PHOTO COURTESY JENNIFER DUMMAR/PAYETTE LAKES SKI CLUB Mayor Bob Giles preparing to lead 70 youth in Friday Night’s Torchlight Parade at Little Ski Hill. Dr Jon Currey is looking on. Ava Coriell is the little girl in the front of the line. The Torchlight Parade was immediately followed by spectacular kreworks show to celebrate Payette Lakes Ski Club’s 85th Anniversary of providing communitybased winter recreation.
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The Shoemaker Storage facility, with about 97,000 square feet of space in five buildings near Donnelly, was put on hold Monday after Valley County Commissioners tabled an appeal of the proposal. The facility, which is proposed to be built on 27 acres about a mile south of Donnelly, had been approved by the Valley County Planning and Zoning Commission in a split vote Dec.
Big Heart auction Payette Land Trust will auction off the Big Heart during the Sweetheart Party and Auction on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Cascade Fire able to save main house Dolly Wolverton looked out her car window last Tuesday, before leaving home, to see smoke pouring out of her garage, so she ran to the phone to call 911. Cascade Fire & EMS arrived about30minuteslater,at about 1:30 p.m., to her house at 170 Crest Place about 15 miles south of Cascade.
New location in Valley County Fairgrounds The sounds of slapshots and skates scraping on ice wrang out through the Valley County Fairgrounds this month for the first time on a new ice rink built by the Cascade Recreation and Aquatic Center. Last year there was an ice rink built to the south of the facility, but it was moved to the rodeo arena at the fairgrounds because of the lights and the grandstands, said Patrick Pratchett, Southern Valley County recreation district manager.
75% of trapped deer had to be euthanized An operation to trap and relocate mule deer in the City of Cascade was canceled after two days when 75% of the deer captured had to be euthanized because they were infested with lice. Of the 20 deer trapped between Jan.
Dogs to be used by ski patrol, local krst responders Jess Olson trailed behind her 3-yearold border collie, Ember, as the duo raced to find two people buried under three feet of snow last weekend near the summit of Brundage Mountain Resort. Olson and Ember were among eight teams of dogs and handlers, including two local teams, that were certified for avalanche rescue Sunday after locating buried volunteers during a National Search Dog Alliance testing and training event.
Medications now available for pickup in specialized lockers After receiving a text that her medications were ready, St. Luke’s McCall pharmacy manager Megan Hatt entered a code to open a small door on a new medication locker.
Best Originality – Shore Lodge and Whitetail Club (Shrek and friends) Best Theme Relevance – Toby’s Place (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) Best Décor – Hawk Construction and Property Services (Frozen) Best Team Spirit – Mountain Samba Dancers .