Steamboat Pilot & Today

Yampa Valley Team seeks ALS event volunteers

The Yampa Valley Team is seeking volunteers to join the "Walk to D'feet ALS" on Saturday, Sept. 29, in Denver. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Register on the Web at: www.alsaco.org. Donations can be made at www.alsaco.org/teams/YampaValleyTeam or by mailing to: Stevensons/ALS Walk, P.O. Box 772524, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Call Eileen Stevenson at 879-5664 to learn more about an effort to honor numerous Yampa Valley residents who are fighting this disease, or who have lost the battle.

Dance Theatre accepting scholarship applications

The Steamboat Dance Theatre is accepting applications for Dance Scholarships for Fall Dance. Anyone with financial need, child through adult, is welcome to apply for tuition assistance to study dance. Scholarship application forms are available through local dance teachers, on the Web at www.dance-steamboat.org or by calling Wendy Smith Mikelsons at 736-1005. Applications may be given to your dance teacher or mailed to the theatre at: P.O. Box 774284, Steamboat Springs, CO, 80477. Feel free to call Wendy or e-mail: steamboatdancetheatre@yahoo.com. All applications are strictly confidential.

Mainstreet Steamboat offers mystery shopping

The Economic Restructuring Committee of Mainstreet Steamboat Springs is offering its members a free mystery shopping service designed to provide an outsider's impression of their business. The goal is to improve customer service and stay competitive. The Economic Restructuring Committee is looking for a few members to help design the program as well as members who are interested in having their businesses shopped.

All participants will be offered a pre-meeting visit to personalize the shop to their business, a written report and a one-on-one recap of the customer experience, including perceptions of the exterior and interior of the business. All information will be confidential and provided only to the business owner. For more information or to express your interest, call or e-mail Kim Dye at 879-6948 or kimdye@frii.com.