Get a room and gas
Lots of hotels are offering incentives to keep business viable into the fall. Earl Holding, who owns both Sinclair Oil and the Sun Valley Resort, is teaming up the entities by offering a $25 Sinclair Fuel Card for vacation stays at Sun Valley Resort between Sept. 1 and Oct. 14.
Guests will receive a $25 Sinclair gas card for every night of their stay. Gas cards will be issued upon arrival at check-in. This offer may not be combined with any other offer.
For Sun Valley Resort reservations call (800)-786-8259 or visit sunvalley.com.
Trout Unlimited to hold chapter meeting
The Hemingway Trout Unlimited chapter will hold its 2009 kickoff meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Roosevelt Tavern & Grille in Ketchum. All anglers and other outdoor enthusiasts are invited to attend. The featured speaker will be Todd Kaplan, a professional photographer and local fishing guide. As well as presenting many of his breathtaking images, he will share his secrets on how to ensure that you capture all the thrill of your companions' catch - and yours.
Kaplan specializes in flyfishing, and in capturing scenic views of the western United States, from Alaska to Arizona, with a focus on fly-fishing images in Idaho. His photography has graced the covers of Orvis Co. catalogs, Ski Magazine, Delta Airlines, Big Sky Journal and the Sun Valley Guide.
The Hemingway chapter will hold monthly meetings and presentations through June 2009. All meetings are held at the Roosevelt Tavern.
Senior Center receives $229,000 challenge grant
The Blaine County Senior Center got a big boost this week from the Hayward Family Foundation, when Hope Hayward agreed to provide a $229,000 challenge grant for refurbishing and expanding the facility.
"The BCSS is basically a community campus for adults," said BCSS fundraiser and event coordinator Tammy Eaton. "We are one of only two certified senior centers in the state of Idaho." The BCSS touches the lives of 150 seniors every day, allowing many to live independent lives within the community.
Eaton said the grant will help the BCSS achieve its goal of adding 3,000 square feet in size, including an enlarged kitchen, dining hall and games area.
The BCSS has raised $9,000 dollars from the community already, and additional $15,000 formt eh Wood River Women's Charitable Foundation for the renovation.
DUI patrols underway
Law enforcement personnel are advising drivers not to make poor decisions by driving impaired this Labor Day weekend because agencies have stepped up patrols through Sept. 3.
"No matter what you drive—a passenger car, pickup, sport utility vehicle or motorcycle, if you're caught driving impaired—you will be arrested," said Kevin Bechen with Idaho Transportation Department's Office of Highway Operations and Safety.
Officers expect to arrest more impaired drivers through increased patrols statewide and make the holiday weekend safer for motorists.
Warm Springs power could be buried
The Ketchum Ranger District is seeking public input on an application to replace a portion of overhead power line in Warm Springs canyon with buried cable.
The proposal by Idaho Power would replace 6,200 feet of existing overhead line along a 20-foot-wide corridor through National Forest land south of Warm Springs Creek.
The overhead line would be replaced with 7,114 feet of buried cable along a 10-foot-wide right of way along Warm Springs Road.
The line replacement would begin at the first bridge west of Board Ranch, where the line crosses Warm Springs Creek, and would travel west, upstream, approximately 1.3 miles.
The abandoned poles would be cut down and left in place
Send comments to Mike O'Farrell, Ketchum Ranger District, P.O. Box 2356, Ketchum, ID 83340. E-mail O'Farrell at mofarrell@fs.fed.us. For more information call (208) 622-0082.
