Racquet Club to be torched
Another of the last bastions of Ketchum's past is soon going to vanish. The old Cliffview Apartments, formerly called the Ketchum Racquet Club, will be torched in a fire training exercise Saturday, May 12.
The training will help Ketchum and Sun Valley fire departments to hone hands-on skills.
The exercise will begin around 8:30 a.m. and last approximately seven hours. The intersection at Wil-liams Street and Wood River Drive will be closed for the duration of the exercise. Nearby residents should also keep windows and doors closed during the exer-cise.
The property was donated to the fire departments for training by local resident David McDonald.
Cholesterol workshop offered
St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center is offering a free cholesterol workshop from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 3. Staff members will help participants under-stand the screening results and share manageable ways to change lifestyles by reducing levels through diet and exercise.
The workshop will be held in the St. Like's WRMC Baldy Conference Room, south of Ketchum. For more information, call 727-8737.
Check your blood pressure
St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center will offer free blood pressure checks at the Ketchum Post Office, to-day, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. No appointments are necessary.
SV Resort ranks among golfing elite
The Sun Valley Resort Golf Course ranked 38th of the "The 75 Best Golf Resorts," as listed in the May is-sue of Golf Digest magazine.
Sun Valley ranked above a number of the nation's prestigious courses including The Sea Pines/Harbour Town, Hilton Head Island, The Breakers in Palm Beach and Sunriver Resort in Oregon.
The magazines panel of judges, more than 800 low-handicap golfers, rated the courses on several factors including shot values, resistance to scoring, design variety, aesthetics, conditioning and ambiance.
Sea Island Golf Course in Georgia took first place this year.
Bellevue offers tree activities
Members of the Bellevue Tree Committee will help plant trees on the grounds of Bellevue Elementary School on Friday, May 4, starting at 1:45 p.m.
Both Webb Landscaping and Hailey Nursery will be donating trees and the PTA will maintain them.
There will also be raffle prizes and art contests for all grades and Smokey the Bear will be present to greet students during the day.
On Saturday, May 5, the committee invites residents to attend a free pruning clinic with arborist Pat Rai-ney. The clinic will take place at the Bellevue City Park, beginning at 11 a.m. Participants are asked to bring gloves and a pair of hand-pruners.
'Morning Show' to air in Ketchum
Idaho News Channel 7, KTVB, is coming to Ketchum to host "Today's Morning News" live from downtown Ketchum, from 5 to 7 a.m. Monday, May 14.
Meteorologist Larry Gebert and morning anchor Maggie O'Mara will broadcast.
The KTVB news team will conduct the program to spotlight "what's new" in Ketchum and Sun Valley. "It's a fantastic opportunity to show off the attrac-tions and new developments in downtown Ketchum and the Sun Valley area," said KTVB producer Kath-leen Jacobs.
O'Mara is scheduled to arrive for an advance visit on May 8 to shoot stories about the area. Those seg-ments will be used to supplement the live broadcast May 14 and used for a larger story for the 10 o'clock news that night.
Ketchum to celebrate Arbor Day
Ketchum will celebrate Arbor Day on Monday, May 7.
Festivities will include a 1 p.m. unveiling of the city's utility arboretum on Warm Springs Road, be-tween East and West Canyon Run. The arboretum is an arboricultural example of "power line friendly" tree and shrub species.
The project was made possible with assistance from Idaho Power and Hailey Nursery.
In addition, Debbie Cook, regional urban forester for the Idaho Department of Lands, will present the city with its third annual Tree City USA award at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Electrical work ongoing on Saddle
Eureka Construction will complete electrical work for Idaho Power at the intersection of Saddle Road and Highway 75, and along the east side of Saddle Road to the YMCA project. The period of work will run from roughly 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. for three to four weeks.
The contractor began excavating at the Saddle Road and Highway 75 intersection Monday.
For more details on the work progress and schedule, contact Joey Kliegal with Eureka Construction at (208) 280-1140.
Fly tying symposium May 3
Trout Unlimited's Hemingway Chapter will have as the main theme of its May 3 meeting fly tying and knot strength demonstrations.
The meeting will be held at the Roosevelt Grill in Ketchum from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, May 3.
All fishing enthusiasts and other outdoor recrea-tionists are invited to attend the presentation. Also on hand during the meeting will be Dan Kenney, the Saw-tooth National Forest's fisheries biologist.
Kenney will make a five-minute presentation on Trout Unlimited's Penny Lake handicap ramp project. Penny Lake is located several miles west of downtown Ketchum in the Warm Springs Creek drainage.
In other local Trout Unlimited news, the Heming-way Chapter's traditional Box Car Bend cleanup pro-gram has been scheduled for Saturday, May 12. The goal of the cleanup is to pull out noxious weeds, repair trails, and generally clean up the area.
The start time for the cleanup is 9:30 a.m., and tools and wood shavings will be provided. The work will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Anyone interested in taking part in the cleanup is invited. For additional information or directions to the area, contact program leader Carmen Northen.
Join Mommy & Me
All through the month of May, from 11 a.m.-noon on Wednesdays, the Toy Store in Hailey will offer Mommy & Me gatherings.
Along with contributions by other Hailey Mer-chants, these events will offer toy tips for tots, fashions for hip moms and kids, food ideas, gardening tips, books, music, door prizes and discounts.
Complete schedules are available at participating businesses: North & Co, Music & Me, diVine, Petals & Stems, Iconoclast Books, Full Moon Steakhouse & Ca-tering, the Golden Elk and The Toy Store.
Tech guru speaks to students
Innovative technology is at the heart of most mod-ern economic success stories. The foundation of such endeavors is based on skilled and qualified workers.
On Thursday, May 17, at 4 p.m., the Education Foundation of Blaine County is hosting Bob Lokken at the Community Campus in Hailey. Lokken, a native Idahoan, is know worldwide in the field of technology. He will speak on educational opportunities for local students.
Idaho has a very long way to go to have student graduates compete globally, Lokken said. For more information on seeing Lokken, phone or e-mail Heather Crocker, executive director of the Education Foundation, at 578-5449, hcrocker@blaineschools.org.
