Steamboat Today, May 16, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

TODAY

SATURDAY

MAY 16, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 117

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C O U N T Y ’ S

DA I LY

N E W S PA P E R

Sights set on 2010

Landing hard

YVMC offers comforts Hospital wants expectant parents to feel at home in new birthing center

Republican hopefuls convene at Friday’s Lincoln Day Dinner

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Brandon Gee

PILOT & TODAY STAFF

S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Bike trails opening Sunny weather brings more riding options for cyclists in Steamboat Page 6

SPORTS

A strong start Page 19

■ LOTTO

■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .14 Classifieds . . . . .23 Comics . . . . . . . .21 Crossword . . . . .21 Happenings . . . . .7

JOEL REICHENBERGER/STAFF

Hayden High School senior Logan Foster touches down in the sand Friday after a jump during the triple jump competition at the state track meet in Lakewood. Soroco High School’s Alex Estes finished in fourth place in the event. Foster finished in sixth. See story on page 19.

Horoscope . . . . .22 Scoreboard. . . . .20 Service Directory. . 15 Sports. . . . . . . . .19 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .18

Friday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 1-13-22-24-30 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

■ WEATHER

Sunny. High of 66.

Former Colorado Congressman Scott McInnis all but guaranteed he will take on Gov. Bill Ritter in the 2010 gubernatorial election at the Routt County Republicans’ Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser Friday. McInnis said Colorado campaign laws prevent him from formally announcing his candidacy but promised the local audience, “I’m ready for a little fight.” When local party Chairman Jack Taylor said McInnis was “seriously considering” running for governor, McInnis replied, “That would be an understatement.” Like McInnis, other speakers at Friday’s dinner were ready to put the pain of the 2008 election behind them and look optimistically toward 2010. “We need to keep the faith,” state Sen. Al White, R-Hayden, said, “even though the times seem bleak and dark.” The sentiment came with a dose of acknowledgment that Republicans “got our hats handed to us” in 2008, as state Rep. Randy Baumgardner, RHot Sulphur Springs, put it, and will need to work hard to rebound. “We are going to be the party of the future,” Baumgardner said. “We are going to see things change, but we’ve See Dinner, back page

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