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Show A-6 Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, June 24-27, 2017 The Park Record Continued From A-5 Mountain Town News Park City’s oldest most consistent collision center Est. 1978. CKM Collision at Quinn’s Junction “Physics Behind Collision Repair” Receive 5% off auto repairs exp. 08/31/17 Jon Brady Office Manager Chad Knaras 3844 North Old Highway 40 Park City | Utah | 84098 “Once you go rabbit, you never go back,” he said. It wasn’t the only time he dangled a dead animal in the packed house at the “Exotic Mediterranean” seminar, Times correspondent Rose Laudicina wrote. What ensued were “three delicious dishes inspired by the Mediterranean with three wine pairings,” she wrote. Outside the tent, on Aspen’s malls, municipal code enforcement officer Jim Pomeroy was trying to keep order. “It’s like a mosh pit in there,” he told the Aspen Daily News. Pomeroy’s job was to ensure that people weren’t trying to hawk goods, competing with businesses that buy licenses and pay sales and property taxes. One of the offending businesses was run by a woman trying to sell hand-crafted mirrors. But he also had to tell two girls working for Red Bull, wandering around the mall, handing out free samples of the energy drink, that it was a no-no. Food and wine organizers demand that guerilla marketing be stamped out, lest it water down the exposure of the brands paying big bucks to get in front of the well-heeled attendees. But what about the 11-yearold with a lemonade stand? The municipal code officer didn’t say close it down, reports the Daily News. Instead, he told the proprietor’s father that the enterprise would have to move a block away, to avoid creating congestion. Summer labor shortages unusually high this year JASPER, Alberta – Filling all the jobs in Jasper’s high summer season is always a challenge. This year seems worse, reported the Jasper Fitzhugh. In early June, 380 jobs were available, more than double the number of jobs posted at the same time last year. “We’re already seeing man- Owner 435.649.9802 ckmcollision.com agers making beds in hotels,” said Ginette Marcoux, executive director for the Jasper Employment and Education Centre. “That usually doesn’t happen until August. The fact that we’re seeing that in June is telling.” She cited the lack of housing, fewer university students and changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program as contributors to the small number of available workers. Employers in the low-wage service sector cannot access the Foreign Worker Program if the regional unemployment rate is 6 percent or higher. The unemployment rate in that part of Canada stands at 6.9 percent. As for university students, employers may not favor them because they leave when schools resume in mid-August, when tourist season continues. Demographics don’t look good for Eagle County EDWARDS, Colo. – Colorado’s state demographer, Elizabeth Garner, warns that the demographics for Eagle County aren’t setting up well. Anchored by Vail and Beaver Creek, the county currently has 4,000 people 65 years and older. But every year about 550 people in the county celebrate their 65th birthdays, and only about 150 of them leave the county. The question is who will be there to work. According to the Vail Daily, Garner said people between 20 and 30 are now arriving in Eagle County, but when they’re in their 30s and 40s they’re leaving. “We need exceptional 45-yearolds,” she said. Eagle County has fewer jobs than it did in 2007. Job creation in neighboring Summit County has grown. Could it be caused by the more aggressive housing program in Summit County, where more than 400 deed-restricted homes have been built or acquired in the last several years? A recent study by the Northwest Colorado Council of Goernments — which includes the Breckenridge, Vail and Aspen areas — found the average annual salary in the region, $13,000 per year, is below the state average. Garner said Eagle County simply can’t sustain its current high-cost, low-wage model. Much of the same thing was said in the 1990s by Garner’s predecessor, Jim Weskott, but with one exception: He predicted fast and continued population growth. Growth stalled in 2009 and hasn’t resumed since then. Drug use is partial cause of death during flood KETCHUM, Idaho – Flood waters have started receding in Ketchum, leaving damages to be calculated and one death. Michael Wirth, 54, was in the basement of his rented home north of Ketchum, where he had been attempting to pump water. He was found facedown in the water, probably the victim of drowning. Drug intoxication probably contributed to his death, sheriff’s investigators said. Cocaine, tramadol, oxycodone, and diphenhydramine, commonly branded as Benadryl, were all found in his body. Sheriff’s investigators also said hypertensive cardiovascular disease was a contributing cause. Small surge in demand for smaller-sized homes HAILEY, Idaho – Home sizes in ski towns and mountain valleys got much, much bigger over the decades. After the Great Recession, there were reports of smaller homes. Is that continuing? The evidence from the Hailey area, about 15 minutes downvalley from Ketchum and Sun Valley, is slim and anecdotal in nature. But the evidence shows that home sizes are getting smaller. For example, the Sonitalena Cottages, which are now under construction, range in size from 560 to 1,400 square feet. Another project has homes of 860 square feet. Chase Gouley, a designer and project manager, told the Idaho Mountain Express the success of these projects has “opened people’s eyes as to what can be done and to what people want.” But just four years ago — after the recession — people were looking for homes with multiple dining rooms and spacious bedrooms. Now, Gouley said, “some people are beginning to see that they would rather be outside around here and have a tiny place to hang their stuff and cook a meal.” One of the local developers, Jim Warjone is proposing rental units of less than 200 square feet, what are called microapartments. He has completed similar developments in Seattle. He said millennials favor small apartments. 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