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Highlands denied again Other base area amendments get council’s OK at Tuesday meeting Page 11

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Clarification Emerald City Opera will not sell alcohol during its August productions at PerryMansfield Performing Arts School and Camp. The new location allows the opera to hold its Diva Gala event — a pre-performance reception where alcohol is available, but not sold, to patrons — on the same premises as the performances. A description of when and how alcohol would be available was incorrect in an article previewing the opera’s 2009 season on page 2 of Tuesday’s Steamboat Today.

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Data collection efforts reveal significant July 4 river usage, littering Zach Fridell

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More than 1,000 tubers, rafters and kayakers floated the Yampa River on July 4, a number that could underscore a need for improved management techniques. Steamboat Springs resident and avid fly fisher Scott Ford

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Steamboat Springs Community Service Officer Scott Schaffer explains the rules of the Yampa River to tubers, from left, Barbara Shortle, Alex Shortle, Mario Russo and Margaret Shortle on Tuesday at the Rotary Park parking area. The increasing popularity of tubing has created issues related to littering, alcohol consumption and conflicts between Yampa River user groups.

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Tuesday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 16-22-23-28-31 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

surveyed the river’s Fourth of July usage as part of an effort to quantify the use of the popular waterway. The need for such statistics was raised this spring as local officials and Yampa River advocates discussed how best to manage the river. Although Ford said Tuesday that the popularity of tubing and river recreation is a good thing for those enjoying

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the trip, he thinks it means the river should be managed as an amusement park. In the past, fishers and tubers have sparred over river usage, but Ford said the massive number of tubers should be a clear indicator that user groups should instead work together to clean up the mess left behind. Ford said he saw hats, sun-

glasses and flip-flops float by as tubers’ “unintentional littering” accumulated through the day. “It’s really gotten to be — and there’s nothing wrong with this necessarily — to be an attraction we need to manage more and more as an amusement,” Ford said. “I saw a lot of people having See Tubing, page 17

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This too shall pass

he recent behavior of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford finally tipped the scales in favor of a subject I’ve wanted to write about for a long time. Male menopause. In case you missed the news, Sanford, a married, conservative Republican with four sons, recently admitted to having a clandestine affair with an Argentine woman, Maria Belen Chapur. His strange behavior surrounding the affair (telling his staff he was going to hike the Appalachian Trail while he instead traveled to Argentina) pales only in comparison to his sniveling comments to the Associated Press: “I will be able to die knowing that I had met my soulmate.” Ouch! Listen up, Gov: If you want to reconcile with your wife (which he claims he does), don’t tell a global news network that you met your soulmate. I am a firm believer that men, just like women, go through menopause. Here’s a good joke about it that I found on the Internet. I don’t know who came up with it, but I wish I did: “Male menopause is a lot

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Joanne Palmer more fun than female menopause. With female menopause, you gain weight and get hot flashes. With male menopause, you get to date young girls and drive motorcycles.” So true! Decreasing levels of testosterone propels men to do stranger things than they usually do. However, because their symptoms are less recognizable than women’s, sometimes the erratic behavior gets chalked up to temporary insanity. Although I have no idea what the cure is (other than packing a bag — yours or his), I have polled my friends and come up with a list of symptoms to be on the lookout for: 1. “You want to do what?” If you find yourself saying this repeatedly to the man in your life, he may be in the grips of male menopause. His request could be anything from scaling

a distant mountain peak with a guide named “Trixie” to a sudden interest in hula-hooping underwater. 2. Facial hair. The growing or cutting of facial hair is usually a telltale sign of male menopause. If they have hair, they may decide to shave it all off or grow a moustache or a soul patch — a small patch of hair just below the lower lip and above the chin that, more often than not, looks like a piece of food got stuck there. If they are losing their hair, they may go for the Donald Trump combover or grow a remaining piece of it long enough to sport one of those wispy ponytails. 3. Change. Change in weight, change of career, change of address, change in spending habits. I read that Gov. Sanford was so frugal, he bought three of his staff members one soda with three straws. Now, as penance, he may have to spring for individual sodas. 4. Stalking mythical creatures such as Skunk Ape, Bigfoot or the abominable snowman. If he spends all of his free time watching the paraSee Palmer, page 14

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Routt County lays off 3 employees Further job losses are likely with 2010 budget development The Routt County Board of Commissioners laid off three employees Tuesday, part of an ongoing effort to confront revenue decreases resulting from a troubled economy. The Human Resources Department, Building and Plant/ Purchasing Department, and Clerk and Recorder’s Office each lost one employee. Those employees will receive a month of paid leave. “All indications are … that our revenues are not improving. All indications are that the economy is not going to turn around quickly,” Commissioner Nancy Stahoviak said. “It’s not easy for any of us to do this, but it’s something we have to do.” Judy Wiegard, the employee who was laid off from the Clerk and Recorder’s Office, said the loss of her job would have a huge impact on her family’s finances and her department. Routt County Clerk and Recorder Kay Weinland asked the commissioners to delay their decision to lay off Wiegard. “It’s not going to be easy for my staff to pick up where I left off and chop up my job into little pieces,” said Wiegard, an invoice supervisor and administrative assistant. Routt County is facing a $5 million deficit in its 2009 budget. There already have been cuts in personnel, operating and capital costs — including a 10

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percent reduction in pay countywide — but the projected deficit still stands at more than $1 million. “There’s only one other place to go,” Commissioner Diane Mitsch Bush said, alluding to the layoffs. The commissioners also chose to leave open 10 other vacant positions. Those positions will remain unfilled through 2010. Routt County Assessor Mike Kerrigan argued against freezing positions in his department. He said his department has received about 2,800 property tax assessment appeals this year. The previous high, set in 2001, was 1,800 appeals, Kerrigan said. Layoffs in the Routt County Regional Building Department are being handled separately because it is a fee-supported department. Last week, the commissioners laid off an electrical inspector and a plans examiner, and they eliminated a seasonal position that had been left open. County Manager Tom Sullivan said the cuts were based on losses in Building Department revenue of up to 50 percent. The commissioners took no formal action on their 2010 budget, but they gave their staff direction on its development. All three commissioners said they are willing to use some of the county’s cash reserves to balance next year’s budget. That will give the county latitude to possibly reduce its 10 percent across-the-board pay cut and limit the number of additional layoffs.

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Routt County Clerk and Recorder Kay Weinland pleads with county commissioners Tuesday to not lay off one of her employees because of budget cuts. Commissioners denied her request.

To balance next year’s budget without the use of cash reserves, the county would have to leave the 10 percent pay reduction in place and eliminate about a dozen more positions. Regardless of whether the pay cut is reduced, commissioners Stahoviak and Monger said they want to do away with the furlough program the county adopted earlier this year to reduce county employees’ hours in an amount proportional to their pay cut. “It’s not targeted at departments where we might have discretion to reduce service levels See Cuts, page 19

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Driver in chase faces 9 charges Police say guns, truck were stolen from same Craig residence Zach Fridell

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The Craig man who led deputies on a 40-mile chase Monday faces nine charges and remains in Routt County Jail on two $50,000 bonds. Glen Alan Shaffer is charged with motor vehicle theft, vehicular eluding, illegal possession of a weapon, criminal trespassing, failure Shaffer to appear, being a fugitive of justice, driving under revocation by a habitual offender, driving under the influence and careless driving. Routt County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Ken Klinger said the 10 guns found inside the truck driven by Shaffer were reported stolen from the same Moffat County house where the truck was stolen. The chase began Monday afternoon after a Steamboat Springs Police Department officer recognized the truck from a “be on the lookout,” or BOLO,

bulletin broadcast over police frequencies. The officer attempted to pull over Shaffer near police headquarters at Eighth and Yampa streets, Capt. Joel Rae said, but Shaffer pulled onto Yampa Street, turned right onto Fifth Street, headed over the Fifth Street Bridge and down River Road through the Brooklyn neighborhood. With officers in pursuit, Shaffer turned onto Colorado Highway 131 and then east onto U.S. Highway 40. According to Klinger and Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Scott Elliott, 11 law enforcement vehicles took part in the chase at various times, including sheriff ’s office deputies from Routt, Grand and Jackson counties; Colorado State Patrol troopers and Steamboat Springs police officers. Klinger said chase speeds ranged from 5 to 75 mph. Klinger said Shaffer did not hit any other cars during the chase, but at least two cars took evasive action to avoid Shaffer. Officers used stop sticks to puncture two of the truck’s tires — one front tire and one rear tire — but Shaffer drove on rims

for some time before coming to a stop. When he did stop, near mile marker 172.5 on U.S. 40 in Grand County, deputies ordered Shaffer out of the car at gunpoint, and he gave up without incident, Klinger said. Inside the truck, deputies found 10 guns, including a loaded .357 magnum and a loaded centerfire rifle. Klinger said Shaffer was seen reaching under his seat during the pursuit, near the area where the handgun was found, but Shaffer was never seen pointing a gun. The rest of the guns were not loaded, Klinger said. Klinger said deputies also found a small amount of marijuana, three pipes and a number of beer cans. A warrant was issued for Shaffer on June 22 by a probation officer for an unnamed probation violation, according to records at the Routt County Justice Center. Klinger said Shaffer is thought to have frequently moved between Oak Creek and Craig. It was not clear Tuesday evening when Shaffer’s first court appearance would take place.

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■ Yampatika hosts a bird hike from 8 to 10 a.m. Location is to be determined. Call Yampatika at 871-9151 to register. ■ Social gardening is from 9 a.m. to noon at Yampa River Botanic Park. Help plant flowers, weed and learn about high country gardening. Take a hat, sunscreen, gloves and water. Meet Gayle at the shed. ■ An Olympic Heritage Walking Tour of Steamboat Springs is from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Meet at Olympian Hall at Howelsen Hill, 845 Howelsen Parkway. Participants receive a coupon for $1 off admission to Tread of Pioneers Museum and a free ticket for the Howelsen Hill chairlift. ■ Bud Werner Memorial Library hosts a free story-time program, The Under Five Club, from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and 10 to 10:30 a.m. The walk-in program includes books, stories and songs for children ages 3 and 4 with a caregiver. ■ The Steamboat Restaurant Association meets at 10 a.m. at the Steamboat Smokehouse restaurant to discuss a dining guide and golf benefit. Coffee and pastries are provided. ■ Laurel Street Preschool & Family Center hosts its annual bake sale and lemonade stand from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 582 Laurel Lane across from Soda Creek Elementary School. All proceeds will go toward purchasing a camera and printer for the school. All items are baked by parents and teachers. Call 879-7776. ■ Newborn Network hosts a Young Moms group at 10:30 a.m. at Brooklyn Park. Call 879-0977. ■ Aging Well, a program of the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, holds “Wellness Day” at 11 a.m. at the Haven Community Center in Hayden. The day includes Arthritis Foundation exercise, lunch for $2.50, a guest speaker, a memoir-writing class, wellness checks from a registered nurse, and foot care by appointment. Call Aging Well at 871-7676. ■ The Steamboat Relay business group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of every month at the Egg & I Restaurant. Steamboat Relay is a group of local business owners and professionals who work together to promote Steamboat businesses. Call 819-0312 or visit www.steamboatrelay.com. ■ A free music talk with Dr. Ken Greene is at noon at Strings Music Pavilion. Green will lead an informal chat previewing this week’s classical

Memorial service Rebecca A. Green, of Steamboat Springs, passed away June 13, 2009. A memorial service is at 10 a.m. Thursday at United Methodist Church. A graveside service will follow. For more information, call the Yampa Valley Funeral Home at 970-879-1494. music concerts, including Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto performed by soloist Jon Kimura Parker, and Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano. Call 879-5056, ext. 105.

open to the public. Players must be age 18 or older. Visit www.steamboatpokertour.com.

■ The Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge Group plays an ACBL sanctioned duplicate game at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. Reservations are requested. Call Elaine at 879-1994.

■ The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association offers free cardiovascular assessments from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the VNA office, 940 Central Park Drive, Suite 101. Assessments include full cholesterol panel, glucose levels and BMI. Call 846-9855 or 8751880 to make an appointment.

■ Yampa Valley Medical Center holds a Heartsaver CPR & First Aid class from 5 to 10 p.m. Registration is required; call the Wellness Program at 871-2500. The class provides certification through the American Heart Association that is good for two years. ■ The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association hosts a Business After-Hours Mixer from 5 to 7 p.m. at Old Town Hot Springs. It is free for Chamber members and their guests. ■ Bud Werner Memorial Library hosts an evening of interactive dance performances by the Yampa Valley Ceili Society and the Steamboat Springs African Dance Ensemble at 6 p.m. in the library’s Community Room. This is a free, all-ages event for the whole family. ■ Talking Green, a Steamboat Springs green building group, hosts an informational session about homeowner rebates for insulation on existing homes, from 6 to 7 p.m. at Harwig’s restaurant. All are welcome. Call Sarah Fox at 879-7529 for details. ■ A free Qigong class open for people of all levels is at 6 p.m. at Yampa River Botanic Park. Call Neil at 819-2835. ■ Steamboat Springs women’s rugby is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ski Town Fields next to the Tennis Center. No experience is necessary, and all women are invited. Call Anne at 303-859-3784. ■ Steamboat’s Recreational Poker league plays at 7 p.m. at the Snow Bowl. The tournament is free and

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■ Yampatika hosts a free, guided hike at 9 a.m. at Fish Creek Falls. Meet at the upper parking lot kiosk. A free hike at is at 10 a.m. at Vista Verde Guest Ranch. Call 871-9151 to register. A hike on Mount Werner is from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A gondola ticket is required. Meet in the information center at the gondola base. Call 871-5444. ■ Newborn Network hosts a Crawler and Toddler Group at 10 a.m. at Brooklyn Park. Join for a walk on the Core Trail. Call 879-0977. ■ Holy Name Catholic Church hosts a free community dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall, 524 Oak St. All are welcome. To-go boxes are available. Call Lisa-Marie at 879-0671 for more information.

FRIDAY ■ Yampatika hosts a Mad Creek history and wildflower hike from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $40 for members and $45 for nonmembers. Meet at the trailhead on C.R. 129. Call 8719151 to register. A free, guided hike is at 9 a.m. at Fish Creek Falls. Meet at the upper parking lot kiosk. ■ The Steamboat Art Museum sponsors a botanical illustration workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the new Trillium House at Yampa River Botanic Park. The cost is $200 with proceeds benefiting the museum. Call the museum at 870-1755 to register. Participants will learn basic drawing and colored pencil techniques.

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Layoffs a difficult, but correct, move

he Routt County Board of Commissioners made the difficult, but ultimately correct, decision Tuesday to lay off three county employees and leave 10 other positions unfilled through 2010. Although it may AT ISSUE not be the last set County layoffs, of layoffs for county employees, the comfurloughs missioners should be commended for their OUR VIEW efforts to “right-size” Commissioners county government. took the Tuesday’s moves were just the latest in responsible a string of cost-cutapproach ting measures adoptTuesday in ed by the county in efforts to reduce the past year. Routt budget gap. County government faces a $5 million deficit in its 2009 budget, primarily the result of decreased revenues resulting from the economic recession. Previous budget cuts still leave the county more than $1 million short of a balanced budget. In April, the commissioners enacted an across-the-board 10 percent pay cut for all county employees except elected department leaders, whose salaries are

established by the state Legislature. The pay reduction will save an estimated $1.05 million this year. But as Commissioner Diane Mitsch Bush noted during Tuesday’s public hearing, it simply wasn’t enough. Thus the decision to move forward with the layoffs and the long-term freezing of 10 vacant positions. We’re saddened by the loss of employment for three fellow county residents, and it’s hard to imagine a more difficult time for families to experience job loss and the economic hardship it brings. But any emotional reaction to layoffs can’t overshadow the fact that government — just like the private sector — must downsize when revenues and workloads decrease. Routt County certainly isn’t the first local employer to eliminate positions during the recession, and it won’t be the last. For that matter, Routt County government isn’t the only local employer to reduce worker wages since the economy headed south. To boost staff morale and give workers more flexibility, the county also approved in April a furlough plan to accompany the 10 percent pay cuts. It was a move we applauded when it was made.

County officials now are considering whether to abandon the furlough system, which reduced employee hours by 10 percent to match their pay cut. From the beginning, the county made it known that furloughs aren’t sustainable and shouldn’t be used as a long-term solution to budget shortfalls. County Manager Tom Sullivan noted Tuesday that the furloughs aren’t “targeted at departments where we might have discretion to reduce service levels but impacts those that provide critical services, as well.” Sullivan is correct that reduced hours should be targeted at departments that have experienced a decrease demand for service and discretionary programs. But that then begs the question of whether it’s better to make everyone work fewer hours each week or eliminate additional positions where warranted? To that end, Commissioners Doug Monger and Nancy Stahoviak said Tuesday they would be willing to consider reducing the pay cut to as low as 5 percent, a move possible only through additional targeted layoffs. It won’t be an easy or popular decision, but it very well may be the right decision for the taxpayers and residents of Routt County.

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Inhumane seal hunt Most people in this world are oblivious and hidden to the fact that every year, Canada brutally slaughters 350,000 baby harp seals. This is the largest mass slaughter of any species on the face of the Earth. Humanity has embarked on a time that is starting to show environmental deterioration. Throughout the years, studies have shown that industries that produce many different materials have grown exponentially along with their pollution, putting immense environmental strains on our global ecosystem, as

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well as the No. 1 source that sustains life: our oceans, coral reefs and the marine mammals of the ocean. Not only are we starting to see a weakening environmental ecosystem on land but in the oceans, as well. Our oceans, coral reefs and marine mammal conservation status all are declining in health and numbers. As humanity climbs to increasing population, as well as increasing industrialization, we will continue to see our environment buckle under these enormous strains. We have yet to understand how important our environment is and how much we depend on its health for our life. We do

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not have the right to treat it the way we are, and as a result, we are starting to have numerous problems that will start to affect the entire world. Our oceans are dying, and we must be the generation to stand up and say, ‘This is enough;’ we must protect life because everything has the right to live. I am a volunteer and supporter of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Sea Shepherd is a nonprofit organization that protects ocean wildlife and habitats worldwide from the cruel, barbaric and inhumane acts of human violence. See Letters, page 9 Bruce Tinsley

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Sea Shepherd undergoes many campaigns to save marine mammals from brutal slaughter by humans, and one of their campaigns is to save the seals of the world by stopping Canada and other countries from sealing. We are in the 21st century. These actions by Canada are uncalled for, and the Canadian commercial seal hunt must be shut down forever. This is one of the most inhumane acts of violence that humans are committing against these beautiful creatures. By this, we are further disrupting the natural balance of the ecosystem and more importantly the species that we are losing because of our careless and unsympathetic actions. You can join in the fight to save these marine mammals. They need your help before it is too late. Visit www.seashepherd.org, or e-mail me at paul_ rose_88@hotmail.com.

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Here to help In today’s struggling economy, preventive services and affordable health care are more important than ever to ensure that woman and their families in need of health care services do not go underserved. As health center manager at the Steamboat Springs Planned Parenthood, I’d like to remind the people of Routt County that we are here to serve the community. We know the importance and value of preventive care. That’s what we do every day when we provide services such as annual exams, breast exams, referrals for free or low-cost mammograms, STD testing, all birth-control methods (including emergency contraception), pregnancy testing, HPV vaccinations and more. All of our services are available on a walk-in basis or by calling 970-879-2212 to make an appointment. American women and their

families are struggling not only with job loss but also with loss of health insurance and access to affordable basic health care. As purse strings tighten, many people are being forced to decide between putting food on the table and paying for a visit to the doctor. Planned Parenthood can help make these decisions less difficult. Our health center accepts private insurance and Medicaid. For those paying out-of-pocket, we aim to keep our prices affordable. We also have grants and funding available for those who financially qualify in all age groups. As a leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, the community’s wellbeing is a daily priority for Planned Parenthood, and this focus will not waiver even in times of economic woe.

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News in brief CDOT will repair shoulder on part of U.S. 40 in July

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Motorists can expect 15to 20-minute delays on U.S. Highway 40 between Muddy Pass and Kremmling for much of the rest of July. The Colorado Department of Transportation will perform shoulder repair between mile markers 164 and 191 from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today; July 13 to 15; July 20 to 22; and July 27 to 29. The speed limit will be reduced to 25 mph through the work zone, according to a news release from CDOT. Traffic will be reduced to one lane, and a pilot car will escort vehicles through the work zone.

Perry-Mansfield receives state grant for the arts

Endowment for the Arts and “invests in communities across the state to ensure that the culPerry-Mansfield Performing tural, educational and economic Arts School and Camp was one benefits of the arts are enjoyed of 128 recipients of Artist and by thousands of Colorado youth Organization grants from the and millions of Colorado visitors Colorado Council on the Arts on and citizens every day,” accordJuly 2. The group awarded $9,900 ing to a mission statement on the to the summer arts school to CCA Web site. support its Discovery Day Camp Strings Music Festival and Intermediate Camp for the and the Steamboat Springs 2009 season, according to a news Orchestra also received Artist release from Perry-Mansfield. and Organization Grants for The CCA announced 128 $9,900 each in this grant cycle. awards amounting to $907,000 Awards are for activities to take to individuals, organizations and place from July 1, 2009 to June government agencies in 33 coun- 30, 2010. Total CCA grant funds ties, according to the release. The were 25 percent less than they state agency uses state funds and were for the same time period last federal money from the National year, according to the release.

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MONDAY, JULY 6 12:01 a.m. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were contacted by someone in the 600 block of South Lincoln Avenue who was concerned about a man pacing back and forth and possibly intoxicated. Officers gave the man a courtesy ride. 6:25 a.m. Hayden Police Department officers were called to a report of an argument between two employees in the 200 block of West Jefferson Avenue. Officers informed the store manager. 9:26 a.m. Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue and North Routt Fire Protection District emergency responders were called to a request for an ambulance in Clark. 11:08 a.m. West Routt Fire Protection District emergency responders and Hayden police officers were called to a reported oil spill in the 100 block of East Jefferson Avenue in Hayden. Firefighters determined it was a stain on the road. 11:14 a.m. Police helped someone in the 2100 block of Golf View Way. 11:49 a.m. Police were called to a report of vandalism in Walton Pond Circle where graffiti was reported on a trash container and a sign. 12:52 p.m. Police were called to a report

of harassing phone calls in Steamboat Springs. 1:48 p.m. Police were called to a report of a theft of a laptop in the 1200 block of Hilltop Parkway. 2:59 p.m. Police were called to a report of a noninjury, two-car, hit-and-run accident in the 500 block of South Lincoln Avenue. 5:46 p.m. Police were called to a report of a liquor violation in the first block of Anglers Drive. 6:55 p.m. Police, Colorado State Patrol troopers and Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies were involved in a chase with a man in a stolen truck. The chase began at Seventh and Yampa streets and proceeded up Rabbit Ears Pass and into Grand County. Deputies arrested the driver on suspicion of nine charges, including motor vehicle theft and illegal possession of firearms. Law enforcement officers recovered 10 guns from the truck. 7:30 p.m. Deputies were called to a report of a burglary in the 29000 block of Colorado Highway 131 where cash was missing from a ranch. 8:53 p.m. Hayden police were called to a report of a theft in the 700 block of West Jefferson Avenue in Hayden where a large gas can, one-third full of gas,

was reportedly stolen from a driveway. 9:31 p.m. Police, Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue and mental health professionals were called to a report of an intoxicated man in the 2900 block of West Acres Drives. Officers took the man to detox. 9:37 p.m. Police were called to a report of a disturbance in the 1200 block of Athens Plaza where a man was reportedly causing damage to property. A woman at the residence was given a courtesy ride. 10:25 p.m. Police were called to a report of a noise complaint in the 2700 block of Riverside Drive where several men were reportedly being loud. Officers warned the men. 10:50 p.m. Police and Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue were called to a report of a noninjury car crash in the 2600 block of Anthony’s Circle where a car reportedly slid off the road and hit a tree.

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The Steamboat Springs City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday setting height limitations as tall as 105 feet at the base of Steamboat Ski Area. Council also up-zoned 10 base-area lots to its highestintensity zoning designations. While promoting high-density development in general at the base area, council also reversed course on a requested zoning change for the proposed Steamboat Highlands project on Burgess Creek Road. Last month, council voted, 43, to overturn the city Planning Commission’s denial — also by a 4-3 vote — in May of the requested zoning map amendment. Steamboat Highlands sought to change a 1.4-acre parcel’s zoning from RE-1, a low-density residential designation that allows only one unit per lot, to G-1, the city’s second-highest-density resort area designation. Before Tuesday, arguments against the zone change had centered on its potential to exacerbate dangers that already exist on the steep, winding and narrow Burgess Creek Road. But a new argument by Steamboat attorney Ron Smith, representing the neighboring Bronze Tree Condominiums, was what convinced Councilman Walter Magill to reverse his vote from last month and rule against the zoning change.

Smith argued that the city’s urban renewal authority at the Community Development Code base area and have their projstates that development in the ects certified by a green building G-1 zone district “shall be phys- program, such as the U.S. Green ically connected to the resort Building Council’s Leadership by an integral sysin Energy and tem of streets, E nv i ro n m e n t a l “It’s the only thing sidewalks and recDesign program. we can do to reational paths.” The city is proposaggregate the ing that no further Smith said such a height variances system does not lots. This gives be allowed. The exist for Steamboat you guys control.” current maximum Highlands because height is 67 feet, its only connections Jeremy MacGray but higher heights to the resort are JSM Builders employee, can be negotiated by Burgess Creek representative for as part of plannedRoad and a private Gamir/Reilly Development unit development pedestrian easement across Bronze application, which Tree property. has been criticized as “frustratA successful zoning map ing, drawn-out and unpredictamendment is a necessary pre- able. cursor for development plans that call for a 328,610-square- Also Tuesday foot project 108 feet tall on the ■ During a report at the end subject parcel and a neighbor- of the meeting, Councilwoman ing lot already zoned G-1. Meg Bentley sought council Jeremy MacGray, of JSM members’ support for draftBuilders, local representative ing an ordinance that would for developers Gamir/Reilly put all substantial annexations Development, said up-zoning approved by the City Council the parcel was the only way to to a citywide vote. Councilman create the type of improvements Steve Ivancie was the only other the city wants to see in the area. council member to support “It’s the only thing we can do the idea. Councilwoman Cari to aggregate the lots,” MacGray Hermacinski noted residents said. “This gives you guys con- already have the right to collect signatures and put any decitrol.” sion of council to a referendum. In addition to changes to Councilman Jon Quinn said allowable height and other putting all annexations to a vote dimensional standards, the would amount to a dereliction amendments council approved of duty on the part of council. to its base area zone districts ■ Council and members of and design standards will require the public discussed the U.S. developers to make an additional contribution to the city’s See Council, page 19

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Una batalla ha comenzado entre los residentes de Steamboat Springs quienes voluntariamente han mantenido parte del terreno de su vecindario que pertenece a la ciudad y oficiales del gobierno que piensan que la parcela debería ser dejada para que se desarrolle más naturalmente. El 9 de Junio, David Epstein fue multado por el Departamento de Policía de Steamboat Springs por cortar arbustos de sauce con una podadora para uso industrial en el vecindario de Riverside al oeste de Steamboat. Los arbustos estaban en un terreno de 4 acres propiedad de la ciudad al lado del Río Yampa. Por años, una porción de la propiedad ha sido voluntariamente podada por los resi-

dentes y ha sido usada como un parque comunitario improvisado, residente de Riverside y abogada de Steamboat Cheryl Hardy-Moore dijeron. Adicionalmente a los arbustos cortados por Epstein, HardyMoore dijo que la ciudad ahora esta cuestionando si es legal que los residentes corten el césped en la parcela Director de Parques, Lugares Abiertos y Servicios Recreacionales Chris Wilson dijo que Epstein fue multado bajo el código municipal de la ciudad que dice, “Ninguna persona excepto el gerente de la ciudad puede rociar, poner ornamentos, fertilizar, o de otra manera, tratar, remover, destrozar, romper, cortar o recortar ninguna planta viva o ninguna otra cosa que crece en la propiedad de la ciudad sin haber obtenido un permiso por escrito del gerente.” “Todas esas plantas

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estaba antes. … Esa era la intención, no queríamos poner juegos para niños.” Hardy-Moore dijo que dos de los cinco residentes que dieron el terreno a la ciudad todavía viven en el vecindario y están emocionados de ver como la propiedad ha evolucionado. Ella también piensa que las piedras instaladas recientemente fueron con la intención de obstruir el camino de una de las podadoras que un residente usa para cortar el césped. “Aprecio que están tratando de proteger la propiedad de la ciudad,” ella dijo, “pero creo que se están pasando del límite de la manera como han interpretado la escritura.” Wilson, sin embargo, dijo que los residentes de la ciudad merecen tener una oportunidad para decir como quieren que la propiedad sea administrada. “Porque es una propiedad de la ciudad y controlada por la ciudad, tiene sentido tratar de abrirlo (en discusión),” dijo Wilson. “Como propiedad pública, necesita ir por un proceso público.” Wilson dijo que espera que la ciudad y los residentes de Riverside puedan llegar a un acuerdo en respecto al terreno.

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continúe podando el césped — por mientras. Cinco residentes de Riverside dieron el terreno por escritura a la ciudad en 1989 bajo ciertas condiciones específicas. “Existe esta cláusula que el terreno sea mantenido de una manera natural, escénica,” dijo Roberts. “Lo que eso significa exactamente está abierto a interpretación.” Wilson dijo que la ciudad ha estado administrando la parcela como un área abierta y ha instalado piedras y troncos para mantener vehículos fuera de la propiedad. Pero Hardy-Moore dijo que ella piensa que poniendo una multa a Epstein y cuestionando la legalidad de podar la propiedad, la ciudad está pasándose de los límites. Ella dijo que los arbustos recién empezaron a crecer — obstruyendo la vista de los residentes al Río Yampa — y removiéndolos es consistente con la parte de “mantenimiento” de la propiedad. “Es restaurando lo que solía ser,” dijo Hardy-Moore, quien ha vivido en Riverside desde 1991. “Nuestra teoría legal — y emocional, pero definitivamente legal — es que cortar el césped no es construir una mejora … y es mantener el terreno en condición abierta, escénica y natural, como

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pertenecían a la ciudad,” dijo Wilson. Capitán de la Policía de Steamboat Springs Joel Rae dijo que Epstein fue multado después que la ciudad recibiera una queja acerca de que él estaba removiendo los arbustos. Rae dijo que Epstein fue visto botando los arbustos al río. La ciudad también está preocupada acerca de una banca en la propiedad cerca al río, ellos piensan que Epstein fue quien la instaló. “La ciudad ha diseñado estándares y prácticas de administración,” dijo Wilson. “Si alguien quiere una banca en memoria de alguien, hay un proceso que se tiene que seguir. … Si alguien se hace daño en esa banco, ¿Quién sería el responsable?” También hay una red para jugar hockey en la propiedad al final del campo podado. En la reunión del Miércoles, la comisión de Parques y Recreaciones de Steamboat Springs decidirán si necesitan una reunión para discutir acerca de la controversia en el futuro. El gerente de la ciudad Jon Roberts dijo que la multa de Epstein esta siendo mantenida en suspenso — y se le ha otorgado un permiso a un residente de Riverside para que

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Whether you’re a successful contractor recently awarded a large new opportunity seeking assistance in growth, a struggling restaurant trying to ride out the economy, or an upstart entrepreneur with a great idea but little capital and business knowledge, the Steamboat community has a resource available to your business. The Small Business Resource Center at Colorado Mountain College has, for nearly a decade, helped businesses of all shapes and sizes manage some aspect of the start, survive, grow and sell cycle that nearly all businesses go through. A central feature of the SBRC is the relationship with SCORE. SCORE is a large, national organization of volunteers who offer their experience and knowledge for free and in a low stress, confidential environment. SCORE is part of the Small Business Administration, and all volunteers are approved by the SBA and sign a code of conduct regulating their counseling activities. In Steamboat, our team of 10 volunteers each offers decades of management and executive experience in a variety of subjects from finance, marketing, management, not for profit board development, human resources, retail, leadership and business mergers and acquisitions. An overview of a counseling experience would include 1 to 5 meetings of an hour or two in length with follow-up recommendations made between meetings by the SCORE counselor. At SCORE, we offer a ideas, advice, recommendations and assistance. The small business operator still will need to make the decisions and do the

hard work of starting or running the business. SCORE and Colorado Mountain College also have created a series of seminars to assist the business community. Success Steps is a luncheon program offered most months from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Currently, this program is at the Smokehouse Restaurant on the second Thursday of each month. Oriented to existing businesses searching for knowledge and professional development opportunities, speakers from SCORE and the community offer suggestions and advice on a variety of business subjects. Upcoming programs include “Working with your Accountant” in August, “Business Self Evaluation” in September and “Small Business Mergers, Sales and Acquisitions” in October. The fee for this luncheon is $15 and covers a great buffet lunch. First Steps is a seminar focused on helping entrepreneurs who have never run a business evaluate the feasibility of their idea. Concepts covered during this 2.5 hour session include customer demographics, estimating revenue, forecasting expenses (start-up and ongoing), pursuing business loans and building a business plan. Each month, except December, this program is offered in Bogue Hall at CMC on the third Wednesday evening from 6:30 to 9. This seminar is free. Next Steps is offered in the spring and fall each year and builds significantly on the concepts taught in First Steps. The class, offered during a three or four evening period, goes into much more detail about the skills, knowledge, planning and forecasting necessary to start or run a small business. The

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SCORE team shares in this training along with professionals from the community. There is a modest fee for this program to cover supplies and refreshments. Dates for fall 2009 should be available by Labor Day. During the past few years, the CMC Small Business Resource Center has offered a series of Leadership development workshops oriented to new managers and supervisors to help them make the transition to effective leaders. Not many local small businesses can spare the time and money to send their people to the Front Range for professional training. CMC offers this program at a reasonable cost, in half-day increments Friday mornings for the utmost convenience to the employee and employer. Many of these seminars are suited to the new entrepreneur who has never hired an employee before. In 2009, the following programs will occur yet this year: July 17, Stress Management; Aug. 21, Conflict Resolution; and Dec. 4, Conducting Effective Performance Evaluations. The Small Business Resource Center also manages Bogue Hall on the campus of CMC. This building was converted in 1999 to a business incubator. With 30 suites for rent at below market rates and flexible short term leases, many businesses in our community have hung

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Ben Strook, owner of The Drunken Onion Get & Go Kitchen in Wildhorse Marketplace, worked with the SCORE program to create a business plan which made it possible to get his business off the ground.

up their first shingle in Bogue Hall. A copy center, high speed internet, meeting space and the college campus environment (including dining hall) make this appropriate for someone needing office space that is not ready for a long-term lease but just cannot work out of their condo anymore. Starting in fall 2009, Colorado Mountain College will begin offering a for credit academic program in Entrepreneurship. Twelve and 15 credit Certificates will be available, and an associate’s degree also is being offered. Many of the classes, including the capstone classes, Entrepreneurial Operations and Small Business Management

will be offered at the Steamboat campus while other classes will be offered through CMC’s virtual campus with instructors from across the CMC district. Randy Rudasics is the Manager of the Small Business Resource Center and the coordinator for the SCORE program. A former manager at Hewlett Packard and small business owner/manager in South Bend, Ind., Randy has a great deal of experience in the challenges of operating a business in a competitive environment. To learn more about these resources, programs or to request counseling assistance, please call Randy at 870-4491, or e-mail at rudasics_ 1@msn.com.

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Believe it or not, we are already one week into the Strings summer season, and I hope you’ve had a chance to join us for one of our concerts. But whether you have or haven’t, carpe diem — seize the day — and come on down. Read about the upcoming programs Greene and pick one — I know you’ll be glad you did. Today, classical guitarist Jason Vieaux returns for a concert of Spanish and Italian music. Works by composers Pugnani, Tarrega, Albeniz, Paganini and Dohnanyi will be performed. On Friday, Canadian fiddling family Leahy will stepdance its way onto the Strings Pavilion stage. The group has won several Juno awards, including best new group, best country group and best instrumental album, and you will quickly see why. The eight siblings — Donnell, Siobheann, Frank, Agnes, Doug, Angus, Erin and Maria — play fiddle, bass, drums, keyboards, man-

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dolin and piano, and of course, step dance. Saturday night celebrates the return of pianist Jon Kimura Parker as a soloist with the Strings Festival Orchestra, performing Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. The program begins with Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra,” performed by music director and conductor Andres Cardenes and violist Arturo Delmoni. Next is Respighi’s “Trittico Botticelliano,” a piece inspired by three paintings of Italian painter Botticelli, La Primavera

(Spring), L’adorazione dei Magi (The Adoration of the Magi), and La nascita di Venere (The Birth of Venus). There is a free musical talk at noon today. Concert commentator Ken Greene will discuss the Beethoven Piano Concerto with Parker, talk about Respighi’s piece and show slides of Botticelli’s paintings. Elissa Greene is information technology director and development coordinator for the Strings Music Festival. Contact her at 970-879-5056, ext. 100, or elissa @stringsmusicfestival.com.

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normal channel, talking about the migratory patterns of one of these creatures and then, just to top it off, announces he’s cashed in his 401(k) to go track down the hairy beast, consider spiking his morning coffee with a dash of hormone replacement therapy. 5. Sports comeback. Your guy set the record in the 25-

meter butterfly in high school, and now he’s trying to do it again, at 48. He embarks on an ambitious training schedule, loses 40 pounds and drinks nothing but spinach shakes. As long as Miss Trixie isn’t the lifeguard, you can probably ride this one out, since a sports comeback may be less expensive than a sports car. Good luck, ladies. And remember, this too shall pass!

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Conference refreshes scribes Day for Writers features 2 authors, 4 seminars and intimate setting The conference usually fills up, and it offers participants a chance to interact with each instructor, said Harriet Freiberger, a former conference coordinator who has been with the Writers Group since it formed in 1982. The day is open to beginning and published authors, and it’s meant to be productive, she said. “It’s a working group, and we always tell our instructors, ‘Don’t think this is a fluff thing … these people really want to learn something.’ Everybody is there because they want to leave with something that helps them,” Freiberger said. For the past 28 years, the Writers Group has helped fulfill the Art Council’s role as a supporter of arts and humanities, de Wardt said. The Day for Writers is a chance to learn some new skills, ask questions of people who have been successful, and be with other people who write and understand that writing can be a very specific and sometimes overwhelming endeavor, she said. “It really speaks to that opportunity to say, ‘I write, and I really deserve to be around other people who write,’” she said.

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At its annual Day for Writers, the Steamboat Springs Writers Group hopes to bring a large conference feeling to a small setting. “We have a lot of writers in Steamboat who are really good, and you can’t afford to go to the big Maui Writers Conference; it’s several thousand dollars,” said Day for Writers coordinator Susan de Wardt. “We want to bring that kind of experience right here in our town, to the people who live and work and write in Routt County.” There are a few spots left for the 28th annual conference, which is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 18 at the Depot Art Center. Sponsored by the Writers Group and the Steamboat Springs Arts Council, the Day for Writers features four seminars by two authors: novelist Wick Downing and short story writer Erika Krouse. Downing, who wrote courtroom dramas before transitioning to young adult novels, will talk about using imagination to write from varying points of view. In a workshop titled, “Are You Kidding Me?” Downing will address why, as an older man, he can write from the mind of a 14year-old girl, de Wardt said.

What: Steamboat Springs Day for Writers, presented by the Steamboat Springs Writers Group and Steamboat Springs Arts Council When: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 18 Where: The Depot Art Center, 1001 13th St. Cost: $60 covers four seminars and a catered lunch Call: Susan de Wardt at 846-6562 or e-mail susan@steamboatwriters.com More info: From 1 to 4 p.m. July 17, de Wardt will lead a workshop titled “Write Way to Success,” using her techniques as a life coach to help conference attendees look at barriers to their creativity and success. Conference participants also are invited to a separately ticketed Friday night barbecue dinner and “Ten Minutes of Fame” reading session. Admission to the Friday events is $25.

Krouse will share exercises to help stuck writers get going and offer tips about how to get through the revision process to keep ideas moving through multiple drafts. Conference organizers typically look for regional instructors to stay within a limited budget; Colorado has a large pool of established writers, de Wardt said. Organizers start looking for the next year’s presenters in August and try to get a mix of fiction, nonfiction and publishing experts from year to year, she said.

— To reach Margaret Hair, call 871-4204 or e-mail mhair@steamboatpilot.com

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toward the comparably bright star Vega to the east. A person with normal vision should be able to see seven glittering stars outlining the celestial crown. The brightest of the seven is a star known by two different names: Alphecca, meaning “the broken circle,” and Gemma, meaning “the jewel

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ing to how well they met judging criteria. For six of those sets, contestants explained to a judges panel why they put the animal where they did. In contests with more opportunities to provide logical reasons, Koroulis shines. “I think the thing that gave me probably my biggest advantage is that we did six sets of reasons,” she said. Many contests require three sets of reasons. “I’m not great at placing, but my best attribute is probably my speaking skills.” Koroulis, a member of the Elk River Rangers 4-H Club, and South Routt 4-H member Morgan Hatfield each earned enough top10 finishes in livestock-judging competitions this year to qualify See Livestock, page 18

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fun, and the river is a shared resource, and as such those of us who live here have to figure out a way to clean it up.” Ford kept count of the number of river users throughout the day in order to have concrete statistics to use in Yampa River Management Plan discussions. “The popularity of tubing the river, I think the numbers are much larger than people may have given thought to,” he said. At an April meeting of the Steamboat Springs Parks and Recreation Commission, the city agreed to increase efforts to write tickets for littering, parking violations and alcohol infractions but not enact any new regulations on river usage. Part of the problem involves what sections of the river tubers use. Commercial tubing outfitters are required to put-in at the Fifth Street Bridge or lower; many private tubers, however, head to Rotary Park and tube a much longer stretch of the river — including areas where the Colorado Division of Wildlife has dedicated significant dollars to improving fish habitat. Private tubers also don’t have the commercial guides to remind them of the rules and prevent alcohol consumption and other issues. During April’s discussion, it was noted that there is no concrete data to gauge how many tubers are using the river, and Ford agreed to take the lead in studying the issue. Ford said he counted more than 900 users on one branch of the river after it forks near Dr. Rich Weiss Park between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. July 4. He said given the likelihood of at least 10 percent of the users floating the other fork, he estimates

more than 1,000 tubers, rafters extra patrols, but officers did and kayakers used the river dur- issue tickets for parking violaing that time. tions and warnings for drinkIn the time he was counting ing. Rae said any minors found tubers, Ford said he saw one lone fisherman, floating down drinking would be ticketed. the river in a drift boat, surrounded by a flotilla of tubers Cleanup efforts and rafters. Ford hopes to see user “Is there user conflict? Abso- groups band together to clean lutely. It comes down to if you what they can from the river. were trying to fish the river “The more it looks like a on the Fourth of July or even trashcan, the more people will (Tuesday) aftertreat it as a trashnoon, there would can,” he said. “Is there user be huge challengPeter Van De conflict? Absolutely. es,” he said. Carr, owner of It comes down to Ford said he did Backdoor Sports not see any intenif you were trying and member of tional littering, but the Respect the to fish the river on there were plenty Yampa campaign, the Fourth of July of beer cans floatsaid the group or even (Tuesday) ing along. plans to hold a “As the afterafternoon, there cleanup day as noon went on, and soon as the water would be huge more beer was conlevels drop. challenges.” sumed, it became “It’s more a mixture between effective to clean Scott Ford Fort Lauderdale the river when Steamboat Springs resident spring break and there’s less water and fly fisher Mardi Gras,” he in it,” he said. The said. river was running Steamboat Springs Police at 529 cubic feet per second Department Capt. Joel Rae Tuesday afternoon, and Van said Colorado Division of De Carr said it’s best to have Wildlife officers patrolling put- the river below 300 cfs in order in points on the river called for to clean. police to respond to drinking He said he hopes to organize in the parking lots and parking local groups to participate in the violations. cleanup day, although he can’t As DOW officers turned yet predict when the river will be tubers with open beers away low enough. from the river, some would He said the fast-flowing river begin to drink in the parking also was a contributing factor lots instead, Rae said. to trash because many people In response, police ran extra got tipped over or lost their patrols and enforced two-hour belongings. parking limits at Rotary, Fetcher “I see our job with the and River Creek parks. Rotary Respect the Yampa campaign and Fetcher parks have only is to have people take nothing two-hour parking, and River with them. Anything they take Creek Park has two-hour and with them will potentially turn daylong parking spaces. into litter,” he said. Rae said he was not aware of any tickets issued for open — To reach Zach Fridell, call 871-4208 container violations during the or e-mail zfridell@steamboatpilot.com

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for the all-state team in the event, Routt County livestock-judging coach Rod Wille said. The Routt County judging team — which also includes Ceanna Rossi and Abbey Horn — placed fourth in the state, putting the group one spot outside of three national competitions. Koroulis and Hatfield might qualify for an international judging competition that is separate from the national contests, Wille said. With the same group of girls returning as a team next year, Wille said he hopes to

take the Routt County group to a national competition in Louisville, Ky., in 2010. Livestock judging requires strong public speaking skills and a competitive spirit, Wille said. Both qualities come naturally to Koroulis, he said. “She could take one of my sentences that I say on a regular basis and switch it around, and it’s just like art for her,” Wille said. Koroulis and Hatfield are likely to earn scholarship money and recruitments from college judging programs, he said. Koroulis, who will be a senior

at Steamboat Springs High School next school year, said she plans to stick with judging through college. The pursuit has increased Koroulis’ time management skills, boosted her confidence and improved her critical thinking while exposing her to something new, she said. “We have horses and we team rope a little bit, but we’re not a ranching family by any means. … I think it’s good to get new kids in the program and expose them to something that’s a little different but might help them out in the long run,” Koroulis said.

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At its highest, it is only about a fist-width at arm’s length above the southern horizon. In sticking with the whole “teapot” story, you can think of the semicircular asterism of Corona Australis as the slice of lemon awaiting the cup of hot tea.

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to just 1/1600th of its normal brightness before slowly recovering. Astronomers think this peculiar behavior is because of the formation of carbon soot in the star’s atmosphere. R Coronae Borealis bears constant watching because its light variations are completely unpredictable. Its most recent episode of dimming happened in 2003. You can find it with binoculars near the center of the ‘C’ pattern of Ariadne’s crown. The southern crown, named Corona Australis, is more challenging to locate

than its northern counterpart. This is because of its far southern location and its fainter stars, but again, its distinctive semicircular shape will help you locate it. This crown belonged to Sagittarius, the centaur-archer also pictured in our summer sky. In fact, Corona Australis can be found just beneath the familiar “Teapot” asterism of Sagittarius. Although it has completely risen by 11 p.m., it is easier to spot around midnight when it has risen higher in the sky. You’ll need an unobstructed view of the southern horizon to check this constellation off your list.

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Commissioners may revisit furlough plan but impacts those that provide critical services as well,” Sullivan said. “It is not sustainable.” Commissioner Doug Monger said furloughs also were impeding the county’s ability to judge where it should reduce service levels or eliminate programs. Monger and Stahoviak also said they would be willing to consider reducing the pay cut to as low as 5 percent. They expressed a preference for targeted layoffs aimed at reducing levels of service and discretionary programs in exchange for reducing the size of the acrossthe-board cuts. Mitsch Bush said she needed more information before making decisions about the 2010 budget, but she expressed hesi-

tancy about reducing the 10 percent pay cut. “For every percentage we rescind the pay cut, we’re laying off more people,” she said. About 30 county employees attended Tuesday’s hearing. Carol Comeau, of the Finance Department, said she was in favor of eliminating the furlough plan in favor of “right-sizing” Routt County government. “I would prefer for our staff to be paid for the hours we need them to work,” Comeau said. County Treasurer Jeanne Whiddon agreed and encouraged the commissioners to scale county government back to its basic functions. Road and Bridge Director Paul Draper urged the commissioners to revisit the 10 percent pay cut. He noted that the commissioners originally planned to spend

$2.7 million in reserves this year but through their cuts had reduced the deficit to a level far below that amount. “Nobody’s house payment went down. Your car payment didn’t go down. Groceries certainly didn’t go down,” Draper said. “The result was a decreased level of pay and an increased workload. Our workload has gone up because we have less hours to do the work.” Deputy Clerk Kim Bonner argued that the furloughs should remain. She said the furloughs have allowed county employees to offset their lost wages through means such as reducing their child care expenses or getting a second job on their furlough day.

Postal Service’s plans to close its branch at Sundance Plaza and consolidate its Steamboat operations at the downtown office. City officials noted that they have little leverage in dealing with the federal government,

but do plan to discourage the move. Deputy City Manager Wendy DuBord said she will draft letters to Steamboat’s representatives in Washington, D.C., and has scheduled a meeting with Postal Service officials to discuss traffic, parking, safety and pedestrian problems at the downtown Post Office at Third

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network printers. full-time staff member is work“They are consistently logged ing to transfer all of the charts into those medical records,” VNA into the server, which is backeddirector of operations Cole White up every night. At first, White said, the syssaid. “They can constantly upload tem will require records in real time some getting used without ever having “They are to. Doctors and to plug in.” consistently logged assistants will have In addition, in into those medical to learn its capaeach exam room a bilities and create new Dell computer records. They can shortcuts to ensure sits on an extendconstantly upload able metal arm. efficiency. records in real time Each computer also Ideally, the elecwithout ever having tronic system will is hooked up to the help both patient wireless network of to plug in.” care and collection medical records. of charges. Medical assisCole White tants can log inforBecause each VNA director of operations mation such as vital visit and all of the signs and medical services provided history, while physicians can are recorded on the network, keep up with prescriptions, aller- it can be submitted electronigies and images. cally to Medicare and Medicaid “We’re really making it as to avoid mistakes in the billing simple as possible,” White said. process. “We’re eliminating all the mis“A lot of our patients are takes that come with paper. through Medicare or Medicaid, There is less aptitude for error so we really rely on those reimwhen you don’t have to read bursements,” White said. The system will help the peoples’ handwriting.” For example, the system VNA run more smoothly and can search for every 2-year-old increase the efficiency of the patient who hasn’t received his inflow as the VNA looks toward or her vaccinations and print expanding to three times its curup individual reminder letters. rent capacity. “The idea is that we can get Eventually the system will be able to make electronic phone busier without having extra staff,” White said. “And this syscalls for check-up reminders. Electronic records also free tem is really becoming the stanup a lot of physical space, as a dard of care.”

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Reducing allowable home sizes in Pitkin County in order to increase the market for transferable development rights received plenty of discussion from county commissioners Tuesday but little support. Only Commissioner George Newman voiced interest in further cutting the existing homesize caps, both to keep a viable market for transferable development rights and to discourage mansions that don’t forward the community’s environmental goals. “We should zone it like we mean it,” he said. Commissioner Rachel Richards said she’s willing to have the discussion but didn’t outright advocate reducing the caps. In general, commissioners lauded the TDR program, initiated in 1994, which allows owners of backcountry lands zoned Rural and Remote to sell the development rights off those parcels for use in areas deemed more appropriate for growth. The TDR program has since been expanded — parcels where development is constrained, for example, are eligible to sell a TDR, as are historic properties. TDR buyers can gain development rights or build square footage beyond the 5,750 square feet allowed on any parcel in unincorporated Pitkin County except Rural and Remote lands. To construct a home of more than 5,750 square feet, up to a maximum of 15,000 square feet, a landowner can buy one or more TDRs (each is worth 2,500 square feet of development) or seek additional square footage from the county’s annual growth allotment. Several commissioners complained that floor area is too easy to come by through the latter approach and said the allotment should be reduced. Since TDRs were implemented, more than 5,840 acres in the backcountry have been sterilized from development, according to Cindy Houben, county director of community development. Approvals have been granted for the use of 332 TDRs (they haven’t all been used — or even created).

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for increases will have to prove their effectiveness and popularity with the public, Montag said. But the “flat” budget may not be enough. Lewis said department leaders are being asked to prepare budgets that cut 10 percent from this year’s spending. Although they applauded the idea of a close eye on next year’s spending, commissioners Peter Runyon and Jon Stavney said it might be better if all departments were told to cut perhaps 3 percent off their formal budgets, while still preparing emergency budgets with deeper cuts. “I don’t think we’ve seen the bottom of this yet,” Runyon said. “The crystal ball is still very cloudy.”

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beheld the strange sight. “We couldn’t tell what we were seeing,” Pscholka said. “It was far enough out there, we couldn’t tell what it was. It was maybe 15-feet long. It was pretty weird, whatever it was. Maybe it’s the Air Force.” According to Pat Mauro, who lives in Bailey and was visiting Pscholka for the weekend, the “thing” traveled around the Gore Range about 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Mauro and Pscholka said the object flew toward a meadow

filled with elk, scared the animals and then floated out of sight. The whole episode lasted between five and 10 minutes. “It was really, really weird,” Mauro said. “It was too big to be a bird. The way it scared the elk was really strange. It was like it was checking out the elk. The way it was connected and moving, I’ve never seen anything like that before.” So far, these guys are the only ones reporting the unexplained flying object. ��

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A judge refused Tuesday to reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader. If it stands, the ruling means Ward Churchill cannot return to the classroom even though he won a lawsuit in April arguing that his firing was politically motivated. Churchill wrote an essay after the 2001 terrorist attacks calling the World Trade Center victims “little Eichmanns,” a reference to Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi who helped orchestrate the Holocaust. University officials were pressured to fire Churchill after that essay gained wide attention in 2005, but they concluded they couldn’t because of First Amendment protections. However, they launched an investigation into the research behind his other writings, and in 2007, he was fired because of the plagiarism charges and other research misconduct allegations.

Churchill sued, alleging his firing was improper and seeking his job back. A jury ruled Churchill shouldn’t have been fired, but under Colorado law, the decision about whether to reinstate him was left up to the judge, Larry J. Naves, of Denver District Court. Naves ruled Tuesday that the decision by the university’s governing Board of Regents “occurred with sufficient procedural protections.” He also noted that jurors awarded Churchill only $1 in damages. Churchill’s attorney, David Lane, said he will appeal to the Colorado Court of Appeals. Lane said the judge’s ruling means the regents could fire Churchill if they don’t like what he says or even because of his race or religion. “This judge says that’s OK,” Lane said. “If your First Amendment rights are violated by the state of Colorado, don’t look for justice in Denver District Court.” The university vigorously opposed Churchill’s reinstatement, saying his firing was justified and that if he did return, the relationship between him and the university “would not be an amicable one.”

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Colorado farmers and bankers Tuesday told a congressional oversight panel that oversees the bank bailout that the banking crisis is threatening their livelihoods, and they need banking standards that are better tailored to their businesses. The panel met in Colorado’s agricultural heartland to hear from farmers and others who are struggling to get credit amid the economic downturn, and comes three months after Greeley’s New Frontier Bank collapsed, leaving many farmers unable to find lenders willing to give them vital operating loans. “Our farmers don’t want a bailout, they want the ability to succeed,” said Les Hardesty, chairman of the Dairy Farmers of America Mountain Area Council. Witnesses included Mike Flesher, executive vice president for Farm Credit Services of the Mountain Plains; Lonnie Ochsner, senior vice president for New West Bank;

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Summit gets mixed results Obama’s 1st Moscow meeting produces different takes on issues Steven R. Hurst ASSOCIATED PRESS

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For two days, President Barack Obama pressed the reset button with Russia. The results: He ended up getting the expected agreement on deep cuts in nuclear arsenals, but he is leaving Moscow with few assurances of Kremlin help in solving other issues key to his foreign policy agenda. Obama He also is leaving behind a spark he hopes will blaze to life and thaw U.S. relations with a former superpower with a chip on its shoulder. But his two days of summitry produced no unexpected breakthroughs. Throughout the meetings and speeches, Obama stayed on message: The United States and Russia have too many overlapping interests to move through the coming decades at odds. The time for confrontational Cold War thinking is well-past. America wants Russia to be “strong, peaceful and prosperous.” He told the graduating class at Moscow’s New Economic School that the United States and Russia were not “destined to be antagonists,” but he predicted — nevertheless — hard bargaining as the

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two nations work to overcome a long history of estrangement. “It is difficult to forge a lasting partnership between former adversaries. But I believe on the fundamental issues that will shape this century, Americans and Russians share common interests that form a basis for cooperation,” he said. On several issues key to Obama foreign policy, the Russians were unbending, at least for now. ■ While they agreed to join the U.S. in reassessing the threat from Iran’s nuclear ambitions, there was no hoped-for Kremlin offer of direct intervention with Tehran. The Russians make significant profits from arms sales to Iran and the construction a nuclear complex for electricity generation. ■ On the flash point issue of Georgia where the Russian army crushed the tiny country’s military a year ago, the Kremlin rejected U.S. complaints about Russian insistence that breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia remain free from Georgian control. Moscow, meantime, remained angry about U.S. refusal to back away from support for Georgia’s hopes to join NATO. After his breakfast meeting with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Obama told Fox News Channel “on areas where we disagree, like Georgia, I don’t anticipate a meeting of the minds any-

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time soon.” ■ Nor did there appear to have been progress in the dispute about arms control. While preparing a START I replacement treaty that would cut nuclear arsenals by about one-third, Moscow and Washington remained fundamentally at odds about U.S. plans for creating a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. U.S. officials discount Russian complaints about American intentions. But Moscow still was saying the two issues must be linked or a final agreement about cutting nuclear warheads and delivery systems could be in jeopardy. Washington insists missile defense is designed to protect U.S. allies against a potential nuclear attack by Iran. The Russians say such a system would put them at a disadvantage by unbalancing offensive nuclear parity. ■ The two sides did agree to far greater cooperation on Afghanistan where Obama is bolstering U.S. troop strength in the fight against Taliban militants and other al-Qaida allied groups. ■ Negotiators also prepared a series of side agreements and established a commission nominally headed by Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. It is designed to quicken the pace of U.S.-Russian engagement across a whole range of issues important to both countries.

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Gov. Sarah Palin returned to the spotlight Tuesday with an appearance in a remote Arctic village where she stood by her perplexing decision to resign just as she tries to elevate her national profile ahead of a possible 2012 presidential run. Palin signed a bill in this small town 30 miles Palin north of the Arctic circle that is intended to bolster law enforcement in Alaska villages. She was greeted with cheers by about 300 people and briefly took the floor to dance to the beat of Inupiat Eskimo drummers. Many lingered to get their pictures taken with the popular Republican governor and former vice presidential candidate. In an interview, Palin defended her decision to step down after a year in which she has been bombarded with a series of ethics complaints that have cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to investigate. “You would be amazed at how much time and resource my staff and I, the Department of Law especially, spend on this every day,” she said. “It is a waste. We are spending these

millions of dollars not on teachers and troopers and roads or fish research and other things that are needed in Alaska.” Palin stunned the political world when she abruptly announced Friday that she would step down July 26. She spent the long holiday weekend fishing with her husband and children briefly and attended an Independence Day parade. Her first official appearance was at the bill signing. She also gave several interviews while wearing waders from her family’s fishing spot before flying to Kotzebue. She has not said what she will do next, but a book deal is in the works. When asked whether she will run for president, Palin responded, “That’s certainly not within my immediate plans.” But Palin was quick to criticize President Barack Obama, a possible sign of what’s to come three years from now, ripping him regarding his economic plans. There has been speculation that she has some legal issue that is not yet known to the public. But her lawyer said she has no legal problems whatsoever and simply is tired of the hostile political climate, legal bills and other distractions. Palin says the state will be better off with Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell as she gets consumed by a political climate that she considers vicious. “Obviously conditions had

changed so drastically Aug. 29, the day I was tapped to be VP,” she said. “The opposition research and the games that began there — which I think is the new normal in Alaska politics, until I hand the reins over to Sean Parnell — have been so distracting.” “I had promised no more politics as usual,” she said. “I had promised no more ineffectiveness and inefficiencies. We will progress the state better with Sean in the governor’s seat and me fighting for Alaska on the outside of government because of the conditions that have changed.” Palin’s resignation has set up a free-for-all for her job when her term ends in 2010. Parnell will serve out her final year and a half, but nearly a dozen people have filed letters of intent to run in 2010. The list of candidates includes Sen. Hollis French, a Democrat from Anchorage who oversaw the so-called Troopergate investigation that looked into the firing of Palin’s Public Safety Commissioner. The investigation served as a major distraction last year for Palin. “I think Alaskans are ready for a change,” Patti Higgins, chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party, said Tuesday. “They want people that will get in there, work hard and finish the job and do things in a professional manner.”

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Health benefit tax questioned The White House and Democratic congressional leaders struggled to build momentum for health care legislation Tuesday in the face of concerns about the pace of bipartisan talks in the Senate, as well as apprehension among moderate Democrats in the House. Officials said a deal was pending with the nation’s hospitals to give up about $155 billion in government payments during the next decade, money that then could be used to expand health care to millions who lack it. An announcement was possible as early as today. At the same time, one lawmaker deeply involved in bipartisan negotiations in the Senate indicated there were second thoughts about a proposed new tax on the costliest employerpaid insurance benefits. “It’s clearly a very difficult issue. ... You go to the public to ask them what they think, and they don’t like it,” said Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., referring to recent polling. A compilation of

es, too, including balky moderates who could face difficult re-election prospects next year. It was unclear whether these and other difficulties were enough to imperil Obama’s objective of signing a health care bill this fall, or whether they were merely the type of obstacles that emerge any time Congress attempts to pass major legislation. The developments occurred as Congress returned from a weeklong vacation to find health care the top item on its agenda for the month of July. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set a target of month’s end to enact health care legislation, while in the Senate, Reid hopes to complete legislation by the end of the first week in August. At its core, the effort as outlined by Obama is designed to achieve twin purposes: expand health insurance to an estimated 50 million who now lack it, and reduce the explosive growth in health care generally. Any bill is expected to require insurance companies to issue a policy, without the ability either to deny coverage or charge higher premiums on the basis of preexisting medical conditions.

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The government is letting the painkillers Darvocet, Darvon and their generic cousins stay on the market but ordered stronger warnings against deadly overdoses Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision puts the U.S. in contrast to Britain — which banned the drugs several years ago, citing a trail of suicides and accidental overdoses — and Europe’s drug regulators, which just recommended that European Union countries do the same. Known generically as propoxyphene, the 50-year-old prescription drug is widely used in the U.S. even though doctors consider it a weak pain reliever. The consumer watchdog group Public Citizen had petitioned the FDA to ban it here, too, saying the small benefit didn’t justify a risk that was adding up to several hundred deaths a year. In January, the FDA’s scientific advisers narrowly agreed. But the FDA overruled its advisers Tuesday, at least for now. It ordered that a stern boxed warning be placed on the drug’s label and that patients soon start receiving a special pamphlet with every bottle that stresses the risk of taking too much. Also Tuesday, the FDA ordered manufacturer Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, of Newport, Ky., to study the effect of higher-than-recommended doses on

patients’ hearts, saying the findings could lead to additional actions. And the agency is seeking help from Medicare and the Veterans Affairs Department to further study the drug’s specific effects in the elderly. At the recommended dose, “this is an acceptable option for patients,” said agency drug chief Dr. Janet Woodcock. “Alleviating pain is an important medical issue.” She stressed that other painkillers come with their own side effects. Just last week, another panel of FDA’s advisers warned against liver damage from overdoses of over-the-counter acetaminophen, the painkiller in Tylenol and numerous other drug brands. “We’re trying to cover all the bases here as far as the pain medicines,” Woodcock said. As for Darvon and Darvocet, Public Citizen is considering whether to appeal FDA’s decision or to sue over it. “This is a reckless decision on

the part of the FDA unless they believe Americans are resistant to the death-causing properties of this drug in a way that Europeans and people in the U.K. aren’t,” said Public Citizen’s Dr. Sidney Wolfe. “You’ve got a drug which has a barely perceptible benefit and a very clear risk.” In Web-posted information for consumers Tuesday, the FDA said the drug is used differently in Europe, affecting its decision. A large enough dose of many pain relievers can kill, making it hard to use medication regulation to guard against suicide. But Wolfe worries about longtime Darvon and Darvocet users who inch up their dose in hopes of better pain relief. A heart-toxic metabolite of the drug can linger in the body for 30 hours, so as little as one or two extra pills each time a dosage is due quickly could add up to damaging levels, Wolfe said. Too much can eventually interrupt the heart’s electrical activity, a deadly condition known as heart block, he said.

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four recent polls reviewed at the session showed at least 59 percent of the public opposed to taxing health care benefits to “pay for reform,” and as many as 70 percent. As a result, Conrad said, “we’re looking at other options” to help finance a bill whose price tag is expected to reach $1 trillion or slightly more. He did not identify any. In a sign of higher-level concern about the pace of bipartisan talks, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters he intends to meet today with a small group of Republicans who have been involved in the discussions. Although Democrats and the White House have said they would prefer a bipartisan bill, they also must be careful not to let the talks drag on so long that they fall hopelessly behind schedule. There were similar efforts under way in the House, where White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel arranged to attend a closed-door meeting of the Democratic rank and file, and Democratic leaders reviewed possible tax increases and spending cuts to pay for their version of the bill. And a similar set of challeng-

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Michael Jackson was an entertainment phenomenon triumphant and troubled, a dazzling performer who transcended barriers, transformed the music world and transfixed fans and nonfans alike in every corner of the Earth. But Tuesday’s memorial was not for that Michael Jackson. Instead, those closest to the legend gave us of a glimpse of Michael Jackson the man. In a poignant and serene service, the portrait they painted was of a human just as remarkable, making his loss doubly painful to bear for those who truly loved him. “I just wanted to say ... ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him — so much,” said Jackson’s 11-year-old daughter, Paris-Michael, before dissolving into tears and falling into the embrace of her aunt Janet. It was a deeply emotional moment, the most profound

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part of a memorial that accomplished what Jackson could not in life: humanizing a man who for so long had seemed like a caricature. How could someone who moved like he moved, sang like he sang, and reached musical heights no person has ever touched be as human as the rest of us? How could a man who threw a wedding

for Elizabeth Taylor, had a chimpanzee as a companion, and wore masks to cover his surgically altered face be any part normal? It took those closest to him, from his brother Marlon to his old friend Brooke Shields, to explain Michael Jackson to those who saw him as a talented freak — an image that deeply pained Jackson.

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Clint Barmes capped an error-fueled eighth-inning rally with a sacrifice fly, lifting the Colorado Rockies to a 5-4 victory past the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. It was the Rockies’ fifth straight victory against the TUESDAY’S Nationals, who GAME: committed three Rockies 5 errors in the Nationals 4 game. The Rockies scored the winning run without the benefit of a hit. Julian Tavarez (3-7) issued consecutive one-out walks to Carlos Gonzalez and pinch-hitter Seth Smith. Joe Beimel relieved and induced a comebacker from pinch-hitter Ryan Spilborghs, but he threw wildly to second going for the force. Barmes followed with the tie-breaking sacrifice fly. Alan Embree (2-2) picked up the victory without throwing a pitch. He entered with two outs in the eighth and picked off Austin Kearns, who had singled off reliever Joel Peralta, at first base. Huston Street got three outs for his 21st save in 22 chances. Washington went ahead, 41, in the third on a three-run homer by Ryan Zimmerman, the Nationals’ only All-Star representative. He hit his 14th homer against starter Jason Hammel. But the Nationals couldn’t hold the lead for Jordan Zimmerman, the second of three rookies starting in succession during the series against the Rockies. Chris Ianetta’s sacrifice fly started the Rockies’ three-run fourth. An error by second baseman Willie Harris — he bobbled Dexter Fowler’s twoout grounder with runners on second and third — opened the door to two unearned runs, allowing the Rockies to tie the game at 4-4.

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“Knowing where you’re going is important. I’ve never done this exact course before.” Registration opens at 4:30 p.m. behind the Howelsen Lodge. The cost is $25 for adults and $15 for children. The children’s portion of the race begins at 5:28 pm. Pro and expert riders will start at 6 p.m. and go off in twominute intervals. All sport and men’s novice racers will go off 20 minutes after the pros and

Calling his team “simply awesome,” Lance Armstrong was nearly decked out in yellow again. The seven-time champion surged from third place to second at the Tour de France on Tuesday after his Astana squad won a team time trial in a dramatic finish. Armstrong Armstrong erased all but a sliver of his 40-second deficit to leader Fabian Cancellara, of Switzerland, in the fourth stage. The only thing separating him from the yellow jersey now is a fraction of a second. “Boo-YA!!!” Armstrong wrote on Twitter. “Well, what can I say? The team was simply awesome today. Consistent, fluid, mistake-free. We love this event ... and are stoked to win.” The performance was reminiscent of Armstrong’s dominance in the team time trial for the last three years of his string of victories from 1999 to 2005. This is his comeback year at the Tour after 3 1/2 years of retirement. The 37-year-old Texan plotted strategy with star teammate Alberto Contador before the stage to weed out potential rivals. Astana was timed in 46 minutes, 29 seconds for the 24.2-mile ride in and around Montpellier. That was 18 seconds better than runner-up Garmin, with Saxo Bank third, 40 seconds back. Armstrong entered the day 40 seconds behind Cancellara, of Saxo Bank, meaning ownership of the yellow jersey came down to split seconds. At the last intermediate time check (19 miles), Astana was 41 seconds faster than Saxo, putting Armstrong in the lead at that point and setting up the tense finale.

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Hunter Willis barrels down Emerald Mountain during last year’s cross-country Town Challenge Series Race. Today’s cross-country race course will be new to riders, series director Gretchen Sehler said. Registration begins at 4:30 p.m. at Howelsen Hill.

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The third Town Challenge Mountain Bike Series race begins today on an old stalwart with a new twist. For the third race of the series, riders will climb and descend Emerald Mountain in a cross-country competition. Although a lot of the terrain and trails will be similar to ones of years past, Town Challenge series director

If you go What: Emerald Mountain crosscountry mountain bike race When: Children’s races start at 5:28 p.m.; adult heats begin at 6 p.m. Where: Race starts behind Howelsen Lodge Other: Registration opens at 4:30 p.m. The cost is $25 for adults and $15 for children.

Gretchen Sehler said today’s course layout will be new to everyone. “It’s somewhat of a technical ride,” Sehler said.

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Scott Owens was looking and looking and looking some more. The Dallas resident was sure he had hit a good shot Monday on No. 11 at Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club, but he couldn’t find his ball on the 172-yard par 3. Eventually, he dropped one around the fringe, chipped it onto the green and looked in the cup where he found his original ball. The end result proved to be the 50-year-old’s first hole-inone. He said he was playing pretty well when he hit the 8iron onto the green. But with a hump in the front and a rise in

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the back of the green, Owens couldn’t see where his shot ended up. “I teed off, and it landed right on the green, and I was happy with that,” Owens said. “We looked and looked and looked for the ball. I threw another one down, got close to the hole and told my wife, Shannon, ‘Come here and look.’” “I stayed away from it,” Owens continued. “I was afraid she’d think I was pulling a fast one on her. I made her look before I did. For a couple seconds she thought I was messing with her, but she saw me looking for it. It was hard for both of us to believe.” The couple owns a house in Steamboat and hopes to retire to the area in the next couple of years. Owen joked that the retirement process could be sped up if he continues to fire darts like he did Monday. “We’re happy to be here in Steamboat,” he said. “We love

it here. We can’t wait to get here full time.”

Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club rolls out locals special After already opening up membership to residents of Routt County and surrounding counties, Rollingstone Ranch Golf Club is preparing to launch another deal for locals. Brian Thorne, director of golf at Rollingstone Ranch, said Tuesday that in an effort to drum up interest in membership and allow locals to play Rollingstone, the course will offer special Monday rates throughout July. The cost for locals to play 18 holes with a cart and range balls is $75 before 3 p.m. and $65 after 3 p.m. “This is the lowest rate we’ve ever offered locals,” Thorne said. “Essentially, you’re playing at the members’ rate. We want to get people back out her to check it out.” Thorne said Rollingstone tee times still require 24 hours notice for the Monday program. He encouraged participation from locals who have never

played the course, haven’t played it in a long time or just want to see the recent improvements. “It’s in fantastic shape,” he said. “It hasn’t blinked since all the rain. With the sun out, it’s the best shape I’ve seen it since I’ve been here.”

Broncos cheerleaders in town for swimsuit calendar The Denver Broncos cheerleaders are in town shooting the team’s 2010 swimsuit calendar. Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association spokeswoman Molly Killien said the cheerleaders are modeling at several locations across Routt County. So far, shoot locations have included More Barn, the top of the gondola, Strawberry Park Hot Springs, Vista Verde Guest Ranch and St. Cloud Mountain Club. To follow the progress or see some of the photos, go to http://blog.denverbroncos.com/ cheerleaders/calendar-shoot-insteamboat-springs. The cheerleaders will be in town until Saturday. — To reach Luke Graham, call 871-4229 or e-mail lgraham@steamboatpilot.com

Astana deals blow to several title hopefuls Tour continued from 31 Armstrong and Cancellara share an overall time of 10 hours, 38 minutes, 7 seconds, although the Swiss rider was deemed a fraction ahead. Organizers examined Saturday’s opening time trial in Monaco that was won by Cancellara. Those results were calculated to the thousandth of a second. “That’s Swiss timing,” Cancellara said, laughing. “Time is on my side.” After first expressing “a bit of disappointment” on French TV about not capturing the yellow shirt he has worn many times, Armstrong put his ride in perspective. “That’s the way it is. We did our best,” he said. “At one point, we thought we had it, but if I look back on our per-

formance ... we were as sound as we could be.” “I have no regrets. I don’t look at that and lose sleep or get disappointed,” he said at a news conference. “This is a long race, maybe there’s one (yellow jersey) in my future.” The potential rivalry between Armstrong and Contador, the Spaniard who won the 2007 Tour, has become a major subtext to the race. They shelved any such rivalry Tuesday. Armstrong said he appealed to Contador before the race to work together to distance other contenders. “My point was to Alberto, ‘Look, let’s ride perfect, and make this race almost impossible to win for others,”’ he said. “And I think we can say that we accomplished that.” Astana dealt a blow to several title hopefuls. Defending

champion Carlos Sastre, of Spain, is 2:44 back; two-time runner-up Cadel Evans, of Australia, is 2:59 behind; and Giro d’Italian champ Denis Menchov, of Russia, is 3:52 back. “I think today, the Tour de France is finished for some riders — and we won’t go into names — but that’s the way that the TTT works now,” Armstrong said, referring to the team time trial. “With no disrespect, it’s difficult to make up that time.” After Cancellara, the next four riders are from Astana: Armstrong, with the same time; Contador, 19 seconds back in third; 2004 runner-up Andreas Kloeden, of Germany, was fourth, 23 seconds back; and Levi Leipheimer, of the United States, was fifth, 31 seconds behind.

Course ends up on Bluff’s Loop for finish Biking continued from 31 experts have left. The pro and expert course is 10.5 miles, while the sport and men’s course is 9 miles. The course will climb and descend trails all across Emerald. It eventually will end up on Bluff’s Loop for the finish.

“To me, Emerald is my favorite place to put on a race just because you have so many options,” Sehler said. “It’s never the same race course over there. You might race certain sections the same, but I never tie it together the same.” Sehler said the conditions and singletrack on Emerald are

in as good a condition as she has ever seen. With the recent rain and trail maintenance, Sehler said the trails are in near-perfect shape. “It’s riding as well as it ever rides,” she said. — To reach Luke Graham, call 871-4229 or e-mail lgraham@steamboatpilot.com

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Hatch: BCS violates antitrust Utah senator wants investigation into college football Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate college football’s Bowl Championship Series for what he views as violations of antitrust laws. Hatch made the comment after conducting a standingroom-only hearing in the Senate subcommittee with Hatch antitrust oversight where he serves as the top Republican. “Frankly, there’s an arrogance about the BCS that just drives me nuts,” he told reporters. “Hopefully this hearing will open the door to have some people reconsider their positions. And if nothing else, the Justice Department ought to be looking at this.” He said that it’s clear to him that the BCS is in violation of antitrust laws. The Justice Department

critics view that as anticompetitive behavior, while the BCS says it simply recognizes the teams people want to watch. “I don’t think it’s arrogant if you’ve thought about something for five or six years and concluded that’s it’s really hard to do something different,” said Harvey Perlman, chancellor of the University of NebraskaLincoln and the new chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee. As to a possible antitrust challenge, Perlman said: “It’s hard to see why anyone would litigate this.” “We are university presidents, and we are sensitive to what Congress thinks and sensitive about what the president thinks,” Perlman added, referring to President Barack Obama’s stated preference for a playoff system. “But our primary responsibility is to manage our institutions in ways that protect student athletes, that acknowledges their academic pursuits, as well as their athletic pursuits.”

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had no immediate comment Tuesday. Hatch said that the BCS is exploiting a position of power, “and it’s just not right.” Hatch’s comments followed up on testimony by a lawyer for the Mountain West Conference, which does not get an automatic bid and has pressed for changes to the BCS. Utah, which is in the Mountain West, was bypassed for last year’s national championship despite going undefeated in the regular season. The title game pitted Florida against Oklahoma — each with one loss. The lawyer, Barry Brett, called the BCS “a naked restraint imposed by a self-appointed cartel” in written testimony and said that a Justice Department investigation would serve the public interest. Under the BCS, some conferences get automatic bids to participate while others don’t, and the automatic bid conferences also get far more of the revenue than the other conferences. Hatch and other BCS

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Tiger a silent host with a mediocre field Woods’ AT&T National event only features 4 of top 12 golfers Anthony Kim in the last group,” Fred Couples said. “Does it really matter who’s not here?” Even so, it was clear Couples was perturbed by the no-shows, and he wasn’t alone. There was plenty of grumbling going on outside the Beltway as tournament organizers quietly took roll. More than 100 players earned more than $1 million last year, and most of them owe that to Woods. Was it too much to return the favor by playing his tournament? None of the no-shows would have sold any more tickets. The crowd was estimated at more than 160,000 for the week, and that doesn’t include Wednesday’s pro-am when Woods played with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo in Redskins territory. In a twist of fate, perhaps it was only fitting so much attention was paid to absentees. Strength of field has been a debate since the days of Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, into the era of Couples and Greg Norman, yet no one has brought more attention to it than Woods. Ask tournament directors if they would rather have nine of the top 10 players in the world without Woods, or only one player in the top 10 as long as that one was Woods. If they take Door No. 1, it’s only because they don’t have Tiger.

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Tiger Woods is 33 and already has more PGA Tour victories than Arnold Palmer. One of these days, he might have the kind of influence on players that the King can wield with a mere glint in his eye. Consider the case of one player, whom every tournament would love to have in Woods its field. He had no intention of playing the Arnold Palmer Invitational this year, for no other reason than he wanted to change up his schedule leading to the Masters. The young star was at Seminole in early March when he ran into Palmer, who greeted him with a smile, a firm handshake and a question. “Are you coming to my tournament?” Palmer asked him. Strangely enough, his plans changed that moment. As far as anyone can tell, Woods never had that kind of moment with any of the big names who were somewhere other than his AT&T National last week. Only four of the top 12 players showed up at Congressional. Would it have helped if Woods did some recruiting?

“I’ve never asked anybody to play,” Woods said. “I don’t ... I feel awkward doing that. If the guys can find time in their schedule to play, we’d love to have them.” Congressional managed just fine without them. The golf course, which will host its third U.S. Open in two years, is a classic that rivals any on the PGA Tour. The tournament honors the military during the Fourth of July holiday outside the nation’s capital. Children not only get in free, one marshal named Ron Fitzsimmons plucked a dozen of them out of the gallery each day and parked them behind the seventh tee so they could see. Proceeds will go toward building another Tiger Woods Learning Center, this one in the Washington area. In three years, the AT&T National has become a model event. Along with those trappings, it was quite a show inside the ropes. Woods played in the final pairing with the dynamic defending champion, Anthony Kim. He wound up beating another rising star, Hunter Mahan, who threw down a 62 in a final round that some 40,000 fans didn’t want to see end. To no one’s surprise, the overnight TV rating was up 200 percent from last year. “You’ve got Tiger and

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With four wins in 25 seasons, Michael Waltrip isn’t foolish enough to believe his driving record will ever earn him a spot in NASCAR’s Hall of Fame. As a team owner, though, Waltrip has plenty of time to build a distinguished career. He took a huge step toward upgrading Michael Waltrip Racing on Tuesday, announcing he’ll scale back to a partial schedule in 2010 to make room for Martin Truex Jr. to join the team. “I’m turning my car over to a guy that I think can go win the championship in it, and I’ve always said ... if I wasn’t the guy to go race it on Sunday, somebody else would take my place,” Waltrip said as he introduced Truex, considered the top free agent in a mediocre class of drivers in contract years. “I believe at this time in my career that Martin is the right guy to take over my car and go win races in it. I didn’t have to quit, I didn’t need to quit, I just wanted to do this.” Waltrip will drive his No. 55 Toyota in at least four races next season, including the sea-

son-opening Daytona 500 with longtime sponsor NAPA on his car. He could drive as many as 12 depending on sponsorship, he said. NAPA also will sponsor Truex, who will drive the No. 56 in a return to a longtime family number he used at every level until signing with Dale Earnhardt Inc. in 2003. He’ll finish this season with Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing, where the one-time Sprint Cup Series winner is 24th in the standings. Still, his signing is a coup for Waltrip, who slowly had overcome his disastrous 2007 debut as a car owner and turned MWR into a team capable of signing top drivers. But upgrading the team meant the 46-yearold Waltrip had to walk away from a full driving schedule, a decision many racers aren’t able to make until long after their performance level has plummeted. His older brother, three-time Cup champion Darrell Waltrip, struggled with his own retirement and drove eight winless seasons before calling it quits in 2000 at 53 years old. Michael Waltrip didn’t ap-

pear to have the same conflicts. Although he shed tears during a morning team meeting, Waltrip was stoic on stage during the formal announcement when he insisted he was content with his decision in front of his extended family, MWR’s employees and about 100 fans who watched from a gallery over the shop floor. “I’m totally at ease with where I’m at. I think my legacy as a driver has pretty much been shaped up by now, and I probably don’t have Hall of Fame numbers,” said Waltrip, a twotime Daytona 500 winner. “There’s one time I lost 462 races in a row. I remember that pretty good. And when people talked about giving up, that’s just not who I am.” That became clear as he weathered the humiliation of his debut season as a car owner. Waltrip worked tremendously hard to have three teams ready for the 2007 opener when he reported to Daytona as newcomer Toyota’s flagship team. Instead, he was caught in a cheating scandal that embarrassed NASCAR, Waltrip and Toyota and almost led him to pull out of the biggest race of the year.

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The four candidates for the 2016 Olympics took their campaign to Africa on Tuesday with President Barack Obama renewing his support for Chicago’s bid in a video message less than three months before the vote. Representatives from Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo made key presentations to the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa in Abuja, Nigeria. It was the last chance for the cities to publicly showcase their bids before the final presentations and IOC vote in Copenhagen on Oct. 2. “I see the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games as an opportunity for America to reach out and renew our bonds of friendship around the world — to welcome the world to our shores with open arms,” Obama said in a two-minute message taped at the White House. “And I very much hope we will have that chance to extend that hand of Olympic friendship to all of you in Africa.” It was the second video sent by Obama to a gathering of

international Olympic officials. The first was at a meeting of the European Olympic Committees in Istanbul in December. Obama’s support is seen as crucial to Chicago’s hopes of bringing the Summer Games to the United States for the first time since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. “You can count on our government to work as a committed partner in Chicago’s quest to host a great and historic games and strengthen the Olympic movement worldwide,” he said. Obama’s message carried particular weight at the African meeting because America’s first black president has family roots in Kenya. A former Illinois senator with a house a few blocks from Chicago’s proposed 2016 Olympic stadium, Obama recently set up a White House Office for Olympic, Paralympic and Youth Sport. “Bringing the world together in a great celebration of humanity, the Olympic Games empower us, if even for a brief moment, to focus on all that we share rather than things that divide us, and the games remind us how much we all have to learn from each other,” Obama said. The question now is whether

Obama will travel to Copenhagen for the International Olympic Committee vote. Spain’s King Juan Carlos already has announced he will attend, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has indicated he will be there. Tokyo has invited Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito. “He’s going to help us in any way he can,” Chicago bid leader Pat Ryan said. “He’s been a great supporter. He’s doing a lot. The link between candidate city and the U.S. government is unprecedented.” If Obama was the biggest political figure featured in the presentations, Rio brought the most famous sports personality — the soccer great Pele — as part of its delegation. Silva, during a stopover in Paris, reiterated his view that it is South America’s turn to host the Olympics for the first time. “We can’t accept the idea that the Olympic Games belong exclusively to the rich countries,” Silva said through an interpreter. “The Olympics in a European country, in Japan, or in the United States of America is quite simply just one more Olympic Games,” he said.

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Sports Scoreboard Grove Dental 17 SmartWool Black Sheep 4, Wyndham Village People 5 Primo Roofing 6, Smokehouse/Pine Grove Dental 12 Primo Roofing 13, Straightline/Centerline 13 Straightline/Centerline 2, Crown Royals 13

Gelande jumping results July 4 Total of two best jumps 1. Pat Arnone 131 2. Marsh Gooding 127 3. Cory McConnell 110 4. Bruce Stott 107 5. Ryan McConnell 103 6. Chris Allen 102.5 7. Max Marno 99 8. Jimmy Hostetler 88

LOCAL MEN’S SOFTBALL 2009 Adult Softball Men’s B League Standings D2D 9-1 Moose Knuckles 9-1 The Market/Slopeside 8-2 Double Z/Mt. Paint 7-3 Ferguson Enterprises 6-4 Alpenglow P & H 6-4 Holiday Inn/Kit’s Boyz 6-4 Steamboat Ski & Resort 5-5 The Poor Boys 5-5 B&K Distributing 4-6 Fagen Inc. 3-7 Old Town Pub/Tugboat 1-9 GE Johnson 1-9 Haselden Construction 0-10 July 6 results The Market/Slopeside 22, The Poor Boys 7 The Market/Slopeside 20, Alpenglow P & H 19 Double Z/ Mt. Paint 13, Haselden Construction 7 Alpenglow P & H 17, Haselden Construction 6 Steamboat Ski & Resort 24, Holiday Inn/Kit’s Boyz 8 D2D 18, Steamboat Ski & Resort 8 Moose Knuckles 24, Old Town Pub/Tugboat 7 Moose Knuckles 26, Fagen Inc. 24 Old Town Pub/Tugboat 15, GE Johnson 11 Holiday Inn/Kit’s Boyz 12, Ferguson Enterprises 2 Ferguson Enterprises 16, B & K Distributing B & K Distributing 22, GE Johnson 2 D2D 11, Fagen Inc. 10 The Poor Boys 14, Double Z/Mt. Paint 6

LOCAL COED SOFTBALL W 5 4 4 4 3 2 1 0

L 1 1 2 2 2 4 5 6

T 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

P 15 13 12 12 10 6 3 0

Coed B scores July 7 Steamboat Flyfisher 9, Russell’s/Sunshine 15 Steamboat Flyfisher 9, Wyndham Village People 14 Russell’s/Sunshine 8, Crown Royals 7 SmartWool Black Sheep 5, Smokehouse/Pine

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Coed D scores July 7 Sheraton Steamboat Resort 8, Pioneer Pavers 9 Sheraton Steamboat Resort 7, Western Petroleum 17 Alpine Lumber Misfits 13, King Creek Ranch 3 Alpine Lumber Misfits 12, YVMC 8 Pioneer Pavers 16, King Creek Ranch 7 YVMC 14, Western Petroleum 7

MLB All Times MDT The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 43 38 .531 — Florida 43 42 .512 1 1/2 Atlanta 40 43 .482 4 New York 39 43 .476 4 1/2 Washington 24 57 .296 19 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 46 39 .541 — Milwaukee 43 40 .518 2 Chicago 41 40 .506 3 Cincinnati 41 41 .500 3 1/2 Houston 40 42 .488 4 1/2 Pittsburgh 38 46 .452 7 1/2 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 53 30 .639 — San Francisco 46 37 .549 7 1/2 Colorado 44 39 .530 9 San Diego 35 48 .427 17 1/2 Arizona 35 49 .410 19 ——— Tuesday’s Games Cincinnati 4, Philadelphia 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, N.Y. Mets 0 Atlanta 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Pittsburgh 6, Houston 3 St. Louis 5, Milwaukee 0 Colorado 5, Washington 4 Arizona 4, San Diego 3 San Francisco 3, Florida 0 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Morton 1-1) at Houston (W.Rodriguez 7-6), 12:05 p.m. Atlanta (Kawakami 4-6) at Chicago Cubs (K.Hart 0-0), 12:20 p.m.

Washington (Detwiler 0-4) at Colorado (De La Rosa 5-7), 1:10 p.m. San Diego (Gaudin 4-7) at Arizona (Scherzer 5-6), 1:40 p.m. Florida (Volstad 5-8) at San Francisco (Sadowski 2-0), 1:45 p.m. Cincinnati (H.Bailey 1-0) at Philadelphia (R.Lopez 1-0), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 3-4) at N.Y. Mets (O.Perez 1-2), 5:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wellemeyer 7-7) at Milwaukee (Suppan 5-6), 6:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games St. Louis at Milwaukee, 12:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. Washington at Houston, 6:05 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. Florida at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 50 33 .602 — New York 49 34 .590 1 Tampa Bay 45 39 .536 5 1/2 Toronto 43 42 .506 8 Baltimore 36 47 .434 14 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 45 38 .542 — Chicago 43 40 .518 2 Minnesota 43 41 .512 2 1/2 Kansas City 36 47 .434 9 Cleveland 33 51 .393 12 1/2 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 46 36 .568 — Texas 46 36 .556 1 Seattle 43 39 .524 3 1/2 Oakland 35 47 .427 11 1/2 ——— Tuesday’s Games Detroit 8, Kansas City 5 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 1, 11 innings Boston 5, Oakland 2 N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 2 Chicago White Sox 10, Cleveland 6 Texas 8, L.A. Angels 5 Baltimore 12, Seattle 4 Wednesday’s Games Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 2-2) at Seattle (Vargas 3-3), 2:40 p.m. Kansas City (Greinke 10-4) at Detroit (French 0-0), 5:05 p.m. Toronto (Tallet 5-6) at Tampa Bay (Kazmir 4-5), 5:08 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 5-7) at Boston (Wakefield 10-3), 5:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (A.Burnett 7-4) at Minnesota (Perkins 4-4), 6:10 p.m. Cleveland (Laffey 3-1) at Chicago White Sox (Contreras 3-7), 6:11 p.m. Texas (Padilla 6-4) at L.A. Angels (E.Santana 1-4), 8:05 p.m. Thursday’s Games Toronto at Tampa Bay, 10:08 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 12:05 p.m. Kansas City at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Texas at Seattle, 8:10 p.m.

CYCLING — TOUR DE FRANCE Tuesday At Montpellier, France Fourth Stage 24.2-mile team time trial in Montpellier 1. Astana, 46 minutes, 29 seconds. 2. Garmin-Slipstream, 18 seconds behind. 3. Team Saxo Bank, :40. 4. Liquigas, :58. 5. Team Columbia-High Road, :59. 6. Team Katusha, 1:23. 7. Caisse d’Epargne, 1:29. 8. Cervelo Test Team, 1:37. 9. AG2R La Mondiale, 1:48. 10. Euskaltel-Euskadi, 2:09. 11. Rabobank, 2:20. 12. Quick Step, 2:26. 13. Silence-Lotto, 2:35.

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14. Francaise des Jeux, 2:46. 15. Team Milram, 2:48. 16. Cofidis, 2:58. 17. Lampre-NGC, 3:24. 18. Agritubel, 4:17. 19. BBOX Bouygues Telecom, 4:41. 20. Skil-Shimano, 5:23. Overall Standings (After four stages) 1. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Team Saxo Bank, 10:38:07. 2. Lance Armstrong, United States, Astana, same time. 3. Alberto Contador, Spain, Astana, :19. 4. Andreas Kloden, Germany, Astana, :23. 5. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Astana, :31. 6. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Garmin-Slipstream, :38. 7. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Astana, :51. 8. Tony Martin, Germany, Team Columbia-High Road, :52. 9. David Zabriskie, United States, GarminSlipstream, 1:06.

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‘B’ LEAGUE Team Name Crown Royals Straightline/Centerline Plumbing Russell’s/Sunshine Smokehouse/Pine Grove Dental Primo Roofing Wyndham Village People Steamboat Flyfisher Smartwool Black Sheep

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1977 Fiber Form Enclosed cabin and sleeper. Low Hours, good condition. $4,000 OBO 970-326-6473 leave a message.

SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5i 2009. Only 8600 miles. Silver. Immaculate Condition. Automatic. All Wether Package. Factory Warranty. Upgraded Premium Stereo. Many Extras. $18,500 OBO 970-819-4793 2005 Mini Cooper Convertable Yellow, Black Top, Manual, Stored Oct - April, 27 - 35 MPG, ONLY 4,500 miles. $19,000 970-870-8043

95 Polaris 300, with snow plow, 4x4, $2,000, 2000 Polaris 250 4x4, $1,800, both in excellent condition, always garaged, 819-4422

FINANCING / WORKING PEOPLE! $750.00 MINIMUM DOWNPAYMENT. NO CREDITCHECK. Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. “Working Cars / Working People - 24,000 Mile Warranties! www.checkpointautosales.com 2006 Ford Focus, 46k/miles! 2001 Alero, 62k/miles, Fantastic! 1998 Pontiac GrandAm, Sweet! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com 60 vehicles available!

1998 Malibu Response LX Ski Boat, Great condition! Low hours, excellent maintenance, great sound system. Well below market $14,750. 291-1093.

1999 Jetta, new body, 125k, well maintained, excellent shape, Good 1st car. Blue book $6500. Asking $5000 OBO Call 970-878-5986

14 ft aluminum boat, 9.8, 4-stroke outboad motor, electric trolling motor, tilting trailer, $1,750 obo, 970-291-9131 Walden

BUY POLICE IMPOUNDS! (Cars Section) Cars, Trucks, SUV`s from $500! Hondas, curas, Chevys, Toyotas, etc. For Listings call 800-576-6918 xA875

Outcast PAC 800 pontoon fishing boat. Anchor system, motor mount. Highest quality construction. Excellent condition. $1300.00 new, $950.00 846-9374 Canoe: Old Town Discovery Series, extra-wide, oars & paddles; Windsurfer Magnum: Both like new! Make offer, Call Jennifer 846-6789 New 22’ G3 Pontoon, deluxe interior, standup dressing room, Garmin 90HP, 4 - stroke, Yamaha, Bimini, Huge Discount, dealer 824-6544 New, Safe, Reliable, clean, quiet, “G3” V170 fishing boat. 60HP 4 - stroke FI Yamaha, Big discount, dealer 824-6544 AMF Sunfish Sailboat, Great condition $750.00 Yamaha / Kawasaki old style high performance Jet Skis/ trailer $1,500! Tom Reuter, Dealer 875-0700 12’ Aluminium boat with Electric trolling motor. Call 879-3876

1995 Nissan Maxima, manual, 122k, good condition with power windows & doors, heated seats, leather interior, and Bose stereo system. $3,200 call 970-734-8118 1999 SAAB 9-5 Fully Loaded, Turbo. 144k miles runs great. Thule rack. $3,999 call kyle (603)969-3050. M & M Auto will buy your junker. If your junk car is complete, we’ll haul it away and give you $$$. Call 970-879-8178.

2003 SUZUKI DRZ400S, edelbrock carburetor, 2240 miles, $3000, 879-5755

1995 KTM 620 RXC Dual Sport. Great Shape! ONLY 6,500 miles, $2000. Call 970-846-8026

2004 CRF-250X Honda; 2006 Yamaha TTR-250, low miles, like new. Dirt, street ready. See at Extreme Power Sports 970-879-9175, 970-276-4821 1957 AJS 350cc Single cylinder, needs complete restoration. Not running but all in one piece & complete. $1500 871-1381 2000 Yamaha 90TTR, Good Condition! $800.00 includes Boots & Chest Protector. Great first bike for starters. 736-0520 1985 Yamaha Virago 1000, Great condition!, 14K, $2,200 obo, 1971 750cc Moto Guzzi, Engine restoration 800 miles ago, $5,800 obo, 736-8478 2004 Yamaha Vmax-1200 cc motorcycle, 1100 original miles like new! $6100.00 OBO call 824-7029 for more info.

2008 Weekend Warrior Wide Body. 34’ Toy Hauler. Like new, upgraded interior with 5.5 onan. Fueling station, 150 gallons of fresh water. Sleeps seven, all the EXTRAS! Blue Book $50,000, asking $33,500. 970-824-5337 970-629-5966

4X4, 2004, Jeep Liberty Renegade with sport package, manuel, clean, low miles, under warranty, clear bra, $9800 obo 819-9325

FOR SALE: 2006 Harley Davidson Fat Boy with extras, 700 miles, Mint condition. 970-276-3677

‘71 Jeep CJ5 225 V6 new clutch with plow $2500 879-6854

2003 BMW F650CS - GREAT COMMUTER BIKE, 3150 MILES, ABS, HEATED GRIPS, GARAGE KEPT, SUPER CLEAN, TANK BAG, DEALER SERVICED (RECORDS ON FILE), PICTURES EMAILED UPON REQUEST, $5650, CALL 846-8808

(30) Subaru Outbacks, Foresters, and Imprezas, from $1,500 / $15,000! 2000 “Jimmy’ Sport, Great! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com. Great Warranties!

1999 PW50, perfect first bike. $600; 2006 TTR90 Electric start $1100. Call Dan 970-846-4827

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2005 Harley Davidson XLC Sportster 1200 Custom; Hard Bags, Engine Guard, Forward Controls, Windshield, 12” Handlebars, 2119 Miles, Custom Exhaust Pipes, Excellent condition, $9500 OBO Call 970-826-0686 Beautiful 2002 Suzuki SV650 Never been down. Yoshi RS3 Pipe Great sound. Newer rear tire, new battery, 16k. $3000 908-304-2908

1997 Lance Squire 3000 8’6” Overhead camper, excellent condition. $8500 Call 970-878-4500 22’ 1995 Dutchmen Bumper Pull Camper: used very little; Kept in Covered Storage: 824-8551 & leave a message. $6300 2008 Harley Ultra Classic, loaded. 1057 miles. $21,000 Firm. 2003 Bass Tracker Fishing Pontoon Boat with 2004 115 HP motor. $14,000 OBO. 2006 Subaru Baja 4 cyl, 5 speed, 44,000 miles, $14,500 OBO 970-326-7100 or 970-824-3415 ask for Bob

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1987 Spryte five passenger snowcat. Very good condition. 45 inch “J” tracks. Blade hydraulics $14,000 possible free delivery. 970-653-3030

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2000 Clakacraft River boat 15ft, low profile, tunnel hull, excellent condition, lots of storage. $4300 obo, Todd 970-404-1451

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2007 Chevrolet Suburban LS 1500 4x4 (new design) Silver with black cloth interior, towing package, running boards, front row bench seat=9 passengers, 45k miles, excellent condition! $27,500 is priced below KBB value. Call 819-5161.

Sectional Sofa, good condition. Grey - blue fabric with subtle pattern L shaped - 88” conventional section and 79” connecting section with hide-a-bed. Will require at least two very strong men to carry down stairway. Call 879-0856. First ready to move, first served.

1996 Ford Aerostar XLT Van AWD Good Condition, 166k miles, great working vehicle for plumber or painter. $1,800 OBO 970-846-4918

2002 Jeep Liberty, Sweet! (4) 1999-05 Jeep Wranglers, Outstanding (2) Jeep Grand Cherokees, Very Nice! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.tomreuter.com

FREE:Styrofoam coolers. Call Gavin 846-8004

Tune-ups, Troubleshooting & Repairs All Computer & Laptop Brands New & Used PCs, Laptops & Parts, Virus Removal & Prevention, Wireless Networking, DELL Registered Partner 970-879-8890 DaveGlantz@ComputerCures.biz

1987 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60. New windshield, new tires. Very mechanically sound, strong, strong, vehicle. Runs good looks good! Very Motivated Seller $2,400. 970-846-0872 2004 Jeep Wrangler Sport 23,600 miles, extras, Hardtop, Softtop, Original Owner, no off-road use, 5speed, Extraordinary Condition $15,750.00 970-819-2074 2001 Ford Escape, 4WD, good condition, 94k miles. Includes Blizzaks Asking $6000 Call 970-871-6735

Discounted Steel Buildings, Big & Small Get the Deal of Deals!, Placement to Site www.scg-grp.com Source#1CD, Phone: 970-778-3191

16’ Flatbed Dual axle 10,000 GVW, brakes, spring assist ramps. $2300 Call 846-8415 4H Logan Coach 2007, excellent condition with Gold Platinum LQ $33,500 OBO. Call 970-879-6201 Sale! All CM Truckbeds & under bed Toolboxes, Plus really cool Montezuma Topsider Tool Organizers, Auto Parts of Craig, 824-6544

4H Logan Coach 2007, excellent condition with Gold Platinum LQ $33,500 OBO. Call 970-879-6201

(12) Trucks from $500 Down! 1989 Ranger Pickup, $2,250. #2479 (3) Toyota Tacomas, WoW! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com. Warranties! 1990 Ford F-150, 2wd, Maroon with matching topper, dual tanks, engine runs excellent, 96K, $1,000 or make an offer!, 970-846-4685 1981 Volkswagon Pick up, with bed cover, runs good, good gas mileage, 970-824-6679 1993 GMC SLE 2500, 4x4, extended cab, 350 engine, 5speed manual, many extras, very clean, runs great. $3700 OBO 970-824-3512 2000 F-350 Dually, 4x4, V10, 8x12 flat bed with 48” solid rails. Only 11,300 miles. $12,900 OBO. 303-324-7700 (cell) Full Size Ford F250, with oversize service body, Rack, and western 7 ft snow plow, $2,600, everything works good! 970-402-0581

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“Love that boy, like a rabbit loves to run” WD Myers. Downtown Books in Craig 970-824-5343

TRI-MATIC PAINT SPRAY BOOTH + MAKE-UP AIR UNIT, 8’x12’ working area, 9’ height, Very Clean, Fluorescent Lighting, Fire Suppression, Fire Dept. Approved, 2 ½ Gallon, Dual Regulated, HVLP Spray Gun, Well Maintained, Extra Clean, Low Hours, $32,000 New - SALE PRICE $20,000, 970.736.8244 Dovetail Designs

Structural Pipe for Sale. Most sizes available. Great for fencing, coral’s, arenas, etc. Truckload discounts. Please call (970) 352-4330. Sunday July 5th Shirt Shoot 9AM $35 Driving range 9AM-6PM. Sporting Clays 9AM-4PM, Call for details 970-846-5647 - www.3qc.net.

STEAMBOAT:Underground parking center of downtown. $80-$100 a month. Call Jon Sanders 970-870-0552

Torker boardwalk beach cruiser. Black with flames, fenders ,light, speedometer. Great condition, very low miles. $200.00. 846-1372.

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FREE: 5 cu ft Stand up freezer. does not work. Good for feed storage, planting or other. You haul. 970-879-9045 FREE: 13” TV & 21” Tv, works great. Call 970-736-0031 Adorable pit bull-boxer mix, 1 male, 5 females, fawn or black, 6 weeks old, ready to go. (970)736-8445 Free towing of unwanted & abandoned vehicles. 879-1065

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FREE WOOD PALLETS AT THE STEAMBOAT PILOT BUILDING. YOU HAUL AWAY AS MANY AS YOU LIKE FREE: Approx. 18’ of Montana log railing. You haul. 970-846-3704 Free Refrigerator / freezer, dishwasher, microwave, all work, you pick up. 480-794-0271

Selling lodgepole fence rails, logs, and stays of any size. Call 970-846-9308 with questions.

FREE: Kittens for the barn or the home. Many to choose from. Call 879-6609

0% Financing for 48 Months with approved credit, plus retail Rebates on 5 models of 4WD Montana Tractors, Craig Dealer, 824-6544 PC COMPUTER SERVICES HALF PRICE Residential Computer Repair, located in Steamboat. Microsoft Certified Professional. Tune Ups, Troubleshooting, Repairs and Installations. Cell:(818)426-9095 chill333@live.com.

Call to sign up. Randall Salky, Attorney at Law McGill Professional Law 970-879-6200 ext. 13

DONT TOSS IT ! DONATE IT AND SAVE ! HOME RESOURCE AT MILNER LANDFILL ACCEPTING USED AND LEFTOVER BUILDING MATERIALS AND APPLPIANCES 9-3 TUES THRU SAT.

HI - DEFINITION HP PROJECTOR - Compatible With every device. $900 OBO Call 970-736-1036

FREE: Dry Horse Manure for your gardens 879-5811 FREE: Freebies puzzles and games! 1306 Lincoln Ave 970-879-7409

Antique dining table, tea table, coffee tables, two sleeper sofas, chairs, 60’s bedroom set, leather chair automan, Single mattress set with frame, and much more! 970-846-7787

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Beetle Kill - Longer length available, please call Joe for details, 879-0342

FREE: Washing Machine, needs transmission work. You haul. Call 970-846-9083

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ALL STEEL PORTABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS. Strong, secure, weather & rodent proof. Great for business, home, ranch, oil field & more. 8x8x20ft in stock. 8x8x40ft. available. 970-824-3256. Visit Yampa Valley Feeds for your 4H livestock project show supplies, feed and more. Many great saddle consignments, from English (Bates, Crosby & more) to Western (Longhorn, Courts, & more). Show clothes, chaps, jackets, breeches & boots... it’s show time—get ready for the Yampa Valley Open Horse Shows and Humble Ranch Benefit Show! Visit www.yampavalleyfeeds.com or 276-4250.

I LOVE THAT PLACE ! HOME RESOURCE AT THE MILNER LANDFILL TUES - SAT 9-3 EVERYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK.

Great Haying Tractor, new 72HP Montana Limited 4WD Tractor, with loader, Easy start class 2 Pto, Great Price, dealer 824-6544

FIREWOOD: Round $90 or Split $125 per cord, We load. Call 970-778-2439 or 879-3475 Pearl Lake

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Now Taking Applications for All Day Childcare. Infants - 5 years old. If interested please call Colleen at 970-819-2449

Small Round Baler, little use $8000, 4 wheel hay rake $400, Small square baler 565 $3500, Swather 492 $3500, 824-4547

North West Colorado Firearms Training, LLC CCW training classes. NWCFT provides training far beyond the Colorado State minimum requirements. Two days of hands-on training, not just 3 hours of classroom theory. Call Ken Klinger at 970-846-6595 or visit http://NWCFT.com. Openings available for July - September classes.. You owe it to yourself to get more than a certificate.

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Vanmark Sheet metal Brake, 10 ft 6 in trim master, like new, asking $1200 obo, 970-878-4191

Bose 901 Series VI speakers, walnut, with equalizer, like new, $500, Toby 970-846-4068

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Local Blue Stain Pine. Check us out each week at the Farmer’s Market in Downtown Steamboat Springs, every Saturday! (970) 756-LOGS (5647). Over the stove Frigidaire Microwave $150, Table, 6 chairs with matching 2 piece hutch $380, 870-8811 STEAMBOAT’S MATTRESS HEADQUARTERS Mountain Mattress and furniture, Queen sets from $299. All natural, memory foam, 22 models on floor (970)879-8116

Natural Pine Log Dining Table

75”x41”, five matching leather chairs and one matching armed chair. $950, 970-870-8627 970-846-8041 King Tempur-Pedic Bed with adjustable sides, great for reading, being pregnant, or bad backs. $2,000 970-871-6165

Fresh local lamb ready Aug-Sept. Price includes processing and delivery. $330 whole or $200 1/2. Call 970-218-7613.

Reclaimed Barnwood for Sale Pine, Oak, and Walnut. 1x, 2x, and timbers of multiple dimensions, call 819-1265

Seeking nanny position, 5 years experience. Live in, full time. Infant to 5 years. references available. 402-340-1564 please leave message. TOP SOIL! TOP SOIL! TOP SOIL! Kimco 879-6898 Need Top Soil? Call 970-879-0655

LEARN TO SEW

Gayle Dudley is now offering sewing lessons for beginners to advanced learners, classes are small and scheduling is flexible. All ages welcome, call 879-5145

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Trees, Shrubs, Perennianals Annuals, Mulches, Soil & Ammendments. Metal edging & plenty of free advise all at 3046 Elk River Road. Open 7 days a week. 970-879-4769

Beautiful, Dark Palamino QH gelding. well trained & friendly disposition. 10 years. $2000. 970-291-9059 Must Sell or Trade 3 American Saddlebred Mares, 4 yrs to 17 yrs old. Broken & Unbroken. 970-824-7330

BUYING GOLD, SILVER AND PLATINUM BULLION AND COINS. Call (970)-824-5807 or Cell (970)-326-8170.

Dryland, Irrigated Grass Hay. Small Square bales & Big Square, Round Bales. Pre - Order, Delivery Available 879-1663 or 846-6120

2 Used Propane Furnaces - needs repair or use for parts, call Joe for details 879-0342

HAY FOR SALE! Alfalfa, Alfalfa Mix & Grass. Delivery Available. Please call 970-824-5219 or 970-620-3449

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BEST DEALS! Buy Direct Eliminate Middleman order next Winter’s hay. Grass, Alfalfa, Mix, Small Square, Large Rounds. Delivery options. 970-879-2391

Good old country boys, good old fashioned work! Call us for all your remodeling needs! Licensed & Insured. Water Damage Specialist 970-819-4991 SABIN - 4035 ESP Multi function Copier: COPY, FAX, PRINT, SCAN, 35 ppm, serviced and ready to go, low copies. $3,000 obo 879-2977

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Free confidential pregnancy tests & ultrasound. Pregnancy Resource Center. 544 Oak Street (Good Shepherd House) Walk-ins welcome Tuesdays 9-5PM, Wednesdays 4-7PM, Thursdays 9-2PM. Call for an appointment any time. 871-1307 www.steamboatpregnancy.com

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Schedule early for CUSTOM HAYING! Small square bales. Call 970-629-9299, leave message.

Needed: Professional Liquid Petroleum Drivers. 3 years of safe delivery of petroleum products . Airbrake, tanker and Hazmat Medical CardClean MVR. Craig base, max 4 overnights per month, Top pay. Contact: Jason@monumentoil.com

300 acres standing natural timothy hay, ready to cut after 7/15, $47 per T. Elkhead Ranch 970-276-3920

Older JD 410 Backhoe, $7500, Lincoln Ranger 8 Welder, new motor, 50 ft leads, $1900, acetylene Torch Set, with extras, $350, 1985 3/4 ton pickup, 4x4, $1700, 1958 Olds, Super 88, 4 door hard top, $2500, 970-272-3230 6 Ton National Boom Truck, 60’ reach, Ford 800 with flat bed & carrying rack. $12,000 846-6823

2 quality SuffolkXHamp buck lambs for sale. Call 970-218-7613 Alpacas For Sale. Fiber, pet males. Halter trained. $500 pair includes gelding. Experienced, award-winning breeder. Visitors welcome! NeverSummer Alpacas. 736-1129 10 fresh corriente roping calves, $375, 2 2yr. old corriente bulls, good conformation, gentle, ready for breeding, $500. Elkhead Ranch, 970-276-3920 Meadowbrook Horse Cart for sale. Includes all tack and harness; plus sleigh runners. $1,800. Call 879 6043. 10 Corrientte Long Horn X, $400 a calf. AI pairs $850. Never been roped. Call 878-5986 Horse pasture for rent. 970-824-2051 Standing at stud AQHA Capitol Class -Black Bay. Hollywoods Shining -Red Dun. Get ‘em Dun -Palomino. APHA Tuff N Tru -Bay Homozygous Tobiano. Foundation breeding, great dispositions, versatile. Call 970-824-4145 or 970-629-0190 Palomino all-around type mare english western. Smart, softmounth and leggy. $3500 Semi-retired 17.2hh Swedish warmblood mare, dressage-trail predictable undersaddle but pushy to handle. $1000, 970-871-1324 http://mystic-valley-farm.com

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John P. Armstrong. Reliable, professional, horse shoeing for balance and performance. Gentle handling of your horse, 9 years experience, Hot-Cold and corrective shoeing. Hayden, CO, 435-640-0201

FOUND: I Touch found on school bus. password to identify. 970-879-7117

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MOVING SALE! 7/10, 7/11? Furniture, sectional sofa, new 12/08 snow blower, Free 1/2 cord firewood. Tamarack Dr., follow signs. 970-871-1588

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Lost - Rod case at Yampa Pumphouse near Hayden, 970-219-1109 LOST:Hayden 07/05 between Fairgrounds, 76A. White western Saddle pad, Purple & Black saddle blanket belongs to 8yr old 4H’er. 734-6100 FOUND: 2 fly rods in case, call to identify. 970-326-7223

PROPERTY CARETAKERS. A reliable couple to live on the ranch, maintain security, monitor systems, and perform routine maintenance. Housing & utilities provided year-round. Starts Sept 1st. Reference Necessary. High Meadow Ranch 736-8416

City of Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter Phone: 879-0621 - 760 Critter Court 7/1/09-in Craig-Short hair female black, tan tabby cat. 7/5/09-Found in box by dumpster behind Napa Auto Parts: Female brown tabby cat, medium hair, with 6 kittens.

Personal Assistant needed starting immediately. Tasks included light computer work & Errands. Experience preferred & must have vehicle. Call 970-871-7863

FOUND: Orange male cat, friendly, meows lots. Please call for more details and to identify. 970-819-2406

Seeking person to provide admin assistance to office in Steamboat. 40 hrs week, $14.63 hour. Email resumes to: cwbennett@ultimaservices.com

FOUND: Snap On Ratchet on 129 by 7-11. Call to identify. 970-819-6047

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City of Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter Phone: 879-0621 www.petfinder.com DATE: 7-5-09 Dogs for Adoption: Rowdee-Male Pit Bull-great with other dogs! Roman-Huge male Blue Doberman-Good boy! Cats for Adoption: Many cats available. All sizes, colors and ages. 8 weeks to 14 years old! Barn Cats too-$30 each!

More advanced Monday, July 13th, 3:30pm. Beginners, Wednesday, September 2nd, 6:30pm. $125, 5 weeks. Lena 970-879-2444 lenasteed@comcast.net

K-9 Gentle Dental will be at Mt. Werner Veterinary Hospital for the July Hygiene Clinic. July 9th, 11th, 23rd. No anesthesia required. Call Angel for appointment 619-370-5956.

12 year local asking community to help raise funds to move from Steamboat by 7/31/09 due to unemployment crisis. Call Ralph 970-871-0836 or mail contributions to: POBOX 771413 Steamboat, CO 80477. For Sale: 1986 Honda Hurricane 600 $1,500.

Adorable Pure Bred Chihuahua Female Puppies, $250, and $300. Shots and Wormed. (970) 878-4477

Precision Repair needs fulltime assistant to manager at front counter. Friendly, upbeat personality with good multi tasking skills. Experience with inventory parts and computer ordering a plus, $12hr. Resume to vann@springsips.com No calls please.

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AKC registered Shelties, four females and one male. Gorgeous pups! Ready to go first week of August. 824-8736, 629-2405 Mini Ausie Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniel, Papillon, Pekingese, Westie, Yorkies. All from top USDA licensed Top Breeders. Baker Drive Pets 970-824-3933

Integrated Community seeks a PT, ESL instructor in Craig. BA-AA in Education + 1-2 years related experience. Call 871-4599. EOE.

Own a Computer? Put it to Work! Up to $1,500 to $7,500 month PT - FT Free Info! www.bcmakemoney.com

City of Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter Phone: 879-0621 - 760 Critter Court, 7/3/09-Found at City Market: Senior black-tan female dog with rainbow collar. 7/4/09-Found at the Farmers Market: Yellow female lab with flea collar. 7/2/09-Found at the Yacht Club-Older short hair grey cat. 7/1/09-Found at Big Valley Ranch-Neutered male white Bichon Frise (?).

Corcker Spaniel Puppies. Black, Black & White, $375 each. Please 970-870-3243

Two positions available for August 2009. Pre-school Teacher: 12:00-6:30 Monday through Friday. Must be group leader qualified. Pre-School teachers Aide: 8:00-12:00 Monday through Thursday. 970-824-9400

Full-time temporary customer service position now through late September, covering a maternity leave. Mon - Fri, 9 - 5, no nights, no weekends. Strong possibility of converting to a full-time, year-round outside sales and customer service position for the right person. Contact Tom at Pilot Office Outfitters, 879-6450 x15.

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690B John Deere track hoe, 38,000 lbs. Strong, rebuilt motor. Good tracks and pins. Good Shape! $12,000. 970-629-1014 or 970-276-3245

FOUND: Wire frame glasses, soft blue case on Trail up from HWY 40 & Sinclair gas. Please call 879-3376

Professional, flexible PT / FT benefited position for front desk assistant; ability to multi-task & pleasant phone etiquette essential! Medical office experience and Spanish speaking preferred. Fax cover letter and resume 870-6441

CONCRETE FORM SETTER & FINISHER Precision Excavating, Inc. has an immediate opening for an experienced Concrete Form Setter & Finisher. Please apply in person at 1545 West Jefferson Ave. in Hayden. EOE

CERTIFIED WEED FREE. Grass Hay for Sale. Small square bales. Local Steamboat Hay. Please contact: 303-493-1852 Individual and Group Health Insurance PPO, ALL-PROVIDER. Emergency room, RX. Rates guaranteed. Replace expensive COBRA Plans. www.LoneEagleInsurance.com (970)879-1101

Busy medical practice looking for Medical Assistant - CNA, must have computer skills and phlebotomy helpful. Competitive wages and benefits. Bring resume to 595 Russell Street, Craig.

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AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC / TECHNICIAN. Full/Part-time mechanic for Steamboat dealership. Experience required. Flexible hours. Tom Reuter, 875-0700. Possible housing available. Steamboat Lake Outfitters is now hiring for prep cooks, pizza cooks, line cooks, wait staff, front desk agents and cashiers, call 879-4404 or apply online www.steamboatoutfitters.com

Mountain West Environments seeks experienced gardeners with an eye for detail. Horticulture background a plus. Valid drivers license required. Call Rochelle at 879-2313 x 22 for information.

SPEECH COACH (or Co-coaches) SSHS. Media Paraprofessional SSMS. Special Ed. Paraprofessional SPE. Please complete district classified application at https://apps.winocular.com/steamboat/apply/ Questions: 970-871-3199. EOE

Licensed esthetician needed for European facials and waxing procedures at busy medical spa. Part time-full time. Experience required. Some training involved. Send resume to 970-879-4527, or call Patty at 970-871-4811. Seeking medical assistant. Duties to include assisting physician, administering allergy testing and shots, and performing general office duties. Medical experience preferred, but will train the right candidate. Computer experience, attention to detail and customer service skills a must. Submit resume to 940 Central Park Dr., Suite 207, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487

PS Homecare, a leading national respiratory company seeks Healthcare specialist. Responsibilities: Disease management programs, clinical evaluations, equipment set-up (including ventilators) and education. Be the Dr.’s eyes in the home setting. RN, LPN, RRT, CRT licensed as applicable. Pediatric experience preferred. Great personality with strong work ethic needed. Competitive salary, benefits and career paths. Drug free workplace. EOE. 970-879-4212

Town of Oak Creek Colorado is currently seeking a certified plant operator for its water and wastewater treatment plants. The applicant must have at least a class “B” wastewater certification and a class “C” water certification. If interested please send resume and cover letter to Town Clerk, P.O. Box 128, Oak Creek CO 80467 or fax to (970) 736-8225.

STEAMBOAT: 3BD, 2.5BA, partially furnished, 1 garage, 1 out door space, WD, hardwood floors, premium appliances, close to down town, responsible couples and families preferred. $1,700 month + partial utilities. Or 2BD apartment $1,100 monthy plus utilities. Call Russ 203-253-6509 OAK CREEK:$350 JULY MOVE IN SPECIAL! Nice studio apartment, NS, NP, $650 mo includes utilities, direct TV, first deposit, 970.819.2849 CRAIG:2BD, 1BA Downtown apartment, WD, NS, pet considered. Available Immediatley. $750 Month. Please call 970-824-7957 or 970-326-8100

The Village At Steamboat is hiring for the following positions:

Claims Analyst

(Full-Time) The Claims Analyst is responsible for the submission of clean and timely patient claims to commercial, governmental, and workers compensation insurance companies. Candidate must possess excellent customer service attitude, strong computer skills with strong knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and hospital information systems required. An overall knowledge of functions & activities of hospitals, understanding of compliance, knowledge of various payment systems, skill in analyzing, researching, and resolving problems and issues. Previous hospital billing experience & Patient Financial Services certification preferred. We offer great benefits including health insurance, paid time off, ski passes, 403(b) retirement plan and more! Apply at Yampa Valley Medical Center, Human Resources at 1024 Central Park Drive Steamboat Springs, CO, fax resume to 871-2337, apply online at www.yvmc.org or email to: careers@yvmc.org.

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STEAMBOAT:This place feels like Home! 2 OR 3 bdrm, 1ba, unfurnished, NS, NP, $1,400 , 1st, and last mo, super location, on Oak St, off street parking, newly remodeled, WD hookups, call Moser & Assoc 970-879-2839

*Housekeeping / Preventative Maintenance *Room Prep / Quality Control * Night Laundry Full time- Year round employment. Benefits include: Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, Potential Tuition Reimbursement, Discounted hotel room rates at Wyndham core properties. Apply in person at 900 Pine Grove Circle (Across from the Tennis Bubble) EOE, VETERANS, DV, M, F

SAKETUMI SEEKING PT SUSHI CHEF. SOME EXPERIENCE REQUIRED CONTACT 970.846.2840. TO SET UP INTERVIEW.

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OAK CREEK:3BD, 1BA. $800 monthly includes heat, water and sewer. Pets OK, WD. Available July 24th. First plus deposit. Call Ann (970)846-6218

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We are accepting applications for line cooks. Please apply in person Tuesday through Saturday at 2165 Pine Grove Road at the back door between 2-6pm.

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Seeking Kitchen manager, full time with competitive salary adn benefits. Please email resume to carmen@riograndemexican.com and nick@riograndemexican.com. We are accepting applications for PM line cooks. Some Spanish a plus. Please apply within.

Giovanni’s currently seeking one experienced line cook. Apply in person between 2-5 pm, Wednesday - Saturday, 127 11th Street. Now Hiring Shift Managers, We are seeking career minded motivated individuals to help manage Quick Service Restaurants. We offer: -Competitive Pay -Benefits -Paid Training -401K -Paid Vacation -Unlimited Opportunities for Growth and Personal Development Based on Performance. We offer more opportunities for people to find the challenges they want and the recognition they deserve. If you’re ready to match challenge with opportunity, come join our team. Preferred candidates will have previous management experience and demonstrated growth in personal and professional development. Please email resume to ApplyingForPosition@Hotmail.com or fax 719-573-9404 SLOPESIDE GRILL is looking for line cooks. Apply in person at Slopeside Grill in Ski Time Square.

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Now hiring retail associate, weekends and part time. Sales experience helpful but not necessary. Apply in person! Zing, 345 Lincoln Avenue.

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YVRA Heavy Equipment Mechanic / Operator: Salary Range $2,881 to $3,082. Details: http://www.co.routt.co.us. Click on Employment. Deadline: 5:00 pm July 14, 2009. Routt County Human Resources, PO Box 773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. Equal Opportunity Employer.

Horizons is looking for an individual with a degree in Speech & Language Pathology, Colorado Type E Special Services Certification (CDE Licensure), and experience with children birth to three with developmental delays. This position is one member of a team that works with children (in their homes), families, BOCES, and other agency professionals. Some travel is required. Send resume or letter of interest to Susan Mizen at: smizen@horizonsnwc.org. EOE.

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IS NOW HIRING: FT / PT SALES ASSOCIATES & ASSISTANT MANAGERS. COMPETITIVE WAGES & BENEFITS. APPLY IN PERSON AT 7-ELEVEN OFF HWY 40

STEAMBOAT: Clean and New studio apartment available. utilities, cable, and internet included. NP, WD, First, last, security. References required. $725 monthly. (970)871-9918 or (970)819-3135

STEAMBOAT:All Inclusive PackagesMonthly Leases Includes: Wireless Internet, Local Phone, Basic Cable and Utilities. Fully Furnished, Dog Friendly 2Bedroom, 2Bath From $1,200; 1Bedroom, 1Bath From $800; housing@steamboat.com (970) 871-5140 or 877-264-2628 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Caretaker unit, Private Home on Mountain, Separate Entrance, WD, Near Bus. References, 1st, Deposit. Available September 1, $900 846-3366 STEAMBOAT:APT FOR RENT, West End Village, 603-275-6832, dog ok, all util., WD and internet 1 bdrm- 1st, last, $850 month OAK CREEK: 2BD, 1BA apartment, all appliances, NS, WD, pets negotiable, 1st & security. $850 month includes all utilities. Joe 846-3542 STEAMBOAT:New 1BD Downtown, NS, WD, DW 1 vehicle. Pet negotiable $1100 includes utilities Available 08/1. 970-879-5507 STEAMBOAT:Studio apartment in luxury home available. $1200 monthly includes utilities. (970)879-8089

CRAIG:1 BD and 2 BD, available in August, WD in apartment, NP, background check. Pick up application at 615 Riford Rd #5G, 824-2772

STEAMBOAT: Heart of Downtown Steamboat, 1BD, 1BA. Unfuirnished apartment. NS, NP, $850 per month plus utilities. Call 970-453-2992

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STEAMBOAT:Caretaker studio in Whitewood, 20 minutes from downtown. Furnished, private entrance and patio. NS, NP, lease required. $725 monthly. 970-846-6767

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STEAMBOAT:Cabin for rent, 1BD + loft at River Bend. Pet ok, low utilities. Available now. $875 monthly 970-846-9340

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STEAMBOAT:1bd, 1 ba upper mountain privacy , views, pet OK $890 pay- gas only 846-8145

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STEAMBOAT:New 1 Bedroom on Mountain near bike path and bus. Furnished. Utilities, Wi-Fi, Satellite included. WD, NS, NP $900. 970.734.7933

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Steamboat Springs School District Teachers 2009-2010. Music Teacher - SPE, Reading Teacher ½ Time, SCE. CO Teacher License with appropriate endorsement required. Salary: DOQ. Please complete district application at https://apps.winocular.com/steamboat/apply/ Questions: 970-871-3199. EOE

Here’s a genuine career opportunity. Full-time year-round position for a person with proven sales ability and history. Local Steamboat business is looking for an individual that is highly motivated by commission sales as our sales and support representative for the Routt/ Moffat/ Grand county area. Product and industry knowledge is not necessary; we will provide training. However, proven sales ability and drive is a must. Ideal candidate will be a self-starter with some technical/ mechanical aptitude. Let’s get started on your career! Contact Tom at Pilot Office Outfitters 879-6450 x15.

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CRAIG:Remodeled 2BA, 1BA apartments with Travertine, slate, oak, and alder finishes, Economy apartments, or 2BD, 2BA Townhomes that allow pets. 970-824-9251

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STEAMBOAT:Large 2BD, 1BA apartment, Laundry facilities. NS, NP, Completely remodeled! New carpet, paint, cabinets and appliances, $1,200 monthly. 928-486-2070 STEAMBOAT: 3bd, 1.5 bath, Fenced Yard, walk to town. Gas fireplace, DOGS WELCOME. $1,500. First, last, deposit. July 1st. 970-846-3859

CRAIG:2BD, 1BA Vacant apartments, covered parking, laundry facilities. $705 + 1 month deposit. Alpine Apartments 4th & Tucker. Jesse 970-824-3636

STAGECOACH: 2BD, 1BA. Partially furnished, bottom floor, corner unit. WD. NS, no dogs. $950, some utilities included. 846-4355 day STEAMBOAT:Caretakers apartment in luxury home available. $950 monthly includes utilities. (970)879-8089 CRAIG: DOWNTOWN Large 2 to 3 Bedroom Apartments.Furnished, parking, laundry facilities. All electric kitchens including DW, disposals. Small pets ok. Call (970)824-7120 STEAMBOAT:1bd, 1 ba upper mountain privacy , views, pet OK $890 pay- gas only 846-8145 STEAMBOAT: Downtown, MOVE-IN NOW! Unfurnished, clean, cozy, 2BR 1BA. New carpet, paint, tile. No pets. $975.00 Year Lease 9 7 0 - 7 3 4 - 4 9 1 9 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/269 3405

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STEAMBOAT:1BD, 2BA, Top corner, GFP, WD, Pool, HT, Updated, Creek views. NP NS References required. $950. 1st, last, deposits 879-3788

STEAMBOAT:Fully furnished 2bd, 2bath on the mtn with hot tubs, pool, and tennis court. NP, NS $1450 month. High Mountain Sotheby’s International Realty, Ted Hoffman 970-846-1031

STEAMBOAT:1br Walton Village Condo: $1,000 month, furnished, new remodel, wd, pool, tennis, hot tub, corner unit. Call 970-846-3594

STEAMBOAT:Storm Meadow Club C Rare opportunity to rent furnished 1BD, 1BA, upscale amenities, flexible terms.. Valerie Lish RE/MAX Steamboat 970-846-1082.

STEAMBOAT:Newly painted, furnished, North Star Effeciency condo, on mt, on bus route, cable, HT, Sauna, trash, WD, NS, NP, $850 + utilities, 719-459-1121, 719-535-0484

STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA, new carpet, new stove, new paint. Year lease, Deposit. $850 970-871-1802 Please leave message.

STEAMBOAT:Shadow Run 2BD, 2BA, furnished, hot tub, pool, $1100 negotiable monthly rent (610) 945-7281 STEAMBOAT: Old Town Fully furnished 3bdrm 3.5ba, garage, $2,695 per month, discounted 1st month rent, Scott 970-846-5898 Candice 970-870-049 STEAMBOAT:4BD, 2BA 2 Story End unit on mtn. WD, Gas Fireplace, balcony, cable, views, awesome location. NP, NS $1875, negotiable. 8/1. 819-6675 STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 2BA partially Furnished, Internet, Cable Included, bus-route, WD, Hot-Tub, mountain. NS, NP $1100 1st, Last, Security. 970-871-7921 STEAMBOAT:Sunny corner unit, 2bd, 2bath, Available NOW, walkout patio to pool, tennis. 1st, last, NS, partially furnished $1200. 970-879-6528 STEAMBOAT: Sunray Meadows Beautiful 3 BD 2BA, WD, FP, Garage with Direct Access, Close to Bus, Near Ski Area, NP. $1695 monthly includes HEAT! Call Central Park Management at 879-3294. www.rentalsatsteamboat.com STEAMBOAT:New, Beautifully Furnished Sunray Condo. Centrally located, 2BD 2BA, WD, FP, Garage, Utilities, Cable included, $1,500 monthly. NS, NP, 970-879-2149 STEAMBOAT:Mountain 1bd, 1ba remodeled, furnished, views, pool, hot tubs, free bus. NS, NP. 1st, last + deposit. August 1st, $975. 970-846-5425 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, Condo, Fully furnished, WD, on bus route, NS, NP $1,250 plus utilities, First, Last, Security (719)338-4763 STEAMBOAT:Quail Run 2bd, 2ba, top floor corner furnished WD, FP, garage, 2 decks. 210-426-7000 STEAMBOAT:Spring Meadows Condo 2BD, 1BA, unfurnished, close to mountain. $900 monthly plus S.D. NS, NP. (970)879-2373

STEAMBOAT: Totally gutted and remodeled, High End Finishes $900 NS, NP, Pool, WD. Available Immediately! 846-6444 STEAMBOAT:Ski Time Sq. - Very spacious 1bd, 2ba multi-level condo. Great View and short walk to Torian Plum merchants or Gondola Square. Mostly furnished (minus bed). DW. Ski Locker. Private underground parking. Hot tub, Sauna, & Coin-Op W/D on-site. NS NP. $1,100/mo on annual lease; Gas FP, Cable, Water, Trash, included. 970.846.3442. Available Sept. 1. STEAMBOAT:2BR, 2BA Walton Creek, Lease length Negotiable, Pool, Hot Tub, partially furnished, storage. Available 08/01 $1,150 NS, NP, WD. 970-846-7587 STEAMBOAT:Available NOW! Downtown 2Bd, 1Ba with wd, np, $1150 call 846-8247, long term rental, view online www.steamboatliving.com

STEAMBOAT Shadow Run, 1bd, new bathroom, furnished, clean, $975, or owner lease option to buy, 970-819-2233 STEAMBOAT:SKI IN SKI OUT, 2BD, 2BA Storm Meadows, $1750 +Electric, NS, NP, Yr lease negotiable. 846-8284. STEAMBOAT: Scandinavian Lodge 2BD, 1.5BA, Ski - In Ski - Out, furnished, including utilities, WD, FP, Pool, NP. $1450 846-8907 STEAMBOAT:Pool, tennis, hot tub, 1BD. 1BA Walton Village. NS, NP, WD, furnished. $825 monthly plus deposit. Some utilities included. 970-879-4857 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA on mountain, beautiful views, very quiet environment!, covered parking! Fully furnished, cable, gas, water, and trash included. $1,100 per month. Call Drew 970-291-9101

STEAMBOAT:Large 3bd, 3ba Willett Heights Condo on Tamarack, two-floor end unit, lots of windows, WD, fireplace, ns, np, $1,450 monthly, available August 1, 970-879-0496 STEAMBOAT:2br, 2ba furnished beautiful condo right on the trails! Top floor, vaulted ceilings, wood floors, views directly to mountain. Pool, tennis, work out area. $1000 month July-Dec 15. 970-846-7547 STEAMBOAT:1BD, garage, WD, FP. Remodeled, new carpet, storage, parking, ski mountain views, bus. Cable, trash, water included. NS, NP, Reference, Lease, Deposit. $1095 970-846-7275 STEAMBOAT:1BD, beautifully remodeled Timbers Condo. New floors, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, great views, MUST SEE! $900, Available now! 802-310-1135 STEAMBOAT:3 Bed, 3ba, Clocktower Sq. $2000 incl util. Fully furnished, hot tub, BBQ, WD. 6 month lease. Jen 415-350-7726 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA furnished Rockies 1st floor. Views! Pool, hot tubs out your door! Mountain, bus route, NS, NP $1200. 304-552-3607 STEAMBOAT: 2 and 3 bedroom condo’s. Fully furnished on mountain with garages. Sorry no pets, no smoking, VERY REASONABLE! (970)871-6762

STEAMBOAT: Views! 2 BD 1BA nicely furnished Villas @ Walton Creek, garage FP WD deck NS NP $1,250mo lesliefiji@frii.com 970-879-0080 STEAMBOAT:Completely remodeled 2BD, 1BA. NS, NP, $1,000 + utility. Close to bus route, on site laundry facility. Susan Ross 970-819-2300 STEAMBOAT:On the River 2BD, 2BA, Brand new, furnished WD, NS, NP, Mountain Views. Monthly, seasonal, yearly.$1650 (970)871-6016 846-7400 STEAMBOAT:Villas 2BD, 1BA, 1 car garage, WD, hot tub. Utilities include; heat, cable, gas, water, trash. Bus, NP. $1250. 846-3811

STEAMBOAT:LARGE 2BR, 2BA on mountain, WD, DW, pet ok, large yard, $1400, 303-378-9903

STEAMBOAT:Need 1 person to share 3bdrm, 2ba condo - 2 clean, laid-back people. NS, NP; $520, first & dep. 970-846-6391 STEAMBOAT: Meadows 2 BD / 1 BA, Nicely Furnished, Hardwood Floors, New Carpet, HUGE GARAGE, Top Floor, Quiet, On Bus Route, Walk to Gondola, WD, NP, $1195. Central Park Management - 970-879-3294, 303-929-8443 STEAMBOAT:Clean 2bd, 2ba, 1 Car Attached Garage. Includes Heat, Cable, Internet. WD in Unit. Available Now; $1375 Mth 879-4529

STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 2BA Shadow Run, bus-route. Available July 1st. WD, storage. Utilities included. NS, NP. $1200, 819-4301

STEAMBOAT:Downtown by High School. Great views. Unfurnished, 3bedroom, + Den, 2bath, 2 car garage. 1,726 sq. ft., pet considered, available July, lease, ns. $1,800-2,000 monthly. Axis West Realty 970879.8171or www.AxisWestRealty.com

STEAMBOAT:528 Laurel in Old Town, 2 BR, 2 BA, rock fireplace, WD, garage, garden, dogrun, available August, $1,500 month. STEAMBOAT:3Bdrm, 3.5Ba 2,900 sq.ft. Downtown, New. Luxurious open floor plan, garage, decks, family room, office, storage, WD, NS, pets, lease, $2,200. 970.846.3868 STEAMBOAT:4BD, 3BA, 4 car garage Excellent views, deck, yard, furnished. NS, NP, on bus route, $1,500. 1st, last, deposit, 1 yr. lease 928-486-3544

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STEAMBOAT:Spectacular! 3BD, 3BA, Fish Creek Falls Neighborhood. Bus, 2 car garage, Great room + Den. NS, Available August $1900 (970)846-6332

STEAMBOAT:Duplex, 3BD, 2BA, fenced yard, new carpet - paint. DW, WD, NS, NP, bus. Available now. $1,250 mo. 1st, Last, Security. References. Possible Sale or Rent2Own. 402-817-9471 STEAMBOAT:2BR, 1B, Riverside Duplex fenced yard, water ,trash included, pet possible, Year lease, 1st, deposit, Available 08/01, $1100 846-5904

STEAMBOAT:3BR, 3.5BA in town, lg deck, gas fireplace, single garage + extra storage unit, hot tub, bus route, pets OK, NS, year lease. $1600 + most utilities. Available 8/1. Carrie 208-597-5546 STEAMBOAT:Beautifully furnished 3BD, 2BA, 3795 Whistler RD, Long term rental available, Hot Tub, NS, NP. $1699 month + utilities. 405-301-0411 STAGECOACH:4BD, 3BA, LAKE VIEW! Hot tub, NS, WD, pet negotiable. No Move in FEES. $2200 month. 736-0031

STEAMBOAT:FURNISHED, GARAGE, PARKING SPOT, GAMEROOM, FIREPLACE, ENTRAN HEATING, WD. Near Yampa River! Prefer lease, NS, NP, $1950, month+utilities, 1st, Security. 714-475-8210 STEAMBOAT:5BD, 3BA, bus route, On Golf Course, WD, NS, 2-car garage, pets considered. $2,195 + utilities. Great home. Call 970-846-5551

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, Furnished, garage, WD, views, fenced yard, pets negotiable, NS. $1500+utilities, First, last, security. Long term. 846-3111. Details www.westworks.us/rental

STEAMBOAT:Large 2bd, 1ba duplex on mountain. NS, Pet considered, WD, one year lease, $1325 month, including all utilities. Available 8/1. (760)473-3907

STEAMBOAT:Downtown next to Butcherknife Park. 1 Month FREE Rent. Furnished 3BD, 1BA, HUGE Yard, short or long term, pet negotiable, NS, WD, $1800 plus utilities. 970-819-5169 Ask about Rent to own.

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STEAMBOAT:Riverside Duplex 2BD, 1BA, clean, No Dogs, NS, low utilities. Available Now. 1st, Deposit $800 970-824-8935

OAK CREEK:Brand New 1/2 Duplex for Rent 3BD, 2BA, 2 car garage, all appliances included, central vacuum. NS, Pet negotiable. Sierra View, $1495 monthly + utilities. Call Joe 846-3542

STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA $1800 monthly, new carpet new paint, some new appliances. “Face Lift”. 620 Oak, Available July 1st 879-3301

STEAMBOAT:New 3BD, 2.5BA, 1 car garage for Rent, Lease to Own or Sale! Potential Owner Finance. Call Marc at 970-846-6480

STEAMBOAT:8-1 Unfurnished, clean, sunny, bright LARGE 4BR 3BA office, family room, mud room, woodstove, garage, yard, great views, LOW UTILITIES. $2100 970-734-4919 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/204 80104

STEAMBOAT:3 bd, 2.5 ba, furnished, garage, hot tub, fenced yard, $2000 mo, +utilites, NP, NS, Available 8/1, 846-6420

STEAMBOAT:Family home, 3BD, 3BA between town & mountain, views, large family room, granite, stainless steel, 2-car, NS, NP, $2,100. First, last, deposit (970) 846-9496

STEAMBOAT: Beautiful home on 49 acres. 3BD + caretaker. 20 minutes from downtown. NS. $2400 month. 970-879-8814

STEAMBOAT:2BD 1BA cozy, quiet, downtown. Great yard. WD, NP, NS. Lease, references First, Last, Security $1100 month + utilities. 970-879-9038

STEAMBOAT:2BR, 1BA duplex on mountain. Large deck opens to fenced backyard...great for dogs! Available now! $999 mo + utilities. 970-846-9069

STEAMBOAT:Newly furnished Ridgecrest! 2BD, 2BA, bus, ski, mountain views, deck, hottubs, WD, NS, NP, utilities, internet, garage, storage, $1,395. 719-648-5789

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HAYDEN:3bedroom, 2bathroom house, large 2 car garage. $1325 month. No Smoking. Pets negotiable. Lease. Available Aug. 1. 846-3060

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STAGECOACH:Available July 1st, newer 3bd, 2ba, 2-car garage in South Shore overlooking Reservoir. Year lease, NS, pets negotiable. $1550 month + deposit. 846.9591.

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STEAMBOAT:Old Town! 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, WD, NS, pet neg. Built in 2000, 1500 sf finished up, 900 sf unfin garden level. Great landlords (I promise). $2100 + util. 1st + sec dep. 1 yr term. Avail. 7/1 Contact 520-8th-st@comcast.net. OAK CREEK: 2BD, 1BA furnished home, Large fenced yard, dogs ok, $1500 month, available Sept 1st. Call 970-736-2408 or 919-815-3404 STEAMBOAT:1 BD COTTAGE, 502 1/2 Pine Street, includes water and trash, $750 mo. Available now. NP, NS, 719-576-9930

STEAMBOAT:Live & Work Downtown, 1,200 sqft apartment, new bathroom, 1,000 sqft garage, 10ft door. $1,500 mo 846-9753 HAYDEN:Large 1bd, 1ba with master bedroom 15X15, new paint, carpet, pets ok, $650 month + utilities. Available 07/01/09 846-0794 STEAMBOAT:Never-lived-in, brand new home, 5 minutes from downtown. 4bd, 3.5ba, views, decks, school bus route, nice yard, private. NP, NS. $3,500 month + utilities. Corey 970-846-3782 Email: bryna@organic-marketing.com.

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, 3357 Apres Ski Way, WD. Walking distance to Gondola. WD, NP, $1100 monthly + deposit & utilities. 970-846-9589

STEAMBOAT:Great Landlords seeking Great Tenants! Newer 3BD Downtown home with garage. 4BD Mountain home with garage and awesome views! 846.3353

STEAMBOAT: Huge 1BD above garage. 2BD -5BD negotiable house. Both spectacular views, decks, NS. $1200$2000. Call 970-879-0514 or 970-879-9168

STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA newer-home. 2 car garage, spacious kitchen, FP, WD. Mountain, bus route, landscaped, Jacuzzi tub. $2150 month. 970-846-5004, 870-6410

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MILNER: Brand new 2BD, 2.5BA home, beautiful views, large deck, WD, 1 floor, ample parking. $1400 month includes utilities. 970-846-5730

STEAMBOAT:Sunny room, private bath, Stylish, clean, townhome, Quiet, private! Garage, WD, dishwasher, Fireplace, decks, NS, NP, $650 month includes cable, hi-speed internet, 846-2294 STEAMBOAT:Beautiful! 3 bd, 3ba+ loft, office and gameroom. Approx 2100 sqft completely remodeled Kitchen, baths, carpet, new appliances. NS, NP, $1,800 Mo Includes Heat, cable, water. You only pay elec. Swim in our Pool this summer! (970) 819-8777 STAGECOACH: Beautiful House on Lynx Pass fully furnished, 2300sqft. Seeking Quality Renter, price negotiable for Right Person. 970-736-0890 or 970-846-1525

MAYBELL: 3BR, 2BA. Fenced back yard. Pets negoitable. NS. $900 monthly + security deposit. Available now. Call Lisa 970-824-7000

STEAMBOAT:3 BDRM 3 1/2 BATH LOG HOME FISH CREEK 3500 sq ft, 2 car garage. Available August 1st $2250 plus utilities, yr lease. Pet ok. fs. Will trade 1 mnth rent for painting and maintenance. Call:305-942-9362 or e-mail juliabesson@msn.com

STEAMBOAT: Family rental on mountain, 4BD, 3.5BA, 2 car, nice yard, bus route, NS, NP. $2100 1st, last, deposit. 970-846-3366 STEAMBOAT:4 + bedroom old town home, big fenced yard, pets okay. Furnished, $3,000 includes utilities. Flexible terms, call for appointment. (970)871-6898

OAK CREEK:RENT TO OWN! Willow Hill MH Park, Remodeled 1400 sq.ft., 4 Bedroom doublewide $950 month. 875-0700. Beautiful fenced yard!

STEAMBOAT:AVAILABLE NOW, $1,200 Monthly, 2 bedroom plus loft, 1 bath home, pets, close to bus, skiing. Large deck, views. 970-819-6930

STEAMBOAT: Unfurnished 1 bedroom 1 bath Mobile Home located in Dream Island MHC, $875 monthly, $900 deposit, Call (970) 879-0261

STEAMBOAT:Old Town Home, 3BD, 2BA, Gas fireplace, WD, NS, Pets OK, 1st and security. $1600 month, 846-4705

CRAIG:Quaint 2BD, 1.5BA mobile home-6 lots, above city park, secluded, new paint, furnace, garage, yard, views, pets possible. $850 monthly (970)824-7957 or 970-326-8100

STEAMBOAT:Beautifully restored cottage, 9th & Oak Street, downtown. 1BD, 1BA, WD, NS. First, last, security utilities. Available 07/01 $1150. 879-1453. STEAMBOAT:AFFORDABLE COUNTRY LIVING, 3bd, 2ba, White Cotton Area, on two acres, garage, storage, quiet setting, pets negot, $2200 mo, 970-376-5442 STEAMBOAT:3 Bedroom 2 bath, 2 car garage on 35 acres with incredible views.Pets and horses OK. 10 miles on CR33. $1500 month 846-5190 STEAMBOAT:Cute Old Town home. 3BD, 1BA Hardwood floors, gas stove, WD, Pets considered. $1700 month plus utilities. Available immediately. 970-870-2866 HAYDEN: Quiet location 2BD, 1BA, nice yard, 2 car garage, WD, NP, $1100 month + security. Bear River Realty 970-276-3392 YAMPA: 2 bedroom Log home $850.00 month. First, Last, Damage year lease. NP Available June 1st. (970) 638-4455 YAMPA:Cute 2Bed, 1Bath home, Huge yard, beautifully remodeled kitchen, NP, NS, WD. $1000 month. First, last, security. 970-846-6891 or 970-846-3763 HAYDEN: 3BD, 1BA $915 monthly plus utilities. 2-car garage. Pets considered. Available Now. (970)846-6227 Newly remodeled 5Bed, 3Bath, familyroom, 2 woodstoves, 800 sqft.shop, 3-acres, 8-miles from town, horses OK, Pets neg. LEASE TO OWN, $2100 Mo, 720-733-7803 STEAMBOAT:County, 12 miles on 20-Mile Rd. Large 2+ bd, 1 ba, WD. On school bus route. Pets Neg. NS. $1250 + Dep. 879-2868. STEAMBOAT:Spacious 3bd, 2.5ba, well maintained, vaulted ceilings, gorgeous fireplace, quiet neighborhood. Near shopping, bus, skiing, WD, NS, Reduced: $1,500 970-871-1711 HAYDEN: 376 South 2nd, 2 BD, 1BA, WST Included, NP. $575 month + secutiry deposit. Avaliable July 16. 970-276-4728 HAYDEN:Spectacular home in Hayden for rent. 4BDR 3BATH, 3000 sq ft with att dbl gar. Open floor plan, in-flr heat, 500 sq ft custom log deck, two laundries, oversized kitchen with dbl ovens, custom closets, undgr sprinkler. We are looking for neat, clean, responsible renters ONLY! Lease and deposit required. $2000 mo. Call Amy 846-7044. AVAILABLE NOW!

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STEAMBOAT: Mountain Vista 3BD, 2BA, WD, FP, Bright, 3 Levels, Garage, Balcony, Gorgeous Views, Close to Trails. NP. $1550 monthly. Call Central Park Management at 879-3294 STEAMBOAT:Clubhouse Drive 2Bed, 3Bath, 1600 sqft gas FP, hot tub on private deck off master BDRM. 2 car garage, furnished. $1,500 month + utilities. First, Last, Deposit, 602-768-3497 STEAMBOAT:2bd 2ba, deck, hot tub, pool, bus route, wd, utilities included, furniture available, flexible lease, $1075 mo., 1st, security only! 819-2593 STEAMBOAT:SEQUOIA, 2 bed corner unit, lots of light, just remodeled brand new floors & walls, updated appliances, pool, hottub, NS, NP $1050 negotiable 970-846-6943 STEAMBOAT:Latigo loop. Short term, Aug-Jan or month to month. 2/2, loft, l car garage. $2,000 + security. Turn Key. 561-512-7488. STEAMBOAT:NEWER TOWNHOME, 2br, 2ba 1152 sqft Westend Village, great location, quiet neighborhood with open space, sunny end unit. $1500,846-2141 RENT TO OWN OPTION.

STEAMBOAT:Luxury Duplex, incredible views, 3 BD, 2.5 BA, leasing now with flexible terms, high end furnishings included, $2,700 month, 2 car garage, no smoking (303)904-2377 STEAMBOAT:Newer Townhouse-$1,750, 2 Masters, 2.5 bath, decks, garage, fireplace, WD. Family neighborhood with common house. Near river, mountain, on bus route. NS, NP 714-843-5726

HAYDEN:2BD Townhome, $775 monthly + utilities, NS, NP: 2BD Duplex, $700 monthly + utilities, NS, NP, Both Available 07/01. 970-879-1200 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA on mountain, bus route. WD, DW, pet negotiable, NS. $1,250 month. First, Last, Deposit, June FREE. Tim 846-1605 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, Indian Meadows. Remodeled, 2 story, gas FP, cable, water, snow removal, hardwood floors, WD, NS, pets considered. $1150 1st, Security. 970-846-7435 STEAMBOAT:New luxury 4BD, 4BA large 2 car garage on bus route. NS, NP, $2500 unfurnished or $2800 furnished per month. Chuck 879-2871 Affordable Whistler, Own A Home, Take Advantage of $8,000 Tax Credit. 2BD, 1.5BA, $249,000. Bill Pyle, Old Town Realty 970-846-7953 HAYDEN:2bd, 1.5ba, Townhouse. $650 plus security deposit. NP, owner pays water and trash. Available Immediately. Bear River Realty 276-3392 STEAMBOAT: 3BD, 3.5BA furnished, NP, NS, new construction, 2 blocks from gondola, 2 car garage, $2,300 monthly. 970-819-1540 STEAMBOAT: Beautiful 4BD, 3.5BA, 1 car garage, between mountain and town, bus route, WD, NS, NP. $1950 monthly. 970-846-6423. STEAMBOAT:Furnished Herbage Townhome, 3bd, 3ba. On mountain on bus route. $1,800 monthly includes heat, water, cable. NS, NP. Available 8/1. 303-525-9102 STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA, 1 car garage, WD, NS, pet considered. Available now. $1,600 monthly. Rent to own option. 970-291-9025 HAYDEN:Valleyview Work OR Live. Large 1150 sqft 2BD, 2BA + 1150 sqft heated storage with overhead door. Great views! New construction. $1500 month. 819-1788 or 870-0169 STEAMBOAT:Newly remodeled Woodbridge townhome, 3 bdr 2.5 bth, 2 decks and a garage. WD, fully furnished, NS, NP, on bus route. available July 1st. $1,800+ utilities, call 970-846-7695

STEAMBOAT:Mature, Responsible Roommate wanted, Furnished, Large family home, Absolutely, NS, NP (pet, kid friendly) $575 Includes utilities, month to month. 970-846-2730 STEAMBOAT:Mature roommate wanted for Downtown apartment. Great location, close to bus, WD, NS. $450 month includes utilities. $450 deposit. 970-846-9108 STEAMBOAT:2 rooms for rent in large mountian townhome. Both have private baths. $700.00 a month includes all utilities wi-fi, pool, on free bus rout. avalible 8/1. Please call Sarah 970-291-9097. Month to month avalible. STEAMBOAT:1 bedroom in new house for rent. All utilities included. WD, Direct TV. $575 Call in the evenings. 870-2944

STEAMBOAT:Furnished, unfurnished one room with bath available in 4BD, 3BA. Internet, WD, Storage, NS, NP, $600, 1/3 utilities, deposit, 970-846-6034 STEAMBOAT:Roommate wanted to share 3 bd 2 bath house. wd, no pets. $600 month + utilities. 970-846-7110 STEAMBOAT:Furnished room available. On bus route, WD, internet, cable. $600 includes utilities. Laura 871-7638, 870-1430. STEAMBOAT:WESTEND, Mature, responsible, adult to share 2 bd condo, NS, ND, WD, Balcony, $575 month + utilities. Avail. now. 871-6763 STEAMBOAT:1BD 1BA in 2BD 2BA Quail Run Condo, $600 includes utilities WD, NS, NP, hot tub, bus route, 846-9527 STEAMBOAT:Looking for 1 roommate to share 3BD, 2BA house with one other, WD, pets neg. $525. (970) 846-8890

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Fox Creek Park. 1,140 square foot office space with three brand new built in Knoll workstations, also a private office, and a conference room with flat screen T.V. and high-end electronics, has kitchen and bathroom with shower, and ample parking. $2,565 per month. Call Emily at 970.871.1556. STEAMBOAT: Office space singles to 5 room suites. Historic building 737 Lincoln and Mountain location. Private parking both locations. 970-870-3473 STEAMBOAT:Warehouse: Live or Work 2,000 sq.ft. 3 phase power, fire alarm, sprinkler, large swing and overhead doors, internet, passive solar. Tenant finish, built to suite. This is an excellent property with great neighbors. 970-879-6667

HAYDEN: 3100 sq ft warehouse with office and full bath/shower – 2 12X14 foot truck doors and man doors on either side. Could divide. New, landscaped and ready to lease @ $10.80 per foot ($2800mo) negotiable. Valley View Industrial Park, a great midpoint location between Craig and Steamboat. Call Dutch (970) 846-1676.

STEAMBOAT: Great Commercial Space for your Business! HWY 40 Frontage, with parking and excellent exposure, on the creek with ski mountain views, Chuck Armbruster 970-846-5655 Steamboat Village Brokers, Easy to Preview!

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STEAMBOAT:Pentagon West Office spaces available starting at $375 month + cam. Garage Bay with office. $600 month + cam. 970-846-4267

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STEAMBOAT:Executive Office Suites Available at the Historic Old Pilot Building Great downtown location with full amenities: Phone System, Wireless Internet, Cable TV, Conference Room, and Kitchen. Contact Rhianna at (970)875-0999

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STEAMBOAT:Rooms for rent in beautiful 4BD Townhome, NS, NP. $650 monthly per room includes all utilities & internet, on bus route, between downtown and mountain. (970)846-6423

STEAMBOAT:Like new 4bdrm, 4bath, two car garage, high-end finishes, great location, close to mtn and bike trail. $2500 month. High Mountain Sotheby’s International Realty, Ted Hoffman 970-846-1031

Partially furnished bedroom with bath. On bus route, fishcreek area. Must like children. $450.00 incl. util 819-0153 or 871-1318 avail now.

STEAMBOAT:Chinook Lane, 2BD, 2BA on bus route. Furnished, WD, NS, lease. 1st, last, deposit $1300 month + utilities. Call 970-222-0913

STEAMBOAT:Great Room Overlooking Valley! Private Bath, Furnished Townhome, WD, DW, WiFi. $750 includes utilities. Available Now! Lease or Monthly. 970-846-0440

STEAMBOAT: RETAIL: Center of Downtown 1,200-3,500sqft Boutique Retail, Food Service Restaurant? Flexible Terms. OFFICE: Prestigious location center of Downtown 700-1400sqft, Tenant finish allowance, Call Jon Sanders 970.870.0552 STEAMBOAT: A+ Professional Office Building. Features: Reception, conference, windows & kitchen. MOSER & ASSOC. 970-879-2839 STEAMBOAT: Copper Ridge Office / Storefront with storage for rent. Approx 2200 sqft or can be divided 303-350-9436

STEAMBOAT: BEAR RIVER CENTER- Beautiful 2nd floor space available immediately! Perfect for salon, spa, gallery, or office space 960SF. Call Central Park Management today for more information. 970-879-3294

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STEAMBOAT: Prime Downtown Location in Historic Professional Office Building! 1,050 sf first class finished space including 3 offices and 5 work stations located at 141 9th Street. Call Ryan at 970-819-2742 STEAMBOAT:Successful Oak St. location for lease, Fall ‘09. 1476 sq. ft. plus storage. Good parking. $22/sq. ft. NNN. 879-1756 STEAMBOAT:Brand new Oak St prime location. 2350 main floor sq. footage available now for tenant finish. $25sq. ft. NNN 879-1756

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Fish Creek Falls Condo Offered at $210,000 #125769 Enjoy incredible views from your balcony of Sleeping Giant and Emerald Mountain. This large, oversized one bedroom condominium has had many new upgrades including being professionally painted, new carpet throughout, new electric stove, new countertops and fantastic new lighting. All of these upgrades and the price hasn’t changed! Fish Creek Falls is located on the bus line, has very low HOA dues and allows dogs. Seller will include a brand new stackable washer and dryer with an accepted offer. Call Cheryl Foote at (970)846-6444 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

STEAMBOAT: Office to share. Nice downtown Architectural office has Space to share. Call Matt @ 970-846-6115. STEAMBOAT:First month free. Professional suites and individual offices available at 1205 Hilltop Pkwy from $600. Lofted ceilings, AC, security, plenty of parking, great views from every office. Call Jules 879-5242 CRAIG:Approx 1000 sq ft. shop with bathroom and water $700 month, call REMAX 824-7000 STEAMBOAT:Hwy 40 Frontage, Logger’s Lane Commercial Center, 2480sf Finished retail, industrial space, overhead garage door, Central AC & Heat. 970-846-5099 STEAMBOAT:RIVERSIDE PLACE AGGRESSIVELY PRICED STARTING AT $10 FT. Several square foot age options available for retail, office, restaurant space. Jim Hansen (970)846-4109 Thaine Mahanna (970)846-5336 Old Town Realty

STEAMBOAT:700 sqft Warehouse with 250 sqft loft, #11, Yampa Valley Business Park, 2464 Downhill Drive, $725 per month total. 879-1708

STEAMBOAT:1,500SF road frontage shop with well appointed office. Knotty pine built-in cabinets and workstations. 2200SF shop, dock height $8.60SFNNN 879.9133

STEAMBOAT: Need more office space?? Hilltop Document Storage is the perfect solution for storing sensitive and confidential documents. Call (970)879-5242 STORAGE UNITS FOR RENT! 10x10 $50 month, 10x15 $75 month and 10x20 $100 month. 970-879-1065 HAYDEN/STEAMBOAT: Airport Garages, Spring Special! Own a heated 12’ x 22’ storage unit for cars, home or business. $39,900 now $24,900 on a limited # of units. On site shuttle/clubhouse and manager. Rentals also available. AirportGarages.com (970)879-4440

STEAMBOAT:Mini-home like, by Gondola, large 1BD, 1.5BA luxury condo inside Sheraton. Western museum like art and decor. Pent house style with cathedral ceilings both levels, recent remodel with new furniture and carpet. Sleeps 6-7. Ideal family with kids set up. New King and Queen sleeper bed plus bunkbeds with ottoman bed. vrbo.com/1866 (970)870-9768

Sale or Lease! Antlers Bar & Cafe. Fixtures, furniture, blue-sky, artwork, collectibles. Historic! Restored! $295,000. Upper Yampa Realty 9 7 0 - 7 3 6 - 8 4 5 4 www.SteamboatVailCorridor.com

Wine Specialty Retailer #125924 This business is a unique retail store that encompasses both wines and gourmet foods under one roof. Hallmarks of the business have been exceptional customer service and engaging the clientele in the enthusiasm of the staff for wines. It has always supported small, family run, artisan and boutique producers. Few opportunities arise to acquire a business that is both a great business and an expression of the lifestyle so many aspire to. The business opportunity is for sale with a long term lease in place. If you enjoy both wine and people there may be no better business opportunity. Call Steve Hitchcock at 970-846-5739 Prudential Steamboat Realty 824 Lincoln Avenue Offered at $999,000 #125495 Location. 824 Lincoln is as good as it gets; center of the sunny side of the best block of Lincoln Avenue. This 2400 sq ft property is an opportunity for launching or relocating a great business with all the advantages that traffic can provide. The retail neighbors are among the most successful businesses in Steamboat Springs and include FM Light and Sons, Allen’s, Moose Mountain Trading, and the Cantina. The current floor plan is open. There is additional ceiling height available with a remodel. The property has four parking spaces behind the building. Call Steve Hitchcock at 970-846-5739 Prudential Steamboat Realty RIVERFRONT, Live work, lower level warehouse with office, kitchen, full bath, patio. 3 bd, 2 ba, condo up. $534,000, 846-5761 STEAMBOAT: THE VICTORIA 10th & Lincoln RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE OR LEASE Hal Unruh - Prudential Steamboat Realty 970-875-2413 Commercial Retail in Downtown Steamboat Offered at $899,000 #125768 Excellent commercial retail building in the center of downtown. Extensively remodeled exterior and interior. Used as art gallery for over 10 years. High traffic area would make a great showroom. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

SALE PENDING - LOCAL STARTER OR INVESTOR CONDO MLS#124806 One Bedroom, dogs allowed. Low dues. WD. Tour: www.PropertyPanorama.com/57622

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The Aspens at Walton Creek Offered at $265,000 #125142 Brand new subdivision near the base of the Ski Area on the free bus route. This 1 BD/1 BA upstairs unit has views of the Ski Area and Emerald Mtn. Custom tile work, hardwood floors, stainless package, thick granite counter tops, and even a ceiling fan. Owners may have a pet. Call Tim Boehm at (970)846-7873 Prudential Steamboat Realty Shadow Run, 1BD, second floor, clean, 2 blocks from Gondola. $215,000 Call 970-819-2233 Quality Quail Run, only $369,000. 2BD, 2BA, garage, like new condition. Vacant, easy to show. Roy Powell, RE/MAX/STEAMBOAT 970-846-1661 Walk to the Slopes! Offered at $279,900 #123221 Nicely remodeled ground floor unit conveniently located near check-in, laundry and pool. Solid summer and winter rental income. Walking distance to the slopes. Great Deal! Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

Customize your space and preserve your options. Commercial lease with option to buy in professional office space, 800-6000SF. 846.4733 Warehouse for sale. Very clean, Wescoin Ridge Unit A#2. 1015 sqft, bathroom, office, 160 sqft storage above. $297,000 Call: 970-879-8202

STEAMBOAT:Summer rental in new custom timber frame home near Whistler Park & open space. Top quality finishes, 3BR, 2BA, Garage, huge patio & views. Pics at www.vrbo.com listing #249226. $1,495 wk $3,250 mo. Nelson 970-846-8338

2 Businesses + land. 3 acres Industrial, Private, Future Developement Potential, Residence and Office, Shop, Exhisting Self Storage. Possible Owner Financing. 970-879-5036

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Move-in Ready Offered at $935,000 #124912 This is a turn-key property (fully furnished) known as the Moose Lodge. It has been owned by one family and kept in great shape with little usage the last couple of years. Property is being sold as is; seller will entertain all reasonable offers to sell. Very motivated! Call Bob Bomeisl at (970)846-3046 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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POSSIBLY THE BEST: 2660 s.f. A+ building. Lots of light and parking. Rent possible. For price: MOSER & ASSOC. 970-879-2839

STEAMBOAT:Great Views! Nov - March. 3BD, 2.5BA, Newly remodeled, Everything included: Piano, WiFi, computer, use of car. Even new toothbrush’s. $3200 month 970-879-1159

SHADOW RUN CONDO, 2 BED, 2 BATH, ONLY $244,500. BRIGHT AND SUNNY WITH WESTERLY VIEWS AND QUIET WITH NO UNIT BELOW. DWIGHT 9 7 0 - 8 4 6 - 9 9 7 0 WWW.HUSALPINEPROPERTIES.COM HELP-U-SELL

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Live, Vacation, Rent this Beautiful 1BD 800SqFt DeerCreek Property. GARAGE, and Spectacular Ski Mountain Views! Recently updated with all NEW Hardwood floors, Karastan Carpet, Bathroom tile & Sliding Glass Doors. LOW HOA! Covered Breezeway Entrance, Assigned parking, Basement Storage, Mossrock Fireplace, Walk - In closet, WD, 2 Decks, Bus, Pets. Priced BELOW Assessed Value! Brokers Welcome! $295,000 Call 970-846-7275

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STEAMBOAT: Office space singles to 5 room suites. Historic building 737 Lincoln and Mountain location. Private parking both locations. 970-870-3473

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Pines at Ore House Offered at $320,000 #125114 A Quiet 1 BD/1 BA with a private garden level patio. Walking distance to shopping, restaurants, Starbucks, the Yampa River Core Trail, and its on the bus route. Conveniently located between town and mountain with a hot tub, low assoc. dues, no stairs, and owners may have a pet. Call Tim Boehm at (970)846-7873 Prudential Steamboat Realty

Better Than A Condo!

$129,900 will buy a 4BD, 2BA home with garage. Downtown. Land NOT included. No dogs. 970-879-4862. Fish Creek Falls Condo Offered at $179,999 #128912BR’s / 1 Bath plus storage remodeled with tile, new bathroom, hand trawled walls and ceilings, new electrical wiring and heaters, recessed lights, washer/dryer, and more....Lowest priced two bedroom in Steamboat Springs by $40,000.00! Why pay rent when you can own? See virtual tour at: http://www.tourfactory.com/523379 Call Michelle Diehl at 970-846-1086 www.SteamboatDream.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

Ranch Condo Offered at $450,000 #124088 Spectacular views and setting. Recently updated 2 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath condo with over 1300 sq ft and 1-car attached garage. Extensive amenities - pool, hot tubs, convention area, shuttle, sauna & more. Quiet location but minutes to it all. Call Caroline Wellford at (970)875-2414 or (970)846-6668 Prudential Steamboat Realty The Best Bargain @ Ski Time Square Condos Offered at $275,000 #124919 Delightful! The best bargain at Ski Time Square Condos. Charming, 1+ bedroom, 1+ bath condo, currently “beach-front” on ground floor. Walk-out access to the ski mountain with private underground parking. Call Karen Hughes at 970-846-4841 or 970-879-8100 Prudential Steamboat Realty

Shadow Run 2BD, 2BA $300,000. Owner will Finance. 440-666-6008

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Remodeled 2 Bedroom Unit at the Pines Was $355,000, Now $274,900! #124394 Over 20% of price reduction! This unit has just undergone an extensive remodel including new slate tile, hardwood floors, paint, appliances and countertops. This unit is sunny and brightwith a delightful patio opening up to the grassy courtyard. The Pines complex offers extremely low dues and is ideally located near shopping. Great value,won’t last long. Call Cheryl Foote at ( 9 7 0 ) 8 4 6 - 6 4 4 4 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Storm Meadows Condo Offered at $489,000 #125408 Storm Meadows Slopeside, 3rd floor corner unit, 2b/2b, never been in the rental pool. Stellar views, athletic club, pool, tennis, hot tub. Hiking & biking trails are out your door. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Affordable Walton Creek 2BD, 2BA. No Banks required, owner will finance, low down $! $249,000 Roy Powell 970-846-1661, RE/MAX/STEAMBOAT

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Fabulous FSBO 1900sqft 3BD, 2.5BA + family room, 4th BD, 1/2 duplex on mountain, 1 car garage, Completely remodeled. For more info log on to www.steamboatduplex.com or call 879-5833. Asking $589,900

STEAMBOAT:New custom home near Whistler Park & open space. Top quality finishes, 3BR, 2BA, garage, huge patio, views & fully furnished. Pics at www.vrbo.com listing #249226. $3,250 mo. Available now through Sept. 30. 970-846-8338 Priced For a Quick Sale! Offered at $298,000 #125646 Just remodeled in 2009, a 3BD+/2BA home with large detached garage on 3.9 acres covered with mature Aspens, no beetle kill here. A great location in the subdivision with panoramic views. This would be a perfect multi-family recreational retreat or snowmobiler’s dream home, 25 minutes away from Steamboat and only 5 miles to one of the top snowmobiling destinations in Colorado. New carpet, wood floors, tile, wood doors, base & case installed with no need to haul water (great well). Call Tim Boehm at (970)846-7873 Prudential Steamboat Realty Economical, wonderful, in town; beautiful mature grounds; minute’s walk to river, downtown. 2bd, 2ba home plus detached guesthouse. MLS 124942.www.steamboathomeforsale.com. 970-734-7113. HELP-U-SELL! TIMBERS VILLAGE CUSTOM HOME. 5 BED/3 BATH, 2 CAR GARAGE CUSTOM FINISHES, COUNTRY BUT CLOSE TO TOWN, NATIONAL FOREST ACCESS. ONLY $729,000 DWIGHT 970-846-9970 WWW.HUSALPINE PROPERTIES.COM Gorgeous Game Trails Offered at $1,475,000 #125657 Breathtaking and panoramic views are what you will enjoy every day from this beautiful mountain contemporary home. 4000 sq ft with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, plus loft, office/library, family room and bonus room. Impeccable quality on 35 acres only 4 miles from town. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty The Ideal Mountain Home Offered at $2,893,000 #120016 Finally…The Ideal Mountain Home! Superior design and breathtaking views at the Steamboat Ski Area. Distinctive floor plan includes high-style finishes throughout. The main home features four bedrooms, four and one-half baths and an attached one bedroom, one bath carriage house. This is truly an impeccable resort home with everything you expect, and more importantly, everything you deserve. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty Exquisite Home in Mountain View Estates Offered at $2,750,000 #123772 Luxurious residence perfectly situated between downtown and mountain. Excellent craftsmanship and rich interior details in this warm and inviting 5,343 sq ft estate with 5 bdrms, 3-car garage, spacious great room, main level master, family room, office and caretaker suite. This home is exquisitely landscaped and backs to Fish Creek. Call Colleen de Jong at (970)846-5569 Colleen@PrudentialSteamboatRealty.com Prudential Steamboat Realty LOG HOME & CABIN PACKAGE - 1757sqft $60,900.00; 615sqft - $31,900. Many other models available. 719-686-0404 or visit www.highcountryloghomes.NET. $10,000 Finders Fee offered! See those details on www.coloradomtnhome.homestead.com. 4 + B, 3BTH lake view home. 970-819-1562 to schedule showing.

$465,500 MOVE IN READY! MLS#125821 Newly remodeled bathrooms and kitchen. Open and modern, privacy, views, 1/3 acre, master suite, three car garage. Tour: www.PropertyPanorama.com/67633

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SilverSpur Masterpiece, custom finishes and extras gallore. 4BD, 3.5BA, easy show any time, unbeatable price! Roy Powell RE/MAX/STEAMBOAT (970) 846-1661. 3,000+ square foot home, only $540,000, lovely setting on 1.73 acres, lots of extras! Roy Powell REMAX/STEAMBOAT 846-1661 FSBO, exceptionally nice, updated home, 1860 sq ft, 4 BD, 2 BA. All new windows, new kitchen, family room, A/C, 2 car garage, Large, fenced yard, sprinkler system, two storage sheds. Spacious decks. 1281 Crest Drive, Craig. $244,900 Brokers welcome = 3% 970-824-6804, 970-629-8739 Value with Quality Offered at $765,500 #125109 Incredible value for the dollar - $206 per sq ft. Listed under year-end appraisal. Well thought out home. Like new condition, 4 bed, 4 bath, great open floor plan with vaulted ceilings, easy access to 3 car garage and mudroom off main floor, lots of cabinet space with soft-close on drawer, granite counter tops, walk-in-pantry, solid pine doors and trim, lower level activity room, 2 laundry areas, huge fenced backyard, large 30 x 12 deck off dining room, fabulous views of Flattops and open space. Easy access to walking trails. Call Cindy MacGray at 970-875-2442 or 970-846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty Back on the Market with a $20,000 price reduction! Offered at $759,000 #125547 Immaculate Single Family Home offering the ultimate location close to Whistler Park, minutes from the Ski Area, and easy access to the Core Trail. Interior offers a great open floor plan with vaulted T&G wood ceilings. Home is warm and charming with luxury appointments that include new appliances, hickory cabinetry, slate flooring, slate shower surrounds, and beautifully landscaped yard. Filled with brand new mountain furnishings and accessories. Offered turn-key. Truly a MUST SEE residence. Call Kim Kreissig at (970)870-7872 or (970)846-4250 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Home for Sale in Steamboat II, In a great neighborhood, 3bd, 2ba, 2 car garage, wood stove, hot tub, storage sheds, FSBO, $420,000, 879-6579 HOMES BELOW $300,000 Built on your lot, Stagecoach-Steamboat, PDC Construction. 736-0890 or 846-1525 New Custom Stagecoach Home Offered at $585,000 #125589 Gorgeous views of lake and surrounding mountains. Stone and cedar exterior with over 2300 sq ft including 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Spacious kitchen opens to sitting and dining area. Quality finishes with granite in kitchen and baths. Striking 2 story foyer. 2 Car garage. Public water and sewer. 1,000 sq. ft. partially finished basement. Call The Elkins Team at 970-846-5376 or 970-846-6668 Prudential Steamboat Realty 4 + bedroom old town home, big fenced yard, & furnished. $790,000 Call for appointment. (970)871-6898

Luxury Home in the Sanctuary Offered at $3,979,000 #125699 This home overlooks the Rollingstone Ranch Golf Course with amazing views of the mountain and valley. This 5 bedroom/ 6 bath home backs up to 38 acres of green space. In addition, a 1 bedroom/ 1 bath caretakers unit completes this estate. The master suite has a private deck, fireplace and oversized his and her closets. A gourmet kitchen, covered deck and media room top off this amazing home. Call for an appointment. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Stagecoach 3BD, 2.5BA, garage, 2300 sqft, stream in back, beautiful Views. $399,000. Room to expand, lease option! Call 970-846-1525 970-736-0890 Priced For Quick Sale! Offered at $850,000 Incredible views from this private country retreat. Custom built, timber frame home with 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, beautiful two story living room windows frame the views of the mts and valleys. Three car garage with a caretaker unit which includes kitchen, living/dining area, laundry and 1 bedroom and deck with killer views. Pine flooring, travertine and granite countertops, great floor plan with spacious deck over looking the yard. 21+ acres can be used for horses or motocross. Shed with electricity and water, large flat location for future barn, some fencing and cross fencing. The “wow” factor kicks in when you see the views from the Ski Mt to the river winding through the valley below. Call Cindy MacGray at 970-875-2442 or 970-846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty Beautiful South Valley Home WAS $1,600,000...NOW $1,250,000! #124719 Just remodeled 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath home on over 35 acres in the beautiful South Valley. Enjoy the expansive views as you sit in your hot tub, or entertain in the brand new kicthen and family area. Large outbuilding for all of the toys. Only 15 minutes from downtown Steamboat. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Mountain View Estates Offered at $895,000 #124735 Wonderful Mountain View Estates home with huge views of the Mountain. This home has beautiful interior rock walls with salt water aquarium, spacious rooms quest quarters, downstairs recreation room and remarkable outdoor entertaining area with gorgeous mature landscaping. Call The Hibbard Team at 970-846-8247 or 970-846-8536 www.steamboatliving.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

LOWEST PRICED HOME IN BLACKTAIL ESTATES, Priced under recent appraisel, FSBO, 2bd, 2ba, on 5 acres with 2.5 acres in haymeadow, horse friendly neighborhood, remodeled with new windows and red wood decks, slate entry, travertine master bath and much more! 360 degree views, passive solar design, NO HOA’s! 970-819-5632, $589, 995.

You Can Do It! Offered at $189,900 #124922 Start here. This cute cottage home in Milner features a big yard with mature landscaping. This cozy home is an ideal starter. A secondary unit in the backyard could be finished into a rental unit to help with the mortgage. Low down payment financing is available and don’t forget, if you haven’t owned a home in the last three years you may qualify for an $8,000 tax credit. Call Today! Call Dave Moloney at 970-846-5050 dave@broker1.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Sensational Setting Nestled in the Aspens Offered at $1,299,000 #125387 View the night lights of Steamboat while unwinding in your hot tub. This 4 bedroom/5.5 bath home has gorgeous finishes and generous natural light. Private location with expansive remodel! This Colorado dream home can be yours for a reduced price of only $1,299,000. The location is magic! Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Views, Views, Views! Offered at $3,595,000 #125698 Possibly the best views of the mountain can be seen from this 5 bedroom/ 7 bath home. The master suite is on the main level with its own office and walk out to a private hot tub. A large family room, wine cellar, great storage and incredible craftsmanship can be found in this new luxury home. Call for an appointment. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Gorgeous North Routt Home Offered at $460,000 #125314 This home not only has views, great layout, custom tile, hardwood floors, 4 bedrooms, ample square footage and sits on almost a ½ acre lot. It is also located in one of North Routt’s greatest neighborhoods! The master bedroom is on the main level, 2 upper bedrooms with private living area including a home theatre system and the lower level is perfect for guests including a brand new bath and laundry. Call Cheryl Foote at 9 7 0 - 8 4 6 - 6 4 4 4 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Newly remodeled! 3Bd, 2Ba, master walk-in, large garage, private patio, nicely landscaped. Oak Creek. $226,000. Upper Yampa Realty 970-736-8454 www.UpperYampaRealty.com

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Incredible Lake and Valley Views Offered at $215,000 #125457 Enjoy the breathtaking views of Lake Catamount and Pleasant Valley from this comfortable 1 bd/1ba condo. You will feel right at home with comfortable layout, plus newly refurbished common hot tub and workout facility. Pets allowed. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Steamboat - approx 2100 Sq feet, 3 bd, 3ba+ loft office and gameroom. Completely remodeled Kitchen, baths, carpet, new appliances. Great porch, steps away from the pool. Motivated Seller FSBO (970) 819-8777

Like New Home in Hayden Offered at $395,000 #125319 Very nice home in like-new condition, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, covered porch and large open trex deck. Views of the Hayden valley. Beautiful kitchen cabinets and lot of counter space, spacious open living room and dining room, direct access from garage to kitchen, storage space over garage and in crawl space under home, solid wood doors, high efficiency water system, close to neighborhood park and school bus pick-up nearby. Call Cindy MacGray at (970)875-2442 or (970)846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Extraordinary Cabin in the Woods Offered at $699,900 #125218 Embrace the timeless style of this 4 bedroom/3.5 bath custom timber-frame residence defining elegant Colorado rustic with its massive Douglas-fir timbers throughout the interior. Built in 2006, you can see and feel the passion of the old-world craftsmanship only seen in multi-million dollar homes. Surround yourself in the aspens and pines on a .67 acre lot adjacent to a greenbelt with access to BLM ensuring privacy and unlimi t e d a c t i v i t i e s . www.exclusivesteamboatproperties.com Call Suellyn Godino at 970-846-9967 Prudential Steamboat Realty A Great Place to Horse Around Offered at $349,900 #125483 Looking for a home ready for your family and horses? Check out this ranch style three bedroom, two bath home north of Hayden. The home sits on 37+ acres and features great mountain views. Fenced and cross fenced with good pasture and alfalfa crop. Loafing sheds and a large shop/garage complete the picture. Low down payment financing available. Call Today! Prudential Steamboat Realty

116 acres on the Elk River! Offered at $6,195,000 #125827 Bordering National Forest with ½ mile of Elk River frontage, this is the pinnacle of premier homes in the Steamboat Springs area. Over 7,700 sq. ft. and boasting cherry floors, post & beam construction, custom cherry cabinets, a 28-foot high rock fireplace, entertainment center, lofted ceilings and views in every direction. There’s also a climate-controlled wine room, built-in bar and 2-story glass spa room. Call Cam Boyd at 970-846-8100 or Pam Vanatta at 970-291-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com or www.SteamboatEstates.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Great Location! Offered at $798,500 #124046 Great location with easy access to public schools, Spring Creek Trail, and downtown area. Sitting on two city lots this 3 bed, 2 bath home is loaded with potential. A feeling of privacy, views of the Ski area, great fenced back yard with water feature plus mature trees with landscaping and large deck for entertaining or enjoying morning coffee. 2 car garage and storage shed. Call Cindy MacGray at 970-875-2442 or 970-846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty Chateau at Bear Creek Back on the Market! WOW! Was $1,100,000 NOW $899,000! #125702 Beautifully remodeled 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath townhome located on a pond and a short distance to the base of the ski area. Enjoy exceptional views of Mount Werner from your large wrap around deck. Like new with high-end finishes throughout including granite slab counters, stainless steel appliances, natural stone and travertine bathrooms, wet bar with wine fridge and copper sink... New carpet, paint... the works!! Southern exposure provides excellent light throughout the home. Beautifully landscaped yard with mature garden. Priced to sell!! Call Kim Kreissig at (970)870-7872 or (970)846-4250 Prudential Steamboat Realty Cute Single Family Home in Oak Creek Offered at $336,900 #124232 Cute, bright and sunny 2+ bedroom/ 2 bath home above Oak Creek. Artistic details throughout, plenty of room for everyone. Private master with big windowsand balcony. Nice location on 3 fenced lots, storage shed and room to build a garage. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

Secluded acreage! Large new home, apt, garage, shop, office, shed, pond, creek. Near Yampa. $845,000. Upper Yampa Realty 970-736-8454 www.Colorado-Ranches.com Gunn Creek Estate Offered at $3,600,000 #125733 Crossing a wooden bridge over Gunn Creek lies a magnificent 8500+sqft custom home. Built masterfully with hand carved doors, a gourmet kitchen, dual offices, multiple living rooms and fireplaces, a game room and bar. Surrounded on 18 acres of gardens, trees, waterfalls with Gunn Creek flowing through to your own trout pond. Fenced with a 4 stall heated horse barn completing this truly wonderful offering. www.gunncreek.com Call Karen Hughes at 970-846-4841 or 970-879-8100 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Price Reduced! New home, 2BA, 3BD, 2 Car garage on large lot! Gain instant equity! 980 E 9th, Craig. 970-629-5427

Log Home on Five Acres

4BD, 1.75BA, 2300sf, new appliances, new carpet, horse corral, Hay shed, good water, great views! Mid $200’s. See web site for full description: http://ricks-place-online.net or call 970-629-5397 Brand New Home in Hayden Offered at $279,900 #125085 HUGE PRICE REDUCTION! Brand New! Three bedroom, two bath home in the new Sagewood subdivision. This home has Hickory wood floors, stainless steel appliances, a nice large master bedroom and an attached oversized one car garage. Call Cheryl Foote at ( 9 7 0 ) 8 4 6 - 6 4 4 4 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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South Shore Serenity Offered at $499,000 #125716 Just above the Stagecoach Reservoir, this stunning Montana Log Home sits in a private and peaceful setting surrounded by lush aspen trees. Completely remodeled using eco-friendly products, the unique finishes include solid marble kitchen counters, a replica antique oven, chiseled wood railings, solid pine floors and hand-textured walls. Lofted ceilings give a regal flair to the home while the rustic log style brings you closer to nature. Great deck with views. Call Cam Boyd at 970-846-8100 or Stephanie Fairchild at 970-819-1131 www.SteamboatAgent.comor www.SteamboatBuyer.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Charming Captain’s Recreational Retreat! Offered at $649,000 #125509 Fun Included! Fully furnished 3 bed, 3 bath home. 2.75 acres with Mill Creek running through. Includes numerous toys for water/snow activities. Trails abundant with direct access to Routt National Forest and Steamboat Lake Park. Call Karen Hughes at 970-846-4841 or 970-879-8100 Prudential Steamboat Realty

Modern Retreat Near Steamboat Lake Offered at $490,000 #125878 Rustic modern home near Steamboat Lake with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, office and oversized two-car garage. Great room features vaulted ceilings and well-placed windows to take in views of the Continental Divide, Mt. Zirkel, Big Agnes and Hahn’s Peak. Details include: bamboo floors, European cabinets, cable track lighting, and solid wood doors. Stunning architecture found in this modern retreat. Call Colleen de Jong at 970-846-5569 Colleen@PruSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty House on Private 5 acres Minutes From Town. Offered at $675,000 #124331 Great location near Steamboat. On paved county road, easy access, 5 wooded acres, remodeled 3 + bed and 3 bath, extra large 24x48 plumbed outbuilding for garage for the toys, work area, storage, or barn, place for your RV . Large deck off kitchen, open floor plan with free standing gas stove in living room, electric dog fence plus acres to roam. Incredible drinking water, flower garden area, large mature Blue Spruce and Lodge pole pines, wild life, and undeveloped acres adjacent. Call Cindy MacGray at (970)875-2442 or (970)846-0342 Prudential Steamboat Realty Four Seasons at Dakota Ridge Offered at $5,869,500 #125672 Sophisticated Spa like home located amidst a country background with large ski mountain views. Trickling waterfalls and spring fed ponds welcome you home to this private estate. Reminiscent of the beauty of the famed Four Seasons Hotel, this 5 bedroom home boasts almost 10,000 square feet, imported stone and tile throughout, reclaimed hardwood floors, private apartment, salt water infinity pool and spa, glass encased wine cellar and 16th century hand carved European bar are just some of the exceptional features of this magnificent estate. Call Molly Hibbard at 970-846-8536 or Pam Vanatta at 970-291-8100 www.steamboatliving.com or www.SteamboatEstates.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

OLD TOWN GEM 157 Hill Street

Absolutely Charming 1930’s home. 3BD, 2BA. Only 4 block walk to town. Large master suite. Butcher Knife Creek steps from your door. FSBO $789,000. 970-871-0709 or 970-846-3690 BrokerDirectCo.com/#111581

Overlook Drive Oasis Offered at $2,175,000 #125774 This 4 bedroom / 4 ½ bath home has panoramic views from the valley to downtown. The house overlooks the Rollingstone Golf Course and comes with a transferable golf membership. Easy living with a main floor master and his/her walk-in closets. Eat-in country kitchen has a sitting area and fireplace. 3 bedrooms on the lower level have access to a covered deck and large family room with wet bar. Great storage, 1000+ square feet of unfinished space, water features, and a spacious office with a private bath complete this special home. Call Marc Small at (970)879-8100 or (970)846-8815 www.ForSaleSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

IMMACULATE

Move-in Ready, 3BD, 2BA, 1-car home located within walking distance of downtown Steamboat. Master bath with Whirpool tub and double sink vanity, gas-fireplace 2-decks, extra parking, corner lot, mature landscaping, sprinkler system, on bus-route, bike-path, great views! No HOA, no lot rent. Pioneer Village $430,000 Directions: HWY-40, 1/2 mile west of 13th St, Across from new Community Center, Rt on Conestoga Circle top of hill, brown house on left, 1467 (970)871-4880 (970)819-0347

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Sleepy Bear #36 MUST SELL! Make Offer. Call 734-6208 2003 Mobil Home for sale. 3bd 2ba on big lot. New carpet inside, new deck and concret parking area. $115,000. (970)629-2380 to inquire.

Townhome in Hayden. Offered at $165,000 #124225. No HOA Fees!!! 2 Bedrooms, 1.5 Bathrooms with big fenced in back yard for family dog, overzised 1-car garage. Great location! Call Billie Vreeman at (970)620-0655 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Steamboat, approx 2100 Sq feet, 3 bd, 3ba+ loft office and gameroom. Completely remodeled Kitchen, baths, carpet, new appliances. Great porch, steps away from the pool. Won’t last long at this price! FSBO (970)819-8777 Townhome with 2 Separate Living Areas Offered at $465,000 #125204 A large 3 bedroom/3bath townhome with two separate living areas on a private drive. The views include the Yampa River, Emerald Mtn., Sleeping Giant, Buffalo Pass, the Rodeo, Ski Jump and all of Downtowm. The interior was thoroughly remodeled in the Fall 07. Ride, walk, stroll or roll to restaurants, shops the Yampa River Core, or just enjoy the Hot Springs at the end of the street. Call Tim Boehm at (970)846-7873 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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HELP-U-SELL! BEAUTIFULLY FINISHED WEST END TOWNHOME. 2 BED/ 2 BATH, CLEAN AND COMFORTABLE ONLY $265,000 (DEED RESTRICTED) DWIGHT 9 7 0 - 8 4 6 - 9 9 7 0 WWW.HUSALPINEPROPERTIES.COM

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4BD, 2BA doublewide ar Dream Island. $25,000 OBO, 970-819-5488.

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Big Home, Big Yard! 4Bd, 3Ba, available 1Bd rental space, Oak Creek. Hot-tub. Decks. $294,000. Upper Yampa Realty 970-736-8454 www.UpperYampaRealty.com

Stagecoach Bargain Offered at $229,000 #125857 Spacious Stagecoach Townhome with 2 bedrooms plus 2 lofts. Easily convert the large loft to make this a 3 bedroom plus loft! This beautiful home nestled in an aspen grove has a deck overlooking the Stagecoach Reservoir. Updates include hardwood floors, an all new kitchen, remodeled master bathroom, new wood stove and hearth, new paint, tile, trim and more. Great location for year-round recreation. Priced to sell today! Call Cam Boyd at 970-846-8100 or Stephanie Fairchild at 970-819-1131 SteamboatAgent.com or SteamboatBuyer.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Brand new, 3BD 2 BA Home in Craig, buyer tax credit with purchase, owner financing available, seller willing to negotiate. Ken 846.4472

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Luxury Ski-in/Ski-out Offered at $2,300,000 #125786 Luxury slopeside residence in Premier location within the Antler @ Christie Base community. Highly desirable top floor unit commanding breathtaking unobstructed views of the ski area. This 4 bedroom, 4 bath residence is beautifully appointed and offers all the conveniences one needs to enjoy the ultimate family retreat. Tastefully furnished, turn-key and ready for your occupancy or high-end nightly rental. Call Kim Kreissig at 970-870-7872 or 970-846-4250 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Professional Office=Successful Office Offered at $545,000 #124666 10% down with Small Business Administration financing to purchase your own office suite. Compare what you are paying to lease and call for details. What an excellent opportunity to have your business suite customized to fit your needs. Price includes high end finishes ready to move in. Walk to shopping dining and hospital. Your perfect business location, The Pine Grove Business Center is located on a busy thoroughfare, the free bus route and beautiful Fish Creek. Top it off with Steamboat Ski Area views. Occupancy August 1, 2009. Two units under contract, better hurry. Call Suellyn Godino at 970-846-9967 Prudential Steamboat Realty

Secluded New 7 bedroom home near the ski area, 36889 Tree Haus Open Sunday 12-3pm Greg Forney 970-846-5507 Prudential Steamboat.

WATER WATER WATER! Offered at $2,150,000 #125828 Located just minutes from Steamboat, this magnificent 37 acre parcel borders 2,680 feet of the Elk River offering world class fishing in trout filled waters. You’ll rarely find a parcel with so much to offer: 1/2 mile of the Elk River, small pond and active running creek with senior water rights and no covenants. Grab your once in a life-time opportunity to own riverfront property in a gorgeous valley setting! Call Colleen de Jong at 970-846-5569 Colleen@PruSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Very Rare 160 Acres Offered at $2,200,000 #125619 Very rare opportunity to own 160 acres surrounded by national forest and nestled in the forest next to the Flat Tops wilderness area, with Tout Creek running through it. Call the Elkins Team at 970-846-5376 or 970-846-6668 Prudential Steamboat Realty 40 ACRES East North CRAIG $100,000, Owner finance 6.5% with $5000 down, $673.95 mo, elec and roads, 970-640-8723 Ready to build, 5.3 acre LPS lot. Surrounded by 190 acres of preserved land. Bordering Flying Diamond Ranch, Ag Status, water, good hay. Just off expanded HWY 131, elevated, private setting. Stunning views of ski area. Flat building site, no envelope. FSBO $235,000. 970-819-5353 Multiple Home-sites! 4+/-acres adjoining Oak Creek. Best opportunity to have horses in town. Trailer. $180,000. Upper Yampa Realty 970-736-8454 www.Colorado-Ranches.com Ready to build owner finance 40 acres E.N. Craig, 64x40 pole barn. Older motorhome, electricity, septic, water, phone, $190,000. $20,000 down, approx. $1,930 per month, 970-640-8723

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Rare Ranchland in South Valley Offered at $999,000 #118981 Rare parcel near Lake Catamount. Extensive panoramic views of the ski area, divide, Sarvis wilderness area, Blacktail Mountain, Stagecoach, and Thorpe Mountain. Wonderful pond dug in the late 1950’s is a wildlife watcher’s delight. Homesite has 30+ year old trees and the best views in the South Valley. Sellers have owned and farmed this land since 1954. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

360 Degree Views! Offered at $396,000 #123462 This 60 acre parcel located north of Hayden has multiple possiblities. The existing home could be used as is, for a getaway cabin, or as a guest house after you build your dream home on top of the ridge with 360 degree views.The existing home was a trailer to start with but was converted into a unique stuco Southwest looking cozy inside and out. Call the Elkins Team at 970-846-5376 or 970-846-6668 Prudential Steamboat Realty

A River Runs Through It! Offered at $725,000 #123867 Beautiful 130 acre ranch with the Elkhead River running through the property. This is a rare piece of property offering wildlife, views and privacy. Only a short distance to Elkhead Reservoir. Call the Elkins Team at 970-846-5376 or 970-846-6668 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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20 Mile Views to Zirkel Wilderness! Offered at $179,000 This parcels overlooks lush hay-producing meadows in the historic Elk River Valley. Massive old growth cottonwoods frame your views. Electric and phone to lot lines. Water to be shared and supplied by infiltration gallery. Year-round county road maintenance to lot lines. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty Downtown Yampa River Frontage Offered at $2,800,000 #125723 Announcing a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a vacant riverfront building lot at 7th Street and Yampa, in the heart of downtown Steamboat! This .26 acre parcel has been recently excavated and building plans have already been submitted. The seller will consider a joint venture or the sale of a percentage of the property equal to less than 100%. Call Cam Boyd at 970-846-8100 or Pam Vanatta at 970-291-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com or www.SteamboatEstates.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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WANTED in Steamboat, 3BR Duplex, TH or SF Downtown or on mtn to trade for 2BR, 2B Lodge unit, beautifully updated including heated tile floors. Short walk or shuttle to base, nicest pool on the mtn! Onsite mgt and great rental income. 970-222-3095

MOUNTAIN TOP HOME 35 ACRES 360 Degree views, LOWEST PRICE IN STEAMBOAT! 3000SqFt, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, Custom Woodwork, Bamboo floors, Granite counters, 3 car garage, 1800sqft of Patio’s. Don Kotowski Rocky Mountain Real Estate 846-8081 or 879-1212

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YAMPA RANCH, 320 ACRES, WATER RIGHTS, IRRIGATED HAYFIELDS, PONDS, CREEK, HIGH-END ‘08 REMODELED, 5BD, 3BA, $3,499,000.00, MOUNTAIN WEST R.E., 970-476-0500

FSBO: 4BR, 2BA, Large Garage / Shop, 58 fenced Acres, Three Springs, One Pond. $525,000 with incentives. Call Arlan 970-846-3681

�� Cheapest lot in SS city limits, 1.89 acres, Zoned Residential, Subdivision Potential. JV-Subordinate-TradePrice Reduced $20,000. NOW $169,000, Ron Wendler CGR 875-2914

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It’s Here - The Perfect Building Lot Offered at $450,000 #125650 Ready to build on complete with a well and roughed in driveway. This perfect country lot has a flat building site, gorgeous trees and sweet views. Privacy in a peaceful aspen grove setting. Enjoy lots of elbow room to romp. Horses allowed. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at (970)846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

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2 lots with permit ready plans for unique 4000sqft homes. $995,000 Owner 619-977-6606 3 Old Town Lots in Steamboat Springs, Howelsen and Emerald mountains in your back yard. $300,000 970-826-0307

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Country Family Home- 2,400 sq.ft., 3 bdrms/2 full baths, kitchen/dining/living room & laundry room. 20 acres or 60 acres. 970-824-7330

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Silver Spur - Phase 3 Mountain to Flat Top Views, 1/2 acre Corner lot, Great family neighborhood. FSBO $250,000 970-846-4633

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