S T E A M B O AT
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APRIL 9, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 85
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Intergenerational Easter Egg Hunt
Wildfires a key concern Beetle-kill effects to fill emergency management director’s plate Page 6
H AY D E N
No changes for calendar Parents urge school board not to alter length of summer, holiday breaks MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
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Doak Walker Care Center resident Joe Lacko visits with 2-year-old Jackson McCreight on Wednesday during the nursing home’s annual Intergenerational Easter Egg Hunt. Three sets of children from the GrandKids Child Care Center visited Doak for candy and to bring smiles to the residents.
SPORTS
Closing Day approaches Weekend festivities include free concerts, races, pond skimming
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Blythe Terrell
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
The Steamboat Ski Area will pencil another “X” on its calendar and close the book on the 2008-09 season this weekend. Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. will shut down operations
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with typical fanfare Saturday and Sunday. Events include the Cardboard Classic race, a charity snowshoe race, pond skimming and free concerts. The snowshoe race is new this year and benefits Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports, or STARS. The race is Saturday after the Cardboard Classic, and
SKI TOWN USA SNOW REPORT Steamboat Ski Area
New snow — Mid-mountain* 0 in. New snow — Summit 0 in. Base — Mid-mountain 72 in. Base — Summit 100 in.
Total snow† 399.5 in. Trails open 165/165 Lifts open 12/18 Conditions Packed powder/spring
*24-hour snowfall as of 12:30 p.m. previous day; † total snow beginning Oct. 21 as measured at mid-mountain FOR UP-TO-DATE ROAD CONDITIONS, INCLUDING RABBIT EARS PASS, call 511 or visit: www.cotrip.org
racers will use the same track, said Tarsha Ebbern, an administrative assistant for STARS. “They’ll run up one side and down the other in snowshoes, and it should be pretty funny,” Ebbern said. Ski Corp. and Edgemont are the event’s main sponsors, and participants must pay $15 and
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bring snowshoes. STARS also will accept donations. Racers can compete in beginning, intermediate and advanced groups, Ebbern said. “We have all kinds of prizes from restaurants and stores around town, plus Edgemont See Closing Day, page 12
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