If practice does not make perfect, it at least makes pretty good.Perhaps no better example is McCall-Donnelly boys basketball player Sam Penny, who was named the Snake River Valley Conference’s Player of the Year following a vote by league coaches.“To go from honorable mention to player of the year is extraordinary,” Vandal coach Jason Tinney said.
A redesigned plan for storage condos on South Samson Trail would still not be compatible with surrounding homes, the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission said on Tuesday.The application by Carmello Echanis of Boise calls for three buildings containing 38 storage condos to be built on 2.8 acres at 450 South Samson Trail, or near Krahn Lane.The P&Z, however, will recommend denial of the proposal amid worries that traffic from the storage condos and the commercial aesthetic would harm nearby homes.“I don’t believe this is the right fit,” commissioner Dana Paugh said.The application will now advance to the Valley County Commission for a final decision after a public hearing, for which no date has been set.Tuesday’s recommendation to deny the application was the second time Echanis’ storage condo application was opposed by the P&Z.In December, the P&Z recommended denial of a previous version of the application that called for two additional buildings that would have industrial tenants.Current plans were scaled back from the December application that was rejected to reduce worries about traffic raised by commissioners.Three people spoke in opposition to the proposal at Tuesday’s public hearing, each of whom said the storage condos would conflict with South Samson Trail’s designation as a scenic route by the City of McCall.“This thing is just going to be an eye sore along that corridor,” said Kim Apperson, who lives near the proposal on South Samson Trail.Development applications along designated scenic routes are subject to stricter review and design standards to preserve visual aesthetics.Valley County has final say over the project because it is within the McCall Impact Area, which is county land that surrounds city limits and is governed by zoning laws that mirror those in place in the city.The site proposed for the industrial storage complex is zoned as community commercial, which means a conditional use permit is required to build the facility.Conditional use permit applications are subject to a 12-point evaluation by the P&Z to assess compatibility with surrounding properties.All 12 criteria must be met for the permit to be approved.
Cascade’s Tyler Thurston was recognized as the Long Pin Conference’s Player of the Year for boys basketball for a second straight season following a vote by league coaches.But Rambler coach Josh Hurley said his star point guard was most valuable this season in ways the box scores might not indicate.Hurley said he is convinced Thurston could score 30 points a game if he chose to.
Four members of the McCall Winter Sports Club raced in Park City, Utah over the weekend in a U14 qualifying race.The U.S.
McCall-Donnelly coach BJ Sorensen will lean on a group of golfers this season who have been there, done that.
John Hatfield headlines a class of seniors who hope to make their final season with the McCall-Donnelly baseball team a special one.Vandal head coach Riley Bevill, in his fourth year, said the group – Hatfield, Seth Julian, Owen Naugle and James Turlington – has what it takes to do just that.M-D opens the season Saturday by traveling to play former 2A rival New Plymouth.“If we play loose and have fun, this season should be a fun one to watch,” Bevill said.The Vandals struggled last spring, going 0-14 while having to play every single game on the road because of poor field conditions due to lingering winter weather.Hatfield, an All-Snake River Valley Conference second-teamer the last two seasons, is as key as anyone to help M-D turn those fortunes around.The left-hander served as the Vandals’ top pitcher last spring.
The City of McCall is seeking three local artists to decorate streetlight control boxes in downtown McCall.The deadline for applications is April 11 at 5 p.m.
A developer seeking to build more than 50 new homes along First Street in McCall is seeking too many alleviations from city code, the McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission said Tuesday.The Woodmoor Crest Subdivision, proposed by Rick Williams of Star, would build 47 single family homes and townhomes on six acres at 500 First St., or near Colorado Street.Meanwhile, the Blackwell Subdivision, also proposed by Williams, would build six single family homes on less than an acre at 520 First St.
Senior Angie Dauphinais watched her big sister Carli lead the McCall-Donnelly softball team to the 2A state championship game back in 2019.Now the current Vandal is motivated to do the same for own team this spring.