this summer and this was our first and they were beating us to it. What we couldn’t hear was Bob Mauer, who sat with Bement in the cab of Juntura’s new pumper truck, the newest and best in the Vale BLM District. “Don’t listen to Hawk,” Mauer said. “He’s taking us right into a hot spot.” Bement was new to fighting rangeland fires, but he and Hawk were teachers at Vale High School and he trusted his friend’s advice. Mauer, a college student, had a year or two of fire experience and that experience was making him uncomfortable. His instinct told him to stay off that ridge. As we drove around the nose of a long ridge, thick smoke screened the sun, making it blood red and psychedelically large. Just before Bement reached the top of the
ridge, Hawk flew off to scope-out another fire. “Be careful, Bob,” he said over the radio. “It looks it could be hot up there.” Smoke boiled up from the slope on the other side of the ridge line. Wildland fires generate so much heat they create their own weather. An imbalance of heat in the canyon created a strong up-draft, feeding the fire with oxygen like a blast furnace. Bement suddenly faced the firestorm On the back of Bement’s pumper, Tom Phillips belted himself to the railing to keep from being bounced off. He hung on, well out of reach of the wildly swinging canteens tied to the side railing. When the fire reached the ridge top, Bement suddenly faced the fire storm that Mauer had feared—a wall of flame three times as high as
Study in exotic Taiwan and earn two master’s degrees
Earn an M.E.T or M.S. in EdTech from Boise State AND an M.S. in Technology Development and Communication from National University of Tainan (NUTN) for about the cost of the Boise State degree alone!
Student loans cover all expenses for U.S. EdTech students in Taiwan. Attend full-time and pay only about $750 for tuition and fees for the entire semester. Add another $170 a month for a dorm (plus electricity) and two U.S. bucks per meal. Can you even imagine ?
Up to 15 credits (earned at either institution) can be applied to both degrees. Other credits earned at either institution apply only toward the degree at the granting university.
All classes are taught in English. Taiwanese professors earned their degrees in the USA. Students originating at Boise State are required to take one course in basic Mandarin at NUTN.
Imagine it ... Do it . . . Treasure it! Contact your EdTech adviser today! Jerry Foster —jfoster@boisestate.edu 208-426-1966 . . . Dixie Conner—dixieconner@boisestate.edu 619-741-7748