September 2008
Photos for September 17, 2008
Craig Middle School running back Michael Samuelson stiff arms a Soroco defender Tuesday on his way to scoring a 76-yard touchdown. Samuelson accounted for all of the Bulldogs offense, scoring three touchdowns on the ground, as well as running for two, 2-point conversions, in CMS's 22-20 home victory.
Craig Middle School defensive tackle Tyler Hildebrandt, left, sacks Soroco quarterback Nic Paxton. Hildebrandt and Bubba Ivers, right, led the Bulldog defense in the second half Tuesday, shutting down Soroco's offense on their way to the team's fourth victory in five games.
Colorado Northwestern Community College nursing students Jessie Moon, 21, left, and Dixie Poley, 21, each received $4,500 from the National Western Scholarship Fund. Moon received the scholarship as a first-year nursing student. Poley, a second-year nursing student, was awarded the scholarship for the second time.
E.J. Caras, U.S. Air Force senior airman, stands as Craig Intermediate School students applaud his service in Iraq. "I never got a standing ovation" before, he said afterward. "It's pretty cool."
Caras presented a flag and a medal bearing his squadron's insignia Friday to CIS students. Caras has just finished his third tour abroad for the U.S. Air Force.
Members of Cheryl Arnett's second-grade class at Sunset Elementary School gather around Tyler Gonzales, 8, left, and his uncle, E.J. Caras, as they display a flag flown on a cargo delivery mission to Iraq.
Caras talks to Cheryl Arnett's second-grade class Tuesday morning while his nephew, Tyler Gonzales, 8, holds the flag flown in the class's honor in a mission to Iraq. As first-graders, the class wrote letters to Caras last year while he was serving in the U.S. Air Force in Iraq. On Tuesday, students asked him questions about military life and his experiences abroad.
E.J. Caras, U.S. Air Force senior airman and air transport journeyman, talks to Craig Intermediate School students Friday at the school. Last year, CIS and Sunset Elementary School students wrote letters to Caras and other soldiers in his squadron stationed in Iraq. On Friday, Caras presented CIS students with a flag that was flown in their honor during a mission to Afghanistan.
E.J. Caras, U.S. Air Force senior airman and air transport journeyman, talks to Craig Intermediate School students Friday at the school. Last year, CIS and Sunset Elementary School students wrote letters to Caras and other soldiers in his squadron stationed in Iraq. On Friday, Caras presented CIS students with a flag that was flown in their honor during a mission to Afghanistan.
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