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Antonucci, Ivancie reflect on years of City Council service
After a certain number of years, the debates, disagreements, failures and achievements all seem to blend together. At least that’s the way it seems to be for Steve Ivancie and Loui Antonucci, who will take a combined 20 years of Steamboat Springs City Council experience away from Centennial Hall when they step down Tuesday night.
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by Mike Lawrence
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Coroner questions autopsy policy
Scaling back could save $10,000 per year, Rob Ryg says
Under a mandate from the 14th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, any time a person dies alone, the Routt County coroner must perform an autopsy. Although autopsies are required by state law any time the cause of death is unknown, Coroner Rob Ryg said using a “common sense” approach would save the county about $10,000 per year. District Attorney Elizabeth Oldham said she is willing to discuss the policy.
New owner plans to maintain feel of Slopeside
The new owner of Slopeside Grill said last week that he intends to maintain the feel, menu and operation of the popular restaurant at the base of Steamboat Ski Area. Steamboat Springs resident Bill Banks, 56, closed on the purchase of the Slopeside real estate and business last week. The price of the business was not disclosed.
Steamboat cross-country team finishes 19th
For Steamboat Springs High School senior Gus Allen, running Saturday at the state cross-country meet brought on mixed feelings. By finishing 67th, Allen ended his high school career on a high note, but he said he wished the end hadn’t come so quickly.
Robin Craigen: Keep momentum
As we look to the skies for snow and reluctantly put away our bikes for winter (most of us), it’s a good opportunity to look back and recognize the significance of developments in local cycling as we contemplate new opportunities.
Tim Rowse: Learn, Think, Vote
For the Let’s Vote committee, it’s all about the democratic process. When a citizen or group of citizens feels the majority of the voters disagree with a decision made by City Council, it’s that group’s right and duty to be the check and balance for council and to question the council’s actions.
Omar M. Campbell: Countywide vote
am one of the petition circulators and sponsors of the referendum vote on the Steamboat 700 annexation and proudly so.
Sailors football preps for playoff fate
Steamboat Springs team awaits brackets today
If at any point the Steamboat Springs High School football team needed to redeem itself this season, the Sailors always delivered. But now that Steamboat has clinched a top seed, won their league for the first time since 2006 and had an undefeated regular season, the next monkey off the back is the playoffs.
Lee-Ann Hill: Watershed issues
t troubles me that Steamboat’s discussions and solutions about growth do not include real discussions about watershed sustainability.
Charlene Stees: Issue affects us all
I would like for someone to explain why the election for the annexation of the Steamboat 700 should not be a countywide election.
Best of the Web: Base area revamp
“That site may be the perfect venue for the Olympian send off this winter, especially if an ice rink is set up."
Our View: Jump right in, City Council
A new Steamboat Springs City Council will be sworn in Tuesday night at Centennial Hall, and once the mostly ceremonial first meeting is complete, council members quickly will be immersed in a number of important and timely city issues.
Steamboat soccer star’s college career comes to a close
Kelly Labor jokes that her house is finally clean, she’s finally caught up on sleep and her homework is finally all done. But Labor, a 2006 Steamboat Springs High School graduate, admits that the most different thing for her now that her soccer career is done is trying to plan her own day. For the better part of her life, soccer has been her life.
John F. Russell: Supporting skiing’s future
n less than 100 days, the best Alpine ski racers in America will step onto an international stage where they will showcase their skills against the best the world has to offer at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Hunt of the Week: Jon Wade
Hunt of the Week: Jon Wade
All-season fly-fishing sport plows on
Colder weather doesn’t slow area enthusiasts
As the final major fall hunting season window closes and mountain bikers give up on Steamboat’s often soggy trails, fishing in the area changes, but it never stops. Locals insist that fall is just as good as the rest of Steamboat’s fishing seasons. It is different, however.
Joel Reichenberger: Early season surprises
Early season skiing is the college football nonconference schedule of the mountain world. For the most part, nonconference games are terrible. I grew up attending nearly every home game during the golden age of Kansas State football, a stretch when the Wildcats went to 11 consecutive bowl games from 1993 to 2003.
Zirkel Trading tinkering with inventory 1 year into business
You’re a guy. You’ve got a special event coming up — a friend’s wedding, a nice date, a business mixer. You look into your closet and see, to your dismay, nothing but drab. That’s when Steve and Denise Hitchcock hope you’ll think of Zirkel Trading, their upscale men’s clothing store in the Howelsen Place development.
The Record for Nov. 6
The Record for Nov. 6
The Jail Report for Oct. 31 to Nov. 6
Jail Report for Oct. 31 to Nov. 6
Business File: Restaurant association to meet Wednesday
The local chapter of the Colorado Restaurant Association meets from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at Rex’s American Grill & Bar, 3190 S. Lincoln Ave., adjoining the Holiday Inn. Agenda items include ProStart, liquor liability, a winter wine and food festival, the Bartenders’ Cup and a December mixer. Contact Liz Wahl at 970-871-5163 or lwahl@intrawest.com for more information.
Steamboat briefs: Fundraiser for ex-resident hurt in accident
On Sept. 30, former Steamboat Springs resident Thea Kent was injured in a mountain bike accident in North Carolina. Friends in South Carolina have organized a ride Nov. 15 to raise money to help Kent pay for her medical treatment.
Antonucci, Ivancie reflect on years of City Council service
After a certain number of years, the debates, disagreements, failures and achievements all seem to blend together. At least that’s the way it seems to be for Steve Ivancie and Loui Antonucci, who will take a combined 20 years of Steamboat Springs City Council experience away from Centennial Hall when they step down Tuesday night.
Free school lunches on the rise
Steamboat Springs School District sees increase of nearly 36 percent
The number of Steamboat Springs School District students signed up to receive free lunches as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program increased nearly 36 percent this school year compared with 2008-09.
Wildhorse gondola construction steadily progessing
4 suits for condo sales pending
The gondola towers rising from Wildhorse Meadows are tangible evidence of the steady progress being made at Wildhorse despite the down economy. But closings on 30-plus condominiums at Trailhead Lodge can be expected to continue at a gradual pace for months to come.
Holiday toy drives start soon in Steamboat
Collections target needy children across the world, close to home
Steamboat residents donated the 250 shoeboxes of toys, school supplies and other gifts to children around the world through Operation Christmas Child last year. This year, organizer Linda Jackson says the goal is 350 boxes.
School lunches for the week of Nov. 9
School lunches for the week of Nov. 9
Routt County Spotlight: Susan Dressen
Occupation: Hairstylist/owner of TriBeCa Hair Studio Inc.
Class notes: Soroco High School alum Perry Saputo earns MBA
Perry Saputo, a 1996 Soroco High School graduate, earned a master’s degree in business administration from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in Switzerland.
Real estate transactions for Nov. 1-5
Real estate transactions for Nov. 1-5
Speaker: Buyers uninterested in low-balling
Lori Thompson says properties not selling unless priced close to target
Broker/owner Lori Thompson told a gathering of nearly 200 people at the Colorado Group Realty Real Estate Roundup and Expo on Thursday night that sales of single-family homes, condominiums and townhomes closed this year have been for an amount within 10 percent of list price.
On the Market: Steamboat Springs land sales slow to a trickle
Just 14 land sales have been closed in Steamboat Springs and the South Valley in the past 12 months, said Doug Labor, of Buyers Resource Real Estate.
Looking Back for Nov. 9, 1934
From the Friday, Nov. 9, 1934, edition of The Steamboat Pilot:
In the service: Travis Logan
Steamboat Springs resident Travis Logan is currently deployed to the Middle East as a soldier in the U.S. Army.
