Opportunity Knocks Siomara Navarrete dances onto the stage to receive her diploma Friday night during the Wood River High School graduation ceremony, at the Hailey school. Navarrete was one of 185 happy and proud graduates who were celebrated during the event. She plans on doing missionary work in the near future. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

• Wolves kill 2 calves south of Bellevue
  3rd calf at Cove Ranch expected to die

• Anti-wolf activist loses hunting privileges
  Tony Mayer sentenced for illegally killing bull elk

• Hailey threatens to pull out of dispatch network
  Calls-for-service model poses challenges

• Volunteer firefighters answer the call
  Applicants sought for countywide academy planned for fall

• Hailey P&Z critical of Friedman plan
  Big box stores included in master redevelopment proposal

• YMCA settles negligence lawsuit
  Plaintiff alleged that organization was negligent in climbing-wall accident

• Drug store set to open, despite lawsuit
  Albertsons claims new store violates agreement

• Departure opens Ketchum P&Z seat
  Commissioner Sam Williams steps down after 4 years

• Santos gets 14 years for meth sale
  Prosecutor alleges he repeatedly brought drugs from Mexico

• Bellevue eyes cuts in police spending
  Council members suggest closing Marshal’s Office

• Idaho Power seeks general rate increase
  Request to be reviewed by IPUC

• Young offender gets chance at rehab
  Livingston sentenced for cocaine and theft convictions

• Injured motorcyclist in good condition
  Hailey man crashes bike near Carey

• Dollars for Scholars prepares for fundraiser
  Bright Futures event to raise money for Blaine County students

• Briefs
  

• Meet a master of clay
  Seattle artist Deborah Schwartzkopf to conduct weekend workshop

• Topaz: A remembrance of dark days past
  Rod Tatsuno to present his father’s film of life in a Japanese internment camp

• For writers, a chance to shine
  Author Anthony Doerr to read and teach fiction workshop

• Hailey pianist earns 3rd at Musicians West
  Sarah Brown travels each weekend to Pocatello for lessons

• Around Town
  

• Paul Revered
  

• If it ain’t broke
  

• A vote here and a vote there
  

• Teacher, teacher, I declare
  

• Astonishing new weapons of war—and the very old
  

• Daycare sends wrong message
  

• Braden address was humbug
  

• Good-bye, little creations
  

• Ralph Harris deserves thanks
  

• Arritola, Jones-Wilkins are half marathon champs
  Nice morning for a 13.1-mile run

• Scholarships given to Carey School students
  Grants, honors at Citizenship Awards program

• Players named to All-Great Basin ball teams
  Twin Falls, Jerome dominate picks

• Rusch, BCRD to offer “Wheel Girls”
  Mountain bike club rides this summer

• Hamblin closes out IGA match play victory
  At The Valley Club

• SV5B swimmers turn heads at Spring Fling
  In Boise May 20-21

• Fishing Report by Bill Mason
  

• Sports summary
  

• A sunny day of exits and new beginnings
  27 Community School seniors graduate

• Patrick Terry seeks the truth
  

• Turning The Page
  

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Chuck Boushele
  

• Beth Duke
  Memorial Service

• Eusebio Arriaga
  Death Notice

• Lin Collier
  Death Notice