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LEGAL NOTICE CONTINUED
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
The Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. The polling
places are as follows: The Depot
Auditorium in New Meadows for the New Meadows Precinct, the Courthouse in
Council for the Council and
North Council Precincts, and the Community Hall in Indian Valley for the
Indian Valley Precinct. The polls will be
open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm for the purpose of voting. All polling places
are handicap accessible, any
questions, please call the Clerk’s Office at 208-253-4561.
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ADAMS COUNTY, IDAHO
MAY 17, 2016
INSTRUCTIONS: Vote once either Favor of or Against the question below by
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
SALMON RIVER JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT #243
IDAHO & ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO
SUPPLEMENTAL LEVY ELECTION
“Shall the Board of Trustees of Salmon River Joint School District #243,
Idaho and Adams
Counties, State of Idaho be authorized and empowered to levy a supplemental
levy as permitted
by law in the amount of Five Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Dollars
($545,000.00) for the purpose
of paying all lawful expenses of maintaining and operating the schools of
the Disirict‘for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 20.16 and ending June 30, 2017?”
IN FAVOR 0F authorizing the levy
in the amount of $545,000.00
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AGAINST authorizing the levy
in the amount of $545,000.00
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Published in the Adams County Record on May 1 1, 2016
Eliminate Big Money From Politics
BY GLENN MOLLETTE
An unknown politician
recently ran for US.
Congress and won. He
had previously served as a
county Judge in a remote
part of the Congressional
district. Most everyone
overlooked him until
midway through the
election. The television
was burning up with TV
advertisements promoting
him. A young man in
Texas who had inherited
a bunch of money had
created his own Super
Pac and was spending
over $500,000 on helping
the candidate get elected.
He was elected and is
in Congress today. Big
money enabled' big
advertising.
Most of us who watched
60 Minutes last Sunday
night were appalled
by the story about our
telemarketing Congress.
Our congressional
representatives have
literally become
telemarketers sitting in
cubicles in a designated
telemarketing building
calling donors and asking
for money. According to
the 60 Minutes report
our elected officials
are expected to spend
“hours” every day calling
from a list and reciting
a script to solicit
contributions of at least
$18,000 a day according
to Representative
David Jolly of Florida. I
wouldn’t have believed
this except 60 Minutes
interviewed him and other
elected congressional
representatives who
affirmed this reality and
admit to this part of the
job.
Most of us realize
that a career politician
has to always fundraise
and politic for the next
election. However, our
congressional officials
going to a designated
building and dialing
for dollars every day is
taking away from what
we elected them to do—
represent us.
We have lots of
problems in America. Our
military and veterans are
neglected. Our highways
are neglected. Our bridges
are neglected. Obamacare
is a disaster. Our jobs
are going to China and
Mexico. Poverty is on
the increase. Millions are
hoping for a $15 an hour
burger—flipping job. Thirty
years ago people got jobs
that fed their families,
provided health care and
a real retirement. Today,
Americans can't afford to
retire. We have 75—year—
old people working
minimum wage jobs just
to buy their groceries or
pay their rent. College
students are graduating
with massive' debts that
take years to repay. What
are our representatives
doing in Congress to
help us? Nothing. They
are sitting in cubicles for
hours each day trying
to raise money for their
party so they can keep
their jobs two or six more
years.
Super pacs are a bad
idea. A corporation
or anyone can donate
massive amounts of
money to a super pac.
This unlimited stream of
money is used in repeated
television advertising
to beat us down or
brainwash us to the
special interest’s way of
thinking.
Bernie Sanders will not
be our next President.
However, a candidate
running a competitive
campaign like he has
run with the average
contribution being $27 is
to be applauded.
How do you know
for whom to vote in the
upcoming primaries and
general election?
note of who the super
pacs are promoting and
not promoting. Our
best representation
in Washington may
be the one they are not
promoting. If he or she
can be elected, maybe
they will not have to
spend all their time
down the street at the
telemarketing center.
Maybe they will actually
have time to represent us.
Of course without the big
money they probably can’t
get elected and this takes
us back to our problem of
big money in politics.
THE ADAMS COUNTY RECORD
Commissioners
Continued from page
possible, while stressing
that there would only be
one chance to get things
right with the facts of the
case.
Solid Waste
Solid Waste Supervisor
Jim McLeod continues
to struggle with broken
equipment at the
Goodrich Landfill,
with the backhoe now
out for repairs. The
Commissioners agreed to
repair the backhoe with
a $4,500 rebuilt engine.
McLeod said that the
scraper purchased last
month has made the job
of covering the daily trash
much easier. The entire
crew trained on using the
scraper last Saturday on
the job.
The Commissioners
chose Joe Holmes as
the Adams County
representative to the
Joint Powers Regional
Solid Waste grorp which
will meet in Council
at the C01rthouse
on Friday, May 13, and
will tour the sic of the
proposed regioml landfill
at Goodrich Lardfill after
the meeting. Present
plans call fOr five adjacent
counties to
construct and operate a
large regional landfill in
Adams County. Boise
County has also asked to
be included in the group
and is invited to this initial
jointly
meeting in Council.
Southwest District
Health is still requesting
action on five items listed
on the DEQ consent order
issued last year for Adams
County Solid Waste
operations. Southwest
District Health wants
the county to drill three
monitoring wells at the
present landfill at a cost
of $300,000, with up to
four additional wells being
required .if a regional
landfill is constructed.
The problems arose
when runoff waters were
classified as leachate
(underground) water at
the present site, which
would be closed when
the new landfill is opened.
Southwest District Health
is requiring that Adams
County have specific plans
and procedures listed in
their daily operating plan
manual, which is now due.
Les Schwab Tire
Company in Weiser has
agreed to accept all tires
delivered to them in
Weiser from the landfill
for $2.00 per tire.
Road & Bridge
Road and Bridge
Supervisor Kraig Spelman
opened the two bids
received for chip coating
two miles of Indian Valley
Road, but the bids were
both unsatisfactory and'
Spelman is planning to
rebid the project this week.
Page 13
There had been some
confusion on the scope
of the work requested, so
the new bid specifications
cover more of the details.
The Commissioners
discussed classifying the
public roadway from
Ashley’s Bridge. to Ridge
Road as a county roadway,
but delayed a decision on
the matter until their next
meeting on May 16. The
property owners along
that route have requested
that it be closed seasonally
during the winter and the
muddy season.
Sheriff
Sheriff Ryan Zollman
briefly reported that
there is a new service
agreement with Adams
County Health Center
which is an update from
the 2011 agreement. Rates
in the new agreement are
almost the same as in the
old agreement, and the
Commissioners signed the
new one.
The Sheriff reported on
an incident of parasailing
last weekend in Hells
Canyon that resulted in
one of the sailers being
blown off course from
the jump site at Horse
Mountain Lookout,
resulting in a four hour
search in the canyon.
Fortunately the jumper
was found walking into
the canyon from where he
had landed off course.
Take.
only $40 per year
(local counties)
That»?!
Did you know?
Many people opt
for bottled water hop—
ing to avoid the poten—
tial pathogens lurking
inside of regular tap
water. But consuming
bottled water contrib—
utes to the ever—grow-
ing problem of discard—
ed plastic bottles and
other waste, end you
may not be gettng what
you think whei choos—
ing bottled waer over
tap water. The Jational
Resources )efense
Council says ales of
bottled water 'ave tri—
pled in the past 0 years
to around $4 biion per
year, fueled lately on
the premise tat bot—
tled water coms from
crystal—clean springs
or untouched glaciers.
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According to US gov—
ernment estimates and
industry experts, as
much as 40 percent of
bottled water is derived
from tap water. The
NRDC says even one
brand of “spring water"
was found to come from
a well in an industrial
facility’s parking lot
near a hazardous waste
dump. Also, many bot-
tled waters are exempt
from the Food and Drug
Administrations bottled
water standards because
the FDA says its rules do
not apply to water pack—
aged and sold within the
same state. When waters
more, even if bottled
water is thoroughly fil-
tered, data suggests that
plastic bottles could be
putting your health at
risk. ACcording' to the
organization Ban the
Bottle, water contained
in polyethylene tere-
phthalate (PET) bottles
can absorb chemicals
from the plastic the
longer the water is in
storage. These include
a chemical called anti-
mony, a white metallic
element that in small
doses can cause nausea,
dizziness and depression.
In large doses, antimo—
ny can be fatal. Bottled
are covered and tested, water that is sitting in a
they may be subject to
weaker regulations than
regular tap water. What’s
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