{"id":798044,"date":"2019-07-28T10:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-july-21\/"},"modified":"2019-07-28T10:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T16:40:00","slug":"top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-july-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-july-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 stories on SummitDaily.com, week of July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summit Historical Society presenter and local author Sandra Mather walks out of a homestead building, built in the 19th century, during a weekly tour for the guests on Aug. 8, 2017 in Dillon.<\/strong>
Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Editor\u2019s note: Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com for the past week.<\/p>\n

1. Remember the Fort Collins trail runner who killed an attacking mountain lion? Here\u2019s what his life has been like since.<\/a><\/p>\n

Travis Kauffman says he\u2019s glad his 15 seconds of fame has come and gone. Five and a half months after he killed a mountain lion with his bare hands during a trail run in Fort Collins, Kauffman says he\u2019s back to being an ordinary guy. The injuries the 32-year-old environmental engineer suffered during the Feb. 4 incident have healed without lasting problems, the local and international notoriety has subsided and he\u2019s happily blended into the background of daily life in Fort Collins.<\/p>\n

Although he has several physical scars from the incident, including a faint slash across his left cheek where the lion\u2019s claw opened a big cut on his face, he doesn\u2019t carry any lasting anxiety or PTSD. He hasn\u2019t had any bad dreams and has largely forgotten about it despite often running on the same trail.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things where time has passed and it\u2019s become a distant memory and everything has returned to normal,\u201d Kauffman said recently in Fort Collins. \u201cBut looking back, it\u2019s still crazy to think about how the whole thing went viral overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Colorado Sun<\/p>\n

2. Body found in Blue River identified as missing Breckenridge man<\/a><\/p>\n

The person found in the Blue River on Monday afternoon has been identified as John Scott Still, 53, according to the Summit County Coroner\u2019s Office. Still, who was known as Scott, went missing at about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, near Peak 7 in Breckenridge. Deputies with the Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to a missing persons call at about 11:30 a.m. the same morning but were unable to locate him in the area.<\/p>\n

On Monday, July 22, law enforcement agents with the Sheriff\u2019s Office and the Breckenridge Police Department recovered a body from the Blue River in northern Breckenridge. The manner and cause of death are pending autopsy, though Summit County Coroner Regan Wood noted foul play is not suspected at this time.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sawyer D\u2019Argonne<\/p>\n

3. Vail Resorts to add 17 new ski areas to Epic Pass with acquisition of Peak Resorts<\/a><\/p>\n

Vail Resorts announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding stock of Peak Resorts, Inc. at a purchase price of $11 per share, subject to certain conditions, including regulatory review and Peak Resorts\u2019 shareholder approval. Through the acquisition, Vail Resorts will add 17 U.S. ski areas to its network of world-class resorts. Located near major metropolitan areas, including New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis, Kansas City and Louisville, the resorts include:<\/p>\n

Mount Snow in Vermont<\/p>\n

Hunter Mountain in New York<\/p>\n

Attitash Mountain Resort, Wildcat Mountain and Crotched Mountain in New Hampshire<\/p>\n

Liberty Mountain Resort, Roundtop Mountain Resort, Whitetail Resort, Jack Frost and Big Boulder in Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Alpine Valley, Boston Mills, Brandywine and Mad River Mountain in Ohio<\/p>\n

Hidden Valley and Snow Creek in Missouri<\/p>\n

Paoli Peaks in Indiana<\/p>\n

When the transaction closes, the 2019-20 Epic Pass, Epic Local Pass and Military Epic Pass will include unlimited and unrestricted access to the 17 Peak Resorts ski areas. Guests with an Epic Day Pass will also be able to access the new ski areas as a part of the total number of days purchased. For the 2019-20 season, Vail Resorts will honor and continue to sell all Peak Resorts pass products, and Peak Resorts\u2019 pass holders will have the option to upgrade to an Epic Pass or Epic Local Pass, following closing of the transaction.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Vail Daily<\/p>\n

4. Breckenridge police ask for help identifying person of interest in assault case<\/a><\/p>\n

The Breckenridge Police Department is asking the community for help in identifying a person of interest in an assault that took place earlier this month. The assault occurred in the area of Lincoln and Ski Hill Road on Saturday, July 13, according to a release from the police department. Officers were able to identify one suspect but are currently looking for another person of interest in the case.<\/p>\n

The person of interest is a male who is described as 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 170 pounds with a medium build. He has a beard and was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jeans.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sawyer D\u2019Argonne<\/p>\n

5. Summit County history: How Dillon residents moved an entire town before filling the reservoir<\/a><\/p>\n

The little town known today as Dillon has a particularly peculiar history. The town \u2014 which could be called New Dillon if you want to get technical, New New New Dillon if you want to get pedantic \u2014 is the fourth iteration of the original town established in 1881. The town\u2019s turbulent history mirrors the fortunes and evolution of Summit County as a whole. Sandra Mather, former president of the Summit Historical Society and an author of 20 books on Summit County history, gave a lunchtime lecture to locals in Frisco on July 10 about the Dillon Reservoir and the town it replaced.<\/p>\n

Mather explained that the name of the town \u2014 Dillon \u2014 was not named after a prospector named Tom Dillon who got lost in the woods, as has been a common oral tradition. Rather, the town was named after Sidney Dillon, a powerful railroad executive who became president of the Union Pacific railroad four months before the town was established. The entire point of naming the town Dillon was to somehow appeal to Sidney Dillon\u2019s vanity and persuade him to build a railroad through the town<\/p>\n

\u2014 Deepan Dutta<\/p>\n

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