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GO AHEAD AND JUMP Roping in families with fun

ADOPTION A love story

IDAHO SCRAPBOOK SHOW

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Jonas and Kawika play in their family’s annual New Year’s flag football game

Contents January 2018 Features

Departments

Meet the Publisher

3 12 Adoption

Goals & Resolutions

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JUMP

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A different kind of love story

J.J. Plew

Sales & Marketing J.J. Plew jjplew82@gmail.com 208-697-2043

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Meet Matt

Idaho Scrapbook Show

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90 years young

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Graphic Design Carol Smiley

Distribution Idaho Distribution Services

Big event for Gem State

Glenns Ferry Library

Publisher J.J. Plew

Editor Gaye Bunderson editorgaye@gmail.com gayeb@sterlingmedialtd.com

Achieve in 2018 Explore your potential

Volume 6, Number 1

In Each Edition 3

Editor’s Intro Family stories

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Calendar

Family Friendly activities and events for January and February

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Editor’s Intro

Some family stories worth remembering I started to realize one day that I wrote a number of familythemed stories long before I started working for Idaho Family Magazine. Here are some of the more interesting ones:

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I photographed a couple who made the quirky decision to get married in a Jiffy Lube. The groom worked there, so I guess they got the wedding venue real cheap — grease stains and all. The bride and groom were both dressed very informally, so thankfully the bride didn’t have to drag the train of her gown across the floor.

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I photographed a couple who had been married 75 years. They lived out in the country near Caldwell, and in giving me directions to their residence, the elderly wife told me, “We live in the pink house.” I drove all over the countryside looking for a pink house, until I finally gave up and found a pay phone and called her. I said, “I can’t find a pink house,” and she replied, “Oh, that’s right! We painted it blue several years ago.”

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I interviewed a young Idaho Legislature page whose father had made the decision to move his family away from a large, crowded metropolitan area back East, where the crime rate left him concerned for his children’s safety. The father had worked at a prestigious firm, where he climbed the ranks to a power position with a commanding salary; but he decided to pack the family up and head somewhere away from the traffic jams, the pollution, and the overall stresses of a large city. He told me he piled the family’s most necessary possessions into the family car and just drove until he found a place where he felt he and his wife could raise their children in safety and simplicity. That place was Mountain Home, Idaho.

While it wouldn’t necessarily be a lot of people’s first choice for a destination, the family seemed quite happy. The father was working as a welder, and both parents were pleased with the opportunities their children had been given in a smaller town, including their son’s chance to be a page at the Idaho Legislature.

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I interviewed longtime childhood friends in Marsing and Homedale who had gone from being two standout 4-H members with a love for horse judging to being two stellar college students, one majoring in equine and animal science and one majoring in human biology — at Dartmouth, no less. They both credited their years in 4-H with helping carve a path to their career choices. One of them even earned a scholarship in horse judging to help pay for college. All that from 4-H. Growing up on family farms in beautiful rural Idaho was just frosting on the proverbial cake.

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One of the more serious stories I did involved members of the Clay and Shauna Sauer family of Marsing.

The death of the couple’s oldest daughter, Taylor, in a texting-and-driving collision led the Sauers and their children to launch an effort to stop distracted driving. Collectively, the family gave speeches at schools to warn teens of the dangers of distracted driving. They also lobbied the Idaho Legislature’s Senate Transportation Committee to pass an anti-texting bill — a measure which eventually passed and was signed into law.

I visited the Sauers a year after Taylor’s passing; but before meeting the whole clan, I met with Shauna Sauer at the family’s beautiful home on Lizard Butte. As she teared up talking about Taylor, I struggled to maintain my composure.

I finally had to reach for a tissue, saying, “I guess I’m not one of those hard-nosed news reporters you hear so much about.”

I found the Sauers to be a close-knit, brave and loving family.

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And finally... I used to visit nursing homes and do stories on some of the residents there. Believe it or not, I loved it. Those elderly people had some pretty interesting stories to tell. One woman, for instance, had personally known the Wright brothers while they were attempting to construct the world’s first flying aircraft.

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J.J. Plew new publisher of Idaho Family J.J. Plew is the new owner and publisher of Idaho Family Magazine. J.J. is Idaho born and raised. He and his wife, along with their four kids, have lived in the Treasure Valley for the past 15 years. J.J. has stayed actively involved in his kids’ activities as a coach, umpire, and volunteer. He enjoys music, dance, sports, and anything fun, which helps keep him a kid at heart. J.J.’s desire for Idaho Family Magazine is to be the resource for families in the area looking for things to do and what’s going on, while also providing a positive and enjoyable magazine for readers. Feel free to reach out to J.J. He would love to hear from you.

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ACHIEVE in 2018

Goals, resolutions, and your family

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By Daniel Bobinski

s we start off the new year, you routes it to the conscious part of your mind. may desire to change the way You become aware of opportunities you would you’re doing something. Or never have noticed otherwise.” Then, when perhaps you want to start doing you recognize those opportunities, it’s much something new. And, if you’re wondering how easier to step into them. to better equip your children to be achievers, So step one is to establish specific, teaching them how to set and achieve goals is a measurable goals and write them out every skill that lasts a lifetime. day.

New Year’s resolutions are a tradition for The second step, picturing yourself doing millions of people. Unfortunately, come the activities needed to achieve your goals, is springtime, many people cannot recall the powerful because people go where they are resolutions they made just a few short months focused. Think back to when you learned how earlier. What follows are three techniques that to drive. Driving instructors tell their students have proven themselves valuable whenever to focus on where the car will be in the next they’re used. And, you can even teach them to Daniel Bobinski 10-to-12 seconds, not on the road right in front your children. They are: of the car. It’s looking at where you want to be.

1. Clarify your goals in writing every day.

Focusing on where you want to be helps even when things 2. Keep your focus on the path you must take. aren’t moving as fast you’d like. For example, years ago I used 3. Find someone you trust and stay accountable. to ride my bicycle to work, and on the way home I had to Let’s start by talking about clarifying your goals in writing ride up a long hill. That hill was steep, and it was everything every day. One famous success story here is Scott Adams, I could do just to keep peddling. My goal was always to reach creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip. As noted in Priorities the top without stopping, and that precluded taking in the magazine, Adams wrote out by hand the following sentence scenery. Instead, while giving it all I had, my focus was the 15 times a day: “I will become a Syndicated Cartoonist.” Yes ground a few feet in front of me. Sometimes I would see a — 15 times a day! small rock in my path and I would think to myself, “I’m going Writing down goals is an important part of the process, to miss that rock.” Except I didn’t. When I was looking at but writing them out every day by hand is ultra-powerful, the rock, I usually ran over it, even though my thoughts were and neuroscience backs that up. According to Bottom Line “I’m going to miss that rock.” publications, “Writing down goals is better than just thinking After a few times of that happening, I remembered that we about them. It stimulates the ‘filtering’ part of the brain go wherever we’re focused. From then on, whenever I saw called the Reticular Activating System (RAS).” This RAS is a rock in my path I would simply focus on the ground a few the same activator that notices when someone whispers your inches away from the rock, and behold, my bike tire would go name and you can pick it out from across a crowded room. where I was looking, thus avoiding the rock.

Your RAS cues your attention and helps direct your focus.

This same practice is powerful for achieving goals. One Your child may not need to understand these reasons yet, but glance in the right direction doesn’t do it. To achieve our it helps if you do. goals, we need to focus on the path between us and our goals Bottom Line goes on to say that, “When you write your and not look away for too long. And so, in addition to writing goals, the RAS begins collecting pertinent information and out our goals every day, it’s also helpful to talk about them

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Jonas and Kawika play in their family’s annual New Year’s flag football game.

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frequently so the picture of our path stays “top-of-mind.”

Finally, let me talk about having an accountability partner. A word to the wise: Choose this person carefully! It should not be your spouse (too close to you) nor someone who is not concerned about your success.

A good accountability partner should be someone you trust, and someone who has experience in pressing through obstacles to reach their goals. For adults, it might be good if this person is outside of your family, but still has an appreciation of what you’re trying to achieve. It should also be someone you don’t want to let down. For your smaller children, the accountability person should be you, and if you have teens, perhaps yourself or a family friend your teen trusts.

Once you find someone who meets these criteria, be sure to meet regularly.

Meetings don’t have to be long, just consistent. You can even meet over the phone or online. Weekly meetings are a good frequency. Talk about your progress, but also about the obstacles

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you’re facing.

Also, an accountability partner should not do any lecturing. Ideally, he or she should patiently ask pertinent questions to help you think through your own solutions and actions, offering advice and pointing out cautions only as needed.

With that in mind, if you’re serving as the accountability person for your child, these guidelines apply to you, too.

Bottom line: There’s no reason for you or your children to be shrugging your shoulders three months from now for why progress wasn’t made on goals. You will go where you’re focused, so if you want the best chances of success, write out your goals every day and get focused on the path for what needs to be done. Then get an accountability system in place, and soon you’ll be achieving your goals and thoroughly enjoying the success.

Daniel Bobinski, M.Ed. runs two businesses.

One helps teams and individuals learn how to use Emotional Intelligence. The other helps companies improve their training programs.

He’s also a best-selling author and a popular speaker at conferences and retreats. Reach him at daniel@eqfactor.net or (208) 375-7606.

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JUMP ROPES in families

With a cache of creativity

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By Kurt Orzeck

children — perhaps unbeknownst to themselves — strengthen their ability to solve problems, work under pressure and treat their playmates with respect. he building looms over downtown Boise like an The myriad of other titillatingly titled kid-centric offerings alien spacecraft, bathing pedestrians and cars at JUMP includes “Tiny Tot Dance a Lot,” “Disgustingly alike in mysterious purple, yellow and red light.

Delicious: Oogie Boogie Green Hot Truffles” and “Learn Onlookers marvel at the massive structure and are encouraged to explore its multitudinous facades via a vast Spanish: Charlamos y Creamos.”

Kids can also delve deep into robotics engineering, building network of circular pathways spread across the campus. bird houses and choreographed dancing at the thoughtTwo years after it was erected, Jack’s Urban Meeting Place provoking palace on Myrtle Street. The center offers audio is already one of the most recognizable architectural assets in the City of Trees. And yet many Idahoans — from 9-year- and video equipment for recording music or movies, an industrial kitchen where participants can give new recipes a olds to 90-year-olds — still wonder what the heck goes on whirl, and a 3-D printer for executing product concepts. inside. “[JUMP is about] exploring potential possibilities through “It’s a colorful, welcoming, inviting space,” says Kathy play, new connections and interactions and getting their O’Neill, JUMP’s Community Engagement Director for the hands dirty,” according to O’Neill. nonprofit creative center and community gathering place.

JUMP’s namesake is arguably the most famous “Jack” “It’s a petri dish and incubator space for testing new ideas in Idaho history: J.R. (Jack) Simplot, whose penchant for and concepts.” out-of-the-box thinking and risk-taking helped him become Indeed, JUMP’s winding hallways, angular walls and shiny a billionaire potato entrepreneur. When he died 10 years windows are designed to pique and stretch the imagination. ago, one of his legacies was a litany of vintage tractors that Spread across one of those shiny walls are letters spelling the could’ve wound up gathering dust in a museum. Instead, the word “inspire.” nonprofit organization that runs JUMP decided to scatter JUMP is a place where children can break free from the the machines across the center’s grounds and let inspirational confines of standardized testing and escape the drudgery of homework — and where their parents, for their own part, can ideas fill the spaces in between.

In addition to the 50 tractors — which date back to 1885 remember what it was like to be young again. and can be closely inspected during ongoing tours — JUMP “Everybody — kids and adults alike — can find features an outdoor amphitheater, multiple terraces, rooftop opportunities here to explore their potential,” O’Neill adds. parks and play areas. For good measure, there’s a dance While promoting the limitlessness of abstract thought studio, staging grounds for galas and fundraisers, and concert is JUMP’s bread and butter, its bevy of family-friendly spaces. In the works is a massive spiral slide, which the center programs and activities are as distinguishable as they are calls “a totally tubular five-story chute that’s lit up to boot!” imaginative. For example, there’s “Flavorful Fairytales: Organizers liken the campus to a public library or park, Santasarus,” an hourlong holiday session in which kids played with similar intentions to serve the community and inspire with deviled dinosaur eggs, made bearded hats and enjoyed Idahoans to connect with story time to boot. one another and open their Not to be outdone, an minds. It’s also a nifty go-to ongoing science program spot for organizations that finds members of Boise don’t have a set location Metro Engineering for Kids where they can meet. coaxing young engineering “Most of our programs enthusiasts to try their are all-inclusive, creating hands at constructing a gathering place to build truss-style bridges made community,” O’Neill says. out of marshmallows and When the nonprofit toothpicks. first opened its doors in More artistically December 2015, JUMP’s minded kids are invited to studio coordinators tested “Fractured Fairytale Camp,” out programs for kids to during which they play get a feel for how the studio theater games and put a could operate, O’Neill playful spin on familiar kids’ Innovation Day at JUMP attracts kids and their parents for an afternoon of exploring hands-on technologies and inventions. (Photo provided by JUMP) says. But shortly thereafter, stories. All the while, the

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intrigued community members reached out with their own ideas — like the marshmallow-bridge class — which JUMP’s leaders then integrated into the center’s offerings.

Along those same lines, passionate community members are allowed to teach classes and programs alongside certified professionals. All they need to do is fill out a program form, give their idea a spin and see if it sticks.

For instance, a visiting Garden City resident taught a hover board class in which kids created the transportation devices using repurposed materials. They cut the motors out of old vacuum cleaners, sawed chunks out of plywood and added fabric and … “… All of a sudden, they had their own hover boards,” O’Neill says.

Meanwhile, an official with the Forest Service staged a presentation about bat boxes, where the flying rodents can find safe shelter, and taught participants how to create boxes of their own. (For the bats, of course.)

O’Neill stresses that the programs at JUMP aren’t limited to children.

“We have grandchildren with their grandpas, mothers with their 20-year-old sons, retired ladies and people from across the board,” O’Neill says. “Part of the idea of JUMP is to build community and bring people together from all walks of life and break down barriers and have people explore programs.”

JUMP features 80 or so family-friendly activities and

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JUMP, in downtown Boise, offers many family-friendly and kid-friendly programs, including a culinary class where kids may learn cooking skills.

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events at any given time, such as ongoing storytelling and children’s culinary classes, according to the community engagement director. They’re not all free — the bat box session required a fee for supplies, for example — but the center tries to keep prices low.

“Boise has such a strong emphasis on learning, and I think there’s great opportunities for people to learn at JUMP,” O’Neill says.

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IDAHO SCRAPBOOK show

‘Why not Idaho?’ becomes ‘Idaho’s first’

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By Brandy Yearous

n every group of crafting friends there’s a variety of personalities and abilities. When you find the right mix, it creates a bond that lasts. Sometimes it creates more.

That is the case with the women of the Idaho Scrapbook Show. They met nearly a decade ago as friends who just wanted a little time away from home and the hustle and bustle of life, for an evening of laughter and learning as they taught each other new craft techniques. They also hoped to finish projects piled in boxes that had been stacking up over the years. Doesn’t everyone have a box full of pictures they never have time to get to?

Over the years they learned to schedule their craft nights, just like they do every other event in their life. They found they’d never make time for it otherwise. This much-needed time away often turned into therapy sessions in exchange for fun and creativity. Because of these craft nights the group grew closer and wanted to expand their knowledge of different techniques. They found a few craft shows in neighboring states and decided to make a ‘girls weekend’ out of it.

They loved learning all about the different types of crafts and things they had only seen on the internet. They especially loved being able to try products before they bought them, and be able to learn how to use items before they shopped for them.

Truly, the most joyous part, aside from the fun and fellowship, was getting to shop for things that weren’t available in stores. Whether it was brand new product, not yet in stores or at discounted rates that could not be beat online, these ladies couldn’t wait to get back to Idaho to show all their friends their new finds.

The Idaho Craft Association was formed by a team of five women, including, from left, Heidi Deming, Lisa Lujan, Brandy Yearous, Maggie Shumaker, and Heather Carter. They combined their diverse talents and worked together to bring a major scrapbooking event to Idaho. (Courtesy photo)

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On the way home from one such trip, the group was tallying up the costs they were splitting, such as hotel and gas. Splitting of the costs helped each other keep the trip affordable for everyone. Once tallied, they started discussing how much they spent on the entire trip and how nice it would have been to use the food, gas and lodging money on crafts at a local show.

Everyone immediately started searching for their next adventure, coming up empty in Idaho, once again. Someone in the group asked, “Why not Idaho?” Why shouldn’t Idaho have their own craft show? Wouldn’t it be good for the local economy? The travel industry? The ravenous Idaho craft community? WHY NOT IDAHO? After months of research, the gals realized it wasn’t for lack of community support that kept a major event out of Idaho, it was more the lack of a qualified team to tackle such a monster show. Through many months of detailed work the crafting gals got together and came up with the plan to bring Idaho their first national craft event. They each used their individual talents to take on parts of the show that would help move them all forward. They raised the capital to get started and began the task of building the Idaho Scrapbook Show, from scratch.

Meet the team:

Heather Carter President and Head of Advertising Brandy Yearous Vendor Relations and Event Coordinator Lisa Lujan Web Developer, CFO Heidi Deming Class Coordinator and Community Outreach Word of the show started spreading fast in Idaho’s great community and was quickly noticed and supported by other national scrapbook shows. Jennifer Davis, President of Scrapbook Expo, caught word of what the team was building and graciously offered to add the Boise show to their national scrapbook show circuit. Having the ability to accept national vendors dramatically increased the reach the team was attempting to achieve.

The Idaho Scrapbook Show started attracting exhibitors from shows they had seen in other states. With exhibitors eager to reach new customers in a new area, the Idaho Scrapbook Show quickly sold out to exhibitors, with dozens of companies on their waiting list.

They are also pleased to announce their first annual Platinum Sponsors joining the show: Paper Wizard, Kiwi Lane, Totally Tiffany (come meet Tiffany herself !) and Tall Mouse Cre8tive Artz. Crafters will be able to enjoy shopping

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the many booths with dozens of national brands at virtually every turn during the two-day event.

Since the Idaho Scrapbook Show is February 2-3, 2018 at Expo Idaho in Boise, it is the first show of the season on the national circuit and will have craft products for sale from the Craft and Hobby Association Show (CHA) in January that will not yet be available in stores or anywhere else in the country.

Another one of the team’s passion for community service came to fruition when the Idaho Scrapbook Show’s team joined forces with Handy Hands Reflections to help serve grieving families with memory books of their loved ones. The memory books made by the Handy Hands organization is the only one of its kind in the nation. They provide memory books all over the country, for a variety of reasons: from fallen officers to families trying to heal from the loss of a child.

Their memory books are made 100 percent from donated craft products and by volunteers. The Idaho Scrapbook Show team is proud to have Handy Hands as their community outreach for their first show and are working on a donation

drive at the show, along with opportunities at the show for the community to come together to make pages for upcoming albums.

The teams “Why Not Idaho?” turned into putting Idaho first.

If you are looking to enjoy two days of shopping for craft products you can’t find anywhere else or want to learn some new techniques, the certified teachers at the show will love to teach you in-depth in one of the dozens of classes being offered.

If you are like the craft group ladies that started it all and want to make a girl’s weekend at the Idaho Scrapbook Show, to be pampered at a weekend away, you will definitely want to sign up for their VIP package before they sell out. The VIP package includes a two-day pass to shop and crop with your fellow VIP friends, early bird shopping both days, a VIP swag bag, VIP only prizes and giveaways, Midnight Crop Friday night and more!

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GLENNS FERRY library

90-year-old library gets a facelift

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By Gaye Bunderson

railroad track cuts through Glenns Ferry, Idaho, a community of roughly 1,235 people 72 miles south of Boise. Pretty much the only time residents get caught in a traffic jam is when vehicles back up at the railroad crossing to wait for a passing train. The town’s tidy streets host a bank, two grocery stores, a thrift shop, and a hair salon, among other businesses that are both for-profit and non-profit. Surprisingly, there’s also a seasonal dinner theater and several nice places to park an RV, including one with a riverside view.

Just up the street from an assisted living center, there’s a relatively nondescript building that houses something also essential to the community and which turned 90 in 2017: the Glenns Ferry Public Library. Library director Jennifer Trail has big dreams for the 2,600-square-foot facility. Her goals align with something all libraries, big and small, are making an effort at nowadays: keeping pace with a rapidly changing world.

“The purpose of libraries has shifted from reading to exploring. Before technology and the Internet, you had to come to the library to get information. Now information is everywhere. In a short amount of time, the library world has shifted. Libraries have had to shift to stay relevant,” Trail said.

Thanks to the tenacity of a group of women in what was called the Improvement Club, a library formed in Glenns Ferry in 1927. The formation of the library stalled until a hearse was paid for*. The library was originally located in City Hall, offering, like all libraries at the time, a collection of books to check out, read and return. It is now due to Trail’s tenacity that the library is expanding its offerings.

A truly modern library, Trail said, is more than rows of books. It’s about creating spaces that invite exploration, especially with new technologies. To that end, the Glenns Ferry Public Library now has onsite: • A 3-D printer • Edison programmable robots • Code-a-pillars • Drones and virtual reality equipment • Makedo tool kits, and • PBS Kids Playtime Pads One might say, “It’s not your grandpa’s library anymore,” but Trail would beg to differ. She said the library is working to lure both children and adults of all ages to explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) projects.

“Adults want to learn too,” she said.

She also said adults are an asset to the library: “The older people are a great resource.”

When Trail went from being a stay-at-home mom to working as the library’s director more than two years ago, she began by asking people what they wanted in a library and

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how she could help give it to them. She visited all kinds of community groups, from Boy Scouts to civic organizations, to get input on how the library could better serve its patrons.

She then started writing grant proposals; small town libraries are prime sites for grant funds. She was self-taught in grant writing, and there were two things about her that worked in her favor.

“I’m not afraid to ask questions,” she said. “And I’m not afraid to be told ‘no.’”

She worked a lot with the Idaho Commission for Libraries in Boise in her exploration of what was available to small libraries like hers.

She obtained a grant through Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces. According to information at WebJunction.org: “Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces is a WebJunction program that is supporting 15 small and rural public libraries from across the country as they reimagine and reconfigure their libraries into smart spaces. Launched in July 2016, this two-year program is made possible in part by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and is implemented in partnership with the Association for Rural and Small Libraries.”

The Glenns Ferry Public Library was one of only 15 other libraries across the nation that received a grant — no small feat. Grant money has allowed the library to take space that was once used as overflow area for excess books and videos and turn it into “innovate rooms” and “makers’ rooms for

Dorothy Beaury, standing, Glenns Ferry Library’s computer technician, and library director Jennifer Trail, seated and wearing a Halloween costume, are shown at the front desk of the Glenns Ferry Public Library. The library turned 90 last year and is working to become a library fit for its 21st century patrons.

(Photo by Gaye Bunderson)

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tinkering.” Some of that work is complete, and some of it is ongoing.

PCS Edventures and the Idaho STEM Action Center have also been sources of grant money, along with a program called Rural Gateways, designed to help library staff bring STEM programs to their areas and receive ongoing training in STEM program planning.

Another funding source was Informal Science Learning.

Through this National Science Foundation “Pushing the Limits” program, adult participants are studying scientific themes in an interesting format without the necessity of becoming hands-on literate with tech gadgets. So far, said Trail, the adults have studied communication, tradition, and pushing the limits of nature. A skilled “science partner” attends each program to share his or her knowledge.

Trail, now 37, received an online degree in education from Oregon State University. She said as a youngster, she was a restless student who didn’t like being confined to a classroom listening to lectures.

“That’s why I’m drawn to different ways to educate,” she said.

The library environment is perfect for that.

“If we have programs and learning at the library, there is no pressure and no grades. Kids can explore and touch things and ‘fail forward,’” Trail said.

She partners with schools.

“The library needs to supplement the schools,” she said, explaining teachers are limited in funding and time and

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must also meet strict government-set education guidelines in reading and other basic skills. It can leave little time for exploration of anything outside the curriculum.

“Reading is important, but so is creative play,” Trail said.

At the library, Trail works with Dorothy Beaury, a computer technician with tech credentials and membership in the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. The library also has several volunteers.

Budget constraints are always a reality.

“We need to own who we are (as a community). We are an agriculture-based small town with a high population of lowincome people,” Trail said.

She applies that same “owning it” perspective to the library: “We embrace what we’ve got.”

Asked if she intends to keep growing the library’s offerings, she responded with a tiny sigh and said, “I have so much to do.”

The challenges and responsibilities of bringing a 90-yearold institution into the STEM universe may sometimes overwhelm her, but it definitely won’t stop her. Recently, she was stepping up and trying to learn drone operation and finding it complicated. She won’t be stopped by what she doesn’t (yet) know.

“Technology is intimidating,” she said. “But I’m not going to let that limit me.” *Information taken from glennsferryidaho.org. More information about the library is available on that website.

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THE REYNOLDS family

Adoption: A Different Kind of Love Story

By Robert & Amy Reynolds

Editor’s note: The following story is a first-person account of the adoption journey of Robert and Amy Reynolds. Idaho Family Magazine will feature personal adoption stories, written by the adoptive parents and highlighting the trials and joys they’ve experienced when adopting children, in our pages throughout the year.

W

e met in 2004, and married a year later.

We had both thought about adoption, even before we were married, and hoped that it would be a part of our story; but our idea of what that would look like for our family was different from what God’s plans were. We started trying for children pretty quickly after we were married, and when it hadn’t happened after three years, we felt that adoption was the path we were supposed to take.

We started the process, and it would be another two years and multiple heartbreaking situations before we would adopt our first child. But we truly felt that there was a reason for each of those situations in the process, that God was teaching us and also using us in the lives of others through the hard circumstances.

In August of 2010, we were in Texas — for an adoption that ultimately fell through — when we connected with our oldest son’s birthmom via phone. We met her (in Idaho) a few days later and shortly after that learned that she had chosen us to parent her baby boy. She invited us to doctor appointments, and we were able to build an invaluable relationship with her over the next couple of months. Her courage, selflessness and strength inspired us.

The baby boy was born in October, and we were so blessed to be able to be at the hospital (Amy was in the delivery room and was able to cut the cord). He came home with us the next day, and our family and friends were so excited and supportive, as they had been throughout the entire process. We were always annoyed when people would say, “Just wait, after you adopt, you’ll get pregnant. It always happens that way.” We knew that it didn’t always happen that way, and that wasn’t the goal in our adoption. But, seven weeks after Kellen was born, Amy did get pregnant with our second son. He was born 11 months after his brother, and they are the closest of friends. We then had a biological daughter in 2013.

In the summer of 2014, Amy started to feel a pull toward adopting again, and specifically toward adopting a child with special needs from China. The prospect was honestly a bit terrifying, and it took some time for both of us to work through what changes this would bring to our family, and what we needed to do to get started. International adoption seemed much more daunting, and special needs adoption even more so.

After much prayer and discussion, we submitted an application to All God’s Children International in May 2015

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Robert and Amy Reynolds with their family of four children. (Courtesy photo)

and started the process. We saw our son’s photo on the All God’s Children website just a couple of months later, before his file was ready for adoption, or our paperwork was completed.

He was almost 2 years old and had Down syndrome, which was initially a special need that felt too intimidating for us. We fell in love instantly, and though we continued to be open to other children that God may have for us, we kept coming back to him. On September 17, 2015, our 10th wedding anniversary, we officially said “Yes” after finally receiving and reviewing his file. Our hearts had been committed long before that, and we knew that there wasn’t much in his file that would have deterred us anyway.

We learned that the same time we started praying and feeling drawn to adopting from China was the same time he had been abandoned — sick and just three days before his first birthday — at an orphanage “safe box” in China. Though we longed to bring him home immediately, the adoption process is a lesson in waiting and trusting God’s plan. It would be nine more months before we traveled, in June 2016, to China to pick up our sweet boy. He came home just days before his third birthday.

The experience we had in China was amazing, and he has fit so beautifully in our family from the beginning. That is not the story of all adoptions, and there have certainly been struggles and adjustments, but overall we feel very blessed that everything went so smoothly. He is a joy and a light to all who meet him.

He loves so easily and has a sweet, tender heart. He is thriving in preschool and is really doing so well since being home.

We are so thankful for God’s plan in our family. Though it looked different from what we originally imagined, we wouldn’t change a thing. Our children are each a gift from Him, and we are so very thankful. Adoption is not easy. There were many tears shed in both processes, much waiting, and it is always borne out of loss. But it is beautiful, and seeing the redemption and healing makes everything else worth it. Adoption has changed our lives in the most wonderful ways!

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WEDNESDAY’S child

Meet Matt, 14, ‘where he’s at’ The following information is provided by Wednesday’s Child, an organization that helps Idaho foster children find permanent homes.

Matt, 14, is an outgoing and funny young man whose favorite activities include video gaming, computers, basketball, BMX bike riding, and just hanging out with friends. Matt is inquisitive, talkative and engaging with those around him and doesn’t mind at all being the center of attention.

Matt’s permanency team describes the perfect fit for Matt as a single- or two-parent family where he could ideally be the only or youngest child in the home, although they are open to considering all types of family situations for him. Parents who have or are willing to gain an understanding of how childhood trauma can affect children emotionally, developmentally and academically will be key to Matt’s successful transition through adolescence and into adulthood. Matt desires a family with the ability to meet him “where he is at� in these areas.

Matt’s team would love to find a committed family for Matt in the north Idaho area to preserve several important connections he has; however, they are open to finding out more about any family who feels they may be the family he is looking for.

For more information or to inquire about Matt, go to www.wednesdayschild.org.

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CALENDAR Family-Friendly Trivia Night at Grimaldi’s Teen Sunday Movie Matinee

• Lake Hazel Branch Library, www.adalib.org/ lakehazel, 208-297-6700 Every other Monday, 6:00 - 7:30 Sundays, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm January 12, 6:30 p.m., Family Movie Night, all Join the Meridian Library District every other The Cherry Lane branch of the Meridian library ages Monday at Grimaldi’s Pizzeria in the Village from hosts a movie matinee for teens from 2 to 4 p.m.

February 1, 4:30 p.m., Tabletop Games for 6 to 7:30 p.m. for family-friendly trivia, with prizes on Sundays. On January 7, teens ages 13-18 are Teens, ages 12 to 18 and dinner specials. Teams of up to 6 players will welcome to grab their fannypacks and velour • Star Branch Library, www.adalib.org/star, 208compete over questions for all ages and abilities. tracksuits and come watch the ‘80s movie, “Teen 286-9755 There will be weekly prizes, in addition to an Wolf.” There will be plenty of throw-back fun. Go January 26, 2 p.m., Meet the Masters (an art overall prize for the team who wins the most often to mld.org. enrichment activity), ages 12 and under with a throughout the event series. Go to https://www.

Boise Cotillion parent mld.org/family-friendly-trivia-night-grimaldis-3.

• Victory Branch Library, www.adalib.org/victory, November April Family Fun Fridays 208-362-0181 Boise Cotillion is currently marking its 20th Fridays, January - May

January 12, 4 p.m., Makeiteers STEM projects, season. This program for young people in 4th Grab the family and “drop by, hop in and climb ages 8-12 through 9th grades offers various dance parties up” at the Nampa Rec Center for Family Fun from November through April. A Nifty 50’s Dance January 13, 11 a.m., Sensory Enhanced Fridays from January through May. On the first (with theme dress and music) is set for January 10, Storytime for children on the autism spectrum or and third Fridays of every month, families may and a Sweetheart Dance (with Valentine fun) will who are differently abled, ages 12 and under enjoy extended slide and diving well hours, as be held February 1. For more information or to

January 20, 11 a.m., Robotics Group, ages 10 well as other Rec Center amenities such as top enroll, go to boisecotillion.com or contact Boise and up accompanied by parents rope climbing, racquetball and basketball — all Cotillion director, Denise Hodges, at 208-371 January 25, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Dog Tales: Read included with the Rec Center admission fee. Go to 7410 or boisecotillion@aol.com. to a Dog, all ages nampaparksandrecreation.org.

January 26, 4 p.m., Fab Friday Craft, all ages Paint with Penguins Holiday Break Class: Krazy Karaoke February 2, 4 p.m., Minecraft, all ages Wednesday, Jan. 10 and Tuesday, Jan. 23

Friday, Jan. 5, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Elementary school-age children are invited to a holiday break class from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, January 5, at Eagle Public Library. Come show off your singing talent and just sit back and listen as your friends stretch their vocal chops. Go to libcal. eaglepubliclibrary.org.

Golden Dragon Acrobats Saturday, Jan. 6, 2:00 pm

The Golden Dragon Acrobats will give a free performance at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 6, at the Morrison Center. Tickets are available at the Morrison Center Box Office during normal business hours. Seating is general admission and on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets do not guarantee admission. All ticketed guests must be present. No seats can be held. Doors will open at 12:45 p.m., seating begins at 1:15 p.m. Tickets are required for admission and patrons must be seated by 1:45 p.m. Non-ticket holders will be admitted at that time and only as space allows. For more information, go to http://www.morrisoncenter. com/events/detail/golden-dragon-acrobats.

Family Make It

Saturday, Jan. 6, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Join Zoo Boise for a unique program on two different days: 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 10, and 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 23. Paint with the zoo’s Magellanic penguins. (The dates are subject to change if the penguins are shedding old feathers.) Participants will paint a background, enjoy some snacks, listen to a talk, and experience nature and animal-oriented activities; then, they’ll watch as penguins add their personal touch to the paintings. This is a special fundraiser for the zoo, and tickets are extremely limited — only 10 tickets are available for January 10 and only 6 for January 23. The January 10 event is for people 21 and older; the January 23 event is a child and adult program open to children ages 6-12 who come with an adult. Each ticket covers one child and an accompanying adult on that day. Go to zooboise. org for more details, or call 208-608-7764 to register over the phone.

Boise Depot Free Evening Open House Thursday, Jan. 11, 5:30 - 8:30

Spend an evening at the historic Boise Train Depot with free music, guided tours, live model train exhibits and Lego train exhibits from local organizations. Scotty’s Dogs will be selling food.

Bring the whole family. The open house takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 11. (This event is held the second Thursday of every month.) The depot is located at 2603 W. Eastover Terrace. For more information, call 208608-7644.

Children and families are invited to a drop-in program focusing on the world of making and learning through STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) projects from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, January 6, at unBound, 713 N. Main St. in Meridian. A program of the Meridian Library District, unBound welcomes Ada Library Activities families to work together, learn together, and share January and February the strengths of each family member. For more Ada County Library branches feature a number information, contact Brayan at bvazquez@mld. of family- and youth-friendly programs. Following org or 208-258-2000. (The program is also held is a brief list of events for January and early on other days.)

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Treasure Valley Flea Market

Saturday, Jan. 12 and Sunday, Jan. 13

You never know what you’ll find at a flea market.

Attend this ongoing, annual event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, January 12, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, January 13, at Expo Idaho (in the South Expo building). Cost is $2 for seniors, $1 for children, and free for kids 12 and under. Go to expoidaho.com.

Treasure Valley Model Railroading Event Saturday, Jan. 13 and Sunday Jan. 14

Treasure Valley clubs will model railroad layouts from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, January 13, and from noon to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, January 14, at the main branch of the Boise Public Library.

The event will feature models from the Rocky Mountain Hi-Railers, the Train Collectors Association, the 3rd Division of the Pacific Northwest Region National Model Railroad Association, and Bruce McCosh’s Avery Power & Light. Go to boisepubliclibrary.org.

Meet a pet

Monday, Jan. 5, 10:30 am - 11:30 am Anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to own a dog, or who is looking forward to getting one, is invited to come to the Cherry Lane branch of the Meridian library from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, January 15, and meet a fluffy friend from the Idaho Humane Society.

Learn about the fun and responsibility that comes from owning a dog. Go to https://www.mld.org/ meet-pet.

The Art of Building a Community Third Fridays, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

On the 3rd Friday of each month, “Art of

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Building a Community” is held at Karcher Mall. The event features “art, food, and fun for everyone” and is designed to highlight art as a catalyst for economic growth in communities. All ages are welcome to display art or just come view it from 5 to 8 p.m. Early 2018 dates are January 19 or February 16.

College of Idaho campus. Local children act in the play, auditioning on Monday and performing

by Friday. Auditions are held in January and are very popular. Those interested in auditioning may get more information at caldwellfinearts.org.

There is a $5 audition fee. Ticket information is also available on the website.

Saturday, Jan. 20, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

January 26 - February 4

Meet the doulas

Treasure Valley Doulas is a membership organization of birth and postpartum doulas from diverse backgrounds who are dedicated to supporting women and their families physically and emotionally by empowering them to make informed choices for their birth experience and throughout the postpartum period. Members are actively educating the public about doulas and their role during pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

Come meet the doulas from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, January 20. Go to https://www.mld. org/meet-doulas-0.

Hot Cocoa Run

Saturday, Jan. 20 Participants may run a half marathon, 10k or 5k during the Hot Cocoa Run beginning at noon Saturday, January 20, at 637 E. Shore Drive in Eagle. The event is suitable for children. For more information, go to hcrun.com.

BCT Children’s Reading Series Sunday, Jan. 21, 2:00 pm

The Children’s Reading Series at Boise Contemporary Theater will continue its 2017-18 season at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 21. Professional actors will bring engaging stories to life. Stories are recommended for ages 6 and up. Cost is $12 for adults and $8 for children. Cookies and milk are served with each performance. Tickets and story titles are available at bctheater.org or by calling the BCT Box Office at 208-331-9224.

LIFT meeting for women

Thursday, Jan. 25, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm LIFT, an event for women, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, January 25, at Foothills, 9655 W. State St. in Boise. Organizers are planning a night of fun, inspiration, desserts and more, and will be sharing ways to help women live an inspired, fearless and thriving life. For tickets and registration, go to liftedhigh.org, or email info@ liftedhigh.org for more information.

Missoula Children’s Theatre See dates and times below

The Missoula Children’s Theatre will present “Beauty Lou and the Country Beast,” an original country western adaptation of the classic fairy tale, on the following dates and times: 7 p.m.

Friday, January 26; 1 p.m. Saturday, January 27; 7 p.m. Friday, February 2; and 1 p.m. Saturday, February 3. A presentation of Caldwell Fine Arts, all performances are at Jewett Auditorium on the

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McCall Winter Carnival

The annual McCall Winter Carnival is set for January 26 – February 4, with the theme, “There’s ‘Snow’ Place Like Home.” During Carnival, enjoy snow sculptures, Torchlight and Mardi Gras parades, live music, daily events spanning everything from comedy shows to art auctions, snowbike races to the Monster Dog Pull and much more. Go to mccallchamber.org.

Innovation Day at JUMP

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Jack’s Urban Meeting Place on Myrtle Street in downtown Boise will hold Innovation Day from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, January 27, in the main lobby. Celebrate invention and innovation during this free community program. See amazing student inventions with Invent Idaho and enjoy innovation-related activities. All ages are welcome.

Go to jumpboise.org.

Rock Baby Rock

Saturday, Jan. 27, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Entertainer Lance Lapinsky will present “Celebrating the Birth of Rock and Roll” from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, January 27, at the Nampa Civic Center. For tickets or other information, go to https://nampaciviccenter.com/ events/events-tickets/ or call 208-468-5500.

Canyon County Kids Expo

Saturday, Jan 27, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm The Canyon County Kids Expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, January 27, at Ford Idaho Center in Nampa. Admission is $3 for children and $5 for adults. Special guests the Paw Patrol will highlight the event. Go to http:// canyoncountykidsexpo.com for more information.

Idaho Remodeling & Design Show Saturday, Jan. 27 and Sunday, Jan 28

More than 100 exhibits will highlight what’s new in decorating, kitchen and bath renovations, landscaping and more from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday, January 27, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, January 28, at Boise Centre in downtown Boise. Cost is $6.

RMHC of Idaho Online Auction February 1

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho will mark its 30th anniversary on February 1 and will celebrate with an online auction, which will be open from February 1-28. On the first day, the auction will be held from 7 a.m. to noon; each

day following that, it will be held from midnight to noon. All monies raised will benefit local Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho programs.

Go to rmhcidaho.org for more information as it becomes available, or call 208-336-5478.

Idaho Scrapbook Show Friday-Saturday, Feb. 2-3

The Idaho Craft Association will present the Idaho Scrapbook Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, February 2-3, at Expo Idaho.

General admission tickets are $7 and may be purchased online at www.idahoscrapbookshow.com or at the door. (There are VIP tickets for $75 that may also be purchased online. There are a limited number of VIP tickets.) The event will feature a variety of crafting and paper crafting vendors, all of which are listed on the website. There will also be classes on new techniques and styles.

Families are welcome. For more information, go to idahoscrapbookshow@gmail.com.

6th Annual Cabin Fever Reliever

Saturday, Feb. 3, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Kids First Cast will hold its annual Cabin Fever Reliever from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, February 3, at Karcher Mall in Nampa. This year’s program will be filled with educational and instructional activities for everyone but is mostly designed for kids and kids at heart. Kids must register to receive a passport to complete each activity.

After completing the activities on the passport, each child will receive a certificate of completion along with a free goody bag. It will be a day full of fun, with the entire mall full of kids, parents and volunteers teaching youngsters to learn about healthy outdoor activities and to appreciate the environment. For more information, go to kidsfirstcast.org.

24th Annual Daddy Daughter Date Night Saturday, Feb. 10, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Dads, this is a great opportunity for you to spend some time with your daughter(s) during Nampa Rec Center’s Daddy Daughter Date Night. This year’s event is set for 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, February 10. It will be an evening of fun, entertainment and refreshments. Cost is $9 per person for members and $11 per person for nonmembers. Go to nampaparksandrecreation.org.

Our Whole Lives – Adolescent Sexuality February 19 - March 19

In a caring, compassionate environment, Our Whole Lives helps adolescents in the 7th – 9th grades address their attitudes, values and feelings about themselves, their sexuality and the world around them. By providing accurate, comprehensive, age-appropriate information in the context of values and personal responsibility, youth develop the skills needed to make healthy choices for life. Our Whole Lives will be presented at Saint Luke’s February 19 – March 19. For more information and to register, call 208-367-3454 or visit saintalphonsus.org.

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2018 RESOURCE GUIDE AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES & THE ARTS Aquarium of Boise 64 N. Cole Rd., Boise...................375-1932 aquariumboise.net Aqua-Tots Swim School.................938-9300 Balance Dance Company Downtown Boise..........................891-8704 balancedance.org

Kindermusik 12516 W. Fairview Ave., Boise......861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com Lee Pesky Learning Center............333-0008 Music Center Studios 12516 W. Fairview Ave., Boise......861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com

Car Seat Safety St. Alphonsus Family Center.........367-3454 St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital........381-9000

Childbirth & Early Education

Ballet Idaho Academy..................343-0556

Music Lingua Foreign Language For Kids ..................................................571-1713 musiclingua.com

Baby Belly Doula and Placenta Encapsulation 724-9672 placentabenefits.info/carinahays

Bodies In Motion..........................381-0587

Nampa ATA Martial Arts...............546-9282

Boise Art Museum 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise.........345-8330 boiseartmuseum.org

Nampa Civic Center....................468-5500

Baby Bump & Co. Serving Treasure Valley.................717-2229 info@babybumpcompany.com babybumpandco.com

Boise Philharmonic......................344-7849

Nampa Recreation Center 131 Constitution Way, Nampa......468-5777 nampaparksandrecreation.org

BabySteps.......................342-5601 ext. 212 info@babystepsidaho.org

Pat Harris School of Dance Broadway Dance & Event Center (Southeast Boise) Pat Harris School of Dance (West Boise) ..................................................375-3255 patharrisdance.com

Early Head Start & Head Start, Friends of Children and Families First Inc. ..................................................344-9187

Social Essence—Etiquette, Leadership, Image Development...............................631-0576 socialessence.com

March of Dimes...........................336-5421

Dance Allegro Academy 3015 W. McMillan Rd., Ste. 105, Meridian ..................................................258-3599 danceallegroacademy.com

Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.org

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital........381-9000

Eagle Adventist Christian School 538 W. State St., Eagle.................939-5544 eagleadventistchristian.com

Babysitting Classes

Kindermusik................................861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com

American Red Cross, Idaho Chapter ..................................................947-4357

Music Center Studios....................861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com

St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center ..................................................367-2121

Music Lingua Foreign Language for Kids ..................................................571-1713 musiclingua.com

Born to Succeed Early Care & Education Center 4770 N. Shamrock St., Boise........658-5561 brntosucceed@gmail.com Bronco Elite Athletics....................389-9005 Caldwell Fine Arts........................459-5783 Capital City Ballet Center.............378-9752

Gem State Gymnastics Academ ..................................................853-3220 Girl Scouts of Silver Sage Council...............................377-2011

BABY & NEW PARENTS

St. Luke’s Babysitting Classes........381-9000

Idaho IceWorld 7072 S. Eisenman Rd., Boise........608-7716 idahoiceworld.com

Breastfeeding

Idaho Shakespeare Festival PO Box 9365, Boise.....................336-9221 idahoshakespeare.org

St. Alphonsus Family Center.........367-3454

Idaho Tennis Association..............322-5150

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) ..................................................327-7488

Mother’s Milk & More..................484-1899

St. Luke’s Breastfeeding Classes....381-9000

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Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (IAEYC)..........................345-1090

St. Alphonsus Family Center.........367-3454

Classes/Education

Health & Child Safety American Red Cross, Idaho Chapter .................................................. 947-HELP Anacker Clinic of Chiropractic 300 Main St., Ste. 103, Boise.......287-2299 1560 N. Crestmont, Ste. E., Meridian ..................................................288-1776 anackerclinics.com

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Central District Health Department ..................................................375-5211 Idaho Department of Health and Welfare ..................................................Dial 2-1-1 Idaho Sound Beginnings-Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program (ISBEHDI)..........................................334-0829 IdahoSoundBeginnings@dhw.idaho.gov March of Dimes...........................336-5421

Pediatric Dentists

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Infant and Toddler Program..........334-0900

Dan Streeby DDS, Pediatric Dentistry 450 W. State St. Ste. 180, Eagle ..................................................939-0600 DanStreeby.com Treasure Valley Pediatric Dentistry 1564 South Times Square Lane, Boise ..................................................376-8873 tvpdsmiles.com

Playgroup and Moms’ Groups

Sleep Well Children.....................994-9429

Boise Mothers of Multiples boisemom.org

Southwest District Health Department ..................................................455-5345

Idaho Mom’s Network idahomomsnetwork.org

St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital........381-9000

MOMS Club Facebook.com/imnplaygroup Meetup.com/idahomomsnetwork

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) ..................................................327-7488

Hospitals St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center ..................................................367-2121 St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital........381-9000

Immunization Central District Health Department ..................................................375-5211 Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, and Idaho Immunization Program ..................................................334-5931 Southwest District Health Department ..................................................455-5300

Loss of a Baby Boise Chapter of Compassionate Friends ..................................................409-4660

Midwifery Treasure Valley Midwives..............343-2079

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Idaho Parents Unlimited...............342-5884 ipulidaho.org Idaho Project for Youth with Deaf & Blindness 364-4012 March of Dimes...........................336-5421

St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center ..................................................367-2121

Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.org

Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health..............................433-8845

Rehabilitation Services St. Luke’s Children’s Rehab...........489-5880

Retail

Mother’s of Preschoolers (MOPS) mops.org

Postpartum Support Baby Belly Doula and Placenta Encapsulation 724-9672 placentabenefits.info/carinahays Synergy Birth Services...................968-3616 synergybirthservices.com

Cassis Kids..................................345-5501 Lakeshore Learning Store 417 N. Milwaukee St., Boise.........377-1855 LakeshoreLearning.com

BIRTHDAY PARTIES All About Games.........................343-5653 Aquarium of Boise 64 N. Cole Rd., Boise...................375-1932 aquariumboise.net Bodies In Motion..........................381-0587

Prevention & Crisis Assistance

Ceramica....................................342-3822

City Light Home for Women & Children/ Boise Rescue Mission....................368-9901

Clown Connection.......................378-9474

Idaho CareLine............................Dial 2-1-1 Idaho Department of Health and Welfare ..................................................Dial 2-1-1 Safe Kids Treasure Valley..............381-1719 Women, Infants and Children (WIC) ..................................................327-7488 Idaho Association for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health (or AimEarlyIdaho) 433-8845 info@aimearlyidaho.org

Discovery Center of Idaho............343-9895 Fast Lane Indoor Kart Racing........321-1166 Gem State Gymnastics Academy ..................................................853-3220 Idaho IceWorld 7072 S. Eisenman Rd., Boise........608-7716 idahoiceworld.com Lilly Jane’s Cupcakes...................938-3408 Nampa ATA Martial Arts...............546-9282

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2018 RESOURCE GUIDE Nampa Recreation Center 131 Constitution Way, Nampa......468-5777 nampaparksandrecreation.org Roaring Springs Waterpark 400 W. Overland Rd., Meridian....884-8842 roaringsprings.com Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.com Wahooz Family Fun Zone & Pinz Bowling Center 400 W. Overland Rd., Meridian ..................................................898-0900 wahoozfunzone.com Wings Center..............................376-3641

CAMPS Ballet Idaho Academy..................343-0556 Boise Art Museum 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise.........345-8330 boiseartmuseum.org Bronco Elite Athletics....................389-9005 Camp Meadowood Springs Pendleton, Oregon................541-276-2752 meadowoodsprings.org Capital City Ballet Center.............378-9752 Cascade Raft & Kayak 7050 ID-55, Horseshoe Bend 45 minutes from downtown Boise ..................................................793-2221 CascadeRaft.com Ceramica....................................342-3822 Eagle Adventist Christian School ..................................................939-5544 eagleadventistchristian.com Gem State Gymnastics Academy ..................................................853-3220 Idaho Botanical Garden...............343-8649 Idaho IceWorld 7072 S. Eisenman Rd...................608-7716 idahoiceworld.com Idaho Shakespeare Festival PO Box 9365, Boise.....................336-9221 Idahoshakespeare.org Lakewood Montessori 133 E. Linden St., Boise...............331-3888 lakewood-montessori.com

Lee Pesky Learning Center............333-0008 Music Lingua Foreign Language For Kids ..................................................571-1713 musiclingua.com

Social Essence—Etiquette, Leadership, Image Development...............................631-0576

Adult Education

Paradise Point Summer Camp McCall, Idaho..............................345-4440 paradise.episcopalidaho.org

Boise School District Community Education.. ..................................................854-4047

Rose Hill Montessori School 4603 Albion, Boise ..................................................385-7674 rosehillmontessori.com

A Bright Child Preschool & Daycare ..................................................336-7228

Social Essence—Etiquette, Leadership, Image Development...............................631-0576 Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.org

EDUCATION Academic Enrichment All About Games.........................343-5653 Carole’s Learning Center.............895-0740 Center for Stepfamily Development 5460 Franklin Rd., #F, Boise........322-2908 stepfamilyhelp.com Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy Center 7091 W. Emerald St., Boise..........898-1368 320 11th Ave. South, Nampa......466-1077 boisechatterbox.com District 15 Toastmasters District15speaks.org Eagle Adventist Christian School 538 W. State St., Eagle.................939-5544 eagleadventistchristian.com Idaho Botanical Garden...............343-8649 Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc.........342-5884 ipulidaho.org Kindermusik 861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com Lee Pesky Learning Center............333-0008 Music Center Studios....................861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com Music Lingua...............................571-1713 Musiclingua.com Puentes Spanish Preschool & Daycare 1605 S. Phillippi, Boise................344-4270 puentes.biz

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Child Care

A Step Ahead Preschool & Childcare 3348 N. Meridian Rd., Meridian ..................................................473-2420 astepaheadpreschoolidaho.com Born to Succeed Early Care & Education Center 4770 N. Shamrock St., Boise........658-5561 myborntosucceed.com Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Center 901 W. Resseguie, Boise (Child Care Center) 342-1239 1191 W. Grand Ave., Boise..........424-3387 3641 N. Market Lane, Boise.........954-5459 giraffelaugh.org Kid’s Choice Child Care Center 2210 W. Everest Lane, Meridian ..................................................888-7540 MyKidsChoice.com New Horizon Academy 1830 N. Meridian Road, Meridian ..................................................887-3880 12692 W. LaSalle St., Boise..........376-2690 11978 W. Ustick Rd., Boise...........323-8900 155 E. Boise Ave., Boise...............386-9108 newhorizonacademy.net Polaris Learning Center 1096 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian ..................................................629-7451 1323 E. Iron Eagle Dr., Eagle.......938-9830 6224 Birch Lane, Nampa.............466-1322 polarislearning.net Puentes Spanish Preschool & Daycare 1605 S. Phillippi, Boise................344-4270 puentes.biz

Early Learning A Bright Child Preschool & Daycare ..................................................336-7228 A Step Ahead Preschool & Childcare 3348 N. Meridian Rd., Meridian ..................................................473-2420 astepaheadpreschoolidaho.com

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2018 RESOURCE GUIDE Anser Public Charter School.........426-9840 Aqua-Tots Swim School.................938-9300 Bodies In Motion..........................381-0587 Born to Succeed 4770 N. Shamrock St., Boise........658-5561 myborntosucceed.com Boiseko Ikastola 1915 University Drive, Boise.........343-4234 boisekoikastola.org Boise State University Literacy Center ..................................................426-2862 education.boisestate.edu/literacy/literacycenter/summer-literacy-academy/ Carole’s Learning Center.............407-4796 Children’s School.........................343-6840 Cloverdale Montessori School.......322-1200 Cole Valley Christian Schools........947-1212 Cooperative Preschool.................342-7479

Eagle Adventist Christian School 538 W. State St., Eagle...................39-5544 eagleadventistchristian.com

Lakewood Montessori 133 E. Linden St., Boise...............331-3888 lakewood-montessori.net

Foothills School of Arts and Sciences 618 S. 8th St., Boise.....................331-9260 foothillsschool.org

LearningRx Center – Boise West ..................................................258-2077

Friendship Celebration Preschool ..................................................288-2404 Gem State Gymnastics Academy ..................................................852-3220 Giraffe Laugh Early Learning Center 901 W. Resseguie, Boise (Child Care Center) 342-1239 1191 W. Grand Ave., Boise..........424-3387 3641 N. Market Lane, Boise.........954-5459 giraffelaugh.org Kids Connect Preschool 68 S. Baltic Place, Meridian 898-0988........... advancedtherapycare.com Kindermusik................................861-6056 MusicCenterStudios.com

Montessori Academy 1400 Park Lane, Eagle.................939-6333 BoiseMontessori.com Montessori Garden School / Caspari Montessori 9626 W. Victory, Boise..................562-1420 caspari-montessori.com/montessori-gardenschool Nampa Christian Schools.............466-8451 NampaChristianSchools.com New Horizon Academy 1830 N. Meridian Road, Meridian ..................................................887-3880 12692 W. LaSalle St., Boise..........376-2690 11978 W. Ustick Rd., Boise...........323-8900 155 E. Boise Ave., Boise...............386-9108 newhorizonacademy.net

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2018 RESOURCE GUIDE Northview Montessori Preschool & Accelerated Kindergarten 7670 W. Northview St., Boise.......322-0152 northviewmontessori.com

Parkcenter Montessori 649 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise......344-0004 BoiseMontessori.com

Private Schools

Tutoring Brain Balance Achievement Centers 3210 E. Chinden Blvd., Ste. 113, Eagle ..................................................377-3559 BrainBalanceEagle.com

Parkcenter Montessori 649 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise......344-0004 BoiseMontessori.com

Boiseko Ikastola 1955 Broadway Ave., Boise..........343-4234 boisekoikastola.org

Polaris Learning Center 1096 E. Fairview Ave., Meridian ..................................................629-7451 1323 Iron Eagle Dr., Eagle...........938-9830 6224 Birch Lane, Nampa.............466-1322 polarislearning.net

Eagle Adventist Christian School 538 W. State St., Eagle...................39-5544 eagleadventistchristian.com

FAMILY FUN & ENTERTAINMENT

Montessori Academy....................939-6333 BoiseMontessori.com

Puentes Spanish Preschool & Daycare 1605 S. Phillippi, Boise................344-4270 puentes.biz

Foothills School of Arts and Sciences 618 S. 8th St., Boise.....................331-9260 foothillsschool.org

Aquarium of Boise 64 N. Cole Rd., Boise...................375-1932 aquariumboise.net

Riverstone International School.....424-5000

Lakewood Montessori 133 E. Linden St., Boise...............331-3888 LakewoodMontessori.net Montessori Garden School / Caspari Montessori 9626 W. Victory, Boise..................562-1420 caspari-montessori.com/montessori-gardenschool

Rose Hill Montessori School 4603 Albion, Boise......................385-7674 rosehillmontessori.com SandCastles Children’s Learning Center 3214 Acre Lane, Boise.................376-7846 mycpid.com/sandcastles/ St. Joseph’s Catholic School 825 W. Fort St., Boise...................342-4909 stjoes.com

Nampa Christian Schools.............466-8451 NampaChristianSchools.com

Tutor Doctor................................922-6416

All About Games.........................343-5653

Berry Ranch.................................466-3860 Bodies In Motion..........................381-0587 Bogus Basin.................................332-5100 Boise Art Museum 670 Julia Davis Drive, Boise.........345-8330 boiseartmuseum.org Boise Hot Air Company................941-2625 BalloonBoise.com Boise Philharmonic......................344-7849

Parkcenter Montessori 649 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise......344-0004 BoiseMontessori.com

Ceramica....................................342-3822

Riverstone International School.....424-5000

Idaho IceWorld............................608-7716

Rose Hill Montessori School 4603 Albion, Boise......................385-7674 rosehillmontessori.com

Idaho Shakespeare Festival PO Box 9365, Boise.....................336-9221 Idahoshakespeare.org

St. Joseph’s Catholic School 825 W. Fort St., Boise...................342-4909 stjoes.com

Idaho Tennis Association..............322-5150

Wesleyan Preschool & Kindergarten 717 N. 11th St., Boise..................343-3778 wesleyanpreschoolboise.com

The Ambrose School 6100 N. Locust Grove Rd., Meridian ..................................................323-3888 theamboseschool.com

Morrison Center Family Theatre Series ..................................................426-1110 morrisoncenter.com

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Idaho Digital Learning.................342-0207

Boise School District.....................854-4112

Idaho Distance Education Academy (I-DEA) 8620 Emerald, Ste. 170, Boise.....672-1155 idahoidea.org

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Meridian Joint School District #2 ..................................................855-4500

Ten Mile Christian Preschool 3500 W. Franklin Rd., Meridian ..................................................888-3101 tenmilecc.com/weekday-preschool The Ambrose School 6100 N. Locust Grove Rd., Meridian ..................................................323-3888 theamboseschool.com Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.org

Montessori Academy 1400 N. Park Lane, Eagle............939-6333 BoiseMontessori.com

Kuna Joint School District #3........922-1000

Nampa School District #131........468-4600

Idaho Botanical Garden...............343-8649

Jabbers.......................................442-5482

Nampa ATA Martial Arts...............546-9282 Pinz Bowling Center.....................898-0900 Roaring Springs Waterpark 400 W. Overland Rd., Meridian ..................................................884-8842 roaringsprings.com Treasure Valley Children’s Theater 703 N. Main St., Meridian............ 287-TVCT TreasureValleyChildrensTheater.com

Vallivue School District.................454-0445

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2018 RESOURCE GUIDE HEALTH & WELLNESS

Mental Health

Chiropractors

Children’s Therapy Place..............323-8888 Nancy Keeton, M.Ed., LCPC 10587 W. Silver City Court, Ste. B1, Boise ..................................................794-5349

Wings Center..............................376-3641

Anacker Clinic of Chiropractic 300 Main St., Ste. 103, Boise.......287-2299 1560 N. Crestmont, Ste. E, Meridian ..................................................288-1776 anakerclinics.com

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Dentistry

Tiffany Hix Photography...............724-1303 tiffanyhix.com

Lovelace OB/GYN and Midwifery/Kristi Rhodes........................................345-3136

Delta Dental of Idaho 555 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise 489-3580 deltadentalid.com

Wahooz Family Fun Zone & Pinz Bowling Center 400 W. Overland Rd., Meridian ..................................................898-0900 wahoozfunzone.com Warhawk Air Museum..................465-6446

FIELD TRIPS & DAY TRIPS Aquarium of Boise 64 N. Cole Rd., Boise...................375-1932 aquariumboise.net

Treasure Valley Midwives..............343-2079

Pediatric Dentists

Emergency Care Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center ..................................................367-2121

Boise Environmental Education Center ..................................................608-7300

St. Luke’s Pediatric Emergency Dept. ..................................................381-2235

Discovery Center of Idaho............343-9895

Fitness

Idaho Botanical Garden...............343-8649

Bodies in Motion..........................381-0587

National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center 22267 OR-86, Exit 302 from I-84, Baker City (541) 523-1843 oregontrail.blm.gov

Boise Strong Mom........................863-8726

Warhawk Air Museum..................465-6446

Midwifery

Dan Streeby DDS, Pediatric Dentistry 450 W. State St., Ste. 180, Eagle ..................................................939-0600 DanStreeby.com Delta Dental of Idaho 555 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise......489-3580 deltadentalid.com Dental Care for Kids....................888-7711

Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.org Wings Center..............................376-3641

Meridian Smiles Dentistry & Orthodontics ..................................................893-5440 Treasure Valley Pediatric Dentistry 1564 South Times Square Lane, Boise ..................................................376-8873 tvpdsmiles.com

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2018 RESOURCE GUIDE Pediatric Nutrition

..................................................900-8500 Teencounselingboise.com

Wellness Impact Nutrition 1013 E. Winding Creek Drive, Ste. 102, Eagle..........................................250-5657 WellnessImpactNutrition.com

Center for Stepfamily Development 136 S. Academy Way, Eagle.........322-2908 Stepfamilyhelp.com Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy Center 7091 W. Emerald St., Boise..........888-2796 320 11th Ave. S., Nampa ..................................................466-1077 boisechatterbox.com

Rehabilitation Services Advanced Therapy Care 68 S. Baltic Place, Meridian 898-0988 advancedtherapycare.com

Children’s Therapy Place..............323-8888

Boise Teen Counseling 3152 S. Bown Way, Ste. 105, Boise ..................................................900-8500 boiseteencounseling.com Children’s Therapy Place..............323-8888 Family Counseling Services...........888-5905 FCSmeridian.com Idaho Pediatric Therapy Clinic 13895 W. Wainwright Drive, Boise ..................................................939-3334 idahopedstherapy.com Kaleidoscope Pediatric Therapy 7211 Franklin Rd., Boise..............375-4200 kaleidoscopepediatrictherapy.com

Specialists Advanced Therapy Care 68 S. Baltic Place, Meridian..........898-0988 advancedtherapycare.com Boise Teen Counseling 3152 S. Bown Way Ste. 105, Boise

Family Counseling Services...........888-5905 FCSmeridian.com Idaho Pediatric Therapy Clinic 13895 W. Wainwright Drive, Boise ..................................................939-3334 Idahopedstherapy.com Kaleidoscope Pediatric Therapy 7211 W. Franklin Rd., Boise.........375-4200 KaleidoscopePediatricTherapy.com Speech Spot................................514-9243 boisespeechspot.com Strickland Ear Clinic..........375-HEAR (4327)

SPECIAL NEEDS

Brain Balance Achievement Centers 3210 E. Chinden Blvd. Ste. 113, Eagle ..................................................377-3559 BrainBalanceEagle.com Chatterbox Pediatric Therapy Center 7451 W. Iron Drive, Boise............898-1368 ..................................................466-1077 1710 N. Whitley Ste. C, Fruitland ..................................................466-1077 Boisechatterbox.com Children’s Therapy Place..............323-8888 Community Connections Inc.........377-9814 Community Partnerships...............376-7846 mycpid.com Framework Learning....................890-0008 Gem State Developmental Center ..................................................888-5566 Idaho Parents Unlimited, Inc. ....................................... 1-800-242-4785 Ipulidaho.org Idaho Pediatric Therapy Clinic 13895 W. Wainwright Drive, Boise ..................................................939-3334 Idahopedstherapy.com

Advanced Therapy Care 68 S. Baltic Place, Meridian..........898-0988 advancedtherapycare.com

Kaleidoscope Pediatric Therapy 7211 W. Franklin Rd., Boise ..................................................375-4200 Kaleidoscopepediatrictherapy.com

Boise Kids Program......................376-7846 mycpid.com

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Editor’s Intro Continued from pg 3 Lee Pesky Learning Center........................................333-0008 Learning RX.............................................................258-2077 Speech Spot............................................................514-9243 boisespeechspot.com Treasure Valley Down Syndrome Association..............954-7448 Idahodownsyndrome.org

SPORTS Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Ski Area................332-5100 Bodies In Motion......................................................381-0587 Bronco Elite Athletics................................................389-9005 Cascade Raft & Kayak 7050 ID-55, Horseshoe Bend 45 minutes from downtown Boise............................ 793-2221 CascadeRaft.com Idaho IceWorld 7072 S. Eisenman Rd., Boise................................... 608-7716 idahoiceworld.com

The nursing home residents loved to get visitors. The men would dress in their best clothing, and the women would get their hair coiffed and put on the nicest dresses they owned.

The biggest thing I learned from visiting the residents: They may be infirm and elderly, but they are real people with hearts and histories.

One time, after finishing up an interview, I happened to walk past the room of an elderly woman who sat quietly in a chair, listening to soft music on a record player. I stopped in to talk to her, and she told me she was 92 and her daughter, who was 72, could no longer care for her at home, so she’d had to accept coming to the nursing home. Even though it was a quiet, brief meeting, I will never forget the woman’s dignity and lovely demeanor.

Never discount the beauty of older people nor the contributions they’ve made to their communities and their loved ones.

Happy marriages, kids, and families, everyone! And may 2018 be one of your best years ever.

— Gaye Bunderson, editor

Nampa Recreation Center 131 Constitution Way, Nampa................................. 468-5777 nampaparksandrecreation.org

Gymnastics Gem State Gymnastics Academy............................. 853-3220 Mountain West Gymnastics 60 N. Cole Rd., Boise.............................................. 869-1693 gymnasticsboise.com Wings Center......................................................... 376-3641

Martial Arts Bodies In Motion..................................................... 381-0587 Nampa ATA Martial Arts.......................................... 546-9282 Meridian ATA Martial Arts........................................ 888-1855 Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 68 E. Fairview, Meridian.......................................... 846-9119 Idahoujj.com

Swim Lessons Flow Aquatics Swim School...................................... 855-2212 Gem State Gymnastics Academy............................. 853-3220

Tennis Idaho Tennis Association......................................... 322-5150

Youth Sports Treasure Valley Family YMCA ymcatvidaho.org

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AREA PARKS & RECREATION INFORMATION Boise Parks & Recreation Department Administration Office: 1104 Royal Blvd. ...................................................................... 608-7600 bpr@cityofboise.org parks.cityofboise.org Caldwell Parks & Recreation Department Administration Office: 618 Irving St. ...................................................................... 455-3060 rec@cityofcaldwell.org cityofcaldwell.com/parks-and-rec Eagle Parks & Recreation Department Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Ln. ...................................................................... 489-8763 parks@cityofeagle.org cityofeagle.org/recreation Idaho State Parks & Recreation parksandrecreation.idaho.gov Meridian Parks & Recreation Department Administration Office: 33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 206 ...................................................................... 888-3579 recreation@meridiancity.org meridiancity.org/parks_rec.aspx Nampa Parks & Recreation Department Recreation Department Desk at Nampa Recreation Ctr. 131 Constitution Way ...................................................................... 468-5858 nampaparksandrecreation.org

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