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As she stood across the street watching flames engulf the roof of her hotel, Erin Schuette, who was drenched from the rain, tried to hold back tears. "I was inside when it happened," said Schuette, 26, general manager of the Holiday Inn Express. "This hotel is my life. It's what I do. ... Everybody's safe. That's the main thing."

Basically, the entire roof is gone   -Kurt Nelson

 

The powerful storm that dumped heavy snow clear to the Wood River Valley floor earlier this week sent the unmistakable message that autumn is here. Too bad the region's deciduous trees haven't received that message. Up and down the valley and across much of central Idaho, forests that would have normally begun to display their brilliant fall hues of yellows, oranges and reds are instead mostly green or just muted browns.

I'm just not seeing the bright oranges and yellows   -Kurt Nelson

 

There's a lot going on around public lands in Blaine County, and a couple times a year, county commissioners ask representatives of the agencies that manage those lands to come in and give them an update. On Tuesday, Ketchum District Forest Service Ranger Kurt Nelson updated the commissioners on this year's fire season. Fires have hit only 53 acres in his district, 28 of which were in wilderness areas, where the fires were observed and monitored.  

PHONE+ magazine , a resource for the telecommunications indirect sales channel, named the Top 15 Channel Managers of 2009 at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Miami on Wednesday. These telecom professionals were nominated by master agents, subagents and independent agents and selected by a poll of PHONE+ readers and supporters Aug. 17-26. Nearly 1,000 votes were received for 72 candidates.  

That certainly wasn't the case Saturday as 247 people signed up for the Whidbey Pink Salmon Derby hosted by the Fishin' Club and Ace Hardware in Freeland. "A lot of work was involved in pulling this together, but we had a great team and we learned ways to make the next derby even more successful," said organizer Kari Gerow. "We are extremely pleased with the participation and success of our first event."  

A veteran firefighter who has spent a decade with the Pekin Fire Department will take over the reigns of the department when Chief Chuck Lauss retires next month. Deputy Chief Kurt Nelson will be promoted to interim chief on Sept. 19, Pekin City Manager Dennis Kief announced Friday. Nelson, who has been a firefighter since 1990 and with the Pekin department since 1999, said he plans to maintain the momentum Lauss established during his tenure.

I'm going to continue on with the current path we have at this time, so there won't be a lot of major changes   -Kurt Nelson

 

A pasture in Saunders County will be transformed into a country concert festival setting in August. Cousins Kurt Nelson and Kevin Heldt had heard of a country music festival called Comstock and have both been huge country fans. They combined those two things to come up with the idea of Sandfly Festival.

My cousin and I were just talking one night and got on the subject of what if   -Kurt Nelson

 

On Saturday, July 25 four bands competed for the first place prize which included $100 and the opportunity to perform at Papa's Pizza in Pigeon and on the stage at Laker auditorium. The event was set to take place on the Pigeon Band Shell stage, but due to the heavy rains Pigeon received, Farmapalooza was moved to Laker High. "To Be Fed," a freestyle alternative rock band from Marvin took first place with a very energetic performance. The bands were judged on stage presence, sound and creativity.  

Three wins, three more drivers, and four points. Those were the results of Friday night's sprint car action at Ocean Speedway. The GLR Investment 360 Sprint Car Series completed round nine of 12 and filled the final three guaranteed starting positions for the 49th running of the Johnny Key Memorial race on Aug. 29.

My hat's off to Tommy for this one   -Bud Kaeding

 

PLYMOUTH, Minn., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Foodservice Minnesota Division, with the support of its vendors, delivered more than 25,000 pounds of food to the Maplewood Distribution Center of Second Harvest Heartland, the Upper Midwest's largest hunger-relief organization. The company's 48-foot tractor trailer rig was packed full of fresh fruits and vegetables--which are frequently in short supply at area food banks. The donation, which also included meat, bread, canned and frozen foods, w