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Pitch Perfect Vail Rugby Club celebrates 41 years at the top of an unlikely mountain sport

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Pure, unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll My Brothers’ Keeper boasts old-school sound as house band for Vail’s Shakedown Bar. By Phil Lindeman.

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hen Vail transplant Scott Rednor opened Shakedown Bar late last year, he knew it could rival the oldschool rock clubs he loved as a burgeoning musician.

The New Jersey native was weaned on bluesy, guitar-driven tunes by now-classic groups like Tom Petty, The Band, Led Zeppelin and Stevie Ray Vaughn, and he wanted that sound to have a home in Vail Village. Soon after local bar/ venue The Club went out of business, Rednor moved into the intimate, theater-like space and began turning it into an East Coast club with a Rocky Mountain vibe.

But as with any legitimate rock bar, the first step was building a house band. Luckily, Rednor isn’t just a rock lover – his personal ties run deep into the genre, from recurring winter gigs with Vail favorite Phil Long to national tours supporting Blues Traveler.

Thanks to these connections – not to mention a reputation for rootsy guitar work – Rednor founded My Brothers’ Keeper with fellow pros John Michel and Michael Jude. In less than a year, the three have fine-tuned a brand of rock ‘n’ roll to fit the bar he envisioned.

Rather than stick with covers, though, the group is busy writing original songs for an untitled full-length album, set for a September release on Rednor’s new label, Shakedown Records. It’s part of his plan to cultivate a scene around the bar, even as he invites eclectic acts like England’s The New Mastersounds to the Vail stage.

Between recording in Memphis and playing out-of-state shows, My Brothers’ Keeper has made regular appearances at Shakedown Bar. Every Tuesday and Saturday night during summer, find Rednor, Michel, Jude and a cadre of guest musicians play originals with a mix of classic, high-energy covers.

While setting up for a gig in his home state, Rednor – along with raucous bandmates – spoke to SneakPEAK about building a house band, the future of rock ‘n’ roll, and the many uses of duct tape.

roll super-group, at least by local standards. How did you gather such an accomplished group of musicians?

Scott Rednor: I had played the gig at Red Lion with Phil Long for a while, so I asked him to put me in touch with the best rhythm players in the area. When you get into the mountains – going above 8,000 feet – there aren’t a whole lot of musicians to choose from. This is where I live, though, so I wanted to find guys who were nearby.

Wait, hold on, John wants to say something quick.

John Popper: These f***ing guys just picked me up off the side of the road, and now we’re god-knows-where. I just wanted a ride down the street – these motherf****rs have kidnapped me. Help! Help!

SR: (Laughs) That’s John.

SP: Who? SR: John Popper, from Blues Traveler. He’s our harmonica player.

SP: That was unexpected – how did he join the band?

SR: He and I toured together for a bit in the mid-‘90s, when I opened for Blues Traveler, so I knew him from our time together there. He’s part of the band for this album.

SP: Is it easy to work with musicians who play in side projects, or even their own bands, like John?

SR: It can get in the way on occasion. We have a lot of work to do with this band, so we have to make sure we’re making this band our priority. Obviously, Blues Traveler is a well-known band, so John makes it out to play with us when he can. The four of us, the core of the band, have really been doing all we can to make this succeed – everyone is committed, and now that the record is coming together, it’s starting to take off. We’re glad to be making some great rock ‘n’ roll music in an age when there isn’t much of it.

SP: Jude and Michel have played together for years in The John Oates Band. What do they bring to the table, both musically and creatively?

SR: I found them after a gig and just asked them right out if they’d be interested in playing with me. They kind of looked at me like, “Who’s this joker?” But I gave them a CD (of my music) and told them to call me later. They did,

SneakPEAK: My Brothers’ Keeper is nearly a rock ‘n’

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The gentlemen of the Vail Rugby Football Club welcomes 41 seasons with sights on perfection in the mountain division.

By Phil Lindeman.

Cover by Zach Mahone.

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he story of Vail can hardly be told without rugby.

When Vail was founded 50 years ago, it attracted hundreds of international visitors to the Central Rocky Mountains. Most came to test their mettle on Vail Mountain’s trademark back bowls and tree-lined trails, but when the snow melted, warm-weather diversions convinced a handful of transplants to take root in their adopted home. It was the unofficial birth of an oft-repeated saying – “Come for the winter, stay for the summer� – and gave rise to the Vail Rugby Football Club, one of the oldest and most storied sport teams in the mountains.

Last Saturday, the Vail RFC opened its 41st season in style, beating longtime rivals Gen-

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When: Saturday, June 22 at 1 p.m.

Where: Vail Athletic Fields in Vail (near Ford Park) Cost: Free All regular season home games are free to spectators. For a complete schedule, including tournament info and game locations, visit www.vailrugby.com.

Members of the Vail Rugby Football Club practice last week in EagleVail. The club celebrates its 41st anniversary this year and looks to top the mountain division for a fourth consecutive season. Zach Mahone photo. influence lends the club a certain kind of legitimacy. Players regularly come to Vail solely for summer rugby – Australian rugby legend Kevin Hastings played with the team, a testament to the club’s reputation, particularly in a sporting culture built around a very British sensibility. “Rugby is an interesting sport, and around the world, it’s one of the largest fraternities anywhere,� says Chris Chantler, the current club president and a former player. “Networking has helped put this sport and our club on the map, and when you look at the way people talk about us when they return home, it has attracted players who never would’ve thought to play in Vail.�

And Chantler would know. After moving from England to Vail in 1989, he was pleasantly surprised to learn the town had a high-level rugby club. Scrums have always been a hodgepodge of players – some boast years of rugby experience, others are former collegiate football players, and still others simply want to relive tackles over post-match beers, but all are attracted to the rugby culture. “There’s a joke that soccer is a gentlemen’s game played by hooligans and rugby is a hooligan sport played by gentlemen,� Chantler says. “There is much more to it than just tackling – there is strategy and sport.�

Although Coach McGuire didn’t come to Vail as a player, he brings an intimate knowledge of the sport to Vail RFC. He played for several years with the Glendale Raptors, a Front Range team he describes as “the exception to the rugby club rule in the U.S.� It boasts several Rugby World Cup participants, and McGuire has championed the Glendale work ethic with his physical, fast-moving Vail squad.

Captain Matt Stephens in one of several standout players, and he led the first-ever American-only starting line last season. During the recent Aspen match, the coach was impressed with recent additions like Harry Higgins – a 6-foot, 4-inch Australian he describes as “a beast� – and Ash Saunter, a small bruiser from England. With that strong player core, McGuire is confident the club can take the unofficial triple crown, with wins at the Cow Pie Classic in Steamboat Springs and Ski Town Tournament in Glenwood Springs, all en route to an overall division title. “This club is pretty damn good,� McGuire says. “It’s never fun to be part of a losing team, and I enjoy how these guys really do strive to be the best.�

tlemen of Aspen in impressive fashion. The final score was 46 to 29, and although head coach John McGuire believes the club still has room to improve, he was impressed by the collection of youthful players from U.S. colleges and international clubs. “This team has a great, young vibe,� McGuire says. “We’re attracting college players from some of the top programs in the nation. This club has a reinvigorating feeling, with guys who want to have fun and play high-level rugby at the same time.�

The game in Aspen was a friendly grudge match in every sense of the term: Aspen is home to the only mountain-town rugby club older than Vail’s, and since 1972, the two have battled for dominance of the Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union. For decades, Aspen was the club to beat – it won the first U.S. Super League Championship in 2001 – and continues to field a strong, well-rounded team.

But times have changed.

In the past three years, Vail RFC has usurped Aspen, winning three consecutive mountain division championships while notching near-perfect records each season. The current state of Vail rugby nearly mirrors the exodus that occurred shortly after the ski resort opened, when rowdy patrollers, instructors and the like left Aspen for the bold, untested resort at the The Old Boys base of Gore Range.

Before the Vail RFC’s recent renaissance, it struggled with waning interest in the late “Vail has a good history of rugby, and it’s getting stronger,� McGuire says. “We have re- 2000s. McGuire doesn’t quite have a reason for the dip – he didn’t come on as coach until ally become the dominant force in this division. Mountain rugby is fun to be a part of – it’s last season – but the club was helped along by “Old Boys,� former players like Chantler who fun, grassroots rugby.� keep the sense of rugby fraternity alive. Aspen and a few Denver clubs also have strong Old Boy groups, and Vail hosts an annual Old Boy Fest in late August with teams from across Rugby in the Rockies the state.

Although rugby seems like an odd sport to thrive in the football-crazed U.S., Vail RFC More than anything – well, maybe not beer – the Old Boys love tradition. During the 40th builds on the same sense of history and tradition found in the town’s European-inspired anniversary season, Chantler suited up and entered the pitch at 50 years old. Rugby may be design. The club plays what’s generally called Union rugby – also known as “15s� – with a rough game, but it’s a game he still loves regardless.

15 players on each team, split loosely between a front line and back line. It’s the most tradi“We all do stupid things sometimes,� Chantler says when remembering the match. “But tional form of rugby, and the club boasts players from hotbeds like England, Australia, South it’s a very social sport. Once you play for a club like this, you’re a member for life.�

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SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com To use McGuire’s term, the starting line boasts four or five “funny talkers,� and that

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The chance to be a champion Nonprofit Small Champions tackles disabilites with weeklong camp

Henry Schroeder, a Small Champions participant with Down syndrome, goes rock climbing at Camp Hale with his buddy, Ben Donnelly, during a weeklong camp through Small Champions earlier this month. The nonprofit gives children with disabilities recreational opportunities around the Vail area. Photo special to SneakPEAK.

By John O’Neill Right before nine-year-old Henry Schroeder jumped into the foam pit at the Vail Gymnastics Center he let everyone know, appropriately yelling “Cannonball!” as he jumped from the ledge.

Later in the week, he went rock climbing and made pizzas with pepperoni and pineapple and went swimming at the Avon Rec Center. He had a blast, he says. His mom agreed -it isn’t every day a nine-year-old with Down syndrome like Henry gets to join in on such recreational activities, she says.

This last week, Small Champions, a nonprofit that offers recreational opportunities to children with physical and mental disabilities - hosted a number of activities for their campers in coordination with the Vail Rec District. Like Henry, 11 other campers joined in on the fun.

“We had rock climbing, pizza making, building boats, riding horses, rowing and swimming and we did some hikes around Beaver Creek,” says Small Champions Executive Director Connie Miller. “Everybody was having fun. The campers, the volunteers, the families. It was a great time for everybody involved.”

Since 1996, Small Champions has been working with the area’s physically and mentally challenged. The organization first started with six kids and now has grown to 36 kids. The goal of the organization is to offer the fun recreational activities that make the Vail Valley special to those who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.

“These kids have to enjoy their backyard,” Miller says.

“The rest of us go out there and just do it. These kids can’t do it without the one-on-one help that an aide can give them.

We give them the tools and support to enjoy what is here.

We show them that they don’t have to see life being about limitation and fear. ”

as his mom explains the questions to him.

“What did you yell before you went in?” his mom, Sandy Schroeder asked.

“Cannonball!” Henry says, excitedly.

With every question his mom forwards to him about the camp, he refocuses and answers with excitement – the weeks was clearly a highlight in his memory.

“Kids with Down syndrome look different than the average kid in their physical traits,” Sandy says. “Alongside that, they are developmentally delayed. Even though Henry is nine chronologically, he has the intellectual ability of a five year old and the emotional capacity of a four year old.”

Henry went to last year’s camp, too. While he struggles to retain much memory of school lessons, he easily remembers the fun times he had at camp – a testament to the impact the camp made in his mind.

“These are some of his best memories. He loves it. Every morning he would get up and say ‘Is it camp day?’” Sandy According to Henry says. “Usually for school, it’s like ‘Come on, Henry,’ but this “Yeah, the foam pit,” Henry says over the speaker phone, last week, he was up and out the door. That is how much he

looks forward to Small Champions.”

Beyond the foam pit, some of Henry’s favorite activities were making pepperoni pizza, climbing the rocks and acting out the scenes to his favorite book “Where The Wild Things Are.” Within all of these activities was Henry’s other favorite part – hanging out with Ben. Ben Donnelly is a volunteer with Small Champions who works with Henry one-on-one whenever there is an activity to be done. When you bring up Henry’s activities, he is sure to mention Ben. It’s“making pizza with pepperoni and pineapple with Ben,” or “Climbing with Ben” or “acting with Ben.” The time the two spend together is special and especially important to Henry’s social development, his mother says.

“Henry doesn’t communicate nearly as well as the typical nine year old,” Sandy says. “Henry wants to talk about trains. The other kids want to talk about Spiderman or Star Wars.”

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Summertime sipping There’s little wonder why a margarita is the unofficial cocktail of summer. Nearly everything about it screams sundrenched relaxation, from the light tang of lime juice to the sultry, sweat-inducing kick of tequila. It’s a fun and familiar drink, even if the ensuing hangover screams just as loud.

And like many ubiquitous libations – think Bud Light and Coors Light – margaritas can be a bit, well, boring. Budweiser and more have tried breaking the mold with pre-made curiosities like the Bud Light Limearita, but more often than not, they come across as soda for adults.

For beer and cocktail lovers, fighting familiarity doesn’t mean wild concoctions. Crisp, refreshing flavors like ginger and banana are ideal for warm weather, and they’re hardly unorthodox. Take ginger beer: The British staple has built a strong stateside following in the past few years, thanks to various flavors, styles and strengths. In other words, it’s going the way of craft beer, and people have taken notice.

Along with ginger beer, craft-brewed pilsners, traditional wheat beers and simple, well-made cocktails add seductive flair to campouts and float trips. SneakPEAK spoke with several local experts to get their thoughts on the old-yet-new tastes of summer.

Mama’s Little Yella Pils by Oskar Blues Brewing Company Picked by: Patrick Linn, sommelier at Beaver Liquors in Avon Expert remarks: “It’s easy drinking – it comes in cans and is a no-brainer to take on the river. Pilsners are light and refreshing, and you can tend to drink a few of them throughout the day as you’re sitting out barbecuing. They don’t force you to have one beer and be done.”

The bottom line: Colorado’s Oskar Blues has perfected the art of putting bold twists on classic, occasionally low-end brews. It’s no wonder Mama’s Little Yella Pils is often found on-tap, wedged between Budweiser and the like: The lightbodied brew highlights all there is to love about a pilsner – fresh, crisp mouth-feel with a slightly bitter aftertaste – and forgoes the watery downsides. As Linn notes, 5.3-percent alcohol by volume means you won’t be loopy after taking Mama’s medicine.

Ditch the sugary margaritas and domestic light beers for refreshingly simple pours.

By Phil Lindeman.

Wine and Spirits in Edwards Expert remarks: “I think it’s the most classic domestic hefeweizen I’ve tried.

It’s very close to the German styles, with a bit lighter flavor than heavier domestic beers. It makes for easy drinking.”

The bottom line: American breweries have a knack for reinvention, taking centuries-old European recipes and tweaking them to be bigger, bolder and brawnier.

There’s little wrong with this mentality – it arguably gave rise to craft brewing – but sometimes, a style speaks for itself. German hefeweizens have been around for nearly four centuries, and Dry Dock’s unassuming version is closest to legendary wheat beers like Paulaner, without the cloying sweetness of so many American varieties.

The Front Range microbrewery won gold at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival for Best South German Style Hefeweizen, and it shows, with a cloudy texture, hints of banana and 4.3-percent ABV.

Carlsberg Picked by: Mark Summers, bartender at The Rose in Edwards Expert remarks: “It has aromatic hops that give it a bit of a hop flavor, but it’s not overpowering. I find it’s really close to a Stella Artois or most of the Mexican beers – just a classic, clean lager.”

The bottom line: Carlsberg may seem like an unlikely choice – the Danish beer isn’t made in small batches by a funky, eccentric brewmaster who once worked a desk job – but it boasts just enough character to stand out from like-minded brews. Like most lagers, Hefeweizen by Dry Dock Brewing Company it’s best served cold on swelPicked by: Geoff Moser, general manager at Riverwalk tering afternoons, when the

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slight bite of Carlsberg’s signature hops can stand out. For Summers, what this classic lager lacks in bells and whistles, it makes up in pure flavor. This is beer as it was meant to be.

Dark and Stormy Picked by: Geoff Moser, general manager at Riverwalk Wine and Spirits in Edwards Expert remarks: “I like anything with Gosling’s Ginger Beer in it. You get that crisp spiciness, and it’s a refreshing flavor.”

The bottom line: Dark rum is an acquired taste, but Gosling’s has found a way to make the rich, syrupy liquor approachable for all: the Dark and Stormy, which pairs dark rum with mellow ginger beer. Purists claim the cocktail can only properly be made with Gosling’s – the Bermuda distillery holds a trademark on the name – but even if you can’t find the brand, the drink shines with simplicity. Just be sure to use ginger beer – ginger ale is hardly the same.

Dark and Stormy recipe Ingredients: 2 ounces dark rum 3 ounces ginger beer Fresh lime juice (about ½ ounce) Ice cubes Method In a Collins glass, combine rum, ginger beer and lime juice over ice cubes. Stir.

Moscow Mule Picked by: Patrick Linn, sommelier at Beaver Liquors in Avon Expert remarks: “That drink just reminds me of barbecues and sitting outside. It’s also easy to make, which is convenient, and there are so many ginger beers now, you can try it with as many different vodkas as you like. You could make it spicy or sweet – honestly, the hardest thing is finding the copper cup.”

The bottom line: Few cocktails say summer like a Moscow Mule. With a deceptively simple combination of vodka, ginger beer and lime, it forgoes sugar in favor of slight spice.

The drink has made a recent resurgence, and from upscale taverns to hipster dive bars, bartenders likely have a favored

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By Melanie Wong Every work morning, Edwards resident Dave LaGrange gets dressed, packs his backpack and hops onto his bike for his regular commute to the Vail Valley Medical Center. This is a typical ride for LaGrange, who doesn’t own a car, preferring to pedal the 15-mile-or-so route back and forth in the summer months. The difference this summer is that he’s tackling the commute with a little more gusto, and his bike commuting might win him some serious prizes and the title of Sole Power Challenge winner.

The fourth annual Sole Power program, a summer-long contest organized by the Town of Vail, the Vail Recreation District and a number of local businesses, challenges Eagle County residents to reduce their carbon footprint and keep fit by leaving the car at home and opting to bike, walk or run to work instead. Participants log their miles and trips on the Sole Power website, which keeps a running tally of contest leaders, miles logged and blog posts from alternative commuters. You can enter as a team (average is based on miles per team member) or individuals. The contest began May 27 and runs through Oct. 1 – it’s not too late to join in for a chance to win weekly raffles and a number of larger prizes for the top commuters.

The challenge takes all the miles not spent in a vehicle into consideration as well. The site tallies how much gas money participants save and how many pounds of carbon dioxide their foot or pedal travel offsets.

According to challenge organizers, if commuters drive one car an average of 30 miles a day, 300 days each year, that’s 9,000 miles per year – equal to 360 gallons of gasoline, $1,440 at the pump and 6,984 pounds of carbon dioxide. Less than a month into the challenge, some of the top mile loggers in the contest have already saved more than $100 on gas.

Beyond that, the challenge is also part of the Town of Vail’s effort to reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2020. According to the town’s environmental sustainability coordinator, Kristen Bertuglia, the town has already reduced building emissions and energy use by 12 percent, but still has lagged in reducing the general community’s energy use.

“We live in a place where you can show up in riding shoes and shorts and that’s OK,” she says. “It’s a friendly competition and a lot of fun – we have a big party at the end. So we’re just challenging people to put their athleticism where their mouth is.”

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Working a bike into your daily commute isn’t as hard as some might think, and LaGrange is proof. His morning commute to work takes about 35 minutes, and that’s taking the “scenic” route. Once at the hospital, he showers and changes clothes. The evening commute home at about 8:30 p.m. is still in light, but as the days grow shorter, LaGrange has a bike light he’ll use to get home. On rainy days he might hop on the hospital shuttle, but for the most part he says he enjoys the ride.

“It’s not that difficult. It’s a pretty ride, and bike commuting is good exercise for one thing,” LaGrange says. “It’s a good way to lose weight. I’m losing my winter girth – I’ve lost 7 Pedal power pounds since this started.”

LaGrange, an avid road cyclist, says he had heard about the Of course, the competition ups the ante as well. challenge in years past, but joined this year at the urging of “I know the guy who’s in front of me, and I have to catch coworkers and friends. His first official trip was on May 29 him,” LaGrange says. “He’s in front, and I can’t have that.” to get a haircut, which he not only logged onto the site, but uploaded GPS proof through the site MapMyRide.com.

On foot Since then, LaGrange’s biking has taken on a whole new For the Trueblood family, who are participating as a team for level. Whereas before he rode to and from work a few times [See SOLE POWER, page 19]

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Local boarder and skater tops the podiums, teaches local kids.

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hile Vail is clearly an extreme-and-outdoor sport driven town, not everyone takes their hobbies to the next level.

But local skateboarder and snowboarder Tawnya Godinez is not your average athlete. Originally from Maine, Godinez moved to Colorado in 2009 at age 20 to begin a new life for herself and see the place her cousin described as a “winter wonderland.”

Although she learned to skateboard at age nine, she learned to snowboard just four years ago when she moved to the area. She got the bug, and now she averages about 120 days of skating each summer and more than 100 days of snowboarding every winter. Four years later, she is considered one of the top female riders and skaters in the area, and is the only female sponsored by local sporting goods shop Transition Sports/The Stash.

“Tawnya has been involved with both The Stash Skate and Snowboard team from the beginning,” says shop owner Stafford Turner. “Her abilities on her boards and attitude off of them make her a perfect candidate for both teams.”

Although snowboarding and skateboarding are still considered male-dominated sports to a certain degree, Godinez sets herself apart by letting her skills speak for themselves.

Soft-spoken and driven, she hopes to eventually skate professionally and at bigger competitions.

“Growing up, not many of the local boys were too stoked that a girl was skateboarding,” says Godinez. “With that certain criticism, I told myself from that day on that I would dedicate all the time towards skateboarding.”

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Join local instructor and skater Tawnya Godinez at her kids skateboard camps throughout the summer. Sign up by visiting http://wecmrd. org or by calling the WECMRD Fieldhouse at 970-766-5555. The dates are as follows: Skateboarding Camp (ages 6 to 13) June 24 to 27 July 1 to 3, 8 to 11, 15 to 18 August 5 to 8, 12 to 15, 19 to 22 Held at Freedom Park Skate Park Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to noon Mini Shredders Skateboarding Camp (ages three to five) July 1 to 3, 8 to 11, 15 to 18 and 22 to 25 August 5 to 8,12 to 15 and 19 to 22 Held at Freedom Park Skate Park Ages three to five Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to noon

petition – and she was the only female competitor.

“It felt amazing to win that contest,” she remembers. “It was a great feeling, knowing that all the hard work I had put into skating was finally paying off.”

Nothing has changed since Godinez moved to Colorado -she has been the sole female in every Colorado contest she’s competed in since 2009, and she has placed in all of them.

She points out that the competition in Maine and the Vail area are similar in terms of competitiveness, and love for the sport, but that the most significant difference is money.

“Colorado is not only known for its resorts, but it is also Skating with the boys rich in skateboarding history as well,” she says. “There isn’t In 2005 in Maine, Godinez won her very first skate com- enough money back home to build nice concrete parks, so I

Tawnya Godinez flies high at a session at the Edwards skate park. The transplant from Maine is an accomplished skateboarder and snowboarder - often competing against men - and can be found throughout summer teaching local kids at skate camps. Sara Striegl photo. barely had a skate park back home growing up. I guess that’s why my skate style is very ‘street influenced.’”

Giving back In an effort to keep her competitive edge sharp, get her name out there and earn some extra money, Godinez consistently participates in skate and snowboard contests - some of which are charity events.

“It’s important to give back to the community, because a great community is based upon the people within it,” she says. “If everyone contributes and helps one another, it makes it a nicer place to live.”

Godinez also give back to the community by teaching local kids. Each summer, when she’s not working as the assistant manager at Rimini Beaver Creek, she coaches the

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Office sharing to launch this fall

Avoid the noise and claim a space of your own with new program

By Michael Suleiman

Imagine having different co-workers every time you come to the office, and each time, you’ll be sitting next to someone of a different profession.

Sound strange? That’s the reality of the Vail Leadership Institute’s (VLI) newest program to open a co-working office space for the area’s workers. The concept has been growing in popularity across the country, mostly in metropolitan cities. A co-working space is a location where people can get away from the noisy coffee shops for more productive work time or even to meet a client. Now, Avon is jumping on board the trend and hopes to facilitate the bright minds of the area.

The brilliant minds of the Vail Valley come and go from season to season, and the Vail’s Leadership Institute aims to keep them here longer, helping entrepreneurs for the past 15 years by offering classes and mentoring programs to help businesses quickly sprout wings. A co-working space project has been in the development stages for the past year and a half. Now in the final stages, the space is looking to open its doors by early September.

Entrepreneurs and institute organizers Rich Staats and Ross Iverson spearheaded the idea. The local project would be much more than a rent-an-office – it’d be a place for business ideas to hatch and partnerships to form.

“I think a lot of the co-working spaces you see across the country are there for functional use to get your work done.

But there are also all these intangible things that occur,” says Iverson. “Part of our strategy was to figure out how to create an environment so that we can attract entrepreneurs to a space that will draw them to work. The relationships will build from there.”

Keeping bright minds As a web developer, Staats appreciates the ability to work

from anywhere in the world. Staats, like many, came to Vail from the East Coast, leaving a full-time job, his family and a girlfriend to become a lift operator. While working as a lift op, he met other Vail Resorts employees who were engineers, marketing majors, pre-med students and others with college degrees. At the time, he knew that the local economy could provide more than it was to the educated people living in the Vail area.

“For six months of the year, we have some of the most talented people in the country as they are taking one more step towards the real world. Most of the time a small percentage of these people will stick around for the summer and then they are hooked. How does our local economy help them to figure out what it is they want? The Leadership Institute is trying to take on that responsibility,” says Staats.

This idea is getting support from other directions as well.

The Town of Avon has already pledged $7,500 to help open the space.

Although building plans are not yet finalized, the co-working space planners have been looking into a 3,500 square foot space in Avon. The location would feature a copy center, two conference rooms, a private call center, a full kitchen and even underground parking all within a short walk from the Riverfront Express Gondola. Elisabeth Reed is the team’s interior designer and has been setting plans in motion as the group begins to lock down a final building location. Beck Building has been responsible for the construction planning.

The business plan has been drawing the attention of numerous potential members. The parking may prove as much of a draw as the desk space.

“Our members will have underground parking as a part of their package, and they would be literally 70 yards from the gondola. We are anticipating that a lot of these people will be using it as their ski locker-type environment,” says Iverson.

With a current plan to have only 26 available desks, interest has been high for the location. The desk spaces will be classified as full-use and part-time.

As of now, a month-to-month drop-in rate is $275, with a permanent desk area going for $375 per month. If you commit to a whole year, you get 15 percent off.

Connecting people In addition to the physical allure of the co-working space, there is a deeper intrinsic draw, which comes in the form of networking. By meeting like-minded people outside of a bar setting or a business mixer, members who use the co-working space will know exactly what it is their new colleague does on a day-to-day basis.

“If you have a web strategist, a developer, a designer, an illustrator and a copywriter, all of the sudden you have an agency,” says Staats.

In essence the co-working space will be the perfect opportunity for those whose profession is dependent on connecting with people.

“There is a phenomenon that happens in co-working spaces. Originally they developed out of a need for cost-effectiveness. However, an additional result was that productivity increased,” says Staats. “When you work with people who don’t work for you or with you, you’re more collaborative in a more generous manner. When someone works for you, it’s your time that they are taking. But if it is a colleague that asks for help, there is that reciprocity of, ‘Well, if I help him out he will help me out.’”

If that weren’t enough, the team plans on offering discounts to members for some of the entrepreneur courses held by the Leadership Institute. Eventually, all of the courses offered by the VLI will be held at the co-working space.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the co working space go to either www.vailleadership.org/facilities or www.vailcoworking.com.

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Restaurateur and chef Richard Sandoval was in Avon to kick-off the opening of Maya Beaver Creek, a modern Mexican restaurant at the Westin Riverfront Resort. Photo special to SneakPEAK.

with Richard Sandoval

The celebrated chef at Avon’s new Maya Beaver Creek chats modern Mexican cuisine.

By Melanie Wong.

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ichard Sandoval has his hands full.

SneakPEAK: What do you think of the new Maya here?

Richard Sandoval: This is exactly how I wanted it and what I envisioned. We recently redid Maya New York to look like this, as well as Maya Dubai. That Maya sits by the beach, and this one sits by the mountains. What will change because of that is that as we get more Between opening seven new restaurants this year at locations across the globe, the celeb- into the winter, we’ll do more stews and warm, comforting dishes. rity chef and restaurateur has been setting a breakneck schedule that’s taking him around the world. It’s a wonder the Mexico City native has any time to stand by the stove or sit down at a table, but that’s just what he did at the recent opening of Maya Beaver Creek. The flagship restaurant, located in the Westin Riverfront Resort in Avon (taking up the space formerly occupied by Cima, another Sandoval restaurant), opened its doors at the beginning of the Smoked-pear martini – If you could smoke your martini over month with a new face. coals, this is what you’d get. The pureed pear gives it a deliciousWhereas Cima and previous restaurants in the space were streamlined and modern, Maya ly fruity base, great for summer evenings on the patio. ($14) is warm and looks more like it’s decades old than brand new. Black, antique-style furniture and gas-lamp-inspired lighting give the space an old-world feel. It’s a completely reinvented Poblano mole – This classic sauce from central and southern space, and while the large, airy windows and centerpiece bar stay the same, the overall vibe of the restaurant is wholly different.

Mexico has a sweet, slow-burning flavor. Have it over braised If your idea of food from south of the border includes something drowned in greasy short ribs, chicken, pork carnitas or shrimp. ($19 to $24) cheese or gut-bomb refried beans, get that right out of your head. The dishes Sandoval creates at Maya are modern – but authentic and classic – spins on Mexican favorites. Take the Deconstructed mocha – There’s a lot going on in this dessert, guacamole, made to order at your table, which comes classic or with tuna, bacon or spicy but every bite will impress coffee and chocolate lovers. Bites crab. Another classic, the mole, might have you licking the bowl, and is complimented by of brownie are paired with scoops of white chocolate coffee hand-tossed tortillas (made right in the dining room), pickled onions, black beans, rice and mousse, drizzled in caramelized sauce and lychee puree. ($9). carmelized plantains. The mole’s alluring chocolatey taste is complex for a reason – it boasts almost 50 ingredients. Try it with the short ribs, braised to fall apart at the touch of a fork.

The carne asada is seared just right with warm spices and served with an enticingly spicy corn cake. Or, if you want something a little different, try the shrimp and crab enchilada, SP: How did you become a chef? Is it something you always wanted to do, or a passion smothered in smooth, tangy green chile and cream sauce. that you came into later?

Enjoy it all with a cocktail or two – our favorites are the classic margarita, made with the RS: My father was a restaurateur in Acapulco, so I grew up around it, but I wanted to be bar’s impressive collection of tequila, and the smoked pear martini, one of several unique a tennis player. I did that for a while, but when it became obvious I wasn’t going to have offerings. a career in that, and I didn’t want to be an instructor, I enrolled in the Culinary Institute of As summer gets underway, keep an eye out for fresh herbs and vegetables to make their America. way onto plates, straight from Maya Executive Chef Radanes Febles’ garden outside the resAs for my inspiration, I spent a lot of time as a kid at the house of my grandmother. Every taurant. Febles says he’s also excited to start experimenting with the host of fresh-and-dried Saturday and Sunday, there were tables just full of food, and those memories are what I chilies he’s got in the kitchen. probably draw from.

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The day the market (almost) died The Eagle Farmers Market returns with a new business plan

By Phil Lindeman Farmers markets seem to embody the carefree, laid-back vibe of an old-school street fair – a taste of simplicity in the bustle of everyday life. Yet behind the scenes, they’re anything but.

The Eagle Farmers Market is a prime example. For several years, it was a fixture of the down-valley community on Friday evenings during summer and Saturday afternoons in the fall. Without the tourist traffic of its Vail and Minturn counterparts, the Eagle market had a distinctly hometown feel: Family-minded activities like a petting zoo, crafts table and more are paired well with the usual selection of artisans and locally grown produce. Most of the visitors also live within biking distance of Eagle Town Park, where the market was held until it moved to Eagle Ranch last summer.

But like all other recurring events, farmers markets have a budget, and the Eagle market didn’t quite have the money to compete with three additional markets in a small valley. On June 11, coordinator Gladdie Funke announced on Facebook that the market wouldn’t return this year. She had several reasons – the market isn’t run by the town, and Funke handled the majority of marketing as a volunteer – but it boiled down to one thing visitors take for granted: a budget.

“The community wants it, but it can be hard to attract vendors,” Funke said shortly after announcing the cancellation.

“We have all these surrounding and competing markets with tourism. This is a hometown market – it’s supported by the community. It’s a different demographic than the other markets, and that can be difficult.”

A small core of vendors and faithful visitors were taken off-guard by the news, and when Funke made the announcement, the market’s Facebook page inspired a debate about just how farmers markets are funded.

“Sad, I’m not sure why a budget is needed,” Facebook commenter Joanne Shy wrote. “How about if all who want to sell just set up in the parking lot at no cost?”

This debate convinced Funke to offer an alternative: Let the vendors take control, with a bare-bones budget and minimal free activities.

“Maybe this is what it takes to make the market self-sustaining,” Funke says. “It’s an interesting turn of events, but in reality, this could be the best thing that could happen. They may band together as an organization or some other type of group that could be stronger in the end. It could even grow.

In my opinion, they should have a vested interest in this.”

er of The Bead Weaver and a longtime vendor at the Eagle and Minturn summer markets. There’s no longer a dedicated marketing budget, petting zoo or craft table, and all details will be handled by Onderdonk and her fellow vendors.

“We sort of had a ‘come-to-Jesus’ moment,” Onderdonk said the day she started reorganizing the market. “In order to have the market, we needed the vendors on board, and they wanted to do it. We scaled things down a bit just to make sure it happened.”

The new Eagle Farmers Market debuts on Friday, July 5, with roughly eight (and hopefully more) vendors selling food, fresh produce and handmade goods from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Eagle Town Park.

For Onderdonk, moving back to the middle of downtown Eagle after a summer in Eagle Ranch was the first order of business. She says the park is a better venue, with more amenities and protection from the elements.

“There were a lot of vendors interested in the market, but after they moved to Eagle Ranch, it just discouraged people,” Onderdonk says. “It’s delightful to sit on the park on a summer evening and just enjoy being in Eagle. It’s a wonderful venue, with shade and a cool breeze and a central location.”

Onderdonk also believes the market is more appealing to down-valley vendors. The Vail and Minturn markets require a full-day commitment – set-up for Minturn begins at 7 a.m.

– and the Edwards market is aimed almost solely at foodies.

Along with her tent, which sells beaded jewelry and clothing, other vendors at the Eagle market include food from Old Organic produce from Kentucky Tavern, organic vegetables from local chef Rick local farmers (above) Kangas, and painted glasswork from Onderdonk’s friend. and beaded, handmade jewelry are available to purchase at the revamped Eagle Farmers Market. Photos special to SneakPEAK.

The Eagle Farmers Market

When: Fridays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: Eagle Town Park Cost: Free to visit (vendors take cash) The summer Eagle Farmers Market is open to the public, with vendors each Friday from July 5 to Sept. 13. Interested vendors and volunteers can contact organizer Carole Onderdonk at conderdonk0316@gmail.com to participate. For more information, visit the market website at www.eaglefarmersmarket.com.

they’re used to.”

Although the Eagle Farmers Market no longer boasts a slew of family-minded activities, Onderdonk says volunteers are welcome to hold events at the same time. The nearby stage could be used for bands or other entertainers, and she imagines local yoga studios could hold clinics.

Until opening day on July 5, Onderdonk will continue looking for more vendors and volunteers. They’ll determine if a community-minded market can thrive on community alone.

Return of the market “I think people really like having something in Eagle, a “We want to turn things around,” Onderdonk says. “This On June 17 – less than a week after the official cancella- place to go on their way back from work to pick up fresh is a good market to be a part of.” tion – the Eagle Farmers Market was back in business. Funke veggies,” Onderdonk says. “I’m hopeful people will come SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at handed organizing details over the Carole Onderdonk, own- out to support us, even if it’s a scaled-down version of what philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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A first-hand account of insanity, idiocy and genuine camaraderie at Beaver Creek’s Tough Mudder. By Phil Lindeman.

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trangers made me a t-shirt.

And not only did they make me a shirt – they knew my size, then covered the Hanes medium with a green and purple tie-dye design. It perfectly matched eight other tees and tank tops, each made to stand the abuses of the Tough Mudder obstacle course race at Beaver Creek. Here’s how prepared my soon-to-be teammates were: They washed the shirts beforehand, knowing full well the colors would bleed and run after five hours of wallowing in mud and sweat. Needless to say, we didn’t stay strangers for long – uniforms and mutual insanity have a way of breaking the ice.

As our group of four men and five women trudged along the 10.2-mile course last Sunday, we quickly became known to curious onlookers and other Mudders (a trademarked term, seriously) as “Team Tie-Dye,” as in, “Hey, Team Tie-Dye, work harder for your beer,” and “Here comes Team Tie-Dye, cursing like sailors and fighting hypothermia for a free beer.”

Beer, it turns out, is a damn good motivator.

Now, those exact phrases may not have been said – I’m sure my inner monologue got a bit feverish in the final half-mile – but they explain the sort of friendly, good-natured masochism inspired by this third-annual slog through gunk, ponds, barbed wire, electrified pits and other outdoor abominations the Geneva Convention should ban. It sounds like hell, yet roughly 10,000 people from across the country paid upwards of $150 to take a stab. This race isn’t just a wildly popular form of torture – it can be downright addicting, like a shot of 100-proof adrenaline straight to the jugular.

Then again, that’s the appeal of the Tough Mudder. Sure, showing off burn marks from electric wires is nifty – three days later, I still have one across my forearm – but it’s somehow comforting to know a small village of maniacs is bragging in the same sick, twisted way at bars across the country. Along with stamina and mental grit, camaraderie is a buzzword for the series, plastered across complimentary Under Armour shirts and spouted by the race-opening emcee/hype man.

No matter how cynical I am about camaraderie as a marketing tactic, there’s an inkling of truth behind it. And no matter how unlikely it felt to bond with strangers due to a one-day race, it happened.

But enough of me – back to how strangers became teammates.

How I got here…

About a month before the Tough Mudder, I came to my editor with an idea: Rather than simply write about the race and bizarre culture it inspires, I wanted to experience the insanity firsthand.

A week before this year’s event, co-organizers at Beaver Creek Resort put me on the start list for Sunday’s race. This came with one problem: I had no teammates.

As these things are wont to do, my problems were solved in a bar. While talking/whining about the upcoming race over beers at Pazzo’s, a friend of a friend mentioned she knew of a team looking for more dudes (probably my term, not hers). A few voicemails and text messages later, I spoke with Chelsea Dickens, the de factor captain of Team Dusty Boot (aka Team Tie-Dye).

But randomness is hardly random in the valley. When I arrived at Beaver Creek early Sunday morning, I recognized a few of my teammates: Jan Hranicky, a bartender at the Dusty

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Team Dusty Boot (aka Team Tie-Dye) takes on the Beaver Creek Tough Mudder last weekend. Reporter Phil Lindeman tagged along for the wild ride. Photo special to SneakPEAK. Boot; Missy DeJuorno, manager at the Boot’s sister restaurant, The Metropolitan; and John Shipp, owner of both restaurants. The rest of the team looked vaguely familiar, even beneath headbands, race bibs and foreheads covered in Sharpie marker.

After taking a few pre-race photos, we headed to the starting line at the base of Centennial.

The scene was impressive: Hordes of racers milled about, dressed in everything from brandname athletic gear to custom-made loincloths. I spotted Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool stretching near a tent with free Clif Bars, and grungy mohawks rivaled a street-punk concert.

Although the Tough Mudder is touted as a challenge, not a race, it’s hard to avoid comparisons with marathons and more traditional athletic events. Talk of training wafted through the air – a few teams came from Front Range gyms, with the screen-printed shirts to prove it – yet I was more than a little worried for a few of the Mudders I saw.

No one seemed woefully unprepared, but a handful looked noticeably queasy, while others popped Advil to fight hangovers or altitude sickness. It may not be a legitimate marathon, but 10.2 miles across Beaver Creek is hardly a joke.

Our start time was set for 10:40 a.m., and we arrived in time to hear the pumped-up emcee yell “hoo-rah” a final time before racers left in a cloud of dust and Eminem’s “Lose Yourself.” We joined the 11 a.m. group instead, and it began to rain. The Saturday event dealt with sweltering heat – Sunday brought rain mixed with wind.

The beginning of the course took us up the road leading to Red Tail Camp, a relatively easy gradient. After disappointingly simple obstacles – a few logs here, a mud pit covered in barbed wire there – we wound back around the frontside of the mountain for a few miles of vertical climbing. This is where the Beaver Creek race is set apart from nearly 100 others across the world: Most take place in flat fields at sea level, while BC challenges endurance and acclimation. Nothing is more motivational (or somehow worrisome) than seeing a massive, muscle-bound football player sucking wind halfway up a ski hill in your backyard.

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SneakSPORTS: A rivalry never realized When it came to hoop dreams, one sports fanatic’s career took a different turn Editor’s Note: Minturnbased sports fan Patrick Whitehurst writes for www. fanrag.com. Read his musings on the site or in SneakPEAK. For as long as I can remember, I always envisioned myself having a job in sports. Perhaps when I Patrick Whitehurst was very young, the old adage “If you have a job doing something you love, you’ll never work a day in your life” was ingrained in me. I never considered playing or being involved in sports work, however. When other kids wanted to be astronauts or doctors or firemen, I wanted to be a baseball player. I am not sure I even liked baseball at the time, but my dad loved it, and he was always watching a game on television.

I wanted to be Pete Rose. Not the Pete Rose we think of today serving a lifetime ban for gambling on the game. Not the Pete Rose that is absent from the Baseball Hall of Fame or sells his autograph for outrageous amounts of money at casinos and strip malls. But the Pete Rose my dad respected, the ballplayer so aptly nicknamed Charlie Hustle. I wanted to be that tough S-O-B that backed down from no one. I wanted to fling off my helmet as I stretched a double into a triple on sheer will. And I wanted to crash into the catcher and score the winning run.

My baseball career took a different turn, however. By the time I was 13, my interest in the game was fleeting. Whether it was the fact that I began to notice girls or couldn’t hit a curveball, I soon realized that I was never going to play in the big leagues. Heck, I barely played on my Babe Ruth team. I would often skip or come late to practice because I had spent my day riding my bike or playing basketball.

I had never heard of anyone riding a bike for a living so my career interest turned to becoming the best basketball player I could possibly be. I shot thousands of jumpers everyday, set up cones in the driveway in order to practice my ball-handling skills and attended several basketball camps every summer. I will never forget the words from one guest lecturer during a camp at the University of Wisconsin (the not-so-successful Steve Yoder was the head coach at the time), and the anger that built up inside of me.

The lecturer was a former college player and current scout. He said to the group of over 200 campers, “Everyone here loves basketball and dreams of playing it on the highest stage. Look around this gym, not one of you is ever going to play in the NBA.” “Some motivational speaker he turned out to be. Who was this jerk?” I thought.

Looking back now, I’m sure the speaker continued on about having a love for the game, working hard and tempering expectations -- but I didn’t hear anything else. I was going to show him and every camper, every coach and anyone else that stood in my way or doubted me that I not only could defy the odds, I most certainly would. That same summer, Sports Illustrated came out with a story identifying the best basketball prospects in America ranging from ages 10-20. I immediately skipped ahead to the headliner of my 6th grade

class, some guard from San Francisco named Jason Kidd.

I looked forward to many future battles with this Kidd character. A rivalry was about to begin in my mind; soon Jason Kidd would not only know the name Pat Whitehurst, but he would spend many sleepless nights wondering how he could stop me. It was possible we could become the next Magic and Bird.

I have to applaud Sports Illustrated for naming Kidd as the best player in our class way back then. The sure-fire Hall-ofFamer just retired and will go down as a top-ten point guard in NBA history. Kidd was recently named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, and his promising career continues.

My basketball-playing career ended after the final game of my senior year in high school. I never played against Jason Kidd or even met him. Kidd has yet to respond or retweet any of my social media interactions, but I’m not upset or obsessed. Instead, I take comfort in the fact that he had a brilliant career and that I was able to enjoy watching him play for so long. Although I like Deron Williams and Jay-Z, I am not a Brooklyn Nets fan. But with Jason Kidd now leading them, I think I will become one. My career in sports took a different turn, one that I am happy with. Maybe someday Kidd and I will meet and I can tell him this story. We’ll laugh and maybe he’ll need an assistant coach or challenge me to a game of 1-on-1. I still think I can take him.

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Vail Mountain opens for daily summer operations on Thursday, June 20, beginning at 10 a.m. Gondola One in Vail Village and the Eagle Bahn Gondola in Lionshead will both be operating daily through Sept. 2 for scenic rides and bike hauls. The majority of additional summer activities and onmountain dining will be based out of Eagle’s Nest at Adventure Ridge. The Eagle Bahn Gondola and Adventure Ridge will also continue to operate on weekends throughout the month of September.

Open trails on Thursday will include Berrypicker and Fireweed up to the top of Gondola One for hiking, and portions of Hank’s Hideaway, Fred’s Lunch, Lionsdown, Cubs Way, Gitalong Road, Big Mamba and Onza Alley for mountain biking.

Guided hiking and biking tours return to Adventure Ridge for the second summer season after a late debut last summer.

The tours offer a way for visitors to enjoy lower level hiking and mountain biking trails and familiarize themselves with the trail system on the mountain, all with the help of mountain guides. Morning and afternoon tours are offered daily throughout the summer.

Construction continues at Adventure Ridge for Vail’s newest summer activities, which will include a four-line 1,200foot long zip line, two aerial challenge courses, a kid’s zip line and a low ropes course. These activities are expected to open to the public in early August.

Other activities include Top of the Mountain Tours, horseback tours, disc golf, bungee trampolines, a climbing wall, pony rides, slackline park, horseshoes, and Friday Afternoon Club at Eagle’s Nest, all located at Adventure Ridge just off the top of the Eagle Bahn Gondola.

On-mountain dining for the summer includes the Talon’s Deck at Eagle’s Nest, open daily beginning Thursday, June 20. Mid-Vail will also offer lunch daily at Sarge’s from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bistro Fourteen also opens this Thursday and will operate on Thursdays, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Game Creek Restaurant opens for Sunday brunch on June 23 at 11 a.m. Dinner service begins on Thursday, June 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through Sunday, Sept. 2. Regular summer hours for dinner will include Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays with après specials on the deck from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and brunch on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Summer 2013 gondola dates and hours are as follows:

Open daily: Thursday, June 20 through Monday, Sept. 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday For weekends only on Sept. 6 to 8, 13 to 15, 20 to 22 and 27 to 29, hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

Bikes will be allowed up the gondola until 6 p.m.

For more information about Vail Mountain, see www.vail. com, or stop by the Mountain Information Center, open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or call 970-SKI-VAIL.

Girls golf tees off in Vail The Vail Golf Club will offer a new girls-only golf clinic this summer, adding to its full slate of youth programs. The program, for girls ages 13 to 17, is for beginners or well-experienced golfers alike and will be taught by Vail Golf Club Director Alice Plain. Clinics will take place from 3 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on Fridays, beginning June 21, and will include instruction on swing, short game, etiquette and on-course play.

Cost is $25 to drop-in or $100 for five sessions.

Plain says the clinic is unique to the Vail Valley and will help young female golfers either learn the sport or improve their skills in a comfortable and fun environment.

“I’m excited to offer this exciting program to visiting and local youth female golfers throughout the summer,” says Plain. “It’s a great opportunity to learn more about all aspects of the game both on and off the course and build camaraderie with others.”

The Vail Golf Club will offer a variety of opportunities for youth golfers throughout the summer including the PGA Tour Academy, First Tee of Eagle County and more. Programs are as follows: PGA Tour Academy Junior Overnight Camps This golf-intensive program for ages 12 to 18 includes seminars, guest speakers, video analysis and on-course instruction, and goes from June 23-27. Cost is $1,1195 and includes lodging at Manor Vail Lodge. Commuter rate is $995.

Vail Golf Club Junior Golf program The Vail Golf Club will be offering two sessions of twoday PAR camps on June 19 to 20 and July 9 to 10, three days of three-day PAR camps July 17 to 19 and two three-day Birdie camps on July 10 to 12 and Aug. 1 to 2. Costs are $59 for the two-day camps and $85 for the three-day camps.

Teen camps will take place on Fridays, beginning June 29, and cost $100 for five sessions or $25 day-of.

For details on the new girl’s only program and junior clinics, call 970-479-2260. For details on the First Tee of Eagle County, see www.thefirstteeofdenver.com under Eagle County. For more information on the PGA Tour Academy camps, see www.pgatourcamps.com.

Sowing Seeds camps open for young gardeners

The Sowing Seeds Summer day camps still have space available for kids who want to become a Garden Stewards (ages 7 to 12) or Garden Sprouts (ages 5 to 7) while learning, having fun and making new friends.

At Sowing Seeds Camp, children will learn all about garGondola One - Open daily: Thursday, June 20 through Monday, Sept. 2 dening and harvesting. They will also learn how to make their own pesto, pickles and strawberry shortcake, all with from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. things grown in the garden. Other activities include making *Bikes will be allowed up the gondola until 4 p.m. soap and dream pillows, creating mobile gardens, bug catching and races.

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The camp also includes a special segment, called Cook with a Chef, when chef Kelly Liken will join the kids for a number of activities. Together, the children and Liken will make a delicious and nutritious lunch, and kids will get to ask the chef all their most pressing questions.

This summer Sowing Seeds has expanded the summer day camp Series to accommodate more children. The following camps still have space available: June 17 to 21 at Edwards Elementary School for the Garden Stewards camp (ages 7 to 12) June 26 to 28 at Brush Creek Elementary School for Garden Sprouts (ages 5 to 7) July 1 to 3 at Edwards Elementary School for Garden Sprouts July 15 to 19 at Edwards Elementary School for Garden Stewards Sowing Seeds, a project of the VVF’s Youth Foundation, works with public schools to integrate gardening into the curriculum, allowing teachers to use the school garden as a catalyst to discuss the food cycle, the natural environment, and making smart food choices. The program also allows students to incorporate their gardening produce into the school cafeteria program and learn food economics by selling plants and vegetables at local farmers markets. The Sowing Seeds project is a partnership with local restaurateur Kelly Liken, who teaches after-school “Cook with a Chef” classes and attends select farmers markets with the students.

Call Sandy Story 970-471-1259 for more details or Lauren Descombes 970-777-2015 to reserve a spot.

Queen and princess wanted

The Eagle County Fair and Rodeo are now accepting applications for young ladies interested in serving as royalty for the event. Applications are now available online at www. eaglecounty.us/FairRodeo/Royalty or by calling 970-3283646. Completed forms are due no later than 5 p.m. June 28 and can be submitted via email to fairrodeo@eaglecounty. us, hand delivered to 500 Broadway in Eagle, or mailed to P.O. Box 250, Eagle, CO 81631.

To be eligible, contestants must be Eagle County residents and exhibiting in the Eagle County Fair. Applicants for queen must be between the ages of 15 and 18 and applicants for princess must be between the ages of 12 and 15 as of Jan. 1, 2013. The reign of the new queen and princess begins July 27 and continues through the last day of the 2014 Eagle County Fair and Rodeo.

Interviews, riding tests and speeches will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 13 at the Eagle River Center, located at the Eagle County Fairgrounds at 0426 Fairgrounds Road in Eagle. A Royalty Clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on June 22 at the Eagle River Center. The clinic will provide information about interview questions, speech topics, appearance and horsemanship. Horses are not required for the clinic. A concurrent “parents’ clinic” will be held to allow parents to learn what to expect during the pageant and throughout the year.

Complete rules of eligibility are described in the Royalty Handbook and Application. For more information, contact the Fair and Rodeo Office at by phone or email.

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The real test Team Tie-Dye was relatively chipper – until mile six. The course meandered to Red Tail Camp at the base of Grouse Mountain and Larkspur, and for the past few miles, we’d been nervously talking about the challenge to come: Arctic Enema. The diabolically funny name is cute until you’re faced with a Vail Honeywagon dumpster filled with ice water. It seems simple enough: Jump in, swim halfway, duck under a wooden barrier and swim to the other side.

In reality, it’s anything but. The immediate, lung-searing shock of the initial dunk is bad enough, but the killer is taking a breath before submerging. Imagine tyring to sing arias with a yeti perched on your chest, and you have some idea of the sensation.

One member, Alexis Gruczkowski, skipped that mid-swim breath entirely, and instead decided to jump directly underwater and beneath the barrier. For a few seconds, we saw nothing, then a hand popped out of the ice, and we pulled her to a makeshift deck. She had a sudden and self-described attack of Tourette’s Syndrome – something like “F*** you, (insert name I shouldn’t repeat)” – and emerged right in time for the wind to pick up. In the final hour-and-a-half of the race, battling the wind and after-effects of the Arctic Enema became the true test of mental grit.

Throughout the Tough Mudder, I noticed a few similarities to the multi-day backpacking trips I’ve enjoyed since a youngster in Boy Scouts: No matter how wretched you feel, talking about all the delicious food (and beer) you’ll soon enjoy is a morale boost like none other. It’s also unavoidable: Hranicky kept describing the Boot’s triple-decker burger, a gut-busting invention of beef, bacon and cheese made just for the Tough Mudder weekend.

Even as he repeatedly whispered “stupid, stupid, stupid” for attempting the race – he completed it the previous year with Dickens – the burger kept him going, a sort of medium-rare, cholesterol-packed light at the end of the tunnel.

By the time we reached the end of the course, the sun had emerged, and so had our spirits.

Chalk it up to the allure of the Allegria sauna and free beer we could nearly taste, but Team Tie-Dye powered through the final few obstacles with little hesitation. The last challenge – a mud pit covered in hay bales and long, snake-like electrified wires – had its way with us, tossing several members into the mud and leaving Shipp with a nasty burn mark across the neck, much to the delight of more than 100 warm, clean onlookers.

After showering and finding fresh clothes, the team congregated back at the Boot to finally enjoy well-deserved beers, steaks and Hranicky’s dream burger. The conversation flitted between jokingly miserable and genuinely relieved, but for the most part, everyone was surprisingly upbeat about the five hours of self-torture we’d endured. When asked if anyone would try it again, the answer was nearly unanimous: Yes, but only because it happens once a year.

And that’s the true allure of the Tough Mudder. For one day a year, you can be utterly tired, soaked, bruised and satisfied, all at the same time. Will I do it again? Only if Team Tie-Dye will have me.

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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MAYA ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– RS: Recently, I’ve been exploring Peruvian ingredients SP: What’s your favorite dish on the Maya menu, and and flavors. Peru is known for its many varieties of pota- why? toes, which have a surprising range of textures – their colors RS: I’m a big fan of moles, but the chicken adobada is range from white to red to deep purple. Peruvian corn, with still my favorite. It has been a signature dish on Maya New its large, flavorful kernels, also adds a lot of depth to a dish. York’s menu for many, many years and reflects my modern Mexican culinary style.

SP: What do you like to cook or eat at home, out of the restaurant?

SP: For people who haven’t gotten to try Maya, how RS: At home, I make comfort foods. I often cook Mexican would you describe the difference from the old Cima? rice and beans, a favorite since childhood. Even though the RS: Maya is a completely approachable, modern Mexican ingredients are simple, they’re versatile and can be served in restaurant. The flavors and presentations are at once familmany unique ways. iar, yet elevated. The same goes with the ambiance and bar, which features a fantastic selection of tequilas and handcraft-

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ed cocktails. Cima’s menu was a little more adventurous, the ambiance a little more upscale – it was great concept, but we listened to the locals and hotel guests and responded to their demand for something more relaxed and lively.

SP: Do you ever come to Beaver Creek to ski or enjoy the mountain?

RS: Oh yes, in the winter we always come. My son likes to snowboard here a couple times a year.

SneakPEAK editor Melanie Wong can be reached at Melanie@sneakpeakvail.com

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It may not seem like much, but this causes a gap, making friendly relationships hard to maintain with kids his own age. It isn’t that other kids don’t want to be friendly, is that sometimes they just don’t know how to.

“This is why the bond with Ben is so important. Ben is a good friend to Henry when the other kids don’t know how to be a good friend to Henry,” Sandy says. “Ben has time and patience and can get down on Henry’s level and make him feel so important. Ben is a genuine friend. We’re lucky that he has a friend like that.”

Sandy says that this week with Small Champions is so important for two reasons: for socializing (with Ben, in Henry’s case) and new experiences. Rock climbing was another new experience for Henry and a couple other campers.

parachute jumps. This allowed them to be secure to their guides while being able to make some of the moves themselves.

Henry says he wasn’t scared, and his mom says she was mighty proud of her son climbing the rocks, and surprised to find out that he actually has a genuine talent in the sport. This is something she says she wouldn’t have otherwise discovered without the help of Small Champions.

“Ben was rock climbing with Henry and said that Henry was genuinely good at climbing,” Sandy says. “Neither my husband nor I rock climb, and we wouldn’t have ever known if Henry was a good climber or not. This is not a mock talent, Henry has the talent to climb.”

While the camp has now ended, Small Champions activities will continue throughout the summer.

New heights “All summer long, we’ll offer tennis, golf, swimming, horseback riding and tumbling,” Ascending a rock face is no small challenge for the able-bodied, let alone the challenged. Miller says. “We want to keep giving them the opportunities to participate in these sports.”

Henry says he is excited to do more rock climbing, go horseback riding and maybe try “Camp Hale rock climbing was just awesome,” says Miller. “I mean, some of the kids are in wheelchairs, and they were going up the rocks. We hooked them up with a climbing some yoga. instructor and the instructor would do what they needed to do to get them up.”

The kids were hooked up in a buddy system with their instructors - similar to tandem SneakPEAK writer John O’Neill can be reached at info@sneakpeakvail.com

BROTHERS’ KEEPER –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– SP: What song from the Santa Fe sessions embodies My we got together a few times, and since then we’ve played a bunch of shows and are now able to do this record. The two Brothers’ Keeper?

SR: “Chamberlain.” It’s just sort of a classic song, where of them are incredible musicians – they know what goes into we had some lyrics and a bass part, then combined them toa good song. gether. It’s always a little strange when you have lyrics that perfectly match music that’s already written, so it was kind SP: How does the band split songwriting duties?

SR: Right after the season closed, we all went down to of magical. We were really blessed to have that opportunity Santa Fe and rented a house. We wrote 13 songs there to- to disappear for two weeks, and you see the result of that in gether, as a band, and it was an equal contribution from ev- our music. We’re all grateful for that opportunity. eryone. It was a very special time – you don’t find that often, SP: After the album is finished, what comes next? Will the especially when you have guys being pulled in several difband still regularly play in Vail? ferent directions by other projects.

SR: We’ll stay in Vail, playing some strategic tour dates John has something else to say – let me take the duct tape off. to support the markets where our team is getting us on the JP: This band is a wonderful cohesion of the past, present radio. and future of music in the Rocky Mountains. They took the SP: Is there a growing market for classic, roots-style rock tape off long enough for me to say that. Now I’ll be quiet. ‘n’ roll?

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We’re recording in Memphis, where Zeppelin III was recorded, where Stevie Ray Vaughn and ZZ Top all recorded.

There is so much of the rock ‘n’ roll spirit that has been lost to technology, and we’re just trying to stay true to what we know and love as rock ‘n’ roll.

And John has one last thing to say.

JP: This really is kind of a homecoming for me, playing with My Brothers’ Keeper. Jono Manson is one of the first people I played with in New York, so it’s like my world colliding. It’s a very neat thing to reconnect with all these guys from Fox County and New York and New Jersey – I really think rock ‘n’ roll is alive and well. It’s an evolution of this scene that has gone unbroken since the mid-’80s.

Oh, man – Scott just threw a beer at Jono. It really is like old times.

SneakPEAK writer Phil Lindeman can be reached at philip@sneakpeakvail.com

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SKATE LIKE A GIRL –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– next generation of skaters, ages three to 14, as part of the Western Eagle County Metropolitan Recreational District (WECMRD) skate camp. As an instructor, Godinez helps her campers learn new tricks, progress to the level they want to achieve and, most importantly, ensures that they have fun.

Since she began instructing in 2010, she has earned rave reviews.

“The feedback I receive from parents has been nothing but positive,” she says. “They like the idea that I’m the only girl they’ve seen skateboarding, and they like when their kids come home from skate camp and are happy and stoked on what they learned that day. If the kids are happy, the parents are happy.”

Turner, of Stash, says that parents are often pretty impressed when they see the instructor skate.

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“I look forward to any chance I get to see Tawnya ride or Godinez credits skating and snowboarding for making her skate because she never ceases to amaze,” he says. “Count- the person she is today. less families that have attended WECMRD skate camps “These sports have taught me perseverance, dedication, come into the shop and rave about how great their instructor etiquette, pain and love all at the same time,” she says. “BeTawyna was.” ing able to express my art through these sports is something I will always cherish.”

If you’d like to check out Godinez’s skills, her next comLocal support petition will take place at the WECMRD skate park in EdOne of the main reasons Godinez enjoys living in the Vail wards during the first week of July, with more competitions area is the local support she receives when it comes to snowoccurring at the same location throughout the summer. boarding and skateboarding.

“I think a lot of the locals and my friends would love to see me excel and get to the next level,” she says. “Most of them think I’m a great role model, and they dig my positive SneakPEAK writer Laura Lieff can be reached at attitude. My friends and the community like my attitude and info@sneakpeakvail.com how I represent myself and the sport.”

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the Sole Power Challenge, alternative commuting is more of a necessity than a choice. Heidi and Mike Trueblood and their two daughters relocated for three months from Eagle County to Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, for a family sabbatical. They don’t have a car there and mostly walked everywhere around town, from school to the grocery market to friends’ homes.

Heidi Trueblood says that it’s been a fun change of place, and that walking has afforded the family chances to befriend neighbors and business owners they might otherwise have

missed. It also necessitates daily trips to the local market, instead of the one big shopping trip per week most Americans are used to. When purchases get too heavy, they rent a tricycle for 50 cents and bike home from the market.

The family thought tackling Sole Power from a different country would be a great opportunity to stay connected back home, and also keep track of their new lifestyle. Heidi has already logged 50 miles of walking since the challenge began.

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we don’t have a car, we just don’t buy as much anywhere. It’s hard to carry your purchases home, so we only buy what we need. We also have gotten to know many people around town, because we walk by their businesses or houses. It has given us a great sense of community in a very short time.”

SneakPEAK editor Melanie Wong can be reached at Melanie@sneakpeakvail.com

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Wednesday, June 26 Vin 48 Summer Tasting Series Vin 48’s Summer Tasting Series kicks off Wednesday, June 26 from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Every Wednesday the Avon restaurant welcomes winemakers, importers, distillers and brewers from around the world for an afternoon tasting on the patio. Chef Charles Hays’ prepares light appetizers to compliment each week’s tasting. This week brings two wineries: La Cappucina from the Italian Veneto and Andrew Rich from the Willamette Valley in Oregon. Price each week is $25 and includes the wine and light appetizers.

Pictured: Bartender Anders Willis displays the 2011 La Cappucina Sauvignon Blanc.

Submit your event to SneakPEAK’s weekly community calendar by sending information to info@sneakpeakvail.com.

Thursday, June 20 Vail Strides running club

Stay in shape and meet other people who love to run. Meet at Vail Chophouse in Lionshead, adjacent to the Eagle Bahn Gondola at 5:30 p.m. This free group is organized by the Vail Recreation District and open to anyone interested in finding running partners, getting into the sport or looking for a way to unwind after the work day.

Thursday, June 20 Venture Sports group bike ride

Join the crew at Venture Sports in Avon for weekly road rides. The group meets most Thursday mornings at Venture Sports in Avon between 8 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. with a departure time of 8:30 a.m. All rides are weather permitting and are designed to improve your fitness over the course of the summer and meet some new friends who enjoy the sport of VS donors/$10 students. For more info see www.vailsym- talks about these stories and more from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at riding bikes. No one gets left behind. See www.avonventure- posium.org. the Bookworm in Edwards. Cost is $10. For more info see sports.com or call 970-949-1318 for more info. www.bookwormofedwards.com.

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Thursday nights mean free live music at West Vail’s Ale Party in the Park in Gypsum Gore Creek Fly Fisherman offers complimentary daily castHouse, featuring different Colorado musicians. Music goes Join the Town of Gypsum for a summer of concerts, kids ing clinics at all their locations -- Beaver Creek, Lionshead, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. crafts, bounce house and free family movies. This week’s Arrabelle and the Bachelor Gulch Ritz Carlton. Each clinic entertainment is the Porchlight Players Children’s Theatre begins at 10:30 a.m. geared at those who have never fly show: “Aladdin.� Event is free and movie starts at 7 p.m. at fished before and are considering trying the sport. They are Thursday, June 20 the Lundgren Theater Park. also perfect for those just wanting to brush up on their tech- Author signing and talk: Kathy Heicher nique. An expert guide will lead the demonstration, and he or “Eagle County Characters� takes a detailed look at the she will be able to answer any general fly fishing questions. rough, romantic and fascinating lives of 10 memorable Friday, June 21 See www.gorecreekflyfisherman.com or call 970-476-3296 Eagle County pioneers who helped make the county what Paul Sammons in Eagle for more info. it is today. The book includes the visionary Doll brothers, Paul Sammons of Paonia is a singer/songwriter bringing who transformed a sagebrush meadow into a beautiful cattle roots and Americana sounds to the stage at Bonfire Brewing ranch and a thoroughbred racing horse operation. Irish im- beginning at 8 p.m. on Friday. No cover charge.

Thursday, June 20 migrant Sarah Doherty survived a harrowing stagecoach Vail Symposium: Human trafficking Join Professor Claude d’Estree for a look at the state of mod- trip through the valley to homestead her own cattle ranch Saturday, June 22 ern slavery in the world today. D’Estree is the Director of the at Dotsero. Kid Hoover, the toughest teamster in the Red La Sportiva Summer Solstice Trail Run International Human Rights Degree Program and the Human Cliff mining camp, was also softhearted enough to coax a Kick off the summer at Creekside Park in Beaver Creek with Trafficking Clinic at the Josef Korbel School of International stubborn mule to work by kissing its muzzle every morning. a 5K or 10K trail running race benefitting the Vail Valley Studies at the University of Denver. This talk will be held at Ellis “Bearcat� Bearden expanded his ranch with his box- Charitable Fund. Don’t miss the post-race party featuring the Grand View Room in the Lionshead Welcome Center, ing ring wins. Rough-edged hunting guide Jake Borah be- live entertainment by bluegrass band Hardscrabble, barbeLionshead Parking Structure at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $35/$25 friended an American president. Local author Kathy Heicher cue, prizes and more. Races go off beginning at 9:30 a.m.

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Saturday, June 22 Yoga at the Beach in Minturn

Sunday, June 23 Enjoy a yoga session in the fresh mountain air at Little Yoga in the Park in Eagle Beach Park, located at the gas station and convenience store.

Class goes from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. All session donations go to support the Minturn Community Fund. Call 970331-2416 for more information.

Sunday, June 23 Jazz at Kelly Liken

Enjoy live jass performances from a changing lineup of artists from 8:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday nights through the summer at Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail Village. Paired with Kelly Liken’s harvest menu, join local jazz great, Tony Gulizia and a different guest artist each week for exciting performances.

Sunday, June 23 Vail Farmers Market

Get a taste of Colorado with the Vail Farmers’ Market and Art Festival, open weekly throughout the summer. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each week, find locally grown produce, international dishes, fresh baked goods and even Colorado wine. The Art Festival feeds travelers’ creativity, offering everything from beautiful clothing and jewelry to

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The star-studded free summer concert series returns to Vail, The hottest place to be in Vail on a Tuesday night. Doors open at 5:30 p.m and concert begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Gerald Ford Amphitheater in Vail. This week brings The Dunwells, a British folk rock band from Leeds.

Join yogis of all levels in the Eagle Town Park this summer Wednesday, June 26 every Sunday morning for outdoor yoga from 9:30 a.m. to Vail Grind mountain bike race 10:45 a.m. Class is free and all donations will go to Eagle Bike racers take to Vail Mountain beginning at 4:45 p.m.

County’s Fresh Approach program. The park is located at with the Larkburger kids races for the third in the Vail Rec 550 Broadway in Eagle.

District’s mountain bike town series. There are categories for beginners through pros, and an after party with free beer, raffles and prizes. After party will be held at BearFish Bar Sunday, June 23 and Grill.

Bluegrass and Bloodys at State Bridge Come to State Bridge for a family-friendly bluegrass picnic by the river as different bluegrass bands pick on stage. Join the fun every Sunday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more info see www.statebridge.com.

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970-926-2111 676 Sawatch Dr. Edwards www.vista-arrowhead.com

175 Main St. • Edwards Riverwalk • 10-6 Mon-Sat • 970-926-7995 Thursday, June 20, 2013 -Wed., June 27, 2013

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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 La Bottega | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0280 Lancelot | Next to Children’s Fountain | 970.476.5828 Larkspur Restaurant | Golden Peak | 970.754.8050 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 Lord Gore & the Fitz Lounge | Manor Vail at the base of Golden Peak | 970.476.4959 Los Amigos | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.5847 Ludwig’s | Sonnenalp Resort | 970.479.5429 The Marketplace | One Willow Bridge Rd. | 970.477.4370 Market Café | The Sebastian Vail, 16 Vail Rd. | 970.477.8000 May Palace | Next to City Market, West Vail | 970.476.1657 Matsuhisa | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.6682 Moe’s Original BBQ | Upstairs from the General Store, Lionshead | 970.479.7888 Montauk Seafood Grill | Lionshead Village | 970.476.3601 Nozawa | Holiday Inn, West Vail | 970.476.9355 Ocotillo | Vail Mountain Marriott Resort & Spa, Lionshead | 970.477.5675 Old Forge Co. | 2161 N Frontage Rd | 970.476.5555 Old Forge Co. | 521 East Lionshead Cir. | 970.476.5232 Ore House | 232 Bridge St. | 970.476.5100 Osaki’s | 100 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.0977 Pazzo’s Pizzeria | 122 E. Meadow Dr. | 970.476.9026 Pepi’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.4671 Qdoba | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7539 Red Lion | Top of Bridge St. | 970.476.7676 Russell’s | By the Covered Bridge | 970.476.6700 Subway West Vail | 2161 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.3827 Sushi Oka Hibachi | 100 East Meadow Drive. Suite #4 | 970.476.1588 Sweet Basil | 193 E. Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.0125 Swiss Chalet | 20 Vail Road | 970.476.5429 Tap Room | Top of Bridge St. | 970.479.0500 The Tavern On The Square| 675 Lionshead Place | 970.754.7400 Terra Bistro| 352 Meadow Dr., Vail Mountain Lodge& Spa | 970.476.6836 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 Vail Chophouse | 675 West Lionshead Place | 970.477.0555 Westside Cafe & Market | 2211 N. Frontage Rd. | 970.476.7890 Yama Sushi | 168 Gore Creek Dr. | 970.476.7332 Yeti’s Grind | Located in the Solaris | 970.476.1515

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French

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Mexican

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All porcelain restorations during the month of June

“28 Years of Service” Todd H. Shainholtz, D.D.S.

(970) 328 - 6347

www.DentalArtsofEagle.com

“We care about people... not just teeth.”

HAVE YOU EVER FELT RUG LOVE? Come to Ruggs Benedict & fall in love with a rug.

Check out rugs like library books - Come to our store and choose some rugs you like. If needed we will deliver them to your home in the Vail Valley for free. See how they look in your home, then keep the ones you love.

1000 beautiful area rugs in stock - Our selection of imported, hand made rugs is unmatched. Over the past 25 years, we have built relationships with the best rug makers around the world. We buy direct and sell directly to you at wholesale prices.

200 choices under $200 - We have area rugs to fit any room and any budget. Stop by and check them out!

“The right rug can make the room.”

Mandy & Roger Benedict

Serving the Vail Valley since 1972 Ruggs Benedict - Voted 2009 Business of the Year

810 Nottingham Road, Avon • 970-949-5390 • www.ruggsbenedict.com

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK June 20-26, 2013

www.vailrec.com | 970-479-2279

HIGHLIGHTS Visit www.vailrec.com for more information La Sportiva Summer Solstice 10K, 5K and Kids 1K Trail Run | Saturday, June 22 Vail Grind Mountain Bike Race | Wednesday, June 26 Vail Running Club | Thursdays, 5:45 Girls’ Golf Clinics | Fridays, 3-4:15 p.m.

Girls Soccer academy | June 24-28 vail Tennis center Youth camp | June 24-28 PGA Tour Academy Youth Golf Overnight Camp | June 23-27

VAIL NATURE CENTER Call 970-479-2291 or visit www.vailrec.com for more information The vail nature center, located along the banks of beautiful Gore creek, offers a wide variety of hiking and other outdoor activities for youth, adults and families all week including Wildflower Hikes, Full-Day Backcountry Hikes, Childrens’ Fly Fishing, Art in nature, Stargazing and more. visit www.vailrec.com for information on the full range of programs offered by the vail nature center.

VAIL GOLF CLUB MARK YOUR CALENDARS Visit www.vailrec.com for more information vail lacrosse Shootout | June 29 - July 7 Vail Golf Club Junior Camps | July 1-3, July 9-11, July 23-25, July 30-31 and more Vail Tennis Center Youth Camp | July 1-5, July 8-12, July 15-19 and more 37th annual la Sportiva vail Hillclimb | July 6 Tetra Brazil Soccer Camp | July 15-19 Davos Dash Mountain Bike Race | July 17 mini-Hawks Sports Training camp | July 22-26

YOUTH SUMMER DAY CAMPS Call 970-479-2292 or visit www.vailrec.com for more information Pre Kamp Vail | Monday-Friday | Ages 30 months to 5 years Camp Vail | Monday-Friday | Ages 5 and entering K to 12 years Camp Eco Fun | Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays | Ages 4 to 11 years Skateboard clinics | Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Call 970-479-2260 or visit www.vailgolfclub.net for more information open daily, the vail Golf club is a public 18-hole, par-71 golf course with pro shop, driving range, full-service restaurant and more. Take advantage of great twilight rates after 3:30 p.m., and don’t miss a variety of leagues and instructional opportunities.

Book tee times and learn more online at www.vailgolfclub.net.

COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING Call 970-479-2292 or visit www.vailrec.com for more information VRD Community Programming offers fitness, art and other programs for the entire family. Don’t miss Imagination Station, a thoughtful playspace that encourages kids ages 2-12 to learn through play. looking to get in shape? Take advantage of Yoga and TRX classes offered in the Community Programming Room. Visit www.vailre.com for more details.

VAIL TENNIS CENTER

Call 970-479-2294 or visit www.vailrec.com for more information The vail Tennis center offers eight Har-Tru clay courts, some of the best clay courts in extreme camp vail and mad Scientist will begin in July. visit www.vailrec.com for more the country, plus two hard courts and a full service pro shop. visit www.vailrec.com to information. learn more about leagues, lessons, junior programs and much more.

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Thursday, July 18 Praise in the Park

Movie: Facing the Giants

Friday, July 19 3x3 Basketball

Family Fishin’ Fun

Youth Talent Show Adult Talent Show

Saturday, July 20 7:00am Firemen’s Breakfast

8:00am 5K Gypsum Daze Race 11:00am Mullets and MudFlaps Parade

12:00pm Gypsum Creek Cruiser’s Car Show 12:00pm Horse Shoe Tournament

12:00pm Family Shoot Gypsum Gun Club 12:00pm Free Kids Activities Zone 1:00pm Jalapeno Eating Contest 2:00pm Nashville Artist: Paul Bogart Food and Craft Vendors all day

6:00pm Main Concert! $15 advance, $25 day of, under 12 free with Adult!

Alpine Banks in Gypsum & Eagle, Columbine Market, Gypsum Town Hall, Active Communications Stores

info. | Registration www.townofgypsum.com

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