May 2024

Olson punches state return

Cole Olson will again represent the Ramblers at state this season after placing fourth overall as the Cascade golf team competed at the 2A District III Championships on Monday in Mountain Home.Olson, a junior, shot an 81 through 18 holes at Desert Canyon Golf Course, good enough for the fourth best round out of more than 50 golfers from the 11 schools that attended.

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Mountaineers sharpen for districts

Meadows Valley track and field athletes gathered for one more opportunity to sharpen their skills before districts, this time competing at the Lynn Behrman Invitational on Friday in Parma.Natalie Ruth provided one of the Mountaineer highlights while running the 400-meters, crossing the finish line in 1 minute, 8.15 seconds.

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Bear at large opening unlocked cars

Over the last week, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game has received several reports of a bear that has learned to open certain types of vehicle door handles.These reports have come in from the area around the McCall Golf Club and Spring Mountain Ranch subdivision.“Bears are curious and persistent,” said Regan Berkley, IDFG Regional Wildlife Manager.“Once they figure out how to do something, they’ll keep trying that, especially if they find food in a vehicle,” Berkley said.Fish and Game asks all McCall residents to take two simple steps to keep bears out of their vehicles.First, keep vehicles locked, especially at night.

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Viewpoint

As your mayor, I am writing to you today with an important message regarding our city’s water future.

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Coming in Hot

Bill Miller was landing at the backcountry Cougar Ranch Airstrip when he realized he was approaching the end of the runway just a little too fast.“This is not good,” Miller thought to himself as he ran off the end of the runway, through a few rocks and onto a small knoll at around noon on Tuesday, April 23.The Cougar Ranch Airstrip is about 56 miles east of Cascade along the Middle Fork Salmon River in the Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness.The airplane’s nose strut tore loose, and it pitched forward with the nose digging into the hillside and the propellers grinding to an abrupt halt in the dirt.Miller’s 1959 Cessna 182B finally came to rest upside down just shy of a patch of sage brush past the end of the runway.“I was not suffering from shock but was relatively clear-headed,” said the 83-year-old experienced pilot from Boise.Miller hung upside down from his seatbelt for a few minutes, processing his first-ever airplane crash, and the encouraging observation that he did not smell gasoline.He finally released his seatbelt, resulting in a short tumble to the roof, and crawled out the airplane’s passenger door to inspect the damage.“Everything was in order, so I waited and listened for any arriving aircraft.

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