By Shannon Lukens.
June primary ballots for both parties and unaffiliated voters have been mailed from each County Clerk. Remember, by law, unaffiliated voters will be mailed both major party ballots but can only vote and return one ballot. The statewide primary is June 25.
More on the Story – IS YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION UP-TO-DATE?
Local and national leaders who specialize in economic development and diversification strategies are in Moffat County. It’s part of the Northwest Association of Counties Coalition Peer Exchange. The panel discussions are on Building Resilient Economies in Coal Communities all day today. Moffat County Commissioner Melody Villard was chosen as one of the top 20 leaders in the country to take part and coordinate it locally.
Aerial spraying for mosquitoes is scheduled for the Town of Hayden tonight around dusk. All sprayings are contingent on wind and weather.
Steamboat Springs City Council meets at 5 p.m. tonight. One agenda item is proclaiming June as LGBTQIA+ Pride Month.
Today is the last day of school for students in the Steamboat Springs School District.
Then from 9-11 a.m. on Wednesday morning, there is a book sale/fundraiser in the library at Steamboat Springs High School. A large group of hardback books have been donated and the library is selling them for a $1 donation per book. Library staff will then use the money for the high school’s library.
New art has been installed on the lawn next to Bud Werner Memorial Library in Steamboat Springs. Local sculptor Sandy Graves created the art from a painting by Susan Schiesser called, “She Walks on Water.” It is a bear with wings and a crown.
“The bear symbolizes the spirit of the Yampa Valley, and truly the whole valley. Not the people who live here as much as the grass and the birds and the animals and the spirit that draws us all here. It’s about being protected in that space, it’s about the protection of the environment that we love and the respect that we should give it.”
It will take a couple of more weeks to finish installing the sculpture, and a lighting system that is motion activated. It’s between the library and the Yampa River, which was once called the Bear River.
More on the Story – SANDY GRAVES CREATES “SHE WALKS ON WATER” SCULPTURE NEXT TO THE LIBRARY
STARS is having an open house at their horse ranch, which is the ZEN Ranch. It’s Tuesday, June 4, from 4-7 p.m. at 30100 Routt County Road 14E. For more information, reach out to Mac Finley, the Camps and Volunteer Manager, at mac@steamboatstars.com
A group is gathering at the Tugboat Grill & Pub building in Ski Time Square from 3-4 p.m. Friday afternoon, June 7. They plan to celebrate the memories of the Tugboat Bar as the building is set to be demolished sometime in June. Mary Kay Ghiglia is organizing the gathering.
“There are a lot of people who were here in the 70s and early 80s that that was an institution. My husband is a musician and he played there back in the day. And now this is the last bit of the Steamboat old institutions that are going away. And I just thought we should celebrate the moment, that’s all.”
Organizers say it is a “somber human-chain event to memorialize the old days at the ‘Boat. Wear black, but accessorize.” We have reached out to the developer multiple times to get an exact date of demolition.
Tugboat Memorial Facebook Event
More on the Story — TUGBOAT GOODBYE GATHERING PLANNED FOR FRIDAY
More on the Story — TUGBOAT BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED IN 30 DAYS
More on the Story — DEMOLITION OF TUGBOAT BUILDING BEING REVIEWED
More on the Story; Oct. 26, 2022 – PARKING STRUCTURE DEEMED UNFIT AT CONDO COMPLEX AT SKI TIME SQUARE
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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