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Locals 2007: Humble horses
Maximillian is the first and only horse at Humble Ranch Education and Therapy Center to receive a Christmas card. He is a 20-year-old Appaloosa gelding, who is the oldest and longest standing member of the ranch's herd.
Locals 2007: LeStat the Cat
Lestat the cat, also known as "Dogcat," gets invited to parties that his owners, Allen and Kathy Brandon, are not even invited to. "But we tag along too," Allen said. "Lestat has quite a fan club. He also gets cards and letters and postcards sent to 'Dogcat', because he is so much like a dog."
Locals 2007: Lyman Brothers
Dr. Lyman R. Brothers III, M.D., has a down-home persona that puts patients at ease in the uncomfortable situations a urologist sees every day. At the Urology Clinic on Anglers Drive that he shares with partners Stacy Childs and James Haden, Brothers treats a wide range of ailments.
Locals 2007: Ted the cat
he Steamboat Springs Airport is managed by Ted the cat. He is the official greeter and commander, and sometimes the 5-year-old gray and white tabby even stows away on airplanes.
Locals 2007: Claire Cohen
Whether standing in front of 1,000 people during a prestigious violin concert in Snowmass or in front of the fireplace in her Steamboat Springs home, 9-year-old Claire always stands tall, keeps her arms relaxed and focuses on her violin strings.
Locals 2007: Logan Banning
Logan Banning is an 11-year-old with a twist. He plays hockey and lacrosse, but he also plays the African drums. He likes watching movies, but unlike many of his peers, he'll select a title such as "An Inconvenient Truth."
Locals 2007: Sven Wiik
Sven Wiik rose early on Feb. 27 to celebrate his 86th birthday with a long journey that would take him above the Arctic Circle to Rovaniemi, Finland. Several days after his arrival, Wiik planned to take part in the World Masters Association Cross-Country Skiing Championships. He was among Nordic skiers from 27 nations who gathered in Finland.
Locals 2007: Alex and Davis Miller
Brothers Alex and Davis Miller enjoyed a complimentary grand tour of the Alps in January. However, they didn't take in many of the landmarks you and I would visit while touring Germany, France and Italy. "It's not like a vacation," Davis said. "We didn't see the sights."
Locals 2007: Kevin King
Kevin King is commanding in stature, voice and message. The former police officer and Atlanta-native-turned-mountain-man has been Anchor Way Baptist Church's guiding hand for the past 7 1/2 years.
Locals 2007: David Henderson
Being a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church does not require an Episcopalian past. And although most denominational churches have open-door policies, St. Paul's offers even more leniency and flexibility in thought to its members, said Father David Henderson.
Locals 2007: Daryl Newcomb
Daryl Newcomb knows next year will be his best yet in Steamboat Springs. It's not that Newcomb has disliked any of the previous 21 years in Steamboat, but each year just gets a little bit better, he said.
Locals 2007: Tinkerball, Clarabell and Tacobell
Tinkerbell, Clarabell and Tacobell think they are lap dogs. "Every time you sit down in a lawn chair, they try to crawl into your lap," owner Susan Anciaux said about her three goats. "They have personalities just like dogs - they each get pouty if they don't get enough attention, and they know their names like dogs."
Locals 2007: Jake Barker
Jake Barker is intelligent, athletic and cultured. Add elusive to the list. Between classes at Steamboat Springs Middle School and Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club training, Jake has about 30 minutes each day to sit down and talk about life as a 13-year-old in Steamboat.
TV18 Video: Steamboat Today News
Alexis DeLaCruz of the Steamboat Pilot & Today provides the morning news, which airs on Steamboat Today between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Steamboat TV18. The top headlines include a new combination pass for Steamboat, Winter Park and Copper Mountain; election reforms for Routt County; spring weather; and a meeting between school officials and rersidents of Old Town about construction of a new Soda Creek Elementary.
Locals 2007: Mohawkie the dog
It was a perfect match. Mohawkie needed a job and Craig Kennedy needed a companion. Kennedy acquired Mohawkie when she was 5 years old.
Locals 2007: Duke the rescue dog
Duke, a 7-year-old Labrador retriever, would rather find people than a ball. "He is always willing to work," said Scott Havener, Duke's owner and a member of Routt County Search and Rescue. "It is his first love - other than eating. But it's a really close second."
Locals 2007: Millie and Liam Delaney
Liam and Millie Delaney couldn't believe they were sitting with a person who was afraid of horses. "Oh, come on," Liam said in disbelief, while his younger sister Millie threw her head back, laughing.
Locals 2007: Abbey and Belle Horn
Abbey and Belle Horn aren't old enough to vote. For that matter, they aren't even old enough to be in middle school, but age hasn't deterred the sisters from starting their own business.
Locals 2007: Betsy Kalmeyer
Betsy Kalmeyer is looking forward to doing things the "hard way" again this July. Kalmeyer, 45, is training for her ninth "Hard Rock 100" foot race, an endurance test beyond the comprehension of most amateur athletes.
Locals 2007: Barkley Robinson
After pedaling to a starting line 54 times in 2006, Barkley Robinson of Steamboat Springs is more than just a super-fit athlete. He's one of the savviest competitors you could ever go up against. "I love the strategy that goes into bicycle racing," he said.
Locals 2007: John and Diane Franklin
John and Diane Franklin were so passionate about helping the homeless that they opened their home to strangers who had nowhere else to stay. John, a deacon at Holy Name Catholic Church, has poured his heart into making the lives of those less fortunate a little more comfortable.
Locals 2007: Janet Babish
Pastor Janet Babish jokes that her church seemingly has become the Hurricane Katrina Congregational Church because of the attention it has received for the volunteer efforts of some of its members, including herself.
Locals 2007: James Dudley
Dr. James Dudley, M.D., doesn't need to go outside to tell what time of year it is. "We get knee injuries with the skiers, and broken collarbones with the mountain bikers," Dudley said. "We can definitely tell the season."
Locals 2007: Sheila Fountain
Dr. Sheila Fountain, M.D., was surprised by her chance to be featured in Locals. Fountain came to Steamboat Springs less than four years ago, after a childhood in South Carolina and medical residency in Atlanta. She acknowledged that not only is she a relative newcomer to town, but she also only skied her first black diamond - or expert-level ski run - this winter.
Locals 2007: Curtis Comeau
Dr. Curtis Comeau, D.D.S., loves to point out the "Wall of Shame" in his dental office on Pine Grove Road. "These are all the dumb things we do - anything for a thrill," Comeau said, pointing out photos of himself and partner Dr. Bill Schwartz on various adventures, including water-skiing at Lake Powell, jumping out of a hot-air balloon and even bungee-jumping 350 feet off a bridge in Africa.
Locals 2007: Kent Osteen
On cold Sunday mornings, the lift operators at the Steamboat Ski Area can always look forward to a friendly "hello" and a chocolate chip cookie courtesy of Kent Osteen. "They're often forgotten, so they get excited and say, 'Here comes that cookie guy!'" Osteen said.
Locals 2007: Judy Harris
Soda Creek Elementary School Principal Judy Harris has a secret. "I always hated school," she said. But somewhere between having two sons and filling prescriptions at a family-owned pharmacy in Salida, Harris changed her mind about education.
Locals 2007: Marty and Shauna Lamansky
When two experienced public speakers argue, there is only one way to end it - the family dog. But Star, a black Labrador retriever and border collie mix, doesn't often have to mediate in the home of Marty and Shauna Lamansky.
Locals 2007: Bob Hiester
When Bob Hiester left Grandview High School in 2001, he technically retired from teaching. Yeah, right. Bob and his wife, Judy, simply left Denver for a slower life in the mountains, where he could start the Steamboat Springs High School boys lacrosse program and teach math.
Locals 2007: Ann Coon
Colleagues say Ann Coon can have the same effect on children as Mountain Dew. Full of spirit, Coon is the full-time Spanish teacher at Soda Creek and Strawberry Park elementary schools. Coon works with third-, fourth- and fifth-graders for 20 minutes, twice a week.
Locals 2007: Rod Schrage
Rod Schrage is Steamboat's version of a kid in a candy store. As the owner of the Ski Haus outdoor equipment store, he says most of the toys any outdoor enthusiast seeks are readily available to him.
Locals 2007: Brock Webster
Everything Brock Webster has done since he was 12 has focused on bikes. "I grew up a total bike racer from the beginning," said Webster, who has owned Orange Peel Bicycle Service, on Yampa Street, since 1999.
Locals 2007: Frank and Lou Dolman
Frank and Lou Dolman made sure their children were given plenty of opportunities to love skiing as much as their parents did. Frank, a National Ski Patrol volunteer, can lay claim to skiing at 167 ski areas in North America. But after the "best ski week (his family) ever had," Steamboat was the only one his family ever returned to.
Locals 2007: Mike Forney
Mike Forney can - and will - walk you through the finer points of how he executes an instrument landing on remote mountain airstrips in his Cessna 182H. "I'm a process guy," Forney said, revealing the basic drive behind his passion for precision flying and his wide range of volunteer service in the Yampa Valley.
Locals 2007: Bill Sanders
Bill Sanders goes back to throw more tea bowls on his pottery wheel while the slip clay finishes drying in a plaster mold of a sake pourer. On this cloudy winter day, there's no place Sanders would rather be than in his studio -"a quiet place in the aspens above Steamboat Springs" and atop a winding gauntlet of a driveway lined with old skis that he likes to call "a great quarter-mile toboggan run."
Locals 2007: Jo Stanko
Don't worry about wiping your feet when you enter Jo Stanko's home. "This is a ranch house," she'll immediately tell you. She jokes that maybe she'd have time to worry about a little mud if it came down to that or digging post holes.
Locals 2007: Black Tie Ski Rentals
Joe Sternberg came up with the concept for ski and snowboard equipment rental delivery thanks to a special request by a customer while he was working at Steamboat Ski and Sport in March 2002.
Locals 2007: Mike and Kathy Diemer
Mike and Kathy Diemer have been known to work 10, sometimes 12 and even 18-hour days. But the owners of Johnny B. Good's Diner wouldn't trade their jobs for anything.
Flashback
1960s tribute band caters to Baby Boomer generation
The '60s tribute band The Easy Peaces will take the Baby Boomer generation back to a time when original music was still being created.
From Rams to Sailors
Six South Routt athletes travel to Steamboat to play baseball
Trading the maroon and white of Soroco for the white and red of Steamboat can be tough. But when it came down to it, the choice was easy for six South Routt athletes.
Soroco track, field team sets bar high
For four years, David Bruner produced state champion track and field athletes from the Class 2A high school he coached at in Clayton, N.M.
Sailors bounce back
Boys lacrosse responds to lapse for second win
Steamboat boys lacrosse coach Bob Hiester didn't have a lot to be proud of during the Sailors' second and third quarters Thursday.
Deb Babcock: Springtime tree care
Another Steamboat winter has passed. How did your trees fare and what, if anything, should you do right now to ensure their health and well-being?
State keeping eye on county
Routt still may end up on Colorado election watch list
Local election officials received praise and a warning from the state Thursday. Four months after Routt County's calamitous November election, which saw hundreds of local voters wait for hours in long lines, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman visited Steamboat Springs to assess the work being done to improve future elections.
SkyWest ascends to prominence at YVRA
Regional jet carrier SkyWest has emerged as a major player at Yampa Valley Regional Airport this ski season.
Occasional showers in 'Boat's forecast
The warm weather and sunny skies that have dominated the past couple of weeks in Steamboat Springs finally made way for some precipitation.
Happy Hours
Happy Hours
Tatto of the week: Zack Thompson
I got the tattoo of the sugar skull because I plan to get a sleeve of skulls in the future. Brad Cramer at Truth Tattoo did the tattoo.
Locals 2007: Tim Selby
Through international travel and mission work, Tim Selby has helped open the eyes of some of Steamboat Springs' youngest philanthropists. Selby, a pastoral associate at United Methodist Church of Steamboat Springs, has taken interested church youths to such places as Mexico, Puerto Rico and Brooklyn, N.Y., to build housing projects and orphanages and experience life in other churches.
Labor of love
Local quilter carrying on family tradition
When Tina Segler makes a quilt for someone, she never asks what that person wants.
Locals 2007: Steve Ross
"Sleeping Bear Pediatrics" is more than just a catchy name. Dr. Steve Ross, M.D., said he named his Anglers Drive practice after a problem he helps many local youths overcome.
Locals 2007: Johnny Walker
There are two types of builders: those who build boats and those who build self-esteem. Johnny Walker is both. As the applied technology teacher at Steamboat Springs Middle School, Walker has spent the past 13 years blending his love of children with his construction expertise.
Locals 2007: Mark Walker
A Golden Gloves champion at 147 pounds in Ohio. An accomplished drummer who has played in the Superdome in New Orleans, New Zealand, Australia and Hawaii. Time spent living and studying in Mexico. A proud father of two with a great wife. It's safe to say Mark Walker is living an extraordinary life.
Locals 2007: Michael Lomas
Michael Lomas has spent his life serving up fun. Lomas, who now serves as vice president and general manager of the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel, has been in the hospitality business since he moved here in 1978.
On Scene for March 30
The world of chili cook-offs has never ceased to amaze me.
Dance sampler offers jazz, modern lessons from seven teachers
Ryan Browning, a professional dancer, defines modern dance as a Jackson Pollock painting on hardwood.
Locals 2007: Marion Gibson
The thousands of guests at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort and Conference Center and the thousands of children in the Hayden School District who have had the privilege of meeting Marion Gibson, should thank local legend Billy Kidd.
Locals 2007: Terry and Kathy Stokes
Kathy and Terry Stokes have a classic Steamboat love story. In 1981, Kathy was on a road trip with friends and stopped in Steamboat. Instead of continuing on the trip, Kathy decided to invest her last $450 on a ski pass. The investment paid off.
Locals 2007: Dick and Leslie Ryan
Dick and Leslie Ryan have managed to carve a successful book-selling niche in an era of book megastores. "I think people need to remember every time they go to the Internet and purchase their books, they're not supporting the community of Steamboat Springs," Leslie said. "We're proud of what we've built, and we're pleased with the support from the community."
The Record for March 28
4:30 a.m. Someone suffering from heart problems was taken to the hospital from the 2900 block of West Acres Drive.
Guitarist at large
John Sotter immune to music-industry barriers
John Sotter, also known as the "acoustic warrior," does not recommend anybody pursue a music career.
Allison Plean: Totally tubular triumph
Frigorific. No - there is no word that can begin to describe what it felt like. When I jumped into the 35-degree pool at Lake Catamount for the fourth annual Penguin Plunge, the whole world stopped for a moment.
Soda Creek dialogue begins
District, Old Town residents discuss school's move this summer
Old Town residents are concerned about traffic and parking when Soda Creek Elementary School moves to a temporary facility at the George P. Sauer Human Services Center.
