MIKE SHULTZ Express

Hardworking middle school, junior high and high school students in Idaho are paid up to $1 per “A” on their 2022-2023 report cards from Zions Bank. These students are also entered for a chance to win scholarship savings accounts. The bank gives away 36 awards of $500 each and two $1,500 accounts each school year. This round, Sun Valley Community School student Ida Belle Gorby won the regional drawing for a $500 scholarship savings account from the bank’s scholarship program.

The 2nd annual Blaine County Youth Job Fair will be held on Wednesday, May 10, from 2-5 p.m. at the Wood River High School Commons. Sponsored by The Chamber and Blaine County School District, the job fair is free and open to any interested students, businesses or nonprofits. The job fair is designed to offer local employers a chance to hire for needed positions and help students get summer jobs.

Nine riders from the Sun Valley Ski Education Foundation snowboard team qualified for the 2023 USASA National Championships March 31-April 6 at Copper Mountain, Colorado. This event was the first experience at nationals for all the athletes except Naomi Gorringe, and the team had two-time Olympian and SVSEF snowboard team alumnus Chase Josey along in a coaching capacity.