Steamboat Pilot & Today

Steamboat artist Jascha Bowen-Kreiner spent about 100 hours folding each piece of origami for this 2012 Bust of Steamboat entry. The bra will be auctioned off at the Oct. 26 fundraiser for the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project. Photo by John F. Russell

Deb Curd founded the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project 12 years ago after losing a friend to breast cancer. The organization has given out more than $250,000 to support women who are battling breast cancer. Photo by John F. Russell

Julie Brown Courtesy photo

Karen Schulman Courtesy photoo

Patty Bender Photo by Nicole Inglis

Bonnie Madderom Photo by Nicole Inglis

Stephanie Loomis Courtesy photo

Ann McMenamin Photo by Nicole Inglis

Gayle Woodsum Courtesy photo

Janet Faller Photo by Matt Stensland

Julie Isaacs, the Women's Imaging Coordinator at Yampa Valley Medical Center, stands at one of the hospital's mammography reading work stations. Isaacs said YVMC's new digital mammography machine is one of the many advancements in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment available in the Yampa Valley. Photo by Scott Franz

Jessie Wallace tries to get a shot off as Hannah Samlowski defends Sunday at the Steamboat Chumash Challenge, a 3-on-3 lacrosse tournament that plays with a variation of a regular game's rules. The most obvious change after the three-person teams is a one-foot-wide goal set in the middle of the field. One team scores into one side and the other team into the other. Organizer Betsy Frick said the first-year event drew about 75 boys and girls, all the way up to high schoolers, including one team from Summit High School. She said the game was such a hit she's going to explore a winter league and that the tournament definitely will return next year. Photo by Joel Reichenberger

The Tread of Pioneers Museum will close Monday for continued remodeling work. The project is on schedule. The museum will reopen Nov. 10 for the annual Festival of Trees fundraising event. For more information, visit www.treadofpioneers.org or call 970-879-2214. Courtesy photo