Idaho Mountain Express April 20, 2022

F&G seeks Hailey lion

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Activities abounded on Easter weekend, and kids young and old donned their finest bunny ears—along with a wide range of other costumes—to celebrate the holiday and enjoy the end of the ski season. On Friday afternoon, fiveyear-old Ashlyn Zelaya, above, scooted quickly out of the chute to hunt for and collect Easter eggs near the Sun Valley Opera House. Sun Valley Co. distributed some 8,000 plastic colored eggs in grids for different age groups, which were all picked up by hundreds of kids in approximately two minutes. Resort employees came armed with extra eggs so that everyone found something for their basket. On Saturday, Clancy Flavin was nearly up to her ears in snow as a rare April powder day kicked off closing weekend on Bald Mountain. For more photos of the festivities on Baldy, see Page 3. Words and photos by Willy Cook

Judge tosses federal travel mask mandate in response to Idaho group’s lawsuit

Masks no longer required on most airlines; locally, Mountain Rides voids requirement

By EMILY JONES Express Staff Writer

An organization with a Ketchum connection is celebrating after a federal judge ruled on Monday in support of the group’s lawsuit against the Biden administration, effectively striking down and declaring unlawful the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s order to wear masks on public transportation.

The Idaho Freedom Defense Fund—a nonprofit group headquartered in Sandpoint, Idaho, and led by Ketchum resident and prominent vaccine critic Leslie Manookian—filed the suit against the Biden administration and the CDC in U.S. District Court last July.

In its original complaint, the organization described itself as an advocacy group for “medical choice, bodily autonomy, and self-determination” that opposes “laws and regulations that force individuals to submit to the administration of medical products, procedures, and devices against their will.”

In that complaint, the Defense Fund contended that the CDC’s mass-transit mask order was unlawful because it exceeded the agency’s “statutory and regulatory authority,” was enacted without proper noticing to the public and was ineffective and dangerous. The plaintiff group was joined by two Florida residents, Ana Carolina Daza and Sarah Pope, who claimed that wearing masks on airplanes had given them “overwhelming” anxiety, panic attacks and headaches.

On Monday, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of Tampa sided with the plaintiffs, writing in her decision that the CDC had exceeded its powers with the mandate, had failed to collect public See MASK, Page 14

Ketchum unveils plan to address housing crisis

Draft document outlines initiatives to create, preserve hundreds of affordable-housing units

By ANDREW GUCKES Express Staff Writer

Ketchum leaders expressed support on Monday for the city’s much-anticipated Housing Action Plan, putting the draft blueprint to procure affordable housing on track for public review and formal approval.

The City Council is tentatively scheduled to review the final draft of the housing plan on May 9, in advance of the May 17 elections, in which Ketchum voters will consider a ballot proposal to increase local-option taxes to support initiatives in the plan.

“I think this is what we’ve been trying to do for about 35 years and it’s finally on paper,” Council President Michael David said. “This is fantastic.”

The plan comes amid an acute housing crisis in the region that has prompted some in the workforce to relocate and left numerous businesses short-staffed. Ketchum has determined that it needs to establish 66 to 98 affordable units per year, through new development, converting

residences or preserving units already in the affordable stock.

On Wednesday, April 27, the city will hold an open house for citizens to learn about and provide comments on the plan. Officials expect to present it in its final form on May 12 at The Community Library in Ketchum.

The plan is broken down into five goals, which are then divided into long-term and short-term actions. The five goals are to:

Produce and preserve housing.

Expand and improve services to create housing stability.

Expand and leverage resources.

Inform, engage and collaborate.

Update policy to promote housing.

To address the first goal, the city aims to create a minimum of 650 housing units over the next decade. That could happen through new developments, converting short-term rentals or second-home properties to long-term rentals, or ensuring some existing properties stay as affordable housing. That figure was determined using the city’s historic population growth rate, 1%, which would come out to a need of about 66 affordable houses a year. With the current rate of accelerated growth, the target could need to be 98 units annually.

Ideally, the units would house people who work full-time in Ketchum. Now, only

7% of Ketchum’s workforce lives in the city. Officials aim to boost that number to 40%.

The conversion of short-term rental properties could be done in conjunction with Landing Locals, an organization that has established an online program to connect property owners with people who need housing. The program offers cash incentives ranging up to $10,000 to property owners to convert their vacant or short-term rental units into seasonal or year-round housing. The mountain town of Truckee, California, near Lake Tahoe, was the pilot city for the so-called “Lease to Locals” strategy, beginning its program in 2020. So far, it has been successful: The city has converted 52 units to house 111 people, with 90% of the owners renewing for a second year.

The program is also being implemented in South Lake Tahoe, California, and Summit County, Colorado.

“This isn’t for every homeowner,” said Landing Locals CEO Colin Frolich. “If you

“i think this is what we’ve been trying to do for about 35 years and it’s finally on paper. This is fantastic.”

Michael David Council President

F&G: ‘Large’ mountain lion in Hailey to be trapped, euthanized after preying on cats

South-county lions found dead, malnourished

By EMILY JONES Express Staff Writer

Officers from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are planning to trap and euthanize a large mountain lion in Hailey that reportedly killed at least two domestic cats in recent weeks, the department announced Monday.

According to regional Fish and Game spokesman Terry Thompson, the department’s Magic Valley office has received several reports from residents establishing the lion’s pattern of bedding down—and hunting— within city limits.

Other domestic cats in Hailey have been reported missing, but no dogs or livestock have been reported as injured, missing or killed, he said.

Thompson said the lion will be euthanized out of concern for resident and pet safety, as well as its own.

“Relocating mountain lions (predators) is not something the department does by our established guidelines,” he wrote in a Monday email. “Another factor is that lions are very territorial. While it may seem to some that relocation is an option, we have to realize that if we put another lion into another lion’s territory, the odds are high are that one of them will be killed.”

Since mid March, Hailey residents have reported seeing what Fish & Game officials presume to be the same large mountain lion wandering through various neighborhoods, from China Gardens and Little Indio subdivisions along the Big Wood River to Buttercup subdivision on the northeast side of town.

In late March, a large lion was sighted in Old Hailey walking toward the BCRD bike path, seemingly unafraid of two onlookers.

“Fish and Game biologists are concerned that this particular lion is becoming habituated to living within the community,” Thompson stated in a Monday press release.

Family mourns cat’s death

According to Susan Chizum, a China Gardens resident, her family’s outdoor cat, Chunk, became the latest victim of a mountain lion attack on Saturday.

Chizum said she found Chunk on a neighbor’s porch around 10:30 a.m. that morning, suffering from a skull fracture, “two side-byside” puncture wounds through his skull and multiple other puncture wounds on his face and eyes. He’d been attacked earlier, around 2 a.m., in another neighbor’s front yard, she said, based on yowling noises that the neighbor had heard.

“He had major trauma, swelling in his throat,” she told the Express.

On Easter Sunday—24 hours after finding Chunk and rushing him to the Sawtooth Animal

A mountain lion strolls through Hailey’s Buttercup subdivision in the early morning hours of Thursday, March 17, 2022. “Lions inside city limits and laying in front yards of homes just three blocks from downtown Hailey is not normal lion behavior,” Fish and Game spokesman Terry Thompson told the Express last month, around when residents began to report a large mountain lion wandering through town.

Center in Bellevue—the family made the hard call to say their goodbyes while he was under anesthesia. Chizum said Dr. Laurie Breedveld had offered to install a metal plate in the cat’s skull, but there “was no guarantee” he would come out of surgery without brain damage.

“Chunk was seven years old and lived a beautiful life,” she said. “Someone made a comment that we shouldn’t complain if we leave our pets out. I’d like to think that we gave [Chunk] the best life we saw fit.

“I’m devastated with how his life ended,” she added, “but I think he got to live his best cat life.”

When asked about Fish and Game’s plan to trap the lion, Chizum said she was on board with the decision as long as the animal was the “same cat that has attacked the others [pets].”

“We just want to know our families are safe,” she said. “But to euthanize ... I think the tricky part is knowing if there is one mountain lion or five mountain lions at play.”

Chunk’s death was “heartbreaking,” Chizum concluded, “but I know we live in their [mountain lions’] neighborhood—not the other way around.”

South-county lions found dead, malnourished

Two other mountain lions have been found deceased or in poor health lately, according to Fish and Game—one “malnourished” young adult mountain lion found dead in Hop Porter Park on or around April 7, and a “young, abandoned” 30-pound mountain lion kitten found near death in the lower Broadford area near Bellevue over the weekend.

Thompson said the department euthanized the kitten because it also showed signs of malnutrition when examined by local conservation officers. The kitten has since been sent to the Fish and Game wildlife lab for testing, he said, noting that rumors of “possible feline distemper” have not been confirmed in either animal.

The kitten is the sixth mountain lion that Fish and Game officers have euthanized in the Wood River Valley in the past four years, and the only euthanasia unrelated to human-lion or pet-lion conflict.

In 2018, the department euthanized an older female mountain lion in Gimlet that had attempted

to kill a dog and a young lion at Friedman Memorial Airport that had delayed a commercial flight by sitting on the runway. In 2019, officers euthanized two mountain lions in the Warm Springs area of Ketchum after the animals attacked and killed residents’ dogs. In 2020, officers shot a large male lion in Hailey’s Woodside subdivision due to the animal’s proximity to children. No lions were euthanized in the Wood River Valley in 2021.

F&G asks residents to report signs of lion activity

According to Fish and Game, any mountain lion encounters should be reported to the Magic Valley Regional Office at 208-324-4359 during business hours, or the after-hours line at 800-632-5999.

Regional Conservation Officer Clint Rogers encouraged residents to also call Fish and Game if they find mountain lion tracks around their homes or come across caches—or carcasses covered in grass, leaves, and other debris.

“Our officers are always willing to work with local residents to make sure that they and their pets stay safe,” Rogers stated in a Monday statement. “Our goal is to encourage mountain lions to live in wild habitats, outside of our communities.”

To keep the predators away from city limits, Fish and Game is urging all valley residents to close up sheds, under-deck hideaways and other potential “daybed” spaces, and better secure their garbage to avoid attracting skunks, raccoons and other easy prey for mountain lions.

The department is also asking residents to practice the following safety measures:

O Always keep dogs on-leash, whether in town or in the surrounding mountains.

O Carry bear spray, a noisemaker such as an airhorn and a very bright flashlight if walking at dawn or dusk.

O If you encounter a mountain lion, make yourself as large as possible and resist the urge to run or turn your back. Face the lion and yell, but do not scream, to avoid mimicking the sound of a wounded animal. Slowly back away while maintaining eye contact with the animal.

O If you are attacked, always stay on your feet and fight back.

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The 2021-2022 Sun Valley ski season was truly festive: It started on Thanksgiving, peaked on Christmas and ended on a sunny Easter Sunday. The concluding weekend showcased the full range of weather—and costumes—as fun-loving skiers and riders savored powder, smiled through sleet and basked in welcome sunshine. Saturday was cold, snowy, even rainy with a crisp breeze that chilled revelers who skimped on warmth for style for the annual Baldy Bash party. Sunday was the total opposite—a sunny, beautiful spring day with summer overtones. One of the most creatively dressed groups was the “Lawn Ornaments,” top, highlighted by a flamboyance of flamingos with a scattering of gnomes for good luck. Above, Max Coursey and Becca Dow took brief refuge from Saturday’s snow inside Warm Springs Lodge. Would you buy cookies from these snowblading Girl Scouts, middle right? Something about the troop looked suspect, but they had as much fun as anyone on the hill. On Saturday, Lauren Moore, right, showed that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, channeling local skier Harlan Collins by skiing with a stuffed version of his unlucky deer, destined for the stew pot. Words and photos by Willy Cook

Ketchum closes deal for Warm Springs Ranch open space

City moving ahead on plan to establish 65-acre park and nature preserve

By GREG FOLEY Express Staff Writer

The city of Ketchum closed on the purchase of approximately 65 acres of open space at Warm Springs Ranch on April 14.

The $8 million purchase sets in motion the city’s plan to establish the land as a public park and nature preserve called Warm Springs Preserve. The city funded the purchase with more than 1,000 donations from a variety of sources, including Wood River Valley residents, anonymous donors and nonprofit organizations.

“I am thrilled with the participation of this amazing community,” Mayor Neil Bradshaw said. “Without them, we could not have made this a reality.”

Bradshaw thanked developer and landowner Bob Brennan— who offered to sell the land to the city at a discounted price—as well as other people and organizations involved in the fundraising campaign.

The sale stipulates that the land northwest of downtown— a former golf course next to the flanks of Bald Mountain—will be kept in perpetuity as open space as a public park and natural area. The city’s priorities

Obituaries

for the preserve will be off-leash dog access, restoration of Warm Springs Creek and habitat for fish and wildlife, walking trails, informal gatherings and activities, Nordic ski and snowshoe trails, and public restrooms. The city also plans to install a conservation-oriented irrigation system.

Development, organized sports and reserved private or commercial events will be restricted.

The city is still aiming to raise $92,000 to meet its overall campaign goal of $9 million, which includes $1 million to install a

Website offers project details

The city has developed a website about the initiative to preserve the Warm Springs Ranch property for public use. For more information, go to www.warmspringspreserve.org. People with questions about the fundraising campaign or the project can email warmspringspreserve@ gmail.com.

Dana Christiansen

Dana Lee Christiansen, 70, passed away April 14 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Denver, she spent her childhood between Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Newport Beach, California. Dana graduated from Deadwood High School in 1969 before studying at San Diego State University. A single ski season brought her to Sun Valley, a place that would become home for the rest of her life. It was here she found community among Jehovah’s Witnesses, whose work she would devote herself to for the next 50 years. She was an advocate for the arts, for nature, and for good food shared among friends. Dana is survived by her children: Jen Yelda of Lake Forest, California; Paul Yelda of Boise, Idaho; and Erin Yelda of Detroit, Michigan. A private family memorial will be held at the family cabin in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where Dana spent many of her happiest memories. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Hunger Coalition, whose Hope Garden Dana spent the last months of her life tending.

new irrigation system and conduct other site improvements. Donors of $1,000 or more will be recognized on a donor wall, city officials stated this week.

The city is now taking the next steps to establish the preserve, including development of a master plan that will guide the final locations of bathrooms, benches and signage for donor recognition. The public will be able to provide input on the plan during future open-house events, the city stated.

The Community Library in Ketchum will host an event called “Appreciate Our Past, Honor Our Present, Create Our Future” on Tuesday, April 26, from 6-7 p.m. Wendolyn Holland, author of “Sun Valley: An Extraordinary History,” will review the history of Warm Springs Ranch. Warm Springs Preserve committee member Ali Long will discuss the process and plans for the future of the 65-acre site.

On June 21, the city plans to officially thank the community during a celebration of the summer solstice at the preserve. The event is scheduled to include music, food, activities for kids and a silent auction.

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Celebration of Life

W.E. ‘Bud’ Dahle

“Don’t threaten me with a good time” Please join us for a celebration of Bud’s life, per his wishes, at the Bellevue park (Memorial Park) on Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 2-7 p.m.

Express photo by Roland Lane

The city of Ketchum has purchased approximately 65 acres of the Warm Springs Ranch property to establish a public park and preserve.

Graphic courtesy of GMD Development

The Bluebird Village workforce-housing project planned for the former site of City Hall in downtown Ketchum includes 51 rental units and a variety of amenities. Plans call for renting units to local workers who would be subject to income requirements and employment verification.

Ketchum commits additional $1.9M to Bluebird Village

City Council, URA help cover funding gap for 51-unit workforce-housing project

By GREG FOLEY Express Staff Writer

The 51-unit Bluebird Village workforce-housing project planned for downtown Ketchum has cleared another hurdle in its long path to construction— and, city leaders hope, to putting a dent in the area’s shortage of affordable rentals.

Ketchum City Council members voted 3-0 Monday to approve an additional $1.9 million from city coffers to get the project financed. The city had previously committed $1.4 million, bringing its total funding commitment to $3.3 million.

Earlier on Monday, the governing board of the Ketchum Urban Renewal Agency approved adding about $256,000 to its previous funding commitment of $565,000, bringing its total funding amount for Bluebird to approximately $821,000. The independent, taxpayer-funded agency works to support housing, infrastructure and economic development projects.

City Council members’ vote Monday to approve a letter of intent to provide the funding came during a presentation of the city’s draft Housing Action Plan, which calls for a multitude of initiatives to add to the depleted stock of affordable housing. Councilwoman Courtney Hamilton recused herself from the vote because of a potential conflict of interest related to her employment.

The new funding commitments bring Bluebird Village close to a point where lead developer Greg Dunfield can plan to break ground on the project, which has been in the development process since 2018. The estimated $25,725,000 project is fully approved by the city. Dunfield has said he hopes to start construction in May, after he receives a building permit from the city.

In the Bluebird Village project, Dunfield and his company, Seattle-based GMD Development, is working in partnership with the nonprofit Ketchum Community Development Corp. to develop two four-story buildings totaling approximately 68,000 square feet at 480 East Ave. For decades, the .6-acre site with two lots has been the headquarters of Ketchum City Hall, the Fire Department and Police Department, which have all moved to new locations.

The old City Hall is scheduled to be demolished this month.

The two buildings—with

maximum heights of approximately 51 feet and 49 feet—would include a combination of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units. The deed-restricted residential units would be built on three floors over ground floors that include offices, two commercial spaces, 45 parking stalls and 84 bicycle spaces.

With oversight, the project would implement a “local preference policy” that targets local workers at a variety of income levels in the workforce, based on the area median income at the time. The city is developing the selection policy.

Rents will target workers making from 30% to 100% of the area median income—pay ranges that would currently include workers making from about $8.50 per hour to $32 per hour. Annually, that range translates to approximately $19,000 to $64,000 per household, though the exact figure changes year to year. The majority of units will be one- and two-bedroom apartments for households earning $16 to $27 per hour.

Project costs increased by some $3.8 million from August 2020 to February 2022, largely because of inflation and supplychain issues, Dunfield said earlier this month, with the costs of building materials and labor increasing sharply. The total project costs went from approximately $21.9 million to $25.7 million, he said.

Meanwhile, the projected income from rents—which will be controlled by a preset formula—has gone down, project representatives have said.

In briefly discussing whether the project’s financial numbers might again change, Mayor Neil Bradshaw said he believes the money being provided to Bluebird will be well-spent, though the city cannot control certain aspects of the costs and income.

“There are risks and rewards in any development,” he said.

Bradshaw said the cost of each unit in Bluebird averages to about $80,000, without factoring in the cost of the land. The city is providing the land for a nominal annual cost. Some estimates have put the value of the downtown property at about $6 million.

The city plans to provide the money from its Housing In-Lieu Fund, funded with money collected from developers who pay the city a fee in lieu of building required workforce housing.

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Idaho governor declines debates ahead of Republican primary

Giddings, Simpson also opt out of respective debates

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press

BOISE—Idaho Gov. Brad Little said Friday he won’t participate in debates heading into next month’s Republican primary.

The first-term governor had been invited to participate in debates put on by Idaho Debates on Idaho Public Television and another put on by KTVB-TV.

“Governor Little has a proven track record of cutting red tape, responsibly managing the budget and the economy, and providing Idaho families and businesses with historic tax relief and record investments in schools, roads, water, and other areas,” his campaign said in a statement. “Those historic accomplishments and facts are non-debatable.”

Little has drawn several Republican challengers, including far-right Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin. The two have sparred during the coronavirus pandemic, with McGeachin as acting governor issuing several executive orders while Little was out of town. Little rescinded McGeachin’s orders each time.

McGeachin, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump, tweeted that Little’s decision wasn’t based on “a scheduling conflict, rather he just doesn’t want to debate.”

“Once again,” she said, “he is showing his elitist attitude by refusing to address his record.”

After Little’s announcement, Idaho Debates officials said it was unclear if the governor’s debate will be held without Little, and they were conferring with other candidates. They said it was the first time in more than three decades that a sitting governor seeking reelection had declined to participate.

Also on Friday, state Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White

Bird, backed out of a lieutenant governor debate against House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley, that had been set for Monday.

Idaho Debates officials said Giddings had previously committed to the debate, as had Bedke. Giddings, however, required her pre-approval of reporter panelists, citing her concerns they would be biased. But Idaho Debates officials said they don’t reveal reporters on a panel to any candidate in advance.

“The decision to withhold the names of the panelists on the false pretense that this will suddenly make them fair and respectful leaves us with very little choice,” said Giddings campaign spokesman Zach Lautenschlager in an email to Melissa Davlin of Idaho Public Television, the scheduled debate moderator. “We are forced to refuse the invitation.”

Bedke in a statement said he was happy to take part in Monday’s debate and had also agreed to a debate on KTVB-TV with no preconditions.

“It’s unfortunate that the people of Idaho will not get this opportunity to see, firsthand, the difference between my record of delivering conservative results versus my opponent’s empty rhetoric,” Bedke wrote.

Idaho Debates are a collaboration between the Idaho Press Club, Idaho Public Television, the League of Women Voters of Idaho and Idaho’s public universities.

Refusing to take part in the statewide televised debates ahead of the Idaho primary gives voters less opportunity to scrutinize candidates and potentially see different philosophies on display.

“Idaho Public Television reaches nearly every household in the state, and we know from past comments that many Republican primary voters rely on

debates to inform their decisions at the ballot box,” Davlin said.

The governor and lieutenant governor races offer stark choices for voters, with Little and Bedke among the more mainstream Republicans that have dominated Idaho for several decades, and McGeachin and Giddings associated with the far-right that has been making inroads in recent years. In Idaho, the governor and lieutenant governor run on separate tickets.

In conservative Idaho, the winner of the Republican primary in statewide races is almost guaranteed winning the general election. Democrats have not held the governor’s office since 1995 or statewide elected office since 2007.

Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson has also said he wouldn’t take part in Republican primary debates this year.

Simpson, who is generally but not always aligned with Little and Bedke, has drawn a handful of primary challengers for Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District. He has represented the district since 1999.

The most notable challenger there is Bryan Smith of Idaho Falls. Smith ran against Simpson in the 2014 Republican primary but lost. Simpson’s campaign has said voters have already seen enough of Smith.

Republican U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, who has represented Idaho’s 1st Congressional District since 2019, didn’t draw a primary challenger.

Several other Republican primary debates put on by Idaho Debates are still planned. Those include the candidates for attorney general on Tuesday, superintendent of public instruction on April 25 and secretary of state on April 26.

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Ski Patrol on the closing day of Bald Mountain. Carling’s group cooked for approximately 200 people

patrollers, mountain staff and members of the ski community. “This is an appreciation

the Sun Valley Ski Patrol for the outstanding job they do,” Carling said, adding a big thank you to the donors and volunteers that backed the event. The food was free, but people were encouraged to make a donation. This year, $1,500 was raised and those proceeds are going to the Blaine County Suicide Prevention Task Force in the name of the Sun Valley Ski Patrol. Also pictured are volunteers Eric Brown and Bill Nagel, left and center left, and Ski Patroller Dave Bell. Words and photo by Willy Cook

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� Idaho Department of Lands is accepting lease applications for public auction of a Recreation-Commercial site lease, an Industrial site lease and a Communication site in Blaine County, until Saturday, April 30, 2022 by 5:00 pm (MT).

� The 5th Judicial District Court of the State of Idaho has appointed Mary S. Green as representative of the estate of Donald L. Green, deceased.

� Jo Breen Vering is petitioning to change her name to Jo Breen Vering.

� The 5th Judicial District Court of the State of Idaho has appointed Lisa R. McGraw as representative of the estate of Gary Lee McGraw, deceased.

� The 5th Judicial District Court of the State of Idaho has appointed Nanette E. Halasz as representative of the estate of Barry D. Welker, deceased.

� The Sun Valley Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing to review applications for a new single-family residence on Fairway Loop, an equestrian barn on Morningstar Road, and proposed amendments to Title 9 of the Sun Valley Municipal Code on April 21st, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at City Hall Council Chambers

� The City of Carey Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing concerning zoning regulations for mobile home and RV parks on May 2nd, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at Carey City Hall.

� The City of Ketchum will be accepting bids for a 2022 sidewalk infill until 3:00 p.m. on April 27, 2022.

� The City of Ketchum released the Treasurer’s Quarterly Financial Report for 2022’s first quarter on March 31, 2022.

� The City of Sun Valley, Idaho has issued Ordinance No. 568, amending the Sun Valley zoning map by changing the zoning district designation of Parcel A, Lane Ranch Subdivision Phase 1.

The District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Idaho has appointed Thomas R. Wortman, Jr. as Personal Representative of the estate of Thomas R. Wortman, Sr., deceased.

Flood Control District 9 will hold a meeting on April 25, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. in the Old Courthouse in Hailey, Idaho.

The Blaine County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public meeting to consider an application to amend Lot 1, Block 2 of Croy Creek Preserve Subdivision on May 10, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

The City of Bellevue, Idaho has issued Ordinance No. 2022-01, amending Title 10, Chapters 6, 7, 9 of the Bellevue Municipal

Code to allow for new building areas and provisions.

� The District Court of the Fifth Judicial District of the State of Idaho has appointed Barbara Sorensen as Personal Representative of the estate of Ceorl Joseph Sorensen, deceased.

� The Board of the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority will hold a public hearing to consider and approve their final budget on May 3, 2022 at 5:30 p.m.

� The Ketchum Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public meeting to consider a Preliminary Plat application proposing the split of Gem Street Subdivision into two separate lots on May 10, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.

� The City of Ketchum Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public meeting to consider a request to amend the Development Agreement #20427 made with Jack Bariteau, Jr. on May 10, 2022 at 4:30 p.m.

� The Hailey City council will hold a public meeting to consider a city-initiated Text Amendment to Hailey Municipal Code, Title 15 regarding tiny houses and Solar Ready Provisions on May 23 2022 at 5:30 p.m.

� The City of Hailey, Idaho is seeking public comment from April 20 - May 5, 2022 on a proposed Lot Line adjustment that would eliminate interior lot lines within sections of the Sawmill subdivision.

� The City of Hailey, Idaho is seeking public comment from April 20 - May 5, 2022 on a proposed Lot Line adjustment that would reconfigure two sections of Woodside subdivision into one new lot.

� The City of Hailey, Idaho is seeking public comment from April 20 - May 5, 2022 on a proposed Lot Line adjustment that would eliminate the interior lot lines of lots 7, 8 and the North 10’ of the vacated alley.

� Carolyn Seitz Douglas is petitioning to change her name to Carolyn Marie Seitz.

� Jennifer Ann Porter Mitchell is petitioning to change her name to Jennifer Sloane Lang.

� The Bellevue Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a remote public meeting to Consider a Text Amendment to Title 10 of the City Code setting forth regulations for a business core multifamily overlay residential district on May 9, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.

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Dear Neighbor and Ketchum Voter, I am writing to ask you to join me in voting “Against” the proposed Ketchum LOT tax for workforce housing.

In the words of Mayor Bradshaw: “The good news is that the growth outlook [for the city] has a positive impact on our revenue forecasts. Both “one-time” revenue (such as planning and building fees) and recurring revenue (such as local option taxes) are expected to significantly increase through 2022”

Source: Ketchum Budget Document for 2021-22 fiscal year

KETCHUM DOES NOT NEED MORE MONEY

Ketchum ended 2021 with $3.3M in LOT taxes. For the first six months of the current year, LOT tax receipts are up 18%. Ketchum needs the right to use the existing taxes for housing, not a new tax.

Ketchum ended FY 2021 with Unrestricted Funds of $13.4M.

If Ketchum sold the old city hall site and the parking lot at First & Washington, they would have plenty of money for deed restricted housing and keep those valuable sites on tax rolls for municipal services like schools, healthcare, sewer and water, etc. This money can purchase 10 to 15 apartments immediately.

KETCHUM DOES NOT DESERVE NEW MONEY

Ketchum is a poor manager of the housing it now owns. Non profits, both existing and to be formed, can and will do a better job.

Two recent examples of poor city stewardship are KETCH housing and Bluebird Village. Just ask anybody who has followed the tortured history of KETCH and Bluebird.

118 apartment and condominium units sold in Ketchum during 2021. The mean price was $810,000. Bluebird Village will cost $816,000 per unit when you add in the value of the land, the real estate tax revenue lost to the County and then subtract the two units being retained by the developer. This raises the question of housing now vs. housing in 2025-if then.

More than 500 workforce housing units are currently in the works with non-profit sponsors like ARCH, St. Luke’s Foundation, the Wood River Land Trust as well as the cities of Bellevue, Hailey, and Sun Valley. Ketchum may not need either the number of units they project nor the bedroom mix planned.

Most occupants of workforce housing prefer Hailey over Ketchum. Hailey provides broader services, lower living costs and middle and high schools for families with children. Ketchum is not their first choice of where to live.

Please vote on May 17th. The city is counting on a small turnout. History shows that most new taxes are put before the voters when few residents are paying attention. Make your voice heard, whether for or against the new tax. It is best to have broad community input on any new tax.

Respectfully submitted,

Limelight Hotel • 151 S. Main Street, Ketchum • limelighthotels.com

Are you ready for the TSA’s mask mandate for air travel to end?

Yes, the time feels right

Yes, never should have had one

No, but I’ll stop wearing my mask

No, and I’ll still wear a mask on planes

Don’t know/no opinion

Mallory Walker, Ketchum homeowner for 34 years

In the 2019 Idaho Press Club awards competition, announced in April 2020, the Mountain Express won General Excellence for weekly newspapers.

Banning abortion will have unintended consequences

Family planning is none of the government’s business. Legislation restricting one of those decisions is flooding through red states prior to a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision. Legislators should have considered all the consequences before rushing to ban abortions.

Some of the new laws will criminalize any physician or health-care provider involved in an abortion. The gray areas are staggering. So are the implications about whether health-care providers will choose to work in states already underserved.

Banning abortions forces women to bear children at a time they do not choose. It is only fair that fathers also lose any ability to walk away from these government-dictated choices.

Fathers should be required to take the same time off work and bear the financial burdens involved in prenatal care and childbirth.

Fathers should also miss work, use up leave time and maybe lose a job if there are complications for the pregnant woman. After all, getting pregnant takes two.

Idaho breaches medical ‘border’

The U.S. has broken into two nations.

One nation uses face masks and vaccines to save lives and tamp down the coronavirus pandemic. The other doesn’t. In one nation, abortion is legal. In the other, it is not.

Washington and Idaho diverge on both counts.

Last year, Idahoans desperate for treatment unavailable in the state’s COVIDoverwhelmed hospitals sought refuge in Washington medical facilities. In accepting critically ill patients, Washington hospitals delayed less critical, but essential, treatments for state residents.

At the time, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee complained that patients from Idaho were “clogging up” his state’s hospitals. Idaho and Washington don’t agree on the numbers, but Idaho patient transfers apparently ranged from hundreds to a few thousand, according to reporting by the Idaho Capital Sun.

Now, women seeking abortions are beginning to fill up clinics in Washington and Oregon since the Idaho Legislature passed a law banning all abortions after six weeks. A judge’s ruling has prevented the law from going into effect, but the ruling is temporary.

In the case of rape or incest, men rarely own up. Therefore, the state should be required to identify all reluctant fathers. Demanding DNA tests of every male family member or acquaintance of a pregnant woman left on her own surely isn’t any greater intrusion by the government than meddling in the privacy of doctors and female patients.

As with all other laws, the government would be accountable for enforcement and to prosecute scofflaw fathers. Enforcement would surely require higher taxes.

Abortions that are legal in some states, banned in others and somewhere in between in the rest will cause unintended economic consequences to ripple through the nation’s business landscape.

Research by the Guttmacher Institute, a progressive reproductive health research group, found that 25% of women have an abortion sometime during their childbearing years. Enforced pregnancy would thus reduce the productivity of these women, especially since childbearing and productive

working years overlap.

Around 57% of American women over 16 years old participate in the workforce, according to the most recent available data by the U.S. Department of Labor. Recruiting females to jobs in states that do not allow women control over their private healthcare decisions will be tough. The same will apply to those in relationships with such women and exacerbate labor shortages.

Shifts in population would likely result in more economic growth in some states and struggles in those that lose workers.

Employers might have to turn to immigrants to make up the difference. What a conundrum for legislators who have dragged their feet on immigration reform.

Women who can afford to travel for a safe and legal abortion might boost the struggling travel industry. Black markets might thrive as anti-abortion forces target early pregnancy abortion pills and birth control pills.

Unfortunately, the unintended consequences of banning abortion will affect everyone.

Over the weekend, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat gave voice to his state’s difficulties accommodating Idaho patients forced to flee their state’s politically driven shortages of medical care.

He reported that Idahoans now are 43% of patients in an Eastern Washington reproductive care clinic. Westneat’s words should make Idahoans squirm in their seats. He wrote, “How long before we look over at Idaho and say: Why do we have to be your civilization?”

Idahoans commonly say that we take care of ourselves, our neighbors and solve our

Other Views

own problems. It’s not true. Our extremist political policies have become problems for other states.

How long will Washington tolerate Idaho’s political-medical refugees? How long before cries go up for states to imitate nations and erect medical “borders” to protect the health of their own people? How long, indeed.

“Our View” represents the opinion of the newspaper editorial board, which is made up of members of its board of directors. Remarks may be directed to editorialboard@mtexpress.com.

Affordable housing shouldn’t have to take a miracle

By BENJAMIN WADDELL Writers on the Range

Residents of the Westside Mobile Home Park in Durango, in southern Colorado, called it a miracle: They now own the land their homes sit on, their rent will not go up, and they proved that the housing cooperative they’d founded had staying power.

Westside’s fate was hardly a given. The New York-based owner, Neal Kurzner, rejected their first offer, saying he had a corporate buyer who owned many trailer parks and was ready to pay $5.5 million in cash. He gave the community just seven days to come up with a cash offer.

“We knew what was at risk,” resident Darcy Diaz, told me. “But how do you raise $5.5 million?”

Diaz, who grew up in Colombia and moved to Westside in 2018, knew their only hope was to organize. With a group of other determined residents, Diaz helped start the Westside Mobile Home Park Cooperative.

It launched a GoFundMe account, opened a Facebook page, and prepared tamales, posole, and empanadas to fundraise for the cause. Then Local First, which supports development initiatives in La Plata County, granted Westside $140,000 in cash plus a $395,000 zero-interest loan, while the Durango community turned out in force, helping Westside raise just over $50,000 in less than a week.

Co-op’s relationship with Elevation, which advocates for housing solutions for workingclass people, provided the collateral needed to support the project.

The result: In just five days, Elevation and Westside pieced together $5.56 million in cash plus closing fees. On March 25, they submitted their offer.

For nearly a week, the community waited to hear back, with many residents saying they could hardly sleep.

Then, on March 31, Fanchi said she had news. Diaz and her fellow organizers gathered around a single computer in a neighbor’s kitchen. “It’s been a really tough week,” Fanchi began over Zoom. “And I do have an update, and that is that we are buying the Westside Mobile Home Park!”

In the meantime, Stefka Fanchi, who heads up Elevation Community Land Trust, shored up support from county officials, banks and a handful of non-profits. Westside

“They accepted!” residents screamed, crying and turning to each other in joy. Diaz hugged her 2-year-old daughter, and on the screen, Fanchi and her colleagues wept.

Westside’s success provides hope in a housing market where mobile home parks

iWestside’s success provides hope in a housing market where mobile home parks are frequently sold on short notice followed by large rent hikes or eviction.

I trust Gretchen Stinnett

I hired Gretchen when she was 16 years old. I worked with her for 16 years. She is a smart and reliable employee. Her balancing record was impeccable. She has a knack for learning the right way to do things and then following through on that knowledge. During her years here at the bank, she was tasked with learning government regulations and tested regularly to ensure she knew those regulations. She was trusted with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and was extremely accurate in her accounting of this cash. I would hire her back in a heartbeat. Gretchen is a hard worker and has proven to be competent in her current position with the county. I believe she is the right person for the county clerk position. Gretchen is one of the employees that makes the current clerk look good. Vote for Gretchen Stinnett: she is local, trustworthy and dedicated to doing the job right.

HEATHER PARTON Hailey

Vote ‘Yes’ for Ketchum housing on May 17

I hope Ketchum voters vote “yes” on Tuesday, May 17—Election Day—to dedicate new LOT funding for workforce housing. It is the only chance we have to raise money to address our lack of affordable housing and the employee shortage that is forcing long-time businesses, even profitable ones such as Perry’s, to close. Since the pandemic, our restaurant’s profits have increased by 40%, but we are closing because Paula and I couldn’t keep working 80 hours a week doing the jobs that we couldn’t find employees to fill.

The reality is that every business in Ketchum is facing staff shortages and we must act now by passing the housing LOT to keep our vitality from slipping away. Although not a silver bullet, passing the Ketchum LOT will enable the city to tackle new housing initiatives and add more workforce housing options, which will make a difference. I appreciate the fact that the city is working regionally with other jurisdictions to find options and is building broad community partnerships in addressing the housing crisis.

I hope you will help preserve our local businesses by voting yes in the May 17 Ketchum election. Housing makes community; local eateries and small businesses create vitality. This is one of the most important votes you can make.

KEITH PERRY Ketchum

Labrador is wrong choice for Idaho Attorney General

In “Other Views”, April 13, 2022, Raul Labrador showed us that his plan, if elected, is to politicize the office of Idaho Attorney General. His criticism of Attorney General Lawrence Wasden can best be characterized as this: A.G. Wasden has abandoned his duty as Idaho Attorney General because he put the law ahead of politics.

As an assistant attorney general in Oregon, I served under three attorneys general—a Republican, a Democrat and one whose affiliation I never knew. All were excellent. All put the law above politics. And all expected their assistants to do the same.

I believe that this principle is what is needed in the office of attorney general.

It provides balance. It is, in these difficult times, exactly what Idaho needs.

Labrador criticizes Wasden for not joining other Republican A.G.s in contesting the 2020 election. He fails to mention that Trump won a majority in Idaho, which would give Idaho no reason to sue. Moreover, the lawsuits brought by “Republican attorney generals [sic]” were all dismissed, up to and including in the U.S. Supreme Court.

The role of an attorney general is to advise the state and the people of the legality, or lack thereof, their intended actions. Wasden does just that. Labrador’s treatise shows that he would put politics ahead of the law. He should not be elected.

In the final analysis, if you shop around, you might find a lawyer who would take any side of a case for a fee. Most lawyers will not. We need an attorney general who will give us his best legal thinking on the law and leave politics out of it. Lawrence Wasden is such an attorney general.

PETER DE LUCA Hailey

McDougall Graham deserves a full term

I write to support incumbent Stephen McDougall Graham for Blaine County Clerk. The position of county clerk includes many responsibilities: voter registration and management of elections; recording documents for property, marriage and liquor licenses; jury selection management; and county budget processes, among others. The county clerk touches our lives in these myriad ways. Stephen has brought new ideas and new energy and welcome new money to the clerk’s office. With his financial and management experience, he upgraded the county budget process to make it transparent and opened a new website. He brought in grants from the federal and state governments and COVID relief funds. We need these kinds of innovative ideas and processes in our local government. He was appointed by unanimous vote of the county commissioners last year. He deserves a full term!

JULIE WESTON Hailey

Thank the Earth this Friday

Perhaps a better name than “Earth Day” might be “Thank the Earth Day.” When we start listing the many things we are thankful for, most of those things can be traced directly to our Earth.

Our families (and friends). The love and support we receive from our families (and friends) is an important part of our quality of life that is greatly enhanced because so many of our basic needs have been met.

Food. The supply chain ultimately gets our food from farms where it is grown in the Earth and harvested (and cared for).

Clothing. Whether cotton, wool, synthetics or blends, everything we wear comes originally from the Earth; either grown or mined.

Health. Abundant food, exercise and medications all come from or are possible because of our Earth.

Warmth. Whether we use fossil fuels or sunlight (or some combination) to heat our homes, the materials required are possible/or come from the Earth (and the Sun).

Security. The safety provided by our homes comes from materials grown or mined from the Earth.

Fresh water. We humans require a reliable, constant supply of pure water, whether it’s for drinking, bathing, watering plants, etc. Although most purification is done by other humans and delivered to us, our fresh water originally comes from

streams or aquifers from the Earth.

Our beautiful surroundings. The mountains, forests, rivers and wildlife which provide us both satisfaction and recreation are certainly components of this Earth on which we live.

The Earth Day celebration this April provides us the opportunity to join our whole community to share both our thankfulness and responsibilities to the Earth for the many gifts we have received.

ROBERT LONNING Hailey

Vote McDougall Graham

I am writing to support Blaine County Clerk candidate Stephen McDougall Graham. As a business owner who relies every day on the Clerk’s Office, it is extremely important to me who leads the office. I believe that Stephen brings mature leadership and stability to the workplace. Since McDougall Graham was appointed in 2021, I have noticed a positive difference in my interactions with the staff, and that comes from leadership. We have always enjoyed a good relationship with the Clerk’s Office, but I am particularly pleased that Stephen remains committed to keeping his recording staff available for five days a week to process transactions when other Blaine County offices are closed on Fridays. Title companies need regular business hours to service the real estate industry, so this is critical. Stephen is committed to modernizing the Clerk’s Office, preserving historic records and improving public access.

I am impressed by Stephen McDougall Graham’s enthusiasm to tackle the five different jobs for which he is responsible for— clerk, recorder, auditor, and budget officer, among others. This is a tall task for anyone, but he has the education, new ideas and commitment to public service that make a difference. Let’s keep him in the job.

Please join me in voting for Stephen McDougall Graham.

DARYL FAUTH Hailey

Stinnett

is committed to our community

Gretchen Stinnett is a woman of remarkable intelligence, kindness and humility, and she has evidenced her deep commitment to our community through her life-long residency and extensive tenure as a civil servant in the Blaine County Clerk’s Office.

In her years of service, Gretchen has acquired the skills necessary for the

Housing success is an exception

are frequently sold on short notice followed by large rent hikes or eviction.

But Westside’s success is an exception. Since 2020, when Colorado began requiring mobile home park owners to provide their residents with notice of their intent

to sell, dozens of trailer parks have been placed on the market and only four have successfully bought the land beneath them.

Now, Colorado needs to pass additional legislation that would grant first right of refusal to park residents, give them more time to submit an offer, and cap the

percentage that parks can raise rent. A bill to do just that has been introduced by State Democratic Rep. Andrew Boesenecker.

Westside Mobile Home Park residents needed a miracle, and they got it. But access to dignified housing shouldn’t come down to miracles. It should simply be the way things are.

county clerk position and has demonstrated her unique aptitude for executing, tracking and auditing the manifold records, budgets and filings that constitute the clerk’s complex duties. Gretchen is capable, experienced and competent.

Moreover, Gretchen is already a natural leader in the Clerk’s Office and the natural liaison between her office and the other county departments. Leading always with her kind, supportive smile, Gretchen exhibits an enthusiasm to assist others, facilitate communications and overcome obstacles. By virtue of her disposition, she is naturally capable of serving in the critical position of Blaine County Clerk.

In a time rife with imported, professional bureaucrats and administrators, Gretchen represents the very best of who and what we are as a community. Born and raised amongst ourselves, and rearing her own three children here as well, she has a deep understanding of our communal struggles, and she has already committed countless hours to serving those needs. Gretchen is an asset to our county government, to our community and to each and every one of us.

I encourage you to support Gretchen Stinnett for Blaine County Clerk.

DUSTY WENDLAND Hailey

About letters

DEADLINE: 5 p.m. Thursday for the Wednesday paper.

WORD COUNT: letter (300 words), guest opinion (600 words).

All letters must bear a signature plus a printed full name, address and phone number for verification. Only the author’s name and city will be printed. Submissions are accepted at Box 1013, Ketchum, ID 83340; fax: (208) 726-2329; e-mail: letters@mtexpress.com, or hand delivered to 591 1st Ave. N., Ketchum.

E-mailed letters must be labeled with a clearly stated subject and also include an address and telephone number for verification.

Letters may be edited for length and readability. The newspaper may reject letters that are too long or intended primarily for fund raising. The Express reserves the right to reject letters that are libelous, obscene, unseemly, illegible, photocopied or not individually addressed to the Idaho Mountain Express.

Letters of thanks will be printed in the classified section. They must be 200 words or less.

Benjamin Waddell is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange. org, a nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He is a sociologist based at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

SERIES WORKSHOP

CREATIVE GIFTS USING FAMILY PHOTOS

with AMANDA NAGY

Participants will enhance the emotional quality of a photographic portrait through the addition of craft supplies such as buttons, feathers, twine, paint and even coffee to elicit the personality of the subject.

Students will bring an original image or photocopy of a loved one (pets included) to the class. The final artwork will be a one-of-a-kind gift, suitable for Mother’s Day or another occasion.

Age & ability: 16 years and older, beginners welcome!

2022 Craft Series Workshops are generously supported by Heather Horton

GEL PRINT

EXPLOSION BOOKS

with KRISTEN KENT

(FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 6–12)

Join us for an exploration of color and printmaking. Students will work with gel printing plates to create colorful printed papers using a variety of techniques. They will then use those papers to construct a handmade explosion book! All supplies will be provided.

Teen workshops are generously supported by Joyce B. Friedman

The Spot to offer bloody treat with ‘Sweeney Todd’

Macabre theater production features elements of love, comedy

By JOEY THYNE Express Staff Writer

While developing his horrormusical “Sweeney Todd,” legendary composer Stephen Sondheim said he wanted it staged in a “small dark theater ... as black as a coffin that would encompass entering audiences, offering no chance to get settled before the lights went out.”

The Spot black-box theater in Ketchum will present intimate performances of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” from April 21-24 and April 26-May 1. Each show starts at 7:30 p.m., except Saturday, April 23, which is at 2 p.m., and Sundays, which are at 4 p.m.

“Sweeney Todd” is a tale as old as time itself—a barber goes on a murderous rampage as his lover bakes the corpses into pies. Any questions?

Director Natalie Battistone believes this is a love story.

“[The characters] are all operating from a place of love, albeit very different kinds,” Battistone said.

After years of false imprisonment, Benjamin Barker returns to London, seeking revenge on the judge who put him away and stole his wife and child.

“Grief is unexpressed love,” Battistone said. “When we cannot grapple with our pain, our grief, our suffering, or access the healing power of compassion, it is transmuted into anger and we seek retribution, comfort and understanding. But, some things are never to be understood.”

Barker reinstates himself as a barber in the community under the pseudonym “Sweeney Todd” above Mrs. Lovett’s failing pie shop. Hijinks ensue.

“Sweeney Todd” is not for the faint of heart. This production may not be fun for the whole family—The Spot says it is suitable for ages 12 and up due to violence and mature themes.

In a world of meat shortages and people demanding haircuts,

Battistone says the terror of “Sweeney Todd” is only a heightened version of our current reality.

“We live in a society riddled with corruption, greed, deception, uncertainty—wracked by ‘plague’ and a pervasive feeling of dread,” Battistone said. “Mistrust, doubt and vengeance are trending.”

About 80% of the show is underscored by music.

“The medium of musical theater provides a protective and satisfying buffer for this gruesome tale,” Battistone said.

Sondheim’s haunting compositions were influenced by classic horror scores like “The Grand Guignol.” The maestro has described this show as a “musical thriller” and “a dark operetta.”

Sondheim once said the ballads of “Sweeney Todd” take place “in limbo.” The music spans the menacing “Epiphany” to the tender “Not While I’m Around.” “Johanna” will make your heart flutter and “A Little Priest” will give you nightmares. For such a dark show, songs such as “Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir” are laugh-out-loud funny.

Music Director Grant Carey adds new arrangements for Sondheim’s eerie music. To support bombastic and intimate moments alike, he weaves live instrumentation with pre-recorded backing tracks tailored to this original production.

“It is my hope that this brings a precision and consistency to the performance that will really keep our audience on the edge of their seats,” Carey said.

He will provide live music cues with touches of guitar, synthesizer and drum machine to contribute to the surreal atmosphere.

“Along with all this experimentalism, our goal is to stay

really truthful to Sondheim’s harmony, melody, rhythm and, of course, lyrics,” Carey said. “In my experience, this is actually the great joy of working on Sondheim—the phrases are written so perfectly that most of the work is about learning and honoring the pitches and rhythms.”

In Battistone’s version, the whole show is an invention of Barker’s subconscious taking place place in a dream-like liminal space with anachronistic costuming and, of course, blood—lots of blood.

“The haunting emptiness of the space will be interrupted by the shapes, shadows and voices of characters as they pass through on their way elsewhere,” Battistone said. “We will be situated in Victorian-era London but everything is augmented—slightly askew.”

Patrons are required to wear masks and provide a proof of vaccination or negative COVID19 test in the past 72 hours. The show runs 2 hours, 45 minutes, with intermission. Concessions are available in the lobby.

“What I love about Sweeney Todd is that it is high tragedy,” Battistone said. “There is a catharsis in the end. All the blood that is shed is atoned for, and Sweeney finally has salvation. Everything is lost and everything is gained.”

Tickets cost $33 and $15 if you are under the age 30. For more information, visit spotsunvalley.com.

Sweeney Todd

Paid for by Jack Nelsen Idaho, Maxine Bell Treasurer

Photo courtesy of Natalie Battistone

Benjamin Barker’s perilous barber chair takes center stage at The Spot’s production of “Sweeney Todd.” Natalie Battistone wanted to create a liminal, dream-like atmosphere with the sets.

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The medium of musical theater provides a protective and satisfying buffer for this gruesome tale.”

Natalie Battistone Director

Casting

The life lessons of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Community School production runs April 20-22

By JOEY THYNE Express Staff Writer

More than 30 years ago, Disney’s animated “Beauty and the Beast” captured the world’s imagination and hearts. The story has stood the test of time— and it comes to the Community School this week.

The middle-school production of “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” runs April 20-22 at 5 p.m. in the Sun Valley Community School Theater.

“Beauty and the Beast” tells the story of a “Beast” who captures a young woman, Belle, in an attempt to gain her love so he can shed his monstrous form. It’s filled with lovable characters and singalong songs.

Music Theatre International creates “Junior” versions of musical favorites, paring down shows to 60-75 minute chunks more attainable for kids. Additionally, they add roles like narrators and other supporting ensemble members so more students can be featured.

Director Megan Mahoney is impressed with how far the students have come in such a short time.

“Usually, in a rehearsal process, there will be a lot of scripts onstage as the process gets started—not with this cast,” Mahoney said. “They came to every rehearsal with their lines and songs already memorized and ready to learn their staging and choreography.”

This is the first time in two years this age group of Community School thespians has rehearsed without masks and will perform to a full audience.

“The sheer brilliance of these kids coming together, in spite of the challenges of the past couple years, is inspirational,” Mahoney said.

To bring this show to life, she collaborated with Music Director Kevin Wade and Elle Lucas, who leads the technical team. The tight knit group leads by example.

“We pride ourselves on demonstrating to the kids a healthy working team where we pick up slack when necessary, help each other out, treat each other with kindness, value and appreciate each other’s ideas and build up our peers,” Mahoney said. “If

we’re working on building good humans, it’s important we model that behavior.”

Sets for “Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” include a French provincial town and an enchanted castle. Mahoney had to make dozens of costumes from scratch. Lucas and her team have had to source or construct over 150 different props.

One day, the actress playing Belle didn’t have her magic mirror. While she ran backstage to grab it, the instructors talked to the remaining actors onstage about how they would handle a situation like this during the show and encouraged them to improvise.

“This is live theater, after all—things will go wrong, and a huge lesson for these actors is how to handle it,” Mahoney said. “It was a fun exercise and the students learned how sometimes you have to get creative to handle onstage mishaps.”

Theater can teach young people problem solving, public speaking, collaboration and self advocacy, Mahoney said. There are hard lessons in theater; sometimes, you don’t get the role you want, or your voice cracks onstage.

“Every single moment onstage and off is preparing these kids to be successful, competent, and resourceful,” Mahoney said. “When we boil it down, we’re teaching our students to be good humans, and we have the privilege to do so through music, text and dance.”

With the cast and crew of students, they discussed the aspects of the story which may not have aged particularly well.

“Mostly that taking a girl prisoner with the hope of her falling in love with you isn’t an ideal relationship tactic,” Mahoney said.

Still, she believes there is a ultimately positive message in “Beauty and the Beast.”

“The characters who are perceived as ‘different’ come out on top at the end,” Mahoney said. “These plot points and characters remind an audience that it is okay, and often better, to march to the beat of your own drum.”

Tickets cost $7 for students and $10 for adults. For more information, visit communityschool.org.

HOUSING IS A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT!

Hello, I am Don Lappin, Independent Candidate for District 26 Senate Seat. How does the housing crisis affect us in the Wood River Valley?

We all know personal stories of working families not being able to afford housing, both to purchase or rent because of Vacation Rentals and Vacation home buyers.

Renters can suddenly be forced out of a home because a landlord will get a high price offer to sell, leaving the renter with no equity and no place to move to.

Rents are now averaging more than 1/3 of take-home pay. We know, we know…and we know the root problems:

“Not enough homes some say.” “Build more homes.”

But they need to be homes for the middle class, not more homes for the wealthy.

There are lot of empty second Homes that could be rented.

“Not enough land to build on.” But there are many single homes on 100 acres.

That is land that would provide 100 homes with yards for kids, gardens, and pets.

We are surrounded by BLM land, some of it can be made available for housing.

Solutions come from local planning and the collaboration of the community.

Local governments are trying to help, with dense housing, but it’s not enough.

We need to invest in their Water and Sewer Infrastructure. This is what Bellevue is working on because of anticipated growth.

Personally, my greatest passion is for “Earth Sheltered Housing.”

The energy needs are 90% less, maintenance is 90% less, insurance is 40% less.

They are nestled and protected by Nature. They will last for 10,000 years.

It is best to build them handicap accessible and with organic materials.

They are Storm-proof, and designed to be Fire-proof, and Earthquake-proof.

A suburb setting of Earth Sheltered homes would look like a golf course.

Ask me about them, you’ll find me picking up trash around town on April 22nd.

Happy Earth Day…Sincerely, Donald Lappin

Express photo by Willy Cook

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One hospitalized after Carey structure fire

Loading Chute fire began early Saturday morning

By EMILY JONES Express Staff Writer

A Carey man suffered severe burns in an early-morning structure fire Saturday at a former restaurant and bar that he owned and had converted to a residence, according to Carey Fire & Rescue Chief Richard Kimball.

Nine Carey firefighters worked for over eight hours to control the fire with defensive support from Wood River Fire & Rescue and Bellevue Fire Department crews, Kimball told the Express. The south county agencies were originally dispatched to 20546 N. Main Street—the building that formerly housed the Loading Chute restaurant and bar—at 12:27 a.m., he said.

The sole occupant of the building “got himself out and was looking around for his dogs” when crews arrived, Kimball said.

The man had suffered severe burns and was transported by ambulance to St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center, then transferred to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center burn unit in Idaho Falls, Kimball said, adding that “the dogs are OK.”

Kimball said that flames spread from the northwest to the south, quickly engulfing

the building, which was “constructed of large logs.” The structure was a total loss, but crews were able to prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent homes and the RV park across the road.

Carey Fire & Rescue responded to the incident with a structural firefighting truck, water tender, two ambulances and a command rig, Kimball said, while Wood River Fire & Rescue and Bellevue Fire crews responded with one engine each. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Idaho State Fire Marshal’s Office, Kimball said.

A GoFundMe page created by Nampa resident Ronnie Blong identified the homeowner and burn victim as Gary Baird.

Baird “will make it from what I told,” wrote Blong, who said he is the son of Gary’s wife, Barbara Baird.

“They [Baird and his wife] did not have insurance on the home and now have nothing. They are retired and do not work anymore. This being said, anything would help them at this point,” Blong stated. “I want to thank anyone in advance that would be able to help.”

The fundraising campaign had raised about $1,500 as of Monday afternoon.

Bird flu detected in Gooding, Caribou counties

F&G monitoring wild birds

By EMILY JONES Express Staff Writer

The United States Department of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, in two noncommercial backyard chicken flocks in Idaho, including a flock of 20 chickens in Gooding County and a flock of seven chickens in Caribou County.

The USDA made the announcement on April 15 after samples from both flocks were tested at the Utah Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and confirmed positive at the department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa.

APHIS officials have quarantined both premises and will cull all birds on the properties to curb the spread of the virus, according to the department’s Friday news release.

In light of the news, the USDAAPHIS is encouraging owners of domestic chickens, ducks, turkeys, pheasants, quail, and other poultry to consider bringing birds indoors when possible and prevent any contact with wild birds. Sick birds or unusual bird deaths should be reported to state and federal officials, either through the Idaho State Veterinarian line at 208-332-8540 or through the APHIS toll-free number at 1-866-536-7593.

Poultry farmers with multiple flocks should also use separate

rakes, wheelbarrows, feeders and other tools for each flock and should have a change of clothes and boots for each flock, the department stated.

According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, HPAI is carried by wild geese, ducks and other waterfowl that use the Pacific Flyway, a migratory route that cuts through southwestern, south-central and eastern Idaho. In chickens, symptoms of the highly fatal virus include swelling of the head, eyelids, comb, wattles and hocks, difficulty breathing and stumbling or falling down.

On Friday, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game announced that it will be partnering with USDA-APHIS to monitor the virus in wild bird populations that are particularly at-risk, such as bald eagles, Canada geese, snow geese, vultures, blue-winged teals and other dabbling ducks. Several migratory snow geese were recently found dead in southwest Idaho and are awaiting HPAI test results, the department stated.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s rare for people to become infected with avian influenzas, and no human cases of HPAI have been reported in the U.S.

“As a reminder, the proper handling and cooking of all poultry and eggs to an internal temperature of 165 F is recommended as a general food safety precaution,” USDA-APHIS stated.

Major changes could be coming to Warm Springs Road, adjacent streets

Ketchum mulls options for ‘overbuilt’ thoroughfare

By ANDREW GUCKES Express Staff Writer

The Ketchum City Council is considering significant changes to Warm Springs Road, Lewis Street, 10th Street and Saddle Road, weighing options that could build a new roundabout or even realign the roads to create a standard, square city block.

The most immediate goal is to calm traffic in this corridor, according to an initial presentation from city staff last week.

“Warm Springs Road is overbuilt. It’s designed to travel more at a 25-30 mph rate, so we need an engineering solution if we want the behavior to change,” said City Administrator Jade Riley.

In total, four project options were presented to the council, two short term and two long term. The council more or less agreed on the less intensive short-term option, which came recommended by both Riley and HDR, a firm retained for the project. That proposal would use cones and repainting to tweak Warm Springs Road from Saddle to Lewis, as opposed to building a full island in the median.

Other short-term changes could be implemented before summer. That plan would start the reorganization of Warm Springs Road from Saddle Road to Lewis Street and construct a full sidewalk, curb and gutter on Warm Springs Road between Main Street and 10th Street. From Saddle to Lewis, the center turning lane would be removed and a painted bike lane added. Sidewalks would run up the north side of 10th Street to state Highway 75. And, the city would add an island with a lit sign signaling traffic to stop for oncoming bikers where the path is split by Warm Springs Road.

Councilmembers Michael David, Amanda Breen and Courtney Hamilton expressed various levels of support for the potential changes, while Councilman Jim Slanetz was less enthused with the presentation.

“I do agree people go too fast through [this area], but I don’t know if we need to add all these sidewalks,” he said, arguing that some of them would not be used enough to merit building.

Bradshaw said that the pilot project will reveal more about the issue, calling it a good place to start.

The two long-term options, which wouldn’t be implemented until around 2025, would both require significant construction.

The first proposal detailed two types of roundabouts: a standard, circular one at the intersection of Warm Springs Road and 10th Street, or a “dog-bone” roundabout—named for its elongated shape— that would take up that intersection as well as the one at Lewis Street and Warm Springs Road. Either roundabout would increase traffic efficiency and safety, according to the city presentation, but would eliminate some parking spaces and decrease pedestrian and bicycle efficiency.

The second long-term proposal would reshape the entire area, standardizing it with the rest of Ketchum’s grid-style layout. This project would realign 10th Street to Warm Springs Road and Lewis to 10th Street, creating two new squared-off intersections. Warm Springs Road would also be straightened. While this would increase pedestrian and bicycle travel in the area, it would have an outsized effect on adjacent businesses, according to city staff.

“The biggest thing I would want to know is how the property owners feel about each of these plans,” said Courtney Hamilton. She said she would not support a proposal that realigned the whole area if business owners were not in favor of it.

The next step is for HDR to gather public and business feedback on each plan, adjust them, and then present them to the council again. At that point, councilmembers will likely choose two plans, one long-term and one short-term, to move forward with. There is no set timetable for these steps, although the city hopes parts of the short-term plan will be implemented for the summer, so action should come soon.

Graphics courtesy City of Ketchum City staff says that a roundabout could increase traffic efficiency and safety at the intersections of Warm Springs Road with Lewis and 10th streets.

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comment and did not distinguish between types of masks based on their efficacy.

“The CDC did not allow for public participation through notice and comment before issuing the mask mandate. Accordingly, promulgation of the mandate violated the [Administrative Procedure Act],” wrote Mizelle, who was appointed to the federal bench in 2020 by former President Donald Trump.

The judge also stated that the mandate had failed to address “alternative or supplementary” means to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, “such as testing, temperature checks or occupancy limits in transit hubs and conveyances.”

“It also does not explain why all masks—homemade and medical-grade—are sufficient,” she wrote.

Mizelle further took issue with the CDC’s classification of its mask mandate as a form of “sanitation,” writing that sanitation refers to “garbage disposal, sewage and plumbing, or direct cleaning of a dirty or contaminated object,” and not publichealth measures.

“Wearing a mask cleans nothing. At most, it traps virus droplets. But it neither ‘sanitizes’ the person wearing the mask or ‘sanitizes’ the conveyance,” she stated.

Above all, Mizelle wrote that the CDC had overstepped its boundaries by enacting a mandate that acted “on individuals directly,” as opposed to their “property interests.”

“Since the mask mandate regulates an individual’s behavior—wearing a mask—it imposes directly on liberty interests,” she wrote.

Defense Fund suit alleged ‘police power,’ medical harm

Through its attorneys, Brant Hadaway and George Wentz, the Defense Fund argued in both its original complaint and through supplemental briefings that the Biden administration had claimed “a sweeping police power” over passengers boarding airplanes, buses and other public transport—as well as those waiting in transportation hubs for other reasons—by declaring the COVID-19 pandemic an “emergency.”

lift to facilitate global travel as COVID-19 has transitioned to an ordinary seasonal virus,” Delta Air Lines stated.

Amtrak and several rideshare services, including Uber and Lyft, also dropped their respective mask policies. (The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that it will continue to enforce its mask mandate on subways and buses in New York City.)

Locally, the Mountain Rides Transportation Authority announced on Tuesday that “effective immediately,” it will no longer require masks on its buses and vans.

“Mountain Rides thanks our loyal riders for enduring with us the mask mandate over the past two years,” Executive Director Wally Morgus stated. “We look forward to, once again, fully enjoying big grins, happy smiles, and whistling ways on the bus.”

Reactions vary across the country

Shortly after the news broke on Monday, Manookian, the Health Freedom Defense Fund president, thanked Hadaway for his “unbelievably persuasive writing and argumentation and also his knowledge of the law.” She made the comment in an interview with the Freedom Travel Alliance, a Naples, Florida-based anti-mask organization.

“We’ve been doing backflips—I mean, we are over-the-moon ecstatic,” Manookian told the Alliance.

Manookian also applauded Mizelle for “standing up” and “saying ‘this is wrong’ in such a bold, clear, decisive way,” adding that both Mizelle and the Health Freedom Defense Fund have come under national scrutiny since Monday, and the Defense Fund has had its email accounts hacked.

“Do people not care about the rule of law? Do Americans not actually care about the CDC following the rules, the CDC stepping over its bounds, the Biden administration usurping power it doesn’t have?” Manookian asked. “I would have thought that we all want a country that is based on the rule of law. We should be celebrating this, not [criticizing] those of us who’ve been pursuing it.”

Hadaway commented that the plaintiffs “got very fortunate in drawing the judge we did.”

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The original complaint also suggested that mask-wearing causes headaches, emotional distress and “inadequate ventilation and increased levels of carbon dioxide...known as hypercapnia.” It cited a German study by Harald Walach, an alternative medicine advocate and author last year of two papers on COVID-19 that have since been retracted by the journals that published them, which claimed that “short-term mask-wearing in children of all ages” caused unacceptable buildup of carbon dioxide in their blood.

“The potential adverse health effects from this cannot be casually dismissed,” the suit stated.

Ruling casts ripple effects on mass transit

On Monday, most U.S. airlines—United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and JetBlue—reacted quickly to Mizelle’s ruling, announcing through a cascade of press releases that they had voided mask requirements for passengers.

“As of today, masks are optional in airports and onboard aircraft,” Alaska Airlines stated.

“We are relieved to see the U.S. mask mandate

“[Mizelle] is a very courageous young judge,” he said. “She obviously knew that she would come in for a lot of criticism.”

“I find it very gratifying to see all of the happy faces that I’ve seen streaming on Twitter,” Hadaway continued. “This really blew up yesterday afternoon, with people on airplanes celebrating, pilots and flight attendants celebrating. That is a very nice feeling.”

In a tweet on Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was happy to see Mizelle “follow the law and reject the Biden transportation mask mandate.”

“Both airline employees and passengers deserve to have this misery end,” he tweeted.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki, however, called Mizelle’s ruling “disappointing” during a Monday press briefing. The Transportation Security Administration and the CDC are still recommending mask-wearing on public transit, she noted.

“The CDC recommended continuing the order for additional time—two weeks—to be able to assess the latest science in keeping with its responsibility to protect the American people,” Psaki said. “So, this is obviously a disappointing decision.”

have a really high-performing short-term rental, this one-time cash incentive won’t be enough to bridge the gap between longterm and short-term.

“Where we really see a lot of the appeal is a situation where the homeowner has owned the property for a long time and has a low carrying cost, and this onetime incentive is enough to kick them over.”

Long-term rentals have declined in Ketchum from 31% of all residential units in 1970 to 10% in 2019, city data indicates. From 2010 to 2019 alone, the number of long-term rental properties fell from 718 to 381. From 2020 onward, the trend has been a decrease in the number of available rental properties of any kind and a spike in rent costs.

The second goal has notable first-year priorities of assisting with the relocation of 15 families being evicted from the McHanville neighborhood south of Ketchum, expanding the residential capacity of the Lift Tower Lodge in Ketchum, and convening a new group of Blaine County housing experts that will act as a “one-stop shop,” according to the report, for housing assistance.

Long term, the plan aims to prevent the displacement of 100 households annually.

The long-term aspect of the third goal is securing a minimum of $60 million in direct investment over the next 10 years for the city, which it could in turn use to garner “up to five times that,” according to the presentation. The actions taken in the first year related to that goal are to pursue financial support from public and private sources for the Housing Action Plan, meet with local companies to discuss potential workforce-housing options, analyze the five undeveloped lots the city currently owns for future use, and procure state and federal funds for housing, among other things.

The fourth goal speaks to steps moving forward, and how the city will continue to evolve the Housing Action Plan. Firstyear priorities on that front include providing a six-month progress report, conducting the first annual update to the plan, implementing a web-based tracking tool to publish quarterly statistics, and tracking state-level housing legislation.

The final goal gets into legislative changes. The city would conduct an audit of its code, enact an interim ordinance to prohibit loss of units and set minimum density requirements for certain zones of town, and meet with other local entities to discuss improvements to the various processes outlined in the Housing Action Plan.

One of the more alarming statistics in the presentation was the percentage of residents identified as homeless—though not in the way people might envision. David said Monday that he is one of the estimated 1% of area residents who are technically homeless.

“Homelessness looks different here,” said Carissa Connelly,

the city’s housing strategist who presented the plan. “It’s not necessarily people sleeping on the streets, but maybe living out of their car or office.”

Just as with most of the other trends outlined in the presentation, this issue was amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. The historic annual growth rate in Ketchum has been about 1%, while between 2019-2020 the population rose 25%, according to the presentation.

The city considers implementing a revised, higher set of localoption taxes to support housing initiatives key for its housing goals. The tax is used by Idaho resort cities to offset the costs of hosting and providing services to large numbers of visitors. Voters will decide on May 17 whether to raise LOT collection percentages .75% on retail sales, 2% on lodging, 2% on by-the-drink liquor and 1% on building materials. Based on revenue from this year, that would add about $2.8 million dollars of revenue that the city would direct towards housing initiatives. State law requires that 60% of voters vote yes in order to change the tax structure.

“We have a lot of options to go with [in this plan],” Councilman Jim Slanetz said. “Getting the local-option tax passed is key because that’s what’s going to pay for a lot of this.”

The process to create the plan began in November with interviews and surveying residents about housing issues. The city then hired Connelly, the point person on the project.

Following the community surveys and interviews, city staff met with the City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission and Urban Renewal Agency, as well as representatives of Blaine County and the Wood River Valley’s other cities. The meetings were designed to foster collaboration, as city staffers believe that only addressing housing issues in Ketchum would not substantially mediate the problem. To forward this, Ketchum is pledging to use 20% of its housing funds to assist in projects elsewhere in Blaine County.

To gather information for the draft plan, Ketchum also held four open houses for the public, and six focus groups with community leaders and members of the restaurant, hospitality and development community.

“This plan is great. It’s so wonderful to have a vision of where we could be in the future,” Councilwoman Courtney Hamilton said. “It’s on all of us to continue to hold our feet to the fire and push forward.”

If the LOT changes are passed in May, the city plans to begin implementing its first-year targets this summer.

People can view the draft plan at projectketchum.org. Public comments on the plan can be submitted to participate@ketchumidaho.org until May 1. At the same address, people can sign up to participate in a focus group on April 22. That will be followed by the open house on April 27 and the presentation at The Community Library on May 12.

Courtney Hamilton City Councilwoman

Express Calendar

WEDNESDAY, APR 20

Hailey Public Library Story Time: Meet in the library for a morning of stories, songs and crafts! Made especially for preschool kids and their caregivers. Free. Hailey Public Library, 7 W. Croy, Hailey. 11 a.m. haileypubliclibrary.org/.

Mediation and Yoga: Join Flourish Foundation for meditation and yoga lead by Ryan Redman. Free, donations accepted. Flourish Foundation, 1030 Airport Way, Hailey. 12-1 p.m. flourishfoundation.org.

High School Tennis: The Sun Valley Community School and the Wood River High School varsity coed tennis teams play once more. Sun Valley Resort, Sun Valley. 4:30 p.m.

Beatuy and the Beast, Jr.: Sun Valley Community School’s Middle School presents Beauty and the Beast, Jr. April 20-22. The performances will include close to 30 middle school thespians in addition to eight students working as tech crew. Tickets can be purchased online. $7 students, $12 adults. Sun Valley Community School, Sun Valley. 5 p.m. communityschool.org/news.

Ketchum Community Dinner Curbside: St. Thomas Episcopal Church invites those in need to join them for free take & bake curbside meals every Wednesday. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 201 Sun Valley Rd., Sun Valley. 5-6 p.m. stthomassv.org.

2022 Blaine County Caucus for State Delegates: Help shape the future of the Idaho Democratic Party. Join the Blaine County Democrats for their 2022 County Convention Caucus. Meeting will be a virtual gathering to elect county delegates to the 2022 Idaho Democratic Party State Convention taking place in Boise, on Friday, June 17th. Sign up to be a delegate at bit.ly/38i3NWc 6-7:30 p.m. More information - mobilize.us/idahodems/ event/448080/.

Zoom NAMI Family Support Group: NAMI’s Family Support Group is a free resource for families who have a loved one with a mental health challenge. Knowing that others have similar experiences is a relief to families who seldom speak about mental illness to neighbors, friends, or often, even to relatives. Learning how others have worked through common issues can inspire hope and provide practical tools. Zoom Meeting ID: 898-0761-1667. Meeting Password: fsg. 6-7 p.m. info@namiwrv.org, 208-481-0686. namiwrv.org/support.

Blaine County Democrats monthly meeting: Blaine County Democrats meet every third Wednesday of every month and the public is welcome. Come hear about goings-on, join local party efforts, and rally around progressive candidates. Meetings will be held virtually until further notice via Zoom. 6-7 p.m. blainecountydemocrats.org.

ICL Salmon Club: Salmon Club is a wild salmon and steelhead advocacy group based in the Wood River Valley and Boise. Volunteers spend their time creatively mobilizing efforts to bring Idaho’s wild salmon and steelhead home. During the Wood River Valley’s April meeting, activists will take part in a postcard-writing campaign directed at Washington state decision-makers. Space is limited and registration is required. Hailey Public Library. 6-7 p.m. idahoconservation.org/event/salmonclub-workshop-wood-river-valley/.

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Trivia at the Sawtooth Brewery Tap Room: Games are free to play and all ages welcome. Each round is based on a popular game show. Word jumbles, picture rounds, and point wagering. Bar tabs to the winners! Sawtooth Brewery, 110 N. River St., Hailey. 6:30 p.m. sawtoothbrewery.com/weekly-triva/.

THURSDAY, APR 21

WRHS Track & Field: The Wood River High School varsity track and field team is at home vs Declo. Wood River High School, Hailey. 10:30 a.m.

WRHS Baseball: The Wood River High School varsity baseball team is at home for a doubleheader vs Mountain Home. Wood River High School, Hailey. 3 p.m.

WRHS Softball: The Wood River High School varsity softball team is at home for a doubleheader vs Mountain Home. Wood River High School, Hailey. 3 p.m.

WRHS Tennis: The Wood River High School varsity co-ed tennis team is at home vs Burley. Wood River High School, Hailey. 4 p.m.

“I Have a Dream” Foundation - Idaho Leadership Lab: The “I Have a Dream” Foundation invites the public to view a photo exhibit titled “Highlighting the Unseen of the Wood River Valley” from April 21-22. Refreshments will be served. For questions, contact Kris Stoffer at 208841-7502 or kris@ihdfidaho.org. SVMoA Hailey Classroom, 314 Second Ave. S., Hailey. 5-7 p.m.

It’s All About Yew: To celebrate Earth Day, the Hailey Public Library will host “It’s All About Yew,” a talk by Dr. Lynn Kinter, Idaho Department of Fish and Game Program Botanist. Yew has killed many deer, elk and moose in the Wood River Valley. Kinter will have samples of yew on hand for viewing and she will be sharing ID and removal tips. The talk will be held in person. RSVP to kristin. fletcher@haileypubliclibrary.org encouraged. Hailey Public Library/Town Center West, 116 S. River Street, Hailey. 5:30-7 p.m. haileypubliclibrary.org.

Evening Conversation with Flourish Foundation: Join Flourish Foundation in person! Come explore the human value of vulnerability in this free evening conversation! Flourish Foundation, 1030 Airport Way, Hailey. 6-7:30 p.m. flourishfoundation.org.

The Spot Presents - Sweeney Todd: Sweeney Todd is a story of love and revenge. Benjamin Barker, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to London after years of imprisonment to find the Judge who framed him has ravaged his young wife and stolen their child. In his grief Barker renounces his identity and becomes the infamous, Sweeney Todd. Directed by Natalie Battistone with music directed by Grant Carey. The show will run from April 21-May 1. Tickets are available online. Adults $33, Students/Under 30 $15.

The Spot Sun Valley, 220 Lewis Street #2, Ketchum. 7:30-10:15 p.m. spotsunvalley. com/sweeneytodd.

FRIDAY, APR 22

“Can I Recycle This?” Virtual Information Meeting: From glass to plastic, it’s a lot of work keeping track of what belongs in the recycling bin. This virtual meeting will answer several common questions. Join online at meet.goto. com/161976381, 2-3 p.m. cacwrv.org/.

Conversacion de Ingles/ Conversational English: Conversacion de Ingles con el tutor Leonardo Padilla Sacha. Una clase para hablantes nativos de español de todos los niveles en un ambiente estructurado pero informal. Se recomienda registrarse, pero se agradece la asistencia sin previo aviso. Gratis. Conversational English with tutor Leonardo Padilla Sacha. A class for native Spanish speakers of all abilities in a structured but informal atmosphere. Registration encouraged but drop-ins welcomed. Free. Email kristin.fletcher@ haileypubliclibrary.org to register. Hailey Public Library, 7 W Croy, Hailey. 4-5:30 p.m. haileypubliclibrary.org/.

SVCS Tennis: The Sun Valley Community School varsity co-ed tennis team is at home vs Canyon Ridge. Sun Valley Resort, Sun Valley. 4 p.m.

Kevin Ware: Free live music in the Limelight Lounge. Limelight Hotel, 151 S. Main St, Ketchum. 5:30-8:30 p.m. limelighthotels.com.

Shabbat Service: Please call the Wood River Jewish Community for schedule. WRJC Office, 471 Leadville Ave., Ketchum. 6 p.m. 208-726-1183.

Barcelona Flamenco Ballet: The Argyros welcomes audiences to the world of Luxuria! Suspense, intrigue, complex power dynamics, love, loyalty and tragedy are all among a wide range of profound emotions and sensations in this new masterpiece from industry experts Barcelona Flamenco Ballet. Tickets available online. $10-$20. The Argyros Performing Arts Center, 120 Main St. S., Ketchum. 7:30 p.m. theargyros.org.

SATURDAY, APR 23

Earth Day Food Resilience Seed and Plant Exchange: The Wood River Seed Library (WRSL) and the Grange celebrate Earth Day with the annual Seed & Plant Exchange. Local gardeners are invited to come and share seeds and plants. Bring your own saved seeds, potted plants and starts, and dig-up perennials from your gardens to share with the community. The Sun Valley Institute for Resilience will also be offering a demo about how to make Seed Pods using native pollinator seeds. Free. Upper Big Wood River Grange Hall, 609 South 3rd Ave., Hailey. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. cacwrv.org.

Earth Day 5K Fun Run: Join this year’s inaugural Earth Day 5K Fun Run! Hosted by the Climate Action Coalition and Hailey Chamber of Commerce. Starting and finishing at Hailey’s new Town Center (behind the Hailey Library), the run will take participants through the Draper Preserve and back. Register online. You can also register in-person at the Hailey Visitors Center. Dogs are welcome on leash! $20 per person, $10 per student. Town Center West, 116 River St. S., Hailey. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. legacy.imathlete.com/events/ EarthDay5KHailey.

Earth Day Fest: Activities will include informative and fun events, information booths about how to compost, an electric vehicle display and recycling activities. The Blaine County Courthouse will also house some Earth Day events in their parking lot. Fun for all ages! Free. For details see website. Hailey Town Square, 116 S. River St., Hailey. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. cacwrv.org.

Shoshone-Bannock Fish & Wildlife Perspectives on Salmon Studies: Kurt Tardy, Fisheries Manager, and Rob Trahant, fisheries technician for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, will discuss their ongoing salmon recovery work as part of this Earth Day event in partnership with the Idaho Conversation League and the Climate Action Coalition of the Wood River Valley. Tardy and Trahant will share the history of the Tribes’ fishing practices along Idaho’s rivers and current tribal resource management and inter-agency coordination, including specific projects at Pettit Lake and on the Middle Fork of the Salmon. Space is limited, so advance registration is requested. The Community Library, 415 Spruce Ave N, Ketchum. 4-5 p.m. comlib.org.

Weekly Mass: Join for Mass each week or watch online. Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, 206 Sun Valley Rd., Sun Valley. 5 p.m. svcatholic.org/mass-times.

Travis McDaniel: Free live music in the Limelight Lounge. Limelight Hotel, 151 S. Main St, Ketchum. 5:30-8:30 p.m. limelighthotels.com.

Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas: Saturday Evening Mass in Spanish. Sunday morning Mass in English. St. Charles Borromeo, 311 1st Ave S., Hailey. 7:30 p.m. stcharleshailey.org/.

SUNDAY, APR 24

Sunday Morning Service (Rite I and II): St. Thomas Episcopal Church has two services every Sunday. Rite I begins at 8 a.m. Rite II follows at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. No reservations required. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Sun Valley. 8 a.m. stthomassv.org.

Mass Schedule/Horario de Misas: Saturday Evening Mass in Spanish. Sunday morning Mass in English. St. Charles Borromeo, 311 1st Ave S., Hailey. 8:30 a.m. stcharleshailey.org/.

Morning Worship Service: In church or on Zoom. Safe distancing in church. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 101 Second Ave South, Hailey. 9:30-10:30 a.m. emmanuel.episcopalidaho.org/.

Worship Service: Service offered in person and also live-streamed. Sunday school and nursery care provided. Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood, 100 Saddle Rd., Ketchum. 9:30 a.m. pcbw.org/.

Sunday Morning Service: Inspirational service with music directed by R.L. Rowsey and a talk given by Rev. John Moreland. All are welcome. In person attendance or online at livestream. com/lightonthemountains. Light on the Mountains Center for Spiritual Living, 12446 Highway 75, Ketchum. 9:30-10:30 a.m. office@lightonthemountains.org.

Weekly Mass: Join for Mass each week. Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, 206 Sun Valley Rd., Sun Valley. 10:30 a.m. svcatholic.org/mass-times.

Joe Fos: Free live music. The Duchin Room, Sun Valley Lodge, 1 Sun Valley Rd., Sun Valley. 6-9 p.m. sunvalley.com.

MONDAY, APR 25

Journalist Diana Kapp - ‘Girls Who Green the World’: Sun Valley Community School welcomes author and journalist Diana Kapp. The event is a part of ‘Green Week’ and is hosted by the school’s Green Team, an Upper School student club whose mission is to inspire positive change in order to create a sustainable future for our community. Kapp will be speaking about her newest book which spotlights 34 visionaries driving change in clean energy, waste reduction, sustainable food and fashion, ocean health, plastic alternatives and activism. Free to attend. Sun Valley Community School Theater, 1 Community School Dr., Sun Valley. 6 p.m. communityschool.org/.

Papoose Club Meeting: Join the Papoose Club in an upcoming meeting as they discuss supporting youth-oriented groups in the Wood River Valley. All are welcome. Free. Sun Valley Culinary Institute, 211 N. Main St., Ketchum. 7 p.m. papooseclub.org.

TUESDAY, APR 26

SVCS Tennis: The Sun Valley Community School varsity co-ed tennis team is at home vs Gooding. Sun Valley Resort, Sun Valley. 2 p.m.

WRHS Baseball: The Wood River High School varsity baseball team is at home vs Canyon Ridge. Wood River High School, Hailey. 3:30 p.m.

WRHS Tennis: The Wood River High School varsity co-ed tennis team is at home vs Canyon Ridge. Wood River High School, Hailey. 4 p.m.

Trivia at the Sawtooth Brewery Public House: Free. All ages welcome. Each round will be based on a popular game show. Word jumbles, picture rounds, and point wagering. Sawtooth Brewery Public House, 631 Warm Springs Rd, Ketchum. 7:30 p.m. hsawtoothbrewery.com/weeklytriva/.

Public Meetings

Visit each agency’s respective website to learn how to attend meetings remotely.

WEDNESDAY, APR 20

North Blaine County Fire District Meeting: Special meeting. Sun Valley City Hall. 10 a.m.

Mountain Rides Transportation Authority Board Meeting: Regular meeting. Ketchum City Hall. 1 p.m.

THURSDAY, APR 21

Sun Valley Planning and Zoning Commission: Regular meeting. Sun Valley City Hall. 9 a.m.

Ketchum Traffic Authority: Regular meeting. Ketchum City Hall. 9 a.m.

FRIDAY, APR 22

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Calendar submissions for the Wednesday edition are due by noon on Friday, and submissions for the Friday calendar are due by noon on Wednesday. You can enter your items directly in to our online calendar by visiting mtexpress.com/calendar. Or, you may submit your event by email to calendar@ mtexpress.com, or call 208-726-8060. Classes are published in our classifieds under Classes. To submit your class for publication, please email classifieds@mtexpress.com. There will be a charge for classes that charge any type of fee.

Plant Treasures Close to Home: Explore the alleyways of Hailey with members of the Wood River Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society. Participants can talk about garden escapees, invasive plants, Idaho natives and more. This free “hike” will be around a mile but rated easy because the terrain can be a little uneven. Questions? Email Mary at mmcclana@ icloud.com. Meet at Town Center West Building, 116 River St. S., Hailey. 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m. woodriverinps.wixsite.com/wrinps.

“Recycling Hope” Event: An afternoon of family friendly fun and recycling activities. Food, games and music! Free. Kiwanis Park - Balmoral, 851 Shenandoah Dr., Hailey. 1-3 p.m. cacwrv.org.

Story Time at The Community Library: Story time will be working its way through the colors of the rainbow using books to teach pre-school age children letters, sounds and a love of books. The Community Library, 415 Spruce Ave. N, Ketchum. 10:30 a.m. thecommunitylibrary. libcal.com.

Evening Codependents Anonymous Meeting: Codependents Anonymous is a support group for individuals who want to create healthy and fulfilling relationships. All are welcome and there is no charge. The Zinc Building, 231 Second St, Ketchum. 5-6 p.m. thesunclub.org/co-dependentsanonymous/.

Evening Alanon Meeting: Alanon is a support group for friends and families of alcoholics. All are welcome and there is no charge. St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Sun Valley. 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Ketchum Housing Action Plan: Focus Group. Ketchum City Hall. 12-1 p.m.

MONDAY, APR 25

Bellevue City Council: Regular meeting, virtually on Zoom only. Bellevue City Hall, Bellevue. 5:30 p.m.

Hailey City Council: Regular meeting. Hailey City Hall. 5:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, APR 26

Blaine County Commissioners: Regular meeting. Old Blaine County Courthouse, Hailey. 9 a.m.

Blaine County Commissioners: Regular meeting. Old Blaine County Courthouse, Hailey. 9 a.m.

TOUR-Ketchum local Addison Rafford recently qualified for the 2023 Freeride World Tour, the pinnacle of Big Mountain skiing competitions. She will join 11 other female skiers worldwide as they compete to become the Freeride World Champion. The World Tour consists of seven rounds around the globe, culminating with the finals in Verbier, Switzerland. Rafford competed in numerous qualifying competitions throughout North America this winter and won the final two events in Big Sky, Montana and Kirkwood, California, to take the top North American seed. Rafford is a recent graduate of the Sun Valley Community School and a 13-year Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation veteran, competing on the Mogul and the Big Mountain Teams.

YOUNG CAREY WRESTLER IS STATE CHAMPIONCarey wrestler Lucca Villa took first place in his class at the 2022 Idaway State Championships at the Idaho Ford Center in Nampa on April 16. Villa, wrestling with TW Wrestling, won the state title with a decision victory over Kellen Garbett of Caribou Grapplers in the Boys 9-10 Category, 86-pound weight class. The match was a 9-4 decision in favor of Villa. The Idaway State Championship divisions go from boys and girls ages 5-6 to boys and girls at the high school level. The newly minted state champion’s nickname is “The Running Man” because of the early morning runs he is accustomed to while living in Carey. Villa also participates in jiu-jitsu.

Sun Valley’s fearsome foursome

Local Olympians celebrated at Warm Springs Lodge

By JON MENTZER Express Staff Writer

It was a culmination and a coronation for four unique athletes.

Approximately 100 people gathered at Warm Springs Lodge on Thursday, April 14, to celebrate local Olympians Chase Josey, Jesse Keefe, Jake Adicoff and Sam Wood.

This past winter, the fearsome foursome all saw time in Beijing as Josey competed in the Olympics and Keefe, Adicoff and Wood competed in the Paralympics. The event began with friends, family and fans meeting and greeting the athletes with a giant American flag draped in the background.

The fifth Wood River Valley athlete in the 2022 Games—Nordic racer Kevin Bolger—was not in attendance.

Two local city council members from Sun Valley and Ketchum began the event with speeches.

“It was a difficult Olympics without an audience there, and the physical aspects of quarantining in advance, and yet you still got out there and gave it your all and came back here with something for us to celebrate,” Sun Valley City Council President Michelle Griffith said. “The upside to all of that is that we, as your friends and family were at the watch parties, and we felt more involved than we typically do.”

Griffith then presented the four athletes with keys to the city of Sun Valley.

celebration of this whole community.”

Other speakers included Sun Valley Company General Manager Pete Sonntag and coaches from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation—Alpine FIS Coach Gladys Weidt, Snowboard Coach Andy Gilbert, Cross-Country Gold Team Coach Chris Mallory and SVSEF Program Director Scott McGrew.

Weidt presented Keefe, who made his Paralympic debut as the youngest team member. Keefe competed in the men’s downhill (22nd), giant slalom (15th), super combined (15th) and slalom (ninth).

“First off, I want to thank all of the SVSEF staff—they helped me grow from Devo all the way to FIS and the Olympic team,” Keefe said. “It’s crazy to be 18 and be able to go to the Games—it was a lifelong dream that came true. I can’t put into words how happy I am that I was able to experience this.”

Gilbert then presented Josey, who also competed in the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. In 2022, Josey finished seventh in the men’s snowboard halfpipe final with 79.50. (Unfortunately, Josey’s best Olympics run was cut from the NBC Live feed. However, his last run is available for viewing at www.nbcolympics.com/videos/ american-chase-joseys-runs-mens-halfpipe-final.)

Josey talked about one of his favorite memories of Beijing, where he was by himself on

KETCHUM LOCAL QUALIFIES FOR 2023 FREERIDE WORLD

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Ketchum City Council President Michael David then spoke, but joked that he didn’t have anything to give Josey, Keefe, Adicoff and Wood because everything was open in Ketchum anyway.

“On behalf of the mayor, the city council and the city of Ketchum, I want to say thank you for what you guys gave us and to be able to celebrate you and cheer you on,” David said. “It’s not only a celebration of you, but a

Express photos by Willy Cook

The cities of Ketchum and Sun Valley, along with the Sun Valley Resort and Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation, honored Olympic competitors from the community at an event last week. From left: Sam Wood, Jake Adicoff, Chase Josey and Jesse Keefe.

Sam Wood (left) and Jake Adicoff (right) joke during the Olympic Celebration.

Lipscomb pitcher Buxton gets ASUN pitching nod

By EXPRESS STAFF

Lipscomb University redshirt sophomore Ike Buxton of Ketchum was named ASUN Conference “Pitcher of the Week” on April 11 for his work on behalf of the NCAA Division I Bisons in Nashville, Tennessee.

Buxton, a right-handed pitcher, threw six shutout innings, allowed two singles and whiffed a season-high seven batters to lead Lipscomb (21-15, 10-5 ASUN) to a 7-3 home conference win over ASUN West Division leader Eastern Kentucky (21-13, 9-6). He also made impressive defensive plays during his effort at Ken Dugan Field.

In his next start on April 16 in Florence, Alabama, Buxton allowed just two earned runs and struck out six batters, helping Lipscomb to its 10th consecutive ASUN league win by a 10-7 score in 10 innings over Northern Alabama (8-25, 2-13).

Last weekend, Lipscomb tied

with Central Arkansas (16-18, 10-5 ASUN) for first place in ASUN’s six-team West Division.

Buxton currently leads the Lipscomb pitching staff in games

started (nine) and innings pitched (48), and is second on the Bisons in strikeouts (40). He boasts a 4-2 overall pitching record and 3.19 ERA, allowing only five extrabase hits all season.

A 2018 Wood River High School graduate who played baseball, football and hockey in Hailey, Buxton is the son of Matt and Nancy Buxton. The 6-3, 210-pounder is a workhorse during a turnaround season for a Lipscomb team that went 18-29 in 2021.

Last spring, Buxton started 10 games for Lipscomb in his first season in Tennessee, posting a 4-5 record (5.36 ERA) in 48 innings.

Before migrating to Tennessee, Buxton was a member of the Boise State University team that restarted the school’s Division I baseball program after a 37-year absence in 2018-19. Buxton redshirted at BSU in 2019 and appeared out of the bullpen in four games during the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign in Boise.

Wood River softball splits with Jerome Lady Wolverines’ win streak ends in shutout

By EXPRESS STAFF

Escaping the cold and snow, the Wood River High School softball team ran its winning streak to eight games with a victory in Jerome before dropping the second game of a doubleheader on the road against the Tigers on Saturday.

The Lady Wolverines mustered a close 11-9 victory in the first game, but then lost Game 2 in a shutout, 15-0.

Wood River (12-5, 4-2 Great Basin 7 Conference) is now on the the home stretch of its season with only six games left.

Wood River and Jerome (7-51, 1-4 GB7) took a while to get warmed up in the first game of Saturday’s double-dip before the Lady Wolverines made a comeback and held the Tigers in the seventh to secure the victory.

There was no score through the first three innings, but Wood River broke the deadlock with two runs in the top of the fourth. Jerome then added four runs to take a 4-2 lead into the fifth. Wood River responded with three runs to take a 5-4 lead.

After the sixth inning, the game was tied 6-6 heading into the top of the seventh.

In the top of the inning, Wood River all but closed the door on Jerome by scoring five runs to reach 11

on the game. Freshman Makinzie Nelson went the entire game on the mound and ended any threat of a Jerome comeback despite the Lady Tigers putting up three runs in the seventh to cut into the lead.

Nelson (5-0) went seven innings and allowed 10 hits and eight earned runs while striking out 10 batters. At the plate, she went 2-for-5 with one run scored.

Going perfect at the plate, junior Grendel Sprong went 4-for-4 with three runs, while senior Caroline Seaward went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and one run.

Junior Bella Hadam (3-for-5, two RBIs), senior Olivia Adams (1-for-3, two RBIs), senior RaeAnne Sloane (2-for-4, one RBI) and senior Devon Peterson (one run, one RBI) led Wood River offensively.

Along with putting up 17 hits, Wood River was aggressive once again on the bases putting up four stolen bases in Game 1. Those stolen bases were from junior Kacie Flolo, Sprong, Seaward and Sloane.

The second game was a different story. Jerome blanked Wood River for the first time this season.

The losing pitcher for Game 2 was Seaward (4-3).

Next for Wood River is a home doubleheader against Mountain Home on Thursday, April 21. Game 1 begins at 3 p.m., with Game 2 directly after.

2022 olympians speak at community event

the chairlift after practicing for the halfpipe finals. He wanted to clear his head while watching the sunrise, centering himself in preparation for the finals.

“All of a sudden, the moment and the light were shining on me,” Josey said. “I felt a wave of energy coming out, and all this hard work was coming to fruition. That feeling was extremely powerful, and it assured me that everything would be okay. So I went out and rode as hard as I could. I didn’t know what to expect. It was all or nothing. I worked so hard for that moment.”

Finally, Adicoff took the stage, flaunting the three medals (two silvers and one gold) he and Wood, his guide, earned in the 20-kilometer long distance, the 1.2-kilometer sprint and the mixed 4x2.5K relay race.

“Sam and I got to travel all year,” Adicoff said. “That was surreal to see a lot of incredible things and experience a lot. That was great, but even greater was coming home. Nothing gets me fired up quite like this community. Thank you for cheering us on the road and rooting for us. Here’s to you.”

The Winter Games will be back in action next Feb. 6, 2026,

Jesse Keefe Paralympic Skier

and will take place in two Italian host cities: Milan and Cortina.

SVSEF skier is national champion

Tucker Reimund took the gold medal in the Boys Menehune (11-12 boys) Skier X National Championships at Copper Mountain on Wednesday, April 13.

“The cold weather, wind, and snow did not shake T-man,” Darci Reimund said. “He loved the course, having fun. Coach Angry was fantastic and super focused. He had the fastest time of day on the course out of everyone at 57 seconds, then proceeded to win every one of his heats, and ended each race by airing and clearing the triple at the end.”

Wood River out on the links

The Wood River High School varsity co-ed golf team saw competition in March and April, with future College of Southern Idaho golfer Parker Edwards leading the Wolverines into the spring season.

On April 6, WRHS competed at the River’s Edge Golf Tournament at Burley.

On the boys side, Edwards shot 79, good for eighth overall. Wood River (343) placed third as a team. Twin Falls (302) won the entire tournament, paced by their standout golfer, Derrek Lekkerkerk (66), who took individual medalist honors. Lekkerkerk narrowly beat Preston High School’s Owen Pearson (67).

Representing Wood River were Owen Walker (90), Leo Molter (87), Chase Rushton (91) and Luke Marlow (87). Marlow posted his lowest-ever competitive round as a Wolverine.

On the girls side, Twin Falls High School (359) secured the team and individual medalist honors, with Ava Schroeder (82) winning by six strokes. Minico (376) was second, followed by Mountain Home (434). Wood River was represented by Dana Kriesen (99), who finished 12th individually on the day.

Wolverines hot on the tennis court

The Wood River High School varsity tennis team won easily at Jerome on Friday, April 15, blanking the Tigers 12-0.

Benjamin Boccabella and Jessica Popke dominated their singles matches. In doubles, the teams of Jake Simon/Gus Sabina, Simon Weekes/Meg Keating and Sofia Calcagno/ Tenney Barrow all took care of business.

In all, WRHS earned seven shutout match victories.

The next time WRHS is on court locally is at 4:30 p.m. today, April 20, at Sun Valley Resort against the Sun Valley Community School.

Nurge’s Free “Power-Endurance Training Clinic”

HardCore Training Center’s Bill Nurge presents the public with a free “Power-Endurance Training Clinic” at 11 a.m. on May 21. The training will include proprietary training tips for using specialized training equipment such as the Ski Erg and “Catalyzer” portable gym.

Aside from learning how to train on the Ski Erg to maximize performance in outdoor sports, the clinic will dive deep into the myth-riddled waters of dryland strength and conditioning.

Some of Nurge’s unique training clients include former professional athletes like former NFL wide receiver Mark Pattison, who climbed Mount Everest last year.

Space is limited. Call 208-720-1829 to reserve a spot.

BCRD announces Youth Swim School and Dolphins Swim Team for Summer

The Blaine County Recreation District’s popular summer Youth Swim School and Dolphin Swim Team will be open for registration today Wednesday, April 20, at 5:30 p.m.

Youth Swim School and Dolphin Swim Team occur at BCRD’s newly revitalized Aquatic Center at the Community Campus in Hailey. The Aquatic Center features a 25-yard, six-lane pool and a zero-depth entry leisure pool.

For more information on all BCRD Aquatic Center programming, please call 208- 578-2273 or visit bcrd.org.

Courtesy photo by SVSEF Tucker Reimund (center) with his parents.

IKE BUXTON

“It’s crazy to be 18 and be able to go to the Games— it was a lifelong dream that came true. I can’t put into words how happy I am that I was able to experience this.”

tree-lined street and large lots typify this section of the community-based neighborhood. Just minutes to downtown Hailey and schools, Old Cutters provides a 5-acre park, easy access to open space, BLM trails and the Wood River Trail. LR2 Zoning allows for an Accessory Dwelling Unit. Seller has preliminary plans for a 5 bedroom, 3.25 bathroom & 2 car attached garage residence-use them to inspire your dream home! Old Cutters information: https://oldcutters.com/ $449,000. Agency FSBO, 206-795-3168.

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Single Quiet Woman interested In exchanging condos for the winter season. My condo is 3 miles to Newport Beach, across from University of California Irvine, on the bike trail. I have 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. 949-315-5414.

Secluded 2,500 Square foot home with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths Conveniently located just North of downtown Hailey on three acres in a quiet neighborhood. Home includes a 2 car garage and has a large wraparound deck with a nice view of Carbonate ridge. Well cared for, lightly furnished and move in ready. Long-term lease required. Pet is negotiable. $3,500/month plus deposit. If interested, please email FlyingHeart5B@gmail.com

Searching For Ketchumstudio or 1BD beginning June 1st. Long term lease. Gainfully employed and many local references. Thank you! Sarah 208-720-0084.

DW’s First Annual 4x4 Extravaganza!

Ketchum: 3 BD, 2.5 BA. Renovated mid-Warm Springs condo. Beautifully lit, two decks, fireplace, radiant floors, 1 covered parking spot, in-unit W/D, ski storage, access to hot tub. 1,250sqft. Sorry, no pets. Move-in May 1. 12 month lease, $4,300. awarmspringscondo@gmail.com

Studio Condo For rent in Ketchum. $1,575 per month. Inquiry to mountain435@yahoo.com W.S. 1BD/BA. No pets. sleepexplorers@gmail.com

Let’s go out and enjoy summer, it is here. Beginner to intermediate 4x4 fun in a guided, safety oriented family fun atmosphere. Explore an old ghost town, creeks and streams, meet new people, learn safe 4x4 driving tricks and tips. BBQ and other surprises will be included. Come enjoy outdoor fun with other like minded enthusiasts. Reserve your spot today. Call for all the info. Event takes place May 18th locally. 208-721-3768.

Handyman Jack of all Trades. Reliable, trustworthy, clean. Small jobs to large remodel projects, or just the honey-do list. Mark, 208-573-1784

Access to healthy food is a right for all Blaine County community members. If any life event is stopping you from eating nutritious food, call The Hunger Coalition at 208-788-0121. No documentation required. Confidential. Free. thehungercoalition.org

Home sitting on a 20 acre parcel in Camas County. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, all kitchen appliances, washer/dryer wood burning stove. Nicely remodeled and freshly painted. Also a 16’/26’work shop. There are no CC&R’s for this property. 4 miles East from the city of Fairfield and about 40 minutes from the Wood River Valley. Must see this to appreciate the views and private area it has to offer.

Please call Cari Larsen, Keller Williams Southern Sun Valley, easy to show, 208-720-5032.

Don’t hesitate, if you snooze you loose!

Waterfront Home At West Magic. Reduced to $395,000. Has rental history. Sleeps up to 16. To see, call listing agent Judy Cash at 208-309-0048. Sun Land Investments.

El acceso a alimentos saludables es un derecho para todos los miembros de la comunidad del condado de Blaine. Si algún evento de la vida le impide a comer alimentos nutritivos, llame al Hunger Coalition: 208-788-0121. No se requiere documentación. Confidencial. Gratis.

Hailey: 3 BD,2.5 BA, Sweetwater Townhouse, corner unit. 12 months lease, unfurnished, 1,841 sq. ft., W/D, microwave, dishwasher, fireplace/wood stove, air conditioning, cable/satellite TV hookups, carpet, hardwood flooring, laundry facilities, parking available, community pool and facilities, dogs allowed. $3,250 per month, 818-268-2468 bevvy312@aol.com.

Hailey: 3 BD/2.5 BA apartment, unfurnished, upscale design and floor plan, corner unit with 1 common wall (no neighbors overhead nor underfoot), lots of windows, nice views, great light, nice finishes, tall ceilings, great appliances, gas forced air heat, A/C and large private covered patio with large storage closet. Available now! No pets, no smoking. $2,900/month + utilities. Call Brian at 208-720-4235 or check this out at www.svmlps.com

1 Bedroom Fairy Tale Log Cabin Buffed, romantic & cozy with new stunning kitchen, 1/2 mile from town, in quiet W. Ketchum neighborhood. Spring & Fall $195/night Summer & Winter $250/night Christmas & NYs $300/night No smoking. 208-788-0025 or www.wintonmarsh.com/cabin

$795 Plus Electric. 112 sq ft room sublet in cozy, tidy Elkhorn condo available April-November. House is furnished, room is not. Roommate is 36 year old self-employed male and 40 lb collie mix. Internet+parking incl. Corey@livemorecreative.com $950 -Looking For a roommate for a large room located in Warm Springs. Covered parking, W/D, huge yard, pets negotiable. Call or text 208-720-3332 for more info.

Woodside: Lovely, Furnished 3BD,2BA, great views. Utilities inc. No pets/drugs/smoking. Shared common areas. One Covid fully-vac. person. May or longer? $850/mo. 208-788-7976.

Help! Need 2BD, 1BA anything. ADU or like. Family of 3 Father/Mother/ 3 yr son. Were told their lease will not be renewed. Need June 1, was paying $1,440 mo + utilities. Both have good employment. Non smokers, 1 quiet dog older. 208-309-0007. Trying to help this family.

In Need Of affordable housing for long time local, employed mother and teenage son with 2 fur family members 1 dog and 1 cat. Need 1 year lease, minimum of 2 bed. 208-720-3974.

“This is the best gig in the Valley,” said a current Mountain Rides driver. Mountain Rides, the Wood River Valley’s Public Transportation System, is hiring a Full-Time Driver. CDLClass B with passenger and airbrake endorsement preferred but will train. This is a rare and fantastic opportunity to get your foot in the door. Mountain Rides is an excellent organization to work for, has great benefits including insurance and retirement and provides a fun working environment. EEO, Veteran’s preference.

Send an e-mail to info@mountainrides.org, call 208-788-7433 x 106 or stop by our office at 8th St. and First Avenue N in Ketchum, across from Hemingway Elementary to discuss the job and fill out an application.

“Este es el mejor concierto del valle”, dijo un actual conductor de Mountain Rides. Mountain Rides, el Sistema de Transporte Público del Valle Wood River, está contratando a Un Conductor a Tiempo Completo. CDLClase B con aprobación de pasajero y freno neumático preferido, pero entrenará. Esta es una oportunidad rara y fantástica para poner el pie en la puerta. Mountain Rides es una excelente organización para trabajar, tiene grandes beneficios incluyendo seguro y jubilación y proporciona un ambiente de trabajo divertido. EEO, preferencia del veterano.

511 Building

278 sqft. 1st Floor. Fully equipped hair salon space. Great light. Entrance off 5th and the alley behind Silver Creek. $850/month gross lease. Near In n’Out Nails and 5B Fruit. 208-309-5166.

Class ARetail. Ketchum core. Sun Valley Rd front. Call 301-538-4860.

Silvercreek Independent Living Now open for Tours!

Please call to make an appointment. See our beautiful buildings with great views, private studios with all utilities included. Large social areas with all Cable TV stations-open kitchen & dining area...providing the comforts of home with convenient living! Includes access to gym/exercise room, business centers, & transportation, close to Albertsons & the Mountain Rides bus stop. 208-720-8195.

Ketchum Rental Needed: Working professional looking for a 6-12 month rental starting in June or July. Ketchum, WS, SV or Elkhorn. 1 bed minimum. No pets. Will take excellent care of your home. Call or text 857-300-7026.

Local Ketchum Senior female, semiretired, seeking housing. Great references, can provide pet care if needed. Please help. 310-709-7614.

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Needed: 2 bedroom or 1 bedroom

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Urgent Need For temporary garage rental. 310-709-7614.

Envíe un correo electrónico a info@mountainrides.org, llame al 208-788-7433 x 106 o visite nuestra oficina en la calle 8th St. y First Avenue N en Ketchum, frente a Hemingway Elementary para discutir el trabajo y llenar una solicitud.

$25/hr DOE

Landscaping: Seeking full time employee. Experience preferred. Valid driver’s license and English speaking required. End of season bonus based on performance. $25/hr. Cell: 208-720-1447. Office: 208-928-6904.

Assistant

Dental

Dental Assistant: Dr Unger is looking for a dental assistant. Send resume to office@haileydental.com or stop by the office at 219 S. River St. 208-788-4124.

Sushi On Second will train a Sushi Chef also need Line Cooks. Stop by or call after 4pm. 208-726-5181.

Home For Sale

$1,000 Hiring Bonus

Irrig. Tech, Landscape Const., Lawn Maintenance: Needing to hire Irrigation Techs. Some knowledge of turf irrig. systems preferred. Landscape Construction Foreman/laborers. Lawn Maintenance Foreman/Laborers. All foreman positions require a valid driver’s license. $1,000 Hiring bonus plus $1,000 referral bonus! Free van pool from Twin, Jerome & Shoshone. Year-round with snow removal options. $17-$25/hr depending on experience Submit name/number to 208-788-5486 or info@clearwaterlandscaping.com

Alpine Lodging is seeking a Part-time Laundry Attendant to work 2nd shift. Benefits include competitive salary, end-of-season bonus & ski pass. We are also hiring Full-time Supervisors & Housekeepers. Benefits include above benefits plus partial paid health insurance, free dental & vision insurance, 401K with match and English/Spanish classes. Please send a resume to Dinora.Tellez@BookSunValley.com or come to our office at 333 S Main Street in Ketchum to fill out an application.

Atkinsons’ has openings in various depts. Most positions require that you are able to work evenings and weekends.

*KetchumBRAVO Coffee Shop, (Evening hours, off by 6) Cashiers

Carry Outs Deli Help Floral Department (Full or Part Time) (Must Work Weekends) Meat Department

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Applications accepted in person.

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Hailey Deli Floral Department (Full-Time) (Must Work Weekends)

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Dental Assistant

Chairside Dental Assistant: If you are a hardworking individual with an outgoing personality, we would like to meet you. Dental assistant experience is preferred but willing to teach the right person. We have a part time position available that can lead to full time. Our doctor has 37 years of expertise with all phases of dentistry and is terrific to work with. Excellent pay and benefits. Please send resume to: drjfc29@gmail.com

Executive Assistant

Flexible Schedule: Seeking candidates to facilitate administrative tasks and management of a small law firm as well as real estate holdings. Encouraged to inquire if you have skills in Microsoft Word and QuickBooks, or the drive to learn.

This is a part time position with flexibility on work schedule and opportunity to learn and participate in real estate development, contract law and property management. During the winter, skiing is encouraged, especially on powder days!

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Experienced Painter and Drywaller needed. Bellevue based company. Weekly pay. Must have phone, driver license and vehicle. Pay DOE. Call Scott at ROI Construction 208-720-7163.

Hiring a full time position for Car wash/Detail Shop

Excellent compensation! Stop in or email: svcwash@gmail.com

Hiring Bonus!

Sun Valley Transfer & Storage has several positions available: Furniture Warehouse Assistanthelp inspect and check in new furniture freight and handle furniture in warehouse

Drivers-drive mid-size moving truck, be crew leader, move furniture within the Wood River Valley. Clean driving record required.

Moving Crew Helpers-perform local household and office moves and help deliver new furniture freight.

Applicants must be strong, ambitious and team oriented. Competitive pay, holiday pay, vacation pay, generous bonuses, health insurance, life insurance. Pick up application at Sun Valley Transfer & Storage at 1041 Airport Way in Hailey. If questions, call 208-788-9343 ext.101.

Join the Housekeeping Team

Sun Valley Resort is looking for Housekeepers and Public Area Cleaning Crew to join their team. We are looking for a person who has strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities. This professional person must be able to work cohesively with fellow colleagues, be a team player, and highly reliable. We are looking for seasonal employees as well as year-round. For more information go to www.sunvalley.com/jobs

Join the Lodging Team

Sun Valley Resort is looking for Bell Service Shuttle Driver to join its team. We are looking for an outgoing person who takes the safety and comfort of our guests seriously. This is both a fun and fast-paced position in that it is dynamic and service-oriented. This professional person must be able to multi-task, be a team player, and have a CDL license. Will help train and pay for CDLlicenses for suitable candidates. We are looking for seasonal employees as well as year-round.

For more information go to www.sunvalley.com/jobs

Help Make A difference to the lives of those in Hospice Care. Hospice of Wood River Valley is seeking a full or part time Licensed Social Worker. 8 hour shifts and benefits. Kindly submit cover letter and resume. hospice@hpcwrv.org

208-726-5616.

Alpine Lodging is seeking a Property Manager and a Guest Service/Reservationist. Benefits include competitive salary, bonuses, ski pass, partial paid health insurance, free dental and vision insurance, 401K with match and English/Spanish classes. Please send a resume to Sara.Felton@BookSunValley.com

Are you unemployed or not reaching your potential? Join the FREE Skills for Success Employment Program. Gain the tools to improve the quality of your job and life. Starts MAY9TH. Contact Susan 208 788-4191, susan@theadvocatesorg.org

Atlantic Aviation in Hailey has openings for a Customer Service Representative and Line Service Technician. Starting pay $18/hour with an additional $950 monthly cost of living stipend plus excellent benefits. Requirements: be at least 18 years of age, high school graduate or GED, current driver’s license, pass a background check and drug test. Equal Opportunity Employer/ Disabled/ Protected Veterans Employer and drug free workplace. Please visit www.atlanticaviation.com/careers to apply or use QR code listed.

is accepting resumes for the following positions:

Intermediate Architectural Designer with a minimum of 6 years of residential experience.

Junior Architectural Designer with a minimum of 3-5 years of residential experience.

Graphic Designer

Up to 2 years of graphic design experience creating a variety of print, digital and web-based graphics.

Visit our website to learn more about these positions and to apply: http://dereusarchitects.com/

Dental Hygienist, 4 days a week. Friendly, busy Hailey office. Competitive salary, benefits & rental house available. Call 208-788-4507.

Full-Time

Hiring Now!! Garden Help needed to plant & maintain flower beds. Seasonal-full or part time available. Must speak English, plant knowledge helpful. Pay hourly $17-22 DOE. Email resume: mkflandscapes@yahoo.com or call 208-941-1970.

Image Eyes Sun Shop Sun Shop Manager Come join our team selling fun fashionable sunglasses!!! Must be friendly and outgoing.

Cool Incentives Flexible Schedule Starting at $18 208-726-8749 imageeyesopticalsv@gmail.com

KMV Builders is looking for Laborers, Carpenters & Foremen KMV Builders offers: -Competitive wages -Health insurance -401k benefits -Vacation pay -Holiday pay -Annual bonuses

Email or call for more information 208-726-4843 robin@kmvbuilders.com

Laborers and Operators

SkyLine Excavation and Grading is looking for Laborers and Equipment Operators

• Laborer wages: $20-$24

• Operators’wages: $25-$30

Experienced laborers and operators’ wages are negotiable. 208-484-1598 or email renae@skyline-ex.com

Laborers

Help Wanted: Northwood Place Apartments

Join the Accounting Team

Sun Valley Resort is looking for a Staff Accountant to join their team. We are looking for a person who wants to learn new skills, streamline solutions, and assist other team members. This professional person must be proficient with Microsoft Excel, able to learn multiple software programs, and highly reliable. We are looking for seasonal employees as well as year-round. For more information go to www.sunvalley.com/jobs

Maries Hummingbird Gardens is looking for Landscape Laborers to plant and maintain seasonal flower gardens. Prior nursery experience and/or experience planting flower gardens is preferred. Must be dependable and love gardening. Days and hours are flexible. Wages DOE. Please call or text 208-309-2570 for more information.

Landscape Architect Landscape Architecture firm looking for Landscape Designer or Drafts Person. Great local firm offers a wide variety of experiences for the person who wants to grow, create great designs, and have fun. PDOE Call 208-725-0988 or email kurt@eggersassociates.com

Mile High Masonry is looking or Masons and Laborers. Masons starting at $28/ hour. Please call Dennis McLean 208-309-1145.

Journeyman and Apprentice Journeyman / Apprentices: The Electricians Inc is Hiring. One Journeyman and Two ApprenticePositions are open. Two yearly bonuses, health insurance, paid holidays, and paid education. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Mon-Fri Text 208-481-0338 or email resume to: Emerald@ElectricSv.com www.ElectricSV.com

Join the Baking Team

Sun Valley Resort is looking for Bread Bakers and Pastry Cooks to join their team. We are looking for a person who can assist in creating new products and enjoys baking. These are both fun and fast-paced positions. This professional person must be able to multi-task, be a team player and be well organized. We are looking for seasonal employees as well as year-round. For more information go to www.sunvalley.com/jobs

Lefty’s Bar & Grill in Ketchum is now hiring for Cooks &Prep Cooks. Part time or full time, days, nights and weekends all available! Access to ski pass and retirement plan available for long term hires. Apply at Lefty’s or call Dave at 208-726-2541.

Need Affordable Housing? Consider working for Sentinel Fire & Security Alarm Installers needed. Competitive pay with benefits. Call 208-726-4788 or email: mark@sentinelfire.com

Sun Valley Community School is seeking a dynamic and experienced Upper School French Language Teacher. The position begins August 15, 2022. Candidates should understand and embrace the unique Sun Valley Community School culture of a small independent school in a mountain resort town. They should also possess a deep understanding of the developmental range within the Upper School population, and also be supportive of the school’s “one-school” philosophy across divisions. Ideal candidates should have a healthy sense of humor, be flexible in their approach and find joy in their work. They should be organized and creative with a commitment to motivate and inspire students to achieve their personal best. Candidates should also work collaboratively with faculty and communicate clearly with parents. Additional duties will include serving as a student advisor, participating in the school’s extensive Outdoor Program and engaging in additional Upper School extracurricular activities. For the right candidate, the position could also include Residential Life responsibilities and housing.

Candidates should demonstrate the ability and desire to work within an inquiry-based educational program, which empowers students to think critically and engage confidently. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor’s degree, have native or near-native proficiency, and should be well-versed in ACTFL’s guidelines and proficiency levels. Above all, the successful candidate must love education and demonstrate an energetic and passionate approach to students and teaching.

Interested candidates should send an electronic cover letter, resumé, and at least two letters of reference by April 20, 2022 to:

Alessia Carega Director of Admissions acarega@communityschool.org

Sun Valley Community School is an equal opportunity employer. The school encourages, seeks, and will employ applicants the school deems qualified for the position sought, regardless of age, ethnic background, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, or physical ability, with reasonable accommodation to fulfill the responsibilities of the position.

Transit Operations Assistant

Mountain Rides is seeking an outstanding candidate for Operations Assistant. The Operations Assistant will be responsible for assisting in the daily activities of all drivers to ensure safety, service, and compliance goals are met and acting as supervisor for the weekends. This is an exciting, career opportunity for someone who is looking for that next challenge.

Looking for a well-organized, innovative, proactive team player willing to work hard for a fast-paced organization that values and rewards results. Prefer experience with transit operations, safety protocols, and public sector but are willing to train.

This is a full-time, salaried position with an excellent starting wage DOE and a great benefits package that includes 100% paid health benefits for you, defined contribution retirement program, and paid time off.

Application deadline is May 2, 2022. Email your cover letter and resume to info@mountainrides.org or mail to PO Box 3091, Ketchum, ID. Full job description available at www.mountainrides.org/ employment.php. Must be able to pass pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Mountain Rides is an equal opportunity and veterans preference employer. View

about-us/careers/ All positions are open until filled.

Want To Learn how Warfield Distillery makes Gold Medal Whiskey? Warfield Distillery & Brewery is seeking an Assistant to help with distilling and brewing. The ideal candidate will have a love of beer and spirits, have an insane attention to detail (OCD?), be very organized, and have a willingness to learn all aspects of distillation and brewing. No experience necessary, but a college degree is preferred and brewing/distilling experience is a plus! 40 hours/week. Hourly starting at $18/hour, health insurance, benefits, free beer, and lots of fun. Please send resumes to jobs@drinkwarfield.com

Farm & Garden Teacher 2022-23 School Year

Wedding & Special Events Manager

The Sun Valley Resort is looking for a Wedding & Special Events Manager to join our catering team. This position will work directly with clients to book and coordinate weddings, meetings and events at all of our beautiful resort venues. This is a full time year-round salaried position with benefits. For more information go to www.sunvalley.com/jobs

Wisdom Ranch Wisdom Ranch School is a vocational gap year program for students 18-24, who seek to find their calling through hands-on, experiential exploration and education in welding, auto mechanics, carpentry, and more. Our Student Mentors are integral to this overall experience.

Astudent mentor’s most important responsibility is to build rapport and relationship with our students. Mentors serve as guides and role models. Key characteristics of successful mentors include flexibility, curiosity, an openness to self-improvement, and a genuine desire to work with our students as they embrace adulthood. john@wisdomranch.org

Zenergy is looking for a Spa Receptionist to join our team. Ideal candidate is outgoing with excellent customer service, computer skills, good memory recall, and attention to detail. This position requires a flexible schedule Monday through Saturday. Starting pay is $20 per hour with a $1,000 signing bonus.

Benefits Include: health/dental insurance, matching 401K, a complimentary membership, and club discounts. Please email Bert @ bwilliams@zenergysv.com or call 208-928-4645 to learn more.

Zenergy is an Equal Opportunity Employer

4 x Firestone transforce ATtires. LT285/60R20. Less than 500 miles. $125 each OBO. 208-720-6185.

Buyers Products Poly multipurpose chest. Black matte molded hi-density ribbed polyethylene chest/mount to truck/trailer frame/double-wall lid/zinc-plated hasp hinge. New in box. Item #4737991. 51”x23”x26”. $265. 949-244-5930.

Thule Cargo Box. Fits any aerobar. $150. Original price $750. Good condition. 435-901-2270.

Thule TracRac Pro2 compact truck rack GM# 19371248. Transport ladders, lumber & long cargo without taking up bed space. Aluminum 65” x 16” x 30”. Brand new in unopened box, $595. 949-244-5930.

Truck/SUV Bridgestone Blizzak tires: WS80 235/50R19, studless, excellent condition, (were about $200 ea), will sell for $300 for the set, call 208-309-1069.

Used/Not Abused.Set of 4 voluptuous 265/60R18 tires. Bouncy! I found a firmer set. I got a good two years out of them, now it’s your turn. You can get another two years depending upon how you ride them! $150 OBO. 208-727-9595.

Weathertech Liners For Ford Excursion: Used tan liners for 2 front floor, middle seat floor & back cargo liner; used but in good condition, $85. 949-244-5930.

1939 Philco Tube radio 39-7 121. Wood case in good shape, $100. 208-578-9559.

Argentine Antique Gaucho brass stirrups: Apair of solid brass engraved stirrups. Very good condition. Agreat decorative item. 12”Lx 4.5” W x 5” H. See photos on the Mt. Express website. $65 for the pair. 949-244-5930.

Buffet: Beautiful Mahogany finish. Antique from Savannah, Georgia. Must see. $300. 208-721-8810.

Cape Buffalo Bookends: Vintage bookends with Cape Buffalo hoofs from South Africa from the 1960’s; 10.5”H x 7” W x 8” D; See photos on the website. $200. 949-244-5930.

Moto-Lita Mark Five steering wheel. Classic wood rimmed wheel that belongs on your Ferrari if it doesn’t have one already. 14” diameter, 2” dish with a 3-1/2” diameter mounting hole. $75. 208-309-3901.

Mounted Ostrich Foot South Africa: Foot on wooden stand; Oudtshoorn, West Cape province, SA; woodbase shaped SAmap. Brass tray with ostrich etching; wood base 10” x 7”:H 7”; very old & unusual! See ad online for photos, $145. 949-244-5930.

Murray Meteor Flite ladies bike. Original components plus basket and horn. Aladies classic bike. Must see! $100. 208-721-8810.

Original 3 Cup Hamilton Beach soda fountain blender from Ketchum Drug circa 1950s. $900. 208-720-0668.

Tillman Goodan (1896-1958) vintage western prints from the 1940’s.

5 beautifully framed prints of western cowboy scenes; $900 ea. 39.5” LX 32” H; See 2 photos online at Id Mt Exp and text for add’l photos; 949-244-5930.

7 Piece Leather sectional couch. 2 recliners and lounge piece. Good shape. Non-smoking. $999. Call 208-720-5431.

FREE: Large Dresser. 10-Drawer 42”H 64”W 19”D chestnut stained wood. Pick up in West Ketchum. 206-372-8543

FREE: Teal Colored recliner, good shape but needs to be cleaned. Call or text Laury 208-720-5494.

*ATTENTION*

Conversacion de Ingles/ Conversational English Viernes, 4:00-5:30 PM hasta abril Fridays, 4:00-5:30 PM through April

Conversacion de Ingles con el tutor

Leonardo Padilla Sacha. Una clase para hablantes nativos de español de todos los niveles en un ambiente estructurado pero informal. Se recomienda registrarse, pero se agradece la asistencia sin previo aviso. Gratis.

Conversational English with tutor Leonardo Padilla Sacha. Aclass for native Spanish speakers of all abilities in a structured but informal atmosphere. Registration encouraged but drop-ins welcomed. Free.

Hailey Public Library, 7 West Croy St., Hailey.

Email: kristin.fletcher@ haileypubliclibrary.org

English Class for Adults: Free! Every Tuesday, April 5 to May 24, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The Community Library in Ketchum. Open to adults of all languages who want to learn English or improve skills.

Clase De Inglés Para Adultos: ¡Gratis! Todos los martes, del 5 de abril al 24 de mayo, de 6:00 a 8:00 p.m. en The Community Library, Ketchum. Abierto a adultos de todos los idiomas.

LOST: HEAD Slalom race skis taken from WS base (were resting on fence) a few weeks ago. White with black HEAD logo. Red PK’s sticker. Race plate with bindings. Please return to WS base, text or call 857-300-7026 -no questions asked!

LOST: Silver &Gold necklace. Lost New Year’s Eve inside or outside Romina’s restaurant. Very sentimental piece for this senior citizen. $1,000 reward will be given for its return. 208-720-0398.

“Hipster fools will eat ANYTHING!!” (F-9: The Fast & Furious Saga)

“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar...” ~Edward R. Murrow

“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow.

53’34”: Mark of Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci”: “He’s blind in one eye, and deaf in the other .... “You’ve achieved a ‘triumph’(?) of mediocrity. (Jeremy Irons to Jared Leto)!!

Do those cars ever leave their parking spaces? Do they even know how to write tickets?

For two years, everywhere one looked, it was about illness and then the question is when is it enough? When do we have the right to say no?

Happy birthday Schming!

Hi everyone! Now what do you want to do?

If memory serves correctly, it’s miscellany II. But twelve+ years later, he still doesn’t read it so no worries. And I have oceanfront property in Arizona...

JR congratulations on another perfect attendance skiing season. Too bad your Warm Springs friends are so jealous.

Maybe you should head back to California. Turns out you can’t keep a group of friends regardless of where you are! #burden

Save the bees, let the dandelions thrive this spring.

To Eddie-you are the best! You always brighten my day. Thx for all that you do. You make grocery shopping a treat!

To the two lovely pandas that created so much Easter pandemonium on Baldy, please reach out and send me a sign and I promise to make you a sign! Webby 208-481-1063.

Well, adding mate poaching to your list of available conquests is a definite plus in a “small mountain town.”

WHAAAT...to the gal who parked in bank parking lot clearly marked “Bank Parking” in the ONLYhandicap parking spot, then jauntily walked across the street to Starbucks -are you entitled or just really selfish? What a world!

What’s your liberty memory—Do tell?

Wolves are doing well. Sage grouse are almost gone. Prioritize. Act now.

Yahooie! What a blissful season finale! Thank you SVC and the community for making this season a wonderland of winter delights.

You came home with the medal. That’s ok, you are my best prize. When do I get a chance to win it back?

NEEDED: Tennis Players and team captains 3.0-4.5 for local USTA Idaho league. Fun competitive play, team workouts with a pro. Forming wms teams now. Matches on SV and WRHS courts. Meet 5/12 5:00 P.M. Sawtooth Brewery to learn more or go to woodrivertennis.org

NEEDED: Rider Needed to Baja

FOUND: Child’s Pink and blue lunchbox. Please call Ketchum Police Dept to identify. 208-726-7819.

LOST: Blue And green plastic frames/glasses at the Howard Preserve, Bellevue. 208-788-1212.

So the post office parking lot is a zoo, doesn’t mean you should act like an animal. Relax people. Life is short.

Thanks to M.D. for stepping up to bat and SVC for giving us one more day of Mayday madness. What a spectacular closing weekend!

The first human instinct is to seek safety and shelter. ~Mom

NEEDED: AllWood front door or wood/metal combo with jam. Vintage or rustic. 3ft x 8ft. Please text 208-721-2144.

NEEDED: Aluminum Cans, your donation will help support new playground equipment in Hailey through Kiwanis Club. Drop donations off at 4051 Glenbrook Drive in Woodside Industrial Park or call Bob at 208-788-0018 to arrange pick-up. Over $21,000 raised so far.

NEEDED: Help! Need 2BD, 1BA anything. ADU or like. Family of 3 Father/Mother/ 3 yr son. Were told their lease will not be renewed. Need June 1, was paying $1,440 mo + utilities. Both have good employment. Non smokers, 1 quiet dog older. 208-309-0007. Trying to help this family.

NEEDED: Looking For weathered and trashed teak that you’re getting rid of. Call 208-720-5431.

NEEDED: Rooftop Cargo box: Looking to add some extra storage space to my Subaru Forester. Text or call 208-721-1499. Thanks in advance!

NEEDED: Sir Mix-A-Lot tickets for Saturday, April 23rd show at Cactus Petes. I am in need of as many tickets as you can spare. Call or text 208-720-0084.

A FEW MORE MINUTES

Here are some extra memories of the Sun Valley Youth Hockey season

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP

The 18U and High School SVYH team from left: Clayton Elsbree, Brock Burrell, Tommy Nisson, Zack Benson, Corwith Simmers, Dawson Speth and Aidan Long.

Express photo by Willy Cook Players from the SVYH 14U boys team.

Express photo by Roland Lane SVYH forward Corwith Simmers makes a play for the 18U boys team against the Junior Steelheads.

Express photo by Roland Lane Players from the SVYH 19U girls team.

Express photo by Roland Lane

Saying goodbye to the ski season

With a late snowstorm in April, here’s a look back at a few more ski photos

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP

Skiers at the Boulder Mountain Tour.

Sun Valley skier Eden Grace Gardiner at the U16 women’s giant slalom.

Nordic skier Kris Thoreson.

Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation alpine skier Noah Horsch zooms by in the men’s U16 giant slalom at the Laura Flood Memorial.

Express photos by Roland Lane

Express photo by Roland Lane

STATE

LEGAL NOTICE

OF IDAHO LAND LEASE OPPORTUNITY

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR AUCTION OF LEASE

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Article IX, § 8 of the Idaho Constitution and Idaho Code §§ 58-307, -310 and -313, the State of Idaho, Department of Lands (hereinafter “IDL”), will accept lease applications for public auction of the leases set forth below. Lease application deadline is Saturday, April 30, 2022 by 5:00 PM (MT).

If more than one application is received for a lease, IDL will schedule a date, time and location for a live auction and the lease will then be awarded to the bidder paying the highest premium bid therefore. Annual rental rates are established by IDL.

General information regarding each lease is set forth below. Detailed information regarding each lease, including a specific legal description of the property to be leased, rental rates, and instructions to complete an application, and the application fee may be obtained by visiting IDL’s website at www.idl.idaho.gov.

Lease No., Term, Use, Legal Description, County

M700059, 20yr, Recreation –Commercial, 9.8 acres of Pts SWNWNE, Pts NWSWNE, T07NR14E-S16, Blaine County.

M700091, 20yr, Industrial, 3.5 acres of Pts SWNWSW, Pts NWSWSW, T03NR18E-S16, Blaine County.

M700092, 18yr, Communication Site, 2 acres of Pts SWNW, T03N-R18E-S33, Blaine County.

Contact Meribeth Lomkin at 208324-2561 for more information.

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS MARCH 30 & APRIL 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE MAGISTRATE DIVISION

In the Matter of the Estate of DONALD LEROY GREEN, AKA DONALD L. GREEN, AKA DONALD GREEN, Deceased.

CASE NO.CV07-22-00152

NOTICE TO CREDITORS I.C. ‘ 15-3-801

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mary S. Green has been appointed personal representative of the above named decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

STEPHAN, KVANVIG, STONE & TRAINOR

By

/s/ Russell G. Kvanvig

Russell G. Kvanvig

Attorneys for Personal Representative

P. O. Box 83

Twin Falls, Idaho 83303-0083 Telephone: 208-733-2721

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 6, 13 & 20, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE

IN RE: JO BREEN VERING

Legal Name

CASE NO. CV07-22-166

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE

(Adult or Emancipated Minor)

A Petition to change the name of Jo Breen Vering, now residing in the City of Ketchum, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Blaine County, Idaho. The name will change to Jo Breen Vering. The reason for the change in name is: “I have not used my birth certificate middle name ‘Ann’ since August 1975.”

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 11:00 o’ clock a.m. on May 11, 2022 at the Blaine County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Dated: March 29, 2022.

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT Stephen McDougall Graham

By: /s/ Angie Ovard Deputy Clerk

PUBLISH

IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY LEE MCGRAW, DECEASED,

Case No. CV07-22-00119

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

Dated this 23rd day of February, 2022.

/S/Lisa R. McGraw c/o Lee Ritzau Luboviski, Wygle, Fallowfield & Ritzau, P.A. P. O. Box 1172 Ketchum, ID 83340 lritzau@lwfrlaw.com

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 6, 13 & 20, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BARRY D. WELKER, DECEASED,

Case No. CV07-22-154

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

Dated this 14th day of February, 2022.

/S/Nanette E. Halasz c/o Lee P. Ritzau Luboviski, Wygle, Fallowfield & Ritzau, P.A. P. O. Box 1172 Ketchum, ID 83340

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 6, 13 & 20, 2022

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sun Valley Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 21st, 2022, at 9:00 AM at City Hall Council Chambers, 81 Elkhorn Road, Sun Valley, ID to hear comments from the public concerning the following:

• DR 2022-09: Design review application for a new single-family residence. Applicant: Steve Briggs. Location: 404 Fairway Loop; Fairway Subdivision Lot 11A

• D R 2022-12, CUP 2022-01, VR 2022-03, SUBPA 2022-02: Design review application for a new singlefamily residence, Conditional use permit request for proposed equestrian barn, Variance request to SVCC 9-4A-5-B-3, to allow less than half of the proposed building envelope to contain record grades of 15% slope or less, and proposed Building Envelope amendment. Applicant: Morning Star Springs LLC. Location: 703 Morningstar Road; June Day Subdivision Lot 48

• ORD NO. 567: Proposed amendments to Title 9 of the Sun Valley Municipal Code to establish Avalanche Zone standards

Comments and questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to the City of Sun Valley Community Development Department, at PO Box 416, Sun Valley, ID 83353, or emailed to cdcounter@sunvalleyidaho.gov. Please check the city website for the meeting Agenda and application materials.

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 6, 13, & 20, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, May 2nd, 2022 at 7:00 P.M., at Carey City Hall, the Carey Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing upon the following:

• Zoning Regulations – Text Amendment: City initiated amendment to City of Carey Zoning Ordinance MOBILE HOME AND RV PARKS.

o Amending Chapter 15: Mobile Home and RV Parks

• Purpose, Dimensional Standards, Additional Regulations

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the mentioned time and place, all interested persons may appear and shall be given an opportunity to comment on the matters stated above. Comments and questions, prior to the hearings, should be directed to the City of Carey - Planning and Zoning Attn: Kelly J Jones 20482 N Main St, Carey, ID. 83320 or call 208-720-9981.

Plans and supporting documents are on file at Carey City Hall and available for public review.

DATED THIS THE 8TH OF APRIL, 2022

Kelly J Jones Planning and Zoning Administrator

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 13 & 20, 2022

NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF BID CITY OF KETCHUM 2022 SIDEWALK INFILL

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The proposed project consists of all site development including installation of curb, gutter, sidewalk, asphalt patching; ADA-compliant pedestrian ramps, retaining walls, site lighting, storm drainage and other appurtenances in Ketchum, Idaho.

RECEIPT OF BIDS: Sealed or electronic bids for the construction of the KETCHUM 2022 SIDEWALK INFILL project addressed to “City of Ketchum” has been extended until 3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, April 14, 2022 and then publicly opened and read aloud at Ketchum City Hall (191 5th St. W, P.O. Box 2315, Ketchum Idaho, 83340).

OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Contract documents will be available beginning at 1:00 p.m., local time, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 and may be examined at Ketchum City Hall, 191 5th St. West, Ketchum, Idaho 83340. Copies of the contract documents in PDF file format may be obtained at https://ketchumidaho.org/rfps or by submitting an email request to the following:

Email: tfenwick@ketchumidaho.org

Subject: Ketchum 2022 Sidewalk Infill Contract Document Request

Printed copies of the contract documents may be obtained upon similar request, at the cost to the bidder of $50 for reproduction and handling, plus any necessary postage. No return of reproduced documents is required, and no refund will be made.

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 13 & 20, 2022

ORDINANCE NO. 568 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, AMENDING THE SUN VALLEY OFFICIAL ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONING DISTRICT DESIGNATION OF PARCEL A, LANE RANCH SUBDIVISION PHASE 1, CURRENTLY ZONED OR-1 TO RECREATION (REC)

WHEREAS, the State of Idaho has empowered the City Council with the ability to zone and rezone property in Idaho Statute 67-6511; and

WHEREAS, the subject property, is approximately 13.7 acres and is currently split zoned between RS-1 (approximately 1.7 acres) and OR-1 (approximately 12 acres); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 9-5B-9, the applicant initiated a zoning map amendment (No. ZMA 2021-02) to rezone the OR-1 zoned portion of the subject parcel to the Recreation (REC) Zoning District; and

W HEREAS, the subject zoning map amendment is consistent with the 2015 Comprehensive Plan; and

WHEREAS, the proposed zoning map amendment has minimal or no adverse impacts on the natural environment, including, but not limited to, water quality, air quality, noise, vegetation, riparian corridors, hillsides and other natural features; and

WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the official zoning map will not detrimentally impact the health, safety, or welfare of the community; and

WHEREAS, rezoning of the parcel does not impose a need for additional essential public facilities and services; and

WHEREAS, the zoning map amendment application (No. ZMA 2021-02) was considered and recommended for approval at a duly-noticed public hearing by the Planning and Zoning Commission on March 24, 2022, and the rezone was recommended for approval via Ordinance No. 568; and

WHEREAS, the zoning map amendment application (No. ZMA 2021-02) was considered and approved at a dulynoticed public hearing by the City Council on April 7th, 2022, and the rezone was approved by the Council through adoption of Ordinance No. 568; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUN VALLEY, IDAHO, COUNTY OF BLAINE, STATE OF IDAHO, AS FOLLOWS:

The Official Zoning Map of the City of Sun Valley shall be amended to reflect changes in zoning designation for approximately 12.0 acres of parcels as displayed on the map attached to this ordinance.

PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUN VALLEY AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS 7th DAY OF April, 2022.

APPROVED: /s/ Peter M. Hendricks Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ Nancy Flannigan, City Clerk

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE

In the Matter of the Estate of THOMAS R. WORTMAN, SR., Deceased.

CASE NO. CV07-22-00179

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the abovenamed decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated, and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

DATED this 12th day of April, 2022.

/s/ Thomas R. Wortman, Jr. Thomas R. Wortman, Jr., Personal Representative c/o Anthony C. Anegon Aherin, Rice & Anegon P.O. Drawer 698 Lewiston, ID 83501

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IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 27 & MAY 4, 2022

MEETING NOTICE

Flood Control District 9 April 25, 2022 at 9:00 am Old Courthouse upstairs 206 S 1st Ave. Hailey, ID 83333 Virtual attendance info contact: bwflood9@gmail.com

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IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

LEGAL NOTICE

BLAINE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY 10, 2022

On Tuesday, May 10, 2022, the Blaine County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public meeting upstairs in the Old County Courthouse located at 206 First Ave. So., in Hailey. Items on their agenda include the following:

1:30 pm ACTION ITEM: 21 Golden Currant Drive - Plat Amendment. Public hearing and consideration of an application by Peter G Whitehead, Trustee and Laurie C Sammis, Trustee to amend Lot 1, Block 2, Croy Creek Preserve Subdivision by shifting the existing building envelope to a location lower on the lot. The property is zoned Residential/Agricultural District (R-5), with a portion of Rural Residential District (R-10), areas of Mountain Overlay District (MOD), and is located at 21 Golden Currant Drive.

This meeting is open to the public and the public may attend in person or by web access. If attending in person, please observe posted COVIDrelated protocols (if any). The meeting agenda will be posted to the Blaine County website at https:// www.co.blaine.id.us/AgendaCenter by the Thursday prior to the hearing. Please check the meeting agenda for further instructions for digital web access.

The materials associated with this meeting are available for review at Land Use and Building Services located in the Blaine County Annex at 219 First Avenue South, Suite 208 in Hailey and on the Blaine County web page at https://www.co.blaine.id.us/199/ County-Commissioner-HearingMaterials. To receive adequate consideration, written comments in excess of one page should be forwarded to Blaine County at least 4 days prior to the public hearing by mail, e-mail to pzcounter@co.blaine.id.us, or by fax to (208) 788-5576.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CEORL JOSEPH SORENSEN, Deceased.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE

Case No. CV07-22-00177

NOTICE TO CREDITORS (I.C. 15-3-801)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Barbara Sorensen has been appointed personal representative of the abovenamed decedent. All persons having claims against the decedent or the estate are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Cl aims must be presented to Barbara Sorensen at 8 Crown Ranch Road, Sun Valley, Idaho 83353, and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

DATED this 11th day of April, 2022

Jones • Williams • Fuhrman • Gourley, P. A. /s/ Kelly C. Stevenson Kelly C. Stevenson of the Firm, Attorneys for Personal Representative, Barbara Sorensen PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 27 & MAY 4, 2022

SUMMARY OF BELLEVUE ORDINANCE

NO. 2022-01

The following is a summary of the principal provisions of Ordinance No. 2022-01 of the City of Bellevue, Idaho, duly passed and adopted, by the City Council and Mayor of the City of Bellevue:

Bellevue Ordinance No.2022-01 amends the Bellevue Municipal Code as follows:

SECTION 1. Amends Title 10, Chapter 6, General Residential (GR), §10-64, Conditional Uses by adding buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet with a maximum floor area of thirty-six thousand (36,000) to the listed conditional uses in the GR zone.

SECTION 2 Amends Title 10, Chapter 6, §10-6-5 (e) by adding a new gross floor area for buildings in the GR zone up to thirty-six thousand (36,000) square feet but exempting churches and public facilities from the maximum square footage provision; deleting the maximum building area of thirty thousand (30,000) square feet; deletes language requiring all buildings in excess of twenty- e ight thousand (28,000) square feet to first acquire a Large Scale Development Conditional Use Permit.

SECTION 3. Amends Title 10, Chapter 7, Business District (B), §10-7-4, Conditional Uses, by adding buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet with a maximum floor area of thirty-six thousand (36,000) to the listed conditional uses in the B zone.

SECTION 4 Amends Title 10, Chapter 7, §10-7-5, Dimensional Standards by adding a new gross floor area for buildings in the B zone up to thirty-six thousand (36,000) square feet but exempting churches and public facilities from the maximum square footage provision; deleting the maximum building area of thirty thousand (30,000) square feet; deletes language requiring all buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet to first acquire a Large Scale Development Conditional Use Permit.

SECTION 5. Amends Title 10, Chapter 9, Light Industrial/Mixed Business (LI/ MB) §10-9-4, Conditional Uses, by adding buildings in excess of twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet with a maximum floor area of thirty-six thousand (36,000) to the listed conditional uses in the LI/MB zone;

SECTION 6. Amends Title 10, Chapter 9, Light Industrial/Mixed Business District, §10-9-5(D), Dimensional Standards by adding a new gross floor area for buildings in the GR zone up to thirty-six thousand (36,000) square feet but exempting churches and public facilities from the maximum square footage provision; deleting the maximum building area of thirty thousand (30,000) square feet; deletes language requiring all buildings in excess of

CITY OF KETCHUM

LegaL Notices

ADOPTED

GENERAL  12,840,5163,055,281 2,191,29512,718 671,07746.2%6,523,179

WAGON DAYS  122,500 0 20,515 0 016.7%58,564

GENERAL CIP  2,917,366 0 0474,521 016.3%361,972

CITY SALES TAX 2,400,000 0 680,430 0 712,22258.0%1,872,973

LOT‐ADDITIONAL 1% 1,900,000 0 996,212 0 44,23754.8%1,572,640

GO BOND STREET 3,212 0 0 0 00.0% 0

FIRE GO BOND 636,050 0 2,500153,509 024.5%439,952

FIRE CONSTRUCTION 0 0 407,257 0 00.0%555

IN‐LIEU HOUSING 2,822,050 0 37,50050,265 03.1%349,626

STRATEGIC INITIATIVE 864,099 0 127,662 0 014.8%557,050

WATER 2,469,632225,752 161,318 0 439,60033.5%863,663

WATER CIP 487,000 0 0226,673 046.5%354,506

WASTEWATER 3,259,625374,521 276,945 0 752,46143.1%1,544,059

WASTEWATER CIP 1,206,000 0 061,233 05.1%664,827

POLICE TRUST  95,000 0 0 0 00.0%387

PARKS/REC DEV TRUST  124,050 0 1,527‐790 00.6%72,991

DEVELOPMENT TRUST 150,000 0 0 0 12,8838.6%81,580 ESF TRUST 0 0 25,274252,324 00.0% 0

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Public notice is hereby given that the Board of the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority of Blaine County, Idaho will be meeting on May 3, 2022, at the hour of 5:30 p.m. in the Old Blaine County Courthouse Meeting Room at Hailey, Idaho, for the purpose of considering and approving a final budget for the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority and making appropriations for Fiscal Year 2022.

This meeting is open to the public but attendees are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend by web access - Instructions below:

Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/723981309

You can also dial in using your phone.

United States: 1 (312) 757-3121

Dial In Access Code: 723-981-309

At this time any person may appear and be heard upon any parts of said budget and the following table sets forth the amount of "Tax Revenue" and "Other Revenues" and the amount to be appropriated for "Salaries and Benefits" and "Other Expenses" for the current fiscal year, the proposed updated budget for the current fiscal year budget, and the amounts received and expended during each of the two previous completed fiscal years. The proposed budget may be examined prior to the Public Hearing at http://www.iflysun.com or at the Airport Management Office, Friedman Memorial Airport, 1616 Airport Circle, Hailey, Idaho.

9/30/22

twenty-eight thousand (28,000) square feet to first acquire a Large Scale Development Conditional Use Permit.

SECTION 7. Amends Title 10, Chapter 16, by deleting Chapter 16 in its entirety.

SECTION 8. Should any section or provision of this Ordinance be declared by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any art thereof other than the part so declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.

SECTION 9. All Ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and rescinded.

SECTION 10. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval, and publication according to law.

The full text of Ordinance 2022-01 is available at Bellevue City Hall located at 115 East Pine St., Bellevue, Idaho and will be provided on request during regular business hours.

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE

CITY OF BELLEVUE THIS 11th DAY OF April, 2022.

/s/Kathryn Goldman, Mayor

ATTEST: /s/City Clerk, Marian Edwards CERTIFICATION OF CITY ATTORNEY

I, the undersigned Attorney at Law, as attorney for the City of Bellevue, Idaho, hereby certify that I have read the foregoing summary of Ordinance No. 202201 of the City of Bellevue, that I have compared it to the full text of Ordinance No. 2022-01, and that in my opinion, the above summary is true and complete and provides adequate notice to the public of the contents of said Ordinance.

Dated this 11th day of April 2022.

/s/Frederick Allington, City Attorney

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE KETCHUM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

Meeting Date: May 10, 2022 Meeting Time: 4:30 PM, or thereaf-

$ 2,435,805

ter as the matter can be heard.

Meeting Location: City Hall Council Chambers, 191 5th Street West, Ketchum, Idaho. The meeting will be livestreamed at www.ketchumidaho.org/meetings. Public comments may be given in person or remotely, when the public comment portion of the meeting for this item is opened. The link to join the webinar for the meeting is: https://ketchumidaho.org. zoom.us/j/83539588892 , Webinar ID: 835 3958 8892. This information can also be found on the meeting agenda.

Project Name: 1st and 4th Mixed Use Project

Project Location: 391 N. First Avenue, Lots 1 and 2 of Re-division of Lots 1 and 2, Block 57, Original Ketchum Townsite.

Representative: Jack Bariteau Jr.

Property Owner: Jack Bariteau Jr.

Application Type: Development Agreement Amendment to Agreement #20427 (File No P22-016)

Condominium Preliminary Plat (File No P22-016A)

Project Description: The Ketchum Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council on a request to amend the

December 20, 2019, Development Agreement (#20427) with Jack Bariteau Jr. for the property at First Avenue and Fourth Street, 391 N First Avenue. The amendment requests an extension to the development timelines and changes to the sequencing of recording of final plats in relation to certificate of occupancy for the project.

The Ketchum Planning and Zoning Commission will also hold a public hearing to consider and make a recommendation to the City Council on a condominium preliminary plat application for the 1st and 4th Mixed Use project. The condominium plat proposes to subdivide the project into 13 condominium units, limited common areas, and common areas.

A copy of the Staff Report will be available on the City website at the following link https://ketchumidaho. org/meetings. The meeting will be livestreamed with the video feed accessible at the same link at 4:30 p.m. the day of the meeting.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the aforementioned time all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to comment on the matter stated above. Comments on this project dur-

Friedman Memorial Airport Proposed Budget Update For Fiscal Year Ending

ing the hearing may be provided using the information above. Comments and questions prior to the hearing may be directed to the Ketchum Department of Planning and Building, P.O. Box 2315, Ketchum, Idaho, 83340 or via email to participate@ketchumidaho.org

Written comments received by 5:00 PM, seven (7) days prior to the hearing will be included as an attachment to the staff report. For additional information, please call (208) 726-7801.

PUBLISH IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE KETCHUM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

Meeting Date: May 10, 2022

Meeting Time: 4:30 PM, or thereafter as the matter can be heard.

Meeting Location: City Hall Council Chambers, 191 5th St W, Ketchum, Idaho. The meeting will be livestreamed at www. ketchumidaho.org/meetings. Public comment may be given remotely, when the public comment portion of the meeting for this item is opened The link to joining the webinar for the meeting is https://ketchumidahoorg.zoom.us/j/83539588892 Webinar ID: 835 3958 8892.

Project Name: Replat of Lot 1, Gem St Subdivision

Project Location: 131 Topaz Street (Gem Street Subdivision: Block 1: Lot 1) Zoning: Limited Residential (LR)

Representatives: Sean Flynn, Galena Engineering

Property Owner: Christopher Brown Application Types: SubdivisionPreliminary Plat (P21-101)

Project Description: The Commission will consider, and take action on, a Preliminary Plat application proposing the subdivision of Lot 1, Block 1 of the Gem Street Subdivision into two separate lots at 131 Topaz St in the Limited Residential (LR) zone district. As proposed, the subdivision would create two lots, 1) a northern 9,006 square foot lot and 2) a southern 9,845 square foot lot, both of which are vacant.

A copy of the Staff Report will be available on the City website at the following link https://ketchumidaho.org/meetings

The meeting will be livestreamed with the video feed accessible at the same link at 4:30 p.m. the day of the meeting.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, at the aforementioned time, all interested persons shall be given an opportunity to comment on the matter stated above. Comments on this project may be provided using the information above. Comments and questions prior to the hearing may be directed to the Ketchum Department of Planning and Building, P.O. Box 2315, Ketchum, Idaho, 83340, via email to participate@ketchumidaho.org, or via facsimile to (208) 726-7812. Written comments received by 5:00 PM, seven (7) days prior to the hearing will be included as an attachment to the staff report. For additional information, please call (208)726-7801.

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IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING HAILEY CITY COUNCIL MONDAY, MAY 23, 2022 5:30 P.M.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Hailey City council will hold a Public Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, May 23, 2022 , to be held virtually as a remote telecommunication meeting and in compliance with the Open Meetings Law. The phone number to call in for the meeting will be posted on the agenda on the city website by May 20, 2022. The telephonic Public Hearing will be conducted on the following item(s):

• Consideration of a City-Initiated Text Amendment to Hailey Municipal Code, Title 15, Section 15.08.010: Adoption of Codes, to adopt 2018 International Residential Code (IRC), Appendix Q: Tiny Houses and Appendix T: Solar Ready Provisions –Detached One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Townhouses.

Any and all interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing using telecommunication devices or submit written comments or direct questions to the Community Development Assistant at 115 South Main Street, Hailey, Idaho 83333, or planning@haileycityhall.org. For special accommodations or to participate in the noticed meeting, please contact the City Clerk 208.788.4221.

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IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE

IN RE: CAROLYN SEITZ DOUGLAS Legal Name

CASE NO. CV07-22-187 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult or Emancipated Minor)

A Petition to change the name of Carolyn Seitz Douglas, now residing in the City of Hailey, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Blaine County, Idaho. The name will change to Carolyn Marie Seitz. The reason for the change in name is: Divorce

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 11:00 o’ clock a.m. on May 31, 2022 at the Blaine County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Dated: April 13, 2022.

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT

By: /s/ April Pina Deputy Clerk

IN RE: JENNIFER ANN PORTER MITCHELL

CASE NO. CV07-22-185 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult or Emancipated Minor)

A Petition to change the name of Jennifer Ann Porter Mitchell, now residing in the City of Ketchum, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Blaine County, Idaho. The name will change to Jennifer Sloane Lang. The reason for the change in name is: I want my last name to be the same as my grandmothers and I like the name Sloane.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 10:30 o’ clock a.m. on May 31, 2022 at the Blaine County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Dated: April 12, 2022.

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: /s/ Andrea Logan Deputy Clerk

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NOTICE OF MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE BELLEVUE CITY COUNCIL AMENDMENTS TO THE BELLEVUE CITY CODE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, May 9, 2022, at approximately 6:00 p.m. the Bellevue City Council will hold a public hearing to consider a city-initiated text amendment to Title 10 of the City Code. The amendment will create a new chapter setting forth regulations for a business core multi-family residential overlay district and adopt a map depicting the location of the overlay district. Additional amendments to Title 10, Chapter 6, General Residential District and Title 10, Chapter 7, Business District will be considered to permit more multi-family housing opportunities in those zones. Due to concerns about the on-going pandemic, meetings may only be attended remotely.

Supporting background materials for the text amendments will be made available on the city website www.bellevueidaho.us and at the Community Development Department in City Hall during regular city business hours.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT CITY OF HAILEY

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: APRIL 20, 2022 – MAY 5, 2022

Public Notice is hereby given the City of Hailey is seeking public comment on an Application for a Lot Line Adjustment, submitted by Edward and Stacy Ivie, wherein the interior lot lines of Lots 7 & 8, and the North 10’ of the vacated alley adjacent to Lots 7 & 8, Block 4, Croy Addition, are eliminated. The reconfiguration of the lots would form one lot, Lot 7A, comprising of 9,028 square feet. The Lot Line Adjustment is located at 214 W Croy Street within Section 9, T.2 N., R.18 E., B.M., City of Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho.

Public comment will be received on this proposed Lot Line Adjustment from April 20, 2022 – May 5, 2022. Comments can be submitted via email to planning@ haileycityhall.org, by phone (see number below), or by making an appointment with the Community Development Department by calling 208-788-9815.

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IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20 & 27 AND MAY 4 & 11, 2022

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF BLAINE

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that at the aforementioned time and place all interested parties may call into the meeting which will be held via ZOOM and shall be given an opportunity to comment on the matter stated above. Written comment may also be submitted to the Community Development Department, P.O. Box 825, Bellevue, Idaho 83313.

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IDAHO MOUNTAIN EXPRESS APRIL 20, 2022

NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT CITY OF HAILEY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: APRIL 20, 2022 – MAY 5, 2022

Public Notice is hereby given the City of Hailey is seeking public comment on an Application for a Lot Line Adjustment, submitted by Lido Equities Group Idaho North, LLC, wherein the interior lot lines of Lots 1-14, Block 85, and Parcel EE (Common Area), Woodside Subdivision #24 and Lot 1, Block 67, Woodside Subdivision # 18 are eliminated. The reconfiguration of the lots would form one lot, Lot 1, comprising of 186,107 square feet. The Lot Line Adjustment is located at Lots 1-14, Block 85, Parcel EE, Woodside Subdivision #24 and Lot 1, Block 67, Woodside Subdivision #18 (940 Winterhaven Drive) within Section 15, T.2 N., R.18 E., B.M., City of Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho.

Public comment will be received on this proposed Lot Line Adjustment from April 20, 2022 – May 5, 2022. Comments can be submitted via email to planning@ haileycityhall.org, by phone (see number below), or by making an appointment with the Community Development Department by calling 208-788-9815.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT CITY OF HAILEY

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: APRIL 20, 2022 – MAY 5, 2022

Public Notice is hereby given the City of Hailey is seeking public comment on an Application for a Lot Line Adjustment, submitted by Dan and Stephany Smith, wherein the interior lot lines of Lots 3A and 5A, Sawmill Subdivision, are eliminated. The reconfiguration of the lots would form one lot, Lot 5AA, comprising of 22,539 square feet. The Lot Line Adjustment is located at 321 and 331 Sawmill Drive within Section 9, T.2 N., R.18 E., B.M., City of Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho.

Public comment will be received on this proposed Lot Line Adjustment from April 20, 2022 – May 5, 2022 . Comments can be submitted via email to planning@ haileycityhall.org, by phone (see number below), or by making an appointment with the Community Development Department by calling 208-788-9815.

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