Wednesday, June 6, 2007

News Briefs


Encounter Papa's Jazz Age

"Hemingway and the Jazz Age" will be presented at the Community Library in Ketchum, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 7. Hosted by Boise resident Norman Weinstein, a nationally recognized jazz critic, jazz historian, educator, poet and award-winning writer, the talk will include a sampling of the jazz recordings Hemingway enjoyed and a screening of short films by 1920s jazz masters.

Among Weinstein's published works are literary criticisms on Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, both contemporaries of Ernest Hemingway in Paris.

Beetle treatments continue

The Yankee Fork, Challis, Middle Fork and Lost River ranger districts on the Salmon-Challis National Forest are treating lodgepole pine trees to protect them from mountain pine beetles at 11 recreation sites.

In 2005, approximately 2,800 trees were treated in the same sites. The treatments last for two years before a reapplication is necessary.

Treatments are expected to be completed by June 22.

For additional information, contact David Morris at the Challis Ranger District at (208) 879-4130.

Learn to read topographic maps

The Environmental Resource Center's orienteering workshop will be Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Participants will meet at the Environmental Resource Center at 471 N. Washington Ave. in Ketchum for a compass skills tutorial, followed by a hike to put the skills into practice.

The workshop will be led by Craig Barry, executive director of the ERC. Bring hiking shoes, water, lunch and sunscreen but no pets. The class is free to members and a donation is requested for non-members: $15 for individuals and $25 for families.

For more information and to register, call 726-4333.

YMCA to offer teen cooking class

A Healthy Cooking class for teens will be offered at the Wood River High School in Hailey from Monday, June 11, through Friday, June 15. The class costs $150 for the week. To register, call 727-YMCA.

Hailey library director departing

Ann Tabler, executive director of the Hailey Public Library for the past nine years, will be leaving the Wood River Valley to return to her home state of Kentucky.

April MacLeod, president of the library board of trustees, said that during her time at the library, Tabler expanded not only the library's physical space, but also its permanent collection and its presence on the Internet.

The library's technical systems manager, Randi Wilson, will act as interim executive director while the board searches for someone to fill the position.

In recognition of Tabler's contribution during her tenure, friends, patrons and members of the public are invited to come by the library on Thursday, June 7, during business hours to wish Tabler well in her new venture.

Road work set for June 7

The city of Ketchum will conduct utility work on Sun Valley Road between Washington Avenue and First Avenue on Thursday, June 7.

There will be limited access to businesses in the immediate area. Work is expected to run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

St. Luke's offers lectures

St. Luke's will offer a spate of gatherings during the next week.

Today, June 6, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., free blood pressure checks will be offered at the Ketchum Post Office by a registered nurse.

There will be a lecture on mammography screening and breast cancer prevention from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, June 7, with registered nurse Jill Winschell from St. Luke's Boise Breast Care Services.

The Breast Cancer Support Group will meet on Tuesday, June 12, at noon at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center. The group will be facilitated by Gay Miremont, community outreach coordinator for St. Luke's Center for Community Health.

Beginning on Tuesday, June 12, and running for the following two Tuesdays, "What's Happening to Me" puberty classes for boys ages 9 through 12 and their parents will be held. Cost is $30. The classes will be held at St. Luke's WRMC, in the Baldy Conference Room.

For more information and to register, call 727-8733.

Ketchum considers e-mail policy

Following an Idaho Supreme Court decision earlier this year, the city of Ketchum is contemplating an e-mail open-records rule for all city officials and employees.

"This is our attempt to get ahead of the issue," said Ketchum City Attorney Ben Worst. "We need to create a policy that governs the use by both the elected and appointed officials."

Worst said the city's new policy would require officials and employees to copy e-mail communications to a central database at Ketchum City Hall.

Additionally, Councilman Baird Gourlay said, all City Council members will soon obtain laptops to use for city business.

"The idea is that we don't have to conduct city business with our personal computers," he said.

Councilman Steve Shafran reiterated the point behind the measure.

"It's really important for people to understand: E-mail is not a private phone call."

Commissioners discuss county jail

The new Blaine County public safety facility and jail will include covered parking for emergency vehicles as well as a storage building, but won't have a snowmelt system for the facility's sidewalks, county commissioners decided Monday.

The commissioners decided to go with manual snow removal rather than the snowmelt system because of the artificial system's steeper price tag, commission Chairman Tom Bowman said Tuesday. Based on a cost analysis that compared the two methods over a 30-year time, the snowmelt system came in at about $265,000, including labor, installation and ongoing operation, compared to just $95,000 for manual snow removal, which includes labor and equipment costs, Bowman said.

The decision to not go forward with the snowmelt system was also made for environmental reasons, he added.

"We're trying to make it (the county facility) as green as possible," Bowman said.

The commissioners also decided to delay a decision on whether the county should attempt to achieve LEED certification for the new public safety facility. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, and is a nationally recognized accreditation process for the design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

The commission will continue discussing LEED certification for the facility at 10 a.m., June 11. The meeting will be held in the upstairs meeting room of the Old County Courthouse in Hailey.

Dance in the Mountains

Footlight Dance Center will host one of Idaho's best jazz dance teachers, Jaime Moore, during the Dance in the Mountains Workshop, Monday, June 11, to Friday, June 15. The workshop will also have a selection of flamenco dance taught by Brazilian dancer Solange Gomes of Salt Lake City.

Moore is the director and choreographer for the Hot Shot Dancers of the Boise Burn Football Arena team. She teaches at Boise State University and at several studios in Boise.

Gomes has danced and taught exclusively in flamenco for 18 years. For more information, call Footlight Dance at 788-3481, ext. 6.




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