Stories for February 22, 2008

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Five local wrestlers advance to state semis

Soroco High School junior Levi Gonzales scored an overtime takedown victory Friday in the quarterfinals round of the Class 2A state high school wrestling championships at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

Early Morning

Bank tellers jailed

Workers accused of stealing $900K from customers

Two local women were arrested Thursday on suspicion of stealing more than $900,000 from account holders at a Steamboat Springs bank.

Allen leads Steamboat's Alpine skiers on first day of state meet

Everything about Steamboat Springs High School senior Kris Allen says wild - from the tears in his ski suit to his go-all-out skiing style.

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Five local wrestlers advance to state semis

Soroco High School junior Levi Gonzales scored an overtime takedown victory Friday in the quarterfinals round of the Class 2A state high school wrestling championships at the Pepsi Center in Denver.

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Wild women

Female artists featured this month at Wild Horse Gallery

Georgian Kalow has had stained glass works on display at Wild Horse Gallery for about four years, and has been working in that medium for closer to 15 years.

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Sailors' Krause puts together sick run

Nordic skier paces girls team; boys in fifth after Day 1 of championships

Her voice barely audible after Thursday's race, Steamboat Springs High School senior Melissa Krause wasn't going to let a little sickness get in the way of finishing strong in one of her last scholastic competitions at Howelsen Hill.

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Success on the mats

Six of seven county wrestlers headed to state quarterfinals

Normally, the first string of matches of the CHSAA State Wrestling Tournament go by quietly as wrestlers make their first-round debuts, working out jitters under the bright lights of Denver's Pepsi Center.

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Allen leads Steamboat's Alpine skiers on first day of state meet

Everything about Steamboat Springs High School senior Kris Allen says wild - from the tears in his ski suit to his go-all-out skiing style.

Seminar focuses on fake documents

Advice on how employers can better spot fake documents is the topic of a roundtable discussion at Centennial Hall on Tuesday.

Committed to learning

Librarians strive to focus on gaining lifelong knowledge

Bud Werner Memorial Library supports our community's young people by emphasizing youth literacy. Their mission is to connect children and teens to books and information in meaningful ways. Youth services librarians Currie Meyer and Alison Lambart strive to inspire lifelong learning in all youths.

The Record for Feb. 20

3:06 a.m. A fire alarm went off in the 900 block of Lincoln Avenue. Everything was fine.

Steamboat briefs for Feb. 22

Several local agencies, including the Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services, are sponsoring the Children's Health Fair next month. The fair is for children 4 months to 5 years old, and offers free vision and hearing screenings along with free assessments of language, cognition, physical and social development. To make an appointment for South Routt dates on March 10 and 11, call 736-2313. For Steamboat Springs dates on March 17 and 18, call 879-0391. For Hayden appointments on March 20, call 276-3750.

700 team floats metro district

The Steamboat 700 development team suggested implementing a metropolitan district that could be annexed into Steamboat Springs, but received little support from city planners.

Hayden beef not part of recall effort

School officials dispose of meat as precautionary measure

The Hayden School District did not possess beef that was part of a massive U.S. Department of Agriculture recall last weekend. Rather, school officials discarded 30 pounds of meat from the same California slaughterhouse that was part of the recall strictly as a precautionary measure.

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Nerney camps outside pub

Former liquor license holder working outside bar he can't enter

There's a new doorman at the Jade Summit restaurant and its upstairs bar, Pirate's Pub.

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Deb Babcock: A garden to stimulate the senses

Have you ever thought about how a garden affects your senses? Most of us enjoy the beauty of the colors, shapes, play of light and shade and the graceful movement of grasses, leaves and foliage as plants sway in the wind.

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Bank tellers jailed

Workers accused of stealing $900K from customers

Two local women were arrested Thursday on suspicion of stealing more than $900,000 from account holders at a Steamboat Springs bank.

Sailor boys basketballers look to end league play on winning note

Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball guard Aaron Calkins has every right to look ahead to the playoffs.

Hayden chooses four superintendent finalists

School Board invites community to participate in candidate interviews first week of March

After receiving eight applications for its superintendent position, the Hayden School District has pared the field of candidates to four finalists.

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Steele got it

Local artist stays involved in Steamboat scene after years away

Dona Steele has painted or decorated just about any household item that comes to mind: walls, kitchen surfaces, bathroom fixtures, golf shoes.

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Add the verse

Salt Lake City rapper to perform at Wired

On the album he just finished, Salt Lake City rapper Adverse (or David Hunt) plays both Nick Nolte and a serial killer. It's a concept record, loosely based on "Another 48 Hrs."

Margaret Hair: And the winner could be ...

When "Crash" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2006, my apartment building screamed.

CD reviews of The Mountain Goats, Bon Iver and The Mars Volta

CD reviews of The Mountain Goats, "Heretic Pride"; Bon Iver, "For Emma, Forever Ago"; and The Mars Volta, "The Bedlam Goliath"

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What's on tap

Tap House amping up bar business, trying live music

On a Saturday night in early February, Denver-based blues-rock duo American Relay packed the impromptu dance floor at The Tap House Sports Grill. After weeks of middling crowds, the bar finally had the booze-swilling, semi-dancing bodies it needed to support the addition of regular live music to its calendar.