The Courier
News Sew It, Grow It, Show It
The Gooding County Fair officially begins on Monday, but several events will take place before then. Tonight (August 9th) the Extension office will host the 4-H Oral Presentation Contest starting at 7 p.m. Thursday afternoon at 5 p.m. the 4-H Dog Show will take place on the grass at the Fairgrounds. The Junior Rodeo will show off our young cowboys and cowgirls beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon. And, Saturday morning, come enjoy the 4-H Horse Show in the arena at 8:00 a.m. On Monday, August 14th, the fair buildings will open their doors for Open Class Entries from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Bring your Open Class Flower Entries on Tuesday afternoon from 4
to 8, and your field crops & garden produce on Wednesday morning at 8 a.m. Next Wednesday evening, August 16th, be sure to find your perfect downtown viewing place for the Parade which begins at 7 p.m. If you are interested in joining the parade itself, contact Pete Etchart at Valley Co-op, or register your parade entry at 14th and Main (just north of ISDB). After the parade you can stay downtown for the Street Dance (Sidetrack Bar) or head on over to the fairgrounds for Family Night at the Carnival ($1 Rides). PRCA Rodeo will begin next Thursday.
August 9, 2017
Volume 41 ~ Number 32
Watch the Sky
In just 12 days, folks across Idaho (and America) will experience an event that hasn’t happened in 26 years - a total solar eclipse. If you don’t already know, viewing the eclipse can be dangerous. Unless you are in Totality, you should never look directly at the sun without special equipment. Special glasses are available throughout Idaho, but be warned... there have been reports of FAKE eclipse glasses! This should not scare you away from viewing the eclipse, but make sure you take all the proper precautions to protect your eyes, and the eyes of your children. In Idaho, the eclipse will begin about a quarter after 10 a.m. on August 21st, and last almost 2.5 hours with 2 minutes of totality. As you can see in the map below, the Path of Totality will travel across Idaho from Weiser, through Stanley, and on over to Rexburg. Totality at those locations will be from about 11:25 to 11:30 a.m. Planning to travel to a specific location? Plan ahead. Towns near the centerline are already feeling the pressure of people gathering for this event. If you don’t want to travel, don’t worry. The partial eclipse will cover all of North America and part of South America with the moon’s shadow reaching from the north pole to well past the equator. A unique fact about this eclipse is that the Path of Totality only touches mainland United States. The last time this happened was on June 13th, 1257 (of course, America wasn’t a country at that time)! BONUS: This Friday and Saturday is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. The greatest number of meteors typically fall in the wee hours before dawn (you can often spot 50 or more Lincoln, Minidoka, Owyhee, and Twin Falls meteors per hour). The one downside... the moon will be very counties – with the exception of forest service bright and many of the smaller meteors will covered up by the lands in Cassia and Twin Falls counties. glare. Even so, it is well worth staying up late. These restrictions are being implemented by agencies managing or providing wildland fire protection, which include the Sawtooth National Forest, Bureau of Land Management Twin Falls District and the Idaho Department of Lands (IDL). These restrictions are separated into Zones and described as follows:
Stage 1 Fire Restrictions Ordered for South Central Idaho
As the threat of wildfire danger continues to increase, state and federal land management agencies will implement Stage 1 Fire Restrictions on lands within south central Idaho effective August 14, 2017 at midnight. Fire restrictions are intended to decrease the chance of any preventable fires in the designated areas. Stage 1 fire restrictions will be in place on federal, state and private forest- and rangelands, roads, and trails, situated in Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Custer, Elmore, Gooding, Jerome,
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