News for Saturday, November 12, 2011

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Tom Ross: Legion of Merit medal awarded to Steamboat pilot

Chief Warrant Officer Dean Smith gave up piloting aircraft two years ago with 26,000 hours in the cockpit. But the military aviation community has not forgotten him. Smith received one of the highest military honors.

Steamboat's recreation enterprise funds require annual subsidies

All Steamboat Springs recreation enterprise funds operate at a loss, and all but one will require a general fund subsidy next year.

Joel Reichenberger: Another realm for Kennedy

The Steamboat Springs adaptive sports icon Craig Kennedy — along with his wife, Andrea, and the staff at Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports — has been preparing for another winter season.

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North Routt Preschool pushes forward from budget crisis

Supervising a group of animated preschoolers in Clark is a different role for Kerri Ann Crocker, the new director of North Routt Preschool, which closed its doors for a week in September because of debt.

Rick Akin: I am an Occupier

I am an Occupier. Well, sort of. Hearing the reports about the Occupy Wall Street crowd, I decided to try to figure out what it is they are demanding.

Karl Koehler: Green hypocrisy

Recently, the United Nations announced that the world’s population is poised to surpass 7 billion. That’s going to leave a mark. The milestone provides a good opportunity to comment on the environmental mania that’s taken hold of otherwise sane people as though it were holy writ.

Tammie and Patrick Delaney: Congrats to Hayden schools

As parents of two high school students, we appreciate that the Hayden School District took the courageous step in conducting a drug search at the Hayden secondary schools.

Our View: Hip to county’s chip flip

Kudos to the Routt County Board of Commissioners for rejecting a chip-and-seal road policy recommendation that would have represented a step backward in the community’s worthwhile effort to become a top bicycling destination.

Steamboat briefs: VNA is seeking tobacco cessation success stories

The Great American Smokeout is Thursday. To help others win the battle against tobacco, the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is asking former tobacco users to send cessation success stories to share them with others.

Laurie Hallenbeck: Around the County for Nov. 13

Laurie Hallenbeck: Around the County for Nov. 13

The Jail Report for Nov. 5 to 11

The Jail Report for Nov. 5 to 11

The Record for Nov. 11

The Record for Nov. 11

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Steamboat Springs football looks forward to a brighter future

Despite historically bad stretch, optimism abounds for Steamboat football

The Steamboat Springs High School football program in years past always has been a model of consistency. But this year, the Steamboat team was left wondering what has happened in the past two years.

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New alignment could boost Hayden, Soroco, West Grand rivalries

Three Northwest Colorado rivals again likely will be in the same league next year. And if year-out projections of mountain-town football teams carry much weight, Soroco, Hayden and West Grand could be in for a three-way slugfest.

Crashes accompany storm in Steamboat; no injuries reported

Snow is expected to continue overnight Saturday and into Sunday when two to four inches is possible, according to the National Weather Service.