Organizations
Collection for organization entities.
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- Vail Rugby Football Club (VRFC)
- Discussion for starting a rugby club in Vail began in 1972. However, it was not until May of 1973 that Vail Rugby Football Club was born. Inaugural members included Player/Coach Charlie Penwill, who was also the Director of Vail Recreation District, and Jerry Stevens, who was owner of The Vail Athlete. Paul Ulrich, who was owner of Christy Sports, underwrote the startup effort in addition to being a player. Ed Johnson was the club’s first treasurer. “Give Blood – Play Rugby” underscored the recruitment efforts of players in addition to being a Vail Trail rugby sports column, Initially, Vail did not have an athletic field, so rugby games were played at Maloit Park south of Minturn.
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- Vail Ski School
- The current name for the original Vail Ski School is Vail Ski & Snowboard School. This organization provides both group and private lessons from 3 locations in Vail: Golden Peak, Vail Village & Lionshead Village.
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- Vail Symposium
- Founded in 1971, the Vail Symposium is the brainchild of former Vail Town Manager, Terry Minger, in concert with the Vail mayor at the time, John Dobson. Described as a “grass-roots … think tank,” the Vail Symposium focus is to share “ideas, education, art, politics, science, business and the environment” between the community of Vail and the world-at-large. Its mission is “to provide educational programs that are thought-provoking, diverse and affordable.” The Vail Symposium attracts an international, national, regional, and local following. In 1976, President Gerald R. Ford gave a landmark energy policy speech at the Vail Symposium. American artist and activist, Thomas Whelan Benton (1930 – 2007), created a series of eighteen Vail Symposium Art posters for the years 1971 to 1996. By 1987, the Symposium moved from under the Town of Vail’s wing and emerged as the second oldest non-profit organization in the community of Vail. Locally, the Vail Symposium supports the arts, sustainability and the environment. It has hosted two film festivals and helped develop the Town of Vail master plan. Presenters at the Vail Symposium include an impressive list of civic leaders and activists, scientists and scholars, journalists and authors, in addition to architects, artists, athletes and others. Terry Minger edited two books that were associated with the Vail Symposium: Minger, Terrell J. and Sherry D. Oaks. Growth Alternatives for the Rocky Mountain West: Papers From the Vail Symposium V. Boulder CO: Westview Press, 1976. The Introduction was written by Oregon Governor Tom McCall. Remarks from President Gerald R. Ford, Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm, New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay and United Nations Environment Program Director, Dr. Noel Brown are featured. Minger, Terrell J. Greenhouse Glasnost: The Crisis of Global Warming. NYC: Ecco Press - Institute for Resource Management, 1990. The introduction was written by Robert Redford. Essayists include Dr. Carl Sagan, US Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Drs. Paul and Anne Ehrlich of Stanford University, Dr. Noel Brown, Director of the United Nations Environment Program, and Chief Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Onandaga Nation.
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- Vallery Creamery Association (Mesa County, Colorado)
- An association of dairy farmers in Mesa County, Colorado who banded together to sell and process dairy from milk cows.
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- Valley Air Service (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- The Valley Air Service was begun by Floyd Gregg, Glen McFall and Jack Turner. The three pilots had worked previously for Eddie Drapela, but decided to form their own company after World War II. The business was purchased by Gran Rader Flying Service (then of Glenwood Springs) in 1950. Gran Rader was operated by Clyde Davis, who purchased Rader in 1952 and then formed Monarch Aviation (not associated with the airline of the same name that later became Frontier).
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- Valley Curse
- Completely stranded in the middle of the desert, Valley Curse is indie rock for nerds with great taste.
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- Valley Federal Savings and Loan Association (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- A bank organized in 1906 in Grand Junction, Colorado. It prospered and eventually grew large enough organizationally to require the construction of what is now known as the Alpine Bank Building in the 1970's. Valley Federal was put into conservatorship by the Federal Government in the 1980's, and subsequently purchased by the Mesa National Bank.
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- Vaughn's Feed Store (Salida, Colo.)
- Vaughn's was a wholesale dealer in farm implements, buggies and wagons at 126 G St.. When they moved into 136 G Street in 1922, they began selling groceries. Geroge W. Vaughn, owner; Lester L. Vaughn, manager.