Established 1865 HHomedaleomedale ffreshmanreshman ggetsets iimpressivempressive ggig,ig, PPageage 2 FFamilyamily ddrama?,rama?, PPageage 1111 SStatetate wwrestlingrestling ttournament,ournament, PPageage 1122 Hyer brothers step into spotlight Two Owyhee County athletes with Weiser theater troupe capture championships at Holt VOL. 28, NO. 9 75 CENTS HOMEDALE, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2013 Dairies’ Bids soar at silver anniversary auction BLM decision could help angers preserve BOCC roads Contracted truckers who haul again manure over Homedale roads for two large dairy operations will Offi cials: lighten their loads and take their foot off the gas. Coordination not DeRuyter Dairy manager Ge- rard Lutner and Nederend boss followed in recent Michael Ball told The Owyhee plan releases Avalanche that Homedale High- way District commissioners asked Sweet treats help County commissioners aren’t them to take the action on a vol- happy that the Bureau of Land untary basis. light Bruneau Management released the draft “It seems that they’re wanting streets Wilderness and Wild and Scenic to work with us,” Homedale High- River Management Plan for way Sub-district 2 Director John Above: Auction helper Matt comment without keeping them Demshar said. “Hopefully they’ll Tindall (left) holds up a tray in the loop. help us out a little bit.” of chocolate-covered cherries The plan was mandated under Lutner said that DeRuyter as spotter Kevin Seward the Owyhee Initiative portion trucks currently aren’t on the dis- looks for prospective buyers of the Omnibus Public Lands trict’s roads, but are hauling silage and auctioneer Kyle Colyer Management Act of 2009. between the dairy’s fi elds. announces the bidding. Left: The Board of County The highway district considered A toddler keeps his eyes on Commissioners says its applying load and speed restric- the action. For more on the coordination status with the BLM auction, see Page 11. –– See Roads, page 5 –– See BOCC, page 5 Red tag means stop Homedale tackles problem of construction without permits Facing a trend of non-permitted residential and a construction project. commercial development, the City of Homedale is The council meets at 6 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, considering a punitive clause for its building fees. 31 W. Wyoming Ave. City councilmen could see a proposed resolution In recent weeks, city building inspector Steve as early as their next meeting that would create a Pierson has issued stop orders on at least three Homedale building offi cial Steve Pierson recently posted this tag in penalty four times the amount of a building fee if a the window of a business on East Idaho Avenue. developer fails to obtain a permit before beginning –– See Permits, back page Subscribe today Library news 4, 10 Sports 12-17 Get the news source of the Owyhees delivered Death notices 6Commentary 18-19 IInsidenside directly to you each Wednesday Calendar 7Looking Back 20 Only $31.80 in Owyhee County HMS captures Call 337-4681 Then and Now 7Legals 21-22 Academic Bowl Water report 9Classifi eds 22-23 Page 8 Page 2 Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Homedale pair avoids prison in drug raid case Thomas J. Ryan. Probation and The sentences came nearly a community year after local, state and federal law enforcement authorities service ordered raided the rental home shared by White and Donnell at 9 E. Two Homedale residents Owyhee Ave., on Feb. 29. Police arrested after a raid on their offi cers from Homedale, Parma home nearly a year ago have been and Wilder and sheriff’s deputies sentenced. from Owyhee County executed Judy Ann Donnell, 58, and a search warrant after the Idaho Tony Raymond White, 42, State Police and Federal Postal received the same sentences in Inspector received a tip about a their appearances before different potential drug shipment to the Homedale High School freshman Megan Aman, white top, far left, performs with the All-Northwest Wind Third District judges Feb. 14. address. Symphony on Feb. 17 in Portland. Photo by Howard Rockwin, Musical Memories Photography After guilty pleas to a Donnell and White originally felony charge of possession of were charged with felonies a controlled substance, both including drug trafficking defendants must serve 180 days in heroin and trafficking HHS percussionist performs discretionary time and put in 100 in methamphetamine or hours community service. They amphetamine by manufacture. also must pay $415 in fi nes and Misdemeanor possession charges at All-Northwest festival fees and $200 in restitution, and also were originally levied at the Adsit.” they will be placed on two years’ time of their arrest. Freshman one of 35 valley The compositions the Wind supervised probation. Owyhee County Prosecutor musicians in Portland Symphony presented included the Judget Molly J. Huskey Douglas D. Emery dropped the “Star Spangled Banner,” “Barnum sentenced Donnell, while White two traffi cking felonies against A Homedale High School Wyoming, Montana and Alaska. and Bailey’s Favorite” by Karl appeared in the courtroom of each defendant in March. freshman was the only Southwest Aman was part of a 75-person King, “Rest” by Frank Ticheli, Idaho musician to perform in the band that performed six musical “A Movement for Rosa” by Mark All-Northwest Wind Symphony pieces under the direction of Camphouse, “Undertow” by John recently in Portland. conductor Glen Adsit. Adsit is the Mackey, and “Galop” by Dmitri Drunk drivers And once she got there, Megan director of bands and associate Shostakovich. Aman did more than she ever director of Instrumental Studies Overall, the All-Northwest expected. at the prestigious Hartt School festival featured 35 Treasure receive sentences The 14-year-old daughter of at the University of Hartford in Valley musicians. Only a handful, including Aman, were from small Two Elmore County men re- pay fi nes and fee totaling $750. Rob and Bridget Aman, attended Connecticut. schools in the Class 3A to Class cently were sentenced for mis- Doty also paid $101 for the the Presidents’ Day honor music There were 291 applicants 1A range. demeanor driving under the in- infraction of driving on an expired event at the Oregon Convention from the six states for the Wind Aman and the other musicians fl uence convictions in Owyhee license. Center as a percussionist. Symphony. More than 5,200 selected to the All-Northwest County. Grober handed down a similar When another percussionist musicians applied for the All- ensemble went through intensive Mountain Home resident Wal- sentence to King Hill’s Frank didn’t make the National Northwest weekend. rehearsals before the gala ter Jay Doty, whose birth year is Illingworth Sykes on Jan. 28 in Association of Music Educators “Students submit recorded performances on Feb. 17. 1960, was ordered to nine days of Murphy. Northwest Division-sponsored auditions, and competition is After submitting an audition house arrest at his Jan. 28 sentenc- The judge suspended Sykes’ show, Aman was pressed into keen, resulting in a gathering tape, Aman went through ing before Magistrate Judge Dan driving privileges for six months duty on fi ve different instruments, of some our best, brightest screenings in Idaho and at the C. Grober in Murphy. and ordered 18 months’ probation. including the vibraphone on and most talented students,” Northwest level. Doty received credit for the one Grober also suspended 178 days which she had a solo despite NAfME Northwest honor groups According to David Smyth, one day in jail he served after Owyhee of a 180-day jail term. having no extensive practice. student events coordinator Bruce of the Idaho judges, the screeners County Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Sykes received credit for the Other instruments Aman played Gutgesell said. listened to the auditions with no Snyder arrested him on Oct. 13. two days he spent in the Murphy included the xylophone, bells, Aman was one of only seven knowledge of who the musicians Grober suspended 170 days of a jail after Sheriff’s Deputy Mat- marimba and tom-toms. Idahoans selected for the Wind were. six-month jail term and also or- thew Schwartz arrested him on The Wind Symphony performed Symphony, which Gutgesell Smyth, who is involved with dered him to serve 12 months and Nov. 18. Feb. 17 as part of the festival’s said was added this year to give Instrumental Concert Program musicians from smaller schools a the music program at Boise before about 1,000 people. chance to shine. High School, did say selection The All-Northwest Band and “Personally, I can’t imagine to the All-Northwest group is a Choir event involved nearly 1,100 it not becoming a permanent “signifi cant accomplishment.” of the best high school musicians fixture,” he said. “The group from Idaho, Washington, Oregon, sounded awesome, led by Glen — JPB 7 RIVERS LIVESTOCK COMMISSION LIVESTOCK SALE FEEDER SPECIALS -ARCHs.//. To Consign or for Details, call (208) 365-4401 check our website for details on upcoming sales. www.7riverslivestock.com Email: 7rivers@qwestoffice.net 1611 W. Salesyard Road, Emmett Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Page 3 Homedale eighth-graders get HPD seeks public’s help inside look at engineering Students lay out roads and other aspects for city The only way that Ambyr VanWinkle and Vany Mata could more alike would be if they were twins. The 14-year-old Homedale Middle School eighth-graders were born 30 minutes apart on the same day in 1998. They both are involved with their school’s Homedale Middle School students Ambyr VanWinkle and Vany Mata athletic teams and both wear stand next to the whiteboard on which participants mocked up a city’s glasses (although Ambyr recently layout. Photo courtesy ITD took steps to ditch spectacles). On Thursday, they represented become a biomedical engineer.