Spinning To Victory Professional skater Natalia Zaitseva, left, and local world-class alpine skier Miles Fink-Debray entertain a packed house at the Sun Valley outdoor ice rink Saturday during the second production of the Battle of the Blades competition. Nine local celebrities teamed with professional skaters to perform well-choreographed numbers in a competition to benefit selected charities. Fink-Debray and Zaitseva won the competition, earning $2,000 for his chosen charity, the World Cup Dreams Foundation, an association that gives some of the nation’s best alpine skiers financial support to pursue their dreams. For more photos of the event, see Page A8 in the printed version of the newspaper. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

• Forensic audit cost city $273K
  Total includes audit fees, legal fees and final billing estimates

• Enrollment declines at county schools
  Plans for new elementary school remain on hold

• Fire consumes Ketchum restaurant
  Owner of Vintage hopes to reopen by Dec. 1

• Book recounts attempted Bergdahl mission
  Navy SEAL says group tried to locate and free captured Idaho soldier

• Ketchum LOT up from last summer
  Tax receipts creep toward pre-recession levels

• Roadways plan will get further review
  County eyes ways to fund improvements

• Wind, lightning test firefighters
  Mustang Fire prompts evacuation, threatens electric lines

• District selects new curriculum director
  Boise State assistant professor comes to Blaine County

• Bow Bridge strung across Big Wood
  Land Trust footbridge in Hailey is near completion

• ITD considering speed changes in Hailey, Carey
  Bellevue may have smaller 25 mph zone later this year

• Ketchum readies for recycling changes
  Reducing and reusing emphasized

• Halted project moves forward
  Affidavits and photographs satisfy city

• News Briefs
  

• Shut up and sit down
  Take a seat for a fabulous fall film festival lineup

• A crisis has no boundaries
  Hotline fundraiser in Hailey to boost awareness

• Indelible markers
  Herders’ legacy in tree carvings on exhibit

• Get out and about for the ‘Feastival’
  Hotline fundraiser in mid valley to boost awareness

• Around Town
  

• Economic Summit
  

• The Idaho state of mind
  

• Will Americans sit on the porch?
  

• Introducing President MSNBC
  

• Letter about Barber not true
  

• Tap into a great educational tool
  

• Cowardice of slander
  

• Broadford Road is fine as it is
  

• Puz, Feldman, Woods cycle to national titles
  Road bike championships at Bend

• Arritola leads U.S. women to mountain gold
  Runners in the Italian Alps

• Muffy goes 3-for-3 in Paralympics handcycling
  Gold medalist three times over

• Nearly 700 runners enjoy SV Classic
  England, Fiddler, Thomas are local winners

• Valley soccer teams hit halfway point
  Hailey boys rally past Minico 2-1

• Seniors lift WRHS football over Buhl 19-12
  396-yard rushing attack holds Tribe at bay

• Bradshaw, Williams on top at Valley Club
  Club champions

• First win for Carey 46-0 over Braves
  Big clash at Dietrich Friday

• Sports summary
  

• Economic summit to evaluate valley’s future
  Speakers to discuss outlook for county and Sun Valley Co.

• Open house set on highway expansion
  Public invited to review final road design

• Summits and Valleys
  Zen lunatics

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Ervin Goodman
  

• John Inman
  

• Nick Nicolai
  

• Stephen Robert Patterson