Ariel Palaia's suitcase. Ariel is one of six children who regularly took part in Virginia Barrett's Art Around the World class at Perry-Mansfield.
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Virginia Barrett, head of the art department at Perry-Mansfield, demonstrates how to use paintbrushes and how to keep the watercolors separate before studnets began painting Thursday.
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Travis Newbold readies for the sunrise start to the Baja 1000 in Enseneda, Mexico. The team's Honda XR 650 gleamed before taking 30 hours of abuse.
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Travis Newbold services a tire in the camper his mother, Lauretta Monger, drove to Mexico as the team's support vehicle.
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Teammates Jeff Crochiere, left, and Travis Newbold celebrate at the finish of the Baja 1000 in La Paz, Mexico. Crochiere crossed the finish line of the 39th annual race Nov. 17.
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Nicaraguans wait in line at a polling station Nov. 5 in Granada. The building is a Spanish colonial fort dating back to the 1700s.
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A contingent from Colorado Mountain College traveled to Nicaragua in early November to observe the country's Nov. 5 presidential election. The group included: Front row, from left, Donna Kerr, Lauren Ohlsen, Sterling Davis, Alexandra Mowrey and Michelle Dover; back row, from left, Molly McClure, Layne Wilton, Bob Gumbrecht and Kenny Grove.
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Sailors wrestler A.J. Carmack stays on top of West Grand opponent Eric Scholl, eventually pinning him during the second round of the Carl Ramunno Invitational on Saturday at the high school.
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Soroco's Dennis Morgan handles Saratoga's Rusty Arnold during the second round of the 189-pound class at the Carl Ramunno Invitational on Saturday. Morgan pinned his opponent in the second period.
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Sailor wrestler Ben DeLine secures Hayden opponent Jake Magee with a half-nelson during the first period of the 152-pound class at the Carl Ramunno Invitational on Saturday.
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Hayden's Aaron Haskins uses a single leg pick-up to take down West Grand opponent Austin Sabados during the Carl Ramunno Invitational on Saturday.
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Kaelen Gunderson, of the Steamboat Bantam's A division, steals the puck from a Renegades opponent during the Ski Town USA Hockey Festival on Saturday at the Howelsen Ice Arena. The tournament continues today.
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Virginia Barrett's travels to Zimbabwe led to a line of handbags and other items that celebrate the African nation's children while raising money for their benefit. Barrett was one of many local and regional artisans to sell their crafts at Saturday's Christmas in the Rockies event.
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While construction continues to boom in Steamboat Springs, city officials are searching for ways to address the area's lack of affordable housing. Many other Western Colorado resort communities also are struggling with the issue.
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Steamboat Springs School District officials are working to devise a plan to convert the George P. Sauer Human Services Center into a makeshift school for more than 300 elementary students. Soda Creek Elementary School staff and students will occupy the building until the new elementary school, supported by a $29.7 million bond, is built.
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Joan Gibbs' 2006 "Colorado CattleWomen Rookie of the Year" plaque is prominently displayed in her Oak Creek home. The barbed-wire boot adds that extra-special flair, Gibbs said. Gibbs, a self-professed city girl by nature, was surprised to learn she won the state's rookie award.
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Joan Gibbs, the 2006 "Colorado CattleWomen Rookie of the Year," stands overlooking her husband's cattle ranch where, more than 10 years ago, she was thrown into cattle ranching. "I always like a good adventure," she said of her new lifestyle.
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Stonewood, when complete, will offer 23 luxury duplex and triplex units on Eagleridge Drive with views of Emerald Mountain and the Flat Tops.
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Diane Davis opened the Steamboat Arts and Crafts Gym, 1280 13th St., to provide space for artists to produce their works. Classes and workshops will also be taught.
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