Photos for May 10, 2009

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Kylee Swiggart returns a ball Saturday in the No. 1 doubles state championship match in Pueblo.

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Kylee Swiggart returns a ball Saturday in the No. 1 doubles state championship match in Pueblo.

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Kylee Swiggart serves the ball Saturday during the championship match in the Class 4A state tournament No. 1 doubles bracket.

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Sara Bearss returns a ball Saturday in the No. 1 doubles state championship match in Pueblo.

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Sara Bearss returns a ball Saturday in the No. 1 doubles state championship match in Pueblo.

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Steamboat Springs High School juniors Kylee Swiggart, left, and Sara Bearss stand in first place atop the podium Saturday after winning the No. 1 doubles state tennis championship in Pueblo.

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Swiggart, left, and Bearss accept their medals Saturday.

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Kylee Swiggart, left, and Sara Bearss embrace after the final point in Saturday's Class 4A No. 1 doubles state championship match at the tournament in Pueblo. With a 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 victory against a team from Greeley West, the pair became the second Steamboat Springs High School entry to win a state championship.

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Virginia "Gynnie" Patrick

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Hayden High School senior Holli Salazar throws the shot put at Saturday's regional meet in Grand Junction. Salazar won the event and set a meet record with 41 feet, 8.5 inches.

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Hayden High School senior Coy Letlow will be a preferred walk-on at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley this season.

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Hayden High School senior Coy Letlow will be a preferred walk-on at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley this season.

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A pair of competitors watch last year during the Paddling Life Pro Invitational Kayak competition in Steamboat Springs. The event will return this year May 25.

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Dave Hards, left, leads a group of beginner kayakers down the Yampa River last week. Hards teaches the sport at Mountain Sports Kayak School in Steamboat Springs.

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Dave Hards offers tips to a group of beginner kayakers preparing to tackle the Yampa River last week in Steamboat Springs. Local kayakers are anticipating a good year of kayaking and are starting to see the snowmelt rush through town.

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Justin Haynes, service manager at Precision Sharpening and Repair Service, assembles a new mower Wednesday at the shop while Jim Pavlik works on a weed eater.

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The Rocky Mountain Youth Corps used federal stimulus dollars to purchase 20 chain saws from Precision Sharpening and Repair Service owner Jim Pavlik. He said it allowed him to increase his inventory and that he was encouraged by seeing stimulus funds being put to work locally.

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One method police are using to combat underage drinking is the voluntary keg tag registration program. Police are able to track tagged kegs back to the purchasers, potentially holding them liable for providing alcohol to minors.

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Kimberley Mares serves Ken Kruse inside Johnny B. Good's Diner in Steamboat Springs last week. The diner, along with several other downtown restaurants and businesses, will take part in Mainstreet Restaurant Week from May 18 to 25.

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Contractor Gary L. Wall (not the sheriff) proved he had a good sense of humor by painting his name on the side of his truck, along with a notation that lets everyone know he's not the sheriff.

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Leah Helme

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Yellow bedstraw, pictured here, is worrying Extension Agent C.J. Mucklow.

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Mike Yurich, Oak Creek town historian, flips through the pages of a binder containing the history of many families in South Routt County. Oak Creek's diverse history is showcased in the immigration exhibit, which opened last week at the Tracks and Trails Museum.

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The new immigration exhibit at the Tracks and Trails Museum in Oak Creek showcases South Routt County's diverse background.

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Stamps collected from across the world are just a small part of the new immigration exhibit.

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Stickers on the side of a suitcase in the Track and Trails Museum's new immigration exhibit give us an insight into the story of South Routt's diverse background.

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Tracks and Trails Museum Curator Laurie Elendu puts the finishing touches on the new immigration exhibit at the museum.

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The faces of miners can be seen in this vintage photograph, which is part of the Tracks and Trails Museum's new immigration exhibit. The exhibit showcases South Routt's sometimes colorful and diverse history through the stories of the people who immigrated to the area.

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Roberto Garcia, of Fox Construction, works on a commercial building in downtown Steamboat Springs in December 2008. Last year, the total construction valuation of projects issued permits was $333.7 million. The industry is slowing down in 2009 - a building official projects this year's total valuation could be $137.8 million.

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