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Alberto Olivarez of El México heads the ball at Loudy-Simpson Park last summer. El México and six other teams in the Yampa Valley Soccer League use the soccer fields at Loudy-Simpson Park. League President Isidro Quezada and other soccer supporters hope tonight’s meeting to discuss a new field at Loudy is well-attended.

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Craig Parks and Recreation director Dave Pike, left, talks with Mayor Don Jones at the Elkhead dam dedication ceremony on Wednesday. About 200 people gathered at the reservoir to celebrate the completion of the $31-million expansion project.

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Colorado State Parks’ Elkhead Reservoir Manager Ron Dellacroce, left, discusses the new reservoir with City of Craig Public Works Director Bill Earley before Wednesday’s dam dedication ceremony.

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Former Moffat County Commissioner and rancher T. Wright Dickenson, left, talks with Pete Kasper, board member on the Upper Colorado River District, during the dam dedication at Elkhead Reservoir on Wednesday.

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Cosmetologist Kelsey Bauman of New Images hair salon cuts the hair of Riley O’Leary, 9, on July 10 so O’Leary could donate the hair to Locks of Love, a nonprofit organization that makes hairpieces for children with diseases that cause long-term hair loss. O’Leary got his head shaved after waiting to have his hair cut since May 2006.

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Levi Weber, left, and Andrew Maneotis, both 18, relax as they float the Yampa River on Thursday with a group of their friends. Floating the river is one of their favorite summertime activities. Photo by Mari Katherine Raftopoulos.

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Cheryl Miller, a board member with Moffat County Habitat For Humanity, cleans the front window at the group’s first project house, 745 Yampa Ave., on Saturday afternoon. The house is expected to be completed before the end of the year.

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Ray Magness embraces his wife, Patsy, on the couch, where, on her bad days, she spends much of her time. Patsy, who has multiple sclerosis, and Ray are starting a local support group for the disease.

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Walgreens proposed store for Craig will be located on Victory Way at the site of the former Jim’s Tire and Auto Service. The Deerfield, Illinois company has purchased the property and is in the rezoning and re-subdividing stage of the building process.

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