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Box Office, Reed Arena Box Office, all locations. Order by Phone at 979-268-0414 and at the Door the Night of the Event. Call to Sign Up 1 -800-99-TOUGH tetiglimancontesLcorn 10A Thursday, September 12. 2002 nat: the BATTa EVA S IE BA I IIU..,W U/ , , Mudslides in Colorado isolate residents insidtjp DENVER (AP) — Heavy rains sent full-grown trees, mas sive boulders and rivers of mud rushing across charred hillsides in southwestern Colorado on Wednesday, isolating hundreds of residents in their homes for the second time in less than a week. No one was in immediate danger but roads near Durango were blocked by debris 10 feet high and boulders weighing sev eral tons apiece, said La Plata County sheriff’s Lt. Dan Bender. “What used to be a pine for est next to an upscale home is now a gaping hole and a boulder field,” Bender said. across several properties as the mudslides literally changed the course of creeks. Bender said. Mudslides hit the same area Saturday. At least five families had to leave their homes because of the damage, and another 12 families had heavy debris inside their homes. The burned landscape is espec tally susceptible to mud slides because there is little vegetation to hold the soil in place. Residents say the mudslides are one more nightmare in a summer marked by disaster. “We call it the summer of hell.” said Shirley Andersen, who also forced road cbsurev V.illecito area several mile* Hea\ \ equipment lt ^ ers aM) Wednesda> cleared debrb niVt ' s ‘ n % roads and used it St. fo In lid anti used it to makeshift dikes and culvr in to steer future dcbn< l X " from homes. '■' 5 Bn afternoon ,h, dy. Whet nok bod> “\Yc can isan laKi. Dman Cat ject CYC IN .Main s a remained i .. mencaii NNaming wcc Weather gist Brian Avm aid the residents were t am on alert for p uations. as theN ha\ nost of the summer. tie , 1 fll>t fallen in the area since Tuesday has lived in i the I>urango at ■ea for nants t >t Tropical ! SlOfF. afternoon. More rain Nvas fore 36 years. **' This is the wor> nn Inch < ;ame ashore! Saiu?: cast later Wednesday, and Anderst rn said there were Texas. “Me authorities Nvere bracing for mudslides on both sides i of her >rc rain is siil 1 cocs additional mudslides. house alon g County Roai d 250 et up. - ' Avery said! Bender said the rain sent mud. on Wedne: sday. but her home Nvcathci r could return thi>. trees and boulders ml ling down was spared from damage. end. he said. hillsides that were left barren by “We w ere up all mg ;ht. It Bern Jer said resi iJcrs- the 70.485-acre Missionary' rained real hard all night and 1 see pn iblcms lor one hm Ridge wildfire in June. could hear the plows and 1 stun until the vegcutict “It was almost running like trying to < ;lean up the r JUKI sufi lie tent time to pm* whitewater.” Bender said. she said. The land will be There were no reports of mud Bender said the area thouf vears l> eyond then. *' •TV* moving into homes hut several nine mites north of Du s scattered Saturdi driveways were buried under along Cour tty Road 250 w as the today nn ill be tfCi: >wn s on definite dt “Vc pra; ofilcd ant >hn Marsl ate[ Bridge Hundred itioiiNvide t Ne pr HEW Y( roaticast ai 'ork s abani ^Himing ivive the s lessens cancer recurrenceS boulders and gouges were cut hardest hit, though mud; Bender saic Study shows that surgery (AP) - For the first time, a study clearly shows that surgery for early prostate cancer can reduce the chance of dying from the disease, cutting the risk almost in half. The question of whether to remove cancerous prostates in early-stage disease has been debated because the cancer typically grows slowly and strikes older men. who may die of other caus es before it spreads. Moreover, removal of the prostate — a doughnut-shaped prostatectomy tlittiinislu your risk of prostate of the men w h< We now have better evidence that railictil Jr'. < cancer recurrence. gland which surrounds the male urethra — can cause serious side effects, including impotence and incontinence. In the latest study, conducted on 695 men in Sweden. Finland and Norway, the risk of dying from prostate cancer fell from 9 percent to 5 percent during the six years after surgery. However, deaths from all causes were similar between the men who got prostate surgery and those who did not. The researchers said it could have been a matter of chance that those who escaped cancer death were somewhat more likely to die of other things. “We now have better evidence that radical prostatectomy diminishes your risk of prostate cancer recurrence. And so we have a possibility to alter the natural course of the disease by radical surgery,” said Dr. Lars Holmberg, lead author for the paper. A companion study also published -Dr. ,3pie covi nemories 1 ’ i.r. • •! \ >. [ iii l.ir: nBC. CBS M in the terro Ull il.lN s. I md un 1 ol . .UK ci n|mc.u1 chew ticie in the b- eplaced by c prostates were removec “We are diatcly. compared to 5- vith what "watchful waiting - Jay,” NBC'" Holmberg wrote. The nu But. although the tot offered a sin her of deaths v-as lower among the trca'.v. 53 to 62 —- it enough difference toft tically meaningful, *' Holmberg. an epide® • at the regional cancerce# University Hospitii Uppsala. Sweden. L)r. Patrick Walsh, din?- urology at Johns H ” University, called Holmbtn landmark paper. "It was surprising to see an effect fronts deaths so early,” he said. “It’s certainly too- to see an overall effect on survival,’ But. ^ he thinks such an effect is likely with lotV low-up. It may be the first study for any cancerin^ patients w ere assigned at random to get sur^ what doctors call “watchfui' iservation. he said. >f early surgeO to preserve the n ' Lars Holmberg Lead author n Is no treatment ing” or “expectant Walsh is an advocate developed a technique use in that control the penis’s ability to become er^ Judge will decide which beauty queen voluntarily resigns WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A judge said Wednesday he wouldn't force the Miss America pageant to continue recognizing two Miss North Carolinas but agreed to quickly whether one of the queens voluntarily resigned. U.S. District Court Judge James Fox denied Rebekah Revels' request to extend a state judge's order that had allowed her to join preliminary Miss America events in Atlantic City, N.J. decide beauty NEWS IN BRIEF Revels sued last month, claiming she was forced to give up her crown in July when a former boyfriend told pageant officials he had two topless snapshots of her. Misty Clymer, the first runner-up, then assumed the title. Fox said Wednesday he would try to make a decision Thursday afternoon, after closing argu ments in Revels' case. The pag eant ends Sept. 21. George Bauer, interim presi dent of the Miss America Organization, said after the hearing that Revels would not be removed immediately, despite the expiration of the state order Wednesday night. HAIR - SKIN - NAILS - nioxin ibeaut rusk RF-INVENTED tlgl bgmg Sebastian redken nexxus kms nail one curatives american crew graham webb goldwell urban essentials Paul mltchell bedhead back to basics creative nail I . _ EE 0b amplify '— 1 and more! rr.11^ . 'The Miss Ame' Organization will treat Rebe 1 Revels with every courtesy^ treat her as a VIP guest, said. Fox has suggested to Nakell, Revels' attorney, : she seek financial compel fion if not allowed to to pete. But Nakell has * there's not enough mone) make up for not be allowed to compete in Miss America pageant. 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