Two boys basketball players from Valley County recently made a “Players to Watch” list for the 2023-24 season.Cascade’s Tyler Thurston and McCall-Donnelly’s Michael Foster were both included among a grouping of top players to pay attention to this winter in a list compiled by the Idaho Statesman.This is Thurston’s second straight year earning preseason recognition from the Boise-based newspaper.
Zion Rushton started her sophomore campaign off with a bang, repeating as champion as the McCall-Donnelly wrestling team competed at the Dick Griswold Memorial Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Potlatch.Ethan Roberts joined Rushton atop the podium at the multi-class meet, reaching the finals in the 170-pound division and pinning his opponent in under a minute.Finn Moon gave the Vandals yet another wrestler who advanced to the championship round, bringing home second place at 285 pounds.Bud Stonebraker (160) and John Spilotros (152) both earned bronze.
Crews worked last week to place dozens of metal structures resembling umbrellas on the slope above Idaho 55 about a mile north of Smiths Ferry.The structures, which will act as snow fences to prevent avalanches, are the final addition to the Smiths Ferry road straightening project, which started in the Fall of 2020.These fences have not been used in Idaho, but they are common in Utah, Washington, Colorado and Wyoming, and see much broader use in Europe, said Idaho Transportation Department Communication Manager John Tomlinson.“This is a unique solution to a particular set of circumstances that we saw on Cut 8,” Tomlinson said, referring to one of nine corners where rock was removed to straighten the roadway.“These are not required, but ITD feels this snow fencing or these umbrellas are the right solution to ensure the safety of the traveling public,” he said.More than 150 fences will be installed in Cut 8, fastened by a steel bar drilled into the slope.
Tamarack and Brundage open for a brief preview
The Treefort Music Fest will return to Tamarack Resort with two days of music in March as Snowfort.The Boise-based music festival held one iteration of Snowfort at Tamarack in February 2020.Snowfort will take place at Tamarack Resort March 1-2, before the Treefort festival, which is set for March 20-24 in Boise.
To the editor, The Code of the New West published on the county’s website concludes with these thoughts: “People live here and move to Valley… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close