Steamboat Pilot & Today

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to an enthusiastic crowd Tuesday morning in downtown Craig about his ideas for the presidency. Michelle Balleck / Courtesy

GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney stands behind a Whittle the Wood Rendezvous sculpture as he makes his way through the crowd Tuesday morning at Alice Pleasant Park in downtown Craig. Photo by Joe Moylan

Dianna Orf, of Denver, holds a sign Tuesday morning before the Mitt Romney rally at Alice Pleasant Park. Orf does freelance work with the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Colorado Mining Association and Association of Governments of Northwest Colorado. Michelle Balleck / Courtesy

Haley Duran, 3, waves an American flag from the shoulders of her father, Ryan Duran, while Phil Hoth, a Twentymile Coal Mine employee, holds up a sign Tuesday morning at the Mitt Romney rally at Alice Pleasant Park in Craig. Michelle Balleck / Courtesy

A young girl holds a flag during a campaign rally Tuesday morning for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. About 2,000 people, or more by some estimates, attended the event at Alice Pleasant Park in downtown Craig. Michelle Balleck / Courtesy

Steamboat Springs High School junior Kent Barron traces the silhouette of his younger brother Web on Tuesday on a sidewalk in front of the Routt County Courthouse in downtown Steamboat. To mark the upcoming World No Tobacco Day, the students then wrote facts next to the “dead” silhouettes to discourage the use of tobacco. Photo by Scott Franz

Jackie Brown, 12, performs several piano pieces for Leslie Petteys, a judge for the National Piano Guild Auditions that were held Thursday and Friday in Steamboat Springs. About 18 students of local piano teacher Mary Dardanis played in the auditions. They prepared four to 10 pieces and played scales for Petteys, who gave scores and comments on their performances. Guild pianists could see opportunities such as scholarships as they continue in the program. Photo by Nicole Inglis

The new Three Wire Bar & Grill at Yampa Valley Regional Airport operated at a loss during the six ski season months of 2011-12. The restaurant was created during the last phase of improvements to the terminal at the Hayden airport. Photo by Matt Stensland

Christine Pietras rides Howelsen Hill with her dog, Pancho, on June 7, 2011, the day before the start of last year’s Steamboat Springs Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race Series. A wet spring in 2011 had race organizers scrambling to find dry trails. That’s no problem this year, when a forecast of sunny skies and a high of 74 degrees will help kick off the series with the Howlin’ Howelsen on Wednesday. Jay Kinghorn / Courtesy file photo

Mitt Romney addresses the crowd Tuesday at a rally in Craig. Brita Horn, a Republican candidate for the Routt County Board of Commissioners who attended the event, said, "There seemed to be a real buzz among the base." Photo by Mary Austin