Steamboat Today: Viewpoints

Our View: 1st step is the hardest — and most important

The onset of winter means a lot of things here in Routt County — the excitement of another ski season, the promise of increased business in the local economy and the anticipation of celebrating the holiday season with friends and family. But it also signals the time of year when depression is most prevalent and when suicidal thoughts and attempts peak.

Pat Adams: Mountain lion sightings

I hope Jim Haskins, of the Division of Wildlife, will read “Beast in the Garden.”

Grant Fenton and Paul Strong: Thanks, Pilot & Today

We would like to thank the Steamboat Pilot & Today for a most rewarding experience. Having the opportunity recently to serve on the Editorial Board as community representatives proved to be meaningful and educational.

Bob and Bert Rundell: A great community

We would like to thank this wonderful community for all the outpouring of support and kindness shown to us and Grease Monkey and Big O Tires employees since the loss of our son, Dustin Dahlin.

Damon Schneider: Slap in the face

What Congress is doing is repugnant to the Constitution and is a slap in the face to individual liberty.

Our View: Taxpayers deserve better

Taxpayers of Northwest Colorado deserve a clear and honest explanation for why our regional Board of Cooperative Educational Services overspent last year’s budget, withheld federal funding from districts and increased what it said districts would owe in 2009-10.

Ron Krall: Health care reform

Today, I want to break from the spirit of impartiality in which I tried to moderate the fireside chat and offer some comments about the pending health care reform legislation.

Steve Lewis: Lock in standards

The Let’s Vote group deserves our respect for standing up personally for what they believe.

Ken Collins: We always respond

It has been millions, literally, of Americans who have returned from war. Most have survived. Many have not.

Harriet Freiberger: Uplifted

On Tuesday, fifth-graders at Soda Creek Elementary School brought tears to my eyes.

The Wunder family: Thanks, Respite House

Our family recently had a wonderful experience using the new Rollingstone Respite House as a short-term care facility for a family member with advanced dementia.

Best of the Web: New Victory Highway

After living in this park for 9 years, it brings a tear to my eye to see it being ruined by this road.

Our View: A salute to our veterans

They come from all walks of life, but they share a single, unmistakable bond: selfless service to our country. And for that, we owe them all a tremendous debt of gratitude.

Our View: Jump right in, City Council

A new Steamboat Springs City Council will be sworn in Tuesday night at Centennial Hall, and once the mostly ceremonial first meeting is complete, council members quickly will be immersed in a number of important and timely city issues.