Julie Taulman doesn't want to miss a minute of the action Wednesday as her 6-year-old son, Kyle, rides an outrigger ski at Bald Eagle Lake in Steamboat Springs. Kyle, who lost the use of his legs because of a tumor that developed when he was 2 years old, participated in the Behind the Boat water skiing and wakeboarding camp for disabled people Tuesday and Wednesday in Steamboat.
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Pat Williamson hangs on tight as she rides behind a boat Wednesday at Bald Eagle Lake in Steamboat Springs. Williamson attended the Behind the Boat water ski and wakeboarding camp for people with disabilities for the second consecutive year.
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Joy Rondeau had no trouble getting air Wednesday afternoon at Bald Eagle Lake in Steamboat Springs. Rondeau was born with cerebral palsy, but she didn't let that slow her down as she tried out her adaptive wakeboard all the way across the wake behind the ski boat.
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Jay Hanley was a bruising runner known for breaking tackles and dragging defenders for yards on the football field for Steamboat Springs High School. Now at Kansas State University, Hanley is adjusting to the fact that he no longer is the biggest player around and is working to raise his game to the level of Division I football.
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After recovering from a torn ACL and appendix surgery, former Sailor Lane Shipley is looking forward to getting back on the field and dishing out tough tackles for Dartmouth University in New Hampshire.
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Former Sailor Ben DeLine's booming kicks earned him a shot at Division I football with Colorado State University, where he is working to earn a spot on the Rams' traveling team this season.
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Kurt Dzaman, of the Denver Hooligans, (red helmet) braces for hits from Colorado School of Mines players Nicholas Carroll, left, and Trent Noonan, right, after grabbing the ball in first-round play of Saturday's lacrosse tournament.
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South Routt Elementary School principal Michael Young talks Thursday about the heating and cooling project being completed at the school. Young said teachers should be able to get in their classrooms Monday.
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Ranger Edward Besondy, left, stands with a U.S. forestry official named Shoemaker, middle, and a forest supervisor named Rist in front of the Pyramid Guard Station in 1936, shortly after its construction. The guard station has been added to the National Register of Historic Places for its rustic style and exceptional preservation.
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Shannon Ragan, 10, of Steamboat Springs, second from left, talks with judge Kathy Oberwitte Saturday afternoon at the Routt County Fair in Hayden during the small animal round robin showmanship competition. Ragan is joined by, from left, Lausanne Hillmuth, 10, of Milner, Misty Richmond, 13, of Steamboat, and Hannah Mihaich, 13, of Steamboat.
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Hayden Friel, 7, of Millinocket, Maine, managed to hang on for more than 10 seconds during the mutton busting competition at the Routt County Fair in Hayden. Friel's time was nearly two seconds longer than anyone else.
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The Pyramid Guard Station stands as a historical feature in the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. Many of the original features remain, including wooden shakes on the roof and all of the log walls.
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The Puleo Family: Vic and Kelly with Scruffy and Onyx.
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Cindia Montgomery checks out a customer Thursday at the store.
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Cindia Montgomery looks for a customer's account Thursday at the store.
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A stuffed moose sticks its head out between coolers for sale at the store.
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Lisa Medina, daughter of Ken and Cindia Montgomery, slices ribeye steaks Thursday at the store.
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Ken Montgomery thinks the cash register still used today is more than 100 years old.
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Yampa residents Mary Craig, left, and Jennifer King walk out of the store. The building has housed a general store since 1890.
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The scene Sept. 1 might resemble this spectacular grouping of the planets Venus, Mercury and the moon from July 8, 2005, except the planet Mars also will be thrown into the mix.
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Ken and Cindia Montgomery stand behind the counter at their store, Montgomery's General Merchandise in Yampa.
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Home builders at Elk Meadows, off Routt County Road 44, will enjoy unobstructed views of the ski slopes, as well as the Sleeping Giant.
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The estate lots at Elk Meadows overlook the ranches of the lower Elk River off Routt County Road 44.
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Steamboat II, in the foreground, and Heritage Park, in the background, are among the subdivisons just west of the city limits, where a substantial number of family homes are on the market.
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The Insta-Gator brand, shown here on a hat, was thought up a couple of decades ago by Scott Singer's girlfriend at the time. Singer was raising alligators when she came up with the name.
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Chopper builder Paul Worster talks about building bikes.
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Chopper builder Paul Worster is reflected in one of the shop's bikes Wednesday.
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A chopper shop has opened on Loggers Lane on the west side of Steamboat Springs. Insta-Gator Choppers is owned by Scott Singer, who sits on his nickel-plated bike. Also pictured is chopper builder Paul Worster, left, and Mike Wilson, who is helping Singer with marketing.
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Students at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in Gunnison get briefed before heading out into the field for an exercise.
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Steamboat Springs firefighter Bobby Davis flies a miniature helicopter while participating in a training exercise dealing with strategy and tactics for fighting wildfires at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in June in Gunnison.
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Plastic figures representing firefighters are placed in a sand table used for training at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in June in Gunnison.
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Firefighters with the Sawtooth Hotshots out of Twin Falls, Idaho, return from the fire line.
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Bob Kittridge, crew chief of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Wildland Fire Suppression Team, advises students about how to deploy fire shelters at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in June in Gunnison.
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Fire from the New Fork Lakes Fire consumes lodgepole pines in late July in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Pinedale, Wyo.
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Students at the Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in Gunnison in June practice building a fire line.
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Fire from the New Fork Lakes Fire sends smoke into the air in late July in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Pinedale, Wyo.
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Firefighter Joe Murphy gets ready to head to the line at the New Fork Lakes Fire near Pinedale, Wyo.
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It was a difficult decision to remove the dead and dying trees at the YMCA of the Rockies' Snow Mountain Ranch, but doing so likely saved many of the buildings from burning during the June 2007 fire.
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Flames from the New Fork Lakes Fire send smoke through the lodgepole pines in late July in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Pinedale, Wyo.
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Smokey Bear gives a thumbs up during an event in South Routt County. Critics say Smokey has done too good of a job convincing people fire is bad.
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In June 2007, a fire broke out in the beetle-killed pines surrounding the YMCA of the Rockies' Snow Mountain Ranch in Ground County. All the structures at the camp were saved because of clear-cutting done before the fire.
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The New Fork Lakes Fire sends smoke through the lodgepole pines in Wyoming.
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Charred lodgepole pines stand on a hillside above the New Fork Lakes in the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
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Sublette County firefighter John Ball walks past a sprinkler set up to protect a structure from the New Fork Lakes Fire.
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Lodgepole pines torch at the New Fork Lakes Fire in Wyoming. The fire started July 29 by an abandoned campfire and grew to 12,000 acres after nine days.
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Bob Kittridge, crew chief of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Wildland Fire Suppression Team supervises students building a fire line at the June Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in Gunnison.
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Students at the June Colorado Wildland Fire and Incident Management Academy in Gunnison get briefed before a field exercise.
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Incident commander trainee Steve Markason, right, discusses the strategy for fighting the New Fork Lakes Fire with incident commander Bill Neckels, left, and firefighter Mack McFarland.
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Flames from the New Fork Lakes Fire send smoke into the air. In two days, the fire consumed 3,000 acres.
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Flames from the New Fork Lakes Fire consume beetle-killed lodgepole pines in late July in the Bridger-Teton National Forest near Pinedale, Wyo.
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