Historical Society to meet
The Ketchum-Sun Valley Historical Society and Ski Museum will hold its annual membership meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 6 p.m.
A brief business meeting will be followed by a reception at the Ski Museum at Forest Service Park, at the corner of Washington Avenue and First Street in Ketchum.
Call Executive Director Donna Simms for information at 726-8118.
Make your treat canned food
The Blaine County Teen Advisory Council will host a canned-food drive from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Halloween night, Oct. 31, to benefit The Hunger Coalition. BCTAC members will trick-or-treat for canned food or boxed-food goods. These items can be left outside for pick-up. Cat and dog food items, including kitty litter, will also be accepted for distribution this holiday season. Everyone is invited to participate, and may do so on their own, dropping food items off on Thursday, Nov. 1, at the St. Luke's Center for Community Health, at 417 N. Main, in Hailey.
Formed in 2004 by concerned Blaine County citizens, The Hunger Coalition is a local nonprofit organization committed to ending hunger in Blaine County.
For more information, contact 727-8735 or visit www.bcyak.org.
Hailey awarded $5,000 grant
The Environmental Resource Center announced on Wednesday, Oct. 24, that Hailey, in partnership with the ERC, Blaine County, and the other cities of the Wood River Valley, received a $5,000 grant to implement climate protection programs.
The grant was awarded through the Northwest Cities for Climate Protection Initiative, which is sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, which helps local governments work towards sustainability.
The grant will help the city continue to support its Climate Protection Committee and its goal of collecting information about the greenhouse gas emissions that result from the city's operations. This information will be shared with other local governments to make decisions on how to control and reduce the area's carbon footprint.
Sun Valley woman appointed to P.E.O. Foundation board
Patricia L. Brolin-Ribi, of Sun Valley, has been appointed to the board of trustees of the P.E.O. Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that encourages tax-deductible gifts to the educational and charitable programs of the 250,000-member P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Brolin-Ribi is an attorney in Sun Valley, where she and her husband, Nils, have lived for more than 20 years. A native of Montana, she attended the University of Montana in Missoula, where she earned her bachelor's degree in interpersonal communications and later her juris doctor degree in law.
The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded in 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College, in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is a philanthropic and educational organization interested in bringing increased opportunities for higher education to women. There are approximately 6,000 local chapters in the United States and Canada.
Teacher recruitment events set
In anticipation of teacher shortages in coming years, the American Board of Certification of Teacher Excellence is hosting teacher recruitment events to attract those interested in changing careers. Two teacher recruitment sessions will take place in Pocatello and Boise. The event in Pocatello is an informational session Thursday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Portneuf District Library at 5210 Stuart Ave. In Boise, the event is a recruitment fair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Red Lion Boise Downtowner at 1800 West Fairview Ave.
Events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Colleen Corliss at (202) 261-2636.
Chamber ad campaign launched
The Sun Valley/Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau has launched a new advertising campaign with the release of its annual visitor information brochure, the 2007-2008 Getaway Guide. Previously known as the Vacation Planner, the Getaway Guide contains information on shopping, dining, lodging, and area events and activities, and is one of the main sources of information for those visiting Sun Valley/Ketchum.
The new guide features the Friedlpfeiffer campaign on its cover, invoking the "go-higher" spirit of Friedl Pfeiffer. Skiing legend Pfeiffer, onetime head of Sun Valley's ski school, insisted the lifts go all the way to the top of Bald Mountain—something that had never been done before anywhere in the world.
Also new this year is the inclusion of both Hailey and Bellevue chamber businesses. Guides have been distributed nationally and internationally to online and telephone inquiries, and ski swaps and visitors centers throughout the West. Guides have also been sent to ski shows in Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Oakland, and San Francisco and area lodging properties and businesses. The Getaway Guides are available at the Sun Valley/Ketchum CVB Visitors Center, 251 Washington St., in Ketchum, or by visiting www.visitsunvalley.com.
