News for Sunday, March 18, 2007

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Potato focus of South Routt celebration

Oak Creek centennial event celebrates St. Patrick's Day

Whether it's fried, mashed, baked, julienned, scalloped or twice-baked, the versatility of the potato is undeniable.

Class notes for March 18

CHS student honored

Learning can be fun and games

South Routt Literacy Carnival a hit with students

Kali Constine did laps around the stacks of books in the South Routt Elementary School cafeteria Tuesday. The third-grader earned the right to select seven books free of charge, and she didn't want to waste a pick.

Richard Gaines: Change process

I have owned my home in the Tree Haus neighborhood in Steamboat Springs since 1989. Over the years, I have offered my home to vacationers through various management companies in Steamboat.

Larry Williams: Like a car wreck

I am responding to your request for feedback regarding continuation of Ms. Coulter's column. I appreciate the chance to respond.

Todd Savalox : Nothing to fear

My gallery was recently named as a "formula store" in a Steamboat Today article.

Larry Covillo: YVEA listens

I would like to respond to Ms. Marra Bennett's letter to the editor regarding support of green energy. The Yampa Valley Electric Association's employees and Board of Directors live in the area we serve with electricity. We all want to be good stewards of the environment and support keeping the air clean for ourselves and our children.

Meredith Shell: 'Skit' was wrong

I take serious issue with the reporting regarding the incident Wednesday night at Steamboat Christian Center. Specifically, I disagree with the liberal use of the word "skit" throughout the stories.

Our View: Let the sun shine in

The American Society of Newspaper Editors dedicates a week every year to highlighting the importance of open government. It's called "Sunshine Week" - as in letting the sun shine in on government activity. The week concludes today.

The Record for March 16

Friday, March 16

Go figure

Steamboat Springs Figure Skating Club a perfect fit for children of all abilities

In Callie Heil's hometown of Homer, Alaska, children figure skate on cold, winter nights on outdoor ponds.

Looking back: Murderer to be hanged

Regional Forester Allen S. Peck has received notice of the formal designation by the forester on March 5, of the Flat Tops Primitive Area. This includes an area of 117,800 acres of land within the White River National forest, in the Flat Tops between North and South forks of the White River and extending eastward to Derby Peak, Sheep Mountain and Wall Mountain. The area is essentially a high plateau bordered by a sharp rim through which several deep canons have been eroded.

Routt County Spotlight: Kim White

Kim White Age: Ladies don't tell

Joanne Palmer: Countdown to departure

9 p.m. I'm caulking the bathtub. I'm caulking the bathtub because I'm leaving on a trip. I'm caulking the bathtub because if the plane goes down I will not have to worry about friends coming over and commenting, "She should have caulked the bathtub."

Wildhorse lots sell out

Sales effort now focused on Trailhead Lodge condo/hotel

The market for single-family home lots in Steamboat just got a tighter as lots in Wildhorse Meadows have sold out.

Business File for March 18

Linda Haltom, executive director of the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, will move to finance director of the foundation.

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Couple filling hole in bagel market

The owners of a new bagel shop in downtown Steamboat Springs had a feeling people on the west side of town were hungry.

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Editorial cartoon for March 18

Joe Roberts weekly editorial cartoon.

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Sailor girls 'hungry to win'

Girls lacrosse finishes 1-1 Saturday

A week of practice on an actual field, a heck of an effort from a senior leader, an impressive win and a beautiful St. Patrick's day. Steamboat Springs girls lacrosse coach Jenn Kirkpatrick couldn't have asked for a better day. Playing two games Saturday against Lewis-Palmer and Rangeview, Steamboat finished 1-1.

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Steamboat tennis dominates

Steamboat Springs tennis player Lisa Floyd probably should have been nervous.

Sailors run out of luck

Boys lacrosse falls in double OT

The Steamboat Springs boys lacrosse team ran out of St. Patrick's Day luck in its game Saturday against Green Mountain.

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School drug policies differ

Czar's bark commands attention. His keen sense of smell has failed him only once as a state-certified, drug-sniffing dog, and it has secured him a job uncovering narcotics for the Moffat County Sheriff's Office.

John F. Russell: 'Get back' on the race track

I've spent the past 40 years learning that there are things I can do, but probably shouldn't.

BLM land on the line

BLM releases draft Resource Management Plan addressing public areas

Northwest Colorado residents have until May 16 to comment on a plan that will govern the use of regional public lands through at least 2020.

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Harboring history

Hotel's demolition uncovers 'ghost signs' of another era

Demolition crews may have torn down the Harbor Hotel, but they couldn't harm a resilient wall advertisement hidden for nearly 70 years on an adjacent building in downtown Steamboat Springs.

Jimmy Westlake: The vernal equinox

Ahhh, springtime! The early signs are all here - mud, blackbirds, the return of the Big Dipper to our early evening sky, more mud, and the gradual lengthening of our daylight hours.

Real Estate transactions for March 7 to March 13

EGGLESTON, SCOTT W and EGGLESTON, DIXIE LEE TO DEAN H LOOK TRUST DATED NOVEMBER 25 2000 FOR EGGLESTON EXEMPTION TOGETHER WITH WELL AND WATERLINE EASEMENT $785,000

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Coureur des Bois: A four-hour tour

Nordic fanatics go the distance, break course records at one raw Coureur des Bois

Scott Oberbreckling has no time for the views.

Dave Shively: On records

I started thinking about records when the 450-pound Ski-Doo came flying at me. Ross Mercer hit the ramp at 75 mph, cleared a massive gap and touched down his sled on the groomed landing mound a few feet from where I was standing.