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EDITOR’S NOTE WE HAVE MET THE SHARK, AND HE IS US It took about five years for me to be convinced that sharks didn’t live in Lake Pend Oreille. It’s a big lake and, for a kid, it seemed possible any number of beasts could dwell in its depths. I blame Jaws, of course. As a child in the ’80s, I first saw the movie while visiting relatives in Los Angeles. My uncle, who at the time worked in the film industry, had all kinds of interesting trivia to share—and not just about the mechanics of the big shark. When Quint gets bitten in half toward the end of the movie, I naively asked why blood came out of his mouth, rather than his stomach. My uncle, ever informative, gave me a crash course in abdominal trauma. Later, safe in my bed in north Idaho, I couldn’t stop thinking about the killers I suspected were prowling the waters around Sandpoint, silently waiting to spill my viscera. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Jaws, with a special screening set to take place Aug. 20 in the pool at the Boise Racquet and Swim Club (see Screen, Page 19), and while I’ve long since been relieved of my fear that sharks patrol the waterways of the Northwest, there are real dangers below the surface. A week or so ago, crews working with the Environmental Protection Agency on mine cleanup accidentally spilled an estimated 3 million gallons of tainted wastewater into Colorado’s Animas River, turning it a putrid orange. Since then, two Colorado counties have declared states of emergency as water testing shows sharp increases in pollutants like arsenic. Closer to home, two dogs have reportedly died in as many months after ingesting water in Payette Lake and near Hulls Gulch in Boise. The causes of their deaths are still under investigation, but one necropsy found what appeared to be algae in one of the animals’ stomachs. As summer winds down and Idahoans seek relief from the heat in nearby lakes and rivers, the Snake River Waterkeeper is trying to help keep swimmers safe. On Page 18, Boise Weekly Staff Writer Harrison Berry reports on the Waterkeeper’s Swim App, which ranks the health of various bodies of water around southern Idaho. Some of the assessments are scarier than any shark. —Zach Hagadone
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DOG DANGER T WO DOGS HAVE DIED IN AS MANY MONTHS AF TER DRINKING WATER FROM ARE AS WHERE IDAHOANS REGUL ARLY RECRE ATE. IN JULY, A BORDER COLLIE DIED AF TER SWALLOWING WATER IN PAYE T TE L AKE. THIS MONTH, ANOTHER DOG DIED WHEN IT DR ANK WATER FROM AN ARE A NE AR HULLS GULCH IN BOISE. DE TAILS ON NE WS/CIT YDESK.
GROVERHAUL As work continues on the City Center Plaza in downtown Boise, the Capital City Development Corporation is mulling how to redesign the surrounding Grove Plaza. Get more at News/Citydesk.
SWAN SONG After more than 65 years as a Boise fixture, Dunkley Music is pulling up stakes for a new home in Meridian. The store is making way for a new hotel slated for its location. Details on News/Citydesk
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FIRE UPDATES A wave of thunderstorms rolled through southwest Idaho Aug. 10, sparking seven wildfires in the Boise National Forest. Crews are on the scenes. Get the details on News/Citydesk.
ASK BILL ABOUT IT Dick TDonald BILL COPE To that big plop of pig poop Bill Cope who stands for everthing what America DON’T stamd for, I got one word for you, you lousy libtard lump of licky loser lard. PREISDENT DONALD TRUMP! Now dont’ that make your sphnicter clinch up and your lips get all quirvy? That’s what you said last letter what you like to do to patriotist Republcians when ever you said ‘Preisdent Hillary Climton.” and now I can do it5 back. PRESIDENT DONAKLD TRUMP!!! HA HA HA I know you hate him for what he stands for everthing you hate, being such a anti-white MAN, anti-rich people, inffeminant loser, but youd’ better get used to seeing him on the news everday because he will win all the primarys and cocksus and then kick the peewaddling out of you’re Hiallry in ever state there is and become president! We will finaly have a presdient who will make America great again, un like you’re Barrack Obama which made America the laughing sock of the whole world. Donald Trump is the smartest MAN who can see how much rape is going on from all those Mexcans what are running around, and he will turn those ISLIS Muslims into sand jam because he’s not a Munich appleaser like your’e Kenya baby Obama. So there you go, Cope, you punky pinko piss ant perved-up puke. When DONALD TRUMP is presidnet, you can say good riddance to your Obamacare, your commy Cubaner buddys, you’r gay marrages, you ayatoller friends in Iran, your Lily Ledbelly Act, your abortions, your femnyists, youranti-gun tiranny, your war on Cristmas, yourMBNSC, your Plant Parenthood, because he will get rid of them ALL! That’s what Donald Trump will mean to you, you sadsack Barney Sandler snot clot. HA HA HA!!! How does it feel?, you boring buttball blowwad of rotted socialism brain butter! HAHAH A!!!!—signed, Dick from Homedale ••• My oh my, Dick. I didn’t realize you have such a knack for alliteration. I can’t decide whether my favorite is “lousy libtard lump of licky loser lard,” or “punky pinko piss ant perved-up puke,” but in some circles, either one would be considered sheer poetry. Too bad the only “poetry” you people have over there on the right is that infantile cowboy junk. Now, about Donald Trump. Believe me, Dicky, I understand what a thrill it is to make statements I know will infuriate the other side. I’ve been doing it for years. In fact, I began this column to do just that very thing—infuriate right wingers. And it’s been so easy. Sooooooooo easy. For instance, all I have to say is “gun nuts,” and I can sit back and enjoy the rising steam. It’s like I have my own private Old Faithful. There are so many ways to do it. “Ronald Reagan was a lying, crooked, moron who almost made Richard Nixon look good.” Or, “Once these stupid tea baggers all croak, we’ll add Barack Obama to Mount Rushmore.” Woo-ee, it’s like I can hear their testicles grinding together the minute I get the words on paper. And look, it’s not that I believe Barack Obama shouldn’t be on Mt. Rushmore, or that Reagan wasn’t a lying, crooked moron. Or that gun nuts aren’t nuts. But it’s no fun saying it to other “boring buttball blowwads of rotted socialism brain butter,” because, of course, they already know it. No sir, the pleasure is in saying it to you guys. Like the crack I made earlier about “infantile cowboy junk”— truth is, there wasn’t a reason in the world to say that, except to get the cowboy poets crowd hot. So yeah, I get it. “PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP” would indeed give us lefties the “sphnicter clinch” and “quirvy” lips... if we thought for a second there was a chance it might come true. But Dicky, it takes more than an absurd fantasy from the drooling Republican base to scare reasonable people. By picking the most hated man in America as the nominee, simply because he is the most hated man in America, you guarantee he will never be president. It’s like that sexy daydream you have of seducing ... say, Angelina Jolie. It just sets you up for the worst kind of failure in the real world. But let’s just pretend for the moment that, miraculously, Donald Trump did become president—that he got through the primaries and “cocksus,” and that during the campaign, it came out that Hillary actually did get those guys killed in Benghazi and Bernie Sanders dropped out and went to live in Cuba, and that all the other Democrat candidates were proven to be insane, or child molesters, or bank robbers or something, and the only one left was Trump. Do you even know what you’d be getting, Dick? Does anyone really know what goes on in this asshole’s head? After all, there is absolutely no consistency to anything he says, no evidence of thoughtfulness behind his thoughts, no integrity to any of his claims, no hint that he is capable of real governance and no substance to his character. Certainly, we all agree, he is the exact opposite of Barack Obama. But is that the only qualification your sort need to replace Obama? If it is, you’re not patriots. You’re children. By the way, one of the methods I use to get conservatives riled up is to make up imaginary characters who exemplify the sheer stupidity coming from the right. In other words: You, Dick, are a device whose only purpose is to enrage those of whom you are an exaggerated representation. Hey, not that I don’t believe real conservative characters are any smarter. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
OPINION THE PARK OF DEATH Don’t waste time on the other rides JOHN REMBER In 1953, the satirist Robert Sheckley wrote “The Seventh Victim,” a short story about an alternate America where murder is legal. People sign up to kill a randomly assigned person. If they succeed, someone is randomly assigned to kill them. If they kill the person hunting them, they get to hunt again. It’s a neat system of alternating offense and defense, and you have to be good at both to become a Ten. Being a Ten means you’ve hunted down and killed 10 people and killed another 10 who were trying to hunt down and kill you. Talk-show appearances and corporate sponsorships follow. The story describes a world without war, because a quarter of the human race has signed up for this scheme. They’re the same people who would have become hawkish politicians, defense industry CEOs, genocidal dictators, suicide bombers, strike-breaking governors and religious leaders ladling out purple Kool-Aid. Instead, they’re out gathering heads—human heads—for their walls. Struggling liberal arts colleges are being supported by thriving new taxidermy departments. Because the people who need to kill are busy killing each other, countries are being run by conscious and empathic and honest people. Alas, it’s fiction, and science fiction at that. But given the news from Zimbabwe about poor old Cecil the Lion, I’m thinking that Sheckley’s 60-year-old idea has substance. Who knows what atrocities the Ohio dentist Walter Palmer would have committed if he hadn’t taken down Cecil with his crossbow? Who knows what monsters trophy hunters anywhere would become if they were denied the psychic release of turning live flesh and blood into a wall mount? If Vladimir Putin had been photographed holding a crossbow in one hand and a dead snow leopard in the other, might a Malaysian airliner have landed safely in Kuala Lumpur? If Adam Lanza of Sandy Hook or James Holmes of Aurora had been enrolled in a hunting ethics course that emphasized you should only kill people who are trying to kill you, might they have become students of the hunt rather than of the kill? However grotesque, these are neither fictional nor idle questions. As a child, I met the clients my father guided elk and deer and mountain goat hunting, and even then could recognize them as people who were spending lots of money for help in finding something they lacked. They returned with their trophies to lives without authenticity, without self-awareness and—judging from their frequent divorce-announcing Christmas cards—without love. In retrospect, the buckets of their bucket lists had holes in their bottoms, and trophy hunting was an attempt to experience BOISE WEEKLY.COM
something bigger than the holes. You can condemn Walter Palmer’s luring an old pet lion out of a wildlife sanctuary and killing him with a crossbow. You can say that nothing authentic can come out of that experience. But you cannot say that his life as a dentist wasn’t authentically desperate. Staring into a 10,000-mouth abyss would make me want to kill something, I’m sure. Any peace of mind for Walter Palmer must have required that he do something terribly real with the money he’d traded his God-given life for. As Walter Palmer must have figured out, killing something is an act authenticated by the death of whatever it is you kill. Judging from Internet postings, a lot of wildlife-lovers would like to do something authentic with Walter Palmer. Here in Idaho we have an opportunity to implement a pilot project that would ease the pressure on Walter Palmer and whatever African species he might go after next. It will also invigorate Idaho’s rural economy. Butte County is already lobbying to have the Craters of the Moon National Monument transformed into a national park, and I propose that we go a step further and make it the nation’s first Park of Death, where hunters and victims can play hide-and-seek. We can dress it up by calling it Luna de los Muertes National Park, which is a lot more poetic than Craters of the Moon anyway. It will also certify the area as a lethal landscape, where you can die from getting lost, falling into deep holes or heat stroke, among a bunch of other things. Put even a small percentage of the Visit Every National Park crowd in that environment and you’ll have monthly body counts. Better to put razor wire around the place and legalize human trophy hunting. Arm both predators and prey and set them loose on the inside. You’ll have a Cabela’s in Arco before you know it, and a fine-dining Pickle Palace annex, and maybe a LigerTown franchise. Drones will capture the action and broadcast it to the new, tourist-packed Atomic City Amphitheater. It will be a combination of going through the Serengeti, without the danger and discomfort of riding in an open Land Rover, and visiting the gladiatorial games in Rome, without the inconvenience of having to learn Latin. Best of all, humans are not yet an endangered species, and letting them hunt each other in the Craters will not cause damage to the Earth’s climate, nor cause any species to go extinct. It will undoubtedly garner the kind of smarmy apologists who say hunting is the salvation of wildlife, and for once they’ll be right. BOISEweekly | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | 5
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Welcome to the federally protected Boulder-White Cloud mountains.
BOULDER-WHITE CLOUDS NOW DESIGNATED WILDERNESS It took more than 40 years of advocacy work to permanently protect the Boulder-White Cloud mountains. On the morning of Aug. 7, President Barack Obama signed the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act—formally designating 275,665 acres in the Boulder-White Cloud mountains of Central Idaho as wilderness. While it took a lot to get there, Chuck Mark, forest supervisor for the Salmon-Challis National Forest, said the hard work has just begun. “Now it’s implementation time,” Mark said. Land managers from the Salmon-Challis National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management Challis branch, the Sawtooth National Forest and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area need to collaborate to form three separate wilderness management plans. The bill divvies the mountains into three wilderness areas: the Hemingway-Boulder Wilderness (67,998 acres), the White Clouds Wilderness (90,769 acres) and the Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness (116,898 acres). Mark said the bill mandates the management plans be in place in the next three years. He has already started conversations with other land management agencies, but said the bulk of the planning will take place over the winter. “The two toughest tasks will be: No. 1, the management plans and, No. 2, marking the boundaries,” he said. “That is always a tough task with wilderness areas because of the topography and the roughness of the country. The boundaries don’t always follow a ridge line or a creek, they’re just mid-slope.” Marking those boundaries with signs should start next summer, but even though the signage isn’t yet in place, the area is officially wilderness and will be treated as such. Mark said his rangers won’t ticket people right away for using mountain bikes or motorized vehicles, but there will be a heavy education component and enforcement will follow. Another challenge comes from grazing rights. The bill allows grazing to continue in parts of the wilderness by those who have been grandfathered in, but operations may change; motorized vehicles are no longer allowed. “The clock has started ticking since the president signed,” Mark said. —Jessica Murri 6 | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | BOISEweekly
COURTESY OF TE RRY REILLY FAMILY
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How Terry Reilly continues to support the underserved GEORGE PRENTICE Theirs are the eyes of hope. In a black-andwhite photo from 1971, Rosie and Terry Reilly are sitting on the stoop of their Nampa home, smiling and full of optimism. Above their heads hang two handwritten wooden signs. One reads “Nampa Neighborhood Health Clinic,” the other, “La Clinica.” “We needed to keep urine samples in our refrigerator, much to my mother’s horror,” Rosie said of those early days. “This is a far cry from that first clinic in the back of our house. Rosie Reilly spoke with Boise Weekly earlier this summer and her eyes twinkled as they probably did when she was 20-something in that blackand-white snapshot taken nearly 45 years ago. She looked over her shoulder to see people streaming through the doors of a new 30,600-square-foot medical and mental health facility, also in Nampa, bearing the name of her late husband. Before summer’s end, Terry Reilly Health Services would break ground on another medical, dental and mental health clinic, this time in Caldwell. Terry Reilly officials told BW they’re already moving forward with plans to reopen a health clinic on the Boise Bench and have a separate renovation scheduled for a mental/dental facility campus in the Owyhee County community of Homedale. To date, Terry Reilly Health Services operates in a dozen Treasure Valley communities. It’s a matter of fact that no other name in Idaho can be attributed to more compassion, caregiving and life-saving treatment than that of Terry Reilly. While St. Alphonsus and St. Luke’s medical centers continue to grow via massive real estate deals and acquisitions, Terry Reilly Health Services is the very model for health centers that serve medically underserved urban and rural and urban communities. “I remember opening the clinic in our living room as if it were yesterday. Our son, Gabriel, was 2 1/2 years old, and I was pregnant with another son, Aaron,” said Rosie, as Aaron, Gabriel, their
Rosie and Terry Reilly, circa 1971, on the stoop of their Nampa home, which doubled as a clinic. Decades later, Terry Reilly clinics offer care throughout the Treasure Valley.
wives and a handful of Rosie’s grandchildren stood nearby. Terry Reilly was a conscientious objector at the height of the Vietnam War. As a result, the Roman Catholic Diocese asked him, as part of what was then called “alternative service” to assist the farmworker community of Canyon County. What began as tutoring for children, quickly became healthcare as Terry and Rosie noticed serious ear infections. They recruited the assistance of Drs. Bob LeBow and Clarence McIntyre to help out and, soon enough, the growing need for services inspired Terry, Rosie, the physicians and a handful of volunteers to open a slightly bigger clinic at the Square Deal Grocery Store, also in Nampa (that building is still the site of a neighborhood clinic). Clinics in Homedale, Kuna, Marsing and Parma followed as did dental and behavioral health services. More than a few people wonder what Idaho might look like today if Reilly had lived to fulfill what eventually led to political ambitions. He died in a 1986 plane crash while campaigning to become Idaho lieutenant governor. “I thought I had married Don Quixote,” said Rosie. Heidi Traylor has her own memories. “I came to this organization in 1992 and had the great fortune of growing up with Terry Reilly Health Services. They took a chance on me when I was a grad student,” said Traylor, who first walked in the door as an intern, but then served as a therapist, program director for SANE Solutions, administrator of Allumbaugh House and ultimately executive director of the organization in 2012. “I don’t think it’s every day that you can find a place that you call home.”
It’s difficult to get Traylor to sit down for any length of time. If she’s not planning for the future, she’s opening the doors of yet another clinic or health facility. Some take a bit longer to open their doors than the rest. Case in point: Allumbaugh House, where Traylor managed operations when it first opened. “This year, we’re celebrating the fifth anniversary of Allumbaugh,” said Boise Mayor Dave Bieter, who knows all too well how challenging it was to wrangle enough Treasure Valley partners to fund a new community detox center. It took the better part of a decade just to get partners, such as Ada County, the Boise City/Ada County Housing Authority, the city of Meridian, St. Al’s and St. Luke’s, to the table. Asking them to commit to funding the facility’s operation was like pulling teeth. In one particularly nasty bit of tension, Ada County even threatened to pull its contribution to Allumbaugh House during a 2010 kerfuffle over magistrate court services that it provides to regional cities. Five years later, it was all smiles as Bieter stood alongside Ada County Commissioner Rick Yzaguirre this summer to celebrate five years of service at Allumbaugh House. “Once we got the funding set, that was great,” Bieter said. “We put out a request of proposals. But honestly, we worried, ‘What if nobody shows up?’ Well, it was Terry Reilly Health Services. This is the best taxpayer value of any service that I’ve been involved with.” Trini Demarco knows every inch of Allumbaugh House, as a client and now as a caregiver. “I thought I had everything: a career in 8 finance, college education, two cars and a home. But it was also a life that was very BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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“Pushing homeless individuals into the criminal justice system does nothing to break the cycle.”
DOJ TO BOISE: ‘ANTI-CAMPING’ ORDINANCE IS ‘POOR PUBLIC POLICY’ The city of Boise insists it is rare local shelters are at capacity, therefore justifying its socalled “anti-camping ordinance,” under which it tickets homeless individuals for sleeping on Boise streets. However, it didn’t stop the U.S. Department of Justice from sending a warning to Boise on Aug. 6, saying “Criminally prosecuting those individuals for something as innocent as sleeping, when they have no safe, legal place to go, violates their constitutional rights.” In its so-called “statement of interest,” the DOJ zeroed in on the lawsuit Bell vs. City of Boise, which was filed by a group of homeless individuals in 2009 and is still being litigated. Specifically, the DOJ statement criticized Boise’s anti-camping ordinance as “poor public policy” and a violation of the Eighth Amendment, particularly when there is insufficient shelter space. “Sleeping is a life-sustaining activity,” the DOJ wrote. “If a person literally has nowhere else to go, then enforcement of the anti-camping ordinance against that person criminalizes [him or] her for being homeless.” Boise’s homeless population was hit with a wave of warnings and “no camping” citations during summer 2014 as the number of displaced people grew to record levels under the Boise Connector along Americana Boulevard. The city’s anti-camping ordinance, Section 9-10-02, states it is illegal to store “personal belongings ... using tents or other temporary structures for sleeping in an authorized area [streets, sidewalks, parks or public places].” Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division and principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Department of Justice, said, “Needlessly pushing homeless individuals into the criminal justice system does nothing to break the cycle of poverty or prevent homelessness in the future. Instead it imposes further burdens ... and it can have long-lasting and devastating effects on individuals’ lives.” City officials pushed back fast. “The premise of the filing is incorrect,” said Mike Journee, spokesman for Boise Mayor Dave Bieter. “Officers keep close tabs on what service resources are available and, every opportunity they get, they encourage those experiencing homelessness to take advantage of those resources.” —George Prentice 8 | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | BOISEweekly
Idahoans filling humanrights tours to Cuba SHANNON HELLER
As the half-century freeze on relations between the United States and Cuba experiences a thaw, Boiseans will soon have the opportunity to visit the once-forbidden island nation. In an advertisement published Aug. 5 in Boise Weekly, the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights invited readers to “Visit Cuba!” through three trips offered in 2016 through a partnership with Globus Travel and licensed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. “[The trips] are designed as a day-to-day interaction with people,” said Dan Prinzing, executive director of the Boise-based Wassmuth Center. “It’s not pointing fingers at a country, but interacting with them.” The Wassmuth Center, home of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, has been involved in several international projects during the past several years, including trips to Myanmar and Cambodia. Prinzing said many of the center’s donors became interested in visiting Cuba soon after President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro hinted at normalizing relations between their nations. Diplomatic ties were reestablished July 20, when the U.S. and Cuba raised each other’s flags at embassies in Havana and Washington, D.C. Soon after, Cuba opened its borders to American tourists, and Prinzing said his group jumped at the opportunity. “It’s been an interesting process,” Prinzing said.
“You have to get everyone registered, and you still have to wait for Cuban government approval.” The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control also insists tour groups study new rules governing travel in Cuba and stick to a specific itinerary. Prinzing said much of the attraction of traveling to Cuba stems from the fact that the nation has been a “forbidden fruit” for Americans. “Our trip will be more of an immersive experience,” he said. “I think there’s a really high intrigue with that.” The center has already organized trips for January, February and March 2016, and the first two have already sold out. As Boise Weekly was going to press, only 12 slots were still open for the March 2016 visit. All three have now been officially approved by the Cuban government. The $5,008 price tag includes airfare from Miami to Cuba, nearly all meals, visa, lodging, trans-
portation, guides, fees and gratuities. The price does not include airfare from Boise to Miami. “It’s so helpful when you’re actually meeting the people,” said Prinzing. “When we talk about universal human rights, it’s important to remember that they’re just that: universal.” Prinzing said although he’s still unsure about how censorship might play a role in the group’s discussions, it’s something they will address on the trip, which he added will include a discussion on book censorship at a Cuban library. The tour groups also plan to meet with artists, architects and tobacco-rollers at various stops around the country. Travelers will also visit famous locations such as the Bay of Pigs Museum and Revolution Square. Prinzing said he expects the group to talk plenty about human rights in Cuba. “I cannot see how [human rights] issues won’t come up in our conversations,” he said.
quickly spiraling out of control. Most of my 20s and my 30s are a blur,” Demarco 6 told Boise Weekly during a rare tour of the facility. “My first drink was when I was 12; I remember it to this day. I also remember getting sober because it was here five years ago.” Simply put, Allumbaugh House saved Demarco’s life. Today she’s a recovery coach and psychiatric technician at the facility. “Honestly, it keeps me sober,” she said. “On Saturday nights, Allumbaugh alumni gather with current patients and we share. Usually, outsiders are not allowed to the unit to protect the privacy of the patients, but Saturday nights are incredibly special. It’s all about new beginnings” “New beginnings” are also the watchwords in Caldwell at what will soon become Hope Plaza, including a shelter for women and children
escaping family violence, a day care and youth center. The first facility on the campus, which will sit at 14th Avenue and Elgin Street in an underserved neighborhood of north Caldwell, will be a new 6,700-square-foot Terry Reilly medical center. “We were thrilled when we secured the federal funds to bring in another clinic. But that money came with a catch,” Traylor told BW, standing in a giant dirt lot where the clinic will appear in the next several months. “We had to be operational within 120 days. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to ask, ‘What’s the plan, Heidi?’” The plan is that a temporary building has already been placed on the site to begin offering primary medical care, and some dental care, this fall. “I expect our team will be out here providing
services by mid-August,” she said. “Then we’ll be building the new facility and will open in six to seven months.” As if that wasn’t formidable enough, Traylor said Terry Reilly Health Services is finalizing plans to renovate a building near Latah Street and La Cassia Drive, near Monroe Elementary School on the Boise Bench. “We’ve already turned in a grant application to bring that facility on line as early as January. We already own the building but we need to modernize it,” said Traylor. “The future? We’re renovating our Homedale facilities. We have two separate buildings for medical and dental. We need to make that one. That will happen next spring. After that? Who knows? I’m always asking myself, ‘Am I doing what Rosie and Terry wanted when they started this journey?’”
Wassmuth Center Executive Director Dan Prinzing: “It’s so helpful when you’re actually meeting the people. When we talk about universal human rights, it’s important to remember that they’re just that: universal.”
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Boise Parks and Rec’s queen of the pools GEORGE PRENTICE It was a near-perfect summer day in Boise. Temperature: 87 degrees. Parents: smiling. Kids: laughing. The water: crystal clear. The backdrop at Ivywild Pool in southeast Boise was ideal for a conversation with Paula Ekins, aquatics coordinator for the Boise Parks and Recreation Department. “I started working at Boise pools when I was 16,” said Ekins, who is one of six children. “That’s when I started as a lifeguard.” That was 1990. Since then, Ekins has hired hundreds of Boise teens—the first job for many of them—to protect and mentor tens of thousands of kids each summer. She is also in charge at the Fort Boise Community Center so, at the height of summer, it’s a rare opportunity to get her to sit down. Boise Weekly recently scored a poolside chat with Ekins as scores of kids gleefully splashed in the water on what had to be one of the best days of summer 2015. I’m presuming that you have fond memories of being around pools as you grew up. I practically lived at the Fairmont Pool [near Fairmont Junior High]. When I was 16, I remember telling a friend that I was going to be George one day: That’s George Scott. He was the head of pools back then. I ended up working for him for 22 years. Were you around water through much of your childhood? I think I was 5 when I joined a swim team. I specialized in individual medley races, plus the butterfly and breaststroke. I played a lot of soccer growing up, plus basketball and track. Back BOISE WEEKLY.COM
Can you trace your own career through many of Boise’s pools? In 1990, I started as a lifeguard. When I was 17, I became a swim teach coach. I would come back and work at the pools when I was home from college each summer. In the summer of 1995, I became the swim team coordinator. We have over 1,200 kids on our swim teams, and I would be at every swim meet, nearly every weeknight. In 1996, I worked at the then-brand new West Boise YMCA Aquatic Center. I went to full-time in 2003 and, in 2012, George Scott retired. That’s when I took over as aquatics manager. Your prediction came true: You finally did become George. Additionally, I’m the facilities manager at the Fort Boise Community Center. Speaking of which, that’s an incredibly busy place. We just started an older, active-adult program. Older active adults? Those are baby boomers who don’t want to go to a senior center. These are seniors who like to go zip-lining. Plus they go on beer tours, winery tours, you name it. That program is really popular. Back to the pool. Is being a lifeguard still the best job in town for a teenager? The impact you can have on kids is really something, and being a lifeguard really jumpstarts a career ladder. The one thing about lifeguarding is that you’re almost always employable. Even when our kids go off to college, nearly every university has an aquatic center. Is it difficult to get a job as a Boise lifeguard? Not really. For example, this summer we had a lot of applications but a lot of openings. About every five or six years, we get a fair amount of turnover, but we have great retention overall. How young can a lifeguard be?
You can take the test at 15 and be hired at 16. And how old? All of our managers are lifeguards, and our oldest is 51. How many lifeguards do you have at the six city pools? One hundred and twenty-five this summer at the six facilities. Speaking of the facilities, there has been some conversation at City Hall about changes to some of Boise’s older pools. The pools at Lowell Elementary and South Junior [High] are showing their age. I understand that they’re historical, but at some point, you can’t keep throwing money into a Pinto. That would be the Ford Pinto, the ’70s era automobile. Remember the Pinto? It may have been your first car, but come on. At a certain point, you need to stop throwing money into it. Lowell and South were built in the early 1950s. But if you took those pools away… We wouldn’t take a pool away without replacing it. It may not be exactly where the existing pool is, but it will definitely be in that neighborhood. What’s the most difficult part of managing a pool? The possibility of drowning. We’ve never had any drowning at a Boise public pool. Have we had near-misses? Yes. Were they 100 percent attributable to parents not watching their kids? Absolutely. Does that mean they had intended for anything to happen? Of course not. But do kids walk away? Heck, yeah. There has to be a heightened sense of awareness of danger around the water But when I look out on this pool, I see fun. What do you see? I’m always looking around and asking: What if? What if? What if? A pool isn’t a playground. What if you thought of a body of water as a kidnapper? It’s actually a bit more deadly, because it’s silent. Idaho is constantly among the highest rates in the nation for drownings. It’s due, in large part, to our irrigation canals. That said, I must say we do an amazing job at our pools across the Treasure Valley. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but another summer is almost gone. The pool at South closes Aug. 15, the pools at Fairmount and Lowell close on the 16th, Ivywild and the Natatorium close on the 23rd, and we’ll keep the Borah Pool open until Labor Day, Sept. 7. BOISEweekly | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | 9
CALENDAR WEDNESDAY AUG. 12 Festivals & Events 2ND ANNUAL PROOF GRAND PRIX PINEWOOD DERBY—Prepare yourself for heart-stopping race action, prizes, food trucks and more. Proceeds benefit Terry Reilly Health Services in support of Community Health Center Week. Pick up a car and derby entry at the Proof Flagship Store (314 S. Ninth St.). 6-9 p.m. $10. PreFunk Beer Bar and Growler Fill Station, 1100 Front St., Boise. 208-514-0069, facebook.com/ events/1649680441921856. CALDWELL FARMERS MARKET—3-7 p.m. Indian Creek Park, Corner of Seventh and Blaine streets, Caldwell, caldwellidfarmersmarket.com.
A NIGHT AT THE ARCHIVES— Learn all about your Idaho State Archives with after-hours access, behind-the-scenes tours, archivist Q&A, and collection highlights. Plus snacks and refreshments. 7-8:30 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Archives, 2205 N. Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-334-2620, history. idaho.gov/events/night-archives. ROLLING HILLS 10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION—Celebrate the past, present and future of Rolling Hills Charter School with kids and family activities, food and beverages. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Rolling Hills Public Charter School, 8900 Horseshoe Bend Road, Eagle, 208939-5400, rhpcs.org. SPECIAL OLYMPICS REVEAL THE CHAMPION MISSION TOURS—Enjoy a FREE continental breakfast while you hear some inspiring stories and meet some of the members of the Special Olympics Idaho family. Also on Thursday, Aug. 13. 9 a.m. FREE. Special Olympics Idaho Headquarters, 199 E. 52nd St., Garden City, 800915-6510, idso.org.
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You remind me of the babe. What babe?
BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: LABYRINTH For those fortunate enough to remember the weird mix of joy and terror that comes with a first viewing of Labyrinth, the experience can be relived on Aug. 13 at The Egyptian Theatre. For those who don’t know what a Hoggle is—or who have never seen a farting swamp—now is your chance to take in this bizarre ’80s “children’s” movie, directed by Jim Henson and starring Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie, the latter as the glam-rock villain. No matter your familiarity with the realms of the Goblin King, you’ll leave the theater with a renewed appreciation for puppets and a few questions about what’s going on in Bowie’s pants. Though it flopped at the box office, the “dance magic” of Labyrinth has stood the test of time. 7 p.m., $9-$11. The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., 208345-0454, egyptiantheater.net. 10 | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | BOISEweekly
STOREY BARK PARK GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION—Celebrate the grand opening of Meridian’s new dog park with leash-cutting ceremony, live music, displays, door prizes and more. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Storey Bark Park, 430 E. Watertower Lane, Meridian, 208-888-3579, facebook.com/ storeybarkpark.
On Stage COMEDY OPEN MIC—7:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. ISF: KING LEAR—8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: CALAMITY JANE—Through Aug. 15. 8 p.m. $9-$24. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com.
Art AMY PENCE-BROWN: MONSTERS—Through September. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Bricolage, 418 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-3718, bricoshoppe.com. CO-CREATION PROJECT—Through Sept. 27. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. DEBORAH OROPALLO: HEARTLAND—Through Aug. 30. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gail Severn Gallery, 400 First Ave. N., Ketchum, 208-7265079, gailseverngallery.com. DEFYING GRAVITY: INTERVENTIONS IN CLAY—Through Sept. 18. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org. GROUP F/64: REVOLUTIONARY VISION—Through Oct. 25. 10 a.m.5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.
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LAURA MCPHEE: HOME AND THE WORLD, A VIEW OF CALCUTTA—Through Aug. 30. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gail Severn Gallery, 400 First Ave. N., Ketchum, 208-7265079, gailseverngallery.com. LAUREN KISTNER: LINE, COLOR AND TEXTURE—Through Aug. 31. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery. com. LILY MARTINA LEE AND MARTA LEE: HALF SISTER—Featuring the sculptures and textiles of Boise State Assistant Professor Lily Martina Lee and the paintings and drawings of her half-sister Marta Lee. Through Sept. 13. 7 a.m.-10 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3049, finearts.boisestate.edu. MARCIA MYERS: RICHES OF REMEMBRANCE—Through Aug. 30. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gail Severn Gallery, 400 First Ave. N., Ketchum, 208-726-5079, gailseverngallery. com.
PAUL VEXLER: RIBBONS— Through May 8, 2016. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. RICHARD C. ELLIOTT: LANGUAGE OF LIGHT—Through Oct. 4. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org. SALLY DEMASI: THE COLORS OF IDAHO—Through Sept. 7. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Crossings Winery, 1289 W. Madison Ave., Glenns Ferry, 208-366-2313, crossingswinery. com.
Talks & Lectures NEAR SPACE EXPLORATION—Space evangelist Paul Verhage will speak about using weather balloons and explain Near Space. Along with learning how weather balloons are being used to conduct experiments at high altitudes, there will be explanations to help you know
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Local artists get quick on the draw.
NAMPA ART COLLECTIVE: SECOND ANNUAL DOODLEPALOOZA Sometimes haste makes waste; other times, it makes art. Witness the latter Friday, Aug. 14, when the Nampa Art Collective presents the second annual Doodlepalooza, in which six local artists will demonstrate that it doesn’t always take a lifetime to make a masterpiece. The speed-drawing event will take place on the patio of PreFunk Beer Bar in Nampa and consist of several timed rounds during which artists will create works based on audience prompts. Finished pieces, priced from $5-$15, will be available for sale on a first come, first served basis. All proceeds benefit the artists: Hector Diaz, Dig Reeder, Lisa Roggenbuck, Jamus Leon Franks II, Tony Rios and Jason OBrian Darrah. 5-8:30 p.m., FREE. PreFunk Beer Bar Nampa, 1214 First St. S., Nampa, 208-466-0981, facebook.com/nampaartcollective.
Fake it ’til you make it.
BOISE’S BEST BAD DANCER 5 There are precious few “A’s” given for effort. Not so with Boise’s Best Bad Dancer, which rewards “enthusiasm over skill.” Now in its fifth year, the dance-off is back Saturday, Aug. 15 to invite the rhythmless, two-left-footeded and terrible to compete for cash prizes and a Dancing Turkey trophy. First place takes home $100, second place leaves with $50 and third place nabs $25. A crowd favorite will also be chosen, joining other winners with a trophy to proudly display at home. Swag, bar tabs and gift cards will also be given away. As many as 15 participants have been known to show off their best worst moves and if past years are any indication, those moves will be awesomely awful. 5:30 p.m. sign-up, 6 p.m. door; 7 p.m. show; $5. Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., 208-336-1313, bestbaddancer.com.
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Garsvo will begin at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Visit eventbrite.com to make tour reservations. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Train Depot, 2603 W. Eastover Terrace, Boise, parks.cityofboise.org.
TINY HOUSE SERIES—Join Macy Miller, who designed and built her own tiny house, for this four-part series. Through Aug. 12. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, planningtiny. com/free-tiny-house-workshops.
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THURSDAY AUG. 13 Festivals & Events BOISE DEPOT TOURS, MUSIC AND FOOD— Spend an evening at the historic Boise Train Depot and enjoy live entertainment, food and tours. One-hour guided tours with local railroad historian Eriks
BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: LABYRINTH—What would you do if you unwittingly condemned your sibling to be a goblin? What? You don’t know? Well, then, you’d better get to the Egyptian for a lesson on anti-goblinry. Do it before David Bowie shows up at your door wearing awkwardly tight stretchy pants. 7 p.m. $9 online, $11 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-3871273, boiseclassicmovies.com/ deals/labyrinth-aug-13. COMEDIAN CORY MICHAELIS—8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. ISF: THE SECRET GARDEN—
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Through Aug. 30. 8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS—Through Sept. 12. 8 p.m. $9$24. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com.
Art JUDAS ARRIETA: BOISELAND— Through Aug. 22. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365. judasarrieta.com.
Talks & Lectures EARTHQUAKE NEPAL 2015— Check out this slideshow and remarks on Nepal’s earthquake recovery by trekking guide Don Nelson, who was leading a trek in Nepal at the time of the major quake. Hosted by Shanti Children’s Foundation, a grassroots group supporting children’s education in Nepal. 7 p.m. By donation. 1520 N. 12th St., Boise, facebook.com/ shanti-childrens-foundation.
Kids & Teens INSPIRE CONNECTIONS ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE—Meet teachers and staff, explore the expanded school office, have your questions answered, learn how to be prepared for the first day of school, receive one-on-one enrollment help and interact with other interested families. 4:30 p.m. FREE. INSPIRE Connections Academy, 600 N. Steelhead Way, Ste. 164, Boise, 800-382-6010, idahoconnectionsacademy.com.
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AUG. 14 Festivals & Events Pedal party.
TOUR DE FAT BOISE Hop into a costume, saddle up your bike and pedal over to Ann Morrison Park for the annual Tour de Fat, New Belgium Brewing’s traveling celebration of all things bicycle—and beer. Along with a parade, fashion show, races, games and contests, catch live music from groups like Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, Fire Leopard, Honeymoon Cabaret and more. Of course, there will also be plenty of food and beer on hand with special tappings of New Belgium brews. Entry is free, but donations benefit Boise Bicycle Project. Donations can be given by preregistering online, with Tour de Fat patches, sunglasses and frog lights offered as thank-yous. Merchandise sales benefit the Treasure Valley Cycling Alliance and beer sales go to the Southwest Idaho Mountain Biking Association. 10 a.m., FREE. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd., 970-221-0524, newbelgium.com. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
18TH ANNUAL WINEFEST—Get ready for some serious fun in the sun on the Basque Block. Wine will flow, music will play and there will be many exciting auction items to bid on. Proceeds benefit the Basque Museum and Cultural Center. 5:30-9:30 p.m. $30-$35, $100 for four. Basque Museum and Cultural Center, 611 Grove St., Boise, 208-343-2671, basquemuseum.com. RADIO BOISE PRE-FAT BLOCK PARTY—Warm up for the Aug. 15 Tour de Fat at this benefit for Radio Boise. Live bands and Radio Boise DJs will be kicking out the jams, New Belgium will supply the libations and Boise Bicycle Project will be preregistering riders for the TDF Bike Parade. 4-11 p.m. FREE, newbelgium.com.
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CALENDAR THE SHIRE CRAFT SHOW—This craft show will be full of local vendors and some yummy coffee and pastries. 4-9 p.m. FREE. The Shire Coffee House and General Store, 3203 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-867-5702.
On Stage BARS AND BALLADS— Take a picnic and blanket for a concert inside the Old Pen’s walls, featuring Edmond Dantes and Tracy Morrison with Boise Rock School. Plus Rockin’ Dogs food cart, Crooked Fence beer, and the Friends of the Historical Museum and Old Penitentiary will have wine, soda and water to purchase. Last admission 9 p.m. Recommended for ages 10 and older. 6-10 p.m. $3-$6. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208334-2844, history.idaho.gov. COMEDIAN CORY MICHAELIS—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com. ISF: THE SECRET GARDEN—8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE— Through Aug. 22. 8 p.m. $9-$24. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-4625523, starlightmt.com.
Kids & Teens LOCK-IN FOR KIDS—Kids stay locked in at the Nampa Rec Center all night to enjoy movies, swimming, games and a pizza party.For ages 6-12. 7 p.m. $20-$25. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.
SATURDAY AUG. 15 Festivals & Events BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 10th and Grove, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmersmarket.com. CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and Bannock streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, seeyouatthemarket.com. FIELD TRIP: ANDERSON RANCH DAM LOOP—Steve Cox will lead folks to Anderson Ranch Dam and then along the upper South Fork of the Boise River to look at intrusive features and volcanic formations. No preregistration required. 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $10-$15. Idaho Mu-
seum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208368-9876, idahomuseum.org. NAMPA FARMERS’ MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Lloyd Square, Intersection of 14th and Front streets, Nampa. PAYETTE LAKES FINE ART AND CRAFT FAIR—Family event features 60-plus artists and crafters displaying stained and fused glass, furniture, jewelry, floral, photography, metal art, paintings and specialty foods. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gold Glove Park, 924 Fairway Drive, McCall, payettelakesartfair.com. STAGE COACH THEATRE ANNUAL AWARDS PICNIC—Mingle with your friends and the local theater community, renew your SCT membership and catch the awards show. Take a dish to share and something to grill. SCT will provide soft drinks, place settings and condiments. Meet at the home of Vera Cederstrom, 8528 W. Vincent St. 5 p.m. FREE. STAGE STOP MARKET—FREE. Boise Stage Stop, 23801 S. Orchard Access Road, I-84 off Exit 71, Boise, 208-343-1367, boisestagestop.org. TOUR DE FAT BOISE—It’s time for bikes, beer and bemusement at New Belgium Brewing’s traveling celebration, which honors mankind’s
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Art DOODLEPALOOZA— Watch live art at The Nampa Art Collective’s second annual live speed-drawing event. This is your chance to have original art right after it’s created, so take cash and snap up some art before it’s gone. Prices range from $5-$15, and 100 percent of sales go to participating artists. 5:15-8:30 p.m. FREE. PreFunk Beer Bar Nampa, 1214 1st St. S., Nampa, 208-466-0981. facebook. com/nampaartcollective.
Sports & Fitness BRUNDAGE MOUNTAIN BIKE FESTIVAL—This three-day, familyfriendly cycling experience with something for everyone is also the Idaho Enduro Series finale. Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall. 208-634-4151, brundage.com/events.
Citizen SOCIAL SECURITY’S 80TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION— The Idaho Alliance for Retired Americans is hosting a party—with cake—for Social Security’s 80th anniversary. 3:30-5 p.m. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705. facebook.com/idahoara.
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CALENDAR greatest invention. Party HQ will be near Ann Morrison’s Royal Boulevard entrance. Go online for all the details and to register. 10 a.m. FREE. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd., Boise, newbelgium.com. WALKABOUT BOISE DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR—Weekly on Saturday through Oct. 31. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10. Basque Block, Grove Street between Capitol Boulevard and Sixth Street, Boise. 208-424-5111, preservationidaho. org/walkaboutboise. WATERSHED WEEKEND: LITTLE CRITTERS, BIG DEAL—Fly on down to the Boise WaterShed to learn about amazing macroinvertebrates (water bugs) and what they tell us about the health of the Boise River. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise WaterShed, 11818 W. Joplin Road, Boise, 208-608-7300, bee.cityofboise. org/watershed.
On Stage 5TH ANNUAL JAZZ ON THE GREEN—Enjoy an evening of music, food and drinks to benefit the
Idaho Jazz Society. Featuring Dan Costello, VanPaepeghem Quintet and Farayi Malek, a student at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and the current IJS Dayle Fowler Scholarship Award recipient. 5:30 p.m. $25. McCall Golf Club, 925 Fairway Drive, McCall, 208-208-634-7200, mccallgolfclub.com. BOISE’S BEST BAD DANCER 5—Boise’s favorite celebration of enthusiasm over skill is back for its fifth year. Put on your best bad dancing shoes to compete for cash, prizes and a coveted BBBD Dancing Turkey Trophy. Costumes encouraged; awkwardness required. Contestant sign-ups start at 5:30 p.m., doors at 6 p.m. 7-8:45 p.m. $5. The Balcony Club, 150 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3361313, thebalconyclub.com. COMEDIAN CORY MICHAELIS—8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208287-5379, liquidboise.com. COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Two teams of comics battle it out for your laughs. Suitable for all ages. 7:30 p.m. $10. ComedySportz 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208991-4746, boisecomedy.com.
ISF: KING LEAR—8 p.m. $12$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: CALAMITY JANE—8 p.m. $9-$24. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208462-5523, starlightmt.com.
Sports & Fitness 43RD ANNUAL BOGUS BASIN HILL CLIMB—New sign in location: The Pursuit Church campus at 2590 Bogus Basin Road. Bogus Basin will host the finish line and afterparty. Are you up to the challenge of a 14.5-mile course with about 3,500 feet of elevation gain? Then don’t miss the 43rd edition of the Bogus Basin Hill Climb, sponsored by G. Corsa Event Management and George’s Cycles and Fitness. Online registration only at bikereg.com through midnight Aug. 13. 7:30 a.m. $30. The Pursuit Church at Bogus Basin, 2590 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-859-9114, bikereg.com.
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HOW BAZAAR! END OF SUMMER VINTAGE SALE—Retro Attics and The Lair are hosting an endof-summer bazaar with great deals on vintage, art vendors and more. 1-6 p.m. FREE. The Lair, 605 N. 27th St., Boise. facebook.com/ retroattics. LITTLE DUTCH GARDEN BEER PONG TOURNAMENT—Enjoy drink specials, raffle and giveaways while competing in the LDG’s Beer Pong Tourney. 8 p.m. Little Dutch Garden, 1910 S. Owyhee St., Boise, 208-342-9034.
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3RD ANNUAL SALSA FESTIVAL—Join the North End Organic Nursery and the Tomato Independence Project for amateur and professional competitions with awards and prizes, live music by Alturas, local beer from Payette Brewing Co., Wetos Locos and Burgerlicious food, bounce house, kids activities and salsa tasting. 3-7 p.m. FREE. North End Organic Nursery, 3777 E. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-389-4769, northendnursery.com. FIESTA SUNDAY—Celebrate and learn about Mexican culture with food, music, dance, film and art from Mexico. Hosted by the Mexican Consulate of Idaho. 3-6 p.m. FREE. Boise International Market, 5823 W. Franklin Road, Boise. facebook.com/boiseinternationalmarket.
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CALENDAR LONG VALLEY PIONEER PICNIC— Enjoy a putluck meal with pioneer families. There’ll be a program and live music by Mountain Fever. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $TBA. Roseberry Townsite, 2598 E. Roseberry Road, McCall, McCall Chamber 800-2605130 or 208-634-7631. SUNDAY FUNDAY: FUN D’MENTALS OF MATH—Get ready to go back to school with familyfriendly hands-on activities for kids in kindergarten through sixth grade. Noon-5 p.m. FREE. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895, dcidaho.org.
TUESDAY AUG. 18 Festivals & Events IDAHO JOB AND CAREER FAIR—Check out the employment opportunities at the Idaho Job and Career Fair. Positions include salaried, hourly, commission and own-yourown-business opportunities. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-468-5555, ibleventsinc.com.
On Stage COMEDIAN CORY MICHAELIS—8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. ISF: KING LEAR—7 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208429-9908, box office 208-3369221, idahoshakespeare.org.
Food SUMMER BARBECUE PARTY— Join Edible Idaho magazine, Boise Farmers Market and Boise Urban Garden School for a farm-to-table barbecue cooked up by Alex Cardoza, former Modern Hotel brunch chef. Plus local beer and wine, live music and kids activities. 5-8 p.m. $5-$45. Boise Urban Garden School, Comba Park, 2995 Five Mile Road, Boise, 208-891-4769, edibleidahosouth.com/calendar.
MONDAY AUG. 17 On Stage
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On Stage ISF: THE SECRET GARDEN—8 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., 208-429-9908, box office 208336-9221, idahoshakespeare.org. SARAH SHAMBLIN ROAST—8 p.m. $5. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com. STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE—8 p.m. $9-$24. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com. SVCA PERFORMING ARTS SERIES: THE BROS. LANDRETH— Blues, alt-country, slide guitar, three-part harmonies all wrapped up in a group of Canadians from Winnipeg, Manitoba. 7 p.m. $25$60. Sun Valley Opera House, Sun Valley Village, Sun Valley, 208-6222244, sunvalley.com.
Workshops & Classes BUSINESS OF FOOD NETWORKING EVENT— Local food producers network and learn at this monthly SBDC networking event that features Kelly Parker from Create Common Good speaking about the resources her nonprofit can provide local food producers. 3-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Micron Business and Economics Building, 2360 University Dr., 208-4263875, business.idahosbdc.org.
Art WOOD RIVER VALLEY STUDIO TOUR GROUP EXHIBITION—View art by 59 area artists participating in the Wood River Valley Studio Tour. Daily through Aug. 23 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. NexStage Theatre, 120 S. Main, Ketchum, 208-726-2985.
Citizen TUESDAY DINNER—Volunteers needed to help cook up a warm dinner for Boise’s homeless and needy population, and clean up afterward. Event is nondenominational. Tuesdays, 4:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 707 W. Fort St., Boise, 208-3443011.
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Real Dialogue from the naked city
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW—The Irish singer-songwriter performs tunes from his latest album, Post Tropical. With Blake Mills. Mon., Aug. 17, 8 p.m. $20. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-3671212, jamesvmcmorrow.com. MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL AND THE JUKE DADDYS—Don’t miss this chance to be part of a live recording for a new Mississippi Marshall and The Juke Daddys live at The Sapphire album. 7 p.m. $8-$11. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com. STARLIGHT MOUNTAIN: SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS—8 p.m. $9-$24. Starlight Mountain Theatre, 850 S. Middlefork Road, Crouch, 208-462-5523, starlightmt.com.
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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY AUG. 12 ALIVE AFTER FIVE: FRUITION—With StoneSeed. 5 p.m. FREE. Grove Plaza
AA5: FRUITION, AUG. 12, GROVE PLAZA Noodly mandolin: check. Happy-go-lucky guitar strumming: check. Rambly, shambly drum beats: check. Jam interludes: check. Portland, Ore.-based Fruition mixes the essential Pacific Northwest folk/bluegrass/Americana ingredients and layers it with good-natured vagabond swagger. It’s a familiar flavor that goes down easy. Fans of the flannel-and-banjo scene have probably run across Fruition at one time or another. The string-dominant quintet has kept good company in some of the region’s biggest rooms, touring and collaborating with the likes of Leftover Salmon, Elephant Revival and The Head and The Heart. Meanwhile, Fruition has played the High Sierra Music Festival, Crystal Ballroom and The Fillmore in San Francisco. The band will add Boise’s Grove Plaza to that list at Alive After Five on Wednesday, Aug. 12, joined by local opener Stoneseed. —Zach Hagadone With Stoneseed, 5 p.m., FREE. Grove Plaza, 850 W. Front St., fruitionband.com.
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SISTER SPARROW AND THE DIRTY BIRDS IN-STORE—6 p.m. FREE. The Record Exchange
THURSDAY AUG. 13
TAMBALKA—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
CLARK BROS.—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La
VETIVER—8 p.m. $8 adv., $10 door. Flying M Coffeegarage
CLASSICAL REVOLUTION—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District
WHISKEY SHIVERS—With Andrew Sheppard. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux
COUNCIL MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL—By donation. Council, U.S. Hwy. 95.
FRIDAY AUG. 14
GAYLE CHAPMAN—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
AFROSONIC’S GLOBAL GROOVE—With The Swirl. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Village at Meridian
THE HUCKLEBERRY JAM—3-10 p.m. $99. Tamarack
CANDRED—7:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub
100.3 THE X PRESENTS CROBOT AND SHAMAN’S HARVEST—8 p.m. FREE. Knitting Factory
CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
THE COUNTRY CLUB—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s
BERNIE REILLY AND DAVE MANION—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel
DAYS N’ DAZE AND NIGHT GAUNTS—With Forty Ounces. 6:30 p.m. $TBA. Ming Studios
FABULOUS CHANCELLORS—5:30 p.m. FREE. Kleiner Park
MAC SABBATH—With Mothership. 7 p.m. $13-$15. Neurolux
FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s
OUTLAW FIELD: SLIGHTLY STOOPID—5:30 p.m. $31.50$36.50. Idaho Botanical Garden
HIGHWAY 16 LIVE: BREAD AND CIRCUS—6 p.m. FREE. Crooked Flats
PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel
JOSH HOYER AND THE SHADOWBOXERS—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar
PISTACHIO—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow
MISS EMMA AND HYBRID SHEEP—9:30 p.m. $5. Liquid
R5—With Jacob Whitesides and Ryland. 7 p.m. $39.50. Morrison Center
MOONSHINE BANDITS—8 p.m. $10-$25. Revolution
ROSEBERRY SUMMER CONCERTS: SOUL PATCH—6:30 p.m. FREE. Roseberry
CHUCK SMITH AND CLAY MOORE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill
STEVE EATON—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar
OUTLAW FIELD: BRANDI CARLILE AND IRON AND WINE—7 p.m. $31-$36. Botanical Garden
AXIS AND OLD WOUNDS—With Alone, THROES and State of Suffering. 6 p.m. $10. Boise Hive B3 SIDE—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar BARS AND BALLADS—Edmond Dantes, Tracy Morrison, Boise Rock School. 6-10 p.m. $3-$6. Old Pen
GORILLA MUSIC SHOWCASE—6 p.m. $8. The Shredder
JOHNNY SHOES AND THE RHYTHM RANGERS—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL AND THE JUKE DADDYS—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s OLD DEATH WHISPER—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s
BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
RIZING REZISTANCE AND SALASEE—10 p.m. $5. Reef
BLUES ON THE BANKS—Jake Leg, BBS Blues Directors and Zack Quintana. 6 p.m. $5 adv., $8-$10 door. Stewart’s, Caldwell
RYAN WISSINGER—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub NEW RIDGE DUO—Wendy Matson and Nancy Kelly. 7 p.m. Kind
BREAD AND CIRCUS—9 p.m. FREE. Mountain Village Resort
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MUSIC GUIDE SATURDAY AUG. 15 B3 SIDE—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye BREAD AND CIRCUS—9 p.m. FREE. Mountain Village Resort CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers SVCA SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: WILCO—With Vetiver. 7 p.m. $64.80. River Run Lodge
MONDAY AUG. 17
COUNCIL MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL—By donation. Council, U.S. Hwy. 95
CLAY MOORE AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers
FAULT PARADOX—8 p.m. $6. Knitting Factory
FARAYI—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar
HECKTOR PECKTOR—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s THE HUCKLEBERRY JAM—10 a.m.-10 p.m. $99. Tamarack JAZZ ON THE GREEN—Dan Costello, Van Paepeghem Quartet and Farayi Malek. 5:30 p.m. $25. McCall Golf Club
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW—8 p.m. $20. Knitting Factory MISSISSIPPI MARSHALL AND THE JUKE DADDYS—7 p.m. $8$11. Sapphire SOUL SERENE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 THE WYLDZ—7 p.m. $5. Neurolux
TUESDAY AUG. 18 CHRISTOPHER COOK AND EMMY ROSE—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole CLAY MOORE TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers FIONA LURAY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 INSUBORDINATION AND HEADCASES—8 p.m. $5. The Shredder MICHAELA FRENCH—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL—7:30 p.m. $7. Neurolux RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar THREE DAYS GRACE—With Like a Storm. 8 p.m. $29.50-$59.50. Revolution
KEN HARRIS—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill LUKE MITCHEM—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District MRS SKANNOTTO—With Among Criminals, Jerkwadz, Piranhas B.C. 8 p.m. $8. The Shredder OLD DEATH WHISPER—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s PATRICIA FOLKNER—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365
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RED FOX RUN—7 p.m. FREE. Edge Brewing REILLY COYOTE—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s ROB HARDING—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel SMOOTH AVENUE—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar SPENCER BATT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub STREET FEVER ALBUM RELEASE—10 p.m. $10. Reef SUMMER ALIVE FESTIVAL—Seventh Day Slumber and NF. Noon-9 p.m. FREE. Hawthorne Park, Middleton THE SWIRL—7 p.m. FREE. ShangriLa VON STOMPER—9 p.m. FREE. Neurolux
SUNDAY AUG. 16 JAZZ ANGELS—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar MARDI GRAS ‘LIFE CELEBRATION’ PARTY—Mardi Gras owner Lydia Merrill’s100th birthday, with the Blues Brothers Rock and Soul Revue. 7-10 p.m. FREE. Mardi Gras MUSIC FROM STANLEY: BREAD AND CIRCUS—5 p.m. FREE. Redfish Lake Lodge
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SISTER SPARROW AND THE DIRTY BIRDS, AUG. 13, RECORD EXCHANGE; AUG. 15, TOUR DE FAT Sister Sparrow, a.k.a. Arleigh Kincheloe, spent her teenage years singing and dancing in the alleyways of New York City—her brother, Jackson, and his harmonica never far behind. The siblings decided to take their soulful sound to the next level and created a seven-piece band complete with guitar, bass, trumpet, saxophone and drums. Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds’ music conveys some serious NYC pride and sounds like the late-Amy Winehouse backed by a full brass band. SSATDD has played Bonnaroo, the Telluride Jazz, the Harvest Jazz Festival, Austin City Limits, the Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans and now, they’ll land in Boise. There are two chances to catch SSATDD: Thursday, Aug. 13, at a Record Exchange in-store performance and on Saturday, Aug. 15, on the Tour de Fat mainstage at Ann Morrison Park. Both shows are free. —Jessica Murri Thursday, Aug. 13, 6 p.m., FREE. Record Exchange, 1105 W. Idaho St., 208-344-8010, therecordexchange.com. Saturday, Aug. 15, 12:10 p.m., FREE. Tour de Fat, Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd., newbelgium.com/tour-de-fat. BOISEweekly | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | 17
REC NEWS
HARRISON BERRY
RECREATION SWIM-WHERE
The annual Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake City draws 45,000 attendees.
IDAHO SENDS INVITE TO OUTDOOR RETAILER SHOW Idaho House Assistant Minority Leader Mat Erpelding can see Boise as a future home of the Outdoor Retailer convention, which brings 45,000 attendees to Salt Lake City every year. His vision might be more realistic now than ever, as the Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Outdoor Industry Association is considering moving the convention. Utah continues to spend millions of dollars fighting the federal government over a state takeover of public lands, and OIA is growing wary of holding the show in Salt Lake. “It seems to me that as the Outdoor Industry Association looks at both the economic and political ramifications of Utah’s movement to seize public lands, it’s increasingly not in the association’s interest to associate itself with states that have that much animus toward outdoor recreation in general,” Erpelding said. Erpelding spent the summer of 2014 traveling around Idaho as part of the Legislature’s Federal Lands Interim Committee and found Idaho residents did not like the idea of the state controlling federal lands. He said the biggest worry he heard was the state can’t afford to manage the lands, so they would be sold off to the highest bidder and logged or mined. Since the committee’s report came out, Idaho has backed away from the idea of a federal lands takeover. Utah, however, has not. Erpelding carried a piece of legislation during this past session to invite the Outdoor Retailer show to move to Idaho. The resolution passed in both the House and the Senate. “I really thought that Idaho—with its history with Frank Church and the development of wilderness and the development of wild and scenic rivers—should be one of the states that the Outdoor Retailer looks at,” Erpelding said. Even though Boise doesn’t have a convention space large enough to host the event, Erpelding is sure that if the OIA made the commitment to Idaho, the state could “come up with the resources” to make it happen. “That’s like the Olympics for Idaho,” he said. “That’s how much money the Outdoor Retailer brings to Utah. It’s $40 million in one week. It is just massive.” According to the Tribune, OIA is considering moving the convention to Las Vegas; Chicago; Dallas; or Orlando, Fla. —Jessica Murri 18 | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | BOISEweekly
Looking for a safe place to take a dip? Snake River Waterkeeper has an app for that. HARRISON BERRY
F.S. Buck Ryan had been picking up litter from campsites and conducting water quality tests all morning along the South Fork of the Boise River. The tests were designed to provide a snapshot of the effect the small town of Pine had on the river’s health; picking up discarded beer cans and fish bait tins was community service. His work finished, Ryan jumped headfirst into one of the perks of his job: Fly fishing. But unlike many visitors to this reach of the Sawtooth National Forest, Ryan wasn’t fishing for sport. “This data can be used for policy work and litigation,” he said. “Fishing gives me citizen standing for lawsuits.” Ryan is the Snake River Waterkeeper—a member attorney of a national environmental advocacy organization that collects data on North American waterways and engages in legal and policy work to protect water quality. He spends about 100 days a year on the road crisscrossing Idaho and conducting tests on the Snake River and its tributaries. The data he collects on human health and aquatic life goes into the Waterkeeper Swim App, which gives recreationists a thumbs-up/thumbsdown assessment of whether it’s safe to swim at points along the waterway. Version 3.0 is set for release in mid-August. The Swim App has a variety of interfaces to help would-be swimmers find the safest stretch of water. Its Beach Map lets users home in on locations of interest, with popular swimming holes color-coded: green is safe, red is unsafe and gray indicates it has been two weeks or more since Ryan tested the site. Other functions include a search bar and “Report Pollution” option, which allows users to submit photos and concerns to the Waterkeeper. Approximately 20 percent of the more than 110 testing sites Ryan visits don’t pass Environmental Protection Agency muster for human recreational use. According to the EPA, it’s safe to swim where acidity is neutral, dissolved solids and nitrates are at low levels, and oxygen is at higher levels. Some sites, like a particularly fetid stretch of the Malheur River, are grossly outside those limits. There, total dissolved solids were measured at more than four times the EPA Human Health
Snake River Waterkeeper F.S. Buck Ryan tests a water sample from the South Fork of the Boise River below Pine Bridge north of Mountain Home.
Criteria limit and nitrates were well over the limit, too. Ingesting dissolved solids in excess of the EPA limits can make adults ill, but an overabundance of nitrates can sicken infants and cause shortness of breath, methaemoglobinaemia or “blue-baby syndrome” and even death. “I think there’s value in me going out and finding where it’s safe to swim,” Ryan said. Boise Weekly joined Ryan on one of his testing excursions. The first site was at the Pine Bridge just south of Pine. His equipment included a Geiger counter-looking water quality testing computer and a pair of rods used for measuring water samples. The measurements read normal levels of dissolved oxygen, moderate nitrate levels and .0608 micrograms per liter of ammonia. On a scale of 1-10, Ryan said the health of this stretch of river was a 7, though he was surprised by its ammonia levels, saying, “That’s actually higher than I was expecting. I would have thought it would have been less than .01 [micrograms per liter].” Passing through Pine, he identified a slew of likely culprits: Approximately a mile upstream is the Elk Valley Ranch golf course. Ammonia and phosphorous are ingredients commonly found in golf course fertilizers. Other possible sources of pollution were greasy, algae-caked evaporation and drainage ponds near the river. Ryan’s tests at the second site took about 15 minutes to compile and, by then, he had assembled his fly fishing rod; tied on a mam-
moth fly he designed; and donned heavy, water-resistant boots. He jotted down the test results on a worksheet: The water temperature was 16.1 degrees Celsius—perfect for fish— and nitrate and ammonia levels were appropriately lower than they had been at the testing site below Pine. In the Sawtooth National Forest, the South Fork of the Boise River gurgles through rocky canyons and between wooded hills. The stream was cool and fragrant, if low, for late July. Ryan cast his fly into a shaded pool and almost immediately hauled out a 5-inch redband trout—a species native to many Idaho rivers. Removing the hook from the fish’s mouth, Ryan tossed it back into the pool. Redband trout and other native fish are indicators of stream health and, over the course of the afternoon, Ryan caught—and released— half a dozen native trout from the river. In all, Pine has had a marginal impact on the river’s water quality but, according to Ryan, the effect of small towns on the Snake River and its tributaries’ water quality pales in comparison to larger cities, agriculture, dairies and industry—all of which can be found along the Snake River as it crosses southern Idaho and into Oregon. As the water quality challenges facing Idaho become clearer, Ryan believes Idaho has a decision to make. “Would you rather have the third-worst industry in the country or the best recreation?” he said. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
SCREEN HOW JAWS CHANGED EVERYTHING Boise Horror Film Festival to host unique ‘Jaws Float’ screening GEORGE PRENTICE film that changed summer cinema forever—and Rumor was, the movie would flop… big. Reports from the set were not good: filming had still holds up as a masterpiece of suspense. “We’re calling It a ‘Jaws Float.’ Have you ever started without the screenplay being finished, watched Jaws while floating in a pool? Neither the production was over budget and way over had we but what a cool idea,” said Deckart. schedule (principal photography was sup“We’re pretty thrilled about showing it, and posed to take 55 days; it took 159), some it’s the film’s 40th birthday.” of Hollywood’s bankable actors turned down the project (even the eventuallyFilmgoers will be able to dangle cast Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss their toes in the pool of the originally said no), and worst of all, the Boise Racquet and Swim mechanical shark, named “Bruce” after Club Thursday, Aug. a well-known L.A. attorney, constantly 20 while watching broke down. one of the scariest The film’s young director, whose summer career hung in the balance, called the shark “the great white turd” years later. Universal Pictures eventually shoved the movie into a release date of June 20, 1975, which was not a good omen considering that studios traditionally released weaker pictures in summer months. Nonetheless, Jaws changed everything. Universal pulled in unprecedented box office receipts and even built amusement parks based on its films; movie studios quickly began slotting their biggest audiencepleasing films during the summer (they would henceforth refer to them as “tentpole” films); and Steven Spielberg, that young director, JA ME S LL OY began directing a string of films D still unmatched in pleasure and profits. “It was the first real blockbuster. It was the films in cinema history. Admission is $15 ($20 best. It was so scary,” said Molly Deckart. “I gets you admission plus a floaty). Alcoholic think I was in third grade when I first saw Jaws beverages will be offered and the Idaho Horror at my friend’s house. Her family had a VHS Film Festival organizers are limiting the event to copy of Jaws, and it hadn’t been on television 16 years and older. yet. We were absolutely petri“We’re definitely going to sell fied. We had a pool with a this one out. The moment we grate over the drain on the starting telling people, tickets JAWS FLOAT bottom, and I was absolutely began going fast,” said Deckart, Thursday, Aug. 20, 8-11 p.m., convinced there was a shark who spends most of her days $15-$20. Boise Racquet and down there.” preparing for this fall’s sophoSwim Club, 1116 N. Cole Road, Deckart knows a thing more season of IHFF, which is idahohorrorfilmfestival.org. or two about scary. She’s the slotted to screen films Thursday, founder/director of the Idaho Oct. 15-Saturday, Oct. 17. Horror Film Festival, heading “The horror genre is the toward its second year this October. In anticipa- common denominator of filmmakers. You name tion of the fright fest, she chose to celebrate the the modern filmmaker and chances are, his or BOISE WEEKLY.COM
her career included horror. Somehow, horror is the common thread that stitched itself into filmmaking,” she added. If the 2014 debut of IHFF was any barometer, Boise has a taste for horror. “But quite frankly, the most important part of our festival surviving is to pivot away from the content of the film,” Deckart said. “It’s less about what the film festival shows, and it’s a lot more about sustaining the art form. Unfortunately, Idaho hemorrhages way too much filmmaking talent each year. We have to start forming a framework that supports filmmakers, giving them access to technology, venues to screen their work and a lot more education opportunities. “Honestly, it’s not terribly difficult to convince talented artists to come here for a film festival,” she added. “The real challenge for any organizer is to sustain public and private support for this kind of creativity.” Perhaps the best example of that will be IHFF’s sponsorship of a two-day workshop from Mark Stolaroff, an L.A.based film producer and founder of the “No Budget Film School,” geared to mentor low-budget, high quality filmmaking. The Boise edition of the No Budget Film School will coincide with the October film festival and Deckart said that if she has her way, the workshop will be free-of-charge during the run of IHFF. However, the film festival is still about the fright and the fun. Case in point: After the Aug. 20 Jaws Float, festival organizers have their sights set on an outdoor screening of a 1980 Stanley Kubrick classic. “We’re planning to show The Shining inside the grotto outside of Angell’s Bar and Grill. It will become this amazing outdoor amphitheater for this amazing horror classic,” said Deckart. For the immediate future, it’s all about the Jaws Float. “Oh, and one more thing: The floaties have to be [transparent],” said Deckart. “Seriously, they do. We don’t want anything lurking beneath the water.” BOISEweekly | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | 19
BOOZEHOUND WEST COAST BERRY VODKAS
HANGAR 1 MAINE WILD BLUEBERRY, $29.95 Hangar 1’s Maine Wild Blueberry vodka is “infused with real fruit,” though you wouldn’t be able to tell from its clear color. Sweet blueberry yogurt and candy dominate the nose, which does nothing to prepare you for the moonshine-y burn that comes through on the palate. As one taster said, “It tastes like something dyed fake blue.” WILD ROOTS MARIONBERRY-INFUSED VODKA, $32.95 Made in Hillsboro, Ore., each bottle of Wild Roots is infused with more than a pound of Northwest-grown fruit. The company’s deep purple, marionberry-infused vodka is a testament to its dedication to quality. Wine-like aromas typify the nose and the pleasantly tart, jammy palate is filled with fresh fruit and a healthy amount of sugar. Try it with vanilla ice cream or a spritz of sparkling rose at brunch. WHIDBEY ISLAND DISTILLERY BLACKBERRY LIQUEUR, $37.45 Located on Washington’s Whidbey Island, Whidbey Island Distillery launched in 2011 with a loganberry liqueur before expanding into raspberry and blackberry flavors. Though this was weakest of the three, clocking in at 23 percent alcohol by volume, the nose had a harsh, medicinal quality. Sweetness dominated the palate. Though one taster suggested you could pour it over pancakes, another compared it to “berryflavored cough syrup.” —Tara Morgan 20 | AUGUST 12–18, 2015 | BOISEweekly
FOOD
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Fresh berries are one of summer’s luxuries. From dewy red raspberries to indigo-hued blueberries to sunbaked blackberries, there’s nothing quite like a handful of berries, eaten fresh or baked into a pie. To celebrate this summer indulgence, we sampled three berry-infused vodkas from around the West Coast.
HOMESTEAD HEADED FOR GREENER PASTURES Plus the rundown on upcoming food and wine events TARA MORGAN Fans of Bar Gernika’s grass-fed beef burgers and The Modern Hotel’s locally raised corned beef brisket are in for some disappointing news: Homestead Natural Foods is officially disbanding. Homestead—a partnership between Ed and Debby Wilsey, of Marsing; Bill and Carol Gale, of Middleton; and Keith and Sharon Huettig, of Jerome—specializes in grass-fed and finished, hormone-free beef and also sells all natural pork and poultry. For years, Homestead sold its products at farmers markets, grocery stores and restaurants around town. However, the company has struggled recently. “The price of commodity beef got so high— and our beef was worth more than commodity beef—and so we just kept raising the price and raising the price until we basically priced ourselves out of the restaurant business,” said Ed Wilsey. Wilsey said there are just too many costs associated with selling retail-ready meat—everything from processing to cold storage to marketing to distribution. “It just got to be too much work to do it this way,” said Wilsey. “Bill is going to sell his cattle on the commodity market and Keith is going to try to keep going and doing his thing. You can buy Debby’s and my meat at the Whole Foods or the Boise Co-op.” The Wilseys are in the process of forming a new company, Desert Mountain Grass Fed Beef, with Bob and Jessica Howard of Howard Ranch in Hammett. The company will only sell whole animals to the Boise Co-op and Whole Foods stores in Boise and Utah. Wilsey estimates that will work out to around 30 or so cows a month. “We’ll probably sell some halves, wholes and quarters if people want them, but we’re out of the pound-of-hamburger-at-a-time business,” said Wilsey. Homestead will keep its booth at the Boise Farmers Market through the end of August. Then the Wilseys will take some time off before they
Though Homestead Natural Foods is disbanding, Bill Gale will continue selling his beef on the commodity market.
return to the market in late September under their new name. Speaking of the Boise Farmers Market, the organization is hosting its Harvest Moon Dinner Saturday, Sept. 5, on the Owyhee rooftop terrace. The menu will feature six courses prepared by local chefs utilizing local produce from the market, and each course will be paired with a local wine. The evening starts at 6 p.m. with a social hour and no-host bar, and dinner starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75 until Saturday, Aug. 22, and then go up to $100. For more info, visit boisefarmersmarket.brownpapertickets.com. In other wine news, the Basque Block is scrubbing away the last remnants of Jaialdi to prepare for another event: The Basque Museum and Cultural Center’s 18th Annual WineFest, which takes place Friday, Aug. 14, 5:30-9 p.m.. Organizers estimate the event will draw around 800 people to the Basque Block to sample more than 150 wines from around the globe, along with pintxos from nearby restaurants. Tickets come with a commemorative wine glass and are $30 each in advance or $100 for four. Tickets jump to $35 the day of the event. For more info, call 208343-2671, or visit basquemuseum.com. Speaking of wine tastings, the wineries of the Sunnyslope Wine Trail are hosting their sixth annual Sunnyslope Wine Trail Festival Saturday, Aug. 22. The event will go down 2-6 p.m. at the Train Depot Park on Main Street in Caldwell. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the gate and include a Sunnyslope Wine Trail Glass, along with sips from local wineries and bites from local restaurants. Entertainment will be provided by the Brook Faulk band. For more info, visit facebook.
com/SunnyslopeWineTrail. In other booze tasting news, TASTE208 is hosting a second event this year dubbed the Autumn Speakeasy. This 1920s speakeasy-themed event will take place 6-9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 27 at The Linen Building, 1402 W. Grove St. In addition to tasting products from 20 vendors—including Pendleton Whisky, 44° North Vodka, Proletariat Wine Co., Koenig Distillery and Winery, and Sockeye Brewing—attendees can also snack on dishes created by Chef Peter Schott of 13th Street Pub and Grill and sample fresh sushi from Reel Foods Fish Market. Tickets are $65 per person and include a tasting glass and gift bag worth $100 in gifts from Full Circle Exchange, Wear Boise and 13th Street Pub. Only 300 tickets will be sold. For more info, visit taste208event.com. In other local wine news, Wine Spectator recently announced its 2015 Restaurant Wine List Awards, given to establishments that “stand at the forefront of wine-and-food culture, offering extraordinary experiences for enophiles across the globe.” In the Treasure Valley, Mai Thai Restaurant and Bar, Fork and Bella Aquila each took home the 2015 Award of Excellence for their wine lists, while Chandlers Steakhouse took home the prestigious 2015 Best of Award of Excellence for its extensive list, which specializes in California and Washington wines. No Idaho restaurants took home Wine Spectator’s highest honor, the Grand Award, which was only given to eight new restaurants this year, including Aux Beaux Arts in China and Spruce in San Francisco. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): To ensure the full accuracy of this horoscope, I have been compelled to resurrect an old-fashioned English word that isn’t used much any more: “gambol.” It means to cavort and frolic in a playful manner, or to romp and skip around with mad glee, as if you are unable to stop yourself from dancing. The astrological omens seem unambiguous in their message: In order to cultivate the state of mind that will enable you to meet all your dates with destiny in the coming weeks, you need to gambol at least once every day. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you remember your first kiss? How about the first time you had sex? Although those events may not have been perfectly smooth and graceful, they were radical breakthroughs that changed your life and altered your consciousness. Since then, there may have been a few other intimate rites of passage that have impacted you with similar intensity. No doubt you will experience others in the future. In fact, I suspect that the next installments are due to arrive in the coming months. Get ready for further initiations in these mysteries. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Two-thirds of us don’t know what our strengths and talents are. That’s the conclusion of a study published in The Journal of Positive
Psychology. One reason for the problem is what the report’s coauthor, Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, calls “strengths blindness,” in which we neglect our real powers because we regard them as ordinary or take them for granted. Here’s the good news, Gemini: If you suffer from even a partial ignorance about the nature of your potential, the coming months will be a favorable time to remedy that glitch. Life will conspire to help you see the truth. (Read more: bit.ly/truestrengths.) CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 1504, Michelangelo finished his sculpture of the Biblical hero David. But he hadn’t been the first person to toil on the 17-foot-high block of marble. Forty years earlier, the artist Agostino di Duccio was commissioned to carve David out of the stone. His work was minimal, however. He did little more than create the rough shape of the legs and torso. In 1476, Antonio Rossellino resumed where Agostino had stopped, but he didn’t last long, either. By the time Michelangelo launched his effort, the massive slab had languished for 25 years. I see parallels between this story and your own, Cancerian. I suspect that you will be invited to take on a project that has been on hold or gotten delayed. This may require you to complete labors that were begun by others—or maybe instigated by you when you were in a very different frame of mind.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Many people harbor the unconscious bias that beauty resides primarily in things that are polished, sleek and perfect. Celebrities work hard and spend a lot of money to cultivate their immaculate attractiveness, and are often treated as if they have the most pleasing appearance that human beings can have. Art that is displayed in museums has equally flawless packaging. But the current astrological omens suggest that it’s important for you to appreciate a different kind of beauty: the crooked, wobbly, eccentric stuff. For the foreseeable future, that’s where you’ll find the most inspiration. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “No tree can grow to Heaven unless its roots reach down to Hell,” wrote psychologist Carl Jung in his book Aion. My interpretation: We earn the right to experience profound love and brilliant light by becoming familiar with shadows and suffering. Indeed, it may not be possible to ripen into our most radiant beauty without having tangled with life’s ugliness. According to my understanding of your long-term cycle, Virgo, you have dutifully completed an extended phase of downward growth. In the next extended phase, however, upward growth will predominate. You did reasonably well on the hellish stuff; now comes the more heavenly rewards.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The Great Balancing Act of 2015 doesn’t demand that you be a wishy-washy, eager-to-please, self-canceling harmony whore. Purge such possibilities from your mind. What the Great Balancing Act asks of you is to express what you stand for with great clarity. It invites you to free yourself, as much as you can, from worrying about what people think of you. It encourages you to be shaped less by the expectations of others and more by what you really want. Do you know what you really want, Libra? Find out! P.S.: Your task is not to work on the surface level, trying to manipulate the appearance of things. Focus your efforts in the depths of yourself. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Muslims, Jews and Christians are collaborating to erect a joint house of worship in Berlin. The building, scheduled to be finished by 2018, will have separate areas for each religion as well as a common space for members of all three to gather. Even if you don’t belong to any faith, you may be inspired by this pioneering effort to foster mutual tolerance. I offer it up to you as a vivid symbol of unity. May it help inspire you to take full advantage of your current opportunities to heal schisms, build consensus and cultivate harmony.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In some phases of your life, you have been a wanderer. You’ve had a fuzzy sense of where you belong. It has been a challenge to know which target you should aim your arrows at. During those times, you may have been forceful but not as productive as you’d like to be; you may have been energetic but a bit too inefficient to accomplish wonders and marvels. From what I can tell, one of those wandering seasons is now coming to a close. In the months ahead, you will have a growing clarity about where your future power spot is located—and may even find the elusive sanctuary called “home.” Here’s a good way to prepare for this transition: Spend a few hours telling yourself the story of your origins. Remember all the major events of your life as if you were watching a movie. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You have been slowing to a crawl as you approach an exciting transition. But I’m here to advise you to resume normal speed. There’s no need for excessive caution. You have paid your dues; you have made your meticulous arrangements; you have performed your quiet heroisms. Now it’s time to relax into the rewards you have earned. Lighten your mood, Capricorn. Welcome the onrushing peace and start planning how you will capitalize on your new freedom.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Most people reach the top of the ladder of success only to find it’s leaning against the wrong wall.” Aquarian actor Paul Sorensen said that. It’s no coincidence that I’m bringing this theory to your attention right now. The coming months will be a good time to determine whether the ladder you have been climbing is leaning against the right wall or wrong wall. My advice is to question yourself at length. Be as objective as possible. Swear to tell yourself the whole truth. If, after your investigations, you decide it is indeed the wrong wall, climb down from the ladder and haul it over to the right wall. And if you’re satisfied that you are where you should be, celebrate! PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When he served as Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi denigrated the cuisine of Finland. “Finns don’t even know what prosciutto is,” he sneered. At best, he said, their food is to be “endured.” He mocked the “marinated reindeer” they eat. But Finland fought back against the insults. In an international pizza contest held in New York, their chefs won first prize for their “Pizza Berlusconi,” a specialty pizza that featured marinated reindeer. The Italian entry finished second. I foresee you enjoying a comparable reversal in the coming months, Pisces. And it all begins now. BOISE WEEKLY.COM
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7. New Mexico—49.9% 8. Alabama—48.9% 9. North Dakota—47.9% 10. Hawaii—45.1%
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4. New Jersey—11.3% 5. New Hampshire—14.4% 6. Connecticut—16.6% 7. Ohio—19.6%
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Share peace love and smiles for miles with me at PWCC! IDOC #75937. Hi I’m Nicole. I’m 43, Christian, Greek, beautiful and just plain basically awesome! I will be getting out soon and hoping to make friends of any age/ race/ walk of life in this so called “real world” Please write me and share a smile… it’s free. Thanks in advance and blessing to all. Caucasian . Male searching for a pen pal and maybe more. My name is Johnathan and I’m an ex-computer hacker who wants to create a better life. I’ll be released in less than a year and I’d love to hear from a female age 30-50. I’m open minded, very intelligent, and super fun, if you want to know more please write Johnathan Spickller 54159 I.S.C.C. P3 20A P.0. Box 70010 Boise, ID. 83707. Hello my name is William Eagle Tramel. I’m a half Lakota Sioux Indian and half white 5’11” 210lbs 33 year old. Born and still living in the Boise area. I have a passion for cooking food, baking, and making candy. I love family, night drives, R&B, Movies, and talking. I’m enrolled in a TC program here at ISCC and will be getting out the end of the year. Starting over when I get out! I am a 2 time divorcee’ with 2 girls ages 9 and 11. Looking for woman pen pal 25-50 to befriend. Inside beauty is what matters. William Eagle Tramel #83204 ISCC P3-13B P.0. BOX 70010 Boise, ID 83707. I am looking for someone to give me something to look forward to in the mail. I am 21, very outgoing and love talking about anything. My hobbies include music, working out and cars. I am 6’1 190 pounds. I am not from Idaho and am hoping to meet new friends. I am Latino and Caucasian and am looking for anyone who is fun, honest and interested in meeting a great friend. Mail is something we always look forward to and I will always write back and will be excited to hear from anyone. Cameron Tirrell #106602 ISCC Po Box 70010 Boise, ID 83701. I am a white male, in my 50’s, good sense of humor, animals, fishing and all outdoor activities. I have been inside for going on 8 yrs! I like to do most anything and I am looking for someone to meet while in here. Getting prepared to re-enter society. Send pictures if you have any. I love mail, I love life, and family is #1. Write to H.J. Kip Wills #87408 ISCC P3-24B Po Box 70010 Boise, ID 83707.
Hi my name is Jacob Freeman I am a 33 year old white male 6’0 180 pounds. I love to workout and a very outgoing person. I am look for a woman 25-50 years old to be friend or even more. I have been locked up for 2 years I am in the tc program in ISCC and have only 8 months left until my release. I would love to have someone to talk to for the remainder of my time. My info is Jacob Freeman #104468 ISCC unit P3 Bunk 38B PO Box 70010 Boise, ID 83707. I am a 44, S.W.F who is currently incarcerated and looking for a pen-pal. I’m adventurous, fun loving. I enjoy life but I also enjoy a quiet place to relax. I’m looking for someone who enjoys life and adventure. I’m 5’11 brown hair, brown eyes. I would really like to get to know you. Anna Sangberg #37015 PWCC Unit 1 1451 Fore Rd Pocatello, ID 83204. Hello. My name is Georgia Smith. I’m currently incarcerated and am looking for a pen pal. I don’t have much contact with the outside world, I’m from Boise so it will be nice to me some people in the Boise area. I’m 5’6 and 180 pounds. I have brown hair, and green eyes. Write me at: Georgia Smith #82451 c/o PWCC unit 1-21A 1451 Fore Rd Pocatello, ID 83204. Hi my name is Kayla Martinez I am 22years old. I’m looking for a pen pal. I am currently incarcerated and don’t have much contact with the outside world. I have lots of free time and hope you can and will be my perfect distraction. Write me at: Kayla Martinez #109744 PWCC 1451 Fore Rd Pocatello, ID 83204. My name is Ibrahim Ramadan and I am 42 years old. I am looking for a bbw to be pen pals with and to see where things go. I like to hang out and watch movies. I also like to spend time outside and I am also a very hard worker. I am currently at SICI for the next 11 months and would love to hear from someone. Ibrahim Ramadan #88792 SICI Main Dorm 2-18 PO Box 8509 Boise, ID 83707. Hopefully, the 2nd time is the charm. J My name is Bryan King IDOC #99572. I’m currently living on The Yard, ISCI PO Box 14 Boise, ID 83707. I’ve been down for a little over 4 years now. I’m looking for a female pen pal with no expectations. I’d rather write a letter to you, than talk to other men about typical subject in here. I could tell you what type of guy I am, but I’d rather you decide on
your own. I will say that I have a decent sense of humor. Laughter is a language easily understood. I’m single, 6 foot, brown hair and eyes, and I’m in good shape. I love much of all kinds, and I value my family strongly. I will answer all letters, and I can send pictures. Don’t be shy and drop me a line. TTYS. Hello, I’m Thomas Proctor a 53 yrs old looking for pen pals to shoot me a few line’s, I would like to hear from you ladies who could use a spank in life, I have a sense of humor, love to laugh, I have a short time left behind theses bar’s and fence’s, so please let’s laugh together. Thomas Proctor #66642 ISCI 16A 53A PO Box 14 Boise, ID 83707. Hi, my name’s Keagan. I’m 27 years old, 6 feet tall, white and athletic built. I have short brown hair, and brown eyes. I’m serving time for writing bad checks. Obviously I’ve broken the law, but that’s not all there is to me. I enjoy cooking too! Ok, seriously though I’m looking forward to meeting some new people and developing friendships. I enjoy working out, hiking, going to concerts and being spontaneous. I’m outgoing and very open minded. I have a sense of humor that keeps the glass half full. Mail is the highlight of my day so I will always write back to any letter I receive. So, drop me a line at: Kegan Kolander ISCC P-18-14 PO Box 70010 Boise, Id 83707. Fifty year old native American looking for penpals to write. Please write to Ron Porter #22562 Unit: 7c 21a IDOC, ISCI P.O. Box 14 Boise, Id 83707. My name is Jael Perez # 104604. I’m a twenty –two year old single white bisexual female that’s looking for friendship and maybe more. Adventurous open minded, free spirited. I’m 5’8 160 pounds hazel eyes, auburn hair that’s past shoulders and wavy, write me at Jael Perez #104604 15 N 2nd east Rexburg, Idaho 83440. If you’re interested. I will be relocating to Ada County and am looking for someone to spend some quality time with. My name is Amanda Disher Im 31 years old and im currently incarcerated in Bonneville county jail in Idaho falls. I have long blonde hair, bright blue eyes that change colors. I’m 5’3” and Ive got curves in all the right places. I love to draw, listen to music and spend time in the outdoors. I am a girly girl on the outs and love to
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