Steamboat Pilot & Today

School bus driver Bethany Aurin welcomes Grey Barbier aboard a bus Thursday at Soda Creek Elementary School as kindergarten classmates Berit Baker, left, and Anna Becker wait on the dashboard. Routt County school districts have been weighing changes to their school calendars. Photo by Scott Franz

Tara Shaffer, a survivor of sexual assault, is writing a memoir about her life. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Melissa Dressen, a wildlife biologist with the Yampa Ranger District, has received the Wildlife Biologist of the Year award for the U.S. Forest Service’s five-state Rocky Mountain Region. Photo by Matt Stensland

Steamboat Springs senior Maggie Stanford signed to play volleyball at Sewanee in Tennessee. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Veteran paramedics Ebin Latrimurti, from left, Tim Baldwin and AJ Fleming and emergency room physician Dr. Laura Sehnert have formed a new business, Event Medical Solutions, to serve adventure sporting events, as well as large gatherings. Photo by Tom Ross

Jonny Buschmann flies high on Rabbit Ears Pass. He said this will be the first year he won’t be involved in releasing a winter sports action movie. Courtesy photo

Chris Rhodes flies off a cliff on Buffalo Pass. Rhodes, who released his first adventure action movie last summer, said that he didn’t come across many clip-worthy days this season but that there were some. Courtesy photo

Jonny Buschmann cuts through the snow on Buffalo Pass on Monday. The longtime Steamboat veteran said it was far from a great season for filming. Rather than hit some of the areas he had in mind for great clips, he and his friends worked more in trees and areas they’d ignored in deeper snow years. John Asta / Courtesy

Steamboat’s Thomas Kelly hustles toward third base Saturday, heading home on a two-run Cutter Pasternak triple. The Sailors won both games of a doubleheader against Eagle Valley, 6-3. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat's Thomas Kelly accepts congratulations from his teammates after bashing a three-run home run during the first game of Saturday's high school double header in Steamboat. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat's Thomas Kelly rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the first game of Saturday's high school double header in Steamboat. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Tommy Lyon hauls in a catch while playing centerfield Saturday for the Steamboat Springs High School baseball team. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat Springs High School's Tommy Lyon slides in under a tag while trying to get back to first base Saturday in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat Springs catcher Danny LaPointe chases an Eagle Valley runner caught in a run down on Saturday in Steamboat Springs. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Steamboat's Tyler Brown delivers a pitch on Saturday. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

Golf course canine. Submitted by: Richard Buccino

A beautiful sandhill crane living peacefully. Submitted by: Maryedith Davies

A bald eagle watching over his mate and young. Submitted by: Maryedith Davies

A mid-April sunset. Submitted by: Leia Thomas

The sunset from April 20. Submitted by: Leia Thomas

My new favorite tree. Submitted by: Maryedith Davies

A spring sunset. Submitted by: John McArthur