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By RODNEY D. BOAM  Citizen editor Mandy Swainston Fleshman has been building a corn maze in Winder since she was 11 years old. Now at 23, married and moving to San Diego, the corn maze will fade into cow corn heaven. This will be the last year the daughter of Kay and Lorie Swainston...

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By CITIZEN STAFF  FORT HALL – United Way of Southeastern Idaho held its 2012-2013 campaign kickoff last week at the new Shoshone Bannock Hotel in Fort Hall. This year’s campaign goal is $630,000, although last year some $660,000 was raised, said Robin Nelson, resource development/campaign coordinator for the nonprofit agency. It includes seven Southeastern...

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By CITIZEN STAFF  The Pocatello architectural firm of Myers and Anderson has been selected to design the remodeling project at Franklin County Medical Center. It was chosen from 10 applications, with representatives from nine firms participating in an on-site walk-through earlier this month, said Hospital Administrator Mike Andrus. “The board selected them as best...

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By CITIZEN STAFF  WESTON – Property owners in Weston don’t have to worry about any property tax hike being imposed by the city council beyond the three percent allowed by state law to account for such factors as growth, Mayor Camille Larsen said. That extra three percent amounts to about $2,500, and will be...

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By ROBERT S. MERRILL Assistant editor The Preston Rotary Christmas Choir will present its 80th annual concert this December, and officials are reminding area residents that practices will start on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Preston Eighth Ward Chapel, 213 S. 200 E. Co-director Carl Hoffman said this year is the...

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By ROBERT S. MERRILL  Assistant editor National Fire Prevention Week kicks off locally on Monday, Oct. 8, with several school classes and other groups touring the local fire station. Fire Commissioners and firemen will lead the tours. They will continue all month and, besides the students, tours will include various church and scouting groups,...

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By Robert Merrill  Assistant Editor Area farmers are at the end of this year’s harvest season with some reporting good yields, while a few did not fare so well. “We are just finishing the harvest right now. All the dry-land and irrigated grain and barley was cut a few weeks back,” said Lauritz Smith,...

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