Stories for May 6, 2006

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Druggings in the dark

Proliferation of date-rape drugs hard to gauge, prosecute

Amy is a petite woman with stunning blue eyes. She usually wears her blond hair in a ponytail. She is married and the mother of two small children.

Pumping up downtown entertainment

Main Street Steamboat aims to bring events to the heart of town

Leaders of Main Street Steamboat Springs would like to move art out of the park and onto the street -- Yampa Street, to be exact.

South Routt Calendar for May 7

Monday, May 8 The Oak Creek Public Library is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Yampa Public Library is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Strings brings musical merriment

School performances entertain kids while teaching music history and theory

Parents in Northwest Colorado likely are buying earplugs this weekend.

Same path, alternate routes

New school hopes to help teens who may otherwise fall through cracks

In June 2005, one day before finishing his junior year, Drew Ganyer's time at Steamboat Springs High School ended. Not only had he been caught with a master key to the school, he also had been previously suspended for three weeks for hacking into a computer database to change his grades. Both incidents were indisputable violations of school rules.

YVHA looks at funding options

The Yampa Valley Housing Authority will not be able to continue or expand service without more funds, board members say, and the organization could go to voters as soon as November to secure a dedicated source of funding.

Cinco de Mayo celebration brings community together

To Laura Duarte, the melodic sounds of mariachi music and the smells of homemade tamales took her somewhere she hasn't been in more than a decade: home.

Achieving the American dream

Affordable housing program helps Hayden woman reach goals

Aurora Gonzales has lived in Hayden for 25 years, but owning a home always has been out of reach.

The Record for May 7

JAIL REPORT Saturday, April 29 Jose Alfonso Garcia-Castro, 23, Craig--Driving under revocation, using forged driver's license (Colorado State Patrol)

Chelsea's opening in Steamboat

Owners of popular Chinese restaurant insist Oak Creek location will remain

Andy and Jaila Benjamin have been crafty in dodging questions about their business plans.

Construction begins on Riverfront project

Work on a "live-work" development along the Yampa River on the west side of town has begun.

Business briefs for May 7

Steamboat Grand names new sales team Karen Schneider has been named director of sales for the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel and Condominiums.

Haley Sjoblom

Joshua Duane Guire

Eric Hunter Filler

Isaac Gabriel Corcorran

Pod people

Apple's popular MP3 players boast multigenerational appeal

"Witness the evolution of the revolution" is the iPod's tagline. If you haven't heard it, maybe it's time for you to evolve.

Keith r. gressman

Fort Collins resident Keith Gressman passed away May 2, 2006, at his home in Fort Collins after a courageous four-year battle with cancer. He was 54.

Thomas Owen Weber

Chloe Louise Sachs

Class notes for May 7

Ben Beall graduates magna cum laude Benjamin Stigler Beall V, son of Ben and Millie Beall, graduated from the University of Colorado as a member of the class of 2006.

Sound Off for May 7

Illegal immigration No, I do not support a guest-worker program to help illegal immigration. There should be no illegal immigrants. Illegal means they do not have any rights of any kind in this country and should return to their own country. Illegal is illegal whether one is an immigrant or a citizen.

Our View: Bring on the fake grass

The Steamboat Springs Education Fund Board has a unique opportunity to improve the spring sports landscape for our schools and our community. It's an opportunity the board should seize.

Leslie Curley: Council needs to take its time

In the course of the next two City Council meetings, there will be reports given and public comment taken on a new Steamboat Springs Community Center for seniors; the Steamboat Springs Health and Recreation Association's expansion proposal; and a proposal for a community recreation center. The City Council made a commitment to replace the community center for seniors prior to breaking ground on the library expansion. They allocated funding to SSHRA and the community recreation center groups for feasibility studies on each of their future requirements.

Robert Hull: Editor out of touch

I read Scott Stanford's article in the April 27 Steamboat Today regarding naming illegal immigrants. I must say I strongly disagree with you. This issue is a plague on our country.

Nan Schweiger: Oil company scam

I appreciated your story on gas that appeared in the April 23 issue.

Florence Warrick

Former Craig and Steamboat Springs resident Florence "Flossie" Warrick passed away April 30, 2006, at her home in Grand Junction from complications from lymphoma. She was 85.

8 girls, 4 years, 50 wins

Steamboat Springs seniors have been dominating soccer fields since childhood; now they're ready to make a final run at state

It was a Pizza Hut birthday party. Kelly Labor's face turns red as teammate Ann Barney tells the story Thursday afternoon.

John F. Russell: Building places for us to play

Someone a lot smarter than me once said, "where there is a will, there is a way." In Steamboat Springs, people continue to prove it every day, and every year. The examples are everywhere.

Fake field of dreams

Officials: Turf on Gardner may be cheaper and safer

Steamboat Springs football coach Aaron Finch stepped onto the artificial turf field in Colorado Springs before last November's playoff game against Harrison.

Ski shops reap fruit of record snowfall

John Kole of One Stop Ski Shop has found the key to business success on Lincoln Avenue: hire a dog.

Fishing for answers

Colorado State University team researches non-native species in the Yampa

John Hawkins speaks of the Yampa River with reverence.

That's the spirit

Race honors those we have lost, kicks off running series

The Walter family had a strong showing at Saturday's 21st annual Spirit Challenge at Steamboat Springs Middle School -- a race dedicated in part to the late Pamela Walter, an avid runner and teacher at Strawberry Park Elementary.