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A member of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club rides up the Christie Peak Express Monday afternoon while training at the Steamboat Ski Area. The slopes will open to the public this Wednesday during the annual Scholarship Day, but the ski area has already invited the members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s programs onto the slopes for training.

Published on November 24, 2009

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Steamboat Ski Area employees, from left to right, Todd Sepella, Andy Wick and Craig Olsheim discuss items that need to be completed before the resort's Wednesday opening. Members of the Steamboat Ski Area have already been allowed to start training on the slopes, but the official opening will come this Wednesday with Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club Scholarship Day.

Published on November 24, 2009

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Snowboard coach Spencer Tamblyn smiles while talking to Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club athletes who were training at Steamboat Ski Area on Monday afternoon. The slopes will open to the public Wednesday for the annual Scholarship Day, but the ski area already has invited the members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s programs onto the slopes for training.

Published on November 24, 2009

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Brian Crosby rakes the snow leading to the Christie Peak Express lift between skiers Monday afternoon at the Steamboat Ski Area. The slopes will open to the public this Wednesday during the annual Scholarship Day, but the ski area has already invited the members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s programs onto the slopes for training.

Published on November 24, 2009

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Tow truck operators Dave Gittleson, left, and Dan Quick lift a car out of Soda Creek on Monday morning after it slid on the icy roads and over the bank. The car’s driver, 31-year-old June Matthews, suffered minor injuries in the one-vehicle accident. She was making a left turn onto 12th Street when the car slid off the road.

Published on November 24, 2009

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Members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club ride up the Christie Peak Express Monday afternoon while training at the Steamboat Ski Area. The slopes will open to the public this Wednesday during the annual Scholarship Day, but the ski area has already invited the members of the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s programs onto the slopes for training.

Published on November 24, 2009

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Girl Scout Reagan Mertz is collecting Crocs for an African Orphanage as part of her effort to earn the Girl Scout Gold Award.

Published on November 23, 2009

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Girl Scout Reagan Mertz is collecting Crocs for a Rwandan orphanage as part of her effort to earn the Girl Scouts’ Bronze Award.

Published on November 23, 2009

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A sign just outside of Stagecoach frames the area’s once booming development. Many of the original lots from the early 1970s have no access to municipal water and wasterwater services and county officials are struggling to find a solution.

Published on November 22, 2009

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Tod Allen, and his wife, Robin, stand inside Allen’s Clothing on Lincoln Avenue. The clothing store is celebrating 60 years of business as part of the Allen family’s 100-year retail legacy, which began when Tod Allen’s great-grandparents moved to Steamboat Springs in 1909.

Published on November 22, 2009

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Tod Allen, and his wife, Robin, stand inside Allen’s clothing store on Lincoln Avenue.

Published on November 22, 2009

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Luz Mendoza, right, and Arturo Velazquez pull tortillas out of coolers they keep in the back of their pickup before knocking on doors in downtown Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon.

Published on November 21, 2009

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Arturo Velazquez knocks on doors while selling tortillas in downtown Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon. Velazquez works for Luz Mendoza, who owns and operates a business that sells flour tortillas and other items door-to-door in downtown and the surrounding areas.

Published on November 21, 2009

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Luz Mendoza, from right, and Arturo Velazquez sell tortillas to Tom Lichtenfels and his daughter Margaret at the Lichtenfelses’ home in Steamboat Springs.

Published on November 21, 2009

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Arturo Velazquez, left, and Luz Mendoza close up their Nissan pickup truck before knocking on a few doors in downtown Steamboat Springs Thursday afternoon. Mendoza owns and operates a business that sells flour tortillas and other items door-to-door in downtown and the surrounding areas.

Published on November 21, 2009

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Arturo Velazquez pulls tortillas out of coolers they keep in the back of their Nissan pickup before knocking on doors in downtown Steamboat Springs on Thursday afternoon. Velazquez works for Luz Mendoza, who owns and operates a business that sells flour tortillas and other items door-to-door in downtown and the surrounding areas.

Published on November 21, 2009

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Karolyn Zuehlke rolls out lefse dough Tuesday while her mother, Shirley Zuehlke, grills the Norwegian specialty. The women were part of a group from the Concordia Lutheran Church who were making lefse to sell at Saturday’s annual Christmas Bazaar. The bazaar, which features homemade crafts, specialty food items, brunch and more, is scheduled to run from 9 a.m. until noon.

Published on November 20, 2009

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The new recording studio inside First String Music is bigger than the space at the old location.

Published on November 18, 2009

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The new location of First String Music offers more retail floor space than the music shop's old location, and it has plenty of room for guitars, drums and other musical items.

Published on November 18, 2009

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Steve Boynton sits near a display of guitars in First String Music. The musical instrument store and recording space moved from Lincoln Avenue to a larger building on Loggers Lane.

Published on November 18, 2009

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