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Days set for July 1-4
The 106th Grangeville Border Days is July 1-4 (Saturday through Tuesday), with each day loaded with events. PARADES: The 2017 parade theme is “Wild Roots of Country.” Parades are Sunday through Tuesday, July 2-4, starting at 2 p.m. each day. The Kiddies Parade is Tuesday, July 4, at noon (sign up at the Idaho County Courthouse parking lot). LIVE MUSIC: Live music follows all three rodeos. Admission is free. On July 1 and 2, Coltrain of Lewiston will perform. On July 3, Vintage Youth of Grangeville will perform. STREET SPORTS: July 2, 3 and 4, Main Street, 9 a.m., featuring the Super Egg Toss. TOY SCRAMBLE: July 3, on Main Street following Street Sports, for ages 6 and younger. COWBOY BREAKFAST: Masonic Temple Lodge at Main and Hall Streets, July 2nd, 3rd, 4th from 6 to 11 a.m. Lodges Nos. 9 and 87. GENEALOGY OPEN HOUSE: Idaho County Genealogy Society will have an open house on July 3, 1-4 p.m., 111 S. Idaho Street across from the courthouse. ART IN THE PARK: July 3, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on July 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the City (Pioneer) Park. SYRINGA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION BORDER DAYS FUN RUN: July 4 – Sign up at Main Street and West North St. in the Umpqua Bank parking lot at 6:30 a.m. Race at 7:45 a.m. BICENTENNIAL MUSEUM: Open July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1 to 5 p.m. OLD TIME FIDDLERS: July 4, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the pavilion at Pioneer Park. WALKING TACOS: July 4, 10 a.m., City Park. OLD-FASHIONED STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: July 3, City Park, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CAMAS PRAIRIE CRUISERS: car show next to city park on Sunday, July 2, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. FIREWORKS: July 4, 10 p.m., Grangeville High School football field. Rodeo set for July 1-3 The Grangeville Border Days Rodeo is Saturday through Monday, July 1-3, presented by Les Schwab Tire Centers, Gortsema Motors and Asker’s Harvest Foods. Rodeos start at 6 p.m. each day. Admission is $12, age 12 and over; $5 under age 12; and under 6 free. Rodeo slack is 10 a.m., July 1, free admission. Of the three-day rodeo, Sunday, July 2, is Family Night: parents and their minor children get in for $30, “No alcohol seating” is available. Monday, July 3, is “Pink Out The Stands!” Cancer Awareness Night -- for every person who walks into the rodeo wearing pink, the Grangeville Border Days Committee will donate $1 dollar to a local cancer fund. During the rodeo, all three days: chicken scramble for kids ages 6 to 12; the wild horse race where fastest time overall three rodeos wins buckles and added money; and the wild stick horse race for kids ages 6-8 with the fastest time over all three days wins a buckle. The rodeo is sanctioned by the Idaho Cowboys Association, Pro-West, and NPRA. Rodeo stock is by Gold Buckle Rodeo, Roosevelt, Wash. This year $13,800 in added money plus entry fees. Griller, poster sale set for July 4 To begin commemorating the sinking of the Tuscania, which occurred in 1918, the Idaho County Historical Society will hold a griller fund-raiser in the basement of the Bicentennial Historical Museum July 4, 1-5 p.m. Hamburger dinners will be available for $8 per plate while hot dog dinners will be $6. This will include sides, chips and a beverage. The society will also have for sale a 16-by-20 inch frameable print of “The Same Spirit” poster (see photo) for $15 ($14.15 plus 85 cents tax). “The purpose of our project is to honor our veterans from UUI, but it is also to present something new and exciting, to get everyone involved in the historical society,” explained member and volunteer, Floyd Whitley of Cottonwood. Whitley explained an original poster was purchased and the society has now made prints. Money raised will help cover the cost of a Tuscania Survivors Association medal that was presented to the crew and captain of the HMS Mosquito for their lifesaving efforts to American citizens. “There is a great history of the Tuscania here because quite a contingent of Idaho County men were aboard as part of the U.S. Forestry regiment,” Whitley explained. A larger commemoration is planned for the anniversary year in 2018. “We hope to make some money through selling the print and hosting the griller so we can continue with this and other projects,” added volunteer Clyde Hanson. The poster will be on sale continuously at the museum and the Idaho County Veterans Outreach Center. 
The poster being sold by the Bicentennial Historical Museum on July 4 at Grangeville. Museum offers tool displays, music, fund-raiser, flint knapper July 2-4 By Lorie Palmer Idaho County Free Press The Bicentennial Historical Museum will again host its open house celebration during the Fourth of July. This year the museum will feature a display on antique tools. The museum, located at 305 N. College Street, will be open July 2, 3 and 4, from 1 to 5 p.m. Tools are on loan from several in the community, including Bruce Dreher of Slate Creek, Scott Scribner of Grangeville and Vernon Agee of Kooskia. “Mr. Agee will be here on July 4 to talk about his tool collection and explain items to people who stop by,” said museum manager, Pam Northcutt. Agee’s daughter, Chris, is a longtime museum volunteer who nearly always helps out at the facility on the Fourth. “Of course, we will also have our regular displays available for the public,” said Northcutt. This includes a variety of mining equipment, beaded American Indian work, the old Greencreek switchboard, old canisters and bottles, uniforms, a plethora of photos and early sewing machines and toys. A special current display includes a bronze piece, the G.A. Geherty Trophy, presented by Calgary Power Company to North America Bucking Horses Riding Champion in 1939 to Guy Cash of Grangeville. This was awarded at the Calgary Stampede. Cash was a famous area cowboy for nearly 20 years and his story is displayed next to the bronze award which is a cowboy on a horse. “We also have quite a display of old tools that belong to the museum that we don’t want viewers to miss,” Northcutt added. In addition, the acoustical music duo the SyndiCats will perform Tuesday, July 4, in the basement, 3 to 5 p.m. The group has been performing in the Clearwater River region restaurants, area coffee shops and for benefits for many years. They bring harmonicas, wood and steel guitars, cello, banjo, Cajon and numerous rhythm instruments to favorite tunes. The group consists of John Henderson and Pete Northcutt who have also invited former area resident George Conover to help them on the bass guitar. The show is free; seating is limited. Another highlight of the museum program will be flint knapper Bruce Cibar. Cibar makes arrowheads and other sharp stones by chipping away, or “flint knapping” material. “This is always popular with the kids and they can sit and do it with him for free – he charges a nominal fee if they want to take something home,” Pam Northcutt said. Parking is available in the lot or on the street. The building has air conditioning and bathrooms available for public use. Call the museum at 983-2573. |
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