The Courier
NEWS
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
April 7, 2021
Vol 45 Num 14
High School Rodeo Begins this Weekend 7% of Americans Don’t Use the Internet Who are They?
This Friday and Saturday, Glenns Ferry will host the first of this year’s High School Rodeo events. Every weekend (except May 7 & 8) IHSRA members will meet at various rodeo arenas around the area to compete for a spot at the State and National Rodeo Finals. High school rodeo is divided into two groups: High School (must be under the age of 20 as of August 1st) and Jr. High School (must be under the age of 16). These two groups compete in many of the same events, but it’s not just about winning an event. The goals of High School Rodeo are to promote the sport of rodeo with a high regard for sportsmanship, to create a positive image in our communities, and to maintain the highest regard for the livestock. High School Rodeo also strives to preserve our Western Heritage and to offer a great opportunity for families to have fun together. (above photo by hayseedphography) RODEO DATES April 9-10 Glenns Ferry April 16-17 Shoshone April 23-24 Glenns Ferry Apr 30-May 1 Gooding May 14-15 Carey May 21-22 Finals Gooding Friday rodeos start at 7 p.m. Saturday rodeos start at 2 p.m.
Schubert Theater Restoration Continues
from G.R.E.A.T.
It was with great sadness that we were unable to hold our 100 year celebration for the historic Schubert Theater here in Gooding but we are happy to announce that in spite of Covid, we were able to finish the badly needed renovation of the canopy roof above the marquee. Upon inspection, what we found was shocking! The roof itself had undergone multiple patches and once the old roof itself was removed, we found rotted wood, beams and supports as seen to the right. continued on page 2...
from the Pew Research Center
For many Americans, going online is an important way to connect with friends and family, shop, get news and search for information. Yet today, 7% of U.S. adults say they do not use the internet, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 25-Feb. 8, 2021. Internet non-adoption is linked to a number of demographic variables, but is strongly connected to age – with older Americans continuing to be one of the least likely groups to use the internet. Today, 25% of adults ages 65 and older report never going online, compared with much smaller shares of adults under the age of 65. Educational attainment and household income are also indicators of a person’s likelihood to be offline. Some 14% of adults with a high school education or less do not use the internet, but that share falls as the level of educational attainment increases. Adults living in households earning less than $30,000 a year are far more likely than those whose annual household income is $75,000 or more to report not using the internet (14% vs. 1%). There are no statistically significant differences in noninternet use by gender, race and ethnicity, or community type. Offline population has declined substantially since 2000 Despite some groups having persistently lower rates of internet adoption, the vast majority of Americans are now online, as ongoing government and social service programs encourage internet adoption in underserved areas. Over time, the nation’s offline population has been shrinking, and for some groups that change has been especially dramatic. For example, 86% of adults ages 65 and older did not go online in 2000; today that figure has fallen to just a quarter. The share of offline adults ages 50 to 64 has dropped 8 percentage points since 2019, from 12% to 4%. The shares of offline Black and Hispanic adults have also fallen significantly during that period, from 15% to 9% among those who are Black and from 14% to 5% among those who are Hispanic.