Stories for June 27, 2007

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Home brew takes gold

Gordon Schuck's Belgian ale wins international competition

For Gordon Schuck, brewing beer is an art.

Diversion program an option for hazing suspects

Four Hayden High School seniors reported to have hazed seven incoming freshmen will be given the option of a diversion program in lieu of a criminal trial, District Attorney Bonnie Roesink said Tuesday.

Debbie Horwitz: Thanks for support

The March of Dimes would like to thank the people of Steamboat Springs for their support of our recent Jail and Bail fundraising event. More than $11,000 was raised, due to the efforts of our Jailbirds, their donors and Old Town Pub & Restaurant. This achievement will help enable our mission of improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. A special thanks goes to top Jailbird Traci Clark, who raised $1,365.

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School Board to consider salaries

Different comparisons possible for administrators

The Steamboat Springs School Board could determine how much to pay its administrators based on information from a different set of comparable school districts than what is used to determine teacher salaries.

Sparks fly

Moffat County officials are warning residents of firework danger

Some children will paint their names in the sky with firework sparklers next Wednesday.

Creek View revisions weighed

Hayden town staff recommends approval of project changes

The Hayden Planning Commission will consider revisions to the site plan for the Creek View Townhomes and Plaza development on the west side of town at its meeting Thursday.

Barbara Jean Sonntag: Hello from Craig

To all the dear people in Steamboat whom I have had the awesome privilege of knowing during these last 16-plus years at City Market.

John Rezzonico: Iraq coverage disturbs

I am writing you to express my disgust once again in the way media stories are distributed to the American public.

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No warning before fatal jump

Boulder man, 54, falls 700 feet from hot air balloon to his death

Hot air balloon pilot Ian Cox never thought the man would jump.

Town Challenge bike series continues

Sports briefs

The third of eight Steamboat Springs Town Challenge Mountain Bike Series events will bring local racers back up the steeps of Howelsen Hill and lower Emerald Mountain.

Tilghman wins Haywhacker tourney at Haymaker

Jim Knous and Tyler Conwell both gave chase, but at the end of the 2007 CJGA Haywhacker Championships first-round leader Michael Tilghman of Littleton was still on top.

Look who bikes to work: Gigi Walker

Gigi Walker Occupation: Owner of Spruce Up Beauty Salon

Smoking ban turns one

A year later, some business owners still resent state law

A controversial statewide smoking ban is still resented by some business owners a year after going into effect. Others are finding the law didn't have the negative impact they feared.

Mike Lawrence: Leveling the playing field

Economic disparities between three school districts vast

Phippsburg resident Kathleen Foos, the mother of 17-year-old Sam Hedemark, told me Monday that Sam went to a party Saturday night in the Routt National Forest near Chapman Reservoir on "the spur of the moment."

The Record for June 25

MONDAY, JUNE 25

Briefs for June 27

Support group meeting on July 4 is canceled

Our View: The rules of the road

In honor of Bike to Work Week, we are compelled to encourage residents to do just that.

Fatal blast investigation continues

Cause of ignition in explosion expected from investigators soon

Randi Cruson hasn't returned to the remote site where two of her friends died Saturday night when an oil storage tank exploded in the Routt National Forest.