Town Talk

Nick Sutton, Martin Abreu, Karen Rinehart (Marketplace on Meadow Drive concierge), Scott Proper (Vail Rotary Club President) and Michael McNichols (Marketplace on Meadow Drive manager) at the Vail Rotary Club reception at Marketplace on Meadow Dr. on May 21st. The Vail Rotary Club, along with all of the other Rotary Clubs in the valley, kicked off its annual Duck Race at the event. Go to www.duckracevail.com and adopt your duck(s) and be in the running for fabulous prizes on race day — Sept. 6 in Vail Village!

Enjoy a day tubing on the Colorado River. Turtle Tubing is now open daily and floating under the hot sun. Daily pickups at Loaded Joe's and Woody's, or meet us at Dotsero Exit 133.

These four completed a recent trip to the summit of Mount McKinley (Denali) in Alaska which stands at 20,320 feet and is North America's highest summit. Pictured are Kiefer Thomas (Vail), Chris Pruchnic (Aurora), Gabe Hogan (Avon) and Craig Berger (Glenwood Springs).

These parents are very proud of their daughter Angelica Pinela, who will be graduating from the Art Institute of Colorado on June 19. She will acquire her Bachelor's of Art degree with a major in industrial design management and a minor in graphic design. She's graduating with many honor-roll awards, Dean's List awards and two nominations for Student of the Year. Way to go, Miss Angelica! Love, your family.

I first want to thank everyone who either called or e-mailed me last year with information about nesting raptors. Because of your help, we verified (at a minimum) three fledged golden eaglets from two of five known nests, six fledged ospreys from two nests, 33 fledged red-tail hawks from 18 nests and an unknown number of great horned owls from one nest. What a success! I'm hoping to continue this work again this year. If you know of an eagle, hawk, owl or falcon nest, I would monitor it to determine if it is active and if the parents are successful in raising their young! I think it is important to know how these populations are doing here in Eagle County. You can call me at 970-926-1129 or e-mail me at beanzboy@ centurytel.net. Thanks, Rich Ranieri.

These photos of young foxes were taken by Kay Townsend near the footbridge over the interstate at Red Sandstone School.

These photos of young foxes were taken by Kay Townsend near the footbridge over the interstate at Red Sandstone School.

These photos of young foxes were taken by Kay Townsend near the footbridge over the interstate at Red Sandstone School.