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Jim-Ramirez triplets set their sights on life after high school
By LIZZIE BOYD
Sho-Ban News
FORT HALL — The Jim-Ramirez triplets are one of two known sets of triplets on the Fort Hall Indian reservation — the other is the Sequints triplets.
They are now 17 and will be graduating from Blackfoot High School in May.
Parents Jamie Ramirez and Tahnee Jim welcomed their fraternal (not identical) triplets at thirty-two and a half weeks premature on June 30, 2008, at Bannock Memorial hospital in Pocatello Idaho. Sophia Gayle was born at 9:07 p.m. at 4.5 pounds, Izech Buster at 9:08 at 3.9 pounds, and Miley Grace Jim-Ramirez was born at 9:09 p.m. at 4.6 pounds. (cont.)
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FORT HALL — Four candidates have filed to run for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Land Use Policy Commission in the May 29 General Election.
They include Aaron F. Broncho, Lorrie Ann Galloway, Adam Boyd Hill and Casper Appenay. (cont.)
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Office of Public Affairs
FORT HALL — The Fort Hall Business Council (FHBC) hosted a Mayoral Luncheon on February 26 at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel and Events Center with the objective to launch a series of group and individual engagements geared towards improving coordination and communication.
Joining the FHBC, attendance included Mayors Scott Stufflebeam of Blackfoot, Rodney Burch of Chubbuck, Lisa Burtenshaw of Idaho Falls, and Mark Dahlquist of Pocatello. Several of the cities’ staff and city council members along with representatives from the Fort Hall Police Department, Fort Hall Fire Department, Executive Office, and Planning Department were also in attendance. As each mayor recently entered office, the theme of the meeting focused on building relationships as leaders stressed the need to work together on public safety, infrastructure, and economic development opportunities. (cont.)
By YVONNE WARJACK
Sho-Ban News
PROVO, Utah — From all-day “Rez Ball” tournaments to the roaring crowd inside the Marriott Center, freshman point guard Sydney Benally is closing her first collegiate season at Brigham Young University with momentum rooted in years of preparation on and off the reservation.
Benally began playing basketball at five years old, encouraged by her parents, both former high school players who understood the powerful role the sport plays in Native communities. “I started playing basketball when I was five,” Benally said. “That’s what inspired me — just seeing how it brings everyone together.” Under her parents’ guidance — and later through years of training with former University of New Mexico Lobos standouts Greg Brown and Jamal Fenton — Benally developed into a disciplined point guard known for ball-handling precision, court vision, and endurance. (cont.)
