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Brooke Jones and Tim Huff, of Grand Junction, enjoy their beers Saturday during OktoberWest at the base of Steamboat Ski Area.
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“If I’m animated, it will increase their comprehension,” she said. “This group is in the early phase of their language acquisition.” Gebhardt and other ELL teachers in the Steamboat Springs School District have smaller classes this year, with lower enrollment after years of steady growth. The 2009-10
A pie-eating contest, a mechanical bull and beer are closing out the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association’s slate of summer events this weekend. OktoberWest ran across town, starting with a downtown bike parade and beer tastings Friday, going to a full day of beer and events at Gondola Square on Saturday and ending with specials at ski area restaurants today. The Chamber planned the first-time fest as part of efforts to “create some vitality for the town,” Executive Vice President Sandy Evans Hall said. OktoberWest was one of several new events launched by the Chamber and Mainstreet Steamboat Springs to stimulate the Steamboat economy. Some evidence suggested that it worked. Ray Cook and Laura Mascheroni were in town from California for a wedding and swung by the fest with 3-year-old Luke Mascheroni to see a friend ride the mechanical bull. They found out about OktoberWest through a flier at their hotel.
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English Language Learner teacher Tiffany Gebhardt looks at the picture student America Estrella drew during her English Language Learner class at Soda Creek Elementary School. Top left: Gebhardt keeps students interested and focused with her active and energetic approach to teaching. Here she teaches Bradley Escarcega-Rios, left, and Asad Khabibullaev basic sentences. Top middle: Adrian Najera listens during class. Top right: Maria Sanchez-Silva works on an in-class project.
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small classroom didn’t keep English Language Learner teacher Tiffany Gebhardt from bouncing off the walls last week. Gebhardt was all smiles Tuesday morning as she worked with a group of six kindergarten ELL students at Soda Creek Elementary School. Gebhardt said that exuberance is necessary to reach a group of 5- and
SUNDAYFOCUS STORY BY JACK WEINSTEIN 6-year-olds learning English for the first time. One of the activities with her students involved Gebhardt singing a song. “I am special, I am me. No one
walks the way I walk. No one talks the way I talk. No one plays the way I play.” Gebhardt, whose students’ native languages include Spanish, Mandarin, Uzbek and Haitian Creole, emphasized and mimicked motions for the words “walk,” “talk” and “play,” the three words she and her students worked on that morning.
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Twentymile coal available in Craig Residents who want coal for their homes must drive out of Routt Zach Fridell
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For stockings and stoves, Routt County residents will be turning to Craig this winter after Twentymile Coal Co. contracted out its home coal distribution to Bower Brothers Construction. Owner Bud Bower said that PAGE DESIGNED BY ALLISON MIRIANI
after more than 20 years of working closely with the mine, the construction company will begin distributing coal to individuals at the Northwest Ready Mix site on the west side of Craig. Bower said he hopes to have 1-inch and 3-inch coal available by the first weekend of October. After that, the site will
be open two to three days a week, depending on demand. Bower said he will soon set up a phone system for residents to call for details on hours, pricing and availability. “We believe the arrangement will create convenient access for residents to obtain coal for home heating. It also allows Twentymile to focus on
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its core business of mining,” Peabody Energy spokeswoman Beth Sutton wrote in an e-mail. “We have made coal available as a community service for a number of years because so many area residents rely on coal for home heating. Working through MATT STENSLAND/STAFF a third party creates efficiencies Twentymile Coal Co. has stopped distributing coal for home use, instead contracting
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