S T E A M B O AT
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WEDNESDAY
MAY 6, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 108
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Ready for playoffs
Group seeks funding Community Cultivation makes another Education Fund Board request Page 4
OAK CREEK
Police needs still debated Sheriff Gary Wall says Oak Creek requires $300,000 to have full law enforcement Page 3
SPORTS
Nuggets lead series Page 29
A mountain makeover
$12.5M URA bond, Thunderhead to transform ski base Brandon Gee
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Say goodbye to the base area as you know it. In a duo of affirmative votes Tuesday, the Steamboat Springs City Council gave life to base
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■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .26 Classifieds . . . . .35 Colorado. . . . . . .17 Comics . . . . . . . .33 Crossword . . . . .33
MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
Steamboat Springs High School goalkeeper Hanna Berglund blocks a shot during practice Tuesday. The No. 11 Sailors take on No. 22 Thompson Valley at 6 p.m. at home today in a playoff game. See story on page 27.
Happenings . . . . .7 Horoscope . . . . .34 Nation. . . . . . . . .19 Sports. . . . . . . . .27 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .43
Tuesday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 5-15-19-21-25 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
area plans that include an allseasons promenade around the immediate ski base, a free-flowing Burgess Creek through the area in the summer and a 390,000square-foot, five-star redevelopment of the site formerly home to Thunderhead Lodge. Development plans for Thun-
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derhead passed in a 5-1 vote. Approval of the project previously stalled in a 3-3 council vote in February. Developers The Atira Group subsequently amended their application to include a $235,000 donation to the city for affordable housing, which was on top of a $2.6 million afford-
able housing payment required by code. Council members Meg Bentley, Scott Myller, Cari Hermacinski, Loui Antonucci and Walter Magill voted in favor of the project. Councilman Steve Ivancie voted against it. See Base area, page 14
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Periods of clouds and sunshine. High of 66.
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