LOCAL POSTAL CUSTOMER
Caldwell, Idaho
Edition Twenty-Eight
PRSRT STD ECRWSS US POSTAGE PAID EDDM-RETAIL
MARCH 2017
Indian Creek Musical Art Park
CPR Class for City Employees
YMCA adds space
CHS Robotics does it again!
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Caldwell’s Abigail Manery was crowned the 2017 Miss Amazing Teen Queen during the pageant held at the Nampa Civic Center on February 11th before a crowd of about 640 people in attendance. Abby, 17 years old, is a sophomore at Vallivue High School and is the daughter of Lisa and Chuck Manery. She is the youngest of six children in her family. As the Miss Amazing Teen Queen, Abby will be attending the National Miss Amazing pageant in Chicago between August 4th-7th, representing Idaho and Caldwell. This was the pageant’s 5th year and it is so much more than “just a pageant.” The Miss Amazing Pageant celebrates the valuable abilities and strengths of girls and women with disabilities throughout this event. These special ladies share their ambitions and abilities and inspire each other and all people to empower themselves. Abby is a member of the Vallivue High
Abigail Manery – Idaho Miss Amazing Teen 2017
School band and played her has a moment to shine and be trumpet as her talent and will recognized. play it as her talent again during The event encourages the the national pageant. The talent ladies to dream big to reach part of the pageant is optional for their full potential. It provides contestants and is not a part of the a platform to celebrate and judging for the queen. value all people and creates This pageant has 6 subgroup a great example through its age categories from ages 5-35 efforts to others for a better years old, in which the ladies world. The program is featured compete. They are as follows: through more than 10 media Rising Stars (ages 5-9), Preteen outlets. And best but not least, (ages 10-12), Junior Teen (ages countless friendships are 13-15), Teen (ages 16-19), Junior made between the girls and Miss (ages 20-23), Miss (ages 24ladies participating and their 27) and Senior Miss (ages 28-35). families and friends that come The pageant is designed to to support them. help the contestant learn and Nearly 450 girls and develop social and other skills. women with disabilities have The contestants are judged on participated in this program an interview, their introduction Abigail Manery with her mother, Lisa since its beginning 5 years on stage and their walk in their Manery and Mayor Nancolas on Feb. 22. ago. Almost 1,000 volunteers (Photo by Leora Summers) beautiful dresses. The interview have helped with this program. does not happen on stage. The and are given a trophy and a Also through this program judges all have experience crown. Abby’s mother’s favorite over 1,500 pounds of canned working with girls and women part of the pageant is watching and boxed food items have with disabilities and special needs been donated to local pantries. the girls’ faces light up when they in some form or another. The Idaho Miss Amazing is a Unlike other pageants, ALL are given a trophy and the crown collaborative effort made possible contestants hear their name called is placed on their heads. Everyone by dedicated sponsors.
photos by Nikki Zachary
Caldwell Firefighters–Climb. Conquer. Cure.
Caldwell Firefighter Team L to R: Eric Haskins, Brent Sillito, KC Zachary, Kolby Kerbs, Jose Martinez, Dan Garcia and Titus Ponder (in front of KC). Team members not pictured: Dee Berryman and Dewayne Birch.
A team of 8 Caldwell firefighters will participate in the “Climb. Conquer. Cure.” event in Seattle, Washington on March 12th to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society during the annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb. This is the 4th
consecutive year that Caldwell’s team will be participating in this fundraiser. Their goal this year is to raise $10,000 for this worthy cause. They each have a special person that they will be climbing to reach a cure for. They, along with over 1,900
by Leora. Summers, Editor
other participants from the US, Canada and South America during this 26th Annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb, will climb 69 flights of stairs with 1,311 stair steps while dressed in full bunker gear and packing, with oxygen tanks strapped to their backs for breathing. Last year’s team was able to raise almost $6,000 due to the amazing support from our community. The City of Caldwell and Caldwell City Council donated a combined $1,000 to help them with their expenses to attend this event. This year firefighter KC Zachary is climbing for 7-yearold Titus Ponder, who along with his parents, Dusty and Amber Ponder, will be at the top of the Columbia Building waiting for the last of the Caldwell firefighters to reach them. KC Zachary climbed for Titus last year. Titus was diagnosed in 2015 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Currently he is in remission. Wahoo! The team hopes that their climb will make a difference for all for whom they are climbing, as it has for Titus. This year Titus
by Leora. Summers, Editor
Aside from this pageant, Abigail is a busy girl. She is a cashier at Deseret Industries in Nampa. Not only does she like to play her trumpet, she likes to play basketball and is an Alpine skier with the Special Olympics. She may be small is size, but has a big heart. She is looking forward to spending the next year having a chance to meet a lot of people and to provide service to the community. She is excited to represent Caldwell and Idaho at the National Pageant in Chicago, Illinois in August. She met with Mayor Nancolas on February 21st and told him all about this pageant and her dreams. He was so impressed that he promised to make a personal contribution towards her trip to the national pageant. Then she asked the Mayor’s assistant if there were some community service projects she could help with. There is something special in Abigail and her smile is infectious. What a gem of a girl!
Canyon County Fair to stay in Caldwell!
by Leora. Summers, Editor
The Columbia Building in Seattle. Caldwell Firefighters will climb 788 vertical feet during the Annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb.
is the “Honorary Boy of the Year” for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Idaho. We wish the Caldwell Stair Climb Team luck in reaching their goal and will report back next month on how they did. To see how you can help, check out their Facebook page, “Caldwell Fire Stair Climb Team.”
Big changes are happening with the new make-up of the Canyon County Commissioners’ board with Pam White now taking the place of Craig Hanson. She joined Tom Dale and Steve Rule on the board. As of the February 7th board meeting, the Canyon County Fair Board has been disbanded and Rosalie Cope is no longer employed as the fair director. Diana Sinner, who was the previous exhibits supervisor for the fair, has been named as the interim director until a new director is determined. During that meeting, the property previously purchased for a possible future site for the relocation of the fair was undesignated for that purpose. Alternate uses for that land will be pursued. The fair will remain at its current site. The commissioners decided that it was more fiscally responsible to focus on improvements at the downtown Caldwell location. Continued on page 3