The Last Stand
Photo archive for July 1, 2007
Chuck Clawson, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., sits on a bench in downtown Steamboat Springs with his granddaughter, Julia Rabussay, who lives in Phoenix. City Officials and consultants are hosting a public meeting Thursday to discuss downtown streetscape improvements.
A worker carries material across The Victoria construction site in downtown Steamboat Springs during a rainstorm Tuesday afternoon. The city currently has no ordinance that would allow the City Council to deny or delay projects that meet city criteria and development codes.
A worker carries material across The Victoria construction site in downtown Steamboat Springs during a rainstorm Tuesday afternoon. The city currently has no ordinance that would allow the City Council to deny or delay projects that meet city criteria and development codes.
Chuck Clawson, of Fort Myers Beach, Fla., sits on a bench in downtown Steamboat Springs with his granddaughter, Julia Rabussay, who lives in Phoenix. City Officials and consultants are hosting a public meeting Thursday to discuss downtown streetscape improvements.
Steamboat’s Jeff Knoche gets ready to crush the ball into the outfield during a Triple Crown softball game at Ski Town Fields in Steamboat Springs on Saturday afternoon.
A large field of competitors scramble off the starting line at the beginning of the 2007 USA Track & Field 10K Trail Championships held at Mt. Werner in Steamboat Springs on Saturday morning.
A large field of competitors scramble off the starting line at the beginning of the 2007 USA Track & Field 10K Trail Championships held at Mt. Werner in Steamboat Springs on Saturday morning.
Boulder runner Rickey Gates celebrates as he crosses the finish line in first place to win the 2007 USA Track & Field 10K Trail Championships held at Mt. Werner in Steamboat Springs on Saturday morning.
Lisa Wilderman, shown here in her home in Steamboat Springs on Friday morning, currently undergoing treatments for ovarian cancer. She hopes to be well enough to travel overseas in the near future.
Jan Fritz, shown here in the lounge of the Visiting Nurse Association in Steamboat Springs on Friday, works with cancer patients daily as the clinical nurse coordinator for the cancer program at Yampa Valley Medical Center.
Marilyn Ramunno, an organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Steamboat Springs, plays a few bars of “Amazing Grace” in the sanctuary Friday morning. Ramunno currently is battling cancer in her spinal fluid.
Heather Holjes stands next to Dave Genchi and talks to him Tuesday at Craig Hospital.
Dave Genchi is now scheduled to leave Craig Hospital for Florida on July 10.
Dave Genchi's friend, Heather Holjes prepares a drink for Genchi in his hospital room.
A table in Dave Genchi's hospital room has been labeled the "fun zone."
Dave Genchi, left, and Andrew "Hondo" Sanders talk and laugh in Genchi's room at Craig Hospital in Denver. Genchi and Sanders both injured their spinal cords in snowboarding accidents last season in Routt County. Sanders was discharged from the hospital after regaining his ability to walk. Genchi is paralyzed from his chest down and is scheduled to leave the hospital July 10.
Heather Holjes lives in Florida but has flown to Denver 18 times to see and help her friend Dave Genchi.
Andrew "Hondo" Sanders injured his spinal cord snowboarding at the Steamboat Ski Area on the last day of the season, April 15.
Dave Genchi, left, and Andrew “Hondo” Sanders both injured their spinal cords in snowboarding accidents last season in Routt County. Genchi and Sanders supported each other during their rehabilitation at Craig Hospital in Denver. Sanders was discharged from the hospital after regaining his ability to walk. Genchi is paralyzed from his chest down and is scheduled to leave the hospital July 10.
Kathleen Foos, mother of Sam Hedemark, listens to a reverend's message during a graveside memorial service for Sam Hedemark and Chris Fuller in Yampa on Saturday afternoon.
Titus Larsson, brother of Sam Hedemark, kneels next to his brother’s casket following a graveside memorial service for Sam Hedemark and Chris Fuller in Yampa on Saturday.
A beer can rests about 50 feet from an oil rig and burned storage tank. Two South Routt teens died last weekend when one of the oil storage tanks exploded while they were on it. The deaths have prompted discussions about underage drinking in South Routt and surrounding communities.
Steamboat Springs' Scott Borden competes in the 250 B class of the March 17 WORCS series race in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Steamboat’s Scott Borden competes in the 250 B class of the March 17 WORCS series race in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Steamboat native Travis Newbold has had a string of top finishes at WORCS series races across the West, most recently finishing 13th in the semi-pro Open A division at a June 10 race in Washington and seen here, taking fifth in Sport 15-29 A at a March race in Arizona.
Randy Osborn, owner/operator of The Motorcycle Shop, has been a fixture in Steamboat Springs’ motorcycle racing and riding community since the early ’70s, when he was instrumental in bringing vintage and modern road races to Steamboat as well as the renowned Timberline Enduro race to North Routt.
US Forest Service employee Craig Kasten grabs a seedling from his waist pack before planting it in a hole created by his hoedad on Routt National Forest land on Wednesday morning. Forest Service workers have planted thousands of seedlings in hopes of restoring parts of the forest destroyed by a blowdown and subsequent fire several years ago.
US Forest Service employee Seth Pargman swings his hoedad at a patch of earth before planting a small seedling in the hole created by the tool on Routt National Forest land on Wednesday morning. Forest Service workers have planted thousands of seedlings in hopes of restoring parts of the forest destroyed by a blowdown and subsequent fire several years ago.
Children in the City of Steamboat Springs youth summer program recline in their seats during the train ride heading toward Craig.
Six-year-old Theo Holdeman of Steamboat Springs looks out the window as the train pulls out of Steamboat.
Seven-year-old Cruz Erickson of Steamboat Springs boards the Union Pacific Safety Train.
An Union Pacific train engine helped drive the Safety Train.
Train conductor Doug Tussey waves at passengers as they disembark the Union Pacific Safety Train.
Passengers load the Union Pacific Safety Train near the Depot Art Center.
The Union Pacific Safety Train travels east along the Yampa River.
Union Pacific’s Gary Mehalic discusses train safety with passengers on board the Operation Lifesaver Safety Train.
Several of the longtime owners of Snowflower Condominiums, right, have sold their vacation homes as construction of the luxury condos at the adjacent One Steamboat Place has exerted upward pressure on prices in Snowflower. A four-bedroom unit at Snowflower that sold for $650,000 at the end of March is back on the market with an asking price of $895,000.
Firearms purveyor Ken Constantine, shown here near a display rack of new shotguns at his store in Steamboat Springs on Thursday morning, recently opened Elk River Guns.
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