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inside COMMUNITY The 93 years of Bill Gornik’s life are so full of adventure that he decided to write an autobiography. This week, the retired U.S. Air Force chief master sergeant reflects on his time serving during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
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LOCAL Last year, Sportsplex Idaho announced it would build a $40 million sports complex off Eagle Road in Meridian. The organization has kept quiet about the details since then. Sportsplex Idaho’s founder explains why.
ART BRINGS IN SCHOLARSHIPS
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SCHOOLS In the past nine years, Cole Valley Christian School in Meridian has lost two graduates in war in the Middle East. On Veterans Day, the school honored the young soldiers along with others who have served and sacrificed.
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BUSINESS Economic leaders in the Treasure Valley have been working for seven months to attract a large tech company that would bring hundreds of jobs to the area — an effort known as “Project Burbank.” This month, the company and its chosen location were announced.
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COMMUNITY The Boise Co-op’s new location opens today at The Village at Meridian. Grand-opening events throughout the weekend include bicyclepowered smoothie making, prize drawings and free hot drinks.
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Stella Rieth’s award money from Dutch Bros. allowed Lowell Scott Middle School to purchase a new cello, pottery wheel and other items for the arts program.
Dutch Bros. gives $10K for Lowell Scott student’s winning artwork A “ Lowell Scott Middle School student has brought in $5,000 for her school — and another $5,000 for her college education — thanks to her artist submission in the Dutch Bros. Kids Cup by Holly Beech contest. hbeech@mymeridianpress.com Sixth-grad© 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS er Stella Rieth colored a design for the kids cups used at the coffee chain and entered it into a regional contest. After she submitted her coloring, she didn’t think much more of it. “I just thought that’d be something inter-
My first reaction is I was absolutely stunned, just stunned, at the generosity. And then just super pleased that one of our students was getting this, because how cool was that day for her.” LOLA JOHNSON, Lowell Scott Middle School art teacher
esting to try,” she said. “I was very surprised that I won, but I was even more surprised that they were providing me with so many gifts.” On Sept. 1, a Dutch Bros. crew surprised Rieth at school to let her know she had won. Rieth got to ride in a limo and received Dutch Bros. merchandise, art supplies, a year’s supply of coffee and a $5,000 scholarship.
Rieth’s artwork will be on Dutch Bros.’ kids cups across seven states starting around Thanksgiving. Meridian Dutch Bros owner Jeff Yarnall matched the scholarship, donating $5,000 to Lowell Scott’s art program.
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Pausing to remember the lives of local veterans connect hbeech@mymeridianpress.com Phone: 208-465-8122 Twitter: @HollyBeechMP
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n May 2013, with my notebook and recorder in hand, I watched a grieving family lay their hands on a flag-covered casket that had just come off a plane at Gowen Field. Through tears, loved ones said goodbye to 22-year-old Thomas Murach of Meridian, who was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Afghanistan. He served as a specialist in the Army. Thomas’ story was all over the news, and his family got to share memories of his quirky sense of humor and dedicated faith. Then, months of silence followed. The world moved on, and the news cycle continued to churn with the never-ending flow of fresh stories. That’s why things like Veterans Day ceremonies are so important. It lets the Murach family and other families know we haven’t forgotten what they have gone through or what their loved ones sacrificed. On Wednesday, I was honored to be able to talk with the Murach family again when Thomas was honored at his alma mater, Cole Valley Christian High School in Meridian, along with Pvt. Ray Werner, a 2004 graduate who died in Iraq in 2007. The superintendent of the school spoke about each young man, re-
CRIME WATCH Meridian Police Department Log
Oct. 28 1. Grand theft, 700 block East United Heritage Court 2. Fraud, 2100 block East Trail Blazer Drive 3. Residential burglary, 3800 block North Park Crossing Avenue 4. Residential burglary, 2800 block North Park Crossing Avenue 5. Vandalism, 1900 block West Pachino Street 6. Vandalism, 1900 block West Pachino Street 7. Arrest: DUI 8. Two arrests: possession of drugs and paraphernalia, driving without privileges
Oct. 29 1. Vandalism, 3300 block North Summercrest Way 2. Vandalism, 1200 block Northwest Eighth Street 3. Grand theft, 3700 block North Legacy Common Avenue 4. Protective custody, 2800 block South Meridian Road 5. Identity theft, 200 block West Indiana Rocks Street 6. Vehicle burglary, 800 block East Pasacana Street 7. Domestic verbal, 4300 block West Campfire Court 8. Arrest: excessive DUI, open container
membering the way they brightened up the school and dreamed about the future. “For me it’s nice just knowing people don’t forget. Sometimes that’s the hardest thing as time passes,” Thomas’ oldest brother, Nick Murach, told me after the ceremony. “I think of Tom every day. The dark days and the heavy are fewer and farther in between, but I don’t ever have a day when I don’t think of him,” he said. “So stuff like this is really meaningful to me, just knowing that people don’t forget, his by Holly Beech memory doesn’t die.” hbeech@mymeridianpress.com I’m glad this week the nation paused © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS to remember and appreciate people like Thomas and Ray who served with such courage and dedication.
Read more about Cole Valley Christian High School’s Veterans Day assembly on page 8.
4. Vandalism, 700 block East King Street 5. Grand theft, 3300 block North Eagle Road 6. Fictitious bills, 100 block East Central Drive 7. Miscellaneous detention, 2400 block East Weir Creek Drive 8. Arrest: warrant, resisting and obstructing 9. Arrest: warrant 10. Residential burglary, 5000 block West Alderstone Drive
Nov. 3 1. Arrest: failure to appear warrant 2. Protective custody hold, 11000 Freedom Street 3. Arrest: trespassing 4. Arrest: agent’s warrant 5. Arrested: stalking
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1. Recovered stolen vehicle, East Apricot Drive 2. Vandalism, 1900 block North Records Avenue 3. Arrest: possession of marijuana, destruction of evidence 4. Domestic battery, destruction of 911 line, 500 block West Idaho Avenue 5. Citation: disturbing the peace, 1600 block South Eagle Road 6. Stalking, 1000 block West Pennwood Street 7. Arrest: DUI 8. Arrest: no-contact order violation, second-degree stalking
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Oct. 30 1. Petit theft, 200 block East State Avenue 2. Forgery, grand theft, 700 block South Allen Street 3. Grand theft, 3300 W. Grand Rapids Drive 4. Arrest: warrant, possession of drug paraphernalia 5. Arrest: warrant 6. Petit theft, 1700 block East Overland Road 7. Arrest: petit theft, possession of drug paraphernalia 8. Domestic battery, 300 block East Producer Drive 9. Juvenile beyond control, 100 block Rose Circle 10. Disturbance, 5000 block North Whitecap 11. Several juveniles and subjects cited: curfew violation, possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, frequenting and minor in consumption, North Meridian Road and West Cherry Avenue
Oct. 31 1. Arrest: domestic battery, resisting and obstructing, possession of drugs and paraphernalia, battery on law enforcement officer, attempting to disarm a law enforcement officer 2. Arrest: warrant, driving without privileges 3. Arrest: warrant 4. Arrest: warrant 5. Petit theft, 1800 block North Incline Way 6. One juvenile cited: minor in consumption, providing false information, curfew violation, 1400 block West Washington Street 7. Arrest: excessive DUI, carrying concealed weapon violation 8. Arrest: DUI 9. Arrest: driving without privileges, warrant 10. Attempted burglary, 1900 block West Waterfall Avenue 11. Disturbance, North Main Street and East Pine Avenue 12. Two arrests: disturbing the peace, possession of marijuana
Nov. 1 1. Disturbance, 940 West Crestwood Drive 2. Arrest: driving without privileges, no insurance (second offense), possession of marijuana 3. Grand theft, 3800 block North Price Way 4. Disturbance, 4500 block West Big Creek Street 5. Minor in consumption, possession of drug paraphernalia, curfew violation, West Ustick Road and Northwest 12th Street 6. Arrest: warrant
Nov. 2 1. Arrest: driving without privileges, failure to maintain insurance 2. Petit theft, 2400 block East Three Bars Drive 3. Arrest: possession of drugs, warrant © 2015 Vol. 3, No. 2, 12 pages An edition of the Idaho Press-Tribune
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1. Missing person, 1800 block North Crestmont Drive 2. Protection order violation, 4400 block West Thorn Creek 3. Runaway, 5400 block North Linder Road 4. Vehicle burglary, 2500 block West Forecast Street 5. Fraud, 1200 block East Drucker Street 6. Possession of drugs and paraphernalia, under the influence in public, 1900 block West Pine Avenue 7. Domestic verbal, 700 block West Valentino Street 8. Attempted vehicle burglary, 1900 block North Records Avenue 9. Attempted vehicle burglary, 3600 block East Longwing Lane 10. Attempted vehicle burglary, 3600 block East Longwing Lane 11. Citation: possession of drugs and paraphernalia, littering 12. Arrest: DUI
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Nov. 8 1. Petit theft, 700 block West Overland Road 2. Residential burglary, 800 block West Franklin Road 3. Arrest: excessive DUI 4. Juvenile beyond control, 200 block East Copper Ridge Street 5. Arrest: failure to appear warrant 6. Arrest: failure to appear warrant 7. Arrest: possession of marijuana. Arrest: driving without privileges, possession of marijuana, minor in consumption, failure to appear warrant, false information to an officer. Arrest: possession of controlled substance. 8. Attempted theft, 700 block West Overland Road
The Boise Co-op’s new Meridian location opened today at 2350 N. Eagle Road in The Village at Meridian.
Boise Co-op opens Meridian location, creating 90 jobs by Meridian Press staff
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he Boise Co-op is open- What: Boise Co-op’s new ing its second location Meridian location today at The Village Where: 2350 N. Eagle Road in at Meridian. The Meridian The Village at Meridian space is a bit roomier than When: Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. the Boise space, with about daily 5,500 more square feet that allows room for community Phone: 809-2200 classes. “We’ll have a classroom THE GRAND OPENING space in the front in the northwest corner of the WEEKEND INCLUDES: store,” Matt Fuxan, as- n Prize giveaways, including a sistant store manager of $50 gift certificate to the Co-op the Boise store and project manager for the new every month for a year n Kids’ activities, including location, said in February. “We really want to bike-powered smoothies and a provide education on our shopping bag coloring station food system and just food n Free coffee, hot chocolate independence. So having and product samples a classroom space to teach n First 100 customers through different things, not just the door each day will receive cooking classes but just a free shopping bag and general food independence samples. will be a really great thing to provide to the Meridian community.” The company broke ground for the 25,000-squarefoot building on Feb. 11. The expansion created 90 new jobs this year, marketing manager Mo Valko said. Store hours are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Inside the store, Co-op lovers will find the local products, natural foods, wines and pet supplies they’ve come to know at the Boise store. The Meridian store also features a tree sculpture made by local artists.
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West Ada trustees terminate Clark’s contract on grounds of ethical violations Trustee walks out to protest timing of ‘emergency’ meeting; meanwhile, recall efforts move forward
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he West Ada School District Board of Trustees voted Monday to terminate former Superintendent Linda Clark’s contract rather than accept her resignation, saying Clark had violated the state’s professional educators code of ethics. by Holly Beech Trustee Russell Joki made hbeech@mymeridianpress.com the motion to terminate the contract, saying that Clark © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS had: 1) Abandoned her employment and breached her contract, a violation of the Idaho Professional Educators Code of Ethics principle XIII, subsections A and B; and 2) Violated the professionalism code of ethics (principle X, subsection D), which involves “using institutional privileges for the promotion of political candidates or for political activities, except for local, state or national education association elections.” Clark declined to comment and said she would leave that up to her attorney, Erika Birch. Birch could not be reached for comment as of press time. The vote took place Monday night at a special meeting, called by Chairwoman Tina Dean on Friday. Trustee Carol Sayles left the meeting in protest, saying it could have waited until the regular meeting Tuesday so more than the handful of people in the audience could attend. Trustees met for almost two hours in executive session before reconvening in an open meeting and voting to terminate Clark’s contract. Trustee Mike Vuittonet, a fifth-term board member and vocal supporter of Clark, was the only trustee to vote against the termination. He said he didn’t agree with the board that Clark had violated the code of ethics. On Oct. 23, Clark gave the board two hours’ notice before announcing her resignation, saying the board had taken adverse actions against her and thwarted her ability to do her job. Clark said two trustees told her in September that they wanted her gone, which sparked weeks of negotiations between Birch and the board’s attorney, William “Breck” Seiniger. Seiniger said Birch contacted him Nov. 6 requesting that the board take action on CHRISTINE DONNELL Clark’s resignation so that Former superintendent Clark could start receiving her state retirement benefits. “She offered her resignation. It wasn’t accepted and instead she was terminated for breaching her contract and the ethical violations that were mentioned in the motion by Trustee Joki,” Seiniger said. Clark continued to receive her salary from the district up until the board’s action Monday. She did not take the board up on its offer to hold a hearing to discuss the facts about her contract and resignation, Seiniger said.
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We have the signatures (for a trustees recall) in excess of the number required. We plan to file with the county clerk on Monday.”
VALIDITY OF CONTRACT One of the fringe benefits in Clark’s contract allowed her to shorten the length of the contract at her discretion. Joki said in his motion, after consulting with Seiniger, that this section of Clark’s contract is invalid because it wasn’t approved by the state superintendent of public instruction. The Idaho Department of Education has pre-approved contract templates for superintendents and professional personnel on its website. Any time a school board changes or adds to the template, the state superintendent of public instruction needs to approve it, Seiniger said. Education department spokesman Jeff Church said the statute that outlines this process is in Idaho Code 33-513, which gives school boards the power and duty to employ professional personnel “on written contract in form approved by the state superintendent of public instruction.” As far back as the state’s records go, the West Ada School District, formerly Joint School District No. 2, has never sought approval for a superintendent contract change, Church said. When asked if this lack of approval nullified the fringe benefits in the contract, Church pointed Meridian Press toward the Attorney General’s Office, which declined to comment. Church said only one school district in Idaho has submitted a superintendent contract for approval to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra since she took office Jan. 5.
Above: Students head to class at classes at Spalding STEM Academy in Boise. MP file photo
Right: The West Ada School District Board of Trustees, from left: Julie Madsen, Mike Vuittonet, Russ Joki, Carol Sayles and Tina Dean. westada.org
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She offered her resignation. It wasn’t accepted and instead she was terminated for breaching her contract and the ethical violations that were mentioned in the motion by Trustee Joki.”
After walking out of Monday’s meeting, Sayles said her trust in Clark has been shaken as “the layers of the onion are being WILLIAM “BRECK” SEINIGER, West Ada School District Board of Trustees attorney peeled back.” The only specifics Sayles provided were the $4.3-million budget overrun at Hillsdale Elementary — an issue Joki raised in September — and the lack of state approval for Clark’s contract. “I totally and completely trusted (Clark),” Sayles said. “I’m disappointed that I as a board member did not peel back all the layers and look at it.” There was no infighting between Clark and the board, Sayles said, blaming the “media frenzy” for creating that narrative. “We were just questioning overruns on projects. We were questioning the money that was being Jacquie Elcox, BC-HIS spent,” she said. “We started voting no and saying, hey, we need to find these things. Is that fighting? I don’t think that’s fighting.” The board pushed back on things such as the need Total-Body Health and Hearing (Part 6 of 6): for a $100,000 testing administrator at a time when the district was asking voters to pass a $28 million levy, Sayles said. The board chose to leave that position vacant in August after Clark and other district The more research is done, the clearer the picture staff defended its importance.
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RECALL EFFORTS All five trustees are targets of recall efforts. The group seeking to recall Vuittonet in zone 2, led by an unidentified West Ada School District employee on Facebook, has submitted a petition with the 20 needed signatures to the Ada County Elections Office, Elections Office administrator JoMeta Spencer said. The group’s next step is to collect signatures in zone 2 from at least 283 registered voters — half of the number of people who voted in the zone 2 election in May (per Idaho Code 34-1701). The 75-day period to collect these signatures started Tuesday. The next available recall election date is in March. The group seeking to recall the four other trustees, led by the district’s former Superintendent Christine Donnell and former Trustee Reid Olsen, has not turned in a petition yet, Spencer said. “We have the signatures in excess of the number required,” Donnell said. “We plan to file with the county clerk on Monday.”
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Sherry Lynn Brooke Arthur Rachild, 91, of Boise, Lathrop, 60, of Boise, died Nov. 4, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at
2015. Funeral Home: Cremation Soci- his home. Services are under the diety of Idaho. rection of Accent Funeral Home, Meridian. 888-5833. James Floyd Brown, 66, of Boise, died Wednesday, Nov. 4. Funer- Larry L. Riggle, 80, of Boise, al Home: Cremation Society of Idaho. died Friday, Nov. 6, 2015, at a local care center. Funeral Home: Accent FuShirley Fisher, 94, of Boise, neral Home, Meridian. died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at a local care center. Services are Moses Cornelius Rodriunder the direction of Accent Funeral guez, 24, of Boise, died Thursday, Home, Meridian. 888-5833. November 5, 2015 at a local hospital of natural causes. Services pending Roy L. Groom, 79, of Boise, died under the direction of Relyea Funeral Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Funeral Chapel. Home: Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 N. Cloverdale Rd., Boise, ID 83713 David G. Rybar, 77, of Boise, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015. Funeral Home: Cloverdale Funeral died Sunday, November 8, 2015 at Home, 1200 N. Cloverdale Rd., Boise, her home of natural causes. Funeral ID 83713 Home: Cremation Society of Idaho
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Vernon Franklin McCully Jr., 75, of Boise, died Wed., Nov. 4th.
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Pointe Lane for bridge reconstruction. The expected completion date is Dec. 21. n There will be lane restrictions on Victory Road starting at and east of Cobble Way. Flaggers will direct Current road closures: traffic. The expected completion date is Nov. 20. n There will be lane restrictions on Northwest Eighth n There will be lane restrictions on Willowbrook Drive Street south of Willowbrook Drive while power cables from Northwest Eighth Street to Cranmer Drive while are replaced. Flaggers will direct traffic. The expected power cables are replaced. Flaggers will direct traffic. completion date is Nov. 30. The expected completion date is Nov. 30. n There will be lane restrictions on Linder Road from n Northwest First Street will be closed from Cherry Lane Almaden Drive to Duck Alley Road for a road rebuild project. Flaggers will direct traffic. The expected comple- to Elm Avenue for sewer work. The expected completion date is Sunday. tion date is April 1. n There will be shoulder work on McMillan Road from Future road closures: Meridian Road to Summit Avenue for subdivision frontn On Nov. 21, there will be lane restrictions on Main age work. Flaggers will direct traffic occasionally. The Street from Franklin Road to Fairview Avenue while expected completion date is Nov. 30. n Victory Road will be closed from Linder Road to Ten Christmas lights are installed. The project should be Mile Road with no access from Ten Mile Road to White finished within the same day.
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s a boy growing up in an industrial Pennsylvania town during the Great Depression, Bill Gornik sold copper and aluminum from the dump to buy action-packed magazines with stories about flying. He rushed home from school to listen to the adventures of pilot Lt. Harrington on the radio and dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot. Gornik, now a 93-year-old retired U.S. Air Force chief master sergeant who lives with his wife in Meridian, came painfully close to that dream. He joined the Army by Holly Beech hbeech@mymeridianpress.com Air Corps at age 19, breezed through the classroom work © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS and flew a plane by himself before even driving a car. But a test flight with an Army Air Corps pilot changed everything. “He determined that I was not progressing fast enough, and they wouldn’t let me go on (as an aviation cadet),” Gornik said. “That was to me the most devastating — my dream of becoming a fighter pilot was over. “But the fact that our country was at war, I just made up my mind to do what I can.” Gornik went on to serve during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War as an airplane engineer and gunner and a maintenance supervisor. His was first assigned as an engineer/gunner with a B-25 combat crew with the 14th Air Force Flying Tigers. After several months of training, his five-member crew was assigned to fly a new airplane from the state of Georgia to China, a 45-day trip that took the crew Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master through South America, Africa and Asia. Sgt. Bill Gornik served during World A terrible sandstorm and lack of fuel almost forced War II, the Korean War and the Vietthe crew to bail out of the nam War in his 27 years with the airplane into the ocean military. Now age 93, Gornik lives off the coast of Africa. The in Meridian with his wife, Dorothy. young men experienced culture shock, Gornik He published an autobiography in 2005 called “U OUGHTA.” said, as they visited new places. Top photo by Holly Beech/MP, right photo submitted These experiences melded a crew of five strangers into brothers. “Everything about us was so different,” Gornik said. There was the Mormon rancher from Wyoming; the young Jewish man from a wealthy family in Ohio; the Presbyterian concert pianist from Detroit; a Southern Baptist farmer from South Carolina; and Gornik, a Catholic steel mill worker. “But after five months, we lived together, recreated together, everything we did was together,” Gornik said. “We became so close that any one of the five guys would gladly die for the other.” Throughout Gornik’s 27-year military career — including 46 combat missions in World War II — what hapBILL GORNIK pened to him shortly after his crew arrived in China was Retired U.S. Air Force chief master sergeant the most difficult experience of his life, he said. “Unfortunately on Mother’s Day — it was May the 13th, 1944 — three of my guys, a pilot, a radio man and a tail gunner were on a mission, but they never came back,” he said. “That was very traumatic for me when I lost those three. Of all the bad things in my life — and I’m 93 years old — that’s the worst thing that ever happened to me.” The other crew member was sent to India, leaving Gornik as the sole remaining member of his crew in China. He worked on airplanes and filled in as a gunner on missions when needed. “I could have drank myself to death, you know, because there was a lot of drinking going on,” he said. “But here again I said, ‘Hey, you can’t let it get you down, you just have to go on.’” In October of 1945, Gornik opted to be discharged, got married, and resumed his career in the steel industry. But his failed dream of becoming a pilot festered in his mind, so he found another way to fly. He attend a small, private flight school and obtained his pilot’s license at age 24. Later he went on to earn a commercial pilot’s license. “I was in heaven,” Gornik remembers with a smile. “I could fly a solo unit, a little Piper Cub. I just loved flying that thing, even finding a flock of geese and flying along with them.” This is one of Gornik’s favorite stories to pass on to younger generations. (He’s told his story to an estimated 12,000 kids at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa.) Gornik’s message to the kids is simple: “If you have a dream, go for it. Don’t let anything stop you. People are going to tell you you can’t do this, can’t do that. Ignore them. You’re going to have pitfalls. You’re going to have things try to deter you from New-year.ad.4.85x5-25%.pdf 1 7/8/15 4:10 PM reaching your dreams. But I say, ‘Remember two words: Don’t quit. And as long as it’s honest and as long as it’s legal, go for it.’”
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earing his brother’s name over the speaker Wednesday at a Veterans Day rally in Meridian comforted Nick Murach. He thinks of Tom every day, with some days being harder than others. But knowing others still remember Tom more than two years after his death in Afghanistan was reassuring, he said. Spc. Thomas Murach, a 2009 graduate of Cole Valley Christian School in Meridian, was killed with four other soldiers May 4, 2013, by a roadside bomb. Cole Valley students, veterans, service members and families gathered in the school’s gym Wednesday to honor veterans and to remember Murach and Pvt. Ray Werner, a 2004 Cole Valley graduby Holly Beech ate who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq on Feb. 8, hbeech@mymeridianpress.com 2007. © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS Cole Valley Superintendent Brad Carr said Werner was full of spirit and life, pumping up students at basketball games, making people laugh and bringing joy to those around him. In high school he dreamed of becoming a youth pastor. He married Lacey in the summer of 2006, less than a year before he died at age 21. Carr remembered Murach as being kind, gentle and always looking out for those around him. He thanked the Murach family for attending the rally and for their sacrifice. “For me it’s nice just knowing people don’t forget. Sometimes that’s the hardest thing as time passes,” Nick Murach, the oldest among four brothers, said after the ceremony. “I think of Tom every day. The dark days and the heavy are fewer and farther in between, but I don’t ever have a day when I don’t think of him if a funny joke comes up or something like that, because he had a pretty unique sense of humor and laughed at everything. So stuff like this is really meaningful to me, just knowing that people don’t forget, his memory doesn’t die.” Tom was only 22 when he died. His three older brothers are all a year apart in age, and he tagged along more than four years later. His brothers loved to remind him that he was an accident. “We were always laughing at something,” Mike Murach said. “It’s hard not to have that now, because you see just ridiculous things, videos on Facebook or stuff like that, you know he would have enjoyed that. But it’s no longer there to share.” Tom’s mother, Mary, and older brother, William, pioneered the way in the Army. Mary served in the early 1980s, and William served from 2004 to 2010, including two yearlong tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. “He asked me why I did it, so I told him,” William said. “Because our country has
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The Murach family remembers Thomas Murach, who died at age 22 serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, as someone with a unique sense of humor who loved to laugh. Murach’s mother, three brothers and sister-in-law attended a Veterans Day assembly at Cole Valley Christian School in Meridian on Wednesday. From left: Mike Murach, William Murach, Mary Murach, Nick and Monica Murach. done so much for us, it’s just important to give back if we can. I told him that, too, and I think that helped him make up his mind if he wanted to do it.” It can be easy to forget that the United States has been at war for 14 years, Carr told the audience at the assembly. “We don’t experience first-hand bombs dropping. We don’t experience first-hand bullets flying over our heads,” he said. The Veterans Day assembly was a chance to remember and express gratitude for service members. Band students honored those who died by playing “Taps,” followed by hundreds of voices in the audience joining together to sing “God Bless America.”
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The $5,000 donated by the local Dutch Bros. for Lowell Scott Middle School’s arts program will go toward: n New cello for the orchestra (roughly $850) n Three piano benches, one each for the band, orchestra and choir. “The ones they have are basically broken,” art teacher Lola Johnson said. n The repair of roughly 20 instruments n A microphone for the choir director. “The biggest choir is 150 students, so the microphone will help our choir teacher, Shelly Green, immensely when she is working with them,” Johnson said. n Pottery wheel (about $1,200). The school has four pottery wheels, but that’s not enough to accommodate the 30-plus students in pottery class, Johnson said. n Artist drawing pencils. “We thought since (Rieth) did a drawing, we should definitely boost up our drawing supplies for students,” Johnson said. The purchases have been made or will be made this school year. Watch for sixth-grader Stella Rieth’s artwork on Dutch Bros.’ kids cups starting around Thanksgiving.
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eridian has been named America’s best place to live by 24/7 Wall St., an online MERIDIAN, financial news corporation. Factors in the report included crime rates, employ- BY THE NUMBERS: ment growth, education levels and ac- n Population: 87,739 cess to entertainment and n Median home value: by Holly Beech recreation. $193,900 Meridian was up against n Poverty rate: 10.9 percent hbeech@mymeridianpress.com 549 other U.S. cities with n © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS Percent with at least a bachpopulations of 65,000 or elor’ s degree: 27.7 percent more. n Amenities per 100,000 “That’s really exciting that we are not just in the top five or the top 10, but listed as No. 1,” Meridian Cham- residents: 169.8 ber of Commerce President and CEO Anne Little Rob- To complete the report, 24/7 erts said. “Anything that promotes and recognizes us Wall St. collected data in nine categories: crime, demogas great place to live is always a benefit.” Meridian’s safety and job growth helped drive it to raphy, economy, education, the top of the list. Only 80 violent crimes were reported environment, health, housing, per 100,000 residents in Meridian last year, compared infrastructure, and leisure. with a national rate of 366 per 100,000, according to Find a link to the full report at the report. ow.ly/UxCCx. Meridian is adding jobs faster than most cities. Jobs in Meridian increased by 7.4 percent from 2012 to 2014, according to the report, compared with a national job growth rate of 1.8 percent. The city’s unemployment rate of 4.1 percent is 2 percent lower than the national average. “When you’re getting accolades from a reliable source such as this one, I think it always helps,” said Clark Krause, the executive director of Boise Valley Economic Partnership, which markets the Treasure Valley to employers. “I don’t think it ever will close the deal, but I think it is another attraction to our community.” This isn’t the first time Meridian has been recognized nationally, and those articles do come up when talking with out-of-town employers looking to expand or relocate to Meridian, Roberts and Krause said. “They want (their employees) to be in a place that’s desirable to live,” Roberts said. “When looking at encouraging their top-level management to move, you really want to have those tools that help you share, yes, this is a great place to live.” But the national attention — the report was picked up by USA Today — could also
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Kayla Holdridge, 6, of Eagle, is sprayed with water at Settler Park’s water feature June 28, 2013, in Meridian. USA Today picked up this photo Nov. 5 in its report on Meridian being named the best place to live. create a catch 22, Roberts said. “It’s always another marketing tool to have, but of course one of our issues that we’re having to deal with and manage is the rapid growth,” she said. Meridian’s population growth rate of 28 percent from 2010 to 2014 was more than four times the national average, according to the report. “But,” Roberts continued, “it is always good to be recognized for a clean, healthy, safe place to live with the amenities that we offer, the outdoor attractions and all that makes living in Meridian wonderful.” The report verifies what many locals already know — that Meridian is a great city, Krause said. “That all has an effect on enriching our communities and how we feel and taking pride in where we get to call home,” he said.
Sportsplex Idaho keeps quiet about vision for $40M facility Organization announced last year it would built complex in Meridian but does not own the land
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portsplex Idaho has been silent in the 14 months since announcing its plans to build a $40 million sports facility and arena in Meridian. Sportsplex Idaho (SPI) founder Carson Sofro said the organization has intentionally been quiet about its work and doesn’t plan to make any announcements until construction is about to begin. He didn’t have a timeline for construction and said there are still hurdles to jump over. by Holly Beech The price tag on the hbeech@mymeridianpress.com project is $40 million. So© 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS fro said SPI is actively raising money but would not disclose how much has been raised. “I’ll work on it ‘til it is built,” he said. “I think anyone that’s tried to build a large project like this will tell you these things are not easy. That’s why a lot of people don’t undertake them.” At a gala at Boise State University in September 2014, Sportsplex Idaho announced it would build the 185,000-square-foot sports facility — including 12 athletic surfaces and a 3,200-seat arena — on an 18-acre site in Meridian, near the southeast corner of Eagle and Ustick roads. Submitted rendering SPI does not own the land, Sofro said, and he did not confirm if that site — or any site in Meridian — is Sportsplex Idaho founder Carson Sofro said the proposed sports complex is still making progress, but he is keeping the details under wraps. still the target location. Meridian Planning Director Caleb Hood said in an email Friday that the city has not done a pre-application with Sportsplex Idaho. and misinformation easily spread. The project architect listed on the project’s website is TVA Architects in Port“We don’t want to put any information out until there’s really solid informaland, but Sofro said that firm is no longer working on the project. Bob Thompson, tion,” Sofro said. “There are so many moving parts, that I feel, and I think others a principal at the firm, did not respond to a request for comment. that are involved feel it’s the best way to do it at this point. … You want to just keep An email to Sportsplex Idaho Executive Director Salle Uberuaga bounced back those pieces close until you can figure out how to make them move together.” as undeliverable, her office phone has been disconnected, and she did not reThe Sportsplex Idaho website, which has been apparently untouched for spond to a voice mail left by Meridian Press on her cellphone. Sofro said Uberu- months, lists partners such as Tom Scott Toyota, McAlvain Construction, Petra aga hasn’t left her role, and the organization shut down its office in Meridian be- Construction and The McClain Companies. A message left with The McClain cause it wasn’t being used and was a waste of money. Companies Nov. 6 went unanswered. “We’ve been trying to keep the progress moving forward, and we’ve done it The vision for the complex includes a fitness center, an educational wing with very quietly behind closed doors,” Sofro said. classrooms and computers, a full-service sports medicine and rehabilitation Part of the reason for Sportsplex Idaho’s silence, he said, is because rumors suite, and office and retail opportunities.
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