News for Sunday, October 7, 2012

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Steamboat Springs Challenge Fund set to distribute 1st set of grants

Funds will support new curriculum, tech tools

Money collected from the inaugural Steamboat Springs Challenge Fund soon will equip students at Soda Creek and Strawberry Park elementary schools with new iPads, robotic Lego kits and a traveling planetarium.

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Butch Cassidy relative entertains at museum

Author Bill Betenson attended a book discussion at event in Craig

A large contingent from Craig and the surrounding area also came to meet and speak with Bill Betenson, a great-grand-nephew to Butch Cassidy and author of the new book, “Butch Cassidy, My Uncle: a Family Portrait.”

Steamboat briefs: Deadline to register to vote in 2012 election is Tuesday

Those who are not registered to vote can do so at www.govotecolorado.com if they have a Colorado driver’s license or ID card. People who don’t have the required forms of ID or don’t want to use the website can register at the Routt County Clerk and Recorder’s Office in the Routt County Courthouse in downtown Steamboat Springs.

County Agenda for Oct. 8 and 9

County Agenda for Oct. 8 and 9

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Award-winning authors delight Steamboat Springs crowd

The two authors and their anecdotes, some of which were more serious than others, were well-received by the large crowd that attended the library's event billed as a bonus to Steamboat's 20th annual Literary Sojourn.

Deb Babcock: Mulch helps plants make it through the winter

Well, we’ve had our first frost and the plants are retreating into their shells, so to speak, to weather our cold winter. While plants that grow here generally are pretty hardy and designed to withstand our cold winters, we can make the winter easier on them by providing a blanket of mulch.

Monday Medical: Introducing Yampa Valley Medical Park

At the corner of Walton Creek Road and South Lincoln Avenue, you may have noticed a new sign — Yampa Valley Medical Park. Formerly known as the Fagen Building, Yampa Valley Medical Park now is home to two services of Yampa Valley Medical Center: Integrated Health and YampaWorks.

The Record for Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012

12:08 a.m. Routt County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to a complaint about a noise in the first block of South Chestnut Street in Hayden.

Real estate transactions: Oct. 1 to 4

Real estate transactions: Oct. 1 to 4