COMMENTARY, 8-9B WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 CLASSIFIEDS, 14-15B

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Hunters will see various conditions

Homedale girls play McCall to a stalemate

Loss to NC provides rough

start to WIC yearAlthough he had been in his

new job only a short time, Jake Walgamott faced a crucial deci-sion about how he would steer the Marsing High School football team.

He chose to bite the bullet and ride out the consequences, which has resulted in two shutouts and only 25 points in the season’s fi rst four games.

“I debated about this all sum-mer when I got the job: Whether I change and do what I want to do or whether I stay with what we know and then waiting and change when I have more time and we can work through it after

football season,” the first-year coach said.

“And I thought about it long and hard, probably a week to 10 days, and I just fi nally decided that well if we would hired some-body different they’d be learning something new. And so we’re hiring somebody different, and we’re going to go through the change and they’re going to learn something new.”

The learning curve was steep Friday night as early mistakes set up the Huskies for a lopsided 58-12 loss to top-ranked Nampa Chris-tian in the 2A Western Idaho Con-ference opener for both squads.

Penalties stalled two fi rst-half possessions for Marsing (1-3 overall, 0-1 2A WIC) while the Trojans (4-0, 1-0) were still within striking distance.

A holding penalty torpedoed

the Huskies’ deepest penetration into Nampa Christian territory on a 2nd-and-4 from the Trojans’ 35, and the team’s next possession was up-ended when the Huskies were flagged for not getting enough players on the line of scrimmage (no receiver covered the left tackle in the formation).

Speedy Michael Siegersma beat cornerback David Rios on a 39-yard fl y passing pattern fi ve plays later for a 14-0 Nampa Christian lead.

“It’s been a hard go for me be-cause the little mistakes have kept us out of things,” Walgamott said, referring to the eight penalties for 52 yards the Huskies accumulated through the night.

“We moved the ball then we get down to third and long and

Huskies tackle transition

Thrilling play keeps Adrian’s record perfect

Quarterback Blake Ishida fi nished what he started Friday in literal and impressive fashion.

The senior led Adrian High School to a heart-stopping 42-40 High Desert League victory on the road in Prairie City, throwing what would become the game-tying pass and scoring the points that tied the game.

With 1 minute, 45 seconds left and the Antelopes facing a six-point deficit and 85 yards of territory to cover, Ishida unloaded a 45-yard pass to George Ellsworth. With a Prairie City player trying to tackle him as he headed for the sideline, Ellsworth lateraled to Ishida, who was trailing the play. Ishida roared the remaining 40 yards to tie the game, 40-40.

Kyle Osborn ran in the PAT for a 42-40 lead, and Daniel Lode picked off a Prairie City pass to give the Antelopes a win.

The final drive was just the

crowning achievement for an Adrian team that erased a 12-point defi cit in the fi nal fi ve minutes of the game.

The Antelopes drove 65 yards in six plays earlier in the quarter, with Ishida going in from a yard out to pull to within six points, 40-34.

After a scoreless fi rst quarter, the teams began trading scores. Colton Schulze’s fourth rushing touchdown of the game gave Prairie City’s a 40-28 edge. Earlier, Ishida had tied the game, 28-28, by throwing a 20-yard TD pass to Osborn.

Schulze gained 190 yards on the ground; Ishida completed seven of 16 passes for 268 yards. Ellsworth hauled in four passes for 166 yards (a 41.5-yards-per-catch average), including a 70-yard TD reception to tie the game, 20-20.

Adrian will meet Mitchell/Spray on the road on Friday.

The Rusty Fender Classic will wend its way around and through the tough terrain at CJ Strike Reservoir on Thursday.

Kermit Tate, the coach of the host Rimrock High School cross country team, said that entries have been received from Homedale, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho City, Liberty Charter, Victory Charter and Parma. He is still waiting to hear from Hansen and Middleton, “both of whom had expressed interest in joining the fun,” Tate said.

“The course stays the same:

the most demanding 5K I could fi nd. This race tests competitors both physically and mentally. It’s completely doable, but it will make you very, very tired. It’s defi nitely (and deliberately) old-school cross,” he said. “As Coach (Paul) Dallmann (Idaho City) says, ‘It’s not a sport for the faint of heart’.”

A real attraction for the Fender, which Tate points out, is that the runners are in view of both coaches and spectators for perhaps 80 percent of the course. In a sport where too often all the action is

out of sight over a hill, the Rusty Fender gives those attending a chance to break out the binoculars and watch the runners battle the terrain and each other.

“Because o f a mee t i ng scheduled for that day,” Tate said, “we’ll have to start the middle school section at 4:30 p.m., with the women’s varsity and men’s varsity sections following as time permits. We’re hoping for cool weather; the sun can be brutal on that hillside on a hot day. The Grand View Lions are

Rusty Fender Classic features cross country cross-section

–– See Fender, page 16B –– See SRV, page 16B

–– See Huskies, page 16B

Physical Trojans take out HuskiesMarsing High School running back Sean Finley endures a rough tackle by two Nampa Christian defenders

during Friday’s game on the Trojans’ fi eld.

Antelopes accelerate past Prairie CityAdrian High School’s Jeremy Price gets the corner for a 65-yard

gain against Prairie City on Friday as teammate George Ellsworth, 15, watches the play. Photo by Julie Morton

The Homedale High School cross country season may be building to an interesting fi nish after Brittany Cockrum and Phaedra Stevenson finished in the top 12 of Thursday’s 3A Snake River Valley conference meet at Ponderosa State Park in McCall.

A sophomore , Cockrum fi nished 10th in 12 minutes, 10 seconds, while Stevenson was 12th in 30:33.

“They are only a couple of places out from qualifying for State,” Trojans coach Nick

SRV meet showing lifts coach’s spirits

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FOOTBALL

Varsity — Friday, Oct. 3, home vs. Weiser, 7 p.m.JV — Thursday, Oct. 2 at Weiser, 7 p.m.

VolleyballVarsity — Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Melba, 7 p.m.

Varsity — Thursday, Oct. 2, home vs. Payette, 7 p.m.Varsity — Monday, Oct. 6 at Marsing, 7 p.m.

JV — Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Melba, 6 p.m.JV — Thursday, Oct. 2, home vs. Payette, 6 p.m.

JV — Monday, Oct. 6 at Marsing, 6 p.m.Freshman — Wednesday, Oct. 1 at Melba, 5 p.m.

Freshman — Thursday, Oct. 2, home vs. Payette, 5 p.m.Freshman — Monday, Oct. 6 at Marsing, 5 p.m.

SOCCERBoys soccer

Saturday, Oct. 4 at Emmett, 1 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Payette, 5 p.m.

Girls soccerSaturday, Oct. 4 at Emmett, 11 a.m.Tuesday, Oct. 7 at Payette, 6 p.m.

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Winne r s f rom Mars ing , Homedale, Weiser, Caldwell, Fruitland, Horseshoe Bend and Boise local competitions are eligible for the 2 p.m. competition.

No new entries will be taken.The winners from the Marsing

Sect ional wi l l be e l ig ible to compete in the regional competition in Seattle during halftime of the Nov. 23 NFL game between the Seahawks and the Washington Redskins.

For more information, call Ken Wilson at 880-1099.

PPK Sectional comes to Marsing

Melba boy given lifetime license

A Melba man’s good fortune means his son will enjoy a lifetime of hunting in Idaho on the house.

Scott Nicholson won the lifetime hunting license raffle sponsored by the Idaho Hunter Education Association’s Treasure Valley Chapter. He promptly gifted the license to his son, Tyler.

The hunt ing educa tor ’s fundraising raffl e was launched

in February. Chapter members sold 500 tickets at $5 apiece.

“The response to the raffle was just great,” association board member Jay Stark said. “We appreciate all the support for the association demonstrated by those who purchased raffl e tickets.”

Raffl e proceeds will be used for range improvements at Black’s Creek Rifl e Range and for youth hunting opportunities in and around the Treasure Valley.

Young Melba hunter gets lifetime licenseTyler Nicholson, center, receives his lifetime Idaho hunting license

from Hunter Education board member Jay Stark, right. Tyler’s father, Scott Nicholson, center background, won the license in a raffle sponsored by the Idaho Hunter Education Association — Treasure Valley Chapter and gifted it to his son. Photo by Evin Oneale, IDFG

Adrian High School did no less at the net than it did on the gridiron this week, with the volleyball team keeping its undefeated status in the High Desert League by sweeping host Prairie City on Friday.

The Antelopes (7-3 overall, 4-0 HDL) took down the Panthers in three straight, 25-12, 25-20 and

25-16.Coach Aimee Goss praised the

team’s service game, and singled out Terra Rust (eight aces, two kills) and Andrea Shenk (seven aces, fi ve kills) for kudos.

“They place the ball really well, and Prairie had some problems returning the ball at times,” Goss

said. “There were some nice rallies, and I am pleased with the progress the team is making as a whole.”

McKenzie Purnell chalked up three aces, six assists and seven kills. Madison Shira had an ace, eight assists and three kills of her own.

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Alek Quintero fired three of his fi ve touchdown passes in the second quarter as Jordan Valley High School blew open its non-league football game with Pine Eagle by scoring 28 points.

The four second-quarter TDs ignited the Mustangs’ 50-18 victory in Halfway, Ore., and kept coach Tim McBride’s squad unbeaten.

Dusty Easterday capped the Mustangs’ blitz before halftime, returning a blocked punt for a touchdown. Jordan Valley carried a 36-8 lead into the locker room.

“After the fi rst series, our team controlled every part of the game,”

McBride said. “I was really pleased with the physical play on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. It was a good team win.”

Three of the four passes Zac Fillmore caught went for touchdowns, and he fi nished with 105 yards receiving. He hauled in a 63-yarder from Quintero in the fourth quarter and also added scoring plays of 34 and 10 yards.

Quintero, who scored on a three-yard run in the fi rst quarter, had 61 yards on 10 rushes, while Bryce Kershner added 53 yards on nine attempts.

Pass-happy Mustangs trample Pine Eagle

Huskies fall to Trojans in fourDespite extended volleys and

never-say-die defense, Mars-ing High School volleyball (3-5 overall, 1-5 conference) fell to Nampa Christian, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25 and 18-25, in a 2A Western Idaho Conference match held in Marsing on Sept. 23.

The Trojans (5-0 in 2A WIC) played well and put up some impressive individual stats, but Huskies coach Loma Bittick was happy with her defense.

“I think we did a good job of challenging their hitters. We

played defense behind our block-ers, and I am pleased with the way we volleyed with them. We have strong servers and earned several points with tough serves,” she said. “If we can continue to work on our team play, we will be in a good position at tournament time.”

Working on the offense, tuning the team’s ability to convert kills, and being better aware of the defense, top Bittick’s points for polish in practice this week.

For Marsing, Kaitie Kent had three kills, seven assists, an ace

and a team-high 17 points. Re-becca Cossel had four blocks and four kills. Kaya Stahle had an ace, eight digs and seven points.

The Trojans’ Kayla Vanderstelt had a big night, with 18 kills, three aces and 22 digs. Teammate Ash-ley Crooks helped with 27 digs.

“Vanderstelt hit well — we will keep working to put a wall up in front of the hitter and challenge that. All the teams in our league are competitive, anything can happen on a given night,” Bit-tick said.

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JV — Monday, Oct. 6, home vs. Homedale, 6 p.m.Freshman — Monday, Oct. 6, home vs. Homedale, 5 p.m.

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Despite an 0-1-6 record, Homedale High School girls soccer coach David Correa likes what he saw on the fi eld and in his players against conference foes McCall-Donnelly and Fruitland last week.

“This week’s games attest to the progress our team is mak-ing,” Correa reported. “Little by little, the players have improved in their ability to work together as a team.”

The team’s improvements, especially in defense and in the speed and aggressiveness that they pursue the ball with, were both marks of a maturing process, he said.

M c C a l l ( 0 - 1 - 4 ) v i s i t e d Homedale Middle School on Sept. 23 for a 3A Snake River Valley conference game. Both teams managed to put one in the net in the fi rst half, and allowed nothing in the second, to fi nish in a 1-1 deadlock.

“We played a great game,” Correa said. “We slowed down their attack in midfi eld and kept possession of the ball for a good portion of the game.”

The game was tied 1-1 at the half, and neither team could score against the defense in the second. Homedale’s goal came at the 15-minute mark in the fi rst half on a play from junior Annamaria Salas to senior Hannah Johnson. Trojans goalie Sierra Aberasturi had 19 saves on the day.

Thursday saw Homedale facing Fruitland. Though the Grizzlies prevailed 5-2 in the conference game at HMS, Correa saw posi-tives on the fi eld.

“I saw my team playing smart, practical and effective soccer. We created several opportunities for goals that, unfortunately, we couldn’t fi nish,” he said.

Fruitland, on the other hand, made the most of similar chances, scoring three in the first half

and two in the second, versus Homedale’s solo goals in each stanza.

For the Trojans, Jessica Eu-banks, a junior, scored off a Johnson pass in the fi rst. In the second, Johnson took the ball in herself. Aberasturi saved 23 dur-ing the match.

Homedale played host to Weis-er on Monday, but results from the conference game were not available before press time. The team travels to Emmett on Satur-day for part of a non-conference doubleheader with the Homedale boys team.

“We’ll continue to work hard,” Correa said.

“The district tournament is around the corner.”

The team plays at Payette on Tuesday in the fi nal conference game of the season before begin-ning the 3A District III Tourna-ment back at Harmon Killebrew Field in Payette on Oct. 11.

Salas helps Trojans tie VandalsAnnamaria Salas of Homedale High School gets some air to kick the ball away from McCall-Donnelly’s

Nicoya Benham-Marin during the fi rst half of a Sept. 23 3A Snake River Valley conference game at Homedale Middle School. Photo by Dick Selby

Homedale girls tie McCallImprovement pleases coach as district tourney looms

Homedale, McCall battle at middle school

H o m e d a l e High School se-nior Rowdy Lair gets around Sam Rainey of McCall-Donnelly during the second half of their 3A Snake River Valley con-ference game at Homedale Middle School on Sept. 23. No results from the game were provided. Photo by Dick Selby

Libero Ashley Hebison served 17 points in three games Friday, helping neutralize Pine Eagle High Schoo’s height advantage and leading Jordan Valley to a non-league volleyball sweep in Halfway, Ore.

Kayla Cuvelier continued her dominance at the net, smashing 16 kills in a 25-14, 25-20, 25-16 victory over the Spartans. She also led Jordan Valley (5-0 overall) with four blocks.

“Halfway is the biggest team that we have played this year,” Mustangs coach Jacque Naegle said. “They had four players that were all taller than our tallest girl, and they ran a double block across the front row which we have not come across this year.

“I was extremely pleased with the way the girls played.”

Nickie Naegle dished 12 assists and served 10 points. Catie Kershner added nine assists.

“We did a great job on controlling the fl oor and playing our game,” Jacque Naegle said. “Pine Eagle tried hitting and tipping on our defense and we

adjusted extremely well covering all of our bases.”

Junior varsityWi t h p r e p a r a t i o n t i m e

limited because of illness for many players, the Mustangs’ developmental squad dropped a 20-25, 22-15, 15-10 decision to Pine Eagle.

“I think the only day we had all of our players was on Thursday,” Naegle said. “We also changed a few things on our defense, and we weren’t quite in the right place to cover the fl oor.”

Haley Hebison had 12 assists, and Shelly Payne notched team-highs with fi ve kills and 11 service points.

“We served pretty well and the girls did a good job staying in the rallies, but we just didn’t quite fi nish things off,” Naegle said. “I am positive once we are able to get everyone back at practice and spend a little time on the new ideas we are going to be just fi ne.”

— JPB

Jordan towers over taller Pine Eagle, keeps perfect mark

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Talk to any avid Southwest Idaho chukar hunter about the 2007 season and you’ll likely get an earful lamenting one of the worst seasons in recent memory and perhaps on record. The 2008 season is shaping up to be equally awful, and likely worse.

This is wildlife biologist Andy Ogden’s take on why hunting was so bad last year, observations

that are equally applicable to this year’s crop of birds. — Ed.

During their fi rst weeks of life, chukar chicks (like all upland birds) rely completely on protein-rich insects for survival. Later in the summer, chicks supplement their insect diet with green, leafy vegetation, but early in life, chicks need lots of insects to survive.

In fact, studies in England have shown that gray partridge aver-age brood size is only one half of what it used to be because insect populations have been heavily impacted by pesticide spraying.

The extremely low precipitation received in southern Idaho last winter, coupled with an extremely dry early spring, resulted in well below normal insect numbers. The plentiful rains of late May and early June were not enough to jump start insect production in time for this critical food supply to be available for chukar chicks hatching in early- to mid-June. The result was limited chick sur-vival from fi rst nesting attempts.

A second factor played a ma-jor role in the reduced chukar production of 2007. Hen chukars invest a great deal of energy in egg production, followed by a long period of fasting during egg incubation. To successfully com-plete this cycle, they must enter the spring season with enough fat reserves to get them through this high energy demand period. In Idaho, hens build up this fat reserve during the winter months by consuming green grass (fall-sprouted cheatgrass, especially). However, “greenup” in the fall of 2006 was relatively poor, forcing hen chukars to survive the winter

on less nutritious cheatgrass seed heads and other forage. Many of them entered spring with less than adequate energy reserves, making it diffi cult if not impossible to suc-cessfully complete the nesting and brood rearing cycle.

Re-nesting effort among upland game birds – including chukars – is well documented. What is not known is just how many hens re-nest if their fi rst brood success-fully hatches but perishes in the days or weeks that follow. I sus-pect that, last year, few hens had the physical stamina and time left in the summer season to re-nest if they lost a hatched brood.

Each year, Fish and Game conducts a chukar census fl ight in the Brownlee area; I’ve fl own this census every year since 1984. Birds fl ushing in front of the helicopter must be quickly counted and with a little practice, an observer can assess the makeup of each group. Our late-August observations at Brownlee were an accurate precursor to a dismal hunting season. The number of birds per square mile and the aver-age number of birds per group was the second lowest ever counted. In addition, the poor production numbers from 2007 came on the heels of low production in 2006, the result being a lower than nor-

mal nesting population in 2007.Unfortunately, population es-

timates seen at Brownlee are a reflection of southwest Idaho as a whole. I’ve heard of a few areas where chukar reproduc-tion was good: higher elevation areas mostly. But production was certainly poor in many traditional chukar nesting areas.

While the Brownlee fl ight is a good tool, our best measure of upland bird production is the evaluation of wing data from wing barrels and other fall wing collecting efforts.

Not surprisingly, last year’s wing data supported the heli-copter census findings. Chick production was 60 percent below the average (0.7 young birds per adult bird compared to the aver-age of 1.6 young per adult). With-out question, this was the worst production effort I’ve seen in over 30 years of examining wings! And it appears that chukar production problems are not restricted to Idaho; I looked at about 30 chukar wings from birds taken near east-ern Oregon’s Owyhee Reservoir. Twenty-nine of the wings came from adult birds.

By Andy Ogden, Wildlife Habi-tat Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Rocky Mountain ElkElk populations in the Weiser

River and Boise River Zones are stable to increasing with good elk numbers, but hunters will have to work hard to fi nd mature bulls. Bull-cow ratios are 15 bulls per 100 cows and calf-cow ratios are 30 calves to 100 cows. Hunting pressure is higher compared to that in the Sawtooth Zone.

Public access to U.S. Forest Service lands is plentiful in hunt unit 22, 32A and 39. In contrast, you’ll fi nd lots of private land, limited access and not many elk during hunting season in Unit 32.

Elk populations in the Sawtooth Zone are decreasing, but you’ll fi nd good access to U.S. Forest Service lands and lower hunting pressure in this zone compared to surrounding areas. Bull-cow and calf-cow ratios are similar in the Sawtooth Zone to both the Weiser River and Boise River Zones.

Mule DeerDeer populations north of the

Snake River are stable with good deer numbers but not a lot of mature bucks. You’ll experience fairly high hunting pressure in Unit 39 compared to surrounding units. You’ll also fi nd good public access to USFS lands in all units except for Unit 32.

Over-winter survival of fawns this year was higher in Unit 39

than any other monitored unit in the state. The only change to general deer seasons is in Unit 22, which is now a 2-point only hunt. Owyhee County units are also 2-point only. Early reports in Units 40, 41, and 42 indicate lots of yearlings out there.

Overall, high snowpack and slow snow melt contributed to good growth of forbs and browse throughout spring and summer. Animals should be in good physi-cal condition with lots of body fat going into the fall. Animals may be widely dispersed this year due to an abundance of water, and may not be in the same areas as the past few years.

Upland BirdsPheasant hunting should be

good in areas with good pheas-ant habitat, based on late August brood surveys. Number of chicks per hen was slightly higher this year compared to last.

Greater sage-grouse have de-clined about 50 percent during the past two years. However, popula-tions are still higher than the 10-year average. Chick production appears to be good to excellent this year.

Forest grouse are generally stable with early indications of good chick production. Forest grouse are typically associated with water, which means forest grouse may be widely scattered

this year compared to the past few years.

Extremely low chick produc-tion followed by a tough winter adds up to a tough hunting season for chukar and gray partridge hunters. Chukar surveys conduct-ed at Brownlee and Lucky Peak Reservoir were the lowest ever recorded. However, good forage conditions this year mean that chick production was good for those birds that made it through the winter. California quail are also down slightly but hunters should still fi nd decent coveys in areas with good habitat.

Late August dove numbers are down compared to 2007 but slightly higher than the 10-year average. Cooler weather during August may have prompted an earlier than normal migration of doves out of the area.

Overall, high snow pack re-sulted in good cover and forage for upland birds. Although most upland bird populations are down, chick production should help stabilize the numbers in the next few years.

Lots of water in drainages mean that birds, especially for-est grouse, may be more widely scattered compared to previous few years.

By Michelle Commons-Kem-ner, Wildlife Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Mixed bag awaits Southwest Idaho hunters

Chukars — Few birds and far between for hunters

Another bad year for ChukarState wildlife biologist Andy Ogden says the 2008 nesting season

was critical for the recovery of Southern Idaho’s chukar populations. Photo by Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

2007 Chukar season was among poorest on record; 2008 even worse

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Looking back...from the fi les of The Owyhee Avalanche and Owyhee Chronicle

50 years ago25 years ago 140 years agoOctober 5, 1983

Owyhee receives $309,074 in federal fundsAs a result of legislation signed recently by President Rea-

gan, Idaho BLM State Director Clair Whitlock said today that the BLM was to be able to authorize disbursement of $95.9 million to nearly 1,700 units of local government on September 9, 1983, to help compensate for Federal lands within their boundaries that were tax-exempt during fi scal year 1983. Counties in Idaho will receive $7,065,943, which makes Idaho sixth highest on the list of states that qualify for payments.

Owyhee County will receive $309,074, according to Whitlock.

Ann Akichika named second runner-upAnn Akichika of Homedale was selected as the “Second

Runner-up” in last Saturday night’s fi nals for the Miss Teen of American Pageant held in Duluth, Minn. A senior at Homedale high school, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Akichika.

Ann was also the recipient of the 1983 Teen of American Personal Development Award in the talent division of the contest. For her talent exhibition she played a classical piano number.

As overall second runner-up in the pageant, Ann will receive a $1,500 college scholarship.

Selected as the 1983 Miss Teen of America was Miss Virginia. Candidates from 50 states were represented in the national pageant.

Reagan sees Davis win bull-riding eventJohn Davis of Homedale received a commemorative

buckle for his winning bull ride at a presidential command performance rodeo in Landover, Maryland, Sept. 24. Fol-lowing the invitational all-star rodeo sponsored by the PRCA, the rodeo performers and government dignitaries attended a White House barbecue. Davis personally met President Ronald Reagan.

Last week Davis participated in a rodeo in Madison Square Garden. He will fi nish the 1983 rodeo competition at the Cow Palace in San Francisco held the fi rst week in No-vember. He will also be taking part in the National Finals in Oklahoma City beginning in the fi rst week of December.

Pilgrims fall under Trojans’ forceAt the end of a scoreless fi rst quarter, it looked as though

the Homedale Trojans were up against an equally strong New Plymouth team, but things turned around before the end of the fi rst half, when the scoreboard showed the Trojans ahead 28-6, holding a strong lead throughout the remainder of the game. The fi nal score was Homedale 41, New Plymouth 20.

Homedale broke into the scoring column fi rst when Terry Uda took it in from fi ve yards out early in the second quarter after Landa lumbered through the line for 11-, 10-, and 15-yard runs to sustain the 75-yard drive.

Moments later, Homedale got the ball right back on the Pilgrim 20-yard line after Todd Kelly intercepted a pass. Jewett capped the short drive with an 8-yard run up the middle.

New Plymouth then scored on a pass play. Homedale scored on their next three possessions as Gary Kushlan ran it in from fi ve yards out before tossing a pass to brother Eric Kushlan with just three seconds remaining in the half.

Gary Kushlan completed 9 of 15 passes for 166 yards, fi nding receiver Eric Wilson on seven of them for 108 yards.

New class at HHSA new course in advanced biology has been adopted to

this year’s curriculum at Homedale high school. It is being instructed by Mark Stevens, a third-year science and biology teacher at Homedale Jr. and Sr. high.

The Advanced Biology course is offered only to junior and senior students with the prerequisite of a general high school biology class.

October 2, 1958

Post offi ce department asks bids on new PO buildingHomedale will have a new post offi ce in the near future,

according to word received here by Postmaster Vic Uria from S. G. Schwartz, regional operations director, post offi ce department, Portland, Ore.

The post offi ce department has advised that it will so-licit bids to furnish new post offi ce quarters for Homedale during the period September 25 through October 25. Terms will be for a 10-year lease with two 5-year renewal options.

The department seeks approximately 1,630 square feet of interior fl oor space; approximately 3,250 square feet in parking and maneuvering area; and 80 square feet of platform space.

Detailed information for bidders may be obtained by writing George W. Elden, regional real estate offi cer.

Hermans open new store hereHerman’s, a new business in Homedale, opened this

week in the Jackson building in the location of the former Bob Dunn’s Western Auto store by Mr. and Mrs. Ray Her-man, Marsing.

The new store features gifts for all occasions and better quality house wares. Although open for business, stock is still being brought in and work on the display shelves is still underway. A formal opening will be held later, according to Mrs. Herman.

Clerks are Mrs. Claude (Nina) Walker and Mrs. Wally (Nibs) Smith. Mrs. Herman is at the store every after-noon.

120 seed growers, buyers meet hereRon Robinson acted as chairman at an alfalfa and

clover seed meeting last Thursday night at the armory sponsored by directors of the Owyhee County alfalfa and seed group.

Approximately 120 persons attended including many representatives of various seed companies.

Buyers emphasized they could not buy seed in the dirt. It must be in a warehouse and cleaned before they can make a bid on it. The buyers, however, agreed to permit other buyers to come into their warehouse to sample the seed for the purpose of competitive bids.

Raymond B. Goodson, Bruneau, to graduateRaymond B. Goodson of Bruneau was scheduled to

graduate from recruit training September 30 at the Naval training center, San Diego, Calif.

The graduation exercises, marking the end of nine weeks of “boot camp,” will include a full dress parade and review before military offi cials and civilian dignitaries.

In nine weeks of instruction the “raw recruit” is developed into a Navy bluejacket, ready for duty with the fl eet.

Honor Society has induction Friday The national honor society of the high school held its

induction ceremony Friday, inducting 13 members. Prin-cipal Deward Bell was guest speaker.

Ted Davenport gave the invocation. The symbol was explained by Shirley Wason, Delores Sweep, Sandra Vance and Carolyn Breach.

The pledge of the new members was led by President Linda Porter. Adviser, Mrs. Chatterton, handed out mem-bership cards.

Homedale localsMr. and Mrs. Carl Rowen spent the week end at Silver

Creek Springs.Poke Henson, Ralph Lineberger, Merrill Tallman, and

Johnny Krzesnik spent the week end at San Francisco, Calif., where they saw two baseball games between the Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals.

John Batt, Sr., and sons entertained at the annual hop party last Tuesday at the Wilder park where they served lunch to about 200 employees.

September 26, 1868

FLINT ITEMS. The frame of the Rising Star mill is up and nearly enclosed. The machinery is expected daily. Messrs. Lent and Gashwilder, two of the principal stockholders in the company, arrived from San Francisco this week. Mr. John Boyd has also just returned from an excursion to the Bay, where he has been making a sale of some of his quartz interests in Flint. The ore in the Rising Star gets richer the deeper the mine is prospected. A deposit of remarkably rich ore was struck this week causing the stockholders to feel very happy. We’re on the qui vine to see the cords of silver bricks that the new mill will turn out.

Mr. Perry is still at work sinking on the Forest. The shaft is now down 140 feet, where the lode is about twelve feet between the casings. There is a granite horse in the center and rich pay quartz on each side. The granite becomes less and the pay streaks wider the deeper it is worked.

The entire fl at between the two towns has been laid off into lots and sold for building purposes. The Flintites expect that a town almost as large as Silver will spring up there this fall. How it is to be done or who will do it, they do not know, but they are confi dent that something will turn up. In our opinion, Flint will not increase in size and population much more this winter, but we shouldn’t be surprised if in a couple of years Silver should tremble through fear of losing the County Seat.

A quartette troupe of Teutonic damsels, with lager beer and accordion accompaniment, paid Flint a visit last week. The boys “danced all night till broad daylight,” and oh how hard it was to part with the girls in the morning. After several nights of “Sally come up and Sally come down, Sally come twist your heel around,” the jaded maidens were obliged to come back to Silver, where they will recruit exhausted nature, repair their soles and await another pay day in Flint.

SILVER CITY. Jas. S. Reynolds, editor of the Idaho Statesman, visited this place last week, and says in his paper of the 22d:

Silver City has about doubled in size and population during the last year and building is going on more rapidly now than every before. Everybody is in the best of humor, thinks there is no place in America better than Silver and is sure he is going to get rich. There is some reason why they should feel so for the past year’s work indicates nothing but success for every mine that has been worked. It is no longer a question whether there are other mines than the Poorman that will pay, nor whether that extraordinary mine will give out. The deeper they sink on the Poorman, the more it does not give out and so of other mines? Every new shaft sunk or level run discloses better ore and more of it. You therefore, see no anxiety in the countenances of the people now, as was the case two years ago, but you can read in each face as plainly as though it were printed there, “we have it now, sure.” Notwithstanding its success and present fl ourishing condition, the reputation of Silver has outrun its opportunities for affording employment to the hundreds who are fl ocking here. Capitalists have been slow to invest and in some cases have exhibited the usual amount of awkwardness and folly which of course suspended their operations. There has been more work done here with the money that has been slowly wrought out of the mines at this early stage of development than by all the foreign capital ever brought here. The mines have developed themselves. From month to month they have paid for their own working, and large profi ts besides. These facts becoming known abroad have brought many people here who will fi nd little to do until new enterprises shall employ more laborers than can at present.

THE FIRST SNOW of the season fell on War Eagle and on the summit between here and Flint last Saturday evening but it melted away under the rays of the next morning’s sun. The days are pleasant, the smoky atmosphere reminding us of Indian Summer but the nights are getting cool enough to make a good fi re desirable and warn us of approaching winter.

Commentary

On the edge of common sense

Baxter Black, DVM

Not important ...but possibly of interest

Wayne Cornell

Towing rattlesnakes

It’s always a tough choice for a farmer to make when it is necessary to tow a crippled vehicle; should he have his wife drive the towing unit or should she sit behind the wheel of the one being towed?

To tow requires a steady acceleration to avoid jerking. To follow requires an astronaut’s sensitivity to slow and brake the vehicle before it smashes into the rear bumper or three-point hitch!

Kent’s old ’58 4-wheel-drive ¾-ton pickup had sat like a statue on top of a hill above their farm in eastern Kansas for years. Tourists might have remarked “how poignant that some farmer had made a monument to his faithful old 4x4.” However, the neighbors knew that the pickup broke down up there and was abandoned!

On the fateful day of the “Junction City Rattlesnake Ride”, Kent asked his wife to help him tow it to the shop. Complicating the operation was that the master cylinder was dry, the clutch plate was rusted to the fl ywheel and the engine didn’t run!

“Don’t worry,” he told her, “All you have to do is steer!”

Most farmers’ wives have a blind spot about machinery. The biggest one is, they actually think their husband knows what he’s talking about! The plan was that he would gently push her to the edge of the hill with the loader bucket. How, she inquired suspiciously, would she be able to stop it once she was headed down the slope toward the shop? He tapped his head with his fi nger to indicate he had already accounted for this contingency, “I will have the log chain hooked from the loader bucket to your back bumper to let you roll down easily.”

She gave him a skeptical look as they began. She tipped over the ridge as he slowed to take the slack. The truck picked up speed and never broke a step when the chain snapped like an old rubber band! Down the hill at a racing pace she fl ew, dodging, leaping, coursing, swerving and sailing in, over and through, cut banks, washes, creeks, ponds, cow trails, down fences and other snarling obstacles as Kent marveled at the old truck’s ability to maneuver. She high-centered on a stack of stone posts and leaped out screaming! He thought she’d done quite well, actually, and was surprised at her histrionics.

But, it turns out, there was more to the story than meets the eye. Just as the 4x4 broke free, she noticed a big shed snakeskin on the fl oor! With one hand on the wheel and the other frantically hunting for the snake, she didn’t get as much out of the ride as she could have!

Kent commiserated and said, sympathetically, “Thank goodness ya didn’t have to worry about braking!”

— Can’t get enough Baxter? Visit his Web site at www.baxterblack.com for more features, merchandise and his new book, “The World According to ... Baxter Black Quips, Quirks & Quotes”.

It was one year ago that I dumped all my remaining cigarettes into a bowl (about $30 worth), tore them up, soaked them in water and threw them in the garbage.

Since that day in October 2007, I have not used any sort of tobacco. There haven’t been any relapses but there have been plenty of times I wanted to smoke. But the longer I stay clean, the more I have to lose by smoking even one cigarette.

The big reason for quitting smoking is health. But I’m one of those people who doesn’t aspire to live so long that I end up in a nursing home being spoon-fed oatmeal. So the health factor isn’t as important to me as it might be to some folks. What I enjoy is the convenience of not smoking.

Last week I fl ew to Casper, Wyoming, with a stop coming and going in Denver. Flying anywhere is Hell on Earth for a smoker. You can’t smoke in most airport terminals unless you go outside. If you go outside you eventually have to come back inside and when you do that you have to go through security again.

Denver does have a smoking lounge upstairs in the middle of Terminal B. But Terminal B is more than a half-mile long and if you land at Gate 14 and your next fl ight leaves in a half-hour from Gate 94, there isn’t time to stop off and recharge your system with nicotine at the lounge.

My Denver layover was three hours. I spent most of it just strolling around thinking about going to China later this fall and how much nicer the 14-hour fl ight will be when I’m not counting the minutes until I can have a cigarette.

Casper was a good test of how far I have come since quitting. It seems like about 80 percent of the people in Casper smoke. In Casper, they have smoking areas in restaurants that are larger than the non-smoking areas.

Whenever there was a break in the meetings, some of the attendees stepped outside to smoke. I usually went out, too, since I can relate to those folks. There are things

in life I fi gure will kill me much faster than second-hand smoke — like nachos slathered with melted cheese or eating pizza four times a week.

One thing I never do when I’m around smokers is lecture them. There’s nothing worse than a reformed smoker who goes around telling smokers how superior he or she is. I KNOW how hard it is to quit and understand that a person can’t quit successfully until he or she has a compelling reason.

The toughest test of my non-smoker status came Saturday afternoon. When my panel ended, I headed back to the hotel and called Idaho to fi nd out the score of the Boise State-Oregon football game. Throughout the rest of the afternoon, I kept calling home for score updates but began getting nervous when Oregon started a comeback. Finally, with fi ve minutes left and the lead shrinking, I told Sara I wasn’t going to call anymore andto call me when the game was over.

As I waited for a call on the results of the game, I paced up and down on the sidewalk outside the hotel lobby. Several smokers were there, too. As the minutes ticked by with no call from home, it got more and more tempting to ease the tension with the medicine I had used for years — a cigarette. I’m fairly sure one of the nearby smokers would have obliged by giving me a smoke. But every time the urge surged, I thought about the amount of time I had invested and how much there was to lose. Still, I was glad when the phone fi nally rang and I got the fi nal score.

In Alcoholics Anonymous, people admit they are alcoholics and always will be alcoholics and, therefore, can’t take even one drink. I’m that way with tobacco. I’m glad I don’t live in Wyoming.

— Go to www.theowyheeavalanche.com to link to some of Wayne’s previous columns on his Internet blog. You’ll fi nd the link in the bottom right-hand corner of the home page.

Wyoming: A Smoker’s Paradise

From WashingtonSen. Mike Crapo

Since June, I’ve been submitting letters to the Congressional Record from Idahoans who have written to me about how energy prices are affecting their lives. I update my Web site with new submissions every day that the Senate is in session. Not surprisingly, the deleterious effects of increased fuel costs over the long run are challenging people in many ways as they adjust their daily priorities to accommodate budget constraints. And, with the complexity of the fuel supply chain from extraction, through production to delivery, the answers are not easy, nor are the problems quickly solved. This is no reason for inaction; in fact, we must take action so that we can see our way to the end of this energy crisis.

The complexity of the issue lends itself to a variety of innovative solutions. It’s becoming increasingly cost-effective for companies, large and small, to research and develop alternative energy that yields lower economic and environmental costs — and they are doing just that. The Idaho biofuel industry is growing, and prospects for nuclear energy development are highly encouraging. The Idaho National Laboratory, building upon its historic role in U.S. nuclear energy research and development,

is looking at ways to utilize emission-free nuclear power beyond electricity production to provide alternative clean fuels. This session, Congress will likely extend tax breaks for alternative energy development, including wind, solar, geothermal, cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel and energy effi ciency.

Innovations in traditional fossil fuels extraction, specifi cally oil and natural gas, demonstrate promising results. We will continue to use fossil fuels for many years as we adapt to using alternative energy resources on a massive scale. It makes sense to devote resources to exploration and development of fossil fuels. In an encouraging sign, the annual Congressional ban on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) drilling may be lifted for the fi rst time in 26 years. It’s important to make full use of OCS resources. That means opening up the East and West coasts for exploration, developing potential resources in ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Reserve in Alaska) and the Gulf of Mexico, and giving states the opportunity to share in important revenues from these activities. OCS oil resources

Energy crunch demands rapid, long-lasting answers

–– See Energy, next page

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Commentary

√ Energy: Drilling, shale extraction could add billions of barrels of oilFrom previous pagecould yield from 14 to 18 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 76 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. And, Congress should lift the ban on oil shale development. Development of oil shale, sedimentary rock that, when heated, releases petroleum-like liquids, could result in at least 800 billion barrels of oil.

To understand how these numbers translate into our energy consumption, in 2006, Idahoans used 15.6 million barrels of gasoline for their vehicles and used 75.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Total U.S. consumption of

gasoline for motor vehicles alone in 2006 was 3.4 billion barrels, and total natural gas consumption for the U.S. in 2006 was 21.6 trillion cubic feet. Today, the U.S. consumes 20.6 million barrels of oil daily.

Energy is a global commodity, and the regulatory environment plays a role in the price of energy. No long-term legislative solution to energy challenges is complete without improving government oversight of energy markets. I have supported legislation that helps the government regulator that oversees energy trading, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, better do

its job in increasing market transparency. Understandably, these aren’t short-term solutions, nor

is any one single option the answer. Once the leasing process is complete on OCS development for example, production would be a few years out. However, starting the process sends positive signals to energy markets. We cannot afford to wait any longer. We know the stories and the facts are evident. The time for talking is past. The time for action is now.

— Republican Mike Crapo is Idaho’s junior member in the U.S. Senate.

Marijuana seizure with no arrests was a waste of time, money

Did I miss something? While it seems that every law enforcement agency from the Coast Guard to the local Boy Scout troop is slapping themselves on the back for their apprehension of 7,345 marijuana plants (that gave up without a fi ght), I’m wondering what criminal has been taken off the streets, what gang has been broken up, what threat has been removed so that this doesn’t happen again? What I fi nd is that there is one, count ’em one, delivery driver who had better never show his face in Owyhee County again. I’m so relieved.

No kidding, it took 35 agents from six law enforcement agencies (and no doubt many thousands of taxpayer dollars) to weed out a bunch of marijuana plants — something that any good lawn care company could have done for about one-tenth the cost. Of course, no actual criminals were harmed during the production of this media event.

Now that we apparently arm law enforcement personnel with hoes instead of side arms, it’s easier to understand the gushing of ISP Capt. Kevin Hudgens while describing the bad guys: “… the fertilizer, and those types of things: the food stuffs, the tents, the sleeping bags. They know what they’re doing.” Wouldn’t it be great if our law enforcement agencies did?

The only thing that this operation accomplished was to educate the minds behind this growing scheme and make them more diffi cult to catch next time. They are, no doubt, still in operation, probably in Owyhee County. I have always had a lot of respect for Sheriff Aman, but if the morons who screwed this deal up are the ones he trusts the county to when he’s gone, he’d better stay home.

Mike IhliKuna

Sheriff: Marijuana confi scation disrupts drug dealers’ network

What can I say? Apparently taking 8,000 pounds or $15 million of drugs off the street, which is money for the gangs to operate with, which empowers them, clothes them, feeds them, and causes the users to commit burglaries, thefts, armed robberies, rapes and many other crimes, means nothing.

Owyhee County does not have the money, time or manpower to conduct investigations covering 11 years, four to fi ve different states and many counties.

The writer obviously does not know anything about all the pending federal indictments, past federal convictions, seizure of weapons and vehicles and search warrants that have been served on this group stretching from Idaho, Oregon, California and clear into Mexico.

I will keep arresting drug manufacturers, dealers, users and other criminals to try and keep our county safe. If I need help in this endeavor, then I will continue asking for assistance to keep the costs to Owyhee County taxpayers down and to keep the people that live, work and play in Owyhee County safe.

Gary AmanOwyhee County Sheriff

Faulks always fi nds a scapegoat for his ineptitude as prosecutor

It is extremely entertaining whenever I read about the antics of your prosecuting attorney Matthew Faulks.

Having lived in Owyhee County some years ago, I still feel close to it. It seems to me that Mr. Faulks may perhaps be the poorest excuse for someone who passed the state bar exam (did he?).

His latest bumbling concerns blaming the investigator for causing an acquittal of a robbery suspect. I obviously have no knowledge of the case other than what I read; however, it appears that he has an excuse for every action he is involved in over the years.

Had he better prepared and understood how Jim Bish was going to testify, the outcome may have been different. After all, is it not his job to know how YOUR witness is going to testify?

It always appears he has to blame someone else for his inability to prosecute properly, as he does in most cases he is involved with. I can’t help but wonder how much money he has cost citizens of Owyhee County during his tenure — everything from bringing a frivolous suit against Dick Freund to his poor case preparation and consequent mishandlings.

If I am not mistaken, you folks won’t have to put up with him much longer. My sincere hope is that he fi nds employment outside the legal world, perhaps in a day care. Sorry, we only hire people who can exercise common sense where I work; no need to apply, Matthew.

Joe MasarNew Plymouth

Strengthen the community by volunteering as a mentor

Thank you for your continued coverage of The Mentoring Network. I’d like to take this opportunity to elaborate on the program itself and encourage all responsible caring adults to become mentors here in Homedale (or in other districts that are served).

The Mentoring Network currently serves six school

districts: Homedale, Parma, Wilder, Caldwell, and Nampa. At the end of last school year, there were 132 active mentor-student matches. Last year, we had six mentors in the Homedale Schools. More are needed.

The Mentoring Network is a school-based program. All interactions are on school time and school property. New volunteers are provided with training and some basic supplies (paper, pens, crayons, activity books).

Each mentor and student decides how to spend their hour each week. Volunteers can eat lunch with their assigned charge (good eats for $3), read with them, help with homework, play a game, or just sit and talk.

I was matched last year with a fi rst-grader, and we are continuing again this year. We meet every Tuesday and mostly just hang out. Only a few times last year did we need to do homework. This last week, we checked out a joke book in the library before eating lunch and then walking around the track.

Having an adult, who is not a teacher or parent, cheering them along is a tremendous advantage for any child. And what a great way to break up your weekly routine — go hang out with a student over your lunch break.

To become a mentor, visit www.MentoringNetworkID.org and complete the application forms. References and a police background check are required. More information about the program is available online or contact executive director Donna Shines at 459-2844.

This is how we continue to strengthen our community. Rebecca QuirkHomedale

Mentor group’s yard sale a huge success; benefi ts local students

The Mentoring Network held its fi rst big fundraising event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, at Zamzows on N. Franklin in Nampa. Despite the lightning, thunder and pouring rain, the yard sale was a great success. People enjoyed the abundance of items for sale, the delicious Starbucks coffee and doughnuts in the morning hours and the barbecued hot dogs and drinks (later in the day when the rain stopped).

Many thanks go out to our sponsors, Intermountain Community Bank, Zamzows, and Starbucks and to numerous people in Nampa, Caldwell, Parma, Homedale and Fruitland that donated items for the yard sale.

Due to the hard-working crew of volunteers, both Friday and Saturday we were able to reach our goal of $3,000, which was then matched by Intermountain Community Bank.

The money raised will go to expanding The MN school-based mentoring services throughout Canyon and Owyhee counties for school-referred children in elementary and middle schools.

Volunteer mentors are always needed. If you are interested in applying to become a school-based mentor with The MN, please go online and fi ll out the application packet forms. The Web site is: www.mentoringnetworkid.org. For questions, you can call Donna Shines, executive director, at 459-2844.

Donna ShinesExecutive directorThe Mentoring Network

Election lettersThe Owyhee Avalanche will accept letters to the

editor pertaining to the Nov. 4 general election until noon on Oct. 24.

The usual letters to the editor guidelines apply, including letters must be no more than 300 words and letters must include contact information, including a phone number, of the letter-writer

Submit letters in one of four methods:• E-mailed to jbrowneditor@cableone.net• Faxed to (208) 337-4867 • Mailed to P.O. Box 97, Homedale ID, 83628 • Dropped off at the Avalanche offi ce at 19 E. Idaho

Ave., in HomedaleFor more information, call (208) 337-4681.

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Public noticesOWYHEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

MINUTESSEPTEMBER 15, 2008OWYHEE COUNTY

COURTHOUSEMURPHY, IDAHO

Present were Commissionerís Hoagland, Freund and Tolmie, Clerk Sherburn, Treasurer Richards, and P&Z Coordinator Huff.

Amendments to the agenda included a nomination to the Capital Crimes Defense Board.

A public hearing was held on an increase to Sheriffís fees. The adoption of Resolution 08-24 implemented the new fees.

Approved payment of all bills from the following funds: Current Expense $23,967, Road & Bridge $13,533, District Court $4,671, Probation $3,701, Indigent & Charity $13,490, Pest $435, Revaluation $1,908, Solid Waste $18,803, Tort $439, Weed $3,028, 911 $2,605.

Approved the contract with the Probation Department for Tessa OíDonnell in the amount of $19,200.

Approved the Computer Arts contract for 2009.

Nomination of Commissioner Freund to serve on the IAC Capital Crimes Defense Committee.

Approved the final plat for Hidden Valley Estates Phase 4 subdivision.

Indigent & Charity cases presented: 08-33 lien approved, 07-34 & 07-41 assignments to Catastrophic, 08-30 approved with reimbursement.

Approved the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Commission for Certificate of Appropriateness for Mary OíMalley and David Cram.

Approved the grant extension from Bureau of Homeland Security.

Discussion was held on the donation of a wind anemometer by Idaho Offi ce of Energy Resources. A Memorandum of Agreement is forthcoming.

The Board recessed until September 17th at which time they will be meeting with Wings and Roots, coordination with the BLM and Tribe.

The complete minutes can be viewed in the Clerkís offi ce.

/s/Jerry Hoagland, ChairmanAttest: /s/Charlotte Sherburn10/01/08

NOTICE TO BIDOwyhee County will accept

bids for the remodeling of the inside of the Soil Conservation Building on Reich Street in Marsing, Idaho. There will be a walk through of the building scheduled for October 22nd at 9:00 a.m. for those interested parties wishing to place a bid.

The bid will include all materials, labor, and miscellaneous needs to complete the remodel project. A workman’s compensation certificate and public works license must be provided prior to the start of work. The bids will be sealed and delivered to the County Clerk. Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. October 31st. The bids will be opened at 10:00 A.M. on November 3rd during the Commissioners Meeting at the Owyhee County Courthouse in Murphy, Idaho. Owyhee County reserves the right to accept or reject any/all bids.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting Owyhee County Assessor Brett Endicott at 208-337-5522 or 208-495-2817

10/1,15/08

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF FEE INCREASEI.C.§63-1311A

HOMEDALE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTLEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 13th day of

October, 2008, at the Owyhee Lanes Restaurant, 18 W. First Street, Homedale, ID 83628 banquet room at 12:30 p.m. the Board of Commissioners of the Fire District will receive comments regarding the Board of Commissioners’ intent to make a decision to establish and increase the following proposed fees.

Emergency Medical Current Proposed FeeAmbulance Transport FeeService FeeBasic Life Support $300.00 $450.00Advanced Life Support $450.00 $600.00Defi brillator Pads $0.00 $80.00Minimum Charge for Ambulance $0.00 $75.00ResponseBasis of Authority:

The State of Idaho under authority of Idaho Code §63-1311 1. provides that the governing board of any taxing district may impose and cause to be collected fees for services provided which would otherwise be funded by property tax revenues.The above referenced public record request fees have been 2. preliminarily determined by the Board of Commissioners to be reasonable in relationship to the cost of administering by the Fire District and does not exceed the actual cost incurred by the Fire District to render said services and to protect its ability to collect such fees.

All persons are invited to attend the public hearing and to provide comment on the proposed fee to be established. Copies of the full text of the proposed Fee Policy may be viewed at the address above set forth during regular offi ce hours.

DATED this 25th day of September, 2008/s/Mikel D. Parker, Secretary/Treasurer10/1,8/08

SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION

CASE NUMBER CV-2008-0804

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL

DISTRICTSTATE OF IDAHO, COUNTY

OF OWYHEEHFM MURPHY FLATS,

LLC, AN IDAHO LIMITED L I A B I L I T Y C O M PA N Y, Plaintiff,

V. HOWARD HUMPHREY,

T R U S T E E I N T H E M AT T E R O F PA C I F I C L A N D C O R P O R AT I O N , BANKRUPT; AND PACIFIC LAND CORPORATION; AND THE ESTATE OF HOWARD HUMPHREY, THOMAS B. HUMPHREY, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, and all of the unknown owners and unknown claimants and/or occupants of all or any part of the following described real property; and any persons claiming any right, title, or interest in the following described real property:

IN TOWN SHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 1 WEST, BOISE M E R I D I A N , O W Y H E E COUNTY, IDAHO. SECTION 7: SOUTHEAST QUARTER, SOUTHWEST QUARTER O F T H E S O U T H E A S T QUARTER; SECTION 18: NORTHEAST QUARTER, EAST ONE-HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER, NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, NORTH ONE-HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER.

Defendants. THOMAS B. HUMPHREY,

as Personal Representative of the Estate of Howard Humphrey;

H O WA R D H U M P H R E Y as Trustee for Pacific Land Corporation; and PACIFIC LAND CORPORATION.

All other listed Defendants known or unknown and all occupants of above described property.

You have been sued by HFM MURPHY FLATS, LLC, and Idaho Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff, in the District Court in and for Owyhee County, Idaho Case No. CV-2008-0804.

The nature of the claim against

you is to quiet title in Plaintiff the property described above against any adverse claim of interest.

Any t ime af ter 20 days following the last publication of this summons, the Court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have fi led a written response in the proper form, including the Case Number, and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at PO Box 128, Murphy, Idaho 83650, (208) 495-2421, and served a copy of your response on the Plaintiff’s attorney JULIE ADAMS DEFORD, DeFORD LAW, P.C., 317 12th Avenue South, Nampa, Idaho 83651, telephone No. (208) 461-3667

A copy of the Summons and Compliant can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff.

If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter.

DATED this 22nd day of September, 2008.

Chartlotte SherburnClerk of the CourtTrina Aman, Deputy Clerk10/1,8,15,22/08

SUMMONSCASE NO CV08-0795

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATEOF IDAHO, IN AND FOR

THE COUNTY OF OWYHEEEARLDEAN GRANT and

FRED KELLY GRANT, Plaintiffs, vs.

ROBERT A. GRANT, JULIA GRANT, GLADYS GRANT HAMBURG, GLEN HAMBURG, JEAN HAMBURG GIBSON, GLENDA JEAN GIBSON L O N G S T R E E T, R O B E RT EARL GRANT, THELMA FAYE MADISON GRANT, JULE IRENE GRANT ALFULTIS, ROBERT RAY GRANT, JACK ESTES GRANT, THELMA RUTH KELLY GRANT, ROBERT A. GRANT, JULIA P. GRANT, and JOHN DOE, or JANE DOES I THROUGH X, Defendant(s).

TO: ROBERT A. GRANT, JULIA GRANT, GLADYS GRANT HAMBURG, GLEN

HAMBURG, JEAN HAMBURG GIBSON, GLENDA JEAN G I B S O N L O N G S T R E E T, ROBERT EARL GRANT, THELMA FAYE MADISON G R A N T, J U L E I R E N E GRANT ALFULTIS, ROBERT RAY GRANT, JACK ESTES GRANT, THELMA RUTH KELLY GRANT, ROBERT A. GRANT, JULIA P. GRANT, and JOHN DOE, or JANE DOES I THROUGH X.

You have been sued by EARLDEAN GRANT and FRED KELLY GRANT, the Plaintiff(s), in the district Court in and for Owyhee County, Idaho Case No. CV-08-0795.

The nature of the claim against you is Quite Title.

Any t ime af ter 20 days following the last publication of this summons, the court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have fi led a written response in the proper form, including the Case Number,

and paid any required fi ling fee to the Clerk of the Court at Hwy 78, PO Box 128, Murphy, Idaho 83650, telephone number (208) 495-2806 and served a copy of your response on the Plaintiff’s attorney at Richard L. Harris, Attorney at Law, 1023 Arthur Street, PO Box 1438, Caldwell, Idaho 83605, telephone number (208) 459-1588.

A copy of the Summons and Compliant can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff.

If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter.

DATED this 3rd day of August, 2008.

Charlotte Sherburn Clerk of the CourtBy: Trina Aman, Deputy

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Public noticesANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE

CITY OF MARSINGORDINANCE A-169

A N O R D I N A N C E E N T I T L E D T H E A N N U A L APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2008 APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF $4,738,611.00 TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES OF THE CITY OF MARSING FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR, AUTHORIZING A LEVY OF A SUFFICIENT TAX UPON THE TAXABLE PROPERTY AND SPECIFING THE OBJECTS AND PURPOSE FOR WHICH SAID APPROPRIATION IS MADE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARSING, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO.

SECTION 1: That the sum of $4,738,611.00 be, and the same is appropriated to defray the necessary expenses and liabilities of the City of Marsing, Owyhee County, state of Idaho for the fi scal year beginning October 1, 2008.

SECTION 2: The objects and purposes for which such appropriation is made, and the amount of each object and purpose is as follows:ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES:

GENERAL FUNDS:Administrative $ 336,331.00Law Enforcement $ 76,385.00Streets & Highways $ 127,548.00Parks & Recreation $ 18,769.00Planning & Zoning $ 18,800.00TOTAL GENERAL FUNDS: $ 577,833.00

SPECIAL FUNDS:

Water $3,507,278.00Sewer $ 511,500.00Irrigation $ 51,700.00Sanitation $ 90,300.00TOTAL SPECIAL FUNDS: $4,160,778.00TOTAL ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES: $4,738,611.00

SECTION 3: That a general tax levy on all taxable property within the City of Marsing be levied in an amount allowed by law for general purpose for said City, for the fi scal year beginning October 1, 2008.

SECTION 4: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in confl ict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed.

SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force upon its passage, approval and publication I one issue of the Owyhee Avalanche, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Marsing, and offi cial newspaper of said City.

PASSED UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES, upon which a roll call vote was duly taken and duly enacted as an Ordinance of the City of Marsing, City Council held the 10th, day of September 2008.

/s/Keith D. Green, Mayor/s/Janice C. Bicandi, City Clerk-Treasurer10/1/08

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARINGPROPOSED BUDGET, FISCAL YEAR 2008 – 2009

OPALINE IRRIGATION DISTRICTFISCAL, YEAR NOVEMBER 1, 2008 TO OCTOBER 31, 2009

Notice is hereby given that the Directors for the Opaline Irrigation District will meet October 7, 2008 at 8pm for a budget hearing Pursuant to Idaho Code 42-3229 at Elias Jaca’s Farm; take Jaca Road South ¼ mile, then West ¼ mile. The proposed Budget may be examined at the home offi ce of Water Master Hans Jensen, 10015 Wild Horse Road, call for appointment 896-5274.

The following is a copy of the proposed budget, including expenditures for the fi rst 10 months of the 2007-2008 fi scal year.

EXPENSES ITEM BUDGETED EXPENSES PROPOSEDBond Pymt $7500.00 $7185.23 $0.00Insurance 2500.00 1599.00 3500.00L&P Fees 4500.00 4354.80 3500.00Maintenance 72000.00 52122.84 39378.00Offi ce 600.00 622.60 900.00Phone 1600.00 1269.26 1600.00Power 130000.00 75327.08 140000.00Soc. Sec 3000.00 2178.87 3000.00Wages 17000.00 9982.39 15000.00Mileage 3000.00 1654.01 2500.00Misc. 250.00 0.00 250.00TOTAL $241,950.00 $156,296.08 $209,628.00INCOME:ITEM PROJECTED INCOME ANTICIPATED2006-O&M $2848.82 $2250.57 $465.762007-O&M 5861.76 2042.20 1459.762008-O&M 195000.00 191349.12 3303.13Late Fees 820.65 2856.27 899.352009-O&M 0.00 0.00 200000.00Invest.Fund Contrib 17418.77 0.00 0.00Rollover 14000.00 0.00 0.00Interest 3000.00 3639.98 1500.00Refunds 3000.00 2470.77 2000.00TOTAL: $241,950.00 $204,608.91 $209,628.00Leticia Morris, Secretary-Treasurer, Opaline Irrigation District, PO

Box 331, Marsing, ID 836399/24;10/1/08

NOTICE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OF THE GEM IRRIGATION DISTRICT

Notice is hereby given that the Gem Irrigation District has 24.23 acres of Old Gem water right available from the Snake River. The Gem Irrigation will hold a lottery for said water rights. This water can only be applied to Old Gem Lands. Transfer is subject to ability of the district to deliver water to the land. Applications are to be fi led at the South Board of Control Offi ce at 118 S. 1st Street, Homedale, Idaho by October 3, 2008.

D a t e d t h i s We d n e s d a y, September 10, 2008

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NOTICENotice of lien sale for non-

payment of rent and other charges.

Unit(s) #I-6 will be auctioned off by live auction on 10-15-2008 at 10:30 AM at Hwy 95 Self Storage, 3685 Hwy 95, Homedale, Idaho 83628. Unit belongs to Sonia Machuca with a mailing address of PO Box 2278 and home address of 2051 Hill Rd., Homedale, ID 83628. Unit contains clothing and other misc. items.

Unit(s) #F-18, Randy and Stacie Gray, 223 West California, Homedale, Idaho 83628. Contents of unit is household, furniture, and other misc. items. Sealed bids will be accepted at Hwy 95 Self Storage, Homedale Idaho 83628 on 10-18-08 between the hours of 9am-1pm.

Unit(s) #I-7, Sarah Jones, PO Box 774, Homedale, Idaho 83628. Contents, misc. household items. Sealed bids will be accepted at Hwy 95 Self Storage, 3685 Hwy 95, Homedale, Idaho 83628 on 10-18-08 between the hours of 9am-1pm.

Dated this day 09-19-2008Accordance with Idaho Code

55-23019/24;10/1/08

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-0082519 Title Order No. W831864 Parcel No. RPA08900020030A The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States, In the lobby of the Owyhee County Courthouse located on the corner of Highway 78 and Hailey Street, known as 20381 Highway 78, Murphy, ID 83650, on 01/16/2009 at 11:00 am, (recognized local time) for the purpose of foreclosing that certain Deed of Trust recorded 06/10/2004 as Ins t rument Number 248086, and executed by RAUL H ANDAVERDE AND ESMERALDA F ANDAVERDE, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as G r a n t o r ( s ) , i n f a v o r o f MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, I N C . , a s B e n e f i c i a r y, t o RECONTRUST COMPANY, the Current Trustee of record, covering the following real property located in Owyhee County, state of Idaho: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 OF SILVER SAGE SUBDIVISION NO 1, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF, FILED MAY 29, 1998 AS INSTRUMENT NO 225021, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO. The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the above referenced real property,

but for purpose of compliance with Idaho Code, Section 60-113, the Trustee has been informed that the street address of 105 SILVER SAGE PLACE, HOMEDALE, ID 83628 is sometimes associated with said real property. Bidders must be prepared to tender the trustee the full amount of the bid at the sale in the form of cash, or a cashier’s check drawn on a state or federally insured savings institution. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust. The default for which this sale is to be made is: Failure to pay the monthly payment due 04/01/2008 of principal, interest and impounds and subsequent installments due thereafter; plus late charges, with interest currently accruing at 6.375% per annum; together with all subsequent sums advanced by benefi ciary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and any supplemental modifications thereto. The principal balance owing as of this date on said obligation is $107,496.23, plus interest, costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligations thereunder and in this sale, together with any unpaid and /or accruing real property taxes, and/or assessments, attorneys’ fees, Trustees’ fees and costs, and any other amount advanced to protect said security, as authorized in the promissory note secured by the aforementioned Deed of Trust. Therefore, the Benefi ciary elects to sell, or cause said trust property to be sold, to satisfy said obligation. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THAT THE DEBT MAY BE DISPUTED. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)(a) IDAHO CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS O B L I G AT I O N . D AT E D : 0 9 / 0 2 / 2 0 0 8 N a m e a n d Address of Current Trustee is: RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 80028-1821 PHONE: (800) 281-8219 RECONTRUST COMPANY Successor Trustee Amanda Roese, Team Member ASAP# 2872149

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NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Notice of Trustee’s Sale Idaho Code 45-1506 Today’s date: August 31, 2008 File No.: 7023.17131 Sale date and time (local time): January 02, 2009 at 11:00 AM Sale location: in the lobby of the Owyhee County Courthouse, 20381 State Highway 78, Murphy, Idaho 83650 Property address: 6357 Shari Hill Way Marsing, ID 83639 Successor Trustee: Northwest Trustee Services, Inc., an Idaho Corporation P.O. Box 997 Bellevue, WA 98009 (425) 586-1900 Deed of Trust information Original grantor: Christopher J. Johnstone, a single person Original trustee: Pioneer Title Company Original benefi ciary: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Recording date: September 23, 2004 Recorder’s instrument number: 249333 County: Owyhee Sum owing on the obligation: as

of August 31, 2008: $92,169.28 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day to day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. Hence, if you pay the amount shown above, an adjustment may be necessary after we receive your check. For further information write or call the Successor Trustee at the address or telephone number provided above. Basis of default: failure to make payments when due. Please take notice that the Successor Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for certifi ed funds or equivalent the property described above. The property address is identifi ed to comply with IC 60-113 but is not warranted to be correct. The property’s legal description is: Lot 6, Block 3, Shari Hill Estates Phase 1 Subdivision, Owyhee County, Idaho, according to the Plat recorded as Instrument No. 211614, records of said County Recorder, Owyhee County, Idaho. The sale is subject to conditions, rules and procedures as described at the sale and which can be reviewed at www.northwesttrustee.com or USA-Foreclosure.com. The sale is made without representation, warranty or covenant of any kind. (TS# 7023.17131) 1002.97629-FEI

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NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ON

A PERMIT APPLICATION AND PROPOSED PERMIT

TO CONSTRUCTIn compliance with Section

58.01.01.209, Rules for the Control of Air Pollution in Idaho, notice is hereby given that Filler King, Homedale, has applied to the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for a permit to construct, P-2008.0150, for its facility in Homedale. The facility, which is an engineered wood products facility, is located at East Pioneer Rd., Homedale, Idaho. A public comment period on the proposed permit will be provided if a written request is submitted on or before October 16, 2008, and directed to Faye Weber, Department of Environmental Quality, 1410 N. Hilton, Boise, Idaho 83706-1255, or faye.weber@deq.idaho.gov., or via http://www.deq.idaho.gov. Please reference the company name and permit number when sending the request.

The permit application materials submitted by the facility are available for public review on the DEQ website. All information regarding this project from this notice forward will only be available at http://www.deq.idaho.gov.

You may elect to sign on to DEQ’s list serve and receive e l e c t r o n i c i n f o r m a t i o n automatically at http://www.deq.idaho.gov.

DATED this 1st day of October, 2008.

Faye WeberAir Quality Division10/1/08

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SALEATF4990804705-MAA

Title No. 4990804705-MMACustomer Ref No. 9036

On Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at the hour of 2:00 o’clock P.M., of said day, on the steps of the Owyhee County Courthouse located on the corner of Highway 78 and Hailey Street, Murphy, Owyhee County, Idaho.

Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., as trustee, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, cashiers check, certifi ed check or tellers check, (from a bank which has a branch in the community at the site of the sale), money order, State of Idaho check or local government check, or cash equivalent in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the same time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Owyhee State of Idaho, and described as follows, to wit:

This parcel is a portion of vacated right-of-way for the Oregon Short Line Railroad and a portion of the tract deeded from the Village of Homedale to Oregon Short Line Railroad on May 12, 1939, lying in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 3 North, Range 5 West of the Boise Meridian, Owyhee County, Idaho and is more particularly described as follows:

C O M M E N C I N G a t t h e intersection of the centerlines of Main Street and Utah Avenue as shown on the Plat for the Amended Townsite of Homedale, Idaho, said point being a found 5/8 inch diameter rebar; thence

South 0°01’33” East along said Main Street centerline a distance of 40.00 feet; thence South 89°59’07” West parallel with the centerline of said Utah Avenue a distance of 45.00 feet to the Northeast corner of Block 65 of said Homedale Townsite; thence

South 0°01’33” East along the East boundary of said Block 65 (also the West right-of-way boundary for Main Street) a distance of 184.04 feet to a point which lies on a line 150.00 feet Northeasterly from and parallel with the centerl ine of the abandoned Oregon Short Line Railroad, said point being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, a found 5/8 inch diameter rebar; thence continuing

South 0°01’33” East along said West Main Street boundary a distance of 153.43 feet to a ½ x 24 inch rebar set with a plastic cap stamped L.S. 3627; thence

North 53°07’49” West parallel with the centerline of said Oregon Short Line Railroad a distance of 360.00 feet to a ½ x 24 inch rebar set with a plastic cap stamped L.S. 3627; thence

North 25°18’56” East a distance of 74.20 feet to a point on the Northerly right-of-way of the Oregon Short Line Railroad; thence

South 53°07’49” East along said right-of-way a distance of 45.37 feet to a found 5/8 inch diameter rebar; thence Southeasterly 176.24 feet along the boundary of Block 65 of said Homedale Townsite following the arc of a curve to the left having a central angle of 6°31’40”, a radius of 1546.92 feet and a long chord which bears South 69°37’16” East a distance of 176.14 feet to a found 5/8 inch diameter rebar; thence leaving said boundary bearing

South 53°07’49” East a distance of 68.48 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

EXCEPTING THEREFROM any portion thereof lying within the following described property:Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, being all of Block 65, of the Amended Townsite Plat of Homedale, Owyhee County, Idaho, according to the offi cial plat thereof on fi le and of record in the offi ce of the County recorded, Owyhee County, Idaho.THE TRUSTEE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF A MORE PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED REAL PROPERTY, BUT FOR PURPOSES OF COMPLIANCE WITH IDAHO CODE, SECTION 60-113, THE TRUSTEE HAS BEEN INFORMED THAT T H E R E I S N O S T R E E T ADDRESS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID REAL PROPERTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, PLEASE CALL ALLIANCE TITLE AT 208-947-1554.

If the successful bidder cannot provide the bid price by means of one of the above means of payment, the sale will be postponed for 10 minutes only to allow the high bidder to obtain payment in a form prescribed herein above. If the high bidder is unsuccessful in obtaining payment as directed within 10 minutes, the sale will be re-held immediately and any bid by the high bidder from the previous sale, will be rejected, all in accordance with Idaho Code 45-1502 et. Sec.

Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in the deed of trust executed by Lloyd Anderson and Laura C. Anderson, Husband and Wife, as Grantor to Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., as Trustee, for the benefit and security of Michael Daren Deushane and Lissa Carol Deushane, as Trustees of the Deushane 2007 Family Trust as successor Benefi ciary, recorded November 2, 2006 as Instrument No. 258687, Mortgage records of Owyhee County, Idaho. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION.

The default for which this sale is to be made is failure to:

Make principal and interest payments as set forth on said Deed of Trust and Promissory Note. The original loan amount was $75,000.00 together with interest thereon at the rate of 9% per annum, as evidenced in Promissory Note dated October 24, 2006. Payments are in default for the months of April 2008 through and including July 2008 in the amount of $760.70 per month and continuing each and every month thereafter until date of sale or reinstatement. The principal balance as of August 14, 2008 is $71,178.00 together with accrued and accruing interest thereon at the rate of 9% per annum. The per diem is $17.5507. In addition to the above, there is also due any delinquent real property taxes for the second half of 2007, together with penalty and interest, and any other real property taxes that may become delinquent during this foreclosure; late charges, advances, escrow collection fees, attorney fees, fees or costs

associated with this foreclosure.The balance owing as of this

date on the obligation secured by said deed of trust is $71,178.00, excluding interest, costs and expenses actually incurred in enforc ing the ob l iga t ions thereunder or in this sale, as trustee’s fees and/or reasonable attorney’s fees as authorized in the promissory note secured by the aforementioned Deed of Trust.

Dated: August 28, 2008Alliance Title & Escrow Corp.By: Melissa Ambriz, Trust

Offi cerPhone: 947-15549/10,17,24;10/1/08

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

On January 28, 2009, at the hour of 11:00 o’clock AM of said day, at the Owyhee County Courthouse, State Highway 78, Murphy, Idaho, JUST LAW, INC., as Successor Trustee, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Owyhee, State of Idaho, and described as follows to wit:

Lot 10, Block 1, Royal Vista Estates Subdivision, Owyhee County, Idaho, according to the offi cial plat recorded April 4, 2002 as Instrument No. 239203, records of said County.

The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the above referenced real property, but for purposes of compliance with Section 60-113 Idaho Code, the Trustee has been informed the address of 2664 Royal Vista Dr., Homedale, ID aka 2664 Royal Vista Estates, Homedale, ID, is sometimes associated with the said real property.

This Trustee’s Sale is subject to a bankruptcy fi ling, a payoff, a reinstatement or any other conditions of which the Trustee is not aware that would cause the cancellation of this sale. Further, if any of these conditions exist, this sale may be null and void, the successful bidder’s funds shall be returned, and the Trustee and the Benefi ciary shall not be liable to the successful bidder for any damages.

Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty regarding title, possessions or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in the Deed of Trust executed by Kenneth S. Burton, also known as Kenneth Steven Burton, a married man as his sole and separate property, as Grantor(s) with New Century Mortgage Corporation as the Benefi ciary, under the Deed of Trust recorded March 2, 2005, as Instrument No. 251083, in the records of Owyhee County, Idaho. The Beneficial interest of said Deed of Trust was subsequently assigned to US Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Asset Backed Pass-Through Certifi cates, Series NC2005-HE4, recorded January 24, 2006, as Instrument No. 254955, in the records of said County.

THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)( a ) , I D A H O C O D E . N O REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION.

The default for which this sale is to be made is the failure to pay the amount due under the

certain Promissory Note and Deed of Trust, in the amounts called for thereunder as follows: Monthly payments in the amount of $4,131.74 for the months of May 2008 through and including to the date of sale, together with late charges and monthly payments accruing. The sum owing on the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust is $483,023.98 as principal, plus service charges, attorney’s fees, costs of this foreclosure, any and all funds expended by Benefi ciary to protect their security interest, and interest accruing at the rate of 9.125% from April 1, 2008, together with delinquent taxes plus penalties and interest to the date of sale.

The Benefi ciary elects to sell or cause the trust property to be sold to satisfy said obligation.

Da ted th i s 24 th day o f September, 2008.

Sumerli Lynch, Trust Offi cer for Just Law, Inc.

JUST LAW, INC., PO Box 50271, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83405 (208) 523-9106 FAX (208) 523-9146

For information concerning this sale please contact Just Law, Inc. at www.justlawidaho.com or Toll Free at 1-800-923-9106, Thank you.

10/1,8,15,22/08

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 6, 2009, at the hour of two o’clock p.m. of said day, on the steps of the Owyhee County Courthouse, located at the corner of Highway 78 and Hailey Street, Murphy, Owyhee County, Idaho, the Trustee, Alliance Title & Escrow Corp., will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in lawful money of the United States of America, all payable at the time of sale, the following described real property situated in the County of Owyhee, State of Idaho, and described as follows, to-wit:

See attached Exhibit “A”The Trustee has no knowledge

of a more particular description of the above described real property, but for purposes of compliance with Idaho Code Section 60-113, the Trustee has been informed that the street address of 2211 ERIC LANE, HOMEDALE, IDAHO, may sometimes be associated with said real property.

Said sale will be made, without covenant or warranty regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in the Deed of Trust executed by FRED M. DURAN and JOY A. DURAN, husband and wife, as Grantor, and ALLIANCE TITLE AND ESCROW, as Trustee, and HOPKINS WESTERN FUND, LLC, an Idaho Limited Liability Company, “as trustee for the benefi t on a parity for all Series “W” Debenture Holders,” as Benefi ciary; said Deed of Trust having been fi led of record on July 11, 2007, as Instrument No. 261674, Official Records of Owyhee County, Idaho. The naming of the above Grantor(s) is done to comply with Idaho Code Section 45-1506(4)(a); no representation is made as to the responsibility of Grantor(s) for this obligation.

The default for which the sale is to be made is that a breach of the obligation for which the transfer in trust is security has occurred, in that the Deed of Trust Note secured by the above-

mentioned deed of trust has now fully matured and is due and payable. The amount due consists of principal in the amount of $236,332.80, plus interest thereon at the rate of twelve percent (12%) from March 30, 2008 forward, plus default interest at the rate of fi ve percent (5%) from June 23, 2008 forward, less $354.61 held in suspense, together with service charges, late charges, and any other costs, fees, or expenses incurred by the Benefi ciary and/or Trustee associated with this fore-closure as provided by the Deed of Trust or Deed of Trust Note, or by Idaho law.

Dated this 27 day of August, 2008.

MARK D. PERISON, P.A. By: /s/Mark D. Perison – of the

Firm, Attorney for Trustee, PO Box 6575, Boise, ID 83707-6575. 208-331-1200

EXHIBIT AThis parcel is a portion of

the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 3 North, Range 5 West, Boise Meridian, Owyhee County, Idaho, and is more particularly described as follows:

C O M M E N C I N G a t t h e Southwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence

South 88° 52’15” East along the South boundary of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 329.81 feet; thence

North 0° 11’56” East parallel with the West boundary of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 1321.14 feet to a point on the North boundary of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence

South 88° 56’43” East along said North boundary a distance of 381.53 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence continuing

South 88° 56’43” East along said North boundary a distance of 600.03 feet to the Northeast corner of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence

South 0° 03’18” West along the East boundary of said Southwest Quarter fo the Southeast Quarter a distance of 567.85 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar; thence

South 56° 00’11” West a distance of 566.34 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar; thence

South 54° 56’17” West a distance of 164.16 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar; thence

North 0° 11’56” East parallel with the West boundary of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 989.87 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

TOGETHER WITH an ingress-egress easement along the South 30.00 feet of the North 50.00 feet of the West 711.34 feet of the said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter;

AND an access easement as described in Instrument No. 209526, Owyhee County Records and as modified and described in New Easement Agreement, recorded July 27, 2005 as Instrument No. 252711 and as modified and described in Amended and Restated New Easement Agreement recorded March 29, 2006 as Instrument No. 255749, records of Owyhee County, Idaho.

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SALE TS No. 08-0084809 Title Order No. W831902 Parcel No. RPB04200020160A The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States, In the lobby of the Owyhee County Courthouse located on the corner of Highway 78 and Hailey Street, known as 20381 Highway 78, Murphy, ID 83650, on 01/12/2009 at 11:00 am, (recognized local time) for the purpose of foreclosing that certain Deed of Trust recorded 09/29/2003 as Instrument Number 245224, and executed by DIANE JEROME, AS HER SEPARATE PROPERTY, as Grantor(s), i n f avo r o f MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Benefi ciary, to RECONTRUST COMPANY, the Current Trustee of record, covering the following real property located in Owyhee County, state of Idaho: LOT 16, BLOCK 2, ERVIN REVISED ADDITION TO MARSING, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO, A C C O R D I N G T O T H E OFFICIAL PLAT THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER FOR OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO. The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the above referenced real property, but for purpose of compliance with Idaho Code, Section 60-113, the Trustee has been informed that the street address of 409 MAIN STREET, MARSING, ID 83639 is sometimes associated with said real property. Bidders must be prepared to tender the trustee the full amount of the bid at the sale in the form of cash, or a cashier’s check drawn on a state or federally insured savings institution. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust. The default for which this sale is to be made is: Failure to pay the monthly payment due 04/01/2008 of principal, interest and impounds and subsequent installments due thereafter; plus late charges, with interest currently accruing at 6.500% per annum; together with all subsequent sums advanced by benefi ciary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and any supplemental modifications thereto. The principal balance owing as of this date on said obligation is $47,166.53, plus interest, costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligations thereunder and in this sale, together with any unpaid and /or accruing real property taxes, and/or assessments, attorneys’ fees, Trustees’ fees and costs, and any other amount advanced to protect said security, as authorized in the promissory note secured by the aforementioned Deed of Trust. Therefore, the Benefi ciary elects to sell, or cause said trust property to be sold, to satisfy said obligation. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THAT THE DEBT MAY BE DISPUTED. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)(a) IDAHO

CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS O B L I G AT I O N . D AT E D : 08/28/2008 Name and Address of the Current Trustee is : RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 80028-1821 PHONE: (800) 281-8219 RECONTRUST COMPANY Successor Trustee Kari Marx, Assistant Secretary ASAP# 2868930

9/10,17,24;10/1/08

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

Loan No. XXXXXX9524 T.S. NO. 1137270-09 PARCEL NO. RP02N04W163065A Notice of Trustee’s Sale On January 13, 2009, at the hour of 11:00am, of said day, at In the lobby of the Owyhee county courthouse,, 20381 State Highway 78, Murphy, Id 83650, Murphy, Idaho, First Amer ican Ti t le Insurance Company, as trustee, will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a State or National Bank, a check drawn by a State or Federal Credit Union, or a check drawn by a State or Federal Savings and Loan Association, Savings Association, or Savings Bank, all payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the County of Owyhee, state of Idaho, and described as follows, to wit: The south 110.00 feet of the north 258.00 feet of the west 164.00 feet of the nw1/4 of nw1/4 of section 16, township 2 north, range 4 west, b.m., Owyhee county, Idaho. Commonly known as 6762 Edison Rd. Marsing, Id. 83639. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in the Deed of Trust executed by Michael Larsen and Sara Larsen Husband and Wife as Grantor, to Pioneer Title Company Of Canyon County, as Trustee, for the benefi t and security of National City Mortgage A Division of National City Bank as Benefi ciary, recorded September 15, 2006, as Instrument No. 258144, Mortgage records of Owyhee County, Idaho. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)(a), IDAHO CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS OBLIGATION. The default for which this sale is to be made is: Failure to pay the monthly payment due June 1, 2007 of principal, interest and impounds and subsequent installments due thereafter; plus late charges; together with all subsequent sums advanced by benefi ciary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said deed of trust. The estimated balance owing as of this date on the obligation secured by said deed of trust is $115,468.41, including interest, costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation thereunder or in this sale, and trustee’s fees and/or reasonable attorney’s fees as authorized in the promissory note secured by the aforementioned Deed of Trust. First American Title Insurance Company C/o Cal-western Reconveyance Corporation P.O. Box 22004 El Cajon Ca 92022-9004 (800)546-1531 Dated: September 10, 2008 First American Title Insurance

Company Signature/By Maria Delatorre. R-195120

9/24;10/1,8,15/08

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-0037300 Title Order No. W831033 Parcel No. RP02N04W161949A The following described property will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, payable in lawful money of the United States, In the lobby of the Owyhee County Courthouse located on the corner of Highway 78 and Hailey Street, known as 20381 Highway 78, Murphy, ID 83650, on 01/26/2009 a t 11 :00 am, ( recognized local time) for the purpose of foreclosing that certain Deed of Trust recorded 08/25/2006 as Instrument Number 257840, and executed by CHRISTOPHER M ZIMMERMAN, AND TAMARA M ZIMMERMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Grantor(s), i n f avo r o f MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as Benefi ciary, to RECONTRUST COMPANY, the Current Trustee of record, covering the following real property located in Owyhee County, state of Idaho: This parcel is a portion of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 16, Township 2 North, Range 4 West, Boise Meridian, Owyhee County, Idaho and is more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING at the Southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 16; thence North 0º 22’11” West along the East boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter a distance of 663.85 feet to the Southeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, said point being the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; thence South 89º 56’ 00’ West along the South boundary of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter a distance of 625.87 feet to a point on the Southerly right of way for the South Canal of the Owyhee Project; thence traversing said right of way as follows: North 38º 38’47” East a distance of 196.51 feet; Northeasterly 199.46 feet along the are of a curve to the right having a central angle of 50º 03’

30”, a radius of 136.73 feet and a long chord which bears North 63º 40’ 31” East a distance of 115.69 feet; thence North 88º 42’16” East a distance of 197.30 feet; Northeasterly 94.86 feet along the arc of a curve to the left having a central angle of 46º 10’ 26”, a radius of 117.71 feet and a long chord which bears North 65º 37’ 03” East a distance of 92.31 feet; North 42º 31’ 50” East a distance of 171.19 feet to a point on the East boundary of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence South 0º 22’ 11” East along said East boundary a distance of 372.78 feet to the TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. The Trustee has no knowledge of a more particular description of the above referenced real property, but for purpose of compliance with Idaho Code, Section 60-113, the Trustee has been informed that the street address of 6749 HIGHWAY 78, MARSING, ID 83639-8204 is sometimes associated with said real property. Bidders must be prepared to tender the trustee the full amount of the bid at the sale in the form of cash, or a cashier’s check drawn on a state or federally insured savings institution. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances to satisfy the obligation secured by and pursuant to the power of sale conferred in that certain Deed of Trust. The default for which this sale is to be made is: Failure to pay the monthly payment due 01/01/2008 of principal, interest and impounds and subsequent installments due thereafter; plus late charges, with interest currently accruing at 6.875% per annum; together with all subsequent sums advanced by benefi ciary pursuant to the terms and conditions of said Deed of Trust, and any supplemental modifications thereto. The principal balance owing as of this date on said obligation is $199,578.73, plus interest, costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligations thereunder and in this sale, together with any unpaid and /or accruing real property taxes, and/or assessments, attorneys’ fees, Trustees’ fees and costs, and any other amount advanced to protect said security, as authorized in the promissory note secured by the aforementioned Deed of

Trust. Therefore, the Benefi ciary elects to sell, or cause said trust property to be sold, to satisfy said obligation. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE, AND THAT THE DEBT MAY BE DISPUTED. THE ABOVE GRANTORS ARE NAMED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 45-1506(4)(a) IDAHO CODE. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE THAT THEY ARE, OR ARE NOT, PRESENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS O B L I G AT I O N . D AT E D : 09/10/2008 Name and Address of the Current Trustee is : RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 80028-1821 PHONE: (800) 281-8219 RECONTRUST COMPANY Successor Trustee Amanda Roese, Team Member ASAP# 2878423

9/24;10/1,8,15/08

NOTICE TO CREDITORSCASE NO. CV08-0761

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL

DISTRICT OFTHE STATE OF IDAHO, IN

AND FOR THE COUNTY OF OWYHEE

In the Matter of the Estate of: CHARLES DAVID McBRIDE, AND CASSIE OBETA McBRIDE, Decedents.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal Representative of the Estate of Cassie Obeta McBride. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must both be presented to the Personal Representative of the Estate at the law offi ces of Morrow Dinius, 5680 East Franklin Road, Suite 220, Nampa, Idaho, 83687, and fi led with the Clerk of the Court.

Dated: September 4, 2008/s/Patricia GonzalesPersonal RepresentativeWilliam A Morrow, Morrow

Dinius, 208-475-2200 fax 208-475-2201 ISB#2451 wmorrow@morrowdinius.com, Attorneys for Petitioner.

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Owyhee County Church Directory

Trinity Holiness ChurchHomedale

119 N. MainPastor Samuel Page

337-5021Sunday School 10am

Sunday Morning Worship 11amSunday Evening 7pm

Thursday Evening 7:30pm

FirstPresbyterian Church

Homedale320 N. 6th W., 337-3060

Pastor Marianne PaulSunday Morning Worship 11am

Sunday School 11am

Seventh Day AdventistHomedale

16613 Garnet Rd., 880-0902 or 453-9289Pastor Chuck Dimick

Sabbath School Sat. 9:30amWorship 11am

Tuesday Prayer Mtg. 7:00 pm

Bible Missionary ChurchHomedale

West Idaho, 337-3425Pastor Ron Franklin

Sunday School 10amWorship 11am

Sunday Evening 7pmWednesday Evening 7:30

Homedale BaptistChurch

Homedale212 S. 1st W.

Sunday School 10am & 11amSunday Evening 7pm

Wednesday Evening 7pmPastor James Huls

Christian ChurchHomedale

110 W. Montana, 337-3626Pastor Maurice Jones

Sunday Morning Worship 11amChurch school 9:45

Assembly of God ChurchMarsing

139 Kerry, 965-1650Pastor Rick SherrowSunday School 10am

Sunday Worship 11am & 6 pm

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Homedale708 West Idaho Ave 337-4112

Bishop Alan McRaeBishop Dwayne FisherSunday 1st Ward 9am

Sunday 2nd Ward 12:30pm

Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church Homedale - 337-4248

Sunday Services 10amRev. Ross Shaver, Pastor

Youth and Adult Sunday School 9-9:45amWed. Adult Bible Study 7-8:30pm

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Nazarene ChurchMarsing

Pastor Bill O'Connor896-4184

12 2nd Avenue WestWorship Services - Sunday 11am and 6pm

Teen Services Sundays 7:00 pmSunday School - 9:45amMid Week TLC Groups

Marsing Church of ChristMarsing

932 Franklin, Marsing

Minister Gib NelsonSunday Bible Study 10am

Sunday Worship 11am

Lizard Butte Baptist ChurchMarsing

Pastor David London116 4th Ave. W., 859-2059

Sunday worship:Morning: 11am-Noon• Evening: 7-8pm

Sunday school 10 am-10:55amWednesday evening 7pm-8pm

Assembly of God Church

Homedale15 West Montana, 337-4458Pastor George Greenwood

Sunday School 9:30amSunday Morning Worship 10:30amSunday Evening Service 6:00pm

Wed. Bible Study 7:00pm

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Marsing215 3rd Ave. West, 896-4151Sunday 1st Ward, 9:00 a.m.

Bishop LakeySunday 2nd Ward, 12:30 p.m.

Bishop Payne

United Methodist ChurchWilder

Corner of 4th St. & B Ave.880-8751

Pastor June FothergillSunday Services 9:30am

Vision Community ChurchMarsing

221 West Main Marsing, Idaho208-896-5407

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Adult, Kids & Youth Meetings Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Wilder Church of GodWilder

205 A St. E, 482-7839Pastor Ray Gerthung

Sunday School 9:45amSunday Service 11amSunday Eve. 6:00pmWed. Eve. 7:00pm

Iglesia BautistaPalabra de Esperanza

Homedale

711 W. Idaho, 463-9569Pastor Jose Diaz

Servicios: Los Domingos 11:00 am

Calvary Holiness Church Wilder

Corner of 3rd St. & B Ave.Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening: 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening: 7:00 p.m.Food Pantry Open Fridays 10 am - Noon

Mountain View Church of the Nazarene

26515 Ustick Road, Wilder337-3151

Sunday School 9:30Worship 10:30

Adult & Youth Bible Class: Wednesday 7:00 pmBible Based Recovery: Friday 7:00 pm

Our Lady of the ValleyCatholic Church

1122 W. Linden St., Caldwell459-3653

Mass:Saturday 5:00 pmSunday 9:30 am

Spanish Mass: Saturday 7:00 pmSpanish Mass: Sunday Noon

MARSING APOSTOLIC ASSEMBLYAsamblea Apostolica de Marsing

221 W. Main • Marsing, IdahoPastor Ricardo Rodriguez

896-5552 or 371-3516Sunday School 1:30 pm • Sunday Service 3 pm

Thursday Service 7 pm • (Bilingual Services/Español)

Iglesia EvangelicaWilder

317 3rd st.,Pastor Ramiro Reyes10 am Sunday School

11 am Service482-7484Bilingual

Our Lady Queen of HeavenCatholic Church - Oreana

2008 Mass Schedule - the following Saturdays at 9:30am

Jan. 26 - Feb. 23 - March 8 - April 12May 10 - June 28 - July 12 - Aug. 16Sept. 27 - Oct. 11 - Nov. 22 - Dec. 27

All are welcome! For more information, call St. Paul's Church, Nampa 466-7031

Knight Community Church Grand View

Pastor Paul H. Ryan • 834-2639Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:45 a.m.Adult Bible Study: Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Knight's Neighborhood:(Youth Activity Group) Friday 5-6:30 pm

Amistad Cristiana de Wilder UMC

Esquina de 4 y calle BDomingos Servicio: 12:00 pm

El Ropero (Banco de ropa) Miercoles 12- 2pmMartes y Jueves: 6:30 pm InglesSabados: 12:00 pm Arte InfantilTodo en Espanol, Inf. 989 7508

Friends Community Church

Wilder - Homedale17434 Hwy 95, 337-3464Sunday School 9:30 am

Worship Services: 10:45 am SundaysWednesday Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm

CrossroadsAssembly of God

WilderHwy 19 & 95, 482-7644Sunday School 10am

Sunday Morning Worship 11amSunday Evening Worship 6pm

Wed. Bible Study 7pm

Chapel of HopeHope House, Marsing

Look for the Blue Church South Bruneau Hwy at the Hope House

Welcoming Families, especially those with special needs children.

Keith Croft, Pastor 880-2767Jake & Alisha Henrioulle, Youth Pastors 761-6747

Sunday Services at 10 am

Snake River Valley Fellowship

Homedale20 E. Oregon, Homedale

Thursday 7:00 pmTues. Pure Word 7:00 pm

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FOR SALE(2) 5-drawer dressers, 1 adult and 1 child, $50 ea. 899-0475Australian Shepherd/Border Collie Pups, 6 female, 2 male $125 each. Mother is a registered Australian Shepherd. Dad is a Border Collie/ Catahoula cross. Will have 1st shots and wormer. 6 weeks old Oct 1st. call 850-8057Pekinese puppies for sale. 3 males, 7 wks old, $250 ea. 412-68053-piece Lazyboy couch $150 & Lane recliner $50. Please call 459-7882New vinyl siding, 1600 sq ft, tan, $1000 cash. Call 337-6060Microfiber couch & love seat, stain resistant, lifetime warranty, brand new in boxes. Retail $1399. Must sell $450. 208-888-1464Bedroom set 7-piece cherry set Brand new in boxes. List $2250. Must sell $450. 208-888-1464Bed-queen pillowtop mattress Brand new, still in plastic, warranty. Sacrifice $109. 208-921-6643King-sized pillowtop mattress New, in bag, with warranty. List $750. Sacrifice $199. 208-921-6643Cherry Sleigh bed solid wood w/mattress set. Brand new in box. $299. 208-888-1464Used tractor parts 100’s of salvaged farm tractors and combines. Nampa Tractor Salvage, 9055 Hwy 20, Nampa, ID 83687 (208) 467-4430Roll ends: Great for packing material, building fires, lining birdcages or for your kids to doodle on. The Owyhee Avalanche, Homedale

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they know we’re going to have to throw it, and we’re going to have to try something tricky and try to get there and we just can’t get it done.”

Siegersma was at it again when Marsing failed to convert on a 4th-and-1 and gave the Trojans another short fi eld. The senior wideout fl ashed 35 yards on a reverse for a 20-0 advantage.

But even if the Huskies were stunned by Nampa Christian’s quick-strike capabili-ties, they didn’t show it.

Two plays after Siegersma’s sprint, Mike Moore roared 44 yards on a sweep for Marsing’s fi rst score. Then quarterback Joey Burril hooked up with Jose Paramo on

a 63-yard catch-and-run for a score, and it looked like Marsing would have a chance to hang with the state’s top 2A team.

“Jose’s a great athlete and I want to be able to use him. He wants to play receiver and play catch out there,” Walgamott said. “I think it’s the all-around team thing is what we’ve done better, and we just need to keep fi ne-tuning.”

That means eliminating penalties, which seemed to be the only glaring weakness in the game plan Friday — even with a 38-point loss.

“That’s what I said at halftime, and I’ll say it when I leave here tonight: Other than the penalties, there weren’t a lot of bad mistakes,” the coach said.

The Trojans grabbed control of the game with 30 points in the second quarter and by dominating the line play against Marsing’s banged-up defensive line.

Nampa Christian racked up 315 of its 473 offensive yards on the ground, including 82 yards in the second half from senior backup running back David Connolly.

“We’re not playing with our best D line-man (senior Martin Galvez), Walgamott said. “Martin is not playing because of eligibility.”

Homedale-area resident James Nederend, a senior at Nampa Christian, caught four passes for 45 yards and a third-quarter TD.

But the Huskies will have to pack away all the memories from Friday — the emerg-

ing Burril-to-Paramo receiving combina-tion, the game-saving play of the defensive backfi eld of Moore, Sean Finley, David Rios and Sammy Olvera and the nightmare of seeing what seemed like a battalion of Trojans running all over the fi eld — and focus on another challenging running game at home against Melba on Thursday.

“(We) walk away from it and get ready for Melba. Melba’s running great, but they don’t have the speed,” Walgamott said.

“They don’t have all the tools. They have a big ol’ horse (Blake Love) they’ve been giving the ball to that’s been averaging about 200 yards a game, and we’re just going to line up and try to stop him.”

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Sports

Seventh-grade teams split weekThree members of the Homedale Middle School seventh-grade

volleyball B team converge on a dig during their Sept. 23 victory over visiting Payette Lakes from McCall.

The Trojans’ volleyball program won three of the four matches it played against Payette Lakes. In games played at the old gym at the high school, the eighth-grade A team won in a two-game sweep, while the B squad lost, 2-1. The seventh-graders won both matches.

On Thursday, eighth-grade B team beat McCain of Payette, while the eighth-grade A lost in three games, and both seventh-grade teams were defeated.

Homedale’s seventh-grade football team shut out Ontario, 20-0, in Oregon while the eighth-graders lost a shootout, 37-20, to the Tigers.

√ Fender: Rimrock athletes collect PRs during Horseshoe Bend re-runselling concessions; the park is beautiful, and we’d like anyone with free time to come out and watch some amazing kids tackle this challenge.”

The Trojans will be ready to run, and will be doing so in an atmosphere that might be more fun for the kids than it could have been.

Coach Nick Schamber picked the Fender over the bigger Gary Ward Invite to try a new course

out, to avail themselves of the middle school race, and because the Ward “brings in a lot of 5A schools and it can be a bit intimidating,” he said.

The Fender, in contrast, will allow the Trojans to compete against schools of a similar size and has the added bonus of getting younger runners some trail-time.

Raiders register record runsAfter the wet and muddy Bob

Firman Invitational at Eagle

Island, the Raiders were down a runner for the Horseshoe Bend Invitational cross country meet on Thursday, but Andy Bol and Lee Gray finished with what coach Kermit Tate called solid times.

Ida Ahlfors, sidelined with an ankle injury after the Bob Firman, has to sit out the race.

Ahlfors is out “… for one to two weeks with an ankle sprain. She’s doing some exercises to rehab her ankles and should be able to return

to competition after the Rusty Fender,’” the coach said. The Rusty Fender Classic, Rimrock’s home meet, will be held Thursday at CJ Strike Reservoir.

“Andy Bol and Lee Gray competed in the varsity sections, on nearly the identical course they ran a couple of weeks ago,” Tate said of the Horseshoe Bend meet.

“ B o t h p i c k e d u p g o o d performances. The finish-line clock showed Lee turning a 31:02

in the women’s race, which would be nearly a minute faster than her previous time.”

In the men’s competition, Bol set an all-time personal record with a 20:35 — almost a three-minute improvement over his last effort on this course on Sept. 11.

“Two weeks ago, he covered the same course in 23:25,” Tate said. “Great job from both of our kids!”

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√ Huskies: Penalties hamper Marsing’s performance in 2A WIC opener

√ SRV: HMS boys place second in McCallSchamber said. “I think they have seen where they are and have set defi nite goals for themselves.”

The coach admits that — with strong Weiser and Payette teams looming — the Trojans’ boys team has work to do if there are hopes to reach the 3A state meet. The top two teams after the 3A District III meet will qualify for the state championships.

Freshman Ismahel Mendoza turned in Homedale’s best time, fi nishing 19th in 24:21. Senior

Kenny Cockrum was 22nd in 25:18, and freshman teammate Anthony Adams was right behind in 23rd at 26:10. Sophomore Jarod Armenta (28:01) grabbed 25th, and senior Shane Witt fi nished in 32:28 for 27th.

“The boys times are improving, but will need to improve by leaps and bounds to grab some state spots,” Schamber said. “Weiser and Payette teams are pretty solid. We need to get below the 20-minute mark to grab an individual spot.”

Middle schoolPowered by Antonio Sturgeon’s

second-place showing, the Homedale Middle School boys cross country team was runner-up during the 3A SRV meet.

In all, three Trojans fi nished in the top 10. Sturgeon was joined by fi fth-place Alfonso Barbosa and eighth-place Cole Twedt.

On the girls side, Laurien Craft fi nished fi fth, and Brooke Armenta fi nished 18th.

No times were provided from the middle school meet.

Christoffersen crushes ball for Trojans pointHomedale High School’s Rachelle Christoffersen goes high to spike against McCall-Donnelly’s Katie

Andrew during the third game of the teams’ 3A Snake River Valley conference matchup on the Trojans’ fl oor Thursday. No results were provided. Photo by Dick Selby