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Gonna be a short update today, I’m working on something that I wanted to have ready to go this morning, but obviously it isn’t. A note to the people who got my Friday email: the logo has been changed, but I’m still trying to find a solution for the background. The issue is that I have to design the site for the highest % of user’s resolutions, and 1024×768 or lower is a small % of users, I’m working on some transparency options though, so maybe that’ll help.
If you have any other suggestions feel free to pass ‘em along.
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- Kuna P&Z decision sets barrier in path of power line project.
- Teens lawyer outlines defense. Zachary Neagle’s defense attorney said Thursday he takes allegations of sexual abuse of the teen by his murdered father seriously.
- ‘Good Morning America’ interviews Zachary Neagle’s mom.
- One tick, two tick, three tick, please no more. One Boise couple says in just two weeks, they’ve pulled almost a dozen ticks from their dogs, and now state health experts are warning, this is the season for the nasty critters.
- Ruby River Steakhouse closes in Boise. Never went, but compare those comments to when a local biz goes belly up, hint, apparently Statesman readers love their chains. Here’s a thought, if you think that Goodwood makes good ribs then you’ve never had good ribs?
- Food Notes: New restaurants are coming to Downtown Boise.
- Homedale ponders the cost of eliminating its police force.
- Amy Pence-Brown: Top Ten Tips + Expert Advice for new SAHMs.
- Blues, Brews & BBQs at Memorial Stadium. Well, technically, you can’t go wrong with any third of that.
- ‘Job search boot camp’ whips job seekers into shape. In an effort to help the BSU community enter a turbulent job market, the university’s career center held a ‘Job Search Boot Camp.’ More than 100 people attended.
- Trey McIntyre Project polishes off premiere. Choreographer Trey McIntyre established his dance company in Boise in 2008. Now, with the “9+1″ art show underway at J Crist Gallery, and the reception it has received so far, it looks like they’re settling into Idaho just fine.
- High-end homes above Snake River deemed unsafe.
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- Ex-construction boss now builds massive sandwiches. Blue Turf Grill might have remained just a dream if not for the bad economy. Sounds great! Not to mention a great story.
- Mike Boss writing at Idaho Business Review: Dale Peterson has a network he’d like to sell you. Nice read about Buy Idaho.
- Public invited to try out new bocce courts at Woodriver Cellars in Eagle. I’m a big fan of bocce, but I prefer playing off course.
- Boise Foodie Guild: A Drive to Wilder.
- Hey, ever have this thought: “Gee, I wanna check out Boise by way of a Segway?” It’s kinda funny, cause sometimes on Twitter you’ll hear someone say: ” I just saw a whole bunch of people drive by on Segways, weird”. And now you know.
- YouTube video of 2008 Boise gang brawl leads to arrests, convictions of three men. Gotta love the smart ones.
- Nampa graduates celebrate.
- Mayor Bieter lays out new downtown development program.
- Learfield Sports will pay Boise State athletics more than $33 million. Oh, and hey, we’re only 98 days away from the first BSU football game.
- Laid Off Loser: Dumbing yourself down to get a job.
- Eilen Jewell, May 29, Grizzly Rose. An artist I’d still like to see.
- Recession takes toll on schoolkids through family moves, lost jobs. A Boise principal says family moves forced by the downturn have put kids who were already struggling at greater risk.
- Delsa’s reopens to customers’ delight. The beloved Boise ice cream shop gets a second life after the former owners’ bankruptcy.
- Canyon County residents prepare for fire season.
- Police: Drunk dad has son, 13, drive home.
- Girl Survives Pit Bull Attack. A six-year-old Caldwell girl is recovering after surviving a pit bull attack.
- KTRV: “Meridian Business Day” Draws Giant Crowd.
- Wendie Gone Feral: I’ve pooped in your house.
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If you happened to read the Statesman’s May 15 article, “Commuter rail between Boise and Nampa? Not now; maybe never,” please remember the old adage, “You can’t always trust what you read in the paper.”
The people who attended the Urban Land Institute’s conference on May 14 know that the headline should have read, “Commuter rail between Boise and Nampa? The time to start is now.”
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“Your knife, more than any other piece of equipment in the kitchen, is an extension of the self, an expression of your skills, ability, experience, dreams, and desires. It can also be the most direct and glaring expression of your complete ineptness and uselessness as a cook.”
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While those of us in the social media community are donning our FreeWyatt T-shirts and trading high-fives at local TweetUps, however, I do have one more take-away I’d like to share at the risk of being a party pooper. Now that we are the media, are we willing to hold ourselves accountable to the same standards with which we’ve judged our traditional media sources? Can we move beyond snarkiness? Can we censor the trolls in our midst when they engage in character assassinations under the cover of anonymity? Can we elevate the subjects of our focus above the merely gratuitous and banal?
Great read on social media in the Valley.
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Frito-Lay is one of several big companies that, along with some large-scale farming concerns, are embracing a broad interpretation of what eating locally means. This mission creep has the original locavores choking on their yerba mate. But food executives who measure marketing budgets in the millions say they are mining the concept because consumers care more than ever about where their food comes from.
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To a certain set of believers, supporting locally grown food is part of a broad philosophical viewpoint that eschews large farming operations, the heavy use of chemicals and certain agricultural practices, like raising animals in large, confined areas.
“The local foods movement is about an ethic of food that values reviving small scale, ecological, place-based, and relationship-based food systems,” Ms. Prentice said. “Large corporations peddling junk food are the exact opposite of what this is about.”
You knew it was going to happen, eating local has become vogue so now the big boys are going to start jumping on the marketing bandwagon.
The Treasure Valley:
- Commuter rail between Boise and Nampa: not now, maybe never. Local and national experts say the Valley needs to focus on a more realistic, less costly mass transit, such as better buses. Rail would be pretty awesome, but jeeze, lets just do something.
- Middleton breaks ground. Community members once again started construction of Middleton High School. But this time it’s by their choice, on their terms.
- Treasure Valley lawns out of control.
- Uniform controversy continues. If school officials and parents can’t agree on a uniform policy by June, a plan to adopt standard clothing in six Caldwell elementary schools could be delayed for a year.
- Michael Deeds: Alive After Five will have everything (except shade).
- Local Hispanic population grows. Canyon County’s Hispanic population increased by 5.1 percent in 2008 and Hispanics now represent 21.5 percent of the county’s total population, state officials report.
- Mayor Bieter’s Hotline May 2 to 8. If you’ve never read Boise Guardian’s little feature on the mayor’s hotline you’re missin’ out. Sometimes there is some pretty humorous stuff tucked away in there.
- Uncle Boise’s Deeper Thoughts on flip-flops, er, ah sandals.
- Web searches suggest strong interest in hybrid cars in Boise.
- Experienced job seekers applying for seasonal jobs.
- Nampa’s unwired city website, looks like it’ll be pretty cool. This past Wednesday the first part of Downtown Nampa’s free wireless internet was hooked up. Look at that Boise, we did something useful with our hole and we have free internet before you do. Neh.
- Charging a designated driver for bottled water at a bar: Reasonable or not? I’d say not.
- KTVB: Drunk driver destroyed ParkCenter Red Robin sign. If no one knows who did it how do they know it was a drunk driver? While yes, odds would say it’s a drunk driver no one really knows — I didn’t the media was into reporting stories using odds. Could of been a kid on texting on his phone or a mom tending a screaming kid in her minivan… Who knows?
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…still having some network issues…apperently some people can see the site, others can’t…
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KTVB: 75-year-old jailed for failing to clean up his yard.
BOISE — About a dozen cars, numerous appliances and piles of wood cover a Boise man’s yard. And the head of Boise zoning says it’s one of the worst yards he’s ever seen!
A judge even put the homeowner in jail for 10 days because of it.
Does it make any sense to put a 75-year-old man in jail for having a messy yard?
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Maintenance - the core of Otter’s pitch - is a tougher sell than was former Gov. Dirk Kempthorne’s $1 billion “Connecting Idaho” plan to build new roads and unite a far-flung state, said Boise State’s Jim Weatherby.
“There was never a clear message that resonated with the public,” Weatherby said. “Infrastructure is not sexy, particularly maintenance.”
But Otter’s chore was also harder because the House has grown more conservative in four years.
“There’s virtually no center in the House,” Weatherby said.
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I’ll be updating today as stories of the transportation deal come in.
- Idaho Gov. Otter, lawmakers come to terms on road funding. Looks like Otter caved, and now we know who is in control of Idaho’s GOP and thus, Idaho.
- Sounds like Sisyphus won the bet, what I and others thought would be a short session turned into the second longest in history of Idaho. In our defense; this should have been the one of the shortest sessions in history — it’s not like they really accomplished anything in the 116 days the Legislature will have been in session. You sir, have a beer comin’ your way.
- Legislature’s cost: ‘A schoolteacher a day’.
- Unda’ Adjourns: We’ll figure this out next year, OK?
- Kevin Richert: Otter and Twitter. To get why this is an issue, read this comment.
- KTVB did a pretty decent story on the Otter Twitter saga, however they left out that it’s not Otter using his Twitter account, it’s a lackey and they don’t converse (the whole point of Twitter), just meaningless tweets (I’ll link the KTVB story once it’s posted on the website).
- Mother Jones: Wanna Shoot a Wolf? Come to Idaho.
- Sen. Nicole LeFavour: Messing With Elections.
- Boarded up home belongs to multi-millionaire Senator Risch’s family.
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