Steamboat Today, May 28, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

TODAY

THURSDAY

MAY 28, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 127

RO U T T

C O U N T Y ’ S

DA I LY

N E W S PA P E R

‘The Space Between’

Town delays charter plans

Local artist’s new work adds a touch of whimsy to real images

Draft not likely for next week

S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S

Tree trim

Blythe Terrell

PILOT & TODAY STAFF

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HAYDEN

N AT I O N

GM close to Chapter 11 Automaker near bankruptcy as investors refuse latest plan to keep company afloat Page 14

SPORTS

Lakers pull ahead Page 21

■ LOTTO

■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .16 Classifieds . . . . .27 Comics . . . . . . . .25 Crossword . . . . .25 Happenings . . . . .7

MATT STENSLAND/STAFF

Arbor Barber employees Gaspar Duarte, from left, and Fabian Beeba hold ropes to guide a limb being cut by Alberto Rivera on Wednesday behind the Horizons Specialized Services house at Oak and Fourth streets. Arbor Barber owner Chris Ward said his crew spent the entire day removing the tree, which had been killed by the mountain pine beetle responsible for wiping out the lodgepole pine tree population in the Rocky Mountains.

Horoscope . . . . .26 Nation. . . . . . . . .14 Scoreboard. . . . .24 Sports. . . . . . . . .21 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .20

Wednesday night’s Powerball numbers: 5-6-12-16-21 7 Lotto numbers: 2-16-21-28-32-42 Cash 5 numbers: 6-16-21-26-32

■ WEATHER

Afternoon shower or storm. High of 71.

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Hayden’s home rule process might take longer than expected. The first draft of the charter is going through lawyers, Town Manager Russ Martin said, and they’ve suggested changes and deletions. At a public hearing Wednesday evening, Martin told the Hayden Home Rule Charter Commission that he wanted members to have time to absorb the changes. Three residents attended the hearing to express concerns and make requests. Martin wanted the commission to submit the draft charter to the Town Board of Trustees on June 4. He’s changed his mind. “I don’t think so because of the rearranging,” Martin said. “I don’t want anyone to think there were things going on behind the curtain. … If that takes another couple weeks, it’s that important, and I’m OK with that.” The changes aren’t major but involve removing redundancies, as well as at least one section that isn’t allowed under the Colorado Constitution. The commission had set rules for how people could petition for referendums. “The initiative referendum process, recall process, those are all constitutional,” Martin said. “And as a result of them all See Hayden, back page

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