Steamboat Pilot & Today

Wool yarn offered at CMC gathering

Sheep are a big business in Routt County and northwestern Colorado, so local knitters and textile artists find it ironic that it is difficult, if not impossible, to purchase wool yarn in Steamboat Springs. Now, Routt County Woolens and El-Shaddai, a store in Oak Creek, are trying to fix that.

Local knitters will be able to purchase yarn that originated with northwestern Colorado sheep from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the third-floor conference room of Bogue Hall on the Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus.

Routt County Woolens will be offering skeins of undyed wool, both light and dark in color. El-Shaddai will offer several dyed colorations of its brown wool. Call 871-6363.

Area photographer honored at show

Steamboat Springs-based nature photographer and publisher Jim Steinberg was a featured photographer at the Summit and Trade Show of the North American Nature Photographers Association in Las Vegas, Nev.

The association committee invited Steinberg to review portfolios submitted by various NANPA photographers, including an evaluation of their work and marketing advice.

Steinberg markets images from his collection of more than 70,000 photographs. His images are available as fine art, stock photography, blank note cards and calendars published by his own company, Portfolio Publications.

Sherrill named a VP at Vectra Bank

Vectra Bank Colorado-Steamboat Springs has announced the promotion of Michael Sherrill to assistant vice president. Sherrill joined the bank in August 1999 and is involved in commercial and construction lending.

A native of Steamboat, Sherrill graduated from the University of Denver with a degree in international business. Prior to returning, he was an accounting manager at Transnation Title in Denver.

Sherrill is the junior varsity basketball coach for Steamboat Springs High School and is involved in Rotary and Ducks Unlimited.