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“Let’s let our oiled hooters fly free in the winds of opportunity.”

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Neighb-wars

How homeowners associations in Idaho are grappling with short-term rentals

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In Bad Faith

The human cost of failing to legislate against so-called ‘faith’ healing

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EDITOR’S NOTE FAITH, FREEDOMS AND A FEST Two months ago, Boise Weekly took some flack for referring to Boise Democratic Rep. John Gannon’s proposed measure criminalizing so-called “faith” healing as a “faith-healing bill.” Online commentators thought we should have called it a “faith-killing” or “murder-by-neglect” bill. We stuck with “faith healing” because that’s what believers call it—“faith-killing” is a bridge too far when it comes to editorializing. That so-called “faith healing” results in the death or permanent disfigurement of children is a fact, however, and one Idahoans have long had trouble reconciling with religious freedom guarantees under the First Amendment.

Gannon’s bill would have lifted protections for parents who withhold medical care for their children on religious grounds and leveled criminal charges in cases when kids die or suffer disability from illnesses or injuries that could have been treated by health care professionals. It didn’t make it to the Statehouse floor, but the issue remains alive and well—and every bit as controversial.

Sandpoint Reader Editor-in-Chief Cameron Rasmusson delved into the issue with a riveting feature that profiles some of the victims of “faith healing” as well as efforts to legislate against the practice for the protection of children. Find his report, republished from the Reader, on Page 9. (Full disclosure: I co-owned and served as Reader editor from 2004 to 2012, and I remain on the masthead as editor emeritus.)

Speaking of situations in which one person’s perceived freedom harms another—though in no way as dire as “faith healing”—BW Staff Writer Jessica Murri investigates a scuffle between homeowners in the McCall area that made it to the floor of the Idaho Senate. The gist: when a resident decided to rent out his property to vacationers, the noise and traffic ran afoul of his neighbors. They want the ruckus to stop, and they want the law on their side. Get the details on Page 7.

Finally, you’re going to start seeing a lot more Treefort Music Fest coverage in the coming weeks, as we gear up for the kickoff of the fifth annual downtown art/film/tech/culture extravaganza.

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REPTOIDS The shooting of Coeur d’Alene Pastor Tim Remington earlier this month shocked the community, but the motives behind the attack are increasingly bizarre. Get the details at News/Citydesk.

UN-PARTNERED The Record Exchange won’t be participating in this year’s 30th annual Alive After Five concert series, citing the economics of the music industry an AA5’s booking strategies. Details at Music/Music News.

OPINION

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OPINION DISTURBED

The Norman Bates in our American motel BILL COPE What if Trump is insane?

It’s a possibility, isn’t it?—that he’s as crazy as a person can get and not be under a court-ordered, 72-hour observation?

I have heard him called everything else—liar, huckster, demagogue, flip-flopper, womanizer, fascist, misogynist, racist, crude, boorish, hypocrite, fraud, vulgarian, con artist, clown, egotist, dangerous—and there’s little doubt he is all of those things. And more. But what if the most direct, most simple explanation for Donald Trump is that he is just... plain... nuts?

I wouldn’t pretend to have a clinical diagnosis for what distempers might be sizzling in that brain of his. Paranoid schizophrenia sounds about right. Manic-depressive, maybe. Bipolar, perhaps.

Or are those the two that are the same thing? I can’t keep track.

No matter, as you listen to him speak, if you can’t hear obvious delusions of grandeur—even a raging Messiah complex—you’re not listening hard enough. Nor would I be the first to suggest he reeks of narcissism like Chris Christie reeks of garlic. You can almost see it radiating off him.

Keep in mind, just because everyone uses the word “narcissism” in reference to Trump doesn’t make it a flippant thing. What is now called “narcissistic personality disorder” is what used to be called “megalomania,” and throughout history a lot of people have died some damn crappy deaths owing to various leaders’ megalomania. A whole lot of people and a whole lot of crappy.

We should also consider maybe there’s not a name for what Trump has. It’s my sense the whole range of disorders that fall under the mental illness tree is superficially understood. So I can see there might be a distinct possibility that no mental health professionals are willing to talk openly about how nuts Trump is, if only because they haven’t seen a nut quite like him before.

Normally, when we hear someone raving about how great and powerful he is; about how so many others are jealous of him and have been trying to destroy him; about how he has personally witnessed things nobody else has seen or knows things nobody else knows; we expect it to be coming from a guy who sleeps in a cardboard box. Who would imagine we’d ever hear the same sort of demented bluster from a billionaire presidential candidate who is likely to win his party’s nomination.

I suppose Trump’s antisocial and repugnant behavior could be attributed to that new affliction, “affluenza.” I say “new” because few people had ever heard of it before lawyers used it to defend a rich snot who killed four people in a drunken driving incident.

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Broadly defined, affluenza is “an inability to understand the consequences of one’s actions because of financial privilege.”

That sounds like Trump, doesn’t it?—a man who feels entitled to whatever he wants, because he’s so accustomed to having never been denied anything before. Might it explain how he can lie so glibly without any thought given to how those lies will impact the people he’s lying to, or the people he’s lying about?

Muslims, for instance, or illegal immigrants.

Could a man stand before thousands of supporters and lie repeatedly about having seen video of New Jersey Muslims rejoicing at the destruction on 9/11 if he was the least bit worried about how his words might be acted on by those followers? Could he so unashamedly claim he knows nothing about David Duke or white supremacist groups, even when he has to know it will only encourage Klan filth? Could any man lie about black-on-white crime rates so blatantly, or tell a crowd already primed for violence how he would like to see a protester punched in the face, and still pretend he cares if those savage sentiments were turned to action on the streets?

We know an honorable man wouldn’t do it; but, as this dishonorable man comes closer and closer to the nomination, I certainly don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask if a sane man would do it.

It must be something specific, something we haven’t considered before. If affluenza was a real thing, everyone born to wealth would be an asocial monster. Even the guy in the cardboard box wouldn’t do it, not merely because he was paranoid or delusional, schizophrenic or bipolar.

To behave as badly as Trump, there would have to be another element. An even deeper, more disturbing, disorder.

Ah! Here it is. I may have found it. From a syndrome profile from Psychology Today: “Psychopaths ... are unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy with others, although they often have disarming or even charming personalities. Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people’s trust. They learn to mimic emotions, despite their inability to actually feel them. ... Psychopaths are often well educated and hold steady jobs. Some are so good at manipulation and mimicry that they have families and other long-term relationships without those around them ever suspecting their true nature. ... Psychopathy is the most dangerous of all personality disorders because of the way psychopaths dissociate emotionally from their actions, regardless of how terrible those actions may be.”

Sound like anyone you’ve seen give a victory speech lately?

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OPINION FROM THE FAR MARGINS Heel

NICOLE LEFAVOUR I’m with the man with the small hands, the Tourette poser with the fake hair. He says it like it is; doesn’t heel to anybody any day. And that makes me shiver.

He says and does to people what I wish I could—what I wish I could in my they-sodeserve-that mind. He doesn’t shy about the dress-down, the shock-slap, the goody-twoshoes polite police. He puts people in their place.

Why am I here? You have to know. When you’ve seen the dream is shit, when you gave it all to make it big and now just can’t, you want someone who did, who lets you forget it all—because he is going to be one hell of a ride to watch. You like the idea of it all out there in chaos: White House in red velvet and his mouth telling all the tidy-pants types where to stuff it.

Yes, sometimes it feels like it’s a game to him; like you are one of the dogs in the ring set to fight, draw blood, be the spectacle. But it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t hurt if he doesn’t love you, doesn’t care. It doesn’t matter if this is all about him and you’re just a fan. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have a plan.

You want to dream a bit. You want something a bit far from this reality. You want the adrenaline of “he didn’t say that” again and again, until your system joneses for it. You want that spike of rage, that verbal shock and awe to be there day and night because life is so boring and this is better.

You wish you were a bit more outrageous.

If he comes to Idaho, you will be: over the top, out front where he’ll see you. You’ll scream like he’s a Beatle and you’re a doeeyed girl—because watching him makes you feel that way; like you’re skipping school and breaking the rules; like your skirt’s too short and your words are red graffiti and it feels so good to hold that spray can.

You believe in every part of you that there are good people and bad people in the world.

You don’t recognize shades of gray and believe the details are the devil. You just thank God you’re one of the ones he calls good and you hope that never changes, because for sure he’s a man who knows his mind and if he were ever wrong, no one could tell him that. No one.

So you read up on voting, on what this dumb game is because you want to play. You want to stick it to the university-know-it-alls who’ve lorded over you your whole life. You want your Clinton-loving boss to suck it on Election Day. Suck it long and hard. She and 6 | MARCH 16–22, 2016 | BOISEweekly

her no-political-signs-in-the-workplace rules.

But she has a Clinton sticker on her hybrid SUV and the guy in accounting is always writing “Feel the Bern” on the temp workers’ tiny paychecks, and you think that’s a little funny but really just want your signed photo of The Donald hanging on your cubicle wall.

But no, it would make Imelda in management uncomfortable or Amena up the hall feel unwelcome, even though you’ve almost convinced Amena to vote for Trump.

Make America Great Again. To you, this is like a shining promise because there was a time when we didn’t talk about race all the time. Once we didn’t feel so guilty for being white. Once we didn’t have immigrants and refugees two doors down or at work, where we had to feel bad if we said the things we felt. Once we all dreamed of big mansions and limousines and there was nothing wrong with that. Once we could talk about what we made or owned and didn’t feel bad about that either.

We didn’t feel bad about being better than other people.

Then we didn’t even make that product any more. Then the pensions crashed on Wall Street and our jobs went overseas. The terrorists came and everything was hell-bent on getting to hell.

So, yeah. Make America Great Again. Let’s finally win the schlong-size competition with those European twats. Let’s let our oiled hooters fly free in the winds of opportunity. Let’s be that country that other nations wet their silk panties in fear of. Let’s set our corporations loose to make China heel like a little white dog so scared it pees on its own pretty rug. Let’s turn back the tide of moochers to go cook up whatever they want far away—not here, not on our soil, on someone else’s. And why are we so afraid they would hate us? We are America, you say.

You raise your right hand or your fist and watch the fights start, not afraid of all this power or a system in which money just talks—green stuff with a low voice, so sexy it hurts—because you know none of that matters when you’re free, when you’re an American and you’re singing the “Star-Spangled Banner” and chanting “U.S.A.” with a million others in a stadium somewhere.

You have no idea what’s next, but you’re here and so is he, finally, with his hair in that weird swooping point and his mouth rounded in a take-it-in-the-ass-Washington “O” and he’s pumping that obscene hip thrust. Finally, you feel right—and you feel free.

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NEWS DON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR

The Idaho Legislature decides if homeowners should be allowed to rent homes temporarily despite HOA pushback LEARN TO PLAY BRIDGE

JESSICA MURRI Frost said the house was advertised as having Next door neighbors Jonathan Frost and Ron great “vacation rental potential” on the very yard Evans have a disagreement. However, rather sign outside of the house. than argue over the fence, their beef has escaRegardless, on Dec. 9, 2015, the HOA memlated to the Idaho Legislature. bers voted 44-3 to disallow short-term vacation Here’s the rub: Frost bought the beautirental properties in the subdivision. Frost said he ful wooden luxury cabin beside Evans in the was shocked at the decision.

Windsong Subdivision in Donnelly a year ago.

“I said to the HOA, ‘You guys are our friends.

When Frost bought the house near Lake Cascade, he decided to make it a vacation rental home. He You’ve had us over for dinner, you know we’re right down the advertised it on online services such as Airbnb and street and we had no trouble filling it year round. would be “We had a lot of experience renting, but after at we purchased this property, [my wife and I] were shocked,” Frost said. “There’s a huge shortage of hotel beds in McCall. The population of the town swells from 3,000 to 60,000 during the McCall Winter Carnival, and that’s a huge influx that a hotel can’t sustain throughout the year.”

His new vacation rental home did wonders for Frost’s fledgling business—Frost Cabins, Inc.—as well as supporting his family of five, which includes a sixth-grader, second-grader and newborn.

Frost’s next door neighbor, Ron Evans, wasn’t so pleased. He’s owned the home next to Frost’s for 16 years, using it primarily as a second home. However, now that he and his wife are retired, they spend most of their time in Donnelly.

“It seemed benign at first,” Evans said. “But we would have 10 to 20 people showing up to that house for three days at a time, then leaving for another group to show up right on their heels.”

RYAN JOHNSON Evans said the visitors would bring small children, stay up late the rental house if there was a problem,’” Frost and drink around the fire pit, and ride ATVs up said. “Why didn’t they text me [when guests and down the roads. were being loud]? They said, ‘We don’t want to “We had one group there, the weekend after the Fourth of July, that decided to stay up until 3 run to mommy and daddy every time there’s a a.m. playing horseshoes and drinking beer,” Evans problem.’”

The HOA threatened a $300 fine per day the said. “We had another group with California house was rented and an additional $200 fine for plates on their cars. They had one word they every day the house was advertised to be rented. loved to use and that was the F-bomb. Not that Then, it slapped an additional $11,700 fine on I haven’t heard it before, but come on guys. Let’s Frost for “liquidated damages.” chill out.”

“They said, ‘If you don’t pay us, we’ll seize and Evans said Frost bought the house without telling the neighbors or the homeowner’s associa- foreclose on the home,’” Frost said. “I don’t have tion that oversees the subdivision that he planned $11,700 to pay them. We have to file a lawsuit within 30 days to save our home.” to turn it into a short-term rental.

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Legally, the HOA has the power to do this. It can alter covenants, conditions and restrictions if the majority of the members vote in favor of the changes. In this case, they did.

“I think there’s a real danger here,” Evans said, who is vice president of the subdivision’s HOA. “After Frost moved in and we all got to experience this first-hand, we drafted up a restriction on short-term rentals, saying there had to be a minimum of six months on the lease. We attached fines, because we needed a way to cause action, otherwise it would just continue.”

Frost went to his local legislator, Donnelly Republican Rep. Terry Gestrin, and pled his case.

Gestrin crafted a bill that would take away HOAs’ abilities to prohibit short-term rentals. It doesn’t affect long-term rental leases.

The bill faced a heated debate in the Idaho House of Representatives lead by Boise Democratic Rep. Ilana Rubel, who was against it.

“It’s a brave new world out there in rentals and new technology such as Airbnb, which allows people to rent places to a different tenet every night,” Rubel said. “People thought they bought into a nice subdivision and find out they bought into a motel.”

Rubel herself sits on the board of an HOA representing the Bogus Basin condos. She told her own horror story of a failed short-term tenant after the owner of the condo left for a year in New Zealand.

“He rented the condo to a couple that turned out to be bizarre,” she said. “They screamed obscenities, running around with knives and a spear. They would press their noses against the caretakers’ windows at night. While the owner is happily collecting rent in New Zealand, we’re miserable with these tenants.”

Despite Rubel’s pushback, the bill passed 60-6 before moving to the Senate Commerce and Human Resources Committee, and passed the full Idaho Senate March 15 on a vote of 20-14. It now goes to Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s desk.

Because the bill passed, it allows Frost to go back to renting his home in Donnelly, which he said he is grateful for. He said paying the mortgage with no help from renters has been incredibly hard on his family.

“This has been a huge, nerve-wracking, sleepless-night kind of issue,” Frost said.

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NEWS THE ROAD MORE TRAVELED

Boise pounds the pavement for bike lanes on Main and Idaho streets in downtown GEORGE PRENTICE

Even a 10 percent shift toward local business would mean 13,000+ jobs in Ada County.

JANNUS STUDY: TOO MANY JOBS LOST IN ECONOMIC ‘LEAKAGE’ A new analysis of the Treasure Valley’s lost economic opportunity serves up some startling findings, including that a 10 percent shift toward more locally owned and operated businesses could generate as many as 13,648 new jobs in Ada County and 7,218 new jobs in Canyon County.

“Every time that people in your community unnecessarily buy goods and services from outside companies, that money winds up doing no good to the local economy,” said Michael Shuman, a Washington, D.C.-based economist whose company was commissioned by Idaho-based Jannus Inc. to conduct a so-called “leakage” analysis.

Shuman said his findings, which are due to be shared with Idaho leadership this week, revealed that if the Treasure Valley accomplished a 10 percent shift to locally owned businesses, the net result could generate as much as $276 million in additional labor income and a $31 million increase in local and state tax revenues in Ada County alone.

“The top opportunities for those jobs are in the sectors of real estate, wholesale trade, employment services and full-service restaurants,” he added.

Shuman said he was impressed by the high level of entrepreneurial activity in the Boise area, “but it appears that it’s extremely difficult for those entrepreneurs to negotiate that space. The coordination among your many [entrepreneurial] programs is not so great.”

Jannus, known as the Mountain States Group for decades, has evolved to oversee what it identifies as more than 20 community initiatives, including health care, economic opportunity and public policy.

“From asset development and credit building to financing and business planning, lives are changed as people can realize their dreams, become self-sufficient and move down the path toward financial resilience,” said Jannus Economic Opportunity Director Beth Geagan.

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SIDE WALK

PA RKING

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The City of Trees is more like the City of Cranes, with the construction of a new transit center, convention center, several condominium/apartment complexes and three new hotels—all in or near downtown. While there has been plenty of conversation regarding the rapidly transforming face of Boise, the equally dramatic change of how people will soon be moving around the downtown area has been garnering far less dialogue.

That’s about to change.

“Right now, we have about 33,000 people working downtown and about 4,000-5,000 who live downtown,” said Daren Fluke, comprehensive planning manager for the city of Boise. “In 20 years, we expect 55,000 people working downtown and about 20,000 people living downtown.”

That in turn, said Fluke, will put added pressure on parking.

“We’ve got about 17,000 parking places in the downtown core but only about 5,000 are public places on the street and in garages,” he added.

“We fully expect many of the private parking spaces to gradually go away as those parking lots become more valuable real estate.”

Do the math: more people and fewer places to park usually triggers an increased need for alternative transportation.

Earlier this month, Boise Weekly reported a steering committee’s preferred route for a possible downtown circulator—a T-shaped loop running east/west on Main and Idaho streets and north/ south on Capitol and Ninth streets. Bundle all that with the city’s long-held hope that more employees and visitors will make their way around downtown via bus or bicycle. However, getting people to use alternatives to their automobiles is dependent on safety and ease.

“For the past 100 years, we’ve really designed our road systems to accommodate one mode of transportation: driving. But when it gets too difficult to drive around, people will do three things.

No. 1, they’ll start looking for another route; No. 2, they may change the hours of when they drive downtown, or No. 3, they’ll go for another mode of transportation, if it’s available,” said Fluke. “But

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to be a real choice, that option needs to be as safe, convenient, affordable and as available as driving is today.”

This knowledge is why the city of Boise and the Capital City Development Corporation are so anxious to get people talking about Main and Idaho streets, the transportation lifelines to Boise’s downtown core. While Front and Myrtle streets have become high-speed thoroughfares, traveled by thousands of motorists each day, city officials say Main and Idaho are more of Boise’s fabric, used by people moving around downtown instead of serving as corridors into and away from the city.

“There’s not any more real estate, yet this city is growing,” said Mike Journee, spokesman for Boise Mayor Dave Bieter. “Quite simply, we need more options, not just for six months or a year from now, but for the next 20 years. Downtown is already a hive of activity. If we don’t have options, think of how much worse things can be.”

That’s why the city and the CCDC are advocating for the introduction of “parking-protected” bike lanes on Main and Idaho in order to “improve the downtown environment.” The concept would move on-street parking on Main and Idaho streets away from the curb and create a new bike lane between parked cars and the sidewalk (see illustration above). As a result, one vehicle lane each would be eliminated from Main and Idaho.

“In our estimation, it would cost us about 35 on-street parking places,” said Karen Gallagher, a comprehensive planner for the city of Boise. “But the alternatives would be a bit more severe. For example, if the Ada County Highway District would move forward with its plans to push the bike lanes over to Jefferson Street when it changes that street from one-way to two-way this summer, it would result in the loss of 105 on-street parking spots.”

While city officials told Boise Weekly they support the Jefferson conversion from one- to twoway, they’ve asked ACHD to hold off painting bike lanes on Jefferson until the Main and Idaho question is resolved.

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“Another option would have been to simply eliminate all on-street parking on Main and Idaho streets and replace them with bike lanes, but that would cost us 240 parking spaces,” said Fluke. “That’s absolutely a non-starter with the city. Nobody at the city supports the elimination of that many parking spaces.”

Fluke and Gallagher said there are several benefits to installing parking-protected bike lanes on Main and Idaho, including improvement to property values and access to downtown businesses, but the best argument would be safer sidewalks.

“You may remember the trial period when ACHD temporarily introduced bike lanes to Main and Idaho,” said Gallagher, referring to the two-month test in spring 2014 when a lane of traffic between Broadway and 16th streets was replaced with a bike lane. “The most important thing we learned was that taking a lane of traffic away didn’t result in any appreciable delay to downtown traffic. People got used to it. But equally important, was that it relieved congestion on the sidewalks by putting bikes into those protected lanes.”

Gallagher said studies indicated a 97 percent increase in the total number of bikes using the bike lane system during the trial period and a 22 percent decrease of bicyclists riding on sidewalks.

“Better sidewalks is our No. 1 objective,” she said, adding that protected bike lanes reduce injury rates for pedestrians. “It increases walkfriendliness downtown.”

The ACHD will continue to take public comment on the Main and Idaho alternatives at achdidaho.org until Wednesday, March 30, and highway district commissioners are expected to make a final decision by the end of April on which option they’ll endorse.

“But we’re not being shy about which options the city endorses: the parking-protected bike lanes,” said Fluke. “We think it’s the right thing to do. That’s why we’re pounding the pavement and talking to anybody and everybody we can. A lot is at stake here.”

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SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN

Kids are dying because of faith healing exemptions in Idaho law, so why do lawmakers refuse to do anything about it?

CAMERON RASMUSSON

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atthew was sick again, and his mother, Rita Swan, was worried.

The 16-month-old had come down with a dangerous fever three times and, three times, Swan had called her family’s Christian Science practitioner as mandated by their religion. Three times, Matthew had recovered from his illness.

This, the fourth incident, was worse than any of the others.

For the Swans, then a devout Christian Science family living in Detroit, Mich., in 1977, it was enough to consider breaking with church doctrine and taking Matthew to a hospital.

The Swans’ practitioner was not pleased when she heard the news.

“It will be a long, hard road back to Christian Science for you if you do this,” she said.

Swan hesitated. Matthew had, after all, recovered three times already. The teachings of Christian Science, which claim that disease is an illusion best treated by prayer, appeared to be working.

Meanwhile, Matthew was only getting worse.

“I don’t think I’m willing to go into too many of the gory details,” Swan said. “It was just really, really bad.”

The Swans’ practitioner insisted the disease was a problem of sin. Because Matthew was too young to be held accountable for his actions, the blame lay with his parents. There must be some grievance they harbored that explained the illness, the practitioner insisted.

“She made me write a letter to my father because of a quarrel I had with him years ago,” Swan said.

Finally, the practitioner relented. She said Matthew likely had a broken bone, which is a medical exception in Christian Science doctrine.

At the hospital, doctors concluded he suffered from spinal meningitis and needed emergency brain surgery. Surgery was a bridge too far for the Swans’ practitioner. Incensed, she told them she would stop praying for Matthew if they went through with the operation. The Swans, however, had made up their minds.

Following the operation, Matthew was put on a respirator. Swan desperately searched for a Christian Scientist—any Christian Scientist— who would pray for his recovery, but she found no one. Finally, the trauma proved too much for the Swans’ tiny son. Matthew died a week after surgery.

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FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE GRAVEYARD Almost 40 years later, children are still dying from their parents’ decisions to withhold medical care. Some adults are opposed to vaccinations and other preventative treatments urged by medical scientists. Others still oppose medical care on religious grounds, an uncomfortable gray area that pits a child’s well-being against the free practice of religion.

While many lawmakers struggle with that ambiguity, the answer couldn’t be clearer to Swan.

She now heads up Children’s Healthcare Is a Legal Duty, or CHILD. The Lexington, Ky.-based nonprofit works to end religion-based child medical neglect across the country. In recent years, members’ work has focused specifically on Idaho. On CHILD’s Idaho website, idahochildren.org, organization officials don’t mince words: “Idaho is the worst state in the nation for letting children die with faith-based medical neglect.”

Idaho is one of a handful of states that allows a complete religious exemption from the obligation to provide a child medical care, even if it results in death. The laws effectively create a religious defense against manslaughter because “criminal injury to a child” cannot be charged in cases of religion-based medical neglect, Swan said.

The Idaho Legislature passed its religious exemption laws in a no-fuss 1972 session. The bill was one of several enacted across the nation in quick succession thanks to pressure from Washington, D.C. It stemmed from two powerful Christian Scientist aides within the Nixon Administration, H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, who pushed religious exemptions into the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. In his book, Bad Faith: When Religious Belief Undermines Modern Medicine, Dr. Paul Offit details the fallout from their actions: “Now, if state officials didn’t abide by Haldeman and Ehrlichman’s mandate, they couldn’t receive money from [CAPTA programs]; within a few years, 49 states (the exception being Nebraska) and the District of Columbia had laws protecting religiously motivated medical neglect.”

According to Swan, Idaho earns its dubious distinction as the worst state for religion-based neglect through a combination of lenient laws and unique religious makeup. Of particular note is

Followers of Christ, a brand of Pentecostal Christianity that emphasizes a literal interpretation of scripture and the power of faith healing.

The Followers resided primarily in Oregon, but factions have sprung up in Idaho over the past 100 years. Swan believes Oregon’s elimination of faith healing exemptions in 2011 increased migration by the Followers to the Gem State.

It is difficult to track child mortality among Followers of Christ because deaths often go unreported, with bodies buried on private property, Swan said. However, CHILD maintains a database of more than 200 child graves in Followers of Christ cemeteries. In the largest, Peaceful Valley Cemetery, 204 of the 592 graves belong to minor children. Of the graves dating from 2002 to 2013, 35 percent belong to minor children of stillbirths—that’s more than 10 times the number of deaths among minor children and stillbirths statewide.

The first mention of Followers of Christ in Idaho records is a 1900 Idaho Statesman article referencing members’ use of poisonous snakes in religious practices. Several other news articles in the early 1900s describe their propensity for snake handling. At least two articles, dating to 1915 and 1917, detail child deaths from medical neglect.

Linda Martin doesn’t remember witnessing any snake handling growing up in Boise as a Follower of Christ member, although it was spoken of in sermons. Child neglect, on the other hand, ran rampant, she said.

“They believe that medicine is a temptation from Satan, and to give in is to give in to that temptation,” she said. “They also believe to give in is for people of weak faith or no faith. People of the world are seen as tempted.”

Just as the Swans were told their sin led to Matthew’s illness, Martin also experienced guilt over loved ones’ poor health. On her 9th birthday, Martin’s aunt went into labor and gave birth to a baby boy. The child died days later of pneumonia complications.

“I was told it was my fault because I had probably done something wrong,” she said.

According to Martin, Followers of Christ leaders don’t usually encourage members to keep their children out of public school or separate themselves from society. However, she said they 10 are extremely secretive about their doctrine.

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would have on religious liberty. However, he failed “Arrian Granden vomited so much that her in school, Martin said she was Christian Scito reply to multiple phone and email requests for esophagus ruptured,” reads a CHILD submission entist in order to avoid both medical require9 comment over a two-week period. to the Legislature. ments and the need to explain her beliefs.

“I’m a First Amendment guy,” he told the “Micah Taylor Eells died at four days old last “[Church members] told me people Times-News. “And I believe in the First Amendyear with a bowel obstruction. He was probably outside would try to destroy the church,” ment, which gives people freedom of religion.” she said. “I would be taken away from family and screaming and vomiting repeatedly. Pamela Eells In the same article, he said it was primarily outgradually drowned as her lungs filled with fluid never see them again. of-state influences that sought to overturn Idaho’s from pneumonia.”

“My big question for years was if you’re not faith healing exemptions.

“It would be more humane to take these kids hiding anything, if you’re not ashamed of any“It is not Idahoans that are interested in bringout and shoot them in the head or slit their throat thing, why so secretive?” she added. ing the legislation forward,” Heider said. on an altar than let them die the way they did,” Martin grew to loathe Followers of Christ Earlier this year, Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter services. The aggressive sermons and the members’ Martin said. asked legislators to form an interim committee to Last year, the Governor’s Task Force on behavior frightened her. She longed to find a Children at Risk released a report identifying two study faith healing exemptions after the session. means of escape, but as the Swans discovered in However, lawmakers haven’t announced whether children who died in 2012 from religion-based 1978, it’s no easy thing to lose your religion. or not they’ll follow through on the request.

Following Matthew’s death, the Swans resolved medical neglect. The task force recommended reIt’s little consolation for Swan and Martin, who shaping the laws to require medical care in cases of to leave the Christian Science church. say they’ve marveled for years at the disinterest in imminent death or severe disability, and supports “My husband felt very strongly this was not the issue by Idaho lawmakers Christian,” Swan said. “It and the media. just could not be right.”

“The way I look at it is the When they tried to Idaho Legislature is morally withdraw their memberbankrupt,” Martin said. “It’s ship, however, church horrible.” administrators did not On the other hand, child make it easy. They told welfare groups have won sucthe Swans they were cesses in other states. confused. They said there were members of the church who had lost ‘I DIDN’T NEED TO BE children and went to AFRAID’ church the very next day, After learning about eventually rising to higher another Christian Science positions. On one occachild who had recovered from sion, a church member meningitis, Swan set out to warned them they “would investigate. She eventually see Matthew again in learned that the boy, who proportion” to their faith was 17 as opposed to the in God. 16-month-old Matthew, did In the days that folindeed contract viral meninlowed, the Swans received gitis. Rather than receive the several calls from church usual treatments, doctors kept officials asking them to him in a dark room for several reconsider their decision. days and fed him glucose. He Then came a bombshell. eventually recovered and the Rita (left) and Doug Swan (right). Inset: Rita with newborn Matthew, who died at 16 A Christian Science leader family gave Christian Science months of age (left); Matthew shortly before his death with his sister, Catherine (right) told Swan a member in a all the credit. different church district Swan was floored. had a child who also contracted meningitis. its case by citing the U.S. Supreme Court ruling She made her way to a university library, found In that case, Christian Science treatments had in Prince v. Massachusetts, an influential case on a medical textbook and began studying. Written worked, and the boy recovered. He even had the both religious freedom and child welfare. for students, the textbook was barely comprehensame practitioner as Matthew.

“Parents may be free to become martyrs them- sible to her. A lifelong Christian Scientist, Swan Swan was shaken. What if they were right? selves,” the ruling states. “But it does not follow had almost no knowledge of biology or medical What if Matthew’s death really was their fault? they are free, in identical circumstances, to make science. martyrs of their children before they have reached Finally, she remembered that doctors were the age of full and legal discretion when they can insistent on giving Matthew antibiotics, which UNWILLING MARTYRS make that choice for themselves.” indicated he had bacterial meningitis. The other Pushback to the Idaho exemption has built In February, Rep. John Gannon (D-Boise), boy had viral meningitis. Swan learned in her slowly over the years. CHILD has worked in introduced a bill to the Idaho Senate Health and reading that this variation is often much milder, the state since 1999, encouraging lawmakers Welfare Committee that amended state law along sometimes coming and going without any sympto repeal or at least reduce the leniency of faith toms. It was then she was convinced that sin didn’t healing exemptions. Gaining traction has been a recommended lines. Committee Chairman Lee Heider (R-Twin Falls), said he would allow a kill her son. long and difficult process. hearing on the subject. But on March 4, Heider “I didn’t need to be afraid we had lost some Martin, who left the Followers of Christ in told the Twin Falls Times-News that Gannon never magical healing system,” she said.

1971 after marrying at age 16, is active in seeking a repeal. The stories of suffering that she and requested a hearing, and it’s too late now.

Heider has previously stated his concerns over A version of this story was originally published in CHILD associates have encountered are shockthe impact an amendment or repeal of the law the March 10 edition of the Sandpoint Reader. ing in their detail.

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MARCH 16 Festivals & Events AG FORUM 2016—Join the Nampa Chamber of Commerce for the third annual luncheon and expo, featuring local and state leaders discussing the importance of agriculture and agribusiness in Canyon County. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $20. Ford Idaho Center, 16200 Idaho Center Blvd., Nampa, 208-468-1000, nampa.com.

AMERICAN WARRIOR INITIATIVE GALA—Honor our veterans and raise funds for a local Idaho veteran, with featured speaker is former U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell, New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon. Plus food by Kona Grill and a silent auction. 6 p.m. $60. Jack’s Urban Meeting Place, 1000 Myrtle St., Boise, 208389-7605, fairwayindependentmc. com.

CANADA WEEK—Celebrate Canadian history and culture with the Boise State Canadian Studies Program. See the event website for a complete schedule of events.

Through March 16. FREE. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208426-4636, sps.boisestate.edu/ canadianstudies/canada-week.

UI VANDALEERS CONCERT CHOIR—Open to the public. Noon FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-4339705, capitolcommission.idaho. gov.

On Stage

FRANCHISE OWNERSHIP: A CAREER ALTERNATIVE—Discover whether franchising might just be a good career alternative for you.

1-4 p.m. FREE. Boise State Micron Business and Economics Building, 2360 University Drive, Boise, business.idahosbdc.org.

COF FREE PLAY READING: DEAR ELIZABETH—This play in letters follows the beautiful and bittersweet friendship between two of poetry’s greatest literary treasures, Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. 6:30 p.m., $10 suggested donation. Liberty Theatre, 110 N. Main St., Hailey, 208-578-9122, companyoffools.org.

GENRE FILMS OF THE 1930S— Due to license restrictions on performances, visit boisepubliclibrary.org/calendar for movie titles, or call 208-972-8255. 6:30 p.m.

FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9728200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

THURSDAY, MARCH 17

Workshops & Classes

TREE SELECTION AND PLANTING—Learn how to ensure the long term success of the tree you’re planting with arborist Ryan Rodgers. To register, visit bprwebtrac. cityofboise.org or call 208-6087680. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, boisepubliclibrary.org.

Art ADONNA KHARE: THE KINGDOM—Through May 29. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

BOISE STATE ART METALS ANNUAL SILENT AUCTION—Through March 31. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. FREE. R. Grey Gallery Jewelry and Art Glass, 415 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-385-9337, rgreygallery.com.

DAVE EARNEST: PLACES AND THINGS—Through March 31. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Crossings Winery, 1289 W. Madison Ave., Glenns Ferry, 208-366-2313, crossingswinery.com.

FOLK ART: THE DREW AND KATIE GIBSON COLLECTION— Through July 24. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-3458330, boiseartmuseum.org.

‘The Pipers Soul.’

BOISE HIGHLANDERS ST. PATRICK DAY PERFORMANCES Oh, the pipes, the pipes are callin’. Our most favorite blowhards, the Boise Highlanders, have been prepping their wind bags for a busy St. Patrick’s Day. Celebrating their 55th year, the Highlanders have scheduled an astounding 37 performances for Thursday, March 17, beginning at The Crescent bar at high noon and wrapping sometime around 10 p.m. at Jim’s Alibi. Even more performances will follow on Saturday, March 19 at a few of Boise’s favorite watering holes. You can see the full schedule at boisehighlanders.com.

“There are people that get goose bumps whenever they hear the pipes,” said Ron Lopez, the Highlanders’ pipe major emeritus. “We call that having ‘the piper’s soul.’”

Noon-10 p.m., FREE. Locations vary, boisehighlanders.com.

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I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING: THE LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING—Through May 6. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org.

INSIGHT: 2016 ANNUAL BOISE STATE STUDENT JURIED EXHIBITION—Through March 18. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 1, Liberal Arts Building, Room 170, 1874 University Drive, Boise, 208-4263994, art.boisestate.edu/visualartscenter.

JIM BRITT: THE ECLECTIC PORTRAIT—Through April 15. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. The Community Library Ketchum, 415 Spruce Ave., Ketchum, 208-726-3493, thecommunitylibrary.org.

KARL LECLAIR: PHENOMENA— Through April 15. 7-12 a.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208426-1242. finearts.boisestate.edu.

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CALENDAR KRISTIAN HARGIS MFA THESIS EXHIBITION: A SHARED CONNECTION—Through March 18.

10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 2, Hemingway Center, Room 110, 1819 University Drive, Boise, 208426-3994, art.boisestate.edu/ visualartscenter.

PEGAN BROOKE: NEW PAINTINGS—Through April 30. FREE. Ochi Gallery, 119 Lewis St., Ketchum, 208-726-8746, ochigallery.com.

TVAA 6 BY SIX SHOW—Through March. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

TVAA: THIS AMERICAN LIFE— Through April 8. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Public Radio, Yanke Family Research Building, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-426-3663, treasurevalleyartistsalliance.org.

WILLIAM LEWIS: HOUSE CONTENTS GROUNDS—Through April 30. FREE. Ochi Gallery, 119 Lewis

St., Ketchum, 208-726-8746, ochigallery.com.

Calls to Artists BOISE STATE STUDENT UNION EXHIBITION SERIES—Artists are invited to apply before April 6 for the Boise State Student Union Exhibition Series 2016-2017 season. Visit the website for more info and application. Through April 6. FREE. Boise State Student Union Building, 1910 University Drive, Boise. 208-426-1242, finearts.boisestate.edu/upcoming-exhibitions/ exhibition-application.

Literature RANDY HENDERSON: ‘BIGFOOTLOOSE AND FINN FANCY FREE’—Northwest author Randy Henderson brings urban fantasy to Rediscovered Books, where he’ll read from and sign Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free, his sequel to 2015’s Finn Fancy Necromancy.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 18-20

How does your garden grow?

7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3764229.

Citizen SIERRA CLUB CLIMATE CHEERS—Enjoy good beer and great conversation with special guest Zack Waterman, who’ll talk about the new Ready for 100 Campaign in Boise. 5:30 p.m.

FREE. Boise Brewing Co., 521 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-342-7655. sierraclub.org.

UNITED ACTION FOR IDAHO MINIMUM WAGE MOBILIZATION—Don’t miss this chance to stand up to lawmakers who continue to ignore the problems and ban citizens from addressing them in their own communities. Meet on the Garden Level in the Rotunda. 10 a.m.

FREE. Idaho State Capitol Building, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208433-9705, capitolcommission. idaho.gov.

Food CHATEAU DES FLEURS’ AFTERNOON TEA—Enjoy a selection of handmade teas, pastries and finger sandwiches. 1-3 p.m. $20$34. Chateau des Fleurs, 175 S. Rosebud Lane, Eagle. 208-9472840, chateaueagle.com.

WILLIAMSON VINEYARDS WINE TASTING AND FOOD PAIRINGS— Join Williamson Vineyards in the Boise Co-op’s Life Kitchen deli section for tastes of wines paired with delicious entrees, ready for you to take home and enjoy. 4-6 p.m. FREE. Boise Co-op, 888 W. Fort St., Boise. 208-459-7333, willorch.com.

THURSDAY MARCH 17 Festivals & Events BOISE SPRING HOME SHOW—59 p.m. FREE-$5. Expo Idaho

SATURDAY, MARCH 19

Take the kids for an egg-citing adventure at Zoo Boise.

(Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, expoidaho.com.

CELEBRATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY—Enjoy food, wine, beer, and music by Steve Fulton and Lindsey Hunt while you meet chef/restaurateur Kibrom Milash and visiting community economist Michael Shuman and local . 6-9 p.m. $75. Cinder Winery, 107 E.44th St., Garden City, 208-3764023, cinderwines.com.

CITY CLUB FORUM: TREEFORT—Hear Treefort Music Fest founder Lori Shandro Outen, musician-educator Ryan Peck, and former El Korah Shrine Potentate Ron Lester talk about how the festival has changed Boise’s music and cultural scene and become part of the city’s “brand.” 11:45 a.m. $10-$25. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-333-8000. cityclubofboise.org.

On Stage ST. PATRICK’S DAY JAZZ AND JIGS: DAN COSTELLO AND ESSENTIAL JAZZ—Multi-talented performer Dan Costello performs a special set of Irish and Celtic-influenced tunes, and Essential Jazz performs exciting arrangements of spring-themed classics. 7:30 p.m. $10-$15 adv., $13-$18 door. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

STAGE COACH THEATRE: THE CEMETERY CLUB—7:30 p.m. $15.

Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Literature AUTHOR DR. GARY SCHMIDT: TALK AND BOOK SIGNING—The Newbery Honor and Printz Awardwinning author of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and The Wednesday Wars will speak and

SUNDAY, MARCH 20

Tarhana soup for the soul.

BOISE FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW

ZOO BOISE EGGSTRAVAGANZA

BOSNIAN COOKING AND EDUCATIONAL SERIES

One day after the wearin’ o’ the green on St. Patrick’s Day, it will be time for the growin’ o’ the green as the Boise Centre throws the doors open for its 20th annual Boise Flower and Garden Show. For three days, scores of exhibitors will fill the Centre’s main room with gardening ideas and some of the season’s best discounts on rare bulbs and seeds. Other highlights include a display of gorgeous rare orchids, a presentation from the Boise Bonsai Society and nearly a dozen gardening seminars.

The fun grows even bigger with Wine and Jazz Nights (Friday and Saturday, 5-8 p.m.), sponsored by yours truly, Boise Weekly.

Enjoy jazz by Cottonwood Duo, and Idaho beer and wine, along with mocktails from Red Feather Lounge made with ingredients fresh from Purple Sage Farms.

Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m.-5 p.m., $8 adults, $3 kids 12-17; FREE ages 11 and younger. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., 208-336-8900, gardenshowboise.com.

Once the weather begins to get warmer and the days are filled with a mixture of rain and sun, we know spring has arrived.

And when spring is here, it’s time to put on the pastels and get ready for Easter. Rather than turning your kitchen into a colorful mess of egg dye, consider taking the family to Zoo Boise’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza.

A week before Easter, the Eggstravaganza features face painting, photos with the Easter Bunny and more than 30,000 pieces of candy hidden throughout the zoo. It’s a fun day for the animals, too, as the lions, giraffes, sloth bears, snow leopards and primates are given large papier-mache eggs filled with food.

Take your kids on this eggs-ellent adventure.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. (last admission at 4:30 p.m.), FREE-$7. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Dr., 208-608-7760, zooboise.org.

The Wikipedia page for cuisine of Bosnia and Herzegovina cuisine uses the word “typical” three times and “tradition” five times.

Though ingredients like beef, rice, pasta, sour cream and cheese are wholesome and timeless, this Balkan country’s food is far from unremarkable: There’s something special about dishes like tarhana (noodle soup), cufte (meatballs) and rastika (meat and rice rolled in kale). Find out what it is that sets Bosnian and Herzegovinian food apart during the Bosnian Cooking and Educational Series, where you will learn not only how to prepare dishes but about the history, culture and people of Bosnia. To reserve your space, email bhcc_idaho@hotmail.com or call 208-376-1120. Tickets are $10.

Noon-2 p.m., $10. Mladi Behar, the Bosnian Herzegovinian Cultural Center of Idaho, 11692 W. President Drive, facebook. com/BHCCID.

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CALENDAR sign books. 5-7 p.m. FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-468-5800. nampalibrary.org/calendar.

Talks & Lectures IDAHO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY: CLOVIS QUEST IN SOUTHEASTERN OREGON—Join the Idaho Archaeological Society and Scott Thomas for a presentation on one of the earliest big-game hunting cultures in north America. 7 p.m.

FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-9728200. facebook.com/IdahoArchaeologicalSociety.

IDEA OF NATURE: DONALD WORSTER— Join University of Kansas professor Donald Worster for a new and more fair-minded appraisal of John Muir and his cause. 6 p.m.

FREE. Boise State Student Union Simplot Grand Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise. scholarworks. boisestate.edu/ideaofnature.

Kids & Teens HIKE IT BABY BOISE: PARK, PLANT AND PLAY—Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this new parents group, which focuses on getting families outside. 2 p.m. FREE. Ann Morrison Park, 1000 N. Americana Blvd., Boise. 831-251-2855, hikeitbaby.com/hike/st-patricksday-park-play-and-plant.

Odds & Ends CEILI IRISH DANCE—Enjoy a special St. Patrick’s Day ceili dance, featuring graduates of a six-week Irish dance class graduates. There will also be crafts for the kids and snacks. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/ lakehazel.

ST. FATTY’S DAY—Party down with a live bagpipe performance

by Boise Firefighters Pipes and Drums, and tunes by DJ Zuz. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. $10. Fatty’s, 800 W. Idaho St., Ste. 200, Boise, 208-629-6314. facebook.com/ events/872560969520623.

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FRIDAY MARCH 18 Festivals & Events BOISE FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW—Enjoy display gardens, educational and fun gardening seminars, orchid and bonsai displays, a silent auction of beautiful and unique container gardens and more. Plus Boise Weekly-sponsored Wine and Jazz Nights on Friday and Saturday (5-8 p.m.), featuring Idaho wines and brews, and music

by Cottonwood Duo. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

FREE-$8. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, gardenshowboise.com.

BOISE SPRING HOME SHOW—59 p.m. FREE-$5. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, expoidaho.com.

On Stage ALADDIN JR.—Enjoy the stage version of the iconic animated film.

7 p.m. $5. Mountain View High School, 2000 Millenium Way, Meridian. 208-287-8828, treasurevalleychildrenstheater.com.

BALLET IDAHO: NEW DANCE, UP CLOSE—This edgy studio event allows Ballet Idaho dancers and other local choreographers to push ballet into new territories. 8 p.m. $20-$25. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, 516 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-9116.

BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—Brian Vance, principal horn of the Boise Baroque and Boise Philharmonic, performs a mainstay of the horn literature: Richard Strauss’s Concerto for Horn. Plus Fasch’s Sinfonia in D Major and Mozart’s Symphony No. 39. 7:30 p.m. $20$25. Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St., Boise. 208-297-3182, boisebaroque.org.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Sun Valley vs. Eagle battle it out for your laughs. March 18: . Suitable for all ages. 7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

DAISY’S MADHOUSE: WOMEN—8 p.m. $12.50 adv. $15 door. Idaho Outdoor Association Hall, 3401 Brazil St., Boise. 208-918-1351, daisysmadhouse.org.

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EL KORAH SHRINE 2016 MELODRAMA: THE BOARDING HOUSE BLUES—8 p.m. $12.50, $15 dinner. El Korah Shrine Center, 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208343-0571, elkorah.org.

OFF CENTER DANCE: NEW HEIGHTS—Check out new works by OCD choreographers Katie Ponozzo and Kelli Brown. 8 p.m. $13-$30.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, offcenterdance.org.

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CALENDAR STAGE COACH THEATRE: THE CEMETERY CLUB—8 p.m. $15.

Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

WATERSHED WEEKEND: THE SEARCH FOR WATER IN SPACE— Meet the Space Broncos. 10 a.m.1 p.m. FREE. Boise WaterShed, 11818 W. Joplin Road, Boise, 208-608-7300, boiseenvironmentaleducation.org.

Art AMANDA HAMILTON: LIKE THIS EXHIBITION AND ART TALK—Join Surel’s Place March artist-in-residence Amanda Hamilton for this one-night exhibition of new work created during her residency. 6:308:30 p.m. FREE. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 206-4077529. surelsplace.org/hamilton.

Food ST. MICHAEL’S LENTEN LUNCHES—11 a.m.-1 p.m. $7, $2.50 pie. St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral, 518 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-342-5601.

Odds & Ends SHIFT BOUTIQUE GRAND OPENING WEEKEND—Head to SHIFT Boutique for shopping, giveaways and treats during its grand opening weekend. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. SHIFT Boutique, 807 W. Bannock St., Boise. 208-331-7806, Instagram@shopshiftboutique.

On Stage ABBY NICOLE CD RELEASE SHOW—With Madeleine Zahm and Jared Nilo. 7:30 p.m. FREE. The District Coffee House, 219 N. 10th St., Boise, 208-343-1089.

ALADDIN JR.—11 a.m. and 3 p.m. $5. Mountain View High School, 2000 Millenium Way, Meridian.

208-287-8828, treasurevalleychildrenstheater.com.

BALLET IDAHO: NEW DANCE, UP CLOSE—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $20$25. Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, 516 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-9116.

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: CHAMBER 360—Join host Jamey Lamar for a walk through the minds of composers like Mozart, Susato, Gabrieli and more in conjunction with a performance by The Boise Philharmonic Brass Quintet. 11 a.m. $15 adv., $20 door. St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral, 518 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-3425601. boisephil.org.

SATURDAY MARCH 19 Festivals & Events ANIMO APP LAUNCH PARTY—Be among the first to see an innovative local startup’s new app that helps users find businesses doing their part to make the world a better place. 6-9 p.m. $20. Trailhead, 500 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-7241294, iamanimo.com.

BOISE FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW—10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE-$8.

Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900, gardenshowboise.com.

BOISE SPRING HOME SHOW—11 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE-$5. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, expoidaho.com.

EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA—Support local businesses while doing your Easter shopping. There’ll be a variety of handmade items, gifts, baskets and more to choose from.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-468-5555.

WALK MS VENDOR BLENDER 2016—Check out this fundraising event to benefit the National MS Society’s Boise Walk MS. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. FREE. Office Environment Co., 623 S. Americana Blvd., Boise.

208-353-2365, facebook.com/ events/240362899638514.

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CALDWELL FINE ARTS: BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—2 p.m. $5-$20. Jewett Auditorium, The College of Idaho, 2112 E. Cleveland Blvd., Caldwell. 208-4595275, caldwellfinearts.org.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Boise vs. Meridian. Suitable for all ages.

7:30 p.m. $5-$10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.

DAISY’S MADHOUSE: WOMEN—8 p.m. $12.50 adv. $15 door. Idaho Outdoor Association Hall, 3401 Brazil St., Boise. 208-918-1351, daisysmadhouse.org.

EL KORAH SHRINE 2016 MELODRAMA: THE BOARDING HOUSE BLUES—$12.50, $15 dinner. El Korah Shrine Center, 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-343-0571, elkorah.org.

LYLE LOVETT AND ROBERT EARL KEEN—Two of Texas’ greatest singersongwriters turn the stage into their front porch for one special acoustic evening you won’t want to miss. 8 p.m. $35-$90. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-4261110, mc.boisestate.edu.

OFF CENTER DANCE: NEW HEIGHTS—8 p.m. $13-$30. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, offcenterdance.org.

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RECYCLED MINDS: AN IMPROVISED LOVE STORY—Recycled Minds comics interview a couple from the audience about how they met and fell in love, and then use those details to improvise a live reenactment. Suitable for all ages. 8 p.m. $5-$10. The Hub, 1408 State St., Boise, recycledmindscomedy. com/tickets.

STAGE COACH THEATRE: THE CEMETERY CLUB—8 p.m. $15.

Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Emerald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, stagecoachtheatre.com.

Workshops & Classes ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK— Join Canyon County Parks and Recreation for its 2016 Alternative Spring Break, which features free public workshops for anyone interested in the history of our region.

Visit the website for a complete schedule of events. Through March 25. FREE. Celebration Park, 5000 Victory Lane, Melba, 208-4952745. canyonco.org.

Kids & Teens EAGLE TRAIL EGGXTRAVAGANZA—Check out this community Easter egg hunt along the Boise River Greenbelt, starting at 600 S. Rivershore Lane. 10 a.m.-noon FREE. Eagle, 10 miles west of downtown Boise, Boise. 208-4898763.

EASTER FOR KIDS—Enjoy a fun half-day VBS centered on the resurrection of Jesus. 9 a.m.-noon FREE. Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 11655 W. McMillan Road, Boise.

208-375-3992, cocboise.org.

ZOO BOISE EASTER EGG-STRAVAGANZA— Join the Easter Bunny for egg-citing activities, including scrambles for 30,000 pieces of candy, face painting, and special enrichments for the animals. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$7. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208608-7760. zooboise.org/event/ easter-eggstravaganza.

5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, fliers.cfanorthwest. org/IdahoCats.

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PERSIAN NEW YEAR—Celebrate the Persian New Year awith an extended menu of delicious Persian dishes. 5-10 p.m. $40-$65.

Chateau des Fleurs, 175 S. Rosebud Lane, Eagle, 208-386-9196, chateaueagle.com.

VETERANS HOUSING OUTREACH—Veterans can get connected with essential VA services like housing and medical care on Mondays in the Main Library’s Simplot Room. Bryan Bumgarner of Healthcare for Homeless Veterans from the Boise VA Medical Center, will be on hand to lend a helping hand, so vets are encouraged to drop by. 10:30 a.m.-noon. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

SUNDAY MARCH 20 Festivals & Events BOISE FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW—11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$8.

Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-336-8900. gardenshowboise.com.

BOISE SPRING HOME SHOW—11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$5. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, expoidaho.com.

FAMILY MOVIE AND MUNCHIES—Take a picnic lunch to eat at the library while enjoying this month’s movie. Call for titles. For all ages. Noon. FREE. Ada Community Library Star Branch, 10706 W. State St., Star, 208-286-9755, adalib.org.

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BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—2 p.m. $20-$25. Cathedral of the Rockies, First United Methodist Church, 717 N. 11th St., Boise, 208-297-3182, boisebaroque.org.

PREVENTING IDENTITY THEFT—Learn how you can protect yourself with the right identity theft benefits.

5:30 p.m. FREE. Nampa Public Library, 215 12th Ave. S., Nampa, 208-468-5800.

Kids & Teens BCT CHILDREN’S READING SERIES: S.A.D. (SPOOKY ACTION AT A DISTANCE)—From Tracy Sunderland and Dwayne Blackaller, the writers of last year’s smash hit Maggie Lumière and the Ghost Train, comes the story of a reluctant hero who must journey home again and again until she finds the one place she truly belongs. 2 p.m. $8-$12. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Odds & Ends BRICKS AND MINIFIGS GRAND OPENING—Enjoy giveaways, short contests and Lego fun. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Bricks and Minifigs, 10150 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-377-4386, facebook.com/ boisebricksandminifigs.

SHIFT BOUTIQUE GRAND OPENING WEEKEND—10 a.m.-6 p.m.

FREE. SHIFT Boutique, 807 W. Bannock St., Boise. 208-331-7806, Instagram@shopshiftboutique.

Animals & Pets IDAHO CAT SHOW—Idaho Cat Fanciers presents Idacats 2016, featuring two days of championship and premiership competitions, plus kittens and more. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

FREE-$6. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds),

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Animals & Pets IDAHO CAT SHOW—9 a.m.-3 p.m.

FREE-$6. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, fliers.cfanorthwest. org/IdahoCats.

Food BOSNIAN COOKING AND EDUCATIONAL— Enjoy a three-course meal and learn about Bosnian cuisine, history and people. Ethnic food preparation will be demonstrated, and try making some yourself. Limited to 25 participants per session; RSVP to bhcc_idaho@hotmail.com.

Noon-2 p.m. $10. Maple Grove Grange, 11692 W. President Drive, Boise, 208-376-1120.

Citizen SPECIAL OLYMPICS FUEL THE PASSION RAFFLE—Help Special Olympics Idaho fuel the passion of their athletes on and off the field and maybe win a 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Access Cab pickup valued at more than $30,000.

Second prize is an Idaho Steelhead fishing trip for two. Drawing will be held Saturday, June 11. Buy tickets at the Special Olympics office, by phone or online at idso.org. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $10. Special Olympics Idaho Headquarters, 199 E. 52nd St., Garden City, 800-915-6510, idso.org.

Kids & Teens BCT SPRING BREAK THEATER LAB—Budding thespians ages 6-9 years meet in the morning, while their 9- to 12-year-old counterparts meet in the afternoon to collaboratively conceive, write, design and perform brand new 10-minute plays. Registration required; financial aid available. Through March 25, 9 a.m.-noon & 1-4 p.m. $250.

Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224. bctheater.org/education/ bct-theater-lab.

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f ilmfort 2016 s chedule of events

Wednesday 23 rd @the owyhee 4:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.

idaho’s forgotten war - documentary feature carbon - narrative short & smoke - narrative short plena stellarum - experimental short & The power of glove - documentary feature

thursday 24 th @the owyhee 4:00 P.M. 6:00 P.M. 8:00 P.M.

a band called death - documentary feature everyone in bewteen - documentary short & Genderations - documentary short winter hymns - narrative short & god bless the child - narrative feature

friday 25 th 9:30 a.M. 10:30 a.M. 1:00 p.M. 2:00 p.M. 4:00 p.M. 7:00 p.M. 9:00 p.M.

@the owyhee, The Flicks & the linen building

laika - stop motion animation presentation @ the owyhee Doc Talk - coffee with filmmakers @ kindness restaurant in the owyhee hawley troxell - office hours @ Kindness restaurant in the owyhee story to screen - storyfort crossover panel @ the linen building the 4th - narrative feature @ the flicks janis: little girl blue - documentary feature @ the flicks in transit - documentary feature @ the flicks

saturday 26 th @The Flicks & Hawley Troxell 10:00 a.M. 4:00 p.M. 7:00 p.M. 9:00 p.M.

script to screen workshop - @ Hawley troxell sandwich nazi - documentary feature pelota - documentary short & havana motor club - documentary feature lakhwinder - documentary short & CROCODILE GENNADIY - documentary feature

sunday 27 th easter sunday - resurrection cinema club @the owyhee 12:00 p.M. 2:00 p.M. 4:00 p.M. 6:00 p.M.

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how to plan an orgy in a small town - narrative feature fursonas - documentary feature completely normal - narrative feature boardinghouse - narrative feature

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CALENDAR Nampa Parks and Rec’s three-day horsemanship 14 camp at Sweet Pepper Ranch in Nampa, followed by swimming and snacks at the Rec Center. This is the opportunity to learn everything about taking care of horses, ride horses and more. For ages 10-14. Through March 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $125-$132. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

MUSIC VIDEO LAB SPRING BREAK CAMP—Juno Arts and Filmfort are hosting this special Music Video Lab Spring Break Camp for students ages 13 and up.

At the end of the camp, students will film and produce videos for three to four Treefort Music Fest artists. For more info or to reserve your spot, email info@boiserockschool.com or hello@junoarts.org.

Through March 25, 10 a.m.-noon $150. Boise Rock School, 1404 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-572-5055, boiserockschool.com.

SPRING BREAK ART PARTY FOR KIDS—Add a pop of color and fun to your Spring Break. Budding artists in third-seventh grades enjoy an afternoon of professionally guided painting to create their own masterpiece to take home. Light snacks will be provided. Limited seating is available; preregistration required. 1-2:30 p.m. $20. Re-POP Gifts (formerly Miss Courageous), 3107 W. State St., Boise. 208-7243651, artpartyboise.com/events.

SPRING BREAK ART SERIES FOR KIDS—Draw BIG pictures, paint colorful animals, mold clay into mysterious creatures, and get messy with glue at this three-day kids-only art series during spring break. Classes include materials.

Dress for a mess. For ages 6-12. 4 p.m. $35-$40. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitution Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, nampaparksandrecreation.org.

TUESDAY MARCH 22 Festivals & Events IDAHO’S ROLE IN NUCLEAR: CLEAN ENERGY POWERED BY THE NEXT GENERATION—Check out this conference featuring Dr. Leslie Dewan, a noted next generation nuclear scientist and co-founder/CEO of Transatomic. Plus a thought-provoking discussion with John Kotek, assistant director, nuclear energy, DOE; Dr. Mark Peters, laboratory director, Idaho National Laboratory; and Mark Rudin, VP research, Boise State. There will also be an opportunity to learn more about research at Boise State, advanced reactor design/modular reactors, nuclear waste, commercial reactor safety, historical innovation at INL, nuclear energy and global warming. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Stueckle Sky Center, Boise State Broncos Albertsons Football Stadium, 1910 University Drive, Boise, boisenuclearsummit.eventbrite.com.

larger-than-life actor by watching Kennedy’s award-winning performance in Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman. 7 p.m. $9 online, $11 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273. boiseclassicmovies.com/deals/cool-hand-lukemarch-22.

Citizen A NIGHT TO MEET JESSE TREE—Join Jesse Tree of Idaho for this fundraiser and informational event. Attendees will get happy hour prices from 6-9 p.m. and can learn about what this local nonprofit does to prevent homelessness in the community.

6-9 p.m. FREE. Bonefish Grill, 855 W. Broad St., Boise, 208-4331234. jessetreeidaho.org.

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.

On Stage BOISE CLASSIC MOVIES: COOL HAND LUKE GEORGE KENNEDY TRIBUTE—Academy Award-winning actor George Kennedy, who lived in Eagle, passed away this year on Feb. 28 at the age of 91. Join Boise Classic Movies in a tribute to the

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TEEN PARANORMAL EXPLORATIONS—Find out the truths behind creepy urban legends. For ages 12-18. 4:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library Lake Hazel Branch, 10489 Lake Hazel Road, Boise, 208-297-6700, adalib.org/ lakehazel.

WINGS CENTER CLUB KID SPRING BREAK CAMP—Kids enjoy five days of tropical-themed fun, including swimming, field trips, volcano climbing, island cooking, and more. Call for prices. March 21-25, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Wings Center of Boise, 1875 Century Way, Boise, 208-376-3641, wingscenter.com.

Food KEGS4KAUSE: IDAHO HUNGER RELIEF TASK FORCE—Quench your thirst for a good cause with Payette Brewing Co., who will donate 50 percent of profits to the Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force to alleviate childhood hunger throughout the state. 3-10 p.m. FREE. Payette Brewing Company, 111 W. 33rd St., Garden City, 208-344-0011.

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MUSIC GUIDE WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 BUCKSKIN—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow CHRIS GUITIERREZ—6 p.m. FREE. Gelato CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers DALE CAVANAUGH—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel DAN COSTELLO—9 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

SWAMP RITUAL AND STONE ELK—With Ghostbox. 7 p.m. $5.

Neurolux TYLOR BUSHMAN AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s UI VANDALEERS CONCERT CHOIR—12 p.m. FREE. Idaho Capitol Building

THURSDAY MARCH 17 BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers BOISE FIREFIGHTERS PIPES AND DRUMS—5 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

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FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers OPEN MIC WITH UNCLE CHRIS— 7-10 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s SLAYER—With Testament, and Carcass. 8 p.m. $35-$65. Revolution

ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY—With The Wooly Buggers Band and Boise Firefighters Pipes and Drums. 5-8 p.m. FREE. Piper TOMORROWS BAD SEEDS—9:30 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Reef TRAVIS WARD—9 p.m. FREE. Varsity Pub ZACH FORSMAN—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

ST. FATTY’S DAY—With Boise Firefighters Pipes and Drums, and tunes by DJ Zuz. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. $10.

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ST. PATRICK’S DAY JAZZ AND JIGS: DAN COSTELLO AND ESSENTIAL JAZZ—7:30 p.m. $10$15 adv., $13-$18 door. Sapphire

BIG WOW BAND—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

BILLY BRAUN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—7:30 p.m. $20-$25. Cathedral of the Rockies BOISE BLUES SOCIETY: HARLIS SWEETWATER BAND—7:30 p.m. $13-$15 adv., $18-$20 door.

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HOLY WEAK AND ATOMIC MOSES—8 p.m. $5. Flying M Coffeegarage JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BRIAR BOOTS—7 p.m. FREE. High Note

NEXT BEST THING 208 SHOWCASE—With Flannel Socks, Stevie V and Skyline Avenue. 7:30 p.m. $5. All Events Meridian

DJ DUSTY C—11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

RANDOM CANYON GROWLERS—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

AN EVENING OF MUSIC AND FILM—With local composer Sean Dahlman and bassist Ashton Jenicek preforming original compositions for classic films. 7:30 p.m.

FREE. The District

ROB HARDING—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 SALSA TROPICAL—With DJ Giovanni. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. $8. Knitting Factory Concert House

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OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT AND ROB HILL—8 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s

SOUL KITCHEN—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole

ABBY NICOLE CD RELEASE SHOW—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District ANIMO APP LAUNCH PARTY—With Edmond Dantes and Boise Rock School. 6-9 p.m. $20.

Trailhead BILL COURTIAL AND CURT GONION—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill BOISE HIGHLANDERS PIPES AND DRUMS—6 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow BREAKING BENJAMIN AND STARSET—8:30 p.m. $42-$75.

Knitting Factory CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

SHAYNA RAIN—7 p.m. FREE. High Note WAYNE WHITE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

LEVI PARHAM—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole MIKE RUTLEDGE—5:30 p.m.

FREE. O’Michael’s MOSS ROSES—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365 OPEN MIC—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s THE RINGTONES—8:45 p.m.

FREE. Pengilly’s Y&T—With Midline. 8 p.m. $16$35. Knitting Factory

TUESDAY MARCH 22 CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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DJ STARDUST LOUNGE—11 p.m.

FREE. Neurolux DOUGLAS CAMERON—8 p.m.

FREE. Piper

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DAVE MANION AND BERNIE REILLY—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

ESTEBAN ANASTASIO—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

HILLFOLK NOIR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s JACK HALE—6 p.m. FREE. Schnitzel Garten JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers LYLE LOVETT AND ROBERT EARL KEEN—8 p.m. $35-$90. Morrison Center NEW TRANSIT—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s THE OPSKAMATRISTS—7 p.m. $5. Neurolux PILOT ERROR—10 p.m. $5. Reef ROB HARDING—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel SMALL SOULS AND SHOESHINE BLUE—7 p.m. FREE. High Note SMOOTH AVENUE: SPRINGING INTO SPRING—7:30 p.m. $10-$15 adv., $15-$20 door. Sapphire WALTER EGO—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

SUNDAY MARCH 20 BOISE BAROQUE ORCHESTRA—2 p.m. $20-$25. Cathedral of the Rockies KEN HARRIS—10:30 a.m. FREE. Bella Aquila THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m.

FREE. Chandlers

TREEFORT MUSIC FEST, MARCH 23-27, VARIOUS LOCATIONS Seven days after this edition of Boise Weekly hits stands, our fair city (or at least the downtown portion of it) will be awash in the movies, technology, literature, comedy, food, drink, performing art and tunes of Treefort Music Fest 2016. Though the sundry forts have put the Fest in TMF, music has been at its center since the 2012 inaugural event and the lineup has grown like sprouts on a Chia pet.

In this fifth iteration of Treefort, there are more musical acts than ever, with nearly 450 musicians and bands scheduled to perform at about 20 locations. The joy of TMF is experiencing both the new and the known, and attendees willing to explore the various venues will come across music they’ve never heard before (or even heard of) as well as longtime faves. This year, mainstage headliners Charles Bradley, Yacht and Boise-born Youth Lagoon (see above), along with the myriad other musical acts and fort events prove again at TMF, no leaf is left unturned. For a full list of events, visit treefortmusicfest.com or, better yet, get the awesome app for iOS or Android.

—Amy Atkins Wednesday, March 23-Sunday, March 27; various times, locations and prices.

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BEERGUZZLER MERIWETHER CIDER COMPANY

HARD PRESSED, SOFT LANDING An apple a day keeps Boise’s thirst at bay JESSICA MURRI JES SICA MURRI

CHERRY THYME BOMB A pale garnet in the glass, the aromas are a subtle mix of candied cherry and thyme. The flavors in this blend of sweet and sour cherries are rich but refreshing, centering on the sour cherry side with just a subtle, balancing sweetness that’s capped by the flavors of thyme. The finish is long and lively.

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Cider is the next big thing when it comes to adult beverages. While the craft beer scene in the Boise area has exploded, cider is barely a blip on the radar screen—but the Meriwether Cider Company just might change that. Created by two generations of the Leadbetter family and named for their ancestor, Meriwether Lewis, the company’s taproom and brewhouse are located in Garden City (for more, see Food, this page).

Bombers of Meriwether’s delicious, drier ciders are starting to appear on store shelves around town, priced at about $7-$8. Check meriwethercider.com for locations and taproom hours.

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FOOTHILLS SEMI-DRY A crystal clear, straw colored pour, you get very ripe, freshly picked apple aromas on the nose. It’s refreshingly crisp on the palate with a light, tongue tickling effervescence.

Tart apple flavors lead off, backed by a light, fruity sweetness. There’s a nice touch of apple peel bitterness on the dry finish.

The Leadbetter family—father Gig, mother Ann, and daughters Kate and Molly—opened their cider taproom about three weeks ago, but Meriwether Cider Company already has a solid base of regulars. On a rainy Thursday afternoon, strangers and friends sat around the bar-top, which is made of hundreds of small tree rings varnished with shiny epoxy.

The impetus for LongDrop Cider Co. was simple: owner Chris Blanchard lost his job. The former Boise State University professor taught in the Community and Regional Planning program, but the program was cut, leaving Blanchard looking for his next opportunity. He found cider. Blanchard partnered with Crooked Fence Brewing to get his cidery off the ground a year ago. With the help of Crooked Fence’s brewing equipment and cannery, LongDrop Cider’s production ballooned.

Meriwether has six ciders on tap, which are also available in bottles at various retail outlets around town (see Beerguzzler, this page). At the taproom, Boise Weekly bellied up to the bar to try some of Meriwether’s ciders.

Blanchard said Angry Orchard—the Budweiser of the cider world—has 70 percent of the market share when it comes to hard ciders but, already, LongDrop Cider’s products have made the Top 20 list for distributor Hayden Beverage.

GINGER ROOT Pours a hazy, pale straw color, the aromas are elegantly structured, like a softer version of ginger ale but without the prickly bubbles. With the barest hint of fizz in the mouth, it’s filled with bright, tart apple with a lovely hint of ginger. A touch more spice comes through on the apple pie finish.

Strong Arm Semi-Sweet: ABV 6.9 percent Tasting less like apple cider and more like white wine, the Strong Arm Semi-Sweet is a good introduction to craft cider. It is more reminiscent of a pleasant Pinot Grigio than the sickly sweet taste of Angry Orchard. Equal parts soft and bubbly, Strong Arm lacks the dry sensation of sipping on wine and instead leaves a slightly sour aftertaste.

Semi-Sweet: ABV 5.5 percent LongDrop’s flagship cider couldn’t taste any more like a bite into an apple. It’s made from a blend of Granny Smith, Golden, Fuji, Gala and Red apples, all grown in the Yakima and Wenatchee valleys of Washington.

Those varieties are considered dessert apples in the cider world, but only a few hundred acres of cider apples exist in the United States.

Blackberry Boom: ABV 6.9 percent Calling to mind a craft soda, Blackberry Boom pours a deep tulip red and is sweetened with blackberry concentrate after the fermentation of apple juice from Idaho, Oregon and Washington growers. With such a strong flavor, this cider makes a good substitute for an evening cocktail.

Vanilla Honey: ABV 6 percent Blanchard makes the vanilla extract himself, slicing apart vanilla beans and soaking them in Idaho vodka. The honey comes from a local apiary and the result is a delicious treat, with vanilla flavor blooming in the mouth and honey taking the edge off of the apple’s tartness.

Super Hop: ABV 6.9 percent Hopped cider doesn’t carry the same bitter characteristics as hoppy beer, like Indian Pale Ale, because the hops are never boiled, as they are in the beer brewing process. The bitter sensation is instead replaced with a floral, earthy flavor. The Super Hop is the most beery of Meriwether’s creations, making it a good bridge into the world of cider.

Over Yonder: ABV 6.9 percent LongDrop’s newest cider is made from heirloom Jonathan apples from a 106-year-old orchard in Fruitland, and which came to Blanchard with the help of a mobile juicer unit from Montana. Over Yonder has the same deep golden glow as pure apple juice, and despite nothing being added to the fermented apple cider, it carries a vinegary smell and a caramel, whiskeybarrel taste.

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The taproom—which took over Crooked Fence’s former spot at 5242 W. Chinden Blvd.—has a rustic feel, with its stained concrete floor, walls painted in a rusty red and folk music playing from the overhead speakers. It’s a laid-back atmosphere where dogs and outside food are allowed in, bands occasionally take over a corner of the room and the Leadbetters’ shared history of wildland firefighting is on display—old Forest Service tools serve as decor and tap handles are made from hatchet stems.

LongDrop shares a production facility and taproom at Crooked Flats (3705 State Highway 16 in Eagle), but its products are available in cans and 22-ounce bottles at grocery stores across Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington and Wyoming, and at growler stations around the Treasure Valley.

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Ketchum-born Jordan Noel Hawkes will need more than ordinary track shoes as she shuttles between Hackfort and Filmfort the (respectively) all-things tech and all-things movie elements of Treefort Music Fest, which launches its fifth year on Wednesday, March 23, and runs through Sunday, March 27. Hawkes is director of both.

“Track shoes? Hey, I’ve got my blue suede shoes on,” she said, pointing to her electric blue Clockwise from top left: Janis: Little Girl Blue, Carbon, Smoke, Genderations and Havana Motor Club are screening sneakers. during the third annual Filmfort, part of the fifth annual Treefort Music Fest.

Hawkes has done her fair share of shuttling.

After she graduated from college, she embraced chronicling the life and times of singer/song“The real strengths of this year’s Filmfort her love of documentary filmmaking, producing writer Janis Joplin. The film will screen—one are five days and nights of feature films paired content for the Discovery, History and Animal time only—at 7 p.m., Friday, March 25 at The with some perfectly-coupled short films,” said Planet channels, traveling to Europe, Central Flicks.

Satterlee.

America and Brazil, where she served on the seOther highlights include the much-anticipatBefore scheduling nearly two dozen films lection committee of the Rio International Short ed Boise premieres of Carbon and Smoke, which over four days, Hawkes said her first priority Film Festival. Ultimately, Hawkes’ own work was to secure the perfect venues to showcase the debuted at the Sun Valley Film Festival earlier was screened in London, Vancouver, New York this month. The two Idaho-based projects will movies.

City, Montevideo and Buenos Aires, and she be joined by the documentary Idaho’s Forgotten “So we got The Owyhee,” she said, referring worked in the art department on several highWar in a Gem State-themed evening of film, to the century-old landmark two blocks from profile feature films, including The Social NetWednesday, March 23 at The Owyhee. work. Returning to Idaho, Hawkes helped curate the TMF main stage. The Owyhee was remod“We are so proud of the entire schedule,” eled in 2014, a project that Sun Valley’s Family of Woman said Satterlee. “Music-themed, comedies, included installing state-ofFilm Festival and produced the life-changing documentaries—there’s a bit of the-art digital screens on first Hackfort for Treefort in FILMFORT Wednesday, March 23-Sunday, everything.” the second floor, perfect for 2014. In addition to her Hackfort March 27 Along with the film showcases, this year’s showcasing Filmfort movies responsibilities, Hawkes said she The Flicks and The Owyhee Filmfort will include two “crossover” events March 23-24 and again was hoping to collaborate on with Hackfort and Storyfort: Friday, March on March 27. In between, Filmfort, but only as a sideline. $20 for all-film pass, $9 general admission at The Flicks March 25-26, Filmfort mov- 25 at 2 p.m. at The Linen Building (1402 W. “But then Ben Foster [Filmfort Grove St.), the “Story to Screen” panel discusies will screen at The Flicks. director in 2012 and 2013] treefortmusicfest.com/filmfort sion will examine story development; and, “I immediately reached decided to take a leave of absence. on Saturday, March 26 at 10 a.m. at Hawley out to Carole [Skinner] at So, last September, I was asked Troxell (877 W. Main St.) the “Script to Screen” The Flicks,” said Hawkes, to wrangle both Hackfort and workshop will explore the process of exporting referring to Boise’s arthouse theater. “If you Filmfort,” said Hawkes. “I guess I’ve got to be think of it, every day of the year is a film festival the written word to the screen. pretty good at delegating.”

“As for life beyond Filmfort, I’m heading to at The Flicks.”

Hawkes shot a smile to her colleague, Alex New York in April to assist on a documentary When Hawkes and Skinner sat down to Satterlee. When he’s not fighting wildfires—last project, showcasing some amazing women street look at the list of Filmfort films, Hawkes said summer, he battled flames in the Nez Perce artists,” said Hawkes. “The immediate future?

Skinner immediately pointed to Janis: Little National Forest—he’s director of operations for See you at Filmfort.”

Girl Blue, the critically acclaimed documentary Filmfort.

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CITIZEN REP. ELAINE SMITH

Education, compromise and the honor of low marks from the Idaho Freedom Foundation GEORGE PRENTICE Rep. Elaine Smith (D-Pocatello) is accustomed to being in the political minority: she is one of only 19 women and 16 Democrats in the Idaho House. However, her political advocacy, particularly for education, usually puts her squarely in the mainstream of popular opinion.

“Wherever I go—door-to-door, meetings of different organizations—that’s the one thing I hear about from nearly everyone: education,” said Smith.

The eastern Idaho Democrat usually finds herself at or near the bottom of the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s so-called “Freedom Index,” which tags Idaho lawmakers by how conservative they’re voting records might be. For the record, she considers that a badge of honor.

You’re an Idaho native. Where did you spend your formative years?

My mother died when I was quite young and my father worked on the railroad, so my older sister and her husband raised me. For six years, we lived in King Hill [Elmore County] and then we moved to Meridian. Ultimately, I went to Idaho State University, where I got a degree in secondary education with an emphasis on history.

Where you met your soon-to-be husband.

Rich and I will be married for 48 years this June. He was drafted in the Vietnam War era.

Eventually, we returned to Pocatello where we had a recreation vehicle dealership for 16 years and we ended up having three children.

Talk to me about your life in and around education.

I worked in the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District office for 25 years, beginning in 1985.

We heard quite a bit about that school district last December when a lunch lady at a middle school claimed she was fired for giving a hot lunch to a student who couldn’t pay for the meal. That story went national.

International. Our newspaper in Pocatello even had comments from as far away as England.

What was the end result of that?

[The lunch lady] ended up not taking an offer to come back to work. They offered her a job at the district’s central kitchen, but she said no.

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For the record, does any child in that school district go hungry if they don’t have money for lunch?

If they’ve exceeded an $11 debt limit for not paying, then they’re given a peanut butter-andjelly sandwich, milk and cookie. They absolutely receive something, and the parents are notified.

No child ever goes away without any food.

Tell me about your political roots.

I got involved in a number of organizations in high school, college and beyond. I represented the school district for the chamber of commerce, the United Way and many other organizations. In 2001, then-Rep. Roger Chase was elected to be mayor of Pocatello and I was on the short-list of replacements. Gov. [Dirk] Kempthorne chose me and I started in January 2002. This is my 15th year in the House but my eighth term.

Being a Democrat in the Idaho House, you’re certainly in the super-minority and that means plenty of committee assignments.

I’m assigned to State Affairs, Business and the Environment, Energy and Technology committees.

Being in State Affairs, more often than not, you’re in the middle of some wide-ranging debates.

Add the Words, gambling, guns, liquor laws.

It’s the “everything-else” committee.

Let’s talk about that Idaho Freedom Foundation ranking.

The way I look at it, the lower you score, the more independent you are with your thinking.

What’s the biggest difference between the Idaho House today and when you first walked into the Statehouse in 2002?

There was much more compromise back then, and it was only 10 years ago. There simply aren’t as many mainstream Republicans any more. The one thing I’ve learned though is that legislators are sincere about their beliefs. You just have to figure out a way to work together to further Idaho, to improve the economy, to grow the middle class.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22): At one point in Friedrich Nietzsche’s book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the hero is having a conversation with himself. “You have wanted to pet every monster,” he says. “A whiff of warm breath, a little soft tuft on the paw—and at once you were ready to love and to lure it.” If I were you, Cancerian, I would regard that type of behavior as forbidden in the coming weeks. In fact, I will ask you not to pet any monsters at all—not even the cute ones; not even the beasties and rascals and imps that have slight resemblances to monsters. It’s time for maximum discernment and caution. (P.S.: One of the monsters may ultimately become a non-monstrous ally if you are wary toward it now.)

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unconditional love. The job of everyone else in our life is to push our buttons.” One commenter took issue with this. “’Pushing buttons’ is a metaphor that’s long past its expiration date,” she wrote. “Can’t you come up with something fresher?” So I did. Here are a few potential substitutes for “push our buttons”: “tweak our manias,” “prank our obsessions,” “glitter-bomb our biases,” “squeeze our phobias,” “badger our compulsions,” “seduce our repressions,” “prick our dogmas.” Whichever expression you prefer, Leo, find a graceful way to embrace your fate: Your current job is unconditional love. The job of everyone else in your life is to tweak your manias and prick your dogmas.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming weeks, you will have maximum power to revise and reinvigorate your approach to cultivating intimate relationships. To aid your quest, I offer this paraphrased advice from Andrew Boyd: Almost every one of us seeks a special partner who is just right. But there is no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why? Because you yourself are “wrong” in some ways—you have demons and flaws and problems. In fact, these “wrongs” are essential components of who you are. When you ripen into this understanding, you’re ready to find and be with your special counterpart. He or she has the precise

set of problems you need—is the person who is wrong for you in just the right ways. (See Boyd’s original quote: tinyurl.com/boydquote.)

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In her book The Winter Vault, Anne Michaels writes, “We become ourselves when things are given to us or when things are taken away.” If she’s right, does it mean we should be grateful for those times when things are taken away?

Should we regard moments of loss as therapeutic prods that compel us to understand ourselves better and to create ourselves with a fiercer determination? Meditate on these possibilities, Libra. In the meantime, I’m pleased to announce that the things-gettingtaken-away period of your cycle is winding down. Soon you’ll begin a new phase, when you can become a deeper, stronger version of yourself because of the things that are given to you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I’ll make love when the lust subsides,” sings Denitia, one-half of the electro-pop band Denitia and Sene. That would be a good motto for you to play around with in the coming days, Scorpio—in both literal and metaphorical ways. I’ll enjoy seeing how your emotional intelligence ripens as the white-hot passion of recent weeks evolves into a more manageable warmth. As fun as the intensity has been, it has

blinded you to some of the possibilities for collaborative growth that have been emerging. You may now be ready to explore and appreciate sweeter, subtler pleasures.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “The poems I have loved the most are those I have understood the least,” said T.S. Eliot. I’m going to steal and expand upon his idea for the purpose of giving you an accurate horoscope. In the coming days, Sagittarius, I suspect the experiences you love most will be those you understand the least. Indeed, the experiences you need the most will be those that surprise and mystify and intrigue you. Luckily, life will be ingenious in bypassing your analytical intelligence so as to provide you with rich emotional stimuli for your soul.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn painter Henri Matisse made the following testimony about his creative process: “At each stage I reach a balance, a conclusion. At the next sitting, if I find that there is a weakness in the whole, I make my way back into the picture by means of the weakness—I re-enter through the breach—and I reconceive the whole. Thus everything becomes fluid again.” I recommend this approach to you in the coming days, Capricorn. You’ve been making decent progress on your key project. To keep up the good work, you should now find where the

cracks are and let them teach you how to proceed from here.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “We all lead three lives,” said Austrian novelist Thomas Bernhard, “an actual one, an imaginary one and the one we are not aware of.”

I suspect you’ll get big glimpses of your third life in the coming weeks, Aquarius: the one you’re normally not aware of. It might freak you out a bit—maybe unleash a few blasts of laughter and surges of tears.

If you approach these revelations with reverent curiosity, I bet they will be cleansing and catalytic.

They are also likely to make you less entranced by your imaginary life and better grounded in your actual life.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “The greatest illusion is not religion,” says aphorist Michael Lipsey.

“It’s waking up in the morning imagining how much you’re going to get done today.” Even if that’s often true, Pisces, I suspect you have the power to refute it in the coming weeks. Your ability to accomplish small wonders will be at a peak.

Your knack for mastering details and acting with practical acumen may be unprecedented. For the immediate future, then, I predict that you’ll largely be able to get done what you imagine you can get done.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: DJANGO LEE COX. Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1602691 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult) An Amended Petition to change the name of DJANGO LEE COX, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho.

The name will change to DJANGO LEE LAIGHLÉIS. The reason for the change in name is: Personal.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on April 7, 2016 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Date: February 10, 2016.

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEBBIE NAGELE Deputy Clerk.

PUB Feb. 24, Mar. 2, 9, 16, 2016.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: ROBERT JAMES SNEIDER and SOPHIA ANN MOORE, Legal Name Case No. CVNC 1602679 NOTICE OF HEARING (Adults) A Petition by ROBERT JAMES SNEIDER, who was born May 5, 1989 at Sebastopol, California, and SOPHIA ANN MOORE, who was born January 26, 1978 at Boise, Idaho, both of whom now reside at 201 N. Flume Street, Boise, County of Ada, State of Idaho, have filed with the above-entitled Court a Petition for change of their “Family” surname to MOORE-BRIDGES, and that they hereafter be known as ROBERT JAMES MOORE-BRIDGES and SOPHIA ANN MOORE-BRIDGES, respectively, the reason being that they want to adopt a new combined “family” name, utilizing husband’s grandmother’s maiden name. The Petition for Change of Name will be heard at 130 o’clock p.m. on the 10th day of May, 2016, at the Ada County Courthouse, located at 200 W. Front Street, Boise, Idaho. Objections may be filed by any person who can, in such objections, show the court a good reason against such a change of name. WITNESS my hand and seal of said District Court this 18th day of Feb., 2016.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Natalie Marie HarringtonSmith.

Legal name of child Case No. CV NC 1603553 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Minor) A Petition to change the name of Natalie Marie Harrington-Smith, a minor, now residing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Natalie Marie Berry. The reason for the change in name is: I have re-married and biological father has signed the form to terminate his parental rights 10/2015. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on May 17, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Date: Feb 25, 2016.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA IN RE: Beth Marie Taylor.

Legal Name Case No. CV NC 1601442 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult)

tions may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

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The reason for the change in name is: I do not identify with my legal name, family issues. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on APR 12, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objec-

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DEAR A. F.,

(To the tune of “My Favorite Things”) Cash Registers dinging. Elizabeth Taylor screaming, Not to mention Chris Isaak’s falsetto singing, Zippers unzipping a man’s tight, tight pants, These are the sounds that inspire romance!

Jeff Stryker dirty talking in a movie Elvis and Tom Jones make me feel groovy Clark Gable, Brando, Cary Grant, These are the sounds that inspire romance!

English accents and ones from Down Under, Rainstorms that come with lightning and thunder, The rustle of taffeta puts me in a trance, These are the sounds that inspire romance!

Fryin’ Chicken, Banjo pickin’ Conway Twitty songs, When I hear these marvelous sounds, I’m ready to get it on!

Hearing him say my name in a whisper, The sound my fingers make as they stroke his whiskers, The sound of the receipt when he picks up the tab, These are the sounds that inspire romance!

Soundtracks to old Hollywood Movies, The *SNAP* of the elastic band on his skivvies.

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, These are the sounds that inspire romance!

The easy laughter that comes when we’re joking, The beautiful *POP* of Champagne uncorking, The confident exclamation that he wants in my pants, These are the sounds that inspire romance!

When my bed’s cold, When I feel old, When I’m down and out, I simply remember my favorite sounds, Like hearing wolf whistles while out on the town, And I’m ready to get it on!

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