Soroco to get a shot at playoffs in 2010, 2011

Rams officially in for 8-man football in 2010, 2011

After suffering through two years of postseason ineligibility while playing 8-man football, the Soroco High School football team will be able to qualify for the playoffs starting next season.

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Sailors capture Western Slope title with win vs. Glenwood Springs

Steamboat Springs High School do-everything athlete Joe Dover said it was the most fun he’s had on a football field. Considering what the 5-foot-10, 185-pound spitfire did in Friday’s 30-21 win against Glenwood Springs, it also may have been the best he’s ever played on a football field.

BOCES won't handle No Child Left Behind funds

Money will go directly to school districts

The Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services will not be given federal No Child Left Behind Act funding for title programs to disburse to its six member school districts. A letter Wednesday from Robert Hammond, the deputy commissioner of the Colorado Department of Education, stated that the funds would be distributed directly to the districts instead of through BOCES.

College workshops in Steamboat today, Oak Creek on Thursday

College in Colorado will provide information about test preparation and how to apply to and pay for college at the free workshops.

Vance Fulton keeps Hayden District B seat

Incumbent tops challenger Laurie Hallenbeck for School Board

Hayden School Board member Vance Fulton will retain his seat and get his first full term as a board member. Fulton received 341 votes to opponent Laurie Hallenbeck's 206 in the District B School Board race.

Frentress wins Hayden District A seat

4th-generation Hayden resident beats Zehner for School Board

A former member of the Hayden Town Board, now Hayden Town Council, will represent District A on the Hayden School Board. Tim Frentress received 356 votes to the 192 received by opponent Darren Zehner, a 65 percent to 35 percent victory.

Connelly wins uncontested 4-year School Board seat

Denise Connelly won an uncontested race for her District 3 School Board seat Tuesday and will serve a second term. She received 2,749 votes.

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Brian Kelly wins School Board seat

Longtime local defeats former educator Bill Kennedy for District 1

Brian Kelly won another chance to give back to the education community. He received 2,174 votes to challenger Bill Kennedy's 1,546, taking the Steamboat Springs School Board District 1 seat.

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Hermacinski, Reisman, Engelken win City Council seats

Cari Hermacinski has retained her seat on the Steamboat Springs City Council. Joining her will be newcomer Kenny Reisman and former council member Jim Engelken. All three won their contested races Tuesday night. Brian Kelly won the contested Steamboat Springs School Board race.

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Hayden school doing OK without gym

Hayden district pursuing solutions including grants

Hayden Middle School is getting along fine without the use of its gym, for now, Principal Gina Zabel said Thursday. Favorable weather, creative solutions and lack of conflicts with Hayden High School for shared use of its gym have allowed the middle school to have activities inside.

Woman donates Steinway piano to CMC

Steamboat Springs resident Lynn Scarlett-Atkinson decided to donate her piano to CMC shortly after her Old Town bed-and-breakfast, The Alpine Rose, closed in 2005. The instrument belonged to Scarlett-Atkinson's mother, Caroline Curtze, and came to Steamboat Springs in the mid-'90s.

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Ex-transportation director accuses School Board of illegal action

Officials decline to offer reason for firing

Richard "Festus" Hagins lost his job Monday, in a school district decision he says was illegal and without warning. Hagins has alleged that the Hayden School Board acted improperly by discussing his employment and voting to terminate his contract during executive session in its Oct. 21 meeting.

Soroco High School uses grant to prepare students for college, beyond

When high school seniors sit down with their parents to fill out college application forms, it can be a daunting process, Soroco High School Principal Dennis Alt said.

BOCES OKs use of stimulus funding to pay for overspending

The Northwest Colorado Board of Cooperative Educational Services board approved two measures Wednesday night that will assist with its financial quandary. Board members unanimously approved BOCES' use of $273,000 of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for special education, pending state approval. And it unanimously approved nearly $240,000 in immediate cost-saving measures.

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Students help eradicate polio

Steamboat Springs schools take part in Rotary-sponsored event

High school students joined those at each Steamboat Springs School District school as well as North Routt Community Charter School and Lowell Whiteman Primary School students for "End Polio Now," an event sponsored by the Rotary Club of Steamboat Springs. Rotary International is making a final push toward eradicating polio from the world.

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