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Trinity Ridge New Playground & Frisbee Course Fire Update: NW of Featherville/SE of Idaho City Personnel: 1,150 Size: 145,696 acres 43% contained As of Sunday, September 2nd, residents of Featherville are being allowed to return to their homes, with proof of residency. Containment was reported at 68% on Monday, but revised to 43% Tuesday due to a calculation error. The main area of concern is now the western flank. Crews are preparing the Middle Fork Road for the fire's approach. Helicopters are being used to slow the fire's movement toward the Middle Fork of the Boise River. Four Hotshot crews are fighting the fire directly along its western flank, in the Pete, Repeat, Big Five and Sheep Creek drainages. On the northern side, fire activity in the Weatherby and West Warrior Peak is being patrolled and monitored by air. Crews are also using brush-shredding equipment to create a contingency fireline from Thorn Creek Butte to Rabbit Creek Summit. In the southern quadrant of the fire, crews have finished most of the active fire line construction and are shifting their focus to mop-up and using helicopters to cool hotspots in isolated areas where the fire skipped pockets of fuel. Overall, the southern and eastern flanks of the fire are looking increasingly secure. Weather conditions are expected to be warm and dry over the fire area, but a weak front across the fire tuesday afternoon and potential wind gusts from the northwest caused some concerns.
Last Wednesday, the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind held a dedication ceremony for their new playground equipment and frisbee golf course. The money for this project was approved nearly six years ago by the State of Idaho, but for various reasons the project didn’t move forward until this year. Despite the delay, however, it was well worth the wait. The school administrator, Brian Darcy, said the frisbee golf course is open to anyone who wants to play (ISDB students have priority). The starting point is in the trees next to the parking lot at 14th Ave. E. & Main Street (where the Tuesday farmers market is held). Stop by the office if you need a course map. Joining Mr. Darcy in the ribbon cutting for the playground was the Executive Director of the Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of H e a r i n g ( C D H H ) , Steven Snow. Mr. Snow attended ISDB from the age of two until he graduated seventeen years later. In 1998, Steven Snow he graduated
from Gallaudet University with a bachelors in Communication, and spent seven years working as an Academic/Career Advisor. After a brief time in Washington D.C., he moved his family back to Idaho to take his current job at CDHH in Boise. In his keynote address, Steve Snow said ISDB was his second home while growing up, and it provided him with opportunities that he would have never had elsewhere. There was encouragement, not only from the teachers and staff, but from entire Gooding Community. ISDB came to Gooding over one hundred years ago, and while it has had its ups and downs, it has been a indispensable cornerstone for that community. Currently, there are about 90 students at the Gooding Campus, but nearly 1500 students statewide are served through IESDB outreach programs.