Opportunity knocks

Cooperative ski school caters to local kids

For three weekends in January, beginning skiers and boarders attending Blaine County schools in kindergarten through sixth grade get a chance to hone their skills, thanks to Sun Valley Co. and its instructors on Dollar Mountain. Alice Schernthanner, longtime ski school children’s supervisor, said the Blaine County Ski Program was developed close to 30 years ago as an alternative to racing.. Express photo by Willy Cook

For the week of January 15 - 21, 2003

• Bald Mountain Hotel enters home stretch
  Council vote expected Tuesday
   

• Bellevue Council endorses plan to raise city fees
  Panel also advances new city parking plan
  

• County considers building new jail
  Sheriff hopes it could be self-sufficient
  

• Two killed in car accident
  

• Beware of turtleback syndrome
  Overloaded backpacks may be dangerous to children’s health
  

• Wood River Girl Scouts make appearance
  at Inaugural Ball
  

• IDT performs ‘short stories’ in Sun Valley
  
  

• The taxes we love to hate
   

• Housing comes home to roost
  

• ‘The Blaine County SUV Credit Fund’
  Commentary by Betty Bell
   

• Governor’s ‘courage’ is smoke screening
  Commentary by Pat Murphy
   

• Wolverine girls make another run
  Pound ‘Dogs, earn Valley revenge
  

• Town Series returns January 22
  Wednesday ski racing
  

• Swenson, Ivanova tops at Nordic nationals
  At Black Mountain in Maine
  

• Six straight for Carey’s boys (9-2)
  Panthers start 5-0 in league
  

• Storey writes one, winning Moran SGs
  Hailey, Super Gs lure 71 to Jackson Hole
  

• Wrestlers make an impression
  At tough Buhl tourney

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