Steamboat Today, June 23, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

TODAY

TUESDAY

JUNE 23, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 149

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

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Reading by the river

Bucking Rainbow Outfitters buys riverfront property; Bistro lands 5-year lease Page 3

SPORTS

Juniors compete Page 21

Correction Holy Name Catholic Church’s community dinner is held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month. The day of the dinner was incorrect in the story “Churches offer free dinners” on page 5 of Monday’s Steamboat Today.

■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .16 Classifieds . . . . .27 Colorado. . . . . . .36 Comics . . . . . . . .25 Crossword . . . . .25

Connecting north, west Councilwoman: Future Slate Creek road won’t be a ‘superhighway’ Tom Ross

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Happenings . . . . .7 Horoscope . . . . .26 Scoreboard. . . . .24 Sports. . . . . . . . .21 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .35

If Routt County residents ever get the chance to cruise the Slate Creek Connector, it won’t be the shortcut between Clark and Hayden that some have envisioned. Set your cruise control to 25 miles per hour instead of 45. The future road linking U.S. Highway 40 from a point west

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A rock formation provides the perfect place for Juliann Poma to read as the Yampa River flows downstream.

Monday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 8-9-15-27-28 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

of town to Routt County Road 129 north of Steamboat Springs Airport isn’t intended to whisk cars from the west end of the county to the north. Instead, it’s meant to reduce traffic congestion by siphoning off motorists destined for a new commercial center in the proposed Steamboat 700 development. “The Slate Creek connector could alleviate traffic at the intersection of U.S. 40 and (Routt County Road) 129,”

■ WEATHER

Partly sunny. High of 82.

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Public Works Engineer Laura Anderson told a joint meeting of the Steamboat Springs City Council and the Routt County Board of Commissioners on Monday night. “If they put in a grocery store, that could be a draw from the north” end of the county. “It’s not meant to be a bypass,” Steamboat Springs Public Works Director Philo Shelton agreed. “It’s a route into that commercial center.”

Speed limit debated The City Council voted unanimously to keep the Slate Creek Connector in its planning for Steamboat 700 where 2,000 residential units someday could be developed. And council members also agreed that Steamboat 700 developers wouldn’t have to share the cost of the portions of the road outside their boundaries if owners

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