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Area Sports Briefs - 04 Aug 2008 Glenwood Springs Post Independent,Campers are welcome to sign up on the first day of camp, starting at 4 pm The 32nd annual Basalt Half Marathon is slated for Aug. 16.
Secret Coves of the Oregon Coast - 04 Aug 2008 Beach Connection,A high, green-covered hill ascends towards the sky here, with various jagged, basalt openings and sheer cliffs close by. A trail leads to the top,
All eyes on Mars - 04 Aug 2008 Boston Globe,Stewart uses the data beamed down from space, combined with her work on Earth shooting discs of ice and basalt to predict what types of icy layers may lie
Beware of brown trout: Aspen looks into poop problem - 04 Aug 2008 Summit Daily News,Just last week there were two accidents at the Basalt public pool, and recreation officials in Aspen and Snowmass both say the health hazard is common.
First job to demolish shabby South Stand - 04 Aug 2008 New Zealand Herald,...great lengths to minimise the effects of more than two years of trucks coming and going, dust and noise from blasting 8000cu m of volcanic basalt rock.
Park near Silverton offers waterfall diversity - 04 Aug 2008 KATU,Stopping underneath those large overhanging shelves of basalt, it's easy to become mesmerized by so many droplets of falling water.
Cop blotter: Basalt police collar Fidel Castro - Aug 1, 2008 Aspen Daily News,Castro’s blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit, Ikeda said, and the 20-year-old Basalt resident was taken to jail and charged with driving
Efting resigns as Basalt’s town manager - Aug 1, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — Basalt Town Manager Bill Efting resigned this week, effective by the end of the year. “I’ve been thinking about it for the last three or four
Basalt hopes street dance puts relations on right foot - Jul 28, 2008 Glenwood Springs Post Independent,9, from 6-9 pm at Lions Park in Basalt, by Town Hall. The Diversity Committee was created after racial tensions exploded at the Basalt 7-Eleven store in
Basalt Middle School to try out school within a - Jul 29, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — About 40 Basalt Middle School students will go white-water rafting and run a mock election when classes resume, rather than attend traditional
Quarterly Activities Report and Appendix 5B - Jul 30, 2008 Sydney Morning Herald,Figure 1: Curara Well pit showing Phase 1 (deeps) drill holes with interpreted high grade plunging basalt shoot and medium grade plunging tonalite
Carbon storage in undersea basalt offers extra security - Jul 15, 2008 environmentalresearchweb (subscription),Now, for the first time, US researchers are investigating basalt on the ocean floor as an option for carbon sequestration. The plan is for the carbon
Mudslide Traps Car Near Basalt - Jul 22, 2008 TheDenverChannel.com,BASALT, Colo. -- A large mudslide trapped a car as heavy rain fell in the middle Roaring Fork Valley Monday afternoon. No one was hurt when the wall of mud
Iceland set to test carbon dioxide storage - Jul 31, 2008 environmentalresearchweb (subscription),Juerg Matter, from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, US, and colleagues are taking advantage of the abundance of basalt on Iceland to test out a new
Black Basalt Sugar Bowl Made Around 1830 - Jul 23, 2008 Tampa Tribune,By JAY MOORE Tribune Correspondent My antique has been described to me as a black basalt box that probably is English. It has no marks.
Basalt’s trailer dilemma gets more complicated - Jul 23, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — A regulation passed in Basalt early this decade that requires developers to replace affordable housing displaced by new projects isn’t economically
Dick Carter selling his legacy - Aug 1, 2008 Aspen Times,2, at his Basalt studio. All proceeds from the sale will go to Basalt’s Wyly Community Art Center. BASALT — Since resettling last year as a more-or-less
Basalt couple improving, but face long recovery - Jul 19, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — A Basalt couple who were severely injured when an alleged drunk driver plowed into their vehicle near Basalt in May have come out of comas and
New hospice truly worth caring about - Aug 1, 2008 Aspen Times,According to Kris Marsh, executive director of the medical foundation, the new hospice offices will be at the Aspen Basalt Healthcare Center in Basalt,
Basalt Girl Scouts win prestigious Gold Award - Jul 20, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — Basalt Girl Scouts Theresa Gerdin, Megan Southward and Karlie Zajac do more than just sell Thin Mints and Samoas. After 13 plus years as Girl
No serious injuries in Highway 82 head-on crash - Jul 30, 2008 Aspen Times,Five people escaped serious injury after a Volvo wagon, background, turned into the path of a Ford Explorer on Highway 82 near Basalt on Tuesday morning.
Aspen schools lead again in CSAPs - Jul 30, 2008 Aspen Times,In Basalt, the number of students testing at or above grade level in reading, writing and math was higher than than the state average only about 20 percent
Dancing around issues? - Aug 1, 2008 Aspen Times,Way to go Seldin, Capron, McBride and Tennenbaum (all Basalt council members) and one unidentified Basalt police officer. (Did ya catch the shooter yet?
Digital Photography News - Aug 2, 2008 Shuttertalk,As I wondered aimlesly through Merkles photo store in Toronto I picked up a nice compact and incredibly light "basalt" tripod from Gitzo.
Basalt thrift store to open for a cause - Jul 13, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — Julia Partt wants to show kids that food can be found in something other than a plastic wrapper. Partt and several other people are launching a
Moviegoer arrested for DUI, possession - Jul 30, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — An allegedly intoxicated man stumbled into the wrong person while trying to leave a movie theater Monday night, according to a Basalt police report
County moving forward on Basalt kayak park - Jul 14, 2008 Aspen Daily News,...by Brent Gardner-Smith, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer A beginner-level kayak park in the Roaring Fork River in Basalt is taking a step towards becoming
Toddler ignites fire near Basalt - Jul 10, 2008 Vail Daily News,BASALT, Colorado — A midvalley home was extensively damaged Wednesday after a fire broke out when a toddler apparently ignited a gas fireplace by accident,
Emma Store: We own it — now what? - Aug 1, 2008 Aspen Times,...which sit on a 12.5-acre meadow looming over half-mile of Roaring Fork River frontage just downvalley from Basalt, for $2.65 million.
On the Run: Big K cola and the Dalai Lama - Jul 30, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — The 16.5-mile Mount Sopris Runoff, which starts at the 7-Eleven in Basalt and finishes at Mountain Fair in Carbondale, was held this past Saturday
Margaret Lorraine Letey Darien - Jul 25, 2008 Aspen Times,In 1944, the Dariens purchased the Kelley building in downtown Basalt, which housed a hotel and bar. They renovated the building and created Basalt Supply,
This and That from the 1880s - Jul 30, 2008 Petaluma Argus Courier,December 8, 1883 - The Main street of Petaluma was being paved with basalt blocks. A drawbridge at D Street was also constructed in 1883.
Penguin Panache - Jul 30, 2008 Pune Newsline,Zanje uses black basalt to carve the wings of the Penguin. " It suited the most to give a natural touch to the wings." He will be exhibiting 17 sculptors at
Dude, where’s my car, my gun, and my police badge? - Jul 25, 2008 Aspen Daily News,But six alleged drunken drivers were arrested in Basalt and Snowmass Village: — Sammy Vaughan, 64, was pulled over near the Basalt 7-Eleven for allegedly
Saving Emma: the work has only just begun - Jul 26, 2008 Aspen Times,Snugged up to a concrete barrier about halfway between the Basalt Avenue stoplight and the upvalley Willits Lane light, the roofs on both sides of the
Magic Valley's curator - Aug 3, 2008 Twin Falls Times-News,Its presence under south-central Idaho millions of years ago left shield volcanoes and basalt outcroppings dotted across the region. And the layer of basalt
Oregon Coast Travel Tips: Depoe Bay's Trollers Lodge - Jul 29, 2008 Beach Connection,This endeavor becomes a trip to the basalt walls of Depoe Bay’s downtown, where I encounter incredible winds, a freaky spouting horn that’s shooting high
'Israel faces severe raw materials shortage' - Jul 6, 2008 Jerusalem Post,Aggregate (gravel), basalt, sand, phosphates, and lime for cement have become or will shortly become scarce in Israel, he said. The lack of such basic raw
That's Not A Burglar, It's A Bear - Jul 29, 2008 TheDenverChannel.com,BASALT, Colo. -- A homeowner in Basalt thought he heard a burglar in his kitchen, but when he went inside to confront the bad guy, he found a bear.
Scientists Pursue CO2 Storage In The Ocean Floor - Jul 25, 2008 NPRScientists at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory suggest that undersea basalt formations 8000 feet below the ocean on the Pacific Northwest coast could
Running dilemma: Three valley races on same day - Jul 26, 2008 Aspen Times,...“It’s kind of unfortunate, even though they’re two totally different races,� said Lund, whose race has coincided with Basalt River Days the past few years.
Runner pushes on downhill to take women’s title in race from ... - Jul 26, 2008 Glenwood Springs Post Independent,...“I knew the first mile I was too tired to race hard,� the Basalt resident and reigning Runoff champ, conceded. “All of a sudden I came over the top and saw
Digging up the past - Jul 24, 2008 South China Morning Post (subscription),But last year 17-year-old David Pickerell had other plans: he decided to investigate a 1948 plane crash on Basalt Island in which Quentin Roosevelt,
Fight breaks out after movie - Jul 22, 2008 Aspen Times,Basalt police were called to Movieland at 2:20 am Friday when a fight broke out after a special midnight premiere of “The Dark Night.
Pitkin County holds off on burn ban - Jul 17, 2008 Aspen Daily News,But because levels of fire danger are different in the four communities, sometimes bans needed in Basalt or Carbondale are not needed in Aspen or Snowmass,
The Assault hit Grand Junction - Jul 28, 2008 Aspen Times,Instead, the All-Star team consisting of 10 players from Aspen and Basalt high schools struggled mightily at the plate in its five games.
Three days, two holes-in-one - Jul 29, 2008 Aspen Times,The Basalt local sank his first hole-in-one Friday, then had another on Sunday. Two different courses. Two different clubs. Three days.
Ruedi Reservoir filled to the brim - Jul 26, 2008 Aspen Times,BASALT — With Ruedi Reservoir essentially full, the amount of water released from the dam will be equal to the amount flowing in from the Upper Fryingpan
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