By Randy Wyrick
Paul Ross Johnston, former mayor of Vail and owner of the Christiania Lodge, peacefully hung up his boots March 16. Paul was a soldier and peace activist, a painter and an author, an art dealer and a Realtor, a cowboy and a bartender, a pilot and a motocross rider, a hospice volunteer and an ecumenical minister. Most of all he was the most gentle and generous and selfless man we have ever known.Born in Oklahoma City, Okla., in 1933, Paul was a state champion track star in high school who studied business and played football at University of Oklahoma under …
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