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ECRWS Occupant/Box holder White Bird ID 83554 March, 2009 Upcoming Events Joe Wilson St. Paddy’s Sausage & Hotcake Breakfast (2 nd Annual) is set for Sunday, March 15 at 7:30 am to 12:30 pm. This is a really nice gathering. Last year, nearly 200 meals were served and the proceeds donated to the Royal Gem Rebekkah Lodge. This year’s meal price remains the same, and proceeds will go to community projects being planned by the White Bird Chamber. On Saturday the Women’s Social group will help make the bulk sausage into patties, and this is an event in itself! Any excess sausage will be available for a donation. Stop by the IOOF Hall in the morning to lend a hand making patties or decorating the Hall. Volunteers are needed for kitchen, serving and cleanup. Call Anna at 839-2800 or email [email protected] . A Hog Hollerin Contest is in the works to add to this year’s breakfast. The cost is only a dollar a holler, so see Cheryl Bransford when you come to breakfast, and give it a try. The Hollerin is scheduled for every half hour. WHITE BIRD DAYS Events Friday and Saturday, June 19-20 This year will be a big one — the 32nd annual White Bird Days, and White Bird rodeo’s 20th. If you haven’t participated be- fore, you may not realize the scope of input to our community’s yearly celebration. The first planning meeting took place in early February, and twenty people showed up. Our town harbors a lot of enthusiastic volunteers (including you, we hope), so we anticipate a White Bird Days event to top all others. Bonnie Asker held the kick-off meeting and will chair this important annual Chamber project. With Bonnie at the helm we can count on a well organized celebration. She says, “I’m hoping we can spread our enthusiasm to all the people who, each year, come back to see old friends for ‘A big Celebration in a Little Town.’” Chamber of Commerce PO Box 93 White Bird ID 83554 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● President Brian Lowe 839-2444 Vice Pres Barbara Lowe 839-2444 Secretary Sunni Brown 839-2636 Treasurer Terry Eller 839-2573 Newsletter Tony Carlson 839-2625 Lawrence Foskett, Virginia Adkison’s uncle. The building behind him is about where the city hall now stands. The community church steeple is visible up the street. Photo ca. 1920, courtesy Virginia Adkison Queen tryouts for WB rodeo, March 28. Family Fun Night (Pathfinders), March 28. Tour of Homes. On April 25 you will be able to visit about seven of the newer homes in the White Bird area (including ours) and see the handiwork of local crafters. The event, sponsored by the Chamber, will be organized by Verna Lowe. Get your tickets at Canyon House. Proceeds will sup- port community projects. At the end of the tour expect some nice gifts and prizes. For more infor- mation call Verna at 839-2777 or 2499. Rodeo Fun Ride in the Battlefield, May 9. Remembrance and reconciliation celebration. On June 17 each year, the Nez Perce return to White Bird. Anyone may gather with them at the WB battlefield to memorialize the 1877 war.

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ECRWS

Occupant/Box holder White Bird ID 83554

March, 2009

Upcoming Events

Joe Wilson St. Paddy’s Sausage & Hotcake Breakfast (2nd Annual) is set for Sunday, March 15 at 7:30 am to 12:30 pm. This is a really nice gathering. Last year, nearly 200 meals were served and the proceeds donated to the Royal Gem Rebekkah Lodge. This year’s meal price remains the same, and proceeds will go to community projects being planned by the White Bird Chamber.

On Saturday the Women’s Social group will help make the bulk sausage into patties, and this is an event in itself! Any excess sausage will be available for a donation. Stop by the IOOF Hall in the morning to lend a hand making patties or decorating the Hall. Volunteers are needed for kitchen, serving and cleanup. Call Anna at 839-2800 or email [email protected].

A Hog Hollerin Contest is in the works to add to this year’s breakfast. The cost is only a dollar a holler, so see Cheryl Bransford when you come to breakfast, and give it a try. The Hollerin is scheduled for every half hour.

WHITE BIRD DAYS Events Friday and Saturday, June 19-20

This year will be a big one — the 32nd annual White Bird Days, and White Bird rodeo’s 20th. If you haven’t participated be-fore, you may not realize the scope of input to our community’s yearly celebration. The first planning meeting took place in early February, and twenty people showed up. Our town harbors a lot of enthusiastic volunteers (including you, we hope), so we anticipate a White Bird Days event to top all others. Bonnie Asker held the kick-off meeting and will chair this important annual Chamber project. With Bonnie at the helm we can count on a well organized celebration. She says, “I’m hoping we can spread our enthusiasm to all the people who, each year, come back to see old friends for ‘A big Celebration in a Little Town.’”

Chamber of Commerce PO Box 93 White Bird ID 83554 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●

President Brian Lowe 839-2444 Vice Pres Barbara Lowe 839-2444 Secretary Sunni Brown 839-2636 Treasurer Terry Eller 839-2573 Newsletter Tony Carlson 839-2625

Lawrence Foskett, Virginia Adkison’s uncle. The building behind him is about where the city hall now stands. The community church steeple is visible up the street.

Photo ca. 1920, courtesy Virginia Adkison

Queen tryouts for WB rodeo, March 28. Family Fun Night (Pathfinders), March 28. Tour of Homes. On April 25 you will be able to visit about seven of the newer homes in the White Bird area (including ours) and see the handiwork of local crafters. The event, sponsored by the Chamber, will be organized by Verna Lowe. Get your tickets at Canyon House. Proceeds will sup-port community projects. At the end of the tour expect some nice gifts and prizes. For more infor-mation call Verna at 839-2777 or 2499. Rodeo Fun Ride in the Battlefield, May 9. Remembrance and reconciliation celebration. On June 17 each year, the Nez Perce return to White Bird. Anyone may gather with them at the WB battlefield to memorialize the 1877 war.

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WHITE BIRD DAYS At the kick-off meeting, the WBD committee chose a slogan rather than a theme: White Bird Days, A Home Town Celebration. We will continue to use the byline, A Big Celebration in a Little Town, with a focus on the family. Watch the Free Press for up-dates about White Bird Days in Anna Holden’s White Bird News.

WBD leaders. Please contact them to help or if you have questions. • Announcing: Bonnie Asker and Joaquin Lowe • Advertising: Bonnie Asker • Parade: Beth Dalgliesh • Duck Derby: Ruth Blair • Games: Wendy Kunkel & Leah Harvey • Rodeo hamburger stand: Steve Dalgliesh and Brian Lowe • Chamber concession stands: Sunni Brown & Kathy Lucchesi • Street dance hotdog stand: Pat Ringsmith and V&J Lowe • In-town banners and signs: Jennifer Esslinger • Raffle: Lydia Chrane • Arts/ crafts booths: Kathy Lucchesi and Bonnie Asker • Family history: Virginia Adkison • Basket auction: Brenda Heckman • Finance: Terry Eller • Cleanup: Sunni Brown

Parade. Start thinking about your entry, and get creative. We’re looking for-ward to the best parade ever, with a long line of traditional and unique entries this year. We have lots of great new prizes to award, too. Call Beth, 839-2433.

Duck Derby after parade. Get your tickets early to win big prizes.

“Kids” Games will include an egg toss, street races, goldfish races and more.

Basket Social. For the kids this is a big money maker, going for Friends Club, the Christmas program etc. So make up a basket. It will be auctioned and judged after the parade. Your basket could contain dinner for two or a family. Be creative, whatever you want to do. Try a theme, like some from the past: fishing (the basket was a creel), painting, tea for two, patriotic, day in the sun. Call Brenda for more ideas 839-2303.

Art/Craft Vendors. We have invited 20+ artisans to sell their arts and crafts. For those participating, please provide your own booth/table and expect to set up by 9 AM and take down by 4 PM. The fee is $20.

Fine Art Show. This is a new event for White Bird Days. Get ready to view some wonderful art produced by talented locals. The artists are planning a “fine art” and children’s art show for Saturday, June 20 during White Bird Days. Children from the area are invited to submit one piece of art to hang in the show. For information call Kathryn at 839-2808.

Clearwater Wind Ensemble. This group from Lewiston was supposed to play light classical music for an hour in the park after the parade. Unfortunately, they lost their clarinet player. Do we have one around here? OK, this would be a departure from Hank Williams or Garth Brooks, but don’t despair, there will be plenty of the more traditional music that day.

Adopt-a-plant. Hanging containers of selected plants suited to this area will be grown and arranged by Janine at Green Acres. Local people have bought them to loan out for decorating the town during White Bird Days.

Samba Mamas will dance in the parade if enough people are interested. It was great fun two years ago. To participate, call Cindy Greer 839-9912.

Call Bonnie Asker with any questions regarding White Bird Days, 839-9945.

THANK YOU Bill and Connie Shuck for being our community’s super-volunteers over many past years.

~ Notice: Main Street will have limited access during White Bird Days ~

Hells Canyon

Wild river tours & fishing trips

WB resident discounts on tours

Killgore Adventures 839-2255

White Bird Library

Your Community Resource

Hours Tue, Wed, Sat, 10 AM-1; Thu, 3-5 PM

839-2805, 839-2866

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Community Briefs

Next Chamber Meeting, March 16 (every third Monday), 6:30, Hoots. Next Newsletter, June 1 (quarterly). New Chamber Officers installed: Brian Lowe, president; Barbara Lowe, VP; Sunni Brown, secretary.; Terry Eller, treasurer. Women’s Social: Third Saturdays, 12-2 PM. Place varies. 839-2456. Salmon River Art Guild comes to White Bird. SRAG was started in Riggins in 1964, by three women who loved to paint. They formed a club that later became the art guild. From three members it has grown to as many as fifty. The guild promotes two shows a year and these will remain in Riggins. The spring show, May 1-3 at the Riggins IOOF Hall, is open to all SRAG members and kids preschool-12 (including home schoolers) who live from White Bird to Pinehurst. Each child may enter one piece of art. Please encourage your child to enter something. More information will be coming regarding entries and rules. The second, and juried, show will be Oct. 10-11 at the Salmon Rapids Best Western in Riggins. It is open to adult artists. White Bird is becoming an art community. The Salmon River Art Guild now holds most of its meetings here because many members are from the White Bird area. The members — beginner to professional — work in all mediums of paint and sculpture and many crafts. Officers this years are: Nancy Gresham, pres.; Elaine Lathrop, vp; Marlene Mignerey, treas.; Kathryn Van Acker, secty. The Salmon River Art Guild warmly welcomes new members. Interested? Contact Kathryn at 839-2808. The Guild promotes workshops and exposure of fine art in the community. Business meetings, with workshops after, are held on 2nd Thursdays. The next meeting will be in White Bird at the Gresham Studio, March 12, 10:00 AM. In February two White Bird artists displayed their art at local banks. Nancy Gresham’s watercolors and acrylics were featured at Sterling Bank in Riggins. And Wells Fargo Bank in Grangeville featured Kathryn Van Acker’s work in watercolor, acrylic and fiber arts.

Two oil painting classes will be available soon in White Bird. The first is a two day class for beginners by instructor Mary Bakker, on March 7 and 14. Sign up at the LCSC office in Grangeville. Cost is $75.00, most supplies included.

The 2nd class will be June 1-4 from 9am to 4pm. The instructor is Gloria Teats. This class is limited to 10 students. Total cost is $150.00 for the 4 days, $50.00 non-refundable deposit to register. 839-2808 or [email protected] Rebekah’s Cookbook. The Royal Gem Rebekah's are assembling a new cook-book. To include any of your recipes, go to the site below and enter your rec-ipe. Just enter your name in the space where it says contributor, then in the group login box enter royalgem13. The password will be gucac. Enter lots! Help support a great Rebekah's lodge. http://www.typensave.com/ Moved here since 1975? Please call Virginia Adkison at 208-983-1902.

Support our local businesses

Silver Dollar Bar and Grill

A White Bird, Idaho gathering place good eats

good drinks good company

839-2293

White Bird Motel

Comfortable rooms

Full service laundromat

Call for winter rentals

208-839-2646

Fit and Fall-Proof Exercise Classes. The third White Bird session of these classes begins Tuesday, March 24. They are free and meet Tuesday and Friday each week at 2 PM in the fellowship room at Pleasant View Baptist church (thank you Pleasant View). Each 10-week session focuses on improving flexibility, mobility, strength and balance. The class is meant to decrease the risk of falling for seniors, but anyone can benefit from the exercise routines.

The 2nd session of the program will conclude Friday, March 13 from 2-3 PM. This would be a good opportunity for those in-terested to visit for a demonstration and to ask questions. If you can’t come that day, contact Leah Harvey (839-2285), Kathy Lucchesi (839-9944), Ellie Turney (839-2831) or Pepi Whitehouse (839-2866) for more information. Community Garden. It looks like this may happen. Jane Carlson and Leah Harvey will coordinate the project. Pat and Bruce Ringsmith offered the community temporarily use of the lot next to their Foskett house for local sowing and reaping.

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White Bird School In early February Mrs. Brege gave the kids a day of adventure and great fun. They went tubing at Snow Haven. A good mood pre-vailed as Jane Carlson drove them up in the school bus. Spirits dampened a little at actually facing the new experience. They be-came a little hesitant as they were being hooked up to the lift. It looked like a long way to the top, and who knew what awaited them up there. Then came the fright-screams after being pushed off and out of control on the first run. By the time each kid hit the bottom (literally sometimes), fright had turned to excitement and things really livened up. They would run, all smiles and dragging their tubes, to get in line for the next lift ride. This went on for two hours, which resulted in a lot of sleeping on the bus ride back to the school. Except maybe for Emily Brown’s bloody nose on the bus and Bladen Farmer’s shoe-whacked cheek, shamefully inflicted by yours truly, it was a wonderful day. Attending adults had as much fun as the kids. They were Mimi & Dale Brege, Brenda & Dean Heckman, Jane & Tony Carlson, and Nicole Lowe. Mrs. Brege probably made more runs than anyone, often hooked up with 1-3 kids. Brenda was the push-off specialist at the top, Jane provided safety eyes at the bottom and Nicole op-erated the video. Dale, who heads the ski patrol, exchanged his skis for a tube that day and offered interesting insights about Snow Haven. With running starts, Dean tried to overtop the stop-ramp at the bottom. He almost made it. Tony took over 100 pho-tos. He was also the dirty dog who whacked Bladen. As snow days go, this was a good one. We’re ready for next year.

Here’s more on school activities from Mrs. Brege: Our 100th day of school fell on Feb. 10th. We spent the day doing activities centered around the number 100. Each child brought a collection of 100 things from home. We had snake grass, pennies, nick-els, pictures, paper clips, candy sprinkles, buttons, beads and hearts.

February is also a month for learning about Presidents. The second grade worked on timelines for various presidents and we all talked about Lincoln and Washington. We measured our heights against a life-size picture of Lincoln and also taped out the dimensions of his cabin on the floor in the classroom, to compare it to what we live in at our own homes.

The children have been working on their friendship skills. As acts of kindness we made valentines and went to the BeeHive nursing home to distribute them on Valentine’s Day. We are also charting the kind things we do for each other.

Coming up in March: Dr. Seuss Day, and later we’ll be following Alaska’s Iditarod Race.

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Mountain View School District News. Here is different spin on our property tax/school cost situation. This year the total cost of running Mtn. View School District is almost $13 million. I wondered how much of that we local taxpayers actually contribute from our local property taxes, so I asked. It turns out we pay about 16% of it. Student fees and other local sources pay 7%. That leaves 77% that is paid by people outside the district. The state share is 58% and the Feds kick in 19%. Sparsely populated places with less reve-nue — like around here — get a share from areas with more population and more revenue. In our case, that would be Boise, Coeur d’Alene, New York, Los Ange-les, Seattle and the rest. (Yes, we do contribute a little to the state and federal amounts that come back.)

The school district has been paying attention to White Bird. Superintendant Greg Bailey and Cynthia Tierney attended our Christmas program this year. Ms. Tierney is Director of Federal Programs and Curriculum. On February 17 the school board met at White Bird Elementary. Unfortunately, only one local citizen attended. A mean person might say, “Hey, people, show up or shut up.”

Friends Club January was a little mixed up but we made it through. For a fund raiser, we discussed selling flower bulbs. Then twelve kids played hangman with words from the holidays and friend words. Competition was so hot we had to cool down with lemonade and left over Christmas cookies. If you would like to help out or see a catalog, you can stop by Canyon House or call Eric at Hoots, Cody Farmer(839-2887) or Brenda Heckman (839-2303). Upcoming meetings are scheduled for Feb. 12 and March 12.

The Library Our Library elected new officers in January: Pepi Whitehouse, pres.; Kathy Lucchesi, VP. Joanne Quinn and Sue van Leeuwen will remain as treasurer and secretary. Contacts: Pepi at 839-2866 or Kathy at 839-9944. The library board has started working on the Duck Derby for White Bird Days. Sponsors donate many great prizes! The raffle tickets are ready. You can get them at the library or from the volunteers. They will sell for $2 each, 3 for $5 or 12 for $20. Another money making project we’ll do again this year is the White Bird Calendar — a huge success in previous years. The projects are fun for us and bring in enough money to pay expenses and keep the library open. We accept and appreciate book donations — books that are in good condition and fun to read. As a reminder, book donations can be a tax write-off. We are considering buying some new books to add to our already wonderful collection. If you have sug-gestions on books to purchase, please let Pepi or Kathy know. The library is available for meetings. Current users are Kids Club, 4H, Twin River Ranch Board and the Pinochle Club. If your group needs a place to meet, contact Pepi to be added to the "meeting calendar". We are always looking for more volunteers — women and men are welcome. To meet us and see what we do, come to one of our meetings at 10:00 on the first Wednesday of each month. We are very proud of our community library and we'd love to expand our hours and days as our volunteer members increase. The time commitment is only a few hours per month. The library is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10:00AM to 1:00 PM and on Thursdays from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Please come and check us out! OOPS, sorry! We neglected to put the dates for White Bird Days on our calendar this year. So please drop what you’re doing right now and go enter those dates on your library calendar: June 19-20.

Churches

Community Church. Worship 6 PM Sundays. White Bird Catholic. Worship 9 AM Saturdays. Pleasant View Baptist. Worship 10 AM, Sunday school 9 AM Sundays.

Source: District office

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• Rheem gas water heater. 50 gallon, used less than 4 years. $200 ($500 new). 839-2625

• 1972 Mercedes with leather seats and electric moon roof. A classy car with low mileage. $2,500. 839-2234

• Wanted: RV trailer shell for office (at least 28’). 839-2880 • Rear seat for ATV, with saddlebags. $40. 839-2825

• Two bound, gold-colored area rugs, 7’X11’. $25 each. • One thick carpet pad, 7’X11’. $10. 839-9945

• Ironing board with iron and cover. Like new. $15. • 9-inch color TV. $20. 839-2603

• Farm fresh brown eggs. $2.50/doz. 839-2625 • LOST. My favorite stainless steel sauce pan may have fallen off my rig. Please call if you saw it or picked it up. 839-2825

~ In these tough times, please support White Bird’s businesses. ~

Salmon River Country

Classifieds

The man is gone now, but it probably won’t be the last time we’ll hear the old jobsite call to lunch: “It’s Paul Harvey Time.”

Member News Idaho Pathfinders. Since 2004 we have worked with the Forest service to map existing, new and proposed trails. We’ve partici-pated in meetings to keep ATV trails open for users. Idaho ATV use has increased 80% from past levels At the same time, com-peting uses are becoming more intensive. With forest area limited, the pressure is on. We have to be active to maintain our share. The Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests are preparing new forest travel plans. We are going over the travel plan book and maps, trying to keep up with the new rules. Some of them will impact us; for example, the ban on cross country travel and the sections on campsites and wood getting methods. We don’t understand all of this yet but we’ll be on top of it. Here are some internet sites about the travel plan that ATV enthusiasts might want to look at: • Designated routes & areas for motor vehicle use. http://www.fs.fed.us/rl/nezperce/recreation/index-dramvu.shtml • Travel management & OHV vehicle program. http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv/index.shtml • And here’s a state link that refers to trails. http://www.idaho-ohv.org/ride.htm Some legislative changes will effect us, too. Those in Section 49 of the Idaho Code seem positive. Rules about forest travel are also spelled out in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S22). This one is over 1,200 pages long and contains more than 160 different bills. The Act designates 2.2 million acres of wilderness, identifies 3 new national parks and 10 national heritage areas, and specifies 1,000 miles of wild & sce-nic river. Don’t forget ATV raffle tickets are available for $5 at Hoots or the Silver Dollar, or call 839-2303. Family Night Dinner/door prize tickets are available for $12/person (kids under 6 free). Call 839-2303. The dinner will be March 28. Expect a good feed, auction, drawing and silent auction. Have a wonderful spring. White Bird Antiques (the new store). Bruce is making good pro-gress rehabbing the old Foskett building. His work passed the big hurdle — electrical inspection — so things should go even faster now. Pat says they are shooting for a June opening. Macs- Hours: • Bar House. Open Tue-Fri 3:30 to close, Sat-Sun 11:30- close. • Restaurant. Open Thu-Fri 3:30 to 8:00, Sat-Sun 11:30 to 8:00

Activities: • Karaoke. Fri-Sat 8:00. • Pool tournament Saturdays. Sign up at 6:30, start at 7:00 • Ladies night. Thu 7:00 to close. Free pool, darts, karaoke. • Camp Rainbow benefit tentatively set for May 17, with derby

stick horse races and big floppy hat competition for the ladies (mint juleps, of course).

Canyon House

~ March 21 ~ It’s our 6th anniversary sale!

Free in-house coffee and cookies

Big sales throughout the store

Sign up to win a Gift Basket

Thank you all for your support

839-2777

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White Bird Precipitation. Compared with ‘06 and ‘07, 2008 was a wet one. We got 19” vs. 16” in each of the previous two years. With only three years of data, we can’t really say what “normal” precipitation is, but just for fun lets call it the average of those three. If that’s true, then December and January really produced, with 44% and 148% above “normal”, respectively. Then came February, the slacker, giving us less than half of “normal”. How will 2009 turn out? The plants will let us know. Data and graphs are posted on the outside library bulletin board.

With 1,600 acres to choose from, why did Cheryl look in that particular spot? Bugsy’s great buddy, an old yellow cat, led her there. While the cat never had much use for people, he loved Bugsy. They slept together and often prowled around together. After Bugsy disappeared, the cat hung around the horse pens with Cheryl, which was unusual. When she finished work and started for the house, the cat twined in her legs and tripped her up. He then ran back to the edge of the cliff, just above Bugsy. Cheryl felt a need to follow the cat, who led her to where Bugsy was trapped. Cheryl yelled one more time and she heard Bugsy’s bark. So it is now, and always has been, our belief that Bugsy’s cat rescued him.

Bugsy lived another five or six years. He kept hunting chucks but now favored catching them above ground. ■

Precip. Apr May Jun Jul Aug

2006 2.26 1.84 2.54 0.79 0.64

2007 1.24 1.47 2.77 0.00 0.60

2008 2.75 2.99 1.48 0.27 1.35

Feb

0.57

1.73

1.56

Jan

0.75

0.36

1.40

Mar

1.48

1.20

1.62

Sep

2.29

1.54

1.04

Nov

1.16

2.48

1.96

Oct

0.90

1.10

0.56

Dec

0.91

1.48

2.22

2009 2.08 0.54

Total

16.13

15.97

19.15

A Dog Story By

Tammy Stone

Bugsy was Cheryl Bransford’s dachshund. Cheryl and I were neighbors for 19 years, and we shared many things — one being a love for Bugsy. I like to think of myself as Bugsy’s second choice in humanity, after Cheryl of course.

Bugsy was resourceful and self entertaining. If not assisting in horse training activities or riding in one of the trucks hauling horses, he hunted rockchucks. Any marmot within a quarter mile of the ranch house was fair game in Bugsy’s mind. Dachshunds are burrowing hunters, so Bugsy did not wait for chucks to come out of their holes. He knew where they lived and he went in after them. It was quite a sight to see Bugsy backing out of a hole dragging a fighting rockchuck. Bugsy generally had a willing accomplice in any of the bigger ranch dogs that hung around. Bugsy went in after ‘em, drug ‘em out and then was efficiently assisted in the dispatch of the unlucky rockchuck.

One day, when Bugsy was five or six years old, he disappeared. Bugsy always came when he was called — eventually, anyway. Cheryl looked and looked, but no Bugsy. She called me and we hunted for him from horseback, thinking perhaps that he had gone for a longer hunting trip than usual and had become lost. But no Bugsy. After six days Cheryl and I held a wake. We drank tea, cried and told Bugsy stories.

That evening, Cheryl called and said, “I think I found Bugsy! He’s still alive and he’s buried deep in a rock chuck hole.” Lee and I grabbed shovels and a long handled gardening trowel. We got to the spot beside a mountain near the horse pens. Cheryl had run a garden hose into the hole. When she hollered into it Bugsy barked back. Excavation began. We moved the garden hose a num-ber of times, trying to choose the best tunnel for a rescue. Cheryl’s son Tyler had come with us. After digging a six foot tunnel toward the best guess at Bugsy’s location, Tyler crawled in on his belly. Lee held Tyler’s legs. In case our tunnel supports failed, we were not going to lose Tyler in that hole. Tyler kept digging with the trowel until he touched Bugsy’s nose! Bugsy was high-centered in the rockchuck tunnel. He could not move forward or back because he had dug dirt under himself until he was smashed against the top of the tunnel. Tyler dug around the dog until he could get Bugsy loose and drag him out. The dog sur-vived — dehydrated and skinny, but obviously happy to be “home” in Cheryl’s arms.

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WHERE‘S THE WONDER?

A blessing we have in Salmon River country is being able to see so much. The right combina-tion of openness and cover lets us view some real wonders. I don’t want to get used to them.

Maybe 25 years ago, I got an odd thing in the mail. It was a hologram of a human skull. If you moved it around you could see different parts from different angles — sections of brain, views of the jaw inside and out, eye sockets etc. It was amazing! And this hologram was on a postcard advertising an outfit that copied floppy diskettes — not a big ticket service. Yet, they paid to mail this thing all over the place. It must have cost just pennies. I was blown away. I still keep that hologram on my desk, propped in the light where I can see inside the skull. When I showed it to a hi-tech friend of mine he said, “Oh yeah, we can do that.” I was amazed again, by his jaded attitude. It was way too human.

Jane and I visited Bend, Oregon several years ago. The checker at Safeway had a full frontal vista of Mt. Bachelor and the Three Sisters. When we commented on her view she said, “Oh, you get used to it.” That’s what I’m afraid of. It’s why I even pay atten-tion to the deer around here, even though there are plenty of them. I do not want to lose the wonder. I want to keep saying Wow. Deer will not always be this plentiful. At some point they will cycle down again naturally, as they did in the epidemic a few years ago. And more of us will diminish their numbers, too. Then, if I fail to notice that ordinary deer on the hill, I don’t want some jerk asking me, “Where’s the wonder.” I figure seeing the common things might help me see more of everything. TCC

~ Idaho Pathfinders Association ~

Annual Family Fun Night March 28th 2009

Hoot's Café 6:30 PM

Your Local ATV club, working to keep trails open for the Public!

www.idahopathfinders.org PO Box 53

White Bird Id 83554 208-839-2303

Building the red bridge, the one between town and the river. Photo ca. 1920, courtesy Virginia Adkison

● Door prizes drawn every hour ●           ● Auction & Silent Auction ● 

Dinner: $12.00 Per Person Kids age 5 and under get in FREE

Dinner Buffet

Raffle Tickets: $5.00 per ticket $45.00 per book of 10 tickets (2009 Yamaha Grizzly 550)