Photos for May 11, 2009

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Kyle Petty's Charity Ride Across America arrived in Steamboat Springs on Monday. The riders will leave Steamboat this morning.

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James Dickson, center left, gets a hug from Lu Etta Loeber during a celebration Friday at Rex's American Grill & Bar. State Senate Bill 244, on its way to Gov. Bill Ritter for approval, would require insurance carriers to cover autism spectrum disorders.

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Employees at Steamboat Smokehouse are not taking any chances. As a joke, they placed a mask on the face of the plastic pig, which has been outside the downtown restaurant for years. The humor was not lost on customer Bernard Gagne, who passed in front of the pig on his way into the restaurant.

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A sign at Stagecoach Reservoir reminds boaters about measures they must take to stop the spread of aquatic hitchhikers.

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Fishermen troll near the shoreline of Stagecoach Reservoir earlier this week. Boaters will face new regulations this season as Park officials attempt to stop the spread of zebra mussel, New Zealand mudsnail and Eurasian watermilfoil.

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Dancers, from left, Andie Koly, Allie Van Ness, Sophie Flam, Katilyn Greenwood and Kelsey Norland play the part of the little lost lambs during a dance - which also featured veteran dancer Courtnee Weiss, background - called "Shepherd Girl and Little Lost Lambs." The dance was part of Saturday night's "Oh What A Night," presented by Karin Comeau and the Rocky Mountain Dance studio at the Steamboat Springs High School auditorium.

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Mitch Clark loads a tree in the back of a pickup with a little help from skid steer driver Frank Mayer during the tree sale at Steamboat Springs Middle School on Friday morning. The sale is a benefit for Everything Outdoor Steamboat.

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Sixth-graders Andrew Sabia, left, and Oliver Dickhausen load plants into the back of a pickup during Steamboat Springs Middle School's tree sale Friday morning on the Strawberry Park campus. The sale is a benefit for Everything Outdoor Steamboat.

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Musician Greg Scott performs during Sunday's Maybell Heritage Day.

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Joseph Hackaday, of Hayden, watches with wide eyes as horses from Sombrero Ranch gallop by him Sunday.

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Sally Weber, left, takes pictures Sunday as her grandson Tanner Musser, 4, watches horses from Sombrero Ranch gallop through Maybell. Approximately 800 people came out to Maybell for Sombrero Ranch's Great American Horse Drive and Maybell Heritage Day.

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Carrie Snowden, of Craig, watches as horses from Sombrero Ranch gallop on U.S. Highway 40 through Maybell. Snowden is a family friend of the owners of Sombrero Ranch, and she said she and her family have helped with the horse drive for 20 years.

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Horses rest Sunday two miles east of Maybell during Sombrero Ranch's Great American Horse Drive. Hundreds of horses from the ranch were moved from land near Maybell to land west of Craig, a 60-mile trek.

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Tom Reilly walks his horse during a break in Sombrero Ranch's Great American Horse Drive on Sunday in Maybell. Reilly first joined the drive in 2006 and said he hopes to participate for as long as he can.

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