Yellow Dog Project Hopes to Bring Safety to the Trails
While county residents discuss changes to the local leash laws, a new program is hoping to improve relations between dogs and humans on the trails. Rick Brough has more.
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Community Voices – May 30, 2013
Lynn Ware Peek and John Wells talk to David Orentlicher, author of “Two Presidents are Better Than One: The Case for a Bipartisan Executive Branch”. In the second half, Mario Livio, author of “Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein- Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe”.
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Vail Resorts President Blaise Carrig
You may remember Blaise Carrig as the GM of The Canyons Resort. Today he is President of Vail Resorts, which announced they will operate Canyons and lease the thousands of acres at Canyons and PCMR. The entire interview:
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Vail Resorts Press Conference Recording
On Wednesday, Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz and Chief Financial Officer Michael Barkin hosted a call-in press conference. Here are the prepared statements as well and Q and A session following that in its entirety. The only “local” questions come from KPCW’s Leslie Thatcher about about 22:45 in.
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The Mountain Life – May 29, 2013
Today, Lynn Ware Peek and Tim Henney open the show with Katie Mullaly and Doug Jepperson, owner of Park City Karate, who discuss the health effects of karate. Then, NBC investigative journalist, Bob Sullivan talks about his book, “The Plateau Effect: Getting From Stuck To Success”.
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Vail Resorts Will Take Over Canyons Resort Operations
Vail Resorts today announced it will be assuming the operations of Canyons Resort. In a press release, Vail Resorts reports it has a lease with the owner of Canyons, Talisker Mountain, in which Vail Resorts assumes all of the resort operations at Canyons, while Talisker will retain all of the development rights for the 4-million square feet of real estate.
A press conference is scheduled later today with Rob Katz the chairman and CEO of Vail Resorts. In a prepared statement, Katz says Canyons is a perfect complement to Vail’s collection of world-class mountain resorts. Noting that Canyons is in the top 10 of North American resorts by SKI magazine readers, he says he looks forward to building on that momentum.
The lease has an initial term of 50 years with six 50-year renewal options. The lease provides for $25 million in annual fixed payments, which increase each year by an inflation linked index.
In 2007, Vail Resorts was involved in a bidding war with Talisker CEO Jack Bistricier to purchase the resort from American Skiing Company. Vail went to court for a preliminary injunction to try and block the sale but lost.
KPCW has been unable to contact Canyons spokesmen for comment. KPCW will bring you more following today’s press conference.
This Green Earth – May 29, 2013
Nell Larson and Chris Cherniak first talk to Sandra Steingraber, to discuss Raising Elijah, and her role as an environmental scientist, writer, advocate and parent. In the second half of the show, Andrew Holland. He’s a senior fellow for energy and climate at the American Security Project out of Washington, D.C.
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Friday Film Review: Star Trek – Into Darkness
The new voyages of the Starship Enterprise are mixing some familiar characters with new plot twists. Rick Brough has the Friday Film Review.
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Memorial Day Events
Three events take place Monday, May 27 in Summit and Wasatch Counties to commemorate fallen veterans on Memorial Day.
Fun Friday – May 24, 2013
Fun Friday Funsters John Burdick and Jan Williams first chat with Dawn from Deer Creek State Park, about day passes, annual passes, camping reservations and State Park Fun! Then Jennifer Kimball from Zermatt Resort brings a guest, John Lambert from the band “Take 5″. They are in to talk about the Crawfish Festival at The Homestead Resort, Saturday, May 25.
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