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remember the first time I was moved by a piece of art. It was 112 degrees in Florence, Italy, and I was waiting in line to see the statue of David. I was not excited, and frankly would have rather been waiting in line for gelato. I had seen what felt like hundreds of sculptures, statues, and pieces of art already that day, and they were all blending together into one big blur of colors and materials that seemed to scream “history” at me as loud as it could.

Finally I was in front of the David statue and was surprised by my response. I stood there slack-jawed, in total awe of David’s beauty, until a fellow traveler nudged me out of the way. I remember being transfixed and contemplating that feeling for the rest of the trip.

I even forgot about gelato for the rest of the day.

Pablo Picasso said, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” It’s been a pleasure working on my first issue of the magazine. Perhaps the stories will ignite inspiration for your own artistic endeavors, and maybe you’ll even find yourself coated in a little less dust of daily life.

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Doug Copsey, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, Alex Lundgren, Amy Pence-Brown, Julie Saunders contributing photographers

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P.O. Box 12608 Overland Park, KS 66282-3214 Proverbs 3:5-6 Boise Lifestyle™ is published monthly by Lifestyle Publications LLC. It is distributed via the US Postal Service to some of Boise’s most affluent neighborhoods. Articles and advertisements do not necessarily reflect Lifestyle Publications’ opinions. No portion of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without written consent. Lifestyle Publications does not assume responsibility for statements made by advertisers or editorial contributors.

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March 2016

Departments

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Good Times

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Around Town

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Giving Back

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Open House

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Renovate & Refine

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Locally Owned

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Lifestyle Calendar

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Local’s Choice

Inside the minds and lenses of our photographers

24 Timeless style

Local business offers customized furniture

26 Windows worth every dime

With a side of customer service

28 Jack of all trades

From body builder to business owner

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Good Times

Metamorphosis: An Art Experience to Benefit the WCA Art Source Gallery recently hosted "Metamorphosis," an art show depicting transformation via various art platforms. Proceeds from this annual event support The Women’s and Children’s Alliance of Boise.

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WCA Staff: Bev LaChance, Emily Fascilla, Bea Black, Madeline D'Onfro, Nichole Warner, Andrea Schillin, Deborah Desousa Lauren Kistner

Divas of Boise: Dana Oland, Carrie Padilla, Margaret Stigers, Rocci Johnson, Kathy Miller, Sirah Storm, Debbie Sager, Rebecca Scott

Margaret Montrose Stigers, Ruby Rose Stigers and Martine Castoro Curtis Montrose Stigers

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Good Times

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Around Town

AROUND TOWN

upon fundraising events or systems that promise blockbuster success in “six easy steps.”

What keeps most nonprofits from learning these principles and internalizing them is that such training has only been available from a handful of elite consulting firms, with limited reach and step price points. The Eight Principles’ vision has always been to give the leaders of even the smallest, most modest organization the opportunity to fulfill their potential.

The Eight Principles team has created a platform, making the

IDAHO JOB & CAREER FAIR

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Sponsored by KBOI, IBL Events, Inc., and Express Employment

to any nonprofit organization at any time, in any place. We call it The

Professionals, the Idaho Job and Career Fair offers time saving

Oracle League. It’s an online platform with interactive, on-demand,

and productive interactions for both job seekers and hiring

video-based fundraising courses. They’re even mobile friendly.

professionals. Positions available at this free event include salaried,

We have breached the availability and price barriers, making such

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training available to anyone who seeks it. We invite you to check

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SAVE THE DATE - BOISE ART MUSEUM GALA The Boise Art Museum’s Board of Trustees invites you to join them for Elements of Art – the Boise Art Museum 2016 Gala on Saturday, March 5 at 5:30pm. This elegant evening will include outstanding art, cuisine, a live auction, and more. Champagne, hors d’oeuvres, dinner, beer, and wine will be served. This is a black tie (or creative black tie) event. Tickets are $175 for members and $200 for non-members and must be purchased in advance. Proceeds benefit the Boise Art Museum. BoiseArtMuseum.org

LOCAL BAND TO PROVIDE BACKUP FOR ACCLAIMED BLUES MUSICIAN Local band Smooth Avenue, a member of the Boise Blues Society, will be the backup band for acclaimed blues musician Johnny Rawls on March 24 at Playhouse Boise. Sponsored by the Boise Blues Society, this event will surely get you up and wanting to dance. Smooth Avenue, a six-piece band, plays listenable and danceable blues, Motown/R&B, and light rock. Visit PlayHouseBoise.com for tickets.

THE EIGHT PRINCIPLES: EXCEPTIONAL FUNDRAISING. UNLEASHED.

DISCOVERY CENTER OF IDAHO OFFERS SPRING BREAK CAMPS The Discovery Center of Idaho will offer two spring break camps for kids this month, both from March 21-25. Attendees of Science Myths

Sustainable, scalable fundraising is possible for any nonprofit

BUSTED camp, for 1st through 3rd graders, will spend the week

organization. The nonprofits that achieve consistent, growing success

examining popular science subjects that have evolved into popular

in fundraising do so because they have internalized the fundamental

myths. Campers will look at the scientific method, make hypotheses,

principles governing fundraising. They know their success comes

and see if those hypotheses are busted, or not. Hacking Electrical

from the right perspectives, applied consistently. They don’t depend

Engineering is the camp for 6th-8th graders who want to spend a

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week hacking, tinkering, and creating using electrical engineering principles. Campers will take apart and rebuild simple household items and more. Register at DCIdaho.org. 131 Myrtle Street, Boise.

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Wine, Women & Shoes Giving Back

RAISING FUNDS FOR THE IDAHO YOUTH RANCH ARTICLE AMY PENCE-BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY MIKE BRYANT

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hen you think of the Idaho Youth Ranch (IYR), you probably think about their two dozen thrift stores – easy places to pick up quirky accessories for your

Halloween costume, find unusual vintage dishes for cheap, or the perfect spot to donate boxes of unnecessary household clutter. What you may not know is that the Idaho Youth Ranch has been around for more than sixty years and that their 29 amazing thrift stores are a great tool to fund an even greater mission.

A statewide non-profit agency that has been helping good kids on a dangerous path find promising futures, the IYR relies on those thrift stores, as well as private donations, to fund youth programs and services throughout the state. The Idaho Youth Ranch offers emergency shelter, residential care, animal-assisted therapy and equine therapy, job readiness training, alternative education, adoption services, family counseling, and more for at-risk kids and their families.

While donating our unneeded goods to our local IYR store (and also shopping at them) is a helpful way to financially support the mission and operations, there is another fun way to give back. This year, two local business women--Mary Beth Cooper of Chandlers Restaurant in Boise, and Tammy Hadfield, a nurse and owner of Embrace Wellness in Meridian--are co-chairs of a unique “fun”draiser for the Idaho Youth Ranch called Wine, Women and Shoes.

Wine, Women and Shoes is the brainchild of Californian Elaine Honig of Honig Wines. She created the first fundraising event for her own winery and now helps other communities like Boise do the same. She calls herself a 'shoemmelier' (playing off the wine connoisseur term 'sommelier') and is an expert in pairing fine shoes and wine and celebratory events that also include food, shopping, and runway fashion shows.

Boise’s first Wine, Women and Shoes event three years ago was a smashing success, bringing in around $15,000 and hundreds of women to Boise State University’s swanky Stueckle Center for the event. This year, you can enjoy a vintage fashion show, Idaho wines, and a “Best in Shoe” and “Best Dressed” contest.

“IYR is a charity that fits with my own company’s motto ‘Embracing who you are and who you can become.’ It’s about helping youth succeed with positive support from their local community and creating bonds that make a child want to achieve his/ her potential. Their stories are touching,” says Co-Chair Tammy Hadfield. “I just love being part of IYR’s future and I am so happy to know that the money I donate is going directly to IYR. It has a rippling affect into this entire community.”

Wine, Women and Shoes will be held at The Boise Centre on Friday May 20th from 6-9:30pm. Tickets go on sale March 2nd and more information can be found on the event Facebook page: Facebook.com/WineWomenShoesBoise.

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Photographers Intro by Lettie Stratton Photography is art. It’s as simple as that. Each of these three top-notch photographers brings their own unique artistic expertise to the page, whether capturing people, landscapes, objects, or something else entirely. Here, Russ de Ment, Lynn Gormley, and Don Johnson tell you in their own words about their experience with the medium.

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Russ de Ment TreasureValleyImage.com RussD@TreasureValleyImage.com 208.863.4425

RUSS DE MENT

“My interest in photography began in the early ‘80s. Barely a teenager, I would count the number of months I’d have to save my five dollar per month allowance to buy a fancy (so I thought) Canon Snappy-S. By today’s standards it wasn’t much of a camera, and more camera than I needed at the time; however I felt it would allow me to capture the kinds of images I was interested in.

I was an early adopter of the world of digital photography, starting when cameras could only produce a 320x240 pixel image. It was hardly enough detail to tell what the camera was pointed at, but wow! In 1995 I was sending images across the world via email to my family back home in Boise.

Today, Treasure Valley Image is best known in the real estate community for imaging homes and commercial properties. While it is a business for me, I haven’t given up the hobby. In my personal circles I’m known for capturing images of places and things that leave viewers in awe. In the evenings, I can often be found connecting a DSLR body to a large computer guided telescope and capturing images of planets, nebulae and other wonders in the cosmos; while another camera sits on a stationary tripod capturing very wide-angle time-lapse images of the stars gliding across the night sky.”

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OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS

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LYNN GORMLEY

“For some reason, I prefer to photograph people rather than the gorgeous landscapes of the Teton Valley. I guess I love people. A friend asked, or rather insisted, I take her daughter’s wedding photos and I was hooked! I loved meeting all the people I photographed and making lifelong friends with people I wouldn’t have otherwise met. I love incorporating the scenery in many of my images, and recording that the world where we live really is beautiful and we are lucky to be a part of it.

Aside from photographing gorgeous weddings, I love portraits, including seniors and families, but my favorites are contemporary glamour portraits. So many women experience self-loathing and even disgust with themselves, always feeling that they are not good enough. A good photographer can show a woman what the world sees when they look at her and how the people she loves looks at her; beautiful, inside and out.”

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Don Johnson ArrowrockPhotography.net SawtoothPhotoPros.com ArrowrockPhotography@Gmail.com 208.939.9397

DON JOHNSON

“I grew up steeped in cameras and darkrooms but it was a fortuitous photography workshop that opened my eyes to real opportunity. Howard Huff, the beloved Boise State College (pre-BSU) photographic arts professor, had somehow managed to attract acclaimed visionary Jerry Uelsmann to present a two-day photo montage workshop. Uelsmann's groundbreaking works were shaking the photography world, and witnessing magic emerge in the darkroom with the master himself was life-altering. I left BSC shortly thereafter and enrolled in Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara.

My varied career took me from a California advertising agency to business management with Morrison Knudsen, and cameras traveled with me everywhere. These days, my professional time is split between portrait and fine art work with Arrowrock Photography, large event photography and skills training with Sawtooth Photo Pros, and freelance editorial assignments.

Beautiful light, uncluttered canvases, clean lines, and compelling subjects are trademark features of an Arrowrock Photography print. Blended textures and artistic elements are often added to enhance ambience while avoiding the current instant gratification trend; each piece ripens in its own time.�

Open House

At Home at Ethan Allen Design Center

ARTICLE PAMELA KLEIBRINK THOMPSON PHOTOGRAPHY RUSS DE MENT

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inherited Ethan Allen furniture--a plaid couch, roll top desk,

and ready-made soft goods to help create the perfect room or

dining room table, and chairs--from my mother-in-law. The

home. Even if you only need a single item for your home, the

furniture is high quality and built to last. An American company, Ethan Allen has been around for 80 years. More than 70 percent of Ethan Allen product is made in North America.

team at Ethan Allen can make sure you find the perfect piece.

Ethan Allen's team of trained designers collaborates with clients about their vision for the space. After visiting the home to take

Boise is home to an independent and locally owned

measurements, the designers create a space plan showing how

Ethan Allen store--the Ethan Allen Design Center of Boise,

the furniture will lay out in the room, and help clients select prod-

which Jane Cliff opened 21 years ago. As president, Jane

ucts with the perfect fabrics, finishes, and embellishments.

works closely with her son and vice president, Justin Cliff. As

Jane is enthusiastic about working for Ethan Allen. “We have

a local small business, the Cliffs understand the importance

it all," she says. "Where else can you purchase high quality fur-

of relationships and customer service. “We are here to help

niture with fair pricing, professional complimentary design, and

as little or as much as you need,” Jane says.

white glove delivery service? Ethan Allen is not throw-away fur-

Many furniture stores and design centers give the customer options in upholstering furniture, but Ethan Allen furniture

niture--it is worth the investment because of its timeless style and top of the line quality.”

is truly customized. In addition to selecting fabrics for your sofa,

“Ethan Allen is constantly updating styles," Jane contin-

you can also choose different arms, legs, skirts, and special trims.

ues. "The style of our furniture is not cookie cutter. We just

Change the look of wood furniture with multiple finishes or hard-

introduced many products that have an old world European

ware options. Ethan Allen designs and manufactures custom

look, much like you would find at a flea market in Paris. We

window treatments and bedding. Their design team has custom

have added Mid-Century modern to our list of products and

rug options and an amazing gallery of lighting, art work, accents,

we are adding fun new accents, fabrics and finishes every

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few months. However, if there is a home run or a classic that never goes out of style, products are added so that our clients have more options.”

Jane studied business at Boise State University but believes interior design would have been a better fit. “You can say I learned design through Ethan Allen University," she says. "Anyone who loves art, space, architecture, color, fabrics, and form should find the skills to be an interior designer. From the young couple who is starting out and understands value and quality, to the empty nester wanting to down size and enjoy a simpler life, and everyone in between, everyone's at home with Ethan Allen.

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Corporate Mentality

Brings Success to a Small Business

WOOD WINDOWS, INC.

200 E 50th St Boise, Idaho 83714 208.376.2200 WoodWindowsInc.com Monday through Friday 8-5pm, Saturday by Appointment

WOOD WINDOWS, INC. ARTICLE DOUG COPSEY | PHOTOGRAPHY DON JOHNSON

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he mark of any good business is how it treats its customers. By the same token, if you’re being well taken care of as a customer, it usually means that the employees at the business you’re dealing with are, too.

When Connell Lloyd bought Wood Windows, Inc. from its original owner four years ago, the company, a fixture in the Boise market for over 35 years, was struggling. He implemented organizational skills learned over 20 years with Albertsons and another 20 years in the dairy management business and continued to drive the heavy emphasis on customer service the former owner had built.

“We like to say that we’re a serviceoriented company that sells windows on the side,” Lloyd says with a smile.

When he came back to Idaho in 2005 he didn’t know anything about selling windows, but he knew the company had a good track record and a job was a job, even at half his former pay. It didn’t take long for him to figure it out. In 2006 he set a company record with over $1 million in residential sales.

“I also saw a lot of inefficiencies in the company compared to where I was working before,” says Lloyd. “So when I took over, I brought my coprporate process-flow management skills to this small business.

They helped the business and they helped the customers.”

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The first thing he did was was focus his sales staff on individual markets, with no crossover allowed.

“There are over a thousand options on some of these windows,” says Lloyd. “Other companies let their sales people sell any job that comes along, but I took that away from them. What it did was specialize people in their respective markets so they became experts. Customer service is better and mistakes are fewer.”

In his first year as the new owner the company’s profits increased. The next year, he tripled that number. But all that growth created other issues.

“I kind of topped out as a sole proprietor,” Lloyd admits. “I knew I could still grow the company, but I needed some new talent.”

He spent a year wooing John Stearns, an Andersen Windows rep for five northwest states who had been with that company for 12 years, and finally convinced him to come on board as a financial partner.

“It wasn’t easy, and he didn’t come cheap,” says Lloyd, “but he’s been worth every dime.”

Stearns promptly helped the company grow 60 percent.

“Change like that can be difficult to manage,” Lloyd says. “We wanted growth, but not necessarily that much all at once. We knew it was coming, but it was like a tidal wave.”

They are now the largest Andersen Window dealer in the State of Idaho, and the second largest in the Northwest.

Connell Lloyd

Their sales people and six school-trained, full-time field carpenters are regularly trained by Andersen to keep them up to speed on all of Andersen’s products.

But one look around their new $50,000 showroom will tell you that’s not all they do. In addition to six other window lines, four wood and two vinyl, they also sell and install exterior Haerdi Plank cement siding for homes, Velux skylights, doors and door hardware.

Lloyd is quick to credit his loyal employees for helping make all that happen. “We have a very low turnover rate,” he says proudly.

“I’ve got carpenters who have been with the company 17 years, my bookkeeper has been here 20 years. We have a full service department dedicated only to service.

These guys aren’t allowed to go out and put windows in, all they do is service.”

Four years into the turnaround, business is good, and while they don’t expect another growth spurt of that size any time soon, Wood Windows, Inc. has definitely become a force to be reckoned with in the southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon market.

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the 4 ALARM RESTORATION AND CLEANING ARTICLE LETTIE STRATTON | PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED

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oug Amos has had a varied career: cryptographic repairman in the Army, Large Vehicle Environmental Test Technician for Lockheed Martin, Program Manager at the Department Carpet cleaning of Energy, and he also holds degrees in accounting and and restoration.

Doug Amos finance. Today, he’s the owner of 4Alarm Restoration and 4 Alarm Restoration and Cleaning Cleaning LLC. “We perform emergency flood, fire, mold 4ACarpetCleaning.com and bio remediation, and we’re also a full service carpet, 4AlarmRC@gmail.com upholstery, and tile cleaning company,” Amos says.

208.407.4770 Amos has been in business two years—his first in Idaho Falls, and now in Boise. He used to come to Boise somebody who knows what they’re doing and for body building competitions and fell in love with the desires to help people.” vibrant colors of the city. “I left the security of Idaho Falls The carpet cleaning side of his business allows where I had a network,” Amos says, “and I came here where I didn’t know a soul. Having no network to build from it’s been Amos to build relationships with his customers, which he values greatly and demonstrates his attention to detail and professionalism, slower growing the business here, but I love it.”

So what prompted a man with such varied and technical past expe- while the restoration side mostly deals with emergency situations. riences to get into the carpet cleaning and restoration business? Amos Amos describes a typical situation. “It’s two o’clock in the morning. says he was all set to go into real estate—having passed the exam and Someone wakes up and realizes their carpet is wet,” he says. “The everything—when he got a call that convinced him the restoration first thing we do is an inspection and safety checks.” Next, Amos industry was the way to go. “I had spent eight years drying space sys- and his team listen to and comfort the homeowner while describing tems like the Hubble Space Telescope, managing projects, and fixing the situation. “That’s a large part of what’s important in my job,” he and cleaning things on a number of rental properties,” Amos says. “It says. “That’s what differentiates us—we take the time to describe the issues and reassure our customers. People like to know what the was a great way to merge all my skill sets and help people.”

Amos utilizes his specified technical knowledge in his business and process is and what the work scope is going to be.”

Amos says his favorite part of the job is helping people when has a slew of certifications to go along with it: Water Restoration (WRT), Applied Structural Drying (ASD), Applied Microbial Remediation they’re in need. “People have a need for my services and I can help,” (AMRT), Odor Control (OCT), Trauma Scene Cleanup, Carpet he says. “They worry about being displaced from their homes and Cleaning (CCT) and Upholstery and Fabric Cleaning (UFT). His com- losing valuable items. I enjoy coming to a situation and putting the pany also specializes in directed heat drying and applications. “My cus- pieces back together for the customer. We leave their home equal to tomers aren’t just getting a carpet cleaning,” Amos says. “They’re getting or better than when we came. We restore lives to normal.”

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