Utu wins 9 News award

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008

It wasn’t surprising that Pio Utu was oblivious to the hundreds of people walking into Kelly Meek Gymnasium at Steamboat Springs High School on Tuesday. It also wasn’t surprising Utu had no idea he’d won the 9Who Care Award for December from 9 News. No, Utu was busy doing the same thing he’s been doing the past 25 years. While everyone was filing into the gymnasium to honor him, Utu helped a group of 15 student-athletes train.



J.D. Hays

Sunday, March 30, 2008

J.D. Hays came to Steamboat Springs in 1980 “sight unseen.”



Scott & Cindy MacGray

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Scott and Cindy MacGray don’t look like they are in their 50s. But then, neither do most of their friends.



Kristi & Jeff Brown

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Jeff and Kristi Brown swear they’re the best cotton candy makers in town — just don’t expect to find it on the menu of their downtown Steamboat Springs Mexican restaurant.



Jenny Wilson

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Jenny Wilson is the happiest she has ever been, and for good reason.

Steve Green

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Steve Green Co. is well-known around Steamboat for its delivery trucks and vans emblazoned with the company’s slogan, “If it’s in stock, we have it.” But Steve Green’s wildest delivery idea came a few years ago when he almost bought an old ambulance for the company, complete with a Starsky and Hutch-style cherry light he could throw on the roof.



Wendy & Jules Palyo

Sunday, March 30, 2008

When Wendy and Jules Palyo opened Phippsburg’s Flat Tops Ranch Supply last October, they certainly were expecting customers. What they didn’t expect was the rubbernecking along Colorado Highway 131 as their store was being built.

Dan Smilkstein

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Constantly in search of new challenges, two summers ago Dr. Dan Smilkstein found himself climbing a 19,785-foot mountain in the Peruvian Andes.



Chad Bedell

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Chad Bedell is an Elk River Valley cowboy through and through, and these days, he’s refining a new form of agriculture.



Chuck & Lynn Abbott

Sunday, March 30, 2008

In 1965, Lynn Rich met her future husband. But she didn’t pick him up.



Her mother did.

Simonne Oliver

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Simonne Oliver laughs when a visitor compares her to a local bartender.

Kimberly Saari

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Before she came to Steamboat Springs, local art gallery owner Kimberly Saari was headed for the big city. Things didn’t work out the way she planned.



Kim White

Sunday, March 30, 2008

It’s hard to be in a bad mood around Kim White.

Erica Fogue

Sunday, March 30, 2008

There are so many books to be read, Epilogue Book Co. owner Erica Fogue said, sitting in the tiny office above her Lincoln Avenue storefront.



Harmon ‘Buck’ Buckland

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Buck Buckland was just a quarter-mile away when the Berlin Wall came down.

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