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TALKING FORGIVENESS WITH HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR EVA MOZES KOR

For this week’s edition of Boise Weekly, I was grateful for the opportunity to write about Eva Mozes Kor, an 81-year-old Holo-caust survivor who travels the world talking not about the evils of Nazism but the power of forgiveness.

Kor was in Boise on Sept. 18 for the 12th Annual Change Your World Celebration at the Grove Hotel, where she received the 2015 Anne Frank Change the World Award from the Was-smuth Center for Human Rights. Attending a reception prior to the night’s events—which included fundraising for an expanded outdoor classroom at the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Me-morial—Kor was generous in giving some of her time to talk with BW staff writer Harrison Berry and me.

“They have honored me before with the idea that I am some-how turning the world around—a victorious person, a victorious survivor,” she said. “There is a lot of pain. There is a lot of reason to be angry.”

Kor should know. Not only did she survive Auschwitz—liber-ated by the Red Army when she was only 11 years old—but she and her twin sister, Miriam, were among those subjected to ge-netic experiments performed by notorious Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele.

Her lecture is covered on Page 19, but some of what she shared earlier in the evening didn’t make it into the official presentation.

Specifically, she talked about the pushback she receives from some fellow survivors who feel her campaign of forgiveness is a betrayal of their suffering.

“Seventy years later, they are still victims. They are angry, they have no joy,” Kor said. “That is the most tragic thing to me. … Your anger destroys you.”

While Kor’s words were directed at the Holocaust, they are ever-more relevant seven decades after the fall of the Third Reich.

“Every unhealed victim is a potential perpetrator,” she said.Still, despite her tireless work as a forgiveness advocate, Kor

has no illusions about the state of the world. Asked if she thought humanity had progressed in empathy since the abyss of Nazism, her answer was simple as it was chilling: “No.”

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BOULDER-WHITE CLOUDS WHACKED

If you’ve seen a Godfa-ther movie, you know what “whacked” means. Horrifying was what I saw on my com-puter when I turned it on Aug. 5. There was President Barack Obama signing a blueprint for butchering my beloved White Clouds Wilderness at the behest of my two nemeses standing at his elbow, smiling.

The two men are rep-resentatives of the Idaho Conservation League and The Wilderness Society. We’ll call them ICL guy and TWS guy, to protect their anonymity. They have frequently sided with my opponents, or were pas-sive bystanders in the Idaho Sporting Congress’ 33 years of work protecting Idaho’s public forests. So when ICL guy began collaborating with anti-wilderness interests over the White Clouds’ future, I sug-gested I join him. He fended me off, assuring, “Don’t worry, Ron. We’d never agree to anything you wouldn’t approve of.” This new wilderness bill confirms my misgivings about their resolve.

It’s a sad ending to a war waged for 50 years to save the Boulder-White Clouds. They faced major open-pit mining devastation in 1968, when I first began fighting for them with pen and camera. They were rescued by Cecil Andrus, who made their jeopardy the centerpiece of his successful run for governor in 1970. Pas-sage of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area legislation in 1972 virtually ended the mining and logging threats. In 1984 conservationists united in the Idaho Wildlands De-fense Coalition, which included the ISC, for a Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness of nearly 500,000 acres.

Sen. Jim McClure, chair-man of the Senate Energy Committee, crushed us (but ICL has named one scrap of the White Clouds carcass for him).

Andrus had been aided by iconic conservationists Ernie Day, Bruce Bowler and Ted Trueblood, and Sen. Frank Church—all of whom, watching from heaven, must be gnash-ing their teeth in anguish at the terrible deal made by ICL and TWS. They negotiated for over a decade to create the lower 48 states’ largest wilder-ness, The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. They grew their proposal. President Jimmy Carter proposed 1.5 million acres. Cecil Andrus added another 400,000 acres, assuming Trueblood and company were satisfied. He bemusedly saw them increase that to 2.3 million—and stick to it and win.

In pathetic contrast, ICL and TWS bumbled their way into shrinking conservationists’ half million-acre proposal by half, then hacking the remain-der into three smaller pieces separated by motorized and mechanized thoroughfares.

Singer Carole King warned well when she said of dissect-ing the area, “You can’t cut the Hope Diamond into three pieces and retain its magic.”

Rather than “permanently protecting” the White Clouds as TWS and ICL guys profess, they made permanent the single ongoing wilderness destruction activity: motorized/mechanized traffic. The main access trails are fast deterio-rating into a demolition derby of coughing, fuming, roaring motorcycles and bombardier-ing lycra-clad bicyclers. A motorcycle leader, reassuring his bikers they’d made ICL and TWS cave in, summed up in a comment to Rocky Barker’s

Aug. 5 Idaho Statesman ar-ticle: “The new wilderness was drawn around existing OHV [off-highway vehicles] trails to preserve all existing OHV access.”

Look for “people pollution” through easy, mechanized traffic to quadruple in the next decade.

Thanks, ICL and TWS. You got the word “Wilderness” on your organizational resume, thus mollifying the foundation funders you’d promised. But the generations who fought for a real White Clouds Wilder-ness, and future generations, got WAAC’d, by TWS and ICL’s modus operandi: “Wilderness” At Any Cost.

WHACKED!—Ron Mitchell

Ron Mitchell is executive director of the Boise-based Idaho Sporting Congress, Inc.

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article on the Wilderness Within Reach program (Boise Weekly, Feature, “Wheels Down in the Wilderness,” July 8, 2015). It truly is an excellent program having been on the trip myself. I was awed by the whole experience. However, without Fort Boise Community Center’s Adventure Program, most disabled persons would not know of the fly-in or the excellent programs that they offer.

Indeed we all have stories. Some are more damning than others, but the real story here is not in “pull on the heart-strings” narratives, but the forward thinking people who make such opportunities possible.

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“Just stopped by t’ say bye, Cope.”“Bye? Where you going, pal?”“I be Kin-tucky bound. Got me a holy war t’

join.”“Ah great, Red. What’re you getting into

now?”“I’m offerin’ up my own self as a sack-o’-fishal

lamb f ’r that Kit Davis gal. I’m gerna’ t’ tell ‘em t’ put me in that gull durn cell an’ let her out. An’ if they don’ do it, I’s gerna chain myself t’ a bike rack.”

“Uh... Red...”“They’ll have t’ cut off my leg t’ get rid o’ me,

Cope. An’ I’m gonna go on a hunger strike, too. An’ I’m takin’ m’ bullhorn wit’ me, so’s while they’re trying t’ fork feed me Ensure at one end and cut off m’ leg at the other, I’ll be singin’ ‘Onwarts Chrishun Solshers” in their ear as loud as I can.”

“Red, she’s out.”“An when they start swingin’ billy clubs down

on my head, I expect ol’ Mike Huckable an’ Ted Cruz t’ wade in. They’ll prob’ly sic the dogs on us an’ try t’ drown us out wit’ fire hoses. It’s the price me and ol’ Mike and Ted ‘r’ prepared t’ pay t’ give Kit Davis her freedom o’ relig’ous liberties back.”

“Red, It’s Kim Davis, and she’s out of jail. Has been for a couple of weeks.”

“You don’ think I know that, Cope? But you watch. She’ll be back. You don’ think that Joany Arc gal would o’ give up on her marterdum jus’ ‘cause some judge let her off the burnin’ stake, do ya’? You don’ think them Chrishuns marterdors down in ol’ Rome would o’ jus’ wandered off an’ f ’rgot the whole gull durn thing if ’n some judge decided not to feed ‘em t’ the lions, do ya’?”

“Well, I’ve never given it a lot of thought, but I suppose...”

“That’s what athytists like you never get, Cope! With us true-blue Chrishuns, it’s in f ’r a dime, in f ’r a dollar. We’s don’ back off jus’ acause we gets our way now an’ then. It’s like what them jock dunkers down in Al’bama showed. It’s not enough to have the football boys get down on a knee, aprayin’ t’ Jesus f ’r a touchdown. They takes it up a notch an’ bab-tizes the boys in a tub o’ Gaterade right there on the school football field.”

“Yeah, I heard about that. Except it was Geor-gia instead of Alabama, and I never heard it was a tub of Gaterade. I think it was just plain...”

“Y’r missin’ the point, Cope! The point is when ya’ adorate somethin’ as much as we true-blue Chrishuns adorate our Jesus, ya’ don’ stop makin’ a pest o’ y’rself until ya’ gets y’r way on ever’ gull durn thin’... ever’ gull durn time... ever’ gull durn where! That’s what Jesus would o’ done, right there in a nutsack. Why, he made such a

pest o’ himself back in the ol’ Roman days that them ol’ Romans decided they needed to crucifix him t’ get ‘im t’ stop! An’ tha’s what good ol’ Kit Davis is doin’... followin’ in the bootprints o’ Jesus by makin’ a pest out o’ herself. An’ you jus’ watch! She ain’t gon’ o’ stop jus’ ‘cause she ain’t in jail no more.”

“I’m sure you’re right about that, Red. Seems that once sad sacks get some serious attention, they keep angling for the replay. But don’t you think that if Davis intends to make a full-time pest for Jesus out of herself, she should quit her county clerk gig.”

“Nuh-uh! No sir! The true-blue Chrishun way t’ make a pest out o’ y’rself is to get y’rself a job where’s y’ might haf t’ do somethin’ that ain’t Jesusy, an’ then tell ‘em y’ ain’t gerna do it. How’s anyone s’pposed to get their sanctimony noticed if ’n they’re not doin’ what weren’t theirs do in the first place?”

“Huh?”“An’ another thing. If ’n them jailers an’ cops

an judges down there in Kin-tucky were doin’ the will o’ Jesus like they ought be doin’, they would o’ refused to lock her up in the first place. True-blue Chrishuns ought do whate’er they can do t’ stop them fellers from gettin’ hitched.”

“Red, there are lots of Christians who think gay couples should be allowed to marry.”

“No thur ain’t.”“What do you mean, there ain’t? There are all

kinds of perfectly good Christians who support gay marriage and think Kim Davis and judgmen-tal yahoos like her are ignoramuses.”

“They ain’t Chrishuns, Cope. You wo’n’t un’erstand it since’n you’s one o’ them athytists, but there’s true-blue Chrishuns, and then there’s folks what jus’ say they’re Chrishuns, but ain’t. They’ll be down there in Hell wit’ you, Cope, an’ you can all spend y’r eternity braggin’ ‘bout how considerated you were t’ them gay fellers.”

“Red, when did you get so ‘true-blue’ that you could decide who’s a good Christian, and who isn’t?”

“’Twere ‘bout the time I noticed hows ol’ Huckable an’ Cruz and that Bobby Jim Jangle feller were trippin’ o’er one another t’ show how sanctifitial they are. I re’lized then an’ there tweren’t no way ya’ can call y’rself a Chrishun unless y’r makin’ a big to-do ‘bout somethin’ ever’one else ain’t so much bothered by. It’s like that Biblic verse says, Cope... ‘Ye shaltest be judged in Heaven by the stink thou havest raised.’”

“That must be in the same book as ‘Do unto others what collects the most donations.’”

“Yassir, I believe it is.”

MAPOOHRed’s answer to WWJD: ‘Make a Pest Out of Himself ’

BILL COPE

OPINION


Last week Julie and the puppy and I drove to the Livingston Mill trailhead and started up the Boulder Creek trail toward home.

From our house, it’s a two-hour drive to the Livingston Mill. If you draw a straight line on the map, it’s only 17 miles. The White Clouds are in the way, of course. We packed for a four-day trip.

We left the car keys with friends who were coming out as we were going in. They would leave our car safe in our garage.

We spent the first night at Sapphire Lake in Big Boulder Basin. The spine of the White Clouds rose 1,000 feet above us. We could see the saddle between Ocalkens and David O. Lee peaks. The next day we would go over it and down into Bighorn Basin.

From Bighorn Basin we would connect with the Iron Basin trail, which would take us to the Warm Springs trail, which would take us to the Big Meadows. From the Big Meadows we would hike up to Garland Lakes, and from there we would descend a long sagebrush ridge—a quick ski run in winter—to home.

That was the plan. When we got to the saddle, the way down into Bighorn Basin was an exposed scree slope, the whole thing far steeper than the angle of repose. Underneath a layer of small round pebbles, rough clay soil and knifelike bits of limestone had been baked into a hard breccia by the summer sun. If you started sliding, you wouldn’t stop until you hit the bottom, and by then you’d be a long bloody streak visible on Google Earth. Still, I was 95 percent sure we could do it, backpacks and puppy and all.

“I’d bet my life we can make it,” I said to Julie, “and yours, too.” With that unfortunate phrase, we both understood we were turning around and hiking back to the Livingston Mill, where no vehicle awaited us in the parking lot.

I spent the rest of the day wondering about the thin line between wisdom and cowardice. This summer, we’ve had too many demonstra-tions that life is suddenly and easily damaged. Friends have lost family members to plane and auto crashes. The elk and deer on Highway 75 have made a trip to the Stanley post office seem like a slalom course. People we’re close to have taken a wrong step and broken legs, or fallen off bikes and ended up in comas, or died in climbing accidents. At times, living a normal life, with its everyday commitments to people, places and things—to say nothing of travel plans—has seemed like too much of a risk.

Julie didn’t help the mood when she said it wouldn’t do much good to have been cautious in the mountains only to get picked up by a serial killer while hitchhiking home.

It took us four rides to get to the house, which wasn’t as much a problem as you might think. You get more rides with a puppy than without a puppy, even from serial killers.

Our first ride was with a hunter heading for Challis to pick up his cut-and-packaged elk. He told us wolves were destroying Idaho’s elk—at least all but one of them. We agreed with him. On the second ride there was a tumbler full of whiskey and ice in the console. We smiled our approval. On the third, there was a pistol on the seat that had to be moved before I could sit down. That was just fine with us, as long as it stayed in its holster. A shiny black smoke-windowed van stopped for our fourth ride. The driver was from Las Vegas and had a New Jersey accent. We conceived a sudden disbelief in all those stories about Vegas, the Mob and the Rat Pack.

Nice people, all of them, and together they got us home. We fed the puppy double rations and left her sacked out in her crate. We backed the car out of the garage and headed for dinner at the Sawtooth Hotel.

What had we seen? A new wilderness, a little bruised from human contact, not much different from the wilderness study area it had been. The Kettles had changed from when I first saw them in 1973. Then they were small, vertical-walled pools set deep in blue glacier above the Big Boulder Lakes. Now they were dry, amphitheater-sized depressions in jumbled gravel, proof that millions of tons of Pleistocene ice hadn’t made it into the Endocene.

We looked down at Bighorn Basin but didn’t see any bighorns. We did see seven mountain goats and a six-point buck. We did look across miles of clear air to the tops of the sagebrush hills above our house. We went by six turquoise lakes and a dozen drought-emptied potholes. Going down, we left the trail and walked through high meadows full of sun-whitened avalanche debris. It’s fall up there now—lots of tiny red leaves close to the ground, golden grass swaying in the wind, and shallow meandering creeks luminous in slanted sunshine. You find yourself wanting to sleep for weeks on a creek bank, even if it would mean a walk out in falling snow.

Despite no car in the parking lot, despite beating myself up over not descending a slope I would have danced down when I was 21, despite not walking home—and coming home a day early and, out of guilt, using the extra day to give the house a much needed cleaning—it was a great trip, not least because there were other trips to be made, and we were all three of us alive to make them.

CLOUDUS INTERRUPTUSYou can’t walk home again

JOHN REMBER

OPINION


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ANTI-VAXX TO THE MAX

Idaho’s childhood vaccination exemption rate is the highest in

the countryHARRISON BERRY

One of Republican presidential contender Don-ald Trump’s most brazen moments at the Sept. 16 candidates’ debate came during an exchange with fellow GOP nomination hopeful Ben Carson.

When asked by debate moderator Jake Tapper whether Trump should stop publicly linking vac-cines to autism, Carson—a pediatric neurosur-geon—responded “[Trump] is an OK doctor, but the fact of the matter is, we have extremely well documented proof that there’s no autism associ-ated with vaccines.”

Trump doubled down on his belief vaccina-tions have helped push autism to “epidemic” levels in the past 25-30 years.

“It has gotten totally out of control,” he said. The exchange between Trump and Carson

highlighted the ongoing rift between so-called “anti-vaxxers” and the research and evidence debunking claims vaccines cause neurological conditions such as autism.

According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control in late August, nowhere in America is that rift wider than Idaho, which had a 6.5 percent childhood vaccination exemption rate during the 2014-2015 school year.

Figures like those have stakeholders across the Gem State wringing their hands.

“We believe we can do better,” wrote Idaho Public Health Medical Director Dr. Christine Hahn in a blog post published on the Idaho Cen-tral District Health Department website following release of the CDC report.

Resistance to childhood vaccination began in earnest in 1998, when Andrew Wakefield, a gastroenterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London, published a paper voicing concerns about a possible link between the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. Though medical researchers long ago discredited the MMR-autism link, they have struggled to regain public confidence in a variety of vaccines—to the point where the medical community and anti-vaxxers are not speaking the same language.

“You need to stop using the word ‘immuni-zation.’ We don’t say ‘immunization.’ Vaccines don’t immunize anything,” Ingri Cassel, of north Idaho-based anti-vaccination group Vaccination Liberation, told Boise Weekly in 2011.

When it comes to national childhood vaccina-tion statistics, Idaho is an outlier. The state with the next highest total exemption rate is Colorado at 5.4 percent; the lowest is Alabama, at 0.7 percent. California’s total number of exempted students is 13,993, which dwarfs Idaho’s 1,432, but Idaho’s total exemption rate is more than 2.5 times the Golden State’s—and the rate increased by 0.1 percent between the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years.

CDC delved further into the data, breaking down total state-by-state exemptions by those based on “philosophic,” religious or medical ob-jectives (90 percent, 9.5 percent and 0.3 percent in Idaho, respectively), as well as those parents claiming an exemption during school registration because their children were behind on their vac-cination regimen.

“The sliver of good news is that 90 percent of Idaho kids are covered,” said CDHD Public In-formation Officer Niki Forbing-Orr. “Over the years, Idaho’s vaccination rate has been trending upward.”

In Bonner County, just north of Cassel’s homebase in Spirit Lake, the childhood vaccina-tion exemption rate hovers at 20.6 percent. Dana Williams, a registered nurse at the Lake Pend Oreille School District, has daily conversations with parents who don’t want their children to receive vaccines, and the topic of unvaccinated children comes up at every staff and administra-tion meeting she attends.

Williams described an instance in which a parent filled out an exemption form other than the one mandated by the state because it implied by not vaccinating his child, he wanted his child to become ill.

“I said, ‘It doesn’t say that. It

says you’re making a choice based on what you feel, philosophi-

cally, that you don’t want your child to have vaccines,’” Williams said.

More than a decade has passed since an outbreak of a vaccine-preventable disease in the school district, despite several near misses—out-breaks in neighboring counties and states. Ac-cording to Williams, time has eroded the cultural memory of when diseases like smallpox and measles ran rampant.

“I remember taking a polio vaccine when I was in grade school—you know, the sugar cube, so that tells you how old I am—but there hasn’t been polio here for a long time, so people don’t think it’s that bad of a disease,” she said.

Williams serves all 11 schools in the Lake Pend Oreille School District, and she said unvac-cinated children pose a critical public health threat there. She said the principle of “herd immunity”—vaccinated children are a shield against disease for unvaccinated children—isn’t present in Bonner County. Herd immunity also buys health care workers time in the event of an outbreak. For instance, it takes five to 10 days for the obvious signs of a measles infection to appear but in that time, a sick child can spread infection to her classmates.

“The thing that I don’t like about it is, we’re asking parents to vaccinate their children. They’re in classrooms of 20 to 30. One kid gets sick, and you know what? A bunch of others can get sick. That’s why we want them to get vaccinated,” Williams said. “It’s bothersome to me because I try to talk to parents and let them voice their feelings, and I try to explain to them that, you know, you can die from this. Sometimes, they just don’t get it.”

IDAHO’S PAPAL PILGRIMAGEMichael Brown pointed to The Canterbury

Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer’s Middle English chron-icle of 14th century pilgrims, to help describe the 21st century pilgrimage of 1 million-plus faithful to stand in the presence of Pope Francis when he visits the United States this week.

“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey,” said Brown, director of communications for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Boise.

The diocese is sponsoring more than 100 Idahoans on their own journey Wednesday, Sept. 23, when they head to Philadelphia where the pontiff will deliver an outdoor mass Sunday, Sept. 27 following visits to New York City and Washington, D.C.

“The estimates that we’ve been hearing are mentioning 1.5 million people,” Brown said. “The pope’s motorcade, parade and mass will be on Philadelphia’s Ben Franklin Parkway. It’s a vast space, but I assure you that being in his presence will have a huge spiritual benefit for all of the pilgrims.”

The Idaho contingent includes single people, retirees, families and a number of children. They join Bishop Peter Christensen, who was named by Pope Francis on Nov. 4, 2014 as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Boise, which oversees the entire Gem State. Two weeks after Christensen was installed, the Vatican an-nounced Pope Francis would travel to the U.S. in September 2015.

“Ever since then, dioceses from all over the U.S. asked, ’What can we do to have a presence?’” said Brown. “I’ve been working in Catholic journalism for over 30 years, and this is the first time for me to cover a papal trip. Yes, I’m covering a news event but at the same time, this is a truly special person, touching hearts across the world—not just Catholics and Chris-tians, but non-Christians and non-believers. I don’t think anyone can come away from some-thing like this without a renewed sense of faith, a renewed optimism, hope and commitment to make the world a better place, especially for the poor, the disenfranchised, the immigrants.”

Brown said the Idaho group will be wel-comed by a Catholic parish in the Philadelphia township of Chadds Ford, Penn.

“It will be just like Canterbury Tales, hosting the pilgrims on their way.”

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The documentary begins with wildlife camera-man Bob Poole and his team speeding through an African savanna in a stripped-down jeep. As the vehicle approaches a pride of lions, the animals huddle together, surrounding the male. Poole uses the jeep to herd the snarling, growl-ing lionesses away. The male is tranquilized and the team secures a giant collar around his neck.

Footage of Poole’s exploits is part of a six-episode series on Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, airing on Idaho Public Television through September and early October.

The series, shot on location in the war-torn country on the southeastern tip of Africa, was put together by Poole and producer James Byrne and features the efforts of Ketchum resident Greg Carr (all of whom live in Ketchum), who worked to bring the park back to life.

“The first time I laid eyes on Gorongosa in 2004, it was magically beautiful,” said Carr, who remembered flying over the park in a helicopter. “There were lakes and rivers and mountains, but I couldn’t see a single animal despite the fact that—at one point—it had the densest collection of megafauna on the continent.”

Gorongosa used to be the economic engine at the center of the country, but years of warfare have taken their toll. Carr decided to restore the park as a way to alleviate poverty and ease tensions in the region.

The first episode of the documentary series, Gorongosa Park: Rebirth of Paradise, aired on Sept. 22, and subsequent installments will run Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., and Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.

Idahoans will have more than one opportu-nity to experience Gorongosa, though. Along with the series, IPTV’s Marcia Franklin also taped “Saving Gorongosa,” an interview with Carr, Poole and Byrne, which will air on Dialogue Friday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. Carr also wants to bridge the 10,000-mile gap between Gorongosa and Boise. He’s working with Boise State Uni-

versity to set up research opportunities for the Intermountain Bird Observatory.

Zoo Boise also plans to build a two-acre expansion modeled after Gorongosa Park. The exhibition would include cheetahs, hyenas, crocodiles, baboons and wild African dogs. The $3 million expansion has a projected construction date of 2017.

The IPTV series presents both the story of the animals who will come to live at Zoo Boise and their war-torn home.

The 1.5 million-acre park suffered heavily amid civil unrest in Mozambique. Soldiers in the conflict turned to the park for food, killing

many of the animals also hunted by lions. As a conse-quence, the lion population crashed. Elephants were poached for ivory. Hundreds of animals were caught in snares set up by poor farmers bordering the park. Even vultures suffered, unable to survive without the carcasses

left behind by predators.Carr turned his attention to the devastated

area after running a tech company in Boston for several years. Originally from eastern Idaho, he said he’s always had a love for wilderness.

“[Mozambique] was the single poorest country in the world,” said Carr. “I thought I would do some kind of economic development in Mozam-bique because my background was in business. After a couple years of studying the country and wondering what to do, I thought, ‘Why don’t they have a billion-dollar ecotourism industry like all the other African nations?’”

After a few years working on the park—and before the PBS series was even an idea—one of Carr’s acquaintances went to Gorongosa to get a glimpse of the project.

“Bob [Poole] just showed up one day in Janu-ary and walked into the park with James [Byrne] from National Geographic to make a film,” said Carr. “I said, ‘Wait a minute. You live down the street from me [in Ketchum].’”

Poole, whose parents were wildlife conser-vationists, grew up in Kenya and moved to Ketchum 25 years ago to work on a film about wolves. He turned his attention back to Africa and, specifically, Gorongosa in the mid-2000s.

After Poole and Byrne finished their 50-min-ute film on the park, they felt there was still much of the story left to tell, so they pitched the six-part series to PBS.

“In Gorongosa, if you’re there, something’s happening,” said Poole, who hosts the series. “We were trying to film everything and it was very hard. It’s a many-headed beast.”

It turned out to be one of the more exciting places to film a series. Wars continued to pop up while Poole and Byrne worked on the project. At one point, while filming some crocodiles in the park, they were chased away by gunfire.

They’ve watched the conflict settle over the past two years, opening up more stories around the park to tell. As the country has continued to stabilize, so have the wildlife populations in Gorongosa.

“When I used to drive through Gorongosa for the first few years, I could drive around all day long and see maybe one animal,” Carr said. “Now, you can drive around the park and it’s just a sea of animals.”

CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY GUN RALLIES SET FOR ACROSS IDAHO

Greg Pruett, president of the Idaho Second Amendment Alliance, is the first to admit “Idaho is a very pro-gun state.” Still, when some Gem State gun owners saw the Northeast liberal bastion of Maine had become the sixth state in the country to allow people to carry firearms without a permit, “We were a bit frustrated,” Pruett said. “We thought Idaho was supposed to be leading the nation in protecting and expanding the Second Amendment.”

Following the Maine decision, he will be on the road during the next two weeks, leading no fewer than five rallies to push for Idaho’s own “constitutional carry” law.

“These events are focused on constitutional carry, or what we call ‘permit-less’ carry,” Pruett said. “Our rallies are good family events. People ask me all the time, ‘Can I carry my firearm to the rally?’ My answer is, ‘That’s up to you.’”

The alliance, dubbed ID2AA, will hold three rallies in three days: Twin Falls on Thursday, Sept. 24; Pocatello on Friday, Sept. 25; and Rexburg on Saturday, Sept. 26. They’ll take a few days off while they head north to hold rallies in Lewiston on Friday, Oct. 2 and Coeur d’Alene on Saturday, Oct. 3. Along the way, Pruett said select rallies will include some Idaho legislators who are strong advocates of a constitutional carry law for Idaho.

“Rep. Ron Nate [R-Rexburg] will join us in Rexburg, and when we’re up in Coeur d’Alene, Rep. Heather Scott [R-Blanchard] will be with us, of course,” said Pruett.

In July, Scott told IdahoReporter.com that she was intent on getting rid of permits altogether.

“Nobody has the right to tell a citizen when they can or can’t defend themselves,” said Pru-ett. “At our rallies, we’ll be reading the names of legislators who are supporting our cause.”

The group’s biggest rally is set for February 2016, when the Idaho Legislature gavels back in session.

“Yes, we’ve been working with Reps. Scott and Nate on some proposed constitutional carry [legislation],” said Pruett. “Years ago, I thought this would have been an open-and-shut issue in Idaho. That was a little naïve. But now it’s all about getting our legislators to under-stand how important an issue this is.”

—George Prentice

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Tuesday, Sept. 29, 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. “Saving Gorongosa” airs on Dialogue Friday, Oct. 2, 7:30 p.m.

Visit idahoptv.org for more.


What brought you to Boise?Well, my wife and I finally had a kid. We

started thinking about where we wanted to raise him and Boise kept coming up. A position opened up in my wife’s department, so we made the jump last July.

Why did you decide to work with a nonprof-it that deals with rivers? Why not children or animals?

Where I grew up in Wisconsin was less than a mile from the St. Croix River, and that was one of the original Wild and Scenic rivers. I

grew up in a canoe. My dad taught us how to fly fish on lakes growing up, but once I moved to Montana and started fly fishing on those rivers, I was hooked for life. I spent a summer in Alaska, too, so I got to see the wild salmon runs. They’re healthy, sustainable, magical. It’s something that would be really cool to have back in Idaho.

Idaho Rivers United has a graying member-ship. What do you do to reach the younger generation and get them to become members?

I think we have a lot of opportunity on social media and by being at events where that demo-graphic of 20- to 45-year-olds is at.

Part of the challenge is you’re reaching out to self-proclaimed “dirtbag” boaters who have nothing in their wallets and trying to convince them that, “Yes, you could buy a six pack of beer, but why don’t you donate to this river organization instead?”

The way I look at it is, that dirtbag boater might be the CEO of AIRE Rafts someday. Look at it long-term. I was a dirtbag at one point. … It’s not about money, it’s about en-gagement. It’s about getting those folks who love a river involved. Nobody wants to be treated like an ATM machine.

Tell me more about about being a “dirt-bag.”

Right when I graduated from undergrad, I went on a solo backpacking trip along the Boundary Waters, right on the border of Minne-sota and Canada. I went for seven or eight days without even seeing another person out there.

In my late 30s, I became a NOLS [National Outdoor Leadership School] instructor. Then we had our son and that changed everything.

This is IRU’s 25th year. Where do you see the organization going in the next 25 years?

Right now we’re working on what I’m calling Vision 20/20. It just worked out that our next

five-year strategic plan is 2016-2020. We want to keep making sure we’re doing great work on the Wild and Scenic River protection, then looking at future opportunities.

The way the politics are, it’s more of a de-fense right now, making sure we protect what’s existing, but the political landscape changes, so when that happens, we want to be ready to start advocating for the next possibility. And we need to look at water conservation for Idaho’s rivers. That’s key in the long-term.

What’s you river craft of choice?My craft of choice has always been a canoe,

but the next purchase will be a raft for the family.

So your garage is not yet brimming with river gear?

Not yet. We’ve got a stand up paddleboard—mostly for me, I’ve got the fly rods and the waders.

Is this your dream job, or is it an oppor-tunity that just popped up and you never thought of yourself there until you saw it?

I was the executive director of an environ-mental nonprofit before called the Minnesota Waste Wise Foundation. Our goal was getting businesses and organizations to conserve natural resources and energy. When this position popped up, it seemed like a natural fit.

You’re younger than I expected. You’re re-placing someone who is well into his 50s.

I guess I just have that babyface. I think back when I was executive director of Minnesota Waste Wise Foundation, I was young, but I was able to cut my teeth there and learn how to engage and empower a team. How to let them have a voice and then as an organization, have a collective voice.

Being part of an environmental conservation organization isn’t as easy here as it was Min-nesota. It’s a conservative state, but I would say everybody here—conservative, liberal, what-ever—political differences aside, loves a river. Or loves to fish. That, to me, is what’s exciting.

MARK BLAISER‘I was a dirtbag at one point’

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The evening was calm and peaceful. Mark Blaiser dipped his paddle through the still water of the Kawishiwi River near the border of Minnesota and Canada. The 25-year-old sat silently in his canoe and watched a moose and her calf splash into the river and swim across. The moment struck Blaiser as profound.

“That sort of stuff gets into your soul,” he said. “It gets embedded in you.”Now, at 41, Blaiser is the new executive director of Idaho Rivers United, a nonprofit devoted

to protecting, conserving and restoring the state’s rivers, streams and riparian areas. This year, IRU celebrates its 25th anniversary.

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AG EXPO COMMUNITY NIGHT—Take advantage of this great opportu-

nity for all ages to learn about the agriculture industry with the Merid-ian FFA. 6-8 p.m. FREE. Meridian High School, 1900 W. Pine Ave., Meridian, 208-888-4905, mhs.meridianschools.org.

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

On Stage

ISF: THE FANTASTICKS—Enjoy this timeless fable of love about a boy, a girl and the fathers who try to keep them apart. Through Sept. 27. 7:30

p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshake-speare.org.

Art

2015 BIENNIAL BOISE STATE ART DEPARTMENT FACULTY EX-HIBITION—Tuesday-Friday through Nov. 5. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. CFREE. Boise State Visual Arts Center Gallery 2, Hemingway Center, Room 110, 1819 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3994, art.boisestate.edu/visualartscenter.

AMY PENCE-BROWN: MON-STERS—Mondays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Bricolage, 418 S. Sixth St., Boise, 208-345-3718, bricoshoppe.com.

ANNE SIEMS: ELEMENTS—Daily through Oct. 15. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gail Severn Gallery, 400 First Ave. N., Ketchum, 208-726-5079, gailseverngallery.com.

CO-CREATION PROJECT—Tues-day-Sunday through Sept. 27. 10

a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmu-seum.org.

GEORGE MANLOVE: ESCAPE ON EARTH—Monday-Saturday through Oct. 15. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. The Gallery at Finer Frames, 164 E. State St., Ste. B, Eagle, 208-888-9898, finerframes.com.

GROUP F/64: REVOLUTIONARY VISION—Tuesday-Sunday through Oct. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmu-seum.org.

KATHRIN NIEMANN AND KRIS-TEN COOPER: COLOR STORY—Tuesday-Thursday through Oct. 24 3-7 p.m. FREE. MING Studios, 420 S. Sixth St., Boise. 208-949-4365, mingstudios.org.

MELISSA ‘SASI’ CHAMBERS: TARP ART—Daily through October. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Reel Foods Fish Market and Oyster Bar, 611 Capital Blvd., Boise, 208-342-2727, melissasasichambers.com.

MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS KAY HARDY AND GREGORY KASLO COLLECTION—Tuesday-Sunday through March 13, 2016. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

PAUL VEXLER: RIBBONS—Tues-day-Sunday through May 8, 2016. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmu-seum.org.

PETE KUTCHINS: GOMI—Daily through Nov. 1. 8 a.m.-11 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Gallery, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-3049, finearts.boisestate.edu.

RICHARD C. ELLIOTT: LAN-GUAGE OF LIGHT—Tuesday-Sun-day through Oct. 4. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmuseum.org.

SEVERN GALLERY: ALLISON STEWART—Daily through Oct. 15. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gail Severn

Gallery, 400 First Ave. N., Ketchum, 208-726-5079, gailseverngallery.com.

SEVERN GALLERY: KRIS COX—Daily through Oct. 15. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. FREE. Gail Severn Gallery, 400 First Ave. N., Ketchum, 208-726-5079, gailseverngallery.com.

SUN VALLEY PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB: WOOD RIVER VALLEY, WHERE WE LIVE—Monday-Saturday through Dec. 31. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. The Community Library Ketchum, 415 Spruce Ave., Ketchum, 208-726-3493, thecom-munitylibrary.org.

TVAA: HUNTING AND GATHER-ING—Monday-Friday through Oct. 16. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Boise State Public Radio, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise, 208-426-3663, trea-surevalleyartistsalliance.org.

WEATHER OR NOT—Tuesday-Sunday through March 20, 2016. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Boise Art Museum, 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-345-8330, boiseartmu-seum.org.

Citizen

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MARCH VOLUNTEERS—NAMI Boise is seeking 20 volunteers who want to be superheroes (capes optional) and stop traffic alongside the Boise Police Patrol so the Mental Health Awareness March can take to the streets on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 pm. If you’re inter-ested, email [email protected]. namiboise.org.

NEIGHBORWORKS BOISE’S ANNUAL FUND-RAISING EVENT—Neigh-

borWorks Boise is a not-for-profit organization that hosts Paint the Town and Rake Up Boise, among other community development programs. With the Front Door Art Project, you can see 10 ordinary front doors that have been trans-formed into inspirational works of art by local artists, plus enjoy a FREE breakfast. 9-11 a.m. FREE. PowerHouse Event Center, 621 S. 17th St., Boise. 208-258-6222, nwboise.org.

What a lovely way to spend an autumn evening.

GAZEBO CONCERT SERIESThe last place you might expect to see a nationally acclaimed

band whose songs were featured on popular TV shows Grey’s Anatomy and the CW hit iZombie is a small park in Eagle, Idaho.

However, on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 24, Eagle is exactly where Hollow Wood will be, performing during the last Gazebo Con-cert Series of the season at Heritage Park. To make the evening even sweeter, Idaho Dance Theatre will join the band, performing to the live music.

The mellow sound of Hollow Wood, combined with the eclectic style of Idaho Dance Theatre and a warm, early-autumn evening are an excellent way to wrap up this season’s Gazebo Concert Series—which will be back next summer.

6-9 p.m., FREE. Heritage Park, 185 E. State St., Eagle. hollow-woodmusic.com.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 24

You’d be have to be aff yer heid to miss this Celtic spree.

CELTIC FESTIVAL AND HIGHLAND GAMESHitch up your kilt and start practicing your log toss, because it’s

time again for the annual Celtic Festival and Highland Games. Hosted by the Treasure Valley Scottish American Society, the

brogue-down goes down Friday, Sept. 25-Saturday, Sept. 26 at Expo Idaho in Garden City, beginning with a traditional Ceilidh gathering from 6:30-11 p.m. on Friday where Scottish lore will be shared, beer and food will be had and music from The Young Dubliners will be enjoyed.

On Saturday, rise early for a full day of Celtic music, dancing, traditional athletics (including the caber toss), and yet more food and drink.

Ceilidh: Friday, Sept. 25, 6:30-11 p.m., FREE-$10; Celtic Festival and Highland Games: Saturday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., FREE-$12. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650. idahoscotts.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPT. 25-26

Get your getrank on in alt Boise.

OKTOBERFEST OLD BOISEGermany’s relationship with beer probably counts as one of the

most dramatic love stories of all time. In Deutschland, it seems like every burg has at least one brewery, and the German tradition of Oktoberfest—beer festivals spread out across a month otherwise reserved for Halloween—has spread to every corner of the globe. In that vein, this year’s Old Boise Oktoberfest offers more of what Boiseans have come to know and love about fall: live music, food, a block party and, of course, plenty of beer. Bands Wolfie and the Bavarians, Boise Edelweiss and Pilot Error will provide the soundtrack for chowing down on traditional Bavarian food; drinking up seasonal brews; and participating in a Sam Adams stein hoist-ing contest, a mug relay, Frisbee toss and more. It’s a full day of fun for $15—plus you get a commemorative mug. Sehr gut.

3 p.m-10 p.m. $15. Sixth and Main streets, facebook.com/OktoberfestOldBoise.

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THURSDAYSEPT. 24Festivals & Events

IBG GROW THE GARDEN PARTY—This festive fundraiser in the Garden

features local food by Horsewood Catering, silent and live auctions, and music by Silhouette String Ensemble. Plus cash bar on site with the first drink FREE. 6-9 p.m. $75-$85, $300-$680 table of four-eight. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise, 208-343-8649, idahobotanicalgar-den.org.

OKTOBER BREAST 2015—Go shake your tail feathers at this auction

and fundraiser to support breast cancer research and survivors. In addition to live and silent auctions and a raffle, there’ll be wine and beer, food, live music and dancing. 6-8:30 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Franz Witte Nursery, 9770 W. State St., Boise, 208-853-0808, franzwitte.com.

On Stage

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

FILM SCREENING: CULTURE OF THE IRRIGATED WEST—Learn about the culture that arose in southern Idaho in response to large-scale, federally funded irriga-tion projects at the turn of the 20th century. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library Hayes Auditorium, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

ISF: THE FANTASTICKS—7:30 p.m. $12-$44. Idaho Shakespeare Festival, 5657 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-336-9221, idahoshake-speare.org.

Literature

AUTHOR KATHERINE HOWE—Enjoy an evening with the bestselling author

Katherine Howe, who will read from and talk about her new book, The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen. 7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229. www.rdbooks.org.

Talks & Lectures

BITCOIN PEER TO PEER LEND-ING—Bitcoin enthusiasts RonnieB and Grant Anderson will give a presentation designed to educate the audience about peer-to-peer lending compared to traditional bank lending. A question-and-answer session will follow. 7-9 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

TRANSPORTATION FUNDING: GAS TAX OR MILEAGE FEE?—Join COMPASS and Colleen Gants, of communications firm PRR, who is working with the Oregon Department of Transportation, as she shares lessons learned as Oregon kicked off the OReGO program, also known as a vehicle mile of travel tax. 6-8 p.m. FREE. COMPASS: Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho, 700 N.E. Second St., Ste. 200, Meridian, 208-475-2232, com-passidaho.org.

Sports & Fitness

FITONE HEALTHY LIVING EXPO—Learn about a variety of products and

services to help enhance your life and create a healthy lifestyle. St. Luke’s Health System will offer FREE health screenings for the entire family. The FitOne Expo is also where FitOne 5K, 10K and Half-Marathon participants pick up their race packets and T-shirts during Expo hours only. 12-9 p.m. FREE. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise. 208-381-2221, fitoneboise.org/expo.

Citizen

DOING WHAT WE CAN SEP-TEMBER MEETING—A member of Idaho 350.org will speak about his journey with climate change. Open to the public. Wine and beer can be purchased from The Flicks. 5:30-7 p.m. FREE. The Flicks, 646 Fulton St., Boise. 208-484-3241, doingwhatwecan.org.

WALK FOR THE CLIMATE—Join this nonviolent walk through downtown Boise to support climate stewardship. Hosted by the Idaho Peace Coalition, Campaign Nonvio-lence and Idaho 350.org. Noon-1 p.m. FREE. U.S. Post Office, 750 W. Bannock St., Boise. paceebene.org.

FRIDAYSEPT. 25Festivals & Events

2ND ANNUAL HEARTS FOR HADLEY—The fes-tive evening will include

refreshments, beer and wine, and a special dinner, plus unique silent and live auctions. Proceeds benefit the Cystinosis Research Foundation. In the 17th floor Idaho Room. 6 p.m. $50, $500 VIP table for eight. Zions Bank Tower, 800 W. Main St., Boise, 208-344-5523, cystinosisresearch.org.

BOISE BASIN QUILT SHOW—Don’t miss Idaho’s largest quilt show, with more than 300 beautiful quilts, vendors, demonstrations, gift garden with hand-crafted items for sale, a gorgeous raffle quilt, silent auction, door prizes and more. Featured artists Lisa Flowers Ross and Kathleen Probst will display award-winning art quilts and dis-

cuss their techniques. Noon-7 p.m. FREE-$6. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, boisebasinquilters.org/quilt-show.

CEILIDH—Enjoy Scottish food, Scottish-style beer and music by The Young

Dubliners. 6:30-11 p.m. FREE-$10. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, expoidaho.com.

THE FARMSTEAD CORN MAZE AND PUMPKIN FESTIVAL—Enjoy Idaho’s original corn maze, along with a slew of other attractions and activities. They’re open Monday-Saturday through Oct. 31. 4-11 p.m. $8.75-$40. The Farmstead, 1020 S. Rackham Way, Meridian, 208-922-5678, farmsteadfestival.com.

IDAHO RIVERS UNITED 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION—Celebrate 25 years of successful river conservation. There’ll be food from Archie’s Place, complimentary beverages from Sockeye Brewing, Sawtooth Winery and Fred Meyer; anniversary cake; music by Scott Knickerbocker; kids activities; and more. 4-7 p.m. FREE with member-ship. Municipal Park, 500 S. Walnut St., Boise. 208-343-7481, idahoriv-ers.org.

On Stage

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: DREAM—Don’t miss the premiere concert of The Boise Women’s Chorus, sponsored by the Boise Gay Men’s Chorus. Dream features songs that celebrate a future full of possibility for all people. 8 p.m. $10-$25. Esther Simplot Center for the Performing Arts, 516 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-9116, boisegaymenschorus.com.

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

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Two teams of comics battle it out for your laughs. Suitable for all ages. 7:30 p.m. $10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.


RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: SCI-ENCE FICTION—Enjoy burlesque, aerial acrobatics, modern dance, partner acrobatics and boylesque. 9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, red-lightvarietyshow.com.

Art

SVCA: SLEIGHT OF HAND—The Sun Vally Center for the Arts takes on the debate over authenticity in art. Featured in the exhibit are sev-eral of former forger Mark Landis’s artworks, including copies of paint-ings by Charles Courtney Curran (1861-1942) and Lionel Walden

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(1861–1933) alongside the originals. Monday-Saturday through Nov. 27. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org.

Sports & Fitness

FITONE HEALTHY LIVING EXPO—10 a.m.-8 p.m. FREE. Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St., Boise, 208-381-2221, fitoneboise.org/expo.

Citizen

WALK TO ADD THE FOUR WORDS—Join this nonviolent walk through

downtown Boise in support of Add the Four Words, a citizen campaign for equal rights. 12 p.m. FREE. U.S. Post Office, 750 W. Bannock St., Boise, paceebene.org.

Animals & Pets

ZOOBILEE—Enjoy an unforgettable evening of extraordinary cuisine from

local restaurants, live music, live and silent auctions, and special zoo experiences. Raffle tickets for a stay in Kauai are $50, with only 100 available. 5:30-10 p.m. $90. Zoo Boise, 355 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 208-608-7760, zooboise.org.

Food

SIAM ORCHID GRAND OPEN-ING—Help Boise’s new Thai restaurant and sushi bar celebrate its grand opening and you’ll enjoy 25 percent off all menu items and FREE soft drinks. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Siam Orchid Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar, 8716 Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-871-6371.

SATURDAYSEPT. 26Festivals & Events

BEER WARS IPA FEST—Taste 30 IPAs from breweries in Oregon,

California, Washington, Colorado and Idaho. Blind tasting and voting from 4-7 p.m., results and live music from 7-10 p.m. 4-10 p.m. $1 tasting tokens, $5 tasting snifter. 10 Barrel Brewing, 830 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-344-5870. facebook.com/10BarrelBrewingBoise.

BOISE BASIN QUILT SHOW—10 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$6. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, boise-basinquilters.org/quilt-show.

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. Eighth Street between Main and Bannock streets, Boise, 208-345-3499, seeyouatthemarket.com.

CELTIC FESTIVAL AND HIGHLAND GAMES—Join the Treasure Valley

Scottish American Society for fun and (Highland) games. You’ll enjoy Celtic music, dancing, athletic competitions, food and drink. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE-$12. Expo Idaho (Fairgrounds), 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-287-5650, idahoscotts.org.

COWBOY DAYS—Take a road trip up Hwy. 52 past Emmett for Sweet’s Cowboy Days celebration, featuring horse poker run, horse-drawn wagon rides, events for kids, food and Western vendors, and more. Cap off the day by dancing to the music of At the Trail’s End Band at Syringa Hall. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. FREE-$5. Triangle Inn, 8770 Hwy. 52, Sweet, 208-584-3246.

DORIAN WILLES FUNDRAISER—Help adaptive athlete Dorian Michael Willes raise funds for his trip to represent Team USA at the Paralympic World Cup, where he’ll compete in the skeleton. There’ll be barbecue, obstacle course for kids, three-on-three basketball tourna-ment, face painting, dance competi-tion, raffle, dunk tank and dancing to music by DJs. 6 p.m. FREE. DrugShield, 3085 N. Cole Road, Ste. 108, Boise, 208-353-0291.

HARVEST FEST—Celebrate the har-vest with Indian Creek Winery and your ticket gets you a Harvest Fest glass and six tasting tokens. Plus there’ll be live music, food trucks, local vendors, kids activities, crafts and harvest games, with proceeds from the grape-stomping games benefiting the Idaho Foodbank. Noon-5 p.m. $10-$15. Indian Creek Winery, 1000 N. McDermott Road, Kuna, 208-922-4791, indiancree-kwinery.com.

MUSEUM COMES TO LIFE—En-joy a wide variety of performers, craft demonstrators and historical re-enactors as you stroll through a Renaissance village and a Civil War encampment. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. FREE. Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise. history.idaho.gov.

NAMI BOISE MARCH FOR MEN-TAL HEALTH AWARENESS—Help the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness raise funds and awareness for its FREE community education and support programs. Gather at the Anne Frank Memorial, then march along Capitol Boulevard to the Capitol steps for some special presentations. Call or email the NAMI office to register your team. 2:30-5 p.m. FREE. Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial, 777 S. Eighth St., Boise. 208-376-4304, namiboise.org/nami-march.

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

OLD BOISE OKTOBER-FEST 2015—Enjoy Okto-berfest games, Oktober-

fest food, Oktoberfest music, plus rock ’n’ roll by Pilot Error. 3-11 p.m. $15. Old Boise, Sixth and Main Streets, Boise. facebook.com/OktoberfestOldBoise.

PRACTICING NONVIOLENCE FAMILY CELEBRATION—Join the Idaho Peace Coalition for this family friendly ceremony to celebrate the practice of nonviolence. You’ll enjoy music, art, sharing, centering and play as part of a nationwide week of nonviolent action. 9 a.m. FREE. Memorial Park, 906 N. Sixth St., Boise, paceebene.org.

ST(R)EAM COFFEE AND TEA BIKE ARTIST STUDIO/GALLERY BIKE TOUR—Ride your bike to the Zion Warne Glassblowing Studio between 1:30-2 p.m. to enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee or tea from ST(r)EAM before the tour begins. Limited to 15. 2-4:30 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. Zion Warne Glassblowing Studio, 3242 Chinden Blvd., Garden City, 208-761-6402.

On Stage

8 IN 48 IDAHO SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL—Join Treasure Valley Children’s Theater and Meridian Arts Foundation for a new short play festival celebrating new works written for young audiences and performed by adult actors. 7:30 p.m. $35-$45. Meridian United Methodist Church, 240 E. Idaho Ave., Meridian, 208-888-2245. 8in48Idaho.org.

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: DREAM—8 p.m. $10-$25. Esther Simplot Center for the Performing Arts, 516 S. Ninth St., Boise, 208-345-9116. boisegaymenschorus.com.

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

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV—Two teams of comics battle it out for your laughs. Suitable for all ages. 7:30 p.m. $10. ComedySportz Boise, 4619 Emerald St., Boise, 208-991-4746, boisecomedy.com.


RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: SCI-ENCE FICTION—9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, redlightvarietyshow.com.

STAND UP TO END HOMELESS-NESS COMEDY SHOW—Laugh it up at this family friendly fundraising event for CATCH. Featuring Mikey Pullman, Brett Badostain and Recy-cled Minds Improv Comedy. 7-8:30 p.m. $5-$10. The Hub, 1408 State St., Boise. 208-246-8830.

Workshops & Classes

ANDREW NEMR: TAP DANCE STORYTELLING—Surel’s Place September artist-in-residence An-drew Nemr offers a window into the process of developing a tap dance narrative. 1 p.m. FREE. Surel’s Place, 212 E. 33rd St., Garden City, 206-407-7529, surelsplace.org.

Literature

BOISE BOOK FEST 2015—Meet some of your favorite Young Adult

and New Adult authors, including Cynthia Hand, Rachel Van Dyken, Jessica Sorenson, Colleen Houck, Amy Harmon and many more. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. $6.50-$10. Courtyard by Marriott Meridian, 1789 S. Eagle Road, Meridian, 208-888-0800, boisebookfest.com.

Sports & Fitness

FITONE FAMILY 5K, 10K AND HALF MARATHON—The FitOne 5K, 10K and

Half-Marathon all start from the steps of the Idaho Capitol in the heart of the city and finish in Ann Morrison Park. Packet pick-up will be at the FitOne Expo Sept. 24-25 at the Boise Centre. Proceeds benefit St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital, Idaho’s only children’s hospital. 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. FREE-$50. Downtown Boise, Downtown Corridor, Boise. 208-381-2221, fitoneboise.org.

SANDY POINT SKATEBOARD-ING PUSH RACE—Spread stoke through the community as you skateboard from East Junior High to Julia Davis Park in this friendly com-petition. There’ll be a potluck-style barbecue and prize raffle at the end of the race. RSVP on the Facebook event page. Noon-3 p.m. FREE. East Junior High School, 415 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 208-854-4730.

Citizen

BALIHOO BLACK TIE MAS-QUERADE BENEFIT FOR FAMILY ADVOCATES—Dress up for the third-annual fundraiser gala masquerade party to benefit Family Advocates. You’ll enjoy appetizers, one complimentary speciality drink, full no-host bar, live band and live auction. On the 17th floor of the Zion Bank Building. 7 p.m. $30. Zions Bank Tower, 800 W. Main St., Boise, 208-344-5523, strongand-safe.org.

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Food

BARC N BREW CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL—Dogs are encouraged to take their humans to Southwest Idaho’s largest dog-friendly craft beer festival. Featuring a dog pa-rade and costume contest and live music. Proceeds benefit The Arc Idaho. Noon-8 p.m. $15. Highlands Hollow Brewhouse, 2455 Harrison Hollow Lane, Boise, 208-343-6820, highlandshollow.com.

SIAM ORCHID GRAND OPEN-ING—Noon-10 p.m. Siam Orchid Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar, 8716 Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-871-6371.

SUNDAYSEPT. 27On Stage

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


Food

SIAM ORCHID GRAND OPEN-ING—3-10 p.m. Siam Orchid Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar, 8716 Fairview Ave., Boise, 208-871-6371.

MONDAYSEPT. 28On Stage

IDAHO YOUTH BARBER-SHOP FESTIVAL SHOW—Featuring The Boise

Chordsmen, along with the best of the Boise Valley’s young singers in men’s and ladies’ choruses and small ensembles. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1609, box office: 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

Workshops & Classes

HOW TO GET PAID FOR WHAT YOU DO—Check out this crash course

in accounts receivable recovery, starting with your initial customer contact. 1-3 p.m. $10. Idaho Small

Business Development Center, Micron Business and Economics Building, 2360 W. University Drive, Ste. 1213, Boise. 208-426-3875, business.idahosbdc.org.

TUESDAYSEPT. 29Festivals & Events

GLOBAL BOISE: REFUGEES AND THE IRC—Learn about Boise’s

refugee community, including their backgrounds and the areas of con-flict from which they fled. Represen-tatives of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) will talk about the assistance the IRC provides, its resettlement work, the stigma refugees face and efforts to create a more inclusive global Boise. In the Marion Bingham Room. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-972-8200, boisepubliclibrary.org.

GOOD NEIGHBOR CELEBRA-TION—Mingle with your neighbors and enjoy light snacks and refresh-ments while listening to the Boise Cello Collective. 6 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library at Hillcrest, 5246 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-972-8340, boisepubliclibrary.org.

On Stage

COMEDY SHOW: LADY BIZNESS PODCAST LIVE—8 p.m. FREE. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

HOMEGROWN THEATRE: BLIP READING SERIES—This monthly reading

series features work by local playwrights. In September, Home-grown will preview scripts from their Horrific Puppet Affair, debuting in October. 7 p.m. FREE. Rediscovered Books, 180 N. Eighth St., Boise, 208-376-4229. rdbooks.org.

Talks & Lectures

ARROWROCK DAM: THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD—Idaho Rivers United presents U.S. Bureau of Reclamation historian Kelsey Doncaster to tell the epic story of how the dam forever changed the character of the Boise River and Treasure Valley. 6 p.m. FREE. Gar-den City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City. 208-343-7481, idahorivers.org.

FOOD DESERTS IN IDAHO—Learn about Idaho’s food deserts, areas without ready access to healthful and affordable food. These com-munities may be served by fast food restaurants and convenience stores, but lack supermarkets. 7 p.m. FREE. Whitney United Method-ist Church, 3315 W. Overland Road, Boise, 208-343-2892.

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MILD ABANDONBy E.J. Pettinger


BLUES AT THE FLATS, SEPT. 26, CROOKED FLATSFor almost 25 years, the mission of the Boise Blues Society has

been to “promote and preserve blues music.” BBS does this in part with its Blues in the Schools program, which not only introduces school age kids to the revered music genre but also offers lessons.

Along with bringing blues to the next generation, the nonprofit also brings national musicians to town and provides opportunities for local blues players to strut their stuff for blues-loving Boiseans. One such chance is the upcoming family friendly Blues at the Flats (Crooked Fence Brewing’s Crooked Flats). The rockin’ music comes courtesy of bands Smooth Avenue, Boise Blues Society Blues Direc-tors, 4 Hour Romance, Blues Collective and The Blind Mice.

There will be food and, of course, beer available for purchase (no outside eats or drinks allowed). Kids 12 and younger get in free. So pack up the fam and head out to Crooked Flats for an afternoon of blues. Who knows? Maybe the little ones will learn something.

—Amy Atkins

2-8 p.m., $8 adv. (bluesattheflats.brownpapertickets.com), $10 door, FREE for kids 12 and younger. Crooked Flats, 3705 Highway 16, Eagle, crookedfencebrewing.com.

WEDNESDAYSEPT. 23BILL COURTIAL, PHIL GARONZIK AND CURT GONION—6:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

BLACKBEAR—7 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door. WaterCooler

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

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

DON WILLIAMS—8 p.m. $32.50-$87.50. Morrison Center

EMILY STANTON BAND—5 p.m. FREE. PreFunk

FRANK MARRA—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

GAYLE CHAPMAN—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

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

JOE ELY—With Jeff Crosby. 7 p.m. $16 adv., $18 door. Neurolux

MICHAELA FRENCH—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

STEVE EATON—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

VOICE OF REASON—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s

THURSDAYSEPT. 24BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

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

HOLLOW WOOD—6 p.m. FREE. Heritage Park, Eagle

JAMES LEWIS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

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

LIKE A VILLAIN AND DREAM WINDOWS—With Bijoux and Nick Delffs. 7 p.m. $8. WaterCooler

REFLECTIONS—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

SONS OF THUNDER MOUN-TAIN—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

FRIDAYSEPT. 25BILLY BRAUN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: DREAM—8 p.m. $10-$25. Esther Simplot Center

CEILIDH—Featuring The Young Dubliners. 6:30-11 p.m. FREE-$10. Expo Idaho

CHICKEN DINNER ROAD—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole

CHUCK SMITH AND CLAY MOORE—6:30 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

DAN COSTELLO TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

EMILY STANTON—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper

EMOTIONAL—With Trance Farmers and Primitive Ricky. 8 p.m. $5. Flying M Coffeegarage

FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

GAYLE CHAPMAN—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar

JOSHUA TREE—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

¡MAYDAY!—With Kap Kallous, Illest*Lyricists and Earthlings. 8 p.m. $15. The Shredder

PAUSE FOR THE CAUSE—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

PILOT ERROR—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s

RISING STARS: YOUNG SONG-WRITERS—7:30 p.m. $7. Sapphire

ROB HARDING—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

RYAN WISSINGER—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

STUX—With Dvngerous Birdz and Andy O., Zero and Clev Speech of The Earthlings. 9 p.m. FREE. The Olympic

TOMO NAKAYAMA—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

TURQUOISE JEEP—7 p.m. $12 adv., $14 door. Neurolux

SATURDAYSEPT. 262ND ANNUAL BLUES AT THE FLATS—2-8 p.m. $8 adv., $10 door. Crooked Flats

AYRON JONES AND THE WAY—10 p.m. $5. Reef

BARC N BREW LIVE MU-SIC—12:30-7:30 p.m. $15. Highlands Hollow

BERNIE REILLY BAND—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

BOISE WOMEN’S CHORUS: DREAM—8 p.m. $10-$25. Esther Simplot Center

CAPITAL CITY SOUND: CEL-EBRATE THE ‘40S—USO-style revue. 7:30 p.m. $10. Warhawk Air Museum, Nampa

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

DANNY BEAL—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

THE FABULOUS BLUE RAYZ—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Fairview

FRANK MARRA—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

GET THE LED OUT—Led Zeppelin tribute band. 8 p.m. $17.50-$35. Knitting Factory

THE GRANDPARENTS—7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

IDAHO SONGWRITERS AS-SOCIATION SALUTE TO JERRY LAWSON—6:30 p.m. $10-$12.50. Sapphire

JOSHUA TREE—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

KIP ATTAWAY AND HIS ALL STAR BAND—9:30 p.m. FREE. Hannah’s

THE LIKE ITS—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

MEGAFAUNA—With Cutting Cages and Critter Soup. 9 p.m. FREE. The Olympic

NELSON AT THE HELM AND SHANE HORNER—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

OLD BOISE OKTOBERFEST 2015—Featuring Pilot Error. 3-11 p.m. $15. Old Boise

PATRICIA FOLKNER—11 a.m. FREE. Sandbar

PIRANHAS BC—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s

POKE—2 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

PROJECT 44—2 p.m. FREE. Artistblue

ROB HARDING AND CLAY MOORE—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

RYAN WISSINGER—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper

THIS END UP—7 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s

SUNDAYSEPT. 27IDAHO SONGWRITERS IN OUR PARKS: SERGIO WEBB TRIO—With Tracy Morrison. 2-5 p.m. $10 adv., $12 door; $5 parking. Sandy Point

PAMELA DEMARCHE AND FRIENDS—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

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

THE WILD LUNGS—With Western Daughter and Mantooth. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

MONDAYSEPT. 281332 RECORDS PUNK MON-DAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid

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

CHUCK SMITH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

IDAHO YOUTH BARBERSHOP FESTIVAL SHOW—6:30 p.m. FREE. Morrison Center

REFLECTIONS—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

RYAN WISSINGER—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

TODD CLOUSER AND A LOVE ELECTRIC—With Mindshoes and Camacho. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

TUESDAYSEPT. 29BRETT REID—6 p.m. FREE. Sandbar

THE BUYGORE SHOW AND BORGORE—With Styles and Complete and Bad Royale. 8 p.m. $10-$25. Knitting Factory

CARMAN: NO PLAN B TOUR—7 p.m. $10-$100. Valley Church, Caldwell

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

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

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

IDAHO YOUTH BARBERSHOP FESTIVAL SHOW—6:30 p.m. FREE. Morrison Center

INTERSTATE—7 p.m. FREE. Sockeye-Cole

PANDA ELLIOT—With Merry Ellen Kirk and Ruth Acuff. 10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: THE DONKEYS—With Pageantry. 7 p.m. $10. Neurolux

ROB HARDING—5:30 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

AYRON JONES AND THE WAY, SEPT. 26, REEFWashington’s Puget Sound is an idyllic place where orcas breach

the ice-blue sea and sailboats float in the shadow of majestic Mount Rainier… in visitors’ brochures, anyway. Hearing Seattle-based Ayron Jones’ take on it, the Pacific Northwest is gritty and crackles with the energy of a lightning storm—not unlike the Ayron Jones and The Way frontman himself.

The trio’s rock/hip-hop/blues/funk/punk sound is reminiscent of everything and nothing you’ve heard before. Watching Jones play live is similar to watching a parkour expert navigate a cityscape.

Henry Rennar, talent buyer for Reef, caught Ayron Jones and The Way when the band played Treefort Music Fest 2015.

“Saturday night of Treefort, I came to check on Reef. I had intended to go to two other shows after checking in,” Rennar wrote in an email to Boise Weekly. “I came into Reef [during] the song ‘Boys From the Puget Sound,’ and my jaw was on the floor ... [they] destroyed that stage.” Rennar never made it to those other two acts.

Local rockers Marshall Poole open, so this is a can’t-miss show.

—Amy Atkins

10 p.m., $5. Reef, 106 S. Sixth St., reefboise.com, ajandthe-way.com.

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league creates teams for teensJESSICA MURRI

When joining the Eagle High School Mountain Bike Team, teenagers do a lot more than moun-tain bike: They become immersed in the culture of the extreme sport.

“It’s not all posh,” said team director Bob Shannon. “We want the full mountain biking experience, and part of the culture is just being outdoors, camping, braving the elements.”

When the team traveled recently to compete in races in the Teton Mountains and up Galena Summit, staying in a hotel wasn’t an option.

“I personally make it mandatory: no mo-torhomes of camp trailers,” he said. “They’re sleeping in a tent.”

Eagle High School launched its Mountain Bike Team in July. No such team existed until the Idaho High School Cycling League was created this year. Since then, nearly 250 teens representing 17 schools across the state have joined the league.

With 30 kids, Eagle High’s team is one of the largest. Members practice every Tuesday and Thursday and race every Sunday.

On a recent Thursday evening after a thun-derstorm, two dozen kids wearing shiny helmets, riding gloves and hydration packs sat on their mountain bikes. The foothills behind them were lit in a spectacular gold.

Eagle High senior Quinn Stockwell cast aside the football helmet he has worn since he was a kid in order to get on the mountain biking team. Now, he’s a team captain.

“I was on the Eagle High School football team until junior year. I decided to give it up and try this, and it was worth it. I thought it would be more fun,” Stockwell said. “It is—it’s 500 times more fun.

Stockwell said playing football was brutal, but he didn’t leave the sport because he was wor-ried about concussions.

“I’ll get a concussion out here just as easy,” he said. “You can get pretty hurt out here doing some of the trails that we do.”

It’s a different kind of hurt, according to fel-low team captain, 17-year-old Brad Walden.

He played lacrosse for eight years until this past spring, when he suffered a knee injury dur-ing practice.

“I haven’t been able to play,” Walden said. “I might be able to go back next season, but I don’t want to risk it. If I break it again, I’m done for life with everything. Biking is really beneficial and I’ve loved it since I was 2. Once I found out there was a team, I was in.”

He’s had a few scrapes since joining the team, including once when a rider in front of him crashed, which sent Walden over his handlebars. With his foot still clipped into the bike pedal, he slid down the rest of the hill.

The kids on the team are proud of their scars. One girl was quick to show off a fresh gouge on her elbow. Another talked about the permanent scars on her knees and arms. Stockwell once broke his thumb and couldn’t shift gears for the rest of the ride.

Coach Shannon thinks it’s important for the sport to challenge the teens. He pushes them to ride almost 30 miles per practice over a mix of terrain.

“I’m a firm believer that there’s no way to discover who you are or what you’re made of than dealing with adversity,” he said. “Life dishes plenty of that out, but sometimes these endurance sports provide that for you in a con-cise package. You find out what you’re capable of. These kids, they’re always capable of more than they thought.”

Getting the high-school mountain bik-ing league up and running dished out its own amount of adversity. Dylan Gradhandt spent a year and a half creating the Idaho league under the National Interscholastic Cycling Associa-tion; Idaho is the 15th state in the nation to join NICA.

“We’re a state full of people living here for this exact reason,” Gradhandt said. “It’s edgier than cross-country running. The terrains are on the edges of the world. Two years ago, I met some career goals and quit my job to focus on this.”

Gradhandt, who has mountain biked for 37 of his 41 years, wanted to create an inclusive sport. The mountain biking teams take bikers of all skill levels, including people who have never ridden before. Gradhandt also wanted young women to be involved in an extreme sport.

“Girls might be cheerleading on the football team,” he said, “but with our program, they can be out there participating equally with the boys.”

About one-third of Eagle High’s team is made up of girls.

The teams aren’t yet seen as official school programs, which means they aren’t entitled to any of the school’s money, Shannon said. It costs $125 to join the Eagle team, plus $45 for a jersey, plus league dues and race fees. Scholarships exist through businesses like George’s Cycles. Moun-tain biking can also earn teens large scholarships for college.

The league has two more races in October at the Eagle Bike Park and behind the Avimor sub-division. The official season ends then, but not many of the high schoolers plan on dismounting their bikes. For Shannon’s part, he’s helping his team develop a lifelong sport.

“How many people actually keep playing football [after high school or college], and what does that do to your body?” he said. “This has the opposite effect. It creates something you can enjoy for your whole life.”

Since it was established in July, the Eagle High School Mountain Bike Team has grown to include 30 members and competed at races in the Teton Mountains and up Galena Summit.

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FACING AUSCHWITZHolocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor visits Boise to

talk forgivenessZACH HAGADONE

When soldiers of the Red Army entered the complex of camps surrounding the village of Oswiecim in southwest Poland, they found something western civilization is still trying to come to grips with. On Jan. 27, 1945, the Sovi-et 322nd Rifle Division liberated what came to be collectively known as Auschwitz—in reality a string of compounds containing barracks and industrial facilities, as well as gas chambers and crematoria devoted to the mass murder of more than 1 million people between 1941-1945.

By the time Soviet troops arrived at the site, most of the prisoners had either been killed or forced on a death march to the west. Bodies littered the ground, left where they lay in a last-ditch effort by the Nazis to cover up what had transpired there. Time had been short, however, and as many as 8,500 starved, brutalized people remained to fend for themselves in the ruins.

Among those survivors was an 11-year-old Romanian Jewish girl bearing a tattoo on her left arm: No. A-7063. Her name was Eva Moz-es Kor, and she and her twin sister, Miriam, No. A-7064, had come through one of the great nightmares of history—not only living to tell the story of Auschwitz, but as subjects of some of the most hideous medical experiments ever conceived of.

“I thought the whole world was a con-centration camp,” Kor said during a Sept. 18 gathering hosted by the Wassmuth Center for Human Rights in Boise. “I concentrated on staying alive.”

At 81 years old, Kor travels the world giving presentations on her experiences not only as a Holocaust survivor, but one of the victims of Josef Mengele, the prison camp doctor made infamous by his genetic experiments on twins.

Rather than dwell on horror, however, Kor focuses on forgiveness. It has not been an easy process.

“If anybody told me 25 years ago I was going to forgive the Nazis, I’d have said they should find a really good psychiatrist,” she told Boise Weekly in an interview ahead of her lecture at the Grove Hotel.

Kor’s path to confronting her tormentors began in 1992, a year before her sister died in part from complications stemming from the

experiments she endured in the camp. Taking part in a German television documentary, Kor met with 48 fellow “Mengele twins.” The film included an interview with Hans Muench—one of the doctors who assisted in the genocide. Kor decided to reach out to him.

“Somehow it occurred to me that I could talk to a Nazi doctor. Maybe if I did, I could find out what happened to me,” she said.

After at least one failed attempt to secure Muench’s contact information, Kor was able to call the doctor. She asked him to attend a conference in Boston but he refused. Rather, she was invited to interview him at his home in Germany. Miriam had died in June 1993. Her kidneys stunted at age 10, she received a trans-plant from Kor but the stresses of childbirth weakened her organs beyond repair. Meeting with Muench, Kor believed, she might be able to discover what exactly had been done to the twins at Auschwitz.

Muench told Kor the twin research had been “top secret” and he knew little about it. He did, however, confirm the operations of the gas chambers.

“It’s a nightmare I live with every night,” he told Kor.

“I wanted to thank him,” she said. “It seemed strange even to me.”

The pair traveled to Auschwitz together,

where Muench publicly signed a document before witnesses that victims of the Nazis were systematically tortured, gassed and burned at the camp. The admission gave Kor a sense of liberation and prompted her to write a letter of thanks to the doctor.

“No victim ever feels they have any power over their life,” she said. “That made me feel like I had power.”

Kor wasn’t finished forgiving, though. Living in Terra Haute, Ind., where she operates a Holo-caust museum, she came to realize her ultimate act of forgiveness would be toward Mengele himself. She compiled a list of “nasty words—everything in the book,” closed the door and conjured the so-called “Angel of Death.”

“I said to him in a clear voice: ‘In spite of all that—even though you were a mass murderer, a monster of the world, I forgive you,’” she said. “It changed my life. The last moment of that relationship was with my words.”

Since then, Kor has hosted hundreds of workshops and lectures geared toward help-ing victims realize they have a similar power to overcome past traumas. Her talk in Boise was the 142nd such event she has participated in this year alone.

“I don’t think ‘the more victims the merrier’ should be the slogan,” she told BW. “Every unhealed victim is a potential perpetrator.”

Eva Mozes Kor (left) meets the Wild family, Victoria (middle), Rachel (right) and Stephen (back) prior to the Wassmuth Center 12th Annual Change Your World Celebration on Sept. 18. Asked her age, Hawthorne El-ementary student Victoria told Kor she was 11. “I was 11 when I was liberated from Auschwitz,” Kor said.

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MENUNorth End Pizza heads to Hyde Park, Woodland

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After launching Prost Boise in early June, Missy and T.J. Sayles have their sights set on another venture: North End Pizza. Modeled after Seattle’s Ridge Pizza, North End Pizza will open in Hyde Park (1513 N. 13th St.) in the former Brumfield’s Gallery space. The Sayles will once again partner with Seattle’s Chris Navarra, who owns Ridge Pizza and Prost German Pubs.

“The Ridge’s thing is it’s a neighborhood pizza place, but it’s not Neapolitan,” said T.J. “It’s not super fancy, it’s just sort of what I would call a Northwest pizza pub. We’ll have probably 12 to 14 taps—everything from Rainier to more Northwest-focused beers.”

The pizza will be “similar to 10 Barrel’s pizza, crust-wise,” T.J. said, describing it as “not too thick, not too thin.” Like Ridge Pizza, North End Pizza will name pies after local businesses and landmarks. Sayles said they will also serve specially designed pizzas benefiting local orga-nizations, as well as oven sandwiches, salads and (probably) lunch specials like smaller pizzas.

“It’s a pretty similar menu as the one in Seattle,” he said.

T.J. who is the general contractor for the project, said he plans to open up the space in front and add a wraparound bar. Structural engineering is under way and the project is currently in the permitting phase. Plans are to open North End Pizza by the end of the year.

Though Hyde Park already has a pizza joint, Sun Ray Cafe, Sayles said North End Pizza will offer something a little different.

“I think it will be a nice addition to the neighborhood and all the responses I’ve gotten have been pretty positive, including from the other business owners that I’ve talked to in the neighborhood,” he said. For more info, visit facebook.com/northendpizzaboise.

In other opening news, the building at 6103 W. Fairview Ave. that formerly housed Hon-eyBaked Ham plans to reopen as Boise Bistro Market. Owner Moe Stark said the revamp

follows the expiration of the shop’s franchise agreement with HoneyBaked Ham.

Stark, whose business partners include wife Karen, sons Keuper and Kurtis, and daughter-in-law Kari, said Boise Bistro Market will specialize in “really good, really high quality food items.”

“That’s our objective: to bring unique things into our store that aren’t being marketed by anybody else,” Stark said. “So it’s just going to be high quality, delicious food that you can eat here as well as buy to take home to prepare in your own home.”

Though Stark is still formulating the menu for the cafe, he plans to include take-out and dine-in areas, along with a new front patio that he hopes to have open by next spring.

“What we’re really going to push our first few weeks is our new drive-through window for coffee and espressos and lattes,” Stark said. “Then we’re going to have an extensive pastry menu and breakfast wraps. … We’re working primarily with Treasure Valley Coffee. They’ve been our supplier of coffee for 25 years.”

In addition to coffee, Boise Bistro Market will also offer a selection of beer and wine to drink onsite or purchase and take home—it will cater to both morning and after-work crowds.

“We’ll probably have musicians sometimes and when we get our patio up and running, it will be a place to hang out here on the West side of town,” Stark said. Boise Bistro Market is

scheduled to open by October. In awesome event news, Woodland Empire

Ale Craft (1114 W. Front St.) is hosting its inaugural Taco Beer Taco Fest on Saturday, Sept. 26, 4-11 p.m. at the brewery. The fest will feature tacos from Archie’s Place, B-Town Bistro, Funky Taco and Calle 75 Street Tacos, along with Mexican mochas from Neckar Cof-fee. In addition to all the tortilla-wrapped ac-tion, Woodland Empire will offer special brews like horchata wit and cilantro-lime saison, along with micheladas. Music will be provided by Travis Ward, Edmond Dantes, Poke and the Vinyl Preservation Society of Idaho. Bike parking, courtesy of Boise Bicycle Project, will be available next door at PreFunk Beer Bar. For more info, visit facebook.com/WoodlandEm-pire.Ale.Craft.

In equally awesome event news, the Oinkari Basque Dancers are once again hosting their annual Sagardotegi dinner at the Basque Cen-ter Saturday, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m. The evening will feature freely flowing Basque cider imported from Sidreria Bereziartua and a traditional Basque ciderhouse menu prepared by Chef Jesus Alcelay that will include salt cod omelets; cod sauteed with onions, peppers and garlic; slices of tender rare steak; and manchego with walnuts and membrillo—a pink jelly made from tart quince.

Tickets are $45 per person, include all-you-can-drink cider and beer and are available at oinkari.org.

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sweet one”) is an early ripening Italian red found primarily in the northwest region of Piemonte, an area better known for its big Barolos and Barberas. It’s a soft, fruity, fragrant wine, typically low in acid and designed for early drinking—most are best between two and three years of age. As we segue into cooler fall weather, it makes a great transition red. Here are the panel’s top picks:

2012 MARCHESI DI BAROLO MADONNA DI COMO DOLCETTO, $20

This lovely wine of-fers a complex array of aromas including bright cherry, berry, red licorice, leather and black pepper. The flavors are round and ripe with dark plum and creamy cherry, balanced by racier acidity than you might expect from a Dol-cetto. Soft tannins come through on the finish, blending with touches of cinnamon and tobacco.

2013 PECCHENINO SAN LUIGI DOGLIANI DOLCETTO, $14

Red fruit aromas lead off, colored by intriguing touches of chalk, earth, leather, lavender, spice, tobacco and almond, while plush flavors caress the palate. You get ripe raspberry, blueberry and cherry fruit flavors. Ripe tannins and just the right hit of acidity come through on the finish. This is a fresh, fruity, oh-so-easy drinking Dolcetto.

2011 VIGNE RE-GALI L’ARDI DOLCETTO D’ACQUI, $13

Opens with supple dark fruit aromas mixed with layers of black tea, earth, hay, anise and dark cherry. In the mouth, it is silky smooth, combining dark berry fruit flavors with soft tannins and light acidity. Earthy oak colors the long finish. It’s a great example of a nicely evolved, mature Dolcetto. Drink it now and over the next several months.

—David Kirkpatrick

FOODWINESIPPER


The moment the lights came up following the world premiere of The Martian at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, I raced for an exit in order to line up for yet another film in my annual movie marathon as Boise Weekly’s film writer. When the dust settled, I had seen 58 films in 10 days.

Leaving Toronto’s cavernous 2,600-plus-seat Roy Thomson Hall, I could still hear the ova-tions. The audience accolades continued to echo through an outer lobby and, when I finally hit the cool September night air, the applause could be heard even outside.

To twist a phrase from filmmaker Ridley Scott’s Alien: In space no one can hear you scream, but they just might hear the cheers for The Martian, Scott’s triumphant return to the outer limits. The Motion Picture Academy may finally have found something in The Martian that has been elusive for nearly a decade: a Best Picture Oscar winner that large numbers of people might actually see.

The Danish Girl—featuring the year’s two best acting performances from Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander—charts an earthbound

journey toward transgender acceptance. Red-mayne may pull off a rare feat if he takes home the Best Actor Oscar two years in a row (Tom Hanks did that more than two decades ago). Spotlight, reminds us even the most painful truths can still set us free. The gorgeous Brook-lyn reflects the best elements of the American dream, and the low-budget Room is the year’s most visceral story of triumph over tragedy.

Each differing in composition or budget, TIFF 2015’s best films shared a common proposition: coming to the rescue of the most vulnerable among us is the only path toward our own redemption.

In the coming months, I will share inspi-ration and insight from some of the world’s best filmmakers, who I spoke with at TIFF, as their movies head to the big screen. I will say this: movies are about to get a whole lot better between now and the end of the year.

In the meantime, here are my rankings of the films I screened at TIFF 2015—five maple leaves for the best of the fest all the way down to one maple leaf for the nine films that are (sadly) not worth your time or money.

Matt Damon (left) triumphs as The Martian in director Ridley Scott’s thrilling return to the outer limits. Alicia Vikander and Eddie Redmayne (right) deliver the strongest acting performances of the year in The Danish Girl.

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Brooklyn, The Danish Girl, The Martian, Room, Spotlight

Anomalisa, The Assassin, Eye in the Sky, Freeheld, He Named Me Malala, The Lady in the Van, Land of Mine, The Man Who Knew Infin-ity, Our Brand Is Crisis, Son of Saul, Trumbo, Truth, The Witch

45 Years, Beasts of No Nation, Bolshoi Baby-lon, Dheepan, The Family Fang, Jafar Panahi’s Taxi, Legend, Maggie’s Plan, Miss Sharon Jones, The Program, Remember, Sherpa, This Changes Everything, Where to Invade Next, Youth

Being Charlie, Black Mass, Demolition, The Final Girls, Forsaken, I Smile Back, The Lobster, Lolo, London Fields, The Meddler, Miss You Already, Septembers of Shiraz, Stonewall, A Tale of Love of Darkness, The Wave, Yakuza Apocalypse

Equals, Five Nights in Maine, High Rise, Hyena Road, I Saw the Light, Love, Mississippi Grind, Mr. Right, Sicario

THE FEST’S BESTScoring the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival

GEORGE PRENTICE


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by this18 Portrait overlooking

Tiananmen Square19 23-Across topper

20 One getting a tax write-off, maybe

21 Filer’s concern23 Fictional archaeologist25 28-Across topper26 Indigo plants27 Kramer’s first name on

“Seinfeld”28 Famed frontierswoman30 Hip-hop name modifier31 Publishing mogul, for short

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night50 Arctic jackets

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“The Music Box”85 Violinist Leopold86 Like Mandarin or

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pop store: Abbr.94 Finish on a canvas?95 Star of

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stock in106 Catches a wave107 More indie, say108 Absorbed109 Queen of Jordan110 Ancient hieroglyph111 Sends to oblivion112 Co. that originated

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several rules in the Code of Hammurabi

35 Still36 Approached quickly37 Author Jong38 “Long ball”40 Investment instruments,

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John43 Like the 13 Colonies: Abbr.44 Barker45 Pursuer of Capt. Hook46 Spate47 Twirlers48 Invalidating51 “Out of my way!”52 ____ bug54 Continental carrier56 Velázquez’s

“____ Meninas”59 Director Kurosawa60 Like some tel. nos.61 Eternities62 Baltic native63 Key with four sharps: Abbr.64 Coors competitor65 Billy Joel’s

“____ Extremes”66 Wes of PBS’s “History

Detectives”70 Spanish she-bear71 One of the Bushes

72 Post-____74 It parallels a radius75 Opposite of a poker face77 Website necessity78 A long-established history79 Literature Nobelist J. M.

Coetzee, by birth81 Gusto82 Bo’s cousin on “The Dukes

of Hazzard”84 Discordant, to some85 Museo contents88 Mashes into a pulp89 Basketry material90 Cartoon cries91 Actor John of

“Full House”92 Bit of wit93 Angstrom or Celsius94 Your, in Siena

95 Darken96 Solo97 Hatcher who was a Bond

girl98 Slays, informally99 Ones going for hikes, for

short?100 As a result102 CBS show with a 15-year

run ending in 2015103 Nucleus104 Kerfuffle105 Cool dude

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are destined to become a master of fire. It’s your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illumi-nating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for knowing when it’s appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it’s right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage. You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction. I’m pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there’s room for improvement. During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research. His accomplishment? The Nobel Committee said he discovered “a new law of nature” and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. Yet when he was a younger man, he testified, “Physics is much too difficult for me and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about phys-ics!” I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus. In the spirit of Pauli’s perseverance, I urge you to keep at it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an international kissing contest. After evaluating the participants’ efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were “vampiric” while those of Italians were “burning,” English were “tepid,” Russians were “erup-tive,” French were “chaste” and Americans were “flaccid.” Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those para-digms—and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I’m tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I’d rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The astrological omens sug-gest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been. I’m afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resus-citate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep your-self in old feelings that weren’t even good medicine for you when you first experienced them. I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, “If you don’t study the past, you will probably repeat it.” Right now, the best reason to

remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may laugh more in the next 14 days than you have during any comparable 14-day period since you were 5 years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health. Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials. Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s a favorable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life. You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual. Are you ready to engage in some prac-tical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend? And by that I don’t mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers’ wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll. Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes. What are three specific ways you’re igno-rant about getting and handling money? Educate yourself.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth,” wrote author William Faulkner. Some astrolo-gers would say that it’s unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing—that it’s too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra, and I am quite sure you are now, or will soon be, like a wet seed in the hot blind earth: fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine—or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts. Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions. I love that about you. When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life’s riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses. According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. Here’s my hypothe-sis: Behind Saturn’s austere mask

is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to harness and discipline our unique gifts. It’s true that some people resist these cosmic nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they’re not suited for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster spoiling their lazy fun. I trust you Sagittarians will develop a dynam-ic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life’s most crucial goals.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to break a spell you’ve been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape. If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch, or therapist, please do so. I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself. Trust your hunches. Here’s one approach you could try: tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy. In your mind’s eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion or trance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.” So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nerve-wracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticu-lously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap. I have observed Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. According to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself. Should you? Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy? As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers. Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding. Here’s an inquiry that might bring clarity as you pon-der the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper com-mitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness and be a superb ally to yourself?

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

IN RE: Sally Ann Behrman. Legal Name

Case No. CV NC 1514375 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME

CHANGE (Adult)

A Petition to change the name of Sally Ann Behrman, 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 Sally Ann Carlson. The reason for the change in name is: return to maiden name. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on October 22, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Ob-

jections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Date: August 21, 2015. CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Debbie Nagele Deputy Clerk

PUB Sept. 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015.LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

CASE NO. CV 15 00864, IN THE DIS-TRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA,

Charter Pointe Neighborhood Asso-ciation, Inc.,

Plaintiff, v. Lana Whiteford, Defendant. TO: LANA WHITEFORDYou have been sued by Charter

Pointe Neighborhood Association, Inc., the Plaintiff, in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District in and for Ada County, Idaho,

Case No. CV OC 15 00864. The nature of the claim against you is

for unpaid homeowner association assessments, more particularly de-scribed in the Complaint. Any time after twenty (20) days following the last publication of this Summons, the Court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the prop-


er form, including the case number, and paid any required filing fee to: Clerk of the Court, Ada County Courthouse, 200 W Front St, Boise, Idaho 83702 Telephone: (208) 287-6900 and served a copy of your re-sponse on the Plaintiff’s attorney at: Jeremy O. Evans of VIAL FOTHER-INGHAM LLP, 12828 LaSalle Dr Ste. 101, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone 208-629-4567, Facsimile 208-392-1400. A copy of the Summons and Complaint can be obtained by con-tacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter.

DATED this 12 day of August, 2015.CHRISTOPHER D RICH, CLERK OF

THE DISTRICT COURTPUB September 2, 9, 16 and 23 2015.

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

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAIN RE: MARILYN L. GRIMSLEY. D.O.B 05-27-1953

Case No. CV NC 1514610 NOTICE OF HEARING ON VERIFIED

PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE

A Petition to change the name of MARILYN L. GRIMSLEY, now resid-ing in the City of Meridian, State of Idaho, has been filed in the Dis-trict Court in Ada County, Idaho. Petitioner’s name will change to MARILYN L. ELLIS. The reason for the change in name is: Grimsley is Petitioner’s married name, she was divorced from Thomas Grimsley on January 8, 2015, and Ellis is a name she previously used and which she is accustomed. A hearing on the pe-tition is scheduled for 1:30 o’clock p.m. on 29th day of October, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Ob-jections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Dated this 26th day of August, 2015. CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: DEBBIE NAGELE, Deputy Clerk

PUB September 09,16,23 and 30, 2015.IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH


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RE: Jameson Ray Pritiken. Legal Name

Case No. 1507458 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME

CHANGE (Minor)

A Petition to change the name of Jameson Ray Pritiken, 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 Jameson Jefferson Ray Bittle. The reason for the change in name is: wishes of mother and father. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on Oct. 20, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Date: August 31, 2015. CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Deirdre Price Deputy Clerk

PUB September 16, 23, 30 and Octo-ber 7, 2015.IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH


IN RE: Dominic Joseph Martin. Legal NameCase No. CV NC 1514742 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME

CHANGE (Adult) A Petition to change the name

of Dominic Joseph Martin, now re-siding in the City of Boise, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in Ada County, Idaho. The name will change to Dani Martin. The reason for the change in name is: personal reasons. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on Oct. 20, 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: August 31, 2015. CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Deirdre Price Deputy Clerk

PUB September 16, 23, 30 and Octo-ber 7, 2015.IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH


IN RE: Gail Christine Kramer. Legal Name

Case No. CV NC 1515557 NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME

CHANGE (Adult)

A Petition to change the name of Gail Christine Kramer, 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 Christin Gail Wood. The reason for the change in name is: have gone by the name Christin for many years and had the last name of Wood for a majority of my adult life (had the married name Wood for 27 years). A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on Nov 03, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objections may be filed by any person who can show the court a good reason against the name change. Date: Sept 14, 2015. CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: Deirdre Price Deputy Clerk

PUB September 23, 30 October 07 and 14, 2015.LEGAL NOTICE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

CASE NO. CV 15 2302, IN THE DIS-TRICT COURT OF THE THIRD JU-DICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CANYON,

Copper Creek Subdivision Home-owners Association, Inc.,

Plaintiff, v. Emily Matthews, Defendant. TO: EMILY A. MATTHEWSYou have been sued by Copper

Creek Subdivision Homeowners Association, Inc., the Plaintiff, in the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for Canyon County, Idaho,

Case No. CV OC 15 2302. The nature of the claim against you is

for unpaid homeowner association assessments, more particularly de-scribed in the Complaint. Any time after twenty (20) days following the last publication of this Summons, the Court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have

filed a written response in the prop-er form, including the case number, and paid any required filing fee to: Clerk of the Court, Canyon County Courthouse, Nampa Annex, 120 9th Ave S, Nampa, Idaho 83651 Tele-phone: (208) 467-2171 and served a copy of your response on the Plaintiff’s attorney at: Jeremy O. Ev-ans of VIAL FOTHERINGHAM LLP, 12828 LaSalle Dr Ste. 101, Boise, ID 83702, Telephone 208-629-4567, Facsimile 208-392-1400. A copy of the Summons and Complaint can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff. If you wish legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter.

DATED this 9 day of September, 2015.

T. WATKINS, DEPUTY CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT

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140 MILLIONAverage distance in

miles between Earth and Mars

(space.com)

162 DAYSAverage time it would take the New Horizons

probe—the fastest spacecraft ever built—to

reach Mars

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500 DAYSEstimated time it would take to get astronauts

to Mars

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orbit and transmit im-ages back to Earth

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mitted by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2005—more than all other Mars missions

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sions attempted by the USSR/Russia since

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DEAR MINERVA,I have the most amazing daughter and wouldn’t trade

her for the world. We have been trying to add to our family and just recently lost our twins. We have now had 10 losses. Everyone says I should be happy with my family, yet I’m having a hard time dealing with the secondary infertility and feeling guilty for wanting more children. Am I really being as selfish as everyone makes me out to be for wanting to have a second child? Am I a bad mother for wanting to give my child a sibling and going through this emotional roller coaster?

—Lost in my Thoughts

DEAR LOST,Whether you have one child or 20, your success as a

parent is not dependent on quantity. What is important is that you are available and present for the family you do have. I would venture your family and friends are not trying to make you feel guilty but rather do not want to see you hurting. So many losses is a staggering level of grief for anyone. I can’t tell you what reproductive choices are right for you, but there are studies that show only children may have an advantage in this modern world. I wish you well. Please take care of yourself physically and mentally—your daughter depends upon it.

“We are far ther down the path to sending humans to Mars than at any point in NASA’s histor y. . . . We have a lot of work to do to get humans to Mars, but we’ l l get there.”

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BLOODSWORTH HIGHLIGHTS FLAWED JUSTICE SYSTEM In the opening scene of Bloodsworth: An Innocent Man, the new documentary from local filmmaker Gregory Bayne, Kirk Bloodsworth sits at a steel table, knitting his brows as

he recounts a meeting with the first attorney who represented him during his murder trial.

“I know my way around a courtroom, and I know my way around the criminal justice system, and we’re going to find a way out of this together,” the attorney told him.

A jury would later convict Bloodsworth of murder and a judge sentenced him to death for the 1984 rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl in Rosedale, Md. Bloodsworth would go free in 1993—the first American death row inmate exonerated on DNA evidence.

Director/Producer Bayne’s documentary details how flawed evidence gathering and the failure of the criminal justice system contributed to Bloodsworth’s conviction, and how new forms of evidence ultimately contributed to his release.

“This decided the course of his entire life,” Bayne said. “For me, it was allowing the exoneree to paint the picture himself.”

—Harrison Berry

See a special screening of Bloodsworth Friday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. at the Boise State University Special Events Center. Tickets are $15 online, $20 at the door and $5 for Boise State students. A Q&A with Bayne and Bloodsworth follows the screening.



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