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Show The Park Record C-7 Telluride sheriff turns writer WedThursFri, October 9-11, 2002 Continued from C-6 going for $964 a month (including ulilitics). while Ihc two newspaper listings for comparable free-market units would cost only $50 to $200 more. I, Housing with lower prices reflecting greater city subsidies ; has been snapped up. Sheriff has one book out, ' and hoping to write others Telluride, Colo. Bill Masters isn't the first county sheriff to write the book, but he may be the first author of any background to have a book-signing at a Conoco gas station. ' The gas station, he confided to The Telluride Watch (Sept. 20), may have sold more copies of his book than any other outlet. A sheriff in San Miguel County since 1979, he wrote "Drug War Addiction: Notes from the Front Lines of America's 1 Policy Disaster." (Accurate Press. 2001). Masters wrote the book after friends and other members of the Libertarian Party nagged him to write his stories and ideas. With the help of a Kinkos, Masters did a 24-copy test run for a Libertarian meeting in Aspen. , Ironically, or perhaps not, every copy at that meeting was stolen. When Masters finally sent it out to publishers, he made a deal with the first one that called. The only registered Libertarian Party sheriff. Masters lectures around the country on the Libertarian philosophy of responsibility and individual liberty. lib-erty. He said he hopes readers will think about laws, government accountability, and the limits of reasonable government intervention interven-tion as they read his book. Masters' future plans call for writing a memoir and a novel, and a book called "Police Work for the Complete Idiot." Tech downturn ripples to music concerts in Vail Vail. Colo. Alberto Vilar floated with the rising waters of high tech, and lately he's been sinking with them. But that doesn't mean that the various arts organizations to which he has promised millions of dollars shouldn't expect the money. The New York Times initially reported that Vilar was late with $1.7 million in payments two arts organization, one in New York City and the other in Washington D.C. It turns out he's also late in delivering money to the Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival. He had promised $500,000 for three summers, beginning this year. That money was crucial in the ability of festival festi-val organizers in securing the services of the New York Philharmonic. The money now isn't expected to be delivered until late this year, which organizers organ-izers admitted is causing them to scramble. Still, the Vail Daily (Sept. 27) was unable to discern any hard feelings. Jon Giovando, executive execu-tive director of Bravo!, said he there has been no indication from Vilar's office that the pledge will not be met, and in turn Bravo! will continue its commitment commit-ment with the New York Philharmonic. In fact, the group recently nominated him for a national award. A Cuban refugee. Vilar. 61, has an up-by-the-bootstraps story. Going to work on Wall Street, he parlayed his income into solid investments. Early on he began investing heavily in technology companies such as Microsoft. Cisco, and AOL. He also founded Amerindo Investment Advisors. All of this made him an extremely wealth man, which is how he came to own a house in Beaver Creek. Around the world he has invested $300 million in arts organizations, with a particular affinity for opera. In Eagle County, he has given $9 million for capital improvements. Included was the seed money that created the Vilar Center at Beaver Creek, a top-rated, medium-sized performing arts facility. While his Amerindo Technology fund fell almost 65 percent in 200, 50 percent in 2001, and another 40 percent so far this year, Vilar expects a sufficient suffi-cient improvement in the business busi-ness cycle by the middle of next year to allow him to continue his active philanthropy. However, arts organizations seem to be suffering at least minor fallout from the 911 terrorism ter-rorism attack. Giovando also disclosed dis-closed that contributions to Bravo! Vail Valley have fallen 7 percent. Allen Best has edited mountain town newspapers for 20 years. He has served as managing editor at four different mountain town newspapers and is now living in metropolitan Denver. Landowners may get compensation POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) The Idaho Fish and Game Commission "is considering a program pro-gram that would compensate landowners who allow hunters cm tlieir property. The program, called "Access YES," was developed by an adv iso-ry iso-ry committee of six sportsmen and six landowners. Public comment will be sought before it goes into effect. "We have been looking at Montana's Block Management program pro-gram and access programs in Wyoming, Kansas. South Dakota and several other states." committee commit-tee member Bill Davidson said Friday. "We looked at what worked and what didnl work for them and came up with several good concepts." con-cepts." One of the main goals is to ensure the average hunter could participate and it would not be just a program for the rich. A second is to get the most public access for the money. The dilemma the commission faces is how to pay for it. "Access costs money." Commissioner Fred Wood said. "If we had the power to fund this program, pro-gram, w e would do it tomorrow, but we donX. We are going to have to come up with a plan that the sports men will back, so everyone is on board with it." One suggestion to fund the program pro-gram is through "super tag" lotteries. lotter-ies. Tags would be set aside for elk, deer, antelope and a few moose that would be auctioned to the highest bidder. Or lottery tickets could be sold for tags to raise the money. They also suggested the possibility of raising the price of tags by a few dollars across the board. 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