Community invited to weekend event benefitting Fremont County law enforcement

ST. ANTHONY – An yearly arena designed to raise costs for Fremont County rule enforcement is returning this play for its ninth year.

The owners of Idaho Extreme Adventures and Idaho Dunes RV successful St. Anthony are hosting a soil showdown astatine nan dunes connected Saturday, Aug. 3.

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Company spokesperson Garrett McGroarty, who is helping to shape nan event, tells EastIdahoNews.com it will statesman pinch a pancake meal for campers. Sand car races will hap from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The fundraising information for nan wide nationalist starts astatine 6:30 p.m. There will beryllium a silent auction pinch raffle items donated by section sponsors, meal provided by World’s Best Corndogs and a unrecorded performance by Butte, Montana state creator Levi Bloom.

All nan proceeds will use nan Fremont County section of nan Fraternal Order of Police, a labour statement that includes deputies pinch nan Fremont County Sheriff’s Office and officers pinch nan St. Anthony Police and Ashton Police Departments.

Colter Cannon, a Fremont County lawman who serves arsenic nan organization’s president, explains really nan donations are used.

“If officers are ever progressive successful a constabulary shooting, suit aliases ineligible matter, nan FOP will really prosecute an lawyer to thief screen their ineligible costs,” Cannon explains.

If officers are injured, donations tin thief screen aesculapian costs aliases different family expenses. It’s besides utilized to supply scholarships for precocious schoolhouse seniors willing successful a nationalist work career.

Law enforcement often responds to emergencies astatine nan soil dunes and nan fundraiser stemmed from nan McGroartys’ desire to springiness backmost and show their appreciation.

After an FOP fundraiser astatine Pond’s Lodge successful 2017, Garrett’s dad, Mike, said pinch Cannon astir hosting an outdoor arena astatine his venue.

Cannon is grateful for his relation pinch them complete nan years.

“Me, Mike and Garrett person a really bully moving relationship. We’re really close,” he says. “When I first started pinch nan FOP, our slope relationship was very slim. If 1 of our guys sewage wounded aliases needed help, location was thing we could do for them. The McGroartys person been a blessing for us.”

Between $40,000 and $45,000 were raised past year, nan largest magnitude of money to date.

Garrett and Cannon are hoping for different bully turnout this year. Those who’d for illustration to donate rate aliases prizes tin sprout an email to FremontCountyFOP@gmail.com. You tin besides donate done Venmo here.