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 There is an increasing rate in gas prices across the country and even across the world. It has been making it hard for people to get where they are trying to go, raising feuds and frustration in America.

Gas prices aren’t necessarily high all over the country, it varies from state to state and what the state government says they want the gas prices to be. Typically they are high over the whole country. According to How Stuff Works (link below), Hurricane Katrina was one of the main reasons why gas prices went up in 2005. "Price increases occur when world crude-oil market tightens and lowers inventories," according to How Stuff Works.  This is called supply and demand.

    For all you non-bouldering folk out there, bouldering is the art of climbing boulders. The sport is done with no equipment or ropes but also is a safe distance from the ground. Because you are close to the ground, no serious injuries follow. One of the benefits of not having gear to mess with is that you can go virtually anywhere you want. This is because that in sport climbing you must stay beneath your anchor.

    Bouldering is also a more high impact sport that is more focused on individual moves instead of the endurances that you must have for trad, or traditional, climbing.

            A couple in California got married in isle 9 of an Albertsons on October 14, 2006. The bride talked with CNN, telling them that she worked there for many years, and felt a connection. (Click here to see the video from CNN's website.  This will open a new window in your browser.) Everyone that attended the wedding were regular, everyday customers. The bride claimed that the isle consisted of everything needed to make a perfect marriage from hair dye to toilet paper.

New York Yankee’s Pitcher Cory Lidle, 34, and his flight instructor were killed yesterday in a plane crash. The crash was thought for a while to be a terrorist attack. Read more at foxnews.com or CNN.com  

An Olde Columbine student has taken a temporary vow of silence.

Jon Lee, a junior at OCHS, temporarily took a break from talking mostly, he said (via writing),  “just to see if I (can).”

This all started on the twenty-first of September. Jon clams being quiet, “teaches me about a different aspect of life . . . it has been something I have wanted to do for awhile.”

                    Colorado’s recently legislated smoking ban is causing trouble for some state smokers and businesses. There have been many complaints of business going down at a Longmont bar called A Bit of Billiards. One of the workers by the name of Dennis Smith said, “Our bar has lost so much attention because of this smoking ban. We aren’t having enough money coming in, and we might have to close down.”

                     The ban, passed in July, prohibits smoking inside public areas, including bars, restaurants, and other public places.  Casinos, cigar bars, and some private clubs were exempted.  Most Coloradans, about 80 percent, do not smoke, according to the Colorado Department of Health. 

 

Here's the latest Awareness film from OldeSchoolNews.com.  More to come through the summer -- please share your feedback with the creator via the comments here.

Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, and TV On The Radio are going to be at Red Rocks May 30^th. The show starts at 7p.m. but unfortunately the tickets are all sold out. But if you already have your tickets I’ll see you there.

            KBPI INFEST 2006 The Family Value Tour presents Korn, Deftones, Flyleaf, Stone Sour, Dir En Grey, and Uncle Nasty’s band “Horse”. Tickets are on sale now, but you might want to hurry because they will sale out quick. Tuesday, August 15^th at the Coors Amphitheater is the day they all will be here. It is for all ages and the tickets are $59.50/49.50/29.50 and you can go to ticketmaster to get them as well as go straight to KBPI.com. There are also lawn seats going for $10.67. The tickets are already on sale.

May 12^th is the last day to order and pay for roses.

            May 18^th is all work due for seniors. That means all labs must be made up and contacts ratified. Also seniors must be on “good standing” to participate in the ceremony.
   

            May 19^th is the last day to pick music and a partner to walk with.
           

   OldeSchoolNews.com is pleased to present to you the first in an ongoing series of public service messages.  We're calling them "Awareness Films."  In our first filmstrip throwback, Zach is sharing some information on a nasty little virus that can really cause you some trouble.    Enjoy -- and be careful!