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34 Dam It?The pros and cons of damming

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DAM BIGAround this time 12 years ago, I was sitting in the Morrison

Quadrangle on the campus of (then) Albertson College of Idaho

listening to J.R. Simplot say something about the “Red Chinese”

and the importance of getting—and keeping—water rights.

It was the Official Wisdom, passed down from one of Idaho’s

greatest business leaders to the newest crop of graduates from

the school that matriculated Joe Albertson, Robert Smylie and

Simplot’s own former son-in-law, C.L. “Butch” Otter.

That a self-made billionaire would mention “water rights”

during a commencement speech in suburban Caldwell says every-

thing you need to know about the centrality of water to Idaho’s

industry, lifestyle and even self identity.

Ours is indeed a thirsty land.

According to a 2014 report from the U.S. Geological Survey,

Idahoans use more water per capita than anyone else in the

country. Per person consumption was pegged at 168 gallons per

day—No. 1 in the nation—and if agricultural use was included

in the total, the number would rise to more than 10,000 gallons

per day per Idahoan.

As weather experts are warning that the Western United States

is facing the worst drought in 1,000 years, Idaho’s water will

become more precious. For some, that’s a call for conservation—a

sign both industrial and personal habits need to change. For oth-

ers, it’s all the more reason to invest in infrastructure, specifically,

a 300-foot-tall earthen dam on the Weiser River that would flood

an area 13.5 miles long and almost as big as the Anderson Ranch,

Arrowrock and Lucky Peak reservoirs combined.

If that’s the biggest construction project you’ve never heard of,

don’t worry: Boise Weekly staff writer Jessica Murri recently went

on a flyover of the proposed dam site and has a full report on

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LAB SUITA 2011 accident

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Mark Lynas brought his controversial presentation on the “fraud” of the natural food movement and the benefits of GMOs to Boise on May 19. Get more on News/Citydesk.

PROJECT PICKThe Capitol City

Development Corporation decided which developer will be allowed to go forward with a mixed-use project at the corner of Idaho and 14th streets. More on News/Citydesk.


Young people, I’m talking to you today. I want you to know what you’re in for, 25... 30 years from now, on that day your favorite late-night talk show guy, or lady, retires. Don’t think of it as advice, and don’t think of it as some old fart telling you snot-nose Gen-Millen-Xial Slackers what you ought to be doing about it. There’s nothing you can do about it. It’s going to happen and when it does, you’re going to feel a little like something inside of you tipped over and a portion of whatever was in it spilled out and evaporated.

I’m not saying it’s in your soul, this hint of the void you will feel. Nor is it in your intellect, your mind, or your heart or your gut, your chest or anyplace I can identify. In fact, I’m willing to believe there is place, a thing, a secret, inside of us that hasn’t been discovered yet. Nobody has run across it while they were dissecting a cadaver. It can’t be an organ, or there would be one in a jar somewhere, floating in formaldehyde. And like I said, it can’t be part of your ethereal presence, your soul or spiritual nature. At least I hope not. I’d hate to think there are people whose spiritual nature is so shallow, it goes dry just because a late-night teevee host calls it quits.

No, I think this place, this secret thing, is neither solid like a liver or a spleen, nor is it entirely abstract, like a soul or whatever it is that makes us unique and individual. But I know it’s there. Whatever it is, I have one. I feel it. I feel it every time a piece of my routine drops off and is left in the irretrievable past. I feel it every time I can no longer do something by habit because the element essential to the practice of the habit is no longer available. I feel it when I can no longer rely on the same thing happening, just as it has happened all through those years and years I got accustomed to it happening, because now it has stopped happening.

Hey, excuse me if I sound a little vague here, but you gotta understand, you young people. There are things we don’t think about until they aren’t there anymore. And a person doesn’t fully absorb that reality until they have a few years on their body and a few habits and routines them-selves, accumulated not intentionally, but more like how cows get accustomed to heading for the milk barn. Cows don’t do it because they’re thinking about doing it or planning on doing it. They do it because they did it yesterday, and the day before, and on and on. And you can no more ask a cow why she does it than you can ask a hu-man why he has... just off the top of my head... watched David Letterman before heading to bed, night after night, for 33 years. He probably just started doing it and never stopped.

We know for sure this much: Americans—or at least a hell of a lot of them—like going to bed with a laugh fresh in their mind. Before televi-sion, there was Ma and Pa Kettle on the radio, and Amos and Andy. Jack Benny and Jimmy Durante. With television came Jack Paar and Steve Allen. Then Carson. For untold millions, Johnny Carson was the last person they saw before Mr. Sandman took over. Carson was the chuckle that lingered in your throat even as your brain quit thinking and your eyes quit seeing. It’s not surprising Carson got to be a habit, a routine, for so many. He made the day seem better than it probably was.

And that’s how it happens, young people. As much as the thought of a routine may seem like a drag to you now—a bummer, a downer, a choke collar on your spontaneity, a ball and chain on your rebel spirit—as the years go by, you will come across more and more things that seem to make life a little more pleasant. A little more enjoyable. A little more livable. And you will, probably, without realizing it, come to look forward to those things, to count on them being there the next time. Without intending to you’ll mark it on your inner calendar: Do that again. It felt good and made me happy.

They don’t have to be big, imposing things, these incremental building blocks of a routine you don’t realize you’re falling into. It could be something as small as having a Fig Newton before you turn in. It could be following the same cartoon strip in the paper for years and years. It could be saying “Sleep tight... don’t let the bed-bugs bite” to everyone in your household before turning out the lights, or going out to breakfast every Saturday morning. And of course, there’s a good chance it will be settling on one particular late-night talk show host with whom you enjoy spending the remaining moments of the day.

I chose Letterman 33 years ago. Others chose Leno. Now look what that ya’ got. Jimmy... Jimmy... Conan... Colbert... that chubby guy... that Seth guy... did I miss anyone? But let me tell you something. It’s not a matter of which one is better. It’s a matter of whom you’re comfortable with. Like a mate or a dog or a pair of house slip-pers, it’s about which one you can see going the long haul with.

Yeah. Go ahead and snicker, junior. But you’ll see. You’ll find out. In time, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Because no matter which one you chose, it can’t last forever. And what makes it worse... the more comfortable you get with the one you go with, the more you will feel that melancholic hollow spot when they hang it up. So go ahead and laugh. You’ll see.

THE LETTERMAN GOETHNow who’s going to tuck me in?

BILL COPE

OPINION


A thousand years ago, King Canute, ruler of Denmark and England, grew weary of court officials telling him his power was so great, he was the ruler of not just nations but of the winds, waves and seasons. While Canute had his ways of getting humans to do his bidding, he knew the forces of nature had no need to obey him.

So Canute dragged his entire court down to the beach at low tide. He commanded that his throne be placed at the water’s edge, and when the tide came in, he ordered it to retreat before it reached him. The tide ignored this order, and the royal slippers and the hem of the royal robe got soaked.

Since the human price of Canute’s displea-sure was to have one’s head cut off, or to be disemboweled alive or blinded with hot pokers, we can assume the royal court got the hint. If you were going to praise the king’s power, you had better be clear about what he thought he could and couldn’t do.

Canute comes easily to mind these days. The legislature of North Carolina has outlawed basing any coastal land use policies on projected rises in sea level. And a Florida Environmental Protection Department employee was forced to undergo a mental health evaluation for violating Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s ban on the phrases “climate change” and “global warming.” Presumably the other employees in Florida state agencies got the hint, even if Rick Scott is nowhere near as acute as Canute when it comes to high water.

Studies of sea level rise indicate that not only does it exist, it’s accelerating. For most of the 20th century, the seas rose about a millimeter a year. Since the beginning of the 21st century, that rate has tripled. Climate studies indicate the cause for the increase is a combination of melting ice in Greenland and Antarctica and thermal expansion of the ocean, both due to a warmer planet.

Some studies suggest the oceans will be 40 inches higher by 2100, but they assume uniform, gradual warming, one that reflects successful ef-forts to curb CO2 emissions and one unaffected by a huge increase in atmospheric methane.

Unfortunately, CO2 emissions aren’t going to be curbed anytime soon. Governments can’t agree on effective measures. Even if they could, such small things as persistent accidental fires in Chinese coal seams put as much CO2 into the atmosphere as that country’s power plants. Meth-ane emissions from melting permafrost, from coal operations in the American Southwest, and from leakages from global gas and oil extraction are equally resistant to government control.

These wildcards screw up the parameters of climate studies, as do the heat-island effect

of cities, the thermal-sink effect of the oceans, the global-dimming effects of pollution, and unpredictable changes in the jet streams and ocean currents. When you’re studying complex chaotic systems like climate, all extrapolations of the data—that’s science-speak for predicting the future—are little better than lowball guesses.

From a political standpoint, it allows for the sort of magical thinking shown by King Canute’s flatterers. The people who don’t like the ugly implications of climate change—e.g. North Carolina legislators with real-estate interests, or a governor of a state just slightly above sea level—have a field day with the slightest scientific uncertainty.

Climate science is more certain when it has hard data. A soaked King Canute is evidence royalty cannot stop the tide from rising. A soaked New York City after Hurricane Sandy is evidence millions of commoners can’t stop a rising ocean.

Other hard data are coming in. The extent of sea ice in the Arctic reached its lowest recorded maximum in March. The hottest global average temperature was reached in 2014, and thus far 2015 is breaking that record. Jet stream and ocean temperature anomalies have created record snow amounts in the Northeast and bare slopes at Western ski resorts. CO2 levels have surpassed 403 parts per million, a level not seen on Earth for 2 million years.

Here in Idaho, unless you’re operating one of those resorts or have a cabin in a tinder-dry forest or have a farm with late water rights, you haven’t been confronted with the sort of uncontrollable climate change that wrecks lives and livelihoods. You can tell yourself that the headlines mean nothing, predict nothing and nothing needs to be done about them. You won’t feel the need to go down to the seashore and see for yourself. For that matter, Idaho doesn’t have a seashore, and won’t have, even if all the ice on the planet were to turn to water.

But Idaho is a tiny part of a planet that is subject to feedback loops and exponential curves. What happens out there will sooner or later—probably sooner—have its effects here. A billion people live within 40 inches of sea level, and if the water keeps rising, they’re all going to need a place to live. It will be our decision to give them some of our dry land or let them drown.

Few of our elected officials and corporate executives have King Canute’s dedication to reality. They have plenty of confidence in their power, though, and they’re using it to ensure an official blindness to the fact that something’s hap-pening here, and what it is—in spite of their best efforts—is exactly clear.

WAITING FOR HIGH TIDEAnd rain

JOHN REMBER

OPINION



UNDA’ THE ROTUNDA

It’s called the “Zip Code Syndrome” and it’s all-too-familiar to the growing class of Idaho’s working poor who scoff at economists’ analyses of an improv-ing economy or media accounts of “affordable” housing that tops $1,200 per month.

Talk of the syndrome began surfac-ing soon after the United Way of Treasure Valley published its sobering 2014 Community Assessment. It’s a catch 22-like struggle of finding a livable-wage job and affordable housing within reasonable proximity. Too many families have learned that when they find acceptable housing that costs $50-$75 less a month in rent, they’re farther from Boise’s downtown core, thus driv-ing up the costs of getting to work.

One example United Way uses is a married couple with two children, earn-ing approximately $3,000 per month in one full-time and another part-time job. Take out $900 each month in rent; $200 in utilities; $300 for transporta-tion, fuel and insurance; $1,000 for the children’s needs; $400 for food; and $240 for health care costs, and they’re already ankle deep in red ink and haven’t put away a penny for savings.

That hypothetical family would land in the category of “very-low income” (less than 50 percent of Boise’s median income of $61,300) to receive some form of assistance funded by Community Development Block Grant dollars. A family of four with an annual gross income of $24,000 (30 percent of the median income) would land in the category of “extremely low income.”

More than a few families need that assis-tance. The Boise City/Ada County Housing Authority provides rental assistance to more than 2,200 families each month, totaling nearly $1 million. The authority owns and operates four rental properties—Liberty Park, Nez Perce, Shoreline Plaza and Vine Terrace apartments, all in Boise—but click on any of the properties’ websites and you’ll get the same message: “At this time, no units are available.”

The dilemma grows with the ever-shrinking availability of rental units anywhere in Boise.

“Right now, we’re hearing that the rental vacancy rate is somewhere between 1 to 3 percent;

that’s incredibly tight,” said Diana Lachiondo, director of Community Partnerships for the city of Boise. “That’s the lowest vacancy rate that we can remember.”

Lachiondo stood before a full house of at-tendees—including service providers, prop-erty managers, scholars, law enforcement and engaged citizens—at the first-of-its-kind housing and homeless roundtable discussion May 12. Before the day was through, she would make the same presentation to another diverse group at the Boise Main Library and, by May 22, she will have stood before scores of people in an effort to bring greater focus and urgency to a dilemma that isn’t going away anytime soon and has wide-reaching tentacles.

“To be clear, we’re not just talking about homelessness or housing here,” Lachiondo later told Boise Weekly. “This is about economic devel-opment. This is about jobs. This is about educa-tion. This is about public safety. This is about where the city wants to go with this.”

Before BW could ask another question, Lachiondo quickly added,” And this is certainly not just about the city of Boise. We’re not a service provider. And this can’t just be about Boise. This will take numer-ous partners or, quite frankly, we want to be successful with this.”

“This” is a new approach for the city, including a different strategy to help strug-gling families find more rental proper-ties and, perhaps most aggressively, an extremely different tactic to address the issue of chronic homelessness. Those new ideas, however, are rooted in something that is very much a part of Boise’s present: Allumbaugh House.

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME

To be sure, practically every private and public service entity agreed that the Treasure Valley was in desperate need of a detox center. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Ada County, Saint Al’s and St. Luke’s hospitals, law enforce-ment throughout the valley, and the cities of Boise and Meridian were all on board, at least verbally. Equally funding the construc-tion, maintenance and operation of the facility was another matter. Pulling teeth was easier than convincing one another that each of the entities had everything to

gain from the facility. Ultimately, Boise took the lead in funding the construction of Allumbaugh House, which finally opened its doors five years ago this month. But it wasn’t until 2014 when the Idaho Legislature finally agreed to fund opera-tional costs, beginning this year.

It’s fair to say that minor miracles are possible at Allumbaugh House, managed by the nonprofit Terry Reilly Health Services. Men and women who in Boise’s not-to-distant past had been tossed into the Ada County Jail now have the opportu-nity to receive medically monitored detoxification and short-term residential crisis mental health at the North Allumbaugh Street facility.

“I think Allumbaugh House set the standard for a lot of things that we’re doing these days,” said Mike Journee, spokesman for Boise Mayor Dave Bieter. “Whether it’s next year’s pre-K program or energizing the Vista neighbor-hood, we’re trying to tackle some pretty big issues, but we have to do that with a lot more community partnerships.”

IDAHO BUCKS NATIONAL TREND: MORE GEM STATE FOSTER CHILDREN PLACED WITH FAMILY

Too many children in the United States’ welfare systems are not living with families but, according to a new study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, it turns out Idaho is doing much better at keeping foster children with families or relatives.

“They’re people that had a significant rela-tionship with the child prior to the child coming into care, and that really helps reduce trauma on a number of fronts,” said Miren Unsworth, deputy administrator for Child Welfare Services at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. “There’s much more stability in a placement with a family—whether that’s the child’s own family or even a non-relative family placement in a foster home.”

The Annie E. Casey Foundation report, “Every Kid Needs a Family,” reveals that on any given night tens of thousands of American children are going to bed without the care and comfort of a family. Many of those children are placed in group homes, which the Annie E. Casey Foundation stated can be “harmful to a child’s opportunities to develop strong, nurtur-ing attachments.” Additionally, the analysis continued, “Group placements can also cost seven to 10 times the amount it takes to place a child with a relative or foster family.”

Nationwide, the study reported up to 14 percent of the nation’s approximate 400,000 foster kids are in a non-family placement, but Idaho bucks that trend.

“Over the last decade, we’ve put a strong emphasis on relative-placement and kinship care,” said Unsworth. “And when that happens, we see them achieving reunification [with parents] or other type of permanency, guardian-ship or adoption, much more quickly.”

Unsworth said Idaho has seen a slight re-duction in the number of Idaho children coming into foster care over the past five years.

“At any given time, we have about 1,300 children in care and yes, we have seen a reduction,” she said. “That said, there is still a tremendous need for foster families. Our needs exceed our resources. We need folks willing to foster, specifically for adolescents or sibling groups. We really would love for more people to reach out and contact 211 if they have any questions about the process.”

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At any given time, about 1,300 Idaho children are in protective custody.

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Here’s the sad news at Allumbaugh House: too many men and women who leave the facility with a new lease on life can’t secure a lease for somewhere to live.

“We’re hearing that 51 percent of the folks at Allumbaugh House are homeless,” said Lachiondo. “So what does that mean? They’re coming back to the street. We don’t have to guess what their chances are for any amount of success.”

H.E.L.P.

After more than an hour of seemingly unend-ing bad news, Lachiondo’s presentation took a turn. For the record, it was at 10:06 a.m. on May 12 when she unveiled something called H.E.L.P., short for Housing Education and Leasing Partner-ship—a plan designed to facilitate more landlord/tenant relationships involving people struggling to put a roof over their heads.

“This is going to happen,” said Lachiondo. “We’re set to launch this on June 1.”

The idea stems back to an event that La-chiondo and her boss hosted in late 2014.

“Mayor Bieter and I gathered a group of landlords and property managers from across the Treasure Valley and we needed to talk about the possibility of them renting more apartments and houses to people struggling to find a home,” said Lachiondo.

City officials were well aware of the many bar-riers to secure a unit in an extremely tight rental market: poor credit, inadequate or no income, legal problems all hinder or outright block a po-tential tenant’s chance of signing a lease. Couple that with the possibility that a tenant might be struggling with behavioral issues and it’s not the easiest landlord/tenant relationship.

“I honestly expected the property managers to say they needed a bucket of money to help pay for damage to rental units,” said Lachiondo. “Instead, what we heard them say was, ‘We have a heart for this but we need your help.’”

Multiple property managers told Lachiondo they simply didn’t have the capacity to become

quasi-case managers for their tenants.“So we came up with a plan to provide, let’s

say a ‘case manager’ for the landlord, giving them someone to call in case of an issue with a tenant,” she said.

As a result, the city of Boise has contracted with Boise-based El-Ada Community Action Partnership to manage H.E.L.P.

El-Ada’s first step is to hire a so-called “hous-ing provider liaison” who will be that case man-ager for landlords. El-Ada will also begin, start-ing this summer, what it calls a “second chance renter rehabilitation program” where potential tenants will receive certification giving them a leg-up to secure a rental. Finally, the H.E.L.P. program will partner with several community service providers to make sure that tenants and landlords are readily accessing the programs that will enhance that relationship.

“Make no mistake, no one is forcing land-lords to participate. It’s a very tight market, but it is really great to hear that more landlords say they want to help. And a rental voucher, backing up that client, is a pretty nice guarantee for a landlord,” said Lachiondo. “That said, El-Ada is really anxious to talk to a lot more landlords to participate in the program.”

The goal of the first year of the program is to help as many as 140 adults (or approximately 70) families with rental assistance, H.E.L.P. certification and service to landlords in times of trouble.

P.F.S.Up next at the May 12 meeting was a signifi-

cant departure for the city of Boise: A proposal to tackle the huge dilemma that is chronic homelessness. The possible solution includes large corporate or philanthropic funders—an element that is rarely seen at the table when it comes to discussing the chronically homeless.

The United States government officially defines a chronically homeless individual as “someone who has experienced homelessness for

a year or longer, or who has experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the last three years and has a disability.” They tend to have “high rates of behavioral health problems, in-cluding severe mental illness and substance abuse disorders, conditions that may be exacerbated by physical illness, injury or trauma,” according the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Addressing the causes and symptoms of homelessness are as complex as addressing recidi-vism in our prisons, a failing education system or exploding health care costs. Stakeholders and the public agree that the issue must be confronted, but become divided when considering how—or even if—to invest in long-term strategies with no proof of success. That’s where something called P.F.S., or Pay For Success, comes in.

It’s the simplest of business strategies—don’t pay for something until you get it—but it rarely intersects with social welfare. The P.F.S. strategy comes out of the University of Utah’s Policy Innovation Lab. The key is to identify a large corporate or philanthropic funder to partner with a service provider (or team of providers) to secure long-term solutions to help minimize chronic homelessness.

“But by no means is this a Boise-only project. We can’t do this alone, not by a longshot. But we’re going to get things going,” said Lachiondo, who added that a workshop is already slated for Tuesday, May 26 at Boise City Hall West, where interested providers can learn about eligibility.

“This is definitely a new way of doing busi-ness, but we think it’s exciting,” she said.

Lachiondo maintained what seemed to be an inexhaustible level of enthusiasm as she stood before group after group, pitching the ideas of H.E.L.P. and P.F.S.

“Honestly, we’ve never really had a good path forward on how to realistically get some of this done,” she told BW. “But that’s where my excite-ment comes from. This could be the biggest payoff.”

IDAHO’S MOST VISIBLE SCULPTURE: A RIVER DOESN’T RUN THROUGH IT (YET)

When we last spoke to Josh Olson, the city of Boise’s Cultural Asset Program man-ager, in November 2014, the winter winds were soon to blow, thus delaying the renova-tion of one of the highest profile pieces of public art in Idaho: “The River Sculpture” at the corner of Capitol Boulevard and Front Street.

Disrepair and wear-and-tear prevented the sculpture’s lights and the misting system from working since 2009, and the city had to decide whether to repair the sculpture—com-missioned in 1999—at considerable cost or rip it from its anchor in front of the Grove Hotel.

City officials opted to team up with the Capital City Development Corporation and hotel owners to share the nearly $200,000 in repair costs.

The project, which Olson likened to re-creating a “layer cake” of huge granite slabs from a specific quarry in Finland, was more involved than initially thought. When winter descended on Boise, the project was buttoned up with a promise the renovation would resume in the spring.

“We’re trying to get back on track,” said Olson. “Once you take a contractor off your schedule, you lose your place in line.”

Another significant obstacle has surfaced on the project, though.

“When we uncovered the sculpture, we found some unexpected…” Olson took a long pause. “Let’s call them unexpected condi-tions with the concrete and granite slabs. As a result we’re looking for some additional funding to complete the project, so we’re talking to our partners at CCDC and the Grove Hotel about that. And that, in turn, will adjust the schedule a bit further out.”

When asked if the river would run—com-plete with mist and lights—this summer, Olson took another long pause.

“Well, I’m an optimist,” Olson said. “I think it’s a pretty good chance, but we’ll let you know when we’ve greenlighted the project again.”

—George Prentice

“When we uncovered the sculpture, we found some unexpected...conditions.”

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“I remember it like it was yesterday,” said Everett.

BW sat down to chat with Everett about his decades of yesterdays and the decades of tomorrow that lie ahead.

Where does your professional relationship with the Y begin?

I was teaching high-school math in a town called Amanda-Clearcreek, Ohio. It was a pretty poor school district—not a lot of money for textbooks or lesson plans. I was also coach-ing the high-school football team. I got a call one day from the Y to see if I wanted to be their swim coach. I really thought I would ul-timately be a full-time coach in high school or college someday, so I took the job for $6,800 a year. That was 1974. A man by the name of Jack Sizemore picked me up one day and drove me around town as we talked. There wasn’t any formal interview, and he hired me that day. I

basically ran the Y. I was in so far over my head but Jack believed in me. Lo and behold, I must have been OK.

Has that informed how you looked at potential employees over the years?

Absolutely. It’s kind of sad that we’ve be-come a bit too risk-averse in hiring. Sometimes you have to say, “I believe in you.” You hire for character; it’s a lot more difficult to teach someone to be a phenomenal human being.

And you were already married at the time you took that job at the Marietta, Ohio Y.

We’re both midwesterners but I met my wife Linda when we were both working one summer at a Colorado Dude Ranch. I fell head over heels. We got married during senior year of college. She was told she couldn’t get preg-nant and two weeks later, she was pregnant. And we always had a dream to go back west.

Tell me about your first trip to Boise when you interviewed to become the new swim coach.

I went for a run on what would someday become the Boise Greenbelt—it was just a path along the Boise River at the time—and I saw this amazing bald eagle perched high above the river. I knew this was the place.

And your first boss at the Boise Y…Was Darrell Scott. Everything I wanted to

do, he would say, “Good, let’s try it.” He trusted me. I probably didn’t know it by then, but I was going to be a lifer at the Y.

What’s the capacity of your brain or your heart for all of the people who have touched you and you have touched?

There are a million stories. Everybody touches you in a different way. What you get out of this is way more than whatever you put into it.

I’m guessing that you’ve always looked young.

Some people thought I was a high-schooler on the swim team.

Have you always had good health?I have. My dad died of melanoma when I was

8. My mom was a lifelong smoker, and she died of lung cancer way too soon. She was the tough-est lady I ever knew.

Is your family’s health history the reason why you do what you do for a living?

It was probably more about me being helped by others—teachers, coaches, mentors. They all took me under wing. And this job has always been about fun and play. Now I have grandkids. It’s a blast to play with them: climb trees, ride our bikes. For my wife’s birthday this year, I took a whole bunch of pictures and gave it to an artist to put on one big canvas. All of the images are us at different stages with our kids, and in every one of the pictures we’re playing. George Bernard Shaw said, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

To that end, I want to discuss something I heard you talk about some time ago: Our unnatural focus on elite kid athletes.

We’ve gotten way off the path. Now, it’s all about winning and getting a Division One [NCAA] scholarship. It’s too rare that kids are getting the sheer joy out of sport. It about having the wind in your face and playing. But we pull the fun out of play and punish people with exer-cise, and we end up kicking too many kids to the curb because they’re not first-string athletes.

Think of the amount of money it costs; some parents are paying $10,000 a year for a kid to be on a team that travels. And the emotional costs; we have 8-year-olds who think it’s over when

JIM EVERETTOne more summer

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Boise Weekly’s conversation with Jim Everett, who will step down as CEO of the Treasure Valley YMCA later this year, occasionally became emotional, which was no surprise—the lives Everett has touched are legion. Countless children know him as Jim; even more adults know him as one of the most successful chief executives in Idaho history; and come New Year’s Day 2016, his first day of retirement, he’ll embrace the title he loves most: Grandpa.

Scores of faces and voices raced through Everett’s head as BW asked him to recall the many people who shaped his life and the untold people whose lives he has helped to shape.

“Maybe ‘swim through my head’ is a more appropriate term than ‘race,’” said the man who first walked through the doors of the Boise Y in the spring of 1977 to become a swim coach. In 1987, he would ascend to the post of CEO, which he will retire from this December.

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they lose a game. We even have national champi-onships for young kids. That’s unconscionable.

And the level of sports-related injury among children?

It’s off the charts, but more important is the mental injury. I have said before that youth sports is one of the major causes of youth obe-sity in this nation.

I’ve watched people do a double-take when they hear you say that.

We have an unwritten rule that a child ath-lete either makes it or they don’t. And even the kids who do make it quit playing when their career is over. Kids quit sports, and then they quit playing.

But where do you start changing that? You’re talking about a major cultural shift.

We start with parents not living vicariously through their children. And for goodness sakes, don’t specialize kids’ play with only one or two sports. Slow down. Play more. Don’t push them. It’s on the kids’ terms, not ours.

Can you speak to sideline parents who critique their kids too much?

It drives me crazy when I’m at a sport-ing event, and a kid swings and misses, and a parent shouts, “Keep your eye on the ball.” What do they think? That the kid was trying to miss? Yet the parent brings it to everyone’s attention? That’s not helpful to anybody. You would never do that in a workplace, but we do that in sports, and especially with kids, all the time. What if our measure of success was about being part of a team, to lose graciously and win with some humility? I don’t think it’s a terrible surprise that we had the Lance Armstrong scandal. There’s so much pressure to win, and that translates into the business world with the Enron or Bernie Madoff scandals.

I need to disclose something to you. When I had retired from this business some time ago, I was the director of a place called The Shepherd’s Home and, at the time, we were the largest group home for foster children in all of Idaho. You probably don’t know this, but I would write to your organi-zation and ask you to scholarship our fos-ter kids at your summer camps. Over the years, we probably had more than 50 kids at your camps and now, many years later, those kids are grown up and they tell me, to-the-person, that they’ll never forget the time they spent at those camps.

It happens every summer. I can tell you that your foster kids were sharing a week with some kids from pretty wealthy families and other kids who had nothing. They never know. The empathy and understanding that they learn

is something special. We all put our shoes on the same way. Camp is… [Everett took a long pause]. Well, it’s magical, isn’t it? I wish every kid… actually I wish every politician went to camp for a week where they’re getting along with someone very different from them. Let me show you a picture.

[Everett went to his office wall, which was covered with photographs and mementos, and took down a small photo of a young man].

This is Dan. I think he was 9-years-old at the time. If you would have looked at all the kids when he first went to camp and asked yourself, “Which of these kids might end up in prison?” It would have been Dan. His dad had died, and his mother struggled with mental illness. Dan was a handful, but he went to camp. One year he became a counselor-in-training and then a counselor. He says Y camp was the first place where he was unconditionally loved, the first place where he was allowed to dream. He graduated 15th in his class at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and now he’s serving his country.

Can you appreciate the fact that we can’t imagine this place without you?

That’s nice of you to say, but I’ve gotten a lot more than I put in.

Are there things you want to do when you retire?

You might see a few more letters to the editor. There are issues that mean a great deal to me: Medicaid expansion for example. It’s uncon-scionable that Idaho can’t do this. There isn’t a business case or moral case not to do this. Every human being deserves the right to get the care that you and I get.

Does that mean if this issue surfaces at the Idaho Statehouse that we might see you testifying at a public hearing?

I’m not employed where I have to be careful of what I can publicly without misrepresenting my colleagues, you’ll see me.

And Add the Words?Let’s face it, most people get this. If your faith

base is Christianity, well, Jesus loved everybody. Why can’t we do that? For goodness sakes, at least have some respect.

I would be remiss if I didn’t note that, on more than one occasion during our conver-sation that there was a tear in your eye or a word got caught in your throat.

If I have half as much fun in the next 30 years as the last 30, I’ll be a lucky man. I always thought I had the best job in the world, but it turns out that the best in the world is being Grandpa.

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CALENDARWEDNESDAYMAY 20Festivals & Events

CALDWELL FARMERS MARKET— 3-7 p.m. FREE. Indian Creek Park, Corner of Seventh and Blaine streets, Caldwell, caldwellidfarmers-market.com.

STARGAZING: GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE UNIVERSE—Enjoy an

evening of Easy Stargazing with Near Space Evangelist Paul Verhage. This one-hour program will help you get familiar with your stellar neighbors. In the Lemhi Room. 7 p.m. FREE. Library at Hillcrest, 5246 W. Over-land Road, Boise, 208-562-4996, boisepubliclibrary.org.

WINE UP WEDNESDAY—Enjoy music, local vendors, wine tasting and/or educa-

tion and half-price bottles of wine. 7-11 p.m. FREE. AEN Playhouse, 8001 W. Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-779-0092, aenplayhouse.com.

On Stage

SUPERSECRETSITESPE-CIFICSOMETHING—A dynamic leap into

site-specific performance, S5 invites audiences to a unique theatrical adventure somewhere in downtown Boise. It promises to be unlike any theater you’ve expe-rienced before. 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. $20. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Art

THE ART OF FISHING—Fulton Street Showroom, 517 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-869-4713.

BENJAMIN JONES SOLO EXHIBI-TION—Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-433-0593, stewartgallery.com.

HEMINGWAY’S VENETO EXHIBI-TION—Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1242, finearts.boisestate.edu.

LAURA MCPHEE: CONTEMPO-RARY PHOTOGRAPHY—The Community Library Ketchum, 415 Spruce Ave., Ketchum, 208-726-3493, thecommunitylibrary.org.

LIU BOLIN: HIDING IN THE CITY—Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

MOVING PICTURES: EARLY ANI-MATION AND ITS INFLUENCE—Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org.

RATS AT THE LIBRARY—Dawn Boswell Burke, founder of The Rat Retreat, represents her love of rats, as well as her dreams, memories and desires, with bright colors and playful ephemera. 9:30 a.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glen-wood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

WENDING WOODING: LAND-SCAPE AND COLOR—Art Source Gallery, 1015 W. Main St., Boise, 208-331-3374, artsourcegallery.com.

Sports & Fitness

LEARN TO PLAY GOLF—Adults can learn to play golf from local pros in three lessons at two Boise municipal courses. The golf card is available at Quail Hollow, 4520 N. 36th St., or Warm Springs, 2495 Warm Springs Ave. For more info or to sign up, visit quailhollowboise.com or call 208-344-7807; or warmspringsgolfcourse.com or call 208-343-5661. $99.

Kids & Teens

BALLET IDAHO SUMMER CAMPS—Immerse your child in storytelling through dance, music, mime and arts and crafts. Camps run June 15-19 and Aug. 3-7, both featuremorning or afternoon sessions. For ages 4 -7. To register, visit the BI summer camp website or contact Leslie Asin at [email protected] or 208-343-0556, ext. 32. Through June 1. $150, plus $20 fee. Ballet Idaho, 501 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-343-0556, balletidaho.org.

BIP INTERACTIVE LEARNING PRESCHOOL—Help your child become attuned to the creative process and teamwork through the-ater and dance. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Continues through June 16. BIP Center Interactive Learning Preschool, 5333 W. Frank-lin Road, Boise, 208-283-5146, facebook.com/bipcenter.

BOISE ROCK SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS—Boise Rock School offers Rock Camps for students of all abil-ity levels, ages 6-18, every week of summer break. BRS will also offer workshops on recording and engi-neering, songwriting, and video/movie making, plus the annual FREE camp for refugees and youths of promise. Sign up through June 3. $100-$165. Boise Rock School, 1404 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-572-5055, boiserockschool.com.

CABIN SUMMER WRITING CAMPS—Visit the website for a complete listing of classes, times, locations, fees and an online registration form. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho.org/youth-education/writing-camps.

TRICA SUMMER CAMPS—The Treasure Valley Institute for Chil-dren’s Arts is hosting a full slate of summer camps for kids. Visit the website for more info and to regis-ter. Through May 31. Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts (TRICA), 1406 Eastman St., Boise, 208-344-2220. trica.org/summer-camps.

THURSDAY MAY 21Festivals & Events

DCI ADULT NIGHT: HARD HABITS TO BREAK—Learn about the scientific

basis for why we love to be so bad. There’ll be science talks and live demos, plus eats and drinks. 6-10 p.m. $12-$15. Discovery Center of Idaho, 131 Myrtle St., Boise, 208-343-9895, dcidaho.org.

So many esses, so many surprises.

BCT: SUPERSECRETSITESPECIFICSOMETHINGFor its 2014-2015 season closing show, Boise Contemporary

Theater has chosen to break from the stage and take audiences someplace they’ll know intimately: Downtown Boise. Enter the fa-miliar world of “Supersecretsitespecificsomething,” or “S5,” where audiences can get closer to the action than they’ve ever been. It’s the theater equivalent of high-definition television, with more vivid, realistic action on the streets of the City of Trees. Tickets have been selling like hotcakes, and all 7 p.m. and many 9 p.m. performances have already sold out. Each performance “walks” 30 people. Call the ticket office or go online to check availability. S5 isn’t included in BCT’s season ticket package program.

9 p.m., $20. Various locations. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., 208-331-9224, bctheater.org. Check website for sold-out dates and ticket availability.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20-JUNE 3

Funk it up.

KIDZ BOP MAKE SOME NOISE TOURIt took Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” (from Fast and Furious 7)

to end the 14-week run of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” in the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100. It features Bruno Mars on vocals and lyrics written by none other than Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon. The song evokes more than a slight whiff of hair-spray and cocaine, but in the hands of KidzBOP—billed as the “No. 1 music brand for kids”—“Uptown Funk” goes PG. “Uptown funk you up” morphs into “uptown funk it up” and “hot damn” is replaced with “hot yeah.” It’s still every bit as catchy as its grittier older sibling.

KidzBOP is brings its live show, filled with family-friendly versions of other top pop hits, to the Knitting Factory, featuring an all-kid cast of performers. Hot yeah.

7:30 p.m., $20-$25. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212. bo.knittingfactory.com.

FRIDAY, MAY 22

Tanoshinde, or “have fun.”

ANIME OASIS SHINEThe 2015 Anime Oasis ups its always high-level education and

entertainment factors with special guests, contests, panels, par-ties and more. Go head-to-head with other anime addicts to see who’s the geekiest, and get your geek on with some knowledgeable nerds from Boise Public Library; come out for some closet cosplay; free-up some time for Homestuck; dress up for the J-Fashion Show; go wheels down at the roller disco party; listen to the future of sound with Hatsune Miku at Mikuasis; laugh at the unorthodox humor of Convention Improv and Fine Young Deviants; marvel at a (8)bit of music by Shintarou; meet voice actors Ai Maeda (Digimon Adventure), Sean Schemmel (Dragonball Z) and Todd Haberkorn (Hetalia, Full Metal Alchemist) and more.

9 a.m., $8-$45. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., 208-333-8000, animeoasis.org.

FRIDAY-MONDAY, MAY 22-25


PAINT ‘N SIP THIRD ANNIVER-SARY PARTY—Help Paint ‘N Sip Wine Bar and Art Studio celebrate its three-year anniversary with paintings for guests and attendees to participate in during the event. 5-10 p.m. FREE. Paint ‘n Sip, 5626 W. State St., in The Shops at State and Bloom, Boise, 208-505-0004.

PRESERVATION MONTH READ-ING SERIES PART 2—This series discusses natural and cultural resource preservation topics and is-sues raised at the Fettuccine Forum discussion on May 7. To register or for more info, contact Brandi Burns at [email protected], or 208-433-5676. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, boise-publiclibrary.org.

On Stage

BOISE CLASSIC MOV-IES: RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK—Kick off

BCM’s Summer Favorites series with the first and best Indiana Jones film. There will be a costume

contest with prizes. 7 p.m. $9 online, $11 door. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, egyptian-theatre.net.

COMEDIAN HEATH HARMISON— 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

MODERN CLASSICAL CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES FINALE: THAT’S A WRAP—That’s a Wrap! A Film Music Soiree with Chimera Duo features beautiful movie themes. 7:30 p.m. $12-$18. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

SUPERSECRETSITESPECIFICSO-METHING—7 p.m. and 9 p.m. $20. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Workshops & Classes

WINE 101: FROM GRAPES TO GLASS—Learn about basic

grape-growing and winemaking techniques, the ins and outs of wine tasting and evaluation and explore five “classic” varieties via tasting and guided discussion. Hands-on experiments, witty banter and memorable stories are all a part of the fun. 6-8 p.m. $45. The Boiler Room at Bardenay, 612 Grove St., Boise. 208-297-9463, thehowofwine.com.

Art

CHRIS BINION: THE WAYS OF EMPTINESS—Thursdays, 3-8 p.m. FREE. Enso Artspace, 120 E. 38th St., Ste. 105, Garden City, 208-991-0117, ensoartspace.com.

MARIJN VAN KREIJ: TRACES—Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-949-4365. mingstudios.org/exhibitions.html.

Literature

H.O. TANAGER—Redis-covered Books hosts slam poet and performance art-

ist H.O. Tanager for poetry and read-ings from her new book, Autograph Penis. 7-8 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Talks & Lectures

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION INTRODUCTORY LECTURE—Learn about TM and how it can benefit your life. For more info, call 208-850-8035. 7 p.m. FREE. Front 5 Building, 519 W. Front St., Boise.

Sports & Fitness

BALANCE FITNESS FOAM ROLL-ING WORKSHOP—Learn to use the foam roller to engage your stabilizers and strengthen and stretch your muscles in fun new ways. Space is limited; tickets must be purchased in advance. 6:30 p.m. $18. Balance Family Fitness, 1247 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian, 208-473-0246, balancefamilyfit-ness.com.

FRIDAY 22EVENTSFestivals & Events

ANIME OASIS: SHINE—Anime Oasis is an annual event dedicated to provid-

ing entertainment for fans of Japanese animation. The four-day event, which runs continuously through 6 p.m. May 25, features special guest speakers, costume contests, a formal ballroom dance, roller disco, tea parties and more. $8-$45. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-333-8000, animeoasis.org.

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In honor of those we’ve lost.

MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIESOn Monday, May 25, we commemorate men and women who

died serving their country with Memorial Day celebrations.At the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, 10-11 a.m., there will

be music, a wreath-laying ceremony, rifle and cannon salutes, an aircraft fly-over and a keynote address by American Legion of Idaho legionnaire Jimmie Foster. Park at Optimist Youth Sports Complex at 9889 Hill Road and, beginning at 8:30 a.m., take the Brown Bus Company shuttle. The city of Nampa will hold a ceremony at Kohlerlawn Cemetery (76 Sixth St. N), 10 a.m.-noon, followed by walking tours. In Valley County, beginning at 9 a.m., the American Legion will honor fallen military personnel with a 21-gun salute at the Old Finn Church Cemetery (13734 Farm to Market Road), fol-lowed by an open house and refreshments in the church.

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PARANORMAL INVES-TIGATION AT THE OLD IDAHO PEN—Investigate

the Old Idaho Pen with the Interna-tional Paranormal Reporting Group. All funds benefit the Old Idaho Pen and Idaho Historical Society. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. $30 single or $25 each for two or more. Old Idaho State Penitentiary, 2445 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-334-2844. his-tory.idaho.gov.

SUN VALLEY WELLNESS FESTIVAL—Hear the country’s top wellness speakers and more than 30 presentations and workshops addressing diverse aspects of body, mind, spirit and environmental wellness. May 22-25. $95-$475. Sun Valley Resort, 1 Sun Valley Road, Sun Valley, 208-622-4111 or 1-800-786-8259. sunvalleywell-ness.org.

On Stage

DAISY PULLS IT OFF—Follow scholarship girl Daisy Meredith as she looks for acceptance in the snobby confines of Grangewood School For Young Ladies. 8 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

COMEDIAN HEATH HARMISON— 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

HELP KALLI SMILE RECYCLED MINDS UNDRAISER—Join Recy-cled Minds as they bring the funny and raise funds for Kalli Hancock in this improvisational comedy show similar to Whose Line Is It Anyway? Proceeds from this show will help Kalli receive surgery to reconstruct her smile after suffering a child-hood stroke. 8 p.m. $5-$10. The Hub, 1408 State St., Boise.

JUSTIN NIELSEN SEXTET ALBUM RELEASE PARTY—It’s a party

with critically acclaimed pianist/composer Justin Nielsen, who’s celebrating the release of his first album as a leader, Divine Colors. 7:30 p.m. $15-$20. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

SUPERSECRETSITESPECIF-ICSOMETHING—7 p.m. $20. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Kids & Teens

KIDZ BOP MAKE SOME NOISE TOUR—KIDZ BOP, the No. 1 music brand for

kids, is bringing the “Make Some Noise” tour to Boise. The KIDZ BOP Kids will perform family-friendly versions of today’s biggest hits. This energetic and interactive live show guarantees to get everyone singing and dancing along. 7:30 p.m. $20-$25. Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-367-1212, bo.knittingfactory.com.

Food

STE. CHAPELLE WINERY AFTER HOURS—The winery stays open late every fourth Friday just so you can enjoy great live music, wine and light appetizers. Every fourth Friday, 6-10 p.m. Continues through Oct. 30. $10. Ste. Chapelle Winery, 19348 Lowell Road, Caldwell, 208-453-7843, stechapelle.com.

SATURDAYMAY 23Festivals & Events

ANIME OASIS SHINE—Anime Oasis is an annual event dedicated to providing entertainment for fans of Japanese animation. The four-day event, which runs continuously through 6 p.m. May 25, features special guest speakers, costume contests, a formal ballroom dance, roller disco, tea parties and more. For more info, visit the event web-site. $8-$45. The Grove Hotel, 245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-333-8000, animeoasis.org.

BOISE FARMERS MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Boise Farmers Market, 10th and Grove, Boise, 208-345-9287, theboisefarmers-market.com.

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MAR-KET—9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and Bannock streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, seeyouatthemarket.com.

NAMPA FARMERS’ MARKET—9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Lloyd Square, Intersection of 14th and Front streets, Nampa.

STAGE STOP MARKET—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Boise Stage Stop, 23801 S. Orchard Access Road, I-84 off Exit 71, Boise, 208-343-1367, boisestagestop.org.

WALKABOUT BOISE DOWNTOWN WALKING TOUR—11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10. Basque Block, Grove Street between Capitol Boulevard and Sixth Street, Boise, 208-424-5111, preservationidaho.org/walkaboutboise.

On Stage

BLT: DAISY PULLS IT OFF—8 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

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COMEDIAN HEATH HARMISON— 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

SUPERSECRETSITESPECIF-ICSOMETHING—7 p.m. $20. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Art

JANYRAE SEDA—Check out art by JanyRae Seda at the Capital City Public Market. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Capital City Public Market, Eighth Street between Main and Bannock streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, facebook.com/jany.seda.

Literature

AUTHOR MARK ASHER—Local author Mark Asher will sign copies of his book All that Ails You. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229, rdbooks.org.

Sports & Fitness

BLACKLIGHT BUBBLE PARTY 5K—Run, walk or dance your way through

blacklight bubble zones pumped up with popular groovin’ dance music, then party down at the celebration concert. 8:45-11:30 p.m. $20-$40. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, blacklightbubbleparty.com.

INAUGURAL CROSS-INGS WINERY CUP DISC GOLF TOURNEY—Enjoy

two rounds of play, with entry tickets including a tournament logo mini disc, lunch provided by Cross-ings Winery, and a FREE concert by Barton and Bollar. The tournament will take place at Three Island Crossing State Park in Glenns Ferry. 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $20-$40; $5 parking. Crossings Winery, 1289 W. Madison Ave., Glenns Ferry, 208-366-2313, crossingswinery.com.

TAI CHI IN THE GARDEN—9:30 a.m. FREE-$7. Idaho Botanical Gar-den, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotani-calgarden.org.

UFC 187: JOHNSON VS. CORMIER—The vacant UFC light heavyweight

championship is up for grabs as feared knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson squares off against two-time U.S. Olympian Daniel Cormier. Plus bouts featur-ing current middleweight champion Chris Weidman vs. Vitor Belfort, lightweights Donald Cerrone and John Makdessi, and heavyweights Travis Browne and Andrei Arlovski. 8 p.m. $21.20. Edwards Boise Stadium 22 with IMAX, 7701 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-377-9603. fathomevents.com.

Animals & Pets

BOISE VALLEY CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION—Watch the Old West action as horse and rider keep a cow from the herd. Indoors with concessions on site. 8 a.m. FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-455-8500, bvcha.com.

SUNDAYMAY 24Festivals & Events


FIBERTRAIN WOOL FESTIVAL—The fourth annual FiberTrain Wool Festival is a free event featuring fiber animals, demonstrations, vendors, food and live music. In ad-dition, classes in knitting, spinning, weaving and more will be offered by world-renowned knit instructor and designer Lucy Neatby and some of the Treasure Valley’s best fiber arts instructors, beginning on Saturday, May 23. For a complete schedule of classes, visit fibertrainfestival.com/

pages/2015-classes. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. FREE. Lloyd Square, Intersection of 14th and Front streets, Nampa. fibertrainfestival.com.

STAGE STOP MARKET—10 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Boise Stage Stop, 23801 S. Orchard Access Road, I-84 off Exit 71, Boise, 208-343-1367, boisestagestop.org.

On Stage

COMEDIAN HEATH HARMISON— 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

FRANKLY BURLESQUE—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/PengillysSaloon.

IDAHO SONGWRITERS IN OUR PARKS—Cel-ebrate the 50th an-

niversary of the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation with this performance hosted by the Idaho Songwriters Association at the Sandy Point Amphitheater. Featuring Brook Faulk, Emily Tipton, Naomi Psalm and Michaela French, Ned Evett, Dan Costello, Mike Cramer, Timothy Swanson, Steve Fulton, Sean Hatton, Catherine Merrick and Bernie Reilly. 2-6:30 p.m. FREE-$10, plus $5 parking. Sandy Point, Lucky Peak State Park, 74 Arrowrock Road, off Hwy. 21 below Lucky Peak Dam, Boise, 208-334-2432.

NATALIE STALEY CD RE-LEASE PARTY—Join Nata-lie Staley for her Sapphire

Room debut and to celebrate the

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DRINKPOSTMODERN BREWERS’ TAP ROOM NOW OPENA Beer Gallery around the corner from Grind

EATALL NATURAL BEEF & IDAHO FRIESSALADS, CHICKEN, AND SALMON BURGERS


release of her first CD, My Inscrip-tion. You’ll be treated to a whole lot of soul, with a touch of pop and jazz. 7 p.m. $5-$7. Riverside Hotel Sapphire Room, 2900 W. Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-343-1871, sapphireboise.com.

Sports & Fitness

RAINBOW BOWLING LEAGUE—The Treasure Valley’s only gay and gay-friendly bowling league is always looking for fun new people and bowlers of all skill levels. Week-ly on Sundays, 6:30-8 p.m., through June 28. $11. 20th Century Lanes, 4712 W. State St., Boise, 208-342-8695, 20thcenturylanes.net.

Animals & Pets

BOISE VALLEY CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION—Watch the Old West action as horse and rider keep a cow from the herd. Indoors with concessions on site. 8 a.m. FREE. Canyon County Fairgrounds, 111 22nd Ave. S., Caldwell, 208-455-8500. bvcha.com.

MONDAYMAY 25Festivals & Events


BOISE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOLI-DAY CLOSURE—All locations of the Boise Public Library will be closed in observance of Memorial Day. boisepubliclibrary.org.

FIBERTRAIN WOOL FESTIVAL—9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Lloyd Square, Intersection of 14th and Front streets, Nampa, fibertrainfestival.com.

IDAHO STATE VETERANS CEMETERY MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY—Cel-

ebrate Memorial Day at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery with music, a wreath-laying ceremony, rifle and cannon salutes, and aircraft flyover. Keynote address will be from Jimmie Foster, adjutant, American Legion of Idaho. Park at Optimist Youth Sports Complex, 9889 Hill Road, and transporta-tion will be provided by Brown Bus Company beginning at 8:30 a.m. 10-11 a.m. FREE. Idaho State Veter-ans Cemetery, 10100 Horseshoe Bend Road, Boise, 208-780-1340, veterans.idaho.gov.

KOHLERLAWN CEM-ETERY MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY—The city of

Nampa will hold a Memorial Day ceremony to honor the men and women who served our country and the many who made the supreme sacrifice. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. FREE. Kohlerlawn Cemetery, 76 Sixth St. N., Nampa. 208-468-5797.

OLD FINN CHURCH CEMETERY MEMORIAL DAY TRIBUTE—Celebrate

Memorial Day with a 21-rifle salute by the American Legion to honor our fallen heroes, and a church open house. Refreshments will be served. 9-11 a.m. FREE. Long Valley Finnish Church, 13734 Farm to Market Road, McCall.

On Stage

SUBTERRANEAN COMEDY—Yuk it up with some of Boise’s funniest comics. 10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement, 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-2505, tomgraineys.com.

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WISH GRANTERS FUN-DRAISER—Help the local nonprofit grant wishes to

adults in Ada and Canyon counties with terminal illnesses. Four winer-ies will be pouring tastes, plus food trucks, live music and auctions. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $15, $40 per carload. Indian Creek Winery, 1000 N. McDermott Road, Kuna, 208-922-4791, wishgranters.org.

TUESDAYMAY 26

Festivals & Events

IDAHO ANNE FRANK HUMAN RIGHTS MEMORIAL TOURS—En-joy 45-minute docent-led public tours of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial weekly on Tuesdays. Meet at the Statue of Anne Frank in the memorial. Tuesdays, 12:15-1 p.m. Continues through Oct. 27. FREE. Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, 777 S. Eighth St., Boise. 208-345-0304.

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On Stage

TUESDAY COMEDY OPEN MIC—Hosted by Joey Maxey. 8 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

Workshops & Classes

ADVANCED MICROSOFT OF-FICE—Learn how to take your Microsoft Office skills to the next level. Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6-9 p.m. Continues through June 23. $485. College of Western Idaho Nampa Campus, 5500 E. Opportunity Drive, Nampa, 208-562-3400, cwidaho.cc.

TOBACCO CESSATION COACHING—“Quit with Nancy” is a highly successful national program. Participants schedule an initial session to pick up their home study materials. Follow-up coaching is in-person or by phone on a flexible schedule. Through May 31. FREE. YMCA, 1050 W. State St., Boise, ymcatvidaho.org. 208-344-5502, ext. 207.

Calls to Artists

I48 2015 CALL FOR ENTRIES—Registration is now open for i48 2015, the crazy competition in which filmmakers make a movie from scratch over the weekend. Competition is set for May 29-31, with screenings June 6-7 at The Flicks. For more info or to register, visit the event’s website. Through May 29. $50-$100. idaho48.org.

Literature

BLIP READING SERIES: ADAM HARRELL—Redis-covered Books and Home-

Grown Theatre present this reading series featuring new plays by local playwrights on the last Tuesday of every month. May features local playwright Adam Harrell’s Addicted. 7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229.

Talks & Lectures

BOISE RIVER LECTURE: CLIMATE SHIELD COLD-WATER TROUT REFUGE—

Idaho Rivers United presents Dan Isaak of the USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station Aquatic Sciences Lab, who’ll explain the data and methodology of Climate Shield and introduce us to the geospatial data for the Boise River watershed, one of the Northwest’s most important refuges. 6 p.m. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City. 208-343-7481, idahorivers.org.

BUSINESS EDUCATION SERIES: SUSTAINABILITY AND YOUR BUSINESS—Join David Eichberg, Hewlett-Packard’s global program manager for environmental progress, and John Bernardo, Idaho Power’s sustainability strategist, to learn what sustainability is and how it can improve your operations and bottom line. 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. $10. Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, 250 S. Fifth St., Boise. 208-426-3875, business.idahosbdc.org.

FASCIAL DISTORTION MODEL (FDM) DEMO—Join Matt Booth of Therapeutic Associates Physical Therapy-Parkcenter to learn about FDM, a new model of assessment and treatment for acute and chron-ic pain and stiffness. The physical therapists from Therapeutic Associ-ates will present information on FDM and demonstrate how treat-ment works. 7:15 p.m. FREE. Shu’s Idaho Running Company, 1758 W. State St., Boise, 208-344-6604, idahorunningcompany.com.

Sports & Fitness

BE STILL YOGA STUDIO—Women only yoga class. 9:30-10:30 a.m. $45 for 5 classes or $80 for 10. The Pursuit Bogus Basin, 2588 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-859-9114. facebook.com/bestil-lyogastudio.

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ST. JUDE DREAM HOME GIVE-AWAY—The 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath house, with an estimated value of $350,000, is being built in Foxtail Estates in Eagle and will feature 2,500 sq. ft. of living area. All tickets reserved on April 10 will be entered to win four Boise State University football club seats in Stueckle Sky Center at Albertsons Stadium. Get your tickets online or by calling 800-537-8939. The win-ner will be drawn on Sunday, June 28. Through June 27. $100.

TUESDAY DINNER—Volunteers needed to help cook up a warm din-ner for Boise’s homeless and needy population, and clean up afterward. Event is nondenominational. Tuesdays, 4:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. Immanuel Lutheran Church, 707 W. Fort St., Boise, 208-344-3011.

Kids & Teens

BALLET IDAHO SUMMER CAMPS—Let Ballet Idaho immerse your child in storytelling through dance, music, mime and arts and crafts. Camps run June 15-19 and Aug. 3-7, both featuring morning or afternoon sessions. Appropriate for ages 4-7. For more info or to register, visit the BI summer camp website or contact Leslie Asin at [email protected] or 208-343-0556, ext. 32. Through June 1. $150, plus $20 fee. Ballet Idaho, 501 S. Eighth St., Boise, 208-343-0556, balletidaho.org.

BE STILL PRESCHOOL YOGA—This four-week series is designed for preschoolers ages 3-5. RSVP at [email protected]. 11-11:45 a.m. $40. The Pursuit Bogus Basin, 2588 Bogus Basin Road, Boise, 208-859-9114, facebook.com/bestillyogastudio.

BIP INTERACTIVE LEARNING PRESCHOOL NOW ENROLLING—Help your child become attuned to the creative process and a develop spirit of teamwork through theater and dance. Mondays-Fridays, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. BIP Center Interac-tive Learning Preschool, 5333 W. Franklin Road, Boise, 208-283-5146, facebook.com/bipcenter.

BOISE ROCK SCHOOL SUMMER CAMPS—Boise Rock School will be offering rock camps for students of all ability and instruments ages 6-18 every week of summer break. There’ll also be workshops, such as audio recording and engineering, songwriting and video/movie mak-ing, plus the annual FREE camp for refugees and youths of promise. For details and to sign up, visit the BRS website. Through June 3. $100-$165. Boise Rock School, 1404 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-572-5055, boiserockschool.com.

TRICA SUMMER CAMPS—The Treasure Valley Institute for Chil-dren’s Arts is hosting a full slate of summer camps for kids. Visit the website for more info and to register. Through May 31. Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts (TRICA), 1406 Eastman St., Boise, 208-344-2220. trica.org/summer-camps.

Odds & Ends

JEOPARTY—Compete for drinks and prizes in fast-paced rounds of Jeopardy-style trivia. 8 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s, 109 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-2505, tomgraineys.com.

LAST CALL TRIVIA WITH FRANKLY FRANKIE—Enjoy $2 well drinks until close. Tuesdays, 9 p.m. Continues through June 9. FREE. Pengilly’s Saloon, 513 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-6344, facebook.com/PengillysSaloon.

SPEED MENTORING—Speed Men-toring offers you the opportunity to meet face-to-face, for 20 minutes each, with business experts to get your business questions answered in the areas of Marketing, Busi-ness Law, Business Research, CPA-Finance and Real Estate. To register, contact Margaret Pittel at the Women’s Business Center, 208-336-6722, ext. 343. 5:30-7:30 p.m. FREE. New Ventures Lab, 38 E. Idaho Ave., Meridian, 208-336-5533, newventureslab.com.

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AT 8 PM & 10 PMBUY TICKETS NOW! LIQUIDLAUGHS.COM | 208-941-2459 | 405 S 8TH ST


Angell’s Bar and Grill 999 W. Main St

The Balcony Club 150 N. 8th St #126

Bardenay- Downtown 610 W. Grove St

Boise Brewing 521 W. Broad St

Crescent 5500 W. Franklin Rd

The Dish 205 N. 10th St.

The District Coffee House 219 N. 10th St.

Gino’s Italian Ristorante & Bar 3015 W. McMillan Rd #108

Goody’s- Hyde Park 1502 N. 13th St

Grimaldi’s- The Village 3573 E. Longwing Ln #130

Highlands Hollow 2455 Harrison Hollow Blvd

Jumpin Janet’s 574 S. Vista Ave

Juniper 211 N. 8th St

Kind Cuisine Cafe 4628 W. State St.

Lucky Dog 2223 W. Fairview Ave

Neurolux 111 N. 11th St

Piper Pub 150 N. 8th St

Pizzalchik 7330 W. State St

Pre Funk Beer Bar 1100 W. Front st

Proto’s Pizza 345 S. 8th St

Q’s Billiards & Eatery 6570 W. Fairview

Quinn’s 1005 Vista Ave

Rice - Eagle 228 E. Plaza Dr.

Sandbar at the Riverside Hotel 2900 E. Chinden Blvd

Roosevelt Market - Warm Springs 311 N. Elm Ave

Schnitzel Garten- Eagle 1225 E. Winding Creek Dr

Smoky Mt. Pizza - Park Center 415 E. Parkcenter Blvd

Smoky Mt. Pizza - State Street 1805 W. State St

Snake River Tea - Downtown 801 W Main St., Suite 103

Solid 405 S. 8th St #100

Sofia’s Greek Bistro 6748 N. Glenwood St

Saint Lawrence Gridiron 705 W. Bannock St

The Curb Bar & Grill 1760 S. Meridian Rd #100

The Flicks 646 W. Fulton St

The Local 5616 W. State St

Vista Bar 813 S. Vista Ave

Wiseguy Pizza 570 Main St

Zee’s Rooftop Cafe 250 S. 5th St; Suite 900

Zen Bento - Downtown 1000 N. 10th

Zen Bento - Eagle 342 E. State Street

TAKE A TRIP TO THE TERRAZZA

The Italian phrase al fresco translates literally in English as “in the fresh.” When Ital-ians use the phrase, they’re referring to someone serving time in jail—because, appar-ently, the Italian prison system isn’t as concerned with keeping people locked up inside—but Americans use al fresco as shorthand for “dining outside.” Ominous penitentiary overtones notwithstanding, dining in the open air is the quickest, easiest way to feel like you’re living la dolce vita. Here in Boise, where summer temps can feel positively Mediter-ranean, hitting the patio is also one of the easiest ways to beat the heat. This year, Boise Weekly has teamed up with 40 local bars and restaurants to make it one of the best ways, too, with our Passport to Patios.

Here’s how it works: 1. Pick up your Passport at any participating location—see Passport to Patios map, Pages 21-24—or at BWHQ (523 Broad St.) starting Wednesday, May 20. 2. Get a stamp from each of the locations on your Passport. 3. Bring your completed Passport back to BWHQ by 5 p.m. Monday, June 22, and you’ll automatically be entered to win some sensational prizes: two cruiser bikes from McU Sports; two VIP Hospitality Package passes (including camping) to the Mountain Home Country Music Festival; a Pedals and Pints pack-age from Pre Funk Beer Bar; or a giftcard-and-more package from Boise Brewing.

Even if you don’t win, you still had a reason to spend some time in the fresh, and that alone is eccellente.

—Zach Hagadone

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SUMMER GUIDE MUSIC

FESTIVALS AND

CONCERT SERIES

Summertime is synonymous with outdoor music

AMY ATKINS

During the summer months, if you’re one of those people whose idea of an emergency car kit is a cooler and a couple of low-back chairs, here’s a list of a few of the festivals and concerts coming up. Find more festivals and concerts at boiseweekly.com.

OUTLAW FIELD SUMMER CONCERTSMAY 26-AUG. 13Idaho Botanical Garden, idahobotanicalgarden.org

The Outlaw Field con-certs are some of the hottest tickets around—so hot, in fact, shows are often sold out shortly after tickets go on sale. Tickets are $30-$450+.

May 26 (SOLD OUT): Lindsey Stirling: The Music Box Tour. With special guest Melanie Martinez. (Martinez was a Season 3 contestant on NBC’s The Voice).

June 26: Gregg Allman. With special guests Steve Earle and The Dukes. July 15: The Decemberists. With special guests Calexico.

July 21: Third Eye Blind and Dashboard Confessional

July 24: Barenaked Ladies: 2015 Last Sum-mer on Earth Tour. With special guests Violent Femmes and Colin Hay.

Aug. 4: Michael Franti and SpearheadAug. 5: Alabama Shakes. With special guest

Chicano Batman.Aug. 12: Slightly Stoopid. With special

guests Dirty Heads and Stick Figure.Aug. 13: Brandi Carlile and Iron & Wine

ALIVE AFTER FIVEJUNE 3- AUG. 26 ( WEDNESDAYS) Grove Plaza, downtownboise.org

Even with all the crazy construction going on downtown, the iconic Alive After Five sum-mer concert series returns to the Grove Plaza. Concerts are 5-8 p.m., all ages, FREE.

June 3: Lindi Ortega and a.k.a. BelleJune 10: Hollow Wood

and Addam ChavarriaJune 17: Dead Winter

Carpenters and IdyltimeJune 24: Clumsy Lovers

and Dan Costello July 1: Jeff Crosby & The

Refugees and Lee Penn Sky and The Oliphants

July 8: The Suffers and Afrosonics

July 15: Albert Cummings and Lounge on Fire

July 22: Scars on 45 and Tundra Brother

July 29: Basque Night/Amuma Says No (Note: This concert is 4-7 p.m.)

Aug. 5: Hillstomp and UrquidesAug. 12: Fruition Band and StoneSeedAug. 19: The Ravenna Colt and Mississippi

Marshall and The Juke DaddysAug. 26: Record Exchange Season Finale

BOISE MUSIC FESTIVALJUNE 27Expo Idaho, boisemusicfestival.com From the get-go, BMF has been popular, with high-profile national and local/regional acts, five stages, a 21-and-older area and a carnival. Tickets are $40-$60.

National Acts: Main Stage (1:15-8:10 p.m.): The Ting Tings, Plain White T’s, Shaggy, Gloriana, Redfoo of LMFAO, Nick Jonas, Rob Thomas

Local/Regional Acts: Acoustic/Singer-Songwriter Stage (times TBA): Barefoot, The Naomi Psalm Band, Patrick Dan-sereau, NickNervous, Melle, Fiona Luray, Abagail Hambright, Emily Tipton, Tom Taylor Country/Americana Stage (times TBA): Aaron Ball Band, Doobius Cobb, Steady Rush, Pocket Candy, Brook Faulk, Drifter Still, The Oliphants, Ryan Bayne, Kayleigh Jack, Ned Evett and Future Folk Hip-Hop Urban Stage (times TBA): Dedicated Servers, Illest*Lyricists, Magic Mic, Arcturus the Architect, Big O, Chandler Fehr, Auzomatik, Exit Prose, Holistic Meditation and Emcee Monkey D, Bounce House feat. MC Shake, Zabian Rock/Alt Stage (times TBA): Brian Bateman, Midline, Good Mourning, The Vacationist, As Fire Falls, Rain For Dust, Lakoda, Like A Rocket, Lounge on Fire, Green Zoo

MOUNTAIN HOME COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVALJULY 31- AUG. 2Elmore County (30 min. from Mountain Home), mountainhomefestival.com

The MHCMF is shaping up to be one of Southern Idaho’s biggest festivals ever with three days of some of country music’s biggest names. Ever. The final lineup is still TBA, but Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Florida Georgia Line, Justin Moore, Lonestar, Sara Evans, Thompson Square, Parmalee, Frankie Ballard, Jackson Mi-chelson, Jana Kramer, Clare Dunn and Michael Ray are confirmed.

Blake Shelton will “bring back the sunshine” to the Mountain Home Country Music Festival.

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OTHER MUSIC FESTS OF NOTE

Northern Rockies Music Festival July 31-Aug. 1, Hailey

facebook.com/Northern-Rockies-Music-Festival

Hermit Music Festival Sept. 4-6, Indian Creek Winery

hermitmusicfestival.com.

Kleiner Park Concert Series June 18-Aug. 13 (Thursdays),

Meridian meridiancity.org/kleinerparklive

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THE GALAXY FOREST, MAY 23, REEFReggae, funk and R&B aren’t sounds often associated with the

plains of Eastern Idaho, but they come together in The Galaxy For-est, a self-described “mountain reggae band” based in Idaho Falls.

Fronted by sisters Felicia and Alicia Banks, the band channels the sauntering groove of the islands but isn’t afraid to venture into uptempo new age funk or crunchy ballads. Spacey rhythms give way to talk-sung ruminations on “love, peace, respect and one love” and The Galaxy Forest’s stated aim is to start a “love revolution.”

It’s revolutionary enough to be a reggae band from I.F., and with an airtight backing band, that revolution is coming to Boise for a Saturday, May 23 date with the stage at Reef.

—Zach Hagadone 10 p.m., $5. Reef, 105 S. Sixth St., 208-287-9200, reefboise.

com.

WEDNESDAY MAY 20BRANDON PRITCHETT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Reef

CHUCK SMITH TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

CYMRY AT CALDWELL FARMER’S MARKET—3-7 p.m. FREE. Indian Creek Park, Caldwell.

DIARRHEA PLANET—With Left and Right. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux

ESTEBAN ANASTASIO— 5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JOHN NEMETH—SOLD OUT

LIVE GERMAN MUSIC—6 p.m. FREE. Schnitzel Garten

OLD DOGS NEW TRIX—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

PATRICIA FOLKNER— 7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

REBECCA SCOTT—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

ROB HARDING—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

STONE SEED—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

THURSDAY MAY 21BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BREAD & CIRCUS—6 p.m. $12-$15. Discovery Center of Idaho

BRENT MARCHBANKS—11:45 a.m. FREE. Shangri-La

BRIAR BOOTS—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La

CLAY MOORE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

JEREMY STEWART—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

LIVE HIP-HOP SHOW—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

RYAN CHRYS AND THE ROUGH CUTS—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

SELF-MADE LEGENDS HIP-HOP—J.M.S. and O.G.J., Lil Seaz and Kid Flow, Young Minds and Cruz. 8 p.m. $5. Flying M Coffeegarage

TRUE WIDOW—With Sun Blood Stories. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux

FRIDAY MAY 22ALL BOY ALL GIRL—10 p.m. $5. Reef

BILL COURTIAL AND CURT GO-NION—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

BILLY BRAUN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

BRAD AGGEN AND LYLE EVANS— 7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill-Cole

BROCK BARTEL—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

BROOK FAULK—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

THE CROSSING KIND—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

DAN COSTELLO—8:30 P.M. FREE. Piper Pub

DEVIANTS OF DENVER TOUR—With Serial Killer Sunday School, People Corrupting People, Bootjack & Bonz and Piranhas B.C. 8 p.m. $6. Shredder

EX-CULT—With Trite and Roller-snakes. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

HOKUM HI-FLYERS—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

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

KEN HARRIS AND CARMEL CROCK—7 p.m. FREE. Crooked Flats


SAPIENT—With DJ Jon Sleeves, David Dalla G, Mostafa and Edable. 6 p.m. $12. The Crux,

THE SWIRL—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La

TERRY JONES AND CLAY MOORE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

TYLER STENSON—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

ZACH FORSMAN—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

SATURDAY MAY 23BARTON AND BOLLAR—6 p.m. FREE. Crossings Winery, Glenns Ferry

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BRETT REID—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

DANIEL FULLER AND THE WORK-ING POOR—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

DEVIANT KIN—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

DJ ODIE—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

EMILY TIPTON—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper Pub

ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

FRANK MARRA— 5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

GALAXY FOREST—10 p.m. $5. Reef

HATTON, SLOAN AND PAUL—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel


MOSS ROSES—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

OLD DOG NEW TRIX—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

ROB HARDING AND FRIENDS— 8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

SAM HILL—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

SMOOTH AVENUE—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

TAMBALKA—7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La

TRUCULENCE—With Hyborian Rage, Nekro Drunkz and Splattered Throat. 8 p.m. $6. Shredder

SUNDAY MAY 24AUDIO/VISUAL DJ— 10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

FAITHFUL SOUL—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

HIP-HOP SUNDAY—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

IDAHO SONGWRITERS IN OUR PARKS—2-6:30 p.m. FREE-$10. Sandy Point at Lucky Peak

JUICY J—With Project Pat 8 p.m. $25-$55. Revolution

MIKE CRAMER—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

NATALIE STALEY CD RELEASE PARTY—7 p.m. $5-$7. Sapphire

NOTHING AND MERCHANDISE—With Cloakroom. 7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Neurolux

R&R RECORDS FEST—Killer Bee, Sugar Skulls and Marigolds, Muscle Beach, Mindshoes, Pop Overkill and DJ Bones. 5 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse

THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY— 6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

THE VAN PAEPEGHEM QUAR-TET—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

WOH—10 p.m. FREE. Reef

MONDAY MAY 25CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

HOOKERS—With Black Wizard and Trigger Itch. 9 p.m. $8. Shredder

MOSSI WATENE— 6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

PEARL EARL AND ABACABA—With Hi-Hazel and Hybrid Sheep Organizer. 7 p.m. $5. The Crux

PUNK MONDAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid

ROB HARDING—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

TOM TAYLOR—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

TUESDAY MAY 26BERNIE REILLY—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

DAN COSTELLO—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar Patio

ESTEBAN ANASTASIO—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers; and 7 p.m. FREE. Shangri-La

IDAHO SONGWRITERS ASSO-CIATION FORUM—6 p.m. FREE. Sapphire Room

LINDSEY STIRLING—SOLD OUT

RADIO BOISE SOCIAL HOUR: DJ NICHOLE MARIE—5:30 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: AVA LUNA—With Regular Sounds and SanSousi. 7 p.m. $7. Neurolux

RANDOM CANYON GROWLERS— 7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill-Cole

SOUR BRIDGES—10 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse

AVA LUNA, MAY 26, NEUROLUXWith songs woven out of slowed-down summer sunlight on

a loom of cheap apartment blinds, and draped over dirty Keds and Rainier empties, Ava Luna is drifting through Boise in the depths of its cross-country Electric Balloon tour, at the dawn of patio beer season with copies of its new album, Infinite House (Western Vinyl, 2015), in hand. The New York quintet’s sound is best described as “downtempo” and “noncommittal,” but it has set in proverbial geo-temporal coordinates for a City of Trees show at Neurolux, Tuesday, May 26, at 7 p.m. as part of Radio Boise Tuesday. Regular Sounds and SanSousi open

—Harrison Berry

With Regular Sounds and SanSousi. 7 p.m. $7. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.

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FESTIVALSSome of summer 2015’s

hottest food, art, music, film and culture events

AMY ATKINS

Entertaining, family friendly summer events are already kicking off or happening all across the Treasure Valley. Below, you’ll find a lengthy (yet still only partial) list of some of the season’s most fun fests, which you can refer to when the kids start saying, “We’re bored. What should we do?”

I48 FILM COMPETITION AND FESTIVALCOMPETITION : MAY 29-31 ; FESTIVAL : JUNE 6-7Egyptian Theatre, idaho48.org

Teams of Idaho filmmakers have 48 hours to write a script, cast actors, and shoot and edit an original three- to six-minute film. This year, there will be a new award at the screening and awards ceremony: The Sun Valley Film Festival Favorite, chosen by SVFF programmers.

IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVALMAY 29- SEPT. 27ISF Amphitheater, idahoshakespeare.org

ISF celebrates its 39th season with a diverse program of plays: the menacing Dial “M” for Mur-der, charming rom-com The Tempest, a musical version of The Secret Garden, the lamentable tale of King Lear and the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks.

GREEK FOOD FESTIVALMAY 29-30Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, boisegreekfestival.com

Dig into gyros, souvlaki, pastitsio, dolmades, spanikopita, pilafi, baklava, kataifi, karithopita, galatobouriko and more.

OUTPOST DAYSJUNE 6-7City of Murphy, owyheemuseum.org

Take a trip to the Old West with carriage rides, a carnival train for the kids, a saloon for the adults and demonstrations of wild horses and sheep dogs.

208 TATTOO FESTJUNE 12-14Expo Idaho, 208tattoofest.com

You don’t have to have a tattoo to find something relatable at this fest: seeing Tana the Tattooed Lady perform, checking out the work of more than 100 super-talented tattoo artists or people-watching the resplendently ink-adorned.

SAVOR IDAHO JUNE 14Idaho Botanical Garden, savoridaho.org

Celebrate the Gem State’s wine industry with some of Idaho’s finest vintners and chefs.

MERIDIAN DAIRY DAYSJUNE 15-20City of Meridian, dairydays.org

Marking its 86th year, Dairy Days has cattle and dairy goat shows, a night parade, a carnival, fun runs, pancake feeds and a concert.

EMMETT CHERRY FESTIVALJUNE 17-20Emmett City Park, emmettidaho.com

The Emmett Cherry Festival celebrates the city’s agricultural heritage with free, family friendly fun like concerts, a parade and more.

DELI DAYSJUNE 18-19Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel, ahavathbethis-rael.org

Traditional deli food, to-die-for desserts, music and dancing make CABI’s Deli Days the ultimate annual kosher event in the Treasure Valley.

EAGLE FUN DAYSJULY 10-11Eagle, eaglechamber.com

Get to know the lovely city of Eagle, with Family Night Out, a children’s carnival, the Wet and Wild Parade, Family Bike Night and more.

JAIALDIJULY 28- AUG. 2Various locations in Boise, jaialdi.com

Since 1987, this quinquennial (every five years) event has drawn people from around the globe for a glorious celebration of Basque culture traditional food, drink, music, sports and dance.

BOISE’S FUNNIEST PERSONJULY 11- AUG. 1 ( SATURDAYS)Liquid Laughs, boisesfunniestperson.com

Amusing amateurs flaunt their funny, in hopes of winning a load of loot and bragging rights.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND CULTURE FESTIVALAUG. 1Julia Davis Park, ifcfevents.org

The first IFC Fest will feature booths, work-shops, music and authentic world cuisine: Ameri-can, Basque, Bosnian, Ethiopian, Greek, Indian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Thai and more.

NAMPA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTSAUG. 8-9Lakeview Park, business.nampa.com

Plan plenty of time—you’ll need it to make the most of the nearly 200 arts and craft booths, kids’ activities, food and music.

TOUR DE FATAUG. 15Ann Morrison Park, newbelgium.com

A costumed morning bike parade through downtown kicks off a day in the park filled with live music, bike-oriented booths, activities and, of course, beer.

LIBRARY! COMIC CONAUG. 29Boise Public Library, boisepubliclibrary.org

For anyone who loves comic books, graphic novels and all things sci-fi and fantasy.

Find more events at boiseweekly.com.

Pull up a seat for a summer’s worth of entertainment.

CULTURE/FOOD NEWS

BOISE FRY CO. GETS A BAR, LEADBETTER CHANGES ITS NAME

Fans of Boise Fry Company who want a shot of bourbon with their bison burger or a rum cocktail with their russet curly fries are in luck. BFC is opening a full bar in the Adelmann Building, adjacent to its new downtown digs on Capitol Boulevard and Idaho Street.

“It’ll be a different brand so it will be a different name, a different concept,” said BFC co-owner Blake Lingle. “We’re going to allow customers to order Boise Fry Company food from the bar, most likely.”

Lingle said the two spaces will be connected by a hallway and, though BFC has made some improvements to the space (which formerly housed the Sapphire Bar and Grill in 2011) he said most of the bar’s character will stay intact.

“We loved the look of it so we tried not to touch it; we tried to salvage everything we could,” said Lingle.

The bar’s cocktail program will feature five different cocktails that rotate seasonally.

“Each cocktail can be served with what we call a Basin, Foothill and Mountain liquor—Ba-sin being the lower-end liquor, Foothill being the middle and Mountain being the more higher-end,” said Lingle. “Every single cocktail will be tailored towards those five liquors we’re serving at the time. So we’ll have a whiskey cocktail, we’ll have a tequila cocktail, a gin cocktail and so on, and then we’ll also have champagne and beer cocktails, as well.”

One of the bar’s beer cocktails, South of the North Fork, will feature Payette Brewing Co.’s North Fork lager with mescal, garnished with fresh sage. Lingle said the bar will likely be open from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturdays and will close a little early on Sundays. They’re tentatively planning to open the first week of June, he added.

In name change news, Leadbetter Cider Co. has officially changed its name to Meriwether Cider Company. In an email blast, the company explained the switch: “We have changed our name! Not because we wanted to, but in our haste and ignorance of trademark law, we unknowingly named ourselves the same name as another business, and they understandably wanted us to change it.”

Meriwether Cider Company plans to open this year at 5272 E. Chinden Blvd. in Garden City.

—Tara Morgan

Soon, you’ll be able to order something stronger than a beer to go with your BFC burger.

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MY FAR LADYFar From the Madding

Crowd: Laurels for Hardy classicGEORGE PRENTICE

There are two valid, yet opposing, questions concerning Far From the Madding Crowd, a bracing and vibrant 2015 adaption of Thomas Hardy’s 19th century novel and, at least so far, the best film of the year: No. 1, why would anyone want to reboot the 1967 film starring a luminous Julie Christie? No. 2, why has it taken so long to attempt a remake? The answer to both questions is Carey Mulligan, whose achievement in the new film demands she be the year’s first prime candidate for a Best Actress Oscar nomination.

Mulligan, who will no doubt take home a Tony Award in a little more than a week’s time for her current Broadway appearance in Skylight, is a rarity among her contemporaries. Having had the pleasure of seeing Mulligan in New York in the 2008 stage production of The Seagull, I can attest she’s a master of both stage and screen. One year later, at age 24, Mulligan was a 2009 Oscar nominee for her heartbreak-ing performance in An Education. She has been oh-so-smart with her film choices, taking smaller but juicier supporting roles in Drive, Shame and Inside Llewyn Davis. Mulligan said she has steered her acting career away from costume drama movies, telling NPR she was afraid of being “pigeonholed as a British actress as only doing that sort of thing.” This is all the more rea-son for her to breathe new life into the character of Bathsheba Everdene, Far From the Madding Crowd’s wellspring heroine, who has influenced countless female characters of note: Lady Brett Ashley from Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, Gone With the Wind’s Scarlett O’Hara and even Bathsheba’s 21st century literary namesake Kat-niss Everdeen from The Hunger Games all trace fictional bloodlines to the headstrong protago-nist of Hardy’s novel who chose to live “far from the madding (or frenzied) crowd” of London, living instead in Britain’s hinterland where she employs scores of farmers and ranchers.

“I shall be up before you are awake; I shall be afield before you’re up; and I shall have breakfasted before you are afield,” Everdeen tells her laborers. “I shall astonish you all.”

Mulligan is indeed astonishing in the way she injects relevancy and a sense of urgency to a 150-year-old story that turns out to be greater than its surface value as a pedestrian romantic drama—this retelling brings greater

focus to societal echelons and the priorities of Western agrarian cultures that have more to do with husbandry than husbands.

Far From the Madding Crowd first surfaced as a serialized story in London magazine The Cornhill. Since then, it has been adapted into a stage production (1882), a silent film (1915), a ballet (1996), an opera (2006) and even a comic strip titled Tamara Drewe (2005). However, It was director John Schlesinger’s 1967 sensual film, starring Julie Christie, Alan Bates, Peter Finch and Terence Stamp that, by and large, set a 20th century standard. After screening the latest adaptation, I revisited the 1967 version, for which I had great admira-tion, and can honestly say, the new film is head-and-shoulders above the previous effort. In fact, the first 10 minutes of Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s (The Hunt) adaptation are as breathtaking as anything you’ll see in a

hundred other films. Cinematography from Charlotte Bruus Christensen (a regular Vin-terberg collaborator), costumer designer Janet Patterson (The English Patient, Titanic) and composer Craig Armstrong (Romeo + Juliet; Love, Actually) also get high praise and should

also be strong contenders for Oscar noms.

Then there’s Mulligan as a spell-binding Everdeen. In the opening frames of Far From the Madding Crowd, we see her riding a horse sidesaddle but soon enough, she swings her right leg over the saddle, sets her feet in the stirrups and takes off at breakneck speed. Undeterred

by an overgrowth of trees and bushes, which would block most riders, Everdeen bends back, bringing her spine almost parallel to the horse’s and continues to ride through the thicket. Two hours later, Mulligan had galloped away with my love for this film and my newfound admiration for her talent.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (PG-13)

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Starring Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen

Opens Friday, May 22 at The Flicks, 646 W. Fulton St., 208-342-4288,

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THE RACE FOR SECOND

PLACEGEORGE PRENTICE

OK, summer blockbuster contestants; on your marks, get set… Wait a minute, who’s that up ahead in the superhero costumes? Apparently, someone told the Avengers that the summer movie season usually starts on Memorial Day. Oh well, they were going to win anyway. With worldwide box office totals already approaching $1 billion, the real test this summer is who might come in second or third. With that mind, here’s your checklist for the summer’s most anticipated extravaganzas.

May 22: Tomorrowland (above)—George Clooney is a reclusive inventor who holds the key to a magical alternate universe.

June 5: Spy—Melissa McCarthy is an action

comedy. Need we say more?

June 12: Jurassic World (above)—Audiences are expected to return in droves to a place that they’ve been warned about before, and warned, and warned and…

June 19: Inside Out—This one could take the prize. It’s Pixar’s 2015 entry with the voices of Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and Mindy Kaling.

June 26: Ricki and the Flash—Meryl Streep

stars in a musical from Oscar-winning writer/di-rector Diablo Cody (Juno).

July 1: Terminator Genisys (above)—Arnold Schwarzenegger is baaaack.

July 1: Magic Mike XXL—Channing Tatum is

front and center.

July 10: Minions (above)—The best parts of Despicable Me get top billing.

July 17: Ant-Man—Is it really too late to

change the title?

July 17: Trainwreck (above)—Amy Schumer in the season’s most-anticipated adult comedy.

July 24: Pan (above)—The latest of a bazillion

re-imaginings of Peter Pan July 31: Mission:Impossible-Rogue Na-

tion—Tom Cruise reboots his career.

July 31: Vacation (above)—Yes, Chevy Chase appears in this one too.

Aug. 7: The Fantastic Four—Well, we’ll be the

judge of that, won’t we?

Aug. 14: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (above)—Is anyone still alive that remembers this as a TV show?

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TWO RYES AND A BOURBONTo celebrate the series finale of Mad Men on

May 17, we tested three rye whiskeys, the spicy booze traditionally used to make Manhattans and Old Fashioneds. As we started to sample, we realized there had been a mix-up: We’d been given two ryes and one bourbon to review. Channeling Don Draper’s spirit, we went ahead drank what was in front of us.

HIGH WEST RENDEZVOUS RYE, $51.95Whereas bourbon has to be made from 51

percent corn, rye whiskey has to be crafted from at least 51 percent rye. High West’s Rendezvous Rye blends a 16-year-old rye with an 80 percent mash bill (or grain recipe) and a six-year-old rye with a 95 percent mash bill. The nose has hints of cedar, caramel, York peppermint patty and grilled oranges; the palate is hot with a lingering cinnamon spice on the finish. One taster noted, “I was expecting this sexy, pleasant thing, but it’s this beast.”

BULLEIT BOURBON, $25.95

Though Bulleit does make a rye whiskey, we had Bulleit’s bourbon, which is made from 68 percent corn, 28 percent rye and 4 percent malted barley. Much darker in the glass than the other two whiskies, Bulleit has subtle notes of lavender, sweet vanilla and caramel on the nose. More cara-mel came through on the palate, which one taster compared to a “whiskey donut,” but the finish is surprisingly bitter.

JAMES OLIVER RYE, $25.95

This 100-proof rye whiskey is made from 100 percent rye and aged at least four years in heav-ily charred oak barrels. This was the most pleas-ant on the nose, with hints of soft peach and vanilla with an underlying botanical essence. Fruity and understandably hot on the palate, this rye has almost no mid-palate and an unpleasant burnt celery finish.

—Tara Morgan

FOOD/DISH DUELBOOZEHOUND

BAR: MAI THAIDrink Name: Siam Sunray

Description: Vodka, coconut cream, fresh-squeezed lime juice, Kaffir lime leaf, lemongrass, ginger and Thai chili served in a Collins glass with a lime wedge and lemongrass stalk.

Price: $8

Glass: Tom Collins

Garnishes: A large, dry lime wedge and a stick of lemongrass

Booze: Vodka

Ice: Medium-sized square cubes

History: In 2009, Thailand’s Tourism Authority unveiled the Siam Sunray, a cocktail they dubbed “Thailand in a glass: The new punch in Thai tourism.” Traditionally, the drink contains vodka, coconut liqueur, chili pepper, sugar, lime juice, lemongrass and ginger. Those ingredients are then shaken and strained into a glass with soda water and ice.

Verdict: Mai Thai’s milky white Siam Sunray is notably sweet at first sip but immediately tingles the back of your throat with fresh ginger and chili heat. Like a cold glass of tom kha gai soup, this slightly sour drink is definitely strange but in the way that keeps you going back for one more sip until all that’s left is a slimy layer of coconut seafoam clinging to the drink’s perfectly square ice cubes.

BAR: JUNIPERDrink Name: Batida

Description: Cachaca, lime, cream of coconut, lemongrass simple syrup, umbrella.

Price: $9

Glass: Stemless wine glass

Garnishes: A tiny toothpick umbrella lounging on the lip of the wine glass

Booze: Cachaca, a fiery Brazilian spirit distilled from sugarcane juice

Ice: Standard restaurant cubes

History: In Brazil, a batida is a type of cocktail typically made with cachaca, fruit juice, sugar and often coconut milk or sweetened condensed milk. Batidas are traditionally blended or shaken with ice and common flavors include passion fruit, coconut and guanabana or soursop.

Verdict: Juniper’s Batida manages to be both sweeter and tarter than Mai Thai’s. The cocktail also has a much creamier texture, like coconut lime sorbet, and the lemongrass is barely detectable. Though points were deducted for the standard ice and the stemless wine glass, the tiny paper umbrella was a festive touch.

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DRINK DUEL: COCONUT CREAM COCKTAILS

Go coconuts for these tart, creamy cocktailsTARA MORGAN

If you like pina coladas… then these probably aren’t the drinks for you. Though both Mai Thai’s Siam Sunray and Juniper’s Batida contain coconut cream, they are notably free of rum and don’t dip their boozy toes in a blender. With exotic additions like lemongrass and ginger, these creamy cocktails have more in common with cold coconut soup than they do with making love at midnight or getting caught in the rain.

$8MAI THAI

SIAM SUNRAY

$9JUNIPERBATIDA

Final Verdict: Mai Thai’s Siam Sunray edged out Juniper’s Batida with its more complex, layered flavors and better presentation. It also won on the price front: During Mai Thai’s happy hour you can get two Siam Sunrays for the price of one, while you only get $1 off the drink during Juniper’s happy hour. That said, if you can suck down two of these tart, creamy gut-punchers in a row, you’re pretty hardcore.


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RIVER TRAILDam proposal could wipe

out the landscape but create more water security

JESSICA MURRI

The wind is calm, the propeller sputters and spins, and morning light streams through the little plane’s sunroof. Paul Collins locks into his five-point harness and taxies out onto the short airstrip at the Weiser Airport.

“This plane has a short takeoff time,” he tells me through our headsets, and he’s not joking. By the end of his sentence, the bright yellow plane lifts into the air.

We’re flying in a bright yellow Aviat Aircraft Husky A-1C, a tandem-built taildragger in im-maculate condition. Collins sits in a bright red leather seat in front of me and pushes the side window open mid-flight so I could take some (windy) pictures.

As we fly over the Weiser River, he marvels at the 84-mile-long trail that winds alongside its banks from Weiser almost to New Meadows.

We circle over the canyon, atop green hills spotted with sagebrush, yellow wildflowers and rocky cliffs. The river is a bright blue thread running throughout.

Collins’ attitude suddenly changes.“It’s so stupid,” he says. “The whole idea

of it. We’re going to lose all this. I thought we won this fight 25 years ago, but I guess you can never know for sure.”

Back in the mid-’90s, Collins was part of a group that turned the railroad bed along the Weiser River into a trail—the project became known as the Friends of the Weiser River Trail.

That trail is in jeopardy of being 250 feet under water due to a proposal from the Idaho Water Resource Board to build a 283-foot dam just a few miles upstream of Weiser.

The dam would hold 750,000 acre feet of water, almost as much as Lucky Peak, Ar-rowrock and the Anderson Ranch reservoirs put together.

If the proposal comes to pass, the colorful canyon would be inundated.

“The whole thing will be gone,” Collins says. “And it’ll just be a big sludge pit. They’ll never be able to fill it. It’s stupid. That’s my attitude on it.”

WELCOME ABOARDOnce the plane landed at the even smaller

Midvale airport, a tour began for the inaugural Weiser River and Trail Appreciation Day, fer-rying around 30 people in tour vans along the trail and riverbank.

The Friends of the Weiser River Trail hosted the May 2 tour to talk pros and cons of the dam with stakeholders and decision makers. It drew a diverse group with a spectrum of opin-ions on the proposal.

A handful of state senators and representa-tives including Sens. Bert Brackett (R-Roger-son) and Abby Lee (R-Fruitland) and Reps. Ryan Kerby (R-New Plymouth), Donna Pence (D-Gooding) and Phylis King (D-Boise), de-voted their Saturday to the tour, as well as the chairman and two board members of the Idaho Water Resource Board.

The supervisor for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game was there, as well as representa-tives from the Nez Perce Tribe and the Upper Snake River Tribes. A representative from Congressman Raul Labrador’s office rode along beside members of several nonprofits, including the Weiser River Resource Council, the Idaho Organization of Resource Councils, Idaho Riv-ers United and the Idaho Conservation League.

At the first stop, Idaho Water Resource Board Chairman Roger Chase addressed the crowd, explaining the necessity of the so-called Weiser-Galloway Project, which rests on three pillars: taking the strain off other important riv-ers and aquifers, satisfying water rights around the southern half of the state and augmenting runoff for salmon.

“We see this as one of the possible solutions for the future,” Chase said.

Right now, 427,000 acre feet of water is released for salmon health—coming from the Snake, Boise and Payette rivers. If the dam is built, that water could come from the new reservoir instead. The Snake River Plain is especially in need some help, according to Chase. He said there is a 250,000 acre feet shortfall every year in the Snake River to meet water rights. Letting the Snake retain more of its water would help stabilize that shortfall and recharge the dwindling Snake River Aquifer.

Chase also explained how Idaho has given out more water rights than it has water, and that led to three days last year when the Swan Falls Dam on the Snake River didn’t reach min-imum flow requirements agreed on between the state and Idaho Power, flows necessary for Idaho Power to generate electricity.

“We owe maybe 1,000 acre feet of water to Idaho Power now to make up for it,” Chase told Boise Weekly. “We can do that occasionally but not all the time.”

He listed other tactics the state has taken to keep from running dry in a time of drought, including efforts to recharge the Snake River

BADASS SUMMA’ CAMPS While making this list, we became jealous of

the awesome ways kids can spend the summer.

BUGS: SEED TO HARVESTKids 6-12 can play in the dirt without getting

yelled at. In Boise Urban Garden School’s out-door classroom, they’ll learn about the source of their food and the science of seeds. They’ll discover compost ecosystems and friendly insects. A fresh garden lunch is provided daily. .June 22-26, Aug. 3-7, Aug. 10-14, $76-$117.25. BUGS, 2995 Five Mile Rd.

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMPIn this two-week adventure, kids entering

grades 3-5 and 6-8 can become Boise’s young-est ambassadors. Campers from all over the world and down the street will float the Boise River, learn the languages of their peers, try ethnic foods and play a variety of global music. July 20-31, Aug. 3-14, $150-$231.95. Pioneer Community Center, 500 S. Ash St.

ZOO BOISE: WHAT ANIMALS DODesert tortoises try to tip each other over.

Why? Kids entering grades 5-7 can find out at the “What Animals Do: Animal Behavior” camp. They’ll play the part of the zoologist, identifying animal behaviors and learning to train animals more exotic than their dogs. June 22-26, $165-$180. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Dr.

SAWTOOTH SOCIETY CAMPING TRIPReal summer camps involve camping. This

three-night trip for teens 14-17 in Stanley gives campers the chance to protect, preserve and enhance the Sawtooth National Recreation Area through a work project set up by the U.S. Forest Service. July 21-24, $78.50-$121.12. Fort Boise Community Center, 700 Robbins Rd.

BUSHCRAFTING 101There is one awesome summer camp for

adults, which teaches skills for the backcountry. Should you find yourself in the wild with only a knife and the clothes on your back, you can channel your inner Ron Swanson and turn stones into hand axes. Anyone under 18 must be with a parent. June 20, $61-$94. Foothills Learning Center, 3188 Sunset Peak Rd.

—Jessica Murri

From Paul Collins’ small airplane, one can see where the Idaho Water Resource Board propses to build a 283-foot earthen dam on the Weiser River. Everything beyond the mouth of the canyon would be flooded.

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Aquifer and cloud seeding to create more pre-cipitation. Still, it hasn’t been enough to meet everyone’s needs.

Chase said the answer could likely be more water storage. The IWRB is looking at three projects in particular: building the Galloway dam, raising Arrowrock Dam or raising the Island Park Reservoir dam near Yellowstone National Park.

To flood this valley, the state would need to buy out 27 private property owners, but that’s not many when looking to create a 13.5-mile-long reservoir.

“I used to be a river guide,” Chase said. “My friends say, ‘We never thought we would see you advocating for a dam.’ But you have to make tough decisions in times of water scar-city. There will be many reasons not to build this dam and many reasons to build it. We may have to sacrifice this free-flowing river.”

ICL Water Associate Marie Kellner is adamant the Weiser River not be “sacrificed,” along with the wildlife habitat for sage grouse, deer and elk, quail, waterfowl and smallmouth bass.

“We’re in the era of [2014 documentary film] DamNation, which is all about how many places are deciding they don’t want dams—not just because we care about the health of the river and the fisheries and the recreation ben-efits and the peace of mind that comes from a free-flowing river,” Kellner said, “but also util-ity companies that own dams are deciding it’s too expensive to retrofit them and move them into the 21st century and they would rather just remove them. Who is building dams in the 21st century?”

BUILDING DAMSThe idea of damming the Weiser River has

been around for decades. Last fall, Kellner decided it was time to take action after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted the state a permit to start feasibility studies for the dam.

“You don’t apply for something like that unless you’re prepared to spend the money to do all of those studies,” she said, listing off studies for environmental and operational analysis, geological structure and dam designs.

Kellner’s not convinced that the reservoir could remain full, as lakes around the southern half of the state struggle to hit normal levels. The Weiser drainage is at 80 percent of normal to date for a water year, but its snowpack is at zero, meaning there’s no more snow runoff for the rest of the summer.

The hits are even more extreme in the Bru-neau and Owyhee basins, where the Bruneau River is expected to flow at 19 percent of average.

Obtaining that FERC permit, though,

starts a three- to five-year process that will, by the end, determine if the dam is a good fit.

About $2 million has already been spent on the dam proposal, according to Cynthia Bridge Clark, an engineer with the Idaho Department of Water Resources and the project manager for the Galloway Dam project. Bridge Clark said the Idaho Legislature appropriated an-other $2 million in the 2014 session.

To answer Kellner’s question on who is building dams in the 21st Century, Bridge Clark said, “All the western states are currently looking at dam proposals.”

The Weiser River dam would cost around $500 million. It would be an earthen dam, similar to Lucky Peak.

That raises concern among residents of Weiser, according to Don Anderson, of the Weiser River Council.

Standing on the trail near the river, trying to imagine a dam that would reach taller than the U.S. Bank Building in Boise, Anderson expressed concern over the construction. He said the canyon walls were made of basalt and volcanic tuff—not the sturdiest of anchors.

“I live about a mile-and-a-half away from where the dam face would be,” Anderson said. “If something was to go wrong, I’ll be one of the first to know about it.”

He made the comparison between this proposed dam and the Teton Dam disaster of 1976, when an earthen dam built on the Teton River breached, killing 11 people and causing up to $2 billion in damages.

“Hey, that’s a cheap shot,” said Chase, inter-rupting Anderson.

There was a heated moment between the man representing the Weiser River Resource Council and the chairman of the Idaho Water Resource Board. Anderson apologized, but the tension lingered as the next speaker took over.

Overall, Kellner was happy with the turn-out—and with the differing opinions.

“If we just brought people together who were opposed to the project, we’re not really moving forward the dialogue; we’re just rally-ing among our own,” Kellner said. “Here, both parties can hear each other’s concerns.”

Should the dam be built, Bridge Clark said it would probably take up to 10 years before it is in place.

Kellner would rather see the money used on the dam to go toward helping water users prac-tice more sustainable options. Collins—the pilot—would rather not see his favorite trail 250 feet under. Anderson would rather not live at the base of a dam.

However, as Chase said at the beginning of the day, sacrifices need to be made. Whether it will be the natural environment or a dam meant to improve water security remains to be seen.

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with it19 Group of companies21 Doesn’t freak out

23 o Set time o Go to theater o Engage in tomfoolery

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better28 Byways29 “Absolutely, brother!”31 Part of a giggle32 Put in a hold

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del Sarto93 Late media journalist David94 Digital transfer95 Peasant shoe99 Take as a bride100 Count of Lemony Snicket

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Pacific air route103 Spelling start?105 Lex Luthor’s main

henchman in “Superman”106 Villains of fantasy107 Facebook action108 Busy co. around Feb. 14109 Sinus doc110 “So-o-o comfy!”111 Very important112 Remarks akin to “btw”

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): James McNeil Whistler was an influential painter in the latter half of the 19th century. He advocated the “art for art’s sake” credo, insist-ing that the best art doesn’t need to teach or moralize. As far as he was concerned, its most important purpose was to bring forth “glori-ous harmony” from chaos. But the immediate reason I’m nominating him to be your patron saint for the coming weeks is the stylized signature he created: An elegant butterfly with a long tail that was actually a stinger. I think you’ll thrive by embodying that dual spirit: being graceful, sensitive and harmonious, and yet also feisty, piquant and provocative. Can you manage that much paradox? I think you can. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Renowned author George Bernard Shaw was secure in his feeling that he did good work. He didn’t need the recognition of others to validate his self worth. The British prime minister offered him a knighthood, but he refused it. When he found out he had been awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature, he wanted to turn it down but his wife convinced him to accept it. The English govern-ment also sought to give him the prestigious Order of Merit, but he rejected it, saying, “I have already conferred this order upon myself.” He’s your role model for right now, Taurus. Congratulate yourself for your successes, whether or not any-one else does.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Aha!” is your mantra for the com-ing weeks, Gemini. Keep it on the tip of your tongue, ready to unleash. This always-ready-to-be-surprised-by-inspiration attitude will train you to expect the arrival of wonders and marvels. And that will be an effective way to actually attract wonders and marvels! With “Aha!” as your talisman, all of your wake-up calls will be benevolent, and all of the chaos you encoun-ter—or at least most of it—will be fertile.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do you chronically indulge in feel-ings of guilt? Do you berate your-self for the wrong turns and sad mistakes you made in the past? These behaviors may be sneaky ways of avoiding change. How can you summon enough energy to transform your life if you’re wallowing in worries and regrets? In presenting the possibility that you might be caught in this trap, I want you to know that I’m not sitting in judgment of you. Not at all. Like you, I’m a Cancerian, and I have periodically gotten bogged down in the very morass I’m warn-ing you against. The bad news is that right now you are especially susceptible to falling under this spell. The good news is that right now you have extra power to break this spell.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the TV comedy-drama Jane

the Virgin, the fictional character known as Rogelio de la Vega is a vain but lovable actor who performs in telenovelas. “I’m very easy to dress,” he tells the ward-robe supervisor of a new show he’ll be working on. “Everything looks good on me. Except for peach. I don’t pop in peach.” What he means is that his charisma doesn’t radiate vividly when he’s wearing peach-colored clothes. Now I want to ask you, Leo: What don’t you pop in? I’m not simply talking about the color of clothes that enable you to shine, but everything else, too. In the com-ing weeks, it’s crucial that you surround yourself with influences that make you pop.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Are you willing to entertain an outlandish possibility? Here’s my vision: You will soon be offered unexpected assistance, either through the machinations of a “guardian angel” or the messy blessings of a shape-shifting spirit. This divine intervention will make it possible for you to demol-ish a big, bad obstacle you’ve been trying to find a way around. Even if you have trouble believ-ing in the literal factuality of my prophecy, here’s what I suspect: It will at least come true in a metaphorical sense—which is the truest kind of truth of all.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Glory” is the theme song of the

film Selma. It’s an anthem about the ongoing struggle for equal rights by African Americans. I want to borrow one of its lines for your use in the coming weeks: “Freedom is like a religion to us.” I think those will be good words for you to live by. Are you part of a group that suffers oppression and injustice? Are you mixed up in a situation that squashes your self-expression? Are you being squelched by the conditioned habits of your own unconscious mind? It’s high time to rebel. The quest for liberation should be your spiritual calling.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you’re planning on breaking a taboo, sneaking into a forbidden zone, or getting intimate with an edge-dweller, don’t tell boastful stories about what you’re doing. For now, secrecy is not only sexy; it’s a smart way to keep you safe and effective. Usually I’m fond of you telling the whole truth. I like it when you reveal the nuanced depths of your feelings. But right now I favor a more cautious approach to communication. Until your explorations have progressed further, I suggest that you only discuss them sparingly. As you put your experiments in motion, share the details on a need-to-know basis.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are many possible ways to create and manage a close

relationship. Here’s one of my favorite models: when two inde-pendent, self-responsible souls pledge to help each other activate the best versions of themselves. If you don’t have a partnership like this, the near future will be a favorable time to find one. And if you already do have an intimate alliance in which the two of you synergize each other’s quest for individuation, the coming weeks could bring you breathtaking breakthroughs.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s a challenge to drive a car through Canada’s far north. For example, if you want to get from Dawson in the Yukon Territory to Inuvik in the Northwest Territory, you take Dempster Highway. It’s gravel road for the entire 417-mile trip, so the ride is rough. Bring a spare tire and extra gasoline, since there’s just one service sta-tion along the way. On the plus side, the scenery is thrilling. The permafrost in the soil makes the trees grow in odd shapes, almost like they’re drunk. You can see caribou, wolverines, lynx, bears and countless birds. Right now, the sun is up 20 hours every day. And the tundra? You’ve never seen anything like it. Even if you don’t make a trip like this, Capricorn, I’m guessing you will soon embark on a metaphorically similar version. With the right attitude and prepara-tion, you will have fun and grow more courageous.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author James Joyce wrote Ulysses, one of the most celebrated and influential novels of the 20th century. The narrative is both experimental and tightly structured. Its chaotic stream-of-consciousness passages are painstakingly crafted. (Anyone who wonders how the astrological sign of Aquarius can be jointly ruled by the rebellious planet Uranus and the disciplinarian planet Saturn need only examine this book for evidence.) Joyce claimed he labored over Ulysses for 20,000 hours. That’s the equivalent of devoting eight hours a day, 350 days a year, for over seven years. Will you ever work that hard and long on a project, Aquarius? If so, now would be an auspicious time to start.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The English writer and caricaturist Max Beerbohm moved away from his native land when he was 37 years old. He settled in Rapallo, Italy, where he lived for much of the rest of his life. Here’s the twist: When he died at age 83, he had still not learned to speak Italian. For 40 years, he used his native tongue in his foreign home. This is a failing you can’t afford to have in the coming months, Pisces. The old proverb “When in Rome, do as the Romans,” has never been so important for you to observe.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF

IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAIN RE: Audrey Irene AntoniukLegal name of child

Case No. CV NC 1505705

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Minor)

A Petition to change the name of Audrey Irene Antoniuk, a minor, now residing in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Sebastian Irene Antoniuk.

The reason for the change in name is personal.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on June 16, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good rea-

son against the name change.

Date APR 14 2015

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURTBy: DEIRDE PRICEDEPUTY CLERKPUB April 29, May 6, 13 & 20,

2015.IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JU-

DICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA

IN RE: Amanda TuckerLegal Name

Case No. CV-NC 2015-02626

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult)

A Petition to change the name of Amanda Tucker, now residing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the Dis-trict Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Peter Isaacs Berkey-Silvers. The rea-son for the change in name is negative associations with cur-rent name.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) MAY 19, 2015 at the

Ada County Courthouse. Objec-tions may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date MAR 30 2015CHRISTOPHER D. RICHCLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURTBy: DEIRDE PRICEDEPUTY CLERKPUB April 29, May 6, 13, & 20,

2015.IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH

JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA

In the Matter of the Estate of:

FLOYD E. OLIVERand FRANCES E. OLIVER,Deceased.

No. CV-IE-1504757NOTICE TO CREDITORS(I.C. 15-3-801)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been ap-pointed Personal Representative of the above-named decedents. All persons having claims against the decedents or the estate are required to present their claims

within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or said claims will be for-ever barred.

Claims must be presented to the undersigned at the address indicated, and filed with the Clerk of the Court.

Dated this 8th day of May, 2015.

Suzanne Oliver c/o Leslie Smith, Attorney at

Law, ISB 8965 P.O. Box 605 Eagle, ID 83616 Tel: (208)939-1107Pub. May 13, 20, 27, 2015.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JU-DICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO,

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAIN RE: Alexandria Luna ClaarLegal Name

Case No. CV NC 1507536

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult)

A Petition to change the name of Alexandria Luna Claar, now re-siding in the City of Star, State of Idaho, has been filed in the Dis-trict Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Alexan-dria Luna Bastet. The reason for the change in name is: I dislike my current name and would like

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to change it to something of reli-gious significance to me.

A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) July 16, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objec-tions may be filed by any per-son who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

Date May 12, 2015

CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURTBy: DEBBIE NAGELEDEPUTY CLERKPUB May 20, 27, June 3 & 10,

2015.

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Yes: 64%

No: 27%

Undecided: 9%

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Hardest drinking countries in the world (gallons of

pure alcohol consumed in 2012 per capita):

1. Estonia—3.25

2. Austria—3.22

3. France—3.17

4. Ireland—3.09

5. Czech Republic—3.04

6. Hungary—3.01

7. Luxembourg—3.01

8. Russian Federation—2.3

9. Germany—2.9

10. Portugal—2.85

Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Develop-ment, “Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use,” 2015

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—U.S. AT TORNEY LORET TA LYNCH ANNOUNCING THAT

DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV HAD RECEIVED A DEATH

SENTENCE FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 2013 BOSTON

MARATHON BOMBING.

“The discourse involved in publ ic pol icy isn’ t a lways pret ty. . . . I can’t wait to s ign [ the bi l l ] .”

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CONFERENCE ON MAY 19 FOLLOWING THE IDAHO

LEGISL ATURE’S SPECIAL SESSION.

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—BOISE DEMOCRATIC SEN. GRANT BURGOYNE ON THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF

HB 1, BRINGING TO AN END THE IDAHO LEGISL A -

TURE’S MAY 18 SPECIAL SESSION.

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