April 6, 1950
Eight local men will receive summons this week as defendants in a $15,000 civil action. Complainant Earl B. Snyder is suing Frontier Days Inc., members of the Swimming Pool Association, and James LaLonde because of an arm injury he claims he suffered during last year’s Frontier Days celebration. Snyder said LaLonde, emulating “Jesse James,” shot wadding from a six-shooter, which inflicted a wound on Snyder’s arm that caused it to atrophy.
Representatives from the Chamber of Commerce learned the exact locations of three dams proposed for the immediate area when they toured the damsites at Green Peter, the White Bridge regulatory reservoir and Wiley Creek dam. If planning money is appropriated by the federal government this year, then construction of Green Peter could begin in 1952.
Councilor Bill Meeks learned he was the tenth name drawn for a homestead on the Black Canyon Irrigation project near Caldwell, Ida. He left this week to view his new property.
April 3, 1975
The revenue sharing gold rush came to an end after the Sweet Home Budget Committee allocated $112,000 to various requests. The committee approved only a fraction of nonprofit and city requests. Eliminated was a $27,628 ask by the American Indian Movement to provide basic health education for urban Indians, an $800 ask by American Field Students for a public address system, a $10,000 ask by the city for tennis courts, a $10,000 ask by the city for overlay of 12th Avenue.
East Linn Museum got $2,000 of its $40,000 to buy land and build a museum; Senior Citizens got $1,000 of its $4,550 ask to complete their new center on Long Street; the Jaycees got $4,000 for downtown Christmas lights; Sportsman’s Holiday got $600 of its $1,215 ask for chemical toilets; the Elderly Nutrition Program got $505 for food costs; the city got no money for tennis courts; the city got $2,000 for Ames Creek development; the city got $7,778 of its $35,000 ask for main replacement and railroad right-of-way extension; and the city got $20,000 to initiate a street improvement program (to hire workers and maintain streets).
April 5, 2000
An argument between neighbors at South Fork Trailer Park turned ugly when Shaun Calhoon, 17, allegedly shot Danny Kleiven, 42, point blank with a 12 gauge firearm. Witnesses said the two argued, then Kleiven’s girlfriend and Calhoon’s mom “got into it on the ground” and “had each other by the hair.” Then Calhoon calmly shot at Kleiven, who was taken to the hospital. While convicted on assault charges, an “attempt to commit murder” charge was dismissed.
City staff and councilors proposed a new goal for the fiscal year: to “be sensitive to the community’s values as they affect city policy.” City Manager Craig Martin said city policies and documents in the 1970s, for example, may not reflect the values of the community today. As such, community outreach efforts should be used in strategic planning and when implementing codes and policies.