Steamboat Today, October 17, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 17, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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A day to give back Christian Heritage School students volunteer across Routt County Page 3

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Boy’s family scrutinized Some think Fort Collins 6-year-old’s balloon scare was a publicity stunt Page 13

SPORTS

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A herd of deer stand alongside Juniper Springs Court on Thursday morning.

Health care talk Monday Off the Beaten Path hosts ‘fireside chat’ to address reform Margaret Hair

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Tigers defeated Page 17

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■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . . 10 Classifieds . . . . . 23 Colorado . . . . . . 13 Comics . . . . . . . 21 Crossword . . . . . 21 Happenings . . . . . 7

A Monday evening discussion about health care reform is the first in a series of planned “fireside chats” about national issues at Off the Beaten Path Bookstore. Bookstore owner Ron Krall plans to moderate the discussion, which he hopes will provide a chance for attendees to

Horoscope . . . . . 22 The Record . . . . 10 Scoreboard . . . . 20 Sports . . . . . . . . 17 ViewPoints . . . . . 8 World . . . . . . . . . 14

Friday night’s  Cash 5 numbers: 1-10-14-26-29 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

present their points of view and put questions on the table about health care. “Rather than an opportunity to listen to some experts give opinions, what I’m going to try to do is create an environment where we can have a conversation about health care reform,” Krall said. The free chat is from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Off the Beaten Path. Krall put together an “informal panel of people who have

■ WEATHER

Sunny and beautiful. High of 65.

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for Hospice of Northwest Colorado, chairwoman of the What: Health care reform Ethics Committee at Yampa panel discussion Valley Medical Center and When: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday a retired radiation oncoloWhere: Off the Beaten Path gist; Sue Birch, chief execuBookstore, 68 Ninth St. tive officer at the Northwest Cost: Free Colorado Visiting Nurse Call: 879-6830 Association; Todd Hagenbuch, some expertise or interest in Northwest Colorado regional health care reform” for the representative for Sen. Michael event, he said. Bennet, D-Colo., and a Routt The group comprises Carole See Health care, page 6 Milligan, medical director

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