July 2007
Photos for July 21, 2007
Peggy Hough, left, and Linda Griffith cheer for survivors as they make their way around the track at Relay for Life on Friday. “Every year, it’s going to get bigger,” Griffith said about Craig’s inaugural event.
Cancer survivors walk the survivors’ lap Friday night at the Moffat County High School track after fireworks and a balloon release started their honorary walk.
Toni Lombardi, left, and her mother, Lori Lombardi, of Oak Creek, stand together as they listen to the opening ceremonies Friday night at Relay for Life.
Dr. Paul MacLean speaks to the crowd at Craig’s first Relay for Life event Friday evening at Moffat County High School. He spoke about the ways scientists use the money raised for the American Cancer Society to conduct research.
Friends Katharine Keiss, 13, from left, Katie Berkoff, 11, and Riley Johnston, 12, shelter themselves from the drizzling rain Friday evening while listening to speakers at Craig’s first Relay for Life.
Participants in Craig’s first American Cancer Society Relay for Life pass in front of the large sign created by luminarias lit in memory or in honor of cancer victims. More than 1,000 luminarias lined the track and another 220 created the words “hope” and ”cure” at Moffat County High School on Friday night during the city’s first American Cancer Society fundraising event. The relay continues through noon today.
Aaron Cramer, an infielder for the Moffat County Dawgs baseball team, signs the team’s District 3 Championship banner, which the team presented Friday to Rich Sadvar.
Members and coaches of the Moffat County Dawgs all-star baseball team pose with their District 3 championship banner and Rich Sadvar. From left are Wyatt Oberwitte, Brentten Ivers, coach Steve Ivers, Trent Parrott, Derek Maiolo, Ivan Nielsen, Josh Pritchard, coach Larry Maiolo, Tony Alonso, Sadvar and Aaron Cramer.
Junior-to-be Alicia Nelson, left, and sophomore-to-be Corey Wojtkiewicz look at some beads Thursday evening. The team made bracelets and necklaces during some down time.
Taylor Crisp, center, and the rest of the girls watch her putt while playing putt putt golf during some free time in Grand Lake.
Senior-to-be Mike McNicol watches as other teammates swim in Grand Lake. The runners would jump in to cool off after races.
The boys celebrate their “victory” after smearing the girls with shaving cream. The girls duct-taped the boys’ shoes in the morning, so the boys retaliated with shaving cream.
Jarred Blevins, from left, Jesse Breslin, Mike McNicol, Josh Classen and Corey Wojtkiewicz run up a trail during a workout Friday.
Pearl Development area manager Courtney Virden, right, presents Boys & Girls Club of Craig Executive Director Dana Duran with a $1,000 check from Pearl Development on Friday at the club. Pearl Development is a business development engineering company, which has an area focus of oil and gas development. Duran said the donation will go toward the club’s programs.
Loren Forbes’ ranch on Morapos Creek south of Craig welcomes visitors with antique farm implements proudly displayed from the fence top. His family has ranched the area for nearly 100 years.
Loren Forbes takes a break from haying on Wednesday on Morapos Creek, where his father, grandfather, and great–grandfather ranched before him. The harvest was good enough this year to sell some of the bales to other ranchers.
Justin Gallegos brings a load of hay back to the Forbes ranch on Morapos Creek on Wednesday morning. Forbes and Gallegos have been working the hay fields since June 28, and they said this year’s production is up from last year’s.
Justin Gallegos drives another load of hay back to the ranch for stacking Wednesday morning. In his fourth week of haying with Loren Forbes on the Summerfield Ranch, Gallegos also guides hunters on the ranch in the fall.
Loren Forbes stacks one of the 180 bales of hay he will put up for the winter to feed his herd. The Forbes family has been ranching up Morapos Creek for nearly 100 years, and Loren said this year’s hay harvest is above average.
Emergency room nurse Marie Kettle, left, and medical records supervisor Susan Erikson pose with The Memorial Hospital’s five-star 2006 Exceeding Patient Expectations award they received this week from Avatar International. Hospital officials said the staff — those who work one-on-one with customers — deserve the credit.
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