Turner Gets Turn At Trustee
Blaine County School District trustees unanimously approved placing Dan Turner on their board to fill the Zone 4 seat left vacant by the resignation of Rob Clayton.
Zone 4 represents district families residing in the northwesternmost area of the Valley from Deer Creek Road to the county line, west of Highway 75. Clayton vacated the seat last month when he announced he’d be moving his residence out of the area he was representing.
The decision was made at the board’s June 2 session held online.
Turner is not new to sitting on boards that impact youth. Since 2012, Turner has been a board director for the Wood River Community YMCA in Ketchum. He served as board chair from 2013 to 2016. Turner spent much of his career in finance and investment management in California, where he graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in political science. Of note are his roles as a member of the Board of Governors of the Pacific Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002 in San Francisco and as a general partner for Rubicon Capital Group from 2002 to 2010 in Los Angeles.
In his letter of interest submitted to the district, Turner said, “Last year I had the privilege of working on the BCSD’s Finance Committee while we formulated a recommendation to the Trustees regarding a much-needed Plant and Facilities Levy. Over the course of my committee involvement, I enjoyed my interactions with other committee members, BCSD school principals and district personnel. Currently the BCSD is facing several financial headwinds and uncertainties, and I am anxious to apply my 40 years of professional finance experience to help navigate a course to a strong and sustainable future.”
Kudos To Sun Valley Community School
Sun Valley Community School earned a first-place recognition as a 1A Division II School of Excellence from the Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA) for 2019-20, the pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade day and boarding school announced.
Sponsored by the Idaho Army National Guard, the award is part of a year-long, voluntary program in which schools earn points based on their student-athletes’ performance in athletics, academics and sportsmanship. The top three schools in each classification with the best overall programs will be recognized at the IHSAA annual meeting, Aug. 5.
In addition to the primary awards, schools that score 90 percent on the Citizenship Component and have no player/coach ejections throughout the year or incidents of unsportsmanlike school behavior at state tournaments will receive an “Award of Excellence” certificate.
Traffic Stop Leads to Felony Drug Arrest
On Wednesday, June 3, at approximately 11:07 p.m., as part of a Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) investigation, a Blaine County Sheriff’s Office deputy initiated a traffic stop.
A white 2012 Chevrolet Malibu with four occupants, including a female driver, a male passenger, and two minor children, was stopped on Highway 75 near Woodside Boulevard in Bellevue. Upon investigation, the front-seat passenger, Abel Dominguez Rivera, age 33, of Hailey, was arrested and charged with one felony count of Trafficking Methamphetamine, one felony count of Fugitive to Idaho, and one misdemeanor count of Possession of Paraphernalia.
Due to the close proximity of the children to the drugs and paraphernalia, Dominguez Rivera was also charged with two felony counts of Injury to a Child. Dominguez Rivera also had a felony warrant from the state of Nevada.
Dominguez Rivera was arraigned Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Magistrate Court where a bond was set at $290,000. He remains in the custody of the Blaine County Detention Center.
Ketchum Business Burglarized
On Friday, June 5, deputies of the Ketchum Police Division of the Blaine County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a burglary at the Warfield Distillery in Ketchum. Deputies found an outside door had been pried open and two cash drawers had been stolen containing approximately $2,500.
Upon investigation, Eric Aleksander Friedmann, age 28, of Sun Valley, was arrested and charged with one felony count of Burglary and one felony count of Grand Theft. Friedmann was taken into custody at the Blaine County Detention Center pending arraignment in Blaine County Magistrate Court.