January 2023

2023 Winter Carnival Snow Sculpture Entries

January 26, 2023

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January 26, 2023

The hardy snow sculptors who form the core of the McCall Winter Carnival created their works this year to the 2023 carnival theme, “Fairy Tales, Folk Tales and Tall Tales.” The sculptors will be competing for bragging rights, but also cash prizes for the top four sculptures in the amateur and professional categories as voted by judges, who are anonymous. Prizes for this year’s contest are as follows: First Place - $2,000 Second Place - $1,500 Third Place - $1,000 Fourth Place - $750 People’s Choice - $500 Judging begins this morning at 8 a.m.

Calendar of events

January 26, 2023

Friday, Jan. 27 • All day – Snow sculpture viewing.

No race without the volunteers

January 26, 2023

A small army keeps the ISDC running Kellee Hadley first volunteered at the Idaho Sled Dog Challenge in 2018, staying awake for 79 hours straight in what she called the hardest thing she has ever endured. Hadley, 47, of Cascade has volunteered in each iteration of the race since then and will manage about 50 volunteers at the Cascade checkpoint in this year’s race.

Flying service ends backcountry mail delivery

January 26, 2023

Mike Dorris took off from the McCall airport with a bundle of mail bound for the backcountry for the last time last Thursday. His final delivery may be the end of a United States Postal Service route to Warren and several remote ranches on the South Fork of the Salmon River that started in the 1860s and has been serviced by airplane since the 1930s.

January 26, 2023

An exploration plan submitted last June for a new gold mining project near Yellow Pine is not expected to have a “significant effect” on the environment, according to the Boise National Forest. Stallion Discoveries Corp.

January 26, 2023

January 31, 1923 – January 20, 2023 Marion Johnson, RD, passed away peacefully in the morning on Jan. 20, 2023.

Lynn Campbell Tate

January 26, 2023

March 12, 1935 – November 29, 2022 Lynn Campbell Tate left us on Nov. 29, 2022, for her next great adventure.

Verne S. Ward Sr.

January 26, 2023

March 13, 1935 – January 14, 2023 Verne S. Ward Sr.

Zaleski helps Mountaineers squash Stingers

January 26, 2023

Ian Zaleski’s two scores keyed a three-goal outburst during the third period as the McCall Mountaineers hockey team snared a 6-3 victory over the Bozeman Stingers Saturday at the Manchester Ice and Events Centre.