HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2012 Community Gives Back for Christmas Weather Wreaks Havoc Silver City, Bachman Roads Closed for Winter
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About 50 families in have announced their hours of the Marsing area received assistance. operation for New Year’s Eve. Only grocery stores Paul’s Market Marsing basketball players Roy Olvera, in Homedale and Logan’s Market left, and Jason Galligan tighten bolts on a in Marsing will be open on New bicycle destined to a Hope Tree recipient. Year’s Day. New Year’s Eve schedules are Owyhee Gardeners president Judy as follows: Mackenzie, right, gazes at Tristen, infant City halls — Grand View daughter of Homedale residents Kade and City Hall will be open during its Stephenie Thomas, after delivering gifts regular hours from 8 a.m. to 12:30 to the family in their temporary Wilder p.m. and from 1:30 to 5 p.m. residence. See Page 5 for more on both stories. –– See Closures, page 9 2012: A look back County government saw change, challenges during year Aaron Tines started his second Stella Bush beginning another assumed mayoral duties in Grand 2012 punctuated by loss, triumph term on the city council, and city council term and Chris Even View, taking over from Paul January were familiar to city politics in Steve Atkins was sworn in for the starting his first term on the Spang. Opal Ward and Donald Familiar faces in city Homedale. fi rst time. board. (Bill) Mead also started new terms government — Two new mayors Paul Fink succeeded Harold Keith Green began his second Former Homedale city took offi ce in the county, but both Wilson as Homedale mayor. term as Marsing mayor with councilperson Tammy Payne –– See Year, page 12 Subscribe today Death notices 6Sports 17-20 Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Calendar 7Looking Back 21 IInsidenside directly to you each Wednesday Then and Now 7Commentary 22-23 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County County road Call 337-4681 Court news 10 Legals 24-26 boss retires BOCC news 10-11 Classifi eds 26-27 Page 3 Page 2 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Grand View City Hall More changes in store for adds a day to its week Grand View government New year will day that the Owyhee County All but Buffi ngton have agreed from Buffi ngton, but incoming Division of Motor Vehicles Water and sewer to continue their service. City Clerk Teena Lewis said he bring new hours satellite offi ce is open at City board will have Buffi ngton was the top vote- has not contacted the city to ac- Hall. getter with 49, followed by Payne cept or decline. of operation Previously, city hall was two new faces (48), Hipwell (46) and Ward If Burnett declines, then the city open until 5 p.m. Monday (45). will reach out to Doug Meyers, Grand View City Hall’s through Wednesday except Although the incumbents Newcomer Jennifer Zimmer- former city councilman Bill Law- hours of operation will change for an hour for a lunch break, picked up the most votes in the man, who was one of the top fi ve rence or Verla Robison, Lewis beginning next Wednesday, and while the DMV stayed open recent Grand View Water and vote-getters and whose name ap- said. Those three candidates the government offi ce will be Thursday. Sewer Association election, not peared on three ballots, has agreed received two votes each. open an extra day each week. Lewis succeeds longtime everyone has agreed to serve. to serve. She takes the place of Richard Waltz, the owner of the When city hall re-opens city clerk and treasurer Helana Grand View City Hall reported Franklin Hart, who resigned ear- Y Bar and Café, received one vote after New Year’s holiday, new “Lani” Race, whose last offi cial last week that all four sitting lier this year. during the election. city clerk Teena Lewis will day is today. members of the board of directors Hart also left his city council The water and sewer associa- be available 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Race served 14 years and two — president David Buffi ngton, post and was replaced by Mary tion is a separate governing body Monday through Thursday. months, the longest tenure of Marie Hipwell, Tammy Payne Bradeen. than the city council, although The change also means that any clerk in the 40-year history and Opal Ward — were the top James Burnett, who received city elected offi cials Payne, Hip- city offi ces will be open every of Grand View. four vote-getters when the mail-in the same amount of votes as Zim- well and Ward will serve on both ballots were counted Dec. 12. merman, is in line to take over boards. Homedale responds to Sandy Hook Thanking them for service with safety drills, someone to talk to The schools’ principals com- All three schools have lockdown municated the completion of the practice before holiday break drills with parents through the district’s Lumen email service. All three Homedale schools and drills had been in the works The first-year principal said underwent lockdown drills in the since the rumor of a student that many children were upset days before leaving for Christmas coming to school to fulfi ll a hit after hearing the news of the break last week. list gripped the high school in deaths of students around their Superintendent Rob Sauer said September, Sauer said the deadly age and teachers. Vasquez said the district has been planning the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook school counselor Randee Garrett drills for the past couple months, Elementary School in Newtown, has been available for one-on-one but he ordered the exercises Conn., intensifi ed efforts. chats if the students have needed immediately before Christmas “What you really do is you take someone to talk to. break after the school shooting a step back and you think, ‘What “Randee has sent out all sorts Students make Christmas surprises for vets in Connecticut. would I do? What would we do? of information to teachers on how Above: Stuart Emry’s Homedale Elementary fourth-grade class “In was in response to it, but Do our educators know what to to address it if kids bring it up in create a “Welcome Home” banner for veterans Friday. The youngsters we were working on it. It just do? Do our students know what class,” Vasquez said. include, clockwise from left, Keagen Christensen, Caitlyn Pate, makes everyone aware,” Sauer to do in these situations?’ ” Sauer Sauer said personnel at the Mayci Cline, Brayden Christoffersen, Netlaya Obregon and Gwen said. said. other campuses also are available King. Others helped create a banner presented to American Legion Sauer said the Homedale Po- “In all honesty, there is prob- if needed. Post 32 in Homedale, including Cesar Ramirez Lomeli, Xiomara lice Department was invited to ably no perfect solution if that “I do know that we had some Gomez Pacheco, Dulce Maravilla, Daniela Gonzalez, Makenna participate in the high school is somebody’s intent. You ask, students at the elementary level DeWitt, Angel Rios-Salas, Emily Craft and Victor Ramos. Below: lockdown drill, which took place ‘Are we as prepared as we can that were emotional and very From right, Ashley Maybon, Melanie Lopez Bobadilla and Kevin last Wednesday. be?’ And, hence, the practice concerned, so our staff at the Villasenor Ramirez, created Christmas cards for veterans. He added that offi cers were un- lockdown request.” elementary has been working able to take part because of other Homedale Elementary prin- closely with those students and commitments. cipal Terri Vasquez waited until their parents to make sure they’re Sgt. Mike McFetridge did par- Thursday afternoon to institute prepared to come back to school,” ticipate when high school teach- the lockdown drill for kindergar- Sauer said. ers underwent a lockdown drill teners through fourth-graders. The Owyhee Avalanche without students present a couple Vasquez said her staff members reached out to Marsing super- months ago, Sauer said. lead some type of safety drill — intendent Tracia Craig to find Middle school principal Amy including lockdowns, hall checks out how that district handled the Winters said her school under- and fi re drills — every month. aftermath, but a message seeking went the lockdown drill last “Just as we practice spelling comment wasn’t returned. Wednesday, too. words and math, we practice this While lockdown procedures for safety,” she said. — JPB Mike and Shelli Baker invite you to... Smoke Free! Free Champagne at Midnight Join Tom, Janet and Jeannie Marie for Fun, Frolic & Good Times! For a preview & to order, visit www.camprogers.com Pour House Lounge • Marsing Wednesday, December 26, 2012 Page 3 Former standout 4-H’rs to share horse-judging knowledge at clinic You can judge a horse by its well-shaped head.