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Idaho’s first
wolf hunting season open as of Sept. 1
Idaho opened its first ever hunting season for wolves, Tuesday,
Sept. 1.
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ICI-O
work crew gives announcer’s booth a facelift
During the week of Aug. 31 inmates from the Idaho Correctional
Institution-Orofino (ICI-O), worked with Orofino Celebrations, Inc.
(OCI) to give the announcer booth at the Clearwater County
fairgrounds a facelift in time for the Sept. 17-20 Clearwater County
Fair.
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Orofino Farmer’s Market continues into October
The Orofino Farmer’s Market is still going strong and will continue
through the month of September and into October.
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Clearwater Forest schedules travel management open houses
Individuals planning to comment about the Clearwater National
Forest’s travel management draft environmental impact statement have
been given more time to develop responses.
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Emergency Services Day in Orofino Sept. 11
On the first
anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing the Clearwater County
Commissioners proclaimed Sept. 11 as Emergency Services Day.
The event for this year will take place Friday, Sept. 11, 4 to 8
p.m. at Orofino City Park.
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Sign up by
Sept. 18 for OPD handgun class
Orofino Police Department (OPD) will host a final basic handgun
class for the year on Saturday, Sept. 26. Another class will not be
held until the spring of 2010.
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From this Chair…
Recently Darold, Marcie, the Phantom and I made a trip to Elk River
which is a small recreational community located about 40 miles from
Orofino.
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Clearwater
County Fair Open Class Dog Show
Nine exhibitors and 12 dogs enjoyed the Clearwater County Fair Open
Class Dog Show Aug. 22 in the Orofino City Park.
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Employees
of the Week
On Thursday,
Judy Henson and another female caller nominated Alma Hudson, a
waitress at the Ponderosa, for Employee of the Week.
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Pink House
Hole and other recreation sites to close for maintenance
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will close Pink House Hole, on
Riverside in Orofino, and other recreation sites and campgrounds for
routine maintenance following Labor Day weekend.
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Fair
Feathers
The growing and showing of flowers -what
could be better? They are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.
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GED Idaho:
requirements for passing the Idaho GED exam
Earn your General Education Development (GED) certificate today to
advance your employment opportunities.
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Bill
and Connie Miller are
featured vendors at Orofino Farmer’s Market
This week’s featured vendors at the Orofino Farmers’ Market are Bill
and Connie Miller.
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CSAW web site has
new focus
CSAW (Clearwater Substance Abuse Workgroup) launched a new web site
in August. Members have pledged themselves to preventing and
reducing substance abuse in Clearwater County.
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Food bank
scheduled for Orofino Sept. 21
A monthly food bank will be held at the National Guard Armory on
Highway 12 on Monday, Sept. 21.
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“There
must be a willingness to work with other people”
Sitting beside a Christmas cactus that belonged to his mother many
years ago in Pocatello, Monsignor King related his long journey of
service in the Priesthood.
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Gardeners,
now is the time to start thinking about the fair
County fairs and state fairs…at these events you're likely to see a
display of prize-winning vegetables and fruits.
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Cooper
family and friends get-together
A Cooper family and friends get-together was held Aug. 23 at Effie
McAllister’s home in Orofino. Over 50 family and friends enjoyed a
good time reminiscing and, of course, the great food.
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Motorcyclist dies in crash near Weippe
According to an Idaho State Police report an accident Saturday, Aug.
29 involving a pickup and a motorcycle on State Highway 11, at
milepost 12.5, 5.5 miles west of Weippe, resulted in the death of a
72-year-old Emmett man.
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Lightning
ignites two small fires in Clearwater County
Clearwater-Potlatch Timber Protection Association (C-PTPA) received
two reports of fires ignited by lightening strikes this past week.
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Verizon
cell tower comes down
Aug. 26
morning a Verizon crew took down the cell phone tower located on the
Verizon building next to the former Barnett-Thompson building.
