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Fifth-graders at Fairplay-based Edith Teter Elementary School show their spirit as they celebrate their victory in winning the Edith Teter PTO Spirit Stick on April Spirit Day. It’s a quarterly competition tied to which class wears the most Edith Teter-related apparel. Fifth-graders each received an ice cream treat delivered by Principal Kenny Newby. Fifth-grade teacher Gail Smith is in the back left. (Photograph courtesy of Jim Mills ~ South Park Media Specialist)

A sign in the entry way to Fire Station No. 2 on May 8 at the top of Crow Hill in Bailey thanks the Platte Canyon Fire Protection District for its work. (Photo by Tom Locke/The Flume)

This photo shows a last look at the rock collection at Colorado East Bank & Trust on April 20. The collection was moved on April 25 to make room for construction of a new entrance to the bank on the north side of the building. The new entrance is necessary because a Family Dollar store is planned for the south side of the bank, which will block the current entryway. The rocks were donated to South Park City and will be on display there. (Photo by Laura Van Dusen/The Flume)

Perseverance was the focus of Edith Teter Elementary students in April for the Character Counts program, and here the winners proudly pose on April 30. In the back row (from left to right) are Lincoln Mills, Dylan Medina, Stevi Gomez, Colten Pierce, and Zane Gallegos. In the front row (from left to right) are Bobby Wallace, Luke Lindberg, and Aubree Heil. Not pictured is Cash Stebner. (Photo taken by Gretchen Panicucci)

On April 25, board of trustee members and volunteers of South Park City, the restored 1880s mining town attraction in Fairplay, moved the rock collection and its case out of Colorado East Bank & Trust. From left to right are: Juan Duran, Diane Duran, Nancy Kreiling, Carol Davis, Jim Sapp, Greg Hulsman, Penny Hamilton, Carmella Schweer, Harley Hamilton and Ken Culnam. (Photo by Laura Van Dusen/The Flume)

Edith Teter Elementary fifth-grader Kathryn Goettelman shows off her winning fire safety T-shirt design in North-West Fire’s annual competition as her father, Edith Teter kindergarten teacher Gary Goettelman, displays a T-shirt with the design. (Photograph courtesy of Jim Mills – South Park Media Specialist)

These two mallards watch for predators offshore near a Shawnee pond on March 25 as they face opposite directions, showing they have each other’s backs. (Photo by Dee Whetstine)

A fox pays a visit on April 26 to a house on County Road 12 in the Mosquito Gulch area around Alma. (Photo by Kay McLaughlin through her back door window)

Aspen buds were already appearing in some parts of Park County when this photo was taken in The Buffalo subdivision, southeast of Como. (Photo by Laura Van Dusen/The Flume)