Syringa Mountain School holds successful gala
Syringa Mountain School raised more than $80,000 at its Harvest Gala last week. The funds will be used to continue offering the Waldorf-inspired education at Blaine County’s only tuition-free public charter school.
More than 150 people attended the gala at River Run Lodge.
Idaho Insurance Specialists, Idaho Lumber and several Syringa Mountain School families sponsored the gala. It featured live music provided by soul hip-hop fusion band Dirty Revival. DJ Johnny V was the master of ceremonies and cowboy Joe Hutchins served as auctioneer.
“Syringa Mountain School is a unique group of compassionate, loving and caring people all excited about learning,” said Christine Fonner, director of school. “Great learning is connected to great teaching and educating those around us. We thoroughly enjoyed sharing and teaching the community about our school and Waldorf education leading up to and during our Harvest Gala.”
Hailey Post Office Employee Dies
He was always there with a friendly word for his customers.
Brian Douglas Shields, 59, of Hailey, and originally from Pennsylvania, died Thursday, Oct. 13, after being life-flighted to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center in Twin Falls. He had worked at the Hailey Post Office since 2004.
“It was like ‘Cheers,’ where everyone knows your name,” said Hailey Postmaster Ken Quigley. “That was Brian.”
In his spare time, Shields was a football and softball referee.
There will be a celebration of life at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 29 at The Life Church, next to Albertsons in Hailey.
Shields is survived by his wife, Judy. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Rosenau Funeral Home in Twin Falls.
Candidate Schedules Meetings
Irene Healy, a candidate for representative of Zone 3 for the Blaine County School District Board of Trustees, will hold four open gatherings for the public to ask questions and discuss district matters. The gatherings will be held from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at the Hailey Public Library; from 7–9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26 at KB’s in Hailey; from 5–6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Bellevue Public Library; and from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at The Community Library in Ketchum.
“For The Love Of Lamb” Winners Announced
Earlier this month, the 20th annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival celebrated the 150-plus-year tradition of trailing sheep from high summer pastures in the mountains down through the Wood River Valley to traditional winter grazing and lambing areas in the south.
This year, 10 restaurants participated in the “For The Love of Lamb” event Friday during the Festival, which provided free lamb bites to hundreds of participants. Vintage Restaurant, in Ketchum, won Best Overall Taste for 2016.
Other winners were: The Cornerstone Bar & Grill for Best Comfort Food; Cristina’s Restaurant & Bakery for Most Flavorful; Enoteca for Best Presentation; Iconoclast Books & Café for The One I Want to Recreate – Lamb Lasagna; Rasberrys for Best Comfort Food – Roast Lamb; Rominna’s – Consolation Award; The Sawtooth Club – Best Grilled – Denver-Style Lamb Ribs; Town Square Tavern – Best Regional Cuisine – Moroccan Lamb Tagine; Warfield Distillery & Brewery – Most Creative – Lamb-chetta.
Caritas Chorale to hold holiday performances
Caritas Chorale will hold three holiday performances in December. The approximately 90-member chorus will return to St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Saturday, Dec. 3, with a Holiday Sing-Along as a benefit for The Hunger Coalition. “O Holy Night,” a collection of carols written and arranged by John Rutter, will be presented Saturday, Dec. 10, and Sunday, Dec.11 with the Wood River High School Chamber Orchestra and the Wood River Orchestra.
Rehearsals are at Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church, downstairs, Mondays, and occasional Tuesdays, at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
For more information call Linda Bergerson at (208) 720-0085.
Voters can vote early at county courthouses
Early voting in person has started at the Blaine County Courthouse in Hailey. Voters will have until Friday, Nov. 4 to vote in person. All courthouses in Idaho will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Absentee voting is still available until Friday, Oct. 28 by 5 p.m. Forms are available at political offices, or at the Blaine County Courthouse, 206 S. 1st Ave., Hailey. If you have any questions call the Blaine County Elections Office at (208) 788-5510.
Political sign theft has become rampant
Blaine County Democrats say political yard signs worth hundreds of dollars have been stolen in the last few weeks. Hailey Police Chief Jeff Gunter said the thefts seem be a grab-and-go situation. All incidents should be reported to the Hailey Police Department at (208) 788-3531, or the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office at (208) 788-5555.
Idaho Power submits two filings
Idaho Power Company (IPC) submitted two filings to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission related to the company’s North Valmy Power Plant in Nevada, and revisions to the company’s depreciation rates.
Idaho Power owns 50 percent of the coal-fired North Valmy Power Plant near Battle Mountain, Nev. The Valmy filing requests adjusting customer pricing to reflect the accelerated depreciable life for the power plant. Currently, the depreciable life for Valmy is based on a depreciation schedule that ends in 2031 for Unit 1 and 2035 for Unit 2. The proposed depreciation schedule would move the date of full depreciation up to 2025 for both units.
Idaho Power’s 2016 assessment of Valmy concluded it may not benefit customers from an economic and electric reliability perspective to operate the facility beyond 2025.
If the proposals are approved by the IPUC, the price Idaho customers pay for electric service will increase by about $35.2 million beginning June 1, 2017.
Idaho Power’s filing is a proposal subject to public review and approval by the IPUC. Copies of the application are available to the public at the IPUC offices at 472 W. Washington St., Boise, Idaho 83702, Idaho Power offices or on Idaho Power’s website, idahopower.com, or the IPUC website, puc.idaho.gov.
