SUMMIT COUNTY - Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson released the identity of Wednesday's avalanche victim as 20-year-old Daniel Michelotti from Spring Grove, Ill.
Michelotti was snowboarding with two friends in the Steep Gullies area, just west of Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, when an avalanche carried him about 1,000 feet and killed him. According to Richardson, suffocation was the cause of death.
It took the two friends about 20-25 minutes to descend the slope and dial 911.
About 37 rescuers from Summit County Rescue Group, Keystone Ski Patrol, A-Basin Ski Patrol and Summit County Ambulance Service responded to the scene.
Michelotti moved to Colorado in November and was an employee of Breckenridge Ski Resort.

Julie Sutor can be reached at (970) 668-4630 or jsutor@summitdaily.com.

BRECKENRIDGE - The Town of Breckenridge this week terminated an agreement with developer Mercy Housing on the 42-unit Valley Brook affordable housing development after nearly two years.
"The economy - and the economics of the situation itself - was probably the biggest reason," Councilman Eric Mamula said Wednesday, adding that it will save the town money to develop it in "smaller chunks" rather than "one shot."
The development agreement for the estimated $12 million project, financed in part by the town and government grants, began in June 2008.
Mercy Housing Colorado president Jennifer Erixon said her company is gathering invoices so it can be reimbursed for costs to date.
"Ultimately, the council decided it needed to take an approach that didn't involve a third-party developer, and we respect that," she said.
The project hit choppy waters last fall when general contractor BASE Building Solutions pulled out, p

SILVERTHORNE - A celebration of life honoring Jay Bauer is scheduled for March 27 in the Silverthorne Pavilion at 2 p.m.
"It will be a time of joy and reflection," Frisco resident Don Sather said in an e-mail. "People are encouraged to bring old photos of Jay and spend the afternoon."
Bauer, a well-respected attorney and emcee died the night of March 1 after battling for years with melanoma.
A jazz band including one of Bauer's friends is to perform at the event later this month, and Breckenridge resident Rick Bly is to emcee.
There will also be open mic time for people who wish to speak.

**Only Home Games Listed**

Monday, March 8
Dillon Valley Elementary
Monday Morning Assembly, Parent Coffee, 8:55 am.
Summit High School
IBMYP Personal Projects Presentation, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 9
Upper Blue Elementary
Board of Education, 5:30 p.m.
Summit High School
PTSO Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 10
Silverthorne Elementary
PTA Meeting, 4 p.m.
Summit High School
BAAC, 3:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 11
Breckenridge Elementary
BAAC, 4 p.m.
Frisco Elementary
BAAC, 4:15 pm.
Silverthorne Elementary
Parent Coffee, 8:15 am.
Summit Middle School
Wrestling 4 pm., Gymnastics at SMS
Summit High School
Girls Soccer vs. Battle Mountain, 4 p.m.
Boys Swim and Dive, 5 p.m.

Saturday, March 13
Summit High School
Girls Lacrosse 11 a.m.