Vail Valley Voices
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Bill Heicher - History Nugget with Tony Mauro
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Retired Colorado Division of Wildlife officer and game warden, Bill Heicher, reflects on a humorous experience featuring Elwood, a homemade deer decoy.
Heicher is interviewed by Tony Mauro, the "Voice of Vail."
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Bill and Sally Hanlon - Oral History
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Bill and Sally Hanlon discuss their lives in early Vail, Eagle County, Colorado. Sally Hanlon examines her role, alongside the collaborative efforts of fellow Vail Trailblazer Josef Staufer, in establishing Red Sandstone Elementary School. Hanlon and Staufer worked with Ernie Chavez, the Eagle County School Board president and longtime postmaster in Vail, to organize the elementary school for Vail, Minturn and Red Cliff. Bill and Sally Hanlon also discuss their service on the Vail Mountain School board for over twenty-two years.
Bill Hanlon discusses the establishment of Vail Interfaith Chapel, the Jerry Ford Invitational Golf Tournament, and the Hanlon children teaching in the Blind Skier Program. Hanlon also addresses the early days of the Courtesy Patrol, a forerunner to today's professional Ski Patrol. Additionally, Hanlon notes Sarge Brown’s professional coordination of a 1960s Jr. Olympics trial and his brilliant management of Vail Ski Mountain.
Bill and Sally Hanlon humorously expound on the evolution of their Nu Gnu exclusive nightclub into a raucous rock-n-roll bar, inadvertently setting off the new Marriott’s fire alarm with fondue cuisine during the Hospital Family Dinner Dance, Drs. Eck and Bevan patching up locals during the brief, yet colorful, Friday Night Fights event at Dobson Ice Arena, and Rev. Don Simonton slipping on the icy steps of the new Chapel. Rev. Simonton apparently broke his leg during the mishap, had his leg set at Vail's new clinic by Dr. Tom Steinberg, and returned in an hour to perform one of the first weddings in Vail.
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Byron and Vi Brown in 2017
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Byron and Vi Brown were instrumental in the establishment of Vail, Colorado and its skiing culture. Vail Daily photo. 14 Sep 2017.
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Charlyn Canada - Oral History
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Oral History interview of Charlyn Canada by Walter Gallacher. The recorded oral history interview, as well as its nominally edited oral history transcript, discusses Charlyn's life, her life in libraries, and her tenure as Director of Library Services during the early years of Vail Public Library (Eagle County, Colorado).
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Dave Garton - 1959 Sheboygan, Wisconsin
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Dave Garton graduated from Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Central High School in 1959. He performed his undergraduate studies at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Garton earned his MBA from Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois) where he finished first in his class.
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