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School takes a bite out of sweets
Steamboat Springs High School food service employees notice significant decline in sales
Cookies used to cost 50 cents. Brownies were $1. In the Steamboat Springs High School cafeteria, ice cream treats would cost as much as $2. Now, those treats and almost all other sugary snacks have disappeared.
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by Zach Fridell
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Effects of embezzlement still felt as families, bank rebuild
The fallout from the theft of $1.3 million from Steamboat Springs' branch of Alpine Bank was described during the sentencing of Pamela Jean Williams on March 17 as a "ripple" with "compounding effects" for the victims, the bank and the community.
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Winter returning to Steamboat Springs
Rain expected to turn to snow late Sunday night. Snow and heavy snow through Monday night will lead to accumulations of 5 to 10 inches.
Real estate transactions for March 12 to 17, 2009
Seller's name listed first, followed by the buyer - COMBS, DAVID D and COMBS, MARIAN T To WILLE, ROD M For SEC 36 T 5N R 86W SEC 31 T 5N R 85W - $160,000
Effects of embezzlement still felt as families, bank rebuild
The fallout from the theft of $1.3 million from Steamboat Springs' branch of Alpine Bank was described during the sentencing of Pamela Jean Williams on March 17 as a "ripple" with "compounding effects" for the victims, the bank and the community.
Job opportunities for graduates steadily decline
Graduation is just two months away, and Emily Krall doesn't know a single classmate with a job offer. "Most of my friends have given up looking for a job and are going to travel," said Krall, a Steamboat Springs native and senior at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash.
Sailors have 4 doubles teams, 1 singles player place at tourney
The Steamboat Springs High School girls tennis team had one individual and all four doubles teams place at the highly competitive Western Slope Open tennis tournament in Grand Junction on Saturday.
Thurston crosses sea, nears Iditarod finish
Oak Creek musher Tom Thurston pulled into the checkpoint at Elim at about noon Saturday and has just 95 miles remaining in the Iditarod dog sled race in Alaska.
Steamboat Springs' Austin Hinder a 'premier player'
Three years ago, Steamboat Springs High School football coach Aaron Finch had just finished a team meeting and film session with his varsity players. Instead of trudging home, Finch went to look at the next generation of Steamboat football players.
The Record for March 20
12:54 a.m. A 21-year-old Washington, D.C., man was arrested on suspicion of DUI at Bob Adams Drive and 12th Street in Steamboat Springs.
Harriet Freiberger: Live long and prosper
If you have picked up this edition of the Steamboat Pilot & Today, you should give serious thought to sustainability of something that has been part of our community for 124 years.
Business file: My Wireless honors employee of the month
My Wireless honors employee of the month
Steamboat briefs: Come, Let's Dance to hold benefit concert Saturday
Blues singer Hazel Miller performs at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort in an event hosted by Come, Let's Dance, a Steamboat Springs-based nonprofit organization. The group is centered on building a self-sustainable community for Ugandan orphans and their surrounding communities.
Our View: Let the sun shine in
Saturday brought an end to Sunshine Week, an annual event dedicated to highlighting the importance of open government and freedom of information. It's a week during which media outlets, newspapers in particular, push for increased transparency in how government at all levels conducts the people's business.
Jail Report for March 14 to 20
The following is a list of people booked into the Routt County Jail on suspicion of the listed charges. The arresting agency is listed in parentheses.
Editorial cartoon for March 22, 2009
Joe Roberts draws a cartoon that appears weekly on the editorial page of the Sunday Pilot & Today. This is the cartoon for March 22, 2009.
NASTAR racers look for every edge they can find in Steamboat Springs
"Hey," Travis Crooke barked, his voice cutting through the crisp spring air and bringing a sudden silence to the gatehouse atop the NASTAR course in Bashor Bowl at Steamboat Ski Area.
John F. Russell: Olympic dream is born
The Olympics can inspire athletes to achieve their greatest goals. The Olympics can drive athletes to train harder and be their best.
Discovery mission has 2nd spacewalk
Astronauts took another spacewalk at the International Space Station on Saturday, this time to lighten the workload for future crews.
Best of the Web: Rob Douglas
Maybe the world is not black and white. Maybe Rob is a moderate and you agree with him sometimes and not others..
Joel Reichenberger: Racers rooted in Routt County
Tom Thurston and Heather Siirtola spent the entire day Wednesday traveling in terrain as desolate as can be imagined.
Routt County Spotlight: Bonnie Carrico
Occupation: Town of Hayden police clerk
Class notes: School seeking old skis, snowboards to make bench
Hayden Middle School students in Partners in Routt County's after-school program are seeking out-of-commission snowboards and skis during April to help create a bench for the school.
Hayden seeks river property
Moon family wants to swap land rather than sell 170-acre parcel
Hayden wants to lay down dollars for property on the Yampa River, but negotiations with the family that owns it have gotten waterlogged.
2.6-acre St. Cloud site for sale
Jamie Temple offers site for $15M, prefers joint investment
The 2.6-acre St. Cloud site planned for a luxury condominium development at the entrance to Ski Time Square is on the market for $15 million.
Local townhome owners propose trade in Denver
When Annie Slothower proposed marketing her townhome as a trade, Kim Kreissig, of Prudential Steamboat Realty, embraced the idea. She alerted her Prudential colleagues in the Denver area but said another form of marketing generated most of the inquiries.
Legal disputes about Hayden subdivisions to move forward
Legal rumblings are echoing throughout the Hidden Springs Ranch, Villages at Hayden and Mount Harris at Grassy Creek projects. One set of mechanic's liens might go before a judge soon. Property owners are joining to get legal representation.
Conservative commentary: When will Atlas shrug?
What is the breaking point? Where will the resistance form? Heavy questions but unavoidable in the current political climate. The productive members of society can only be pushed so far, some say.
Liquidity key for small businesses in slow economy
Conserving cash is one of the keys for small business owners intent on surviving and thriving in tough economic times, a retired banking executive and foundation manager told a local audience this month.
On the Market: Mulcahy addresses local demand for housing
Steamboat 700 Project Manager Danny Mulcahy took his message directly to residents of Routt County this month and predicted existing west Steamboat neighborhoods should see appreciation attributable in part to amenities such as parks, shopping and mass transit connected to his proposed development.
Steamboat soccer knocks out Battle Mountain
Sailors picks up Denver tournament win during final opportunity of weekend
Senior goalie Hanna Berglund said she almost got bored Saturday as her Steamboat Springs High School soccer team matched up against Battle Mountain in the final round of a weekend tournament in Denver.
Pam Duckworth: Set requirements
I have been thinking about the city's zoning laws. How about enacting zoning requirements (i.e., setbacks, height restrictions, etc.) that are actual, binding requirements and not subject to negotiation on a case-by-case basis?
Seminar motivates, measures employees during recession
Jeff Steinke doesn't leave employee productivity to chance at his automobile dealership.
Looking Back for March 23, 1934
Andrew Kiddy sentenced after guilty plea
Steamboat athletes place 2nd, 3rd at Howelsen Hill event
Skiers in Saturday's Colorado Junior Ski Cup Championships flew down the face of Howelsen Hill in a steady, quick stream, one competitor after another launching from the starting gate as the previous competitor neared the finish.
The paradox of uranium mining
Mine workers, environmentalists battle for supremacy on West's energy stage
Scott Laws' father had a saying for what the mines would do to his family and how different they would be.
Routt County sheep ranchers keep lambing tradition alive
As lambing season approaches, the sight of rambunctious lambs bounding around farms will become common in rural Routt County. The scene already is unfolding on some Routt County ranches where lambs are on the ground ahead of the traditional lambing season in May.
School takes a bite out of sweets
Steamboat Springs High School food service employees notice significant decline in sales
Cookies used to cost 50 cents. Brownies were $1. In the Steamboat Springs High School cafeteria, ice cream treats would cost as much as $2. Now, those treats and almost all other sugary snacks have disappeared.
