Photos for March 27, 2011

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Soroco Middle School students participate Friday in National History Day, a nationwide competition in which students submit presentations on historical topics of their choosing. A regional competition is Saturday in Frisco.

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Steamboat Springs Telemark skier Erik Powers cuts around gates on Sunday during a Telemark giant slalom event at Steamboat Ski Area. The U.S. Telemark National Championships came to a close after four events in Steamboat.

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Steamboat Springs third baseman Cutter Pasternak fires to first for a putout during Saturday's baseball doubleheader at Glenwood Springs.

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Steamboat Springs pitcher Alan Capistron picked up the complete-game win in the opening game of a baseball doubleheader in Glenwood Springs on Saturday.

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Team Double T Kennel poses at the starting line of this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Back row from left are Tom Thurston, Tami Thurston, Kris Hoffman and Sara Hoffman. Front row from left are Leona Thurston and Greta Thurston.

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Hook, left, and Scrat prepare for a run. Hook was later dropped from the race with a sore shoulder. Scrat was one of the top performers from Double T Kennel, which Tom Thurston runs with his wife, Tami. Scrat led much of the way to Nome.

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Oak Creek musher Tom Thurston cruises behind his team of dogs, led by Scrat, left, and Duramax near the end of the ceremonial start to the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska, a day before the race began in earnest. Thurston finished the race March 19 for the second time in three years. Fellow local musher Kris Hoffman made it more than halfway through the race before having to pull out.

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Benedetta Patricia DeMark Antoinette

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Todd Jeffrey Minch

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Peabody Energy’s Foidel Creek Mine in western Routt County is the most productive coal mine in the state in terms of annual tonnage. Last year, the mine produced 7.7 million tons of coal.

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Mary Kelley dishes out food at the Strawberry Park Elementary School cafeteria. The school has shifted to using reusable plastic plates instead of Styrofoam plates that were thrown away. It’s just one of the many efforts the school has implemented this year as part of programs aimed at sustainability.

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Steamboat Springs Police Department officers and Routt County Sheriff’s Office deputies, from left, JD Paul, Seth Merrick, Jake Carlson, Evan Noble, Kurtis Luster, and Sam Silva start their timed 300-yard run at the high school track while trying out for a new inter-agency tactical team.

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Steamboat Springs Police Department officer JD Paul holds Doug Scherar’s feet while he does sit-ups during joint tactical team tryouts Wednesday at the high school.

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Steamboat Springs Police Department Detective Dave Kleiber sprints to finish the 300-yard run. Kleiber is the team leader for the joint tactical team.

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Steamboat Springs Police Department officer Tom Munden crosses the finish line during the 300-yard run.

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Building permit valuations by the numbers

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There are signs that buyer interest in foreclosed properties is picking up to the extent that the best homes are receiving competing offers.

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