The Last Stand
Photo archive for August 10, 2007
Greg Long, clockwise from top left, Jill Long, Laura Christensen, Torie Christensen and Brittany Long gather on the track at Steamboat Springs High School on Wednesday afternoon with quilts made by Greg and Laura's mother, Sherry Long, who died of brain cancer in 2004. The Long and Christensen families will be participating in the Relay for Life event this weekend in honor of Sherry's memory.
Brittany Long, clockwise from top left, Greg Long, Jill Long, Laura Christensen and Torie Christensen gather on the track at Steamboat Springs High School on Wednesday afternoon with quilts made by Greg and Laura’s mother, Sherry Long, who died of brain cancer in 2004. The Long and Christensen families will participate in the Relay for Life event today and Saturday to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
An unidentified man tends to his thriving lettuce patch in Yampa in the 1920s. Yampa was a pinnacle producer of lettuce and spinach crops.
The deadly western water-hemlock can be found throughout Routt County.
The Junior Livestock Sale is one of the annual events at the Routt County Fair, which kicks off today and runs through Aug. 19.
Colorado Mountain College officials say stable tuition and expanded academic programs has spurred a 4 percent growth in full-time student enrollment at the 2-year college.
The Steamboat Ski Area is selling the old chairs from the Preview, Headwall and Christie II lifts. Proceeds from the chairs, which cost $250, will be given to the Yampa Valley Community Foundation.
Mason Bates of the Falcons, right, and Cutter Pasternak, of the Buckeyes, battle for a loose ball during the Steamboat Youth Lacrosse summer league’s grades 6 to 7 championship game Thursday afternoon. The Buckeyes came from behind in the final minutes of the game to win, 12-11. Pasternak, who finished with 9 ground balls, 2 goals and an assist, scored the game-winning goal. Bates finished with 6 ground balls, 4 goals and an assist. Thursday wrapped up three of SYL’s four summer leagues. Play in the grades 4 to 5 summer league runs through Aug. 24.
In advance of the Aug. 17 and 19 performances of “Madama Butterfly,” Emerald City Opera will host an Opera Encounter/Opera Debacle from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Catamount Lake House. The free event includes a moderated panel discussion with the opera’s principle singers and artistic staff and an opera spoof performance by the Colorado Madrigal Singers from Denver.
A series of acrylics by local artisan Laura Wait hang in the K. Saari Gallery in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday afternoon. The gallery is scheduled to open for the first time this Friday evening.
Local artisan Susan J. Thompson explains the process for creating some of her artwork in the K. Saari Gallery in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday afternoon. The gallery is scheduled to open for the first time this Friday evening.
Local artisan Sue Hover Oehme explains the process for creating some of her painted paper artwork in the K. Saari Gallery in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday afternoon. The gallery is scheduled to open for the first time this Friday evening.
Kimberly Conrad Saari pauses while speaking to a reporter in her new art gallery, K. Saari Gallery, in Steamboat Springs on Wednesday afternoon. The gallery is scheduled to open for the first time this Friday evening.
Actresses, from left to right, Gracie Stockdale, Emily Stockdale and Emily Stout are all members of the cast for "Eleemosynary" which is a production by the Great American Laughing Stock at the Steamboat Mountain Theater this Friday and Saturday.
Actresses, from left to right, Gracie Stockdale, Emily Stockdale and Emily Stout are all members of the cast for “Eleemosynary” which is a production by the Great American Laughing Stock at the Steamboat Mountain Theater this Friday and Saturday.
Gracie Stockdale, standing, and her sister Emily, seated, are both members of the cast for “Eleemosynary” which is a production by the Great American Laughing Stock at the Steamboat Mountain Theater this Friday and Saturday.
The Tao Jones band brings its horn-infused rock to Mahogany Ridge Brewery & Grill on Saturday at 10 p.m..
Kathy Mattea, a Grammy-winning folk and country musician, will perform at the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival Park at 8 p.m. today.
Land leasing fees for wind turbines are a welcome source of new income for ranchers and farmers near Peetz, where years of drought have stifled the agriculture industry. Landowners are not responsible for the upkeep of wind turbines, and typically receive several thousand dollars per year, per turbine, in leasing fees..
Jody Buss, an attendant at the Cenex station in Peetz, points out the way to the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center which will become a major player in wind power production in Colorado and across the western United States.
Local residents, government officials and members of the media gathered in Peetz on May 16 for the groundbreaking ceremony at the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center, which will become a major player in wind power production in Colorado and across the western United States.
Gov. Bill Ritter speaks to local residents, government officials and members of the media gathered in Peetz on May 16 for the groundbreaking ceremony at the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center.
Gov. Bill Ritter speaks to local residents, government officials and members of the media gathered in Peetz on May 16 for the groundbreaking ceremony at the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center.
Colorado's Director of Natural Resources Harris Sherman, left, and Tom Plant, director of Gov. Bill Ritter's energy office were on hand for the official groundbreaking ceremony at the Peetz Table Wind Energy Center in Peetz on May 16.
Wind turbines, like this one near Peetz, rely on a seemingly endless supply of gusty winds to generate renewable power for nearby citizens and businesses.
Wind turbines including this one are an increasingly common sight on horizons in Logan County, where a Florida-based company is leasing land from farmers to generate and sell wind power.
Chuck Kutscher, a principal research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, explains a process used to test and improve tubes used to collect and transfer the sun’s heat in a concentrated solar facility. The tubes run down the center of a parabolic trough of mirrors that reflect sunlight onto the tube.
Chuck Kutscher, a principal research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, explains a process used to test and improve tubes used to collect and transfer the sun’s heat in a concentrated solar facility. The tubes run down the center of a parabolic trough of mirrors that reflect sunlight onto the tube.
Chuck Kutscher, a principal research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, explains a process used to test and improve tubes used to collect and transfer the sun’s heat in a concentrated solar facility. The tubes run down the center of a parabolic trough of mirrors that reflect sunlight onto the tube.
Marc Landry, a solar power technician at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, explains the process for creating thin-film solar technology in his lab July 20.
Marc Landry, a solar power technician at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, explains the process for creating thin-film solar technology in his lab July 20.
Marc Landry, a solar power technician at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, explains the process for creating thin-film solar technology on July 20.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden are working to improve photovoltaic cells that generate solar power, by creating an extremely thin layer of silicon particles that conduct electricity. Above, silicon particles are purified in a vacuum chamber at the Golden facility. Researchers apply heat and radio waves to adhere the silicon onto a thin layer of glass, creating a “thin-film” solar panel.
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden are working to improve photovoltaic cells that generate solar power, by creating an extremely thin layer of silicon particles that conduct electricity. Above, silicon particles are purified in a vacuum chamber at the Golden facility. Researchers apply heat and radio waves to adhere the silicon onto a thin layer of glass, creating a “thin-film” solar panel.
The Science & Technology Facility at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden.
The ski patrol building on top of the Aspen Highlands ski area is powered by an array of photovoltaic solar cells placed along the edge of the balcony.
The Coors Brewing Co. in Golden prides itself on a strong safety record which appears on this sign hanging near two towers that are used to turn some of the company's waste products, like beer and yeast, into almost 2.1 million gallons of saleable ethanol fuel each year.
Rick Paine, a revenue manager with the Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, discusses his employer’s process for turning some of their waste products, such as beer and yeast, into almost 2.1 million gallons of commercial ethanol fuel each year.
Rick Paine, a revenue manager with the Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, discusses his employer’s process for turning some of their waste products, such as beer and yeast, into almost 2.1 million gallons of commercial ethanol fuel each year.
The two silver towers outside the Coors Brewing Co. facility in Golden turn some of the company's waste products, like beer and yeast, into almost 2.1 million gallons of commercial ethanol fuel each year.
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