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Gas prices Cost of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Sunday
Fuel Stop ................... $2.45 West Kum & Go ....... $2.39 7-Eleven ................... $2.39 Petro West ............... $2.57 Phillips 66............................ $2.59 Space Station ...................... $2.59 Bob’s Conoco ...................... $2.59 Hilltop Sinclair....................... $2.54 Anglers Kum & Go................. $2.39 Ski Haus .................................. $2.53 Mount Werner Sinclair ............ $2.46 Shell .......................................... $2.64 Shop & Hop .............................. $2.46 State Average ................... ...................$2.48 National Average...............$2.57
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Helping local youths Partners in Routt County holds 3rd annual fundraiser at Lake Catamount Page 4
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Sweet Pea Market employee Adam Gray mans the cash register at the business’ Mainstreet Farmers Market booth Saturday. The event ended this weekend.
Market gets rave reviews
Vendors, nearby businesses cite success of Saturday event Jack Weinstein
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This year’s Mainstreet Farmers Market was a success, according to vendors who participated in the annual event held in downtown Steamboat Springs. “Summer was awesome — totally wonderful,” Cindy Ladue, of RedClay Handcrafted Designs, said Saturday. She said she was able to add to her offerings to attract repeat
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Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 9-10-12-22-29 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
customers in her second year at the event. “Even with the economy, I’ve done double what I did last year. But I have so much more variety.” Mainstreet Executive Director Tracy Barnett said the farmers market instituted some changes this year, which was the fifth for the market. This year’s event started a week earlier and ended a week later than last year’s, Barnett said. And she said the starting time was pushed back an hour to 9 a.m. for the event that
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lasts until 2 p.m. Barnett said those changes helped contribute to the most successful year the farmers market has had to date. “There were a lot more vendors this year,” she said. “It’s grown every year. This year was the biggest.” She said the event averaged 55 vendors on Saturdays between June 13 and Sept. 12, up from about 50 last year. Barnett added that twice, on July 4 and Sept. 5 (Labor Day weekend), the Farmers Market
reached capacity with 63 vendors. That included more food vendors than ever before, which was a goal this year, she said. Juliann Poma, who manned the Sweet Pea organic produce stand Saturday, said the entire summer was a success for them and that the fact the weather cooperated each weekend didn’t hurt. She said it was Sweet Pea’s first year participating and that the stand would be back again next year. See Farmers market, page 13
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