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News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
March 1, 2017
Volume 41 ~ Number 9
Shoshone Clinic Adds Providers
Shoshone Family Medical Center (SFMC) vices and tests we expect from a doctor, as recently announced the addition of three well as perform minor surgeries - stitch up new providers to help serve the residents wounds, remove skin tags, etc. (PA are not of Lincoln County, including two Certified licensed to perform major surgery). While Physician Assistants (PA-C). most PAs work in family medicine, they are Over 100,000 PAs are found in every branch of currently practicing across the medical profession. the U.S. with just under In addition to the two a thousand in Idaho. As PAs, SFMC has also a relatively young proadded a Licensed Master Yolanda Sedano, PA-C Robert Anderson, PA-C fession, the role of a PA Social Worker (LMSW) in healthcare is often misunderstood. Certified PAs are not to provide family and individual counseling. A LMSW has medical assistants, nor are they studying to become doctors special skills and knowledge to address mental health issues. – they are licensed and certified healthcare professionals who For those patients who speak Spanish, several staff members practice medicine in partnership with doctors. of SFMC are fluent in that language - Se habla Español. The main difference between a doctor and a PA is that Office hours at SFMC are Monday thru Friday, 7:30 am to a doctor works autonomously, whereas a PA always works 5:30 pm. Call 208-886-2224 for an appointment, or stop by Wendy Sedano, LMSW 113 South Apple Street in Shoshone. under the supervision of a doctor. They can provide all the ser-
Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame Begins a New Year
With signs of Spring in the lower country, livestock are getting restless. The I-80 reader board heading East toward Twin Falls cautions traffic to “watch for larger animals”. With that in mind, THE FAMOUS IRHF STEERS ARE BACK AS BULLS THIS YEAR! The Bull fundraising program will be kicked off March 18 at the Jerome Fairground Jr. Rodeo. Arrangements are being discussed to display the famous designed bulls throughout the City of Jerome this summer. Last year, the IRHF relocated to the Jerome County Historical Society’s Idaho Ranch and Farm Museum aka I-Farm located northeast of the I-84 / Highway 93 Junc-
tion. Special tours are available by calling the museum office at 208-324-5641. The IRHF display in the Hunt building has greatly increased the “Hall of Fame’s” exposure along with new local Directors and newsworthy, outstanding, and accomplished people to be inducted on the National Day of the Cowboy, Saturday, July 22nd at the Canyon Crest Dining and Event Center in Twin Falls. This year’s Inductees include Harry Charters, Larry and Kay Davis, John and Lisa Davis, Harry Hamilton, Jake Pope, Larry and Sue Ellen Smith, Bev and Gary Stone, and Johnny Urrutia. Watch for more information in the coming weeks.
Basketball Tournaments
The Gooding Senator Boys took the long way around to win this year’s Sawtooth Central Idaho Conference Tournament. Losing their first game of the tournament to Buhl, the Senators came back to face them in the championship game last Wednesday. The final score: Gooding 60 - Buhl 39. This Thursday at 3 p.m., Gooding will play Parma at Meridian High School. The Dietrich Blue Devil Boys took out Carey last Wednesday to win the Northside Conference Tournament 69 to 57. They head to the 1AD2 State Tournament this Thursday at Caldwell High School to play Kendrick at 3 p.m. The State Championship games will be played at the Ford Idaho Center on Saturday.