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13th
Annual Haunted Woods
 As
ghouls and goblins haunted the night,
witches fly through the air and
underworld creatures invade your dreams,
wolves will howl as they await their
prey . . . . and a walk through the
woods will never be the same.
It’s time, time for the 13th Annual
Haunted Woods, presented by the Eagle
Volunteer Fire Fighter’s Association,
Fridays and Saturdays, Oct 15 & 16, 22 &
23, and Oct 29 & 30 dusk to 11:00 PM, in
Merrill Park next to the river in Eagle.
No other woods will leave you shaking in
your boots like this benefit for the
Eagle Volunteer Fire Fighters
Association. Your support will help the
Burn Out fund for families displaced by
fire, support annual scholarships that
help high school students further their
education, provide Christmas presents
for families who might otherwise not
have any, as well as assist the
department in the purchase of much
needed equipment and training.
 Tickets
are $10 for adults, children 5 – 12 are
only $6. Advanced tickets for groups of
10 or more receive a $1 off. Bring a can
of food for the Eagle Food Bank and
receive a free glow stick.
For additional information, please
contact Eagle Fire Department at
208/939-6463 or check out the website at
www.eaglefire.org
Eagle Fire District History
July 1946 to September 1963
It wasn't a fire but a fire scare that
motivated the formation of the Eagle
Fire Protection District. On a Sunday
afternoon the Fourth of July weekend in
1946, a cry went up, "The Eagle Merc is
on fire!" Within minutes every available
hose from homes in the area was in use;
however, it was the strong right arm of
Mrs. May Russell on the pitcher pump
handle and the "never-give-up" attitude
of people who just wouldn’t quit on the
bucket brigade that made it a fire scare
rather than a disastrous fire. Yes, we
lost the garage and the storehouse and a
lean-to on the back of the Merc, but the
results of the fire bombs furnished by
W.K. Long, together with the arrival of
the fire truck from Gowen Field,
relieved the pressure on the pitcher
pump and the bucket brigade. We saved
the Merc and the Odd Fellows Lodge
building. As a matter of fact, the men
on the Gowen Field truct asked why we
even bothered to call them.
With this
as basic history, we had no trouble
getting a big group of people out to
attend a mass meeting in the I.O.O.F.
Hall to talk fire protection. The result
of this meeting was that a $300 deposit
(furnished by Ralph Wilson, Orville
Jackson and W. K. Long) was made with
the state purchasing agent in order that
our name could be put on file so we
could bid on a war surplus fire truck.
During
the time of the money was cooling in the
office of the state purchasing agent, we
didn't exactly fall asleep, for during
this interim, we learned of statutes in
the Idaho law providing for the
formation of rural fire districts. With
very little persuasion on the part of
Norval Ostroot and Chester Edwards the
I.O.O.F Lodge in Eagle was prevailed
upon to finance the formation of such a
district, which they agreed to do to the
extent of $100. In order to establish
boundaries down to an area where we knew
the people would back the idea by biting
themselves into such a taxing unit. This
area included the old common school
district 12 of Eagle and adjoining
district 25 (Linder), a combined area of
about 16 square miles. . .
Burn Permits (No
Longer Required in Ada County)
Ada
County no longer issues burn permits or
requires its Fire Districts to do so.
Ada County
now allows open burning in rural areas,
PROVIDED that the weather forecast
permits and the
Air Quality Index (AQI) is 60 or below.
Ada County cares deeply about our
Treasure Valley air
quality. Help us keep our precious
Treasure Valley air clean and safe by
knowing and following
these rules before you burn. The Air
Quality phone number is 373-0313.
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