Stories for June 15, 2009

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Afternoon

Search for Rebecca Green scaled back until water levels drop

Search and Rescue to monitor flows in Fish Creek, wait for safer currents

Routt County Search and Rescue is scaling back its search for Rebecca Green until water levels recede to safe flows near upper Fish Creek Falls. Green has been missing since Saturday afternoon. A prayer vigil for the family is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church.

Early Morning

Search area narrowed

Long Lake gate will be closed to slow water in search for woman

Crews have narrowed the search area for Rebecca Green and are continuing their search today of upper Fish Creek Falls, where they hope to locate the Steamboat Springs woman missing since Saturday afternoon.

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Search for Rebecca Green scaled back until water levels drop

Search and Rescue to monitor flows in Fish Creek, wait for safer currents

Routt County Search and Rescue is scaling back its search for Rebecca Green until water levels recede to safe flows near upper Fish Creek Falls. Green has been missing since Saturday afternoon. A prayer vigil for the family is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church.

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Search area narrowed

Long Lake gate will be closed to slow water in search for woman

Crews have narrowed the search area for Rebecca Green and are continuing their search today of upper Fish Creek Falls, where they hope to locate the Steamboat Springs woman missing since Saturday afternoon.

Board to recognize Friends of Education

School officials also could adopt 2009 budget tonight in Centennial Hall meeting

Steamboat Springs School Board members will recognize the 2008-09 Friends of Education, Mary Labor and Fred Gardner, in a ceremony just after 6 p.m. today in the lobby of Centennial Hall.

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Locals fare well in tennis tournament

Seniors competition draws about 100 to Steamboat

Stacy Swiggart, director of the Intermountain Tennis Association's Senior Sectional Tennis Championships, expressed her joy about having dodged most of thunderstorms during the weekend tournament at The Tennis Center at Steamboat Springs.

Jane McLeod: The art of a mesclun mix

Imagine being a gatherer - as opposed to a hunter - and having to wait until this great white blanket of snow covering our valley floor melted before those first little edible green shoots poking through the soil could be gathered and eaten.

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Logger lauds stimulus

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helps to clear Routt National Forest

A loud diesel engine spews black smoke into the air as the machine it's driving carries a bundle of trees down a temporary logging road, with limbs snapping under its tires. These are the sights and sounds of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Northwest Colorado this summer.

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Hayden hoopsters recall stellar season

Boys basketball team made trip to state for the 1st time 50 years ago

On Saturday, rekindled excitement flowed at the American Legion hut, where four members of the 1958-59 Hayden High School boys basketball team gathered to talk about that year in front of cameras and an audience.

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Roast light on jabs

Kelly Meek emerges from honorary event unscathed

There were a number of basic problems with the roast of former Steamboat Springs boys basketball coach Kelly Meek, which took place Saturday in the Steamboat Springs High School gymnasium that witnessed so many of his great seasons, great teams and great wins.

Steamboat Briefs: Adult day services offered at The Haven in Hayden

The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is offering adult day services at The Haven Assisted Living in Hayden, for any disabled individual older than 18 or any elderly individual who is looking for daily activities where oversight is provided.

The Record for June 13

Saturday, June 13

Monday Medical: Take time on sidelines with head injuries

A broken bone is a clear sign that you need to take a break from active endeavors. A head injury, though often not as obvious, should be treated with the same respect.

Aging well: Conference is 'one-stop shopping' for caregivers

Deciding the best care and living situation for an elderly loved one can be one of the most difficult decisions a family makes.

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Fundraiser helps provide money to preserve cabin

Historic Routt County officials hope a first-time fundraiser - for Diamond Window Cabin at Stagecoach State Park - on Sunday, will lead to future opportunities to preserve the county's iconic landmarks.