The Courier
News Kelsey’s Kids in Wendell
Kelsey Peterson has been running a childcare and pre-school in Jerome for the last three years, but recently noticed that Wendell was without those services. Taking a bold step, she moved her business to Wendell and opened Kelsey’s Kids at 134 East Main Street (just north of US Bank and next to Papa Kelsey’s Pizza). Even though it hasn’t taken long for people to notice, she still has room for a few more children. With over seven years of experience in providing this service, Kelsey is able to take infants and kids up to ten-years-old. She is also offering a summer program with different field trips scheduled for every day of the week - swimming, gymnastics, movies, the Boise zoo, fishing, and everything in between. All of that may seem like a lot, but Kelsey
believes that this is a critical age for children “Where Lifetime Learning Begins.” Call 536-4638 for more details, or goto her facebook page, KelseysKidsChildcare.
State Track & Field Championships
Only one athlete from our area came back from this year’s State Track Meet with Gold. Johnny Lancaster from Wendell took first place in the 100 & 200 Meter Runs and bettered his time from the District IV Meet. In the woman’s 100 & 200 Meter, Brianna Chance (Gooding) finished in third place, slightly off her best times in those events. Both Johnny and Brianna have one more year to compete. Camas County’s Issac Simon had hoped to finish out his senior year with a better performance, but rain hampered a number of the field events. Issac managed to take third place in the High Jump with a 5’10” jump - 6” off his first place finish at the district meet. See page 6 for a list of athletes who made the State Finals, along with their results.
May 20
,2015
Volume 39 ~ Number 20 News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
CourierNews.webs.com Now on FaceBook facebook.com/pages/The-Courier-News
Weed Awareness Week
Today is the start of Idaho Noxious and Invasive Weed Awareness Week. This week (the week prior to Memorial Day weekend) was placed into Idaho Statute through legislation passed and signed into law in 2014. Its purpose was to designate a specific period of time to educate Idaho’s citizens about the serious impacts of noxious and invasive weeds to Idaho’s economy, waters, lands and agriculture and to spur dahoans to take action against these unwanted invaders, state weed officials announced today. Noxious and invasive plants are a serious threat to Idaho’s economy causing an estimated $300 million annually in direct damages. This includes the costs to fight fires on rangelands and forests due to the proliferation of invasive plants such as Cheat grass that supplies fuel for rangefires resulting in the destruction of Sage Grouse habitat and productive grazing lands for livestock producers. Despite continued on page 9.....