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Show H H Snnmmimimit it Sunmmmmiiit - S Jt Tahoe residents petition to name peak for Alpine Meadows avalanche victim one charge exploded, knocking Haun unconscious and throwing Bradshaw on his back. The younger man dragged his companion behind a locomotive car until all the charges went off. Then, though both were still in shock, Bradshaw drove them to the Crested Butte Town Hall. Both men suffered bums, lacerations lacera-tions and temporary ear damage, and Haun sustained a fractured shoulder blade and a concussion. Afterward, Haun joked that he'd better get a warning timer " for ! 'Christmas. :, i In the late 1800s the mine i supported the boom town of Irwin, j now deserted. It may be closed for the rest of this year. TAHOE WORLD Lake Tahoe Jake Smith, a local ski resort employee, died in a large avalanche in March 1982. Now thousands of people hope a local mountain, atop an avalanche path, can be named "Jake's Peak" in his memory. A petition drive was started two years ago by Dennis Smith, the dead man's brother, and others. The petition has been signed by more than 3,700 people and also received an editorial endorsement from the Tahoe World newspaper. The peak is on the north side of Emerald Bay near the lake and the avalanche path runs down to Highway 89. Dennis hopes an educational turnout space can be created there to warn people of Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). "Working withTRPA is like wrestling with a 1,000-lb. marsh-mallow," marsh-mallow," said another proponent, developer Ed Nahas. He said the basin, in effect, is being run by the judge who slapped an injunction on the agency's 20-year master plan. "We need to know why it has failed." The study would be done in January, and would involve a panel of experts from the two Eastern land-policy study organizations. But the county's own planning department depart-ment opposes the study. It says one of the research firms, Urban Lands Institute of Washington, D.C. (ULI), already has done a report unfavorable unfavor-able to TRPA. ULI is somewhat biased against regulatory agencies, said the county planners. re-annexed; paid $1.5 million in impact fees; was caught in the middle of a lawsuit over who should supply water to the project. The project, in north Ketchum near Highway 75, will be used for single-family housing, duplex houses and light industry. While the city of Ketchum decided to ask voters for a new broad-based sales tax, Sun Valley rejected the idea for the time being. The Ketchum City Council voted to hold a Nov. 13 election on a proposed one percent tax on all sales (with a few exemptions like groceries) and a 2 percent tax on lodging and liquor. This would replace a 5 percent local option tax on liquor and lodging. City administrator Jim Sagnet said the sales tax would raise the same amount as the local-option tax, which now supplies IS percent of the city's 1985 budget. But a spokesman for the Wood River Lodge and Restaurant Association Asso-ciation objected, saying the group's members would have to collect an extra one percent tax. Actually, the group opposes both kinds of taxes, on the ground it hits the people who have no vote the tourists. The Sun Valley Council, meanwhile, mean-while, will not hold an election to junk their local-option tax, which brings in 43 percent of the city's budget. They want to study the colume of retail sales in the city. TRAIL ' Vail After being aired only once, a big-band music show on KRW-FM radio was canceled. Why? Because ' host Dick Gustafson is a candidate for the Eagle County Commission, and . his opponent Keith Troxel was demanding equal time under FCC , regulation. The station's general manager, ' Colleen Kline, said Gustafson could have worked under an assumed name, but only if the FCC ruled that he had an unrecognizable voice. She said the show will resume the week ; after the election. Troxel meanwhile ; joked that the station probably would . have lost money if it hired him as a J disc jockey. The Vail Resort Association board of directors voted 6-0 to create a bed tax. One lodging spokesman said it will raise up to $500,000, to be used exclusively for marketing and advertising services. The board stressed, however, that it would get input from local lodges before taking any other action. Businessmen Business-men will be invited to the VRA's next , meeting in October. avalanche dangers. Jake, an employee em-ployee of Alpine Meadows, died in the 1982 tragedy while trying to wam others. The decision on the name must be made by a group representing seven federal agencies (including the Department of the Interior and the U.S. Geological Survey) who will meet in South Lake Tahoe in a public hearing in early October. Lassie was a wonder dog, but she had nothing on the real-life story of Corey, a labradorgerman shepherd mix who made a 50-mile journey to her friend Maria Palty of Tahoe Park. The dog had been lost near Reno when a friend of Palty's took her hunting in the area. Four days later she was lying exhausted in Palty's front yard. Her paws, were hot to the touch. Her owner, Dan Gibson, said Corey is a smart mountain dog. He attributed her feat to the "grace of God" and the extra sensory link between human and owner. Two local rafting companies asked the Placer County Board of Supervisors to allow more trips on the Truckee River. But the board didn't sound happy with the amount of river-running now. Supervisor Jan .Mammoth Iiikes The board of Mammoth Lakes Unified School District isn't happy with the town council's solution for a local intersection. They say a stop sign is absolutely necessary for the intersection of Sierra Manor and Sierra Nevada roads. Town manager Fred Christiansen recommended a combination of "Yield" and "Slow, Dangerous Intersection" signs. He contended a stop sign would set a harmful precedent for other areas. But school board member Dave Buckman responded, "If someone is lying in the street run over, precedent isn't really that important." The parking laws in Mammoth will have teeth in them this winter. Town Manager Fred Christiansen said the basic policy no parking on city streets between November and April will be more rigidly enforced. Also, 200 new signs have been ordered to clearly announce the law (though every year some 10 to 25 percent of those signs are lost or destroyed.) The town council sug- Chronicle Crested Butte Two men were injured during an accidental dynamite blast in the old Forest Queen mine near Crested Butte. One of the victims, 79-year-old John Haun, is a near-legend in the area after running the mine with his money for decades. Haun and David Bradshaw, 33, were midway through setting 15 long-fused dynamite charges when.. Matteson said, ". . . this board should consider stopping the rafting altogether." The companies wanted to increase allowed permits over the current limit of 200. But Matteson and property owners along the river , complained of erosion and overcrowding over-crowding caused by the rafters. One landowner said an environmental report should be made on the river. However, the board approved an ordinance to increase the permit period from one to three years. It also said it would consider extending hours of operation for the firms. Employees of the Tahoe Forest Hospital voted 92-7 to accept a contract with an immediated 6 percent raise and a 5 percent raise next year. The agreement followed 17 months of negotiations with the hospital board. Less than half the employees affected voted on the contract, but their union is the recognized bargaining agent. The county board of supervisors agreed to contribute $5,000 for a new study of the Tahoe Basin, while expressing skepticism over the gested up to three policemen might be needed at peak hours to enforce the law. Christiansen also announces a new bus ordinance. Under this code, lodge owners could be given substantial fines when their tour buses violate parking rules. The Southern Mono Hospital District Board said the special assessments it receives from the county should be dropped. A spokeswoman said the money is no longer needed, since the hospital is leased by a private firm, the Centinela company. The action would mean a tax decrease of 33.34 . mills per parcel in the district. KetchumSun Valley After two and a half years of review, the Northwood development was approved by the city of Ketchum. During its long history, it was annexed, then de-annexed, then |