News for Saturday, May 12, 2012

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Real estate transactions for May 4 to 9

Real estate transactions for May 4 to 9

Steamboat lodging to bounce back from March letdown

After a particularly challenging March for Steamboat’s resort lodging industry, some executives are looking toward two-wheeled transportation to help drive summer bookings.

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Optional buying slows Steamboat housing market recovery

In a sign of the times, Tom Fox received 52 applications when his company, Fox Construction, ran a classified newspaper ad this spring seeking to hire a project manager and estimator.

Laurie Hallenbeck: Around the county for May 13

Happy birthday wishes to Tanner Copeland, Joe Camilletti, Amber Delay, Thomas Rauch, Ruby Wertenberger, Erik Griffin and Emma Johnson.

The Record for May 11

7 a.m. Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a report of a suspicious incident in the 27200 block of Routt County Road 14. A person was looking through things on the side of the road that were put there when a tenant was evicted.

The Jail Report for May 4 to 11

The Jail Report for May 4 to 11

Jim Winter: The Christian vote

How might a Christian vote for U.S. president in 2012?

Jack Gutschenritter: Fracking truth

The Steamboat Institute recently held a seminar called “Fracking: The Radical Left’s Latest Weapon of Fear.” The title for the evening activities sounded unbalanced, so I attended to see what it was all about.

Our View: Senior living community a boon to Steamboat

The start of construction at the Casey’s Pond Senior Living community in Steamboat Springs is a significant milestone for the housing and medical needs it will fulfill as well as for the jobs it will create.

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Routt County track teams score big in Grand Junction

Meet wraps up regular season; state begins Thursday

For the Hayden and Soroco high school track teams, the Western Slope League championship meet meant one final chance to tune up before the state track meet.

Joel Reichenberger: State a tough draw for tennis

When you cover the Steamboat Springs High School girls tennis team, you don’t often spend time wondering, “What went wrong?”

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Boaters intent on savoring every drop of Yampa River this season

It works out. That’s the lesson Barry Smith said he’s learned after decades spent watching the Yampa River’s rise and fall in Steamboat Springs.

Steamboat Springs Running Series Spirit Challenge results

Results from Saturday's Spirit Challenge 5K and 10K races.

New year-round Howelsen ski jump to serve multiple purposes

Construction of a year-round HS 45 jump has begun at Howelsen Hill. The ski jump will get a plastic surface that will be sprayed with water, allowing skiers to use it any time of year.

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Steamboat lacrosse to benefit from sport's 2 classifications

This year marks the last of a single classification for high school lacrosse in Colorado as the rapidly growing sport will move to two classifications — Class 4A and Class 5A.

John F. Russell: 9 games to wrap up a season

It’s only nine games, but for some bowlers, the scores they roll at the state bowling championships are the biggest of the season.

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Birding season under way at Carpenter Ranch

The height of the migratory bird-viewing season kicked off during the International Migratory Bird Day celebration, where bird enthusiasts turned out for a series of guided walks along the Carpenter Ranch’s interpretive trail.

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No injuries after crash at Steamboat Springs Airport

Three men were able to walk away from an aircraft that flipped onto its roof during a crash landing shortly after noon Saturday at Steamboat Springs Airport.

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Steamboat Springs Running Series gets started

Olympian Roberto Mandje, who had the buzz of the crowd at the Spirit Challenge, won the men's 5-kilometer race during the Steamboat Springs Running Series' opening event Saturday.

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Tori and Shawn Allen win ExploreSteamboat.com's 2012 Mom & Me photo contest

Tori, a property manager at Central Park Management, submitted this photo of her and her mother enjoying a day at Stagecoach Reservoir. Ninety-nine people submitted photos to the contest and more than 1,200 votes were cast. Tori and Shawn received 247 votes.

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Clark preschool leans on its neighbors

Nearly eight months after closing, North Routt Preschool still seeks solvency

A debt of $19,000 still looms, as does a mortgage of more than $200,000. Old bills still need to be paid, too. Major challenges lie ahead. But Kerri Ann Crocker said Wednesday that simple gifts are keeping the North Routt Preschool alive.

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Steamboat, Craig students begin exploring potential mammoth site

It will take many months and a lot of hard hours before Craig and Steamboat Springs students reach the remains of as many as three mammoths, but the site is producing exciting discoveries.

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A town gone Rockwell: Exhibit of iconic American artist’s work opens Monday in Craig

Encased in light plastic to protect it during its long journey from Stockbridge, Mass., was Norman Rockwell’s “Spirit of Education,” an original painting on loan from the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the crown jewel of the museum’s most expensive exhibit to date.