By Shannon Lukens.
The newest problem at the Steamboat Springs Post Office is the parking lot. It is full of ruts and ice. People have been using the outside drop off mailbox but then sliding into the mailbox and damaging their cars when they hit it. There’s someone’s bumper in the snow there right now.
Terry Paulsen is with Russell’s Auto Salon. He says they have four or five repair jobs already scheduled because of it.
“One quarter panel got ripped, and the other guy lost their bumper, and it’s been a mess.”
Mae Greene drove through the Steamboat Springs Post Office Tuesday night, to drop off a letter and she slid into the outside mailbox, in a friend’s borrowed GMC Denali.
“The ruts were so bad that it pulled me into them. So I wasn’t actually driving, I was just pulling out, and it pulled my car so hard that it hit the box and ripped off the front of it. It punctured the car. In the back corner panel, there’s a big hole.”
Greene brought her $2,500 repair estimate in to Fernando, the postmaster in Steamboat Springs. We talked to Fernando Wednesday afternoon. He said he will be sending any repair estimates to the snow removal contractor. He says he has been asking them to scrape the parking lot for a couple of weeks now. Fernando put an orange cone up in front of the damaged outside mailbox Wednesday morning.
Moffat County Board of County Commissioners have approved $3,000 dollars to support and sponsor the first Northwest Colorado Energy Summit. It’s scheduled for June 2 in Craig. Former Moffat County Commissioner Ray Beck says the mission of the summit is to advocate, communicate, and educate about options for energy.
“Energy options… exactly right, like nuclear, like hydrogen, like biomass, like geothermal and all those things we have questions about and don’t have enough information to make an informed decision. So hopefully this community can put things like that out and we’ll see where it goes from there.”
Ray Beck is with a group called JOLT which is helping organize the Energy Summit. JOLT stands for Just Organizations Leading Transition. The power plants and coal mines in Moffat County and in Colorado have been mandated to shut down in the next seven years.
Mountain lions have been reported eight times in Routt County since Dec. 1. That’s according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. In Grand County, there have been three incidents involving a mountain lion at Grand Lake. One dog died and two others were injured. CPW officers euthanized one of the mountain lions and a dog owner killed another one that the wildlife officer determined was a threat to human health and safety. CPW says be especially aware between dusk through dawn when mountain lions are most active, especially if you’re letting your pet out. They say to make a lot of noise, too.
Women United with Routt County United Way are hosting the Sip & Paint Fundraiser tonight at the library in Steamboat Springs. Proceeds help with maternity and baby items for young families in Routt County. Tickets are through the Routt County United Way website.
Contact Jennifer Bruen with any questions at community@routtcountyunitedway.org
Those interested in a multi-use sports complex at Howelsen Hill are invited to a discussion on it Friday night. Steamboat Springs City Councilman Michael Buccino is organizing the gathering to hear from different user groups, and how such a venue at Howelsen Hill could benefit the community.
The panel discussion on Howelsen Hill is at 6 p.m. Friday night at the Steamboat Christian Center at 821 Dougherty Road.
Check out upcoming events in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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