Steamboat Today: Photos for September 27, 2009

A massage room at All Season Wellness Day Spa reflects spring.

Published on September 27, 2009

The 1,500-acre Orvis Shorefox property annexed into Granby has suffered numerous setbacks in the past 18 months, including a $21 million foreclosure and a pond breach that discharged sediment into the Colorado River. Developers purchased the property in 2003 with plans for at least one golf course, commercial space and high-end riverside lots.

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John Anarella, wilderness program manager for the U.S. Forest Service's Yampa Ranger District, said crews use cross-cutting saws that were made in the 1940s when cutting down trees because they're not allowed to use electric or gas-powered tools. Anarella recently purchased some more vintage saws for the Ranger District from a saw company in Seneca, N.Y.

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Debbie Dygert is buried in soap - literally. The North Routt County resident makes soaps, lotions and bath fizzes through Steamboat Soap Co. She is in the midst of an expansion and now offers products on her new Web site and at the Clark Store.

Published on September 27, 2009

Debbie Dygert is buried in soap - literally. The North Routt County resident makes soaps, lotions and bath fizzes through Steamboat Soap Co. She is in the midst of an expansion and now offers products on her new Web site and at the Clark Store.

Published on September 27, 2009

Steamboat Springs High School softball player Tyra Monger heads toward third base Saturday during Steamboat's first game against Rifle High School.

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Steamboat's Lilly Hoff spikes the ball to Battle Mountain players on Saturday in Edwards.

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Jesse "Gus" Allen finished fifth in Craig on Saturday, with a time of 17:57.

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Steamboat Springs' Byron Brane keeps pace in the first mile of the Moffat County Invitational cross country meet on Saturday. Steamboat Springs High School's boys team placed fourth in the meet.

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The Flat Top Trail is renowned as one of the top fall-foliage-viewing drives in the West.

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The Flat Tops Trail scenic byway is 82 miles long and connects Yampa to Meeker.

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The drive on Flat Tops Trail scenic byway is especially scenic this time of year when the aspens are changing colors.

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U.S. Forest Service wilderness program manger John Anarella's office spans 400,000 acres in the Routt National Forest. He jokingly refers to the rock formation in the background at the Flat Tops Wilderness Area as his desk. Anarella is accepting a prestigious award Oct. 7 in Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. Postal Service has decided not to consolidate all Steamboat Springs post office boxes at the downtown location, where traffic is a concern for many residents.

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The view from atop Dunckley Pass on the Flat Tops Trail is the best of the 82-mile road that stretches from Yampa to Meeker. Still, there are plenty of other beautiful sites as the aspen trees change from green to orange.

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This room at All Season Wellness Day Spa was designed to reflect winter.

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Each room at All Season Wellness Day Spa was designed to reflect a season. This room is modeled after summer.

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The Steamboat Soap Company offers everything from natural soaps and bath salts to a line specially designed for hunters.

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In addition to soaps, Dygert also makes assorted products such as bath salts.

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Debbie Dygert makes art from a practical product in her many soaps and bath supplies.

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Some of Debbie Dygert's soaps are seen in the shape of cowboy boots.

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Steamboat Soap Co. produces a variety of bath and body products.

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Some of Debbie Dygert's soap.

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Some of Debbie Dygert's soap.

Published on September 27, 2009

Some of Debbie Dygert's soap.

Published on September 27, 2009

Some of Debbie Dygert's soap.

Published on September 27, 2009

The Steamboat Soap Company offers everything from natural soaps and bath salts to a line specially designed for hunters.

Published on September 27, 2009

Debbie Dygert is buried in soap - literally. The North Routt County resident makes soaps, lotions and bath fizzes through Steamboat Soap Co. She is in the midst of an expansion and now offers products on her new Web site and at the Clark Store.

Published on September 27, 2009

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Kenny Kendall, who attended Steamboat schools as a youth and starred in local plays, is now the theater program director at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, where he teaches several classes.

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Kenny Kendall won the 2009 Joel Mack Award at Northeastern Junior College.

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Each room at All Season Wellness Day Spa was designed to reflect a season. From top is winter, spring and summer.

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Kayloni Grinolds and Tyson Voyek were engaged in April in Maui, Hawaii.

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Each room at All Season Wellness Day Spa was designed to reflect a season. From top is winter, spring and summer.

Published on September 27, 2009

David and Lura Gerhart, of Steamboat Springs, celebrated their two-year wedding anniversary Sept. 22.

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Pam Peretz, owner of All Season Wellness Day Spa, stands in the room she uses for Thai massage. The room is painted and decorated to reflect fall. Other rooms reflect winter, spring and summer.

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Megan Jo Meek and David Lawrence Ramig Jr. were married Aug. 21, 2009.

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Brooke Rygg and Tor Erik Schjellerud were married on Sept. 4, 2009.

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Elmer Balvanz, of Architectural Doors & Windows, fields a call at a remodeling job at Bear Claw condominiums. The interior of the 30-year-old condo was stripped to the steel studs so it could be brought up to 2010 standards in terms of finishes. The general contractor is Eric Rabesa, of Rivertree.

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John Skovgaard, of ThermaLogic, preps for stucco Thursday at an addition to a home on Sixth Street. Skovgaard is a subcontractor to general contractor Jim Hinton, of Stillwater, on the job.

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Jeff Smith, of JGS Builders, cuts a piece of alder trim for the remodel of an original Bear Claw condominium Thursday. Smith is a subcontractor to general contractor Eric Rabesa, of Rivertree, on the remodeling job.

Published on September 27, 2009