicians from taking Til-ler’s place.

“The national anti-abortion movement has a tremen-dous victory here,” said Dr. Warren Hern, a longtime friend of Tiller who performs late-term abortions in Colorado. “They accomplished exactly what they wanted and they continue to accomplish it.”

Chechen claims credit for Moscow bombings

A Chechen militant claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks on the Moscow subway in an Internet message posted Wednesday, hours after two more sui-cide bombers struck southern Russia in brazen defiance of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Doku Umarov, who leads Islamic militants in Chech-nya and other regions in Russia’s North Caucasus, said in a video posted on a pro-rebel Web site that Monday’s twin suicide attacks were revenge for the killing of ci-vilians by Russian security forces. Umarov’s statement appeared after Putin vowed to “drag out of the sewer” the terrorists who plotted the subway bombings, which killed 39 people and wounded scores of commuters during the morning rush hour.

Wednesday’s suicide bombings killed 12 people in

Dagestan, a volatile southern province east of Chech-nya. Putin said that they could have been planned by the same group behind the Moscow bombings.

Yale student ID’d as Empire jumper

The man who jumped from the 86th floor of the Em-pire State Building’s observation deck was identified as Yale University student Cameron Dabaghi, school officials said today, in a New York Post report.

Dabaghi, a junior from Austin, Texas, plunged from the deck in an apparent suicide on Tuesday shortly before 6:30 p.m. “We are all deeply distressed by this news,” wrote Yale College Dean Mary Miller in a mes-sage to students issued this morning, reports the Post.

Dabaghi, who was expected to graduate in 2011 was majoring in East Asian studies, according to the student newspaper the Yale Daily News. Before Tuesday’s in-cident, the most recent suicide at the landmark building is believed to have been four years ago when a man jumped from a vacant office on the 66th floor, reports the Post.

Fat cats ... and dogsWe give our pets BIG love in this country: we buy

them their own overstuffed furniture, dress them in ex-pensive “outfits” and dole out treats and table scraps by the handful, but according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), when it comes to express-

ing our affections with food, we are doing our animals a lot more harm than good, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.

“Over 45 percent of dogs and 58 percent of cats in the United States are currently estimated to be overweight or obese, with 0besity in pets defined as being 30 per-cent above normal weight,” reports the Chronicle. “The 2009 National Pet Obesity Awareness Day Study, which included more than 600 dogs and cats, found that from 2007 to 2009, the number of overweight dogs and cats increased by 2 and 5 percent, respectively.”

“Pet obesity is now the biggest health threat to pets in our country,” said lead researcher Dr. Ernie Ward and author of “Chow Hounds,” in the Chronicle’s report. “The connection between obesity and illness and injury make it the number one medical issue seen in today’s veterinary hospitals.”

University of Wyoming cancels Bill Ayers visit

The University of Wyoming announced Tuesday that a public lecture by William “Bill” Ayers, a former 1970s radical antiwar protestor who is now a university professor, has been cancelled, according to the Laramie Boomerang.

“I appreciate the consideration for the university that the re-evaluation demonstrated. Re-evaluation of this event was unavoidable. I’m satisfied with the outcome,” UW President Tom Buchanan said in the Boomerang’s report. “Academic freedom is a core principle of any institution of higher education. But with that freedom comes an obligation to exercise free thought and free speech in concert with mutual respect and acknowl-edgement of broader resource and security impacts on the campus. The exercise of freedom requires a com-mensurate dose of responsibility.”

According to the Laramie Boomerang, Ayers par-ticipated in the bombings of the New York City Po-lice Department in 1970, U.S. Capital Building in 1971 and Pentagon in 1972.Beginning in 1972.A number of weapons- and bomb-related charges against Ayers were dropped due to prosecutorial misconduct. Instead, he was convicted of possession of explosives and served no time in prison.

Agriculture in Afghanistan is booming

Long the world’s largest producer of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, Afghanistan has now become the top supplier of cannabis, with large-scale cultiva-tion in half of its provinces, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a Reuters report. Between 10,000 and

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24,000 hectares of cannabis are grown every year in Afghanistan, with major cultivation in 17 out 34 prov-inces, the U.N. drug agency (UNODC) said in its first report on cannabis production in Afghanistan, accord-ing to Reuters.

While some countries grow cannabis on more land, Afghanistan’s robust crop yields -- 145 kg of resin per hectare compared to around 40 kg per hectare in Mo-rocco -- make it the world’s largest producer, estimated at 1,500-3,500 tons a year, reports Reuters.

“This report shows that Afghanistan’s drug problem is even more complex than just the opium trade,” said Antonio Maria Costa, head of UNODC in the report covered by Reuters. “Reducing Afghanistan’s cannabis supply should be dealt with more seriously, as part of the national drug control strategy.”

Drug reduces risk of prostate cancer

A drug commonly used to shrink enlarged prostates in men has been found to also cut the risk of develop-ing cancer in the same glands, a new study said. The four-year international study of the drug, dutasteride, showed that it reduced by 23 percent the risk of be-ing diagnosed with prostate cancer in men with an in-creased chance of developing the disease, according to the Agence French Press.

Such tumors account for the majority of all prostate cancers and grow unpredictably, causing many men to opt for aggressive surgery or radiation treatments, which can leave them incontinent or impotent, reports the AFP.

“Dutasteride may potentially offer many thousands of men a way to reduce their risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer,” said the lead author, Gerald An-driole, chief of urologic surgery at Washington Univer-sity School of Medicine in St. Louis, in the AFP report. “This means more men could avoid unnecessary treat-ment for prostate cancer along with the costs and harm-ful side effects that can occur with treatment.”

Changes coming to off-shore drilling policies

Shaking up years of energy policy and his own en-vironmental backers, President Barack Obama threw open a huge swath of East Coast waters and other pro-tected areas in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to drill-ing Wednesday, widening the politically explosive hunt for more homegrown oil and gas.

Obama’s move allows drilling from Delaware to cen-tral Florida, plus the northern waters of Alaska, and ex-ploration could begin 50 miles off the coast of Virginia by 2012. He also wants Congress to lift a drilling ban in the oil-rich eastern Gulf of Mexico, 125 miles from Florida beaches. Still off limits: the entire Pacific sea-board. And in a nod to conservation, Obama canceled oil exploration in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, deeming the area a national treasure.

For this oil-dependent nation, the decision could start to reshape far-reaching economic and national security policies, affecting where the U.S. gets the fuel for its cars, heating and energy-gulping industry.

Court decides wiretapping was illegal

In a repudiation of the Bush administration’s now-defunct terrorist surveillance effort, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that government investigators ille-gally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant.

U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker said the plaintiffs provided enough evidence to show “they were subjected to warrantless electronic surveillance” by the National Security Agency. The judge’s 45-page ruling focused narrowly on the case involving the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, touching vaguely on the larger question of the program’s legality.

Nonetheless, Al-Haramain lawyer Jon Eisenberg said the ruling had larger implications. “By virtue of finding what the Bush administration did to our clients was il-legal, he found that the Terrorist Surveillance Program was unlawful,” Eisenberg said.

‘A tax on those who are insufficiently melanin-enabled’

“For years I’ve suggested that racism was in decline and yeah, there are some, you know, incidents that still happen with regards to racism, but most of the claims I’ve said for years, well, they’re not really real,” reports Doc Thompson, filling in for Fox News pundit Glenn Beck. “But I realize now that I was wrong. For I now too feel the pain of racism. Racism has been dropped

at my front door and the front door of all lighter-skinned Americans. The health care bill the president just singed into law includes a 10 percent tax on all indoor tanning sessions starting July 1st, and I say, who uses tanning? Is it dark-skinned people? I don’t think so. I would guess that most tanning sessions are from light-skinned Americans. Why would the President of the United States of America -- a man who says he un-derstands racism, a man who has been confronted with racism -- why would he sign such a racist law? Why would he agree to do that? Well now I feel the pain of racism.”

One red cent will buy a room at the Red Roof InnAccording to the LA Times, there’s no holiday left

unturned when it comes to travel deals — even April Fool’s Day. Red Roof Inn, the budget hotel chain, is holding a “No Foolin’! 1-Cent Sale” for its 350 lo-cations nationwide. From April 1 to April 15, guests can stay at Red Roof Inn for only a penny. What’s the catch? You have to be the first to nab the deal, because there is only one room at this price at each location, reports the Times.

Because there is only one room at this price each day during the promotion, you’ll see it online when you check the rate. If it’s not there, someone has already grabbed it. Note: This is a Web-only promotion; not available by phone, the Times reports.

The first reservations of the sale become available March 31 at 9 a.m. for stays on April 1 and 2; the last day that guests will be able to book this special rate would be April 13, for April 14 and 15. All the days in between will also be bookable for the next 48 hours, starting at 9 a.m. each day.

California trend reversedAfter decades on the rise, California’s foreign-born

population has peaked and in some large areas -- in-cluding Los Angeles County -- has even slightly de-clined, with that trend expected to continue, according to a new report covered by the LA Times.

This peaking of the foreign-born population has oc-curred earlier than previously forecast because of sharp declines in new immigrant arrivals, largely attributed to stepped-up border enforcement and the downturn in the economy, according to the report by USC demogra-pher Dowell Myers, featured in the Times. “In the last decade, homegrown residents have surpassed migrants and immigrants to become a majority of the Califor-nia population for the first time since before the Gold Rush,” Myers reportedly said in his report.

From 2000 to 2008, the foreign-born population in Los Angeles County declined from 36.2 percent of the total population in 2000 to 35.2 percent in 2008; neigh-boring Orange County leveled off during the same time period from 29.9 to 30 percent, according to the report, as covered by the Times.

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INTRODUCING THE IVANOV FAMILY. Kalina (the five day old in the middle) was not all that thrilled about getting her photo taken but her parents Mandy and Ivl were thrilled about showing off their baby girl. Thanks for taking time out of the busy day to let us take a photo!

JEFF AT EAGLE-VAIL’S COLORADO BIKE SERVICE has broad selection of bikes, parts, apparel and accessories. Stop in today to get your bike turned before you head out on the mountain.

VOSGES BACON AND EGGS ... Redefining bacon and eggs. Ali and Jennifer can help you find these dark chocolate eggs filled with bacon caramel at Eat in Edwards.

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LUCIANO WANTS YOU TO KNOW that Fusion Cafe in Eagle now has $6 daily specials. Stop in for a French Dip, Philly Cheesesteak, a Gyro or one of your other favorite sandwiches.

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THANK YOU! The friends and family of Michael Ellis are overwhelmed by the support and generosity of our community. Again, thank you to everyone who made a contribution to the Michael Ellis Benefit Fund at the 1stBank of Avon. This account will close on April 15, so if you haven’t had a chance to make a contribution and would like to do so, there is still time. Michael continues to battle resistant infections and is currently undergoing treatment in Denver, but he is home in Eagle-Vail on the weekends. Give him a call! He would appreciate it.


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Great 2 BD condo in Chapel Square. Great rental history. Southern views. Offered fully furnished. Convenient to everything. Walkable distance to the gondola.

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2BD condo w/ 1 car garage. Patio level, rm for small garden or to plant flowers during off season. Steps from Beaver Creek and central to Avon Gondola. On bus route.Avon Crossing$307,000Dani Stoltz, Sullivan Nicholas & Co.970.977.0560 - V318411

Ideal Arrowhead ski and golf condo. 2BD, 3BA in excellent condition next to Country Club of the Rockies golf, Vista Restaurant and Arrowhead ski lift. Fully furnished.Season’s at Arrowhead #208$525,00Gary Pesso, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.331.6927

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Extraordinary certified Built Green single family in sunny West Vail. 4BD , 2 car garage has patio w/ hot tub. Easily located on Vail bus route. Big views of Gore Range.2950 Square FeetJust reduced to $1,780,000Linda Miner, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.390.4658

This completely remodeled 3BD/3.5BA mountain contemporary SF home offers exceptional finishes, southern views and open floor plan. Heated drive and entry.2610 Arosa Drive$1,175,000Julie Retzlaff, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.376.0836

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Price Reduced AGAIN! Beautiful 3BD/BA remodel w stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and hardwood floors. TOV free bus out front door.1746 W Gore Creek Drive$529,900Tyra Rudrud, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.376.2258

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Best fractional value offered in Vail Village, on Gore Creek. Includes valet parking, bellmen, front desk, pool, spa, athletic club, ski valet, storage and maid service.Austria Haus ClubPriced from $205,00 - $360,000Jean Mitchell, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.331.3236

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Beautiful 5 Bedroom, 4.5 bathroom Willowstone Home. 2 car garage, fenced yard for toys, Huge walkout guest suite,Hot tub on the deck. Short Sale.

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802 Beard Creek Trail. Modern mountain luxury. 5BR, multiple stone verandas, fire pit, large rec room, wine cellar, elevator, & gorgeous views from every room.

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5 Bd spacious home w/fenced yard for privacy, cul-de-sac location, amazing storage and bonus rooms, convenient location to fine dining, skiing, golf, and shopping are all just out your front door.www.bossow.com

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Perched above the Eagle Ranch Golf Course w/ 360 degree views of the surrounding mtns. This lot has full custom plans, soil tests & surveys ready to go!!

.65 Acre LotOffered below competition @ $150,000Linda Miner, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.390.4658

3BD, 2.5BA, Juniper Hills end-unit condo. Across from Eagle elementary school, close to downtown. Good condition, great rental history. Low condo dues.

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11,026 sf masterpiece, insp by romantic style found in Italian mtn villages. Stone terraces overlooking Spring Creek, 2 acres of open space, unrivaled outdoor living.

50 Spring Creek$9,500,000Suzi Apple, Gateway Land & Developement970.376.5417

European constructed 5BD Chalet built in 2005 w contemporary finishes. Offering family floor plan w landscaped yard and nanny lock-off, close to bus stop.1718 Geneva Drive$2,399,000Tyra Rudrud, Sonnenalp Real Estate970.376.2258

3BD, 2.5BA, ski in - ski out condo at Beaver Creek Landing. Offered partially furnished and priced to sell.

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3 BD, 3BA Large 3rd floor 3 bedroom end unit on one level with views north and west. Ski in/ski out building, easy access to Beaver Creek Village.

#328 Kiva Lodge, 2057 Sq. ft.$1,375,000 John Warnke, Hoffman West Real Estate

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2BD, 3 BA, Completely remodeled. Excellent location in the building. Ski in/ ski out location. Easy walk to Beaver Creek Village.#327 Kiva Lodge, 1520 Sq. Ft.$969,000John Warnke, Hoffman West Real Estate970.949.1902

Property has prepaid the $48,000 special assessment. This 2 BD, 3BA ski in/out large condo has attractive furniture package & easy walking distance to B.C. Village.1522 Square FeetOffered at $949,000John Warnke, Hoffman West Real Estate

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