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By Melanie Wong Most folks likely have at least some sense as to what patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are.“Ah, let’s see … they’re … well, they’ve got something to do with … Okay, I give up.”If they can’t exactly define what they are, at least folks figure they have something to do with […

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By Melanie Wong The Vail Centre will be hosting its second annual Torch Awards at the Lodge at Vail on Dec. 11. During the first inaugural event in 2014, Rod Slifer was honored for his contributions to the Vail community, along with four community award winners for their service to the community. The Torch Awards […]

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By Melanie Wong Marjori E. Johnson (Montney), age 61, of Roscommon, formerly of Waterford, Michigan, passed away Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015.Funeral Services will be held at Smith Family Funeral Homes, St. Louis, Michigan on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 at 1 p.m. Burial will take place at Oak Grove Cemetery, St. Louis, Michigan. Visitation will be […]

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By Melanie Wong Gladys Cecelia Hamilton, 95, formerly of Fisher, Minnesota, and Sun City, Arizona, died on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. Gladys was a beloved visitor in Vail, where she recited her poetry, gave a pie crust-making class, and even did some cross-country skiing. She was a poet, artist, sculptor, and a writer of fairy […]

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By scott condon ASPEN — At a time when the American public remains largely unconcerned about climate change, the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies has helped develop a tool that could more clearly convey the grim consequences of a warming planet.One implication is that the environment in Aspen could become too warm by 2030 to […]

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By Melanie Wong GYPSUM — Beginning late this afternoon, the Eagle County Airport runway was closed down for several hours after a plane blew a tire while landing. According to Eagle County Airport Manager Greg Phillips, a small, private plane landed and blew out a tire on the runway. There were no injuries and no […]

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By scott miller The possibility of the Federal Reserve raising its benchmark interest rate in December became a probability by week’s end thanks to a blockbuster jobs report, and investors hardly flinched.In fact, the S&P 500 was up for the sixth week straight, and the Dow inched closer to going back over the 18,000-point mark […]

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By scott miller EAGLE COUNTY — Real estate sales in September of this year were the best for that period in more than five years, and marked the best sales month of the year so far.Land Title Guarantee Company tracks completed transactions recorded at the Eagle County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. The most recent data, […]

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By Melanie Wong Last week I received a question from a trainee regarding muscle soreness. Jim was so sore from a previous workout that it negatively impacted his ability to perform basic rudimentary tasks for an entire week. Jim was experiencing DOMS, or delayed onset muscle soreness after a bout of high repetition front squats. […]

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By Melanie Wong It has been an exciting first 10 years for the Ski & Snowboard Club Vail (SSCV) Nordic Team, with an expansion of the team and ever increasing success. A few years back, SSCV was celebrating its Nordic team being named the 2013 United States Ski & Snowboard Association Cross Country Club of […]

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