2006-11, November 2006 (Winchester)

• Description

  Product Description

  FEATURES

  Celebration Park
  by Dean Worbois

  Down along the slumbering banks of the Snake River south of Melba lies Idaho’s first Archeological State Park. Featuring gigantic gravel scattered after the catastrophic draining of Lake Bonneville some 14,500 years ago, an array of petroglyphs left by native tribes over several millennia, and the echoes of Idaho’s mining past, Celebration Park is an interesting and eclectic window into Idaho’s past.

  Winchester—Spotlight City
  by Margo Aragon

  This small town on the Palouse has a colorful history out of proportion to its size. Named, incidentally, for the Winchester rifles that townspeople brought to an early meeting, the town sits beside a picturesque lake, is surrounded by Ponderosa pines, has its own resident pack of wolves, and sports a mayor who is also a best selling author (see page 23 for profile). Through seventy-five years of existence that depended largely on the boom and bust logging industry, Winchester is surviving and thriving as an inviting place to visit and live.

  How to Erect an Anemometer
  by Collin Rudeen

  What is an anemometer and why would one desire to erect one? As it turns out, an anemometer measures wind velocity and persistence, information which is both necessary and fundamental when deciding where one might wish to build a wind farm. As a continuing, non-polluting energy source, wind power is very highly regarded for a variety of reasons. Still, even though the purpose of an anemometer more than justifies the installation, there is a great deal more to putting one up than one might expect.

  DEPARTMENTS

  Animal Kingdom: Stalking the wild turkey, by Jim Foster

  Outdoor Sports: Long Bridge swim; An exercise in healing, by Desiré Aguirre

  Profile: “I Chose Idaho”; Writing a life in the Gem State, by Janet Rubin

  Small Town Flavor: Business out there; Hands on haggling, by Carol Lena Sowards

  Historical Snapshot: A trip to the dentist was rarely fun, by Arthur Hart

  Tricks of the Trade: Hollywood style innovations, straight from the family farm, by Amy Ballard

  Clean Plate Club: Dining in the 100 Acre Wood, by Laura Zuckerman

  Studebaker Says: Running Barefoot; A twice-told tale, by William Studebaker

  Literary Lions: Darkest Idaho’s pitiful Hemingway cult, by Dean Miller

  Rock and a Hard Place: Four-wheel-drive blues, by Shirley Lund

  2006 Recipe Contest: Au Gratin Potatoes, by Geneva Trent

  November Contributors

  IN THIS ISSUE!
  Arco, Boise, Celebration Park, Eagle, Fairfield, Idaho Falls, Salmon, Sandpoint, Soda Springs, Sun Valley, Twin Falls, Winchester