Straight From The Heart Wood River Valley resident Kathi Wagner earned “Staff Favorite” honors for this submission—called “Snowshoe Out Goodale Cutoff”—in the nonprofit Wood River Land Trust’s annual Heart of the Valley photography and writing contest. Winners were announced last week. Wagner’s award came in the “Adult Non-professional Photography” division. First place in the division was awarded to Beverly Robertson and honorable mention was awarded to Glen Shapiro. To see all of the winning entries, visit www.woodriverlandtrust.org. Courtesy photo by Kathi Wagner.

Friday, April 13, 2012

• Fire agencies seek new auto-aid pact
  Tri-party agreement calls for automatic responses

• District considers building new school
  Plan calls for new facility exclusively for Dual Immersion Program

• Less water in valley than we thought?
  USGS releases study of Wood River Valley Aquifer

• Mayor drops hammer on unruly speakers
  1 ejected from council meeting, another threatened with ejection

• District: Test results are not ‘North Star’
  Superintendent tells board that schools have ‘loftier goals’

• Hailey eyes changes to water permit
  Officials want EPA to cut some restrictions on pollutants

• Bike Summit riders accelerate bicycling support
  

• Briefs
  

• Voluptuous vegetables and frisky fruit
  New cookbook appeals to the eye as well as the palate

• Empire of the mind
  Endless Conversation

• Single
  

• Strike the vitriol and move ahead
  

• Getting what we ask for
  

• Quigley plan is bad for Hailey
  

• Comments were misinterpreted
  

• WRHS racquet players tune up for weekend meet
  Cutthroats clip Gooding 11-1

• Golfer Conti makes PGA match play final
  $900 runner-up at Blue Lakes

• Moguls in Montana for SVSEF bump skiers
  Spring Fiesta contest

• High school golfers spread out for tourneys
  Weather and prospects improve

• Big inning boosts Hailey baseball team
  Burley series is next