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VOL. 31, NO. 13 75 CENTS HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 Irrigation allotment set at 3.0 acre-feet, nearly double 2015 a smaller crowd than last year Tentative South when continuing drought concerns Board turn-on triggered growers’ worries. “Water takes care of a lot of is April 11 things. We have a little different crowd than last year,” South Officials announced the Board of Control chair Chris Easter festivities tentative allotment for the 2016 Landa said as he opened last attract hundreds growing season during the South Wednesday’s meeting. Holy Week ended with Board of Control water users Irrigators in the new Gem and several events in and meeting. Ridgeview districts will have around Owyhee County that The annual meeting at the Owyheeans enjoyed. Homedale Senior Center attracted –– See Irrigation, page 5 The events also included the Owyhee County Historical Society spring bazaar and Murphy-Reynolds-Wilson chili cook-off in Murphy. Top: Marsing First Church of the Nazarene pastor Bill O’Connor said about 1,000 people turned out for Sunday’s Lizard Butte Sunrise Service. Photo by Bill O’Connor. Right: The Homedale Chamber of Commerce Easter egg hunt was one of at least seven such South Board Div. 3 director Dennis Turner, center, tries to make a point activities that took place Friday during a sometimes-heated discussion about the 17.7 lateral project as and Saturday in Malheur and fellow South Board directors, from left, Rick Smith (Div. 1), Ryan Criffi eld Owyhee counties. Emma (Div. 4, vice-chair) and Chris Landa (Div. 5, chair) look on. Cooper, daughter of Dusty and Kalynn Cooper, was decked out in Easter attire as she checked Marsing school bond her eggs during the Homedale hunt at Sundance Park. Photo by Gregg Garrett open house Thursday See more photos throughout Marsing school patrons have gatherings will be held in the this issue the chance to give input on a school district cafeteria on 8th proposed bond election. Avenue West. Once school trustees receive A telephone survey to gauge Student fi lmmaker chronicles Soda Fire feedback, they could vote to how community members feel place a measure on the Aug. 30 about the bond proposal is “Voices of Fire” could be entered in Boise festival ballot. currently being conducted. The When the Soda Fire swept State University, was working as into the area. The fi rst of three open houses calls to a random sampling of across 280,000 acres, primarily in a research assistant for principal Sindelar and Lohse were asked to gauge public opinion will Marsing residents will continue Owyhee County, it sparked a fi lm investigator Dr. Kathleen Lohse at to leave the U.S. Department be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday. to be made until April 8. student’s second-year project. the Reynolds Creek Critical Zone of Agriculture Reynolds Creek Other meetings are planned for If a bond is sought and Hugo Sindelar, who is seeking Observatory in August when the 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 21 a master’s degree from Montana lighting-caused wildfi re spread –– See Fire, page 4 and Thursday, May 5. All three –– See Bond, page 5

Subscribe today Honor roll 6Sports 14-16 Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Calendar 7Looking Back 19 IInsidenside directly to you each Wednesday Avalanche at 150 7 Commentary 20-21 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Marsing FFA Call 337-4681 U of I Extension 7 Legals 22 auction Friday Weather/water 9Classifi eds 23 Page 13 Page 2 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Angel Walk honoree Homedale council eyes spring selection complete cleaning ahead of Angel Walk The Angel Walk 2016 honoree adopt. While they were in Texas, was selected last week. though, Mandy discovered she Community “There’ll be a whole host of city The city council also discussed Jonah Kissell, a 6-year-old liv- was pregnant with Jonah. They employees out there this year. The seeing more utilization of the ing with Noonan’s Syndrome, and adopted Noah and then a couple involvement more the merrier.” Riverside Park facilities this his family will benefi t from pro- years later, they welcomed Emma, Eidemiller would like to see spring and summer, including ceeds from the May 7 5-kilometer who is Noah’s full biological sis- urged next month another “signifi cant” section of the disc golf course and the open fun run and classic car show. ter, into the family. the riverfront cleaned this year, space. Jonah lives in Caldwell with Jonah has had more than 20 With the annual Angel Walk and Mayor Gheen Christoffersen Councilman Jerry Anderson his parents, Tony and Mandy, and surgical procedures in his short looming, city leaders turned asked city public works supervisor pointed out that the recently his siblings, 8-year-old Noah and life, three of which were open their attention to Homedale’s Bret Smith to have his crew approved free lunch for children 6-year-old Emma. heart surgeries. When he was 18 beautifi cation Thursday. grade the road shoulder along ages 1-18 that will be served this “Mandy said that Jonah being months old, a large tumor pressing A brief city council meeting Riverside Avenue and other summer near the swimming pool chosen for the Angel Walk is the on his aortic valve had to be par- was dominated by a discussion areas on the Angel Walk route to could encourage usage of the park silver lining of all their trials with tially removed. When the tumor about the sixth annual 5-kilometer ensure a smooth surface for the facilities. Jonah,” the selection committee grew back a year and a half later, fun run, walk and youth biking participants, who often fan out on Meanwhile, the city swimming said in a press release. “They doctors were forced to remove the event, which in recent years has the roadway as they make their pool staff is nearly in place. were very emotional and felt so tumor and replace his aortic valve. included a classic car show. way through town. Pegram said that some of the humbled that this community During his last surgery earlier this In each of the past two years, The city crew also will try prospective lifeguards already would support them.” month, a mechanical mitral valve city employees and elected to do pick up in the alleyways have received certifi cation, much Noonan’s Syndrome is an au- was placed. This confused the officials have used the Angel during the two Saturdays of the to Christoffersen’s relief. tosomal dominant congenital electrical conduction in his heart, Walk as a catalyst to clean streets community cleanup. “I don’t think we will run into disorder that causes congenital so doctors operated to give Jonah and alleyways and encourage Traditionally, residents have the snag that we did last year,” heart defects, short stature, learn- a pacemaker a few days later. residents to participate in a been encouraged to use the time to the mayor said, referring to the ing problems, webbed neck and Through his family’s journey citywide cleanup. do some spring cleaning on their diffi culty the city had in getting a fl at nose bridge. Jonah also has with Jonah, the young boy’s fa- The community cleanup will private property, too. an adequate amount of certifi ed scoliosis and is deaf, although his ther, Tony, has been inspired to take place this year on April 23 Eidemiller said that the cleanup lifeguards as well as offering cochlear implants have worked return to school and study to be and April 30, the two Saturdays campaigns of recent years have swimming lessons to the city’s well and he is able to say a few a social worker. He expects to before the May 7 fun run and car done wonders for the appearance youth. words. graduate in the spring of 2017. show that benefi ts the Angel Walk of the town. Pegram said many of the Jonah’s mother, Mandy, calls These days, Tony attends school pediatric medical fund. “We’re heads and tails above prospective 2016 employees him their miracle baby. full-time and works part-time “We’d like all the participation last year as far as how clean the already have certification in Unable to conceive, Mandy doing drug testing for Canyon we can get from the citizens,” town looks,” Eidemiller said. giving swimming lessons. and Tony traveled to Texas to County. Police Chief Jeff Eidemiller said. The general appearance of town The swimming pool walls will also includes reducing the number have to be repaired before the of at-large dogs and poultry on the pool opens, Smith said, because DOG GROOMING city’s residential streets. the surface has deteriorating $ 50 City clerk and treasurer Alice in the few years since it was SMALL DOGS just 27 Have a Pegram said that residents have refurbished. Free Pickup and Delivery for Local Senior Citizens purchased 165 dog tags and nine The public swimming season news tip? chicken coop registrations for usually begins after the end of WESERVING BARTER! 2016. Eidemiller hinted that city the school year, and Smith said Rub-A-Dub Dog YOUR PETS code enforcement offi cer Harvey the repairs would have to be SINCEDROP-INS 2011 Call us! Where Happiness is a Clean Dog WELCOME!DROP-INS Gist will begin specifi c patrols completed once water can be left WELCOME! aimed at unlicensed canines now in the pool without the danger of 208-249-0799 Credit Cards 102 E. Utah, Homedale 337-4681 that folks have had more than freezing temperatures. on Facebook: Rubadubdog Homedale Accepted three months to buy current dog tags. — JPB

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Sex crimes part of OCSO The Spot detective’s workload reopens Arrest made in they came forward because when they don’t come forward you see A brother and sister have one of several there is (a crime) that can continue reopened a Marsing restaurant to happen and can happen for that has been closed since last open lewd cases years until they get caught.” summer. Owyhee County Level 1 Dep- The Spot is now being run by Jeff Wasson has a tough time uty Gary Peer, who Wasson says Amanda Merritt of Nampa and leaving work at the offi ce some has training in investigating sex Robert Caldwell of Marsing. days. crimes, helps in the cases. Merritt has taken on the job The Owyhee County Sheriff’s “I use a couple of Level 1s to of business manager while detective is in the middle of sev- help me with some of the legwork Caldwell is kitchen manager. eral sex crimes investigations, of locating people,” Wasson said. Their parents, Brent and Lisa some of which have resulted in “And I have resources throughout Merritt, purchased the building recent arrests. the state to help me with certain for the two to operate. “Unfortunately, you don’t like aspects.” Caldwell said he has worked taking these kind of cases because Getting DNA results from the in restaurants for the past 18 they do affect you,” Wasson said. state lab in Meridian is another years and makes everything “It doesn’t matter if it’s a juvenile aspect to the process. Wasson said from scratch. or adult the emotional process it could take up to a year to get The phone number for The they go through is still different test results back because of the Spot remains the same, (208) but similar and you feel the ef- backlog at the facility. 896-5055. fects of that. There are other complications The restaurant is open from “At the same time, you have to to an already diffi cult process. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday keep an open mind, and you can’t Wasson said some allegations through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 9 rush to judgment.” involve incidents from four or p.m., Friday and Saturday, and Wasson fi gures he’s working fi ve years ago. Some witnesses noon to 6 p.m., Sunday. about seven sexual abuse cases — and victims — are no longer The Spot is located at 12 right now, including one in which in Owyhee County and must be Sandbar Ave., near the Snake a 44-year-old Homedale man was tracked down for the investiga- River bridge. arrested shortly before 6 p.m. on tions to proceed. — SC Thursday. “I know there are two that Humberto Rico is out on we’ve received in recent weeks $50,000 bond after being charged that happened up to three or four with sexual abuse of a child under years ago,” Wasson said. 16 and lewd conduct with a minor Tips come from interaction under 16. Both are felony counts with the public, or calls to OCSO and the alleged offenses involve a dispatch or from disclosures from 10-year-old girl, offi cials say. the Idaho Department of Health Rico’s arrest was confi rmed by and Welfare. OCSO Chief Deputy Lynn Bow- Wasson encourages folks to call man on Monday morning. dispatch at (208) 495-1154 if they Rico and another man accused have information on any crimes, of felony sexual abuse, Marsing but says timely reporting of pos- Housing Authority manager Rob- sible sex crimes is vital. ert C. Troxel Jr., are scheduled “It’s always easier to fi nd out for April 11 felony arraignments about these things sooner than Above: Amanda Merritt of in Murphy. later just because of the fact you Nampa and her brother Robert The two cases represent what have everything that’s fresh,” he Caldwell of Marsing held a Sheriff Perry Grant recently called said. grand opening celebration an “uptick” in sex crimes Wasson Wasson also has other crimes last Wednesday for The Spot. has begun investigating over the that he’s investigating outside of Right: Caldwell, who is past month. his sex crimes responsibilities. kitchen manager, throws some “I’m investigating seven right “This is just part of my case- freshly made dough. now, and some have multiple load,” he said. “I have multiple victims,” Wasson said. other cases that aren’t related to The detective said as many as sex crimes that I also work.” 20 victims total could be contact- On average, he has 12 to 15 ed as the investigations continue. cases — ranging from burglaries One case may have included as to suspicious deaths — on his many as seven victims, he said. desk, he said. “I like my job and I like doing — JPB what I do, but there are certain Find out calls you don’t like, and those What’s happening kind of bother you a little bit,” Read Calendar each week Wasson said. in the Avalanche “But in the long run you’re glad

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Sheriff visits “I have never seen an arrest before, but County asks Northwestern these guys were slick. He didn’t have a SEAN CHANEY, reporter chance.” — Bob Briggs MarsingProperty to owners s filel appeal of wrecking yard, 3 for training pay $1,693 Farwell CUP in back taxes FFA championship, Page 12 Rimrock wins district ag mechanics E-mail: [email protected]; Ext.: 103 appeal hearing The City of Marsing is being hit with a bill from the Owyhee date set County Treasurer’s Office in an Minutes after discussing late attempt to recoup $1,693.32 in charges due on two sheriff’s back taxes owed on a property the office credit cards, the Board of city now owns. County Commissioners granted a In April, the city purchased a Established 1865 JENNIFER STUTHEIT, offi ce temporary credit limit extension home that went into foreclosure on Sheriff Daryl Crandall’s at 211 2nd Ave. W. The city had card. filed a lien against the property The credit limit extension from in 2007 for delinquent water Marsing girls’ basketball team keeps rolling, 12 $1,500 to $2,500 apparently is for WEDNESDAY, OCSO vehicle controversy, Page 3 bills. In April, a sheriff’s sale took JANUARY 12, 2011 meals and lodging related to a 19- place for the delinquent property. Disaster auction, Page 3 day trip to Evanston, Ill., for an [email protected]; Ext.: 101 New truck not paid for before use Homedale trustees’Marsing became the owner of the E-mail: executive management training property for $10,000; no other Raffle tickets still on sale Marsing-area resident Bob Briggs feeds Enrico Ponzo’s cows early on Saturday morning. Briggs 20 Owyhee wrestlers reach State meet, In Sports Coaches depart course offered at Northwestern bids were received at the time of rs University. was talking with Ponzo when FBI Agents arrested him neardecision his Marsing home on Feb. on7. levythe sheriff’s sale. reac Page 15 Established 1865 Crandall originally requested During the city council meeting that commissioners double his JANUARY 5, 2011 OOW WEDNESDAY, on Wednesday night, council Marsing grad writes novel, Page 11 HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY,LEE,, OIDAHO credit limit to $3,000. FBI agents arrest fugitive with mafia VOL. 26, NO. 1 75 CENTS election set Tuesdaymembers James Ferdinand, Aron ROBERT AMAN, com po si tion “Not that I’ll ever use that Striebel and Marie Herman voted much, but just to be on the safe Austin draws on experiences connections living outsideSchool of district Marsing decision onto a pay levy the election bill. Stella at a Bush voted side,” the sheriff said.New commissioners In what could have been a plot line straight out “I have never seen an arrest before, but thesespecial guys Tuesdaynot to meeting. pay the bill. A stipulation The sheriff said he received of an Owyhee County youth Y 26, 2011 of Hollywood, Marsing jumped into the national were slick.could He didn’t seek have a upchance,” to Briggs Duringsaid. awas meeting made byscheduled the council that the WEDNESDAY, JANUAR a scholarship to pay for most bill would be paid if the accrued spotlight ceon after federalMonday agents arrested a former “It was a well-operated job. I didn’t know whatfor was6:30 p.m. at the district office, OU of the expenses takefor the class, offi $800K over 2 years penalties were removed from the HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO New England-area mobster who had been living going on. I was sitting in my truck talking with116 ‘Jay’ E. Owyhee Ave., trustees will but didn’t share theTwo amount commissioners-elect of take the oath of Facing a fund balance decimated total. E-mail: [email protected]; Ext.: 105 on the outskirts of town. about hay for his cows. A truck drove past considerus, and asking patrons to approve WEDNESDAY, 75 CENTS the scholarship or specifics of FEBRUAR VOL. 26, NO. 4 office Monday in Murphy.Enrico Ponzo, known by his neighbors and friends he saidby to decliningme ‘That isproperty a cop’. taxI didn’t revenue think anythinga two-year supplementalPaul J. Fitzer levy wasthat present as Y 23, 2011 the course during the Feb. 7 Kelly Aberasturias for Jeffrey District “Jay” 2 and Shaw Joe Merrick was arrested after nearly two about itand because two years I had of seendwindling the truck support down pastcould my be as thelow city’s as the legal $520,000 counsel for the HMS engineering meeting in Murphy. He said he for District 3 will begindecades their on terms the lamafter from a 10 a.m.federal agents. propertyfrom a few the daysIdaho ago. Legislature, the levy passedWednesday in August meeting.2009 to He told the Public input sought was the only applicant to receive ceremony in CourtroomThe 2 mediaof the Owyhee blitz began County after the FBI issued a “TheHomedale truck turned School around District near Board the cemeterybuild the Canyon-Owyheecouncil this was School a bill that they a scholarship. Courthouse, 20381 State Hwy. 78. of Trustees will make a final didn’t need to pay. He noted press release following an inquiry by The Owyhee and then another car came out of nowhere and –– students heading Crandall briefly Aberasturielaborated starts a four-year term, succeeding a post-sale See Levy, lien page by 4 the county Avalanche. blocked us in. I think another one came out of the at Homedale LID on what he called “kind of an fellow Homedale residentThe 42-year-old George Hyer. was A Grandarrested without incident subdivision on the hill. I was just flabbergasted at isn’t possible and if the city paid honor for me” after District 2 New terms begin in Murphy View resident, Merricknear hiswill home serve twoon Hoggyears inRoad south of the the scene.”Homedale councilthe to bill ithear would be a goodLeft: faith New Districtt 3 CommCommissioner Joe Merrick, right, repeat Commissioner Kellysuccession Aberasturi of Murphy’s Dick Freund. gesture. s the oath of office to District 1 Commissioner Published each week in Homedale, Idaho by Owyhee Avalanche, Inc. Entered to D.C. after win Homedale-Marsing Cemetery on Feb. 7. The arrest Ponzo has been wanted by the FBI in Boston Jerry Hoagland. Right:ght: NeNew District 2 Commissioner Kelly Aberasturi was the meeting Thursday City competition, which was held fice to begin new asked the sheriff toAlso explain taking the oath of of Kelly Abersaturi Mayor Keith Greenoaths told duringthe a Monday morning ceremony i first of six people to take at Boise State University. was made by FBI agents along with members of the since 1994 for conspiracy to commit murder. He day mo n Murphy. The Homedale City Council will Middle school’s the opportunity forfour-year the sake terms of are Clerk Charlotte Sherburn, District 2 proposal to limit parkingcouncil he felt the bill should be the $1 million project. A group of 11 students worked U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force, which was associated with the New England crime family hold a third public workshop on informing the public.Treasurer Brenda Richards, Assessor Brett paid. Construction brought on the essay, model, simulation includes the Ada and Canyon County Sheriff’s La CosaThe Nostra Homedale in the lateCity 1980s. Council is the Local Improvement District. third trip to Crandall said theEndicott training and is Coroner Harvey Grimme. The four 100 block of West“We Idaho can argueAvenue and Newfight the commissioners take of streetlight, asphalt and sidewalk Offices and the Nampa Police Department. Briggsexpected said tothe discuss scene establishingwas “like nothing a I have com This time, the public will be as Periodical, paid at the Post Offi ce at Homedale, ID under the Act of March 3, and presentation surrounding a “feather in our hat” and will are incumbents, with“... onlyYou neverSherburn think seeing about athe Mafia out here,” ever seen before”. He remembered theand agents on the portionsbill and of pay East the Idaho attorneys. Or, we fice allowed to give comment. improvements to Idaho Avenue Future City their Future City, called Dynamis. be beneficial to the sheriff’s parking limit to North Main Street challenge in last year’sneighbor Republican Bob Briggs primary said. from“That is the kind of stuff asking Ponzo if he was “Jay Shaw” and Avenuethen told and Northcan pay 2nd this Street and East be done New with it,” OCSOO hirhires, pay raise Treasurer Brenda Richards and Assesso The public meeting takes places and a four-block city core Martin’s students received help office. According to County when it meets for the r Brett Marsing resident youDebbie see onTitus. television.” him they had a federal warrantfirst timefor his in arrest.that border CityGreen Park. said. “I feel we should pay Endicott. Chief Deputy Coroner Aaron Tines also at 7 p.m. Thursday, and follows the bordered by First Streets to the regional pays off from volunteer mentor and Clerk Charlotte Sherburn, the 2011 tonight. After the swearing-in ceremony, the Board The councilit alsoand getwill it consider over with.” among firstrst decisions took the oath in place of his boss, Coroner Harve regular City Council meeting that east and west, Owyhee Avenue to Homedale resident Don Vander Briggs moved to the area in 1956 and said this “WhenThe Jay meeting told me starts that atit 6was p.m. a copat that drove y training began Mondayof County and lasts Commissioners reorganization takes approving a dealOwyhee to lease County space Prosecuting Grimme. the north and Wyoming Avenue The third time was the charm Boegh, who owns Vander Boegh was probably one of the biggest things to happen in past,City I didn’t Hall, believe 31 W. him.Wyoming It sure Ave. didn’t look like Pointing out that with thetheir new terms will come begins at 6 p.m. Both meetings through March 9. place, including the election of a new board on the old cityAttorney water tower Douglas for a D. Emery to the south. for a group of Homedale Middle Owyhee County since the Claude Dallas manhunt a cop to me,” Briggs said. “I asked one of the new challenges, Board of County Commis Later on Monday, Hoagland was appointed for a will be held at City Hall, 31 W. Engineering. While the commissionerschair. District 1 Commissioner Jerry Hoagland In an agenda item requested rd of C sioners 1879. POSTMASTER: send address changes to THE OWYHEE AV A LANCHE, T-Mobile cellular phone antenna. third consecutive term as BOCC chair. Assessments payable over a School eighth-graders, who now “This is such an accomplishment in the 1980s. by Homedale Drug Store–– ownerSee Ponzo, page 5 chairman Jerry Hoaglandgland sswore in two new col Wyoming Ave. –– See BOCC,(R-Wilson) page 5 has been chairman of the board for AT&T already leases part–– See of Marsing,the page 5 - “I feel you’ve been here, and you understand how 10-year period by owners of more are preparing for a trip to the for our FCE students and arMrs. Rodney Roe, the council will hear leagues Monday. Heart awareness event draws scores Based on the discussion from New safety signs in a new year the past two years. tower for cell service. it works.Physical I’m just education as green instructor as they come. Dan MooreI can l leads 180 students in stretching exercises before a public work session on the LID than 100 parcels within the LID nation’s capital. Martin,” HMS tudentsprincipal to clear Lucilear the crosswalk on Monday Joe Merrick an argument for restricted parking District 2 Commissionerssioner Kelly Aberasturi and ean nt draws score Hoagland is the only BOCC holdover and is Standing reports also are on the backThursday’s and learn Jumpfrom Ropeyour expertise,”for Heart activity Merrick at saidHomedale Elementary School. should be issued later this year, MotoristsTurning line up inas theya dominating wait for Homedale Asumendi-Mereness High School s said. “Ifor am whi District 3 much like the two-hour parking District 3 Commissionerner Joe Merrick were among tudents in stretching from Feb. 9, council members up for re-election in 2012. BLM News 2Sports 12-15agenda for the police department, to Hoagland after Aberasturi nominated the District but the council afternoon.performance The crosswalk that wonis one several of two spanningvery happy East for Idaho the FCE heAvenue school. team, forl. our which city crews installed limits that are now in place on five elected officials and a proxy taking the oa Elementary School. still are trying to first must decide P.O. 97, Homedale, ID 83628. fi Subscribe today city attorney, mayor and city th gure out how how improvements are assessed safety awards,signs last students month to from enhance Jennifer pedestrian school safety and around community, t a huge East Owyhee Avenue across from of office in a ceremonyny insiinside Courtroom 1 at to divvy up who pays for what in Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Water Report 3Commentary 16-17council members and public the –– See Office, page 5 to each piece of property. Martin’s Science class finally accomplishment. Homedale High School, in the InsideOwyhee County Courthousethouse in Murphy. directly to you each Wednesday works department. Grand–– County searches View for new building of reached the pinnacle Saturday Obituaries 6Looking Back 18 Also sworn in weree Clerk Charlotte She ficial, page 5 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Man charged rburn, at the seventh Idaho Regional –– See HMS, PropertyPr owners to appeal page 5 Calendar Making7Legals 19-22 with six felonies Possible law Crews act fast DisasterNational Engineers Auction Week Future Call 337-4681 breaks ground Library News the rounds9Classifieds 22-23 Page 4 to repair Oreana NewN Marsing Chamber change will steams toward golden P&P&Z’s wrecking yardmembers decision Clay Atkins and Jeff Marsing Hard- on water facility roadway Christoffersen were in favor of ware and Pump Owyhee County road maintenance Council set to discussDeveloperDe says salvage southwest of owner Chris Sa- impact school the development. Dan Landa and officers eye turnaroundBoise worker John Tyson uses a shovel to Homedale could create six jobs; foes Martin Jaca, both of whom were love, right, smiles firm expects hold up a communications line anniversary event h as he meets witwith LID in workeighth grades. Auctionsession committee in their final month on ththe board, h JolynJ Green at the to andcomplete energy, the struggling project group can put board races during Wednesday repair of a have traffic, safsafetyety concerns voted against aawardingwarding tthe CUP. the town’s ChamCham-- Annual Subscription Rates: Help sought members and area businesses will its feet back on the ground and move Anyone planning on running sinkhole on Oreana Loop Road Appeals to the decisiodecisionio can be ber of Commerce’sCommerce’s Public will be sellallowed the $10 raf fltoe tickets. sit in, but no values and take prime agricultagriculturalural helmh of struggling forwardin September supporting local businesses. for a seat on a school board could near Picket Creek in Oreana. Concerned citizens will appeal filed at the PlaPlanningnning anandn Zoning new president JolynJolyn on historic list The auction will start at 10:13 land out of serservice.vice. During the Jan. 5 meeting, the have less time to make their Heavy rains led to reports of comment will be taken a county decisidecisionon to allow an Department’s Murphy ooffice until Green, center, andand The plan to solve arsenic woes in the City of Grand final a.m. on Saturday,Harold Wilson,Feb. 5 at citythe attorney- The Owyhee CounCountyty Planning organization Chamber held nominations for the decision after a recent vote by the flooding on Silver Creek and No public comment will be auto salvage yayardrd southwest of 5 p.m. today. TThehe county charges a vice-president John View’s drinking water has taken another step with of chairmen Phipps-WatsonStephanie Marsing J. BonneyAmerican and person and ZoningZoning Comm Commissionission last offices of president, vice-president, Idaho Legislature. Reynolds Creek roads recently, it Homedale. file an appeal. DeOsio. The Marsing Chamber of Commerce taken, but the HomedaleLegion City Communitynel from Center.the city’s engineering $3,000 fee to a groundbreaking ceremony for a planned water On Wednesday, legislators Tickets for the raffle associated Developer- Sean Farwell has said month narrowly approved a is hoping that with new organization Owyhee County...... $31.80 was revealed in the Jan. 18 Board Council will convene an open rm Project Engineering Consul After meeting Thursday night, treatment plant. Contact ficommittee members conditional use permit for Farwell –– See Chamber, finalized changes to election law of County Commissioners meeting. with the annualmeeting Marsing Thursday Disaster to work on the project to be located near the neighboring land owners decided Several Grand View of page 5 Deb Holzheytants Inc.,(573-3659) are scheduled or to attend. to establish a wrecking yard on 14 ficials were on hand, including with what has been classi Photos by Carol Brand Auction godetails on sale of thenext Local week, Improvement corner of Market and Homestead to file an appeal, according to a Mayor Paul Spang and his wife Verla, City Council fied by Pete Smit (863-8742)The required or public e-mail hearing will acres in a multi-use zone 1½ miles Subscribe today Obituaries 6 one official as clean up legislation and organizers continue to accept roads will create about six full- property owner who hosted the Church listingsmember 17David Buf District. fle marsingdisasterauction@gmail. southwest of Homedale. Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered fington, City Council member and for a 2009 law. y v donations of Theitems work for the session raf to discuss time jobs. Opponents stated in a meeting but wished to remain Calendar Water and Sewer Association president Opal Ward, th com to donate to the raffle or Nine days after the hearing directly to you each Wednesday 7 Commentary House Bill 60 clarified and as well as the 50 anniversary Dec. 1 hearing that the operation 18-19 supplem elements of the LID, includingauction. as anonymous. The property owner public works directorInside Robert Servis and public works corrected several elements to auction. in Murphy, the P&Z voted 3-2 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Peary Perry Canyon, Ada counties...... 37.10 Homedale trusteesto pass a settwo-year, $720,000levy supplemental vote levy. If pects of the property assessments, will create a safety hazard by 7Looking Backassistant Dan Whitted. bills thi Auction organizers also are to allow Farwell’s CUP. P&Z 20 election law. It was made effective passed, it would appear on tax bills this fall, afterAs the always, will $1 begin raffle at 7 tickets p.m. at City Hall, increasing traffic and also will –– See Salvage, page 5 “The project came aboutHoliday because of the collective wyhee S chair Connie Brandau and Water report 9 Legals retroactive to Jan. 1, which — if Election on two-year, current $520,000 Canyon-Owyheeer School l Serviceswill be available 31 W. through Wyoming Marsing Ave. It follows Auction, page 9 have a negative impact on land Call 337-4681 efforts21-22 of the whole Grand View community,” Paul Cent fifth through –– See closures list signed by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter Agency Regional Technical Center levy expires.schoolchildrenthe in council’s the regular meeting, Sports 13-17 Spang said. $720K levy slated March 8 a possib Classifieds 22-23 — will trigger a change in the Trustees began discussing an.a possible 18 s levy election which starts at 6 p.m. 11-14 The construction bid was Pageawarded in 2 the fall to Boise Water report 3 Sports Cityity officials ttoss the election calendar. in December, and set the Jan.r to 18 me special meeting The public may attend this firm Contractors Northwest, Inc. The improvement oss the first shovelfuls of dirt for the new Grand View water treatment Facing uncertainty in both the stability of property fice 15 plant.t. 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Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 5 From page 1 √ Irrigation: Reservoir may not fi ll, but water year looking much better 3.0 acre-feet of water to use this year, according to interim SBOC manager John Eells. “We’re looking for that to go up, but that depends on how much water we get in the reservoir,” Eells said. Eells said the April 11 is the tentative date for water to turn in to the system, including old Gem from the Snake River. He said the April 11 date for old Gem is especially tentative because offi cials haven’t nailed down a date to crank up the Gem Pumping Plant. Although fortunes are looking reversed from last year’s 1.7 acre-feet allotment, Owyhee Irrigation District manager Jay Chamberlin said he expected Owyhee Reservoir’s gloryhole Owyhee Irrigation District manager Jay Chamberlin, standing behind South Board interim manager John Eells, points out that fi ve countries to stay inactive for the fifth make up the bulk of the irrigation capacity to feed the rest of the world. consecutive year, but crews have feet of water, which was more standpoint, it looks better than it Homedale and P.T. Rathbone of heard are wrong,” Turner told the refurbished the ring gate valves than twice as much as was stored has in the last few years,” Sauer Marsing questioned the project protesting growers. “When this just in case. Offi cials haven’t been at the same time in 2015. said. because they perceive that it benefi ts was voted in, it was before the forced to spill out of the reservoir But the amount of water rushing Although the meeting’s Landa. Rathbone also questioned the landowner was on the board.” since 2011. into the reservoir at the Rome, attendance was smaller than the mingling of South Canal (reservoir) Turner also pointed out that the The ring gate maintenance Ore., gauge may not increase 2015 gathering, some in the crowd water with A Canal (Gem Pumping 17.7 project is part of more than was part of a massive project before canals are fi lled, he said. made up for the empty chairs Plant) water. a decade of conservation projects inside the dam that included “It’s going to take a weather with vocal curiosity about South Eells pointed out that Landa totaling $2.5 million. Eells said trying to preserve metal staircases event, in my opinion, to see a uptick Board’s ongoing 17.7 lateral wasn’t a board member when the work improves water quality that are susceptible to the moist in infl ows,” Chamberlin said. piping project. South Board directors approved and also saves the South Board conditions inside the huge Brian Sauer of the Bureau of According to Eells, enclosing the 700-acre pressurization project on aquatic and weed chemical concrete structure. Reclamation said early run-off the 17.7 lateral is an ongoing during manager Ron Kiester’s costs because piping eliminates “You benefit from a system may be a “new paradigm” that project funded by a $300,000 administration. He also reminded the possibility of algae buildup that’s really a monument to this water offi cials and farmers will cost-share grant from the federal the room that the Owyhee Dam in the water and weed growth on valley,” Chamberlin told farmers have to get used to. Bureau of Reclamation. was constructed in part to help ditchbanks. in regard to the 84-year-old facility Sauer also announced that the Hundreds of feet of pipe has supplement water pumped out of Wilke Farms representatives that is on the Register of National forecast of 863,000 acre-feet into been installed as part of a project the Snake River. and Rathbone demanded more Historic Places. the reservoir this year was revised to mitigate dumping silt into the Landa remained quiet for most accountability on the project, Chamberlin said periodic fl ights downward to 750,000 acre-feet system from Jump Creek, Eells of the discussion, but pointed out including where funding was over the 11,000-mile Owyhee because lower elevation snow has said. South Board officials are that whatever advantage he now coming from and how it was watershed has created optimism disappeared. The number is still concerned that federal Clean has came through the installation being spent. for a better year. He said during 150 percent of average. Water Act regulations put forth of a number of pivots he has At fi rst, at special night meeting a February flyover there was He said the El Niño weather by the Environmental Protection purchased and erected on his was planned, but a couple days plentiful snow in places that were pattern that brought a wet fall Agency regarding total maximum acreage. after the water users meeting, Eells barren of moisture at the same and mild winter will continue daily loads could affect the local Div. 3 director Dennis Turner said the meeting would remain an time last year. into July. system because of the silt build-up spoke for South Board during the afternoon affair beginning at 1 On the morning of the meeting, “So you can look forward to in the creek. 17.7 discussion. p.m. on Tuesday at the South the reservoir held 400,000 acre- a hot summer, but from a water Growers such as Tom Wilke of “Some of the things you’ve Board offi ce. — JPB

√ Bond: Public input sought on proposals ultimately approved by a super The election was initially some people thought school majority (66 2/3 percent) of the scheduled for May 17, but — at offi cials were rushing into things voting patrons, money could be Stewart’s suggestion — school for a May election. Other folks used to combine the high school board trustees pushed that date have asked what the need is for and middle school populations back to give the community the building, and what it would into one facility and build a new more time to comment on the look like. gymnasium. proposal. The district’s bonding capacity The current middle school Stewart said he’s heard that is $13.5 million. building might be used for expanded educational opportunities and offi ce space, Marsing but nothing has been solidifi ed, district superintendent Norm Gun Show Stewart said previously. 4BUVSEBZ
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University-Idaho in Rexburg April 6: Orange chicken, steamed rice, steamed broccoli Austin is the son of Troy and where Kirsi majors in Marriage Jamie Cannaday. and Family Studies and Austin Kirsi and Austin will be wed at majors in Healthcare Adminis- Homedale Middle the Boise LDS Temple on Friday, tration. Fruit & salad bar and milk served daily March 30: Chicken nuggets or orange chicken, steamed rice, April 8, 2016. A reception will The couple will live in Rex- Kirsi Thatcher and Austin Can- broccoli follow from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at burg. naday. March 31: Mini corn dogs or fi sh nuggets, steamed carrots, cookie April 4: Beef or chicken taco, corn, fruit & salad bar, milk April 5: Spicy chicken sandwich or hamburger, tater tots Honor roll April 6: Spaghetti or corn dog, mixed veggies Homedale High Marsing Middle School Salad bar, fruit choice and milk served daily March 30: Crispito or BBQ chicken w/roll, steamed carrots Third quarter Rosalynn, 3.71; Heitz, Chloe Ann, Daphne June, 3.43; Arellano, Si- March 31: Chicken parmesan w/pasta or corn dog, green beans 3.71; Meade, Ross Thomas, 3.71; erra May, 3.43; Garcia, Mauricio, April 4: Pepperoni pizza ripper or roast beef sandwich Principal’s List Sevy, Hannah Francine, 3.71; 3.43; Jimenez, Johan, 3.43; Mill- April 5: Beef taco or burrito 4.0 grade-point average Tracy, Christina Nicole, 3.71; er, Troy Mathieu, 3.43; Molina Jr, April 6: Orange chicken or popcorn chicken, steamed rice, cookie Eighth-graders — Beagley, Wainman, Jade Grace, 3.71; and Jesus, 3.38; Acosta, Gabriel Nico- Brittany Anne; Brown, Moses Moore, Tony Max, 3.61; Ander- las, 3.29; Clair, Jonathon Lowell, Philip Jackson; Freeman, Caden son, Zachary Joe, 3.57; Archer, 3.29; Newman, Emilee O, 3.29; Marsing George; Jensen, Lauren Sedna; Laela Taylor, 3.57; Gonzalez, Eells, Dalton Gene, 3.20; Ar- Salad bar is available to Mid High or High School students daily Lee, Isaac Curtis; and Morton, Odezza, 3.57; Grant, Slade F., riaga, Isai, 3.14; Deneke, Brooke March 30: Spaghetti w/breadstick or beef fi nder steaks, green beans, Halle Mae 3.57; Roper, Mazzi L, 3.57; and Ann, 3.14; Montes III, Atanacio, fruit & veggie bar, milk Seventh-graders — Chris- Wasson, Fallon Shea’, 3.57 3.14; Plascencia, Nicolas Chris, March 31: Chicken fried steak or oven roasted chicken, potatoes/ tiansen, Hailey Nicole; Cuevas, Sixth-graders — Clover, Sadie 3.14; Quezada, Esmeralda Yes- gravy, buttered corn, wheat roll, fruit & veggie bar, milk Gabriela; Meade, Benji Mc- Dawn, 3.86; Eells, Vicki Jane, enia, 3.14; Ramirez, Guadalupe April 4: Chicken nuggets, roll or fi sh sandwich, mixed vegetable Cullough; and Percifi eld, Delaney 3.86; Gonzalez, Arely, 3.86; San- Monter, 3.14; Randolph, Wesley April 5: Spicy chicken & rice, roll or super nacho, steamed carrots May chez, Alexander John, 3.86; Sevy, James, 3.14; Battaglia, Morgan April 6: Rib-b-que, mac & cheese, breadstick, corn Sixth-graders — Barker, Tyrel Lazarus Robert William, 3.86; Ann, 3.00; Bernal, Victoria B, Jamie; Brown, Kathryn Oliv- Enrico, Dominic Melquiades, 3.00; Clay, Carter David, 3.00; Bruneau-Grand View ia; Ferdinand, Harlee Jo; Hall, 3.71; Loucks, Alexis Kimberly, Prado, Isaac Zachariah, 3.00; Fruit and milk served daily Mardee Jo; Jensen, Shea Emily; 3.71; Milburn, Anita Marie, 3.71; Wood, Destiny Michelle, 3.00; March 30-31: No school Jerome, Max Pliny; Morton, Noah Sevy, Calvin Lewis, 3.71; Ber- and Wood, Titus Michael, 3.00 April 5: Chicken wrap, romaine & tomato, carrots, pudding David; Porter, Carter Wayne; ends, Daisy Rose, 3.57; Brown, Sixth-graders — Anderson, April 6: Spaghetti w/meat sauce, romaine salad, peas, breadstick Solis de Leon, Evelinn Marisol; Colton Pride, 3.57; Freeman, Curtis James, 3.43; Archer, Mason Stansell, Regan Anita; and With- Ethan Ford, 3.57; Jacobi, Tray- Jeffery, 3.43; Bennion, Teagan COSSA ers, Samuel Martin ton Angelo, 3.57; and Ramirez Gerald, 3.43; Deneke, Rebecca Fruit served daily 3.99 to 3.5 GPA Monter, Christal, 3.57 Lynne, 3.43; Jerome, McKenzy March 30: Meatloaf, potatoes/gravy, corn Eighth-graders — Lagunas, Rose, 3.43; Marcial, Vanessa, March 31: Grilled cheese, tomato soup, salad & carrots Constantino, 3.85; Loucks, Em- Honor roll 3.43; Patterson, Zechariah Xav- ily Grace, 3.77; Ayuban, Joshua 3.0 to 3.49 GPA ior, 3.43; Rodriguez Alvarez, Andrei, 3.71; Beagley, Alli Ree, Eighth-graders — Berends, Jenifer, 3.43; Franklin, Madison 3.71; Van Hout, Natalie M.L., Hayden Curtis, 3.43; King, Clan- Rae, 3.29; Moore, Shyanne Lynn, 3.71; Hall, Merrick Wesley, 3.69; cy Edward, 3.43; Villa, Aubrey, 3.29; Orndorff, Ryan James, 3.29; Senior menus Shippy, True Rayne, 3.69; Jerome, 3.43; Bennett, Autumn Rose, Jerome, Miles Phillip, 3.14; Mar- Homedale Senior Center Amy Joan, 3.57; Jerome, Lillie, 3.29; Berends, Eric Ted, 3.29; tin, Abigail Rose, 3.14; Robinson, Milk and salad bar served daily 3.57; Jerome, Patience Leigh, Bowman, Megan Dyann, 3.29; Riley Jean, 3.14; Arriaga, Rosa, March 30: Pizza w/assorted toppings, garden salad w/tomatoes 3.57; Oliveros, Joaquin de Jesus, Stanbery, Thomas James Everett, 3.00; Gegenheimer, Richard Lo- March 31: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, California blend 3.57; and Wood, Jessie Nicole, 3.29; Alvarez, Alondra, 3.14; Ire- gan, 3.00; Griggs, Karson Joanne, veggies, roll 3.57 land, Wes, 3.14; Merida Morales, 3.00; Gutierrez, Zitlali, 3.00; April 5: Baked fi sh, baked potato, peas & carrots, roll Seventh-graders — Larrusea, Moises, 3.14; Sevy, Jessica Joy, Moreno, Lizbeth, 3.00; Quebrado, April 6: Meatball sub, California blend veggies Alana Egustina, 3.86; Miller, 3.14; and Komakhuk, Desiree Noel, 3.00; Sierra Calderon, Perla, Annie Shundeen, 3.80; Barroso, Kay, 3.00 3.00; Thornton, Faith Ann, 3.00; 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As you move out with chute sides more often. This proceedings of which are given at length in the Statesman. We lay handlers and the fl ight zone, cattle will gener- leads to increased bruising of the before our readers that portion relating to Owyhee County. This was the animals, ally stop moving. Flight zone size animals. Whichever movement prepared by O. H. Purdy, Esq., of Silver City, and can be relied upon some princi- is determined by factors such as, aid or method is used, it should as correct, or as nearly so as statistics can be compiled. It would ples of animal frequency and quality (quiet vs. be used properly. Scott Jensen be impossible for any man to obtain an exact statement of the gold behavior and rough) of people contact and The 2016 Idaho Range Live- and silver product of mines where so much never gets into second the use of movement aids should genetics. Cattle that have been stock Symposium held in Mars- hands. We shall give the more important parts of the Boise report be considered. handled quietly have smaller ing on April 19 will feature a in our next issue. Cattle have wide-angle vision fl ight zones than animals that have low-stress livestock handling We have before said there should be a Mint at Boise City. The and are able to view objects that been handled roughly. demonstration led by Jim Keyes, report is intended to give the facts and fi gures to persuade Congress are located in front, to the sides, Cattle possess a herding in- livestock handling clinician from to think on this question as do the people of Idaho Territory. and behind them. With an angle of stinct. Cattle prefer to follow southeastern Utah. Jim will cover vision that exceeds 300 degrees, a leader and are motivated to animal handling on foot and WE are informed by residents of Jordan Valley that they intend to the only blind spot cattle have is maintain visual contact with each horseback. Contact the Exten- seed their ranches with grain and vegetables, and are now making an area that is located directly other. Handling facilities should sion offi ce for details. The event preparations. Considering the frequent Indian depredations, they are behind the animal. Cattle also be designed so that as animals is free, but pre-registration is taking desperate risks but are bound to go ahead. Such perseverance have depth perception, but have make their way through, they are requested. deserves Uncle Sam’s encouragement. If these pioneer farmers difficulty perceiving depth at able to see the preceding animals. succeed in raising and marketing a good crop they will be simply ground level while moving with Dead ends and solid blocking — For more information, con- rewarded – though but few would take such desperate chances for their heads up. To perceive depth gates should be avoided to prevent tact Scott Jensen at the University any consideration. at ground level, they must lower balking. of Idaho Owyhee County Exten- their heads, which helps to explain Another consideration is the sion at [email protected]. Jensen THE question of increasing the rate of County tax will come why cattle balk or shy away from use of movement aids (whips, is the U of I county extension edu- before the coming session of the County Commissioners. It is now objects and distractions occurring canes, electric prods, etc.). Cattle cator, and he welcomes questions one dollar on the hundred and it is believed to be good policy to at or near ground level. Cattle are have long memories. If handled on livestock care. increase it thirty cents. This would release the County of its debts by next October and leave money in the Treasury. As an act of economy, this increase recommends itself. With each to pay for services and labor performed for the County, the current expenses Calendar would be reduced one-half. At present, everyone charges the County Today Owyhee Ave., Homedale. (208) 337-4228, double what they would an individual – for the reason the paper of the former is selling at fi fty cents on the dollar. It is much better to Coffee club afternoons Monday through Saturday submit to a small increase one year and thereby raise County paper 9 a.m., Homedale Senior Center, 224 W. Idaho Teens and Tweens program to par and thus avoid paying two prices for everything. It is true Ave., Homedale. (208) 337-3020 4 p.m., Homedale Public Library, 125 W. Owyhee economy to make the proposed increase. Preschool Story Time Ave., Homedale. (208) 337-4228 afternoons 10:30 a.m., Lizard Butte Library, 111 S. 3rd Ave. Monday through Saturday STOLEN. On the night of the 21st inst., the Indians stole fi fteen W., Marsing. (208) 896-4690 Marsing FFA auction head of work cattle and two horses in Jordan Valley from Lewis After-school program 6 p.m., Marsing School District cafeteria, 8th Ranch. Ten head of the cattle belongs to Messrs. Bloom and Herd 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Knight Community Church, 630 Avenue West, Marsing. of Silver City – and were worth fully twelve hundred dollars. Three Idaho Ave., Grand View. (208) 834-2639 citizens and two soldiers pursued the thieves until their horses gave Kid’s Club Saturday out – but without retaking the stock. The horses used in pursuit 4 p.m. to 5 p.m., open to all school-aged children, Marsing gun show were poor and unable to endure much service. We get this report Crossroads Church, Idaho highway 19 and U.S. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Phipps-Watson Marsing from citizens of the valley, who inform us that they feel confi dent Highway 95, Wilder. (208) 789-3432 American Legion Community Center, 126 W. 2nd the Bruneau Indians are connected with the Jordan depredations. Homedale LDS youth taco feed fundraiser St. N., Marsing As they are the principal sufferers, we presume they are entitled 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., taco bar, silent auction and sale, HHS baseball fi eld dedication to put in a word. Homedale LDS Church, 708 W. Idaho Ave., 11 a.m., tours and children’s games, food; noon, Homedale. (208) 337-4112 dedication; 1 p.m., varsity game vs. Nampa Christian, Homedale High School baseball fi eld, Thursday North 4th Street East and East Owyhee Avenue. COSSA College & Career Expo Free lunches 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., COSSA Regional Technical Noon to 1 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 320 N. Kid's Club 6th St. W., Homedale. (208) 337-5419 Educational Center, 109 Penny Lane, Wilder. Every Wednesday 4:00-5:00 (208) 482-6074 Fit and fall exercise class Sunday All school-age kids welcome 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Homedale Senior Center, Marsing gun show 224 W. Idaho Ave., Homedale. (208) 337-3020 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Phipps-Watson Marsing American Vision Church food distribution Legion Community Center TFC 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Vision Community Church, 221 Faith Riders winter ride W. Main St., Marsing. (208) 779-7926 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Rafter S Indoor Arena, Allendale Teens For Christ TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meeting Road, Wilder. (208) 249-1595 or (208) 816-0714 EVERY WEDNESDAY 6:30 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 320 N. 6th Young Life meeting 7:00 - 8:00 PM St. W., Homedale. (208) 337-3867 6 p.m., open to high school-aged youth, Marsing school bond public hearing transportation available with notice, 15777 Quartz Crossroads Assembly of God 6:30 p.m., Marsing schools cafeteria, 211 8th Ave. Lane, Homedale. (208) 794-1048 $PSOFS
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TodayTod Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Sanders tops county 62º 34º Democrats’ caucus SunnyS 67º 38º 70º 39º 71º 44º 68º 41º 65º 35º 65º 33º two county delegates heading Vermont senator, to the state convention. James March 22 March 23 March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 Clinton split Cameron will be the Sanders 66º 36º 56º 29º 61º 29º 62º 33º 51º 24º 52º 20º 57º 27º delegate, and Sonja Pierce will be .02 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 trace Owyhee’s state for Clinton. Both are Homedale residents. Alternates are Alicia Ponce of Melba (Sanders) and SNOTEL report, Owyhee County sensors Water report delegates Snow Snow Year-to-date Previous day’s temperature Ray Heidt of Marsing (Clinton). Equiv. Depth Precip. Max Min Avg The Bureau of Reclamation Owyhee County Democrats Sanders received 40 votes (measured in inches) (measured in Fahrenheit) website showed that the Owyhee favored Bernie Sanders in last during the Owyhee County Mud Flat Reservoir was 55 percent full week’s presidential caucus. caucus. The 64.5 percent share 03/22 0.0 0 11.4 38 30 33 and that water was fl owing in 03/23 0.0 0 11.4 46 28 37 Sixty-two people caucused in of the vote was lower than the 78 03/24 0.0 0 11.4 50 28 39 the Owyhee River above the res- the University of Idaho Owyhee percent margin enjoyed by the 03/25 0.0 0 11.4 40 25 32 ervoir at Rome, Ore., at a rate of County Extension Office Vermont senator statewide. 03/26 0.0 0 11.4 45 18 34 1,573 cubic feet per second. Wa- conference room on March 22, Clinton received 22 votes (35.5 03/27 0.0 0 11.6 48 32 38 ter is fl owing out at Nyssa, Ore., 03/28 0.0 0 11.6 n/a n/a n/a choosing between Sanders, Hillary percent) in the Owyhee County at a rate of 13 cubic feet per sec- Clinton and Rocky De La Fuente. caucus room, which was higher Reynolds Creek ond. The reservoir held 395,403 “We had a great cross-section than the 21.21 percent share the 03/22 0.0 n/a 14.1 38 28 31 acre-feet of water on Monday. of ages represented,” county former First Lady, New York 03/23 0.0 n/a 14.1 44 28 36 Note — SNOTEL statistics 03/24 0.0 n/a 14.1 46 29 37 committee chair Pam Roylance senator and Secretary of State 03/25 0.0 n/a 14.2 35 24 29 were gathered from the Natural said, adding that one caucus-goer earned statewide. 03/26 0.0 n/a 14.3 40 21 33 Resources Conservation Service was a high school senior. De La Fuente received no votes 03/27 0.0 n/a 14.3 40 28 36 website at 3 p.m. Monday (Year- Clinton and Sanders split the from Owyhee County. 03/28 0.0 n/a 14.4 n/a n/a n/a to-date precipitation is measured South Mountain from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30.) Snow 03/22 12.1 29 27.7 36 26 29 depth sensors at Reynolds Creek 03/23 12.1 30 27.9 44 25 34 are inoperable. District 23 hopeful sets 03/24 12.2 28 28.0 46 27 37 — Information compiled from the 03/25 12.2 27 28.0 36 22 28 National Weather Service, Bureau of 03/26 12.2 28 28.0 42 20 33 Reclamation, Natural Resources Conser- Homedale open house 03/27 12.2 27 28.1 42 27 35 vation Service and Helena Chemical in 03/28 12.2 27 28.1 n/a n/a n/a Homedale Even with the passage of March works for Marsing School District, and presidential politics in the also has filed his Republican state, the election season is just candidacy for the District 23B getting warmed up. position. Gateway West on sage-grouse For the fi rst time in quite a few The general election race for election cycles, Owyhee County District 23B will be crowded with voters have multiple legislative Libertarian Christopher Jenkins of group’s April meeting agenda primary races to keep an eye Homedale and independent Bill for the Gateway West power line Owyhee County interests) on a on as the May 17 voting day Chisholm of Buhl gearing up. Murphy meeting is among the topics. different footing. approaches. Incumbent Rich Wills (R-Glenns moved to next The BLM recently released BLM will take comment until Megan Blanksma, a Hammett Ferry) faces a primary challenge the draft supplemental EIS with June 9. The last public meeting in a resident, is challenging incumbent from Hammett’s Christy Zito. Wednesday co-preferred alternatives for series throughout the region is set Pete Nielsen of Mountain Home Democrat Mary Ann Richards Segments 8-9 that would put for 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, for the Republican nomination of Homedale is seeking her party’s The Owyhee County Sage- the 500-kilovolt transmission April 21 inside McKeeth Hall. for the District 23B state House nomination for the District 23A Grouse Local Working Group line back on portions of private Other topics for next week’s of Representatives seat. seat. has changed the date of its next property in Owyhee County. LWG meeting include: Blanksma will make another The only District 23 incumbent meeting to 7 p.m. next Wednesday The Morley Nelson Birds of Prey • A Governor’s Offi ce of Species appearance in Homedale on who doesn’t have a challenge this inside McKeeth Hall at the Owyhee National Conservation Area will be Conservation proposal Saturday with an open house at year is state Sen. 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The HPC is tasked with de- with members’ time and travel through another review process regulations for renovation projects “Fences are prohibited. You termining the historic appropri- expenses while doing research. with Huff and the P&Z commis- on structures in Silver City. can’t have a fence unless there ateness of a proposed project. “We had a great deal of in- sion. Bill Statham, HPC chair, said was a fence,” Huff said. “So why The panel issues a certifi cate volvement, and went through Work on the new design guide- the document defi nes how work would you have a whole section of appropriateness as an arm of a number of reviews with it to lines started before HPC com- on buildings in the historic min- on fences?” the county Planning and Zoning make sure the design guidelines missioner JoEllen Ross-Hauer ing town should be done in order HPC chair Bill Statham wasn’t Commission. fi t,” Statham said. joined the panel in October. to retain the architectural style, surprised to hear that the P&Z “We decided that something Two public hearings on the de- “We haven’t seen them at appearance and colors that the panel took out the section on with greater detail would aid sign guidelines were held at the all, and at our last meeting was buildings had in the past. fences. both the Historic Preservation museum in Murphy, and Statham when I fi rst heard that they were “So that the untrained eye of a “If things are not mentioned Commission on their evaluation believes they happened in July even revising them,” Ross-Hauer visitor would look at it and think in the ordinance, or if there is of project requests, and it would 2013 and the fall of 2014. said. ‘Wow, that’s from the 19th cen- something that you would need aid the citizens up there in know- He said there was general sup- Ross-Hauer’s fi rst glimpse of tury,’ ” Statham said. “That’s the a variance for, then I think the ing what particularly we would port for maintaining the histori- the document comes next week. goal, and sometimes it’s rather P&Z modifi ed or removed it,” like to see,” Statham said. cal integrity of Silver City, but “I’ll be interested to review it diffi cult to make that really op- Statham said. The precision of the design some people were concerned and take a look at the changes erational.” The Historic Preservation guidelines are so detailed that about being able to make modest that they made,” Ross-Hauer County Planning and Zoning Commission will get its fi rst look they show what types of carpen- changes to improve the livability said. administrator Mary Huff gave at the amended document during try nails can be used in Silver of a home in the town. Once the P&Z and HPC agree the Board of Owyhee County its next meeting, which is sched- City. Statham cited solar panels and upon a set of guidelines, another Commissioners a brief update on uled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday inside “They should represent the propane tanks as two examples public hearing will be held. the new design guidelines at the the Owyhee County Historical kind of fasteners that were avail- of things folks wanted to make “At the conclusion of the pub- board’s March 21 meeting. Museum in Murphy. able in the historic past, and if sure were allowed. lic hearing process there may Huff told the board that P&Z “We’ll make some comments they’re different, at least have “They’re new, there’s no ques- be some more revisions, or it commissioners decided the doc- and send them back to P&Z,” that appearance,” Statham said. tion, but they do signifi cantly may be approved without seri- ument needed to be streamlined. Statham said. The consultant who drafted the improve the livability of the ous comment, and then it will go “What they found was that it That back-and-forth continues design guidelines for the HPC homes,” Statham said. to the (Board of County Com- was overly cumbersome, overly a process that started nearly three was Noré Winter with Winter Solar panels and propane tanks missioners) for fi nal approval,” wordy, overly regulatory,” Huff years ago. and Co., of Boulder, Colo. Win- were already allowed prior to the Statham said. said. “There also is information The guidelines are necessary ter worked on the new guidelines new guidelines but how they can There is no timeline for when in there that’s more of a history for the meticulous task of keep- for about two years. be used is now better defi ned. the process could be complete. nature that maybe should belong ing the historic mining town Statham did not have a fi gure “We assured them that some “It’s a pretty complex docu- in a comprehensive plan than in looking like it did during its hey- on how much Winter was paid of the design guidelines helped ment, it involves a lot of infor- guidelines for how to do projects day more than a century ago. for the consulting work, but he to make the homes more livable mation and planning and zoning in Silver City.” Statham said it requires great did know where the funds came without compromising the integ- members are taking a good look She added that parts of the attention to detail to replace peri- from. rity of the historic atmosphere,” at it,” Statham said. “So it could original document were in con- od-specifi c elements of a historic “The money came from the Statham said. be several more months.” fl ict with the county ordinance building that have fallen off or National Trust (for Places of His- Winter facilitated the two pub- — SC County historic preservation board adds member Bowen thinks he will probably serve 2016 Commission still has several terms on the HPC and believes • Ross-Hauer, term expires Dec. 31, three vacancies he will work well with the other 2016 commissioners. • Bowen, term expires Dec. 31, 2018 The Board of Owyhee County “Being a manager of people, you With Bowen’s appointment, there are Commissioners (BOCC) has approved a always fi nd the common ground,” Bowen three open positions. State law allows up to new appointment to the Owyhee County said. “You may not always agree, but I’ve nine members on a historical preservation Historic Preservation Commission always gotten along well with people panel. The minimum number of members (HPC). and am able to see their viewpoint and required by law is two. Kevin Bowen, a maintenance employee communicate mine as well.” Statham said fi nding people willing to at the museum in Murphy, was named to In addition to doing general maintenance serve on the panel has been diffi cult, but the panel during the BOCC’s March 21 at the museum, his part-time job also he is currently in search of new members. meeting. involves putting exhibits together and Part of Statham’s passion for serving Bowen replaces Tom Carr who did not keeping up on the landscaping. on the panel comes from being a fourth- wish to renew his term when it expired on “I also assist with the events, too, and generation Owyhee County resident. He is Dec. 31, 2014. I’m part of the Outpost Days planning a Silver City homeowner. Members of the commission serve committee as well,” Bowen said. “I have been involved in history, historic three-year terms, and Bowen’s term will His job came about by getting to preservation, archaeology, for many, many expire Dec. 31, 2018. know the museum’s staff, specifi cally years, and I had not had an opportunity to Bowen, 55, lives in Murphy and has administrative assistant Betsy Kendrick. help with the process,” Statham said. “Six worked for the museum for one year. He “One day when I was in there, Betsy years ago, I had the opportunity, had a and his wife Ryki have six children. actually, said ‘Hey, do you know how little time, so I volunteered for it.” Bowen said serving on the HPC will Kevin Bowen, general maintenance to do drywall? Do you know how to do Statham’s great-grandfather Elisha Lewis be a natural extension of his love of the employee, checks the stability of a minor electrical wiring?’ I said ‘I do,’ and was his fi rst relative who lived in Owyhee museum. threshold in the museum in preparation she said ‘Great, we need a maintenance County. Lewis was part of a mining interest “What I really like is the old hand for Saturday’s spring bazaar. Bowen is person bad,’ ” Bowen said. in 1865 when he fi rst visited Silver City tools that were used. Alot of them were the newest member of the Owyhee County The last appointment to the HPC and moved his family from Indiana to the handmade,” Bowen said. “They did with Historic Preservation Commission. was JoEllen Ross-Hauer who joined in mining town in the mid-1870s. what they had on hand and created great October. The HPC hears applications for historical stuff with it.” He also has pioneer ties to Owyhee She fi lled one of the spots left open by appropriateness on structures in Silver Museum director Amy Johnson told County. Mary Burke and Dave VanWassenhove City primarily, but the group oversees Bowen that he would be a good fi t for the “I have a great-great uncle that was who did not wish to renew their terms related issues in the entire county. HPC, and he attended the group’s meeting actually part of the wood-cutting crew for when they expired on Dec. 31, 2014. “We’ve got an incredible, very good, last month. Silver City, part of the Henderson clan, The commission has seven positions, history and valuable resources in the Bowen has visited Silver City many Ashton Henderson,” Bowen said. but only four are fi lled: county,” Statham said. “We’re looking to times since he moved to Idaho from His great-great uncle would have • Bill Statham, chair, term expires Dec. identify those and see what measures are Washington state where he worked as a worked around the historic mining town 31, 2016 reasonable for Owyhee County to aid in food service manager. in the early 1880s. • John Liable, term expires Dec. 31, their preservation.” — SC Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 11

OCHS board President — Bev White, Oreana New to the position this year. She previously served two years of a three-year board term before being elected. Vice-president — Stuart Emry, Homedale New to the position this year. He previously served one year of a three-year board term before being elected. Past president — Mary O’Malley, Murphy New to the position this year Secretary — Karen Steenhof, Murphy Has served the position for four years. This will be her last year as secretary but can serve in another position if elected. Corresponding secretary — Tish Lewis, Murphy Has served the position for one year. This is her second term. Treasurer — Barbara Jayo, Murphy Has served the position for one year, this is her second consecutive term. Jayo has been on the board in a number of positions for many years. New board members — Ron Kieser, Marsing, Vera Lea Jayo, Grand View, and Virginia Lyson, Murphy. Continuing board members — Larry Kendrick, Murphy, is up for re-election in November; Cathy Sellman, Bruneau, has served two years and is up for re-election in November 2017; Diane Avery (left) of Oreana sells some of her artisan goat cheese to Nampa resident Violet Smith Jerry Raburn, a Caldwell resident with ties to Jordan Valley, has during the The Owyhee County Historical Society’s annual spring bazaar Saturday in Murphy. served two years and is up for re-election in November 2017.

Board limitations OCHS OKs museum expansion • Offi cer terms are one year for a maximum of fi ve years. • The president will stay on for one year as past president if New members June 4-5. the same time as Kiester. She not re-elected. Kiester was in the construction stepped up after hearing that • General board members can serve a maximum of two, join histocial fi eld before he went to work for O’Malley was looking for some- three-year terms. the South Board of Control in one from Grand View to serve on • As long as they do not exceed term limits for any one society board 1983. He retired as South Board the board. position, board members can serve as long as they continue to be manager in late 2014. “My friend, Cathy Sellman, appointed. For example, someone could serve six consecutive The Owyhee County Histori- He said the expansion would comes from Bruneau, and she years on the board, then hold an offi ce for fi ve terms, then move cal Society’s board of directors be located on the southwest cor- said they needed someone from back down to the general board. has signed off on an ambitious ner of the museum, and he thinks Grand View to serve on the • All elections are held at the November general meeting. expansion plan for the museum the building could be complete board,” Jayo said. in Murphy. by the end of this year. Jayo thinks she is a good fi t for At Monday’s meeting of the “It’s all enclosed. We can start the board because she was born Board of Owyhee County Com- putting some of the stuff that we in Grand View and has lived missioners, museum director have in. We’ve got a place to there all her life except for 14 Society seeks fi eld Amy Johnson announced that keep them under cover,” Kiester years after she fi rst got married R&M Steel of Caldwell has of- said. and was living in Caldwell and fered to donate the 6,000 square- He would like to see some sort Marsing. trip chairperson foot steel building, which is 60- of plaque or dedication to previ- Virginia Lyson of Murphy by-100 feet. ous OCHS members inside the is the third new member to the The Owyhee County Historical by contacting Johnson at the The OCHS board voted unani- building with names of members board and joined three months Society’s board of directors is museum in Murphy at (208) 495- mously to accept the donation and how long they served on the ago. looking for someone to lead one 2319. during a March 18 meeting. board. O’Malley also asked Lyson to of the group’s traditional events. The OCHS fi eld trips usually It will cost about $60,000 to “It’s like John Larsen, 13 years serve on the board. Each summer, the OCHS begin with a meet-and-greet put the expansion up, and OCHS of no pay, no nothing. He gave Lyson doesn’t have any proj- organizes fi eld trips, which are rendezvous, then visitors caravan board member Ron Kiester said up a lot of his time to serve on ects in mind for what she would open to the public. to a predetermined destination the steel building itself will be the board,” Kiester said. “All the like to see accomplished at the A meeting to plan this year’s (4-wheel-drive vehicles are valued at around $70,000. old board members need to be museum, and she doesn’t think fi eld trips will be held at 11 a.m., sometimes required), where Kiester started on the board in recognized a little bit more.” the historical society is facing on Saturday, in Owyhee Lanes longtime ranchers, land owners, January when John Larsen retired The OCHS was founded in any serious problems. Restaurant, 18 N. 1st St. W., miners or other interesting folk after 13 years with the OCHS. 1960 and has three new board Lyson is fairly new to Idaho Homedale. are waiting to tell a story of the Kiester said past president Mary members this year, including Ki- and admits that she’s still learn- OCHS museum director Amy past. O’Malley asked him to join the ester. The other two are Vera Lea ing the ropes as an OCHS board Johnson said the board’s offi cers Destinations for OCHS fi eld board, and he was happy to do so Jayo of Grand View and Virginia member. are seeking someone to serve as trips in the past have included the because he loves history. Lyson of Murphy. “I moved to Nampa from the fi eld trip chairperson as well as John and Kathy Romero ranch, Larsen came up with the idea Jayo would like to see the new San Francisco area in 2006, publications chairperson. the Cosmopolitan Mine and Mill to use a steel building to expand building go up while she’s on and moved down to Murphy in “If anyone is interested in near Silver City, the Duck Valley the library about 10 years ago. the board, and thinks what some 2013,” Lyson said. helping out with fi eld trips, Indian Reservation, Wintercamp Kiester said he’s been told that people refer to as “the pie shop” The three new board members they should attend the brunch Ranch in Bruneau, Poison Creek a check for $10,000 to establish adjacent to the rear of McKeeth will attend a meeting at 11 a.m. meeting,” Johnson wrote in an Station, Rockville and Succor a construction fund will be arriv- Hall would be torn down to make Saturday at Owyhee Lanes Res- email. Creek State Park. ing soon. some space for the expansion. taurant in Homedale to plan this Information on the publications An informal potluck lunch “We’re working on it, and “I think they’re very ambitious year’s OCHS fi eld trips. chair post can be obtained takes place after each fi eld trip. things are going fairly good,” with trying to use the outbuild- Lyson said she doesn’t have Kiester said. “We’ve got some ings they already have in trying any thoughts on the fi eld trips funding from some people, and to get them cleaned up and fi xed because she isn’t familiar with we will be asking for donations.” up, too,” Jayo said. the area. Homedale LDS taco None of the money raised Sat- She thinks fi nances are the Kiester didn’t have any poten- urday at the OCHS Spring Ba- biggest obstacle the historical tial destinations in mind, but he zaar in Murphy will go into the society faces. expects O’Malley to have plenty feed scheduled today construction fund. Kiester agreed with that as- of ideas. The Homedale LDS Church’s and sale also will be held. “Funds raised (at the bazaar) sessment. Jayo said she’d be willing annual taco feed will raise The taco bar includes chips and will go towards the general fund “Everything’s donations, so to go about anywhere, but she money for youth activities in the salsa, and cinnamon scones will to pay salaries and operating it’s a challenge,” Kiester said. might have some suggestions. Homedale 2nd Ward. be available for dessert. expenses,” Johnson wrote in an However, he also said the “Up in the Mud Flat area A taco bar will be available Youth activities include Boy email. The historical society’s board is doing a good job in op- would be fun, and the Silver City from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Scouts camp fees and a fi ve-day biggest fundraiser is Outpost erating the museum on a tight area would be fun,” Jayo said. church, 708 W. Idaho Ave. girls’ camp for ages 12-18. Days at the museum, which will budget. “There’s lots of things to see.” Prices are $6 per person and For more information, call happen on Saturday and Sunday, Jayo started on the board — SC $25 for a family. A silent auction (208) 337-4112. Page 12 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Owyhee children gather up goodies for Easter

Golden egg winners show off their loot at the end of the Murphy Easter egg hunt, which was held Saturday on the Owyhee County Tray Campbell (left) and Clancy Miller of Marsing storm the fi eld at the Marsing Lions Club Easter egg Courthouse lawn. Submitted photo hunt Saturday. Tray is the son of Brandie and Ross Campbell, and Tori Miller is Clancy’s mom.

Regan Stansell, 12, played the Easter Bunny at this year’s Taylee Sevy, 3, was one of the fi rst children in the Marsing Lions Club Easter egg Even with all age groups leaving at the same time for the Homedale Chamber of 3-and-younger category to enter the egg fi eld at hunt. Regan is the daughter of Commerce of Easter egg hunt, it seemed children had plenty of room to roam Saturday the Marsing Lions Club Easter egg hunt Saturday Eric and Wendy Stansell. at Sundance Park. Submitted photo at the Marsing High School football fi eld..

Hali Fuquay is all smiles as she shows off her take during A toddler snags an Easter egg out of a tree on the Owyhee County the Murphy Easter egg hunt Courthouse lawn in Murphy on Saturday. Submitted photo Saturday.

Parents look on as children are off and running for their prizes during the Grand View Lions Easter egg hunt Saturday at Centennial Park. Submitted photo Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 13

Lizard Butte Easter Sunrise Service

Hanging plants grown in the Marsing High School greenhouse will be sold Friday during the FFA auction. Plants, pig, fun on FFA auction block A few of the items up for grabs chapter members to this fall’s FFA in Friday’s Marsing FFA auction national convention. have been announced. Marsing FFA Alumni member The FFA chapter has showcased Alan Davis of Greybell Swine a few donated and homegrown and Feed has donated a half of items on its Facebook page a hog, cut and wrapped, for the recently. auction. The auction begins at 6 p.m. The FFA members have inside the school district cafeteria grown hanging baskets in their on 8th Avenue West. greenhouse that will be on the Proceeds from the auction auction block. will send students to the annual Ste. Chapelle Winery in 212/360 conference and two state Sunnyslope has provided four conventions. Funds also will be tickets to a summer concert and used to cover travel costs for one refi llable growler.

Madeline Gowen and Andrea Waters perform their roles as “Angels” at the cross to open the 79th annual Lizard Butte Easter Sunrise Service. Photo by Bill O’Connor Sheriff asks people to avoid SC Road The road is still closed because Graveling project winter driving conditions higher starts Thursday up the hill, but Grant is asking people who might be in the area Owyhee County Sheriff Perry to stay off the road because of Grant wants folks to steer clear blind corners that could put of Silver City Road over the next workers in danger. week or so. Rittenhouse told District 1 Starting Thursday, Owyhee Owyhee County Commissioner County Road and Bridge District Jerry Hoagland that it will take 1 supervisor Phil Rittenhouse up to 10 days to apply the new and his workers will be putting layer of gravel. down a new layer of gravel from Silver City Road traditionally where the asphalt ends to the old reopens in May. Diamond Creek mill. — SC

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Augusta National awaits Accomplished 8th-grader concentrates on USGA Drive, Chip and Putt contest Golf demands focus, so it comes But Uranga probably doesn’t as no surprise that Daniel Uranga mind much because the 18th green excels at the sport. is a famous location for triumphs Even though the Homedale by his favorite pro golfer — and Middle School eighth-grader fellow lefty — Phil Mickelson. is known as an honor student, “Lefty” has won three green a championship quarterback, a jackets (2004, 2006 and 2010). junior scientist, a student politician The chip and driving and a Basque dancer, he has found competitions will take place on the time (and energy) to become a the Tournament Practice Area national fi nalist in the Drive, Chip at the course. Championships and Putt competition. in each discipline as well as an “I’m pretty honored,” the 14- overall title will be awarded in year-old son of Jen and Tony each of the 16 divisions (eight age Uranga said. “It’ll be pretty groups each for boys and girls). exciting, and I hope I do well.” Hopefully, despite the volume The U.S. Golf Association’s of championships, Uranga won’t youth competition comes Sunday, have to play another waiting and Uranga is among 20 boys and game like he did last summer at girls from around the country who Chambers Bay when he won a will compete at Augusta National regional championship and made Golf Club for the 14- to 15-year- the national fi nals fi eld. old championships. “I was one of the fi rst ones to Daniel Uranga says his favorite The competition will be go, and because of that I had to part of the competition is putting. broadcast from “golf heaven,” wait a little bit,” he said. Photo by Tony Uranga as one of Uranga’s cousins calls His patience paid off, though, as it, on the Golf Channel at 7 a.m. According to www.golfchannel. Uranga’s scores of 56 in driving, MDT on Sunday. Rebroadcasts are com, a 6 a.m. Sunday “pregame” 45 in chipping and 60 in putting scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday and will include features of each held up for the boys’ 14-15 7 a.m. Monday. The competition national fi nalist — 80 in all. championship on Sept. 13. comes seven days before the Unfortunately, the Drive, Chip The 60-point putting final round of the first major and Putt fi nalists only compete on performance shouldn’t come as Daniel Uranga has been honing his skills with three clubs — driver, of the 2016 PGA Tour season one hole of the venerated layout wedge and putt — in preparation for the USGA Drive, Chip and Putt on the same course in Georgia. — No. 18 for the putting fi nale. –– See Augusta, page 15 championships in Georgia on Sunday. Homedale baseball facility dedicated Saturday 1991 while he helped the Trojans Hall of fame to a 25-0 record and the state charter members championship. He fi nished with a .571 batting average and a school- to be inducted record fi ve no-hitters. The two-time all-conference Homedale High School history and all-state athlete went on to will be revisited at Saturday’s play at The College of Idaho. baseball field dedication In the years since college, ceremony. Hoshaw has played softball, The facility, which has including on teams that played for undergone major renovation national and world titles. His team over the past two years, will be won the U.S. Softball Association renamed Jackson Field, in honor national championship in 2007 of John Jackson, who was a major and fi nished second in the world Luke Hays won a national contributor to the project. tournament. championship at The College of The HHS graduate went • Darren Uranga was named Idaho (then known as Albertson on to build the Jackson Food state tournament MVP in 1999 College). Stores chain throughout the when the Trojans won the state Intermountain West. The inaugural inductees championship. The public event begins at 11 include: Uranga played at The College a.m. with tours of the facility. A • Luke Hays led the Trojans in of Idaho and then had a three- batting average as a junior and year minor-league professional barbecue will be served beginning Former Homedale High School standout Darren Uranga fi res a pitch senior in 1994 and 1995. career in the independent Frontier at 11:30 a.m. toward the plate during his Trojans playing days. He is one of three He moved on to play collegiately League in the Midwest. The fi eld dedication ceremony former HHS baseball stars who will be charter hall of famers. will be held at 12:15 p.m., and at Treasure Valley Community Uranga had 261 hits — third the unbeaten Trojans will face off said in an email inviting the public some of the charter inductees to College and at The College all-time on the C of I list — in his with Nampa Christian in a non- to the event. the Trojans baseball wall of fame, of Idaho (known as Albertson collegiate career between 2000 conference game at 1 p.m. Deal said the ceremony will which will hang on the east wall College at the time). While at C and 2003. He’s second on the Admission is free, and folks are include a speech from Mayor of the new entry building. of I, Hays was part of the Coyotes’ all-time list with 178 RBI, and encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Gheen Christoffersen and a The biographies of each NAIA World Series championship he’s among the school’s all-time “We want to have a great performance by the high school inductee have been written by team in 1998. leaders in doubles and triples. turnout, and it should be a real band. students in Ed Lee’s English • Chris Hoshaw was a Gatorade fun day,” HHS coach Burke Deal Honored guests will include class. Player of the Year in Idaho in –– See Baseball, page 15 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 15 Sports √ Augusta: 14-year-old continues to take lessons from Desert Canyon pro From Page 14 chance as a sub-regional alternate when he much and trying my hardest and preparing a surprise. Uranga says that’s his favorite made the trip to the event to support his for it.” part of the game. sister, who had won the local competition Uranga gets plenty of chances to play “It just seems almost like a game,” he said. in Idaho. because his extended family plays quite a “You have to get the ball in the circles.” “She told me to make my putts, which I bit of golf. His cousin, Kaden Henry, is on Putting is scored on whoever gets closet guess is good advice,” he said. the Homedale High School team that Uranga to the pin, and if you make the putt there Daniel capitalized on the second chance, hopes to make next spring. His dad Tony and are bonus points to be had. The same goes and has been practicing to make the most uncle, Darren, hit the links, too. for the chipping, but Uranga has yet to hole of it on his own and with help every other But Daniel now has something on all of a chip shot. Friday from his coach T.J. Gomez, who is them, even when they all get together for a DDanielaniel UUrangaranga Uranga’s regional championship has the club pro at Desert Canyon Golf Course friendly round at a local course like Shadow sswingswings atat thethe RRiveriver allowed him to follow up on a dream he had in Mountain Home. Valley, which is the boy’s favorite layout. BBendend GGolfolf CCourseourse when he competed in the 2015 Drive, Chip He re-focused at the start of the new year Regardless of how he does Sunday, Daniel ppracticeractice ttee.ee. PPhotohoto and Putt competition. He wanted to qualify to get ready for the national competition. can always brag about his moment in the sun bbyy TTonyony UUrangaranga for the e round to give his grandparents The practice has helped grow Uranga’s at America’s golf mecca. — Danny and Leanda Uranga — a trip skill, but he acknowledges there is another “I’m confi dent I’ll do the best I can,” to Augusta. His parents will be there, too, element to his success. he said. “And if I do the best I can, I’ll be as will his sister Tea. Daniel was on hand “A little bit of it is luck and how the ball happy.” and was able to take advantage of a second rolls,” he said. “I think not worrying so — JPB √ Baseball: Tours, barbecue lunch, National desert bike contest vs. Nampa Christian slated racers ride Owyhee National off-road motorcycle riders visit Owyhee From Page 14 county’s American Legion baseball County this weekend for the 41st annual Rabbit He was an NAIA All-American program operates. No school district Creek 100. honorable mention as an infi elder during money was used during the project, Deal The second round of the AMA Kendra SRT his senior season. said. National Hare and Hound Series will be held He is now the director of fi nance and The expansion project has included: Saturday and Sunday on a course off Silver City operations for the Middleton School • A new scoreboard Road. District. • A new outfi eld wall All competitors must be AMA members, and A donor wall constructed by Wizard • Repositioning of the concession stand/ membership is available at registration. Renovations and populated with the names announcer’s box The youth Hare and Hound national event features of businesses and individuals who have • Construction of a players’ clubhouse races at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. Registration contributed time and money to the project and dugout on the third-base side begins at 7 a.m. Entry fee is $15 for Pee Wee riders will be unveiled on the west wall of the • Construction of a visitors’ dugout on and $35 for the Youth division. entry building. Donations are still being the fi rst-base side Sign-up for Sunday’s Hare and Hound Round 2 accepted for the project, and there are • A home-side bullpen and improved will be held 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. still spots on the wall to recognize those batting cage to 10 a.m. on Sunday. Entry is $100 for pros, $65 people. • A low retaining wall behind the home for non-pros and $35 for sportsmen. Chris Hoshaw hit .571 while Prior to the ceremony, a bounce house will plate area and viewer-friendly netting The race starts at 11 a.m. on Sunday. with Homedale, pitched fi ve no- be set up for children’s entertainment. Although the dedication ceremony Ricky Brabec of Oak Hills, Calif., won the hitters and helped the Trojans to The project was funded solely by marks the end of substantial improvements fi rst round of the pro series this year, taking the a perfect 25-0 state championship donations collected by Owyhee Baseball at the park, there is still an effort to get championship for the Winter Classic in Johnson season in 1991. Inc., the organization under which the lights erected at the fi eld. — JPB Valley, Calif., on Jan. 24.

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Baseball Softball Wednesday, March 30, home vs. Nyssa, Ore., 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, home vs. Nyssa, Ore., 5 p.m. 482-0103 Thursday, March 31, home vs. Payette, 5 p.m. Thursday, March 31, home vs. Payette, 5 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at Cole Valley Christian, noon Saturday, April 2 at Cole Valley Christian, noon Tuesday, April 5, home vs. New Plymouth, 5 p.m. Monday, April 4 at Weiser JV, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, home vs. New Plymouth, 5 p.m. Farm Bureau Insurance Company 7UDFNDQGÀHOG Thursday, March 31 at Parma Invitational, 3:45 p.m. 337-4041 Tuesday, April 5 at Weiser Invitational, 3:30 p.m. Go Huskies! Page 16 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Sports Trojans reach milestones in ISG softball tourney Machuca sets school homer record, Kelly pitches no-hitter as HHS splits Gardenia Machuca set eighth inning, cashing in on a Homedale High School’s softball single and a Homedale error after career home run record in grand the inning started with a runner style Saturday. at second base because of the The senior blasted a grand slam international tiebreaker rule. with two outs in the fourth inning Rian Beebe’s two-out single of the Trojans’ 11-4 victory over plated Sydnee Shanley in the hometown Skyview in the Idaho bottom of the eighth, but the Sporting Goods Tournament. Trojans were unable to keep up Machuca’s second home run of the rally. the season set the career mark at Homedale posted four runs in 24 homers. the bottom of the sixth inning Homedale (5-2 overall) split its to tie the score for the second games for the second day in a row time in the game. Machuca, at West Park, starting the day with Shanley and Sophie Nash had an 8-7 loss to Lake City of Coeur singles as the Trojans started the d’Alene as the Trojans’ comeback uprising with six consecutive in the bottom of the eighth inning base runners. fell short. Nash was 3-for-4 with two runs Machuca was 3-for-4 with two scored, while Shanley crossed the doubles, the homer and fi ve RBI plate three times. Machuca went against Skyview, which held a 3-for-4. 3-1 lead before Homedale broke Friday: Kuna 8, Homedale 3 through with five runs in the (6) — The Kavemen scored six bottom of the third inning. runs in their fi nal at-bat to end Tristan Corta singled and scored the Trojans’ perfect season start the go-ahead run on Kendall in comeback fashion. Nash’s double in the third inning. Homedale was limited to three Homedale High School senior slugger Gardenia Machuca connects against Vale, Ore. Nash then scored on Makayla hits in its tournament opener Aberasturi’s base hit. against its Class 4A opponent. was thrown out at the plate to end Kelly had a perfect game 2-for-3 showing that included Kendall Nash came home on Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the the inning. through 3 2/3 innings. She fanned three walks. Machuca’s double with two outs fourth inning, the Trojans took the Kuna mounted its game- nine consecutive batters to start Sophie Nash entered the game in the sixth inning. lead with a three-run rally. winning rally with the help of the game. She got 10 of the 11 in the fourth inning and knocked Sophie Nash led off the third Sophomore Dakota Kelly’s four errors, and Kelly surrendered outs during her perfect start by in two runs with a single. inning with a double and scored bases-loaded double brought just two earned runs in taking strikeout. Homedale jumped all over on Corta’s single to ignite the go- home Kendall Nash and the loss. The Trojans owned a 13-0 Hillcrest’s pitcher during a ahead rally. Aberasturi to give Homedale a Friday: Homedale 13, lead before Hillcrest scored an game-breaking seven-run second Saturday: Lake City 3-2 advantage. Corta scored the Hillcrest 1 (5) — Kelly fired unearned run in the fi fth inning. inning. 8, Homedale 7 (8) — The Trojans’ fi rst run earlier in the a no-hitter and struck out 12 Homedale made the most Megan Maxwell, Kendall Nash, Timberwolves grabbed the lead inning on Nash’s double. Allison to dominate the Knights from of eight singles, and Machuca Aberasturi and Machuca had with two runs in the top of the Shenk, courtesy runner for Kelly, Ammon. reached base fi ve times with a singles in the rally. Homedale Trojans Athletes of the Week HOMEDALE CHIROPRACTIC CENTER OWYHEE AUTO SUPPLY J. Edward Perkins, Jr. D.C. 337-4900 337-4668 Dakota Kelly, Gardenia Machuca, so., softball sr., softball Pitched in all four games, Broke HHS career HR record throwing no-hitter vs. while hitting .571 (8-for-14) BOISE - NAMPA - HOMEDALE Hillcrest and striking out 27 with six RBI and four runs batters in 25 innings. 337-3142 337-3271 scored in the ISG tourney.

Farm Bureau Insurance Company Baseball Golf Varsity Wednesday, March 30 at 3A Snake River Valley nine-hole 337-4041 337-4681 Wednesday, March 30 at Vale, Ore., 5 p.m. meet, Rolling Hills GC, Weiser, 3 p.m. Friday, April 1, home vs. Weiser, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at 3A SRV nine-hole meet, TimberStone Saturday, April 2, home vs. Nampa Christian, 1 p.m. GC, Caldwell, 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, home vs. Parma, 5 p.m. Junior varsity Softball Wednesday, March 30, home vs. Vale, Ore., 5 p.m. Varsity Friday, April 1 at Weiser, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 at Vale, Ore., 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 at Parma, 5 p.m. Friday, April 1, home vs. Weiser, 5 p.m. 482-0103 337-4664 Saturday, April 2 at La Grande, Ore. (2), 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. 7UDFNDQGÀHOG MDT Thursday, March 31 at Parma Invitational, 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, home vs. Parma, 5 p.m. PRUETT Junior varsity Tennis Friday, April 1 at Weiser, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, home vs. Ontario, Ore., 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2 at La Grande, Ore. (2), 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 5, home vs. Emmett, 4 p.m. MDT www.pauls.net Tuesday, April 5 at Parma, 5 p.m. 337-3474 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 17 COSSA plans career, Owyhee County Church Directory college fair Thursday Calvary Fellowship Golden Gate Baptist Church Our Lady of Tears Church Homedale Wilder Silver City Homedale and Marsing students from post-secondary, military and Pastor Rich Wright Pastor Robert Potter, Jr., CLP For more information, call will attend the Canyon-Owyhee employment opportunities. 20 West Idaho Ave Corner of Second and "B" Streets Church time is 11:00 am on Sunday St. Paul's Church, Nampa 466-7031 School Service Agency (COSSA) Students also will get a Church time is 10:00 am on Sunday Call (208) 880-4308 for information College and Career Expo on hands-on experience with the & Wednesday at 7:00 pm Thursday in Wilder. professional-technical programs (208) 880-4033 The Expo takes place from 8 COSSA offers. a.m. to 11 a.m. and from noon to Several Treasure Valley Iglesia Misionera Biblica Knight Community Church Crossroads Assembly of God 2:30 p.m., at the COSSA Regional employers and Idaho colleges as Homedale Grand View Wilder Pastor Silverio Cardenas Jr. Pastor Ivan Shetler Pastors Ron & Martha Technology and Education Center, well as medical and emergency 132 W Owyhee • 337-5975 630 Idaho Street Hwy 19 & 95, 890-9132 109 Penny Lane. services organizations will be Servicios: Vier - 7pm - Oracion 208-834-2639 Sunday School 9:30am Mier - 7pm Predicacion Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am Homedale eighth-graders on hand. Sunday School 9:30am Dom - 10am Esc. Dom y 6:30pm Worship Service 10:45am Sunday Evening Worship 6pm and sophomores and Marsing COSSA student groups such "Una Iglesia Diferente." Wed. Bible Study 7pm middle and high school students as Sources of Strength, Family will be among more than 700 Career and Community Leaders Assembly of God Church Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church schoolchildren from the COSSA of America (FCCLA) and Health Homedale Friends Community Church Caldwell 15 West Montana, 337-4458 Wilder - Homedale 1122 W. Linden St. consortium schools (Notus, Parma Occupations Students of America 17434 Hwy 95, 337-3464 459-3653 and Wilder are also involved) who (HOSA) also will be holding Sunday Morning Worship 10:30am Mass: will meet with representatives fundraisers throughout the day. Sunday Evening Service 6:00pm Sunday School 9:30 am Saturday 5:00 pm Wed. Bible Study 7:00pm Worship Services: 10:45 am Sundays Sunday 9:30 am Wed. Children & Youth Ministries Spanish Mass: Saturday 7:00 pm 7:00pm www.homedalefriends.org Spanish Mass: Sunday Noon

Two people hurt in Chapel of Hope Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Hope House, Marsing Homedale Look for the Blue Church Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 337-4248 South Bruneau Hwy at the Hope House Homedale spate of car crashes Sunday Services 10am Welcoming Families, especially those with 708 West Idaho Ave 337-4112 Pastor Sean Rippey special needs children. Bishop Mark Thatcher A 22-year-old Twin Falls on March 23. Adult and Children Sunday School 9-9:45am Keith Croft, Pastor 880-2767 Bishop Robert T. Christensen Visitors Always Welcome! Jake & Alisha Henrioulle, Youth Pastors Sunday 1st Ward 1pm man was cited and apparently Bowman said the rising sun Call Church for Prayer requests 761-6747 Sunday 2nd Ward 9am transported to a Nevada hospital may have been a factor when Sunday Services at 10 am after a single-vehicle accident on James Wray overturned a 2004 Idaho highway 51. International boom truck while Homedale Baptist Church Wilder Church of God Andres Cruz-Rosales was given driving east nearly milepost 38. Mountain View Church of the Nazarene Homedale Wilder Wilder-Homedale 205 A St. E, 649-7698 a misdemeanor citation for failing “He went off the road, 212 S. 1st W. 26515 Ustick Road Pastor Ray Gerthung 739-5952 337-3151 to purchase a driver’s license after overcorrected and overturned in Sunday School 9:45am Sunday School 10am-11am Sunday School 9:30 a one-vehicle accident before 5 the road,” Bowman said of the Sunday Service 11am Sunday Worship 11am-Noon Worship 10:30 Sunday Eve. 6:00pm p.m. on Friday. accident, which occurred before Wednesday Evening 7pm Adult & Youth Bible Class: Wednesday 7:00 pm Wed. Eve. 7:00pm Owyhee County Sheriff’s Chief 8 a.m. Children's Caravan Program Deputy Lynn Bowman said Cruz- A lane of traffi c was blocked. Rosales told deputies that he got Grand View Ambulance personnel MARSING APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLY Iglesia Evangelica St. David's Episcopal Church Asamblea Apostolica de Marsing drowsy, drifted off the road and responded to the scene. Wilder 1800 Arlington Ave. 107 W. Main • Marsing, Idaho drove a 1999 Ford Mustang off Caldwell, ID 83605 Pastor Jose Gutierrez 317 3rd st., the embankment near milepost 208-461-9016 or 880-6172 Juvenile cited after wreck Pastor Ramiro Reyes 208-459-9261 44 on Idaho highway 51 south of A 17-year-old female was cited Sunday School 10:00 am 10 am Sunday School Sunday Service 1 pm • Wednesday 11 am Service [email protected] Bruneau. for passing over a solid line after Service 7 pm 482-7484 www.stdavid.episcopalidaho.org Jose Ramirez, a 21-year-old the 1994 Ford Ranger pickup she Bilingual Services/Español Bilingual Twin Falls resident, was unhurt was driving collided with a 1997 in the accident. Ford F-350 driven by a 16-year- Bowman confi rmed that Cruz- old male. Christian Church Bible Missionary Church Assembly of God Church Rosales was apparently taken to Bowman said both motorists Homedale Homedale Marsing West Idaho, 337-3425 an Owyhee, Nev., hospital via were heading north on Idaho 110 W. Montana, 337-3626 139 Kerry, 965-1650 Pastor Maurice Jones Pastor Ron Franklin Pastor Rick Sherrow civilian vehicle. 78 near Howard Road outside Sunday Morning Worship 11am Sunday School 10am Sunday School 10am Church school 9:45 Worship 11am Sunday Worship 11am & 6 pm Marsing when the female tried Sunday Evening 7pm Driver uninjured to pass as the male driver was Wednesday Evening 7:30 when truck overturns turning left onto Howard. A 27-year-old Kalama, Wash., Marsing Ambulance Lizard Butte Baptist Church Nazarene Church Trinity Holiness Church man was released from the transported the female to Saint Marsing Marsing Homedale scene after emergency medical Alphonsus-Nampa for treatment Pastor David London Pastor Bill O'Connor 119 N. Main of unspecifi ed injuries. 116 4th Ave. W., 859-2059 649-5256 Pastor Samuel Page technicians checked him out Sunday worship: 12 2nd Avenue West 337-5021 following an accident on Idaho Morning: 11am-Noon• Evening: 6-7pm Sunday School 10am Sunday Morning Worship 11am 78 one mile south of Sinker Creek — JPB Sunday school 10 am-10:55am Worship Services - Sunday 11am and 6pm Wednesday evening 6pm-7pm Sunday School - 9:45am Sunday Evening 7pm Mid Week TLC Groups Thursday Evening 7:30pm

United Methodist Church Out-of-county agencies make Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Vision Community Church Marsing Wilder Marsing Exploring the Bible: Public Invited 215 3rd Ave. West, 896-4151 221 West Main Marsing, Idaho arrests on HPD warrants 208-779-7926 2nd & 4th Tuesday: 4-5pm Sunday 1st Ward, 1:00 p.m. Corner of 4th St. & B Ave. A couple of men wanted on County. Bishop Rowley Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Pastor Dave Raines Homedale Police Department Fabian Sanchez, 21, of Sunday 2nd Ward, 9:00 a.m. 208-880-8751 Bishop McIntyre Adult, Kids & Youth Meetings Wed. 7:00 p.m. warrants have been arrested Caldwell was arrested by Nampa Sunday Service 9:30am elsewhere in Idaho. Police on March 23 on a $5,000 Benjamin Brault, a 28-year-old misdemeanor warrant. Calvary Holiness Church - Wilder Garnet Seventh-Day Adventist McCall resident on probation after Sanchez apparently failed to First Presbyterian Church Corner of 3rd St. & B Ave. • 208-989-0196 Church Homedale Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. • Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. 16613 Garnet Rd., Wilder an aggravated battery conviction appear for a court hearing related 320 N. 6th W. Sunday: 6:00 p.m. • Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. Sunday Morning Worship 11am 208-649-5280 in Owyhee County, was arrested to charges of malicious injury Email: [email protected] Sunday School 11am Food Pantry hours • 208-989-0226 Worship 9:30am on a $25,000 probation violation to property and providing false 208-473-9331 2nd & 3rd Friday of month 2pm-4pm Sabbath School 10:45am 4th Friday of month 12-1pm warrant on March 22 in Valley information to a peace offi cer. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00-8 pm

Our Lady Queen of Heaven Iglesia Bautista Catholic Church - Oreana Amistad Cristiana de Wilder UMC Palabra de Esperanza 2016 Mass Schedule - Esquina de 4 y calle B Homedale the following Saturdays at 10:00am Domingos Servicio: 12:00 pm Jan. 23 - Feb. 27 - Mar. 19 - Apr. 23 - May 28 El Ropero (Banco de ropa) Miercoles 12- 2pm 711 W. Idaho, 463-9569 June 25 - July 16 BBQ - Aug. 27 - Martes y Jueves: 6:30 pm Ingles Pastor Jose Diaz Sept. 24 - Oct. 22 - Nov. 26 - Dec. 17 Sabados: 12:00 pm Arte Infantil Servicios: Los Domingos 11:00 am All are welcome! For more information, call Todo en Espanol, Inf. 989 7508 St. Paul's Church, Nampa 466-7031 Page 18 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Homedale Sr. Center to host healthy living events in April There is plenty of focus on and psychologist teach the class. include: health next month at the Homedale Novo Nordisk provides dinner, • Republican legislative District Senior Center. which will be served for the fi rst 23 Seat B candidate Megan In addition to the regular blood half-hour, and the class runs from Blanksma will hold a meet-and- pressure and foot clinics in April, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. greet at the senior center between the center at 224 W. Idaho Ave., For more information about 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday. will be the site for one of three the class or to RSVP, contact Lisa • The monthly Widow’s “Dodging Diabetes” classes St. Gonser at [email protected] or Breakfast will be held next Luke’s staff is presenting in (208) 381-7438. Wednesday morning. southwest Idaho over the next The St. Luke’s Humphreys • The monthly Saturday night two months. Diabetes Center team offers dance will be held from 6 p.m. The free community class and consultation, education, and to 9 p.m. The event is open to dinner will focus on lifestyle support to both children and everyone and features live music. changes that can help prevent adults to help you manage your The cost is $5, and folks are or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes and live a healthy, active encouraged to bring fi nger foods Morgan Monson (left) serves Wilbur Chitwood of Nampa during diabetes. life. More information is available to share. the fi fth annual Murphy-Reynolds-Wilson Fire and Rescue fi rehouse The Homedale event takes at stlukesonline.org. • The senior center’s fundraising chili cook-off Saturday in Murphy. place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on The regular blood pressure breakfast will be served from 7 Tuesday, April 18. clinics at the Homedale Senior a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April Other classes are planned for Center take place from 10 a.m. 16. The cost is $6 per plate, and MRW chili cook-off Payette Senior Center, 137 N. to noon on Tuesday, April 12 and proceeds help the center with Main St., on Tuesday, and the April 26. operating expenses. Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in The foot clinic will be offered • The Ladies Coffee Group dubbed success Glenns Ferry on Tuesday, May 10. on Tuesday, April 19 with meets at 9 a.m. each Wednesday. A Centers for Disease Control and appointments available from The senior center is open from Dozens of people attended the dan Valley team for green chili Prevention grant is being used to 8:30 a.m. The cost is $12, and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, fi fth annual Murphy-Reynolds- • Mary Monson of Wildland support the classes. appointments can be made by Wednesday and Thursday. Wilson Fire and Quick Response Wifes for white chili St. Luke’s staffers including calling the senior center at 337- Another fundraising aspect of Unit chili cook-off Saturday at • Denise Lacy of Hwy 78 a nurse practitioner, registered 3020. the center, the thrift store, is open the Owyhee County Historical Community Disaster Relief for dietitian, licensed social worker Other events this month those same hours. Museum in Murphy. anything goes chili and vegetar- The contest was held in con- ian chili junction with the Owyhee Coun- • Pat Monson of the Jordan ty Historical Society’s spring Valley team received an honor- Homedale bazaar. able mention for his chili entry Organizers are thanking all the Raffl e tickets for a shotgun competitors for their time and ef- were sold during the cook-off. library fort as well as community who Monson said he has not added up donated $5 per person to sample the sales from raffl e tickets or the to teach the fare. cook-off. MRW public information of- The winner for the shotgun will fi cer Louis Monson said atten- be drawn in either August during science dance was down slightly from a barbecue fundraiser at Givens Homedale Public Library’s last year. He attributes the drop to Hot Springs or in December dur- youth programs will tackle science the fundraiser falling on the same ing a MRW Christmas gathering. Friday. weekend as Easter this year. The drawing date will be deter- Preschoolers attending Story The winners of this year’s chili mined by how quickly MRW Time will experience the book cook-off were: volunteer emergency responders “Five Senses.” • Jeff Wasson of the Owyhee sell the 500 tickets for the gun. During the 10:15 a.m. activity, County Sheriff’s Offi ce for peo- Tickets are available from any the children will learn a song ple’s choice with no bean red chili member of the fi re district and about the five senses — sight, • Loni Monson of the Jordan are $5 each. They can also be or- smell, touch, taste and hearing Valley team for red chili with dered over the phone by calling — and also play a game to help beans Monson at (208) 495-2154. remember them. • Richard Monson of the Jor- — SC At 4 p.m., the Teens and Tweens group will take on an aspect of geology, learning about how volcanoes work. The physical component in the afternoon for the boys and girls ages 10-17 is constructing a volcano model. Homedale Public Library youth services coordinator Kailey The library is located at 125 W. Woodruff (left) helps Marshall Eells draw an Easter egg during Story Owyhee Ave. Time on Friday after a reading of “Minerva Louise and the Colorful Call 337-4228 for more Eggs” by Janet Morgan Stoeke. Marshall, 5, is the son of Jasmine information about the library and and Steven Eells. its programs. Marsing computer classes start Saturday The Lizard Butte Library’s free 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., on the available for the classes. The computer classes begin Saturday next three Saturdays, ending on library has eight computers and run for three weeks. April 16. Instruction will cover available for people to use but Folks are invited to brush up how to create and manipulate text eight participants will have to on their computer skills during in a document, use toolbars and bring their own laptops. the classes at the library, which type by speaking. The class will For more information, or to is located at 111 S. 3rd Ave. W. also cover sharing documents register for the classes, call the Murphy-Reynolds-Wilson public information offi cer Louis Monson Marsing Elementary School remotely. library at (208) 896-4690. People (left) presents Owyhee County Sheriff’s Offi ce deputy Jeff Wasson third-grade teachers John A computer coding class will can also register in person at the with the grand prize for people’s choice at the MRW Fire and Rescue Barenberg and Paul Stephens be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for library, which opens at noon fi rehouse chili cook-off in Murphy Saturday. Team OCSO’s winning will lead the classes. the next three Fridays. Monday through Friday and at entry was a red chili without beans. The fi rst class will be held from There are only 16 open spaces 10 a.m., Saturday. Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 19 Looking back... from the fi les of The Owyhee Avalanche and Owyhee Chronicle

25 years ago 50 years ago 140 years ago

April 3, 1991 March 31, 1966 April 1, 1876

Science camp okayed George Murray to head Homedale PTA for 1966 CENTENNIAL PROSPECTS. The Centennial era Among decisions reached by Homedale School Board Election of offi cers and a program on band instruments of our National Independence has not dawned upon us members at their latest meeting in March was one were the highlights of the PTA meeting held Monday night, under very promising auspices. It is but the morning approving the conduct of a summer science camp here March 21, at the Washington school multipurpose room. as yet, but already the sky is overcast with ominous for sixth-graders. Approximately 100 persons attended. clouds, and the prospects for satisfactory developments Under plans outlined for trustees by Debby Turner, a George Murray will automatically fi ll the president’s at noonday are not the most cheering. Contrasting the local teacher, the camp is to be conducted between 9 a.m. offi ce for next year after serving this year as vice president. situation with what it was a hundred years ago when a and 3 p.m. June 24-28. It will include fi ve day trips as Others elected were Lawrence Kent, vice president; Mrs. noble band of patriots “pledged their lives, their fortunes follows: Monday, to Hewlett-Packard near Boise; Tuesday, Harriet Kinder, secretary, and Mrs. Arlene Nafsinger, and their sacred honor” in a successful struggle for Nampa Sewage Treatment Plant at Nampa; Wednesday, treasurer. liberty, setting an example of the people of the country a geological trip to the Owyhees with Dave Leppert; and the world at large in the brilliant results that were Thursday, a trip to the Nampa Fish Hatchery and a bird Barry Fujishin wins FFA’s top state honor accomplished. The struggle against tyranny triumphed farm; Friday, a tour of Owyhee Dam with Clyde Hutton, Barry Fujishin, a junior at Adrian High School, was then; and American liberty became a fi xed fact. The boon manager of South Board of Control in Homedale. awarded the highest state honor of the Future Farmers thus bequeathed to us with all its attendant blessings Turner and a second teacher, Tracie Cook, are to be of America at the Oregon FFA state convention in Bend had no blot or stain to mar its transmission. Looking paid $90 per day of $450 apiece for organizing and recently. upon that picture and comparing it with the degenerate conducting the fi ve-day camp. Net cost to the school He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fujishin, legacy and fraud that permeate every branch of the district is estimated to total $1,136.40, including school Homedale. Government we fi nd ample food for refl ection. And bus expenses, lab materials, salaries and incidentals. He was named Oregon Star Farmer at an awards we have no disposition just now to moralize upon the ceremony and received $200 in cash. He was selected situation. It speaks for itself. Suffi ce to say that we have Landfi ll solution is “up in the air”: Bass from among 80 other Oregon state farmers. An Adrian fallen upon evil times. Honesty is no longer a passport to Where does Owyhee County stand in the wake of news boy, Duane Winn, was named State Farmer. About 800 offi cial position. Public men are prostituting themselves that the proposed six-county regional landfi ll planned at persons attended the ceremony. for fi lthy lucre, and fraud, rascality and dishonesty are Pickles Butte in Canyon County is in the process of being In a period of three years, Fujishin increased the value practiced to such an extent as to make the burdens of the scrapped? of his livestock project from $500 to $3,500. people unbearable. We need leaders in whom the public Richard Bass, chairman of the Owyhee County Board Fujishin attended the Ridgeview school during his years have confi dence. of Commissioners, answered yesterday, “We’ll probably in the elementary grades before attending the Adrian school “God give us men. A time like this demands get married with Canyon County. We’ll probably enter when the schools became consolidated. Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; into an agreement (for) a two-county district. It’s a little Besides being an honor student, he has held several Men whom the lust of offi ce does not kill; up in the air right now.” offices, including vice president of the student boy, Men whom the spoils of offi ce cannot buy; Bass pointed out that the county commissioners worked treasurer of the Adrian FFA chapter, National Honor Men who possess opinions and a will; on the regional concept for a long time in the expectation Society vice president and recently was elected president Men who have honor; men who will not lie; that new federal landfi ll regulations will make it fi nancially of the Snake River District, FFA. Last year he served as Men who can stand before the demagogue impossible for Owyhee County to continue to operate student body representative. He was class president during And dismiss his treacherous flatteries without garbage dumps by itself. his freshman year. winking; The county had moved ahead on the regional plan to Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog. help try to buy additional property leased from the Bureau Water again fl owing in South Board canals In public duty and in private thinking. of Land Management in the Pickles Butte area in order to Water is now fl owing in all South Board of Control For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds make it a reality, he indicated. But the regional plan hit a canals. The water supply for the season looks good. Excess Their large professions and their little deeds, wall when the BLM, Washington offi ce, advised it could will be available for Owyhee water users. A defi nite amount Mingle in selfi sh strife lo! Freedom weeps, not approve the idea. has not been set as yet and probably will not be named until Wrong rules the land and waiting justice sleeps.” In the meantime, Bass said, the Homedale dump will it is seen how the runoff takes place. It is safe to assume — Josiah Gilbert Holland continue to operate. “We will continue the closure plan on that 4.5 feet per acre will be available. the Bruneau dump, and we’ll continue work on the tipping The South Board is starting the season with one new THE HOLLISTER Enterprise pays our South Mountain station in the Bruneau-Grand View area in the vicinity of ditch rider, Robert Mount. Bob lives in Marsing with his correspondent “Roustabout” a deserved compliment for Rimrock High School.” wife and three children. He was born in Jordan Valley. He the genius displayed in the original poem by the latter will ride the B canal. published in this paper just previous to St. Patrick’s Day, Local senior honored Charles Musgrove will again be back on the C canal. commencing. Beth Kiester, a senior at Marsing High School and This will be Charlie’s 24th year of ditch tending. “Turn out ye sons of Ireland and you ye daughters the daughter of Chuck and Judy Kiester, was awarded a Ferris Young will ride the A canal. This is Skip’s fi fth fair.” “Good Citizen” certifi cate by the Caldwell chapter of the year coming up. He has the largest acreage under his ride The Enterprise republished the production with the Daughters of the American Revolution. Beth was one of six of the eight riders. There are 8,300 acres served. following preface: Numerous poets have taken a hand at students from the area that was honored with this special Harry Parker starts his 10th year of riding. He works the embalming in glorious verse the memories of St. Patrick’s dinner/awards ceremony. South Canal from the middle to the tail end. grandest achievements, and from all the recorded efforts In order to qualify, Beth had to write an essay on “Our Charles Carpenter provides guiding care for the South that have come under the circle of our observation, American Heritage and My Responsibility to Preserve It.” Canal from Succor Creek to the mid-point. Charlie is in we select the following as the best. In our opinion it is She was also chosen because of her qualities of leadership his 11th year as a South Board employee. eminently entitled to the “blue ribbon.” The author is one and service in her school, church, community and home. Paul Vanderhoff keeps an eagle eye on the head end of “Roustabout,” the South Mountain correspondent of the Beth has attended Girls State, is FHA president, class the system. This will be his 3rd year. Idaho Avalanche. As the landmarks so pathetically allured secretary and a member of National Honor Society. She The Oregon area of the project not patrolled by Paul is to in the poem, are as familiar to us as household words, is also very active in sports and her church. handled by Pete Echevarria. Pete is commencing his fi fth we are more fascinated with “Rousty’s” rhymes. year with the South Board. New policeman hired Willis Liddell works the area directly north and west of W. J. HILL, of the Silver City Avalanche, Mrs. H. B. Offi cer Joe Whilden, 49, joined the Homedale Police Homedale. Dutch is commencing his sixth year. Eastman and Miss Louise Blackinger, of Silver City, Department on March 1st and said yesterday that he’s liking These eight riders are “mothered” by veteran water- arrived in town, yesterday afternoon, by the Idaho stage en the job fi ne. “I like the people. I like the kids. Everybody’s master Bill Wells. Bill came to the South Board from route for San Francisco. Mr. Hill favored us with a call; and pleasant,” he reported. “I get along well with everybody.” the Ontario area under the North Board of Control, in from him we learn that business of all kinds is very dull, at Whilden, a native of Pitman, N.J., has resided in Idaho for February 1959. present, in that section, but the prospects for a renewal next a long period of time, serving in the fi eld of law enforcement Owyhee Reservoir contains 640,470 ac. ft. of water as summer are very fl attering. Brother Bill seemed to be very over much of his working career. A veteran of the Vietnam of March 30. Last year’s contents was 636,850 ac. ft. attentive to the ladies under his charge, and we hope that era, he fi rst got into police work in Meridian in 1969, later Mrs. Hill will not get angry about it when she reads this serving at police posts in Soda Springs, Melba, Arco and the Chronicling little squib. We wish him a pleasant and safe return. Canyon County Sheriff’s Offi ce. He was chief of police in The old building formerly the Matteson Machine Shop and Melba until the police force there was disbanded in 1985. recently Simco has been completely torn down, and the area THEY say the grass will soon be sprouting around the He served in the same capacity in Arco. will be blacktopped for a used car lot by Owyhee Motors. sagebrush but it didn’t feel much like it this morning. Page 20 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Commentary

Baxter Black, DVM Wayne Hofffman, Idaho Freedom Foundation executive director On the Statehouse watch edge of Legislative failures overshadow smattering of accomplishments In 2015, the Idaho Legislature fl ed Boise after approving careers. (For his part, Gov. C. L. “Butch” Otter lamented common sense a $95 million tax hike in the dead of night. The 2016 that the Legislature’s binge spending was too little). Legislature came close to that level of gravitas, going on a As imprudent as this might sound, the Legislature spending spree and blowing kisses at Obamacare as they increased general fund spending by about 8 percent, on an Secret exited the building. This is a Legislature that failed. Hard. expected 2016-17 revenue increase of about 4.9 percent. Fortunately, it was not a total disaster. The triumphs (Anecdotally, Idaho Public Television scored a 30 percent of this session include the long-awaited passage of increase in taxpayer support.) With almost $250 million permitless concealed carry; stopping local governments in new revenue, lawmakers couldn’t spare a dollar to give seasoning from imposing their own wage mandates on businesses back to Idaho residents, but they did fi nd the money to give and employees; providing counties with new tools to state employees a 3 percent pay hike and to cover increases Sometimes it is embarrassing when your friends catch mitigate fi re hazards on public lands; allowing terminally in their benefi ts costs. that entrepreneurial spirit. How many times have you ill patients the right to try new medications; and reforming The House gingerly lobbed a measly 0.1 percent gently tried to tell them that, sure, Amway’s great, but what urban renewal. reduction in income taxes over to the Senate, which are ya gonna do with all that soap in the closet? That you However, when measured against the relentless special- the Senate quickly discarded. And though the Senate don’t really need a water fi lter, or that networking chain interest Big Government agenda, including the continued deserves blame for not advancing tax relief, the House also letters is not your bag. I used to have a weakness for get- infatuation with and support for Obamacare, there is no deserves arrows for quietly refusing to give a moment’s rich-quick schemes, but now I run cows and dabble in question the negatives cast a wide and dark shadow over consideration to a popular proposal to get rid of the state’s Iraqi real estate. any accomplishments. sales tax on groceries and its goofy companion grocery- Years ago, one of my friends was exploring the While other states are fi xing their public schools by tax credit. marketing possibilities of his latest venture which followed expanding education choice, our Legislature continued As if that wasn’t enough, the Legislature failed to do his unsuccessful Starling Sanctuary and the pencils made to cling to the notion that more money makes everything anything meaningful on health care. Though lawmakers of duck feet. He planned to supplant Mutant Ninja Pizza better. The Legislature poured a 7.4 percent increase in adamantly rejected Gov. Otter’s proposed entitlement as the greatest thing since sliced cheese! Jim’s Secret education spending into the public school system without health care program, the House came up with its own plan Seasoning! To enhance your BBQ experience! He closed any expectation that our schools will operate better, or his eyes as visions of Secret Seasoning blanketed the Earth that our kids will graduate better prepared for colleges or — See Legislative, Page 21 like volcanic ash. You could almost smell the belch of Mt. St. Helens. “But we gotta have a gimmick,” he said. We ordered another round of Cactus Perrier and explored alternative uses. It should be, we fi ggered, the only Secret Sen. Mike Crapo Seasoning that could be bought by the yard, in bulk, like concrete or barley. Delivered in a 20-ton end dump direct to the spice rack or the driveway! It could be applied to icy sidewalks or intersections. One could market it as a spray From Washington or cologne to be dabbed gently on the upper lip or around the sweatband, wherever perspiration would bring out its true essence. Powder it in your shoes to prevent offensive Pulse crops grown around Idaho, odors. Or market it as an air freshener in the shape of a sage-grouse to be dangled from the rear-view mirror! Jim’s Secret Seasoning could be used to disguise the real world are heartbeat of nutrition fl avor of fruitcake, Metamucil or airline food. It could be This year has been declared the International Year of in the resolution, S.Res.397: served at cocktail parties next to the punch bowl, in the Pulses to help raise awareness of the importance of these • A pulse is an important component of a nutritious 50-pound block! The list of potential uses was endless: crops in meeting world nutrition needs, encourage research diet and is high in protein, vitamins, fi ber and minerals, tanning hides, pickling fatback, wart removal, dumpster and development and better ensure the availability of pulse including iron potassium, magnesium and zinc; disinfectant, insecticide fl avoring, cellulite peel … we crops to consumers around the world. Pulse crops include • A pulse helps prevent serious and chronic illness, planned on and on, calculating fertilizer spreaders, railroad dry peas, dry beans, lentils and chickpeas. Idaho pulse including heart disease, cancer, diabetes and stroke; cars and supertankers scattering Secret Seasoning to the crop producers are working hard to meet this important • A legume serves as an important rotation crop, keeps ends of the Earth! nutritional need. soil fertile and improves overall soil health by replenishing Exhausted and pink with excitement, he presented me a The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports nitrogen; 4 oz. bottle of his miraculous concoction. It was Grandpa’s that despite pulse crops being an important part of the • A pulse crop provides food security and nutrition to recipe, he said reverently. He said he used it to fl ush his human diet for thousands of years and a vital crop today for much of the developing world as a low-cost source of mules. food security, combating malnutrition, alleviating poverty, protein; and I wished him luck and bought half interest in the improving human health and enhancing agricultural • A pulse crop is an important economic development company for $12. Jim’s Secret Seasoning … If you’ve got sustainability, in many countries the production of pulses is crop for small farmers, for both domestic production and a secret, we’ve got the seasoning! not meeting demand. Opportunities to encourage increased export potential. connections to utilize pulses, advance the production of Further, the resolution would express Senate support for — Visit Baxter’s Web site at www.baxterblack.com for pulse crops and address challenges in the trade of pulses the recognition of 2016 as the Year of Pulses, participation more features and to purchase Baxter Black merchandise, are to be promoted throughout this International Year of in related activities and programs to support the cultivation including his newest release, “Cave Wall Graffi ti from a Pulses. and consumption of pulses. Neanderthal Cowboy,” other books and DVDs. Idaho is leading the charge as a national leader in the The FAO recognizes pulses as excellent sources of fi ber production of pulse crops. The Idaho State Department and folate; good sources of protein and potassium; iron- Election letters of Agriculture (ISDA) reports that Idaho is one of the rich; high in antioxidants; sodium-free; and cholesterol- The Owyhee Avalanche will accept letters to the editor top fi ve producing states for multiple varieties of pulse free. The FAO indicates that pulses and legumes help pertaining to the May 17 primary election until noon on crops, accounting for signifi cant percentages of total U.S. children grow and provide the nutrients needed to repair Friday, May 6. production. Additionally, pulse crops are a top commodity the body and help older people protect against illness and The usual letters to the editor guidelines apply, includ- in Idaho and account for tens of millions of dollars in keep them in good health. ing letters must be no more than 300 words and letters must production value for the state’s agriculture economy. In Idaho pulse crop producers deserve to be commended include contact information, including a phone number, of 2013 alone, Idahoans produced more than $81 million for their contributions to ensuring the availability of these the letter-writer. Submit by: worth of dry beans, more than $13.7 million worth of dry important crops and advancing nutritional options for • Email to [email protected] peas and $9.2 million worth of lentils. Idahoans and consumers around the world. • Fax to (208) 337-4867 I joined Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and other • Mail to P.O. Box 97, Homedale ID, 83628 senators representing pulse crop-producing states in — Republican Mike Crapo is Idaho’s senior member of • Or drop off at the Avalanche offi ce at 19 E. Idaho Ave., introducing a resolution recognizing the important role the U.S. Senate. He is in his third six-year term and has in Homedale of pulse crop production in Idaho, the U.S. and the world. served in the Senate since 1999. Prior to that, he was a For more information, call (208) 337-4681. The signifi cant benefi ts of these crops are acknowledged three-term Idaho Second District congressman. Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 21 Commentary Financial management Control, fl exibility key when saving for children’s college Dear Dave, There are several types of 529 to withdraw that amount and to win with money. This kind of We have two daughters, and plans, and there’s only one that I refund yourself for the scholarship thing is made even worse, because we’ve started thinking about would recommend. It’s the kind amount without penalty or taxes we live in a culture fueled by financial planning for college. that has complete flexibility, on the amount withdrawn. extreme debt marketing. And What are the differences between where you control the investments. 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You’ll be allowed adult, and delay pleasure in order on the web at daveramsey.com. Americans for Limited Government What country music can tell us about Trump’s rural appeal by Dustin Howard Detroit down.” Does that sound like someone who would Generally speaking, the western part of the state voted like Pundits in Washington are befuddled. A month after the support the 12-nation Trans-Pacifi c Partnership trade Kansas, the eastern part like Illinois and the southern part SEC primary and two weeks after the last southern votes pact? After the bailouts and economic stagnation, is it any like Arkansas; the former which voted for Cruz, the latter were cast, they wonder: How did a brash New Yorker win wonder rural America no longer trusts the government to two which voted for Trump. the South? Save for Ted Cruz winning Texas, most of the negotiate on their behalf? Even in the 1990s and 2000s when the nation had a former Confederacy voted for Donald Trump. Rural America Rural America is still hurting, and globalization doesn’t better economy, this strain could be felt. It was expressed beyond the South is largely trending the same way. have many rural fans. Why would it? According to the U.S. in songs like Alan Jackson’s “Little Man” and Travis More remarkable still is that Michigan, Illinois and Department of Agriculture, while rural unemployment has Tritt’s “Country Ain’t Country No More”. Both songs even Massachusetts agree with their southern brethren. more or less correlated with metro unemployment, rural talk about the decline of small towns and farms, and drip How often does the industrial North agree with the South poverty is more prevalent than in metropolitan areas. with contempt about the New South developing their in a Republican primary? These areas, North and South, Ostensibly, this indicates that the rural American is having communities out of existence. This sort of “sentimental have been fertile ground for an uprising because both are a harder time bouncing back than his urban counterpart. shame,” as Merle Haggard called it, fuels the desire to hold feeling the pain from bad economic policies; Mr. Trump Why would they support losing more jobs to a bad trade on to what they have and restore what they’ve lost. did not plant the seeds of populism, but he is enjoying deal? Rural Americans have never liked the convoluted trade the harvest. Donald Trump has done well in most of the states that deals their politicians vote for; when they were polled These places, particularly the South, have always had a have counties with 30 percent or higher non-metro county about it in the recent ALG-Caddell poll, 72 percent, populist streak, and country music has refl ected it. From poverty rates (according to USDA research analyzing 2010 including 76 percent of Republicans, agreed with the Merle Haggard singing about being laid off from the to 2014 fi gures), including northeastern Arizona, where statement “The same political elite who have been rigging factory in 1973 in “If We Make It Through December” Trump won last week. The process of transitioning from the political process in Washington are the same ones that to its culmination in Celebrity Apprentice winner John post-agrarian to industrial and then to post-industrial has have been rigging trade deals that hurt Americans, but Rich’s “Shutting Detroit Down” in 2009, rural America been an ugly one for rural America, and particularly the benefi t themselves.” is not friendly to the globalization that it perceives is South. Instead, they are opting for the candidate that never held shipping jobs overseas. In the recent Americans for If there is a place where the rural South and industrial elected offi ce, because they’ve had it with the insiders who Limited Government-Pat Caddell poll, 59 percent of North converge, it’s Missouri, one of the last true Border rig trade deals against them. That sentiment isn’t just held Republicans who answered agreed that “Over the last two States; it is a sort of microcosm of Trump’s support base. in the South, but all over the nation. decades the free trade agreements signed by the United The southern half of the state, largely removed from Country music itself has changed. Many of the songs States with other countries were more a benefi t to foreign Kansas City and St. Louis, has more in common with that now come out of Nashville are dirt road anthems that countries.” Arkansas than it does with the northern half of the state. tend to be apolitical. On occasion, when country singers The chorus of Rich’s song captured the anger well: In Missouri, the population centers tended to go for do engage in social commentary, the frustration with the “Because in the real world they’re shuttin’ Detroit down, Cruz, including Kansas City, Springfield, Jefferson economic status quo comes out. Listen close enough, and while the boss man takes his bonus paid jets on out of town. City, Columbia, Cape Girardeau and little Hannibal. you can hear people who are tired of losing ground, and D.C.’s bailing out them bankers as the farmers auction Rural Missouri and St. Louis, which according to the St. are fi ghting to preserve their way of life. ground. Yeah while they’re living up on Wall Street in that Louis Fed was hit hard during the recession and lost a — Rural Missourian Dustin Howard is a contributing New York City town, here in the real world they’re shuttin’ congressional district in the recent census, went to Trump. editor at Americans for Limited Government. √ Legislative: Lawmakers refuse to fi nd market-based healthcare solution From Page 20 would actually help lift them out of poverty. Nor were really, really hard to implement conservative principles, to make poor people wards of the state and passed that onto legislators willing to remove barriers to purchasing health fi ght back against Big Government and control spending. the Senate. The Senate, in turn, called and raised that hand insurance across state lines, or to make medical care more Don’t believe it for a second. by voting to implement yet another phase of Obamacare accessible and, therefore, less expensive. — Medicaid expansion. All of these actions would make perfect sense in, say, — Wayne Hoffman of Nampa is president of the Idaho Lawmakers were steadfastly unwilling to consider Connecticut. Or Vermont. Or California. But this is Idaho. Freedom Foundation, which on the IFF website is market-based solutions. Such solutions included ideas to Lawmakers will undoubtedly now go home, campaign for described as a non-partisan educational research institute connect poor people with community organizations, which re-election and make disingenuous claims that they worked and government watchdog. Page 22 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Public notices NOTICE Petitioner’s legal documents; it is covenant or warranty regarding the Benefi ciary shall not be liable The Marsing Joint School the last name used by petitioner’s title, possession or encumbrances to the successful bidder for any LEGAL NOTICE OF District #363 Board of Trustees wife and biological child; and it to satisfy the obligation secured damages. TERMINATION TRIAL declared a vacancy in Trustee is the name by which Petitioner by and pursuant to the power of Said sale will be made without CASE NO. CV2015-792-H Zone 1 (one) due to a resignation. desires to be known. sale conferred in the Deed of Trust covenant or warranty regarding IN THE DISTRICT COURT The Board will be accepting A hearing on the Petition is executed by BLAINE H ALLEN, title, possessions or encumbrances OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL letters of interest in this vacancy scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on the 20th and LUCILE M ALLEN, Husband to satisfy the obligation secured DISTRICT OF until Thursday, April 14, 2016 day of April, 2016, at the Owyhee and Wife, Grantor, to Ryan M. by and pursuant to the power THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN at 4:30 p.m. Please contact County Courthouse located at 31 Fawcett, Successor Trustee, for of sale conferred in the Deed AND FOR THE COUNTY OF Deb Holzhey, Board Clerk, at W. Wyoming, Homedale, Idaho the benefi t and security of IDAHO of Trust executed by Tomas OWYHEE 896-4111 ext. 197 or by email: 83628. Objections may be fi led HOUSING AND FINANCE Jimenez Neri, a married man, as In the Consolidated Matter of dholzhey@marsingschools. by any person who can show the ASSOCIATION, recorded April his sole and separate property, the Termination of Parental Rights org for a description of Zone court a good reason against the 8, 2009, as Instrument No. as Grantor(s) with Mortgage of: TAMARA L. REYES and 1(one) residency and information name change. 267882, Mortgage records of Electronic Registration Systems LAMONT L. BECK. regarding this vacancy. Due to Dated this 2 day of March, Owyhee County, Idaho. THE Inc., acting solely as nominee for In the Matter of the Adoption the closure of the district offi ce 2016. ABOVE GRANTOR IS NAMED Ownit Mortgage Solutions, Inc. of: L.D.B., Minor Child. for spring break of March 21st - Clerk of the Court TO COMPLY WITH SECTION as the Benefi ciary, under the Deed To: LAMONT BECK, the 25th, please call beginning March By: Cindy Chaves, Deputy 45-1506 (4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NO of Trust recorded April 4, 2006, natural father of said L.D.B. 28th. Clerk REPRESENTATION IS MADE as Instrument No. 255821, in the YOU AND EACH OF YOU, 3/23,30/16 3/16,23,30;4/6/16 THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, records of Owyhee County, Idaho. will hereby take notice: PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE The Beneficial interest of said That a Petition under the NOTICE OF ANNUAL FOR THIS OBLIGATION. Deed of Trust was subsequently Termination Act was fi led in the NOTICE TO CREDITORS th MEETING CASE NO. CV-2016-0870 The default for which this sale is assigned to U.S. Bank National above entitle matter on the 17 Notice is hereby given that IN THE DISTRICT COURT to be made is the failure to pay when Association, as trustee, on behalf day of December, 2015. a meeting of the members of OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL due, monthly installment payments of the holders of the Home Equity That a Termination Trial on the MARSING COMMUNITY DISTRICT OF THE STATE under the Deed of Trust Note dated Asset Trust 2006-6 Home Equity the Petition has been set for DISASTER FUND, an association OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR April 2, 2009, in the amount of Pass Through Certifi cates, Series May 18, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in will be held at eight (8:00) o’clock THE COUNTY OF OWYHEE $1,007.00 each, for the months 2006-6, recorded July 16, 2009, the Magistrate Court, Owyhee p.m., Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at MAGISTRATE DIVISION of July, 2015 through February, as Instrument No. 268693, in the County Courthouse, Homedale, the MARSING COMMUNITY IN THE MATTER OF 2016, inclusive; and for each and records of said County. Idaho. Unless you fi le a responsive CENTER for the purpose of THE ESTATE OF: RONALD every month thereafter until date THE ABOVE GRANTORS pleading within twenty (20) days, electing (5) directors for a term of MICHAEL DELANEY, of sale or reimbursement. All ARE NAMED TO COMPLY a default judgment may be entered three years. One (1) each from DECEASED PERSON. delinquent payments are now due, WITH SECTION 45-1506(4) against you. the communities of Riverside NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN plus accumulated late charges, plus (a), IDAHO CODE. NO That you have the right to Area, Knowlton Heights Area, that MICHAEL ALLEN any costs or expenses associated REPRESENTATION IS MADE be represented by Counsel of Sunnyslope Area, Opaline Area DELANEY has been appointed with this foreclosure. The accrued THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, your choosing or upon good and (1) for Director at Large personal representative of the interest is at the rate of 5.00% per PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE cause shown, providing you are from within the Association above-named decedent. All persons annum from June 1, 2015. The FOR THIS OBLIGATION. fi nancially needy, the Court may boundaries, for the election of having claims against the decedent principal balance owing as of this The default for which this sale appoint Counsel to act in your offi cers for the Association and or the estate are required to present date on the obligation secured by is to be made is the failure to pay behalf. any other business relative to the their claims within four months said Deed of Trust is $149,373.94, the amount due under the certain That you are required to Annual Meeting. after the date of the fi rst publication plus accrued interest at the rate of Promissory Note and Deed of register your claim of paternity 3/23,30/16 of the Notice to Creditors, or said 5.00% per annum from June 1, Trust, in the amounts called for with the Vital Statistics Unit of claims will be forever barred. 2015. thereunder as follows: the Department of Health and NOTICE OF HEARING Claims must be presented both DATED This 25th day of Monthly payments in the Welfare prior to the date of any ON NAME CHANGE to the Personal Representative, February, 2016. amount of $629.57 for the termination proceeding wherein CASE NO. CV2016-891-H MICHAEL ALLEN DELANEY, RYAN M. FAWCETT, a months of June 2015 through the child is placed with an agency IN THE DISTRICT COURT Member of the Idaho State Bar, and including to the date of sale, licensed to provide adoption RD 7541 Solarset Cir., Anchorage, FOR THE 3 JUDICIAL AK 99507 ph (907) 632-7537 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE together with late charges and services, pursuant to Idaho Code DISTRICT 3/16,23,30;4/6/16 monthly payments accruing. The 16-1513(5). (or to his attorney of record, Ty A. st FOR THE STATE OF Ketlinski 3597 E. Monarch Ln., sum owing on the obligation DATED this 1 day of March, IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE secured by said Deed of Trust 2016 Suite F240, Meridian, Idaho 83642 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S COUNTY OF OWYHEE ph 208-288-4444), and fi led with is $78,486.08 as principal, plus Clerk of the District Court IN RE: David Michael SALE service charges, attorney’s fees, By Cindy Chaves, Deputy the Clerk of the Court. On July 26, 2016, at the hour of Cantrall 3/23,30;4/6/16 costs of this foreclosure, any and Clerk A Petition to change the name 9:00 o’clock AM of said day, in all funds expended by Benefi ciary 3/9,16,23,30/16 of David Michael Cantrall, now the lobby of the Owyhee County to protect their security interest, residing in the City of Homedale, NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S Courthouse, 20381 State Hwy 78, and interest accruing at the rate NOTICE State of Idaho, has been fi led in the SALE Murphy, Idaho, Charles C. Just, of 7.375% from May 1, 2015, Bybee Air will be conducting District Court in Owyhee County, On Tuesday, the 28th day of Attorney at Law, as Successor together with delinquent taxes aerial applications in and around Idaho. The name will change to June, 2016, at the hour of 10:00 Trustee, will sell at public auction plus penalties and interest to the the areas of Bruneau, Grand David Michael Bowman. The o’clock a.m. of said day in the to the highest bidder, for cash, date of sale. View, Mtn. Home, Homedale reason for the change in name is: lobby of the Owyhee County in lawful money of the United The Benefi ciary elects to sell or and Marsing during the months so my birth certifi cate will match Courthouse, 20381 State Hwy. 78, States, all payable at the time of cause the trust property to be sold beginning March 1, 2016 through my Idaho Class A CDL Murphy, in the County of Owyhee, sale, the following described real to satisfy said obligation. November 30, 2016. A hearing on the petition is State of Idaho, Ryan M. Fawcett, property, situated in the County Dated this 25th day of March, If you have any concerns or scheduled for 10:30 o’clock a.m. as Successor Trustee, will sell of Owyhee, State of Idaho, and 2016. questions regarding operations in on May 18, 2016 at the Owyhee at public auction, to the highest described as follows to wit: Taegan N. Curzon, Trust Offi cer the vicinity or over your property, County Courthouse in Homedale. bidder, for cash, in lawful money LOT 5 OF BLOCK 1 OF for Just Law, Inc., P.O. Box please contact your neighboring Objections may be fi led by any of the United States, all payable VANCE ADDITION, PART 50271, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83405 farmer or Bybee Air Service 541- person who can show the court at the time of sale, the following OF THE NORTHEAST (208) 523-9106 FAX (208) 523- 372-5232 or 208-590-9792. a good reason against the name described real property situated in QUARTER OF THE 9146 Toll Free 1-800-923-9106 3/23,30;4/6,13/16 change. the County of Owyhee, State of NORTHWEST QUARTER, 3/30;4/6,13,20/16 Date: March 21, 2016 Idaho, and described as follows, SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 3 Clerk of the District Court, to-wit: NORTH, RANGE 5 WEST, Angela Barkell In Township 2 North, Range 4 OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, By: Cindy Chaves, Deputy West, Boise Meridian, Owyhee ACCORDING TO THE Clerk County, Idaho Section 35 OFFICIAL PLAT THEROF 3/30;4/6,13,20/16 Beginning at the Southwest ON FILE AND OF RECORD corner of the West Half of the East IN THE OFFICE OF THE Advertising NOTICE OF HEARING Half of the Southeast Quarter of RECORDER FOR OWYHEE CASE NO. CV-2015-868-H the Southwest Quarter; thence COUNTY, IDAHO. IN THE DISTRICT COURT running The Trustee has no knowledge OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL North 435.60 feet; thence of a more particular description of DISTRICT OF THE running the above referenced real property, It’s what makes STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND East 100 feet; thence running but for purposes of compliance FOR THE COUNTY OF with Section 60-113 Idaho Code, OWYHEE South 435.60 feet; thence the Trustee has been informed the great businesses In Re: DENNIS LEE running address of 305 South 5th Street WHITMORE West 100 feet to the POINT OF West, Homedale, Idaho 83628, A Verifi ed Petition to change BEGINNING. is sometimes associated with the great businesses the name of DENNIS LEE The Successor Trustee has no said real property. WHITMORE, now residing in knowledge of a more particular This Trustee’s Sale is subject Homedale, Idaho, has been fi led description of the above-referenced to a bankruptcy fi ling, a payoff, in the District Court in Owyhee real property, but for purposes of a reinstatement or any other Established 1865 County, Idaho. The name will compliance with Section 60-113, conditions of which the Trustee be changed to DENNIS LEE Idaho Code, the Successor Trustee is not aware that would cause the RYDELL. The reason for the has been informed that the street cancellation of this sale. Further, change is because that is the address of 7042 Opaline Rd., if any of these conditions exist, name by which Petitioner has Melba, Idaho, is sometimes this sale may be null and void, 337-4681 been known all of his life; it is the associated with said real property. the successful bidder’s funds shall name that is contained on most of Said sale will be made without be returned, and the Trustee and Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Page 23 Classifieds Reach 8,000 Readers Every Week in the Owyhee Avalanche )N0RINT/NLINEASLOWASs#ALL OREMAILADSTOJENNIFER OWYHEEAVALANCHECOM

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Patti Zatica Please contact Alisha Tamura at 208 577-7647 for more information on our start dates. 208-573-7091 email: [email protected] 337-4681 Page 24 Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Bruneau Canyon 4-H club plans Basque dinner The Bruneau Canyon 4-H club is selling Legion Post 83 Hall in Bruneau. Basque bread. Only 100 tickets will be sold. a limited number of tickets for a family- Family style dinners feature dishes set at The main course is Solomo, which is The price is $20 per person and $35 for style Basque dinner. the tables and diners taking as much food roasted pork loin with peppers and garlic, a couple. The meal will be served beginning at as they want. Basque rice, Basque beans and rice pudding Call Martie Schutte at (208) 845-2608 6 p.m. on Friday, April 8 at the American The menu will include soup, salad and for dessert. to buy tickets. Legislature sine die leaves Democrats disappointed John McCrostie (D-Garden City, killing it and leaving Idahoans House to be left on the calendar tributes to their retiring members, Budgets OK’d; Dist. 16), and Melissa Wintrow in the gap with no solution this without taking it up, effectively including Reps. Gayle Batt (R- income tax cut (D-Boise, Dist. 19) stepped out year. killing the bill. Wilder, Dist. 11), Dan Rudolph of the chamber during the bill’s “Talk to the physicians in your The House adjourned Sine Die (D-Lewiston, Dist. 6), Reed bill doesn’t move hearing. The representatives also community and ask them whether at approximately 12:12 p.m. on DeMordaunt (R-Eagle, Dist. 14), stepped out of the House State we’ve made progress or not,” Dist. Friday. and Linden Bateman (R-Idaho by Taylor Nadauld Affairs Committee they serve on 6 Rep. John Rusche (D-Lewiston) In the Senate, Dist. 22 Sen. Lori Falls, Dist. 33), and Sens. Curt The Idaho Legislature wrapped for the bill’s fi rst reading. said in a press conference after Den Hartog (R-Meridian) gave McKenzie (R-Boise, Dist. 13) and up its 2016 session last week after That was not the Democrats’ adjournment. “I’d submit that we an emotional plea for what Dist. Roy Lacey (D-Pocatello, Dist. legislators addressed some sig- biggest loss in the fi nal days of didn’t.” 30 Sen. Dean Mortimer (R-Idaho 29). Sens. Bart Davis (R-Idaho nifi cant last-minute bills — with the session though, as a much The House also passed some Falls) called “the last public edu- Falls, Dist. 33) and Mortimer also topics ranging from abortion to anticipated bill that would have last-minute budgets forwarded by cation budget” of the session. received thanks for their services tax cuts — and gave tributes to addressed the 78,000-person the Joint Finance and Appropria- H 647 calls for additional fund- to the Legislature. retiring co-workers. healthcare gap in Idaho failed in tions Committee that drew con- ing to the Public School Support The Unborn Infants Dignity the House on a party line vote. troversy, including $2 million to Program/Division of Children’s — University of Idaho student Act, sponsored by Dist. 13 Rep. The bill’s line items included the Constitutional Defense Fund, Programs and the State Board of Taylor Nadauld covered the 2016 Brent Crane (R-Nampa) — which $400,000 for a study of the gap, $400,000 to the Wolf Control Education to be used for literacy Idaho Legislature session for The would prohibit the sale, transfer, $5 million in grants to various Fund, and a new, $782,900 budget interventions, local school inno- Owyhee Avalanche as an intern or distribution of the remains of an Idaho community health centers, for the Arts Commission, $200 vation, and the career ladder. supported by the U of I’s Mc- aborted fetus — passed the House and an added amendment to ap- more than an original budget that “If we don’t take care of this,” Clure Center for Public Policy 54-14 on Thursday, to the chagrin ply for a Medicaid expansion had failed to pass. Den Hartog said with teary eyes, Research. This is the second year of House Democrats. waiver. With little time left and the “we will have failed our respon- that the Avalanche and the Mc- “This is a terrible bill,” Dist. 19 The amended bill passed the Senate already adjourned, a bill sibility to our kids.” Clure Center have collaborated Rep. Matt Erpelding (D-Boise) Senate on Thursday night. Shortly pushed through the House by Dist. The bill passed both chambers on the project, which assists a said on the fl oor during debate. after, the Senate adjourned Sine 14 Rep. Mike Moyle (R-Star) that and was sent to Gov. C.L. “Butch” handful of weekly newspapers Fellow Reps. Paulette Jordan Die at 9:03 p.m. would have expanded Internet Otter’s desk. around the state. Nadauld also (D-Plummer, Dist. 5), Elaine But the bill failed to pass the sales taxes and cut income taxes, Before adjournment, both bod- is reporting for Idaho Public Smith (D-Pocatello, Dist. 29), House the next day, effectively was voted unanimously by the ies paid sometimes emotional Radio.

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