Opening day brings in the crowds New attractions help boost skier numbers for holiday weekend A line of skiers and snowboarders approach the Challenger chairlift at the base of Warm Springs on Thanksgiving Day. Photo by David N. Seelig

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

• Opening day brings in the crowds
  New attractions help boost skier numbers for holiday weekend

• County detects tax snafu
  Numbers on bills don’t add up

• Silver Creek fish deemed OK
  Department of Health & Welfare lifts consumption advisory

• Former Bellevue city clerk goes to jail
  Loughmiller sentenced to 180 days for embezzlement

• River Run plan clears another hurdle
  P&Z approves 19-acre hotel core after much deliberation

• Hailey: No ‘private airport’ here
  Commissioner ‘confident’ FAA will choose site south of Timmerman

• Hailey man charged with 2nd rape
  Mauro Nuñez accused of having sex with teen girl

• H1N1 still widespread in Idaho
  11 out of 43 states see reduced flu activity, but not Idaho

• ISU officials to discuss MBA program
  Presentation today at 5:30 p.m. at Sun Valley Inn

• Convicted strangler gets chance at rehab
  Withheld judgment revoked in earlier sex-related case

• Hailey cuts staff insurance benefits
  Life Flight could be included for first time

• Decision on wind turbines delayed
  Debate over protecting scenic corridor puts commissioners at odds

• People and Places
  

• Garden hires new executive director
  

• Crash sends Ketchum man to hospital
  

• 8 face interviews for airport advisory seats
  

• News briefs
  

• Celebrate the valley’s extremes
  Sun Valley Guide magazine distributed today

• A drinking, dancing phoenix rises
  Whiskey Jacques’ set to (re)open this month

• Business Briefs
  

• Journey to India with Gay Odmark
  Center unveils new exhibition about India

• ‘Mindful Art’ supports mental illness programs
  Benefit features valley artists

• ‘Alice in Wonderland’ is on point
  Sun Valley Ballet School presents winter ballet

• Papoose Club ignites holiday shopping
  Annual bazaar has gifts, crafts and raffles

• Take a seat at the nexStage
  Chair-ity auction brings out valley talent

• Uninvited Guests
  

• Head injuries not just NFL worry
  

• Open the airport interviews
  

• Looking at a GOP suicide pact
  Whatever the intent of the authors, the message is clear: Thinking people need not apply.

• Neurotics, psychotics, sociopaths, egocentrics forge U.S. image
  

• Do chickens have concerns?
  

• Claude Guigon deserves better
  

• Demand action on health care
  

• Safe Routes was a success
  

• Let’s develop geothermal
  

• Dark-sky law for the county?
  

• Ban use of leg-hold traps
  

• Tough tests greet WRHS boys in cage season
  Filer arrives Friday for home debut

• Carey boys have a big target on their backs
  Northside favorites for 2009-10 season

• Wolverines rally past Kimberly 45-42, Cutthroat boys play in Boise
  

• Top Sawtooth picks named for football season
  Carey, Mackay dominate first team

• Conrad, Monjaras named top Great Basin coaches
  Tanner Dredge chosen as “Player of the Year”

• Swimmers take a few pre-turkey laps in Boise
  Thanksgiving Invitational for SV5B

• SV girls host hockey tourney this weekend
  Boosted by strong effort at Ice Bowl

• Sports summary
  

• No thanks, not this year
  

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Keep spending home for the holidays
  Redirecting $100 to local stores can have huge impact on economy

• Virginia Clausen Pickrell
  

• Martin Wade Wheeler