Steamboat Today, May 7, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

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THURSDAY

MAY 7, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 109

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Sailors lose playoff game, 2-1

Awards received Two Steamboat businesses named in top 50 Colorado Companies to Watch Page 3

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Pedestrian hit by truck Steamboat man flown to Denver for head injuries after accident on US 40 Page 2

SPORTS

MATT STENSLAND/STAFF

Steamboat Springs High School soccer player Mandi DeVos puts her arm around teammate Kiersten Worden after Wednesday’s disappointing playoff game loss to Thompson Valley High School at Gardner Field. Steamboat lost, 2-1. See story on page 22 and watch a video at www.steamboatpilot.com.

Day care slots spring open After months of shortages, space becomes available at local facilities Zach Fridell

PILOT & TODAY STAFF

Tigers aim for state Page 22

After months of long waiting lists and filled facilities, Routt County child care centers have found themselves with vacancies in recent weeks. Kim Martin, director of Young Tracks Preschool and Child Care, said the number of openings is the highest in her 13

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years with the center. “In all the time that I have been with Young Tracks, or in child care, we’ve never really been lower or had much availability until now,” she said. “We have always, always had a full room.” Martin said that since February, the number of openings has increased to several infant slots, with room in each of the other age groups.

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Mostly sunny. High of 65.

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“We had a locked-up waiting list forever, and all the sudden we have openings and nobody is needing care, or people are calling and saying, ‘I know you are going to say no, but I was wondering,’ and I get to say, ‘Actually, we do have room,’” she said. Martin said the openings have led her to place an ad in the Steamboat Pilot & Today and begin talking to local pediIs your business struggling with the basics of web design?

atricians and the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse Association to inform new parents of the availabilities. The dip also has meant a reduction in staff, with parttime vacancies left unfilled, she said. Martin said there is room for three full-time infants, two fulltime 1-year-olds and a few slots See Day care, page 13

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