Craig Daily Press / Photos for May 7, 2009

May 2009

Photos for May 7, 2009

Bad Dogs wrestler Laaden Rothermund, 6, overpowers a wrestler from Rifle. At the tournament Saturday in Rifle, which was the last of the season, 12 of the 27 Bad Dogs wrestlers placed first.

Rodney Klimper/Courtesy

A Sombrero Ranches employee pauses to look onto the herd grazing along U.S. Highway 40 during a rest stop. The annual Sombrero Ranches Horse Drive takes place this weekend. Organizers said they expect to pass through Maybell with the horses about 11 a.m. Sunday.

Photo by Hans Hallgren

Tanya Surbeck recently was hired as the new inpatient obstetrics supervisor at The Memorial Hospital. Surbeck, who said she always has considered Western Colorado home, moved from Naples, Fla.

Photo by Ben Bulkeley

All Crimes Enforcement Team members and Colorado State Patrol troopers examine jars of chemicals taken from a methamphetamine laboratory found Tuesday near Dinosaur. ACET Commander Garrett Wiggins said meth is his agency's primary focus among illegal drugs.

Sheriff Tim Jantz/Courtesy