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Sailors go south in search of victory
All that separates Steamboat Springs from Cortez is eight hours through the Routt, White River, Gunnison, Uncompahgre and San Juan national forests.
Brief Points for Oct. 4
Decorators are needed for the 10th annual Festival of Trees. Decorators trim their trees Nov. 16 and 17. A Tree Sponsor Party, where the sponsors choose their trees, will be held Nov. 18. Trees can be viewed daily through Nov. 23 at the Tread of Pioneers Museum, 800 Oak St. Call 879-2214.
Heeling Friends program looking for volunteers
For years, dogs and their owners have wandered the halls of Yampa Valley Medical Center, Horizons and the Doak Walker Care Center lifting the spirits of patients. This year, the patients got a surprise. They were visited by a cat.
Soup bowl supper Saturday
It's a sight to see -- 250 soup bowls piled all over Deb Babcock's pottery studio. For one more day, every flat surface in her studio will be turned into a shelf. Even the potter's wheel and the floor are stacked high with piles of hand-thrown clay bowls waiting until Saturday for the third annual Soup Bowl Supper.
Briefs for Oct. 1
For the ninth consecutive year, Steamboat's Over the Hill Gang is offering financial assistance of up to $1,000 each to local athletes for their education and/or skill improvement in their areas of competence. Only athletes involved in winter sports are eligible.
State Senate campaign heats up
Budget crisis, transportation among issues debated
Thursday night's Senate District 8 candidates' forum began and ended with perceived insults. In between, Democratic challenger Jay Fetcher of Clark and State Sen. Jack Taylor, R-Steamboat Springs, exchanged thoughtful positions on issues such as the current state budget crisis to the future of mass transit on Colorado's Western Slope.
Judge lowers bond
Impersonation case preliminary hearing set
Routt County Judge James Garrecht reduced bail bond and set a preliminary hearing for a Steamboat Springs woman charged with criminal impersonation and forgery.
Lafarge pit OK may be close
Lafarge may be one step closer to the controversial gravel pit it has proposed for an area just south of Steamboat Springs.
Book a sojourn
For an author, talking to a book reader is like running into a friend from years ago who remembers the old you and doesn't know how much you've changed.
Autumn Phillips: My book report
Three signs you have just read a good book: You dread the last page as it nears. As you finish that last paragraph, you sigh and close the book slowly. A local librarian called the feeling that follows "a good book buzz."
Swingshift experiments in sound
Steamboat audiences may be confused initially when Swingshift takes the stage. At first, the band looks strangely similar to the Steamboat Jazz Quartet, a jazz standards combo that disappeared from area stages sometime last winter.
Jeff Hall has one-man show
The images are recognizable even if the artist isn't.
Routt County enrollments climb slightly
After several years of declining enrollments, Routt County public school officials anticipate better news when today's official pupil count passes.
Steamboat to look at fly-in communities
The Yampa Valley Airport Commission is looking at the possibility of having a fly-in community next to the Steamboat Springs Airport.
The Record for Oct. 1
12:10 a.m. Steamboat Springs police assisted a motorist with a flat tire near Seventh and Oak streets.
Film fest entries needed
Deadline Oct. 15
Submissions are requested from local amateur film makers for the upcoming Steamboat Mountain Film Festival. Filmmakers will compete for a grand prize of $1,000, a screening of their film and a chance to work as an associate producer with Warren Miller Entertainment for the Steamboat segment of the 2006 Warren Miller movie.
Come run, come eat
Running Series ends with race and potluck
Damian Wells' bid to offer a free, no frills race to end the Steamboat Springs Running Series season nearly happened.
Volleyball takes aim at league leader
With the league season nearly half over, the Western Slope picture looks nothing like Steamboat Springs volleyball coach Wendy Hall would have sketched.
Coyotes hoping to bring back hockey
The drive to bring a competitive men's hockey team back to Steamboat Springs begins Saturday at Howelsen Ice Arena.
Disabled skier lives full life
When Ralph Green began skiing competitively in 2000, his goal was simple.
Nightlife for Oct. 4
Worried Men plays at 10 p.m. at Mahogany Ridge Brewery and Grill, Fifth Street and Lincoln Avenue. Free. Call 879-3773.
