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The 8th annual SummerShowdown took place lastweekendattheHighDesertSpeedway outside of Good-ing.Theracesincludedtwen-tyfourcars,fourmotorcyclesand a modified snowmobile.Afterafiftydollarentryfee,the race winner was able totake home a five hundreddollargrandprize. Dave Bauer of MountainHome is always a track fa-vorite driving a black andredCamaro. Going into therace, Bauer had no reserva-

tion on wanting to lead thepack.Hesaid,“Mygoalcom-ingintotheracewastowin.”Bauer’sexperiencegiveshimanadvantageoversomerac-ers.“SinceIwasakidIhavebeen out on the track rac-ing,”hesaid. Steve Carlson of Jerometookathirtyfiveyearhiatusbeforecomingbackandrac-ing Saturday. After drivingacarwithablowntransmis-sion Carlson said, “I will fixthecarwhentheraceisoverandIwillbebackout.”Prior

to this year, Carlson stayedinvolved with racing bycheeringforhis friendsfromthepits. When asked what waslikedabout theHighDesertSpeedwaymostdriverscameup with the same answer.CaseyPrattofPocatellosaid,“Mitch Johnson runs thistrack reallywell and it’s themostuserfriendlytrackthatwegoto.”PrattcametotheHigh Desert Speedway af-ter racing in Montana theweekendprior.TimOllerofMountain Home also likestheownershipand thegoodracers it attracts. Oller said,“Mitch makes this track agreat racing environmentand good racers are alwayslookingforthat.” The next scheduled racesare July12thand13thwithracesstartingatNoon.Spec-tators get in for $10. For acomplete list of events andotherinformation,gotowww.highdesertspeedway.com

High Desert Racing

Fairfield Workshop

When you know some-one iscomingtovisityourhome,youstraightenthingsup,youmowthelawn,youwash the windows, andmakesurethingslooktheirbest. Why... because mostofusbelievethatourhomeis a representation of whoweare,orwhowewanttobe. A little dirt or mess isokay,butwetrynottoputitnexttothefrontdoor. The City of Fairfield isworkingonjustsuchaproj-ect and tomorrow night(Tuesday, June26th) from6:30 to 7:30 at the CamasSeniorCenter(125WillowAvenueWest)theresidentsof Fairfield are invited toattend a workshop on thecity’s Sidewalk and Light-ingImplementationPlan. With the help of grantmoney from the IdahoTransportation Depart-ment, Fairfield is develop-ing this plan to identify astrategy for new sidewalks,accessibility improvements,better lighting,andtopro-mote walking and bikingwithinthecity. The workshop will in-clude an introduction totheprojectanditsfunding,

story and photos by Ryan Foster

Firemen’s BBQ in Gooding ThisSaturday,June28from11to2,theGoodingFiredepartment

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Notices of Upcoming Events & MeetingsFiddlers in Fairfield: TheFiddlerswillbeplayingattheCamasSeniorCenterthisFriday, June27th.Whatcouldbebetter thangoodmusicandgoodfood?Camas Farmers Market! SteamEngineParkinFairfieldeveryFridayfromnoontiltheygohome.Dropby.Pickupsomeplantsorhoneyorwhateverelsemightbeavailable.

Shoshone ShowhouseJune 27, 28 & 30M a l e f i c e n t

Showstartsat7:00p.m.eachnight.

Tickets$3(seniors$1)MondayNightSpecial:

Kids12&under$1(withparents)

Honoring our Veterans PleasehelptheFairfieldAmericanLegionpurchasebronzemarkerstoplaceonthegravesofourdeceasedveterans.Theyneed65markersatacostofabout$45permarker.DonateatValleyServiceortotheMemorialFundattheU.S.BankinFairfield.IfyouhaveanyquestionspleasecontactRonChap-man,Commander,Post#19,at208-764-2223.

Bug Crew in Action ThisyearattrainingreturningleaderEricMcHanandTanaSabin alongwithnewcomersNikRoussos,ColbyThompson, Skye Sabin and India McHan learned andrefreshedthemselvesonthedutiesandresponsibilitiesoftheCamasCountyBugCrew. Trainingstartedat9:00AMattheGoodingFairGroundswhereDwightScarborough, JoeyMilan,BeckyFreiberg,andTerryRubygavepresentationsonnoxiousweedtypesandinsectsusedtofighttheplants.Theseweedsinclud-ed:Canadathistle,Leafyspurge,Russian/Diffuse/SpottedKnapweed,andWhite-top(HoaryCress).Afterthepre-sentationswelearnedhowtomonitorsitesandsweepforbugs.TheseskillswillbeusedbytheCamasBugCrewforthe restof the season tocombathideousweeds suchasWhite-top. White-top is especially dangerous to crops and range-land.This creepingplanthas gray-ishgreen leaveswithflat,white,clusteredflowersonthetopthatbloomfromApril toMay.Eachfloweringstemcontainsupto2,300seedpodsandeach seedpodcontains two seeds.Theseseedscanremainviableforatleastthreeyears.Thebugthat is used to kill White-top is called Ceutorhynchuscardariae.Itisastem-gallingweevil. If youcomeacrossanyof thesenoxiousweeds,pleasecontact Eric McHan at 934-4640 or Becky Freiberg at539-4274.

anoverviewofthepurposeandneeds,andanopportunityforstakeholderstogiveinputontheplan.Therewillalsobealistingoftheshorttermstepsneededtocontinuethedevelopmentofthisplan. Ultimately,thisprojectisabouttakingprideinourcom-munityandmakingsurethatvisitorscanseethatpride.ComeandhelpmakeFairfieldagreatplacetolive.

Fund Raiser At Jim Dandys Pizza On Monday, June 30th, Jim Dandy’s Pizza will host afundraiserforWendyYork.WendyneedstogettoDenverforspecializedmedicalcareandshecoulduseyourhelp. Startingat5p.m.Y’allcomeenjoysomegreatchiliandcornbread,andhelpsomeonewithaneed.Priceisbydo-nation.AllproceedsgotoWendyYork.

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Award for ExcellenceEachyeartheLarryBranenIdahoAgSummitcommitteeseeks nominations for the Governor’s Award for Excel-lenceinAgriculture.Recipientsarechosenfromnomina-tions received from organizations or individuals. Thereare five categories of nominee consideration; Educationand/orAdvocacy,EnvironmentalStewardship,MarketingInnovation,TechnicalInnovationandLifetimeAchieve-ment.IfyouknowsomeonedeservingofthisawardpleasecontacttheCamasConservationDistrictat764-3223orjoanne@amgidaho.com.

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Fire Watch OnTuesday,awildfireburningnorthoftheIceCaves(northofShoshone)wascontainedatanestimated119acres.TheBureauofLandManagementsaidtherewerenostructuresthreatened.Currently,officialsarenotsurewhatignitedthisfire. Earlier this month, a 145 acre fire threatened homesnearDietrichandpromptedIdahoPowertoshutoffelec-tricityto432customersinthatarea.ThefirewhichbegannearCraterButtestartedoutsmall,butwindgustsupto35mphtripleditssizeinwithinaspaceoftwohours.Thecauseofthefirewasundetermined. LastFriday,theFairfieldFiredepartmentrespondedtoacarfirenorthofFairfield.Noinjurieswerereported.

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AccordingtotheorganizersoftheCamasRoyaltypro-gram,thisyear’scompetitionwasagreatsuccess.“Every-onedidagreatjob,”saidTraceyMartin.“Andthequeencompetiton was very close, less than 6 points seperatedthetwoladies.”Mrs.Martinalsogaveaspecialthankyoutothesponsorsfor“supportingourareayoungpeopleinrepresentingtheirlocalcommunity!”

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Thank You... TheCamasChamberofCommercewould like to thankthefollowingbusinessesandindividualsfortheirsponsorshipandsupportformakingCamasPrairieHomecomingandthe7thAnnualKidsFishingDerbyahugesuccessin2014. HighCountryFusion,BetweentheLinesDesigns,TheCliffBar&Grille, JimDandy’sPizza, IdahoPower,ThePrairie Inn, Soldier Creek Brewing, Timberline Trash,The Forest Service- Smokey the Bear, Marilyn Dillard,TheCityofFairfield,Cabela’s,Sportsman’sWarehouse,Strickland Real Estate, Superior Door Company, USBank,Big5,IdahoFishandGame,Don&KristiSchier-meier,ButchColson,MelDrenning,FredMarolf,SoldierMountainSkiArea,TheWrangler,CamasCreekStore,Iron Mountain Inn, Hugh & Afton Koonce, Schwan’s,UnitedOil,GibsWilkinsandWalmart. Special thanks to the Mariachi Band, Cindy Baldwin-Karaoke,andSweetCountryAirforourentertainmentinCityPark.

Congratulations to our Fish Derby winners: 6yearsandUnder:TrevynMarolf,EmerieSmith,Cad-denHathaway,PiperMarolf,ClaireCook,TimothyPineandKayliMarolf 7-10years:SethPlcher,AbigailCampbell,NoahCook,Beth Stokes, Nathaniel Pine, Trapper Pullin, SamanthaWeber,WyattMarolf 11-13years:WyattPullin,JacobWestendorf 64kidsparticipated in theKidsFishingDerbyand93fishwerecaught!Congratulationstoallthekids!

Shelly MarolfCamas Chamber of Commerce President

Please join the families of Aleita Inman Gridley for a“SURPRISE” open house at the Wendell Housing Rec-reationHall(105W.AvenueA-Wendell)onSunday,July6,2014, from2 to4p.m. tohelphercelebrateher90thbirthday.TherewillbesomespecialentertainmentbyAleita’sfamiliesandothers. Ifyouhavesomespecialmemoriestosharebringthemtotheopenhouseorsendanoteorgiveheraphonecall. Your presence would be greatly appreciated but weunderstandthatisthe4thofJulyweekend.Belowistheneeded information for contacting our honored guest,Aleita.Nogiftsplease. Thanksforkeepingita“SURPRISE”untilJuly6th. AleitaInmanGridley,ValleyViewCourt#9,747SouthBliss Street, Wendell, ID 83355; home phone 208-536-4627orcellphone208-816-1451. Needmoreinfo.callAnitaFalen208-816-6807.

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Gooding Library Summer Programs LastyeartheGoodingLibraryhadover400participantsintheirSummerprograms.Programsinclude:

>ReadingProgram:Tue&Thurat10:00a.m. >PreschoolStorytime:Wedsat10:30a.m. >SummerStorytimeattheEastSidePark-Wed12:30 >Tween/TeenTime:Tuesdaysat6:30p.m. >EducationalClasses,Workshops,andmuchmore...

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o b i t u a r y death & service noticesLorenaWallman

Lorena (Nena) MaxineWallman,52,ofBliss,diedSunday, June 22, 2014, atherhome. Lorena enjoyed the out-doors, as well as reading,sewingandwriting. Shewasprecededindeathby her husband, Ken G.Wallman. She is survivedbyherchildren,Cara,Cas-sandra, Justin, Jessie, Me-lissaandJason. Lorena was an inspiration. She will be missed bymanyfriendsandfamily. Aservicewillbeheldat3p.m.Thursday,June26,attheBlissCommunityChurch. ArrangementsareunderthecareanddirectionofDemarayFuneralService–GoodingChapel. Condolencesandmemoriesmaybesharedatwww.demarayfuneralservice.com.

Dorothy M. Strickland, 90,aresidentofGooding,passedawaySaturday,June21,2014atNorthCanyonMedicalCenterinGooding.Amemorialservicewillbeannouncedatalaterdate.Arrangementsareunderthecareanddi-rectionofDemarayFuneralService–GoodingChapel.

PhyllisEthelDotson Phyllis Ethel Dotson, 81, ofHagerman,Idaho,passedawayonJune21,2014atSt.Luke’sMagic Valley, from complica-tionsofdiabetes. She was born November 13,1932 in Kellogg, Idaho thedaughter of the late Ray andEthel Lees. She married FloydArnoldDotsononJuly4,1957.She was a Licensed Operat-ing Room and Practical Nursefor40years.SheretiredfromtheMagicValleyManorinWendell,Idaho. Sheissurvivedbyherbrother,herssons,daughters-in-law,anddaughter:BobLeesofWallace,Idaho,TracyofHagerman, Idaho,BradandTonyaofLexington,SouthCarolina, Kelly and Cheryl of Hagerman, Idaho, andKatherine of Hagerman, Idaho, and her grandchildrenCassandraandAmandaofLexington,SouthCarolina.Mrs.Dotsonwasprecededindeathbyherhusband,Floyd;hersonRonald;andherbrothersVic,EverettandJerry.Aprivate familyservicewillbeheldata laterdate.Ar-rangementsbyDemaray’sJeromeMemorialChapel.

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North Canyon Medical CenterRecieves Generous Gift

Earlier this year the North Canyon Medical CenterFoundationreceiveda$3,000.00RuralCommunityGrantfromNorthwestFarmCreditServices.“NorthwestFarmCredit Service has always shown a strong commitmentto rural, farming communities; such as ours. The ruralcommunity grant awarded to the NCMC Foundation isagreatexampleofthiscommitmentandwillallowustostrengthenour local,communityhospital.”statedWhit-neyJohnson,DirectorofFoundationandDevelopmentatNorthCanyonMedicalCenter. Thisgrant,alongwithothergenerous,personalgiftsfromcommunitymembershasallowedtheFoundationtodo-nate$12,000.00toNorthCanyonMedicalCenter.ThesefundswillhelpstrengthenthenewlyopenedWoundCareProgramatNCMCandassistedthehospitalinpurchasingspecializedwoundcaresoftwareforthisprogram. Picture from left to right: Helen Edwards – Partners in Healthcare Board Chair, Tim Powers – NCMC CEO/CFO, Susan Faulkner – pervious NCMCF Board Member, Judy Demaray – NCMCF Board Member, Kelly McCool – NC-MCF Board President.

Basketball Skills Camp CamasCountyishostingtwosessionofbasketballskillscampoverthenextmonth-oneinJuneandoneinJuly.JuniorHighandHighSchoolboysareinvitedtosignup. Session 2: July 10th and 11th CoachStutzmanandCoachMiller

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Magic Valley Dairy Daysstory and photo by Ryan Foster ThetwentysixthannualMagicValleyDairyDayscele-brationwasheldearlierthismonthinWendell.Hundredsofpeoplefromthesurroundingcommunitiesgatheredforthe festivities. The parade in particular, held Saturdaymorning,filledthestreetswithexcitement.HubertJohn-sonhasn’tmissedhisDairyDaysfavorite,theparade,sincemovingtoIdahosevenyearsago.“Ireallyenjoycomingtotownandseeingtheparade,”saidJohnson. With so much support from the community gatheringtocelebrateourlocaleconomy,afirsttimeattendeereallyembracedtheexcitement.MaryanneofTwinFallssaid,“Ilovetosee thismanypeoplecomeoutandcelebrateourcommunityindustry.”ThelocaldairyindustryevenshoweditsappreciationtotheparadegoersfromorganizationslikeGlanbia,MagicValleyCompostandtheWendell4-H. OnefloatinparticularseemedtostealtheshowandwascraftedbytheMagicValleyPortugueseHall.Awagonverypreciselydecoratedwithflowersandflagswhilebeingpulledbytwocowscaughteveryone’sattention.Maryannesaid,“Ilikedthecolorfulwagonthemost.”JohnMcdonoughalsoagreedsaying,“ThePortugueseHallfloatwasthebest,andIhaveneverseenafloatpulledbycowsbefore.”

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New Book About Knievel JumpFrom a Kid’s Point of View

Anewbookbytwoaward-winningwriterstellsthestoryofaten-yearoldgirlwhodreamsofbeingadaredevilamidthe excitement over Evel Knievel’s jump of the SnakeRiverCanyon. RiverSt.Pressannouncedthereleaseofitsnewchildren’sbook,“BillieNevilleTakesaLeap”byBonnieDodgeandPatricia Santos Marcantonio. The book is about friend-shipandheroes. BillieNevillewantstobeadaredevil,justlikeherheroEvel Knievel. She also wants a best friend. Riding “thebestbikeinthewholeworld,”Billie’sdesperatetoenterabikejumpingcontestwiththreeboysnamedTheMeaniesandshowthemhercoolskills.WhenthefamousdaredevilcomestoTwinFallstojumptheSnakeRiverCanyon,Bil-lielearnsshehastobeafriendtomakefriendsandthatnotallheroeshavetosoarovercanyons. Thebook launchandsigning for“BillieNevilleTakesaLeap”willbeheldfrom1to4 p.m.Saturday,July12atBarnes&NobleBooksellers,239PoleLineRoadE.inTwinFalls.Areadingwillbeheldat2p.m. KnievelattemptedtojumptheSnakeRiverCanyoninSeptember1974. DodgeofJeromeisauthorof“MiraclesintheDesert,”abookofessaysaboutTwinFalls.Hercolumn,“Life inthisMagicValley”raninAgWeeklyforsixyears.IdahoWriter’sLeague’s2010WriteroftheYear,herworkhasappearedinseveralmagazines.Herbook“Waiting”willbepublishedthisfallbyBooktrope. MarcantonioofTwinFalls is theauthorof theawardwinning “Red Ridin’ in the Hood and Other Cuentos,”whichplacedonAmazon’slistofLatinochildren’sbookbest sellers. She has been honored for her journalism,screenplays and short films. Her novel “The Weeping

Woman” was published by SunburyPress,whichwillreleasehernewchil-dren’sbook,“TheGhostSistersand

theGirlinHallwayB.”Bothwritersalsocontribut-edtoandedited“HauntingsfromtheSnakeRiverPlain,”aghoststoryanthologyand

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Someofourbestresourcesarebeingwastedwithout the“properknowledge”of

doing so.These resources last their life cycle,butare being forced to deplete accumulative cycles at thesametime.Thescenarioismuchlikeclearcuttingaforest.TheoneindividualtreeofXamountofyearsoldisbeingtakenaswellastheolderandyoungertrees.Then,allthevegetationandthelifecyclestheycreated,arealteredorended.TheresourceI’mtalkingaboutisouroldergenera-tionandmandatoryretirements -65yearsofage.Theirwisdom, accumulated andhandeddown fromperson toperson,isbeinglost. ChancellorOttovonBismarckofGermanydiscoveredthathisworstpoliticalenemieswereseventyyearsofageandolder.Toridhimselfofthiscontrol,hepersuadedtheGerman government that these people were past theirprimeandneededtoretire.Inthe1870’smandatoryre-tirement at the age of 65 was put in place, thus givingBismarckthecontrolhewanted.ThisideaofmandatoryretirementsweptthroughtherestofEuropewithretiringagesat65aswell. TheUnitedStatesdeterminedthattheageof65forre-tirementwasacceptable in theearly1900’s, around theoutbreakofWorldWarI.TheRetirementactof1920wasinstalled by President Calvin Coolidge. This Act put inplacearetirementplanfor federalemployeeswiththreecategoriesofserviceretirementattheagesof62,65,and70.Civilianretirementplanswerea littleslowertotakeplace. AfterWorldWarIthegovernmenthadtomakegoodonitspromisestoAmericanservicepeople.Severalactswere passed to fund the monies for retirement payoffs.ThesemoniesbasicallywerefirmedbytheSocialSecurityLaw-August14,1935. In1942thefirstrealmajorchangesinmandatoryretire-mentwereaddressed-yearsofretirementandmonetaryamountsweredetermined. In1978theminimumageofretirementwent65to70yearsofage.In1986theUnitedStatesoutlawedamandatoryageofretirementwithguide-linesforagesofretirement.Basicallysaid,itwasaplaninwhichtaxes,benefits,andlifespanweredefined. In200644%ofthebaby-boomerpopulationwentintoretirement.Thismighthavebeena trickled lead to therecessionwesawin2008.2011showedthesecondlargestgroupofretiringbaby-boomers. Whenretireeswereaskedwhytheyretired,theirbiggestanswerswere:theycouldreceivefederalhealthcarecov-

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erageandtheydidn’tliketheirjobs-notbecauseofpoorhealth. Isitsmartofusasasocietytomakemandatoryretire-mentrequirementsofourpeoplewhoareattheirprimewithexperienceandwisdom?Shallwestoreknowledgeona“cloud”inouterspace?Areouryoungpeoplepreppedenoughtotakeover?Whoiscarryingtheburdenofdebtforretirees?Isthereabalancebetweenyoungandold? Imaybetoooldornotoldenoughtoanswertheseques-tionsforthis“CupofTee”setting.

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Fewer Sandhill Crane Tags this Year ThePacificFlywayCouncilhasallocatedIdahoahar-vestof120cranesforthe2014season.ThisisthesecondconsecutiveyearIdaho’sallocationhasbeenreduced.Itisthelowestsince1996.Thisisduetoadeclineinthemostrecentthree-yearaverageofcranescounteddur-ingtheannualSeptembersurvey. Idaho Fish and Game will be soliciting public com-ments from June 23-July 4 on a proposed season thatwouldrunSeptember1-15withadailyandseasonbaglimitoftwobirds. Asummaryofpubliccommentswillbepresentedtothe Idaho Fish and Game Commission at the July 10meetinginSalmon,whenthecommissionwillconsidertheproposed2014season. Tomeettheallocation,FishandGameproposestore-ducethenumberoftagsavailable,eliminatetheBonn-eville County hunt (where there were only five tagsavailable in2013)and reduce the season limit to twobirds.Thedailybaglimitwouldalsobetwobirds. Since2009,whensandhillcranetagsweremadeavail-ableonafirst-comefirst-servedbasis,theharvestpertagpurchasedhasaveraged48percent.TostayatorbelowthePacificFlywayharvestallocationof120cranes,FishandGameproposestoreducetagstoamaximumof240. Anyoneinterestedincommentingcandosofishand-game.idaho.gov or by contacting Jeff Knetter at 208-334-2920.


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Course,taughtbyauthorizedOSHAinstructor,BenHamlett,onJuly21-24from8a.m.to5p.m.attheCollegeofSouthernIdaho’sTwinFallsCampus. TheOSHA30-HourGeneralIndustryTrainingCoursepro-vides training for workers and employers on the recognition,avoidance,abatement,andpreventionofsafetyandhealthhaz-ardsinworkplacesingeneralindustry. Thecosttoregisterinthiscourseis$250,whichincludesthecompletion card for each finishing participant. Students mayregisterathttp://communityed.csi.eduorbycalling732-6442.

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