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An estimated one hundred and fifty “birders” (a species of bird watcher) will soon be descending into the Hageman Valley to participate in Idaho’s first multi-day birding festival. The festivities begin on Friday evening, with the world premiere of “Connecting with Owls” filmed by Kathleen Cameron. Filmed entirely in Idaho this film explores what is true about owls and what isn’t. A captivating night exploring the mystery of owls at Niagara Springs State Park will immediately follow the film with Zeke Watkins, Kathleen Cameron, and Karl Ruprecht continuing the discussion of owl behavior and leading an “Owl Prowl” to look and listen for these enigmatic birds.
Saturday’s Program has Something for Everyone.
Birds from top; Black Crowned Night Heron, Hooded Merganser, and Great Egret. These are just a few of the 70 species seen at the Hagerman Wildlife Management Area during the annual winter count in December. Photography by Gordan Hardcastle. www.facebook.com/GordanHardcastle www.idahophotoart.com
For those who are early risers, opportunities for sunrise field trips are available, offering views of bald eagles in their morning roost or a sunrise on the river as waterfowl awaken. The schedule allows for small group exclusive birding with world class birders, Larry Barnes and Zeke Watkins, on world-class properties that features unmatched waterfowl and upland birds in a completely private setting or join 1000 Spring Tours on a unique birding trip on an enclosed, heated 52 foot Catamaran Cruiser. Our interactive workshops are geared for all levels. Beginning Birding Techniques will be led by master naturalist Sarah Harris who will gently guide the curious new birder. For the experienced birder, the Advanced Birding by Ear field trip will challenge even the best birder. For the photographers, a two part workshop will be offered with classroom instruction followed by field work with local photographer, Terry Halbert. For the artist, Poo Wright-Pulliam will provide a Field Sketching Workshop and Field Trip. Colleen Moulton and Jeff Knetter, IDFG biologists will share their expertise in waterfowl identification. This region of Idaho is under birded and who knows what having many boots on the ground will turn up. After a full day of birding and the sun begins to set, participants will sample local cheese and wine while birding stories of the day are shared. An evening banquet will feature world famous Clear Springs Trout prepared by Chef Kirt Martin. No festival is complete without a keynote address. Five of Idaho’s well known birders will share a brief humorous or inspirational story of an extraordinary encounter while birding. Speakers include: Jay Carlisle, Research Director, Idaho Bird Observatory; Kari Prassick, Paleontologist, Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument; Robert Davis, Project Manager, Idaho National Lab; Heidi Ware, Outreach Specialist, Idaho Bird Observatory; and Robert Mortensen, Founder of Birdingisfun.com.
Sunday Morning Field Trips Field trips will continue on Sunday morning with outings planned for Billingsley Creek State Park, Earl M. Hardy Box Canyon Springs Preserve State Park and an exciting outing to follow Aaron Utz in search of greater sage-grouse north of Bliss. Visit hagermanbird.com for registration information. Don’t wait as workshops and field trips are filling fast. The Hagerman Bird Festival is sponsored by the Prairie Falcon Audubon Society in collaboration with the Hagerman Valley Chamber of Commerce, Southern Idaho Tourism, National Park Service, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Magic Valley Fly Fishers, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Power Co. and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Mike O’Brien, former manager of Thousand Springs Preserve, has been exploring Idaho on foot in recent years. He will present a free program on his recent 2,500 mile hike around the border of Idaho.
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Feb. 4th - Lower Snake River Aquifer Recharge District elections. 12:00 to 8:00 p.m. Feb. 5th - City Council meeting. 7 p.m. Feb. 8th. Saturday. 3:30 p.m. A legislative forum. Attending will be Representative Steve Miller, Representative Donna Pence, Senator Michelle Stennett Feb. 11th - Library board meeting. 11 a.m. Feb. 17th - President’s Day - Closed Feb. 19th - Public meeting. 4-H Special Use Permit re-write discussion. 6 p.m. Feb. 19th - City Council meeting. 7 p.m. Feb. 25th - Planning & Zoning meeting. 7 p.m. Planning and Zoning are seeking members for their committee. Contact the Hagerman City Clerk (208-837-6636) if you are interested. Hagerman will be hosting many events throughout 2014: Feb. 14th -16th: Hagerman Bird Festival. Venues throughout the valley. Feb. 22nd: Chili Cook-off at the American Legion Hall. 5 to 8 p.m. Mar. 21st - 22nd: Cowboy Poets at the American Legion Hall. Apr. 25, 26 and 27th: Hagerman Clean-Up Days. Dumpsters and hauling assistance will be provided. May Memorial weekend: All School Reunion Aug. 8th: Ride Idaho held at Coltharp park
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Showing Up
February 2014
by Christina O’Brien ©2014
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One Step at a TIme My husband Mike is a walker. At two and a half, he slipped out of his yard to look for his Grandpa’s gas station, and was eventually found over a mile from home. As a fourteen-year-old, he and his equally intrepid cousin David went hiking in the mountains northwest of L.A. As he puts it, “We had no map, no water, and only a can of Boston baked bread to eat, but we were definitely enthusiastic. We knew where we were going, even though there was no trail, and it took us two days to circle back to our camp. David lost 15 pounds and I lost 10. All that was left of my socks when we finished was the part around my ankles. That was exploring!”
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That enthusiasm still burns bright. The year after he retired, he hiked the Idaho Centennial Trail (ICT), which runs from the Nevada border to Canada, right up the center of Idaho. It’s a real wilderness trail, passing through only a handful of towns, and, at about 900 miles long, this is not something you tackle on a whim. After a year of planning and training, the hike itself took him two months, averaging 20-25 miles a day. The actual experience taught Mike a lot more: blister care, nutrition, trail-
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finding, communication and more. Nonetheless, it was a very successful hike. Although sections were challenging, he greatly enjoyed both the big picture - hiking through desert, mountains, and Panhandle rainforest - and the adventures that made each day special. As he expressed it: “Once my feet were toughened and I was used to walking long distances every day, hiking was often so effortless that I felt like I was flying close to the ground.” When he reached the northern end of the trail, he wasn’t ready to stop. What I had thought of as a once-in-a-lifetime expedition instead turned into an addiction, as a couple of hiker friends of ours had predicted. Therefore it was not a surprise when Mike teamed up with Jim “Yeti” Fulmis to blaze a new long-distance trail: the Idaho Border Trail (IBT). Yeti had many thousands of miles under his boots, and after several months of planning, organizing and training, they set off in May 2012 from Clarkston to hike counter-clockwise around the edge of Idaho – down the western edge to Jordan Valley, east across the Owyhee desert, through Jarbidge and Jackpot, across southeastern Idaho farmland, then north through the Tetons and the Bitterroots, up through Wallace, across the Panhandle, and down through the Palouse back to Clarkston. Although Yeti had to leave the hike at Weiser due to unexpected health issues (rejoining Mike briefly in southeastern Idaho and for the final stretch from Moscow back to Lewiston), Mike carried on, solo, for the full 2,500 miles. It took him four months to complete the trek, and as Yeti points out, Mike is now the youngest person ever to complete this hike – and the oldest. As with the ICT, it wasn’t easy. However, rather than a grueling marathon, he found the journey to be great fun and a grand adventure. The IBT is a very different experience than the ICT; it passes through lots of small towns and is a combination of paved roads, dirt roads, trails, almost-trails and bushwhacking. When Mike was asked afterward what the best part of the trip was, he thought for a moment, then replied, “The people I met”. I’ve been happy to keep the home fires lit and the garden growing while Mike is on the trail. It’s hard for me to imagine hiking 2,500 miles, but then I realize that you do it the same way you accomplish anything – start at the beginning, take one step, then take another, be willing to ask for help when you bump into problems, and eventually you come to the end. If you’ve chosen your challenge well, you come out the far end with adventures to share. If you’d like to learn more about Mike’s long-distance hiking adventures and upcoming plans, he’s going to give a talk at CSI on March 6, 7 pm in Shields Room 206, sponsored by the Prairie Falcon Audubon Society. Hope to see you there! Chris is practicing Showing Up from her micro-farm in Boise, and is enjoying showing up in her old Hagerman stomping grounds more often these days.
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Savoring Valentine’s Day
We’ve all had our good ones and our bad ones, haven’t we? The Valentine’s Days when we were so in love we had to express it by showering our special someone with gifts. Roses by the dozen, big red envelopes with cards that dripped with such sweet sentiment and huge heart shaped boxes of chocolates given with the sole intention to express love to one’s soulmate. Then there were Valentine’s Days we spent alone, eating chocolates or just baking cookies for ourselves. Some particularly bad years, baking wasn’t even necessary. Eating dough in loose pajamas eased the pain while watching movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and sobbing...waiting for the mercy and the stroke of midnight that brought us to that blessed day for singles, February 15th. I have experienced a bit of both of these types of Valentine’s Days in my life. Therefore, I feel I can write with perspective now that I am older. And like anything else for me, it somehow relates back to food. I started off as a desperate romantic and pined for the day I would be someone’s Valentine. I was a junior in high school when I found my special someone. His name was Ron and the single most romantic Valentine’s gesture I can remember is when he gave me a promise ring. (It was an empty promise of course, but that’s not the point.) He brought me my favorite kind of ice cream and kept insisting I take a bite right away. I thought this was a little strange but why argue? It’s ice cream! I went to dig in and my spoon caught on something. He had placed the ring in the ice cream which is very romantic, but again, not the main point. It was my most favorite brand and flavor and he had taken the time to do something so thoughtful. Our relationship fizzled out later as most youthful infatuations do, but I will never forget how cared for and loved I felt that evening. The ring, “bling”, as the young ones call it these days, is not the special part of the memory. For me, it was the ice cream and it always will be. I heard a lot of complaints about Valentine’s Day from customers during the years I owned a restaurant. I was the one behind the counter where they purchased chocolate truffles at the last minute. “Oh, I don’t know what to get her. She’s so hard to figure out!” Or, “Well, he won’t tell me what he wants, so I decided to get him something I like!” My advice is to remember your loved one all year long, especially when it comes to food. Observe their preferences and just take mental notes. (For some of us, mental notes are no longer retrievable, so I suggest Post-its!) If saltine crackers with peanut butter make your dearest content, I bet you’d get more than a hug and a kiss from a red ribbon wrapped around a jar of PB and a box of crackers! (Wink, wink!) A lot of people feel February 14th is just another commercial holiday, and at times I do have to agree. Sometimes it’s the small daily gestures that over-ride the need to celebrate Valentine’s Day altogether. My stepfather brings my mom a bite of whatever he makes himself for breakfast, everyday without fail, a daily Valentine...And an act so much more important than a date on a calendar. Jane Deal was a co-owner of The Ein Tisch Inn and Wild Rice’s Catering in Hagerman from 2003-2009. She has been on staff at Ballard Family Farm Dairy & Cheese in Gooding since 2008 and is the author of the cookbook for Ballard’s Idaho Golden Greek Cheese. In 2013, Jane co-authored a cookbook featuring Idaho Preferred products titled, “Live. Eat. Local.” She now hosts television spots featuring local foods and products on the KMVT television station in Twin Falls. “Make it Fresh. Make it Local....And it’s a Done Deal!” spots can be seen Monday through Friday during the noon news. When it comes to cooking, she adheres to two core philosophies: Always use fresh and local ingredients, and refuse to be afraid! She believes the cooking experience should always be filled with joy, not fear.
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HAVENS Project (Hagerman Area Vision for Education on Native Species) by Jennifer Hamilton Local Hagerman students have been working tirelessly at the greenhouse planting native seeds for the HAVENS Project. These native plants will be used to restore public lands where fire damage and invasive species have disturbed the ecosystem. The students are currently growing more than half a dozen different local flora species. Seeds were donated by locals, obtained from the BLM and CSI, and hand collected by students. This spring the students, and local volunteers, will transplant the seedlings to areas of the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, the Thousand Springs State Park system, and other public lands. The HAVENS Project is a local partnership between the Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument, the Hagerman schools, the Idaho Native Plant Society, and Hagerman IDEA Inc. The goal of the project is to enrich the classroom experience for students, and restore vital local ecosystems. If you are interested in assisting the HAVENS Project please contact Jennifer Hamilton or any member of Hagerman IDEA Inc. Jennifer can be reached at 933-4116 or jennifer_hamilton@nps.gov. The HAVENS Project is always looking for volunteers interested in improving the health of our local ecosystem. Photo: Hagerman High School Landscape students mix custom soil for the native seeds project.
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The Best of Nature by Terry Thomas
Copyright 2013
Junipers are Tough It takes a master of survival to thrive in some of the harshest environments in the world. And ‘masterful survivor’ aptly describes the more than 50 species of junipers worldwide because junipers grow in some of the most inhospitable landscapes imaginable. They prosper in relentless winds, blistering heat, bitter cold and parched, drought-stricken landscapes around the world. The secret to juniper success is a massive root system. For our native Utah juniper, the tap root may penetrate 25 feet and spread laterally 100 feet, accounting for 2/3 the biomass of the tree. Such a root system makes junipers terrific competitors. But they don’t stop there. Like sagebrush, junipers may produce chemicals that inhibit the germination of seeds from competing plants. And with their deep root system, junipers don’t really depend on summertime rains so the duff they create under the tree repels water, further inhibiting competition. Add to this the fact that junipers are long-lived (the known record was 2,000 years old) and you have a real survivor. It seems that junipers can survive just about anything nature can throw at them, including, intense winds, oven hot to arctic cold temperatures , drought and they even seem to grow from solid rock, making them one of the most successful groups of plants on Earth. Although they are often called cedars, junipers are members of the Cypress family and are not related to the true cedars found in the Old World. Even the redcedar (spelled as one word), with its fragrant wood that is popular for making “cedar” chests, is a juniper (Eastern juniper), not a cedar. Four species of juniper are found in Idaho: Rocky Mountain juniper, Utah juniper, Western juniper and common juniper. The first three are similar with scale-like overlapping leaves, an often rounded shape and medium height. Common juniper, on the other hand, has awl-like short sharp needles and in the west is often prostrate. As conifers, all junipers bear cones but they are modified to resemble berries, usually blue with a whitish bloom on the outside. Junipers provide a variety of products for humans. Juniper wood is extremely rot resistant, a fact put to good use by early settlers. Fence posts made from juniper could last a generation or more. Juniper berries are the primary flavoring of the alcoholic beverage, gin and are also used to make flavorful meat sauces and essential oils. Where they exist, junipers often dominate the landscape. The Utah juniper is the most prominent plant in Utah, covering one-fifth of the state. Wildlife is likely to key on such an abundant plant and that is the case for juniper. In the west, at least seventy-three different bird species breed in juniper habitat. Birds, rabbits, various rodents and even coyotes eat the berry-cones with relish. Research in Eastern Idaho demonstrated that wintering mule deer prefer juniper for cover whenever it is available. The masterful survival skill of junipers is wonderfully paradoxical. As great as junipers are for habitat, sometimes they can be too much of a good thing. Without the natural control of wildfire, junipers have muscled into other habitats including riparian areas, springs, aspens and sagebrush where they eventually form juniper monocultures and habitat value actually declines. Maintaining a balance is the key to productive habitat. Terry Thomas is a wildlife biologist with 27 years of experience. Opinions expressed are his own. The Best of Nature, a collection of more than 100 of Thomas’ best nature columns is now available. Pick up your copy at the Post Register, order one through his website, www.nature-track.com or search for it directly on Amazon.com.
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Short & Sweet By Marguerite Janes, co-owner of Thousand Springs Winery Bed and Breakfast info@thousandspringswinery.com Chocolate and Wine, together at last? Have a favorite sweet wine or chocolate? But do they do well together? Most wine drinkers say, “NO!” They are so similar in chemistry that the combination cancels each other out and not in a good way. Chocolate lovers say, “yes, of course” Doesn’t everything go with chocolate? Chocolate and wine pairing, do two like items make a love match? Both chocolate and wine have a heart healthy attribute called polyphenol. It’s what makes that bitter taste in your mouth. Red wine and dark chocolate are good forthright examples. They also share tannins (astringency) and acidity. Matching the chocolate to the wine is a fun experience and brings out the highs and lows of each. Starting with a high fat, organic chocolate with at least 64% cocoa butter is best. The buttery smoothing from melted chocolate helps to offset those tannins drying out your mouth. Pick sweet wines as you need to match up the sugar level with the chocolate. Look in the dessert wine section of your favorite wine shop. Pair white chocolates with the white wines. A sparkling moscato from Italy or an ice wine from the Okanagan or a sherry would be a good starting point. Milk chocolate pairs well with a pinot noir, a mellow merlot, or a sparkling rose’. Champagne shared with milk chocolatedipped strawberries makes that love match… Dark chocolate holds up well to a rich cabernet, or a fortified wine such as port. Whidbey’s Port is an excellent sweet choice. If you can find a dark, fruity chocolate, it should hold up well to a robust zinfandel. Look for chocolate notes in the description on the wine label-it should pair well. Haven’t had chocolate and wine to your heart’s content yet? You can find much more in Yakima, WA over Valentine’s Day weekend. Yakima Valley holds a Red Wine and Chocolate Celebration each year on the weekend closest to Valentine’s Day. Now wineries all over Washington celebrate wine and chocolate that same weekend. Can’t get to Yakima? Please do try your own taste pairings at home with Idaho wines and chocolate. You may come up with your own favorite combination. Let’s start our own Idaho wine and chocolate affair next February. Send in your favorite Idaho wine and Idaho chocolate pairing to thousandspringswinery@gmail.com. This Valentine’s Day, celebrate wine and chocolate with your love, it will help both your hearts!
Chili Cook Off Feb. 22 6-8 pm American Legion Hall, Hagerman Annual Hagerman Volunteer Firefighters Event Live Auction & Raffle Raffle for a Ruger Bolt Action 270, wtih a mounted Nikon scope, bi-pod, strap & a box of shells. Enter your chili and win some great prizes. Awards given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. $8 adults, $4 under 12, $25/family. All you can eat chili, baked potato bar, and salad. No host bar. Tickets are $10 each or 6 for $50, or 13 for $100. Tickets are available at the door or at the fire department. You do NOT have to be present to win! For more information, to enter your Chili, for raffle tickets or to donate for the auction, please call: Chief Petersen 539-6546 Asst. Chief Kepler 358-0749 Captain Hulme 539-6636 Engineer Ross 539-1616 or stop by the Fire Department. Photo: Chief Tim Petersen at left and Dave Ross at right.
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South Central Public Health District Warns: Cases of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Increasing in the Magic Valley Health officials have identified numerous cases of pertussis (whooping cough) in the last two weeks in Filer and Buhl. Local exposures have occurred and are being investigated. It is important for parents to check their children’s immunization status and also check their own immunization records. Adults can spread the disease just as easily as children. South Central Public Health District (SCPHD) considers pertussis a serious disease because it is frequently complicated by pneumonia and ear infections (especially in infants) although death is rare. Early signs include a persistent cough that follows a cold. The cough usually occurs in explosive bursts ending with a typical high-pitched whoop as the person catches their breath. It can also cause vomiting. Between bursts of coughing, the person appears well; but the coughing attacks can continue for four to six weeks. Older children or adults may have less severe symptoms. People with a cough are contagious for three weeks if untreated and for five days after treatment has begun. Persons experiencing symptoms of pertussis, especially a persistent cough lasting more than two weeks, should consult their health care provider. Special tests may be done to confirm the diagnosis. Care should be taken to limit exposure to other people through good cough hygiene, covering the mouth when coughing, and washing hands often. Antibiotics are used to treat the disease and are also given to known contacts of the person with pertussis in an effort to control the spread of the disease. The DTaP immunization, which contains pertussis vaccine, is available at SCPHD for children younger than six. A pertussis booster shot (Tdap) is also available for anyone age seven or older. Protection from the vaccine wears off over time. A booster shot (Tdap) provides protection for adolescents and adults. For more information, please contact SCPHD Epidemiologist Manager, Mary Jensen, at 737-5969.
Hagerman Valley Press February 2014 Editor’s Note: The care package date has passed, but donations are still needed. See contact information below.
Magic Valley HELP Program Will Benefit Hundreds of Area Students
The Magic Valley Central Labor Council has partnered with local unions, businesses, the Idaho AFL-CIO, and several community organizations on a new initiative to supply disadvantaged area students with basic hygiene items and other provisions. Now, they’re asking the local community to join the effort. The Health Education for Life Program (HELP) aims to reduce the growing need for hygiene supplies by regularly providing care packages full of necessities to local students. “We heard through local businesses and unions that there are a great number of students in need of basic supplies like toothpaste, soap, and warm socks,” stated Joe Maloney, Western Counties Organizer of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 449. “Students need to have their basic needs met in order to get the most out of classroom instruction.” The group hopes to provide at least 500 students with care packages this month, but Magic Valley CLC President Silas Smith noted that because the need is much greater, the effort will be ongoing. “Right now, there are a lot of hard working people out there who can’t make ends meet, and their children are going without some of these basic things that give them dignity,” stated Smith. “Obviously there are long-term efforts we make as unions to help working families improve their standard of living. But we also want to make sure that people’s immediate needs are being addressed, too.” Community members and local businesses can help in two ways: • The Magic Valley Central Labor Council will be accepting monetary donations and supplies year round. • Volunteers are needed to assist in putting together care packages on January 29th at 6:00 p.m., at 1525 Addison Ave. E. in Twin Falls. For more information, call the Magic Valley CLC at 208-420-2332 or visithttp://magicvalleyclc.com. The following is a list of items that can be donated: Toothpaste, Toothbrush, Deodorant, Shampoo/Conditioner, Band Aids, Soap (bars), Warm Socks, Fruit Snacks, Fruit Cups, Trail Mix, Quarters (Can be used to wash clothes) Copyright © 2014 Strategies 360, All rights reserved. The AFL-CIO is the umbrella organization for unions, representing over 11,000 members in Idaho. Our mailing address is: 225 N 16th St, Ste 210 Boise ID 83702
Busy B’s Indoor Flea Market Every Saturday 9-5 Billingsley Creek State Park Hwy 30 North of Hagerman Drive down, watch for the signs. Breakfast and lunch served. Looking for vendors 358-1409
Broccoli Bits by Megan R. Williams, MDA, RDN, CDE Dear Broccoli Bits: I know I am supposed to eat more vegetables, but I am getting sick of the same vegetables night after night. Is there more to vegetables than salad, canned green beans, corn, and potatoes? The “vegetable rut” is easy to fall into, and you are not alone. Try something new for dinner tonight. 1) Buy fresh green beans and carrots. 2) Peel the carrots and cutinto spears length-wise about the width of the beans. 3) Pour about 1 Tbsp of olive oil into a sauté pan and add fresh garlic. 4) Turn the heat on high and add the carrots, then the green beans. 5) Next, (and the most important part) sauté the veggies. Sauté in French literally means “to jump”. So constantly move the veggies over high heat until they are soft to the bite, but still firm. (Don’t cover and leave to cook—this makes mushy veggies.) There are many ways to spice up these veggies. My favorite is to add a splash of balsamic vinegar when the veggies are finished cooking—it adds a little pop! Sprinkle a little parmesan cheese over the veggies. Try some other of your favorite herbs and spices. Use a variety of veggies—broccoli, yellow squash, and zucchini are other nice choices. This inexpensive, simple vegetable dish will compliment most entrees. Experiment to find your favorite variation. Check out www. fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov to learn more about fruits and vegetables and get more recipes.
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Have cabin fever? Come join us! Enroll in one or more of the classes starting in February: Elements of Art Mondays, Feb. 3 to Mar. 3 (No class 2/17) 5-7 p.m. $69 (all supplies included!) Instructor: Katie Klamm North Side Center Advanced Woodworking Wednesdays, Feb. 5 to Apr. 16 (No class 3/26) 6:30-9:30 p.m. $115 plus $10 supply fee to instructor Instructor: Bill Perry GHS Vo-Ag Shop Crochet Projects Monday & Tuesday, Feb. 10 & 11 5:30-7:30 p.m. $25 plus supplies Instructor: Brandi Weston North Side Center K-9 Good Citizen Wednesdays, Feb. 12 to Apr. 9 (No class 3/26) 6:30-7:30 p.m. $65 Instructor: Vicki Brook Jerome Co. Fairgrounds Messersmith Bldg. Genealogy: 101 Thursdays, Feb. 20 to Mar. 13 7-9 p.m. $29 Instructor: Sharon Cheney North Side Center Investing: 101 Tuesdays, Feb. 25 & Mar. 4 6:30-8 p.m. Instructor: Jason Neil North Side Center Hunt Internment Camp: Nidoto Nai Yoni Wednesday, Feb. 26 6:30-8:30 p.m. $12 Instructor: Russ Tremayne Lincoln Co. Community Ctr., Shoshone LECTURE SERIES TWENTY FOURTEEN “Idaho Ellison: His Story, His Words” Presented by John Hiler at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at the North Side Center. Free! The West is full of characters, some good, some bad, and then there are those like Idaho Ellison, who bring their history to life. Ellison’s first person account of his life is full of the flavor of those early days of western history. His story begins at Rattlesnake Station and continues through his boyhood on the Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma, to years in early Mountain Home, and then as a cowboy and horse wrangler around the west. It includes army days at the Mexican border with George Patton, becoming a Hollywood actor and a trick-rope artist, working in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Louisville, and ending up in Utah and Twin Falls. This is a fascinating life story you won’t want to miss. You may register for classes from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the North Side Center or by calling 934-8678. Please note that CSI will be closed Monday, February 17th, 2014, in observance of President’s Day. For more information, go to www.csi.edu/northside, or contact us by calling 934-8678 or e-mailing us at northsidecenter@csi.edu.
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Church & Community The United Methodist Churches in Shoshone, Gooding, and Richfield will be changing our evening schedules for the next ten weeks. Starting this week, our free dinners will be moved forward an hour from 6:30pm to 5:30pm in order to make room for the Alpha program that we will be hosting. The Alpha program (www.alphausa.org) is a ten-week course aimed at teaching the basics of the Christian faith in a nonthreatening and warm environment. Our communities are invited to come have a meal with us at 5:30pm and, if God moves them, to stay for Alpha. Any part of this is optional. COMMUNITY NIGHTS - LOCAL HEALTHY DINNERS As a reminder, Shoshone community nights are on Tuesdays. Gooding community nights are on Wednesdays, and Richfield community nights are on Thursdays. Dinner will be served at the same time at all three locations: at 5:30pm. The meals are always as local, green, and healthy as we can manage. A love offering is the only money we ever ask for.
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Hagerman Historical Society The Hagerman Historical Society welcomes new members. The museum is located at the SW corner of State Street (US Hwy 30) and Main Street in downtown Hagerman, Idaho. Check them out for holiday gifts, too. Call for hours: (208)837-6288 www.hagermanmuseum.com hagermanhistory@gmail.com
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