October 2008
Photos for October 27, 2008
About 20 horses wait in pens while potential adopters look at them Friday at a viewing before the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro silent bid adoption.
Firefighters try to put out flames coming from the roof of a house that caught on fire Saturday evening in Stagecoach.
Moffat County senior Laura Zirkle tells sophomore Maddy Jourgensen, "I'm so proud of you," after the two raced in the Class 4A Colorado State Cross Championships on Saturday in Fort Collins. Jourgensen finished sixth for the Bulldogs.
Moffat County senior Colt Criswell races toward the finish line at the Class 4A Colorado State Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Fort Collins. Criswell finished his high school career with a 63rd place finish among 196 competitors.
The Moffat County girls team, from left, Maddy Jourgensen, Nike Cleverly, Laura Zirkle, Megan Knez and Alicia Nelson, take off at the beginning of the Class 4A Colorado State Cross Championships on Saturday in Fort Collins. The girls team finished 16th, and the Moffat County boys finished 17th in their races.
Pat Roberts stirs a large pot of boiling king crab legs Friday night at the Moffat County Fairgrounds before the start of Crabfest 2008. Roberts and his wife, Ann Marie, manned the cooking pots at the annual Craig Chamber of Commerce fundraiser.
George Kidder helps Gail Severson put on her crab hat before Crabfest 2008, which was held Friday night at the Moffat County Fairgrounds Pavilion. Kidder and Severson were two of the volunteers who helped serve at the event, with Kidder wielding a meat tenderizer as a king crab leg crusher and Severson bringing attendees drinks, cocktails and beer.
Diners enjoy their dinner of king crab legs, potatoes, corn-on-the-cob and biscuits Friday night at Crabfest 2008. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Craig Chamber of Commerce. This year, diners were able to get seconds and thirds at the buffet.
A group including U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., at center right, stand on the roof of the Tri-State Generation & Transmission Craig power plant during a company-led tour Oct. 21. Udall is running against Republican Bob Schaffer for U.S. Senate in the Nov. 4 general election. He visited Craig with fellow Democrat U.S. Rep. John Salazar, who is running as an incumbent against Republican Wayne Wolf.
Moffat County senior Alicia Nelson breaks the tape as she crosses the finish line as the champion of the Class 4A Girls Cross Country State Championships on Saturday in Fort Collins. Nelson finished the 5,000-meter race in 18 minutes, 13.7 seconds, which was 14 seconds in front of second place.
Former Moffat County state champions, from left, Jinny Mortensen (1992), Christina (Moyer) Johnson (1995, 1996), and Clint Wells (1992, not pictured) came out to watch senior Alicia Nelson (2008), right, join the ranks of MCHS state champions at Saturday's Class 4A Colorado State Cross Country Championships.
Moffat County senior Alicia Nelson gives a big smile during interviews with media after winning the Class 4A Colorado State Girls Cross Country Championship on Saturday in Fort Collins. Nelson became Moffat County's sixth individual champion and the first in 12 years for the program.
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Do you seek medical care from The Memorial Hospital in Craig or Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat Springs?
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