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Arlo Guthrie7 p.m. mondayThe concert on the Fine Arts Center lawn will open with a set by Pueblo’s Haunted Wind-chimes. Tickets are $32; csfineartscenter.org or 634-5583.

Indian Market9 a.m. - 5 p.m. SaTURdayThe free Indian Arts Market and Powwow will celebrate Indian cultures in Woodland Park. The grand entry is scheduled for noon, Memorial Park off U.S. Highway 24. marketand-powwow.com.

Festival10 a.m. - 5 p.m. SaTURday - mondayThe Commonwheel Artists Labor Day Arts and Crafts Festival celebrates its 36th year, in Manitou Springs’ Me-morial Park. There will also be concerts, food vendors and children’s activities.

Balloon ClassicSaTURday - monday

The free Colorado Balloon Classic plans to launch with more than 60 balloons for its 34th flight Saturday through Monday in Memorial Park, off Pikes Peak Avenue between Han-cock Avenue and Union Boulevard. The conces-sions open at 6 a.m., and the balloons will rise, depending on weather, at 7 a.m. The Bal-loon Glo activities begin at 4 p.m. Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday, and the balloons are lighted at 8 p.m. both days.

More eventsinside page 6 at COLORadOspRings.COM, OuttheReCOLORadO.COM & gaZette.COM

2010 Football PreviewinSide Today Gear up for Air Force football against Northwestern State at noon Saturday with this special section.

SEPT. 12Denver at Jacksonville, 11 a.m., CBS, 107.9 FM

SaTurdayNorthwestern (La.) State at Air Force, noon, 740 AM

SaTurdayColorado vs. CSU (Denver), noon, The mtn., 850, 560 AM

SaTurdayColorado vs. CSU (Denver), noon, The mtn., 850, 560 AM

KicKoffS for ThE 2010 fooTball SEaSonS

Special Section: 2010 Football PreviewThursday, September 2, 2010

GETTING THEIR KICKS IS A KEY TO WINNING Kicking game is an often unappreciated aspect butplayers and coaches know it has to be a major focus

5 SPEcial PlayS in STaTE hiSTory David Ramsey looks at the top five moments. Page 2

EVErybody inVolVEd aT air forcE There is no one special teams coach for the Falcons. Page 3

Air Force

TdS MaKE ThEir rETurn To afaDroughts broken for KO and punt returns for scores. Page 4

Broncos/NFL

broncoS bruTon brEaKS iT doWnSpecial-teamer talks about four main special teams. Page 10

College FootballcSu nEEdS bETTEr PunT rETurnSAveraging 2 yards in Mountain West again won’t cut it. Page 5cu Should haVE nicE byProducTNew receivers should be big boost on special teams. Page 6

fanTaSy: don’T oVErlooK KicKErSIf you don’t pay attention it will hurt you at key points. Page 9

Main PhoTo by MarK rEiS, ThE GazETTE

THE NEWS

TODAY

thursdayseptember 2, 2010

healthDoctor says drug shouldn’t be sold

The editor of the New England Journal of Medicine recommends that the diet pill Meridia be pulled from the U.S. market because it raises the risk of heart attacks and strokes in some patients. A9

Diabetes medicine shows 2nd benefit

Metformin can reduce the risk of cancer, researchers said. But there isn’t enough evidence yet to prescribe it primarily for cancer prevention. A9

Daily

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state & localEx-Senator yanks Maes endorsement

Hank Brown withdrew his support amid the latest drama surrounding Dan Maes: The Kansas Bureau of Investigation denies Maes worked for them, as the gu-bernatorial hopeful claims. Compare all the candidates at gazette.com/vote. A3

Suicides of Carson soldiers declining

The post’s rate is on track to drop by about 45 percent this year compared with 2008. A campaign to make mental health more acces-sible and less stigmatized might be helping, says a commanding general. A3

sportsJimenez fails again to win his 18th

The Giants scored the go-ahead run from second base on a wild pitch and a throwing error in the eighth inning. B1

businessProgressive plans to hire 200 people

The insurance giant, which employs 1,400 at its north-side campus, is filling customer sales and service positions that pay about $12 to $14 an hour. B6

Wind-energy firm visits the Springs

Vestas, which has three manufacturing facilities in Colorado, held a confer-ence for investors and analysts at The Broadmoor. It continues today. B6

weather, b10

High 76 • Low 43Cold front moving in, but no storms are expected.

firefighters rush to blaze at vacant home

house fire

Colorado Springs firefighters battled flames that shot through the roof of a vacant house Wednesday morning south of downtown. No one was injured.

Fire Lt. Jeff Sievers said it appeared the fire began on the ground floor of the house at 702 S. Nevada Ave. and spread upstairs even though firefighters knocked down flames quickly. Although the house has been vacant for about a year, Sievers said the back door was open. “It looked like it was forced open,” he said. Investigators will examine the scene.

JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE

hard to believe

DID rosary beaDssaVe neW yorKer In 39-story fall?

NEW YORK • A New York City man who plunged 39 stories from the roof of an apart-ment building has survived after crashing onto a parked car.

Witnesses and police say 22-year-old Thom-as Magill tried to commit suicide by jump-ing from the high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the windshield.

Magill suffered broken legs. Police say he’s in critical condition.

The car’s owner, Guy McCormack, of Old Bridge, N.J., told the Daily News he’s con-vinced that rosary beads he kept inside the Dodge saved Magill’s life.

Witnesses told police they saw Magill fall-ing past their windows.

He isn’t the only New Yorker to survive a high-rise fall. Window washer Alcides More-no fell 47 stories from the roof of a skyscrap-er in December 2007.

The Associated Press—

memorial hospital

Independent nonprofIt looks attractIve to system’s leader

Finally, said Memorial Health System CEO Dr. Larry McEvoy on Wednesday, it was time to address “the elephant in the room”: What does Memorial’s leadership want to happen to the hos-pital?

The Citizens’ Commission on Own-ership and Governance of Memorial Health System has spent months ex-amining options ranging from leaving the city-owned hospital as-is to selling it to the highest bidder. McEvoy ar-gued that turning the hospital system into an independent nonprofit would

by andrew winekeawineke@gazette.com—

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The panel weighing Memorial’s future will present its recommendation to the city in November. CEO Dr. Larry McEvoy likes the idea of an independent nonprofit.

CHRISTIAN MURDOCK, THE GAZETTE fILE

Flexibility, quality care, CEO says

five more carson soldiers killed, increasing toll to 7

afghanistan

Unit was attacked while on patrol near Kandahar

The Pentagon said that five Fort Carson soldiers were killed Monday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and two other deaths on that day have been confirmed by fam-ily members.

The five died when their unit was attacked while on patrol in the Arghandab Riv-er Valley, near Kandahar.

They were identified as Capt. Dale Goetz, 43, of White, S.D.; Staff Sgt. Jesse Infante, 30, of Cypress, Tex-as; Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Kes-sler, 32, of Canton, Ohio; and Pfc. Chad D. Clements, 26, of Huntington, Ind., all of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Staff Sgt. Matthew J. West, 36, of Conover, Wis., of the 71st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group.

Two other deaths were con-firmed by family members but haven’t been announced by the Pentagon.

Fort Carson Staff Sgt. Casey J. Grochowiak died in com-bat, his father, Ed Grochowi-ak, said Wednesday.

Family members told The Gazette that 1st Lt. Mark Noziska, 24, of Grand Island, Neb., also died Monday.

Most Fort Carson soldiers in Afghanistan are with the 1st Brigade Combat Team.

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Pfc. Chad Clements

Capt. Dale Goetz

Staff Sgt. Kevin Kessler

Staff Sgt. Jesse Infante

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