Totally Grand! Bruce and Sue Robbins 2015 Camas County Fair Grand Marshals!

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1 Special County Fair Issue! n August 5, A.D. 2014: The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing But the Tooth!!! Totally Grand! Bruce and Sue Robbins 2015 Camas County Fair Grand Marshals! With 42 years of practice, this Camas power duo have mastered the high art of apparently tireless accomplishment in their community! Farming! School leadership! Power lines! Bean inspection! That s right, we re talking bean inspection! Decades of 4-H leadership! Delectable cakes! Read the bio in the Fair program! Finally, all is revealed! Above: Sue and Bruce Robbins at home. And the question on every lip: Why do they put up with the rest of us? Answer: Below, the view last night from the Robbins porch, looking south! Photos: Jeff Ralph

2 Hüge Fair Events!!! Wednesday: Set Up Exhibits and Booths at the Legion Hall! 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.! Open class items to be judged, or not, may be entered. (Uh, what?) Thursday: Last Chance to Enter Exhibits! Thursday, 8 to 10 a.m.! Hustle up, 4- H and open class exhibitors! Rabbit Show! 9 a.m.! In front of the school! Hop to it! View Exhibits! Thursday, 3-5 p.m.! Legion Hall open for display of entries and exhibits! Bike Rodeo! Thursday at 3:30! Hey, learn to ride proud and safe! Bike Parade! Thursday at 5:15! Kids meet at the school grounds to decorate bikes, trikes! Then it s the bike parade to the 4-H park and the Carnival!! Free Carnival in the Park, Thursday at 6 p.m.! Free carnival rides in the Park for kids! Climbing wall! Zip line! Thanks, Apex (McGaw) Foundation!!! Free rides on the Fair Board Train! Bingo! Thursday! Starting at 6! Fair Board bingo in the Park! Spell it out!!! Friday: Woof! Dog Show! 9 a.m., West side of the barn at the 4-H Park!! Volleyball Team Fundraiser Car Wash! Starting at 9 a.m.! Wash that rig, you dig? Exhibits on View at the Legion Hall! 10 to 4! Hey, did my exploding pumpkin win this year? All Fair entries are there for public inspection! Farmer s Market! Friday Afternoon! In the steam engine park on Fairfield s main street! Conservation District Poster Contest Presentation and Awards! 2 p.m. at the Legion Hall! Some More Carnival in the Park All Over Again! Not free, though! Community Potluck Picnic! 6 p.m. Friday in the Park! Bring a main dish and a salad or dessert, along with some dinin tools, if you use tools, and maybe a chair, if you use chairs! Music in the Park! Mercy! Saturday: 4-H Livestock Show, Saturday 8 a.m.! This is it! The ultra-soulful main event! The kids show their critters! Or is it the other way around? At the Park! Round Robin at 11:15 or so. Cheerleader Fundraiser Breakfast Beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday morning at the Livestock show the Jr. High Cheerleaders will be selling breakfast sandwiches $5 including a drink! They will also be selling pancakes, sausage and egg breakfast. They will be there from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m.! Eat at the Fair!

3 Camas County Museum open Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibits on View! Hey, did my pumpkin explosion photograph win this year? All Fair entries are there for public inspection! Legion Hall, 10 to 4, except during the parade! Pick up exhibits at or a little after 4 p.m., please! Carnival in the Park! Zip line! Climbing wall! Bounce house! Smoky at the Parade! The Fair Parade! 1 p.m.! A parade so nice you get to see it twice out and back! This year s Grand Marshals are Bruce and Sue Robbins! See the bio in the Fair Program! Fair Royalty! n Christopher Martin, Junior Fair King n Ashley Botz, Junior Fair Queen n Isabelle Ornelas, Camas County Fair Queen n Nicholas Martin, Camas County Fair King 4-H Livestock Sale, Saturday at 2 p.m.! In the 4-H Park! Volleyball Tournament, 2 p.m.! Volleyball? Did someone say Volleyball? This is a community volleyball tournament! In the Park! Call Mike at for info! Library Foundation Membership Drive and Raffle, Saturday! Merciless library foundation official will be standing by at their booth outside the Library, to vigorously recruit new members and refine their grip on the old ones! Support the library, or else! Sign up! Get raffle tickets for signing up, too! Treats for the kids! Win cool stuff! The first raffle prize is a fancy fire pit tub contributed by Berndt Fire in the Hole! Other stuff! Raffle drawing after the parade! The Library Foundation supports the Camas Library in special events and library improvements! Bull Riding on Main Street, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.! Good heavens! Have we all lost our minds? Bull riding. Say no more. Street Dance, 8 p.m.!!! Rock and roll without mercy! Main Street, 8 p.m. to midnight! Sunday: Breakfast at the Legion, 8-11! Pass the Tabasco! Street Dance survivors welcome! Guaranteed nutritious! Good, too! Church in the Park, 10:30-noon! An open service in the park hosted by the Foothills Baptist Church! Music! Bring a chair! Senior Community Center Ice Cream Booth! Banana splits! Sundaes! Eat wholesome, nutritionally impeccable non-gmo ice cream! Ice cream is my favorite vegetable! Fair Board Raffle! The Big Drawing! A quilt made by Lillian Marolf! A bike! A pedal car! Get a ticket from a Fair Board member or at the Fair Board booth on Sunday! Music Fest in the Park, Sunday 1-4 p.m.! Music by the irrepressible and stylish Mark Hansen and Jason Lugo! Rudkin Family Fiddlers! Crafts! Food booths, and the Camas Cheerleaders will be selling walking tacos 1-4 p.m.! Raffle drawings! UFO landings!

4 True Job Announcements! E Camas County School District: Route Bus Driver Camas County School District is accepting applications for the position of route bus driver. To make application please contact Wendy Strickler in person at the School District office, 610 Soldier Road Fairfield, Idaho, by phone at # , or by at wstrickler@d121.k12.id.us. E Caregiver Needed Honest, dependable individual to prepare meals and some light housekeeping for a Fairfield resident. Meals are at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Takes about 1 to 1 1/2 hours per trip. Weekday and some weekend shifts available. Morning shift would be great for a parent with school-age children. Pay DOE. Call Get smart! Real quick, too! CSI Northside Center! Fall credit courses start August 24! We can help with applying for admission, applying for financial aid, registering for classes and more. Don t miss important deadlines call us today for assistance! The courses listed below are offered through the North Side Center this fall. Ceramics 1, Ceramics 2 and Studio Ceramics Environmental Science Introduction to Business Fundamentals of Oral Communications Principles of Microeconomics Basic English and Writing English Composition Personal Finance Western Civilization 1 Health and Wellness Introduction to Humanities Mathematics for College Readiness Algebra for College Readiness Math in Modern Society College Algebra Survey of Astronomy Introduction to Sociology College Study Methods Info: For more information, go to or contact us by calling or ing us at northsidecenter@csi.edu. The Fair is here! Release the Beaver!!!! Geronimo the famous parachuting beaver! Photo from Idaho Fish and Game!

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