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Volume 3, Edition Eight
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Residents Pack The Trolley Station To Hear Candidates
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t was a packed house, literally. The Trolley Station reached capacity and we had to turn people away, for the Candidate Forum on the 15th. Candidates answered tough questions emailed to the Gazette. Topics ranged from impact fees to taxes, and of
course growth. I believe the forum achieved its objective of giving voters a chance to hear from candidates they may want to vote for. I would personally like to thank all of the candidates for showing up and being transparent with voters. I would also like to thank
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Mayor Darin Taylor for helping facilitate the event. With this many candidates, voter turnout is critical. The results could very well come down to one or two votes. PLEASE SHOW UP AND VOTE! ~Scott Brock
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Sweet, Idaho Elk Headed for the Lone Star State
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human-habituated bull elk from the Sweet, Idaho area has found a “forever” home in Texas. After six weeks at a Fish and Game facility, the elk left Idaho early Thursday morning, ultimately bound for Texas A&M University where it will become part of the school’s wildlife management and veterinarian programs. The elk will join a number of native and exotic wildlife species which roam the university’s animal paddock including white-tailed deer, fallow deer, zebra, addax antelope and ostrich. “Of the alternatives available, A&M was the best place for this elk to land,” Fish and Game wildlife veterinarian Dr. Mark Drew noted. “He will be well cared for and enjoy a good life at this worldclass facility.” The Sweet, Idaho elk spent six weeks in a Fish and Game holding facility. Drew and his staff spent countless hours securing the needed paperwork to get the elk to the lone star state. Brucella and tuberculosis testing, chronic wasting disease certification, veterinary visits, transport and import permits and USDA Veterinary Services
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approval from Washington D.C all needed to be conducted or in place before the elk could leave Idaho. The 400-pound bull elk, illegally removed from the wild
in the spring of 2018 and raised in captivity, became a potential safety risk to the community of Sweet this summer as it roamed the streets and showed no fear of humans. The elk was captured and released in Bear Valley with the hope that it would integrate with wild elk herds in the area. Instead, the animal sought out humans, resulting in its recapture. That’s when the search began for an accredited facility that could take the animal. Fortunately, Texas A&M University answered the call. “This young bull elk is in a good place now,” Drew noted. ~Press Release by Evin Oneale, Regional Communications Manager, Idaho Department of Fish & Game, October 17, 2019
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