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<br />J Famous Skiing Area at Steamboat Springs
<br />Lighted by Yampa Valley Electric Co.op
<br />The spectacula'r scenic view ,oh
<br />Page 1 showing the Steamboat
<br />Springs sId lift from the top of
<br />Howelsen ~Il depicts a nationally
<br />famous enterprise with which the
<br />Yampa Vaney Electric Associa.
<br />tlon is closely associated,
<br />All electric power came {rom, the
<br />Yampa Valley Association for opera.
<br />tlon of the 11ft for 113 days, from De-
<br />cember 9 through March 31. The WI
<br />can handle 600 skiers an hour.
<br />Manager Glenn Stukey of the
<br />Yampa Valley Electric Is on the
<br />Steamboat Springs Town Counell
<br />which maintains the skIIng faclllties
<br />at Steamboat. Power Advisor Ev
<br />Chesney of Yampa Valley El~trlc
<br />this past month was re.{)lected Presl.
<br />dent of Steamboat'lI Winter Sporta
<br />Club, whfch is In charge of a)l skiing,
<br />Assistant ~nager Marvin Elkins of
<br />Yampa Valley Electric, In his assocl.
<br />atlon with the Steamboat Kiwanis
<br />Club, puts In hours of work keeping
<br />the trials clear. Buddy Werner, Steam-
<br />boat's nationally fllmOtlS Olympic
<br />skier, Is a lineman for Yampa Valley
<br />Electric.
<br />Power Advisor Chesney, doubllnA"
<br />as Wlnter,Sports Club President, said
<br />that Steamboat now hall' thnle ski
<br />towa, using 75, 25 IUId 10 RP m~tors
<br />to ,operate the tows. The sid hiD III
<br />lighted wlth,etrht UOO watt and four
<br />1,000 watt lampfl, whUe the OOX200 Ice
<br />skaUn, rink adjacent hIlS four 1,000
<br />watt lamps.
<br />Chesney reports that night skIIng
<br />and skating was scheduled three
<br />times weekly. The tow house and
<br />shop were heated electrically.
<br />Chesney aald that- the largest
<br />crowds In the lona: history of Steam.
<br />boat's annual Winter Sports Carnival
<br />turned out this past Feburary, with
<br />more than 2,500 visitors jamming the
<br />city for the Weekend,
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<br />Iranian Engineer
<br />Visits Union Co-op
<br />John Kalcevlc, Manager of Union
<br />Rural Electric Association at
<br />Brlgh~on, s~el'ped up to the field of .
<br />'international ,relations for one day
<br />durin&" April whIm-he gavs an Iranian
<br />electrical 'engineer, Mr, All Nadjm, a
<br />tour Of the -pilnclpal operations and
<br />Installations of his big north central
<br />Colorado rural electric cooperative,
<br />Mr. NadJin. who Is currently visit.-
<br />ing tbls oounky UDder a prOgrlUl1
<br />sponsored by the United States State
<br />Department told the State Assoc1a-
<br />Uon office that be was "greatly ex.
<br />clted about the bensflte of rural
<br />_power."
<br />During his visit to the Union sys.
<br />tern, the Iranian looked at the assocla.
<br />tlon's substation operations and the
<br />various uses to which farmer.mem.
<br />hers are putting power supplied to
<br />th<lm OV<lr the cooperative's dlstrlbu.
<br />tlon "system.
<br />The ,vls,lt1ng electrical engln~r he,d
<br />to cancel out on plans to visit the
<br />Morgan County Rural Electric Associ.
<br />atlon system, b<lC&use his arrival In
<br />Colorado was delayed one day by
<br />tornadoes in Oklahoma.
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<br />Expansion Funds
<br />For Solido Ca.ap
<br />The Sangre de Cristo Electric As.
<br />soclatlon, \VIth headquarters at Sallda,
<br />Colorado, has received a loan tJ:om
<br />REA tor $145,000 which, with funds
<br />avsllable from prior loans, will be
<br />used to finance construction of 22
<br />miles of distribution line to serve
<br />88 new rural consumers and to con.
<br />struct a branch office at Buena Vista.
<br />In addltlon, the funds will be used
<br />for system improvementS Including
<br />eight miles of tie line, Increased ca.
<br />pacity for 75 exlatlng consumer serv.
<br />Ices and the conversion of 12 miles
<br />of distribution line to provide better
<br />electric service In the area,
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<br />MINER and MINER
<br />Co..ultlng Englneen
<br />lacorporated
<br />GREElEY COLORADO
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<br />4 (010. Rural Eltctrlc NeWl May, 1957
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<br />Steamboat HIres
<br />NatIonally-Famous
<br />Ski Instructors
<br />Following up plans to make Steam-
<br />boat Springs eVen more dominant as
<br />a winter sports p.a r a d I s e, Power
<br />Advisor Ev Chensey of the Yampa.
<br />Valley Electric Association, who also
<br />Is President of the Winter Sports
<br />Club, announced on April 27 that Tom
<br />Jacobs and Perry Crosby.Smlth will
<br />direct 'skiing there next year,
<br />Tom Jacobs was an Olympto skler
<br />who became &kl coocb at th& Unlver- ,
<br />slty of Colorado and then laat year be-. '
<br />came Executive Secretary of the Nil '~;~
<br />tlonal Sid AssocIation with heat:; "C', 'j,.
<br />qUQ.rters at Denver. He wIll become"'
<br />General Manager of Ute Steamboat
<br />Springs Chamber of C(lmmerce and
<br />-atsodirootskllngaetlvltles.
<br />Perry Crosby-Smlth, famous skler
<br />, who bas been coaching at Camp Hale
<br />In Colorado,- will become ski coach at
<br />Steamboat, Chesney said.
<br />The program to retain these two
<br />nationally famous skiers was deyel.
<br />oped between the Steamboat Town
<br />Council and the Winter Sports Club.
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<br />U. S. Rates 5th
<br />As Meat Eaters
<br />Washington-The average Ameri.
<br />can ate 161 pounds, of meat In 1955,
<br />USDA's Foreign AgrI.cultural ServIce
<br />reported recenUy. This puts ~he U. ,s. ,'.
<br />flttb. others are New Ualand (21" " '-"
<br />pounds per capita>, Australia (21f~;'~', '.
<br />Uruguay (199), Argentina (187), and
<br />canada (146).
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<br />How to store a Farm in a Kitchen
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<br />Feature for feature-this new
<br />'57 FRIGIDAIRE Cold-Pantry was
<br />made to order for f!.!:!!! food-keepingl
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<br />When the famous annual wtnter carnival is on at Steamboat
<br />Spring8, most of the directoril and personnel of the Yampa Valley
<br />Electric Assooiation-which serves the town and area:-work hard
<br />on committee8 of aU' kindS. Here J8 a typical parade scene on Main
<br />Street as the Steamboat High School Band struts its 8tuff.
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<br />Kentu.ky Gets Biggest Generator
<br />Ford, Ky. - The biggest electric kilowatt units will - sit beside 44,000
<br />generator ever to rate a federal loan kilowatts of already-Installed Cllpac-
<br />Is just goIng Into place here, and al. Ity' at East Kentucky Rural Electric
<br />~:~n R~~IO~~~~~fI~o:~~= Cooperatlve's plant here. REA made
<br />for another like It, The twin 66,000. its second big loan April 3,
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<br />Take almost any food you buy or grow. You'll store it
<br />easler-store, more-of it-find it faster in this stwming.new
<br />refrlgerator-fte6Zerl You'U save steps aplenty because
<br />everything your fann family likes to eat will be stored
<br />in the kitehen":"atBnger-tip reach.
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<br />Above, three glare-free lights
<br />show olI the huge se1f.defrost.
<br />ing refrigerator section ",,,,d.ICp.,4'.07
<br />And all four shelves glide out
<br />smooth as silk at the meresttoucb,
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<br />Start With the handy freezer section~farm size and zero Then that bountiful door. It holds, among other thing.<:,
<br />cold, Its whopping 140.lb, capacity adds up to storage a bumper_crov of produce-kept perlectly crisp in,a
<br />for nearly a qDarler of .beef! giant 'PiCture Window Hydrator.
<br />A touch of your toe opens the freezer door, Then a touch
<br />of your hllnd rolls bQtl1 baskets aU the way out, to you. Oh, there's more-lots more, Frigidaire now sells its 4
<br />glrnnorous colors,at no extra,eharge. See your friendly
<br />ICll cubes!' Push II lever and the exclusive:'Frigidaire Ice. Fdgidalre' De'",ler. See ';';,hy the 1957 Frigidaire
<br />Ejector triggel's'a b-ayful of frosty-dry wbes into a slide- RefJ;igemtm:s,_ ar~ America's HaMlest. the best buy for
<br />out bin. That>s'ice sliiVice, 1957 vemonl a farm ,kitchen ,.._anywhere!
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