Steamboat Today, Oct. 5, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

TODAY

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 238

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C O U N T Y ’ S

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N E W S PAP E R

Gas prices Cost of a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Sunday

Fuel Stop ................... $2.38 West Kum & Go ....... $2.39 7-Eleven ................... $2.39 Petro West ............... $2.45 Phillips 66............................ $2.46 Space Station ...................... $2.45 Bob’s Conoco ...................... $2.50 Hilltop Sinclair....................... $2.45 Anglers Kum & Go................. $2.39 Ski Haus .................................. $2.45 Mount Werner Sinclair ............ $2.39 Shell .......................................... $2.50 Shop & Hop .............................. $2.39 State Average ................... ...................$2.38 National Average...............$2.46

S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S

10K for United Way Organization to collect donations at event Tuesday at the Space Station Page 6

SPORTS

JOEL REICHENBERGER/STAFF

Gaven Van Pelt fires a blackpowder gun Sunday at the Lorna Lou Farrow Memorial Scholarship Fun Shoot at the Routt County Rifle Club. The event let participants shoot a range of different weapons from rifles to bows.

‘She’d look down and like it’ Fun Shoot introduces people to Lorna Lou Farrow’s passion Jack Weinstein

PILOT & TODAY STAFF

Runners find stride Page 17

■ LOTTO

■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .27 Colorado. . . . . . .16 Comics . . . . . . . .25 Crossword . . . . .25 Happenings . . . . .7

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Sunday was a day Lorna Lou Farrow would have loved, many said. A number of people new to shooting and those with more experience attended the Lorna Lou Farrow Memorial Scholarship Fun Shoot in her honor from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Routt

Horoscope . . . . .26 Nation. . . . . . . . .36 Scoreboard. . . . .24 Sports. . . . . . . . .17 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .35

Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 7-10-18-26-29 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

County Rifle Club. The event is expected to be annual. “It makes me feel good,” Farrow’s husband, Gary, said after a long pause to compose himself, referring to the people who attended to support his wife’s memory. “She’d look down and like it.” Farrow died July 28 after she was struck by a dump truck while checking her mailbox on U.S. Highway 40 near Farrow

■ WEATHER

Cloudy with rain showers. High of 53.

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Repair Service, the business she owned with her husband and her brother-in-law, Dusty. She was 58. Deb Schaffer, who organized the Fun Shoot, said the purpose of the event was to continue promoting women’s and youths shooting sports — what had become Farrow’s passion. A number of stations were set up Sunday, with instruction in shotgun, pistol, rifle, black

powder, air pistol rifle, archery and firearm safety. Funds raised will be dedicated to women’s shooting sports, 4-H shooting sports and the Bust of Steamboat. Gary Farrow said he taught Lorna how to fire a gun shortly after they were married in the early 1970s. From there, he said, she began competing and See Farrow, page 13

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