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Show C-6 The Park Record ' SatSunMonTues, March 20-23, 2004 ir'r, r i i r i r r .r "A FAMILY EVENING UI,WE ANYTHING ELSE!" LONDON TUB OPENS TUESDAY! ' J1 , m t t i; k i v fi 6R9THER BEAR in rA i' ; , X ". G GENERAL AUDIENCES M',l.'iln, Ml iCffl HUGE SELECTION OF DVD MOVIES FOR RENT AND SALE Over 5000 Titles to Choose From CoNVKNIKNII.Y L(K ATKI) Nk.XTTO RlTK All) DRI'C OPKN Sl N.-'I'lll KS. 10 A.M. TO II P.M., Kw. & ST. 10 A.M. IINTII. MIUNIUHT 645-9234 Home 12264 N. Ross Creek Drive This gorgeous Deer Mountain Townhome is an end unit featuring 2 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Overlooking Deer Valley and Jordanelle Reservoir, this home is loaded with quality including a granite and stainless steel kitchen, extensive hardwood floors and custom alder cabinetry. 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In an interview with the Rocky Mountain Outlook, Varricchio cautioned that this enclave is "at the narrow end of the bell curve" of housing types at Three Sisters. "You're not likely to see another development like this on Three Sisters property." It appears that the town cannot prevent the gate, as it's on private property. Similar requests have been made before, but town officials offi-cials have mandated to discourage them. The town may see what it can do to pass a bylaw, but it's not clear that anything can be done. The town's primary leverage seems to be access for emergency services. Still, the idea goes down hard, if public pronouncements by municipal' munici-pal' officials are a guide. "That's not what this town is about," said the municipal planning director, Robert Ellis. "It's not about creating private enclaves." Said Mayor Glen Craig, " I hope we never develop that kind of community..." The Rocky Mountain Outlook saw the gates as very real evidence of the growing chasm between the wealthy and the not-wealthy. "Canmore has been heading down this road for a long, long time," said the newspaper. "We've seen it coming like the headlamp of a train on a darkened track." The newspaper did not cite any in v c 5 tn r AG (EEuS Diane Donovan Loan Consultant Iter7 ... I X 1 I I Competitively priced fixed and adjustable loans 1-4 Unit financing 4 monthly Payment options Reduced point options Call me today Washington Mutual HOME LOANS Certain mtnc lioni and condition apply. Program uibfcci to chance. Low Doc We reterve the right to request additional documentation. e have ban ottkei and accept applications in; Washington tO. OR. U I. WA; and Washington Mutual VIEW! first gated community particular impacts of gates, but did dwell at length on the "imagery that disturbs us." Wal-Mart offers aid to downtown businesses DURANGO, Colo. - In Durango, as at other resort regions across the West, there's great concern con-cern that the old mining-era downtown down-town is losing its business -and its vitality - to the suburbs. While business leaders sort through many good ideas, trying to devise a strategy for executing a few of them, the Durango Telegraph reports an unexpected ally: Wal-Mart. The giant retailer is distributing a directory of downtown down-town businesses. "At Wal-Mart Durango, we share the philosophy that successes in business start by building strong and healthy communities," explained the store's director, Russell Parker. "By creating programs pro-grams that contribute to the success of our local small businesses, everyone will win." Mud yet could fly over OHV question SILVERTON, Colo. - "Ahhh ... the slush. Ahhh ... the mud," writes Jonathan Thompson, editor and publisher of the Silverton Standard and Miner. Silverton, with two ski areas in its backyard, is a ski town, but hardly a destination resort. One of those two ski areas is mostly double-circle green runs, the other all double-black diamonds. During winter, sales tax revenues rev-enues are anemic, so much so that Thompson in his weekly editorial exhorted locals to buy their necessities neces-sities at home rather than driving to outside towns. If every household in town spent $75 more each week in Silverton, he explained, the town would be $31,000 richer at year's end. And where would the money be 3?GB&B 1700 Park Ave Ste. 103A 435-645-4906 Mutual Bank. FA - many state; Washington Mutual Bank ' Bank Kb - ID. MT. UT iwon It's dxncS The LIBRARY of CONGRESS spent? If Silverton follows the progression pro-gression of other towns, it will probably take the mud from mud season. Not much mud remains in most ski towns, what with all the heated pavers, asphalted bike paths, and everything else. Instead, Silverton is left to talk about how to get more money. One idea being discussed is to allow off-highway off-highway vehicles onto town streets. Town trustees, remembering a heated heat-ed discussion four years ago, won't tackle this themselves. They want to put it up to a community election. elec-tion. "I don't even want to touch this with a 10-foot pole, Trustee Joe Zimmerman said at a recent meeting. meet-ing. The Standard explains that proponents pro-ponents want to make Silverton accessible to OHV riders doing the loop among the nearby towns of Telluride and Ouray. But opponents say roaming OHVs would scare off other tourists and be a detriment to the safety and quality of life of residents. res-idents. Much the same discussion was being held last year in Telluride, where OHVs are currently banned from city streets. With everybody in the high mountain towns getting cranky this time of year, the OHV debate in Silverton sounds like it could become a brawl. Crested Butte questions value of spring cleanup CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. - It sounds like cabin-fever grumpi-ness. grumpi-ness. In Crested Butte, several town council members are questioning the value of spring clean-up day. What can possibly be next, applied pie? It seems that the participation rate has steadily declined. Thirty years ago 100 people turned out to buff the town, reports the Crested Butte News. Last year, it was down to 32. Worst yet, according to one council member, many people seem to hoard their refuse through winter so that they can dispose of it for free during the spring cleanup. The event costs the town $14,000. Crested Butte could take a cue from Vail, where the town council 6TH ANNUAL ..... .. 4MP C www.curvesinternational.com Curve The power to amaze yourself 435-658-2811 1776 Park Ave. 22 . Park City, UT 84060 "Offer based on first visit enrollment. Minimum 12 months c.d. program. Not valid with any other offer. Valid only at participating locations. toCLDffflL - fun to know history. A Roundup of Hews ? from other Western ski about 1990 began offering money to volunteers - not directly, but to the local charity of their choice, at $25 a head. The incentive flushes out 125 to 150 people annually. Now, even cigarette butts from along 1-70 get picked up. Evidence is inconclusive about heart-altitude link SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. -Are you more likely to have a heart attack if you go up from low-lying elevations, say Oakland or Houston, to Colorado's high country coun-try resorts? Yes, say a handful of county coroners contacted by the Rocky Mountain News. No, say several doctors. Young people are a particular concern. In Summit County, with an elevation of around 9,000 feet, one in seven heart attack victims is under 40. One in 14 heart attack fatalities were people under 40 in Vermont's largest resort area, with an elevation of 3,000 feet. The fatalities are mostly tourists. Fulltime Full-time residents under 40 rarely have fatal heart attacks. But Dr. Gordon Gerson, a cardiologist cardi-ologist at Aspen Valley Hospital, flatly rejects the notion that the low-landers become more at risk when recreating at mountain resorts. "We have three to four skiers a year who have heart attacks on the mountains out of how many thousands thou-sands of skiers?" he asked. Flatlanders who have heart attacks in the high country were probably going to have them anyway, any-way, he maintains. That's the same view of Dr. Ben Honigman, director direc-tor of the new Colorado Center for Altitude Medicine and Physiology. Beginners replacing ski jumpers at Winter Park WINTER PARK, Colo. - The ski jumps at Winter Park that turned out at least a few Olympic jumpers are being scrapped to make way for beginning skiers. Intrawest, now in its second year of management, has set out to boost the numbers at Winter Park by Please see Dogs, C-8' FOOD DRIVE Bring a bag of non-perishable food items March 8-29 to Park Qty Curves and join with no service fee. All groceries will be donated to local food banks. |