Hailey to celebrate night of music
The third annual Hailey Night of Music will take place Monday, July 19, from 5-10 p.m. Various businesses on Hailey's Main Street will feature live music including valley bands FourStroke Bus, Kim Stocking Band, No Cheap Horses, Slow Children Playing, Finn Riggins and Hat Trick.
The Hailey Arts Commission and the Hailey Chamber of Commerce in association with Figgleaf Productions will present Hailey Night of Music as part of the Hailey Month of Art. All music is free to the public.
Contest to benefit Animal Shelter
The Best in Dog Show contest will take place on Thursday, July 15, at 5 p.m. at the Walnut Avenue Mall in Ketchum. Categories include best-dressed, best singer and best accessorized. The event will include a raffle, music, hot dogs and refreshments.
Tickets are $10 and all proceeds will benefit the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley. For details, call 720-6411.
Classes offered to quit smoking
The American Cancer Society's "Fresh Start" program, a free series of six classes to help adults quit using tobacco products, will be held each Monday from July 19 through Aug. 23 in Twin Falls. The classes, a partnership between the South Central Public Health District and the Mustard Tree Wellness Clinic, will take place from 6-7 p.m. at the Mustard Tree, 676 Shoup W., Suite 2.
Participants in the class learn skills to communicate better, handle stress, make decisions, set goals, eat healthy and exercise.
Contact Elvia Caldera at 737-5988 or Jonie Benson at 734-2610.
According to South Central Public Health, more than 1,500 Idahoans die each year from smoking-related disease. For every tobacco-related death, 20 other people suffer from various health problems and a decreased quality of life.
Spare Change plays Thursday
Ketchum's popular Music on the Square continues Thursday, July 15, with live music by Spare Change. Spare Change band members include Chip Booth on guitar and mandolin, Jeremy Hadden on bass and Lawrence Smart on fiddle and mandolin, playing a mix of bluegrass, folk tunes and jazz.
The free concert runs from 6-8 p.m. in the new Ketchum Town Plaza and picnics are encouraged.
Upcoming bands include Up a Creek on July 22 and Hoodwink on July 29.
INL to discuss future of energy
Representatives from the Idaho National Laboratory will give a presentation on the future of energy at the Senior Connection in Hailey on Wednesday, July 21. This is a lunchtime presentation. Cost is $6 for non-seniors and a suggested donation of $4 for adults over the age of 60.
To make a reservation, call Kimberly Coonis at 788-3468.
ITD seeks comments on plan
The draft Statewide Transportation Improvement Program for fiscal years 2011 to 2014 is available for public review and comment. The document identifies about $2 billion in proposed transportation-related projects. Included are projects for highways, bicycle and pedestrian paths, transit and aeronautics.
The Idaho Transportation Board will review the STIP recommendations and make final decisions this fall.
The document can be viewed at www.itd.idaho.gov. Click on the red draft STIP box. Access to a comment form appears throughout the document. People without Web access may obtain a form by calling (208) 332-7823, e-mailing mark.mcneese2@itd.idaho.gov or writing to Box 7129, Boise, ID 83707.
Comments will be accepted through Aug. 6 and can be made via e-mail, mail, phone or fax.
Drivers will put pedal to the metal
After its debut last year, the Sun Valley Road Rally will once again transform Highway 75 into a no-speed-limit zone on Saturday, July 31, to benefit the Blaine County Community Drug Coalition. Drivers will have a two-mile straightaway to hit their top speed and another mile to cool it down. In 2009, the cars participating included Ferraris, Bentleys, Ford GTs and Porsches, and they pushed speeds of 190 mph.
The rally will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. between the SNRA headquarters and the Baker Creek parking lot north of Ketchum. A viewing area for spectators on the course will offer refreshments, chairs, an announcer and a digital speed display as the drivers pass the speed trap. Parking for the event will be at the Baker Creek parking lot 18 miles north of Ketchum.
The Blaine County Drug Coalition funds programs to decrease alcohol and other drug use among youths.
Spectator tickets are available for a suggested tax-deductible donation of $20 ($50 for families). For information on participating as a driver or a spectator, go to www.sunvalleyroadrally.com or call 726-2777.
U.S. Bank names branch manager
U.S. Bank has named Evelyn Ryberg branch manager of its Ketchum office at 111 Main St.
Ryberg is a 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, most recently as vice president and team leader with JP Morgan Private Wealth Management in Indianapolis, Ind. She has also held branch manager positions with U.S. Bank in Bellingham and Tacoma, Wash.
F&G sets fall chinook season
BOISE (AP)—The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has approved a harvest season on fall chinook salmon starting Sept. 1 on the Snake River between Lewiston and Hells Canyon Dam. The season will continue daily until further notice or Oct. 31.
Fishery managers predict that 23,075 adult hatchery chinook salmon will cross Washington state's Lower Granite Dam, the last of four federal dams on the lower Snake River on their way back to Idaho.
Most of these are headed for the Snake River above the mouth of the Clearwater.
The daily limit will be two chinook, only one of which may be an adult 24 inches or more in length. The possession limit is six, of which three may be adults.
All wild salmon—those with an intact adipose fin—must be released.
Entries sought for Bellevue parade
The Bellevue Labor Day Celebration Planning Committee is accepting entries for the city's annual Labor Day parade on Sunday, Sept. 5, at 1 p.m. Lineup will start at 11 a.m. on Birch Street.
Day-of-parade entries are permitted, but early entries are preferred. Entry forms are available at Guffy's or by e-mail at bellevuelaborday@gmail.com. For more information, call Martin at 788-4384.
Volunteers sought for folk festival
The 33rd annual Northern Rockies Folk Festival is looking for volunteers to help take tickets for two-hour shifts from 4-10 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 6, and from noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 7. Volunteers will receive a free pass to the festival on the day they work for each two-hour shift worked.
This year's lineup is available at www.northernrockiesfolkfestival.com.
To volunteer, contact Stefany Mahoney at 720-8227 or e-mail at stefmahoney@yahoo.com.
Forest Service proposes land sale
The Ketchum Ranger District is proposing to convey a 40-acre parcel of undeveloped land along Hyndman Creek, northeast of Triumph. The site is between private land and bisected by a Forest Service road. The site is undeveloped, sage-steppe shrub and grassland and is relatively flat.
The site has been authorized for disposal under the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005. It was originally set aside as an administrative site but never developed.
Comments on the proposal will be considered on or before Aug. 15. Send comments to the Ketchum Ranger Station, attn: Mike O'Farrell, Box 2356, Ketchum, ID 83340.
Comments, including names and addresses, will be part of the public record.
For additional information, contact Mike O'Farrell at 622-0082.
Top prosecutor exits fed court
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP)—Tom Moss says his nine years as Idaho's top federal prosecutor was a "great adventure.''
As Idaho's U.S. attorney, Moss prosecuted one of the most high-profile murders in state history. He eventually won a death sentence for murderer and child rapist Joseph Duncan, convicted for crimes committed in northern Idaho and Montana.
Moss was also the nation's associate deputy attorney general for violent crime, appointed in 2007 by then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
The Post Register reports that the 72-year-old Blackfoot man received word two weeks ago that Wendy Olson had been confirmed as his successor, and he left the office two days later.
Moss said he knew for some time that he would be replaced, but that he will miss his associations with law enforcement and other U.S. attorneys.
