Stories from Saturday, July 5, 2008

The Elmore County Fair will be held July 14-19 in Glenns Ferry. The theme for this year's event is "Country Dreams and Old Blue Jeans." Beverly Lucia, a longtime volunteer and supporter, will serve as the Grand Marshall of the fair. For the first time, the rodeo and the fair will be run at separate times. The ICA/IPCA Rodeo was moved to July 25 and 26 (starting at 8 p.m.). The rodeo date was locked in for this year and the county fair had to be moved up so it could include a carnival...

Elmore County will be the first and only county in the state to fly a POW/MIA flag, following the presentation of such a flag to the county during special ceremonies Monday by American Legion Post No. 26. "We, in the American Legion, along with the other (veterans') service organizations, do not take the presentation of a POW/MIA flag lightly," said Wade Baumgardner, emcee for the event...