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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 216
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Addressing accountability
Counselor starts work Former adviser at Moffat County High School hired for position in Hayden Page 6
S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Roads to be repaired Slide areas on Routt County roads 76 and 86 to be fixed before winter MATT STENSLAND/STAFF
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Students in Deirdre Boyd’s AP American history class at Steamboat Springs High School watch President Barack Obama’s speech to America’s schoolchildren Tuesday. For story, see page 3.
SPORTS
700 debate emotional Public open house, town hall meeting to discuss project today
Game ends in draw Page 27
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
City Council’s debate about the proposed Steamboat 700 annexation turned suddenly emotional and more hesitant Tuesday on the eve of a public open house and town hall meet-
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Tuesday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 3-4-8-10-28 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
ing to discuss the project. A Tuesday meeting to discuss the project’s capital facilities plan evolved at Centennial Hall into a debate about the overall merits of the development. Concerns ranged from Councilwoman Cari Hermacinski’s newly expressed worries about the cost of U.S. Highway 40
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Sunshine. High of 78.
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improvements to Councilwoman Meg Bentley’s philosophical problem with pedestrian underpasses. The development’s lawyer and other council members beseeched doubters not to be motivated by fear or politics and to stay the course toward approving the project that pro-
ponents think fulfills the goals of the West of Steamboat Springs Area Plan and 15 years of planning. Steamboat 700 is a masterplanned community that proposes about 2,000 residences and 380,000 square feet of comSee Council, back page
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