Routt County in photos: Sept. 18, 2015
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Moffat County High School's Karmen Christopher, left, high-fives teammates as they prepare for their game against Steamboat Springs. The volleyball team hopes to keep up energy on the court and in the stands this season.
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Soroco senior Eric Logan attempts to bring down a Dayspring Christian runner late in the first half Friday in Oak Creek.
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Soroco senior Kali Constine prepares to serve against North Park on Friday in Oak Creek.
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Battle Mountain's Demetrius Parrish tries to elude Steamboat's Canon Reese on Friday as the Sailors beat the Huskies, 14-10.
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Gold in the hills. Submitted by Ann Ross.
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Steamboat quarterback Payton McElhiney rolls out of the pocket as Chris Kaminski, left, comes open in the endzone on Friday. McElhiney competed the pass for the go-ahead touchdown in the 14-10 win against Battle Mountain.
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Steamboat's Joe DeLine rounds around the corner Friday as the Sailors beat Battle Mountain, 14-10.
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Moffat County High School's Leah Camilletti bumps the ball during volleyball practice toward equipment designed to enhance to collect balls and serve as a target to increase accuracy on the court. The MCHS teams received two such items this season, donated by the Lawton and Samuelson families.
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Soroco senior Eric Logan throws a stiff arm toward a Dayspring Christian defender on Friday in Oak Creek. The Rams lost, 55-18.
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The volleyball squads for Moffat County High School include varsity, JV and C-Team. There are six seniors in the program this year: Leah Camilletti, Morgan Lawton, Charli Earle, Hannah Walker, Bailey Kurz and Maddy Olinger.
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Soroco senior Lucy Carlson sets a pass to a teammate on Friday against North Park in Oak Creek. The Rams lost in their home opener, 3-0.
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A helicopter pushes a group of five wild horses from the West Douglas herd south of Rangely towards a corral around the corner Friday morning. A herder waits to the right with his domestic horse, which he'll release at just the right moment in order to help lead the wild horses into the corral. The Bureau of Land Management is seeking to gather 167 wild horses from throughout the White River Field Office region.
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People pick up tokens and drink beer Friday night at Schmiggity’s during Suds N Grub, the kick-off event for the Steamboat OktoberWest. The Suds N Grub event was a fundraiser for the Steamboat Springs Young Professionals Network. The OktoberWest beer tasting event is 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday in Gondola Square.
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A group of mares stands near a handful of foals in the corral next to them Friday afternoon after being gathered from the surrounding hillsides and driven by helicopter into the corrals. Sixteen horses were rounded up Friday, bringing the total to 93. The horses will be transported to a short-term holding facility in Canon City, Colorado, before being either adopted, trained or sent to long-term holding facilities.
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Two livestock trucks load out 77 wild horses Friday morning that were gathered Wednesday and Thursday from the West Douglas Herd Area in Rio Blanco County south of Rangely. At approximately 365 horses, the West Douglas herd has outgrown what the land can support, according to the Bureau of Land Management, however some wild horse advocates oppose the BLM's methods of gathering the animals.
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Steamboat Springs senior Scott Lang hauls down Battle Mountain quarterback Demetrius Parrish on Friday as Parrish tries to complete a pass. He did manage to get rid of the ball and avoid the sack on the play, but the Sailors' defense came up big on the night with six turnovers, helping the team to a 14-10 win.
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Soroco's Warren Hayes fumbles the ball after a big gain against Dayspring Christian on Friday in Oak Creek. Turnovers were a major problem for the Rams in their 55-18 loss to the top-ranked team in the state.
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Students from Jim Neton's Moffat County High School social studies class sit below the famous lizard petroglyph at Dinosaur National Monument during a field trip for History of the American West Wednesday. Students also had the chance to study Fremont People petroglyphs and the cabin of homesteader Josie Bassett Morris.
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Bear Lake with Flat Tops in distance. Submitted by Ruth McClelland.
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Pics from near Rabbit Ears Pass today. Submitted by Gail Hanley.
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Stagecoach Reservoir at the end of the rainbow. Submitted by Misty Brever.
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Soroco volleyball coach Jeannie Jo Logan talks to her team during a timeout against North Park on Friday in Oak Creek. The Rams lost, 3-0, in their home opener.
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Fishing for rainbows under the rainbows. Submitted by Misty Brever.
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Rainbows over Steamboat Springs. Submitted by Mark Holdbrooks.
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Rainbows over Steamboat Springs. Submitted by Mark Holdbrooks.
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Rainbows over Steamboat Springs. Submitted by Mark Holdbrooks.
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Colors on Dunckley Pass. Submitted by Terry Doherty.
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Dunckley Pass. Submitted by Terry Doherty.
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Minds Eye. Submitted by Camilla Haight.
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Here is a picture of Holy Name Church under a double rainbow that Father Ernest took Wednesday night about 6 PM. Submitted by Ernest Bayer.
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The clouds have been hanging low all day and it hasn’t stopped raining here in Steamboat. It is chilly, too, at 49 degrees at 1 p.m. Here is a pretty picture of the ski area with the leaves changing and the low hanging clouds hanging in the valleys on the mountain. Submitted by Shannon Lukens.
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Fall color at Muddy Pass Lake with the Rabbit Ears in the background. Submitted by Gail Hanley.
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Clouds hanging low over Rabbit Ears this morning. Submitted by Jeff Hall.
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On the road to the Zirkels. Submitted by Jeff Hall.
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Denver based Euforquestra at their initial tracking session in Scanhope Sound studios. In this photo, Kyle Hollingsworth, producer of the group's 2014 album "Fire," (he is also known as the keyboardist of The String Cheese Incident) is adding his input with Joel Scanlon, the sound engineer on "Fire."
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As the Denver-based group, Euforquestra records their newest album "Fire" in Scandhope Sound studios, Craig Babineau on drums and Mike Tallman on guitar take a break to look at their notes for new songs on the album.
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In this photo Adam Gross on bass and Austin Zaletel, from Euforquestra, on sax take their turn in the Scanhope Sound recording studio in Denver. For many bands in today's music industry, they've had to adapt to new technology and trends on recording and releasing new music.
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Hard at work on the new "Fire" album, Euforquestra members Craig Babineau on drums and Mike Tallman on guitar take their turns in Scanhope Sound's recording studio.
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Mark Louden
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Last week's history trivia item was a license plate made from soybeans during World War II. To submit your guess on the History Trivia item pictured, call Editor Noelle Leavitt Riley at 970-875-1790 or Lou Wyman at 970-824-6346. The answer will be revealed in an upcoming Saturday Morning Press.
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Investigators at the scene off Colorado Avenue in Boulder, where the body of Mark Louden was found Wednesday.
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Community members on Saturday will celebrate the conservation of the 43-acre Hubbard Summer Camp property at Sarvis Creek.
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Joe Sullivan, pictured, has spent many years preserving the Milk Creek Battlefield Park. The historical site in Rio Blanco County will have a dedication ceremony Sept. 26.
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Nick Nicoletto poses with his spike taken with a bow and arrow in Colorado’s first archery deer season in 1954.
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Necole Zayatz looks through the plastic coated wire that is represented in so much of her work on future artifacts. Zayatz is one of three artists living at the Carpenter Ranch this month as part of the Colorado Art Ranch. Zayatz will join fellow artists Tatjana Jovancevic and Tama Baldwin at 6:30 Monday for a presentation on their work, and how the Colorado Art Ranch program is making an impression on their work.
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Photographer Tama Baldwin, one of three artists living on the Carpenter Ranch as part of the Colorado Art Ranch, looks at one of the images of reflections and clouds she captured Thursday afternoon. Baldwin, along with fellow artists Tatjana Jovancevic and Necole Zayatz, will offer a slideshow Monday and talk about their creative work and its intersection with the land and water during a presentation in Library Hall at the Bud Werner Memorial Library at 6:30 p.m.
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Tatjana Jovancevic sits in front of the "land art" she created at the Carpenter Ranch west of Steamboat Springs. Jovancevic is part of the Colorado Art Ranch program taking place through the month of September at the historic Routt County Ranch. Jovancevic will join artists Necole Zayatz and Tama Baldwin for a presentation at the Bud Werner Memorial Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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Necole Zayatz works on her art inside her studio at the Carpenter Ranch Thursday afternoon. Zayatz is one of three artists living at the Carpenter Ranch this month as part of the Colorado Art Ranch. Zayats will join fellow artists Tatjana Jovancevic and Tama Baldwin at 6:30 Monday for a presentation on their work, and how the Colorado Art Ranch program is making an impression on their work.
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Tatjana Jovancevic creates a land sculpture at Carpenter Ranch west of Steamboat Springs. Jovancevic is part of the Colorado Art Ranch program taking place through the month of September at the historic Routt County Ranch. Jovancevic will join artists Necole Zayatz and Tama Baldwin for a presentation at the Bud Werner Memorial Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
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