The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Local Spotlight: Richard J. Rende Jr.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Richard J. Rende Jr.

Age: 28

Occupation: Sales for Brown & Brown Insurance

Looking back for July 9, 1934: Routt County men got to CCC camp

Sunday, July 5, 2009

A group of 28 Routt County men signed up to join the CCC. The Larson Transportation Co took them to the camp near Yampa on Monday morning. Some may be kept at Yampa, and others will be sent to camps at various places across the country. Routt County was allotted 26 men, but more men were sent because some might not be accepted.

Ranch tours to start Sunday

Agriculture alliance, extension have planned 4 Cow Town tours this year

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Routt County’s ranchers are opening their doors to the public during upcoming ranch tours, hoping to teach people about agriculture and their food supply.

Joanne Palmer: A smarter cell phone

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Something is wrong with my cell phone. It has taken over my life. We have a strange and complicated relationship. I believe it owns me.

Jimmy Westlake: The Via Lactea

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

When the bright moon is not in the sky, the dark summer night reveals one of its most spectacular treasures: the soft, misty glow of the Via Lactea, or the Milky Way. Contrary to what the ancient Romans believed, the Milky Way is not made of milk at all but is the combined light of billions of distant suns, unresolved by the unaided eye.

Deb Babcock: Beauty is often just skin-deep

Monday, June 29, 2009

In an effort to grow beautiful flowers, fruit and vegetables, we gardeners tend to coddle our plants. The second the soil is dry, wet water. If it looks like an insect is chewing on it, we apply insecticides. To control weeds, we use herbicides. And we apply fertilizers, and protective covers on cool nights, and all manner of protection to achieve a perfect, county-fair worthy specimen.

Looking back from June 29, 1934: A directory for Routt County

Sunday, June 28, 2009

From the Friday, June 29, 1934, edition of The Steamboat Pilot:

Routt County spotlight: Sarah Seguin

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Age: 29

Occupation: Bartender, Double Z Bar & Bar-B-Q

Place of birth: Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Rich Tremaine: Ag Law conference returns to Steamboat

Friday, June 26, 2009

For the past 18 years, the Colorado Bar Association has held an annual conference that focuses on current issues and developments in rural and agricultural law. This conference attracts lawyers, real estate appraisers, brokers, and water and civil engineers from throughout Colorado. Read story.

Diann Ritschard: Community invited to plant legacy

Friday, June 26, 2009

Community members are invited to join the Bark Beetle Information Task Force in planting seedlings to replace trees killed by the mountain pine beetle.

Jimmy Westlake: Return of the Summer Triangle

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

There are few sights in nature more beautiful than the starry summer sky. When the sun goes down and the summer stars come out, three of the first ones you see, high in the northeastern sky, will be the trio of bright stars that forms the corners of an unmistakable asterism called the Summer Triangle. Although it is called the Summer Triangle, it first becomes visible during the early evening in late spring and hangs on in our evening sky until early winter.

Joanne Palmer: Holidays we need

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Dear President Obama, I am feeling a little ho-hum about our national holidays. They are a great time to get paid not to work, unless you are self-employed like me, in which case you get to enjoy not working and not getting paid. Read story.

Bruce Lindal: Growing lawn grass tricky

Monday, June 22, 2009

There have recently been recommendations to plant native grasses in lawns to conserve water. This might not be the best thing to do. There are few if any native grasses that make good lawn grasses in this area, and seed is not available for most.

Looking back for June 22, 1934

Sunday, June 21, 2009

The Steamboat Pilot does not fear the Big Bad Wolf. About to enter its 50th consecutive year of publication, it can look back at times when the Wolf was more threatening, but he was always vanquished — the Pilot went forward to greater things. Read story.

Routt County Spotlight: Aubrey Thurston

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Occupation: Arctic Liquors