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Tom Hathaway lowers his head in prayer on the steps of the Routt County Courthouse during the National Day of Prayer. The National Day of Prayer is a nondenominational service observed on the first Thursday in May.
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Steamboat Springs resident Robert “Bob” Bear worked at The Lowell Whiteman School for 25 years and was affectionately referred to as “Bear” by all who knew him, his daughter said.
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Bear, 77, died at about 8 p.m. Wednesday in a Denver hospital after being hit by a pickup that morning in Steamboat. Bear was crossing U.S. Highway 40 at Pine Grove Road at about 11:15 a.m. when he was struck by a pickup beginning a right turn. Police said the truck had come to a complete stop and was moving slowly,
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but Bear was knocked to the ground and hit the back of his head on the pavement. Bear was airlifted to Denver and admitted to St. Anthony Central hospital. Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg said an autopsy is planned for today to determine the cause of death. Bear’s daughter, Steamboat Springs resident Annie Meyer,
said her father was returning from his daily walk from the Selbe Apartments to the Yampa River Botanic Park when the accident occurred. She described her father as an “extremely intelligent, cautious and alert elderly man.” “He was fully aware of how See Death, page 14
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