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The Olympics are almost here, and Lindsey Vonn is unstoppable in the downhill.

The former Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athlete won her fourth straight World Cup downhill yesterday and sec-ond in two days, overcoming poor vis-ibility because of increasing snowfall.

“I am really happy with this week-end,” Vonn said. “It’s a real confidence booster.”

She sped down the shortened Krum-mholz course in 1 minute, 9.12 seconds

to beat Nadja Kamer of Switzerland by 0.14 seconds and extend her lead in the overall standings. Ingrid Jacquemod of France was another 0.02 back in third.

Vonn started 21st and said she was sur-prised to win.

“I knew I had to make a perfect run,” she said. “First, I thought I had to be aggressive, but then I realized that the weather was getting worse.”

Vonn was in control all the way and finished strongly to beat Kamer, who started first and under better conditions.

“It was a tough race out there,” Vonn said. “It was definitely getting slower for late numbers with the snow coming down. I had some problem at the start as I got my pole stuck in my legs a bit, but thankfully I had a good clean run.”

U.S. women’s speed coach Alex Hoe-

Vonn wins 4th straightVail resident scores another downhill victory at Austria World Cup

January 10, 2010

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Deadly house fire in Junction

One man has died and two other adults have been injured in a house fire in Grand Junction.

The Mesa County Sheriff’s Depart-ment says the fire was reported at about 4 a.m. Saturday.

The two injured people were taken to St. Mary’s Hospital. No names or other details were released at press time.

Deputies and fire officials are inves-tigating.

Gumby creator dies at 88

Animator Art Clokey, whose bend-able creation Gumby became a pop cul-ture phenomenon through decades of toys, revivals and satires, died Friday. He was 88.

Clokey, who suffered from repeated bladder infections, died in his sleep at his home in Los Osos on California’s Central Coast, son Joseph told the Los Angeles Times.

Gumby grew out of a student project Clokey produced at the University of Southern California in the early 1950s called “Gumbasia.”

That led to his making shorts featur-ing Gumby and his horse friend Pok-

RIGHT: Vail’s Lindsey Vonn celebrates after winning the World Cup downhill race in Haus im Ennstal , Austria, yes-terday. AP photo.

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SSCV’s Tanner Coulter wins Gatorade Tour slopestyle

Ski and Snowboard Club Vail’s Tanner Coulter flies high above Vail during the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Slopestyle competition at Golden Peak yesterday. Coulter went on to win the Slopestyle competition, while SSCV’s Cas Sheri-dan won in the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Junior Jam competition. Also yesterday, SSCV’s John Leonard took the gold and Adam Crook placed 2nd at a USASA Halfpipe competition at Copper Mountain. Avery Cunliffe photo.

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SSCV racers were definitely having fun in Vail yesterday as Kendall VanHee took the overall win in both of the wom-en’s downhill races while Christoph Ne-derhauser won the morning’s downhill for the men and Zachary Ziokowski won the afternoon’s race.

In the women’s a.m. race, the differ-ence between first and second place was only 3/100ths of a second between SSCV’s Kendall VanHee and Eldora’s Emery Gaylord; VanHee’s first win of the day.

“The first race was really fun because the competition was really close,” said VanHee.

The women’s first run at the track also saw Caroline Byrne place 8th, Erika Mc-Cormick 11th, Olivia Swift 15th, Molly McGrew 20th, and Haley Wallace 21st.

The second trip to the top step of the podium for VanHee saw her win by a wider margin as she charged her way to another gold.

“My second race I really brought one out,” said VanHee. “It was faster than any of my training runs, and faster than my morning race time.”

Caroline Byrne took 9th in the wom-en’s second race while Erika McCormick took 11th, Molly McGrew 18th, Olivia Swift 24th, and Haley Wallace 25th.

The men skied their first downhill at 11 a.m. yesterday, and SSCV’s Chris-toph Nederhauser stopped the clock with the fastest time of the day to log in the first win for the men.

“Nothing’s better than winning at home,” said Nederhauser. “I was not holding back at all. I attacked the line and tried to go as straight as possible without making mistakes.”

SSCV had Zachary Ziolkowski finish 2nd in the first DH of the day, Andreas Calabrese 4th, Thomas Grant 12th, Nick Santaniello 15th, and Anthony Romano in 16th.

In the afternoon downhill race, Zacha-

ry Ziolkowski moved up from his morn-ing’s second place to the number one spot.

“It was fast, fun, and I was taking chances,” said Ziolkowski. “I was think-ing about tucking more than anyone else, taking the straightest line, and having a strong start.”

Men’s downhill no. 2 had Christoph Nederhauser place 4th, Thomas Grant 9th, Andreas Calabrese 10th, Anthony Romano 12th, and Nick Santaniello in 17th.

Smartwool action continues today with Super G racing for the men and women at Vail.

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Eagle County Schools and Vail Valley Medical Cen-ter landed a $20,000 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation.

The money will go to a school-based health clinic at Avon Elementary School.

To get the grant, the school district worked with VVMC, Eagle Care Clinic, Eagle County Department of Health & Human Services, Colorado West and sev-eral other organizations.

The money will be used to develop a business plan and financial pro forma for the school-based health clinic.

A parent/student survey conducted at Avon Elemen-tary identified important health issues that could be ad-dressed among the students who attend there, as well as their siblings.

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As the first steel order was delivered to the future site of a new chapel in Ed-wards on Monday, its former landowner transferred ownership to the foundation dreaming of its creation for 15 years.

The Eagle County Religious Founda-tion paid off the $1.3 million to purchase the five acres from Ruder, who is de-lighted the land will have spiritual sig-nificance.

“I really am excited about this,” Ruder said as the ink dried on his signature to the deed. “I had three other offers on the

land, one that was substantially higher, but I said ‘sure money’s important, but it’s not as important as what’s happening on this site.’ ”

Ruder’s family has owned the site for roughly 45 years and he recalled praying when he was forced to sell that the land would have religious importance.

“I think the coolest thing is Steve had other offers to sell, but he wanted the re-ligious foundation to have it as his lega-cy,” said Rev. Brooks Keith. “I was very touched by that.”

The Edwards chapel will join Vail In-terfaith Chapel, founded in 1969, and Beaver Creek Chapel, founded in 1987,

which holds services for almost every community of faith.

EVRF was formed in the 1990s with the express mission of bringing and in-terfaith chapel to Edwards for the grow-ing down valley population.

The land for Vail Interfaith and Bea-ver Creek chapels were donated, making their Edwards chapter the first fundras-ing effort of its kind.

As the ink dried on Ruder’s signature to the deed, Rev. Keith shook his hand and thanked him on behalf of the other valley chapters.

“You have to start with a good foun-dation, so people feel good when they

come onto the land,” Rev. Keith said. “You’ve helped us do that.”

Groundbreaking at the Edwards Inter-faith site began in October of last year. The foundation has raised $8 million for the project so far from generous do-nors throughout the valley like the King Foundation.

Fundraising is ongoing for the $1 mil-lion still needed to build out the first phase of Edwards Interfaith. Visit Ed-wardsInterfaithChapel.org for more de-tails, or mail your donation to PO Box 1828, Edwards CO 81620.

For information or to pledge, call Steve Baird at 926-5002.

From left, Eagle County Religious Foundation Treasurer Mark Lathrop, Chairman of Fundraising Steve Baird and Secretary Jo Brown stand with Steve Ruder, Rev. Brooks Keith, and Attorney Rob Sperberg at Alpine Bank on Monday after Ruder signed over five acres to the non-profit, where Edwards Interfaith Chapel is being built. Dawn Witlin photo.

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Masons make Christmas brighterAnnual toy drive helps hundreds of kids

Some of Santa’s favorite helpers were very good this Christmas.

As many as 600 kids found toys under their Christ-mas tree thanks to Toys for Kids.

The Masonic Lodge in Eagle and the Eagle fire de-partment run the program, and have for years, with a hand from Santa’s helpers all around the community.

This year’s response this year was unprecedented. Hundreds of people streamed through the Masonic Lodge in Eagle, strolling through stacks of new toys and rebuilt bicycles, ready for a new home under some-one’s Christmas tree.

“The economy had a lot to do with it. There are a lot of good people out of work,” said Mike Montag, with the Masonic Lodge.

They don’t take names. They don’t make a list or check it twice. That’s Santa’s job and they’re not Santa. But they stand for the same things – charity, support, love, all the good stuff people stand for.

Toys for KidsToys or Kids ran for six nights, capping thousands

of hours worked and thousands of dollars and toys do-nated and collected.

The Masons and fire fighters had all kinds of help from the community.

For example, admission to the Eagle Valley Chil-dren’s Chorale’s winter concert was one new toy. Hun-dreds of people attended, and hundreds of toys were placed in collection boxes.

To get into the Vail Valley Medical Center’s holiday party, party goers had to hand over a new toy.

Collection boxes were placed in locations all around the area, and people gave until felt good.

If they didn’t give toys, they donated money that bought toys.

Every toy and every dime was needed.The Toys for Kids giveaway ran for six nights this

year. Two nights saw more than 100 kids come through, and more than 60 every other night.

Then there are the toys and gifts that discreetly found their way under the Christmas trees of families who needed some holiday help. Some had asked, a few didn’t need to.

Toys came with glasses, boots and coats.Santa and his helpers know that kids love toys, but

they need warm hands and warm feet.“It’s a sign of the times,” Montag said. “It’s also in-

dicative of this community’s spirit that so many people would step up to help.”

Local high school kids volunteered, and it was hard to tell where the Masons stopped and Eagle’s fire fight-ers started.

A bicycle built for youLong with the toys and smiles and Christmas cheer,

the Masons also gave away 24 bicycles that they had rebuilt. They collect bicycles all year, repairing them along the way. The bikes are out there with the rest of the toys, and if a kid shows up who doesn’t have a bi-cycle to ride, they ride out with one.

“Every kid should have a bike,” Montag said. “That’s just part of growing up.”

The Masons are a fairly handy group of guys, but

there are some bikes that even they can’t repair.For that, they stroll around the corner to Charlie

Brown and Mountain Peddler in Eagle. It’s right around the block from the Masonic Lodge in Eagle, so if they work it right, they can push the bike over, Charlie can work on it, and they can ride it back – to test it, of course.

By Randy WyrickMountaineer Staff Writer

Kent Rose, Mike Montag and Richard Vandyke were among the members of the Masonic Lodge in Eagle who distributed toys and Christmas gifts to almost 600 local kids during the Masons/Eagle fire department Toys for Kids drive. The Masons, along with the Eagle fire department, coordinate the an-nual program. Avery Cunliffe photo

Charlie Brown and his son Sam helped repair almost two dozen bikes for the Eagle Masonic Lodge/Eagle fire department Toys for Kids Christmas campaign. Avery Cunliffe photo

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The Beaver Creek Snowshoe Adventure Series kicks off today at Beaver Creek’s Creekside Park. It’s the largest annual snowshoe series of its kind in North America, according to Highline Sports and Entertain-ment, the series’ production agency.

“As one of the longest standing winter event series in the Vail Valley, Highline Sports and Beaver Creek Re-sort Company are excited to offer an event that caters to winter enthusiasts and creates an outdoor competi-tion for more than 400 participants from not only the Vail Valley but all of Colorado,” said James Deighan of Highline.

Now in its thirteenth season, the Beaver Creek Snow-shoe Adventure Series draws first-time snowshoers, world-class snowshoe athletes, kids of all ages and ev-eryone in between. Each event within the series includes a 5K Quest, a competitive 10K and a Kids’ 1K plus it features slope-slide sponsor expos and post-event plaza parties. Event day registration is also available for $35 and will take place in Beaver Creek starting at 9 a.m. prior to each race. The Kids’ 1K for children 12 years-of-age and younger is free for any child accompanied by a parent. Childcare resources will not be offered this year due to lack of demand.

The 2009 series saw more than 1,500 participants, the largest attendance in the history of the event. Today’s plaza party includes complimentary lunch provided by

the Dusty Boot. The next races are Sunday, Feb. 7 and the annual Jeremy Wright North American Snowshoe Championships on Sunday, March 7. More information as well as Season Series passes and per event pre-reg-istration are still available at www.bcsnowshoe.com or by calling (970) 476-6797.

Beaver Creek annual Snowshoe Adventure Series begins today

NEWS

As part of the Vail Symposium’s theme of RETHINK this season, a foreign policy strategist will dis-cuss political challenges in the U.S. and beyond during a special event Monday.

“Foreign Policy with Nancy So-derberg,” will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the Sonnenalp in Vail. Regular admission for the event is $25, with VS donors entry costing $20.

A U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1997 to 2001, Soder-berg has held senior-level positions in the Clinton administration and as an advisor to the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg.

Soderberg has 20 years of experi-ence in the formation of U.S. for-

eign policy, and has been involved in most of the conflicts around the world and speaks and writes regu-larly on national security issues, ac-cording to nancysoderberg.com.

Soderberg served as senior for-eign policy advisor to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Washington, DC for a total of six years.

The Vail Symposium’s theme of RETHINK will spotlight presenters and films who will present ideolo-gies challenging how we view the rest of the world.

The series continues Thursday at the Sonenalp with a talk by Iranian born artist Laleh Mehran at 5:30 p.m.

Mehran will discuss The Xerces Society, “contemporary works of performance and installation art, which address the blurring intersec-

tions between art, science and poli-tics,” according to vailsymposium.com.

“Through her art, Laleh will ex-plore with us the multiple levels of truth that exist in our cultures and ask difficult questions about estab-lished and new models of systems that impact our lives.”

Laleh is an associate professor in the electronic media arts design program at the University of Den-ver.

Her work has been shown at the European Media Arts Festival in Osnabruck, Germany; Ponte Futura in Cortona, Italy, The Andy Warhol Museum and others.

Admission is $25, with VS donor entry at $20. Visit www.vailsympo-sium.com for more details.

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The new film, starring the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, follows in the footsteps of the original’s blockbuster holiday 2007 release.

In a dynamic new portrayal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, “Sherlock Holm-es” sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nem-esis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.

“Avatar” is the story of an ex-Marine who finds him-self thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people. WETA Digital, renowned for its work in The Lord of the Rings Tril-ogy and King Kong, will incorporate new intuitive CGI technologies to transform the environments and characters into photorealistic 3D imagery that will transport the audience into the alien world rich with imaginative vistas, creatures and characters

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After getting Oscar attention for “Juno,” director Jason Reitman turns to this adaptation of Walter Kirn’s comic novel “Up in the Air.” Academy Award-winner George Clooney stars as Ryan Bingham, a businessman on the verge of reaching five million frequent flyer miles when his company decides to cut back on travel. But his goal isn’t the only thing just out of reach: he now won’t be able to see a fel-low frequent traveler who has caught his eye.

Writer/director Nancy Meyers (“What Women Want,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Holiday”) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Bald-win in “It’s Complicated,” a comedy about love, di-vorce and everything in between.


By fusing African rhythms with heavy electronics and other worldly effects, The Chris Berry Trio (CB-3) is a mix of the modern and the ancient sounds.

CB-3 is playing Agave in Avon tonight along with special guest Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident, who plays the electric Mandolin, Guitar, and vocals.

Chris Berry’s music got its start in the Ghettos of Zimbabwe, where his platinum selling albums fea-tured fusions of Funk, Dance Hall Reggae and African Rhythms.

After losing most of his band to AIDS and Zimba-bwe’s regime, Chris narrowly escaped Zimbabwe in 2000 and has kept his music alive with his band Panjea and now CB-3, his Web site says.

Berry left Africa with the honors of being the first non-Zimbabwean ever to be given the title of Gwenaymbira or ‘one whose music summons the spirits.’

“When I was (in Zimbabwe), I played this special sacred instrument called a mbira,” Berry told the Boul-der Daily Camera. “It’s an ancient thumb piano and the people use it to call their ‘spirits.’

The electric Mbira developed by Chris Berry, is the only one of its kind and creates a unique and distinctive sound that characterizes CB-3’s. The result is a dubbed out very dancey version of CB-3’s mother-band, Pan-jea, their Web site says.

Other special Guests have included Steve Kimock, Peter Apfelbalm (Trey Anastasio Band), Jason Hann (String Cheese Incident).

Zimbabwe and backBerry grew up in Northern California, and, even at a

young age, was into African music. Listening to ‘The Jungle Book,’ he’d try and play rhythms on cardboard boxes.

“I was into some crazy things when I was a teen, and a friend shoplifted a handful of cassettes from a record store,” Berry said. “One of the cassettes he grabbed was an Afro-music record. I heard it and became addicted to the music and beats -- it really called home to me.”

The exposure to African music changed Berry’s life and, after five years of studying African rhythms, he journeyed to Zimbabwe.

Berry lived there for seven years and was enthusias-tic about the culture and experience. But, at that time, President Robert Mugabe ran the country with absolute power and many people suffered, Berry explained.

He began writing songs about the wrongs in the Zim-babwe, which almost cost him his life.

“One time, people were sent out to ‘take care of me’ and they were armed with machetes,” Berry said. “They went from village to village trying to find me. Because everybody knew me, I was protected and able to ward off the assassination attempt.”

“That’s when I decided it was time to leave the coun-try. I tried to go back to Zimbabwe once, but I was told I’d be prosecuted if I did.”

He’s gone on to help develop cultural centers to pre-serve the history and culture of the indigenous people there.

“We hire elders to be the teachers,” Berry explained. “A lot of ancient knowledge is dying, and a lot of the curriculum could teach kids about traditional music and dance, medicine and wisdom.”

CB-3 experience“This is a very new group,” Berry told the Daily

Camera. “I’m very lucky to have Aaron and Jesse on board with me, and we’re going to have Michael Kang play with us in Colorado.”

“We play a very unique blend of music – we have more traditional sounds, Afro-funk grooves and a lot of modern music. We have very danceable, modern house-beat music and we cover a lot of ground soni-cally. We mix the old and the new – we call it ‘ancient brand new music.’”

But, Berry says, in order to get the true CB-3 experi-ence, you’ve got to catch a live show.

“CB-3 is really a live experience,” he said. “We al-ways try to feature different artists at the shows -- and they’re always bring something new. We just open up and let the creative moment take over… You never know what you’ll get at a CB-3 show.”

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The Chris Berry Trio fuses authentic African beats with modern electronic sounds. Joined tonight by Michael Kang, above, of String Cheese Incident, doors open at 9:30 p.m and tickets are $12.

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It was a week of ups and downs for Vail Valley riders at the U.S. Snowboarding Superpipe Grand Prix in Mammoth, California.

There were four days of competi-tion this week – two total contests, each consisting of a qualifying day and Finals day.

Unfortunately for our local ath-letes, most of their best riding came in the qualifying rounds, with the best finish being Dylan Bidez, 19, of Minturn, who took third overall in Friday’s qualifier, just behind Danny Davis and Shaun White.

Bidez -- who, remarkably, is com-ing off a shoulder dislocation earlier in the week -- had a solid 10th place finish in Saturday’s finals, which was a bit shy of his podium aspi-rations, but could be a harbinger of good riding to come.

“I just want to ride as well as I can. If that means, getting up on the podium, I’ll be stoked. But mainly I’m just focused on riding,” he said.

Edwards local Broc Waring nar-rowly missed Finals qualification in the second round of competition, but, earlier in the week, he qualified seventh overall, fourth in his heat.

Olympic gold medalist Shaun White can book a ticket to Van-couver now as he won his second Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix competition to lock down his team spot for the Games.

“I’m happy to be on the team and secure that spot. Now I can just work on my stuff and get dialed,” White said. “I was feeling great be-cause I had a second and a first, and that’s pretty strong hold on getting on the team. But a first and a first is guaranteed, so I’m really excited.”

White was followed in second by Louie Vito and JJ Thomas from in third.

The legend solidified his win in the first run, but when it came to his victory lap he decided it was time to throw something fresh out and nearly landed.

“It’s a double cork McTwist 1080, but that last one I went 1260, so I’m going to have to pick and chose if I want to take it 12 or keep it 10,” White said. “It’s been a trick that’s been messing with me for a while, but I’m excited to try to put it down in Park City and hopefully at the Games.”

As for the girls, Minturn’s Clair Bidez, finished seventh in Satur-day’s Finals. She qualified fourth on Friday.

Olympic Silver medalist Gretch-en Bleiler of Aspen, whose win on Saturday, along with a second place in Copper, brought her a step closer to reaching her Olympic dreams.

For Bleiler, the win was a breath of fresh air, especially as she ac-complished it by landing a run that was new to her competition reper-toire.

“I feel awesome. This whole sea-son I’ve just been trying to figure out a run for myself, and today I switched it up completely and fig-ured out a run that I’ve never done before, and it worked for me,” Bleiler said. “It feels really good to win today and I feel so much more confident.”

Following Bleiler up in the sec-ond spot was 2006 Olympian Elena Hight, who said the Olympics seem closer now that she’s made her mark on the podium

Hight was followed in third by 2006 Olympic gold medalist Han-nah Teter.

The U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix continues Sunday with a slope-style competition before heading to the final two events at Park City Mountain Resort Jan. 22 and 23.

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Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson makes a save on Buffalo Sabres center Paul Gaustad as Avalanche defenseman Scott Hannan checks on the play during the first period of in Buf-falo, N.Y. on Saturday. Colorado won 4-3 in a shootout. The Avs are first in the Northwest Division and face Calgary on Monday. AP photo.

Phil Jackson supports players gamblingLegendary basketball coach and Vail

Valley frequenter Phil Jackson went on record recently saying he does not sup-port banning players from gambling on team charter flights.

This coming just after Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas was sus-

pended for bringing a gun into the locker room after a dispute with teammate Ja-varis Crittenton over a card game.

“It’s just a PR thing, personally,” Jack-son said to Yahoo Sports. “What are these players going to do when they get back to their hotels, when they are in their

own space, even their houses? They’re going to go their rooms and gamble. I think maybe on the planes would be a better spot for that because it could be monitored. It hasn’t been a problem.

“We have guys that play, four or five guys that play. They seem to have a

wonderful time. It seems to be a great release for them.”

Jackson admitted to gambling as a player a long ago when teams flew com-mercially. He added he “wasn’t very good at it.”

Davydenko beats Nadal, wins QatarAfter taking down world No. 1 Roger Federer on Thursday, Niko-

lay Davydenko saved two match points Saturday before rallying to upset second-ranked Rafael Nadal 0-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4 in the final of the Qatar Open.

Davydenko led 4-1 in the second-set tiebreaker but unforced errors allowed Nadal to twice serve for the match. However, the Spaniard sprayed his returns wide, and Davydenko broke two times to Nadal’s one in the third set to close it out.

The sixth-ranked Russian’s third straight victory over Nadal im-proved his overall record to 5-4.

“I did not come here expecting to win. I am surprised that I have won,” Davydenko said. “It is an amazing feeling to have won here. I have played semifinals and finals here but never won.”

It was a second consecutive title for Davydenko after winning the London World Tour Finals on Nov. 29. He also beat Nadal and Roger Federer in that event.

Manning grabs record 4th MVPPeyton Manning has yet to record a playoff win like the Jets and

Cowboys did Saturday night, but Manning did have a good day Sat-urday becoming the first player to win the NFL Most Valuable Player honors four times.

The Indianapolis Colts’ quarterback won the award Saturday in balloting by 50 sports writers and broadcasters who cover the league. He received 39 1/2 votes to 7 1/2 for Drew Brees. The other two were Philip Rivers and Brett Favre

Manning also won in 2003, 2004 and 2008, breaking a tie with Favre at three MVPs.

“I’m very humbled and grateful to be honored with this award and I really feel like it is a reflection of our team,” said Manning, who guided the Colts to a 14-0 record before they rested starters in the second half of two games and finished 14-2.


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He said he based Gumby’s swooping head on the cowlick hairdo of his father, who died in a car accident when Clokey was a boy. And Clokey’s wife suggested he give Gumby the body of a gingerbread man.

Clokey said that though Gumby eventually became one of the most familiar toys of all time, he was at first resistant to roll out the bendable doll.

“I didn’t allow merchandising for seven years after it was on the air,” Clokey told San Luis Obispo Tribune in 2002, “because I was very idealistic, and I didn’t want parents to think we were trying to exploit their children.”

Police standoff in Loveland

Loveland police say they used gas to force a man out of a home after he threatened to shoot officers.

Authorities say Robert Townsend III was arrested Friday night on suspicion of felony menacing and other charges.

Police say they received a report shortly after 6 p.m. Friday that a man was threatening to kill himself with a firearm. They say they used chemical agents to force him out of his house when he refused to surrender. They didn’t identify the chemicals.

Police say Townsend was checked out at a hospital and then taken to the Larimer County jail. Officials say the jail doesn’t disclose whether inmates have at-torneys.

Townsend also faces charges of obstructing a police officer or firefighter, obstructing a paramedic and re-sisting arrest.

Suicide bomber cultivated by CIA

In a video broadcast after his death, the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees sits cross-legged on the floor next to the new chief of the Pakistani Taliban, confirming the group was behind the brazen attack in eastern Afghanistan.

The suicide attack inside the CIA base - which the bomber said was meant to avenge the death of the for-mer Pakistani Taliban leader in a CIA missile strike - could prompt the U.S. to further pressure the gov-ernment of Pakistan to crack down on militants who operate on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border. U.S. missile strikes against targets on the Pakistan side already are on the rise.

The CIA had cultivated the bomber - a Jordanian doctor identified as Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Bala-wi - in hopes of obtaining information about al-Qaida’s second in command, Ayman al-Zawahri.

Seven CIA employees and a Jordanian intelligence officer were killed Dec. 30 when the suicide bomber detonated his cache of explosives at Camp Chapman, a tightly secured CIA base in Khost province, a danger-

ous region southeast of the Afghan capital Kabul.

Sheen show must go onCharlie Sheen is back at work at “Two and a Half

Men,” and his producer said Saturday that the audience at the actor’s first show taping since his arrest was “in-credibly supportive.”

Sheen taped an episode of the top-rated CBS comedy on Friday. He was arrested Christmas Day in Aspen, Colo., on suspicion of domestic violence and other charges. Sheen’s wife, Brooke, told police he put a knife to her throat, an accusation the actor denies. At-torneys say the couple wants to reconcile.

A day before the taping, Pitkin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Arnold Mordkin said that a Colorado judge ruled that Sheen must appear in person Feb. 8 for an Aspen hearing on suspicion of felony menacing, domestic violence and other charges.

Hanesbrands Inc., meanwhile, said it is ending its ad-vertising campaign featuring Sheen. Company spokes-man Matt Hall said the seriousness of the allegations against the 44-year-old actor made the decision neces-sary.

Deep freeze sweeps through Europe

Powerful winds and heavy snow forced hundreds of flight cancellations across Europe on Saturday as blasts of freezing cold buffeted Europe.

By early afternoon, 226 domestic and international flights had been canceled at Frankfurt airport. Crews struggled to clear the runways, and the few planes that managed to take off had to be deiced first, said Frank-furt airport duty manager Heinz Fass.

In Britain, cold winds swept in from the north, send-ing temperatures tumbling to minus 14 degrees in parts of Scotland and northern England. The country is in the midst of its longest cold snap in three decades, and transport has been disrupted in many areas.

Heavy snow forced the cancellation of all flights at Dublin Airport in Ireland. Traffic at London’s Heath-row Airport, Europe’s busiest, was also affected, with British Airways alone canceling around 50 flights.

In France, dozens of flights were canceled in Tou-louse, Lyon and Brest. The first heavy snow in two years snapped power lines in the southeast, near the Mediterranean, leaving at least 7,500 homes without power. And at least 12 French Cup soccer matches had to be rescheduled because of the cold, the French foot-ball federation said.

Obama used as fashion model

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On Friday, after being contacted by the White House, the company pledged to take down the billboard — in about two weeks, plenty of time to squeeze more atten-tion out of it.

The Weatherproof ad, with its “A Leader in Style” tag line, is particularly brazen — it does make the pres-ident look something like a jacket model. “I don’t think I’ve seen one that’s quite so bold,” said trademark law-yer and intellectual property expert Anthony Biller.

Chavez devalues country’s currency

President Hugo Chavez’ decision to devalue Vene-zuela’s currency for the first time in nearly five years aims to stretch his government’s oil earnings further and counter a recession by increasing spending.

The devaluation of the bolivar lessens a wide gap with the black-market exchange rate for dollars and will un-avoidably push inflation — already the highest in Latin America at 25 percent — to even higher levels.

Dozens of Venezuelans lined up in Caracas on Satur-day outside stores that sell electronics and appliances, trying to buy items that they fear soon will be consider-ably more expensive.

Opposition leaders on Saturday called the devalua-tion a blow to Venezuelans that will make them pay through inflation while letting the government instantly convert its oil earnings into more cash domestically to boost spending ahead of congressional elections.

Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said the devaluation announced by Chavez on Friday night should add to in-flation by 3 percent to 5 percent this year. Some econo-mists predict a much bigger leap.

Government run insurance appears doomed

Senior House Democrats have largely abandoned hopes of including a government-run insurance option in the final compromise health care bill taking shape, according to several officials, and are pushing for other

measures to rein in private insurers.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Demo-

crats told the President they want the legislation to strip the insurance industry of a long-standing exemption from federal antitrust laws, officials said. That provi-sion is in the House-passed measure, but was omitted from the bill that the Senate passed on Christmas Eve.

They also want the final measure to include a House-passed proposal for a nationwide insurance exchange, to be regulated by the federal government, where con-sumers could shop for private coverage. The Senate bill calls for a state-based system of exchanges.

House Dems also want to require insurers to spend a minimum amount of premium income on benefits, thereby limiting what is available for salaries, bonuses, advertising and other items.

Chevron pipeline attackedUnknown gunmen attacked a Chevron Corp. crude

oil pipeline running through Nigeria’s restive Niger Delta, a new sign of violence in a region supposedly brought under control by a government-led amnesty program, officials said Saturday.

The attack occurred Friday at a pipeline that trans-ports crude oil out of Chevron’s seven swamp fields in the area, which produced 77,000 barrels of oil per day in 2008. Chevron spokesman Scott Walker said workers stopped the pipeline flow, holding back about 20,000 barrels.

Chevron Nigeria Ltd., the company’s local subsid-iary, operates the line with the state-run Nigerian Na-tional Petroleum Corp. Chevron, based in San Ramon, Calif., previously pulled out of the area in 2003 over vandalism and attacks by local militants, but returned in 2007.

The Chevron subsidiary “is assessing the situation, has informed relevant stakeholders including the com-munities and is committed to the safety and security of its employees and the protection of the environment in all its operations,” Walker said in a statement.

Snowmobile accident deaths rising in VermontSnowmobiles crossing a frozen Vermont lake plunged

through the ice Saturday, killing a man, his 24-year-old daughter and 3-year-old granddaughter, police said.

The snowmobiles were carrying six people on Lake Dunmore when the accident occurred about 100 yards from shore at about noon Saturday. Five people went into the water and were later pulled out by rescue crews. A 4-year-old was pushed to safety before the snowmo-bile he was riding went through the ice.

Kevin Flynn, 50, Carrie Flynn, 24, both of Whit-ing, and 3-year-old Bryanna Popp, of Brandon, were pronounced dead at Porter Hospital in nearby Middle-bury.

The accident was the latest in a series of fatal mis-haps involving snowmobiles in Vermont, where three other deaths have occurred within the last month.

Halle Berry has the right kind of underwear

Canadian police said Friday that it was wrong for one of their officers to whisk Halle Berry, her model boy-friend and baby through airport security at Montreal’s Trudeau airport.

A constable at the airport decided to let the couple pass a long line after a spur-of-the-moment request on Monday by Gabriel Aubry, a Quebec model who is Berry’s boyfriend and father of her 22-month-old daughter, Nahla.

“The (boyfriend) of Ms. Berry asked if they could go faster through the line because they were late and they had the baby,” said Insp. Jimmy Cacchione, who heads the 36-member unit that patrols the Montreal airport.

Journalist Marieve Paradis said she spotted the ac-tress and her family bypassing a lengthy security lineup while other passengers waited for hours to get to U.S. Customs.

“It shocked me that we were waiting in line, and there were other babies and other children,” Paradis said from Los Angeles, where she lives.

Paradis said she barely made the morning flight herself after arriving three and a half hours ahead of departure as a result of heightened security checks at airports across the globe since a foiled terror attack on Christmas Day.

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“She knows that she can beat everybody,” the coach said. “Even today, with very, very tough con-ditions, especially when she went in. I mean, conditions changed and got worse. She’s still able to do it. That’s pretty amazing.”

In addition to Vonn, the U.S. had a ninth-place finish from Stacey Cook while Julia Mancuso was 11th.

The race was postponed several times because of fog and organiz-ers lowered the start of the race to the point normally used for

super-G starts.Vonn’s main rival, Maria Riesch,

finished seventh, 0.46 off the win-ning time. Vonn has 794 points to lead the German by 99 points. Aus-tria’s Kathrin Zettel is third with 569.

“I can’t be satisfied finishing seventh but it’s not the end of the world,” Riesch said. “Lowering the start made it a pretty short course, which was not a benefit for me.”

Kamer enjoyed her first top-three finish in a World Cup race.

“Maybe I was lucky as well with start No. 1,” she said. “I never be-lieved I could win as I knew that

Lindsey would be faster.”Jacquemod, who was 23rd in Fri-

day’s downhill, likened the race to a sprint.

“It was a challenge, and I like challenges,” she said.

Anja Paerson finished fifth, 0.40 behind Vonn, and is fourth in the standings with 471 points. She was second in Friday’s downhill.

A women’s super-G is scheduled for today.

“I have to be more aggressive than I’ve been in the last couple of super-G’s,” Vonn said. “I have to stay fo-cused and keep things going.”

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