Archive for Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Steamboat briefs for Jan. 8
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Avalanche clinic in need of volunteers for weekend
Volunteers are needed for this weekend's Ski Haus Avalanche Clinic, which begins with a slideshow and lecture from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center at 7 p.m. Friday at the Depot Art Center. Saturday and Sunday field sessions will be held at the Fox Curve on Rabbit Ears Pass. Volunteers are needed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday to teach basic avalanche safety. The clinic covers the basics: beacon use, probing, digging someone out, running a primary, secondary and pinpoint search, avalanche terrain identification and avoidance, and understanding avalanche reports.
Volunteers will meet at Ski Haus at 8 a.m. and caravan to Fox Curve. Skis or snowshoes are required. Interested volunteers should call Patrick Meyer at 846-5728.
LIFT-UP handing out food to eligible households
USDA commodities are being distributed for the first quarter of 2008 at LIFT-UP of Routt County offices in Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Oak Creek. The service is part of the Emergency Food Assistance Program.
Each eligible household can receive food once per quarter. The distribution period for the first quarter ends March 31. Food will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 870-8804 between 1 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information.
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