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New Life for Gooding Landmark
Just over 110 years ago, Governor Frank Gooding built a unique home for his daughter, Louise Schubert. Often mistaken for a Frank Lloyd Wright home, it was designed by Hugo Clauson, a decorator from Salt Lake City who sometimes did architectural design. He also designed the Schubert Theater and decorated the Egyptian Theater in Boise. Adam & Louise Schubert lived in the home on Main Street for nearly 50 years. After their deaths, the home stayed in the family until it was taken over by First American Title. Renovations by the title company in 2007 helped preserve the home, but after the title company moved, the house stood empty for several years. Earlier this year while doing some deep cleaning at the house, Duane Burg's imagination saw what the house might be with a little loving care. Duane and his wife Tonya purchased the home in May, 2023, and began the hard work of finding furniture, paintings, and other household items that fit the style of the home. Scouring secondhand stores and surfing online classifieds led the couple to a treasure trove of items, including a large collection of highend reproduction paintings from Senator John Johnson in Utah. And... while there is still work to be done, the Schubert house is now open for short term rentals. The Schubert Inn has four bedrooms and can accommodate up to eleven people. Choose from the Governor's Office, King's Suite, Queen Suite, or Bedroom 4 with double bunk beds. A night-for-two in this historic home is $189. Each additional person is just $25. Several downtown restaurants are just a short walk from the Inn, or you can use the fully equipped kitchen or the outdoor barbeque to make your own gourmet dinner to enjoy on the private patio. Located at 841 Main Street in Gooding, you can make online reservations at airbnb.com. Then get ready to enjoy this one of a kind historic home with original hardwood floors and mahogany wood paneling from the Philippines. It's not just a place to sleep, it's a place to remember for a lifetime!
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
October 18, 2023
Vol 47 Num 42
Smartphone App Saves Idaho Skier
by Tony Harrison AirFlare, the app that turns your mobile phone into an outdoors rescue locator, announced its first documented life-saving intervention. The incident took place December 11, 2022, at Soldier Mountain in Southern Idaho, with the resort's patrol director, Dale Eldredge, and fellow ski patroller Jason Stockham breaking trail through at least 2 feet of fresh, wet snow for nearly two hours to get the lost skier out. She was out of bounds just south of the top of the Bird's Eye Lift in an area called Bridge Creek. It was foggy that day. Eldredge recalled you couldn't see 10 feet in front of yourself, and luckily the lost skier stayed in one spot once she realized her predicament. It was after 3:30 p.m., as ski patrol had already begun to sweep the mountain, which closes at 4 p.m. Eldredge said you can't see the chairlifts or the resort from where the lost skier was, despite only being a couple hundred yards out of bounds. "Even if you're familiar with a mountain, when that fog sets in like that it disorients you," he said. "The lady wasn't very familiar with our resort. She'd only skied here a couple times and got separated from her family in the fog when they all made a lefthand turn and she went straight and ended up in the backcountry." Soldier Mountain general manager Paul Alden said the lost skier had her cell phone with her, it was charged, and by some miracle she had some cell phone coverage. Operations manager Tucker Ray said she phoned the front office to report herself lost and one of the staff members sent her a text message with a hyperlink to the AirFlare app, which she was able to download. "She was pinpointed on the map almost immediately," Alden said. "End of story." Alden said the lady was extremely fit and a really good skier and was able to follow Eldredge and Stockham down the drainage and even helped break tracks. Alden said the lost skier kept her head about her and did everything right. But did AirFlare really help save her life? "I know it helped save her life," Alden said. "I was there. I know what it was doing that day. It was not a fun day. It was snowing to beat the band. There's no question AirFlare saved her life." continued on page 7...
