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After touching wheels with race winner Payson McElveen, far right, Durango’s Chris Blevins crashes in the middle of the five-man sprint to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Road Race finish line in Silverton on May 25. It was McElveen and Benjamin Sonntag, far left, coming to the line together for a photo finish, with McElveen narrowly winning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
After touching wheels with race winner Payson McElveen, far right, Durango’s Chris Blevins crashes in the middle of the five-man sprint to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Road Race finish line in Silverton on May 25. It was McElveen and Benjamin Sonntag, far left, coming to the line together for a photo finish, with McElveen narrowly winning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
After touching wheels with race winner Payson McElveen, far right, Durango’s Chris Blevins crashes in the middle of the five-man sprint to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Road Race finish line in Silverton on May 25. It was McElveen and Benjamin Sonntag, far left, coming to the line together for a photo finish, with McElveen narrowly winning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
After touching wheels with race winner Payson McElveen, far right, Durango’s Chris Blevins crashes in the middle of the five-man sprint to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Road Race finish line in Silverton on May 25. It was McElveen and Benjamin Sonntag, far left, coming to the line together for a photo finish, with McElveen narrowly winning. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango High School’s David Moenning is the only Demon to win two titles at one state meet, and is the first in 30 years to win three in one year at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Kelly Emery uses a long body board to stand up and surf Ponderosa Rapid on May 23 in the Durango Whitewater Park at Santa Rita Park. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango police and Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents look for evidence on May 24 at the scene of a fatal shooting on Jenkins Ranch Road in the SkyRidge subdivision. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Teams take off at the start of the Battle of the Animas on May 20 at the 32nd Street put-in. In its 15th year, the Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Trail Tours-hosted event brings local tourism-related businesses together at the Animas River for an all-out paddling competition. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Members of the Ska team, from left, Luke LeMaire, Matt Chapman, Beckey Milner and Trevor Lovato, pose for a picture before the start of the Battle of the Animas goes on May 20 at the 32nd Street put-in. In its 15th year, the Mild to Wild Rafting & Jeep Trail Tours-hosted event brings local tourism-related businesses together at the Animas River for an all-out paddling competition. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Senior memories were made at Pioneer Park in Durango on May 25 as Durango High School seniors preparing for graduation gather at a picnic. Sobei Hamlin, right, signs a friend’s yearbook as Charlie McClung hugs his friend Maddie Robertson. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Model Ayla Quinn, sponsored by the Durango Herald, wears a design by Olivia J. Dombach made of magazine pages, orange newspaper bags, metal printing plates, phone book pages, irrigation tubing, wire, and bundle straps, during Fashion Fusion on May 23 at Fort Lews College. The benefit event for the Durango Arts Center was held in the ballroom of FLC. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Model Sara Knight, sponsored by Occasions Bridal/Formal/Tuxedo, wears a design by Edith Willey made of dress bags, shirt bags, tag fasteners, cable ties, and thread, during Fashion Fusion on May 25 at Fort Lewis College. The event, held in the FLC ballroom, benefits the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Model Justa Whitt, sponsored by Advanced Concrete Solutions Inc., wears a design by Justa Whitt, Susan Livingston, Karen Evans, and body paint by Magic Brush, made with cement tools, nails, tape, reinforced poly, chicken wire and body paint, during Fashion Fusion on May 25 at Fort Lewis College. The event, held in the FLC ballroom, benefits the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Models take to the catwalk during Fashion Fusion on May 25 at Fort Lewis College. The event benefits the Durango Arts Center. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Rolando Gonzalez, leads his CRC Janitorial cycling team members down a trail in Durango Mountain Park on May 21. The Costa Rican native has found more time to hit the trails with his team in recent months. He was once a member of the Costa Rican national team but largely went into hibernation when he moved to Durango, where he struggled to find steady work without a Social Security number and green card. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Ducks casually swim around a giant sized shark on a pond east of Durango on May 25. The foam filled shark sits in the pond on Travis Craig’s place east of Elmore’s Corner Store on U.S. Highway 160. Craig has been at his place for about six years and the shark was on the pond when he moved in. It has become a landmark, Craig said. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango High School graduating senior Eric Walker, 19, shows his mortar board covered with turkey feathers as he gets ready in the DHS gym for the commencement ceremony May 27. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango High School teacher Deb Medenwaldt, hugs a graduating senior before the graduation ceremony on May 27 at DHS. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Wheels for all ages were found at Buckley Park on May 27 as riders in this year’s Iron Horse Bicycle Classic pick up their race packets at the park during a pre-race party. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Men’s pro riders begin to climb Molas Pass on May 28 during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Road Race. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Riders in the Citizens Tour of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic race the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad through the Animas Valley on May 28. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Fans cheer on riders of the Citizens Tour of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on May 28 as they race the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad through the Animas Valley. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A shadow of a rider on the Citizens Tour of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic race on May 28 as they pedal through the Animas Valley. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Riders on the Citizens Tour of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic race the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train through the Animas Valley on May 28. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
The pro men’s peloton climb Molas Pass during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Road Race on May 28. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Frank Stuckman and his son, Zaiden, 2, look on during the opening of “Celebrating Service,” a memorial honoring veterans and their families on May 28 in Silverton. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Spectators cheer for riders in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race on May 29 as they enter Steamworks on East Second Avenue. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Sean Meissner, Mr. Patriotic, rides in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Cruiser Crit in Durango on May 29. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Mara Abbott won her second race in two days and her second consecutive Iron Horse Bicycle Classic pro women’s Circuit Race on May 29 in Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Marisa Rorabaugh, front, Emily Jordan, center, and Mindy Caruso, compete in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic pro women’s Circuit Race in Durango on May 29. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Todd Wells gets a high five from his son, two-year-old Cooper Wells, held by Meghan Wells, after winning the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Mountain Bike Race May 29. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
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