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Annual Backcountry Ball takes place Saturday

The ninth annual Backcountry Ball begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, at the Depot Art Center on 13th Street. The event includes music, food, drinks, dancing and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit Friends of the Routt Backcountry, which works to create and maintain nonmotorized winter recreation areas. Tickets are $25 at All That Jazz for nonmembers, and $20 at Spruce-Up Hair Care for members. Call 870-6445 or 879-1722.

Patriotism exhibit open in Oak Creek

The Tracks and Trails Museum, on Main Street in Oak Creek, has opened its "Patriotism in the Upper Yampa Valley: On the Home Front during World War II" exhibit, which depicts how local civilians responded to the war effort during World War II. Learn how patriotism played a key role in rallying the community and nation for victory. The exhibit runs through January 2008.

State Congressmen pay off on World Series wager

U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, a Democrat, and U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, a Republican, have paid off on a World Series wager made with U.S. Sen. John Kerry and U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, both Democrats from Massachusetts. After the Colorado Rockies lost the 2007 World Series in four games to the Boston Red Sox, Salazar and Allard shipped 100 pounds of Colorado-raised beef to the New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans, which prepared a dinner for Boston-area veterans Tuesday evening.

Coleman Natural Beef Company of Golden provided the beef, and two Massachusetts restaurants chipped in with donations and food preparation.

Pat Waak coming to Steamboat Springs

Pat Waak, Colorado Democratic Party Chair, will conduct a caucus workshop at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Olympian Hall at Howelsen Hill. This is a great opportunity to prepare for the caucuses, coming up on Feb. 5. The event includes a potluck lunch, an overview of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver and caucus training about the nuts and bolts of the first step in the electoral process. Take a potluck dish; drinks will be provided. Call Catherine at 870-2896.

LIFT-UP distributing USDA commodities

USDA commodities are being distributed for the fourth quarter of 2007 at LIFT-UP of Routt County offices in Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Oak Creek, through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Eligible households may receive Assistance Program foods once per quarter. This quarterly distribution ends Dec. 31. Food will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 870-8804 between 1 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to ask about income-eligibility and hours of operation for each office.