News for Saturday, July 21, 2001

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Real Estate Transaction July 12-17, 2001

Weaving together history

Artists create traditional art with contemporary technique

Powerful yellow rays emanate from an exploded universe of color. The rays burst past a checkered spiral of green, red and black into the star-speckled darkness as golden waves radiate in all directions. Through the elaborate stitching of carefully chosen fabrics, patterns and threads, David Taylor had captured the Big Bang on an award-winning quilt.

AFTER THE WHISTLE

Making the right choice

When I was a kid, growing up in Denver, I never even stopped to question the plan that was laid out in front of me.

Is it a hotel or a home?

Steamboat Grand owners battle commercial tax designation

When is a hotel not a hotel? The Routt County Board of Commissioners will have a chance to ponder that question this year when, acting as the County Board of Equalization, commissioners hear a property tax appeal from the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel Condominium Association.

Steamboat sees more permanent residents

Ask people who moved to Steamboat Springs in the past two decades why they chose the Yampa Valley over all the other western valleys that contain ski towns. They'll probably tell you it's because there is a real community here.

Cuffed by Cost

Area officers are finding out crime isn't the only thing that doesn't pay

Dave Kleiber has chased fugitives with the U.S. Marshals, worked on a special city crime unit and been part of an FBI task force. His biggest challenge these days, however, is figuring out how to make mortgage payments in Steamboat Springs.

Kalmeyer shatters own record in grueling Hardrock 100 long-distance race

With only her headlight splitting the seemingly endless darkness along the grueling dirt and rock trail, Betsy Kalmeyer searched for the comforting lights of the Sherman aid station at 3 a.m. last Saturday.

Tagging activity for youths

Oak Creek puts focus on its younger residents

Though their lives can be inundated with hi-tech video game systems, flashy dirt bikes, millions of compact discs and thousands of channels on television and just plain hanging out, teenagers tend to repeat the same five words through the summer: "There is nothing to do."

Learning in nature's classroom

Study emphasizes environment, conservation

Fishing for Stone or May flies in the Yampa River may seem more like a sport than a study, but educators in the Yampa Valley are encouraging their students to learn about the habitats that surround them in order to appreciate where they live.

RICHARD N. STODDARD

1924-2001

Young hot rod

10-year-old gears up for National Soap Box Derby in Ohio

In perhaps the biggest competition of his childhood career, Michael Weston knows there is little he can do to prepare for a victory.

UNDER THE SUN

Price hike could have been better thought out

Last year local merchants who depend on patronage from out-of-state hunters learned that the Colorado Division of Wildlife was granted permission by a legislative bill to raise hunting license fees from out-of-state hunters by nearly double.

BUSINESS FILE

Cantafio receives Republican award Steamboat Springs attorney Ralph A. Cantafio recently received an award from the National Republican Congressional Committee and was named to one of its sub-committees.

Jr. golf tourneys get under way

A series of three golf tournaments will keep juniors busy over the next few weeks in Steamboat Springs.

SIDE LINES

CHSAA holding summer clinic DENVER The Colorado High School Coaches Association will hold its annual summer clinic July 27-28 at the Sheraton Tech Center in Denver.

INSIDE OUT

Stagecoach burn deemed a success STAGECOACH Colorado Division of Wildlife officials say a controlled fire near Stagecoach Reservoir in April to improve elk grazing areas is showing signs of success.

ENERGY EXPRESS

Basic butt squeezing can ease spinal stenosis pain

Spinal stenosis is not the name of some new rock band. Not yet, anyway.

James Alan "J.R." Romcevich

1952-2001

Hakan Stig Lindgren

1959-2001

Getting their kicks

Ogden's Jacqueline Cosnyka tallied four goals against Steamboat Springs Saturday night to help lead the Lady Lakers into the Steamboat Mountain Tournament soccer championships.

CLASS NOTES

Class notes for July 22

OUR VIEW

At home in a resort town

It goes without saying that Steamboat Springs is a ski resort town. But a look at 2000 Census data shows Steamboat may be less of a resort town than other resort towns in Colorado, especially when it comes to housing data.

ALFRED CAMILLETTI

1907-2001

BIRTHS

ASKED & ANSWERED

Baking at 7,000 feet

Baking double fudge brownies, a carrot cake or a delectable French pastry may pose some difficulties at 7,000 feet above sea level.

AROUND TOWN

Around town for July 22

IN BRIEF

In brief for July 22

WEEKLY PLANNER

Weekly planner for July 23-27

THE RECORD

The record for July 14-20

LETTERS

Letters for July 22

Stop and smell the lupine

Along with the snowpack melt, river flow and dry season, experts say wildflower season is about two weeks ahead of time.

Duplexes work for Kreissigs

Couple finds profitable niche with Bear Meadows

Kimberly and Peter Kreissig typically put in a hard day on the job, make dinner, put the kids to bed and then retreat to their office.

Teen turns talent into business

Accomplished cyclist Ethan Johnson creates Mountain Bike Tours

Ethan Johnson didn't want to contemplate spending the entirety of his 16th summer working behind a counter. So he began spinning his wheels. Johnson conceived a plan to combine one of his two great passions in life with what he hopes will become a profit-making venture.

GLEN A. CARY

1921-2001

MARY DEANE ROOT

1926-2001

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

Fire and rain in Routt County

Routt County's Emergency Manager Chuck Vale takes sometime to answer questions regarding an area radio service to alert travelers to inclement weather and questions regarding the Wildfire Safety Council and the smoldering egos fanning the flames of the agency.

River flow shallows with dry weather

Fish not negatively

The Yampa River is about two weeks ahead of historical summer low-flow time, but officials say the fish population is not being stressed too bad by the early conditions. Experts have said that the snow melt started early, which caused peak river flows to be about two weeks early.