Scholarships available at CSI
College of Southern Idaho Blaine County Center scholarship applications are now available for the 2010 fall semester at the CSI offices at the Community Campus in Hailey.
To be eligible, students are required to live or work in Blaine County and to be registered for at least one course.
Application deadline is July 9.
For more information, contact CSI at 788-2033.
Charlene Malone wins nursing award
St. Luke's Wood River registered nurse Charlene Malone has been awarded the 2010 Carl A. Gray Memorial Award for overall nursing excellence. The St. Luke's Wood River Foundation board of directors and the Harvey Gray family presented the award during a ceremony at the hospital on May 12.
Malone is clinical supervisor in the hospital's Medical Surgical Unit.
Each year, hospital staff members nominate a nurse who exemplifies excellence in his or her practice. Then, the nursing staff votes.
The Gray Family established the award in 1995 in honor of Carl A. Gray, an avid Sun Valley Ski Club member.
Parkinson's group to hold first meeting
The Wood River Parkinson's Community will have a luncheon meeting at Smoky Mountain Pizzeria Grill in Ketchum on Friday, June 4, at noon.
Caregivers and other interested parties, including newly diagnosed patients, are welcome to attend. The meeting will include several brief speakers covering a range of subjects.
For details, call 727-1612 or e-mail normanf@cox.net.
Foreign policy discussion group forms
Former U.S. Foreign Service diplomat Tony Mabbatt will facilitate a "Great Decisions" discussion group on foreign policy issues every Monday and Thursday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Sun Valley beginning Monday, May 31, through Thursday, June 24, from 6:30-8 p.m.
Each participant will receive a briefing book as part of the class fee. The class will cost $80.
For details, call 788-2033.
Chamber posts online event calendar
The Sun Valley-Ketchum Chamber & Visitors Bureau has created a colorful, 18-page summer calendar of events on its website, visitsunvalley.com. The virtual brochure will also be forwarded to all the businesses and nonprofit groups that have events for inclusion on their websites.
The chamber's 36-page Getaway Guide, with area recreational activities, dining, shopping, lodging, big events, maps, and transportation, has also been posted on the chamber's website.
Sawtooth Rangers to hold barbecue
The Sawtooth Rangers will host a barbecue cook-off with live music to raise money for construction of the new Hailey Rodeo Park on Saturday, June 5.
The cook-off will include six categories: lamb, beef, pork, poultry, vegetarian and Dutch oven. Cook-Off entry fee will be $25 per category. Grand prize will be a four-burner charbroil stainless steel gas grill donated by Lowe's Home Improvement.
Startup time will be 8 a.m., with final judging at 6 p.m.
There will be food concessions along with a beer and wine garden.
General admission will be $5 per person, with children under 6 free. To judge and vote in People's Choice will be an additional $5 per person, limited to 25 people.
For more information, call Kelly Heuett at 721-2795 or Lorna Hazelton at 720-6674.
Rec District gets new board member
Bellevue resident Mark Mary has been appointed by the Blaine County Recreation District's board of directors to complete Spence Ellsworth's term.
Ellsworth submitted his resignation on Feb. 11, as he would be taking a new job that would require a move to Arizona. His term was to expire in December.
Mary has a bachelor's degree in business administration and has worked as human resource director at Power Engineers in Hailey for the past 15 years. He is married with two children.
Motor vehicle fatalities decline
Idaho motor vehicle fatalities declined by more than one-third during the first four months of 2010, according to preliminary data from the Idaho Transportation Department.
Early numbers from ITD show 40 motor vehicle fatalities from January through April. Since 2007, an average of 65 people died as a result of motor vehicle crashes on the state's highways during the first four months of the year.
ITD stated that improvements to highways, commitment by partners sharing safety messages, traffic enforcement, increased highway safety education efforts and a mild winter contribute to reductions.
Motor vehicle fatalities are also declining nationwide.
