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37 Volume 8 Number News from the Heart of Idaho: Camas, Lincoln, and Gooding County
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2013 4H KYG This last weekend, 150 teenagers descended upon the Idaho Capital in Boise for the annual 4H Know Your Government (KYG) conference. Our three county area sent about a dozen young men and women to this conference to learn how our government works - specifically, the judicial and legislative branches. On the judicial side, attendees participated in a mock-trial involving an automobile accident caused by drinking and texting. The driver who was drinking was charged with manslaughter, but the big question was whether the texting driver contributed to the accident. With the help of real judges and attorneys who volunteered their time, teens filled the parts of judges and attorneys, the individuals involved in the accident, witnesses, and other people needed in the court case. On the legislative side, volunteers from our Idaho Legislature helped attendees go through the committee process of bringing five different bills to life. The bills (written by third-year attendees) included the legalization of hemp, taxing agriculture to fund ag education, a ban on ethanol, mandatory foreign language classes for high school, and a statewide school calender. Of course, the conference wasn’t all work and no fun. Motivational speaker, Brandon Lee White, was on hand to encourage the attendees to be courageous. “Courage is standing up for what is right no matter what the risk,” he said. He also said that successful people are not afraid of failure, they know that failure is just the process of learning what doesn’t work. KYG is open to all 8th and 9th graders involved in 4-H. If you, or someone you know, is in a 4-H club, be sure to find one of our local participants and ask them how is was. It not too early to be thinking about next year.
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Relay For Life Do you know anyone who has cancer, died of cancer, or survived cancer? Most of us do. On Monday of this week, a group of individuals from our area met in Gooding to start the process of bringing Relay For Life - a celebration of survivorship - to Gooding this summer on July 26th & 27th. Relay For Life is a fundraising event for American Cancer Society that not only helps fight cancer, it is also fun way to celebrate and honor those who have battled this disease. This event is put on by volunteers in your community who plan, organize, and make sure everything runs as smooth as possible. Over the next few months, members of the planning committee will be visiting with you and your neighbors to ask for your help. The goal is to spread the responsibilities over as many people as possible. The actual event involves teams that walk, jog, or run, at the event site. The teams can also provide entertainment and food for the event. Participants form teams from their families, their businesses, their schools (students and/or teachers), their organizations, or any other group of people you can think of, and they compete to see which team can raise the most money. The Gooding Relay For Life is open to teams from Camas, Gooding and Lincoln counties. So, start talking to your co-workers or family members about forming a team. For more information, go to www.relayforlife.org
Food Bank in Hagerman This past week, Helping Hearts & Hands along with Kim White, LPC, of the Center for Courageous Living, announced the opening of Helping Hearts & Hands Hagerman. This branch of HH&H (located at 130 North State Street in Hagerman), will save needy individuals and families in the Hagerman area the expense of traveling to Gooding for food, personal items, and community resources. They will also provide free parenting classes and addiction classes. The Addictions Group will be on Tuesday’s at 6:30 p.m. beginning March 5th, and the Parenting Class will be on Thursday’s at 6:30 beginning April 11th. If you are in need of assistance or would like to make a tax deductible donation, the Hagerman HH&H center is open on Tuesday and Thursday from 10 to 2, or you can contact Kim White at (208)539-0355 for more information. HH&H is a non profit 501(c)(3) community food pantry and resource center.