The Last Stand
Photo archive for May 4, 2008
South Routt Early Learning Center teacher Cindy Ashley uses stuffed animal Howie Hamburger to introduce garbanzo beans to preschoolers Friday at the school. The school has been working with the Colorado State University Routt County Extension office to try out Food Friends, an educational program designed by CSU to encourage kids to eat a variety of foods.
Steamboat Springs junior Dylan Pivarnik attempts a run through while practicing the pole vault inside the gym last week as coach Quint Friesell watches. This season is the first time the track team has offered pole vaulting at the school since the mid-1980s.
Pole vaulter Emily Rabbitt attempts to get her steps down while practicing inside the old gym at the Steamboat Springs High School last week. Rabbitt, and her classmates, are the first athletes to get a shot at pole vaulting at Steamboat Springs since the sport was taken away in the mid-1980s.
Students on Hayden’s Destination Imagination team ham it up for the camera — acting out roles from their skit that finished fourth in the state — Tuesday outside Hayden’s secondary school building. Clockwise from left are junior Noah Murray, sixth-grader Ian Cadenhead, sophomore Ashleigh Muhme and sixth-grader Garrett O’Hanlon.
Dan Korkowski of Grand Lake, left, and Randy Baumgardner of Hot Sulphur Springs, center, listen to state Sen. Jack Taylor, R-Steamboat Springs, speak during the dinner.
Members of Hayden’s Destination Imagination team wore lab coats as they explored the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. Noah played Stiensworth, Ashleigh was Blondlie, Garrett O’Hanlon was Fuzzy and Ian was Skippy.
Pole vaulting coach Quint Friesell talks with student athletes during practice inside the old gym at the Steamboat Springs High School this week. This season is the first time the school has offered pole vaulting since the mid-1980s.
House District 57 Rep. Al White, R-Hayden, who is running for the District 8 state Senate seat, speaks during the Routt County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner on Saturday at Old Town Pub.
Steamboat Springs sophomore Carl Steele launches into the air while practicing the pole vault last week on the high school track. A handful of Steamboat athletes are hoping to reignite the pole-vaulting tradition at the high school this spring.
John Cutter, right, reaches to hand the baton off to Jeff Sperry on Saturday in the boys 1,600-meter relay. Steamboat traveled to Grand Junction for the weekend’s two-day Tiger Invitational, the last warm-up before next weekend’s regional meet.
Abdoul Diallo was one of Adama’s friends who offered emotional speeches at a graduation party Saturday at the United Methodist Church. In French, Diallo told those at the celebration “today is a good day, and this is a good day for Africa. Daouda did it, so we have to celebrate it.”
Eight-year-old McKensey Bishop, right, runs with Amanda Walker, 7, during the children’s portion of Saturday’s Spirit Challenge.
After the graduation ceremony, Adama was overcome with emotions as friends came up to give hugs and offer their congratulations.
Colorado Mountain College graduates move their tassels at the conclusion of Saturday’s graduation ceremony.
Daouda Adama sits with fellow students at the Colorado Mountain College graduation ceremony Saturday at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel.
Hayden High School senior Janna Hoza hugs her father, Brian Hoza, before he reads her name at the Colorado Mountain College graduation ceremony Saturday at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel. Janna and 80 other students made up the 2008 CMC graduating class. The 18-year-old earned a associate’s degree at CMC while attending high school in Hayden and will walk the stage at Hayden High School on May 18. She will attend the University of Denver this fall.
Daouda Adama, 35, moved to Steamboat from West Africa in 2002 and credits community members and friends for the associate degree he earned Saturday.
Noah Townsend gets some air while racing earlier this year. The Hayden 9-year-old was given a dirt bike for his sixth birthday, and his love for the sport has grown ever since.
Routt County Road & Bridge mechanic Jason Bongiorno fuels up a plow truck Friday morning at the country shop in Steamboat Springs. Skyrocketing diesel fuel costs and a big winter have led the city and country to exceed fuel budgets.
Noah Townsend, 9, races in a competition in January in Texas. He hopes to qualify for the motocross national championships in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
Part of Routt County Road 76 near Hayden is down to one lane because of a slide and runoff that has caused the road to deteriorate.
The Sheraton Steamboat Resort will open the first two floors of its refurbished guest rooms June 6 and will be completely reopened, with the exception of Sevens Restaurant, by June 15.
The Sheraton Steamboat Resort is in the midst of a $20 million renovation.
Ranch employee Whit Gates corrals a birthing cow toward a shelter, where Gates and Wayne Shoemaker will deliver the calf.
Yampa Valley Beef owners Wayne and Sonja Shoemaker stand at what they call the headquarters of the Bar A Ranch in South Routt County.
Yampa Valley Beef owner Wayne Shoemaker prepares to help a cow deliver a calf Wednesday at the Bar A Ranch. Ranch employee Whit Gates is prepping the cow by attaching a calf puller. The newborn calf could someday be processed and sold under the Yampa Valley Beef brand.
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