CCountyounty fairfair ggetsets goinggoing oonn Monday,Monday, PagePage 2 PProposedroposed ppowerline,owerline, PPageage 1100 HHomedaleomedale LLIDID ccost,ost, PPageage 3 OCA meets PaPages 12-13 B2H meeting set for Monday Taller light poles add to price tag Established 1865 VOL. 25, NO. 31 75 CENTS HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010 ICA slack signals another Owyhee rodeo One of the longest rodeos on the Idaho arena in Homedale. Events scheduled are rodeo fans will have fi ve different days Sunday’s free Cowboys Association circuit gets going tie down roping, breakaway roping, team in which to see some of the state’s best performance is fi rst Sunday when the Owyhee County Rodeo roping and barrel racing. cowboys and cowgirls compete in one of holds a slack performance. Jackpot team roping will be held at the Idaho’s most lucrative rodeos. of fi ve days of action Admission is free to the 10 a.m. action conclusion of the slack. at the Owyhee County Fairgrounds rodeo Sunday’s slack performance means –– See Rodeo, page 4 Marsing clinic now capable of X-ray U.S. 95 work TRHS raises nearly $250K starts Monday The 7.3-mile pavement rehabilitation project for expansion on U.S. Highway 95 south of Homedale is ex- pected to begin Monday, the Idaho Transporta- Providing more complete tion Department announced. health care has become a little bit Work will stretch from Homedale’s south city easier for the Terry Reilly Health limits to the U.S. 95-Idaho highway 55 junction Services Clinic in Marsing with outside Marsing. the completion of the fi rst major Work should be complete in late September. remodel since it opened in 1980. The project will use the CRABS (Cement The clinic located at 201 Recycled Asphalt Base Stabilization) method Main St., finished up a two- of pavement rehabilitation. In addition, existing year campaign to raise funds to guardrail will be upgraded, shoulder rumble remodel and update the health care strips installed for the length of the project and up facilities. With nearly $250,000 to two feet added to each side of the roadway. raised through private and public A project by State maintenance forces this support for the renovation, the spring added to the gravel shoulders in that area clinic now boasts a brand new in preparation for this project. X-ray facility along with new This project also will be coupled with a thin- counseling offi ces. lift overlay resurfacing on U.S. 95 (1.8 inches Two years ago Jack Peterson, of new pavement) from the Marsing Port of husband of clinic director Faith Terry Reilly Health Services Clinic director Faith Peterson explains the new X-ray Entry to the junction with Idaho 55, about an –– See X-ray, page 4 machine that is now operational after a remodel of the Marsing location. 8.5-mile stretch. Check station pursuits by Posse worry commissioners district invasive species program coordinator Rayola Sheriff’s resources used Jacobson during the July 12 Board of County Com- by district on handshake missioners meeting. County vehicles have been a staple at the quagga People not employed by the county are using mussel inspection sites, which were the fi rst in the county vehicles at invasive species check stations state to open in late April. under a handshake agreement between the Owyhee “Owyhee County probably has been quite a bit County Sheriff’s Offi ce and the Bruneau River Soil more progressive that way than the others,” Lloyd and Water Conservation District. Wright, the administrator of the Idaho State Depart- Some of the people employed by the BRSWCD ment of Agriculture’s Division of Plant Industries, to man the boat inspection stations in Bruneau and said about the sheriff’s offi ce involvement. An Owyhee Sheriff’s Posse member inspects a boat at the Marsing Marsing were characterized as either Posse mem- invasive species check station while an Idaho State Department of bers or “special deputies” in testimony given by –– See Check, page 5 Agriculture employee interviews the motorist. Subscribe today BOCC news 2Sports 14 Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Senior menus 6Looking Back 15 IInsidenside directly to you each Wednesday Calendar 7Commentary 16-17 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County Homedale’s Peary Perry 7Legals 18-22 MMA connection Call 337-4681 Library news 7-8 Classifi eds 22-23 Page 14 Page 2 Wednesday, August 4, 2010 “The best week of summer” starts Next Wednesday’s early County fair set schedule includes the Ranch to begin Monday Horse Project from 8 a.m. to noon in the rodeo arena. The Owyhee County Fair is At the Armory, interview and geared up and ready to begin what evaluations and judging and the they have titled “The Best Week FCS and Miscellaneous judging of Summer”. The fair kicks off contest will be held at 8 a.m. Monday. Open Class exhibitors can enter On Monday, the first of two fl owers, leafy veggies and sugar days of 4-H horse shows will beets between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. begin at the rodeo arena. The Because of judging, the exhibit horse show on Monday will begin hall won’t open until 2 p.m. at 8:30 a.m., on Tuesday the show Animal shows will be held in will lead off with the parade of two locations Wednesday during Pavingstones LLC, which has locations in Owyhee County and Meridian, has begun building a new horse clubs at 8 a.m. along with the day: The bird show (1 p.m.) entrance to the courthouse in Murphy. the fl ag salute. and rabbit and cavy show (2 p.m.) In the Tumbleweed Theater will be held at the Tumbleweed on Monday night at 7 p.m. Theatre. At 11 a.m., the llama/ Courthouse entrance to meet ADA regs the contestants for the rodeo alpaca show will be held inside Pavingstones LLC, which has the right for a two-step walk-up to queens will host a style show and the Livestock Barn. It will be Company with its manufacturing plant in Owyhee a new landing. Paver bricks have interview session. followed at 1 p.m. by the goat Owyhee ties County off Idaho highway 78, has been used in the project. Tuesday’s schedule includes show and at 4 p.m by the dairy been contracted to build a new The left side of the entrance exhibit check at the Armory show. does work walkway and entrance to the now features accessibility for the Exhibit Hall from noon to 6 p.m. Running Tuesday through courthouse at 20381 State Hwy. disabled. All Open Class entries except Saturday is the annual Buckaroo The Owyhee County Court- 78 in Murphy. A ramp constructed of pavers leafty veggies, fl owers and sugar Breakfast at the Homedale Senior house main entrance in Murphy Work began last week on the and lined with a wall will lead to beets will be checked in. 4-H Center from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. soon will be compatible with the $15,030.80 project. The Board the courthouse doors either from projects for Family & Consumer For more information on the Americans with Disabilities Act. of County Commissioners ap- the walkway coming from the Science and Miscellaneous Owyhee County Fair and Rodeo County records also indicate proved the work during their July sheriff’s offi ce or from the left categories also will be checked in. visit The Owyhee Avalanche Web that the work also will make 12 meeting. side of the main sidewalk from All 4-H record books, including site, www.owyheeavalanche.com. the courthouse more secure by A new brick walkway stretches the front parking lot. livestock, must be turned in To view the detailed schedule of reducing the number of unlocked from the steps leading to the Other work includes removal of between noon and 6 p.m. events click the link located on the entrances needed for public ac- parking lot in front of the county old concrete and installation of the At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, practice right side of the homepage titled cess. offi ces complex and then splits to new pavers and wall. for the 4-H Fashion Revue will be “Owyhee County Rodeo” in the held at the Tumbleweed Theatre. Attractions/Activities section. Rope a great deal County seeks $250K for 911 replacement Owyhee County seeks nearly for network services. If a grant a quarter of a million dollars to is awarded, state funds would replace its 911 dispatch system. cover $30,960 of maintenance and County emergency services network costs. coordinator Jim Desmond That leaves a request of more said he would hand deliver a than $215,000 for the system and grant application to the Idaho its components. Emergency Communications Commission in Boise after the Defender gets new deal Board of County Commissioners Longtime county public gave fi nal approval of a $246,323 defender William Wellman has a grant application at its July 27 new contract and a lower salary. Not a subscriber? Six month special offer! meeting. Commissioners unanimously The application deadline was approved a two-year agreement The Owyhee Avalanche for just $18!* Sunday. with the Nampa-based attorney This one-time offer allows New subscribers: Contact The Avalanche by phone at The grant seeks 100 percent July 20. new readers to be part of a his- (208) 337-4681, by e-mail via [email protected] assistance for equipment costs Wellman will receive $86,760 tory of community journalism or by mail at P.O.