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NEWS Glenns Ferry's Historic Opera Theatre Presents...
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
December 8, 2021
Vol 45 Num 49
DEQ Seeks Representative For Middle Snake Watershed Advisory Group
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking an irrigated agriculture representative to serve as a voting member on the Middle Snake Watershed Advisory Group (WAG). The WAG is a group of citizens from a diverse set of interests dedicated to successful restoration and protection of the health of the Middle Snake River between Milner Dam and King Hill. This area includes drainage from Rock Creek, Cedar Draw, Deep Creek, Mud Creek, Salmon Falls Creek, Clover Creek, and other smaller drainages. This area covers Jerome, Gooding, and Twin Falls counties, from which the WAG seeks to have diverse representation.
This weekend, Glenns Ferry will the home of a Christmas Carol, penned by Charles Dickens in 1843. Tickets for the Dinner/Show have sold out but you can still watch the show by going online to glennsferrytheatre.org. Friday's show is at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday there is a matinee at 1:30 p.m. and an evening show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. The visual adaptions started on-stage just after the 1900s began, with even more public readings and radio adaptions. And although Mr. Dickens didn’t realize it then, this versatile writer, who yearned all his life to be a great actor, had penned an enduring masterpiece. Since its publication, the story has never been out of print and has been adapted for stage productions, operas, radio broadcasts, film versions and loosely based (or inspired by) tv show adaptations. So, how many versions are there – the latest account is 135! Key WAG responsibilities are to: The Opera Theatre's adaptation is 136-ish of Scrooge’s story by Kurtis Workman. Scrooge, >Advise DEQ on the development of water quality improvea mean-spirited and selfish old man, hates Christmas – a product of a past filled with selfment plans known as total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) centered decisions based on greed. The Spirits attempt to humanize Scrooge by teaching him for streams, lakes, and rivers with degraded water quality about regret, sympathy and generosity while the Cratchit family and Tiny Tim are a chance to conditions within the watershed. redeem himself. A holiday tradition that you will not want to miss. >Help identify contributing pollution sources in the watershed. >Recommend specific actions needed to effectively control sources of pollution to the waterbodies. Stinker Stores and the Idaho Foodbank celebrated the results of the Stomp Out Hunger >Help develop and implement a plan to meet water quality Campaign with a check presentation at the Foodbank warehouse in Meridian. Since 2010, targets identified in the TMDLs. Stinker Stores have had their Stomp Out Hunger Campaign to benefit the Idaho Foodbank.
Stomp Out Hunger Campaign Raised $100,000
Stinker Stores broke their previous record for the amount raised during Stomp Out Hunger, raising enough funds to provide food for 400,000 meals. “It is such a blessing to partner with the Idaho Foodbank to help Idahoans in need,” said Charley Jones, Owner of Stinker Stores. “I appreciate our customers and our employees all over the state participating and enjoying a friendly fundraising campaign for a great cause.” During Stomp Out Hunger, Stinker Store employees asked customers to make a donation to The Idaho Foodbank when they paid for their purchases. The Stinker Store in Donnelly, ID raised the most money during the campaign. “As a statewide organization, it is great to have this partnership and engagement from Stinker Stores all over Idaho,” said Karen Vauk, President and CEO of The Idaho Foodbank. “We are so grateful for their commitment over the last 11 years to support Idahoans who are struggling to make ends meet.” If you or someone you know needs food assistance, please go to the Idaho Foodbank’s Food Assistance Locator: https://idahofoodbank.org/getfood/.
The Middle Snake WAG meets monthly, typically the second Tuesday of every month. Members are asked to serve at least two-year terms. Anyone interested in serving on the WAG as a representative of the above interest group is advised to contact Sean Woodhead in DEQ's Twin Falls Regional Office by 5 p.m. on January 3, 2022. The next WAG meeting is January 13, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at 650 Addison Avenue W Suite 110, Twin Falls, ID. The meeting is open to the public.