Photos for October 11, 2009

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Steamboat Springs resident Jim Engelken is running for the at-large seat on City Council in November.

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Jim Engelken.

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Jim Engelken is running for a seat on the Steamboat Springs City Council.

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City council candidate Jim Engelken, left, a former member of the Steamboat Springs City Council, is concerned about where the current council and the city are headed.

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The silhouettes on the Routt County Courthouse lawn serve as a reminder that domestic violence can affect anyone. October is domestic violence awareness month.

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John Darnton, a 40-year journalist with The New York Times and author of "Black and White and Dead All Over," speaks Saturday during the Literary Sojourn.

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Kyle Pietras' garage is loaded with bicycles and frames, which he calls "potential bikes." The City Council candidate spends a lot of time biking on Emerald Mountain near his Brooklyn neighborhood house.

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Kyle Pietras' garage is loaded with bicycles and frames, which he calls "potential bikes." The City Council candidate spends a lot of time biking on Emerald Mountain near his Brooklyn neighborhood house.

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Kyle Pietras bills himself as a political outsider in the Steamboat Springs City Council at-large race. He said he's still learning about all the issues he would deal with as a council member.

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Heidi Olinger, founder of the Pretty Brainy clothing line, was inspired to start the business by her niece Ryanne.

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Tahnee Miller, co-owner of Lyon's Corner Drug, looks Tuesday at a tag on one of the Pretty Brainy shirts being sold at her store. The line of clothing is meant for girls ages 7 to 14, called "tweens," and focuses on being feminine and intelligent.

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A roof of racks blots out the ceiling Wednesday at B&L Quality Taxidermy. Owner Bob Reinier said a wet spring has helped elk and deer grow larger and more impressive antlers than they did during dry years.

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A pair of mounted elk stand guard at B&L Quality Taxidermy in Steamboat Springs. The elk rifle season opened Saturday, and hunters expect at least an average season. A spat of cold weather and snow could help improve it, but a few weeks of warmer weather could spell trouble and make the animals more difficult to find.

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Steamboat Springs High School football player Bryce Mayo goes for a sack during Friday's game against Rifle High School. The improvement in toughness of the Steamboat defense has helped the Sailors to a 6-0 record for the season.

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Steamboat Springs High School soccer player Johnathon Ricker goes for the ball during Saturday's game against Palisade.

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Todd Lodwick

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Brett Camerota

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During her 31 years of teaching at South Routt Elementary School, Peggy Barnes has had the chance to teach the children of her former students. This year, she has five students whose parents she taught. They are, from left, Kayla Rossi, Marissa Martindale, Shaden Ebaugh, Joseph McLaughlin and Destiny Hunter. The uncle of Leah Halder, right, also had Barnes for a teacher.

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Donald Dillon

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Part-time Routt County resident Mark D. Sanders is being inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Pending sales in the Routt County real estate market through Oct. 7

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Songwriters Sanders and Tia Sillers pose backstage after accepting the "I Hope You Dance" song of the year award presented by the Country Music Association in 2000.

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When Mark D. Sanders is not writing music, he tries to spend as much time fishing as he can in the Yampa River.

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South Routt Elementary School kindergarten teacher Peggy Barnes goes through a reading lesson Tuesday with students, from right, Destiny Hunter, Leah Halder, Shaden Ebaugh and Kaci Taing. Barnes taught Destiny and Shaden's parents.

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During her 31 years of teaching at South Routt Elementary School, Peggy Barnes has had the chance to teach the children of her former students. This year, she has five students whose parents she taught. They are, from left, Kayla Rossi, Marissa Martindale, Shaden Ebaugh, Joseph McLaughlin and Destiny Hunter. The uncle of Leah Halder, right, also had Barnes for a teacher.

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Sharon Johnson

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Under revised city housing guidelines, Michelle House has an opportunity to participate more fully in her future equity in her new First Tracks condominium.

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The new home of Michelle House in First Tracks, on the right end of the building in the photograph, still was under construction last winter. The deck overlooks the South Valley, and the bedroom windows offer views of the mountain.

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Michelle House has moved into her new condo at First Tracks at Wildhorse Meadows.

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