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HHomedaleomedale ttoo eendnd ““GatewayGateway ttoo OOwyhees”,wyhees”, PPageage 5 Marsing scout MMarsingarsing sschools,chools, PPageage 9 CChiefhief ddeputyeputy rretiring,etiring, PPageage 4 helps needy Longtime trustee steps aside Sheriff tabs new right-hand man Page 7 Established 1865 VOL. 25, NO. 29 75 CENTS HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 2010 Citizens launch Crandall recall bid A former Owyhee County dispatcher mitted the required 20 signatures on the total number of voters who were registered Petition claims lack has launched a campaign to recall Sheriff plea for a special election. for the November 2008 general election of compassion and Daryl Crandall. DeGeus said she must gather 1,056 ad- in which Crandall won his term in offi ce County Clerk Charlotte Sherburn con- ditional signatures by Sept. 1 to impel the by a count of 2,315 to 1,599 over write-in communication, poor fi rmed Wednesday that she had certifi ed county to hold a special recall election. candidate Gary Aman. a recall petition on July 7, fi ve days after Idaho Code 34-1702(3) requires a number work environment Marsing resident Jessica DeGeus had sub- of signatures equal to 20 percent of the –– See Recall, page 5 Marsing Homedale raises trustees utility seek levy rates One-year supplemental The Marsing City Council aimed at restoring cut voted Wednesday night to raise water and sewer rates three per- school days cent annually. The current minimum rate of A supplemental levy has been proposed $42.67 for water will increase to restore school days lost by recent cuts to $1.28 a month to $43.95. Sewer the Homedale School District budget. will change from the $25.15 mini- Above: Evelyn Loveland has watched Jordan Valley change for the past 45 years, from her School trustees decided to pursue a one- mum with a 75-cent increase to kitchen window. Below: From left, Evelyn, Arthur, Peachie and Frankie Whitby in 1922. year, $300,000 levy election during their $25.90 per month. The new rates July 12 annual meeting. effect in Oct. 1. Polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on Other council business in- History through the window of Aug. 26. Canyon County patrons will vote cluded an update from the city at the Seventh-Day Adventist Fellowship attorney Loren Anderson who is Hall, 16613 Garnet Road, while Owyhee fi lling in for Stephanie Bonney, on a lifelong Jordan Valley resident County voters will cast ballots at the the Abatement code updates. The From her kitchen window, Evelyn Loveland district offi ce, 116 E. Owyhee Ave. council is looking into changing watches. Having sat at her table for the past 45 District superintendent Tim Rosandick the Nuisance Ordinance for the years, she has seen a lot. said the actual impact on property taxes city. Council members want to Born Evelyn Rose Whitby in Nampa on July won’t be known until final property be able to take care of buildings 18, 1912 to Tom and Clara from Oakley, she is values in Owyhee and Canyon counties and abandoned properties and the oldest resident of Jordan Valley, recently are submitted to the Idaho State Tax ensure that nobody is put at risk she celebrated her 98th birthday with family Commission later this month. by dilapidated structures. and friends. Estimates based on preliminary During public comment, a local During 45 years in her bright, red-roofed assessments provided by the respective apartment owner spoke regarding house on the main corner of town, Loveland county assessors, however, paint a rough issues of water metering on the has watched the small community grow and idea of how the supplemental will affect building they own in Marsing. change. She can remember the times where die,” Loveland said. “There are quite a few property tax bills: Concerns have arisen from the Jordan Valley was a booming mining town, the people I know who are coming back though. • $50,000 in net taxable property value owner of the property regarding motel was open, there was a grocery store and People who have left are coming back to retire would result in a one-year increase of back payments that are due to the many friendly faces everywhere. here.” $76.95, or $6.41 per month. “When the store closed, it hit everyone pretty Affectionately known around Jordan Valley –– See Marsing, page 5 hard. It has seemed like the town is ready to –– See Resident, page 10 –– See Levy, page 5 Subscribe today Obituary 6Sports 12 Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Percifi eld tourney 6 Looking Back 13 IInsidenside directly to you each Wednesday Calendar 7Commentary 14-15 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Another IFL Call 337-4681 Peary Perry 7Legals 16-18 title for Eby Reunion news 9Classifi eds 18-19 Page 12 Page 2 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Homedale, GV set city budget hearings $9,000 in FY 2011. Grand View Eidemiller said he spent prepares for $13,000 for the Charger, which will replace the Ford Crown Vic- arsenic work toria previously driven by Sgt. Mike McFetridge. Two municipal appropriations The municipal airport budget budgets will be scrutinized in pub- also was reduced by 58.8 percent lic hearings in coming weeks. to $106,510. The infl ated amount The fiscal year 2011 budget for FY 2010 was to account for an for the City of Homedale is the $187,000 state Division of Aero- subject of a 6 p.m. public hearing nautics grant for which the city during the city council’s regular was eligible but did not execute. meeting on Thursday at City Hall, The Parks budget also was 31 W. Wyoming Ave. reduced — by about $50,000 — Idaho Power crew removes an old light pole from in front of NAPA Auto Parts on East Idaho Avenue A budget of more than $3.2 mil- because of a Wal-Mart grant that in Homedale on Wednesday. The work was part of removal of nearly every wooden power pole along the lion has been proposed. The bud- was not received, city clerk and street as part of the Local Improvement District revitalization project. get 26.2 percent smaller than the treasurer Alice Pegram said. FY 2010 budget, which included The Grand View City Council money for the fi nal stages of the will hold a public hearing for the LID changes mean slight increase city’s water and sewer infrastruc- city’s proposed FY 2011 budget ture improvement projects. at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11. Other factors in the design change The FY 2011 budget includes Grand View City Hall is located Pedestrian bulb design among reasons included space for fi re hydrants three percent pay increases for at 425 Boise Ave. for more engineering fees and light poles and a desire for all city employees and a tempo- The Grand View budget in- uniformity with other pedestrian rary pay increase for Sgt. Mike cludes $245,952 for city expens- Changes to Homedale’s down- four of the wooden power poles bulbs. McFetridge, who will fi ll in when es, and increase of more than 500 town revitalization project have on Idaho Avenue. Chief Jeff Eidemiller is deployed percent over FY 2010. added about $10,000 to the tab All four remaining wooden Airport to get new access with the 116th Brigade Combat The entire $210,114 increase for engineering fees. poles carry electrical transmission The council accepted a bid from Team beginning later this year. can be attributed to an Idaho The city council learned of the lines and will also have street- Boise-based Titan Technologies The law enforcement budget Community Development Block new charges from Project Engi- lights, Kimmel said. Inc. to build an access road to has been reduced, in part, be- Grant that the city will use to neering Consultants Inc., during a Ostler’s memo also outlined the Homedale Municipal Airport off cause the police department’s help fi nance an arsenic removal Wednesday meeting in which the council’s desire to keep wooden northbound U.S. Highway 95. new vehicle budget shrank after system for the municipal water city approved the fi rst pay request poles and lights in place at three Titan’s bid of $10,000 was the a 2007 Dodge Charger patrol car system. from Local Improvement District intersections until new lights can lowest received, according to city was purchased with the FY 2010 The Street and Road budget general contractor AME Electric be installed. Otherwise, Ostler Public Works Supervisor Larry vehicle allotment. Overall, the po- is set to expand by $1,000 to of Caldwell. wrote, some downtown pedestrian Bauer. lice budget will shrink by almost $36,600. The council OK’d a payment areas would be dark for more than The road will add access of $53,236.01 for concrete work, a month until new lights could be to the new area of airport pedestrian ramps and mobiliza- installed. development. tion. “This will keep the crosswalks The council also passed a Homedale city counsel quits PEC engineer Andrew Kimmel lit, which is a huge safety issue,” resolution updating airport hangar The City of Homedale will but no discussion on the reasons outlined the changes thus far, Kimmel said. development standards, which begin the search for a new attorney behind his decision was pursued. which were itemized in a memo Ostler also reported that be- will pertain to construction in the soon. A phone message left at to the city from city engineer Fred cause of a lack of uniformity in new acreage added to the airport.

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