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“YOTES ANTICIPATE LARGE CROWD FOR SATURDAY HOME OPENER”
Fresh off a 42-14 win in the season opener against Montana StateNorthern last week, No. 19 College of Idaho football is set to begin the 2021 home slate this Saturday at 1 p.m. against Rocky Mountain at Simplot Stadium. The Yotes have won at least a share of back-toback Frontier Conference championships and are looking forward to playing in front of the best fans in the league once again this fall. “We are so proud of our community,” said head football coach Mike Moroski. “We have a one of a kind community that really rallies behind this team and supports us.” Moroski expects a large and vocal crowd to be on-hand when Rocky Mountain comes to Caldwell this week, as the last time that C of I had fans in 2019 the team played in front of an average of 3,557 spectators per week, good for the third most in the entire NAIA. Simplot Stadium has
become one of the more challenging places for opponents to play in the country over the last few years, with the Yotes winning 11 straight games at home dating back to 2018. With pregame tailgating, a beer garden and high-level football, there is something for everyone at a C of I game. The tailgate zone opens at 8 a.m. in the J.A. Albertson Activities Center parking lot. Fans can purchase their spot at YoteAthletics.com to get in on the festivities. “Yotes football wants to invite everyone to come out and be a part of the fun this fall,” Moroski said. For those new to C of I football, there is plenty of history and names to be aware of. With a win over the Battlin’ Bears on Saturday, C of I would tie the program record set back in 1952-54 with the most consecutive home victories in a row. The 2021 season marks the 77th year of Coyote football as a collegiate program,
including four straight winning campaigns. Season tickets for the upcoming season are available for as little as $60 per seat and can be purchased on YoteAthletics.com or by calling 208-459-5223. For the Yotes, multiple bright spots came out of the season opener last week, highlighted by linebacker Dylan Martinez tying a schoolrecord with 16 tackles on his way to being named the NAIA Defensive Player of the Week. Martinez is the sixth player in program history to earn the accolades. Additionally, C of I held the Lights to just 23 yards of total offense in the second half while forcing three turnovers. On the other side of the ball, new quarterback Jack Rice threw for three touchdowns and running back Nick Calzaretta was named Frontier Conference Offensive Player of the Week after finishing with 206 yards on the ground and a pair of touchdowns. The day
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marked the 10th time in his career that Calzaretta has crossed the 100yard rushing threshold. “It was good to get Nick loose a couple times,” Moroski said. “He was at his best running inside for tough yards. He is the key to our whole operation on offense.” Looking ahead, the Yotes will play five regular season home games at Simplot Stadium, including homecoming on Oct. 2 against Carroll. C of I will play Southern Oregon on Sept. 18, Montana Western on Oct. 23 and Eastern Oregon on Nov. 6. Individual
game tickets for each week are available on YoteAthletics.com. ANote From The Publisher: Thank you Sven Alskog for keeping Caldwell informed about our Yotes! I want to send a sincere apology for the error on the bi-line in the August edition. Thank you for being so kind and understanding. Go Yotes! Sincerely, Chantele Hensel
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Events and special promotions happening locally this month! September 10 (continued) 6 PM: Community Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. September 11
6 PM-Midnight: Game night at The Rubaiyat Books Store. Reservations available, 208-8991988 some fees may apply.
CALDWELL LIBRARY BANNED BOOKS READING CHALLENGE September 26 through October 2, is banned book week, but we are celebrating all month long! Stop by the Library to learn how to participate in our banned book reading challenge. September 1 10:30 AM: Crochet & Knitters, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Baby Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Lap-sit storytime with stories, songs, rhymes & games to play with baby (ages 0-2). September 2 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10-11 AM: Tasty Tales Preschool storytime- Rediscovered Books Caldwell. 10 AM: Fit & Fall Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Toddler Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Stories, songs, and games for toddlers (ages 2-4). September 3 10 AM: Tai Chi, Hubler Airport Terminal (Caldwell Library event), 4814 E. Linden. Mindful, holistic exercise for overall health & well being (18+). 6-11 PM: Brave Hearts Night at Indian Creek Steakhouse, 711 Main Street. 6 PM: Community Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. September 4 4-9 PM: Taco Taste Off! DANCING • TACO COMPETITION • ENTERTAINMENT. Indian Creek Plaza, 120 S. Kimball Avenue.
6 PM-Midnight: Game night at The Rubaiyat Books Store. Reservations available, 208-8991988 some fees may apply.
September 7 10 AM-12 PM: Living Well With Diabetes at the Caldwell YMCA. Learn more and register at ymcatvidaho.org. 1 PM: Pinochle, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 4 PM: Afternoon School Fun, fun steam activities ages 7-13, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. 4:30 PM: Bingo, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 5-9 PM: Farm to Fork Farmers’ Market. CALDWELL’S PREMIER FARMERS’ MARKET AT INDIAN CREEK PLAZA. 6-9 PM: TUESDAYS ON THE CREEK Concert Series featuring: Band of Comerados. 7 PM: City Council Meeting, CPD Community Room, 110 S 5th Avenue. September 8 10:30 AM: Crochet & Knitters, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Baby Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Lap-sit storytime with stories, songs, rhymes & games to play with baby (ages 0-2). September 9 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10-11 AM: Tasty Tales Preschool storytime- Rediscovered Books Caldwell. 10 AM: Fit & Fall Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Toddler Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Stories, songs, and games for toddlers (ages 2-4). 2 PM: Thursday Afternoon Read, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. September 10 10 AM: Tai Chi, Hubler Airport Terminal (Caldwell Library event), 4814 E. Linden. Mindful, holistic exercise for overall health & well being (18+).
September 13 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10 AM: Fit & Fall Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 1 PM: Line Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 7-8 PM: Urban Renewal Agency Meeting, CPD Community Room, 110 S 5th Avenue. September 14 1 PM: Pinochle, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 4 PM: Afternoon School Fun, fun steam activities ages 7-13, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. 4:30 PM: Bingo, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 5-9 PM: Farm to Fork Farmers’ Market. CALDWELL’S PREMIER FARMERS’ MARKET AT INDIAN CREEK PLAZA. 6-9 PM: TUESDAYS ON THE CREEK Concert Series featuring: Casio Dreams. 6:30 PM: Family Night, “Bad Art Contest”, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn, (all ages). September 15 10:30 AM: Crochet & Knitters, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Baby Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Lap-sit storytime with stories, songs, rhymes & games to play with baby (ages 0-2). September 16 8-9 AM: Coffee Connect sponsored by Pioneer Title. Indian Creek Plaza, 120 S. Kimball Avenue. 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10-11 AM: Tasty Tales Preschool storytime- Rediscovered Books Caldwell. 10 AM: Fit & Fall Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Toddler Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Stories, songs, and games for toddlers (ages 2-4). 4 PM: Learn Idaho: Guardianship & Conservatorship, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn, (18+). September 17 10 AM: Tai Chi, Hubler Airport Terminal (Caldwell Library event), 4814 E. Linden. Mindful, holistic exercise for overall health & well being (18+). 4-10 PM: Back the Blue Idaho at the Caldwell Night Rodeo Arena, 2207 Blaine St. Let’s spread the love for our law enforcement officers and let them know that in Idaho, we appreciate the things they do in our communities each day! 5-6 PM: Dedication of the TVCC Facility as The Nancolas Center, Treasure Valley Community College, Caldwell. 6 PM: Community Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 6-10 PM: Indian Creek Festival, Indian Creek Plaza, 120 S. Kimball Ave.
To promote your October event on this page contact Chantele at 208-899-6374 or email advertising@caldwellperspective.com
September 18 7 AM-2 PM: Indian Creek Festival, Indian Creek Plaza, 120 S. Kimball Ave. Indian Creek Festival began in 2003 as a celebration of when the first section of Indian Creek in downtown Caldwell was uncovered. tape.
6 PM-Midnight: Game night at The Rubaiyat Books Store. Reservations available, 208-8991988 some fees may apply.
September 20 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10 AM: Fit & Fall Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 1 PM: Line Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 6:30 PM: Various crafts and activities for adults and older teens (16+), Caldwell Library. 7 PM: Square Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 7-8:30 PM: City council Meeting, CPD Community Room, 110 S 5th Avenue. September 21 9 AM: Art Group, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 1 PM: Pinochle, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 4 PM: Afternoon School Fun, fun steam activities ages 7-13, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. 4:30 PM: Bingo, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 5-9 PM: Farm to Fork Farmers’ Market. CALDWELL’S PREMIER FARMERS’ MARKET AT INDIAN CREEK PLAZA. 6-9 PM: TUESDAYS ON THE CREEK Concert Series featuring: LDW (Life During Wartime). September 22 First Day of Autumn 10:30 AM: Crochet & Knitters, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Baby Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Lap-sit storytime with stories, songs, rhymes & games to play with baby (ages 0-2). September 23 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10-11 AM: Tasty Tales Preschool storytime- Rediscovered Books Caldwell. 10 AM: Fit & Fall, , Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Toddler Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Stories, songs, and games for toddlers (ages 2-4). 5-6 PM: Virtual Conversation with authors Kristin Hannah (The Four Winds) and Christina Baker Kline (The Exiles) - Free. Register at rdbooks.org. 6:30 PM: Learn Idaho: Reverse Mortgages, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. September 24 10 AM: Tai Chi, Hubler Airport Terminal (Caldwell Library event), 4814 E. Linden. Mindful, holistic exercise for overall health & well being (18+). 5:30-11 PM: Mayor’s Youth Council Gala. Attend an evening of glamour in roaring 1920’s style while
September 24 (continued) benefiting admirable youth in our community! Visit www.cityofcaldwell. org for more info. September 25 11 AM-12 PM: Virtual Dance Event with Terrel and Kaelyn Dean, Dancing Shapes. Free. Register at rdbooks.org. 1-2:30 p.m. Arthur Hoyle Book Signing – Caldwell, Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits: Americans Against Grain Synopsis: From colonial times to the present, stories of exemplary people and their accomplishments.
6 PM-Midnight: Game night at The Rubaiyat Books Store. Reservations available, 208-8991988 some fees may apply.
September 27 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10 AM: Fit & Fall Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 1 PM: Line Dance, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 4 PM: Afternoon School Fun, fun steam activities ages 7-13, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. 7 PM: Square Dance, Caldwell Senior Center. September 28 9 AM: Art Group, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 1 PM: Pinochle, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 4:30 PM: Bingo, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 5-9 PM: Farm to Fork Farmers’ Market. CALDWELL’S PREMIER FARMERS’ MARKET AT INDIAN CREEK PLAZA. 6-9 PM: TUESDAYS ON THE CREEK Concert Series featuring: Last Call. September 29 10:30 AM: Crochet & Knitters, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Baby Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Lap-sit storytime with stories, songs, rhymes & games to play with baby (ages 0-2). September 30 9 AM: Exercise Class, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10-11 a.m. Tasty Tales Preschool Deluxe storytime- Rediscovered Books Caldwell. 10 AM: Fit & Fall, Caldwell Senior Center, 1009 Everett St. 10:30 AM: Toddler Storytime, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn. Stories, songs, and games for toddlers (ages 2-4). 4 PM: Learn Idaho: Fall Risk Prevention, Caldwell Library, 1010 Dearborn (18+).
Join us at 12 p.m. Monday through Friday for an inexpensive nutritious lunch. Support your Senior Center, (available for take out). Closed September 6th. Everyone is Welcome! 1009 Everett St. 208-459-0132
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Paul and Margie Tucker Celebrate 50 Years
Simply live according to the Golden Rule and the dream of being with your sweetheart for 50 years will come true! At least that’s how it turned out for Paul and Marjie Tucker who credit their fairy tale ending of a story to taking on life headfirst as a duo. Both went to Caldwell High School and it was in math class where their gaze first met from across the room. Paul was a senior and Marjie a junior. It was just a few days later at a school dance that Paul asked her out on a date. It’s as memorable today as the smell of popcorn at the Nampa Drive In Theater where their adventure began. The movies playing were “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “To Sir With Love”. But it was a fancy
dinner and a trip to the City of Trees where Paul planned on asking Marjie to marry him two years later. Turns out he couldn’t wait the 25 minute drive though! On the way, he pulled over near Caldwell city limits by the cattle stockyards and then and there in his car he pulled out the ring and asked for her hand in marriage. Raising a family kept them busy and involved in many organizations over the years. They did everything together and with their kids, like Cub and Boy Scouts, the PTO, and many school sports. They were also very active Elks Lodge members. In 1999, the couple was recognized as “Caldwell Citizens of the Year” for their commitment, dedication and service to the youth
and citizens of Caldwell. To celebrate, Mayor Nancolas set aside on the calendar Paul and Marjie Tucker Family Day. In 2004 the Governor honored them, on the floor of the Senate, for their dedication and service to our community, state and country. The Tuckers have four sons, Matt, Sam, Luke and Jacob and their spouses, Suzie, Allison, Wendy and Tammy and 7 grandchildren. Paul and Marjie are very proud that all their sons are Eagle Scouts and they have all served in the military. Something the couple and their sons have in common is their “Vigil” rank in the SSA’s Order of the Arrow. Marjie has worked in retail positions after their children were grown and loves to interact with the locals when she sees them at her workplace. Paul has worked his entire life in concrete construction. He says his memories of working with his dad and with his sons has made him the luckiest man in the world. Paul loves to cook, especially for family gatherings, and Marjie loves to “play” in her yard and spend time with her family there. There have.
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been many adventures over the past 50 years and their latest is their enjoyment with their pet bunnies, past and present, Foo Foo, Barney and Lilly Belle.
Paul and Marjie are celebrating their Golden Anniversary this month with a family gathering and a trip to Disney World.
Dedication of TVCC Facility
by Bianca Stevenson, City of Caldwell Communications Specialist
The City of Caldwell in partnership with Treasure Valley Community College and Destination Caldwell would like to cordially invite you to attend the dedication of the Treasure Valley Community College Caldwell Campus facility located
at 205 South 6th Avenue as the Nancolas Center. Please join us as we celebrate on September 17th from 5pm-6pm and give honor to Mayor Garret Nancolas for his outstanding leadership and commitment to our community.
Happy Birthday Bev Howard
Bev Howard
Happy 85th Birthday (September 16th) to Bev Howard, an amazing wife, mom, grandma, great grandma, teacher and friend to so many. Bev touches the lives of everyone she meets, always putting others first and giving with her unconditional love. Bev is the wife of Everett Howard, Mother of Scott Howard (Angie), Lori Bright (Clay) and Kathy Hensley. Her family will be honoring her and celebrating with a private family dinner.
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City of Caldwell Welcomes Bianca Stevenson The City of Caldwell is pleased to announce the hiring of Bianca Stevenson as the new Communication Specialist. Bianca brings unique experience with her rooted ties to the City. She grew up in Caldwell, graduated from Caldwell High School, and received a Bachelor degree from Boise State University in Political Science and Local Government. The last 4 years Bianca has worked for the Caldwell Police Department (CPD). In that position she assisted the Chief and the department with the day to day operations, with coordinating events, and with building relationships between CPD and our citizens, city businesses and local agencies, and other organizations. She is currently the Chair for the Ambassadors Committee with the Caldwell Chamber of Commerce and enjoys being the liaison for the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council. “We are very pleased in our selection of Bianca for this position. With her Caldwell roots, combined with her skills and passion, we have great confidence she will do well”, said Mayor Nancolas. As the City of Caldwell continues to grow and expand its opportunities for new and current residents, the need to keep residents well informed is of utmost importance. Bianca will work directly with Mayor Nancolas, City Council members, the press, and city officials to insure that information pertaining to the public is accurate and easily accessible. She will also work as with the state legislature to ensure Caldwell’s unique needs are addressed.
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Bianca Stevenson, City of Caldwell Communications Specialist
“I am so excited for the opportunities for growth this new assignment will bring to me”, says Bianca. “A big thank you to my police department family, to the many community members who encourage me, the Mayor and my family! I am very thankful for this opportunity and hope to continue the relationships I have made and look forward to making more! I believe good communication builds community and I want to make sure we can continue down this path.” In her spare time, Bianca enjoys making memories with her husband, her two young girls, family and friends. She also enjoys a good movie and popcorn, supporting local businesses and sharing about her home town.
Making Connections: TVCRC to host Annual Information Fair
by Valerie Christensen, Caldwell Perspective
Where can residents connect with the best human services and providers in the Treasure Valley? On September 22, 2021, numerous resources will be represented under one roof at the O’Connor Field House from 8:00 am-2:00 pm. Presented by the Treasure Valley Community Resource Center (TVCRC), the event advertises the opportunity to match individuals with numerous human services in the area. The public will be invited to make connections in the areas of housing, family services, employment,
education and much more. Medical professionals will be on hand to provide health check-ups and mammograms for no cost or with insurance. Free Covid vaccinations will also be available. Seniors, disabled individuals, and veterans are invited to bring their cats and small dogs for a free health check, courtesy of Caldwell Veterinary Hospital. On the East side of the building, The Kilted Kod will be serving fish and chicken. The Holy Oly O will provide donuts, coffee, and other refreshments. The community fair is
Be sure to visit www.cityofcaldwell.org and click on the Community Calendar (Home Page, lower left) to stay current on any changes to upcoming event information that may occur due to the current COVID-19 surge.
just part of the outreach of TVCRC, a human services agency, established in Caldwell in 1992. It services all of Southwest Idaho and has the mission statement of “connecting people needing help with those who can help them.” Many of the calls the organization receives are placed by people who find themselves in desperate situations, unaware of resources they can access locally. Trained volunteers are taught to use the human touch to assist each client in a caring, friendly, effective manner with up-to-date information and the experience to guide the client through the maze of human services.” * With confidentiality always protected, volunteers inquire about each individual’s unique situation and explain how TVCRC may be able to help. A referral is then provided to all social services for which they qualify. With caring advocacy, new tools and hope, the client is then able to take charge of their own destiny. *For more information, please visit www. idahoconnections.org or call 208-459-9263.
Know a Hometown Hero? Submit your nominations by the 15th of the month by calling Valerie Christensen at 208-416-1127
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Caldwell Fine Arts Honor Tori McKim from Flying M Coffee
by Alison Mouton, Caldwell Fine Arts Executive Direcor
September 2021
Caldwell Fine Arts Board Meeting
Tori Mckim with Anna Flores (CFA Board of Directors)
With public performances halted and gatherings discouraged, you might think that an organization with the slogan “Inspiring audiences through live performance” would have gone into hibernation during COVID-19. Like many businesses, Caldwell Fine Arts found unique ways to continue their mission, even with traditional doors (literally) closed. One of the hallmark programs that emerged during the pandemic was the Silver Lining Arts Show, hosted in partnership with Flying M Coffeehouse in Caldwell. Caldwell Fine Arts provided free canvases, paints, and paintbrushes and encouraged community members to create a work based on the prompt, “What was your Silver
Lining in 2020?” Over 150 canvases went out, and around 80 of them came back, creating a virtual and in-person art show that explored the positive experiences that people had, even in a year of trials. Executive Director Alison Moulton commented, “It is always easier to find the negative, but we hoped this project would give our community a chance to reflect and create art based on the light that is always hiding among the clouds. My favorite part of this project was that it truly involved our whole community, from nursing home residents to a 2-year-old’s first painting.” The art show was available both digitally and in person on the art wall of Flying M. Contributions involved many painting techniques, from
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Caldwell Police Department Round Up
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by Sgt. Amber Walker, Admin Operations & Community Outreach
Caldwell Police at the CNR Caldwell Police Department (CPD), has been busy at the Caldwell Night Rodeo this week! Officer’s love the opportunity to engage with the public at fun events and the rodeo is always a good time! Four CPD Officers were awarded Idaho’s highest award, the Medal of Honor by Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and Idaho Governor Brad Little on August 18, 2021 in a ceremony at the Idaho Capital Building. The award stems from an incident that occurred on March 28 of this year where a man was firing several guns at innocent citizens. When officer’s arrived he began firing at them. They were able to end the threat to public safety and administer aid to those in need. A 5th officer, Paul Steven’s, was
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also there and shielded innocent citizens while moving them to cover. Cpl. Crystal Giambo received her Master Level Certification from Idaho POST Academy and Officer Noah Palmer received his POST Basic Certificate. CPD held Coffee with a Cop at our local Java Station. Officers are able to meet and interact with the community. We also get to “hang out” with citizens and answer questions. A new admin assistance to Chief Wyant started a couple weeks ago. Gabriela Gudino comes to us from a home health agency where she worked in accounting for 4 years. “Gabby” has a small dog, an identical twin sister, loves to bake and has always wanted to work for a police department.
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Coffee with a cop at Java Station; Chief Wyant and Val (owner of the Java Station)
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Officer Paul Stevens, Sgt. Ben Heinrich, Officer Celina Mortensen, Officer Seferino Tapia and Officer Robert Heaton
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Not Following The Crowd Leading Paid for the Campaign to re-elect Mike Pollard for Caldwell City Council Seat 1
September 2021 Elevate Academy, Caldwells career technical education charter school, has won a grant to organize a 9/11 remembrance event. The $2000 grant was awarded by Global Youth Justice as part of a program that awards one school from each state. Heather Ramos, the schools Criminal Justice teacher, pursued the grant with the complete and total backing of school administrators. In order to facilitate the education of a group of students that weren’t even born when 9/11 happened, the school is sending six senior students to New York City at the suggestion of one of the students. They left on September 1st and after a day of sightseeing Thursday, Friday will be spent visiting the site to
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Elevate Academy Remembers 9/11 learn first hand the horrors of that infamous day in American history through a series of personalized tours and stories. They have been raising the money for the trip Through various fundraising vehicles including car washes and other hands on activities and they have set up a go fund me account to help. Even though they are still short of the necessary funds, a private benefactor has stepped up to support them and fundraising will continue upon completion of the trip and their return to Caldwell. The grant money was spent organizing the memorial celebration itself. On Saturday September 11th at 8:03 in the morning (in deference to the time of the crash of the fourth
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Photo from Go Fund Me Account and final hijacked plane into a field in Pennsylvania) 54 of the fallen will be recognized with there biographies read by the first responder students from the firefighting, EMT and criminal justice program. The
students will be accompanied by the Caldwell Police Department color guard and other local first responders and military personnel. The public is invited to attend what will certainly be a
searing and emotional tribute to the heroes that gave their lives that day in defense of the United States and the students of today working to ensure that day is never forgotten.
Huston Vineyards Brings Home Gold At Idaho Wine Competition Two of Huston Vineyards recent vintages earned gold medals at the 2021 Idaho Wine Competition. The 2019 Huston Malbec received a gold medal and the 2020 Grüner Veltliner received double gold. A double gold award is given when a unanimous vote of the judges is achieved. The Idaho Wine Competition was held at Koenig Winery on August 17th. The judging panel was made up of industry experts from across the United States. From the field of 180 entries (the largest in the last 10 years) they
awarded 45 gold medals “We are absolutely thrilled to be among the gold medal winners, especially with these two notable varietals,” said Gregg Alger, owner and winemaker. “Our Malbec has been a perennial standout in competitions as well as a favorite among our fans. We were the first Idaho winery to grow and produce a Grüner Veltliner. I knew in my heart that it was special but it’s fantastic to have confirmation from a panel of judges,” added Alger. For more information about
these and other Huston wines, visit www.hustonvineyards.com or visit our tasting room located at 16473 Chicken Dinner Road in Caldwell. Open daily 12 – 5 PM. About Huston Vineyards: Huston Vineyards is a familyowned estate winery founded in 2006. Located at the gateway to the Sunnyslope Wine Trail, the winery was named for the farming community of Huston Idaho. Huston was established in 1911 as the agriculture portal
to Southwest Idaho’s urban communities and was the transportation hub for farmers to ship fresh fruits and vegetables via the Boise Interurban Railway. Huston Vineyards is known for their award-winning Bordeaux style wines as well as their Chicken Dinner brands, receiving accolades from industry experts including: Wine Spectator, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, Wine Enthusiast, Sunset International
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Wine Competition, and The San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. For more information visit www. hustonvineyards.com
“Mom, I am looking at deployment” by Chantele Hensel, Publisher
When I sent my middle son off to bootcamp in July of 2019, I had no idea what this journey was going to bring. The many emotions from crying on my way to the mailbox to collect his letters home, the pride in his accomplishment of becoming a paratrooper of the United States Army, watching him come home and marry his high school sweetheart, moving her to North Carolina, the visits home to surprise his siblings at Christmas time, and then the new emotion; pictures of him sent by his wife of him sitting in the middle of their living room surrounded
by his army gear packing for deployment. His boots never left US soil, but as I watched the news continuously. I had a hard time talking without the cracking of my voice when I would see his face in the screen on my phone. It did help to hear his reassurance that this is what he stood and swore in to do. I am sure this is a new life lesson and “growth”. It will be Christmas before we know it and I will get to take another picture of his boots under the Christmas Tree and for that I am so thankful.
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THE STEUNENBERG ASSASINATION: Chapter 4 - The Trial
September 2021 by Bob Sobba,
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Continued from the July Caldwell Perspective. To read the first part of the story visit the www.caldwellperspective.com News page. As the trial date neared, reporters of cotton saturated with cyanide of and by morning had reached their While everyone was from around the world descended on potassium and sugar. Slanting over decision. Boise. Eight additional telegraph lines the cotton was a bottle containing expecting a hanging, it was not to were set up in town to handle the media. sulphuric (sulfuric) acid sealed with be. The jury came back with a not Idaho citizens and The Associated Press sent three a cork. In the cork was a pin, and guilty verdict. senior reporters and two telegraph attached to the pin was a piece of wire, much of the world were shocked. The operators to cover the proceedings. the end of which was stretched across jurors had concluded they could not On May 10, 1907, the trial of union the footpath just outside the governor’s hang Haywood only on the word of boss Bill Haywood commenced. The residence about four inches off the Orchard—a confessed mass murderer defense made sure Haywood’s mother ground. When the governor passed himself. Without the testimony of and sister attended the trial every on his way to his garden gate, his foot Adams or Simpkins or any other day. In contrast, Mrs. Steunenberg’s would trip the wire, which would draw collaborative evidence, in the minds of Orchard (in the light suit) health had deteriorated since the the cork from the bottle, discharging the jury the prosecution was doomed. is on the left, testifying. In January, 1908, George Pettibone murder of her husband. She went the acid, which mixing with the to the trial for one day, but unable to saturated cotton would cause the caps stood trial and was also acquitted. At handle the graphic description of her to ignite and explode the dynamite. that point the state dropped all charges tripped a dynamite charge. He lay in Orchard went on to say the first against Charles Moyer. So, were agony for three days before dying. No husband’s death, she never returned. Two hundred and forty-eight bomb was planted, but it never they guilty? Orchard’s confession one was ever arrested for his murder. In May 1908 Harry Orchard potential jurors were interviewed. ignited. He and Simpkins retrieved went into great detail describing the The prosecution eliminated it only to discover that the wire had Steunenberg murder as well as other pled guilty to the murder of Frank anyone with union connections or snapped, leaving it inoperative. crimes that he surely had committed; Steunenberg. He was sentenced to sympathies; the defense excused Fearing someone would recognize none of which he had any motive to hang, but, surprisingly, his sentence any bankers or businessmen; him, Simpkins decided to leave town; commit unless paid or coerced by was commuted to life in prison. While and thus, the final jury consisted and Orchard, using the alias “Thomas others. Witnesses had placed Jack in prison the media had a heyday over mainly of farmers and ranchers. Hogan,” spent the next several weeks Simpkins with Orchard at the scene in his conversion to the Seventh-day During the trial the prosecution stalking Steunenberg, until he was at Caldwell. Simpkins was a member of Adventist religion—the religion of Mrs. stated that this was a murder trial last able to again place the bomb and the WFM board of directors and after Steunenberg. Stories persisted for and nothing else. The defense complete the murder. Richardson Orchard was arrested, he sent union years that she had forgiven him for killing made it a biased trial against unions, handled the cross examination funds to retain the Spokane attorney. her husband. Several Steunenberg declaring that Haywood was a martyr for the defense; but, despite all It is extremely unlikely Simpkins would family members later claimed that the for their cause. No matter what kind his skills, he was unable to shake have undertaken the assassination media had exaggerated this issue. While in prison, Orchard authored of trial it was, everything rested on Orchard’s testimony. One newspaper without the knowledge of the WFM the testimony of Harry Orchard. reported that Orchard was “the most leadership. The jurors were very aware two books, Confessions of Harry Orchard’s testimony lasted for remarkable witness that ever appeared that the “Dynamiters” had waited Orchard and The Man God Made twenty-six hours, during which time in an American court of justice.” seven years before they murdered Again. He eventually was made a Could they have trustee and lived outside the prison Mid July was stifling hot in the Steunenberg. he described in great detail the crime he committed in his efforts to murder Ada County Courthouse when for been worried that for the rest of their walls, where he became an authority on ex-governor Steunenberg. He several days the lawyers made lives they might face the same fate? raising chickens and enjoyed working Shortly after the Haywood trial, in the prison garden. He was eightydescribed the bomb construction as: their closing arguments. Attorney A wooden box about eight inches Hawley spoke for eight hours, Harvey Brown, the Oregon sheriff who eight years old when he died. He had square. In the box we (he and Simpkins) Richardson took nine, Darrow went had helped the State of Idaho with the spent almost fifty years behind bars. packed ten pounds of dynamite and on for eleven hours, and Borah investigation, returned to his home in Also by Bob Sobba, Journey about a hundred fulminating giant finished with a six-hour summation. Baker, Oregon. As he passed through of a Lawman. Call 1-800-788The jury deliberated all night his front gate, he unsuspectingly 7654 to purchase your copy. caps, over which we placed a piece
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The race will start at 2 PM at the corner of Kimball & Blaine Street. The race will end at 6th Ave. Kayaks may check-in as early as 10 AM, but no later than 1 PM. RULES:
• All contestants must register, sign a waiver, and provide an emergency contact. • All contestants must be at least five feet tall. • The only materials that you may use are cardboard, duct tape, and paint. • You will be responsible to provide a life vest, helmet, and kayak paddle for each member of your team. • Heats will be randomly assigned, you should be at your kayak no later than 1:30 PM to prepare for the race. • You must have one, but no more than two people to push your kayak into the creek. Event coordinators are unable to assist in pushing kayaks into the creek. • Winner of each heat will run again in the final round. • You must compete in two heats in order to qualify for a prize. • All decisions by judges are final.
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Celebrate the History of Indian Creek in Caldwell
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City Hall on 7th and Indian Creek in 1906 built by Harding V. Williams.
Corner of Kimball and Arthur St. (1910)
Bridge over Indian Creek in fairground . (1910)
Believed to be Main Street. (1910)
Pacific Hotel after being moved in the background Kimball St. at the railroad tracks. (1910)
Lincoln School at Cleveland. (1910)
The landscaped and open Indian Creek in Caldwell bears little evidence of its origins. The origins of this particular creek are detailed in the book Rediscovering Indian Creek: The Story of Our Region as sold at Our Memories Indian Creek Museum at 1122 Main. The book, written by students at College of Idaho, verifies that the Indian Creek is one of those creeks that often overflows the “banks “ and carries silt and rocks from higher elevations to lower elevations causing the normal erosion of the landscape. Before there were towns and railroads built along the creek the flooding was not a problem. The creek
went where it could and the water refreshed the area. The first flood of note was in 1894 where the New York Times reported as a subheading “Villages in Idaho submerged.” The rock dam of Indian Creek Reservoir could not hold all the water coming down from the mountains or the heavy rain fall so its towns below the “dam” were then submerged. There were railroad bridges washed out and people drowned, as well as, numerous towns suffering damage (Kuna, Nampa, and Caldwell). The second more notable flood was in 1910 after the town had developed more. Water, as we know, is the key to life in Idaho and
civilization came here because of access to water. However, the desert that we live in did not bloom until the irrigation made it possible. After building the railroad and the towns that grew up around the creek flooding became a problem. What we also know is that early travelers used the waterways to help guide them to Paradise—that is Oregon. So many travelers liked Indian Creek because the land was fairly level and the water gave them drink and food for their animals. It really led them between the Snake and the Boise River and then the Snake River again. As we see from the early diary entries, water was always a source of
comfort in the arid west, but it could also pose challenges like when they needed to cross the rivers. A major challenge was boarding the wagons at Glenn’s Ferry. According to diary entries the streams like Indian Creek also gave them food; fish and beaver as well as smaller animals like marmots and rabbits. Sometimes the Indians who followed the wagon trains had fish to trade for other staples like flour or guns or whatever the pioneers felt they could part with. Later on, as Caldwell grew around the creek and the railroad, commerce followed with little thought to what the legacy of dumping into the creek might be. The towns
people often built close to the creek, or even over it, covering it with their buildings because the creek was a source of provocation or easy water, or easy dumping. The covering of the space and the violation of the quality led to different problems. Some people have said that their parents told them to stay away from the creek because it smelled so awful and looked even worse. It is truly the vision of others that the creek be restored to its original pristine quality as witnessed by the tug of war and the obvious pleasure exhibited by the hundreds of dairy employees and their families picnicking around the water.
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I’ve written, in the past, about our pet, but it always bears repeating. We’ve just begun to understand the powers that these “furry” little creatures possess. How can they instinctively know when we are hurting or not at our best? I defy anyone to continue to be down after feeling their love and comfort. How do they know what is necessary? Can you imagine they spoke our language, the
Though themes and annual schedules of events may change over the years, the fair’s ongoing vision remains the same: To “ unify the new and old, we appreciate our history and seek to fulfill the needs of the future with an overall goal to celebrate the variety of talents, attractions, aims and interests within our community.”
volumes we could learn if we could harness that power? The world would be a kinder, gentler place. Remember, if you treat a dog with loving kindness, he will always return it. If you treat a dog with meanness and abuse, he will have a short lived life and not be able to enjoy the love that resides deep within him. Get a dog folks, and they will take up residence in your chest and share your heartbeat with them!
name the child after the first thing they saw after the birth. I remember my mother telling us that she had a boy student named “Johnny bear in the Wheat”! I also remember my mom regaling us with stories of walking a mile or so through groundhog mounds to a one room schoolhouse, with horses tied to the hitching rails. I was the youngest, so Mom hovered over me like a lioness. My mom was a high plains character! I could relate many more stories about her, but that will be for some other time.
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There was a young woman just out of High School, that attended a small college in South Dakota in hopes of a teaching career. This was in the mid to late twenties. That woman was my mother, Eva Gaukel, born just after nineteen hundred (1904). Her first teaching assignment was on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She had several Indian boys nearing six feet… were in the third grade! It was native custom that the mother would
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In the office of the Canyon with their unique talents. County Fair Building, a Magician Farrell Dillon, a burlap banner from 1909 regular on CW Network’s of Illusion” hangs, reminding patrons to “Masters mind-bending join in the annual celebration performed of heritage, tradition, and magic while “clean” comedy good times that began in juggler Charles Peachock 1887. Back from a 2020 displayed his creative skills. pandemic hiatus, this year’s Hypnotist Richard Barker advertising borrowed font brought his world-renowned from the same vintage talents to entertain Caldwell banner, inviting the public audiences. The Wildlife to once again find their own show “Birds n’Beasts” was a brand of fun. According to favorite of fairgoer Matthew the fair’s website, the new Bevington. He described logo “lends that sense of the show as “fascinating.” timelessness, and pays He especially enjoyed how respect to our longstanding audience members became existence through past, involved when the show’s present and future.” On parrot sang popular tunes Thursday, July 29 – Sunday, and grabbed tip money August 1, the diverse from audience members. When the sun set, the lineup had something for everyone including Valleywide main stage came a midway, world-class alive with some of Nashville’s stage acts, concessions, finest entertainers, including McCoy, Rodney exhibits, and admission to Neal some of the country’s best Atkins, and Lee Brice. evening concerts that came Of the performances, a free with admission. The statement on the fair’s organization’s facebook facebook page noted, “from page lured some guests to a sellout opening night, to the fairgrounds by asking, the incredible storm clouds “Do you know what $5 that held out for an artist to can get you?” Many valley sign every last item for his patrons flocked to the fans. Every performance us in awe…” grounds this year to find out. left Since its inception, As it has every year, the fair has attracted artisans the fair has encouraged willing to showcase their patrons to join in celebrating talents in hopes of winning the area’s rich heritage. Sunday, August 1st was a ribbon, whether it be for pie making or raising best- a day dedicated to the Latin in-show livestock in the 4-H culture. Festivities included and FFA pavilions. Many experiencing a variety of came simply to sample the Latino food, live mariachi and traditional unique concessions that music, including only a fair can provide. There dancing were plentiful offerings of folkloric, traditional Aztec deep-fried, sweet delights and Spanish Flamenco and even a new ginormous dancing. Many witnessed official fair entree dubbed a new art performed by who the CS Beef Burger. “Escaramuzas,” A major attraction to are women who ride many fairgoers, the carnival horses and dance to the midway boasted 11 major rhythm of Mexican music. Any casual observer rides that lived up to their names including “Deluxe can recognize how our Sizzler, Silver Streak, and community has expanded at Freak Out.” The family a rapid pace during the past and kiddie rides offered 130 years. Every year since 9 attractions, including then, the Canyon County a carousel and “baha Fair organizers must take buggies.” On several stages inventory; defining where throughout the grounds, they have been, where world-class entertainers they are, and where they delighted audiences want to be in the future.
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Page 14 CALDWELL PERSPECTIVE An elderly farmer was trying to get ahold of a man named “Brad” but he instead found my friend, a young woman, on the line. “Well you’re not Brad,” he told her as if she were going through some identity crisis and needed reassurance. My friend agreed with him, that she was indeed not Brad, and that he must have the wrong number. Everyone’s done this at some point. However, instead of hanging up and trying again like most people, this farmer stayed on the line for half an hour. My friend and the farmer talked about the weather, the tractor he was working on, and philosophical ponderings. Then, as quickly as he came into her life, the man said his goodbyes and never called her back. It is one thing to get the occasional wrong number from time to time, but you don’t know the agony that my family endured. When we first moved to Caldwell, landlines were still a thing. Heck, the phone at our previous home was attached to the wall by a squiggly white cord which resembled an elongated vinyl Arby’s curly fry! While my parents had cell phones, they couldn’t text, or take any pictures, and they shared only a few minutes per month. Back then, social media was only a thing for spoiled rich highschoolers and creeps (huh, not much has changed) and we had a family email address that we checked perhaps once a week. In short, it was a simpler time. My dad had just started his own electrical company, and instead of getting a company phone number to put in the yellow pages (yes, we are talking that long ago) he decided our new home phone would serve dual purposes. This meant that our new seven digits were home to both the “Morgan’s Residence” and “Generic Electric.” This made it difficult to answer the phone because you never knew who was calling. You felt silly to answer a call from your grandma as “Hello, Generic Electric?” But you couldn’t switch from “Morgan’s Residence” to “Oh yes, let me transfer you to our CEO. What kind of electric services do you need today?” and people were even more confused if you tried
to say both “Hello, Morgan’s Residence or Generic Electric?” But that wasn’t the only thing that made this new number difficult. Turns out, our new number was the old phone number for the Caldwell Airport Café. Didn’t know the Caldwell Airport had a café? Neither did we until we received daily calls asking about the menu, when would they be open, and if they could reserve a table? Didn’t matter if we answered, “Hello, Morgan’s” or “Generic Electric” or even “Buddy the Elf, what’s your favorite color?” people would respond as if they were talking to the Caldwell Airport Café. “Yeah, I’m gonna be flying in around 11:30, and I wondered if you were open. What’s your special today?” Let me take this moment to address a pet peeve of mine. When you are calling a number, always listen to what the other person is saying. I understand that you are thinking about what you want to say, but very few people even heard what we were saying because of this. That is not a conversation. That is strategizing in hopes of manipulating the situation to get what you want, which is the worst kind of communication. We tried everything to fix this, from recording a voicemail that explained who we were, to asking every caller to tell others this wasn’t the right number, but nothing worked. It took all of my patience not to mess with these people whenever I answered the phone. Nothing would have made my younger self happier, than to tell these callers “No problem, let me transfer you to the café,” only to hang up on them. But my parents wouldn’t have it, saying something about “treating people how you would like to be treated” or some lame excuse. Perhaps it was for the best. To my knowledge, we never caused the café any grief. Though I can only imagine what a family of pranksters would have done with the number! However, if my parents had indulged me just once, I think the conversation would have gone something like this: Caller: Hello, is this the Caldwell Airport Café?
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Me: Yes it is, how can I take your order? We have a special today of mustard greens and possum innards, would you be interested? Caller: Ummm… excuse me? Me: We also have a twodrink minimum—unless of course, you are the pilot. Then it’s a three drink minimum. Caller: Who is this? Me: This is the Grand Poohbah of Royal Jelly, but you can call me Rudolph. And tell me what is your name, and if you could be any garden gnome, what would it be? I imagine at this point, the conversation would have ended. The caller would have reported the café to the Better Business Bureau, and I can guarantee you, they would never call that number again. Unless they needed electrical services. Then again, if I had been allowed to respond to callers like this, word may have gotten around. Who knows? Perhaps it would have only taken a few calls like that to put
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an end to this whole debacle. I will say this: the article you are reading right now would have been much juicier if I had disobeyed my parents just a few times. Comedy material is rarely produced when you’re behaving. But sadly, after a year or two, we got rid of the number and permanently hung up on the idea of a landline. Times changed, and with unlimited talk and text on cell phones, it just didn’t make sense anymore. My dad got business cards with his cell number, and we placed the whole answering machine in a drawer somewhere. A relic of yesteryear. You realize you don’t need a phone number when your ratio of wrong numbers to people who actually want to talk to you is 10:1. To this day, if you google the café, you can find a few sites that list our old phone number as the correct one. We haven’t had that number for over a decade! I don’t hold anything against the
café. After all, it wasn’t their fault they got a new number. I still have never been to the Caldwell Airport, let alone its café. I don’t know if the cooking there is better than my mother’s, or if they do indeed serve mustard greens and possum innards (though they would probably have to have the possums imported and I doubt they’re that fancy). But even though I’ve never stepped foot inside, or even seen pictures, it holds a special place in my heart. I want to go there someday. I feel somehow there is a missing piece of me inside—that if I pass through those doors, I can finally close the book on a strange family memory. In fact, my dream job is to one day work at the Caldwell Airport Café. Perhaps be a hostess, since I am too tall to be a short-order cook. Then, when the phone rings, I can finally pick it up and answer it how I’ve always wanted to: “Hello, Morgan’s Residence.”
Run Squirrel! Run! What a surprise as I sat on the patio to see this juvenile red-tailed hawk on the fence in my back yard! I watched him ogle the squirrel on the fence just inches below him on the fence’s 2X4. They eyed each other for the longest time and the squirrel actually got side by side with him on the top of the fence to get a closer look. How I wish I had my camera then! They played this little
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staring game for awhile and suddenly the squirrel leaped to the ground and ran up the tree by the fence. The hawk continued to sit on the fence for awhile and suddenly I came to my senses, got my camera, and took these pictures. He then flew right at me and up and over my roof! I wish I was able to get that picture of him spreading his wings, but nevertheless, it was very cool indeed!
Book Review by Amy Perry (Rubiayat Book Store) “The Carousel” by Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher (22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019)[2] was a British writer of romance novels, mainstream fiction, and short stories, from 1949 until her retirement in 2000. Her novels sold over 60 million copies worldwide.[3] Early in
her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. In 2001, she received the Corine Literature Prize’s Weltbild Readers’ Prize for Winter Solstice. (From Wikipedia) The Carousel, published in 1982, is a classic romance novel of the time. Pilcher uses
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architype characters for set characters while providing main characters that are full fleshed and believable. Prue, the main character, cancels her holiday with her boyfriend to care for her aunt, whose arm is in a cast. On the train she meets Charlotte Collis, a ten-yearold girl on her way to her grandmother’s. There is something about the child that catches her heart. Eventually, a handsome man comes onto the set and the romance builds from there. Even though it is a novel, there is a level of women’s history visible in the attitudes displayed by the various characters. The story does not include rampant sex or inappropriate language. I would classify it as suitable for any age.
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Page 15 CALDWELL PERSPECTIVE The Ultimate Crime Squinty had been aware that the worldview of the society in which he waded had been dramatically changing. In his lifetime truth had moved from being absolute and external to subjective and internal. Truth had become what you wanted it to be. Squinty worked with a worldview that held truth to be external and objective. He also held to the idea that the university setting had been designed to expose the student to ideas that were either new or had to be grappled with, and possibly both without a safe room. The pending collision of worldviews would happen suddenly and without much warning to tread lightly. Since there would be no notice,
Sam Summers, so happy watering his zucchini plants in his backyard garden! Just look at him! So happy with himself! He began by digging the ground up in March and then it really began in April, with the planting of his backyard garden. If I might say so, I think he went a little crazy! He planted sugar peas, green beans, peppers of all varieties, tomatoes of several varieties, yellow squash, acorn squash, broccoli, pumpkins, cantaloupe, honeydews, cukes, and more and last but not least, his ever-loving zucchinis! Since August, he has been harvesting his pride and joy, bringing it in the house and laying it on our kitchen counter in multiple grocery sacks for me to take care of! Now it is September and when I see him coming through that door, I want to scream, hide, and pretend it isn’t happening. It’s like the movie “Groundhog Day” when the same thing keeps happening over and over every day! Though I joke
Squinty did not have his mouth guard in operation. His mouth guard in operation kept him from breaking out in ecstatic and sarcastic observations when the unintentional intersections with stupid occurred. The scene had Squinty in the final semester of his fouryear degree. The calendar claimed it to be early in 1984. The clock claimed it to be nearing the lunch hour. Spring had come to campus. The sun which had spent a great deal of time vacationing in a drier climate now warmed the classrooms into a warm, humid, and sleepy environment. Afternoon classes had an atmosphere of warmth that tended toward steamy and carried the aroma of slightly mildewy
The Ultimate Crime (part 1) sneakers containing socks that should have been burned some time ago. The quiet of the classroom environment would occasionally be punctuated with the screaming of the theologically mislead sidewalk preacher. The wonders of free speech. The student population had three major demographics. There were the students who attended either on scholarships or were working their way through college. The second, and largest segment, were the kids who were in class using their parent’s money and majored in partying and over consumption of alcohol, with a minor in alcohol poisoning. Their life experience consisted of holding a driver’s license and
September 2021 little else. Their generation also had the privilege of not being trained or required to think. As a result, they are the first generation that is beyond a doubt unprepared for a successful and productive life. Squinty belonged to the third group. The third group had been compromised of older students whose main goal in the college experience was to mess up the curve for the second group. This group tended to regard the second group as being “that special kind of stupid”. The following event occurred before being older had been changed to being more chronologically advantaged. It did not matter what name it carried, Squinty’s knees still hurt from too many miles and
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about this, I really do like all the fresh produce, and it is great to see him enjoy his garden. We seem to eat zucchini one way or another almost every day. One of our favorites is sliced into sticks, mixed with other veggies, stirred all together with a little olive oil, salted and peppered, spread on a broiling pan or cookie sheet, and baked in the oven for about 25 minutes at 350 degrees. We even eat it uncooked, cut up into zucchini sticks and dipping it in ranch for a snack or used in a slaw recipe instead of using cabbage, but you really have to squeeze the moisture out of it, so it doesn’t dilute the slaw dressing. With so much zucchini, I must leave you with at least one recipe that my sister, Aimee Stocks, really likes. She is cleaning me out of zucchini using them to make cakes, brownies, breads, and casseroles and freezing them for later. ZUCCHINI BROWNIES From “I Am Baker” by author Amanda Rettke PREP TIME: 10 minutes COOK TIME: 35 minutes, TOTAL TIME: 45 minutes “If you’ve never added zucchini to your baked goods drop everything you are doing and do it now! These Zucchini Brownies are unbelievably moist and rich. A chocolate lovers dream!” INGREDIENTS 1/2 cup (112g) vegetable oil 1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar 1 tbsp. vanilla extract 2 cups (256g) all-purpose
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too little maintenance. For the class in question, Squinty sat in the back of the classroom with another veteran. Directly in front of Squinty sat a member of the second student group. The kid in front of Squinty maintained little, if any cognitive awareness of the world around him. He exuded a large amount of ‘I don’t care’. He qualified as the special kind of stupid. The professor arrived a minute or six late, placed a three-ring binder on the lectern and began to read the contents. Squinty wondered why the ‘professor’ did not put copies of his reading material at the bookstore to save everyone a lot of time.
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The Fall of Coronavirus in Idaho: Once More Unto the Breach! The valiant struggle of today’s healthcare workers against the coronavirus hearkens back to one of the toughest enemies George Washington faced while fighting for American independence: Variola, the smallpox virus. Smallpox was decimating the ranks of the Continentals in 1776, threatening our fight for freedom. Despite misgivings of the Continental Congress, Washington ordered a mass inoculation of the troops and it helped his army to win the Revolutionary War. Our government of the people is strongest when we all pull together and do our part to defeat a threat, whether a tyrant on the battlefield, a downturn in the economy, or a vicious virus, like smallpox, polio,
or, indeed, coronavirus. In 1905, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the health and protection of society from smallpox took precedence over the objections of an individual man to a compulsory smallpox vaccination law. Like Washington, the High Court understood that defeating a serious disease takes a united effort and that holdouts can threaten the entire fight. Now, 245 years from our founding, our principles stand strong and our science stands even stronger. A majority of Idahoans have acted with compassion and common sense, protecting our neighbors and friends — and our fragile health care system — from the rampant spread of this
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virus. But a vocal minority, fueled by disinformation and extremist politics, is threatening that balance and undermining Idahoans’ innate understanding of the role individual responsibility and civic duty play in citizenship. Right now, across our state, we are facing the real potential of overwhelmed hospitals. Those of us who take on the very reasonable and temporary sacrifice to wear a mask have helped keep community spread down. Idahoans who respect our neighbors, our young children, our health care professionals and the medically vulnerable enough to get vaccinated have prevented our hospitals from being overwhelmed throughout this pandemic, so that all Idahoans will be able to get care if they have an auto accident, a heart attack or a stroke. Thank you. You are the silent and largely unseen heroes! When we take public health guidance to heart,
we are living our best lives, refusing to live in fear. As the saying goes, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Idahoans are tough, and we have to keep going, protecting our personal freedoms by fighting our common enemy: the novel coronavirus. We must continue protecting our families, our neighbors, our co-workers and our businesses by wearing masks and getting vaccinated. True freedom is never free. Personal freedom is worth nothing if we are all alone. Idahoans win when we work as communities to take care of our friends and neighbors. A recent USA TODAY poll reveals that a strong majority of Americans agree — 72% support mask mandates and 61% endorse vaccination requirements. Idahoans are continuing to get free, safe, approved vaccines in all of our communities. Bless those who have joined with and supported our dedicated
My Fellow Veterans An interesting PTSD study has come to my attention that may be of interest to you. The conclusion of this study has put forward that medication is not the only solution because of a moral injury. Medication is certainly a portion of successful treatment, as I am fully aware. The second, and equally important step is to address the moral devastation that has occurred. The human psyche (a word borrowed from the Greek which means soul) is not designed for warfare. War causes a major break down at the soul level and is not treatable by medication, it must be treated by the correct application of theology. Therefore, living at the bottom of a bottle, pills, or alcohol, will provide only more devastation to the soul. What we need is hope. The hope that is required to help us through the struggles of life is not one where we desire to be set free from all the potholes of life but have no real expectation that freedom
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will occur. Hence, the vicious downward spiral that comes when our hope has nothing to anchor itself upon. However, there is a hope which functions as an anchor of eternal and unwavering strength. The Bible, in the book of Hebrews, tells us that the hope for which we yearn and use our strength to attain is beyond our frail hands comes to us in the strength of Jesus. “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul” (Hebrews 6:19 a). This hope is not a passive ‘hope so’ kind of thing. The hope offered by Jesus through Scripture is an active hope based on a strength that far exceeds our puny efforts to tolerate the potholes. And potholes there are. As I start to write this article outside the window there is an enormous firefight in progress. It just seems as though there is a great exchange of gunpowder close to me. This includes the sense that the artillery is marching toward my unprotected self to fully consume my soul. The faith I have in Jesus provides
by Jim Jones, David Pate & Michael Satz
health workers in the fight against the coronavirus by getting vaccinated and by supporting masking and other efforts to stop the spread of the virus in our schools and communities. As we enter another Fall of COVID across Idaho, let’s conquer our fears together, get vaccinated, and work together to protect our many freedoms. Jim Jones, a Vietnam Veteran, served both as Idaho Attorney General and Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court. Dr. David Pate is former president and CEO of the St. Luke’s Health System. And Mike Satz is director of The Idaho 97 Project, which was founded on the idea that the vast majority of Idahoans understand responsible citizenship, stand with health care workers and want to see a return to productive civic engagement.This op-ed is part of a series on Idaho perspectives on COVID from The Idaho 97 Project. by David Beverly
the mercy and grace to persevere knowing that God has already won the ultimate battle for me. In turn, I am anchored to an unending and unlimited source of power which gives me the hope to persevere through the celebratory explosions to annotate the start of our freedom, which you all know is not free. This hope given by God changes the perspective we have of the current tribulations. Placing my faith in Jesus has given a much longer term look at the current and transitory bumps in the road. The bumps in the road are still hard, some quite hard, but tolerable as I now know the end has been settled. See https://bible.org/article/hope There is hope to be found and it is not in the bottom of a bottle. God is waiting to give you a joy that will last forever. Toleration of PTSD begins as you seek help in the two separate areas. The VA can change the chemistry of your brain and the Bible can change your soul. You need to take the first step.
Outdoors
September 2021
Dave’s Big Back Yard
Thursday August 19th Todd Banta was formally retired of his duties as Battalion Chief
Nampa Fire Department Station One. I wasn’t present but the pageantry was recorded by my Granddaughter. When a Firefighter retires there is a formal flag presentation. The flag is lowered folded and given to the retiring officer. In almost thirty years of services a firefighter experiences many things some unpleasant and some down right heartbreaking. For those you take the oath to protect and preserve whether they be firefighter or police officers deserve a debt of gratitude thanks Todd Banta for your service. While Todd was retiring,
I was on my way back from Yellow Pine. Me and my wife had never been there so I loaded up the fly rods and Tuesday morning we headed out. We stayed at the Alpine Village run by owner Steve Holloway. There are some really nice camping spots, we chose the village for the electrical convenience. Saved lazy me from having to fire up the generator. The Corner Bar the Yellow Pine Tavern and café a small general store that has gas and diesel make up the business district of downtown Yellow Pine. It was amazing to me how those little businesses stay alive given
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the remoteness of the area. The Harmonica Festival is a huge event that preceded our visit. I can’t imagine the traffic, if going by way of the South Fork of the Salmon, the road is a one lane paved Thorofare with two-way traffic speed is 25 miles an hour. Though the fishing was disappointing the trip was enjoyable, on our way in we had a Martin cross the road first one I have ever seen on the way out saw three Pileated Woodpeckers another first. September always brings some relief from the heat, and I’m sure this year it will be most welcome, after one of
Local Dirt Perspective Hello again, its about 22 days away from fall and you can feel that we’re almost out of those 90*+ days now and night time temps are dipping into the fifties and soon the forties. As I look to the end of another hard, hot season of landscaping and lawn care, I realized that I’m nearing the final four months of my 7th year of writing these columns. That’s almost 84 columns. I looked back at my very first column ever, and thought well my content was a little better now than that very first column, but you gotta start somewhere. I do want to thank
all you readers and Chantele for giving me this opportunity. Chantele took a chance on me, but if you readers didn’t at least like what I wrote, well I’m sure my column space would be written by Mrs. Potter telling how sparky dug up the neighbors roses again. I truly do appreciate your confidence in me. And, I’d like to add that because of my writing this column, and the comments and compliments I have received, it gave me the permission per say to write a book about a subject matter near and dear to my heart that I had
been wanting to write about long before this opportunity but never felt I was worthy enough to do. It’s amazing to me just how God brings things about when you see no avenues. When I’m finished I’ll let you know. Again thank you. Now that I’ve wasted 250 words on sentiment, let me give you hope that your garden harvest, that is still very green and delayed has a chance to ripen before hard frosts. You have time, if you prepare now to save all your hard work. One, fertilize a little extra with water soluble fertilizers. Two, make a
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frame of some sort tall enough to cover most of the plants you want to keep harvesting from ie tomatoes, peppers. Three, find old bed sheets no plastics ( ladies an excuse to get new ones) and when temps get down to the lower forty’s cover the frame to trap ground heat in. Four, as we get closer to freezing temps, use a 100 watt incandescent light bulb. LED and fluorescent bulbs emit no heat. The bigger the area covered the more lights used. Continue to do this until, well, you can’t. You’re making a mini greenhouse. Between
The Ultimate Crime (part 2) The Ultimate Crime Part 2 The professor droned on ostensibly inculcating the class with a better understanding of the material required to pass the final exam. Pass (barely) and forget is the mindset of the second group. On this day, the reading material contained a protestation against the war in Viet Nam. That ‘conflict’ had ended a decade prior. Squinty figured that the reading material for today had been written a few years prior to today’s class session. New material required an investment in time and effort to prepare, besides, the professor had tenure. He did not care either. As one of the few students listening Squinty began to perceive errors in the pontification. Later reflection on the class session would cause an “Ah Ha!” moment for Squinty. It would dawn on him that truth had become a matter of personal preference and could be adjusted to suit the occasion. It meant that your truth set and mine, being antithetical, were both correct. However, at the time Squinty’s mouth, as he raised his hand, proclaimed, “That is not right!” before he could stop it. To Squinty, truth remained external, objective, and non-malleable. Everyone in the room, except the other veteran were shocked at the impertinent outburst. Suddenly, an aisle appeared between Squinty and the professor. The gasping students were fortunate that the windows were open to let in the air that suddenly disappeared into shocked lungs. They had moved out of the way as they were certain that God would strike Squinty dead, and they did not want to be collateral damage. Squinty did not care at this point that he had violated the
prime directive of the university: Thou shalt not contradict the all-knowing, tenured professor. Squinty’s worldview and that of the professor’s had just collided like one high speed train meeting another train head on. Admitting for the first time this semester that there were students in the room, the professor jerked his head up out of the notebook and demanded to know who had the temerity to dispute him. “Who said that?”, he demanded. Squinty responded that he had committed the crime of the century. “Why do you say that?” the professor asked with a full load of outrage that bordered on explosive. “I was there, and it did not happen like that”, Squinty stated as he stood firm in his convictions. To Squinty, the truth did not flex to fit his feelings. Squinty continued with a brief synopsis of reality in the attempt to change the mind of the professor. It was not to be. Not having an Ah ha! moment, the professor countered with all the power invested in him due to being tenured, “Oh”. Then back down
went his head and he preceded to read from where he left off. He maintained that his version of the truth contained more comfort than reality. Besides, he carried the day by virtue of grading the final exam. At this point, the air suddenly reappeared from whence it had gone, and the other students regained regular breathing. Learning had not occurred anywhere in the room. The other veteran, also from the Viet Nam war snickered loudly as he tried to keep his plug of chewing tobacco in his mouth and his rear in the chair. Directly in front of Squinty sat a student of the second kind. The worldview of this kid contained extraordinarily little, excepting which brand of beer he preferred [free]. He turned to Squinty and said, “WOW! You are older than my mother!” Squinty still is not sure what that said about his mother. Squinty immediately recognized that it would not matter if he told the kid that he had not yet attained mid-life crisis age. There are times when reasoning with a vacuum has no value for either party. The other veteran nearly fell out of his chair at the
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the trapped heat and keeping light frosts at bay, you are also extending the daylight with the light bulbs helping your plants finish ripening. The use of sheets is, in case you don’t uncover before work and so the heat won’t be to intense like it would under plastic. I truly hope that if you put in that effort you’ll be rewarded with a greater harvest. Until next time, Pat by David Beverly
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Jesus taught the parable of the good Samaritan illustrating that our neighbor is anyone in need, even the stranger (Luke 10:25-37). We are all encouraged to engage in service beyond our homes and chapels. JustServe is designed as a community resource to help us as individuals, families and groups find opportunities near our homes to help those in need, extend compassion to strangers and improve the quality of life in our communities. One of our JustServe partners who does a lot to improve the quality of life in our community is Indian Creek Plaza. Volunteering at Indian Creek Plaza is a great way to get involved here in Caldwell In parts 1 and 2, we discussed the first two R’s of the retreat-remind-reinforce method of winning the war at home: In short, it meant ignoring inconsequential behaviors that are simply annoying, but not hurting anyone. I illustrated the importance of retreating from a battle that doesn’t need to be fought in the first place. When a behavior is harmful or can’t be ignored, the next step is to correct children when necessary by having them state what is expected, then reminding them of the agreed-upon natural consequences that follow broken rules. The final step, imperative in the process, is to reinforce the positive. There’s a saying I love whose credit goes to Earnie Larsen and Carol Hegarty, that reminds us how positive reinforcement is sought after, whether we’re two or eighty-two: “What we don’t realize is that everybody else is as hungry as we are. Inside each of us, whether we be gray or bald, sits a shiny-faced first grader hoping to get a star pasted on his forehead. We all need applause and we get
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Winning the War at Home Part 3: Reinforce the Positive
far less of it than we deserve.” There are several ways to accomplish this important step: 1. Catch Them Being Good. According to world renowned marriage and family therapists Dr.John Gottman and Robert Levenson, there should ideally be a minimum of five positive encounters to counterbalance the effects of a single negative one. The incidents don’t need to be dramatic or over-the-top in any way. After correcting a child, it simply means to take notice when they are behaving well afterward. That is, if we want the desirable behavior to continue, it needs to be reinforced. It may look like a smile, a pat on the back, or a casual walk past your little girl to thank her for playing nicely with her younger brother (the same little guy she chucked a toy at earlier!) You may want to implement a token system where children earn privileges for the positive things they do. You may not be able to force a child to behave, but you can manage those things that will directly control behaviorotherwise known as privileges. This plan makes privileges
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contingent on the chore or goal frazzled mommy moments; appreciation. If we speak kindly you’d like to see accomplished. some being when I had placed to them and of them, they will When parents become expert the kids in the corner and be profoundly more likely to at managing contingencies, desperately prayed my husband bring the whole family honor. they get to do the nagging so would come home so I could 3. Be positive, generally the parent doesn’t have to! As a tell him what transgressions The old saying goes, “The bonus, you get the reputation as they had committed that apple doesn’t fall far from the the parent who hands out earned day to make me cry. tree.” In this case, parents who privileges rather than the scary I wasn’t perfect, but I really continually strive to have positive one that children try to hide from tried to not air grievances in front outlooks will have, you guessed, when they’ve made a mistake! of their dad or anyone else while it-children who have sunnier Children (and adults) they were within earshot. Why? dispositions themselves. That crave attention for the things Because it would be reinforcing doesn’t mean we all should exist they do well. It might even their behavior in the negative in a made-up world of unicorns encourage competition-in a ways that were previously and lollipops, but it’s important good way-between siblings. discussed. It also certainly to note how children will live up Many misbehaviors occur wouldn’t add to their self esteem. to our high or low expectations when the great things children For a minute, put yourself in of them and of life in general. do continually go unnoticed. your child’s shoes: Pretend you While working with special 2. Honor each family member. make a big mistake at work that needs children, I was floored Reinforcing the positive also only your boss knows about. at the number of teachers who means speaking positively Then, after you have corrected would introduce them to me with about children and other family the mistake privately, he has a label of something derogatory members to others. I remember the audacity to broadcast what like, “good luck with this one. a time when my children were 4 you did to all your coworkers in He’s naughty and can’t sit still.” and 2. My toddler daughter filled the break room. You’d want to Since the child had heard such up a rubber squirty fish with water crawl in a hole and disappear, unsavory expectations about and nailed her brother, Spencer, right? So does the child who himself, he, in turn, behaved squarely in the eyeballs. It feels “ganged up on” by family just as described for me. I made was hard to keep a straight members who really didn’t need it a goal to preface my first face when he emphatically to get involved in the first place! interaction with “challenging” hollered (after watching the On the flipside, if we “brag children with something like “I movie,” Mulan”) “Anna, you’ll on them” in front of a spouse, have a feeling you’re going to never bring this family honor!” siblings, teacher, or others, we be one of the best behaved and Fortunately, my daughter did get the satisfaction of watching fastest learners in the school.” turn out honorably, but this funny their faces beam with pride They would then sit up a little memory later made me think: instead of sadly lower with straighter and strive to live up “Do the things I disclose about shame. From their parents, to those higher expectations. my family members in front of children can gain much-needed The same goes for how a others bring us honor as a family confidence in a world that’s pretty parent colors any situation: If unit?” or “ Do the things I say good at humbling all of us at one we’re constantly griping about about each member individually time or another. Family should the weather, the government, build them up or knock them always be those “safe people” our health, bad teachers, and down?” Truth be told, I had many we look to when we need a little all of life’s injustices in front of our children, it will be really, really hard for them to have a positive outlook on life. Period. While challenges may always be present, children can learn how to problem solve with you, be grateful for the simplest of things, and create more positive situations in their environments. When parents choose to retreat from inconsequential behavior, remind children of expectations, and reinforce the positive things they do, they will have built an arsenal of conflict-busting weapons to win the war at home. Children (and the adults in their lives) have the opportunity going forward to practice valuable conflict resolution skills, capable of lasting a lifetime.
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