The Last Stand
Photo archive for August 26, 2008
Iraq Veterans Against the War secure 14th Street in Denver on Tuesday. The group staged mock Iraq scenarios throughout downtown and was followed heavily by media and passerby alike. One woman screamed at the group, calling them "liars" and "dorks."
A member of Iraq Veterans Against the War points a mock rifle on 14th Street in Denver on Tuesday. The group staged mock Iraq scenarios throughout downtown, including scouting around corners, watching for snipers and avoiding ambushes.
Rice and beans cooks in a "solar oven" displayed by the Colorado Renewable Energy Society on Tuesday, as the summer sun cooked all of Denver during the Democratic National Convention. Jennifer Beach of the CRES said solar ovens can be made at home by lining a wooden box with unrolled soda cans.
U.S. Rep. Mark Udall said Tuesday that wind turbines "should be planted like trees" in Colorado. The blade he is standing in front of, in a sculpture park at the Denver Center for Performing Arts, was manufactured in Windsor. "We're starting a revolution," Udall said of Colorado's growing renewable energy industries.
Gov. Bill Ritter speaks in front of a 130-foot wind turbine blade Tuesday outside the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Speaking to an international crowd on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, Ritter said the Danish blade manufacturing company Vestas will bring 2,500 jobs and a $700 million investment to Colorado in coming years.
Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue Chief Bob Struble mans the operations desk at the State Emergency Operations Center in Centennial. Struble and Routt County Emergency Management Director Chuck Vale are two of about 70 officials from across the state working at the center that was mobilized for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.
A command center has been set up at the State Emergency Operations Center in Centennial for the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Two Routt County residents are part of the team.
Remi Sobomehin came to Denver from the San Francisco area to support Barack Obama's campaign for the presidency. Unlike most vendors hawking Obama merchandise, Sobohemin speaks knowledgeably and passionately about the Illinois Democrat, and says that Obama's celebrity status - decried in Republican advertising - is a good thing for the candidate and the country. "Our message is to make popular culture positive, so positive culture can be popular," Sobohemin said Monday outside the Colorado Convention Center. "And we think Obama is the enactment of that."
Norwegian Petar Keseljevic denounces homosexuality. Keseljevic and other members of Open Air Preachers argued with people on the 16th Street Mall on Monday in Denver.
Barack Obama has become a commodity in Denver, where street vendors are selling scores of Obama merchandise including playing cards, foam fingers, T-shirts, buttons, car magnets, posters, framed portraits and more.
Grant Bennett of Los Angeles protests the Open Air Preachers group Monday on the 16th Street Mall.
Bartender Dan Cohen pours a Fat Tire at the Big Tent Denver, where bloggers and new media journalists are being catered to like never before.
Ruben Israel of Los Angeles argues the morality of homosexuality with people on the 16th Street Mall on Monday afternoon. Israel was among a group referring to itself as Open Air Preachers.
Two police officers discuss a contentious crowd developing on the 16th Street Mall on Monday afternoon. Law enforcement arrested several protesters Monday night in Civic Center Park, using pepper spray to disperse crowds.
A police officer on the 16th Street Mall orders people onto the sidewalks Monday in downtown Denver.
Ben Malloy of Stanford, Conn., argues with Timmy Schultheis of Open Air Preachers. The sidewalk preachers drew angry crowds with their denouncement of homosexuality on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on Monday.
Ben Malloy, of Stanford, Conn., argues with Timmy Schultheis of Open Air Preachers. The sidewalk preachers drew angry crowds with their denouncement of homosexuality on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on Monday.
Bonnie Carrico, standing next to plans for the new Hayden Police Station on Friday, will leave her position as deputy town clerk to serve as police clerk.
Bartender Dan Cohen pours a Fat Tire at the Big Tent Denver, where bloggers and new media journalists are being catered to like never before.
Kindergartner Audrey Fisher, and her mom, Aimee, head to class Monday as students and teachers returned to class for the start of a new school year.
Steamboat’s frost-free nights and consistently warm days have allowed a rare watermelon crop to grow this summer — unless, of course, this is actually a photo of a squash vine.
First-grader Kirra Kusy was just one of many Soda Creek Elementary students attempting to find their way around campus during the first day of school Monday in Steamboat Springs.
A bus leaves the Strawberry Park Campus following the first official day of school Monday in Steamboat Springs.
Elementary school students from Strawberry Park make their way to buses after Monday’s first day back to class. Students in Steamboat Springs ushered in the new school year Monday at campuses across the county, marking the end of their summer vacations.
First-grade teacher Allyson Spear welcomes students back to Camp Soda Creek on the first day of school Monday morning in Steamboat Springs. Students returned to classes at the high school, middle school, Soda Creek and Strawberry Park elementary schools.
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