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37 Volume 30 Number News from the Heart of Idaho: Camas, Lincoln, and Gooding County
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Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo The Lincoln County Rodeo will begin tomorrow night (Thursday) with the Junior Rodeo at 7 p.m. Events include barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, mutton busting, and more. Youngins up to the age of 14 will learn the ropes of being cowboys and cowgirls. Come give them some old-time, western encouragement as they compete in this great event. The IMPRA Rodeo will begin on Friday night at 8 p.m. and continue on Saturday at 7 p.m., and watch for top three Junior Rodeo contestants (barrels, mutton busting, calf and steer riding) on those nights as well. Don’t forget this afternoon (Wednesday) there will be Chicken Races (3 p.m.) and Pig Wrestling (7 p.m. - sign up is at 6 p.m.) at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. On Thursday, sign up for the parade at the Wells Fargo Bank at 4:30 p.m. Start time is 6 p.m. After the parade, head to the rodeo or... check out the vendors and the carnival. 4-H and FAA members will showing at various times throughout the week, but you can always visit the livestock barns to see how they did. Also, be sure to check out the Leader’s Council Silent Auction which will continue until 10 p.m on Friday evening (winners will be announced on Saturday at 10 a.m.). The Market Animal Sale will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The last major event of this year’s fair will a tractor pull at the rodeo arena at 5:00 p.m. Please note, some of the advertisement has the start time at 2:00 p.m. You can show up then, but you’ll have a long wait. TRACTOR PULL - 5:00 p.m. SUNDAY.
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Cow-a-Bunga ~ It’s the Camas County Fair The 2013 Camas County Fair got off to a great start last night with the 4-H Demonstration contest at the LDS Church. Eight presentation were made and included talks on dog, scrapbooking, and Shakespeare. The results of the contest will posted at the Legion Hall with the 4-H displays. This Saturday, July 27th, come watch the 2013 Horse Show & Gymkhana at the TNT Farms Arena (296 East, 400 South). Hot dog lunch will available for purchase (proceeds will support the horse club). Bring lawn chairs and something for shade (temperatures are expected to remain warm through the weekend). If you would like to decorated your windows and/or pole, and have it judged, make sure you do so by Tuesday morning, July 30th. The Legion Hall will open up on Wednesday, July 31st, at 4 p.m. for display setup. You can also bring in display items on Thursday morning from 8 to 10 a.m. The hall will close at ten for judging. The Rabbit Show will kick off the small animal events on Thursday morning (August 1st) at 9 a.m. on the front school lawn. On Friday morning (August 2nd) at 9 a.m. the Dog Show will bring out the best of man’s best friend (check out last year’s dog show on YouTube - Camas County Dog Show). Thursday, August 1st, is FunNight at the park. Beginning at 5:45 p.m. there will be a Bike Parade from the school to the park. (Kids need to meet at the school at 5:15 to decorate their bikes.) At the park there will be a FREE CARNIVAL sponsored by the Apex Foundation and BINGO put on by the Fair Board. Wolf One Farms is sponsoring half-price continued on page 8.....
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RELAY FOR LIFE Ride the Wave Wipe Out Cancer July 26th & 27th, 2013 at the Gooding County Fairgrounds see page 3...