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36 Volume 8 Number News from the Heart of Idaho: Camas, Lincoln, and Gooding County
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The 2012 Republican Caucus The Camas County Republican Central Committee announced this week that the Republican Party will be holding a Presidential Nominating Caucus on the night of March 6, 2012 at the Legion Hall in Fairfield. In Gooding County, the Republican Caucus will be held at the Gooding County Fairgrounds. In Lincoln County, participants will gather at the Lincoln County Community Center. Most locations will start balloting promptly at 7 p.m. Once the voting starts, you will not be allowed to join the process (some counties will close their doors at 7 p.m - other counties may be less formal). Be sure to arrive early to register as a Republican, and assure your participation. This will be the only chance for Idahoans to participate in the nomination process for Presidential candidates on the national Republican ticket. The Camas County Chairman, Lee Barron said, “This a new process and we are working hard to help our citizens understand how it will be done,” If you have questions, contact Mr. Barron (539-1071, Camas), Alex Sutter (308-3566, Lincoln), or Dick Elliot (352-4680, Gooding). Five GOP presidential candidates have qualified for Idaho’s March 6 caucus: Texas congressman Ron Paul; former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum; former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and former Louisiana governor and congressman, Buddy Roemer. Idaho will be sending 32 delegates to the national convention, so your involvement is very important.
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Dietrich Girls Win State Title
On Saturday, February 18th, the Dietrich Girls Basketball team completed a PERFECT season to take the State 1AD2 Championship. Their first game of the tournament was an easy win against Clark Fork (62 to 32). Their second game with Mackay was a bit harder, but they still came out on top (31 to 25). The championship game against Summit Academy went into overtime, and the Dietrich girls had to fight their way to a 53 to 52 victory. The Blue Devil Girls end this year with 23 wins and zero loses. Congratulation to all the girls and their coaches.
Changes at Soldier Mountain? The economy has been hard on all businesses, but ski areas in southern Idaho took an additional hit this winter with the lack of snow. Areas that are able to make snow have an advantage when nature fail to bring the white stuff, but man-made snow is no substitute for the real thing. This reliance on year to year weather patterns makes ski resorts a difficult business in which to make a profit, and without profit a business can
not continue... indefinitely. The Soldier Mountain Ski Resort has had a long period of lackluster seasons, due mostly to no fault of their own. While losses can be a tax advantage in some cases, there is only so much you can write off. The owner, Valley Entertainment, is fully committed to keeping this family oriented ski hill open, and they have decided that the best way to do that is to offer the resort to a non-profit organization. A nonprofit organization would have funding options that a private business does not have. Earlier this year, a group of individuals in Camas County started meeting together to explore the possibility of taking continued on page 3.....