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Awareness week to promote education after this month’s tree well death
As ski areas across Colorado gear up for National Safety Awareness Week, which started Saturday and runs through Friday, Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. has a special interest in promoting tree well safety and is finding new ways to educate skiers. An Arapahoe Basin Ski and Snowboard Area instructor, Grace Lynn McNeil, was found dead in a tree well Jan. 6 at the bottom of Chute 3 at Steamboat Ski Area. In January 2008, two other skiers died in the natural hazards.
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by Zach Fridell
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Our View: Housing report a starting point for change
On Tuesday, a citizens committee formed this summer plans to present to the Steamboat Springs City Council a clear, concise analysis of some of the steps needed to finally achieve meaningful affordable housing policy. And although we’re optimistic the report will push the city onto the right track, by no means will the coming reform be simple or straightforward.
Vladan Chase’s scoring punch bolsters Sailors hockey team
Steamboat Springs High School senior Vladan Chase, who was on the developmental team his sophomore year and didn’t play his junior year, decided to again give high school hockey a try at the urging of his parents. Now Chase is second on the team in scoring.
Ski area’s locals lessons provide reasonably priced path to improvement
Steamboat Ski and Snowboard School instructor Chip Shevlin said he’s been involved in the locals clinic as long as it’s been around and that he’s seen many of the forms it has taken throughout the years. The five-day clinic is spread across five Saturdays this season.
Porches breaks ground on new luxury duplex
2009 sees just 20 permits for homes, duplexes
The depth of the 2009 building slump here was underscored this week when the Routt County Regional Building Department issued a report showing that just eight permits were issued all year for new single-family homes in Steamboat Springs city limits. They had an aggregate value of $6.4 million for permit purposes.
Steamboat 700 property tax rates would be highest in county
Property tax rates in the proposed Steamboat 700 annexation would be more than double those in Steamboat Springs and would top rates across Routt County, according to 2009 figures. The difference boils down to about $100 per month between property tax payments for owners of a $350,000 home in an annexed Steamboat 700.
25th annual Stampede attracts more than 140 competitors
With Saturday’s conditions, it was tough to find anyone with a negative word to say about the 25th annual Steamboat Stampede at the Steamboat Ski Touring Center. More than 140 competitors skated or classic skied one of five distances in pristine, almost springlike conditions.
John F. Russell: Grasping Charlie Hustle’s chip
The Maris family and Tony La Russa were disappointed, and every baseball fan in America should feel cheated, after slugger Mark McGwire’s admission that he used steroids during his career. But the guy who should be the most upset is Charlie Hustle.
The Record for Jan. 15
The Record for Jan. 15
Jail Report for Jan. 9 to 14
Jail Report for Jan. 9 to 14
Awareness week to promote education after this month’s tree well death
As ski areas across Colorado gear up for National Safety Awareness Week, which started Saturday and runs through Friday, Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. has a special interest in promoting tree well safety and is finding new ways to educate skiers. An Arapahoe Basin Ski and Snowboard Area instructor, Grace Lynn McNeil, was found dead in a tree well Jan. 6 at the bottom of Chute 3 at Steamboat Ski Area. In January 2008, two other skiers died in the natural hazards.
Best of the Web: Helmet use
For you … who believe that you’re bullet proof on the slopes, liken skiing to driving. You are a careful skier and driver. You would never have an accident because you are such a careful driver.
George Hresko: Vision 2030
During the next weeks, Steamboat Springs voters will see a range of information for and against the proposed Steamboat 700 annexation. We can expect that both sides will give us a large dose in favor of their points of view.
Shelly Benson: Caring for Haiti
My boyfriend asked me why we should care about Anderson Cooper standing in Haiti giving us the gruesome details about the earthquake victims. To me, this is rather obvious; it is a big event, many people are suffering, and they are calling for help.
Steamboat briefs: Shakespeare group to read ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Bud Werner Memorial Library hosts “Romeo and Juliet, Here and Now,” a free Shakespeare reading group that runs Wednesdays from Feb. 3 to March 16. Led by English teacher Sally Frostic, this group is limited to 15 participants who want to enjoy the play again or for the first time. The workshop is designed to stimulate enjoyment and discussion and be attuned to group needs and interests. The library will loan copies of the book to participants. Contact Adult Programs Coordinator Jennie Lay at 879-0240, ext. 317, or jlay@steamboatlibrary.org to sign up or get more information.
Business owners seek downtown parking
Construction desires a hot topic at annual Mainstreet meeting
Downtown business owners did their best Friday to persuade Colorado Department of Transportation officials and construction managers to leave them more street parking when the conversion of Lincoln Avenue to concrete paving begins in April.
Business File: Dig This announces franchise opportunities
Steamboat Springs-based Dig This, a recreational heavy equipment dirt-moving compound, announced this month that it will offer its giant sandbox experience on a national level through franchise opportunities, according to a news release.
Sailors girls, boys remain perfect in league
Steamboat Springs High School basketball teams win against Palisade on Saturday
For the second consecutive night, the Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team found a way to win. And the 45-44 win against Palisade on Saturday not only kept the Sailors undefeated in league, but it also spoke to the rapid change in outcomes.
Routt County school lunch menus for Jan. 18 to 22
Routt County school lunch menus for Jan. 18 to 22
Class notes: Steamboat graduate named to dean’s list
Jennifer Spencer, a 2006 graduate of Steamboat Springs High School, made the College of Arts and Sciences dean’s list for the fall 2009 semester.
Looking Back for Jan. 18, 1935
Making preparations for Midwinter Sports Carnival
Sk8 Church finds new home
After years of searching, group is building indoor skate park, lounge and meeting area
Construction at the Sk8 Church building in Riverside Plaza is ramping up — literally. The west Steamboat Springs space, leased by Sk8 Church for at least the next 18 months thanks to an anonymous grant, will have a meeting area, offices, lounge and, most important, an indoor skate park.
Beginner theater class at CMC helps students express themselves
On a Thursday afternoon in Bristol Hall, eight or so CMC students and beginning actors stood in the middle of a circle, centered themselves, exploded and collapsed. An exercise in focusing energy, letting go of any element of embarrassment and becoming something they aren’t, the students in Michael Brumbaugh’s introduction to acting class put their all into making their play-deaths look real.
On the Market: Colorado Group reveals latest grant recipients
The Colorado Group Realty Charitable Foundation awarded a total of $9,000 in grants to eight local organizations Thursday during a luncheon at Tread of Pioneers Museum.
On the Market: Colorado Group reveals latest grant recipients
The Colorado Group Realty Charitable Foundation awarded a total of $9,000 in grants to eight local organizations Thursday during a luncheon at Tread of Pioneers Museum. The latest round of grants represents the distribution of funds totaling $50,000 by the Charitable Foundation and is part of a continuous effort to support community-based programs, Colorado Group’s Lori Thompson said.
Real estate transactions for Jan. 8 to 14
Real estate transactions for Jan. 8 to 14
Lodwick places 3rd in France
Demong, Spillane notch top-6 finishes
The U.S. Nordic Combined Team continued its torrid trek to the 2010 Winter Olympics on Saturday, notching a podium and three finishes in the top six. Todd Lodwick stood on the podium for the second straight week, finishing third at the World Cup event in Chaux Neuve, France.
Senior Steamboat residents remain active on mountain
Like a little kid, Harold Fischel, with his snowboard in hand, sat on the handrail outside the gondola building at Steamboat Ski Area and slid down — a wide smile across his face. The brief act encapsulates Fischel’s youthful personality, but he’s no kid. He turns 75 on Wednesday.
Half of units sold at Howelsen Place and Alpen Glow are to Steamboat residents
The decision to give up her single-family home and flower garden in Steamboat II wasn’t easy, Audrey Williams said. But now that she and her husband, Tom, have settled into their two-bedroom condominium at Howelsen Place, she doesn’t miss lawn chores. The Williamses represent a trend that has surprised executives at Greene Court Partners, owners of the Howelsen Place and Alpen Glow mixed-use developments in the heart of downtown Steamboat Springs.
Photographer Jim Steinberg hitches across the country for his new project
For the past week, Jim Steinberg has been hitching his way across the Western states and into a different way of life. He’s been negotiating rides with truck drivers, walking up to them at truck stops in Arizona, Utah, California, New Mexico or any of about 10 other states. From those drivers, Steinberg is gathering stories and photos — of the road, of the inside of the cab, of the people driving and of a road-warrior lifestyle.
Joel Reichenberger: Following adaptive skiers no easy task
After the hurdle of a 7:45 a.m. meeting time was safely met, it didn’t seem to me that newspaper assignments could come much easier. On Thursday, I went on the All Mountain Adaptive Ski Camp’s Buffalo Pass backcountry skiing day, a perk donated to the camp by Steamboat Powdercats.
Routt County Spotlight: David Willis
Occupation: Library director at the Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus
