Steamboat Today: Stories for February 28, 2010

Race for sheriff getting heated with Wall, 2 challengers

The two Republicans challenging Routt County Sheriff Gary Wall in November’s election said teamwork and cooperation are going to be key points in their platform, while Wall points to several successes during his four-year tenure despite a sometimes contentious relationship with the Routt County Board of Commissioners.

Preschoolers participate in activities designed by charter school students

Learning with the Olympics

Sara Johnson, 4, Zakkary Leftwich, 4, and Weston Boese, 5, were just a few of the 10 North Routt Preschool students who participated in several Olympic Games-themed activities Wednesday morning at the charter school.

Pilot named top newspaper at awards banquet

Publication receives 34 awards at Colorado Press Association contest

The Steamboat Pilot & Today was named the best newspaper in its circulation class during the Colorado Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest. The awards were presented Saturday at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver.

Nordic combined sport never has been hotter

Nordic combined skiing never has been hotter. From the dominance at the 2009 World Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic, to the past two weeks at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, exposure to the sport never has been better. But what will it take to continue the success? That might be the biggest question as things move forward.

Steamboat athletes place high in Saturday skate race

Event is last qualifier before Junior Olympics in Maine

Sunny weather greeted the second day of the Intercollegiate Ski Association Championships and Junior Olympic qualifying racing Saturday in Steamboat Springs.

Luke Graham: Demong, de-man, de-myth, de-legend

The legend of Billy Demong continues to grow. It’s tough to top where he’s at. He is a gold medalist, is essentially a spokesman for the U.S. Ski Team, is going to be part of the United States Olympic Committee’s closing news conference and is carrying the flag for America in the Closing Ceremonies.

Soroco boys basketball team falls to Paonia

Rams play in Denver tourney next week

The Soroco High School boys basketball team improved its play from Friday to Saturday, but it wasn’t enough to give the team a win.

Macedonian Mission shares language skills, culture and aid

Multicultural learning

The Steamboat Springs resident and native of Macedonia took up English as her first second language. In the years since, she’s made linguistics a passion, earning advanced degrees in the subject and taking an interest in how language is used in multilingual environments.

Hayden basketball teams defeat Meeker

Boys earn No. 1 seed for regionals

Redemption came Saturday for the Hayden High School boys basketball team, and it was sweet. The team took on top-ranked, undefeated Meeker High School at the Class 2A district tournament in Rangely and won, 63-58. Coach Mike Luppes was exultant as he described a back-and-forth game in which the Tigers kept their intensity up.

How local athletes fared at the 2010 Winter Olympics

John F. Russell: Here’s a good story

We came to British Columbia hoping to tell the stories of the athletes who call, or have called, Steamboat Springs their home. Olympic athletes are not unusual in Steamboat, where the next generation of world-class athletes always seems to be around the corner. For generations, our town has produced wave after wave of Olympic stars, including medal winners like Nelson Carmichael and Travis Mayer in freestyle skiing and Shannon Dunn in snowboarding.

CMC students weigh in on proposed Steamboat 700

Several Colorado Mountain College students said last week that they want affordable housing Steamboat 700 could provide but raised concerns about the large-scale growth that also would come with the proposed annexation. Eleven members of at CMC’s Alpine Campus in Steamboat Springs discussed the proposed annexation last week.

The Record for Feb. 26

The Jail Report for Feb. 20 to 26

Best of the Web: Paul Robbins

Paul Robbins was a truly great man and someone with whom I also worked when we were hosting the Nordic combined World Cups.

Meg Bentley: The other side

As the March 9 vote on Referendum A — the annexation of Steamboat 700 — approaches, there are people out there who believe in the public vote. And there are people out there who say, “We elected our City Council members.

Noreen Moore: Job creation

I attended the Steamboat 700 forum Thursday night and want to add a key piece of demographic information that should be considered as we vote on this issue of annexation.

Business File: Local named Kum & Go manager of the month

Kum & Go has named Sladjana Brstina, general manager of its Curve Plaza location, the company’s general manager of the month for January, director of corporate communications Meggan Kring said in a news release. Brstina has worked with Kum & Go since October 2005.

Prepping for the Plunge fundraiser

Registration for chilly event is due March 15

On a Saturday afternoon in late March for the past six years, vikings, pirates, ninjas, the Village People and other costumed adventurers have steadied themselves on the side of the Lake Catamount pool, taken a deep breath and jumped into freezing water. The 2010 Penguin Plunge is will be at noon March 27 this year.

Hayden Police Department chief seeks funding

Ray Birch applies for grants to supplement budget and add a full-time officer

With an already tight Hayden Police Department budget, Chief Ray Birch is looking for alternatives to fund programs and services. On Feb. 18, he presented two grant requests to the Hayden Town Council. The requests would provide the department with additional funding, enough for at least another full-time police officer.

Laurie Hallenbeck: Hayden Town Talk

Happy birthday wishes to Suzie Copeland, Kelli Turnipseed, Ashley Delay, Blake Copeland, Tyler Delay, Kraig Copeland and Misty Jenkins.

Lila Rider: Oak Creek/Phippsburg news

Everybody at the Doak Walker Care Center has been excited for the 2010 Senior Olympics held Wednesday. There were lots of events for the residents to choose fro

Local Spotlight: Dave Terranova

Age: 43 Occupation: Owner of Paws N’ Claws N’ Things Place of birth: Delaware

Real estate transactions for Feb. 22 to 25

Signs point to relaxed restrictions for real estate notices in Steamboat

Steamboat Springs City Council could approve code revisions for Realtors on March 2

The Steamboat Springs City Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on the final language in a revised sign code ordinance that would relax constraints on “for sale” signs for Realtors. Senior City Planner Jonathan Spence said this week the sign code revisions would allow slightly larger “for sale” signs, giving Realtors room to slip in name and phone number plates, sometimes called riders.

On the Market: State Realtors housing foundation offers grants

The Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors has announced that the Colorado Association of Realtors Housing Opportunity Foundation is sponsoring a work force housing initiative and offering $100,000 in grants. Nonprofit and employer housing programs that support work force housing by offering down payment assistance to help workers buy homes in their communities can apply.

Our View: Way to go, Nordic skiers

After more than two weeks of excitement, joy and disappointment, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games are scheduled to close tonight in Vancouver, British Columbia. When all the fanfare dies down, athletes from the United States will carry home dozens of gold, silver and bronze souvenirs.

Wells Fargo President Jill Leary retiring after 39 years in banking

After years of running local banks, running on local streets and running a household, Jill Leary is about to slow down and take a breath. Jill Leary’s last day on the job is Friday. Wells Fargo is hosting an open house with refreshments from noon to 4 p.m. that day to honor Leary’s service.

Commissioners open to 5-acre lots north, west of town

Routt County officials are moving ahead with a plan that would create the potential for 300 or more five-acre home sites on land around the northern and western parts of Steamboat Springs. The planning commission is scheduled to make a recommendation April 1 on the new transfer of development rights.

Good FOr Steamboat committee: Planned, paced and placed growth

The fact is Steamboat Springs has a history of annexations that have allowed us to remain a real town instead of a resort town. The annexed land created opportunity for local workers and the middle class to live in Steamboat Springs in the Fish Creek, Willet Heights and Whistler neighborhoods where half of Steamboat’s population lives today.

Let's Vote committee: Growth myths

The biggest myth: Annexing Steamboat 700 is a smart approach to manage growth, one that fits a 15-year plan for growing Steamboat. Anything less or anything else makes no sense. No, City Council negotiated a deal that ignores the very principles of smart growth. This deal is not the smartest.

Looking back for March 1, 1935: Women’s Club had interesting meeting

Mrs. J.M. Childress, who is chairwoman of the public welfare department of the state federation gave an interesting report of the meeting of the chairmen of the various departments held in Denver recently.

Class Notes: Steamboat’s Chase earns Optimist monthly honor

Vladan Chase, a Steamboat Springs High School senior, was named the Optimist Club of Steamboat Springs’ Teen of the Month.

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