S T E A M B O AT
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JULY 29, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 180
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Lorna Farrow dies in crash Longtime local was a gun enthusiast, repair shop owner Brandon Gee
Hayden deal in works
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Robinson Construction would finish trails in Lake Village under plan Page 6
WORLD
Dozens missing Boat carrying an estimated 200 people fleeing poverty sinks in West Caicos Page 30
SPORTS
Eyeing the Olympics Page 33
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■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .39 Colorado. . . . . . .19 Comics . . . . . . . .37 Crossword . . . . .37 Happenings . . . . .7
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Lorna Farrow and her husband, Gary, are pictured in June 2005. Lorna Farrow died Tuesday after she was struck by a dump truck while checking her mailbox on U.S. Highway 40.
Horoscope . . . . .38 Nation. . . . . . . . .26 Scoreboard. . . . .36 Sports. . . . . . . . .33 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 World . . . . . . . . .30
Tuesday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 4-8-12-21-25 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
■ WEATHER
A p.m. shower. High of 72.
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Lorna Lou Farrow, a local shooting enthusiast and coowner of Farrow Repair Service in western Steamboat Springs, died Tuesday after she was struck by a dump truck while checking her mailbox on U.S. Highway 40. According to Colorado State Patrol Sgt. Scott Elliott, the dump truck was traveling west on U.S. 40 and struck Farrow, 58, when it swerved to the right to avoid hitting a Jeep that slowed to turn left into the Riverbend Cabins. The accident occurred at about 1:30 p.m. in front of Farrow Repair in the 26800 block of West U.S. 40. Farrow was transported to the hospital in critical condition. She died at about 2:30 p.m., Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg said. Friends remembered Farrow as a strong-willed and caring woman. “There wasn’t anything she wouldn’t do for anybody,” said Judd Jacobs, a former mechanic at Farrow Repair. “She was unbelievably friendly.” The Jeep was driven by Maggie Warner, 25, of Steamboat. She was not injured in the accident. The dump truck driver, James Stackhouse, 60, of Hayden, sustained minor injuries. Stackhouse and the owner of the JMG Transport dump truck declined to comment. A Colorado State Patrol news release states that Stackhouse “did not act in time and had to aggressively brake and swerve to the right to avoid striking the Jeep. … Drug and alcohol use are not believed to be contributSee Farrow, page 15
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