| Shooting suspect dies | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:46:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | A Parachute man suspected of wounding a state trooper in a traffic stop late Tuesday died of a gunshot wound Wednesday night at a law enforcement checkpoint south of Interstate 70 in Garfield County, authorities said. According to Tanny McGinnis, spokeswoman for the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, Steven Joseph Appl, 33, "tried to get out of the area, which was being heavily searched, when there was a shot fired, but it's our information that no shot was fired by law enforcement. The suspect is deceased." The state trooper, Brian Koch, 38, of Glenwood Springs, was in good condition Wednesday night after surgery on his shattered arm at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction. McGinnis said a vehicle carrying Appl and a woman approached the checkpoint sometime after dark Wednesday and was stopped by officers.... | |
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| | | Seacoast Area Obituaries | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:45:51 PM by Blog57 Team | | KITTERY, Maine -- Peter Henry Bizzocchi, 56, died on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006, at Peter Bent Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, following a battle with congenital heart disease. He was born on June 30, 1950, in Portsmouth and attended local schools, including Portsmouth High School. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Portsmouth. Following high school, he served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy, where he was a trained salvage diver. A jack-of-all-trades, he enjoyed electronics and was a talented electronics technician, usually able to fix about anything electronic. He enjoyed working on cars and was a great singer, performing with local bands as often as he could as he grew up, as well as fronting for the local band KICK in the '70s.... | |
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| | | Sheriff's Office seeks police impostor | | Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 6:47:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | The Weld County Sheriff's Office is looking for man who is suspected of impersonating a peace officer. Undersheriff Margie Martinez said a Greeley woman told deputies a man in a bright red, late-model Chevrolet Tahoe pulled her over about 4:30 p.m. on Weld County Road 17 between Weld 33 and 35. She said the man detained her for an hour, searched her vehicle and eventually let her go. She said the Tahoe had red lights inside the cabin and Colorado tags. Martinez said the Sheriff's Office expected release description of the suspect after the woman meets with investigators today to create composite of him. If you have information about this incident, contact the Sheriff's Office at 356-4015. -- Staff Reports .... | |
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| | | Demand for fuel source likely to rise; state's 1st plant to open ... | | Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 12:46:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | John Skelley has never been able to put much more than a swig of locally purchased ethanol in his black flex-fuel Chevrolet Avalanche covered with stickers extolling the benefits of the fuel blend. When Skelley, who is building the state's first ethanol plant between Maricopa and Casa Grande, drove to the Midwest two months ago, he couldn't tank up with the largely corn-based grain alcohol extract for nearly 1,300 miles until he arrived in the cob of the Corn Belt, Kearney, Neb. .... | |
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| | | The Friday Q & A: Peter Vermes | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:45:58 AM by Blog57 Team | | USSoccerPlayers (August 18, 2006) -- A veteran the U.S. national team, as well as Major League Soccer, Peter Vermes was one of the players who helped put U.S. Soccer on the map. In 1988, he was a part of the Olympic team and was named as the Chevrolet Player of the Year. That led to his participation on the 1990 World Cup team under Bob Gansler. In Major League Soccer, Vermes played for the MetroStars, the Colorado Rapids and won a championship with Kansas City under Gansler in 2000. Currently, he is an assistant coach on Thomas Rongen's staff with the U-20 national team. USSoccerPlayers.com caught up with Vermes to get his thoughts on the U-20s, the full national team and MLS. USSoccerPlayers: This new group of U-20s -- what are their strengths and weaknesses compared to the previous group? Vermes: It's hard to say.... | |
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| | | In brief: Paso del Norte is taking applications for funding | | Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 10:45:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nonprofit organizations are invited to submit proposals for funding from the Paso del Norte Health Foundation's Special Disaster Relief Program. The request for proposals by the foundation is intended for regional nonprofit organizations to help provide disaster relief to residents in El Paso and Doña Ana counties and in Juárez. About $470,000 has been allocated for disaster relief by the foundation. An application form is available at the Paso del Norte Health Foundation Web site: www.pdnhf.org. The deadline to submit proposal is 10 a.m. Friday. Information: Eric Hutson, 544-7636, ext. 20; Enrique Mata, 544-7636, ext. 17. 24-year-old man held in alleged graffiti spree LAS CRUCES -- A suspect in a Las Cruces graffiti spree was arrested Thursday, police said Saturday.... | |
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| | | 2006 Hummer H3 Photo Gallery | | Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:46:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | GM's Hummer division is well aware that it has come to represent wretched excess to many Americans, and it wants you to know that its new SUV, the H3, is a kindler, gentler Hummer. This smaller, more fuel efficient model is based on the platform that underlies the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups. Available only with a 3.5-liter five-cylinder engine that produces 220 horsepower at 5600 rpm and 225 lb-ft of torque at 2800 rpm, the 4700-pound H3 will have its work cut out for it towing its rated 4500 pounds-or even just motivating its own weight. .... | |
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| | | AP Blog: Champ Car Makes Fan-Friendly Move | | Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:45:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | EDMONTON, Alberta _ One thing the Champ Car World Series has been criticized for in the past has been the appearance of a lack of caring about the fans.While the American open-wheel series is desperate to keep the fans it has and find thousands of new ones, there are times when decisions seem to be made despite those concerns. That includes things like shortening already short races because of tight TV windows, failing to make time for drivers to do autograph sessions and meet the fans and having the teams putting away their equipment and preparing for their departure while hundreds of fans are walking through the paddock before the races.Well, today marks a departure from all that.With an 11 a.m. start time for the race _ because CBS is committed to showing the American Le Mans Series sports car race at Portland immediately following the Champ Car event _ the Edmonton promoters asked Champ Car if its teams would agree to remain in the paddock for several hours after the race.Champ Car officials approached the teams and, somewhat surprisingly, all agreed to stick around and give the fans something to look at in the paddock after the race.... | |
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| | | 2005 Chevrolet Colorado - Severado | | Posted Tuesday, July 04, 2006 8:45:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | If you ever wondered what one of the original members of Severed Ties would roll, here you have it. Kurt Forqueran, owner of Auto Core in Phoenix, AZ, has been a part of Severed Ties since '93. Having built plenty of customs in the past, including his mini-truck-inspired Civic, a '60 Caddy, and his Pontiac Sunfire '04 SEMA project, his next task should have been no problem. Grabbing a '05 Chevy Colorado as a canvas for his custom ambitions and with SEMA only two months away, Kurt and the Auto Core posse were gonna have to get slammin'. The first month consisted of three shaved door handles, a ragtop install, and a gutted interior. Let me tell you what. It was looking pretty good driving the streets of Phoenix as Kurt was using it for his daily driver. As safety is Kurt's first priority, there was one bolt holding in the driver's seat.... | |
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| | | Donner has tough hill to climb | | Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 6:45:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | When big-name drivers such as Danny Sullivan and Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima entered this year's Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, David Donner seemed to get lost in the shuffle. Donner might not be considered a marquee attraction, but he's a three-time overall champion at the Hill Climb, including last year. Donner, who competes in Open Wheel, is driving a 2006 Donner Special Indy-style car powered by a NASCAR Chevrolet SB2.2 engine designed specifically for Pikes Peak. Donner will try to become the king of the Hill Climb again at 9 a.m. today during the 84th running of the race to the top of the 14,110-foot peak. "The road is beautiful and I am really excited for the race," Donner said. "We have been working all the glitches and kinks out to make sure that everything is ready." A year ago, Donner's NASCAR engine had a bearing problem on the first day of practice.... | |
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