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Furlough brings free time Some city employees pleased with effects of reduced hours Brandon Gee

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The break room in City Hall was busier than usual at lunchtime Thursday, the day before many city employees would take their first unpaid day off as part of a furlough program adopted to balance the city’s budget by cutting employees’ pay 10 percent. “Our fridge is a lot more full than it used to be,” city engineer Janet Hruby joked. Grants analyst Winnie Delli-

Quadri was looking at the bright side and said she looks forward to spending more time with her family. “On the flip side, I’m eating a lot more rice and beans,” DelliQuadri said. Bringing lunch from home rather than going out to a restaurant is just one of the ways city employees have responded to the pay cut. Another has been to look for extra work, but most said that is a challenging endeavor. “It’s hard to figure that out without knowing how long the furlough

is going to be,” City Planner Bob Keenan said, “but it certainly opens up the opportunity.” Others noted that the economic downturn coupled with the approach of mud season makes finding part-time work especially challenging. “I don’t know anyone who has found an extra job,” DelliQuadri said. “I don’t think there’s a lot of extra jobs to be had.” Employees interviewed last week planned to spend their Friday in See Furlough, page 11A

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Cash and Winnie DelliQuadri share music and play time at Excel Gymnastics of Steamboat on Friday morning. DelliQuadri, a city of Steamboat Springs employee, is making the most of her furlough time.

Learning to fight back Survivor encourages women to be armed with self-defense

f Tara Shaffer has learned anything from krav maga, it’s that she could have fought back. The Steamboat Springs resident was two weeks into her freshman year of college when she was sexually assaulted by an acquaintance. Shaffer started to feel tired at a party. She asked her friends to walk her home, STORY BY but they BLYTHE TERRELL weren’t ready to leave. A man from her dormitory offered to walk her. When they returned to the dorm, he pushed her into her room and raped her, she said. “I tried to fight, but my arms just didn’t work,” Shaffer said. “I can’t tell you if that was mortal fear or I was drugged.” The man later told her to keep quiet. “He said, ‘If you ever tell

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At a seminar Friday, women will have the opportunity to learn how to reduce their risk of sexual assault and how to defend themselves using krav maga techniques. Steamboat Springs police detective Nick Bosick works with Holly Wilde, who teaches krav maga at his studio, and Diane Moore, of Advocates Building Peaceful Communities, to offer the program at Colorado Mountain College.

everyone what happened, I’ll tell them you’re a slut, and I’ll tell your boyfriend you’re a slut,’” Shaffer said. She now takes krav maga classes, where she learns selfdefense and hand-to-hand

combat. At a seminar Friday, women will have the opportunity to learn how to reduce their risk of sexual assault and how to defend themselves using krav maga. Shaffer’s experience is one

that Nick Bosick, Holly Wilde and Diane Moore don’t want anyone else to have. Bosick is a Steamboat Springs police detective and teaches krav maga with Wilde at his studio, High Altitude Krav Maga.

Moore is the executive director of Advocates Building Peaceful Communities. The three put together Friday’s program partly See Defense, page 11A

5,000 NATO forces hailed Tom Raum

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President Barack Obama hailed “strong and unanimous support” from NATO allies Saturday for his stepped-up antiterror strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and welcomed their “down payment” promises of 5,000 fresh forces. The allies rebuffed U.S. appeals for more combat forces to Obama join the war, but the backing Obama did gain at a European summit allowed him to claim an early victory on the world’s foreign policy stage. NATO allies agreed to send as many as 5,000 more military trainers and police to Afghanistan, including forces to help protect candidates and voters at upcoming elections. Obama called that “a strong down payment” on Afghanistan and NATO itself at the end of a gathering celebrating the 60th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. He waved off questions about whether the size and makeup of the commitments were disappointing in light of an anti-terrorism struggle he himself portrayed as daunting. Since becoming president, Obama has begun switching America’s anti-terror emphasis to fighting al-Qaida in the Afghanistan-Pakistan area as the war in Iraq winds down. The new president insisted “terrorists threaten every member of NATO,” but he also said he had no intention of trying to dictate to European countries the scope of their contributions. “This was not a pledging conference,” he told a wrap-up news briefing packed with American and foreign journalists. “We came expecting consensus, and we’re gratified getting that consensus.” See Obama, page 11A

New coal mine planned for West Routt Peabody Energy’s construction of Sage Creek facility could begin in 2010 Tom Ross

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Peabody Energy and Twentymile Coal Co. could begin construction on the new underground Sage Creek Mine in West Routt County as soon as FILE PHOTO Twentymile Coal Co. shipped 8 million tons of coal in 2008, in an operation that 2010, a company spokesman said last week. could run dry by 2013. Peabody Energy is planning construction of a new mine. PAGE DESIGNED BY AMANDA PHILLIPS

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The Story So Far: Once again Sally seems to have traveled through the attic mirror into the past and become the other Sally from long ago.

Steamboat Springs Swim Team tryouts start Tuesday

Steamboat Springs Swim Team holds tryouts for new swimmers from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at Old Town Hot Springs where sign-up forms are posted. Call Essie at 879-5822 with questions.

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CHAPTER THIRTEEN

A Summer Garden

Quilter takes honorable mention at spring show

“You can sit here under the parasol with me, Patience,” Sally said, and a very little girl in a pinafore, who looked a little like Emily — except that she wore long corkscrew curls rather than braids — moved over and sat next to her. The air over the garden was perfectly still. The bright flowers stood as motionless as the seashells that lined the graveled paths winding about the garden. From time to time an apple tree sang with the voices of the birds hidden among its leaves. On a blanket near the two girls, in the shade of a tree, Bub lay sleeping on his side. Mrs. Niminy Piminy snoozed sedately beneath a gooseberry bush. Her children were now too big to be called kittens. The gray one and the orange one slept nearby, heads tucked into their curled paws. But Tom purred in Elizabeth’s lap, where she sat propped up against an apple tree. For of course, he was her cat. Sally sighed. She wished that she didn’t have to entertain this shy little girl and take care of Bub besides. But her mother had asked her to, so here she was, feeling hot and uncomfortable. She looked at Elizabeth sitting beneath the tree, cool and unruffled while Tom purred in her lap. Elizabeth smiled serenely back at her, as if she understood everything in the world. “Then make a breeze come, please, Elizabeth,” Sally said aloud. Patience looked sideways at her, without moving. A small yellow butterfly seemed to spring from Elizabeth’s bonnet. It sat on the brim, its tissue-paper wings throbbing. A fluttering bouquet of blue and yellow butterflies settled on a seashell near Elizabeth’s feet. Now, as if the arrival of the butterflies had been a signal, a pink flower dipped its head. A ripple ran over a bed of nasturtiums. A delphinium swayed. The whole garden woke up. Apple trees shook birds from their branches. Wind whispered in the empty

Local quilter David Taylor won honorable mention at the International Quilt Association’s annual Celebrate Spring show. Taylor received the commendation for “Little S’Tinker.” Taylor previously has taken home the top prize at International Quilt Association contests.

South Routt school reunion to be held at 11 a.m. July 5

Alumni of South Routt schools are invited to a reunion from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 5 at Soroco High School. E-mail Wayne Rossi at wrossi1969@hot mail.com for details.

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seashells. Sally felt the coolness of the breeze on her hand and then on her cheek. Patience wiggled her toes. Now the lilac bushes enclosing the garden stirred, and beyond them ripple after ripple ran over the surrounding fields. The blowing foxtails and grass seemed to be hurrying toward the distant hills. Sally bobbed her head at Elizabeth. “Thank you, Elizabeth,” she said. The little doll smiled serenely back at her. Patience spoke for the first time. “Is she magic?” Her eyes were very round. “I don’t know,” said Sally. “Would you like to play tea party?” Patience nodded. She was staring at Elizabeth. Sally picked up the little china teapot and poured sugar water into one of the tiny cups. “Thank you,” Patience whispered. The cup clinked against its saucer, and there came an answering clink from the back porch, where the mothers of the two girls sat drink-

ing real tea. The far-off murmur of their voices blended pleasantly with the drowsy buzzing of the garden. “Oh, I’ve dropped the cup!” cried Patience, jumping to her feet. For she had spilled the sugar-water tea all over her pink pinafore. “And it’s broken!” The cup lay upon its side, its handle shattered. “Oh, that’s all right,” said Sally with an effort, for she dearly loved the little set. “My papa can surely fix it.” Just then, Elizabeth fell over with a soft plop. One of the doll’s cotton hands seemed to be pointing toward Tom, who was crouched, his ears flat against his head, the tip of his tail twitching. He looked just ready to spring upon a very tiny toad. It was blinking rapidly, and its throat was bulging in and out and out and in. “Scat, Tom!” cried Sally, clapping her hands sharply. The cat jumped, gave her a baleful look, and slunk away into the gooseberry bushes. But the toad still sat there,

looking frozen with fear. Then, with one last convulsive movement of its throat, it jumped. Up, up, it went, and down — right into Sally’s cup of tea. Sally and Patience hugged each other, rocking with laughter. Bub woke up, blinked his eyes, and began to laugh, too. When she and Patience had wiped their eyes at last, Sally picked Elizabeth up and straightened her bonnet. “Elizabeth saved that toad’s life,” she said. “Tom was just going to get it when she fell over. It looked just as if she was pointing at Tom to show me.” “Maybe she is magic,” breathed Patience, looking with deep respect at Elizabeth. “Maybe,” said Sally, feeling very proud of her pretty doll. But Elizabeth just went on smiling her usual sunny smile. Tom came padding back and warily placed his head upon Elizabeth’s lap. “Naughty Tom,” Sally scolded. “But I guess you can’t

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help it. You’re just a cat.” Sally and Patience spent the rest of the afternoon quite pleasantly. When Bub began to cry, they made hollyhock dolls with twigs for arms and danced them about to amuse him. Meantime, the shadows were growing longer, till at last they could scarcely see each other. The footsteps of Sally’s and Patience’s mothers crunched on the path. “Time to go home,” said Patience’s mother. “Time to go in,” said Sally’s mother, and she picked Bub up and kissed his fat warm neck. Then, “Tom!” cried Sally. “Oh, for goodness sake!” said her mother. “That cat!” Tom’s pointed face loomed from underneath a gooseberry bush. He had Elizabeth in his mouth. Her bonnet was all askew and her face, looking pathetically helpless, hung upside down. “Put her down, Tom!” Sally ordered, making a threatening dart at him. Tom flicked a cross green glance at Sally, dropped the doll, and began to nibble at his paws. Sally straightened Elizabeth’s bonnet and adjusted her dress. “Honestly,” she said, “I think he really believes she belongs to him! Naughty Tom!” Tom blinked and mewed sleepily. The white glimmer of the seashells led them along the path. Sally, hugging Elizabeth, followed the others into the house. To be continued.

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Consignment store is thriving, owner says About three months after opening, Déjà Vu Boutique is thriving, owner Katie Gaylord said Thursday. The shop at 624 Lincoln Ave. sells upscale consignment clothing. Déjà Vu is down a corridor on the northern side of Lincoln, at Sleeping Giant Gallery’s former location. Gaylord opened Dec. 20. People make appointments to bring in clothing, and she chooses what to sell. Gaylord splits the proceeds 50-50 with the owner of the clothing. “My philosophy is that people in this time want to recycle,” Gaylord said. “They don’t want to throw away their good clothes. This is an opportunity for people to buy nice clothing not at thrift store prices but not at retail prices.” Prices on each clothing item decrease 25 percent after 30 days and 50 percent after 60 days. Gaylord also has a $5 rack. Sales of those items will go to benefit Tyler Johnson, a Steamboat Springs youth who lost his feet and parts of his fingers to an illness last summer. Gaylord prefers that people who want to sell clothes make an appointment, and she asks that clothing be brought in on hangers or folded. She can be reached at 970-879-9056.

Thursday lunch topic is accounts receivable Business owners are invited to a seminar Thursday about managing their accounts receivables. Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus and SCORE are presenting the discussion. It will include “practical and professional debt/credit management practices” and a process for following up on accounts that are past due. “If you are a business person that extends payment terms to your clients, this program will offer a great return on your investment of 90 minutes,” a news release stated. Randy Rudasics, manager of the Bogue Enterprise Center at CMC and a SCORE counselor, will lead the discussion. It is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Steamboat Smokehouse, 912 Lincoln Ave. The $15 cost includes lunch. Those seeking more information should call 970870-4491.

Hygiene group honors Susan Viet as Fellow Routt County resident Susan Marie Viet has won the 2009 Fellow Award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Twenty-five others also received the honor. The Occupational Epidemiology Committee nominated Viet, a senior industrial hygienist for Westat. Members chosen to be Fellows have been nominated by colleagues for significant contributions to industrial hygiene or related disciplines, according to a news release. The Fellow classification is limited to no more than 5 percent of the AIHA membership.

Staples offers free tax-return printing In an effort to encourage people to print responsibly, Staples is providing free black and white doublesided copies of 2008 tax returns, according to a news release. The deal runs today through April 15 and covers as many as 20 pages. Staples also is offering 100 free scans to PDF documents until July 4 at all Copy & Print Center locations for customers who buy a Staples Copy & Print Center USB flash drive, the release stated.

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Preserving the West Lyon’s Drug owners promote downtown historic district

couple of residents hope to add a “historic” label to a chunk of downtown. Tracy Barnett, Mainstreet Steamboat Springs manager, and Cami Bunn, vice-chairwoman of the Historic Preservation Commission, are embarking on a campaign to encourage businesses to create a historic district. They’re STORY BY eyeing BLYTHE TERRELL Lincoln Avenue from Seventh to Ninth streets, Barnett said. “We’re trying to preserve at least the historic character of the center of downtown, the feel that made us an Old West town,” she said. Four buildings in that area are on national or local historic registers, Barnett said. In a historic district, they could receive tax credits, fee waivers and marketing advantages. Buildings that aren’t historic would be included in the district but not eligible for the financial perks, Barnett said. They would gain marketing prestige, however, she said.

Sustainable program adds new options

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Concerns about rules Under city rules, every building owner in those two blocks must want to be part of a historic district. Historic Preservation Coordinator Laureen Schaffer stressed that it would be 100 percent their choice. “It’s eligible, and we’re ready to help them if they want to, but we’re not designating the property,” Schaffer said. The historical buildings would need to apply with the city for a historic designation, she said. The entire two-block group then would apply to become a district. The Steamboat City Council would make the decision, Shaffer said. The process is free. Steve Kennedy owns The Homesteader and its building, at 817 Lincoln Ave. “I’d be interested in looking into it and what all that entails,” Kennedy said about a possible historic district. “I’m not that well versed in the pluses and minuses of what a historic district does for you.

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Lyon’s Corner Drug & Soda Fountain owners Jennifer Campbelll, from left, Wendy Lyon and Tahnee Miller stand in front of Squire Building, which was built in 1908. The business owners said they would be excited about being a part of a historic district but noted the decision should rest with the building’s owner.

… I’m interested in hearing anything that can help sustain our town in some manner.” Tod Allen, of Allen’s Clothing, at 828 Lincoln Ave., said he was curious but wary. His family owns the building. “I like the idea of historical districts; I just don’t like the idea of imposing it on people,” Allen said.

Barnett said she recognized that concern. She and Bunn plan to educate building owners about what it would mean to be part of a district. “There’s a huge issue with property rights. … You have to have owner consent to do anything, to be on the Steamboat Springs register,” Barnett said. “And people are just freaked

out about the government being involved at all, and it doesn’t have the restrictions they seem to think it has.” Under historic preservation rules, owners of the historic buildings can do whatever they like to the interior. Renovations to the façade would require approval, and See Historic, page 10A

Steamboat Springs’ green business program is giving companies a couple of ways to help the environment close to home. Members of the Sustainable Business Program, run by the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association, must create a plan to improve their impact on the environment. They now can participate in the One Percent for Steamboat program or the Colorado Carbon Fund, Chamber Executive Vice President Sandy Evans Hall said. Businesses had been concerned that credits they bought to offset carbon emissions left the region or state, said Lyn Halliday, principal of Environmental Solutions Unlimited. Under these two programs, sustainable measures will have a visible local impact, she said. “We kind of have a quiver of things people can choose from instead of just renewable energy credits,” Evans Hall said. “Most of that does not come back into our local environment at all.” The One Percent program allows businesses’ customers or patrons to chip in, said Halliday, who helps businesses build their sustainability plans. Under the program, customers can opt to add a donation to their purchase. The donations go into a Chamber-managed fund to be disbursed to local sustainability projects, she said. Local business people select the recipients. “There’s a lot of folks that visit here, for example, that would like to see Steamboat stay a wonderful place to visit or recreate … and they really have no mechanism to give back,” Halliday said. “So the businesses came up with this idea through a task force we See Sustainable, page 10A

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So you want to learn to huck. You could do things the oldfashioned way: 1. Find a cliff. 2. Throw yourself off it. 3. Do something cool on the way down. 4. Reflect on what you’ve learned while recovering in the hospital. Or you could try the modern approach: 1. Sign up for a lesson at Woodward at Copper. 2. Listen to tips from an instructor with a super-cool nickname like “Maverick.” 3. Apply this advice on Woodward’s 35foot-high indoor Snowflex (an AstroTurf-like sliding surface) ramp. 4. Reflect on what you’ve learned as you pull yourself out of the deep foam pit. The old way will make you “core.” The new way, though, is going to make you better, faster. That’s the premise and promise behind Woodward at Copper. It’s an action-sports training ground, with skateboard-

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Coach Patrick O’Toole practices on the 35-foot Snowflex ramp at the new Woodward at Copper terrain park and pipe indoor training facility March 4. The Woodward at Copper Barn is a 20,000-square-foot indoor training center with ramps, foam pits, trampolines, spring floors and indoor skateboarding features.

ing halfpipes alongside snowboard rail slides and gymnastics springboards, all in the shadow of that massive big air jump. “In here, the intimidation is a lot lower, jumping into foam,” said Woodward instructor Adam Petraska. “It’s a huge confidence booster for the average skier or rider.”

Old fogies may not know the name Woodward, but the Pennsylvania-based chain of action-sports camps is legendary at the nation’s skate parks. It started as a gymnastics camp in 1970, added BMX racing and then BMX freestyle in the early See Copper, page 10A

In the coming weeks and months, hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits, just when it’s never been harder to find a job. Congress extended unemployment aid twice last year, allowing people to draw a total of up to 59 weeks of benefits. Now, as the recession drags on, a rolling wave of people who were laid off early last year will lose them. Precise figures are hard to determine, but Wayne Vroman, an economist at the Urban Institute, estimates that as many as 700,000 people could exhaust their extended benefits by the second half of this year. Some will find new jobs, but prospects will be grim: Layoffs are projected to go on, and many economists expect the jobless rate, already at 8.5 percent, to hit 10 percent by year’s end.

U.S. employers shed 663,000 jobs in March, and the jobless rate now stands at its highest in a quarter-century. Since the recession began in December 2007, a net total of 5.1 million jobs have disappeared. Those who know that their unemployment aid is about to run out are counting the days, taking on odd jobs, moving in with relatives and fretting about the future. “My biggest fear is, we’ll lose the house,” said Hernan Alvarez, 54, an Orlando, Fla., construction worker who lost his job in July and whose benefits will end in four weeks. “The only thing I can do is keep looking for work and hope tomorrow will be better than today.” That so many people have remained on jobless aid for more than a year underscores the depth and duration of the recession, which began in December 2007. If the downturn extends into May, it will be the longest recession since the Great Depression.

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outt County government employees and taxpayers deserved more of a chance to discuss cost-cutting measures with department leaders and the commissioners before employee pay was slashed by 10 percent last week. Instead, our elected commissioners made the decision in a special meetAT ISSUE ing called exactly 24 hours County pay cuts — the minimum legal requirement — before the unanimous vote was cast. OUR VIEW It was the wrong Commissioners’ approach. Commissioners decision-making Nancy Stahoviak, Doug process lacked Monger and Diane Mitsch openness and Bush first should have inclusiveness. consulted with all county employees before making a decision of this magnitude. Their failure to do so has resulted in morale and trust issues with employees, as was made clear during Wednesday’s special meeting, when many staffers turned out to voice their displeasure with the commissioners. Routt County Communications employee Erik Foster told the commissioners he was frustrated particularly with the “lack of notice.” We couldn’t agree more. The county’s fiscal issues have been fairly clear for the past couple months. Back in early February, for example, the commissioners instituted a hiring freeze. On March 27, the commissioners met with county department heads to discuss potential budget-saving moves, including layoffs, furloughs, pay cuts and operational cuts. That meeting ended with no clear direction about how to proceed. Two business days later, the commissioners posted a notice for Wednesday’s special meeting, including a draft of a resolution “implementing a 10 percent reduction in wages for all county employees except for county elected officials.” The commissioners’ Monday and Tuesday meeting agendas indicated no planned discussion of cost-cutting measures, so we were left to scratch our heads and wonder when and where this decision was made and the ordinance drafted. On Wednesday, the commissioners stressed the time-sensitive nature of the decision, pointing out that delaying a decision would reduce the anticipated savings from the pay cuts by nearly $62,000 every two-week pay period. Cutting pay Wednesday meant the savings would be realized by the April 15 payday. That’s no small chunk of change, but it’s a fraction of the overall deficit and significantly less than the $411,000 the county is over budget for the courthouse remodel. The commissioners first should have called a meeting with all county employees to address the fiscal situation and solicit ideas for cutting costs. The city of Steamboat Springs recently took a similar approach and wound up with a furlough plan that, although certainly not ideal for all city employees, was made with their input. One of the results was the move to a four-day week at City Hall, a compromise embraced by employees and workable for constituents. County employees certainly had ideas with merit, and some of them were suggested during Wednesday’s meeting. The commissioners promised to evaluate some of those plans in the coming weeks. That open-minded approach should have been embraced earlier. County employees and taxpayers expect their elected leaders to make difficult decisions, but we also expect those decisions to be made in open and with better notice.

WHERE TO WRITE Routt County

U.S. District 3 ● State House District 57 ● State Senate District 8 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Washington, D.C. 20500 202-456-1111

State Rep. Randy Baumgardner (R) 303-866-2949 P.O. Box 108 Hot Sulphur Springs 80451

U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D) B40E Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5941

State Sen. Al White (R) 303-866-2949 P.O. Box 1287 Winter Park 80482 970-726-9740

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D) 702 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 202-224-5852

Gov. Bill Ritter State Capitol Building Denver, CO 80203 303-866-2471

U.S. Rep. John Salazar (D) 1531 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 202-225-4761 In Colorado: 970-245-7107

County Commissioners Nancy Stahoviak (R) Doug Monger (D) Diane Mitsch Bush (D) P.O. Box 773598 Steamboat Springs 80477 970-879-0108

Gary A. Hofmeister

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Douglas spot-on It would be difficult for me to agree more with Rob Douglas’ column (“Routt County’s April fools”). I am especially intrigued with his idea that we really don’t need full-time commissioners and can leave the day-to-day management of the county’s affairs with what I think is an excellent staff. Then, the commissioners could meet periodically to perform as a board (as do the Steamboat Springs City Council and Steamboat Springs School Board), and not as full-time administrators. In addition to the county almost certainly running better, we could reduce the commissioner salaries to what part-time board members should be paid and use the money saved for far more necessary and useful things. Rob is to be congratulated on some great thinking and

some very clear and accurate observations.

Rick Dowden

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Property tax vital Towny Anderson’s commentary in the March 29 Pilot & Today (“Sales tax and community character”) was right on the mark. This matter has come up at least twice the past couple of decades. The last time, the City Council appointed a “blue ribbon” committee to consider it. The committee’s recommendation, agreed to by council, was to stick with sales tax to support the city. That was a mistake, in my opinion. A property tax could have averted the budget crisis we are in — hindsight now, of course. No one could have predicted the depression we are in, but it is now obvious that we need to act for the future. My suggestion is that the cur-

rent sales tax be cut by a couple of percentage points, as an offset, and a city property tax be put to the voters. A property tax plus a reduced sales tax should cost taxpayers about the same as we now are paying in sales tax alone. As Anderson points out, second-home owners actually are getting a free ride in supporting our town. They come for two or three weeks a year and contribute practically nothing to sales tax revenues. Tourism is a fickle base for the support of our town. A property tax should lend stability, regardless of the usual ups and downs of the general economy. I also agree with Anderson that a sales tax base causes elected officials to promote growth and “big box” retailers to increase sales taxes. Do we want to become like Edwards and Avon in Eagle County? Generica, USA?

Omar Campbell

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In defense of capitalism Bill Hinder

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Capitalism has proven to be the best economic system known to man. You can compare it to all other economic systems attempted or still being used — communism or socialism, for example — and it remains obvious that capitalism as an economic system is superior in allocating resources and creating efficiencies. No question. However, capitalism, as recent and past events have shown, is not without its innate problems. It has no moral compass, no ethical barometer, and it lacks a conscience. The engine of capitalism is greed and, without regulation, that greed becomes unbridled. Witness the current CEOs who rationalize their unimaginable bonuses for terrible performances. The system requires a moral compass that has been missing in recent years. It needs that ethical barometer, that conscience that is supposed to be possessed by

the regulators of our financial system and the CEOs who are entrusted to invest the capital that our system runs on. The same men and women who rewarded themselves with hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses and threw themselves parties that were lavish even by the standards of a Saudi prince, with taxpayer bailout money meant to help correct the mess they got us into. They ruined not only the U.S. economy, but also the global economy with an arrogance that can only be compared to Nero’s fiddling while Rome burned. Yes, we must have regulation. Capitalism without it is a very ugly thing. Just look at recent events in the subprime mortgage industry. To think they allowed an entire industry to be based on loans that no good businessperson would ever make. Loans that from the start were very suspect as to ever getting paid back. Regulations and the people who enforce them have to come in and start putting reason

ahead of greed as a guiding principle. The Bush administration, and primarily Bush appointees, made no attempt to monitor the loans that made no sense economically, except for the temporary enrichment of the lenders and insurance companies who made and insured loans without researching them adequately. To say they let the fox in the hen house misses the point that they cared a lot more about the fox then the hens. The democratic process has swung the pendulum the other way. Let’s hope it’s not too late and that the pendulum doesn’t swing too far because too much regulation can be just as destructive as not enough. To defend capitalism, we must regulate it. Bill Hinder was raised in Perryman, Md. He graduated from the University of Utah and worked as a CPA for 10 years. For the past 14 years, he and his wife have owned and operated the Elk River Guest Ranch in northern Routt County.

“We won” seems to be the incessant mantra of President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi whenever someone appears startled at their moves to enact their extreme agenda. In other words, the 53 percent plurality they won should give them license to dismiss the other 47 percent out of hand. Don’t think their goals are radical? Consider: ■ Granted, Bush and the Republicans allowed spending to get out of line, no doubt about that. But they will be small change in the history books compared to this administration, even if it never put out another dime. Bush’s deficit this past year was about $400 billion; Obama’s weighs in at $1.7 trillion so far. ■ Increasing the Capital Gains tax definitely is on the wish list despite the objective fact that doing so will raise less money than lowering it. They also adhere to the outdated notion that only the infamous “rich” will be adversely affected by this, ignoring the fact that more than 50 percent of Americans now own stock. Also ignored is how lowering this tax will unleash much economic activity in multiple areas of our economy having nothing to do with the super wealthy. ■ We are pro-life; they are prochoice. Fair enough. And they did win. But how far they want to push their views against the majority of Americans who want some restrictions on abortion — such as parental notification, waiting periods, informed consent and a ban on the grisly partial birth abortion — shows little regard for anyone other than abortion-on-demand advocates. ■ Similarly, the decision to approve taxpayer funding for embryonic stem cell research is a poke in the eye to those who think this is destroying nascent human life. The fact that not one cure or medicine has been found thus far using embryos while adult stem cells have been responsible for numerous patents and life-changing treatments means nothing. This is exacerbated by the lie that Bush put personal morals before science when the opposite is true. Bush only denied federal funding for this controversial research but did nothing to impede privately funded research. ■ Moves already are being made to force doctors and nurses to abandon their strongly held beliefs about life by removing the conscience exemption to opt out of performing abortions. Catholic bishops have hinted at closing all Catholic hospitals in the country (30 percent) should they attempt to force these professionals to be complicit in what they consider morally abhorrent. ■ Polls show more than threequarters of Americans strongly object to denying men and women the secret ballot for deciding union representation, including presidential See Hofmeister, page 5A

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Public already spoke The Steamboat Springs Area Community Plan dictates the west of Steamboat (for) growth. The Community Plan was developed through a series of meetings that involved the public, as well as stakeholders west of town. It is very clear that the plan and the community “directs urban development to be within the Urban Growth Boundary — within and adjacent to the city. The West of Steamboat Springs Area Plan will be the major new neighborhood growth area.” I do not understand how the agency reviews can ignore the past work of the community and the overall support for the development west of town. … The 700 group is only following the plans and policies instituted by the community through various public work sessions and hearings. — Brian Bavosi

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700 vote risky The city officials were elected by a public vote, so a public vote on this topic would be questioning the authority that already has been granted. Also, changing the rules in the fourth quarter should not be tolerated. The public will most likely vote against this. … The city would stand to lose a lot of cash in the court system. — Duke_bets

Support for sheriff Gary, you are a great man. … I see no problem spending tax dollars for this situation. You were set up by a corrupt government. They should have dropped the charges long ago. … You are the only one in this county fighting for our civil rights. Keep up the good work, and thank you for your service. Much appreciation for all that

you do. Thank you. — steamboatsheriff

Legal bills costly Is it 2010 yet? I am sure that we cannot afford this sheriff. —northrouttcitizen

Slack for Stahoviak I don’t think that this should be a referendum on Nancy. She has contributed to the valley for decades, and I have observed her wisdom and ability to “cut to the chase.” She has not had it easy in recent times, and I’m sure that she will continue to do her best. I will cut her some slack. — Fred Duckels

County civics This is a Colorado civic lesson with a bit of history. The county commissioners are agents of state government.

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For counties with less than 70,000 in population there are three commissioners. For counties with more than 70,000, the citizens of that county can elect to have either three or five. The district each of the commissioners represents is based on population using the decennial U.S. census. To assure an equal population in each district, each district has a slice of Steamboat Springs. When running for election a commissioner must live in the district they represent, however, all the citizens of the county vote for them. Routt County was established by the Colorado state Legislature in 1877. One year after Colorado became a state the county was named after John Long Routt, a territorial governor appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant and subsequently the first governor of Colorado.

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A proposed development the size of (Steamboat) 700 should be put to a vote. Yes, it will inconvenience the developers, but if the majority of our residents feel that Steamboat does not see a need for this amount of housing and the impacts that it will create for all of us, i.e increased traffic, then it should not be built. We will all have to live with the impacts of such a development, and it would be easier to accept if it goes to a vote first. I was not in favor of Wal-Mart but since the majority of residents wanted it, I was more willing to accept it. The inconvenience to the town, if 700 gets built, goes far beyond the inconvenience of waiting for a vote to the developer. — seminative

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of citizens I see who willingly give away their money and thus their decision-making to their rulers. Every dollar going to the government means less individual freedom for you. Is that a radical notion these days? Old Ben Franklin said it best: “Those who would surrender their freedom and liberty for some temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security.”

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1 Eric K. Delaney, 37, Steamboat — Driving while alcohol impaired, failure to stop (SSPD) John Robert Morris, 38, Denver — Vehicle theft (RCSO) Hipalito Gonzales-Perez, 45, Hayden

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— First-degree assault (Hayden Police Department) THURSDAY, APRIL 2 Samantha Joann Collar, 22, Steamboat — Failure to register as a sex offender (SSPD) William Gustav Klett Jr., 43, Steamboat — DUI, driving under the influence of drugs (SSPD) Jason Ward Johnson, 37, Orlando, Fla. — Disorderly conduct (SSPD) Michael B Nietzel, 39, Atlanta — Disorderly conduct (SSPD)

POLICE BLOTTER FRIDAY, APRIL 3 8:51 a.m. An ambulance was requested in Steamboat Springs. Law enforcement said an infant had fallen and suffered minor injuries. 11:13 a.m. A disturbance was reported in Steamboat Springs. Steamboat Springs police arrested a juvenile for criminal mischief. Police said the youth was not happy with his parents and damaged some furniture. 11:22 a.m. Burglary was reported on the 2400 block of Storm Meadows Drive. Police said items were taken from a residence. 2:25 p.m. A hit-and-run vehicle accident was reported on the 800 block of Lincoln Avenue. 11:13 p.m. A vehicle accident occurred on U.S. Highway 40 near Hayden.

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Donald M. Smith passed away March 22, 2009, in Arizona after a lengthy illness. He was 76. Don was born Jan. 24, 1933, in Denver. He grew up in Steamboat Springs and graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in 1951. After graduating, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served with Platoon 5, San Diego. Don served his country in the Korean War. Don married his wife of 53 years, Della Ruth Craig, on Jan. 21, 1956. Some of his employment included work in the oil fields, but he ultimately settled on a career in auto parts, first managing the Sinclair Service Station, also known as Don’s Sinclair. He also sold auto parts for Miller Sales, Craig Sales, Chuck Conner Motors, Valley Service and Victory Motors. The culmination of his years as a parts salesman was the management and eventual ownership of Four Seasons Auto Parts in Steamboat Springs, from 1975 to 1990. Don and Ruth enjoyed their motor home, boating and wintering in Chandler, Ariz. Don was preceded in death by his parents, L.R. Shinn and D.B. Smith; infant daughter Janie Marie Smith; infant

granddaughter Brandi Jo Smith; stepfather Cody Shinn; and father-in-law Charlie Craig. Don was survived by his loving wife, Della Ruth; brother Frank Smith and his wife, Kathy; mother-in-law, Stella Craig; son, Chuck Smith; daughters Deb Nelson and her husband, Butch, and Bev Reyher and her husband, David; grandchildren Kaycee and family; Sara, Joel, Justin, Jamie, Chad and family; Ben, Jacob and family; and Andrew and family. He was loved and will be greatly missed by many other relatives and lifelong friends. A funeral service was held March 28, 2009, at Grant Mortuary Chapel, with Leonard Browning officiating. The soloists were Wanda Brown and Becky Field, who sang “I’ll Fly Away.” On CD, “One More Day” by Diamond Rio played, and Sara Reyher played “Long, Long Ago” on the piano. Pallbearers were Mike Miller, Walt Stevens, Norvell Hall, David Siminoe, Ray Manzanares and Dean Tidyman. Honorary pallbearers were Lloyd Kuntz, Tuffy Brown, Pete Campbell, Ron Higgins, Walt Florquist, Curtis Zabel, Tony Sharp and Bill Haight. Interment followed in the Craig Cemetery.

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State snowpack low despite snow storms DENVER

Colorado’s snowpack has fallen below average despite a series of spring snow storms. Snowpack in the state’s seven major river basins was at 120 percent of the historic average Jan. 1 but declined to 96 percent of average April 1 after warm, dry weather. Mike Gillespie, of the federal Natural Resources Conservation Service, says that’s the lowest percentage recorded all seasons. The snowpack percentage is measured against a 30 year average. Melting snow contributes about 80 percent of the water in rivers, streams, lakes and reservoirs, which comprise much of the state’s water supply. Denver water managers say reservoirs the city draws on are in good shape.

Juror: 1 holdout forced $1 award for Churchill DENVER

A member of the jury that found the University of Colorado wrongly fired professor Ward Churchill says most jurors wanted to award him $110,000 or more. But one juror insisted Churchill get no money in his lawsuit Churchill claiming violation of his First Amendment rights. Juror Bethany Newill told The Denver Post that she thinks Churchill deserved something to cover legal costs and for loss of pay. But she says one holdout thought Churchill ruined his own reputation. Jurors settled on the symbolic award of $1. Churchill wants to be reinstated as a professor at CU-Boulder. He says CU used the pretext of allegations of research misconduct to fire him for his essay likening Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi.

Police arrest suspect after deadly shooting COLORADO SPRINGS

A man was fatally shot after a Colorado Springs rap concert and a suspect is in custody, police said. Authorities said the victim was sitting in his car outside a Mr. Biggs Family Fun Center after a concert by rapper E-40. The man was shot shortly after midnight Thursday. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. His name hasn’t been released. Police say he was in his late 20s. Police and state troopers pursued a vehicle that left the parking lot at high speed, stopping it on Interstate 25 by puncturing the tires with spikes. They arrested the driver on suspicion of first-degree murder. He was identified as 22year-old Terry Gaines Jr., of Colorado Springs. Police say he was alone in the car.

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Dry air delays mountain storm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Dry air over the Front Range Saturday delayed the bulk of a storm that hit the mountains, lowering the amount of snow expected in the Denver area. More than a foot of snow fell in parts of the mountains, and several inches piled up in some of the foothills. The National Weather Service received a report of nearly 9 inches of snow in Jamestown, west of Boulder. Parts of Larimer County in northern Colorado reported 4 to 5 inches of snow.

An inch to 2 inches fell in the metro area by Saturday. Denver was expected to get as many as 5 inches of snow through the day, down from the 5 to 10 inches the storm was expected to bring overnight. Dry air above the Front Range prevented significant snow from falling, said Bob Koopmeiners, of the National Weather Service. “But this storm is by no means over at all,” Koopmeiners said. “The storm on the satellite is still pretty impressive.” Heavy snow was expected in southern Wyoming. Blowing snow and poor visibility inter-

mittently closed Interstate 25 from Wellington, about 65 miles north of Denver, to the Wyoming line. “It is nasty,” said Craig Kirby, an associate at the Kum & Go in Wellington. Snow started falling again Saturday afternoon, and the wind was gusting, “enough for it to make a real mess,” he said. Similar conditions forced the closure of U.S. 85 from Ault to Wyoming, as well as Colorado 14 where there were multiple accidents, from Sterling to Stoneham. U.S. High way 287 from Ted’s Place, north of Fort Collins, to the Wyoming line

was closed until late morning. Colorado 71 from Limon to Brush was closed in the afternoon. A blizzard warning was in effect for parts of the eastern plains through this morning. Areas affected included Bennett, Byers, Fort Morgan and Holyoke. Forecasts called for wind gusts of 50 mph and 4 to 8 inches of snow. Saturday’s weather and mechanical problems with the state plane forced Gov. Bill Ritter to cancel appearances in Grand Junction and Delta, including a meeting of Mesa County Democrats.

Snowshoers explore hidden winter ecology Pamela Dickman

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

Driving up the Big Thompson Canyon on a weekday morning last month, the only snow visible was in the mountains looming to the west. But when you reach those mountains, areas boast 4 to 5 feet of the white stuff, plenty for a quiet day of snowshoeing. “If you can walk, you can snowshoe,” said Don Stewart, a ranger and snowshoe guide at Rocky Mountain National Park. “It’s not that much technique like cross-country skiing. It’s inexpensive too. When lift tickets are $92, it’s a nice alternative.” Many summer hiking trails turn to snowshoe paradise during the winter, offering different difficulty levels and varying views. Take Rocky Mountain National Park or the Poudre Canyon or even Hermit Park, all are open to snowshoers until the snow melts into summer recreation. Often, it is easier to follow drainage paths than established summer trails because, when snowshoeing, you are a good 5 feet higher up and may run into trees and other snags. Phebe Novic, whose company offers guided snowshoe tours around Estes Park, loves to take people off trail. “You can go to places you don’t see a lot in the summer,” she said. “We’ve discovered ponds completely off the normal route, in fact, they’re off the normal snowshoe route. “Anybody who loves to hike is going to really love snowshoeing.” High up in the Poudre Canyon, near Cameron Pass, trails are packed each weekend with snowshoers and cross-country skiers. So are trails at Rocky Mountain National Park. “The park has great charm in all of its seasons,” said Stewart. On a recent weekday, he led beginning snowshoers along a path to Bear Lake and Nymph Lake — two of the 147 lakes in the national park. The air was cool and crisp, the sun warm and nature nearly silent. So silent and so white was a snowshoe hare sitting still near a tree that many of the snowshoers had to look two or three times before they spotted the critter by focusing on its eyes. The hares blend into the snow to mask them from predators.

Other creatures, such as mice and voles also remain active in the winter, Stewart said. The path to Bear Lake offers scenic views of Hallett Peak and Longs Peak, frozen lakes and, in one resting spot, looks out

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Estimate: Bailout to cost more Congressional Budget Office predicts taxpayers will pay additional $167B Pete Yost

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Bailing out the financial sector will cost taxpayers $167 billion more than originally anticipated, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate. The original figure in January was $189 billion, but it now is $356 billion — $152 billion more for 2009 and $15 billion more next year, the CBO says in its March report updating the budget and economic outlook. The CBO raised its projection because yields have increased for

CBO’s original estimate. Also going up: the subsidy rates in the administration’s $50 billion program to deal with home foreclosures. The TARP program isn’t the only one that will prove more costly to taxpayers than originally thought, says the CBO. Bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two mortage finance giants taken over by the government in September — will cost another $52 billion this year and an additional $28 billion for their activities from 2010 to 2019, says the CBO. Since January, the condition

of Fannie Mac and Freddie Mac has turned out to be worse than expected. So the CBO has increased its estimate of the current value of future losses. Most of the increase stems from loans and guarantees inherited at the time the government took control of the two housing entities, says the CBO. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac plunged into the purchase of risky mortgages, becoming two of the major contributors to the housing market’s collapse and the ensuing global financial crisis.

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For the past four decades, the laws of the land were about cracking down on crime by locking away criminals for a very long time. Some carried scary names like “Three Strikes and You’re Out,” as in cast out of society. The harshest penalties for drug offenders, the notorious so-called Rockefeller laws, were named after a New York governor battling a 1970s heroin epidemic. Nearly half the country and the federal government have adopted some kind of strict laws, while “get tough on crime”

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and several have changed, in whole or in part, their stances on hard punishment. Their reasons: the get-tough laws didn’t always work, especially when it came to slowing recidivism, the revolving door of prisoners who get out, mess up again and come back. There were legal challenges, and questions about whether the punishment always fit the crime. And of course, there’s the money. In tough economic times, the expensive laws are increasingly being deemed expendable. Last week, New York reached an agreement to repeal the last vestiges of the Rockefeller drug laws, once considered the harshest in the U.S.

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Wild Horse Gallery owner: I just love historic preservation Historic continued from 3A demolition would be prohibited. Nonhistoric buildings would not have to meet any of those requirements, Schaffer said. “There’s rules that apply to them because of their location, the zoning district, so there are design standards they have to follow,” she said. “But there aren’t any additional standards they have to follow when they become a historic district.”

Varied opinions Frank Hogue’s family owns the Squire Building, which was built in 1908. It houses Lyon’s Corner Drug at Ninth Street

and Lincoln Avenue. Hogue said he would like more information before deciding whether he supports a historic district. “Those districts are special,” he said. “They’re kind of neat. It just depends on how it would affect the overall district down the road.” Jennifer Campbell, one of three Lyon’s owners, was enthusiastic about creating a district. She noted that the decision would be Hogue’s. “I think we’d be interested in promoting something like that, for sure,” Campbell said. Shirley Stocks also liked the concept. Stocks owns Wild Horse Gallery on the

northwest corner at Lincoln Avenue and Eight Street, in the Routt County National Bank Building. The building is on the Routt County Register of Historic Places. When she took over the spot, she tried to restore it to its original state. Stocks exposed the tin ceiling, the bank vault and the boardroom. “I just love historic preservation,” Stocks said. “I think it would be a shame to tear down all these historic buildings.” She’s also the president of the Steamboat Art Museum, which is across Lincoln Avenue in the city-owned Rehder Building. Museum Operations Director

Betsy Chase also enthusiastically supported the idea of a historic district. The Rehder Building went up in 1905. Part of the museum’s mission is to preserve the art and culture of Northwest Colorado, Chase said. “With us being in this building, it accomplishes that in at least two fields,” she said. The Steamboat Art Museum also has a tin ceiling and the Rehder Building’s original floor, Chase said. “This one’s a jewel,” she said, “an architectural jewel.” — To reach Blythe Terrell, call 871-4234 or e-mail bterrell@steamboatpilot.com

Black Tie to try 1 Percent Sustainable continued from 3A

Black Tie plans to add that option next ski season on its developed, and it’s really up to Web site and to customers it the business as far as how they serves at their hotel rooms. “Anything they’re purchasdesign it.” Businesses that have a hard ing gives them an opportunity time adding 1 percent to a bill to donate to it,” Prichard said. “It’s nice because could ask cusit’s kind of a meatomers to donate “If we end up surable donation, perhaps a dollar, garnering a fair too.” Halliday said. The amount of money, Companies in sustainability prowe’ll get some the Sustainable gram has 60 memmaybe larger Business Probers. gram also have She pointed to projects like solar the opportunity last year’s “Green panels on the to donate to the Halloween” as an school.” Colorado Carexample of the bon Fund created type of project that Lyn Halliday by the Govercould be funded. Environmental Solutions nor’s Energy OfThrough that, the Unlimited principal fice. Businesses Chamber gave donate $20 per reusable tote bags to children for their Halloween metric ton of carbon they produce, Halliday said. candy collections. “That one would probably be “If we end up garnering a fair amount of money, we’ll more attractive to a larger busiget some maybe larger projects ness or a business that transacts like solar panels on the school, more money,” she said. The cash goes to the carbut I think at first it will be some smaller ones,” Halliday bon fund, which benefits Colorado’s environment. A percentsaid. Black Tie Ski Rentals is excit- age of the money returns to ed to participate, co-owner Ian the Yampa Valley for projects, Prichard said. The company Halliday said. “It’s kind of fun, grass-roots rents and delivers skis to visitors. Black Tie’s Crested Butte stuff,” she said. “Again, we’ll location allows customers to solicit ideas through a variety donate 1 percent to a similar of channels to try to find things that are appropriate.” program, Prichard said.

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Brandon Voegtle practices a backflip on the 35-foot Snowflex ramp at the new Woodward at Copper terrain park and pipe indoor training facility March 4.

Facility opened in March Copper continued from 3A 1980s, expanded into skateboarding in 1989, and finally brought in snowboarding early this decade. It now boasts camps in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and California, and a chain of franchised indoor skate parks, including one in Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood. There’s even a Woodward TV show on Fuel TV. To that action-sports empire comes the new Copper facility, which opened last month with a heavy emphasis on snow sports and a location in a 20,000-square-foot barn across

the street from the lifts at the Summit County resort. “You start here and then you take it outside,” said Ben Brown, director of Woodward at Copper. “Instead of what I call hucking and hoping, they can get that safe progression.” At the grand opening, 13year-old Justin Goldsberry, of Denver, was practically salivating to get onto the jumps. Sure, Woodward’s classes are expensive, said his dad, John, but you have to keep things in perspective. “Compared to the bills you get at the emergency room, it’s not that bad,” he said.

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Free sexual assault prevention seminar Friday at CMC What: Sexual assault prevention seminar When: 5:30 p.m. Friday Where: Colorado Mountain College gymnasium Cost: Free

Friday’s program is free and open to any woman. Moore will provide advice and information about resources, and Wilde will teach krav maga, Bosick said. Moore plans to have staff members on hand to help women who need counseling or support. Women will have the opportunity to test self-defense techniques on people wearing padded suits, Bosick said. The seminar is expected to last three hours.

“Everybody that attends and participates is going to walk away with something they’ll be able to use in their life, and that’s what we’re trying to do here,” he said. Shaffer said it has taken her years to work through her experience. She started drinking heavily and then transferred to a different college. She cut out alcohol when she learned that sex was considered rape if a person could not give consent because she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. She plans to attend Friday’s session. “I’m going to come and just help hold pads and things like that, and I am totally open to

questions,” she said. “I’m not shy at all about being asked. If it can help someone else, just one person from going through something like that, it’s well worth it.” Shaffer encouraged women to stay with friends while out at night and to carry pepper spray. She also reiterated the importance of learning how to fight back. “They can defend themselves, and that means two things: They’re allowed to, and they’re capable of it,” Shaffer said. “Even if they’re a little tiny woman and it’s a big man, it doesn’t matter. You’re still capable, and that’s what krav maga has shown me.”

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a variety of ways, from taking a hut trip to shopping in Silverthorne. Regardless of how they will spend the time, city employees’ attitudes toward the cuts was in marked contrast to the gloomy atmosphere that permeated the historic Routt County Courthouse on Wednesday, when county commissioners unanimously approved a similar 10 percent pay cut government-wide, but without a proportional reduction in workers’ hours. “I’ll try to look at it as an opportunity,” said Kat Kelly, a receptionist in the city’s Planning and Community Development Department. “There are (millions of) people out of work. I still have a job with benefits. I

can’t complain at all. They could have fired me, and they didn’t.” Kelly planned to spend Friday cross-country skiing and then reorganizing her computer room. She hopes to land a home- and Internet-based job she can perform Fridays to help mitigate her loss in pay from the city. It would be a fourth job for Kelly, who also works as a server at the Steamboat Smokehouse and as a hapkido instructor at Colorado Mountain College. Although she said her family already lives “paycheck to paycheck,” Kelly said she is not willing to take on another job away from home. “I already take enough time away from my kids,” Kelly said. “I think everybody’s just going to try to spend time with fam-

ily and do things they haven’t had time to do.” Susan Petersen, recreation supervisor for the city, said the money she will save on child care for her two young boys covers the pay cut. “For me, it’s a wash,” Petersen said. “And I have extra time to spend with my family. I see it as an opportunity and not a challenge.” At the county hearing Wednesday, Deputy Clerk Kim Bonner noted this and other benefits when she addressed county commissioners and presented a proposal for the county to adopt a similar program, noting the pros and cons of such a move. She said a furlough program is what most county employees had been expecting and that they could

“live with it.” While the commissioners made no promises, they were receptive to the proposal and amended their pay cut resolution to state that they will evaluate other options in coming weeks. County Commissioner Diane Mitsch Bush said those efforts began immediately and that County Manager Tom Sullivan held an initial meeting with county employees from various departments on Thursday. Although she said earlier in the week that she “rather doubts” the county would adopt a furlough program, Mitsch Bush said Thursday, “That’s kind of where we’re going here.” — To reach Brandon Gee, call 871-4210 or e-mail bgee@steamboatpilot.com

France, Germany resisting US appeals for more troops Obama continued from 1A He said help of all kinds will be needed but that he is “pleased that our NATO allies pledged their strong and unanimous support for our new strategy.” Among countries resisting

U.S. appeals for more combat troops were France, which on Saturday rejoined the alliance as a full military partner after decades of being a nonmilitary member, and Germany. Obama weighed in on a controversial new Afghan law,

his remarks underscoring his administration’s shift away from a U.S. focus on building democracy in the country. Asked about the law, which a United Nations agency says makes it legal for men to rape their wives, Obama called it “abhorrent.”

He also noted that Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the law will be studied and possibly sent back to parliament for review — and that the NATO conference’s closing statement specifically states that human rights should be respected.

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because April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Moore said. In 70 or 80 percent of sexual assaults, like Shaffer’s, the victim knows the attacker, she said. “I think that’s something that’s really important for our community to become more and more aware of, and females in general,” she said. “It’s not the stranger we often grow up believing.” She added that women should avoid walking alone at night and should carry pepper spray. “Today versus 10 or 20 years ago, there are more risks,” Moore said. “Our community has grown.”

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Twentymile is back in the county planning process this spring, seeking its third permit in as many years to drill test holes leading up to construction of the new mine in an area about five miles southeast of Hayden, county planning director Chad Phillips said. The new Sage Creek Mine would be one drainage over from Peabody’s Seneca Mine. “The coal reserves are wellknown,” Nettleton said. “The exploratory drilling is being done to delineate exactly where (the seam) is, the thickness and the quality. We’re also looking for faulting that could affect the way we would mine it.”

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Twentymile Coal Co. employs 600 people in Northwest Colorado and has an annual payroll of $50 million, Nettleton said. Twentymile pays $26 million in federal, state and local taxes annually and purchases supplies and services valued at $80 million. Darcy Trask, director of the Craig/Moffat County Economic Development Partnership, said coal mines such as Twentymile and the Trappers Mine in Moffat County provide jobs with salaries that sustain local families and enrich their communities. “Mining jobs pay about $68,000 a year. That’s well above the self-sustainability wage for a family of four,” Trask said. “That allows individuals and families to be more invested in the community and do volunteer work. It’s important to preserving what is special about our communities in Northwest Colorado.” The taxes paid by coal mining operations provide significant revenue to public schools, colleges and municipalities in the region, she said. Mining and energy industries are viewed by some to be incompatible with the growth of the resort and lifestyle economies in Northwest Colorado, Trask said, but many coal mine employees were born and raised in the Yampa Valley and want to remain here. Coal mine employees often serve as firefighters and emergency medical technicians in their communities, she added. Economic consultant Scott Ford said the contributions of the coal industry to the Routt County economy, on a percentage basis, has become less significant as the area’s economy has diversified. Citing the 2009-10 Community Indicators Report, Ford said total employment in Routt County in 2007, including fulland part-time jobs, was about 22,000. Of that, 92 percent

“Mining jobs pay about $68,000 a year. That’s well above the selfsustainability Darcy Trask wage for a Director of family of four. the Craig/ Moffat County That allows Economic individuals Development and families Partnership to be more invested in the community and do volunteer work. It’s important to preserving what is special about our communities in Northwest Colorado.” was in the private sector and 8 percent in government. Of the private sector jobs, the mining industry represented about 3.5 percent of the total compared to 7 percent in health care, 18 percent in construction, 12.5 percent in food services and accommodation and 11 percent in retail. The high rate of pay in coal mining helps it account for a greater share of earnings from labor. Private sector wages in Routt County in 2006 were about $738 million. On a percentage basis, the coal mining industry’s contributions are approximately equivalent to the health care industry, Ford said, at 8.4 and 8.5 percent, respectively. “The average mining job is about $68,000 to $70,000 annually. Health care is $30,000,” Ford said. “This means that there are about twice the number of folks working in the health care sector as there are working in the mining sector.” Moffat County Commissioner Audrey Danner suggested coal would continue as an important economic contributor in the region. “Coal in Northwest Colorado is an abundant resource that needs to be developed very

responsibly,” Danner said. “It’s a mainstay in Routt, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties, evidenced by its status as a top 10 taxpayer in all three.”

Broad market Scott Cowman, who will lead the drilling of 15 core holes this summer, told the Routt County Planning Commission on March 19 that the holes would be 6 to 7 inches wide and between 500 and 1,900 feet deep. The permitting process for construction in 2010 already is under way, Nettleton said. The entrance to the new mine would be very similar to the existing facility at Twentymile, Nettleton said, in that it would enter the mine on a slope. Construction would begin with an independent excavation contractor developing the entry, then developing panels of coal 1,000 feet wide and two to three miles long. Tunnels would be driven on either side of a coal panel and across its far end, Nettleton said. The tunnels would accommodate the conveyor systems used to bring the coal from underground, as well as the necessary ventilation systems. Peabody’s contracts for Routt County coal call for it to be delivered to power plants as far south as Mississippi and to Midwestern states such as Wisconsin — in addition to Colorado sales. “A lot of our coal goes to Colorado Springs,” Nettleton said. Twentymile built a coal-washing plant to remove impurities before coal is loaded onto railroad cars. The coal already is sought after by clients because it is relatively low in sulfur and produces less ash when it is burned. Both qualities help customers meet local environmental compliance standards, and Routt County coal often is blended with coal from other sources to help bring the overall mix at a power plant within compliance, Nettleton said.

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Morris now is a broker for Real Living group Bill Morris has joined Real Living Professional Group as an associate broker. Morris is the owner of Morris and Sons Electric, which he and his son, Dale, have operated for 17 years in Steamboat Springs. Bill and Sandy Morris moved to Morris Steamboat in 1992 from Palm Beach, Fla., and own the Rising Sun Ranch. Real Living Professional Group is at 1755 Central Park Drive and is owned by Mark Fischer and Ralph Cantafio. Call Morris at 870-6090.

Prudential agents claim sales honors in Vegas Prudential Steamboat Realty had 20 agents recognized for their 2008 sales success in Las Vegas at the annual Prudential Real Estate Affiliates convention last month. Cam Boyd and Pam Vanatta were named to the Chairman’s Circle, diamond level, for their sales success in 2008. This award recognizes associates who excel in residential sales. Sales associates who qualify for this award place in the top .5 percent of all agents in the Prudential network nationally — a total of 68,000 agents. Kathy & Erik Steinberg, Charlie Dresen, the Wittemyer Team (Chris Wittemyer and Jim Walters), and the Olson Team (Lisa Olson and Beth Bishop) were named to the Chairman’s Circle, gold level. Sales associates who qualify for this award place in Prudential’s top 2 percent. Colleen de Jong, Kim Kreissig, and the Small Team (Marc and Audrey Small, and Ali Kovach) were named to the President’s Circle. Darrin Fryer, Dutch Elting, Cheryl Foote and the Hibbard Team (Molly Hibbard and Robyn Higginbotham) all have been named to the Leading Edge Society. The Honor Society of Prudential Real Estate Affiliates includes agents who are in the top 12 percent of the network. Prudential Steamboat agents receiving this achievement include: Tom Wilson, Hal Unruh, Carolyn Nickum, Greg Forney, Barkley Robinson, Cindy MacGray and Christy Belton.

Developers at Trailhead Lodge aim for opening in late May

hursday was moving day at Trailhead Lodge, a process likely to continue into May. With unit contract closings expected soon and two mortgage lenders in place to assist qualified buyers, the developers of the STORY BY large condoproject TOM ROSS minium near the base of Steamboat Ski Area are optimistic about the future. Mariana Ishida, development director for Resort Ventures West, said the first furniture truck was expected to arrive at midday Thursday to begin unloading custombuilt chairs and sofas into the development’s parking garage. The management staff from Steamboat Resorts could formally assume its role by April 15, and if everything goes well with the final stage of the city process, the residential building adjacent to the Meadows skier parking lot could open to the public in late May. “We achieved substantial completion of the buildings on Sunday,” Ishida said. “The fire department has signed off on it.”

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Construction crews at Trailhead Lodge continue working on outdoor amenities, such as stone slabs for the community barbecues, while furniture is moved into the condominiums.

Tile work is under way on the indoor amenities, and there remains significant construction to be completed on the outdoor amenities, including a network of grotto-style hot pools. But the custom furniture for the condominiums began to arrive this week. BeyerBrown and Associates, a firm from Vancouver, B.C., has had oversight of the furnishings throughout the construction process, Ishida said. The BeyerBrown staff already knows where everything must go, from

end tables to TVs. “It’s a pretty intense threeweek process,” Ishida said. After the furniture is in place, a second specialized firm will stock the condominiums with everything from silverware to toasters. Trailhead Lodge is a $71 million condominium project that broke ground in summer 2007. The five-story building comprises 184,000 square feet. A July 2007 sales event saw 62 of 86 condominiums go under hard contracts with an aggre-

gate value of $56 million. The developers expect the sales to begin closing soon. Resort Ventures West Principal and Chief Financial Officer Brent Pearson said this week that the only sales he’s aware of that may not close on schedule involve two buyers who have developed life-changing health issues. Pearson confirmed his company has been able to arrange for two mortgage lenders who are prepared to work with qualified Trailhead buyers.

Countrywide Financial, a subsidiary of Trailhead construction lender Bank of America, and CalCon Mutual Mortgage of California, are offering 75 to 80 percent financing for qualified buyers. Bank of America has an obvious incentive to see the condominiums sell, Pearson said. CalCon, with offices in Jackson, Wyo., and Park City, Utah, has developed a specialty in resort lending. See Trailhead, page 2B

Foreclosures sharply increase in 1st quarter Bank-owned home on Red Hawk Circle under contract Tom Ross

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A bank-owned home at 1600 Red Hawk Court finally went under contract this week for a price more than $200,000 less than what the original owners were asking during the height of the real estate run-up in spring 2007. Within two blocks of Whistler Park and about a mile from the Steamboat gondola, the home provides tangible evidence that TOM ROSS/STAFF A bank-owned home at 1600 Red Hawk Circle was placed under contract this week. the number of foreclosures in Routt County is growing. The price has not been disclosed.

The number of foreclosure proceedings filed at the public trustee’s office in the Routt County Courthouse is more than double the number in the system at the end of the first quarter in 2008. The listing broker in the transaction said the Red Hawk sale represented a substantial discount from list price. “Usually, these things start out asking the amount of the mortgage, but there’s no way it’s going to sell for that,” said Realtor Jim Ross, of Intermountain Real Estate in Craig.

The single-family home was listed at more than $600,000 in 2007 and 2008, and it ultimately was foreclosed on. Ross put it back on the market on behalf of the mortgage holder for $499,900 on Jan. 9, and the price subsequently was lowered. The most current price reflected on the Steamboat Springs Multiple Listing Service was $472,900. Ross, the listing broker, would not divulge the contracted price but said it was substantially lower than that. See Foreclosures, page 2B

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7402 VACATION PERIOD 25 — $19,900 ■ POINTS OF COLORADO INC To SANG, ANTHONY C and SANG, JULIETTE D For STEAMBOAT VILLAS CONDO UNIT 7202 VACATION PERIOD 15 — $36,900 ■ POINTS OF COLORADO INC To EISEN, LESLIE B and EISEN, SETH D For STEAMBOAT VILLAS CONDO UNIT 7203 VACATION PERIOD 04 — $52,900 Total timeshare sales — $300,000

Pearson: Long-term financing an accomplishment include cash buyers, those who have arranged other financing and those who use assets to leverage their purchase. Pearson said representatives of Bank of America visited Steamboat to evaluate Trailhead and the local market before arranging the financing. He said he takes it as a measure of their confidence in the project and the local market.

Financing extended on land Pearson said he and his partners in the remaining undeveloped land at the overall Wildhorse Meadows project, of which Trailhead is a part, have extended their financing on the land for another three years.

The new First Tracks affordable housing project (also virtually complete) and the singlefamily lots in The Range, which are sold out, are not part of the new financing. “We were able to get longterm financing,” Pearson said. “It’s a development accomplishment, and it speaks well for both the project and the market here that banks will refinance anything right now. It sends a very strong statement about Steamboat.” The members of the partnership include Pearson, Resort Ventures West Principal and President David Hill, Principal and Chairman Whitney Ward and a fourth anonymous member.

The development intends to use the next two years to pursue city permits on the balance of the project, which tentatively includes another large condominium building and townhomes. “Three years from now, the development plans for all of the parcels should be complete,” Pearson said. Optimistically, those projects could be built in another 2 1/2 years, Pearson said. If the Steamboat real estate market still is in the doldrums beyond that point, it will “be a bad sign for Steamboat,” he added. — To reach Tom Ross, call 871-4205 or e-mail tross@steamboatpilot.com

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■ WYNDHAM VACATION RESORTS INC and FAIRFIELD RESORTS INC To SAGE, RICHARD L and SAGE, DONNA G For AN UNDIVIDED 639,000/454,729,000 INTEREST IN: VILLAGE AT STEAMBOAT UNIT 4101-4113,4201-4213,4301-4312 — $77,000

Trailhead buyers, who already have committed 20 percent of the purchase price to Resort Ventures West, may apply that amount to the required down payment on the permanent mortgage, Pearson said. Interest rates will vary daily and with the circumstances of individual borrowers, Pearson said, but the rates he has seen offered range from 5.5 to 5.75 percent, about three-quarters of a point over the prime mortgage rate. The premium is attributable to the fact that the loans are typically jumbo loans. Buyers need not go through either of the lenders. They will

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■ STEVENS, ELIZABETH A To MELZER, RICHARD ANDREW and SILVERNAIL, ANGELA HOPE For CHERRY RIDGE THM AT WILLET RIDGE SUBD LOT A — $352,500

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BRUNNER, JULIA FULWYLER For SEC 2 T 5 N R 84 W — $140,000

The Red Hawk house also has the potential to set a new benchmark for family homes in Steamboat. However, appraiser Jim Hoy, of ASI Appraisal Services, said that because sales of bank-owned homes are a relative rarity in Steamboat, he doesn’t expect the Red Hawk transaction to function as a comparable sale for future bank appraisals. Public Trustee Jeanne Whiddon, who also is the Routt County treasurer, said her office is processing 32 foreclosures. That number was 13 at this time last year. If the pace continues, Whiddon said she could anticipate 120 to 130 foreclosure proceedings in 2009 compared to 55 in 2008. “The trend after one quarter is pretty indicative of a much higher” foreclosure rate, Whiddon said. For the past seven years, she added, the number of foreclosure proceedings has stayed close to 50 a year. Typically, that does not mean all of those proceedings turn into bank-owned properties. Whiddon said that of 55 Routt County foreclosures in 2008, 13 saw the deed transferred and were sold by the lending banks. A substantial number of those saw proceedings begin in 2008 and carry over into 2009. Another 20 foreclosures in 2008 were

withdrawn, resulting in the she sometimes is able to cut owners retaining their prop- through the bottlenecks of the erty rights. That could mean, call centers. among other possibilities, that Whiddon said she is willing the owners were given the right to contact the local attorney to continue paying who is handling a reinstated mortthe foreclosure “I never speak gage, were given proceedings on directly to the the ability to refibehalf of the lendlenders. All of the nance the loan or ing institution and big banks have presell the property, put them in touch or even paid off with the buyers. existing contracts the lender that ini“It’s rare that I with companies in tiated the foreclocan’t reach somecities like Plano, sure proceedings. one within 24 Texas, and Irvine, The number in hours,” she said. Calif., that manage 2007 was 47 foreBeginning negclosures, with 30 otiations early in the sales for their withdrawn and 10 the process often clients. They are sold. can make a diftypically referred ference, Whiddon Of the 32 foreto as mortgage closures in the sysadded. tem this year, none “Good-faith service providers.” have gone to sale, efforts speak volumes,” she said. and one was withJim Ross drawn. Ross, the listRealtor ing broker for Whiddon said the house on Red in the current economic climate, the call cen- Hawk, said he was contacted by ters that handle inquiries from one of several mortgage service delinquent mortgage hold- providers he has worked with ers on behalf of banks often on foreclosed homes throughare swamped. That can leave out the years. “I never speak directly to the worried and frustrated property holders sometimes waiting lenders,” he said. “All of the weeks for a response. big banks have pre-existing con“I’m surprised more people tracts with companies in cities don’t contact me right away,” like Plano, Texas, and Irvine, Whiddon said. “They can come Calif., that manage the sales for sit with me personally. That’s their clients. They are typically part of my function, to be a referred to as mortgage service providers.” neutral third party.” The first step he takes after In addition to her willingness to describe several alternative being contacted, Ross said, is to strategies for property owners, work up a broker price opinion.

He then evaluates the work necessary to bring the home into condition for a sale. Ross said he knew the real estate market had gone soft in fall 2007. He faults large institutional bankers for creating the situation that led to the foreclosure sale on Red Hawk. In addition to financing the first 80 percent of a home purchase, he said, they were willing to finance the remaining 20 percent and sometimes offered 105 percent financing. “Then, they packaged the loans and turned around and sold them to grandmothers for their 401Ks, which then went down,” Ross said. Ross recently handled a bank-owned listing for a home on Caribou Run in Steamboat, but when he didn’t sell it in 60 days, the service provider gave it to another Realtor. He recently has handled bank-owned homes in Craig and Hayden but doesn’t have any others in Steamboat, he said. The home on Red Hawk was in better condition than many foreclosed homes he gets involved with, Ross said, with the exception of one quirky issue. “The guy took real good care of this house,” Ross said. “But it had been empty so long, sunflowers had forced their way through the windows and were growing into the house. I had to go around and cut them so I could close the windows and get it ready for winter.”

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PHIPPSBURG: Furnished Studio 25 min south of Steamboat, $450 month. all utilities included. Deposit, 1st, last. NS, NP 871-1085 leave message

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The Grand Junction Housing Authority will be accepting applications for the Moffat County Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly known as Section 8) waiting list. The waiting list will be open from April 1, 2009 through April 30, 2009. Applications can be picked up and turned in at the Department of Social Services, 595 Breeze Street, Craig, Colorado. Contact Roberta McQuay toll free at 1-866-883-9968 if you have questions or need an application sent to you. STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Basement apartment with bonus room. Beatiful view of Mt. Werner. Knotty Pine and slate finishes. WD, utilities included. 970-291-9009

OAK CREEK:2BR, 1BA Apartment. Heat, water & sewer included. $695 monthly + deposit NS, Pet negotiable. Available immediately (970)846-6218

STEAMBOAT: Sunny, Quiet, studio Apt Downtown with garage. Excellent location, rarely available. NS $1100 month + elec. 871-1681 or 846-8026

STEAMBOAT:One room efficiency apartment, full bath, full kitchen, pets possible. Fireplace. NS. $1,000 includes utilities. 846-4420

STEAMBOAT:On Mountain, 1BD studio, full kitchen and bath, furnished. Huge parking, great backyard, WD, NS, Pest negotiable, cable included. $900 monthly 970-846-1071

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STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, furnished, sunny & spacious. Beautiful views, hot-tub, NP, WD, cable & wireless. Landscaped. $1250 month. 846-5004 - 870-6410 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA, Charming new detached guest house/apt. in Old Town. Open studio, floor plan. W/D, NS, Pets? $850 monthly + utilities. Available 5/1. 970-846-5667

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STEAMBOAT:WOW! $950 monthly, IN TOWN, cozy, clean, unfurnished 2BR, 1BA. Pets negotiable. Limited persons and cars. Gas heat, water - LOW UTILITIES. 970-734-4919

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Heart of Downtown. 1 bedroom, completely furnished, w/d, gas fireplace, parking $1000 month. 1st, last, sec. 846-7879

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STEAMBOAT:HUD Homes! 4 Bed, 2 ba $37,900 or $413/mo! Stop Renting (5% dw, 30 yrs @ 8%) For Listings Call 800-576-6921 xT480

STEAMBOAT:2 miles to town, 1bd, 1ba on 36 acres, $1050 month includes utilities one person. NS, NP, WiFi, Dish. 970-309-0739

OAK CREEK: Large studio apartment - 1BD apartment, both in great condition! $675 monthly includes all utilities, dish. 970-819-2849

STEAMBOAT:1,000 sq.ft. Live or Work with 1,000 sq.ft. warehouse. 3 phase power, fire alarm, sprinkler, large swing and overhead doors, internet, passive solar. This is an excellent property with great neighbors. 970-879-6667

1BD Walton Village, new paint, carpet, W/D. Available immediately. $825 monthly includes cable. Call (415) 845-0130

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, mountain area, fully furnished, NP, NS. $1100 monthly (970)819-1540

STEAMBOAT:1BR, 1BA unfurnished suite in new house. Excellent mountain location, separate entrance, full kitchen, W/D. NS, NP. $1000 monthly includes most utilities. Nelson 970-846-8338

STEAMBOAT:Ski Trail Lane. 1BD, 1BA, beautifully remodeled, furnished, w/d, granite, gas fireplace, flatscreen, wireless, NP, NS, cable, parking. All utilities included $1150. (202)415-4790.

STEAMBOAT:Apartment in old town. Available 5-1. 2.5BD, 1.5BA, NS, pets negotiable, WD, 1 car garage. $1350 monthly + gas. (970)870-0594 STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA Sunny Apartment. Walk to Town. $950 month Available April 1st. Includes WD, Trash & Water. NS, NP (970)846-9914 STEAMBOAT: Very nice studio apartments available. WD, utilities, cable, and internet included. NP, First, last, security. References required. $725 monthly. (970)871-9918 or (970)846-5358

STEAMBOAT:ON MOUNTAIN 2BD, 2BA beautifully remodeled, leather furniture, w/d, granite, stainless, flatscreen, wireless, DTV, INCREDIBLE VIEWS! NP, NS. $1400 monthly + utilities. 970-846-3590 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Remodeled, top corner unit, mountain views. Fireplace, wood floors, WD, hot tub & pool, NS, NP. $1150 monthly (970)736-1204 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Walton Village Condo upper unit, furnished, WD, NP, NS. Available April 25th. $850 month + utilities First, Last, Deposit. 970-691-0251, 970-871-6253.

CRAIG: DOWNTOWN Large 2 to 3 Bedroom Apartments.Furnished, parking, laundry facilities. All electric kitchens including DW, disposals. Small pets ok. Call (970)824-7120

STEAMBOAT:1 & 2 bedroom Condos on Mountain, all utilities paid, furnished, laundry, DW, hot tub, parking. Starting at $900 870-1593

STEAMBOAT:Wonderful Furnished 1BD in town $1,000 month. Includes utilities, wireless internet, Direct-TV, beautiful views! NS, NP. First, Last, Deposit (970)879-3118

STEAMBOAT:Fully remodeled 1BD, 1BA, 50’ flat screen, heated pool, hot tubs, cable internet and phone included. $1100. Available April 17 Debbie Hunt 846-0100 or dhunttraveler@aol.com

STEAMBOAT: 3BD, 1BA, basement apartment with sauna. WD, NS, NP. $1300 + electric. 846-8211 leave message OAK CREEK: 2BD, 1Bath apartment, all appliances, NS, 1 pet negotiable, 1st & security. $895 per month includes utilities. Joe 846-3542 OAK CREEK: Great Views! 2BD, 1BA, recently updated, flooring, paint and windows. $650 monthly plus utilities. 1st, last, deposit. 970-736-2383 CRAIG:Remodeled 2BA, 1BA apartments with Travertine, slate, oak, and alder finishes, Economy apartments, or 2BD, 2BA Townhomes that allow pets. 970-824-9251

STEAMBOAT:2BR, 2BA furnished top floor upgraded & furnished unit-unobstructed views of the mountain. Ski-in, Ski-out, private location. Hottub, gym, tennis. $1200 monthly tenant pays electric only.. NP, NS 846-7547 STEAMBOAT: STORM WATCH - 1BD, 2BA, sunny, views, $950 month, NP, NS. All utilities included. 819-4345

STEAMBOAT: 2bd, 2ba, Powder Ridge. Fully furnished, pet friendly. $1200 monthly plus electric and gas. First, last and deposit due on signing. Lease negotiable. Available Now. 303-519-7515.

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STEAMBOAT:2BR, 2BA furnished top floor upgraded & furnished unit-unobstructed views of the mountain. Ski-in, Ski-out, private location. Hottub, gym, tennis. $1200 monthly. NP, NS 846-7547

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STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 2BA partially Furnished, Internet, Cable Included, Bus-Route, WD, Hot-Tub, mountain. NS, NP $1450 1st, Last, Security. 970-871-7921 STEAMBOAT:2 bedroom, 1-3, 4 Bath apartment in private home between Mt, & Town. Furnished. No pets. $1400 monthly plus heat & elec. (970)879-8161 Mountain Condo, Meadows. 2BD, 1BA, NS, NP, $1395 including utilities. Large 1 car garage, on bus-route. First, last. Call 819-5514 One Bedroom condo available now to Dec. Brand new condo in new building at Trappeur’ s Crossing Resort. High end finishes, private hottub, fully furnished with flat screen TVs. Perfect for a summer retreat. All the amenities a luxury resort has to offer. Pools, fitness center, tennis courts. $1200 includes all utilities. 970.846.9449

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STEAMBOAT:2BD Condo near Gondola. Nicely remodeled. Avail 5/16. $1,350 + utils. NP, NS. 970.547.4662

STEAMBOAT:Affordable rentals.1, 2, 3 bedroom condominiums available on the mountain. Some with garages. NP, NS. Starting at $900. Lisa 970-879-5100

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STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 2BA Sundance Creek condo WD, garage, on the bus route, gas fireplace, hot tub, NS, NP 970-734-6059 STAGECOACH: 2bedroom, 1bath Wagon Wheel Condo. No pets, no smoking. $850 month, furnished or unfurnished. 720-244-5514 STEAMBOAT:Condo Rental: 4Bdrm, 4Bath, fully furnished. Outside deck, WD, garage, fireplace. Complex has pool and hot tubs. Across the street from gondola. NP, NS in unit. $2,100.00 month. Call Megan 720-335-6562 or e-mail megangillick@gmail.com

STEAMBOAT:Beautiful condo, furnished, 2BD, 2BA, deck, shuttle. Hot tub & sauna. $1850 includes gas, cable, water & internet. Available May 1st. 970-846-5323

STEAMBOAT:Timbers 1BD, 1BA, fireplace, NS, pets negotiable, $1050 includes electric, water, trash. Lease negotiable. 1st, last, dep. 970-819-9222.

STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA Copper Ridge Condo, Brand New, Great Deck and Views, WD, NS, NP. Call Dave @ 970-734-6058.

STEAMBOAT: Newer 2 BR, 2 BA Sundance Creek Condos with FP, deck, W/D & garage. Quality finishes, excellent location & views. NS/NP. $1600 plus utilities. Available now. Nelson 970-846-8338

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, 1-car garage. Deck, FP, WD, bus route. Most utilities included. NS, NP. $1500 monthly, 6 month lease discount. 5/1. 846-0402 STEAMBOAT: GREAT LANDLORD LOOKING FOR GREAT TENANT! 2bd unit available. 846-3353

STEAMBOAT:WALTON VILLAGE 1BD, 1BA LOWER CORNER UNIT, WD, NP, NS, HOT TUB, POOL, TENNIS COURTS. FIRST, LAST, DEPOSIT $875 879-7746

1BD newly remodeled, fully furnished, on mountain, WD, NS, NP. $950 month, available now Julie (970)819-5401 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA on mountain, no stairs, utilities and TV included, garage, W&D, NP, NS, $1,500 monthly, available May 1, 846-0303 STEAMBOAT: 1BD, 1BA Walton Village Condo. Available immediately, NS, NP First, Last, Deposit $875 monthly + utilities. Susan 819-2300

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STEAMBOAT: Awesome furnished 2BD, 2BA, short term rental at The Pines. $1450 monthly, weekly rates available. NS, NP 846-3875 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, great views, cable TV, internet, gas fireplace, hottub, covered parking, NS, NP lease $1400 negotiable Available 4-15. 917-292-7286 STEAMBOAT: ON MOUNTAIN. 2bd, 2ba condo at Timber Run, completely furnished, pool, hot tub, sauna, wd in unit, stunning remodel just completed. Available April 1, $1,650 month see www.steamboat319.com or 608-347-6208

STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA, very nice, fully furnished with everything, private setting with aspen, mountain views. Lease term negotiable. $2200 monthly 970-879-8656

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STEAMBOAT:Spring Sale until June 12th! $450 per week or $1,000 monthly! Furnished 2BD, 2BA, Sunray Meadows, garage, NS, NP. (720)581-3299

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STEAMBOAT:Fully Furnished 1Bd, 1Ba on the mountain, $1250 month-to-month, or $1000 monthly for 6 month lease, includes all utilities. 970-846-1031

STEAMBOAT:Sunray Meadows 2BD, 2BA, garage, WD, NS, NP, Building 11. Spectacular views, Most utilities included. Available Now Tim (480) 831-1970

STEAMBOAT:Sunray 2BD, 2BA furnished on bus line, vaulted ceiling, WD, 2-car heated garage. Includes heat & water. Call mike 846-8692

STEAMBOAT:Spring Meadows Condo Available May 1st. 2BD, 1BA, unfurnished, close to mountain. $1100 monthly plus S.D. NS, NP. By appointment (970)879-2373

STEAMBOAT: 1BD, 1BA, Shadow Run, WD, partially furnished. NS, NP, $950 a month. 970-456-3739

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STEAMBOAT: NEW 3BR, 2.5BA, 2-CAR HEATED GARAGE. MOUNTAIN VIEW, SNOW REMOVAL. 328 PARKVIEW DRIVE, NS, PETS NEGOTIABLE. $2400/MONTH, REDUCED. 970-819-1890

OAK CREEK: 3BD, 2BA, newer duplex. Washer, Dryer. NS, NP. $1000 month + utilities First, last, deposit. (970) 846-1616

STEAMBOAT: 2 + 2 Lower Duplex, 1 car garage. $1600 monthly + security deposit. NS, pet? Ready April 1st. 846-8889 STEAMBOAT:3BD, 1BA, fireplace, sauna, WD, NP, NS, on 5 acre subdivision. 3 miles to town. Couple ideal, low rent. (970)879-0321 STEAMBOAT:4BD, 2BA upper 1/2 of duplex, on mountain, 1-car garage, bus route, WD, DW, pet OK. 879-5811

STEAMBOAT:Tamarack Point, 3bd, 2.5ba, one car garage. Huge unfinished basement. Nice family neighborhood. Available May 1th, flexible lease. $2100 MONTH 736-2315. STEAMBOAT: Beautiful Log Home 9 miles from town. 5BD, 5.5BA Studio, 3 car garage, Great views! Pet negotiable. $3,500 monthly. (970) 879-1982

STEAMBOAT:4BD, 1/2 Duplex between town & mountain. Heated garage & drive, hot tub & 4 decks. Wow! $2400/monthly. Call Greg Forney 970-870-1020

STEAMBOAT:On the mountain, bus-route, close to park, great neighborhood. 4BD, 2BA, 2-car garage, WD, NS. $2,400month plus utilities. 970- 846-1984

STEAMBOAT: Above Oldtown. One half Duplex in quiet family neighborhood, 3BD, 2BA + 2 car heated garage. Fenced yard, small dogs negotiable, no cats please. Year lease. $2000 monthly + utilities. First, last, deposit. (970)871-0255, leave message.

STEAMBOAT:Sunny Pamela Lane 3BD, 2BA, with vaulted ceilings & garage. WD, NS, pet? Walk into downtown. $2,000 month. Call 846-1007

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, mountain, 1600 sq ft, heated floors, WD, NS, NP. Available May 1st. $1500 + utilities & deposit. 970-393-0980

STEAMBOAT:Large 3BD, 2.5BA West End Village Duplex. 1 car attached garage, all appliances, gas fireplace, view, on school bus route, NS, NP, 1st, last, security. $1,675 month plus utilities. Call 870-8976 STEAMBOAT: 2BD,1BA lower duplex, WD , near bus stop, on mountain, pet ok. 879-5811 STEAMBOAT:Newer 2 bed, 1 bath home. Steamboat Blvd. 1/2 Acre yard. NS. Pet OK.Great Views. Available 04/01. $1295. 970-870-2992 islandproperties@aol.com STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA downtown, 2 car oversized heated garage. Brand new, in floor heat, wood floors, WD, Pets negotiable, $1,600 month. Marc 970-846-0218

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA + STORAGE, 1500sf on 15 acres located in the south valley just 8 miles from town on paved roads. 30’x30’ garage. Pet considered. $1600 monthly. 846-5086. STEAMBOAT:4BD, 3BA, Fully furnished, NS, No cats, small dog considered. Single or double occupancy only! $1,800 +utilities. Mature applicants please call (818)720-1134 STEAMBOAT:Quiet Steamboat Blvd. home, unfurnished, 3 + bedrooms, 2.5 baths, views, den, fireplace. No smoking, Responsible pet owners welcome. $2,850 month plus deposit. 970-819-2200 STEAMBOAT:4bdr 2ba $489 monthly! Foreclosure! Stop Renting! 5% dw, 30 yrs @ 8% apr! For Listings Call 800-576-6921 xB030 STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA newer-home. 2 car garage, spacious kitchen, FP, WD. Mountain, bus route, landscaped, Jacuzzi tub. $2200 month. 970-846-5004, 870-6410 CRAIG/MEEKER: Ten minutes from ColoWyo entrance on route 13, 6 months April through September. Call Paul 970-824-0227

Executive 3Bed, 3.5Bath Home Convenient Hilltop location! Unfurnished Hot tub, Home Theater, Granite, Lease Purchase option available, NS, NP $2,500 month negotiable. Available now. 918-859-0554 STEAMBOAT:House On The Mountain - 3BD, 2BA, garage, on bus route and Core Trail. Fenced yard, pets negotiable, furnished or unfurnished. Short or long term lease. $2300 + utilities. Available May 1st. Call (970)819-2879 OAK CREEK:3BD, 1BA house in Oak Creek. Woodstove, fenced yard, w/d hookup, detached garage, pets negotiable. $950 monthly + utilities. (928)925-8095 HAYDEN:3 bedrooms, 2 baths, den/hobby room (could be small 4th BR). Two story corner lot with fenced back yard, storage shed long detached garage. $1300.00. Per month + deposit, all utilities and city services. Call Dutch (970) 846-1676 Steamboat: 4BR, 3.5BA, 2 car garage, 3000 sq.ft home on Hunters Drive. Hot Tub, Rec Room, furnished or unfurnished, pets negotiable. NS. $2850 per month + utilities. 879-5351. STEAMBOAT:Old Town, 3BD, 1 3/4BA, WD, gas, near schools & bus, NS, NP. Treed yard & decks. First, last, $1000 deposit. $1550 monthly. 970-879-3233 STEAMBOAT:Old Town House 464 8th $2100 P/M WD, 3B, 2B, Pet OK, Yard. Available Now. 303-875-8862 STEAMBOAT:Downtown 3BD, 1BA, furnished or unfurnished. Large sunny yard, very near Butcher Knife Park, Creek. WD, NS, pets negotiable. Lease term negotiable. $2100 monthly + utilities. Available Immediately (970)846-4220 CRAIG: 2BD, 1BA Duplex for rent. Nice, private location, WD hookup, NP, references required. $550 monthly, $500 damage deposit. 970-629-1322 CLARK: Steamboat Lake. Beautiful log home for rent. Furnished, 5 BR, 3BA. $2,000 mo plus tenant paid utilities. Call for pics and details. (303)698-9279 STEAMBOAT:Charming mountain home near shopping, hospital & Resort area. 3BD, 2BA, unfurnished, WD, FP, 2-car garage. NS, NP $1800mo. 870-3310 HAYDEN:2BR, 1BA, pet ok-dep. 3 people max. First, last, security required, 1 year lease, NS. Credit & rental application required. $960 Month 970-846-0046 coltoncreek@aol.com

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STEAMBOAT: 4BD, single family home in River place, on bike path and bus route. 6 month minimum, NP, Furnished 303-522-4115

STEAMBOAT:Remodelled 3BD, 2.5BA, large master suite, mud room, storage shed, privacy fence. West Acres #69. $1,350 (970)846-5646 STEAMBOAT:2BED, 1BATH, Oversized garage; fits 2 cars. long-term lease. Newly remodeled/painted, excellent condition. NP, $975 per month, includes water and trash. (970)846-0588

3BD + loft 2BA, on the mountain, on bus route, newly renovated, great location. Pets negotiable. $2100 includes utilities. 970-846-5501

2BR, 2.5BA remodeled end unit. Must see! W/D, cable included. $1450 plus low utilities. NS, pets negotiable. May 1st! 970-846-7792

CRAIG:Furnished single family home in nice neighborhood, WD, kitchen privileges, private bathroom, call 824-5058. $400 monthly plus utilities. NS, NP. OAK CREEK: 2001 Mobile home 2BD, 1BA, furnished. Willow Hill trailer, Oak Creek. All utilities & Dish Included. $700 monthly. (970) 846-5877

STEAMBOAT:Sundance Creek, 1BD, garage, storage, cable, WD, hottub, on the bus route, 1st, Last, Deposit. Call for pricing. 970-846-9319

OAK CREEK:Excellent condition 2BD, 2BA, mud room, shed, large driveway, pellet stove, master bathroom with jacuzzi tub. $1050 monthly 970-846-5276

STEAMBOAT: 2 unfurnished rooms, each with private bath, 3BD, 3BA duplex downtown. WD, fireplace, deck, great views, wifi, NS, NP. $650 monthly + utilities. Available now (970)846-6233

STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA Whistler- Nice unit fully furnished except beds. $1200 monthly. Month-month ok. 303-638-0956 STEAMBOAT: 1st class finishes, two bedrooms+ loft, master bedroom, 2+ bathrooms. Hot tub, WD, DW, garage, NS, $1,695 520-975-6912 HAYDEN:2BD, 1.5 BA townhome with new upgrades, 1 car garage, W/D hookups. NP. 1 year lease. $850 monthly. Call Central Park Management at 879-3294. STEAMBOAT:Chinook Lane, 2BD, 2BA on bus-route. Furnished, WD, NS, lease. 1st, last, deposit $1500month + utilities. Cable included! Call 970-222-0913 STEAMBOAT:New luxury 4BD, 4BA large 2 car garage on bus route. NS, NP, $2500 unfurnished or $2800 furnished per month. Chuck 879-2871 STEAMBOAT: 3BD Townhome, fully furnished, on mountain, 2 car garage, hot tub at complex. $2175mo plus utilities 879-8161 STEAMBOAT:Luxury Duplex, incredible views, 3 BD, 2.5 BA, leasing now with flexible terms, high end furnishings included, $2,700 month, 2 car garage, no smoking (303)904-2377 STEAMBOAT: Old town Steamboat, Roommate needed, 2BA, partially furnished, WD. May 1st through October 1st. 970-367-3100 STEAMBOAT: 2bd, 1ba Whistler Townhome on mountain. Pool, hot tub. On bus route. $1100 + electric and gas. Cable included. First, last, deposit. Starting April 1. 970-846-8186. STEAMBOAT-ALPINE MEADOWS. 2 BD, 2.5 BA, W/D, nicely furnished, very clean, walk in closets, near river & trails. NS, NP. $1450 monthly includes util. Avail 5/1. 970-819-2519. STEAMBOAT:Modern 3bedroom, 2bath, 2 car garage, between downtown and mountain, bus route. 12 month lease, furniture available. $1800 monthly. 970-819-0854

STEAMBOAT:1 bdrm in 3bdrm, 3bath condo on mtn. WD, storage space, private bath, fireplace, DW, Deck, Pool, Tennis. NS, NP. $660 monthly + split utilities. Available mid April. 819-4799. STEAMBOAT:Room for rent in three bedroom Mountain Vista Townhome. Low utilities. $500 a month. Available May 1st. 952.240.4634 Furnished 1 bdrm in 3bed, 3bath downtown. $700 Available April 1st through Sept. 1st. 1st & last. No deposit! 819-4012 or 505-401-9720 STEAMBOAT:Enjoy country living on small ranch about 10 minutes West of Steamboat, on Trout Creek. One room available $600 monthly. 879-3699

STEAMBOAT:Heated Shop or warehouse and office space available for lease or sale. 1,000-4,000sqft. Starting at $1,000 a month. Call 970-870-8640 STEAMBOAT: 800sqft Warehouse #3, Yampa Valley Business Park. $825/monthly. Call Tom at 879-1708 STEAMBOAT:Warehouse: Live or Work 2,000 sq.ft. 3 phase power, fire alarm, sprinkler, large swing and overhead doors, internet, passive solar. This is an excellent property with great neighbors. 970-879-6667 STEAMBOAT:Executive Office Suites Available at the Historic Old Pilot Building Great downtown location with full amenities: Phone System, Wireless Internet, Cable TV, Conference Room, and Kitchen. Contact Rhianna at (970)875-0999

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STEAMBOAT:Partially furnished room in home just West of Steamboat. Great location, $500 + deposit, some utilities, no lease 871-6198. 1BD, private bath, separate entrance, storage space, WD, NS, NP, on MT, bus route. Available May 1st, $700 no utilities, 846-3331, furnished 3BD townhouse to share with one person.

STEAMBOAT:1 bedroom in West Acres. $345 monthly + utilities. Month to month. Pay, rent reduction for skilled home improvement projects. 970-819-1804.

STEAMBOAT: Room in 15 acre Ranch house, WD $700 month 970-331-4576 STEAMBOAT: Old town Steamboat, Roommate needed, 2BA, partially furnished, WD. May 1st through October 1st. 970-367-3100

THE VICTORIA 10th & Lincoln RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE OR LEASE Hal Unruh Prudential Steamboat Realty 970-875-2413

STEAMBOAT:First month free. Professional suites and individual offices available at 1205 Hilltop Pkwy from $600. Lofted ceilings, AC, security, plenty of parking, great views from every office. Call Jules 879-5242

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STEAMBOAT:Storage units for 8x10’s $50 monthly, 8x15’s monthly. (970) 879-1065

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HAYDEN/STEAMBOAT: Airport Garages, Spring Special! Own a heated 12’ x 22’ storage unit for cars, home or business. $39,900 now $24,900 on a limited # of units. On site shuttle/clubhouse and manager. Rentals also available. AirportGarages.com (970)879-4440 STEAMBOAT: Need more office space?? Hilltop Document Storage is the perfect solution for storing sensitive and confidential documents. Call (970)879-5242

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FLORIDA:Tired of SNOW? Islamorada, Florida Keys, Sport Fishing Capital, 3BD, 2BA. Very Private, fish, gorgeous sunsets, tropical breezes. Call Gabby 879-3031

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STEAMBOAT:RIVERSIDE PLACE AGGRESSIVELY PRICED STARTING AT $10 FT. Several square foot age options available for retail, office, restaurant space. Jim Hansen (970)846-4109 Thaine Mahanna (970)846-5336 Old Town Realty STEAMBOAT:Entrepreneurs seeking office space for new - growing business check out Bogue Enterprise Center at CMC. Great rates, one year leases, copy center, meeting rooms, SCORE counseling available. Call 870-4491 STEAMBOAT:Spacious executive office space available in May. 1200 sqft. Pine Grove area. Easy access, unlimited parking. Call Mark 879-6519 mjthomsen@qwestoffice.net

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The Mugshot Coffee Shop / Bakery and Wine Bar. Established (8 years), turn-key business in the growing community of Oak Creek. Call Jane for details: 819 2536. Successful year round guest ranch business for lease or option to buy. Owner financing may be available. Great growth potential! Call 970-879-6220

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STEAMBOAT:Commercial for SALE: 2800 sf Warehouse on 1 acre fenced Industrial Yard in Elk River Business Park includes office, bath, two overhead truck doors and 2 man doors, Concrete truck pad in front. Most of lot buildable for more warehouse/commercial structures. $1,195,000.00. Call Dutch Elting at (970)879-8100 Prudential Steamboat Realty.

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STEAMBOAT:Office Suites Available for Immediate Occupancy. Conference room accessible. Long/short term available. Starting at $400 per month. All inclusive Call Bruce 846-0262

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STEAMBOAT:1BD available in Whistler Village month to month utilities included. NP, NS, WD, $700 monthly fully furnished. Must be employed. 303-475-5260

STEAMBOAT: Furnished House $450 month plus half utilities. Available Now. On one acre Storage. No lease. 970-846-4902

STEAMBOAT:Exceptional Downtown Locations! Office spaces ranging from 175 to 325 SF. 1st and 2nd floor units. COMPETITIVE & NEGOTIABLE LEASE RATES! Call Central Park Management at 879-3294.

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Steamboat:Join an impressive tenant roster with one left 30% discount! Professional office space. Excellent location, plentiful parking. 255SF to 6000SF. 879-9133

STEAMBOAT: Office space for Free! Single to large executive suite in a professional building great parking,1st month Free 970-870-3473

STEAMBOAT:Downtown 7th Street location. Furnished Master Suite in fabulous home. $1,000 mo. - Includes utilities, cable, parking NS, NP. 875-0700. No lease.

Investment Property over 3A. Industrial with house, shop, 26 units of self storage, many existing uses. SUPER LOCATION! Bill 970-734-8069

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Have interest in purchasing a property within Steamboat city limits. Wiling to consider all properties up to $375,000. Please call 303-903-8772

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STEAMBOAT:Neat and clean furnished room on mtn. Near Whistler Park, private entrance, WD, NS, NP. References required. $500 month. 879-4082. STEAMBOAT:1 Bdrm in 3bdrm Apt Avail 4/15-11/15 NP, NS $500 monthly, Dep, WD, Elec Included 775-340-9344

STEAMBOAT: Bright, sunny office spaces with great signage at the Copper Clock Building along Elk River Road. 284SF and 470SF. ONLY $350 and $550 mo! Call Central Park Management at 879-3294.

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WAREHOUSE SPACES AVAILABLE. AFFORDABLE RENTS IN TOUGH ECONOMY. $7.50 SF - NNN FOR MORE DETAILS. CALL TRAVIS AT 879-6831

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, Fully furnished, on bus route, NS, walk to mountain. (970)846-8280

HAYDEN:Valleyview Work OR Live. Large 1150 sqft 2BD, 2BA + 1150 sqft heated storage with overhead door. Great views! New construction. $1500 month. 819-1788 or 870-0169

STEAMBOAT:Sundance @ Fishcreek. Get 3 months Reduced rent starting July 1. Prime Storefront for Office or Retail. 2032 sq ft corner space with huge windows, private bath, wet bar, great parking. Bob Larson 871-4992.

Rooms available in Hayden. Long-term rentals $500 per month plus utilities, NS, NP. 970-276-4545 or 970-276-2079

STEAMBOAT:2BD, Shared bath available in 4BD, 3BA, Duplex. Internet, HDTV, WD, Storage, NS, NP, $600, split of utilities, deposit, 970-846-6034

STEAMBOAT:Brand new 3 bdrm 2.5 bth 2-car heated garage, between town and mountain, $2050 per month plus utilities, pets negotiable. 970-846-3480

STEAMBOAT: 427 Oak St. Available Immediately, 1850 Sq Ft For further info Call Janet 879-0642/846-6962

STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA Whistler Village, Furnished, $1250 + utilities. Hottub & pool. WD, NP. Short or long term, Call (970)846-7341 STEAMBOAT: Beautiful 4BD, 3.5BA, 1 car garage, between mountain and town, bus route, WD, NS, NP. $2100 monthly. 846-6423.

STEAMBOAT:Impress your clients with Class A Professional office space. 850SF to 6000SF. Lease/Option. Financing available. Central location, plentiful parking. 879-9133

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STEAMBOAT:Downtown house, 1BD, loft, 1BA, excellent location: Soda Creek and 1-way street. $1,250 monthly, Year lease, available May 1st. 970-871-1700

STEAMBOAT:Furnished Herbage Townhome, 3bd, 3ba. On mountain on bus route. $2100 monthly includes heat, water, cable. NS, NP. Available 6-1. 303-525-9102

HAYDEN: 3100 sq ft warehouse with office and full bath/shower – 2 12 foot truck doors and man doors on either side. Could divide. New, landscaped and ready to lease @ $10.80 per foot. Valley View Industrial Park, a great midpoint location between Craig and Steamboat. Call Dutch (970) 846-1676.

OFFICE - Prestigious location center of Downtown 700 - 1400 SF Tons of light, Howelsen Place Call Jon Sanders 970.870.0552 RETAIL Howelsen Place Center of Downtown 1,200 3,500 SF Food Service and Boutique Retail, Flexible Terms call Jon Sanders 970.870.0552 STEAMBOAT:New Riverfront commercial unit & Below Market Rent. 1400sf with two large internet ready offices with windows & warehse, garage, storage, receiving bay, good signage, parking, kitchen, bathroom, riverside patio, near bikepath. 970-846-3289 or 970-875-0845 or kath@evodesign.biz

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STEAMBOAT: $300 off first month. Charming Downtown Home 2BD, 1BTH, WD, NP, NS, Available now. $1600 month. Call 879-5891

STEAMBOAT:Downtown Living! 2bed, 2.5bathModern amenities, large kitchen, WD, gas FP. Charming, convenient, NS, references. Available 5/1. $1500 mo. 846-6114

STEAMBOAT:1 furnished bedroom available in quiet, comfortable three-bedroom home. On bus route. WD, cable, internet. NS, NP. $700 includes all utilities. No lease, no deposit, no first or last required. Month-to-month. Laura 871-7638 or 870-1430

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READY TO RENT! Unfurnished 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage. Clean, quiet, fantastic views, close to town and mountain. Low utilities. Plowing, trash removal paid. Pets considered $1500 month 734-4919.

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STEAMBOAT:Charming house Downtown. 3BD, 1BA, year lease. $1,450 monthly. Available May 1st. 970-846-0230

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UNDER CONTRACT!! Ridiculous Value $399,900! MLS#124809 Two bedroom plus loft with two bathrooms. Beautifully remodeled, furnished, views, turn-key. Almost everything is new! Tour: www.propertypanorama.com/43829. MOUNTAIN TWO BEDROOM! Exceptional Value $259,900 MLS#122773 Perfect for local/2nd homeowners. New windows, pets allowed, views, two blocks to base area, ready for sweat equity! Tour: www.propertypanorama.com/43173. LOCALS STARTER CONDO! Extreme Value. $179,900 MLS#124806 Great square footage, low HOA dues! Pets allowed, WD. 100% financing + an $8,000 tax credit = make Steamboat home. Tour: www.propertypanorama.com/57622. Ski Town Realty, Bruce Tormey, Realtor BruceT34@yahoo.com (970)846-8867 Spacious Mountain Condo Offered at $492,000 #122536 Welcome to this 2nd floor, 4-Diamond rated, furnished 2 bedroom Canyon Creek Condo just 200 yards from the mountain base. Large, open floorplan with practically new furnishings, gas fireplace and comfortable living. An outdoor patio offers westward views. Amenities include an outdoor heated pool & spa, workout facilities, on-site check-in and winter shuttle service. Call Cam Boyd at (970)879-8100 ext. 416 or (970)846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat realty

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Shabby Chic and Perfect in Every Detail! Offered at $279,000 #124824 3 plus bedroom 2 bath, attic office, greenhouse, enclosed mud room and two separate front entrances. Complete remodel and gorgeous! Unique hand hewn log finishes and professional quality neutral glazed walls. New appliances, doors, trim and much much more… Call Michelle Diehl at (970)846-1086 www.SteamboatDream.com. See virtual tour at tourfactory.com/490556 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Luxury ski-in - ski-out, 4bed, 4 Bath condo in the Antler’s. Furnished, stainless, granite, awesome amenities. Appraised over $2 mil., Strong nightly rental income in ski season. Looking for Real Estate around $1 mil. Licensed owner Doug Sigg Real Estate of the Rockies 303-579-3674

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FSBO DEAL: Upper Walton Village 1BD. $190,000 Call 819-6209

Prime Commercial Investment Property Offered at $299,000 #122009 Excellent building location with US Hwy 40 access, easy in & out. Large overhead door and five deeded parking spaces. Tenant in place, unit is finished out with office, bathroom, shop and loft. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at (970)846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

Upper Level Villas Offered at $510,000 #123465 This fully-furnished Villas condominium has 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms and almost 1,500 square feet of space to sprawl. The open kitchen offers plenty of countertop, contemporary cabinetry and room to dine. The living room provides lofted ceilings for a truly spacious feel, gas fireplace, leather sofa and elegant fixtures. The property has 2 outdoor hot tubs and is on the bus route. Call Cam Boyd at (970)879-8100 ext. 416 or (970)846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

Steller Quail Run 2BD, 2BA, 1-car garage + lots of storage. Top Floor corner unit with ski mountain views. $405,000. Call Roy Powell, RE/MAX Steamboat 970-846-1661

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Private Mountain Living Offered at $459,500 #124862 Nicely furnished and newly updated Herbage Townhome just 2 minutes to ski area. In a floorplan split between four levels and 2119 sq. ft., you’ll find ample space for all your family and friends. This turn-key and completely furnished townhome sleeps 10 among the three bedrooms and extra sleeping rooms. Great rental income. Owners can enjoy their pets, common outdoor pool and the private hot tub that comes with this unit. Extra 600 sq. ft. of storage under unit for all your toys! Call Pam Vanatta at (970)291-8100 or Kelly Silva Stahl at (970)846-6072 www.SteamboatEstates.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

Ski-in Ski-out Offered at $749,000 #124658. Best priced, Gold rated, 2 bed, 2 bath Torian Plum in excellent condition, 1240 sq ft, turn key 7th floor unit with incredible views of the ski area. Close to all the action - concerts, food, lifts, skiing, hiking/biking in the summer. Year round amenities - outdoor pool, hot tub, shuttle, and much more. Great rentals through Resort Quest. Call Cindy MacGray at (970)875-2442 or (970)846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Ski Inn Condo. Offered at $425,000. #124058 Great location, ski in ski out on the mountain. Remodeled larger two bedroom unit. Bldg 1 has larger bedrooms and extra owners closets. Lower level unit gives you easy access. Views of the gondola, Emerald Mountain from the deck and living room. Beautiful fireplace in the living room. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty $100,000 Price Reduction at The Antlers. Offered at $2,300,000. #123339. Now is the time to take advantage of this buying opportunity at The Antlers. Luxury ski in/ski out slopeside residence in premier location within The Antlers @ Christie Base community. Rarely on the market, top floor unit commanding breathtaking, unobstructed views of the ski area. This 4 bedroom, 4 bath residence is beautifully appointed and offers all the conveniences one needs to enjoy the ultimate family retreat. Tastefully furnished, turn-key, and ready for your occupancy or high-end nightly rental! Call Kim Kreissig at (970)870-7872 or (970)846-4250 Prudential Steamboat Realty Just listed! Walton Creek, 2BD, 2BA, 1020 sqft, GREAT PRICE! $249,000. RE/MAX/STEAMBOAT Roy Powell 846-1661 Walton Village Condo Offered at $199,500 #123649 One of the best condominiums on the market. This is a very rare offering as the Omicron building is the only building at Walton Village Condos that allows nightly rentals. This is a one bedroom, two full bath corner unit priced to sell. Enjoy all the amenities that this complex has to offer such as a swimming pool, hot tubs, tennis court and is conveniently located on the bus line. Call Cheryl Foote at (970)846-6444 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com PRICE REDUCED! Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Lovely country home with extra large accessory unit included. Great for rental or extended family. Features 5BD, 4BA total with 2 scenic viewing decks & extra large heated garage. $585,000 Call Roy Powell RE/MAX STEAMBOAT (970)846-1661 STEAMBOAT:2BR, 1BA Riverside Duplex unit, New roof, carpet, paint. Nice yard, No HOA $265,000. (970)879-2025 Broker Direct MLS# 122695

Views, Views, Views! Offered at $3,595,000, #122380 Possibly the best views of the mountain can be seen from this 5 bedroom/ 7 bath home. The master suite is on the main level with its own office and walk out to a private hot tub. A large family room, wine cellar, great storage and incredible craftsmanship can be found in this luxury home. Call for an appointment. Completion in August of ‘08. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Mountain View Estates Offered at $1,075,000 #124735 Wonderful Mountain View Estates home with huge views of the Mountain. This home has beautiful interior rock walls with salt water aquarium, spacious rooms quest quarters, downstairs recreation room and remarkable outdoor entertaining area with gorgeous mature landscaping. Call The Hibbard Team at (970)846-8247 or (970)846-8536 www.steamboatliving.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

Luxurious Ski Out Log Home Offered at $3,495,000 #124037 Elegance with a rustic flair! This log home has picturesque views of the Steamboat Ski Area out the front, a pine-treed forest in the back and access to ski trails right from your door. You’ll find Viking appliances, double dishwashers and double sinks in the kitchen. Enjoy central sound and a downstairs home theater complete with a projection screen and wet bar. The master bedroom has a sitting area, stone fireplace and private balcony to complete this stunning mountain retreat. Call Cam Boyd at (970)879-8100 ext. 416 or (970)846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Brand New Homes in Hayden Area Prices range 279,900-$309,900 Brand New! These homes each have three bedrooms and two bathrooms in the newer Sagewood Subdivision in Hayden. Extras include stainless steel appliances, beautiful woodfloors, master suites and plenty of garage space. Both homes are available immediately. Call Cheryl Foote at (970)846-6444 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Overlook Drive Oasis Offered at $2,175,000, #122522 This 4 bedroom / 4 ½ bath home has panoramic views from the valley to downtown. The house overlooks the Rollingstone Golf Course (formerly the Sheraton) and comes with a transferable golf membership. Easy living with a main floor master and his & her walk in closets. Eat-in country kitchen has a sitting area and fireplace. Three bedrooms on the lower level have access to a covered deck and large family room with wet bar. Great storage, 1000+ square feet of unfinished space, fenced in dog yard, water features, and a spacious office with a private bath complete this special home. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Great Location Offered at $835,000 #124046 Great location with easy access to public schools, Spring Creek Trail, and downtown area. Sitting on two city lots this 3 bed, 2 bath home is loaded with potential. A feeling of privacy, views of the Ski area, great fenced back yard with water feature plus mature trees with landscaping and large deck for entertaining or enjoying morning coffee. 2 car garage and storage shed. Call Cindy MacGray at (970)875-2442 or (970)846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Views! Views! Views! Offered at $729,950 #123956 Enjoy top of the world views from this 3 plus bedroom home in Silver Spur. This home sits high in the subdivision with tall windows to take in the beautiful scenery. The master is on the main floor with a large great room. The kitchen includes Rustic hickory cabinets and granite countertops. The yard has been fully landscaped including a sprinkler system that you can enjoy from your wrap around deck. Call Cheryl Foote at (970)846-6444 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com PRICE REDUCED! Prudential Steamboat Realty

Income potential! Country home includes 1BD, 1BA accessory apartment. Main home is a 4BD, 3BA + family room on 1.7 + acres. Extra storage in 2 car garage. Great value at $ 585,000 Call Roy Powell REMAX Steamboat 846-1661

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Foreclosure! 4bdr 2ba $32,500! Bank Foreclosures! Must Sell! For Listings Call 800-576-6921 xR406

Wonderful spacious home with 5BD, 4BA, consisting of 2 distinctive separate living units. This well maintained property features an extra large heated garage & 2 scenic viewing decks with outdoor fire pit. All this situated on a 1.73 acre lot in a quiet and peaceful setting. $585,000 Call Roy Powell RE/MAX STEAMBOAT (970)846-1661

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Immaculate Single Family Home Offered at $779,000, #121389 Offering the ultimate location close to Whistler Park, minutes from the Ski Area, and easy access to the Core Trail. Fabulously remodeled in 2007 – no expense spared in this lovely home. Exterior has rustic appointments with real log siding. Owner has dramatically improved the property with the addition of new redwood deck (with great views of ski hill), installation of an irrigation system, a new stone patio, additional landscaping including a rock wall and new three-rail fence. Interior offers a great open floor plan with vaulted T&G wood ceilings. Home is warm and charming with luxury appointments that include new appliances, hickory cabinetry, slate flooring and slate shower surrounds. Truly a MUST SEE residence. Call Kim Kreissig at (970)870-6470 or (970)846-4250 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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3 Bedroom, 2-¾ Bath home, oversized 2-car garage in Eagles Watch Subdivision. .86 acres, Mt. Werner and Stagecoach Lake views. Priced @ $549,000! Call Dan (970) 819-2486

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Wonderful Mountain Contemporary Home in great neighborhood! Exceptional quality construction in Silver Spur. 4BD, 3.5BA a large family, recreation room & magnificent office, den over the garage. A must see. Tremendous value at $775,000 Call Roy Powell at RE/MAX STEAMBOAT (970) 846-1661

FSBO: Cute, downtown, great location. 389 3rd Street. Includes accessory apartment. Owner/Broker Call Roy Powell RE/MAX STEAMBOAT (970)846-1661

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Paonia Retirement - Clark Homestead offers energy conscious homes for elegant living, two bedroom units, with oversized garage. www.clarkhomesteadpaonia.com

100% FINANCING AVAILABLE Remodeled & Cheap, 2 BD, laundry,1/2 Mi from ski base $257,000 Single Family, 2+ BD, fenced yard, storage, $237,000 Liquidation, 2 BD, Garage, $195,000 Less Than Rent, 2 BD, Stgch, $199,000 Never Lived In,3+ BD,Bsment $329,900 BEST BUYS IN STEAMBOAT Only $159,000 - 4 BD w/ 2 Car Garage Lowest priced 2 BD w/ garage $339,900 Low dues 3 BD, Gar, pets ok, $409,000 Deal on 2 BD, Mtn, Garage, $419,000 Steal- 4+BD, Gar,Mtn Views $599,000 NEW Stmbt Home, 14.9 acres, $625,000 On Core Trail, 3 BD, 2 Gar, $735,000 STMBT BLVD, 3+ BD, Gar,$848,000 Best Views - 35 Acres, 4+ BD $850,000 FOR VIRTUAL OR BEST BUY TOURS VISIT WWW.SteamboatBestBuys.com Lisa Olson/Beth Bishop Prudential Steamboat Realty 970-846-0713/970-846-7523 ��

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Adorable Downtown! Offered at $549,000 #124758. This 2 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom home in downtown Steamboat Springs has Butcherknife Creek running through the side yard. Open and bright main living area plus basement storage and a loft! On the corner of 6th and Pine, leave your car at home and walk to schools, parks, restaurants, shopping, hot springs, and more. A quaint back patio is perfect for barbeques or hot tubbing. As cute on the inside as it is on the outside! Call Cam Boyd at (970)879-8100 ext. 416 or (970)846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Pines Condo Offered at $299,000 #124394 This unit has just undergone an extensive remodel including new slate tile, hardwood floors, paint, appliances and countertops. This unit is sunny and bright with a delightful patio opening up to the grassy courtyard. The Pines complex offers extremely low dues and is ideally located near shopping. Call Cheryl Foote at (970)846-6444 PRICE REDUCED!

Under the Gondola! Offered at $325,000 #124421Ski in and ski out from this cozy and comfortable Ski Inn 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom fully furnished condominium. Enjoy the convenience of this slopeside location with direct views of the mountain and ski trails below. The superb amenities include an on-call winter shuttle, indoor & outdoor hot tubs, sun deck, sauna, laundry facilities and club house. Call Cam Boyd at (970)846-8100 or Steph Fairchild at (970)819-1131 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Drastically Reduced Prices On Mountain. 1, 2 & 3 bedroom units. For real bargains call VALERIE LISH REMAX STEAMBOAT 970-846-1082

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FSBO 35 +/- acres. 2700 sq ft, 5BD, 3BA, oversized 2 car garage. Oak Creek runs through property. 17 miles South of Steamboat. Abundant Elk & Deer. No covenants. Brokers welcome. $589,000 (970)846-1558

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Ski-In/Ski-Out with Ultimate Views. Offered at $569,999. #124174. Originally the developer’s unit, this top floor condo has the best views in Steamboat and the largest floorplan at the complex. Top-to-bottom remodel includes professional kitchen with brand new Jenn-aire stainless appliances, granite countertops throughout, custom cherry cabinets, brand new bathrooms including steam shower, new doors, base and case, floors, maple custom built-ins in master. You must see this unit. Priced below cost. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at (970)846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

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The City of Steamboat Springs is soliciting proposals from qualified vendors to supply and deliver, FOB Steamboat Springs, one (1) 2010 International 7400, cab/chassis, 4x4, single axle truck. Request For Proposal documents may be obtained by contacting Anne Small at (970) 871-8249 or asmall@steamboatsprings.net Proposals must be submitted to City Offices, 137 10th Street, PO Box 775088, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, Attention: Anne Small no later than 5:00 pm, April 15, 2009. The City of Steamboat Springs reserves the right to reject any and all bids and proposals and enter into a contract or issue a purchase order which, in its opinion, best serves the needs of the City of Steamboat Springs and its citizens. Publication Dates: March 29 and April 5, 2009 Steamboat Pilot 10,047-2 City of Steamboat Springs Request For Proposals Howelsen Hill Rodeo Facility Master Plan Proposal Deadline - April 23, 2009

10,024-2 NOTICE OF ABANDONMENT Notice is hereby given to Ariel Marchand, whose last known address is PO Box 881719 Steamboat Springs, CO 80488, pursuant to Colorado Statute 38-20-116 has abandoned the below described property that is stored at Routt Storage # 16 , 2560 Copper Ridge Drive, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80487. Ariel Marchand must contact Routt Storage at 970-879-6464 by the 10th day of April, 2009. Current Amount Due is $486.00 (including April’s rent). Charges will continue to accrue until items are disposed of. Dated at Steamboat Springs, Colorado this 29th day of March, 2009. Kasey Anderson, Manager Central Park Management 800

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Drive, Suite A Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 970-879-6464 Inventory: Boots, foot spa, 15 misc boxes, 4 misc bags First publication date: March 29, 2009 Last publication date: April 5, 2009 10173200 10,009-5 DISTRICT COURT, ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO Routt County Justice Center 1955 Shield Drive, P. O. Box 773117 Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 (970) 879-5020 WHISTLER VILLAGE TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION 1988, INC., a Colorado nonprofit corporation, Plaintiff, v. JOHN C. DUFFY, an individual, E-LOAN, INC., a Delaware corporation, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation, and PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ROUTT COUNTY, COLORADO Defendants. Attorneys for Plaintiff Mark E. Steinke, Esq., Atty Reg. No. 17132 Sharp, Steinke, Sherman & Engle LLC 401 Lincoln Avenue, P. O. Box 774608 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Phone: (970) 879-7600 Fax: (970) 879-8162 steinke@steamboatlawfirm.com COURT USE ONLY Case Number: 08 CV 252 Div.: Ctrm.: SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION The People of the State of Colorado To Defendant JOHN C. DUFFY Named Above: You are summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of the Routt County District Court, 1955 Shield Drive, P. O. Box 773117, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty (30) days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of this Summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within thirty (30) days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice. This is an action for recovery of unpaid assessments, interest, late charges, attorneys’ fees and costs pursuant to C.R.S. ‘’38-33.3-316(8) and 302(k), as such unpaid fees and costs pertain to the property described as: Lot CY-27, Whistler Village Townhomes, Phase II, according to the Plat thereof recorded March 11, 1981, at File No. 8786 and according to the Declaration thereof recorded February 29, 1980, in Book 498 at Page 367, the Supplemental Declaration of Phase II recorded March 11, 1981, in Book 528 at Page 628, the Amendment to such Declaration and Supplemental Declaration recorded December 31, 1981, in Book 554 at Page 244 and the Consent to such Amendment recorded January 20, 1982, in Book 555 at Page 609. Published in: The Steamboat Pilot First Publication Date: March 22, 2009 Last Publication Date: April 19, 2009 Dated: March 19, 2009. _ _ _ _ _ / s / Original Signature on File Mark E. Steinke, Reg. No. 17132 Attorney for Plaintiff Whistler Village Townhomes Association 1988, Inc. P.O.Box 774608, 401 Lincoln Avenue Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Telephone: (970) 879-7600 10,024-2 City of Steamboat Springs 2010 International 7400 Truck

The City of Steamboat Springs is soliciting proposals from qualified professional consultants to prepare a Master Plan for the Howelsen Hill Rodeo facility in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Request For Proposal documents may be obtained by contacting Anne Small at (970) 871-8249 or asmall@steamboatsprings.net Proposals must be submitted to City Offices, 137 10th Street, PO Box 775088, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, Attention: Anne Small no later than 5:00 pm, April 23, 2009. The City of Steamboat Springs reserves the right to reject any and all bids and proposals and enter into a contract or issue a purchase order which, in its opinion, best serves the needs of the City of Steamboat Springs and its citizens. Publication Dates: Legal Ad: April 5 and 12, 2009 Steamboat Pilot 10173993 10,056-2 NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION Storm Meadows Condominium Association April 3, 2009 The Storm Meadows Condominium Association desires to amend The Condominium Declaration for Storm Meadows, recorded on March 19, 1969, in Book 335 at Page 782, of the real estate records of Routt County, Colorado (“Declaration”). Pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-33.3-217(1)(b), the Association provides notice of the proposed amendment. If you desire to obtain a copy of the proposed amendment, contact Lynaia M. South Orr at The Law Office of Cheryl L. Hardy-Moore, P.C., P.O. Box 776327, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477-6327, 970-879-9300. Any lien holder that does not deliver a negative response within sixty days after the date of this notice shall be deemed to have approved the proposed amendment. You must deliver such response to Lynaia M. South Orr at The Law Office of Cheryl L. Hardy-Moore, P.C., P.O. Box 776327, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477-6327, 970-879-9300. First publication date: March 5, 2009 Last publication date: April 12, 2009 10174109 10,043-2 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-21.5 - 101 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is given that on the 18th of April, 2009 at 11:00 AM, the property described below will be sold by private sale at Milner Mini-Storage, 21485 W. Hwy 40, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, to pay delinquent rent and late charges incurred by Brandon Giles (tenant), whose last known address is PO Box 883278, Steamboat Springs, CO 80488, for unit # 36 at Milner Mini-Storage. Tenant may redeem such property by paying to Milner Mini-Storage all rent and late charges owed, as well as the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to default and sale at or before the time of sale. Milner Mini-Storage, /s/Shelly St. Pierre Manager Description of Property: Wood armoire, skis, king mattress, miscellaneous personal belongings. Date of first publication: April 5, 2009 Date of second publication: April 12, 2009 Published in: Steamboat Pilot, Steamboat Springs, CO 10173869 10,046-2 City of Steamboat Springs Request For Proposals Golf Professional/Position Opening January 1, 2010 Haymaker Golf Course Proposal Deadline - June 15, 2009 It is the intent of the City of Steamboat Springs to enter into a contract, pursuant to a Request For Proposal, with a qualified Golf Professional to perform the duties of a Golf Professional at the Haymaker Golf Course in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Request For Proposal documents may be obtained by contacting Anne Small at (970) 871-8249 or asmall@steamboatsprings.net Proposals must be submitted to City Offices, 137 10th Street, PO Box 775088, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, Attention: Anne Small no later than 5:00 pm, June 15, 2009. The City of Steamboat Springs reserves the right to reject any and all bids and proposals and enter into a contract or issue a purchase order which, in its opinion, best serves the needs of the City of Steamboat Springs and its citizens. Publication Dates: Legal Ad: April 5 and 12, 2009 Steamboat Pilot 10173990 10,050-1 Routt County Public Notice Song Mountain Sketch Plan, Conceptual PUD and Zone Change

(AKA Woodchuck Mountain) Stagecoach Area 2nd published notice to call out acreage as 896 acres of a 2600-acre landholding in Stagecoach. Prior notice was for the entire 2600-acre landholding. Activity #: Petitioner: Petition: division (366

PZ2009-002 Song Mountian, LLC Conceptual PUD for 272 Lots SubDwelling Units)

Activity#: Petitioner: Petition:

PZ2009-003 Song Mountain, LLC Zone Change from HDR and AF to PUD

Activity#: Petitioner: Petition:

PS2009-001 Song Mountain, LLC Subdivision Sketch 272 Lots

Let it be known to all interested parties that the petition cited above has been filed in the office of the Routt County Planning Commission pursuant to the Zoning and Subdivision Regulations of Routt County as adopted on March 7, 1972, and as amended. Said requests shall be reviewed by the Routt County Planning Commission on 04/16/2009 in the Routt County Commissioners Hearing Room, Historic Courthouse, 522 Lincoln, Steamboat Springs, Colorado beginning at 6:00 p.m. Said Petitions shall be heard by the Routt County Board of County Commissioners on 05/12/2009 in the Commissioners Hearing Room, Historic Courthouse, 522 Lincoln, Steamboat Springs, Colorado beginning at 2:30 p.m. Said petitions are for certain lands located as follows: LOCATION/LEGAL[S]: 896 acres of a 2600-acre landholding in Stagecoach. Portions of Sec’s. 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 T3N; R84W and Sec. 32 T4N; R84W Extensive Legal Description see Planning Department for details First publication date: April 5, 2009 10174061 10,045-1 Ballot Question Cast

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Shall the Town of Hayden form a Home Rule Charter Commission? Yes 68 No 12 Names of Charter Commission Member Candidates Gordon Dowling 64 Greg Rockhold 61 Troy D. Zabel60 Bill Irvine 64 Richard P. “Festus” Hagins 58 Bryan Strickland 60 Lorraine Johnson 56 James R. Lewis 64 James M. Folley 62 STATE OF COLORADO

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We the undersigned Canvassers of the Election Returns of the Election held in the Town of Hayden, in the State of Colorado, on Tuesday the 31st day of March, 2009 for the Special Municipal Election do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct abstract of votes cast at said election, as shown by the returns from the voting precincts in said Special Municipal Election. WITNESS our hands and seal this 1st day of April, 2009. ___________________________________________ ____________________________________ /s/Susan L. Irvine, Town Clerk

This variance application has been submitted and processed consistent with the Steamboat Springs Revised Community Development Code. This petition has been scheduled to be heard at a public hearing by the Steamboat Springs’ Board of Adjustment on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. in Citizens’ Meeting Room, Centennial Hall 124 10th Street, Steamboat Springs, Colorado This application is available for review and inspection during regular public hours at the Department of Planning & Community Development, located at 124 10th Street, Centennial Hall, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. TOM LEESON, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION DATE: 04/05/09 10174090 10,052-1 STEAMBOAT SPRINGS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING AGENDA THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009 6:00 P.M. 1. Project: Ski Trails Subdivision, Filing 4, Lot 2 #VAR-08-11 Applicant: Longwood Investments, LLC c/o Mike Towers, 754 Fleet Financial Court #300, Longwood, FL 32750 (407) 301-1115 Location of Development: 2510 Ski Trail Lane Type of Application: Variance General Description: A Setback Variance to permit the addition of a roof to an existing structure that surrounds three snowmelt boilers located within two feet of the property line. Project Planner: Jason K. Peasley, City Planner 970-871-8229 or 970-879-2060; E - m a i l : jpeasley@steamboatsprings.net PUBLISH: 4/05/09 10174095

Chad Phillips, Planning Director Box 773749 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 First publication date: April 5, 2009 10174241

comments should be submitted within 30 days of the second publication of this notice. First publication date: April 5, 2009 Last publication date: 12, 2009 10173668

10,041-2 PUBLIC NOTICE The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety is proposing to Approve the release of coal exploration permit submitted by Twentymile Coal Company for Notice of Intent No. X-2001-205-07. Full Bond Release for sites drilled under NOI 2001-205-07. NOI 2001-205-07 approved 5 soil test pits that did not substantially disturb the surface, as such, no bond was required for the NOI. All reclamation activities under NOI 2001-205-07 has been adequately completed.

10,057-2 Notice of Proposed Decision

The legal description for the project is: Sections 17, 20, 21; Township 5 North, Range 86 West. Any person with an interest which may be adversely affected by this proposed decision may submit written comments, or a written request for an adjudicatory hearing before the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board, to the Division at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. Such

The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has issued a proposed decision to Approve Bond Release Application No. 3 (SL-3) for the Seneca II Mine, Permit No. C-1980-005. The mine is operated by Seneca Coal Company, LLC under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The bond release application was submitted by Seneca Coal Company, LLC on May 12, 2008. Seneca Coal Company is requesting Phase II Bond Release on 1,213.1 acres of reclaimed land at the Seneca II Mine where topsoil has been replaced and revegetation has been established. The Division proposes to release $1,975,695.00 in reclamation liability, which would allow for a monetary release of up to $2,847,340.00 from the reclamation bond amount currently held ($7,183,489.00). The affected area is located in Routt County, approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden, Colorado. Copies of the proposed decision are available for re-

10,058-1 Notice of Public Hearing for Town of Hayden Airport Tank and Water System Improvements Hayden, Colorado Date: May 7, 2009 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Hayden Town Hall Address: 178 West Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, Colorado Topic: Airport Tank and Water System I m provements A public hearing will be conducted for informing citizens and soliciting public input, written or oral, regarding the Town of Hayden Airport Tank and Water System Improvements and Preliminary Engineering Report (PER). The PER is a report detailing the project consisting of the installation of a 500,000 gallon water storage tank southeast of the airport, ~ 4500 LF of 16” waterline, telemetry and controls, booster chlorination, and a pressure reducing vault. The project will benefit the airport zone with the ability to provide consistent chlorine residual, stabilize water pressures, and reduce water detention times; and benefit the entire Town with additional water storage and increased system reliability. The report is being submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to qualify the Town of Hayden Water system for a State Revolving Fund Loan and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds. The preliminary cost estimate for the project is $2.6 million. Copies of the PER are available for public review prior to the Public Hearing at the Hayden Town Hall, 178 West Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, Colorado. The point of contact for the Airport Tank and Water System Improvements is. Frank Fox, Systems Manager, (970) 276-3840 First publication date: April 5, 2009 10174184 10,059-1 Routt County Public Notice

/s/Bonnie Carrico, Deputy Town Clerk 10,040-1 Request for bids: US Forest Service: Horse Pasture The Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District is requesting bids for providing pasture and feed for four horses April 15th through September 30, 2009. The horses will be provided with good quality (horse) hay as needed until pasture forage has achieved adequate growth to meet their nutritional needs without need for supplemental feed. The pasture must be securely fenced, produce excellent forage during the summer and contain a good and reliable source of water. The pasture must be within 5 miles of Steamboat Springs, have good access and adequate space for loading and unloading a stock trailer. Bids should reflect the cost for the entire 5 ½ month period. For more information call Erik Taylor at 970-870-2154. Please submit bid in writing by COB on Friday April 10, 2009 to: Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District 925 Weiss Drive Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 ATTN: Erik Taylor First publication date: April 5, 2009 10173633 10,051-1 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION PUBLIC HEARING SKI TRAILS SUBDIVISION, FILING 4, LOT 2 #VAR-08-11 Let it be known to all interested parties that a request for the development application described below has been filed in the office of the Steamboat Springs Department of Planning & Community Development: Applicant: Longwood Investments, LLC c/o Mike Towers, 754 Fleet Financial Court #300, Longwood, FL 32750 (407) 301-1115 Location of Development: 2510 Ski Trail Lane Type of Application: Variance General Description: Setback variance to allow for the instillation of a roof over an existing snow melt boiler and surrounding structure that is located within 2 feet of the side property line. Project Planner: Jason K. Peasley, City Planner 970-871-8229 or 970-879-2060 E-mail: jpeasley@steamboatsprings.net

Activity #: PP2009-006 Petitioner: Precision Excavating, Inc. Project: Camilletti Milner Pit # 2 Petition: Amendment of Special Use Permit # PP2005-078 A potential 80-acre gravel mine expansion to the west of the current operation and west of Trout Creek. A maximum of 60 acres of land would be disturbed at any time between the current 35-acre operation and the proposed expansion. Hours of operation for crushing are requested to be extended from the current 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. to a new schedule from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and the hauling hours are requested to be extended from the current 7:30 a.m. — 6 p.m. to a revised schedule 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday Let it be known to all interested parties that the petition cited above has been filed in the office of the Routt County Planning Commission pursuant to the Zoning and Subdivision Regulations of Routt County as adopted on March 7, 1972, and as amended. Said requests shall be reviewed by the Routt County Planning Commission on 05/7/2009 in the Routt County Commissioners Hearing Room, Historic Courthouse, 522 Lincoln, Steamboat Springs, Colorado beginning at 6:00 p.m. Said Petitions shall be heard by the Routt County Board of County Commissioners on 05/26/2009 in the Commissioners Hearing Room, Historic Courthouse, 522 Lincoln, Steamboat Springs, Colorado beginning at 6:00 p.m. Said petitions are for certain lands located as follows: LOCATION/LEGAL: County Road 179, one mile South of Milner Expansion Area: An 80-acre tract of land located within the South 1/2 of Section 15 and the North 1/2 of the North 1/2 of Section 22, T6N;R86W Existing Gravel Pit: A portion of the South East 1/4 of Section 15, Township 6 North, Range 86 West

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2BR, 1BA with plenty of parking & numerous storage sheds for all your toys! Truly affordable living in Milner. $40,000. Joyce Hartless 291-9289. Colorado Group Realty. FSBO: 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, wood stove, Fenced Yard. $13,500 OBO. Partial Trade Must sell moving. 970-879-3339 leave message STEAMBOAT:Professionally remodeled 2BR, 1BA mobile home in Fish Creek MHP. Spacious mudroom and a shed. Financing available - no money down required! Now only $50,000. No dogs allowed. (970)402-0581 or 970-581-9197

5 acre building site for North Routt vacation home or residence in Parkside at Steamboat Lake. Beautiful wide open views, sun, easy access. Agriculture zoning. Electric and phone to lot line. Water for infiltration gallery from two seasonal streams, or site is doused if you prefer to drill. Builder services available. 970-846-5860 or 970-879-9694 FSBO @ $200,000

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view at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety office, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, Grand Junction Field Office, 101 South 3rd, Suite 301, Grand Junction, CO 81501, and at the office of the Hayden Public Library. Any person who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request an adjudicatory hearing regarding this proposed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice, and shall state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and objections to the proposed decision. First publication date: April 5, 2009 Last publication date: April 12, 2009 10174111 10,053-1 DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION NOTICE OF FINAL DECISION 1st ADDITION TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, BLOCK 8 LOTS 3-4 #MA-09-01 Let it be known to all interested parties that a request for the development application described below has been filed in the office of the Steamboat Springs Department of Planning & Community Development: Applicant: Jonathan Moore, c/o Robert Hawkins, P.O. Box 771743, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 (970) 871-0814 Location of Development: 345 6th Street Type of Application: Minor Adjustment General Description: Minor Adjustment to encroach into the side setback with a covered porch.

Dream Island 3BD, 1BA, completely remodeled, new cabinets, appliances, carpet, storm windows, roof, wood trim. 100% financing to qualified buyers. $37,500 Don Kotowski Rocky Mountain Real estate 846-8081 or 846-7522 Why rent-OWN! Nicest lot in Oak Creek! Remodeled 1400 sq./ft. doublewide - Willow Hill. No money down! $750 month. 875-0700 Sleepy Bear 3BD, 1.5BA, WD, refrigerator, great shape. $44,000 Call 879-3721

Project Planner: Seth Lorson, City Planner (970) 871-8280 email: slorson@steamboatsprings.net This development application has been submitted and processed consistent with the Steamboat Springs Revised Community Development Code. The Final Decision is to be made by the Director of Planning & Community Development on Monday, April 20, 2009 unless a valid objection by an aggrieved party is filed in the Department of Planning & Community Development by 12:00 PM (Noon) on April 20, 2009. In the event that a valid objection is received by an aggrieved party, the Steamboat Springs Planning Commission and/or City Council will hear the petition in public hearings. This application is available for review and inspection during regular public hours at the Department of Planning & Community Development, located at 124 10th Street, Centennial Hall, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. TOM LEESON, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLICATION DATE: 04/05/09 10174096 10005-4 Public Notice Precision Excavating Incorporated; 195 West Jefferson, P.O. Box 790 Hayden, CO 81639 (970) 276-3359, has filed an application for an Amendment to a Regular (112) Construction Material Operation Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado

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Land Reclamation Act for the Extraction of Construction Materials. The proposed amended mine is know as the Camilletti Milner Pit Number Two, and is located at or near Section 15, Township 6 North, Range 86 West.

phone (970) 871-8249 asmall@steamboatsprings.net. Publication Dates: Legal Ad: April 5 and 12, 2009 Steamboat Pilot 10173994

The proposed date of commencement is 2009, and the proposed date of completion is January, 2021. The proposed future use of the land is rangeland. Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Routt County Clerk and Recorder’s office; 522 Lincoln Avenue Box 773598 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477-3598, or the above-named applicant.

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10,044-2 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO C.R.S. 38-21.5 - 101 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is given that on the 18th of April, 2009 at 11:00 AM, the property described below will be sold by private sale at Milner Mini-Storage, 21485 W. Hwy 40, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, to pay delinquent rent and late charges incurred by Valerie Tuthill (tenant), whose last known address is PO Box 773585, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, for unit # 51 at Milner Mini-Storage. Tenant may redeem such property by paying to Milner Mini-Storage all rent and late charges owed, as well as the reasonable expenses incurred in relation to default and sale at or before the time of sale. Milner Mini-Storage, /s/Shelly St. Pierre Manager Description of Property: Dinning table, chairs, coffee table, dresser, miscellaneous furniture, & miscellaneous personal belongings. Date of first publication: April 5, 2009 Date of second publication: April 12, 2009 Published in: Steamboat Pilot, Steamboat Springs, CO

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Comments must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 P.M. on May 2, 2009. Published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today First publication March 22, Last publication April 12, 2009.

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ESTATE OF JOHN ROOT FETCHER, aka JOHN R. FETCHER, aka JOHN FETCHER, DECEASED Case No. 09 PR 11 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Routt County, Colorado, on or before August 1, 2009, or the claims may be forever barred. John R. Fetcher, Jr., Personal Representative Published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today First publication date March 29, 2009 Last publication date April 12, 2009

10,055-2 Request for Proposal Excavator Mounted Vibratory Pile Driver The Routt County Board of Commissioners is accepting proposals from qualified vendors for one (1) excavator mounted vibratory pile driver. Proposals and other support documents must be delivered to the Routt County Commissioners, 522 Lincoln Avenue, P. O. Box 773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, no later than 11:00 a.m. April 14, 2009. Technical questions should be directed to Tiffany Gates, Routt County Road & Bridge Department, 970-870-5318 or tgates@co.routt.co.us Other purchasing questions should be directed to Marti Hamilton, Purchasing Agent at 870-5316 or mhamilton@co.routt.co.us. Routt County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Publication Date: April 5, 2009 and April 12, 2009 10174106

10,048-2 NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT OWNER: ADDRESS:

City of Steamboat Springs PO Box 775088 Steamboat Springs, CO

80477 Notice is hereby given that the work for the City of Steamboat Springs relating to the BOTANIC PARK AMENITIES BUILDING (TRILLIUM HOUSE) project is essentially complete. Notice is hereby given to all creditors of Ajak’s Custom Carpentry, Jack White, 22900 RCR 56 Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, the Contractor, that FINAL PAYMENT will be made by the OWNER to the Contractor on or following April 23, 2009. Creditors requesting payment for work, materials, or other services provided to the Contractor which relate to this construction project must file claims with the City of Steamboat Springs Attention: Anne Small, Purchasing/Contracts & Risk Manager, PO Box 775088, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Tele-

10,042-1 Routt County Public Notice The following matter is being reviewed by the Routt County Planning Department. The Planning Director will make a decision regarding this matter on 04/21/2009. ACTIVITY #: PX2009-001 PETITIONER: SPEER, STEVEN J. & KAREN A.(JT) PETITION: Building Envelope Amendment on Lot 31, Alpine Mountain Ranch LOCATION/LEGAL: LOT 31, ALPINE MOUNTAIN RANCH LPSE, 5 . 0 4 A Routt County Planning Department Chad Phillips, Planning Director Box 773749 Steamboat Springs, CO 80477

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FSBO:Own a piece of Routt County History. Updated 1730sqft 4BD, 2.5BA home on .3acres. 15 miles South of Steamboat on Highway 131. $265,000 846-8630 or 846-1558

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CRAIG, FSBO: Family, Friends and Fido 4BD, 2BA, 2 car garage, AC, large fenced yard, spacious deck, new windows, new kitchen, many upgrades, 1281 Crest Drive, Craig, CO. $253,000 970-824-6804, 970-629-8739

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The Living is Good!! Offered at $315,000 #s 124615 & 124497 Priced for a short sale! Great views of the Stagecoach reservoir. 3 bed, 3.5 bath, 100% frame construction, attached two car garage, alder cabinets, granite tile countertops, hardwood floors, solid knotty pine doors and trim, slate entryway, spacious vaulted ceilings and master suite with his/her vanities and walk-in closet. 8 x 20 deck, common area park, near fishing and boating, skiing and hiking. #124615 $315,000. Also ask about #124497. Call Cindy MacGray at (970)875-2442 or (970)846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Have interest in purchasing a property within Steamboat city limits. Wiling to consider all properties up to $375,000. Please call 303-903-8772

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2007 Yamaha R6 Street bike, $6,000. 2005 Arctic Cat 900 Kingcat, $4,500 OBO ‘09 Jeep Rubicon $30,000. ‘07 Chevy $26,000 (970)846-5629

Beetle kill pine T and G flooring. Kiln dried, quality milled 1x6 $1.95 / s.f. F.O.B. Granby Co. 970-887-2644 www.ecowoodsales.com RECYCLE ALERT !! DON’T DEMO IT ! DECON IT ! AND SAVE RE-THINK-RE-CYCLING WHEN RE-MODELING..HOME RESOURCE ACCEPTING YOUR USED AND LEFTOVER MATERIALS AT OUR RE-USE YARD AT MILNER LANDFILL

700 Summit and 700 Mountain Max, new tilt trailer $4,500. Professionally maintained 970-846-2314

Samsung DLP HDTV, 50” 2.5 years old, new bulb. Needs new color wheel. Retail for $1,600. $400 OBO 970-871-9002

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Inside Storage (May-September) $60/per sled free trailer storage. Stock Drive Storage 970-824-3005 2007 800cc SkiDoo Rev, 151” track, 1,050 mile. Looks like new. $5800. 2008 2 place sled bed trailer. $1200. (970)824-0302 2007 Yamaha Phazer Mountain Lite, 4 stroke, regular gas, 1070 miles, test ride on site. Reverse rack 144”. $4500 303-918-7705

2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4x4, 48k, 17-21 MPG. $13,500 Motivated to SELL! 970-589-2636

06 Ski Doo 800 151 REV, great mountain sled. $3500 OBO. MUST SELL! (970)846-7277

2001 AUDI Allroad. Silver, perfect condition, Turbo V6, fully-loaded, hydraulic-lift. Maintained by Audi. GREAT CAR. 133K all highway. $9,500. Better Bose system than my Porsche. 846-0075

1998 Kia Sportage 4x4, 5 speed, new snow tires, runs GREAT! $2000 871-9007

2002 Toyota Corolla, Sweet! 1999 Oldsmobile Alero, Sharp! 1998 Pontiac GrandAm, Terrific! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com Full Warranties Available!

2000 Ford Focus Wagon, power everything, Thule rocket box, 2 sets of tires, front wheel drive, CD. $3500 OBO (970)819-4412

Turbo Saab convertible, heated leather seats. Alpine CD player, new tires, 132k miles. Runs strong. $1900 OBO 846-0872

Saturn SC2 1999, 5 speed, cd player, 33-38 mPG, great condition $2500 OBO: Chevy C/K1500 1988, 5 speed, new tires & rims. Great runner $1800 OBO; 2007 Polaris 550 SPort Guide sled, barely used. blue book $4200, $2500 OBO. 970-819-6500

2000 Audi A4, 5 Speed, 2.8 Quattro! Low miles 79k. All maintenance current. Newer Michellin’s. Excellent condition. $8,700 OBO 970-879-7086

2002 Nissan Sentra GXE, Tinted windows, snowboard rack, Premium-CD, AC, auto, Power-features, Tilt, Cruise 83k miles, VERY good condition $6300 970-871-0399, 970-846-1322

2000 Volkswagon Turbo Beetle. Bright Yellow, good condition. Manual, 83K miles. Additional Snow tires. $5,200 obo. 870-2750 day 871-1979 eve.

1996 Eagle Talon, 160k miles, standard transmission, non Turbo, 4cyl, great on gas. Mechanically maintained. New timing belt. $1500 (970)457-7136

2006 Audi Avant Wagon, AWD with every option including navigation. A silver sophisticated beauty. $24,900 970-276-3743

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2006 Yamaha YZ450F Anniversary edition. Over $1,000 of after market parts. 3 sets if plastic, excellent condition, well maintained, garage kept. $4,000 970-846-5632

WANTED: Used motorcycle gear, off road body armor and helmet, medium. Boots size 9, Cash for gear (good condition). 819-7671

2003 Harley Davidson 100th Anniv. Edition Heritage Softail Classic. Great Cond! Only 6300 miles. Lots of extras! $14,500 OBO. Call Gary 970-291-1011

“The greatest gift is the passion of reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites.” Downtown Books 543 Yampa Avenue, Craig 824-5343

1998 Subaru Legacy Outback Wagon, 140k, new head gaskets, timing belt, Blizzak tires, detailed & tuneup. Runs Great. $4800 970-846-5501 2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition. Burgundy w/ tan trim. V8, AWD, leather, A/C, power windows and locks, sunroof, 6 CD changer. 106,000 miles. $6,000 OBO. (970) 629-3028 2000 Landrover Discovery, low mileage studs all-weather tires, tinted windows, 6 disc. changers, dual sunroofs. $5000 OBO (970)291-9685

2007 Dodge 4 door heavy duty 3500 series 4x4 truck. Large all terrain tires with chrome wheels, bed liner and every option including navigation and a turbo charge Cummings diesel engine. This metallic burgundy red truck is in perfect condition. $29,900 970- 276-3743 1992 Mazda 4x4, 5 speed, extended cab, new tires, Satellite radio, AC. Runs great. $2850 OBO (303)588-8983 2005 F-350 4x4 Lariat DRW. Loaded, tow/haul package, dually, gooseneck and bumper pull. 325HP Powerstroke diesel. 96,000 mi. Excellent Condition. ONLY $21,000. Andy at 846-3155 2003 Chevy Astro Van, 68k miles with ladder racks and shelving inside. New tires, $4,200. 2005 Chevy express van 105k miles, ladder rack and shelving, new tires, $4,500. 2007 Chevy truck bed, white, $250. 970-824-8305

1997 F250HD Powerstroke, 140k miles, Fantastic! (3) 1998/01 Toyota Tacoma(s), Spectacular! 1991 Dodge Dakota 107k miles! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com Warranties!

Pinion cut, split 970-734-4053.

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BUYING GOLD, SILVER AND PLATINUM BULLION AND COINS. all (970)-824-5807 or Cell (970)-326-8170.

Mobile Welding, Fabricating and Mechanic. 20 years experience. Call 970-276-8163 We buy used books. All kinds! Please call (970)620-4507 Like new plastic crates. $2 each.

Easter dyed chicks and ducklings. The 10th and 11th at Critters ‘R Us. Reserve now! Easy Yoke Poultry, Elijah 970-824-4768

15 PEOPLE WANTED to lose up to 30 lbs in 30 Days! 100% Guaranteed! Dr. Recommended! 970-824-9284 or suebecat@msn.com

Wanted: 5 1/2’ x 12’ sectional temporary corral fencing any condition, other sizes considered. (970) 819-3234

Seven person hot tub $1000; Powered Miller Grand Father Clock $300; GE under cabinet microwave $100; Snow plow $400. 819-9376

14yo TB mare, ex-racehorse, sound & healthy. Needs experienced rider, regular work. Great: athlete, potential, challenge. (917)282-1704. Sidney Peak.

Toyota Land Cruiser 1983 $1300 & 1972 Brunswick Billiards table with leather rails, great condition $1400. 846-1558

2 year old Red Angus bulls. (719) 379-5213

BE A MASSAGE THERAPIST NEXT SKI SEASON! MountainHeart School, Crested Butte! 850 hour, 6 Month Certification. June 1st. 800-673-0539 www.mountainheart.org

Good quality grass hay, small square bales. $115 per ton, call 824-1085 and leave message. Large round bales alfalfa & meadow hay. Horse quality, never rained on $130 ton. Delivery available Call (970)734-7915 or 272-3282.

Call Individual and Group Health Insurance PPO, ALL-PROVIDER. Emergency room, RX. Rates guaranteed. Replace expensive COBRA Plans. www.LoneEagleInsurance.com (970)879-1101

Alfalfa seed, corn seed, grasses. Farmer to Farmer. Call us before you buy. You will SAVE MONEY!. We deliver anywhere. Ray Odermott, 208-465-5280, 800-910-4101, 208-340-6119.

Free towing of unwanted & abandoned vehicles. 879-1065

SWIM SEPARATES

Mix and Match any size, color or style by Los Angeles based Swimbay. Separates start at $35 and full one piece at $55. Choose from halter, triangle, bandeau, padded, underwire up to D sized cups. Trendy one piece monokini’s for teens and young women.

SWEET POTATO LINGERIE

8th Street Downtown Steamboat. Open 7 Days a week. 970-879-LOVE(5683) FREE KING SIZE MATTRESS TO FIRST TAKER. Ready for immediate pick-up. No appt. Come and get it, alley between 3rd & 5th, Oak & Pine, Steamboat. Protected under roof deck.

05 Bobcat T-300 TURBO GOLD PACKAGE A/C, HEATED, AM/FM STEREO, 81 HP, Fast Sale for $5600 contact and pictures eric445r@gmail.com, 219-472-1421

LOST: April 1st, Motorola GZ8 cell phone. Meadows parking lot or on the hill. Huge Reward! (970)846-1942

2008 Hinker snow plow, fits 2007 or newer Chevy. Can purchase different mounts. $5,700 new, asking $2,500. Titan 4 place snowmobile trailer. Good condition $3,200. 824-8305

FOUND: Knife bag in the Knoll parking lot on the 29th of March. (970)736-1081 to identify. Howelsen Hill Ski Area is closed and the lost and found will be available in the Fireplace Room April 6th - April 9th 7:30am-5:30pm

Big Valley calf table. Like new. (970)824-7296

City of Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter Phone: 879-0621 - 760 Critter Court 4-04-09 Found at Hwy 40/Walton Creek Rd-female border collie. Found at Stagecoach Townhomes-unneutered male Jack Russell Terrier.

ATTENTION RANCHERS! Young Professional with ranching experience looking to subsidize rent with farm work. Looking for rental from Cuzco Collection hacienda office desk & bedford 6/1 to 10/1. Local References available drop leaf coffee table. Superb condition! 412-559-2184 CO/SCAN Ads - Week of 5/27/07 970-875-1200

Ski Doo sled, low mileage, ‘06 600, 144”. $3,750. (303)888-3149

Dependable Work Truck. 03 Chevy Silverado Z71, extended cab, 8cyl, 4WD Leer topper, Power.139,000 mi. $7000 OBO. 819-8687

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4 stall BARN FSBO. Made by Tote-A-Shed. 12’x40’ with small awning off the front. Used rarely, mainly for stalling show horses. Sky lights in each stall, heavy metal framed, gray with blue trim. Nice sliding doors with barred windows. Wood walls inside. Very nice barn for any big or small ranch. Comes in 1 piece, will negotiate moving for you if needed. Please call 970-620-0059 and ask for Tina. Asking $8,000 OBO

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1997 Subaru Legacy Outback, 187,000 miles $4500.00, call 846-2045

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Dishwasher, Black, Whirlpool. Barely used. $100 OBO. Call Robert (970) 846-7685

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1997 Dodge 1500 SLT Tonnau Cover. $3,500 OBO (970) 846-3901

2004 Honda 846-7076

Spring Harrow Sale

Sale prices only while supplies last. 4 ft $338, 8 ft $628, 12 ft $915. Includes Drawbar. Farrow Repair Service, 970-879-0130

Mister Money of Steamboat970-879-3633

1999 Olds. Intrigue. Excellent condition. XM radio package. Blizzak tires. 104k miles, $4,000 OBO. (970) 879-5474 or 970-846-2599

2005 Chevy Cobalt 42k miles, automatic transmission, 4 door sedan. A/C, CD Player. Very good condition! $7,500 OBO. Call 629-5900

Fireplace Monessan ventless, free standing, Brand New. $500 846-0798

1999 24’ gooseneck flatbed with dovetail and ramps. 2002 John Deere 4600 with loader. Both excellent condition. (970)824-5624

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98 Subaru Legacy Outback Wagon, AWD, low miles on new engine. Good condition $5500 CoreyKopischke.com/Subaru or 846-2141

FINANCING WORKING PEOPLE! $750.00 MINIMUM DOWNPAYMENT. NO CREDITCHECK. Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. “Working Cars / Working People - 24,000 Mile Warranties! www.checkpointautosales.com

Whirlpool gas range, near perfect, white $300; GE Dishwasher excellent condition $75, white still installed for inspection. 879-4789

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2005 Audi A4, 25k miles, leather, loaded, 6 speed manual. $19,500 (970)879-9032

Locally cut beetle kill lumber. 970-846-8202

2001 Artic Cat Mountain Cat 800. Very well maintained, kept in heated garage, ridden four times in three years. After market pipe, can, lights. $2,100 970-846-5632

Uniroyal Tiger Paws 225/60/R16 all fit Subaru outback. 15k miles on tires, 60k capacity. $250 OBO. 879-2588

THE CUT ABOVE

879-7141 837 Lincoln Mon-Fri @9:30am HAIRCUTS START $12.00 29 years experience 22 years open

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879-0066 Colorado Tune-ups, Troubleshooting & RepairsStatewide Classified Advertising Network Indoor, outdoor bar stools, iron.– 40 at $25 each. � Brands BUSINESS � HELP WANTED DRIVERS All Computer & Laptop New &OPPORTUNITIES 819-6649 Used PCs, Laptops & Parts, Virus Removal ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE – Do you & Prevention, WirelessEarn Networking, $800 in DELL a day? Your own Local DRIVERS – GETNEW MOVIN’ AFFORDABLE FURNITURE, AND –USED Route. Includes 30 Machines $1000+Wkly + Sign-On. 36-43 Registered Partner Candy 970-879-8890 Beds, dressers, bookcases, desks, couches, & Candy. All for $9,995. Call 1-888-625-2408. cpm. CDL-A + 3 mos OTR. 800-635DaveGlantz@ComputerCures.biz end tables... 8669.RUMMAGERS THRIFT STORE 11th St. South, downtown 870-6087

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City of Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter Phone: 879-0621 www.petfinder.com DATE: 3-27-09 Dogs for Adoption Moon-Black Lab/Coon Hound-Male with energy and loyalty! Been here too long! Skye older pure bred lab! Gracie- Young female Coon hound- Great with kids and other dogs! Jack-6 yr old black lab in foster care. Loves to camp and swim! Has special needs: is diabetic and blind. Call shelter for contact info. Female boxer-2 yrs. old. Very well-trained. Cats for Adoption We have 11 adult cats waiting for great homes!-$30 each. Kittens available in 8 weeks AKC registered Yorkie Puppies. 2 males ready now $650. 970-824-3919 leave message. AKC Registered Lab Puppies. Chocolates and Blacks, Championship blood line. Ready on April 29th. $500, taking depostis now! 970-824-9615 AKC French Bulldog puppies. Ready to go next week. 1st Shots, de-wormed. (970)-824-3409 or (970)-629-9486. CANINES UNLIMITED LLC Training, behavior Consultants. Grooming & do-it yourself dog wash www.caninesunlimitedtraining.com 970-824-6364 Australian - Border HYBRID Puppies. Priced to sell ASAP. Parents on site, getting older, getting smarter. 819-9518

Teacher of the Hearing Impaired. Teacher of the hearing impaired needed for a full time position in the NW Colorado BOCES, Rio Blanco BOCES, and Moffat County Schools. This teacher would serve students with hearing disabilities in a large, mountainous area of northwest Colorado. Masters degree and Colorado licensure is preferred. Salary is dependent on education and experience with excellent benefits included. Travel is involved. Deadline for applications is May 1, 2009. Please apply online at www.nwboces.org or mail resumes to NW BOCES, Box 773390, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477.

Teacher of the Visually Impaired. Teacher of the visually impaired needed for a part time position in the NW Colorado BOCES and Moffat County Schools. This teacher would serve students with visual disabilities in a large, mountainous area of northwest Colorado. Masters degree and Colorado licensure is preferred. Salary is dependent on education and experience with excellent benefits included. Travel is involved. Deadline for applications is May 1, 2009. Please apply online at www.nwboces.org or mail resumes to NW BOCES, Box 773390, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477.

SALE!!! POWDER PURSUITS

EVERYTHING MUST GO! 50% OFF SKI & SNOWBOARD RENTALS & DEMOS FOR LOCALS. PRACTICALLY FREE! FREE PARKING! LOCATED IN THE GRAND. (970)879-9086

Now Hiring MACHINIST For Job Shop in Craig, CO $20-25 P/H DOE Benefits Package Manual Experience Necessary CNC & Manual Preferred Must Have Own Tools Please Submit Resume via FAX or Email 9 7 0 - 8 2 4 - 8 0 9 0 alan@magnummetals.com Mystery shoppers. Earn up $100 a day. Under cover shoppers needed to judge retail and dining establishments. Experience not required. 800-721-8703 Apprentice plumbers needed for large commercial project in Craig, Colorado. Top wages & Benefits. Send resume to fax # 801-820-2520 Email to bbingham@kkmechanical.net Radio Shack is looking for a sales person experienced with Electronics and Car Audio. Apply at 106 West Victory Way.

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1/2 interest in a 1981 Bonanza Turbo charged A-36. Well maintained. Well equipped with Garman 430. Oxygen, flight director. $75,000. Hangered at SBS. (785)845-3709

Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp is looking for a summer Facilities Assistant. Must have knowledge of carpentry and grounds keeping; electric and plumbing a plus. This is the perfect job for a self-starter with a good work ethic. June 1 b Sept 15. Salary, rustic housing and meals all included. Fax resume to 879-5823 or email to p-m@perry-mansfield.org Questions call 879-7125. Mountain West Environments is taking applications for an Irrigation Foreman. Applicants must have experience with irrigation system start-up, winterization, troubleshooting and repair. Valid driver’s license is required. Qualified applicants call 879-2313 (ext# 20) for more information. Barber / Cosmetologist wanted in busy downtown barber shop. Commission wage up to 60%, full or part time. Ask for Barb (970)879-9809

There are funds available for uninsured and underinsured local women to pay for annual wellness exams, mammograms and breast cancer treatment costs. Don’t compromise your health we can help! Call the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project to learn how to apply for funds. 846-4554. Free confidential pregnancy tests & ultrasound. Pregnancy Resource Center. 544 Oak Street (The Good Shepherd House) Walk-ins welcome Tuesdays from 12-6PM, and Thursdays 9-1PM or call for an appointment any time. 871-1307

Registration Technician, Alpine Campus, Steamboat Springs - Want to know more? Go to: www.coloradomtn.edu/employment for more information. It’s here! - a caring, collaborative environment ~ clear mission and vision ~ use the tuition benefit to earn your AA degree or credits towards a bachelor’s degree ~ supportive leadership team ~ excellent benefits ~

Human Services Coordinator

This part-time position will provide human services and workshops to immigrant families. Requires excellent interpersonal & communication skills, and fluency in Spanish and English. Apply in person at 718 Oak Street, Steamboat Springs, or 510 Breeze Street, Craig. For questions, please email director@ciiccolorado.org EOE.

Family seeking part-time Nanny to assist in light housekeeping duties and childcare. References required, and previous experience with children is necessary. Please call Angela at 970-948-5312 Licensed daycare provider in Hayden. Has a toddler opening (2+) & PT care available. (970)276-1119

CONTRACTORS / TRADESMEN : Learn essential computer skills! Builder taught: MS Word, Excel, & Project; email & internet. 2 hr training, $50. Call for apptmt. 970-819-2624

Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp is looking for a summer Security Guard for evenings. Must enjoy working with students in a rustic atmosphere. Night shift 8pm b midnight. This is the perfect job for someone needing a little extra cash. June 19 b August 8. Salary and evening meal included. Fax resume to 879-5823 or email to p-m@perry-mansfield.org Questions call 879-7125. Do you need a new career NOW? We have over 100 to choose from. Get paid while you train in the Colorado Army National Guard. Call Sergeant Holloway 970-986-9206 WANTED: 29 SERIOUS PEOPLE Work from home using a computer. Up to $1,500-$5,000 PT, FT www.ltjglobal.com

Cashier/Inventory/Sales Clerk, weekend work 20 hours +, must be reliable & hard working. Drop resume Rummagers Thrift store.11th street.

Moffat County-Seeking applicants for the position of part-time Cemetery Grounds/Facility Maintenance Technician.. For complete job description, contact Colorado Workforce Center (970) 824-3246. Moffat County is an EEO Employer.

Bureau of Land Management. Seeking applicants for full-time Visitor Information Assistant, Craig, CO. See job description and apply online at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov. Announcement open March 30th to April 10th.

Front Desk Representative. We are looking for a customer oriented person with computer skills to join our fun, fast paced medical office. Must enjoy working with people and have a desire to understand the many aspects of the medical field. Full time with attractive benefit package, paid vacation and competitive salary. Fax resume to 870-3499

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POSITION TITLE: Water Resources Engineer II: Ideal candidate will have a broad range education, experience, interest in hydrology, water resources engineering and project management. Performs and directs technical and administrative work involving complex professional water resources studies and projects. Requirements, Degree in Civil or Environmental or Agricultural Engineering or closely related field. EIT, PE preferred or ability to obtain professional status, Minimum of 5 years experience in hydrology and water resources Construction management experience. An enthusiasm for diverse work appreciated. Ability to organize and prioritize multiple projects. This position reports to the District Manager and works cooperatively with administrative staff and will work with other agencies, regulators, and consultants on a regular basis. Salary DOQ, this is a full time, salary position in Routt County, CO. For additional information or to submit resume and cover letter electronically contact upperyampa@mwwater.com Applications must be received by April 28, 2009

SALES TAX AUDITOR, City of Steamboat Springs FT, Excellent benefits. Hiring Range: $45,756-$54,000 DOQ. Starts May 18th. Performs sales & Building Use-Tax auditing and associated accounting duties. Requires independent work, good computer skills (Excel), accounting or business degree, and 3 years experience in accounting and auditing. Auditing experience preferred. Submit resume and application to: City of Steamboat Springs 137 10th Street, POB 775088, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 or to: jthrasher@steamboatsprings.net (Attn: Tax Auditor) by April 14, 2009 Application and info available at: www.steamboatsprings.net EOE.

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Sports

SPORTS COMMENTARY

Izzo makes stars align in Detroit

Sports Editor: John F. Russell • 871-4209/jrussell@steamboatpilot.com

Southall celebrated

Steamboat athlete to enter Colorado College Hall of Fame Luke Graham

PILOT & TODAY STAFF

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS DETROIT

OUTDOORS 6C

Sunday, April 5, 2009 • www.steamboatpilot.com

Jim Litke

The stars didn’t align by themselves. People in this hardscrabble town, and all across the state of Michigan, believe there’s absolutely nothing Tom Izzo can’t do. For a few shining moments Saturday night, he proved them right. Michigan Litke State 82, Connecticut 73 was the result of one evening of supreme effort by a team of underdogs. But it was a lifetime in the making. Izzo set the goal of reaching this Final Four before the first ball of the season hit the hardwood. On a dry-erase board in the Spartans locker room, he simply wrote, “Ford Field.” But 14 years ago, not long after he settled into mentor Jud Heathcote’s office on the Michigan State campus in East Lansing, just 92 miles down the road, it was clear he had the kind of talent to get a team from almost anywhere to just about every Final Four. That he made the commitment to stay home and build a program that would rival North Carolina, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky might have been the only surprise. Nine years after he won his first national title, Izzo gets the shot at a second Monday night. He’s at his fifth Final Four in the past 11 seasons. No one ever got a longer, louder embrace than the one a city and state wrapped him up in almost from the moment the Spartans returned after beating Louisville last weekend to book their ticket to Detroit. “I did make that the important part of this game,” Izzo said. “I always said, as a player, you’ve got a chance to be a difference-maker, a role model, a chance to make other people smile and feel good about you.” That much was apparent almost from the outset. People think the Big East is tough, and in that regard, UConn takes a backseat to almost no one. But they were outmuscled and outhustled by wave after wave of Spartans from the opening tip. Anybody who was surprised at this late date hasn’t been watching the Big Ten, which Izzo’s teams have ruled for years. Back inside the Spartans’ locker room, before he let his children join the celebration, Izzo had one final message. “Don’t not be happy,” he said, “because you’ve accomplished something. But I don’t want you to feel like you accomplished the world. “Because,” he added, “we’re going to do that Monday night.” When Connecticut closed to within 66-58 with 4:48 left on two free throws by A.J. Price, he stomped his foot down hard, twice, to get his players’ attention. Then, he shoved both fists away from his chest to call a play for the next possession. When Lucas ended it by missing a layup, Izzo spun around so hard in disappointment, you halfexpected to see him go flying off the floor. “Tommy Izzo is one of my best friends. He’s a future Hall of Fame coach,” UConn coach Jim Calhoun said. “He’s probably going to win his second national championship on Monday.”

BACK FROM ALASKA

Tom Southall can remember a game from his junior year of high school when Steamboat Springs played Holy Family in football. As Southall recalls, the members of the Holy Family football team didn’t want to tackle him because they were afraid to hurt him. Southall — who was born without part of his right arm and no hand — quickly changed the players’ minds. Several long runs and a couple of touchdowns later,

the problem wasn’t that Holy Family players didn’t want to tackle Southall. The problem was they couldn’t. “This was our first time out of our little small corner of Colorado,” Southall said. “At first, they were afraid to tackle me. Then word got out pretty quick that you better take care of business when you’re playing Steamboat.” Already recognized in the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame for his athletic achievements, Southall will be inducted into the Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame on May 9, at Cheyenne

For more For reservations or information about the May 9 banquet at Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs, contact Jessica Bennett at jessica. bennett@coloradocollege.edu or 719389-6336. Registration and a reception are at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m.

Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs. Southall — who graduated from Steamboat in 1981 and Colorado College in 1985 — played football and ran track for the Tigers in college. See Southall, page 4C

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Tom Southall competes in the hurdles during a track meet in 1980. Southall was part of three state track championships and one football state championship during his time in Steamboat Springs.

NBA

Smith leads in win Nuggets defeat Clippers, 120-104 Arnie Stapleton

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DENVER

JOHN F. RUSSELL/STAFF

Freestyle skier Jeremy Cota has discovered the consistency he needs to be successful on the mogul course this winter. The 20-year-old skier moved to the Yampa Valley last season to train with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club.

Breaking the limit Jeremy Cota’s skiing ambitions soar after NorAm Grand Prix win

eremy Cota finally realizes that going bigger isn’t always better. It’s a fine line that the freestyle mogul skier has long dealt with. His talents were always apparent. Nobody would go as big as he did. Nobody would try a lot of the tricks he would. But for years, Cota could never find the consistency to finish runs. “I always felt like my skill level and technical level have always been there,” Cota said. “It was just consistency. I had the jumps and the turns to do well, but I was unable to put runs together in previous years.”

SUNDAYFOCUS STORY BY LUKE GRAHAM But now, the 20-year-old — who moved to Steamboat Springs last season to train with the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club — is starting to better understand the process. After missing a spot on the U.S. Ski Team Selections event the past three years, Cota finally made the jump this year after winning the NorAm Grand Prix.

“I wouldn’t say surprised, I’d say we were elated,” said Erik Skinner, the Winter Sports Club’s freestyle director. “We were extremely happy for him. Consistency was something we were wondering about. We thought he could have done it at selections, but to get that number of starts and podiums at NorAms was really beneficial.” Cota started skiing at age 2 when his mother, a ski instructor, taught him the basics at a small mountain in Maine. See Cota, page 4C

The Denver Nuggets had plenty of firepower and defense even without Kenyon Martin to beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers, 120-104, on Saturday night for their win in 12 For more 11th games. NBA and J.R. Smith led NHL results the Nuggets in See page 3C scoring for the second straight game with a scintillating 34point performance off the bench, and Carmelo Anthony added 18 points. The Nuggets’ winning ways have them on the cusp of earning home-court advantage in a playoff series for the first time since the 1988 Western Conference semifinals. Denver is one of four NBA teams that have made the playoffs every year since 2003-04, joining Dallas, Detroit and San Antonio. But the Nuggets are the only one of the four who haven’t won a single playoff series in that span. The Nuggets (51-26) have a shot at surpassing their best record — 54 wins in 1987-88 — since joining the NBA in 1976, and if they keep winning, they’ll secure the No. 2 seed in the West. They own a one-game lead against the Spurs for that spot.

Michigan State pushes past UConn, 82-73 Nancy Armour

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT

ROBERT WILLETT/RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER

Michigan State’s Delvon Roe fouls Connecticut’s Jeff Adrien during the first half of a Final Four game at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday. Michigan State won, 82-73.

As his Michigan State teammates hustled downcourt, Kalin Lucas looked around at a stadium ablaze in green and white, turned on his megawatt smile and raised both arms. For more hisNo worries, UNC moves he seemed to on to finals be saying, we’ve See page 5C got you. Carrying an entire state knocked down by the economic crisis is a lot to ask of a group of college youths, but the Spartans are proving they’re more than up to the task.

“It means so much, so much,” said Magic Johnson, who sat just a few rows behind the Michigan State bench Saturday night. “It’s been all bad news the last couple of years.” It’s nothing but good news now. Lucas scored 21 points, Raymar Morgan broke out of his late-season slump with 18 points and nine rebounds, and the smaller Spartans ran roughshod over Hasheem Thabeet and Connecticut in an 82-73 upset in the Final Four on Saturday night. The Spartans (31-6) now will play North Carolina for

the NCAA title Monday night, giving the city and state at least two more days to forget all the bad news and revel in their Spartans’ success. It’s Michigan State’s first appearance in the title game since 2000, when the Spartans won their second title. “One thing we talked about is bringing hope to the city for a whole weekend,” said Travis Walton, who dished out eight assists. “People forgetting about their problems, forgetting about what they’re going through, just See Michigan State, page 5C

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Steamboat Pilot & Today • Sunday, April 5, 2009

Scoreboard NCAA TOURNAMENT

Dallas Phoenix Los Angeles

The Associated Press All Times MDT

National Championship Monday, April 6 Michigan State (31-6) vs. North Carolina (33-4), 7:07 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Women’s National Invitation Tournament Semifinals Wednesday, April 1 South Florida 82, Boston College 65 Kansas 75, Illinois State 72 Championship Saturday, April 4 South Florida 75, Kansas 71

NBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L x-San Antonio 49 26 x-Houston 48 28 New Orleans 47 28 Dallas 45 31 Memphis 22 54 Northwest Division W L x-Denver 51 26 Portland 48 27 Utah 46 30 Minnesota 22 54 Oklahoma City 21 54 Pacific Division W L z-L.A. Lakers 60 16 Phoenix 42 34 Golden State 27 49 L.A. Clippers 18 58 Sacramento 16 59

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MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L New England 2 0 D.C. United 1 0 Chicago 1 0 Toronto FC 1 1 Columbus 0 1 New York 0 1 Kansas City 0 2

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles New York Texas Minnesota Boston Kansas City Oakland Tampa Bay Seattle Detroit Chicago Toronto Baltimore Cleveland NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee Atlanta St. Louis New York Pittsburgh San Francisco Chicago Colorado Washington Los Angeles Philadelphia Cincinnati Florida Houston San Diego Arizona

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Saturday’s Games Boston 1, N.Y. Rangers 0 New Jersey 3, Buffalo 2 Carolina 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Montreal 6, Toronto 2 Ottawa 4, Philadelphia 3, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Tampa Bay 1 Dallas 5, St. Louis 4, OT Nashville 5, Columbus 4, SO Anaheim 5, San Jose 2 Edmonton 5, Vancouver 3 Los Angeles 6, Phoenix 1 Sunday’s Games Minnesota at Detroit, 10:30 a.m. Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 3 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 6 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 8 p.m. Monday’s Games Detroit at Buffalo, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 5:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 7:30 p.m.

MLB — PRESEASON

Saturday’s Games Toronto 102, New York 95 Chicago 103, New Jersey 94 Philadelphia 95, Detroit 90 Orlando 88, Atlanta 82 Miami 118, Washington 104 Memphis 107, Milwaukee 102 Denver 120, L.A. Clippers 104 Sunday’s Games San Antonio at Cleveland, 11 a.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 1:30 p.m. New York at Toronto, 4 p.m. Charlotte at Detroit, 4 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Denver at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Portland at Houston, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 5:30 p.m. Indiana at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Toronto, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Charlotte, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Miami, 5:30 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 6 p.m. San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. New York at Chicago, 6:30 p.m. Orlando at Houston, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 8:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L OT x-New Jersey 49 26 4 Philadelphia 42 25 11 Pittsburgh 42 27 9 N.Y. Rangers 40 30 9 N.Y. Islanders 26 43 9 Northeast Division W L OT z-Boston 51 17 10 Montreal 41 27 10 Buffalo 38 31 9 Ottawa 34 34 10 Toronto 32 34 13 Southeast Division W L OT y-Washington 47 23 8 Carolina 44 28 7 Florida 38 29 11 Atlanta 34 38 6 Tampa Bay 24 37 18

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FINAL FOUR At Ford Field Detroit National Semifinals Saturday, April 4 Michigan State 82, Connecticut 73 North Carolina 83, Villanova 69

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L y-Boston 58 19 x-Philadelphia 40 35 New Jersey 31 45 Toronto 30 45 New York 29 47 Southeast Division W L y-Orlando 57 19 x-Atlanta 43 34 x-Miami 41 36 Charlotte 34 42 Washington 18 60 Central Division W L y-Cleveland 61 15 Chicago 37 40 Detroit 36 40 Indiana 32 44 Milwaukee 32 46

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GOLF — NATIONWIDE TOUR NATIONWIDE TOUR-STONEBRAE CLASSIC SCORES Saturday At TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae Hayward, Calif. Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 7,118; Par: 71 Third Round Michael Sim 71-64-67 — 202 Matt Every 69-63-71 — 203 Dustin Risdon 69-73-62 — 204 Martin Piller 74-67-63 — 204 Cameron Percy 73-67-64 — 204 John Kimbell 69-70-65 — 204 Chad Ginn 67-72-65 — 204 Ryan Armour 71-69-65 — 205 Brian Smock 68-69-69 — 206 Craig Kanada 71-71-65 — 207 Craig Barlow 68-72-67 — 207 Nick Flanagan 72-68-67 — 207 Jeff Gallagher 70-68-69 — 207 Todd Demsey 65-71-71 — 207 Doug LaBelle II 73-70-65 — 208 Clay Ogden 69-69-70 — 208 Andrew Scott 71-66-71 — 208 Rob Grube 70-68-71 — 209 Esteban Toledo 72-70-68 — 210 David Branshaw 72-70-68 — 210 J.J. Killeen 72-69-69 — 210 Jeff Brehaut 74-68-68 — 210 Brad Elder 72-71-67 — 210 Andrew Buckle 71-72-67 — 210 Jim McGovern 69-72-69 — 210 Grant Waite 71-70-69 — 210 Wil Collins 71-69-70 — 210 Robin Freeman 75-68-68 — 211 Richard Johnson 74-67-70 — 211 Gavin Coles 69-74-68 — 211 Willie Wood 71-69-71 — 211 Ian Leggatt 74-68-70 — 212 Gary Christian 71-71-70 — 212 Steve Pate 72-69-71 — 212 Tommy Gainey 74-67-71 — 212 Josh Broadaway 73-67-72 — 212 Bob May 72-68-72 — 212 Omar Uresti 73-71-68 — 212 Scott Gardiner 70-72-71 — 213 Tjaart van der Walt 76-67-70 — 213 Fran Quinn 73-70-70 — 213 Jason Schultz 71-70-72 — 213 Dennis Paulson 68-75-70 — 213 Chad Collins 72-72-69 — 213 Garth Mulroy 68-71-74 — 213 Aaron Watkins 74-70-69 — 213 Jin Choi 72-71-71 — 214 David Hearn 74-70-70 — 214 Jim Rutledge 73-69-73 — 215 Nick Malinowski 73-70-72 — 215 Roger Tambellini 76-68-71 — 215 Craig Bowden 77-67-71 — 215 Kris Blanks 72-72-71 — 215 Trevor Dodds 74-70-71 — 215 Jeff Gove 75-69-72 — 216 Michael Sims 73-66-77 — 216 Bubba Dickerson 74-70-72 — 216 Daniel Summerhays 70-74-72 — 216 Michael Walton 72-70-75 — 217 Kim Felton 73-70-74 — 217 Jeff Wood 71-70-77 — 218 Andrew Johnson 72-72-74 — 218 Steven Bowditch 74-69-76 — 219 Michael Putnam 73-71-75 — 219 David Morland IV 72-70-78 — 220 Dustin White 73-71-76 — 220 Gabriel Hjertstedt 74-70-76 — 220 Miguel Angel Carballo 75-68-79 — 222

AMA PRO RACING — SUPERBIKE AMA PRO NATIONAL SUPERBIKE RESULTS Saturday At Road Atlanta

Braselton, Ga. Lap length: 2.55 miles (With name, team, motorcycle and laps completed) 1. (7) Mat Mladin, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 2. (22) Tommy Hayden, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 3. (54) Geoff May, National Guard Jordan Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 4. (79) Blake Young, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 5. (4) Josh Hayes, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, Yamaha YZF-R1, 20. 6. (23) Aaron Yates, Jordan Suzuki, Suzuki GSXR1000, 20. 7. (72) Larry Pegram, Foremost Insurance/Pegram Racing Ducati, Ducati 1098R, 20. 8. (2) Ben Bostrom, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA, Yamaha YZF-R1, 20. 9. (25) David Anthony, Aussie Dave Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 10. (100) Jake Holden, Corona Extra Honda, Honda CBR1000RR, 20. 11. (18) Chris Ulrich, Roadracingworld.com/Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 12. (29) Barrett Long, Longevity Racing, Ducati 1098R, 20. 13. (21) Ryan Elleby, Team Hooters Suzuki, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 14. (121) Hawk Mazzotta, Aussie Dave Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 15. (61) Scott Jensen, Moto Garage Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 16. (96) Aaron Gobert, AGR Inc., Honda CBR1000RR, 20. 17. (44) Taylor Knapp, Taylor Knapp Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 20. 18. (26) Mark Crozier, Four Feathers Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 19. 19. (63) Skip Salenius, Marietta Motorsports, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 19. 20. (27) Shane Narbonne, Four Feathers Racing, Yamaha YZF-R1, 19. 21. (9) Eric Haugo, Liberty Waves Racing, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 19. 22. (58) Josh Graham, Moto Garage Racing, Yamaha YZF-R1, 18.

AMA PRO RACING — SUPERCROSS MONSTER ENERGY AMA SUPERCROSS RESULTS Saturday At Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jacksonville, Fla. AMA Supercross 1. James Stewart, Yamaha. 2. Chad Reed, Suzuki. 3. Kevin Windham, Honda. 4. Josh Hill, Yamaha. 5. Andrew Short, Honda. 6. Mike Alessi, Suzuki. 7. Thomas Hahn, Kawasaki. 8. Kyle Chisholm, Yamaha. 9. Heath Voss, Honda. 10. Billy Laninovich, Kawasaki. Supercross Lites 1. Christophe Pourcel, Kawasaki. 2. Wil Hahn, KTM. 3. Austin Stroupe, Kawasaki. 4. Darryn Dunham, Yamaha. 5. Blake Wharton, Honda. 6. Broc Trickle, Yamaha. 7. Branden Jesseman, Kawasaki. 8. Matt Lemoine, Yamaha. 9. Matthew Goerke, Suzuki. 10. Steven Clarke, Suzuki. ——— Season Standings AMA SUPERCROSS 1. Chad Reed, Suzuki, 315. 2. James Stewart, Yamaha, 310. 3. Andrew Short, Honda, 225. 4. Josh Grant, Yamaha, 193. 5. Ivan Tedesco, Honda, 193. 6. Kevin Windham, Honda, 193. 7. Mike Alessi, Suzuki, 185. 8. Davi Millsaps, Honda, 168. 9. Ryan Villopoto, Kawasaki, 165. 10. Josh Hill, Yamaha, 146. Supercross Lites EASTERN REGIONAL 1. Christophe Pourcel, Kawasaki, 181. 2. Austin Stroupe, Kawasaki, 148. 3. Nico Izzi, Suzuki, 119. 4. Blake Wharton, Honda, 118. 5. Branden Jesseman, Kawasaki, 105. 6. Wil Hahn, KTM, 105. 7. Matt Lemoine, Yamaha, 95. 8. Matthew Goerke, Suzuki, 94. 9. Daniel Blair, Honda, 85. 10. Steven Clarke, Suzuki, 82. WESTERN REGIONAL

1. Jake Weimer, Kawasaki, 113. 2. Ryan Dungey, Suzuki, 110. 3. Ryan Morais, Kawasaki, 102. 4. Justin Brayton, KTM, 88. 5. Ryan Sipes, KTM, 69. 6. Chris Blose, Honda, 68. 7. Dan Reardon, Honda, 56. 8. P.J. Larsen, Kawasaki, 51. 9. Jeff Alessi, Honda, 39. 10. Eric McCrummen, Honda, 38.

TENNIS SONY ERICSSON OPEN RESULTS Saturday At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park Key Biscayne, Fla. Purse: Men, $4.5 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.5 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor SINGLES Women Championship Victoria Azarenka (11), Belarus, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 6-3, 6-1. DOUBLES Men Championship Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Andy Ram, Israel, def. Ashley Fisher and Stephen Huss, Australia, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 10-7 tiebreak.

NASCAR NASCAR-NATIONWIDE-O’REILLY 300 RESULTS Saturday At Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200 laps, 150 rating, 195 points, $76,345. 2. (8) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 200, 107.1, 175, $54,575. 3. (42) Brad Keselowski, Chevrolet, 200, 103.7, 170, $48,843. 4. (4) David Ragan, Ford, 200, 111.7, 160, $38,675. 5. (3) Paul Menard, Ford, 200, 100.1, 155, $31,850. 6. (2) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 200, 114.8, 150, $29,775. 7. (13) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 200, 90.4, 146, $38,443. 8. (5) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 200, 121.2, 147, $25,425. 9. (20) David Reutimann, Toyota, 200, 101, 138, $25,135. 10. (11) Justin Allgaier, Dodge, 200, 89.2, 134, $32,043. 11. (31) Michael Annett, Toyota, 200, 82.4, 130, $31,493. 12. (10) Joey Logano, Toyota, 200, 105.3, 127, $30,493. 13. (12) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 200, 91.2, 124, $30,643. 14. (30) Steve Wallace, Chevrolet, 200, 76.5, 121, $29,883. 15. (16) Jason Keller, Ford, 199, 79.3, 118, $30,348. 16. (17) Scott Lagasse Jr., Toyota, 199, 78.9, 115, $29,688. 17. (15) Michael McDowell, Toyota, 199, 77.8, 112, $29,078. 18. (6) Carl Edwards, Ford, 198, 94.3, 109, $23,225. 19. (19) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 198, 72.1, 106, $22,115. 20. (9) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 197, 86.9, 103, $22,655. 21. (38) Kenny Wallace, Chevrolet, 197, 52.1, 100, $28,563. 22. (36) Tony Raines, Chevrolet, 197, 59.4, 97, $28,253. 23. (40) Brandon Whitt, Ford, 196, 55, 94, $28,493. 24. (35) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, 195, 44.5, 91, $27,983. 25. (33) Kenny Hendrick, Dodge, 195, 54.3, 88, $27,998. 26. (23) Peyton Sellers, Chevrolet, 195, 52.2, 85, $21,270. 27. (41) Casey Atwood, Ford, 195, 42.9, 82, $27,628. 28. (39) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, 195, 33.7, 79, $27,508. 29. (26) Danny O’Quinn Jr., Chevrolet, 195, 51.7, 76, $20,865. 30. (32) David Green, Toyota, 194, 40.5, 73, $27,523. 31. (14) Kevin Hamlin, Dodge, 194, 52.4, 70, $27,113.

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Yann Danis made 29 saves, and Richard Park, Radek Martinek and Josh Bailey scored to help New York snap a three-game losing streak. The Islanders won, 3-1. Matt Pettinger scored for Tampa Bay, 0-4-2 in its last six.

Bruins 1, Rangers 0 BOSTON

Tim Thomas helped the Boston Bruins wrap up the Eastern Conference regularseason title, making 31 saves for his fifth shutout of the season in a 1-0 victory against the New York Rangers on Saturday. One day after signing a four-year, $20 million contract extension and 5 1⁄2 minutes after being hit in the back of his helmet by Sean Avery, Thomas backstopped the Bruins to their sixth straight victory.

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Ville Koistinen scored the only shootout goal for Nashville, and Jason Arnott, back in the Predators’ lineup after an 11-game absence because of a concussion, had two goals and an assist. Shea Weber and Radek Bonk also scored to help Nashville match Anaheim and St. Louis with 86 points in the Western Conference playoff chase.

Zach Parise and David Clarkson also scored to help the Devils snap a six-game road skid (0-5-1) and move on the verge of clinching the Atlantic Division title. New Jersey (4926-4) also matched a franchise record for victories set in 200607.

Hurricanes 3, Penguins 2, OT RALEIGH, N.C.

Defenseman Trevor Daley scored 16 seconds into overtime for Dallas, beating Chris Mason off Mike Modano’s centering pass. Loui Eriksson had two goals, and Mike Ribeiro and Steve Ott also scored for Dallas, eliminated from playoff contention.

Anton Babchuk scored at 1:11 of overtime, and Carolina clinched its first playoff berth since winning the Stanley Cup in 2006. Cam Ward stopped 33 shots and matched a club record with his 38th win, helping the Hurricanes extend their franchise-record home winning streak to 11. Their eight-game overall winning streak is their longest since they won nine in a row in 2005-06.

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Martin Brodeur stopped 35 shots — including 21 in the third period alone — and Jamie Langenbrunner had a goal and assist for New Jersey.

Jaroslav Halak made 34 saves, and Alex Kovalev had a goal and three assists to help Montreal close in on a playoff spot.

After dropping a 5-2 decision to Toronto two weeks ago in Montreal, the Canadiens have gone 5-0-1 to move five points clear of ninth-place Florida in the race for one of the eight Eastern Conference playoff spots.

Senators 4, Flyers 3, SO OTTAWA

Mike Fisher scored on Ottawa’s fifth shootout attempt to lift the Senators past Philadelphia. Jason Spezza scored his 31st goal 3:47 into the third to draw Ottawa even at 3. Nick Foligno and Chris Kelly also scored for the Senators. Darroll Powe scored on a penalty shot, and Mike Richards and Simon Gagne added goals for Philadelphia.

Ducks 5, Sharks 2 SAN JOSE, CALIF.

Ryan Getzlaf set up goals by Bobby Ryan, Corey Perry and Teemu Selanne, and Anaheim stayed in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race. Ryan scored two goals — including the 30th of just his second NHL season — in the resurgent Ducks’ 10th win in 12 games, keeping them in seventh

place. Mike Brown also scored, and Jonas Hiller made 28 saves for Anaheim, which has won four straight.

Kings 6, Coyotes 1 LOS ANGELES

Brian Boyle and Alexander Frolov each had two goals, Justin Williams added a goal and two assists, and Jonathan Quick made 28 saves for Los Angeles. Anze Kopitar had a goal and two assists, and Drew Doughty added two assists to help the Kings snap a three-game losing streak with their second victory in their past eight games (2-5-1). Shane Doan scored for Phoenix.

Oilers 5, Canucks 3 EDMONTON, ALBERTA

Sam Gagner had a goal and two assists to help Edmonton keep its slim playoff hopes alive. Ales Kotalik, Denis Grebeshkov, Ales Hemsky and Sheldon Souray also scored to help the Oilers snap a three-game losing streak. Edmonton is three points behind St. Louis and Nashville in the race for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

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Dwight Howard scored 21 points and tied a season high with 23 rebounds, helping the Orlando Magic beat the Atlanta Hawks, 88-82, on Saturday night to pull within a half-game of tying for second place in the Eastern Conference. Howard’s performance marked the ninth time this season, and 23rd of his five-year career, that he’s had at least 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game.

Heat 118, Wizards 104 WASHINGTON

Dwyane Wade scored 33 points, and the Miami Heat broke a franchise record with eight 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to put away the Washington Wizards.

Wade and James Jones each made three 3-pointers in the final period, finally blowing open the game after the last of several Wizards comebacks. Miami made a season-high 14 3pointers in 32 attempts, including going 8-for-13 in the fourth.

76ers 95, Pistons 90 PHILADELPHIA

Andre Iguodala scored a season-high 31 points, Andre Miller had a triple-double with 21 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers clinched a playoff spot. Detroit led, 88-87, with 2:17 left after Rodney Stuckey made two free throws. Miller made three free throws and Reggie Evans added two more with 39 seconds left for a 92-88 lead. Stuckey made two foul shots

with 22.7 seconds left, cutting the lead to 92-90, but Miller answered with two foul shots.

Raptors 102, Knicks 95 NEW YORK

Andrea Bargnani scored 23 points, Chris Bosh had 17 points and 13 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to six. Shawn Marion added 12 points and 13 boards for the Raptors, who stayed alive for an Eastern Conference playoff spot in a run that is almost certain be too little, too late. Toronto would have been eliminated with a loss and a victory by Chicago.

Bulls 103, Nets 94 CHICAGO

Ben Gordon scored 12 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter, John Salmons added 17 and

the Chicago Bulls beat the New Jersey Nets for their eighth win in 11 games. Gordon missed his first 10 shots and was just 3-for-14 overall, but he hit a key 3pointer and two free throws during a game-ending 10-0 run.

Grizzlies 107, Bucks 102 MILWAUKEE

Rudy Gay scored 26 points, helping the suddenly surging Memphis Grizzlies hold off the Milwaukee Bucks. Gay looked unstoppable in spurts for the young Grizzlies, who equaled a season high with their fourth straight win and continued to build momentum under coach Lionel Hollins, a former Bucks assistant who took over as the Grizzlies’ head coach in January. Marc Gasol added 19 for Memphis.

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His 82-yard punt return against Trinity University in 1982 still is a school record. He also holds the Colorado College record in the long jump, at 24 feet, and shares the 400-meter relay mark of 41.7 seconds. “At the college level, it was

a lot more cutthroat,” Southall said. “The competition wasn’t going to give you any leeway, and they weren’t going to cut you any slack. But I didn’t expect any favors and definitely didn’t give any favors in return. It was just the field of competition.”

2010 Olympics a possibility Cota continued from 1C As he progressed, he joined a freestyle team and went to the Carrabassett Valley Academy for high school. After a couple of years competing on the East Coast, Cota realized his best chance to advance in the freestyle program was to train in Steamboat. He made the move because he knew some of the coaches and athletes who train out here, and for all the summer work he’d be able to put in at the water ramps at Bald Eagle Lake. Skinner said when Cota joined the Winter Sports Club, his skills were well known. The focus then, Skinner said, was refining his skills and getting him to focus on little things instead of the big picture. Cota said he came into the season with tempered expectations after just missing the U.S. Ski Team the previous couple of years. It was like déjà vu all over again for Cota at the selections event this season, where on his final run he narrowly missed making the U.S. Ski Team. But whereas in years past the near miss may have derailed Cota’s season, this time he said he just focused on the task at hand. “It’s definitely a mental game,” Cota said. “A lot of skiers out there with skill level will be up there, but what separates the better skiers is when to push it and

when to back down. It’s not an easy thing to do. I think the reason I was able to find that line was through experience. I would go out and try hard jumps and end up falling. It pays to back down sometimes.” Rob Day, the Winter Sports Club’s lead NorAm ability coach, said Cota always has had talent. He said the biggest difference was the work at the water ramps he put in during the summer and attacking competitions differently. “He went into the season with a different outlook,” Day said. “The consistency of his skiing made him have a winning year. He grew up and became more mature.” Now, Cota will train throughout the summer in Steamboat and at various U.S. Team camps. He’s already qualified for the Gold Cup next year, where the winner earns an automatic bid to the 2010 games. Depending on what the U.S. Ski Team coaches decide, Cota also could be in line for several World Cup starts. While the 2010 Olympics are certainly a possibility, Cota said with his newfound focus, he’s just trying to get better for next year. “My goal, I feel like if my summer training goes as planned, my skills early next season will be there with the best guys in the country,” he said. “My goal is to ski my best everywhere I go. As long as I ski my best run, I know I’ll keep moving my way up through the ranks.”

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North Carolina and Villanova players wait for a rebound in the first half of a Final Four game at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday. North Carolina won, 83-69.

This time, Ellington probably made him feel far worse. He was a key piece of North Carolina’s overwhelming attack that was just far too much for the same defense that had locked down on North Carolina’s Atlantic Coast Conference rival Duke in the NCAA tournament’s round of 16. He was the perfect complement to Tyler Hansbrough inside, finding frequent open looks on kickouts from the interior or on Ty Lawson’s penetration from the point. He made it look easy, too. He scored North Carolina’s

first basket on a soft jumper in the first 90 seconds, then came through with a 3 from the right corner off a feed from Lawson for an 8-6 lead about 3 minutes in. It turned out to be the goahead basket, with North Carolina leading comfortably for most of the game. Villanova got as close as five points early in the second half before the Tar Heels pushed the lead right back to double digits. Then, with the Wildcats hanging around, Ellington took a feed from Lawson in transition and

knocked down a 3-pointer in front of the North Carolina bench to push the gap to 7055 with 6:53 to play. He struck again a few minutes later, making a 3 from the opposite side to give North Carolina its largest lead at 7557 with 4:46 left. It was a strong bounceback performance from an off game (nine points on 3-for-9 shooting) against Oklahoma in the regional finals. And he also had nine rebounds and four assists in 35 minutes, the kind of steady all-around play that can only help his goal of being known as more than just a shooter. Now, with one more strong performance Monday night, he can help the Tar Heels accomplish a lot more.

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Wayne Ellington broke Jay Wright’s heart again. First, the kid from the Philadelphia suburbs with the smooth jump shot chose to play for North Carolina rather than Wright’s Villanova program. Now, he’s a big reason the Wildcats’ surprising Final Four run is over, and the Tar Heels have moved on to play for the national championship most everyone expected them to win in the preseason. Ellington scored 13 of his 20 points in the first half to help the Tar Heels beat the Wildcats, 83-69, on Saturday night. His fast start was a big reason why the Tar Heels controlled the game from tip-off, helping them push out to a double-digit lead and keeping the Wildcats playing catch-up the rest of the night. And while he had a relatively quiet second half, he came through with a pair of key 3pointers that helped the Tar Heels (33-4) finally put the game away. Ellington finished 7-for-14 from the floor and hit five 3-pointers, his second strong shooting performance of the season in cavernous Ford Field. In December, he had 17 points on 8-for-14 shooting in the 98-63 rout of Michigan State, the last team standing between the Tar Heels and their season-long pursuit of the title that got away last season. It was exactly the type of performance that North Carolina coach Roy Williams had envisioned when he recruited the 6-foot-4 guard out of Wynnewood, Pa. Unfortunately, the same could be said about Wright — who playfully said this week that Ellington’s decision to head south “broke my heart, man.”

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Loss snaps Calhoun, Connecticut’s perfect run in Final 4 said. “But they had a great season. It hasn’t been that easy to stay focused the past few weeks. But I give (Izzo) a great deal of credit.” This was supposed to be a battle of big men. UConn’s Thabeet had been a one-man swat team, averaging a double-double and winning defensive player of the year in the burly Big East for a second straight year. Michigan State’s Goran Suton led the equally gritty Big Ten

in rebounding and had averaged a double-double in the NCAA tournament. But the matchup never developed. The Spartans are veterans of the down-and-dirty Big Ten, but they can run some, too, and Izzo made no secret of his plan to use their speed to keep Thabeet out of his comfort zone. Thabeet led the Huskies with 17 points and six rebounds, but it was the quietest 17 points anyone’s ever had.

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focusing on us and focusing on Michigan State. “From the moment we were on that court and we won that game, people didn’t think about what they was going through outside of this. They was just happy that we won, and they can continue to cheer for us on Monday.” How’s this for some karma? Johnson, Spartan-in-chief since leading Michigan State to its first title in 1979, will present the game ball before Monday’s title game along with Larry Bird. “I hope we were a ray of sunshine, a distraction for them, a diversion, anything else we can be,” coach Tom Izzo said. “We’re not done yet, so hopefully we can continue to make them feel a little better and us feel a lot better.” The loss is the latest blow for UConn, the best team in the country until Jerome Dyson went down with a knee injury in mid-February. The Huskies (31-5) have been dealing with distractions since last May, when coach Jim Calhoun was diagnosed with his third bout with cancer, and are now facing questions about alleged recruiting violations. The loss snapped Calhoun and Connecticut’s perfect run in the Final Four. They’d made it twice before — 1999 and 2004 — and went on to win the title each time. UConn cut an 11-point deficit to 4 in 49 seconds, getting within 3 with a minute to go. But the outcome was never really in doubt. Durrell Summers, a Detroit native who experienced firsthand the hardships his city and state are enduring when both parents were laid off, converted a three-point play to put the game out of reach. Flashbulbs popped throughout the arena as the final seconds ticked down. After huddling at midcourt, the Spartans walked to the edge of the floor

and saluted the Final Fourrecord crowd of 72,456, about two-thirds of which was pulling for Michigan State. “It was a memorable game that I won’t forget,” Izzo said. “Except we’ve got another one.” The UConn players walked slowly off the court, looking shell-shocked that their season had ended. Thabeet left with a towel draped over his face. “I’ve got a lot of kids in there crying right now,” Calhoun

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here are a lot of things I simply don’t understand. I don’t understand why, when trying to type the word “for” into a text message with my cell phone, it automatically writes “emp” instead. I don’t understand why snow melts even if the temperature is well below freezing. And I really don’t understand why Monday was a great day to ski and Wednesday was a good day, but Tuesday was the best day I’ve ever experienced. Tuesday was the perfect storm for me and for Steamboat. The mountain was primed to offer locals a day they wouldn’t soon forget. The slopes felt nearly abandoned. The Knoll Parking Lot was plenty full, but that the tourist season is on its last leg was never more evident than when it felt hard to find a skier to match each car from that lot. Tuesday always feels like one of the slowest days of the week anyway, but with NASTAR now gone and spring breakers mostly back in class, there just weren’t many people around. It wasn’t too cold, either. It snowed all day, but the wind was tame enough everywhere but the tip-top of the Morningside chairlift. The weather and the lack of a crowd were nice, but the real gift was the snow. It was the kind of day that made me feel like a great skier. Despite a season of work and tips from some of the ski area’s best ski school instructors, that’s still fairly hard to do. I felt like I was skiing in a postcard — blasting through powder with my knees together, a fine mist of fallen snow rising to my face. I learned to love powder that deep because it’s hard to screw up. It was hard to go fast through that much snow, and I had ample time to correct any mistake. Plus, with your skies buried three feet under the powder, no one can see an ugly turn. Not that a mistake and a fall mattered much, anyway. Falling in snow like that is about as comfortable as falling into bed. Skiing has never felt so easy. I covered the mountain, skied everything from the powder below Pony Express to the trees in Morningside, and there wasn’t a single regrettable moment. I left the mountain at about 4 p.m. and was back early Wednesday, just 17 hours later. Although another dose of fresh snow ensured it still was fun, it was hard to believe it was the same mountain. Wednesday’s snow slowed me to a crawl, and, unlike the powder from the day before, it was hard to turn through and difficult to manage. I got stuck with seemingly every adventure outside a previously trod path. In 17 hours, I went from blasting through a Larry Pierce photo to stumbling down a blooper reel. The snow and the experience changed entirely in just one night. And that, I don’t emp one minute understand.

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Outdoors Reporter: Joel Reichenberger • 871-4253/jreichenberger@steamboatpilot.com

Warming to the memories Tom Thurston has Iditarod sled dog experience of a lifetime

om Thurston had spent all of the past month on the road, but he could barely contain his enthusiasm on his first full day back at his Oak Creek-area home. “He helps me train my dogs and allows me to keep a large pool of dogs by keeping some of my dogs at his kennel. I keep meat for the dogs in his freezer,” Thurston said, gesturing with his hands while almost frantically explaining STORY BY the help he got JOEL from Kris REICHENBERGER Hoffman, of GrizzleT Dog & Sled Works, while preparing for last month’s Iditarod Sled Dog Race. “People can go out to his cabin and meet my athletes from the Iditarod. They still have time. They can get a tour, experience the thrill of a sled dog race and meet the athletes.” How about that Iditarod, the 1,130-mile race across Alaska’s interior? He slowed, then came to a complete stop, his eyes still open but the look distant behind his yellow-tinted glasses. “Wow,” he said. He came back to life quickly. His eyes exploded open and the small collections of wrinkles surrounding them immediately pulled taut. “Wow,” he said, his arms again gaining speed and his face cut into a wide, boyish grin. “It was the real deal.”

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A changed man Thurston wasn’t always like this. Before leaving, he spoke with a careful and deliberate patience. That was before he and his dog team survived the brutal trip from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. Ask the animated Thurston what the best and worst parts were, and you could get any of a dozen stories of harrowing moments. Eventually, it’s clear the best and the worst were one and the same, the fear of even the scariest cold moments washed away by the performance of his dog team. “The Yukon River, it’s 2 miles wide,” Thurston said, slowly panning his head across TOM THURSTON/COURTESY Tom Thurston’s dog team leads the way across the Alaskan interior last month during the 1,130-mile Iditarod Sled Dog race. his living room as if looking Taking pictures on the trail was more difficult than expected, Thurston explained. “It was too cold to take my hands out of my pockets,” for hope on the icy river. Mushers spent several days he said. He was so focused on the health and well being of his team, he said he barely was able to appreciate the rugged scenery. making their way through storms and up the frozen Yukon. For more “There’s no protection. No ■ Meet the athletes shelter. Nothing,” Thurston Kris Hoffman, of Grizzle-T Dog & Sled said, slowly. “They bring you Works, helped Iditarod competitor Tom Thurston prepare for the 1,130right up the middle, and it’s mile trek across Alaska by helping like a wind tunnel, blowing 40, train and shelter the many dogs 50 miles per hour right at your necessary to compete in the world’s face. toughest sled dog race. Hoffman uses “There’s the creepiest looksome of Thurston’s dogs for his sled ing snow you’ve ever seen. You dog tours outside Steamboat Springs. pass weird formations of ice For more information about a lateseason trip with Hoffman, call 870and massive drifts of snow. It 1782 or check out www.grizzlet.com. looks like the moon. But my ■ Meet the man dogs, they never flinched.” A “Welcome Home” party for Tom The most technically Thurston will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. demanding part of the race Friday night at the Colorado Bar & was through the mountains of Grill, 100 East Main St., in Oak Creek. the Alaska Range, early in the Thurston will speak about his experience in the Iditarod. race. ■ Study up “The trails through there Plenty of information about this and are unbelievable,” he said, his past years’ Iditarod sled dog races can eyes still registering his amazebe found at www.iditarod.com. ment. “Mushing in the lower Thurston’s race and his mushing 48 is like wiffle ball compared career have also been chronicled in the to the Major League Baseball Steamboat Pilot and Today. Visit www. steamboatpilot.com to view the stories. in Alaska. “My dogs just powered through it.” Thurston’s dog team waits The most mentally taxing for the start of the Iditarod in early section was the 150 miles over March. Thurston finished his first the Bering Sea, he said. Iditarod in 14 days, 3 hours, 36 “You can see land 45 miles minutes and 22 seconds. He was 44th out of 52 finishers. Fifteen away, and it doesn’t ever seem who started the trek didn’t finish. to get any closer,” Thurston TAMI THURSTON/COURTESY said. “It feels like you’re going

backward out there. “I got into Koyuk,” he said, recalling a checkpoint after a long stretch across the water. “They asked, ‘How was your run?’ I said ‘I’m glad there weren’t any trees out there. I probably would have hung myself.’” He laughed loudly.

Teamwork Thurston finished his first Iditarod in 14 days, 3 hours, 36 minutes and 22 seconds. He was 44th out of 52 finishers. Fifteen who started the trek didn’t finish. He said there was a lot that went into what he considered a very successful race. Although the competition was fierce at the head of the race, he worked with other teams toward the back, taking and offering advice, sharing food and starting fires. He said he did nearly everything right, from the packing to the preparation to the dogs, 16 separate engines that carried him through. “Oh, the dogs!” he exclaimed. “I had no idea of the caliber of dog team I had.” He dropped two dogs early in the race but later regretted that decision when they turned out to have mild cramps, not early signs of injury. Another dog, an important leader named Tony, got sick. Finally, one of Thurston’s favorites, a friendly dog named Elton, had a swollen Achilles tendon and was dropped at a checkpoint. All four made it back to Colorado happy and healthy, and the remaining 12 hauled Thurston to Nome. He said if he went back — and the immense cost of the race and the demanding prerace work that kept him from his family ensures that it is definitely an “if ” — he’d hope to be in the top 30 next year, and the top 10 after that. “These dogs are good enough,” he said.

Worth a laugh The last leg of the Iditarod takes racers 22 miles down the coast from a checkpoint named Safety, across one final swatch of the sea and into Nome. Crowds gather to welcome every racer as they pull up from the coast, down Front Street and under the official finish line, the Burled Arch dug into the frozen town that’s closer to Russia than Anchorage. The Alaska Range, Yukon River and Bering Sea each were the most challenging aspect of the race in their own way, but Thurston faced hurdles all the way to the arch. “I was 10 miles outside Nome, and I got caught in a ground blizzard,” he said, wrapping his arms around his body and adding a shiver. He couldn’t see his dogs, and they couldn’t see the trail. “I was on my hands and my knees, holding on to my gangline while my sled is back there doing barrel rolls,” he said. Standing in the middle of his kitchen thousands of miles from a desolate stretch of ice, Thurston bent over and waved his arms, searching the kitchen counter for the lost Iditarod trail. “I said, ‘Well, the powers that be are really making me earn this,’” he said. “And then I just laughed.” And he did, filling his home and lighting up another icy story with a warm roar. — To reach Joel Reichenberger, call 871-4253 or e-mail jreichenberger@steamboatpilot.com PAGE DESIGNED BY NICOLE MILLER

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City Editor: Mike Lawrence • 871-4233/mlawrence@steamboatpilot.com

Hayden history buffs create book Heritage center, Leslie seek photos for pictorial piece Blythe Terrell

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Henry R. Savage Age: 69 Occupation: Retired scientist/ engineer Place of birth: Charlotte, N.C.

Q. When did you move to Routt County, and what brought you here? A. Skiing the last 30 years. Then the Strings Music Festival and summer. Part-time resident the last eight years.

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Members of an early Hayden-area family, Ed and Bess Fulton, enjoy a laugh and a shared snack inside a west Routt County homestead cabin.

Q. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given? A. Listen, think, then act. Q. What three things would

you want people to know about you? A. 1) I love my family and friends. 2) Music is very important to me (listening and playing). 3) I love to fly my plane for personal travel and compassionate volunteer work.

Q. What did you want to be when you grew up? A. Physician or engineer or musician. Q. If you could invite any

four people to dinner, who would they be and what would you talk about? A. Michio Kaku, Stephen Hawking, John MacArthur, Billy Graham — the interface of cosmology and religion.

Q. Do you collect anything? A. Small collections of

watches and fountain pens.

Q. In the Meatloaf song, “I’d do anything for love, but I won’t do that,” what is that. A. Fake it. Q. What was your first job? A. Clerk in my dad’s drug-

store.

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superhero? Why? A. Superman — so strong and good.

avid Muneton scrolled through a slideshow on his computer, pointing out the cultural highlights of his hometown of Medellin, Colombia. “In all of Colombia, Medellin city is famous STORY BY because MARGARET HAIR it is so beautiful,” Muneton said, passing through photos of citywide light shows, museums and carnivals. Muneton came to Steamboat Springs about four months ago to work for ResortQuest. He’s one of about 75 students enrolled in the English as a Second Language program at Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus. On Tuesday, dozens of students took the night off from their regularly scheduled classes to mingle, eat and share stories about their native countries at CMC’s Willett Hall. “It’s a chance for them to learn about one another, to learn about each other’s cultures and for everyone to begin to communicate,” said CMC professor Jen le Roux, who runs the ESL program and teaches English classes of all levels. The program serves beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, and drawing a wide variety of students, le Roux said. Some are seasonal workers who come to Steamboat with a goal of learning English and traveling in the United States. Others have been part of the community for years, working in vari-

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English as a Second Language classes at Colorado Mountain College are offered for all levels from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Classes for parents with children as old as age 5 are offered 9 to 11:50 a.m. Wednesdays. Both class options are in Room 300 in Willett Hall on CMC’s Alpine Campus. For more information, call ESL program director Jen le Roux at 870-4534.

ous industries and sending their children to Steamboat schools, le Roux said. “This is what this is all about, for them to mix as a group — and share each other’s stories, and hopefully to converse,” she said.

Global learning At Tuesday’s event, students brought food and poster displays related to their countries and grouped into tables by region. Students from Mexico offered a colorful display of hand-wrapped tamales and other finger foods, students from Eastern Europe gathered at a table topped with a circular cake, and students from Moldova and Russia stood by a table laden with a colorful beet salad. Lilia Sula, who is in Steamboat working as an au pair for a local family, said she chose to make “suba” — a shredded, layered salad made of onion, beets, potato, carrot and boiled egg — because it is common in her home country, Moldova. Sula also made a poster highlighting the country’s main exports. See ESL, page 2D

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English learners Esteban Chavez, from left, Israel Soto, Jose Perez and Juan Carlos Ocejo show pride for their home country of Mexico by displaying their flag at a gathering at Colorado Mountain College this week. The English learners put together presentations to share with other students and community members.

Community on the prowl

Groups seek alternatives to gain needed financial support Zach Fridell

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thing to do in Routt County? A. Ski, bicycle, concerts, Steamboat Swings

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maybe from the ’40s, the ’50s,” Leslie said. “Somebody may have pictures of doctors, nurses. Some that weren’t used in other Hayden books.” She doesn’t want a flood of war photos, however. People who have historical photographs can take them or mail them to the museum on Pearl Street. Dunn or Leslie can scan and immediately return them. They’re hoping to round up photos throughout April.

ESL students take night off to showcase home countries

Q. If you could go back in time, to what event or time period would you go? A. 1930s and ’40s for swing music.

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For more information, call the Hayden Heritage Center at 970-276-4380.

Leslie said she could use a good photo of the train and perhaps sports teams from Mount Harris. “Some people might have a picture of the baseball teams,” she said. “Those kids were wonderful athletes.” Leslie also needs a photo of the old Church of Christ, which is in downtown Hayden near the Redstone Motel. “I’m hoping somebody might have a picture taken of it from when it was built,” she said. “The only one I have was taken a few years ago.”

Sharing culture

Q. What’s the biggest risk you’ve taken recently? A. Starting a swing band (Steamboat Swings) for Steamboat. Q. Has a book ever changed your life? What was it and why? A. The Holy Bible — rules for life and spiritual nourishment. Also, Max DePree’s books on leadership teach about values and how to be true to them.

Hayden’s unofficial historian and the Hayden Heritage Center are seeking photographs for a new book about the town. Jan Leslie and the museum have received approval from Arcadia Publishing for their proposal. The book will be a pictorial history of the town from the first settlers to about World War II, museum curator Mary Pat Dunn said. They’re looking for more photographs to add to their collection. “We could use photographs,

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Steamboat Springs Middle School students Dani Perry, from left, Patrick Weston and Michael Savory take a break during an Everything Outdoor Steamboat trip to Rabbit Ears Pass in March 2007. The EOS group was denied a $1,750 request for new sleeping bags because of declining sales tax revenues allocated by the Education Fund Board.

Community groups in Steamboat Springs are finding that the economic recession is forcing them to look for new sources of funding, new ways of operating and, sometimes, a bit of luck to get the support they need to continue. After the Education Fund Board rejected four proposals — three from community groups — during an annual budgeting session because of a decrease in collected sales tax, the unfunded programs are left looking for alternative sources

of money. Keri Rusthoi and the Emerald City Opera Touring Opera Company were turned down for a $3,000 grant that would have allowed the group to perform in Routt County schools free of charge to the schools. The blow was a setback, Rusthoi said, but she added that it won’t stop the performances. “It’s not going to stop us from moving forward, but we’re not necessarily going to be able to offer in-school performances at no charge,” she said. “This was a new opportunity for us to make it more accessible for students in Routt County, and

there may be other funders in Routt County interested in supporting us that we haven’t even approached yet.” Even though the group’s request was denied, Rusthoi, who served on the Fund Board as a community representative for three years, said she could not fault the group for making the tough decisions about what should be funded. “Obviously, it’s a pretty tough year, so I’m not surprised they chose not to prioritize that, and I don’t disagree with it,” she said. During the April 1 Fund See Fund Board, page 3D

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ince 1970, Americans concerned about our natural environment have observed April 22 as a day to celebrate the planet, spreading the word about the benefits of recycling and increasing awareness of ecological dangers including, in recent years, global climate change. We chefs certainly play an important part in such initiatives. Always a believer in cooking with fresh, locally produced food whenever possible, in recent years, I’ve committed even more strongly to using sustainably produced ingredients, including organic produce, humanely raised meats, poultry and game, and environmentally sustainable seafood. Such decisions benefit everyone, from committed growers to guests who enjoy food that is safe, nutritious, and delicious. But I’m not writing this just to talk about the environment. I also want to share a recipe that celebrates the earth’s bounty on a very basic level. I grew up in a rural setting where potatoes were a mainstay crop. So, not surprisingly, I’ve always loved potatoes, and I’ve learned to cook them in many different ways. I enjoy them most of all when they’re crispy on the outside and tender within, especially

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when cooked with butter. Add another earthy vegetable, onion, as well as some bacon and the combination only gets more irresistible. That’s the secret behind one of the great dishes of onion-loving Lyons, France: Potatoes Lyonnaise. A thick cake of potato shreds with a layer of caramelized onion in the middle, it makes a terrific side dish for roasted meat or poultry. Or try it with a side of salad for a light lunch, or as an appetizer topped with thinly sliced smoked salmon, lemon juice, chives and sour cream. However you serve it, this French classic depends on a few simple chefs’ tricks. First, use clarified butter, from which you’ve removed all the milk solids that would otherwise burn during cooking. To clarify butter, melt it in a small saucepan over very low heat and then continue cooking for about 10 minutes until it stops bubbling, a sign that its water content has evaporated. Remove it from the heat

and let rest for a few minutes. Finally, skim foam from the surface and carefully pour the clear liquid butterfat into a clean container, stopping before any of the milk solids on the bottom leave the pan. One stick of butter, 1/2 cup, will yield about 6 tablespoons of clarified butter. Because the potato cake starts cooking on the stove and finishes in the oven, you’ll also need an ovenproof saute pan, preferably nonstick. As another safeguard against sticking, squeeze all excess moisture from the shredded potatoes before cooking. Follow the recipe carefully, and you’ll achieve success: a crispy potato cake so delicious you’ll want to make every day Earth Day.

Pan-fried potato cake with onions and bacon Serves 6 4 tablespoons clarified unsalted butter 1 medium onion, thinly sliced 4 strips smoked bacon, cooked until crisp and then crumbled or diced 2 1/2 pounds red-skinned organic potatoes, peeled 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley leaves Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Meanwhile, heat a saute pan over medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of the clarified butter. Add the onion and saute, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Stir in the crumbled bacon. Set aside. With the julienne blade of a mandoline or the large holes of a shredder/grater, shred the potatoes. By handfuls, squeeze excess liquid from the shreds and transfer them to a mixing bowl. Add the remaining butter and the salt and pepper and stir well to coat the shreds. Heat a 10-inch nonstick ovenproof skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil. Squeezing away any liquid that has accumulated in the bowl, arrange half of the potatoes in the skillet in an even layer. Spread the sauteed onion over the potatoes, and then top with the remaining potatoes in an even layer. Saute over medium heat until the underside of the potato cake is golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. To flip the cake, slide it out of the skillet browned side down onto a large plate, then invert the skillet over the plate and carefully flip both together to return the cake to the skillet browned side up. Put the skillet in the oven and bake until the cake is cooked through and the potatoes feel tender when pierced with a skewer or the tip of a sharp knife, about 10 minutes more. With a spatula, lift 1 side of the cake slightly to check if the underside is well browned. If not, put the skillet on top of the stove over medium-high heat and cook briefly to complete browning the underside. Slide the potato cake onto a serving platter. Garnish with parsley and, with a sharp knife, cut it into 6 wedges. Serve immediately.

CMC offers classes to accommodate work schedules ESL continued from 1D “People, they don’t know too much about Moldova — it’s a very small country. So I thought to do a poster and a few pictures to learn about Moldova and show them Moldova,” Sula said. With students from Europe, South and Central America, West Africa and other regions, CMC offers classes during the day and in the evenings to accommodate work schedules. The classes focus on reading and writing, with a new speaking and listening class added this year, le Roux said. “We have a textbook and we follow a curriculum, but we also let the students drive the lessons and drive the classes based on what their needs are … because there’s such an array of needs,” le Roux said. “Some people need life skills, some people need work skills and some people need academic skills.” CMC also works with Bear Claw Condominiums to offer classes there, runs a Wednesday morning English class for parents with young children and encourages its students to attend Intercambio, Intergrated

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Student Eleana Turpo stands in front of her presentation about Peru at a gathering put together by students who are learning English as a second language at Colorado Mountain College. Students from many different countries came out to the party to share their cultures and their traditions with other students and community members.

Community’s weekly SpanishEnglish conversation group. The classes reach out to people from all walks of life. On Tuesday, those people came together for a few hours, le Roux said.

“I think a lot of friendships are formed through the class. There’s a lot of support — if someone is unable to get here, another student will pick them up,” she said. “They come for the lan-

guage, and they also come because they get a lot of support from each other and a lot of friendships.” — To reach Margaret Hair, call 871-4204 or e-mail mhair@steamboatpilot.com.

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MILESTONES BIRTH

Where to Worship

Does your child have an upcoming birthday?

Ethan Thomas Jacquart, son of Bridget and Matthew Jacquart, of Steamboat Springs, was born at 2:02 p.m. March 23, 2009.He weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounces and was 17 3/4 inches long. His grandparents are Tom and Diane Kelly, of Steamboat; and Thomas and Lynn Jacquart, of Fort Collins.

We want to make it extra special by publishing his or her photo in the Steamboat Pilot & Today. The Steamboat Birthday Club is free of charge and open to children ages 1 to 12. For details, call Nicole Miller at 871-4246 or e-mail nmiller@steamboatpilot.com

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

ALPINE RESORT MINISTRIES 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Vista overlook on Tower Run. Call Dr. Kent Osteen 870-1992 or 879-7062. BIBLE FELLOWSHIP OF STEAMBOAT Sundays Worship Service at 10 a.m. at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. Call 879-2637.

Rats used for feeding experiment 75 YEARS AGO From the Friday, April 6, 1934 edition of The Steamboat Pilot: Two white rats are being used in a feeding experiment at the office of county agents. One of the rodents receives protein and milk in addition to vegetables, and the other one will have nothing but vegetables. The demonstration is being carried forward by Miss Elliott to determine the effects of food on growth and development. Weight and condition of the animals will be watched carefully. The demonstration is being made in connection with the dairy program at Colorado Agricultural College. An expert from the college will be in Steamboat April 16 to explain to the Lions Club and other interested listeners the value of proper food.

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of the streams and lakes, the law allows 10 pounds a day or 20 pounds in possession. Resident small game and fishing permits are $2, which the nonresident fishing license is $3.

Fishing in lower waters not for trout April 10

High standards erupt in Oak Creek High School

Although trout fishing does not begin until May 25, other fish in lakes or streams at an altitude of 6,000 feet or less have an open season starting April 10, lasting until Oct. 31. Trout fishermen will have to control their enthusiasm until May 25, when the curtain is raised on streams of 5,000 feet or more. No fishing shall be done between the hours of 8:30 p.m and 4 a.m. Limits on fish are the same this year as they have been in the past. As usual, there is no limit on carp, suckers, whitefish, white salmon and squawfish. For the other finny inhabitants

The Oak Creek High School has been retained on the accredited list of the University of Colorado by a unanimous vote of the senate of the institution. This standard entitled the school to a scholarship in the high institutions of learning in Colorado, and is assurance to the patrons of the school that during the past year high standards of scholarship have been maintained and that wellqualified teachers have taught the pupils enrolled. More important is the fact the Oak Creek high school will be listed by the United States commissioner of education in the forthcoming bulletin of the

accredited secondary schools in the United States. This distinctive honor also assures the good reputation of the school to all institutions of higher learning, not only in Colorado but in all states. Graduates from accredited schools are afforded privileges everywhere which graduates from unaccredited schools cannot hope to share. A.C. Cross, high school visitor for the University of Colorado, stated that the fact that the Oak Creek school has maintained without qualifications, despite one of the severest depressions, speaks well for the community. Contributed: A Steamboat Pilot reporter said that some snowflakes recently fell in Steamboat Springs that were as large as a dollar. She was asked to provide the evidence, but she could not find a dollar.

Fund Board declines $45,000 request for Hayden teacher Fund Board continued from 1D Board meeting where 27 requests were approved, the two largest community projects received their requested amount. Partners in Routt County was approved for $50,000 to continue placing mentors in Routt County middle schools, and the Rocky Mountain Science School was granted $35,000 to continue its weeklong summer science camp for regional students.

Tough cuts Community groups weren’t the only proposals to feel the pinch as the Fund Board tightened its budget in favor of dipping into reserve funds. The Steamboat Springs School District faces the possibility of removing one English Language Learner instructor and one Gifted and Talented teacher after the educational excellence commission, tasked with trimming the budget, cut one position in each area. Hayden Valley Elementary School teacher Ginny Glenn

also will have to continue doing request process. That uncerdouble duty as the school’s tainty led Rockhold not to gym and music instructor for count on any money during the next school year, as the the first cycle. Fund Board declined a $45,000 “For the first go-around, we request from the obviously requestHayden School ed some items. “The requirements District to cover an We didn’t know for a lot of grants, additional teacher. what to plan for, the requirements so therefore we There is no way themselves are didn’t really plan for the school dison receiving anytrict to find the being strengthened. thing. So, we’re money to fill that They’re not as loose grateful for what position without as they used to be.” we did receive,” the Fund Board, he said. Hayden SuperGreg Rockhold The district intendent Greg Hayden superintendent still is looking Rockhold said. into other fund“It spreads her ing requests way thin, but that’s fine. She’s a trooper,” he said for that position and other about Glenn. “We are ecstat- requests, but Rockhold said ic with what the Fund Board the likelihood of finding any voted on to support for stu- other sources of funding is ever more remote. dents and staff down here.” “The requirements for a lot of Rockhold said this year, the first the South Routt and grants, the requirements themHayden districts were allowed selves are being strengthened. to request money from the They’re not as loose as they Fund Board after a November used to be,” he said. “I had a call a vote, has been a learning expe- couple weeks back on a possible rience as they navigate the grant. (I was asked) if we were

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awarded this grant, would we be willing to accept $25,000 less than we had initially asked for. Of course I said yes.”

Branching out Trees and other creative fundraisers may be key for another group denied a small request for the next school year. Matt Tredway and Everything Outdoor Steamboat requested $1,750 from the board to purchase new sleeping bags for the group’s trips. Tredway said the group instead will rely on its annual tree sale and other grants to pull together the necessary funds. “It is a struggle,” he said. Tredway said his group still is a finalist for an Impact 100 grant from the Yampa Valley Community Foundation, but he said the resources are far from assured because he is unsure about how much people will be willing to donate. “A giant litmus test will be the tree sale,” he said about the fundraiser, now in its 15th year.

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HOLY NAME CATHOLIC CHURCH 524 Oak St., 879-0671. Saturday Mass at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. (in Spanish); Sunday Mass at 8 a.m. (8:30 a.m. during ski season) and 4:30 p.m.; Mass at 7 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; and 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays. On Holy days, Mass is at 5:30 PM. CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH 755 Concordia Lane (Corner of Maple Street and Amethyst Drive — above high school football field), 879-0175. Sunday worship at 8 and 10:30 a.m. CHRIST COVENANT REFORMED CHURCH Sunday worship at 10 a.m. at the Pavilion at PerryMansfield Performing Arts School and Camp. Call Del at 879-5729 or Damon at 276-1200. BUDDHIST CENTER OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Meditation and Dharma talk are at 6:30 p.m. Mondays at 2550 Copper Frontage Road, No. 201, off of Elk River Road in Copper Ridge Business Park. Call 8795425 for a recorded schedule. ECKANKAR, RELIGION OF THE LIGHT AND SOUND OF GOD Worship service is at 11 a.m. the first Sunday of the month at the Community Center, 1605 Lincoln Ave. Call 736-0202. ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Ninth and Oak streets, P.O. Box 722. Sunday, 8 a.m. Holy Eucharist (no music); 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist (music/child care) in new church; 9:15 a.m. Sunday School— all ages; Thursday, 7 a.m., Holy Eucharist in old church. HAR MISHPACHA “The Mountain Family” Jewish Community Group. Call 879-2082 for information. BAHA’I FAITH Call Sandy at 846-9994. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Church phone: 879-0220; 879-0224. Sunday meetings: 9 a.m. Sacrament Meeting; 10:20 a.m. Sunday School and Primary; 11:10 a.m. Priesthood, Relief Society, Young Men and Young Women. 1155 Central Park Drive. ANCHOR WAY BAPTIST CHURCH — SBC 40650 Anchor Way, Steamboat II, 879-7062 or 8790674. Sunday traditional worship 8:45 a.m.; Bible study and Sunday school 9:50 a.m.; contemporary worship 10:45 a.m.; Hispanic worship service, 6 p.m. EUZOA BIBLE CHURCH Meets at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sundays at 32305 R.C.R. 38 in Strawberry Park. Nursery provided at both services. Call 879-0123 or visit www.euzoa.com. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 970-871-4927, 347 12th St. Saturday services 10 a.m.-Noon with worship at 11 a.m. STEAMBOAT CHRISTIAN CENTER 879-0063. The Log Church across from the Fairfield Inn on Hwy 40. Sunday services 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Spanish service 7 p.m. www.steamboatchristian.com CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Meetings held at 3000 Elk River Road. Public meeting and Watchtower Study, 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Bible study, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Ministry school and service meeting, 7:30 p.m. Thursday. For more information, call 879-4075.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 879-1446 or 870-9583. One mile north of U.S. Highway 40 on Elk River Road west of Steamboat. Sunday services: 10 a.m. Sunday School (all ages welcome); 11 a.m. Morning Worship; 6:30 p.m. Evening Worship. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH Seventh and Oak streets. Sunday services at 10:30 a.m.; first and third Wednesdays of the month at 5:30 p.m. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Eighth and Oak streets, 879-1290. Alternative worship services at 5:30 p.m. Saturdays. The regular Sunday worship service will be at 9:30 a.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST 879-6670. 1698 Lincoln Ave. Sunday — Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:30 a.m. CHURCH OF THE MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL INNER AWARENESS (MSIA) Mondays 7 to 9:30 p.m. 1/2 hour peace meditation, plus video tape seminar by John-Roger — discussion following. Call for location and more information 879-3157. Counseling and ceremonies available. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH Meets at Christian Heritage School in Heritage Park. Sunday worship is at 10 a.m., followed by Discipleship classes for all ages at 11:15 a.m. Call 879-3020.

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HAYDEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH - UCC 202 E. Jefferson Ave., Hayden, 276-3510. Sunday Worship at 10:30 a.m. and youth group at 6 p.m. HAYDEN CHURCH OF CHRIST 301 E. Jefferson, 276-7268. Sunday Worship 11 a.m.; Bible Study 10 a.m., Ladies Bible class 12:30 p.m.; and Evening Worship Service at 7 p.m. Wednesday Bible study at 7 p.m. MISSION OF GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH Harvest Dr. and Cactus Street. 276-3111. Sunday service, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday evening and special services as announced.

SOUTH ROUTT GRACE EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH WISCONSIN SYNOD Services are held on the second Sundays of the month. Worship and Bible study at 6 p.m. Call 7362491 or 638-4647. COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 736-3324 or 736-2463. Corner of Oak and Sharp, Oak Creek. Sunday 10 a.m. Worship.; Ecumenical Youth Club on Wednesday 6:30 p.m. SOUTH ROUTT BIBLE CHURCH Highway 131 Oak Creek, 736-8422. Sunday worship, 9:30 a.m.; Prayer and share, 11 a.m. Wednesday; AWANA Youth Program 6 p.m. ST. MARTIN OF TOURS CATHOLIC CHURCH Sharp and Williams, Oak Creek, 879-0671. Sunday 10:30 a.m. Mass. (11 a.m. during ski season) 7 a.m. Holy Days FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Yampa, 638-4622. Sunday 9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 11 a.m. Morning Worship; 7 p.m. evening worship. Thursday service from 6 to 7:30 p.m. YAMPA BIBLE CHURCH Sunday school 9:45 to 11 a.m.; Sunday morning worship 11 a.m.; Prayer Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays. McCOY COMMUNITY CHURCH 653-4302, McCoy. Sundays 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and Bible study. 10:30 a.m. Church services.

Support Groups Adult literacy programs are available in Steamboat through CMC. Free, individualized diagnosis, tutoring and GED preparation. Call CMC at 879-4444. Advocates Against Battering and Abuse is a crisis-intervention organization for battered women and their families. Rape crisis counseling also is offered. The hotline (879-8888) is answered at all hours. Call 879-2141. Alcoholics Anonymous is a support group for people who want to quit drinking. Meetings are at 437 Oak St., upstairs. SUNDAYS: 9 a.m., open; 7 p.m., open (speaker) MONDAYS: 7 a.m., open; 6:45 p.m. men’s only; 7 p.m., women’s only at Concordia Lutheran Church; 8 p.m., closed (step) TUESDAYS: 7 a.m. open; 6:45 p.m. newcomers; 8 p.m. open WEDNESDAYS: 7 a.m. open; 5:30 p.m. open; 8 p.m. closed (big book) THURSDAYS: 6 a.m. open; noon, step study; 8 p.m. open FRIDAYS: 7 a.m.; 9 a.m. women’s; 5:45 p.m. (at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church); 7 p.m. open. SATURDAYS: 7 a.m. open; 7 p.m. closed Oak Creek open meets at 6 p.m. Fridays at Oak Creek Library, 227 Dodge St. Call 736-8371. Al-Anon is a support group for persons whose lives have been affected by another’s drinking. Meetings at 437 Oak St., upstairs. Call 723-8660. MONDAYS: Noon WEDNESDAYS: Noon THURSDAYS: Step study 5:30 p.m. SATURDAYS: 10 a.m. (ACA) SUNDAYS: 11 a.m., 4 p.m. Teens in Recovery Al-Anon is a support group for young people whose lives have been affected by another’s drinking. Call 879-1729. Autism Asperger Awareness of Steamboat meets the first Monday of the month at United Methodist Church, Eighth and Oak. Call Janna 871-1418. Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered recovery program, meets at Concordia Lutheran Church, 755 Concordia Lane in Steamboat, at 6:15 p.m. on Thursdays. Call 879-0175 for more information. Crisis Pregnancy Support Group provides confidential support from a Christian perspective for those coping with unplanned pregnancy. Call 871-1307. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia Support Group Call Jody Akers at 879-1282. Compassionate Friends is a self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents and siblings. Meeting are at 7 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the First Congregational Church, 6th and Green streets in Craig. English as a Second Language provides instruction for people who are not native English speakers. Call 870-4534. Foster Parent Support Group is open to all Routt County foster parents or people seriously interested in becoming foster parents. The group meets bimonthly. For infor mation call Dena Joslyn at 879-1540. Heartbeat offers support for those who have lost a loved one or been touched by suicide. Call Ronna Autrey at 871-0682 or 875-2941 to find out more about group meetings. The group meets on the first and third

Wednesdays of the month at the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association office at Yampa Valley Medical Center. Friends and family always welcome. Depression/Bipolar Support Group for those who have been diagnosed with these diseases, meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 2 at Yampa Valley Medical Center. Friends and family always welcome. Call Ronna Autrey at 871-0682 or 875-2941. Hospice of Steamboat offers support for people who are grieving the death of a loved one. Anyone interested in joining an educational support group should call Carol Gordon at 870-3232. Learning Unlimited is an adult literacy program for people who would like to improve reading skills. Call 870-4542. Meals on Wheels provides meals for seniors 60 or older for $3 suggested donation. It serves seniors in South Routt, Hayden and Steamboat Springs and provides transportation to meals and medical appointments. Call 879-0633. Narcotics Anonymous is a support group for persons with addictions to substances. Meetings are at 437 Oak St., upstairs. The public can feel free to call the club house at 879-4882. TUESDAYS: 5:30 p.m. open; THURSDAYS: 6:45 p.m. open; SUNDAYS: 5:30 p.m. open Newborn Network is a parent service, focusing on families with infants. Trained volunteers are available to visit families in the home and there are weekly “Baby Get-Togethers” in Oak Creek, Hayden and Steamboat. Call 879-0977. Parent Connection, for families of children with attention deficit disorder and similar conditions, meets at 6:15 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at the library house. Call 879-7879. Parents of Preemies and Special Infant Care Linking Energy offers mentoring and resource information to parents of preemies. Call Tracy at 736-0025. Post-Abortion Support Group provides information and support for women dealing with symptoms of post-abortion stress. Call 8711307. Rational Recovery is a support group for those looking for non-spiritual sobriety and/ or substance-abuse assistance. Call 8799646. Wee Life is a support system for women with unplanned pregnancies who choose to have their babies. It offers education guidance, community resource information, support groups, maternity and baby clothes and furnishings. Call Sandy Deetz at 736-1047. Wellness Group, a support group for people with cancer or other chronic illness, meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. every first and third Wednesday at the Visiting Nurse Association office. Yampa Valley Cancer Support Group is a support group meeting in the evening on the third Wednesday of the month at the Visiting Nurse Association Conference Room. Call Jan Fritz 879-1632.

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News from South Routt’s Lila Rider and Hayden’s Laurie Hallenbeck

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Oak Creek/Phippsburg Compiled by Lila Rider

Happy anniversary Congratulations to Dorothy and Marvin Shively, who recently celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary and had a nice anniversary supper with family. We wish them many more.

Music and fun at Doak Thanks to everyone for the music at Doak recently, including the piano playing at the Thursday buffet and guitar picking and singing Monday night. The music was enjoyed by all. The bridge players were out in full-force last week for fun and games.

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Jim and Marilyn Goggin, of Yampa, have enjoyed visits with family lately. Carol Rickman frequently has had guests at Doak. Juanita Davis had lunch with her son recently. Evelyn Pidcock recently enjoyed a visit from her niece. Joanne Cannon enjoyed supper with her daughter

March 28. Bettie Pierce spent the evening of March 29 with her family. Clarice Reid has been enjoying family visits. Noreen Moore visited Lila on March 28. Lorene Workman, of Steamboat Springs, came by to visit Doak residents last week. Connie Castle, Doak’s hairdresser, got caught in the snow in Denver about a week ago but made it back safely. JoAnn Lombardi and Wayne Buntin, of Oak Creek, visited family at Doak recently.

A joke from Lila Police pulled a man over for speeding one night, and the driver said, “Officer, I know I was speeding, but I’m a juggler and I’m late for a show.” The officer replied, “You’re a juggler, huh? Well, let’s see what you can do.” So the man got out of the car and began juggling knives by the side of the road. Another person drove by, saw what was going on and said, “Man, I’m glad I stayed sober if that’s what sobriety tests are like these days!”

Hayden Compiled by Laurie Hallenbeck

Condolences Sincere condolences to Mickey Hayes and family, who lost his brother Larry recently.

Birthdays Happy birthday wishes to Michael Martin, Roger Muhme, Kevin Kleckler and Eric Bell.

Around town The Hayden Girl Scouts met Thursday. They painted Easter suncatchers and discussed their summer trips. Sergio Binetti is out of his neck brace and is doing well. There will be a Hayden Chamber meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Hayden Public Library. Hayden school students and teachers will perform “The Tale of Snow White” at 7 p.m. Friday and 5 p.m. Saturday. Be sure to take your children, third grade and younger, to the Hayden Town Park at 10 p.m. April 11 for the Easter Egg Hunt. Tee Ball registrations are being taken for children ages 4 to 7 until April 24. Forms

will be handed out through the elementary school, or you can pick them up at the school. For more information, call Donna Bertram at 276-4216. There will be a Grand ReOpening for the Yampa Valley Feeds from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 18. Put on your dancing shoes and attend the barn dance, with music provided by Greg Scott from 2 to 4 p.m., and have a barbecue dinner provided by the Ranch House 4-H Club. The BBQ is free with a $20 purchase. For more information, call Tammy or Sandy at 276-4250.

County Cattlewomen Cattlewomen are offering scholarships to high school students and students that already are in college. Applications can be picked up at the Routt County Extension office or any of the Routt County high school counselors’ offices. For more information, call Laurie Hallenbeck at 276-4152. County Cattlewomen also are working on a brand quilt to support their scholarship fund. If you would like to put your brand on the quilt, please call Mary Kay Monger at 879-1663.

Class notes CMC hosts free classes by local broker Susana Field Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus will host a series of free classes from Susana Field, a local buyer’s broker. Students are encouraged to call CMC to sign up for the classes, but they also may come on the day of the class. ■ Renters vs. Homeowners — Why Buy? And Why Buy Now vs. Later? ■ Searching for a Home — How Do I Find the Best Home for My Money? April 13, 6 to 8 p.m. ■ Credit/Mortgages/ Financing — What Will it Take For Me to Get a Mortgage? April 16, 6 to 8 p.m. ■ Contracts and Negotiations — What’s All This Fine Print Above My Signature? ■ Inspections, Appraisals and Title Work – How Do I Make Sure My Home’s Not a Lemon? April 27, 6 to 8 p.m. ■ Settlement Statements and Closing — What Happens on the “Day of Closing”? April 30, 6 to 8 p.m. Locations of the classes are

to be determined. For more information or to sign up, call CMC at 870-4444.

6th annual Battle of the Bands slated for May 15 The sixth annual Teen Battle of the Bands is scheduled for 9 p.m. May 15 at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel. The event will feature teen bands from Steamboat Springs, Hayden, South Routt and Craig. Each band must have a three-song set. Local musicians and other sound aficionados will judge bands on originality, musicianship, sound, lyrics and appearance. The city of Steamboat Springs teen programs, the Steamboat Pilot & Today Teen Style section and Z Rock are sponsoring the event. Registration begins in May. Call 879-4300 for details.

Steamboat swim team to hold tryouts this week Steamboat Springs Swim Team holds tryouts for new swimmers from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at Old Town Hot Springs, where sign-up forms are posted. Returning swimmers must mail

a completed entry form by March 25 to: SSST, P.O. Box 772117, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Forms also are available online at steamboatswimteam.com or in the swim team file cabinet at Old Town Hot Springs. Call Essie at 8795822 with questions.

South Routt alumni invited to reunion July 5 in Soroco Alumni of Oak Creek, Yampa and Soroco schools are invited to an all-alumni reunion from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 5 at Soroco High School. Cost is $3 at the door or $16 to include a catered meal that must be paid for before June 15. Contact Wayne Rossi at wrossi1969@hotmail.com for details.

Wrestling club looking for high school students, adults The Routt County Wrestling Club is open to high school students and adults and includes folkstyle, freestyle, greco, judo and grappling. Call 819-1263 for more information.

Lunch menus ■ Christian Heritage School

Monday: Steamboat Smokehouse: Pasta with chicken Tuesday: Azteca Taqueria: Chicken burrito, tortilla chips, salsa and sour cream Wednesday: Steamboat Yacht Club: Meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy, chocolate mousse Thursday: BeauJo’s Mountain Bistro: pizza Friday: No lunch, half day ■ Steamboat Springs School District Monday: Asian pork with sweet chili sauce, rice Tuesday: Chicken fajitas, black beans, rice Wednesday: Spaghetti with meatballs, garlic bread Thursday: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy Friday: Shrimp and pasta with garlic, chilies, lemon & scallions ■ Hayden School District Monday: Chicken tenders, curly fries, peas & onions, apples Tuesday: Kung pao chicken, rice noodles, egg rolls, oranges Wednesday: Submarine sandwiches, mushroom soup, honey carrots, fresh pineapple Thursday: Hamburgers, tater tots, corn on the cob, peach crisp Friday: Creamy turkey pasta, three bean salad, lime Jell-o with pears, breadsticks ■ South Routt School District Monday: Sweet & sour pork over rice, egg roll, fruit, fortune cookie Tuesday: Chicken fajita, refried beans, fruit Wednesday: Fish patty, garden salad, fruit Thursday: Easter dinner: Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, peaches, hot roll, ice cream Friday: Hot dog, baked beans, fruit

Company may market book across Colorado, Wyoming Hayden continued from 1D She’d also like photos of nurses and hospital workers from the 1920s and ’30s, as well as images of downtown businesses from the 1940s and ’50s. “Maybe somebody has pictures of people out on the river cutting ice — things that didn’t make it into the other book,” Leslie said. Those that aren’t used still could appear in museum displays, Leslie said. The book will be sold to raise money for the heritage center, Dunn said. She expects it to retail for about $21.95. Arcadia Publishing specializes in local histories and has

printed more than 5,000 titles, according to its Web site. The company approved the proposal in late March. “They’re really nice books, and they just kind of have this pre-format, but the way it looks, you just want to pick them up,” Dunn said. The company probably will market the book through much of Colorado and parts of Wyoming, Dunn said. Captions for the photos must be at least 50 words, Leslie said, and she asked that people who bring in photos try to get information about the subjects. Leslie reminded people that they might not realize their photos have historical value.

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The Hayden Congregational Church was erected in 1902 and since has served as a religious and social center for Hayden. This photo was taken in about 1915, shortly after the town’s water system was installed, as evidenced by the fire hydrant visible in front of the building.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Agnetha Faltskog, 59; Colin Powell, 72; Roger Corman, 83; Gale Storm, 87 Happy Birthday: You can make headway this year by trying new things or taking on something altogether different. Your spirit and drive to get ahead will attract the attention of others who want success as much as you do. This is a great year to set your goals and push until you get everything you want. Your numbers are 2, 15, 16, 21, 30, 41, 48 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t wait to see what everyone else is doing. A positive change will lead to a better understanding of what you can do to obtain greater stability and happiness. Demand answers if someone is giving you the runaround. ★★★★★ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Someone you think you can trust will play an emotional game with you. Someone older or with more experience will shed some light on your personal situation. Troubles with friends or children can be expected. ★★ GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Make up your mind about what you want to do and who you want to do things with. Once you set your goals, they will be easy to achieve. Love is in the stars and, with a few encouraging words, you will attract the right kind of attention. ★★★★ CANCER (June 21-July 22): Give in to change because it’s the right move, not because someone is trying to manipulate you to do so. Be careful not to give in to demands. Take action and show everyone you aren’t a pushover. ★★★ LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain by going after your dreams wholeheartedly. You will learn a great deal about others if you put your Leo charm to good use. Combine compliments with questions you want answered. ★★★ VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone may try to convince you of something that isn’t right for you. Don’t give in. Stay with your own way of doing things. Stick to the budget you’ve set and remember you cannot buy love. ★★★

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’t hang around waiting for someone else to do the work when you will do the best job if you go it alone. Socializing will open up all sorts of new opportunities, leading to personal and professional gains. ★★★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Don’t give in to someone trying to undermine your confidence. All you have to do is make a few slight changes and you will be off and running in a direction that is workable for you. Take action, stand tall and you will succeed. ★★★★ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Keep your emotions out of the equation, especially if you are discussing plans for the future. You cannot let anyone take over or interfere. Love is on the rise and a late night engagement will bring you great pleasure. ★★ CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t give in to someone’s emotional whims, especially if money is involved. A change in the way you do things financially will surprise others and bring you greater wealth. Don’t be fooled by someone’s bragging. ★★★ AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your ability to put your charm to good use will help you out vocationally and positively affect the way people treat you. You don’t have to use force to get your way -- honesty, integrity and compliments will suffice. ★★★ PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t let your anxiety ruin your plans. If you are too aggressive or come across as too desperate, you will push away the people you need to help you. Be honest about what you can do and who you need to bring on board. ★★★ Birthday Baby: You have a good understanding of life and what it takes to be successful. You are energetic, determined and capable of reaching your goals.

Cryptogram Solutions 1. A manager asked a shop floor boss and his workers why they were destroying company timepieces. One finally told him, “You told us to beat the clock!” 2. A fighter discussed his bout the night before: “I can’t wait for a rematch. It was very hit and miss: I hit the canvas and I missed my front teeth.” 3. A poodle gave birth to puppies at the side of the road and was cited for littering. A bright lawyer’s advice was to assert a canine’s right to puppy love. 4. Fact or fiction? Eve gave Adam the apple and Adam swallowed it. But it looks like a bit got stuck in his throat - now known as Adam’s apple.

The Sunday Crossword N THE NONFICTION SECTION By Will Nediger ACROSS 1 Motorists’ warnings 6 A great deal 10 Lincoln in-laws 15 “Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer” musical 19 Utopian 20 Nimbus 21 Humble home 22 Where Camus’s “The Plague” is set 23 Handbook of euphemisms? 26 Opening word? 27 MDs’ workplaces 28 Film introduction? 29 Close call 30 Hinder 31 Thread-spinning Fate 33 It’s commonly twisted 34 Sight in le ciel 35 High do 37 Manual for talk show guests? 40 Large envelope feature 42 Chapel Hill sch. 43 Patty Hearst alias 44 Guide for sore losers? 48 He played Sheldon in “Misery” 50 Future elm 54 Sushi fish 55 Item stolen in Pope’s “The Rape of the Lock” 56 Bouncer? 57 Bareback rider’s lack 59 Hindu god who rides a bull named Nandi 60 Programmer’s output 61 Bronze coatings 62 Self-help book for compulsive liars? 67 U-Haul rental 68 Drift gracefully 69 Hard thing to kick 70 Penn pal 71 Nincompoop 72 Lord’s home 73 Road crew goo 76 Facebook user’s nudge 77 Stand-up comic’s need 78 Reference work for modelists? 80 “Use your head!” 83 __ Paulo 84 Antidote target

85 Vade mecum for neologists? 93 Jason’s vessel 94 Melodious 95 Drinks for Radar 96 Get lovey-dovey 98 “Bingo!” 99 Quaint denial 100 Fencer’s move 101 Flapper’s wrapper 104 Venetian elder of yore 105 Therapeutic book for blowhards? 108 __ Girl: former teen fashion mag 109 Colorado senator Mark 110 Court statement 111 Jazzman Hines 112 React in shock 113 Ready to ship 114 “Sesame Street” guy with a unibrow 115 Walk, often lightly DOWN 1 “The Farmer in the Dell” syllables 2 Wavy lines, in comics 3 Scrolling 25-Down feature 4 Kit__ 5 Replay technique 6 Pampean cowboy 7 Beat in a regatta 8 Con __: spiritedly 9 Took a load off 10 Actor Alan 11 “Très chic!” 12 Blockbuster transaction 13 Take-out order? 14 Cunning 15 Utterly ordinary 16 Mauritania’s official language 17 Food wrapped in a corn husk 18 Trapped 24 Heart 25 24-hr. news source 30 Notions holder 32 Complex ABC drama 33 Top-notch 34 Many millennia 35 Massage target 36 Baffin Bay sighting 38 Rolaids rival 39 A Bobbsey twin 41 Road problem 45 Hush money payer

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Obsolescent vote finalizer Exec’s “Fast!” Citadel student Baldwin of “30 Rock” Author Buchanan Panache Student’s station Big, in Variety Make a peep To begin with Part of a femme fatale’s outfit Pet rocks, once Factory Letters before ://www Oft-dunked treat Forgo the bus

Edited by Wayne Robert Williams

65 Fighter in the Battle for Endor 66 Spring event 71 Sunbather’s depilatory 72 Heath 73 2008 economic stimulus provision 74 Sacha Baron Cohen persona 75 Seat of Nevada’s Washoe County 77 6, on a phone 78 Mocking laughs 79 West Virginia resource 81 Party giver 82 Bar stock 83 Barely rains

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Higher on the Mohs scale Colorful songbird Toe movement Get cozy California’s governor, facetiously More intense Beach topper Trim or rim Jan Vermeer’s hometown List heading Lovett of country Workplace stds. org. To a slight extent Where spokes meet LAPD alert Ring site