Misty Morning Push Topples Hill Climb Records Colorado-born Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation Gold Team cross-country ski racer Miles Havlick left home for the University of Utah, where he became an All-American skier for his Sun Valley-born coach Abi Holt. And he left Utah for the mountains of Ketchum, where he feathered his own nest Saturday morning in a memorable Baldy Hill Climb effort. Havlick, 24, broke Michael Tobin’s 25-year-old Baldy Hill Climb record with a remarkable finish of 35 minutes and four seconds for the 1.86-mile, 3,140-vertical-foot ascent. Here, Havlick emerges from the morning mist and pushes to the finish atop Baldy. There were 171 climb-ers and bikers participating, with Joshua Berry, 24, breaking the mountain-bike ascent record. To read a story and see the results, turn to Pages B2 and B3. Photo by Willy Cook

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

• Seeking sightseers
  Visit Sun Valley announces good summer numbers, winter campaign

• Bellevue committee to rewrite comp plan
  Eccles annexation request stirs public interest

• Age lawsuit removed to federal court
  Woman alleges discrimination by Sun Valley Co.

• Wolves kill sheep east of valley
  Depredation event was first of season

• BLM seeks input on predator derby
  Agency will draft environmental assessment for January contest

• Court: BLM must better protect sage grouse
  Decision came from suit filed by Western Watersheds Project

• Rep.Donna Pence seeking 6th term
  Legislator from Gooding has a background in teaching

• 2 vie for county treasurer’s position
  Challenger would like to form investment committee

• Resort replaces communications facility
  Structure on Baldy replaces one that burned down in February

• County looks at transportation future
  Changes will amend 1995 comprehensive plan

• July LOT receipts hit record level
  Nearly $875,000 collected for air service

• More than just ‘Pretty Faces’
  Women skier documentary debuts locally Oct. 4

• Woman injured in crash in south county
  Victim transported to Saint Alphonsus and later released

• District goes green with Peachjar service
  Paper flyers to be replaced with electronic distribution

• Briefs
  

• Live music for all tastes
  Country, folk, rock and techno bands coming to the valley this month

• For artists, ‘a place to take risks’
  New conservatory teaches young musicians, dancers and actors

• One wedding and a murder
  The nexStage Theatre hosts matrimony-themed murder mystery

• Last chances for farmers’ markets
  Harvest time brings fresh produce to Wood River Valley

• Writer Timothy Egan to speak in Ketchum
  Lecture will address forests and wildfire

• Boots on the ground
  

• Know your pond: the shape of the local economy
  

• Freedom of and freedom from
  

• Bellevue leaders need Planning 101
  

• Transportation hub is a boondoggle
  

• Schoen, commissioners work hard for their money
  

• Fires have impacted the water table
  

• Kudos for reporting on Eccles plan
  

• Michelle Stennett understands the issues
  

• Achieving peace would be amazing
  

• Lightning ends game, Carey posts 62-6 win
  Panthers, Mushers play a half of football

• Football team recharges in electric 33-14 air
  Four TD passes sink Kimberly

• Hailey spikers contend at Bonneville tourney
  Canyon Ridge visits Wood River

• Havlick, Berry set Baldy Hill Climb records
  170 athletes ascend Baldy on foot, on bikes

• 2014 Baldy Hill Climb results
  

• Bob Firman footrace draws record field
  Over 50 Wolverines at Eagle Island

• WRHS boys blank Twin Falls 3-0 in soccer
  Top teams are coming to Hailey

• Gooding arrives today to challenge Cutthroats
  Home finale at Sagewillow Farm

• FISHING REPORT
  

• SPORTS SUMMARY
  

• BPA provides $40M for wildlife projects
  Money will pay for habitat loss from hydroelectric dams

• Bears won’t pass up easy meals
  

• LEGAL NOTICE SUMMARY
  

• Robert Mendelsohn
  

• Suzanne Sumell
  

• Dale L. Donnelly
  

• Kevin Ernest Boender
  Memorial Service

• Betty J. Campbell
  Death Notice

• Economic Summit to focus on resilience
  Conference will be held Oct. 8 in Sun Valley

• Keynote speaker knows resiliency firsthand
  Mayor Bob Dixson’s Kansas town thrives despite destructive tornado

• Economic numbers show slow but steady recovery
  Automotive and retail companies experiencing growth in 2014

• District spends $16.5K per student annually
  Expenditures are higher than state, national averages

• Real estate market drops once more
  Distressed sales no longer an investment opportunity

• Blaine County workforce feeling the squeeze
  Compared with other resort areas, local affordable housing options are slim

• Blaine County: Who we are
  Residents are mostly white and wealthier than average, but changes have taken hold

• Public spending differs from city to city
  Lower property values lead to higher tax rate

• Commercial air traffic picks up
  New destinations boost passenger numbers

• Highway 75 ties the Wood River Valley together
  Bus and trail systems provide alternative means of transit