Genevieve Hillmuth guides Checkers around the Routt County Fairgrounds outdoor arena Friday as part of the English Horse Show in Hayden. Competitors rode early Friday evening under darkening skies that eventually gave way to rain.
Published on August 9, 2008
Steamboat Springs Transit bus driver George Morris loads a passenger Friday at Central Park Plaza. A decrease in the number of foreign workers who will be allowed into the U.S. in fiscal year 2009 could mean the city might have a hard time filling some positions, such as bus drivers.
Published on August 9, 2008
Phil Spahr shows off his prize, a 52 1/2-pound lake trout, before releasing the beast back into Flaming Gorge Reservoir where he caught it on a fishing expedition with Creative Fishing Adventures in June. Spahr said he caught the fish, his only catch of the day, jigging off the bottom of the lake at 105 feet. He said the monster would have been a state record if he'd kept it, but he opted to throw it back so he potentially could catch him again someday.
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Steamboat Springs High School football players begin a conditioning climb Friday as they head for the top of Howelsen Hill. The team will start its practices at 9 a.m. Monday.
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Steamboat Springs sophomore Natalie Greer chases a student at a school in Zambia during a game of duck, duck goose.
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The six students and two leaders from Steamboat Springs who volunteered in Zambia make their way across the Zambia-Zimbabwe border near the end of their travels. From left, they are leaders Lennae Jenkins and Jenny Ladd and group members Maria Hillenbrand, Camille Sachs, Michael Savory, Natalie Greer, Natalie Wright and Kayleigh Esswein.
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Steamboat Springs sophomore Natalie Wright, right, plays with children near the Chimfunchi chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia. Wright was one of six students, along with two leaders, who volunteered at the school and sanctuary during a 21-day trip.
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Boats sit idle in the waters of the Stagecoach Reservoir on Friday. A new state law that went into effect Tuesday lowers the boating under the influence threshold to 0.08 percent blood alcohol level.
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Dick Butler, left, watches his wife, Claysil Gibson Butler, undergo occupational therapy with Katie Roof on Tuesday at Rehabilitation Services of Craig. Claysil was diagnosed with a brain tumor two years ago and uses the therapy sessions to improve her physical well being. Rehab Services recently was accredited and certified as a Center of Excellence for Cancer Rehabilitation, making it one of the only centers of its kind on the Western Slope.
Published on August 9, 2008
