Photos for July 2, 2011

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Angie Langevin, crew leader for Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, walks down a new trail that overlooks downtown Oak Creek. Crews from the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps have been working with the town of Oak Creek on several projects that improve the recreational opportunities for residents.

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Stu Hassell, an employee with the public works department in Oak Creek, is a driving force behind creating a new pump track in a park being built in downtown Oak Creek.

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Mark Wertheimer, assistant director for Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, talks about a project to build a new park in the middle of downtown Oak Creek and how the young people in the Youth Corps have worked to provide new recreational opportunities for town residents.

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Oak Creek Mayor Nikki Knoebel looks at the original plans to improve recreational opportunities in Oak Creek that were drafted in the early 1990s with Mark Wertheimer, of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, left, and Stu Hassell, a Oak Creek public works employee.

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Brandon Roche, of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps, works on a new hiking trail in Oak Creek.

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Crews use an excavator to tear down Monson Hall on Monday on the Colorado Mountain College campus in Steamboat Springs.

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Enforcement of Steamboat’s false alarm law began Aug. 1 and outlined potential penalties for alarms triggered falsely. Since the law has come into effect, the city’s fire engines have had to make less unnecessary trips through the city’s streets.

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Enforcement of Steamboat’s false alarm law began Aug. 1 and outlined potential penalties for alarms triggered falsely. Since the law has come into effect, the city’s fire engines have had to make less unnecessary trips through the city’s streets.

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Brad Meeks looks out at Soda Creek Elementary School’s playground Thursday with Principal Michele Miller. Meeks starts as Steamboat Springs School District’s superintendent on July 15.

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The construction of Bogue, from left, Monson and Willet halls in 1966 helped establish the campus for Yampa Valley College, now Colorado Mountain College’s Alpine Campus. Monson, in the foreground of this undated photo, was the first of the three that will be torn down to make way for a 60,000-square-foot administrative and classroom building on the campus.

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Fish Creek Falls was running high on July 2 in Steamboat Springs.

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U.S. Nordic Combined Ski Team member Taylor Fletcher speeds down the in-run on Howelsen Hill’s plastic-covered ski jump Thursday. Fletcher and other members of the U.S. Ski Team will be competing in the Fourth of July Ski Jumping Extravaganza today and Monday at Howelsen Hill and will then head to Germany and France to train and jump, while also taking on a few stages of the Tour de France.

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A participant flips through the air after hitting the freestyle training water ramp in Steamboat Springs.

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Joel Reichenberger learns how to jump off a water ramp Friday at Bald Eagle Lake.

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George DeGrandis jumps to a start on the water ramp at Bald Eagle Lake. The plastic that coats the ramp can rip up skin, so it’s important to keep skis straight and start with a big hop and a 90-degree turn.

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Brad Hoefer works on getting out of the water after he jumped off the water ramp at Bald Eagle Lake.

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Sophia Schwartz flies through the air after jumping off the water ramp at Bald Eagle Lake in Steamboat Springs. Schwartz is expected to travel to Australia to train.

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Michael DeGrandis flies off the jump at the water ramp at Bald Eagle Lake near Steamboat Springs. Coaches said the ramp allows the team priceless training opportunities.

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Ruby Velarde and Brandon Rose

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Patricia “Pat” Wessel

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William “Bill” Thomas Scherar

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Cara Piske leads a pack of runners Saturday in the Mountain Madness race in Steamboat Springs.

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Matthew Hall, right, leads a pack of runners Saturday in the Mountain Madness race in Steamboat Springs.

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Tom Cole, left, pushes Thomas, 3, while running with Karrie Inaba, right, and Kelli Cole on Saturday in the Mountain Madness race in Steamboat Springs.

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Rachael Green, center, and Rodney Green, right, run with Lark Skov on Saturday during the Steamboat Springs Running Series's Mountain Madness event. The race, which drew nearly 300 runners, was a fundraiser for the Rebecca Green Foundation. Green drowned two years ago in Fish Creek.

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Kimberly Butler

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Blacktail Meadows in Stagecoach, not to be confused with Blacktail Mountain Estates, closer to Steamboat, is part of the original Neighborhood at Young’s Peak. The 29 building lots bought last week by Outback Investments LLC have domestic water and sewer service from the Morrison Creek Water and Sanitation District.

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Blacktail Meadows in Stagecoach, not to be confused with Blacktail Mountain Estates, closer to Steamboat, is part of the original Neighborhood at Young’s Peak. The 29 building lots bought last week by Outback Investments LLC have domestic water and sewer service from the Morrison Creek Water and Sanitation District.

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Blacktail Meadows in Stagecoach, not to be confused with Blacktail Mountain Estates, closer to Steamboat, is part of the original Neighborhood at Young’s Peak. The 29 building lots bought last week by Outback Investments LLC have domestic water and sewer service from the Morrison Creek Water and Sanitation District.

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Black Tail Meadows

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