Sen. Clinton among Dems expected at fundraiser
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is expected to attend a private cocktail reception tonight at the Denver home of Laura and Bob Hill. Tickets to the event range from $250 to $4,200.
Prominent Colorado Democrats invited to the reception include U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette and Mark Udall, Sen. Ken Salazar and former state Treasurer and Lt. Gov. Gail Schoettler. Not all were expected to attend.
Ann Lewis, director of communications for Clinton’s Senate campaign, declined to name who would attend the event or other details.
She did say Clinton planned to visit several other Western states and is expected to return to Denver this month for the Democratic Leadership Council’s 10th annual “National Conversation” meeting, she said.
“This trip is principally a fundraiser,” Lewis said.
DENVER
Grad in limo accident up and moving
The East High School graduate who lost her leg and part of her pelvis in a limousine accident on prom night is standing and getting around with help, according to her family’s blog.
Physical therapists at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s Medical Center helped Molly Bloom, 17, walk out of her room and back with a walker, her family reported on the website mollyspage2006 .blogspot.com.
She is determined to get on with her life, her family writes, and a physical therapist told Molly that he has had football players who didn’t work as hard as she has this week.
Molly’s condition has improved, and she is expected to be moved to Children’s Hospital this month when she celebrates her 18th birthday, her family said.
NEDERLAND
Hurt, stranded teens await glacier rescue
Two Boulder County teens were injured and stranded on Arapahoe Glacier on Thursday night, waiting for rescuers to hike up the mountain.
The task would take all night, according to a Boulder County sheriff’s statement.
The names of the teens, ages 16 and 17, were not released Thursday.
One suffered head injuries and the other a broken leg.
Authorities first received a 911 call about 5 p.m. But because of bad cellphone reception, the call initially went to Adams County authorities, then was transferred to several other agencies, the statement said.
Meanwhile, darkness settled over the mountain, forcing emergency crews to abandon the possibility of a helicopter rescue. At 9 p.m., the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group had opted for a ground rescue.
DENVER
Bridge work to shut I-25 south of C-470
T-REX workers plan a full closure of Interstate 25 between Lincoln Avenue and the C-470/ E-470 interchange at 9 p.m. Saturday so crews can erect the pedestrian bridge over I-25 to the Lincoln light-rail station. All lanes of the highway are expected to reopen by 9 a.m. Sunday.
Traffic on I-25 will be rerouted to South Quebec Street during the closure.
GOLDEN
Energy chief, Salazar to tour NREL facility
U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman will tour a new science and technology facility today at Golden’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
The complex was slated for budget cuts until President Bush and other politicians took note.
Bodman plans to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony and then speak about NREL’s role in promoting alternative energy. He’ll be joined by Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo.
In February, Bush toured the lab and said a proposed 8 percent budget cut resulted from a mistake in the appropriations process.
BOULDER
TV show will feature ’54 Jane Doe case
The mysterious, decades-old case of Boulder’s Jane Doe will receive national attention this week when it is scheduled to appear on the “America’s Most Wanted” television show.
The show’s producers have told Silvia Pettem, the Boulder historian who has doggedly pursued Jane Doe’s identity, that a segment on the 52-year-old homicide case will air Saturday.
Pettem plans to be in the “America’s Most Wanted” studio as the show airs to receive whatever tips the program generates.
In 1954, Boulder authorities found the body of a naked, badly bruised, 20-something woman at the bottom of a steep embankment. Her identity was never discovered and her killer never found.
MESA VERDE
Allard bill seeks to expand park
U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., recently announced that he has introduced legislation to expand the boundary of the 52,122-acre Mesa Verde National Park.
The expansion will include 324 acres of land owned by the Henneman family and 38 acres donated to the park by the Mesa Verde Foundation.
Allard called the land a birthday present for the park, which turned 100 years old June 29.
