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COVER STORY: Grounds repaired in time for event The 24th annual Meridian Lions Rodeo is Saturday and Sunday at the Meridian rodeo grounds. Not only is this event the club’s largest fundraiser, but it gives Idaho Cowboys Association contestants one last chance to qualify for upcoming rodeos. About 300 people — including youth — will compete, and 3,500 audience members are expected.

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More than 2,000 jobs were created in Meridian in 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, including a comeback of tech and manufacturing jobs — so much so that Valley businesses can’t find all the skilled workers they need.

The Rocky Mountain High football team is speeding up the pace and scoring plenty of points.

Owners of V3 Hair Studio plan to open a beauty school on the corner of Cherry Lane and Linder Road. The salon was recognized as a Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year and has gained national attention.

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eridian Chamber of Commerce hosted an Economic Excellence Breakfast Tuesday morning, featuring local business professionals who shared bits of their stories and strategies. I enjoyed learning unique facts about the people behind the businesses. For instance, did you know Ron Kern, founder of Shadow Trackers Investigative Services, Inc. in Meridian, used to be a stand-up comedian in Los Angeles? He worked an array of other odd jobs before founding his investigation ﬁrm. “I realized that I could work on my business for hours and hours and never get tired of it,” Kern said. Another presenter was Victor Valle, co-owner of V3 Hair Studio. He was about to become a lawyer when he decided to switch to his wife’s industry and become a hair stylist. People still give him funny looks when he tells them he’s a hairdresser, Victor said, but he loves his job and is excited about their new project: opening a beauty school in Meridian this spring. (Read more about his story on page 12.) The keynote speaker at the breakfast was Brad Wiskirchen, the CEO of Keynetics, Idaho’s largest privately held technology company. Keynetics has two subsidiaries, Kount, an e-commerce fraud control company, and ClickBank, an online retail outlet with about 5.4 million clients across 190 countries. I love to hear local success stories like this. People from the

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About 100 people gathered Sept. 19 to celebrate the end of the 11-month Split Corridor Phase 2 project in downtown Meridian. Mayor Tammy de Weerd said the project was necessary, but not easy for residents and businesses along Meridian Road. “We know (the project) upset your lives tremendously,” she said. “... Thank you for your patience.”

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Because the city of Meridian has chosen to contract with the Idaho Humane Society for animal control and sheltering services, the largely volunteer-run Meridian Valley Humane Society will close its doors Monday. But volunteers said this is not the last you’ll see of them. Meridian Valley Humane Society, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is continuing as an independent rescue group, volunteer Debby Decker told Meridian Press. “We will soon have a new address and will continue giving compassionate care to dogs in need. Our focus will be helping dogs whose owners can no longer keep them,” she said.

Boise boys charged for more than 40 summer crimes

BOISE — Two 15-year-old boys are charged with 43 crimes connected

to a series of car break-ins and vandalism in the Hazelwood subdivision south of Boise this summer, the Ada County Sheriff ’s Office announced Tuesday. The boys admitted to breaking into unlocked cars and taking items inside, including iPhone chargers, knives, money and other items, according to a media release. Many of the stolen items have since been returned to victims. The burglaries occurred between Lake Hazel Road and Valley Heights Drive in late July and early August.

BOSTON — Forty attorneys general, including Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday urging the agency to meet its own deadline and regulate electronic cigarettes in the same way it regulates tobacco products. The letter says e-cigarettes are being marketed to children through cartoonlike advertising characters and by offering fruit and candy flavors, much like cigarettes were once marketed to hook new smokers.

CRIME WATCH Meridian Police Department Log Sept. 18-24 Police made the following arrests or issued charges: 1 petit theft 1 driving without insurance 7 warrants 5 driving under the influence 1 battery 1 resisting or obstructing officers 1 failure to appear 2 food stamp fraud 1 domestic verbal 1 possession of marijuana 2 possession of drug paraphernalia 1 failure to purchase driver’s license 1 open alcohol container in a vehicle 1 domestic battery 1 driving without privileges 1 possession of a controlled substance 1 failure to notify authorities of an accident Police also took calls, investigated or assisted: 2 resisting or obstructing officers 1 fleeing or eluding 12 non-injury traffic accidents

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Meridian Press and the Meridian Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a City Council candidate forum Oct. 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave. Come learn more about those who hope to represent you on City Council come Jan. 1. The Meridian Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council is also hosting a City Council candidate forum Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mountain View High School auditorium, 2000 Millennium Way, Meridian. Meridian Press is accepting candidate endorsement letters of 200 words or less that will be posted to our website online. Please send letters to opinion@mymeridianpress.com by noon Oct. 25.

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Treasure Valley are pursuing innovative ideas and accomplishing impressive goals. Take Becky Logue with Dental R.A.T. as another example. She didn’t speak at the breakfast, but this Meridian woman invented a hands-free computer mouse so she could work more efﬁciently as a dental hygienist. Now her company is developing a new product called Boomer for both medical professionals and for those who have trouble using their hands. Another cool story that recently surfaced is the opening of Forward by Holly Beech Movement Training. Ada County hbeech@mymeridianpress.com Deputy Sheriff Matt Schneider saw © 2013 MERIDIAN PRESS a need for a more realistic training space, so he opened a facility in Meridian that provides safety training and simulations for both private citizens and law enforcement agencies.

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As Meridian’s tech sector grows, companies seek skilled workers

icro 100 Tool Corporation, Meridian’s largest manufacturer, lost 10 percent of its staff during the recession. But this year the company is back to a full staff of 111 employees, and revenue is bouncing back, Chief Financial Officer Mick Armstrong said. Other local businesses are also returning to stable ground. “We’ve found that most companies we’ve met with are seeing pre-recession by Holly Beech revenues,” Meridian Ecohbeech@mymeridianpress.com nomic Development Ad© 2013 Meridian Press ministrator Brenda Sherwood told City Council during an economic strategic plan update Sept. 10. Manufacturing jobs are growing in Meridian by about 100 a year, Sherwood said. Overall, Meridian employers added 2,200 new jobs from January 2012 to March 2013. One of the top industries for job growth is professional, scientific and technical services. “That’s imperative — it’s where we’ve been lagging in the past throughout the Valley,” Sherwood said. Even companies that aren’t specifically in the tech industry are growing tech jobs, Boise Valley Economic Partnership Executive Director Clark Krause said, pointing to Meridian companies Bodybuilding.com and MWI Veterinary Supply Co. as examples. “Almost every business across this Valley has more technology in it than there used to be,” Krause said. “... If you talk to them about what is their business, they may be building a product, they may be selling a service, they may be in the health industry, ... but a larger and larger portion of their portfolio is tech.” Meridian faces the challenge of providing a skilled workforce that will strengthen existing companies and attract new business. “We have gotten a lot of feedback from tech companies of what they’re challenges are at this point, and the biggest challenge obviously is they have more openings than they have people to fill them, especially in the software engineering, software developer category,” Krause said. “So they’re looking for what I

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Scott Drake, a process specialist operator who was been with Micro 100 Tool Corporation for 30 years, works on a tool grinding machine. Micro 100 is Meridian’s largest manufacturer and is one of the companies that brought new jobs to the city in the past year. call highly-skilled people from college-graduate level all the way to master software developers.” Micro 100 has run into this challenge, Armstrong said. Many of its employees need strong math and specialized technical skills. “Often the people we hire don’t have the necessary math skills, so it’s very difficult for us to hire somebody into our top machine operator positions,” Armstrong said. The company has turned to the Idaho Department

of Labor and the local school district for help. Since October, the Department of Labor has provided more than $100,000 to help Micro 100 train new employees through a machinist apprenticeship program in cooperation with College of Western Idaho. “Also we’ve had some initial conversations with the Meridian school district and (Superintendent) Dr. Linda Clark,” Armstrong said. “We’re going to be meeting with her to share some of our own ideas and needs for the (district’s machine) tech program.”

Meridian’s economic activity, 2012 and 2013:

2,200: total number of jobs created in Meridian in 2012 and 2013 Quarter 1* n 1,300 in 2012 n 900 in 2013 Q1 *Source: Idaho Department of Labor Recruiting businesses, August 2012 - August 2013 42 site selectors and commercial relocation consultants were given marketing information about Meridian 59 leads were contacted and followed-up on in industries such as public safety, retail, manufacturing, construction and food processing Initiatives n Wine Tasting Cooperative with Meridian Development Council — exploring opportunities for partnerships with wineries in Garden City, Caldwell’s Sunnyslope area and Idaho Department of Tourism. n Public safety cluster with private and public stakeholders — including new training facilities and local gun and equipment manufacturers. n Small Business Coordinator pilot program to guide new or small business owners through the application process.

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anufacturing is just one of Meridian’s targeted industries for growth. The city’s economic team is also focusing on health care, agricultural science and public safety, according to Economic Development Administrator Brenda Sherwood. But when it comes to recruiting new businesses, Meridian faces some disadvantages. The city doesn’t offer financial incentives to seal the deal with interested companies, and because of its central location, land tends to be more expensive, Sherwood told City Council during a Sept. 10 presentation. Her team is consulting with businesses and community partners to build an economic development strategy that will help the city take on these challenges. “I think that the next few years are going to be imperative,” Sherwood said. “We’re seeing a lot of activity, and how we move on it is going to be vital.”

New commercial permits 2013, Jan. 1 – Sept. 10 n 39 permits n $47.6 million 2012 n 40 permits n $65.5 million Job creation Top 5 job-growth industries in Meridian: n Construction n Healthcare services n Professional, scientific and technical services n Accommodation and food services n Retail

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Today MERIDIAN — Teen Gaming Night, 6 p.m., Cherry Lane branch of Meridian Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane. Come to the library after hours

to play video games on the Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with Kinect. We’ll have card and board games as well. No signup is required, but arrive a little early because the library officially closes at 6 p.m. We’ll order pizza and have a great time.

Saturday MERIDIAN — Saturday Family Craft, 11 a.m., Cherry Lane branch of Meridian Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane. Let your creative juices flow with this program. Artistic fun for all ages.

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Monday MERIDIAN — Block Party, 10:30 a.m., Silverstone Branch of Meridian Library, 3531 E. Overland Road. Toddlers and preschoolers can build, dream and explore with hundreds of wooden blocks and toys.

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MERIDIAN — Memoir Writing Workshop with Nicole LeFavour, 2 p.m., Cherry Lane branch of Meridian Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane. Learn how to turn stories from your life or family history into riveting scenes of memoir. Co-sponsored by The Cabin. Sign up in advance by calling 8884451 or emailing greg@mld.org. NAMPA — Stand Up Idaho Community Challenge Ride, 8:30 a.m., Idaho Center. Join local city mayors, law enforcement and community leaders in this family friendly event that will cover Nampa, Caldwell, Meridian and more communities before ending back at the Idaho Center. The registration prices of $25 for adults, $18 for youth ages 6-17 and $12 for those 5 and under benefits the National Police Athletic Activities League and Idaho middle and high schools. Register online at www.stand-upamerica.com. GARDEN CITY — Production Series: “Crush” and Alcoholic Fermentation, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., House of Wine, 107 E. 44th St. We’ll follow the path of the grape from entry into the winery as it miraculously changes from simple juice to extraordinary wine. You’ll learn much more than the basics of the process as we uncover winemaking philosophies and key winemaking techniques that impact wine flavors and structure. Plus, you’ll get a chance to literally have a hand in the 2013 harvest. Bring your camera. A maximum of 25 seats are available in each course to ensure an intimate wine education experience. Classes are $75 per person. MERIDIAN — Making Ben’s Bells, 2-4 p.m., Meridian Community Center, 201 E. Idaho St. A community art project using handmade ceramic wind chimes to promote the benefits of everyday kindness. Learn to make and decorate parts for Ben’s Bells to be randomly and anonymously distributed in the Treasure Valley. Registration required through Meridian Parks and Recreation.

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Meridian Elementary will house Idaho’s first school-based health center

school-based health center $25,000: amount needed by Jan. 1, 2014, to open at Meridian Elementary portable n $175,000: money raised n $200,000: goal 2nd year of operation: center is expected to be sustainable 2,000: expected number of patient visits in center’s first year

Meridian Elementary 30 percent, approximately, of the households in this area have incomes below the Federal Poverty Level 80 percent of the 492 students qualify for free and reduced lunch

nationwide 48 states use the school-based health center (SBHC) model 2,000: approximate number of SBHCs in the country 1987: year first SBHC was established 71 percent of students reported having access to health care when a SBHC was present, versus 59 percent when no SBHC was present.* Sources: Family Medicine Residency of Idaho, Joint School District No. 2 and *Mathmatica Policy Research

daho’s first school-based health center is set to open at Meridian Elementary School in January, thanks to a partnership between Joint School District No. 2 and Family Medicine Residency of Idaho (FMRI). Though it’s new to Idaho, this concept has been around since 1987, and there are almost 2,000 school-based health centers (SBHCs) in the country. Studies have shown that the centers improve students’ performance and school attendance. Any student can have acute injuries treated at the center, but its purpose is to provide primary and behavioral health care to uninsured or underinsured students. Eventually care will be extended to students at other schools in the area and their siblings. “We are not interested in taking patients away from clinics, that’s not our goal,” FMRI Director of Community Affairs Julie Robinson said. “Our goal is to serve children who are not getting services or are underserved or Photos by Holly Beech/MP don’t have access in some way.” Above: A portable building at Meridian Elementary School is being refurbished as a school-based health center. Meridian Elementary was chosen as the Set to open in January, this will be Idaho’s first school-based health center, a model that is popular in other states. location because it has the highest poverty Below: Centennial High School senior Matt May, right, works on the portable building with other members of his Ada level in the district, with about 80 percent of Professional Technical construction class. The 11-student class will work on the building throughout this semester. students qualifying for free by Holly Beech hbeech@mymeridianpress.com and reduced lunch, Joint School District No. 2 Superintendent Linda Clark said. It’s estimated that there will be about 2,000 patient visits © 2013 Meridian Press in the first year. The center will accept Medicaid and provide care on a sliding-fee scale. Some of the policies are still being worked out — such as how the school nurse will refer students to the center and how the center will comply with parental consent laws. “We will have to be in accordance with the law about what treatments you could offer without a parent in the room. … It’s one of our biggest concerns that we do it appropriately,” Robinson said. Administrators and staff will visit Oregon — which has a wide network of SBHCs — to observe and train.

Community support is ‘phenomenal’ About $175,000 of the $200,000 needed to start the center has been raised through grants and donations. The center will be located in a portable at Meridian Elementary, which is currently being refurbished by district high school students and CM Company to prepare for the January opening. “We’ve had phenomenal community support,” Robinson said. After its first year the center is set to pay for itself. FMRI of Idaho will provide oversight and medical providers, including a pediatric nurse practitioner, registered nurse and social worker. FMRI has six clinics in Ada County and is the largest Medicaid provider in Idaho, Robinson said. “We serve many, many low-income children, so you see this is actually a population that we know a great deal about,” she said.

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SPORTS Burton, Forsey among Centennial Hall of Fame class

An NFL running back, an Olympic wrestler, a pro tennis player and a pro golfer are in the Patriots’ first induction class

Centennial High will induct its first hall of fame class today during the Patriots’ home football game against Meridian. The school will honor four athletes that left Centennial to make their marks in the NFL, in the NCAA record book, on the professional golf and tennis circuits and at the Olympics with a pregame award presentation. The four inductees — Andrea Baxter-Bretz, Jane Chi, Charles Burton and Brock Forsey — will also serve as

honorary captains for the football game’s coin toss, and the school will honor them in a halftime induction show. Forsey, a 1998 graduate, earned all-state honors in football in 1996 and 1997 before starring as a running back at Boise State and playing in the NFL for the Chicago Bears, the Miami Dolphins and the Washington Redskins. He scored 32 total touchdowns for Boise State during the 2002 season, the third highest singleseason output in NCAA history,

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and he ranks fifth in NCAA history with 68 total touchdowns. He lives in Boise with his wife and two children. Burton, a 1991 graduate, finished fifth at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in freestyle wrestling at 85 kilograms (187 pounds) and beat the defending world champ to qualify for the Olympic team. He also twice won silver in the Pan-American Games and later won bronze at the 2003 World Cup in Boise. The 1989 Idaho state cham-

pion and All-American for Boise State also coached as an assistant at Iowa State, Indiana and Nebraska, coaching multiple national champions. He now works in the medical sales field in Oklahoma City. Chi, a 1992 graduate, won a state cross country championship and was part of a state basketball championship at Centennial. She then went on to UCLA, where she won the NCAA indoor women’s tennis championship in 1995 and turned pro. She climbed as high as No. 62 in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings and competed at Wimbledon and in the U.S. and Australian opens. Sports Illustrated named her

to its list of the Top 50 Idaho athletes in the 20th century, and she works in Seattle after earning her law degree from the University in Idaho in 2008. Baxter-Bretz, a 1994 graduate of Centennial, won four state individual golf titles, led the Patriots to four team titles and won a state basketball championship. She received a full-ride golf scholarship to Stanford University, earned NCAA All-American status twice and was a two-time semifinalist in the U.S. Amateur Championships. She currently works as a PGA professional and is the founder of Collegiate Golf Consulting.

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pend just a few minutes watching the Rocky Mountain football team practice, and you’ll learn quick how they are able to score so many points. Before long, it becomes apparent everything coach Scott Criner does, he likes to do fast. Whether its the speed of substitutions, the pace of the plays in practice, or even the music blaring from the speakers of the football stadium, everything is up tempo and fast. “We want to run a lot of plays, we want to run them fast and we want to get into the end zone,” said Criner, who is in his first season at Rocky Mountain. “That’s really the only thing we tell our kids.” The results have shown on the field, as Rocky Mountain has averaged 56.8 points per game. The Grizzlies (4-0, 3-0 5A SIC) enter today’s 7 p.m. showdown against Capital (4-0, 3-0) having scored at least 52 points in all four of their games this season. “It’s a lot of fun to run an offense like this,” quarterback Riley Bradshaw said. “There’s a lot of plays where you have four of five options, so it makes it easier on you, based on what the offense is doing. You never have no options. There’s always something you can do.” Bradshaw has thrived

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From left, Rocky Mountain High receiver Kekoa Nawahine, running back Jason Crimmins, quarterback Riley Bradshaw and tight end Jake Knight. in the Grizzlies no-huddle offense, completing 55-of84 passes for 1,000 yards. He has 12 touchdowns to three interceptions on the season. A duel-threat option, Bradshaw also has 313 yards and one TD rushing on the year. He has no shortage of receivers to throw the ball to as 11 different players have caught passes for Rocky Mountain this season. Wide receiver Kekoa Nawahine and tight end Jake Knight are tied for the team lead with 13 recep-

tions. Nawahine leads the team in receiving yards (346), while Knight, who has 280 receiving yards, leads the team with four touchdown catches. Elijah Armstrong also has 176 yards and a pair of touchdown catches for the Grizzlies. But perhaps the most telling fact about the receiver corps is that they decide among themselves when to make substitutions. Criner said all the coaches decide is who the starting receivers are, then

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the players work on a rotation among themselves to get everyone else in the game. “They’re on a play count with each other, and they handle all the subs,” Criner said. “We have certain plays where we want Devin (Christian) for this, or we want Elijah or Kekoa or (Josh) Rasmussen, then we’ll signal somebody out as part of a package. But very seldom do we handle the substitutions, they handle it all on their own.” Rocky Mountain has

just as many weapons in its running game, which is averaging 341.5 yards per game. Jason Crimmins leads the way with 431 yards, followed by Bradshaw with 313, but Christian (148), Ben Randell (122) and Jake Roper (115) each have rushed for more than 100 yards this season. The numbers, Criner says, are a combination of both conditioning and attention to detail. When he was an offensive coordinator at Eagle High, the coach says the Mustangs prided

themselves on being able to outlast teams in the fourth quarter. It’s something he brought with him to Rocky Mountain. “We did a lot of conditioning over the summer, and it got us probably into the best shapes of our lives,” Crimmins said. “Running our offense, you can definitely see the defense slowing down and they can’t even get the play calls (in) sometimes, because we keep moving and moving.”

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An Idaho Cowboys Association contestant strives to stay atop an angry bull during the 2012 Meridian Lions Rodeo. The 24th annual rodeo is Saturday and Sunday in Meridian. Front page: Tricia Crump, Miss Rodeo Idaho 2011, holds an American flag as she rides through the arena during last year’s Meridian Lions Rodeo. The 24th annual rodeo is Saturday and Sunday in Meridian.

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t age 32, Victor Valle left his budding law career and jumped into the hair-styling industry. People looked at him like he was crazy, Valle said. “My friends, my neighbors, … people at church wondered about my mental stability. To go from law to hair — what drives a person to do that?” he said. But now, more than a dozen years later, Valle loves his job and doesn’t regret the switch. He owns V3 Hair Studio in Meridian with his wife, Danae Valle, who inspired him to become a stylist. The couple plans to open an 80-student beauty school in Meridian in April, with their son, also a stylist who is moving back to Idaho to be an instructor at the school. “People think that hair stylists are dumb, (like) they really can’t do anything else,” Valle said. “So for us it’s been really fun to associate with people in other professions and really show them … that hair stylists can do very well in this profession. Hair stylists can make as much as doctors — they really can if they want to.” Victor Valle, a Peru native who moved to the U.S. at age 14, went into law because that was seen as the height of success, not because it’s what he was passionate about. “It was almost an expectation that you put on yourself because you are in the

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Investing in our in your words school buildings is an investment in our community During my more than 35 years with Joint School District No. 2, our patrons have regularly stepped forward and supported bond levies to build new schools. Over the past 15 years, that commitment has led to the construction of 19 new schools that met the needs of a school system that grew from 20,000 students to more than 36,000 during that same time frame. In my experience, our community has also always valued maintaining the investment in the schools they voted to construct in the first place. I sometimes receive comments from our parents and our voters if they see something about one of our schools that is not being maintained properly, and I appreciate that our taxpayers want our school buildings in tip-top shape. This desire to keep our schools maintained is very understandable: the last bond levy (in 2005) was an investment of $139 million in new schools — along with the district’s other buildings — that need to be well maintained and efficient for our community in the future. For 40 years (since 1972), the voters of the Meridian School District have authorized us to levy property taxes to pay for school improvements, remodels and renovations through the Plant Facilities Levy. In order to protect property taxpayers from fluctuations in the tax levy rate, the district has carefully managed the amount of revenue raised from this levy. To maintain the levy rate during the economic downturn that started in 2008, as property values dropped on average by 30 percent district-wide, the amount levied to maintain the district’s 50 schools was as low as $2.6 million. In these years, many projects were left undone. As property values increased this year by just over 13 percent, the school district was able to begin to catch up on these maintenance projects

and accelerate the construction of new school space to relieve overcrowding without raising the tax levy rate. Two of the most significant projects are the continued phased construction of Willow Creek Elementary and the phased remodel of Meridian High. Willow Creek, which opened this year with 130 students in grades K-2, helped relieve overcrowding at Paramount Elementary, which still has 761 students. Paramount is built for 650 students. The Meridian High project will give us the district’s first high school classrooms and science labs that meet today’s educational standards and provide more classroom space for students in the future. The myriad of other maintenance projects this year include roof repairs and replacements at five schools, replacing carpet and flooring at 14 schools, re-painting classrooms and hallways at 22 schools, patching and paving parking lots at 23 schools, completing remodels at 16 schools — the list goes on. The schools the community decided to invest in are being well maintained. An added benefit of all this construction activity is a significant infusion of work that is helping to jump-start the once floundering construction industry, an industry that felt the economic downturn as much as any type of work found in this valley. The current Plant Facilities Levy used to repair, maintain and expand facilities is authorized until 2017. Throughout the remaining life of this levy, the school district will continue to use the revenue it receives wisely, addressing our school buildings’ maintenance needs while also keeping the commitment to our voters not to increase the levy rate. 

Linda Clark is superintendent of Joint School District No. 2, which includes Meridian and surrounding areas.

Volunteering at animal shelter in your words has been rewarding experience I have volunteered at Meridian Humane Society since November of 2009. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time walking dogs and cleaning kennels, as well as submitting articles about our adoptable dogs for several weekly and monthly publications. I began volunteering after my beloved Shepherd mix Shelby passed away in May of that year. I was not ready to adopt another dog but was missing dog companionship. It was the perfect opportunity for me, and I know it has given me far more than I have given. Through my involvement with the shelter, I have met many people who will be friends for life. Speaking of friends for life, in August of 2010 I adopted Gem, a chocolate lab, from MHS. She was quite ill when she arrived and was provided the medical attention she needed to care for her puppies and become adoptable. Once her puppies were adopted, I began writing an article about Gem. Halfway through my task I realized I had to meet her. Gem’s foster mom at the time, Carol, brought her to meet me and

I took her home that day as a foster. Less than 48 hours later I became the proverbial “foster failure,” and that article was never published. I will miss volunteering for MHS tremendously and will always have fond memories of the time I spent with my fellow volunteers and the shelter dogs. 

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UP & DOWN to the hordes of flies plaguing our town this time of year. to all the volunteers who are working so hard to open a new animal shelter in Meridian! for cooler weather and rain in the forecast for all those who have had their irrigation shut off a bit early this year. Regarding the completion of the Split Corridor Phase 2 road project in downtown, great, how does this change my loss of business for the last nine months? It doesn’t. ACHD and Meridian city need to stay on their side the easement.

Also regarding the road project, what should have taken maybe six months took for ever to complete, and they still got it wrong. What is the cut out on Meridian road to Main for anyway? So that someone couldn’t put a ma/pa store in there? Or was someone making a profit off that property? The decision for the split corridor was made after a public hearing and many open-house meetings. The design was selected due to its ability to guide traffic on and off the interstate with relative ease (great for those who live north of Cherry Lane but use I-84). In addition, it provides a mechanism for those who want to visit Meridian’s downtown.  Send your Thumbs Up and Down submissions to news@mymeridianpress.com.

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wo weeks ago the by Holly Beech This weekend the parcity of Meridian hbeech@mymeridianpress.com klet will be in front of Rick’s had a temporary Press Room. deck — also called © 2013 MERIDIAN PRESS “I think it’s a good pia pop-up park or lot program,” owner Rick parklet — installed downtown next to Sun- Valenzuela said. “I like that (the city is) rise Cafe. This movable deck is placed over thinking outside the box. There’s no room about two parking spots to add outdoor on these old sidewalks for us to put out real dining space to narrow sidewalks. patios. It’s one of those growing things —

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ABOUT THE PARKLET $7,965: actual cost  $5,367 for consultant  $2,598 for supplies $10,000: project budget 15-24 feet: length of the deck, depending on how it’s set up 7 feet, 3 inches: width of deck 3 tables 3 umbrellas 12 chairs Find the parklet Friday and Saturday in front of Rick’s Press Room, 130 E. Idaho Ave. improving downtown. Another goal of the parklet is to attract people downtown and infuse new excitement in the area, especially for those businesses that suffered during the Meridian Road closure, associate city planner Brian McClure said. “We want businesses downtown to be successful,” Chatterton said. “And sidewalk cafe dining, good street life, that vitality — we’ve seen again and again in American cities that if you promote those things it’s good for businesses and it’s good for the entire community.”

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ers have certified that these properties meet the standards set by the Fair Housing Act of 1968; amended on 1989, and therefore qualify as “Housing for the Elderly,” and may be advertised as such.

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$375 + $400 deposit Gardner Property Management 208-989-5677

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