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Weippe
Rodeo Grand Marshals, Glen and Gail Hibbs
Glen and Gail Hibbs will be honored as the 2009 Grand Marshals at
the Wild Weippe Rodeo Aug. 15-16.
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Orofino
Kiwanis and Rotary Club Blood Drive Aug. 18-20
The Orofino Kiwanis and Rotary Club have scheduled a blood drive for
Aug. 18-20 at the Orofino Armory on Hwy 12.
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Pierce
1860 Days photos
Photos of the 49th annual Pierce 1860 Days
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Former
resident writes about Jingle Town
John Werner writes: My mother Vera Bryant Werner who grew up at the
SE corner of Riverside and Tamarac St. said it was never really
Jingle Town, but Jingo Town, named, she said, for a fellow named
“Jingo” Johnson.
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MDA
donates electric wheelchair and the gift of mobility to Jordan
Dougherty
Jordan Dougherty, age 7 was awarded a very special gift last week
from the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). His new electric
wheelchair enables him the freedom to move about as most of us take
for granted.
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Food Bank
scheduled for August 17
A monthly food bank will be held at the Orofino City Park on Monday,
Aug. 17.
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“Ginpole
Johnson” and the woods jammer
Some time in the 1890’s, according to oral tradition, a portable
jammer was developed by Charles Johnson, an immigrant from Sweden to
Munising, Michigan.
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From this Chair…
The full moon is red from the wildfire smoke blowing into the
Clearwater Valley. It’s an eerie sight, one we see each summer but
one to which we never become accustomed.
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Orofino
Farmers’ Market
This
week’s featured vendors at the Orofino Farmers’ Market, are “Barby
and Kent” who live in Peck. Besides serving as Post Master relief in
Peck, Barb Weir makes time to bake and can up a storm.
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Diary of a
forester, Eugene William Langdon
This is the fourth article in an ongoing, weekly series featuring
text from the handwritten diary of a former Forest Ranger, Eugene
William Langdon (1883 – 1967).
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Employee of the Week
Dana Losey called the
Clearwater Tribune to nominate Coral Lee, a nurse at Clearwater
Valley Hospital, as an employee of the week.
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Horse Show
deadline Aug. 13
The entry deadline for the Clearwater County Open Class Horse Show
is Thursday, Aug, 13 at 3 p.m. You may turn in your entry form at
the Extension Office at 2200 Michigan Avenue, Orofino.
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OHS class of
1994 reunion this weekend
The Orofino High School class of 1994’s 15-year reunion will be held
this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 7-8 in Orofino.
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OJHS
gets a facelift
Orofino Junior High is sporting some new paint jobs for the coming
school year.
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Pre-sale carnival tickets on sale now
Pre-sale carnival tickets for this year’s Lumberjack Days and
Clearwater County Fair are on sale now.
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Stained
glass windows reflect Eagle Scout handiwork
Connor Shropshire is shown standing near one of the two Methodist
Church stained glass windows recently reconstructed for his Eagle
Scout project.
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Fair
Feathers
For years it has been ‘understood’ that baking projects were ‘made
from scratch’ and were not box mixes. With our changing cooking and
eating habits it has become necessary to remind everyone the baking
section is just like the other areas.
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Boat Idaho
safety class Aug. 11 & 13
Clearwater
County Sheriff’s Office is hosting a “Boat Idaho” safety class at
the Clearwater
Marine
Building located near the Riverside Transfer Station.
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C-PTPA weekly
fire update
As of late morning on Tuesday, Aug. 4, Clearwater-Potlatch Timber
Protection Association (C-PTPA) crews were in the process of
extinguishing a small lightning holdover fire which was discovered
Sunday, north of Boehl’s Cabin.
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It’s fire
season…be prepared for the worst
With wildfires burning in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington
state, FEMA Acting Regional Administrator Dennis Hunsinger
encourages at-risk residents to prepare for the worst, stay informed
on local conditions and evacuate if instructed to by fire or
emergency management officials.
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Dworshak Dam loaner life jackets missing
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers need help finding more
than a dozen life jackets that are missing from loaner boards
located near boat ramps on Dworshak Reservoir.
