Soroco Middle School student Ridgelee Gingerich leans back to throw the javelin Wednesday at a track meet in Hayden. Without a javelin with which to practice, the Soroco team used a broom to help prepare for the Hayden meet. The javelin is rarely an option at area track meets, though there's a movement to have it added to the high school's state track meet in the coming years.
Published on April 26, 2009
The Hayden High School track program purchased two javelins and started training with them this season. The Hayden High School-hosted track meet will feature the event for the first time this year.
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Steamboat Springs High School senior Alex Wood has accepted a preferred walk-on spot with the University of Colorado.
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Steamboat Springs High School goalie Matt Dawes blocks a shot during a January game against Battle Mountain. Dawes just returned from the Chicago Showcase where he played with Team Colorado in the toughest division.
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Hayden seventh-grader Nichole Rauch throws the javelin Wednesday at the Hayden Middle School track meet in Hayden. Rauch was one of more than a dozen athletes who took up the chance to throw the javelin in competition for the first time this season.
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Hayden eighth-grader Mark Doolin leans back to hurl the javelin Wednesday at a middle school track meet in Hayden. Javelin isn't an approved Colorado High School Activities Association event, but there's a movement to eventually have it included in the CHSAA state track meet. Area schools have been practicing javelin throwing, and the event was included for the first time at Wednesday's middle school meet. The event also will be contested at Monday's Hayden High School track meet at Moffat County High School.
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Douglas Diamond, owner of Black Mountain Tavern, said it feels like he is giving away food for free with the specials he has been offering to help lure customers.
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Waitress Susan Cardenas puts in an order Thursday morning at Dinty Moore's Family Restaurant. The Oak Creek restaurant closed Saturday and will be taken over by a new restaurant called The Oak, which received its liquor license Thursday.
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Customers sit outside The Mugshot coffee shop in Oak Creek. Jane Sindell, the restaurant's owner, is putting the shop up for sale with no intention of closing it.
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Waitress Susan Cardenas serves breakfast to Dinty Moore's Family Restaurant regulars, clockwise from left, Chuck Klesath, Eugene Germain, Chris Neil, John Maynarich, Bob Johnson and Pete Koler on Thursday morning in Oak Creek. The restaurant closed Saturday. A new restaurant called The Oak will open in its place.
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Fire consumes lodgepole pines in late July 2008 in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Pinedale, Wyo. The National Interagency Fire Center is reporting "normal significant fire potential" in the Rocky Mountain region for April through July.
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Meeting this week to discuss plans to build a new people-mover gondola were Resort Ventures West Chief Financial Officer Brent Pearson, from left, Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. Vice President of Mountain Operations Doug Allen, RVW Development Manager Mariana Ishida and City Planning Director Tom Leeson.
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Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. Vice President of Mountain Operations Doug Allen, right, discusses plans for the new gondola that will run from Wildhorse Meadows to Gondola Square with City Planning Director Tom Leeson, from left, Ski Corp. Vice President of Resort Services Mike DeGroff, Ski Corp. Public Relations Director Mike Lane and Resort Ventures West Principal and Chief Financial Officer Brent Pearson.
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The new public gondola from Wildhorse Meadows to the ski base would crest the knoll between The West condos and Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel before descending to the entrance of a new plaza between Gondola Square and One Steamboat Place.
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The Kessell mountain bike trail in the Road 18 trail system near Fruita isn't an easy ride for children, but is at least accessible to young and novice riders. While many of the Fruita-area trails are demanding, technical rides, there are options for bikers of all skills.
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Plenty of challenges await on the Horsethief Bench trail, a part of the Kokopelli trail system near Fruita, but none measure up to the intense drop where the trail starts, separating from Mary's Loop. Only the best of the best try to actually ride down. It's not too tough of a hike for everyone else.
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A group of bikers from Minnesota and Pennsylvania make their way over a small drop on the Kokopelli trail system near Fruita on Friday. The Fruita-area mountain bike trails have enough challenges for everyone. A 1-foot drop off a rock ledge is common on many different trails. Trails run through many sections that are more difficult.
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A mountain biker makes his way around a corner on a ledge above the Colorado River on Friday near Fruita. The western Colorado town is rife with mountain bike trails and attracts riders from across the nation to tackle its mix of challenge, fun and beauty.
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Glenn 'Doug' Johnson
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Owner of The Spa/Salon Julie Buccino, right, and Melissa Fielding, manager and massage therapist, plan to open Friday.
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Owner of the Spa Salon, Julie Buccino, left, and manager and massage therapist Melissa Fielding, right, plan to be open will a splash Friday.
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Julie Buccino, right, owner of The Spa/Salon, and Melissa Fielding, manager and massage therapist, plan to open the salon Friday. They also plan to celebrate as part of First Friday Artwalk.
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Workers Will Cheesebro, from right, Keith Van Arendonk and Mike Filander construct an entryway bridge for Wildhorse Meadows on Friday afternoon. Cheesebro and Filander are with Habitat Construction, and Van Arendonk works for British Columbia-based Spearhead Timberworks. As the summer construction season approaches, the number of resumes is outpacing the amount of work available in the Steamboat Springs area.
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Sarah Bennett and Tanner Copeland
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The Routt Powder Riders snowmobile club recently hosted its annual outing on Rabbit Ears Pass with guests from Horizons.
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Volunteer Rebecca Lea has been sifting through bags of donated items at LIFT-UP of Routt County since it opened in 1997. She is one of about 65 volunteers at the agency who were honored last week during National Volunteer Week.
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Angel Henry will open South Routt Dental Hygiene in Oak Creek. She will offer services such as teeth cleaning, X-rays, oral cancer screenings and exams.
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A plate with a variety of chili sits on the deck during the 2008 North Routt Chili Cook-off.
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North Routt County resident Lisa Lancaster enjoys chili with her son Kai during the 2008 North Routt Chili Cook-off.
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Hayden resident Clayton Huyser smells flowers given to him by his grandmother, Katy Archer, and his mother, Kristy Stinnett, as he lays in bed at St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver.
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Sana Thankful
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Red Hawk Village
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Residents in Red Hawk Village enjoy quick access to hiking, mountain biking and Nordic skiing, as well as fishing and boating on Stagecoach Reservoir.
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The homes in Red Hawk Village were built in 2006, and a number never have been lived in. They have alder cabinets, granite tile countertops and stainless steel appliances.
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Red Hawk Village, a single-family-home subdivision in Stagecoach, saw its first sale for less than $300,000 this year. Many sales in the 25-home subdivision are influenced by bank-owned properties and short sales.
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Tim Boehm
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Bob Bomeisl
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