Stories for August 19, 2009

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Afternoon

Olympic ski racer Lalive officially retires

Longtime U.S. Ski Team member confirms end of racing career

Longtime U.S. Ski Team member Caroline Lalive, who announced her intentions of retiring with the Steamboat Pilot & Today in April, made it official with the U.S. Ski Team on Tuesday.

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Plein air event a benefit for Steamboat Art Museum

About 30 painters from across Colorado and the West are setting up their easels, brushes and palettes on Routt County roadsides this week as part of the fourth annual Art Event, a fundraiser for Steamboat Art Museum.

Slopeside Grill on the market

Jim Cook says interest has been high in base area restaurant

Slopeside Grill is for sale, and Jim Cook expects it to be in new hands before ski season starts. The restaurant is in Torian Plum Plaza along the slopes of Steamboat Ski Area. Cook, of Colorado Group Realty, is handling the sale.

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Olympic ski racer Lalive officially retires

Longtime U.S. Ski Team member confirms end of racing career

Longtime U.S. Ski Team member Caroline Lalive, who announced her intentions of retiring with the Steamboat Pilot & Today in April, made it official with the U.S. Ski Team on Tuesday.

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Reisman feels a duty to run for City Council

Candidate mostly supportive of current council

With less than a week remaining for potential candidates to gather signatures and submit a petition to run for the Steamboat Springs City Council, Kenny Reisman is still the only candidate running for the seat being vacated by term-limited City Council President Loui Antonucci.

Buffalo Pass Hill Climb bike race today

There are really no secrets to today's Buffalo Pass Hill Climb. The race takes most riders from the bottom of Buffalo Pass to the top.

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Alice Rivlin to speak at Seminars at Steamboat on Thursday

Alice Rivlin thinks the recession has created a chance to fix the nation's economic system. Rivlin is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at The Brookings Institution. The economist speaks Thursday afternoon at the final Seminars at Steamboat event.

The Record for Aug. 17

12:19 a.m. Routt County Sheriff's Office deputies, Yampa Fire Protection District emergency responders and Advocates Building Peaceful Communities representatives were called to a report of domestic violence in Yampa. Deputies arrested a 29-year-old Yampa man on suspicion of third-degree assault, menacing, child abuse and wiretapping.

Steamboat briefs: Aigner resigns from Community Alliance

The Community Alliance of the Yampa Valley announced the resignation of organizer Steve Aigner on Tuesday.

Murray Tucker: Health care issues

Why do so many Canadians come to the U.S. for health care?

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Plein air event a benefit for Steamboat Art Museum

About 30 painters from across Colorado and the West are setting up their easels, brushes and palettes on Routt County roadsides this week as part of the fourth annual Art Event, a fundraiser for Steamboat Art Museum.

Paul Hughes: Tax structure wrong

I appreciated the Pilot & Today's editorial about Steamboat 700, its potential for providing affordable housing, and its true costs. You have opened an important issue: the actual costs and revenues produced by housing here in Steamboat.

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Slopeside Grill on the market

Jim Cook says interest has been high in base area restaurant

Slopeside Grill is for sale, and Jim Cook expects it to be in new hands before ski season starts. The restaurant is in Torian Plum Plaza along the slopes of Steamboat Ski Area. Cook, of Colorado Group Realty, is handling the sale.

Bus routes back on Hayden School Board agenda

Hayden School Board members tonight will discuss new bus routes and implications of the Home Rule Charter that town voters approved last month.

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Local author to tell stories, sign books

McGee gives free 'Voices on the Wind' presentation Thursday

Bonnie McGee will sign copies of her book, "Voices on the Wind," at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Bud Werner Memorial Library, and she will show a slideshow with music at 7 p.m. The free presentation is part of the inaugural Steamboat All Arts Festival.

Adult men's softball: Coed "D" League for Aug. 18

Adult men's softball: Coed "D" League for Aug. 18

Adult men's softball: Coed "B" League for Aug. 18

Adult men's softball: Coed "B" League for Aug. 18

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Soccer briefs: U-13 soccer team nets 2nd-place finish

The Steamboat Springs U-13 girls soccer team won its pool portion of the Broomfield Soccer Tournament and beat an undefeated Longmont team in the semifinals.

Locals thrive at Gunnison mountain bike race

Kris Cannon captures solo women's 24-hour Sage title

A group of Steamboat Springs entrants pedaled through the night during a 24-hour mountain bike race this weekend, and when the sun rose and the race ended at noon Sunday, they had all carved out high finishes.

Our View: No harm in marijuana moratorium

The Steamboat Springs City Council took appropriate action Tuesday night by approving an emergency moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries until an ordinance providing parameters for such facilities is drafted and adopted.

Steamboat All Arts Festival schedule

Steamboat All Arts Festival schedule, Thursday to Sunday

Golf team takes 4th, 2nd in 2-day road trip

The Steamboat Springs High School golf team returned from a two-day excursion to Grand Junction with a better idea of what its competition will look like the rest of the season.

Ordinance being created to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries

The Steamboat Springs City Council on Tuesday unanimously enacted an emergency 90-day moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. The moratorium will prevent such businesses from opening within city limits while an ordinance is created to regulate them. Two dispensaries, however, beat the moratorium and are operating in Steamboat.