Courier NEWS Vol 42 Num10

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News New Bluebird Group To Meet

The new Southern Idaho Mountain Bluebird Association will hold its inaugural meeting at 5 p.m. on March 13th at the Depot Grill (545 Shoshone St. South) in Twin Falls. Bluebirds are found throughout the United States, but the Mountain Bluebird with its distinctive sky-blue wings, light blue chest and white abdomen nests only above 5000 feet in the mountain areas of Idaho, Montana and Nevada. During breeding season, Mountain Bluebirds seek out open areas with a mix of short grasses, shrubs, and trees, at elevations of up to 12,500 feet. They gravitate toward prairie and tundra edges, meadows, sagebrush flats, pastures, and recently burned or clear-cut areas. Along roadsides, they seek out nest boxes or nesting cavities that face away from roads. The Eastern bluebird with its rusty throat and breast covers most of the United States east of the Mississippi River and the Western Bluebird with rusty breast and white stomach is found from British Columbia south along the coastal mountains to Baja California. Photo from Idaho Fish & Game by Michael Woodruff. continued on page 4...

Community Events For Everyone!

This weekend there a quite a few community events going on - food, auctions, art, etc. - all efforts to make your communties better. On Friday, March 9th, the Hagerman Boy Scout Troop 108 will hold a Taco Feed & Auction at the Hagerman Legion Hall. Dinner starts at 5:30 and the auction at 6:00. Auction items include goods, services, and homemade goodies from the community. Tickets are $10 per person, or $25 per family. To purchase your tickets or for more information, call Grant at 208-731-4063. On Saturday, March 10th, the Wendell Athletic Banquet & Auction will take place at the Wendell H.S. Gymnasium. The evening will feature smoked ribs and pork loin dinner, and great raffle items - 55” TV, a gun safe, Lagoon Park tickets, and much more. Dinner & Raffle tickets are on sale now at the school offices or from any WHS athlete. $5 each or $25 for six. You can also get tickets and more information by emailing Katie Howerton at katie_howerton@ hotmail.com. Also on Saturday, the Glenns Ferry Opera Theatre is having an evening of “Rock’n Roll” with music, a potato bar, dessert auction, and door prizes. This non-profit fundraising event will help raise matching funds for repairs to the historic building. Tickets are $15.00 and are available by calling 1-208-366-7408. The Annual Spring Art Show in Shoshone will be held on March 9th & 10th at the Lincoln County Historical Museum (112 West B Street in Shoshone) from 5 to 8 on Friday and 10 to 4 on Saturday. There is no admission fee, but donations are accepted.

News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding

March 7, 2018

Vol 42 ~ Num 10

Dietrich Takes Third At State Tournament

Last Saturday, Genesis Prep Academy (Post Falls, Idaho) took the 1AD2 Championship over the Carey Panthers with a 59 to 33 victory. On Friday, Genesis took out the Dietrich with 68-59 win, sending the Blue Devil Boys to game 10 of the tournament against Tri-Valley. It was a narrow victory, but Dietrich came away with a third place finish - 56-53.

Chinese Gold Mining In the Snake River Canyon

Gold has been an important part of Idaho history, but most people know very little about the gold mining sites along the Snake River Canyon, nor the role played by Chinese emigrants in the 1870s. Ronald James teaches English and Advanced Placement Literature and Composition at Canyon Ridge High School and is an adjunct Cultural Anthropology instructor at the College of Southern Idaho. He has done extensive archaeological and ethnographic research on the Chinese and Japanese contributions to southern Idaho history. His thesis, ‘Ruins of a World: Chinese Gold Mining in the Snake River Canyon’ was published in 1993. Next Wednesday, March 14th, at 7:00 p.m. Ronald James will present a public lecture on the excavation of the Mon-Yung site in the Snake River canyon and the history of gold mining in Southern Idaho.

Wednesday, March 14th CSI North Side Center (202 14th Avenue East - Gooding)

This presentation is part of CSI’s lecture series, sponsored exclusively by Zions Bank. Their generous support keeps these quality presentations free for all to enjoy!


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