Have Pond, Will Skim  Video by David Butterfield Hemingway Elementary student Wyatt Minor, aka “Captain Underpants,” 9, skims across a manmade pond Sunday at Dollar Mountain to the approval of hundreds of onlookers. The smaller of Sun Valley’s two ski mountains closed for the season with a bang. An old ski resort tradition of pond skimming celebrated a busy, successful season at Dollar. Skiers and boarders descended the lower third of the mountain and hopped into the 60-foot-long, 3-foot-deep pond holding 6,000 gallons of water. Participants attempted to make it across the trench and pop out the other side without falling. Judging measured skimming style, best crashes and quality of costume. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

• Spring storms have helped water supply
  Summer outlook still guarded

• Longtime hospital CEO to be transferred south
  Bruce Jensen has led St. Luke’s Wood River for 8 years

• State biologist clarifies wolf myths
  Gray wolf spotted near elk in Greenhorn Gulch

• Reporter named new CDC director
  Jon Duval hired to lead nonprofit development corporation

• Bellevue Health & Welfare office to close
  3 of 4 employees at site will be laid off

• District hires new assistant superintendent
  

• Sweetwater units up for sale
  Tennessee developer squares up with Hailey

• Rodeo bond still on
  $5.5 million construction plans could create local jobs

• Mountain Rides up and running in Hailey
  Ridership expected to grow over next few months

• Man pleads guilty in shotgun case
  Felony assault charge dismissed in plea agreement

• Town Square cost increases by $100K
  Increase due to material upgrades, design additions

• The Advocates schedule fundraiser
  April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

• Elkhorn Golf renews Troon contract
  Arizona-based management company is world’s largest

• Briefs
  

• Business Briefs
  

• For the Fools, a season of gold
  Hailey theater company announces annual schedule

• 3 women—one big canyon
  Film project supports women survivors of war and crisis

• Affluence has a new face
  Dwell Media president to talk about emerging generation

• Sheep festival keeps on growing
  Theme of this year’s event is ‘sustainability’

• Art Briefs
  

• Got spring
  

• 'Conscience’ collision
  

• Sweet tax break for big guys ripped off little guys
  

• The view from Canteyville
  The Obama administration and the Congress have acted on the conviction that they know best.

• Far right peddles violence, not patriotism
  

• Art ordinances are not taxes
  

• Health bill is power grab
  

• Benefits cost too much
  

• Masters make the most of nationals week on Baldy
  Sun Valley skiers grab combined golds

• Big-time rally lifts Isles 6-5 in Hutch Cup shootout
  Sharks fall in finale, Vipers win consolation

• Striders gather for their Galena Lodge finale
  35 in Saturday’s Ride, Stride, Glide

• Collins stands tall at Last Chance slaloms
  Climbs ladder at Snowbird

• Carey ready to host first track meet Thursday
  Panther girls win at ISDB

• Results from prep baseball, tennis and track
  

• Sign up for BCRD programs today in Hailey
  Baseball, softball, track and more

• Taylor leads WRHS pokes into 2010 rodeo season
  5th District season opens April 16-17 in canyon

• Sports summary
  

• Construction starts dip sharply
  Permit applications indicate only 1 new project planned in valley

• Letter from the gyre
  

• Idaho unemployment rate drops
  Percentage of jobless workers down for first time in 32 months

• Joan Donaldson Robb Mickelson