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Steamboat students learn backcountry lessons from Search and Rescue
Elementary students learn how to be found if they’re lost
Staying put is the most important thing children can do if they get lost in the wilderness. That was the key message Routt County Search and Rescue’s Darrel Levingston told a group of first- through fifth-grade Strawberry Park Elementary School Montessori students Monday during the annual “Hug a Tree” presentation.
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by Jack Weinstein
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Fall paving likely in downtown Steamboat
Wet weather delays project until Monday; spokeswoman calls June 30 completion “highly unlikely”
Wet weather has postponed paving and excavation work on Lincoln Avenue until Monday, and a project spokeswoman said the additional delay makes completion of the project by June 30 “highly unlikely.”
Steamboat briefs: FEMA emergency food, shelter funds available
A national board, chaired by the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, has selected the Northern Rockies jurisdiction to receive $41,657 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Routt, Eagle, Pitkin, Summit, Grand and Jackson counties. A local board will determine how funds are to be distributed among local agencies providing emergency food and/or shelter programs that have applied for funding. The local board is seeking applications from agencies that are a private, voluntary nonprofit group or unit of government; are eligible to receive federal funds; have an accounting system; are non-discriminatory; and have a voluntary board.
Marie Matta: A dangerous step
I am writing in response to Omar M. Campbell’s letter of May 5, 2010, “Follow Arizona,” in which he applauds Arizona’s new law (SB 1070) for dealing with illegal immigration. I am deeply troubled by the expressions of support that this measure appears to have received. I agree that the issue of illegal immigration has long been urgent, and like many citizens, I am disappointed that the Obama administration has not given immigration a higher priority on the agenda of national reform.
Paul Hughes: Require identities
It’s time for the Steamboat Pilot & Today to require an authenticated identity from anyone submitting an online comment to an article or letter appearing in the newspaper. I had been slowly coming around to that opinion, and the recent string of comments about Omar Campbell’s letter to the editor (“Follow Arizona”) put an end to any lingering uncertainties that I might have had. It was a sad, dismaying discussion of what could have been an important topic.
Former Yampa EMT to get award
Bobbie Vetter to be presented with state EMS award Friday
After serving on local and state advisory boards for much of her career, the Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado will award Bobbie Vetter the Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Award on Friday.
Jimmy Westlake: Why the crow is black
Winging his way across our springtime sky is a delightful little constellation named Corvus the Crow. The four main stars of Corvus form an unmistakable kite-shaped pattern located one-third of the way up in our southern sky around 10 p.m. in mid-May.
Steamboat's Saddleback Ranch gets OK for ATV tours
Commissioners grant ranch a permit for vehicle rides
The Routt County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to grant Wayne and Luanna Iacovetto, of Saddleback Ranch near Milner, a special-use permit to add ATV tours to the other ranch-based recreational activities they offer.
Milner dispensary gets conditional OK
Facility conditionally approved; state pot bill sent to committee
A medical marijuana dispensary planned for Milner recently received a tentative approval from the Routt County Planning Commission, but before owner Chris Ward can open for business he must complete a list of 17 changes to the building.
Steamboat girls tennis team preps for state
Girls hope for strong showing in early rounds at Pueblo tourney
On the eve of a 9 a.m. start at the state tennis tournament Thursday in Pueblo, the question is how well a young Steamboat squad can do among the elite. Steamboat brings back some state experience in Kylee Swiggart, Mandy Thielemann, Sara Bearss, Lauren Siegel and Ali Diehl.
The Record for May 10
12:24 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a report of an argument between a man and a woman in the Steamboat Springs area. Officers mediated the situation and separated the couple.
Forum to assess health care impacts in Steamboat
Event features speakers addressing new bill’s effects on businesses
A forum today is intended to help local employers unravel potential impacts of the federal health care overhaul that was made law this year.
Verleen Tucker: Ultimate sacrifice
When my older relatives left Northwest Colorado, I began the trek on Memorial Day to the Craig Cemetery to lay flowers at Pvt. Norman Foster’s headstone. My mother’s brother. An uncle I never met.
Steamboat economist weighs recession
Ford: Routt County likely fared better than most during the worst of times
A diverse economy allowed Routt County to weather the worst of the recession better than most areas, a local economist said Tuesday, adding that financial forecasts appear to be brightening.
Steamboat students learn backcountry lessons from Search and Rescue
Elementary students learn how to be found if they’re lost
Staying put is the most important thing children can do if they get lost in the wilderness. That was the key message Routt County Search and Rescue’s Darrel Levingston told a group of first- through fifth-grade Strawberry Park Elementary School Montessori students Monday during the annual “Hug a Tree” presentation.
Our View: Staying on top of economic development
The future of Steamboat Springs Airport popped into the public eye last week, after a Texas company proposed building as many as eight executive airplane hangars at the city site. City staff members supported the proposal, but the Steamboat Springs City Council opted instead to table it.
Routt County students pitch in on Global Youth Service Day
Activities were a part of worldwide event
About 90 sixth- through eighth-graders put down their pencils and picked up brushes Tuesday afternoon to help paint Hayden Middle School’s hallways and classrooms. The activity was part of Global Youth Service Day, which encourages youths to participate in service projects.
