Tag: Rupert

Photo Copyright Jason Lugo

The draw results are out and if your luck is anything like mine you’re now planning an open archery hunt. While flinging arrows all summer, in the back of my mind I held hopes of trophy archery elk and rifle muley tags. With those firmly behind me, it’s now time to step up and mentally [...]

Photo © Jason Lugo

The Idaho Regatta hosts the A.P.B.A. Flatbottom National Championships It’s that time again. Each summer the best boat racers in the world, along with water sports fans, converge in Burley, Idaho for three days of non-stop crowd-pleasing speed and excitement. Competitors from as far away as England and Australia will compete at this year’s Idaho [...]

Photo © Nicole Swafford

A new take on two favorite sports

Photo © Gordan Hardcastle

A look at renowned Idaho photographer Gordan Hardcastle

Photo © Jason Lugo

Like many Southern Idahoans, I often complain that there’s nothing to do. Perhaps this is because I approach the subject with too narrow of a focus. There might not be big concerts rolling through town or fancy festivals in parks, but most of us have chosen small town living for a reason. Instead of spending [...]

Photo By Brandy Taylor

From the glitz and glamour of performing 6 years professionally in Las Vegas to the wide open spaces of Southern Idaho, Jason Lugo, Southern Idaho Living’s co-owner and publisher is making a full circle in the music world. After a 16-year absence from the stage, Lugo and his self-titled band bring to Idaho a fusion [...]

Photo By Calman Lugo

From skiing to skimming, boarding to bottoming out, Pomerelle Resort’s 2nd annual Slush Cup Pond Skim is becoming a rite of passage for many skiers and snowboarders to celebrate a great season of winter sports and usher in the coming of spring. True to its name, The Slush Cup Pond Skim challenges the ability of [...]

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Entertaining hopes of a promotion, Doris Haines entered the main office of Iowa’s Chesapeake First Savings and Loan to which she had been beckoned. She was greeted instead by the stern view of five men clad in black dress suits who bore harsh news. Her husband, Bill Haines, a commander in the United States Navy, [...]

Photo By Brandy Taylor

Hours pass like minutes for Clare Gill, the dancing queen

Photo © Jason Lugo

I’ve witnessed some pretty crazy storms in the Mini-Cassia area but haven’t always been able to capture them. I was on my way to Burley from the Declo area and spotted this crazy storm brewing over Rupert. This shot was taken on 03-30-2010 – shooting northeast from this location.