Monday June 29, 2009

Business is hoped to spike again this week as the fourth of July weekend approaches—-overall lodging reservations for the week are at about 65 percent—-late bookings will boost that number.  The fourth of july is the biggest draw for summer tourist business—-but we will probably end up with fewer visitors than this same time last year.  The weak economy however is somewhat unpredictable with regard to how people will spend on their free time—-many more than expected could remain closer to home, that is, in Colorado over the fourth—-many may head to the Roaring Fork Valley.
Rescued:  two people who spent last night on Shadow Mountain. Although the section is very close to downtown—the crags and trails are dangerous after dark—so the pair waited until this morning’s help arrived.
    Former editor of Time Magazine—and current CEO and President of the Aspen Institute, Walter Isaacson, says a discussion on the role of news in our lives will be one of the many topics of the Aspen Ideas Festival—which kicks off today and runs through the fourth of July.
You can find out more with Aaron Harber’s interviews on our sisters station tv Aspen this week—as Aspen Ideas Festival is the focus for local news—-
TV Aspen —Comcast cable channel 19—-Resort Sports Network.
 

Bernie Madoff—the famous financier who ripped off thousands of investors of billions, including more than one hundred Aspen investors, will be sentenced today in New York City…..expected to receive multiple life terms for his role in the Ponzi scheme—–but he will have one final privilege.
Madoff is being allowed to wear a suit to his sentencing hearing today—–not the bright orange jail uniform, which will be his attire for some time to come.