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Friday, July 11 2008
No. 11
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Housing for the
elderly enters
new phase
■ by Diana Oehrli
Approximately 70 senior citizens
called on local offi cials on June 25
to act on the housing shortage
crisis. They were also present at
the Saanen Landhaus to learn
about an SFr 18m retirement
center project to be built by
2013.
Area nursing homes in Gemeinde
Saanen are bursting at the seams.
Single rooms are being used as
doubles; vacation/daily-use beds
are being used as long-term beds.
All 74 nursing home beds are
occupied. At the Altersheim
Pfyffenegg, one of two nursing
continued on page 4
Top gourmet
talent at Saveurs
■ by Alison Chabloz
The Davidoff-Saveurs-Gstaad
festival begins on Saturday July
12 for a week of gastronomic
savoir-faire. The program which
this year appears only in German,
(isn’t French the language of
‘haute cuisine’?), describes the
festival as ‘a mecca for
connoisseurs: for those who have
mastered life in their heads and
who also lead useful lives… An
event where pleasure is on the
menu.” Certainly, if your budget
allows for it then you could spend
a highly enjoyable week –
continued on page 6
Christophe Remund
Troubled waters
for Bahnhöfl i
page 4
Bethli Küng
Supporting
senior citizens
page 1/4
Andreas Caminada
Cook of the
Year 2008
page 1/6
Gstaad’s historic viaduct will be reinforced starting early next year; a project costing SFr 3m which
is part of the SFr 87m investment plan being undertaken by the local railway operator MOB.
MOB renovations on the
right track ■ by Alison Chabloz
Long gone are the days when there used to be a station master watching over every station
along the MOB railway line. After celebrating the MOB’s centenary the march of progress
continues: the local railway operator is reinvesting in a complete modernization of
infrastructure, including the replacement of the 100 year-old train tracks and the revamping
of Gstaad station.
Early last Friday morning, July 4,
there was an aura of apprehension
amongst passengers as the train
pulled into platform one at
Gstaad station: this was the fi rst
train to arrive on platform one
since February 18 2008. “It was
quite an event, although we had
forgotten about the new opening
hours and the ticket offi ce was
closed!” said Eduard Merz, head
of infrastructure and installations
for MOB (Montreux-Oberland-
Bernois, the local railway line
operator). Since July 1st the
monitoring of trains has been
transferred from Gstaad, and
both Gstaad and Saanen stations
will be operated remotely via
Zweisimmen where the outdated
continued on page 3
Photo: Alison Chabloz

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continued from page 1
analog equipment has been
replaced with a new computerized
system. As there is no longer any
need for a station master in
Gstaad, ticket offi ce hours have
been reduced and will now be
open daily from the earlier time
of 06h45, and will also close
earlier at 20h00.
More than four months of
intensive construction work were
needed in order to begin
modernizing the station and fully
restore the 100 year-old train
tracks. “This kind of work
happens only once in a lifetime,”
said Eduard Merz, “We usually
work with large machines on the
line,” Merz continued, “It’s
quicker and the people who live
nearby are only disturbed for a
night or two. At Gstaad station,
we are working literally “à la
petite cuillère” (French for ‘with
teaspoons’).
Understandably, questions
surrounding the impact of yet
more construction on the local
population as well as on tourism
were a prior concern. “The MOB
is aware that the people of
Saanenland may feel that the
region has been invaded by
construction companies,” Merz
sympathized. “We are under
pressure to reduce noise levels as
much as possible. We also
received a complaint from the
Hotel Bernerhof. However, there
will be no more night work
carried out during the summer
season.”
The SFr 11.9m project in Gstaad
is part of the MOB’s SFr 87m
investment plan, made possible
thanks to a joint contribution
from the Confederation and from
the cantons where the railway
operates: Vaud, Freiburg and
Bern. Following demolition
work carried out last autumn,
construction began in February
to modify the station platform
layout, including a complete
refection of the tracks. Once the
work on the new platform is
completed next summer, normal
services will resume with trains
arriving and leaving from
platforms one and two. Platform
three will be used for short
shuttle trains during peak times
and when there are two trains
crossing the station at the same
time. Platform fi ve will be used
for the line’s service track. The
new platform will be reached
through an underpass, either on
foot or by one of two new lifts.
Platform one’s roof covering will
be lengthened and platform two
will also be covered. Eduard
Merz says that the relooked
station will be “Gstaad-like” – a
place with class: train tourism is
becoming ever more popular and
therefore the appeal of a railway
line running through Gstaad
must live up to passengers’
expectations.
Also next year, the viaduct in
Gstaad situated behind the Hotel
Bellevue will be reinforced.
During February, March and
April 2009 preparation work will
be carried out at night allowing
normal services to continue.
Thereafter for 30 days this section
of track will be closed, probably
from Easter to Ascension Day.
According to Merz, there was no
other solution: “It’s regrettable
Photo: Xavier Ferguson
that train services will have to be
disrupted yet again. We looked at
the possibility of building a
temporary bridge, but it was too
expensive, and we also needed
special authority from the Federal
Offi ce of Transport,” Merz
explained. “But we estimate that
the work should only take 30
days.” During this time, a bus
service will run between Saanen
and Schönried or Saanenmöser.
The cost of reinforcing the
viaduct has been estimated at
SFr 3m including security
installations.
By next year platform two will be in service at Gstaad station.
Passengers will no longer need to cross the line thanks to the
construction of a new underpass complete with two new lifts.
Before the inauguration of the new tracks on platform one last week, passengers alighting in Gstaad
had to cross the lines via a temporary wooden bridge. Platform two is now in the process of being
entirely renovated.
Photo: Alison Chabloz Photo: MMD

Local news
In Saanenmöser, there is a new
tourist attraction: Lake
Saanenmöser. The lake is the
result of the demolition of the old
Hotel Bahnhof. The new hotel
was scheduled to reopen in time
for the start of the next winter
season. However, delays caused
by alterations to the junction of
the main cantonal road and the
road to the railway station mean
that completion of the project is
unlikely before summer 2009. For
the investors, for prospective
buyers of the fi ve new apartments
which are part of the project and
for well-known Bahnhof head
chef, Christophe Remund, the
situation is frustrating.
“People are saying that the Bahnhof
project has run out of cash, but this
is not true,” said Remund.
“A solution had to be found because
more land was needed on both sides
of the cantonal road junction.
Building cannot commence now,
at the beginning of the summer
season: we have to respect our
neighbors.”
Following canton Bern’s decision
to widen the main road in
Saanenmöser, creating an extra
traffi c lane for vehicles using the
junction, both the Bahnhof and
the Golfhotel les Hauts de Gstaad
had to cede land on their
respective side of the road.
Negotiations between the
canton, the commune and both
the hoteliers as well as ensuing
delays owing to bureaucratic red
tape have pushed back the
project’s completion date. “I
showed the plans for the two,
three and four bedroom
apartments to several prospective
buyers from Japan, Russia, the
UK, and from Switzerland,”
explained Remund, “If we are
unable to tell people the exact
date when their apartment will
be ready, obviously they will be
reluctant to sign any papers.”
In the meantime remains the
hole fi lled with water where used
to stand the Bahnhof: yet another
construction site in Saanenland
– a recurring theme this season
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Saanenmöser’s Hotel Bahnhof in deep water
continued from page 1
homes in Saanen, 51 individuals
-11 of whom are classifi ed as
urgent cases - are on the waiting
list, according to Jacqueline Jaggi,
head of the Pfyffenegg board of
directors.
“The message is clear: people
want to stay in Saanenland in
their old age, where they paid
taxes their entire lives,” said
Markus Iseli, Gemeinde Saanen’s
head of department for education,
social affairs, and security. A
questionnaire produced the
following three main points: “I
need a bed; I want it in Saanenland;
the Gemeinde must help.”
The Alterszentrum would be built
on Tannigmatte, the fi eld located
below the Saanen Hospital,
replacing the Thomethaus which
now accommodates a veterinary
practice. The 3,300m2 center
would boast four stories containing
62 nursing home beds and 20
small assisted living apartments.
“How are we to bridge the next
fi ve years?” one person asked.
“Saanen Hospital has a duty to
accept extreme cases”, answered
Dr. Claudia Sollberger, who
serves as the medical representative
for the Alterszentrum Saanen AG,
the company that would own and
manage the center.
Bethli Küng, president of the
Alterszentrum Saanen AG,
encouraged participants to be
proactive, to plan, and to register
their needs on time. Based on
Saanenland’s demographic
developments, the situation will
only get worse. An increasing
number of people are expected to
reach and surpass the age of 80;
the number of elderly people with
dementia is also on the rise. Of
the SFr 18m price tag, the canton
would pay SFr 8.4m or SFr
210,000 per bed. The remaining
SFr. 9.6m would have to come
from own or borrowed capital.
“The canton only pays the care
and one which is diffi cult to
ignore. Remund’s frustration is
understandable, yet he remains
positive: “We are open for
business at Le Montagnard,”
(Remund’s small and charmingly
rustic restaurant in Château-
■ by Alison Chabloz
d’Oex). “It’s always been my
dream to have my main business
in Saanenland, but a piece of my
heart lies in Romandie where I
did all my military service.”
For reservations at Le Montagnard
call 026 924 54 34.
The land where the Hotel Bahnhof used to be before it was
demolished is now a stretch of water known locally as “Lake
Saanenmöser”.
portion; we have to pay the
housing portion ourselves,” Küng
said.
“The fi nancers have called for an
operational profi t,” Iseli said, who
added that the goal is to achieve
black numbers at the outset.
Küng said that the rents would be
priced according to income and
asset levels. Furthermore, it has
not yet been decided whether or
not to sell some of the apartments
to help fi nance the project.
Concrete contractual conditions
would avoid speculation and
misuse.
The next step is a coordination
meeting with the Gemeinde
Saanen, followed by an
architectural competition. After
the planning stage is over, building
could begin as soon as 2011;
operations could begin by 2013.
Based on a report by Anita Moser
The new four-story center for senior citizens is planned to be
built in front of Saanen hospital and will contain 62 nursing
home beds and 20 small assisted living apartments.
Photo: MMD Photo: Alison Chabloz

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In brief
■
Hiking accident in
Lenk
A 59-year-old woman died on June 24
following a hiking accident two days earlier.
Together with her husband she was walking
from Ammertenspitz to Hahnenmoos above
Lenk. She fell and slid down a 200 meter
long patch of snow, over a fi eld of rocks, and
fi nally off a three meter high cliff. Despite
hospital treatment, her injuries were terminal.
The ensuing investigation has not yet clarifi ed
why the woman fell.
■
Local dealer faces
drug charges
A 30 year-old man will appear in court
charged with drug dealing. The man who was
already held in custody in Bern earlier this
year is accused with possession of cocaine,
ecstasy and marijuana. An intensive police
investigation including house searches,
surveillance and questioning concluded that
the man has been operating in Saanenland
for several years. The style of his brisk trade
FYI
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
Ambulance 144, Police 117
Fire-brigade 118
Saanen Hospital 033 748 02 00
Château-d‘Oex Hospital 026 923 43 43
Car accident service 033 744 88 80
Veterinary 033 744 35 31
Medical emergency 0900 57 67 47
Dental emergency 033 748 02 00
For additional useful numbers please visit
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CHURCH SERVICES
St Peter`s English-speaking Anglican
Church: Sunday July 13 17h30 Reverend
Clive Atkinson. Holy communion.
Roman Catholic Church St Josef,
Gstaad: Saturday July 12 18h00
eucharistic ceremony. Sunday July 13
11h00 eucharistic ceremony, Jahrzeit
siblings Martha, Pia, Josephine and Maria
Bachmann, 16h00 Santa Messa
(Spanish). Wednesday July 16 16h30
Rosary, 17h00 eucharistic ceremony.
was such that profi ts from his illegal activities
ran into tens of thousands of Swiss francs.
Buyers of the narcotics include residents of
Saanenland, although the man claims he
bought the drugs from different people in
other parts of German-speaking
Switzerland.
■
Untergstaad car
park to be expanded
Besides ice-skating, tennis and beach
volley, Gstaad’s beloved skating rink may
soon also be the home of parked cars. In
an effort to generate new sources of
income, Eisbahn Gstaad AG is considering
the expansion of the existing car park to
include up to 96 new parking spaces, as
proposed in the latest meeting of the
General Assembly. Although last year’s
GS budget concluded with a marginal surplus,
vice president Stefan Romang predicts a
long term defi cit that will make it diffi cult
for the company to fi nance necessary
renovations and new investments. The
board of directors suggested that the
parking spaces could easily be built below
center court and that the expansion will
have a positive impact on the company.
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FYI / Events
Beach volley award for
Ruedi Kunz ■ by Greg Zwygart
Ruedi Kunz, organizer of last
year’s Beach Volleyball World
Championships in Gstaad was
honored with the Silver FIVB
Grand Cross at the annual World
Congress of the International
Federation of Volleyball (FIVB)
in Dubai.
The Silver Grand Cross, the
highest distinction for organizers
and promoters, honors outstanding
achievements in managing beach
■ FRIDAY, JULY 11 2008
Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Roy
Emerson Arena, Gstaad: International
ATP tournament week, until July 13. Info:
033 748 81 82.
20h30, Folk Evening in Wildhorn, Hotel
Wildhorn, Lauenen: Swiss folk music with
Heinz Annen and Wildhore Jutzer. Reserve
Info: 033 765 30 12.
Davidoff Saveurs Gourmet Week,
various localities throughout Gstaad:
culinary gourmet week for bon vivants.
Info: 033 744 68 32.
■ SATURDAY, JULY 12 2008
19h30, Folk Music Evening, Hotel
Alpenland, Lauenen: Chantal Reusser
and Kurt Schmid. Info: 033 765 91 34.
■ SUNDAY, JULY 13 2008
14th Schönried Alphorn Days,
Promenade, Schönried: Ending July 19,
course themes include basic breathing
techniques, tempo, rhythm, theory, oneon-one
lessons. See July 17 for concert.
Info: 033 744 58 36.
10h00, Radio BeO Concert on Hornberg,
Mountain Restaurant Hornberg,
Saanenmöser: traditional Swiss music
until noon, various bands. Reservations
Info: 033 744 13 65.
volleyball events. “I feel honored
to receive this award,” says Kunz.
“I accept it with great thanks on
behalf of everyone who
contributed to the success of last
year’s tournaments: my
organization committee, the
sponsors, the volunteers, as well as
the Gemeinde Saanen.”
Kunz is only the second organizer
among the beach volleyball
category to receive this award.
Event corner Friday July 11 until Thursday July 17
19h00, Organ Concert in Lauenen,
Church, Lauenen: Annerös Hulliger
concert for the dedication of the newly
renovated ancient organ.
■ MONDAY, JULY 14 2008
10h00, Children‘s Program Heidi and
Peter, meeting point Gstaad train station:
professional child care program with
activities for ages 5 to 14. Reservation
latest at 5 p.m. the evening prior at
tourism offi ce or at Absolut Activ.
Info: 033 748 81 81
■ WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 2008
16h00, Saanen Summer Festival, Village
Saanen: Evening market, food and music,
Claudia and Hans Muff Band and Lemi‘s
Dixieland Band; for young and old. Info:
033 748 81 60.
09h00, Alpine cheese dairy tour with
breakfast, Krinnen Alp, Gsteig: guided
tour of a typical alpine cheese making
farm including breakfast; reserve until
Tuesday 16h30 at Gsteig Tourism Offi ce.
Info: 033 755 81 81.
■ THURSDAY, JULY 17 2008
20h00, Alphorn Concert, next to Hotel
Bären, Gsteig: concert with teachers and
students of 14th Alphorn Days program.
Info: 033 744 58 36
Photo: MMD

Events
continued from page 1
possibly also quite fattening -
sitting for hours at the best dining
tables indulging in culinary
excellence, and making the most
of the cigars (included in the
price) before the smoking ban
goes into operation next year.
As usual, Gstaad’s top chefs and
waiters will be joined by some of
the gastronomy world’s current
favorites, such as Andreas
Caminada, Gault Millau cook of
the year 2008 with 18 points.
Caminada hails from Fürstenau
near Osnabrück in Lower Saxony,
also known as the ‘smallest city in
the world’. There, Caminada runs
a hotel and restaurant in a
converted château, the Hotel
Schaustein. On July 14, he will be
preparing his Saveurs menu,
supported by Richard Mebkhout
and team at the Grand Hotel
Bellevue. Later that evening,
Caminada will host an after
dinner drinks party in the hotel
bar and will also be helping to
cure residual hangovers the next
day during breakfast up on the
13 high quality 4-colour pictures by
Christoph Aegerter, Jörg Baumann, Ivan Inäbnit,
Fred Rölli, Robert Schneiter and Frank Müller
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Eggli. If after all this you still can’t
get enough of Caminada’s fi ne
food, then for the very reasonable
price of SFr 666.- you will be
fl own by helicopter to Hotel
Schaustein to be wined and dined
at the head chef’s very own
table.
Another Saveurs excursion will
take place on July 15 with lunch
prepared by André Jaeger,
including transfer and lifts up to
the Refuge la Quille du Diable
on the Glacier des Diablerets.
Other highlights include an
evening at the Chesery with
Robert Speth and Sommelier of
the Year, Yvan Letzer, and lunch
at the Berghaus Wasserngrat.
Here you can excite both your
gourmet’s and your artiste’s
palette in the company of ‘Artists
of the Vine’ Daniel and Martha
Gantenbein, Joachim Heger and
Gerhard Kracher, ‘Wine Consul’
Geny Hess, and ‘Cheese
Whisperer’ Bernard Antony.
Finally, next weekend, there is a
choice of an evening at the
Gstaad Palace with head chef,
Peter Wyss, and a smokers’ lunch
on the Hornberg with Marco
Goerg from the Golfhotel les
Hauts de Gstaad.
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Fantastic pictures of Saanenland
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Davidoff-Saveurs-Gstaad gastronomy
festival runs from July 11-20. For
further information call 033 744 68 32
or visit www.davidoffsaveurs.ch
Sommelier of the Year 2008 and part of the furniture at the
Chesery Gstaad, Yvan Letzer will be sharing his wide knowledge
of the vine with Saveurs’ wine-lovers: Letzer is a master at
telling the stories behind every vintage.
© Photo: www.davidoffsaveurs.ch

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Obituary
Taki: William F Buckley Jr as I knew him
■ by Taki Theodoracopulos
American author and conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr died February 27 2008, at the age of 82.
Founder of the political magazine National Review, host of the television show Firing Line, and a nationally
syndicated newspaper columnist, Buckley was a long-time visitor to Gstaad and Rougemont. Some of his closest
friends included fi lm star David Niven and the arch-liberal Harvard economist, John Kenneth Galbraith.
When I wrote Pat Buckley’s
obituary last spring, I had a pretty
good idea that Bill would follow
her sooner rather than later. I
happened to be with him the day
she died, along with his brother
James and sister Priscilla, and I
was taken aback by Bill’s
unembarrassed weeping. At her
memorial service at the Met, he
was more in control, but one
could tell that he no longer
wished to live. I often went up to
Stamford to visit him after that,
but it was almost too sad. Gone
was the constant banter and
double entendres that Bill and
Pat indulged in. Although Bill
was famously impatient and at
times at a loss about Pat’s drinking
and smoking, he was, in the 50
years I knew him, incredibly
polite with Pat, even in the
surroundings of his own
bedroom.
I will not go through his various
achievements; newspaper
obituaries will do this. What
they won’t do is capture the man
whom every servant loved, as did
every ski instructor, every waiter,
every young man or woman who
came to him for help as I did so
long ago. Twice he wrote to
editors pleading with them not
to fi re me because of something
I had written. “Taki is an
innocent,” he would write, “he
really doesn’t have a mean bone
in his body.” When I asked him
if he were sure about that, he
would roll his eyes and say, “a
conservative is never wrong.”
Even toward the end, when
neocons had not only captured
the White House but also the
magazine that gave me my start,
National Review, he would try
and appease me when I’d
complain about scum like Frum
and other self-publicizing
careerists. At his 80th anniversary
at the Pierre, he placed my wife
next to him and me next to Pat.
Some neocons nearby turned
green. The supercilious look he
affected served him well
throughout the years, but never
have I had a friend whose heart
was that of an angel, and he was
as close to a second father to me
as it is possible to be. Rest in
peace, dearest Bill, you did, after
all, believe in the afterlife and
now you are back with your
darling Patsy.
Taki Theodoracopulos, better known as
Taki, is a journalist and writer, living
in Gstaad, London, and New York.
His column ‘High Life’ has appeared
in The Spectator for the past 25 years,
and he has also written for National
Review, the London Sunday Times,
Esquire, Vanity Fair, the New York
Press, and Quest Magazine, among
others. In 2002 Taki founded The
American Conservative magazine with
Pat Buchanan and Scott McConnell.
He is also publisher of the British
magazine Right Now! and has been
writing for GstaadLife since its first
season in 2003/4.
Read more online
For more on the life and achievements
of William F Buckley visit
www.gstaadlife.com/buckley
Buckley was described as one
of the greatest thinkers of the
20th century. Above: a
caricature which appeared on
the cover of Time magazine
in 1967
Buckley ran for mayor of New York City in 1965 during a bizarre but memorable chapter of
the city’s political history. Asked what he would do if he won he famously replied, “Demand a
recount.”
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