Editorial cartoon for May 3, 2009
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Steamboat Springs High School senior Gus Worden takes a shot during the first half of Friday's playoff game against Lewis-Palmer High School. The Sailors fell, 16-11, in their first loss of the season.
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Hayden High School junior Jake Walker, left, starts toward the homestretch in the 200-meter dash during Saturday's Class 2A Western Slope league track meet in Kremmling. Hayden senior Coy Letlow, right, was fifth in the race.
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Soroco High School twins Lindsay, left, and Shelby Miles run in the 200-meter dash Saturday at the Western Slope League track meet at West Grand High School.
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Hayden senior Billy Zehner eyes the ground Saturday as he flies through the air on his final leap in the boys long jump competition at the Class 2A Western Slope League track meet in Kremmling. Zehner finished fifth in the event. Overall, the Tigers boys squad was second.
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Jeff LaRoche, a former minor league pitcher, comes from a family with a long baseball tradition. LaRoche left baseball to become a police officer and is working with the Steamboat Springs Police Department.
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Dan Gilchrist skis a line in Zirkle Wilderness late last month. Steamboat Ski Area closed nearly a month ago, but there's still plenty of skiing to be had across the county and state.
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Billy Grimes skis in the Flat Top Wilderness on Wednesday. Sections of North and South Routt County offer plenty of dramatic, photo-worthy terrain.
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Dan Gilchrist and Kyle Lawton, climbing the right couloir, make their way up in the Zirkle Wilderness late last month. Routt County isn't known for its extreme terrain, but the area's most dedicated skiers don't have problems finding intense challenges.
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Rebecca Hanson
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Jeff LaRoche, a former minor league pitcher, comes from a family with a long baseball tradition. The son of former major league pitcher Dave LaRoche, Jeff has two brothers, Andy and Adam, playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. LaRoche left baseball to become a police officer and is working with Steamboat Springs Police Department.
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Franken, left, and his son Kai stand on the banks of the Yampa River.
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Rick Franken, owner of Bomber Gear, plays in the white water of the Yampa River. Franken has been able to stay close to home and continue to grow his business, which provides kayaking and technical outdoor apparel.
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Participants in the Spirit Challenge run Saturday morning along Amethyst Drive.
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Runners come off the starting line during Saturday's Spirit Challenge race at Steamboat Springs Middle School. The race kicked off the 2009 Running Series.
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Nicole Marcisofsky received an associate's degree in outdoor education Saturday at CMC's commencement ceremony.
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Elise Kuczera graduated with an associate's degree in the arts and said she plans to further her college education, likely in Maryland.
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Cody Spyker, 19, got a head start by finishing high school a year early in Glenwood Springs and received an associate's degree from CMC's Alpine Campus on Saturday.
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Ryan Fleming earned a degree in resort management, learning skills he already is applying as front desk manager at Pioneer Ridge.
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Green energy advocates Susan Holland, right, and Megan Moore-Kemp think more can be done by the Yampa Valley Electric Association to increase the use of renewable energy sources.
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DeAnna Roberts unloads a bag from a United Airlines flight Friday afternoon at Yampa Valley Regional Airport. Officials say they were pleased with the amount of traffic at the airport during the 2008-09 ski season given the state of the economy.
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Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt were married April 25, 2009.
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Barbara McNary began producing the North Routt Rumors community newsletter in October. The publication is approaching its 30th issue.
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Ethel Wood was a graduate of the first class of Hayden High School in 1909.
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Gladys Blake, left, and Marabelle Shelton were two of four graduates of the first Hayden High School class.
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Hayden High School students leave school Friday afternoon for lunch. The town is celebrating the 100th year of the high school, which originally was located along Jefferson Avenue at the site of Red Stone Motel.
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Steamboat Springs residents attend the free summer concert featuring Michael Franti and Spearhead on July 18, 2008, at Howelsen Hill.
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Caroline Fisher
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The kitchen of the home on Anglers Drive features the best appliances money can buy. A couple of luxuries include refrigerated beverage drawers at one end of the kitchen and a built-in espresso machine in the pantry that is tied into the plumbing system.
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This 8,524-square-foot home perched above Fish Creek on Anglers Drive is for sale for $6.77 million.
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With with 24-foot windows, the home takes advantage of spectacular views.
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Mark and Diane Halvorson, of Snow Country Construction, recently completed their 8,524-square-foot spec home on Angler's Drive. The home is listed for $6.77 million.
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The eastern facade of Holiday Inn Steamboat Springs will begin to be transformed by the addition of 35 suites and an indoor pool in August.
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