Swinging For The Sharks Lefty’s Sharks outfielder and Hailey Ice Executive Di-rector Sarah Benson didn’t miss a beat after the big announcement Thursday night of a $4 million gift to Hailey Ice from the Deer Creek Foundation for a new indoor rink in Hailey. Benson celebrated over the weekend by helping the Sharks’ slow-pitch softball team win the Ketchum Coed Softball League tourna-ment at Atkinson Park. She batted 8-for-11 with 7 runs scored and 8 RBI from the No. 6 spot in the Sharks bat-ting order in three Lefty’s wins that sealed the team’s second straight Ketchum tourney title. For a com-plete report and more photos, see Page B3. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

• Donor gives $4 million to Hailey Ice
  Nonprofit group plans new indoor rink to open in 2015

• Gains and losses for valley businesses
  Studies show higher summer returns

• Elks Rehab to end services statewide
  St. Luke’s to assume physical therapy services as of October

• Mountain Rides plans $3.7M budget
  Funding for operations comparable to this fiscal year

• Hailey leaders criticize Eccles’ camp
  Bellevue mayor says annexation could be ‘really good for the city’

• Obstacles encountered in courthouse work
  Project remains on schedule

• Hailey to restrict use of fireworks
  Croy Canyon fire started by illegal Roman candle

• County postpones decision on irrigation district partition
  Conflict pits large users against residential ones

• Stanley shoots for an all-season future
  Some businesses want more tourists in town

• Silver Creek reopened for fishing
  Closure had been enacted during stressful conditions

• Idaho leaders mull climate change
  Blaine commissioner weighs in

• Ketchum URA looking for tenant
  Applicant would share space with Visitor Center, Starbucks

• Bergdahl investigation begins today
  Army investigators expected to probe allegations of desertion

• Blaine County Fair is in full swing
  4-H animal sale, rodeo and archery shoot scheduled

• Trial set in felony DUI case
  Defendant allegedly drove under influence of prescription meds

• Ore Wagon Museum open on Fridays
  Schedule planned to coordinate with historical bus tours

• Wagon Days to honor longtime volunteer
  Jane Eittreim to serve as grand marshal

• 6-year-old girl bitten by bat
  West Magic animal to be tested for rabies

• Woman accused of shoplifting spree
  Suspect faces both felony and misdemeanor charges

• 2 Hailey men charged with meth possession
  Arrests follow traffic stop near Woodside

• Briefs
  

• World-class art under the summer sun
  See the works of some 130 artisans at The Center’s 46th annual Arts & Crafts Festival

• ‘Shirley Valentine’ back at the Liberty
  Audiences have raved over Denise Simone’s past performances

• Symphony concert to showcase new piano
  Jean-Yves Thibaudet will play works by Ravel and Saint-Saëns

• Don’t miss the Braun Brothers bash
  Alternative country music festival coming to Challis this week

• Books and beers
  Iconoclast, Community Library and Sawtooth Brewery to host ‘Naked Me’ author Aug. 7

• Musical madness at Whiskey Jacques’
  Concert lineup for August includes big rock, country names

• Around Town
  

• On Vacation
  

• Find another way in Middle East
  

• Skiers’ downhill rule
  

• Something rotten in Bellevue
  

• A monumental mistake?
  

• ‘Naaaysayers’ missed the goat point
  

• Our community can choose its energy future
  

• Superintendent prepares for new school year
  

• Boise councilman supports monument
  

• Let’s play nice while merging on the highway
  

• Get your facts straight on the monument
  

• Energy story needs clarification
  

• Legion (31-9) settles for third place at state
  Wranglers win twice at Nampa’s Rodeo Park

• Summer skating finals a success at Sun Valley
  Joyce Chan is outstanding SVFSC skater at meet

• Fink-Debray leads Hyndman Challenge climbers
  “Sufferfest” climb attracts 17 finishers

• Elkhorn GC crowns Member-Member winners
  July 30-31 golf scramble

• Lefty’s adds softball title with big bats, depth
  Sharks hold off Power 27-20, 15-9 in final games

• Ketchum Coed Softball final city tournament standings
  Aug. 1-2, 2014 at West Ketchum Coliseum, Atkinson Park, Ketchum. A total 11 games played, 329 runs s

• Fall school sports gear up with practices
  For WRHS

• Bike path to be paved through Hailey
  Fox Acres to Myrtle closed through Aug. 15

• Sports summary
  

• Passing the torch
  

• Legal Notice Summary
  

• Gerald Alan Boas
  

• Shannon Lynn Beall
  

• Russell Lee Horn