The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Steamboat Springs Middle School students Sam Keating, left, and Sara Stout fly through the air Tuesday during rehearsal for the school’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Sam, an eighth-grader, will play Nikko the Flying Monkey while Sara, a sixth-grader, will play the Wicked Witch. Performances are at 7 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday. There also is an 11 a.m. matinee Saturday.

Habitat for Humanity board member Brian Edwards, right, and Construction Manager Leif Myhre work on the Habitat duplex in West End Village on Tuesday. The other half of the duplex is further along, with the walls painted and interior doors installed.

A line of bright red tulips made Monday seem like spring even if the weather in Steamboat Springs didn’t. The flowers and Steamboat Springs residents endured cold, snow and sleet Monday afternoon as a cold front swept through Colorado.

This American flag usually hangs at the fire station in Oak Creek but was found draped upside down on the sign outside Oak Creek Town Hall on Friday.

Routt County Search and Rescue volunteer Russ Sanford shoots a line over the Yampa River using a line gun Tuesday.

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Routt County Search and Rescue volunteer Andy Kerrigan sits along the edge of the Yampa River on Tuesday where he was participating in a training exercise.

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Routt County Search and Rescue volunteer Ty Upson rigs ropes to a tree along the Yampa River on Tuesday for a training exercise.

Lou Wyman, left, shows Sunset Elementary School kindergarten students an old time tin toy May 1 at the school. Stories from the kindergartners and other Sunset Elementary students will be featured in a book that is scheduled for completion this week.

Athletes from Steamboat take a break from the Special Olympics Western Regional Meet in Craig during the weekend. Despite cold weather, the competition was a success.

Steamboat Springs High School students, from front, Kyle Steitz, Cole Worsley, Cody Poirot and Greg Ingalls will compete for Moffat County High School in the Colorado State Swim Championships on Friday and Saturday in Fort Collins.