Steamboat Today, Aug. 15, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

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AUGUST 15, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 195

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School gets $3.1M grant Funds will provide 65 percent of costs for North Routt facility Page 3

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City is half full Chamber barometer: Lodging to be 46 percent of capacity tonight MATT STENSLAND/STAFF

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Excel Gymnastics of Steamboat Springs gymnasts, from, left, Zofia Stroman, 5, Liesel Wilkinson, 5, Kaylee Goffe, 6, and Kenzie Radway, 6, do pull-ups Friday afternoon during class. The girls are participating in a summer beginner gymnastics class.

SPORTS

Votes could coincide

Fall election could begin near City Council annexation ruling

Trail race Sunday Page 23

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Steamboat Springs voters won’t have to wait long to express their feelings about City Council’s handling of Steamboat 700. A final vote about whether

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Friday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 2-16-17-23-31 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

to annex the proposed masterplanned community of about 500 acres is scheduled for Oct. 13. Mail-in ballots must be delivered to voters between Oct. 9 and 19. The coincidental timing underscores the substantial role Steamboat 700 will play in the 2009 Steamboat Springs City Council election.

■ WEATHER

Afternoon storms. High of 72.

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Councilwoman Cari Hermacinski, who is running for reelection against former City Council President Kevin Bennett, said she expects voters’ feelings about Steamboat 700 to affect which candidate they vote for. “I think that will be an issue that’s right in the forefront of

people’s minds,” she said. “This is a big one. This is huge.” The project proposes about 2,000 homes to be built during a 20-year period. Supporters say it is one of Steamboat’s only opportunities to provide work force housing in the city See 700, page 14

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