Sarah Sent Snow!

January 27, 2012

A CMC student pays tribute to friend Sarah Burke

This article first appeared in CMC student Ali Gingras’ blog See What I See.

Dania Assaly and Ali Gingras with Sarah helmetsThe evening of Sarah’s death I had a friend of a friend print out some die-cuts I designed to put on my helmet. Me and my boyfriend had planned on going to Vail all week since he has never been, and I knew the best thing I could do to honor her was to go and enjoy it the way she would have. So the next day we went to Vail, just as we had planned.

It wasn’t supposed to snow much that day… but it did, and it absolutely dumped. It snowed for hours; the biggest flakes I have seen in months, that fell from the sky like the clouds had accumulated the entire sea. It was beautiful. I haven’t felt that much joy and happiness skiing in a long time, and I know it’s because she was there. I couldn’t stop laughing as the snow shot up into my face, turning my black face mask into a bumpy white beard. I even hucked some cliffs I wouldn’t have dreamed of… I guess she left a piece of herself in everyone of us when she left. She probably figured since I had enough goofiness she’d leave me some of her Read the rest of this entry »

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Student combines CMC studies with pro snowboard career

January 26, 2012

Jake Black finds resonance with CMC’s Sustainability Studies degree

Jake Black was born and raised in Summit County, making him that rarest of things:  a true Local.  And true to the culture of his ski town home, his parents had him and his two brothers on skis as soon as they were walking.  It was the start of a love affair with the art of carving snow that has yet to slow.

Black switched to snowboarding at age 7, and began competing several years later.  After high school, he wanted to pursue life on the pro snowboard circuit, but also earn a college degree. After researching his options, Black decided that staying right at home in Breckenridge was the best way to accomplish both goals.

The multi-talented Black- he’s also an emerging writer who just published his first article in Snowboard, Colorado magazine, sees a deep connection between snowboarding’s rebel origins and the world’s need to find a new paradigm of sustainability to live by.  Check out his worldview in his article, and catch his thoughts on CMC’s Sustainability Studies degree in our new vid.  Enjoy the ride!

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Where the Heart Is

January 25, 2012

This article first appeared in CMC student Bailey Peth’s blog Loving Life at 6700 ft

Music: The String Cheese Incident, Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place)

Steamboat Springs, ColoradoIt is odd how a place can turn into a home so quickly. I lived more or less in the same house for eighteen years, and it only took a couple of months for Steamboat to become my home. It took exactly one day for me to be comfortable in this town and with the other kids in the dorms.

But the meaning of home runs deeper than comfort. This is the place my heart aches to be. This is where I plan on returning when I am old and tired to lay my head down for good. The air in this valley meets my lips sweeter than anywhere else. The sky is a better shade of blue here. I couldn’t live in a more perfect place even if I thought one up in my imagination and it sprang into being.

Roughly ten days into my winter vacation my heart began to itch for this valley. Seeing my family was wonderful and I was grateful for the time with them, however ten days was too long to be away from my home. My heart longed for the wide open skies and sweeping winds, and for the Read the rest of this entry »

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One Book, One Valley read announced in Avon Tuesday

January 25, 2012

‘Doc’ by author Mary Doria Russell chosen as community book

Photo of Vail, Eagle, Minturn Avon mayor holding the book "Doc".

Minturn Mayor Pro Tem George Brodin, Avon Mayor Rich Carroll, Vail Mayor Andy Daly and Eagle Mayor Pro Tem Kraige Kinney hold the book “Doc,” by Mary Doria Russell, during the launch of One Book, One Valley at the Avon Public Library. Special to the Daily

Minturn Mayor Pro Tem George Brodin, Avon Mayor Rich Carroll, Vail Mayor Andy Daly and Eagle Mayor Pro Tem Kraige Kinney hold the book “Doc,” by Mary Doria Russell, during the launch of One Book, One Valley on Tuesday at the Avon Public Library. One Book, One Valley is a collaborative effort by The Bookworm of Edwards, Colorado Mountain College, Eagle Valley Library District and the Vail Public Library.

The goal of these organizations is to promote a sense of community by sharing a common topic for conversation and to encourage Read the rest of this entry »

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Retired fire truck stays in the valley

January 24, 2012

Colorado Mountain College receives gift of pumper truck

Firefighters and Edwards Campus CEO Peggy Curry stand in front of retired firetruck.

Local fire officials and representatives of Colorado Mountain College stand on the fire truck given to the college by the Eagle River Fire Protection District at the school's Edwards campus Wednesday. From left are ERFPD Battalion Chief Mike Kerst; Vail Fire Chief Mark Miller; ERFPD Chief Karl Bauer; Peggy Curry, vice president of CMC's Edwards campus; and Kurt Keiser, fire science program coordinator at CMC. Dominique Taylor | dtaylor@vaildaily.com

EDWARDS, Colorado — Old fire trucks rarely retire — usually, they’re passed down from bigger, more affluent departments to smaller ones, eventually ending up as parts for other trucks. But an Eagle River Fire Protection District pumper truck has earned the mechanical equivalent of a long retirement in tall, sweet grass.

The truck, nicknamed “Mother” many years ago, has been donated to the fire science department at Colorado Mountain College in Edwards. There, the truck will live out its days as a trainer, helping students get familiar with the basics of a fire truck. It’s still-strong water pump will also help students — and firefighters from around the region — in “live fire” training at a college facility in Dotsero.

While the truck’s still functional, Eagle River Fire Protection District Chief Karl Bauer said the vehicle’s age was starting to Read the rest of this entry »

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Little Rock activist profiled in free community movie

January 23, 2012

In this 1959 photo is civil rights activist Daisy Bates with (at left) Lt. George W. Lee, a prominent Memphis civic leader and author. “Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock,” will be screened for free at CMC in Rifle Jan. 27. Photograph © The Commercial Appeal

Colorado Mountain College in Rifle and Chevron kick off the second year of free PBS Community Cinema screenings on Friday, Jan. 27, with “Daisy Bates: First Lady of Little Rock,” the story of a seven-year journey by filmmaker Sharon La Cruise to discover the life of a forgotten civil rights activist named Daisy Bates.

Unconventional and egotistical, Bates became a household name in 1957 when she fought for the right of nine black students to attend the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.

Bates’s role in history was also included in the college’s Common Reader book from last fall, “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School,” written by one of the Little Rock Nine students, Carlotta Walls Lanier. Bates was an advisor to the nine students.

Rocky Mountain PBS presents Community Cinema screenings in 12 locations across Colorado, featuring powerful documentaries from the Emmy Award-winning PBS series “Independent Lens,” followed by Read the rest of this entry »

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