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Established 1865 VOL. 34, NO. 35 $1 HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 Traffi c to be delayed by Marsing bridge work Motorists can expect delays as work work is part of a larger project that Work will generally be done between lanes will be restricted from noon to 2 has begun to place new girders on the earlier saw Idaho Transportation 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., according to ITD’s a.m. each day. Snake River bridge outside Marsing. Department contractors rebuild Main Friday release. Up to three girders will be placed Placement began Tuesday and Street through Marsing. Commuters can expect Idaho 55 and each evening, and ITD alerts citizens will continue Thursday, Friday and Wadsworth Brothers Construction the bridge to be closed for up to 30 that the work will be noisy. Pile driving Monday. Most of the work will be plans to install 12 new girders on the minutes each time one of the girders work has been ongoing. done in the evening. bridge, each weighing 141,000 pounds is being placed. Additional girders will be placed in The Snake River bridge carries and measuring 148 feet long. Girders Southbound Sunny Slope Road the beginning of October. Idaho highway 55 into Marsing from are the horizontal beams that support (Idaho 55) will be reduced to one lane Call (208) 334-9688 with questions Canyon County, and the replacement the surface of the bridge. between Lowell and True roads. The concerning this project. Hitchhiker’s murderer gets 30 years to life Conspirators in 2017 killing to be sentenced in December The man who pulled the trigger and killed an Oregon hitchhiker in the fall of 2017 will spend at least 30 years in prison. Nicholas Blake Vandenberg of Melba was sentenced Aug. 27 in the courtroom of Third District Judge Christopher S. Messy fun at Marsing FFA kickoff event Nye. Earlier, Vandenberg had Nicholas Blake Freshman FFA’ers Braden Davis (left) and Gene Showalter compete in a watermelon-eating contest changed his plea to guilty on Vandenberg as a team-building exercise during the Marsing FFA kickoff barbecue on Aug. 27. –– See Murderer, page 5 CHEER-IO Owyheean second in HHS junior heading for London parade Western Idaho Fair Fundraising hard all year long and would love the opportunity to show showmanship contest efforts begin for the world how great Homedale is,” Gracie said. Hannah Field of Grand Round Robin. New Year’s trip She is one of more than 800 View captured a reserve grand Field and Owyhee County high school cheerleaders from champion title during the Fair reserve grand champion A local cheerleader will across the U.S. invited to Western Idaho Fair. large animal round robin take the trip of a lifetime this perform. Those who received Field was one of three showman Cassity Gluch took holiday season. invitations also are part of the Owyhee County youths who part in the Western Idaho Fair’s Gracie Rotter, a Homedale All-American program. participated in the fair’s Super Round Robin. High School junior, has been Gracie was selected from Super Round Robin animal Taryn Packer participated in invited to represent Varsity Universal Cheerleaders showmanship competitions on the state fair’s Super Round Spirit in the London New Association and National Aug. 24 in Garden City. Robin for small animals after Year’s Parade. She will leave Cheerleaders Association Only grand and reserve her grand championship in for London on Dec. 26 and fl y camps, based on athletic and champion showmanship the Owyhee County Fair home on Jan. 2. winners from local county small animal round robin “I have worked extremely –– See London, page 5 Gracie Rotter fairs qualify for the Super showmanship competition. Subscribe today Down the road, Pg. 2: ITD recommends future road upgrades Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Cancer fi ght, Pg. 3: Dinner, auction planned for Marsing man directly to you each Wednesday Streak ends, Pg. 12: Marsing wins with new football coach Only $37.10 (incl. post. & tax) in Owyhee County Call 337-4681 House that Mike built, Pg. 15: Matteson Field House debuts Obituaries, 9 • Looking Back, 17 • Commentary, 18-19 Page 2 Wednesday, September 4, 2019 ITD offi cials bring crystal ball to Homedale Tour brings Residents glimpse positive youth possible highway message to improvements Homedale State officials came to The Homedale Assembly of Homedale looking for input on God church is bringing another local highways over the next 20 community event to Bette Uda years, but Mike Aebischer had City Park. his focus on a more immediate The Extreme Tour, a family future. friendly musical and artistic While most community youth outreach event, is set for members viewed illustrations 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Saturday about possible changes to local and Sunday. roads between now and 2040, Assembly of God pastor Ivar the Homedale city councilman Moore received city council was looking for answers about Homedale resident Janet McCornack listens as Keller Associates engineer Alex Grover, an permission to use the park for the planned reconstruction of Idaho Transportation Department consultant, explains some of the recommended improvements one of the tour’s Idaho stops. Idaho highway 19 through to area highways during Thursday’s open house at Bette Uda City Park. “It’s youth outreach to downtown. bring something that is more Aebischer huddled Councilman Jerry Anderson or dedicated turn lanes. • North of Homedale, offi cials their style of music to bring a with Idaho Transportation and Homedale Highway Recommendations include: recommend improvements to positive message and just uplift Department District III planner District board chair Larry Prow • A two-way left turn lane the U.S. 95/Homedale Road kids,” Moore said during the Mark Wasdahl and voiced his also attended the open house at at U.S. 95 and Idaho Avenue intersection that could include Aug. 14 city council meeting. concern about how the major Bette Uda City Park. The ITD and consolidation or closure a median refuge for vehicles “It’s open for anybody that project, which could start open house coincided with of driveways where possible as turning left from Homedale wants to come out.” next summer, might affect the latest installment of the well as limiting the number of Road, a traffic signal or a In addition to music and art, the bottom line for businesses Homedale Farmers Market. new accesses and driveways roundabout. Extreme Tour participants also along Idaho Avenue. ITD public information • Construction of a median Nothing is set in stone, talk with youth at the concert. “I’ve seen in other cities officer Adam Rush said refuge for vehicles turning left and public input will help The tour of musicians, where businesses have gone community members have until from Idaho Avenue onto U.S. transportation planners fi gure extreme athletes and artists out of business because they Sept. 20 to provide comments Highway 95 out what to include in a seven- started 20 years ago in rural are operating on such a small about recommended road • The addition of rumbles on year Idaho Transportation Idaho, Moore said. margin,” Aebischer said. improvements on Idaho 19, the centerline and on the edge Investment Plan (ITIP). According to the event’s “(Wasdahl) said (ITD U.S. Highway 95 and a stretch lines and shoulders of U.S. There is no timeline for any website, 2019 concerts have offi cials) are aware of that, so of U.S. Highway 20-26. 95 between Graveyard Point of the proposed improvements, been staged all over the U.S., I hope all the businesses will Possible traffi c controls for Road and Jump Creek Road if they are selected. But and Canada as well as Europe, have access.” the U.S. 95/Idaho Avenue as well as widening the paved Rush said it is possible that Africa, India and Japan. ITD design/construction intersection as well as a few shoulders to at least six feet. something could be done in the The event’s U.S. West tour engineer Jayme Coonce said other key intersections in the • Add advance warning signs next decade. began its Idaho leg Sunday and the Idaho 19 project could Homedale area were lined and beacons for the U.S. 95/ Homedale resident Janet Monday in Boise and performs feature stages of construction out on maps attached to the Idaho 55 intersection west of McCornack thought the open in Middleton through today. to minimize traffic impacts. side of an ITD van parked on Marsing. Another possibility house was a good idea in light After a two-day stay in Nampa Construction also could be Idaho Avenue. Recommended is transverse rumbles on the of the growing population in on Thursday and Friday, the carried out in the summer improvements at each of the north and south legs of the the Treasure Valley. Homedale shows are set. when Homedale High School highlighted intersections intersection, and an all-way “It’s a futuristic, long-term The tour then moves on to is out of session. include stoplights, roundabouts stop or a roundabout. study,” McCornack said. “If Gooding on Monday through (the area) continues to grow next Wednesday and wraps up and grow, then, yes, we’ll need its Idaho portion in Twin Falls (the improvements).” — JPB on Sept. 12-13. — JPB Harvest Special! Freezers Upright or Chest Freezers ON SALE! Starting at Large $299 Selection! FURNITURE & APPLIANCE of CALDWELL 307 South Kimball, Caldwell 459-0816 Wednesday, September 4, 2019 Page 3 Marsing ready to help Only one MRW Fire benevolent business owner spot could be on ballot Friday is last day to fi le to appear Auction, dinner ing High School in 1978, and 20 years later the couple bought on Nov.
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