Call for Wagon Days parade entries
The deadline for submitting entries for Ketchum's Wagon Days Parade is Friday, Aug. 24. Entry forms and additional details are available at HYPERLINK http://www.wagondays.org www.wagondays.org.
The parade, which attracted more than 17,000 spectators last year, will be Saturday, Sept. 1, at 1 p.m.
Businesses can request assistance in obtaining a wagon and team from Wagon Days Event Coordinator Heather LaMonica Deckard at 720-4535 or HYPERLINK "mailto:heather@sunvalleyevents.com" "_blank" heather@sunvalleyevents.com.
Forest project proposals to be reviewed
The Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, Aug. 16, at 9 a.m. at the Public Lands Center at 1206 S. Challis St., Salmon, to review project proposals for funding.
The funding is available through the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act, which was reauthorized by Congress for one year.
"The authority to recommend projects for funding will expire on Sept. 30, so they need to complete recommendations for 2013 in a very tight timeline," said Salmon-Challis National Forest Supervisor Frank Guzman. "At this time we are uncertain as to the amount of funding available."
Projects must be located on national forest system lands in Butte, Custer or Lemhi counties or on nearby lands where the project will benefit resources on the national forests. Projects can be completed by Forest Service personnel, through partnership agreements or by open-bid contracting with individuals and corporations.
Those interested in submitted proposals should obtain a form from CIRAC Coordinator Karen Dunlap at the Salmon-Challis Supervisor's Office, 1206 S. Challis St., Salmon, ID 83467. Dunlap can also be reached via email at HYPERLINK "mailto:kdunlap@fs.fed.us"kdunlap@fs.fed.us or phone at (208) 756-5192. The deadline for submitting proposals is today, Friday, Aug. 10.
Play kickball for charity
The 10th Annual Sun Valley Adaptive Sports Kickball Tournament, benefiting SVAS camps for local kids, teens, and adults with disabilities, will be held Saturday, Aug. 18.
The tournament will begin at 10 a.m. at Atkinson Park fields in Ketchum.
Cost is $375 per team, with a minimum of 10 players, or $40 per individual. SVAS will help match players with teams with open spots.
There also will be a children's area with bouncy houses and other activities.
Raffle tickets will be available, costing $5 for one ticket or $20 for five tickets. Prizes include two tickets to the upcoming Bonnie Raitt concert, a golf pass for four at Sun Valley's White Clouds golf course, six movie passes at Bigwood Cinemas, and gift certificates at various restaurants.
All proceeds benefit Sun Valley Adaptive Sports' PACK program providing camps
for local kids, teens, and adults with disabilities.
For additional information, contact: Peta Verhaeghe at (214) 207-9100 or peta@svasp.org.
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Higher Ground to host women
Sun Valley Adaptive Sports Higher Ground program will host a camp to support women wounded in the armed forces Aug. 20-25 at Pettit Lake near Stanley.
All veterans have traumatic brain injury and/or post traumatic stress disorder.
Activities will include stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing and rafting
Business After Hours set in Hailey
The Hailey Chamber of Commerce August Business After Hours event, hosted by Webb Garden Center and U.S. Bank, will be at the Webb Garden Center, 417 N. Main Street in Hailey, from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 16.
Call 788-3484 for additional information.
Paint the Town Pink raises more than $26,000
Local breast cancer research nonprofit Expedition Inspiration concluded its Paint the Town Pink Week for Breast Cancer Research Aug. 4, after raising more than $26,000 towards the cause.
The week featured the "1 in 8" art installment in the Sun Valley Festival Meadows, a Back Alley Party at The Wicked Spud, an evening of art and fashion with Bella Boombox Creations at Ochi Gallery, an outdoor movie premiere of "Expedition Inspiration" and the Women's Health Associates Take-A-Hike and Climb for a Cure.
All funds raised will go towards Expedition Inspiration's Annual Laura Evans Memorial Breast Cancer Symposium, an invitation-only conference that brings together the best breast cancer research minds in the world.
The attendees have intense working sessions to share unpublished information, analyze breakthroughs, recognize hurdles to finding a cure and discuss advances in treatment.
Trey McIntyre Project at St. Luke's
The Trey McIntyre Project modern ballet group will give a 30-minute performance in the St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center lobby on Thursday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m.
The dancers will interact with patients, health care providers, staff, families and visitors. After the performance, the dancers will be available to do interactive movement therapy with patients and bedside performances for those who miss the lobby show.
"The experience of dance provides a welcome distraction for people in pain and aids with the healing process," states a St. Luke's Wood River news release.
The hospital performance will be a sneak preview of the group's performance at the Sun Valley Pavilion at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24.
For more information on the Trey McIntyre Project, visit the company's website at www.treymcintyre.com.
Idaho falls short on cancer fight
Idaho is falling short on its legislative work to combat cancer, according to a recent report from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
The "How Do You Measure Up?" report by the Cancer Action Network, the American Cancer Society's advocacy affiliate, found that Idaho does not measure up to benchmarks in any of the seven state policy areas deemed "crucial" to winning the fight against cancer by the network.
The seven key policy areas are breast and cervical cancer early-detection program funding, colorectal screening coverage laws, smoke-free laws, tobacco prevention program funding, tobacco taxes, state bans on use of tanning beds by minors, and access to palliative care.
The report said Idaho is making "moderate movement toward the benchmark" in smoke-free laws and access to palliative care, but is falling short in all other areas.
