Photos for May 17, 2009

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Murphy Smartt soars over the bar during Saturday's high jump competition at the state track meet in Lakewood. Smartt, a Hayden High School junior, placed second in the event.

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Hayden High School's Jake Walker, No. 3, tries to keep pace in the 100-meter finals at the state track meet Saturday in Lakewood. Walker finshed fifth in the event and wrapped up a state meet in which he earned four medals. He also scored points in the 400 relay, 800 relay and 200 dash.

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Soroco junior Alex Estes runs the final lap in the boys 1,600-meter relay Saturday at the state track meet in Lakewood. Estes picked up medals in three of his four events in the three-day meet. He also was second in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump.

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Hayden's Maddison Kopsa jumps in the triple jump competition Saturday at the state track meet in Lakewood.

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Cole Worsley swims the 100-yard butterfly during the finals of Saturday's Class 4A State Swimming Championships in Loveland. Worsley finished second in the event after winning a state title in the 50-meter freestyle.

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Christian Heritage School graduating senior John Cutter runs through his speech during a practice ceremony while Principal Alan Weisberg observes Thursday morning at the school west of Steamboat Springs. Fellow graduates, from left, Kerry Timmerman, Nicholai Buccino and Jared Finch are seated in the background.

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Cole Worsley looks up at the clock after finishing the 100-yard butterfly during the finals of Saturday's Class 4A State Swimming Championships in Loveland. Worsley finished in second place, just 16 hundreths of a second behind Lewis-Palmer's Ryan Arata.

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Steamboat Springs High School junior Jaime Winter tries to get over the bar Saturday during the girls Class 4A pole vault competition at the state track meet in Lakewood. Winter placed 15th in the event.

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Hayden senior Holli Salazar tosses the discus Saturday at the state track meet in Lakewood. Salazar placed third in the event.

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Editorial cartoon for May 17, 2009

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Dale and Christine Johnson, of Towson, Md., repair a tent pole while setting up camp Saturday afternoon at Steamboat Campground in west Steamboat. The couple was passing through the area after attending a graduation in Wyoming.

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Gretchen Van De Carr, one of five Coloradans to receive the 2009 Livingston Fellowship from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, hopes to transform her dream of a youth development and environmental center into reality.

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Caitlin Mahanna, left, visits with friends, from right, Judy and Lindsay Parrott and Garrett Murchison at her graduation party Saturday.

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Caitlin Mahanna cuts her graduation cake during her party Saturday.

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Hayden High School graduating senior Caitlin Mahanna shares memories of her high school athletic career with Wayne and Deanna Sweetser during Caitlin's graduation party Saturday at Yampa River State Park. Caitlin will be attending Colorado State University in the fall, where she will study chemistry.

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A dime's worth of electricity will power the bike for 34 to 43 miles, Steamboat Ski and Bike Kare Sales Manager Bill Kipper said.

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The bike's motor is located on the front wheel.

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The bike has three modes, and a monitor mounted on the handle bars displays the battery life.

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Steamboat Ski and Bike Kare Sales Manager Bill Kipper demonstrates a hybrid bicycle, which uses a lithium ion battery to assist riders with pumping the pedals.

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Market on the Mountain's Matt Gaylor helps customer Patti Bollenbacher at the store earlier this week. The market recently changed ownership but still offers the same services on the mountain.

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Joe Bullock works on a walkway outside the new location of Sweet Pea Market. The store is moving next door from its old location in order to have a building with floors and walls.

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Soda Creek Elementary School kindergarten teacher Sharon Clementson passes out books to her students.

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Soda Creek Elementary School kindergartners Jack Cashen, left, and Toby Morse read Friday in Sharon Clementson's classroom. Local school districts are preparing for an increase in the number of kindergartners next school year.

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Skateboarder Martin Beckett hits the quarter pipe Thursday afternoon at Howelsen Skate Park. Supporters of a new skatepark in Steamboat Springs are optimistic that construction will begin this summer at a new location in west Steamboat.

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Hayden resident Chad Jones watches with Amanda Dowling as their son, Saben, climbs a pole in the front yard of their Hayden home while their daughter, Piperjo, plays in back. Jones has been coaching peewee football and wrestling for more than 10 years, winning the hearts of many local children.

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Guy DeFazio

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Kate and Craig Rench's home on River Road in Brooklyn is among the first three additions to the city's new register of historic places. It was built in 1930.

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Marcella Chavez, a client with Horizons Specialized Services starts off her day with a puzzle while Misty Garcia, who just packed her lunch for the day, takes a look at the progress. Chavez and Garcia are residents of a new group home in Steamboat II.

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Horizons Specialized Services recently purchased this home in Steamboat II, which will act as a group home for the organization. The three clients and a counselor recently moved into the home.

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Counselor Courtney Sisson helps client Marcella Chavez with her shoes inside Horizons Specialized Services' new group home in Steamboat II. The home houses three clients and a counselor.

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