October 2008
Photos for October 18, 2008
Cam Boyd and Colleen de Jong, with Prudential Steamboat Realty, swing picks Friday while working on landscaping in front of a Routt County Habitat for Humanity house nearing completion in West End Village. Also pictured is Jack Carter.
Michelle Diehl installs insulation on pipes while working in the crawl space of the Routt County Habitat for Humanity with Diane Carter.
Daily Press reader Tammy Villard, of Craig, snapped this picture of the changing aspen leaves near Freeman Reservoir earlier this week.
Moffat County High School junior Jasen Kettle breaks past the Steamboat defensive line for a touchdown early in the game for the Bulldogs. It was the only score for the home team in the rivalry game.
Moffat County High School senior Ethan Robinson tackles visiting Steamboat Springs Joe Dover behind the line of scrimmage Friday night. The Bulldogs lost to the Sailors, 43-7, in a rivalry game at home.
Chris Thompson kneels beside a large machine gun he and his Marine Corps unit found buried in the sand. The machine gun was inoperable. Thompson, in Craig on leave, could return to the Middle East in summer of 2009.
Chris Thompson, far right, stands with two Ugandan guards in August 2008 in Falluja, Iraq. Thompson served seven months in Iraq as a gunner for a recovery team.
Chris Thompson, 20, a 2006 Moffat County High School graduate, holds his 2-year-old son, Riley. Thompson joined the U.S. Marine Corp in June 2006 and served in Iraq for seven months, from February to September. He said he carries a picture of his son wherever he goes.
Katie Bohne receives a lesson on how to correctly hold a chick during a 4-H Feathered Friends Poultry Club fundraiser in March at Murdoch's. It was Bohne's first year with the Feathered Friends club, and the event promoted chick days at Murdoch's.
This is thought to be the Freeman Mill that was near Freeman Reservoir.
Moffat County High School juniors Rhiannon Miller, left, and Skyler Gingrich, along with six other members of the high school's student newspaper, Post Script, recently took a field trip to Fort Collins to learn more about the newspaper business at Journalism Day 2008. Miller, a columnist, and Gingrich, a copy editor, learned about layout and design, reporting and other topics.
Swaney uses a sewing machine to mend a rip in a pair of overalls. She says she spends about half her day doing embroidery and the other half sewing.
Many different types of embroidery thread are kept on hand for custom orders.
Using an Amaya, or a computer-operated embroidery machine, Swaney is able to program in designs she has created on the computer to be stitched on clothing and accessories.
Joyce Swaney works in her shop Friday on Victory Way. The front half of her store is used to display apparel, and the back half is where she sews and does embroidery.
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Question of the week
Do you seek medical care from The Memorial Hospital in Craig or Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs?
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