August 2009
Photos for August 15, 2009
Deven Mosman, left, 9, and Cole White, 8, cheer on players at the ninth annual Mud Splash mud volleyball tournament at Loudy-Simpson Park. The event, a fundraiser for the Craig Chamber of Commerce, pitted teams against one another in a double-elimination tournament. The 10th annual Mud Splash begins at 11 a.m. today at Loudy-Simpson Park.
January Zulian, a teller at First National Bank of the Rockies, counts pennies raised by city of Craig and Moffat County officials as part of the United Way pacesetter program. The city and county raised a total $563.06 in the second week of the fundraiser.
Sgt. Kathy Weiher presented her parents, George and Ann Kidder, with tokens of her appreciation for support while she was on duty in Iraq. She was reunited with her husband, Craig, who she married while on leave in February.
U.S. Army Sgt. Kathy Weiher receives a hug from her mother, Ann Kidder, on Friday at the Yampa Valley Regional Airport. Weiher had just returned home from Iraq and was greeted by family, friends and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4265 and American Legion Post 62 as part of a new program to celebrate the return of Iraq veterans.
Lex Burton's great-grandson, Stone Balleck, watches him through a mirror in Burton's kitchen.
Lex Burton points to an old photo of his family on a horse-drawn wagon taken when he was a child growing up in Browns Park.
Burton said that when the city annexed his house, officials made a verbal agreement with him that he could keep horses there as long as he was alive. Now he faces fines if he doesn't move the horses. The Craig City Council will deliberate the issue, possibly making a decision at it next meeting Aug. 26.
Lex Burton stands with his horse, Abu, outside his home in north Craig. Burton has kept horses on his property off and on since he moved there in 1965, but he recently was informed by the Craig Police Department that he would have to remove them or be fined.
Wellman's pecan pie is ready to enter the oven. She said it takes her about a half hour to make a pie then about an hour to bake. Of course, it has to cool before anyone can dig in.
Wellman flutes, or crimps, a pie crust, which she said is the more popular way of making crust, but she also likes trying different methods, including braided crusts.
Wellman empties pecan pie filling into a crust she made. Wellman said she enjoys making all different types of pies, but pumpkin is her favorite.
Lyndi Wellman prepares a braided crust Thursday for a triple berry pie she is making at her home near Hamilton. Wellman makes many different types of pies, a couple of cakes, cookies and cabbage rolls at her family's home.
Scott Lawrence, of Haselden Construction, works at the Moffat County High School auditorium to remove scaffolding from the site. He is part of a project to rebuild the auditorium and bring it to code after it was damaged in a fire in February.
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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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