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VOL. 23, NO. 47 75 CENTS HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 Tax bills Reid puts hit mail Initiative this week on hold Treasurer: Expect levy Sources: Economic increases, but some crisis, fi libuster threat rates have gone down necessitates move
Landowners can expect to receive their The threat of a fi libuster has pushed property tax bills in the mail either today a vote on the Owyhee Initiative until or Thursday, according to Owyhee County January and the new Congress, Initiative Treasurer Brenda Richards. work group co-chair Fred Kelly Grant said And, with every tax year, there is some Monday night. good news and some bad news for those “It appears clear that the Owyhee who have to write the checks. Initiative Bill will not be voted on in the The fi rst half of the tax bill is due Dec. lame duck session of Congress, but will be 20, with the balance of tax bill due June 20. re-introduced by Senator Crapo in January Richards said that bills postmarked up to in the new Congress,” Grant wrote in a Dec. 22 will be considered on time because press release Monday. Dec. 20 falls on a Saturday. Grant said that sources in Washington, Richards pointed out that taxpayers D.C., conveyed to him and the Owyhee should be prepared to see an increase in County Board of Commissioners that a the solid waste fee both residential and fi libuster threatened by Sen. Tom Coburn commercial. Earlier this year, the board of (R-Okla.) would take up as many as three county commissioners approved a fi ve per- days and that the economic crisis will cent increase to both fees — residents will take precedent over the 150-bill Omnibus see a charge of $42 on their bills (up from Public Lands Bill. $40 in 2007), and business owners will see Grant said the sources — congressional a $84 fee (up from $80 a year ago). staffers and special interest group Several tax levies increased this year, representatives — also confirmed that including all the road districts in the Schools honor those who served on Veterans Day Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Sgt. Aaron Davis of the Idaho National Guard salutes the fl ag as veterans stand county and small increases for school bond (D-Nev.) has assured bill sponsors that at attention behind him during the Nov. 11 Veterans Day observation at Homedale –– See Taxes, page 5 Middle School. For more on veterans past and present, see pages 11-13 –– See Initiative, page 5 Jake Roe takes reins for fourth Jordan Valley term Jordan Valley voters chose Jake of his years in offi ce, he said. When he first entered office, Pruitt, then mayor of the city, had water and sewer income. We had Roe by a landslide for his fourth Roe, who served on the city Jordan Valley was seeing some been employed at the site, and left to reorganize to have the money stint as mayor earlier this month. council for several years, was big changes. his city position when his job went to survive,” Roe recalled. Many Roe, who took the position at the appointed mayor by the city “The mine closed when I fi rst away, along with the DeLamar city businesses were supported tender age of 23, has seen a lot of council for his first term, and became mayor,” Roe said in a mine, in 1995. by people who had worked at change in the city over the course has won re-election three times. phone interview Friday. Norm “We lost population, we lost city –– See Roe, page 5
Subscribe today School menus 6 Looking Back 17 IInsidenside Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Calendar 7 Commentary 18-19 directly to you each Wednesday Group wants Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Dave $ays 7 Legals 20-21 new coach Call 337-4681 Sports 14-16 Classifieds 22-23 Page 14 Page 2 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 County awards OCD remodel bid to Murphy man general fund through the Payments In Lieu Hoagland, the District 1 representative, the property and some window replacement Shurtleff Construction of Taxes (PILT) Trust will be used to pay confirmed that the board awarded the — and the rest of the remodel can be done still waiting on for the OCD remodel; no federal grant was Marsing county annex remodel contract to from the inside, he said. awarded for the project. Shurtleff Construction during last week’s The District 1 commissioner expressed required public works Hatch also confi rmed that Shurtleff hand- meeting in Murphy. confi dence that the sheriff’s offi ce and as- delivered an application for a public works Documents unsealed during a Nov. 3 sessor’s offi ce division of motor vehicles license from state license Monday after the commissioners meeting revealed Boyce Construction of will be able to move into the new building met on the remodel project that morning. Nampa bid $55,150 and Wright Brothers — and, more importantly, out of cramped County commissioners are hopeful to Even though Shurtleff also said he is obtain- of Meridian and Boise bid $37,519. Marsing City Hall — by Jan. 1. have new Marsing offi ces up and running ing a contractor’s permit, state law allows “It was substantially lower (than the Sherburn said Shurtleff assured the com- by the start of the new year. for unregistered contractors on public works other two bids),” Hoagland said of Shurtl- missioners Monday that all the work in the But the Murphy man who won the bid jobs as long as the governmental entity has eff’s offer. “(District 3 Commissioner) Dick bid, except for fencing around the property, to remodel the old Owyhee Conservation given authorization for the work. Freund has seen some of his work. He has would be done by the fi rst of the year. District offi ce building, Jean Shurtleff of Owyhee County Board of Commission- been working on a project for the church The county is paying Marsing $1,140 Jean Shurtleff Construction, only Monday ers chair Jerry Hoagland last week con- on China Ditch Road, and (Freund is) quite to lease space at City Hall this quarter, applied with the Idaho Bureau of Licensing fi rmed that Shurtleff didn’t have his public pleased with the work that he’s seen, so he but Hoagland said the commissioners are for a public works license. works license when the commissioners on felt (Shurtleff) was quite capable.” aware that municipal offi cials are anxious According to County Clerk Charlotte Nov. 10 accepted his low bid of $30,593 During the Nov. 3 bid opening, Freund for a change. Sherburn, Shurtleff told the commissioners over two other bids. acknowledged he was familiar with two of “They’ve been asking us to get some- Monday that he should have a contractor’s “He doesn’t have one construction the contractors, but it was determined that thing done quick. It’s unfortunate that this permit and a public works license in his license that we require, and he’s in the pro- that didn’t constitute a confl ict of interest got drug out as long as it has,” Hoagland possession in about a week. cess of getting it,” Hoagland said Thursday. because Freund had no fi nancial stake in said. “It’s a burden with the city offi ces with Idaho law requires contractors bidding “His application is in, and it takes 10 days whether the fi rms got the job. all the stuff that we’re doing there now. government construction jobs have a public for processing. He says he will have that by Hoagland also said that Shurtleff’s bid “We understand that, so we’re compen- works license before submitting a bid. The the time he gets the contract in.” was more attractive because his outfi t will sating them quarterly for that now.” county’s notice to bid said that the success- If Shurtleff acquired the proper licensing, perform the bulk of the work on the ap- The District 3 adult probation and parole ful bidder wouldn’t have to be licensed to he and the commissioners were expected to proximately 4,000-square-foot building department wants a satellite offi ce in the do public works projects until construction sign the contract during this week’s meet- at 19 Reich St. Boyce Construction and building. There also will be offi ce space on the remodel began. ing. Results from that gathering weren’t Wright Brothers would employ subcontrac- for the county probation department as well Bill Hatch, public information offi cer available at press time. tors for some of the remodeling. as the coroner. of the state Bureau of Licensing, said that Shurtleff was the only Owyhee County Hoagland said he wasn’t concerned “Jan. 2 we should be able to start opera- the public works license requirement is contractor to submit a bid. County Clerk about a tight timeline and the possibility tions there,” Hoagland said. “That’s what waived when projects are funded by fed- Charlotte Sherburn said Monday that of wintry weather pushing back the project. our plans are.” eral aid money. Money from the county’s Shurtleff submitted a handwritten bid. There is minimal exterior work — fencing — JPB Animal cruelty case to go before jury next month After a long process rife with scheduled to go before an Owyhee investigation by Owyhee County count of cruelty involving 32 spent $11,768.73 on care and motions to suppress, a request for County jury on Dec. 19. Sheriff’s Office personnel at a horses and burros with no avail- veterinary bills. Records show a change of venue and delay of the The charges, two counts of residence at 5282 Sage Rd. near able food and one count involving that 24 of the horses and donkeys original trial date, Zachariah Rob- animal cruelty against each de- Homedale. Hopson was charged a pair of llamas without available were successfully placed with inson and Deborah Hopson are fendant, date back to a Jan. 17 with two counts, specifi cally one food. new owners. Eleven, in worse Deputies charged Robinson condition, were more problem- for the same neglect in connec- atic. Two were put down: a fi lly tion with two dogs and a pair of with a severely deformed right LEGAL STUD cows. rear fetlock that veterinarians ·!) DATES The couple forfeited the seized determined was at very high risk CALIFORNIA NOV 1 animals to the county as of May of catastrophic injury and a paint IDAHO OCT 1 19, after Hopson and Robin- stallion with a severe neurologi- MONTANA OCT 1 son failed to pay an additional cal disease. The fate of the other NEVADA OCT 1 $12,467.86 bond to reimburse the nine was not detailed in the court OREGON NOV 1 county for the care of the animals. documents. UTAH OCT 15 WASHINGTON NOV 1 The money would have covered The cruelty charge specifi cally costs to the then-planned trial date targets persons who permit ani- 2==D62D@? H:?E6CEC24E:@? of June 6, but as it was not paid, mals to go without care. 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DEF5565E:C6D related offenses. animal-related charge Hopson >@F?E:?8C@E2E:@?D2:C4964 Paid for by Doug Emery /PEN AM PM -ONDAY &RIDAY s AM PM 3ATURDAY Page 4 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 County enters historic pact with tribes, BLM Cowboy Land Policy Management Act The BLM refuses to comment Federal agency, commissioners offer of 1976, the BLM is required to on the ongoing negotiations, but Christmas BLM settlement for 2006 fi re incorporate the land-use plans for Hoagland provided insight. the county and the tribes in any of “The BLM was charging the returns Even as the legal embers from ing,” Hoagland said. “It doesn’t its planning decisions. county to put it out, and the county a fi re two years ago smolder, the put us as ‘interested public’. ... “The BLM has to listen to didn’t want to really accept full Another holiday season means county and the Bureau of Land They have to involve us in all their the county’s comments by law,” responsibility,” Hoagland said. another visit to the Bruneau Cow- Management move forward with planning.” Hoagland said. “It’s up to the Sec- According to Hoagland, it’s boy Christmas Gift Boutique. cooperation in other areas. The new coordination agree- retary of the Interior to provide the the BLM’s stance that county The eighth annual holiday shop- A historic coordination agree- ment would cut down on staff reasoning why the BLM plan is work crews ignited the fi re while ping opportunity takes place Sat- ment between Owyhee County, time for the tribes and the BLM better than the county plan.” performing maintenance. urday and Sunday at the Bruneau the BLM and the Shoshone-Paiute because of fewer meetings, Hoagland said that more MOUs In at Nov. 10 letter, the commis- American Legion Hall and the Tribes was ratified during the Hoagland said. between the county, the BLM and sioners offered to settle the issue Valley Mercantile Building. commissioners meeting Oct. 27. The next quarterly meeting the tribes can be expected in prepa- for $1,500, claiming that a previ- The boutique will be open from “(The agreement) further ex- under the new MOU is set for ration for life after the Owyhee ous area manager in the Bruneau 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. pands our coordination, but tries January in BLM’s Boise District Initiative takes effect. The Initia- Resource Area ignored statutory Sales begin at 9 a.m. on Sunday to reduce the monthly coordina- Offi ce in the capital city. tive implementation legislation is coordination responsibilities and after the 8:20 a.m. Cowboy Church tion meetings,” board chair Jerry Hoagland said the county would part of an omnibus public lands that those violations caused delays services led by Troy VanNorman Hoagland said. like to see monthly coordination bill that is scheduled to see a vote that put the county at a disadvan- and Riata Brown. The memorandum of under- meetings with the BLM continue from the full Senate sometime next tage in budgeting for payment. There is no admission charge for standing signed by all parties on issues such as recreational week. Passage by the House of The $1,500 check represents the boutique, which will feature during an Oct. 22 Boise meeting management plans for the Bru- Representatives and the president’s about 30 percent of the $5,000 for many talented local artisans as well puts all three groups on an equal neau and Jarbidge areas. signature still is required before the which the Bureau was asking. as artists, vendors and craftsmen footing during the quarterly meet- “Coordination helps keep the Initiative becomes law. The offer keeps in line with an from throughout the West. ings, Hoagland said. That means planning processes consistent,” But even with all the layers of earlier letter asking the BLM to Merchandise available will that the county now is a partner Hoagland said. “Any planning coordination now established, the balance the cash compensation include handmade, one-of-a-kind in the decision-making process BLM does has to be consistent BLM and the county still occa- with the in-kind services Owyhee western gifts, home decor and rather than just an “interested with those county plans, and that’s sionally fail to see eye-to-eye. County has provided BLM during rustic furniture, cowboy gear, party.” While the county has been part of the reason we’re updating Case in point is the Southside other county emergencies. hand-tooled leather work and a partner with the BLM coordina- our Natural Resources Plan.” Fire that burned 139 acres of pub- “The discussion (during a com- tack, quilts, western books, crafts, tion process, the same designation The county commissioners held lic and private land in July 2006. mission meeting) was we already western apparel and accessories, wasn’t afforded Owyhee in its a public hearing on the Natural The county and the BLM are still have provided police coverage art and hand-crafted silver, copper dealings with the Shoshone-Pai- Resources Plan update Monday in haggling over compensation for for the Chubby Spain Fire and and beaded jewelry, metal work, ute until the Oct. 22 agreement. Murphy. Only the BLM presented extinguishing the fi re. road work on Silver City Road homemade toys and more. “It involves the county and the testimony at the hearing. “We’re in the process of still that BLM should have helped us Santa Claus will make a stop for tribes and the BLM all on equal, Through coordination agree- negotiating with that,” Hoagland with,” Hoagland said. photo opportunities with boys and government-to-government foot- ments required by the Federal said. — JPB girls in the Kids Corral. The Cowboy Cafe will serve cinnamon rolls, hearty stews and Grand View church celebrates 100th anniversary at Sunday service chili, warm cornbread and des- serts both days. The Grand View Community Church will The 100th anniversary celebration also will 1908 as the First Congregational Church of For more information about the celebrate its centennial with a 10:45 a.m. include a potluck dinner. Grand View under the guidance of the Rev. gift boutique, call Anita Miller at church service Sunday. The church was fi rst organized on Nov. 22, W.C. Veazie from Salt Lake City. (208) 863-8443. Lane P.O. BOX 97 • HOMEDALE, ID 83628 PHONE 208 / 337-4681 • FAX 208 / 337-4867 E-mail [email protected] Recliners www.theowyheeavalanche.com U.S.P.S. NO. 416-340 Copyright 2007–– ISSN #8750-6823 Starting at JOE E. AMAN, publisher JON P. BROWN, managing editor E-mail: [email protected] $ 00 MICHAEL LANE, reporter 299 [email protected] JENNIFER STUTHEIT, offi ce ROBERT AMAN, com po si tion Published each week in Homedale, Idaho by Owyhee Avalanche, Inc. Entered as Periodical, paid at the Post Offi ce at Homedale, ID under the Act of March 3, 1879. POSTMASTER: send address changes to THE OWYHEE AV A LANCHE, Yellow Tag P.O. 97, Homedale, ID 83628. Annual Subscription Rates: Owyhee County...... $31.80 Clearance Sale Canyon, Ada, Malheur counties ...... 37.10 Elsewhere in Idaho...... 42.40 New Shipment On Now! Elsewhere (outside Idaho)...... 40.00 has just arrived! Savings throughout Deadlines the Store! Classifi eds Display advertising Monday noon the Friday noon the week week of publication prior to publication Legal notices Inserts Friday noon the week Friday noon the week prior to publication prior to publication FURNITURE & APPLIANCE of CALDWELL Letters to the editor 307 South Kimball, Caldwell 459-0816 Friday noon the week prior to publication (Limit 300 words, signed, with day phone number.) Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 5 Oregon law hampers JV’s effort to seat council New ethics laws make council “We had three city councilmen, years of age who is not a member New council undecided after receiving the letter (informing of the household. Current vote counts on the undesirable for many seekers public offi cials of the new policy) Other information may be write-in council positions for last year — they just quit, because required, including the name of Jordan Valley, according to the A big problem facing Jordan the mayor said. “And we have they weren’t going to do it.” each person to whom the fi ler has Malheur County Board of Elec- Valley, and many small Oregon only three on the council at the The annual statement must owed $1,000 or more, including tions, are tight to the point of cities, is the diffi culty in fi nding present, which is the minimum include the name and address the date of the loan and interest being uncallable: candidates to sit on city councils, for a quorum.” of each business in which the rate. For position 1, current council- Jake Roe, the small border town’s Three undisclosed write-in councilperson held a position as The quarterly report includes man Jerry White leads with fi ve mayor, said on Friday. The 2007 candidates were elected to the an offi cer or director, or any that a an exhaustive list of gifts that votes over Sheryl Douglas and adoption of additional ethics rules Jordan Valley council during member of the councilor’s family must be reported — whether it’s Maria Aquila with three each. (under Oregon state Senate Bill the Nov. 4 election, but it’s still held; the name and address of each a $50 lunch tab picked up by For position 2, Lou Ann Krupp, 244), intended to avoid nepotism unclear if the as-yet unnamed business through which the fi ler an organization, a $25 plaque Marvin Bowers and Maria Kersh- or corruption among elected winners will accept the positions. or member of the household did or what-not. If an official is ner are all tied at three each. officials, has made it nearly Results from the election won’t business; the name and address of presented with an award valued For position 3, Frank Beckwith impossible for small towns to fi ll be returned to Jordan Valley from the fi ve most signifi cant sources at more than $150, they cannot and Flora Meredith are also tied city council seats. the Malheur County clerk’s offi ce of income for the public offi cial accept it. at three votes each. A seated city councilmember until Thursday. and members of the household, The League of Oregon Cities These are preliminary results, must now provide an annual Those who might like to identifying the source and type is fi ghting to get the legislation Malheur County Clerk Deborah statement of economic interest, volunteer simply don’t want to of income and the name of the altered or rewritten to help DeLong cautioned. If the races for and a quarterly public official submit to a huge battery of tax person who received it; ownership smaller cities, Roe said. The seat 2 and seat 3 remain tied after disclosure form. The information commission questions, income interests held by the public offi cial LOC’s success or failure may the ballots are certifi ed on Thurs- required is exhaustive, and sources, lobbyist returns, and or members of the household well determine the fate of small- day and any fi nal absentee ballots Roe said many potential city “a lengthy bunch of garbage to in real property, except for the town government throughout the arrive, a recount will occur. councilors simply won’t jump submit, just to donate their time,” principal residence, located within state. If ties remain, the candidates through the bureaucratic hoops, Roe said. the geographic boundaries of the “It’s a bunch of nonsense — I will be called into a public meet- or expose their family members The election earlier this month governmental agency in which the haven’t got 50 cents worth of ing with the election board, which to extra scrutiny, in connection was a direct result of the new public offi cial position is held or gifts for the city in 10 years,” Roe will choose who gets the seat, with an unpaid position. law. sought; names of each member of said. “I think the Oregon Highway DeLong explained. “We had three open city council “It’s really hurt small towns all the household 18 years or older; Commission may have bought our positions that no one put in for,” over the state of Oregon,” he said. the names of each relative over 18 lunch, once.” — MML From page 1 √ Roe: Listening and being there for business are part of the mayoral job the mine, and with the closure, in Roe’s eyes, nor has he heard Retired residents have largely he pointed out, though, everything “Somebody who can listen, pay the population entered a period complaints from residents on the not been as interested. anyone needs is a one-hour drive attention to what’s going on and during which workers were re- town’s size or lack of expansion. “There have been businesses away, and residents carpool, do donate the time; you don’t get training themselves to fi ll other “I haven’t had any townspeople shut down,” Roe said. “And monthly grocery shopping and paid, you need someone who’s positions, Roe said. upset about not having growth people sometimes say how terrible simply don’t engage in needless willing to be there,” he said. “We fi nally balanced back out possible,” he said. “We’ve it is that a business closed. Well, spending. In his 10-plus years of service, in pre-mine mode, where there spoken to the Oregon Economic sometimes the people didn’t want “It’s a little different,” Roe Roe said he’s missed just two or wasn’t much going on,” he said. Committee several times to see to keep it going. When they want admits. three meetings due to unavoidable “We don’t have any real room if we could bring business in.” to quit, they do — that’s normal With better than a decade under conflicts. Those years and for growth (given the city limits), Each time the same group of business.” his belt as mayor, Roe’s opinion attendance help provide a city and we’re living with what we’ve community leaders, all of whom To have more services, a city on what makes a good candidate government with an institutional got.” are actively involved in business, has to have a bigger population for the position carries some memory. Being quiet isn’t a bad thing have come forward to help. than Jordan Valley’s, Roe said. As weight. — MML √ Taxes: Some levies, √ Initiative: bonds rise, others drop Vote on hold levies in the Grand View- credit or debit card. While Bruneau and Melba school now a free service, the cost to until 2009 districts. Meanwhile school the taxpayer did shrink. the delay does not diminish his levy amounts for Melba and The Access Idaho program commitment to lead the bill to Marsing went down. was initiated last year with a a vote when the 111th Congress School bond amounts in three percent service charge, convenes in January. Marsing and Homedale also but Richards said the non- Sixty senators would be needed saw reductions. refundable charge has fallen to stop Coburn’s fi libuster, and Municipal levies for to 2.75 percent. Richards Senate sources said that Reid is Homedale, Marsing and stressed that Access Idaho optimistic that the new Congress Grand View rose, but the gets every cent of the service will present far less trouble county levy paid by every charge and that the county getting the necessary votes for county landowner actually sees no additional revenue cloture, which would prevent the went down. from the program. fi libuster. Another area where tax- Richards invites any prop- “We haven’t given up on payers will get a break is erty owner with tax questions the Owyhee bill,” Owyhee the convenience fee charged to call the treasurer’s offi ce at Cattlemen’s Association work to pay bills by phone with a 495-1158 or 337-5522. group representative Dr. Chad Gibson said Monday. “The agreement we crafted is Senior center offers fl u shots historic, and we must keep after it Flu shots will be available The center will serve until the bill gets passed.” at the Homedale Senior Thanksgiving dinner Tuesday, — JPB Citizens Center, 224 W. Idaho before closing Nov. 26-27. It Ave., on Thursday. will re-open on Dec. 1. The shots cost $23, and For more information, call insurance can be billed. the center at 337-3020. Page 6 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Library Anniversary School tells story, sells books menus The Homedale Public Library Homedale Elementary has planned a busy couple days Nov. 19: Chicken patty or rib-b-que, potato wedges, fruit & veggie Friday and Saturday. bar, animal crackers, milk. First, children of all ages are Nov. 20: Turkey, potatoes/gravy, stuffi ng, fruit salad, roll, pumpkin invited to listen to a story at 10 pie, milk. a.m. Friday at the library, 125 W. Nov. 21: Cheese pizza or PB&J, salad, fruit & veggie bar, cookie, Owyhee Ave. milk. The tale for this week’s Story Nov. 24: Burrito or French dip sandwich, green beans, fruit & veggie Time is “Mrs. McNosh and the bar, cookie, milk. Great Big Squash”, which follows Nov. 25: Nachos or baked potato, fruit & veggie bar, cinnamon the adventures of Mrs. Nelly bread stick, milk. McNosh after seeds she plants Nov. 26-28: No school. grow into a large, runaway squash in her neighborhood. Children of Frankie and Dorothy Garrett, Dorothy and Frankie Garrett, Homedale Middle all ages are welcome. 1948 today Nov. 19: Crispito or toasted cheese sandwich, taco salad, fruit & The library will present a two- veggie bar, milk. day used book sale on Friday Nov. 20: Turkey, potatoes/gravy, jello, roll, strawberry shortcake, and Saturday at the Homedale Garretts mark 60 years of milk. Senior Citizens Center, 224 W. Nov. 21: Nachos or baked potato, fruit & veggie bar, rice krispie Idaho Ave. marriage with open house treat, milk. The sale will be held from noon Nov. 24: Hamburger or hot dog, tots, cookie, fruit & veggie bar, to 7 p.m. on Friday and from 10 In honor of their 60th wedding Walla Walla, Wash., at the First milk. a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. anniversary, friends and family of Congregational Church. They Nov. 25: Chicken nuggets or egg roll, rice, veggies, fruit & veggie A wide variety of books will be Frankie and Dorothy Garrett are ranched, farmed, and raised cattle bar, fortune cookie, milk. sold for 50 cents per pound with invited to an open house reception and fruit in Walla Walla until they Nov. 26-28: No school. proceeds helping the library by from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, moved the base of operations to Nov. 23, 2008, at the Txoko Ona Wilder in 1956. This operation is new books. Homedale High For more information on the Basque Center in Homedale, 333 now known as Garrett Ranches. Nov. 19: Idaho haystack, burrito or pizza hot pocket, fruit & veggie Story Time or the book sale, call S. Main St. They have been active in the fruit bar, cinnamon roll, milk. the library at 337-4228. The reception is hosted by their ranch all of their married lives. children, Gary (Kristie) Garrett, In addition to their sons, Gary Nov. 20: Turkey, potatoes/gravy, stuffi ng, jello fruit salad, roll, and Gregg (Randee) Garrett and and Gregg, the couple has six pumpkin cake, milk. their families. The family requests grandchildren and eight great- Nov. 21: Chicken taco or French dip sandwich, corn, fruit & veggie no gifts, please. grandchildren. bar, milk. Farm Bill Frankie and Dorothy were All friends and acquaintances Nov. 24: Pizza, popcorn chicken or chef salad, fruit & veggie bar, married on Nov. 21, 1948 in are welcome. brownie, milk. Nov. 25: Crispito or rib-b-que, corn, taco salad, fruit & veggie bar, meeting milk. Nov. 26-28: No school. set in JV Birthday Marsing Producers in Malheur County Nov. 19: Taco, rice, pizza, dessert, salad bar, milk, fruit bar. can learn about the changes to Family, friends to celebrate Nov. 20: Cook’s choice, salad bar, milk, fruit bar. agricultural programs during a Nov. 21: Hot dog, veggie, chips, sub sandwich, salad bar, milk, Farm Bill informational meeting Viola Hunt’s 99th birthday fruit bar. this Friday in Jordan Valley. Nov. 24: Nachos, sandwiches, salad bar, milk, fruit bar. Friends and family of longtime Representatives from the Nov. 25: Turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, roll, beef nugget, Marsing resident Viola Hunt Malheur offices for the Farm salad bar, milk, fruit bar. are invited to celebrate her 99th Service Agency and Natural Nov. 26-28: No school. birthday on Saturday, Nov. 29. Resources Conservation Service will be on hand for a 1 p.m. to 3 The open house will take place p.m. meeting at the Lions Hall in from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lizard Bruneau Jordan Valley. Butte Baptist Church, 116 4th Ave. Nov. 19: Popcorn chicken, potato wedges, veggie, fruit, cookie, New programs, changes W., behind the Marsing fi re station milk. to existing programs and the and Lizard Butte Public Library. Nov. 20: Turkey dinner, potatoes & gravy, peas, roll/butter, fruit & process for fi lling out forms will For more information, call pumpkin dessert, milk. be among the topics covered. Pauline at 250-3317 or Marilyn Nov. 21: Roast beef sandwich, fries, veggie, fruit, milk. For more information, call at 860-6715. Viola Hunt Nov. 24: Stomboli, veggie soup, tossed salad, spiced apples, milk. the Malheur FSA offi ce at (541) Nov. 25: Spaghetti, tossed salad, garlic bread, peaches, milk. 889-9689, ext. 2 or the Malheur Annual turkey shoot aims for Sunday Nov. 26-28: No school. NRCS offi ce at (541) 889-9689. The Marsing Gun Club will host ners, intermediates and pros. its annual Thanksgiving Turkey Fun shoots will we held all day, For FAST results... Shoot at 10 a.m. Sunday. with a $3.50 member cost and a $4 Senior menu try the The club is giving away more fee for non-members. Homedale center Nov. 19: Hearty beef stew, roll, beverage. than 65 14- to 16-pound turkeys For more info, or to make a dona- Nov. 20: French dip sandwich, scalloped potatoes, broccoli, Classifieds! and a like number of hams. tion, contact Tim Dines 573-3321 beverage. Shoots will be held for begin- or Marty Floyd at 573-3533. Nov. 25: Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings. Nov. 26-27: Closed. HAPPY 50TH JANIE BURKE! Sit’n in a horse collar and Since 1952, Flahiff Funeral Chapels have been dedicated to providing the families of chewin’ on a stalk of sour Canyon and Owyhee Counties with a caring and professional environment to celebrate the life of a loved one. rhubarb at Silver City. 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Member, Homedale Chamber of Commerce (208) 459-0833 (208) 337-3252 Member, Homedale Lions Club MOM, DAD & FAMILY Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 7 Your fi nances Wish Tree drive starts soon Homedale’s annual community Idaho Pizza Co., and Tolmie’s Ace The casino night, which raises effort to make the holidays a little Hardware. money to help buy gifts for the Couple shouldn’t brighter will kick off soon with Maxwell said this is at least Wish Tree participants, begins with the deployment of Wish Trees the 10th year that the Wish Tree a 6 p.m. happy hour, followed by throughout town. program has been in Homedale. casino games beginning at 7 p.m. sell wedding ring Diana Maxwell, one of the All the trees will be covered with An auction will be held every organizers of the Wish Tree gift requests from the children of hour, with participants spending program through Beta Sigma needy families in the community. the funny money won at the tables Phi, has announced that the Donated presents must be returned on prizes on the auction block. to wipe out debt trees should begin appearing with tags attached by Dec. 17. The annual Hands Around by Sunday in locations such Wish Tree organizers will Homedale food drive — another Dear Dave, as the Homedale Post Office, hold their annual Casino Night part of the community effort to My wife and I have about Paul’s Market, Owyhee Lanes fund-raiser at the Txoko Ona help others in the holidays — $20,000 in credit card bills. We’re Restaurant, Homedale Drug, the Basque Center, 333 S. Main St., will begin Dec. 1, according to very serious about getting out of Homedale Drive-In, Moxie Java, on Saturday, Nov. 29. coordinator Randee Garrett. debt, and we’ve been thinking about selling her wedding ring we bought back in our big spending days. Calendar It’s not the original ring, but take the long road. Don’t worry Today Marsing Gun Club turkey shoot it’s made up of diamonds from about what’s happening today. El-Ada commodity distribution 10 a.m., $3.50 for members, $4 for non-members, the original. We’ve been told its Don’t worry about what may 11 a.m. to noon, Marsing Senior Center, 218 Main Idaho highway 78, Marsing. (208) 573-3321 or worth about $30,000. Should we happen next week, next month St., Marsing. (208) 337-4812 (208) 573-3533 sell the ring to pay off our debt? or even six months from now. An DivorceCare recovery support group — Everett investment is something you leave 7 p.m., Mountain View Church of the Nazarene, Monday alone at least for fi ve years. 26515 Ustick Road, Wilder. (208) 337-3151 Owyhee Board of Commissioners meeting Dear Everett, If you look back over the history Marsing Chamber of Commerce meeting Courtroom 2, Owyhee County Courthouse, 20381 You need to hang on to that of the stock market, 97 percent of 7 p.m., Essence of Life, 107 Main St., Marsing. State Hwy. 78, Murphy ring. I understand how badly you the fi ve-year periods have made (208) 896-7001 Grand View Chamber of Commerce meeting guys want to get out of debt, but money, and ALL of the 10-year 6 p.m., Grand View Firehouse, Grand View. a wedding ring is more than just periods have made money. Grand View-Bruneau school board meeting a piece of jewelry — even if it’s We’re going to be OK. The Thursday Exercise class 7 p.m., Rimrock High School, 39678 State Hwy. not the exact original. American economy will prosper 10:45 a.m., free, Homedale Senior Citizens 78, Bruneau. (208) 834-2253 A wedding ring — whether it in the long run! Center, 224 W. Idaho Ave. (208) 337-3020 cost $30 or $30,000 — is a symbol — Dave of love and commitment, hopes Senior citizens lunch Tuesday Noon, Rimrock Senior Center, 525 Main St., Exercise class and dreams, and the promises you Dear Dave, Grand View 10:45 a.m., free, Homedale Senior Citizens made to each other and God on My wife and I bought long- Flu shot clinic Center, 224 W. Idaho Ave. (208) 337-3020 your wedding day. term care insurance 17 years ago. $23, call to sign up, Homedale Senior Citizens Senior citizens dinner You can pay off your debt by We’re now in our 80s. We’ve Center, 224 W. Idaho Ave., Homedale (208) 6 p.m., Rimrock Senior Citizens Center, 525 Main delivering pizzas part-time for a never had to use this insurance, 337-3020 St., Grand View. (208) 834-2808 year and a half. It’ll be tough, but and we were wondering if buying TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) AA meeting remember it’s only temporary. it was the right thing to do. 5:30 p.m. weigh-in, 7 p.m. meeting, First 8 p.m., Homedale Senior Citizens Center, 224 Take any extra, honest work — Ken W. Idaho Ave. you can fi nd. But don’t ask your Presbyterian Church, 320 N. 6th St., Homedale. (208) 482-6893 wife to give up her wedding ring! Dear Ken, Grand View-Bruneau school board meeting She may say OK now, but you’ll You bet you did the right thing! Wednesday 7 p.m., location varies, www.sd365.us/index.htm both regret it later. A nursing home costs $30,000 DivorceCare recovery support group or (208) 834-2253 — Dave to $50,000 a year. That kind of 7 p.m., Mountain View Church of the Nazarene, AA meeting money will crack and scramble a 26515 Ustick Road, Wilder. (208) 337-3151 8 p.m., Homedale Senior Citizens Center, 224 Dear Dave, nest egg in no time fl at. W. Idaho Ave. I cashed out my portfolio I strongly recommend buying Friday, Nov. 28 several months ago, because I long-term care insurance by age Celebrate Recovery 12-step program just couldn’t sleep at night with 60 that will cover in-home care Friday 6 p.m., Mountain View Church of the Nazarene, St. Luke’s mobile mammography all the market swings that were or nursing home care if needed. 26515 Ustick Road, Wilder. (208) 337-3520 or 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Rimrock Senior Center, happening. What do I do now that It’s absolutely vital! (208) 337-3151 I have the cash? The fact that you haven’t had 525 Main St., Grand View, call for appointment. — Max to use the insurance is a blessing (866) 381-2055 and a wonderful testament to the Homedale library book sale Saturday, Nov. 29 Wish Tree Casino Night fund-raiser Dear Max, way you’ve lived your lives. God Noon to 7 p.m., Homedale Senior Citizens Center, 6 p.m. Happy Hour, 7 p.m. dealing begins, Txoko That’s a tough one. Personally, bless you both, Ken. 224 W. Idaho Ave., Homedale. (208) 337-4228 Ona Basque Center, 333 S. Main St., Homedale I wouldn’t have cashed out. The — Dave Farm Bill information meeting good thing is that you cashed out 1 p.m., for Malheur County producers, Lions high and now you can buy low. — Dave Ramsey is the best- Hall, Jordan Valley, Ore. (541) 889-9689, ext. 2 Monday, Dec. 1 The bad thing is the market may selling author of The Total Money or ext. 3 County Board of Commissioners meeting go even lower after you jump back Makeover and host of The Dave Celebrate Recovery 12-step program Courtroom 2, Owyhee County Courthouse, 20381 in the mix! Ramsey Show that airs at 6 6 p.m., Mountain View Church of the Nazarene, State Hwy. 78, Murphy But your biggest problem isn’t p.m. daily on the Fox Business 26515 Ustick Road, Wilder. (208) 337-3520 or your sleeping habits. It sounds to Channel. Find tools to help with (208) 337-3151 Tuesday, Dec. 2 me like you got caught up in the fi nances or previous columns at Exercise class doomsday talk and forgot to think Davesays.org. For more advice, Saturday 10:45 a.m., free, Homedale Senior Citizens about things from a long-term visit the Web site or call (888) Bruneau Cowboy Christmas Gift Boutique Center, 224 W. Idaho Ave. (208) 337-3020 perspective. 22-PEACE. Send correspondence 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., miscellaneous gift ideas in Ridgeview Irrigation District board meeting I recommend that you go back to [email protected] many themes, food, Santa Claus visit, Bruneau 1 p.m., 118 S. 1st St. W., Homedale to what I’ve been teaching for or write Dave $ays, 1749 Mallory American Legion Hall and Valley Mercantile, Gem Irrigation District board meeting years. When it comes to investing, Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027 Bruneau (208) 863-8443 1:15 p.m., 118 S. 1st St. W., Homedale Homedale library book sale South Board of Control board meeting 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Homedale Senior Citizens 1:30 p.m., 118 S. 1st St. W., Homedale Weather Center, 224 W. Idaho Ave., Homedale. (208) Senior citizens dinner Have a H L Prec. 337-4228 6 p.m., Rimrock Senior Citizens Center, 525 Main Nov. 11 57 36 .00 St., Grand View. (208) 834-2808 news tip? Nov. 12 48 38 .25 Sunday Marsing PTA meeting Nov. 13 63 38 .05 Bruneau Cowboy Christmas Gift Boutique 7 p.m., Marsing High School Commons Room, Call us! Nov. 14 65 29 .00 8:20 a.m., Cowboy Church, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 208 S. 8th Ave. W., Marsing. (208) 896-4273 Nov. 15 no reading taken gift boutique, Bruneau American Legion Hall AA meeting 337-4681 Nov. 16 no reading taken and Valley Mercantile Building, Bruneau. (208) 8 p.m., Homedale Senior Citizens Center, 224 Nov. 17 58 24 .00 863-8443 W. Idaho Ave. Page 8 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 County historical society ready for another bazaar The Owyhee County Histori- 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 6. ceeds from the Christmas card seum and Museum Bookstore will the Bob Miller band from noon cal Society Bazaar and “Charlie Among the items available sales benefi t the Silver City Fire be open as well. Jan Hyslop of to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Other Brown” Christmas Tree sale is will be the Charlie Brown trees & Rescue Inc. the SCF&R will offer Christmas music acts also will perform. Dec. 5-6 at the Owyhee County cut from the Owyhee Mountains Other items for sale include stationery, pottery and artwork. Food will be available, and Historical Museum in Murphy. near Silver City and Christmas books, Western crafts, jewelry, art There will be seasonal music Santa will visit on Saturday. The bazaar will be open from cards featuring original artwork work and collectables and other provided by Blue Dove from 4 For more information, call the noon to 6 p.m. on Dec. 5 and from by Wilder’s Cheryl Burril. Pro- bazaar items for sale. The Mu- p.m. to 6 p.m. on Dec. 5 and by museum at 495-2122 THE BUSINESS DIRECTORY ADVERTISING ELECTRICIAN CARPETSAND CARE & GRAVEL & JANI- AUTO REPAIR ADVERTISING Jim's Automotive H&H ELECTRIC 7HEEL !LIGNMENT s 3UPSENSION 7ORK Serving Owyhee "RAKES s %NGINE $IAGNOSTICS s #LUTCHES YOUR AD HERE! Owyhee Sand, 4RANSMISSION 3ERVICE s ,UBE /IL #HANGE YOUR AD HERE! County for 25 years Gravel & Concrete 4UNE 5PS $10.00 PER WEEK 337-5057 25 Years Experience $10.00 PER WEEK Jeff Haylett 573-2341 • 573-2343 • 573-2339 Please call for Quotes & Appointments OWYHEE HOMEDALE, IDAHO s OWYHEE AVALANCHE 337-8018 ALL TYPES OF ROCK & DIRT email: [email protected] AVALANCHE Contractor License# 23189 STATE CERTIFIED DRAIN ROCK Jim R. 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Garcia-Velasco of the retained juris- Caldwell $700 will serve 20 days in Courts roundup diction, the judge will for a first-of- jail, lost his license for decide, based upon fense excessive a year and will have to According to court Burglar sentenced the Board of Correc- DUI, though enter a drug and alcohol records, the sentencing to 3-7 years tions’ evaluation of the the charge was treatment program. on Bosier includes a Kristopher Bosier, defendant during the reduced to His 18-month parole retained jurisdiction, 20, arrested in connec- period, whether the re- straight DUI also stipulates that he which allows Culet to tion with a burglary at mainder of the sentence during sentenc- cannot possess alcohol. alter or suspend a sen- Owyhee Feeders on will be suspended, or ing. Davis, who A .4 blood-alcohol tence after the fi rst 180 June 6, was sentenced to the individual will be blew a .238 on content is the accepted days. According to a David Davis Garcia-Velasco three years determinate, transported to the peni- his Breatha- LD50 (lethal dose 50) state judicial Web site, four indeterminate for tentiary. lyzer test, will serve 10 days’ for alcohol. LD50 is the amount under the retained ju- burglary Friday. Third jail time and has lost his license of a drug present in a consumer’s risdiction format the District Judge Gregory Kristopher Bosier for 180 days. He is also under a system at which point 50 percent prisoner is kept in a Excessive DUI M. Culet handed down 24-month supervised probation, of adults die. diagnostic unit of the penal sys- convictions follow citations the sentence, which has a provi- during which he cannot possess tem during the fi rst two weeks of Homedale Magistrate Court sion that could free Bosier in six alcohol. Davis also must attend Genaro Villa, 21, of Marsing, the sentence. If it is determined handed down two decisions on months. mandatory drug/alcohol coun- was found guilty of DUI as well there that the defendant is not excessive DUIs this month. A Bosier stole welding supplies, seling. this week, though not excessive, dangerous, Bosier will go on driver testing at more than .08 several truck door panels, wheels Abac Garcia-Velasco of on a citation issued on Oct. 4. to the North Idaho Correctional percent blood-alcohol content and other materials from the Homedale was also convicted of Villa will pay fi nes and court Institution at Cottonwood. is liable for DUI, if over .2 the shop, including $100 in coins excessive DUI. He faces fi nes of costs of $500, had his license There, he will undergo psy- charge is heightened with the from a pop machine on the site. $1,000 from a citation, during suspended for six months, will be chiatric and other testing and “excessive” tag. Approximately $7,500 of materi- the testing for which his blood- on probation for 18 months and may participate in rehabilitation Judge Dan C. Grober fi ned Da- als were damaged or stolen. alcohol content was found to be served 28 days of jail time. Food banks prepare for holiday rush in tough time for families Making a call for volunteers, distribution days on the second and ing expedition to about an acre of Calvary Holiness distribution day church for seven years. area food banks are gearing up for fourth Fridays of the month, but Wilder farmer Doug Gross’ ground at the end of October. The next “I think people are just hurting Thanksgiving. pantry volunteer Maria Fernandez to help stock the shelves. regular distribution day is Nov. right now.” Both Marsing’s Vision Com- said that turkeys will be handed out “Any food donations would be 28. Food is usually handed out He said an average of 100 fami- munity Church food bank and the at 5 p.m. on Tuesday at the pantry, welcome and appreciated,” Maria between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. lies take food donations monthly, Holiness Calvary Church pantry in which is located at the corner of 3rd Fernandez said. Vision’s food pantry distributes and the church serves as many as Wilder will distribute turkeys from Street and Avenue B in Wilder. For more information on the food each Thursday, and Farrell 800 people each month. the Idaho Foodbank during its next Holiness Calvary’s pantry serves Wilder pantry, call Charlotte said last week’s distribution day Homedale’s El-Ada offi ce also distribution days. Wilder and Homedale. Barnes at 482-7499. probably set a record for the num- has a food pantry, and Randee Vision church associate pas- “We do get a lot of Homedale Fernandez and Farrell both said ber of folks standing in line. Garrett with the Homedale School tor Derrick Farrell said that 100 people when we do distribution,” that the economic downturn has “We open the doors at 1 p.m. to District is compiling a list of needy turkeys will be handed out at Fernandez said. resulted in more families coming come in and sign up. People were families for the annual Hands 2 p.m. Thursday as part of the The church also gets volunteers to distribution days. lined up at the door at 11 a.m.,” Around Homedale food drive. church’s usual weekly giveaway. from Homedale. Fernandez’s About 150 families visited the said Farrell, who has been with the — JPB The church’s pantry is located at grandchildren, Homedale Middle 221 W. Main St., in Marsing and School students Mariza and Ismael can be reached at 896-5407. Fernandez, have teamed with HMS Farrell said the pantry is in good schoolmates Cameron and Mack- shape right now as far as food- enzie McMichael to help out. stuffs, but donations are always The Wilder food pantry also is welcome. seeking volunteers to provide labor More dependable. Holiness Calvary usually has and equipment in a potato glean- CB;F5HI@5H=CBG Your Family & Friends are very proud of you. “Semper Fi” / - ',#( ),*-*@H *F=J5H9 FM5B' -HIH<9=H Marsing Optimist Sports Fund-Raiser Bentley the Bear $19.99 40% of Proceeds goes directly into the Marsing Optimist Sports Program. Or, you can buy $5 Bear Bucks. Make sure your irrigation system will operate at peak efficiency in the spring – have us check it out now. Our Reinke technicians are factory trained to keep your For every 4 Bear Bucks, system trouble free. With regular seasonal maintenance, you’ll get more years out we will donate one bear to of your center pivot. Call now to schedule a fall maintenance check. Marsing Fire and Ambulance. www.reinke.com Call Melinda Collett 989-8696 8 8 8 8 or Dina Lacer 860-2482 Rain for Rent - 1303 N. 20th St. Nampa, Idaho - 466-8929 Page 10 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 T ROMONA ANDRUS, HOMEDALE Folks worth knowing in Owyhee County H Quilting E OC Andrus quite content with quilting Senior center benefi ts from woman’s passion for pastime What started as a pastime has “trip around the world” pattern, ballooned into a passion for garnered nearly $700 during the Romona Andrus. center’s Nov. 8 holiday bazaar. Romona began quilting 15 Homedale’s Margaret Davison years ago after owning the Farm- was the winner. ers Inn in Homedale with her fi rst “I just decided to do it because husband, Keith Fearn. we needed a quilt at the bazaar “When I retired, I decided I to have it raffl ed off,” Romona wanted to quilt and make a quilt said. for all my kids and my stepkids, “Last year, it brought in $984; and I did a few others,” the 40-year this year, I think it was $695, but Homedale-area resident said. this year we had to work harder Romona, who married Edwin for our tickets.” Andrus after Keith’s death, made Romona now has help in con- about 15 quilts fully by hand be- structing quilts for the senior fore an aching shoulder made the center benefi ts. She at one time hobby painful. made a quilt for both the bazaar But the pain didn’t keep her raffl e and the Buckaroo Breakfast from continuing. Now she puts the raffl e in August. But Marge Hart- blocks together by hand to create nell made last year’s Buckaroo the quilt top then she completes Breakfast quilt, and Romona the quilting process by machine said Hartnell will make the 2009 before hemming the bedcover. Buckaroo Breakfast quilt, too. A decade-and-a-half after con- Romona’s help at the senior tinuing something that she had center goes beyond stitching and helped her mother do, Romona hemming. She also has driven has made “a hundred or better”. for Meals on Wheels and serves “This little project that I’ve de- as chairman for the bazaar and Seventy years in the making cided to do has kind of exploded,” answers phones at the front desk. Homedale-area resident Romona Andrus poses with a quilt she made using blocks originally created Romona said. In fact, if you’ve booked a seat in 1939. She fi nished it last summer, using material originally touched by the mother of fellow Homedale Indeed. She makes quilts for on the senior center’s van to go Senior Citizens Center member Agnes Smith. her grandchildren when they mar- shopping, you’ve probably talked ry and she puts together additional to Romona. ter when it opened in its current ‘You just do whatever you want It wasn’t the fi rst time Romona quilts when great grandchildren “You know how it is when you building nearly 35 years ago. to with it’,” Romona said, “So I completed a quilt with vintage are born. want volunteers,” she said of her Romona’s quilt-based assis- took the box apart and put it back fabric. Using more 70-year-old But the prolifi c production has busy schedule. “You may as well tance doesn’t stop with the se- together and fi nished it.” pieces, she took three months benefi ted more than just Romona’s get up and do it .” nior center, though. She also has Using material that was fi rst put to create a bedcover for her late family. For seven years, she has Just like her passion for quilt- helped fellow senior center mem- together in 1939, Romona com- husband Ed’s niece. donated homemade patchworks ing, Romona’s ties to the senior ber Agnes Smith fulfi ll a wish to pleted the project last summer. “I worked every day on that to the Homedale Senior Citizens center actually come from her build a quilt that Smith’s mother “That material was all good thing,” she said. “It was a nice Center for fund-raising raffl es. mother, Edith Cook. Edith was the began nearly 70 years ago. because it was kept in the drawer quilt, though.” Her latest creation, a queen-size fi rst cook for the Homedale cen- “She gave it to me and said, out of the light,” she said. — JPB Senior center conducts successful bazaar IG::B6>CI:C6C8: The Homedale Senior Citizens the raffl e of the quilt made by Homedale artist Wanda Ferguson. Complete Tree Service Center raised more than $1,400 Romona Andrus. Margaret Davi- Wahs donated the painting back to during its Nov. 8 Holiday Ba- son of Homedale won the quilt. the senior center and it now hangs zaar. “Grade school was the only in the building’s lobby. The money was raised through other time in my life that I’ve ever Leslie Kube won the basket of a variety of ways, including raf- won something,” Davison said. jams and bread. Joan Brinkley fl es, the leasing of vending tables, A drawing was held every hour won a glass bowl with Christmas proceeds from a baked goods sale during the bazaar, which ran from lights and a T-shirt. Mike Pend- 6[[dgYVWaZ and also revenue from the center’s 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ergrass won a Homedale Public country store. In other drawings, David Library cookbook. Burl Ferguson GViZh Nearly $700 was raised through Wahs won a painting created by won pillows. Jeff Bayes • Thinning 8Zgi^ÒZY6gWdg^hi • Dead Wooding • Directional Pruning • Tree & Stump Removal '%-"+.*")%'+ Call for a free estimate! Quilt-maker Romona Andrus, left, poses with Homedale Senior Citizens Center Holiday Bazaar raffl e winner Margaret Davison and the Andrus-made bedcover Davison took home. Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 11 Servicemen return from Iraq Marine Lance Cpl. Martin Late last month, Pvt. Cody in Iraq. Araujo Jr., the son of Linda and Garrett, the son of Gregg and The Owyhee Avalanche wants to Martin Araujo of Grand View, has Randee Garrett of Homedale, pay tribute to the men and women returned home from his latest tour returned to his base in Southern serving in the armed forces in of duty in Iraq. California after his tour in Iraq both Iraq and Afghanistan. If you A Grand View native, Araujo with the U.S. Navy Seabees. know of any military personnel served eight months in his most Another Homedale resident, recently returned or still serving recent deployment with the 23-year-old Jay Lopez, recently in either country, contact the Special Forces, and returned returned to an Army base in Avalanche at 337-4681 or jon@ home Nov. 6. Germany after a 15-month tour owyheeavalanche.com. Stutheit completes Marines boot camp Pvt. Bryan M. Stutheit, son of Homedale resident Jennifer Stutheit, has completed U.S. Marine Corps boot camp. A 2008 Homedale High School graduate, Stutheit graduated from boot camp in San Diego on Nov. 5. He trained for 13 weeks at the Marine Corps Recruiting Depot (MCRD) San Diego and Homedale man arrives home Camp Pendleton, Calif. Homedale native Cody Garrett raises his hands to acknowledge his A member of Echo Company, Platoon 2108, Stutheit returns to family after arriving on home soil Oct. 23 at Point Mugu, Calif. Garrett Camp Pendleton on Nov. 25 to begin combat training. was among 275 Navy Seabees returning home from a deployment in He will be a motor transportation mechanic when he begins his Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Photo by Gregg Garrett time with the Marines. Freedom of religion is number one Marsing students by Justine Cornwall realize how lucky he or she is my church. Homedale Middle School to live in the United States, I This summer I visited one of There’s a loud knock on the door, give them a scenario where they my church’s temples. Learning write essays on and my heart skips a beat. “Open are being persecuted for their how my church was persecuted in up!” Oh no! I look for a place religion because I know that the past, I knew how lucky I am being an American to hide, and my mother hurries we’re fi ghting in Iraq to give this to be able to attend my church, me. The door is knocked down. freedom to people there. We truly and to have been legally able to Marsing Elementary School with “Proud to be an American”, You have been reported for not are privileged! go to that temple. It’s so very student Cody Kent won top prize while Beatriz Montes won a $100 practicing Muslism! I know you’re I’ve got a cousin fighting amazing that people have died in an essay contest judged by bond for her third-place essay, “I in here! The penalty for practicing in Afghanistan to give people and been seriously injured for local veterans. Marsing fifth- Love America”, Ivy Shippy a $75 religions other than the standard freedom of religion, and when I my legal freedom. Thinking of graders were asked to write on bond for the fourth-place “Proud religion is death!” There police see pray, I think of him. I know stories this, I smile. the topic on why they love being to be an American”, and Nancy me! “Any last words?” one of them of people who are killed because I know that some people don’t American. Sevy a $50 savings bond for fi fth asks, and everything goes black. of their religion. I’m so lucky that approve of my beliefs, but I’m so The top fi ve essay writers earned place with “Reasons to be Happy Freedom of religion is the most I can pray the way I want, I can glad that they can’t stop me from U.S. Savings Bonds bought with to be in America”. meaningful part of the Bill of believe in what I want, and I can believing them. I’m thankful for donations from the Smit Family, Local Veterans volunteered to Rights to me. It’s such a privilege have a testimony of what I know. I all the veterans who put their the American Legion and the judge the essays and have selected to have it because freedom of know people can break down and lives on the line for my freedom. Veterans of Foreign Wars. The the 5 winners. Each winner will religion is also freedom of beliefs. cry because of how unprivileged I can say that I’m a member of my awards were presented during a receive a U.S. Savings Bond Whenever someone doesn’t they are. I’m glad that I can attend church, and not be in fear. Veterans Day observance at the valued between $200 and $25 - elementary school on Nov. 11. depending on how they placed. Kent earned a $200 savings The winners were announced bond for his “Why I Love Amer- and honored during the Marsing Why I love America ica” essay. Jacob Reisch won the Elementary School Veterans Day by Cody Kent and all those things that men can others too. I have a dream to be the second-place prize of a $150 bond program last week. Marsing Elementary fi fth-grader do. best person I can. 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Homedale Middle School and Barraza told the middle Homedale Elementary School. schoolers that he was close to The middle school assembly, retirement when the Iraq War attended by Korean War veterans began. He asked his superior for such as former Homedale School a dispensation to remain in the District clerk Jim Duncan, service so he could be deployed. Vietnam veterans such as John “I wasn’t about to leave the Neil, and a contingent from the military until I felt the job was Idaho National Guard 116th done,” he said. Brigade Combat Team that has Ironically, a son of middle served in Iraq, was highlighted school counselor Mark Biggs, a by speeches from Homedale veteran who served as master of Mayor Harold Wilson, a World ceremonies for last week’s HMS War II-era veteran, and Air Force observation, was stationed on the Line of honor Sgt. Michael Barraza, who told same base near Kirkuk in northern Homedale veterans, from left, Air Force Sgt. Michael Barraza (Iraq and Afghanistan), Army Cpl. Harry of his deployments to Iraq and Iraq when Barraza was there fi ve Pruett (Vietnam) and Army Sgt. Scott Stritikus (Iraq and Afghanistan) shake the hands of elementary Afghanistan. He also spoke years ago. schoolchildren who fi le past to show their appreciation for the sacrifi ces each man made in service to their about his assignments throughout “One thing I noticed was that a country. The children were leaving the gymnasium at the end of the Nov. 11 assembly. Europe and Asia in a career that lot of the Iraqi people appreciated began in 1984. Americans being there,” the Barraza’s daughter, Kellie, sergeant said. was one of seven HMS students Another Iraq War veteran, who were honored by teacher Homedale newcomer Army Sgt. Pat Warren for their essays on Scott Stritikus, also spoke during the Bill of Rights. Sixth-grader the elementary school gathering. A salute to our Justine Cornwall won a $50 U.S. A medic and helicopter mechanic veterans and Savings Bond from the Disabled during 13 years in the service, the fl ags American Veterans for her top- Stritikus now walks with the aid judged “Freedom of Religion” of a cane after he was injured by a they have defended essay. rocket explosion in Afghanistan. Left: Homedale Police Chief “Justine Cornwall, I appreciate “I still don’t regret it,” he said. Jeff Eidemiller, who is a member the speech you gave,” Sgt. Barraza “I’m home with my family, and of the Idaho National Guard, said. “Because of some of the that’s all that matters now.” salutes the state fl ag during the sacrifi ces that these and other men Lee Savell, the district’s new opening of the Homedale Middle before us put forth, we do have general music teacher who deals School Veterans Day assembly. these freedoms.” with elementary and middle Right: Members of Cub Scout Kellie Barraza, Brady Brown, school students, put together Pack 409 bring in the U.S. fl ag Andrew Randall and Spencer programs featuring patriotic songs during color guard duty to start Mast were honorable mentions such as “God Bless America”, the Homedale Elementary School in the contest, while Makenna “The Star-Spangled Banner”, event. Calzacorta (third place) and “Nifty Fifty”, “Grand Old Flag”, Kincade Kinchloe (second place) “Say Something Good About won gift certifi cates. America” and others. Wilson told of his preparation An honor guard featuring for the war after joining the Army Idaho National Guardsmen Jeff in January 1945 and service with Eidemiller, Homedale’s police occupational forces in Okinawa chief, and Sgt. Aaron Davis of in the year after the Japanese Boise, presented the U.S. and surrender eight months later. Idaho flags during the HMS “I really enjoyed my time in the assembly. Cub Scout Pack 409 service,” Wilson said. “It’s quite provided the color guard during an honor to see the country and an the elementary assembly. honor to be in the service.” Sgt. Barraza spoke at both — JPB Taps With HMS counselor and Army veteran Students celebrates veterans with song Mark Biggs Above: A fi red-up Lee Savell, general music teacher for the school stoic in the district, conducts a group of Homedale Middle School students through background, patriotic songs. Left: Brady Steinmetz sings full-throated during a student Shel- number at the Homedale Elementary School ceremony. bie Criffield plays Taps at the end of the Nov. 11 cer- emony. Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 13 Marsing Veterans saluted Elementary students roll out the red, white and blue Hundreds turned out to honor Questions ran the gamut of Students Conner Rhodes and the men and women who served subjects: “Why are there so many Allen Burchett presented the col- their country in the armed forces wars?”, “Is it hard in the Army?”, ors at the outset of the program. on Nov. 11 at Marsing Elementary. “How much does a tank cost?”, Following the singing of the Dozens of veterans, and a crowd “What was it like to be a lady in National Anthem, the concert and exceeding 400 adults and nearly the Navy?” and more, ranging presentations started in earnest. as many children, gathered in the from the merely curious to the The fifth grade performed a school cafeteria for a selection of insightful. The veterans managed presentation honoring the vets; the patriotic songs sung by each grade, to answer ever one with style and kindergarten students sang “Yan- to view hundreds of photos and honesty. kee Doodle”; the fi rst-graders sang clippings remembering veterans Chief Master Sgt. James Mc- “This Land is Your Land”; “The and their service, and to hear Monigal of the Air National Guard History Song” was performed by speeches in appreciation of the showed a series of slides that an- the second grade; the third grade sacrifi ces made. swered questions about what was sang the “Armed Forces Medley”, Students and attendees were happening in the current war in which includes all the anthems able to meet and talk with veterans Iraq, and tried to show the students of each service; the fourth grade of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, that the armed forces do a lot more performed “Fifty Stars”; students Grenada, Desert Storm and Iraq. than shoot at people. gave a presentation on the history The National Guard brought a If the students seemed im- of, and many versions of, the U.S. Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, pressed by the size of a Bradley fl ag during the nation’s existence; which was parked near the football and the pictures of a Chinook the fi fth grade sang “When Johnny Spectacular turnout fi eld and was a great hit with the transport helicopter, they were Come Marching Home”; students Above: Rick Sherrow, who served in the U.S. Navy and is a Vietnam students, who were allowed to also very interested in meeting and John Collett and Sydney Barker veteran, presents organizer and Marsing music teacher Liz Lacer with climb aboard and take a look at an hearing from the veterans. gave a presentation on what the a plaque thanking her for her work in putting together the Veterans American fi ghting machine. Buz Fawcett, a Marsing Veter- Pledge of Allegiance means, line Day observances over the past years. Sherrow and other vets praised The events began at 10 a.m., ans of Foreign Wars member and by line, prior to all standing and re- Lacer, and pointed out how lucky the school district and the community with veterans meeting the students a U.S. Army combat photographer, citing it, and McMonigal gave his were to have someone like her. in a question-and-answer period was impressed with the turnout and slide show to the massed crowd. before each vet was whisked off the event. After the slides, guest speaker Left: Merrill Tallman, veteran of the U.S. Navy and World War to a classroom to share lunch with “It gets better and better every Col. G. Jerry Russel, Director II Pacifi c theater, presents the awards for the top essayists at the the students. year,” he said. Vets offered con- of the Idaho State Police and a Marsing event. gratulations to the school and Liz veteran, spoke in honor of all who Lacer, Marsing music teacher and served. Each veteran present who Below, from top: The event saw a standing-room-only crowd that the chief architect of the event for wished to spoke briefl y as well. All packed the Marsing cafeteria, with hundreds of students, adults and years. expressed gratitude. honored veterans attending. Seated in the lower right is guest speaker Lacer was herself honored, The event closed with “Taps” Col. G. Jerry Russell, director of the Idaho State Police. as, unknown to her, the veterans played on a trumpet by school The walls were a patchwork of mementos and stories from America’s had gotten together to purchase advisor Dawn Sandmeyer, and servicemen and servicewomen as well as the confl icts the nation a plaque thanking her for her ef- “God Bless the U.S.A.” sung by has fought throughout its history. Children, adults and the veterans forts in putting together the annual all present. themselves had a chance to learn more about those who served, and program. Rick Sherrow presented — MML remember those who never came back. her the plaque for the gathered vets onstage during the concert. Jordan Valley children honor veterans with song, poetry Jordan Valley Elementary students Emma Johnson and School’s Veterans Day lunch Michelle Telleria helped the and music program attracted 23 music program by singing the veterans on Nov. 10. beginning of “Free Like Me”. The event, which included a First-grader Baylee Davis and spaghetti lunch, was held at St. third-grader Katelyn Deen sang Bernard’s Catholic Church Parish solo parts in “Thank a Vet”. Hall. The children made donations Kindergarteners through sixth- to help defray the cost of the graders sang fi ve songs, and the luncheon, which was prepared fifth- and sixth-graders recited by room mothers Lavonda Raine, a poem. Cory Roe, Tracy Skinner and Jordan Valley High School Trish Warn. Schoolchildren honor veterans Above: Jordan Valley Elementary School students sing “The Star- Spangled Banner” during a Nov. 10 noontime event marking Veterans Day. Submitted photo Page 14 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 PPageage 1155 P Pageage 1166 County all-stars play Adrian, Jordan Valley in Shrine game Avalanche Sports net HDL accolades WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 Board asked to look for new coach One year removed from a state Fisher said in his presentation be- munity members came to the playoff appearance and coming fore a standing-room-only crowd school board only after taking off a one-win season, Rob Kasse- at the district offi ce board room. their worries “through the appro- baum could be facing a fi ght for The majority of the crowd left priate chain of command” without his Homedale High School foot- when board chair Kurt Shanley results. ball coaching job. said that no immediate decision But Kassebaum, who just com- Without uttering Kassebaum’s would be forthcoming. pleted his second year at the name, Homedale School District Fisher said he was asked to Trojans’ helm after two state patron Dwayne Fisher, represent- speak for a group of people who championship seasons at Nyssa, ing a group of concerned parents “feel the lack of spirit and suc- Ore., saw the issue of communica- and community members, lobbied cess is frightening” in Homedale tion differently. that the board of trustees fi nd a sports. “I appreciate people’s concerns new football coach during last “We believe a head football for the success of our Homedale week’s monthly school board coach needs to lead and inspire football program,” the coach said. meeting. our youth,” Fisher said, adding “My perception is that some of the “It is our strong opinion that a that a coach should provide unity, issues I am hearing about second- contract not be renewed and a new recruit, inspire and give guidance or third-person could have been coach sought for the position who and direction. Dwayne Fisher can provide unity and optimism,” Fisher said the concerned com- –– See Coach, page 16 Rob Kassebaum Rimrock girls open with rout Balanced scoring carried Rim- for the fi nal eight minutes of the rock High School to a victory in fi rst half. its girls’ basketball season opener Shoni Gennette scored nine Friday in Bruneau. points and grabbed nine re- Anna Cantrell led the way with bounds. 10 points as the Raiders crushed Teammate Randie Denton hit a Horseshoe Bend, 48-17. pair of 3-point goals as part of her Rimrock outscored the Mus- eight points. tangs, 14-0, in the fi rst quarter Three players scored four points and shut out Horseshoe Bend apiece for Horseshoe Bend. JV’s McBride named HDL coach of year team quarterback, the Antelopes’ Antelopes earn Blake Ishida and Jordan Valley’s sportsmanship Alek Quintero shared the second- team honor. Ishida threw for 1,705 award yards and 23 touchdowns against only two interceptions. He also A quick start received just scored 10 TDs on the ground. rewards at season’s end last week Jordan Valley fullback Bryce Girls prepare for 2008-09 campaign when Tim McBride from Jordan Kershner was placed on the Homedale High School’s Bri Cornwall fl ips a pass upcourt Thursday during practice. Valley High School was named second team. the High Desert League football Adrian’s Levi Jones was an coach of the year. honorable mention at running Trojans’ talent trove tests McBride led the Mustangs to back/tailback after fi nishing at the a second-place fi nish in the HDL third-best rusher on his own team. before a fi rst-round exit in the 1A Jones scored four touchdowns, coaches’ combo-making skills Oregon state playoffs. but gained just 242 yards. Adrian (9-3), which lost to The Antelopes averaged 170.8 Deep in veterans and rookies, down the road,” he said. “A huge its archrival Jordan Valley in yards per game on the ground challenge for me will be fi guring the final regular-season game behind blocking from the likes of Homedale hoops starts season out how to get all of the girls on and had to settle for third place second-team guard JJ Stephens the fl oor.” in the HDL, was voted the and second-team center Chance Experience and potential could Chamberlain. The returning letter winners league’s sportsmanship award. Woods. be vast concepts for the Homedale “This could be one of the deep- include Kendall Rupp, Rachelle The Antelopes also bowed out of Jordan Valley’s Dusty Easterday High School girls basketball pro- est teams I have coached for a few Christoffersen, Mikal Mackenzie, the state playoffs in the opening was one of three fi rst-team guards, gram this season. years,” Chamberlain said. Hannah Johnson, Bri Cornwall, round. and linemate Garrett Williams Of the 27 players in the three There are a dozen players on the Ashley Thomson and Sierra Ab- Jordan Valley and Adrian are was honorable mention at center. teams, 10 are seniors and 13 are varsity squad, and Chamberlain erasturi. linked throughout the all-league Koehl Trautman, one of freshmen. Seven of the 10 se- seems to be feeling pressure to Many of those seniors have voting. While HDL player of Quintero’s favorite target in the niors are returning letter winners “We are extremely competitive the year Dallen Davies of league for second-year coach Jeremy in practice, which will help us –– See Trojans, page 16 champion Crane was the first- –– See HDL, page 16 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 15 Sports Owyhee senior players ready for Shrine game Both competed on both sides of 8-man, 11-man the ball during the season. tilts planned The eight-man game will get things started at 11 a.m., and Six seniors from Owyhee Rimrock High School will have a County high schools will strong contingent on hand. showcase their football Raiders leader Jim talents one last time this Clark is listed as a coach season at the 13th annual on the East team’s roster, District III Shrine All- and he will oversee Star Football Games. the play of Rimrock The games, sponsored seniors TJ Snyder, by El Korah Shrine, are Sam Richardson, Alex scheduled for Nov. 29 Meyers and Antonio at Thunder Stadium on (Tony) Ayala. the Eagle High School In all 41 high schools Homedale Middle School cross country shows off hardware The Homedale Middle School cross country team fi nished second at its district meet this season. The campus. will be represented in the team includes: Homedale’s Mitch Sean Finley two games. Front row, from left: Alfonso Barbosa and Cole Twedt Quintana and Marsing’s Tickets will be Back row, from left: Esteban Lejardi, Alicia Ramirez, Lauren Craft, Brooke Armenta, Ricard Ramirez, Sean Finley will available at the gate. Jed Jones and Logan Moore participate in the 11-man Adults will be admitted all-star game as part of for $12 and students the West squad. through the age of 18 The 11-man game get in for $6. Proceeds Trojan Winter Sports kicks of at 2 p.m. benefit Shriners Quintana is listed as Hospitals for Children a wide receiver on as well as to cover the the West roster, while transportation costs for Finley is tabbed to play Idaho children to and BASKETBALL linebacker. Mitch Quintana from the hospitals. Girls basketball Boys basketball Varsity Varsity Thursday, Nov. 20, home vs. Nampa Christian, Marsing Thursday, Dec. 4, home vs. Parma, 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Junior varsity Friday, Nov. 21 at New Plymouth, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, home vs. Parma, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, home vs. Huskies Freshman Cole Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, home vs. Parma, 4:45 p.m. Junior varsity BASKETBALL Thursday, Nov. 20, home vs. Nampa Christian, 6 p.m. Boys basketball Friday, Nov. 21 at New Plymouth, 6 p.m. Varsity Tuesday, Nov. 25, home vs. Monday, Nov. 24 at Parma Jamboree, 6 p.m. Cole Valley Christian, 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 at Glenns Ferry, 7:30 p.m. WRESTLING Junior varsity Wednesday, Dec. 10, Freshman Thursday, Dec. 4 at Glenns Ferry, 6 p.m. home vs. Bishop Kelly, 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, home vs. Freshman Nampa Christian, 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 at Glenns Ferry, 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 at New Plymouth, 4:45 p.m. Girls basketball Tuesday, Nov. 25, home vs. Cole Valley Christian, 4:45 p.m. Varsity Friday, Nov. 21 at Glenns Ferry, 7:30 p.m. Junior varsity Go Trojans! 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Bittick will have to share athletes played key roles in the team’s 2007-08 season with an injury. all sorted out and get some type “Rebounding is a huge con- with junior varsity skipper Kevin success over the past two sea- The two juniors in the program of rotation going.” cern right now, and could be the Cornwall. sons. As juniors, they posted a — Jessica Eubanks and Kortney That mix-and-match experi- biggest challenge that faces our “We are short on numbers in 4-4 record in the 3A Snake River Stansell — also will play with mentation started Tuesday on the team,” Chamberlain said. “I think our middle grades, but the ones Valley conference and fi nished the varsity. road against Parma. The home most nights we will be giving up we have are focused and will be 10-12 overall after a two-and-out “They both fi t into our scheme opener is 7:30 p.m. Thursday height across the fl oor, no matter ready to go,” Chamberlain said. performance in the 3A District III very well and will be big assets against another 2A Western Idaho who is in the lineup. “You will see a scenario where we Tournament. as the season goes,” Chamberlain Conference opponent, Nampa “It will be interesting to see are either bringing a few freshmen The other three seniors are said. Christian. how we respond to bigger and up to play JV ball, or swinging either playing their fi rst year of Even the juniors seem to give Chamberlain admits that the more physical teams that we will them on both teams. varsity ball or returning after a Chamberlain myriad possibilities deep roster, even with the pres- face.” “It may take some time to fi gure season lost to injury. — and possibly fl exibility. ence of tall volleyball players As for the rest of the program, out who will play where. It’s a Aubrey McCutchen and An- “Each night a different com- Mackenzie, 5-foot-8, and 5-9 there is an abundance of freshmen real challenge for our coaching namaria Salas join the squad from bination of players seem to be at Christoffersen, doesn’t necessar- and only two sophomores, which staff.” the junior varsity ranks, and Erika ‘best fi t’,” the coach said. “I think ily equate to height that might be means freshman coach Loma — JPB √ HDL: Big offenses rewarded with slew of all-league slots Adrian, JV From Page 14 honorable mention kicker. end, and Ellsworth was a second- Kyle Osborn and Quintero were players dot Jordan Valley air attack, shared Kyle Dondero was named teamer after recording the second- tabbed fi rst-team defensive backs. the fi rst-team all-league end slot second-team punter after averaging highest number of tackles on the Osborn had two interceptions on with George Ellsworth, who led 35.2 yards per punt, including a Antelopes. the year, and returned one of them High Desert the Antelopes with 33 catches, long kick of 65 yards. Ellsworth had 44 solo tackles for a touchdown. He also made 23 831 yards and 10 TDs. Easterday was a second-team and 36 assists to go along with stops from his DB position. volleyball Zac Fillmore, another big-play pick for the defensive line, while two pass breakups and a forced Brandan Mackenzie of Jordan The top three teams in the receiver for the Mustangs, was a Stephens was honorable mention fumble. Valley was a second-teamer High Desert League volleyball second-team end. after a season in which he racked Top Adrian tackler Dondero and at defensive back, while Levi standings shared all the berths in Adrian’s Blake Purnell up 17 solo tackles, 16 assists and Jordan Valley’s Kershner were Jones of Adrian earned honorable on the all-league fi rst team. converted only three of eight 3.5 tackles for loss. fi rst-team linebackers. Dondero mention with one pick, a team- Crane’s Lily Valentine was point-after attempts and missed Trautman represented Jordan racked up 46 solo stops and broke high fi ve pass defenses, 23 solo tabbed player of the year, but his only fi eld goal try, but was Valley as a fi rst-team defensive up three passes. tackles and 16 assists. Adrian and Jordan Valley also had two fi rst-team players apiece. Madison Shira and McKenzie Purnell represented the Antelopes, √ Coach: Kassebaum willing to talk about fans’ concerns while Jordan Valley landed Kayla Cuvelier and Nickie Naegle. From Page 14 Kassebaum is coming off a 1-7 Kassebaum would not comment school board has had a controver- Andrea Shenk of Adrian and addressed by talking to me when season in which the team missed on how the strength of schedule sial coaching issue laid at its feet. Jordan Valley’s Catie Kershner the issue was of concern. out on a return trip to the 3A state affected the fi nal outcome of the Eighteen coaches were either not were placed on the second team. “I do not begrudge people who playoffs after a lopsided loss to season. retained or resigned in the spring The Mustangs’ Emma Johnson are doing what they believe is in Payette. Seven of the teams that In his fi rst year at the reins, the of 2005. and Terra Rust from the Antelopes the best interests of their kids. I beat Homedale qualifi ed for their coach led Homedale to its fi rst Fisher told the board that wor- were honorable mentions. just wish it was approached dif- respective state playoffs, with state playoff appearance since ries over Homedale engendering ferently.” Parma (2A) and Fruitland (3A) 2003. The Trojans were shut out a reputation as a community that’s Find out The coach regretted that the issue both playing for state champion- by Buhl in the fi rst round of the hard on coaches are misplaced. What’s happening had to be aired in the media, saying, ships this weekend and Nampa 2007 postseason. “We have a reputation — for Read Calendar each week “I still invite anyone with specifi c Christian bowing out in the 2A This marks the second known excellence,” Fisher said. in the Avalanche concerns to meet with me.” semifi nals. time in the past four years that the — JPB and MML Wednesday morning in Owyhee County That’s when the Owyhee Avalanche hits the news stands Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 17 Looking back... from the fi les of The Owyhee Avalanche and Owyhee Chronicle 25 years ago 50 years ago 140 years ago November 23, 1983 November 20, 1958 November 14, 1868 Marsing plans P&Z panel Mercury drops to 10 above Monday THE AGONY IS OVER. The great national battle has Marsing is expected to have a zoning commission soon. Winter weather has defi nitely set in with snow beginning been fought, and a majority of the American people have The commission was authorized by the Marsing City to fall in the higher elevations. Skies the past week have proclaimed that Ulysess S. Grant shall be President of these Council earlier this month, when a resolution to form the been cloudy with cold winds, scattered showers and the United States for four years, from the 4th day of March, zoning panel was passed unanimously. possibility of snow any day prevailing. Temperatures are 1869. We could have willed it otherwise, but the voice of Mayor Roy Herman has begun a search for community gradually dropping. the people should be the law of the land; we so regard it, residents willing to serve on the commission. The mercury dropped to 10 Monday. Frosty mornings and with as much cheerfulness as one could reasonably be In addition, the Marsing City Council is considering and fog along the river has occurred quite frequently. expected to possess under the circumstances, we “accept a comprehensive liquor ordinance that would combine the situation,” and acquiesce in their decision. If Gen. Grant several regulations currently on the books. Shyla Thompson, Larry Smith reign at carnival performs the duties pertaining to his high offi ce honestly A large number of Homedale citizens and most of the and well, we are all gainers thereby; and if, on the contrary, Youth center underway high school students turned out to help make the 1958-59 as we have some reason to fear, he is made to fool and dupe Offi cers have been elected to serve on the newly formed carnival a success. of ambitious demagogues and designing men, who would Marsing Youth Center board. Highlight of the carnival, held Saturday night, was the crush out the last surviving spark of liberty and gloat over Kevin Grimme has been elected chairman of the group, crowning of the carnival king and queen. Junior candidates their country’s ruin, to secure their own aggrandizement, which is planning a teen recreation center for Marsing. Shyla Thompson and Larry Smith were crowned by Linda those who blindly placed him in the position will be forced Dave Magers has been elected co-chairman. Dan Collett Porter to reign over the festivities. to assist in bearing the burthen of the growing out of their was elected secretary. The other candidates, in the order in which they fi nished, own action. We hope for better things and candidly believe Members of the organization’s adult advisory board were sophomores, Carol Jordan and Rodney Leslie; that Grant is a far honester and better man than many of include Vera Pascoe, Nene Magers, Joanne Thomas, Kenny seniors, Jean Cearly and Laron Waite; freshmen, Diana his political advisers, and if he possesses a tithe of the Longwill and Mike Moysard, Owyhee County Sheriff’s Uranga and Alfred Eiguren. patriotism claimed for him by his party friends, the policy Offi ce deputy. of his administration will take some of them by surprise. If The group is planning to renovate the Island Park Wranglers hold turkey dinner; elect new offi cers that coolness, honesty and determination which have been building, which is vacant. Bill Kershner was elected president of the Owyhee heralded as his leading virtues, are to control his offi cial A complete plan for the project is expected to be ready Wranglers at their annual turkey dinner Thursday night conduct, all may yet be well. We shall await with some for review at the next Marsing City Council meting on at the Tango club. degree of anxiety to see what class of men are to compose Nov. 22. Don Carver was elected vice president; Mrs. Barbara the new Cabinet, they are the straws which will indicate Raasch, secretary; Mrs. Ethel Kershner, treasurer; Mrs. the character of the incoming administration. If he selects High school senior earns DAR award, century honor Donna Eason, publicity chairman; and Grant Eason, parade such statesmen as Seward, Fessenden, Trumbull, and others Ann Akichika, daughter of Paul and Clara Akichika, chairman. of like ilk, as advisers, we shall have cause to hope for the Homedale, has been selected at Homedale High School for Outgoing offi cers are Homer King, president; Melvin future. On the other hand, if the Washburne-Butler stripe of the 1983-84 Daughters of American Revolution award. Raasch, vice president; Mrs. Edna King, secretary; and wicked, blathering, third-rate politicians are to be chosen, Akichika, a senior at Homedale High School, also has Mrs. Eason, treasurer. then well may we despair. been named the school’s top Century III Leader according to Dean Vance, counselor. Morfi tt store remodeled; grand opening planned THE COUNTY DEBT. From time to time, we propose The 17-year-old student is now eligible to compete Morfi tt Stores at Homedale and Marsing, which have to deal specifi cally with this subject. The history of our with other local winners from around the state for one of been enlarged and completely remodeled, will hold their county, which is very young, can be written in a few two $1,500 scholarships and an all-expense-paid trip to grand opening Tuesday and Wednesday, November 25 and words; and we propose to write it and show the taxpayers the Century III Leaders National Conference, March 2-5, 26. They plan to be closed Sunday and Monday to prepare the causes of the county debt and suggest the remedies, 1984, in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. for the two big days, according to Ed Manning, manager which, in our judgment are very simple. STATE WINNERS will compete for the national of the local store. Funding the county debt, as some are fond of saying winner’s prize of an additional $10,000 scholarship. Hot dogs, cookies, coffee and hot chocolate will be served should be done, is not the proper way — is not the most all day Tuesday. The fi rst 300 women to enter the stores honest way of getting out of our imaginary financial Chamber to invite city offi cials soon Wednesday will receive orchids fl own here from Hawaii. diffi culties. We say imaginary, because we do not consider Homedale’s Chamber of Commerce is working on a The size of the local store has been increased from 3250 that the debt of this county is of such huge proportions as project that is designed to improve communications with square feet of fl oor space to 7500 square feet, which is to frighten any one with an ordinary fi nancial brain. Our the City Council. about 130 per cent larger, Mr. Manning said. The Marsing county is young — has just commenced to assume strength And, the second phase of that project began taking shape store has been increased from 50x60 feet to 50x95 feet. and symmetry, her immense resources are just beginning to last week during the chamber’s weekly noon luncheon Each store has an automatic exit door, and features the be seen — and but few can tell the grand developments that meeting. most modern fi xtures available including new counters, will be made in coming years. It is too early in the history of The fi rst phase was chamber president Mike Blankenship’s attractive tiled fl oors and refrigeration cases. Owyhee county to talk about funding her debt — too early in appointment of a three-member committee to serve as a her history to cast the slight tarnish upon her fair escutcheon, liaison group, representing the merchants at the monthly Homedale locals when there is not the shadow of necessity for it, as we think City Council meetings. Mrs. Hattie Pierce entertained with a party at her home we can distinctly show to any unbiased mind. We consider MEMBERS of the liaison group are Duane Emery of Friday. Attending were Mrs. Midge Zurcher, Lillie Faris, the method of funding a debt somewhat disreputable — it Owyhee Auto Supply, Bill Cegnar of Owyhee Veterinary Pearl Percy, Mary Mace, Anna Gravatt, Elsie Dewey, Liza is certainly forcing her creditors to terms which may be, of Clinic and Joe Paulin of Homedale Dry Cleaners. McGuire, Alma Schu and Dorothy Shirtz, Caldwell. Mrs. course is, against their will; it is forcing them to accept the Pierce attended a party Monday morning at the home of violation of a special contract and therefore cannot be proper Eastern Star news Mrs. Betty Combs. or just. All of which we will try to show to the taxpayers Silver Star Chapter 83 OES met Tuesday evening, Six couples enjoyed dancing at the Miramar ballroom and all who are interested in the property of our county, Nov. 6, for the birthday night and to honor their Charter in Boise Saturday night after which they had dinner. The and to which we would call the especial attention of our members. Worthy Matron Ferne Jesenko and Worthy occasion was a belated celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Keith Legislators-elect from this county. Patron John Jackson presiding. There were 31 visitors Eachus’ 11th wedding anniversary. Others in the party were from other chapters. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kniefel, Mr. and Mrs. Mack Tolmie, Mr. STREETS. By reference to the proceedings of the Board Past Grand Matron Hulda Sanders and Past Grand and Mrs. Chuck Yost, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lineberger and of County Commissioners at its last session we observe Patron Leon Rosa, Betty Thierhouse, Associate Grand Mr. and Mrs. Bill Marston. an order appointing a Committee to view out a proposed Conductress were introduced. Five Grand Representatives Mrs. O. R. Hammer, Kennewick, Wash., visited this street, between Washington and Jordan. This matter has were introduced. Seven Grand Committee members week with her aunt Mrs. Iola Potter. Mr. Kennewick will been neglected too long. The want of cross streets in a were presented. Nine Charter members were introduced join her here for Thanksgiving after which they will return place as large as Silver is actually shameful. Travel coming including Marjorie Vance, Margaret Buck, Jewell Scott, home. in from the North, on either of the principal streets, is Ruby Orton, Amy Adams, Adelaide and Joseph Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Cy Radcliffe left Tuesday for the state of necessarily compelled to traverse almost the entire length Sterling Ott and Lorain Upton. Five 50 year members Washington where he was scheduled to speak at Puyallop of the town to fi nd a cross street, and those we have, are so introduced were Marjorie Vance, Edna Wilson, Mabel and November 19 and at Wenatchee November 20. They plan narrow as to scarcely admit the passage of a single vehicle. Leon Rosa and Anna McCann. to spend the weekend at Victoria, B. C. This thing ought to be remedied. Page 18 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Commentary Baxter Black, DVM Joe Aman, Publisher Out of hibernation On the Enough, already edge of In less than eight weeks, the newly elected offi cials will — instances, the courts have ordered reinstatement of such take offi ce in Owyhee County. offi cers to their jobs. New faces will include a county commissioner, a new This county cannot afford an expense of this magnitude. common prosecutor, and a new sheriff. Such action could cost the county in excess of the amount Without any doubt, the race for sheriff created the it presently collects for its entire budget for two years. most attention in decades of local elections, and continues In the interest of the county, we hope Crandall will take sense to cause more talk than it warrants. From both camps we outgoing Sheriff Gary Aman’s offers to help him with the still continue to hear rumors and accusations and charges. transition to his new offi ce. It would make his job easier, Enough, already. especially in his early months at the helm. We congratulate Daryl Crandall on his victory, and wish For those of us who supported Aman in the race, it’s The Tibetan dog him well in managing this awesome job and responsibility. time to let the battle scars heal, move on, get over the Crandall will make changes to the offi ce. But these fact that our candidate lost, and to accept Crandall as our changes must be in conformance with state and federal sheriff-elect. reincarnation laws. Likewise, it’s time for Crandall’s supporters to get over The rumor that the newly elected sheriff plans to fi re most the hype of victory and prepare for the business of making In Tibetan lore each Lama (like the Dali) has a or all of the current deputies is a case in point. Our information certain that law enforcement continues to be a solid force Temple dog. When a Lama dies, it is believed that shows should he choose to do so, he would be in violation in the county. he is reincarnated as another Temple dog. Thus he of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, and it could cost As TV personality Red Green so often aptly puts it, would serve two lifetimes of strict adherence to ritual the county taxpayers upwards of a half-million dollars for “Remember, we’re all in this together”. worship, chanting, meditating, sacrifi ce, no TV, no each offi cer fi red without cause. And, in many — if not all Let’s act like it. dessert and no squeaky bone toy. Sid saw Buster abandoned on the highway. At fi rst she thought he was a porcupine. Covered with burrs, Wayne Cornell leaves and sticks, his hair matted in dreadlocks, he was a pitiful sight, but … he was a dog! She pulled over, opened the door and picked up Not important ... Buster. It was a hot Saturday afternoon in southern Pennsylvania. Sid drove back to the State Police Barracks and asked the location of the Humane but possibly of interest Society. “Don’t have one in Fulton County,” said the policeman. What day is it, or does it matter? “A dog catcher?” she asked. “I saw his wife at the grocery store. He’s gone for It is 5 a.m. as the China Airlines 747 touches down at big Beijing is. But we begin getting clues as we near the Beijing International Airport. We had left Los Angeles at heart of the city. We pass mile after mile of high-rise the weekend. Be back Tuesday,” replied the offi cer 1:40 a.m. the previous day. The fl ight was a very long 12 apartments and offi ce buildings — virtually all built in cheerfully. hours and Beijing is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles. So the past 15 years. And the fact that the Olympics have “Is there some place I could ask about a lost dog let’s see. That means in Idaho it’s ... With about two hours come and gone doesn’t seem to have slowed the work. report? Like a radio station or newspaper?” of sleep my mind isn’t functioning well enough to deal with Construction cranes dot the landscape for as far as we can “Nope. But you could take him to the pound in such numbers and it really isn’t important, anyway. see. The city is waking up as we enter the core area. Now Adams County. Just don’t tell them you’re from There are 19 people in our group, just about the only the traffi c is much heavier. I am surprised at the number of Fulton County or they won’t take him!” Westerners on the plane. Thirteen are from Southern cars — I was expecting more bicycles and scooters. In this He gave Sid a pair of plastic handcuffs so she could California. Five, including Sara, her sister Sherri, her respect, Beijing is different than most Chinese cities. take Buster out to pee. Bent at the waist, grasping the brother Loren, his wife, Lorel, and me, are from Idaho. Our bus drops us off on a tree-lined thoroughfare. The stiff handcuff leash she looked like a beachcomber One, my niece, Diana, is from Phoenix. fi rst attraction of the day isn’t open yet, so Chris herds us dusting the lawn with a giant hairball. The Beijing airport, which opened in March, is the into a KFC that serves something recognizable as coffee. At a strip mall in Chambersburg, she bought a largest in the world. But at 5 a.m. there doesn’t seem to be My niece, Diana, takes out her digital camera to take a any more people around than you would fi nd at Portland photo and a Chinese girl who is cleaning tables starts leash, harness, crate and dog food. This was how she or SeaTac. There are only about two dozen people waiting yelling “no pictures!!!” Apparently KFC has trade secrets arrived at her destination, the house of a friend who to catch the underground train from the International to protect. I go upstairs to use the rest rooms. I pass a couple promptly said, “You can’t leave it here!” She put him terminal to the baggage area. The 350 Chinese on our fl ight of middle-aged guys in ill-fi tting gray police or military- in his crate, from which he escaped three times, the apparently have to go through a different procedure to get type uniforms. I can’t tell if they are guarding something last of which was from the crate duct-taped, bungee- back in the country. or just hanging out. The temperature in the rest room is corded, locked and put in the garage … in 15 minutes! We pick up our baggage (no customs checks as far as hotter than the coffee. Houdini couldn’t have done it better. They all agreed we can tell) and meet Chris, our guide for the Beijing With some caffeine in our systems, Chris leads across a that Buster had adopted Sid. portion of our trip. He is in his early 30s. Chris isn’t his real street. Off to our right is a huge temple-like building that Later at the dog wash, the attendant recognized the name, but it’s more convenient for us to pronounce than looks like it has been there for several centuries. A little to fl ea-bitten, moth-ridden, canine fl annel rag mop as a his Chinese name. Lilly is a cute little twenty-something the left of the temple is a modern building resembling the Lhasa Apso, a revered Tibetan Temple Guard Dog. girl who will be documenting our tour with video and still College of Idaho Library built on a scale 20 times larger. Trying to recreate his recent history, they concluded camera in the hopes that we will buy copies from her. Lilly We are carried along by a throng of Chinese — down doesn’t speak much English. a fl ight of steps, through a tunnel under a busy street and that after his fi rst life as a Lama, followed by his It’s about 6 a.m. by the time we get on the bus. The up the steps at the other end. We emerge onto the vast reincarnation as a lama’s dog, both lives spent under airport is about 20 miles from downtown Beijing. The expanse of one of the world’s most famous (or infamous) strict monastic guidelines, he had fi nally escaped! highway, like the airport, is brand new. And although there landmarks. “Free at last! Free at last!” he must have been is between 16 million and 20 million people in Beijing, We are standing in Tiananmen Square. chanting when Sid picked him up on the highway, depending on who you ask, there isn’t too much traffi c on — Go to www.theowyheeavalanche.com to link to some of handcuffed him, crated him, then the fi nal indignity, this particular road this early in the day. Wayne’s previous columns on his Internet blog. You’ll fi nd had him neutered! It will be a day or two before we comprehend just how the link in the bottom right-hand corner of the home page. Which just goes to show you that the grass ain’t always greener on the other side of the Dali! — Can’t get enough Baxter? Visit his Web site at Let your voice be heard in the Avalanche. www.baxterblack.com for more features, merchandise and his new book, “The World According to ... Baxter Black Quips, Quirks & Quotes”. Write a letter to the editor Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 19 Commentary Letter to the editor With election over, healing process can begin in Owyhee County Now that the election cycle has ended in Owyhee the sheriff’s offi ce over seamlessly”. It remains to be seen County, one would think that all is well. My sources tell if that occurs. me that is not the case within the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Gary can put an end to the divisiveness, if he wants it Offi ce. that way. It appears that a few of the “offi cers” are still making I wish Gary Aman and his family the best in whatever waves. To those of you, and especially to those who adventure they pursue. bragged that “I won’t work for Daryl Crandall”, if you feel For me, Owyhee County represents a vast, beautiful, that way, then you too should move on. Your day in the bountiful and wonderfully independent place to make a sun has run its course as did Aman’s. The voters mandated living and live. I will now divest my holdings, acquired that they wanted change and not the same old policies and in Canyon County because I didn’t like what was going interactions of the past. There are many of us in the county on in Owyhee County, and return those resources to the that want to see a healing process and not this bitter sniping operations I maintain in Owyhee County. I’m ready to and bickering continue. embrace the new days ahead. It can be exciting. I asked Sheriff Aman to “please help Daryl Crandall Don Barnhill transition and to give him the help he deserves in taking Murphy Accuracy In Media Media ignoring prognosticators help Fed covers up crisis By Cliff Kincaid he could bail out Chinese banks holding other troubled mistake” in his stewardship of the economy. This is after Our “adversary” media have been extremely deferential U.S. assets. he received an $8.5 million advance on his 2007 memoir, toward those promoting the looting of the American tax- Schiff, who blows the whistle on these schemes, is not The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. payers during the ongoing economic and fi nancial crisis. very popular in the media, which have been telling us This is quite an adventure. However, Bloomberg News should be congratulated for consistently that things would get better after Wall Street In March, as the mortgage crisis was beginning to fi ling suit against the Federal Reserve in an effort to dis- was bailed out. But Schiff, an economic advisor for Ron build, Newsbusters.org noted that Greenspan’s wife, NBC close the securities the central bank is accepting on behalf Paul’s 2008 presidential campaign, was on Bloomberg on reporter Andrea Mitchell, had done a story conveniently of American taxpayers as collateral for $1.5 trillion of loans Oct. 28 talking about how the problems will get worse if ignoring her husband’s role in the unfolding debacle. to banks such as Goldman Sachs. we continue to follow the current tax, spend and bailout Greenspan and Mitchell are a Washington “power couple,” “The American taxpayer is entitled to know the risks, policies. His basic message is that the U.S. is broke and that which means they have plenty of social contacts who help costs and methodology associated with the unprecedented the situation will get worse under an Obama administration protect them from criticism or even scrutiny. This is how government bailout of the U.S. fi nancial industry,” said because of its commitment to more federal interference Washington works. Matthew Winkler, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg and involvement in the economy. This crisis has confl ict of interest written all over it, not News. Nevertheless, during this discussion, a week before the only in regard to media coverage but the role of current and Another way that the media can begin to fi x the blame for election, Schiff predicted an Obama victory because “no- former Goldman Sachs executives, including Paulson, who the fi nancial meltdown is to cover the views of those who body is going to vote for four more years of this” and voters sparked the panic and has since authorized $10 billion in predicted the crisis and understand how it happened. “are going to grasp at straws and vote for anybody who bailout money to his old fi rm. Treasury assistant secretary Consider the debate that fi nancial analyst, and president promises change.” But the change is phony, he warned. Neel Kashkari, a former Goldman Sachs banker, now runs of brokerage fi rm Euro Pacifi c Capital, Inc., Peter Schiff Obama “will put several nails in the coffi n,” he said. “We’re the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) authorized had with former Reagan Economic Policy Advisory Board going to get more of the same, only worse.” under the bailout plan. member Arthur Laffer on CNBC back on Aug. 29, 2006. Leaving aside the $1.8 trillion cost of the bailout and As bad as it is, the situation could get far worse. At the Schiff predicted the deep recession that is now underway other socialist-style schemes that have been undertaken House hearing, Rep. Jim Cooper, a more conservative and made mention of China’s role in our unfolding eco- in the current crisis, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Democrat from Tennessee, brandished a copy of the offi cial nomic troubles. reports that the total federal burden on U.S. taxpayers is Financial Report of the United States Government, which Laffer’s talk about our economic policies “working now approaching $54 trillion — a cost of $175,000 per outlines the $54 trillion fi scal gap, primarily unfunded beautifully” makes him look utterly ridiculous in today’s person. The Peterson Foundation seeks to educate the liabilities, that America faces if the government doesn’t climate. “The United States economy has never been in public and the press about the U.S. fi nancial situation. change course. “Why is this document so hidden? Because better shape,” he declared. It’s fi ne to educate people. But what about prosecuting it contains such bad news,” Cooper said. “On your watch,” The China connection to Goldman Sachs fi gures promi- those federal offi cials who brought the U.S. to the brink he said to Greenspan and the other witnesses, “did you nently in the current crisis. Because China owned $376 of fi nancial apocalypse? do anything to publicize this report, to make sure that billion of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae paper, it played During an Oct. 13 Fox News discussion of the misman- everybody in America knew the real story about the real a big role in the fi nancial crisis, and Treasury Secretary aged companies now going bankrupt or seeking federal numbers for America?” Henry Paulson, with his own personal and fi nancial ties to bailouts, the subject of prosecuting somebody actually The answers were pathetic. Greenspan replied that he China, admittedly tried to reassure the Chinese through this came up. Host Jaime Colby asked, “Where are the crimi- had tried to get the information inserted into the govern- process that their investments would be protected. They are nal prosecutions because I think their pictures should be ment’s “forecasting structure,” whatever that is. The “so- being “protected” in the sense that the American taxpay- hanging up in the post offi ce?” Schiff, a guest on the show, lutions,” of course, included much higher taxes, massive ers are now on the hook for these government mortgage went beyond the corporate executives and urged the pros- benefi t cuts, the printing of more Federal Reserve paper companies, which have been nationalized. ecution of former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan money, or national bankruptcy. On top of this, Paulson, a former CEO of Goldman Greenspan, who told the House Committee on Oversight — Cliff Kincaid is the editor of Accuracy in Media, and Sachs, made sure, as part of the bailout legislation, that and Government Reform on Oct. 23 that he had “made a can be contacted at [email protected]. Letters to the editor policy The Owyhee Avalanche welcomes letters to the editor. Our policy is that locally written letters receive priority. We do not publish mass-pro- duced letters. The length must be limited to 300 words; the letters must be signed and include the writer’s address and a daytime phone number where the writer can be reached for verification. Letters can be e-mailed to [email protected] or faxed to (208) 337-4867 or mailed to P.O. Box 97, Homedale ID, 83628. The deadline for submitting letters to the editor is noon on Friday. For more informa- tion, call (208) 337-4681. Page 20 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Public notices OWYHEE COUNTY in Homedale, Idaho. Objections In The Matter of The Estates GEM IRRIGATION DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS may be fi led by any person who of JOHN ALFRED GLIDDEN FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET MINUTES can show the court a good reason and MARY ANNA HELEN 38,048.13 irrigable acres NOVEMBER 3, 2008 against the name change. GLIDDEN Aka MOLLIE H. REVENUE OWYHEE COUNTY DATED This the 31stday of GLIDDEN, Deceased. Operation & Maintenance $1,789,873 COURTHOUSE October, 2008. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Construction 3,660 MURPHY, IDAHO Charlotte Sherburn that Ray C. Glidden has been Old Gem Expanded Water Rights Acs 70,680 Present were Commissioner’s Owyhee County Clerk appointed personal representative Interest Receivable 90,000 Hoagland, Freund and Tolmie, By Lena Johnson of the above-named decedent. All Penalties Receivable 5,853 Clerk Sherburn, Assessor Endicott, Deputy Court Clerk persons having claims against the Total $1,960,066 Treasurer Richards, Prosecutor Erik Johnson - ISB#4704, decedent or the estate are required EXPENSES Faulks, Sheriff Aman, Mary Huff, Attorney at Law, IDAHO LEGAL to present their claims within four South Board of Control $1,954,356 Fred Grant, Jim Desmond, Jon AID SERVICES, INC., 1104 months after the date of the fi rst Construction 3,660 Brown and Betty Stappler. Blaine Street, P.O. Box 1116, publication of this Notice or said Directors’ Fees 1,200 Bids were opened for remodel Caldwell, Idaho 83606-1116. claims will be forever barred. Liability Insurance 800 of the Marsing Annex. Bids (208) 454-2591 FAX (208) 454- Claims must be presented to Offi ce 50 were received from Boyce 2593, Attorney for Petitioner the undersigned at the address Total $1,960,066 Construction, Wright Brothers, Griselda Sanchez. indicated, and fi led with the Clerk ASSESSMENT CHARGES and Gene Shurtleff Construction. 11/5,12,19,26/08 of the Court. O&M Assessment per/ac $48.90 The bid will be awarded on DATED this 7 day of November, Construction .10 th November 10 . NOTICE OF HEARING ON 2008. Total Assessment per/ac $49.00 Discussion was held on a NAME CHANGE THE HUNTLEY LAW FIRM, Connie Chadez prescriptive easement through the A Petition to change the name PLLC Secretary-Treasurer Fair Grounds to private property. of Troy Robert Stine Jr., born /c/Victoria M. Loegering, 11/12,19/08 Mr. Echeverria was advised he September 1, 1990, in Tampa, 4932, on behalf of the Personal should submit a written request. Florida, residing at PO Box 542, Representative, The Huntley REPRESENTATION IS MADE TO: KEITH EUGENE The Eastern Owyhee Grand View, has been filed in Law Firm, PLLC, The Carnegie THAT THE GRANTOR IS, BURSON, THE ABOVE Cooperative Weed Agreement Owyhee County District Court, Library, 815 W. Washington St., OR IS NOT, PRESENTLY NAMED DEFENDANT Memorandum of Understanding Idaho. The name will change to PO Box 2188, Boise, ID 83702, RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS You have been sued by Lori was approved. TJ Snyder, I want to change my 208-388-1230 Fax 208-388-0234, OBLIGATION. Denise Riley, the Plaintiff, in The following action was taken name because my step-parent email: vloegering@huntleylaw. The defaults for which this sale the District Court in and for Ada on pending Indigent & Charity raised me. com, Attorney for Estate. is to be made are failure to pay: County, Idaho, Case No. CV DR cases: Liens were approved on 08- The petitioner’s father is living 11/12,19,26/08 (i) the regular monthly 08-16790. The nature of the claim 39, 08-40, 08-41, 08-42, 08-43. and his address is Don’t Know interest payments, as set forth against you is a Compliant for Findings were approved on 08-25, and required by the Deed of Trust Divorce. Don’t Know, Don’t Know, Don’t NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S 08-38 denied pursuant to I.C. 31- Know. and Note, due on May 20, 2008, Any time after 20 days 3505-4(b). 08-33 and 08-43 were SALE and thereafter on the 20th day of following the last publication of The petitioner’s mother is living On Tuesday, March 24, 2009, approved with reimbursement. and her address is PO Box 542, each month until the date of sale this summons, the court may enter Approved payment of at 2:00 p.m., on the steps of the or reinstatement; a judgment against you without Grand View, Idaho 83624. Owyhee County Courthouse, outstanding bills from the A hearing on the petition is (ii) late fees; further notice, unless prior to following funds: Current Expense located on the corner of Highway (iii) allowed liens to be fi led the time you have fi led a written scheduled for 11:00 o’clock a.m. 78 and Hailey Street, Murphy, $46,294, Road & Bridge $11,567, on 12/15/2008 at the County against the property; and response in the proper form, District Court $24,713, Probation Owyhee County, Idaho, Alliance (iv) foreclosure costs, including the Case No., and paid Courthouse. Objections may be Title & Escrow Corp., as Successor $1,287, Indigent & Charity fi led by any person who can show trustee’s fees and attorneys fees any required fi ling fee to the Clerk $24,713, Pest $86, Revaluation Trustee (the “Trustee”), will sell incurred by Benefi ciary. of the Court at 200 W. Front St., the court a good reason against the at public auction, to the highest $400, Solid Waste $320, Tort name change. In addition, the Grantor has: Boise, Idaho, (208) 287-6900 and $2,255, 911 $37. bidder, for cash, in lawful money (i) failed to pay taxes encumbering served a copy of your response Date: 10/31/2008 of the United States, all payable Discussion was held on the Charlotte Sherburn the Real Property. on the Plaintiff’s attorney Audrey nine person committee for the at the time of sale, the following The original loan amount Numbers at 611 W. Hays, Boise, Owyhee County Clerk described Real Property, situated City of Marsing Proposed Impact By: Lena Johnson was $49,690.00 with interest Idaho, (208) 424-0800. Area. The Commissioners will in the County of Owyhee, State of due thereon at the initial rate of A copy of the Summons and Deputy Court Clerk Idaho, and described as follows: meet with Marsing City Council 11/12,19,26;12/3/08 5.00% per annum, as evidenced Compliant can be obtained by members on Monday to appoint Lots 7 and 8 in Block 2 of by the Home Equity Masterline contacting either the Clerk of the three at large members. Moler’s Addition to Marsing, Consumer Open-End Agreement Court of the attorney for Plaintiff. The Board recessed until Friday NOTICE TO CREDITORS according to the offi cial plat dated November 20, 2003 If you wish legal assistance, you November 7th to canvass the CASE NO. CV-08-0605 thereof, on fi le and of record in (“Note”), executed by Grantor should immediately retain an ballots. IN THE DISTRICT COURT the offi ce of the Recorder for payable to Benefi ciary. The attorney to advise you in this Canvass of the ballots was OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL Owyhee County, Idaho, (the principal balance due on the matter. conducted for the 2008 General DISTRICT OF “Real Property”). Note as of August 25, 2008 is DATED: Sept. 5, 2008 Election. An abstract is attached THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN The Trustee has no knowledge $49,544.86. Ada County District Court to the long form minutes. AND FOR THE COUNTY OF of a more particular description The balance owing as of By /s/J. Daniel Navano The complete minutes can be IDAHO of the above-described Real August 25, 2008, on the Note Deputy Clerk viewed in the Clerk’s offi ce. In The Matter of The Estate Property but for purposes of secured by the Deed of Trust J. Randall /s/Jerry Hoagland, Chairman of BADEN E. CRAWFORD, compliance with Idaho Code, (collectively “Loan Documents”) 11/12,19,26;12/3/08 Attest:/s/Charlotte Sherburn Deceased. Section 60-113, the Trustee has is $50,749.46, including 11/19/08 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN been informed that the street principal, accrued interest, PROPOSED CHANGE OF that David Crawford has been address of 914 Franklin Street, late charges, but excluding WATER RIGHT appointed personal representative Marsing, ID 83639, may Benefi ciary’s collection costs, Ron Rush and Judy Gabert of NOTICE OF HEARING ON of the above-named decedent. All sometimes be associated with delinquent property taxes, costs 18314 Madison Rd, Nampa, ID NAME CHANGE persons having claims against the said Real Property. and expenses actually incurred 83687 fi led Application No. 74047 CASE NO. CV08-0864 decedent or the estate are required The Trustee’s sale shall be in enforcing the obligations to transfer 1 water right with a IN THE DISTRICT COURT to present their claims within four made pursuant to the power of under the Loan Documents or in 1977 priority date from the Snake OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL months after the date of the fi rst sale conferred in the Deed of connection with this sale, such as River for 2.18 cfs. The purpose of DISTRICT OF THE publication of this Notice or said Trust (defi ned below) to satisfy trustee’s fees and/or reasonable the transfer is to split their 19.3 STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND claims will be forever barred. the obligation secured thereby. attorney’s fees, as authorized in acres and 0.39 cfs from the original FOR THE COUNTY OF Claims must be presented to The sale will be made without the Loan Documents. right, and add a point of diversion OWYHEE the undersigned at the address covenant or warranty regarding DATED this 10th day of from the Snake River. Water will IN RE: VENTURA MARTINEZ indicated, and fi led with the Clerk title, possession or encumbrance. November, 2008. be used at the current place of use SANCHEZ, Legal Name of of the Court. The Deed of Trust referred to Alliance Title & Escrow Corp 0.4 miles south of the Snake River Child DATED this 5 day of November, herein was executed by JAMES Successor Trustee and 6.5 miles west of Melba. A Petition to change the name 2008. REED AGGAS, as Grantor, By: /s/Bobbi Oldfi eld For specifi c details regarding of Ventura Martinez Sanchez, THE HUNTLEY LAW FIRM, to Pioneer Title Company of Its: Asst. Secretary the application, please contact born May 31, 2003, in Nampa, PLLC Canyon County, as original Sheila R. Schwager the Idaho Department of Water Idaho, residing at 107 Montana, /c/Victoria M. Loegering, trustee, for the benefi t and HAWLEY TROXELL ENNIS Resources (IDWR) Western Homedale, Idaho 83628, has 4932, on behalf of the Personal security of Syringa Bank, as & HAWLEY LLP, P.O. Box 1617, Region at 208-334-2190 or visit been filed in Owyhee County, Representative, The Huntley Benefi ciary, dated November 20, Boise, Idaho 83701, Telephone: www.idwr.idaho.gov with detail Magistrate Court, Homedale, Law Firm, PLLC, The Carnegie 2003 and recorded November 21, (208) 344-6000 provided under “new water right Idaho. The name will change to Library, 815 W. Washington St., 2003, as Instrument No. 245949, 11/19,26;12/3,10/08 applications.” Protests may be Ventura Sanchez Martinez because PO Box 2188, Boise, ID 83702, offi cial records of Owyhee submitted based on the criteria Sanchez is my maiden name and 208-388-1230 Fax 208-388-0234, County, Idaho, (“Deed of Trust”). SUMMONS of Sec 42-222, Idaho Code. Any Martinez is my husband’s last email: vloegering@huntleylaw. Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. CASE NO. CV-DR-08-16790 protest against the proposed name and it should be the mother’s com, Attorney for Estate. has been appointed as Successor IN THE DISTRICT change must be filed with the maiden name fi rst and the father’s 11/12,19,26/08 Trustee, pursuant to Appointment COURT OF THE FOURTH Director, IDWR Western Region, last name second and it is turned of Successor Trustee dated JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF 2735 Airport Way, Boise ID 83705- around on the birth certifi cate. NOTICE TO CREDITORS September 5, 2008, and recorded THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN 5082 together with a protest fee of The child’s father is living and CASE NO. CV-08-0860 October 6, 2008, as Instrument AND FOR THE COUNTY OF $25.00 for each application on or his address is 107 Montana, IN THE DISTRICT COURT No. 266426 records of Owyhee ADA before December 8, 2008. The Homedale, Idaho 83628. OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL County, Idaho. LORI DENISE RILEY, protestant must also send a copy A hearing on the petition DISTRICT OF THE ABOVE GRANTOR Plaintiff, of the protest to the applicant. is scheduled for Wednesday, THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN IS NAMED TO COMPLY Vs. DAVID R. TUTHILL, JR., December 17, 2008, at 10:30 AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WITH SECTION 45-1506(4) KEITH EUGENE BURSON, Director a.m. at the County Courthouse IDAHO (a), IDAHO CODE. NO Defendant. 11/19,26/08 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 21 Public notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S Box 6575, Boise, ID 83707-6575. is $67,834.46 as principal, plus Complaint, it must contain bid by the high bidder from the SALE (208) 331-1200 service charges, attorney’s fees, admissions or denials of previous sale, will be rejected, all NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 11/12,19,26;12/3/08 costs of this foreclosure, any and the separate allegations of in accordance with Idaho Code that on March 4, 2009, at the hour all funds expended by Benefi ciary the Amended Compliant 45-1502 et. Sec. of eleven o’clock a.m. of said NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S to protect their security interest, and other defenses you Said sale will be made without day, on the steps of the Owyhee SALE and interest accruing at the rate may claim. covenant or warranty regarding County Courthouse, located at the On March 4, 2009, at the hour of of 7.25% from June 1, 2008, 3. Your signature, mailing title, possession or encumbrances corner of Highway 78 and Hailey 11:00 o’clock AM of said day, at together with delinquent taxes address and telephone to satisfy the obligation secured Street, Murphy, Owyhee County, the Owyhee County Courthouse, plus penalties and interest to the number, or the signature, by and pursuant to the power Idaho, the Trustee, Alliance Title Highway 78, Murphy, Idaho, date of sale. mailing address and of sale conferred in the deed of & Escrow Corp., will sell at public JUST LAW, INC., as Successor The Benefi ciary elects to sell or telephone number of your trust executed by Lisa L. Miller, auction to the highest bidder, Trustee, will sell at public auction cause the trust property to be sold attorney. a single woman, as Grantor to for cash in lawful money of the to the highest bidder, for cash, to satisfy said obligation. 4. Proof of mailing or delivery Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., United States of America, all in lawful money of the United Dated this 28th day of October, of a copy of your response as Successor Trustee, for the payable at the time of sale, the States, all payable at the time of 2008. to plaintiff’s attorney, as benefit and security of Boyd following described real property sale, the following described real Sumerli Lynch designated below. Campbell, a married man as his situated in the County of Owyhee property, situated in the County Trust Offi cer for To determine whether you sole and separate property as State of Idaho, and described as of Owyhee, State of Idaho, and JUST LAW, INC., PO Box must pay a fi ling fee with your Beneficiary, recorded June 23, follows, to-wit: described as follows to wit: 50271, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83405 response, contact the Clerk of the 2004 as Instrument No. 248231, Lot 5 as shown on the plat Lot 3 of Block 1 of BIG (208) 523-9106 FAX (208) 523- above-named court. Mortgage records of Owyhee of Ferry Heights Subdivision, SKY ESTATES NO. 1, part 9146 DATED This 17th day of County, Idaho. THE ABOVE Owyhee County, Idaho, recorded of Government Lot 4, Section For information concerning October, 2008. GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO March 26, 2001 as Instrument 4, Township 3 North, Range 5 this sale please contact Just CHARLOTTE SHERBURN, COMPLY WITH SECTION 45- No. 235410, Owyhee County West, Boise Meridian, Owyhee Law, Inc. at www.justlawidaho. Clerk 1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NO records. County, Idaho, according to com or Toll Free at 1-800-923- By: Trina Aman, Deputy REPRESENTATION IS MADE Together with a 14.29% interest the official plat thereof filed 9106, Thank you. Clerk THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, in Good Day Road as shown on the October 26, 1978 as Instrument 11/5,12,19,26/08 Susan E. Wiebe, Attorney at PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE plat of Ferry Heights Subdivision, No. 156593, in the offi ce of the Law, 802 Arthur, Caldwell, ID FOR THIS OBLIGATION. Owyhee County, Idaho, recorded Recorder for Owyhee County, SECOND ANOTHER 83606. 208-454-8771 Fax 208- The default for which this sale March 26, 2001 as Instrument Idaho. SUMMONS 454-9075. ISB#3919, Attorney is to be made is failure to: No. 235410, Owyhee County The Trustee has no knowledge CASE NO. CV08-0819 for Plaintiff Make principal and interest records. of a more particular description IN THE DISTRICT COURT 10/29;11/5.12,19/08 payments as set forth on said The Trustee has no knowledge of the above referenced real OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL Deed of Trust and Promissory of a more particular description of property, but for purposes of DISTRICT OF THE NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S Note. The original loan amount the above described real property, compliance with Section 60-113 STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND SALE was $139,500.00 together with but for purposes of compliance Idaho Code, the Trustee has been FOR THE COUNTY OF On Monday, March 16, 2009 interest thereon at the rate of with Idaho Code Section 60-113, informed the address of 604 OWYHEE at the hour of 11:00 o’clock A.M., 6.5% per annum, as evidenced in information concerning the Selway Drive, Homedale, ID aka UNITED STATES OF of said day, on the front steps of Promissory Note dated June 21, location of the property may be 604 Selway, Homedale, ID aka AMERICA, acting through the Owyhee County Courthouse 2004. Payments are in default obtained from Mark D. Perison, 604 E. Selway Dr., Homedale, the UNITED STATES located at 20381 State Highway for the months of June 2008 thru P.A., 314 S. 9th Street, Suite 300, ID, is sometimes associated with DEPARTMENT OF 78, Murphy, ID 83650, & including October 2008 in the Boise, Idaho, (208) 331-1200. the said real property. AGRICULTURE, RURAL Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., amount of $1,043.07 per month Said sale will be made, without This Trustee’s Sale is subject DEVELOPMENT, Plaintiff, as successor trustee, will sell at and continuing each and every covenant or warranty regarding to a bankruptcy fi ling, a payoff, Vs. public auction, to the highest month thereafter until date of sale title, possession or encumbrances, a reinstatement or any other UNKNOWN HEIRS AND bidder, for cash, cashiers check, or reinstatement. The principal to satisfy the obligation secured conditions of which the Trustee DEVISEES of ARCHIE H. certifi ed check or tellers check, balance as of October 17, 2008 by and pursuant to the power is not aware that would cause the SNYDER; UNKNOWN HEIRS (from a bank which has a branch is $125,227.33 together with of sale conferred in the Deed of cancellation of this sale. Further, AND DEVISEES of FLORA in the community at the site of the accrued and accruing interest Trust executed by EDWARD if any of these conditions exist, DOLPHINE LAMB; DONALD sale), money order, State of Idaho thereon at the rate of 6.5% per D. FRISBIE and BARBARA J. this sale may be null and void, LAMB, a single person; TITLE check or local government check, annum. The per diem is $22.301. FRISBIE, husband and wife, as the successful bidder’s funds shall AND TRUST COMPANY, an or cash equivalent in lawful In addition to the above, there is Grantor, and ALLIANCE TITLE be returned, and the Trustee and Idaho corporation; STATE OF money of the United States, all also due delinquent real property AND ESCROW, as Trustee, the Benefi ciary shall not be liable IDAHO; and RONI M. ATKINS, payable at the same time of sale, taxes for the second half of 2007, and HOPKINS MORTGAGE to the successful bidder for any as personal representative of the the following described real together with penalty and interest, FUND, LLC, an Idaho Limited damages. estates of ARCHIE H. SNYDER property, situated in the County and any other real property taxes Liability Company, “as trustee Said sale will be made without and FLORA DOLPHINE LAMB, of Owyhee, State of Idaho, and that may become delinquent for the benefi t on a parity for all covenant or warranty regarding Defendants. described as follows, to wit: during this foreclosure; and any Series “A” Debenture Holders,” title, possessions or encumbrances NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN Parcel I late charges, advances, escrow as Beneficiary; said Deed of to satisfy the obligation secured SUED BY THE ABOVE- Lots 5, 6 and 7 in Block collection fees, attorney fees, Trust having been fi led of record by and pursuant to the power of NAMED PLAINTIFF(S). 41, and the South 10 feet of fees or costs associated with this on May 16, 2008, as Instrument sale conferred in the Deed of Trust THE COURT MAY ENTER Lot 4, in Block 41 of Bruneau foreclosure. No. 265046, Official Records executed by Javier Gonzalez and JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU Townsite, Owyhee County, The balance owing as of this of Owyhee County, Idaho. The Stephanie M. Gonzalez, husband WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE Idaho, according to the offi cial date on the obligation secured by naming of the above Grantor(s) and wife, as Grantor(s) with UNLESS YOU RESPOND plat thereof, on fi le and of record said deed of trust is $125,227.33, is done to comply with Idaho Mortgage Electronic Registration WITHIN 20 DAYS. READ THE in the office of the County excluding interest, costs and Code Section 45-1506(4)(a); no Systems, Inc. as the Benefi ciary, INFORMATION BELOW. Recorder of Owyhee County, expenses actually incurred in representation is made as to the under the Deed of Trust recorded TO: Unknown Heirs and Idaho. enforcing the obligations responsibility of Grantor(s) for July 28, 2006, as Instrument No. Devisees of Archie H. Snyder; Parcel II thereunder or in this sale, as this obligation. 257413, in the records of Owyhee Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Lots 8, 9 and 10 in Block 41, trustee’s fees and/or reasonable The default for which the sale County, Idaho. The Beneficial Flora Dolphine Lamb; and Donald Bruneau Townsite, Bruneau, attorney’s fees as authorized in the is to be made is that no monthly interest of said Deed of Trust was Lamb, a single person. Owyhee County, Idaho, promissory note secured by the installment payments under a subsequently assigned to U.S. YOU ARE HREEBY according to the official plat aforementioned Deed of Trust. Deed of Trust Note dated May 15, Bank National Association, as NOTIFIED That in order to thereof on file and of record Dated: November 11, 2008 2008, in the amount of $907.53 trustee, on behalf of the holders defend this lawsuit, an appropriate in the office of the County Alliance Title & Escrow Corp. per month for August 2008 and of the Credit Suisse First Boston written response must be filed Recorder of Owyhee County, By: Bobbi Oldfield, Trust each month thereafter have been Mortgage Securities Corp. Home with the above designated court Idaho. Offi cer made, together with accruing late Equity Pass Through Certifi cates, within 20 days after service of THE TRUSTEE HAS NO Phone: 947-1554 charges, plus any other charges Series 2006-8, recorded October this Second Another Summons KNOWLEDGE OF A MORE 11/19,26;12/3,10/08 lawfully due under the note, deed 28, 2008, as Instrument No. on you. If you fail to so respond, PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION of trust, and Idaho law. 266592, in the records of said the court may enter judgment OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED The balance owing as of the County. against you as demanded by REAL PROPERTY, BUT FOR date hereof on the obligation THE ABOVE GRANTORS the plaintiff(s) in the Amended PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCE secured by said Deed of Trust ARE NAMED TO COMPLY Compliant. WITH IDAHO CODE, SECTION Rubber is the amount of $62,000.00 in WITH SECTION 45-1506(4) A copy of the Amended 60-113, THE TRUSTEE HAS prin cipal; plus accrued interest (a), IDAHO CODE. NO Complaint is served with this BEEN INFORMED THAT at the rate of twelve and one-half REPRESENTATION IS MADE Second Another Summons. If THE STREET ADDRESS percent (12.5%) per annum from THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, you wish to seek the advice of OF: 28595 and 28601 N. Stamps August 9, 2008; plus default PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE or representation by an attorney Benham Ave., Bruneau, ID interest pursuant to the Note FOR THIS OBLIGATION. in this matter, you should do so 83604, MAY SOMETIMES BE at the rate of fi ve percent (5%) The default for which this sale promptly so that your written ASSOCIATED WITH SAID Made to order per annum from September 29, is to be made is the failure to pay response, if any, may be filed REAL PROPERTY. 2008, until the default is cured; the amount due under the certain in time and other legal rights If the successful bidder cannot plus service charges, late charges, Promissory Note and Deed of protected. provide the bid price by means of The and any other costs or expenses Trust, in the amounts called for An appropriate written response one of the above means of payment, associated with this foreclosure thereunder as follows: Monthly requires compliance with Rule 10 the sale will be postponed for 10 Owyhee as provided by the Deed of Trust payments in the amount of $506.69 (a) (1) and other Idaho Rules of minutes only to allow the high or Deed of Trust Note, or by for the months of July 2008 Civil Procedure and shall also bidder to obtain payment in a Idaho law. through and including to the date include: form prescribed herein above. If Avalanche Dated this 30 day of October, of sale, together with late charges 1. The title and number of the high bidder is unsuccessful 337-4681 2008. and monthly payments accruing. this case. in obtaining payment as directed By: /s/ Mark D. Perison – of the The sum owing on the obligation 2. If your response is an within 10 minutes, the sale will Firm, Attorneys for Trustee, P.O. secured by said Deed of Trust Answer to the Amended be re-held immediately and any Page 22 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Owyhee County Church Directory Knight Community Church Crossroads Grand View Assembly of God Pastor Paul H. Ryan • 834-2639 Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Wilder Hwy 19 & 95, 482-7644 Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Sunday School 10am Adult Bible Study: Wednesday, 7 p.m. Sunday Morning Worship 11am Knight's Neighborhood: Sunday Evening Worship 6pm (Youth Activity Group) Friday 5-6:30 pm Wed. Bible Study 7pm Please enter my subscription to the Assembly of God Friends Community Our Lady of the Valley Owyhee Avalanche now! Enclosed is $______Church Church Catholic Church Homedale 1122 W. Linden St., Caldwell NAME______15 West Montana, 337-4458 Wilder - Homedale 459-3653 Pastor George Greenwood 17434 Hwy 95, 337-3464 Mass: Sunday School 9:30 am ADDRESS______Sunday School 9:30am Saturday 5:00 pm Worship Services: 10:45 am Sundays Sunday 9:30 am Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Sunday Evening Service 6:00pm Spanish Mass: Saturday 7:00 pm CITY______Wed. Bible Study 7:00pm Spanish Mass: Sunday Noon STATE______ZIP______Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Chapel of Hope Church of Jesus Christ of Hope House, Marsing Latter Day Saints SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Homedale - 337-4248 Look for the Blue Church Sunday Services 10am South Bruneau Hwy at the Hope House Homedale Owyhee County...... $31.80 Rev. Ross Shaver, Pastor Welcoming Families, especially those with 708 West Idaho Ave 337-4112 Canyon, Ada and Malheur Counties...... $37.10 Youth and Adult Sunday School 9-9:45am special needs children. Bishop Alan McRae Wed. Adult Bible Study 7-8:30pm Keith Croft, Pastor 880-2767 Bishop Ronald Spencer Elsewhere ...... $42.40 Visitors Always Welcome! Jake & Alisha Henrioulle, Youth Pastors 761-6747 Sunday 1st Ward 9am Elsewhere ...... $40.00 Sunday Services at 10 am Sunday 2nd Ward 12:30pm Sales Tax included where applicable Homedale Baptist Wilder Church of God Mountain View Church Wilder Church of the Nazarene P.O. BOX 97 • HOMEDALE , ID 83628 Homedale 205 A St. E, 482-7839 26515 Ustick Road, Wilder 212 S. 1st W. Pastor Ray Gerthung 337-3151 Sunday School 10am & 11am Sunday School 9:45am Sunday School 9:30 Sunday Evening 7pm Sunday Service 11am Worship 10:30 Wednesday Evening 7pm Sunday Eve. 6:00pm Adult & Youth Bible Class: Wednesday 7:00 pm Pastor James Huls Wed. Eve. 7:00pm Bible Based Recovery: Friday 7:00 pm Iglesia Evangelica Wilder Marsing Church of Christ 317 3rd st., Marsing 932 Franklin, Marsing MARSING APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY Pastor Ramiro Reyes Asamblea Apostolica de Marsing 10 am Sunday School 221 W. Main • Marsing, Idaho Minister Gib Nelson 11 am Service Pastor Ricardo Rodriguez Sunday Bible Study 10am 482-7484 896-5552 or 371-3516 Sunday Worship 11am Sunday School 1:30 pm • Sunday Service 3 pm Bilingual Thursday Service 7 pm • (Bilingual Services/Español) Bible Missionary Church Christian Church Homedale Assembly of God Church Homedale West Idaho, 337-3425 Marsing Pastor Ron Franklin 110 W. Montana, 337-3626 139 Kerry, 965-1650 Sunday School 10am Pastor Maurice Jones Pastor Rick Sherrow Worship 11am Sunday Morning Worship 11am Sunday School 10am Sunday Evening 7pm Church school 9:45 Sunday Worship 11am & 6 pm Wednesday Evening 7:30 Lizard Butte Baptist Church Nazarene Church Trinity Holiness Church Marsing Marsing Homedale Pastor David London Pastor Bill O'Connor 119 N. Main 116 4th Ave. W., 859-2059 896-4184 Pastor Samuel Page Sunday worship: 12 2nd Avenue West 337-5021 Worship Services - Sunday 11am and 6pm Sunday School 10am Morning: 11am-Noon• Evening: 6-7pm Teen Services Sundays 7:00 pm Sunday Morning Worship 11am Sunday school 10 am-10:55am Sunday School - 9:45am Sunday Evening 7pm Wednesday evening 6pm-7pm Mid Week TLC Groups Thursday Evening 7:30pm Church of Jesus Christ of Vision Community Church Latter Day Saints Marsing United Methodist Church Marsing 221 West Main Marsing, Idaho Wilder 215 3rd Ave. West, 896-4151 208-896-5407 Corner of 4th St. & B Ave. Sunday 1st Ward, 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 880-8751 Bishop Lakey Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Pastor June Fothergill Sunday 2nd Ward, 12:30 p.m. Adult, Kids & Youth Meetings Wed. 7:00 p.m. Sunday Services 9:30am Bishop Payne Calvary Holiness Church First Seventh Day Adventist Wilder Presbyterian Church Homedale Corner of 3rd St. & B Ave. 16613 Garnet Rd., Homedale Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. 880-0902 or 453-9289 320 N. 6th W., 337-3060 Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Pastor Chuck Dimick Pastor Marianne Paul Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m. Sabbath School Sat. 9:30am Sunday Morning Worship 11am Wednesday Evening: 7:00 p.m. Worship 11am Sunday School 11am Food Pantry Open Fridays 10 am - Noon Tuesday Prayer Mtg. 7:00 pm Buy it, sell it, Our Lady Queen of Heaven Iglesia Bautista Amistad Cristiana de Wilder Catholic Church - Oreana trade it, rent it... Palabra de Esperanza 2008 Mass Schedule - UMC Homedale the following Saturdays at 9:30am Esquina de 4 y calle B in the Jan. 26 - Feb. 23 - March 8 - April 12 Domingos Servicio: 12:00 pm El Ropero (Banco de ropa) Miercoles 12- 2pm 711 W. Idaho, 463-9569 May 10 - June 28 - July 12 - Aug. 16 Martes y Jueves: 6:30 pm Ingles Pastor Jose Diaz Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 - Nov. 22 - Dec. 27 Sabados: 12:00 pm Arte Infantil Classifieds! Servicios: Los Domingos 11:00 am All are welcome! For more information, call St. Paul's Church, Nampa 466-7031 Todo en Espanol, Inf. 989 7508 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Page 23 REAL ESTATE FOR SALE NOTICE SERVICES SERVICES Texas Land Sale! 20-acre Microfiber couch & love seat, Opaline Irrigation District will Crystal Bell Window Cleaning. Dog boarding at my home. Ranches, near Booming El Paso. stain resistant, lifetime warranty, hold a sealed bid auction to sell Locally owned, call for estimate. Outdoor and indoor facilities. Good road access. Surveyed. brand new in boxes. Retail used steel pipe. Pipe will be sold Discount if before Nov. 30th! Knowledgeable & attentive Only $15,900. $200/Down, $159/ $1399. Must sell $450. 208-888- by sections that vary in length 208-573-8099 ask for Kevan care for your best friend. Call mo. Money back guarantee. No 1464 from 40ft. to 8ft. and in diameter [email protected] Rebekka at 208-861-6017 credit checks. 1-800-843-7537 Bedroom set 7-piece cherry set from 42” to 24”. 1-Wye-3-24” Millward Excavation. Road rockinrcountrykennel.com ext. 12 www.sunsetranches.com Brand new in boxes. List $2250. pipes into 1-42” pipe approx. building, site prep, irrigation, Tim’s Small Engine Repair Must sell $450. 208-888-1464 12ft. long and 27ft. concrete septic, gravel hauling, back hoe Complete servicing and repair FOR RENT Bed-queen pillowtop mattress pipe 18” I.D., in 9-3ft. length. & dump truck service. 337-4262, on all makes and models of Jump Creek Storage. Can you Brand new, still in plastic, Preview pipes at 10476 Hwy 941-9502 Motorcycles, ATVs & Power qualify for reduced rent? 509- warranty. Sacrifice $109. 208- 78, Melba, Idaho; (9 3/4 miles Steel buildings. Hay storage, Equipment 30916 Peckham Rd. 539-6010, 208-250-2461 921-6643 south of Marsing on North side barns, indoor arenas, airplane Wilder 5 1/2 miles west of hwy Rooms to rent. Large farm King-sized pillowtop mattress of Hwy 78) Bids must include: hangars. Visit millwardconstruct. 95. 482-7461 house, small acreage, Homedale New, in bag, with warranty. List your name, phone#, price per com 337-4262, 941-9502 Marsing area. Will consider $750. Sacrifice $199. 208-921- ft., number of sections wanted, Top soil, fill dirt and all kinds of HELP WANTED whole house rental. Charlie 208- 6643 mail bids to: Opaline Irrigation gravel products delivered and/or Drivers/ CDL Career Training: 250-4937 Cherry Sleigh bed solid wood District, PO Box 331, Marsing, placed. Jim 573-5700 w/Central Refrigerated! We train, Homedale, 1 & 2 bdrm w/mattress set. Brand new in ID 83639 and must be received by Backhoe, trackhoe, grader, employ w/ $0 down financing. apartments avail. Rent from box. $299. 208-888-1464 Opaline no later than 11/29/2008. dump truck or belly dump Avg $40k first year! 800-521- $395-$550 plus deposit. Allen Used tractor parts 100’s of Bids will be opened 12/01/08 services for hire. Demolition, 9277 Property Mgmt 467-2132 salvaged farm tractors and and highest bidder gets first driveways & general excavation. 40x60 shop 20 ft ceilings. combines. Nampa Tractor choice, pipe must be picked up Jim 573-5700 For ag storage, commercial or Salvage, 9055 Hwy 20, Nampa, by 12/30/2008, arrangements for Daycare, all ages, ICCP contractor. Office, bthrm, sits ID 83687 (208) 467-4430 loading can be made at buyer’s approved, all meals provided, on .25 ac, Homedale area, $600/ Roll ends: Great for packing expense. For more information lots of activities, preschool Rubber mo + dep. *Discounts available* material, building fires, lining call 208-896-5273. available, 3 full time staff. Some 208-573-1704 birdcages or for your kids evenings & overnight avail. Call Marsing Storage, Inc., Hwy 55 to doodle on. The Owyhee MISC. Donna 337-6180 & Van Rd. Boat & RVs welcome. Avalanche, Homedale Private piano, guitar, violin, Technical Computer LLC, Stamps Call 867-2466, 830-1641 fiddle lessons. All ages & levels. repairs, tune-ups, backups, Reasonable rates. 208-283-5750 upgrades, networking. Call Tom SALE EVENT or Colette 896-4676 or go to Made to order FARM AND 2nd Annual Country Christmas technicalcomputer.com Bazaar & Doll Sale!! Nov. 21 JW Sharpening Service RANCH Small Engine Repair Looking for pasture. Situation & 22, Fri & Sat 10am-6pm. 7.5 Buy it, sell it, wanted for winter, 45 pair of fall miles south of Marsing on Hwy 208-337-3556 The 78, between mile markers 7 & 8 Pickup Stations: cows. 208-550-2200, 208-257- Marsing: Harvey’s Auto Center 3591 (or 4 miles north of Givens Hot Wilder: Wilder Building Center trade it, rent it... Owyhee to Wilder Springs). In the big shop with the J.W. SHARPENING John 95 Hwy. X-mas mini ponies. AMHA 26531 BELLA VISTA DR. blue roof (9383 Hwy 78). Follow Deere in the mare 11 yrs. old broke $500. 4 Avalanche yr. old mini gelding broke $200. mile markers & signs. Lots of Batt Corner Road Homedale. 208-697-8746 crafts, Home decor, Christmas Classifieds! 337-3556 Homedale Snake River 337-4681 Free 3 year old horse. Free 10 gifts and decorations, homemade yr. old brood mare. 7 donkeys goodies. Collectable vinyl $100/ea. 2 yr. old Gruella gelding dolls, (Apple Valley), Avon, broke $400. 3 bred goats $50/ea. tupperware, Scentsi products. Homedale 208-697-8746 Raffles & free hot drinks! Wanted: Corn, high moisture and dry & also wanting to buy LOST AND hay & straw, big bales only. Call Dan 459-0901 FOUND Alfalfa grass hay, small bales, Found: eye glasses, near Squaw $7/bale. 541-339-3291 Creek Marsing area. 459-2860 Marsing, Idaho 208-941-1020 Betty Stappler - Broker Licensed in Idaho and Oregon www.deserthigh.us Marsing Office - 896-4624 Owyhee County’s Only MARSING RENTALS s #LEAN "EDROOM !PARTMENT MONTH Source for Local News s 6ERY .ICE "EDROOM "ATH (OME MONTH #ALL "ETTY FOR INFORMATION 21 Years of Experience Working For You! INCREDIBUYS! *Absolute gem on .27 acres in Caldwell city limits, 3 bed/2bath, 1422 sq. ft. $149,900 *Immaculate home w/river frontage, 5 bed/3 bath, 3412 sq. ft. Incredible buy at $80.60/sq. ft. on 1/3 acre lot! $275,000 *Future vineyard or horse property on 2.62 acres, 3 bed/2.5 bath, shop w/220, 1808 sq. ft. on desirable Wilder Rim $299,000 *38.68 acres with approved CUP for 3 splits in Homedale School District in Canyon County along river on Ustick Road. Don’t be put off by the gloom and doom in the media – call today for information on lending programs that apply to the Homedale/Wilder/Marsing and surrounding areas. Dbmm!upebz!up!bewfsujtf!ps!tvctdsjcf It’s not too late to be in your “new” Home for the Holidays! Patti Zatica 319.448.5792 IAR, IMLS, NAR & CBOR Phone: 208-573-7091 www.pattizatica.com xxx/uifpxziffbwbmbodif/dpn Subscribe Today! The Owyhee Avalanche 208-337-4681 Page 24 Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Miceli Vineyards Snake River Mart Nov. 26th Wine Tasting ThanksgivingOPEN 4-7pm ****Day**** Happy Thanksgiving 7am-2pm Tom or Hen John Morrell Bone-In Butts 10 lb. $ 49 Jumbo Yams Turkeys Ham Shank 1 lb Idaho Potaoes ¢ $ 29 ¢ $ 29 99lb. 1 lb. 59lb. 3 ea. Bone-in Jennie-O Boneless Beef Fresh Turkey Breast Cross-Rib Roast Crisp Celery Cranberries $$ 4939 $ 29 ¢ $ 11 lb.lb. 2 lb. 89ea. 2 for 5 12 oz. Western Family 32 oz. $ 99 Farmland $ 49 Dole $ Fresh Local ¢ Medium Cheese 5 ea. Boneless Ham 1 lb. Salad Blends 2 for5 Granny Smith Apples 79 lb. Western Family 8 oz. ¢ Boneless $ 49 8 oz. Whole or Sliced $ 2 lb. Cello $ 19 Cream Cheese 99 ea. Pork Chops 2 lb. Mushrooms 2 for4 Carrots 1 ea. Simply $ 29 Land O Frost 6 oz. $ 99 Poinsettias Del Monte $ 09 $ Mashed Potatoes 2 ea. Canadian Bacon 1 ea. $899-$2549 Gold Pineapple 1 lb. Limes 5 for1 Western Family Western Family Pepsi Budweiser Pumpkin Jellied & Whole Cranberry Products Beer $ 39 ¢ $ $ 99 1 ea. 79ea. 3 for12 13 ea. 29 oz. 16oz. 12pk 12oz Cans 18pk 12oz Cans or Bottles Western Family 8 oz. ¢ Western Family 29 oz. $ 39 2 Liter Bottle $ 18pk 12oz Cans or Bottles $ 99 Frozen Whip Topping 99 ea. Yams 1 ea. Pepsi Products 3 for3 MGD Beer 13 ea. Western Family Lay’s Potato Chips $ 99 Darigold ea. Swanson Broth $ 79 11.5 oz. 2 ¢ Egg Nog $ 59 Butter Quarters 14-14.5 oz. ea. ea. 2 ea. $ 49 69 Qt. 2 1 lb. Doritos 12.5 oz. 3 ea. Western Family Nabisco Campbell’s Cream of Western Family $ 29 Sour Cream $ 19 Crackers $ 79 Mushroom & Chicken$ 09 Cherry Pie Filling ea. ea. ea. ea. 2 16 oz. 1 Asst’d Varieties 2 Soups 10.75 oz. 1 20-21 oz (Apple $1.89) Darigold Martinelli Sparkling Western Family Marie Callender’s Whip Cream $ 09 Juice & Cider $ 99 Pasta $ 09 $ 39 ea. ea. Asst’d Pies ea. 1/2 Pint 1 25.4 oz. 2 ea. 12 oz. 1 6 Western Family Milk Ocean Spray Mrs. Cubison Kraft 2%, 1%, Skim $ 19 $ 99 Seasoned Dressing $ 29 Salad Dressing $ 19 ea. Cranberry Juice ea. ea. ea. Gallon 3 64 oz. 2 & Stuffing 2 16 oz. 2 Nalley Dole Pineapple Nestle Reynolds Pickles $ 09 $ 89 $ 39 Baking Morsels $ Brown-in-Turkey Bag$ 09 - ea. 20 oz. ea. for ea. Asst’d 24-46 oz. 3 3 1 11-12 oz. 2 5 2 ct. 2 Western Family Western Family McCormick Glad Storage Bags Medium & Large $ 29 Green Beans ¢ Gravy Mixes ¢ $ 09 1 ea. 69ea. 59ea. Gallon & Quart 3 ea. Olives 6 oz. 14.5 oz. .87 oz. 40 ct. HOURS: Mon. - Sat. 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. - Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Marsing, Idaho 7% 2%3%26% 4(% 2)'(4 4/ ,)-)4 15!.4)4)%3 !.$ #/22%#4 02).4%$ %22/23 s 02)#%3 %&&%#4)6% 11/19/08 thru 11/27/08