Photos for September 21, 2008

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Soroco junior Cody Miles tries to dump a Nucla tackler Saturday in Oak Creek as the Rams win their homecoming game, 55-22. Miles had a hand in all eight of Soroco's touchdowns, throwing for four and running for four more.

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Soroco's Bobby Mason, front, and Ben Straight try to drag down Nucla's freshman quarterback, Destry Smith, on Saturday. The Rams had six sacks in the 57-22 homecoming victory.

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Steamboat Springs' Joe Dover sees open field ahead as he takes the first of three kick runbacks for touchdowns in the first half of play Sept. 12 in Cortez. Steamboat won, 60-20.

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Soroco senior Sarajane Rossi blasts a kill past a pair of Meeker defenders Saturday afternoon in Oak Creek. Rossi and the Rams won the second game of the match but couldn't maintain that momentum, falling, 25-15, 16-25, 25-4, 25-16.

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Steamboat Springs High School junior Tony Rende heads the ball toward the goal Saturday during Steamboat's match against Palisade at Gardner Field. Steamboat won, 4-0.

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Steamboat Springs High School senior Daniel Wright jumps to get control of the ball Saturday during Steamboat's match against Palisade at Gardner Field. Steamboat won, 4-0.

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Anna Marno, 15, reaches to help as Shane McLean, 16, tries to balance on a strap strung between two trees at the base of Howelsen Hill on Thursday afternoon.

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Sailors runner John Cutter pushes toward the finish line Saturday during the Moffat County Invite in Craig. Cutter helped the boy's team to a second-place finish. The girls claimed the top spot, placing five runners in the top 11.

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Connor Bernard, 15, left, and Sam Glaisher, 16, work in the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club's weight room at Howelsen Hill on Thursday afternoon. The club's alpine director, Deb Armstrong, said her athletes are preparing for the coming ski season with a combination of strength and short-burst agility drills. Those exercises are more fine-tuned than the general fitness routines the group followed through the spring and summer.

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Paula Ford works out Friday at The Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation in Steamboat Springs. Ford said she had knee surgery in July to repair damage from last ski season. She hopes to be ready for the slopes again when Mount Werner opens Nov. 26.

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Sarah White, 14, tries to stay in her skiing crouch as she jumps over hurdles Thursday afternoon at the base of Howelsen Hill.

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Editorial cartoon for Sept. 21, 2008.

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Keynote speaker Randy Udall speaks Saturday at the Sustainability Summit of Northwest Colorado held at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel.

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Water roars down the spillway at Stagecoach Reservoir in June. Regional water experts warn that potential oil shale development would have huge water demands.

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Hayden sixth-grader Tate Montieth holds up an instrument to measure wind speed Thursday at the base of the Thunderhead Express lift at Steamboat Ski Area. Tate was one of 15 students from Robin Bush's class who spent the day taking measurements and learning about weather with Storm Peak scientists.

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Ian McCubbin, a staff research scientist at Storm Peak Lab, explains to students a graph showing carbon dioxide data. The staff scientists led sixth-graders in a three-part lesson about weather science.

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Record snowfall was recorded last year at Steamboat Ski Area. Residents are using everything from skunk cabbage to beavers to forecast this year's snowfall.

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Steamboat's Kacey Bull goes for a spike against Eagle Valley's Shelby Wright during Saturday's game in Eagle-Vail.

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Sarajane Rossi and Mike Davis stand front and center Saturday in Oak Creek after they were named Soroco's homcoming king and queen. The crowning festivites took place before the Rams' football game, which they won, 57-22, against Nucla.

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The planet Uranus and its five largest moons were imaged together through the historic 60-inch telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory near Pasadena, Calif., on Nov. 17, 2007.

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The Drunken Onion chef Ben Stroock mixes in the spices for his chili.

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Drunken Onion chef Ben Stroock holds a container of red beans for his chili.

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The Drunken Onion's Red Bean and Beef Chili.

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Melanie and Garrett Simons' 3,649-square-foot house is listed for sale for $1.75 million.

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The owners of the modern farmhouse in the Park Place development bucked the prevailing trend in Steamboat and opted for a painted brick fireplace.

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The Steamboat Springs Planning Commission will consider a proposal Sept. 25 to replace these aging duplexes with two live work buildings promised to achieve LEED gold green certification.

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Ghost Ranch Saloon co-owner Amy Garris plans to use her past experiences as a musician to make the new downtown music venue a desirable destination for big acts.

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Ghost Ranch Saloon co-owner Amy Garris plans to use her past experiences as a musician to make the new downtown music venue a desirable destination for big acts.

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An artist's rendering of the completed building.

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General Contractor Jon Sherman works inside the Ghost Ranch Saloon, which will offer music and late-night food.

Published on September 21, 2008