People
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- Lyle Viers
- Lyle Viers began teaching skiing on Vail Mountain in 1967. A native of Bishop, California, Viers taught at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area prior to Vail. Viers, alongside fellow Mammoth skier and Vail Children's Ski School advocate, Hadley Gray, were instrumental in Vail Mountain Nastar racing for several decades. Born 1 October 1938, Viers raced in the Nastar series until 1999. During the 1969-1970 season, Viers helped coach the National Junior Women's Ski Team. He also volunteered as a youth tennis instructor in Eagle County for several decades. His late wife, Joyce Gedelman-Viers, worked in hospitality and sales after her arrival in Vail in 1972. Like her husband Lyle, Joyce Gedelman-Viers was also very community-minded and often spearheaded youth tennis competitions in the Vail Valley.
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- Lyman "Si" Hubbard
- A rancher from the Gateway, Colorado area. He was born in Colorado to Bert Hubbard and Daphna Ann (Kelly) Hubbard. The family moved to a ranch in Gateway when Si Hubbard was a baby. According to a July 2, 1978 interview of Si Hubbard in the Daily Sentinel, the family lived in a cabin kept by the McCarty Gang, after the members had been caught or killed. The Hubbard family ranched the area, and Si followed in the family business. In 1926, he helped to build the Gateway School. He had a knowledge of Gateway’s history.
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- Lynda Watson - SAWLP Board Member
- Lynda Watson was born 24 May 1940 in the city of Orange, Orange County, California. Her parents were Shirley Elizabeth Haynes Allen and Glenn Phillip Allen. After graduating from Orange Union High School in 1958, Watson graduated from Orange Coast College with an A.A. in Advertising Design. She subsequently earned a B.A. in Crafts – Emphasis in Metals from California State University (Cal State) – Long Beach. Watson also holds an M.F.A. and an M.A. in Metals from Cal State – Long Beach. After college, Watson briefly taught Metals/Jewelry at UCLA. Between 1970 and 1995, she taught Metals/Jewelry at Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz, California. At the invitation of Jane Gregorius (whom she met at Cal State – Long Beach), Watson taught at Summervail Art Workshop (SAW). Every year between 1973 and 1984, Watson served as a SAW Metals/Jewelry instructor, as well as a coordinator during the Metal Symposium. When not busy with the aforementioned duties, Watson took classes at SAW from other visiting artist/instructors. Watson recalls: “In the early years at the A-Frame in Vail, we taught with little but inspiration. But as the workshop matured and moved to Maloit Park, it became a very professional facility.” Lynda Watson is currently active in various arts organizations and the Arts Council in Santa Cruz County, California. She was bestowed the honorific of Master Metalsmith by the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, whose mission is “to preserve, promote, and advance the art and craft of fine metalwork.” Besides working on a retrospective show and book, Watson is a board member of the Summervail Art Workshop Legacy Project (SAWLP).
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- Lyndon J. "Lyn" Lampert
- He was born in Montana and went to high school in Grand Junction, Colorado. He went to Western Colorado University (then Western State College), where he became knowledgeable about the Little Book Cliff Railway and the town of Carpenter. He delivered a lecture on the Little Book Cliff Railway to the Mesa County Historical Society in November 1979. At that time, he was a resident of Gunnison, Colorado. Along with Robert W. McLeod, he published the book Little Book Cliff Railway: The Life and Times of a Colorado Narrow Gauge in 1984. He currently serves as the pastor of the Grace Fellowship in Lake City, Colorado.
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- Lynn Albers
- Lynn Elizabeth Albers is the local history and ethnobotany specialist at the Vail Public Library (VPL). In addition to coordinating the Vail Valley Voices oral history program and the online VPL Local Digital Archive, Albers addresses local history inquiries and oversees a fledgling physical archives. She is also a member of the Cultural Heritage Committee for the Town of Vail. Albers additionally administrates daily operations at the Eagle County History Museum in Eagle and serves as historian for the 10th Mountain Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. In the past, she has consulted for various Ute ethnobotany and Ute ethnohistory projects; she has also worked in university library special collections and archives. Alongside her husband, Dennis Laird, Albers is an active member of the Colorado Native Plant Society, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, American Penstemon Society and the Eagle County Historical Society. She is also a trainer for Colorado State University Extension (Eagle County) Native Plant Master program. Currently, Albers is pursuing graduate studies in Cultural Resource Management.
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- Lynn Cudlip
- Contributor to "Our River Our Valley", (source: Our River Our Valley: A Gunnison Valley Journal.)
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- Lynn Heinisch
- KOTO news journalist from 1990-1996. Here is Lynn's LinkedIn profile summary: "Global communications strategist, storyteller, and leader, with a track record building and guiding teams that deliver measurable results for international organizations. Extensive international development experience, including four years based in Africa leading NGO programs, as well as assignments in dozens of countries in Africa and Asia. Expertise in global health and development issues, executive communications, speechwriting, media relations, policy analysis and journalism. Highly effective in cross-cultural and fast-paced environments, and passionate about telling stories that inspire and engage. Creative and collaborative team builder with a talent for leading interdisciplinary teams. M.A., International Relations." --Taken 2/7/24 from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnheinisch