Yampatika given 2009 New Pioneer award for work in sustainability
At the end of the day, Yampatika is successful if it has created new environmental stewards. Yampatika reaches about 20,000 people each year with its educational programming. The stewardship project was recognized as the 2009 New Pioneer of the Yampa Valley on Saturday night.
Routt County cooks share their methods for Thanksgiving birds
Roasted, brined or deep-fried, a turkey is the centerpiece of most Thanksgiving spreads. There are countless ways to season, cook and serve the traditional bird, and Routt County chefs and cooks have identified their favorites through years of serving holiday meals.
Denver man Tasered, arrested in Hayden
47-year-old accused of assaulting a police officer Friday evening
Hayden police Officer Russ Davis was injured while responding to a call Friday on Vista Verde Drive. Miguel Marcus Manzanares was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and other charges.
New Pioneers of the Yampa Valley to be honored
Awards ceremony recognizes locals for sustainability efforts
At the fourth annual New Pioneers of the Yampa Valley dinner and awards ceremony today, four people or businesses will be recognized for what they do every day.
BAFW party Wednesday features 3 bands and 2 DJs
Local rock band Lower Concentration is the opening act for BAFW’s season-opening party, an event starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday that features three bands and two DJs.
Euforquestra comes to Steamboat with its world-influenced sound
The Fort Collins-based jam band Euforquestra started out its decade-long life as a four-piece, mostly rock-styled band called Euphoria. The band plays at 10 p.m. today and Saturday.
‘Once Upon a Mattress’ opens today at SSHS
Play builds skills, connections for students
When Sara Emily Pugh gets an opportunity to take the stage, there’s not much question whether she’ll take it. Pugh and her fellow cast members in Steamboat Springs High School's presentation of "Once Upon a Mattress" will open the curtain on the play at 7 p.m. today.
Library offers free mind-body workshops
For the next five Saturday mornings, Bud Werner Memorial Library will offer free sampler workshops in mind-body awareness.
First String grows in new spot
Music store moves from Lincoln Avenue to Loggers Lane
Since Steve Boynton opened the doors to First String Music in spring 2007, two thoughts have driven his business: This place should be a gathering spot, and this place is small. With a new location, Boynton hopes to have changed those things.
Experts offer last-minute tips to save energy and reduce costs
Chilly morning temperatures at the start of the week might have been a wake-up call for any resident who’s left home weatherization for the last minute.
Yampa Valley Singers concert is Tuesday
Program features contrasting works, brass orchestra
Yampa Valley Singers director Marie Carmichael was going for contrast when she picked the program for a Tuesday choral concert. Tuesday’s concert features 36 chorus members, a brass orchestra, percussion, piano and organ.
Snow Bowl hosts Special Olympics tournament
At the start of the first Yampa Valley Special Olympics Bowling Tournament, Jay Greenhill was hoping to get the sort of score he racks up on a good day. For Greenhill, a Steamboat Springs resident and client at Horizons Specialized Services, that would be between 115 and 125.
15th annual Festival of Trees benefits museum
For the fourth year in a row, the Steamboat Springs-based High Point 4-H Club will show off its shining stars at the start of the holiday season. About 25 club members decorated for the 15th annual Festival of Trees in Tread of Pioneers Museum’s community room Thursday.
‘Baby and Me’ program provides incentives for mothers to quit smoking
This fall, six women graduated from “Baby and Me — Tobacco Free,” a program to keep women from smoking during and after pregnancy. Funded by a grant and led locally by Hope Cook, the prenatal coordinator for the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, the program gives expecting and new moms incentive and motivation to quit smoking and stay smoke-free.
Bowling tournament celebrates local Special Olympics athletes
This afternoon, 35 athletes will march out to Olympic music, recite the Special Olympics oath and compete in a tournament that’s two months of training and more than 15 years of tradition in the making. The regional bowling tournament is for Special Olympics athletes from Routt and Moffat counties. Competition starts at 2 p.m. today at Snow Bowl
Fashion for a Cause show to benefit Steamboat Boys & Girls Club
At the inaugural Fashion for a Cause fundraiser in 2008, Chrissie Hodges and her team of show organizers had to turn people away at the door. The event — a fashion show featuring styles from Hodges’ Token Threads, hair and makeup from Waterside Day Spa & Salon, and food and drinks from bistro c.v. — was a booming success, Hodges said.
SSHS takes on ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ in fall musical
n the two months since the 25 student-actors involved in an upcoming production of “Once Upon a Mattress” got their scripts, they’ve almost turned the musical upside down. “Once Upon a Mattress” opens at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Steamboat Springs High School auditorium, and continues at 7 p.m. Nov. 20 and 21, with a 2 p.m. matinee Nov. 21.
Recycling discussion focuses on single-stream system
Lots of things are recyclable. Not all of them can be recycled in Routt County. That was the predominant message at “Recycling 201,” a Talking Green event Wednesday evening at Steamboat Smokehouse. Speakers from Waste Management, Twin Enviro Services, Yampa Valley Recycles and HomeLink Magazine outlined recycling basics in an hourlong lecture to a standing-room-only crowd in the Smokehouse banquet room.
10K for United Way a success in Steamboat
Effort 1 of many benefiting local agencies as demand rises
Routt County United Way is heading toward hitting the halfway mark of a $525,000 fundraising goal for its fall campaign. On its second “10K for United Way” one-day push Tuesday, the umbrella fundraising group for health and human services agencies in Routt County raised $10,009.
Steamboat's Advocates, Horizons receive grants
A $20,000 grant from The Women’s Foundation of Colorado will help advance and expand Advocates Building Peaceful Communities programming to include more resources and incorporate more research, Advocates Executive Director Diane Moore said.
Hometown Holiday sells local wares in Steamboat today
Shopping event is 1 of many upcoming holiday-themed sales
In its second year hosting the Hometown Holiday Local Products Shopping Extravaganza, Northwest Colorado Products has member businesses at every one of the shopping event’s booths.
Quilters help local seniors
Holiday crafts, gifts offer seniors in need an end-of-year boost
In seven hours Saturday, nine members of the Delectable Mountain Quilters Guild hoped to design, sew, cut and finish at least 40 holiday-themed pillowcases for needy senior citizens across Routt County.
Holiday toy drives start soon in Steamboat
Collections target needy children across the world, close to home
Steamboat residents donated the 250 shoeboxes of toys, school supplies and other gifts to children around the world through Operation Christmas Child last year. This year, organizer Linda Jackson says the goal is 350 boxes.
Yampa Valley Community Band rehearses
Weekly practices are open to music lovers of all skill levels
At the beginning of October, Mark Rasmussen conducted the first rehearsal of the Yampa Valley Community Band. About a month in, the all-inclusive concert band has about 20 members, Mark Rasmussen said Friday afternoon.
Local author captures dog sledding experience in photo book
Dog sledding guide Dagny McKinley said she was amazed at the power of her dogs, a feeling that comes through in her book, “Wild Hearts: Dog Sledding in the Rockies.”
First Friday Artwalk events today in Steamboat
A charity gift sale, early holiday shopping, a silent auction, free food and live music are included in the wide variety of offerings for November’s First Friday Artwalk.
Denver hip-hop band coming to Ghost Ranch in Steamboat
In its positively themed, sample-based music, Denver hip-hop trio 3 the Hard Way sticks to the “three paths, three roads, one mission” motto preached by leadman David Romero. Romero, who raps as A.V.I.U.S., takes the stage with the rest of 3 the Hard Way — producer Es Nine and DJ Cysko Rokwel — tonight at Ghost Ranch Saloon. The show starts at 9 p.m. with Salt Lake City-based hip-hop group MindState opening.
USO Ball honors veterans
At 7 p.m. Saturday, many Routt County war veterans will don military uniforms from their service in World War II, Korea, Vietnam or Desert Storm and dance to the music that provided a background for those times. Steamboat posts of the VFW and American Legion are hosting an old-fashioned USO dance to celebrate Veterans Day from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Steamboat artists donate pieces to benefit Arts Council fundraiser
A call for art by the Visual Arts Committee brought in about 50 donations from about 50 artists. That work opens for early viewing and bidding from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Depot Art Center. The selection includes paintings, photos, glasswork, fabric art and pottery.
Voter turnout at 36 percent
South Routt voters had no elections, weren't included in count
A surge of voters Monday and Tuesday pushed participation in the 2009 Routt County election to more than 36 percent, but it was still below that of recent odd-year elections.
Hayden OKs car rental, lodging tax hikes
Hayden voters passed a referendum Tuesday that will increase sales tax for car rentals at Yampa Valley Regional Airport. Based on 2008 rental car figures, Referendum 2B would generate $143,500 next year for the town of Hayden.
Steamboat library expands adult programs
Database workshops, film screening, book signings scheduled
In the month she's been on the job as adult programs coordinator at Bud Werner Memorial Library, Jennie Lay has been impressed with the free-to-the-public resources that surround her.
Steamboat restaurants share recipes for creating hearty flavors
At the first sign of cold weather this year, Ben Stroock had a problem. Before he knew it, the eight to 15 varieties of soup he keeps in rotation were almost completely wiped out. "It just becomes soup season and people just want all of them," Stroock said.
Woman donates Steinway piano to CMC
Steamboat Springs resident Lynn Scarlett-Atkinson decided to donate her piano to CMC shortly after her Old Town bed-and-breakfast, The Alpine Rose, closed in 2005. The instrument belonged to Scarlett-Atkinson's mother, Caroline Curtze, and came to Steamboat Springs in the mid-'90s.
The Nude Blues Band promises raw emotion in 1st Steamboat show
There's no nudity involved in Little Laura and The Nude Blues Band's live show. There is a stripped-down effect that comes from six musicians with decades of playing experience, letting all their guards down and playing raw, barebones blues music that bares its soul, said "Little" Laura Lamun, the band's lead singer.
Choose your own Steamboat Halloween adventure
Routt County Halloween offers something for everyone
Flash forward 24 hours. It's Halloween. You're a family person or a candy addict or a Steamboat Springs resident or a young local looking to show off a costume. No matter what your situation, there's probably an event to fit your needs Saturday evening.
Halloween events start in Steamboat today
Family-friendly holiday happenings continue through Saturday
After almost 30 years of tradition, the Downtown Halloween Stroll invites children of all ages to trick-or-treat at Lincoln Avenue businesses from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday.Most Lincoln Avenue businesses will hand out candy or other treats to a crowd that typically numbers in the thousands, Mainstreet Steamboat Springs Manager Tracy Barnett said.
New Warren Miller film coming
'Dynasty' celebrates 60 years
Warren Miller's "Dynasty" shows in Steamboat at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. Friday at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel. Tickets are $17 and are available at Ski Haus. The film has segments from Colorado, California, British Columbia, Washington, Norway and China.
Bust of Steamboat to kick off its 8th year
Art auction and event helps fund exams, breast cancer services
Presented by the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project, the eighth annual Bust of Steamboat auction is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Three Peaks Grill. Tickets are $30 and are available in advance at All That Jazz and Epilogue Book Co.
Retired drama teacher Rusty de Lucia heads for Peace Corps
Rusty de Lucia, actor, director, teacher and grammarian, got a final acceptance to spend the next two years assisting young teachers in the landlocked South African nation Lesotho at the end of the summer, and she leaves Steamboat Springs on Nov. 1 for training.
'Screamboat' volunteers work hard to haunt their house
When a group walks into Ariel Marchand's vampire room in the "Screamboat Chamber of Horror," her job is to put them ill at ease. Setting the stage is a big part of the 11th annual "Screamboat," said Jimmy Westlake, event organizer and CMC astronomy and physics professor.
Open house celebrating new equipment at YVMC
Digital mammograms offered
For the past four years, Mary Jo Wiedel has been lobbying for adding digital mammography to Yampa Valley Medical Center's diagnostic imaging department. Two weeks ago, that machine arrived at YVMC. On Thursday, the YVMC Auxiliary will host an open house celebrating the equipment.
Mayhem String Band plays Saturday in Steamboat
Country-style bluegrass group Mayhem String Band includes three Mississippi natives, one player from Detroit and one from Boulder. The band plays at 10 p.m. Saturday at Mahogany Ridge Brewery and Grill.
Free health screenings Saturday in Steamboat
YVMC health fair offers variety of tests, information
More than 150 volunteers will be on hand to direct an anticipated crowd of more than 1,000 people Saturday during Yampa Valley Medical Center's "Fall into Health" community health fair.
YVMC puts new restrictions on hospital visitors
Rules aimed at preventing spread of flu and other viruses
Changes restrict children and unwell people from visiting hospital. Visitors must check in, and some will be required to wear masks.
'Kimberly Akimbo' to open Friday in Steamboat
Community production offers comedy, challenging themes
Lately, Eileen Jones has been talking to her dog in a New Jersey accent. In the two months or so since she was cast as Debra, a constant con and aunt to the main character in the darkly comic play "Kimberly Akimbo," Jones estimates her time spent rehearsing, gathering props and memorizing lines for the community theater production at about 400 hours.
Guitarist Michael Charles brings practiced act to Steamboat
Blues musician Michael Charles broke into the U.S. blues scene with an invitation to play at Guy's Chicago nightclub about 20 years ago. Already established in Australia, Charles wanted a chance to make a dent in the States. Now he's getting it. He plays Old Town Pub tonight.
Steamboat's Yampa Valley Autism Program keeps growing
Masquerade Ball benefits support services for families affected by autism
When guests come through the door at Yampa Valley Autism Program's second annual Masquerade Ball, they'll have a chance to bid on masks created by some of the children the program serves.
Longtime party store operator opens new Steamboat shop for Halloween
The Costume Party & Dance Shop - Sandy Pugh's fourth Steamboat Springs costume and party store - opened Monday on Lincoln Avenue between 11th and 12th streets and is set to stay in the location at least through November, Pugh said.
Sisters in Steamboat Weekend called a success
Weekend of workshops and outdoor activities continues today
Mainstreet Steamboat Springs' inaugural Sisters in Steamboat Weekend included activities such as a wine reception; workshops on fitness, nutrition, self-empowerment and photography; and outdoor activities such as a hike on Howelsen Hill and a walk through historic downtown Steamboat Springs.
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