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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 215
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Fun for everyone Oak Creek holiday celebration includes more events for all ages Page 4
SPORTS
Rockies win, lose Tulowitzki Page 20
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Men’s pro division cyclists head down Oak Street on Monday afternoon during the Steamboat Ski & Bike Kare Criterium event, which was the last event of the four-day Steamboat Springs Stage Race. For more about the Stage Race, see the story on page 20.
District approaches differ Steamboat allows optional viewing of Obama speech; South Routt lets teachers decide Jack Weinstein
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Correction
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Dusty Pfaff was awarded first place for her “Asian turkey chili” during Sunday’s Chuck Wagon Chili Challenge in Steamboat Springs. The story “Big turnout for tasting” on page 1 of Monday’s Steamboat Today incorrectly identified Pfaff.
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Routt County’s three public school districts are taking individual approaches to handling President Barack Obama’s live broadcast of a speech this morning to America’s schoolchildren. The controversy surround-
Horoscope . . . . .24 Nation. . . . . . . . .36 Scoreboard. . . . .23 Sports. . . . . . . . .20 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .35
Monday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 3-5-6-10-28 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
ing Obama’s speech has been most apparent in the Steamboat Springs School District, where officials reported receiving numerObama ous calls from parents who didn’t want their children to be forced to watch
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Evening storm. High of 76.
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cast air live in district classrooms, Superintendent Shalee For a transcript of the speech and Cunningham is making the the suggested lesson plans, visit this speech available in each school’s story at www.steamboatpilot.com. media center. In an e-mail Monday to the it, as well as calls from parents Pilot & Today, Cunningham who hoped the district would said Obama’s speech also will make it available for all students be recorded for teachers who to see it. See Obama, page 12 Instead of having the broad-
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