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Vol. 8 Issue No. 17

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Scotty's Idle Thoughts

Comments	Liberation, at last!
	by Scott Glackman The other morning as I was lying in bed, I felt a strange lightness of being, as if I were iron filings and a magnet was brushing over me. Read more.

Paulie Sez

Comments	Slap the Council
	by Paulie Anderson I have to give huge props to the Routt County Commissioners for the excellent decision making on behalf of the proposed urban growth boundary. Read more.

Dr. Dawn's Rx

Comments	Step Two
	By Dr. Dawn Obrecht Dear Dr. Dawn, I am one month into my commitment to not use drugs. Read more.

Comics

Comments	8.17
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Props, Gripes, Smidgens

Comments	8.17
	“You’re drunk, and we’re stealing your credit card!” “Steamboat Springs is like high school... with middle aged students” Read more.

Audrey Rose

Comments	Get ‘Er Done
	By Dagny McKinley There is a grizzled man who sits by the Steamboat spring, waiting to hear the chug-chugging again, which makes him older than dust. Read more.

Over Current

Comments	Kosovo: Stumbling to Independence, Pt. 3
	By Lance Eldridge Early 1999 was a critical period for US policy in the Balkans. With fighting between the Kosovo Liberation Army... Read more.

Opinionated Woman

Comments	On bad news...
	By Nina Rogers Now that I no longer read the newspaper or listen to or watch the news, It strikes me what a strange custom it is, this rushing forth with tales of tragedy and woe,... Read more.

'Scopes To Live By'

Comments	8.16
	By Chelsea Yapello Does a butterfly know about its beautiful formation or does it still think that it’s a caterpillar? Read more.

This Week In Astrology'

Comments	Lunar Eclipse & Our Responsibilities
	By Lena Franzen We are starting out with a Lunar Eclipse on Aug. 16 at 3:16 pm. Read more.

Do you see what I see?

Comments	It Is Easier Than You Think To Tax a Business Out Of Existence
	By Scott Ford In the last issue I predicted that with the projected decline in the City of Steamboat Springs sales tax revenues... Read more.

Get Lit

Comments	We Are Each the Love of Someone’s Life
	By Michelle Dover Question: Where do you spend this September 27th when you are the son of two scientists, have attended Brown University... Read more.

Kitchen Prose

Comments	Stoppin’ By
	By Southern Sister Today Coach brought the first cabbage in from his garden. Garden vegetables have a much more intense flavor than store-bought items. Read more.

Far-Flung Correspondent

Comments	Homebuilt Haul
	By Dean Tresner I took off from Steamboat airport on Tuesday in my little homebuilt, headed east for Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Read more.

Sports

Comments	Feeling PATRIOTic?!?
	By Kat’nThaHat Are you, felling PATRIOTic? Spelled that way because this is a double-decker question with several layers of answers. Read more.

Localities

Comments	Roughly Four Months
	By Jill Murphy Long Thirty-five days after knee surgery, I can now drive, walk somewhat normal, and without crutches or a full-leg brace-hurray for little successes. Read more.

Localities

Comments	Homeless in da ‘Boat Part V: “Assessment”
	By Nacho Neighbor With any good R&D project one must try, fail, assess, and try again. I’m not suggesting that in any way I have failed. Read more.

Lessons Learned

Comments	Seriously Now
	by Alan Thomas So we meet again dear friends. You missed me, didn't you? I thought so. Read more.

Paleohippie

Comments	Holding a Very Roman Catholic Ritual
	By Art Goodtimes Funerals or wakes, are very important part of the grieving process. As an earth-based spiritualist,... Read more.

Comunidad Integrada

Comments	¿Qué es Comunidad Integrada?
	By Summer Laws ¿Pues, que hace esta organización, Comunidad Integrada que se encarga del artículo en español? Read more.

Our Story

Comments	Colorful Women in Politics Part VI: Wyoming Women, Political Trailblazers
	Paul & Ellen Bonnifield Shortly after the passage of the Wyoming Suffrage bill in 1869, James W. Stillman, justice of the peace for South Park City, resigned his position... Read more.

The Local Forum

Comments	Second Thoughts
	To Whom this Letter of Request Reaches: I need your help! Since 2004, until recently (December) I had/have been a resident of Steamboat. Late December (‘07) I was accused of a crime (assault) that I did not commit. Read more.

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