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Edition THIRTEEN
“What About Bob... Sobba?”
Celebrating Our Veterans
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By Chantele Hensel and Leora Summers, Caldwell Perspective Team
As we celebrate one full year of publication, we thank our advertisers for supporting your local monthly paper, the Caldwell Perspective. We have truly enjoyed bringing you a smattering of good news about your friends, local businesses and our community. Special thanks goes to our Caldwell Street Department employees for making our downtown a special place for all of us to enjoy! Go downtown after dark and enjoy
the lights surrounding Indian Creek. Our local merchants are all revved up to give you great holiday shopping. Go downtown during the day to see what our community has to offer before you head out of town. Dine in some of our local eateries and shop Caldwell! We wish you all Peace, Love, and Joy for the coming year and have a very Merry Christmas!
A Life Honored
Goodbye Football
Gys van Beek
Hello Basketball
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Melyssa Ferro-Idaho’s Teacher of the Year!
By Leora Summers, Caldwell Perspective Editor
November 10th was a special day at Syringa Middle School. Teachers, students, family members and state dignitaries gathered in the gym for a special announcement. And then it came--Melyssa Ferro, Syringa science teacher was named Idaho’s “2016 Teacher of the Year.” Idaho State Superintendent, Sherri Ybarra, presented her with a plaque and a check for $1,000 from the State of Idaho. Ferro has taught in the district for 15 years. She attributes her honor to the support of her school for never saying “no” to her requests and the collaboration of many other agencies in her efforts to provide opportunities for her students to become involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematic) activities. One of the things that impressed Ybarra in Ferro’s biography the most was a story about one of Ferro’s students. The student told her parents, while on a vacation at Arches National Park, that she wished Mrs. Ferro could have been there so she could see what they saw. Not many kids wished their teacher was on a vacation with them and that really made Ferro stand out in the state’s mind as to the commitment and dedication that Ferro had for her students and what she meant to them. Melyssa Ferro has been highlighted in our March edition when her students won awards at the “Future Cities” competition in Boise and then again in our August edition as she received a Presidential Award
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Merry Christmas & Peace To All!
DECEMBER 2015
State Superintendent Sherri Ybarra presenting Melyssa Ferro flowers of congratulations and a plague honoring her as Idaho’s “2016 Teacher of the Year”
in Washington D.C. for excellence in mathematics and science. She is now among those in the competition for the national “2016 Teacher of the Year.” Congratulations and good luck to Mrs. Melyssa Ferro!
Captain Frank Wyant Recommended For Caldwell Police Chief
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A selection committee has recommended that Captain Frank Wyant be appointed as the next Chief of Police for the Caldwell police department. During the December 7th Caldwell City Council meeting, Mayor Nancolas will recommend Captain Wyant to be appointed as Caldwell’s Chief of Police. If confirmed, Wyant would officially take office on January 1, 2016. “I have full confidence in Captain Wyant,” said Mayor
On October 22, April Sauceda became a U.S. Citizen and then on November 19th at the United States Citizenship and Immigrations Services Boise Field Office, April, along with other U.S. citizenship recipients, was honored during a Naturalization Oath ceremony. Congratulations Citizen April! We are so very proud of you and your accomplishment. It was a journey well traveled! When April was a little girl living in Mexico, she never imagined that she would come to a different country, learn a new language and a whole new culture. But now that she has found herself in that wonderful situation, she could not be
Nancolas. “He is such an asset to our city and our police force. He is a leader in our community and has the skills and experience to do a great job as Chief. He has my full support.” Wyant has served 24 years in the Caldwell Police Department and is very involved in the community. He has been actively involved with the Caldwell Night Rodeo for 13 years and currently serves as President of the CNR Board of Directors. Wyant
April Sauceda – A New U.S. Citizen!
more proud of herself. Of her time here in the United States, April said, “This has been such a wonderful experience for me. The United States is now and has been for many years, my home, not even my second home, because to me that is the place that you visit, and this feels like home. Aside from all the other things that I have learned living in this country, I have learned new things about me and what I’m capable of.” April thanks God, her family and friends and her brother Omar for always being there for her and her children, Alex and Anthony, for all their support in helping her get to this point in her life. “They were and are my inspiration
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to be better every day and I hope I make them proud,” she said. April is such an inspiration. What a tremendous accomplishment! She went on to say, “There are no limits to what we can do. We only limit ourselves to what we think we can’t do. As we come to an election year, I feel fortunate to be able to participate and to vote for the first time. I have passed from being a face in the crowd to being a voice in the crowd.” Those are very insightful words April. Congratulations! Zahida April Sauceda is a Senior Legal Assistant II for Canyon County Prosecuting Attorney in the Nampa Misdemeanor Unit.
has also coached Caldwell youth sports since 1993. He currently coaches Caldwell High School’s varsity girls’ softball team. “It’s an absolute honor to have started my career at the bottom here and have the community pick me to lead the department. To me, it’s not about the title, it’s about serving this community and having the opportunity to lead the Wyant Continued on page 12
By Leora Summers, Caldwell Perspective Editor
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April Sauceda with sons, Anthony and Alex, after her Naturalization Oath Ceremony.