S T E A M B O AT
TODAY
SATURDAY
JULY 11, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 165
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S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
City seeks new director
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Hot Air Balloon Rodeo
3 finalists for finance job; decision possible next week Page 3
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Picnic for pioneers Socialize with families with deep roots at annual event Page 5
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A hot air balloon flies along the Yampa River on Friday morning.The Hot Air Balloon Rodeo takes place from 6 to 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Bald Eagle Lake. To view a photo gallery of the event, visit www.steamboatpilot.com.
Worsley goes north
Hayden mourns Copeland Former YVRA operations manager killed in 4-wheeler rollover Thursday Blythe Terrell
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Clarification Friends of Brian Stothart, the Steamboat Springs man who has been missing since a boating accident on the Encampment River in Wyoming since June 13, are the ones who recovered Stothart’s helmet and shoe. A brief titled “Steamboat resident Brian Stothart still missing” on page 11 of Tuesday’s Steamboat Today incorrectly stated who found Stothart’s gear.
Longtime Hayden resident Ann Copeland was killed Thursday night when her fourwheeler rolled. According to the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office, Copeland went out to spray weeds. Her husband, Kevin Copeland, went to look for her when she didn’t return. He found her where the wreck occurred in Rio Blanco County, on the Copelands’
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Friday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 6-10-13-23-28 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
Pyramid Llama Ranch south of Hayden. She was dead when her husband arrived, a news release from the Sheriff’s Office stated. Copeland Copeland was 52. “It’s devastating to all of us,” Hayden Police Chief Ray Birch said. “She’s a real pillar and a real part of our community.” Copeland was born and raised in Hayden. She was a fifth- or sixth-generation local,
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Hayden resident Judy Green said. Copeland’s mother is Pat Holderness, and her father is Wes Signs. “On both sides of her family the roots run really, really deep in this country,” Green said. She described Ann Copeland as strong and self-confident. “I first met Ann when I was substitute teaching in 1980 when Ann was still in high school, and of course, my husband’s family knew her family, and she was just a vivacious, outstanding individual,” Green said.
Copeland was active across the community and helped start the Hayden Marketplace where she sold homemade jewelry alongside other artisans. Copeland also worked at Yampa Valley Regional Airport for 21 years, retiring in 2007. Copeland attended the airport’s grand opening in 1966, and her grandparents, Rosella and Ernest Signs, were on the maiden Frontier Airlines flight at YVRA. They were given VIP See Copeland, page 14
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