The Courier
NEWS Fast Cars & Freedom
The Camas County Fair begins this Thursday with the Rabbit Show in the City Park at 8:30 a.m. In the afternoon, the Kids Bike Parade (5:45) will lead the way to the City Park for the Free Night at the Carnival. New this year is "Traveling Tails" petting zoo for kids young and old. Bingo will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. the 4-H Archery Shoot will be held at the baseball field (west side of town behind Iron Mountain Inn). At 10:00 the Legion Hall will open with 4-H and Open Class displays. From noon to 4:00 get your car washed by the Lady Mushers in front of the school. Family Night at the Carnival will have lots of food vendors and a Corn Hole Tournament beginning at 6:00. Once the sun goes down, the lights will flicker with a Movie in the Park. Saturday morning have breakfast with the Camas Cheerleaders in the City Park from 7 a.m. till they run out. The 4-H Livestock show begins at 8 a.m. with the Livestock Auction at 2 p.m. The "Fast Cars & Freedom" parade will begin at 1:00 p.m. with Grand Marshals Jack & Gayle Bachtell. The Bachtells came to Camas County in 1993 with Jack teaching at the school and Gayle working for various county officials. In 1999, Gayle was elected Camas County Treasurer (a job she loved) and began 20 years on the Fair Board. In 2002, they faced a big challenge when Jack was diagnosed with cancer. While it cut his teaching career short, Jack is a proud cancer survivor of 21 years. Gayle retired in 2020 and today they enjoy reading and gardening at their little house in the country. After the parade and the livestock sale, head over to the C Me Later arena for the Junior Bull Riders and Mutton Busting from 6:30 to 8:30. At 9:00 p.m. the Jeff Palmer Band will play for the Street Dance in the middle of Soldier Road. On Sunday the American Legion will serve breakfast from 8 to 11 at the Legion Hall. At 10:30 a.m. the City Park will host Church in the Park followed by a car show and Music in the Park with Dustin & the Rocky Mountain Riders.
News from the Heart of Idaho Camas • Lincoln • Gooding
August 2, 2023
Vol 47 Num 31
Pilot Diabetes Education Program Receives $5,000 Select Health Grant
Family Health Services (FHS) has received a $5,000 grant from Select Health that will support the piloting of a Diabetes Self-Management and Education Support (DSMES) program. This program was designed by Megan Williams at the Shoshone Family Medical Center, which transitioned into an FHS clinic in 2022. Williams brings her experience to FHS as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Licensed Dietitian, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. In 2022, FHS treated 2,930 patients with diabetes. From January to July of 2023, FHS has treated 2,767 patients. Anticipating the number of patients diagnosed with diabetes to increase within one year, FHS has recognized the need for an education program that focuses on diabetes self-management practices. Benefits of this program include lower A1C levels, less hospital admissions or readmissions, fewer ER visits, reduced stress, and improved self-care behaviors that often improve a patient’s lifelong management of the disease. “This is a pilot program, but it provides in-depth education about the diabetes disease process in an easy to understand method, in patients' appropriate language,” said Williams. “Every patient with diabetes can benefit from evidence-based education about the disease as well as current treatments to improve and maintain the quality of their life,” said Dr. Davis. “FHS hopes to expand the program to the organization’s largest clinic at 388 Martin St. in Twin Falls and hire two new DSMES-trained staff members. FHS will eventually offer DSMES to patients with diabetes at all medical sites,” said CEO Aaron Houston. The FHS award is among 10 grants presented statewide by Select Health, a non-profit organization that provides health insurance to more than 1 million members in Idaho, Utah and Nevada. Select Health is a division of Intermountain Health. The Select Health Awards support non-profits and other organizations that provide services for improving health in Idaho. The $5,000 grants are intended to address three focus areas: continued on page 2...