November 2009
Photos for November 7, 2009
Travis Noland is greeted by his teammates during the Moffat County High School varsity football game Oct. 30 against Glenwood Springs High School. On Friday, the Bulldogs beat Montezuma-Cortez High School to finish the regular season with a 6-4 record.
Matt Linsacum makes a pass during last week’s Glenwood Springs High School football game. On Friday, the Moffat County High School team traveled to Montezuma-Cortez High School, where the Bulldogs won, 57-20.
Todd Trapp, Moffat County High School cross-country coach, will lead his runners in the state championships today in Fort Collins. Since taking the reigns as head coach five years ago, Trapp consistently has guided runners to the state meet.
Shirley Murphy, a Pink Lady volunteer at The Memorial Hospital, has worked for the institution for 30 years. Friday was her last shift at the old hospital campus before the gift shop moves to the new facility.
Scott Heizer, one of the people who helped Forbes build the machine, said he comes to the shop often, but work is hard to come by. At one point a few weeks ago, he said he didn’t weld anything for half a month. Heizer has, however, been hired a few times to cap working wells in the region, meaning the well ceases production of oil or gas.
From left, Alan Mead, Tom Mathers, Jay Forbes, Scott Heizer and Ken Chadwick pose for a picture in front of a prototype of the machine at Forbes’ business. Not pictured is John Counts, who Forbes said also was instrumental in the machine’s construction. Throughout the machine’s design and build, Forbes said one of his motivations was the machine could help energy companies use cleaner substances when they drill wells. However, he also designed the machine to be efficient and economical and save companies money.
Jay Forbes works on assembling the second generation of his machine at his shop. He said there are several other people building machines that also try to separate salt water from well production water, but no one is using his method. Of all the different machines he is aware of, Forbes said his also filters out the most oil, gas and chemicals.
Scott Heizer reaches his hand inside the machine after it had been disassembled. Although the machine was built quickly, the process has been arduous. A few of the most nerve-racking weeks came when Heizer and the rest of the crew were waiting for an independent engineer’s report last month that would verify the machine’s results. Forbes said the report was extremely positive, however, and gave him more confidence that he would be able to turn the machine into a business.
Scott Heizer, who has worked on the project since it started, opens a hole in the machine to start work inside. Monique Forbes, Jay’s wife, said the two of them were grateful to everyone in the community who gave time and other help during the machine’s construction, operation and renovation.
Jay Forbes sits at his desk at Forbes Certified Welding with the evidence of his invention’s success in front of him. At left is a jar of production water that comes out of an oil or gas well. At right is a jar of the salt water left over when the production water is run through his machine. The new water has had almost all hydrocarbons and chemicals removed. It cannot be used for drinking water, but Forbes thinks it might be perfect for hydraulic fracturing when companies are drilling new wells.
Alan Mead works on Jay Forbes’ machine after he brought it back to his Craig warehouse for additional work. Forbes said the machine worked successfully every time it was used but that he wanted to bring it into the shop to disassemble it and check for wear on the inside. Forbes also took the chance to make a few modifications to see if he could refine the water separation process and lower emissions, though he added the machine runs off propane, one of the cleanest fuels available.
Jay Forbes, along with a few part-time employees and volunteers, spent the past eight months building and refining a machine of his own invention that could redefine how energy companies drill new wells.
Jay Forbes, along with a few part-time employees and volunteers, spent the past eight months building and refining a machine of his own invention that could redefine how energy companies drill new wells.
Sunset Elementary School librarian Linda Knoche reads to a first-grade class Thursday afternoon. Facing a possible 4 to 8 percent cut in funding, district superintendent Joe Petrone said the district’s goal is to keep the budget cuts as far from the classroom as possible.
Rietveld gives a nasal mist H1N1 flu vaccination to Ethan Counts, 4, on Wednesday evening at Sunset Elementary School. The H1N1 vaccine is available to people included in the first priority at-risk group, and the second priority group should have access to the inoculation within the next week or so.
Public health nurse Toni Rietveld, left, gives a seasonal flu shot to Jessica Profumo on Wednesday at Sunset Elementary. Profumo’s 11-month-old daughter, Adrian, also received a vaccine shot in her upper thigh.
Abigail Carlson, 11, smiles after receiving a flu shot from Jacque Malley on Wednesday at an off-site clinic set up at Sunset Elementary School. Abigail was visibly nervous before the shot and was surprised how painless the process turned out to be.
Public health nurse Toni Rietveld, right, inoculates Kirsten Maxwell with a seasonal flu vaccine while Maxwell’s son, Teancum, 4, watches the procedure Wednesday at Sunset Elementary School. Teancum also received an H1N1 inoculation.
Public health nurse Jacque Malley gives a nasal mist H1N1 flu vaccination to Michael Profumo, 4, on Wednesday night at Sunset Elementary School. Malley said she has been in public health for 37 years.
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Question of the week
Should high school officials be allowed to withhold diplomas from students as punishment for behavior deemed inappropriate during a graduation ceremony?
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