By Shannon Lukens.
Jessica Stahl was sentenced to 22 years total, in prison Friday, for the Vehicular Homicide DUI death of 25-year-old Lacey Lewis of Steamboat Springs. It happened last summer in Parker, Colo. The Lewis family all testified in the Douglas County courtroom, with statements read in court by Cathy and Mike Lewis about how their heart is permanently broken and that they are living every parent’s worst nightmare in losing their daughter. The DA’s office told Judge Patricia Herron that Stahl had used meth, fentanyl, and heroin 24 hours before the accident and that she had no business driving a vehicle. Also, her 8-year-old daughter was in the car with her, and then she left the scene of an accident that had caused death, which added ten years on her sentence, to run consecutively with the Vehicular Homicide DUI charge.
THE WOMAN WHO KILLED LACEY LEWIS IS SENTENCED
“WHEN A COWGIRL GOES TO HEAVEN” RELEASED TODAY ABOUT LACEY LEWIS
Social Media Post on June 16, 2022
The Yampa Valley Balloon Rodeo had 30 balloons flying over Steamboat Springs and Routt County each morning this weekend. Spectators couldn’t come to the launch site at Bald Eagle Lake this year because there wasn’t any parking, but they still got to see balloons flying and landing throughout the Yampa Valley.
Karen Beauvais and Scott Flower took it upon themselves to organize the entire event.
“It’s been an amazing weekend. People couldn’t come out to the balloon rodeo, so we brought the balloon rodeo to them. They got to see balloons all over town and things. The weather has been spectacular and the pilots are delighted to be back in the valley again.”
Organizers are hoping to have the event next year, if there is continued community support.
This weekend, all of the high-flying fun is in Craig for the Moffat County Balloon Festival. Watch balloons launching each morning on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, at Loudy Simpson Park. You are invited to be on the field and talk to the pilots. On Saturday, there is also live musical entertainment all day, plus the Colorado Cruisers Car Show, the Carboard Boat Regatta, and the Balloon Glow.
Monday night is a public screening of the 2023 award-winning documentary, “Dividing the Waters: How the Colorado River Compact Transformed the Southwestern Frontier.” The 10-minute film was researched, written and produced by Steamboat Springs High School rising Senior Wren Capra. It’s from 5-5:30 p.m. and it is free, at Strings Music Pavilion.
“This groundbreaking interstate treaty became the cornerstone of Western water policy and shaped the hydrology and water management of the Colorado River Basin. My passion for and the relevance of this topic as the Compact reached its centennial in November 2022 encouraged me to push through dense primary sources and revise (again and again) my annotated bibliography. While deepening my appreciation for the value of this once raging river, my project also allowed me to be involved in the current discourse on dropping reservoir levels, water cuts in the Basin, and Colorado’s position as a headwater state with substantial consumptive uses like trans-mountain diversions to the Front Range.”
Awards received:
- National Honorable Mention–June 2023 at National History Day (NHD) National Competition at the University of Maryland, College Park campus
- National Park Service Outstanding Entry–June 2023 at National History Day (NHD) National Competition at the University of Maryland, College Park campus
- Best Senior Project on Western History from Brigham Young University Charles Redd Center for the Humanities–April 2023 at University of Colorado at Denver NHD Colorado State Competition
- 1st Place in Colorado State for Individual Senior Documentary–April 2023 at University of Colorado at Denver NHD Colorado State Competition
- 1st Place in Mountain Region for Individual Senior Documentary–April 2023 in Summit County, CO
YouTube link to stream the documentary
Right after that, Seminars at Steamboat Monday night presents Heather Tanana. She is a visiting professor from the University of California – Irvine, School of Law. She is a former Assistant Professor of Law and a Wallace Stegner Center Fellow at the University of Utah. She is speaking on the “Colorado River in Crisis: Learning from the Past to Protect the Future.” All seminars are free and non-partisan and open to the public. It starts at 5:30 p.m. at Strings Music Pavilion in Steamboat Springs.
Piknik Theatre presents the First Annual Community Collaboration Production of Peter Pan. It’s at 6 p.m. tonight, at Yampa River Botanic Park, and then on Aug. 8 and 10th. It’s also on the lawn at Bud Werner Library at 11 a.m. on Aug. 4, and 6 p.m. Aug. 6.
Big game hunting licenses go on sale at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1. This is what is left over from the primary and secondary draws. Over-the-counter licenses for elk, bear, archery pronghorn, and whitetail deer also go on sale at the same time. Licenses are on sale online, over the phone, or in person at CPW offices. Check the CPW website on how to be prepared online, as soon as licenses go on sale tomorrow morning. Create your account in advance at www.CPWShop.com
Licenses that will become available include:
- Limited licenses leftover after the primary and secondary draws for elk, deer, pronghorn and bear
- Limited elk, deer, pronghorn, and bear licenses that someone drew but surrendered or did not pay for during the secondary draw that took fewer than five resident preference points
- Limited licenses that were returned for refund/preference point restoration since the opening of the secondary draw but prior to July 24 and took fewer than five resident preference points to draw
- Over-the-counter (OTC) licenses for elk, archery pronghorn, whitetail deer, and bear
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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