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US Nordic Combined Ski Team returns to Vancouver
Skiers say they appreciate the training period in Utah
It was back to work for the members of the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team on Saturday. The team returned to Whistler Olympic Park in British Columbia to begin preparing for Tuesday’s Nordic combined team event and Thursday’s large hill individual Gundersen.
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Hayden junior wins Class 2A state championship Saturday
Hayden is nearly a four-hour drive from Denver’s Pepsi Center, and for much of the weekend at the state wrestling tournament, that distance seemed to have an obscuring effect when it came to Tigers’ junior Treyben Letlow. Letlow went on to win the Class 2A state championship Saturday.
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Soroco senior earns Boettcher scholarship
Watwood will get free 4-year education to any Colorado university
Matt Watwood’s elation Tuesday was obvious to the women working at the Oak Creek branch of the U.S. Post Office. Watwood’s celebration, what he described as a lot of screaming and yelling, was well deserved. He was chosen as one of only 40 recipients for the prestigious Boettcher scholarship.
Our View: City assistance is a good start
Last week’s Steamboat Springs City Council decision to provide funding to the Yampa Valley Housing Authority for a down payment assistant program was a positive step for the relationship between the two entities and for the qualifying residents who stand to benefit from the program.
Bella's wine bar brings Old World to Steamboat
Bella’s offers European wines, simple fare in rustic setting
Nick Ciraldo is not fazed by opening a business during an economic recession; not fazed that Bella’s, a basement wine bar, is across the street from Cellar Liquors and up the street from the wine cellar at Harwigs/L’Apogee; and he’s certainly not fazed by the fact Bella’s is part of a Pioneer Building location that has seen frequent closings in recent years.
Steamboat hockey falls in the playoffs
Ralston Valley defeats Sailors, 7-4
A hat trick from Jake Bearss couldn’t keep the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team’s playoff hopes alive Saturday evening. The Sailors fell in the quarterfinals in Vail, losing, 7-4, to Ralston Valley High School, of Arvada.
Soroco boys basketball advance in post-season
Rams basketball splits as girls fall to Meeker on Saturday
A speedy transition game and a slew of successful three-point attempts led the Soroco High School Rams boys basketball team to a 63-51 victory against the Plateau Valley High School Cowboys in a postseason game Saturday.
Steamboat's club freestylers excel in Telluride
Dyer grabs 3 podiums in weekend event
Two early season crashes — one at the U.S. Ski Team freestyle selections event in December and another at a January event in Steamboat — left Ryan Dyer off the NorAm circuit this season.
John F. Russell: Nothing like ski jumping
On Saturday, the ski jumping venue at Whistler Olympic Park, or WOP as it’s called around here, was packed to the brim with ski jumping fans from just about every nation. In qualifying and the first official round, it was the Canadians and Americans who were getting most of the cheers.
Steamboat's Ben, Millie Beall reflect on Peace Corps service
Ben and Millie Beall had been in Bolivia for about a year and were just getting several projects moving when they had to evacuate, in one day. That memory is among many the Bealls have of their 27-month adventure as Peace Corps volunteers.
Juvenile drinking cases increase in 2009
Police Department statistics show small decreases in most types of crimes
The two largest law enforcement agencies in Routt County were called out more than 10,000 times in 2009, resulting in hundreds of arrests and many more warnings. According to statistics from the Steamboat Springs Police Department and Routt County Sheriff’s Office, police were called to 9,507 calls in 2009, and deputies were called to service 891 times.
Police Blotter for Feb. 19, 2010
Police Blotter for Feb. 19, 2010
Let's Vote committee: Housing for locals is wishful thinking
We are voting on the city’s contract with Steamboat 700. This annexation is forever. To think that Steamboat Springs can, in the future, negotiate to guarantee affordable or attainable housing if this annexation agreement is approved March 9 is wishful thinking.
James A. Humphrey: Fix other trails
Obviously, this Yampa River Core Trail project will be a huge project and a big expense, but I was not only surprised but really disappointed because some of the core trails in our town still are in need of being finished so people can use them.
Jim Gill: Budget cuts
As in the past, when our school districts have been required to make massive budget cuts because of state spending shortfalls, it again will be imperative that community members and parents become actively engaged and support whatever process each district utilizes to establish their educational priorities for future budget years.
Steamboat briefs: French-speaking volunteers sought
French-speaking volunteers are needed for assistance to non-English-speaking residents of Steamboat Springs.
Business File: Christy Sports now delivers retail items
Customers in Steamboat Springs now can have retail merchandise from Christy Sports delivered to their door, through the store’s Web site at http://store.christysports.com, according to a news release.
Steamboat's Armstrong relives glory with women’s downhill
Vonn, Mancuso finish a rare 1-2
It’s a rite of passage to win a medal at the Olympic Games, and to do it with a teammate means something even more important. When Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso went 1-2 at Wednesday’s downhill event, they joined an elite club of American skiers.
Good For Steamboat committee: Housing for the future
Managing growth requires dealing with our imbalance between the supply of and demand for affordable housing. So our community has identified west Steamboat Springs as the best area available to plan for new affordable housing for today’s workers and to manage future growth.
Teen center being planned as addition to Howelsen Ice Arena lobby
City staff reviewing development permit application
More than 300 high school students in Steamboat Springs affirmed their strong desire for a gathering place to call their own in a 2009 survey released this winter. And the city’s current fiscal situation could mean that any decision to build a dedicated teen center is years in the future.
Jail Report for Feb. 13 to Feb. 19, 2010
Jail Report for Feb. 13 to Feb. 19, 2010
Laurie Hallenbeck: Hayden news for Feb. 21
Happy birthday wishes to Lisa Camilletti, Skylar Hughes, Beth Sundberg, Charity Reiser, Alaine Montgomery, Dylan Richardson, Shirley Gossert and Mike Bunn.
Lila Rider: Oak Creek/Phippsburg news for Feb. 21
First thing we’ve got is sympathies to family and friends of Louise McTava, who passed away at Doak Walker Care Center last week.
School lunches for the week of Feb. 22
School lunches for the week of Feb. 22
Looking Back for Feb. 22, 1935
Working through the approval of the various town boards, Sheriff Ed Rich has ordered all slot machines in the county be taken out March 1.
Scholarship program helps locals stay in dance studio
Kailee Davis has been dancing since she was 2. Last fall, it looked as if she might have to put her dancing on hold. Things turned for the better in December, when the Davis family learned Kailee had been awarded a scholarship to participate in local dance classes from the Steamboat Dance Theatre.
Routt County Spotlight: Ryan J. Fleming
Occupation: Front office manager, Pioneer Ridge
Base area bonds delayed in Steamboat
Final stage of base area improvements confront conservative lenders
Faced with a tighter lending market, city officials and members of the Urban Renewal Authority Advisory Committee have agreed to delay issuing bonded indebtedness needed to cover the third and final year of building the promenade and daylighting Burgess Creek at the base of the ski area.
Olympic men’s aerials training runs go smoothly
It was business as usual for U.S. Ski Team veteran and Lowell Whiteman School graduate Ryan St. Onge on Thursday, and he worked to fine-tune his full-double-full-full and double-full-full-full jumps in front of an empty freestyle aerial venue at Cypress Mountain. He looked calm and relaxed as he prepared for his second Olympic appearance.
Real estate transactions for Feb. 12 to 16
Real estate transations for Feb. 12 to 16
US Olympic moguls skiers feeling good despite falls
Morse, Deneen enjoying their Olympic experience
Mike Morse and Pat Deneen were each disappointed in their performance at the men’s moguls finals a week ago, but they couldn’t be happier with the rest of the Olympic experience.
Hayden junior wins Class 2A state championship Saturday
Hayden is nearly a four-hour drive from Denver’s Pepsi Center, and for much of the weekend at the state wrestling tournament, that distance seemed to have an obscuring effect when it came to Tigers’ junior Treyben Letlow. Letlow went on to win the Class 2A state championship Saturday.
Hayden basketball teams stay alive
Tigers girls and boys hoops advance in postseason
With the Hayden High School boys basketball team down by 2 points at the half, it suddenly became clear just how important winning Saturday’s first postseason game was. The reality check seemed to be just what the boys needed, and Valdez would end the game with 20 points, helping the boys to a 62-54 win against Vail Christian at home.
Best of the Web: Nordic combined victory
Best of the Web: Nordic combined victory
US Nordic Combined Ski Team returns to Vancouver
Skiers say they appreciate the training period in Utah
It was back to work for the members of the U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team on Saturday. The team returned to Whistler Olympic Park in British Columbia to begin preparing for Tuesday’s Nordic combined team event and Thursday’s large hill individual Gundersen.
Luke Graham: Spillane and the Great One
Things just keep getting better for Steamboat Springs silver medalist Johnny Spillane. The first American man with a Nordic combined Olympic medal met one of the all-time greats after his performance.
Community gardens sprout across Routt County
When the snow finally melts in Routt County this spring, work will begin in earnest for three new community gardens in Oak Creek, Hayden and Steamboat Springs. Spring will mark the second year of a similar garden in Yampa.
