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Farmers Market exploring options after Lloyd Square change unveiled Market manager was surprised to hear city’s plans to convert Square’s asphalt to green space By TORRIE COPE tcope@idahopress.com
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College of Idaho skier Elyse Burandt sets off on the course during a team practice Tuesday, on the front side of Bogus Basin. As a freshman Burandt is in her first year with the team. The team this year is larger than most seasons with around 25 skiers. Both the men’s and women’s squad have won the 2015 and 2016 Northwest Collegiate Ski Conference titles.
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ALDWELL — Camping in September is not something that would be considered a normal activity for a ski team. That’s not the case at the College of Idaho — where the ski program has been built on the idea that compatibility and getting to know each other can bring out positive results during race time. That is why the first activity the team participated in before the start of the season was a camping trip to Redfish Lake. “It was a way for the new skiers to get acquainted with the team,” said Ron Bonneau, who is in his GO ONLINE 26th season as coach. “By getting to View a video know each other, the better we can about the College work together.” of Idaho ski team This is proving to be a successat idahopress. ful model. The men’s and women’s com/multimedia. squads have won consecutive Northwest Collegiate Ski Conference titles for 2015 and 2016, winning all eight team titles this season. “At the end of the day, as a coach I believe if they enjoy and learn together, the results will follow,” said Bonneau. The results have been positive this year, but it’s not all about the hardware. “First place results are great, but these are my trophies, “ Bonneau said, pointing to a wall covered with photos of his team having fun together. “It’s about the experiences that are shared along the way.” The two oldest skiers on the team Miyu Nakamura, of Japan, and Zach “Joey” Gould, of Vermont, are sometimes called grandma and grandpa by the team. “We’re the oldest, but we kind of treat the team like they are all our kids,” Gould said before letting out a laugh. “We’re just like a family.” Gould could have spent Thanksgiving with family in northern Idaho but instead cooked up a Thanksgiving dinner in the dorm for the skiers from Sweden. It’s that mentality and philosophy that has made this team strong. The ski team is young and is one of the largest since Bonneau became coach. The majority of the races won this year have been from first- and second-year skiers. Sophomore skier Mary Totten, who is from Boise, is ranked second in NWCSC individual points behind freshman teammate Anna Granhed. “We want our team to do well, and we’re happy when each other do well,” Totten said. “Ron really preaches that we are one big family, and it’s all about the best day ever and the process, and it’s really true,” Totten said. “Some of our best race results are when we are goofing around on the mountain all day.” More SLOPES | A5
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NAMPA — The future looks a little uncertain for the Nampa Farmers Market after a decision was made Tuesday to convert Lloyd Square from asphalt to grass in downtown Nampa. The Farmers Market uses Lloyd Square for about 30 weeks each year starting at the end of April. The market has been there since Lloyd Square was redeveloped from a lumber yard into a paved multipurpose area in 2010. Market manager Dave Zink said he first heard from the city about the plan on Friday and was surprised that the market wasn’t given more notice about it. “We felt slighted that they didn’t acknowledge us before,” Zink said. Zink said that, in general, the Farmers Market board likes the idea of grass and adding green space to downtown Nampa, which is the goal with the Lloyd Square project, but he’s unsure how it will affect the market. “Grass does present a little bit of a problem, depending on who you are and how you view it,” he said.
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Nampa boy files tort claim against IDJC-Lewiston 15-year-old resident says staff member broke his collar bone College of Idaho skier William Franzen, puts on his helmet before a team practice Tuesday morning at Bogus Basin. Franzen is from Stockholm, Sweden and is one of five Swedish skiers on the team. “This is a great school, a great campus and the ski team is really fun,” said Franzen, who came to the College of Idaho because of a recommendation from a friend.
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LEWISTON — A 15-year-old Nampa boy has filed a tort claim against the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections Center in Lewiston after he claimed jail staff broke his collarbone Jan. 22. The tort claim was addressed to IDJC Director Sharon Harrigfeld, the Idaho Secretary of State, the Office of the Idaho Attorney General, and the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections Center-Lewiston by attorney Bruce Skaug.
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College of Idaho skier Beth Mixon walks her gear to the bus on college campus in Caldwell before heading up to Bogus Basin before 8 a.m. Tuesday with the ski team for a practice. The team frequently emphasizes the importance of compatibility and working together to sustain success on the slopes. Building strong relationships between teammates is encouraged. “A relaxed environment can produce better ski results,” says College of Idaho ski coach Ron Bonneau.
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WHEN CARP FISHING WAS As officials mull options for high carp population, one fisherwoman reflects on how it was done in the 1950s By OLIVIA WEITZ oweitz@idahopress.com
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onnie Greener said the best way to catch carp is with a net — not a fishing line. And she should know.
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She and her former husband Nephi Grasteit would catch around 4,000 pounds of carp on Lake Lowell in the 1950s with the Cascade Fishing Company — on a good day — and drive them to Los Angeles to sell at the market. “It was our life,” Greener said “We used to fish every day we could.” Carp now make up 49 percent of the fish in the lake, while largemouth (7 percent) and smallmouth (1 percent) bass account for 8 percent, according to the most recent population study by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The lake hasn’t seen carp numbers this high since the 1950s. In recent years, fish and wildlife officials have SUBMITTED PHOTOS expressed concern over the Connie Greener with her then husband Nephi Grasteit catching carp by net in the 1950’s. effects carp are having on water quality, fish habitat to a bag in the center of the Hotel. The couple fished There haven’t been any and recreational opportuniLake Lowell year-round, net, and often their dog (a sponsored control efforts ties at the lake. To remove even ice-fished there. But Great Dane) would help since the treatment in the the carp, mainly they fished it in the chase the fish into the bag. 1950s. Today, officials are “Back in the late summer. The fish were gutted right officials are looking into “We used to fish Lake then and there, and Greener considering depression time developing Lowell when the water start- said she did this and all the a one time commercial you ate anything. chemical “fish ed going down, not when it other fishing tasks just as fishing efforts was high,” Greener said. well as the men she fished People now say kill” and/or as well as a On a typical fishing day, with. developing a one-time fish the couple’s flat bed truck (carp) taste “We just fished, just commercial opkill. was backed up to the edge spread the net out,” Greener eration to deal like mud, but we Commerof the lake, ready to load said. with the carp, cial fishing The fish were loaded onto never knew it.” which biologists that day’s catch. Before they ventures like launched on a wooden boat, the flatbed truck in large say contribute the Cascade — Connie Greener which Grasteit made by wooden fish crates and to poor water Fish Company hand, 500-foot-long nets packed with ice from an quality and habitat degradahelped keep carp numbers were readied. ice plant in Caldwell in the tion. in the lake down. In the “You go to the deep part days before the company As officials consider what late 1950s, there were close of the lake to let the net off, purchased a refrigerated to do with the carp, Greener to 1.2 million carp, around and then you power wench truck. The fish had different took a moment to share her the same number that there them in,” Greener said. destinations based on their experiences on one of the is today, according to the There was so many carp, size. earliest commercial carp Idaho Department of Fish Greener said it would “The big ones (which operations at the lake. and Game. take the strength of two were as large as 30 pounds) For part of the year, the Between 1955 and 1959, boats to drag the nets to a went to market, and the little Cascade Fish Company Fish and Game sponsored shallower part of the lake ones went to hatcheries,” was based in Nampa, where a chemical spot treatment where the fish could be un- Greener said. Greener and Grasteit took of the carp’s spawning loaded. The fish would up residence in the areas, which reduced the gravitate infamous numbers. This, combined More CARP | A9 Dewey with commercial fishing, Palace decreased carp numbers until a drought in the 1990s brought numbers back up again.
Members of the Cascade Fish Company catching carp by net on Lake Lowell in the 1950’s. Small orchards dotted the shorelines in the background.
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Report: Canyon County crime up 1.6 percent
NAMPA — Idaho State Police released its 2015 crime report Friday and found that Canyon County has seen a 1.6 percent increase in offenses. Canyon County’s arrest rate was set at 3,320.1 people per 100,000 people in 2015, but that’s a 5.5 percent decrease from the previous year. ISP’s report is a synopsis of statewide crime statistics gathered from law enforcement agencies across Idaho and includes such things as the statewide crime profile, crimes against persons, property, society, the arrest profile, hate crimes, law enforcement officers killed or assaulted and other statistics. Statewide, the report for 2015 found Idaho has seen an increase of 2.7 percent. While Caldwell Police saw 20.3 percent fewer reported offenses and 15.7 percent fewer arrests, Nampa Police saw a 14.5 percent increase in offenses but .7 percent fewer arrests.
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Police name second suspect in shooting that injured child Police: Two men fighting in Nampa fired weapons, accidentally shot girl By IDAHO PRESS-TRIBUNE STAFF newsroom@idahopress.com
NAMPA — The second suspect in a gang-related shooting that sent a 10-year-old girl to the hospital Wednesday night has been identified. Nampa resident Mario Garza, 19, has a felony warrant for his arrest on charges of aggravated assault with a gang enhancement and rioting, according to a Canyon County press release. He is described as 5 Garza feet, 11 inches tall and 150 pounds with a slender build, brown hair and brown eyes. “Nampa Police are also asking for any witnesses who they haven’t spoken to yet to please contact them,” the press release states. Garcia Anyone with information about Garza’s whereabouts can contact the Nampa Police Department at 465-2257. Garza has prior crimes listed against his record in Idaho, including a pending court case involving a misdemeanor drug charge.
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Canadians hope to put ‘death grip’ on wildfire Blaze devastated Canada’s oil sands town of Fort McMurray FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Officials said Sunday they reached a turning point in fighting an enormous wildfire, hoping to get a “death grip’” on the blaze that devastated Canada’s oil sands town of Fort McMurray amid cooler temperatures and light rain. Meanwhile, a massive evacuation of residents displaced by the blaze came to an end. Chad Morrison of Alberta WildWild fire told a news conference he’s “very happy” and called it great firefighting weather. “We can really get in there and really get a handle on this fire and really get a death grip on it,” said Morrison, who answered yes when asked if they’ve reached a turning point. With cooler temperatures in the next three or four days, he said firefighters should be able to put out hot spots. And it has allowed them to further protect fire-ravaged Fort McMurray. “I feel very buoyed and happy that we are making great progress,” he said. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said the wildfire grew much more slowly than was feared and it is now 161,000 hectares (397,831 acres). She said the blaze is quite a bit smaller than had been expected on Saturday, when of officials expected the fire to double in size. She added the city is safe for first responders and said she will visit the city on Monday to assess the damage. It rained on Sunday. The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes Fort McMurray, tweeted a picture of the rainfall and wrote: “It was only for a few minutes but the sight of rain has never been so good.” Notley retweeted the picture and wrote “Here’s hoping for much more!”
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The Flying M Coffee garage got in ahead of a downtown revitalization By TORRIE COPE tcope@idahopress.com
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evin and Lisa Myers have a history of taking chances on downtown areas that haven’t bloomed yet. Twice they’ve wagered their Flying M coffee shop on city centers that were still building on their potential. Despite the challenges that come with setting up shop downtown, the Myerses couldn’t picture placing their coffee shops anywhere else. “We’re very much about being a part of a downtown,” Lisa Myers said. First it was downtown Boise in 1992. Back then, the capital city wasn’t lined with cranes and construction sites like it is today. At that time, the Flying M was one of the few businesses that even stayed open all weekend, they said. But the couple, who at the time had just moved to Nampa from Seattle, saw potential in Boise’s downtown, and it eventually paid off. In 2006, they focused closer to home on Nampa. They were drawn to the prospect of a downtown on the verge of revitalization and the promise of a new public library, but chose a most unlikely location for a second Flying M location. A former Firestone tire store turned pawn shop and transmission garage doesn’t exactly make a person
think of espresso and pastries, but that’s the location the Myerses picked. As Kevin Myers put it, the idea was a crapshoot. On the 10th anniversary of that risky move, the Flying M Coffeegarage has not only survived, but thrived and has become emblematic of the character of downtown Nampa. “The Flying M made downtown Nampa rel-evant again,” said Adam Haynes, owner of Rolling H Cycles, which has been in downtown Nampa for five years. “It gave downtown a lot of life, and the businesses around it have benefited from the overflow of what they do.” Mid-morning on a Tuesday, families, students, business people and church groups gathered around tables and couches at the Coffeegarage. Bearded baristas crafted drinks that were finished with a delicate leaf design on top of foamy milk. Kevin Myers and his daughter, Chloe Hanson, were busy roasting coffee beans on-site that would go into those drinks. A steady line of people came through the doors, and there were only a few empty chairs to be found in the expansive building that’s more than 6,000 square feet.
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Winning Powerball ticket sold in N.J. Jackpot worth nearly $430M was sold at 7-Eleven in Trenton
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Someone is holding onto the sole winning Powerball ticket that was sold in New Jersey and the jackpot was at $429.6 million, lottery officials said Sunday. Only one ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing, said Powerball spokeswoman Kelly Cripe. The winning Powerball numbers were 5-25-26-44-66 and the Powerball number was 9. Lottery officials in New Jersey said Sunday afternoon that the winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store in Trenton, the state’s capital city. It was purchased as a cash ticket and is valued at $284 million. The ticket holder has not yet come forward to claim the prize. “We have never had a winning ticket this big, not even close,” said Marcelo Chilel, who works at the store where the winning ticket was sold. Chilel said he and his colleagues are “amazed” that it happened. Chilel said that when he heard the ticket was sold in Mercer County, he thought it would be great if it was sold at the store where he works. And when he found out that was the case, he says he felt very happy for the customer.
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Composite images of the Flying M Coffee Garage today and photos of the same location in June of 2005 when it was an auto shop at the corner of Second Street South and 14th Avenue South in downtown Nampa.
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