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April 2024
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Cascade Fire stops three grass fires
Cascade Fire was called on to put out a three-acre grass fire on Saturday from a burn pile that grew out of control.Firefighters arrived at the site at 70 Atkin Ln.
Linda Klind honored
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P&Z okays VC road headquarters
The Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission has approved of the county’s plans to build a nearly 14,000 square foot building to house the Valley County Road and Bridge Department.Commissioners unanimously approved a conditional use permit at their April meeting for the facility to be built at 55 Gold Dust Road, about three miles south of Cascade.Plans include three repair bays for large equipment, storage space, and a separate welding shop walled off from the main work area.The facility will also include five offices, a small conference room, a lobby and reception room, a break room and three bathrooms.“This bigger shop will allow us to have the space to work without running into each other,” said Valley County Road and Bridge Superintendent Jeff McFadden.“We are pretty cramped up where we are now but we make do,” McFadden said.Constructing a new Road and Bridge headquarters was proposed to give the department more room to operate and also free up space in the Valley County Fairgrounds in Cascade, where the current shop is located.Relocating the facility means the department will no longer have to move vehicles from the parking lot during events at the Valley County Fairgrounds, or worry about children playing near the large machinery.“We have had basketballs come from the park and bounce across our lot with a child chasing it,” McFadden said.
McCall meth trafficker sentenced
A Washington man was sentenced to 10 years in prison earlier this month in connection to a methamphetamine trafficking bust in McCall last summer.Jon McGarrigan, 55, was arrested last year on July 12 after a months-long investigation by the Valley County Sheriff’s Office and the McCall Police Department.Officers obtained a search warrant and discovered over 12 ounces of methamphetamine in one of McGarrigan’s vehicles and over five ounces of marijuana in his McCall home.Third Judicial District Judge Jason Scott sentenced McGarrigan to 10 years in prison on April 12 at the Valley County Courthouse in Cascade.McGarrigan, who may seek parole after three years served, also must pay more than $10,000 in fines.McGarrigan agreed to plead guilty to the methamphetamine trafficking in exchange for Valley County Prosecutor Brian Naugle dismissing the marijuana charge.Naugle sought mandatory prison time for McGarrigan in part because he continued selling drugs after being warned and told to stop by Valley County detectives.“He disregarded their warnings and continued to obtain drugs from a supplier in Washington and sell the substances in the Valley County community on a regular basis,” Naugle said.“This fact made it unlikely that McGarrigan would stop dealing drugs without significant punishment,” he said.
Nalder & Galyardt qualify for US Ski team camps
McCall Nordic skiers Taylor Nalder and Gavin Galyardt received invitations from the US Ski Team to attend development camps this summer.The US Ski & Snowboard Team holds camps each summer for the best developing athletes across the country as challenging, educational and motivational training opportunities.“This is a talent identification tool and a constructive and intensive development opportunity,” according to the organization.Taylor Nalder of the McCall Nordic and Biathlon Ski Club qualified for the US Ski Team’s National U16 camp for the second year in a row.Her inclusion was based on results at 2024 US Cross Country Skiing Junior Nationals in Lake Placid, New York in March.
McCall skiers compete at IFSA champs
Three skiers from McCall competed in the 2024 International Freeskiers and Snowboarders Association Freeride Junior Championship at Breckenridge, Colorado.The event was held April 7-14, featuring the 350 best skiers and snowboarders from the US, Canada and South America.“The competition was intense, this is like the Super Bowl of events for Freeride skiing,“ said coach Kerry Lofy.“Even to get invited and show up is a huge win, especially for our newish program and athletes who have only been competing for a year or two,” Lofy said.Scout Weiseth finished fourth in the U12 women’s category over two days of competition.“She got a little lost on the qualify day and was in seventh place and then in finals skied a fast, fluid, fall line run-moving her up to fourth,” Lofy said.Kai Tennyson finished in sixth in the U12 men’s category.“He hit about nine different airs in typical Kai fashion (super stylie and smooth).
Walk-off Homer
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Vandals clean up at SRV meet
The McCall-Donnelly track and field team broke out the brooms when Snake River Valley Conference schools met last week in Payette, sweeping both boys and girls overall titles.George Speirs (800- and 1,600-meters), Ben Walker (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles) and Taylor Nalder (800, 1,600) all won a pair of individual events as the Vandals dominated the annual gathering of conference schools.
Now You Know – April 25 cont.
Registration is open now for Cascade Library summer programs for kids in kindergarten through 6th grade.The program themed “Adventures Begins at the Library” is sponsored by the Idaho Commission for Libraries.Classes are free and will be held Monday to Thursday each week from 10 a.m.