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This week in history: Breckenridge removes breasts from indecency code, man dies from hot-tub heart attack and more

Waving wildly at the crowd, Kim and Greg Abernathy, the 1995 Ullr King and Queen, were royal hosts at the parade on Jan. 12, 1995.
Brad Odekirk/Summit Daily News archive

1 year ago: New food hall could be built in downtown Frisco

Frisco Base Camp Marketplace LLC has finalized a purchase contract for 310 Main St., where the company plans to construct condominiums and a 10,000-square-foot marketplace with a mining theme, according to Gene Gregory, a spokesperson for the company. A development known as Winter Plaza was once planned for the space but was never completed. While the project plans remain the same, a new concept known as Prospector’s Marketplace will replace the Winter Plaza idea, Gregory said. The marketplace could have 10 different food options — including Mexican, sushi, fresh salads, pizza and pasta, western BBQ, hotdogs, burgers and more — as well as two bars and an arcade game room.

— From the Jan. 13, 2024, edition of the Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Breckenridge removes female breasts from indecency code

Breckenridge Town Council members discussed the public indecency portion of the town code during a work session on Jan. 14, 2020. The efforts were in response to a recent court ruling in Free the Nipple-Fort Collins v. City of Fort Collins. The town’s public indecency code specified the display of a female nipple and other parts of the female breast is considered unlawful, but the court ruling makes the section of the Breckenridge public indecency code that mentions female breasts unlawful, according to town attorney Tim Berry. He added that the other definitions of lewd and indecent display in the town code are gender-neutral and still can be enforced.



— From the Jan. 16, 2020, edition of the Summit Daily News

10 years ago: Founder of The Keystone Center dies at 90

Robert W. Craig, longtime Summit County local and founder of The Keystone Center, died on Jan. 16, 2015. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family and friends at Colorado Acute Care Hospital in Denver. He was 90 years old. Craig founded The Keystone Center in 1975 with the goal of addressing complex environmental and public policy issues affecting industry, government and the environment by applying the discipline of science and bringing all relevant stakeholders to the table. Under Craig’s leadership, the center built its reputation by tackling a number of groundbreaking policy issues, including nuclear waste, biotechnology, AIDS research and a myriad of natural resource concerns.



— From the Jan. 18, 2015, edition of the Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Frisco man rescued from rubble after Haiti earthquake

Jim Gulley, a Frisco mission worker missing in Haiti, was rescued from his destroyed hotel on Jan. 14, 2010, and is on his way home. According to Gulley’s sister Marla, he spent 55 hours trapped in the rubble before being dug out by French firefighters on the scene. The hotel was destroyed in the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit near the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Jan. 12. The earthquake is estimated to have had a death toll of 100,000-316,000 deaths.

— From the Jan. 16, 2010, edition of the Summit Daily News

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30 years ago: Georgia man dies from heart attack in hot tub

A 75-year-old Georgia man died in a Breckenridge hot tub after apparently suffering a heart attack. The man’s body was discovered in the 104-degree water an estimated 19 hours after his death. A positive identification of the body was made through dental records, according to Breckenridge Police. He died of a heart attack at about 4:30 p.m. one evening in late December, coroner’s reports show. Housekeepers found his body at about noon the next day.

— From the Jan. 12, 1995, edition of the Summit Daily News

125 years ago: District court convenes in Summit County

Judge Owers convened an adjourned term of the district court in Summit County on Jan 16, 1900. One civil case was disposed: Mrs. Harvey sought damages from the Mountain Pride Gold Mining Co. for the April 1898 death of her husband, which occurred while he was working for the company. The judge ruled in favor of Mountain Pride. Two criminal cases were also heard. George Smith pled guilty to stealing $45 from David Lehman and was sent to the reformatory at Buena Vista. Joe Jacobs entered a guilty plea for cashing a fraudulent check — he asked for some leniency in sentencing, having already served 57 days in jail. Judge Owers suspended his sentence. Court adjourned until March 12.

— From the Jan. 20, 1900, edition of the Summit County Journal


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