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Wagon Days woes
Crowd spirits high despite cannon accident, rain, chilly weather
Russ Anderson of Bancroft, Idaho, drives a team of mules in Saturday’s Wagon Days
parade. Atop the wagon is the Duck Race mascot representing Sunday’s community
fund-raiser. Although Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, a small crowd enjoyed the Big
Hitch spectacle. Express photo by Willy Cook |
Weather wets Wagon Days
The rain and the cold succeeded in reducing the number of spectators and entries for
Saturday's Wagon Days Parade in Ketchum, but it's unclear what the economic impact the
weather had on the entire three-day celebration
Cannon firing injures Wagon Days
participant
Bill Johnston of Richfield, 50, who was part of a team operating a cannon fired to
inititate the Big Hitch Parade on Saturday lost all the fingers of his right hand when the
cannon's black powder charge exploded prematurely
Blackjack Shootout—new and
improved?
Rain, a bad accident and dispassionate acting turned this year's Ketchum Blackjack
shootout into a dismal affair.
Without equipment, surgeon leaves valley
She says politics killed breast cancer care center
Chinook return is best in years
70 redds sighted so far
A courageous stand
A turn in the weather has enabled firefighting crews around the Northwest to gain the
upper hand in controlling the worst wild land fire season in decades
Clear Creek Fire faces
Portraits of a few of the people involved in fighting the Clear Creek Fire, and
residents of Salmon affected by the fire
Valley needs DSL—now
At the heart of American dominance of Internet technologies is the daring
and vision of young entrepreneurs who gambled on perfecting their technologies and
products that created market demand. But no such vision and daring seems to be driving
Qwest, the misnamed successor corporation to US West...
When the smoke clears
When smoke from the horrific Western fires clears, the inevitable won't be
far behind—Washington, D.C. politicians scrambling to begin fixing blame for blazes
that swept through millions of acres of rich forests.
Pulling the rug out from under racism
doesn't eliminate it
Fear of the unknown is something everyone experiences at one time or another, whether it
be a new job, town or school. But when we experience it in relation to people of other
skin color and cultures we tend to express our own insecurities of character. These
insecurities manifest themselves in our disparaging others.. Commentary
by Adam Tanous
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