Boise Weekly Vol. 23 Issue 11

CHILD CARE CHANGES Boise councilman fronts new regs for daycares NEWS 8

FOUND AND LOST Inside the search for Lucius Robbi FEATURE 11

LATE SUMMER SAMPLER All the best September First Thursday events FIRST THURSDAY 18

SOMETHING EVIL A conversation with mysterious Barry ‘Konrad’ Konarik CULTURE 28

“The devil is in the details.”

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STORIES WE NEED TO TELL There are some stories that reporters write because they want to, some they write because they have to and, every so often, stories they feel they need to write. On Aug. 26, when the search for 21-year-old University of Montana student Lucius Robbi was in full swing, Boise Weekly staff writer Jessica Murri bounded into my office and told me she wanted to drive to Stanley to embed herself with Robbi’s searchers.

Murri couldn’t stop following news of his disappearance, both in the media and through the Finding Lucius Facebook group. That morning, she told me, her own car, which bore a passing resemblance to Robbi’s—complete with kayaks on the roof—had been reported to Boise Police as possibly belonging to the young man.

She said she needed to be there to know how the search was really progressing—she felt a connection with Robbi and his community, herself a 23-year-old kayaker and former U of M student.

Of course I told her to go, and after spending the better part of a day and night with the search party in Stanley, Murri returned with a gripping story about friends and, in a few cases, complete strangers dropping everything to scour the backcountry for a kid who, by all accounts, was among the best of us.

By now we all know the tragic ending of the story, but Murri’s telling of the last days of the search reveal much about the nature of friendship, the daunting effort that goes into finding a missing person and, ultimately, the fragility of life.

Find her report on Page 11.

Elsewhere in this week’s paper, BW News Editor George Prentice lifts the lid on a few big stories: first, on Page 8, that the City Center Plaza project in downtown Boise has hit a major roadblock after a district judge ruled its funding structure violated the Idaho Constitution. Also on Page 8, Prentice takes a look at some of the big changes possibly headed for daycare facilities in Boise, and, on Page 9, digs into the numbers behind the painful gap between a livable wage and actual wages in Idaho.

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BOISEWEEKLY.COM What you missed this week in the digital world.

MY LAND Idaho lawmakers will host a series of meetings around the state on the topic of how to manage public lands—specifically, whether Idaho should take over federal lands. More on Citydesk.

MODS In case you missed it, Boise Art Museum’s exhibition of modern artists Jean Arp, Joan Miro and Alexander Calder opened in late August. Get more info on Cobweb.

FIGHT FOR $15 On Thursday, Sept. 4, fast food workers across the country plan to protest for higher wages. A similar protest popped up outside a Boise McDonald’s last year. Read more on Citydesk.

OPINION

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BILL COPE/OPINION

CONSERVATIVE JEOPARDY What is dumber than a doorknob, Alex

I’ve been watching Jeopardy for at least 25 years. Love it. Helps me keep myself in proper perspective, brain-wise. I can’t get too big a head when someone on the show is kicking my ass at home.

On the other hand, if I get to feeling overly stupid, I can sit through a half-hour of Jeopardy and might possibly come out of it knowing that there are anywhere from one to three people on the planet who are dumber than me.

That’s generally all the self-esteem I need.

On a recent episode, something happened I’ve never seen before. For a while, all three contestants were in the hole at the same time.

(For those who don’t know the Jeopardy procedure, wrong answers mean you lose the money value of the question, and the losses don’t have to stop at zero.)

It got me to wondering what the show might look like if they staged a special competition like they do for bright teenagers, college students and ex-champions, only this would be between (what we might generously call) “low-information individuals.” Following is an excerpt from that imaginary contest.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which brought tax rates for 95 percent of working families to their lowest levels since 1950, was enacted by this president.

UUU

ALEX: Wrong. The answer is Barack Obama.

Ba-rack Obama. Doris, you’re still in charge of the board.

ALEX: The category is “Which President Did It?” OK, are we ready? Of all the U.S. presidents since 1980, this man has taken the fewest vacation days by far. (buzz!) Yes, Phil.

PHIL (representing the Arizona Don’t-TreadOn-Me-ers): What is Ronald Reagan, Alex.

ALEX: No. (buzz!) Doris.

DORIS: Who is Ronald Reagan.

ALEX: Oh, I’m sorry. The answer is Barack Obama. Ba-rack Obama. And you’re still in charge of the board, Doris.

DORIS: OK Alex. Let’s try “Executive Action” for $400.

ALEX: This president has issued the lowest number of executive orders compared to any other two-term U.S. president since James Monroe. (buzz!) Leonard.

LEONARD (representing the Concerned California Conservatives): What is Benghazi, Alex.

ALEX: No. (buzz!) Doris.

DORIS: Who is Ronald Reagan, Alex.

ALEX: No (buzz!) Phil.

PHIL: What is Ronald Reagan, Alex.

DORIS: Alex, I’d like “Muslims from Kenya Who Have Become President” for $800, please.

ALEX: Doris, I remind you that you can’t make up your own categories.

DORIS (representing the Kansas Chapter of the Tea Partyettes): Who is Ronald Reagan,

DORIS: OK, then I will take “Which Presi-

Alex.

ALEX: This president has presided over more Americans having health insurance than any other in U.S. history. (buzz!) Leonard.

ALEX: Wrong. And it seems Leonard isn’t going to ring in. The answer is Barack Obama.

Ba-rack Obama. Doris, you’re still in charge of the board. Oh, and Leonard, I believe you’re holding your buzzer upside down.

DORIS: Let’s go “Famous Liberal Traitors”

dent Did It?” for $1,800, Alex.

LEONARD: What is Benghazi, Alex.

ALEX: No. (buzz!) Doris.

DORIS: Who is Ronald Reagan, Alex.

for $1,800, Alex.

ALEX: No. (buzz!) Phil.

ALEX: Sorry, Doris. You must pick one of the categories on the board, and “Famous Liberal Traitors” isn’t up there.

PHIL: What is Ronald Reagan, Alex.

DORIS: OK, Alex. Let’s go back to “Which President Did It?” for $1,600. (ring-a-ding-ading!)

ALEX: Congratulations. You’ve uncovered the second Daily Double. You are currently at minus $3,200, but you can risk…

DORIS: I’ll make it a true Daily Double, Alex.

ALEX: I’m sorry, Doris. You can’t make it a true Daily Double when you’re in the hole.

You can only wager up to $2,000.

ALEX: No… no… no. And listen people, we have a problem. Our judges have just informed me that there is not enough money left on the board to get even one of you onto the plus side, which means there can be no Final Jeopardy. However, on a brighter note, Doris, with minus $10,600, has set a new Jeopardy record for the most losses by any contestant in the 30 years I have hosted this show. (buzz!) Leonard, that wasn’t a question.

LEONARD: Who is Barack Hussein Obama, Alex.

DORIS: OK, Alex. I’ll wager the $2,000,

ALEX: Oh, dear. I’m beginning to wonder

plus the minus $3,200 I have, so my wager is $5,200.

why I ever left Canada. (buzz!) That’s not a question either, Leonard.

ALEX: No, that’s not… uh… OK, our judges say they will allow it. Here is your question:

LEONARD: What is Barack Hussein Obama,

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Alex.

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OPINION/JOHN REMBER

SAME AS IT EVER WAS And the semester begins

The leaves on the dwarf dogwood bushes in the yard are turning red. Yesterday morning there was frost on the deck. Most of the skinny little planted fish in the river have been caught by people who could have bought several hundred pounds of fresh Copper River salmon for what they spent on fishing gear. Giant motorhomes have begun heading south to their breeding grounds in Arizona. The families thronging the beaches of Redfish have disappeared, lost to back-toschool sales and mandatory team meetings.

Sure signs, all of them, of another summer shot to hell. It’s time to fix fences, cut and stack cords of firewood, put away the barbeque, drain the sprinkler system, watch the days getting shorter, and pick up where we left off with Dr. Who last spring.

Time, as well, for the old teaching nightmares to rise up from the depths. Last night I dreamed it was the first day of classes and I couldn’t find the building I was supposed to teach in. Then I realized I couldn’t remember what it was I was supposed to teach. Classes started. Students gazed at me in expectant blanktitude. I woke up screaming, reaching for my grade book.

Circular time is one of teaching’s many occupational hazards. It’s been 10 years since Julie and I left our classrooms for Sawtooth Valley, but we still measure our lives in fall and spring semesters and summer and Christmas vacations. These are the four seasons for us, year after year after year. It takes a deliberate look in the mirror to realize that time has a linear aspect at all.

I miss teaching, now that I’m safely distant from it, now that I’m not exhausted by it, now that I can discern the successes from the abject failures, the Aha! moments from the deadly tedium of faculty meetings.

I remember—selectively remember—improving the world, giving people value for their tuition money, showing them how writing could be more joy than chore, a source of confidence rather than humiliation.

After they completed my classes, anyway.

As a rule, I was better for people’s writing skills than I was for their GPA. They liked me far better at the end of their college careers than after their first midterm grade, far better a decade graduated than on graduation day.

While teaching, I thought I would forever be a teacher. I’d teach semester after semester until one day, shuffling to the lectern, I’d die of old age. The college would take me to a taxidermist, have me stuffed and prop me in the corner during Faculty Development Committee meetings, as the tangible—if inert—product of 40 years of dedicated teaching and intense faculty development.

I take my development more seriously now. I make do without an alarm clock, valuing those morning dreams for their wisdom, however unpleasant. I read more and write more and learn more than if I were

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still teaching. Every time I visit erstwhile colleagues they tell me they’re thinking of retiring too, if and when they can afford it, so they can read and write and learn more than teaching allows.

“Not being able to afford it didn’t stop me,” I say.

What would have stopped me was the idea of time, at least if I’d understood it then the way I understand it now. When time is a circle, it’s hard to think of next year as different from last year. The past is now and forever. Change is upsetting, because it interferes with the smooth progression of the registrar’s schedule, the slow cadence of sabbaticals, the quick regular percussion of midterm grades.

Even now I don’t understand how I escaped being taxidermied alive.

Julie doesn’t miss teaching. For six years she taught high-school drama, enjoying every minute of it. She taught her students to love the theater. She brought a lot of people to excellence on the stage. But six years is about how long high-school teachers last in the profession these days, due to the long hours and low wages and a lack of respect toward teachers in general.

After six years she was ready to do something else, and she did, becoming an editor and writer. The people she works with respect her and her work. They send her the really hard jobs because she can handle them. She makes more money in less time than she did teaching.

Up until a few summers ago, she tells me, she also had late-August teaching nightmares. Then she had one where she walked into her classroom on the first day of school and the place was chaos. Students were screaming obscenities, chasing each other around the room, hanging off the light fixtures, jumping out of the windows, smoking cigarettes. She told them all to sit down and they ignored her.

“In my dream, I told myself I didn’t have to put up with this,” she says. “I walked down to the principal’s office and said, ‘I quit.’” She hasn’t had a teaching nightmare since.

Every fall I tell former colleagues they should stay in the profession even when they can make more money elsewhere. “You’re saving lives,” I say. “Nobody can do what you’re doing. It’s right livelihood. It’s a noble calling.

What happens to those kids if you leave?”

“Nothing,” they say, and they’re right.

Nothing good, anyway. And those former colleagues go back for another year, leaving me to wonder what sort of guiltless psychopathy allowed Julie and me to leave our classrooms and go to this place, with its empty highways, starlit nights, shelves of books-to-be-read, warm wood stove, hot tea and Netflix subscription—another noisy summer gone, another quiet autumn on the way.

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CITYDESK/NEWS NEWS GEOR GE PR ENTIC E

‘THIS IS MY BABY NOW’ The Gardner Co. is already underway with the massive City Center Plaza.

JUDGE: GBAD PLANS TRIED TO CIRCUMVENT CONSTITUTION It’s rare to read an official court ruling state “the devil is in the details.” Indeed those were the exact words from 4th District Judge Melissa Moody in her denial of the Greater Boise Auditorium District’s attempt to fund its already-under-construction City Center Plaza building. As a result, Moody has placed a major financial hurdle in front of the $21 million project.

Moody pointed to the uncomfortable “open-ended” promises in GBAD’s lease agreement with the Capital City Development Corporation, which in turn would finance the project through millions of dollars in bonds.

The judge ruled that the deal “violated the spirit and purpose of the [Idaho] constitutional limitation against indebtedness.”

“The Court concludes it cannot approve the proposed lease agreement because there are too many unknowns,” she wrote.

Moody said too many questions remained in what appeared to some as a shell game, or as she put it, “subterfuge for what is actually a conditional sales contract.”

Simply put, Moody ruled that GBAD racking up that much indebtedness requires a two-thirds majority approval from voters.

Article VIII, subsection three of the Idaho Constitution reads that, “No county, city, board of education, or school district, or other subdivision of the state, shall incur any indebtedness, or liability, in any manner, or for any purpose, exceeding in that year, the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors.”

The bottom line: GBAD will have to pay—out of pocket—for its new building or get two-thirds voter approval. Since GBAD’s purse currently holds somewhere around $15 million, the auditorium district will need to start draining its bank account sooner than later to help pay for what will cost north of $21 million.

The thorn in GBAD’s side was Boise Guardian editor Dave Frazier, who formally challenged the district’s request for court approval of the unique funding scheme.

“It was gratifying to have Judge Moody see through the attempt to circumvent the Constitution,” wrote Frazier, upon hearing of the ruling. “Too many public works projects have denied voters their constitutionally mandated voice on the public debt.”

“The devil is in the details,” wrote Moody.

“A painstaking review of all the documents before the Court reveals that [GBAD] is not free, as it insists, ‘to simply walk away.’”

Which leaves GBAD little time to come up with a Plan B. Construction is well underway.

—George Prentice

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Boise councilman shepherds big child care changes GEORGE PRENTICE There wasn’t a television in sight. Kids were everywhere when Boise Weekly visited the Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Center on Boise’s Grand Avenue. Some, just learning to crawl, were in the so-called “mobile room”; 1- and 2-year-olds were in a separate room learning to explore the world and one another; 2- and 3-year-olds were in a third room singing “How are you?”; and in a back, dimly lit room with Pandora’s “Lullaby” station playing, newborn to 6-month-old infants were napping among mobiles of stars and teddy bears, dangling above the cribs.

Not until BW peeked into a side room did we see a TV, which looked like it hadn’t seen the light of day since Big Bird was a chick.

“We have very little screen time,” said Giraffe Laugh Executive Director Lori Fascilla.

“Most trained providers understand that a little brain is only 20 percent developed at birth. But by the time they leave a child care program, it’s 90 percent developed. When they’re watching TV, that development stops.”

Indeed, according to healthychildren.org, a resource from the American Academy of Pediatrics, toddlers who watch more TV are “more likely to have problems paying attention at age 7,” and even having the TV on in the background, even if no one is watching, “is enough to delay language development.”

“We have a responsibility to our children to remove that from their environment,” said Fascilla.

Still, it’s a fair bet that television sets are humming throughout the nation, and the city of Boise in particular, as impressionable children learn dramatically less from a video than any human interaction.

That’s all about to change. The proposed “Healthy Child Care Initiative,” shepherded by Boise City Councilman TJ Thomson, includes limited screen time, more daily physical activity, healthier menus and improved training and child-to-worker ratios. The public will get a chance to weigh in on the measure—which could go into effect as early as Oct. 1—during a City Hall public hearing Tuesday, Sept. 9.

The first thing Thomson wants everyone to know is that no one will lose their child care license due to the proposed ordinance.

“If an enforcement officer finds non-compliance, no one will lose their license,” Thomson told BW. “The market will drive this.”

“The market” is key to the initiative’s success. The city’s first step will be to hire and empower a trainer who will spend the better part of the next year working with licensees, and

The Healthy Child Care Initiative includes limited screen time, more daily physical activity, healthier menus, improved training for caregivers and better child-to-worker ratios.

considering that there are approximately 300 entities offering child care, that’s a huge task.

Currently 130 child care centers are licensed in Boise to care for 13 or more children; 84 private homes are licensed to care for a maximum of six; and another 88 private homes are licensed to care for a maximum of 12 children.

Boise is unique in that it is the only Treasure Valley community that licenses child care facilities. The only other Idaho cities that do the same are Ammon, Chubbuck, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Falls, Lewiston, Moscow and Pocatello.

“All other cities in Ada and Canyon counties have to rely on state licensing,” said Thomson. “But right now, we’re doing nothing as a state to turn this ship around. If we don’t do it, it’s not going to happen.”

And that “ship” is foundering. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Idaho ranks dead last in the nation—52nd, behind even Guam and Puerto Rico—when it comes to state rankings for healthy eating and physical activity regulations.

“We have an ‘F,’” said Thomson. “We’ve watched childhood obesity become an epidemic—a 30 percent increase in as many years. Over half of all kids that are currently overweight were overweight by age 2. Healthy initiatives are my top priority; I’ve been trying to figure out the right way to approach this.”

That prompted Thomson to sit down with Rebecca Lemmons, policy analyst with the Central District Health Department, and Beth Oppenheimer, executive director of Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, to design and set guidelines for a new child care licensing program for Boise.

They agreed that the biggest challenge for some current child care providers will be new nutritional rules, which include meeting USDA guidelines and keeping weekly menus and records of meals and snacks.

While some providers might think those guidelines translate to higher costs, Thomson said the training will be key in helping make nutritional change on a budget.

“You can almost hear someone say, ‘I can

get Oscar Mayer hot dogs pretty cheap in bulk.’ But our training will help them to shop smarter,” he said. “I honestly don’t think there should be a financial impact there. It’s been shown, time and again, that teaching someone how to shop is key.”

But another key piece to the initiative is certain to impact cost for some child care providers, and ultimately the costs that are passed on to parents: personnel.

The current child-to-worker ratios are 6-1 for newborns to 2-year-olds, 8-1 for 2-yearolds, 10-1 for 3-year-olds, 12-1 for 4- and 5-year-olds, and 12-1 for 5-year-olds and older (the state ratio is a whopping 24-1 for 5-yearolds and older). The proposed Boise rules would shrink those ratios to 5-1 for newborns to 2-year-olds, 6-1 for 2-year-olds, 10-1 for 3- and 4-year-olds, and 12-1 for 5-year-olds and older.

“But we want to help those providers make that transition. Again, no one will lose their license over this,” said Thomson.

Come Oct. 1, 2015, the city of Boise would begin publishing online audits of every child care licensee in the city so that parents can see how their provider ranks.

“I can tell you that our ratios are even better than the ones they’re proposing,” said Fascilla, at Giraffe Laugh. “We’re a living example that lower ratios can work. We have a clear budget and we’re a nonprofit. We charge accordingly. But you have to think of this as much more than just cost. It’s a safety issue.

Imagine, how many children can one individual cart out of a building if there’s a fire?”

As for Idaho’s recommended 24-1 child-toworker ratio for children 5 years old and older, Fascilla said that’s crazy.

“Every child caregiver I talked to thought that the state ratio is ridiculous,” she said.

When BW asked Fascilla if she thought there would be some child care providers who wouldn’t be able to survive financially under the new guidelines, she took a 9 long breath.

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NEWS

Among CCDC’s properties is Eighth Street in Boise’s downtown core.

CCDC FY2015 BUDGET: $66.8M

$14.57 Idaho’s Living Wage GEORGE PRENTICE single-adult household. It balloons to $19.72 Idaho newspapers and airwaves were filled with statistics on Aug. 29: 13 to 35—the losing for a single adult with a school-age child; $25.12 for a single adult with a toddler and a effort of the Boise State Broncos in their Aug. school-age child; $28.14 for two adults (one of 28 season opener against Ole Miss; 4.2 percent—the rate that the United States’ economy whom is working) with a toddler and schoolage child; and $17.69 per adult for a housegrew in the second quarter of 2013; nine—the hold of two working adults with a toddler and number of years that Angelina Jolie and Brad school-age child.

Pitt had been a couple prior to their Aug. 28 “We try to save for emergencies,” 21-yearwedding. old Lewiston husband and father Teejay Henry But Gem State citizens were hard-pressed told researchers as part of the study. “But every to find adequate media coverage surroundmonth something comes up and that extra $10 ing another, more personal number: $14.57.

That’s Idaho’s so-called “living wage,” revealed was always spent on something important.”

Henry, his wife and 1-year-old daughter in a stunning report, “Families Out of Balare the definition of Idaho’s working poor. He ance,” published Aug. 28 by the Seattle-based takes home about $1,600 per month as a tire Alliance for a Just Society, which examined shop mechanic. His wife brings home a little households in 10 states, including Idaho. less than $300 per month as a Simply put, the living wage “Families Out of Balance” laundry aide in a retirement facilis the hourly pay needed to Read the full report at: ity and they have to pay around cover the cost of housing, thejobgap.org. $280 a month for childcare. food, utilities and other core “Our reality is that we can’t expenses, including modest savings. The calculation included a telephone, but even afford to live in our own house because rent is out of our budget on what the two of not cable television or Internet service. us earn,” said Henry. “We are fortunate to live One need look no further than Idaho’s in a nice house as roommates, but, as a young minimum wage—$7.52 per hour—to find the family, we can’t wait for the day we can move daily dilemma faced by way too many Idahoans: where to cut? Health care? Savings? Food? into our own place.”

That day is increasingly further away for And that $14.57 is a living wage for a

who are barely hanging on as it is,” she said. “I think anytime you raise standards and push yourself a bit farther, you take the 8 chance of having additional cost. As a parent, you have to ask yourself if you would pay more for a caregiver that has better standards, menus, training and staff. Some child caregivers have business backgrounds, some don’t. Maybe we can help them build a five-year plan to improve those standards over time.”

Thomson envisions parents looking at the rankings in October 2015 and see that some caregivers might have one or two deficiencies.

“And then the parent gets to weigh that with how much that provider is charging,” said Thomson. “Like I said, it will be up to them to decide. For some centers, this is going to be super simple.”

Over at Giraffe Laugh, the monthly rate for caring for an infant, newborn to age 2 is $777. But the majority of the infants come from middle- to low-income families, which are eligible for lower rates of $621, $583 or $543 per month. Still others receive additional assistance to pay.

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many Idahoans. The analysis, the first in a series of “Job Gap Economic Prosperity” reports, reveals that the average Idaho college graduate walks away with a diploma and $26,751 of debt, a 23 percent increase from only four years ago. The average credit card debt in Idaho is $4,549. For those families fortunate enough to have put their own roof over their heads, the report indicated the sobering fact that 22 percent of Idaho mortgages were underwater.

The report also waded into the politically charged debate over Medicaid expansion, which the Idaho Legislature has yet to consider.

“Expanding Medicaid would allow thousands of [Idaho] workers access to affordable health care, helping workers stay healthy and reducing medical reports,” researchers wrote.

“This in turn will decrease their likelihood of holding medical debt, allowing them to use their limited resources toward other necessary expenses.”

Meanwhile for the Henry family, it’s a daily struggle to be one of the growing number of working poor whose chief labor is keeping poverty from their doorstep.

“We’ve been getting by, but with my growing daughter the expenses also continue to grow,” Henry said.

discount,” said Fascilla, who oversees the Grand Avenue Giraffe Laugh and two other locations, one on Resseguie Street and another at the Marian Pritchett School.

Then she dropped a stunning piece of news.

“As of today, we have about 400 families on our waiting list,” she said. “Yes, we would love to open another location.”

The need has never been greater in Boise and throughout Idaho.

Thomson estimated that on any given day, there are 2,300 children in a Boise child care home or center.

And as soon as 2015, the councilman and his wife may be looking for their own child care.

“We’re adopting. My wife and I started at No. 35 on a list two years ago, to adopt a child from Ethiopia and now, we’re No. 2 on that list,” said Thomson. “We’re hoping to get a call later this year and go to Ethiopia sometime next year to bring home a child.”

For now, Thomson will be facing plenty of parents and caregivers on Sept. 9, when his initiative comes before a public hearing.

“This is my baby right now,” he said.

Engaged citizens usually have plenty to chew on with ample media coverage of the Idaho budget process, and a moderate amount of reporting on the city of Boise’s annual spending plan. Little, if any, ink is spilled regarding the Capital City Development Corporation’s annual budget. Yet, Boise’s urban renewal agency collects and spends tens of millions of dollars annually, and is ultimately responsible for many of the region’s most visible properties and projects.

For Fiscal Year 2015, which starts Oct. 1, CCDC board of commissioners, which includes Boise Mayor Dave Bieter and City Council members David Eberle and Lauren McLean, have given their blessing to a $66.8 million budget.

The financial blueprint represents a $40.1 million one-time pass-through from Ada County to pay off a bond to pay for its county courthouse. But the remaining $29.3 million reveals some interesting line items.

ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE LEDGER: UÊCCDC is anticipating more than $5 million in annual revenue from its six parking garages.

UÊThe budget also includes a $7 million revolving line of credit for capital expenses, i.e. matching funds toward the under-construction downtown multimodal center and purchase of “strategic properties that may come on the market during the year.”

ON THE EXPENSE SIDE OF THE LEDGER: UÊDozens of capital improvement projects, totaling $11 million, including streetscaping on Idaho Street in Old Boise ($1.1 million) and for the multimodal center ($770,000).

U New property development projects in CCDC’s River/Myrtle and Westside districts ($1.9 million).

UÊPaying the contract operators of the parking garages ($1.9 million).

UÊPersonnel costs, including salaries ($1.5 million).

UÊInstalling new signage at downtown parking garages ($454,000).

UÊOffice rent and parking ($172,000) UÊMemberships and fees ($122,000) to partners such as the Downtown Boise Association and Boise Valley Economic Partnership.

UÊContinued funding for the downtown wayfinding project ($40,000).

UÊ/ravel and training, aka “professional development ($26,000).

In total, the expenses of $29.2 million (minus the massive pass-through for the county courthouse), includes 21 percent for operations, the lion’s share for salaries and the garage operations contractor.

—George Prentice

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OUR CONVERSATION: Foods. They would put either their own name on it, like Kraft or Sargento, or the store name like Great Value for Walmart or Essential for Albertsons.

Where are you from originally?

I grew up in Oregon. I’ve been in Twin Falls for 25 years.

How long have you been with Glanbia Foods?

Twenty-five years.

Glanbia is Gaelic for “pure food,” right?

“Bia” is Irish for food and “glan” means pure. It’s a new word.

Glanbia manufactures cheese and whey.

What is the whey used for?

OK, so Dairy 101: take 100 pounds of milk. Milk is about 87 percent water, so that leaves 13 percent solids in the milk. We take 10 percent of those solids and make cheese.

What’s left over is the whey. If you remember your nursery rhyme: “Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet / eating her curds and…”

Whey.

Right. So the curd is the cheese. The whey is what’s left over. We take that and ... separate it into its protein and its carbohydrate source. Then the protein fraction goes into a number of different products, all the way from a 34 percent to a 90 percent protein product. Then there’s the carbohydrate or lactose or milk-sugar, whatever you want to call it. It’s the sweet part. We separate that and we dry it. [The] dried products go into a bag or into a 1-ton tote. On the protein side, we sell it to our own companies that put it into performance nutrition products. It used to be just bodybuilders that were eating this stuff. Now it’s everybody, right?

Right. Everybody.

So there’s a huge application there. Most of the lactose actually finds its way into infant formula. It is a milk sugar but it isn’t that sweet.

How did the Cheese Innovation Center come about?

Close to 10 years ago, we opened a new center right in downtown Twin Falls—our

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JEFF WILLIAMS The Head Cheese at Glanbia Foods AMY ATKINS Glanbia Foods, Inc., which is headquartered in Twin Falls, is the largest barrel cheese manufacturer in the world, processing more than 12 million pounds of milk everyday, which results in more than 400 million pounds of cheese and 110 million pounds of dairy ingredients annually. Glanbia Foods President and CEO Jeff Williams talked about Glanbia’s Cheese Innovation Center, which opened in August 2013; the difference between American cheese and American-style cheese; what “cheese innovation” means; and why Glanbia would like the Chinese to eat more cheese.

Whey Collaboration Center. We would bring customers in to collaborate and work shoulder-to-shoulder with us on new products.

It’s a brilliant pilot plant: We have a [protein] bar machine, a drink machine, a bakery. We started looking at consolidating our corporate offices—over the years, we had spread out into six different buildings. My vision was to get everyone under one roof again. When the plans starting coming together, we said, “[Let’s] build a Cheese Innovation Center similar to our Whey Collaboration Center so we can bring customers in and work shoulder-toshoulder with them on new cheese ideas.” We were able to work with the city of Twin Falls to locate both buildings in a pretty blighted area of Old Towne. … It was a way to revitalize the downtown.

“Whey Collaboration Center” and “Cheese Innovation Center” are, say, sexier terms than…

R&D for sure—that phrase has been around forever. That’s what we do there, but we felt like it had to be a little more encompassing and [indicate] that’s where we’re going to innovate and collaborate with customers.

What kind of cheese do you manufacture at Glanbia?

We’re the largest manufacturer of what we call “American-style” cheese in the country.

American-style cheese is cheddar, Monterey jack, colby, colby jack. Some people equate American cheese with processed cheese. We don’t make that.

So Glanbia cheeses aren’t packaged for stores?

No. We manufacture and sell to [customers]. The smallest piece of cheese we make is 40 pounds, so we would sell a 40-pound block or even a 640-pound block to Kraft, or Land O’ Lakes, or Great Lakes, or Schreiber

Do you make it to customer specifications then?

Yes. Innovation to us would be a customer saying, “We’d like you to explore making this kind of cheese or with this application.” Or looking at market trends. Right now we’re seeing a big interest in heat: peppers. We’ve made jalapeno pepper jack for years, but now people are interested in habanero peppers, ghost peppers and other inclusions in the cheese. Then there might be some serendipitous innovation, like one of our guys had an idea for wasabi cheese. One guy ... said, “Let’s make some kimchi-flavored cheese.” It could be anything we think might show our capability or just resonate with our customer.

What’s the oddest addition or flavor of cheese ever suggested?

I tried some chocolate processed cheese once. I didn’t really care for it.

What’s your favorite American-style cheese?

I like a sharp cheddar. I like the jalapeno pepper jack but the ghost peppers are too hot for me.

Is it true that places overseas like China are looking for more powdered dairy products?

With 1.3 billion people, China is the largest consumer of powdered milk. But I think the [annual] per capita consumption of cheese per person there is about 4 ounces. Americans eat 33 pounds per capita per year. Greeks eat like 60 pounds. Whenever I’m giving a public talk, I have 4 ounces of cheese in one hand and a 2-pound block in the other. I say, “Knowing we eat 33 pounds, it’s probably not too difficult to get your head wrapped around the fact that we could move the Chinese from 4 ounces to 2 pounds.” We’re already exporting a lot of our whey products into the Asian market and have been for 30 years. That’s not new to us, but exporting cheese in the last five years is.

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FINDING LUCIUS Inside the search for a missing friend

BY JESSICA MURRI ake Gillis knew it. There was something about that stretch of road, that patch of ground. Even though it had been scoured by dozens of volunteers, he kept going back to it.

“One more time,” he said.

Climbing into the cockpit of a helicopter with Dave Everson, a pilot from Northern California, Gillis hoped this would be it—he wanted to find 21-year-old Lucius Robbi.

Robbi, a raft guide for Cascade Raft and Kayak, left Horseshoe Bend on Tuesday, Aug. 19. He was on his way to school at the University of Montana in Missoula, but he never made it.

On the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 28, the helicopter took off with Everson, Gillis and another friend from California known as “Monkey.”

The three traced Robbi’s possible route to Montana again. They circled around Deadwood Reservoir, checked out the areas north of Crouch and, in one final effort, looked closely along Highway 21 from Lowman to Stanley.

That’s when they spotted Robbi’s vehicle.

“Monkey kept yelling, ‘I found him, I found him, I fucking found him,’ and I said, ‘Wait, what? Bank right, I want to see this,’’’ Gillis said.

Sure enough, Robbi’s forest-green Subaru Outback lay at the bottom of a 60-foot embankment off Highway 21, only five miles from Stanley. The extent of the impact made it clear his death was instant.

The wreck went almost undetected.

Despite more than 20 of Robbi’s friends, and the combined efforts of the Boise and Custer counties sheriff’s offices, searching the area for almost a full week, the wreckage was invisible from the roadside.

“I even had a thought when we were about six miles from that location,” Gillis said. “I thought, ‘This area had been pretty well covered.

Maybe we can just turn around.’ But I kept my mouth shut and decided to go all the way to Stanley. There he was.”

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GOODBYEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; When Robbi left Horseshoe Bend, he drove off with two bright orange kayaks Robbi, of Orleans, Calif., worked as strapped to the top of his 1997 Subaru Outa raft guide at Cascade Raft and Kayak back. Only a few days after his disappearfor the past two summers. During those ance, I took my dog for a hike in the Boise summers, he lived at a private campground Foothills. The night before, I had driven with the other raft guides along the bank of back from Missoula, where I also studied at the Payette River. He spent his nights in a the University of Montana and, like Robbi, sleeping bag and became part of the tribe of came back with two orange and red kayaks 20-somethings that guide every fork of the on top of my black Subaru Outbackâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a river.

2001. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a pretty tight-knit group,â&#x20AC;? said As I descended my usual trail, I saw a Krista Long, who helps run Cascade Raft police car parked and Kayak with alongside my her family. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They Subaru, the light bar all camp together, blinking. My heart they all live together started pounding for the summer. and my face felt hot.

The locals even get Who was in an accitogether for Thanksdent? How did they giving and ChristďŹ nd my car? What mas. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just did I do wrong? summer camp.â&#x20AC;?

My dog hopped Long was posinto the back while I sibly one of the last kept my eyes on the people to see Robbi patrol car. before he disapâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Jessica?â&#x20AC;? the peared into part of ofďŹ cer said from Idahoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vast mouninside. I leaned into tain wilderness. On the open passengerthat Tuesday afterside window. noon, she recalled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong? checking some folks What happened?â&#x20AC;? in for a raft trip. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No, everything â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Lucius was is OK,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standing nearby,â&#x20AC;? just that someone she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I said, saw your car and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, Lucius, do you FOOTAGE FROM GARDEN called it in as the car need something?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; that ďŹ ts the descripAnd he said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No, VALLEY MAY SHOW ROBBI tion of a missing Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just waiting to ON HIS WAY TO MONTANA. person.â&#x20AC;? say goodbye, so ďŹ nâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, you mean ish up what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re that kid going to Montana,â&#x20AC;? I said. doing.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; He was waiting, just so he could give It dawned on me that the pictures ďŹ&#x201A;oatme a hug and say goodbye. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the type ing around on Facebook of his missing car of person he is.â&#x20AC;? looked a lot like mine. The ofďŹ cer and I The type of person he was, according to talked for a few minutes about his disaphis friends and family, was a genuine person. pearance, both of us speculating on what Someone who made friends with everyone. could have happenedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;both of us at a loss.

A goofy guy with a streak of responsibility I drove home, thinking about Robbi, uncharacteristic for most 21-year-olds. He feeling guilty for giving anyone false hope had just ďŹ nished junior college and talked that he was here in Boise. I was stuck on for years of living in Montana. He was someone mistaking me for the missing man, schedule-driven, paid his own tuition and a man only a few years younger than me. A planned to study his passion in life: outdoor kayaker like me. A student at the University recreation. of Montana, like I was.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why it was so strange when he And he was lost on a road that I have never checked in with his new landlords in driven countless times after four years of Missoula on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. traveling between Missoula and Boise. I 20. It was even stranger when he missed took the boats off my car as soon as I got the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s orientation the following day. home.

Stranger yet when his professors marked The rest of the day, I spent unfocused on him absent the ďŹ rst day of classes. work, following a Facebook group called Sydnee Korell, another employee at CasFinding Lucius, instead. When I joined, it cade and a close friend of Robbiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, started hovered around 200 members. Within 24 worrying Wednesday night when he never hours it reached almost 2,000. As of press called. time, it surpassed 3,300. The page played an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lucius is the kind of person who, if he integral role in providing leads for Robbiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna call you, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna call whereabouts, suggestions of where he might you,â&#x20AC;? Korell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So I kind of started makhave gone and connections between voluning jokes like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, Lucius hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t called me teers searching for him. yet. He probably, like, got axe murdered in One thing was known for certain: Robbi Montana or something.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? left Cascade Raft and Kayak in Horseshoe When Thursday rolled around and still Bend on Tuesday, Aug. 19, around 2 p.m. no word from Robbi, Korell and other Aside from being mistakenly identiďŹ ed as guides started voicing their concerns.

Robbi during my morning hike, no one had â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sydnee had been saying for a few days seen any physical trace of him since. that it was weird he hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t called her,â&#x20AC;? said B O I S E WE E KLY. C O M

Robbie Alder, another guide. “I didn’t think anything of it. I was like, ‘Oh well, he’s busy.

He just didn’t call you.’ But then the cops showed up.”

On Friday, Aug. 22, an officer from the Boise County Sheriff’s Office paid a visit to Cascade Raft and Kayak, asking for details on Robbi and his departure, prompted by a missing person’s report filed by his parents earlier that day.

“My stomach dropped. I thought I was going to throw up,” Korell said.

“Because in that moment, something was wrong,” Alder said. “It was an ‘oh shit’ moment.”

FINDING LUCIUS There are 360 miles between Horseshoe Bend and Missoula, Mont. Robbi planned to travel north up State Highway 55, turn east at Banks and take State Highway 21 to Stanley, turn north and follow U.S. 93 through Salmon, Lost Trail Pass and the Bitterroot Valley into Missoula. He told his friends he planned to camp somewhere along the way.

The road is windy and remote, and takes about seven hours to traverse.

In those 360 miles, Robbi could have ended up just about anywhere. The area is so sprawling, his search drew in several county sheriff’s departments, including Boise, Custer, Lemhi and Ravalli.

For Boise County Sheriff Ben Roeber, that search started in Horseshoe Bend and spiraled outward. He ordered flyovers of the area around Garden Valley and Highway 21 during the weekend of Aug. 23-24, and once more early in the week. He sent his officers

lot of information to go through.”

Because the search area was so wide, no search and rescue team was ever dispatched to look for Robbi.

“To call up a search and rescue team, we have to narrow it down,” Roeber said.

“For example, with hunting season coming up, someone could say they’re going to the Stanley area. Well even that’s a huge area.

Where they could be is pretty overwhelming and you don’t want to blindly search. It’s hard for search and rescue to deploy a mission that encompasses all of Horseshoe Bend to Missoula.”

Using the Finding Lucius Facebook page, Clare Bresnahan, a family friend in Madison, Wisc., urged anyone interested to travel to Stanley, where a private search party had set up in the Stanley Community Center. Of Cascade’s 40 raft guides, more than half of them headed north in search of Robbi.

Nearly two dozen of those volunteers gathered in the community center on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 26. Their voices echoed off the concrete floors and wood panelling. The countertops of the community center kitchen were piled high with boxes of apples, loafs of bread, family-sized jars of peanut butter, chips, popcorn, fruit trays, blocks of cheese, cookies and salami.

Jake Gillis spread a map across the table—pens, Sharpies and highlighters stuffed in his North Face windbreaker; a radio clipped to his EMS cargo pants.

Gillis was working independently from any professional search and rescue crew on this operation. He’s worked with Idaho Mountain Search and Rescue for five years,

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JAKE GILLIS (LEFT) POURS OVER MAPS WITH ROBBI’S ANXIOUS FRIENDS IN STANLEY. to travel a web of backroads and conduct interviews in the small towns. He looked for credit card receipts and transactions. He found nothing.

“This week, 90 percent of what I have been doing since Monday [Aug. 25] has been involved with this case,” Roeber told Boise Weekly during the search. “That’s probably the same for at least three other people in my office, and I only have a staff of 11. We’ve gotten over 300 tips, so it’s a BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

going on more than 100 search missions, and currently serves as wilderness program director for the Idaho Center of Emergency Medical Training. He saw news of Robbi’s disappearance on Facebook and offered his expertise to the family, which took him up on it immediately.

In front of the group of volunteers—none with any search and rescue training—he laid out what he knew about Robbi’s disappearance: the last cellphone tower Robbi’s

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Gillis also presented a screenshot from the security camera at Garden Valley’s Chevron station, showing a dark-colored Subaru Outback passing by with an

route to Missoula.

After discussing more possible Forest Service roads Robbi might have decided to travel, Gillis assigned the pairs of volunteers to new areas to search. The vast majority of those looking for Robbi hadn’t yet turned 21, so he set out

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FOOTAGE OF THE RUGGED PAYETTE RIVER TAKEN BY A DRONE USED IN THE SEARCH FOR ROBBI. a careful reminder before they left.

“Your safety is most important in this whole thing. It’s not our emergency, it’s Lucius’,” Gillis said.

“Keep your safety in mind 24/7.

If you locate him and he’s down an embankment, somewhere that’s not safe, don’t go. Call 911 if you locate anything. If you don’t have cellphone service, go to the highest point. Stick to your search area.

Don’t go off that plan and get hurt.

That makes it very tough for me to locate you guys. A search within a search is not the most fun thing to try to do.”

He told the young searchers to look around tight corners, straightaways that lead to corners, washouts, registry boxes, trailheads, campsites, broken branches, skid marks on the road and “basically anywhere you can fit a Subaru.”

The teams parted in the Tuesday afternoon sun, with the promise of returning to Stanley before dark.

SO MANY PLACES The teams took hours to pour over the Seafoam area, Redfish Lake, Stanley Lake, Dagger Falls, the Deadwood Reservoir and along Highway 21 from Lowman to Stanley. Not everyone looking for Robbi had actually met him.

Drew Nienstedt, a longtime Boise area kayaker, took up the search to gain experience for becoming a firefighter.

He and his partner tackled the area around Deadwood Reservoir.

They started down the dirt road at 4:23 p.m. and turned back onto

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orange kayak on the roof. It was timestamped at 2:23 p.m., matching up with the timeline of his departure at 2 p.m. and his cellphone ping at 2:40 p.m.

“There’s a lot of things that tied this vehicle to Lucius, but there are a lot of things that would not tie it to him,” Gillis told the searchers.

“Lucius is one of those guys who kayaks. A few of you guys kayak,” he said. “When you pack your gear, you usually do it the same way each time. With Lucius, it seems like he likes to have his cockpit facing outward.”

In the footage of the car passing through Garden Valley, which Gillis said he analyzed for hours, the kayak was clearly facing inward.

“But, given that he is traveling from Banks all the way up to Missoula, he might have not had as much room as he wanted to in the car, and stuffed extra gear into the kayak and faced the cockpit inward over the roof to keep gear inside the cockpit.”

Gillis also zoomed into the footage and measured the difference in spacing between the front wheel well and the wheel, and compared it to that of the back. The distance from wheel well to wheel in the back was smaller.

“Suggesting that this car was loaded down and it was going for a long-haul trip somewhere,” Gillis said.

Based on those observations, Gillis decided Robbi stuck to his plan of traveling along Highway 21, and didn’t take a different

excitement. weary searchers. “We know where Highway 21 at 8:06 p.m.

“When we find Lucius alive, we he’s not.”

“You feel like you’re the one So much of the search for a that’s going to find him,” Nienstedt are buying a ton of kegs,” she said at the time, laughing. missing person involves trying to said. “At first, you spend more But after returning again from get into that person’s head. What time looking at every nook and a day full of searching, the group was he thinking? Did he have a cranny, then you start realizing seemed deflated and tired. They plan? Did he stick to his plan? you have a lot of ground to cover kept running into the same feeling: Was he heartbroken and hiding so you get more analytical. As we There are only so many places he off the grid? Had he chucked his started going up this extensive dirt could be, right? Right, there are so responsibilities and hightailed road, I thought, ‘Would he have many places he could be. it to Washington for more river gone down this road?’ My Subaru “Too many green Subarus with running? Did he feel overwhelmed doesn’t like it. He was cautious too many kayaks,” said Jeremy with the thought of college and about his car from what I hear.”

Shoemaker, another guide skipping decide to skip Montana altogether?

Even though Nienstedt wasn’t class to search for his buddy. The Could he have made it across the trained in search and rescue techguides told their professors this is border into Canada? Would he be niques, he didn’t think his efforts where they would be, and if they OK with letting his family search were a waste of time. were going to be dropped for missrelentlessly for him? Would he “Even the best search and ing the classes, so be it. have gotten lost checking out some rescue person can’t think of all the “Priorities,” Shoemaker said. new kayak runs? Did he lose conscenarios at every inch and every “Our friend is missing.” trol of his vehicle? Was it a deer, point,” he said during the search.

Boise County Sheriff Roeber or a drunk driver? Was he looking “Could we be missing something? wasn’t on the ground with these down, changing the song on his Absolutely. But I think we’re doing young adults, but he understood iPod when his vehicle went off a the best we can for the resources how they felt. sharp turn? Was he in the habit of we have. For our ragtag crew.”

“Everywhere you are searching speeding? Did his brakes give out?

Part of that crew included E.J. that he is not, frustration mounts,” Had he eloped? Did he even know Duarte, who owns Thrust-UAV, a he said. “But the more areas we anyone to elope with?

Boise-based company that makes can cross off our list, it is still Speculations cropped up in quadcopters that can be fitted deemed a success.” everyone’s minds—those actively with cameras. The machine is then searching for Robbi, those invescontrolled via remote, and Duarte tigating his disappearance, those can watch the footage in real-time INTO THE MIND reading about him from home. from the ground. He brought two Gathered again in the Stanley When he wasn’t immediately of the drones to help gather more Community Center on Tuesday found on the main highways, the viewpoints of the area. evening, after the sunlight was hypotheses became weirder, even Duarte flew his camera five gone, the frustration had mounted. more unlikely. times along Highway 21, coming More than 20 volunteers had gone But figuring out how Robbi up empty each time. But he said out on close to 10 different forays operated was part of Gillis’ job as it was useful when a cliff was too that day; despite searching from the search coordinator. So, during steep to safely peer down. sunrise to sunset, they felt even the debriefing on the night of Aug. “I took some video along a farther from Robbi than before 26, he started posing questions to trail that would have taken us 20 they started. those who knew Robbi best. minutes to hike up. We could just They circled around the maps “How many of you knew buzz up it real quick,” he said. “In and spread out on metal folding Lucius personally?” he asked. All this situation, these are useful. It chairs, heads propped up by hands, could take you two or three hours to hike down a canyon, but you can take this thing and buzz down and be back in less than 10 minutes.”

The irony didn’t escape Duarte—his product is popular with kayakers to gather footage of themselves while they run rivers like the North Fork of the Payette. In this instance, it could have been helping to locate one of ROBBI’S EMPLOYEE PICTURE AT CASCADE RAFT AND the paddling community’s own, KAYAK. FRIENDS SAY HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE. too.

To help in the search efforts, a Gofundme campaign was started but two or three of the volunsmiles gone. The buzz of florescent online. It raised more than $18,500 lights filled the room. teers raised their hands. “I mean in three days. Korell, the raft guide very personally. I’m the kind of “Just because we came up with who ditched her first days of colguy where when I’m travelnothing doesn’t mean it didn’t lege to look for Robbi, yelped in ing places, I don’t put my give us something,” Gillis told his 16>

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stop until they’ve run everything Aug. 29. A professor offered her ley—near the turn off for Stanley dry. condolences on the Finding Lucius Lake. On this road, a visitor can The worry started to mount for Facebook page. see the Sawtooth Mountains towKrista Long, at Cascade Raft and On the evening of Saturday, ering to the west and old wooden Kayak—not only for Robbi, but Aug. 30, more than a dozen of his fencing zig-zagging to the east. for her other employees out in the friends took to their kayaks and Robbi’s vehicle had drifted into wilderness trying to find him. paddled down the North Fork the northbound lane, and ended up “We had some of our staff run and the Main Payette River in his off the road. off in the middle of the night to go up there,” she said at the time.

“We have at least 20 or 30 people up there who are very close to us who we care about, driving on dirt roads with no cell service.The staff members who have come down, you can tell they’ve been up all night. It’s hard to watch.

This is not a ROBBI’S FRIENDS PADDLE THE PAYETTE RIVER IN HIS group that gives HONOR ON AUG. 30. up. This is a group that will go until there are answers.” name. The group wasn’t deterred “He probably didn’t hit the After sending his crews to bed by the thunder and lightning overbrakes until he was in the air,” said and figuring out his plan for the head, or the pouring rain.

Nienstedt, one of the searchers. next day, Gillis headed to a bar A close friend of his, John The car hit a few large pine trees down the street, one of the only Webster, refused to complain about before coming to rest, upright, open signs in the town with a popthe rain or the darkness falling on with the kayaks nearby—in a spot ulation under 70. Over a whiskey the group. “This float isn’t for us,” that every search volunteer had and Coke, he wracked his brain for he said. traveled past countless times. where Robbi could be.

He looked up in the rain.

“It was plain,” Gillis said. “It “I haven’t slept from the time I “Lucius is just jealous he can’t was sitting right there.” woke up at 8 a.m. on Monday,” he paddle with us,” he added.

How it ended up there, told Boise Weekly before headThere’s a memorial for him now, the Idaho State Police are still ing to his hotel room, shared with off of Highway 21. It’s a knobby investigating. But suddenly, the four other volunteers. “I haven’t biggest question mark slept since Sunday night. I feel like vanished.

I know him now. He seems like “I felt like the a very smart young man. I know majority of the time, where he was on Aug. 19. That is I had a feeling that ground zero. The question is flowI’ve got to be able to ing through my head every single find him,” Gillis said. time I get new information: Where “I felt so strongly the fuck is he?” about the area I had narrowed down in my head.”

THERE HE IS When the news Two days after sharing a drink sunk in among the with BW, Gillis boarded that other search volunhelicopter with the pilot—Dave teers, Nienstedt said Everson, whose friendship with this was the most Robbi went back to California. likely scenario. He They took off at 1:15 p.m. It was figured the volunteers Gillis’ last day searching for Robbi probably drove at least before other obligations took him 2,000 miles of dirt away from the area. roads in Idaho’s backThey looked again at areas country, looking for already searched on the ground an accident that could and with fixed-wing airplanes, but have happened to any the helicopter gave them the ability FRIENDS BUILT A of them right there. to slow it down, to hover—to take “It’s the only thing MEMORIAL FOR ROBBI OFF those “small steps.” that made sense,” Around 6:30 p.m., they made HIGHWAY 21.

Nienstedt said. one last loop up to Stanley from It could have hapGarden Valley, where they spotted treetrunk with wildflowers tucked pened to anyone, but, it happened Robbi’s Subaru down a 60-foot inside and a pair of hiking shoes. to Lucius Robbi. embankment.

Sprinkled over the memorial, is In his honor, the University This stretch of road wasn’t water from the Payette. of Montana held a moment of curvy like the rest. It was flat and silence on campus at noon Friday, straight, only five miles from StanC OURTE SY O F F IND I NG LUCIUS FACE BO O K G ROUP

As the search for Robbi wore on well into a week after his disappearance, emotions ran high among his friends and family.

According to Boise County Sheriff Roeber, searches conducted by family members create a double-edged sword.

“We never want to discourage the family,” he said. “It is an extremely daunting emotion that they’re going through. But some of the things we want to do is sometimes very frustrating to others looking at it.”

He explained that thoroughly vetting leads and investigating sightings takes time—time the family of the missing person often feels isn’t there.

Gillis said that started to happen in the search efforts up north, in Challis.

“Sometimes people can become emotionally charged and want to base their search off of nothing but hasty techniques. It’s hard to convince them to slow down sometimes and put one foot in front of the other instead of taking a big stride and skipping over a large section of terrain,” he said during the search. “Picture the next 20 feet in front of me right now. If I get up and walk it, it’s going to take me 10 seconds to go that far.

If I get up and run it, it’s going to take me five seconds. Cool, I can cover a lot of ground really quick, but my probability of detection is super low. If I slow that pace down and take 10 seconds to go that far, my probability of detection jumps double. I believe taking those small steps is crucial to finding Lucius.”

Another danger search parties can fall into is forming theories about what happened to the missing person.

Roeber said he is cautious never to form theories of where a missing person ended up, because then he would risk ignoring clues that don’t support his theory. Both Gillis and Roeber agreed all search efforts played a role in locating Robbi.

The sheriff said the family put in more hours looking for Robbi than anyone.

Professional search and rescue teams usually wind up their searches once they feel like they’ve scrubbed the area clean and no more leads come in. For the family of a missing person, they don’t

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or turn it off. I plug it into the charger and leave it charging the whole time I’m driving. If you’re thinking about Lucius, what would he do?”

“He doesn’t have a phone charger in his car,” said one volunteer.

“Yes he does,” said a few more.

“What I’m looking at with this question is the possibility of his phone just dying,” Gillis said.

That would have explained why it wouldn’t have pinged at any other cellphone towers outside of Smith’s Ferry/Lowman. If he continued on his journey, it should have pinged at Stanley, Salmon, and farther north as well.

“He did not have an alarm clock. He used his cellphone to wake up to. It was his all-purpose device,” said another volunteer.

The group continued to analyze Robbi’s cellphone habits, looking for answers, and decided it would have been turned on.

Throughout the day of Tuesday, Aug. 26, while Gillis had his crews searching the southern area, Robbi’s family was searching farther north in Challis. They talked to someone at a gas station in Salmon that swore she saw Robbi, and even had a conversation with him. After what the family thought was such a promising lead, they started urging Gillis to pack it up and head north as well. But he couldn’t get past the cellphone ping at Lowman.

“Do you guys understand where I’m at?” he said, addressing the volunteers.

Many of them had suggested throughout the day that the area had been pretty well covered, and that Robbi probably did go farther north.

“I want to go up there because the family is really confident in it, but at the same time, I really want to stay here,” he said.

“What if he got into trouble really, really early on?” Nienstedt said. “I mean, it could have happened really close. It would make sense with the cellphone tower, but it would rule out the Salmon sighting.”

Robbi’s friends didn’t realize it, but he was only five miles from where they sat that night, wondering where, in so many places, he could be.

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FIRST THURSDAY/LISTINGS East Side

FREE. 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208433-1208, thebasquemarket.com.

BARDENAY—Take a tour and find out about our nation’s first smallbatch distiller y pub. 5 p.m. FREE. 610 Grove St., Boise, 208-4260538, bardenay.com.

BASQUE MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER—Enjoy free galler y tours of the new exhibits about Basque boarding houses and fronton, or ball cour ts, and guided tours of the Jacobs/Uberuaga house. Local musicians provide Basque music.

5:30 p.m. FREE. 611 Grove St., Boise, 208-343-2671, basquemuseum.com.

BASQUE MARKET—Who doesn’t love pizza? Celebrate National Cheese Pizza Day with cocas, Spain’s take on pizza. Of course, paella will be ser ved at 6 p.m., along with the tapas bar, wines and new draft beers beginning at 5 p.m.

BOISE BREWING CO.—Come to the brewer y for Phil & Lou’s BBQ and

Treasure Valley Roller Derby, with 25 percent of beer proceeds going to the food bank, plus a silent auction for TVR action figurines. 5 p.m.

FREE. 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208342-7655, boisebrewing.com.

BRICOLAGE—Stop by and meet featured ar tist Tony Rios (paintings), and featured maker Christian Winn (stories), and enjoy a fun activity in the workshop. Snacks and refreshments will be ser ved. 5-10 p.m.

FREE. 418 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208345-3718, bricoshoppe.com.

DRAGONFLY—All sweaters, jackets and coats are 20 percent off through Sept. 6. FREE wine tasting.

5-9 p.m. FREE. 414 W. Main St., Boise, 208-338-9234.

FLYING M COFFEEHOUSE—Don’t miss the show of “Yesterday and Beyond” by local ar tist Aloysios. His amazing work in plasticized clay, fabric and acr ylic is truly a sight to behold. 5 p.m. FREE. 500 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-345-4320, flyingmcoffee.com.

GOLDY’S CORNER—Ar t, fun, games and more: Enjoy breakfast for dinner while checking out works by more than 10 local ar tists, including featured ar tist Amie VanCuren. 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. 625 W. Main St., Boise, 208-433-3934.

HIGH NOTE CAFE—Enjoy food made from scratch in an open kitchen, and $2 specialty mimosas made with seasonal local fruit and berries.

View the local ar t and sample local brews from six taps or from a list of local wines. All ages all the time for free live music. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

225 N. Fifth St., 208-429-1911, thehighnotecafe.com.

TRADER JOE’S—Celebrate the return of football season with a special snack sampling of Fiesta Dip and Tor tilla Chips, as well as African Smoke Potato Chips and Blood Orange Sparkling Soda. Plus a special extended wine and beer tasting. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. 300 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-336-7282, traderjoes. com.

South Side ATOMIC TREASURES—Celebrating reuse with an eclectic mix of vintage, retro, ar t and found objects.

Decorative and unique treasures for home, jewelr y, accessories, clothing, books and collectibles. 5 p.m. FREE. 409 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3440811.

BODO CHIROPRATIC—Explore the world of bir thing with bir th professionals, who will be offering information about optimal natural bir thing preparation and experiences. Panel discussion 6-6:30 p.m. Plus raffles and refreshments. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3427136.

BODOVINO—Featuring local ar tist and Bodovino employee Samuel L Paden’s paintings, which are a reflection of the pursuit to find a simple statement of the self, land and elements. 6-9 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-336-VINO (8466), bodovino.com.

BOISE ART MUSEUM—From 4-7 p.m., explore BAM’s newest exhibition, Arp, Miró, Calder, and learn about the histor y of modern ar t during BAM’s “Ar t Answers” program.

Then, visit BAM’s education studios and create your own modern composition. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. By donation.

670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208345-8330, boisear tmuseum.org.

BOISE PUBLIC LIBRARY—Experience writing and reading in a new way at the Main Librar y! Shor t fiction, creative nonfiction excerpts, and poetr y will be showcased during a special edition of First Thursday at the Librar y: our first ever Writing Reading. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. 715 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrar y.org.

COLE MARR PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS—An exhibition of 10 local photographers who have attended The Cole Marr Photography Workshops over the past 20 years.

5-9 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Ste. L100, 208-336-7630, cmphotoworkshops.com.

GALLERY FIVE18—September’s show features Karen Bubb’s quirky encaustic paintings of Idaho landmarks. Also, experience the newest collection of mixed-media works by

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FIRST THURSDAY/LISTINGS Arizona ar tist Mar y Meyer in her first Boise exhibition, inspired by natural form and botanical illustration. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 518 S. Americana Blvd., Boise, 208342-3773, galler yfive18.com.

HA’ PENNY IRISH PUB AND GRILL—Enjoy a 10 percent discount on food and drinks.

Just let the wait staff know that you either work in or are visiting the area, and you’ll get your discount. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 855 Broad St., Ste. 250, Boise, 208-343-5568, hapennybridgepub.com.

HAPPY FISH SUSHI—Enjoy 10 percent discount off dinner and drinks—34 mar tinis to choose from. 5 p.m. FREE. 855 Broad St., Boise, 208-343-4810, happyfishsushi.com.

BITTERCREEK ALEHOUSE—Ar t of the Worm: Get to know the underground worms that Bittercreek employs in their quest to eliminate organic waste, with tours from 6-8:30 p.m. 5-9 p.m.

FREE. 246 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-429-6340, bcrfl.com.

CHOCOLAT BAR—Celebrate the end of summer with wine and chocolate pairings, featuring 616 Winer y. Then check out the great gifts for your children’s teachers. 5 p.m. FREE. 805 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-3387771, thechocolatbar.com.

CHANDLERS STEAKHOUSE— Celebrate the New Social Hour from 4-6 p.m., with a menu of delicious small plates and creative cocktails all priced between $5-$7. This menu is exclusive to these hours only.

5-9 p.m. FREE. 981 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-383-4300, chandlersboise.com.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM—Take advantage of specials on products, as well as audio-visual presentations on spiritual healing based on the Bible. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. 222 N. 10th St., Boise, 208344-5301, cschurchboise.org/ readingroom.html. Connections Credit Union—Meet Julie Rumsey,

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NFINIT GALLERY—Beat the heat with cool paintings by plein air painter and featured ar tist Kevin McCain. Check out works by over two dozen talented local ar tists while you munch on crunchy appetizers by Umpa Lumpia and refreshing suds by the Ram Brewer y. 5 p.m. FREE. 405 S. Eighth St., 208-3710586, nfinitar tgaller y.com.

R. GREY GALLERY JEWELRY AND ART GLASS—Enjoy wine and refreshments while you peruse more than 100 different jewelr y, glass and wood ar tists from all over the United States, specializing in handcrafted jewelr y and hand-blown ar t glass.

Free gift wrapping available. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 415 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9337, rgreygaller y.com.

SALON 162—Salon Manager Levi John Dorcheus shares his collection of local paintings.

5 p.m. FREE. 404 S. Eighth St., Ste. 162, 208-386-9908, salon162boise.com.

Central Downtown ACTIVE & FIT LLC—Stop by for an open house celebrating Active & Fit’s new downtown location. Local ar t, Glass Rediscovered, by Laura Stewar t will be on display, plus live music and healthy snacks. 5 p.m.

FREE. 199 N. Capitol Blvd., Ste. 301, 208-40-8588, facebook. com/activeandfit.

ANGELL’S BAR AND GRILL RENATO—Featuring ar t by Cheri Meyer, live music, two-for-one cocktails and drink specials. 5 p.m. FREE. 999 W. Main St., Boise, 208-342-4900, angellsbarandgrill.com.

ARTISAN OPTICS—Check out the 2014 THEO Eyewear Trunk Show. The entire collection arrives from Belgium for one day only. Plus live music. 1-8 p.m.

FREE. 190 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-338-0500, ar tisanoptics. com.

BARBARA BARBARA AND CO.—Check out the special surprise happening. 6-9 p.m.

FREE. 807 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-342-2002.

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The Basque Block now has a beautiful new resident.

CURBSIDE: TRAFFIC BOX ART The City Department of Arts and History has cornered traffic box art. The boxes, though necessary to city infrastructure, were unattractive eyesores… until the department began soliciting submissions from local artists to wrap them in art work.

The traffic boxes are now colorful, beautiful additions to the city landscape and, on First Thursday, as you meander around downtown, don’t forget to check out some of the newest additions—including 15 added this summer—10th and Grove streets, Capitol Boulevard and Front Street, Fifth and Front streets, Sixth and Front streets, and many other locations.

Various locations downtown.

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FIRST THURSDAY/LISTINGS a fine art designer-illustrator also known as Julie Art Window Painting, from 6-8 p.m. Her artwork will be for sale. FREE, 249 N. Ninth St., 208-327-3445, cuconnect.org.

COSTA VIDA—Surf in for the best beach-inspired fresh Mexican food. Now downtown, on the Grove. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 801 W Main St., Boise, 208-429-4109, costavida.net.

D.L. EVANS BANK—Check out the annual open house for a 110th birthday celebration. Enjoy food from Roosters and wine tasting courtesy of BRJ. Local art and more. FREE. 213 N. Ninth St., 208-331-1399, dlevans.com.

FLATBREAD NEAPOLITAN PIZZA—Enjoy pairings from Flatbread’s Seasonal Selections Menu, plus happy hour 4-6 p.m., with half-off cocktails, wines and beers, and $4-$6 appetizers.

4-9 p.m. 800 W. Main, Ste. 230, Boise, 208-287-4757, flatbreadpizza.com.

FORK—Featuring art from local artist Tony Caprai, who has a studio in BODO, plus food pairings by Dan Balluff of the Peanut Shop, and wines from Huston Winery. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 199 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-287-1700, boisefork.com.

Wernsing. Beverages and snacks will be served. 6-9 p.m. FREE. 214 N. 10th St., 208-345-1398, facebook.com/illuminate.salon.

LEAF TEAHOUSE—Idaho Kombucha Company will be on site offering tastings of their fine kombucha drinks. Live music in the Loft 6-9 p.m. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.

FREE. 212 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-336-5323, facebook.com/ leafteahouse.

MCU SPORTS—Labor Day promotion continues, with a preview of this year’s new gear. FREE. 822 W. Jefferson St., 208-3427734, mcusports.com.

ILLUMINATE SALON—Experience the paintings of Noreen

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MIXED GREENS—Enjoy beer and ar t, with Sockeye Brewer y offering tastes of their awesome local brew and local ar tist Sherri Car ter showing her amazing landscape paintings of the Boise River. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 237 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-3441605, ilikemixedgreens.com.

THE MIXING BOWL—Check out the new French presses and the Toddy Cold Brew system, as well as the best selling cookbook, Smitten Kitchen. Take 15 percent off all Le Creuset tea kettles. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 216 N. Ninth St., 208-345-6025, themixingbowlboise.com.

OLIVIN—Taste healthy balsamic vinegars and the extra virgin olive oils, then receive a 10 percent discount on all purchases of $30 or more of prepared bottles. 5-10 p.m.

FREE. 218 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-344-0306, olivinboise.com.

BEN AND JERRY’S SCOOP SHOP—Enjoy $1 scoops in cups or cones all day long.

Noon. $1. 103 N. 10th St., 208-342-1992, benjerr y.com.

ECHELON FINE HOME—Get revved up for autumn with fresh looks in the store. Roll the dice for your discount percentage and enjoy drinks and appetizers. 5-8 p.m. FREE. 1404 W. Main St., 208-906-0500, facebook.com.

GALLERY 601—Help Galler y 601 welcome Idaho ar tist John Horejs to the family, and check out his fantastic landscapes and floral meadows featuring

the Sawtooth Range, Sun Valley, the Tetons and more. 5-9 p.m.

FREE. 211 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-336-5899, galler y601.com.

THE RECORD EXCHANGE— Back to school sale features 20 percent off your purchase (excluding tickets and sale/ clearance items) with a valid high-school or college ID, plus buy-two-get-one-free used music and select gift shop items for ever yone. 5-9 p.m. 1105 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-3448010, therecordexchange. com.

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PORTSCHE’S JEWELRY BOUTIQUE—Get in on the tasting of Boise Brewing’s most popular beers from 6-9 p.m. You can also be among the first to see Por tsche’s ver y own line of “Boise City Charms.” The first two editions are available now with previews of upcoming designs. Remember to ask for your Repair Discount Card and enjoy $20 off any repair $50 or over. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. 224 N. Ninth St., Boise, 208-3434443, por tsches.com.

THE STUDIO: AN ELITE SALON AND SPA—Check out Nature’s Palette, an exhibit of landscape oils by Idaho native Harr y Miller.

5-9 p.m. FREE. 702 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-577-6252, facebook.com/TheStudioAnEliteSalonAndSpa. ZENERGY BOISE—Enjoy fitness challenges, spa specials, free day passes, snacks and refreshing beverages. 5-8 p.m.

FREE. 800 W. Main St., Ste. 210, Boise, 208-789-0477, zenergyboise.com.

West Side Avoid sitting in the penalty box: Head over to Boise Brewing to check out Peter Langenbach’s Treasure Valley Rollergirls figurines.

SIXTH AND BROAD STREETS: BRICOLAGE AND BOISE BREWING Bricolage, the little shop at the end of Sixth Street, specializes in indie, Idaho-made goods and knows how to do First Thursday right.

This month, the store features the cartoonishly surreal but emotional work of artist Tony Rios, as well as local author Christian Winn’s new volume of short stories, Naked Me, which examines adulthood and childhood, friendship and love as experienced by promising friends, lost souls, fathers and gamblers.

Around the corner on Broad Street, Boise Brewing has beer, of course. BB will also have grub from Phil & Lou’s BBQ and is hosting a silent auction for figurines of Boise’s own Treasure Valley Rollergirls made by local artist Peter Langenbach (peterlangenbach.com). Pull up a stool, order a Hip Check IPA and support Boise’s shreddingest ladies of the rink.

5-9 p.m. FREE. Bricolage, 418 S. Sixth St., 208-345-3718, bricoshoppe.com; Boise Brewing, 521 W. Broad St., boisebrewing.com.

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THE ALASKA CENTER—Allan R. Ansell Photography presents Por traits of Boiseans from the Sesqui-Shop stroll. Ansell will be hosting an open studio. Also featuring The Fine Lines of the Pen, a collection of original pen and ink drawings by Joseph Pacheo and a selection of oil paintings by Chi E. Shenam. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1020 Main St. ALLIES LINKED FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV AND AIDS—Featuring a film night and discussion of HIV. Refreshments will be ser ved. 5-9 p.m.

FREE. 1009 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-424-7799, alphaidaho.org.

ART SOURCE GALLERY—Mar y Butler will be showing a collection of watercolors and oils.

Plus music by JB Duo and wines from Indian Creek Winer y. 5-9 p.m. FREE. 1015 W. Main St., 208-331-3374, ar tsourcegaller y.com.

Learn more about how the booze gets into the bottle at Bardenay.

PUB SCENE: BITTERCREEK ALE HOUSE AND BARDENAY Home gardens and compost piles are more popular than ever, and using natural principles to do humans’ dir ty work is more than a vogue—it can be par t of a well-rounded business plan. Since sourcing local food and beverages is par t of Bittercreek Ale House’s business plan, it’s fitting that it does a little in-house composting. From 6-8:30 p.m., join Bittercreek to learn how it uses the lowly but efficient worm to eliminate organic waste in Bittercreek’s Ar t of the Worm program. Down the road, learn more about Bardenay, the United States’ first small batch distiller y pub, when it, too, pulls back the cur tains and offers behind-the-scenes tours.

5-9 p.m. FREE. Bardenay, 610 Grove St., 208-426-0538, bardenay.com; Bittercreek Ale House, 246 N. Eighth St., 208429-6340, bcrfl.com.

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And many happy returns.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY SEPT. 5-7

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aging gracefully

STANLEY-SAWTOOTH COWBOY GATHERING

ART IN THE PARK

There is a saddlebag full of reasons to visit Stanley in late summer, but we sure-as-shootin’ love the annual StanleySawtooth Cowboy Gathering in September, sponsored by the Sawtooth Mountain Mamas, a Stanley-based organization that also runs the Sawtooth Arts and Crafts Fair in July. This year, the Mamas celebrate the American West and the working cowboy with poetry, tall tales and plenty of music from The Fall River Boys, The Romirells, Coyote Joe Sartin and others.

The highlight of the weekend is the Cowboy Fast-Draw Competition, which happens Saturday and Sunday. The fast-draw is open to the public, but some competitors take it very seriously; so much so, that there’s actually a Sawtooth Shootist Society, promoting what it says is “one of the fastest growing shooting sports in the country.” Many of the shootists dress as gunfighters, gamblers, lawmen, outlaws and saloon girls. Draw!

Time TBA, FREE, downtown Stanley, sawtoothmountainmamas.org.

Honestly, Art in the Park, you don’t look a day over 40, so we were stunned to receive an invitation to your 60th birthday party at Julia Davis Park. We were impressed to learn that more than 260 artists have already RSVP’d, promising to bring their paintings, photographs, jewelry, pottery, glass, accessories, metalwork and toys. We’re thrilled that you’ll have food vendors and a beer/wine garden set up. We’re also happy to hear that you’ve invited local musicians to play in the Gene Harris Bandshell and we love that local jazz musicians will play in the Boise Art Museum Sculpture Garden on Saturday evening. And thanks for making sure our kids have something to do during the party.

We saw that a children’s art tent will be open all three days. We also see proceeds from your party benefit BAM, our only question: What should we bring? Oh, that’s right. The checkbook.

Sept. 5-6, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sept. 7, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

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FIND

Pull up a stump.

Eats for the arts.

MONDAY SEPT. 8

WEDNESDAY SEPT. 10

Gather ’round

micro-funding, macro-fun

CAMPFIRE STORIES

THE CHARM SCHOOL: FEAST V

Practically anyone who grew up in Idaho has memories of a campfire—whether it was at summer camp or a friend’s backyard fire pit, pouring some brews from a growler. This summer and through November—on the second Monday of each month— Radio Boise creates new memories of campfires on the patio of the Modern Hotel and Bar, where well known Idaho authors like Boise Weekly’s own John Rember have come together and soothed the ears of their (adult) listeners over crackling flames.

On Monday, eager campers can listen to Boise State University professor Christian Winn read from his new book Naked Me, released just last month. The collection of short stories captures characters generally at the end of their ropes. Alongside Winn, Martin Corless-Smith, a transplant from England also teaching creative writing at Boise State, will read his work as well.

If you’d rather start your own campfire in the woods, you can listen to the podcast put together by Radio Boise after the show.

8 p.m., FREE, The Modern Hotel and Bar, 1314 W. Grove St., 208-424-8244, radioboise.us.

No, “Feast V” isn’t a made-for-TV Jurassic Park spin-off.

Put on twice a year by The Charm School, an idea clearinghouse for Boise’s creative class, Feast is an intimate gathering bringing together Boise area artists, their ideas and a spread of good food.

This time around, Feasters get together on Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the Visual Arts Collective in Garden City for their artfully prepared dinner. There, artists pitch their projects and attendees vote for the project most deserving of a $1,000 art grant paid for from the proceeds of the event.

Feast IV, in March, ended in a tie between Bronwyn Leslie and David Thompson’s The Hive, which empowers female filmmakers, and Carrie Jones’ project to paint original works on seed packets, with proceeds benefiting the Common Wealth Seed Library.

6-8 p.m. $25 adv., $30 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, thecharmschool.org.

USB CONDOM You’re at the airport on a four-hour layover and your phone batter y is down to 10 percent. You need juice, and the gentleman sitting next to you on one of those airport terminal bucket seats offers to let you charge your phone using a USB cable. He looks like an upstanding guy—his shirt is tucked in, his glasses are free of smudges and he sounds like he might be British—but you’re war y of what $10 might happen if his computer usbcondoms.com has a worm that will cause an unwanted data transfer from his computer to your phone.

An image suddenly pops into your head: Your bank accounts have been drained and your identity has been stolen. You can take your chances with the handsome-butpossibly-dubious fellow traveler, or don’t get gored, wrap your cord—with The USB Condom.

The digital prophylactic looks like a tiny motherboard with a plastic sleeve that slides over your USB charger, blocking its data pins while allowing use of its electricity input pins. Like real condoms, USB Condoms aren’t onesize-fits-all: They come in six configurations to port to your phone. Remember, it’s better to be safe than sorr y.

—Harrison Berr y

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IDAHO JOB AND CAREER FAIR—Check out all the jobs, including salaried, hourly, commission and own-your-own-business opportunities. Free workshops on resumes and interviews for job seekers. Get more info at idahobusinessleague.com. 9 a.m. FREE. Riverside Hotel, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208343-1871, riversideboise.com.

UNCORKED IN THE GARDEN: TELAYA—Chat with vintners and discover new Idaho wines. 6 p.m. FREE-$10. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgarden.org.

On Stage TEA ROOM ROARING ‘20S SHOW & DANCE—Show featuring some of Boise’s best musicians and entertainers. Free hot jazz and swing dance lesson at 8:15 p.m. 8 p.m. $5. Bouquet, 1010 W. Main St., Boise, 208345-6605.

Workshops & Classes ADULT SONGWRITING WORKSHOP WITH LISA SIMPSON— Explore ways of approaching songwriting in this six-week workshop with a professional songwriter. Call The Cabin or visit thecabinidaho.org for more info and to register. 7 p.m. $90-$95.

The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho.org.

BOISE FALL 2014 COMMUNITY EDUCATION REGISTRATION— Online registration now open for Boise School District’s Fall Community Education session.

Classes run Sept. 15-Oct. 23.

Visit boiselearns.org/pub for a list of classes and to register.

Through Sept. 14. Prices vary.

BASQUE MARKET COOKING CLASS: FRITOS (FRIED BITES)—Learn how to make the Basque Market’s famous chicken croquetas, light and crunchy calamari and traditional romesco sauce. 6 p.m. $35. Basque Market, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-433-1208, thebasquemarket. com.

Literature SLAM OF STEEL—Kick off the evening with a free workshop at 6 p.m., followed by the slam.

All-ages but discretion is advised.

7 p.m. $1-$5. The Crux, 1022 W. Main St., Boise, 208-342-3213, facebook.com/thecruxcoffeeshop.

Food JUNIPER CHEFS TABLE— Now accepting reservations Wednesday-Saturday for the 10-seat Chefs Table, featuring a five-course, prix-fixe seasonal menu of the day prepared and presented by Chef Aaron. $25 wine pairing optional. 6 p.m. $50. Juniper, 211 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-1142, juniperon8th.com.

On Stage COMEDIAN BOB DIBUONO— This NYC-based funnyman brings his acerbic wit and high energy to Boise. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Calls to Artists OPERA IDAHO RESIDENT COMPANY AUDITION—Do you love to sing? This is your chance to sing in the opera chorus, be considered for small roles, and be part of the many singing events that Opera Idaho produces throughout the year. Call to set up your audition. 4 p.m. FREE. Opera Idaho, 513 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-3531, operaidaho.org.

Food IDAHO RIVERS UNITED AND REEL FOODS SALMON BARBECUE—Join Idaho Rivers United and Reel Foods as they revive a Boise tradition of holding a salmon barbecue during the annual salmon returns. At the Boise Pavilion just outside the zoo. With live music by Dan Costello and Blaze n Kelly. Buy tickets at Reel Foods, by calling 208-343-7481 or visiting idahorivers.org. 6 p.m. $15. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5 Festivals & Events ART IN THE PARK—Featuring more than 260 artists offering varied fare, from glass and metalwork, to pottery and textiles, jewelry and toys. See Picks, Page 22.

10 a.m. FREE admission. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, boiseartmuseum.org.

BALDAPALOOZA FAMILY FRIENDLY MUSIC FESTIVAL— Enjoy a day of family friendly live music, food, drinks, photo booth, local vendors and artists, and a kids zone with games and activities, bounce houses, shaved ice and cotton candy. Proceeds benefit Camp Rainbow Gold. For the complete lineup of performers or to buy tickets, visit baldapalooza. org. 4 p.m. $20. Merrill Park, 637 E. Shore Drive, Eagle.

On Stage COMEDIAN BOB DIBUONO—See Thursday. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St.,

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Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

FACULTY ARTISTS SERIES: DEL PARKINSON—The Boise State piano professor presents “Preludes and Pictures,” blending narration, visual images and live performance of two monumental 19th century works by Chopin and Mussorgsky. For more info, visit music.boisestate.edu. 7:30 p.m.

FREE-$7. Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise State campus, Boise, 208426-1609.

STANLEY-SAWTOOTH COWBOY GATHERING— The Sawtooth Mountain Mamas sponsor this celebration of the American West and the working cowboy with stories, music and more. See Picks, Page 22. Times TBA, FREE, Downtown Stanley, sawtoothmountainmamas.org.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS— Alternately hilarious and touching and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of the lovable ladies who patronize Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, La. Recommended for 14 and older. 7:30 p.m. $18-$69.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Art ALEXIS PIKE AND JACINDA RUSSELL: ‘FAUX’ OPENING RECEPTION—Photographers Alexis Pike and Jacinda Russell each present a series of photographs, collectively titled Faux. 6 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 2, Hemingway Center, Room 110, 1819 University Drive, Boise, boisestate.edu.

Calls to Artists OPERA IDAHO RESIDENT COMPANY AUDITION—Do you love to sing? This is your chance to sing in the opera chorus, be considered for small roles, and be part of the many singing events that Opera Idaho produces throughout the year. Call to set up an audition. 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. FREE. Opera Idaho, 513 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-3531, operaidaho.org.

Literature LIT FOR LUNCH—The focus this fall is on novels about World War I. For more info, email Boise State English professor Cheryl Hindrichs at cherylhindrichs@boisestate. edu. Noon. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary. org.

Kids & Teens OPERA IDAHO CHILDREN’S CHORUSES AUDITIONS—Children learn proper vocal technique and could get to sing in the Boise Holiday Parade, Festival of Trees, The Nutcracker with Ballet Idaho, a holiday and a spring concert and the performance of Brundibar. Call 208-345-3531 or visit operaidaho.org for audition requirements and to set up an

appointment. 4 p.m. FREE admission. Opera Idaho, 513 S. Eighth St., Boise.

SEPTEMBER PUPPET SHOW— Sam and Sally are starting school. Sam is very excited, but Sally is a little nervous. What will happen when they go to school?

Find out in Back to School with Friends. 10:30 a.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 Festivals & Events 8 FEATHERS DISTILLERY TOUR AND TASTING—Stop by for a tour of the distillery, meet the head distiller and sample some Idaho whiskey. 10 a.m. FREE. 8 Feathers Distillery, 272 N. Maple Grove Road, Boise, 208-968-9988, 8feathersdistillery.com.

ART IN THE PARK—See Friday. 10 a.m. FREE admission. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

REDISCOVERED BOOKS’ EIGHTH BIRTHDAY PARTY—Join the celebration, with special events going all day, including door prizes, exclusive special items and 25 percent off everything in the store. 10 a.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

ROARING SPRINGS LAST SPLASH WEEKEND—Get in on the fun before the waterpark shuts down for the season. Noon. $13. Roaring Springs Water Park, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-884-8842, roaringsprings. com.

Sports & Fitness

36th St., Boise, 208-344-7807, quailhollowgolfclub.com.

BOISE STATE BRONCOS VS. COLORADO STATE—Get tickets and details at broncosports.com.

8:15 p.m. Prices vary. Boise State Broncos Albertsons Stadium, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208426-4737, boisestate.edu.

SECOND ANNUAL BOISE NEDA WALK—Help the National Eating Disorders Association raise funds and spread awareness about the seriousness of eating disorders.

Proceeds will be used to support NEDA’s education and advocacy programs. 10 a.m. $5-$25. Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., near Fairview Avenue and Eagle Road, Meridian.

TREASURE VALLEY ROLLER DERBY HOME BOUT—Take the family out for some exciting Treasure Valley Roller Derby. Tickets are available for sale at the door. Visit tvderby. com for more info. 6 p.m. $10.

CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-424-2200 or box office 208-331-8497, centurylinkarenaboise.com.

TABLE ROCK CHALLENGE—Help promote wildland fire prevention, with a rugged 9-mile run or walk to the top of Table Rock, with a photo opportunity with Smokey Bear at the top. 8 a.m. $25. Fort Boise Park, 600 W. Garrison St., Boise.

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IDAHO HUMANE SOCIETY BENEFIT FASHION SHOW AND WINE TASTING—Help the Idaho Humane Society while enjoying appetizers, wine tasting and a fashion show featuring women’s clothing and accessories by Belle Ami Boutique and Helina Marie’s. 4 p.m. $25, 21 and older only. Helina Marie’s Wine and Gift Shop, 11053 Highway 44, Star, 208-286-7960, helinamaries.com.

ADVENTURE ISLAND 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY—Celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Idaho’s first inclusive playground for kids who use walkers or wheelchairs.

Vendors who work with or have resources for children with special health care needs or disabilities will be on hand. 10 a.m. p.m.

FREE. Settlers Park, corner of Meridian and Ustick roads, Meridian.

LAND TRUST ANNUAL DINNER AND AUCTION—Enjoy a delicious dinner catered by The Lively Chef, plus local beer and wine, a special performance by Bill Coffey, a raffle and a live auction. Visit LTTV. org for more info and tickets or call 208-345-1452. 5 p.m. $75.

Quail Hollow Golf Club, 4520 N.

BALLET IDAHO’S AMERICAN GIRL FASHION SHOW AUDITIONS—Girls ages 5-12 can audition to model the fashions of the American Girl dolls. Visit balletidaho.org for more info. 10 a.m.

FREE. Boise Towne Square, 350 N. Milwaukee St., Boise, 208-3784400, boisetownesquare.com; and 10 a.m. FREE. Village at Meridian,

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On Stage COMEDIAN BOB DIBUONO—See Thursday. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS—See Friday.

7:30 p.m. $18-$69. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-3369221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Workshops & Classes MAKING COMIX—Learn how to create your own comic panel from local artist Allen Gladfelter. Threesession workshop for adults and teens on Sept. 6, Sept. 10 (6-8 p.m.) and Sept. 13 (1-3 p.m.). 1 p.m. Library at Collister, 4724 W. State St., Boise, 208-562-4995, boisepubliclibrary.org.

Calls to Artists OPERA IDAHO RESIDENT COMPANY AUDITION—See Friday. 3 p.m. FREE. Opera Idaho, 513 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-3531, operaidaho.org.

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OPERA IDAHO CHILDREN’S CHORUSES AUDITIONS—See Friday. 10 a.m. FREE admission.

Opera Idaho, 513 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-345-3531, operaidaho.org.

SEPTEMBER PUPPET SHOW— See Friday. 2 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

SHOP TALK FOR KIDS: MEET THE BOISE FIRE DEPARTMENT—1 p.m. FREE. Arts and History Sesqui-Shop, 1008 Main St., Boise, 208-384-8509, boise150.org/sesqui-shop.

Animals & Pets PET HAVEN ANNUAL BENEFIT— Help the Canyon County humane society while enjoying food, a silent auction, raffles and live music by Freestyle. 4 p.m. $5, $15 family. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-4685555, nampaciviccenter.com.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 7 Festivals & Events ART IN THE PARK—See Friday.

10 a.m. FREE admission. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

ROARING SPRINGS LAST SPLASH WEEKEND—See Saturday. $13. Roaring Springs Water Park, 400 W. Overland Road, Meridian, 208-884-8842, roaringsprings.com.

STANLEY-SAWTOOTH COWBOY GATHERING—See Picks, Page 22. Times TBA, FREE, Downtown Stanley, sawtoothmountainmamas.org.

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again. Register by email at st.marysasap@gmail.com or at the park. 1:30 p.m. $12, $30 families. Merrill Park, 637 E. Shore Drive, Eagle.

Odds & Ends BOISE FLEA—Check out Boise’s new outdoor antique, art and vintage market. Email junkchicksalvage@gail.com for more info.

10 a.m. FREE. The Soda Works, 3017 W. State St., Boise, 208570-7320, thesodaworks.com.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8 Literature CAMPFIRE STORIES AT THE MODERN—Summer readings series features authors Christian Winn and Martin Corless-Smith, who will be on hand with copies of their books for sale. 8 p.m. FREE. Modern Hotel and Bar, 1314 W. Grove St., Boise, 208-424-8244, themodernhotel.com.

TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 9 Festivals & Events HERO TO HIRED: JOB FAIR—Local businesses will be recruiting service members for many positions. For reserve, veterans, active-duty military and military spouses. Get more info at H2H. jobs. 9 a.m. FREE. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, idahocenter.com.

trucks will pair up to create locally grown, tomato-inspired dishes.

4 p.m. FREE. North End Organic Nursery, 2350 W. Hill Road, Boise, 208-389-4769, northendnursery.com.

On Stage STEEL MAGNOLIAS—See Thursday. 7:30 p.m. $18-$69.

Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Citizen GARDEN CITY LIBRARY SILENT ART AUCTION—Art will be on display during regular library hours.

Finale party is Friday, Sept. 26.

FREE, Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 Festivals & Events THE CHARM SCHOOL FEAST V—Enjoy a gourmet dinner and vote which of 10 creative projects will be funded. Buy advance tickets at thecharmschool.org. See Picks, Page 23. 6 p.m. $25 adv., $30 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

On Stage STEEL MAGNOLIAS—See Thursday. 7:30 p.m. $18-$69. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208336-9221, idahoshakespeare. org.

TOMATO TAILGATE TRUCK RALLY—Local farmers and food

EYESPY Real Dialogue from the naked city

COMEDIAN BOB DIBUONO—See Thursday. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

FACULTY ARTISTS SERIES: DEL PARKINSON—See Friday. 4 p.m.

FREE-$7. Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise State campus, Boise, 208426-1609.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS—See Thursday. 7 p.m. $18-$69. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208429-9908, box office 208-3369221, idahoshakespeare.org.

Citizen RIDE FOR THE RED—Join the Red Cross for a bike ride through the vineyards and orchards of the Treasure Valley. 8 a.m. $50-$75.

Barber Park, 4049 Eckert Road, Boise.

ST. MARY’S FAMILY FUN RUN 3K—The course will start in the park in front of the shelter and head straight to the Greenbelt trail along the river to loop back

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OH, CANADA, WE DO LOVE YOUR FILM FESTIVAL BW returns to TIFF GEORGE PRENTICE Without a doubt, something extraordinary will happen in the next 10 days; we just know it. The moveable feast that is the Toronto International Film Festival is serving up 393 films on 28 screens this year, 240 of which are world or North American premieres from 79 countries; and we’re starving for something special. For the record, Boise Weekly won’t be at all of the screenings. Yes, we’ve been known to endure more than 50 films in 10 days (we don’t recommend that for amateurs), but the marathon affords us the opportunity to give our readers a first taste of what will satisfy their movie-going palates over the coming months.

What continues to distinguish the Toronto smorgasbord—and it’s the chief reason we return each September—is that it is truly a people’s festival. Unlike the Cannes, Sundance, Venice and Telluride festivals, hundreds of thousands of ticket-holders fill more than two dozen Toronto cinemas during TIFF, eager to consume comedies, dramas, documentaries, shorts and get to know some of Hollywood’s biggest names, quite often up-close and personal.

From this year’s menu, here’s an alphabetical appetizer of some of the films that we can’t wait to cue for: The Equalizer—Denzel Washington stars in the big screen adaptation of the cult ’80s TV action thriller.

Foxcatcher—Major Oscar buzz is swirling around this story of a tragic relationship between an eccentric millionaire and two champion wrestlers. Steve Carell is said to turn in a chilling performance.

The Humbling—Al Pacino in a story of sex, suicide, age and acting.

(Clockwise, from upper left): Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall in The Judge; Denzel Washington in The Equalizer; Benedict Cumberbatch et al. in The Imitation Game; and Al Pacino in The Humbling.

The Imitation Game—Benedict Cumberbatch in the true story of Alan Turing, the British mathematician who cracked the Nazi Enigma Code and helped win WWII, yet was prosecuted by his own government for being homosexual.

The Judge—It’s exciting to see Robert Downey Jr. in anything other than Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes. Here, he’s teamed with Robert Duvall and Billy Bob Thornton in a crackling courtroom drama.

Love and Mercy—The true story of how mental illness haunted Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys.

Manglehorn—Pacino again walks the red carpet for the screening of this film about a small-town locksmith and lost love.

Men, Women and Children—Director Jason Reitman (Juno, Up in the Air) returns with this comedy/drama starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Garner.

Mr. Turner—Timothy Spall took home the Cannes Best Actor award for this biopic of eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner.

Pawn Sacrifice—Tobey Maguire and Liev Schreiber portray chess legends Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.

Rosewater—The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart

makes his directorial debut with the true story of Maziar Bahari, whose 2009 appearance on Stewart’s show triggered a five-month imprisonment in Tehran, Iran.

St. Vincent—Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy. Sold. I’m in. Tell me where to line up.

The Theory of Everything—This biopic tells the extraordinary story of young Stephen Hawking as he falls in love with Jane (now his wife), a fellow Cambridge student.

While We’re Young—Director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha, Greenberg) returns with his unique sense of comedy, along with Ben Stiller, Adam Driver and Naomi Watts.

Whiplash—The much-anticipated drama that pits an ambitious young drummer against a Svengali-like instructor.

And we take particular delight in TIFF’s Midnight Madness, where outrageous horror, sci-fi and black comedies engage audiences till dawn. This year’s slate of late-night snacks includes Kevin Smith’s creepy Tusk, a story about a popular podcast host, a reclusive millionaire and, well, tusks.

If you can, dear readers, pack your bags and join us in Toronto. If you can’t make the trip, we’ll be dishing out regular updates at boiseweekly.com/blogs/Cobweb.

EXTRA/SCREEN THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING FRANK The first thing you need to know about Frank, the movie and the man, is that the head never comes off—not in bed, not in the shower, not during dinner and certainly not during a performance. The “head” is a giant mask that looks like something straight out of Macy’s BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

Thanksgiving Day parade. But it’s a fool’s errand to tag Frank as “a movie about that guy with that head.” There’s much more here; and honestly, I’m still trying to figure out how much more is behind the mask—both literally and figuratively.

Michael Fassbender portrays Frank, the enigmatic lead singer of a band with an unpronounceable name: The Sonoprfbs.

If any of this sounds or looks familiar, Frank is based on reallife eccentric rocker Chris Sievey, a.k.a. Frank Sidebottom, frontman of ’80s British post-punk band The Freshies (Freshies keyboardist Peter Straughan co-wrote the screenplay).

Buried inside that funny/ ghostly head is a fully realized performance by Fassbender, who treads the razor-thin tightrope of

madness and brilliance in one of the most unique, puzzling, hilarious, infuriating films of 2014.

Frank, which examines the psyche of mad genius, will be an instant cult classic. I’ve seen it twice, and because of the way it haunts me, I’m certain I’ll return yet again.

—George Prentice

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ARTS/CULTURE NATHAN S C HNEIDER

MAN OF MYSTERY Niky Dryden, of Split Pea, in her Wintry booth.

Barry ‘Konrad’ Konarik on his 1982/2014 album AMY ATKINS

WINTRY IS COMING You’re probably still wearing shorts, but the folks at Wintry Market are already feeling frosty. This year, Wintry Market happens Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at El Korah Shrine.

There, browsers can pick up holiday gifts, indie-made nicknacks and local crafts. Food trucks will be stationed outside, and the Oasis restaurant will also be open. Wintry Market has a couple of other dates potential vendors should mark on their calendars.

On Thursday, Sept. 18, Bricolage will host Camp Wintry, which will feature a photo booth, a mock-up vendor booth and an open studio. The entry fee of $10 gets you in and scores you wine, beer and snacks. The second date is for vendor applications, which are due Monday, Oct. 20, and are available online at wintrymarket.com/vendor-faq.

Idaho artists get their due every other year in the form of the Governor’s Awards in the Arts. One of the first awards of its kind in the nation, the Governor’s Awards have been biennial tributes to local arts (and arts administrators) since the 1970s.

The awards themselves—silver medallions designed by Idaho artist Elizabeth Wolf—will be given to eight worthy recipients at an awards ceremony at the Capitol rotunda by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and Idaho First Lady Lori Otter Tuesday, Dec. 2, from 2-4 p.m.

The winners are Moscow writer Kim Barnes and actor Denise Simone of Hailey for Excellence in the Arts; Marilyn Beck and Ana Maria Schachtell, both of Boise, for Support of the Arts; Linda Wolfe of Pocatello for Support of Arts Education; Boise Department of Arts and History Executive Director Terri Schorzman for Excellence in Arts Administration; Boise Baroque Orchestra Music Director Daniel Stern for Lifetime Achievement; and Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, of Blackfoot, for Exceptional Service.

Meanwhile, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts is preparing to kick off its 2014-15 season. Tuesday, Sept. 16, at The Center in Ketchum, join an esteemed panel for a discussion about humans’ relationship with the forest. Thursday, Oct. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Ketchum’s Church of the Big Wood, hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, about one of the largest fires in United States history, which forever changed national forest management. The cost of attendance is $25 for SVCA members and $35 for nonmembers.

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On a summery Saturday morning, Barry “Konrad” Konarik sat dressed in a black T-shirt, black jeans and black motorcycle boots, the sun coming through the window of a Bench-area diner glinting off his cleanshaven head and casting a shadow across his face, halving it into light and dark. He was there to talk about a defining moment in his life: EVIL, an album he released under the pseudonym/alter-ego Konrad in New York in 1982, and which was restored, remastered and re-released in July 2014 by Ethereal Sequence Records.

As the hours passed, the 57-year-old Konarik talked about being adopted, his belief that he is directly related to Jim Morrison, his belief in aliens, his theory of “geometric acceleration,” being a foster parent, meeting John and Sean Lennon once, seeing Paul McCartney at a party, his years working in the music industry, adjusting to life in Boise after moving here several years ago and more. Konarik is a man of a hundred facets and a thousand stories, but there is one

incongruities, an album comprised of spacey jazz, pop, rock and instrumental tracks that seem to have little more than their creator and recurring Casio-keyboard-sounding synthesizer lines in common. Even the album sleeve is a study in contradictions.

On the front is a picture of Konarik with a dark beard and mustache, wearing a hooded robe, and staring directly into and pointing at the camera. He looks like he came right out of central casting for a Bmovie about Satan worshippers. In contrast, Konrad’s name and album title are emblazoned in big letters in a festive hot pink— the same bright color covers the back.

All that divergence somehow works, and though it wasn’t a commercial that stands out and, in many ways, defines success, a few thousand copies of EVIL manhim: Though Konarik released other albums (some under the name Morrison), none seem aged to sell over the years, and it became a kind of cult classic. to engender such self satisfaction as EVIL, “Something happens to people with this alwhich he wrote, sang, performed, produced, bum,” Konarik said. “There’s a arranged and engineered, turnaround. People will say, ‘It and whose 13 tracks express EVIL is available at sucks, it sucks, it sucks… wait, Konarik’s feelings on capitalThe Record Exchange, etherealsequence.com and this is really good.’ There’s ism, war, peace, good, evil, lightintheattic.net. See always a turnaround.” love, regret and redemption.

KONRAD EVIL at vimeo.com.

Then there are those like “It’s from a place that never Douglas Mcgowan who loved was, a time that never will EVIL from start. be,” Konarik said, describMcgowan owns Yoga Records, a small ing the difficult-to-describe EVIL. “It is its label that specializes in reissuing rare and own thing. … It’s not from a period. It is no period. It is its own music genre. That’s what obscure records. In 2007, McGowan, who lives in Oregon, posted something on his I felt was going to be my advantage. Even if people didn’t like it, it wasn’t going to be put blog Waxidermy about Konrad and EVIL, which garnered quite a few comments from in any pigeonhole.” people who also felt strongly about the Konarik isn’t wrong. EVIL is filled with

Barry “Konrad” Konarik, making “konverts” since 1982.

album—fans have paid as much as $300 for a copy. Though “not much of an online guy,” Konarik happened across the post and seeing the comments, left one of his own, posting his phone number and telling his “konverts”—his word for his fans—to feel free to give him a call. Mcgowan did and in the years that followed, the two forged a relationship.

“Barry is insanely creative and has an incredible imagination,” Mcgowan said. “And he has retained a sense of childlike innocence … which is almost always extinguished in people by their teenage years. He has a very open approach to creativity and to the world.”

Mcgowan wanted to share EVIL—and Konarik—with a larger audience, so he asked his friend, cinematographer Niels Alpert, to visit Boise and film a short documentary about the mysterious musician.

Alpert was soon as captivated by Konarik as Mcgowan was.

“He’s truly unique … and he’s a dreamer,” Alpert said. “His music and his childlike innocence make you open up and feel.”

The seven-minute short Alpert and Mcgowan filmed reveals some of the motivations behind Konarik’s 32-year-old magnum opus. It affords a rare glimpse of a man who is a little “out there.” It’s a bittersweet view of what could have been. Above all, though, it accentuates Konarik’s charisma and engenders a curious desire to know more—about the music and the man.

As the interview wrapped up, a man who had been sitting at a nearby table walked over to Konarik.

“Excuse me, sir,” the man said, holding his rough hand out for Konarik to shake.

“I was wondering where I could find your music. I hope you don’t mind, but me and my wife and her mother were listening to you while we ate our breakfast,” he said, pointing at two smiling women. “The way you talk about your life, the way you talk about your music. I’d sure like to know more.”

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Chicky (left) and Jason Myles (right) have hit the road—literally—from the UK to Jaurez, Mexico. They’ll be in Boise this week.

END OF THE BEGINNING La Fin Absolute du Monde prepares for its next step BEN SCHULTZ the title song by Godflesh frontman Justin K. La Fin Absolute du Monde, an electro-rock Broadrick. LFADM is currently on a North duo based in San Francisco, Calif., turned 4 American tour and will play The Bouquet on years old this year. In a recent blog post on Thursday, Sept. 4, with local acts Satyr Co., the band’s website, guitarist Jason Myles reReverend Otis, DJ Bones and Chalivera. called a warning that a musician friend gave LFADM’s sound—a somber, idiosyncratic him about this time in LFADM’s career. mix of metal, trip-hop and folk—evolved “She was explaining that it usually takes without a clear plan. The first song that the a business five years to start really turncouple wrote together, appropriately titled ing a profit, and that the four-year hump is where most fail,” he wrote. “I think most fail “Beginning of the End,” grew out of a riff because doubt really comes into the equation that Jason played on acoustic guitar. After recording the riff on GarageBand, he handed for success. The older we get, the more our his computer to Chicky and told her, “Do peers and family members stop looking at us something with it.” as an emerging international touring band, “I didn’t know what the hell I was doing,” but as a bunch of lazy bums who don’t want Chicky said. “I started playing some really to get a job.” dark, brooding things, thinking, ‘Oh, he’s Boise Weekly caught up with Jason and going to hate this and he’s not gonna think wife-collaborator Chicky Myles while they I’m cool and this is not gonna work out.’ were in Portland, Ore. In a phone interview, And he listened to it, and he was like, ‘Wow, Jason talked some more about aging and I love it.’” artistic ambition.

It still took time for “Four years is hard, and the duo’s sensibilities to it wears on you,” he said.

LA FIN ABSOLUTE DU MONDE mesh. While Jason had “We’re not spring chickens With Satyr Co., Reverend Otis, DJ experience playing on anymore: I just turned 37, Bones and Chalivera, Thursday, various hip-hop albums [Chicky] just turned 35. But we Sept. 4, 7 p.m. FREE. and performing with rock kind of looked at each other The Bouquet, 1010 W. Main St., facebook.com/BoiseTheBouquet. bands in the Bay Area, and some people sent us some Chicky came from a claskind of positive messages, and sical background, studying they were like, ‘You guys are piano and Flamenco guitar in college. Eventuon a mission, man; you gotta see this thing ally, they found common ground: Chicky had through.’” a soft spot for Nine Inch Nails and Nirvana The Myleses’ “mission” has yielded and shared with Jason a love of trip-hop enough results to qualify them as an “emerggroups like Portishead and Massive Attack. ing international band.” They toured the Once Jason and Chicky developed enough UK in 2013 and this past April opened three LFADM material, they started their demandWest Coast dates for seminal industrial metal band Godflesh. The duo’s latest release, Black ing touring schedule. The duo will typically be on the road nine months out of the year Sheep: Remixed (2014), features a remix of BOI S EW EEKLY.COM

and work odd jobs the other three months to finance more touring. They’ll stop at Walmart parking lots to sleep and take advantage of the Wi-Fi at McDonald’s restaurants. They’ll also book gigs in remote, sometimes dangerous areas. For example, their last tour included a show in Juarez, Mexico, which has become infamous in recent years for widespread drug cartel-related violence (they have another show in Juarez scheduled for Oct. 17).

“It was actually a great show; a lot of people showed up,” Jason said. “Once they found out that we were not assholes, they would kind of send the one person who could speak English up to talk to us. And this girl got kind of emotional and she was like, ‘People don’t want to come here. They think we’re trash.’”

LFADM’s shows with Godflesh in Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles proved equally gratifying. “[The other bands] had watched the show [in Seattle] from the balcony, and they were giving us a lot of props,” Jason said. “It was a cool experience because you felt like there was almost a baton being passed.”

LFADM hopes to take that baton farther down the track. The duo plans to release another batch of remixes and a video this winter followed by a new album next spring.

According to Jason, the Godflesh shows provided him a good lesson in perseverance. It came from a former Godflesh drummer who turned up in Portland and Seattle.

“He was talking to me, and he was telling me about some of the stuff that Godflesh had to go through,” Jason said “You know, he jokingly looked over at me and he’s like, ‘Man if all these people would’ve shown up 20 years ago, I never would’ve quit.’”

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THE BREEDERS, SEPT. 8, VISUAL ARTS COLLECTIVE The Breeders recently finished touring behind LSXX, a 20th anniversary reissue of the band’s platinum release, Last Splash (Elektra, 1993). In a recent interview, Sterogum wrote that Breeders founding member Kim Deal has made “some of the most deeply compelling—not to mention some of the most compellingly influential—music of the past three decades,” including Last Splash, an album that helped define what alt-rock was then: the single “Cannonball” a song with one of the coolest intros ever—BBC Radio 2 listeners recently ranked “Cannonball” No. 78 in a poll of the 100 Greatest Guitar Riffs.

The tour for LSXX took The Breeders on an eight-month, 60-date trip around the world. It would have been understandable if the band took an extended break. Instead, the quartet began working on new material, which it will debut during a handful of dates beginning Sept. 2 and culminating in a show at The Hollywood Bowl where they’ll share the stage with another groundbreaking band, Neutral Milk Hotel. Some of the September dates are already sold out, so if you want to see The Breeders live, don’t stand around spitting in a wishing well. Go get tickets already.

—Amy Atkins With The Funs. Doors 7 p.m., $20 adv., $23 door. Tickets available at theduckclub.com. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., facebook. com/vacuber.

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MIKE DOUGHTY, SEPT. 9, RECORD EXCHANGE Artists have long explored our desire to return to the past, whether to right a wrong, to avoid a later regret, to recapture youth or to quench some other more nebulous yearning. It’s impossible to do, but as musician Mike Doughty has shown, taking something from long ago and bringing it into the now is not only doable but can result in something brilliant.

Doughty was the founder of moderately successful ’90s band Soul Coughing, and for years after he broke up the band, he wouldn’t perform Soul Coughing songs. After his memoir, The Book of Drugs (Da Capo Press, 2012), was published, Doughty brushed the dust off of some Soul Coughing songs and in 2013, released Circles Super Bon Bon… (MRI, 2013), an album that, like his memoir, brought a bit of his past into the light of the present. Now, Doughty is heading into the future with a new album, Stellar Motel (MRI), due out Tuesday, Sept. 16, but available to local fans early during Doughty’s instore performance, presented by 94.9 FM The River.

—Amy Atkins 7 p.m., FREE. Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St., 208344-8010, therecordexchange.com.

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WINESIPPER/DRINK ROSE REDUX Last spring, I extolled the virtues of rose as a great way to beat the heat. With the temperatures beginning to cool, roses also work especially well as transition wines, bridging the gap between the crisp whites of summer and the lighter reds of fall. Here are the top three picks from a recent rose revisit: 2013 DOMAINE DE FONTSAINTE GRIS DE GRIS, $17.99 A French gris de gris, by law, must be made from lighter-skinned red wine grapes, in this case grenache gris dominates. The Fontsainte uses the saignee method, where juice is bled off the must early on to increase the intensity of a red wine. That juice becomes a rose and this wine is a beautiful testament to the technique.

You get lovely strawberry jam aromas with hints of herb and grapefruit.

The flavors are rich but refreshing, offering a combo of ripe apple, rhubarb and red berry.

2013 DOMAINE SAINTEEUGENIE ROSE, $11.99 A blend of cinsault (80 percent) with equal dollops of grenache noir and syrah, the Eugenie employs a traditional maceration technique where the juice spends a short time on the skin to draw off some color.

The result is a floral pink hue with rose hip, honeysuckle, clover and orange zest aromas.

The flavors are light and breezy marked by tart cherry, watermelon, light peach, blood orange and lime.

2013 SOKOL BLOSSER ROSE OF PINOT NOIR, $15.99 Hand-harvested Willamette Valley pinot spends just four to six hours on the skin before the juice is pressed off, which gives this wine a beautiful salmon-y pink color. Strawberry rhubarb aromas dominate the nose along with touches of herb, grass and pomegranate. Zesty citrus flavors up front are backed by smooth strawberry and raspberry fruit. Creamy lime and citrus zest come through on the finish, lingering nicely.

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TOMATO TIME HAS TOTALLY ARRIVED Plus the Basque Market, Reel Foods and Red Feather host special events TARA MORGAN After what feels like an eternity of waiting, tomato season is finally in full swing. Farmers market shelves are now stacked with a rainEnding the tyranny of the tasteless tomato one tomato at a time. bow of juicy options—bulbous red Beefsteaks, baskets of tiny, flavor-packed Sun Golds and teamed up to celebrate the annual salmon specials on their hot bar made with local Purple Princes bursting at the seams. return with a salmon barbecue. tomatoes. And that’s only the TIP of the To celebrate the local tomato harvest, the On Thursday, Sept. 4, from 6-8:30 p.m., tomato iceberg, so to speak.

Treasure Valley Food Coalition’s Tomato In“TVFC has encouraged diners to ask their fish fans can enjoy a wild salmon dinner dependence Project has linked up local farms at the Boise Pavilion in Julia Davis Park. server about tomato offerings beyond those with local restaurants through the tomato There will also be live music by Dan Costello listed,” said TVFC’s Amy Hutchinson. season. Here’s a list of the Tomato Tuesdayand Blaze and Kelly. Tickets are $15 for Hutchinson added that TIP is hosting a to-Tuesday menu offerings during September: adults and $10 for children 12 and younger.

Bittercreek Ale House and Peaceful Belly Tomato Tailgate Food Truck Rally at the Farms (through Tuesday, Sept. 9): Heirloom North End Organic Nursery Tuesday, Sept. 9, Advance tickets can be purchased by calling Reel Foods at 208-343-7481 or online at from 4-7 p.m. At the event, Three Girls Catomatoes with warm burrata cheese, sherry tering will serve tomatoes from Morning Owl idahorivers.org. vinegar gastrique, pearl onions and fresh In other dining news, Juniper has officially Farm and Archie’s Place will serve tomatoes herbs; heirloom tomato salad with Armelaunched its 10-seat Chef’s Table, a fivefrom Earthly Delights Farm. There will also nian cucumber, feta, red sumac and minted course prix-fixe seasonal menu that’s prepared be local beer and live music. yogurt dressing with house-made naan; “The idea behind the food truck rally is to and presented by Chef Aaron WermerRauchbier braised pork belly with heirloom skirchen. Among the courses is a Rollingstone celebrate the very small scale, urban growers tomato gelee, white hominy cassoulet and goat cheese and bacon-stuffed fried squash and mobile providers of tasty tomato fare,” seasonal greens. said Hutchinson. “The Tomato Tailgate Food blossoms with sweet corn puree, basil oil and The Modern Hotel and Next Generation siracha. Seatings take place Wednesdays-SatTruck Rally compliments the Organics (Tuesday, Sept. urdays at 6 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person Tomato Tuesday-to-Tuesday 9-Tuesday, Sept. 16): HeirTOMATO INDEPENDENCE with an optional $25 wine pairing. For more menus of six participating loom tomato tartine with PROJECT info, call Juniper at 208-342-1142. ‘brick-and-mortar’ resricotta, marinated tomatoes Moving from chef’s tables to disco dining, taurants who have each and basil oil; heirloom tomatomatoindependenceproject.com Red Feather Lounge is hosting a ’70s-themed partnered with local farms to salad served with zucchini facebook.com/TomatoIndepenBoogie Nights cocktail dinner Saturday, Sept. of a slightly larger size than fritters and olive tapenade; denceProject 10, at 7 p.m. the two featured at the food and grilled skirt steak with “The inspiration came from a birthday truck rally to offer tomato smoked tomatoes. party in L.A.,” said bartender Kaytie Keck. “I Bar Gernika and Global Gardens (Tuesday, specials during August and September.”

Also on Tuesday, Sept. 9, The Basque Mar- attended an event at a roller rink for a friend Sept. 16-Tuesday, Sept. 23): Heirloom tomaket is hosting a pintxo and wine tasting event and she had requested everyone to show up, toes on grilled cheese with a blend of jack, skates in hand, with an outfit which would with Raimundo “Rai” Abando of Bodegas cheddar and Swiss on locally baked cheddar make anyone from Saturday Night Fever have Las Orcas. Abando’s family has been making scallion bread; Homestead grass-fed burger to do a double take. The party succeeded in wine in the Rioja Alavesa region since 1900, with a rainbow of heirloom tomatoes; and a making us feel as if we had stepped out of a bacon, lettuce and heirloom tomato sandwich. and Abando and his wife Cristina San Pedro time machine.” started the Bodegas Las Orcas project in the Basque Market and Global Gardens The cocktail dinner’s four-course menu will ’90s. The tasting will also include Dayne (Tuesday, Sept. 16-Tuesday, Sept. 23). Tapas feature vintage drinks from the disco era with Bower representing Camino Alto Vineyards include: heirloom gazpacho with shrimp and a “modern spin” utilizing new techniques and and Pepe Marco from Vinos Divertidos. saffron toast; fried manchego with Jamon The tasting takes place from 5-7 p.m. and ingredients. Cocktails include the Manhattan, Serrano and marinated Teardrop tomatoes the gin and tonic, the Harvey Wallbanger and tickets are $25 per person, which includes with chorizero pepper vinaigrette; steamed mussels with spicy tomato vinaigrette and to- pintxos and five wine tickets. Additional wine the Brandy Alexander. Dishes include sweet and sour meatballs, cheese log, deviled eggs, mato bacon jam-laced crostini; lamb skewers tickets are $2 a pop and reservations and local greens tossed in green goddess dressing prepayment are required. For more info, call with sweet and sour tomato relish and fried and Watergate salad, a light green dessert the Basque Market at 208-433-1208. tomatoes with tomato-chorizero aioli. made with pistachio pudding, pineapple, Moving from wine to outdoor dining, Also, every Tuesday throughout the whipped cream and marshmallows.

Idaho Rivers United and Reel Foods have tomato season, The Boise Co-op will serve

—David Kirkpatrick

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Case No. CV NV 1414796 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Richard John LaMorte, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Richard John Rydzewski. The reason for the change in name is: because my step-parent raised me.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date)

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Date AUG 01 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB August 13, 20, 27 & Sept. 3, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Richard John LaMorte Legal Name

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Date AUG 01 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Aug 13, 20, 27 & SEPT 3, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA In the Matter of the Application of NIKKO HUMPHRY for Change of Name Case No. CV NC 1415103 NOTICE OF HEARING A Petition to change the name of NIKKO HUMPHRY, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to NIKKO HARMON HUMPHRY. The reason for the change in name is: Nikko Humphry’s middle name was inadvertently left out of the Order and Decree of Adoption that was

entered on March 19,2002, and he wishes to reinstate his legal name to his full name of Nikko Harmon Humphry.

A hearing on the Petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on October 7th, 2014, at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date AUG 08 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Aug. 20,27, Sept. 3, 10, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Danielle Marie Hanratty 3-1-77 Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1414807 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Danielle Marie Hanratty, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

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James Dayton. The reason for the change in name is: I do not intend to marry again and wish to take my nickname and great-great grandmother’s surnames.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) SEP. 30, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date AUG 01 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Aug 20, 27, Sept 3, 10, 2014.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Legal Name Lindsey Suzanne Wanman Case No. CV NC 1414375 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE(Adult) A Petition to change the name of Lindsey Suzanne Wanman, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to Adam Tyler Wanman. The reason for the change in name is name doesn’t fit gender identity.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) October 7, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date August 1, 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10 & 17, 2014.

LEGAL NOTICE TO CREDITORS FOR PUBLICATION. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF, THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA, In the Matter of the Estate of: STEVEN PATRICK MOORE, Deceased, BECKY ERICKSON, Personal Representative. Case No.

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Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated, and filed with the Clerk of the Court. DATED this 22nd day of August, 2014. Becky Erickson c/o Gary L. Davis, MANWEILER, BREEN, BALL & DAVIS, PLLC, P.O. Box 937, Boise, ID 83702, (208) 424-9100.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Legal Name Stephanie Bistritz Carr, Israel David Carr, and Rosella Milagros Avialoha Carr Case No. CV NC 14 14792 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name of Stephanie Bistritz Carr, Israel David Carr and their daughter Rosella Milagros Avialoha Carr, a minor, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Stephanie Bistritz Catz, Israel David Catz, and Rosella Milagros Avialoha Catz. The reason for the change in name is our family is combing the last names Carr and Bistritz to create a new shared last name: Catz.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) October 14, 2014 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date August 19, 2014 CHRISTOPHER D. RICH CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEIRDE PRICE DEPUTY CLERK PUB Aug. 27, Sept. 3, 10 & 17, 2014.

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To nudge you to tune into beneficial influences that you have been ignoring. I furthermore suspect that six is angling to show you clues about what is both the cause and cure of your unscratchable itch. Without taking it too seriously, allow six to be your weird little teacher. Let it prick your intuition with quirky notions and outlandish speculations. If nothing comes of it, there will be no harm done. If it leads you to helpful discoveries, hallelujah.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In English, the rare word “trouvaille” means a lucky find or an unexpected windfall. In French, “trouvaille” can refer to the same thing and even more: something interesting or exceptional that is discovered fortuitously; a fun or enlightening blessing that’s generated through the efforts of a vigorous imagination. Of course, I can’t guarantee that you will experience a trouvaille or two (or even three) in the coming days, Taurus. But the conditions are as ripe as they can be for such a possibility.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The Dutch word epibreren means that even though you are goofing off, you are trying to create the impression that you are hard at work. I wouldn’t be totally opposed to you indulging in some major epibreren in the coming days. More important, the cosmos won’t exact any karmic repercussions for it. I suspect, in fact, that the cosmos is secretly conspiring for you to enjoy more slack and spaciousness that usual. You’re overdue to recharge your spiritual and emotional batteries, and that will require extra repose. If you have to engage in a bit of masquerade to get the ease you need, so be it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When James Franco began learning his craft as an actor, he was young and poor. A gig at McDonald’s paid for his acting lessons and allowed him to earn a living. He also used his time on the job as an opportunity to build his skills as a performer.

While serving customers burgers and fries, he practiced speaking in a variety of accents. Now would be an excellent time for you to adopt a similar strategy, Cancerian. Even if you are not doing what you love to do fulltime, you can and should take stronger measures to prepare yourself for the day when you will be doing more of what you love to do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are a few of the major companies that got their starts in home garages: Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mattel, Amazon and Disney. Even if you’re not in full support of their business practices, you have to admit their humble origins didn’t limit their ability to become successful.

As I meditate on the long-term astrological omens, I surmise you are now in a position to launch a project that could follow a similar arc. It would be more modest, of course. I don’t foresee you becoming an international corporation worth billions of dollars. But the success would be bigger than I think you can imagine.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “I have a hypothesis that everyone is born with the same amount of luck,” says cartoonist Scott Adams. “But luck doesn’t appear to be spread evenly across a person’s life. Some people use up all of their luck early in life. Others start out in bad circumstances and finish strong.” How would you assess your own distribution of luck, Virgo? According to my projections, you are in a phase when luck is flowing stronger and deeper than usual. And I bet it will intensify in the coming weeks. I suggest you use it wisely—which is to say, with flair and aplomb and generosity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): When my daughter Zoe was 7 years old, she took horseback riding lessons with a group of other young aspirants. On the third lesson, their instructor assigned them the task of carrying an egg in a spoon that they clasped in their mouths as they sat facing backwards on a trotting horse. That seemingly improbable task reminds me of what you’re working on right now, Libra. Your balancing act isn’t quite as demanding, but it is testing you in ways you’re not accustomed to. My prognosis: You will master what’s required of you faster than the kids at Zoe’s horse camp. Every one of them broke at least eight eggs before succeeding. I suspect that three or four attempts will be enough for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Peter the Great was the czar of Russia from 1682-1725. Under his rule, his nation became a major empire. He also led a cultural revolution that brought modern European ideas and influences to Russia. For our purposes, I want to call attention to one of his other accomplishments: The All-Joking, All-Drunken Council of Fools and Jesters. It was a club he organized with his allies to ensure there would always be an abundance of parties for him to enjoy. I don’t think you need alcohol to sustain maximum revelry in the coming weeks, Scorpio. But I do suggest you convene a similar brain trust.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In Roald Dahl’s kids’ story James and the Giant Peach, 501 seagulls are needed to carry the giant peach from a spot near the Azores all the way across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City. But physics students at the U.K.’s University of Leicester have determined that such a modest contingent wouldn’t be nearly enough to achieve a successful airlift. By their calculations, there’d have to be a minimum of 2,425,907 seagulls involved. I urge you to consider the possibility that you, too, will require more power than you have estimated to accomplish your own magic feat. Certainly not almost 5,000 times more, as in the case of the seagulls.

Fifteen percent more should be enough. (P.S. I’m almost positive you can rustle up that extra 15 percent.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): So far, 53 toys have been inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. They include crayons, the jump rope, Mr. Potato Head, the yo-yo, the rubber duckie and dominoes. My favorite inductee—and the toy that is most symbolically useful to you right now—is the plain old cardboard box. Of all the world’s playthings, it is perhaps the one that requires and activates the most imagination. It can become a fort, a spaceship, a washing machine, a cave, a submarine and many other exotic things.

I think you need to be around influences akin to the cardboard box because they are likely to unleash your dormant creativity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’m not opposed to you fighting a good fight. It’s quite possible you would become smarter and stronger by wrangling with a worthy adversary or struggling against a bad influence. The passion you summon to outwit an obstacle could bestow blessings not only on you but on other people, as well. But here’s a big caveat: I hope you will not get embroiled in a showdown with an imaginary foe. I pray that you will refrain from a futile combat with a slippery delusion. Choose your battles carefully, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): During the next six weeks, I suggest you regard symbiosis as one of your key themes. Be alert for ways you can cultivate more interesting and intense forms of intimacy. Magnetize yourself to the joys of teamwork and collaboration. Which of your skills and talents are most useful to other people? Which are most likely to inspire your allies to offer you their best skills and talents? I suggest you highlight everything about yourself that is most likely to win you love, appreciation and help.

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