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Barrett Fisher executive director of Tourism Whistler, which as been studying the Chinese potential for several years, warns against premature expectations. "Could it become 10 to 15 percent of our market share in the next 10 to 15 years? That's our hope," siie told Pique magazine. Canada has been lobbying for the open door policy, something called approved destination status, for five years, and agreements remain to be' worked out. One of the things that could discourage Chinese tourists is if the Chinese government requires a hefty deposit, say of $12,000 per person, that tourists must pay before leaving. Although intended to discourage defections, it could also discourage foreign visits. In Whistler, there is also some concern that the Chinese economy, after growing so rapidly (9 percent last year) is ready for a long breather, just as the Japanese economy tanked about a decade ago. Yet another concern is that the Chinese might decide to stay home to ski and otherwise recreate. They have the mountains, they have the snow and it's just a matter of infrastructure. But countering these pauses are the great potential. Unlike the U.S. and Canadian populations, where the growth in skiers has been painfully slow, the number of Chinese taking to snow sports is growing at an astronomical 1.5 million per year. With one billion citizens, China expects to have 100 million people in the middle class by 2020, with the middle class here defined as a family with an annual income in excess of $70,000. *Vflfl stfll grflppHng with getting pubtk art right mr QSOOMJNQ VAIL, Colo. - But is it art? That's the question that town officials and community members in Vail have been getting bantering about in regards to sculptures in Seibert Circle. Seibert Circle, located at the head of Bridge Street, a stone's throw from Vails dominant ski Lift, the Vista Bahn, was named after Pete Seibert, who in 1957 skied up (435) 658-4873 cally said, "This is the place." As the Brigham Young of Vail, many people thought that Seibert deserved special hero-type recognition in the circle bearing his name. Some envisioned a statue. But the town's Art in Public Places Board had other ideas. The board finally chose a renowned sculptor from Texas, Jesus Morales, who created objects in stone intended to suggest the cliffs, creek, and other aspects of where Vail is located. After five years, some love it, others detest it but, most important, many pedestrians are utterly indifferent. The stark plaza never became a popular gathering place. One reason is that, running short of money, the town did not install the "water feature" that the art board had thought essential. What to do? The town council has heard several options, including spending money at this later day for a water feature or, perhaps, gas utilities to create a fire pit. Others want to move the Morales sculptures elsewhere in the town, going back to the blackboard on this. And a few say just leave it alone. As for Seibert, he succumbed to cancer in 2002, although not until after a statue in his honor was erected. It's a rather ordinary affair, not at all like one local jeweler had suggested. The jeweler proposed using the miracles of modem electrical gimmickry to create a mini-news re el for children (and others) who crawled up to peer inside of Seibert's eyes, to see what he saw in his "This is the place" moment. •TeDaride governments join in hybrid brigade TELLURIDE, Colo. Governments are adding hybrid vehicles to their fleets. In Telluride, town officials purchased two Ford Escapes, while in nearby Mountain Village, two Silverado hybrid trucks are now being used. Hybrids can be powered by either electric power or gasoline, and usually both in the same trip. They get improved mileage as compared with their gasonly brethren. •More stink about the power of snowmobiles SILVERTON, Colo. - Even as engineers tinker at laboratories in Minnesota, trying to make snowmobiles more powerful yet, Skip Conrad carr.see. the fruits- of their ATTENTION: DOG OWNERS It may be hiding, But, its there! DttttCREW , Pogs, V>\q & Small, We Love Vnem alii to the rescue! Weekly service or spring clean-up, We pick up where your dog leaves off! OPENING MARCH 14TH Doo Crew Pooper Scooper 649.3105 reserve your appoinfcnertf nowI Professional pet grooming done io your expectations. D *«CREW bushes around Silverton. Those willows, he explains, writing in a letter published in the Silverton Standard, look differently after being crossed by a 700-pound snowmobile. Unlike a cross-country skier, weighing perhaps 180 pounds and covering 10 to 15 miles in a day, "The machine moves at speeds up to 80 mph, and can cover many miles. The treads go over small trees under the snow, breaking tops and stunting growth. A bush in the way can be gone through ... so they look like broken rabbit ears sticking out of the snow." That is not his only complaint with the new generations of motorized sleds, ATVs, and four-wheel drive vehicles, but the story can be summarized neatly, as he did in his conclusion: "Nature can't speak for itself. When machines and nature meet, nature always loses.'1 •Banff power consumption rises 32 percent during the *90s BANFF, Alberta - Now that the Kyoto Protocol is in effect, Banff has the task of following through on its commitment to reduce the consumption of energy created by buming fossil fuels. It won't be easy to cut back these greenhouse gases. A new study shows that energy consumption during the 1990s in Banff rose 32 percent. The community is committed to reducing energy use by 6 percent during the current decade. At 45 percent, the biggest jump during that previous decade was in the energy used by visitors in transportation, while the natural gas used primarily to heat homes and businesses rose 35 percent. The Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley, which prepared the report, proposes several priorities, among tolerating idling vehicles for shorter periods and also promoting energy efficient products. As well, reports the Rocky Mountain Outlook, there is talk about nudging visitors, as well as locals, onto public transportation by creating interceptor lots on the town's edge. It's not all pain, however. Saving energy can be seen as a way of economic development, points out the town's environmental manager, Jake Pryor. Most of the money spent on energy leaves the community, so paring energy consumption actually leaves more money in local pockets, he says. KETCHUM, Idaho - The Ketchum-Sun Valley needs a new or at least improved airport in order to keep up with the ski town Jones of the West. That has caused airport and other local officials to study sites up to an hour away. Think outside of the box, said one local man, who proposed to shave off some hills, filJ in some valleys and - presto, an airport site closer to the resort strip. So, reports the Idaho Mountain Express, at long last ihe airport officials agreed to give his idea closer scrutiny. No dice, they said. All of this cutting and filling would cost $100 million to S150 million, not counting the cost of the airport, and even so it wouldn't be quite large enough. So it s back inside the box of looking at flat places farther away, reports the Idaho Mountain Express. •Legal battle expected in case of Hemingway house KETCHUM, Idaho - A legal scrap is expected over the final home of the novelist Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's widow, Mary, gave the house to The Nature Conservancy, and that group now has decided to turn the 13-acre property into a literary library and museum. The property would be taken over and maintained by the Idaho Hemingway House Foundation. Neighbors, however, do not want to see it turned into an attraction, and have offered to pay the market value, which is estimated at $5 million - on the condition that the house be moved. They are expected to file suit to block the library and museum plans, reports The Associated Press. •Free Aspen papers being sold on eBay ASPEN, Colo. - Local newspapers in Aspen are free, as they are in most larger ski towns, but the Aspen papers that announced the death of Hunter S. Thompson actually seem to be worth something on eBay. A set of four papers, two of The Aspen Times and two of the Aspen Daily News, were running $31 after attracting 10 bids. •Monarch adds expert slopes to its portfolio •Colorado's Summit rejoins real estate billionaires' chro MONARCH PASS, C o l o . " Nearly every ski area is attempting to strengthen is portfolio of terrain. SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. - Gotta have enough gentle stuff, Summit County last year rejoined enough moderate and advanced the billionaire club in real estate. slopes - and, since we're in the age Total dollar volume for the county of extreme, a healthy dose of was $1.1 billion, 29 percent more experts-only slopes. than the previous year - although Monarch, a ski area located still behind the record set in 20<X). between Crested Bulte and Salida Busiest of all was Breckenridge. that is best known for catering to In comparison, neighboring church groups from Oklahoma, figEagle County, where Vail is located, ures it is now in the running as one tallied twice as much real estate vol- of those all-round ski areas. It has ume, at $2.2 billion. Eagle County moved 170 acres of steeps that were has a population about twice as big previously ased for Sno-cat skiing (and includes some Aspen suburbs), into the area accessed by lift. and prices are also marginally highThis expansion will help make er. Monarch the "the best ski area in The Aspen area is also in what Colorado," the ski areas majority might be called the billionaire club, owner. Bob Nicolls, told the Crested with sales last year surpassing $1.6 Bntte News. He acknowledged that his ambition raises eyebrows, as billion. Sales in both 1-70 corridor com- Monarch is relatively small, but munities continued to sizzle early in insists that the resort will get there in the year. At Vail, for example, pre- "two or three more years." sales of condominiums were so hot Allen Best has edited mountain that the company decided to auction town newspapers for 20 years. He has units that are slated to be finished in served as managing editor at four dif2007, notes the Summit Dafly News. ferent mountain town newspapers and is now living in Den ver. Home Savings Jewelry B A N K Safe Smart. •Ttying to make molehills out of mountains in Idaho LANNY BADNAQD, Simple 435-658-3130 577 SOUTH MAIN STREET. 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