Bob Kuusinen cleans windows at the Tread of Pioneers Museum on Wednesday morning during Routt County United Way's annual Day of Caring.
Published on May 17, 2007
Lowell Whiteman Primary school fifth-grader Jim Vanderbeek pulled weeds out of the lawn of a Horizons Specialized Services group home Wednesday morning.
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Steamboat Springs junior Nicole Rende, right, helps clean the Mountain View Manor senior apartments in downtown Steamboat Springs on Wednesday morning.
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Ales Smid cleans a chandelier at the Tread of Pioneers Museum on Wednesday as part of the Routt County United Way Day of Caring. Smid and several co-workers from First National Bank volunteered their time to help the community.
Published on May 17, 2007
Whiteman Primary School fifth-grader Nissa Parker weeds a flowerbed in front of a Horizons group home Wednesday morning as part of the Routt County United Way's Annual Day of Caring.
Published on May 17, 2007
Soroco sophomore Peter Daley runs a leg of the boys 3200-meter relay, Saturday at the Grand Junction regional meet. Daley's team took second to qualify for the Class 2A State Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday in Pueblo.
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Steamboat Springs High School swimmers Kyle Steitz and Cole Worsley both qualified for the Colorado State High School swimming championships in Fort Collins this week. Events are scheduled for today and Friday.
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Yampatika senior naturalist Karen Vail holds up stinging nettle Friday on Emerald Mountain. The plant is edible once it's cooked, but the nettles release a toxin that irriates the skin.
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Yampatika senior naturalist Karen Vail shows volunteers what fern-leaf lovage looks like before they gather it for Friday's Edible Wild Feast fundraiser for Yampatika.
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Gov. Bill Ritter, third from right, shovels ceremonial dirt at Wednesday's groundbreaking at the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center, which will become the nation's second-largest wind farm. Located near the northeastern Colorado town of Peetz in rural Logan County, the wind farm will generate 400 megawatts of electricity with 267 wind turbines. Alongside Ritter are officials with Logan County, XCel Energy and Florida-based FPL Energy.
Published on May 17, 2007
