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Steamboat Springs High School's largest class graduates
In sharing his "geezer wisdom" with the Steamboat Springs High School Class of 2008, class-selected speaker Jim Bronner urged the graduates to ignore everyone's expectations and follow their own dreams, with the help of a few choice words from Mark Twain that were "destined" to be read for the graduating Sailors.
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by Melinda Dudley
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The Record for May 30
Midnight: A Yampa man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, careless driving and minor in possession of alcohol during a traffic stop at Mount Werner and Pine Grove roads.
Vandahl accepts walk-on spot
Steamboat basketball star to test talent at University of Denver
All Michael Vandahl wanted was an opportunity to play Division I basketball.
The Jail Report for May 24 to May 30
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.
Michael Malone: Game disgusting
The news is filled with stories about tornadoes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones and tsunamis - just a few natural disasters that can change our lives and take our lives. Imagine that we could prevent these catastrophes simply by not allowing them to take place.
Harriet Aspegren and Eunice Dorr: Memorial flowers
Friday before Memorial Day has been the traditional American Legion Auxiliary "Poppy Day" for many years. Several members of our family are members of the organization, and someone from those members has distributed poppies each year since 1946.
Bob Enever: Strike out fields
I hope the City Council will not seriously contemplate building fields for Triple Crown. Consider:
Routt County Spotlight: Bill Doyne
Age: Old enough to know better, young enough not to resist Occupation: Practicing hedonist Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio (the mistake by the lake)
Home sales slump on the slopes
First quarter real estate transactions down across Rocky Mountain towns
Real estate data released by the Rocky Mountain Resort Alliance indicates Steamboat wasn't the only mountain resort market that saw declines in dollar and transaction volume during the first quarter of 2008.
John F. Russell: Lalive weighs her options
Caroline Lalive doesn't want to sound bitter. She doesn't want to be angry, and she doesn't want to feel cheated.
Real Estate transactions for May 21 to May 28
- SOMERVILLE, JAMES D and SOMERVILLE, ROBIN J To TRIDLE, DAVID R and TRIDLE, SHANNON B For FAIRWAY PLACE FILING NO 2 LOT 11 - $2,515,000
A never-ever marathoner's guide to joining the race
Maybe you'll watch today, maybe you won't. Maybe the streets closed for today's Steamboat Marathon are just a nuisance and the crowds that run into town are nothing more than people to wait behind in the grocery store line.
Joel Reichenberger: Locals up to pro standards
It isn't that I seek to go in with preconceived notions, but before I go to cover an event - especially one with which I'm not overly familiar, such as last week's Paddling Life Pro Invitational - I ask around. I try to do a little research but also try to figure out what some of the off-the-record story lines might be.
South Routt Velosport rides again
Bike shop opens at new location after one-year hiatus
After a one-year hiatus, South Routt Velosport is back in business in Oak Creek, solving flats for local cycling enthusiasts and outfitting riders with everything from beach cruisers to top-of-the-line road and mountain bikes.
Editorial cartoon for June 1
Joe Roberts draws a cartoon that appears weekly on the editorial page of the Sunday Pilot & Today. This is the cartoon for June 1, 2008.
Jimmy Westlake: 'Lyra and the Plunging Vulture'
What's that bright star rising in the northeastern sky as darkness falls this month? It's the star Vega, and its arrival is a sure sign that summer is just around the corner.
Best of the Web for June 1
Kudos to YVMC
Agriculture should be valued
At an economic discussion this winter, agriculture in the valley was considered level; it wasn't growing economically, but it wasn't declining, either. Theoretically, this is a bad thing. Many economists think that anything stable has no value to the local economy. I beg to differ. Agriculture has much to offer economically and otherwise.
Conservative commentary: Dare your graduate to read
It was a graduation to remember. Our grandson and his classmates looked great in their blue mortarboard caps with gold tassels. Parents beamed and cameras flashed. The speaker was brief, taking his text from Psalms: "Children are a gift from God." Ian's dad caught the whole thing on video.
Looking back for June 1: ASC committee has many duties
Three men represent 90 percent of the farmers and ranchers in Routt County on the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation policy-forming committee.
Steamboat on the cheap
Live like you're on vacation, for little to no cash
Things, as you probably have noticed, are expensive. But as the financial picture gets uglier, most everything else in the Yampa Valley gets prettier with the onset of summer. We offer a few suggestions to making the most of your time off in Steamboat Springs by stretching your dollar as far as it will go:
Our View: Housing study needs responses
Of the many issues raised by the proposed Steamboat 700 development, the need to accurately identify the specific housing needs of our community shoots to the top of the list.
Rocky Peak poised to break ground this week
When Peter and Kim Kreissig of Kreissig Homes purchased the site of Rocky Peak Village complete with city approvals and much of the design work in place, Kim knew there was at least one thing she would never change. "The cupolas," said Kreissig, a Realtor with Prudential Steamboat Realty. "That was the first thing I got excited about."
On the Market for June 1
Records at the Routt County Regional Building Department reflect that
Curves fights roadblock
Women running gym as co-op struggled to find
The women of Curves say they have a good thing going.
Car dealerships' sales mixed
Soaring gasoline prices having bad, good, little effect on Steamboat businesses
Steamboat Springs car dealerships are reporting a scramble of effects from steadily climbing gasoline prices.
Steamboat Springs High School's largest class graduates
In sharing his "geezer wisdom" with the Steamboat Springs High School Class of 2008, class-selected speaker Jim Bronner urged the graduates to ignore everyone's expectations and follow their own dreams, with the help of a few choice words from Mark Twain that were "destined" to be read for the graduating Sailors.
Concealed weapon permits on the rise
Routt County Sheriff's Office seeing marked increase in training registration
High demand for concealed weapon permits, in part prompted by large-scale acts of violence across the country, means the Routt County Sheriff's Office is offering more training opportunities than ever before.
City sees future west of town
Trip to Denver gives eye-opening look at urbanist design
An ice cream truck jingles in the distance as young couples ride bikes, push strollers and walk dogs past ultramodern architecture, through extravagant roundabouts and over brick crosswalks on their way to outdoor sidewalk cafes below vibrant banners proclaiming, "Spring has sprung."
Saitta looking for win No. 8
Runner aiming to continue Steamboat Marathon dominance
Those looking to wriggle out of Jason Saitta's stranglehold on the Steamboat Marathon are in for some bad news. Saitta, who has won the men's marathon seven times in the past nine years, said Friday that he's feeling possibly the best he has before any Steamboat Marathon.
Hundreds gather to mourn Mark and Levi Klapperich
The overflowing bleachers and bright sunshine at the Hayden High School football field would have made Mark and Levi Klapperich smile.
Yampa yearning
Hamilton finds everything she is looking for amid waves, water
The phrase "come for the winter, stay for the summer" is thrown so casually around Steamboat Springs it might as well be painted on the city limit sign. It's a mantra that proves only half true for Sarah Hamilton. She came for the summer, and after three years in Steamboat - the vast majority of which was spent on the area's raging creeks and rivers - she still lives for it.
