Free Ukulele Session Strums This Afternoon at the Library
Ferdinand, ID · November 12, 2026
Overcast skies are settling low over the stubble fields this morning, but mild afternoon temperatures make for easy chores outside. If you are heading down the highway today, expect plenty of company traveling between evening gatherings.
The Lead
Agricultural producers from Ferdinand and across the Camas Prairie head down the highway to Cottonwood tonight for the Idaho County Farm Bureau’s annual banquet. The centerpiece of the evening is a presentation by retired Army Corps of Engineers biologist John McKern on Snake River salmon and the four lower Snake dams. For prairie wheat and barley growers, river politics are never abstract theory. The locks and dams between Lewiston and the Columbia River carry the bulk of the Camas Prairie's harvested grain to export terminals in Portland, keeping local trucking hauls manageable and shipping rates competitive. As federal agencies weigh long-term salmon recovery plans, prairie operators want clear data on how altered river flows or barging disruptions would hit regional grain elevators. Doors open at 6:00 PM at the Cottonwood Community Hall on King Street, where dinner tables will double as strategy sessions for the season ahead.
Today's Outlook
- High 66°F · Low 41°F — Overcast
- A light jacket will do just fine under these quiet, overcast November skies.
What's On Around Town
Today
Ukulele Jam Session Prairie Community Library, Cottonwood, 4:00–5:30 PM · Free Strum along with friendly neighbors using provided loaner instruments.
Idaho County Farm Bureau Annual Banquet Cottonwood Community Hall (506 King St), Cottonwood, 6:00–7:30 PM Hear retired biologist John McKern discuss Snake River dams over dinner.
Tomorrow
- 2A State Football Semifinal: Prairie vs. Raft River Bengal Field, Lewiston, 4:00 PM · Paid
Saturday
- House of Worship Security Seminar The Angelus Center (122 Substation Rd), Cottonwood, 8:00 AM–Noon · Paid
- Veterans Day Patriots Ball Grangeville Elks Lodge (111 S Meadow St), Grangeville, 5:00–9:00 PM · $45
Spotlight & Story
- Vollmer Park
- Tucked seven miles north in Craigmont, this quiet municipal park marks the exact seam of an old territorial rivalry. Before the twin towns of Ilo and Vollmer united in 1920, these grounds sat on the disputed boundary where competing rail hubs refused to touch.
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