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JULY 6, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 160
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Fuel Stop ................... $2.65 West Kum N Go ....... $2.63 7-Eleven ................... $2.63 Western Petro.......... $2.75 Bob’s Conoco ...................... $2.75 Hilltop Sinclair ..................... $2.74 Anglers Kum N Go .............. $2.65 Ski Haus................................ $2.75 Mount Werner Sinclair........... $2.67 Shell ........................................ $2.75 Shop & Hop ............................. $2.67 State Average ................... ...................$2.53 National Average ...............$2.76
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Traffic in Steamboat Springs ground to a halt Sunday morning as cattle took over the street. The annual Saddleback Ranch Cattle Drive sent a herd of longhorns from the west end of downtown to the Brent Romick Rodeo Arena near Howelsen Hill.
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■ INDEX Aging Well . . . . .12 Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .23 Comics . . . . . . . .21 County Agenda. . .6 Crossword . . . . .21
Ranch families honored
Redmonds, Daughenbaughs keep agricultural tradition alive Brandon Gee
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Two longtime Routt County families were honored Sunday for their part in keeping the Yampa Valley’s ranching tradition alive. The Daughenbaugh and Redmond families each were
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Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 6-10-20-21-26 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
presented with a 2009 Heritage Family Award before the Mountain Valley Bank Ranch Rodeo at the Brent Romick Rodeo Arena. “It’s a real nice recognition,” Wanda Redmond said. “It makes some of those hard days in the backwoods worthwhile.” Redmond’s grandfather, George Gumprecht, first vis-
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Partly sunny with p.m. storms. High of 81.
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ited South Routt County in the late 1800s, and the family has owned property there for more than 100 years. Jack Redmond’s grandfather purchased grazing land west of Yampa in 1914. The couple lives on the Redmond Home Ranch, which is one of three ranches in Routt County listed on the Colorado State Register of Historical
Places. Jack Redmond lives in the house he was born in. The Redmonds said they love their animals and their way of life. “You’re your own boss,” Jack Redmond said. “You don’t have to go to the big wheel to get the day off.” See Ranchers, page 11
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