Paraglider Bill Strong launches off Mt. Werner Friday.
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Ken Grubbs, flying high above the Yampa Valley, just after taking off from the top of Mt. Werner on Friday.
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Gunnison's Tony Sitts puts his legs in his harness just after take-off from atop Storm Peak.
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Steamboat Sailors girls softball pitcher Christie Fieldings delivers a pitch to a hitter for the Lyons Lions during a tournament in Grandby on Saturday.
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Leigh Thielen manages to touch second base and escape a tag from Akron's Lindsey Miller during the Sailors' third game of a tournament in Grandby on Saturday.
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Katie Carter, captain of UCLA's volleyball team and former Sailors standout.
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Steamboat sophomore Daniel Wright goes for a loose ball in Steamboat's game against Vail Mountain School on Saturday. The Sailors won, 2-1.
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Steamboat senior David Comeau gets by a Vail Mountain School defender during the Sailors' Saturday game. Steamboat beat Vail Mountain, 2-1.
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Kam Carter, left, of Laramie High School tackles running back Jay Hanley of Steamboat Springs High School during Friday's game at Deti Stadium in Laramie, Wyo. Despite struggling on special teams, the Sailors beat Laramie, 53-35.
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Soroco High School sophomore Paul Books catches some major air Friday as he hits a jump-off. Dave Fisher, background left, is working to create a dirt jumping and BMX-style track to connect to the town's Around the Town Trail.
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Youth Program Specialist Alexis Wolf holds a large group meeting at "the igloo," where the Afterschool Action program is held.
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Five young Hayden readers are the first recipients of the Bern Giannini Young Reader Award. Pictured are, from left, award presenter Karen Brown, Mackenzie Fry, Heather Nereson, Morgan Carrico and Hayden librarian Ana Lash. The award winners not pictured are Justin Erwin and Christian Carson.
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Lance Pugh teaches about medical treatment during a new medical prep class at Steamboat Springs High School. Also added to the curriculum this year is a design technology class.
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Soda Creek Elementary School students enter school Thursday morning to start another day of learning. In November, Steamboat voters will decide whether to fund a large-scale elementary school building initiative, which has a cost of nearly $30 million, spread over 20 years and funded by local property taxes.
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Lance Pugh listens to a student during class. Pugh is teaching the new medical prep class that is part of a cooperative and long term vocational program. It is designed to be a two-year course that will introduce students to all the health related professions and give them some practical experience in the field.
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Veteran Jim Stanko directs a group of American Legion members presenting flags during a tribute to U.S. troops and thier families at Saturday's Wild West Air Fest.
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New homes in The Sanctuary are in position to soak up the winter sun on a south-facing ridge above Fish Creek.
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The Sanctuary subdivision describes an arc around the eastern edge of the Sheraton Steamboat Golf Course. The Nordic ski bridge crossing Fish Creek is visible in the foreground.
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The Baer lake home is tucked into a wooded corner of Anglers Drive and offers enough water to justify owning a small canoe and a fly rod.
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The sun-filled living room in the Baer Lake home features a large stone fireplace and wood interior.
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An artist rendering shows the interior of the terminal addition at Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
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Work continues on the new terminal addition Wednesday at Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
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An artist rendering shows the terminal addition at Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
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Gary Burman
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Cameron McKenzie took this photo while mountain biking down Mount Werner after a ride that started on Rabbit Ears Pass on Aug. 27 with his friend Philip. He said the colors were amazing and that the photo does not do them justice.
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Chris Weatherly-White, a plastic surgeon from Steamboat Springs, operates on a child during a trip to Vietnam in May. Weatherly-White was among three local medical professionals to make the trip with Operation Smile.
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Kathy McKinley carries a child out of the operating room after surgery for a cleft lip. McKinley, a Steamboat Springs operating nurse, was among three Steamboat residents who traveled to Vietnam in May to assist Operation Smile.
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