🌱 How a 16-year-old Oak Creek rancher is building a cattle legacy

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In today's newsletter:

• How a 16-year-old Oak Creek rancher is building a cattle legacy

Also on today's calendar: The Steamboat Marathon.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 46 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy and not as warm, temps: high: 73, low: 36.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 70 and low of 38 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Building a legacy in the high country (wlj.net) — A 16-year-old Oak Creek rancher is building her own show cattle program while juggling school, sports, and work on her family’s longtime Yampa Valley ranch. She’s using advanced breeding techniques, competing successfully at major stock shows, and hopes to mentor younger showmen, all while navigating the financial and genetic challenges of raising high-altitude cattle.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Creek

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday May 21

• South Routt Play and Learn →
  South Routt Community Center, 227 Dodge Ave, Oak Creek
  10:30 am

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Other local events

Thursday May 14

• MS Track and Field End-of-Season Party: Cafeteria
  Soroco Middle School Oak Creek, CO 80467
  5:00 pm

Sunday June 7

• The Steamboat Marathon →
  522 Lincoln Ave, Steamboat Springs
  1:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• Secondary Summer Celebration Concert
  Soroco Preschool at Yampa Soroco High School, 305 Grant Ave, Oak Creek, CO 80467, USA
  6:30 pm

Thursday May 14

• Talent Show Auditions
  Soda Creek Elementary School Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
  8:30 am
• Play and Learn in Hayden, CO →
  The Hayden Center, 495 W Jefferson Ave, Hayden
  9:30 am
• MS Track and Field End-of-Season Party: Cafeteria
  Soroco Preschool at Yampa Yampa, CO 80483
  5:00 pm

Friday May 15

• Professional Development Day - no school for students
  Steamboat Springs Early Childhood Center Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
  6:00 am
• PRO-I Swiftwater | Steamboat Springs, CO May 15 – 17, 2026 →
  Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs, 1275 Crawford Ave, Steamboat Springs
  1:00 pm

Monday May 18

• HS Football Spring Camp
  Hayden Valley Elementary School Hayden, CO 81639
  4:30 pm

Friday May 22

• 2026 HHS Graduation
  Hayden Valley Elementary School Hayden, CO 81639
  6:00 pm

Tuesday May 26

• Craig City Council Meeting →
  Craig City Hall, 300 W 4th St, Craig
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Youth Corps Crew Leader in Steamboat Springs. Apply here.
• Acosta Group - Acosta Sales & Marketing Company posted a job opening for Merchandiser Retail Coverage II - Walmart - PRIMARY in Steamboat Springs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Creek here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Yampa

• CAA: The Yampa-White-Green StoryMap: A New Tool for a Complex Story (steamboatpilot.com)
• Hayden secures $2.5M loan to save Pinyon Pines mobile home park after year of uncertainty (steamboatpilot.com)
• Colorado water managers stress water conservation as the mountains sit in the ‘nasty bullseye' of widespread drought (steamboatpilot.com)

Steamboat Springs

• Steamboat Springs' The Stockman names sales team for luxury Auberge project (coloradobiz.com)
• Steamboat city leaders weigh scaling back Gondola Transit Center as project costs climb to $75M (steamboatpilot.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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