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A program by the city of Meridian will see a recreational trail built along existing railway systems, but the city faces hurdles as railroad companies prohibit work within their right-of-way.

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A Meridian girl trains, competes and teaches martial arts and uses online public schooling through INSPIRE Connections Academy to give herself enough time to fully invest herself in her training.

For people living with epilepsy, life can be lonely and stressful. An art program called Studio E developed to help people live better is extending services to Meridian.

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connect zchastaine@idahopress.com Phone: 208-465-8122 Twitter: @MPchastaine

ver the last couple days I have been in and out of classrooms all over the West Ada School District. School stories are a big part of the Meridian Press, and they are admittedly one of my favorite things to cover. I can’t help but notice how much things have changed from when I was going to school at the

K-12 level.

The most striking change I have noticed has been how different information on space and astronomy is from just a few years ago. When I was in elementary school I remember talking about our solar system in class. We knew the moon was smaller than Earth, it was gray and rocky and we could see it without a telescope, but really didn’t go over much else in class. We knew other planets in the solar system had moons as well. Mars had two, Saturn and Jupiter had several, but we knew nothing about them.

It’s funny to think that our most up-to-date information in school at the time was so limited. We kids just assumed the other moons were small and rocky like our own moon. But in 1997 we didn’t have a great picture of what else was floating around in the solar system. In 1997, I had no idea that the Cassini Spacecraft had been launched, and in 2004

CRIME WATCH

Togo’s opens first Valley TRENDING 4 location in Meridian 

Meridian Police Department Log

Update on Meridian Interchange

Jan. 14-20 Police made the following arrests or issued charges: 3 petit thefts 3 grand thefts 9 driving under the influence 2 possession marijuana 2 fugitives to Idaho 6 possession of drugs 6 possession of paraphernalia 2 destruction of evidence 6 warrants 1 providing false information to law enforcement 2 driving without privileges 1 inattentive driving 1 frequenting 1 battery 1 vandalism 2 open alcohol containers

1 minor in consumption of alcohol 1 indecent exposure 1 injury to child

ROADREPORT

water improvements. n Venture Street from Fairview Avenue to Elden Gray Street, road closure through Feb. 6 for water, sewer and road construction.

Ten Mile Road from Cherry Lane to Ustick Road, lane and pedestrian restrictions through Sept. 23 for road, sewer and n

Work is ongoing at the Meridian Interchange. Jennifer Gonzalez with the Idaho Department of Transportation said crews are continuing to build the east half of the new interchange bridge over Interstate 84 and are working on the walls and abutments that will support the bridge girders. Gonzalez said the contractor anticipates the girders will be placed in late February. Other work ongoing at the same time includes storm water work along I-84. Gonzalez said crews are also working to widen the westbound off-ramp.

New traffic impacts can be expected in early February and will be published as soon as they are available.

Gonzalez said the project is on schedule to be completed late this year.

Construction was not impacted by the recent inclement winter weather.

Police also took calls, investigated or assisted: 7 petit thefts 1 grand theft 3 vehicle burglaries 1 mental health hold 9 disturbances 1 commercial burglary 1 counterfeit bill 3 vandalisms 3 injury vehicle accidents 1 protective custody hold 1 attempted petit theft 1 runaway 1 unattended death

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To Die For Chocolate Festival set for Saturday in Meridian

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Customers crowd into the new Togo’s on opening day Friday, Jan. 16.

The California-based sandwich shop, near the corner of Eagle and Ustick Roads, is the company’s first location in Idaho, along with a second eatery that opened the same day in Idaho Falls.

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it dropped a probe called Huygens onto Titan. Titan became one of the few moons touched by a human spacecraft.

I’ll never forget seeing photographs of

by Zachary Chastaine Titan for the first time. Titan is a beautiful ball of blue and green gas illuminated zchastaine@idahopress.com orange by the sun and covered with other © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS features that scientists are still mapping and exploring.

Idaho kids probably still get taught about potatoes, dairy and Lewis and Clark pretty regularly — I know I did — but many kids in Idaho probably never learn that this state has some space history of its own too. My favorite being the astronauts of the Apollo missions to the moon came to Craters of the Moon National Monument to learn how to identify and collect good rock specimens. Makes you kind of proud to have the most moon-like place on Earth right here at home.

It’s amazing to think that kids today have more access to information about space than was even available just a few short years ago, and it’s cool to be able to see that in classrooms.

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BOISE — Plan Ahead Events announces the first annual To Die For Chocolate Festival, a fun family friendly chocolate festival with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Eagle and Garden City Rotary Club. The festival will be held from 5-9 p.m. Saturday at Forward Movement Training Center, 125 W. Taylor Ave. #600 in Meridian.

Tickets are $10 per person and include five tasting tickets from the chocolate vendors. Suggested pairings will be presented by each vendor. Additional tasting tickets are available for purchase the night of the event, as well as no-host beer and wine, hot cocoa, coffee and water.

Fun categories and ribbons will be awarded to all vendor participants. Guests will have a chance to mix and mingle, try the chocolate dishes with or without the suggested pairings, and vote for their favorites.

There will be a silent auction with all donations going directly to the Rotary Club. There will be a DJ, as well as bounce houses for the kids.

Construction forces Mayor’s Anti-Drug Coalition to relocate

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Due to construction at the usual meeting place at the Meridian Police Department, the Mayor’s Anti-Drug Coalition meeting will be held at Meridian City Hall located at 33 E. Broadway Ave. Cheryl Mulvihill with the city of Meridian said the meetings would return to their usual home at the Meridian Police Department, but could be expected to continue at Meridian City Hall until about June.

Mulvihill said notice will be given when the meeting is able to return to its usual meeting place.

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Meridian man, Rod Shurtz, 46, was one of several people involved in a fatal crash in Payette County on Jan. 19. Shurtz was uninjured.

Idaho State Police are investigating the crash which resulted in the death of Kyle Pratt, 27, from New Plymouth. Pratt was struck by several vehicles while attempting to help another crashed motorist.

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Rail with Trail could provide new opportunities in Meridian Statistics by state Number of rail with trail projects in each state: Alabama: 0 Alaska: 2 Arizona: 1 Arkansas: 1 California: 32 Colorado: 7 Connecticut: 1 Delaware: 1 Florida: 4 Georgia: 3 Hawaii: 0 Idaho: 0 Illinois: 16 Indiana: 11 Iowa: 6 Kansas: 3 Kentucky: 2 Louisiana: 1 Maine: 3 Maryland: 3 Massachusetts: 5 Michigan: 0 Minnesota: 7 Mississippi: 10 Missouri: 2 Montana: 3 Nebraska: 1 Nevada: 1 New Hampshire: 3 New Jersey: 2 New Mexico: 1 New York: 4 North Carolina: 3 North Dakota: 0 Ohio: 13 Oklahoma: 1 Oregon: 4 Pennsylvania: 18 Rhode Island: 1 South Carolina: 0 South Dakota: 0 Tennessee: 4 Texas: 5 Utah: 2 Vermont: 1 Virginia: 2 Washington: 17 West Virginia: 1 Wisconsin: 14 Wyoming: 0 Statistics from the Rails-to-trails Conservancy, 2014. n

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he city of Meridian is pursuing the construction of pathways next to existing railways in town that would provide a new way for residents to commute and a new place for recre-

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Rails with trails projects are found in 42 states across the country, and Meridian could be the first in Idaho.

Although the project is still in the planning stage, it has some bold ideas.

What are rails with trails?

Many rail with trail systems are built in a similar way. A trail, typically paved, is built parallel to railroad tracks and is often separated by a fence. The trail is either inside the railway corridor or near it so it can run along the same route. By running next to the train tracks, the trail provides access to the same areas the railway does, however, instead of moving freight or passengers, the trail provides a way for cyclists and pedestrians to get around.

There are also Rails-to-Trails systems that build on sites of former railroads.

Depending on where they are built, some rail with trail systems are simple and

by Zachary Chastaine zchastaine@idahopress.com have a paved road with two lanes simi© 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS lar to the Greenbelt in Boise. Other systems are landscaped and double as parks.

A figure from June 2014 from the Rails-toTrails Conservancy showed 217 rail to trail systems in 42 states across the country. Many of Idaho’s neighbors including Utah, Oregon and Nevada have at least one rail with trail system while Washington has 17. Idaho is currently one of just a handful of states including Alabama, South Carolina and Wyoming that do not have at least one rail with trail system. This would make Meridian’s the first of its kind in the state.

Developers hope the trail will help provide a service to the railway as well by reducing vandalism to railroad property and reduce trespassers by providing a dedicated route.

What would it look like?

The trail system planned by the city of Meridian would build a trail that could ultimately connect Nampa, Meridian and Boise.

Jay Gibbons of the Meridian Parks and Recreation Department specializes in planning and constructing pathways throughout Meridian. He said the system would provide a possible way for bicycle commuters to get around without having to ride on roads.

The trail would also provide a new recreation outlet for people that would be largely separated from roads.

Parks and Recreation Director Steve Siddoway said interest in pathways such as rail with trail were common when receiving input from the public.

Meridian’s trail would be a paved pathway. However, the breakdown for lanes and width are not yet fully established since many of the plans for the trail are undetermined. Gibbons said many decisions still have to be made before the project can move forward.

One major consideration for the project depends on if the railroad company allows the project to be built inside their railway corridor. Gibbons said building the trail inside the corridor would be the most straightforward and less expensive option since the city would not have to acquire land easements and could build next to the railroad tracks.

This may prove to be a challenge since Union Pacific Railroad has declined to allow the project within the railroad corridor. The railroad’s concern is that it won’t be safe for people on the trail or for the train operators. The company would like to keep the corridor open for future developments as well as maintenance work.

In a statement from Union Pacific Railroad corporate relations and media director, Jeff DeGraff said Union Pacific had formally declined to participate in the project in a letter to Meridian Mayor Tammy de Weerd.

“This decision was reached following extensive examination of the property and the city’s request as presented to us. We value our relationship with the city of Meridian and the other communities

Top: Rail with trail systems in Portland, Ore. have been put into place and are still being developed by the Portland Parks and Recreation Department. (Photo courtesy Portland Parks and Recreation) Directly above: The start date of path construction in Meridian will be around 2018. (Adam Eschbach/MP)

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The main key is that many (rails with trails) have fencing. The fencing helps, and then No. 2: … there are so many more eyes on the trail, you don’t get a lot of the vandalism.”

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we serve, but unfortunately, this request is not one that we can approve,” DeGraff said.

This will present some challenges to the city since the project must find alternative routes and gain land easements to set up the route. But Meridian is pressing forward.

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LOCAL NEWS DEATHS

Mary Harris, 86, of Boise, died Craig Imlach, 54, of Meridian, Betty Herndon Mifflin, Hope Elaine Christensen Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at a local care died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at a local 66, of Meridian, died Sunday, Jan. 18. Smith, 92, of Boise, died Saturday, center. Services are under the direc- hospital. Services are under the direc- Funeral Home: Cremation Society of tion of Accent Funeral Home, Merid- tion of Accent Funeral Home, Merid- Idaho ian. 888-5833. ian. 888-5833.

Gail O. Miller, 65, of Meridian Danny Hobdy, 66, of Merid- Judith Jordan, 68, of Meridian, formerly of Okalahoma City, OK, died ian, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at a died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at a local Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at a Boise hoslocal care center. Services are under hospital. Services are under the direc- pital. Funeral Home: Nampa Funeral the direction of Accent Funeral Home, tion of Cloverdale Funeral Home..

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Scott Alan Kerr, 53, of Boise, Dolores Montgomery, 88, Susan Hoffman, 60, of Merid- died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at a local of Boise, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, ian, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at hospital of natural causes. Services are at a local care center. Services are unher home. Arrangements are under under the direction of Relyea Funeral der the direction of Cloverdale Funeral the direction of Accent Funeral Home, Chapel.

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Anne Irene Kibble, 90, of Carolyn Lee Roinett, 73, Manfred Rainer Hof- Meridian, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, of Boise, died Wednesday, Jan. 14th. mann, 72, of Boise, died Wednes- at her home. Services are under the Funeral Home: Cremation Society of day, Jan. 14th. Funeral Home: Crema- direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home.. Idaho tion Society of Idaho Douglas Michael McNal- Sara Rose Hough Ruths, Elizabeth “LaRee” How- ly, 61, of Boise, died Sunday, Jan. 90, of Meridian, died Monday, Jan. ell, 79, of Boise, died Saturday, Jan. 18. Funeral Home: Cremation Society 19. Funeral Home: Cremation Society 17, 2015, at a local care center. Ser- of Idaho of Idaho vices are under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home..

All obituaries for Meridian Press must be placed by your mortuary or at selfserve.idahopress.com. Deadline is 3 p.m. Wednesdays for Friday publication. If you have questions, call 465-8128.

Robert Adams, 65, of Merid- Claude Canfield, 76, of Meridian, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at his home. Services are under the direction of Accent Funeral Home, Meridian.

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ian, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at a local care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Accent Funeral Home, Meridian. 888-5833.

Louise Evelyn Bell,

94, of Charles Egan, 86, of MeridBoise, died Jan. 19, 2015, at a Nampa ian, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at his Care Center. Services are pending with home. Services are under the direction of Accent Funeral Home, Meridian.

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Frank Ham, 85, of Boise, died Tresore “Trey” Burns, 16, of Jan. 14, 2015, at a local care center.

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Saturday Nampa - American Red Cross Babysitter Training, 9:00am, Nampa Recreation Center 131 Constitution Way $0.00 Boise - Boat Idaho Course (Boise), 9:00am, Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation Boise - Book Club - “No Happy Cows”, 1:30pm, Flying M Coffee Shop 500 W Idaho St Boise - Explore It: Launch, 10:00am, 131 Myrtle Street Boise - The Idaho Trails Association and BLM trail work party, 9:00am, BLM Boise Office 3948 S Development Ave Nampa - Junior Duck

Boise - Off Season Baseball Program, 6:00pm, Capitol HS Baseball Facility, free Meridian - Ribbon Cutting - Regus, 4:00pm, The Village at Meridian On the Corner of N Eagle Rd and E Fairview Ave

Boise - Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families Group (ACA), 6:00pm, Collister Methodist Church in the Cottage 4400 Taft Street

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Stamp Art Days, 10:00am, Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge visitor center 13751 Upper Embankment Road $0.00 Boise - Marine Coffee Klatch, 8:30am, Quinn’s Restaurant and Lounge 1005 S. Vista Ave Eagle - Preschool Fairytale Party, 10:00am, Eagle Senior Citizen Center 312 E State Street $25.50 Boise - Rock Gym Open Climb Time, 6:00pm, Boise Rock Gym at Wings Center 1875 Century Way Boise Rock Gym at the Wings Center Boise - Saint Alphonsus Tailgate Against Cancer Event, 6:00am, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

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Monday Boise - BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL, , The Egyptian Theatre 700 West Main Street Boise - Common thread fiber arts, 11:00am, Hidden Springs Library 5849 W Hidden Springs Dr Boise - Knitting Club, 7:00pm, Lake Hazel Branch Library 10489 W Lake Hazel Rd Star - Preschool Play &

Meridian civic and business calendar Week of Jan. 26 - Jan. 30

ian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave. The West Ada School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the board meeting room of the school district building at 1303 E. Central Drive in Meridian.

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Meridian City Council will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers in Merid-

Solid Waste Advisory Commission will meet at 4 p.m. in the City Council Chambers in

Jan. 17, 2015, at her home of natural causes. Services are under the direction of Relyea Funeral Chapel.

John E. Stieglitz, 85, of Boise,

died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, at his home. Arrangements are under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home..

Bethel “Betty” Thomas, 83, of Boise, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, at a local hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home..

Virginia Wiggins, 92, of Boi-

se, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at a local care center. Services are under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home..

DeVaughn Burbank Wilder, 88, of Boise, died Tuesday, Jan. 13. Funeral Home: Cremation Society of Idaho

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Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave. The Meridian Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers in Meridian City Hall, 33 E. Broadway Ave. The Ada County Highway District Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. 3775 Adams St. Garden City, 83714 in the Michael L. Brokaw Auditorium.

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Exhale Salon and Med Spa creating high-end luxury spa experience in Meridian

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hen Irene Ritter opened Exhale Salon and Med Spa in Meridian, she wanted to create a place where people could get the high-end luxury spa treatment of a resort or the big-city express services of Los Angeles without ever having

by Zachary Chastaine to leave Meridian. zchastaine@idahopress.com Ritter said the goal was to © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS create a high-quality spa experience that people could take advantage of on the weekends. “Staycations” are one thing Exhale hopes to offer residents of Meridian.

The family owned and operated spa opened its doors Nov. 24 and has been offering an entire menu of services including haircuts, facials and more.

Nestled near the intersection of Meridian and Cherry Lane, Exhale is a modern facility that on the outside looks deceptively simple. It’s clear once you walk in that you have stumbled into something unique since the entrance is a full-line retail outlet of L’Oreal products complete with handbags. A snack bar staffed by a barista offers drinks and snacks for anyone who happens to stop into Exhale as well as providing food for people coming in for yoga or other fitness classes. Yes, Exhale also has a fitness studio.

Leslie Vanderberg supplies healthy snacks so that when people come in for their classes, they don’t have to worry about not having enough time to grab a bite to eat.

Much of the storefront at Exhale houses an express studio for people looking to get their hair or other work done in a hurry, like on their lunch break. Ritter said the idea comes from big cities like New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles where people are often in a hurry.

Visitors get their hair done in salon chairs which Ritter had custom made from Italy. Additionally the color bar is a custom design and located centrally in the salon.

Exhale contains water features and is able to provide a wellness ritual based on Roman bathhouses. Between a steam room, dry sauna and hydrotherapy bath the water features are a complete package.

Vanderberg said the spa utilizes a complimentary wellness ritual with luxury services that takes visitors through the water features and helps them get rid of

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The water features allow Exhale to take advantage of one of L’Oreal’s top-end products, the Kerstin Florian line. Ritter said the only other place in Idaho which carries Kerstin Florian is the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

The facility itself is a modern design with metalwork signs from Excalibur Metal Design, a local metal artist in Meridian. Ritter said she tried to use as many local vendors as possible in the construction of Exhale. The most notable metal piece though is the flared staircase leading to Exhale’s downstairs estheticians rooms, pedicure studio, tanning booth and consultation area where clients can meet with Bobbi Bullock, the nurse practitioner who oversees some of the med spa features at Exhale. Bullock used to work at the Saint Alphonsus Maternity Zachary Chastaine/MP ward in Nampa and oversees ExIrene Ritter stands next to the flared staircase that connects the upper level of the spa with the hale’s other registered nurses and many other services on the lower level. The building was designed to have a close-to-home team of estheticians.

Ritter runs Exhale with her feel with a noticeable flare. daughters Lisa Lizama and Lori Carnell who both also work at Exrunning his own firm. Ritter said Lizama was able to hale as business manager and cosmetologist. The family owns the Willow Tree Dental help make the Exhale dream come true.

“If you’re looking for a facility that is welcoming, practice in the Treasure Valley and has been in business since 1988. Lisa’s husband Lee Lizama was also nurturing and caring about you personally, this is the the architect of the facility which he did in addition to place to come,” Ritter said.

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ydney Worth is only 13 years old but already SEE SYDNEY she has built a serious athletic career in Tae- WORTH IN ACTION kwondo and is conWatch the video at tinuing to build her skills as a mymeridianpress.com martial artist.

Her accomplishments include 29 Idaho State Championships where she placed, she participated in six Pacific Northwest District Championships, and placed in the world top 10 five times.

Worth is currently a third-degree black belt and must wait to turn 18 before she can test for her fourth-degree.

In the meantime, she teaches the Tiny Tigers class for 5 to 7-year-olds at Nampa ATA Martial Arts.

“I didn’t want to do dance or

by Zachary Chastaine ballet or anything. So we found zchastaine@idahopress.com ATA, I tried it and really liked it,” © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS Worth said.

With her long list of championships, Worth said it took a lot of travel, and at one point, she was competing almost once a month.

Although Worth and her family live in Meridian, Worth uses online coursework to enable her to have enough time to train as hard as she does.

The INSPIRE Connections Academy is an online public school that provides a curriculum that meets state education standards. The academy is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, but a local office in Boise serves the 950 Idaho students enrolled in the K-12 programs.

Mark Plummer, a middle school language arts teacher for INSPIRE, said the interest for active families looking for flexibility was growing. Enrollment is open and requires the same documentation as other schools in Idaho.

“We’ve seen a lot of growth in the state of Idaho,” Plummer said.

Plummer said INSPIRE is funded like other public schools in Idaho and is held to the same rules and regulations. But flexibility in when students can take classes is what draws some to the program.

“A student like Sydney might get up in the morning and do two or three classes,” Plummer said. “The content is available 24/7. They’re able to come back in the evening.”

Worth is in the eighth-grade, and a typical day begins with classes which she takes from home. Her mother, Teresa Worth, said Worth is usually done with school by about 2:30 p.m. each school day and is able to train by the afternoon.

The academy uses a mix of offline and online materials to deliver coursework to students. Students are provided a laptop as well for the online work.

Worth uses her time to train and to pick up new skills. She decided to start learning a new form of martial arts, Ninjitsu, specifically for self defense. She now studies this from coach Al Kleinkauf who has been

coaching for 20 years. While Taekwondo is an actual sport where competitors are restricted in the moves competitors can use and it is largely form driven, Ninjitsu is specifically a self-defense technique meant to stop attackers.

“It’s pure self defense,” Worth said.

Kleinkauf said Ninjitsu is unique because it enables a person as small as Worth to defend herself form much larger, stronger and even armed opponents without needing to overpower or attack them. Instead, Ninjitsu lets Worth twist a would-be attacker’s actions into a counter attack that leaves them injured enough that they stop attacking or give their would-be victim time to escape. Many moves involve quick and subtle footwork that disables opponents or puts them off-balance.

“It’s about using the power and intent of the attacker against them,” Kleinkauf said. “It’s about letting them wreck themselves.”

Kleinkauf said Worth learned quickly, and she was his youngest student. Worth said she works to memorize the moves so they become muscle memory and can be used instantly.

Worth said she enjoys teaching and her uniform even carries a red stripe to signify her instructor status.

“Right now I like teaching younger students how Photos by Zachary Chastaine/MP to do it more so than learning the techniques myself,” Sydney Worth, 13, trains with her Ninjitsu instructor, Coach Al Worth said.

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or over 30 years, MOMIX has astounded international audiences with little more than light, shadow, props and the human body. From its earliest days MOMIX has stood for invention without borders. A twist of the kaleidoscope and a new show is born. Now, the company presents The Best of MOMIX in MOMIX reMix. Witness pieces gathered from its repertory and showcases of new creations. This delightful and often startling show breaks the bounds of the conventional and enters an aesthetic orbit of its own.

MOMIX is a presentation of work by Artistic Director Moses Pendleton who the New York Times said was a mixed media magic. Pendleton was born on a

dairy farm in Vermont and began his showman career showing family dairy cows. Later he graduated with a degree in English literature and began working with different dance groups such as Pilobolus. Pendleton has since been a choreographer for over 40 years. MOMIX, formed in 1980, has been performing ever since.

Other members of MOMIX include associate director Cynthia Quinn, dance captains Steven Ezra and Rebecca Rasmussen.

With over 15 performances within MOMIX, there is sure to be something for everyone. MOMIX was one of the first performances to be released in 3D IMAX in the film IMAGINE. Automaker Fiat commissioned MOMIX for a month-long 100th anniversary celebration in company headquarters in Torino, Italy.

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BOISE — Ballet Idaho is making a performance stop at the Idaho Stampede halftime show. Attendees have a chance to support Ballet Idaho by purchasing tickets through the organization — a portion of every ticket sold through Ballet Idaho will be donated back to Ballet Idaho. The game starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the CenturyLink Arena, 233 S. Capitol Blvd. Tickets are available for $13 each at balletidaho.org or by calling Andrew in the Ballet Idaho office at 343-0556.

GOFIVE Meridian is full of short trails, and if you’re a runner, cyclist or just want to see more of your city, try these.

1. Lochsa Falls/Paramount Pathway The trailhead is at the intersection of Chinden and N. Long Lake Way. This trail runs through some of the neighborhoods in north Meridian and much of it for the nearly two miles of trail is lined with trees. The trail swaps to the opposite side of the road when crossing Linder. This trail is a looker for sure, but also provides a route with limited car traffic.

2. H.R. Bud Porter Pathway The trailhead for this pathway is most easily

Tuesday Boise - Ballet Idaho Group Night With The Idaho Stampede, 7:00pm, Nampa - Crescent Brewery Comedy Night, 7:30pm, Crescent Brewery 1521 Front St

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found in Tully Park. A portion of the trail runs through the park, but the majority of the trail runs unbroken along a canal. The one mile trail intersects Meridian Road, and if users continue down E. James Court Drive they will be able to jump back on the Jackson Drain Connection and Fothergill Pathways.

3. Blackstone Pathway The trailhead for Blackstone Pathway is found in Fuller Park. Users start by going around the softball diamonds. The path then goes for half a mile to Black Cat Road. This trail runs along ponds as well as Ten Mile Creek and connects to nearby neighborhoods.

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Luckily, since Bear Creek Pathway is only a quarter mile long it makes for a good short run or users can backtrack to make a simple workout.

4. Bear Creek Pathway Bear Creek Pathway is a mix of pathways through neighborhoods, parks and has some on-road connections. It is most easily 5. Diane & Winston Moore Pathway Another one mile trail with a path beginfound by just starting at Bear Creek Park

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ning just on the other side of the canal from Fire Station No. 4 park, the Diane and Winston Moore Pathway weaves down long unbroken curves next to neighborhoods and cuts through Gordon Harris Park. The northern part of the path goes through neighborhoods until it stops at Overland Road.

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Trail Continued from page 3 Meridian spokeswoman Kaycee Emery said the city will continue to do research to find a best option for the project.

“We are looking at property adjacent to the railroad corridor and will continue to work with the railroad moving forward.

Additional planning, feasibility analysis and outreach will be needed before determining the actual location,” Emery said.

The trail would intersect several major roads including Ten Mile and Eagle roads. The city has looked into many options to find a cost-effective solution to continue the trail across these roads, some of which are expected to expand in the future. Some of the intersections simply cross the road using walk signs and gates.

Other options include overpasses or underpasses. Gibbons said each option has their own pros and cons.

The city consulted with Project Engineering Consultants based in West Jordan, Utah, to come up with options for road crossings as well as study possible environmental impacts from the project.

“We had a great consultant, they have built some (rails with trails) in Utah,” Gibbons said.

Gibbons said the consultants helped the city address requirements for a federal grant which is

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One concern for Union Pacific is keeping the area around existing tracks in Meridian available for future rail projects, as well as maintenance work on railways. helping fund the project, as well as look at solutions that will allow the project to better address concerns by the railroad. Project Engineering Consultants have built two rail with trail systems in Utah and have firsthand experience in construction of the types of installations for the project.

Safety is a major consideration for the project not only for users of the trail system but for the railroad as well.

One of the consultants on the project, Lars Anderson, said the trails are built to protect their users and provide separation from the tracks. Anderson said one hope is increasing the number of people by the tracks will help

deter vandalism and reduce trespassers on the railroad, which would provide a benefit to the railroad.

“The main key is that many of them have fencing,” Anderson said. “The fencing helps, and then No. 2: … there are so many more eyes on the trail, you don’t get a lot of the vandalism.”

What would it take?

The city of Meridian has obtained federal funding through a grant and construction on the project can begin in 2018. The city worked with Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho to help secure the grant.

The grant was initially secured

for construction in 2016. However, Gibbons said the project was delayed to allow Meridian to build the first mile of trail in conjunction with a connecting project by the city of Boise. Meridian was allowed to keep the funding with the new date. Final design work will begin the year before construction actually starts.

“We have talked extensively with Boise as well as Nampa — both communities are interested,” Gibbons said.

In the future it is possible that all three cities would be connected by the trail. For now, the trail will begin in Meridian with a possible connection to Boise.

“They’ve already got funding to do a 1-mile segment, and they’re trying to figure out where that mile segment would be put into place,” Anderson said.

Gibbons said each mile will cost approximately $1 million but this could change as the project moves forward. Different options and routes could affect the cost.

Gibbons said the city is looking at alternatives to using the railroad corridor. Building outside the corridor will mean buying easements and pathways jutting away from the train tracks in some areas. Some parts of the trail could even run on existing roads.

Many questions remain unanswered on if the project is still able to move forward, but the city is hopeful the project can move forward.

“It has interesting possibilities,” Gibbons said. “We would love to see it happen.”

Meridian has busiest intersection in county, again Courtesy ADA COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT

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his year, the winner of Idaho’s busiest intersection, bringing with it no surprises, is the Eagle Road and Fairview Avenue intersection. On a typical afternoon peak hour, this intersection sees approximately 6,350 vehicles.

The top dozen intersections in 2014 average 215 vehicles per hour more than the top 12 intersections in 2011.

Every three years since 1993, the Ada County Highway District has taken a count of the traffic volume at peak hours on the most heavily traveled intersections in Ada County. While peak hours vary from intersection to intersection, a one-hour period sometime between 4-6 p.m. is considered the peak time (for example, 4:45-5:45 p.m.).

This information helps traffic engineers with traffic signal timing, and intersection planning and design.

But the numbers also help paint a picture of what’s going on in the Valley.

As a whole, traffic volumes at the intersections have increased by approximately 4 percent. Growth continues to trend toward the western part of the county, as is evident by the increased traffic volumes seen at Eagle Road intersections. In 2011, intersections on Eagle Road accounted for five of the top 12 busiest intersections. While that number hasn’t changed three years later, the top two busiest intersections belong to Eagle Road this year.

“When I started this 21 years ago, the traffic had just settled down after the completion of the (Interstate 184) Connector,” said Terry Little, Ada County Highway District Manager of Traffic Services. “Traffic was heaviest in Boise City and worst on Broadway Avenue. Broadway had four streets on that first list of the dozen busiest intersections and Eagle Road had none. Currently, Eagle Road has five intersections in the top dozen and Broadway has none.”

The numbers also indicate that the improvements on surrounding streets are helping to alleviate some of the traffic growth from busier roads like Eagle and Fairview. The intersection at Eagle and Ustick picked up an additional 400 vehicles during peak hour traffic, and Eagle and Franklin saw an additional 530 vehicles. One of the goals of the Highway District is to try to reduce congestion by providing alternative routes.

“It is hard to drive anywhere in Ada County without driving through one of these intersections,” Little said. “Over the years a lot of federal, the Idaho Transportation Department, ACHD and private dollars have gone into improving these intersections, and most of them work very well considering the traffic volumes.

Each of these busiest intersections handles roughly twice the population of McCall in a single hour.”

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hen people think of epilepsy they often think about seizures. But what often doesn’t come to mind are the feelings of isolation, poor self-esteem and depression a person with epilepsy experiences.

by Zachary Chastaine Studio E is zchastaine@idahopress.com an art therapy © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS program for people with epilepsy entering its second year in Idaho with a clinic in Meridian. The program is meant to help people open up and express themselves in a safe environment with other people going through the same thing.

Lisa C. Williams is a clinician who will be running the next Studio E session in Meridian. Starting Jan. 30, Williams will take a group of patients through a free, six to eight week group session that lasts for about two to three hours depending on what the groups need. Williams said art can be an intimidating experience, especially when it will be seen by others, but also because people have different energy levels with art. Some are excited to make art, and for others it’s something that they don’t get into so naturally. Williams said sessions are flexible to help do what’s better for that particular group.

“It’s hard to put words, probably, into how it feels to have epilepsy and when you don’t have words you can have pictures,” Williams said.

Often the group will be given a prompt such as painting a mask. The inside of the mask represents the painter’s own feelings, and outside of the mask is painted to show how the client thinks everyone sees them. Williams said sessions can be tailored to try and reach patients at different levels.

Dr. Robert Wechsler is an expert on epilepsy as well as treating it. He works in private practice as well as serving as the medical director for the Idaho Comprehensive Epilepsy Center in Boise.

He said epilepsy comes in many different forms and ranges in severity. Sometimes the seizure affects just a part of the brain, other times the whole brain can be affected. Wechsler said epilepsy was common in children and in some cases kids will outgrow their epilepsy while others can have it controlled with medication.

“It’s a very common disease. It’s probably about the fourth most common neurological disease in the world,” Wechsler said.

Although the disease was common in children, Wechsler said cases in older individuals could still happen, and could usually be attributed to brain injuries or strokes.

“If you get into your 30s, 40s and 50s it’s less common to have epilepsy start out of the blue,” Wechsler said.

Wechsler described symptoms of epilepsy as being anything from a child being distracted and seeming out-of-touch for a few seconds to the more severe seizures that can cause a person to lose conscious-

GET IN TOUCH Studio E in Meridian can be reached through the Idaho Epilepsy Foundation 344-4340 or by going online to epilepsyidaho.org.

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It’s hard to put words, probably, into how it feels to have epilepsy and when you don’t have words you can have pictures.”

LISA C. WILLIAMS Clinician and Studio E session leader ness and shake. Also starring into the distance and jerking movements are all some of the things that can happen. But hearing about life with epilepsy from the people who live with it paints a much more personal picture.

Last year’s session was headed by Casey Wechsler, who also uses a variety of art therapy techniques to help patients with different issues.

Wechsler said in the past, she has had a client who had been lost her job due to her epilepsy and was just feeling depressed and the emotional weight was wearing her down.

Williams described one client as saying when they would have a seizure they looked just fine to everyone around them but said they felt like they were going to die. And each client is different. Some are younger and come to Studio E session with parents or caretakers, others come on their own.

The session is sponsored by a $5,000 grant from Lundbeck, a pharmaceutical company which also provides support for the Studio E programs. In some cases, a representative from the company even comes to participate with clients as was the case in previous sessions Wechsler had run. Art produced during the sessions is later collected by Lundbeck and sold online to help raise money for the programs the art came from.

“They pay for everything, the supplies, the therapists,” Wechsler said.

These seizures are caused by a surge of electrical activity in the brain and the Epilepsy Foundation said this may not be triggered by anything in particular. The foundation said between 2.2 and 3 million people in the United States have epilepsy and that 150,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy in the United States each year. Patients have seizures sometimes only every now and the, but others experience multiple seizures a day.

One thing Williams and Wechsler had to say about the program — for patients — was not to be afraid and that the program could be empowering for clients.

“Take a chance on this program,” Wechsler said. “ C M Y K

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ven 12-year-old Bella Williams acknowledged the rarity of a presidential visit to Idaho when she invited President Barack Obama to come to Boise and ski and snowboard with her. “(Bella) wrote me a letter and she said, ‘I know what you’re thinking. Wow, what’s it like in Boise, Idaho?’ So she invited me to come visit,” Obama said.

The president addressed an enthusiastic crowd of about 6,600 people at the CavenWilliams Sports Complex on the

by Kelcie Moseley Boise State Unikmoseley@idahopress.com versity campus © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS Wednesday afternoon. It was his first stop on a tour of several states after the State of the Union address Tuesday night before Congress. He headed to Kansas late in the afternoon for a similar event that will be held today.

Of course, it wasn’t just Bella’s letter that prompted the visit. Obama said he specifically targeted Idaho partly because of advanced technology efforts and women in science at BSU, but also because of Idaho’s politics.

The president referenced his first visit to Boise when he was a candidate in 2008, and said that visit helped him win more delegates, and then the Democratic primary.

“Of course, in the general election I got whupped. I got whupped twice, in fact,” he said. “... (But) that’s exactly why I’ve come back.”

He went on to hammer the point that there is no liberal or conservative America, but a United States of America — a line that harkens back to the speech he gave at the Democratic National Convention in 2004.

“And today, I know it can seem like our politics are more divided than ever. And in places like Idaho, the only ‘blue’ turf is on your field,” Obama said, referencing BSU’s football field. “The pundits in Washington hold up these divisions in our existing politics and they show, well, this is proof that any kind of hopeful politics, that’s just naive. But as I told you last night, I still believe what I said back then. I still believe that, as Americans, we have more in common than not.”

Obama went on to reiterate points he made in his State of the Union address, say-

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I still believe that, as Americans, we have more in common than not.”

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ing he is committed to lowering tax burdens on the middle class and closing loopholes in the tax code for some corporations, making college and child care more affordable, investing in technology and more.

BSU’s efforts in technology is part of what drew the president said drew him to Boise. Prior to the speech, he toured the university’s New Product Development Lab, which develops prototypes such as a 3D-printed custom handle that would help a student with developmental disabilities open his locker by himself.

Obama also emphasized the number of women in science at BSU — something university President Bob Kustra said worked out well as they organized his visit.

“One of the people I asked to meet him with me was (former astronaut) Barbara Morgan,” Kustra said. Morgan is now an educator in residence at BSU. “So it worked out perfectly with that message.”

Mary Niland, chairwoman of the College of Western Idaho Board of Trustees, also attended the speech. Niland said Boise State officials gave CWI a certain number of tickets, and she and CWI President Bert Glandon were there. Niland said she enjoyed the president’s remarks. “(Obama laid out) an amazing vision for the United States,” Niland said. Though she said she needs more extensive details, the president’s plan to make community college free for the first two years is a great idea to explore.

Obama ended his Boise speech with a rousing call for unity, not just along party lines, but “black or white,” “gay or straight” as well.

“We all share a common vision for our people,” Obama said. “... And we’ve got a lot of stuff to do in this new century.”

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