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Explore Idaho

Bown on the Schick~ Ostolasa Farm Sustainable Growth in the Foothills ARTS & CULTURE

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Jay and Dave’s Sports Bar Idaho Makers: LOCKED Podcast Get to Know a Pastry Chef

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BSU Welcomes Marlene Tromp

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Nonprofit Spotlight: TRICA

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I FALL IN LOVE WITH THE STORIES I get to tell month after month. It is in my nature, and where I am most comfortable—talking to people about what brings them passion, which makes me a more passionate person. I feel grateful to do it over and over, to get the opportunity to meet enough people to make patterns of their stories and of my own.

The moment you become aware of something, you begin to see it everywhere. And, while it fees important, it likely isn’t, instead an occurrence brought on by the simple power of observation. You weren’t looking for it before, and so it didn’t appear. There’s probably a name for this, but I don’t know it. Call it life, I suppose.

This month, we sought out stories from all sorts of Idahoans, but wouldn’t you know it—there are thoroughfares. I discovered at least four buildings constructed from sandstone quarried from our own Table Rock, procured by the same inmates I wrote about in another story. Now, I see it everywhere. For October, we aspired to present a blue and orange issue and Boise State University appeared in stories we didn’t know it would. Part of this is the joy of living in a community that is at once large and small—our own version of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

My children are thrilled with the change in season because, at least for the three-year-old, it means that Halloween looms closer. Suddenly, we’re seeing pumpkins and bats everywhere, and general spookines—in the magazine, we’re visiting the Old Penitentiary and talking to the Idaho Horror Film Festival, now in its sixth year.

For October,we’re exploring our own roots to make meaning of the patterns and juxtapositions (be they black and orange or blue and orange or otherwise) around us.

From the Bown House to the Schick~Ostolasa Farmstead to TRICA’s beautiful space, the Treasure Valley is truly alive, even in this scariest of seasons. October is magical here, though I think it has little to do with Halloween.

Let’s celebrate sweater season together this year, cuddled up to watch our favorite football team with a pastry and a steak.

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Bown on the Schick~Ostolasa Farm: Early Boise’s Rural and Urban Roots

by Heather Hamilton-Post “When you enter through this door, it is no longer 2019. Welcome to 1889,” Juno Van Ocker says.

Van Ocker, who is also dressed for 1889, gestures toward what was once a dining room in Boise’s Bown House. Now, the room is made up to look like a schoolroom

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with authentic time period desks, a blackboard, and miscellaneous props. “We chose 1889 because it was the year the school in Boise burned down, where Garfield Elementary is now,” she says.

Temperance Bown, who taught at the school, began holding classes from her home, which also hosted parties and dances.

Approximately 14 miles away, at least by modern roads, sits the Schick Schoolhouse, built by farmsteader Phillip Schick in 1879 on John Glenn’s property.

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“Glenn donated the property on the condition that they not hold dances there,” explains Jay Karamales, Chief Historian for the Dry Creek Historical Society. “Think of the Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead as a look at what rural life was like during the period, and Bown House as what was happening in the city,” he says.

Of course, the Bown House wasn’t exactly urban—the house sits on what was once a 240-acre farm that went from Diversion Dam (where you get in to float the river) to Boise State—a skinny farm between the Boise River and the Oregon Trail. But the home itself, an elegant block house with an elaborate front porch and cupola, was renowned for its extravagance and beauty. Today, tours of the house reveal glimpses of the past— original floors, woodwork that has

been refinished, but retains much of its original character. In the parlor, Van Ocker points out a family bible, donated by Mayor Dave Bieter’s family. “I think 1858 is the year the last name was entered there. It’s so good to show children how people kept track of families in those days,” she says.

The Schick-Ostolasa Farmstead home had slightly more humble beginnings—a one-room house, which later expanded to include multiple rooms for the family, as well as an upstairs residence for the Schick Schoolhouse teacher.

Eventually, the gable and wing style home grew to include bedrooms, a sitting room, and, way down the line, a kitchen instead of the detached structure for cooking that was part of the original house.

Karamales explains that the home originally served as a shelter for Phillip Schick (called P.L.) who claimed the 160 acres after leaving the Boise Valley in search of a lost ox. “P.L. spotted the Dry Creek oasis and decided to stick around.

He partnered with George Banker, and eventually took over total ownership,” he says.

The Bown House was home to Temperance and Joseph Bown from 1879 until 1893, when they sold it to W.T. Booth and moved further west. After, it was owned and rented by a number of families who changed the house to suit their needs—a larger porch, layers of carpet and wallpaper, names written into the side of the wall in the stairwell to the attic. Van Ocker explains

that, while they don’t allow visitors to the attic, they get to peek into the stairwell. She explains that, several years ago, she gave a tour to an older gentleman who looked in every corner. “After the tour, he asked me if the name Murphy meant anything to me. It certainly did! There was a family who lived here in the 30s and 40s. He’s smiling­—he said ‘I was eight years old when my mama wrote all 14 of our names on the wall.’ Amazing,” she says. In this way, the Assistance League of Boise, who manages the house, has pieced together much of the home’s history.

Van Ocker says that the house and everything in it has been a community effort from the beginning—a found photo that helped reconstruct the porch, a thrift store quilt revealing five quilts within it because people never threw anything away for a new display, a period camera for the parlor.

The Schick-Ostolasa Farm, named for P.L. Schick and his wife Mary, and later baby Clara, eventually included 400 acres of land. The family resided there until the 20th century when Schick died following a tractor accident on the farm— Karamales points to a tractor tire planter in his honor in the present-day farm’s front yard. “The family sold the farm to a banker who didn’t want to run it. He hired the Ostolasa family, who had been running

sheep nearby,” he explains. The family lived in the house until 2005.

Eventually, the Dry Creek Historical Society took over as caretakers.

Today, the farmstead is a remarkably preserved piece of history—two acres of land holding a house, detached kitchen, cellar, wood shed, saddle shed, horse barn, and granary, which Karmales says is in the process of a complicated restoration at the hands of Boise State University’s Construction Management program (and an archaeologist, just in case).

The farmstead, which is still home to a variety of animals and equipment, is open for tours and hosts a variety of events throughout the year, including for an old-time farm day on October 6. And at the Bown House, Van Ocker says that there is nothing in the house that students can’t touch—and they’re welcome to, on a school tour or on the first Saturday of every month.

Photos courtesy of Dry Creek Historical Society and Assistance League of Boise.

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THE PUNT OF N O R E T U R N: I D A H O M E WA L K S IN T O JAY A N D DAVE’S SPORTS BAR

Dave has covered Boise State football since 2007 for the Idaho Press-Tribune and the Idaho Statesman.

Jay has been at KTVB since 2011. We've been podcasting together for a year now - and won first place

BYU in 2012 and one against Nevada in 2007. The

at the Idaho Press Club awards in April for best sports

scores were 7-6 and 69-67, respectively. If I had to

talk show when it was known as The 208. IdaHome

pick, I'd say the Nevada game. It was at the time the

was lucky enough to sit down with Dave and talk BSU

highest-scoring game in FBS history and went into

football.

four overtimes. If not for Tim Brady's tackle to stop a two-point conversion, it would've gone to five OTs.

In your opinion, who is the most underrated

Bronco player you ever covered? What was their impact and why were they underrated?

I'm going to go back into my time machine, and as

Both offenses in that game were incredible, and it set up what would be a great next few years of games with the Broncos and Wolf Pack. That game was the first-ever start for Nevada quarterback Colin Kaeper-

tempted as I am to pick an offensive linemen (always

nick. He's famous now for more than football, but I've

overlooked), I'll go with Ellis Powers. He started only one

never seen a player like him, especially a guy making

season, in 2008, but he earned defensive co-MVP honors,

his first start - 6-foot-6, fast, and running a Pistol

scoring two TDs and having eight tackles for loss. Big for

offense that was very unique. It was the sort of game

a safety and small for a linebacker, Boise State found a

you can only see in college, and only involve a team

way to get him on the field, making the nickel (sort of a

like Boise State on the blue turf.

linebacker/safety hybrid) part of the base defense. Boise State allowed just 12.6 points per game that year. Powers' success made it a staple most seasons since - guys like Winston Venable came after Powers and now Kekaula Kaniho fits that spot that rewards versatility and doesn't let size dictate their position.

How far did former BSU Bronco Jared Zabran-

sky say he could throw a potato? Do you believe him? What is Zabransky up to these days?

Zabransky was raised on a potato farm in eastern Oregon, and he said he could throw one 80 yards.

And I do believe it. I've seen guys toss a football

Aside from the Fiesta Bowls, what BSU foot-

ball game stands out the most to you in the time covering the team?

Two games stand out to me, both extremely different from one another - both at home, one against

about 70 yards, so a potato would probably fly a little bit further. He dabbled in the NFL for a bit, including the Houston Texans. He lived there until about two years ago. He works in real estate and is a partner at D1 Training in Meridian. www.idahomemagazine.com

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CHOW D OW N AT TA I L G AT E

"T H E DA I R Y M EN insist on real butter, real cream and you gotta bring the beef to tailgate!", says Sarah Sinatra, United Dairymen of Idaho.

CHRIST Y SUCIU and her husband Rick and son Brett have been tailgating for over 20 years—the stadium has been open for only 12. Suciu works at the BSU College of Business and Economics, and says they’re not the only ones who have been here forever. She explains that you make friends and get to know each other, but you only see one another at tailgates. Her son, 7 when he began tailgating, is now a BSU graduate. ”The thing about Boise State Football is you look forward to it all week, know it will be fun, and most likely we are going to win! Look at our record-Boise State is the most winning program in the US in the last 20 years!” she explains. Suciu’s mother, Clair Farber, is 92 and graduated from Boise State Junior College. Now, she’s among the most loyal and longtime fans.

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G A R Y H ER R I OT T says that the United Dairymen count on tailgating to help raise over one million dollars for the summer athletics scholarship program to pay for summer school, which helps BSU maintain the number one graduation rate and grade point average in the Mountain West.

"TA I LG AT I N G I S A L L A B O U T being with family and friends, sharing the excitement of the pre-game and food. We have 3 generations here—our grandkids, moms and dads, grandmas and grandpas—all of us love to see the band, the cheerleaders and high-five the players. We got lucky with this sweet spot with our season tickets.

The people tailgating over next to Broadway have had their places for 30 years!” says Erica Larson, recent BSU graduate, pictured with her mother, Michelle. “We have been tailgating with our family for 4 years and plan to keep going for many more Bronco seasons!” she adds.

D U S T Y S C U D D ER B EL I E V E S T H AT the best part of tailgating is the people—oh, and the football. His dad coached youth football for 20 years, so he’s been around it in some way most of his life. In 1964, Scudder attended his first Boise State Junior College game with his father, now 91. “It’s a real community,” he says. “And my dad still loves BSU football.”

"I T ' S A L L A B O U T T H E love college football! That's what it's all about. I moved from Alabama where football was about family and when we moved here, we were really surprised to see it’s just the same—everyone sticking together. Everyone is polite!

No fights—it's like an extended family!” says Brendan.

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I dahoans are protective of our land—big open spaces

that set our state apart from most others. We hold our quality of life in high regard and define it, in part, by our ability to easily access nature, enjoy scenic views, and build homes that do not look into our neighbor’s window. Idaho’s landscapes are unique from north to south, and east to west, offering everything from the vast hills of the Palouse to desert sagebrush to the gentle slopes of foothills, which rise above the capitol city and bring hikers, bikers, and pedestrians of all kinds into nature.

The Boise Foothills are home to nearly 200 miles of trail over around 80,000 acres of land in Ada and

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Boise Counties. Officially, the Foothills are the transition between valley floor and peaks that make up the Boise Ridge, gaining an elevation of 3,965 feet to total 6,575 feet at the highest point. They’re well utilized by tourists and locals alike, providing a scenic natural escape from a city that continues to grow.

But, as peaceful as the landscape is, there’s a debate brewing amidst the area’s incessant growth. The desire of Idahoans to be closer to nature while maintaining their life in the city has prompted an increase in developments at the base of these Foothills—and not everyone is happy about it.

Colin Connell, a local developer, filed applications

with the city to add a 30 home subdivision on 21 acres, called Eyrie Terraces, which would extend from existing Eyrie Canyon to the intersection of North Villa Way and Winter Camp Drive, which would be extended through the subdivision. The area, like many, is popular among recreationists who hope to stop the development, citing concern for public space and fire hazards.

Nearby landowners and concerned citizens have come together under the name Central Foothills Neighborhood Association, and say they’re worried about things like the steep slope of the land, which initially categorized it as an open-space lot. The group says that Connell’s development doesn’t follow city guidelines, and they’re worried about overcrowding in schools, traffic, and even land degradation, which has long plagued Boise Foothills housing developments.

Tim Breuer, who lives in the area and participates in the group, told the Idaho Statesman that neighbors on Winter Camp Drive were told that nothing would be developed in front of their homes, but reports that he and others support responsible development—those that offer good in the community and enhance the neighborhood.

The Planning and Zoning Commission hosted a public hearing regarding the permit at Boise City Hall and, unsurprisingly, it

was packed with passionate Idahoans, over 120 people eager to express their concern over Foothills development. Most notable were those concerned with fire danger, many who had lived through a 2015 Foothills fire in which accessibility issues heightened turmoil.

Among the opposition was assistant fire marshal Ron Johnson, who worried about long deadend streets and accessibility and recommended denying the project.

Other concerns included soil stability, excessive slope, and the removal or movement of hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of soil from the development—more than other Foothills developments by leaps and bounds.

While the discussion remained mostly civil, minus a few profanities muttered under breath, the Central Foothills Neighborhood Association turned out in big numbers to express their opposition with over three hours of questions and testimony. And then, in the days following the meeting the city of Eagle, spoke up. Eagle’s City Council is asking its staff to consider measures that prohibit additional growth in parts of the Foothills, siting strain placed on the community as the result of growth.

Ada County has been a proponent of growth, inviting developers to build on unincorporated land since the 2000s—so Eagle redid the city’s comprehensive plan, which regulates growth, to include the Foothills which meant the city would again have control over the

communities built. Communities worked with the city to plan for growth in a more sustainable way—acres that couldn’t and wouldn’t be built on, one house per two acres, open spaces. Growth became a conversation with the city, but the conversation isn’t over yet. Now, the county commissioners have raised the regulations for developments, with additional regulations possible.

Boise Commissioner Bob Schafer reminded the audience that it isn’t necessarily a question of if, but of when—the land is private property, and will undoubtedly see a housing development in the future. And it won’t be the first or last—housing developments in the Foothills aren’t a new idea, and few have faced this level of public upset. Boise’s Foothills are scattered with housing developments that ultimately displaced less soil, hikers, and wildlife— Idahoans aren’t necessarily against the idea, but they’re demanding responsible development, and they’re doing it loudly.

And what of Foothills developments in Eagle? Likely, it slows things down, requiring that developers go to the city with additional asks or a brand new community planning process. Of course, this could all change with new elected officials.

In Boise, commissioners unanimously recommended denying the proposal as submitted for development, but the final decision is that of Boise City Council.

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B O I S E S TAT E P U B L I C R A D I O M A K E S A P O D C A S T Left to right: Editor Kate Concannon, writer Lacey Daley, host and lead reporter Amanda Peacher, reporter James Dawson, senior producer and co-host Frankie Barnhill.

by Frankie Barnhill The first time I heard about Adree Edmo was in December 2018. NPR had reached out to Boise State Public Radio—the station where I’m a reporter and producer—and asked if we could file something for national newscast on her case.

I’ll admit: her story had completely flown under the radar for me until then. What I quickly learned was that Adree Edmo is a 31-year-old transgender prisoner suing the state of Idaho for sex reassignment surgery, also known as gender confirmation surgery.

She’s housed in a male facility in Idaho, serving a 10year sentence for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy when she was 22. And soon, her story and the legal battle surrounding it would consume me and several of my colleagues for months.

LOCKED is a podcast from Boise State Public Radio and the Mountain West News Bureau. Led by investigative reporter Amanda Peacher and reported over six months, we dug into the story of Adree Edmo to try and do something we knew would be difficult:

to tell a fair and accurate story about the criminal justice system, evolving standards in transgender care, and the gap between public perception and legal precedent in a highly controversial case. We produced four in-depth episodes about Adree Edmo’s story, released before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in her favor this August. It was our first investigative project as a newsroom, and we knew that a podcast would allow us the time to develop this story with the depth and attention it deserves.

As local Idaho reporters, we are acutely aware that this story is of interest beyond our borders. If Edmo is successful in court, her case could impact transgender prisoners in other western states—and perhaps across the country. And it’s not over yet. After the 9th Circuit ruling, Gov. Little said he plans to appeal the case to the Supreme Court. If that happens, the LOCKED team will be there continuing to doggedly cover this story.

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ROGHANI’S RES TAUR ANT THE CHATE AU DES FLEURS BY

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alking into the Chateau des Fleurs feels other worldly—ten huge crystal chandeliers line the main corridor of the building, eventually ending in Roghani’s Restaurant, a jewel of culture and culinary zest born of Susan Roghani’s hard work and vision.

Tucked away in little Eagle, Idaho, the Chateau gives us the Treasure Valley at it’s best. Scrappy, yet refined, sophisticated and homegrown.

Chef Dylan Zosso, a Boise native, remembers cooking breakfast at home as a young kid. His first job was in a kitchen. “It was more the environment and the camaraderie and fun of it that attracted me. The adrenaline, the fast pace,” he says.

Zosso next worked as a busser, driven to learn from chef mentors in kitchens across the Treasure Valley as he worked his way up to sous chef. He recalls

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the first higher-end restaurant he worked at. “I asked the chef if I could just come in and work—even on my days off—for free.” And while these unpaid chef interns are common in Europe, “stages,” as they’re called, aren’t as much of a thing here in the United States. “He said no. Instead, they paid me. The chef would pull me into the kitchen when we were slow and teach me knife skills.”

Zosso’s favorite thing to make is soups. “There are so many different kinds of soup. Cold soup, for example—I recently did a strawberry gazpacho here.” And then, like any good Idahoan entering a cooler season, we spent a minute swooning over all the fall soups the season will inevitably bring.

Zosso says he really loves the cooking aspect of being a chef. “When I get to cook and put food out for dinner service at Roghani’s, that’s my favorite.”

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P E R F E C T PA S T RY WITH MCKENZIE PEARCE,

PA S T R Y C H E F

Chateau Des Fleurs and Roghani’s Restaurant Eagle, Idaho What are your favorite com-

binations of flavor to implement in dishes?

helping to make a flaky crust! Also make sure you have ice cold water, that way the butter doesn’t melt when

My favorite flavor combinations

you add it.

are typically ideas that are kinda out Where did you study and WHY

there but they end up collaborating together pretty well. We have an orchard that has a myriad of fruits

did you decide you wanted to be a PASTRY chef?

and around summer and early fall I’m

I studied at the Culinary Institute

Pâte à Choux (creme puff) 8 oz. water 1/2 stick butter 1TBSP sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/4c all purpose flour 6 eggs Bring water, sugar, salt, and butter to a boil.

Remove from heat and add

getting a ton of fresh fruits to work

of America in Napa Valley, Califor-

with! I love messing around with the

nia. I’ve always just loved being in

the flour.

fruits and herbs to try and come up

the kitchen. It’s where I grew up.

Cook on the stove until a film

with new sorbet combinations.

My family cooks all the time and I

forms on the bottom.

just kinda picked that up. There’s What is the ultimate secret to

making FLAKY pie crust?

Cold butter! And whatever you

just so much you can do to food.

It’s an ever-changing landscape so I can always be creative. Food makes

Remove and put onto a mixer with the paddle attachment and paddle until cooled.

Add eggs one at a time, while

do DON’T OVERMIX! The best way to

people happy and that’s my favorite

get a flaky crust is by combining your

part about it. Seeing the customers

cold cubed butter to the flour mixture

face right as they get their food is the

fully incorporated.

and use a pastry blender to slowly

most genuine expression. And it’s not

You may not use all the eggs as

incorporate the butter into the flour.

like people are going to stop eating

long as the mixture makes a V

You want to leave some chunks of the

anytime soon so I have a consistent

when you lift up the paddle then

butter not incorporated so that they

clientele.

it’s done.

can melt when you bake it and it will What is your favorite pastry

cause a pocket of steam in which is

scraping down the sides, until

dish and why?

I actually love ice cream! There’s so much you can do with it. Ice cream is the dessert I never get sick of. It’s

Pipe mixture.

Bake at 325°F until golden brown and dried out.

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Sara Edman, who is known as Wicked Willow when she skates, started roller derby four years ago.

“I told my mom that I wanted to do it, and she asked what was stopping me. Two weeks later, she died,” Edman says. That night, Edman’s family had gone to a roller derby game, and she recalls a row of bald heads in the audience,

Susan Euwing works with 80 men and does roller derby for, as she says it, “endurance training”.

Python is her derby pseudonym, and the programming language she works in—version 3.7, which is also her number (37). Her daughter Helen will play under the name “Hell on Wheels”!

hers included, shaved to honor her mother’s fight against cancer.

“We only had 7 weeks between when she was diagnosed and when she was gone. I was in a bad place, but I wanted to make her proud. I couldn’t skate, I was like a baby giraffe, but the girls

helped me through it. I was determined to make the team,” Edman explains. She did, quickly discovering that the sisterhood went far beyond skating. “My number is 713—my mother’s birthday—I’m skating with her. It’s my outlet. I love it,” she says.

Catch Wicked Willow and her teammates at Expo Idaho on October 19.

Idaho’s first Horror Film Festival is gearing up for a spookier-than-ever sixth season October 17-19 at (mostly) the Egyptian Theatre, though, as Festival Director Molly Deckart points out, it has truly become a community endeavor with events like a downtown bar crawl and flash fiction competition across the city.

“We started out with a mission to involve the community in the process of film-making. And I think we've done that we've also become a nice touchstone for visiting filmmakers and native filmmakers—we’re very filmmaker-centric, we try to make

connections for filmmakers, connecting with filmmakers and creators in Boise to build relationships,” she explains.

Deckart began the festival after noticing that Boise lacked a significant film culture and that nearly all filmmakers had, at one point or another, made a horror film. While her artistic background is in fine art and she isn’t actually a horror fan, she says she appreciates the things the genre can do—it can be funny, or romantic, or sociopolitical. It often champions female characters, and, as a genre, is extremely welcoming to newcomers.

OLD IDAHO PENITENTIARY scariest things he’s experienced at the Old Pen have been when he Jacey Brain, who runs Visitor wasn’t looking. “For me, it is the Services and Events at the Old distant noises that you’re trying to Idaho Penitentiary, says that the find explanations for—I’m alone up here in the office and hear a door shut upstairs, or I’m locking up at the end of an event and hear a fence rattle,” he says.

The Old Pen, while beautiful, is also spooky, especially around Halloween when they ramp up their robust event schedule and embrace the season. Around 130 people died at the prison while it was open, which is eerie in itself— creepier still when you consider the reasons many of the prisoners were

This year, the festival’s educational events are focused on teaching filmmakers how to finance and market their films, which Deckart emphasizes is useful for filmmakers across genres. “We also have content that’s on the lighter, funnier side too—but if you’re into the blood and guts...well, we’ve got that,” she adds.

locked up to begin with. Pair the inherent horror with the hard work of staff members during fundraising events like Frightened Felons, Sleepless in Stripes, or Dying to Get IN (among other great events and special displays), and the prison is downright frightful.

Check out the Idaho State Historical Society-run Old Pen website for more details on the spooktacular lineup of events this October and throughout the year, which also include educational exhibits that explore larger questions about humanity, criminal justice, and art.

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The artwork, as Kissée mentions, is remarkable, and very, very “Idaho”—elk and bear that peer over the edge of the roof, interac-

tive exhibits, an RV designed for imaginative play. Inside, even the furniture screams childhood, with its bright colors and miniature size. Perhaps more importantly, the building brings together various specialists and services to prevent families from having to make multiple stops, which also allows for collaborative care.

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Boise native, Anna Gamel, shares her inspiration. “I saw all the wineries close together so I thought ‘It’d be really fun to take a bike or a scooter instead of driving.’”

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13th Annual Eagle Food & Wine Festival When: Saturday, September 21, at 6 PM - 9 PM Where: BanBury Golf Club 2626 S Marypost Pl, Eagle, Idaho 83616 Description: WHO?: The Eagle Food and Wine Festival, located in beautiful Eagle, Idaho, is a family-owned and operated business.

WHAT?: The Eagle Food and Wine Festival partners select Idaho wineries with premier local chefs to create the perfect tasting pair.

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Old Boise Oktoberfest 2019 When: Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 2 PM – 10 PM Where: 6th Street between Main and Grove Description: Old Boise 6th & Main is reviving its tradition of hosting Oktoberfest in the streets of Downtown Boise! Come down for: - Authentic German biers - Delicious food - Live music from Soul Serene, Wolfie and the Bavarians, and Pilot Error Band - Games -$2000 in giveaways - A kids corner which will include a bouncy house, games with GoGo squeeZ, and the Children's Museum of Idaho, a climbing wall, and a snow cone booth.

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8thAnnual B'Arc & Brew Craft Beer Festival When: Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 12 PM – 8 PM Where: Highlands Hollow Brewhouse 2455 Harrison Hollow Lane, Boise, Idaho 83702 Description: Please join us for a howlin' good time to support employment opportunities for Idahoans with disabilities!!

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Sawtooth Winery Harvest Tours When: Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 10 AM – 5:30 PM Where: Sawtooth Winery 19348 Lowell Road, Caldwell, Idaho 83607

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October 5

See Spot Walk When: Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 9 AM – 1 PM Where: Julia Davis Park Boise, Idaho Description: Please join us for our 27th Annual See Spot Walk where you can interact with families and dogs on an exciting 5k Fun Run or a 1K Dog Walk.

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October 5

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with LIVE Orchestra When: Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 2 PM – 5 PM Where: The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts 2201 W Cesar Chavez Ln, Boise, Idaho 83706 Description: The orchestra will play John Williams' iconic musical score live as the film is projected on a giant screen."You must feel the Force around you..."

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Harvest Festival When: Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 9 AM – 2 PM Where: Heritage Park, Eagle IdahoEagle, Idaho 83616 Description: The City of Eagle, Idaho, Eagle Parks & Recreation, and the Eagle Saturday Market present Harvest Fest!

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At Heritage Park in downtown Eagle enjoy live music, kids' games, free pumpkin decorating, mini horses, a donut on a string competition, food and more! Stroll through the fall market and support small businesses.

Take a fun fall themed family photo in the free photo booth sponsored by the Eagle Arts Commission.

Explore the Eagle Museum of History and Preservation and the Friends of the Eagle Public Library book sale also runs from 9 am - 2 pm! As always, this is a free and family friendly event for everyone! Invite a friend and spend the day in downtown Eagle.

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Spooktacular Evenings at Zoo Boise

When: Friday, October 18, 2019 at 9:15 PM – 2 AM Where: Old Idaho Penitentiary 2445 Old Penitentiary Rd, Boise, Idaho 83712

When: Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 6 PM – 9 PM Where: Zoo Boise 355 E Julia Davis Dr, Boise, Idaho 83702 Description: Spooktacular is a Merry Not Scary Fun-Fest for the Whole Family!

Spooktacular is your chance to visit and experience the zoo at night! It will feature a variety of fun Halloween displays, activities, special entertainment, and animal encounters all designed for families. There will be a ton of stuff to do, see, and experience! Friends of Zoo Boise members receive a $1 discount off of admission to Spooktacular and Conservation Circle members get in for free.

Spooktacular is great place to gain public awareness for your group or organization with a booth! Learn how you can have a booth at https://zooboise.org/events/events-home/event-booth-space/.

October 18

Description: Join Big River Paranormal as they use their unique equipment and knowledge to attempt to connect with inmates and guards of the past.

Tickets for the final Paranormal Investigation of 2019, October 18, will go on sale Monday, September 16 at 12:00am.

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October 12

HOPtober FRESHtival 2019 When: Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 12 PM – 9 PM

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Where: Boise Brewing 521 W. Broad St., Boise, Idaho 83702 Description: The date for Hoptober Freshtival has been set! Mark you calendars and clear your schedules. It's going to be the freshest year yet!

In 2018 we had over 40 breweries and cideries, over 80 different beers and over 5 hours of live music! Combo that with food trucks, beer games and other beer vendors and you have the biggest Fresh Hop festival in Idaho!

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October 12

2019 Idaho Renaissance Faire

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When: Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 10 AM – 6 PM Where: Kuna, Idaho (Greenbelt Park) Description: Idaho Renaissance Faire is excited to announce the 2019 dates for our Faire. Please join us October 12th and 13th in beautiful Kuna, Idaho at the Greenbelt Park for two days of merriment and revelry. There will be vendors, music, and dancing.

Join us as we take a look back at the year 1492 in Italy. Come meet various historical figures and more than a few characters.

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October 19

The Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival When: Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 1 PM – 10 PM Where: Indian Creek Plaza Corner of Kimball Ave & Arthur St, Caldwell, Idaho 83605 Description: The Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival is held in conjunction with BOO BASH, an annual truck or treat put on by Treasure Valley Community College in downtown Caldwell, creating a full day of fall fun!

Enjoy or participate the pumpkin carving contest, giant pumpkin weigh-off, pumpkin pie eating contest, 5-7 p.m. and then a Movie will be shown at 8 p.m.

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ON POINTE with BSU’s New President Marlene Tromp

By Karen Day “Before college, I had an

offer to be a professional ballerina,” says Dr. Marlene Tromp. “But as the first generation in my family with an opportunity to attend college, I felt an obligation to turn it down.” She laughs, then adds with a self-deprecating shrug, “Besides, I’m a giant.”

BSU’s new and 7th President is not only strikingly tall, she’s also the first woman to hold the title in the history of the university. Whether addressing a crowd of students, facing down a political controversy on diversity, or sitting down with her in an interview, one senses that “Dedicated Trailblazer” could be the subtitle on Dr. Tromp’s CV. Growing up in the small, rural town of Green River, Wyoming, Dr. Tromp learned from her father and the rugged, unforgiving environment the necessity and value of being tough and resourceful.

“My dad came home from working at the mine every day and he would scrub and scrub his hands, but he just

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couldn’t get all the grease from underneath his nails. He wanted his daughters not to live that life. ‘Run hard, run fast, work hard’ he always said, ‘and if you want to be the President of the United States, you can be the President of the United States.’

That kind of encouragement and a love of learning is why I’m here today,” she says.

Referencing the President of the United States brings up the question that President Tromp has faced most of her life. The similarity in title and name on her business card may appear ironic today- “But even when Donald Trump was married to Marla,” she explains with a rueful laugh, “I used to get comments when I signed checks.”

What are the required traits and responsibilities of good leader? Dr. Tromp has constructed a clearly-defined list of aspirations, obligations and commitment to lead BSU forward. She also admits the challenges are formidable and the path to those goals is under construction.

“For me, the biggest challenge leading the university is that we’re resource-poor compared to the kind of load we carry for the state…Like many states in the West, there’s not a huge investment in higher education, which means you really have to be creative, thoughtful, self-aware and critiquing to make the most of every dollar.

The work we are doing is so critical here.

There aren’t 16 universities to choose from, “she says, indirectly referencing the UC

equal opportunity and humanity in general, further confirmed in her stated plans to cultivate and support diversity on campus, fund research to inspire evidence-based passion for learning in students, a commitment to the arts as an imperative ingredient in higher ed, and an ongoing exchange of respect, appreciation and feedback from the faculty. A conA young Tromp attends a leadership seminar in Chicago. fident, matter-offact urgency infuses system. “Therefore, we have a lot her tone whenever of people to serve.”

Dr. Tromp speaks about her inExplaining the value of higher tended results at BSU as if her new education to rural communities, job description also includes coach, not just in Idaho, but across the quarterback, cheerleader and U.S., also ranks high on Tromp’s offensive linebacker. Perhaps, this To-Do list. explains why one of her favorite “Nationally, people don’t see parts of the job is dressing the part the benefit higher education will in fandom fashion and slapping bring them. It’s a combination of high-fives with students at Bronco an evolving tech economy, esgames. calating costs and the fact that Her tone softens, however, we haven’t done a very good job when she speaks about her “amazexplaining our value. Not because ing” 17-year-old son and her secof neglect on our part, “ she adds, ond profession as an author. “The “but because, for so long, the value working title of my new book is of an education appeared self-eviIntimate Murder. It’s all about cold dent in our cultural aspirations.” cases from the 18th century.”

Tromp has historically defined Both these subjects clearly herself as a social justice propobring her joy, another subject this nent, which equates to concern for President espouses as important,

not only in education, but life.

“I read a study a couple of years ago that tracked undergrad majors in college compared to the happiest people in their 50’s.

The happiest were the ones that majored in dance. I found that so profound, because the vast majority had nothing professionally to do with dance. They worked in banks, business and nonprofit sectors— but they all had a different sense of who they were. They were more balanced,” she says.

No matter how precarious the stage, it appears Dr. Tromp has sought and found her own balance “on pointe” here in Idaho and at Boise State.

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He coaxes one boy, who has been a reluctant participant for the 20 or so minutes leading up to this moment, forward from the corner with a joke—a trick he says he learned from his mother, a puppeteer. Less than a minute later, the boy’s blonde mane is bouncing as he joins the class in dance. “I especially like those moments,” Swarthout explains, “where a child ends up participating. I think, at this age, dance, song, art, really speak to them because it’s so human.”

Swarthout and his tiny team of permanent staff run the Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts, called TRICA, from an old Methodist Church on Eastman Street, currently undergoing a massive renovation. While they’ve raised considerable funds with the help of the community, there’s still significant need—$1.8 million, which will cover a total overhaul of the historic space.

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it inspires play. “The community really, really resonates with this space,” she says. “It is so unique—you walk up and think Renaissance Faire or Shakespeare off a balcony.” Swarthout adds that it sends a message that embodies TRICA’s greater mission.

“It’s a special place and children will hear that. Rather than tearing down history, we’re making this for them, we’re doing this because they’re valuable,” he says.

Swarthout, who is a ballet dancer by trade, met Weeks when they performed in a production of Alice in Wonderland for Idaho Theater for Youth as children. He explains that those early forays into acting actually helped him discover dance. “I was auditioning at Boise Little Theater and some of my friends were taking their sisters to audition for the Nutcracker. I asked if I could go do that instead. And I happened to be wearing sweatpants, and auditioned in socks,” he laughs.

Swarthout’s friend’s mom spotted him the $5 admission fee, and he got the part of a soldier.

“That’s the kind of inspiration I want TRICA to help kids to recognize!” Weeks responds, “To lean into what feels right.” Which is exactly what she did, when, years later, she reconnected with Swarth-

out when he taught a TRICA class at the school where she taught. His way with students, which Swarthout attributes to some recalculating after an early experience trying to teach ballet to children in a more formulaic way, impressed Weeks, and they’ve been working together since.

Once construction is complete, TRICA will be home to a variety of new programs—Swarthout has around 20 in the works, including a children’s holiday production, teacher and family workshops, and an afterschool arts program that will emphasize meaningful learning that works to develop humanity, empathy, and respect. TRICA will also continue their outreach programs, Swarthout says, because he recognizes the difficulty in getting art to people, particularly when both parents work.

2020 marks the 25th year of TRICA’s existence, and they’re aiming to unveil their new space then, though as it rapidly approaches, the prospect is scary. Swarthout often teaches bravery by way of the Nutcracker, which pits a child against a Mouse King. “I ask them if they know what if means to be brave. It isn’t that you aren’t afraid­— it is that you face that fear,” he says.

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