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Show The Park Record B Section A Thursday, March 30, 1 995 O Page A15 PARK CITY News from the West and the rest AT Aspen ski resort looks toward Vail with reluctant envy Tns Aspen Times According to a cover story in the Aspen Times, the queen of ski resorts isn't as confident as she used to be. The story suggests that a growing segment of the business community in Aspen is looking at Vail as ' the model for resort success. Historically Aspen has prided itself on its authentic old western mining town flavor and has chided Vail for its prefab collection of condos. But, reporter Scott Condon suggests that recent attempts to shake off Aspen's tight growth controls and to expand the entry road into a four-lane highway would move Aspen toward a more Vail-like business climate. Vail, Condon points out was built in 1962 with real estate sales as a top priority. The town, he said, came second. Vail currently lines 15 miles of Interstate-70 and includes six golf courses lined with residential development and several large hotels which can accommodate over 1,000 guests each. Some in Aspen fear that the high rise look at the base of the mountain in Vail may be headed for Aspen. Telluride Times-Journal Mountain Village Corp. called into question The recent incorporation of Mountain Village near Telluride and the subsequent home rule charter and town council election have been called into question. Apparently the elections were not properly noticed in San Miguel County's two legal newspapers The Telluride Times-Journal and the Norwood Post. Instead, organizers of the incorporation effort chose to advertise the election in the Telluride Daily Planet. The Planet, though, is not legally recognized because does not meet the 50 percent paid subscription criteria set by Colorado State Statute. But according to Mountain Village's attorney, notice of the elections did comply with Colorado's Municipal Homes Rule Act because the Planet is considered to be the newspaper "in general circulation" in Mountain Village. Attorneys on both sides of the issue have 45 days from the time of the election to sort out whether Mountain Village is legally incorporated or whether the elections need to be held again. Controversial Idaho logging project continues A logging operation meant to clear 77,500 acres of fire damaged trees surrounding Boise has raised questions about Congressional environmental laws. Currently salvage logging is exempt from environmental impact statement requirements and much of the public appeals process. As a result, officials of the Boise National Forest recently approved timber sales in three areas hit by wildfires last summer, the Rabbit Creek, Star Gulch and Bannock fires.. The decision comes on the heels of a recent decision by Congress to double the allowable salvage logging exemption from the EIS process and is reportedly the biggest timber sale in the Boise National Forest's history. .Environmentalists are up in arms about the decision. In particular, they are critical of the decision to allow logging in the Breadwinner Inventoried Roadless Area. Representatives of the logging industry, however, already feel they are too heavily regulated. ; Jackson Hole News Teton County makes bid for bigger sales tax share Since the 1980s Teton County and the town of Jackson have. split sales tax revenues 5050. But, now that both the county and the town are facing cuts in state funding, the county commissioners want to readjust that ratio. Typically sales tax revenues are reallocated based on population and in Teton County that would substantially benefit the county. '' According to the Jackson Hole News, if area sales tax revenues were allocated by population the ratio would be closer t to 5842 with the county gaining $875,000 at the town's expense. The county's proposal comes at a time when Jackson city coffers have already been slashed by about $700,000 in state funding reductions. The issue was scheduled for discussion at a joint city county meeting. The town hopes that two of the commissioners, who formerly served on the Jackson town council will be sympathetic to the town's needs. SfTHEL TRAIL Mexico's economic woes to be felt in Vail News of the peso's plunge has several Vail valley business owners chewing their nails. Some speculate that Mexico's recent economic downturn is likely to send a ripple effect through the Vail business community which typically enjoys an infusion of dollars from Mexican Nationals on spring vacation. So far several Vail area reservation companies have reported numerous cancellations coming from clients in Mexico. T hose who are still able to afford their spring ski vacations may not be spending as much during those vacations. According to the international marketing representative for Vail, visitors from Mexico usually account for two percent of the skier days at the resort. Humane Society is looking for a 'Be Kind to Animals' kid The Humane Society of Utah is looking for young people between the ages of six and 13 years old who have demonstrated extraordinary kindness toward animals during the past year to be considered for the "Be Kind to Animals" Kid Award. The Humane Society will select one area winner to receive the award and will send that youngster's name to the American Humane Association to be considered for their national "Be Kind to Animals" Kid Award. The local winner will be named on May 7 during National Be Kind to Animals Week celebrations, May 7-13. The local winner will receive a $50 gift certificate from PetsMart, and a certificate for $50 worth pf IAMS dog or cat food, with other prizes pending. Helping to judge nominations for thd national winner will be Mayim Bialik', star of the TV show Blossom; "Murray," canine star of the show Mad About You; Steve Walker and "Jack," co-hosts of The Pet Department on Fx; Brian Kilcommons, widely recognized dog trainer who has produced a video and several books, including the book Childproqfing Your Dog; and Mike Capuzzo, whose syndicated column "Wild Things" appears in newspapers across the country. The local winner will compete to become the national "Be Kind to Animals" kid. That child and an adult chaperon will get to fly to Hollywood for a three-day and three-night vacation, where they will be presented with the award, visit with animal actors on the set of a movie or television production, and win a year's supply of IAMS cat or dog food and a $500 gift certificate from PetsMart. The 1994 winner, an 11 -year-old from California, raised $1,700 through a media campaign to build five dog runs for the local shelter. Four children from Washington, D.C. received the award in 1993 for reporting the brutal beating of a dog by an off-duty police officer and later testifying at a grand jury hearing. The children were between nine and 1 1 years old at the time. Persons interested in nominating a child should send a letter of 200 words or less telling why the child should be considered for the "Be Kind to Animals" Kid Award to Pauline Edwards, The Humane Society of Utah, 4242 South 300 West, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107. Include the name and contact numbers for the child, the parent or guardian, and the person nominating the child. Entries must be received by April 28. All nominees will receive a "certificate of kindness." For more information on National Be Kind to Animals Week, call the Humane Society of Utah at 261-2919. For our future, and our children's future... 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