See 'Sim Man'
Air St. Luke's will be offering a hands-on demonstration of the technologically advanced "Sim Man" at St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center's Baldy conference room at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6. Information on the future of simulated training will also be discussed. Refreshments and appetizers will be served.
For more information, contact Karen Morrison at 727-8420.
Fairfield student gets scholarship
Camas County High School student Monica Cutler is one of two Idaho students to be chosen for the U.S. Senate Youth Program.
The award includes a $5,000 scholarship and a visit to Washington, D.C., where she will attend Senate meetings and briefings and meet members of Congress and judges on the U.S. Supreme Court. The trip might even include a meeting with the president.
A press release from Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, says Cutler was selected mainly because of an outstanding academic record. Besides that, she is a varsity cheerleader, active in school council and involved in numerous community activities.
Violence Prevention Week set
In conjunction with National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, Feb. 4-8, the Advocates' Darrel Harris will lead a community discussion on teen relationships at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Iconoclast Books in Ketchum.
The Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Initiative was started by teens through the American Bar Association in 2004. The week is an annual effort to raise awareness of teen dating violence nationwide.
"We know that too often teen dating violence is a part of physical and emotional abuse," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-New York, said in a news release. "Abuse is never acceptable."
For details on the Advocates' discussion, call 726-1564.
'Today Show' to feature Sun Valley
Sun Valley and Ketchum will be featured in a "Lovers on a Budget" segment on NBC's morning news program "The Today Show" on Wednesday, Feb. 6. The segment, to air during the 9 a.m. hour (MST), will showcase getaways just in time for the Valentine's Day holiday. Travel expert Valarie D'Elia will talk about Sun Valley Resort's Ski & Stay package, which starts at $105 per person per night and includes a night at the Sun Valley Lodge and one day of skiing, and is available through March 20. Scenic and recreational shots of the area will also be shown.
"This level of national exposure is wonderful," said Bronwyn Patterson, Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau public relations manager. She said she presented show producers with the idea of including Sun Valley in the segment.
Who is 'Brightest Star'?
Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is seeking nominations to honor Idaho's outstanding volunteers. The Governor's Brightest Star Awards program recognizes volunteers in several categories including individual, youth, organization, school, small business, corporation and community.
Nominating forms are available online at brighteststars.idaho.gov. Deadline for submissions is March 1.
For more information, call Kelly Houston at Serve Idaho, (800) 588-3334.
Valley surgeon named one of top
Dr. Frank Fiaschetti was recently listed in "Guide to America's Top Surgeons 2007" by the Consumer's Research Council of America, a Washington, D.C.,-based consumer group.
Associated for 14 years with St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center, Fiaschetti is a board-certified general surgeon with a fellowship in vascular surgery. He received his medical degree at Harbour/UCLA, where he was also on the teaching staff for several years.
First Aid class offered
St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center will conduct the American Heart Association's basic first aid class on Thursday, Feb. 7, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the hospital's River Run conference room. Cost is $40.
For more information and to pre-register call St. Luke's Center for Community Health at 727-8733.
Put the pox on shingles
St. Luke's Wood River Center for Community Health will hold a free "brown bag" lecture on "Putting the Pox on the Pox: Treatment and Prevention of Shingles."
Physician's assistant Emily Karassik will run the lecture, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the hospital's Baldy conference room.
For more information, call St. Luke's Center for Community Health at 727-8733.
Flu is widespread in Idaho
Idaho's public health officials are reporting widespread flu-like activity in Idaho. Influenza vaccines are still recommended for those at high risk, such as the elderly. Appointments can be made with the South Central District Health office in Bellevue at 788-4335.
"We don't know how severe this flu season will be, but we believe it hasn't peaked yet," said Dr. Leslie Tengelsen, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare deputy state epidemiologist. "If you haven't received an influenza vaccine, don't wait any longer."
'Express Yourself'
Express Yourself, a four-hour workshop for teens that is part of A Winter Feast for the Soul, will be held Saturday, Feb. 9, from noon to 4 p.m. at the Silver Creek Alternative School in Hailey. The workshop will help teens to learn to use words, drawings and related techniques to discover and record thoughts and feelings. Lunch will be included. There is no charge for the event.
For more information, call Light on the Mountains at 727-1631 or Valerie Skonie 788-6373.
Roadless Rule meetings set
Hailey will host one of four meetings in central Idaho next week related to draft rules released by the U.S. Forest Service in December to manage the state's 9.3 million acres of roadless national forest land. The meeting will be held at the Hailey Community Campus, 1050 Fox Acres Rd. in Hailey, on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Representatives from the Sawtooth National Forest will be on hand during the meeting.
State and national environmental groups are concerned that many of Idaho's most remote and pristine roadless national forest lands could be opened to logging, mining, road building and other resource-development activities under the new draft plan, which would replace the 2001-era Clinton roadless rule. Idaho and several other Western states challenged the Clinton rule, which protected 58.5 million acres of roadless national forest land nationwide. Although initially thrown out by the Bush administration, the Clinton rule was reinstated by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Laporte in San Francisco in early 2007.
For now, the Clinton roadless rule remains in effect, even though it continues to be challenged by some Western states.
A 90-day public comment period on the draft rule will end April 7.
