Meridian Press 2015-09-11

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inside COVER: Cadaver lab opens new doors ISU-Meridian’s cadaver lab is now open to students — part of the school’s new education and professional development complex that’s the first of its kind in Idaho.

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ELECTIONS The Western Ada Recreation District decided against running a $16 million bond election in November. Voters will still see requests from the Meridian Library District and West Ada School District on the Nov. 3 ballot.

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ELECTIONS Two candidates — a 2013 high school graduate and a Meridian businessman — have filed to run for Meridian mayor, challenging incumbent Tammy de Weerd. Two City Council candidates will run unopposed.

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DOWNTOWN Meridian cast out a line this summer in search of company to develop a hotel, conference center and performance venue in the downtown. The results?

Not quite what the city had hoped.

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COMMUNITY Two Meridian brothers had the chance of a lifetime this month, competing alongside — and against — each other at the Freestyle Kayak World Championships. How did they do?

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2015 candidates Meridian mayor n Tammy de Weerd, incumbent n Kaleb Homan n Monte Palmer Meridian City Council, seat 1 n Anne Little Roberts Meridian City Council, seat 3 n Creg Steele n Ty Palmer Meridian City Council, seat 5 n Genesis Milam, incumbent Find more election coverage on page 7.

enesis Milam and Anne Little Roberts are in for smooth sailing this election season. Unless write-in candidates join the race, these two are guaranteed a spot on Meridian City Council come Jan. 1.

The race for mayor was also pretty lonely up until deadline day. Mayor Tammy de Weerd, who is seeking her fourth term, had no challengers until Sept. 4, the last day for candidates to file.

Two mayoral candidates filed at the last minute: Monte Palmer, who is De Weerd’s co-chairman for Meridian Promise, and Kaleb Homan, a 2013 Rocky Mountain High School graduate.

Homan turned 20 this month. When I asked him what it was like to run against a three-term mayor, he compared the race to the battle between David and Goliath, or a football game between BSU and the University of Oklahoma.

In 2011, De Weerd faced four contenders and won 51.5 percent of votes. Only two candidates — De Weerd and current State Rep. James Holtzclaw — ran for mayor in 2007, and four candidates ran in 2003.

Regardless of what happens on Election Day this year, Meridian City Council is losing two experienced councilmen. David Zaremba and Charlie Rountree, who have served a combined 24 years on Meridian City Council, won’t seek re-election.

Zaremba, who has been a strong advocate for public transportation, said he went back and forth about his decision. When he heard Roberts was thinking about running, he told her he’d step aside and support her campaign. Roberts is the president and CEO of the Meridian Chamber of Commerce, and Zaremba said her experience and involvement in the business community would serve the council well.

CRIME WATCH

10. Arrest: DUI, resisting and obstructing 11. Injury vehicle wreck, W. Franklin Road/N. Ten Mile Road 12. Arrested: domestic battery

Meridian Police Department Log Sept. 2-8

Rountree, the current council president, has served for 16 years. When asked why he is not running again, he said with a grin, “Sixteen years is long enough.”

Milam, who won seat 5 in 2013, had a challenger this election season for all of four days.

Mike Tracy, a high-profile public relations consultant who has managed several campaigns for top Idaho Republicans, filed to run against Milam on Aug. 28. That same day, a Friday, he set up a meeting with Milam to talk about her views on taxa- by Holly Beech tion and city spending. The following Monday, Tracy withdrew from the race. hbeech@mymeridianpress.com © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS In 2013, Milam faced off against Ty Palmer, squeaking by with a victory margin of 35 votes. Not to be deterred, Palmer is running again this year.

This time, he’ll face Creg Steele for Rountree’s vacant seat.

I realize City Council meetings aren’t the most exciting way to spend a Tuesday afternoon or evening, but council members make important decisions at these meetings that affect your life. Though some candidates are running unopposed, I encourage Meridian residents to read our continuing election coverage, attend candidate forums and make a thoughtful choice Nov. 3 about who you want to guide this city.

Note: Seat 5 and seat 6 were added to the City Council in 2013. City Council term lengths are four years, but to balance the election cycle, seat 5, held by Genesis Milam, started out with a term of only two years.

8. Residential burglary, 400 Block E. Fairview Ave. 9. Petit theft, 2210 E. Deerhill Road

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1. Vandalism, 1900 Block W. Pine Sept. 5 2. Petit theft, 3400 Block E. Black Cat Sept. 2 Fairview Ave. 1. Arrest: petit theft 5.

Arrest: driving without 1. Burglary, 3800 Block W. Perugia 2. Injury vehicle wreck, DUI, Cherry 3. Citation: vandalism, 100 Block E. privileges St. Fairview Ave. 6. Discharge of firearm, 2600 Block Lane/Meridian Road 2. Vehicle burglary, 2300 Block N. 4. Arrest: DUI, battery, vandalism 3. Arrest: warrant N. Ridgebury Way Swainson 5. Found Property, 1500 Block W. 4. Unlawful entry, 100 Block S. 7. Citation: possession of mari3. Arrest: warrant x2, possession of juana Biddick St. Rose Circle marijuana and paraphernalia 6. Arrest: eluding, reckless driving 5. Protective custody hold, 400 8. Arrest: failure to obey warrant 4. Arrest: probation violation, 7. Arrest 9. Arrest: DUI, possession of drugs Block E. Washington possession of heroin 6. Arrest: no-contact order violaand paraphernalia 5. Arrest: petit theft Sept. 8 tion 6. Domestic verbal, 2000 Block NW Sept. 4 7. Arrest: DUI, possession of drugs 1. Protective custody hold, 2800 Ninth Street Block S. Meridian.

1. Residential burglary, 600 Block 8. Arrest: disturbing the peace, 7. Runaway, 2700 Block W. Stallion W. Criterion vandalism, possession of drug 2. Arrest: warrant 8. Burglary, 1500 Block S. Millen- 2. Forgery, grand theft, 1100 Block paraphernalia 3. Residential burglary, 5500 Block nium Torana Drive W. Waltman Sept. 6 9. Battery, 400 Block E. Fairview 4. Possession of marijuana and 3. Telephone harassment, 100 Ave. 1. Vehicle burglary, 2500 Block N. Paraphernalia, N. Meridian Road Block SW Seventh Street 10. Citation: possession of paraWaterstone Way and N. Main Street 4. Residential Burglary, grand phernalia theft, 600 Block N. Carisbrooke 2. Residential burglary, 2800 Block 5. Arrest: DUI, resisting and 5. Arrest: DUI S. Bailey obstructing Sept. 3 6. Arrest: DUI, resisting and 3. Petit theft, 4000 Block E. 6. Attempted grand theft, 2600 1. Trespass of privacy, 6100 Block obstructing Fairview Ave. Block N. Eagle Road N. Rosa Springs 7. Arrest: warrant x2, possession of 4. Arrest: DUI 7. Arrest: DUI (second offense), 2. Vandalism, 2500 Block W. drugs and paraphernalia 5. Residential burglary, 2500 Block excessive, open container Ebbtide 8. Citation: possession of mariW. Pebblestone Drive 8. Arrest: warrant 3. Commercial burglary, 2000 juana, 2700 Block W. Cherry Lane 6. Arrest: DUI, injury to child 9. Grand theft, 500 Block E. Franklin 9. Unlawful Entry, 1700 Block W. 7. Two subjects arrested: possession Block E. Edgar Sandalwood 4. Grand Theft, 1200 Block N. of marijuana and paraphernalia

ROADREPORT

There will be lane restrictions on Locust Grove Road from Comsiky Street to Commander Street for sidewalk construction and shoulder work. Flaggers will direct traffic. The expected completion date is Oct. 6. n There will be lane and pedestrian restrictions on Ten Mile Road from Cherry Lane to Ustick Road for road, sewer and water improvements. The expected completion date is Nov. 23.

Starting Sept. 22, Eagle Road will be closed from Amity Road to Victory Road with no access from Rome Drive to Shaver Street for sewer work. The expected completion date is Sept. 26. n Starting Oct. 19, Eagle Road will be closed from Amity Road to Lake Hazel Road with no access from Amity Road to Taconic Drive for road construction and bridge replacement. The expected completion date is Nov. 20.

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The Meridian Library District is running a $12 million bond election Nov. 3. A sidebar in an article on page seven of the Sept. 4 issue of Meridian Press gave the incorrect amount.

TRENDING 3 Meridian seeks evergreen tree donation for the holidays

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The Meridian Parks and Recreation Department is seeking the donation of a large, live evergreen tree for the city’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, which takes place Dec. 4 in Generations Plaza in downtown Meridian.

To be considered, a tree must be located in or around the Meridian area, must be 35 feet in height or taller and must be accessible from the front or side yard of the property.

The tree will be displayed at Generations Plaza on the corner of Main Street and East Idaho Avenue throughout December. It will be illuminated each night to help the city celebrate the holidays.

Anyone interested in donating a tree should contact city arborist Elroy Huff at 888-3579 by Nov. 2.

Dunkley Music opens on Eagle Road

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Local music store Dunkley Music hosted a grand opening celebration Wednesday at its new Meridian store at the corner of North Eagle and East Ustick roads.

With the selling and demolition of the downtown Boise location, store officials said they’re excited to be in a more centralized location in the Treasure Valley.

“So far business has been great,” stated owner Mark Dunkley. “While we will miss our old location and the memories we created there, this location will be a great start to a new chapter for the business.”

Dunkley Music is the largest music store in Idaho and has supported music in the Treasure Valley since 1950, according to a press release.

The store carries new and used pianos, band and orchestra instruments, sheet music and guitars.

The Meridian store, located at 3410 N. Eagle Road, Suite 150, may be reached at 342-5549 or info@dunkleymusic.com. Store hours are Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. through 6:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 9:30 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Car seat-checks offered during Child Passenger Safety Week

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Keeping children safe on the road means putting them in the right safety restraint at the right age. That’s the message from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Idaho Transportation Department during National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept.

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Car seats, booster seats and seat belts are often used incorrectly, and young children are at risk when they’re not placed in booster seats after they grow out of car seats, stated Sherry Jenkins with ITD’s Office of Highway Safety.

To help parents and caregivers select the right car seats for their children, certified child passenger safety technicians will hold free car seat-check events. Call to make an appointment for either of the following local events: n Noon – 3:30 p.m., Sept. 17, Meridian Fire Department Station No. 3, 3545 N. Locust Grove Road. 888-1234 n 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sept. 19, Kohl’s Meridian store, Eagle and Ustick roads. 381-9000 “In 2014, five of the eight child passengers under 7 years old killed in car crashes weren’t in car seats, booster seats, or wearing seat belts,” Jenkins said. “Those kids would have had a higher chance of surviving had they been buckled up.”

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LOCAL NEWS on the ballot A property owner in Meridian generally has a tax levy rate of 0.013306675, or about $1,331 per $100,000 of taxable property value each year.

Two districts plan to bring bond or supplemental levy proposals before voters:

Meridian Library District Current levy rate: 0.000593062, or $59 per $100,000 of taxable property value n The proposed $12 million bond would add another $12.48 per $100,000 of taxable property value each year. n Life of the bond: 20 years n Total repayment with estimated interest: $17.2 million n Bond requires two-thirds of the vote to pass. n

West Ada School District Current levy rate 0.00408742, or about $409 per $100,000 of taxable property value n The proposed supplemental levy would renew the current $14 million levy that expires after the 2015-16 school year. Taxpayers currently pay $99.14 per $100,000 of taxable market value toward the supplemental levy. n Life of the levy: two years n Requires a simple majority to pass. n

LEVY RATES SOURCE: Ada County Assessor’s website

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I would love to honestly not run a supplemental, but I also see that we have a need. We cut deep, and we have to lean on our local folks, which includes myself, to prop up schools.”

ALEX SIMPSON West Ada Finance Director

West Ada will ask voters to renew $14M levy Trustees also approve a $3.1M emergency levy based on enrollment growth

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he West Ada School District Board will ask voters to renew a two-year, $14 million supplemental levy during the Nov. 3 election. The money funds 35 teaching positions, nine school days and other operational expenses.

Trustees unanimously approved the levy election at a special meeting Sept. 3 at the District Service Center.

Renewing the supplemental levy will not impact the district’s levy rate because property values are going up. The district’s total levy rate — for the supplemental, bond, plant facilities, emergency and tort levies — amounts to $409 per $100,000 of taxable property value.

This will be the third time West Ada brings the $14 million supplemental levy request to voters. Voters passed the levy by 53.7 percent in 2012 and 60.2 percent in 2014. In 2011, voters rejected an $18.5 million supplemental levy.

“I would love to honestly not run a supplemental, but I also see that we have a need,” West Ada Finance Director Alex Simpson told trustees. “We cut deep, and we have to lean on our local folks, which includes myself, to prop up schools.”

State funding per student in the district is $4,626, compared with an average of $5,800 in Idaho and $10,000 nationally, West Ada Superintendent Linda Clark said.

“That is the financial battle that all districts in Idaho — especially this district — have to fight,” she said. “We are consistently funded at the bottom of a very poorly funded state. We talk about and have been recognized for doing a lot with a little.

by Holly Beech That’s the definihbeech@mymeridianpress.com tion of a little.” © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra is seeking to boost K-12 education spending by $110 million in next year’s budget, Idaho Education News reports.

West Ada Trustee Julie Madsen made a motion that if state funding significantly increases, the district will attempt to not take the full $14 million in year two. In her motion, she also said the priority for spending was on filling vacant teacher and paraprofessional positions. The motion passed unanimously.

EMERGENCY LEVY Also at the Sept. 3 meeting the school board approved a $3.1 million emergency levy. The levy, which does not require voter approval, is a revenue source to help districts keep up with student enrollment growth. Enrollment has grown by about 1,000 students since last fall and is up to about 36,240 students.

Taxpayers will contribute $20.87 per every $100,000 of taxable property value toward the 2015-16 emergency levy, Simpson said.

The amount of the emergency levy is determined by average daily attendance.

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Last school year, when enrollment grew by about 650 students, the emergency levy generated $1.1 million, one of the lowest rates the district had seen in years. In 2008-09 the emergency levy brought in almost $5 million.

PAYING FOR GROWTH Trustee Russell Joki is preparing a policy position that he plans to bring to the board this month about funding district growth.

He would like to see something like a school capacity fee put in place, which would be assessed at the time a building permit is issued, for example, so that new developments would help fund new schools.

“We need, I believe, to be much more aggressive in telling the city, telling the county, we cannot handle this growth,” he said.

“We can’t build schools fast enough.”

Such a policy position would be “very helpful,” Clark said. The district, she said, is setting up a meeting with local mayors, counties and the Boise School District to discuss a piece of legislation that would address the issue of funding district growth. A similar piece of legislation failed last year.

LISTEN UP

Recreation district cancels VALLEY! $16M bond election TREASURE

Jacquie Elcox, BC-HIS

Total-Body Health and Hearing (Part 2 of 6):

Hearing Loss and Your Brain

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he Western Ada Recreation District has decided not to run a $16 million bond election Nov. 3. The district board voted to cancel the bond resolution Tuesday, said Meridian City Councilman Charlie Rountree, who serves as a liaison between the district and the city.

After surveying the public, the board felt it would be best to wait on the election, Rountree said.

The $16 million bond would allow the district to partner with the YMCA in building two indoor aquatics centers in Meridian. One of the aquatic centers is slated to be part of the new YMCA and Hillsdale Elementary facility in south Meridian.

District treasurer/secreby Holly Beech hbeech@mymeridianpress.com tary Dawn Fowler said the board is preparing a state© 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS ment, which was not available by print time.

The YMCA is “totally on board” with the district’s decision to delay the election, Treasure Valley YMCA Senior Vice President Scott Curtis said.

“The decision was made based on some survey results, (which) showed that when people are given all of the information about the project, they’re very supportive,” Curtis said. “But it takes a while for people to get all of that information, and there really isn’t time with this narrow of a window before this bond election to make sure that all of the public is informed.”

The next options for a bond election are March, May or August of 2016. Delaying the election will potentially impact the south Meridian Y’s construction time line, but it doesn’t impact the overall vision of building a

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... It takes a while for people to get all of that information (about the project), and there really isn’t time with this narrow of a window before this bond election to make sure that all of the public is informed.”

SCOTT CURTIS Treasure Valley YMCA senior vice president

community center with a YMCA, indoor aquatics center, elementary school and potentially a library branch, Curtis said.

The Meridian Library District plans to run a $12 million bond election Nov. 3 for two new branches, including one at the Hillsdale facility. The Nov. 3 ballot will also have a levy proposal from the West Ada School District, which is seeking to renew its two-year, $14 million supplemental levy.

The YMCA’s fundraising budget for the south Meridian facility is $28 million, including the potential $8 million from the recreation district’s bond.

The recreation district’s boundaries are the Boise River on the north, Lake Hazel Road on the south, McDermott Road on the west and jogs between Cloverdale and Eagle roads on the east.

If you seek treatment for hearing loss, you may also be reducing your risk of serious cognitive disease. Those with mild hearing loss are twice as likely to develop dementia. Those with hearing loss have demonstrated a 30% to 40% accelerated rate of cognitive decline.

Put your health first by stopping in for a complimentary hearing screening. We’ll take the next step toward better hearing — together.

Look out for more information on hearing health and whole-body health next month!

To learn more about hearing loss and your health, visit TreasureValleyHearing.com/blog, or give us a call to schedule a complimentary hearing screening!

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LOCAL NEWS What: Grand opening of the new anatomy and physiology laboratories at the Idaho State University Meridian Health Science Center When: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sept. 24. Remarks at 12:15 p.m.

Where: ISU-Meridian, 1311 E. Central Drive

about the labs Formal name: L.S. and Aline W. Skaggs Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories Size: 18,000 square feet Construction cost over two phases: $6 million n $3 million from the Idaho Legislature ($2 million in 2013 and $1 million in 2014)

n $3 million matched by ISU and private donors, including the ALSAM Foundation, Blue Cross of Idaho, and St. Luke’s and Saint Alphonsus hospital groups

THE COMPLEX INCLUDES: 12-station cadaver lab for students Virtual anatomy and physiology lab with two touch-screen tables for learning on virtual cadavers n Bioskills Learning Laboratory, a venue for medical professionals to continue their education and for companies to introduce new medical devices n Opening soon: Anatomy learning lab with technology to live-stream classes globally n Future opening: Physical therapy exercise science lab, a component in ISU-Meridian’s addition of a doctorate of physical therapy program (fall 2017) and a master’s of occupational therapy program (fall 2018) n Future opening: Applied behavioral science research lab to support programs in the School of Rehabilitation and Communication Sciences with observation and testing rooms n Room for future growth n n

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Cadaver lab opens new doors in the Treasure Valley

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ccess to a cadaver lab played a big role in Megan Worth’s decision to study at Idaho State UniversityMeridian.

Worth, 30, is switching careers from the tech industry to the medical industry. She is a first-year student in ISU’s physician assistant master’s program.

Before this year, ISU-Meridian didn’t have a cadaver lab, so students’ study of the human body didn’t include that hands-on component. Now, Treasure Valley students have Idaho’s newest cadaver lab at their fingertips.

“One of the best ways to learn the anatomy is to actually see it, as opposed to just pictures and diagrams in the textbook,” student Alison Eichenlaub said. “The facility is absolutely amazing, it’s beautiful. It’s been a fantastic learning experience and a wonderful supplement to what we have in class.”

First-year PA students spend two hours in the lab each week during their first semester. In the future, the

by Holly Beech lab hbeech@mymeridianpress.com cadaver will also serve © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS physical therapy and occupational therapy students.

“It’s an invaluable experience for them to be able to come in and really get a handson, visceral approach to understanding how people are built,” lab specialist Noah Harper said. “Like when somebody hurts their elbow, really what part of their elbow have they hurt? What muscle’s attached to it? How do the nerves that serve that muscle work and get out to those specific points?”

The education benefits go beyond ISU students, Harper said. The new facility has tools for distance learning, so classrooms in rural Idaho — or even classrooms halfway around the world — can potentially tune in.

“There are so many possibilities, it’s amazing,” lab director Lorinda Smith said.

Left: Marvin Sparrell, the associate director of Idaho State UniversityMeridian’s physician assistant program, demonstrates how to use the Anatomage table in the school’s virtual cadaver lab, part of a new laboratory complex.

Front page: Brett Ebert, a first-year student in ISU’s physician assistant master’s degree program, cleans up after class in the cadaver lab Wednesday. Students in their first semester are in the lab two hours a week.

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‘First of its kind’ in Idaho The cadaver lab is part of a $6 million, 18,000-square-foot complex at ISU-Meridian called the L.S. and Aline W. Skaggs Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories. The Idaho Legislature contributed $2 million in phase one of the project, which included the cadaver lab, and $1 million in phase two. ISU-Meridian and private donors covered the other $3 million.

The complex is the first of its kind in Idaho, ISU-Meridian Associate Vice President Bessie Katsilometes said. It includes a virtual lab — with two large, touch-screen tables where students can experiment with a virtual cadaver — and a bioskills learning center, a venue for medical professionals to continue their education and for companies to introduce advances in medical devices.

“It is a huge tool for the med-tech industry in the state of Idaho,” The CORE Chairman Earl Sullivan said. The CORE is a coalition of stakeholders — including ISU-Meridian — promoting Idaho’s medical-technical and health care industries.

Sullivan said the bioskills center will have a twofold economic impact.

For one, he said, it will give Idaho medical companies and physicians more in-state opportunities.

Secondly, the center will poten-

tially attract out-ofstate medical device CONTACT companies to hold presentations in the To learn more about educational opportunities involving Treasure Valley.

“We think it’s go- ISU-Meridian’s new laboratoing to be a great mag- ries, email anatlabs@isu.edu. net for companies to Facebook: facebook.com/ come to the Valley anatlabs and show off their Twitter: @ISU_LABS products,” Sullivan said. “(And medical professionals) can do their continuing education here versus having to go outside the state.”

Honoring the gift There would be no cadaver lab without the generosity of people who donate their bodies to science, Harper said. It’s a gift that students and faculty hold in high regard.

“Protecting the donors, respecting their confidentiality and their gift is … at the front of all of our minds, and it’s probably what we hold highest,” he said.

ISU in Pocatello is looking to expand its body donor program to the Treasure Valley, Smith said. Local residents have contacted ISU-Meridian and are interested in donating their body to science — and in having their gift remain in the Treasure Valley, she said.

The gift is one that has the power to impact thousands of patients someday, Harper said, by improving students’ understanding of the human body.

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Two challengers join race for Meridian mayor

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aleb Homan and Monte Palmer filed Sept. 4 — the filing deadline — to run for Meridian mayor in the Nov. 3 election.

Incumbent Mayor Tammy de Weerd will also run again, seeking her fourth term. De Weerd faced four challengers in the last election, winning with 51.5 percent of the vote.

Homan, a 2013 graduate of Rocky Mountain High Kaleb Homan Monte Palmer School, said he is running Challenger Challenger

by Holly Beech because public service is the hbeech@mymeridianpress.com best way to give back to one’s country. His top concerns © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS are large class sizes in schools and wasteful spending by the city. He said he’s uncomfortable with the rate Meridian at which is using its fund balance.

As mayor, Homan said he would work closely with the school district and provide perspective.

“I know it’s pretty much up to the district what happens, but I can give my input,” he said. “Since I recently graduated, I know what’s going on in these schools.”

Homan is studying political science at the College of Western Idaho. He works at Wal-Mart in Meridian and coaches freshmen football at Meridian High School.

This is Homan’s first run for public office. He contemplated running for Meridian City Council two years ago but decided not to since he was fresh out of high school.

Facing a three-term incumbent as a 20-year-old is an “uphill battle,” Homan said. He said some voters might not support him based on his age and inexperience, but he thinks his passion, determination and strong work ethic will speak to voters.

Homan said as mayor he would donate half of his salary to charity.

“It’s just about public service for me, it’s not about anything else,” he said. “It’s about making my community a better place.”

Palmer, a husband and father of three, is a painting contractor and chairman of Meridian’s Promise. De Weerd founded Meridian’s Promise in 2004 and passed

leadership on to Palmer in 2014. The two cochaired the organization for a year, but now 2015 CANDIDATES Palmer is the sole chairman and has converted Meridian’s Promise into a nonprofit, with Meridian mayor the continuing goal of promoting a healthy n Tammy de Weerd, incumbent n Kaleb Homan and caring environment for youth.

Palmer hasn’t campaigned for public of- n Monte Palmer fice before. He said De Weerd has been a great Meridian City Council, seat 1 Tammy de leader, but he has ideas on how to do things n Anne Little Roberts Weerd differently.

Incumbent Meridian City Council, seat 3 “I like Meridian, it’s an awesome commu- n Creg Steele nity,” Palmer said. “There’s lots of opportunity here, and I n Ty Palmer just want to keep Meridian great.”

Meridian City Council, seat 5 Palmer’s top priorities are families, businesses and eco- n Genesis Milam, incumbent nomic development in downtown Meridian. He supports Find more election coverage on the city’s efforts to attract a developer to build a hotel, conference center and performing arts venue downtown. He page 3. also supports the use of public incentives — such as offering land or low lease rates — to promote downtown development, as long as those incentives are balanced and don’t “step on the toes” of local residents and existing businesses.

“I think we need stuff like that in downtown Meridian to make people want to go down there,” Palmer said. “It’s kind of got the historical, smaller town feel, but I think Meridian’s kind of growing out of that. So that would be a lot of my focus, to get the traffic downtown, to help the businesses downtown that are struggling with the Split Corridor change.”

De Weerd, who held a press conference announcing her campaign on Aug. 27, said her priorities include creating a vibrant arts scene in downtown Meridian, growing the technology sector, developing more family-wage jobs, and partnering with other cities and entities to capitalize on the region’s strengths, including agriculture and health sciences.

Meridian City Council approves $97.9M budget for coming fiscal year T

he city of Meridian has budgeted $97.9 million for fiscal year 2016, which starts Oct. 1. The budget is 12.3 percent higher than the amended budget of $87.1 million for fiscal year 2015.

The City Council approved both budgets Sept. 1 after public hearings, which drew in no public testimony.

The amended FY2015 budget is $6.6 million less than what the city had originally budgeted for the year. That’s not because the city cut spending. Rather, the budget amount decreased because of a reduction in the “carryforward” category — money set aside for ongoing projects,

by Holly Beech hbeech@mymeridianpress.com Meridian Finance Director Stacy Kilchenmann said. © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS Progress made on these projects eliminated the need for the money to be included in the FY2015 budget, she said.

“That makes it look like the budget is less all of the sudden,” she explained over email. “We didn’t spend more than we budgeted, but we didn’t lower spending.”

Expenses for capital, personnel and operating costs were $2.6 million higher than originally budgeted for FY2015, including $400,000 from grant revenue spending and expenses budgeted for projects that will continue into FY2016. Revenue in FY2015 was $761,623 higher than budgeted — $603,930 of which was grant revenue, Kilchenmann said.

BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 The largest portion of the city’s FY2016 budget will fund personnel. With costs of $36.8 million, personnel uses 37 percent of the total budget. Another 26 percent — or $25.4 million — is budgeted for capital projects, up from $16 million for capital projects in FY2015.

The budget is divided into: 1) $48.8 million for the general fund for administration, public safety, parks and community development, and 2) $49.1 million for the enterprise fund for public works, such as wastewater and utilities.

More than 50 percent of the general fund goes toward police and fire. Parks uses 28 percent, and administration uses 12 percent.

New costs in the general fund in FY2016, according to a city budget presentation, include: n Assistant city clerk, $65,742 n Internal auditor, $112,542 n Public art, $85,655 n Replacement of administrative computers and software, $58,800 n Parks and pathway development, $2.8 million (with $2.1 million funded through impact fees that developers pay) n Savings for a potential field house with gym space, $2.8 million (with $638,000 funded through impact fees) n Resurfacing Adventure Island Playground in Settlers Park, $197,962 n Fire truck replacement, $535,000 n Vehicle and equipment replacements in the fire department, $165,575 n Police department staff additions, $520,001 n Police vehicles and equipment, $375,505 n Police computers and software, $90,650

LOOKING AHEAD

The city faces challenges now of growing its fire, police and public works departments fast enough to keep up with population growth, Kilchenmann said.

“We know that we need to open another fire station,” she said. “Every development increases the number of calls, it increases traffic.”

Thankfully, impact fees paid by developers help cover the cost of growth, Kilchenmann said. But she cautioned the City Council to remember that seemingly stable sources of income — such as fees, property taxes and sales tax — can quickly switch to unstable sources depending on the economy.

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The good news is, she said, Meridian weathered the recession in good shape.

“We know how to handle a cool down,” she said.

“We know how to handle growth, so I think that gives us an advantage, a big tool in our tool box.”

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The city of Meridian issued a request for proposals June 30, and the deadline to apply Submitted rendering was Aug. 31.

A site plan included in the Meridian request for proposals. “(It) is disappointing, but we knew it was and Development to consult about future a possibility because it was a pretty heavy-duty request for propos- economic opportunities throughout the als,” Meridian Community Development city.

Studies by Pegasus found a lack of conDirector Bruce Chat- ference space and a demand for an 800by Holly Beech terton said. 1,000 seat performance venue in downtown hbeech@mymeridianpress.com “We asked Meridian, according to the RFP. And de© 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS for some mand for hotel rooms in the Treasure Valley very de- is growing.

“We know that there’s definitely an untailed information, and most developers … really hold their cards close to their chest.” met demand in the Treasure Valley in genThe project’s steering committee — in- eral for hotel space,” Chatterton said.

Meridian has hotels off the interstate cluding city and Meridian Chamber of Commerce officials, members of the Merid- and on Eagle Road, but none downtown.

“We’re kind of the hole in the doughnut ian Development Corporation (the city’s urban renewal agency)and leaders in the arts here when it comes to hospitality in the community — will meet today to talk about downtown,” Chatterton said. the next step.

When putting together the RFP, the “We’re able to now basically talk with committee asked more than 30 local arts pretty much any development team that we groups if they’d be willing to submit a letter want to,” Chatterton said. “That’s what hap- expressing their interest in using a perforpens basically under both state law and our mance venue downtown Meridian. Seven local purchasing policies. If you have a null groups did so. result from an RFP, then you’re able to enter The arts community is also hosting a into conversations really with anyone.” short-play festival Sept. 26, seeking to raise Chatterton said the use of tax dollars for $20,000 for a performing arts building fund. the development is still to be determined.

Meridian offered potential incentives to de- DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT velopers in the RFP. The city and MDC own Regardless of what happens with the a combined three acres of land downtown threefold project in the RFP, Chatterton that could potentially be given to a devel- said promising growth is taking place in oper or leased at a discounted rate. downtown Meridian. He pointed to New In the RFP, the city also puts the option Ventures Lab, which recently opened and on the table of creating an Auditorium Dis- is housing a handful of start-up businesses. trict and a Community Infrastructure DisThe lab is the centerpiece of a new movetrict. ment in Meridian that is attractive to entre“The auditorium district would generate preneurs and young adults, Chatterton said. revenue from a tax added on to hotel room “We’ve got a huge upside in downtown rentals,” Chatterton explained in an email. with what we call economic gardening — “The CID would raise money for infrastruc- that is nurturing start-ups, nurturing acture improvements by taxing property own- tivities that are attractive to Millennials,” he ers who benefit from the infrastructure over said. “All the way from PreFunk to Pie Hole time for the improvements made up front.” — now Slyce — to the library’s new digital Meridian spent about $20,000 on the library, … these are all pieces that fit in reproject development plan, not including la- ally, really well with the New Ventures Lab.” bor costs for staff time, Chatterton said.

PreFunk Beer Bar opened in the historic Heritage building on Main Street in BACKGROUND July. The Meridian Library District’s third The city, MDC and the chamber have branch — a smaller branch focused on probeen collaborating for years to spur eco- viding digital tools and helping entreprenomic development in downtown Merid- neurs, including those at New Ventures Lab ian. The city also hired Pegasus Planning — will open in October.

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ON THE TOWN if you go WHAT: Send Off Summer Family Festival WHEN: 4:30-8 p.m. Sept. 24 WHERE: Kleiner Park, 1900 N. Records Ave., Meridian WHO: Meridian Chamber of Commerce, sponsored by the Idaho Central Credit Union MP file photo

Kleiner Park, behind The Village at Meridian, is a favorite spot for local events. Check out a new Meridian Chamber of Commerce family festival on Sept. 24 called Send Off Summer.

learn more Check out the Young Entrepreneurs Academy website for links to student business websites and other program information: www.yeameridianidaho.wordpress.com.

The first of three YEA! Info Sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 28 at the West Ada School District Training Center, Salmon Room, 1303 E. Central Drive, Meridian.

‘Send Off Summer’ with live music and barbecue

Event supports Meridian’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy

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he Meridian Chamber of Commerce is not quite ready to say goodbye to summer. The chamber is putting on its first-ever Send Off Summer Family Festival on Sept. 24, sponsored by the Idaho Central Credit Union.

Bring the family or friends down to Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park from 4:30-8 p.m. to enjoy live music by Sweet Briar, all-you-can-eat barbecue from Mickey Ray’s BBQ, local brews by Meridian’s Slanted Rock, acby Holly Beech tivities for the kids and vendor booths. hbeech@mymeridianpress.com The chamber will only sell 1,000 tick© 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS ets to the festival, so grab your tickets before they’re sold out. Tickets are $30 for adults, $15 for youth and seniors and free for children ages 4 and younger. Tickets must be

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Caldwell - Caldwell Senior Center Dance, 6:00pm, Caldwell Senior Center 1009 Everett St. Nampa - Celebrate Hands of Hope’s 100th Shipment with High Street Band, 5:00pm, Nampa Civic Center 311 Third St S $300.00 Caldwell - Chess, 7:30pm, Jewett Auditorium 2112 Cleveland Blvd $22.00 Boise - Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged (Revised): A Comedy, 8:00pm, Stage Coach Theatre 4802 W Emerald St Boise - ELEPHANT REVIVAL, 7:00pm, El Korah Shrine Meridian - First Friday Networking hosted by Treasure Valley Children’s Theater, 7:30am, Treasure Valley Children’s Theater 703 N Main Street $0.00 Caldwell - Jeannie Marie, 7:00pm, Orphan Annie’s Bar & Grill 801 Everett St. Boise - La Luz, Will Sprott, Braided Waves, 7:00pm, Neurolux Star - Music and Movement, 10:00am, Star Branch Library 10706 W State St Boise - Trapt, Midline, 57 Heavy, Reverend Otis, 8:00pm, Knitting Factory 416 S 9th St Boise - Vienna Trio, 7:30pm, Morrison Center for the Performing Arts 2201 W Cesar Chavez Ln Nampa - WOW Country Fan Jam - Big & Rich, 6:00pm, Ford Idaho Center 16200 Idaho Center Blvd

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Send Off Summer will raise money for the Meridian chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy. YEA! is a yearlong class that gives middle and high school students a chance to meet local business professionals, take behindthe-scenes field trips to companies and develop and test their own business ideas, according to the national YEA! website.

Along with being a fundraiser for the entrepreneurship program, Send Off Summer is an event that appeals to all ages.

“In examining our events, we recognized that we needed something that reached across all generations,” Meridian Chamber programs and events manager Betsy Davies said. “Tying

together a family-friendly event that would also raise funds for this program just worked.

It’s an opportunity for the community to come together, eat some great food, listen to some music and enjoy time as a family, while also helping our youth ages 12-17 grow their ideas into actual businesses.”

Eleven students graduated from the Meridian YEA! program last year, with six student businesses being funded by investor monies, Davies said. Three of the businesses have launched and are generating sales, and two of the businesses are completing final prototypes.

“We’re very proud of what our CEOs (graduates) have accomplished in just a few short months,” Davies said.

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City fixes snag in PreFunk’s beer license

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eridian City Council discussed a glitch in PreFunk’s beer and wine license at its weekly meeting Tuesday.

PreFunk beer bar opened in downtown Meridian in July. The bar’s license to serve beer and wine was approved by the state of Idaho and the city of Meridian.

An establishment in Idaho can’t serve alcohol within 300 feet of a school or a church without special approval from the local governing body, such as the city council.

by Holly Beech PreFunk hbeech@mymeridianpress.com is at least © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS 300 feet away from the front door of Harvest Church but less than 300 feet away from the church’s property line. When issuing the license, the state measured from the church’s property line, but the city measured from the church’s door.

Because the city’s measurement came to more than 300 feet, the license was issued by the city clerk’s office and did not need approval from City Council. But if the city would have measured from the property line like the state did, the license would have required City Council approval.

Someone with the state noticed the discrepancy and raised the concern with the city, City Attorney Bill Nary said.

“The difference is so minuscule, we’ve just never had that happen before, where there’s that minor difference in footage,”

he said. “We’re going to make sure we align our measurement with the state so there’s no confusion in the future.”

Councilman David Zaremba asked if the City Council should hold a public hearing about PreFunk’s license. Nary said all that was legally required was for the council to vote on the license approval.

Councilwoman Genesis Milam asked if Harvest Church had voiced any concerns about the beer bar. “We’ve had no concern from anybody,” Nary said. “The state’s actually the one that raised this because of the footage difference.”

The council voted unanimously to approve a beer and wine license for PreFunk.

Neither the bar nor the church had representatives at the meeting.

Meridian woman dies in motorcycle crash

Caldwell teen dies in single-vehicle accident

A 21-year-old woman from Meridian died in a motorcycle crash Sept. 2, according to Ada County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Patrick Orr. Joslyn Johnson was a passenger on a motorcycle driven by a 21-year-old man. The driver, traveling east on Lake Hazel Road, lost control near Star Struck Avenue, hit a tree and crashed into an embankment.

The crash was called in at 8:14 a.m.

Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. She died due to blunt force trauma, according to the Ada County Coroner’s report. She was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

Paramedics took the driver to a local hospital for treatment of what appeared to be non life-threatening injuries. The sheriff’s office will identify the driver if he gets cited or charged, which could be after weeks or months of investigation, Orr said.

A 19-year-old Caldwell resident died early Saturday morning after a car crash in Meridian. Meridian police said alcohol was a factor in the crash.

Britanya Vasquez was driving a 2007 Toyota Scion with two passengers, one male and one female, early Saturday morning. At 2:42 a.m. Meridian officers responded to a call about the Scion after it crashed into a power pole.

Police found the driver side of the car resting against the power pole with severe damage. Vasquez was pronounced dead at the scene.

The male passenger was transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and the female passenger was released at the scene.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which is still under investigation by the Meridian Police Department.

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Evan Izett fills one of the first growlers July 23 at the new Meridian PreFunk Beer Bar, located at 729 Main St.

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Photos courtesy Thomas Fahrun Photography and Philip Robert

Left: Alec Voorhees of Meridian took second place for the U.S. junior men’s team at the 2015 Freestyle World Championships, held Aug. 30 - Sept. 5 in Ottawa, Canada. Right: Fifteen-year-old Hayden Voorhees of Meridian competed on the U.S. junior men’s team at the 2015 Freestyle World Championships. He came in 10th place in the semi-finals.

Kayaker takes 2nd at world championships

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lec Voorhees of Meridian proved to be a tough Fifteen-year-old Hayden contender at the ICF Freestyle World ChamVoorhees, Alec’s younger pionships this month in Ottawa, Canada. brother, also competed on The 18-year-old took second place overthe junior men’s U.S. team all in the junior men’s freestyle kayaking at the world championchampionships. He came in first place during the ships this year, coming semi-finals Friday, but fell in the finals Saturday to in 10th place in the semiHugo Anthony from the Alec Voorhees Hayden finals.

Voorhees United Kingdom.

by Holly Beech This was Alec Voorhbeech@mymeridianpress.com Kayaking runs in the hees’ second run in the © 2015 MERIDIAN PRESS family for the Voorhees. Freestyle World Championships, which are held every

other year. In 2013, he came in third place.

In freestyle kayaking, competitors perform a routine of tricks to earn as many points as possible.

The United States swept most divisions of freestyle kayaking this year. Siblings Dane and Emily Jackson from Tennessee took first place in the men’s and women’s division, respectively. Emily Jackson, a 25-yearold wife, mother and team manager, is also known for her Ted Talk called “Life Without Compromise.”

Fifteen-year-old Sage Donnelly from Nevada took first place in the junior women’s division.

ITD: Prepare for significant delays on I-84 in Meridian through early November I

nterstate 84 will be reduced to two lanes in both directions at the Meridian Road Interchange until early November.

The lane restrictions, to be put in place next week, are expected to lengthen commute times. Drivers who use I-84 in the Treasure Valley should prepare for significant delays through November, according to the Idaho Transportation Department.

Once in place, lanes will be reduced on east- and westbound I-84 between the Eagle and Ten Mile interchanges.

Restricting lanes on I-84 is necessary to give crews room for building the outside two lanes and shoulder in both diby Meridian Press staff news@mymeridianpress.com rections at the Meridian Interchange. Merging conditions will be continually adjusted at the I-84 Meridian Interchange as crews rebuild the interstate.

“This is the most challenging part of the project due to the tight space for a work zone under the interchange,” stated ITD Project Engineer Jayme Coonce. “Rebuilding the stretch of interstate at Meridian Road is the final phase of construction.”

Holly Beech/MP By late November, construction at the I-84 Meridian Interchange will be finished and I-84 will reopen to four lanes. These improvements are the final step of com- Interstate 84 from the Ten Mile to the Eagle interchanges in Meridian will be reduced to two lanes in both pleting interstate construction in the Treasure Valley. directions from mid-September to early November. Commuters should be prepared for delays.

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