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BMX and Cranes The cover for September was a tricky one. Pun intended. September is the mon th of the 2nd annual Crane Festival, and also a great month for biking. With the USA Pro Chal lenge rolling through town, the photo opportun ities were endless, but with my love of BMX , most of my digital storage went to the far end of town where the Maxxis Tire BMX Freestyle Team was performing. After a few trips out to Hayden to photograph Cranes (some grea t photos, but with the wrong lens), I figured that some nice, origami cloud-cranes would suffice.
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Standing in the street during when the bikers pass…
Conflict Resolution
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Tiny Little Bits
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Four people, four cell phones, one table, no talking…
Living in the House Tourim Built
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“That damn deer almost hit me!”
The Enigma: David H. Moffat Jr. Part I
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Cancelled service when you really need it done.
By Paulie Anderson By Matt Scharf By Scott Ford
By Paul & Ellen Bonnifield
When your favorite motorcycle has a gremlin that you can’t find.
Go Figure? Page 9
The summer going away so quickly
Smoke Signals Page 9 By Scott Parker
Raves...
Crane Passages Page 10
Best mushroom year in forever!
Our Face to Face Date
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Jesse and Ryan at bistro c.v. for the best birthday meal EVER.
David Freseman Legacy
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I love when people walk their bikes on the sidewalk on Lincoln.
Gathering Earth Energy
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Rural Philanthropy Days
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Expectation of the Dawn
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The Dog Food Bowl - What’s in the Bag?
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“I want my headstone to read, “Too Much Butter.”
Chickens: Home on the Free Range
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Conflict Resolution By Paulie Anderson
Fall is just around the corner, and with the changing of the seasons comes election time. This is a particularly big year for Steamboat politics as four of the seven seats in the City Council are up for vote. These seats are currently held by Kenny Reisman, Cari Hermacinski (term limited), Walter Magill and Kevin Kaminski. As of August 24th, the only contested race is between Kenny Reisman and Scott Ford for the District 2 seat, and it is because of Scott Ford’s decision to run that I am writing this article. More on that in a moment. There is never any shortage of big change afoot in Routt County, and this year is no exception. From the spending of the lodging tax to new facilities for our police and fire fighters and everything in between, our elected officials are responsible for the decisions of how our community will adapt to ever-changing needs. I live in Oak Creek, but firmly believe that the decisions made by Steamboat Springs City Council affect the entire county. I co-own a business on Lincoln Avenue, am a member of both the Chamber and Main Street, and I am on the board of the Chief Theater. I have a vested interest in the politics of the largest city in Routt County, no doubt.
will continue to do so with more scrutiny as he begins his campaign for City Council.
There are a host of rules that publications must follow in the political arena; the most important of these being fairness in advertising. This means that we cannot charge a different rate for any given candidate or political party. As there is only one contested race in this election so far, Scott Ford is the only candidate to approach Valley Voice to advertise. The current advertising rate for all political ads is our base rate minus 15%. Guaranteed placement comes with an upcharge of 10%. Anyone can request placement, but the only guaranteed placement comes with a price! Valley Voice Magazine is and will continue to be a place where anyone can submit stories, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics and letters. I will take this sentence to state that ANY candidate is free to send a letter to Valley Voice and we will publish it under the heading of Letters to the Editor.
Everybody wins when there’s dialog and competition.
As publisher of Valley Voice Magazine, I have to define what may appear as a conflict by allowing Scott Ford to continue to publish his column within these pages. Scott Ford has also published a column in the daily paper, the Steamboat Today, which has been suspended pending the outcome of this year’s election. In my thirteen years as an entrepreneur, Scott has been my mentor and friend on many levels. He was my landlord at the Small Business Incubation Center on the CMC campus, and also provided guidance to my former business partner Scott Glackman and me throughout the duration of our careers with Deviant Productions. I published his column for the eight years that I was publisher of The Local, and have continued this relationship throughout the entire life of Valley Voice. He is currently the bookkeeper of Valley Voice, LLC, and also serves as my manager of sorts by cultivating the financial abilities of Valley Voice to provide gainful employment to its two managing partners, Matt Scharf and me. His perpetual reminder is, “Cash is king!!!!” Scott’s columns, “Economics” and “Go Figure!?”, deal primarily with economic statistics (he is a self-professed statistic-geek) and random fun facts from the origin of the dollar bill to the impossible calculation of squaring a circle. They contain facts and statistics and have never been a platform for Scott’s opinions or political grandstanding, though on occasion he may brag about his 1,000 + fish-per-year fly fishing habit. As publisher, I review his work before it is printed, and
For those who live here and for those who wish they did.
In last year’s election, Representative Diane Mitsch Bush was the only candidate to submit letters to the Voice. I believe that it was Diane’s commitment to getting the word out through letters (to many publications) and meeting with her constituents that helped her to win her seat as the State Representative for House District 26. Here’s the clincher, kids: Valley Voice will NOT endorse ANY candidates during this election. We have some ideas for a questioner for candidates, but unless there is more participation in the competition for the one open seat and two other uncontested seats, it would be a pretty boring read. In my line of work it can be difficult to maintain a positive attitude. The statement that I hear most often is, “You Should…” and the most common critiques are phrased in the negative. The fact is simply that people like to complain. It’s human nature. With all the complaining I read online regarding the current Council’s decisions and deliberations, I can’t help but wonder why there aren’t more people picking up the packets to run for a chance to get a few extra bucks, some good health care and most importantly, to put their money where their mouths are! Representative government doesn’t work unless you participate. Let me dish a couple of those You Shoulds: You should run for Council. You should vote. You should write me a letter. You should buy an ad and support the only monthly magazine in the Yampa Valley! Everybody wins when there’s dialog and competition.
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September 2013
And Another Thing!
Tiny Little Bits By Matt Scharf
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Steamboat Springs City Council It is most unfortunate that some people got rammed by a peloton of bicyclists in the 2013 USA Pro Challenge during the last sprint to the finish. Spectators and bicyclists received injuries due to some brain farts by some of our locals. Can you imagine how upset the injured riders must have been to ride so far and then hit the deck because some spectators weren’t looking? We want to become Bike Town USA, so with that goal in mind, we ought to give respect to what these riders endure. We want them back, not for the tourist dollars, but because it’s so cool! Next time: all eyes out front; both feet on the curb.
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My understanding of the local economy recognizes that one of the most valuable assets we possess is being a great place to live. The City’s role in support of this valuable asset is first and foremost to provide essential services in a first rate manner within well-defined financial constraints and take care of what we already own.
I had the pleasure to watch the Honey Stinger Mountain Bike Race over Emerald Mountain during Bike Week. Imagine riding over the summit four times on true single track with an average time of five hours! I was extremely impressed. These riders rock! It makes me want to ride stronger, longer and harder. If I don’t, my grave marker might read “Too Much Butter”
When I read the news about the new pot laws and the fears people have about them, it makes me wonder if they truly understand the full benefits of this new
I can hardly wait to see the reports on what the Pro Challenge brought to the city as far as tourist dollars. What I have heard from some businesses is that it was a wash. Some people left because of the crowds and mayhem while being replaced by bike lovers from out of town. Either way, I hope the race comes back!
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There are some Great Advantages of Living in the House Tourism Built By Scott L. Ford
This is the last in a series of columns I have been doing over the summer on the value of tourism to the Steamboat Springs’ economy. I appreciate all the comments and encouragement I have received while doing this economic series. In this month’s column I will pull together all the pieces of this analysis. To recap, this analysis has focused on the ability of the host of activities associated with tourism to produce local employment as well as wages/salary. There is no industry sector specifically identified in the data as “tourism.” There are, however, reams of data on the industry sectors where the impacts of tourism are most evident. These industry sectors are: • Food Services and Accommodations • Arts, Entertainment & Recreation • Real Estate, Rental & Leasing • Retail Trade Although the economic activity of the local population overlaps in the areas listed above, the largest overlap that needs to be accounted for is in the areas of Food Services and Retail Trade. To put it simply, the local population is all mixed in the data and needs to be isolated. We can reasonably isolate the impact of the locals by determining its purchasing power in these areas. Once this was done, it is possible to calculate the direct economic impact of tourism which is estimated at 20% of Routt County’s labor source income and 28% of employment. This is a very respectable set of numbers, however, there is more beyond this direct impact. We also need to account for the indirect and induced impact that occurs as a result of the direct impact. This is how the dollars, once initially spent by a tourist, get re-spent on goods and services in the local economy by both employees/owners as well as in the operation of
the business itself. All this re-spending creates employment and yet more household income associated with that employment. All this re-spending is identified as either indirect or induced depending on who is doing the spending. To the degree this re-spending on goods and services occurs locally it results in employment and wages/salaries. The value of indirect and induced economic activity results in another $7.1 million in wages and salary and 203 jobs. When the direct, indirect and induced impacts associated with tourism are pulled together it is estimated that it accounts for 21% of Routt County’s labor source income and 29% of employment. Is this a perfect estimate? No. However, from my perspective the estimate is likely well within the “ball park” for discussion purposes. Although it is possible to measure the economic impact of tourism there are some impacts that are impossible to measure even though they exist. The value of tourism goes beyond dollars and cents—it includes the amenities we all enjoy which are associated with tourism. We live in the house that tourism built and it is a great house. It is a “house” that is far better than we could afford if we had to support this same level of amenities on our own. The growth of these amenities are some of the contributing factors that makes this a wonderful place to live, work and play. We all know that. How many places have a ski area in their back yard, or arts and cultural venues that would rival towns many times our size? By my last count we have 94 eating and drinking establishments of all types to choose from. We get to enjoy the same things our visitors (tourist) come to enjoy, only we get to enjoy them all the time.
Amongst a host of other things such as telecommunication infrastructure, great schools and quality health care, these tourism related amenities collectively play an important role in attracting and retaining Location Neutral Businesses (LNBs) and Location Neutral Employees (LNEs). LNBs and LNEs have chosen this area for its lifestyle. That lifestyle is highly integrated with the infrastructure/amenities developed for tourism. It is important that we remember that we live in the house that tourism built and never minimize its impact, both tangible and intangible, on the local economy. It is no secret – we live in a very nice house.
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The Bonnifield Files
The Enigma: David H. Moffat Jr. Part I
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By Paul & Ellen Bonnifield
Recently, Hayden celebrated its Railroad Days, the Museum at Craig has an excellent display on the Moffat Railroad, and Perry Mansfield is celebrating its centennial. The Perry family was closely connected with the railroad. So, it seems appropriate we spend a couple of issues getting to know something about this man, David H. Moffat, Jr. I was going to write “getting to know him,” but I don’t believe anyone actually knew the man. He kept his cards close to his chest and his mouth shut. There are no complete biographies. The best is the unpublished PhD thesis by Steven Frederick Mehis, David H. Moffat, Jr.: Early Colorado Business Leader.
he kept the bank operating. He used the depository’s money and the credit of the bank to finance his personal speculations. In the brief period Omaha boomed, he acquired a paper fortune of over a million dollars. Due to national wildcat banking and land speculation, the nation fell into the Panic of 1857. Moffat’s wealth evaporated and the Bank of Nebraska closed its doors. Moffat liquidated the assets and declared a profit for himself and the stockholders. He paid off the depositors with Bank of Nebraska notes. A few depositors were of-
He was the youngest of eight children, born on July 22, 1839, in Washingtonville, New York. The family was well situated although not considered wealthy. David Sr. was in retailing, banking, early railroad development, and town ‘booming’.
Although a teenager, David had proven his skill. The new booming frontier was in Nebraska where money promoters were seriously planning to build a transcontinental railroad, and Omaha was the center of action. Moffat teamed up with B. F. Allen to open the Bank of Nebraska. Allen stayed in Iowa and although only seventeen, Moffat ran the bank. For three years
There were rumors that Denver was the unacknowledged sister of Kansas City. The name of the big game in 1857-58 was to open a central route from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City and California. The three major contenders were Chicago/Omaha, St. Louis/ Kansas City, and Memphis/Little Rock. The issue of Slavery dampened Memphis’s chances. A trade center with wealth and political organization (Denver) between the Missouri River and Salt Lake City offered advantages to Kansas City over the Omaha route. All major prospect parties, upon reaching the mouth of Cherry Creek, located town sites and began real estate promotion. Very few men were actually looking for gold. They were lucky enough to find a small gravel bar with gold up the South Platte River. The gravel bar was soon worked out, but it contained enough gold to justify the gold rush of Pikes Peak or Bust, or Pikes Peak and Busted. At least as far as Denver was concerned, it was a promotional scam that was lucky enough to find sufficient gold to make it look honest.
David Jr. only had a grammar school education. In later life he enjoyed telling how he ran away at age twelve to New York City and became involved in banking. He was probably apprenticed to the New York Exchange Bank. At least his father came to visit him regularly, and sent him money to help cover expenses. The story of running away has more appeal to listeners. The boy was a quick learner. In less than two years he advanced from messenger to assistant teller. His older brother Samuel moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and in 1855, David, following his brother’s advice, also moved to Iowa where he became a teller in the bank of A. J. Stevens and Co. The land policy set in motion by President Jefferson was intended to favor self-sufficient yeoman farmers. Instead of achieving its purpose, it set off massive land speculation and wildcat banking. Accompanying the speculation and banking was the creation of new ‘paper’ towns and selling lots and business sites that did not exist. The entire economy of the frontier was on extremely unfirm ground. When a speculation or bank or town site failed, the promoters moved on. More than one was escorted out on a rail. It was a system of betting on your luck and crossing your fingers. David entered this high flying system when he joined A. J. Stevens and Co. The bank was deeply involved in corn price speculation when a bumper crop glutted the market. Corn prices fell and the bank lost on its bets. Of course, the depository’s money was distributed among the owners and key employees before the doors were shut.
road directly west from Leavenworth. They intended to do some big time land speculation and railroad promotion. Kansas City and Omaha were created by the same force.
Moffat arrived and set up a general merchandise company along with his stationary store. He was also in the express business shipping bullion and other express items. Since there were no banks or safes in the region, he opened a little banking business. Soon he added a post office and the Western Union telegraph office. Since other business outlets also wanted the post office and the telegraph, it probably required political connections and a gratuity to get them.
David H. Moffat in his office ca 1900
fended and took Moffat and Allen to court. To keep their reputations spotless, the misunderstanding was settled out of court. Next Moffat teamed up with the Woolworth brothers, C. C. and S. B. to open a book and stationary store in Denver. Woolworth had stores in St. Joseph and Leavenworth. The Denver company became Moffat and Woolworth, and in February 1860, with wagons loaded with merchandise, Moffat moved to Denver. I’m sure many of you readers are quite aware of the fact that Denver hasn’t any excuse for existing. Even if we accept the story that the army scout Fall Leaf found gold while scouting with the army and took it back to Leavenworth, the location of Denver isn’t where he found it. Gold was found at or near other towns on Clear Creek or Boulder Creek. Some very powerful business and political figures in Missouri wanted to open a
With access to the mail and the telegraph, Moffat knew what was happening among the important people of the mining region. The bank allowed him to make high interest loans until remittance checks arrived. His good friend, dating back to the days in Omaha, William Byers, published the Rocky Mountain News. The paper gave Moffat inside information. Of course, Moffat advertised in the paper. The first decade of the Colorado gold rush was touch and go. Very little placer gold was panned from the streams. The first important placer discovery was where I-70 crosses Chicago Creek at Idaho Springs. The second was at Central City. The placers soon worked out. The quartz gold seams were associated with iron pyrite fool’s gold, and the gold could not be separated with traditional methods. It wasn’t until the Swansea system of smelting was adopted that gold could be separated from pyrite. Railroads were necessary to ship ore from the reduction mills to the smelters. During those years, some men mined the miners’ liquor, cards, and women. Moffat mined the more affluent, and laid the foundation for even richer returns.
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There are two things that affect our lives on a daily basis: words and actions. Every day we do and are done to and every day we read, hear and speak. There are those who can’t hear or who can’t speak, but they are still wrapped in words, in the words others say, in the mouths they see moving, in the things they do each day.
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There are words we control (ours), unless overcome by sweeping waves of emotions, then sometimes words fall out of us, crashing over someone before splintering into oblivion. There are words that appear before us in advertisements, overheard conversations, movies and books. Sometimes all it takes is one word at the right time to inspire action that will change the world or maybe a single life. These thoughts ran through Audrey Rose’s mind as she lay under sunflowers doing nothing. Saying nothing. There was a book tied around her chest with rope, keeping it close to her heart. She untied the rope and touched the cover. Touched pages. In books there was always one person, one character or one land that spoke to her.
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Dear Sir, Last night I was given a handful of your ashes. I put half of you in my garden- mulched you in around the irises whose bulbs Patty dug last spring from your front yard just before we sold your home. I hope you like it here. I hid your other half, but I can’t remember where I put you now. I only told Mrs. Alice, and she can’t remember either. I’m very sorry, Sir, but I think I might have lost part of you. I promise I’ll try to re-dream this tonight, but until then, can you be safe in the memory of whiteness? The sun tickled her bronzed skin and lulled Audrey Rose into a soft sleep, the kind where smoke and ants infiltrate thoughts. When she woke, she was ready to do. Since she did not have any dead friends at this exact moment, her mission was slightly more challenging, but not impossible. She wanted to spread pieces of people she knew in places she loved so that they might feel beauty nibble their souls or sprinkle their dreams. She could not tell them what she was doing as she had been told - more than once - that there was a fine line between good intentions and morbidity. For the next few days, she searched for the essence of her friends. For one it was her perfume, the scent that declared she had arrived. For another it was a favorite shirt, of which she snipped a few threads, for another it was a lock of hair (he was sleeping and never heard Audrey slip in or out of the window), for another, a cupcake. She wrote their names and what she loved about each one of them on their item. Writing on hair takes A LOT of patience. On the cupcake she used her fingers because the frosting was so delicious. On the perfume she dripped in ink that mixed with scent, the thread she tied into letters.
Soar in for daily crane viewings, expert speakers, next challenge was to find the perfect place for films, art exhibits, The each of them to live. Perfume was sprinkled around a purple Astor almost ready to bloom. The thread tangled children’s and in strong roots. The hair she offered to the wind to feel flight and the cupcake, well to be honest, she ate the The words were plain. Theyactivities, held a message for apontoon girl family cupcake because she had already tasted the frosting willing to listen: and by eating it she was taking that friend inside birding, a sketch-a-crane herself into her most secret places. Or she might have workshop & more! simply wanted to eat the cupcake. She did, however, The story, perfectly smudged with earth and scents of sage, was “Sir” by HR Hegnauer, a book not many people knew about. This made it feel like a little secret to Audrey Rose. She was one of maybe only hundreds or thousands to have at this time read these words. Tomorrow there might be millions. Magic comes of being only one of a few to read something this beautiful, to let it sink into skin and soul, wrap in memory, in longing before filtering into doing.
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Go Figure!?
The Moon is Much More than Just a Pretty Face By Scott L. Ford
Last Wednesday there was a full moon. The full moon means many different things to many different people. For some it is romantic. For others it is when the crazies come out. For me it always gets me thinking about how much the moon is worth. Based on the 842 pounds of moon rocks collectively brought back by the six Apollo missions, it is a relatively boring place. The moon is made up of a rock called basalt. Basalt is the most common rock on earth as well. So essentially the earth and moon are made of the same foundational stuff. Basalt all by itself is pretty worthless – there are ample supplies of this rock on earth. However, we discovered that the basalt on the moon’s surface has some unique properties rarely found in the basalt on earth. The moon’s basalt has an abundance of a rare atomic isotope called Helium-3. It is theorized that the presence of Helium-3 on the surface of the moon is due to the solar wind. The earth’s atmosphere shields the earth from the solar wind. The moon having no atmosphere is bombarded daily. What makes Helium-3 so special is that it likely is the essential element necessary to make nuclear fusion a reality without first setting off an atomic explosion. To put it simply, nuclear fusion as a potential energy source has all the benefits of nuclear fission (what runs today’s nuclear power plants) without a lot of the nasty radioactive waste leftover. Are we ever going to figure out how to do nuclear fusion in a controlled and manageable fashion? It is hard to say, but the scientific minds that focus on such things believe that Helium-3 may be the key. If it was theoretically possible to fly a space shuttle to the moon, fill up the cargo bay and return to earth it could carry back about 20 tons of Helium-3. Two round trips would provide enough to power all of earth’s electrical needs for 90 days. Knowing this and the average cost to generate power we can roughly estimate that the moon’s Helium-3 is worth about $14 billion a ton. A typical railcar rolling through the Yampa Valley is loaded with 115 tons of coal. If this same rail car was filled with Helium-3 it would be worth $1.6 trillion. A whole train load would be worth about $175 trillion. This is more than enough to pay the entire national debt 10 times over.
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September 2013
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Smoke Signals
News from the Chief of the Chief By Scott Parker
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Welcome to the first of many monthly columns that will appear right here in the Valley Voice. It is a dream come true to be back in Steamboat Springs after a six year hiatus. I can say without question that the Yampa Valley Curse is a real thing and to finally be back home is something my family and I will never take for granted. Absence truly makes the heart grow fonder. I was able to cram an awful lot of living into the past six years though. Lots of people asked me what I did while I was away. The easiest response I can give is that “I grew.” This answer works on a few levels. First of all, my family grew. Literally. When we left town in 2007 our only child (Delaney who is now 8) was 2 and ½. While living in NY we had our son Finley (who is now 5). After 5 years living close to my family in Western New York (Buffalo), we decided to be closer to my wife’s family in the beautiful desert of the American Southwest (Phoenix). While living there we had our 3rd child, Veronika (who is 8 months old). So now we have 3 beautiful children who were born in 3 different states, and I think that is cool. While away from Steamboat my education grew as well. I now possess a Master’s Degree in Education. Lastly my waistline grew a bit as the chicken wings in Buffalo are just so damn good! But enough about me and my growth…
Sept. 6, 5-8 p.m. First Friday Artwalk featuring The Bust of Steamboat
Sept. 6th, 8pm The Pirate Theater Monthly Daily Show Tickets $5 in Advance, $7 at the door ($10/$12 for VIP seating).
As the new Executive Director of the Chief Theater it is my intent to be accessible. I want to hear from you. This theater/cultural center is here for you, the community, and I want your input. I have been back in town for about a month and already I have heard great ideas from many people as to what type of programming that we should offer. Here are some of those ideas: • Hosting a Big Lebowski Festival (Dude!!) • Rocky Horror Picture Show (how fun this would be!!!!) • Stand-up comedy (Laughter is the best medicine) • Magic • Movies of all genres (Indie, Ski, Foreign, Classic, etc) • Private parties • We’re Not Clowns (Man, I have missed juggling) • Rejuvenating the Steamboat Players (we are in the process of forming “The Chief Players.” Stay tuned…)
For those of you who have yet to visit the Chief we have a very diverse space that can be used for almost any type of function. The main theater, which seats about 140, has a stage, theater lighting and sound, and 2 screens with video projection capabilities. We have a lounge with an art gallery, a baby grand piano, a video screen and a bar. We also have a smaller theater which seats 42 and is perfect for movies and guest speakers. Oh and by the way, we have a liquor license. In summary, thank you for reading this, it is good to be back, and I hope to see you soon!
Guerin Lewis September 13th
Sept.13th 7 p.m. Katey Laurel and Guerin Lewis Tickets $12 advance, $15 at the door Doors are open 30 minutes prior to showtime unless otherwise posted. Refreshments will be available.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Valley Voice
Curious Nature
Crane Passages By Betsy Holter
Author Betsy Holter is a medical writer and volunteer for Walking Mountains Science Center. Each spring, a huge gathering begins in the meadows surrounding Nebraska’s placid North Platte River. Gangly creatures in gray coats stride about on skinny legs. Some are already paired up with members of the opposite sex. Others are on the prowl. Voices are loud and personal waste accumulates in the muck left by the melting snows. Eating, resting, preening and dancing consume the days. The choreography is impressive, with courteous bowing, synchronized movements and theatrical jumps. Red, bumpy-skinned faces get redder as the energy increases and the competition for the attention of potential partners intensifies. By the end of their sojourn here, only the youngest members of the group will not be hooked up.
Photo by Nina Faust
Woodstock on the Platte? Not quite. This stretch of Nebraska is a staging ground for the annual migration of half a million sandhill cranes from their southern wintering to northern breeding grounds. In evolutionary terms, sandhill cranes are a terminal branch on the family tree, soldiering on in their original form, which appears in 2.5 million year-old fossil records in Florida. These birds are reminders that, 200 million years ago, some dinosaurs gradually turned their scales into feathers and took to the air. On land, with wings folded, torsos balanced on leathery scaled legs and clawed feet and skinny heads rising from reptilian, s-curved necks, cranes are thin, graceful, feathered, beaked and toothless versions of the velociraptors in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park”.
Devoted birders approach sandhill cranes with the same reverence that prompted prehistoric man to paint crane shapes on his cave walls and the Egyptians and Greeks to memorialize cranes in symbols and poetry. Congregations of crane watchers appear on the Platte each spring, awaiting magical moments in the wee hours of the morning when thousands of trumpeting, rattling and croaking birds become airborne. As if responding to a conductor, the 3-4 ft. tall birds run a few steps and then set the misty morning air vibrating with their wing beats, energetic upward snaps and powerful downward thrusts that propel the birds into a rising spiral until they reach the thermal currents where they stretch out and glide. On some days the cranes simply head off to nearby fields to glean leftover corn, along with whatever tubers, berries, worms, snails and small rodents they come across. But eventually the flock lifts off and keeps flying, as many as several hundred miles at a time. The birds ride the thermals when they can, or flap away in a V-formation. Eventually they arrive at their chosen summer homes, remote marshes where monogamous pairs build big, sloppy platform nests surrounded by moats of water. After much dancing and calling in unison, the couples eventually get down to business and produce two eggs per pair, the goal of the entire migration exercise. While sandhill cranes are not a threatened species, their reproductive rates are low. Only one of those eggs is likely to produce a bird that makes the trip back south at the end of the summer. It will exchange its tawny chick down for gray feathers tipped in black pigment that stiffens them for long flight. Its red skinned face will sport sparse bristly hairs long before the youngster considers reproduction, sometime between ages two and seven. With luck it will escape hunters’ guns and windmill blades, survive migrations for over 20 years and continue to find suitable foraging and breeding grounds. The enormous wetlands it prefers for meeting, mating and breeding have been carved into smaller patches, many too close to man for comfort.
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Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
We who live in Colorado do not have to trek across I-80 I to Alma, Nebraska to see sandhill cranes. Though most o of the birds migrate from wintering grounds in Texas t and northern Mexico all the way to the Great Lakes, b Canada and beyond, a few groups settle into breeding grounds high in the Rocky Mountains. One group B is close by, in the Yampa River valley near Steamboat a Springs. There they not only find preserved wetlands, e but also a small army of devotees who beat back a 2012 r attempt to license sandhill crane shooting in Colorado. h Last year, these crane groupies also put on the state’s a first crane festival, a huge success that promises to be even more this year. The 2nd Annual Yampa Valley T Crane Festival in Steamboat Springs and Hayden spans d Sept. 5-9, 2013 and includes daily crane viewings, b expert speakers, films, art exhibits, workshops, family W activities and more (even an evening sipping wine and learning how to paint a crane). C t A More info p Online crane viewing maps and TBA updates at www.coloradocranes.org. All community activities and events are FREE unless otherwise specified. For questions or more information, contact ColoradoCranes@gmail.com.
Crane Festival Venues Steamboat Gondola Square/Thunderhead, base of Steamboat Ski Area, 2305 Mount Werner Circle Images of Nature, 730 Lincoln Ave. Library Hall, inside the Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave. Library Lawn, outside the Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave. Splatz Canvas and Wine, 1104 Lincoln Ave. Stockbridge Transit Center, 1505 Lincoln Ave. Storytime Room, inside the Bud Werner Memorial Library, 1289 Lincoln Ave. The Artists’ Gallery of Steamboat Springs, 1009 Lincoln The Depot, 1101 13th St. Yampa River Botanic Park, 1000 Pamela Ln. Oak Creek Stagecoach State Park, 25500 County Road 14 (17 miles south of Steamboat) Hayden The Carpenter Ranch, 20 miles west of Steamboat on the north side of U.S. 40 Wild Goose Coffee at the Granary, 198 E. Lincoln Ave.
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Mister Helpful’s Dating Guide
When / Where Should We Actually Meet Our Date Face to Face?
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It’s all about your Happiness
By Mr. Helpful, M.D.
Now you’ve been in contact with your Date a couple of times and you are thinking about meeting up with them. Here are some numbers you might find helpful. # of phone chats before agreeing to meet: 3-6, over 1-3 weeks # of messages through the dating site until you give out your phone number: 5-9, over 1-3 weeks # of chances they get to prove they are not just another freak: ONE It’s a FIRST Date. We all get crazy excited and the levels of Hope are nearly out of control. We all want to believe that this will be our Last First Date. And it might just be that way, ya never know. BUT – let’s just take a breath and remember that you are going to meet another human being who, for whatever reason, is also single. For a reason. What is that reason? Why are they single? How is it that another human being rejected them? BTW, it’s perfectly fine to ask these questions to your Date on your Date. This is all about your safety and happiness. Plus, if you do it right it’s a ridiculous thing to talk about and could be a funny part of a good Date. Truthfully, the ultimate Where and When to have a Date is up to the two of you. Convenient time of day, day of the week and location that you both can easily find and get to. Also consider parking and bathrooms, that’s just good planning. Here are some hard-core first date rules (suggestions): 1. The location of the date should be in a very public place. Somewhere both of you can easily get to. Fair is fair. 2. One or two of your friends or family should know several details about your date; where, when, who. And make sure you call them to tell how it went when it’s over and that you are safe.
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3. Be playful and take a picture of your date on the date. Say you’ll send it to them so they can update their profile and that you’ll use it as the Icon on your phone when they call. A secondary truth would be that you could use it to identify them to the police if you need to. 4. Never get into their vehicle. Always drive yourself or walk in public areas. Hey, your choice. Be comfortable.
• Never chew with your mouth open or talk with food in your mouth. I mean ever. EVER. It’s frickin’ gross. And only laugh with an open mouth that has food if it’s mostly chewed broccoli. • Never meet your Date if you are or have recently been suffering from an illness. Everyone wants to be 100% happy. This goes for you too.
5.If you FEEL unsafe for any reason at all, leave at once. For any reason you think or feel that the date is not working out; that they are not a match for you; that they are unstable; that they exhibit unusual behavior; that they are offensive and insulting; that YOUR gut tells you “this is a bad idea,” then you should just end the date and LEAVE. No matter what they say to you or about you, just leave. Do not trust their words or their smile. Just get out of there.
• Never go on a First Date within a month of someone special in your life dying. YOU may be ok with it, but you have NO idea how your Date handles death issues. Also death kind of ruins the romantic mood, a bit.
6. Keep your eyes and ears wide open. Pay attention to their mannerisms and look for RED FLAGS.
A First Date is REALLY about getting together, in physical proximity, to see if either of you feel one of the following:
7.Have fun and enjoy the company of someone new and hopefully nice. The List of First Date NEVERs: • Never step foot in their house on the First Date. Play it safe and until your gut (and friends or the police) says you can trust them – be wary and cautious. • Never be an asshole and drink so much on a Date that you become the story of that asshole who drank so much on a Date they turned into an asshole. Don’t do that. Learn how much is too much. • Never go on a Camping Date. I’m suggesting that you avoid becoming the story of the person who got chopped up and was never heard from again. • Never let your Date introduce a Bondage element to your sexy time. Not on a first date, come on. Save that for later.
Are these a bit scary and maybe over the top? Sure. Will they make you think twice and increase your caution about meeting a total stranger and letting them stick their tongue in your ear? I hope so.
Yummy - A Chemistry to be lovers. Awesome/Bastard - That they were telling the truth about themselves. Non-lover/Friend Zone - The connection is more Brother/Sister, Brother/Brother, Sister/Sister. Yuck - They repel us. If your Date pushes to meet sooner, they may have little patience in real life as well. Bad sign. At the same time if we hold off for too long we risk the chance of our Date losing interest in us. The fine line is somewhere between two to three weeks. Another determining factor is age. Younger folks just have that youthful enthusiasm and lack of patience. Older types can wait a bit longer, knowing the rewards will be many. There is nothing wrong with asking your Date if they have the patience to wait. Just don’t be a jerk and make some sick game to play with people. Shit like that keeps you single.
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Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure. – Victor Hugo
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Lift-Up
The Legacy that retiring David Freseman leaves with Lift-Up of Routt County By Bette Carlson
“We had four employees then. The thrift store manager was also the bookkeeper and office manager and the food bank was only open 16 hours per week,” he said. After 6 months in the position, Freseman wondered what else could be done to address low income needs throughout Routt County. A resident of Oak Creek offered food out of her garage, which triggered the idea of a Food Bank in Oak Creek. In October of 2000, Lift -Up opened the South Routt Food Bank in the old Town Hall (now the museum) and a part-time Oak Creek resident worked there. Its current location is in the South Routt Community Center and is open two mornings per week.
Lately, David Freseman of Lift-Up of Routt County has been checking off items on his “to do” list. It goes something like this: Sell the House. Check Sell the Car. Check Sell the camper. Check Buy a larger vehicle that can pull a travel trailer. Check Buy a sweet travel trailer. Check If you are wondering if Freseman is making plans to retire and travel a whole lot, you are correct. David Freseman is retiring from Lift-Up after 13 years with the non-profit organization serving as Executive Director. Freseman started with Lift-Up on May 30th 2000. “It was such a small organization when I came on Board,” he recollected. In those days, Freseman’s office occupied an old classroom on the top floor of the Sauter Building, in the old Steamboat Springs High School. The Food Bank took up similar space on the bottom floor and the Donation Center was down the hall. The Thrift Store was a block away in the parsonage building of the United Methodist Church on Oak Street. The organization owned a van and drove merchandise from the Donation Center to the Thrift Store. “It was a hassle, but it was the only way we knew how to operate at that time.” He laughs, “I think back to those days and wonder how on earth did we manage?” Lift-Up stands for “Life’s Interfaith’s Team Against Unemployment and Poverty,” and was originated by the collective efforts of the valley’s ministries and Churches in 1996. A Community Care Fund was established by the congregations to provide basic, financial needs to low income households. Later, the Housing Needs Fund was established by the Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors and they provided annual funding for Lift-Up to provide housing assistance.
Lift-Up experienced significant program growth in 2001. Energy Outreach Colorado Foundation (EOC) was gearing up and they met Freseman in that year to discuss Lift-Up as a likely organization to distribute their funds for utility assistance to low income households. EOC provided a few thousand dollars as start-up funds. Today, Lift-Up distributes approximately $50,000 in EOC assistance annually. Once the South Valley had a Lift-Up presence, Freseman discussed with the Board of Directors another satellite location in West Routt. Meanwhile, the Hayden Lions Club had an ongoing fund, called the “Hayden Community Fund,” available only to Hayden residents for various basic needs. The West Routt Food Bank was established with a small pantry in the Solandt Hospital in 2001 and Lift-Up managed the Hayden Community Fund on behalf of the Lion’s Club. Now, the Hayden Food Bank is located on 118 N. Walnut Street. As he was becoming more comfortable in his position, he brought the clients’ requests to the attention of the Board of Directors. As a result, they adopted the “Special Needs Funds” for prescription, rent and other emergency needs in which a person could receive up to $500 in assistance. The Board adopted eligibility criteria and allocated funds for these purposes on an annual basis. Also that year, a Daniels Foundation representative dropped in for a visit and gave Freseman a $5000 check to Lift-Up, a “gift” to introduce the Foundation to the growing non-profit organization. “We have a great relationship with the Daniels Foundation and they have granted Lift-Up in excess of $100,000,” he added. He was introduced to other Front Range foundations, including El Pomar and Anschutz after attending the Northwest Colorado Philanthropy Days, a meeting that made him a regular grant writer. An ordained minister, Freseman daily references a particular scripture which he has taped above his desk, “When Jesus saw the crowds…he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd,” (Matthew 9:37). “This is our philosophy. When people walk through our doors, we treat them with compassion and respect.”
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When his wife, Debbie needed a bone marrow transplant in 2002, Freseman began to tear up from the gratitude he feels to this day toward the Lift-Up Board. He was authorized to work part time from Seattle where Debbie was receiving treatment. He communicated regularly with Kathy Conlon, the on-site administrator while the Fresemans were away from Steamboat for 5 months. Back from successful medical treatment for his wife, Freseman recognized that something had to change with the inefficient logistics of Lift-Up facilities in light of growing demand. Similarly, the school District and the Church needed their spaces back. By 2004, the Board adopted Freseman’s Master Plan to find a site large enough to accommodate all of Lift-Up services in one location. The plan included building design, fund raising and a capital campaign to raise required matching funds. In 2005, a Community Development Block Grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs for $285,000 was awarded to Lift-Up to purchase land on Curve Court. Four grant foundations awarded the organization with $385,000 and the capital campaign raised the necessary $800,000 to complete the building. Routt County resident and philanthropist Donald Lufkin, was the largest building contributor and the name of the facility on Curve Court is called the Lufkin Lift-Up Center. It opened on January 10, 2007. Lufkin also created a $100,000 endowment at Yampa Valley Community Foundation, the proceeds of which go to the Food Bank. Freseman is very satisfied with the transformation of Lift-Up Operations, especially the efficiencies with the Donation Center next to the Thrift Store. “It was a costly hassle to transport goods down the block on a regular basis,” he stated. The store has doubled its revenue in recent years, pays for itself and provides the revenue for Food Bank programs. When asked about a fond memory of Lift-Up, he told the story of Darlene James of Oak Creek. She was a disabled client and Lift-Up staff delivered food and helped her with house repairs. After she died, in her will, she left her entire estate to Lift Up, which helped build the Lufkin Center. Now that nearly everything is crossed off on his “to do” list, David Freseman is looking forward to hooking up his travel trailer with his wife, Debbie, and leisurely traveling to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western Virginia. From there, they will live and scope out the perfect “new” home in which to enjoy their retirement within close proximity of family members. A farewell reception will be scheduled soon at a place, date and time in September for the community to wish him and Debbie well. Information concerning the vacant position is available online at www.liftupofrouttcounty.org.
For more information, contact the Lift-Up Office: (970) 870-0727
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Earthology
Gathering Earth Energy By Laura Lamun ON EARTH: The month of September brings many wild, transitional energies to our planet. Seasons are shifting and new influences are coming. Besides the astrological alignments this month, (which are intense and addressed later in the article) September ushers FALL into our lives. It is time to follow the seasonal cycles and begin preserving and saving for the winter ahead. It is a perfect time for gathering what has spent the summer growing for us. Canning, dehydrating, freezing, making sauces & pickles, and in general preserving fruits and vegetables from the harvests to feed us in months when fresh food is more scarce is an age-old and extremely wise practice. September and October are also great months for gathering roots and rhizomes, as the energy from the blossoming and fruiting has now left the upper parts of the plants, and enters back into the root for winter. After the first frost, rosehips will be sweeter and can be gathered and dried for a great source of vitamin C. With temperatures and precipitation forecasted to be in the near normal range for the month, it ought to be an ideal time for harvesting and also for gathering seeds. Dry and store well-labeled seeds in a cool, dark place in airtight containers and they can last for many years. Many people are supporting the theory that seeds may be less available to the common man in the future, what with (evil) Monsanto looming into world domination of plant markets. Be pro-active and prepared: visit landscapers and garden shops for clearance plants and seeds you might need at another time. Consider what you could grow indoors for the winter, and what you might need in the next few gardening seasons. The Farmer’s Almanac warns that we may see snow in higher elevations around the Full Moon Sept. 18-20 and possibly again at the end of the month around the 28th-30th. Take precautions for your remaining garden plants all month, and begin your overall preparations for Winter. IN THE SKY: One of the reasons we look to the sky for answers is because they are very often there! With just a little explanation of these energies, it will to be easier to work with their influences and turn them into an advantage. Astrologically, at the beginning of the month there is a Cardinal Grand Cross in the sky, made up of Pluto in Capricorn, Venus in Libra, Jupiter in Cancer, and Uranus in Aries. If this means nothing to you – don’t worry; read on, it is simpler than you think! This quadrature in the sky represents a major clash of Titans – it’s as if a group of friends are gathered who all have different ideas and directions they want to go. Opposition between these major Planets will create a tension for us that should be palpable.
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Basically – Pluto is calling for crumbling of old paradigms, governments, and structure, opposed by Jupiter who is striving for fiery emotional expansion of the people and the self, opposing the old ways. Uranus brings an unexpected (and possibly electrical) turn of events to which attention must be paid, as Venus is pulling in the other direction, striving for balance in relationships and seeking pleasure. Expect clashes; be careful in arguments, practice tolerance and patience, and work diligently on being calm and open-minded in the face of changes. Pluto’s direct square (a challenging aspect) with Uranus is an influence we will feel for many more years until 2018. It heralds a great shift in beliefs, shakedowns in government, medical, corporate and educational systems, and truth coming from sudden purging and transformation. We have all been feeling and witnessing these things – but in the future this could mean anything from a 2nd Sun to a switch to world currency, a major catastrophe, grid failures or multiple revolutions. The influence warns that it will be evermore important to not get carried into FEAR by every conspiracy theorist seeking 15 minutes of fame trying to predict it all. This square demands that truth will be revealed, and so it will be. Use your discerning heart to feel what is “true” for you, and let go of anything outdated, that doesn’t feel right, or which needs to go. And keep your eyes open for what comes next. The New Moon comes on September 5th in the super all-business, highly-effective Virgo, urging us to spend time that is productive, practical, and gestational. New Moon Wishing (making a list of 10 goals or dreams or directions) is a fun and highly potent activity, which can set the tone for the month with good intentions and planning. It can be revealing to look back at old lists and see what a powerful creator you are. As they say, it is hard to attain goals if you never set them! The Full Moon (traditionally called our Full Corn Moon or Harvest Moon) in Pisces on September 19 brings the seeds you have planted into major expansion – but in a watery, mysterious and illusory sign. Wake up where you have been sleepwalking, lift the veil and get clarity, but don’t make rash decisions because it is a foggy time. Practice stress-reducing habits, take baths, visit the Hot Springs, rivers or bodies of water, slow down and practice truly FEELING. Synchronizing our lives within the cycles of Nature and our Solar System, participating and partnering with the natural world, gives us an edge. Knowing what is influencing our bodies, our nature, and our emotions can be a valuable tool for navigating the ever-shifting landscape of “reality.” www.littlemoonessentials.com
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This is an outrage. I just read that one of our four legged citizens has been relocated on suspicion in the rash of recent vehicular B & E’s we have been experiencing. Here we go again, with the profiling. This extra fuzzy citizen was relocated simply on suspicion, while law enforcement “hopes” they caught the perpetrator. What? Has everything gone completely haywire? Now I am left to worry if he was even issued his Miranda warning. Was he offered a public defender to represent him in front of a jury of his peers, before once more being carted away from the little mountain town in which he resides? What does he have to do, plaster a “Local” bumper sticker on his rather substantial hindquarters? While these crimes are nothing to scoff at, the heavy handedness of the law is creating quite a slippery slope. I am sure Yogi and Co. are just about fed up with the constant relocations they endure. Finding themselves far from home and their families and then having to waste most of their summer hoofing it back to the Boat. That would probably explain the recent carjacking I fell prey to while driving along “Boat Blvd.” I stopped at the little golf cart crossing and everything was just swell, when out of nowhere I was hit right smack in the kisser with a Salmon the size of a fox. I saw stars and that’s the last thing I remember until I came to in the passenger seat. I realized I received a pretty good wallop from the dead fish, when I looked over and saw a big black bear in the driver’s seat. I was a tad startled but nothing really surprises me anymore. Anyway it could have been a flashback. I thought, ‘Who’s to say?’
I just sat quietly enjoying the ride, as I would have done had it been my daughter driving me around. Besides, the Blvd. was particularly lush from all the late precipitation we received and I was digging on the scenery. For a while I forgot who my driver was. It wasn’t until he tried to pull right into the pond that I had to yell, “Dude! Bear! What are you doing? This ride At the Bud Werner Library & Arts Depot is not amphibious, STOP!” Being a cooperative sort of fellow, he did as I asked. He opened the door, got out and • Regional Children’s Book Authors & Illustrators started to run, (probably toward his den) but I wasn’t going to let him get away with the unnecessary drive • Lively storytellers by fishing he had subjected me to. So I yelled again, • Engaging workshops in writing, art, “Hey …Dude-bear!” and he turned to look at me. Just and didgeridoo. Teacher workshops, too! as he did, I wound up my arm and said, “See how you like it! Maybe next time you need a ride, you’ll just stick • For kids in grades K-8 out your thumb!” And with that I lobbed the salmon at • Free activities for younger siblings him as hard as I could. He ran backwards like one of those football guys whose job it is to catch the football, but instead of lifting his arms, he jumped up, opened Tickets & workshop registration available ONLINE! his mouth and caught the salmon. He gave me a wink and thumbs up because apparently bears now possess steamboatlibrary.org/childrens-book-feast opposable thumbs; I saw it for myself. For those who live here and for those who wish they did.
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Relieved that was over, I was driving down Pine Grove Road when a giraffe walked right out in front of me. I thought to myself, ‘not again.’ What’s he gonna whack me with? A baby kangaroo, or worse, the thorny branch of an acacia tree? This was getting a little surreal, even for me. I am all for coexistence but I am not going to be the victim of endless carjackings, all summer long. Enough already. This giraffe better just mind his P’s and Q’s, if he knows what’s good for him. I rolled down the window and said “Yo–giraffe, do you like living here in Das Boat?” And he smiled broadly; I took that as a yes. “Listen Mr. you better just strut along back on over to the ski hill with the rest of your tribe and stop trying to be badass like the bears.” “They have cornered that market and besides with the long neck, and being a ginger with spots, you don’t really have a prayer.” He just stared at me, I was getting through. I said, “Are you catching my drift? Picking up what I’m putting down?” He gave me a big nod and satisfied I had left him with some good sense, I went on my way. As I wound back around by the pond I could hardly believe my eyes. On one side were the bears and the other, a gang of giraffes. It was literally a standoff. The tension in the air was palpable, this looked like a bad version of West Side Story combined with some twisted Pool game; The Spots versus The Solids, although this was no game. This was an all-out gang war, complete with Salmon flinging and Acacia branches being wielded around like bats. Things were getting pretty murky down at the pond, I am sure it was a “turf” war. The Spots didn’t really have a chance against the Solids, but they were fairly agile and put up a pretty good fight. It didn’t take long for the Gang squad to be deployed.
Tranquilizer Darts were shot into the unruly crowd and the gang members were hauled off with incarceration and relocation in their near future. I was surprised to see a few of the Solids had “Occupied” a nearby tree and escaped capture. While they sought refuge, the police combed their dens for evidence. The Men in Blue were unable to pin any major crimes on the Bears. However, they did recover quite a haul of wallets that had been reported missing. The police suspect identity theft as the motive. If you see any Bears masquerading around as your friends, you are asked to call Crime Stoppers immediately. The Steamboat Springs Police department is working in conjunction with the CSP and the Gang Enforcement Division based in Denver, to prevent the spread of gang activity, given the recent migration of Giraffes into the area.
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Vol. 1, No. 3 September 2013 The Hayden Surveyor is a joint project by the Hayden Revitalization Project and Hayden Chamber of Commerce. The Surveyor’s goal is to improve communityawareness and communications about special events, business, local government, history, feature stories and more.
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Hayden advertisers to promote themselves and their community at the same time.
So you’ve seen one or two editions of Hayden Surveyor, and you probably have some questions.
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Well, so do I, and I’m the editor! Right now, the Hayden Surveyor is a work in progress, subject to change. It is named in honor of Dr. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, a noted geologist and leader of surveying expeditions throughout the Rockies in the late 19th century. Hayden hasn’t had a home newspaper since the Hayden Valley Press closed a decade ago. Since then, this West Routt community has been served by the daily papers in Craig and Steamboat Springs. I admit, it can be a challenge to cover a community when it means 30 minutes to an hour on the road, to and from either Craig or Steamboat. What the Hayden Surveyor would like to do is record Hayden’s local voices and take note of local issues, from a local perspective. I’ve met dozens of people over coffee at the Wild Goose, or with a beer at Wolf Mountain Pizza or the Hiway Bar. I’ve written an in-depth analysis of the budget woes of the West Routt Fire District, described the busy summer at the Hayden Heritage Center and published the schedules for Redneck Olympics and the Routt County Fair. I’d like to do more, and between the Hayden Surveyor pages in the Valley Voice, and the new website (www. haydencolorado.com), I can do more. With your help. I recognize that a monthly print edition of the Hayden Surveyor has inherent limitations. It is at a disadvantage compared to the Craig and Steamboat dailies. And the Hayden business community can purchase only so many ads to support the Hayden Surveyor. But I would challenge those assumptions. The printed version of the Hayden Surveyor can look forward, alerting the community to issues and upcoming events, providing analysis and different points of view so the community can learn and discuss and take action. And thanks to discounts from the Valley Voice and subsidies from the Hayden Chamber, it is now easier and more affordable for
A website like www.haydencolorado.com doesn’t have time or space limitations like print publications. It can be updated not just monthly or weekly or daily, but even hourly. And unlike print publications, there is no limit on space. Instead of just one photo with a story, there can be two or three, or even a YouTube video posting (like Festus’ now-legendary mud slide at the Redneck Olympics). A website can offer a short, quick summary of the news, then add more detail and context as it becomes available. What’s great about the prospects of the Hayden Surveyor is that we can have both print and online versions. Not everyone in Hayden and western Routt County is comfortable with the digital, online world. They still like and appreciate print. They like clipping out articles, photos and briefs for the refrigerator door or family scrapbook. Somehow, it seems more real on printed paper.
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Who am I? I’m a long-time Colorado journalist who’s also newspapered in Arizona, Kansas, Washington and most recently, Wyoming. My wife Sharon is executive director of Advocates, the domestic violence and sexual assault response team in Craig. She and I moved here three months ago. We had been looking for a rental in Craig, then decided to drive back to Casper via Steamboat. While driving through Hayden, we fell in love with the feel and looks of the community and surrounding area.
Hayden Library wraps up summer fun By Ana Lash Hayden, Librarian
We have three grown kids and a gorgeous granddaughter. We love good food, company and wine. My only complaint about Sharon is she often kicks my butt in Scrabble. (Brodie Farquhar can be reached at brodiefarquhar@ hotmail.com or 970-276-2021.)
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The Hayden Public Library just finished the annual summer reading program with a lively party on the patio that included many door prizes, and ended with breaking a large Strawberry Shortcake piñata. There were 47 children and 15 adults in attendance. This year’s theme was “Dig Into Reading!” attracting 135 registrants and 379 program participants.
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The summer featured two special programs — Grady Turner, author, teacher and puppeteer, and Laurel Watson from Hayden Heritage. In attendance at those programs were 18 children and 11 adults. We also had nine Readers of the Week, and many reading incentive prizes. The library thanks Edward “Nippy” Feldhake of Tucson, Arizona for donating gifts and prizes for Bingo, and snacks and door prizes for the party! His generosity was greatly appreciated! The Hayden Library Board of Trustees recently approved a logo for the library. The library has never had a logo before, and the board worked hard to develop and choose the final design. The graphic artwork and design was done by Vancouver commercial graphic artist Ross Henderson. It took months of discussion and changes to come up with the perfect look. The library will print the logo on book bags that will be for sale in the near future. The logo will also grace new items such as a brochure, stationary, T-shirts and much more! We look forward to unveiling the logo to our patrons.
I Never Promised You an Herb Garden By Anne Daugherty,
(ontheroadagain12@hotmail.com) Chilly nights, shorter days, county fair--time to reap the rewards of a summer well-spent. Now is the time to share the fruits of your labor, ready your gardens for winter, take stock of what made it and what didn’t in your flower and vegetable gardens and plan for the coming spring. I would like to suggest that if you don’t already have one, include in your spring planning a Remedy garden, full of culinary and healing herbs to flavor our bountiful harvest and soothe our weary bodies. A surprising variety of delectable and curative herbs do well here in the mountains. Many thrive in poor soil, partial shade and our unpredictable mountain climate. Herbs can be savored fresh or dried for winter meals-what can beat a thyme roasted chicken, a salmon steak with dill sauce, sour cream and chives on cucumbers or baked potatoes, tomato sauce with basil and oregano or a green pesto on pasta, a hearty minestrone soup, savory sage stuffing, a cup of soothing mint, sage or thyme tea? The Mountain Gardening School of Hard Knocks has shown me that parsley, cilantro, chives, oregano, dill, lemongrass, all mints, sage and thyme lead the pack of survivors. Mints and thyme come back every year and spread profusely but basil and rosemary are rather fickle and must be pampered and brought indoors for the winter. My garden plan for next year includes herbs I have not yet tried to cultivate here: savory, marjoram, tarragon and fennel, and I will use the seeds I saved from the basil, chives, parsley and cilantro to plant in the spring. I can’t promise you that every culinary herb you enjoy will grow here, but I can promise you that a Remedy garden will provide you with a delightful variety of tasty, healing additions to your menus. Eat well, live well.
The Hayden Library will hold a series of basic computer classes in September. The classes will be small, free, and available to patrons on a first-come basis. Topics include keyboarding, basic word processing, spreadsheet, and internet. Watch for posters around town and at the library for dates and times.
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Is it Time for Hayden to take another look at medical marijuana
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HAYDEN – The Hayden Town Council was asked to revoke an earlier ban on medical marijuana operations in Hayden at the August 15 meeting. Rather than quickly reject the idea, as the council is doing by prohibiting the retail sale of marijuana to recreational users, the council took a more deliberate and thoughtful approach. Mayor Pro-Tem Lorraine Johnson acknowledged the growing weight of medical science in favor of medical marijuana. Cautioning against too-quick action and acknowledging the presence of a fearful public, she added, “We need to have this conversation.” Doug Fisher, a medical marijuana entrepreneur from Oak Creek, said he’d like to establish a marijuana growing operation in a 10,000 square foot warehouse in Hayden, for medical purposes only. He cited his late grandfather’s experience with cancer in justifying the use of medical marijuana. Sick from chemo and radiation treatments, Fisher’s grandfather found relief with medical marijuana. Debilitating pain was ended, while his appetite and ability to sleep returned. “The cancer was too far gone, but his last few months were much better thanks to medical marijuana,” said Fisher. Currently in business at Mary’s Meds in Oak Creek, Fisher said he’s not a fan of recreational marijuana use. He currently grows 25-35 strains of marijuana for specific medical ailments and diseases. Quite a few of the strains he grows would have low utility to anyone wanting to get high, he said. Fisher said a recent documentary by CNN, called “Weeds,” gave good information about the benefits of medical marijuana. Councilman Tim Redmond noted
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he’s seen that documentary and was still digesting the information. In response to questions from Councilman Dallas Robinson, Fisher acknowledged that many of his customers have fraudulently obtained access to medical marijuana for recreational purposes. Fisher predicted that as recreational marijuana becomes more accessible, his business will have a tighter focus on patients who truly need medical marijuana.
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In a later interview, Fisher said it was huge that CNN’s chief medical correspondent, neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, has completely changed his position from opposing medical marijuana, to supporting it.
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Gupta has explained his opposition to medical marijuana as being based on biased American research. His attitude changed as he dug into European research, which found numerous benefits. “We have been terribly and systematically misled for nearly 70 years in the United States, and I apologize for my own role in that,” said Gupta in a CNN interview.
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Fisher invited council members to visit his Oak Creek business any time. In other business, the council: • Approved a liquor license renewal for A1 Liquor;
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Why test scores came up in Hayden - a pep rally By Brodie Farquhar
HAYDEN – Hayden schools saw strong growth in the 2013 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) – the very one which prompted a blistering editorial in the Steamboat daily newspaper in January, over last year’s scores.
What the district was facing was a high degree of complacency among students when it came to TCAP. Because test results didn’t impact the lives of students, like where they could go to college or technical school, some students didn’t care how they did in TCAP, and it showed.
“I’m very pleased with the growth we saw in reading,” said Hayden High School Principal Gina Zabel. Hayden students saw increased scores in fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth grade reading, exceeding state average scores in those grades, as well as seventh grade. The freshman class dropped by one point, from 68 to 67, just shy of the state average score of 68.
“We actually had a pep rally for achievement outside of sports,” said Zabel, with the sixth through twelvth grades assembled in the auditorium. “It was very well received by students and faculty alike. They cheered and applauded each other.”
In writing scores, Hayden students saw solid growth in fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and tenth grade, exceeding state averages in fourth and sixth grades. Hayden math scores saw increases in seventh and eighth grades, and were above the state average in third, fourth and sixth grades. In all other grades, Hayden scores declined. In science scores, new this year, Hayden’s eighth grade exceeded the state average, while fifth and tenth graders were below the state average. Principal Zabel credits the growth in scores to two initiatives last year. First, the district implemented a progress monitoring program, whereby students were tested quarterly, rather than just once in the spring with the state test. “What that allowed us to do,” said Zabel, “was we could see how entire classes and individual students were doing, and make adjustments accordingly.” Secondly, Zabel said the district is trying to dramatically change the school’s culture. Just as there is a celebration and social approval for athletic achievement, Hayden is trying to celebrate and applaud achievement in academics and technical arts as well.
While the pep rally provided recognition, there were also tangible awards. Student growth in achievement was rewarded by such things as I-Tune cards, or Kum ‘n Go cards for food or gas. One class got to go bowling to celebrate a class-wide achievement. “We had some kids grow by incredible amounts. It was very heartwarming,” said Zabel. Tangible awards like cards and fun events will continue this year she said. Eventually, she wants students to strive for continued improvement, for excellence, not for immediate rewards, but because it can change their lives for the better. “We are trying to change the culture, so that academic and vocational achievement is valued,” she said. “Part of the credit for improvements in TCAP for Hayden students goes back to that Steamboat paper editorial,” said Zabel. “The student body was disgusted by that editorial. They were tired of being treated like uneducated hicks,” she said, so they worked harder. And it showed. Math woes The one fly in the ointment in Hayden’s TCAP scores is math. Unlike reading and writing, it did not improve much and even declined. Zabel said the district is in the process
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of realigning math instruction, which if experience is a guide, can take up to three years to fully kick-in. The district has long used the Saxon math series for K-5. Last year, they expanded the Saxon program to sixth, seventh and eighth grades. “And we saw growth,” said Zabel, “in seventh and eighth grade scores.” Zabel, middle school and high school faculty will be focused on continuing progress with reading and writing, but also work on improving scores in math and science. Jenny Lewis, High School Spanish From: Oak Creek, CO BA from University of Pitsburgh 10 Years outside experience Katherine Hansen, Kindergarten Lives in Steamboat Springs MA fromUniversity of Northern Colorado First year of teaching Elizabeth Messner, Elem. Physical Education Lives in Steamboat Sprigns MA from Cortland College, Cortland NY 8 years of teaching experience Connie Sommerfield, Elementary Music Lives in Steamboat Springs Masters from University of Southern Oregon 11 years of teaching experience Deborah Yoast, Secondary Math Lives in Craig Masters from Grand Canyon University 26 Years of teaching experience Mary (Mimi) Moll, High School Special Education Lives in Oak Creek Masters from University of Northern Colorado 16 years of teaching experience Kelly McLaughlin, 1st Grade Lives in Craig BA from University of Wyoming 22 years of teaching experience Ann Petreikis, Elem Special Education From West Frankfort, IL MA from Southern IL University 23 years of teaching experience Murchinson, Kelsey, 4th/5th Grade Lives in Hayden BA from Adams State College, Alamosa 1 year of teaching experience.
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Une passion por la vin
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Artesian Craft with Julia Dancy By definition, art is creative expression. Art is associated with visual media, literature, music, architecture and performance. If this concept is true, then can wine be recognized as art? A winemaker takes an idea of texture and flavor and portrays it to us in our glass. It is through the decisions made in the winery that the winemaker is able to express themselves. Once again, we had the privilege to sit down with assistant winemaker, Julia Dancy, and delve into the craft of Pinot Noir winemaking. “There are all these different tools a winemaker has at their disposal to create this expression of art” J.D. The first stage of winemaking is sorting the fruit once it is brought in from the fields. The clusters of grapes are inspected and the particulate matter (dirt, leaves, bad grapes) is “sorted” out. Now, the clusters are examined to decide on which grapes will enter the fermentation tanks. One consideration is how ripe are the stems and the seeds of the grapes. The winemaker is already making decisions as to what flavors they would like from the juice as a final product. If the ripeness is correct, the grapes will enter the fermentation tanks as whole clusters. Otherwise, the clusters are put in a machine that separates the stem from the grape. The de-stemming process guarantees that the flavors imparted by unripe seeds and stems do not influence the final flavor. Whole cluster fermentation is a science unto itself. “This is where you seek out the maturity of the seeds and stems. If they are at proper maturity, they will enhance the flavor of the wine” J.D. This refers to the fermentation of intact grape clusters as they are picked from the vines. When it works, it has a positive effect on the aromatics and flavor. However, it is variable from year to year, therefore, considered unpredictable. Some wine makers feel that this process is a “roll of the dice”. There are many factors to take into consideration before the whole clusters are put in the tank. For the wine to be enhanced; the clusters cannot be crushed, pumped or damaged. The premature release of juice from the stem or the seed has a negative effect on the end product. If the maturity prediction is incorrect, the flavors imparted will be herbaceous, vegetative or green. Nonetheless, when this process works, mature stems and seeds bring spice, complexity and tannin structure. This tannin structure can eventually allow for the aging of the wine. Another positive effect is that the residual sap in mature stems releases a positive floral aroma. Please recall that the main grape produced at the Oregon winery where Julia works is Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir has a thin skin which imparts little tannin to the juice. The whole cluster fermentation process will add depth, texture and fragrances needed to complete the wine. These wines represent more of the terrior (which we know is the French term for all the surrounding influences of where the grapes are grown). In Burgundy, the grandmother of all that is Pinot Noir, whole cluster fermentation is used rigorously.
“The introduction of yeast is another important decision for the winemaker.” J.D. The yeast is imperative in distinguishing wine from grape juice. In fermentation, the yeast consumes sugars and converts them into carbon dioxide and alcohol. “It is the winemaker’s decision to use spontaneous fermentation or to inoculate.” J.D. Spontaneous fermentation is when you allow the natural yeast to integrate in the winemaking process. When you “inoculate”, the winemaker is introducing synthesized yeast created in a laboratory. “There are hundreds of different strains of yeast to consider.” J.D. Each of these individual strains of yeast has a variety of effects on the flavor profile of the wine. The different yeasts bring out different flavor components. “It takes years to figure out what yeasts work best with your grapes” J.D. The natural yeasts are used when the entire winemaking process is under complete control. This is when all the fruit is from a vineyard is used by a single proprietor. Next, it is taken to a facility where only that particular grape is used to produce the wine. “Spontaneous fermentation is an expression of the terrior.” J.D. When the fruit comes from a variety of vineyards or the wine is made at a “shared” facility or the wine is made from a particular clone… inoculation is the answer. “It’s about control.” J.D. There is also “proprietary yeast. “The individual winery has a strain of yeast manufactured just for that specific vineyard.” J.D. The yeasts can be introduced to the juice during the fermentation process or once the juice is in the barrel to enhance the flavors. The decision making process has only just begun. The winemaker must now take into consideration the use of “Malolactic fermentation”. This is another synthesized inoculation that enhances the flavors of the wine. It is a secondary fermentation process that balances the perceived acids and mellows the wine. This process can take place in the fermentation tank or once the wine is in barrel. For example, grapes that are grown in cooler climates have high acids in the juice. “You just get searing acidity.” J.D. This process, used properly, balances the flavors. “It’s all about balance.” J.D. “As fermentation is going along, they are checking the levels acid and alcohol and decisions are being made about malolactic fermentation as well as the oak to be used in the final winemaking stages.” J.D. Once, the winemaker is satisfied with the flavors in the wine, they must decide on whether the wine is age-worthy or should it be bottled and sold. The flavors and tannins imparted by oak ageing or bottle aging have been covered in previous “Un passion du vin” articles. If you would like to find out more, please go to the archives of the “Valley Voice.”
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Wednesday August 28 Mineral Springs Tour 9 AM @ The Art Depot (1101 13th St.) Explore Steamboat’s natural mineral springs and the history behind them. No registration required. FREE. For more info: www.yampatika.org Randy Kelley and Jon Gibbs 4:30 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Western Swing FREE Seeking the Greatest Good 7 PM @ Bud Werner Memorial Library Film about the conservation legacy of Gifford Pinchot, the first American forester who helped establish the National Forests and the U.S. Forest Service. A moderated community discussion following the film. FREE. For more info: www.steamboatlibrary.org/ events Bluegrass Wednesday 7 PM @ Carl’s Tavern TBA/ FREE Thursday August 29 Downtown Historical Walking Tour 9 AM @ Tread of Pioneers Museum, 800 Oak St. Easy walking tour highlights historic buildings of Steamboat Springs. Tour participants receive a $1 off admission to the Tread of Pioneers Museum. FREE Yampatika Naturalist at Fish Creek Falls, 10 AM @ Upper Fish Creek Falls parking lot kiosk Join a Yampatika Naturalist to learn about Fish Creek Falls. FREE. For more info: www.yampatika.org Jazz with Boynton and the Boys 4:30 PM @ Sweetwater Grill By the Yampa River FREE
To submit your events or calendar information e-mail cody@yampavalleyvoice.com Events may be edited for length or content. Calendar entries must be received by the 18th of each month. Sunset Happy Hour 5 PM @ Gondola Square Happy hour w/ live music at Thunderhead Base on Mt. Werner. Band: Old Town Pickers Cost: $12 For more info: 970-871-5150 Pete Stein 5:30 PM @ Rex’s American Grill Singer/songwriter FREE Sam Holt and Eric Martinez 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Rockers Rocking Rock Friday August 30 Steamboat’s Labor Day Weekend Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 @ Steamboat Labor Day Weekend in Steamboat is filled to the brim with entertainment all over town. Activities include the Wild West Air Fest, Farmers’ Market, Rocky Mountain Bull Bash PBR and more. For more info: www.steamboat.com Yampatika Naturalist at Fish Creek Falls, 10 AM @ Upper Fish Creek Falls parking lot kiosk Join a Yampatika Naturalist to learn about Fish Creek Falls. FREE. For more info: www. yampatika.org TOP Museum’s Brown Bag Lecture Series Noon @ Tread of Pioneers Museum, 800 Oak St. Hour long program about Steamboat’s history via the locals who lived it. Bring a friend and a lunch. For more info: www.treadofpioneers.org . FREE Brian Kofke 5:30 PM @ Rex’s American Grill Singer/songwriter FREE
Open Mic 8 PM @ Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse FREE
West Water Outlaws 9 PM @ Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse Rock ‘n F---’n Roll Free shuttles from Steamboat with reservations for 10 or more. For more info: http://hahnspeakroadhouse.com/ FREE
Throwdown 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Classic Rock Cover Band FREE
Rowdy Shadehouse 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Super Funk Music FREE
The Jauntee 9 PM @ Carl’s Tavern Boston based band spanning everything from Funk to Bluegrass. FREE
LIVE MUSIC 9 PM @ Carl’s Tavern TBA/ FREE
Zach Heckendorf 7 PM @ Gondola Square Singer/songwriter from Denver FREE
The Billy Franklin Trio 10 PM @ Old Town Pub NOLA-infused Rock n’ Roll DJ Jeraff 10 PM @ The Tap House Local DJ FREE Saturday August 31 Steamboat’s Labor Day Weekend Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 @ Steamboat Labor Day Weekend in Steamboat is filled to the brim with entertainment all over town. Activities include the Wild West Air Fest, Farmers’ Market, Rocky Mountain Bull Bash PBR and more. For more info: www.steamboat.com Yampatika Naturalist at Fish Creek Falls, 10 AM @ Upper Fish Creek Falls parking lot kiosk Join a Yampatika Naturalist to learn about Fish Creek Falls. FREE. For more info: www. yampatika.org 11 AM @ Farmer’s Market singer/songwriter FREE Trevor Potter w/ Walt and the ol’ 37 5:30@ Rex’s American Grill Local musicians perform. FREE Movies on the Mountain 7:40 PM @ Gondola Square (2305 Mt. Werner Circle) Movies at sunset. Bring chairs and blankets. Leave the pets at home. Movie: “Skyfall”. FREE
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Live Music 10 PM @ Old Town Pub TBA Dj Seth Abrumz 10 PM @ The Tap House Denver based DJ FREE Happy 28th Birthday Glenn M. Little II Sunday Sept. 1 Steamboat’s Labor Day Weekend Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 @ Steamboat Labor Day Weekend in Steamboat is filled to the brim with entertainment all over town. Activities include the Wild West Air Fest, Farmers’ Market, Rocky Mountain Bull Bash PBR and more. For more info: www.steamboat.com Labor Day Parade! 10 AM @ Main St. Oak Creek O.C. Labor Day Party! Noon @ Decker Park, Oak Creek Chris Koltak 4 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Acoustic Rock FREE Trevor G. Potter 4 PM @ Mahogany Ridge Brewery Local Americana music FREE Monday Sept. 2 Steamboat’s Labor Day Weekend Aug. 30 – Sept. 2 @ Steamboat Labor Day Weekend in Steamboat is filled to the brim with entertainment
all over town. Activities include the Wild West Air Fest, Farmers’ Market, Rocky Mountain Bull Bash PBR and more. For more info: www.steamboat.com Blues and Brews 8 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Jam with Steve Boynton’s Blue Band. $1 off draft beers. FREE Open Mic Night 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Hosted by Jay Roemer Happy B-day, Momma. Tuesday Sept. 3 Fireside Jam 8 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Open Jam night. FREE Steamboat Stomp 8:45 @ The Art Depot Community dance event. DJ plays classic and current country music. Swing, Line dancing, Two Step, and more. Suggested donation. For more info: http://www.steamboatstomp.com Wednesday Sept. 4 The 2nd annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival (Sept. 4th – 9th) Festival celebrates the iconic Greater Sandhill Crane in the Yampa Valley. Includes crane viewings, expert speakers, exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. For details: www. coloradocranes.org OR ColoradoCranes@gmail. com Ryan Cox and Pat Waters 4:30 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Acoustic and Electric Duo FREE Bluegrass Wednesday 9 PM @ Carl’s Tavern Local Bluegrass music. FREE Thursday Sept. 5 The 2nd annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival (Sept. 4th – 9th) Festival celebrates the iconic Greater Sandhill Crane in the Yampa Valley. Includes crane viewings, expert speakers, exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Events are
free unless otherwise indicated. For details: www. coloradocranes.org OR ColoradoCranes@gmail. com Weekly Writing group Noon @ The Art Depot Steamboat Writers Group weekly meeting. Visitors are encouraged to sit in or read a work. FREE. For more info: http://steamboatwriters.com Jazz with Boynton and the Boys 4:30 PM @ Sweetwater Grill By the Yampa River FREE Sunset Happy Hour 5 PM @ Gondola Square Happy hour w/ live music at Thunderhead Base on Mt. Werner. Band: Highland View Cost: $12. For more info: 970-871-5150 Friday Sept. 6 The 2nd annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival (Sept. 4th – 9th) Festival celebrates the iconic Greater Sandhill Crane in the Yampa Valley. Includes crane viewings, expert speakers, exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. For details: www. coloradocranes.org OR ColoradoCranes@gmail. com Java & Jazz 5:30 PM @ Larson Barn (Highway 131) The 7th annual signature fundraiser for Partners in Routt County. Live music, food, drinks, and silent auction. Proceeds supporting Routt County mentoring programs. For tickets and more info: 970-879-6141 OR http:// partnersrouttcounty.org Pirate Theatre Monthly Daily Show 8 PM @ Chief Theater. Special Guest: Kevin Fisher from Rocky Mountain Remedies Tickets: $5 for general admission, $10 for VIP @ All That Jazz For more info: www.yourpirate.com Wish You Were Pink 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Pink Floyd Tribute Band FREE
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Calendar of Events Saturday Sept. 7 The 2nd annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival (Sept. 4th – 9th) Festival celebrates the iconic Greater Sandhill Crane in the Yampa Valley. Includes crane viewings, expert speakers, exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. For details: www. coloradocranes.org OR ColoradoCranes@gmail. com Keep Emerald a Gem race 9 AM @ Olympian Hall (Howelsen Hill) Second Annual 13-mile trail ride or an 8-mile trail run on Emerald Mountain. Or Both. Kids can enter a 5-mile race/ ride. All entrants receive a T-shirt. Post-race party includes lunch, liquid refreshments and plenty of prizes. Cost: $30 for adults, $25 for RCR members, $18 for youth ages 13 to 18 and $10 for kids younger than 13. Event benefits Routt County Riders and Steamboat Springs Running Series. For more info: http://ride4dirt.signup365.com/ Door Branding Party 5 PM @ Antlers Café (Yampa) Ranchers from the Yampa valley will brand the bar two doors. If you bring a brand you are entered into a raffle to win one of the doors! For more info: 846-5389. FREE Integrated Community Showcase Event 5 PM @ Olympian Hall Live music, international food, drinks and silent auction. Suggested donation: $10 Bill Smith 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Industrial Funk Jazz FREE Rag Weed 9 PM @ Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse Bluegrass Free shuttles from Steamboat with reservations for 10 or more. For more info: http://hahnspeakroadhouse.com/ FREE
Sour Mash 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Featuring members of Outformation and the Sneaky Bastards Sunday Sept. 8 The 2nd annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival (Sept. 4th – 9th) Festival celebrates the iconic Greater Sandhill Crane in the Yampa Valley. Includes crane viewings, expert speakers, exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. For details: www. coloradocranes.org OR ColoradoCranes@gmail. com Reggae by the River 5 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Featuring DJ Jus Groove. Outside by the Yampa River. FREE Trevor G. Potter 4 PM @ Mahogany Ridge Brewery Local Americana music FREE Monday Sept. 9 The 2nd annual Yampa Valley Crane Festival (Sept. 4th – 9th) Festival celebrates the iconic Greater Sandhill Crane in the Yampa Valley. Includes crane viewings, expert speakers, exhibits, workshops, family activities and more. Events are free unless otherwise indicated. For details: www. coloradocranes.org OR ColoradoCranes@gmail. com Open Mic Night 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Hosted by Jay Roemer Tuesday Sept. 10 On Sept. 10, 1977: At Baumetes Prison in Marseille, France, Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, Hamida Djandoubi, becomes the last person executed by guillotine. The machine is named after physician and revolutionary Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who won passage of a law requiring all death sentences to be carried out by “means of a machine.” More than 10,000 people lost their heads by guillotine during the French Revolution. In September 1981, France outlawed capital
punishment altogether, and the use of the guillotine was cut short. Steamboat Stomp 8:45 @ The Art Depot Community dance event. DJ plays classic and current country music. Swing, Line dancing, Two Step, and more. Suggested donation. For more info: http://www.steamboatstomp.com Wednesday Sept. 11 We Will Never Forget. Eric Anderson 4:30 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Acoustic Rock FREE Meditation & Ayurveda 5:30 PM @ Yoga Center of Steamboat (701 Yampa Ave) Ayurveda is one of the most comprehensive health care systems known to mankind. Learn the secrets to a healthy body, mind and spirit. Drop-ins welcome. For more info: 970-846-608 OR zimmer@ springsips.com
Sunset Happy Hour 5 PM @ Gondola Square Happy hour w/ live music at Thunderhead Base on Mt. Werner. Band: Rural Wreckage Cost: $12. For more info: 970-871-5150 Danny Shafer 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Singer/Songwriter Friday Sept. 13 Run Rabbit Run – 50 Mile 9 AM @ Steamboat Ski Area 7th Annual 50 Mile Run Rabbit Run race through Steamboat and Routt National Forest. Approximately 9,000 feet of climbing. Time limit: 15 hours. For more info: http://runrabbitrunsteamboat.com Katey Laurel with Guerin Lewis 6:30 PM @ Chief Theater Denver-based Folk-pop songstress Katey Laurel crafts pop tunes cinematic songs Tickets: $12 advance, $15 @ door. For more info: http://www.chieftheater. org/
Bluegrass Wednesday 9 PM @ Carl’s Tavern Local Bluegrass music. FREE
Bill McCay Band 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Blues Rock Jam Band FREE
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James and the Devil 9:30 PM @ The Ghost Ranch Rocky Mountain Fiddle Rock $5
Weekly Writing group Noon @ The Art Depot Steamboat Writers Group weekly meeting. Visitors are encouraged to sit in or read a work FREE. For more info: http://steamboatwriters. com The Last Ocean 6:30 PM @ Bud Werner Memorial Library 2013 documentary about the Antarctica’s Ross Sea, the Earth’s last pristine ocean. FREE. For more info: www. steamboatlibrary.org/ events 5Point Film On The Road 6:30 PM @ Howelsen Hill An evening of inspiring, adventure film from 5Point’s Spring festival tour. Dinner and drinks @ 6:30 PM. Films and speakers @ 8 PM. Tickets:$10. Under 18 are FREE.
Kickball After Party 10 PM @ Tap House Featuring Dj MelRae FREE Matt Jones 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Singer/Songwriter Saturday Sept. 14 Run Rabbit Run – 100 Mile 9 AM @ Steamboat Ski Area The 2nd Annual Run Rabbit Run 100 Mile Endurance Run, held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and Routt National Forest. Approximately 20,000 feet of climbing. Time limit: 36 hours. For more info: http://runrabbitrunsteamboat.com Windy Ridge Archeological Hike, 8 AM @ US Forest Service Building (925 Weiss Drive)
Join a US Forest Service Archaeologist on a walk through Windy Ridge on Rabbit Ears Pass where Native Americans “mined” quartzite at least 8,000 years ago. Program is offered in partnership with the US Forest Service and the Tread of Pioneers Museum. Registration required. Cost: $45 For more info: www.yampatika.org Beginning Pilates 10 AM @ Steinberg Dance Pavilion (Perry-Mansfield campus) Introductory Dance/Movement Series with Pamela Turner The Community Dance and Movement Series is a monthly, open class. No reservations required. $10 donation suggested at the door. Proceeds benefit a philanthropic fund. James and the Devil 9 PM @ Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse Rocky Mountain Rebel Rock Free shuttles from Steamboat with reservations for 10 or more. For more info: http://hahnspeakroadhouse.com/ FREE DJ Skippa and Me (Eric Barry) 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Dj and Drum duo Sunday Sept. 15 Locals helping Locals Fundraiser 1 PM @ Howelsen Hill A fund raising event to benefit the families of Scott Blair and Izaac Kinnison, both of whom are battling Brain cancer. Fundraiser includes family entertainment, community vendors and a silent auction. For more info and donations: 970-734-6900 Reggae by the River 5 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Featuring DJ Jus Groove. Outside by the Yampa River. FREE Trevor G. Potter 4 PM @ Mahogany Ridge Brewery Local Americana music FREE Monday Sept. 16 Access To The Danger Zone 6:30 PM @ Bud Werner
Memorial Library Film and Q&A with local Doctors Without Borders volunteers . FREE. For more info: www. steamboatlibrary.org/ events Open Mic Night 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Hosted by Jay Roemer Tuesday Sept. 17 Steamboat Stomp 8:45 @ The Art Depot Community dance event. DJ plays classic and current country music. Swing, Line dancing, Two Step, and more. Suggested donation. For more info: http://www.steamboatstomp.com Wednesday Sept. 18 A Weight Lifted Fitness Camp Sept. 18 – Sept. 23 @ Steamboat Springs. A five day health, wellness and fitness camp. Meet one-on-one with a nutritionist and a life coach. Daily yoga, outdoor activities all around Steamboat. Package includes healthy gourmet dining provided by Freshies restaurant. For more info: www.aweightlifted.org Bluegrass Wednesday 9 PM @ Carl’s Tavern Local Bluegrass music. FREE Thursday Sept. 19 A Weight Lifted Fitness Camp Sept. 18 – Sept. 23 @ Steamboat Springs. A five day health, wellness and fitness camp. Meet one-on-one with a nutritionist and a life coach. Daily yoga, outdoor activities all around Steamboat. Package includes healthy gourmet dining provided by Freshies restaurant. For more info: www.aweightlifted.org
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Calendar of Events Springdale Quartet 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill Vintage Rock with some Jazz Funk thrown in. FREE Trevor Potter Trio 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Local Americana and Bluegrass Trio Weekly Writing group Noon @ The Art Depot Steamboat Writers Group weekly meeting. Visitors are encouraged to sit in or read a work FREE. For more info: http://steamboatwriters. com Literary Sojourn Author Study 5:30 PM @ Bud Werner Memorial Library Author Study is a series of book discussion programs designed to enhance the experience of reading for this year’s Literary Sojourn. Featuring: “The Cove” by Ron Rash. Limited to 12 participants per meeting. Register for this session: 970-367-4907 Friday Sept. 20 A Weight Lifted Fitness Camp Sept. 18 – Sept. 23 @ Steamboat Springs. A five day health, wellness and fitness camp. Meet one-on-one with a nutritionist and a life coach. Daily yoga, outdoor activities all around Steamboat. Package includes healthy gourmet dining provided by Freshies restaurant. For more info: www.aweightlifted.org 5th Annual Steamboat OktoberWest Sept. 20 – Sept. 22 @ Steamboat A Steamboat-style Oktoberfest five years running with music, food, games and beer. Lots of beer. Good ol’ Colorado Rocky Mountain beer. The weekend includes the Pedaling Posse Parade, Suds & Grub event and the I Love Beef Cook-Off. For more info: http://www. steamboat.com Clandestine Childhood 7 PM @ The Art Depot Bud Werner Memorial Library and Arts Council present award-winning Argentinian film. FREE. For more info: www. steamboatlibrary.org/ events
Saturday Sept. 21 A Weight Lifted Fitness Camp Sept. 18 – Sept. 23 @ Steamboat Springs. A five day health, wellness and fitness camp. Meet one-on-one with a nutritionist and a life coach. Daily yoga, outdoor activities all around Steamboat. Package includes healthy gourmet dining provided by Freshies restaurant. For more info: www.aweightlifted.org 5th Annual Steamboat OktoberWest Sept. 20 – Sept. 22 @ Steamboat A Steamboat-style Oktoberfest five years running with music, food, games and beer. Lots of beer. Good ol’ Colorado Rocky Mountain beer. The weekend includes the Pedaling Posse Parade, Suds & Grub event and the I Love Beef Cook-Off. For more info: http://www. steamboat.com Family Health Fair 7:30 AM @ Yampa Valley Medical Center Family Health and Safety Fair with free health screenings, low-cost blood tests, and information for all ages. Includes fun activities for kids with Terry the Traumasaurus. BBQ & Barn Dance 5:00 PM @ Wandering Creek Ranch (River Road) Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs’ Community Barbecue and Barn Dance.Barbecue from Rex’s Catering, music Loose Change, kid’s activities, and raffle. Event benefits the charities of the Rotary Club and the Boys & Girls Club of Steamboat. Mosey West 9 PM @ Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse Country Americana Free shuttles from Steamboat with reservations for 10 or more. For more info: http://hahnspeakroadhouse.com/ FREE
Symphony Orchestra 7:00 PM @ Strings Music Pavilion The Steamboat Symphony Orchestra’s opening concert is “Celebration of the Seasons” featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. For ticket info: http://steamboatorchestra. org/concerts.php
all around Steamboat. Package includes healthy gourmet dining provided by Freshies restaurant. For more info: www.aweightlifted.org
Level 1 Video Premier 10 PM @ Tap House Featuring new Skiing movie “Partly Cloudy”
On September 29, 1954, centerfielder for the New York Giants, Willie Mays, catches an over-the-shoulder fly ball in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series. The catch is considered one of the greatest catches in the history of baseball.
Sunday Sept. 22 A Weight Lifted Fitness Camp Sept. 18 – Sept. 23 @ Steamboat Springs. A five day health, wellness and fitness camp. Meet one-on-one with a nutritionist and a life coach. Daily yoga, outdoor activities all around Steamboat. Package includes healthy gourmet dining provided by Freshies restaurant. For more info: www.aweightlifted.org 5th Annual Steamboat OktoberWest Sept. 20 – Sept. 22 @ Steamboat A Steamboat-style Oktoberfest five years running with music, food, games and beer. Lots of beer. Good ol’ Colorado Rocky Mountain beer. The weekend includes the Pedaling Posse Parade, Suds & Grub event and the I Love Beef Cook-Off. For more info: http://www. steamboat.com How Well Do You Know Yourself? 10:30 AM @ Yoga Center of Steamboat (701 Yampa Ave) An Enneagram & Yoga Workshop. For more info: 970-8469780 OR benson_sherry@ yahoo.com Trevor G. Potter 4 PM @ Mahogany Ridge Brewery Local Americana music FREE Monday Sept. 23 A Weight Lifted Fitness Camp Sept. 18 – Sept. 23 @ Steamboat Springs. A five day health, wellness and fitness camp. Meet one-on-one with a nutritionist and a life coach. Daily yoga, outdoor activities
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Open Mic Night 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Hosted by Jay Roemer Tuesday Sept. 24
Steamboat Stomp 8:45 @ The Art Depot Community dance event. DJ plays classic and current country music. Swing, Line dancing, Two Step, and more. Suggested donation. For more info: http://www.steamboatstomp.com Wednesday Sept. 25 On September 25, 1957 Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas is integrated. Nine black students enter all-white Central High School under the escort from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus surrounded the school with National Guard troops to prevent its federal court-ordered racial integration three weeks prior. President Dwight D. Eisenhower federalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent 1,000 army paratroopers to Little Rock to enforce the court order. Health Perspectives discussion 6:30 PM @ Bud Werner Memorial Library Discussion exploring hypnosis with certified hypnotherapist Michelle Hale FREE. For more info: www. steamboatlibrary.org/ events Bluegrass Wednesday 9 PM @ Carl’s Tavern Local Bluegrass music. FREE Thursday Sept. 26 Weekly Writing group Noon @ The Art Depot Steamboat Writers Group weekly meeting. Visitors
are encouraged to sit in or read a work FREE. For more info: http://steamboatwriters. com Sunset Happy Hour 5 PM @ Gondola Square Happy hour w/ live music at Thunderhead Base on Mt. Werner. Band: Acutonic Cost: $12. For more info: 970-871-5150 Friday Sept. 27 12th Annual Bust of Steamboat 5 PM @ Three Peaks Grill Live Auction and Reception. Hors d’oeuvres and a fun evening for a good cause. Sponsored by the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project. Tickets: $30 @ All That Jazz, Off The Beaten Path, Pet Kare Clinic,Three Peaks Grill For more info: 970-8464554 White Water Ramble 9 PM @ Sweetwater Grill High octane Rocky Mountain Dancein’ Bluegrass FREE The Old Town Pickers 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Local Bluegrass Saturday Sept. 28 Children’s Book Feast 9 AM @ Bud Werner Library and Art Depot Feast features renowned kid’s book authors, illustrators, storytellers, and musicians. Guests will give dynamic presentations and lead workshops for kids in elementary and middle school. For more info: http://www. steamboatlibrary.org/ childrens-book-feast Old Town Pickers 9 PM @ Hahn’s Peak Roadhouse Local Bluegrass/ Newgrass Free shuttles from Steamboat with reservations for 10 or more. For more info: http://hahnspeakroadhouse.com/ FREE DJ Mos Funk 9:30 PM @ The Ghost Ranch Hip Hop, reggae, electro, mash-ups $5
Sunday Sept. 29 Community Yoga Practice 10 AM @ Bud Werner Memorial Library One-hour session follows the “Power to the Peaceful Yoga” DVD. Bring your own mat and work at your own pace. FREE. For more info: www. steamboatlibrary.org/ events Trevor G. Potter 4 PM @ Mahogany Ridge Brewery Local Americana music FREE Monday Sept. 30 Jerome Robbins’ NYC Export: Jazz Opus, The Film 6:30 PM @ Bud Werner Memorial Library, Bud Werner Memorial Library, Perry-Mansfield and Steamboat Dance Theatre present Robbins’ “ballet in sneakers” re-imagined on film. Part of the Dance on Film series. Includes an introduction by Perry-Mansfield Executive Director Joan Lazarus. FREE. For more info: www. steamboatlibrary.org/ events Open Mic Night 10 PM @ Old Town Pub Hosted by Jay Roemer
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Music Review Last minute changes can and do occur - Mother Nature, illness, tour malfunction, whatever - the accuracy of this calendar is not guaranteed!
Happy Hours The Rusted Porch 2-6 PM, Everyday McKnight’s Irish Pub & Loft 4-6 PM, Everyday
By Cody Badaracca Rex’s American Grill & Bar 4:20-6 PM, Everyday 8th Street Steakhouse 4:30-6 PM, Everyday
Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant 3-6 PM, Everyday
Mahogany Ridge Brewery & Grill 4 – 5:30 PM, Everyday
Sunpie’s Bistro 3-6 PM, Everyday
Laundry 4:30-6, Everyday
Steamboat Smokehouse 3-6 PM, Everyday
Riggio’s Ristorante 5-6 PM, Everyday
Mambo Italiano 3-6 PM, Everyday
Mazzola’s Italian Restaurant 5-6 PM, Everyday
Carl’s Tavern 4-6 PM, Everyday Cantina 4-6 PM, Everyday Old Town Pub 4-6 PM, Everyday Boathouse Pub 4-6 PM, Everyday Sweetwater Grill 4-6 PM, Everyday Big House Burgers & Bottlecap Bar 4:20-6 PM, Mon – Sun
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by the holidays, according to Wood, and while the music scene in Steamboat has changed a bit since the 70’s and 80’s, Wood says that Steamboat is essentially still a town for acoustic music. “The scene has gotten a little more diversified,” he says. “Back in the 80’s, it was predominantly a country town. Then it progressed into a multi-spectrum scene with the free concert series and a lot of bar venues… but I think Steamboat is still pretty much a Country and Bluegrass type town.”
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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak. – Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you ask Tom Wood about the inspiration for one of his songs, he’ll tell you the specific moment when the muse struck him. “The inspiration came on so quickly and almost divinely that I can go back to the moment when I wrote the song. It’s like a moment in time frozen for me,” he says. For instance the song “North of Farwell” was inspired by a thunderstorm. “I was on a job site and a thunderstorm came across Sand Mountain and Steamboat Lake and shut the job down,” says Wood, “it brought back the memory of a bike ride I was on where Mother Nature did the same thing to me.” Wood’s album, North of Farwell, is a collection of these moments, frozen in the Yampa Valley and beyond. Moments as far away as Australia. Moments which run the musical gamut from Beach Boys-esque Surf Music, to Funk, to a Bossa Nova number, to just good ol’ Rock and Roll. “What’s great about the album is that it’s a broad spectrum of musical genres,” says Wood. Working with local musician and producer Steve Boynton, North of Farwell was recorded in 2011, but the songs span Wood’s career as a musician. “Some of the songs are pretty old. The song ‘Skiing’ was written in the late 70’s, skiing up on Rabbit Ears Pass,” says Wood, who has been a Routt County resident since 1973. Originally from Concord, Massachusetts, Wood has been musically inclined his whole life. He began playing piano when he was about 5 years old and took lessons until he was 8. He also sang and played guitar from a young age. Wood moved west and got involved in competitive mogul skiing, but the music was always there. “I always had a band going back in the late 70’s and early 80’s here in town,” says Wood. He currently performs around town acoustically, and with local rock band Copious. North of Farwell is Wood’s first album, but far from his last. His latest project “Sound Scoundrels” – an acoustic duo with singer Kate Park – is in the process of recording an album that should be ready
While a Country and singer/songwriter influence is apparent in North of Farwell, Wood’s blending of styles show a wide range of influences. The song “No Tomorrow” has a heavier, almost Power-Rock feel that would feel out of place on the album if it weren’t for the wellcrafted intro and outro that help build into and out of the song, respectively. In fact, with the varying styles on the album, one of the common threads between the songs is simply the tight musicianship, much of which Wood attributes to his backing musicians – local performers, many of whom Wood had played with at one point or another around town. “They are so good that I was literally able to just give them a CD of the concept, just a verse and a chorus, and then they would come to the studio. All the intros and instrumental breaks and outros are all their creative input,” he says. Another standout song is the album’s closer, “Nimbin Factor” – a bass-driven, funky number about smoking too much pot. “The song ‘Nimbin factor’ was written about a town in Australia where cannabis was legal and it was just full-blown lunacy,” says Wood, “people were fighting in the streets. So I wrote this song about how people who smoke too much pot can just go off the deep end.” An apt song, considering marijuana’s now legal standing and the ludicrous market that’s sprung up around it. But drug related or not, all of Tom Wood’s songs have a deep connection with him that he wants to share with his audiences. More than anything, that connection is what fuels Wood’s desire for music. “I’m not trying to be a rock star or trying to make a huge living on it,” he says, “what I really enjoy is giving my gift and helping people feel better about the day. I think that’s the great gift of most musicians. It’s taken me to my mid-fifties to realize how great of a gift it is and how it can brighten someone’s day.” You can catch Tom Wood performing around town in one of his various projects. For information about North of Farwell, e-mail Tom at: tomwood@springsips. com
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Von Wilson By Mical Hutson
Von Wilson grew up on a ranch. I never had a cowboy fetish that some women carry. I’ve had enough experience to think that a good percentage of them sexist, but there’s plenty I like about ranchers. I personally grew up on a farm with three older brothers who could fix a car, ride a horse, shoot dinner and make it, and build a barn while making good grades. When my parents divorced, I moved into town without my brothers and I was frankly surprised that a lot of dudes can’t do all that or even half that. As an emerging adult I found myself in the company of rural men again, and sure enough, I found dudes who fix things, make things, weld things, figure things out and get things done. Then a bad marriage sent me packing for suburbia again. And by bad, I mean, we were meant for each other because “Satan forged our union in his basement” bad. We made each other equally miserable. And town-bound again, I was surprised that there are dudes who can’t do things. Suburbia is weird. People’s jobs are highly specialized. For the most part, people don’t have to make do with what they have or figure out how to make things; they go out and buy things or hire someone else who specializes in what they need. Specializing changes people into strange, littler versions of themselves. Like puppets. Really clean puppets with green yards. And no, I’m not admiring their yards. Yards are the most idiotic modern societal evolution to hit our planet. Wasting precious water resources and creating a toxic burden that sheds back into our depleted water supply. When I met Von with my back all out of whack from a horse incident, or should I say a ground incident involving a horse who preferred his back free and clear of me, he popped me back into shape so I could walk pain-free again. Even if he’d been a jerk, I probably would have returned, because he is talented and spends the time to release the muscles, releasing, I don’t know what. . . but it works. He takes his time to do the job right and you feel better. Even though he’s not into wham-bam, thank-you-ma’am, slash and hash fifteen minute appointment slots, he charges minimally. But Von Wilson is also . . . nice. I was in a Steamboat office of an alternative health practitioner who didn’t seem to have an agenda beyond popping my back into place. Let’s face it, most alternative health practitioners feel a bit fundamentalist, wanting to convert you to their health discoveries which leave you feeling “less than.” Like the no-nonsense earth-people I grew up around, there was no hidden agenda. Just calm, clean, good chiropractic work. I spread the word throughout my then ranching community, and Von quickly became the North Park go-to guy. But Von’s rancheresqueness goes beyond the can-do attitude I so admire. He is without a doubt, one of the coolest versions of ranch guy I’ve ever met. He’s environmentally conscious. He doesn’t put toxins on his yard to buy social status. He runs a human-powered push mower and plucks his dandelions with a stand and pull contraption he designed and manufactured himself. And even though he drives a huge pickup, cause a guy needs his tools, he converted the diesel engine to burn corn oil that he collects from restaurants after it has served its purpose. Von can snap your body back
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into health, train work horses, turn his diesel engine into a corn oil burning machine, forge ironworks for either a draft horse’s hooves or beautiful enough for a multi-million dollar home, and play banjo in a nationwide touring band. His ranch-born ingenuity appears in every nook and cranny of his town-life. Gates that swing slower by hand-forged weights that wind around a bicycle wheel, beautiful gate latches that lace and curl in ways metals just don’t, interesting handmade knives and spoons, curtain rods, and closet door hangers. If that’s not the definition of an artist, I don’t want to hear it. He’s my kind of artist. The kind of story I sink into like slippers and pot roast. Comfortable, easy-going but never boring. Von Wilson is my comfort article after a long, intense summer. He is a comfort to his wife and their son and her kids. He is a good neighbor and good friend. He is a good man. And a hell of a traditional bluegrass banjo player. Earl Scruggs’ style three finger banjo picking is what I’m talking about. He plays fast and he plays hot. Currently with Ragweed and Old Town Pickers, he opened this summer for Sam Bush, and last year, Old Town Pickers, opened the Palisade Bluegrass Festival. I was there. The crowd ate them up. Q: Part of the reason I chose you this month, Von, is because I admire the fact that when you want to do something creative, you just do it. You seem fairly uncomplicated. A: I guess. Q: Whereas me and Molly (his wife, a talented printmaker and at least half the charm of their creative home and work areas), we bitch and moan about the creative process a lot. A: (He chuckles quietly) There’s always something in the way. There’s always something to do. Q: Why and when did you start playing banjo? A: My parents always played music. My mom plays piano and my dad played fiddle. As far back as grade school, when I listened to music, I could always pick out the banjo. I always just loved the sound of it. My uncle had given me a four-string banjo when I was 13. Four-stringed banjos aren’t bluegrass style, and I really wanted a bluegrass banjo. So in high school wood shop I built a banjo from a kit . . . I took some banjo lessons from my Dad’s fiddle teacher. She was really old, and luckily that was when they were building the power plant in Craig, so Wayne Eades moved into town and he was a great banjo player and teacher. I was fortunate to have such a good teacher in my small town. Q: When did you start playing professionally? A: I always played in Steamboat. Like the early 90’s. I really started playing professionally when I was in chiropractic college (Oregon). The only work I could do while I was in school was night work, so I started playing a 3 to 5 gigs a week while I was there. We toured the West Coast and the East Coast, including New York City. We played a lot of cool places. When I moved back here, I started playing with Shenanigans which morphed into Ragweed and I also started playing with Old Town Pickers. During the course our conversation, Von brings up the
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fact that the banjo is starting to feel heavy and he’s picking up the fiddle now, but only in private. I perk up. “Oh really. I started playing fiddle too. It’s my goal to play ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’ on stage at least once by the time I’m 65. My daughter and I finally found a violin we could afford, a $550 model in great shape for $45 at a garage sale and she’s taking lessons from Randy Kelly. I listen in, then go home and practice every time I walk by it. I’ve got an almost flawless Twinkle Twinkle Little Star now.” Von is kind and offers to listen to it. I admit that our fiddle has tape on the neck to show me where to put my fingers. Fiddles are finicky friends. You have to develop a great ear since there are no frets or buttons to push. Q: Are you planning on ever playing fiddle on stage then? A: Yeah, I’d like to. I perk up again. Here’s my chance to dive into the creative life of an uncomplicated artist. No angst. No pain. Just pure ranching get-er-done attitude. Q: So tell me how it’s done. From hardly playing to playing on stage. How many hours a day do you practice? A: (He chuckles again) Well, I haven’t been really.
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Q: Really? Why? A: Well, time. There’s so much to do. Of course, with Molly gone, it would have been the perfect time to practice, but . . . there was always something else to do. We both laugh. Q: So, not that uncomplicated after all. You procrastinate too! A: Yes. I guess I do. I need deadlines. How about this. I’ll play on stage by next year this time. Eric Baker has a piece he wants to play with me. And maybe that’s where the uncomplicated part comes in. I don’t doubt that he’ll make deadline, and I don’t think he does either. But me? There’s an 82% chance I’ll get bored of fiddle and have messed around with fifteen other instruments while “The Devil Goes Down to Georgia” becomes a faint memory. Von admits to needing variety in life too, which is why he does three different things professionally. In his other life as a blacksmith, Von has as much work as he can keep up with. Almost all of it is custom work. A recent side customer, glass artist Denise Bohart Brown, utilizes his engineering/design skills to display her original works, and according to her, Von has never let her down. She’s amazed by what he can accomplish. Having been raised on a ranch herself, she says that walking into his shop, the smells transported her back to memories of childhood and her father. A large portion of Von’s commission work comes from Romick’s, Into the West. And of course, he also works for himself and Molly. The metal work around his house has a lot of his wife, Molly in them, and I ask him about that. He admits that she designs a lot of it, and his customers do a lot of design as well, so he’s often just fulfilling the
order. But he says Molly’s eye has rubbed off on him. Now when he’s making something, he’ll often add his own artistic element. What started as working in the ranch shop as a kid, progressed into needing a forge to bend huge shoes required by the Belgians he raised in Craig, to design and custom work out of his home shop in Steamboat Springs. My favorite homes, homes that embody warmth and inspire my own creativity have always been the homes
lived in and worked on by couples who complement each other personally and in their crafts, one helping fulfill the vision of the other and vice-versa. The Wilson home reeks of both sets of skills and talents these two bring, and it’s not purchased at Neiman Marcus. It’s priceless. I was of out having drinks and conversation with a bunch of my favorite girlfriends this week, and as it often does, the conversation of husbands came up. Molly was in our lively bunch of women who were exploring the concept of marital contentment and what is allowable when it’s lacking. This conversation bores me to no end since I have long ago given up on the concept of finding happiness inside a romantic partnership, so I posed as devil’s advocate. “How could anyone truly be happily married to one man . . . Truly?” I asked double-dog daring anyone to deny the validity of my question. “Please,” Molly quipped with her dead-honest, straight to the core Oklahoma accent, “You know who I’m married to.” She had me there. And I get the feeling, he knows who he’s married to also. Creativity. The yin and yang. The marriage of the inner masculine and feminine. None of this is lost on me, and yet at the same time, it really is.
Mical Hutson is one of the five Steamboat citizens who don’t ski. She is freelance photographer and writer, and has been published in WEEKEND MAGAZINE (NYC glossy, now closed), STEAMBOAT MAGAZINE, and ELITE EQUESTRIAN, and is a monthly columnist for the VALLEY VOICE profiling local artists while exploring her own creative journey.
The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. – W. Somerset Maugham
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Rural Philanthropy Days By Andy Kennedy for NWRPD
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Rural Philanthropy Days makes the valuable connection between Non Profits in the Northwest and statewide philanthropists, September 25-27, 2013
the event. Expedition leader and motivational speaker, Davidson has summited peaks around the world and consults with corporations on resilience, leadership, engaged teamwork, and overcoming obstacles.
Every four years a unique event comes to the Northwest Colorado region, uniting state-wide funders with needy nonprofit organizations (NPOs). The benefits of this three-day event are obvious: Funders get to know the staff and directors of these worthy organizations to learn first-hand how impactful their monies are, and the directors make meaningful connections with philanthropists who can help grow their organizations. It’s a win-win.
The “Making Tracks” theme this year encompasses tracks for funding, capacity building, and solutions. Track breakout sessions include 100 to 400-level NPO topics from board and staff roles and responsibilities to planning capital campaigns. A unique “Youth Philanthropy Day” has also been added to the conference for the next generation of philanthropists and nonprofit directors. And something new to the event this year is a “Green Registration.” In an effort to increase the RPD focus on Sustainability, NWRPD 2013 will feature lowwaste concepts, fewer printed resources and reusable items.
The event? The aptly named Rural Philanthropy Days (RPD) is hosted by Colorado’s Community Resource Center (CRC), creator of the Colorado Grants Guide (1991) that helped to coalesce the sometimes-overwhelming granting process into a universally accepted document. The umbrella organization has spent the last two decades focusing on increasing the funding for and connectivity between state wide nonprofits and philanthropists. Each year RPD visits regions throughout the state, clusters of counties that share in hosting and rotating the event. In 2009, The Northwest RPD was held in Routt County’s seat of Steamboat Springs, and for 2013, RPD will be “Making Tracks” in Grand County’s Winter Park Resort. In the Northwest region, the five counties that host the event include Grand, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, and Routt. Within those counties, hundreds of nonprofits benefit from the event, which is organized by a steering committee of dedicated NPO directors.
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QUICK FACTS: • The last NW RPD event was in September 2009 in Steamboat Springs • The Northwest region has received an average of over $2.1 million a year from the 14 core funders of RPD over the past 4 years! • The first ever RPD event was held in Grand Junction in 1991 (22 years ago!)
As always, “it takes an army.” For those who want to help with the facilitation of this event, hordes of volunteers are needed at the event in Winter Park during the three days in September (Wednesday 9/25-Friday 9/27). Visit www.northwestrpd.org to learn more, register, and make contact for volunteering.
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Rig to Flip
Expectation of the Dawn By Cody Perry
There is no time quite like the dawn, especially if you catch it early. The first light floats in like a low heavy smoke. Watching the high ground in mountains and canyons for the slow coming of simmering color. Or looking down from great mesas on the open Colorado Plateau where the light spills over plains like honey. I suggest getting up and getting a pot of water boiling, this is an important time to be awake. Henry David Thoreau wrote, “We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us even in our soundest sleep.” Some mornings we can reach out across the view towards the rim of our planet to feel an accord like no other. Our loved ones, history, struggles and victories pooled and then poured out before us. Like the early shades of light, the encounter can fade into a day of personal tasks or routine. I wrote off Thoreau as a bit of a perverted savant and drooped over his readings in college but there is a definite challenge I take from these words, and I take them, with tea. I do an awful lot of waking in my sleeping bag. Sometimes just to shift position, sometimes to storms rolling in, sometimes to the unseen thumping in the dark. I’m the last one with a light on turning pages till my head drops. On a clear night with no shelter the book gets shoved under the bag to protect it from morning dew. Shoes are placed alongside with a knife and water up close in reach. The camera comes inside along with the most important item of the night, a headlight. I do this ritual often, taking groups of outdoor ed. students into what we simply call the field. Once everyone’s asleep and everything is stowed, I settle into my bag to look at the stars with an ear to ground, for anything. Like the wind, my thoughts drift toward reviewing that day’s events leading into tomorrow’s possibilities. Thinking how funny a comment was or a story told by one of the students that day. Appreciating that some have never seen a moose, scorpion or the Milky Way. I watch these people hike and take notes during lessons in foul weather. Getting tired, hungry, wet and thirsty. I only have brief periods of time with each group and over the course of that experience I’ve seen some leave
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I’d like to share these experiences with friends and family more often than I have. Mostly because they think it’s a big vacation. That bugs me, just like Thoreau. Helping people become oriented in dynamic environments and pushing limits of personal comfort is something our society needs. We’ve made great strides toward engineering discomfort and hardship out of our collective character; but judging from what I’ve seen, the collective character needs it. As Ed Abbey said, “May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome and dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” The moments where I’ve witnessed men and women arriving at that place have been the greatest in my life, wide awake.
Crouching like a wolf over my stove prepping the familiar melody of hot drink, the words come to mind. With journal in hand I’ll move to the appropriate vantage and write the thoughts of first light. I think Thoreau and I would have gotten along after a few fights. I decided to write him a note.
Dear Henry, Slipped into dreams last night considering a series of alternate lives, friends’ faces, lovers’ lips. The great map turned overhead and spoke of a similar theme. Yes, there are times when the dimension and scale of magic whisper the secrets. The desert sings along a clinched heart. My feet bare the marks, colors that I carry for those who can do better than I have. There is no “alone,” only the sacred knowledge of living your fiercest life.
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Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country’s unity. – Mwai Kibaki
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The Dog Food Bowl - What’s in the Bag? By Lisa Mason
As with humans, nutrition plays a vital role in the health of our pets. Taking a little time to learn about and consider what goes into your pet’s food bowl can go a long way in ensuring they don’t just survive…but thrive. There are many ways to feed your dog, be it a rawfed, home-cooked or a commercially produced kibble/ canned diet. Regardless of your chosen method, putting some thought into what goes into that bowl can prove beneficial to your dog’s health and well-being. Let’s start with the commercial kibble or dry diets. Deciphering the labels when selecting a food can be challenging, but let’s start by discussing just some aspects of the ingredient lists. Please keep in mind that all animals need moisture for their kidneys to perform properly, so I encourage you to reconsider the “all dry, all the time” diet and think about adding some canned food, water or even sodium free broth to their meals. Think, also, about variety… for me, variety is the key to a healthy diet but we’ll discuss this further in another article. Below is only a partial breakdown of the “deal breakers” I use when making a dog food purchase decision. Hopefully this will inspire you to dig deeper on your own. For me, some ingredient items to AVOID… • Generic proteins or fats. By this I mean, no “meat” meal or “animal” fat. These generic terms indicate that the mixture is coming from a number of different sources, which can be a sign of a poor quality food. “Meat” is an example of a low-quality protein source. Look instead for actual named sources such as “beef” or “chicken” fat or “lamb” or “bison” meal. • Corn or wheat gluten meal. Both are cheap waste products left over from human food production and are incomplete, hard to digest sources of protein. Two others, rice protein and soy protein, though not as bad, still offer an inadequate source of protein. Plus, corn, wheat and soy have been linked to allergic reactions in some dogs.
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T • Meat or poultry by-products or digest. Though not just the feathers or toenails, these are still usually leftover parts that were considered not fit for human consumption. Higher-value ingredients are processed and stored more carefully (kept clean and cold) than lower-cost ingredients (such as by-products) by meat processors. • Artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives (i.e., BHA, BHT, ethoxiquin, propylene glycol). They provide no nutritional value and have been associated with possible side effects. Your dog doesn’t care what the color of her food is…only if it tastes good! Natural preservatives, such as tocopherols (vitamin E), vitamin C, and rosemary extract, can be used instead. But be aware that they do not preserve foods as long as the artificial ones. Check the “best by” date on the label; choosing one whose date is 10 or 11 months away, indicating the food was made recently. Some ingredient items to LOOK FOR… • Identifiable, real animal proteins as the first ingredients. Pet foods must list their ingredients in order of weight. Look for foods that list beef, chicken, lamb, etc. among their top3-5 ingredients. • Identifiable animal protein “meals.” If a fresh meat is the first ingredient, having an animal protein meal (such as “beef” meal or “chicken” meal) listed in the top three or so ingredients adds to the overall protein content of the food. Fresh (or frozen) meat contains a lot of water, which adds to its overall weight and thus its position at the top of the list; “meals” supplement the actual amount of protein in the food.
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I d d b t a As always, keep your veterinarian in the loop, asking a questions, getting their advice and guidance. Discuss s with them the amounts they feel you should be feeding f based upon their relationship with your dog and about S specific natural supplements they might suggest. h So, this is just a taste of what you can arm yourself with when looking for that next bag of dog food. Learn- F p ing to read and better understand food ingredient labels is a great start to ensuring your pet is getting o beneficial, nutritional meals which in turn can lead to i e them having healthier and (hopefully) longer lives. s Resources: I Animal Wellness Magazine i DogsNaturally Magazine t Whole Dog Journal k www.Healthypets.mercola.com r DogAware.com l Lisa, along with her 15 month old lab-gal, Willa, is an c employee at Outdoor K9, and has been involved with s and concerned about dog nutrition for over 15 years. f n She writes in memory and honor of her Zoey, who began this journey with her many years ago. S t k • Whole vegetables, fruits, and grains. (although some question the value of grain in the diet at all) These whole foods will contain nutrients in their entire natural, complex form, including vitamins, enzymes, and antioxidants.
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When we go to the grocery store, we feel good about buying free-range eggs. We picture happy little chickens, a la Bob Ross, wandering through green pastures and pecking at bugs. All so very Norman Rockwell. The truth is often very different. In the poultry industry, “free range” is a specifically defined yet loosely regulated term. Free range, as defined by the USDA, indicates that the animal has been allowed access to the outdoors--but the regulations do not include the size or quality of range, nor the amount of time that access is allowed. This means that a 10-week-old chicken raised with 2 weeks’ access to a small gravel patch, bare of any vegetation, qualifies as a free range bird by current standards. So for those of us that reject lax regulatory sleight-ofhand, what’s involved in raising free-range chickens? Free-range or not, your birds will need various forms of protection. Shelter against the elements--whether rain or heat--is crucial. Protection from night-time predators is a must as well, unless you want your chicken-raising experiment to end in rather short order. For this, a strong, sturdy coop is a must. I’d always read about chickens returning to their coops in the evening, ready to roost. Having only raised turkeys prior to this year, I was a little nervous. (Turkeys, once set loose, have pretty much zero interest in returning to a coop, and are glad to demonstrate this little fact.) But I’ll be damned, chickens are much more compliant with the whole “this is where you need to spend the evening” gig. It doesn’t hurt to remove their food during the day and return it inside the coop at night. Some people like to fence their chickens in to protect them from predators, but be warned--chicken wire keeps chickens in, but does not keep predators out!
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Hardware cloth does a much better job, as does electric netting. Each fencing type comes with pros and cons, however: hardware cloth should be buried 6-10” or so underground to discourage digging from predators, while electric netting needs to have adjacent foliage trimmed close to the ground. Another option to protect your flock from predators is a well-trained dog, but the training process can be time-intensive and fraught with loss.
Speaking of table scraps, most people don’t really know what chickens eat. We think about corn scratch, but don’t make the leap to chickens eating grass and weeds. We read “vegetarian feed” on the egg cartons in the store and pride ourselves that the eggs are coming from chickens that aren’t fed any animal by-products, but without stopping to consider that chickens are omnivores. After all, bugs are animals too! As John Vivian, the author of “The Manual of Practical Homesteading,” writes:
Give [free ranging] a try, if you have or can wangle the space. You may have to scrape droppings off your shoes now and again, but that never hurt anyone. . . . spared an existence cooped up in a pen, your birds will live out as close to a natural chicken life as their breeding permits. Maybe freeing them up will free something in you. It works that way with me, or I like to think it does. Looking to live and let live in the natural condition is as near a state of grace as I’ll ever approach in this life.
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The Way I See It
The Power of Words By Nina Rogers
I was talking to a friend a short while ago about some of my plans and dreams. My friend enjoined me to curb myself a little and “be practical.” I know my friend was speaking out of love and concern and had only my best interests at heart, but those well-meaning words resonated way back to my childhood, when I was telling my mother about my dreams of being a performer (a FAMOUS performer, of course) and was told that such dreams were impractical and unrealistic. Maybe so, but isn’t that what childhood is for? To hear those words as a child felt to me like a condemnation of my dearest dreams, although I know that certainly was not my mother’s intention. To hear those words again as an adult felt to me like a vote of no confidence, although again, I know that certainly was not my friend’s intention.
because they believe they are trying to protect us. But protect us from what? From disappointment? From hurt? From failure? I appreciate the sentiment, but none of those things will kill me and if I do in fact experience one or more of those things, I will learn from it and I will grow from it and maybe it is exactly what I needed to experience to move me along on my journey. In fact, if I accept that I arranged this life experience for myself before I came to occupy this physical body, then I also have to accept that I pre-arranged these experiences as well for what they would teach me.
Many Native American cultures believe that what one does or says affects the next seven generations and that is why it is so important to be mindful about one’s words and actions.
But that’s the thing, isn’t it? We really don’t know how our words are going to be taken, because we usually have no idea what another’s past experience is or what tapes they are running. And while we cannot be responsible for what someone is going to make of our words, it is a good idea to be mindful of the words we say. Is what is coming out of your mouth something that you have given great thought to and believe with all your heart, or are you just spewing out recycled crap that you’ve picked up along your life’s journey? Are you aware that more than 90% of the time, we are operating on auto-pilot - in other words, our unconscious mind is at the wheel? This is fine and makes perfect sense most of the time; walking, breathing, chewing are all automatic functions that don’t require conscious thought (until you bite the inside of your cheek and then “Oh, #@$%^%$! That hurts!”). Even more casual conversations (i.e., “Hello, how are you?”) don’t require conscious thought, although I find them much more fun and fulfilling when I make an effort to be present, make eye contact and engage the other person as an individual, unique being.
How many times have you caught yourself saying something and then wondering where the hell that came from? “Oh, my Lord, I sound just like my mother!” Some of my favorites? “Don’t get your hopes up!” Well, why the hell not??? “You might be disappointed.” Yes, and I also might not be disappointed! “You can’t trust everyone.” Does that mean I’m supposed to distrust everyone? “You can’t make a living at that.” “It will never work.” Just because someone else can’t think of a way, it doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Most of these pronouncements are made by people who care about us; not because they want to hurt us, but
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Some time ago, a woman I know was telling me about her son, and how he was studying philosophy in college and loving it. The first words out of my mouth were, “Well, he can’t make a living at that!” As soon as I said it, I wanted to bite my tongue and I was grateful I hadn’t said it to him. How the heck do I know what he can or can’t make a living doing? If he loves doing it and is passionate about it, he will find a way. When I thought about it later, I realized that this idea of what one can or cannot make a living doing is not even my belief system. It’s just junk that I picked up along the way when I was being told what was “practical” by other people who had picked it up from other people, and so on and so on. Many Native American cultures believe that what one does or says affects the next seven generations and that is why it is so important to be mindful about one’s words and actions. I agree. But there is another side to the equation. Not only do we have a responsibility to be aware of how our words and actions affect others, we also have a responsibility to ourselves to be aware of what we are accepting as our reality. To whom are we giving the power of authority in our lives? The media, knowing that stories are chosen and reported with an eye toward what will “sell” and increase viewership/ readership? Marketers, knowing that their bottom line is making a profit (this is not to judge making a profit, it is just a point to keep in mind when making a determination about whether we really need their product)? Or even friends and family, knowing that they are speaking from their own history and experience and reality and just because it is theirs, do we really need to make it ours? Does that view serve us? Words are so powerful, and even though “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me” (not physically, anyway!), I want to use the power of my words to uplift and bring joy to those around me. Just think of me as your personal little ray of sunshine! MWAH!
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Fare for the Fair By LA Bourgeois
Last year, I decided to enter the Routt County Fair after approximately 11,951 people asked me if I’d entered and then made a disappointed face when I said no. I told about half of them “Next year” (after I realized that just saying “No” wasn’t good enough) and then I made a point to forget about it. Now the deadline sprung out at me like a snake scooting across the trail. Somehow, I’d forgotten that I had to take my father and nephew back to West Virginia at the beginning of August and then I promised to knit my friend’s wedding shawl and complete a whole list of repairs. Now I’d arrived back in Steamboat the Friday before the Wednesday the entries were due, and I still hadn’t made a decision on my entry. I have a ton of knitted objects to choose from, but here’s the thing. Whenever I make something for myself, I give myself a bit of a pass on mistakes. I’ll make a little error and, if it doesn’t really alter the piece, I’ll just leave it be. And that doesn’t cut it for the fair. Those ladies are picky! However, I knew that I had to pick something a bit more special. Samples from the store! Anything I make to display at the store I make sure is perfect in every way, and I have several pieces over there – even ones that I’d designed! So, the Lucky Star Shrug and the Bella Botanica shawl made the cut. Wednesday, I went over to Sew Steamboat and picked them up. I’d been to the fair last year for the first time, so I knew where the exhibit hall was, but when I walked into the building, I was confronted with bustle and not a lot of instruction. As I proceeded into the hall, I noticed a table covered with exhibitor tags, fair books and pens. I sat down and joined others to fill out my exhibitor tags. I then walked around to find the ladies accepting knitting and crochet entries and find out which category they fit. They thought “knitting-clothing” for the shrug and “knitting-accessories” for the shawl and so that’s what I put on the pieces. These nice ladies thanked me for my entries and I thanked them for being there and I headed
back out into the world. Now, I wait. I am excited to know how it goes. I want to see the rest of the entries. I want to know how my entries measured up. I feel a bit of competition coming up in my soul. I want to win. After all, I’ve put quite a bit of effort into my knitting knowledge and skills. I definitely have some skin in the game.
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August 16th A friend walked into my knitting group today and confronted me with “High five!” and a raised hand. Confused, I slapped her palm and said “Ok. What’s up?” “Have you been to the fair?” “No.” “Do you know what happened?” “No.” “Do you want to know?” “Yes.” My friend smiled and said, “Grand champion. For the Lucky Star shrug.” Woo-hoo!
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August 18th My honey and I went over to the fair today to check out the exhibits, eat Navajo tacos and pick up my pieces. We parked and headed into the exhibit hall. Gorgeous quilts lined the air, suspended from the ceiling along the aisles. Everything from clothing to canned goods and giant produce to Lego sculptures are displayed underneath. We made a giant circle around the hall, finally stopping in front of the knitting and crochet entries. There it was. The shrug with a blue ribbon, a larger purple ribbon, and finally the giant rosette of Grand Champion. My little beaded shawl also had a blue ribbon. I experienced a surge of pleasure and took some pictures. While we waited for the designated pick-up time to roll around, my honey and I watched the horse racing and saddle broncs while munching on Navajo tacos and slurping lemonade. Finally, we went back to the exhibit hall and I picked up my pieces. The ladies who watch over the exhibits had another surprise for me. When I picked up my pieces, they suggested I go over to the window. Apparently, people who win blue ribbons are awarded $1 each.
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On Sunday, September 15th from 1-6pm at Howelsen Hill, the Locals Helping Locals - Family Fun Festival and Silent Auction will take place to benefit Izaac Kinnison and Scott Blair, two Steamboat residents battling brain cancer.
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Friends of Scott and Izaac have formed the “Locals Helping Locals” group to organize this benefit and ask the community to help our neighbors in their time of need. This event is sponsored in part by PEDAL for Change, a non-profit educational organization created to help students learn about global sustainability. For more information go to: Pedalforchange.org. All proceeds will go directly to the Blair and Kinnison families. The Benefit is a Family Fun Festival and Silent Auction. The Silent Auction will have plenty of merchandise ranging from ski gear, restaurant certificates, jewelry, art, a pool membership, a children’s motorcycle, hotel stays, spa treatments, cleaning services, veterinary services, guided fishing trips, weekend getaways and much more. The Family Fun Festival will be asking for donations of $10/adult and $5 for children 12 and under which will include a meal. Wine and beer will be available for a separate donation. At the Festival everyone will have a chance to enjoy games and races for all ages. There will be four bands playing during the afternoon including Todd Mussleman, Old River Road, Old Town Pickers and It’s All About Me. The event will be a true family experience. Please come to Howelsen Hill from 1-6 PM on Sunday, September 15th to help us help our neighbors. If you are unable to join us on the 15th, contributions for the Kinnison and Blair families may be made at any Wells Fargo Branch office, payable to “Locals Helping Locals.”
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I thought we’d just get it out there that I was a pretty cool kid at the middle school. Yeah, you know, I sat with like one whole person at my lunch table and everything. I guess you could say I made a pretty good impression since I left for home schooling. When I bump into former classmates now, they only need to be reminded once or twice who I am if I’m lucky, and I even got a few hip nicknames, like “that weird girl” “the freak” and “know it all.” You’re well-advised to follow my footsteps if you want to become the life of the halls. 1. Don’t socialize. No, no, never do that. You want to make sure you seem mysterious, so avoid eye contact. Kind of slink around the halls and don’t talk to people unless the conversation may involve some obscure fact or theory that you can lecture them on for hours upon hours. 2. Imagine your own soundtrack in your head as you slink. It will add flair to your isolated class-to-locker adventures. 3. Make sure everyone knows just how smart you are. You show them at all costs, you hear? Even if it means running up to them and bragging about your straight A’s and shouting random facts at them, then so be it. You have to establish your intelligence; people will naturally gravitate towards your confidence. 4. Judge everyone as if they are less than you. If you patrol the halls with an air of ‘I don’t really give a crap, I’m better than you’ then people will think you’re the boss and they will want to hang around you. 5. When stuck in that awkward part of the conversation where you don’t know what to say – if in the rare event when you actually are speaking to people, because remember, you’re avoiding that – just walk away, it will leave them wondering. 6.Again, seeming mysterious is important. The less they know about you, the better. A few good ways to insure this is to:
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10. And now, once you’ve gathered your no doubt enormous social circle, do something ridiculous and have some petty fight with everyone you’ve ever held dear and break down into a hot mess in the cafeteria and repeat steps once you are, inevitably, alone once more.
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Your Monthly Message By Chelsea Yepello Aries
March 21 - April 19
There was a reason the fortune cookie seemed so accurate. Some traditional ancient Chinese man measured the stars on a clear summer night, found your future in them, typed the results on a tiny piece of paper, inserted it into a delicious dessert cookie and sent it to you with your order of kung pao chicken. It was divine intervention.
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You will loose a considerable amount of weight when you decide to break your bad habit of chewing with your mouth open by wearing a muzzle when you eat.
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NO! You’re not crying! You don’t cry! You’re not some sort of emotional basket case that will start crying about nothing! You just have allergies... really, really depressing allergies!
May 20 - June 20
After months of speculation you have decided that parking outside your exes apartment building with a pair of binoculars shouldn’t be called “crazy”, it should called “determination” and you see nothing wrong with it.
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You will find yourself at a local bookstore this week asking the sales person if they sell Kindles. Silly, silly Leo.
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At some point you realize that it is easier to wear your mouse ears everyday than have to find an excuse to brag to everyone you meet about your membership to the Micky Mouse Club.
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The moral of the story? People with tattoos on their faces will either have something incredibly inspirational to say or they are going to kick your ass for no apparent reason.
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October 24 - November 21
Middle aged male, seeking twenty something female. Enjoys long walks on the beach, a nice home cooked meal, watching birds in the park, going on extremely expensive vacations using twenty something female’s father’s money, holding hands, talking philosophy and drinking flat sparkling water.
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November 22 - December 21
Really though, how do you kill two birds with one stone? Do you throw a rock at a bird in hopes that the rock ricochets off one bird and hits another? Do you try to hit one bird hoping that while the dead bird is
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December 22 - January 19
Somehow you and your friends have adopted a time of the day you refer to as “cheeseburger time” which ironically has nothing to do with cheeseburgers....yet somehow, you still find it oddly fitting.
Aquarius
January 20 - February 18
They are someone that you still think about years later. Not long ago, you were given another chance and blew it. Now you’re left with lost moments where you find yourself stalking them on Facebook, wishing that you were that person standing beside them and knowing you never will be. Oh sorry, did you want this horoscope to be funny? Two tomatoes were walking, one was walking very slow so the other one yelled, “Ketchup!”...Feel better?
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February 19 - March 20
Next Friday won’t be a good day for you. You might as well stay in bed and avoid Friday all together. It’s just a really bad day. You have been warned.
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Haiku from the Homeland By Lawrence Gregory
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