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...ecoterrorist strike on Vail Mountain, Colo. [CRIME, Nov. 2], was the first ever on behalf of saving the lynx. Although environmentalists believe lynxes live in the area, 20 years of study failed to turn up a single lynx anywhere in the state. People need to make the connection between radicals and the money given to animal-rights groups and left-wing environmental organizations, or we'll see more fires and worse by an emboldened network of ecoterrorists. BURT CAREY, EDITOR Rocky Mountain Game & Fish Marietta...
...dose of high culture needn't mean a trek to the Wang Center or Symphony Hall. The Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, directed by Adam Grossman, is opening its 1998-99 season tonight with a concert of music by Moussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Barber--the exciting "Night on Bald Mountain" is one of the featured works. 3 p.m. Agassiz School, corner of Oxford and Sacramento St., 547-9477, FREE...
...lived the dream of the modern American athlete, turning pro straight out of high school, scoring a luxurious home in San Diego and becoming no-worries wealthy through the sport he loves. He has appeared in commercials for Mountain Dew, Gap, AT&T, Gatorade and milk, taking his place beside the white-mustached Pete Sampras and Cal Ripken Jr. But Tony Hawk isn't a tennis or baseball player. He's a professional skateboarder who spends his time in swimming pools. Empty swimming pools. Preferably lefthanded, kidney-shaped pools with lips of grindable concrete coping, perfect for landing nollie backside...
...programmers covet--and that alternative-sports stars like Hawk can deliver. He's one of a new band of athletes who are helping drive the fast-growing world of nontraditional sports to an ever increasing share of the TV-ad dollar. Emerging sports such as surfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, mountain biking, rock climbing, NASCAR racing and even bass fishing are gaining increasing TV exposure, providing greater choice for sports fans and advertisers...
...sports more seriously. Mainstream athletes make so much money, it's just a job for them," says Jonathon Meir, 14, of Incline Village, Nev. His friend Tyler McPherron, 14, adds that he associates football with "a bunch of old guys sitting on the couch and drinking beer." Snowboard and mountain-bike legend Shaun Palmer agrees, pointing out that individualistic extreme sports are "a lot better than going to football practice every day and having your coach yell...