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Cameras give eye in the sky Steamboat Springs School District nears completion on security system Jack Weinstein
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
There wasn’t an invasive sense of “Big Brother is watching me” Thursday at Steamboat Springs High School. But some students couldn’t help but notice the new security cameras being installed inside and outside the school. Senior Rylan Laszewski said
he thought the cameras were an invasion of privacy. The 17-year-old admitted that they could make the high school more secure, but he couldn’t shake the idea he was being watched. “It’s kind of a good thing, but I think they’re invading our space,” he said. The installation of security cameras and an automated door access system at the high
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school almost is complete, said Rick Denney, the district’s facilities director. The process started a week after school began in late August. The cameras — located outside as well as in common areas, corridors and areas commonly used by the public but not in classrooms — run on a Web-based system that records, but they aren’t monitored all day, Denney said.
Only a few administrators have access to them. He said the new security measures are being implemented at all district schools and the transportation facility. The system should be complete by the end of November. The systems were paid for by a $533,000 Community Oriented Policing Services See Security, page 8A
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Steamboat Springs High School students pass through the halls under one of the new security cameras installed throughout the school.
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Since the Steamboat Springs City Council passed the social host ordinance in May, police have not used the ordinance, which was intended to curb underage drinking.
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Candidates for the one contested Steamboat Springs School Board seat showed different levels of openness to the idea of consolidating Routt County’s school districts at an election forum Friday. Asked whether fluctuating enrollments and strapped budgets countywide meant the idea merited serious consideration, Bill Kennedy and Brian Kelly acknowledged that local school districts are facing significant financial challenges but said it would be important to protect each school district’s identity and traditions. “The biggest danger is Steamboat is viewed as this big, consuming giant,” said Kelly, a professional surveyor. Kelly said schools in each area of the county and separate sports teams should be preserved, but he also said consolidation of the districts deserved serious consideration because of the opportunity to share administrative costs and save money. Kennedy, a retired professional educator from the East Coast, said his two previous experiences with consolidation failed and that he is more interested in Routt County’s school districts saving money by sharing some teachers and services. “Tradition is a huge thing with community and people and generations and generations,” Kennedy said. “I think (consolidation) is an almost insurmountable mountain to climb almost everywhere I have been.” Kennedy and Kelly are running for a District 1 seat on the School Board. John DeVincentis is leaving the seat by not seeking re-election. Kennedy said his professional experience in education See School Board, page 6A PAGE DESIGNED BY LAURA MAZADE
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Kenny Reisman, left, and Ken Solomon are running for a seat on the Steamboat Springs City Council in District 2.
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Reisman says time spent with Solomon campaigning through community trumps experience background in public service
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ne word consistently pops up in conversations with or about Kenny Reisman: passion. It’s in his voice when he talks about his past, his new small business and the time he rescued a 19STORY BY month-old girl BRANDON GEE being attacked by a pit bull on a New York beach. Yes, that really happened. His passions are revealed in his office, where he sits at his grandparents’ kitchen table in his Steamboat Springs High School soccer pullover and isn’t afraid to get emotional about his family. Passionate is one of the first words colleagues use to describe his
work and observers use to en Solomon plainly describe his performance at stated his take on a election forums. common Steamboat Reisman will face longtime Springs expression about local Ken Solomon growth and new resifor the District dents coming through 2 Steamboat Rabbit Ears Pass. Springs City “Is it fair to Council seat in close the gate? this year’s elecNo,” he said. tion. “Do we need to SteamboatPilot.com/election2009 Reisman’s put out the welpassion is come mat? No.” endearing and Spoken Thursday may give him a at his home on Ridge boost during the View Drive, Solomon’s campaign. But passion isn’t comment said a great deal everything. As far as it may about how hard he worked to get Reisman, it’s not enough acquire the house around the to make him a good policydining room table where he maker. sat. Large windows overlooked And he knows it. It’s a lesSpring Creek and — on a son he’s learned before. clearer day — Old Town. A canary named Mike chirped See Reisman, page 7A
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SUNDAYFOCUS STORY BY MIKE LAWRENCE in a cage in the living room. Dog-agility obstacles lay on the front lawn for a golden retriever named Jasper and an alert Belgian Tervuren named Dewar. Solomon, 63, said he moved to Steamboat in 1970 as a logger “with a broken-down pickup, a chain saw and $2,000 in credit card debt. … My first home had wheels on it.” He and his wife, Susan, bought the house on Ridge View Drive about 36 years later, just three years ago this month, for nearly $1.2 million, according to Routt County See Solomon, page 7A
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Police have not cited anyone with alcohol offense Zach Fridell
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
In the 3 1/2 months since the Steamboat Springs City Council passed the contentious social host ordinance, police officers have not cited anyone under the law. But with school resuming, police officials say it’s only a matter of time until they use the ordinance. Steamboat Springs police Capt. Joel Rae said the first option for officers is to cite anyone who provides alcohol to minors with a Class 2 misdemeanor for the offense. As an example, Rae said that at a party Sept. 16, officers issued nine citations for minor in possession of alcohol. After an investigation, a person was charged with procurement of alcohol for underage persons, the Class See Ordinance, page 8A
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