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Gooding County What’s Buggin in Camas County? Camas Bug Crew 2013 Fair & Rodeo fromThethepast few weeks for the Camas Like our other fairs, 4-H members are hard at work well before the big events making sure all the forms, presentations, and interviews, are finished and handed in on time. Tonight (Wednesday, August 7th) at 7 p.m. the 4-H Style Show will take place on the Commercial Building Stage. This is an opportunity for our 4Hers to show off their clothing projects by modeling in front of a panel of judges, but it is more than just the clothes. It is also about poise, confidence, and the ability to present one’s self in front of an audience. A similar event, the 4-H Oral presentation Contest, will take place on Friday, August 9th, at 1 p.m. at the Gooding County Extension office. Also this Friday, starting at 5 p.m., the 4-H Dog Show will take place at the fairgrounds. This contest will include ‘Fitting and Showing’ and ‘Obedience.’ The 4-H Horse Show will start at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning (August 9th) at the arena. Four age groups will compete in twenty different events that cover various styles of riding and showmanship, as well as fun events like pole bending, goat tying, and barrel racing. On August 12 (Monday) the animals will begin arriving at the fairgrounds (two by two no doubt) and at 7:30 p.m. the 4-H and FFA Goat Show will be held in the outside show ring. Also on Monday, be sure bring in your various works of art to display in the Art Department (see page 5).
County bug crew have been very busy with the monitoring of vegetation. One of the bugs, Cyphocleonus Acthates is in its last stage of metamorphosis. Soon this root boring weevil will emerge from the Knapweed root, and find another knapweed to bore into and kill. Spotted knapweed produce up to twenty-five thousand seeds per plant, and can remain viable in the soil up to eight years. In addition spotted knapweed prefers moist rangeland habitat, so Camas County’s marsh land is a perfect place for them to grow. This noxious weeds flowers range in color from pink, to light purple and bloom from July to October. It is in these four months that the seed head eating weevils do their handy work. Cyphocleonus Acthates The livestock shows will begin in earnest on Tuesday morning, and continue through Thursday. On Friday (August 16th), Master Showmanship contests will be held for 4-H and FFA (9 a.m.) and small animals (1 p.m.). The Market Animal Sale will take place the following Saturday morning at 10 a.m. The 2013 Gooding County Fair Parade will roll down Main Street starting at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, August 14th.
emerge from June to mid September to feed on knapweed leaves. The adults are 0.5 to 0.6 inches long, and generally live eight to fifteen weeks. Females mate several times, and deposit more than one hundred eggs during their lifetime. Cyphocleonus Acthates eggs are laid singly in a notch excavated by the female on the root crown just below the soil surface. Eggs hatch in ten to twelve days and larva begin feeding on roots. These larva will winter in the root of the knapweed and will emerge as adults the following summer after completing metamorphosis. Diffused knapweed is a biennial short lived perennial reproducing entirely by seed. It can produce up to eighteen thousand seeds per plant. Flowers can occur singularly or in clusters, and bloom from July to September. Flowers may be white, continued on page 6.....
(Register your parade entry at 14th and Main - just north of ISDB - or call Pete at Valley Co-op.) Preceding the adult parade youngsters will show off there stuff in the Kiddie Parade (about 6 p.m.) and after the main parade a Street Dance will be held in the parking lot at Zeppes. Wednesday will also be Family Night at the Carnival ($1 rides). The Gooding Pro Rodeo will run August 15th thru 17th - 8 p.m. each evening.