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Cowboy monkeys hit rodeo grounds
Tim Lepard's rodeo specialty show typically features border collies saddled and ridden by white-throated Capuchin monkeys, which herd a group of sheep onto Lepard's signature "Wild Thang" Dodge truck.
On Scene
The difference between Ski Time Square and the downtown night scene is a tale of two cities.
Hurry, it's The Last Call
Band members find their sound, reconnect during summer
The Last Call will be playing its biggest venue Sunday night since its inception. Members of the band fear they will not be able to fill the 170 seats in the Steamboat Mountain Theater.
Music calendar for July 28
¤ Rocky Mountain Conservatory presents a faculty recital When: 7:30 p.m. Friday Where: St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cost: Free Call: 879-1350, ext. 13
World: Hezbollah launches deepest rocket attack yet
Hezbollah launched a new kind of rocket Friday that made its deepest strike into Israel yet, while Israeli warplanes and artillery blasted apartment buildings and roads gunning for guerrillas.
Strong showing for swimmers
Steamboat team wins U-8 championship, takes fourth overall
Having to compete against teams able to train year-round has not been easy for Steamboat Springs' summer youth swim team. But despite the apparent disadvantage, Steamboat had an impressive showing last weekend at the Western Slope League Championships in Aspen, placing fourth overall in a field of 15 teams.
Art opportunities for July 28
¤ The Steamboat Springs Arts Council is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2007. To commemorate what is sometimes referred to as the Emerald Anniversary, the arts council is seeking artwork to be considered for a poster that will be the artistic design and branding for the anniversary.
Tee time
Fall sports programs ready for new season
Steamboat Springs High School's fall sports teams will start their practices next month in preparation for their approaching seasons.
World: Bush, Blair back multinational force
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday they want an international force dispatched quickly to the Mideast but said any plan to end the fighting must address long-running regional disputes to be effective.
Out of the woodwork
Artist fine-tunes craft with inspiration from natural world
Woodworker David Winters still has all 10 of his fingers, and he plans to keep it that way.
More than notes
Students learn to incorporate life skills into musical repertoire
Ernest Richardson teaches his music students to train as if they were athletes. Students are encouraged to challenge themselves physically and musically as part of his six-week program at the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory at The Lowell Whiteman School. They learn how to face and overcome doubt and accept failure as part of the musician's experience.
Train-chasing trio hits town
Eric's Big Adventure passes through Steamboat
Eric Stephens has a system. Five days a month he sets his alarm for 6 a.m., so, on an empty stomach, he can choke down a 420-milligram chemotherapy pill. Stephens, 35, then, falls back to sleep and wakes up at 10 or 11 a.m.
Cheap n' Cheesy does it
Arts council to throw wine-tasting party
If you haven't already experienced canned champagne, Wednesday night is your opportunity to crack open a new trend.
'Tommy' dark but positive
Most of the students in Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School and Camp's production of The Who's "Tommy" are playing the parts of between three and six characters.
Briefs for July 28
Construction to repair a concrete and steel girder bridge on Colorado Highway 131 in Oak Creek is scheduled to begin Wednesday (Aug. 2), Colorado Department of Transportation officials said Wednesday.
Un tiempo bueno
Los Lobos played music to please every type of audience member
Thursday night's free concert brought long lines of illegally parked cars, long food lines, long beer lines and long bathroom lines.
A day in the life
Youth Festival portrays the trials and tribulations of a middle school student
Musical theater staff member Mark Fifer said he weeped during the first two minutes of "Go the Distance," and then he couldn't stop crying.
Deb Babcock: Weeds can look like other plants and ruin a garden
My fellow volunteers at the Yampa River Botanic Park have commented often on how closely some weeds resemble the plants they grow closest to.
Club hosts Classic Car show
Free event by Steamboat Car club is on Sunday
Classic car enthusiasts should make plans to stop by the Steamboat Classic Car Show and Parts Swap on Sunday.
Bleuer appointed to board
Former Oak Creek trustee chosen to replace Paxton
Former Oak Creek trustee Tom Bleuer was appointed to the Town Board on Thursday to fill a vacancy created by Bill Paxton's July 14 resignation.
The Record for July 28
9:28 a.m. A lightning bolt reportedly caught a pine tree on fire near the Catamount Golf Course. Firefighters cut the tree down, chopped it up and extinguished the fire.
Local: Steamboat Little League season coming to a close
Even after disappointing losses last weekend in Grand Junction, several of the Steamboat Little League teams will get a second chance to take home a championship today.
Nation: GOP couples minimum wage increase, estate tax cut
Republican leaders are willing to allow the first minimum wage increase in a decade but only if it's coupled with a cut in future inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates, congressional aides said Friday.
Sales tax revenues rising
May receipts up 14 percent compared to same period last year
The tail end of mud season proved to be lucrative for Steamboat Springs in terms of sales tax revenues.
State: Colorado killer's claims a tour of murder, mayhem
Robert Charles Browne says he shot some of his victims and strangled others, in one case with a pair of leather shoelaces. He knocked out one woman with ether, then used an ice pick on her. He put a rag soaked in ant killer over another victim's face and stabbed her nearly 30 times with a screwdriver.
Routt board lifts fire ban
Decision applies only to private land, not public
The Routt County Board of Commissioners agreed Thursday to lift the fire ban on all private areas in the county.
