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62. The Need to Know
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Located at the Vail Public Library. Image is on the masthead of the library's website.
The artist said, "The sculpture "The Need to Know" is a sculpture born of this childhood reminiscence. It was a time when a boy and his dog could relax under a shade tree and still travel to all the remote corners of the world by means of fiction, fact and fantasy. This sculpture celebrates reading as a doorway to creativity and imagination." This sculpture was...
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In 2015, Jason Middlebrook created the sculpture, We Are All Building Nests, from aluminum and oil paint. The Logan group 180" x 50" x 40" sculpture is found in the Art in Public Places collection of the Town of Vail. It is located near the Vail Village Parking Structure entrance.
This is one of the four works that Vicki and Kent Logan donated to the Town of Vail public art collection.
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In 2008, Brad Kahlhamer created the Waqui Totem USA (Urban Class Mark V) bronze sculpture. Located near the Vail Valley Parking Structure, the 114" x 20" x 32" work of art is held in the Art in Public Places collection of the Town of Vail.
This is one of the four pieces that Vicki and Kent Logan donated to the Town of Vail public art. collection.
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Vail Town Councilman, Kevin Foley, and his brother, Dennis Foley, owner of the Lionshead restaurant, Bart & Yeti's, volunteer coordinate and coach a youth basketball program at Vail's Red Sandstone Elementary School. In honor of their nearly 25-year dedication, the gymnasium at Red Sandstone Elementary was christened Foley Fieldhouse in 2019.
Tony Mauro, the Voice of Vail, hosts this brief oral history featuring brothers Kevin and Dennis Foley...
68. Mid Vail, 2017
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In gratitude to organizing regent, Wendy Kidder Becker, of the 10th Mountain Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), a challenge coin was designed by chapter registrar Mary Anne Baker.
The front of Becker’s challenge coin features the emblematic 10th Mountain Division motif, while the back features a stylized image of Mount of the Holy Cross. The Mount of the Holy Cross is an iconic 14,011’ peak...
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Judge Cyrus "Buck" Allen reflects upon his family's 1960s skiing days in Vail, his Dartmouth and University of Denver Law School education, the mentorships of Judges George Gaubatz and Roland "Andy" Gerard, early Town of Vail key personnel, a few characters of Vail, and perspectives gained during Vail Municipal Court judgeship.
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This stately bull moose photograph was captured by Colorado Division of Wildlife officer, Bill Andree in fall of 2016. Andree's game warden territory included the Gore Creek Valley, Piney Lake and Piney River area of Eagle County, Colorado.
Andree noted that a willow dominant wetlands near Piney Lake is nicknamed "Bullwinkle Alley," due to the prevalence of moose.
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Left to right: Pepi Gramshammer, President Gerald R. Ford, First Lady Betty Ford, Sheika Gramshammer, and Bob Knous.
Beginning in 1960s Vail, the Ford and Gramshammer families became close friends. This image was probably captured at the 1990 American Ski Classic in Beaver Creek at a Diners Club Ford Cup celebrity ski event. Gramshammer also raced in the American Ski Classic Legends of Skiing event. Knous was president of Vail Valley Foundation...