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Celebrate Boise, celebrate summer

24 Remodel opens up views, lets light in

57 Do your part — attend a fundraiser

34 Sneak peek of Garden Tour 2013

57 Camille Beckman sale is this weekend 60 Help out the Ronald McDonald House

Meet Shakespeare’s M.A. Taylor

61 Boise Open details, more tournaments 42 State parks passport is a real bargain 48 Travel notes: Time to plan the summer 12 Fun products that salute Boise

62 Stand tall at the City of Rocks 50 Get your ticket to Savor Idaho

17 Diane Raptosh is Boise’s poet laureate

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I’m also looking forward to the sesquicentennial party in Julia Davis Park on July 7. And the Fourth of July party before that should be awesome again. The Chalk Art Festival is a perfect, laid-back way to enjoy our beautiful Ann Morrison Park. The fireworks are a must on my list, too (story, page 22). I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to savoring everything about summer — even the heat — after the bizarre winter we had. My flower boxes are ready for color. I can’t wait to dip my toes in Redfish Lake. My family bought a Idaho state parks passport (see related story, page 42) that I hope gets lots of use at Ponderosa State Park and Lucky Peak this summer. This $10 pass is a great deal and an easy way to support our wonderful state-parks system. We live in a very special place. Make sure you take the time to get out and experience it. To quote one of my favorite, um, philosophers: “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

FEBRUARY ISSUE UPDATE: Here’s an addition to the list of Treasure Valley collectible dealers. King’s Komix Kastle is at 716 Linden St. in Boise. Comic-book fans can call 343-7142 or email dorowillf@hotmail.com for an appointment.

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Dear Reader, The Idanha building. The Foothills. The Idaho Shakespeare Festival. The Capitol. The Greenbelt. Boise High School. The laundry-lady sign on Vista Avenue. These are just a few of my favorite things. And — no surprise — it turns out they are lots of other people’s favorite things, too. To celebrate Boise’s sesquicentennial, Idaho Statesman reporter Anna Webb has been saluting such Boise icons in a series of 150 stories (IdahoStatesman.com/ Boise150). And she’s been hearing lots of feedback from readers who would like to see the stories and images of all 150 icons compiled in a keepsake book. We hope to do that later this year. Boise’s big birthday is a great time to celebrate the City of Trees and all its rich history and cultural fabric. In that spirit, we wanted to show you some of the fun products — including other books with a Boise focus — that you can buy to celebrate our sesquicentennial (starting on page 11). The growlers from Bier: Thirty have caught several eyes here, and I have fallen in love with the coasters by Ladybug Press on page 12. That skateboard deck available at Newt & Harold’s is pretty cool, too. (Make sure you check out the lettering closely!) Whether you are a skateboarder or not, it’s a great piece of art.

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Seyton in 2008’s “Macbeth.”

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IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ACTOR Peter Quince in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 2003.

“The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” in 2011.

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and move on. Thanks to an old friend — David Lee Painter, who headed Idaho Theatre for Youth — Taylor ended up with year-round work and never left. Today, M.A. Taylor (his official Equity stage name) is one of the most recognizable members of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival company, playing everything from the lowest lowbrow clown to the most sophisticated comic character. And he creates moving moments with each. Basing himself in Boise, he continues to work year-round between ISF and its sister companies in Cleveland and South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

What’s been your favorite role? Dr. Einstein in “Arsenic & Old Lace,” directed by Drew Barr. He’s the crazy cohort to Jonathan (the murderous brother of the lead character, Mortimer, who received plastic surgery to look like Boris Karloff from Taylor’s drunken Dr. Einstein). And I got to work with Doug Miller (who played Jonathan), one of my favorite actors.

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Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice.” I’ve been really fascinated with that role for a while. I think it would be an interesting counterpoint to what I normally do. Because of the way I’m perceived on stage, it would be disarming to see someone you like on stage playing someone so dislikable. Shylock doesn’t think he’s doing anything wrong. He’s just looking out for his own best interests, and it blows up in his face. The levels of subtlety when he realizes when he’s gone too far — I would love to play those nuances. And there is some of the most stunning language. I could listen to that trial scene forever.

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his is classic M.A. Taylor: During the opening night performance of Idaho Shakespeare’s 2007 production of “Arsenic and Old Lace,” Taylor fell though a window. He was supposed to just climb through it, but he caught his toe on the frame and did a complete faceplant on the stage. The other actors stood speechless, in a mixed state of surprise, concern, horror and laughter. The audience roared. The director kept it in. At each performance thereafter, Taylor tumbled through the window head first in search of a laugh. Accidents like that seem to follow Taylor. He has a knack of turning haphazard incidents on stage and off into comedy gold. In fact, becoming an actor was a kind of accident, too. Taylor grew up in upstate New York and Wheaton, Ill., near Chicago. When his family moved to Salt Lake City in 1973, he was in the midst of a preadolescent identity crisis, he says. “I was taking speech class for debate because that’s what my brother did. But the new school didn’t have it, so I audited the drama class and came to like it,” he says. On a dare, Taylor auditioned for “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as a sophomore in high school and won the role of Puck over juniors and seniors. “I always had a penchant for Shakespeare,” he says. During undergrad at the University of Utah, he tried to pursue other interests but kept coming back to theater. That’s where ISF producing artistic director Charlie Fee found and hired him in 1994. (Taylor later earned his master’s in theater at the University of Delaware along with fellow ISF company members Jeffrey C. Hawkins and Lynn Robert Berg.) Mark Anthony Taylor came to Idaho that summer intending to stay for a season

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Idaho Shakespeare Festival 2013 plays This year’s Idaho Shakespeare Festival plays run in repertory from May 31 through Sept. 29. Find tickets, times, prices and more at IdahoShakespeare.org. ISF producing artistic director Charlie Fee directs Noel Coward’s sparklingly sophisticated comedy “BLITHE SPIRIT,” about a man who is truly haunted by his ex. May 31-June 30. Award-winning director Sharon Ott makes her ISF debut with “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING,” one of Shakespeare’s best battle-of-the-sexes comedies in which words, wit and laughs fly. June 7-Aug. 4. Victoria Bussert returns for her eighth season to direct Stephen Sondheim’s darkly funny musical “SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET.” Expect surprises, gasps and laughs and superb performances. July 6-Sept. 1. Another new-to-ISF theater artist — Milwaukee Rep’s artistic director Joe Hanreddy — comes to ISF to put “KING RICHARD III” on stage. Starring Lynn Robert Berg as Richard, it’s filled with court intrigue, diabolical deeds and deeply emotional pathos. Aug. 10-31.

Fabian in “Twelfth Night” in 2009.

What roles are you most looking forward to this summer?

How many miles do you put on your bicycle during the season?

“Sweeney Todd,” because it’s an actor’s musical. I’m playing Beadle Bamford (the dislikable henchman for Judge Turpin). The music is extraordinarily difficult, but at the same time it’s so well constructed. And, of course, “King Richard III.” I don’t know what role I have yet, but there are so many great ones. I can’t wait.

Although my math skills are dodgy, it’s about 15 miles a day during the season (mid-May through August, about 16 weeks) with rehearsals, shows, errands and generally getting about — maybe 1,240 miles — give or take.

You’ve studied acting as much as you’ve practiced it. What benefit do you find in classical training? Classical training gives you the craft of acting. You learn a depth of skill that comes in handy so you can create something through your imagination. You understand language and rhetoric and how story is created, so when you get stuck you know how to glean your way out. Acting seems like it’s an easy task until you have to do it. I’m not a believer in The Method (an acting technique developed by Lee Strasberg in the 1940s and ’50s). I don’t have to be a drug addict to play one. My favorite story is when Laurence Olivier was working with Dustin Hoffman in “Marathon Man.” Hoffman stayed up for 48 hours and came to rehearsal exhausted. Olivier looked at him and said, “Dear boy, you look terrible.” Hoffman replied that he was getting into character. Olivier is reported to have said, “Well, have you tried acting?”

You do so many physical shticks. How do you stay in shape? Go to the gym (when possible); ride my bike everywhere when in Boise; hike the Foothills. 10

Who or what inspires you? My colleagues over the many years are an inspiration, a gift, and a constant source of joy. The timelessness of the plays of Shakespeare astounds me. It amazes me that you can listen to a play six or seven times and still hear something different in the language at different times in your life and find a deeper appreciation for it each time.

What about you would surprise people who know you? I have to make my bed every morning, and I listen to every show almost every night, usually just off stage.

In all of history, whom would you most like to dine with? Charlie Chaplin, to glean from his genius — and I heard he was a pretty good cook. “Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up but a comedy in long shot.” — Charlie Chaplin.

What most surprised you about Boise and what keeps you here? What surprised me was the unexpected joy I felt here. It is a “secret city” in the West, culturally diverse, but with the closely knit sense of community. The warmth, generosity, and tradition of the people make me call this home.

Sari Ketter returns to helm “THE FOREIGNER.” When a traveler pretends not to speak English in order to get some privacy, he finds he is privy to all sorts of secrets, intrigues and plots. Sept. 6-29.

What is the secret to your success? I don’t have any problem with appearing foolish. It’s actually my greatest asset.

If you weren’t an actor, what would you be doing? I’d love to go to culinary school and run an amazing little bistro, or just be a great bartender that writes short stories.

What is your motto to live by? “I seldom end up where I wanted to go but almost always end up where I need to be.” — Douglas Adams, author of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”

What is on your bedside reading table? “1Q84” by Haruki Murakami and “Groucho and Me” by Groucho Marx.

What is in your Mp3 player? Classic jazz (Duke, Ella, Louis, Sinatra, Bennett, Stigers, Coltrane, Miles, Django, Prima, Getz) and a mix of opera, bluegrass, rock, rap, Michael Jackson, funk, R&B and Tom Waits. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY IDAHO SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL AND BY DARIN OSWALD/IDAHO STATESMAN

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SHOPBOISE150 Eat, drink and display your love for the City of Trees BY DANA OLAND If Boise were a cup of coffee, what kind of brew would it be? For Sara Fendley, owner of Big City Coffee in the Linen District, it’s a smooth, medium roast Brazilian — a little mellow and kicked back, but it can still go the distance in the morning. So, she created Boise 150 Brew. “I just love the way it turned out,” Fendley says. “I wanted it to be approachable and to appeal to a broad palate. And I love the vintage license plate packaging.” Big City’s coffee is just one of the dozens of products created by city businesses and groups to coincide with Boise’s sesquicentennial celebration that continues through 2013. “It’s a great way to be part of the celebration,” Fendley says. The city’s Department of Arts and History took a unique approach to marketing the Boise 150 by inviting area merchants to create something of their own. The goal is to stay local and offer something more special than traditional souvenirs, says Holly Funk, who is coordinating the merchant program for the city. “It’s a great snapshot of where local businesses are right now,” Funk says. “It also highlights the entrepreneurial spirit that Boise was founded on.” Some products started in January, while others, such as Rose Hill Herb Co.’s homeopathic allergy remedy made from local pollen, will come later in the year. You also can find the city’s official sesquicentennial merchandise — T-shirts, mugs, pins, art prints and books — at the Downtown Sesqui-Shop. There are also commemorative books from local art groups. The merchant items run the gamut — from spicy soup fixings at the Basque Market to handmade baby clothes from Growing Up

Wild at Idaho Indie Made Boutique to Trolley House jam from the Trolley House — and can be found at businesses throughout the city. For many of the merchants, the products have proved to be a boon. Chris Oates at Bier: Thirty in Bown Crossing is about to run out of the first printing of the Boise 150 Growler. “People love them,” Oates says. “Even people who have our regular growler want one, too.” Oates printed 420 of the glass growlers and is ready to print another batch, he says. Oates turned the $6 growler into a kind of marketing tool for Bier: Thirty. He sends out Facebook and Twitter posts when he’s promoting a certain local beer on tap, you bring in your 150 Growler and he’ll fill it for $10. One of the most unique items is the Boise 150 Skate Deck at Newt & Harold’s. It’s by the graffiti design artists at Sector 17, a collective that’s been changing the arts landscape in Boise since 2005. The skateboard’s design is a collage of photography and Sector 17’s urban-style graffiti. They created a limited edition of 150 of the first design. Now, Sector’s Solomon Hawk Sahlein and Collin Pfeifer are working on a second deck that will be a bit grittier and closer to what Sector 17 is known for. That should be in the store by July. “We’re so excited about this,” says Newt & Harold’s co-owner, Lori Wright. “It’s been a fun collaboration, and it was very easy to make it happen.” One of the interesting things about the Boise 150 Deck is that many of the kids who are buying it don’t know much about the sesquicentennial, Wright says. “There are a lot of kids who didn’t know anything was going on, so this is teaching them,” she says. “That’s pretty cool.”

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4 5 1 Boise bunting ($21) at Bricolage. 2 FosterWeld belt buckles ($25) at Indie Made. 3 Postcard ($1.50) at Indie Made. 4 Glass Rediscovered earrings ($15) at Roosevelt Market. 5 Big City Coffee’s Boise 150 Brew ($15). MAY 2013

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6 Reusable shopping bag ($23) at Beewise Goods. 7 Gluten-free Crostata d’Italia ($5.99) from Fuel for the Soul and made with Dorothy’s jams at Boise Co-op. 8 Mug ($7) at the Sesqui-Shop. 9 Coasters by Ladybug Press (4 for $6) at Bricolage, Cheers, Chocolat Bar, Mixed Greens and Taters. 10 Paprika dark chocolate or sage milk chocolate bars ($3.89) from Dream Chocolate at Boise Co-op. 11 Old-fashioned sundae soda ($4.75) at Goody’s. 12 “Boise Pops: A Century of Music for the People of Boise” ($20) at Idaho State Historical Museum, Rediscovered Books, Taters and Dunkley’s Music (Capitol Boulevard). Also available during the launch party at the Sesqui-Shop on May 22. 13 Notecards by Boise artist Beth Layton ($5) at Indie Made. 12

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14 14 BOISEnberry Rose Smoothie (starting at $3.29 for 12 ounces) from Tree City Juice and Smoothie. 15 Magnet by Haute Bird Resin Jewelry and Accessories ($5) at Indie Made. 16 Blown glass tumblers ($20 each) from Boise Art Glass. 17 Infant onesie ($25) and baby slippers ($24) from Growing Up Wild at Indie Made (there are toddler T-shirts for $24). 18 Los Pastores Salsa (LPsalsa.com) pesto ($6.50) at Whole Foods and Reggieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Veggies. 19 Peanut tin (with flavored popcorns, $30; with assorted nuts, $50) from City Peanut Shop. 20 Refresh peppermint/lavender spray by Intentions Perfume ($17) at Bricolage. MAY 2013

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BEEWISE GOODS, 3019 W. State St., Boise, 392-8493. BeeWiseGoods.com. BIER: THIRTY BOTTLE AND BISTRO, 3073 S. Bown Way, Boise, 342-1916. BierThirty.com. BIG CITY COFFEE, 1416 Grove St., Boise, 345-3145. BigCityCoffeeld.com. BOISE ART GLASS, 530 W. Myrtle St., Boise, 345-1825. BoiseArtGlass.com. BOISE CITY SESQUI-SHOP, 1008 W. Main St., Boise, Boise150.org. BOISE CO-OP, 888 W. Fort St., Boise, 472-4500. Boise.Coop. BRICOLAGE, 418 S. 6th St., Boise, 345-3718. BricoShoppe.com.

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CHEERS INVITATIONS AND STATIONERY, 828 W. Idaho St., Boise, 342-1805. CheersInvitations.com. CITY PEANUT CO., 803 W. Bannock St., Boise, 433-3931. CityPeanut.com. DUNIA MARKETPLACE, 1609 N. 13th St., Boise, 333-0535. DuniaMarketPlace.com. GOODY’S SODA FOUNTAIN AND CANDY STORE, 1502 N. 13th St., Boise, 367-0020. GoodysSodaFountain.com. IDAHO STATE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, 610 Julia Davis Drive, Boise, 334-2120. History.Idaho.gov. INDIE MADE BOUTIQUE, 108 N. 6th St., Boise, 324-0804. shopindiemade.com. LUCKY 13, 3662 Eckert Road, Boise, 344-6967. Lucky13Pizza.com.

MIXED GREENS, 237 N. 9th St., Boise, 344-1605. ILikeMixedGreens.com. NEWT & HAROLD’S, 1021 Broadway Ave., Boise. NewtAndHarolds.com. 385-9300. ROOSEVELT MARKET, 311 N. Elm Ave., Boise, 384-9780. Find them on Facebook. TATERS, 249 S. 8th St., 338-1062; 350 S. Milwaukee St., 321-1005, Boise. IdahoTaters.com. THE BASQUE MARKET, 608 W. Grove St., Boise, 433-1208. TheBasqueMarket.com.

THE FLORIST AT EDWARDS GREENHOUSE, 4106 Sand Creek St., Boise, 342-0588. EdwardsGreenhouse.com.

THE RECORD EXCHANGE, 1105 W. Idaho St., Boise, 344-8010. TheRecordExchange.com. THE TROLLEY HOUSE, 1821 Warm Springs Ave., Boise, 345-9255. TREE CITY JUICE & SMOOTHIE CAFE, 1265 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 342-0467. TreeCityJuice.com WHOLE FOODS MARKET, 401 S. Broadway Ave., Boise. 287-4600. WholeFoodsMarket.com/Stores/Boise. REGGIE’S VEGGIES, corner of Ustick Road and Milwaukee Street, Boise, 322-7555. Find them on Facebook. USFUL GLASSWORKS, 5858 W. Franklin St., Boise, 322-8272. usfulGlass.com. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY HOLLY FUNK WITH THE BOISE CITY DEPARTMENT OF ARTS AND HISTORY, IDAHO STATESMAN STAFF AND VARIOUS BUSINESSES. NOTE THAT AVAILABILITY AND PRICES OF THESE ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

25 21 T-shirts ($13) at the Sesqui-shop. 22 “Local Color: Boise 150, an Exhibition by the Treasure Valley Artists Alliance” exhibition catalog ($19.95) at Rediscovered Books and TreasureValleyArtistsAlliance.org. 23 Red bean & chorizo soup ($13.99) from The Basque Market. 24 Jam ($5.49) from The Trolley House. 25 Skateboard deck ($39.99) by Sector 17 at Newt & Harold’s. 26 Sterling silver pendant by Olive Eleanor Designs/ olivewicherski.com ($75) at Bricolage. 27 Recycled glassware — glasses, decanters, more (starting at $12) at Usful Glassworks, Record Exchange, Indie Made and Dunia Marketplace (selections vary by store).

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28 Commemorative pin ($5) at the Sesqui-Shop. 29 Seasonal flowers with container made by Second Chance from The Florist at Edwards Greenhouse. 30 Growler ($6) at Bier: Thirty. 31 Original Recipe Pesto Pizza (starting at $13.99 for a small) at Lucky 13. 32 “Boise @ One Five Zero” collection of stories, poems and more from Idaho writers ($15) at the Sesqui-Shop. Authors’ signing from 5 to 7 p.m. June 19 at Leku Ona. 33 Limitededition prints by Boise artist Pat Kilby ($30) at the Sesqui-Shop. There are three prints to choose from. ALSO For more information about many of these products, visit Boise150.org/merchandise. Look for more products coming soon, including a musical CD compilation by Boise musicians as well as items from Payette Brewing and Rose Hill Herb Co. Also, look for the “M” in participating merchant windows to find Boise 150 merchandise. MAY 2013

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Poet laureate Diane Raptosh puts the city into poetic perspective

iane Raptosh hikes the Boise Foothills above her house on Hill Road most days. The time she spends under the open sky, her feet crunching along the sandy trail with her blind shepherd-mix Sesi alongside, is a reminder of the nature of her art — of her poetry — here in Idaho. Being in the Foothills suggests a feeling of openness and possibility, she says. The more she grounds herself in this environment, the more she connects her past, present and future selves. “I’m an Idahoan,” Raptosh says. “I like the leveling influence of living here. If you try to show people your importance, they don’t buy it. That democratizing effect does influence my poetry. I find it affords me an expansiveness in terms of voice that might not be there if I were in a different landscape.” Raptosh’s ability to tap into and translate that language — what she calls the “green air” of her surroundings in her poem “Sky With Proviso” — makes her the perfect choice as Boise’s first poet laureate. The creation of the position represents a touchstone for Boise — a city that boasts a lively and thriving literary and poetry scene. It elevates the civic discourse of who we are and what it means to live in the City of Trees.

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Diane Raptosh is known as an inspiring teacher who takes her C of I students out of the classroom to spark the writing process.

A committee through the Boise City Department of Arts and History chose Raptosh, a published poet and professor at The College of Idaho, from a strong pool of applicants earlier this year as part of the city’s sesquicentennial celebration. However, the department’s director, Terri Schorzman, would like to see the position become a permanent part of Boise’s cultural tapestry. “This is a trial, and we’ll come back and look at it again, but it’s something that feels right for Boise,” Schorzman says. The Boise poet laureate designation comes with a stipend of $2,000 and the responsibility to write three poems that will mark — and in years to come — somehow define Boise in its 150th year. That’s no small task. Raptosh also is performing a series of community readings throughout the year and teaching workshops in underserved parts of the Boise community. For instance, you can hear her read her poem on the topic of community at the city’s July 7 Sesquicentennial Celebration in Julia Davis Park (see details on page 22). Having a poet laureate is part of developing a civic — and civil — cultural dialogue, especially around historical and celebratory events. It’s not just about saying, “This is impor18

tant,” says poet Megan Williams, who was one of the four finalists for the position and is a former student of Raptosh’s. “You want someone to express the reality of the moment in a way that makes you feel something, as opposed to just telling you, ‘It’s important,’ which is boring,” she says. “I think Diane is a great choice for that.” Poets laureate are an ancient tradition that harkens back to classical Greece when a garland of laurel leaves was bestowed as a designation of literary and physical honor. Think baccalaureate. The symbol continued through the centuries, and today most governments have a poet laureate. The post of U.S. poet laureate — originally established in 1937 at the Consultant-in-Poetry for the Library of Congress — becomes an advocate for not only poetry, but literacy and education. Mississippi’s Natasha Trethewey is the 19th U.S. poet laureate. Past U.S. poets laureate include W.S. Merwin, Robert Hass, Rita Dove, Robert Penn Warren, Josephine Jacobsen, Robert Frost and Joseph Auslander, who was the first. Schorzman got the idea for a city poet laureate when she met poet Joan Logghe, who often comes to Idaho to teach workshops. At the time, Logghe was poet laureate for Santa Fe, N.M. The idea stuck with Schorzman, she says.

“I thought it would be a great thing for Boise,” Schorzman says. “When we started planning for the Boise150, we knew we wanted the arts and humanities infused throughout the celebration. We had music, essays and painting — we needed a poet. There’s just something about the way a poet sees the world that brings things together in a way that helps us see ourselves more clearly.” That — in a nutshell — is every poet’s job, Raptosh says. Poetry isn’t what most people expect, Raptosh says. It’s sometimes more probing than pretty, it rarely rhymes — at least not the poetry of this century — and it has as much to do with the head as the heart. “Poetry is very much about feelings — which need expressing. We don’t have many venues for that. So that’s part of what poetry does. The other part is widely misunderstood. That is to engage the thinking part of the brain. Feelings without the influence of the mind can sound cheesy. It’s when the mind works with the world of the feelings that poetry comes together.” In turn, the job of a city poet laureate isn’t just to placate and express the status quo. It’s to look at where we collectively are at and ask what’s next. What choices can we make for a brighter future? “I’m not just here to say ‘Boise good’ because Boise is good,” she says. “But one

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way of taking something seriously is to see it from all sides and ask, ‘What can I do — what can a work of art do — to make it even better?’ ” As poet laureate, Raptosh is to write three poems on the core topics of the Boise150 celebration — environment, community, enterprise. She wrote and read her first poem, on the environment, titled “Selenium and the Seated Comfortable” at the opening of the city’s Sesqui-Shop — the store and community hub for the Boise 150 celebration — in February. In it, Raptosh creates a character named Torchie who decides it’s her mission to clean up the Boise River — and in turn the consciousness of humankind. The poet’s critical eye on environmental issues wasn’t what anyone expected, Schorzman says. “We were like, ‘What the heck?’ We asked her if we could post her notes so we could get where she’s coming from because it was a challenging poem,” she says. “It’s not all supposed to be happy stuff. We (as a community) have a lot of tough things facing us — and this is a huge issue. She did a beautiful job expressing it.”

IDAHO ROOTS Raptosh grew up in Nampa, where she spent a lot of time alone as a child, she says. But rather than remember herself as lonely,

she realizes her solitude became a creative well from which she continues to draw. “It was just my nature,” she says. “But spending time alone is a great training ground for being a writer. That has served me well over the years.” After graduating from Bishop Kelly High School, she followed her love of literature to The College of Idaho, where she now teaches and influences a new generation of poets and writers. Next, she went to the University of Michigan for graduate school. There she started pursuing an academic path in sociolinguistics, but to her surprise, she found herself drawn to writing. So she entered the MFA program in creative writing. “I was at the bottom of the heap, and that was OK,” she says. “They (the other grad students) all had worked with writers and (had) written on their own, and I hadn’t. I tried not to be too hard on myself.” She found herself drawn to poetry more than other writing forms. “I can write essays and short fiction,” she says. “But writing poetry is more interior. It gives me the opportunity to take the inner life to the outside. Fiction doesn’t do that. I think I was temperamentally destined to write poetry.” After leaving Michigan, she lived in and

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‘Sky with Proviso’ An excerpt from Diane Raptosh’s “Sky with Proviso”: ... I want to know if we can arrive not quite in a clearing purfled with sage and bitterbrush I want to see if we can approach not coming to terms, no goods to chaffer over—half a dozen headless trilliums pointing the way to green air

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to go with you to watch the daily blades of light layer that dun-brown butte just out our back door

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another major honor As this article went to press, The Idaho Commission on the Arts named Diane Raptosh the 2013 Idaho Writer in Residence. Starting July 1, she will expand her reach to a statewide level, giving annual readings across Idaho over the next three years. Previous Writers in Residence include Brady Udall, Tony Doerr and Kim Barnes.

read some poetry In “AMERICAN AMNESIAC” (Etruscan Press, $16) Raptosh follows the manic journey of John Doe, a man stripped of memory who must confront the complexities of being American in an age of corruption, corporations and global conflict. The book will be available Aug. 15.

Adrian Kien’s “THE CARESS IS A LETTER OF INSTRUCTION” (Slope Editions, $14.95) is a poetic study of taxidermy. Books from Ahsahta Press are an important part of Boise’s poetry scene. Headed by Boise State poetry professor Janet Holmes, the press publishes eight to 10 books from nationally known poets each year. The latest one is “THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER” ($18) by Denver’s Noah Eli Gordon. In “THE MS OF MY KIN” (Shearsman Books, $19), Janet Holmes uses poems of Emily Dickinson written in the first two years of the Civil War to create new poems that reflect the beginning of the Iraq War by selectively erasing Dickinson’s words. Kerri Webster’s latest book, “GRAND & ARSENAL,” (University of Iowa Press, $18) won her the University of Iowa Poetry Prize. You can find these books and other books by Boise poets at Hyde Park Books, 1507 N. 13th St., and Rediscovered Books, 180 N. 8th St., Boise.

taught in Chicago, Seattle and Laramie, Wyo. She landed back in Idaho to take a one-year-appointment at The College of Idaho in 1990, which turned into the full professorship she enjoys today.

‘I’M NOBODY ... ’ “ ... Are you — Nobody — too?’ Raptosh pulls out this quote from Emily Dickinson to describe her hesitation at defining herself as a poet. “Being a poet is a lifelong learning process,” she says. “It’s not something I would announce on an airplane or introduce myself as at a party. It’s such a loaded thing to say that is what you are, and there have been so many great poets in the world. To say that you’re one of them can sound a bit conceited.” Even so, she’s received numerous awards, fellowships and residencies throughout her career, and she has published four books. The most recent, a book-length poem titled “American Amnesiac,” will be out from Etruscan Press on Aug. 13. In it she tells the story of John Doe, a man who wakes up and can’t remember who he is or anything about his world. “It grapples with what I see as the crisis state of 21st century America,” Raptosh says. “It’s about what it means to be a self, to lose identity and then re-create one.” She writes in hybrid forms that blend poetry and prose. “American Amnesiac” is written in her version of an ancient Arabic form called “ghazal” that allows her to take leaps between couplets and reflects how she imagines an amnesiac would process what’s happening around him. The fact that she uses characters sometimes throws her audiences for a loop. They often assume a poet speaks from a firstperson perspective. But Raptosh delineates between herself as poet and the poem. That allows her a creative freedom to develop different voices — such as Torchie and Doe — as a novelist would create characters for a book. (Her next book is “Torchie’s Book of Days.”) Doe’s voice is open-ended and allencompassing — and written for a broader audience than the rarified world of poets. Raptosh approaches a poem as a research project. She does interviews and reads up on different topics. “I like to learn things as a writer and to read, so it’s a good process for me.” She keeps a notebook — a practice she encourages her students to follow. In it she stores quotes she overhears, moments she observes and her own thoughts, all of which might become a kernel for a poem. “I’m a collector, like a magpie, gathering sentences, images, phrases, something with a ring to it,” she says. “I chase the language as opposed to having this great idea of what this poem is going to do, and bash it until it does what I say.”

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Diane Raptosh read from “American Amnesiac” at a National Poetry Month event April 12 at the Sesqui-Shop.

Raptosh teaches creative writing and literature and also directs the criminal justice program because of her course on Prison Experience at the College of Idaho. She started co-teaching it with a sociologist who retired several years ago and just kept the course going. Her students visit Idaho prisons and jails. She brings in speakers who have first-hand experience with the justice system, from former meth addicts to people who have been exonerated after spending years in prison. “I try to expose the students to as many voices as I can,” she says. “It’s more academic writing than poetry, but also I see the poet’s job as shining light into dark places that are far removed from daily consciousness and go into that as deeply as possible.” She takes the same approach with her other writing classes, taking students into different environments to spark their creativity. “As a teacher, she was an amazing inspiration and still is,” says Williams, who discovered her poetic self in one of Raptosh’s workshops. “She is very encouraging and into working with students one-on-one and talking openly about the content of a poem without judging, criticizing or changing it. Not all poets are able to do that.” Raptosh and Williams are both supported by Boise’s surprisingly strong poetry community. Multiple reading series, including Williams’ Ghosts & Projectors, regularly draw full houses in different venues around Boise. The city has become a favorite spot for internationally known poets such as Alice Notley and Tom Raworth, who have both read here multiple times. Boisean Kerri Webster also has gained attention as one of the notable emerging poets in the nation by winning the prestigious Whiting Award and the University of Iowa Press Poetry Prize in 2011. Boise’s vibrant poetry scene surprised Britt Udesen when she arrived in Boise from the Sun Valley Center for the Arts to become executive director at The Cabin

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earlier this year. “I’ve been shocked,” she says. “Programming lectures in the Wood River Valley, I always wanted to do poetry, but I would get this weird reaction. Here, there’s poetry everywhere and people show up. You’ll see more people at a poetry reading in Boise, Idaho, than at many of them in New York City.” The phenomenon stems from several sources. The Cabin’s Writers in the Schools program puts poets of the caliber of Webster, Adrian Kien and Daniel Stewart in classrooms across the state. So students who come into contact with these poets develop a deeper understanding of the art form at an early age. Big Tree Arts also works with young poets developing competitive slam poetry skills. That leads to a lively slam poetry scene as well. And a lot of energy comes from Boise State’s masters of fine arts in creative writing program, which started in 1998. It supports an average of 18 masters students — nine in poetry, another nine in fiction — who live, write and create for three years in Boise. BSU also is home to the all-poetry independent Ahsahta Press, headed by Janet Holmes. It publishes the works of high-caliber poets from around the globe. Whether people realize it or not, poetry

is not just nice to have around: It’s necessary art, Holmes says. “It’s part of keeping the human spirit alive, that part of us that doesn’t clock in and out every day,” she says. “I love the quote from William Carlos Williams’ “Asphodel, That Greeny Flower”: “It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.” The BSU program has been a slow burn, says Martin Corless-Smith. It started quietly in 1998 and is now receiving more national attention. In the early years, the program received about 20 applications annually. This year, it has a waiting list of 20. Corless-Smith heads the poetry division of the program and produces the MFA Reading Series that brings poets such as Notley to Boise. The popularity of poetry ebbs and flows over time, he says. Right now, it’s definitely on the rise both nationally and at home.

“Boise is now quite strangely on the map,” Corless-Smith says. “Of course, poets will come anywhere if you invite them, but they talk to each other, and many of them really like Boise. As a poet you have this sort of pipe dream that your work is now out in the middle of nowhere. Then you come to Boise, and you find it’s true. It’s a nice surprise.” Adding a Boise poet laureate to the mix draws even more attention to the poetry scene, he says. For Raptosh, Boise’s poetry renaissance is a reaction to where we culturally find ourselves today. “We’re making technological advances, and scientific discoveries when scientists are allowed to do their jobs. But we’re losing ground in other areas — spiritual and aesthetic advancement,” she says. “Art is important in any society. I see it in terms of clusters. Nationally, there are all kinds of poetry conferences and festivals — young people going into MFA programs in numbers that are just shocking. There are people who feel the need to express themselves in a way that goes well beyond Twitter, beyond the sound bite.”

Dana Oland is a former professional dancer and member of Actors Equity who writes about performing and visual arts for the Idaho Statesman. She also writes about food, wine, pets, jazz and other aspects of the good life in Boise. Read more arts coverage in her blog at Blogs.IdahoStatesman.com/ArtsBeat.

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Party marks the Fourth and Boise’s big 150th Food, art, music, fireworks and community will fill Boise parks July 4-7 BY DANA OLAND There’s a lot to celebrate over the July 4th weekend with the convergence of Independence Day and the city’s sesquicentennial.

BREAKFAST AND A PARADE Start July 4 off in Julia Davis Park with a pancake breakfast served by the Gem State Kiwanis Club. You’ll find big band music on the Gene Harris Bandshell, face painting and enough food to get you going for the day. Then head to Downtown Boise for the annual We the People Liberty Day Parade at 11 a.m.

CHALK ART FESTIVAL The Idaho Statesman’s fourth annual Chalk Art Festival will take over Ann Morrison Park at 8 a.m. July 4. You’re invited to join in the festival as a chalk artist (either on your own or with a team). Register at IdahoStatesman.com/ChalkArt. Or just come to the park to gaze at all the action. There also will be featured professional artists on hand creating amazing works of art with chalk. They include: F Geoffrey Everts’ wildly whimsical murals hint at his background as a Disney animator. This is his fourth year as a featured artist. F Karen Bubb — who also is Boise’s public arts manager — creates bold and colorful works that are always attention-grabbers. This is her third year as a featured artist. F This is painter Marcus Pierce’s second turn as a featured chalk artist. He’s received a Boise City Artist in Residence fellowship 22

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Fireworks at Ann Morrison Park cap Boise’s Fourth of July festivities.

and most recently created the beautiful wildlife mural at the M.K. Nature Center. F Boise artist Lauren T. Kistner has been an Artist in Residence fellow and created one of the popular Traffic Box public art pieces. She draws on the natural world for her delicate and organic images. This is also her second year as a featured artist. F Treasure Valley Artists Alliance cofounder Melissa Chambers is a first-timer at the Chalk Festival. She’s an expressive artist who paints colorful designs on everything from furniture to floors. There will be lots of activities for kids during the festivities, from drawing their own murals in Chalk Land, starting at 11 a.m., and games with Boise Parks and Recreation’s mobile recreation program starting at 1 p.m.

FIREWORKS The choreographed fireworks go off at dusk on the east side of the Ann Morrison Park fountain. The fireworks are presented by the city of Boise, Idaho Statesman and Journal Broadcast Group. The glittering spectacle will be broadcast live on KIVI Channel 6 with the accompanying music simulcast on 107.1 FM K-HITS. There will be food vendors and entertainment in the park as well. For event updates and volunteer information, visit IdahoStatesman.com/fireworks.

HISTORICAL TOURS On July 5 and 6, you can take a step into Boise’s past and stroll the city’s original plat (the first streets that became Boise), which was created on July 7, 1863. The Depart-

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ment of Arts and History will host guided walking tours starting at the Sesqui-Shop, 1008 W. Main St., Downtown Boise throughout both days. To volunteer to lead a tour, contact Amy Fackler, Boise city cultural programs manager, at 433-5675 or afackler@cityofboise.org. F Also take one of the docent-led tours of Julia Davis Park leaving from the Idaho Historical Museum in Julia Davis Park on July 7. Tours will also be offered at 4 p.m. on First Thursdays through September.

BOISE 150 CELEBRATION Boise’s birthday party kicks off at 11:30 a.m. July 7 with a bicycle parade led by Mayor Dave Bieter from City Hall, 150 N. Capitol Blvd. (Park in the Boise Bicycle Project’s corral.) Activities in the park start at noon with music by Finn Riggins, a.k.a. Belle and others at the Gene Harris Bandshell. There also will be a mayoral proclamation, performances by Ballet Idaho and the city’s Cultural Ambassadors — Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Trey McIntyre Project — and the reading of a new poem by the city’s poet laureate Diane Raptosh. Two Art Attack areas will offer chances to see performances by Balance Dance Co., storyteller Ben Kemper, the Summerwind Skippers and Boise Rock School. At the Idaho State Historical Museum pavilion

celebration weekend schedule of events July 4 7-11 a.m.: 50th annual Gem State Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, 7-11 a.m., Gene Harris Bandshell, Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise. It is $6 for adults, $5 for children. Free for active military personnel and their families. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.: Idaho Statesman Chalk Art Festival, Ann Morrison Park, 1000 Americana Blvd. Free. 11 a.m.: We the People Liberty Day Parade, Downtown Boise. Free. 1-7 p.m.: Boise Parks and Recreation’s mobile recreation program will run games throughout the day. Ann Morrison Park. Free.

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Karen Bubb will again be one of the featured artists at the Chalk Art Festival.

10:15 p.m.: City of Boise, Idaho Statesman, KIVI Channel 6 and 107.1 FM K-HITS present the 2013 4th of July Fireworks Celebration, Ann Morrison Park, 1000 Americana Blvd., Boise. Free.

served, up to 15 people, at the Sesqui-Shop, 1008 W. Main St.

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10 a.m.: Boise historic plat walking tours at 9 and 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. First come, first

Noon-5 p.m.: Anniversary celebration, Julia Davis Park, 700 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise.

you can see a vintage fashion show and groove to the sounds of Global Lounge, a group made up of musicians from Boise’s refugee community.

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You’ll find two beer gardens pouring local brews and wine, and a fleet of about 20 food trucks. Find more information at Boise150.org.

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before after Kurt and Nancy Wiedenmann bought their house knowing it would be another project. During 10 weeks of work by Keilty Remodeling, the ‘80s-era brick home was “opened up” by removing walls and installing large windows. You can see the finished results June 1 and 2 on the NARI of Idaho Remodeled Homes Tour. BEFORE PHOTOS PROVIDED BY KEILTY REMODELING

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Hello

windows,

goodbye

sunken living room Remodel lets homeowners revel in the light and the view STORY BY DUSTY PARNELL PHOTOGRAPHY BY DARIN OSWALD

Read about the NARI of Idaho ninth annual Remodeled Homes Tour on page 31

ome remodeling projects can completely transform a house. And that’s what happened to the home Kurt and Nancy Wiedenmann bought in South Boise. “There was nothing special about it,” Kurt said. It was a closed-in, dark, traditional ’80s home along the New York Canal. They were shopping around for a new or newer home; they wanted a turnkey house. They had done their share of fixing up places in their many years in Baker City and La Grande, Ore., and this time, they just wanted to move in. They wanted to simplify their lives. The kids were grown, it was time to downsize, and they were looking for a single-story home. But when they found this home, they couldn’t resist its potential. “The biggest challenge was how to find a contractor,” Nancy said. They went to a local home show, got on Angie’s List, checked the Better Business Bureau, got some leads and then got some references. Finally, they chose Bill Keilty and Keilty Remodeling, and the transformation was ready to take form. “Their main goal was to get as many windows as possible to take advantage of the view,” said Chris Keilty, Bill’s wife. She holds positions on both the Idaho chapter of NARI (the National Association of the Remodeling Industry) and at the national level of the trade organization. “We knew we wanted the view and worked everything else around it,” Nancy said. The home’s original design had a choppiness that needed to be overcome, Chris Keilty said. There were

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interior walls and closets that blocked the views and constrained the traffic. The kitchen window above the sink felt small and off-center. A sunken living room was more a potential hazard than a stylish feature. Before the whole project rolled into motion, Keilty Remodeling invited all the chosen subcontractors to the home for a diagnostic conference — more informally called a bid party. Everyone shows up, sizes up the situation and determines the bids for their parts of the project. “We put a little more effort into it in the beginning, but it’s worth it in the end, because it provides a good, solid price for the project, and everyone shares the same vision of what the client wants,” Bill Keilty said. “We put a lot of effort up front. There’s not a lot of guesswork in it.” “I thought it was a nice touch,” Nancy said. Keilty finalized a timeline of the project so the Wiedenmanns could anticipate the step-by-step process as it progressed. Fortunately, the structure of the original home was ready for the upgrade. Trusses spanned the exterior walls, so the interior walls blocking the views were all non-load-bearing partitions. “That made it possible to open up the whole space,” Chris said. Out came the walls. Now it is possible to take advantage of the view “from anywhere in the living area.” The kitchen flows into the dining area toward the fireplace, while also encompassing the living room and opening up access to the extra room. With the walls gone, it was time to bring the

Kurt and Nancy Wiedenmann fix lunch in their remodeled kitchen.

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remodeling advice

The new kitchen allows for convenient storage, including pull-out cupboards. Most of the upper cabinets were removed to allow window light into the kitchen. A pop-up electrical outlet, below right, allows convenient access to power within the kitchen counter.

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Homeowners Kurt and Nancy Wiedenmann and Chris Keilty of Keilty Remodeling have the same basic advice for those contemplating a new project. “You have to research it,” Nancy Wiedenmann said. “Ask around at work. Ask around for recommendations,” her husband added. “If you can see their work and meet them, that’s huge,” Nancy said. “Talking to homeowners was nice, too.” Keilty suggests going to the NARI websites to start your search, then check out some of the companies’ websites to get a feel for a remodeler’s personality and if you would be comfortable with what he or she does. And then you want to interview the potential candidates and follow up on their references. Good remodeling companies stand firmly on established reputations. Keilty Remodeling has seen a rate of about 40 percent repeat customers over the past four years. “It’s a relationship of trust,” Keilty said. “Everybody does it a little bit different. That’s why it’s important to go through the interview process.” The other important piece of advice is to have an idea of what you want. Read magazines, check websites, figure out how to communicate your goal. “You have to know what you want going in,” Nancy said. She knew she didn’t want colors that couldn’t be found in nature, and they knew they wanted to open up their view. “Pick something that’s really important to you, and everything else can work around it,” she said. “And have a budget in mind,” Keilty said. “You may not know what you do want to spend, but you do know what you don’t want to spend.” That may bring you back to the research part. Keilty Remodeling, for example, features three different price-point bathroom remodels on its website so potential clients can get a feel for what they can get for a standard, deluxe or premium project. There are so many eclectic choices and various materials and amenities to choose from that doing that research is vital. As is choosing a remodeling company that is the right fit for you. For more remodeling tips and advice, check out these NARI websites: www.nariofidaho.org www.nari.org

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after After removing some walls, the home has a more open feel but still preserves a private entryway. The antique furnishings blend nicely with the modern design. The fireplace, below, was designed by Melodie Patton of Distinctive Interiors of Boise. The before photos show the house from both directions — looking toward the front entry and toward the back of the house.

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before windows down to cabinet level and extend them across the length of the kitchen next to the back sliding doors and dining room windows. The outer brick wall was modified to make room for the new window design. “It just opens the whole thing up,” Chris said. The light now pours into the entire home. The stools around the kitchen peninsula all face the backyard and kidney-shaped pool, a canal, farm ground destined to become a city park and then Squaw Butte off on the horizon. And there’s more to the interior remodel28

ing than just a spacious, more-efficient kitchen. Remember that sunken living room? This was the big challenge: They wanted the original wooden flooring to be continuous into this space. This is where the team’s professionalism would need to shine. Kurt is an expert woodworker, and many of the pieces of furniture in the house were built or refurbished by his hand and Nancy’s brother is a contractor in Oregon, so they both understand quality considerations with regard to woodwork. “You never know with colors and stuff how things are going to tie together and, for

us, it all tied together and complemented each other and worked for us very nicely,” Nancy said. Today, there is no indication whatsoever that a sunken living room ever existed. There is no clue as to where the old flooring and the new flooring come together. It even came in under budget. Knowing that, you can turn back to the view. Maybe step outside to the poolside dining table and take in the summer sunset with a beer and a barbecue dinner. “It turned out better than we thought it would,” Nancy said… turning back to gaze out the windows.

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Boisean Chris Keilty serves on a national NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) board.

remodeling team Bill Keilty has been in the construction and remodeling industry since 1976, and in 1991 he started his own remodeling company that has continued to grow in reputation over the years. His wife, Chris, has been with Keilty Remodeling full time since 1997. She has been on the board of the Idaho Chapter of NARI since 2006. She was also recently appointed to the sevenBill Keilty member National Certification Board of NARI, the first member from Idaho to be a part of that group. The Certification Board oversees the certification standards, testing and continuing education of NARI members. One of NARI’s missions is to educate both those involved in the remodeling industry and consumers looking for remodeling help. Keilty Remodeling’s production manager is Perry Campbell, who handles many aspects of the construction process. Learn more about Keilty Remodeling at www.KeiltyRemodeling.com and www.facebook.com/keiltyremodeling

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Here is the rest of the team involved in the Wiedenmann project:

F Cabinets by Jaymark Cabinetry F Windows by Atkinson’s Mirror and Glass F Hardwood flooring by Mason Flooring F Granite countertops by Mesa Tile & Stone

F Exterior mason work by S & S Builders F Tile install by Ceramic Tile Installation F Plumbing by Meridian Plumbing F Electrical by Miller Electric F Drywall work by McKee Drywall F Painting by Advantage Painting

see more photos from this remodeling project at IdahoStatesman.com/treasure

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The new windows help take advantage of a beautiful view of the pool and the Treasure Valley. The Wiedenmann home also sits adjacent to the irrigation canal that attracts waterfowl such as geese. PROVIDED BY KURT WIEDENMANN

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NARI of Idaho ninth annual Remodeled Homes Tour For anyone considering a home remodel, this tour can be an invaluable tool for seeing completed projects and being able to meet the remodelers who can change the way you live in your own home. “It’s been great for both us and consumers,” said Chad Vincent, owner of Renaissance Remodeling, chairman of the tour and current president of the Idaho chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). Finding the right fit can sometimes be the hardest part of the remodeling process. A remodeling job is a much different animal than a new house. With a “parade home,” you’re looking at the end result. But a remodel can transform one kind of living space into a living space that works in a whole new — and more effective — way. That’s why the tour can be a good place to inspire those ideas and to find a remodeler who can take those ideas even further. Vincent says people have a hard time visualizing their home’s potential “because they live in it.” He says he probably would seek some outside advice if he were remodeling his own home, because he has his own everyday traffic patterns firmly planted in his mind, and that kind of thinking can limit the vision of the space’s potential. The tour can help you select the right remodeling professional for you, as well as provide the opportunity to see real-life examples and the people who live in them. This is an industry based almost entirely on reputation. Vincent recalled one job where the client hired him because he remembered his company

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F CK ROGERS: a master-bathroom project with universal design and spa-like elements.

F GAMMILL CONSTRUCTION: Condo including the kitchen.

F KEILTY REMODELING: a complete kitchen and living area project to take advantage of the view. This project is the Weidenmann home featured in this story.

F LEVCO BUILDERS: a 350-square-foot entryway addition, plus living room, fireplace and vaulted ceiling.

F RENAISSANCE REMODELING: Challenging kitchen addition to meet the parameters of a historic home in the North End.

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