Old West rodeo is wooly bully for kids Much ado about mutton at Hailey Rodeo Arena The rebellious sheep of Red Eye Rodeo Co. were downright cantankerous Wednesday night in the first Days of the Old West rodeo performance at Hailey Rodeo Arena. The wooly animals named Steel Wool, Mutton Jeff, Eat More Chicken, Say No to Cotton and Better Sweater all bucked off their youngsters during the pre-rodeo mutton bustin' fun. Then Ethan Shoemaker, 5, a future Sawtooth Ranger, came out of the chute and showed his mutton mettle. Ethan stayed aboard halfway to The Hitchrack on the back of Tic Hotel before eating dirt and getting a big hug from his father Trent (left) and Shelley Shoemaker. Showing up the boys and winning the contest with a clinging-to-the-cotton 88-point ride was Kodi Giron, 7, of Kuna.

Friday, July 4, 2008

• Moving on up
  Warm Springs Ranch Resort gains P&Z approval, Council up next

• 'This is a great loss'
  Ketchum Councilman Parsons to step away from City Hall

• Harlig, Thorson both seeking County Commission seat
  Search is on for candidate to serve out the remaining term of Sarah Michael, who resigned this week

• Hailey trims city budget
  Job cuts and spending reductions to meet $500,000 shortfall

• Crime rate jumps in Blaine County
  ISP reports 27 percent increase in 2007

• Forest crews clear hazard trees along Middle Fork
  Camps designated off-limits to boaters due to fire damage are now open again

• 'Significant' report on possible new airport sites set for August
  Airport braces for Allen & Co. jets

• Jaquet encourages tax commission investigation
  State taxation committees to hold joint meetings later this summer

• Former Hailey man confesses to murder
  Friends of McElhiney shocked over admission of guilt

• Accused rapist fights extradition to Idaho
  Marsalis serving 21-year sentence in Pennsylvania

• Going mobile
  

• Just in time
  Fourth Street open for business

• No market movers for now
  Farmers’ Market to remain on Fourth Street

• Camas planning lawsuit still alive
  Negotiated settlement falls through

• Sun Valley’s new course rated
  Ratings targeted at scratch golfers

• News Briefs
  

• Father, sons ride across U.S.
  First of 3-year bike Odyssey ends in Sun Valley

• Trail frustrations connected
  South valley trail users want more trails; land managers grapple with illegal construction

• Wanderlust interrupted
  Bucking up the Boucle

• Living artfully for peace
  Poems can create healthy links

• Sneak a Peak
  EI to climb Idaho’s tallest mountain

• Take a straw poll
  What’s your vision for an arts center?

• Equestrian secures Olympic berth
  

• Sacrifice
  

• Don’t be an egghead
  

• Americans need a 2008 Declaration of Independence
  

• Parents have a big role in stopping drug abuse
  

• That wasn’t me
  

• Galena tower has benefits
  

• Follow the money
  

• Burley bounces Legion out of first place
  ‘Cats rally for 8-6 double victory

• Premier girls win three games in Italy Cup
  Narrowly miss berth in trophy game

• Bulls, broncs, bad jokes and Old Glory on display
  Days of the Old West gets Hailey hopping

• Concrete rodeo comes to Ketchum
  Saturday at the skatepark

• Our Fourth of July