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“I loved going to Girl Scout camp as a girl. I liked being in the outdoors, singing songs, trying new foods, making crafts and making new friends,” says Braucht. “I was very shy and quiet growing up and through the Girl Scout cookie program and community service projects, I learned to find a voice of my own and grow into leadership roles.”

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts of Colorado, and an upcoming event in Gypsum will celebrate the milestone with activities like a Girl Scout Cookie eating contest, a vintage Girl Scout Uniform fashion show and dis-plays depicting Girl Scouts through the decades and into the future. The event is from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 10 at the Eagle County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall. It is open to the public, and admission is $5.

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“Eagle Valley Girl Scouts do everything you can dream of,” says Braucht. “There are great things going on at all levels of Girl Scouting. Local Girl Scouts have made over-night bags for foster care children, read stories to the el-derly, planted flowers in front of a school and volunteered for church community dinners. Some of the older girl troops have traveled to Disneyland and Washington, D.C.”

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season last Thursday afternoon, lifelong Vail resident Jed Schue-tze was drawn to the freshly groomed face of the Golden Peak downhill course. Forget the glades – gates were calling.

“I love to powder ski, don’t get me wrong, but the chance to get out here and go fast in a safe environment is just a blast,” says Schuetze, a 32-year-old former Ski and Snow-board Club Vail (SSCV) racer who made the All-American squad for slalom while at the University of Colorado. “I never thought when I was done at CU I’d race again, but I got talked into it this season. It’s still a blast.”

Schuetze and roughly 50 other racers took to the course as part of the final Vail Town Series of 2012, an annual collec-tion of much-loved races organized by SSCV. The crowning runs on March 1 came after two months of weekly compe-tition, including a championship slalom event on Feb. 23. Events boasted giant slalom and Super G races (dubbed “Su-per George” after the official après party spot, The George).

Although alpine juggernaut Ian Lochhead wasn’t at the final race, he still came out on top in the overall rankings for the season, followed closely by Thursday’s champ, John Kemp. In the women’s division, overall winner Georgia Wettlaufer rightly justified her top spot with a win in both GS and Super G, barely edging by Julia Littman, who fin-ished second on the day and season. While the skier divi-sions were determined by tenths of a point, snowboarder Uve Burns blew the competition away in both events to fin-ish nearly four points ahead of his nearest competition, Brian Hutchinson.

Where newbies meet old prosIt’s hard to imagine just how many stellar alpine racers live

in tiny Eagle County. Along with Schuetze (who took third overall on the season), the field included former World Cup qualifiers, Ski and Snowboard Club Vail coaches and college downhill stars, rounded out with a spattering of skiers and snowboarders who’d never once been on a race course.

Dressed in his powder-day finest, Minnesota native CJ Rutten navigated the course after a friend convinced him to register earlier in the morning. It was his first time taking a snowboard down anything nearly as intimidating as the Golden Peak course, where iconic downhill stars like Lind-sey Vonn honed her skills.

“I have nothing else to compare it to, and I’m not a racer so I can’t critically analyze the course,” Rutten laughs. “It

was just a good time – a lot more difficult than I expected, and way steeper than the flat-landing we’re used to back in the Midwest.”

The Town Series has earned a storied reputation for this kind of democratic, all-inclusive feel – more than a few folks took runs on fat powder skis, and even telemarking is al-lowed. While Rutten signed up out of sheer curiosity, com-petition for the top five men’s spots was expectedly heated,

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Vail Town Series overall results

Men’s Alpine division1. Ian Lochhead, 38.93 points2. John Kemp, 38.7 points3. Jed Schuetze, 38.01 pointsWomen’s Alpine division1. Georgia Wettlaufer, 38.06 points2. Julia Littman, 37.86 points3. Lyndsay Strange, 36.76 pointsMen’s snowboard division1. Uve Berns, 21.3 points2. Brian Hutchinson, 17.39 points3. Patrick Porsche, 12.16 points

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In typical middle-child fashion, Johnny Schleper started skiing, but quickly veered away from the family calling. He’s now the lead guitarist for MTHDS, a six-piece band that proves Eagle County can produce more than bluegrass

and ski racers.MTHDS now calls Denver home – the video for “Positive

Movement” was inspired in part by the city’s massive annual zombie crawl event – but the band remains firmly rooted in the mountains, with a fresh mix of rock instrumentals, hip-hop sensibility and a spattering of island-tinged funk. It’s no wonder MTHDS comes from the snowboard trick of the same name: a method is all about easygoing style and soul.

The group is fresh off a three-week tour with California rockers The Expendables. The whirlwind tour took them across Arizona, Colorado, California and Nevada, culminat-ing with a show at the House of Blues in Las Vegas – the band’s largest exposure to date.

The six members (MCs Nick Dillen and Lawrence Kerr; bassist Chris Chipouras; synth/acoustic player Neil Yukimu-ra; drummer Chris Holdridge; and Schleper) are relaxing in Denver before returning to Vail for a show at The Sandbar in West Vail on April 13, followed by a first-time appearance at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin.

Schleper spoke with SneakPEAK about the boost of play-ing with a big-name group, how MTHDS has embraced the freedom of the Internet (all three of their albums are avail-able for free at MTHDSmusic.com), and why he’s looking forward to racing his sister.

Sneak Peak: You and the rest of the band just returned from a pretty large tour with The Expendables. Did you seek them out, or did they come to you?

Johnny Schleper: We’ve been trying to work with them for a while now, but they came to us eventually, probably a month or a month and a half before the tour. We were just incredibly excited and pumped. We kept asking ourselves, “Is this really happening?” We were really able to connect with those guys and the people from Silverback (The Ex-pendables music label).

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JS: We’ve played occasionally in those markets before, I’d say about half of them, but the tour helped us be able to play places we’ve never been before. It’ll push us into even more markets and we’ll work with that as we write new mu-sic. We’ve kind of built a fan base on the west coast, so our next step is to move toward the east coast. It’s all building toward our album this summer.

SP: Are you guys on a label right now?JS: Nope, we’re not. We’ve been kind of looking, but

we’re at the point where we need to control what we’re do-ing. Right now, we’re taking it very much day-by-day. I think we’re all on the same page with that, too. We pick each other’s brains pretty often.

As far as a label, there’s so much overhead before you get anywhere, and we really don’t make money as it is. We can’t ignore that the music business has changed a lot, and we give quite a bit of ours away for free. The idea of pushing our singles out is the direction we’re heading. We want to make albums, but the singles and EPs are more manageable these days.

Local band finishes busy tourMTHDS guitarist Johnny Schleper talks music

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Vail native Johnny Schleper (left) and singer Lawrence Kerr perform with their band, MTHDS, in Lake Tahoe. The mountain-based band recently finished a tour with The Expendables. MTHDS photo.

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The company behind much of that, Slifer, Smith and Frampton Real Estate, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The company, whose growth has both paralleled and been intertwined with the growth of Vail itself, began as a one-man operation and now boasts 17 offices in Eagle and Summit counties and more than 100 brokers.

Meet the man with the original vision: Rod Slifer. Now in his 70s, Slifer arrived in Vail at the age of 27, when the resort was nothing but a couple makeshift buildings and the beginnings of a few trails.

“Making Vail happen”A native of the Denver area, Slifer had studied business

in college, before spending a few years in the Navy. After World War II, like many other soldiers who helped shape Colorado’s ski areas, he moved to the mountains. From 1960 to 1962, he lived the “ski bum life” in Aspen, working as a ski instructor, waiter and house painter.

In 1962, a friend from Aspen, Vail’s first ski school direc-tor, told Slifer about a new resort being built a few hours away – Vail – and invited him to come on board as the as-sistant ski school director.

“So I came,” Slifer says. “I got here May 1, 1962. They were building the lifts and cutting trails. The Lodge at Vail

was the first hotel and the Vail Village Inn was on the corner, and that was pretty much it.”

Vail Associates, as the resort company was called at the time, had an office at the base of the mountain and a few trailers to house workers. Vail founders were hard at work – Earl Eaton was out cutting trails, Peter Seibert was out raising money, and others were out building lifts. Slifer was working in the resort’s humble office, managing paperwork and answering phones. That first summer was intense, he remembers.

“It was really hard work,” he says. “Everyone worked

seven days a week, helping each other out to make Vail hap-pen.”

The mountain first opened in December of 1962, and lift tickets sold for $5. It wasn’t the best snow season and Slifer remembers taking his first runs down the now-famous Back Bowls.

“You were skiing down there through the weeds, wonder-ing if you were going to hit a rock,” he remembers with a chuckle.

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– the stuff of legends for sure, and that’s what Vail would become.

The first few years, the resort relied on the business of Front Range skiers, although Denver and Aspen naysayers said the drive was too far. But people came, and Vail grew in popularity every year.

The resort earned further prestige when President Gerald Ford made Vail his part-time residence, putting Vail on the map and attracting other high-profile guests and residents.

“(I came) on blind faith. Vail was very small then. We never imagined it’d be this big,” he says. “I think all of us believed in it, that it would succeed, but nobody knew how big it would be.”

Real estate pioneerYou could say Slifer was Vail’s original real estate pioneer

– at the resort’s beginning, he was in charge of showing Vail Associates investors potential building sites. Someone sug-gested he get a real estate license, which he did in 1962. For 25 years, he ran Vail Home Rentals.

“It just happened. Being here from the ground floor, I knew there would be opportunities. In 1966, I bought the land the office is on,” he says, indicating to the Bridge Street offic-es, steps from other village landmarks such as the Covered Bridge and Pepi’s. “I planted my roots and took a chance.”

In 1968, Slifer started his own brokerage, Slifer and Com-pany, and began developing Bridge Street, West Vail and ex-panding down to Eagle-Vail, now among some of the most

sought-after locations in the area.The other three individuals who eventually became the

partners in the modern day Slifer, Smith and Frampton ar-rived later on the scene, but nonetheless played major roles in the area’s development.

Jim Flaum, a real estate veteran and former Navy pilot, became the vice president and managing broker for Vail Associates Real Estate in 1983. In the late ‘80s, develop-ers Harry Frampton and Mark Smith formed East West Part-ners, concentrating on building a new development: Beaver Creek.

The independent companies grew as dueling brokers in the valley until 1994, when the four decided they would work better as partners, not rivals.

“I said, ‘I think we would be better off together,’ and we agreed we would not do it unless two-plus-two equaled eight, if we could all be much more successful together – and we were,” Slifer says. “We really grew up with Vail.”

Mr. VailIn addition to being instrumental in Vail’s private develop-

ment, Slifer also played a key role in Vail’s public develop-ment, serving as mayor for 11 years (from 1978 to 1985 and 2004 to 2007) and town councilman for 16 years (from 1977 to 1985 and 1999 to 2007). His legacy includes major proj-ects that have included integral elements of the town. Slifer helped inaugurate Vail’s public library, as well as spearhead-ed the building of Vail’s first parking structure.

“That was a real leap of faith,” he says of the parking. “We had to go to voters for $3.5 million and we were the first ski area to build a structure. Everyone else just parked on dirt lots.”

The iconic cobbled walkway of Bridge Street was part of Slifer’s work as well.

“It was controversial when we heated the streets,” he remembers. “I’d be watching people (from my office) ev-eryday fall, their skis going down the street. Creating the cobbled streets was a great accomplishment and we were one of the first resort towns to do so.”

Looking ahead to both the town and the brokerage futures, Slifer says the company’s success will go hand-in-hand with Vail’s success. However, the company’s focus will probably be quite different from what it was in 1962.

“Vail has built out this valley,” he says. “Everything in the future will be redevelopment of older residences and build-ings. Growth has really gone down-valley, as Vail has be-come unaffordable for the average working person.”

As for the town and the mountain, Slifer expects it to re-ally come into its own as a community.

“It’ll just get better and better,” he says. “We now have (a) third generation of children being raised here and we’ve really become a community. Our success really depends on the success of Vail.”

Brokers from the growing real estate company take a ski day in 1995.Photo courtesy of Slifer, Smith & Frampton

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But that’s exactly what happened last Saturday on the Centennial Express Lift at Beaver Creek on a bitter cold, but beautiful morning on an open and impeccably groomed mountain, during the first-ever Vail Global Energy Forum (VGEF). About two dozen conference participants took ad-vantage of the first-tracks skiing event before discussions began in earnest at the Vilar Performing Arts Center.

You also know you live in a place like no other when a U.S. Senator, presenting to a packed auditorium made up of some of the world’s foremost experts on energy issues, wears a sport coat, a striped dress shirt – and blue jeans and cowboy boots. And that too took place at the forum when Senator Mark Udall of Colorado presented remarks on “The Global Energy Challenge,” a speech in which he compared advancements in energy technology to the life-saving im-provements in mountain climbing equipment since World War II.

Yes, the Vail Valley is truly unique, a place where critical scientific and political issues can be addressed alongside rec-reational pursuits with seemingly no incongruity. Vail is also unique in that it is a community seeking to manage growing energy demands and transition to new energy technologies, a fact made readily apparent during last weekend’s Global

Energy Forum.The Global Energy Forum brought top experts from all

over the world, such as Tom Petrie, Vice Chairman of Bank of America; Jeffrey Ball, formerly The Wall Street Journal’s environment editor; Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director of the En-ergy Initiative at MIT; Dr. Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate in Physics, as well as policy makers such as Colorado Gov-ernor John Hickenlooper, Udall and former U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Labor, George P. Shultz.

“The VGEF is dedicated to the search for sustainable solu-tions to one of the most pressing issues of our times – how to produce enough clean, cost-efficient energy while we bridge the transition to renewable energy solutions of the future,” says Vail resident, Jay Precourt, who endowed Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University. The institute brought the forum to the valley, along with the Vail Valley Foundation.

Learning about the futureMany Vail Valley residents who attended the conference

appreciated the incredible learning opportunity. “The energy that (the organizers) put into bringing these

outstanding people to Vail is a tribute to Vail and to the de-sire people have to learn,” says conference attendee and part-time Vail resident Carolyn Smith. “It’s amazing – we’ve got some of the brightest people here.”

Though conference attendees came from all over the coun-try, many – like Smith – came from somewhere up or down the valley.

“I wanted to learn a little more about the new technology, the solutions,” says Maisa Metcalf, one of 18 students from Colorado Mountain College’s (CMC) Edwards campus.

She says that the first day she was “a little disappointed”

by all the emphasis placed on natural gas. “I thought it would be talking more about new technologies to become sustain-able. But (on the second day I felt) more positive because they are talking more about renewable energy, solar, wind, the innovation part – not just natural gas. But I think over-all it’s been a very good thing, especially here in the valley, because it’s important for us to learn more about it. It’s the future. It’s what we all need to learn, no matter where you work, in all sectors of society.”

The CMC students joined 67 other students from numer-ous Colorado colleges who attended the forum thanks to scholarships provided by conference organizer Carl Colby.

George Mizner, a psychiatrist from Vail, also commented on the focus on natural gas.

“It’s interesting the clear-cut emphasis on gas develop-ment, certainly on the efficiency of it, and the concern on the part of all the participants on the environment, ” says Mizner.

He adds that another notable theme of the conference was the fact that “all of these speakers have been in favor of a mixture of solutions.”

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The technology, dubbed Smartbar, was a curiosity dur-ing the opening day of the festival on Friday. People milled around a bare-bones tent near the main stage, picking their way through a free app they downloaded through GetSmart-bar.com.

The deceptively simple set-up alludes to the simple tech-nology at the heart of Smartbar: open the app, select your drinks from a list, enter an email address and credit card number, and place the order. The system sends a confir-mation code, and as you walk from your spot to the tent, “bartenders” – really inventor Casey Curtis and his business partners – fill the order from a single iPad. Your drinks are waiting when you arrive.

“Just like any technology, you have early adopters who pick things up before anyone else,” Curtis said as he poured a round of drink orders, glancing back and forth between a single iPad and several cases of liquor. “We see cell phone payment and this kind of instant connectivity as the future, and this weekend has supported that.”

Curtis put the app in the hands of these early adopters –

the same people who aren’t afraid to switch to the “time-line” feature on Facebook – and in an expected fashion, they couldn’t stop talking about it. While other festivalgoers up-wards of 10 or 15 minutes to get a beer at the small collec-tion of drink tents, Curtis’ partner Bryan Haver estimated the three bartenders at Smartbar could serve people six to eight seconds after they arrived at the tent.

“The reaction so far has been great,” Haver said. “People like it, the convenience of not waiting in line or being away from the music.”

The reaction was surprisingly rapid. By the time Snoop played a mere day after the beginning of the festival, word about the technology had spread through the thousands of music fans, and for good reason: at the beginning of a rela-tively short song like “Gin and Juice,” they could order a drink, enjoy the music, walk to the bar during the second verse, and be back in the crowd before the final chorus. Cur-tis estimated at the peak of the headlining acts, they were fill-ing several hundred drink orders per hour, and they sold out of at least one product every night (the Pabst supply seemed to be permanently dry.)

“The best thing about the app and what gave us lots of encouragement was how many return customers we saw,” Curtis said near the end of the night. “It showed me they re-ally liked the technology, and it accomplished what we set out to accomplish.”

Make no doubt about it: Curtis sees Smartbar as the bar of the future, and Snowball was his testing ground. As he began filling another drink order, a college friend gave him the equivalent of a trademarked tagline.

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easy-going, guy-at-the-bar kind of vibe. When they did a soft launch of Smartbar at the Snowglobe Music Festival in Tahoe, Calif. – another festival operated by Snowball part-ners Chad Donnelly and Scotty Stoughton – they hired col-lege friends to talk about the app. All in their mid and late twenties, the guys would go through the crowds with phrases like, “Smart babes drink Smartbar,” and walk older guests through ordering on the app.

And it definitely doesn’t hurt that beer practically sells it-self, particularly when combined with a pervasive technol-ogy like smartphones and a festival environment, where the less fans have to worry about, the better.

Curtis understands the need for simplicity, because he knows first-hand the frustration of music fans at large-scale festivals. – he’s a self-professed festival junkie and admits such events aren’t without a number of flaws.

“You pay a lot of money for these things, between the festival itself, travelling to the venue and everything else,” Curtis said. “You want to make the most of the experience. But when you miss out on what’s going on because you’re waiting in line, it can be frustrating.”

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“I’ve been an entrepreneur for a long time, always with the focus of building a sustainable business while making the world a better place,” Curtis said. “This is making it a better place through shorter lines and positive vibes for the festival.”

The future of SmartbarWhen Snoop Dogg’s set ended on Saturday, Curtis was

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Curtis’ pitch hasn’t been without snags. The system has no way to confirm age, and at Snowball, relied on people first getting wristbands from an ID check – a process that can take time and make the line-free selling point moot.

But Curtis and his partners are convinced Smartbar is the kind of rare technology that links the digital world with the physical one. When they’ve proven its worth at festivals, they see no end in sight: it could move into stadiums or oth-er venues where lines are prevalent. The system is simple

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“I’ve been thinking about a book and how to go about it for three years,” Weber says. “I was encouraged to juxtapose quotations from the sages with the quotations from the inmate – ends up the human condition is the same, whoever you are.”

The book, Weber’s final project for her degree in spiritual psychology, reads like a poi-gnant children’s book – if children’s books tackled introspective revelations and psychologi-cal principles. The small publication features quotes from famous philosophers and thinkers, including Buddha, Gandhi and Einstein and, pairs them with quotations from inmates who have been through the “Freedom to Choose” (a leadership and conflict resolution program) and are illustrated with photos from Weber’s travels.

Spiritual psychologyWeber’s own journey has had many destinations, to say the least. She’s traveled the world,

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In her career path, she’s worked as a stockbroker and sales manager for Merrill Lynch, and has Master’s degrees in special education and spiritual psychology.

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Eyebrows might rise at the very mention of the phrase “spiritual psychology,” which is defined as “the study and practice of the art and science of human evolution in conscious-ness.”

Weber was skeptical at first, too, but was interested when she saw the effect it had on Paul’s life.

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Although the numbers are harrowing, they both worry and inspire the coordinators for The Literacy Project of Eagle County, a free program dedicated to fighting illiteracy.

“I’m always surprised that there are individuals in our community that are illiterate, and how they’re (able to be) functioning in the community,” Executive Director Colleen Gray says.

Founded in 1990, The Literacy Project is split into a num-ber of regular tutoring services for youth and adults, punctu-ated with a handful of special events throughout the year. As of now, the non-profit serves 275 adults through English as a second-language sessions, 120 students with elementary and middle school initiatives, and 80 families through the “Lit-eracy is for Everyone” and “Raising a Reader” programs.

According to Gray, The Literacy Project is unique because it addresses every level of illiteracy in the community, from parents to children – no exclusions. A student will often register for tutoring, and the coordinators will discover the parent is part of a program as well. This connectivity helps volunteers engage entire families with programs like “Lit-eracy is for Everyone,” which provides homework help and kindergarten care for children while parents take a develop-mental education course at Colorado Mountain College.

“What we’ve been able to do is work with the students, children and adults who need our help,” Gray says. “There’s a continuum of literacy assistance we can provide. We’re reaching entire families to strengthen the skills of everyone.”

Downvalley program blossomsAlthough The Literacy Project in Vail and Avon remains

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“Part of the small interest came from turnover and a lack of consistency,” Chaney Barclay says. “I want to build a new foundation and attract new talent.”

In her short time as coordinator, Chaney Barclay has made impressive steps in that direction. The core of volunteer tu-tors has jumped from two to 10, along with several profes-sional teachers who train incoming volunteers. In the “Read-ing Buddies” program, which links high school students with elementary students, 19 teenagers from Eagle and Gypsum regularly meet with younger students to write book reports and go over reading assignments.

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Beyond this word-of-mouth element, one key to Chaney Barclay’s success in Gypsum has been taking the program directly to school administrators and parents. Students re-quire a referral to enter a tutoring program like “Study Friends” – the most basic tutoring program – and she simpli-fied the process to be easier for teachers. She recently met with the Parents Teacher Association at Gypsum Creek Mid-dle School to explain these changes, as well as give valuable face time. She wants people to know The Literacy Project is

alive and well downvalley.“I tell these different groups we can help,” Chaney Bar-

clay says. “A huge part of what I’m doing now is building those relationships and putting our name out there. People need to know we’re here.”

Along with meetings at individual schools, Chaney Bar-clay is taking the lull of March to make other changes. As of now, coordinators look primarily at enrollment numbers to gauge interest – there are very few stats of community benefits. Eventually, she’d like to use the Colorado Student Assessment Program results as proof of her volunteer’s ef-forts. It’s a side effect of her previous work in the medical field, where concrete measures are vital.

“I came into this from a much different background, so one of my goals is to establish some measure (of success),”

Chaney Barclay says. “We don’t want to just have hours tu-tored. I want to bring a measurable scale to know if we’ve really been successful.”

The nonprofit struggleAs with many nonprofits, funding is a consistent worry

for Gray and Chaney Barclay. Every program on The Lit-eracy Project roster is completely free – otherwise, the low-income families who need the most help wouldn’t be able to participate.

“We’re always looking for money,” Gray says. “It’s a con-stant struggle, but we are always open to donations.”

The nonprofit is supported through fundraisers, personal donations and grants from the Eagle Valley Library District, which also gives space at the Avon and Eagle libraries for four full-time employees.

As is to be expected with a literacy program, fundraisers usually have some kind of book element, Gray says. In sum-mer, she coordinates an author luncheon, and on March 22, they’ll host a showing of the “Hunger Games” movie at the Eagle Theater.

As The Literacy Project’s downvalley efforts continue to grow, Chaney Barclay expects interest from both donors and participants to grow in kind. She admits volunteering is in her blood and is convinced the program is headed in the right direction.

“For me, even outside of work, I’ve always had volunteer-ing as part of my life,” Chaney Barclay says. “When I found this opportunity, I was excited. It has been totally reward-ing.”

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The research behind nitric oxide is nearly a decade in the making, developed by Nathan Bryan, professor of molecular medicine at the University of Texas and co-founder and chief science officer at Neogenis Labs. Bryan’s research has been focused on therapeutics to re-store nitric oxide levels in the human body.

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“It’s good to get out and challenge yourself, to stay on top of your skills,” says Steiert, a 25-year-old SSCV alum who spent time on the FIS World Cup circuit. “People who aren’t used to racing would be surprised how hard it is, but you have competition from guys who raced in college or were on the U.S. Ski Team. It keeps you fresh.”

A community affairAs with other public race events in the valley – the Vail

Recreation District’s summer mountain bike series comes to mind – it was easy to spot the die-hard athletes: they sported colorful spandex and padded mitts, all slathered with logos from Spyder, Komperdell and Edwards-based favorite, Fuxi Racing USA. When other downhillers passed the finish line,

they gathered and chatted excitedly about the tight upper gates and surprisingly slick middle section.

After dipping past the final gate, SSCV alpine coach Me-lissa Jones stopped next to a group of fellow coaches, all wearing the club’s trademark royal blue. She was slightly out of breath following the loopy GS run, and admits it’s bet-ter that her young pupils – 13 and 14-year-old boys – don’t come out to heckle their coach.

“It’s easier to not have the kids around – it’s definitely more of a ‘do as I say, not as I do’ situation,” Johns says between deep breaths. “The kids were out here earlier and took six or seven runs with no problem. I take two, and I’m sucking wind.”

Depending on travel, the majority of SSCV coaches try to race at least once during the Town Series, and the cham-pionships were no exception. Along with Johns, about six coaches hit the course to hone their skills and enjoy a bit of downtime.

“We were all racers growing up, so we still have a love for it,” Jones says. “It keeps the passion alive, sort of reminds us why we get out there and coach every day.”

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“You get that heart going up there, the adrenaline, and there’s nothing better,” Wallace says after a tight run to end the GS. “You run into lots of people you know from around town. You can’t help but enjoy it.”


Calendar of eventsThursday, March 8Jimkata at the SandbarJimkata is a nationally touring electro-rock band blending heavy beats, synthy hooks and big guitars to create music with both modern and timeless appeal. Show starts at Vail’s Sandbar at 10 p.m. Check out their latest EP at jimkata.com.

Thursday, March 8Leftover Salmon at the VilarColorado’s own Leftover Salmon brings their bluegrass, Ca-jun, funk, Southern rock, boogie, Caribbean, Latin and jazz sounds to Beaver Creek’s Vilar Center. Show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased online at www.vilarpac.com, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Of-fice in Vail Village.

Thursday, March 8Street Beat Concert: Less Than JakeAfter blazing the trail for ska punk in the ‘90s, Less Than Jake continues to please audiences at their live shows The concert is free and part of the Bud Light Street Beat Free Concert Series. Show starts at 6:30 p.m. At Solaris in Vail Village.

Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10Kids Pajama Parties at Alpine Arts CenterThe Arts Center will have art activities, pizza and a movie. Friday’s party is for children ages 7 to 12 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday is for kids ages 3 to 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cost is $30 for the evening, which includes pizza and materials. Register online at www.alpineartscenter.org or call 970-926-2732.

Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10Plein-air artists reception at Cogswell GalleryAward-winning plein air oil painters Mitch Baird, Eric Ja-cobsen and Lorenzo Chavez will be showing their works at

Cogswell Gallery from March 7-10. “Plein Air” is “a style of painting produced outdoors in natural light from start to finish. An artist reception will be held both days from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The artists will be present and painting live.

Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10Live music at Alpine TavernSkin the Rabbit plays at East Vail’s Alpine Tavern from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday. Chris Migini performs from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday.

Friday, March 9St. Petersburg State Orchestra at the VilarThe orchestra and chief conductor Roman Leontiev present “Tschaikowski.” Show starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $65 and are available online at www.vilarpac.com, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Bea-ver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.

Saturday, March 10Pure Barre donation-only class in EdwardsThis Pure Barre class is supporting Roundup River Ranch, a camp that enriches the lives of children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses by providing free camp experienc-es year-round. $20 donations suggested. Call 970-306-1310 to reserve a spot.

Saturday, March 10Nicholas Luchycky memorial fundraiserThis fundraising event is from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Pazzo’s Pizzeria in Eagle. Event includes live music and silent auc-tion items. Food and drink proceeds and all money raised to go to Vail Valley Charitable Fund.

Saturday, March 10Girl Scouts 100th anniversary celebrationJoin the Girl Scouts from noon to 4 p.m. at the Eagle County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall in Eagle. Activities include a vin-tage fashion show, Girl Scouts through decades displays, workshops from the 100th History Patch program, cake and ice cream, and much more. Open to the public and admis-sion is $5.

Saturday, March 10The Foot at Loaded Joe’s

This Denver alternative band returns to Loaded Joe’s. Show starts at 9 p.m. at Loaded Joe’s in Avon and is free.

Sunday, March 11Jeremy Wright North American Snowshoe ChampionshipsPart of Beaver Creek’s Adventure Snowshoe Race Series, this final race will take place in McCoy Park. Preregistration is $30 p.m. and available online, day-of registration is $35.

Sunday, March 11Ann Hampton Callaway’s Ella Fitzgerald Salute Jazz and pop vocalist and Platinum Award-winning writer Ann Hampton Callaway brings a multi-media tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Tickets are $55 and are available online at www.vilarpac.com, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in person at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Of-fice in Vail Village.

Tuesday, March 13Vail Annual Community MeetingFull-time and part-time residents, business owners and oth-ers interested in the Town Council’s priorities and activities are encouraged to attend at Donovan Pavilion in Vail. The meeting will include a state of the town report with particu-lar emphasis on the state of the economy, plus much more. For details and start time announcement, call 970-479-2115.

Tuesday, March 13Great Education Colorado presentation The Education Foundation of Eagle County, a new group spearheaded by parents, is holding an informational meeting to talk about educational funding in the state, how it affects Eagle County, and how to stay informed on changes. Presen-tation starts at 6 p.m. at Berry Creek Middle School.

Tuesday, March 13Chris Issak at the VilarIssak presents music from his new album “Beyond the Sun.” Show starts at 7:30 p.m. at Beaver Creek’s Vilar Center. Tickets are $98/135 (based on seating) and available online at www.vilarpac.com, by phone at 888-920-2787 or in per-son at the VPAC Box Office in Beaver Creek or Marketplace Box Office in Vail Village.

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For some sports fans, March Madness is the most wonderful time of year. Ev-ery March, the best college basketball teams in Amer-ica battle it out for three weeks for the right to play on the first Monday night in April.

Millions of Americans join in on the Madness by fill-ing out brackets. Whether you’re hoping to earn bragging rights in the office pool or simply want to make sure you do better than your spouse or loved ones, everyone needs a little help with their picks.

I’ve been running brackets and picking winners since I was in the sixth grade. My hopes and dreams of telling my friends and classmates that I knew more than them ended (at least temporarily) when Pervis Ellison and Louisville beat a Duke Blue Devils team that I somehow came to em-brace.

Through the years I have become addicted to March Madness. Every year I fill out three brackets. I always use one to pick Duke, in another I opt for Cinderella stories and upsets, and for my final entry I pick the team with the best player in the country. Sure I’ve occasionally picked the national champions correctly, and I have even won a few pools that I entered. But I’ve come to understand that

filling out your bracket (whether I picked Carmelo’s “Or-angemen” or Jason Kidd’s “Cal Bears” is the best part of March Madness.

Most people pick the lowest seeds and teams with the best regular season records to do well in the NCAA tour-nament. Everybody has one or two “bracket busters” that complement their normal picks consisting of teams from their home state or alma maters. This is all fine and good until a #12 seed beats a #5 (it happens every year), all #1 seeds make the Final Four (it’s only happened once, in 2008), or not a single #1 or #2 seed makes the Final Four (it happened last year for the first time ever).

When the tournament field is announced on Sunday, fans across the country will be maniacally searching for their bracket X-factor and slotting teams into the Final Four. They will try to identify the mid-major sleepers they hope are this year’s Butler or George Mason while pick-ing which top seed will be the first to fall. With all of the variables and luck involved, some alternative strategies are needed to predict winners in matchups too close to call.

History: Don’t be surprised to see elite programs like Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, Michigan State, Florida, Connecticut or Syracuse reach the Final Four -- their coaches have been there before.

Nicknames, colors and vacation spots: After #4 seeded Arizona beat three #1 seeds and won the tourney in 1997, I asked a friend why she picked the Wildcats. She was the only person in the pool to pick Arizona and she replied, “I think Wildcats are tough to beat, they wear red white and blue, and we just went on a vacation to the Grand Canyon.”

Immediately I thought, “Maybe she’s on to something!” This logic can help when faced with similar situations

this year. Forget about stats and records and put the mas-cots in the octagon. It’s easy to pick a winner for Wolver-ines (Michigan) vs. Owls (Temple) or Mountaineers (West Virginia) vs Racers (Murray State). If you’re torn between the match up of Florida and Wisconsin, just think -- would you rather be sipping margaritas on the beach or drinking semi-frozen beers while ice fishing?

Tourney Tested: Here’s an interesting stat to keep in mind -- of the last seven teams to win the NCAA tour-nament, five have won a preseason tournament. Three of those teams, including last year’s winner, UConn, won the Maui Invitational. This season Duke won the Maui Invi-tational, but be warned. Duke has fared worse than other winners in Hawaii when it comes to March Madness. The Blue Devils won in Maui in 2001 and 2007 but exited early in each of those seasons. Other programs to win tourna-ments before conference play started this season include Syracuse (NIT), Murray State (Great Alaskan Shootout), and Mississippi State (2K Sports Classic).

Stats don’t lie: We know that a #16 seed has never won a single game in the NCAA tournament. Furthermore, only four #15 seeds have ever won a game, three #11 seeds have reached the Final Four, and the highest seed to ever win a title was the 8th seeded Villanova Wildcats (there’s that mascot again!) in 1985.

Whatever method you use, let the Madness begin! Have fun balancing stats with your love for certain programs and conducting theoretical mascot death-matches during March Madness. Good luck, and remember that when all else fails, fill out another bracket or two.

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5th annual FuxiTime Super Combi at Ski Cooper a hit

The scene at the base of Ski Cooper’s Blackpowder Race Course was something out of a bizarre, trippy ‘80s film: lots of neon, plenty of goulash, flowing beer and the sounds of oom-pah in the background.

It’s what folks have come to expect from the FuxiTime Super Combi, organized by namesake Franz “Fuxi” Fuchs-berger of Edwards-based race shop Fuxi Racing USA, and the fifth annual race series didn’t disappoint.

Roughly 55 racers from Vail, Leadville and elsewhere around the mountains came to compete in Super G and Giant Slalom last Sunday, with the best combined times from two heats of racing in each determining the winner.

And for the first time ever, Fuxi (right) took first place in his own event, squeaking past second place finisher Ari Otterson with Team Aspen in the “elite” class, which combined the best racers of the competition in an exhilarating super seed. Jennifer Kaufman (left) of team Graham’s Gapers was the top-placed women, finishing 11th overall in the “elite” class. Schneehexephotography.com photo.

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SP: Onto your mountain roots. Do you ski or snowboard?I prefer to ski, but I do it both. I still get out and do it often.SP: Do you ever challenge your sister to a race?JS: It’s been a little while, but I still get out with my broth-

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Carniceria Tepic | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.6033

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Montanas Cantina and Grill | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.7019

Nozawa Sushi | 240 Chapel Place | 970.949.0330

Northside Coffee and Kitchen | 20 Notingham Rd. | 970.949.1423

Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 82 East Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.6093

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Subway Avon | 47 E. Beaver Creek Blvd. | 970.949.1312

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Kirby Cosmos | 474 Main St. | 970.827.9027

Alpine Tavern | Vail Racquet Club, East Vail | 970.476.7888

Magusto’s | 101 Main St. | 970.827.5450

Atwater on Gore Creek | Vail Cascade Resort | 970.476.7014

Minturn Country Club | 131 Main St. | 970.827.4114

Bart & Yeti’s | Lionshead, North of Arrabelle | 970.476.2754

Sticky Fingers | 132 Main St. | 970.827.5353

Billy’s Island Grill | Lionshead | 970.476.8811

Turntable | 160 Railroad Ave. | 970.827.4164

Bearfi sh | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7596

Minturn Saloon | 146 N. Main St. | 970.827.5954

Bistro 14 | Eagle’s Nest, Top of Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.445.4530

Block 16 | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000

Blu’s | Downstairs from Children’s Fountain | 970.476.3113

bol | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.5300

Bully Ranch | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5460

Campo de Fiori | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.8994

Centre V | The Arrabelle at Vail Square, Lionshead | 970.754.7700

Chicago Pizza | 1031 S. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7000

CinéBistro | Solaris, 141 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.3344

Flame | Four Seasons, Vail | 970.477.8600

Elway’s Steakhouse | 174 East Gore Creek Dr. | 970.754.7818

Frost | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8050

Game Creek Restaurant | Vail Mountain | 970.754.4275

Garfi nkel’s | Next to Lionshead Gondola | 970.476.3789

Gohan Ya | West Vail Mall | 970.476.7570

Joe’s Famous Deli | 288 Bridge St. | 970.479.7580

Kelly Liken | Gateway Building, 12 Vail Rd. | 970.479.0175

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Smiling Moose Deli | 1170 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.2400

Vista At Arrowhead | 676 Sawatch Dr. | 970.926.2111

Subway Edwards | 439 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.7010

Woody’s Kitchen & Pub | 27 Main St. | 970.926.2756

Zino Ristorante | 27 Main St. | 970.926.0777

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Marko’s Pizzeria | 57 Edwards Access Rd. | 970.926.7003 Pizza & Pasta L D $ • • • •Main St. Grill | 97 Main St. | 970.926.2729 American Grill L D $$ • • • • • •

Local Joe’s Pizza | 280 Main St. | 970.926.4444

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Larkburger | 105 Edwards Village Blvd. | 970.926.9336

Last Course Dessert Bar & Pastries | 275 Main Street C-106 | 970.926-1979

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Red Lion | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.7676

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Sweet Basil | 193 E. Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.0125

Subway West Vail | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.3827

Sushi Oka Hibachi | 100 East Meadow Drive. Suite #4 | 970-476-1588

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The George | 292 Meadow Dr. | 970.476.2656

Up The Creek Bar & Grill | 223 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.8141

Vendetta’s | 291 Bridge St. | 970.476.5070

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Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890

Wendy’s Alpine Coffee Shop | 4695 Racquet Club Dr.

Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.7332

Yeti’s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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Montauk Seafood Grill | Lionshead Village | 970.476.3601 Creative Seafood/Meat L D $$ • •Moe’s Original BBQ | Upstairs from the General Store, Lionshead | 970.479.7888 Barbecue L D $ • • •Mezzaluna | Lion Square Lodge, next to Eagle Bahn Gondola | 970.477.4410 Modern Italian l d $$ • • •Matsuhisa | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.6682 Japanese/Peruvian D $$ • •May Palace | Next to City Market, West Vail | 970.476.1657 Chinese L D $ • •Market Café | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 International Café B L D $ • •The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Family/American/European B L D $ • • • •

Lord Gore & the Fitz Lounge | Manor Vail at the base of Golden Peak | 970.476.4959 Contemporary American D $$ • •Los Amigos | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.5847 Mexican L D $ • • • •Ludwig’s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 Contemporary American B D $ • •

Old Forge Co. | 2161 N Frontage Rd | 970.476.5555 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L D $ • • •Old Forge Co. | 521 East Lionshead Cir. | 970.476.5232 Pizza, Paninis & Salads L D $ • • •

La Tour | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.4403

Left Bank | Sitzmark Lodge in Vail Village | 970.476.3696

The Little Diner | West Lionshead Plaza | 970.476.4279

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“The ultimate volunteer”In Eagle County, Weber has also found her passion in volunteerism, serving on the boards

of local programs ranging from the Bravo! concert series to the Vail Symposium to volun-teering for home hospice. That involvement stems from the love of seeing passionate people actualize their ideas, she says.

“I’ve met person after person in the valley who had dreams and actualized them here,” she says. “Those programs, from The Literacy Project to the Walking Mountains (Science School), are examples of that.”

Most recently, Weber played a key role in starting Roundup River Ranch outside of Dot-sero, part of the Hole-in-the-Wall system for camps, made to help seriously ill children.

In 2005, her friend and Roundup River Ranch founder Alison Knapp posed the idea, and Weber jumped on board to make it happen.

“She said, ‘Absolutely this is a fabulous idea,” says Knapp, likening Weber to the Ener-gizer bunny.

“She’s the ultimate volunteer. She’s like a vessel that never fills – she’s always interested in learning new things and getting involved with projects,”

The newly-finished camp served 120 kids last year during their first summer of opera-tions. This year, they plan to hold spring, summer and fall session, eventually serving 1,500 children each year.


KARIN WEBER ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [From page 12]

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