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AUGUST 24, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 202
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Running to the end of summer
Cost of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Sunday
Fuel Stop ................... $2.58 West Kum & Go ....... $2.59 7-Eleven ................... $2.49 Petro West ............... $2.73 Phillips 66............................ $2.69 Bob’s Conoco ...................... $2.69 Hilltop Sinclair ..................... $2.69 Anglers Kum & Go ............... $2.59 Ski Haus ................................. $2.69 Mount Werner Sinclair ........... $2.62 Shell ......................................... $2.68 Shop & Hop ............................. $2.62 State Average ....................$2.54 .................... National Average ...............$2.62
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Block party ends event Depot Art Center celebrates 100th anniversary, wraps up All Arts Festival Page 3
SPORTS
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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■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .26 Colorado. . . . . . .15 Comics . . . . . . . .24 Crossword . . . . .25 Happenings . . . . .7
MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
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.
Horoscope . . . . .24 Nation. . . . . . . . .16 Scoreboard. . . . .23 Sports. . . . . . . . .20 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 World . . . . . . . . .36
Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 2-3-15-16-24 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
■ WEATHER
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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