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The Camas County Fair continues this week with 4-H and open class displays being setup in the American Legion Hall today and tomorrow. Thursday afternoon, kids will be gathering at the school at 5:15 to prepare their bikes for the Kids Bike Parade at 5:45. They will ride over to the City Park for the Free Carnival Night. Along with the normal attractions, there will be a "Traveling Tails" Petting Zoo. At 7:00 p.m. the band shell will host live music with Nowhere North. On Friday, July 30th, the 4-H Archery Shoot will take place at the Legion Baseball Field at 9:00 a.m. From noon to 4 p.m. the Lady Mushers will be washing car for a donation in front of the school. Afternoon and evening events will include a 3 on 3 basketball tournament, a Corn Hole tournament, Carnival rides and vendors in the park, and music from 7 to 11 p.m. The Camas Cheerleaders will be serving breakfast in the park on Saturday morning starting at 7:00 a.m. to get you ready for the 4-H Livestock Show at 8:00 a.m. The Fair Parade will roll down Soldier Road at 1:00 p.m. followed by the Market Animal Livestock sale at 2:00 p.m. Afternoon and evening events include a volleyball tournament and "Recliner Race" at 8:00 p.m. (ages high school and up - teams of four). Saturday will wrap up with a Street Dance downtown. On Sunday morning, stop by the American Legion Hall for breakfast from 8 to 11, then head on over to the City Park for Church in the Park (bring a chair or blanket). At 12 noon, the Camas Senior Center will host an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social. -- -- -- -- -In Shoshone, the Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo will hold their Fair Parade on Thursday, July 29th, at 6 p.m. followed by the first night of ICA Rodeo at 8 p.m. On Friday, be sure to come a little early to the rodeo (7:30 p.m.) for the Parade of Champions. On Saturday, July 31st, the Market Animal Sale will be held at 11:00 a.m. but come early for the Bottle Baby Brigade at 10:30 a.m. The afternoon entertainment at the arena will be the United Truck & Tractor Pull at 4 p.m. and on Sunday at 5 p.m. the old guys will strut their stuff in the Antique Tractor Pull.
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
July 28, 2021
Vol 45 Num 30
Vaccination Mandates
This last week, in response to mandatory vaccines for the employees of St. Luke’s and St. Alphonsus, there have been protests by healthcare workers in Idaho, and more are planned. Several politician have stepped into the fray as well, urging the state government to pass legislation prohibiting businesses from mandating vaccines for their employees. So far, our government has declined to get involved. While a reasonable distinction can be made between healthcare workers and other workers in the state, should any business or the government be allowed to mandate private healthcare decisions? In 1980, Smallpox was officially eradicated from the world, primarily due to mandatory smallpox vaccinations which started in the mid 1800s. The disease nearly disappeared from most developed countries by the early 1900s, but continued to kill over 2 million people every year in places like Africa and India. A worldwide effort to eradicate the disease was started by various groups in the 1950s and the last naturally occurring smallpox infection happened in 1980. Polio is another disease that should have been eradicated, but in 2003 a rumor started in a handful of African nations that the polio vaccine was contaminated with an anti-fertility drug. Muslim religious leaders said it was an American conspiracy to make Muslim women infertile. This false belief was so strong that in 2013, nine polio vaccinators were shot and killed. The effort to eradicate Polio has slowly continued but it is estimated that the rumor setback the eradication effort by 20 or more years. So, is this what we are trying to do with Covid-19? NO! Even though it seems like many politicians and some healthcare official are treating the fight against Covid-19 as if it were an effort to eradicate, this is an impossibility. First, smallpox, polio, and many other diseases are caused by specific viruses that can be effectively targeted, and once vaccinated, immunity can last a long time (smallpox vaccine is good for 75 years, the MMR vaccine is good for life). Coronaviruses are not a single virus but a large family of viruses that cause numorus diseases including Covid-19, SARS, MERS, some variants of the flu, and the common cold. Immunity from vaccontinued on page 4... cines or from having the disease...