This Week in the News&Guide
From Staff Reports
May 6, 2009
Wilson metropolis?
The number of homes in Wilson could triple under Teton County’s proposed new comprehensive plan. That would mean as many as 520 new units within a quarter-mile of the commercial core, a number planners concede could change the character of the community.
Antler frenzy
Tim Waite and Lucy Booth took a lucky bathroom break Friday that landed them next to a bull elk carcass with its head and a massive rack of antlers still intact. Read about the annual quest for “white gold” that led hundreds of folks to the National Elk Refuge gate.
Baby on board
Baby bike trailers are expensive, and cumbersome. But they are more popular than ever with new families.
Speaking for the trees
Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel has called it his favorite of the dozens of children’s tales he penned. Original illustrations from “The Lorax” hit the walls Friday at the National Museum of Wildlife Art and hang throughout the summer.
Living, breathing history
Abraham Lincoln will walk the stage at the Center Theater on Thursday to portray four key moments of his presidency. Well, it won’t be him, because he’d be 200 years old in 2009, but actor and historian Fritz Klein portrays Lincoln all over the country, and at Lincoln’s home.