News for Monday, August 20, 2012

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Adult League Volleyball Scores for Aug. 20

Adult League Volleyball Scores for Aug. 20

Tyler Farrar wins 1st stage of USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Tyler Farrar, who limped to the finish of the Tour de France needing a hospital bed more than a bike, won a sprint finish Monday to earn the yellow jersey.

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David Wessel wraps up Seminars at Steamboat series

Speaker: Crises or leadership could save country from mounting budget problems

The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel set out some of the main budgetary hurdles that befuddle U.S. politicians and squeezed it all in between salad and the main course at the Seminars at Steamboat 10th anniversary dinner.

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Susan McIntosh named Steamboat Springs' 2012 'Friend of Education'

When Kevin Taulman introduced Susan McIntosh to the Steamboat Springs School Board on Monday night as the district's 2011-12 “Friend of Education,” the principal said the award wasn't merely recognizing McIntosh for one year of service, but rather for more than a decade of volunteerism.

Steamboat briefs: Parents of 6th-graders reminded about vaccines

The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is reminding parents of children entering sixth grade to make sure their children’s Tdap (tetanus) and meningitis vaccinations are up-to-date before the children head back to school in the fall.

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Rain back in forecast for Steamboat area

Water release from Stagecoach helps revive tubing season in dry August

Thunderstorms in the forecast for Monday and Wednesday could help to clear out the wildfire smoke that has lingered over Routt County, a forecaster with the National Weather Service said Sunday.

4G LTE cell service coming to Steamboat

AT&T working to build 8 new towers around Routt County by end of year

The Routt County Planning Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve conditional use permits for three tower applications and tabled a fourth for a proposed tower just northwest of Yampa.

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Jimmy Westlake: The giants of summer

Two very large constellations, Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer and Hercules the Strong Man, take up a large chunk of our late-summer sky. We see them standing head to head, high up in the southern sky as darkness falls.

The Record for Aug. 19, 2012

1:26 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were investigating a 53-year-old woman from Boca Raton, Fla., who was suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol at Old Fish Creek Falls Road and South Lincoln Avenue when the officers saw another car crash into a nearby median. Police arrested the 25-year-old Steamboat man who wrecked the car on suspicion of careless driving, DUI per se, DUI and leaving the scene of an accident.

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Hayden football ranked No. 7 in Denver Post preseason poll

Hayden was No. 7 in Colorado’s 8-man football division in the preseason Denver Post football poll released Monday.

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Steamboat riders top podium in Gunnison mountain bike race

Steamboat Springs mountain bikers have been racking up podiums at Gunnison’s 24 Hours in the Sage mountain bike race since it debuted 11 years ago. This summer's version was no different.

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Tom Ross: A raft trip to hell and back

Gates of Lodore west of Steamboat offer float through history on Green, Yampa rivers

On the first day of the trip, modern rafting parties discover upper and lower Disaster Falls, where one of John Wesley Powell's wooden boats was smashed in 1869.

Routt County could spend $105K on C.R. 14 engineering

Routt County spent $1.2 million in 2011 to acquire parcels of land along Routt County Road 14. The intent is that the road leading from Colorado Highway 131 to Stagecoach someday would be straightened.

2012 Routt County Fair home arts special awards

Home arts special awards for the 2012 Routt County Fair

Focus Bridge on Routt County Road 129 north of Steamboat closed

The Focus Bridge north of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road 129 closed for repairs Monday, according to a Routt County Road and Bridge Department news release.

Steamboat Springs morning roundup for Monday, Aug. 20

The Routt County Fair comes to a close, rain makes its way back into the forecast and an altercation occurs at Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club.