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MMarsingarsing tteenseens rraiseaise aawareness,wareness, PPageage 2 RRodeoodeo ffansans getget ttheirheir fi lll,l, PPageage 1122 BBusinessesusinesses cclose,lose, PPageage 3 Photos and results from weekend Natural gas leak interrupts day Established 1865 VOL. 25, NO. 39 75 CENTS HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2010 Residential property tax bills may shrink fall, according to an analysis of numbers city levy could take as much as 44.2 percent “typical” home site within the limits of the Analysis: County share provided by the assessor’s offi ce. of the total revenue from a typical tax bill, county’s three cities and in the Bruneau of receipts may fall, The owner of a typical house inside the which is up from 38.1 percent in 2009. townsite area. Homedale city limits could see as much as Taxes in Marsing, Grand View and the No comparison was available for outly- Homedale’s could rise a 36.3 percent drop in taxes, an analysis by Bruneau area could drop anywhere from ing areas in the county because the asses- The Owyhee Avalanche has revealed. 8.5 percent to 19.4 percent. sor didn’t provide 2009 taxable values for Many property owners in Owyhee Even with the drop, more of the total tax The analysis was based on what County County could see their 2010 property taxes bill could go to support city services. The Assessor Brett Endicott classified as a –– See Tax, page 11 It’s not easy skimming green City borrows own money for interim LID fi nancing investment fund. Engineering, Before adopting that resolution, change orders council members voted to amend Ordinance 388, which had set increase price tag the maximum interim fi nancing at $380,000, to allow up to As the Homedale City Council $465,000 in interim fi nancing to increased the amount of Local pay contractor AME Electric Inc. Improvement District interim as workers complete stages of the financing it would need, city downtown revitalization. fathers also decided to borrow Mayor Harold Wilson said the from the municipality’s general increase in the interim fi nancing fund. ceiling was necessary because By passing Resolution No. of the addition of $66,000 in Sewer pond provides colorful backdrop 6131 at its Thursday meeting, additional charges because of a No, City of Marsing public works employees Phillip Gibson, left, and Jonathan Jarboe aren’t doing a the council authorized borrowing $31,000 streetlight change order green-screen shoot for computer graphics imaging for a movie. They’re rowing their way through duckweed $175,000 at an annual percentage and the possibility of as much as on top of a settling pond at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The workers were checking the pond’s rate of three percent from the temperature and monitoring dissolved oxygen levels. Homedale Public Library’s –– See LID, page 5 Bridge remains open Irrigation shutoff dates changed on the structure. Responding to concerns from will be turned off to the Gem and The change in date was made Hoagland: ITD Board of County Commissioners producers looking to plant fall Ridgeview districts and also at the after patrons voiced concerns, wants limitations chair Jerry Hoagland said Friday crops, the South Board of Control Owyhee Reservoir. South Board said in a press that the county is exploring has extended the irrigation Water in the C Canal, which release. strictly enforced with the Idaho Transportation season by a week in most areas serves the City of Marsing and A front-page article in last Department the possibility of it serves. some Marsing-area farmers, will Wednesday’s edition of The Condemned Sept. 13 by the leaving open the bridge over The board of directors stop fl owing Oct. 12 to allow for Owyhee Avalanche reports that state, Jordan Creek Bridge could which Flint Creek Road travels announced Sept. 21 that irrigation repairs. directors had set Oct. 8 as the remain open if Owyhee County water would continue to fl ow until City of Homedale irrigation enforces current weight limitations –– See Bridge, page 5 Oct. 15, which is the day water service will end on Oct. 11. –– See Irrigation, page 5 Subscribe today Wedding 6Sports 16-19 Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Calendar 7Looking Back 21 IInsidenside directly to you each Wednesday Peary Perry 7Commentary 22-23 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Homedale buys Call 337-4681 Energy news 9Legals 20, 24-26 Ross parcel Homecoming 13, 15 Classifi eds 26-27 Page 5 Page 2 Wednesday, September 29, 2010 Students help raise awareness for breast cancer give to a breast cancer foundation,” Varsity football fans encouraged Sauer said. “I am really grateful to wear pink on Friday at home game that we have so much support from adults and our peers. It’s really cool Marsing High School students an issue, and I think more people to see all of the kids at school get Kyla Loucks and Taylor Sauer need to know about it,” Loucks so excited about the event.” have dug into their own pockets said. “We need to support all of the Both Loucks and Sauer have to raise money and awareness for women fi ghting it. This is a great contacted breast cancer survivors breast cancer at Friday’s varsity way to make people more aware in the hope they will be able to football game against Melba. and raise money for the cause.” honor them during halftime of the The awareness night will The two students will be selling football game. All money raised coincide with National Breast shirts that will range from $5 to from the event will be donated to Cancer Awareness Month, which $10 and bracelets will cost $1. a breast cancer research center. kicks off Friday. The students At this time the two don’t have a For more information or to have had t-shirts made and will goal for the amount of money they make donations, contact Sauer sell breast cancer awareness want to raise but will accept any by e-mail at taylors_19@yahoo. bracelets throughout the game. donations people can give. com. Donations can also be sent “I think that breast cancer “It is an honor to be involved in to Marsing Paw PACK, PO Box awareness night is a great idea. something that will help so many 641, Marsing, ID, 83639. Breast cancer is becoming more of people out by raising money to — JLZ What you can do Texting campaign Breast cancer awareness Bracelets sold at Marsing football games, $2 Bracelets sold at Marsing football games, $1 For information, e-mail For information, e-mail [email protected] [email protected] Taylor Sauer, left, and Kyla Loucks are raising money — and Mail donations to: Marsing Paw PACK, PO Box 641, Marsing ID, 83639 awareness — for the fi ght against breast cancer by selling shirts. Marsing student aims to stop texting while driving home to the teens that along phones on the steering wheel and Bowman calls attention to problem through bracelets, with Coroner DeGeus-Morris at eye-level. We would have to education for students, community the hardest part of their job is pay more attention if anything notifying families of accidents was ever passed making it illegal,” Standing on the sidelines of dangers.” permanently installed in the that might otherwise have been Wasson said. “Until she brought it the Marsing High School football Through the sale of her baby school. prevented. to my attention, like most people, fi eld, Kimber Bowman cheers for blue “pledge no texting & driving” “I have never really thought “I want to help bring it to the we ignore the issue. Unless you her school and football players, but reminder bands Bowman has about until I saw a few things attention of everyone. Just like are tied to it directly and know she is constantly thinking about an enlisted the support of her family, on TV and Kimber came and drinking and driving if you can people who have been affected. epidemic plaguing today’s teens. Owyhee County Sheriff’s Deputy asked me to help out,” Wasson save even a few it is a success,” Some don’t realize the severity Bowman, a MHS junior, Jeff Wasson and Canyon County said. “I started looking it up on Wasson said. “I don’t know all the of texting.” has started a campaign to raise Coroner Vickie DeGeus-Morris. the Internet and there are more kids in the schools. But, I don’t Bowman has sold nearly 100 awareness among her peers about “We want to have an assembly accidents involving texting than want to have to go to an accident bracelets at $2 a piece and has the dangers of texting while at the high school to really open DUIs.” and see these kids. This doesn’t placed an additional order for driving. She has been selling the issue and let kids know about Wasson was recruited to help just affect the immediate families; 300 to keep up with the demand. bracelets to fellow students around it,” Bowman said. “At this time Bowman get it affects the whole community.” During a recent planning meeting, school and at games, raising I’m just focusing on Marsing, statistics and Wasson stressed that the biggest she and her support team came up money to get attention brought to but it would be nice to do this help bring role for him as a law enforcement with an idea for those purchasing distracted driving. elsewhere.” the point offi cer is education for all drivers the bracelets to sign a pledge “My hope is that I can save Bowman has yet to set a date about distracted driving.