FOR THE WEEK OF:
March 29 - April 4, 2000

• Baldy collision hospitalizes two skiers
  A collision involving three skiers on Bald Mountain last week nearly cost two of them their lives
  

• Baldy's record is safer than most
  Skiing is an inherently hazardous sport, but among U.S. ski areas, Sun Valley’s safe record stands out
  

• Downtown extension
  Ketchum P&Z recommends six months of construction regulations
  

• Bob Shay's legacy: "All we want is your best"
  33-year Blaine County teacher, coach passes away at 73
  

• Mr. Shay crosses the finish line
  "I never figured out how someone could run so slowly and still beat me to the destination point every day in gym class."
  

• Always hopeful, Bob Shay retires
  Friday afternoon along Boise’s Bronco Stadium track, coach Bob Shay was in his element (reprinted from May 25, 1988 Idaho Mountain Express)
  

• An athlete toasts Bob Shay on his retirement
  I was signing up for my freshman classes and was down to P.E. (Physical Education). I looked to see who was left in my time slot: Shay’s P.E. After filling in the blank spot, I asked a friend, who asked an older friend of his, who is Shay and how’s his P.E.? (reprinted from June 8, 1988 Idaho Mountain Express)
  

• Blaine County's oldest living resident dies
  Blaine County’s roots thinned a little last week
  

• Behemoth Hailey development plan denied
  P&Z won’t be "strong-armed" to endorse master plan
  

• Local public land could be traded
  Most of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in the Wood River Valley will likely be labeled by the agency as suitable for exchange into private hands
  

• Incinerator may be dead
  DOE and anti-nuke groups settle suit
  

• Disney buys Ketchum
  Auction raises money for underprivileged children of Gimlet
  

• Wood River Valley finally gets its wish -
  a 10-lane highway
  Super road comes complete with LA-style cloverleafs
  

• Wazoo arrests made in sweeping sting
  New wazoo law accelerates arrests

• All-Access Pass to the legends of Rock n' Roll
  Photographer Jim Marshall and his work at Big Wood Bread
  

• BLM could unleash land rush
  The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is considering unleashing a land rush that could mar the face of life in Blaine County forever
  

• Business of the year
  It’s too bad the 1,300 employees of Sun Valley Company couldn’t hear the speech of general manager Wally Huffman when he accepted the Business of the Year Award last week. They would have loved it.
  

• Nobody said life was perfect - not by a long shot
  Odd, isn’t it, how the Idaho state Legislature again was all thumbs this year and again nixed a proposal to license contractors. Commentary by Pat Murphy
  

• Where is the justification for St. Luke's proposed medical office building?
  St. Luke's CEO, Edwin Dahlberg, made several assertions in this paper last week regarding the need for the proposed medical office building at the new hospital site. Commentary by Steve Wolper

• Speed skiing can be a life threatening crapshoot
  Speed kills. Commentary by Adam Tanous
  

• E-ureka!
  Hailey’s new pioneers mine global economy
  

• Higgins is golden in Junior Olympics GS
  Ketchum teenager Sean Higgins, 15, has enjoyed a dream winter in alpine skiing.
  

• Public Notice Summary
  

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Canada Lynx listed as threatened

Man-On-The-Street

Cell phone rage

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