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Newspaper
Caribou County Sun
Location
Soda Springs, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1971
Page
6
Idaho Fish and Game calls public meeting at Caribou County Courthouse in Soda Springs on Friday August 13 at 8 00 p m to discuss proposed Eastern Idaho Goose Season and Regulations. Goose hunters and sportsmen invited to attend.
Mrs. Pearl Fryar administrator of Caribou Memorial Hospital in Soda Springs receives a letter from the Idaho Oregon Lions Eye Conservation Foundation praising staff and volunteers for a recent eye donation. The eyes were shipped to Logan after requests from Boise and Logan doctors, enabling a cornea transplant in Salt Lake City.
State and national figures in mining and government gather in Coeur d Alene July 29 31 for the 1971 Idaho Mining Association Convention. Speakers include James A McClure and Cecil D Andrus with McClure addressing federal mining legislation trends Friday morning and Andrus delivering the closing address Saturday.
Bob Rigby of Intermountain Gag Company Soda Springs invites Caribou County ladies to a free outdoor barbecue demonstration on August 26 at 10 30 a m at the golf course pavilion. Door prizes will be awarded. Recipes for rotisserie foil cooking broiling and shishkebab will be available.
Idaho Water Resource Board releases a 60 page water planning study prepared by the University of Idaho Department of Agricultural Engineering. The report estimates future agricultural water needs for 1980 2000 2020 and 2070 under two methods and outlines an ultimate consumption upper limit. Prepared by Dr. G T Corey and Robert Sutter the study is the sixth in a series of Idaho Water Needs Studies.
An eight year old Grace resident, Kevin Mayne, drowned Friday while fishing with siblings in the Bear River. He slipped from a rock into a deep pool while retrieving a rod and was recovered about 60 feet downriver by diver Frank Fryar. He was born February 22 1959 in Fayetteville NC to Harry and Gail Mayne and attended Grace Elementary School. Surviving are his parents three sisters and one brother and his grandparents. Funeral services were held with LDS rites conducted by Bishop Paul Chr and Allen Funeral Home. Remains buried in Grace Cemetery.
The Agricultural Report forecasts fewer but larger farms, greater processing sophistication, and environmental cleanup duties for agriculture. It notes future crops may differ, water resources are distant from land, and irrigation could rely on new storage, aquifer management, and inter basin diversions. The report is not a development plan and planners must balance water with fish, wildlife, flood control, municipal, industrial, power, preservation, water quality and recreation.
The Caribou County Fair and Rodeos run August 5 to 7 with parade entries sought from Lewis Lamb and Florence Johnson. Readied events include 4-H displays, livestock judging, kitchen and crafts contests, a Little Buckaroo Contest, a City of Grace Carnival, and rodeo performances led by Jake Pope and EH-CAPA Bareback Riders.
Caribou County Extension announces 4H Foods Projects must be entered at the Fair on Wednesday August 4 between 8 30 and 10 00 am, a change from the Premium Book. Also mentions Yellowstone visit by Gunnell family including camping and a grizzly bear incident at West Yellowstone campground.
Mr and Mrs Fred Caress and Harold Caress of Fontana California and Mr and Mrs Ray Caress of Fresno visited with the Clyde Caress family this week in Soda Springs.
Caribou County announces its monthly immunization clinic on Thursday August 4 from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the Public Health Nurse's office at the Courthouse. Infants from six weeks old may receive vaccines. first graders should be up to date before school starts. Vaccines include diphtheria tetanus pertussis smallpox polio and measles rubella.
The Senior Citizens party of Idaho Stake will be held July 3 at Bancroft City Park. All people over 60, including widows and widowers and High Priests with their wives, are invited. The event starts at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The Hawker Bybee and Nelson families held their annual reunion July 9 11 at Diamond Creek Campground with nearly 90 members attending. Local participants included O S Bybee Andy Bybee Marion Hawker George Hawker Chet Hawker Sandra Delbridge Bill Hawker Max Green daughter Robert Anderson Leonard Rice and families.
Ralph and Martha Will Present Unusual Entertainment at the Caribou County Fair and Rodeo Grace August 5 6 7 featuring the Hopi snake dance by Martha and Ralph Walquist from Rupert Idaho. Their international tour has included Spain Yugoslavia Israel and a notable incident at Kennedy Airport. Martha has eaten three mice on the road and continues to perform with the American Falk Dancers.
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