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Show Tahoe bounty hunter looks like Fall Guy mental Act since January, 1983. It compounded the problem by increasing increas-ing flights this summer, the suit says, and the South Tahoe City Council approved the increase despite warnings from the state. The suit asks that all AirCal flights be stopped until the airline and city comply with laws and prepare an adequate environmental statement. Another report has surfaced of the Loch Tahoe monster. A woman says that while rowing her boat on the Lake on June 21 or 22 (she is unsure which day) she saw a living object some 17 to 20 feet in length. The woman said she thought she had imagined the sighting, but spoke up after two other women recently reported seeing the monster. Oldenburg opponent attacked the council for "dropping the ball." JfilJf Mammoth lakes It was the opportunity of a lfietime, and Review columnist Mrs. Murphy said it happened to a kid at the local Burger King. When he received his hamburger, he found there wasn't a burger under the patty. Guess what he said. W ithin minutes, the entire restaurant restau-rant took up the chant of "Where's the beef?" This was one day when broiling instead of frying didn't help. Devi'loper James Brimhall of Mountain Co;it Investments Inc. said the hotel will not charge a rate that is competitive with other Jackson motels. He also said the Inn will cater to the convention trade, not tourists A serious shortage of water led Jackson's mayor to declare a two-day ban on lawn and garden irrigation. While the town has a peak storage capacity of 2.8 million gallons, the town dropped with summer use to 600.000. The crisis has been a possibility since last fall, when Town Well 4 was found with concentrations concentra-tions of iron and manganese, and Jackson began operating with only three wells. Town Administrator Mel Webb said he thinks Number Four will be cleaned out soon, but until then an odd-even day watering plan is in effect and violators risk a fine of $100 a day. Webb also requested locals to water only in the early mornings and late evenings. TAHOE WOULD lake Tahoe i A bounty hunter visiting Tahoe sure hasn't lived up to the image set by Steve McQueen and Lee Majors. He's been arrested for the third time in a month while trying to collar a local man for a bail-bonds firm in Reno. : Eirney Young and an accomplice were arrested for allegedly assaulting assault-ing Douglas Wilmurth outside a 7-Eleven store and handcuffing him. Wilmurth is wanted on misdemeanor charges and owes an unspecified sum to Mac's Bail Bonds in Nevada. ; On previous occasions, Young was arrested after allegedly chasing -Wilmurth through a local bar wielding a 9'i-inch Bowie knife. He was also arrested, on unrelated charges, after a verbal argument with Wilmurth. A local officer said Young is on shaky legal ground. Under California law, the state does not extradite on .misdemeanor charges. Furthermore, an arrest can only be made by sheriffs or police officers. : The California attorney general's gene-ral's office is suing the city of South Lake Tahoe and an airline over their activities at the Tahoe airport. The suit says the AirCal company has been violating the state's Environ- THEL TRAIL Vail A majority of property owners in a Vail subdivision have given approval to the proposed giant "fishing pole and can" sculpture by Claes Oldenburg. With this approval from LionsHead area residents, the last problem is money. The project needs $140,000 from private sources and $50,000 from the government. Protective covenants must be changed to allow artistic objects in the subdivision. And this requires an OK from owners of two-thirds of the property. The Vail Town Council could approve the sculpture by itself, since it owns 67 of the surface area, but has stayed out of the dispute. One Jackson Hole News Jackson Hole Developers of a proposed Holiday Inn received a zone change they wanted, but are otherwise getting a cool reception from Teton County. The Teton County Planning Commission unanimously approved a zone change for the proposed 200-room hotel near U.S. 89, which would include a restaurant, lounge and 12-lane bowling alley. However, the builders also hope the County Commission will allow them to issue tax-free Industrial Revenue Bonds to finance the, project. Two commissioners have said they are totally against the bonds and feel the hotel should survive on its own. THE ASPEN TIMES Aspen An Aspen woman has sued the Bank of Aspen, charging that for the last 10 years it has conspired to fix prime lending rates, has misrepresented misrepre-sented interest charges and levied excessive interest charges. The plaintiff, Mary McCarten, is asking the suit be designated as class-action. class-action. This means that if she won, all Bank of Aspen borrowers over the last decade could benefit and the judgment could be one of the largest dollar-value actions in Colorado history. |