Steamboat Pilot & Today

Sears truck rolls into front of home on Saratoga

A Steamboat residence got more than its owners ordered Thursday afternoon when a Sears' delivery truck rolled into the front of the home.

Assistant Police Chief Art Feibing said the truck was put in park but then started rolling toward the home at 1168 Saratoga Ave. The truck slammed into the front door, doing significant structural damage to the house.

The accident was reported about 1 p.m. Thursday. No one was inside the truck when it hit the house, and no one was injured.

Older Subaru destroyed

by fire on Oak Street

A silver Subaru was destroyed by fire early Friday morning. The engine was believed to have caught on fire in an older model Subaru that was parked in the 500 block of Oak Street. The Steamboat Springs Fire Department responded to the fire and sprayed the car but was unable to save it.

No one was inside. The fire was reported at 7:01 a.m.

Judge delays marijuana decision for attorneys

A county judge has delayed contempt hearings for officers who didn't return a Hayden's man medicinal marijuana as ordered, giving attorneys involved in the case more time to respond to the U.S. District Court.

U.S. District Judge Walker Miller said in federal court Thursday he hoped to rule before the officers were scheduled to appear in Routt County Court on Monday but that he would delay his decision if that state court appearance also could be delayed.

Routt County Judge James Garrecht continued the contempt hearings until March 21, giving Hayden resident Don Nord's attorney, Kristopher Hammond, until Feb. 12 to respond with a written argument to the federal court. The U.S. Attorney's Office, representing the officers, has until Feb. 17 to reply.

The federal agent and the five officers from the Grand, Routt and Moffat Narcotics Enforcement Team who took marijuana during a mid-October search and have not returned it were issued contempt citations by Garrecht for not obeying an order to return the drugs, which Nord is allowed to have under a Colorado law.

The Colorado medicinal marijuana law is in direct conflict with federal drug laws that prohibit use of the drug.

Pilot & Today seeks

nominations for Locals

The Steamboat Pilot & Today is accepting nominations for its 2004 Locals special section.

Locals is a section dedicated to stories about area residents. If you know someone deserving of being profiled in this section, send a note explaining who the person is and why the person would make an interesting candidate. You can submit nominees to editor Scott Stanford via e-mail at sstanford@steamboatpilot.com. You also can mail nominees to Locals, P.O. Box 774827, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Nominees also may be submitted at the front desk of the Pilot & Today at 1901 Curve Plaza. Refer questions to Stanford at 871-4221.

Locals publishes in the March 28 edition of Steamboat Pilot & Today.

Senior Friendship Tea

is Saturday at The Haven

The third annual Hayden Senior Friendship Tea will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at The Haven. Loretta Earle will provide the afternoon entertainment. Sign up before Thursday by calling Lindsay at 276-3741.

Yampa Public Library has extended its hours and is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. The library is closed Fridays and Sundays.