Steamboat Pilot & Today

Tammy Jacques, front, and Kelly Boniface race during a 2011 Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series event at Emerald Mountain. Wednesday's Soul of Emerald Cross-Country race will wrap up this year's series. Photo by John F. Russell

Dean Vogelaar, left, president of Mountain Valley Bank in Steamboat Springs, and Terry Jost, right, CEO and chairman of the board for Mountain Valley Bank, awarded Steamboat Springs High School Athletics Director Luke DeWolfe with a check for $5,000 this week. The money is for the high school’s Booster Club and, specifically, to help cover the $30,000 needed to fully fund athletic team transportation costs during the upcoming school year. Vogelaar and Jost said they hope Mountain Valley Bank’s donation will help kick-start other fundraising efforts by the Booster Club, including the discount card sales that just now are under way. For more information about the Booster Club or to donate, email Scott Glynn at steamboathockeyref@zirkel.us. Courtesy photo

Steamboat native Nicci Curd recently returned from California, where she auditioned in the callback round for NBC's "The Voice." Curd said the experience motivated her to continue to follow her singing dream. Photo by John F. Russell

Steamboat Moxie Home Consignments and Design owner Michelle Caragol and employee Bryan Antalek spent weeks researching this cabinet before discovering it was worth $20,000. Photo by Matt Stensland

Pete Moody serves food Tuesday afternoon at Sunpie's Bistro on Yampa Street. The restaurant opened Tuesday with new owners but few other changes. Photo by Scott Franz

Routt County Fair horsehoe tournament champions Walt Ducey and Alan Ducey, center, are surrounded by runners-up Fritz Aurin, left, and Tom Armstrong, right, after the two teams played a tight final match Saturday in Hayden. Courtesy photo