FOR THE WEEK OF:
April 19 - April 25, 2000

• Goals set for downtown development
  Ketchum begins to ratify city comp plan
  

• Ketchum house generates controversy
  A uniquely designed home in Ketchum's Knob Hill has provoked numerous complaints from citizens to the city's Planning and Zoning Commission
  

• Snowmobile tracks not linked to yurt fire
  Sheriff says snowmobilers responsible for tracks near burned yurt not viewed as suspects after interviewing them
  

• Two Sun Valleys?
  Sun Valley Company owner Earl Holding considers changing his Utah ski resort's name from Snowbasin to "Sun Valley"
  

• Colorado towns enforce strict design criteria
  Telluride and Crested Butte, Colorado, have developed strict criteria for preserving the intrinsic architectural character of their communities
  

• State of Hailey
  Hailey Mayor Brad Siemer addresses the current state of Hailey, and where it is going in the future
  

• County to consider two new St. Luke's applications
  Hospital wants office building, reduced roadwork commitment
  

• Ohio Gulch gravel gulch
  65 acres of sand and gravel could be mined out of Ohio Gulch over the next 10 years, garnering $2.25 million for Idaho schools
  

• Tainted heritage
  Ketchum's historic Lane Mercantile building's "Eat More Lamb" sign was defaced Monday night/Tuesday morning

• Surviving the Soviet front
  A Picabo ranch hand's book recounts the horrors of serving in Hitler's army

• Lost and found in Laos
  Take a photo safari with photographer Thia Konig
  

• Hillbilly jive at Big Wood Bread
  Ben Weaver and Paul Dandy play "hillbilly-jive, honkey-beat blues"
  

• A night of poetry in motion
  Poets, dancers and musicians exhibit talent at third annual slam

• City on track for top hypocrisy honors
  While giving gratuitous speeches about preserving the town's character and crying about downtown buildings being "too big", Ketchum gave the green light to the construction of a 59 foot high home in the Knob Hill neighborhood.
  

• Key hearings
  Any resident concerned about sprawl should attend two hearings slated this week and next

• The First Amendment—it's there for all to use
  In dramatically different episodes, in culturally opposite settings, the First Amendment was put to the test and survived gloriously, if not to everyone's liking. Commentary by Pat Murphy
  

• The dilemma of not knowing what's good for us
  I try, I try, but sometimes my emotions get the better of my intellectual grasp of an issue. Commentary by JoEllen Collins

• Harper will race in Tibet, Nepal
  Thirst for adventure

• Chamber elects new officers and board members
  The Sun Valley / Ketchum Chamber of Commerce has elected its new officers and named its board members for the 2000-2001 year.

• Public Notice Summary
  

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