Elmore County Fair and Rodeo

Country Dreams and Old Blue Jeans

2008 Grand Marshall

Beverly Lucia

Beverly Lucia has been involved with the Elmore County Fair for a slew of years as the Open Class Manager. She brings endless ideas and enthusiasm to a job that often goes without notice. She has played an integral part in making the Open Class Section of the Fair successful for many years. She has put in many hours making the Exhibit Hall a fun place to visit each year. She is constantly endeavoring to make the Hall a better place for visitors by painting the floor, decorating the ladies bathroom, sewing a canopy for much needed shade. She has also spear headed the making of display shelves, created professional signs for each Department, made displays of local artisans collectibles, and coordinated with business and volunteers to make prizes memorable each year.

Beverly Maude Wright was born in Vermont, July 7, 1935. She met her husband George Lucia in high school at the Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax, Vermont. They were married in 1954. George joined the Air Force and they spent the next 20 years in Nebraska, Vermont, Texas, and finally in Idaho. They had 4 children, Diana, George, Penny and Scott.

Settling here in Mountain Home upon retirement, they opened a business in Glenns Ferry. Bev opened a small gift shop she called the Gift Box in 1976 with 10 other women. Following that 3 year venture, she opened her own shop called Quilts and Other Comforts in 1984 and is still in business today. Over the past 24 years she added the Yogurt Shoppe after her granddaughter was diagnosed with Juvenile Diabetes, as there were no other frozen yogurt shops in the area and her granddaughter could not have ice cream. She then added Nature Valley Health Food Store. Her shop is now located at Mulberry Place in the Stardust Plaza with 3 other partners.

Among all of her achievements she was involved with the Girl Scouts as a leader with both her children and grandchildren. She made costumes for her daughter, granddaughters, and great-granddaughter when they were involved in dance, along with the rest of the dance team. Her family would say that Bev was always there for classroom parties and birthdays with wonderful homemade goodies. She made dresses, blankets, and Barbie clothes for her grandchildren, and to this day makes breakfast on Sunday morning for her family and anyone else who shows up for as long as they can remember.

Bev is a founding member of the Mountain. Home Farmers Market which is becoming a very successful venture in the community. She has been involved with the OSC thrift shop on Mountain Home Air Force Base for 11 years as a weekly volunteer. In 2003 she was chosen The Volunteer Angel of the Year for her service to the United States Air Force community.