April 2017 Caldwell Perspective

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Caldwell, Idaho

Edition Twenty-Nine

Justin Segura ...for the love of PINK Page 10

APRIL 2017

Daglen’s road to the Stars

Ron Black, Power of Community

Career Day at Syringa Middle School

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Terry Harrell and John Muirhead receive 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

During the February 28th State of the City Address, two remarkable community men were recognized and presented with the City’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, Terry Harrell and John Muirhead. They have worked tirelessly through the Caldwell Veterans Council to repurpose the old Carnegie Library into the evolving Caldwell Veterans Hall located at 1101 Cleveland Blvd. John had a lengthy military career in the U.S. Navy which began in 1966 and then later in the Naval Reserves. While in the Navy, he completed a certificate in Heating and Air Conditioning Design and during an assignment in Bechtel’s Global Petrochemical Operations office in Huston, he completed a Master’s Degree in International Business in 2000. After his retirement from his Naval career, he had a job with

a government contractor at the Idaho National Laboratory in Arco, ID. In 2012, John moved from Idaho Falls to Caldwell, where he currently resides with his wife Carol. With this rich experience all behind him, he looked forward to a leisurely retirement, but things changed after joining the Caldwell American Legion Post when given John Muirhead, Mayor Garett Nancolas the opportunity to get and Terry Harrell (submitted photo) involved with a project to convert the old Carnegie Library project like that. That’s when he into a veterans memorial hall partnered with Terry Harrell. Terry Harrell, a 1974 Caldwell to provide services to area vets. High School graduate, is a veteran His past experiences, education whose military career spans and certificates gave him a deep from August 1974 to June of understanding of what it might 2006. Harrell began as a Combat take to begin working on a

The Art Gallery that IS...Caldwell High School

The Blue Fiddler” (1947) by Marc Chagall

Caldwell High School moved into its brand new building at 3401 South Indiana in the fall of 1997. Beautiful as the structure was, long-time French teacher Joyce Greenfield realized that the cinderblock walls were in need of some decoration. She gathered a few other likeminded individuals together to plan beautification projects and propose funding possibilities. The committee members, besides Joyce, included faculty members Joy Fingerlos, and Jay Linsenbigler, and community representatives, Beverly Hopper and Bob Carpenter. Over the years students and others have

“Shoshone Falls on the Snake River” (1900) by Thomas Moran

also provided input, with faculty member, Michelle Yancey, most recently. One of the committee’s first achievements was the stained-glass cougar in the windows over the school’s front door. The most ambitious and on-going undertaking is selecting and framing student art and fineart prints to adorn the school hallways. There are currently over 75 works of art on display. The art has been grouped to some extent in a thematic manner. Art with a music subject matter is on display in the hallway leading to the music wing. The music prints include works by Picasso, Chagall, and Renoir. Near the food court are works that feature

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food or food gathering. There are also areas for “people working,” “flowers,” “landscapes,” “famous faces,” “abstract” and some works of art that fit into none of these categories. Artists represented in the CHS collection include men and women of diverse ethnicities and nationalities. As with many things in life, money was part of the equation. Funding has come from diverse sources. Many individuals interested in seeing this project contributed small amounts. Joyce leaned on her CHS graduating class of 1965 to contribute a significant amount. Other sources include The Caldwell Community Foundation, the

by Leora Summers, Editor

Engineer and rose up to being the Battalion Commander of the 145th Support Battalion which deployed to Iraq, returning in November 2005. Since then, Harrell has been active in many local veteran organizations including the Caldwell Veterans Council, the Carrie L. French Chapter 1, and Disabled American Veterans and is a Veteran of Foreign Wars, Life Member. He has been actively involved on Caldwell’s 4th of July Parade and Celebration committee for the past 10 years and on the board of directors of the Caldwell Community Civic Building Association for the past 23 years. Terry lives in Caldwell

with his wife of 42 years, Trina, who is an amazing partner in the efforts of veterans and their families. For the past two years, these two men have been a dynamic duo making remarkable progress with the help of local vets, volunteers, businesses and the City of Caldwell in the renovation project converting the Carnegie Library into the Caldwell Memorial Veterans Hall. The City of Caldwell is so proud to honor these two dedicated men with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award. Congratulations gentlemen! This was definitely a team effort of all involved and these two recognize all the help along the way from everyone who continues to help move this project to completion.

by Bill Buckendorf

Upcoming School Board Elections

Idaho Commission on the Arts, the Caldwell Foundation for Educational Opportunity, and the Simplot Fertilizer Division. Joyce Greenfield also developed a recycling program at CHS, which generated additional funds. As having been a Caldwell High School faculty member for 28 years, I loved seeing many of these works of art. Since I spent most of my time in the music wing, I have enjoyed that particular area the most. Since I was born and raised in southern Idaho (Buhl), I have to say that Thomas Moran’s “Shoshone Falls” is my new favorite. I can just imagine the journey Thomas Moran (1837–1926) made from New York to Idaho in 1900 in order to paint in Yellowstone and other areas of the Far West. I will be trying to talk my friend Joyce into hosting an “art walk” through the halls of Caldwell High School. Be sure to check for this possibility in a future issue of the Caldwell Perspective. Many thanks to Joyce Greenfield and all the others who helped her create the Art Gallery that IS... Caldwell High School.

by Leora Summers, Editor

Mr. Kent Marmon, Caldwell School District Trustee from Zone Five (5), resigned early from his trustee position. Elections for trustees in both Zone 5 and Zone 1 will be held on May 16. Declarations of Candidacy were due on or before March 17th. Persons who have filed a Declaration of Candidacy for these positions are as follows: Nicarol Clifton (Zone 5), Marisela Pesina (Zone 5), Lisa Johnson (Zone 1), and Lisa Bevington (Zone 1). We will introduce the candidates in our May Caldwell Perspective If you would like more information on times and places for these elections, please contact the Canyon County Elections Office at 455-5937.


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