Stories for October 28, 2008

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Preparing for 100 percent

Expectations high for voter turnout with about half of county using early ballots

Half of Routt County's 17,550 registered voters have voted early or been mailed a ballot, but Clerk and Recorder Kay Weinland still is bracing herself for a huge turnout Nov. 4.

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Preparing for 100 percent

Expectations high for voter turnout with about half of county using early ballots

Half of Routt County's 17,550 registered voters have voted early or been mailed a ballot, but Clerk and Recorder Kay Weinland still is bracing herself for a huge turnout Nov. 4.

The Record for Oct. 26

Sunday, Oct. 26

Steamboat Briefs for Oct. 28

Nicotine quit kits available at VNA offices

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Birch keeps tabs from Iraq

Hayden police chief proud of department's professionalism

Hayden Police Chief Ray Birch has been in Iraq for about three months, and the Steamboat Pilot & Today reached him by e-mail to find out how things are going.

Schools talk sewer line move

Strawberry Park Elementary, Perry-Mansfield discuss project costs

Negotiations continue this week concerning which school will pay for the repositioning of a sewer line found under the Strawberry Park Elementary School expansion during construction in the spring.

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Cars collide at intersection

Utility work scheduled to leave Lincoln Avenue by week's end

A utility project at Third Street and Lincoln Avenue has caused traffic headaches for a month in downtown Steamboat Springs, including a three-car pileup Monday morning.

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South Routt ready to spark biomass boilers

With a flip of a switch later this week, the South Routt School District will move into the new century of heating systems as the district switches from coal-powered boilers to a new biomass-fueled system.

Committee attacks Brenner

Mailings criticize Democratic candidate's stance on health care

A controversial political committee has thrown its hat into the Senate District 8 arena with mailings that criticize Democratic candidate Ken Brenner and promote his opponent, state Rep. Al White, R-Hayden.