The Steamboat Pilot & Today

Lowell Whiteman School student Anissa Corser visits with a class in a Mongolian school for nomadic students.

Nick Troutman opens his eyes wide Monday while kayaking down Fish Creek in the Paddling Life Pro Invitational. Troutman, who won the freestyle competition and was sixth in the Fish Creek race, went on to split the overall title with Andrew Holcombe.

Sarah Hamilton slides toward the wave at Charlie’s Hole on the Yampa River on Monday morning. Hamilton finished third in the freestyle portion of the Paddling Life Pro Invitational.

Tino Specht pushes over a boulder Monday during the Fish Creek race portion of the Paddling Life Pro Invitational. The creek race was moved to the afternoon to allow for more water in Fish Creek.

A large crowd, plus competitors Jeremy Laucks, left, and Jason Craig, watches Monday as Stephen Wright does a trick at Charlie’s Hole on the Yampa River in downtown Steamboat Springs as part of the third annual Paddling Life Pro Invitational. The competition also involved a run down Fish Creek. Wright rode his second-place finish in the freestyle event to a third-place overall finish.

Trillium is a low growing plant that lasts just a few weeks in the mountains in this area. The plant can be identified by its three-petaled white flower, sometimes pinkish in color as it ages, inside three dark green leaves.

Strawberry Park Elementary School teacher Don Schwartz will retire this year. His career stretches 27 years and included 22 in the Steamboat Springs School district.

Elk run between aspen groves Sunday along County Road 80 a few miles from California Park.

Eight-year-old Karen Cardenas catches a softball on Memorial Day in Little Toots Park. Karen was visiting Steamboat from Denver with her family.

Rifle Squad Commander Doug Werner issues a command during the Memorial Day ceremony Monday at the Steamboat Springs Cemetery.

Bob Printy, commander of the local American Legion, holds his granddaughter, Molly Look, after the Memorial Day ceremony at the Steamboat Springs Cemetery.

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