FOR THE WEEK OF:
August 9-15, 2000

• Suspect in Cody Boyd bicycle fatality says he's sleepless amid police investigation
  "The what-ifs have kept me up all night replaying it in my mind over, and over, and over..."
  

• Microburst explodes through valley
  Woman injured, trees toppled in wind storm
  

• Fires aren't smoking local economy
  As Idaho and the West experience the largest fire seasons in 50 years, the Wood River Valley and surrounding wild lands are fairly fire-free
  

• Patient survives AIDS ordeal in rural West
  Doctors say providing care is difficult
  

• Valley residents apprehensive over potential BLM lands sale
  Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson will join Hulen Meadows residents Tuesday afternoon to discuss the potentially shaky future of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands in the Wood River Valley
  

• County commissioner Harlig to step away from public life after 16 years as commissioner
  "Growth is certainly the most critical issue facing the county because almost everything is a consequence of growth"
  

• Hailey begins even-odd-day water restrictions
  At an emergency meeting in the city hall conference room Friday, the city council voted unanimously to pass the new ordinance
  

• Salmon return highest in years
  Salmon River floating restrictions begin tomorrow to aid Chinook
  

• High notes
  Upwards of 3,000 lovers of great music, spectacular weather and stunning mountain views gathered atop Baldy Saturday morning for a unique concert

• A tour of homes
  Even in an area replete with expansive and beautiful homes, there are gems that stand out

• Artists abound
  Second in a series on resident artists
  

• Gore's choice of Lieberman may confound GOP
  Al Gore's pick of Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut as his running mate not only is a political stunner, but also reveals an unexpected Gore shrewdness that belies his maligned stuffiness
  

• User fees—a penalty in disguise
  Unless well up into their years, not many Americans remember when Washington was enjoying budget surpluses, and certainly not in trillions of dollars
  

• Would public outrage have altered the programming of a controversial Idaho Public Television show?
  Maybe there's a lesson for Idahoans in this flap over a controversial public television program in Arizona, where Republicans also reign politically and with a view of the world from the far right. Commentary by Pat Murphy

• Savor summer before it slips away into a wistful memory
  I love summer. I love the way it has everybody outside. In fact, I long for more front porches and neighborhood stops where one can greet someone and just chew the fat. Commentary by JoEllen Collins

• Kearney gets his face on a cereal box
  Sunrise Organic, to support "Planet Parners"
  

• Barrymore, Gillette named to ski shrine
  National Ski Hall of Fame inductees
  

• 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 and other stories  in this weeks' issue:

• Sun Valley Co., Forest Service working on resolving Trail Creek Cabin area uses

• Stanley wolves find trouble again

• Committe to iron out job and program details

• Legislators greet Clinton

• Peruvian shepherd dies

• Motorcycle runs into pickup

• Developer plan for Hailey

• County sets tentative budget

• Highway 75 study impacts the valley's future

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