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Christmas in the Country
This weekend the Lincoln County Youth Center in Richfield will host a bazaar for those looking for opportunity to fill those Christmas Socks. On Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. come to 410 South Main Street in Richfield (the old Community Church) for unique Idaho gifts, crafts, arts, treasures, and... homemade pies. This event will be filled with great vendors from Southern Idaho providing everything you need to make the holidays special. The event will also feature a Christmas Photo Shoot by XOX Photography. Please make an appointment by calling 208-721-4429. Kids, make sure to bring your Santa letters. He will have a special mailbox set up at this event to expedite a timely delivery of your messages. Come out and support the Lincoln County Youth Center, and all our Local Craftsmen! Social distancing will be observed. Photo: Kids enjoying a bit of Trick or Treating at a safe place for everyone.
Local Election Results
Idaho Secretary of State, Lawerence Denny, reports that 867,250 people voted in the 2020 Idaho General Election. With over a million registered voter in our state, this represents a record voter turnout of 85%! Idaho voted overwhelmingly Republican, except for a few specific locations, like Legislative District 26. District 26 Senator Parker (R) Stennett (D) District 26 Rep. Seat B Thorpe (R) Toone (D)
CAMAS
LINCOLN
GOODING
BLAINE
DIST. 26
462-69% 209-31%
1,265-66% 655-34%
4,195-70% 1,780-30%
3,596-27% 9,647-73%
9,518-44% 12,291-56%
454-69% 208-31%
1,273-67% 621-33%
4,021-67% 1,973-33%
4,096-31% 9,086-69%
9,844-45% 11,888-55%
While there was a clear political divide between Blaine County and the other three counties in District 26, all four counties supported HJR4 (the Constitution Amendment) with an average of 66% in favor (the state support was 68%). In local races, Judge Daniel Dolan was retained as Magistrate for Camas County with 90% approval. Joann Rutler was elected Commissioner for Lincoln County with 85% of the votes over write-in candidated Davis Schoolcraft. In West Magic, a new Highway District was approved with 22 votes in favor vs. 20 votes against. In Camas County, 59% of the voters supported the Cemetery Property Tax Levy Override, but needed 67% to pass. In Lincoln County, the Courthouse Bond failed to pass with nearly 70% of voters against the proposal to build a new building.
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
November 11, 2020
Vol 44 Num 46
Veterans Day
World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.” In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: “To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…” Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but after World War II and the Korean War, Congress amended the Act of 1938 (which made November 11th a legal holiday) by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting in its place the word “Veterans”, and November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars. In an effort to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees during Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day, the Uniform Holiday Bill was signed in 1968. It was thought that these extended weekends would encourage travel, recreational and cultural activities. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971. It was quite apparent that the commemoration of this day was a matter of historic and patriotic significance to a great number of our citizens, and so on September 20th, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97, which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11th, beginning in 1978. This action supported the desires of the overwhelming majority of state legislatures, all major veterans service organizations and the American people. Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11th, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls, preserving the historical significance of the date.