Stories for June 30, 2009

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Green's family thankful for community support

Husband and his brother located missing woman in Fish Creek on Monday

Missing woman's husband: "I couldn't ask for a better wife, a better friend. She was a fantastic mom. Her whole life was making sure our kids were taken care of and loved."

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Foundation finds its hook

Organization hopes to raise $30K in 30 days to help people during recession

The Yampa Valley Community Foundation's Sunday event at Yampa River Botanic Park was more than a celebration of its 30 years assisting nonprofit groups in Routt and Moffat counties. It also was an opportunity to announce a joint fundraising effort with Routt County United Way to raise $30,000 in 30 days.

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Green's family thankful for community support

Husband and his brother located missing woman in Fish Creek on Monday

Missing woman's husband: "I couldn't ask for a better wife, a better friend. She was a fantastic mom. Her whole life was making sure our kids were taken care of and loved."

The Record for June 28

Sunday, June 28

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The Neville Brothers get ready for back-to-back Strings shows

When The Neville Brothers take the stage at Strings Music Pavilion on Thursday and Friday, there won't be any fancy light show or background dancers. The performance will be a lot of funk, a little gospel and some of those sugary ballads Aaron Neville seems to love so well - it'll be "music that's played from the heart," saxophone player Charles Neville said.

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Foundation finds its hook

Organization hopes to raise $30K in 30 days to help people during recession

The Yampa Valley Community Foundation's Sunday event at Yampa River Botanic Park was more than a celebration of its 30 years assisting nonprofit groups in Routt and Moffat counties. It also was an opportunity to announce a joint fundraising effort with Routt County United Way to raise $30,000 in 30 days.

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Commissioners signaling new road policies

The Routt County Commissioners are steering in the direction of drafting policies influencing future road projects to make them safer for multiple forms of transportation - motorists and bicyclists alike. The next step comes July 6 when the commissioners host a second public meeting on the subject.

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Tom Ross: Place of honor for skis that changed the sport

Forty-seven years ago this summer, Santino Antonucci decided it was time take up a more respectable sport. Reluctantly, he gave up the beach for the mountains. He sold his surfboard to buy a pair of long black Head Competition racing skis.

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Fire risk low but real

No shooting fireworks ever allowed in state

It appears the fire danger in Routt County, and nearly all of Colorado, will remain low throughout the week and into the Fourth of July holiday. With personal and professional fireworks shows igniting small fires during recent Independence Day celebrations, Routt County Emergency Management Director Bob Struble said the decreased danger provides a welcome change of pace.

Steamboat briefs: Pilot & Today offices closed Friday for holiday

Pilot & Today offices closed Friday for holiday

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Jimmy Westlake: The Via Lactea

When the bright moon is not in the sky, the dark summer night reveals one of its most spectacular treasures: the soft, misty glow of the Via Lactea, or the Milky Way. Contrary to what the ancient Romans believed, the Milky Way is not made of milk at all but is the combined light of billions of distant suns, unresolved by the unaided eye.

Police arrest burglary suspect

19-year-old Steamboat man accused of breaking into convenience store, 6 cars

Police arrested a 19-year-old Steamboat Springs man Sunday on suspicion of breaking into a gas station and stealing two bags of chips, as well as taking spare change from six unlocked cars.