Homedale Clinic Sees Emergency Status Property in 2006
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Homedale PD has suspects No local driver’s ed for in attack near Idaho Ave. bar Homedale, Marsing teens Marsing pins Payette PPageage 22AA PPageage 99AA In Sports Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Established 1865 VOLUME 22, NUMBER 37 HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS Owyhee faces West Nile funding re-run Owyhee County Commissioners state officials said the disaster is determined disaster conditions Chris Salove said last week. “Our State assistance decided at their Sept. 5 meeting declaration will have to be re- exist, and that the county will –– to page 5A to limit the county’s efforts to evaluated next spring. have to reapply for funding next eligibility tied to combat West Nile Virus school A spokesman for Gov. Jim spring. –– Homedale clinic sees emergency status property in 2006. Risch said the county is eligible “There is not any real outcome ‘possible’ West Nile cases daily, But, looking ahead to 2007, for state assistance only as long it at this point,” Commissioner 5A Visit Silver City, step back in time County Road is clear for purchases mining town’s vehicle for open house Silver City will hold its annual coroner public open house from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Commissioners Sept. 16-17. Ten or more private buildings OK FY 2007 plan and homes will be open to the public for viewing. Most will be with no changes decorated as they were in the 19th century when the mining town The Owyhee County Commis- was booming. sioners approved the purchase of According to Jerri Nelson, co- a new vehicle for the coroner’s of- owner of the Idaho Hotel in Silver fi ce at their Aug. 28 meeting. City, property owners frequently The vehicle, a 2006 Ford have visitors to the city wonder F-150 pickup, cost approximate- what houses in the area look like ly $23,000 and will be paid for inside. This is their opportunity. from the county’s 2007 general “At least 10 to 11 houses will fund, according Commissioner be open,” Nelson said. Chris Salove. Nelson cautioned visitors to Commissioners approved the have a full tank of gas before Fiscal Year 2007 budget at their turning off Idaho highway 78 Sept. 5 meeting. No changes were onto Silver City Road because made from the proposed budget, there are no service stations in which totaled nearly $7.9 million Silver City. Parking inside Silver Church on the hill invites visitors to Silver City — a 20 percent increase over the City is scarce, as well, so Nelson Vintage buildings, such as the church that stands in the shadow of one of the mountains surrounding FY 2006 plan. the Owyhee County mining town of Silver City, are the main attraction this weekend when the village’s County Clerk Charlotte Sher- –– to page 5A homeowners present the annual summer open house Saturday and Sunday. burn told The Owyhee Avalanche last week that the truck already has been purchased from Dan Weibold Ford in Nampa. School menus Commentary Legal notices Previously, Coroner Harvey Grimme used his personal ve- page 6A pages 10B-11B page 13B hicle for coroner’s duties. In the IInsidenside past, he had sought reimburse- Sports Looking Back Classifieds ment from the county for the use pages 1B-9B page 12B pages 14B-15B of that vehicle, including mileage –– to page 5A Page 2A Wednesday, September 13, 2006 No arrests yet in attack on man outside bar Grever on South 1st Street West. Homedale man in “The bartender saw two persons serious condition dragging a third individual out in the road,” Homedale Police Cpl. after beating Ian Takashige said Friday. “When the two men saw the Homedale Police said Monday bartender and bar patrons, they that they have suspects but have fl ed the scene.” made no arrests in an early- Reports state that Grever was morning attack that left a 49-year- bleeding from the head and old Homedale man hospitalized in unconscious when offi cers arrived. Boise in serious condition. His wounds were apparently Douglas Grever’s condition had caused by multiple punches to Burned areas to be reseeded next spring been upgraded to serious at Saint the head. Bureau of Land Management offi cials confi rmed last week that federal grazing allotments affected by Alphonsus Regional Medical There is no evidence of any the recent Chubby/Spain fi re last month in an area between Jordan Valley and Silver City will be rested Center on Monday morning, weapons involved at this time, for two years. BLM photos four days after he was found and no motive for the attack has unconscious outside O’Henry’s been released. Pub on Idaho Avenue. Takashige said police are BLM offi cial reveals plan for Grever was admitted into the investigating two suspects at this intensive care unit in critical time, but declined to release their condition after being flown by names or possible whereabouts rangeland damaged by fi re air ambulance to St. Al’s after the pending the outcome of the Friday morning incident. investigation. Police are not releasing suspect Anyone with information Federal grazing names at this time. should contact the Homedale At approximately 2 a.m. Friday, Police Department at 337- allotments to be a bartender and patrons from 4642. O’Henry’s Pub in Homedale rested two seasons noticed two males attacking —JWB The effects of the wildfi re that scorched more than 6,000 acres of grazing land last month between Jordan Valley and Silver City will be felt for at least the next two County P&Z to hear proposal grazing seasons. But the long-term benefits for subdivision near Marsing include fewer incidents of invasive plant species and a replenishment A Marsing corporation has fi led The commission will hear of native grasses, a Bureau of for the next two years. Local Working Group — during an application for a conditional testimony at 10 a.m. on Oct. Land Management rangeland “We are planning to work the re-seeding process. use permit to subdivide a 53-acre 18 inside the Owyhee County management specialist said last with ranchers in the area to build “We are working with the parcel into 49 residential lots Courthouse in Murphy. week. fences so we can rest BLM areas, Nature Conservancy and Sage north of Marsing on Old Bruneau The property on which the “It (the fire) should be a while they use private land as Grouse working group to cost- Highway, and the Owyhee County subdivision would be built is positive, in that it took out a lot of they choose,” Lepak said. “We share for re-seeding,” Lepak Planning and Zoning Commission currently owned by Joseph and juniper, which will be re-seeded will supply them with materials said. has set public hearing. Gayle Weatherby. with native grasses and sage,” said Nika Lepak, a rangeland for fencing, and they will be The following BLM grazing management specialist in the supplying the labor.” allotments were damaged or BLM’s Owyhee Field Offi ce in The BLM plans to re-seed next destroyed as a result of the fi re: Marsing. spring to aid in the land’s recovery, Soda Creek, Jump Creek, Franconi Lepak confirmed that the but also will coordinate efforts and Joint allotment. S DITCH PUMPS - WELL PUMPS portions of the scorched landscape with other groups — including The fi re was named the Chubby/ PUMP SALES, SERVICE, REPAIRS & INSTALLATION on BLM holdings will be rested the Owyhee County Sage Grouse Spain fire complex because it involved areas near Chubby Spring and Spain Hill. 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