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Steamboat Springs — The Catamount Ranch & Club Committee has awarded 13 students scholarships totaling more than $17,000.

The Catamount Ranch & Club Scholarship Fund was established in 2003 to provide scholarships to its employees. Since then, Catamount has granted 68 scholarships totaling more than $75,000. The scholarship fund is set up through the Yampa Valley Community Foundation and donations are received from Catamount members.

Optimist Club announces Dobell as Teen of the Month

Kathleen Dobell, a senior at Steamboat Springs High School, was named the Optimist Club's Teen of the Month.

Dobell, who has a 4.089 grade-point average, has been a member of the National Honor Society since 2008. She's also been a member of the high school's girls varsity track team and girls varsity lacrosse team.

In the past two years, she participated in mission trips to the Dominican Republic to help build a school and teach Bible study and to the Bahamas to help rebuild after hurricane destruction.

The 17-year-old hopes to attend college in the Pacific Northwest and study biochemistry. Afterward, Dobell would like to join an organization like the Peace Corps or Cross Cultural Connections.

North Routt Preschool hosts family fun walk

The North Routt Preschool is hosting a Family Fun Walk next weekend.

The family fun walk starts at 10 a.m. Sept. 26 at Steamboat Lake State Park. Participants will walk two miles on the Sage Flats Trail at the Steamboat Lake State Park Visitor Center and back to the Hahn's Peak Cafe.

Participants can park at the park with a pass. A shuttle will be provided from the Cafe to the visitors center.

Registration is from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at Hahn's Peak Cafe. The cost for adults is $10 and $5 for children. The family rate is $22. Lunch will be served at the cafe after the walk and is included in the price of registration. People who would like have lunch, but not walk, will be charged $10. Participants also can purchase T-shirts for $12 and water bottles for $1s0.

For more information, call Katie Besse at 871-1495 or Hillary Ackerman at 871-4559.