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Routt County Humane Society
Volume XVI
Upcoming...
January 8
RCHS monthly meeting
Location TBD, 6 pm
February 5
RCHS monthly meeting
Location TBD, 6 pm
February 24
World Spay Day
$80 spay/neuter coupons
available
March 5
RCHS monthly meeting
Location TBD, 6 pm
Routt County Humane Society
@routthumane
Steamboat Springs / Routt Co
Animal Shelter
(a City of Stemboat Springs Facility)
760 Critter Ct (off 13th St)
879-0621
www.petfinder.org
Shelter Hours:
Mon-Thurs: noon - 5:30 pm
Saturday: noon - 4 pm
Sunday: noon - 2 pm
Remember to License your
pet each year (expire Dec 31)
* rabies certificate required
Your Pet’s License is
its Ticket Home
Animal Advocates Since 1985
Very Late Fall
2014
RCHS - The Next Generation
As many of you know, the Routt
County Humane Society (RCHS) –
as an independent 501(c)3 non-profit
organization – has been working
closely with and supporting the
operations of the city-owned and
operated Steamboat Springs Animal
Shelter for many years. Because the
two entities have worked so closely
together, many people may not even
realize that they are separate. Well,
that confusing arrangement is about
to change! RCHS is negotiating with
the City and preparing to assume full
responsibility for the animal shelter,
beginning in May 2015.
Under the new arrangement, the
City will continue to own the animal
shelter facility and will lease the
building to RCHS, who will operate it.
This will allow RCHS to continue
to provide the excellent service and
care for animals that the community is
accustomed to at the animal shelter,
and to provide new services that
are not currently available. RCHS
will continue to operate an “open
admission” shelter. The shelter will
continue to accept and care for all
strays and bite-holds as they wait
for their owners; it will continue
to return animals to their owners,
receive surrenders, sell pet licenses,
promote adoptions, and provide
protection, feeding, a clean and
healthy environment, and medical
care for all the animals that are being
sheltered. RCHS will also continue
to manage the state-mandated spay/
neuter program and provide financial
assistance to low-income families for
pet spay/neuter surgeries. In taking
over the management of the shelter,
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RCHS also intends to:
• Increase the staffing and expand
the hours of operation at the
shelter
• Provide micro-chipping and
behavioral training for shelter
animals
• Better manage costs for our spay/
neuter program and medical care
for shelter animals
• Implement a Shelter Management Database to track shelter
animals, medical records and
licenses
• Offer programs for emergency
veterinary care, spay/neuter and
education through the shelter
• Increase community involvement and volunteerism
• Reduce the financial obligation
and liability for the City of
Steamboat Springs
• Free up time for the City Animal
Control Officers to patrol and
investigate animal-related cases
This will be a big project and we are
very excited about it! But, as you can
imagine, making these improvements
and integrating shelter operations into
the RCHS budget will be expensive.
We will be working with the City of
Steamboat Springs and Routt County
on service contracts to cover about
half of the shelter costs. Our best
estimations indicate that we will
need additional grants, fundraising
and donations of about $60,000
beyond the average yearly funds that
we have raised in the past.
So here it comes…… Please help
RCHS move into our next generation
of support for animal welfare with
a donation today.
Please help Routt County Humane Society in its important work with shelter DOGS
Thank you to all our current Kennel Sponsors!
SPONSOR A DOG KENNEL
At the Steamboat Springs/ Routt County Animal Shelter
RCHS spends over $50,000 per year on medical assistance, spay/
neuter, and medicines for shelter animals. The kennel sponsorship
program provides a great opportunity for families, community
groups and companies to support the shelter animals.
To acknowledge sponsorship of a dog kennel, a plaque will be
attached to the front of the kennel, displaying the sponsor’s
name and additional information such as ‘memorial’ or ‘in
honor of ’. You will also receive a Certificate. Sponsorships are
tax deductible.
Dog Kennel Sponsorship:
Sponsor: ____________________________________
Address ____________________________________
____________________________________
Phone No: __________________________________
Email Address _______________________________
Sponsorship Type:
Optional: Memorial ___________________________
In Honor Of_________________________
Details and address for acknowledgement:
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
We still have Kennels waiting for Sponsors
Mail completed form to:
RCHS, PO Box 772080, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
Thank you to everyone who donated on December
9, Colorado Gives Day. RCHS raised almost $12,000 for
animals in need! Your support helps us continue our
programs for medical assistance and spaying/neutering of
shelter animals and assistance for pets of low-income
residents in our county.
Thank you to Yampa Valley
Gives for helping so many
non-profits get online with
Colorado Gives Day. The
people with Leadership
Steamboat made a huge
impact when they took on
this momentous project. We’re
so proud to be a part of this
generous community!
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Bruce and Karen Schiller
in honor of their Granddaughters
Dustin’s Family and Friends
In memory Dustin Dahlin and ‘Dee-O-Gee’
Jesse Laughlin
In honor of ‘Dakota’, ‘Zack’, & ‘Cody’
TIC
Pauline O’Brien - To all shelter animals
Carol and Russ Atha
In honor of animals looking for forever Homes
Joan Gibbs
In honor of Kong, a sweet, loving dog
Monique Cole
In honor of Jason & Jessica Striker
Childs Family
In honor of MB Warner Mighty Fine Artist / Painter
Stacey Phillippy
In memory of Beryl Atkinson
Dawn Joyce
In memory of ‘Sam’ and ‘Trip’
Kerry and Ron Contarino
In honor or RCHS - “Thank you for all you do”
Michelle Parra
NPW - Natural Product Worldwide
Charles Chase
In honor of ‘Tucker’ and ‘Sawyer’
Donna Garth
In memory of Oreo, Rosie, Spooky, and Ralph
Bob and Holly Larson
In memory of Cody - “We miss you!”
Sharon Bigelow
In honor of Eight Shelter Dogs
that have filled my life with love
2015 Steamboat Pet Calendars
All Proceeds go to support animals in need.
Your donation of $15 gives you a year of fun animal photos
and listing of important Steamboat events
Get your calendars at these
local businesses:
A big Bark-Out to Jessica
Scroble for donating her graphic
design time!
8th Annual Mustache Ride
Fun in the Sun AND Donations to Help Animals
Nate Bird (BAP)
Rob Peterson (Big Agnes)
Casey Barnett (SeeMeMedia)
Thanks Guys!
Maggie Smith, Casey Barnett, Nate Bird,
Rob Peterson, Lisa Archer-Leach
They are Coming Back!
Summer 2015
We will be looking for dog
sponsors, artists, and dog lovers
to make our 2015 Artistic Dog
Fundraiser “Gimme Shelter” a
community-wide, fun experience.
If you are interested in being a
dog sponsor or dog artist, email
info@routthuman.org.
Once again, ‘staches’’, cruiser bikes, and
crazy costumes ruled the day for the 8th
Annual Mustache Ride organized by
Over 500 people helped raise $12,000
for RCHS’s mission of animal welfare
Alpine Bank
Deju Vu
Mt Werner Veterinary Hospital
Outdoor K-9
Paws ‘n Claws
Pet Kare Clinic
Rio Grande Restaurant
Snowbowl
Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter
Steamboat Veterinary Hospital
in Routt Co. On this past, sunny October
4th, riders cruised around Steamboat,
visiting sponsor locations for drinks
and snacks. Thank you to the sponsors
who made this great mud-season event
possible:
McKnights Irish Pub
Freshies
Old Town Pub
Carl’s Tavern
Cantina
Schmiggity’s
Sunpies Bistro
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Special Pets Waiting for Special Forever Homes
Captain, an Akita and American
Bulldog mix (18 months old) was
surrendered to the shelter because he
needed more training than his family
could give him. He loves people, is
very engaging, and will work for
treats. He will need a special home
with someone who understands the
breeds, has a fenced yard, and will
work with a trainer to help him learn
social skills. RCHS will provide
up to five training sessions for
Captain and his new owner.
Angel (8 year old female), is very
sweet and affectionate, but a bit of
a scardy cat. She was surrendered
7 months ago and has not enjoyed
being with the other cats, so she has
spent most of her time in a cat cage.
She is currently in foster care to give
her a little more space. She loves a
good ear scratch and even likes belly
rubs. She would really like to find
a quiet home where she can be the
only pet.
Adoption Tales
Endings and New Beginnings
Many Steamboat residents knew about
Ted, the infamous airport cat. Ted
had been adopted from the Steamboat
Springs Animal Shelter in 2003 and
was well-known at the Steamboat
Airport where he greeted arrivals,
rode on the hoods of trucks, and
stowed away in planes. Once he was
discovered, mid-flight, on the way to
Albuquerque, and had to spend a few
days there. Unfortunately, Ted died
last August from feline infectious peritonitis, an incurable disease.
Hugo was adopted in late August by
the Classic Air Medical team at the
Steamboat Airport to do mouse patrol.
His new name is Zulu Mike after the
call letters of their air ambulance,
N407ZM. He has definitely learned
the fine art of mousing and has
become an integral part of the Classic
Air Medical Team facility. He is no
‘Ted’, whose repuation will live on, but
he has found a great home and is doing
a great job .... and apparently, he is
even learning CPR.
With Ted gone, the mice began to
play and multiply. Enter Hugo, a four
month old kitten, also adopted from
the Steamboat Springs Animal Shelter.
Hugo was found in Milner at the end
of July and brought to the Animal
Shelter where he received a wellness
check from Dr. Kim Radway and
vaccinations from the shelter staff.
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Thank You RCHS Volunteers!
RCHS Volunteers organize, manage,
and participate in fundraisers, write
grants, contracts and business plans,
do graphic design, serve on the
board, put in many hours at and for
the animal shelter, walk shelter dogs
and socialize shelter cats, foster shelter
animals, do bookeeping, manage
our website, facebook, and donor
database, send thank yous and
communications to donors, help low
income families with pet emergencies
and spay/neuter, run our feral cat
program, sell calendars, educate,
write this newsletter, transport animals,
help at RCHS farmers market booth,
and much, much more.
RCHS is currently an all-volunteer
organization and it all gets done
because we all pitch in to help!
A Big Thank You to:
Ellen Archer * Lisa Archer
-Leach * Anita Balthauser *
Sharon Bigelow * Erin & Begee
Biggs * Wes Boyd * Stacy
Cannon * Trish Carpenter *
Diana Childs * Kappy Emery *
Kerri Erickson * Sue Fishman
* Jennifer Golden * Lindsay
Husted-Stepp * Judy, Daisy &
Gordon Jones * Sarah Katherman
* D’Ann Kavanaugh * Diane
Lane * Holly Larson * Linda
Liman * Marilyn & Mark
McCaulley * Lisa Mick *
Robin & Jacob Miller * Lynn
Miller * Janel Moore * Diane
Overstreet * Erin Perlman
* Hope & Dana Pohlman *
Kim Radway * Jessica &
Sophie Scroble * Karen Schiller
* Maggie Smith * Susan Sullivan
* Molly Waters * Patrick Welsh
* and anyone we may have
inadvertently missed!
Thank you ALL for your recent gifts, donations,
new and renewed memberships, memorials, honors, and commitment to animals !!
Grants
Alice N. Jenkins Foundation, $ 1,200
Colorado Pet Overpopulation Fund, $9,000
Donations and Memberships
John Andrew
Lindsay Barr
Peggy Bergland Family
Jerry Bigelow
Scott Brown
Charles Chase
Diana & Stacy Childs
Kerry Contarino/Verizon match
John Dodd
Thomas & Roberta Dougan
Edelman Family
Kerri Erickson
David Fix
Freshies Restaurant
MaryLiz Gale
Susan Gardner
Girl Scout Troup 3541
Cody Greatbatch
Hilairy Guerriero
Wes & Mickie Hunter
Bill & Elaine Hurd
James & Lynn Kelley
Lee’s Keys
Kent & Julie Kirkpatrick
Luck Family Foundation
Calendar Business Sponsors
Akin Law Firm
Alpine Bank
Alpine Design Kitchens
Casey’s Pond
Finial Design
Mt. Werner Veterinary Hospital
Outdoor K9
Paws ‘n Claws
Pet Kare Clinic
Rio Grande Mexican Restaruant
Rocky Mountain Veterinary
Ultrasound
Steamboat ACE Hardware
Twin Enviro Services
Urology Clinic, P.C.
Thank you to ACE Hardware
for donating your space for
Picture Your Pet with Santa on Dec 6
and our calendar sales table on Nov
29 and Dec 6.
Darby Martinez
Mailis Mangold
Lynne & Joe Mcnasby
Special Thanks for Small Fundraisers
Shirley Mead
Morgan, Madeline, Ona & Eric’s lemonade stand
Janel Moore
Butcherknife Brewing Company
Pam Oberly
Zahara Tatar-Brown Birthday
Kristen Pappas
ACE
Hotdog
stand by Kathy and Marty Brown
Robert Peterson
Braceletts
by Finn Dresen
Henry Roath
Bake
sales
at
Farmers
Market by Hope Pohlman
John Roath
Mateo Vital garage sale
Stu Roberts & Lulu Gould
Martha
Ruzicka lemonde stand
Pet Kare Clinic
Steamboat
Stage Race
Deborah Roth
Riley Hodges and Sophie Leeson Birthdays
Steven & Tammy Schibline
Maya
Peilet & Bella Davidson lemonade stand
Jan & Victor Serafy
Riley
&
Jenna
Smith & Kenzie Radway lemonade stand
Jennifer & Kerry Shea
Shirt Off My Back
In Honor of
Stear Family Foundation
‘Chatterbox’ from Mark Raymond
Stephen Swank
Mr. & Mrs. J Craig from Ute & Michael Lichtenstein
Utterback Ranch
‘Lilly Kitty’ from Victoria & Kenneth Suprenant,
Carl Vail
‘Nate’ from Elizabeth Taintor, Lynne Cleveland-Swanson
Karen Vail
‘Nizzo’ from Michael & Barbara Cannizzo
Lyndi Voybodic
‘Pixel’ from Kerry Kaster
Tina Weintraub
‘Sascha’ from Eric Rabesa
June Wright
Memorials
‘Benji’ Fry from Elizabeth Wright
‘Berkley’ Buelow from Linda & Rich Danter
‘Bogie’ Corzette from Mike & Mary Circle, Steve Corzette, Edelman Family
‘Cody’ Larson from Edelman Family
Evelyn Smith from Bette & Jim Knight, Jane & Bud Romberg, Linda Stuhl
George Money from Michele Hankins
‘Gus’ and ‘Auggie’ from Steve Cobb
‘Jazzie’ from Edie & Joe Fogliano
Kirk Wishon from David & Jeannine Pike, Oak Creek Post Office, Yampa Valley
Medical Center ER and Surgery
‘Kona’ Kuebler from Susan Dreska/Exxonmobile match
‘Kota’ from Carrie Wheeler
Lilly Pharris from Ute & Michael Lichtenstein
‘Lucky’ from Robyn Pillow
‘Reggie’ Freiberger from anonymous
‘Sam’ Niewoehner from Susanna & Paul Orzech
‘Sunny’ Danter from Steve & Karla Schaefer, Barry & Robbin Crossan, Jody
Jurgeto, Larry & Lynn Worrell, Sue & Stu Fishman, Beverly Lehrer-Brennan,
Mike & Mary Circle, Kathy Swingle, Toby Cooper, Edelman Family, Helen &
Neil Bergman, Ute & Michael Lichtenstein
‘Tasha’ Bean from Jerry, Lirva,& Jennifer Bean, Jennifer & Rick Akin
‘Tooters’ Feagler from Katherine Curcio
‘Vino’ Dausman from McCaulley Family
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Routt County Humane Society
PO Box 772080
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
970-879-RCHS
info@routthumane.org
Nonprofit
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RCHS Board of Directors
Maggie Smith, Co-President
Molly Waters, Co-Presdient
Wes Boyd, Vice President
Karen Schiller, Treasurer
Marilyn McCaulley, Secretary
Lisa Archer Leach
Jennifer Golden
Lindsay Husted Stepp
Sarah Katherman
Linda Liman
Jessica Stroble
Patrick Welsh
“The Routt County Humane Society is a non-profit, dedicated to the prevention of cruelty to animals, providing humane education, promoting spaying and neutering as a means of decreasing the number of unwanted
pets, and encouraging respect for the dignity and worth of all animals.”
Become a member of the Routt County Humane Society
PO Box 772080, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 970-879-RCHS www.routthumane.org
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Business
Basic......................$50
Supporting.........$100
Benfactor............$150
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