FOR THE WEEK OF:
Jan. 19 - Jan. 25, 2000

• Lookout Bowl avalanche Nobody was injured on Friday as a 150-foot-wide slab broke loose on Bald Mountain and swept over 1,000 vertical feet within ski area boundaries down the mountain
• Public to ITD:at least replace Greenhorn Bridge State highway director Dwight Bower fielded questions at a crowded meeting of the Wood River Middle School last Thursday as the public sought more information on the proposed redesign of Highway 75
• Panel proposes new high school for Wood River Valley Ad hoc panel of educators, parents and business leaders vote unanimously to move forward on plan for $19 million school
• Local legislators say governor's State of State lacks substantive proposals Democrats Clint Stennett, the Senate minority leader, and Wendy Jaquet, the House minority leader, expressed disappointment with Gov. Kempthorne's proposal to invest tobacco settlement funds rather than spend the cash on health and education projects
• A high profile education survey by Education Week magazine ranked Idaho schools worst in the nation in the category of "improving teacher quality" But a much watched Iowa test of basic skills released about the same time showed that Idaho students scored well in academic skills and that Blaine County students scored higher than the state average

• Open design debate again Lead editorial says city of Ketchum needs to reexamine its building design policies instead of leaving a blank canvas for designers
• Spend tobacco money now Editorial criticizes Gov. Dirk Kempthorne for pushing to bank the money Idaho received from Big Tobacco instead of funding anti-smoking and treatment programs

• Factoring tradition and character into the development equation Columnist Pat Murphy points to a trend in the western U.S. in which citizens are demanding that politicians and local planners consider a community's tradition and character before approving new projects
• American farmers facing major challenges U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, in an op ed piece, discusses global trade and other issues that can help farmers confront major problems in the new century

• Blaine County's two worlds News Too front page piece deals with the dichotomy in social issues and lifestyles between the more urbanized Ketchum and Hailey areas of the north county and the small farming communities of the south county
• Pat Hickey delves into world music Arts section front page story profiles Ketchum guitarist who is about to play professionally with a reggae band

• Nordic skiers picked for European races Sun Valley's top cross-country skiers in the 16-17 age range were selected for an international traveling team

• High school band raffles off a car The Wood River High School music department is selling $10 raffle tickets to pay for a trip to Las Vegas, Nev., in March so that the students can partake in a festival

• Public Notice Summary

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• Other Stories This Week:

  Ketchum city attorney seeks to dismiss Craven Young's complaint stemming from the city's service contract and lease agreement with the Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber of Commerce
  Forest Service, U.S. Attorney's office work toward fee resolution
  Decision delayed on whether to place lynx on endangered list
  Conservation group wins another round on grazing leases
  Ohio Gulch Bluegrouse subdivision decision delayed by Blaine County P&Z
  Ketchum's new street department storage building to have open house
  The Sawtooth Community Garden has received a $12,000 award from a San Francisco horticultural trust
  Idaho's jobless rate for December dropped to 4.4 percent while Blaine County's unemployment rate for the same month dropped to 3.2 percent
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