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  • Best reason for not working

    Laura Getz, Colfax|Nov 4, 2021

    I am very thankful to have been able to keep working through the pandemic and that my children are grown. What I do see for many with young children is there are no daycares. When mine were daycare age there were as many as eight licensed caregivers in Colfax. A few were large capacity. Only the grade school preschool is open now. Many families during the pandemic figured out if they really cut back they can make it on only one salary and are having one parent stay home with the children. In my opinion, they already have the best...