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Traditional Winter Carnival street events bring spills and smiles
When Heather Wilhelm participated in Winter Carnival street events on skis, her childhood favorite was skijoring - being pulled down Lincoln Avenue by a horse at top speed.
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by Melinda Dudley
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Teen Style: What teens do in free time
Riding the free bus around all day, aimlessly walking downtown, journeying to City Market for children's free cookies because I'm hopelessly broke: these are the highlights of daily entertainment for many teens.
Teen Style: Would students go to a teen center? Sure, if their friends do
I have a question: Would teens go to a community recreation center and want to spend their time there? Nearly all the teens to whom I posed this question said that they would go if given the opportunity.
Local dual credit scholars stock up on classes
Laura Bruch said high school students are the best performers in her English composition class - despite the fact they are surrounded by college students.
Teen Style: Looking at a teen center
Plans for a youth and teen center in Steamboat Springs have come and gone, from a proposed area in a new, $34 million community recreation center to an $87,500 expansion of the lobby at Howelsen Ice Arena, shelved until further notice by Steamboat Springs City Council in November 2008 for capital budgeting reasons.
Teen Style: Is a teen center needed?
Amid a swath of concrete and asphalt, unimposing but not unremarkable, stands the Steamboat Springs Community Center. It's an effective facility, for its purposes. But it does have one problem: It's a lie.
Teen Style: High school teachers weigh in on teen center
Where Steamboat Springs High School history teacher Deirdre Boyd grew up on Long Island, N.Y., there was no such thing as a teen center.
Yampa against Shell's water request
Leery of Shell Oil's recent filing for substantial water rights on the Yampa River, the Yampa Town Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to join any official opposition to the plan to pull water from the waterway whose name the town shares.
Routt County Spotlight: Meagan Dawn Coates
Meagan Dawn Coates
Looking Back for Feb. 9, 1934: Many will take active part in Winter Carnival
The mid-winter sports carnival Feb. 23 and 24 is to be the big time of the season when ski riders, hundreds of children, swift cross-country riders and the daring ski jumpers will put on a show to please the crowds. Everybody can enjoy the sports this year. Bring the family and spend the two days having fun and frolicking.
Class notes: Christian Heritage School honor roll lists
Honor Roll - Sixth grade: Andrea Clark, Paige Eivins; Eighth grade: Aleigh Aurin, Nora Corser, Shealie Jenkins, Mikenzie Ochs, Jack Pietig, Jane Robey, Tyler Scott; Ninth grade: Kevin Finch, Colton Mahanna, Daniel Melvin, Sara Pugh; 10th grade: David Robey.
Area teachers have day care dilemma
School district staff asking for help with child care needs
Teachers who have lived in Steamboat Springs long enough know the drill: Sign up for day care as soon as you realize you or your spouse are pregnant.
2 Sailors vie for Skimeister
Dixson, Gantick to compete in 4 skiing events in 2 days
The Skimeister is an event where high school skiers compete in all four high school skiing disciplines - skate, classic, slalom and giant slalom.
Steamboat hockey skates to easy win
Sailors vent Friday frustration in Saturday romp against Cougars
Nobody wanted to be in the Cougars' skates on Saturday. Not with a frustrated Steamboat Springs High School hockey team coming off a pivotal 3-2 loss to Cheyenne Mountain on Friday.
Local diver takes the plunge
MCHS diver from Steamboat raises her game for state meet
Genna Bradley was so nervous at last year's state diving meet, she couldn't bear to watch the competition. But when the little-known competitor from Steamboat Springs started to dive, she saw her name start to rise up the leader board.
Tigers hoops teams take 2 from Saints
Hayden boys, girls excel against Vail Christian
It was unseasonably warm Saturday, and the chase for 2A Western Slope playoff seeding heated up as the Hayden boys basketball team came out of Edwards with a 43-30 win against Vail Christian.
Maggie Berglund: Solution to Gridlock: More voices at the table
President Barack Obama has been traveling the halls of our Capitol building looking for bipartisan support on a stimulus plan, but I wonder whether his bipartisan efforts are enough.
Joel Reichenberger: One jump at a time
Howelsen Hill's ski jumps were the first thing that interested me about Steamboat Springs.
The Record for Feb. 6
12:29 a.m. A suicide attempt was reported in Steamboat Springs. One woman was transported to the hospital.
Steamboat boys basketball wins 40th straight
Sailors streak could be headed for 3 lossless seasons
There probably aren't many teams in the state, and not any in the Western Slope that accomplished what the Steamboat Springs High School boys basketball team did Saturday in Delta.
Missing snowmobilers located in North Routt
Three snowmobilers reported missing in North Routt County late Friday night were safely located Saturday, according to Routt County Search and Rescue personnel.
Jail Report for Jan. 31 to Feb. 6
Tony Dwayne Counts, 39, Oak Creek - Driving under the influence, DUI per se, driving under restraint (Steamboat Springs Police Department)
Holly Nelson: Arts Council preserving vision
The Steamboat Springs Arts Council Board is disappointed with the article "Arts Council reorganizes: nonprofit cuts visual arts department, focuses on performance" published Feb. 3.
Marketing experts discuss playing defense
'Advertising is an investment; it's not an expense,' radio advertising sales manager says at forum
Local pros beat the advertising drum Friday, aiming to convince business owners that a recession is the time for more - not less - marketing.
Developers double up on January sales in Flat Tops duplex
Val and Bob Lish fervently were hoping to sell just one half of their spec duplex in Flat Tops View Village this winter. But they didn't imagine, in Steamboat's slumping real estate market, that both halves would go under contract and close for a combined $2.2 million within the span of a month.
Real estate transactions for Jan. 29 to Feb. 4
Seller's name listed first, followed by the buyer
John F. Russell: Spillane hopes for another medal
Steamboat Springs native and U.S. Nordic combined veteran Johnny Spillane spent time last week just where he wanted to be, back home enjoying one of his favorite pastimes - fly-fishing.
Post office plaza planned
City South site would be designed to lure lingering
Partners Brian Olson and Rod Forrester have entered the city planning process with a commercial development they hope will create a new urban hub just off U.S. Highway 40 between downtown and the ski mountain.
On the market: Federal housing officials to meet with local group
Nancy Engelken, affordable housing coordinator for the city of Steamboat Springs, is assembling a group of experts in the Steamboat housing and development industry to meet with federal housing officials.
Steve Lewis: Rob Douglas is selling out our town
Rob Douglas' column is a developer's mouthpiece. He let Mary Brown write his last column on housing. This week, he writes that suspending our affordable housing ordinances amounts to a compromise. Ridiculous!
Business file: Lunch offers tips on negotiating skills
Businesspeople interested in enhancing their negotiation skills are invited to a Success Steps seminar this week. The seminar, "Finding Agreement through Principled Negotiations," is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Steamboat Smokehouse. It costs $15.
Frustration grows for Nordic skiers
City officials hashing out plan for maintenance of Howelsen Hill trails
Many local Nordic skiers are experiencing further frustrations this year as citywide budget cuts have reduced grooming standards at Howelsen Hill.
Share stories about John Fetcher
Ski pioneer, dam builder and rancher John Fetcher died Friday at 97. Fetcher's impacts on the Yampa Valley are immeasurable, particularly in the fields of skiing, water storage and ranching. If you have a story to share about Fetcher, e-mail it to mlawrence@steamboatpilot.com or call 970-871-4233.
Stephen M. Aigner, Ph.D.: City needs water policy
Steamboat Springs needs to adopt a formal water dedication policy that fits the city, just as most other Colorado communities have done.
State ski resorts report decent midseason numbers and promotions
Colorado's ski resorts say they're doing better than expected as they march into the second half of the season.
Gelande hopefuls aim to make ski jumping history
Bruce Stott couldn't even remember if he did anything wrong Friday, let alone what that mistake might have been. But the evidence that something had gone wrong was there in the form of a neck brace a day later.
Former ski instructor still teaches
After skiing for 60 years, 'Mr. Bill' savors every turn
Bill Root's been teaching skiing for more than 40 years. Now four years retired from the Steamboat Ski and Snowboard School, Root - or Mr. Bill, as he's known to seemingly every person who skis past him on Mount Werner - still has one tip or another for most people.
Traditional Winter Carnival street events bring spills and smiles
When Heather Wilhelm participated in Winter Carnival street events on skis, her childhood favorite was skijoring - being pulled down Lincoln Avenue by a horse at top speed.
Our view: Water policy is muddy
It's a good idea - and likely long overdue - for the city of Steamboat Springs to require developers of annexed properties to provide water rights or water development resources as a condition of annexation.
