Steamboat Today: Photos for August 30, 2009

An unidentified man sits stranded on a ledge about three-quarters of the way up the lower falls at Fish Creek Falls on Saturday evening.

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Steamboat Springs High School No. 3 singles tennis player Mirko Erspamer hits a backhand during his match Saturday morning. Erspamer defeated Lucas Quintero, of Ponderosa, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1.

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Steamboat Springs High School No. 3 singles tennis player Mirko Erspamer returns the ball.

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Graig Medvesk, right, works behind his offensive line Wednesday as the Hayden High School football team practices. Medvesk, a junior, will take over the quarterback position.

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Jack Spady catches a touchdown pass during the second half of Saturday's game. Steamboat beat Holy Family, 41-21.

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Aaron Finch and Austin Hinder celebrate Hinder's touchdown pass to Jack Spady during Saturday's game against Holy Family.

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Carol E. Baldwin

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Patrick Michaels, senior fellow in environmental studies at The Cato Institute, talks about climate change Saturday at the Steamboat Grand Resort Hotel during the Steamboat Institute's inaugural Freedom Conference.

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Rogue Resource owner Mike Miller uses a Timbco to cut down a tree June 5 at the Seedhouse Campground in North Routt County. Routt County has received $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Transportation on U.S. Highway 40 in western Steamboat is a major component of a potential annexation agreement between the city of Steamboat Springs and Steamboat 700 developers, who would be required to provide a wider road, improved intersections and increased public transit.

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Lori Schneider holds a World MS Day flag on the summit of Mount Everest. Schneider said learning she had MS helped motivate her to climb the highest peak on each continent, the Seven Summits.

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Writing in her journal while on the slopes of Mount Everest, Lori Schneider wrote that she once was afraid of "attempting things I was uncertain of." But "hanging off the side of a wall made of ice," she wrote, she felt no fear.

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Lori Schneider was able to spend only a few minutes on top of the world's highest peak. She had to climb back down quickly to escape a looming storm.

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Excel Gymnastics moved to its new facility on Thursday.

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Lori Schneider stands on the slopes of Mount Everest in May. Schneider, a former Steamboat Springs teacher, traveled the world to climb the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent, despite being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis 10 years ago. She summited Mount Everest on May 23, finishing her Seven Summits quest.

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Eight-year-old Amie Cooke practices on the beam.

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Excel Gymnastics owner Mike Smith works with 8-year-old Philo Shelton on the mushroom.

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Twelve-year-old Maggie McElhiney practices Thursday in preparation for an upcoming meet.

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Twelve-year-old Maggie McElhiney practices on the beam in Excel Gymnastics' new location at Riverside Plaza.

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AccuView founders Kris and Jim Stouffer have started marketing their device, which is used to record mole activity with the goal of detecting the early stages of skin cancer.

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AccuView founders Kris and Jim Stouffer demonstrate Friday how their multi-imaging system photographs the body to create a record of moles.

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Hickory flooring in various widths sets the tone for the new spec house on Pebble Run.

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This new VGS Enterprises spec home in Strawberry Park overlooks Soda Creek and the South Valley. It is on the market for $3.9 million.

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The gambel oak-covered uplands on Slate Creek Ranch someday could be occupied by 235 five-acre lots. Routt County Road 129 is pictured in the foreground, with vehicles traveling just before the entrance to Elk River Estates.

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Although F.E. "Doc" Willett made plenty of ranch calls, this is the only photo Jim Stanko is aware of that shows him on a horse. Willett is on the left.

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F.E. "Doc" Willett performs surgery in this photo from April 7, 1941. Willett wasn't overly concerned with getting payment from his patients.

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F.E. "Doc" Willett is shown here in 1968.

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Jim Stanko holds a medical certification card from the Colorado State Board of Medical Examiners in his hand while recalling the days when his uncle provided health care to most residents in Routt County. The Healthcare Foundation for the Yampa Valley has named a new award in honor of Willett, which has been established to recognize individuals who make an impact on our community's health care.

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Longtime local Jim Stanko goes through photos, scrapbooks and letters that belonged to one of Routt County's first doctors, Frederick Ewing "Doc" Willet. Stanko knew the notable Routt County medical pioneer better as his uncle Fred.

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Brad Cooke talks to his class Tuesday during the first day of classes at Soroco High School. Cooke is returning to the classroom after three years away.

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