Photos for May 31, 2009

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A young black bear had some fun at the Ptarmigan Inn on Sunday morning. After trying to take a dip in the hot tub, the bear climbed onto the balcony of an unoccupied guest room before eventually climbing back down and heading off into the woods.

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A young black bear had some fun at the Ptarmigan Inn on Sunday morning. After trying to take a dip in the hot tub, the bear climbed onto the balcony of an unoccupied guest room before eventually climbing back down and heading off into the woods.

Published on May 31, 2009

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A young black bear had some fun at the Ptarmigan Inn on Sunday morning. After trying to take a dip in the hot tub, the bear climbed onto the balcony of an unoccupied guest room before eventually climbing back down and heading off into the woods.

Published on May 31, 2009

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A young black bear had some fun at the Ptarmigan Inn on Sunday morning. After trying to take a dip in the hot tub, the bear climbed onto the balcony of an unoccupied guest room before eventually climbing back down and heading off into the woods.

Published on May 31, 2009

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Hayden High School 2009 graduate Holli Salazar stood out in volleyball, basketball and track during her senior year as a Tiger. Salazar's efforts earned her the honor of Routt County Female Athlete of the Year from the Steamboat Pilot & Today.

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Steamboat Springs High School 2009 graduate Alex Wood competed in football, basketball and baseball during his senior year as a Sailor. Wood's efforts earned him the honor of Routt County Male High School Athlete of the Year from the Steamboat Pilot & Today.

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Patrick Deneen

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U.S. Freestyle Ski Team member Patrick Deneen warms up during a training session at Bald Eagle Lake on Friday morning. Deneen and several other ski team members were in town preparing for the upcoming season.

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Steamboat Springs High School valedictorian Charlie Stoddard does a fist pump as he is introduced to give a speech.

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Steamboat Springs High School graduate Parker Stegmaier raises his arms in celebration after receiving his diploma Saturday in Kelly Meek Gymnasium.

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The Steamboat Springs Police Department is awarded grant money regularly for the Click It or Ticket program.

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City of Steamboat Springs crew leader Eric Irwin assembles an awning Thursday at the rodeo grounds. The first of 20 rodeo performances this summer is June 19.

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Maine skier Joey Bard makes his way along a trail on Rabbit Ears Pass on Wednesday. Bard and eight other skiers from the Maine Winter Sports Center traveled to the Steamboat Springs area to take advantage of the snow still lingering on the high mountain passes.

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U.S. Disabled Nordic Ski Team member Greg Mallory works out Wednesday on the east end of Rabbit Ears Pass. Mallory and the other members of the team traveled to the Steamboat Springs area for a late-season skiing camp. Though the snow is melting fast, skiers still have been able to work on the pass.

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Women's Financial Network, a nonprofit organization, is scheduling a financial workshop at 6 p.m. Monday in Steamboat Springs and at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Hayden to give women opportunities to ask questions and learn more about finances without the presence of men.

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Andy Wirth, who officially returns to Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. on Monday as senior vice president of marketing, said he is focusing heavily on the 2009-10 air program to maintain strong vacation traffic. Key to that goal is retention, Wirth said, to keep passengers such as those shown above, arriving at Yampa Valley Regional Airport in March 2007, to return to Steamboat Springs.

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Mellisa Baumgartner

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Jay Carrico, of Hayden, raced in the ninth annual Yampa Valley Soap Box Derby on May 23. The event drew a field of 12 competitors ages 10 to 17.

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Tim Groves, of Steamboat Springs, went home with a sportsmanship award at the ninth annual Yampa Valley Soap Box Derby on May 23 in Hayden. Groves kept racing after an axle on his car was bent in an accident.

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Dave DeRose, right, owner of Masterworks Mechanical, pledged support recently to Colorado Northwestern Community College President John Boyd toward the construction of a new Craig Campus Career and Technical Center.

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Jonathan Mellor

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Kelly Murphy and Richard Tamale were married May 4, 2009.

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Kristi Castle and Danny Rhodehamel will be married June 20, 2009.

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Eleven-year-old Ian Weibel, of Steamboat Springs, won the ninth annual Yampa Valley Soap Box Derby in Hayden on May 23. It was the second year the race has been held on Crandall Avenue. Lilli Turton, of Hayden, left, took second place.

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A red-winged blackbird flies last week over Haymaker Golf Course, which is an Audubon International Signature certified site because of the course's efforts to maintain a natural habitat for the area's native species. To keep its certified status, the course must continue to improve its offerings of lush greens.

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Volunteers with the newly created Heartful Hats organization have completed hats for the summer and winter and are ready to hand them out. Pictured are, from left, program originator Marilyn McCaulley, hat-makers Tina Livingston, 15-year-old Remi Helm, Bettie Pierce, Juanita Davis, M.B. Warner, who made the glass mosaic, hat-maker Joanne Cannon and Infusion/Chemotheraphy Center Director Jan Fritz.

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Workers under the supervision of Haselden Construction use a specialized crane to remove the final section of two large construction cranes at One Steamboat Place on May 22. The two cranes (one of them 200 feet tall) dominated the skyline at the ski area for the past year.

Published on May 31, 2009