By Shannon Lukens.
An all-school assembly at Steamboat Springs High School Wednesday, focused on anti-Semitism, discrimination and bullying. The assembly was called due to recent vandalism with swastikas in the community.
Steamboat Springs Police Chief Mark Beckett spoke, as did Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary about the dangers of anti-Semitism.
The last speaker was Gerry Verdoner, who is a Spanish teacher at the high school. He shared his emotional Jewish history to the students.
“As a member of Steamboat’s Jewish community, and a child of a Holocaust survivor and having family members who also perished during the war, and family lineage that has been persecuted back to Spain 500 years ago, being able to share my truth and my light with the students in Steamboat and hopefully be able to share their light with the world is just an awesome opportunity.”
Principal Jay Hamric said the anti-Semitism assembly was serious and significant. He said the school should be a place that feels like home, with a sense of family, inclusion, and belonging.
You can read some of those speeches at the assembly on our website —
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL HOLDS ANTI-SEMITISM ASSEMBLY
Rock work continues along Hwy 40 in Mount Harris Canyon. Colorado Department of Transportation is removing loose rock so it doesn’t fall on Hwy 40, and they are putting in a rockfall attenuator fence. Expect short delays.
Close to 400 5th graders from Moffat and Routt counties learned about water Wednesday, at the 2nd Annual Yampa Youth Water Festival at the fairgrounds in Hayden. It was organized by Holly Kirkpatrick with the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District. She says the kids went to 22 stations to learn all about water in the Yampa Valley.
“Endangered fish that live in the Yampa River, to how we use water and distribute those across our communities. We have the Town of Hayden Public Works here explaining how they distribute water. We have the City of Steamboat Springs talking to students about how to keep the Yampa Clean.”
Kirkpatrick wants the kids to learn about the different aspects of water so that maybe they’ll choose one as a career path one day.
5TH GRADERS LEARN ABOUT WATER AT 2023 YAMPA YOUTH WATER FESTIVAL
The 14th Judicial District and the new Moffat County Courthouse will be officially dedicated Friday afternoon in Craig. This is the courthouse side of the new building. Everyone is invited. It’s at 1:15 p.m. All residents of the district are invited, which includes Moffat, Routt, and Grand counties. Judges, court, and probation staff will all be there to celebrate the new building. Remarks are expected to begin at 1:15 p.m. Friday, in Courtroom C. Tours of the courthouse will also be available.
Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club is getting a new bus. It will be used for after-school bus transportation for Winter Sports Club athletes to get from the schools to Howelsen Hill for training. The 77-passenger bus is set to arrive at 4 p.m. today. The bus project was made possible by a generous grant from the Lennox Foundation and with the guidance and support of George and Barbara Eidsness and Transwest Truck Trailer RV.
Homecoming Week continues at Steamboat Springs High School. The dress theme today is Country vs. Country Club. There is a Boys Varsity Soccer game at 6 p.m. today at Gardner Field. The Sailors play Battle Mountain. Listen on KTYV 105.7 Sports on FM and watch through our website.
The Powder Puff game is at 7:45 tonight at Gardner Field.
Then the Homecoming Parade is at 1:40 p.m. on Friday on Oak and Pine Streets. The football game is tomorrow night.
There is a Homecoming Tailgate Party at 5 p.m., free for everyone, next to the field, with the football game at 7 p.m. Friday night.
It’s also Homecoming Week at Soroco High School. Wednesday night was the Chili Cookoff. Jennifer Kirby had a big batch of red chili.
“It’s fun because it celebrates Homecoming and it brings the community out and it’s just a great way to bring people out that you don’t see all the time.”
More pictures are on the Steamboat Radio Facebook page.
The Homecoming football game for Soroco High School is actually at 7 p.m. THURSDAY against West Grand from Kremmling. There is also a pep assembly, and bonfire.
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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