By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — The right Memorial Day event continues to elude Vail, leaving a fairly conspicuous hole in an otherwise-busy summer calendar.After a two-year run in 2013 and 2014, the Feast Vail culinary festival is gone, with nothing to replace it, at least this year. That means this year’s holiday calendar in […]
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By caramie schnell Editor’s note: This story first ran in Vail Health magazine.Healthy and active as most of us are in the Vail Valley, we rarely worry about the amount of sugar we’re consuming. Chug a Mountain Dew for a little pick-me-up? We figure we’ll burn it off after a few powder turns.If we’re bonking […]
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By Randy Wyrick Vail Christian High School’s 27 graduates earned $3 million in merit scholarships.Let that roll around in your brain for a moment while you consider Matthew 6:33: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.”We hope that clears it up.Seniors’ selectionsVail C
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By Randy Wyrick EDWARDS — Memorial Day starts early around here, with flags placed on local military veterans’ graves.It ends as it must, with Taps, but also with the American flag returned to full staff, flying full over Freedom Park and above a piece of Pentagon limestone, blasted from the building on 9/11.More than 200 […]
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By John LaConte VAIL — Hundreds gathered at Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater on Sunday to celebrate the life of Battle Mountain High School graduate Logan Jauernigg. Jauernigg, 20, was killed in a kayaking accident on May 15. Using “Live Like Logan” as their theme, Vail Valley residents shared memories Sunday of the young man who […
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By Randy Wyrick 1Honor those who died while serving in the armed forces— There will be a Memorial Day ceremony today at 3:30 p.m. at Freedom Park in Edwards. The 11th-annual ceremony is being conducted by the Freedom Park Memorial Committee and VFW Post 10721. The program will include local dignitaries, veterans, the choir from […]
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By John LaConte VAIL – Eagle County native John O’Neill notched his first major win as a professional triathlete on Saturday at the ITU Camtri Cup in Ixtapa, Mexico. Competing in 100-degree weather with high humidity, O’Neill – who is recovering from a ruptured eardrum after getting kicked in the head during the swim portion [&helli
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By John LaConte VAIL — Eagle County native John O’Neill notched his first major win as a professional triathlete on Saturday at the ITU Camtri Cup in Ixtapa, Mexico. Competing in 100-degree weather with high humidity, O’Neill — who is recovering from a ruptured eardrum after getting kicked in the head during the swim portion [&helli
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By Randy Wyrick VAIL — Rachel Ledon finally put in perspective how AWESOME the Battle Mountain’s Class of 2015 is.“Our entire community is excited about Battle Mountain’s Class of 2015,” she said. “2015 is everywhere. Every bumper has a 2015 sticker on it, Vail Resorts built an event around us, and people started selling memorab
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By Randy Wyrick GYPSUM — God loves everyone all the time, but on graduation day, he loves those delightful young people in the square hats most of all.That’s how you explain the rain, or lack of it at Eagle Valley High School’s commencement Saturday morning.It might be a metaphor for everything the grads were told: […]
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