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It’s not like Hannah Kuhr wasn’t a good swimmer to start with. She was. But now the Columbine junior has added an extra element to her game — a faster start — that makes her that much better.

It certainly didn’t hurt on Jan. 28 at the Ridge Recreation Center when she swam to dominating victories in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly against arch-rival Chatfield

Alex Koop led three Columbine players in double figures with 17 points as the Rebels rolled to a 76-50 win over Lakewood on Jan. 27 at Columbine High School.

Nick Carpinello added 12 points and Jonathan Snow scored 10 for Columbine.

The Rebels built a 23-9 lead after one quarter and 35-18 at halftime.

Five score in double figures for Dakota Ridge in 68-56 victory
Derek Vander Velde scored 21 points and had eight rebounds as Dakota Ridge toppled Standley Lake, 68-56, on Jan. 27 at Dakota Ridge High School.

The area affected by the mountain pine beetle grew by 400,000 acres in 2010, a decrease of 24 percent compared to the 524,000 acres infested in 2009, according to the latest aerial survey by the U.S. Forest Service and the Colorado State Forest Service. The results were released Jan. 21.

Since the first signs of the outbreak appeared in 1996, the pine beetle has destroyed a total of 4 million acres of forest in Colorado and southern Wyoming. The lodgepole forests in counties such as Summit and Grand have been hit the worst.