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AUGUST 24, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Vol. 21, No. 202

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Block party ends event Depot Art Center celebrates 100th anniversary, wraps up All Arts Festival Page 3

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The rodeo’s last night Page 20

Enrollment to hit record

Steamboat schools expect to have highest number of students Jack Weinstein

2,086 students — a number that doesn’t include an estimated 20 students in alternative classSTEAMBOAT SPRINGS es — will attend Steamboat Steamboat Springs School schools this year, up from 2,080 District officials anticipate rec- last year, said Debbie Ginesta, ord enrollment when classes secretary to the superintendent. begin this morning. The school system had to add According to the district’s most recent enrollment count, See Enrollment, back page PILOT & TODAY STAFF

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Geoffrey Opper, 9, runs wearing only socks on his feet during a Silver Spur neighborhood block party Saturday. “We are gathered to end a summer that has been a difficult summer for our community,” said Carol Rickaby, who helped organize the party. Rickaby was referring to the June 13 death of Rebecca Green, who died after falling into Fish Creek while trying to help her son, Kade, out of the creek. Kade survived the incident.

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Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 2-3-15-16-24 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

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Mostly cloudy with storms. High of 75.

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School Board meeting tonight Steamboat Springs School Board members tonight will consider approving an agreement between the developers of Steamboat 700 and the school district. The tentative agreement reached Aug. 13 stipulates that both entities would split the cost to build a $25 million school to accom-

modate new students as a result of the development in west Steamboat Springs and a $5 million expansion of the high school. The School Board meeting begins at 6 p.m. today at Centennial Hall on 10th Street. The Steamboat 700 agenda item is scheduled for 7:15 p.m.

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Quitting tobacco takes more than willpower Christine McKelvie FOR THE PILOT & TODAY

It’s no easy feat to stop smoking or using tobacco. Just ask Debby Harris, a registered respiratory therapist who provides nicotine counseling at Yampa Valley Medical Center. “People who smoke may try to quit up to six times before they quit for good,” Harris said. “About 5 percent can stop ‘cold turkey,’ without help, but the majority of tobacco users have more success with counseling or group support.” Harris was educated at the Mayo Clinic and provided nicotine counseling at a Nebraska hospital for six years before starting YVMC’s program. She sees inpatients and outpatients whose physicians have prescribed her services. “This program is for those who are ready to quit smoking or using tobacco,” she said. “It is important to set a date and then make a personalized plan to reach that goal. People have a better chance of succeeding if they sit down one-to-one with a counselor.” Harris noted that smoking-cessation attempts often increase along with the cost of cigarettes or tobacco. Telephone-based counseling services such as Colorado QuitLine can get overwhelmed by the volume of callers —

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Resources to quit Resources to help people stop smoking or using tobacco can be found by calling the Respiratory Care department of Yampa Valley Medical Center at 970-871-2392 and by contacting the Colorado QuitLine at www.coquitline. org or 800-QUIT-NOW.

especially when they offer free nicotine patches. Other factors that motivate tobacco users to quit include their own health or family dynamics. “I remember one young man who chewed snuff,” Harris said. “He had a 3-year-old son who liked to emulate everything he did. When his son started imitating his tobacco use, the whole family came in for counseling. “This man successfully quit. He knew he did not want his son to ever start using tobacco, ‘just like Daddy.’” Steamboat Springs internal medicine physician Kevin Borgerding, M.D., is the medical director of Respiratory Care services at YVMC. He discusses tobacco use with his patients during annual check-

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Only 5 percent of tobacco users are able to quit “cold turkey.” For most of the rest, a more concentrated effort, often involving doctors and family, is required.

ups or when they complain about respiratory problems. “Many realize they shouldn’t be smoking, and most want to make a concerted effort to quit,” Borgerding said. “Tobacco use creates so

many different risks, beyond the obvious ones of lung cancer and chronic lung disease. “Smokers and tobacco-users are at increased risk of heart and vascular disease, head and neck cancer, pancreatic cancer,

bladder cancer and kidney cancer. “When we talk, I want to see if the patient is psychologically ready to quit, because they are See Monday Medical, page 11

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Block party brings end to All Arts fest Depot Art Center’s 100th anniversary takes center stage

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Wearing a red paper party hat, 4-year-old Mikayla Orner smiled as she blew into an orange whistle shaped like a train. Mikayla, visiting Steamboat Springs from Longmont with her family, was one of many who turned out for the Steamboat Springs Art Council’s block party Sunday evening at the Depot Art Center. The event culminated the inaugural All Arts Festival and served to commemorate the Depot’s 100th anniversary. The party included performances by the Steamboat Youth Orchestra and food from Steamboat Smokehouse. “We thought we’d come by and see what it was like,” said Mikayla’s father, Martin Orner. “This is a nice spot, a classy event.” Kara Givnish, special events and sponsorship director for the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association, said the All Arts Festival, which drew on collaboration from nearly every local arts group, was a chance for Steamboat to prove it’s more than a ski town. “We’re an arts town,” Givnish said. “… It surpassed everyone’s expectations. I don’t think a lot of people knew all the facets of art in Steamboat. And that was brought to the forefront this weekend.” The Chamber estimated that 1,500 people attended the Yampa River Art Stroll, which took place Friday through Sunday. Marion Ayer, the Chamber’s finance and human resources director, said her organization still was figuring out attendance numbers for the rest of the All Arts Festival’s events, which began Thursday. At the block party, Patty and Joel Fowler, of Alpine, Ariz., danced to music by Steamboat Swings. A couple of self-described art lovers, Patty Fowler said they were fortunate to combine their planned outdoor activities with some of the weekend’s arts events. “We just enjoyed looking at great art, the artists,” she said. “We enjoyed walking by the river. And this is just great.” M.G. Crowder, who moved

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Cisco Delliquadri, 7, takes a quick sample of a cake prepared to look like the Depot Art Center building in downtown Steamboat Springs on Sunday.

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Kirsten Williams, 16, plays the violin Sunday at the Depot Art Center in downtown Steamboat Springs. The Steamboat Youth Orchestra played at the 100th anniversary for the historic train depot.

to Steamboat in June from Alaska, said he attended the block party in addition some of the other All Arts Festival events to get a feel for what’s available in the Yampa Valley. “I like to see what the town has to offer,” he said. Some, however, were interested in things other than the train memorabilia on display inside the Depot or the music being played. Seven-year-old Cisco Delliquadri, who played violin with the Steamboat Youth Orchestra, walked over to where Larry the Camel was standing.

“I wanted to see a camel with two humps, but I like it,” Cisco said. Arts Council Board President Kelly Anzalone said the block party not only culminated the All Arts Festival but served as a kickoff event for fall programming available at the Depot. He said a film and local songwriters series would be offered starting in September. “The point is to combine these events with the artwork,” Anzalone said. — To reach Jack Weinstein, call 871-4203 or e-mail jweinstein@steamboatpilot.com

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Keeping color in your garden

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he intense mountain sun seems to fade the color in our gardens as summer moves toward fall. With just a little planning, however, local gardeners can enjoy vibrant late summer/autumn color right up through the first frost. Many perennial plants that thrive in our zone 4 environment produce fresh late-season flowers, while others sprout bright berries and fiery foliage in the fall. If you plan now to plant some fall-blooming perennials next spring, you just might capture some of that color next autumn. Check out what’s blooming in your neighbors’ gardens, or stop by the Yampa River Botanic Park for ideas. If you’re looking for tall blue- and purple-flowering plants, consider Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolis) for August and September color, or globe thistle (Echinops ritro “Tallow Purple”). Medium height purple and blue fallflowering plants include Tatarian statice (Goniolimon tataricum), Tube clematis (clematis heracleifolia), and Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides). Short purple and blue fall plants include Beard-tongue (Penstemon campanulatus), Siberian statice (Limonium gmelinii) and Hosta (Hosta sieboldii “Ginkgo Craig”). For pink color in the fall, consider one of my favorites, a large pink crocus named Waterlily. Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehesis “Prince Henry”) blooms pink in August and September, as does Grapeleaf anemone (Anemone tomentosa), sunset hyssop (Agastache rupestris), Joe-pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum), Wild beebalm (Monarda fistulosa), New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii “Finalist”), Live-forever (Hylotelephium telephium), Showy stonecrop (Hylotelphium spectabile Autumn Glory), and Obedient

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Try planting globe thistle, or Tallow Purple, for late-season purple flowers.

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Deb Babcock plant (Physostegia virginiana). Consider, too, Sedum “Autumn Joy” with its pink flowers and mahogany stalks. Fall-flowering plants that provide rich red hue include blanketflower (Galliardia), New York Aster (Aster novi-belgii “Winston S. Churchhill”), and the second bloom of yarrow (Achillea millefolium “Red Beauty”) and Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis). Yellow- and orange-flowering fall perennials include sunset hyssop (Agastache rupestris), threadleaf coreopsis (C. verticillata “Moonbeam”), Blanketflower (Gallardia x grandiflora “goblin”) and many mums, asters and sunflowers. For some cool white flowers in the fall, plant Boltonia (Boltonia asteroids “Snowbank”), Whirling butterflies (Gaura lindheimeri), Aster (“White Fairy” or “White Opal”), Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) or Giant daisies (Leucanthemella serotina “Herbstern”). For berries and colored foli-

age, consider some of these trees and shrubs. Sumac (Rhus aromatica, R. glabra), with its red-purple and yellow-orange fall foliage gets a bad rap for its poisonous variety, but these two species are safe as well as wonderful to have in your garden. Hedge Cononeaster (Cotoneaster lucidus) offers wonderful fall color and can handle poor soil. Waxflower (Jamesia Americana), the only native hydrangea in the state, turns red in the fall. Viburnum in several species offer year-round interest with spring flowers and changing fall colors. Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus), as the name implies, turns a brilliant red in the fall. Redtwig Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera, C. sericea) offers beautiful fall color as well as bright red winter twigs that are a striking contrast against the snow in your winter garden. Plan for some fall color in your garden, and enjoy the season-long beauty of your garden despite the challenges of our high-country environment. Deb Babcock is a master gardener through the CSU Cooperative Extension Routt. Questions? Call 879-0825 or visit http://rcextension.colostate. edu.

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Charter school wanted OAK CREEK

A group proposing a Stagecoach charter school will submit its application to the South Routt School District on Oct. 1, a member of its steering committee told South Routt School Board members Thursday. Kim Rabon said the group’s goal is to get a preschool through sixth-grade school, which also would provide services for children younger than preschoolage, built in time for the 2010-11 school year. Rabon said a possible site for the charter school is the 9-plusacre designated school site adjacent to Red Hawk Village. The land was donated to the district as part of the Neighborhood at Young’s Peak development. Other school site alternatives include land at Billy Kidd’s ranch, Rabon said. She added that the committee has been in contact with other Stagecoach landowners. Rabon said the steering committee is working toward putting together some information previously requested by the School Board regarding the infrastructure at the site, the facility, traffic created by it and master planning. School Board President Tim Corrigan said there’s no need for the board to take any action on the proposal until it receives that additional information. Rabon said the need for the school was identified when members of the Stagecoach community approached the School Board about its plans to build an elementary school there. She said some parents were taking their kids to the elementary school in Yampa and then going to work in Steamboat. Rabon said about 30 South Routt children at-

tended Steamboat schools last year. Rabon said the district didn’t have any immediate plans to build a Stagecoach school, so the steering committee was formed to begin moving forward with the charter school plan last summer after a survey revealed interest from Stagecoach parents. Charter schools are public schools, meaning they also receive funding on a per-pupil basis. Charter school funding is funneled through the district in which the charter school operates. The district keeps 5 percent of the funding allocated for students who attend the charter school to cover administrative costs. However, the charter school would be responsible for costs associated with purchasing land and constructing a new school. Rabon said the steering committee will raise funds and apply for grants if its application is approved. The charter school would emphasize Core Knowledge curriculum and include the Montessori and Waldorf methods. For more information about the proposed Stagecoach charter school, visit the committee’s blog at www.stagecoachschool.blogspot.com or e-mail stagecoachschool@hotmail. com. Also at Thursday’s South Routt School Board meeting: ■ Board members were updated on the progress of about $150,000 in repairs to the South Routt Elementary School gymnasium. The gym’s roof caught fire when it was struck by lightning in June. Firefighters had to remove part of the roof to extinguish the blaze, which was contained to the gym. Dina Murray, the district’s business manager, said the

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repairs should be completed in about two weeks. She said it shouldn’t affect students because most physical education classes are held outside until cooler weather sets in. During inclement weather, students could use the cafeteria, Murray said. ■ The School Board heard a presentation from Peter Patten, of Patten Associates in Steamboat Springs, the land planner for the Song Mountain development. The development could include 272 residential home lots on nearly 900 acres overlooking Stagecoach Reservoir. Superintendent Scott Mader said he previously asked developers that some land be donated to the district should the development create the need for a school there. Patten said 46 acres of the site had been set aside for an Oak Creek Fire Protection District station and for water tanks, but not a school. “I just don’t believe this is a good place for a school,” Patten said, mentioning the steep grade of the land and lack of access. “I can’t imagine running buses on this site.” Patten estimated that 142 children could move to the area as a result of the development.

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COUNTY AGENDA

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Work session 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. County Manager/Tom Sullivan ■ Administrative and Commissioners’ Reports/Helena Bond/Administrative Updates 11:30 to noon. Legal/John Merrill ■ Updates 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Planning/Chad Phillips ■ Pre-hearings 2:30 to 3 p.m. Media Briefing 3 to 3:30 p.m. YVRA/Dave Ruppel ■ Updates 3:30 to 4 p.m. Purchasing/Tim Winter ■ Updates ■ Discussion regarding authorization to Sign Amendment for Architectural Construction Administration Services for Courthouse Masonry Rehabilitation Project ■ Discussion regarding authorization to Sign Professional Services Agreement for Engineering Design Work on Detention Facility HVAC System and Approval and Authorization to Sign Grant Application for New Energy Economic Development (NEED) Grant 4 to 4:05 p.m. First Impressions/ Stephanie Martin ■ Discussion of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation Grant Request in the amount of $47,000 for calendar year 2010 to benefit First Impressions of Routt County 4:05 to 4:50 p.m. Sheriff/Gary Wall ■ Discussion regarding the exemption from the hiring freeze Resolution No. 2009-006 for the Detention Facility ■ Discussion regarding Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) grant for 2010

TUESDAY Action agenda 9:35 to 9:45 a.m. Public Comment

Public Comments will be heard on any item not on the agenda. County Commissioners will take public comment under consideration but will not make any decision nor take action at this time 9:45 to 9:50 a.m. ■ 1a. First Impressions/Stephanie Martin 9:50 to 9:55 a.m. Consideration for approval and signature of the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation Grant Request in the amount of $47,000 for calendar year 2010 to benefit First Impressions of Routt County ■ 2a. Rally Colorado/Jim Gill 9:55 to 10 a.m. Consideration for approval of the Rally Colorado road closure Resolution ■ 3a. Clerk/Kay Weinland 10 to 10:30 a.m. Consideration for approval and authorization to sign IGA between Routt County and Tree Haus Metropolitan District for the November 3, 2009 Coordinated Election ■ 4a. County Manager/Tom Sullivan 10:30 to 10:55 a.m. Consideration for approval of a Resolution applying for GOCO grant for Stagecoach Property Owner’s Association ■ 5a. Sheriff/Gary Wall ■ 5b. Consideration to approve exemption from the hiring freeze Resolution No. 2009-006 for the Detention Facility 10:55 to 11 a.m. Consideration of approval of submission of the Law Enforcement Assistance Fund (LEAF) grant for 2010 ■ 6a. Administrative/Helena Bond 11 to 11:30 a.m. Consideration to approve the waiver of Building Permit fees and Plan Check fees for the Town of Hayden’s Stokes Gulch Motocross Track project ■ 7a. PDR Board/Ron Roundtree 11:30 to 11:40 a.m. Consideration to approve funding for Project 132 – Elkhead Ranch and authorization to sign the Agreement Concerning Conservation Easement between

Routt County and Cattlemen’s Land Trust ■ 8a. Yampa Valley Housing Authority/Mary Alice Page-Allen 11:40 to 11:45 a.m. Consideration for approval to waive building permit and plan check fess for Hillside Village Stair Replacement Project ■ 9a. County Manager/Tom Sullivan 11:45 to 11:50 a.m. Consideration for approval and authorization to sign Colorado Heritage Planning Grant agreement with DOLA ■ 10a. Purchasing/Tim Winter ■ 10b. Consideration for approval and authorization to sign Amendment for Architectural Construction Administration Services for Courthouse Masonry Rehabilitation Project 11:50 to noon. Consideration and Authorization to Sign Professional Services Agreement for Engineering Design Work on Detention Facility HVAC System and Approval and Authorization to Sign Grant Application for New Energy Economic Development (NEED) Grant ■ Public Comment: Public Comments will be heard on any item not on the agenda. County Commissioners will take public comment under consideration but will not make any decision nor take action at this time 2 to 2:30 p.m. ■ P1a Planning/Chad Phillips 2:30 to 3 p.m. ■ P2a Signing for a Final Plat for Heritage Park Lot 4 Townhomes PS2009-004 3 to 5 p.m. ■ P3a. Routt County Planning Dept. PI2008-010 Amendments to Routt County Zoning Regulations (RCZR) Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, Appendix B: Fee Schedule, and Section 2 of the Routt County Subdivision Regulations (RCSR) County Wide Meeting adjourned

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■ The Kiwanis Club meets at noon in the Alpenglow Room in Willett Hall on the Colorado Mountain College campus.

■ Auditions for a Steamboat Players production of “Kimberly Akimbo” are from 8 to 9:30 p.m. today and Tuesday at the Depot Art Center on 13th Street. Adult and teenage male roles are needed, as are two adult female roles. Those who audition need to attend only one night. Call Director Michael Brumbaugh at 8704533.

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■ The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association offers drop-in hours for pneumonia vaccines for uninsured, low-income adults from noon to 4 p.m. at 940 Central Park Drive, Suite 101. Call 879-1632.

■ Tread of Pioneers Museum presents free “Life of the Mountain Man” children’s programs at 4 and 5:30 p.m. Explore the history of Colorado’s fur trade.

■ The Routt County Council on Aging presents Linda Litteral, world traveler and educator, who show slides about Antarctic wildlife at 12:45 p.m. at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. All are welcome. Call 879-0633 to reserve noon lunch.

■ A financial literacy class for adults, “The Credit Crisis, Personal Credit Repair and Debt Reduction,” is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Colorado Mountain College’s Bogue Hall, Room 300. The cost is $25. Call Elizabeth Black at 819-5120, or visit www. visiontrekconsulting.com.

■ The Hayden Congregational Food Bank will distribute food to those in need from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The pick up location is downstairs in the Solandt Medical Building. Call Connie Todd at 276-3459. ■ South Routt Elementary School in Yampa hosts a Back-to-School Night from 5 to 6 p.m. All parents and students are encouraged to come and bring school supplies, meet teachers, see classrooms and pick up an informational packet. ■ Steamboat Springs women’s rugby is from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Ski Town Fields next to the Tennis Center at Steamboat Springs. No experience is necessary, and all women are invited. Call Anne at 303-859-3784. ■ Coed Ultimate Frisbee is at 6:30 p.m. at the field at Seventh and Pine streets. All are welcome. Call Austin at 785-979-4110 for more information. ■ The Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge Group plays an ACBL sanctioned duplicate game at 6:30 p.m. in Yampa Valley Electric Association conference room on 10th Street. Reservations requested. Call Elaine at 879-1994. ■ Integrated Community’s bilingual conversational group, Intercambio, meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the CIIC office at 718 Oak St. All are welcome to the free event that fosters English and Spanish language skills. Call 871-4599. ■ Steamboat’s Recreational Poker league plays at 6:30 p.m. at The Tap House Sports Grill. The tournament is free and open to the public. Players

■ Register for free English classes/ clases de Inglés at 6 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Thursday at Colorado Mountain College in Willett Hall, Room 300. All languages and levels. Register for English classes for parents and preschool children at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Bud Werner Memorial Library. Call 870-4534. ■ The free “Parenting and Pizza” educational series presents “The Vaccine Maze: Controversies, Science & Swine Flu,” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Olympian Hall at Howelsen Lodge. Dr. Robert Brayden, M.D., will speak. RSVP to Stephanie Martin at 8705270 or smartin@co.routt.co.us for pizza dinner and child care. Spanish flyer and interpretation available.

WEDNESDAY ■ VNA offers a vaccination drop-in clinic from 2 to 4 p.m. for youths ages 10 to 18. Come to 940 Central Park Drive, Suite 101, or call 8791632. Parents must be present for children younger than 18, and they should bring vaccine records. ■ The Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association and The Haven Assisted Living Center hold their

annual meeting at 4 p.m. at the Craig VNA office at 745 Russell St. A business meeting and employee recognition is from 4 to 5 p.m. Dr. Robert Brayden, president of the Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition, speaks at 5 p.m. about immunizations. Refreshments will be provided. All are welcome. Call Suzi Mariano at the VNA, 879-1632. ■ Yampa Valley Medical Center offers a First Aid and Heartsaver CPR class from 5 to 10 p.m. at the hospital. The class costs $30 and provides American Heart Association certification for basic First Aid and pediatric, adult and child CPR and AED. Call 871-2500 with questions and to register. ■ Soroco High School and Soroco Middle School host a Back-to-SchoolNight Barbecue from 5:15 to 6 p.m., followed by an information session from 6 to 7 p.m., at the campus in Oak Creek. The barbecue costs $5. ■ The Routt County Democrats monthly potluck meeting is at 6 p.m. at 40889 Routt County Road 76A in Hayden. Tammie Delaney will talk about local sustainability. Take a potluck appetizer, side dish or dessert and your own drinks, plus a nonperishable donation for Hayden’s Food Bank. Carpoolers can meet at the Steamboat Transit Center at 5:20 p.m. Call 870-2896 for directions.

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■ Aging Well presents the third Fitness Walking with Poles class with Marti Irish from 8 to 9 a.m. Meet at Howelsen Hill by the stables, and bring your poles or purchase them at class. Call Aging Well for more information at 871-7676.

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THURSDAY ■ A non-denominational community Bible study is from 9 to 11 a.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church, 755 Concordia Lane. A children’s program also is provided. For details or to enroll, call Sara at 871-4770. ■ A grand opening celebration for the Rollingstone Respite House is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Rollingstone Drive and Pine Grove Road. Light refreshments will be served. Contact Lisa Brown at 970871-7620 or lbrown@nwcovna.org.

UPCOMING ■ The Routt County Republican Central Committee meets at noon Sept. 2 in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room of the Routt County Courthouse. Attorney Ryan Call, from the Colorado Republican Central Committee, will speak.

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ViewPoints Steamboat Today • Monday, August 24, 2009

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Do you have something to say about a story we’ve written?

Connecting nature’s dots Thomas Friedman THE NEW YORK TIMES

AO FLATS, BOTSWANA

Who knew that deep in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, where there are no paved roads, phones or TVs, you could find the morning paper waiting for you every day outside your tent, with the latest news, weather and sports? Who knew? True, this is no ordinary journal. The newspaper here on the Jao Flats of the northwest Okavango flood plain is published on the roads — literally. The wetlands are bisected by Friedman hippo trails and narrow roads made from pure white Kalahari Desert sand. And every morning, when you set out to investigate the wilderness, it is not uncommon for a guide to lean out of his jeep, study the animal and insect

tracks, and pronounce that he’s “reading the morning news.” We were lucky to be accompanied by Map Ives — the 54-year-old director of sustainability for Wilderness Safaris, which supports ecotourism in Botswana — and it was fascinating to watch him read Mother Nature’s hieroglyphics. This day’s “news,” Ives explained, studying a stretch of road, was that some lions had run very quickly through here, which he could tell by the abnormal depth of, and distance between, their paw prints. They were in stride. The “weather” was windy coming out of the east, he added, pointing to which side of the paw prints had been lightly dusted away. Flood waters remained high this morning, because the nearby hyena tracks were followed by little indentations — splashes of water that had come off their paws. Today’s “sports”? Well, over here — the hyenas were dragging a “kill,” probably a small antelope or steinbok, which is very

obvious from the smooth foot-wide path in the sand that ran about 50 yards into the bushes. Every mile you can read a different paper. It is mentally exhausting hanging with Ives, who was raised on the edge of the Okavango Delta. He points out the connections, and all the free services nature provides, every two seconds: Plants clean the air; the papyrus and reeds filter the water. Palm trees are growing on a mound originally built by termites. Yes, thank God for termites. All of the raised islands of green in the delta were started by them. The termites keep their mounds warm. This attracts animals whose dung brings seeds and fertilizer that sprout trees, making bigger islands. Ives will be talking to you about zebras and suddenly a bird will zip by — “greater blue-eyed starling,” he’ll blurt out in midsentence, and then go back to zebras. See Friedman, page 9

A deck stacked with race cards Jonah Goldberg

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What if America transcended race, and President Barack Obama wasn’t invited? The question comes to mind as cries of racism grow ever louder from Obama’s supporters. No one should be surprised. Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, liberal Democrats have to accuse their opponents of racism. Indeed, somewhat to their credit, fighting racism — alas, even where it Goldberg doesn’t exist — is one of the reasons they became liberal Democrats in the first place. And that’s the great irony of the Obama presidency. It was Obama’s supporters who hinted, teased, promised or prophesied that Obama would help America “transcend race.” But now, it is

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they who shrink from their own promised land. After all, it was not Obama’s detractors who immediately fell into the comfortable groove of racial grievance and familiar “narratives” when Henry Louis Gates insisted that a police instructor in racial sensitivity had to be a racist. That was Obama and his choir of heralds. From day one, Obama’s supporters tirelessly have cultivated the idea that anything inconvenient to the first black president just might be terribly, terribly racist. This always was the nasty side of Obama’s implied hope for unity. Obama gave oxygen to the idea that disagreement with him amounted to obstructing his mission to “transcend race.” During the campaign, that meant anyone who got in his way was wittingly or unwittingly abetting racism (just ask Bill Clinton). A writer for Slate magazine insisted journalists must not call attention to the fact that Obama is “skinny.” Such observations

fuel racism by highlighting his physical appearance, and that in turn might suddenly alert racist American voters to the fact that Obama is ... wait for it ... black. Now that he’s president, if you question his tax policies, energy plans or health care ambitions, you are “hoping he will fail” — and that, with the help of roundabout reasoning, is tantamount to hoping we cannot transcend race. Loading the deck in such a way is a gift of Obama’s. Time and again, he pre-empts dissent by claiming he’s openminded, pragmatic and non-ideological, and therefore if you disagree with him, you must be some sort of zealot. His shock troops make the same argument about race, sometimes with sophistication, sometimes with the kind of lucid clarity only profound stupidity can provide. For instance, actress Janeane Garofalo summed up the tea parties thusSee Goldberg, page 9 Bruce Tinsley

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“If you spend enough time in nature and allow yourself to slow down sufficiently to let your senses work, then through exposure and practice, you will start to sense the meanings in the sand, the grasses, the bushes, the trees, the movement of the breezes, the thickness of the air, the sounds of the creatures and the habits of the animals with which you are sharing that space,” said Ives. Humans were actually wired to do this a long time ago. Unfortunately, he added, “the speed at which humans have improved technology since the Industrial Revolution has attracted so many people to towns and cities and provided them with ‘processed’ natural resources” that our innate ability to make all these connections “may be disappearing as fast as biodiversity.” Which leads to the point of

this column. We’re trying to deal with a whole array of integrated problems — climate change, energy, biodiversity loss, poverty alleviation and the need to grow enough food to feed the planet — separately. The poverty fighters resent the climate-change folks; climate folks hold summit meetings without reference to biodiversity; the food advocates resist the biodiversity protectors. They all need to go on safari together. “We need to stop thinking about these issues in isolation — each with its own champion, constituency and agenda — and deal with them in an integrated way, the way they actually occur on the ground,” argued Glenn Prickett, senior vice president with Conservation International. “We tend to think about climate change as just an energy issue, but it’s also about land use: one-third of greenhouse gas emissions come from tropical deforestation and agriculture. So

we need to preserve forests and other ecosystems to solve climate change, not only to save species.” But we also need to double food production to feed a growing population. “So we’ll need to do that without clearing more forests and draining more wetlands, which means farmers will need new technologies and practices to grow more food on the same land they use today — with less water,” he added. “Healthy forests, wetlands and grasslands not only preserve biodiversity and store carbon — they also help buffer the impacts of climate change. So our success in tackling climate change, poverty, food security and biodiversity loss will depend on finding integrated solutions from the land.” In short — and as any reader of the Okavango daily papers will tell you — we need to make sure that our policy solutions are as integrated as nature itself. Today, they are not.

Disliking Obama doesn’t mean automatic racism Goldberg continued from 8 ly: “This is about hating a black man in the White House. This is racism straight up.” A more sophisticated version comes from Princeton professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell, who finds racism in complaints that socialized medicine would result in fewer Americans “taking responsibility” for their own health care. “What we know over the past 25 years,” she told NPR, “is that language of personal responsibility is often a code language used against poor and minority communities.” In an ABC News story about how racist white militias are somehow connected to town hall protests, Mark Potok of the dismayingly left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center insists Obama has “triggered fears among fairly large numbers of white people in this country that they are somehow losing their country.”

Two weeks ago, town hallers were supposed to be members of the Brooks Brothers brigade, AstroTurf division. Now, they’re well-armed anti-government militias. At this rate, they’ll soon be android ninjas with laser vision. Wait, strike that. They’ll be really racist android ninjas with laser vision. Suddenly, if conservatives want to transcend race; we have to agree to massive increases in the size of government and socialized medicine. That’s not transcending race, it’s using Obama’s race to bully the opposition into acquiescence. Actually transcending race would require treating Obama like any other president. Which is pretty much exactly what conservatives have been doing. Seriously, if Hillary Clinton were president, would conservatives really be rolling over for the same health care plan because she’s white?

Sure, racists don’t like Obama (in less shocking news, bears continue to use our national forests as toilets). But that doesn’t mean everyone who dislikes Obama is therefore a racist. What’s dismaying is how the press and Democrats are so desperate to obscure this point. The only notable political violence at a town hall was against a black man, roughed up by pro-Obama toughs. The assault weapon carried to a lawful demonstration was carried by a black man. That supposedly racist poster depicting Obama as the Joker? (An LA Weekly writer fumed, “The only thing missing is a noose.”) That was created by a PalestinianAmerican supporter of leftwing garden gnome Dennis Kucinich. Whoops! Never mind. They’ll keep trying until they find a scapegoat that works, because that is what they do.

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SATURDAY, AUG. 22 Midnight. Steamboat Springs Police Department officers were called to a complaint of juveniles drinking alcohol in the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue. The report turned out to be false. 12:29 a.m. Police assisted Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies with a report of a motorcycle crash on County Shop Road. The driver of the motorcycle was taken to Yampa Valley Medical Center. 2:54 a.m. Police were called to a report of a domestic verbal dispute. The parties were separated for the evening, and no criminal charges were filed. 5:02 a.m. Police and Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue emergency responders were dispatched to a fire alarm at a home in the 300 block of Pearl Street. Food had been left on the stove. 8:52 a.m. Deputies were called to a report of threats in the 54700 block of C.R. 129 in Clark. 9:58 a.m. Police received a report of fraud by check in the 800 block of Yampa Street. 10:15 a.m. Deputies were called to a

report of trespassing in the 55000 block of C.R. 62 in Clark. 11:22 a.m. Police were called to a report of a plane crash in the 3400 block of Airport Circle. Officers spoke with the pilot, who overshot the runway but was able to stop without getting hurt or damaging the plane. 2:12 p.m. Deputies and Routt County Search and Rescue were called to report that a hiker needed assistance on Rabbit Ears Pass. A 42-year-old woman slipped on rocks near Muddy Hole, also known as Bruce’s Trail, and suffered an ankle injury. Eight people, including the woman’s family, helped get her out of the area. She refused an ambulance transport. 3:31 p.m. Police were dispatched to a report of sexual assault in Steamboat. The incident is under investigation. 4:33 p.m. Police were dispatched to a report of a lost driver’s license in downtown Steamboat. It was found and returned to its owner. 4:54 p.m. Police were dispatched to a report that a dog bit another dog in the 500 block of Tamarack Drive. A warning

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Committee to meet Friday at Carelli’s Pizza in Craig Collin Smith

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The Colorado Division of Wildlife and Craig deer committee plan to meet at noon Friday at Carelli’s Pizza, 465 Yampa Ave., to discuss options about how to address the city’s deer population. The deer committee, a citizen group unaffiliated with local government, formed in February 2007 after Craig City Council received a petition from residents asking it to somehow control the deer population.

Its members include Craig Mayor Don Jones, interested residents and a DOW officer. Bill de Vergie, DOW area wildlife manager out of the Meeker office, said the agency has created a set of options for local consideration. Those include an educational campaign to inform residents how to landscape and otherwise care for their yards in ways that will keep deer away, as well as possibly organizing a special hunting season for lands surrounding Craig. “I don’t know if that would work or if it’s anything anyone

is interested in,” de Vergie said about the possible hunting season. “It’s just a way we might be able to minimize the number of deer in general and maybe keep other deer from moving into the city.” He stressed that any hunting season would be outside city limits, and there would not be any legal hunting inside Craig, if that is an option the deer committee likes. Although there have been no recent estimates or counts, DOW officials said they think there are about 300 deer living in Craig.

YVMC, Doak will be tobacco-free in 2010 Monday Medical continued from 2 more likely to be successful,” Borgerding said. “There are an array of options that can help people.” Over-the-counter and prescription medications can ease nicotine cravings. Counseling goes beyond physical addiction, delving into everything from time management to personal relationships. “The pack-a-day smoker has 100 minutes of repetitive activity revolving around cigarettes,” Harris said. “We need to replace this activity, suggesting other things to do and think about during the day. It can be a gift to gain 100 minutes per day. “When I work with couples, sometimes one person wants to quit and the other doesn’t,” she

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striving to kick the habit until they succeed. “If someone has tried to quit before, there was a reason they were motivated to stop, and that is a positive thing we can work with,” she said. “People can remember the day they started smoking again and why they made that choice, and we can address those issues together. “I see multiple attempts not as failures, but as good practice toward eventually quitting.” Christine McKelvie is public relations director of Yampa Valley Medical Center. She can be reached at christine. mckelvie@yvmc.org.

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Painting with fabric: Quilting can bring income, pleasure Tamera Manzanares

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A complex array of red, orange and rust tones mesmerize while telling the story of a devastating wildfire. The elaborate patterns are pieced together in a quilt inspired by the Hinman fire near Clark seven summers ago. The piece, which hangs in the Steamboat Lake State Park visitor center, was designed and created by Jo Morrison and Jo Stack. Invoking beauty and awe, the quilt is one of many examples of how the craft can be a profound expression of creativity and emotion. Quilting long has been a popular pastime, particularly among older adults with time to indulge new interests and expand social circles. Quilting guilds, classes, workshops and exhibits make the Yampa Valley fertile ground for discovering, refining and personalizing a craft that many describe as addicting. “There’s nothing I’d rather be doing,” said Madeleine Vail, who quilts in a spacious studio near Clark. The bright space is a welcome window into the quilting process. Tools of the trade — large cutting mats, rotary cutters and plastic rulers of multiple shapes and sizes — hang neatly among huge tables. Vail uses two long commercial sewing machines to stitch large quilt tops — her own projects as well as others’ creations — to batting and backing. And, of course, there is color: stacks of folded fabrics, threads, embellishments and multiple projects, includ-

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ing examples of patterns Vail designs and sells. Earlier in the day, a group of her friends visited the studio, exploring every nook and cranny with surprising interest. “They were so excited; it really made me feel good,” Vail said. Whether shopping for and piecing together fabric, sharing ideas or visiting shows and exhibits, the camaraderie among those who quilt is a big reward. “Quilting is a great way to find people that like to do what you like to do,” Vail said. Linda Pinnt, of Craig, guesses she has been quilting for about 20 years. Her foray into the quilting world began with quilting blocks she found in her late mother’s belongings. “I thought, ‘I’m going to finish these,” and that’s how I got hooked,” said Pinnt, who was so immersed in her new hobby that she insisted on hauling her great-grandmother’s treadle sewing machine into her husband’s hunting camps. From her first crooked patchwork quilt made from old dresses and work shirts, Pinnt’s skill has evolved into a passion that has further connected her to her family and community. Pinnt’s 9-year-old grandson Ty recently won a blue ribbon for a quilt he entered in

Local quilting guilds are open to quilters of all skill levels and anyone interested in quilting: ■ The Delectable Mountain Quilt Guild hosts guest speakers and quilting experts as well as workshops. The guild meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of every month at the Steamboat Springs Community Center. Guests are welcome (a $3 guest fee may apply). For more information about membership and events, visit www.dmqg.org. ■ The Yampa Valley Piecemakers Quilt Guild in Craig provides opportunities to learn more about quilting and contribute to quilt projects for a variety of community causes. The guild will hold an auction fundraiser in September to help pay for guest speakers and instructors. For more information, call Roberta Ahlstrom at 824-4617 or Linda Pinnt at 824-5219.

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Madeleine Vail designs and creates quilts for income and pleasure. Quilting provides an important creative and social outlet and also gives her something to look forward to, she said.

the Moffat County Fair. Pinnt introduced him to quilting at the age of 3, when he sat on the floor picking out fabrics for new quilts. In addition to helping start a local quilting guild with others in her community, Pinnt has connected with quilters from across the world. It all started when Pinnt set out to make a pink quilt for a family member diagnosed with cancer. Pinnt advertised for pink fabric on a quilting Web site and received scraps and from as far away as England, Norway and Australia. “It was like Christmas at my house,” said Pinnt, who had so much fabric left over that she and members of her quilting guild continue to make pink quilts for local cancer patients. Those who quilt also revel in the creativity, anticipation, emotional expression and sense of accomplishment involved in making a quilt.

From traditional patterned quilts to art quilts adorned with beads and other materials, there are no creative bounds to quilt making. A newer trend called journal quilts encourages quilters to create a letter-size piece each month. Designs may reflect a new quilting technique or emotion a person is experiencing at the time. “If there’s something you need to get out, that is a good way to do it,” said Vail, noting that even following a pattern or kit involves various steps of personal expression. Potential cognitive benefits of learning new skills has attracted the interest of researchers who suspect tackling learning curves can help keep the brain sharp. Almost anybody can learn how to quilt. Even those who have never sewed but are willing to practice using a basic sewing machine can become experts.

Quilting classes Colorado Northwestern Community College offers quilting classes with instructor Linda Pinnt beginning in September. Registration is free for Moffat County residents 62 and older. For more information, call 824-1135 or visit www.cncc.edu/admissions/schedule, and click on Craig Campus Senior Citizen Community Ed.

Vision changes should not deter a person from pursuing quilting. There are many tools, such as special lights and magnifiers that can make the process easier. “If they want to do it, they can,” Vail said. Tamera Manzanares writes for the Aging Well program and can be reached at tmanzanares@nwcovna.org or 871-7606. Aging Well, a division of Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association, is a community-based program of healthy aging for adults 50 and older. For more information or to view past articles, visit www. agingwelltoday.com.

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Silverthorne to hold bluegrass benefit Spring Creek and Head for the Hills will bring music to the High Country on Friday SILVERTHORNE

Despite having to cancel its annual Blue River Festival set for September, Silverthorne will raise funds for river health with a blue grass concert next Friday. Proceeds will benefit the Blue River Restoration Fund used to construct fish habitat enhancement structures, expand public access areas and maintain the Lower Blue’s Gold Medal Trout designation. Two Colorado-based bluegrass bands — Head for the Hills and Spring Creek — will perform on the Pavilion lawn at 6 p.m. Friday. Spring Creek will take the stage at about 8 p.m.

Head for the Hills “is a vibrant mixture of homegrown compositions, traditional harmonies and an innovative approach to improvisation,” said the band’s website. The quartet — made up of Adam Kinghorn, Joe Lessard, Matt Loewen and Mike Chappell — hails from Fort Collins. Lyons-based bluegrass band Spring Creek is known for its beautiful harmonies and original songs. Musicians Alex Johnstone, Taylor Sims, Chris Elliot and Jessica Smith make up the crew. A local fly-fishing shop, Cutthroat Anglers, will be on hand before the concert starts to give fly-fishing tips and gear demonstrations. Staff from Trout Unlimited — a nonprofit

focused on conservation, protection and restoration of North America’s cold-water fisheries and watersheds — will also be available to speak about their mission during the fundraiser.

Fundraiser Because Silverthorne has been in charge of maintaining river health between the Dillon Dam and Green Mountain Reservoir since 2003, the town has put on the Blue River Festival as the primary fundraiser for numerous years. “Blue River Festival took a year hiatus to be restructured,” said Christine Mahorney, Silverthorne Pavilion manager. The bluegrass concert will act as a fundraiser in its place. Silverthorne’s 2009 Blue Ri-

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The Family and Intercultural Resource Center, Advocates for Victims of Assault, Dillon Community Church, and Father Dyer Community Church will receive grants Monday as part of the $1 million Colorado Assistance Fund II. The fund was established by El Pomar Foundation to address the continuing emergency needs of Colorado residents as

a result of the widespread economic crisis. El Pomar created the first installment of the Colorado Assistance Fund last year, distributing $1 million in November 2008 to more than 90 nonprofit organizations throughout Colorado. For this second round of funding through CAF II, an additional $1 million is being distributed to more than 100 nonprofits statewide. Colorado Springs-based El Pomar Foundation worked with

local advisory councils in rural areas of the state to determine which organizations could help provide immediate support in two categories: emergency human services (food, clothing, shelter, rental and utilities assistance, etc.) and abuse prevention services (domestic violence, child abuse and substance abuse). The latter category represents an expansion of the fund’s scope to address an area of need that is growing because of the economic crisis.

ver Festival was originally set for Sept. 11 and 12, but was canceled due to the down economy. According to Silverthorne’s financial director Donna Braun in June, canceling the festival this year will save the town $45,000. “We’re donating 100 percent of alcohol proceeds and food, and a portion of ticket sales to the restoration fund,” Mahorney said of the Friday concert, noting the importance of keeping money in the fund as the town considers doing future river projects. For more information about the Blue River Restoration Fund, call Silverthorne’s Town Hall at 970=262-7300. To find out more about Trout Unlimited, visit www.tu.org.

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Aspen housing up for debate Employee complexes’ HOAs consider outside advice about dues Janet Urquhart THE ASPEN TIMES

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The homeowners’ associations that govern employee housing complexes in Aspen and Pitkin County may get some outside help in figuring out how much they should be collecting in dues and saving up to handle repairs and replacement of things such as roofs, boilers and other common elements. But how much money the homeowners themselves should pony up to pay for the professional advice was a matter of debate last week among Pitkin County commissioners. The proposal before the county estimated the cost of having “capital reserve studies” done for each of 42 homeowners’ associations at $126,000, with the county and the city of Aspen each kicking in $37,800, the Aspen/Pitkin County Housing Authority paying $25,200 out of its own funds, and employee homeowners themselves paying the remainder — at $30 per housing unit. Commissioner George Newman questioned why local gov-

ernments should shoulder the lion’s share of the cost, and Commissioner Jack Hatfield flatly rejected the county’s financial participation. “I’m not in any way, shape or form going to support any amount of money from Pitkin County for this,” Hatfield said. “It’s absolutely wrong.” Other citizens, who don’t live in worker housing, have to figure out things such as the need for a capital reserve fund and how big a savings account they need without the help of government-funded professional assistance, he noted. “It looks like failure to take care of your own affairs,” Hatfield said. On the other hand, his colleagues argued, making sure capital maintenance at the complexes occurs is in the government’s best interest, because the housing is an asset built with significant government subsidy. “We’re doing a little handholding here and, yes, it’s costing us a little time and money, but I think it’s a good investment,” Housing Director Tom McCabe said. “Yes, it is important to protect

our investment,” Newman said, but he called for homeowners to “step up to the plate” at a higher level than $30 per unit. Commissioners called for an expansion of the studies to include single-family home developments that are deedrestricted for local workers, including several mobile-home parks. The original proposal targeted complexes comprised of multifamily buildings. Commissioner Patti Clapper said she wanted assurance that none of the money went toward a capital reserve study for freemarket units. Some complexes are a mix of free-market and deed-restricted residences. The proposal has not yet gone to Aspen City Council, but after Tuesday’s session, the Housing Frontiers Group, which proposed the expenditure, reconvened and agreed to look at expanding the studies to more properties and at increasing the contribution from homeowners. A request for quotes from firms that potentially could do the work has been issued, and responses are due back on Sept. 21, said Cindy Christensen, housing operations manager.

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The number of vacant rental properties in Durango has risen slightly since last year, according to a new survey by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Gordon Von Stroh, business professor at the University of Denver, author of the agency’s Colorado Multi-Family Vacancy and Rental Survey, reported statewide rental vacancy for the first quarter of 2009 increased to 9.1 percent, up from 6.7 percent in 2008. In the Durango market, vacancy increased from 3.4 percent in the third quarter of 2008 to 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009. Vacancy in Durango was 1.6 percent higher in the first quarter of 2009 compared with the first quarter of 2008, when vacancy was 4.5 percent.

Average rent in Durango stayed almost put, declining from $833.01 to $829.31 since the third quarter of 2008. But since the first quarter of 2008, monthly rent in Durango has increased about $35. According to the study, the average rent of a one-bedroom apartment in Durango is $726.28, $959.79 for two bedrooms, one bath, and $954.87 for a three-bedroom apartment. The department collects statistics for the Durango area only in the first and third quarters. Survey results for the first quarter of 2009 were released Tuesday, more than five months after the first quarter ended. Vacancy in Durango has topped 6.1 percent several times since the department began collecting the numbers. In the first quarter of 2003, vacancy was

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recorded at 8.5 percent; in the first quarter of 2006, it was 7.7 percent. The highest vacancy rates in the state in 2009 are in cities on the Front Range, with 9.9 percent in Fort Collins and 9.8 percent in Colorado Springs. In Durango and statewide, older buildings were showing higher vacancy rates. Jack Llewellyn, executive director of the Durango Chamber of Commerce, speculated the rise in vacancy was spurred by several factors — a slowdown in the building industry, sellers who have grown tired of a sluggish housing market deciding to recoup some of their mortgage costs by temporarily renting their properties, the addition of new student housing in Animas Hall at Fort Lewis College and changes in Americans’ spending behavior. Julie Levy, of the Regional Housing Alliance, said many potential renters also may have been enticed to purchase homes because of lower prices and new programs such as RHA’s mortgage assistance. Local real estate consultant Bob Allen said a report released five months after the data was collected does not shed much light on conditions in the current economy.

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An 88-year-old sheep rancher long accused of causing the death of his wife’s first husband nearly 40 years ago finally has been cleared. A Mesa County jury has found Nick Theos, of Meeker, not liable on all three claims in a wrongful death lawsuit. The ruling ended a lawsuit brought by the son of a Meeker salesman who died in 1969. Jim Robinson died at age 38 of intoxication from thallium, a poison used by ranchers in the 1950s and ’60s to kill coyotes and rats. Robinson’s son, Matt Robinson, believed that Theos purposely exposed his father to the poison. Seven years after Jim Robinson died, Theos married his widow, Lois Robinson Theos. When Jim Robinson died, the cause was ruled a sudden, unexplained illness. But ques-

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tions about the death swirled for decades. Jim Robinson’s body was exhumed in 2001 and the cause of death changed to thallium intoxication.

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The mother of a 13-yearold girl in Longmont said the girl had part of her ear bitten off when she was attacked by an older girl in a park. The unnamed teenager was treated after having a piece of her ear sewed back on. The fight happened at a Longmont park on Friday night. Longmont Police told the Daily Times-Call newspaper that the fight is under investigation but that no arrests have been made.

Federal health investigators are in La Plata County to study the county’s high rate of whooping cough. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are looking for clues to explain La Plata’s unusually high rate of pertussis, also called whooping cough. Dr. Sema Mandal, of the CDC, said the whooping cough cases in La Plata County are unusual because they’re in many cases missing the “whooping” noise of the cough. In the first half of this year, La Plata accounted for more than a third of all the pertussis cases in Colorado, 55 of 146 cases. Immunizations are being offered at the San Juan Basin Health Department. The CDC investigation should take about three weeks. Whooping cough is a respiratory tract infection spread by coughing and sneezing.

Although it’s usually mild in adults, pertussis can cause pneumonia or death in infants. “It’s too early to speculate what could account for the high number of pertussis cases here,” Mandal told The Durango Herald. To solve the puzzle, health investigators are asking people who have caught pertussis to describe their symptoms. They also have contacted three or four local health care facilities to ask that their patients with new cough-related illnesses take part in the investigation. Participation is voluntary, and some patients also are giving blood samples or nasal swabs to help with the investigation. In the meantime, local health authorities are trying to clamp down on the disease’s spread. The San Juan Basin Health Department is asking residents to be vigilant about hygiene and to stay away from work and school if they develop a cough.

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they spend a disproportionate amount of their income on health care, where costs increase faster than inflation. Many also have suffered from declining home values and shrinking stock portfolios just as they are relying on those assets for income. “For many elderly, they don’t feel that inflation is low because their expenses are still going up,” said David Certner, legislative policy director for AARP. “Anyone who has savings and investments has seen some serious losses.” About 50 million retired and disabled Americans receive Social Security benefits. The average monthly benefit for retirees is $1,153 this year. All beneficiaries received a 5.8 percent increase in January, the largest since 1982. More than 32 million people are in the Medicare prescription drug program. Average monthly premiums are set to go from $28 this year to $30 next year, though they vary by plan. About 6 million people in the program have premiums deducted from their monthly Social Security payments, according to the Social Security Administration. Millions of people with Medicare Part B coverage for doctors’ visits also have their premiums deducted from Social Security payments. Part B premiums are expected to increase as well. But under the law, the increase cannot be larger than the increase in Social Security

benefits for most recipients. There is no such hold-harmless provision for drug premiums. Kennelly’s group wants Congress to increase Social Security benefits next year, even though the formula doesn’t call for it. She would like to see either a 1 percent increase in monthly payments or a one-time payment of $150.

Obama faces hard choices on war plans Richard Lardner

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As public support for the war in Afghanistan erodes, President Barack Obama soon may face two equally unattractive choices: Increase U.S. troops levels to beat back a resilient enemy, or stick with the 68,000 already committed and risk the political fallout if that’s not enough. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Obama the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is completing an assessment of what he needs to win the fight there. That review, however, won’t specifically address force levels, according to Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. But military officials privately think McChrystal may ask for as many as 20,000 additional forces to get an increasingly difficult security situation in Afghanistan under control.

And one leading Republican already is saying McChrystal will be pressured to ask for fewer troops than he requires. “I think there are great pressures on General McChrystal to reduce those estimates,” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., in an interview broadcast Sunday. “I don’t think it’s necessarily from the president. I think it’s from the people around him and others that I think don’t want to see a significant increase in our troops’ presence there.” Mullen on Sunday described the situation in Afghanistan as “serious and deteriorating” but refused to say whether additional forces would be needed. “Afghanistan is very vulnerable in terms of (the) Taliban and extremists taking over again, and I don’t think that threat’s going to go away,” he said. Mullen also expressed concern about diminishing support among a war-weary American public as the U.S. and NATO enter their ninth year of combat and reconstruction operations. In joint TV interviews, Mull-

en and U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry said last week’s presidential election in Afghanistan was historic, given the threats of intimidation voters faced as they headed to polling stations. It could be several weeks, however, before it’s known whether incumbent Hamid Karzai or one of his challengers won. “We’re not sure exactly what the level of voter turnout was,” said Eikenberry, a retired threestar Army general. “Taliban intimidation, especially in southern Afghanistan, certainly limited those numbers.” Charges of fraud in the election are extensive enough to possibly sway the final result, and the number of allegations is likely to grow, according to the commission investigating the complaints. The independent Electoral Complaints Commission has received 225 complaints since the start of Thursday’s vote, including 35 allegations that are “material to the election results,” said Grant Kippen, the head of the U.N.-backed body.

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Athletes to watch this fall

all sports are back and in full swing. With one week of practices down, local prep coaches already have a better idea of how their respective teams will fare. They also know which players will key the success of their teams. Here’s a look at some of the local high school athletes who should make substantial impacts this season:

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■ Football: Carl Steele The senior will be expected to protect quarterback Austin Hinder’s blind side. Steele is a three-year starter, and if he can give Hinder time to throw to the Sailors’ many weapons, a big year could be ahead. ■ Soccer: Connor Birch The senior goalkeeper is the unquestioned leader of the team. He also establishes an identity to make the back third Steamboat’s strength. If Birch plays like he has previously, the Sailors offense should eventually catch up. ■ Volleyball: Colleen King In a wide-open Western Slope League, King is the best player. If she can continue where she left off last season, Steamboat should be primed for a run at a league title. King is so versatile, she could be the best setter and hitter in the league. ■ Cross-country: Gus Allen The senior is expected to lead a young team. If the Sailors can run with a pack mentality, they have a decent chance at making the state meet. Allen, who has been training all summer, will be a big part of that. ■ Golf: Alan Capistron Although only a junior, Capistron might be the key to the season for Steamboat. The Sailors have Kaelen Gunderson and Scott Ptach near the top of the leaderboard at every tournament. If Capistron can cut those final few strokes off his See Graham, page 22

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Paige Barnes rounds the final barrel Saturday during Pee Wee barrel racing at the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo. Paige won the night’s race, which lifted her into a tie with defending champion Amber Salazar. The two young girls rode all summer in the Steamboat rodeo and shared the championship belt buckle.

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Steamboat Springs Pro Full results Rodeo Series from rodeo so unique. The See page 23 packed grandstands gushed expectedly when a little boy in a big cowboy hat and riding a bigger horse waved to the crowd and a little girl in a bike helmet made the rounds on a small pony. But when 8-yearold Paige Barnes raced from

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In a world where the soundtrack for death-defying rides atop bulls and broncs is overwhelming applause, Pee Wee barrel racing is more often “aww” than “ahh!” That’s what made the crowd reaction Saturday night on the final night of the 10-week

the gate with blond hair whipping behind her and fire coming from her eyes, the crowd roared. The season-long points championship belt buckles were handed out Saturday night, and none was as contested as that for Pee Wee barrel racing. With her fastest time of the season, Paige won the night’s race, edging out 6-year-old reigning champ Amber Salazar.

The victory pulled the precocious rivals into a tie, and moments later they scampered out together, two little cowgirls who a shared wide smiles and one gleaming buckle. With an uproarious response from a crowd of rodeo fans getting their summer’s final fix, Steamboat’s cowboy summer came to an end. See Rodeo, page 22

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Ubaldo Jimenez had to pitch like an ace to beat Tim Lincecum, and that’s exactly what he did. Jimenez threw eight strong innings, outdueling Lincecum, and Seth Smith hit a two-run homer in the seventh that carried the Colorado Rockies past

the San Francisco Giants, 4-2. “We knew what we were getting into when we came to the park,” Smith said, referring to the pitchJimenez ing matchup. “We knew what it was going to be like, and it lived up to its billing.”

Jimenez looked forward to facing Lincecum but didn’t worry about being compared to the 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner. “I just leave that to everybody else,” Jimenez said. “I’m not thinking about if I deserve to be in Lincecum’s league. I know he’s one of the greatest pitchers.” Held hitless by Lincecum for

5 1/3 innings, the Rockies rallied to move three games ahead of San Francisco in the NL wild-card race. Jimenez (12-9) won his sixth straight decision for Colorado, which has taken two of three in a four-games series that concludes Monday night at Coors Field. Lincecum (12-4) was workSee Rockies, page 22

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Jake Fox went 4 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, and the Cubs rallied to avert a four-game sweep. Fox had the first four-hit game of his career while starting in place of outfielder Alfonso Soriano, given his second consecutive day off because of a sore knee.

Braves 7, Marlins 5 ATLANTA

Brian McCann hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and matched a career high with five RBIs, leading the Braves to the win. McCann finished with three hits, including a three-run homer in the first.

Diamondbacks 7, Astros 5 HOUSTON

Ryan Roberts matched a career high with four hits, helping Arizona end a season-high seven-game skid. Augie Ojeda added two hits and a pair of RBIs for the Diamondbacks, who also ended a season-long nine-game road skid.

Nationals 8, Brewers 3 WASHINGTON

Ryan Zimmerman, Cristian Guzman and Adam Dunn homered to help Nationals end a fivegame skid. Rookie right-hander Craig Stammen (4-6) allowed three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings

Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Eric Bruntlett, No. 4, tags out the New York Mets’ Daniel Murphy to end the game with an unassisted triple play. The Phillies defeated the Mets, 9-7, at Citi Field in Flushing, N.Y., on Sunday.

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Homer Bailey tossed seven sharp innings, and Cincinnati ended Pittsburgh’s five-game winning streak. Bailey (3-4) allowed one run and four hits, retiring his final eight batters to help the Reds win for only the second time in nine games. Cincinnati also improved to 10-26 since the All-Star break.

Rangers 4, Rays 0 ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.

Scott Feldman struck out a career-high 11 to win his fifth consecutive road start, and the Texas Rangers avoided a three-game sweep by beating the Tampa Bay Rays, 4-0, on Sunday. Michael Young and Ivan Rodriguez each drove in two runs.

Yankees 8, Red Sox 4

Jack Cust hit two homers and drove in four runs, Landon Powell added a three-run shot and Oakland beat Detroit. Brett Tomko (3-2) allowed three hits in six innings, striking out eight. He’s won both his starts for the Athletics after appearing in 15 games with the Yankees. Cliff Pennington also homered for the A’s.

Orioles 5, White Sox 4 CHICAGO

Brian Roberts had three hits, and Nolan Reimold hit a tworun homer to help Baltimore beat Mark Buehrle. Jason Berken (3-11) won for the second time since May 26. The rookie right-hander allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits in 5 2/3 innings.

Derek Jeter hit the first pitch of the game for one of New York’s five homers off Josh Beckett, and CC Sabathia became the majors’ first pitcher to 15 wins. The expected duel between the American League’s only 14-game winners never materialized, as the Yankees scored in each of the first five innings and the Red Sox had four runs off Sabathia before he left with two outs in the seventh.

Blue Jays 8, Angels 3 TORONTO

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Michael Cuddyer homered twice in Minnesota’s eight-run seventh inning, and Denard Span added a three-run triple, helping the Twins break open a close game against Kansas City. A pitching duel between Twins starter Carl Pavano (11-9) and Royals right-hander Brian Bannister (7-10) got messy in a hurry in the seventh, when Cuddyer hit the first pitch for a homer, then added a two-run shot that put Minnesota up 9-1.

Indians 6, Mariners 1 CLEVELAND

Fausto Carmona pitched seven innings for his first win in more than three months, and Cleveland beat Seattle. Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in two runs.

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Rodeo continued from 20 “I was pretty nervous,” Paige said. “I’ve been riding a lot. It felt really good.” Saturday marked the 20th performance of this year’s Steamboat rodeo, and many of the championship races came down to one final ride. Mario Baleztena, from Loma, wrapped up the all-around cowboy honors for the third time thanks to a season-best performance in tie-down roping. Baleztena, borrowing a horse to compete in the event in order to qualify for the all-around title, snared his calf and had it wrapped in 11.3 seconds. The run slipped him into fourth place, earned him $185.25, and gave him just enough points to claim the season title.

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“I had to place in the calf roping to win the all-around,” Beleztena said. “It was the last round, last rodeo of the season, so there was quite a bit of pressure. I missed the start a little bit and I had to run him down and just took one wrap on him, taking a chance. I had to do that to place and try to win.” It was a last ride that made the weekend for Travis Darling, too. A saddle bronc rider who grew up in Steamboat, Darling saved his best for last — the very last. He was bucked from Rocky Rapids on Friday night but had already amassed enough points to win the season saddle bronc title. The top six cowboys then were given a chance to ride again for an extra $2,000 and a commemorative rifle. Darling was the last cowboy

out of the gate in the last event of the season. He stayed atop his bronc and won the event. “I got a little bit nervous, but we go to hundreds of rodeos each year, and I tried to just treat it like another day at the office,” Darling said. “The horse was pretty hard to ride. I got a little behind him in the middle, then caught back up in the end.” Craig Wisehart won the season’s bareback competition; Clayton Savage the bull-riding competition; Troy Hubbard the tie-down roping; Theo Federer steer wrestling; Shawn Hagler and Riley Pedro the team roping; Julie Haskins the girl’s barrel racing, and Ken Norell the No. 11 team roping. — To reach Joel Reichenberger, call 871-4253 or e-mail jreichenberger@steamboatpilot.com

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ing on a no-hit bid in the sixth when Todd Helton singled off the glove of shortstop Edgar Renteria. Brad Hawpe walked with two outs, and Ian Stewart’s RBI single cut the Giants’ lead to 2-1. Lincecum then walked Omar Quintanilla to start the seventh. After Jimenez’s sacrifice bunt, Smith hit a 1-0 changeup into the second deck in right to give Colorado a 3-2 lead. “Balls do weird things here and a changeup was left up and cut right back into his bat,” Lincecum said. “He put a great swing on it.” Smith said he was looking

fastball but was able to stay back to hit the changeup. “When I hit it, I knew I got it,” he said. Huston Street pitched a perfect ninth for his 33rd save in 34 chances. In the first five innings, Lincecum wasn’t always sharp, but he was effective. He walked three batters and hit another with a pitch but allowed only one runner as far as second base. Early, his most troublesome inning was the second when he walked Hawpe and Chris Iannetta, but Quintanilla lined out to left to end the inning. Lincecum allowed three runs

and three hits in seven innings. He walked a season-high five and struck out seven. “I was battling myself,” he said. “I was erratic and all over the place with the five walks and the hit batter. I just didn’t know what was going on out there. I had a hard time finding it, but I still managed to get through the first five all right.” Jimenez was sharp throughout. His only hiccup came in the second when he gave up a leadoff single to Ryan Garko and one-out homer to Renteria that gave San Francisco a 2-0 lead.

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Graham continued from 20 game, Steamboat could send the team to state. ■ Tennis: Jamey Swiggart Judging by his summer performance, Swiggart should compete with just about any player in Class 4A. After getting acquainted with No. 1 singles as a freshman, Swiggart is primed for a deep run at the state tournament.

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bitten hard by the senior bug. But in coach Greg Johnson’s up-tempo style, Koehler is set to have a huge season.

Soroco ■ Football: Cody Miles In eight-man football, the best athlete on the field usually has the biggest day. And Miles usually is the best athlete on the field. The quarterback and linebacker should add to his impressive numbers from last year. He’s the type of player who can win games by himself. ■ Volleyball: Lauryn Bruggink Only a sophomore, Bruggink already is one of the best athletes in South Routt. With a volleyball team that struggled last season, Bruggink will be expected to provide solid play and energy. — To reach Luke Graham, call 871-4229 or e-mail lgraham@steamboatpilot.com

Saturday At Brent Romick Rodeo Arena Steamboat Springs BAREBACK RIDING — 1ST GO WINNER 1. David Streweler, 83, $164.67 2. Cole McCall, 80, $123.50 3. JW Winklepleck, 79, $82.33 4. Cheyenne Seymour, 73, $41.17 BAREBACK RIDING — 2ND GO WINNER 1. Cole McCall, 79, $164.67 2. JW Winklepleck, 75, $123.50 3. David Streweler, 73, $82.33 4. Cheyenne Seymour, 67, $41.17 BAREBACK RIDING — WINNERS ON 2 HEAD 1. Cole McCall, 159, $164.67 2. David Streweler, 156, $123.50 3. JW Winklepleck, 153, $82.33 4. Cheyenne Seymour, 140, $41.17 SADDLE BRONC RIDING 1. Jake Griffin, 78 2. Darrell Triplett, 75 3. Tucker Sheets, 74 4. Ryan Dale Bestol, 74 5. Chad Mosher, 74 BULL RIDING — 1ST GO WINNER No Qualified scores BULL RIDING — 2ND GO WINNER 1. Jake Booco, 75, $174.17 BULL RIDING — TOTAL ON 2 HEAD WINNER 1. Jake Booco, 75/1, $174.17 TEAM ROPING 1. Garrett Tonozzi, Bret Tonozzi, 5.8, $617.50 2. Travis Bounds, Ryan Zurcher, 6.3, $463.13 3. Paul Beckett, Chad Wahlert, 7.3, $308.75 4. Terry Forrest, Boyd Supan, 8.7, $154.38 TIE DOWN ROPING 1. Chase Johnston, 10.0, $741.00 2. Chris Evans, 10.5, $555.75 3. Wes Borders, 11.0, $370.50 4. Mario Baleztena, 11.3, $185.25 BARREL RACING 1. Megan Zion, 17.64, $548.24 2. Amanda Welsh, 17.91, $453.72 3. Priscilla Medina, 17.95, $359.19 4. Julie Haskins, 18.03, $264.67 5. Shali Lord, 18.14, $170.14 6. Mandy Teichert, 18.31, $94.52 STEER WRESTLING 1. Olin Hannum, 4.9, $646.00 2. Theo Federer, 5.5, $484.50 3. Kelly Masters, 5.8, $323.00 4. Maclain Miles, 6.2, $161.50 PEE WEE BARREL RACING 1. Paige Barnes, 8 on Ranger, 19.12 2. Amber Salazar, 6 on Brownie, 19.34 3. Bryton Scheller, 8 on Roanie, 20.25 4. Genevieve Hilmuth, 8 on Bobbie, 23.77 NO. 11 TEAM ROPING 1. Clint Scheller, Zach Winn, 5.6, $406.00 2. Nick Camilletti, Boyd Supan, 5.8, $372.00 3. Shane Piero, Brian Brewster, 6.8, $248.00 4. Brent Romick, Steve Neeley, 7.2, $124.00 All around: Mario Baleztena, Loma Bareback: Craig Wisehart, Kersey Saddle bronc: Travis Darling, Mills, Wyo. Bull riding: Clayton Savage, Casper, Wyo. Tie down roping: Troy Hubbard, Wheatland, Wyo. Steer wrestling: Theo Federer, Cheyenne, Wyo. Team roping: Shawn Hagler, Platteville & Riley Pedro, Nunn Barrel racing: Julie Haskins, Maybell No. 11 team roping: Ken Norell, Delta Pee Wee barrel reacing: Paige Barnes, Hayden & Amber Salazar, Craig Pat Mantle saddle bronc riding champion: Travis Darling, Mills, Wyo.

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Baltimore 51 73 .411 27 Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 65 58 .528 — Chicago 63 61 .508 2 1/2 Minnesota 61 63 .492 4 1/2 Cleveland 54 69 .439 11 Kansas City 47 76 .382 18 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 74 48 .607 — Texas 69 54 .561 5 1/2 Seattle 63 61 .508 12 Oakland 55 68 .447 19 1/2 ——— Sunday’s Games Cleveland 6, Seattle 1 Toronto 8, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 4, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 5, Chicago White Sox 4 Minnesota 10, Kansas City 3 Oakland 9, Detroit 4 N.Y. Yankees 8, Boston 4 Monday’s Games Tampa Bay (Niemann 11-5) at Toronto (Halladay 13-6), 5:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Contreras 5-11) at Boston (Buchholz 2-3), 5:10 p.m. Baltimore (Tillman 1-1) at Minnesota (S.Baker 117), 6:10 p.m. Cleveland (Sowers 4-9) at Kansas City (Meche 6-9), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 13-7) at L.A. Angels (Jer.Weaver 13-4), 8:05 p.m. Oakland (Mazzaro 4-8) at Seattle (Snell 1-1), 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 71 50 .587 — Atlanta 66 58 .532 6 1/2 Florida 65 59 .524 7 1/2 New York 57 67 .460 15 1/2 Washington 44 80 .355 28 1/2 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 72 54 .571 — Chicago 62 60 .508 8 Houston 61 63 .492 10 Milwaukee 60 63 .488 10 1/2 Cincinnati 52 71 .423 18 1/2 Pittsburgh 51 71 .418 19 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 74 51 .592 — Colorado 70 54 .565 3 1/2 San Francisco 67 57 .540 6 1/2 Arizona 55 70 .440 19 San Diego 52 74 .413 22 1/2 ——— Sunday’s Games Philadelphia 9, N.Y. Mets 7 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 7, Florida 5 Washington 8, Milwaukee 3 Arizona 7, Houston 5 Colorado 4, San Francisco 2 St. Louis 5, San Diego 2 Chicago Cubs 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Monday’s Games Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 4-0) at N.Y. Mets (Parnell 3-5), 11:10 a.m. Milwaukee (Gallardo 11-10) at Washington (Balester 1-3), 2:35 p.m. San Francisco (Zito 8-11) at Colorado (Marquis 14-8), 6:40 p.m.

AUTO RACING — IRL IRL-HONDA INDY 200 RESULTS Sunday At Infineon Raceway Sonoma, Calif. Lap length: 2.258 miles (Starting position in parentheses; all cars Dallara chassis, Honda engine) 1. (1) Dario Franchitti, 75. 2. (2) Ryan Briscoe, 75. 3. (9) Mike Conway, 75. 4. (14) Mario Moraes, 75. 5. (5) Hideki Mutoh, 75. 6. (17) Oriol Servia, 75. 7. (22) Justin Wilson, 75. 8. (7) Tony Kanaan, 75. 9. (18) Raphael Matos, 75. 10. (15) Robert Doornbos, 75. 11. (20) Ed Carpenter, 75. 12. (12) Dan Wheldon, 75. 13. (10) Scott Dixon, 75. 14. (4) Marco Andretti, 75. 15. (19) Richard Antinucci, 75. 16. (11) Danica Patrick, 74.

17. (21) Milka Duno, 71. 18. (3) Helio Castroneves, 66, Contact. 19. (16) Ryan Hunter-Reay, 65, Mechanical. 20. (8) Franck Montagny, 57, Handling. 21. (6) Graham Rahal, 30, Mechanical. 22. (13) E.J. Viso, 0, Contact. 23. (23) Will Power, Did Not Start. 24. (24) Nelson Philippe, Did Not Start. RACE STATISTICS Winner’s average speed: 94.745 mph. Time of race: 1:49:23.0073. Margin of victory: 0.2488 of a second. Cautions: 2 caution flags for 7 laps. Lead changes: no lead changes. Lap leaders: Franchitti 1-75. Point standings: 1, Briscoe 497. 2, Franchitti 493. 3, Dixon 477. 4, Castroneves 371. 5, Patrick 335. 6, Andretti 323. 7, Kanaan 318. 8, Wheldon 306. 9, Rahal 301. 10, Mutoh 297.

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2003 Rav4, AWD, 134k miles, good condition, $9,500 OBO. Call 970-819-6040

1997 Porsche C4S, 6 speed, black-black, AEROKIT ($6370.00+installation), OEM winter wheels ($4500.00), widebody, AWD, loaded, unmolested. 59,200 miles, $45,000, 970-846-9374. 2006 Volkswagon Jetta, 44k miles, leather seats, sunroof, power everything. $11,000 OBO 970-326-8420 FOR SALE- 1969 Plymouth Valient slant six, mint condition- it’s classic! $3,500 Call 970-879-9269 2007 Pontiac G6-GT. Only 16K miles. Silver/Black. Very clean and great mileage 26MPG avg. XM, Sunroof, spoiler, etc. $14,500. 970-870-1834. FOR SALE 2006 Honda CRF150 Dirt bike $1,500, 2005 Yamaha Raptor 660 $2,800 Call 970-819-6600 or 970-819-6602 2007 Polaris Sportsman 500HO ATV, 4x4, like new, 100 miles. $5500 Call 970-871-6056 1994 Polaris Explorer 4x4, $1600 1996 Polaris Explorer 4x4 $1900 Call 970-846-6814

2002 VW Passat GLX, AWD, Sunroof, great on gas, low miles, excellent condition, good student car, $9,750. 970-734-7006 or 970-879-5341.

1997 Honda Civic, 4 door, 5 speed manual, 100k, 35-40 MPG, good condition, $4,000, 970-871-6056

Lexus RX300m, 2002 model, good condition, in dash GPS, complete utility package, KBB value $10,275.00 /negotiable. For more information 970-846-2822 2003 Honda Element AWD, 5 Speed Manual, All Power, Skylight, Fog Lights, Cruise Control, CD Player. $10,500 OBO. 970-736-8369 Evenings

2003 Century 42,500 miles, white w/ grey int., power everything. Garaged, mint condition, new tires. $5,000 OBO Frank 970-870-3363 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

2001 KTM EXC 380 2stroke, street legal, Excellent condition, low hours, has all the Extras. $3000 OBO Call 970-870-8869

2003 Chevy Astro, AWD, low mileage, ladder rack, studded snow tires, has been used as work van, has all seats $5,000 OBO 970-879-3452

1986 Yamahopper QT50 50cc motorbike, runs, needs minor work. Asking $250. Call 970-367-5034. Yamaha Dirt Bike YZ 250F 2008. Barely used, $5,500 OBO. 970-846-4447 1986 Honda Goldwing Aspen Cade SE-I, 26k miles, with two trailers, 1 cargo, 1 tent trailer. Call 970-879-0275

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2003 Ohara Caliber Snowcat Yanmar diesel hydrostatic drive Eight feet wide Choice of tracks $45,000.00 McCoy Co 970-653-3030

2004 Dodge Durango, Sweet!! 2000 “Jimmy” and Explorer Sports! 2004 Grand Cherokee, Great! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.tomreuter.com . Full Warranties

2002 Mercedes ML 500 Sports equipped. Silver, leather, new tires, sun roof, Navigation system. $15,000 970-819-2025

1994 Chevy 2500 PU 4 WD ladder racks & tool box original owner $3,000 970-846-8989 2005 4x4 Cargo Astro Van w/shelves, 50k/miles, Ready for Business! 1997 F150 QuadCab, $4,850 -#2851 Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com.

George is selling his 2000 Road King, $10,000. Call 970-846-0406

2007 Dodge 3500 Laramie Quad 4x4, $33,000 OBO. 2007 John Deere 325 Skidsteer with trailer $28,000 OBO. Over 100 pieces of scafeling with mixer $4300. 970-878-4535

2005 KTM 65 SX $2000 Both good condition, never raced, light use. 2006 Shore Lander 1400UA trailer, $875, used 12 times. 970-819-5342.

FOR SALE: 1986 Nissan Pickup ext. cab. Needs so me engine work. Can be for parts $800 Call 970-276-4152

2000 BMW R1150 GS 28,000 miles, Black, system cases, top case, excellent condition, $8000 OBO 970-4642

22’ 1995 Dutchman Bumper Pull Camper. Excellent condition. $6,300. 970-819-2826.

1976 Toyota Landcruiser FJ40, 60K miles, 4-inch lift, 35-inch tires, and more! $6900 OBO. Call Dan: 970-846-8976. More Info: www.sharps.net/landcruiser 2001 LandRover 4x4, V8 Automatic, LOADED Leather, 2.5 lift, new tires, Custom Built bumper with Wench and Jack. Towing Package. 100k, Very good condition inside and out. Asking $7800 Call 937-231-3925 78 cj5 Jeep, V8, needs work lots of rust. Runs well, needs starter. Hard top. $2500 obo. 970-846-7664.

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! $29,900. 970-824-5337

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4FT X 8FT Galvanized Utility Trailer $450.00 970-870-0310

1988 F-250 4x4, Air, Cruise, Tilt, V8, 5speed, 40,500 actual miles. $8800 Call 970-638-4403

1990 Pontiac Bonniville gets 20 MPG, great run around car asking $1000. Call 970-276-4152 1996 Corvette LT1, Collector’s Edition, Loaded, Silver, T-top, automatic, Mint, 30K miles, $18,500. 970-846-4447, 970-846-3998.

2001 Range Rover 4x4, V8, Leather, heated seats/ windshield, Blizzak snow tires included, Sun / Moon Roof, Clean! $7800 970-819-0720 2001 TOYOTA 4RUNNER SR5, “MINT CONDITION” V6 4X4, AUTO, FULL POWER, TOW PACKAGE, READY TO ROLL! $9,995 970-846-2551

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

Free Minkota 30 Trolling motor with purchase of new 14’ Jon Boat #C808, with live well, Battery not included, dealer 824-6544 Outcast PAC 800 pontoon fishing boat. Anchor system, motor mount. Highest quality construction. Excellent condition. $1300.00 new, $825.00 846-9374

20’ 1976 Miniwinnie, new tires, new rebuilt Transmission, gas / electric Refrigerator, solar electric, nice clean unit. $2495 951-440-8487

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1988 Nissan 4x4 pick up, $1000 Call 970-879-8438 (12) Trucks from $500 Down! 2000 Ford Ranger Flareside, Hot! 1998 Dodge QuadCab 1500, Tough! Tom Reuter, Dealer, 875-0700. www.checkpointautosales.com. 1992 F150 EXTENDED CAB, 140,000 MILES, CLEAN ENGINE, NEW STARTER, RADIATOR, BATTERY AND TIRES, $1,500 OBO CALL 970-819-9574 1997 Ford F150 Reg cab 4x4 with topper, $2500 obo. 970-846-3092. 2005 Chevrolet 1/2ton, camper shell, 6’ lift, step bars, brush guard. Must see to Appreciate. Low mileage Asking $15,000 Make offer. 970-824-6114 leave message 1992 Mazda B2600 4x4 pickup. $2200 OBO. (970)620-5500 or (208)867-6815

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Free to good home 6 month old German Shepard mix puppy. Great with kids. Rebecca (970)871-1048 or (970) 291-9326

Having trouble getting the computer help you need? Ask a local where they go for help... We have been helping Steamboat use computers since 1985! Whether it’s your home or business, we are the locals choice for anything computer related. Andy, Marcus, and Royce. 970-870-7984 www.ComputerSupportGuys.com 2130 Resort Drive, Suite 100 60” WIDE FORMAT DIGITAL PRINTER Includes photo media. Encad Novajet 880 Dan (970) 819-2699

Trex Composite decking material. Approx. 2038 linear FT, Woodland Brown. Asking $2100 for all. Call 847-421-9442 Misc. Lighting fixtures Commercial grade 277 volt various sizes, Call 870-1180

Antique Roll Top Desk $750.00 970-870-0310 Old farm equipment, harness pieces, single trees, sewing machine bases, Victorian log holder. Prices ranging from $10-50. Call 970-734-5081

FREE: Dry Horse Manure for your gardens 879-5811 Free carpet remnant. Light brown, short shag 8’x8’ Willow creek pass, North of Clark Call 879-8474 or 846-0849 FREE:Styrofoam coolers. Call Gavin 846-8004 Free to a good home, red, female, miniature pinscher, AKC Registered, unspayed. Call 970-826-2761

FOR SALE- Must be Sold! 3 bedroom, 1 bath mobile home in Willow Bend, Oak Creek $6,000 obo Call 970-846-2149 or 970-879-9269 NEED DRYWALL WORK? Hang, Tape, texture, Patchwork. No job too big or small, Competitive Pricing. Jeramy (970)819-7324, (970)819-9974

THE GREATEST FUN ON EARTH!! Sporting Clays 9AM-4PM, Driving range 9AM-6PM. Call for details 970-846-5647 - www.3qc.net.

55 Gallons of unopened Sherwin Williams water based “Woodscapes” semi-transparent stain, “Leeward” color. Retail $1925 will sell for $750. 970-879-2235 Riley’s Coating - Cedar & Wood Specialist. Specializing in Ceder sides, Replacing & Treating Shingle roofs. References Available 970-389-9850

Revolvers for Sale - CHARTER ARMS 38 Special Off Duty $395, TAURUS RAGING HORNET with scope $700, both excellent. 970-846-5016

Firewood:Cox Bros Sawmill Split 4cents lb. (approx. $80.00 cord) Long Slab Bundles available 970-824-3919, 970-824-4071 leave message Fri. 9-5 Sat 9-12 Portable winch runs with chainsaw motor (motor included) used once $700 Call: 846-3205 Foxfire Fuelwood 970-736-2745 Juniper, Pinon, Aspen, Pine. Accurate cords with deliveries available. The wood you need, when you need it.

Need Top Soil? Call 970-879-0655 FOR SALE: Head Mounts; Caribou - $400; Elk $1000; Moose - $1250. Call 970-846-0287 Offering Hay hauling! Specializing in hay, lumber, small equipment, etc... Call for info: (970) 629-3936 Rob. Composted manure for your flower beds & garden. 3 cubic yards. Delivered $225. Contact Jon 970-819-1356.

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For Sale: Twin underdresser bed and dresser with mattress, oak, $150. Custom down couch; paid $4,000 new, $500 OBO 970-819-4727 BRAND NEW AFFORDABLE FURNITURE! Beds, dressers, recliners, bunk beds, book shelves, couches... Accepting quality consignment. RUMMAGERS 11th St. South, downtown 970-870-6087 STEAMBOAT’S MATTRESS HEADQUARTERS Mountain Mattress and furniture, Queen sets from $299. All natural, memory foam, 22 models on floor (970)879-8116

2 walk in coolers with compressors 1@8’x12’ & 1@10’x12’, $3000 each OBO. Made up of modular panels so can be reshaped to other sizes or configurations. Call Tom 875-2741 or Kent 870-1150 BECOME A MASSAGE THERAPIST THIS SKI SEASON! MountainHeart School, Crested Butte! 850 hours, 6 Month Certification. November 30. 800-673-0539 www.mountainheart.org Need a TUTOR? Friendly, effective tutor available for your child or teen, in my home or yours. Most subjects available. Please call 846.0613 if interested. Cabinets $50, snowblower $100, shop vacuums, space heaters, coolers ranging $3-75, freezer $100, new 6’ bury spigots $80 pair. 970-734-5081 Ping Pong Table $50, *42” round Pedestal table $35, *Hunter Douglas honeycomb shade. 791/2W X 471/4L $100, *Air Compressor $125, *Radial Arm Saw $75, *Chest of Drawers $30 970-870-8091 BUYING GOLD, SILVER AND PLATINUM BULLION AND COINS. Call (970)-824-5807 or Cell (970)-326-8170. Need Top Soil? Call 970-879-0655

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Downtown Books, 543 Yampa Ave. Craig 970-824-5343 Trihull Boat with 75HP Mercury and easy load trailer; ATC 200 Honda 3 wheeler, 350 4 Trax Honda 4 wheeler; 06 Yamaha Grizzly 660 4 wheeler with snow plow; 06 CRF 250R Honda; Craftmans snow plower. Many Guns. Everything in Excellent condition. Rick 970-846-1720 1955 Chevy 3100 Pick-Up with Napco 4WD, 350 motor $3,800. **Vintage snowmobiles, John Deere, Harley Davidson, Massey-Ferguson and others! 970-846-1511

D and C Medical Marijuana, LLC and Therapeutic Massage by appointment only Call Daryl 970-879-2752 Individual and Group Health Insurance PPO, ALL-PROVIDER. Emergency room, RX. Rates guaranteed. Replace expensive COBRA Plans. www.LoneEagleInsurance.com (970)879-1101

86 Case 580K Backhoe. 1600hrs, 4x4, Heated Cab, Extendahoe, Clamshell Loader, All Service Manuals Included. $15,000 OBO Scott 970-393-0527 Older Caterpillar D6C Dozer, Power Shift, Hydraulic, Straight blade with Hydraulic tilt. Rops Canopy. $18,000; 16’ Cattle Guard $500970-824-4646

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Loudy Simpson - Ice Arena Sat. August 29th 9am - 5pm and Sun. August 30th - 9am - 3pm Large campsite with 26’ TEEPEE, firepit, bath, shower, fresh water, archery target, 10Mi. West of Steamboat on Trout Creek. 970-879-3699. WANTED Archery elk hunt, desire early early season hunt, 78 years old, prefer stand or blind hunting, call 602-571-4260 Hoyte Heat Compound Bow. Complete, ready to hunt. All accessories inc. $1200. invested, asking $450. Firm. If serious call 819-8391

Regional Goldsmith, Ron Denning “The Gold Guy” Ron provides immediate payment for your old gold jewelry, nuggets, kuggerands, platinum, sterling silver flatwear, coins before 1964. Call Ron @ (970) 390-8229 with questions.

Laundry Folder Braun Sigma model $4500 OBO. FREE: Border Collie to good home. 6 months old. Moving not able to keep. Call 970-879-7519 Free towing of unwanted & abandoned vehicles. 879-1065 Free rabbit and cage. Call 970-736-8145.

Kenmore propane grill pretty good shape (no tank). 4 Michelin LTX PU tires size 265/70R16 5-10K left on them. Marty 970-879-4128

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Call to sign up. Randall Salky, Attorney at Law McGill Professional Law 970-879-6200 ext. 13 Free rabbit and cage. Call 970-736-8145. FREE 28” COLOR CONSOLE TV, 970-870-1413

15” Saddle, adies Cow Horse by Denny Sargeant. Quality product, almost new, paid $1,800 asking $1,500. Hurt my back and can’t use it! 970-824-5038

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Construction, Remodeling, Renovations. Your satisfaction is our highest priority! Licensed & Insured. Also offering tree removal! 970-819-4991

FREE:Coal, you haul Call 970-846-3839

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

New Daycare Opening in Craig September 1st Now accepting Applications for All Day Childcare. Infants - 5 years old. Please call Colleen at 970-819-2449

1 2004 Traillite 21’ pull camper trailer,; 2 36 Caliber Black powder pistols (1round barrel, 1 octagon barrel); 1 Aluminium 2 wheel cart, 1 Dewalt Chop Saw. 970-824-8376

Trailers for sale: 4 dumps, 3-horse slant, new / used snows, (25) ATV, (10) auto / equipment, 30’ dually, dealer 824-6544

1928 McCormick 1020 Tractor, rubber & steel wheels. $3,700 or trade. 1959 Massey-Ferguson 85, loader, excellent engine, tires, live PTO, 3pt, $3,900 or trade. 970-846-1511

Bodyworker wanted. Share room with acupuncture -massage practitioner in busy, upbeat PT office. 2-3days week, table included, $180-$250 Negot. 970-846-8985

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.

3 year old Hitachi 57” Projection TV (model 57F59A) with large entertainment center. $1,500 OBO. Call 970.879.6100 for more information.

2005 Zetor Tractor with implements. Cab AC, 4x4, 650 hours, 75pto HP. Daughter’s going to college need to sell! 970-276-4803

Looking for a housekeeper. 2 days a week, 4-6 hours a day starting Sept. Call 970-819-5546 and leave a message.

FREE WOOD PALLETS AT THE STEAMBOAT PILOT BUILDING ON CURVE PLAZA. YOU HAUL AWAY AS MANY AS YOU LIKE.

16’ cattle trailer, goose neck, $1800 OBO 970-824-1724 Graco Double Stroller:$165 Dream Designer Double Jog Stroller:$195 Child Bike Seat:$25 $300 for all 3 items. All great condition. 846-2532

Lopi Spirit-B gas heating stove. 40,000 BTU high efficiency. Solid brass door & legs, blower, piping. Like new. $2300 970-846-9374

FREE WOOD PALLETTS

FREE:twin box spring, 2’6” full light door (no jam), child car booster seat (up to 80 lbs), Mothering Magazines 2001-2006, women’s leather tele boots size Eur. 36/US 41/2. 970-879-7736.

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Stihl 55RS Weedwacker gas powered, set for blades. $250, Mini roller scaffold $150; Bosch Hammer Drill $250 Call 970-734-8029

**FRESH PALISADE PEACHES & PRODUCE** August. Corner by Furniture Gallery-Casa Loya, 385 S. Ranney St. in Craig, CO. Tuesdays & Saturdays, 10:00am ‘til sell out. Mt. Lincoln Peach Company (970)361-2027

Fresh roasted green chillies- The Chile Divas are back at ACE at curve on Fri’s and Farmers Market on Saturdays.

7 yr old, Nice Sorrel Quarter Horse Mare, English Western, Barrels, 4H Pony Club, Great kids horse. $6000 OBO 970-276-4803

New red bricks 3,000 0.25 a piece or $700 for all, tractor post hole digger $75, Call 970-734-5080 or 970-734-5081

Registered Highland Cattle, beautiful condition, cows and calves, call for information and directions to see. 303-469-4708

Reclaimed Barnwood for Sale

Horse pasture available, fenced, water, easy access, great feed. 10 miles West of Steamboat, behind Saddle Mountain. 970-879-3699

CHILDCARE OFFERED: Craig mother with 30 years experience has opening Monday - Thursdays. Children of all ages. Call 937-231-3925

For Sale: 2 yr old German Short Hair, Female, Fixed, Micro chipped, papered, trained for upland & competition, great disposition. $800: 6 yr old Paint Gelding, good disposition needs work $1500 OBO. 970-819-5207

Pine, Oak, and Walnut. 1x, 2x, and timbers of multiple dimensions, call 970-819-1265

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3yr old Bay Quarter Horse Gelding, 60 day professional training, English Western, Great disposition, Ready for anything. $5000 OBO 970-276-4803 Boer & Boer cross goats, some yearling nannies, this years babies and 1 Wether ready for butcher. Call 970-276-4152

FOUND AT FISH CREEK RESERVOIR, GREY FLEECE AND CARHART VEST ON AUGUST 9TH, CALL 970-870-1586 FOUND: Fly Reel at Chuck Lewis Sat 8/15, Call Matt to identify 970-871-9002 FOUND: Bike computer Mon 08/17 Sandylands. Call to identify 970-870-9386

9 year old gelding quarter horse, gentle trail horse. Well broke with saddle and tack. $2,000. Call 970-846-5877 Several horses for sale. ages 1-17. No reasonable offer refused. 970-846-3057

AWARD WINNING Grass - Alfalfa Hay. Small bales for sale $5 per bale. NEVER rained on. Analysis Available. Call 970-276-4803 20 700lb. round horse hay bales, Timothy Brome mix, $45 each, garage kept, no rain we load you haul, 970-871-7863 Grass Hay, small bales, $125 per ton. Available now. 970-638-4617 or 970-638-4408 09’ Grass / Alfalfa Mix. Small bales $4.75 per bale, Large rounds $110 per ton. Large round Oat Hay $50 per ton. Delivery available. 970-629-3791 Tim Brome Clover, no sprays no chems, good horse hay, good color, 700lb round bales, 35 tons in field, all or part, good buy 970-846-1880 50 Large Round Bales Premium Alfalfa Grass $60 per bale, can deliver for additional fee. Horse Boarding $245 per Month includes hay. Nov 1st - April 30th. Hay Hauling, Large square or rounds. Call Bob 970-846-2999

FREE WOOD PALLETTS FREE WOOD PALLETS AT THE STEAMBOAT PILOT BUILDING ON CURVE PLAZA. YOU HAUL AWAY AS MANY AS YOU LIKE. Hay For Sale, alfalfa grass mix, big round bales, by the ton or bale, delivery if needed, $85 ton, 970-620-3243 Registered Scottish Highland cattle: cows, heifers, cow-calf pairs available. Range of colors and ages. Contact Jon 819-1356. 1,000 ton, alfalfa, large, round 970-824-6258 or 970-326-5151

Music Lessons: Piano and Voice. Piano lessons for ages 5 and up. Adults welcome. Beginners to Advanced. Voice lessons for females- ages 12 and up. Males- after voice change and up. Broadway and Classical styles taught. Please call or e-mail Stephanie at 970-291-1292 or blake.piano@gmail.com.

Certified Alfalfa Grass Hay This years, covered. Square Bales $7.50 per bale. 970-326-6473 Premium Irrigated Grass Hay, Small Heavy Squares. $5 each or 500lb round bales, easy to move and feed $30 each. Pearl Lake 970-846-3475 Hay for sale. Timothy/ Brome/Clover small, square bales. You pick up. $4.25 per bale. (970) 871-7921

There are funds available for uninsured and underinsured local women to pay for annual wellness exams, mammograms and breast cancer treatment costs. Don’t compromise your health we can help! Call the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project to learn how to apply for funds. 846-4554.

PIANO TUNING Offering maximum playability, enhanced tone, optimal artistic response. 1/2 Price Summer Tunings. John Mason, Registered Piano Technician 970-819-2771

TROPICAL ROCKIES NEW HOURS. Now 6 days per week. Mon - Sat 11am - 6pm. 970-879-1909

American Eskimos, Teacup Chihuahua, Cocker Spaniels, Mini Schnauzer & Shihapoo. AKC Female, Bassetthond 6 months old. Baker Drive Pets 970-824-3933 Happy Fish Pet Emporium has new arrivals. Come say hi to Jefe and Mr. Magoo! 80 E 4th, Craig, 824-3772

12 Horse Power Craftsman snowblower, purchased March 2008 $1200, 3 snowplows $200 each, tire chains $50 each Call 970-734-5080

Iron Mike pitching machine 85MPH, 200 ball hopper; Jugs 101 pitching machine 90MPH; 70’x16’x14’ Cage net, radar gun, pitching screens. All like new, used inside. $3,200 Less than half of new. Call 970-846-1880 FREE Banana! Powder Pursuits Snowboard shop. Largest selection of Libtech Snowboard’s Labor Day weekend Sale! at Kali’s. Call 970-846-1905

STEAMBOAT:Large, open 1BD apartment in town, office, WD. $1,200 monthly INCLUDES CABLE /UTILITIES. NS, NP, 1 vehicle only! 970-819-5353 STAGECOACH: 2BD, 1BA. Partially furnished, bottom floor, corner unit. WD. NS, no dogs. $950, some utilities included. 970-846-4355 day STEAMBOAT: Downtown Proper 2BD, 1BA, great location, NS, NP, all amenities. $1100 month, deposit negotiable. For more information, Carol 970-846-2981 STAGECOACH:1 Bedroom, 1 Bath with office in Stagecoach. WD, $850 per month including utilities. Pets OK, NS, 970-819-2025

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Good, irrigated meadow hay with no rain. $70 a ton. Call 970-824-6933

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Premium irrigated alfalfa-mix hay with Feed Value Report. Small square bales, Large rounds, $100 per ton. Delivery Available. 970-824-1050

STEAMBOAT: 2 of the Nicest, New 1 Bedroom apartments available downtown on 6th and Lincoln. $1,100, and $1,400 monthly. Call Jon W. Sanders at Ski Town Lifestyle Properties 970-870-0552

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

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

LOST:Black, Mainecoon, long haired cat, bright green eyes, kitten looking, around Tamarack, on the 13th, call 970-846-3245 FOUND:Fly fishing rod found on Red Dirt trail 8/18/09. Call to identify 970-276-2575 FOUND: Bicycle tool kit found on Mt. Werner. Please Call Rick 871-3194 FOUND: Ruff coated terrier. 879-5819

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HAYDEN:The Redstone Motel, 20 minutes west of Steamboat. Weekly and monthly rentals available, Long term. Security Deposit required. Includes utilities, cable, wireless. Call Jessica (970)846-0924. STEAMBOAT:Nice 1BD in Fairview. WD, NS, 1 parking space. Small pet negotiable. Mature, single preferred. $850. Avail. 10/1. tammarie74@yahoo.com. OAK CREEK:Nice apartments for rent, convenient location, $650-850 per month includes all utilities. Internet ready, 970-819-2849

STEAMBOAT:$850: Downtown Steamboat, 2 story, 1 bdrm apartment, hardwoods, gas fireplace, IKEA kitchen, wd, super cute! ALL included, even satellite & wifi! Can be furnished! Available 9/1. $1250: Whistler, 2 story, 2 bdrm, wd, fireplace, updated, large patio, corner unit! np. Available Now! $1150: Timber Run, FULLY furnished, available NOW! ALL included! $1550: Powder Ridge, 3 bdrm, FULLY furnished, Most included, Available 9/1. Call Robyn at 970-846-8247. See photos online at www.steamboatliving.com OR let me know what you are looking for!

Malamute Puppies!! 1st shots, wormed, ready Sept 1st. $500 Call 970-819-9096

City of Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter Phone: 879-0621 www.petfinder.com Dogs for Adoption: Rowdee-2 yr. old male Pitl/Lab-Great with dogs! Sampson-7 yr old Rottweiler mix-Mellow. Hank- 4 yr old adorable heeler mix (in foster home). Hooch-Female 10yr. Husky. Chelsea-6 yr old rat terrier mix. Ellen-6-month sweet brindle pup. Tryko- 10 mos. cute medium sized dog! Abbey-10 mos. shy border collie mix. Cats for Adoption: Adult cats: $30 each. Need homes for semi-feral kittens.

STEAMBOAT:1BD apartment, Great for 1 person. Available September 1st. $700 per month includes utilities, internet. No smoking or pets. 970-819-7945

STEAMBOAT:2 miles to town, 1bd, 1ba on 36 acres, $1000 month includes utilities. NS, NP, WiFi, Dish. 970-309-0739

FREE PUPPY to a good home. Male red-heeler mix about 3 months. Good with kids, dogs and cats. Call 970-756-2876.

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Hay for sale. Timothy/ Brome/Clover small, square bales. You pick up. $4.25 per bale. (970) 871-7921

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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CRAIG:2BD, 1BA Vacant apartments, covered parking, laundry facilities. $705 + 1 month deposit. Alpine Apartments 4th & Tucker. Jesse 970-824-3636 STEAMBOAT:West Side available NOW! New York Style Lofts with FLEX space. 2BD, 1.5BA, 2 car garage, WD, HW, floors, granite, cherry cabinets $1600 monthly + Utilities. David Epstein 970-291-9555 OAK CREEK: COMFORTABLE ONE BEDROOM Hardwood floors, high ceilings, Dish TV, good location. Quiet building. $500 month. Must See! 970-879-4784

STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA apartment in Private Highend Home in Deer Mountain Estates. Pets ok, 1 Car only. $950 includes utilities. 720-352-6463 STAGECOACH:AUGUST FREE! Nicely Furnished 1BD Stables Apartment, Everything Included, Dish TV, Privacy, Views, on Ranch setting, Near Stagecoach, $725, $250 deposit. NS, NP 970-736-8209

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STEAMBOAT:Riverbend Cabin, 1BD+ loft. 3.5 miles west of 7-11 on HWY 40. Pet ok, low utilities. $875 monthly 970-846-9340 reeds1180@comcast.net STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA Sunny, clean apartment. Old Town. $950 month. Available September 1st. Includes WD, trash, water. NS, NP 970-846-9914 STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA, lower level, well-lit, near downtown & mountain bus, 2 parking spots, W/D, HW floors, NS, pets considered, ideal for responsible couple or small family. $1100 + util. Available now. Call Curtis 970-846-1061 CRAIG:Remodeled 2BA, 1BA apartments with Travertine, slate, oak, and alder finishes, Economy apartments, or 2BD, 2BA Townhomes that allow pets. 970-824-9251 STEAMBOAT:2BR 1BA Apt in private house on mountain. W/D, DW, FP. $1,200 includes utilities. NS, Pets Negotiable. 970-871-6926 STEAMBOAT:Caretaker studio, 20 minutes from downtown. Furnished, private entrance, patio. NS, NP, lease. $725. 970-846-6767 See this property at tntpropertiesonline.com STEAMBOAT: Clean and New studio apartment available. utilities, cable, and internet included. NP, WD, First, last, security. References required. $800 monthly. (970)871-9918 or (970)846-5358 STEAMBOAT:This place feels like Home! 2 OR 3 bdrm, 1ba, unfurnished, NS, NP, 1st, and last month, super location, on Oak St, off street parking, newly remodeled, WD hookups, call Moser & Assoc. 970-879-2839 STEAMBOAT:Work - Live Space for Rent. Studio Apt. Kitchen, Bath WD. Work space 1000sq ft. open space, office with bathroom. Lg. garage door. Loft for storage. $1500. month plus utilities and damage deposit. Pet ok. 970-734-8264 870-0734 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Basement apartment with bonus room. Views of Mt. Werner. Knotty Pine and slate finishes. WD, utilities included. 970-291-9009 STEAMBOAT:Beautiful, 2bd, 1ba on 35 acres. Vaulted ceilings, Maplewood kitchen. Need 4x4. $950, 1/4 utilities. Absolutely NS! Pet negotiable. 879-0395 STEAMBOAT:West Side Available NOW ! 1BD, 1.5BA with 2 car + Flex space. $1400 monthly + utilities. David Epstein 970-291-9555 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, Private, quiet, WD, NS, pets negotiable. $1200 monthly. Call 970-376-5442

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STEAMBOAT: 3BD, 2.5BA, 2 floors, near downtown & mountain bus, 2 parking spots, gas stove, stainless app, HW floors, W/D, NS, pets considered, responsible couples & families preferred. $1750 + util. Available now. Call Curtis 970-846-1061 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Caretaker unit, Private Home on Mountain, Separate Entrance, WD, Near Bus. References, 1st, Deposit. Available September 1, $900 970-846-3366 CRAIG:1 & 2BD apartments available situated on acreage for feeling of spaciousness. Outside entrance, we pay heat, WD included. $600 deposit, NP. Application at 615 Riford Rd #5G 10-4 M-F 970-824-2772

STEAMBOAT: Fully furnished 1-3BD condos, all utilities included, no lease, month to month. Available from August to December. NS, NP, great monthly rates! 970-879-5351 0r 1-800-820-1886 STEAMBOAT:3bd +loft, 2ba condo in Mt. Werner Lodge. Excellent location right at the ski area base. Fully furnished, turn-key. Flexible Lease. NS, NP. Avail Sept 1st. $2000 utilities incl. 970.846.0833 STEAMBOAT:1BD 2BA Walton Village. Remodeled. partially furnished. Gas fireplace. Hot Tub. $950 + deposit. 970-819-0731

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STEAMBOAT:Furnished 2BD, 2BA, Sunray Meadows, garage, gas fireplace, WD, NS, NP. $1300 month. Available October 1st (720)581-3299 STEAMBOAT: 1BD, 1BA on Mtn, Top Floor, WD, New Wood Floors, Fun Pool, HT, Tennis, Bus, Bike Path. Cable included. $825 846-1620 STAGECOACH: 2 Bed, 1 Bath condo in Wagon Wheel. New paint, NS, NP $850/month. Half off first month. Brian 619-218-9394

STEAMBOAT:3BD 3BA, next to ski mountain, fully furnished, jacuzzi, shuttle bus, NP, NS, WD, $2100 month, Call 970-819-1540 STEAMBOAT:Hilltop Pkwy Condo, partially furnished 2BD, 2BA, WD, NS, Lease. 1st, last, deposit. $1297+ Utilities. Available Immediately (970) 846-4951. STEAMBOAT:1BD 1BA fully furnished at mountain, utilities include: cable, internet, electric $1100 month 970-819-1540

STEAMBOAT:3bd, 3ba Willett Heights Condo, near downtown, on bus route, new gas fireplace, flooring, & countertops, large two-floor end unit, lots of windows, WD, ns, np, $1,500 monthly, 970-879-0496. STEAMBOAT:Run, bike, ski from your door. New, 1bdrm 1ba. Near hot springs. 4x4 needed, some caretaker responsibilities. $1,000 includes utilities. Dogs considered. 970-846-2747 STEAMBOAT:1BD, 1BA Walton Village condo, fully furnished, beautiful unit, NS, NP. Available now. 1st, last, deposit. $1,100 monthly. 970-819-7505 STEAMBOAT:Great landlord seeking great tenants! Five exceptional properties available for long term rental. 3 mountian condos, 2 sf homes. 970-846-3353 STEAMBOAT:Newly painted, furnished, North Star Studio condo, on mt, on bus route, cable, HT, Sauna, trash, WD, NS, NP, $850 + utilities, 719-459-1121, 719-535-0484

STEAMBOAT:1BD 1BA NEWLY REMODELED GROUND LEVEL TIMBERS CONDO. AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. HARDWOOD FLOORS, FIREPLACE, HOTTUB, LAUNDRY, GREAT VIEWS. $900 MONTH + LOW UTILITIES. NS NP (970)846-7047 STEAMBOAT:2BD +loft, 3BA, WD, furnished, pool, hot-tub, decks, bus route. Cable Internet, NS, NP. References. $1500 lease, rent to own (303)503-6357 STEAMBOAT:Rockies- 2b-2b furnished - all utility pd except elect Available Sept. NS-NP $1190.00 per mo -plus dep. Lease neg. 879-0045-846-8175 STEAMBOAT:THE LODGE, 2BD, 2BA furnished Pool, hottubs, deck, cable, gas, internet, shuttle. NS, NP. 200yds to Gondola, $1,500/mo. 440-666-6008. STEAMBOAT:2bd + loft on mountain, particially funished, cable, deck, views, gas fireplace, on bus route, $1,050, available now! 970-870-0497, tanishsp@hotmail.com STEAMBOAT:2bed, 2bath, Furnished The Pines by City Market. On bus route, includes utilities, NS, NP $1395 Central Park Management 970-879-3294 STEAMBOAT:Yampa View Mountain Condo, 2BD, 2BA, new upgrades, partially furnished, includes cable, internet. NS, NP. $1100 month, responsible tenant. 970-846-2159,970-846-3766

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, fully furnished, great views, cable, internet, gas fireplace, hottub, parking, NS, NP lease $1400 negotiable Available Now. 917-292-7286

STEAMBOAT:Row Home Living! 4BD, 4BA, Family Floor Plan, 1852sqft, 2 Decks, Garage, Bus-route. $2,000 monthly, Some Utilities Included. 307-760-7337 STEAMBOAT:We pay heat, tv and more! 2BD, 2BA, top floor, views, garage, WD, furnished, mountain, bus, NS, $1,475 monthly. 970-846-7523 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 2BA, On Mountain 1car garage, storage. WD, FP, NS, NP. $1175 includes heat, water, trash, cable, internet. 303-957-7977 STEAMBOAT:2BD 2BA. On Mountain, Furnished, Fireplace, WD, Private HotTub, Quiet Complex, Bus Route, Gas (Heat) Cable Water Included. NS NP $1400 970-323-0527

STAGECOACH:Beautiful Wagon Wheel 2BD, 1BA New paint, wood & tile flooring, Granite, FP, new appliances. No dogs. $950 monthly. 310-748-3871, 310-748-3872 STEAMBOAT:AUGUST FREE! 2BD, 2BA on mountain, beautiful views, very quiet environment!, covered parking! Fully furnished, cable, gas, water, and trash included. $1,300 month. Drew 970-291-9101

STEAMBOAT:Yampa View 2BD + loft, 3BA, complete remodel, Spectacular Views! Short term lease up to 6 months. Call Mike 846-8692 STEAMBOAT:On the River 2BD, 2BA, Brand new, furnished or unfurnished, WD, NS, Mountain Views. Lease negotiable. Utilities Neg (970)871-6016 819-0696

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STEAMBOAT:Walk to slopes, furnished 2BD, 2BA, parking garage, bus route. Includes gas, cable & internet. NS, NP, year lease. $1450 month. Call Lori 970-846-8975 STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 1BA near Gondola, Bus. Remodeled, unfurnished. Flexible lease. Avail. 8/19. $1,100 NP, NS! 970.547.4662

STEAMBOAT:Alpine Meadows 2BD 2BA unfurnished, bus route, hot tub, sunny, views. NS, NP, WD $1250. Axis West Realty 970-879-8171 www.AxisWestRealty.com STEAMBOAT:Cozy 1bd 1ba on mtn, fully furnished, NP, NS, $750 month + elec 1st, last, sec 970-819-7785 STEAMBOAT:Nicely Remodeled 2BD, 1BA, mountain, bus, WD, NP, $900 month negotiable. All utilities included except gas & electric. Bridget 804-366-0073

STEAMBOAT:Ski in ski out Storm Meadows condo. Furnished. 1bd, 1bath. Cozy. $900, 1st, last, dep. NS, NP Utilities included. 970-846-2354 STEAMBOAT:Looking for a cheap rent? Live in my 2BD, 1BA mountain condo while I sell it. $1000 NS/NP 970-846-6444 STEAMBOAT:Nice, quiet, sunny 2BD, 2BA on Mountain. Fireplace, balcony, WD, hottub, pool, internet, cable, water, trash, great landlord! $1050 OBO. 970-819-6675

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STEAMBOAT: 4BD, 4BA, Fish Creek - Tamarack Area $1800. Call 846-0853 STEAMBOAT:YOUR CHOICE OF ONE OR TWO BEDROOM DUPLEXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S. $1250 + utilites. Great locations, deck, garage, WD. Pets negotiable. Lease. 970-870-9815 STEAMBOAT:Beautiful 2BD, 2 Bath, 1/2 duplex close to ski area. Fully remodeled, great views, WD, Pets negotiable. $1350 month with discount. Visit www.padenrentals.com for more info. STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, Great Location Downtown. $1200=Unfurnished water, trash included. Cozy, quiet NS, NP, WD, First, last, deposit, lease. Available/1, (970)846-8364

STEAMBOAT:Mountain View, Clean, 2bd, 2BA, 1 Car Garage. Includes Heat, Cable, Internet, WD, Available Now. No Pets, $1375 970-879-4529 STEAMBOAT:Available Immediately! Spacious unit on the River, 2BD, 2BA, A/C and W/D. Water, gas, electric included. NS, NP, $1450 monthly, to see, call Roger at 970-319-2886. STEAMBOAT:****3br, 2ba, walk to the slopes and the Tugboat!! Underground parking. Fully furnished. $2100 + utilities. ****3br, 2.5ba, garage, deck, on bus route. Fully Furnished. $1800 + utilities. 303-717-7450

STEAMBOAT:New 3bdm, 2.5ba; Between town and Mountain, 2 car garage, Great Views of Emerald, Mt Werner AND down valley, NS, Pets negotiable. $2,100 970-819-1890 STEAMBOAT: 2bd, loft, 1ba, furnished or unfurnished, utilities included. On the mountain, bus route, NP, NS. Call Bill at 879-2854. STEAMBOAT:2BD 1BA cozy, quiet, downtown. Great yard. WD, NP, NS. Lease, references First, Last, Security $1100 month + utilities. 970-879-9038

STEAMBOAT:Downtown Living! 620 Oak St 3BD, 2BA Available immediately. New carpet new paint, some new appliances. $1800 monthly 970-734-4555 CLARK:2100 sqft. 3 beds, 2.5 baths, 2+ garage, skylights, deck, views of Zirkels. $1900 monthly. NS, Pets negotiable. 970-871-1810. STEAMBOAT:Immaculate Pines 2BD, 2BA with Loft, furnished, lots of storage, WD, NS, NP, bus, near Central Park, Lease.$1400 846-6767 STEAMBOAT:Villas condo -2BD, 2BA furn. $1350 incl. utilities. Sunray condo - 2BD, 2BA, unfurn. $1275 plus elec. Chinook Townhome -2BD, 2BA unfurn. $1200 plus utilities. NS. NP. 970-879-8161 STEAMBOAT:Sunny, Quiet 1bedroom, 1bath condo on Mountain. Pool, Hot tub, bus. $950 month + utilities 1st, last, security. Beth 970-846-2770

STEAMBOAT:1BD 1BA with garage, Pines at Ore House, WD, $1200 includes cable, trash and water, NP NS, Call Amy 619-417-7454 STEAMBOAT:Move in immediately! Spacious unit on the River, 2BD, 2BA, A/C and W/D. Water, gas, electric included. NS, NP, $1450 monthly, to see, call Roger at 970-319-2886.

STEAMBOAT: Almost new 2 bedroom, 2 bath 1 car garage. NP, NS. $1200 mo plus electric. Lisa Ruffino at 970-879-5100 ext 30.

STEAMBOAT:1bd, 1ba furnished Walton Pond Cond. On bus route, NP, NS, water, cable, garbage & snowplowing included. $850/mo + sec. dep. Available now and ASK ABOUT RENT TO OWN. 970-846-4220

STEAMBOAT:2Bed 1.5bath Whistler Village. Remodeled with new kitchen, baths. Sunny deck, great location, on bus route. $1000 month. 970-846-9449 STEAMBOAT:New Sunray, 2BD, 2BA, $1,200, deck, views. Direct access, heated garage. Gas FP, tile, wood finishes, designer lighting. Heat, H20, Cable, WD, included. NS, NP. Bus route, near gondola. 720-341-7726

STEAMBOAT:On mountain, 2BD, 2BA, furnished and remodeled, covered parking, on bus route, 6 months or year lease, $1250 monthly 305-525-0405

STEAMBOAT:Available 10/1 Downtown. 2bd, 2ba at The Residences. WD, fireplace, 1 parking space, Absolutely NP, NS! $1300 month, cable water, gas and trash included. 970-879-0097

STAGECOACH:Wonderful Wagon Wheel 2 bedroom 1 bath condo. Fireplace, w/d in complex. No smoking, no pets. $750.00. 720-244-5514

STEAMBOAT:1BD, 2BA, Top corner, GFP, WD, Pool, HT, Updated, Creek views. NP NS References required. $900. 1st, last, deposits 879-3788 STEAMBOAT:Furnished 1BD. 1BA Walton Village. NS, NP, WD, on bus route, hottub. $900 monthly plus deposit. Some utilities included. 970-879-4857

STEAMBOAT:1BD Pines Unit, Mountain view, Furnished, WD, hot tub, FP, NS, NP Avail September 1st, $1000 1st, Security. Mary 970-879-4822

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STEAMBOAT:On mountain unobstructed views, 2blocks to Gondola, remodeled, new appliances, furnished, 2BD, separate BA, Shower, NS, NP. $1250 970-481-7640 STEAMBOAT:Unfurnished, clean, sunny, GREAT VIEWS, 3BR, 2BA Log Duplex. 2-garages, woodstove, gas, yard, pet possible, WD. Sept $1650 970-734-4919 http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view /4777109 STEAMBOAT:Mountain, 1BD, 1BA, furnished, gourmet kitchen, quiet, views, fireplace, WD, cable, internet, garage. $1350 Utilities Included, NS, Available 09/10. 970-879-1776 HAYDEN:2BD Duplex, $650 monthly + utilities + deposit, NS, NP, Quiet neighborhood, Available Now. 970-879-1200

STEAMBOAT:Shadow Run 2bdrm, 2ba Furnished, WD FP, hot tub, bus stop. $1,200 NS, NP Call Candice 970-870-0497 or Scott 970-846-5898

STEAMBOAT:1BD studio, seperate living space, ONLY $700 MONTHLY! On mountian, furnished, bus-route, NO FIRST, or LAST 828-736-2158

OAK CREEK:3BD, 2BA, $895 +utilities. updated windows, kitchen, bath, flooring. WD, yard, storage. Pet considered, NS, 1st, Last, Deposit. 970-736-2383

STEAMBOAT:3bed, 2ba newer downtown. Nicely furnished. Walk to shops, river, etc. Bus, NS, NP. Available now. $1,600 includes heat. 970-846-9378

Sunray Meadows- 2BD, 2BA. Fully furnished, 2 decks with great views. FP, WD, utilities & cable inc. NS, NP, $1,600. (561)414.4530

STAGECOACH:Wagonwheel, quiet, 3bed 2bath condo, new paint, carpeting, fridge. Close to lake, 1 year. lease, NS, NP, $1000 monthly. 970-736-2600

STEAMBOAT:4 bedroom, 2 bath duplex for rent in Fish Creek area $2000 per month + utilities, first, last, security due at move in call Amy 970-846-2114.

STEAMBOAT:North Star Studio: Great location, Walton Creek Road and Columbine. Newly remodeled exterior. Includes internet, cable. WD, NP, $700. Available immediately. 970-846-5099.

STEAMBOAT: 1 BLOCK TO SKI 2BD, bus. Most utilities included. Nicely Redone $1200 month, Available NOW, NS, NP. 970-846-0713

STEAMBOAT: Shadow Run, 1bd, new bathroom, furnished, clean, walk to Gondola, NS, NP $900 970-819-2233

STEAMBOAT:Spacious 3BD, 2.5BA duplex downtown. 2-Car heated garage, NS, Pets Negotiable. $2000 month + utilities. 1st, deposit. Snow removal and garbage included. (970) 819-0944. Available 09/01.

STEAMBOAT:Old Town homes available September 1. RARELY AVAILABLE: 3-4BR 3.5BA; 2BR, 1BA; 1BR, 2BA; AVAILABLE FROM $1200 ON UP. David Epstein 970-291-9555 STEAMBOAT:3bd 2ba home, Pets Negotiable, no smoking, on bus route. Residential or Commercial use. $2,000 OBO, VACANT, Ron 875-2914 HAYDEN:3bd, 2 bath family home. Fenced yard with sprinkler system. Pets ok. $1,000 per month. Call Lucky Stars Property Management. (970)846-3805. Avail. 9/1 STEAMBOAT:Base of Mountain, 3bd, 3ba, Unfurnished, WD, HT, Garage, Pets Negotiable. 970-879-1982 STEAMBOAT:Great Location Downtown 3BD, 2BA, Large yard, 1 car garage, pet considered, $2200 Month. Call 846-5551 CRAIG:Newly Remodeled 3Bedroom house w/ big garage. 1st, last, deposit, gas & electric, $1100 864 Rose St. 970-629-3114 STEAMBOAT:2bd 1ba, large yard, pets ok, WD, $1200, First Last Security, 970-871-9531 HAYDEN:3bed, 2bath new home in family oriented neighborhood. 2car heated garage, large fenced backyard. Stainless steel appliances. Pets negotiable. $1600 970-367-6028 STEAMBOAT:Old Town Location: 2 bedrooms, 1-bathroom, unfurnished. Gas fireplace. WD. Large yard. Pets negotiable. $1,450 $1,350 per month. (970) 879-1982. PHIPPSBURG:Spacious, recently remodeled 3bd, 2bth, wood floors, wood stove, WD, large yard and patio. No smoking or dogs. $1250 month plus electric. 1st, last, deposit. Extra large shop with studio and 3rd bath included for additional $500 month. Can be sublet. 970-871-1085 STAGECOACH: Custom log home 3BD, 3BA, + loft, backed up to national forest. $1800 month. Call Bill 970-879-6293 HAYDEN: 3BD, 1BA $915 monthly plus utilities. 2-car garage. Pets considered. Available Now. (970)846-5551 STEAMBOAT:Old Town studio loft, new construction, WD, NS, radiant heat, covered parking, pets negotiable, $950 + electric 303-638-5084

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STEAMBOAT:FURNISHED NICE 1BR, 1 BA WD, includes utilities, TV, 20 minutes to town. One person. NS, NP, $895. 970-870-6423

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MILNER:Brand new, unfurnished, decks, W/D, woodstove, 2BD, 2.5BA $1200 Inc. utilities 4BD, 3.5BA $2000 plus utilities. Pets neg. 970-846-5730

HAYDEN:Downtown, 4BD, 2BA huge 1 car garage. Nice yard. Prime location. Flexible lease. Great Landlord. $1250 month 970-736-2315

CRAIG: 3bed, 1.5 ba, detached oversized 2 car garage, shop, large fenced yard, pet ok, month to month. 970-629-8223

HAYDEN:Ranch House, 2 miles E Hayden, 3BD, 1BA Pet possible, NS, long term lease. $1350 month. Call 970-629-1977

OAK CREEK:3BD, 2BA $1100 month + utilities, NS, Pets ok. 1st , last & $500 deposit. Call Don 720-203-7916

MILNER: 2bd, 2ba. huge garage, 1st, last, deposit. $1000 monthly. Call Annette 970-846-3594

STEAMBOAT:First time in 5 years! Cozy 3BR, 11/2BA in Riverside. Gas, water, heat. Fenced yard. Pets negotiable. $1425. Ken 970-217-6330.

HAYDEN:3br 2 bath 2000 sq ft. Sun room, gas heat, 1 car garage, landscaped. $1200 plus utilities. First, last, deposit. 1 year lease. NP. 970-736-2478 STEAMBOAT:Executive rental at Angler’s Retreat. Premium 3 BD, 31/2 BA, 3,000 sq ft private home. Custom finishes, great for entertaining, built in 2005. $3,500 month, plus utilities, 6 mo min. Exterior HOA, Maintenance free. Unfurnished. 5 min. to Meadows Ski Lot. Call Karen, Coldwell Banker Silver Oak, 970-879-8814. STEAMBOAT:FISH CREEK FABULOUS LOG HOME 3 BEDROOM 3 BATH 3500 sq ft. Available Sep 1st, Heated 2 car garage, W/D. F/S Year Lease $2000 month plus utilities 305-942-9362 CLARK:Log home, 2bd 2ba +loft, views, Hahn’s Peak Sand Mountain, woodstove, modern kitchen, furnished, $1750 +utilities, dog ok, neal 970-282-8283

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

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STEAMBOAT: New, fully furnished 3BD, 2.5BA home by the river. Garage, Gameroom, Community Center, Fireplace, Entran Heating, WD, Bus-Route. NS, NP. $1950 monthly +utilities. 714-475-8210

STEAMBOAT:Great 4BD, 3BA Tree Haus home. Mountain views, hottub, 2-car garage, newly remodeled, dog okay, yard, NS, GFP. $2,500 970-819-1298 HAYDEN:Beautiful 3 bdrm, 2ba, wonderful fenced backyard, 2 car garage, washer and dryer included, $1,650 per month, call 970-846-3954 OAK CREEK:2BR, 1BA house for rent. New remodel and sunny. $1,000 month includes water, sewer, trash and electric. Call 970-846-3824 STEAMBOAT:5BD, 3BA, bus route, On Golf Course, WD, NS, 2-car garage, pets considered. $1,950 + utilities. Great home. Call 970-846-5551

CRAIG:3BD, 1.75BA, 1 car garage, covered deck with work shop. $1,050 monthly, plus $1,050 security deposit. Call 970-396-1924 STEAMBOAT:Furnished luxury home. The best kept secret on 20 acres only 5 miles from Steamboat. Enjoy the panoramic views from this luxurious ranch estate. 4,200 sf furnished 4 bedroom, 3 bath, gourmet kitchen, 20 ft stone fireplace in great room, movie theater, exercise room and loft. Large decks to enjoy the beautiful gardens and koi pond. Double heated garage. On-site caretakers, plowing and ground maintenance. $3,900 monthly. 970-846-8635 CRAIG:Newer, 3BD, 2BA, 20 acres, 2 and 1 car garages. Pole barn, cross fenced. Available Now! $1,600 monthly 970-824-3956, 303-589-4646 STEAMBOAT:OLDTOWN 5BD, 2BA, beautiful views, big yard, Close to schools, NS. Refeences needed. $1800 plus utilities 867 Deerfoot Ave 719-661-1142 YAMPA:Beautifully remodeled 2BR, 1BA. WD, DW, woodstove, fenced yard, garage with electric and stove. Good dog with references welcome. $900 month, with first /last, $500 deposit. Contact Jennifer at 419-304-4849. Avail Sep 1st. CRAIG:For rent or lease to buy, new home, 3 BDRM, 2 BA, 2 car garage on large lot, landscaped, 980 E 9th ST, $1,500 970-629-5427 STEAMBOAT:Horse Property with 1BD +loft, 1BA on 5 acres small barn for hay storage, 10 miles from town pets ok. $1000 1st, last, deposit. Curtis 970-846-1061 STEAMBOAT:Newer 3BD, 2.5BA. Nice neighborhood with community center & guest rooms. Near mountain, bus, 1-car garage, WD, NS, NP. References required. $1650 + Utilities. 970-819-4905.

OAK CREEK:2BD, 1car detached garage, brand new interior remodel. Pets negotiable, $1,050 per month. 1st, Last, Deposit. 970-846-1558 OAK CREEK:Newly remodeled 1BR, 1BA. Great street, large fenced yard, storage /workshop. WD, NS, Pets Neg. $875+ utilities, deposit. 970-846-5667

HAYDEN:Secluded country home, Beautiful Views. 2BD, 1BA, WD. Pets considered. $800 month includes water, $1,000 dep. References reqd. 970-276-3532.

STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA newer-home. 2 car garage, spacious kitchen, FP, WD. Mountain, bus route, landscaped, Jacuzzi tub. $1950 month. 970-846-5004, 870-6410 STEAMBOAT:Strawberry Park 3BD, 2BA $2000 5BD, 3BA (includes 1BD APT) $2650, acreage, Horse, dog OK, downtown close. Paul 970-879-1086, 970-846-9783 OAK CREEK:Great new home, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage. Granite countertops, central vacuum, fire place, slate floors. NS, pets negotiable. $1800.00 monthly + utilities Lease option available. Sierra View Oak Creek 970-846-3542 STEAMBOAT:Great downtown home, quiet neighborhood, 3BD, 2BA, newly remodeled, pets welcome. WD, NS, $1,650 monthly plus utilities and deposit. (970)846-4267 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 STEAMBOAT:Downtown next to Butcherknife Park. Just remodeled with wood floors, new appliances, painted cabinets, glass, tile backslash in kitchen. Furnished 3BD, 1BA, HUGE Yard, short or long term, pet negotiable, NS, WD, $1800 +utilities. 970-846-4220 Ask about Rent to own. STEAMBOAT:3Br, 2.5 Bath W/large living and family room, near high school. Large yard, pets ok. NS, $1900 +utilities. 870-0930 evenings STAGECOACH:5BD 2 BA, Oversized 2 Car Garage, Pets Negotiable, Available October 1st, First, last and deposit, $2000 per month. 970-736-8374

STEAMBOAT:New luxury 4BD, 4BA large 2 car garage on bus route. NS, NP, $2500 unfurnished or $2800 furnished per month. Chuck 879-2871 STEAMBOAT:PAY WHAT YOU WANT for this new 2BD, 2BA sunny end unit. Great location. WD, DW, NS, NP. 9 7 0 - 7 3 6 - 2 7 3 6 http://steamboatphotoday.com/rent/ STEAMBOAT:Sunburst Townhome, 2 bedroom 2 bathroom fully furnished. Available Oct. 1. $1,300 month plus deposit. Year lease. Call 970-291-9115. STEAMBOAT:AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY 2bd 1ba Whistler Unit. Recent partial renovation. Last, deposit only. Includes several utilities and amenities. $1150 month (970)596-9884 STEAMBOAT: 3BD, 3BA, DOWNTOWN! Huge Loft, Free Bus, WD, Amazing Views Off Deck. NP. $1,595. Central Park Management 970-879-3294 or 303-929-8443

STEAMBOAT:Duplex,Old Fish Creek Falls Rd. Amazing views, quiet neighborhood, Remodeled! 3BD, 2BA, office, bus, FP, WD, NS, NP. $1600. 970-879-5862 STEAMBOAT:Mountain Vista 2BD, 2BA modern townhome, nice finishes, hardwood floors, garage, deck, patio, high ceilings, WD, FP. NP. $1295. Avail Now. Call Central Park Management 879-3294

HAYDEN:Beautiful 3BD, 2BA End unit More windows more privacy. Child & Pet friendly, WD, gas heat, NS, $1200 plus utilities. Year lease Available Sept 16th.970-846-4924 STEAMBOAT:2BR 2BA, sunny end unit on mountain, large patio, new carpet, good parking, on bus route, $1200 monthly +utilities. 970-846-6853.

STEAMBOAT:3Bdrm, 2.5bath, garage, Mountain, Furnished, bus. Nice layout for roommates. Stainless appliances. WD, Views. NS, NP $1750 + security. 970.846.2298 STEAMBOAT:Beautiful Newer: 2Masters, 2.5bath, decks, garage, fireplace, WD. Family neighborhood, rec area. River access, bus route. NS, NP. $1700. 970.846.5537

STEAMBOAT:Between mountain and DT, 3BD house, fenced yard, great views, bus route, WD, $750 or $850, first, last and security, 720-810-0870 STEAMBOAT:2bd, shared bath, nice townhome. hot tub, NP, NS, $550 each includes utilities (970)846-4312

STEAMBOAT:3BD, 2BA, Indian Meadows, Pond, River, pets negotiable, $1700 monthly or lease with option to Buy. Utilities included. 970-846-5632

STEAMBOAT:Walk to Gondola /Bus 2 rooms in 4BD, 3BA great furnished home. WD,NS, pets negotiable. $550 -$650 + utilities. 846-6910

STEAMBOAT:Walton Village 2BD, 2.5BA, near bike and bus. WD, pool, hot tub, tennis. Some utilities paid, $1,300 monthly, deposit. Mature applicants call 970-736-2829 STEAMBOAT: 2BD, 2BA, Clean and bright Chinook THMS. Hardwoods & tile, on bus route. Available now, WD $1,200. 970-846-6435

STEAMBOAT:Rockies -2B, 2B furnished all utility except pd except elect. Available Sept. NS, NP-lease neg. $610, plus dep 879-0045, 846-8175

STEAMBOAT:Furnished room in 3BD 3BA house, private bath, $600 includes, utilities, cable, WD, deposit, no lease, West End Village 970-846-6429.

STEAMBOAT:Roommate to sharte 2BD, 1BA House in Fairview. Great spot, yard, WD. Available Now. $500 month + utilities, Deposit. 970-846-4980

STEAMBOAT:Room available for clean, NS, and responsible person, $650 monthly + dep, includes everything, dog possible. 846-8610

STEAMBOAT:2Bed, 1Bath Whistler Unit, Remodeled, furnished, WD, deck, hottub, pool, cable, bus. $950, References, 1st, last, security. NP, NS, Dave@970-846-3814

STEAMBOAT:1 furnished bedroom, private bath on mountain. Available for responsible adult. WD, NS, NP, $600 monthly, half utilities, deposit. 970-879-4160

STEAMBOAT:Saddle Creek 2BD, 2BA +loft, fully furnished, bus route, WD, garage. $1750 month + gas & electric. NS, NP 970-879-9113

STEAMBOAT:Newly remodeled Woodbridge townhome, 3 bdr 2.5 bth, 2 decks and a garage. WD, fully furnished, NS, NP, on bus route. available Augusy 1st. $1,600+ utilities, call 970-846-7695

STEAMBOAT: Beautiful 4BD, 3.5BA, 1 car garage, between mountain and town, bus route, WD, NS, NP. $1900 monthly. 970-846-6423.

STEAMBOAT:Sunny room, private bath, Stylish, clean, townhome, Quiet, private! Garage, WD, dishwasher, Fireplace, decks, NS, NP, $625 month includes cable, hi-speed internet, 970-846-2294

STEAMBOAT:Mindful person to share sunny 3BR, 2BA near Spring Creek Trail with owner. Cozy yard, woodstove, WD, NS, flatscreen (no cable). $600 includes wifi, recycling. 970-846-1631

STEAMBOAT: Whistler Village 2 BD 1.5 BA, Large Deck, WD, Near Bus Route. NP. $950. Call Central Park Management 879-3294.

STEAMBOAT:3BD, 31/2BA, 2 car garage. Walk to gondola. Cable & water included. $2500 month. Long term, Call Barry 970-672-0421 http://rockies.craigslist.org/apa/1329241766.ht ml

STEAMBOAT:New Furnished Townhome with Master Bedroom Overlooking Valley. Private Bath, WD, DW, WiFi. $750. Couples considered. Available Now! 970-846-0440

STEAMBOAT:Luxury Duplex, incredible views, 3 BD, 2.5 BA, leasing now with flexible terms, high end furnishings included, $2,500 monthly, 2 car garage, no smoking (303)904-2377

STEAMBOAT:2 Bdrm, 1 Bath Whistler townhouse, WD + amenities, NS, NP, $950 mo 970-379-5804 kktschappat@yahoo.com

STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1.5BA Whistler Townhome. WD, deck, pool, hot tub, NS, NP. $950 month includes most utilities. 1st, last, security. 970-846-2451.

OAK CREEK: 3BD + den, 2BA, 2 car garage, walk to town and schools. $1200 month Call 970-276-3638 HAYDEN: 3BD, 2BA. Home. Deposit, utilities, $1,000 monthly. Available September 1st. 970-276-3365 or 970-276-3185

STEAMBOAT:Fish Creek Falls, 5bedr 5ba, 5,000 sqft. 2 year old family home in great neighborhood. Awesome views of Ski Mtn. Big yard. $3,000 www.73telemark.com 970-846-6186 STEAMBOAT:Great Location Downtown 3BD, 2BA, Large yard, 1 car garage, pet considered, $2075 Month. Call 846-5551

STEAMBOAT:6Bed 5Bath 4Level (hottub in masterbath) 2Person shower/ sauna. Large Gameroom 2Car HeatedGarage Nice Yard Low Utilities WD, Gas Fireplace Furnished! duplex $2800 monthly. 903-456-0164

STEAMBOAT:Never-lived-in, brand new home, 5 minutes from downtown. 4bd, 3.5ba, 2 car garage, views, decks, school bus route, nice yard, private. NP, NS. $2,995 month + utilities. Corey 970-846-3782 Email: bryna@organic-marketing.com.

CLARK:Horse Property! 3.88 acres, barn, X-fenced, 3 beds, 2 baths, garage, 15 minutes to town. $1800 monthly. NS. 970-871-1810

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STEAMBOAT:Remodeled 1400sq.ft doublewide Willow Hill MH, Park, Oak Creek. Master and two smaller bedrooms, from $350mo. w/ utilities. 875-0700. ns. np

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STEAMBOAT:Pets OK, furnished, single-family home, Close to Old Town, 2 rooms available, $600 per month + utilities. $1200 deposit. 303-459-1106 STEAMBOAT:Roommate wanted to share nice home. Close to bus route and bike path, great views. NP, NS. $500 monthly plus utilities. Available now. Call 970-819-6128. STEAMBOAT:1 room left! 4BD, 2BA. WD, DW, NP, walk to Gondola! $450 month. Josh at (970) 274-5043 STEAMBOAT:1BD with private bath available in nice, clean 3BD condo on Mountain. Internet, and all utilities included. $700 monthly 970-846-7667 STEAMBOAT:2 Roommates needed to share 3+bdrm, 2bath home on golf course. Hot tub, fenced yard, garage. Available Now.$450.00+utilities. Nick 612-968-2010. STEAMBOAT:WESTEND, Mature, responsible, adult to share 2 bd condo, NS, ND, WD, Balcony, $575 month + utilities. Avail. now. 871-6763 STEAMBOAT:Large room, private bath in 2bed, 2.5bath Mountain townhome. Pool, HT, tennis, bus, bike path, AWESOME! $625, available 9-1. 970-846-4700. STEAMBOAT:Room for rent walk to mountain, clean, furnished, WD, NP, NS, great deck. Near hospital. Some utilities $575+ deposit. 970-846-0323 STEAMBOAT:Two furnished rooms available. $575 -$625 include utilities. WD, bus, hi speed internet. Month to month. No deposits. 871-7638, 870-1430.

CRAIG:Commercial building for lease 3200+ sq ft, totally remodeled, air conditioned, close to Murdochs, 2+acres. Suitable for Restaurant, Garage, Welding, Lumber yard etc. Please call 970-824-0099 970-826-4268

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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 W. Sanders, Ski Town Lifestyle Properties 970.870.0552

CLASSIFIEDS 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

STEAMBOAT:Centrally located Fox Creek office space available with top quality finishes, shared kitchen and bathroom. 146-6,000SF starting at $375. 970.879.9133

STEAMBOAT: Newly renovated office space, Great location, 200 SF, $265/mo includes utilities. Avail Now. Call Central Park Management at 970-879-3294.

STEAMBOAT:West Side, BRAND NEW Industria/ Commercial/ Flex Spaces. 1250 sq ft on up to 3750 sq ft. Will Tenant Finish. OH doors, HIGH PROFILE West SB location! Lets make a deal!! David Epstein 970-291-9555 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

STEAMBOAT:Quaint, 306 Oak St, office space, available immediately, main floor approx 1000 sq ft, $21 per sq ft, NNN, 970-879-3202

STEAMBOAT: Single office rentals, $400 mo. inclusive, A+ Professional Office Building. Features: Reception, conference, windows & kitchen, MOSER & ASSOC. 970-879-2839 STEAMBOAT:3bd 2ba home, Pets Negotiable, no smoking, on bus route. Residential or Commercial use. $2,000 OBO, VACANT, Ron 875-2914 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 suit. This is an excellent property with great neighbors. 970-879-6667

STEAMBOAT: READY TO MAKE A DEAL! 1,140 square foot office space with beautiful built in Knoll workstations, additional private office, conference room, kitchen and bathroom with shower. The conference room is equipped with a flat screen TV and high end electronics. Ample parking. Move in ready and below market price. Call Scott at 970.871.1556.

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STEAMBOAT:Office Suites Available for Immediate Occupancy. Conference room accessible. Long/short term available. Starting at $400 per month. All inclusive Call Bruce 846-0262 STEAMBOAT: Historic Lorenz Building located on Lincoln Ave, 2 offices spaces w/ 325 SF each, private entrance, storage, parking, signage. Avail Now. Starting at $600 mo ALL INCLUSIVE! Call Central Park Management at 970-879-3294 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:Fox Creek Park 1169 Hilltop Parkway New space. Approximately 250sq ft. Internet, voicemail included. 1yr lease $425.00 month. Please contact: 970-879-0734x306 heather@northwestdata.com STEAMBOAT: Copper Ridge Office / Storefront with storage for rent. Approx 2200 sqft or can be divided 303-350-9436 STEAMBOAT:Really!! 3000sqft of retail space $1500 month + NNN. 700 block of Lincoln, tenant parking lot, Fantastic location. 970-870-3473 STEAMBOAT:Office rentals in Bogue Enterprise Center at CMC. Copy center, kitchen, conference rooms, SCORE counseling, and great views of mountain. $300 includes utilities and internet. 870-4491. Start ups welcome.

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

STEAMBOAT:PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE Local design firm has studio desk space available for lease flexible configuration Call 970-875-0590 STEAMBOAT:Prime retail 2400’ building with parking. 800 block Lincoln Ave. Sale or lease. Steve Hitchcock 846 5739 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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

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

HAYDEN Airport Garages. Own/rent heated storage unit for cars, home, business. 970-879-4440. HAYDEN: 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

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STEAMBOAT:Mini storage units available immediately, 8x10 $80 month no long term contracts please call Black Diamond 970-879-5300 STEAMBOAT:Nice 4BD, 2BA, on mountain, short walk to Ski time square, great deck, views. WD, gas heat. Quiet. $1800 monthly. Available 9/1. 970-846-0155

STEAMBOAT:Timbers top floor unit, 2 loft bd, 2ba fully furnished and equipped, great views, October through March, $1200, 970-879-1776 STEAMBOAT:FOUR STAR SHERATON PRIVATE, BI-LEVEL PENT HOUSE STYLE CONDOMINIUM. Recently Remodeled, Sleeps 6-7. Mini Home Away From Home! vrbo.com/1866 (970)870-9768

Shadow Run 2BD, 2BA $290,000. 5-percent down. Owner will Finance. 440-666-6008

FSBO Corner Live /Work unit at River Front. Wonderful spot on river, largest deck with unobstructed views of the Mountain. 1294sqft warehouse with improvements, office loft and ADA handicap bathroom and 1011sqft 2bd, 2bath deluxe unit above. Extra windows on both floors. $485,000. Brokers Welcome, 24 hr notice required, 970-846-1760 STEAMBOAT: THE VICTORIA 10th & Lincoln RETAIL AND OFFICE SPACE FOR SALE OR LEASE Hal Unruh - Prudential Steamboat Realty 970-875-2413

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STORAGE UNITS FOR RENT! 10x10 $50 month, 10x15 $75 month and 10x20 $100 month. For Rent or Sale. 970-879-1065 STEAMBOAT: Need more office space?? Hilltop Document Storage is the perfect solution for storing sensitive and confidential documents. Call (970)879-5242

Storm Meadows Condo Offered at $465,000 #125408 Play on the mountain right from the building. Slopeside corner unit with views of the ski mountain and valley. Ski-in/out access, seasonal shuttle, year-round pool and hot tub. Never been rented, in good condition. Pets OK for owners. First rate amenities, easy to show. Call Kathy or Erik Steinberg at 970-846-8418 steiny@cmn.net Prudential Steamboat Realty

Make the smart business move to Fox Creek Park while interest rates are still low. Prices starting at under $200SF. 879.9133

STEAMBOAT: SPACIOUS EXECUTIVE OFFICE SPACE now available. 1200 sq. ft. Pine Grove area. EASY ACCESS, unlimited parking. Call Mark, 879-6519

OUTDOOR STORAGE - Lots for rent or buy in city limits. Availability for vehicles, equipment, materials & snow storage. 970-846-8796

Prime retail 2400’ building with parking. 800 block Lincoln Ave. Sale or lease. Steve Hitchcock 846 5739 Prudential Steamboat Realty

Splendid Sundance Creek Offered at $419,000 #126196 This 2 bedroom condominium in central Steamboat Springs is the perfect blend of convenience and charm. This ground floor, end-unit includes modern nuances like granite counters, stainless steel Frigidaire appliances, slate tile entry, tall ceilings, walk-in closets and lovely fixtures throughout. A 1-car garage, additional guest parking and common area hot tub add a load of value to this exceptional property. Call Cam Boyd at 970-879-8100 ext. 416 or 970-846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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

STEAMBOAT:1048SF road frontage shop with 475SF office, can separate. 10’x10’ garage door, 14’ ceilings. 1542SF shop, dock height $8.60SF NNN. 970.879.9133

CRAIG:Office space for rent /lease 1100sqft, ALL utilities paid, heat, air, water, garbage. 506 Breeze St. 970-824-6097 leave message 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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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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Remodeled 1 bedroom Shadow Run 2nd Floor $220,000 970-846-1580 or 970-846-8294

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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

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STEAMBOAT:Affordable retail or office space downtown Steamboat. Small units can combine into larger space. Industrial or commercial lots in Craig. Terms negotiable. 879-1521.

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Beautiful Quail Run unit, only $369,000. 2BD, 2BA, garage, perfect condition. Vacant, easy to show. Roy Powell, RE/MAX/STEAMBOAT 970-846-1661

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

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Dazzling Splendor Within Dakota Ridge Offered at $2,450,000 #123441 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and almost 5,000 sq. ft. amongst more than 8 acres of quiet solace! With unencumbered views of the Steamboat Ski Area, enjoy cathedral ceilings, picture windows framing the view, grand spiraling staircase and a perfectly flowing floor plan. The kitchen will thrill you with top-end appliances, granite countertops and an abundance of maple cabinets. The property is capped with a small pond and open patio to soak in this dazzling Dakota Ridge location. Call Cam Boyd at 970-879-8100 ext. 416 or 970-846-8100www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

Enjoy rental income for this affordable 4BD 4BA country home plus accessory apartment, $499,900. Roy Powell REMAX/STEAMBOAT 970-846-1661

Million Dollar Views! Offered at $369,000 #125897 Looking for that affordable house that has everything? Stop Looking because here it is. Enjoy spectacular views of the Zirkels from this 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home in North Routt. This home has had extensive upgrades throughout including a brand new kitchen. Store your cars, skis, snowmobiles, tools or whatever toys you may have in the oversized attached two car garage. Call Cheryl Foote at 970-846-6444 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

Bruce Tormey, Realtor Ski Town Realty, BruceT34@yahoo.com 970.846.8867

150 acres of western landscape with wide open and unobstructed views of the newly enlarged Elkhead Dam and Reservoir. Fenced and cross fenced pasture and hay ground with great year round access and RCR 78 frontage. Practically boatside! $349,000. MLS#126357. Vonnie Frentress Colorado Group Realty 970-846-4372.

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Meadowlark, 2BD +Loft, Top Floor, Corner. 2009 Remodel; Alder Cabinets, Granite, Travertine, Hardwood, Mounted HDTV, Sauna, $295k. Kevin Dyche 970-846-5632

Pocket Sized - But Practical! Offered at $123,000 #125819 Revamped with new wood flooring, appliances and electronics. Complete turn-key unit with steady rental income through VRBO. Convenient access, low HOA fee’s, on site laundry. Sunset views. Priced to move quickly! Call Karen Hughes at 970-846-4841 or 970-879-8100 Prudential Steamboat Realty

Immaculate Hayden home with attention to detail. 3bed 2bath gorgeous landscaping, sunroom, office den and backyard patio retreat. $329,000. MLS#125811. Vonnie Frentress Colorado Group Realty 970-846-4372.

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

Midnight Ranch Log Cabin Offered at $750,000 #123110 Enjoy this wonderful cabin in North Routt with National Forest access and overlooking a 10 acre lake! 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,000 sq ft and set on 35 acres of peaceful solitude north of Columbine. Enjoy quality finishes with a rustic feel including hardwood floors, stunning beams, exposed brick in the kitchen, vaulted ceilings and skylights. Call Cam Boyd at 970-879-8100 ext. 416 or 970-846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

For the Discriminating Buyer Offered at $1,890,000 #125994 Wow! Brand New Construction at its finest. This 5 bedroom, 5 bath and two half bath duplex offers breathtaking views that will make it easy to call this home. There are five bedrooms, all suites, each having its own bathroom. The kitchen and dining area offers plenty of room for family, eating and entertaining. The kitchen is a chef’s dream with its Wolf range, Subzero refrigerator, dual dishwashers, double ovens and prep sink. The family room offers plenty of space to watch TV or play games. Call Cheryl Foote at 970-846-6444 www.SteamboatMountainProperties.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

LOG HOME / CABIN Package - 1056 sq ft, full covered porch. Sale Price $41,900.00. Many other models available. 719-686-0404. www.highcountryloghomes.net.

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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Local’s charming beautiful house on great lot. Fenced, washer /dryer, No dues. Zero down payment and $8,000 tax credit. Priced 25% below comparable homes at $147,500. Tour: www.propertypanorama.com/71672

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

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GREAT PRICE & VALUE! DEER CREEK 1BD, GARAGE. COMPLETELY REMODELED! Walk to SKI, BUS, FP, WD, PETS. http://westslope.craigslist.org/reo/1321670 501.html $275,000 970-846-7275

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Spectacular Views from this 2BD, 2BA home in Blacktail Estates. Completely remodeled, Energy Efficient home with 2 decks and a Covered porch. Priced Under recent appraisal at $589,995 FSBO 970-819-5632

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

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Corner lot, 2 car garage. Beautifully landscaped 3Bd, 2Ba, Yampa. Many new upgrades, roof. $239,500. Upper Yampa Realty 970-736-8454 www.UpperYampaRealty.com

Very nice 3bed 2bath home located on quiet back street in Hayden. $225,000. MLS#126342. Vonnie Frentress Colorado Group Realty 970-846-4372

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

35 acres alfalfa producing acres with pond and sweeping Elk River Valley views. Perfect for horses or livestock. Private well is in. Electric, phone and road to lot. MLS#126307. $585,000. Vonnie Frentress Colorado Group Realty 970-846-4372.

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Space gallore, 12 total rooms, finished basement, 4600 sqft, show any time, $745,000 $10,000 cash back, Roy Powell RE/MAX/STEAMBOAT 970-846-1661. South Routt Charmer Remodeled home in Phippsburg 3BD, 1BA with detached 1 car garage.1200 sqft plus 300 sqft basement storage FSBO $218,000 970-736-8492

Well fenced acreage with multiple outbuildings, 4,000 sq ft shop, livestock facilities and a Beautiful log sided home. $535,000. MLS#122446. Vonnie Frentress Colorado Group Realty 970-846-4372.

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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.

Remodeled Spacious 3BD on 3 lots, in Craig. Big fenced back yard, lots of shade, deck, shed. $32,000 970-734-4595, 970-879-9050

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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 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

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Dream Island 3BD, 1BA, completely remodeled, new cabinets, appliances, carpet, storm windows, roof, wood trim, 12x16’ storage shed. 37,500 Don Kotowski Rocky Mountain Real estate 846-8081 or 846-7522 Craig, 99 Mobile home for sale. 3BD, 2BA new carpet, new paved parking, sod and deck. $100,000 (970)629-2380 MILNER:2BR offers affordable living with large kitchen, log accents, wood stove & storage space. $37,500. Joyce Hartless (970) 291-9289 Colorado Group Realty. Hayden 2BR, 2BA with window air & small garage. Great condition, built in 2000. $48,900. Amy J. Williams at (970) 276-9101. Colorado Group Realty.

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

New double wide modulars. $55,995 set and delivered. 303-828-0200 STEAMBOAT:2BD, 1BA, yard. Furnished. Older but in good shape. $15,000 OBO 970-879-1192 4BD, 1BA, Fish Creek Park #37, Bike path, bus route, WD, close to River. $58,000 OBO 970-819-5762, 970-819-2674 leave message.

Old Fish Creek Falls Townhome Offered at $419,000 #126060 3 bed, 2 bath + loft. Original developers unit, only 1 with 3 parking spaces. 300 sqft trex deck with garden area, new updates, dog friendly. Views, sunsets, fireworks, river and downtown! Low HOA’s. Call Karen Hughes at 970-846-4841 or 970-879-8100 Prudential Steamboat Realty

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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

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

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2 lots with permit ready plans for unique 4000sqft homes. Existing 3BD, 2BA house $995,000. Owner 619-977-6606

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38 acres 6 miles NE of Craig. Views, Wildlife $100,700 OWC $5000 down 7% (970)629-9843 week days; (970)826-4721 evenings & weekends.

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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

STEAMBOAT:PRICE REDUCED! Own A Home, Federal Tax Credit $8,000. 2BD, 1.5BA, Whistler $247,900. Bill Pyle, Old Town Realty 970-846-7953 Stagecoach Lake House. 3BD, 2BA, garage. Yards from boat ramp, stainless appliances, granite, travertine, exceptional finishes! $389k. Kevin Dyche 970-846-5632

Expansive Ski Area Views Offered at $595,000 #125398 Fantastic price for premier lot with jaw-dropping views of the Steamboat Ski Area and Flat Tops. Upscale neighborhood, expansive views and a flat building site with aspens and scrub oak. Build your luxury dream home on this perfect and private .68 acre lot. Best lot on the market at this price. Call Colleen de Jong at 970-846-5569 Colleen@PruSteamboat.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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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Craig. Two five acre parcels 5 minutes from town. Excellent water. Well fees paid. Power to property. Terms. 65K each.970-629-8614

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

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Solitude on Buffalo Pass Offered at $995,000 #123359 Just 4 miles from downtown Steamboat you’ll find this 10-acre lot with drop dead views of the Flat Tops, South Valley and Strawberry Park. This hidden treasure borders hundreds of acres of National Forest. From here you’re within hiking distance to nearby recreation with deeded access to the Old Spring Creek Trail. This lot offers incredible privacy while living incredibly close to town. Call Cam Boyd at 970-879-8100 ext. 416 or 970-846-8100 www.SteamboatAgent.com Prudential Steamboat Realty Beautiful North Routt County, majestic views and serenity, lots and acreages starting at $98,000 - $214,000. REMAX/STEAMBOAT Roy 970-846-1661 39.8 Acres EN of Craig $110,000, 35 acres North of Craig $120,000, well, electricity, $5000 down, 7% Owner Financing 970-824-4256 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

Ready to build, 5.3 acre LPS lot with road in. Surrounded by 190 acres of preserved land. South Valley, Ag Status, water, good hay. Just off expanded HWY 131, elevated, private setting. Stunning Ski area views. FSBO $235,000. 970-819-5353

3BD New House. Steamboat $349k; Trailer and Land. Downtown $190k; Strawberry Park Ranch $2.5M; 8 Country Lots. Paul Hands 970-846-9783

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Luxury Home on 15 acres Offered at $2,995,000 #124337 Motivated Sellers! 5,000 s.f. custom home situated near Lake Catamount features massive log beams and a warm western feeling. Giant windows frame excellent ski area views. Matching accessory building with office and apartment can easily be customized into a great party barn! Price reduced from $4.1M to $2,499,000. Offered turn-key. Call Christy Belton Prudential Steamboat Realty 970-734-7885 www.SteamboatSpringsRanch.com Prudential Steamboat Realty

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Peaceful Sanctuary on gold coarse. Beautifully Remodeled 2+BD with designer finishing & furnishings throughout Must see to appreciate. 970-879-5011

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Looking to trade my Denver apt building for Mountain Real Estate or Business. $1.675M value, $475k equity. 303-941-5444, Visit: www.trademybuilding.com

CLASSIFIEDS Raindrop Water is seeking a driver with CDL class B, air brakes and tanker endorsements must have clean driving record and pass drug tests (do not call if driving record has a DUI or Drug Conviction) Must know Routt County roads and have experience in winter driving be able to chain truck. 879-0655 Steamboat Schools District - ELL Family Liaison -17.5 hrs week -$21.27 hour. Speech Coach (or Co-coaches), Girls Lacrosse Coach, SSHS. Please complete district classified application at https://apps.winocular.com/steamboat/apply/ Questions: 970-871-3199. EOE

The Craig Daily Press is seeking a self-motivated, energetic individual to fill the position of Office/Advertising Assistant.

Need childcare in my home for 2 older children 3 days/week, after school. Some evenings and weekends. Non-smoker. Must have own car and good driving record. Call Christy 970-367-6101 Looking for a LIVE IN nanny to work 2 to 3 days a week with 2 children ages 3 and 5. Room and utilities in exchange for care. Must have references, be non-smoking, NP. Call Barb 970-846-3539.

Administrative Assistant needed for Business & Personal Duties. 12 to 16 hours per week, hours flexible. Basic Bookkeeping, Quickbooks, & Strong Organizational Skills. Must have dependable transportation. Email resume and salary expectations to: assistant@ahsinc.com

Qualified candidates will be dynamic, aggressive, detail-oriented, highly organized and thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven atmosphere. The right candidate will be able to operate a computer and have experience using Microsoft Office products and have the ability to learn new software programs. The Craig Daily Press offers competitive compensation. The Craig Daily Press takes pride in a flexible and friendly work environment. We offer an excellent benefit package including: medical, dental, vision and life insurance, 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off and unlimited potential for advancement.

Golf Course Maintenance Course crew position through the end of Oct. Contact Lenny at 846-5520 or lkline@catamountranchclub.com

THE TRUCK STOP is looking for an experienced Tech to join our team. Apply at 1890 Elk River Plaza

Program Assistant

Full-time benefited position in Craig. This position will provide administrative support to management staff in the Craig office. Must be able to work independently and provide expected outcomes for designated tasks and programs. Excellent computer and attention to detail required. Apply in person at the VNA, 745 Russell Street, Craig or 940 Central Park Dr. Suite 101, Steamboat. Please direct inquiries to sanderso@nwcovna.org. EOE

Delivery Drivers Needed TOP PAY FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE. Deliver auto Parts to the best mechanics in Routt County FT, PT Benefits. Clean DrivingRecord a Must. NAPA. 2550 Lincoln.

The Hayden School District has the following positions open for the 2009-2010 school year:

High School: Sign Language Interpreter

To apply, visit the district website at www.haydenschools.org and click on the employment link for further information.

Quality Control, earn up to $100 per day. Evaluate Retail stores, training provided, no experience required. 888-731-1042 Coach America Crew Transport has the perfect full or part time position transporting railroad crews in the Phippsburg area. Must be able to drive anytime day or night. DOT physical, drug test & criminal background check required. Must have a good driving record. Safety incentive available for drivers. To apply call Patty Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm at (970)736-2204. EOE

Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Full-Time, Part-Time, & Per Diem positions available! Administers direct care to residents in a safe, professional manner. Works as part of a team with other CNA’s, nurses, and other related departments to assist residents with ADL’s and restorative therapies. Colorado CNA, & CPR Required. Previous long term experience preferred. Applicants must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to interact with residents, families, co-workers, visitors and physicians. Ability to plan, organize and exercise logical judgment. Ability to work with and understand the geriatric population & willing to make a difference in the lives of our elderly residents. 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.

Medical Assistant

Full-time benefited position in Craig. Provides consistently high quality care to patients, evaluates the needs of the patients; responds to client’s inquiries and performs a medical triage function. Must maintain a professional demeanor and customer service orientation to clients, peers, and providers. Apply in person at the VNA, 745 Russell Street, Craig or 940 Central Park Dr. Suite 101, Steamboat. Please direct inquiries to sanderso@nwcovna.org. EOE

Auto Glass Installer

Mobile Installer for local shop. Experience necessary, NGA Certification preferred. Must be detail oriented, reliable, good communicator. Looking for part time, possibly more. Call 970-846-8434, fax resume to 970-797-1395

OFFICE ASSISTANT

Precision Excavating, Inc. has an immediate opening for an Office Assistant. Position will do data entry, cleaning and fill-in as gravel pit scale operator. Bookkeeping background is helpful. Please apply in person at 1545 West Jefferson Ave. in Hayden. EOE

Please direct your resume and cover letter to Renee Campbell to rcampbell@craigdailypress.com EOE. 201583

LEGAL ASSISTANT

Established law firm seeks experienced legal assistant, with excellent working skills in QuickBooks, Word, Court filing and billing programs. Need motivated, detail person to manage multiple tasks. Fax resume to 970-879-7022 or e-mail law@holloran.biz.

Determine your own future! Sales Associates - Full time; Warehouse / Sales Part time. Apply @ Sears 1855 Shield Dr or Email resume to ds3198@searshc.com

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Good earning potential! Wrecker Driver. Good driving record. Experienced. Benefits. Sunshine Mountain Auto 879-1210.

HOME HEALTH ASSISTANT; experienced with dementia for assistance with 24 hour care in our home. Part time including a few night shifts. Good pay and flexibility for the right person. Call 970 871-9729

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Eco-conscious babysitter available for hire. B.A. in Environmental Studies, CPR/First Aid trained, healthy lifestyle. (715) 302-0146.

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The Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association is seeking an Online Marketing and Special Events Manager. Come join an energetic and enthusiastic team! This position will be responsible for on-going website maintenance, development/implementation of strategic online initiatives, summer event support and more. Drop your resume by the Chamber Visitor Center or email to marion@steamboatchamber.com.

The Resort Company LLC manages 23 resort condominium properties in Steamboat Springs, Vail and Beaver Creek. We are seeking an experienced senior executive to serve as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The CFO will direct the organization’s overall financial and accounting operations to ensure achievement of financing performance goals and regulatory compliance. This is a senior management position that will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, financial management, and asset management for the organization. The CFO will report directly to the President/CEO of the company. The ideal candidate will possess: * Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance - MBA and/or CPA Preferred * 5 - 10 years demonstrated experience related to finance with at least 3 years supervisory experience. * Well-organized and detail oriented, displaying excellent analytical skills and problem-solving abilities. * Enthusiasm and team building spirit. Please provide resume, references and letter of interest to Maria Porter, The Resort Company, P.O. Box 772995, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, fax to (970) 870-8023, or email mporter@cmn.net. EOE

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Local, Established Fine Dining Restaurant is hiring a Kitchen manger with strong with line & prep cook experience. Please send resume to: rrrestaurantmanager@yahoo.com

Mountain Hair Studio STYLIST - Excellent Booth rent or commission opportunity. Lots of Walk-ins! Come in or Call Kat 970-846-0307

Director of Sales, Senior Executive Income, No Travel. Serious Inquiries ring (970) 372-6622 www.be2succeed.com

�� is hiring for the following full time positions: NIGHT AUDIT, PIECE RATE HOUSEKEEPER, COMMON AREA CLEANING /GROUNDS, and PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE. MUST BE ABLE TO WORK WEEKENDS. Year round employment. Full Time Employee (32 hours) 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

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Hiring FT and PT Kitchen and Waitstaff. Apply in person. Glen Eden Family Resteraunt and Tavern, 18 miles N on 129.

Multi-Million Dollar Debt Free 12 year old company seeking professionals that would like to own their own business. Call Mike 303-229-3211.

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Part time cafe help needed. Please email olivia@mountainhighcatering.com for details and application.

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Tue. Lo W 44 t 56 t 53 t 48 t 56 t 49 t 48 t 54 t 57 t 48 t 37 t

City Meeker Montrose Pueblo Rifle Vail Salt Lake City Vernal Casper Cheyenne Jackson Rock Springs

Today Hi Lo W 76 49 t 79 56 t 91 58 pc 80 54 t 63 38 t 82 61 t 80 53 t 83 55 t 80 54 t 70 40 t 77 52 t

Hi 79 77 86 82 64 84 83 85 79 74 77

Tue. Lo W 48 t 52 t 57 t 50 t 37 t 62 t 52 t 53 t 55 t 39 t 51 t

NATIONAL CITIES

Today Today City Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Albuquerque 85 63 t Miami 90 81 t Atlanta 85 64 s Minneapolis 85 67 pc Boston 84 67 t New York City 85 70 pc Chicago 83 61 s Oklahoma City 94 72 s Dallas 96 78 s Philadelphia 87 68 pc Detroit 81 61 s Phoenix 101 83 t Houston 95 74 t Reno 89 57 t Kansas City 89 69 s San Francisco 68 55 pc Las Vegas 97 74 pc Seattle 74 54 s Los Angeles 85 64 s Washington, D.C. 85 68 pc Legend: W-weather, s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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REGIONAL WEATHER Jackson 70/40

Salt Lake City 82/61

Moab 88/61

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Casper 83/55

Steamboat Springs 75/48

Grand Junction 82/61 Durango 77/53

Cheyenne 80/54

Denver 85/56 Colorado Springs 81/55 Pueblo 91/58

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0.00" 0.52" 15.70"

Source: SteamboatWeather.com

Sun and Moon: Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today

(7,000 ft to 9,000 ft)

6:27 a.m. 7:52 p.m. 11:32 a.m. 9:51 p.m.

First

Full

Aug 27

Sep 4

Last

New

Sep 11

Sep 18

ACCUWEATHER UV INDEX TODAY TM

Higher index numbers indicate greater eye and skin exposure to ultraviolet rays.

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0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme

Area Flow Level Boulder Creek ..............63 ..........dead Clear Ck/Golden .........129 ..........dead S. Platte/Bailey ............134 ..........dead Lower Poudre ...............52 ..........dead

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STREAM FLOWS

Area Flow Level Brown's Canyon ..........300 ............low Gore Canyon..............1340 ........med. Yampa R./Steamboat ..102 ..........dead Green R./Green R......2490 ..........low

WEATHER TRIVIATM

Q: How much rain is needed to keep your lawn in good shape?

A: At least 1/2 inch per week.

City Aspen Boulder Colorado Spgs Craig Denver Durango Eagle Fort Collins Grand Junction Glenwood Spgs Leadville

REGIONAL CITIES

81 70 91 32

24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday Month to date Year to date

ROUTT COUNTY FORECAST

Today: Considerable cloudiness with a thunderstorm or two. Highs 66 to 75. New Snow: (5,000 ft to 7,000 ft) 0" Tonight: Rather cloudy with a thunderstorm. Lows 45 to 49. New Snow: (5,000 ft to 7,000 ft) 0" Tomorrow: Some sun with a shower or thunderstorm around. Highs 69 to 74. New Snow: (5,000 ft to 7,000 ft) 0"

ALMANAC

Steamboat through 5 p.m. yesterday

RF: The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an exclusive index of the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, cloudiness, sunshine intenisty, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body. Shown is the highest temperature for each day

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Monday, August 24, 2009

WORLD

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STEAMBOAT TODAY

Godmothers rise in mafia Women have increasing roles in Italian organized crime

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Frances D’Emilio

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NAPLES, ITALY

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They go by such nicknames as “Fat Cat” and “Tomboy.” Their simmering power struggles once drove them into the streets, guns blazing. They rule their crime families with steely determination, and also raise the kids and stir the pasta. Move over, Don Corleone. Godmothers are rising in the ranks of the Camorra, the Naples’ area crime syndicate. Women long have played a strong role in Camorra crime families, muscling, sometimes murdering, their way to the top. Their influence stretches back as far as the 1950s when a pregnant

former beauty queen dubbed “pupetta” (little doll) shot dead the man who had ordered a hit on her husband, and allegedly settled into a life of crime. Now, as the state steps up its war against the Camorra, rounding up scores of mobsters, the women increasingly are taking over the helm from their men. “There is a growing number of women who hold executive roles” in the Camorra, Gen. Gaetano Maruccia, commander of the Carabinieri paramilitary police in the Naples area, said. “They are either widows (of mob bosses) or wives of husbands who have been put in prison. They hold the reins.” Mothers, daughters, sisters and sisters-in-

law are “assuming ever-more leading roles,” Stefania Castaldi, a Naples-based prosecutor who investigates organized crime, said in an interview. This family dimension of the Camorra finds its echo in mainstream Italian society — a family often will entrust its business to a woman relative rather than an outsider. Camorra women still perform the more “traditional” roles of cutting and repackaging cocaine and heroin in their kitchens or tidying up the hideouts of fugitive bosses, but others are wielding power on the streets. They shake down merchants in extortion rackets and increasingly direct drug trafficking worth millions of dollars, Castaldi said.

authorities said. Sgt. Duncan Pound, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police border integrity unit, said police responded to a call about a dead person in Hope, east of Vancouver, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins. The real estate developer and investor was wanted in California on first-degree mur-

der charges after the mutilated body of his ex-wife Jasmine Fiore was found in a trash bin in Buena Park, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. Jenkins apparently hanged himself, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in California, which is in contact with Canadian police.

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Jeremy Hainsworth and Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

A reality show contestant wanted for murder in the gruesome death and mutilation of his ex-wife was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide after hanging himself in a secluded Canadian motel,

Principal: Increase surprising, with economy

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first and sixth grade classes to accommodate the surge. Superintendent Shalee Cunningham thinks the economic recession has played a role in the district’s growth — some students have transferred from area private schools. She added that increased kindergarten and first-grade enrollment indicates more young families have moved to Steamboat Springs. �� Steamboat Springs Middle �� School Principal Tim Bishop �� said the influx of new students was more than he anticipated, considering the economy. He thought more families would have left Steamboat. Instead, the district has 179 sixth-graders this year, up from 161 last year. He said that total includes 30 students new to his school and some transfers from private schools. What’s unusual, Bishop said, is the number of students the middle school didn’t lose during the course of the summer. He said 15 to 20 students �� usually move away from the dis�� trict any given summer. “I thought with the economy, �� we’d lose some existing students,” Bishop said. “We’ve had very few move out the district. We’ve lost less students leaving Steamboat than we have in years past.”

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Adding a sixth-grade teacher means the average class size in that grade decreased from 27 last year to between 22 and 23 this year. An additional seventh-grade teacher decreased those class sizes to between 23 and 24 students. Bishop said the sixth- and seventh-grade class sizes are the lowest he can remember in his 11 years at the middle school. District enrollment projections indicate a total of 492 students at the middle school, up from 480 last year. For that matter, enrollment is anticipated to increase at each Steamboat school except Strawberry Park Elementary School. But officials acknowledge that even that school’s enrollment could jump during the first couple weeks of the year. Soda Creek Elementary School’s enrollment is increasing from 441 last year to 446 students this year. Strawberry Park’s decreased to 483 from 503 students last year. Steamboat Springs High School Principal Kevin Taulman said the school’s enrollment has increased 40 students from last year. There are 165 freshmen this year, compared with last year’s graduating class of 127. Ginesta said if the high school’s junior class of 189 students stays intact, it will be the largest graduating

class in district history. The district will record enrollment numbers every day for the first two weeks of school to get a better idea of how many students are attending Steamboat schools, Ginesta said. She said some students who weren’t enrolled before today’s first day of classes will add to the numbers. The official student count used to determine how much funding a school district receives won’t be taken until Oct. 1. Coupled with the district’s record enrollment, Cunningham said there’s a sense of stability among the faculty. This year also marks the first time in several years that no construction projects have been under way during the start of school, and there wasn’t any turnover in district administration, including principals. Cunningham said she sensed that the district’s faculty was relieved with that stability at the top, what she called a “solid team of high-quality people.” “Now we can focus on that which we do best,” she said. “We don’t have anything really distracting us at all this year. We’re all focused, and we’re all on the same page.” — To reach Jack Weinstein, call 871-4203 or e-mail jweinstein@steamboatpilot.com