Jeff Franks, a graduate of Steamboat Springs High School, will enter his senior year as a member of the University of Wyoming's golf team this fall. Franks is hoping for a strong showing, but is not looking past his final college season.
Published on July 31, 2006
Routt County Sheriff's deputies are urging construction workers to keep their equipment locked up. There was a spree of copper wire thefts from homes under construction in the area of Catamount Ranch and Club subdivision in late July.
Published on July 31, 2006
Raccoons at Born Free Wildlife prepare to eat a dinner provided by the organization. Born Free Wildlife cares for six raccoons, seven baby ducks, an antelope fawn and an elk calf. The organization also helps injured animals rehabilitate until they are ready to return to the wild.
Published on July 31, 2006
Soda Creek Elementary School's playground sits empty Monday. The Steamboat Springs School Board has until the end of August to decide whether to ask taxpayers to support the construction of a new Soda Creek Elementary School.
Published on July 31, 2006
A cow stares across the road toward cattle on the other side.
Published on July 30, 2006
Two-year-old Zander Pierson see his reflection in the chrome bumper of a 1957 Caddie Coupe de Ville, one of more than 45 cars he and his mother, Julie, and father, Ken, saw at the Steamboat Classic Car Club and Parts Swap on Yampa Street on Sunday.
Published on July 30, 2006
Steamboat midfielder Dave Shively tries to elude a defender Saturday during the Steamboat Lacrosse Invitational. Steamboat finished the tournament 1-2, in fourth place.
Published on July 30, 2006
On the north side of the Yampa River near Maybell, water is diverted to the Maybell Ditch, which is used by residents and ranchers.
Published on July 29, 2006
Dean Rossi clears an irrigation ditch used to spread water across a hayfield on his land between Phippsburg and Yampa. The ditch carries water from the Yampa River.
Published on July 29, 2006
A farmer west of Maybell uses large, rolling sprinkler systems - or circle pivots - to efficiently water his crops.
Published on July 29, 2006
Rancher Scott Chew looks over his dry corn fields in June, near the end of a long workday. Chew, 51, is worried that his crop will be stressed because of a dry, hot spring and a broken irrigation system. But like most ranchers, Chew has little time to spend worrying. He spent the day loading cattle onto trailers for the seasonal move to family ranches near Clark and Maybell.
Published on July 29, 2006
Elvis Iacovetto walks to a large headgate on the Bear River below the Yamcolo Reservoir. The water he releases will be used by more than 100 downstream ranchers.
Published on July 29, 2006
Elvis Iacovetto, water commissioner for much of South Routt County and part of Steamboat Springs, studies the flow of the Bear River below Yamcolo Reservoir on a June morning. Iacovetto meets with John Yurich, superintendent of Yamcolo and Stillwater reservoirs, at 7 a.m. most days during the spring, summer and fall to determine how much reservoir water to release downriver.
Published on July 29, 2006
Large sprinklers water a seeded berm at the Duckles Gravel Pit west of Steamboat Springs.
Published on July 29, 2006
South Routt rancher Dick Palmer returns from checking irrigation ditches on his 1,200-acre ranch outside Yampa.
Published on July 29, 2006
Longtime rancher Dick Palmer holds court in the kitchen of his south Yampa home. He and his wife, Kay, have lived on their 1,200-acre ranch for 36 years.
Published on July 29, 2006
Laura Chew stands on a family ranch in Jensen, Utah, where she spends most of her time. The Chew family also owns ranches in Clark and Maybell.
Published on July 29, 2006
Nicole Derwent, 7, and Colten Zippay, 10, play in muddy water that overflows from the Stafford Ditch just north of Yampa on land owned by rancher Dean Rossi.
Published on July 29, 2006
Rancher Dean Rossi installed a modern headgate system to replace an older one on the Yampa River south of the town of Yampa. The new headgate better monitors the flow of water to area ranches.
Published on July 29, 2006
Published on July 29, 2006
Matt Blais, of Highlands Ranch, checks his bag while walking down the sidewalk on Lincoln Avenue on Thursday afternoon. Shoppers like Blais and his family helped Steamboat sales tax revenues increase more than 14 percent from May 2005 to May 2006.
Published on July 27, 2006
Tim Lepard's white-throated Capuchin monkeys, which ride atop border collies, will perform this weekend at the Steamboat Springs Pro Rodeo.
Published on July 27, 2006
Thursday's free Los Lobos concert attracted hundreds of Routt County residents and visitors.
Published on July 27, 2006
Los Lobos played an ecletic mix of music for a festive crowd at the base of the Steamboat Ski Area on Thursday. The show was part of the Free Summer Concert Series.
Published on July 27, 2006
Kelly Larson and Paul Innes restock candy at the Howelsen Hill concession stand Thursday afternoon. Triple Crown and recreational league games have kept business busy throughout the summer.
Published on July 27, 2006
Eric Stephens sits in front of the map tracking his big adventure across the western half of the U.S. Stephens and friends Eugene Vicknair and Wendy Holtz left San Jose, Calif., on July 13 and made a stop in Steamboat Springs Tuesday and Wednesday. The trio is following trains, a passion of Stephens' since he was young.
Published on July 27, 2006
Community Youth Corp workers, clockwise, Kelsey Butler, Eric Edelfelt, Gus Allen, crew leaders Andrew Harris and Kieran Fitzsimons, Amanda Bugg and Caitlin Campagna haul a 4X4 together repairing and landscaping the walkway to the Steamboat Springs and Black Springs near the 13th Street Bridge. Crews will be working through the week, and access to the area will be restricted.
Published on July 26, 2006
Antonio Marxuach roller skis Wednesday morning along Routt County Road.
Published on July 26, 2006
Steamboat Springs' Nick Truitt attempts to hold off Tom Bedell during Wednesday night's Town Challenge race at Howelsen Hill. The two riders were competing in the men's expert class.
Published on July 26, 2006
Sander Van Tol climbs up Howelsen Hill during Wednesday night's Town Challenge race. Van Tol was racing in the men's sports class of the race. The race, which was origionally scheduled for last Wednesday, replaced last week's event that was canceled because of rain.
Published on July 26, 2006
Kevin Speier of JML Construction works Wednesday in front of an empty field that could house the Aspens at Walton Creek development. Behind the field is Walton Creek Road. Speier was working with a crew landscaping and remodeling adjacent condominiums.
Published on July 26, 2006
Tate Tellier chips onto the No. 9 green at the Steamboat Golf Club during the Cowboy Shootout at the Steamboat Springs Golf Club. More than 50 young players played in the tournament, which is an annual event at the club.
Published on July 26, 2006
Republican sheriff candidates Ray Birch, left, and Garrett Wiggins answer questions from the audience at a forum at the Routt County commissioners office Wednesday night.
Published on July 26, 2006
Jamey Swiggart is the top ranked 12-and-under tennis player in the state of Colorado. Swiggart is currently in Omaha, Neb. playing in the 12 zonal championships.
Published on July 25, 2006
Julie Butler, left, and her daughter Nikki stop for a cup of coffee at Mocha Molly's on Tuesday but instead found a sign indicating the popular coffee house is "closed until further notice." The shop's sale is pending, and it should reopen soon.
Published on July 25, 2006
Hayden students Janna Hoza, from left, Dusty Zabel and Jess Martin placed 10th at the FBLA Nationals from June 27 to July 3 in Nashville, Tenn. The team was one of two Hayden teams to qualify.
Published on July 25, 2006
Audrey Martinez gives her friend's son, Will Cowman, 2, a push on the swing at Little Toots Park on Tuesday. Martinez also was giving a push to her daughter Darby, 2. Linda Greenwood and her daughter Kaitlyn, 18 months, are in the background.
Published on July 25, 2006
Zirkel Wireless president and owner Alan Belvo performs a maintenance check on a newly installed antenna on Blacktail Mountain in Stagecoach. The new site will allow Stagecoach residents to access high-speed Internet.
Published on July 25, 2006
Oak Creek Mayor Kathy "Cargo" Rodeman, third from right, holds a check for more than $3 million that will fund construction of a new wastewater treatment plant and replacement sewer lines for the town. The funding comprises grants and loans from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the state Dept. of Local Affairs. From right is Michael Bennett, director of the USDA's state department of rural development; Fran Krogh, USDA rural development manager in Craig; Rodeman; Ray Hamilton of the Carter Burgess engineering firm, which will build the new plant; Pattie Snidow, USDA director for western Colorado; and April Dahlager, USDA rural development loan specialist.
Published on July 24, 2006
Steamboat Springs resident Charlie VonThaden rides his bike on a path along Mount Werner Circle. The Steamboat Springs City Council will dicuss the proposed Wildhorse Meadows, which will be in the open meadow behind VonThaden, at tonight's meeting.
Published on July 24, 2006
Ryan Simms of Backdoor Sports unloads tubes downtown Monday afternoon. Despite the falling riverflow, tubing the Yampa remains one of the most popular ways to cool off in the summer.
Published on July 24, 2006
A close look at the surface of a flower outside the Stings in the Mountain Tent revealed another world filled with forests of pollen and seas of orange, yellow and green.
Published on July 24, 2006
Pedro Mendez of Academy Sport cleans up rocks and debris from around the irrigation system at Gardner Field on Monday afternoon. Workers continue to take care of the details of a new artificial surface that is expected to be ready for play by the end of August.
Published on July 24, 2006
Adaptive water skier John Vcelka takes is pulled down Bald Eagle Lake on Saturday.
Published on July 23, 2006
Adaptive Adventures co-founder and program director Matt Feeney tackles some serious wake Saturday at Bald Eagle Lake.
Published on July 23, 2006
Keith Driessen, left, and Greg Jansen built a BMX Park behind B&K Distributing near the Depot Art Center.
Published on July 22, 2006
Greg Jansen, 18, performes a no-footed can-can off one of the jumps at a small BMX park behind B& K Distributing. Jansen and friend Keith Driessen built the park, which includes several jumps and a wall.
Published on July 22, 2006
Greg Jansen has no problem handling the wall at a BMX park he and buddy Keith Driessen built in Steamboat Springs.
Published on July 22, 2006
Keith Driessen, 21, of Steamboat Springs peforms a wheel grab off of one of the jumps in a small BMX park near the Depot Art Center.
Published on July 22, 2006
Chris Otto, right, and Gina Grether work on a jump at the BMX park at Howelsen Hill. Volunteers are rebuilding the Howelsen jumps with hopes of creating a sanctioned track.
Published on July 22, 2006
Greg Jansen, 18, of Steamboat Springs launches off of one of the jumps at a BMX park. Several parks are being built or improved in Routt County for a growing numer of riders interested in the sport.
Published on July 22, 2006
Hayden students play "Eye of the Tiger" in the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
A Shriner plays an organ in the back of a van during the parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Leapin' Lena returned for this year's Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Shriners ride down Jefferson Avenue during the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
The color guard leads the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Lucille Sundberg, 98, was the grand marshal for this year's Colorado Days parade. Sundberg's family moved to Hayden when she was 2 years old.
Published on July 22, 2006
Ellen Dattilo serves Craig resident Fred Shaffer tomatoes to go with his sandwich at the Shriner's barbeque Saturday during Colorado Days.
Published on July 22, 2006
Gloria Smith and her mother, Virginia Erwin, of Craig wave at a boatload of Shriners in the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Children rush onto Jefferson Avenue to gather candy during the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Shriners drive down Jefferson Avenue on their bikes during the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
Hayden resident Cydne Bell enjoys her barbeque with 20-month-old Corbin Walden and Ethan Copeland, 4.
Published on July 22, 2006
Colorado Days participants found relief from the heat in the Routt County Fairgrounds grandstands.
Published on July 22, 2006
Craig Resident Alan Bennett mans the grill at the Shriner's barbeque Saturday during Colorado Days. The top round beef was marinated with "Bobby's Swamp Water" and cooked overnight.
Published on July 22, 2006
The sun rises over the Yampa River on a July morning near Milner, about 10 miles west of Steamboat Springs. In the background, at right, is Saddle Mountain.
Published on July 22, 2006
Wayne Kakela is the "ditch rider" for the Soda Creek Ditch in Strawberry Park, a small rural valley just outside Steamboat Springs. Kakela's role is to ensure the many owners of surface water rights to Soda Creek get their fair share. It's a job that is made more complex by the arrival of new property owners who often don't have a background in agriculture.
Published on July 22, 2006
GIS specialist Nicolai Bencke, left, climbs a weather tower on Buffalo Pass with biological resource specialist Brian Waugh. The snowpack that settles on the pass each winter is an important indicator of the Yampa's flow each spring and summer.
Published on July 22, 2006
Just west of the small town of Maybell, sheep bend their necks for water and grass in a field irrigated by the Yampa and worked by rancher Neil Chew. The Chew family also owns a ranch in Clark, on the Elk River, and another in Jensen, Utah, on the Green River, just west of the Colorado border.
Published on July 22, 2006
Rancher Dean Rossi, shown here shoveling out an irrigation ditch on his hay fields just north of Yampa, has seen changes in the Yampa River coming for some time. One of those changes, he said, is a decreasing number of ranchers in his area who are able to make a living.
Published on July 22, 2006
Rafters float past Echo Park on the Green River in Dinosaur National Monument. Steamboat Rock, in the background, is the landmark that signals the confluence of the Yampa and Green rivers. Private rafters must enter a lottery and hope they are chosen for a permit to float this section of the river.
Published on July 22, 2006
A kayaker enjoys a little whitewater, fresh from mountain runoff in early June, near downtown Steamboat Springs. The manmade "C-Hole" in Steamboat is a popular spot for kayakers, professional and amateur, to "surf" and practice tricks.
Published on July 22, 2006
A flowering prickly pear cactus has attracted a bee to its colorful petals along the Yampa River.
Published on July 22, 2006
Water from Stillwater Reservoir flows down a spillway near Bear Lake, just beneath the Flat Tops, the headwaters of the Bear River. The Bear becomes the Yampa River several miles downstream, near the town of Yampa.
Published on July 22, 2006
John Fetcher, a Harvard-trained engineer, came to the Yampa Valley almost 60 years ago to begin a new life as a rancher. His devotion to ensuring adequate water for ranchers raising beef on mountain hay meadows led him to take a lead role in the creation of four reservoirs on the Yampa River system.
Published on July 22, 2006
Shortly after merging with the Yampa River, the Green River flows into Utah, where it enters one of the driest regions of the United States. The water is on its way to drought-stricken Lake Powell. Communities on the arid Colorado Plateau have initiated conservation measures during the protracted drought.
Published on July 22, 2006
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Mike Montagne has devoted 13 years of his career to propagating the razorback. Here, he injects a 14-month-old razorback with a passive transponder that gives it an electronic signature. Within 15 minutes, the fish had been released into the Green River below its confluence with the Yampa in Utah. If it is netted by biology teams, they will scan it to learn its identity and record its movements.
Published on July 22, 2006
Amy Tweedy opens a headgate on the upper Fetcher Ranch to flood a pasture with water from Floyd Creek. The ranch is tucked around Steamboat Lake in North Routt County and reaps the benefit of having senior water rights.
Published on July 22, 2006
People packed the sidewalks along Jefferson Avenue in Hayden to watch the Colorado Days parade.
Published on July 22, 2006
The headwaters of the Yampa River begin above 12,000 feet in the Flat Tops, a mountain range formed by an uplifted seabed that was covered by lava flows.
Published on July 22, 2006
Cynthia Rocha escapes Friday's heat in the shade from the tailgate of her sports utility vehicle in the parking lot at Howelsen Hill. Rocha's 2-year-old son, Alex, was napping in the back between games at the Triple Crown Baseball World Series.
Published on July 21, 2006
Signs such as this one, outside a retail shop on 10th Street, violate city sign codes. City officials are reminding business owners to keep sidewalks clear.
Published on July 21, 2006
Five-year-old Katelyn Olinger performs during the final day of Vacation Bible School at Concordia Lutheran Church on Friday afternoon. The school ran all week, and the children ended the classes with a short presentation before releasing balloons.
Published on July 21, 2006
Diane Moore practices her own courage during the Women's Survivor Course at Outward Bound in Leadville two years ago.
Published on July 21, 2006
A woman exercises trust and courage during the Women's Survivor Course at Outward Bound in Leadville two years ago.
Published on July 21, 2006
Kansas City Indians pitcher Alex Garza fires a pitch toward home plate during his team's 15-7 loss to Pro Style from Indiana Friday afternoon at Howelsen Hill. The teams were playing in the Triple Crown Baseball World Series, which began this week in Steamboat and the surrounding area.
Published on July 21, 2006
Brooke Green jumps into the cool waters of the Yampa River on Friday afternoon while playing with her friends from the city of Steamboat Springs summer camp.
Published on July 21, 2006
Emma Muir, 11, with her mother, Adriana Muir, throws away her smoothie cup into one of the several trash containers along downtown sidewalks. City trash containers are being filled with more than just pedestrian trash, which is becoming a problem.
Published on July 20, 2006
A beaver dam slows the flow of the Bear River near Yampa. Beavers aren't the only ones creating a disturbance in the Bear River area. Forest Service officials say recent vandalism in the area is wasting taxpayers' money and employees' time.
Published on July 20, 2006
Bolts of lightning have fllled the skies above Routt County during the past several days. This bolt was spotted over the Western horizon Wednesday as a powerful thunderstorm made its way through Northwest Colorado.
Published on July 20, 2006
Lightning lights up the night sky west of Steamboat Springs on Wednesday as thunderstorms rolled through the area.
Published on July 20, 2006
Linda Chavez addresses a crowd of more than 200 people about immigration Thursday. Her presentation was the first in the four-part Seminars at Steamboat series.
Published on July 20, 2006
The Wharton family, from left, Ben, P.J., Amy, John and Peter, holds up the rowboat they built together as part of Steamboat Springs Middle School shop teacher Johnny Walker's summer program. The family built the boat for the boys' grandmother.
Published on July 20, 2006
Bryce Gordon climbs Howelsen Hill during Wedesnday night's Town Challenge Mountain Bike Race. Gordon started the open pro division. The race was cancelled a few minutes later because of rain and lightning.
Published on July 20, 2006
Jeffrey Minotto of Vectra Bank Colorado looks at sketches of proposed public improvement projects at the ski area base Wednesday during a Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association luncheon.
Published on July 19, 2006
Rocky Mountain Youth Corps members do trailwork this year. The Youth Corps is looking for field-based workshop volunteers to help the young adults develop leadership.
Published on July 19, 2006
Six-year-old Davis Petersen jumps for joy after his chip just misses the hole during the Haymaker Junior Skills Challenge on Wednesday morning. More than 30 young players took turns at different stations, which tested their skills as golfers.
Published on July 19, 2006
Four-year-old Lucas Morter looks through the Book Pool in the children's area of Bud Werner Memorial Library earlier this week. Lucas said he had already read a lot of the books.
Published on July 19, 2006
Audrey Small chips onto the green during the Rally for a Cure golf tournament at the Sheraton Steamboat Golf Course on Tuesday morning. The tournament raises money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the Yampa Valley Breast Cancer Awareness Project.
Published on July 18, 2006
Ten-year-old baseball players on the Inside Sports Blues team from Missouri walk in the Triple Crown World Series Parade of Teams at Brent Romick Arena on Tuesday. Triple Crown tournament play starts at 8 a.m. Wednesday with 102 teams in divisions of 10- to 15-year-olds playing on 20 fields in Oak Creek, Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Craig.
Published on July 18, 2006
The proposed Elk River Village project, along Elk River Road on a 10.7-acre site between U.S. Highway 40 and the Copper Ridge Business Park, could accommodate as many as 33 single-family homes on the four acres of developable land.
Published on July 18, 2006
Gary Troester, the owner of All Seasons Taxidermy, displays the Colorado Taxidermists Association's Best Mule Deer mount. Troester competed with dozens of entries from taxidermists in six states.
Published on July 18, 2006
Lauren Graham, 6, blows the Shufan horn to signal the closing of the marketplace in the parking lot of Concordia Lutheran Church on Tuesday. Vacation Bible School is from 9 a.m. to noon all week at the church.
Published on July 18, 2006
Routt County Sheriff's Deputy Ray Birch, left, works with other responders at the scene of an accident on Routt County Road 129 at an area known as Cullen's Corner on Monday afternoon. The vehicle was traveling towards Steamboat Springs when it left the road and rolled several times, stopping on its driver's side. A woman was transported to Yampa Valley Medical Center.
Published on July 18, 2006
The Yampa River continues to attract those people filling the river to help with cool down, wading, tubing, sunning and just playing Monday near the 13th Street Bridge.
Published on July 17, 2006
Ray Dix, manager of mechanical and civil training at the TIC Training Facility in Steamboat Springs, hands keys to a new storage shed built by TIC students to Jim Severson, left, Friday morning at the facility. As maintenance manager for the Routt County Foundation of Senior Citizens, Severson will use the shed for storing tools and lawn care equipment. Geneva Taylor, at right, is treasurer and assistant secretary for the foundation's board of directors.
Published on July 17, 2006
Torn concrete in front of Christy Sports in Central Park Plaza on Monday shows the start of repairs to the parking lot. A crew from Mark Young Construction of Denver will be working through the week on this area before working on another area in the parking lot.
Published on July 17, 2006
Torn concrete in front of Christy Sports in Central Park Plaza shows the start parking lot repairs Monday. A crew from Mark Young Construction out of Denver, including Elmer Estrada, from left, Jesus Penroza and supervisor Romario Delgado, will be working on the area through the week before taking on another area in the lot.
Published on July 17, 2006
Koby Vargus, 7, takes the lead on the first turn of a race held at Howelsen Hill last July. This week's race, Another Root Canal, will be the fifth race in Steamboat's eight race Town Challenge series, and welcomes riders of all ages.
Published on July 17, 2006
Kayla Blosser hangs on tight while bungee jumping at Steamboat Ski Area on Friday afternoon. Blosser was with her family, who was visiting Steamboat Springs from Wheat Ridge.
Published on July 17, 2006
