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VOLUME 122, NUMBER 49 • STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO • www.steamboatpilot.com
Changing districts
McGill, Perry still on board Vote edges out YVEA challengers Blythe Terrell
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Yampa Valley Electric Association members voted to stick with their incumbent board of directors. Ballots were counted Saturday at the cooperative’s annual meeting in Hayden. Scott McGill defeated Susan Holland, 1,493 to 1,089, for the District 8 seat that represents McGill Steamboat Springs. Charles Perry defeated Megan Moore-Kemp, 1,404 to 1,162, for the District 9 seat that represents South Routt County. District 1 repPerry resentative Peggy Espy ran unopposed. Holland and Moore-Kemp campaigned together to focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Holland Perry said he saw his victory as a sign that YVEA members want reliable, inexpensive electricity that includes but doesn’t rely on renewable energy. Moore-Kemp Homeowners, not the co-op, should bear the cost of energy-efficient measures, Perry said. “I do not believe the association should get into the rebate business,” he said. McGill said the vote showed that members were pleased with the co-op’s policies.
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Class size rule could force students out of Soda Creek elementary Jack Weinstein
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The Kemry family, from left, Daryl, Jayden, Sabrina and Tayla (on Sabrina’s lap) lives in Milner and is among those who have been affected by the Steamboat Springs School District’s full kindergarten and first-grade classes. Six-year-old Jayden, who attended Soda Creek Elementary School last year, will attend Hayden Valley Elementary School this year.
Ian Andress wants to have the same first-grade teacher his big brother, Phillip, had last year at Soda Creek Elementary School. But he probably won’t get that chance. During the last week of school, in early June, Ian’s parents were called and told he wouldn’t be able to attend the school next year. Instead, he would need to attend Hayden Valley Elementary School. It didn’t matter that he was a kindergartner at Soda Creek last year or that his brother attends
the school. The kindergarten and first-grade classes are full, and Ian and his family live in Milner, outside the Steamboat Springs School District. Steamboat’s inter-district choice policy allows out-of-district students to attend a Steamboat school if there is available space, but they have to apply every year. If a grade is full, a student could be turned away to attend the school in his or her district. That’s the case with Ian next year. Ian’s father, Pete Andress, told the Steamboat Springs School Board on June 15 that he and
his wife both work in Steamboat Springs. He works at The Industrial Company, and she works at Doak Walker Care Center. Pete Andress said like many other families, his was “pushed around by the economy in Steamboat.” He said they didn’t want to move but that they were forced to move from their Steamboat home after their rent was raised significantly. So they moved to Milner. And they would like their children to continue attending Steamboat schools, rather than one child in Steamboat and another in Hayden. See Policy, page 7A
Rare Twister in town Denver couple shows off 1970 car that’s 1 of 18 of its kind
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es and Jo Young’s car is rare, even by Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup standards. The Denver couple has an automatic 1970 Mach 1 Twister Special Mustang with a 428 Super STORY BY Cobra Jet BLYTHE TERRELL engine. The vehicle was one of 24 of its kind made, and the Youngs said they know of only 18 still in existence. They found the car on eBay in 2006 after their other classic car, a 1969 Mustang, was stolen with its trailer from a hotel parking lot in Albuquerque, N.M. “I couldn’t sleep for quite some time,” Wes Young said. “But a lot of things happen for a reason. If we still had that car, we wouldn’t have this one.” The Youngs’ Twister was set up on Lincoln Avenue on Saturday, along with about 450 other cars. About 550 cars were registered in the event. Hundreds of people strolled past the stretch of cars with hoods propped open like alligators
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See Mustangs, page 7A
See YVEA, page 7A
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Denver resident Wes Young, left, talks to Walden residents Colleen Conroy and Bill Boatman about Young’s refurbishing of a 1970 Mach 1 Twister Special Mustang. Young brought his car to Steamboat Springs for the Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup Show n’ Shine on Saturday on Lincoln Avenue.
Boating and drinking laws strengthen Regulations now match those for driving under the influence of alcohol Zach Fridell
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Park rangers are warning that the strenuous activity and disorienting effects of water recreation, such as unsteady legs, can make a day of boating and drinking dangerous and potentially deadly. “Out in the sun all day, there’s wind, there’s exertion, and all those things are going to break you down, and (the alcohol) is going to have more of an effect PAGE DESIGNED BY AMANDA MAIN
on you than if you’re at home watching a ballgame,” said Mark Lehman, Stagecoach State Park ranger. Colorado’s boating under the influence laws became more strict in August, when the threshold for boating under the influence declined from .10 blood alcohol content to match the state’s driving under the influence laws at .08 BAC. Lehman said the new law gives rangers more leeway in determining whether a boater is intoxi-
cated. Rangers at local parks said boating under the influence has not been a major problem on the water, but the severity of the dangers means they will continue to check boaters as the season warms up. The ways of determining a potentially drunken boater are similar to tests used on roadside sobriety checks, but identifying drunken pilots is harder on water than on the roads, Lehman said. “As far as enforcement goes, it’s kind of a tough one because
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it’s not like detecting a drunk driver on the road,” he said. “There they are weaving and crossing over the lines, whereas those same things are pretty much the nature of boating.” Matt Schuler, Steamboat State Lake Park ranger, said many of the tests are similar to roadside sobriety tests. “We do safety inspections on people, and if somebody is acting carelessly or recklessly, or they’re See BUI, page 7A
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LAST WEEK: Would you support annexing the proposed Steamboat 700 development into city limits? Results/5A THIS WEEK: Since June 12, there has been more than $13 million worth of real estate sales in Routt County. Is the local real estate market showing signs of a rebound?
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A boat cruises along Stagecoach Reservoir on Thursday afternoon. Boating under the influence laws became stricter in August 2008.
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