Time Machine: 50 years ago, Vail Associates announces record earnings
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10 years ago
May 7, 2014
Joseph Kelly, 50, was found dead in his Gypsum home in a death ruled a homicide, the Vail Daily reported. Kelly had been shot twice with .22-caliber rifle and the only suspect in the crime was his 13-year-old son, said Eagle 久久热精品视频app Sheriff Joe Hoy.
“Eagle 久久热精品视频app Coroner Kara Bettis said the body had begun to decompose and stink when Eagle 久久热精品视频app Sheriff’s deputies went to the house Monday morning,” the Vail Daily reported. “When they arrived, the boy admitted to deputies that his father was dead inside. Kelly’s body was found in a small area off of the kitchen, Hoy said.”
30 years ago
May 6, 1994
Vail and Beaver Creek resorts announced capital improvement plans for the upcoming offseason, the Vail Trail reported.
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Vail Mountain was set to instal more snowmaking and upgrade some of its grooming equipment and technology in its snowcat fleet, along with adding restraining bars to all lifts. Wildwood restaurant was to receive modern plumbing during the summer, and the Grand Traverse, a hiking and biking trail that encircles the top of Vail Mountain, was set to be completed during the spring.
“VA’s most dramatic move this summer will be the consolidation of much of its corporate offices and staff into the Seasons at Avon,” the Trail Reported. “This fall, nearly 300 full-time staff will move into the 60,000 square foot location in Avon.”
At Beaver Creek, the Strawberry Park Lift (Chair 12) would be replaced by a high-speed quad, and clearing for the new Chair 14 lift line was scheduled to begin.
“Design of a new $400,000 front entrance for Beaver Creek Resort is already underway,” the Trail reported. “The entrance will be designed to increase security, ease access for property owners and significantly enhance the appearance of the resort’s ‘front door.'”
40 years ago
May 11, 1984
Public comments were solicited for a study to determine whether automated weather stations should be installed in national forest wilderness areas in the Upper Colorado River Basin, the Vail Trail reported.
“The study of whether weather stations should be installed is in response to a request from the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation to set up instruments to monitor proposed weather modification tests in the Upper Colorado River Basin,” the Trail reported. “In addition, after the spring storms and high runoff in 1983, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, and the National Weather Service discussed with Forest Service officials the need to collect data to improve the accuracy of flood forecasting and water supply for the Colorado River.”
50 years ago
May 10, 1974
Vail Associates announced that the company was expected to post record earnings for the fiscal year that ended April 30, 1974, the Vail Trail reported, quoting company President Richard L. Peterson
“Peterson said that a strong real estate fourth quarter combined with the recent completion of another record ski season account for the expected record performance,” the Trail reported. “Mountain revenues for the year just ended were some $5,459,000, a 28 percent increase over the previous year.”
Peterson stated that the company recorded real estate revenues of more than $1,000,000 during its last quarter, a significant gain from third-quarter revenues of $164,000. Season attendance totaled 684,000, a significant increase over the previous year’s figure of 618,000.
60 years ago
May 7, 1964
10-year-old Peter Nolan appeared before Judge Mabel Brooks after getting into a gunfight with the Eagle 久久热精品视频app Sheriff and being shot by his father, the Eagle Valley Enterprise reported.
Nolan was given “the kindest attention and consideration” by the Judge, the Enterprise reported.
“When Petey went before the Judge Monday afternoon, he wore new clothes provided by women of Glenwood,” the Enterprise reported. “The lady responsible for the clothes had visited Petey when he was recovering from the gunshot wound in his back, at Valley View Hospital. The lady’s husband was the youngster’s roommate and she was so impressed with his good behaviour and conduct, that she wanted to help out.”
Nolan was moved to the Children’s Diagnostic Center in Denver “where, in capable hands, a question will be answered 鈥� why a child shot at adults.”
Meanwhile, in the Basalt area, there may have been a “sign” that a Vail-Aspen rivalry was budding, the Enterprise reported.
A person or persons was suspected of possibly not liking Aspen advertising on road signs in Eagle 久久热精品视频app and sawed six signs down.
Other signs were “smeared with paint and obscene language,” the Enterprise reported.
The signs were all in Eagle and Garfield counties, advertising Aspen businesses.
“Kinda remindful of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys,” the Enterprise added.
