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...laborer and two dozen other guys in work shirts and battered jeans are gathered in the basement of Eagle County's government building, hard by the vacation resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek and Copper Mountain. They're listening to instructor Gustavo Heredia explain bail bonds, warrants and plea bargains. Many in the crowd are recent arrivals from Mexico. None can speak English. And all are in trouble for such offenses as drunk driving, driving without insurance, spousal abuse and fighting. Four-fifths of them are in the U.S. illegally, but deportation is no big worry in the Colorado resort country...
...Omar Amaya, 22, a house painter in Vail, the tougher law enforcement is a modest price to pay for living where he can make $104 a day, compared to $5 a day back in Mexico. He paid a $700 fine after he ignored an earlier warrant and was picked up again for driving without a license or insurance. "Back home," he says, "I would have settled with the police on the street for $10." Says Heredia, a onetime Aspen dishwasher who now works as a court interpreter: "It's a shock to come from the worst poverty into the richest...
...Nick B. Hobbs '02 is looking for a suitably WASP-y girl to while away his days in Vail with...
...world's leading snowshoe destination is Vail, Colo. On 40 trails, the combined Nordic centers at Vail and nearby Beaver Creek offer daily nature tours, sunset and full-moon events, plus various all-day outings that include a gourmet picnic and backcountry expeditions. Peg and Les Regenbogen, Easterners who have vacationed in Vail for the past 10 years, converted from cross-country skiing while there. As they glided through the mountains on snowshoes, they were thrilled to sight golden eagles, bighorn sheep and herds of elk. Les, 67, recommends Vail because "you can start...
...Going in, we knew we had a good staff," Vail said. "It was a staff with a lot of experience from guys like Birtwell, Donny Jamieson and Andrew Duffell, but Crockett really stepped up this season, and he's going to be hard to beat in the next three years...