Idaho Mountain Express - Online: Issue of 09-15-99 thru 09-21-99

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Baldy Hill Climb Challenge

Baldy Hill Climb Challenge
Pat Casey of Ketchum exhibits the agony and the glory of a sparkling effort in Saturday's 21st Baldy Hill Climb. Casey finished fourth in the demanding event, the highest placing for a local competitor. His overall time was was 39:01, slightly more than three minutes behind the winner. More than 200 finishers completed the 1.78-mile race.(Express photo by Willy Cook)

Noise complaints pour into airport Officials researching FAA noise compatibility program
Exhibition flyer buzzes airport area Hotshot pilot denies any involvement with incident
Sun Valley era ends Ski school director Rainer Kolb says he's leaving post after 40 year career
Blaine County criminal justice council ponders substance abuse problem County commissioner Leonard Harlig estimates nearly half of county's annual law enforcement budget underwrites substance abuse costs
College testing scores rise for Blaine County students Carey High School shows biggest improvement as students countywide exceed state average

The post-Columbine balancing dilemma Blaine County school superintend confronts how to make students aware of security while maintaining a comfort level aimed at producing quality students

A mysterious bench makes its appearance Columnist Pat Murphy comes upon a memorial bench in Adams Gulch on Forest Service land and no one knows who placed it there
Capitalism with honor and ecology in the 21st century Columnist Dick Dorworth writes about Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, a book to be published later this month by authors who don't believe that big business and the natural world are natural adversaries

Sawtooth Society activists involved in several exciting projects this past summer Notable achievement is new Sawtooth National Recreation Area license plate featuring mountain goat and jagged mountain peak and scheduled for distribution in January
The agony of walking up Baldy. Mountain Express writer's account of ordeal while participating in annual 3,140-foot ascent of mountain against more than 200 other runners

Public Notice Summary

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley resort areas. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these stories and more in this weeks' issue:

Other Stories This Week:

Hiker dies after fall in Sawtooths
Mock airport plane crash challenges emergency rescue skills
Conservation group outbids Hewlett-Packard heiress for grazing lease
Commissioners set county budget for new fiscal year
Consultant says proposed pools will work as November bond election draws near
Blaine County planners consider Carey impact agreement
Ketchum police department hosts workplace violence session
Ketchum City Council to consider keeping shootout in Wagon Days festival
Council members told historic Ketchum bridge will be expensive to fix
Colonnade developer plans to replace Christiania Lodge
Woodside fire probably caused by children
Beavers help aquatic corridors thrive
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	FOR THE WEEK OF: Sept. 15 - Sept. 21, 1999