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Fund Board debates reserves as sales tax renewal vote looms
Education Fund Board members are questioning how to best manage the fund's reserves in light of the possibility that voters reject an extension of the city's half-cent sales tax for education in November.
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by Mike McCollum
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Snowboarding junior team named
Twenty-three U.S. riders are looking to shred their way to the top of the podium at the 2008 FIS Junior Snowboarding World Championships March 21 to 31 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Six of those riders and three of the team's six coaches will be representing the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.
Real estate transactions for Feb. 5 to 12
Real estate transactions for Feb. 5 to 12
Sundance North condos close to shopping, dining
The city's newest mixed residential/commercial project won't break ground until this summer - and more than 30 percent of the residential units already are under contract.
On the Market for Feb. 17
<p>Ghost Ranch Saloon</p>
The future of the soon-to-be-former Off the Beaten Path Bookstore building is revealed in documents recently filed with the city planning department.
Business file for Feb. 17
<p>Sullivan Agency named 2007 Agency of the Year</p>
SmartWool Corp. honored the Sullivan Agency as its 2007 Agency of the Year during last month's Outdoor Retailer winter market show in Salt Lake City.
Reaching an online audience
Local businesses use Internet to expand market
Ever-improving technology means local businesses' market share is no longer limited by geography, as local retailers and service-oriented businesses increasingly are taking their endeavors to the Internet.
Sales tax exceeds projections
December snowfall brings 8 percent increase in revenue for 2007
After the Steamboat Ski Area's delayed opening cut lodging and mountain area sales by nearly half in November, December's snowfall ushered in a recovery that helped bring a more than 8 percent increase in the city's sales tax revenue in 2007.
Lessons from the lift line
Make your ski days more enjoyable with a little etiquette
Asking skiers what annoys them most about lift lines, while they are stuck in a stagnant lift line, does not elicit serious or patient responses.
Steamboat tops Eagle Valley
There was a brief pause, but once the gears got cranking again, the Steamboat Springs boys basketball team cruised to yet another league win Saturday against Eagle Valley in Gypsum.
Hockey lights up Lancers
Steamboat Sailors look ahead to playoff seeding
After a rough 6-0 loss to Battle Mountain on their home ice Wednesday, the nine seniors on the Steamboat Springs High School hockey team were determined to bounce back and close their regular season with a positive stride.
Dave Shively: The next first
I, for one, shed no tears watching Michael Strahan "stomp out" Tom Brady in Super Bowl XLI, and with it, the endless pursuit of perfection commentary.
Nordic Challenge, Ski Marathon racers pair up for cold and fast kicking
Kevin Kopischke could doubly appreciate Saturday morning's doubled up cross-country ski events at the Lake Catamount Touring Center, which combined the fifth and final Nordic Challenge Series 3K/5K/10K races with the 22.5K/45K Steamboat Ski Marathon.
Sailors lose to Devils, 57-45
The Steamboat Springs High School girls basketball team lost to Eagle Valley, 57-45, Saturday, in a game that carried the energy of a rivalry and saw the Sailors' comeback effort fall short.
Mader misses regional title
Steamboat wrestler loses in final, qualifies for state
Steamboat Springs High School wrestler Houston Mader has seen the best. Now, the senior is out to prove he is the best.
Thirstin' Thurston dominates sled dog race
Two winters ago, Tom Thurston set out to simply finish the 350-mile Race to the Sky, or maybe finish in the top 10.
The Record for Feb. 15
Jonathan Andrew McClure, 36, Steamboat Springs - Second-degree criminal trespass (Steamboat Springs Police Department)
Fund Board debates reserves as sales tax renewal vote looms
Education Fund Board members are questioning how to best manage the fund's reserves in light of the possibility that voters reject an extension of the city's half-cent sales tax for education in November.
Russell: Forgetting the point (of the needle)
I'm not saying I can hurl a baseball past a major league batter, hit a baseball out of Coors Field or beat a throw to first by shortstop Troy Tulowitzki.
Escalating costs for grain, dairy push local pizza parlors to financial limit
Soda Creek Pizza owner Steve Hitchcock has done everything he can think of to battle rising wholesale food prices.
City eyes safety
Missouri shootings spur council security talks locally, nationally
Returning from a break during last week's Steamboat Springs City Council meeting, Councilman Jon Quinn was surprised to find a side door he normally takes into Centennial Hall's Citizens Meeting Room locked.
From coffee to cabernet
The Mugshot granted liquor license, hopes to attract evening customers
The Mugshot already has dozens of dedicated regulars who stop in for their coffee in the morning. This spring, owner Jane Sindell hopes her local following will be stopping by her coffee bar on their evening strolls not for a caffeine fix, but for a glass of their favorite wine.
Kerry Hart: Generation mix brings challenges, opportunities
"Never trust anyone over 30" was the mantra chanted by many young college students several decades ago. Those college students were part of the baby boomer generation and, with many of their youthful peers, protested the Vietnam war and rebelled against the "establishment." This was a sub-culture that also encompassed many baby boomers who had been disenfranchised from receiving a college education for one reason or another. But, as the well-know street philosopher of that era, Bob Dylan, prophetically sang in one of his songs, "The times, they are a changin'."
Class Notes for Feb. 17
"Universal Playground" meeting
Flu fighters
Steamboat students honored for their influenza prevention posters
Steamboat Springs students Caroline Wilson and Hannah Barkey don't take influenza lightly.
Omar M. Campbell: Growth management
I have had calls lately from folks wondering why I have written no letters to the editor lately. Shoveling snow day after day is one reason; a general malaise at the gloomy weather, old age and the state of our town and nation are probably others.
Don Mathes: Headline shameful
Your headline on the ViewPoints op-ed page Feb. 13 - "God does not favor the Jewish people" - is totally misleading and blatantly anti-Semitic.
Mary Walker: Crisis in Kenya
It is now clear that what started in Kenya six weeks ago as political unrest has now become a humanitarian crisis. More than 1,000 Kenyans have been killed and more than 600,000 displaced from their homes, either fleeing to Uganda or now living in "displacement" camps within Kenya.
Rob Douglas: Go ugly or go home
Can I get an Amen?
Gary Hofmeister: Hypocrisy ... really?
Even if we pay attention to the trends of the day along with the changes in generations, some things can pop up and give us a good knock on the head when we realize how transforming they are. My three children are in the 40s range, but when they were teenagers, I began to notice certain words frequently appearing that I hadn't heard used in the same context previously. Some of them were "hypocrite," "evil" and "two-faced." At the time, I didn't think a lot about it.
Our View: Less talk, more action
The availability of adequate athletic fields continues to be one of the biggest hurdles between Triple Crown Sports and a long-term contract with the Northwest Colorado communities that play host to the tournaments each summer. That hurdle arose again this week when it was revealed that Triple Crown wants to use Emerald Park fields as part of a proposed two-year contract extension.
Looking back: Local hospital has modern laboratory
From the Thursday, Feb. 20 edition of The Steamboat Pilot:
In the service: Garrett M. Brew
Air Force Airman Garrett M. Brew has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
Demong places sixth in Czech Republic
Bill Demong finished sixth Saturday in a Nordic combined World Cup mass-start event in Liberec, Czech Republic, after posting the fastest 10K race time on the 2009 FIS Nordic World Championships venues. He strengthened his second-place standing in overall points.
Routt County Spotlight: Deb Babcock
Occupation: Studio Potter/Blue Sky Pottery
