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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, May 17-20, 2014 Continued From A-11 Mountain Town News across the Continental Divide to Granby. But his group will have to pass the hat and then some to come up with the $120,000 to pour a new concrete slab and otherwise make the old depot usable in Granby. It's still cheaper than building a replica depot from scratch. "It has all the correct architectural structure of a 1900 depot, and you can't do that cheaply anymore," he says. Monsanto money for Ideas Festival noted ASPEN, Colo. - In organizing conferences, where do you draw the line in lining up sponsors? That's the question being asked in Aspen, where the Aspen Institute is selling tickets for the annual 10-day talkathon called the Ideas Festival. The festival in late June and early July has everybody from Al Gore to Tony Blair to Newt Gingrich, to pick three politicians out of the speakers' hat, as well as columnists for the New York Times, Katie Couric, chief executives, and scores of others who will talk about health care, global dynamics, and creativity, among other topics. "We'll have writers and musicians and architects, but also mathematicians and neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists talking about this whole notion of the creative enter- A-13 The Park Record prise," said Kitty Boone, vice president of public programs. The Aspen Daily News points out that Monsanto is among the sponsors, The company has been controversial due to its history as a developer of Agent Orange, DDT, and genetically modified crops. The Aspen Institute takes the position that "corporations are incredibly important to American society, and we owe them the opportunity to explain themselves," according to Boone. She also notes that the Environmental Defense Fund is a sponsor this year, as is the Gates Foundation, and Mount Sinai Hospital, among others. Opera lover gets an extra year in prison BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - Alberto Vilar's name graces the majestic Vilar Center for the Performing Arts in Beaver Creek, the result of his significant donations. His philanthropy across the world, especially to opera, was legendary. So was his fall from grace, when he stole up to $40 million to further allow his lavish lifestyle and honor his pledges. All of this was recounted in a New Yorker profile several years ago. But the story is not getting any better for Vilar. The Vail Daily reports that Vilar, 73, was resentenced to 10 years in prison, a year longer than his original sentence. A U.S. district court judge in New York City said a longer term was justified because Vilar had taken steps to prevent victims of his crimes from being repaid. Gary Tanaka, Vilar's business partner at the now-defunct Amerindo Investment Advisors, was also sentenced to a longer term. Vilar had been convicted in 2008 of securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering. He has served four years and, given the extension, now has six more years to go. Teton lake yields new species of diatom JACKSON, Wyo. - There is something new under the Teton sun. A nurse from Jackson Hole, backpacking in the Grand Teton National Park last summer, took a water sample from a lake at 9,800 feet that contained a previously unidentified species of diatom. A diatom is a type of singlecelled phytoplankton that photosynthesizes but isn't quite a plant. The new species is called Muelleria tetonensis, and you need a microscope to identify the "larger valves and lower stria density" that distinguishes it from a Muelleria gibbula. The Jackson Hole News&Guide says the nurse, Beverly Boynton, doubles as a citizen scientist. Worldwide, an average of nearly three new types of diatoms are discovered each day. Parks Canada misses the boat on caribou? BANFF, Alberta - Mountain caribou are endangered in Banff and Jasper National parks, and the Rocky Mountain Outlook believes there's something deeply troubling about that. "Banff, the birthplace of Canada's national park system, should not be identified as an area where a species has disappeared from the landscape," the newspaper editorializes. In all fairness, caribou numbers are on the slide everywhere in Alberta and British Columbia, but also Yukon and the Northwest Territories. But the newspaper thinks that Parks Canada may have its priorities out of place. "Surely, not allowing a caribou herd to disappear should have been deemed as important as the creation of new special events to attract more visitors within a national park," it says. Food festival a hit in Canmore CANMORE, Alberta - The first food and wine festival in Canmore has come and gone - and there will be a successor More than 1,000 tickets were sold for events such as progressive dinners and a craft beer festival. Organizers tell the Rocky Mountain Outlook that 55 percent of those attending were locals and 34 percent came from Calgary. This fits in with Alberta's provincial policy of growing tourism from a $7.8 billion industry to one with $10.3 billion in revenues annually by 2020. Mountain Body Spa & Herbal Cosmetic Deli THE SALE IS ON! 825 Main • 655-9342 • www.mountainbody.com 20 Acre Horse Property. Red Hawk. Banff hoteliers urge no to parking changes BANFF, ALBERTA - Banff's hoteliers have joined a group of downtown retailers voicing opposition to paid parking. The town of 8,200 residents swells to 25,000 in busy summer months, forcing RVs, buses and cars to fight for limited parking spaces. 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