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Show WedThursFri, February 4-6, 2004 The Park Record mxsm MOUNTAIN TOWN NEWS Killer in love triangle has one more lawsuit By ALLEN BEST Record guest wrter EAGLE, (polo. - Kathy , Denson, the owner of fur stores in Vail and . Aspen who was acquitted last summer- of murdering mur-dering her boyfriend, has won again in court, i Her employee of 18 years, Monica "Monique" Seebacher, had sued her, claiming wrongful termination and also "outrageous "outra-geous conduct."! But Seebacher withdrew her claims and also her demand for $200000, reports the Vail Daily. The sexual manage a trois was also triangle of drugs, money and sometimes guns. Denson, now 46, had fa boyfriend, "Gerald "Cody"Boyd, 45, and the two of them along with Seebacher had been involved in an occasional love triangle, as well as common cocaine use. In 2002, Boyd and Seebacher took up, and it was during that time that Denson "shot Boyd, a greedy and boastful man according to court testimony, to death with a black-powder pistbl. A jury in Eagle, where Denson has a small horse ranch, agreed that there was insufficient evidence to disprove dis-prove Denson 's claim of self-defense. self-defense. The only lawsuit remaining is a civil claim by Boyd's ex-wife on behalf of his child. An attorney attor-ney for the ex-wife says the case is similar to that of O.J. Simpson. While Simpson was acquitted in criminal court, evidence evi-dence allowed in the civil trial resulted in a settlement against Simpson and on behalf of his ex-wife's ex-wife's family. . Mechanic argues mag chloride chlo-ride a ball buster FRISCO, Colo. - Along the I-70 I-70 corridor in Colorado, those critical of magnesium chloride continue to cite evidence that the chemical deicer is more trouble trou-ble than it's worth. Among the latest arguments is that the chemical, while making highways high-ways safer, is making automobiles automo-biles themselves less safe. Gary Bergman, who owns a tire store, blames magnesium chloride, a naturally corrosive agent, with causing the deteriorating deterio-rating of a ball joint on Honda. "If the ball joint goes, you have TELL YOUR SWEETIE HOW YOU FEEL WITH A PERSONAL W0 WJma CALL no control; the ball goes whatev- er it wants to go," he told the Summit Daily News. And that, he explained is a grave safety issue. ' - - . .) "You can kiss your rear end goodbye. There's only one person per-son in control of that car, and it ; ain't you," he explained. Other mechanics, such a "Jungle" Furhman, who works out of Eagle, agree to the corrosive corro-sive nature of magnesium chloride. chlo-ride. "If you are working on a bolt, you'd better have a backup bolt, because magnesium chloride chlo-ride causes bolts to break," Furhman told Mountain Town News. Colorado transportation authorities agree that mag chloride, chlo-ride, as it is commonly called, is corrosive, and urge drivers to wash their vehicles' undercarriages. ( : America and Everything is so last minute in the Asia, which entertainment world... Everything is an tTgrowPbCye2 emergency... It definitely was exhausting exhaust-ing and more stressful than I thought. " - Ryan Sutter From "The Bachelor" In Aspen, the Roaring Fork Transit Authority says that mag chloride is causing corrosion to buses, necessitating their premature prema-ture replacement. Intrawest studies future of snow-sliding industry WHISTLER, B.C. Intrawest has launched a study intended to yield insight into the future of lift-aided snow sports -skiing, it used to be called - and hence how it should focus its energy and money. The only certainty cer-tainty is that it won't be the same as now. . "Looking back 15 years, the typical user was $ skier in a one-piece one-piece ski suit with long, narrow skis," said Arthur DeJong, the manager of mountain planning and environmental resources for Whistler-Blackcomb. 1 "Things have changed a lot. It's been, a revolution." DeJong told Pique newsmagazine news-magazine that the study will help VALE ONLY $.50 A LINE PLUS ADA GRAPHIC FOR $1 CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING GRAPHICS US TODAY MESSAGE guide expansion of lifts and terrain ter-rain at Whistler-Blackcomb while making better use of existing exist-ing infrastructure through new technology and the better management man-agement of resources. It will, he said, take into account issues like global warming, s Among the things Intrawest is trying to figure out is why the Japanese market at Whistler has dropped 40 percent. It also wants to better forecast how problems being experienced in the air travel industry will affect the resort business. The study seems to be rife with numbers. For example, demographers project that 20 percent of young North Americans will remain single for most of their lives, reducing the family market while creating a new market with different needs. Also, Intrawest is eyeing South billion people in the next 50 years even as prospe rity there creates new potentially potential-ly new skiers. " And yet another: the most frequent activity for 18- to 24-year-olds is computer games. And youth obesity has doubled in the last 0 years. Intrawest expects to complete the study by summer, and DeJong speculates that "it might be in our best interest to share this, or part of this, with other resorts out there." Vail hospital vies to get Summit County patients SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. -The medical scene in Summit County is getting more competitive. competi-tive. Shortly after county officials offi-cials sealed a pact with Denver-based Denver-based Centura Health to build a hospital near Frisco, Vail Valley Medical Center - located 25 miles in the other direction -announced expansion of services into Summit County. "In response to , Summit County's rapid growth, we are looking at possible expansion in the Silverthorne-Dillon area," NTINE MESSAGE SAMPLE AD: SUGARBEAR YOU ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY ONE TRUE LOVE!!! LOVE YOUR WIFE! TO PIACE TO APPEAR IN THE FEB. 435-649-9014 A Roundup of Keys Pom other Western skf EBiJ said Tom Zellers, CEO of Vail Valley Medical. "At the same time, we want to improve our services in Keystone, Breckenridge, and Frisco." TV hunk Sutter returns to being Vail firefighter VAIL, Colo. - The Vail Daily reports that the "deliciously sweet" Ryan Sutter, who recently recent-ly got married to bachelorette Trista Rehn in front of something some-thing like three million people, is back at work as a firefighter in Vail. He told the newspaper that he was not only rusty in his duties, but woefully out of shape. Just the same, after he responded to a medical call several sev-eral hours into his first shift after the six-month hiatus, fellow fel-low firefighters had kind words. "He did an awesome job," said Craig Davis. For Sutter, it's one emergency or another. "Everything is so last minute in the entertainment world. They . tell you how badly they need you somewhere, and it's on such short notice. Everything is an emergency in that business ... It definitely was exhausting and more stressful than I thought." Banff hot springs runs dry for the fifth winter BANFF, Alberta - Ongoing drought appears to be what has caused Banff's famous Upper Hot Springs to run dry for the fifth consecutive winter. Municipal tap water is being used to top up the popular tourist attraction. The flow of mineral water is expected to resume in the spring with snowmelt, reports the Rocky " Mountain Outlook. 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