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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, November 13-16, 20TQ The Park Record A-6 M i OUNTAIN TOWNNEWSl • A r e you a disillusioned Cliristian? :j If you have ever been hurt by your church, beratemPlsking questions, ; or rejected for having an open mind... your joifffley doesn't need to end. A Roundup of News from Other Western Ski Resort Communities are invited to seek God and get acquainted with Jesus'unconditional love every Sunday mornijag at 10:30 at St. Luke's Church located at 4595 Silver Springs Road - 2.2 miles from 1-80 off Hwy 224. We also hold 7:45 AM Sunday services in our historic Park City Chapel at 525 Park Avenue. . ' By Allen Best Record contributing writer Questions? Please call: 435-649-4900... or visit us?"at: www.stlukespc.org VAIL, Colo. - After an absence of 23 years, major bicycling will return to Colorado next August. The Quiznos Pro Challenge will draw 120 professional bicycle racers, including many from the Tour de France, for a 600mile multi-stage race. And this excites the bicycling mayors of both Aspen and Vail, both of them stops along the race. Salida, Crested Butte, Avon, Steamboat Springs and Breckenridge are also on the race course. Lance Armstrong, who now has a second home in Aspen, lent support to the race, which will be the fourth largest in the world. "This is a great place to ride bicycles, and it's been absent from the high-end pro cycling agenda since the Coors Classic ended in the 1980s,1' said Steve Wood, a former member of the U.S. national cycling team who now lives in the Vail area. The race will pose a special challenge to the world's bicycling racers, because of the thinner air. The lowest elevation will be at Denver, but otherwise, the lowest elevation will be at Steamboat Springs, elevation 6,728. European races often have much steeper climbs, but from lower elevations, says Wood. "Some of the Alps races top out at 7,000 to 8,000 feet but they start near sea level," says Wood, who is now A bit of Tour de France will be felt in Colorado St. Luke^ Church^ "JLove God... Thinkfor Yoyfyelfi- Double your Local's discount through November! L o c a l s C a r d s always available, good every day of the year for all food purchases. For a limited time get 20% off food purchases! Not valid with any other discount. 412 Bistro Park City Resort Cntr 649-2252 selves on the roads where the pros have been riding. "They want to do the climbs the pros are doing.. They want to ride them. because when you do, it gives you more respect for what the pros arc doing," explained Sean Petty, chief operating officer of USA Cycling. Peat from last ice age yields yet more bones SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo. - The peat bog near Snowmass Village continues to yield more and more bones of now extinct species from the last ice age - or perhaps older. The tally seems to shift almost as rapidly as the score in a basketball game. Bones of five species were uncovered in just three days last week, and over the weekend more yet were discovered - including the skull and horns of a gigan-. tic ice age bison. "I'm trying to think of a cooler fossil that I've ever seen in my life," said Dr. Kirk Johnson, the chief curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, which is overseeing the excavation. The ice-age bison were twice the size of modern bison. Also uncovered, as of Sunday, were the bones of at least one Columbian mammoth, evidence of five mastodons, three bison), plus a giant ground sloth that stood up to 12 feet in height. The latter may be the rarest of discoveries, experts say. Remnants of an ice-age deer have also been found. Scientists had estimated that the bones were from 12,000 to 15.000 years ago, during the last ice age. By 10,000 years ago most of the ice was gone. But in a press release, the museum officials pointed out that the new bison discovery suggested potential for a much older date. Other extremely large bison discovered in the Western United States have been found in sediments as old as 30,000 to 50,000. The peat has also yielded i • ~m m » , • . • tfrW •» large logs, up to three feet in diameter, that show the grain and growth rings. Crews have also recovered seeds, pollen and leaves that are mummified, meaning original organic material is preserved. Also found have been insects and fossilized snails, which may offer tell-tale clues about the water quality of the lake or bog. So far, museum scientists have reported nothing to indicate humans were at the site y y e carry ne\V& used books, are a booktrader^ ! although humans were in North American by .at least tea accessories, gifts, cards and free WiFi • v » ; *| 14,000 years ago, and some archaeologists think much longer than that. .> Fun new bbokslore, / , ' This massive dig began coffet and teahouse after a bulldozer operator who on Lower Main Street,. * was moving dirt in preparation featuring over 65 for a reservoir on Oct. 14 came varieties ofloose leaf tea. across what was initially Full espresso bar with thought to be the bones of a fresh delicious coffee, cow. H&H bagels.wraps, ^ ' . While the bones will be | sandwiches, salads, "' kept at the Denver Museum <. soups, homemade . of Nature and Science, pastries and'much more. Snowmass Village itself might eventually get a museum. "There's certainly a lot of expectation in the community," said Russ Forrest, the jpn-Siu; 7am-7pm | Sun: 7ara-5pm town manager, when asked •.aUicXisbyoksandtcahouie.com about the prospects by The Aspen Times. It's ok to Double Dip! 306 Main St 649-5044 launching a business called High Road Velo Tours, which will cater to recreational bicycle racers. The most grueling stage may well be between Gunnison and Aspen. In that oneday stage, competitors will twice cross the Continental Divide, using Cottonwood and Independence passes, both of them surpassing 12,000 feet. Aspen Mayor Mick Ireland, an avid bicycle rider who has crossed both passes, says that stage could well determine the outcome of the Quiznos Pro Challenge. After Aspen, racers will compete in Vail, which at one time hosted time trials in the Red Zinger Classic and then the Coors Classic, which ended in 1988. "It was a huge event," remembers Vail Mayor Dick Cleveland. "It brought thousands of people to Vail. The streets were jammed with local and international guests," he said. Dimensions of the race are suggested by the lodging needs. To participate, Aspen had to agree to donate 400 lodging rooms for free or discounted rates for use by racers, support staff, race officials and media. How will the lodges sort this out? Warren King, general manager of the Aspen Square Condominium Hotel, said some sort of revenuesharing plan is needed, to see that hotels providing free rooms are compensated. Race organizers teil the Vail Daily that they expect the race will attract avocational riders, who want to test them- 412 Main St 649-8211 Customer Appreciation Week! CARRYOUT SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY! 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