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Crested Butte News NEWSNovember 2, 2012 | 9Advancing OrthopaedicExcellenceAfter seeing first hand theimmediate diagnostic capabilitiesof ultrasound and honing herskills on Olympians at the2012 Olympic Games in London,Dr. Gloria Beim and Alpine Orthopaedicsnow offers state of the art diagnostic ultrasound.Ultrasound provides musculoskeletal imaging in real time dynamicform which is often superior to other static diagnostic imagingtechniques. It is a noninvasive powerful tool we use to diagnose andassess many musculoskeletal injuries and diseases. 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Without public entities like the RTA involved—entitiesthat must disclose their financial participationto the public—Moffet said those specifics were proprietary.The RTA opted not to participate in the Allegiant Air program,based on a recommendation from RTA staff and the boardchair. According to executive director Scott Truex, the reasonswere primarily financial.Late last summer, board members from the RTA solicited$80,000 in contributions from local governments. Those fundswent above and beyond sales tax collection to cover potentialshortfalls for revenue guarantees to airlines serving the GunnisonCrested Butte Regional Airport. Securing additionalfunds to support the Montrose Airport didn’t make sense tothe board.“It would be pushing it financially, and from our way ofthinking we need to focus on the Gunnison airport,” Truex said.He added that board chairman Chris Morgan had rightfullypointed out that the RTA mission statement clearly focuses onthe Gunnison airport.“Anybody can use the service,” Truex said. “Just becausewe’re not participating doesn’t mean the flights aren’t goingto happen. The primary benefit to our valley would have beento the lodging community selling their rooms and the touristbusinesses selling their services on the Allegiant web site.But it doesn’t take away from people using those planes to gethere.”According to Moffett, winter bookings into Gunnison arecurrently about 1 percent ahead of last year. Moffett reportedbookings from Dallas and Houston continue to pace well comparedto last year.“American Airlines service from Dallas is doing well becausethey’re selling more seats on a similar schedule as lastyear,” Moffett said. By contrast, the Houston flight from UnitedAirlines has fewer seats this year than last. January flights thattypically didn’t perform well were removed from the schedule.As a result, the flight isn’t selling more seats but the load factors,or percentage of seats sold per flight, are higher. And asreported last month, the Denver flights continue to underperform.Moffett remains optimistic. “The Allegiant program is bignews this week, but we’ve got a lot of exciting stuff across theboard, from the Choice Pass Program to American Airlines beingup. There’s a lot of exciting stuff out there.”(970) 641-0920 | 212 W. 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