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Echoes of bygone times on the Pigeon Roost Trail
The Pigeon Roost Trail is a 8.4 mile loop through Beaver Lake State Park in the Hobbs Conservation Area. And while it doesn't reach the spectacular that's often encountered in the Boston or St. Francois Mountains, it's a soul-satisfying walk nonetheless, balanced between a re-estalished forest with some huge pine trees and echoes of things gone by.
Home brewing at Beaver Creek
Mike Constable Sun Media With spring around the corner, having a cold beer or glass of wine in the sun is a major temptation, but now is
Girls basketball district results (3-3)
Mattawan 48, Portage Central 30 Kalamazoo Central 73, Niles 66 Battle Creek Lakeview 58, Jackson 37. Holt 44, Battle Creek Central 31 East Lansing 45, St. Johns 33 Lansing Eastern vs. Lansing Everett, inc. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 41, Wayland Union 28 Grand Rapids Christian 44, East Kentwood 34
Ritz-Carlton hosted career fair for Vail Valley students
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - The Ritz-Carlton, Beaver Creek in Colorado's Vail Valley held a career fair for Berry Creek Middle School students last week. \"This was the best day ever,\" said one eighth-grader who participated in the event. The hotel hosted 43 eighth-grade students from Berry Creek Middle School. The event was the culmination of the property's \"Succeed through Service\" program, a Ritz ...
Beating up Leatherwood Creek.
When May fades from the calendar, hiking options start to dwindle a bit. Trails get overgrown; June's heat and humidity become overbearing; snakes and poison ivy grace the land; and clouds of gnats who know not Deet rise from the febrile valley floor.
Diverse performers headed to Vail Valley's Vilar
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Variety continues to be the name of the game over the next week at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Colorado's Vail Valley. I mention the variety of programming in Beaver Creek a great deal in this column because when I look at any given week or month, I am amazed at the diversity of performing artists to choose from. Over the next week, we hit everything from Broadway ...
Vail Valley: Beaver Creek lands 2011 Mountain Travel Symposium
Mountain Travel Symposium co-founders and partners Mike Pierson and Ralf Garrison have awarded bids to three major mountain resorts to host the next three events. The ski-industry gathering will return to the Vail Valley in 2011 to Beaver Creek. The annual symposium, now in its 35th year, moves each year to resorts and attracts approximately 1,000 attendees to participate in two trade shows and ...
Vail drivers want I-70 traffic relief
VAIL, Colo. - It's the dreaded trip home for many Vail visitors. Bumper-to-bumper traffic often greets skiers and snowboarders as they drive east down Interstate 70 on weekend afternoons. \"My record is seven hours from Beaver Creek to Denver,\" said Patrick McClary, a 25-year-old Denver resident who snowboards in Vail a few times per year. As hundreds of skiers and snowboarders flood I-70 in an ...
Junior Olympics hit Vail
VAIL - Seventeen days of Olympics weren't enough for you? Well, here you go -the J3 Junior Olympics start today with downhill training at Golden Peak in Vail. The girls start at 10:30 a.m., followed by the boys at 11:45 a.m. Today's and Friday's training runs set up five days' worth of racing from Saturday's downhill all the way to Wednesday's slalom at Beaver Creek. And keeping in the Olympic ...
Beaver Creek will host Mountain Travel Symposium meeting
DENVER - Co-founders and partners Mike Pierson and Ralf Garrison of the Mountain Travel Symposium awarded bids to three major mountain resorts to host an upcoming MTS meeting. The annual Symposium, currently in its 35th consecutive year, moves each year to different resorts and attracts approximately 1,000 attendees to participate in two tradeshows and an educational Forum. Vail Resorts ...
The Pigeon Roost Trail is a 8.4 mile loop through Beaver Lake State Park in the Hobbs Conservation Area. And while it doesn't reach the spectacular that's often encountered in the Boston or St. Francois Mountains, it's a soul-satisfying walk nonetheless, balanced between a re-estalished forest with some huge pine trees and echoes of things gone by.
Home brewing at Beaver Creek
Mike Constable Sun Media With spring around the corner, having a cold beer or glass of wine in the sun is a major temptation, but now is
Girls basketball district results (3-3)
Mattawan 48, Portage Central 30 Kalamazoo Central 73, Niles 66 Battle Creek Lakeview 58, Jackson 37. Holt 44, Battle Creek Central 31 East Lansing 45, St. Johns 33 Lansing Eastern vs. Lansing Everett, inc. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 41, Wayland Union 28 Grand Rapids Christian 44, East Kentwood 34
Ritz-Carlton hosted career fair for Vail Valley students
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - The Ritz-Carlton, Beaver Creek in Colorado's Vail Valley held a career fair for Berry Creek Middle School students last week. \"This was the best day ever,\" said one eighth-grader who participated in the event. The hotel hosted 43 eighth-grade students from Berry Creek Middle School. The event was the culmination of the property's \"Succeed through Service\" program, a Ritz ...
Beating up Leatherwood Creek.
When May fades from the calendar, hiking options start to dwindle a bit. Trails get overgrown; June's heat and humidity become overbearing; snakes and poison ivy grace the land; and clouds of gnats who know not Deet rise from the febrile valley floor.
Diverse performers headed to Vail Valley's Vilar
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Variety continues to be the name of the game over the next week at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Colorado's Vail Valley. I mention the variety of programming in Beaver Creek a great deal in this column because when I look at any given week or month, I am amazed at the diversity of performing artists to choose from. Over the next week, we hit everything from Broadway ...
Vail Valley: Beaver Creek lands 2011 Mountain Travel Symposium
Mountain Travel Symposium co-founders and partners Mike Pierson and Ralf Garrison have awarded bids to three major mountain resorts to host the next three events. The ski-industry gathering will return to the Vail Valley in 2011 to Beaver Creek. The annual symposium, now in its 35th year, moves each year to resorts and attracts approximately 1,000 attendees to participate in two trade shows and ...
Vail drivers want I-70 traffic relief
VAIL, Colo. - It's the dreaded trip home for many Vail visitors. Bumper-to-bumper traffic often greets skiers and snowboarders as they drive east down Interstate 70 on weekend afternoons. \"My record is seven hours from Beaver Creek to Denver,\" said Patrick McClary, a 25-year-old Denver resident who snowboards in Vail a few times per year. As hundreds of skiers and snowboarders flood I-70 in an ...
Junior Olympics hit Vail
VAIL - Seventeen days of Olympics weren't enough for you? Well, here you go -the J3 Junior Olympics start today with downhill training at Golden Peak in Vail. The girls start at 10:30 a.m., followed by the boys at 11:45 a.m. Today's and Friday's training runs set up five days' worth of racing from Saturday's downhill all the way to Wednesday's slalom at Beaver Creek. And keeping in the Olympic ...
Beaver Creek will host Mountain Travel Symposium meeting
DENVER - Co-founders and partners Mike Pierson and Ralf Garrison of the Mountain Travel Symposium awarded bids to three major mountain resorts to host an upcoming MTS meeting. The annual Symposium, currently in its 35th consecutive year, moves each year to different resorts and attracts approximately 1,000 attendees to participate in two tradeshows and an educational Forum. Vail Resorts ...
