Left Hand Laurel Alison Steele

Busy is certainly one way to describe Alison Steele, this week's recipient of the Left Hand Laurel award.

The mother of a 16-month-old little girl named Elizabeth, who often comes to work with her mother, Alison, 42, is also co-owner, with her father and brother, of the Niwot Market.

Alison Steele runs the grocery department doing all the ordering, stocking the shelves, working with distributors,...