It’s all for the trees Young racers compete for the lead in one of the Hailey ArborFest Mud Run races Saturday at Hop Porter Park. In slightly chilly conditions, a large crowd turned out to the event to celebrate the city’s official designation by the Arbor Day Foundation as a “Tree City USA.” Photo by Roland Lane

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

• Hailey seeks $6.5M for sewer upgrade
  City voters to consider bond measure Tuesday

• Voters to consider $10.5M road levy
  Money would be shared between county and cities

• P&Z approves luxury townhouses
  Project planned for corner of First Avenue and First Street

• SNRA to evaluate roads and trails
  Officials start update to travel plan

• In Hailey, new rules for schools?
  P&Z approves plan to regulate new construction more tightly

• Crew clears the way to summit
  

• Survey says most parents pleased with schools
  District releases results of ‘Parent Climate Survey’

• City to consider Woodside downzone
  5 lots would change from Business to General Residential zoning

• Students compete at business conference
  Caitie Sfingi places 2nd in ‘fundamental desktop publishing’

• Community School lauds placements
  37 students accepted at first- or second-choice institutions

• Bellevue Gets New ‘Bush Rig’
  

• Teachers’ union approves new contract
  Agreement provides for 1.25 percent pay increase

• BRIEFS
  

• The Chop Tops on tap
  California trio delivers revved-up rockabilly

• Rosin up that bow
  Fiddlers of Idaho to jam in Hailey

• Want some Wabi Sabi in your love life?
  Relationship guru Arielle Ford coming for festival

• Take note
  Music scene warming up for summer

• Around Town
  

• Boulder-White Cloud Monument Meeting
  

• 2014 primary election endorsements
  

• Making a decision on the road levy
  

• Why I support the county road levy
  

• Former commissioner supports road levy
  

• Vote against proposed county road tax
  

• Vote Horton for Idaho Supreme Court
  

• Sewer facility needs to be replaced
  

• Send a message: Vote ‘no’ on road tax
  

• Explaining deterioration of the roads
  

• Support the road and bridge levy
  

• Vote Mitch Toryanski for secretary of state
  

• Road levy would be good for Ketchum
  

• Pay to drive
  

• Support the Hailey sewer bond
  

• Infrastructure is part of our quality of life
  

• BCRD grooming notification not sufficient
  

• Sisters visit native China over Spring Break
  Kayaking a highlight for Anhwei Kirk

• Cutthroat tennis on top at district, 13 to state
  Final competition Friday at Vallivue

• Passey’s distance sweep propels WRHS girls
  Eight Wolverines qualify for state

• WRHS state track qualifiers, details
  

• 1A athletes poised for state track challenge
  District meet results from Jerome

• Carey, Camas, CS state track qualifiers
  

• Hailey’s rodeo brings out cowgirls, ‘pokes
  Final contest before district finals

• 2014 Great Basin Conference 4A tennis tournament May 6-7, 2014 at Sun Valley Tennis Club
  96 players

• Swimmer Johnson impresses at Arizona series
  High-octane meet

• SPORTS SUMMARY
  

• Economic studies on monuments are mixed
  Both sides claim that data supports their conclusions about land protection

• LEGAL NOTICE SUMMARY
  

• George Irving Kirkland
  

• Norma L. Stearns