July 5, 2014                  Vol. 10 Issue 149

Fireworks light up the night sky
Fireworks lit up the night sky Saturday as Orofino celebrated their All-American 4th of July at the Orofino City Park. See the photos...

UTV, ATV riders welcomed to PLAY Fun Run
All UTV (utility-terrain-vehicle) and ATV (all-terrain-vehicle) riders are welcome to the PLAY (Public Lands Access Year-round) Fun Run Saturday July 19 at State Highway 11/Road 57. See the article...

OCS 4th Annual Open-Open House Celebration planned July 16
Can you believe it? Out in the open, at Orofino's City Park, 6 -10 p.m. on Wednesday evening, July 16, Orofino's Clean and Sober Drop-In Center, the family-style community center located at 235 Johnson Ave. will be celebrating our take off into it's fourth and most exciting year yet. See the column...

Clearwater County Commissioners hearing protests on property valuations
Clearwater County Commissioners will convene as the Board of Equalization during their meetings, as needed until July 14; to hear from landowners' on their protest of property valuations to ensure the properties are valued equitably to similar properties. See the article...

Washington Scablands is topic for Rotary meeting
Rotary Club of Orofino's program for June 27, the last regularly scheduled Rotary meeting of the 2013-2014 Rotary Year, was Marshall Cook with a presentation the Scablands of Washington. See the column...

Warbird Weekend 2014 set for Saturday, Sunday, July 12-13
GRANGEVILLE - The third annual Warbird Weekend runs Saturday and Sunday, July 12-13, at the Idaho County Airport, featuring historic aircraft, plane flights, aviation exhibits and related events. See the article and photos...

Need faster Internet, a new roof, a heating system repair/install or lodging for guests?
Check out our newly revised 'Directory Page' and see who might have the remedies for holes in your roof, faster Internet and great places to stay. See the page...

Looking for a job?
See the listing. Check Classifieds...

One Last Clue!
Join us for our 449th Week of Orofino History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate Clearwater Country's history and heritage. See the first 10 clues...

We Have a Winner!
Join us for our 448th Week of Orofino History Trivia, a special feature to celebrate Clearwater Country's history and heritage. See the winner, answer and first 14 clues...

Trivia follow up...answers?
We are still working on the follow up on some Orofino History Trivia topics. Check here to see them...

Clearwater Creations
We have started a service for Clearwater Country artisans and crafters that would like to advertise their creations on our site in a shopping cart format and for those who would like to purchase items uniquely from Clearwater Country. See the Creations page...

Catch up on 2013 Fair articles & photos
For those who would like to catch up all at once on Window on the Clearwater coverage of the Clearwater County Fair and Orofino Lumberjack Days, we are providing this page with links to articles, photos and information about happenings in 2013. We will continue to add to the archives on this page as we continue our coverage. See the latest on the home page each day. See the archives here...

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where ...they should be. Now put the foundations under them."

--Henry David Thoreau