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'Messiah' production spotlights need for arts venue
As executive director of the Steamboat Springs Art Council, Marion Kahn said she feels the need for a true performing arts venue every day.
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by Margaret Hair
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Stories
Baumgartner wins Coach of the Year
It caught Hayden High School football coach Shawn Baumgartner off guard.
Mineral dollars spur debate
Western Slope lawmakers: Use exploration revenues locally
Months after floating the idea with a colleague, and after criticism from some Western Slope lawmakers and fellow Republicans, state Rep. Al White of Winter Park is now distancing himself from a proposal to use mineral exploration revenues to help Colorado's ailing higher education system.
North Routt Community Charter School organizes cross-country ski squad
The line of little bobbing heads slowly works its way across the wide-open, snowy expanse between North Routt Community Charter School and North Routt Preschool. This would be just another Thursday winter afternoon in the lives of these hardy elementary- and middle school-aged children, if it weren't for the extra kick in their strides.
Soroco girls basketball team defeats Rangely
After a tough 44-28 loss Friday night at North Park, the Soroco High School girls basketball team was searching for answers before Saturday's game against Rangely.
Steamboat girls basketball loses to Sheridan
The Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team found out what the rest of Wyoming already knows: the Sheridan, Wyo., basketball team is really, really good.
Steamboat boys basketball goes 2-1 in Wyoming
On Saturday, during the final day of the Flaming Gorge Basketball Tournament, the Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team saved its best for last.
Soroco boys hoops team falls to Rangely
The Soroco and Rangely boys basketball teams came to Saturday's game in Oak Creek from two opposite ends of the experience spectrum.
'Messiah' production spotlights need for arts venue
As executive director of the Steamboat Springs Art Council, Marion Kahn said she feels the need for a true performing arts venue every day.
John F. Russell: Tradition built on support
Chloe Banning is only 15 years old, but the aspiring snowboarder already understands our town's tradition of churning out Olympians.
Balancing game
Colorado is an odd breeding ground for two thriving species without a natural predator on the prowl: man and elk. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation puts our state's predicament clearly in its recent article, "The Future of America's Greatest Herd," which explains how Colorado, our self-proclaimed "elk capital of the world," has nearly twice the elk of any other state and twice as many people as any other elk state.
Editorial Cartoon for Dec. 16
Joe Roberts draws a cartoon that appears weekly on the editorial page of the Sunday Pilot & Today. This is the cartoon for Dec. 16, 2007.
Binsfield: Coulter, Dowd rude
As usual with both Ann Coulter and Maureen Dowd, I can't get through their columns. They are just too rude, although Ann Coulter usually exceeds Maureen Down in rudeness by a factor of 10.
Lift only what you can carry
While waiting in line to check in for a flight from Hong Kong to San Francisco, a man with an infectious smile asked if I had just arrived on the flight from Manila.
Making schools safer
Creating and maintaining a safe, crime-free environment for school children should be a top priority in every community, including ours. We're fortunate to live in an area with relatively low crime - particularly violent crime - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't take proactive approaches to school safety and crime prevention.
Jail Report and Record for Dec. 16
The following is a list of people booked into the Routt County Jail on suspicion of the listed charges. The arresting agency is listed in parentheses.
SSHS alumnus Carrell is school's new resource officer
Steamboat Springs Police Officer Josh Carrell is no stranger to the halls of Steamboat Springs High School.
Routt County Spotlight: James Knapp
Routt County Spotlight on James Knapp.
Class Notes for Dec. 16
Theresa Cutter, a senior at Christian Heritage School, was honored as a Rotary "Student of the Month" at the December meeting of the Steamboat Springs Rotary Club. Theresa is the daughter of Louis and Mary Ann Cutter. The Cutters and the Reverend John Brothers, one of Theresa's Christian Heritage School teachers, joined her at the presentation.
Rick Cables: Forest snow leads to faucet flow
Bringing evergreens into the home in winter is an ancient symbol of renewal. At this time of year, the forest enters many homes in the form of a Christmas tree. If you cut yours on national forests, this thinning of small trees also contributes to a healthier forest.
Ready for hire
Horizons day program participants are looking for work this winter
After lunch at the Horizons Specialized Services day program, Jamie Kaminski is talking, and smiling, about her work as a dishwasher at Cugino's Pizzeria and Italian Restaurant.
Jimmy Westlake: 'The Great Overdog'
American poet Robert Frost was a poet of the stars. Just listen to his short poem about Orion's big hunting dog entitled "Canis Major":
Looking Back: Commission authorized to plot orderly development
From the Thursday, Dec. 19, 1957, edition of The Steamboat Pilot:
School district looks to add interactive education materials
Frayed edges, broken spines and missing pages are evidence that textbooks take a daily beating in Steamboat Springs schools, but officials stress that the school district's aging books have shortcomings far more troublesome than cosmetics.
Police set sights on community center in downtown Oak Creek
To give local kids a safe and supervised place to play, the Oak Creek Police Department is working to establish a community center in one of downtown Oak Creek's vacant storefronts. The center could open its door early next year.
Real estate transactions for Dec. 6 to 10
- TURNER, JOSEPH L and TURNER, LANA M To HARTLEY, DAVID L and HARTLEY, KATHERINE P For MORAINE TOWNHOMES PHASE VI AMENDED PLAT LOT 45 - $715,000
Condos below $300K going fast
Steamboat condominium and townhome sales in the sub-$300,000 range may be an endangered species.
Diplomatic privileges in The Victoria
Longtime restaurateurs reinvent on a smaller scale
Morton Hoj has met enough foreign officials during his long restaurant career that he finally decided to open a new restaurant in Steamboat Springs with his wife, Ellen, called The Diplomat. It is the first announced commercial tenant in The Victoria, currently under construction at 10th Street and Lincoln Avenue.
Holidays heavy on tourists
Steamboat resort properties expect full occupancy
Although overall season reservations at Steamboat Springs' winter resort and lodging properties are slightly down compared to last year's figures, full occupancy is expected later this month as crowds arrive for the upcoming holiday period.
Ski season at YVRA takes flight
Ski season flights began arriving at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden last week, bringing winter tourists to Northwest Colorado on five airlines.
Business file for Dec. 16
Steamboat jeweler named Registered Jeweler
