May 2009
Photos for May 14, 2009
Doris Frances Wilson Thomas
Isiac Roop, middle left, gets congratulated by teammates after successfully making it home Wednesday at Woodbury Sports Complex. The Little League season started Wednesday.
Wyatt Boatright, of Peroulis Bros, Ltd, takes a swing Wednesday during the opening night of Craig Parks & Recreation Little League. Each team will play 10 games before the season-ending tournament.
Faye Braaten, of Loveland, works on a bear sculpture Wednesday at the Bear Valley Inn in Craig. The inn commissioned Braaten, who also carves at Whittle the Wood each year in Craig, to create the sculpture from a tree on its property.
Bowman's fifth-grade class poses with their work. An unknown courthouse employee dubbed the sculpture "Mathers' Monument" because it motivated the commissioner to request the county put recycling bins for paper, plastic and aluminum on every floor of the courthouse.
Dalton Sirk stands near the sculpture he and his classmates made during the last two months. Bowman said he told the class to be "Dumpster divers," intending for them to look in the trash cans at CIS. He laughed when he learned that students took him at his word and literally dove inside Dumpsters for more plastic bottles.
George Bowman, left, a fifth-grade teacher at Craig Intermediate School, listens to Moffat County Commissioner Tom Mathers address his students Wednesday at the Moffat County Courthouse. Bowman said he got the idea for making a sculpture after seeing all the empty water bottles students left behind after Colorado Student Assessment Program testing.
Commissioner Tom Mathers, left, said the sculpture inspired him to have recycling bins placed at the courthouse. He said the students' efforts were a prime example of how everyone can make a difference.
Fifth-graders Evelyn Quezada, from left, Bailey Kurz, Allie Dilldine and Stephanie Duarte listen to Moffat County Commissioner Tom Mathers thank them for their hard work and inspiration. The girls are part of teacher George Bowman's class at Craig Intermediate School, which created a sculpture made from thrown-away plastic bottles, now on display in the Moffat County Courthouse foyer.
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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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