FOR THE WEEK OF:
Sept. 27-Oct. 3, 2000

• Idaho schools lead in computer technology, state says
  Market researcher calls numbers 'very, very general'
  

• Early icing frosts valley
  Snow is early, officials say
  

• Public access dispute simmers north of Ketchum
  Neighbors also object to helicopter access
  

• Elkhorn parcel to stay open
  Owner warns of a 'taking of property rights'
  

• P&Z approves new design review ordinance
  Council to review measure next month
  

• Ketchum council set to adopt comp plan tomorrow
  It's been four years in the making. Finally, the city of Ketchum is poised to adopt a new comprehensive plan—a blueprint for the city's growth over the next 10 to 15 years.
  

• County hikes ambulance fees
  Patients in Blaine County can expect to pay double the current fees for some emergency medical services beginning in October.
  

• The value of Blaine County youth
  Jessie Woodyard, 15, and Marissa Evans, 13, were recognized for their work with the Blaine County Youth Project when they were presented with a proclamation of Youth Appreciation Month.

• Range without relief?
  Porta-potties, sometimes viewed as an eyesore, are common at various locales around the valley.
  

• Cupa-Joe rates going north at Perry's
  For 15 years, Perry's restaurant in Ketchum has served nearly every local and too numerous to count valley visitors pastries, coffees and teas, sandwiches, salads, and arguably the best cookies in town—at reasonable prices.
  

• Images of Nature
  A new gallery of Thomas Mangelsen's photography
  

• Democratic charade for McHanville?
  The one distinguishing characteristic of authoritarian regimes—read that, tyrannies—is that they dispense with niceties of democratic checks and balances and instead concentrate power in the hands of the few.
  

• Not so fast
  If sagging attendance at public hearings on Ketchum's comprehensive plan is any indicator, residents are completely burned out on the issue.
  

• Revisiting 'Catch 22'—the paradox that is the St. Luke's medical center
  A dilemma befitting Joseph Heller's World War II "Catch-22" novel is what the Idaho Mountain Express faces in relations that've turned icy with the new St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center. Commentary by Pat Murphy

• Harmony and control are not interchangeable
  The organic world is not a machine, nor is the earth, as some would have it, an engine for transporting mankind to a better life in some other life. Commentary by Dick Dorworth
  

• You'll have to make sacrifices to learn what it means to hunt
  The hunting season is at hand, and I thought I would offer up a few personal thoughts for those of us who will be going afield. Commentary by Mark Farris
  

• Wood River socks it to Kimberly 31-8
  Homecoming 2000 a happy night in Hailey
  

• Public Notice Summary
  

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley resort areas. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these and other stories  in this weeks' issue:

• NEPA process to begin on Highway 75

• Money will help local anti-drug efforts

• Ohio Gulch gravel pit meeting scheduled

• Adreasen vies for Ridinger's District 21 seat

• Rezone request sparks expanded Light Industrial plans

• News in Brief

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