Photos for March 20, 2007

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It may look like Captain Jack Sparrow, but it's really Soda Creek Elementary School third-grader Rudy Arce belting out a tune during the Disney Spectacular on Monday night. The performance, which featured Walt Disney Classics, was presented by Soda Creek's second- and third-grade classes.

Published on March 20, 2007

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Jeff Nelson, left, the ski and rodeo supervisor at Howelsen, says a few words at a gathering in honor of Ralph Whittum on Sunday at Olympian Hall in the Howelsen Hill Lodge. Whittum, director of Howelsen Hill's ski patrol, will be leaving this summer to work with the Peace Corps in West Africa.

Published on March 20, 2007

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Steamboat Springs Ralph Whittum, a fixture of the Howelsen Hill Ski Patrol since 1993, will be leaving this summer to work with the Peace Corps in West Africa.

Published on March 20, 2007

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The first official full day of spring doesn't start until Wednesday, but it didn't stop this bee from visiting a crocus in full bloom in the heart of downtown Steamboat Springs on Monday. Insects and flowers were not the only ones enjoying the warm weather as many people in Steamboat also headed out to enjoy the day.

Published on March 20, 2007

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Isabelle Fourree and her 3-year-old son Lucas Sands spend Monday afternoon playing by the Yampa River near downtown Steamboat Springs. Spring arrives at 6:07 p.m. today, but people were out and about Monday enjoying warm weather and melting snow.

Published on March 20, 2007

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Traffic lined U.S. 40 Monday after a mudslide forced City Crews to close down one lane east of downtown. Joe Sorholus uses a shovel to clean up part of the slides while his coworkers used an excavator, small frontend loader and dump truck to get the larger part of the slide.

Published on March 20, 2007

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City worker Joe Sorholus watches as an excavator dumps a load of mud into a dump truck. Crews spent a good part of Monday cleaning up a mudslide along U.S. 40 east of downtown.

Published on March 20, 2007