Steamboat Today, May 30, 2009

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S T E A M B O AT

TODAY

SATURDAY

MAY 30, 2009

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

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Vol. 21, No. 129

RO U T T

C O U N T Y ’ S

DA I LY

N E W S PA P E R

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

Fire season preparation Local US Forest Service workers gear up with refresher course Page 3

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

Arts festival in the works Inaugural event to include quilters exhibition, theater program, writing workshop Page 4

SPORTS

JOHN F. RUSSELL/STAFF

Yampa Valley School graduate Rae Steele hugs teacher P.J. Zenewicz while receiving her diploma Friday afternoon at the Yampa River Botanic Park.The school honored three graduates during a short ceremony at the park. For more photos of the ceremony, visit www.steamboatpilot.com.

3 graduate from YVS

School’s alternative approach garners positive results Jack Weinstein

PILOT & TODAY STAFF

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS

Nuggets lose by 27 Page 21

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■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Business. . . . . . .16 Classifieds . . . . .27 Comics . . . . . . . .25 Crossword . . . . .25 Happenings . . . . .7

Josie Pacana never worried about not graduating from high school. At some point while attending Steamboat Springs High School, she stopped enjoying it. So for her senior year, she transferred to Yampa Valley School, which offers students a second chance in an alternative

Horoscope . . . . .26 The Record. . . . .10 Scoreboard. . . . .24 Sports. . . . . . . . .21 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .20

Friday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 1-12-21-23-28 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.

educational environment. When she addressed a small group Friday at Yampa River Botanic Park, as one of three graduates in the Class of 2009 that also included Cole Breland and Rae Steele, she said the ceremony wasn’t how she imagined her graduation. “I like it better this way,” she said, “because last year was the most enjoyable.” Pacana said she found a sense of community at Yampa Valley

■ WEATHER

Scattered storms. High of 72.

School, a sense of belonging and, more importantly, she enjoyed learning again. Before the ceremony, teacher P.J. Zenewicz called Yampa Valley School a school of choice — a place where it’s up to the students to decide whether they want to be successful. The Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services operates the three-year-old school on behalf

of Routt County’s three public school districts. Three spots each are available for Hayden and South Routt students, and nine are available for Steamboat students. All interested students must apply and be accepted to the school. The districts fund the program by paying to BOCES the per-pupil costs they receive from the state for those slots. See YVS, page 15

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