{"id":806065,"date":"2020-04-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381364"},"modified":"2020-04-05T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T17:00:00","slug":"top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-march-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-march-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 stories on SummitDaily.com, week of March 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/WalterObit-SDN-032920-5-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/WalterObit-SDN-032920-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/WalterObit-SDN-032920-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/WalterObit-SDN-032920-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/WalterObit-SDN-032920-5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/WalterObit-SDN-032920-5-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Frank Walter and grandson Jake Bright skiing his run at Copper Mountain Ski Resport in 2016.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Jake Bright<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s note: Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com for the past week.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Moose tramples and injures Breckenridge woman (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/breckenridge-woman-injured-by-moose\/\">Moose tramples and injures Breckenridge woman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Breckenridge woman who tried to shoo a moose away from the road was trampled and taken to a hospital for her injuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parks and Wildlife officers went to the scene of the incident and found two moose in the area \u2014 two young bulls, one with antlers and one without. Based on the woman and other witnesses, it was determined that the moose without antlers was the one who attacked the woman. This moose was put down, which is protocol if a person is attacked and injured.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/sdn-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The best way to handle seeing a moose is to keep as much space between you and the animal as possible, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Randy Hampton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you bumped into your 900-pound drunk, angry neighbor, what would be the way you would handle that?\u201d Hampton said. \u201cYou would give them some distance. That\u2019s the best way to handle a moose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/profile\/taylor-sienkiewicz\/\">Taylor Sienkiewicz<\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>2. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vail Resorts announces widespread furloughs and salary reductions, puts plans for new lifts on hold (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-resorts-announces-widespread-furloughs-and-salary-reductions-for-us-employees\/\">Vail Resorts announces widespread furloughs and salary reductions, puts plans for new lifts on hold<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz announced widespread furloughs and pay reductions in a&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/news.vailresorts.com\/corporate\/vailresorts\/letter-from-vail-resorts-ceo-to-us-employees-on-covid-19-business-impacts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">letter to employees<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-resorts-announces-closure-for-the-remainder-of-19-20-season\/\">While all seasonal workers already have been laid off and asked to leave employee housing<\/a>, the new cost-saving measures were directed at year-round and salaried employees in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The company is furloughing nearly all U.S. year-round hourly employees starting April 4 for at least one to two months, which includes 706 employees in Summit County.<\/p>\n<p>Katz also wrote that salaried employees in the U.S. will see a 5% to 25% salary reduction for six months based on their pay grades. The 25% salary reduction is for senior executives, and Katz noted that he is forfeiting 100% of his salary and is eliminating cash compensation for the Board of Directors over the next six months.<\/p>\n<p>The company also is suspending its 401(k) match for six months, eliminating June and September dividends to shareholders, and reducing capital ventures by $80 million to $85 million, including deferring all plans for new chairlifts.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/profile\/taylor-sienkiewicz\/\">Taylor Sienkiewicz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>3. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Some restaurants stop offering takeout due to lack of viability and virus concerns (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/restaurants-stop-offering-takeout-due-to-lack-of-viability-and-virus-concerns\/\">Some restaurants stop offering takeout due to lack of viability and virus concerns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some restaurants that originally stayed open for takeout amid the countywide shutdown are now closing their doors completely while they weather the storm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While offering takeout sounded like a good way for restaurants to continue doing business, some are finding that without tourists, local demand isn\u2019t enough to keep them afloat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Roy Beinfest, assistant general manager of Silverheels Bar and Grill and Kemosabe Sushi &amp; Sake, said it no longer makes sense financially to stay open. Even in the off season, the restaurants usually sell around $15,000 worth of food per day. Now, this number is around $800 to $900. Despite a skeleton staff, with the bills to pay for keeping the computer system running and the lights on, it makes more sense from a business standpoint for the restaurants to simply sit empty until they can be fully operational.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/profile\/taylor-sienkiewicz\/\">Taylor Sienkiewicz<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>4. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"\u2018First Chair Frank\u2019 Walter remembered for passion, faith and outdoor enthusiasm (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/first-chair-frank-walter-remembered-for-passion-faith-and-outdoor-enthusiasm\/\">\u2018First Chair Frank\u2019 Walter remembered for passion, faith and outdoor enthusiasm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If a life\u2019s value can be measured in how many people have nothing but good things to say about them after they pass, Frank Walter was one of the richest men to grace Summit County.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Walter, a man whose grace, persistence and charm made him a legend at Copper Mountain, died on March 5 at the age of 97 at an assisted living facility in Golden. Frank leaves behind six children, 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. But more than his immediate family, \u201cFirst Chair Frank\u201d left behind hundreds of grateful human beings who treasured his presence and saw him as a saintly citizen, one whose ironman streak of first chairs at Copper Mountain may never be topped.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Deepan Dutta<\/em>, <em>Special to the Daily<\/em><\/p>\n<p>5. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz donates $2.5 million to affected employees, resort communities (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/vail-resorts-ceo-rob-katz-donates-2-5-million-to-employees-communities\/\">Vail Resorts CEO Rob Katz donates $2.5 million to affected employees, resort communities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vail Resorts CEO&nbsp;Rob Katz and his wife,&nbsp;Elana Amsterdam, have announced a donation of more than&nbsp;$2.5 million&nbsp;to provide support for&nbsp;Vail Resorts&nbsp;employees and the mountain towns where the company operates.<\/p>\n<p>Katz will donate&nbsp;$1.5 million&nbsp;to benefit more than a dozen organizations providing critical services in&nbsp;Summit, Eagle&nbsp;and&nbsp;Gunnison&nbsp;counties in Colorado as well as other resort communities across North America.<\/p>\n<p>In Summit County, $100,000 will go to the Family &amp; Intercultural Resource Center&nbsp;to support the mobile food bank as well as mental health and social service navigation, and $100,000 will go to The Summit Foundation\u2019s&nbsp;Summit County Cares Fund&nbsp;to support area nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Vail Daily staff report<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/top-5-stories-on-summitdaily-com-week-of-march-29\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Walter and grandson Jake Bright skiing his run at Copper Mountain Ski Resport in 2016.Courtesy Jake Bright Editor\u2019s note: Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com for the past week. 1. Moose tramples and injures Breckenridge woman A Breckenridge woman who tried to shoo a moose away from the road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-17 04:48:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}