Water Skier Injured at Buffalo Springs Lake
A white male was water skiing at Buffalo Springs lake at 6:15 when a jet ski came behind him and hit him.
The black male on the jet ski failed to stop after he hit the man.
Certified lifeguard Tiffany Standard and her friends saw the incident happen on a nearby boat and helped rescue the man. “As a lifeguard of four years,” said Standard, “I just jumped in and with the help of these guys, we pulled him in and got in on the boat.”
Standard asked the man his name, age and if he knew where he was. She said he knew all of those things, but did not remember the accident. He had a gash on the back on his head and was transported to the hospital for treatment.
Witness Dyana Thomas said she spotted police interviewing the black male who hit the man victim and heard him deny any wrong doing. Police are still investigating the incident.
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Skiing in Scotland, bluebell walks and sunshine on a budget
Take me there: Cairngorm, Scotland
To say that the Cairngorm (cairngormmountain.org) in Scotland has had an unusual season would be an understatement. Warm weather meant there were no snowsports in March – unheard of in previous years – then from out of nowhere, in mid-April and throughout May there has been increasing snowfall, meaning that winter sports fans have been heading for the mountains every weekend this spring. The late snow has been popular with snowboarders and freestylers, for whom the Cairngorm has been laying on special features in its Quiksilver Roxy Freestyle Park, such as a new 9m ledge rail, with an MC encouraging everyone to have a go by offering prizes for an attempt.
Travel clinic: sunshine on a budget
The dilemma I would like to go somewhere sunny for a week with my partner in late June/early July. We’d like to stay in or near an interesting old town, and not far from a beach. Ideally we’d stay in a rustic but beautiful villa, apartment or small hotel with space for sunbathing. Our budget is quite tight, but we’d prefer somewhere other than eastern Europe. Debbie, Whitstable, Kent
Sicily claims the highest average daily rate of sunshine in Europe, with June temperatures registering in the high 20s. Taormina, a historic town perched loftily above the sea and which Goethe called “a patch of paradise”, has an amphitheatre that hosts the Taormina Arte (taormina-arte.com) – a summer-long festival of concerts, theatre, dance and film starting in July – and is within sniffing distance of Etna, birthplace of the granita. But stay at the more down-to-earth fishing village of Letojanni, 5km down the coast, which has some lovely beachside restaurants. Owners Direct offers Villa Jasmine (sleeps two to four, from €560 for a week, ownersdirect.co.uk/italy/it341.htm), which has a spectacular sea view and a terrace with garden and is only two minutes’ walk from the beach. EasyJet flies into Catania from £76.49 one way in June.
Three of the best: bluebell walks
There may be precious little blue in the sky right now, but we’re not struggling at ground level – the damp conditions have given rise to some of the best bluebell carpets in recent memory
Ashdown Forest, Sussex Home to the heritage Bluebell Railway – climb aboard the steam engines to see swathes of the flowers along the tracks (bluebell-railway.co.uk)
Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire You’ll see patches of bluebells on an inspiring walk that includes strolling through woods and meadows and over a bridge (tinyurl.com/bmy7ahz)
Vicarage Meadows, near Abergwesyn A nationally important wildflower meadow with an amazing display of bluebells in May and early June (tinyurl.com/cmqsvs3)
Olympian Kris Freeman wins men’s PPP, Stephanie Howe takes women’s crown for …
Olympian and U.S. Nordic Ski Team member Kris Freeman, of Thornton, N.H, won the men’s elite division of the Pole Pedal Paddle today, defeating defending champion Andrew Boone of Bend. Freeman has competed in the past three Winter Olympics and has four top-10 World Cup finishes to his credit. He is a 14-time U.S. champion.
Stephanie Howe, 28, of Bend, won her third consecutive title in the women’s elite race today.
Members of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club help plant trees at PGG&CC
1,000 Days And Planting
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Members of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club help plant trees at PGGCC
Prince George, BC – It is 1,000 days and counting until athletes from across the country converge on Prince George to participate in the 2015 Canada Winter Games…
To mark the milestone, volunteers from local sports organizations were at four sites throughout the city today planting 1,000 seedlings.
2015 Games CEO, Stuart Ballantyne, told the young members of the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club who were gathered at the Prince George Golf Curling Club that he was “a little bit nervous” to be going to three-digits in the countdown as of tomorrow. “But there’s nothing better than for us to give back to the community and for you guys – the youth of our community – to be able to do something that will have a lasting legacy for, hopefully, hundreds of years.”
At right, 13-year-old Mark Hartley helps local MLA and Justice Minister Shirley Bond tap in a seedling near the 9th hole. It’s one of two spots where head groundskeeper, Murray Kutyn, felt the seedlings would have the highest survival rate. The seedlings were donated by Canfor for today’s commemoration. Kutyn plans to transplant the trees throughout the golf course in two or three years when they’re larger.
For their efforts, the local sports organizations taking part in today’s treeplanting received a donation to bolster their individual fundraising efforts. The biathlon head coach with Caledonia, Pierre Beaudry, thanked the Winter Games Committee, City, and Province, saying “donations are always welcome.”
Beaudry, his daughter Sarah, and four other members of the local biathlon team were part of Team BC at the 2011 Canada Winter Games in Halifax. Beaudry says it’s a rare feat to have one club take five of eight spots on the provincial team (there was one Prince George skier on the cross country team, as well).
He’s says it’s pretty early to say what 2015 will hold – both Sarah and Arthur Roots are graduating from high school this spring and will be moving to the National Training Centre in Canmore, Alberta this fall to get to the next level of training. “If they really succeed – will they even be available for the Canada Winter Games? They may be on the World Cup circuit,” he says. “(But) We have some very good potential athletes. We’ll have to wait and see.”
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Freeman Out-Duels Boone to Win Pole Pedal Paddle
CRR Shop, Brushfire Causes $200,000 Damage
A shop fire on Crooked River Ranch spread to several outbuildings and trees Friday afternoon, causing about $200,000 damage, but firefighters kept it from spreading farther and saved the nearby house from burning, officials said.
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