The Courier
News Idaho GOP Lincoln Day Events
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
January 10, 2018
Vol 42 ~ Num 2
Snowriders Annual Fun Run
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When the weather gives you... nothing, it’s time to trade in your tracks for wheels. This Saturday, January 13th, the Northside Snowriders will be holding their annual Fun Run with a twist. Instead of snowmobiles, you’ll have to bring your ATV or UTV to the Wells Summit parking lot north of Fairfield. Sign-up is from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and there will be chili and hot cocoa at the warming hut. Prizes & awards will be given out at the parking lot at two. All ATV’s and UTV’s must have current registration, and if UTV has tracks, it must have current snowmobile Brad Little Tommy Alquist Raul Laborador plus off-road registration. For more information, contact In preparation for this year’s primary election, Lincoln Day events will be held across the Vince Edlund at 208-539-9489. state to give voters an opportunity to visit with Republican candidates. This event is being co-sponsored by the Camas Chamber The first Lincoln Day event will be in Shoshone this Friday, January 12th, at 6:00 p.m. of Commerce. Hosted by the Lincoln County Republican Party Central Committee, their Lincoln Day Dinner & Auction will be held at the Community Center (201 S. Beverly Street). Candidates for Governor, Lt Governor, and other state offices will join county candidates to talk about issues and answer questions. This may also be a great time to decide if you want to run for a local elected office. If you can’t make it to this event, there will be a live broadcast of the event on the Lincoln County Chronicle facebook Last week, the Idaho Transportation Department began replacing four bridges on the South Gooding Main Canal on page beginning at 7:00 p.m. U.S. 26 between 1500 East Road (2 miles west of the Gooding On Saturday, January 13th, Lincoln Day events will be held in Blaine County (9 a.m. area) and 1850 East Road (near Gooding). at the Community Campus), Camas County (2 p.m. at the Senior Center) and Gooding The bridge replacements will improve existing bridge structures County (6 p.m. at North Valley Academy). and provide increased canal capacity. Roadways will be resurfaced The chairman of the Camas County Republican Central Committee, Lee Barron, has and guardrail will be removed on all four structures. The project confirmed that Brad Little, Tommy Alquist, and Raul Laborador (candidates for Governor) also includes culvert replacement, so construction will take place will be in Fairfield. Also joining the party will be Steve Yates, Kelley Packer and Janice during the winter months to avoid impacting the irrigation seaMcGeachin (for Lt. Governor), Lawrence Wasden for Attorney General, Tom Kealey for son. Work is expected to finish by April 15, 2018. The Idaho Transportation Department is working with WadTreasurer, and possibly others. The Fairfield event will be serving pie and ice cream. Gooding County Chairman, Frank Knight, said he is excited that so many state candidates sworth Brothers Construction and Wilson & Company, using will be visiting our communities. This is a great opportunity for people to meet, in person, the a design-build process that will reduce construction time and individuals who may be running our state in the future and get a better perspective on who money spent. The four bridges are part of an overall design-build project that includes 17 bridges throughout Eastern Idaho. The you might want to vote for. The Gooding event will be a potato bar with all the fixin’s. If you are planning to attend one of these Lincoln Day/fundraising events, please be aware four bridges in the Gooding area were selected to be replaced because they are over 50 years old. They will be replaced simulthat there will be a cost for the meals. Also, be prepared to bid on some great auction items taneously to minimize impacts to traffic. continued on page 2... donated by the candidates and local individuals.
ITD Working on Gooding Canal Bridges