Making it feel more like home, we are here to welcome people moving to the Magic Valley. We offer our services as a conduit between the people and the community which they have chosen as a home. We would also love to post & share YOUR community events. They must be emailed no later than 2 weeks previous to the event to: twinfallswelcomemat@gmail.com
Apr 11th
Keeping the Books: QuickBooks Pro for Your Business, Twin Falls
QuickBooks Pro combined Beginning & Intermediate Course for Business. This course takes you from setting up a company to the details of payroll using QuickBooks Pro. Learn how to use the program then how to make it the most valuable tool for your buisness as you manage your company using this industry standard for small business. The course will be 5 sessions long and cover all the important sections that relate to your business. Students will share what their needs are related to QBooks and accounting and the class will be tailored to fit the audience. Dennis Tilley or Doug Lincoln of Tilley & Lincoln CPA’s are our Trainers. Please contact them with any course questions at 208.733.5811 or doug@tilleylincoln.com Fee for this course is $150 for 15 hours of classroom training spanning 5 evenings. Apr 17, 19, 24, 26 May 1, 2012 Debit or credit card payment: Call us @ 208.732.6450 To pay by check or money order; mail your payment to: College of Southern Idaho Business Office P.O. Box 1238 Twin Falls ID 83303-1238 Payment for classes is due prior to class start date – Thank you! Please follow this link to register: “http://www.csi.edu/isbdc”then click on workshops/trainings.
Apr 11th
Veterinary Technology students at the College of Southern Idaho will hold their annual fundraising Dog Wash at the Vet Tech program lab in downtown Twin Falls on Saturday, Apr. 14 The popular event is used to raise money for the CSI Vet Tech program and student activities. For $15, students will wash and towel dry small to average-sized dogs. Ear cleaning and nail trimming will be $20. Large dogs will be $20 and $25. No appointment is necessary. Students will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pet owners are asked to bring their dogs on leashes. Anyone who brings a clean, used towel to donate to the program will receive a dollar off their dog wash. The event will be held at A Pet’s Place at 260 Second Ave. S. in Twin Falls, which is the Vet Tech student clinic. For more information, contact the CSI Ag Office at 732-6401.
Apr 11th
Fourth annual Scottish Highland Games and Diversity Faire, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. APRIL 14 in the field near College of Southern Idaho’s Desert building. Presented by CSI’s Highland Culture Club and CSI Diversity Council and Program Board. The games, organized by Eastern Oregon Throwers and Black Sheep Elite, are open to men and women. Game competitions include hammer or stone throws or caber tossing; entry fee is $25 per throwing event. Stones and hammers weigh 8-12 pounds for women or 16-22 pounds for men; competitors toss the weights over an overhead crossbar at various heights. In the sheaf toss, competitors use a pitchfork to fling a 12-20 pound weighted burlap bag over a crossbar, and in caber toss, a thrower must balance the pole upright in his hands until it’s into the air, making it pass through one vertical revolution and land with the handheld end pointing away from the thrower). New this year is Excalibur Sword Pull, which is open to spectators and game competitors with prizes awarded. Music and dance performances include Irish Dance Idaho from Boise, Teton and District Performing Arts Pipe Band, Native American flute player Ralph Montes, and Magic Valley Irish Dancers. The event includes a raffle with prizes, vendor booths and snacks. Admission is $1 per person. Children under 10 admitted free. During the games, CSI Welding Department’s annual spring auction is 1 p.m. in the Desert building and CSI Renewable Energy Club’s mobile trailer is open .
Apr 11th
Come help us celebrate Jaime’s 6th studio release! Jaime would like to thank the Magic Valley for supporting her over the years by offering a free concert and party. It will be a fun-filled evening with friends as Jaime shares songs from her new CD as well as some of her career favorites from the past 13 years. The New CD will be available for purchase after the concert. Desserts and refreshments will also be served. Free Admission! Friday, April 13, 2012. Starts at 7:00 pm.
Amazing Grace Fellowship, 1061 Eastland Drive North, Twin Falls, ID.
Apr 11th
The 20th annual Epicurean Evening fundraiser, presented by St. Luke’s Magic Valley Health Foundation, 5:30 p.m. April 13th at Canyon Crest Dining and Event Center, 330 Canyon Crest Drive. Features gourmet food, wine and live auction. Dinner served at 7 p.m. Cocktail attire suggested. Proceeds benefit children’s programs, including St. Luke’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit. Tickets are $100 per person; reserve by April 1: stlukesonline.org/epicureanevening or 814-0070.
Friday, 13 April, 2012. Starts at 05:30 PM, Canyon Crest Dining and Event Center, Twin Falls, ID.
Apr 11th
Do Wrangler Butts Drive You Nuts? fundraiser.
Join us at Hands On Thursday April 12th 7-10pm as we wrangle up money for the CSI Men’s Rodeo program. Music by Gary and Cindy Braun, Snacks, Drinks, Pottery Painting and so much more! The CSI Men’s Rodeo Team Members will be at the studio wearing their Wranglers so you can vote for your favorite Wrangler butt. Prizes for the Best Cowgirl Outfit. $15 plus the price of your pieces. Reservations appreciated by calling 736-4475, 147 Shoshone St. N.
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Apr 11th
Cowboy poet Baxter Black, 7 p.m. April 11 at the College of Southern Idaho’s Fine Arts Auditorium. Black has written several books including a cowboy novel and its sequel and recorded more than a dozen audio and video CDs and DVDs. He has achieved widespread recognition as a newspaper columnist, radio and television commentator and has appeared on the Tonight Show and on PBS and NPR. Black was a veterinarian and worked on ranches in the West before he became a cowboy poet. Presented by CSI Equine Club; proceeds benefit club activities and education. Advance tickets are $15 at Vickers Western Store in Twin Falls, Valley Country Store in Buhl, Shoe and Tack Shop in Jerome, or at CSI Evergreen building’s agriculture office. Tickets are $20.at the door. FFA students wearing their jackets admitted for $10.