Clif and Luna Bars recalled
Clif Bar & Co. has voluntarily recalled all of its Clif and Luna bars that contain peanut butter, due to possible health risks.
The recalled products contain peanut butter manufactured by the Peanut Corp. of America, which is the focus of an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration into an outbreak of salmonella-contaminated peanut butter.
For a list of bars go to www.clifbar.com.
Training will help hospitality for Special Olympics
In partnership with Special Olympics International, the Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau will hold a one-hour training session for the hospitality (hotel) community on Friday, Jan. 30, from 2-3 p.m. at the Best Western Kentwood Lodge with motivational speaker Randy Morgan.
Employees who attend will be entered into a drawing for admittance into private VIP functions, and will receive a "Friends of Special Olympics" World Winter Games button, a name badge ribbon to wear during the games and a homemade blue-and-white scarf.
RSVP by Jan. 27 to Gina Bennett visitorservices@visitsunvalley.com or 725-2108.
Join discussion on "Be the Change"
Basing her idea on Mahatma Ghandi's famous quote, "Be the change you want to see," Karen Day, a humanitarian journalist in Hailey, started the Be The Change project, which she calls a think-tank movement. The project includes a billboard campaign on Interstate 84 in southern Idaho and an interactive Web site.
A meeting is planned for anyone interested in the project on Monday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Wood River Community YMCA in Ketchum.
Day hopes people will log on to bethechangeyouwanttosee.net to write or blog about such issues as revitalizing the economy, ending the war in Iraq, providing health care for all, protecting the nation, renewing American global leadership, civil rights, defense, education, energy and the environment.
For more information, call 578-1177 or go to the project Web site.
Free online tax filing
The Idaho State Tax Commission is offering free online income tax filing, available at tax.idaho.gov. The site features software companies that offer qualifying taxpayers free electronic filing for both federal and Idaho income tax returns. Navigate to "Free Income Tax Filing" to see a list of providers and eligibility requirements.
Those who don't qualify for free filing can still use the site to find electronic filing providers.
Avalanche awareness week
Next week is Avalanche Awareness Week, which runs during the last week of January. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, the Sawtooth National Forest Avalanche Center in Ketchum will conduct a one-hour avalanche awareness program at the Community Campus at 1050 Fox Acres Rd. in Hailey.
The short program, from 7-8 p.m., will help would-be backcountry travelers understand why and where avalanches occur, avalanche warning signs and the basic concepts of what to do if you or your partner is caught.
The avalanche center will also provide a free two-hour avalanche beacon and rescue training clinic during avalanche awareness week. The clinic will take place at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31, at the avalanche rescue training park in the large field east of the Catholic Church on Sun Valley Road. Participants should bring their own beacon and avalanche probe and dress warm enough to spend up to two hours outside.
For additional information call the avalanche center at 622-0095.
Tickets have wrong date
Printed on the tickets for the Sun Valley Center for the Arts final speaker series program, Journalism Panel Discussion on Media and the Election, is the wrong date. As scheduled, the panel discussion will be held 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9 at the NexStage Theatre in Ketchum
This evening will include The Nation's Net Movement Correspondent Ari Melber; the Los Angeles Times' Political Reporter Mark Barabak; CNBC's Julia Boorstin and moderator former CBS and Fox News President Van Gordon Sauter, of Sun Valley.
The discussion will focus on how the media covered the 2008 election and in what ways that coverage affected people's decisions.
For more information call 726-9491.
