Foolish things some are good foolish, some are not so good foolish…we leave it up to you to personally decide which is which.Go snowboarding for the first time in shorts.Take a drink of beer while your favorite comedian delivers a punch line. Fall in love.Grab an infected, sick cat by the scruff to take her into the vet’s office.Eat a habenerno dipped in hot sauce.Run away from home and ride your bicycle 200 miles to your sister’s house, have your friend deliver a note to your mom.Jump start your car right after you get out of the hot springs. (don’t put on a shirt first).Buy a stick of chewing gum with a credit card.Eat a big bowl of chili before a yoga class.Quit your job, sell your stuff, buy a horse and ride to Riggins.
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River Level 10,600 cfs
SINCE 2004
2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 • The Foolish Edition • 208-628-2340 • [email protected] • Feeling Foolishly Free!
“Because we all live downstream.” Headquartered in Riggins, Idaho
Full Moon Dates:April 6May 6June 4
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Letters to the People
CONTENTS Opinion • Thoughts • Ideas
Foolish things-Richelle Barger
Foolish things some are good foolish, some are not so good foolish…we leave it up to you to personally decide which is which.Go snowboarding for the first time in shorts.Take a drink of beer while your favorite comedian delivers a punch line. Fall in love.Grab an infected, sick cat by the scruff to take her into the vet’s office.Eat a habenerno dipped in hot sauce.Run away from home and ride your bicycle 200 miles to your sister’s house, have your friend deliver a note to your mom.Jump start your car right after you get out of the hot springs. (don’t put on a shirt first).Buy a stick of chewing gum with a credit card.Eat a big bowl of chili before a yoga class.Quit your job, sell your stuff, buy a horse and ride to Riggins.
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The Current NewsPublished on Tuesdays at least twice per month by the undisputed and uncontested best staff in the world.Mission StatementTo inform and entertain the people, community and visitors of Riggins as well as the surrounding Salmon River Corridor area, from Lewiston to Kamiah & Kooskia and south to Cascade and up the Salmon River to Mackay Bar. The goal is to provide accurate information concerning events and issues that are directly related to and impact the area and people, as well as to create a forum where opposing views/issues are intelligently debated and to offer a common platform where businesses, clubs and organizations can advertise their information and events to townspeople, travelers and to our outlying neighbors.We aspire to do all this in a timely manner, twice per month.Publisher • Editor • Art Director • Janitor Richelle “Head-Fool” Barger
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CoverMr. Potato Head gets all dressed up to play amongst the daffodils in Riggins
This issue was written, de-signed and edited while watching plants spring from the Earth, watching snow fall from the sky, listening to and learning some good music; planting flowers for an old feline friend and before the anticipation of good pranks yet to come.
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Today’s Dare:Play a practical joke on
someone. . . and remember, don’t take life so seriously.
Today’s Dare is a public service message from The Cur-rent News
because we believe in all things healthy, fun, creative, educational, and informational.
And because sometimes we forget and need to be reminded.
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LttPA Good ChoiceSteve Didier is my choice for Idaho County Commissioner, Dis-trict One. I have been acquainted with Steve for many years and know him to be honest and open. He has experience overseeing the budget for local, state and national volunteer organizations. He has lived in Idaho County for 38 years and his work for the US Forest Service tells us he knows the county and the Forest Ser-vice processes. Steve served on the North Central Idaho Resource Advisory Council giving him experience working with diverse user groups. Steve’s philosophy is summed up in a quote from his campaign brochure: “Idaho County is faced with a number of monumental budgetary challenges now and in the near future. I believe that the county and its’ citizens are up to the task of find-ing workable solutions to those challenges. But solutions can only be found if the public and the commission are willing to work to-gether in a spirit of openness and transparency.” Steve is a serious candidate with the experience to do justice to the job of Idaho County Commissioner. Vote for Steve Didier in the Primary Elec-tion, May 15. If you want to talk with Steve, call him. He’s in the phone book.
Janice Inghram, GrangevilleContentsA Good Choice .....................................2Foolish things ....................................2 Back Issues .......................................2Perception of America .......................3Idaho Cnty Dem Caucus April 14 .......3Meadows Valley Senior’s Caucus .....3Easter Egg Hunts ...............................4White Bird Groups .............................4Riggins Group Meetings ....................4Fishing - Chinook Season ..................5Salmon River Clean-up ......................5Recycling, Idaho County ..................5Ski News: .............................................5St. Gertrudes Museum hours ............6William Rossiter ................................6Frank Mignerey Exhibit ....................6Spring Brk in McCall is for Losers .7Mantras: What is and... ......................8Robert Williamson, 87 .......................8Guess Who ..........................................8Riggins Church Services ...................8Easter Services ..................................8Jet Boat World Champs to Race ........9New Meadows First Track Meet .........9Hunter Education Class – Riggins ...9Riggins Flag Football? ......................9Standing Hand to Big Toe ................10Aries: be thankful, you are cool. ...10Wildfire Support Opportunities .....11
Don’t do something permantently devastat-ing just because you are temporarily upset.
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America is a “tough” nation. From 1620 until this very mo-ment, we as a people could not have survived and thrived through all our challenging history without possessing unique, uncommon strengths. I personally have always been proudest of our unwillingness to “throw-in-the-towel,” to quit. It simply isn’t in our national character to settle for second place, it’s “Un-American.” It is thoroughly repugnant to a real American to lose!Clint Eastwood’s Super bowl Chrysler commercial stating that this is America’s “half-time,” said a lot to me. Back in 2008 when our financial structures were dangling on the precipice of catastrophic oblivion, Presidents G W Bush, and later, Obama could have given in to the conservative Re-publican pressure and allowed them to fail, to irretrievably crash. Irretrievably meaning, forever! This would have result-ed in millions of unemployed auto and peripherally associ-ated workers, no big banks to finance recovery, no big insur-ance companies to cover our emergencies and retirement annuities; and just possibly a permanent demise for America as any kind of world power, at least for decades, if we were lucky!We no longer have a Ronald Reagan who would balance Republican dogma with clear, practical thinking and derive a workable solution. What is Re-publican dogma? It’s Rick San-torum saying women should be forced to carry-to-term and deliver their unborn child con-ceived from a rape! Notice it’s never women saying anything that insensitive, or outright stupid! It’s Newt trying to ra-tionalize an affair while his wife lay dying of cancer. It’s Romney keeping $millions in offshore banks to avoid paying US taxes,
while trying to appear as someone who relates to the aver-age citizen.There will never be another Ronald Reagan, but his lessons will endure. Nobody can say I have been easy on Obama, through the years. But Obama hasn’t brought any moral is-sues, legal issues or issues of perceivable manipulation of funds to save from paying US taxes. But he has brought us hope and this country and its industries are showing signs of recovery. In every measurable way we are in better shape than Europe while China appears to be having indications of social unrest and financial weakness involving its banks.Yes, Clint, “this is half-time America.” My Chrysler 426 Hemi has given way to new technologies and new engines and new dreams; but they are all happening here on this sa-cred soil that so many before us have provided. There are no quitters here! But there are dreamers, and dreams have no walls and no limits, especially the American Dream.
closed mondays • South of Riggins • 4 mi N of New Meadows
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Idaho County Democratic Party holds 2012 Presidential Caucus on April 14
Democrats across the state will hold the Democratic Party Presidential Caucus on Saturday, April 14. Idaho County Democrats will caucus in Grangeville at the Senior Citizens Center on 108 Truck Route. Doors open at 8:30am Join us for coffee, juice, pastries and conversation before the cau-cus begins at 10am Idaho Democrats come together in county caucuses to select their Presidential nomination and elect delegates to the State Convention. County Chairman Bill Farmer said, “This is a wonderful way to come together and be among friends to celebrate our President’s re-election campaign as well as elect delegates to represent our county at the State Convention were they will elect Idaho’s National Delegates and help craft our Party platform.” A registration table will be set up to qualify new voters so they may participate in the caucus. Those who will be 18 by the time of the general election on November 6, may participate in this caucus. Participants must be registered voters in the county they are participating with and pledge them-selves as an Idaho Democrat. For information: Bill Farmer 208 962 5655
Meadows Valley Seniors participate in First Idaho
Republican CaucusThe Meadows Valley senior government class participated in the first Idaho Republican Caucus, held at the Meadows Valley School. They served a spaghetti dinner as a class fundraiser to raise money for their senior trip but in addition were able to ob-serve how a caucus is conducted. Some students had the oppor-tunity to participate in the voting procedure and all came away with a new perspective on democracy in action.This is not the only community event the Meadows Valley senior class has participated in. Earlier in the year they organized a Vet-erans Day Assembly for past/present/future veterans and their friends and families for all ages in the school. They also donated their time to host a “Meet the Candidates” night in New Mead-ows. This forum was a chance for candidates running for city gov-ernment to express their thoughts and opinions regarding needs and wants for the future of New Meadows. On April 19 at 7pm, the senior class has been asked to host anoth-er “Meet the Candidates” event, but this time candidates will be running for county offices. The class will be providing beverages and dessert for attendees, donations will be accepted. If the pub-lic has questions for candidates, or would like to attend and need more information, please contact Mac Qualls at (208)469-0005 or the senior class of Meadows Valley High School (208)347-2411.
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Calendar
Riggins Group Meetings
Alcoholics AnonymousTuesdays 7 pm at Assembly of God Church
American Legion 2nd Monday Legion Hall 3pm
American Legion Auxiliary 4th Thursday Legion Hall
*A.S.K. Board Meeting 2nd Monday-#243 Dist. Office at *4:30pm *Change
Biggest Loser Tuesdays 5:30pm at Assembly of God Church
Booster Club 1st Tuesday 5:30pm SRHS Library
City Council 2nd Monday - City Hall 7pmUrban Renewal Dist. Meetings 6:30pm City of Riggins 628-3394
Christian Womens Book Discussion Group - Wed 10am-11:30am at the Heritage Center
Fit & Fall Proof Tuesday & Thursday 10-11am at the Salmon River Community Church
Fiddlers The Riggins Fiddlers play at Riggins Manor on the third Tuesday of each month, beginning at 7pm. No admis-sion charge; public welcome.
Salmon River Gun Club Meetings Every third Wednesday at 6pm at the Hells Canyon National Recre-ation Center Hells Canyon National Rec. Area 628-3916
JSD 243 School Board 3rd Monday in the District Board Room at 6pm unless other-wise posted
Pinehurst Quilt Club 4th Friday at 10am at the IOOF Hall
PTO 2nd Wednesday at 4:30pm at RES Library when school is in session
Rebekahs 2nd Tuesday of the month. 2:30pm, IOOF Hall
Riggins LibraryHours 10am - 5pm M-F
Salmon River Dive Team 3rd Tuesday, 6pm
Riggins EMS 4th Tuesday-Fire Station 6pm
Salmon River Chamber of Commerce 2nd & 4th Wednesdays rotating restau-rants, Noon
Senior Lunches held every Tuesday at Noon at the IOOF Hall. $4 for Seniors and $5 for anyone under 60 years old.
T.O.P.S. Take off Pounds Sensibly Tuesdays at 11am, SR Community Church
White Bird Groups
Rebekahs - Royal Gem #13 (208) 839-2438
Idaho Pathfinders Association (ATV Club) (208) 839-2303, [email protected]
Nez Perce National Historic Park (208) 843-7001
Salmon River Art Guild 2nd Thursday, 10am, in White Bird. Contact Kathryn Van Acker at (208) 839-2808 for [email protected]
White Bird Rodeo Asso-ciation (208) 839-7701
White Bird Chamber of Commerce (208) 839-2777www.visitwhitebird.com
White Bird Volunteer Fire Department (208) 339-3414
USFS - Salmon River Ranger District (208) 839-2211
9 monday 3pm American Legion Meeting - Rig.4:30 ASK Board Mtg - Riggins7pm City Council Mtg7pm Hunters Education Begins in Rig-
gins 628-3940
10 tuesdayNational Sibling Day10-11am Fit & Fall Proof at SR Com-
munity Church11am T.O.P.S. at SR Community
ChurchNoon Senior Lunch at IOOF Hall4:30pm Yoga at Heritage Center5:30pm Biggest Loser at Assembly
of God6pm SR Dive Team7pm Alcoholics Anonymous Assem-
bly of God Church Riggins7pm William Rossiter sings the news
at the Community (IOOF) Hall in Riggins
11 wednesday4pm PTO Mtg
12 thursdayYuri’s Night- World Space Party Day -
Celebrate the first man in space!10-11am Fit & Fall Proof at SR Com-
munity Church10am Salmon River Art Guild - White Bird
1-3:30 Senior Game day in Riggins - IOOF Hall
4-6 Recycling Kooskia4:30pm Yoga at Heritage Center
13 f ridayThomas Jefferson’s Birthday 6:30pm 2012 World Jet Boat Races
on the St. Joe in St. Maries, ID
14 saturday9am 2012 World Jet Boat Races on
the St. Joe at St. Maries, ID9-11am Grangeville Recycling10-Noon Kooskia Recycling10am Idaho County Democratic
Caucus at the Senior Citizen Center on 108 Truck Route in
Grangeville
15 sundayRubber Eraser Day10am 2012 World Jet Boat Races on
the St. Joe at St. Maries, ID
16 mondayTax Day • Librarian Day9am 2012 World Jet Boat Races on
the Snake River at Lewiston6pm SRHS School Board Mtg.
17 tuesday9am 2012 World Jet Boat Races on
the Snake River at Lewiston10-11am Fit & Fall Proof at SR Com-
munity Church11am T.O.P.S. at SR Community
ChurchNoon Senior Lunch at IOOF Hall4:30pm Yoga at Heritage Center5:30pm Biggest Loser at Assembly
of God
Department StoreOpen Sundays 11-4pm!
(208) 983-1887117 W. Main St. • Grangeville, ID 83530
Store Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:30 to 6:00Saturday 8:30 to 5:00 - Sunday 11 to 4
LARSON'S
Idaho County Cop LogCan be read on our website each Mondaywww.thecurrentnews.net
Easter Egg Hunts
White Bird: Saturday, April 7, 11am White Bird time. All children who know how to walk to age 12 are welcome to give it a go at trying to find that GOLDEN EGG! Riggins: Saturday April 7 at Noon. age 0- 3rd gradeNew Meadows: April 7 at 11am at Meadows Valley School All ages are welcome
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OutdoorsIdaho anglers will be able to start fishing for Chinook salm-on on Sunday, April 22.The Idaho Fish and Game Commission Thursday, March 22, adopted Chinook seasons as proposed by Fish and Game managers. Chinook will open in the Clearwater River, Snake River, Little Salmon and lower Salmon River.Closing dates will be an-nounced by Fish and Game.The season is based on fore-casts that an estimated 83,600 adult hatchery origin fish will cross Lower Granite Dam.In the Clearwater River drain-age the daily limit is four Chi-nook, only two may be adults (24 or more inches long), but only one adult may be from the North Fork Clearwater. The possession limit is 12, only six may be adults.In the Snake River from Dug Bar to Hells Canyon Dam, the lower Salmon and the Little Salmon rivers, the daily limit is four Chinook, only two may be adults. The possession limit is 12, only six may be adults.The statewide annual limit is 20 adult Chinook in the 2012 seasons occurring before Sep-tember 1, 2012.Daylight fishing hours will be published in the season bro-chure.
Waters that open April 22 are:Clearwater River, main stem:• Lower – from the Camas Prairie Railroad Bridge at Lew-iston upstream to the Cherry-lane Bridge• Middle – from the Cherry-lane Bridge upstream to the Orofino Bridge, excluding the perimeter of Dworshak Na-tional Fish Hatchery at Ahsah-ka, and excluding the ladder to the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery as marked by posted boundar-
ies about 100 yards upstream and downstream of the ladder and extending into the river about 50 yards.• Upper – from the Orofino Bridge upstream to the South Fork Clearwater River.• North Fork Clearwa-ter - From the mouth to the Dworshak Dam, excluding the perimeter of the Dworshak Na-tional Hatchery at Ahsahka.• South Fork Clearwater - From its mouth to the conflu-ence of the American and Red rivers.• Middle Fork Clearwater-From the South Fork upstream to the confluence of the Lochsa and Selway rivers.• Lochsa River - From its mouth to the Twin Bridges im-mediately upstream from the confluence of Crooked Fork and Colt Killed Creeks.
Lower Salmon River:• Pine Bar – From the Rice Creek Bridge upstream to the posted boundary about 200 yards downstream of the Ham-mer Creek boat ramp.• Hammer Creek – From a posted boundary about 200 yards downstream from the Hammer Creek boat ramp up-stream to the U.S. Highway 95 Time Zone Bridge.• Park Hole – From the Time Zone Bridge upstream to a posted boundary at the mouth of Short’s Creek, about 1.4 miles upstream of the mouth of the Little Salmon River.• Vinegar Creek – From post-ed boundary at the mouth of Shorts’ Creek upstream to the uppermost boat ramp at Vin-egar Creek.
Little Salmon:• Lower – From the mouth to a posted boundary about 200 yards upstream of the mouth of the Rapid River.• Upper – from the posted
boundary about 200 yards up-stream of the Rapid River up-stream to the U.S. Highway 95 Bridge near Smokey Boulder Road.• Snake River: From the Dug Bar boat ramp upstream to Hells Canyon Dam.All these waters will remain open until further notice. All salmon anglers 14 years old and older must have a 2012 Idaho fishing license and salm-on permit.Seasons for Chinook fishing in the South Fork Salmon and the upper Salmon rivers will be proposed to the commission at the scheduled May meeting.Detailed seasons and rules will be published in a pamphlet lat-er this month and will also be available on the Fish and Game website.
March 31 ends steelhead sea-son on the Salmon River. Visit Riggins now! Call your favor-ite outfitter and book your fa-vorite guide!Fishing reported has been great! At press time it is cur-rently sunny, so we are sure that makes being on or near the water even better!
Salmon River Clean-upSaturday, April 14, 1O am (Rain or Shine)
Meet at Riggins City Park 10amChoose your favorite spot on the river, grab some trash!
Boats or on foot, Garbage bags provided. Bring gloves and a small tool to cut fishing line if needed.
RESPECT THE RIVERSponsored by Salmon River Dive Team & BLM
More Info. call Jack 628-3662
Riggins, Idaho
Ski News:
Little Ski Hill Big Air Competition March 31Tamarack Final Ski Day: April 1Stay for some live Music at the Seven Devils Pub
Lucky Star Satellite331 W. Main • Grangeville
or call: 208-983-0860
locally owned and operated since 1985
Recycling, Idaho County
Grangeville: Recycling is now every Sat-urday from 9-11am on Day Road off HW 95 across from the Depot gas station.Kooskia: Every Saturday 10am-12 and Ev-ery Thursday from 4-6.. Cross the South Fork Bridge, turn left. Located across the railroad tracks next to the Avista transfer station.
Wide Variety of GroceriesChoice Meats (Featuring Premium Angus Beef)
Fresh Produce • Hot & Cold Deli • Fresh BakeryEveryday Low Prices • Harvest Value Specials • Friendly Service
Fast & Accurate Checkout • Video Rental & Movie Sales • Idaho LotteryIdaho “Park N’ Ski” Permits • Money Orders • Gift Certificates
Case Sales at Cost plus 10%
SUPERMARKETOpen Mon- Sat 7am-10pm PST
Sunday 8am-8pm PST208.983.0680
FishingCommission Adopts Chinook Season
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March28wednesday
Javier FigueroaPueblo Lindo • McCall
Blaze & KellyCrusty’s • McCall
29thursday
Michael Jan Kelly
Rooster’s Landing • Lewiston
30 friday
James OrrSeven Devils Pub • Tamarack
31saturday
Soul SereneSeven Devils Pub • Tamarack
April1Sunday
Fast and Burning
Seven Devils Pub • Tamarack
Charlie OrlandoCrusty’s * McCall
RimgtonesShore Lodge • McCall
2monday
Michael Jan Kelly
Riverport Brewery • Lewiston
RimgtonesShore Lodge • McCall
4 wednesday
Fast & Burning Ben
Crusty’s • McCall
5thursday
Michael Jan Kelly
Rooster’s Landing • Lewiston
8sunday
RimgtonesShore Lodge • McCall
9monday
RimgtonesShore Lodge • McCall
Michael Jan Kelly
Riverport Brewery • Lewiston
10tuesday
William RossiterCommunity (IOOF) Hall • Riggins
14saturday
Bottom LineMcCall Golf Course Tax Day
Art.Music.Theatre
Comer aquí!
McCall, ID634-2270
Open at 11amSun-Thurs until 9pmFri & Sat until 10pm
Join us for great Mexican food!
! Friday Supper Club 6pmPrice fixed menu. Call for reservations.
Historical Museum
returns to regular hours
After a long winter of sorting and digitally cataloging artifacts, the Historical Museum at St. Ger-trude returns to regular visitor
hours on April 1, 2012. Regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.New exhibits include “80 Years of History from the Prairie” – a celebration of the museum’s founding in 1931. As we enter elec-tion season, explore the history of past campaigns with our ex-hibit of political pins and paraphernalia. As always, the Historical Museum is an ideal place to learn about local history, especially as we celebrate Cottonwood’s sesquicentennial.We look forward to seeing all our friends, both old and new, at the Museum this spring. The Museum is located at 465 Keuterville Road on the grounds of the Monastery of St. Gertrude near Cot-tonwood, Idaho. For further information, call 208-962-2050.Photo caption: Learn about local history at the Historical Mu-seum at St. Gertrude.
Bill Rossiter sings to Riggins about News & to New Meadows about
TrainsRiggins April 10, New Meadows
April 13From the beginning of history, we have felt the need to pass the news along often by singing about it. We hear of a fire, a murder, an assassination, a mine disaster, a national or local tragedy or tri-umph, a living or dead hero and we often come up with the musi-cal equivalent of a tabloid magazine - or, perhaps a blog. These aren’t the songs that made it to the hit parade or the top twenty; in fact, many of these songs showed up originally in the “poet’s corner” in rural newspapers, written to a currently popular tune.Few of the songs are polished, and often they don’t “get it right,” but many of them are hilarious, and they have guts and directness that make up for what they lack in finesse. And they tell what re-ally happened. No lie. Honest.Songs are accompanied by guitar, banjo, autoharp and harmonica. All the News That’s Fit to Sing: Scandals, Sensations and Slanders will be at the Community (IOOF) Hall at 7pm on Tuesday, April 10 in Riggins. This event is sponsored by the Salmon River Public Library. Refreshments will be served.Mr. Rossiter then travels to New Meadows for “Magic Carpet Made of Steel” and will perform a collection of songs about the railroads at 7pm at the Train Depot. This event is sponsored by the Adams County Historical Society. For more information con-tact Anissa Qualls at 347-2757.“This program is made possible by funding from the Idaho Hu-manities Council, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.”
Exhibiting at Sterling Bank for April is Frank Mignerey.
Read more about him in the next Spring Tour edition of The Cur-rent News.
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The Good Noi se.
If I were the type who believed in better living through chem-istry, my “solution” this time of year might be extra vitamin D, a touch less Xanax, while up-ping the Prozac (yes I know I am old school); and for good measure, a bourbon chaser, cocktail of the gods if you know what I mean. But Eddie, why the long face?The weather in McCall right now hinges between total crap and hints of better to come, with the emergence, almost like a strip tease, of the ground and blue skies. Meanwhile, 20 miles in any other direc-tion, spring really is sprung, the world is turning green and people are starting to, gasp, wear shorts. Knowing this is frustrating. And for the record, I’ve always hated strip tease. It doesn’t help that everyone I hang with are SO blowing out of here for spring break. I tire of hearing the boasts, Moab, Mexico, even Moscow, any-where just to be somewhere else. Unsaid is that I am not going anywhere and there is a big “L” on my forehead, it’s pronounced slowly as luh-huh-hooooser.
For us losers left in town, let’s have a little cheese with our whine. Not to mention pizza and beer.Picks of the Week (all are at Crusty’s Pizza)March 28, Blaze & KellyApril 1, Charlie OrlandoApril 4, Fast & Burning BenBlaze & Kelly are a female acoustic duo from Boise that I try to never miss. They play re-ally nice original music. There is something about their har-monizing that makes me think of sirens sweetly singing just for me. BTW I just shared a fantasy with you, and you’re welcome.Charlie Orlando is a one-man band and a lot of fun to watch as he crafts multi-layered songs on the fly. I am usually not the biggest fan of computer-aided music but with Charlie, I don’t seem to notice it as much.Of course you’ve heard me rave about my own band, Fast & Burning Ben, so I doubt you need to hear more except that we’ve been gigging regular for more than a year now and still having a blast. There is no sub-stitute for experience. That’s what all the old guys say, isn’t it?
Ed Pramuk, McCallSpring Break in McCall is for Losers
Thanks for listening, hope to see you in your shorts soon!
Winners Announced for Food Check Out Scavenger Hunt!Shoppers at participating grocery stores and supermarkets were treated to a Scavenger Hunt sponsored by Idaho County Farm Bureau. They had six questions to answer, by finding the related food information for each of the questions. The entries were placed in a drawing for each store.The winners are: Sheri Hilbert at Asker’s Foods, and Sonya Pollan at Cash & Carry Foods of Grangeville; Gladys Sonnen at Riener’s Grocery and Katie Remacle at Cottonwood Foods of Cotton-wood; Tracey Bird at Cloningers Food City of Riggins, Jen Wilcox at Cloninger’s Harvest Foods of Kamiah, and Bradley Bowen at Clearwater Valley Harvest Foods of Kooskia. Each of the winners received a $50 Gift Certificate from their win-ning store. Congratulations to the winners and an apprecia-tive thank you to the stores.
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Mommy’s Mantras
I was never one of those girls that planned a big white wed-ding in a church. I didn’t dream of having kids and a husband to care for. It was my big sis-ter that always pretended to nurse her dollies on her belly button. I played with stuffed animals and made them talk. I tried to sneak back in the room and catch them at it...and this was long before “Toy Story” ever came out. I did pretend that Don Jonson wanted to date me, but I never took the vows with him. His occupation was far too dangerous.I always said I wanted to be a “starving artist” and live in an apartment in the city with a lot of cats. I think I said that because it’s actual-ly the opposite of my coun-try personality. I wanted to be grown up and live a life different than everyone around me, which at the time meant out of the dirt and trailer houses. Maybe this idea came from the movies. The little bistros and cobblestone corners on the Lady and the Tramp. The parks and skippy streets of Mary Poppins. Nothing seemed to happen in the country.Now, I can’t imagine what my life would have been in the cat ridden apartment. Lonely, I guess. Empty the litter box and order take out again. Call up an artist buddy to go bar hopping with and wonder why all of the good guys are taken. Dye my hair punk white and work on another painting to sell. Sounds like a story book romance to me.Instead I got married and had children. I became a wife and a mother and moved out of my small town into another small town. I didn’t have a big wed-ding in a church. I had a little hippie wedding on a beach. I didn’t have the 2.3 kids; one boy and one girl. I have three girls with unmatching outfits that sing made up songs about lightning and thunder while they help me cut veggies for dinner. And I have one on the way. It’s already being inun-dated with kisses and stories through the belly.I married my 19 year old boy-friend that I couldn’t stop kiss-ing in public. We lived in our van with our mutt dog and went on long hikes. Then we bought property and planted trees and pushed little girls on swings. We still kiss in pub-lic but no longer make out on people’s couches at parties, which is a sign of maturity.
What would a glimpse at the life I might have had, show me? What would I learn about myself? Would my sweet Tra-vis have found me in my city apartment? Would I have sold many paintings? Would I still have punk rock hair?I suppose I would have ended up looking for a version of
what I have now. I think we all eventually do. We all want to be held and loved and accept-ed and needed. And there is no better way to be needed than being a wife and mother.“Where are my socks?”“In the drawer where they al-ways are.”“I looked and they are not there!”“Well, that’s why I tell you to put your stuff away, so you can find it later. Borrow your sis-ter’s... and for God’s sake, PUT YOUR SOCKS AWAY NEXT TIME!!”No one can make it without a mother. Even Peter Pan wanted one. You can only play “kid” for so long and soon you are want-
ing a bed time story and some home made doughnuts. Even Mommies want a Mommy.Or better yet, a nanny. She would have to be old with fat ankles, or I might get jealous of the attention Travis would spend bragging on her dough-nuts. She could be on the clock after dinner while I snuggle on the couch and listen to her clanking dishes in a tub of soapy water. She could wash the bedding and mop.But really, it’s all of the little mundane chores that make this job so sweet and special. If I gave them all away then what would be left? Just the hugging and playing. And you can’t ap-preciate the good stuff without the hand chaffing stuff. It’s the reward at the end of the day.Chopping kindling and wash-ing and wiping and frying and sweeping are the ties that bind. The little conversations had over the cracking of the wal-nuts bonds us together. Then all of the hugging and kissing and snuggling are my treat.If I could trade it all for a ca-reer, I wouldn’t. I don’t know what I was thinking. It’s kind of like having a tattoo. It used to be so “rebel,” but now it’s as common as an earring. You have to be pretty brave to stay at home with your kids. Being a mother is the most under-rated job in the Universe. “I’m just a housewife...” No! I am the SUPER housewife. I have magic in my fingers and power in my words. I change seasons and heal wounds. I make it all happen with a snap of my fin-gers and a wave of my wooden spoon! I am unstoppable!!And I wouldn’t give it up for cats. Or punk rock hair.
What is and what could never be... - Shoshannah Hollon LifeGuess Who
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Assembly of God Cliff Scheline 630-4444Worship Sunday 9:30am, 10:45am & 6pmLittle Salmon River Bible Church 628-3684 Sunday 9am, llam and 6pm
Latter-Day Saints Roger Blackner 628-3642 Worship Sunday l0am-1pm
Riggins Christian Fellowship Andrea Bergin, Pastor Saturday 4pm service “The church with no back row”
Salmon River Community Church Pastor Jim Thibideaux 628-4043 Sunday 9:45 & 11 amSt. Jerome’s Catholic Church Father John Gathungu634-5474Confession 8:30am Worship Saturday 9am
Christian Women’s Book Discussion GroupWed 10am-11:30am at the Heritage Center
Riggins Church Services
Robert Williamson, Friend of Man, 87
LUCILE: Robert V. Williamson of Lucile and McCall, left peace-fully on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in his sleep at his home in Lucile and is on his new journey after 87 years among his family and friends.His philosophy followed the Sam Walter Foss poem, “Let me live by the side of the road and be a friend to man.” A celebration of his life will be held at Lucile, April 7th from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. No flowers, No tears. Potluck.Robert was preceded in death by his grandson, Austin, and his wife Janet. He is survived by his son Gregg (Veronica) William-son, his daughter, Darcy (Robert) Sweetgall, three grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.Arrangements are under the direction of the Blackmer Funeral Home, Grangeville. Send condolences to the family to: Black-merfuneralhome.com
Easter Services
Riggins Annual Easter Sunrise Service will be held at the SRHS Multi-purpose Room on Sunday April 8 at 7am beginning with a breakfast and a ser-vice following. The service is hosted by Riggins As-sembly of God Church, Riggins Christian Fellow-ship and Salmon River Community Church.Feel free to bring a potluck dish or just show up!St. Jerome’s Catholic Church will offer services at 3pm on Good Friday and Easter Sunday
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Interested in Riggins Flag Football?
A teacher at the Salmon River High School is reaching out to see if there is interest within the school and community to create a co-ed flag football league in Riggins this summer. He has played in a competitive city-league the past few years, and thinks it would be fun to bring the tradition ti Riggins. The basics are this: Five-on-five games. The ideal roster size to allow for breaks and substitutions would be 7-8 people per team. Every team would need to include males, females, and students (students 7th grade and up to remain competitive). Specific num-bers of each can be decided upon later.Games would only be one night each week, probably around 7pm-ish. Games would take place at the high school, either on the main field or the practice field and would most likely start in July and play through August, after all of the June activities wind down.Everything would be free of charge, so we would also need a cou-ple of volunteers for referees.He thinks there should be at least six teams to make it worth while, which would be a minimum of around 42 people. Please call Colin by the end of April. Call him at 628-2789 (eve-nings) with any questions.
New Meadows First Track Meet
Coach KC Lee said,“I think the most exciting part for me to see as a new coach for the school was that almost all of our athletes im-proved on their last year’s PR [personal record]. Doing so in the first meet of the season is a great sign of what is to come and what we have to look forward to this year! Sage McDonald took 3rd in the high jump, and Paddy Libby was in the finals for the shot put and took first in hurdles. It was really great to see all of the athletes working hard and excited for the upcoming season!“Overall I was very impressed with athletes’ performances on Sat-urday, especially for a first meet. For a few events like jumping and hurdles, it was the first time for athletes to actually do the events outside.”In addition to the highlights from Coach Lee, Saige McDonald also placed 4th in both the 100m and 300m hurdles, and senior Dallin Hunt ran a strong mile race placing 12th with a time of 5:50, Saturday being the first track meet of his high school career. Sophomore Kaitlyn Haynes, who PR’ed in both the 100m hurdles and 400m dash said of the meet, “I think it was a great success and all our hard work in practice paid off!” The team also enjoyed a workout at Zim’s Friday before the meet, where they played water polo and did water aerobics. To see more results check out this link: www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=143140#1999. Or go to www.thecurrentnews.net on Friday and follow the link there.
2011 Canadian World Cham-pion driver Gord Humphrey and navigator Chris Zape-socki (pronounced ZAP-uh-sock-ee) will be among the 33 elite racing teams competing in the 2012 Toyota Weaver Seed World Jet Boat Mara-thon Championship on four north central Idaho rivers next month.The race takes place over a nine day period, April 13-21 on se-lect sections of the St. Joe River at St. Maries, April 14-15; the Snake River at Lewiston, April 16-17; the Clearwater River at Orofino, April 18 and the Salmon River at Riggins, April 19-21. Humphrey and Zapesocki piloted their whitewater race boat, ‘Unnatural Disas-ter’ #CDN-1 to victory this summer at the August 2011 Thunder on the Snake race in Lewiston. The Fort St. John, British Columbia team also holds the 2011 Salmon River Jet Boat Race Championship
title.Fans will have the opportunity to watch several former world champions vie for the overall title including former 8x World Champion driver Spencer King and navigator Russell King of Hay River, Northwest Territo-ries, Canada; 4x World Cham-pion driver Mark Cromie and navigator Richard Maunder of New Zealand; and 2x World Champion driver Dale White-side and navigator Wayne Mc-Geachy of Red Deer, Alberta.Several northwest area racers will also make a run for the championship including 2011 Thunder on the Snake CX Class Champions driver Ryan Rogers (Lewiston, Idaho) and navigator Gary Weaver (Crab-tree, Oregon); driver Jake Bar-ney (Lewiston, Idaho); driver Jeff Edwardsen (Lewiston, Idaho) and navigator Ryan Hudson (Lewiston, Idaho); driver Greg Boice (Clarkston, Wash.) and driver Shay White (Meridian, Idaho) and naviga-
tor Grady White (Meridian, Idaho).Depending on the boat en-gine’s size, speed and hull de-sign, racers compete in one of several race classes including the American Turbine Unlimit-ed Class, Shore Lodge A Class, Eagle Performance Boats CX Class, Clearwater River Ca-sino FX Class or Coors Light/Rockstar FXV Class.Each racing team consists of a driver, navigator and racing crews varying in size from four to 20 people per team. At the 2011 Canadian World Race, the number of fans watching along riverbanks ranged from 400 to upwards of 5,000 people per venue, according to infor-mation from the Canadian World Race Committee. Each race team spent an estimated $1,000 per day on either food, lodging and/or sundry items. The U.S.A. has the opportunity to host the world jet boat races every four years.
Idaho Department of Fish & Game Hunter Education Class – Riggins
• If you plan to hunt in the state of Idaho in 2012• If you were born after January 1, 1975• If you will be nine years old or older prior to April 21, 2012You must have attended a Hunter Education class, received a card indicating that you completed the class, and present that card to a license vendor to purchase your first Idaho hunting license.Also, if you’re an adult and want to learn about firearm safety.An Idaho Department of Fish & Game Hunter Education class is being offered in Riggins, at the Salmon River High School, beginning April 9th through April 21st. This will include 10 class ses-sions and all sessions must be attended to receive class credit. Classes will be held Monday through Thursday from 7-9pm. On Saturday, April 14, class will be from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm with a half hour lunch break. On Saturday, April 21, the final field exercise will take place from 8am until approximately 12:00 pm. Students under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian present during the April 21st exercise.All times are in Mountain Time.Cost is $8.00 per student. Class size will be limited to the first 25 students.Registration maybe done in person at the first class, the evening of April 9 , or online at the Idaho Department of Fish & Game website (https://fishandgame.idaho.gov/hed/public/default.aspx)This will be the only hunter education class offered in the Riggins area this year.We’re also looking for new volunteers interested in becoming a Hunter Education or Bow Hunter Education Instructor in the Riggins area. For more information, please contact: Gary Phillips at (208)628-3940.Hunter safety doesn’t just happen - we make it happen! Join us and make a difference!
World Champions, Humphrey & Zapesocki will race in World Jet Boat Race
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Cosmos Aries: be thankful, you are cool.
Aries: Now that spring and your latest birthday are back around, be sure to spend some time really thinking about what you want for the next year. If you’ll be thankful for all you already have and for what you’d like to have (love, promotion, employment, an incredibly ac-tive amorous life, etc), you’re certain to achieve anything you desire. Just try to remem-ber that Clouds dug you before you were cool.Taurus: According to a recent study, people who don’t get a college degree are more likely to be “heavy drinkers” than those who do. Interestingly, those with graduate degrees tend to drink more than those with bachelor degrees. The les-son here: it aint so much about your attitude, as it is about your attitude—that, and student loans are screwing up more than the economy.Gemini: The Stars are request-ing that you get plenty of sleep
right now. After all, studies show that driving while sleep-deprived can be just as dan-gerous as driving while drunk. Unless, that is, you’re driving while drunk on life, in which case, feel free to take your pants off and sing Neil Diamond songs like “Money talks, but it don’t sing and dance.”Cancer: The New Orleans Saints recently got punished heavily for breaking National Football League rules and re-warding team members for try-ing to hurt opponents—even after they were warned to stop. They then got caught lying about it and were subsequently taken out to the woodshed. The lesson here: The chickens always come home to roost—and they get really pissy if you’re not honest with them.Leo: Life in general for Leos should start to feel very posi-tive and rewarding as we move through spring. So stay the course and be careful about what you say to whom, for suc-cess breeds jealousy. Overall,
however, feel free to get so ex-cited about spring that you wet your plants.Virgo: The average Doctor’s visit now lasts less than 10 minutes. It’s awfully tough to truly understand people after 10 years, let alone10 minutes. So please use this statistic to re-mind you that you’re in control of your health. And remem-ber that the keys to a healthy, happy life are self-love, regular exercise, plenty of rest, eating well and having someone to “Play Doctor” with.Libra: The Stars are asking Li-bras to work on being clear and patient with others for the next several weeks. As Cloudsfu-cious once said, “The most im-portant letters in confusion are usually f-u.” And as The Lorax said, “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, noth-ing is going to get better. It’s not.”Scorpio: There are those who believe that the keys to love are the same keys to raising a
healthy dog. Here are some of the rules for raising great ca-nines: 1) Accept the things you cannot change. 2) Don’t blame yourself for their behavior, but always try to keep your pet feel-ing cared for. 3) Enjoy fresh air regularly and some heavy pet-ting every so often.Sagittarius: Your lesson for the week involves the importance of words. For example, the fol-lowing words from an official auto accident report probably should have been thought out better before being submitted: “The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.” Please make sure your words are well thought out, especially before they become legal record.Capricorn: Capricorns may be feeling a bit dazed and con-fused by life right now. But that’s okay, so long as you don’t try to fight it. Maybe it will help if you start picturing life as a great big amusement park. Sometimes the lines get long and the rides are rougher and
scarier than we expected, but that’s no reason to freak out or throw a hissy fit.Aquarius: Life has been a struggle for most Aquarians re-cently, but that is all set to end. How is this going to happen? Simple. You’re going to have to decide it’s time for some bet-ter times. It’ll help if you try to forgive everyone, including yourself, and only make prom-ises you know you can truly keep. For example, “I promise I’ll never say ‘I’ll never drink again!’”Pisces: Since this would be as good a time as any to get back in touch with your inner child, here are your assignments: A) Add more things to your life that make you laugh. B) Write notes to people in crayon. C) Impress and astound people by reciting the names of all eight of the ducklings from “Make Way For Ducklings:” Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack ,Oack, Pack and Quack.
HORRORSCOPES . 2012
- Clouds McCloud, he’s out there.
The practice of yoga is often viewed as a quiet and serious affair; I say have fun with it! Dance around, wiggle, laugh, make funny faces, stand on one leg – breath deep and enJOY it. The process of centering, lengthening and joining the mind, body and spirit can soft-ened the mind, bring a smile to your face and lightness in the spirit – have fun with your practice and yes be silly some-times.Standing Hand to Big Toe Pose is a delicious pose that chal-lenges your spatial awareness and brings a beautiful sense of balance and yes at times unbal-ance to the practioner. After warming the body and center-ing the mind with a few cycles of Sun Salutations, practice three Fountain Breathes; com-ing into horse stance bending the knees, exhaling completely bring the hands just below the navel, palms facing the sky fin-gers just barely touching as you inhale deeply allow the hands to move up toward the heart and to the lungs as you are ready to exhale open the arms and hands like a fountain of breath surrounding your body – this exhalation is brilliantly boisterous. With a softened spirit and a joyousness in the body, step into Tadasana or Mountain Pose. Root the left
foot into the earth and hug the right knee in toward the chest – using the strength of your upper body. Reach the crown of the head toward the sky so that you are standing su-per tall. Begin to lengthen the right leg, taking the hands un-der the thigh – toes will point up toward the sky. As you are ready, rooted and centered take the knee into the chest, roll forward slightly and take the big toe into your hand – stand tall again and lengthen
the right leg. The next phase of the posture is to open the right leg to the right – standing tall allowing the breath to help you concentrate. Work up to hold-ing the posture for a few deep breaths. It is likely that you may fall out of the posture—however with practice you will use control and concentration as you draw the knee back into the chest and place the sole of the foot on the floor switching sides. Practice Makes Possible – so practice everyday!
**Helpful TipsIf your hamstrings are tight this posture may prove very diffi-cult – to help achieve the pos-ture use a yoga strap or a robe belt. With the knee bent in to-ward the chest, place the strap on the pad of the foot – with the strap in each hand begin to lengthen the leg – stand tall and breath deep.
**BenefitsThis posture strengthens the back, the legs and the ankles – this pose will also increase your sense of balance.
** Peeling Away the LayersDon’t take yourself to seri-ously, this practice as with life warrants a little silliness. Foun-tain Breath is a great way to set yourself back into a lighter more joyous way of being—having a bad day, mad at your partner, your child, your co-workers take a moment to prac-tice three Fountain Breaths and see where it takes you.
Free Qi Gong classes Qi Gong is being offered in McCall on Wednesdays start-ing at 5:30 at Park Place Center Conference Building by Ra-chel Smith watch for more info in the next edition or call 634-3203 for more information.
YogaStanding Hand to Big Toe-Mariah Rose Crump, Riggins, Certified Hatha Yoga Instructor
at the Heritage CenterRiggins, Idaho
Classes are geared to adultsAll skill levels are welcome
�3.00 per classPlease contact Mariah Crump
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Yoga Classes
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Utthita Hasta Padangustasana
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BOISE, Idaho - The U.S. De-partment of Agriculture is seeking various equipment and operators to support wildland fires during the 2012 fire sea-son on the Boise, Payette, and Sawtooth National Forests. Equipment and job opportuni-ties will include the following:·ambulance service (with Para-medic and EMT-B),
· chainsaw/small engine repair service· chippers and feller bunchers· road graders, skidders, ve-hicles with drivers, forklifts· modular offices· jet boats· retardant mixing plant The agency is seeking individu-als and/or small businesses to fill these needs.
Training sessions on agree-ment requirements will be conducted in Boise on March 31, Twin Falls on April 3 and McCall on April 7.For more information on spe-cific times and locations con-tact the Southwest Idaho/Nevada Acquisition Center. Points of contact are Diana Early at 208-373-4134 or Di-ana Curl at 208-373-4123.
Federal Business Opportunities tin SW Idaho for Wildfire Support
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Boise Nemesis ScrumThe Boise Nemesis hosted the Washington State University and University ofIdaho women’s rugby teams in Riggins last weekend. They were excited to see the crowds and are hoping to possibly have a rugby workshop next year. Above photo shows a scrum formation. Photo by Jack Kappas
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