Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Why no photo of yodeler?

When I opened Section B of the Idaho Mountain Express on Aug. 8, I was impressed with the article and color photos of the artists who performed at the Northern Rockies Folk Festival. 

However, I had to look long and hard for any kind of an article on the outstanding international alpine and Western yodeler at the Bellevue Memorial Park on July 31 sponsored by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. No article, no pictures, no mention of the attendance of more than 400 people who came to enjoy from throughout the valley, as well as  Jerome, Twin Falls, Boise, Gooding, Featherville and Burley.

This performer plays Disney World, Branson, Leavenworth, Wash., and numerous repeat performances in 12 countries for a total of 200 show days a year. This was such an outstanding event that attendees said they would like to have this type of concert repeated.    

Why the discrimination against Bellevue? Where was the Express photographer? Since this event was on a Tuesday night, it should have been easy to cover. Bellevue is proud of the great things happening here and we would love to share them with the entire valley. Please help us do that, Mountain Express.    

Larry Plott

Bellevue city councilman

Editor’s note: The Express does not discriminate against Bellevue. The Northern Rockies Folk Festival is one of the biggest events of the year in Hailey, one that has been entertaining big audiences each summer for 35 years. The Express did preview the yodeler event to help encourage attendance. We would have also liked to have covered the event with photos, but photographers’ time and space in the newspaper is limited.

 



About Comments

Comments with content that seeks to incite or inflame may be removed.

Comments that are in ALL CAPS may be removed.

Comments that are off-topic or that include profanity or personal attacks, libelous or other inappropriate material may be removed from the site. Entries that are unsigned or contain signatures by someone other than the actual author may be removed. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or any other policies governing this site. Use of this system denotes full acceptance of these conditions. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.

The comments below are from the readers of mtexpress.com and in no way represent the views of Express Publishing, Inc.

You may flag individual comments. You may also report an inappropriate or offensive comment by clicking here.

Flagging Comments: Flagging a comment tells a site administrator that a comment is inappropriate. You can find the flag option by pointing the mouse over the comment and clicking the 'Flag' link.

Flagging a comment is only counted once per person, and you won't need to do it multiple times.

Proper Flagging Guidelines: Every site has a different commenting policy - be sure to review the policy for this site before flagging comments. In general these types of comments should be flagged:

  • Spam
  • Ones violating this site's commenting policy
  • Clearly unrelated
  • Personal attacks on others
Comments should not be flagged for:
  • Disagreeing with the content
  • Being in a dispute with the commenter

Popular Comment Threads
 Local Weather 
Search archives:


Copyright © 2024 Express Publishing Inc.   Terms of Use   Privacy Policy
All Rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Express Publishing Inc. is prohibited. 

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area community. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these stories and others in this week's issue.