The Cascade boys basketball team is headed back to state after defeating Horseshoe Bend, 59-41, during a 1AD2 District III elimination game on Saturday at the McCall-Donnelly gym.Cole Olson and Tyler Thurston scored 12 points and Grant Whipple added 10 points as the Ramblers earned the district’s final ticket to the 1AD2 State Tournament, which tips off today in Caldwell.
McCall-Donnelly cheerleaders wrapped up the competitive season by placing sixth at the Idaho High School Dance and Cheer Championships, held at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa on Saturday.The Vandals made their mark in the Pom event, in which they qualified to compete at the state event after finishing third at districts on Feb.
The second phase of a rebuild of Davis Avenue in McCall will not begin until at least 2025, the McCall City Council decided last week.The council unanimously voted during its regular meeting last Thursday to reject a $5 million bid to rebuild the roadway this summer from Reedy Lane to Lick Creek Road.The project would rebuild the roadway with new pavement, bicycle lanes, and stormwater drainage swales while also replacing water lines beneath the roadway, according to plans.Work could also include building a separated pedestrian pathway between Fairway Drive and Lick Creek Road if funding allows.The city received one bid for the work from Blue Sky Construction of Meridian, whose bid was about 25% over a $4 million estimate provided by engineering consultants hired by the city.The city plans to re-bid the project in the fall in hopes of receiving a lower price to complete the work in 2025, McCall Public Works Director Nathan Stewart said.“Money saved on this project means money that can go into other roads and other street projects in the next couple years,” Stewart said.Overall, the Davis Avenue rebuild is expected to cost a total of about $6.6 million, including $2.6 million in work completed last year, the first year of a planned two-year rebuild.The first year of work saw the roadway rebuilt with new pavement and bicycle lanes from Thompson Avenue to Reedy Lane.The work also replaced water lines beneath the roadway and added stormwater drainage swales along each side of the road.A $1.9 million grant from the Idaho Transportation Department is expected to fund about half of the next phase of work, which is currently projected to cost $4 million.
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The McCall Nordic and Biathlon Ski Club hosted a Junior National Qualifier race Saturday and Sunday at the Bear Basin Nordic Center, fielding 24 of the club’s own athletes in the event.U16 racer Taylor Nalder finished third in the skate sprint on Saturday and fourth in the classic race on Sunday to qualify for her second U.S.
There was a lot to celebrate at the McCall-Donnelly gym on Friday, and a packed crowd was there to revel and watch as the Vandals boys basketball team capped a singular regular season with a 62-26 victory over visiting Homedale.With the win, the M-D squad accomplished a few notable things: Collected win no.
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Families in the McCall-Donnelly School District will get a chance to try out a four-day school week next year with 10 shorter weeks included in the 2024-25 school year calendar.The calendar for next school year, which the M-D School Board of Trustees approved in their regular meeting on Monday, included the shorter weeks to see how the schedule works for students and staff.“It wouldn’t be appropriate to dump a significant calendar change in a short turnaround, so, we’ve committed to basically rolling over the current calendar, however, adding some of the things that the community and staff were interested in,” District Superintendent Eric Pingrey told Trustees on Monday.“It will give people a taste of what a four-day week would look like,” Pingrey said.A recent survey sent to parents and staff found that about two thirds of respondents wanted the district to move from a five-day week to a four-day week.The possibility of a permanent schedule change is still under consideration and has not been finalized.“This schedule will get us through next year,” Pingrey said.The district’s Calendar Committee will present evidence in the fall on the benefits of a four-day week versus a five-day week, he said.The ten four-day weeks in the 2024-25 calendar all run Monday through Thursday.
A decision on the now 341-lot MacGregor Townsite subdivision was postponed by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission last week.Commissioners first considered an application for the planned unit development in a meeting in January with 335 lots proposed.The applicant, Craig Groves of Donnelly, presented an updated plan and more information at a meeting on Thursday, Feb.
Surveys were sent out Tuesday to voters in the McCall-Donnelly School District to poll support for up to $79 million in bonds to fund a new high school and staff housing.The survey will also ask voters to consider the district’s first supplemental levy to bridge a roughly $3.3 million funding gap.The district is facing a twofold funding problem, which includes a $2.74 million reduction from levy funding enacted in 2007 and an expected $590,000 loss in state revenue this year because Idaho returned to a funding model based on average daily attendance.Depending on the results of the poll, the district could ask voters to approve bonds or levies as soon as the May 2024 primary election, M-D Superintendent Eric Pingrey has said.The district will review the results of the poll in a special meeting on March 18 at 6 p.m.