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Makayla Walls is the Winner of Steve’s Auto Care, “What Does Star Mean to You?” Artist Contest
Congratulations to young Makayla Walls of Star for her painting of one of the many lovely sunsets we get to enjoy in Star. With her submission she wrote, “I find that Star has some of the most beautiful sunset. This city still holds onto the things that matter in life like watching the sunset with someone you care about, the sense of togetherness, of family and caring about one another. That’s something that’s so rare nowadays, but to me those are things that I use to define Star, Idaho.” Walls wins $100 for her painting. Moreover, her painting will become a mural on the side of Steve’s Auto Care building. That way, no matter what time of day, everyone entering Star will get to witness our beautiful sunsets as seen through the eyes of Makayla Walls.
Star Quilt Show
Continued from page 1 Guest Participants Businesses aren’t the only ones to sponsor ribbons. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has sponsored a ribbon the last two years, as well as District 14 Rep. Mike Moyle and State Sen. Marv Hagedorn. And, the entries don’t all come from women, at least not entirely. In 2013, Eagle Fire Division Chief (of Public Relations) Nevil Humphreys entered a quilt. “He took all of his t-shirts from all the places he had worked and had a lady make a quilt out of them,” Tomkinson said. “He put it in the show and received seven ribbons from the sponsors.” She noted that the event is no longer associated with the City of Star’s annual Fourth of July celebration and soon outgrew the Church on Star Road, forcing them to find another venue. “It’s a stand-alone event now,” Tomkinson said. “One reason is because the City changed its dates for its celebration and the facility in Star couldn’t be used at the same time. We outgrew it, but we always try to give to some organization in Star.” The first event took place in 2010 at the Star Community Church on Star Road, but the Quilt Show now requires a venue big enough to display the large pieces and to accommodate vendors, which is why Tomkinson and her cohorts asked North Star if it could help. “We started in Star and in three years we
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Gina Stewart poses with a quilt she made her husband, who requested something that involved a 'wildlife' theme. “He was surprised what I chose, and he LOVED it!” she said.
outgrew the building that we used and the closest thing to Star was North Star Charter School,” Tomkinson said. “They have been very generous to us. You really need a lot of space to display 130 quilts.” Expanding Across State Lines The entries aren’t restricted to the Treasure Valley, but come from all over, according to Tomkinson who said news of the show has spread by simple “word-of-mouth.” “It’s grown immensely, and people are talking about it,” she said. “It’s doubled every year. At North Star, we started with the cafeteria, but then had to move to the gym. I think next year we may need to use both the gym and the cafeteria. We get quilts from New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Washington and Portland, Ore. The vendors come from Florida and Utah and from our local quilt shops.”
McDaniel Steps Down as Star City Councilwoman
flexible wires that are guided By Philip A. Janquart into the heart through blood STAR – After almost vessels, according to the three terms, Tammy National Heart, Lung and McDaniel has stepped Blood Institute. down as a Star city counThe wires are connected cilmember, citing a desire to a machine that uses RF to “slow down,” and “make (radiofrequency) energy to send changes in her life.” heat-producing radio waves to Mayor Nate Mitchell destroy heart tissue where presented McDaniel with abnormal heartbeats may cause a plaque commemorating arrhythmia. her nearly 12-years of “Eventually they decided to service at a June 2 council do surgery, to severe the wiring meeting. that was messed up in the Mitchell and fellow heart,” McDaniel said. “That councilmembers expressed Mayor Nate Mitchell presents all started with the stress.” their gratitude for Mcformer Star City Councilwoman McDaniel worked for the Daniel’s contributions to Tammy McDaniel with a plaque Idaho Department of Motor city government. commemorating her almost Vehicles (DMV) for 20 years. “The rest of the council 12 years of service to the city. She was an assistant manager and I really enjoyed workat the Chinden (Garden City) ing with Tammy,” Star Photo courtesy of location before being asked councilman Tom Erlebach Denice Van Doren. to run the DMV in Star, in 2008. told TIN in a phone interShe served in that capacity for two years before view. “She gave us a woman’s perspective, which is good. She was very level-headed, never being transferred to the DMV’s main location at 400 N. Benjamin Street in Boise. argumentative and added another perspective She now works as a billing agent for on things. We all have a different perspective Truckstop.com, an online freight matching and that makes us work together.” and loading board that matches freight trucks Erlebach said he enjoyed his time with looking for loads to haul. McDaniel and wishes her the best as she “I completely changed what I was doing,” enters a new phase of her life. McDaniel said. “We have about 175 employees. “It was just time for her to make a change,” he said. “It comes down to personal life choices. It’s the largest employer in this area.” Founded in New Plymouth in 1995, the She finally sold her house in Star and she and company, which is an umbrella for six other her husband wanted to move to Texas; they subsidiaries, has become a multimillion-dollar went down there and didn’t like it, so they operation. came back and Tammy got a job in New She says the changes have served her well. Plymouth.” “We sold the house in Star and found five McDaniel’s last official day as a Star counacres in New Plymouth where I got my new job cilmember was May 31. She said her choice to last year,” McDaniel said. “They are very good step down was part of a broader decision to about taking time off for my mom, just very simplify and downsize her life. accommodating. It was another one of those “My mother had a bad year last year; she’s life-changing events, but it has worked out, 86 and her health went bad,” she explained. “She fell a couple of times and was injured with even though I had to take a cut in pay. With my mom’s deteriorating health, my own health a compound fracture. Then she was diagnosed problems and having to commute 45 minutes with Parkinson’s disease. I went down to Las to Boise everyday, I just realized it was time to Vegas four times last year to help my dad and slow down, that the money wasn’t worth it.” it’s been very hard to balance everything. It’s McDaniel said she is going to miss the city been a long, heartbreaking experience and it’s council because “they were like family,” and hard when you have obligations.” that “We had a tight-knit relationship. It’s Another factor driving McDaniel’s decision was her personal health, which began to deteri- bittersweet because they have been my rock orate under the stress of events in recent years. and I am going to miss the honor of serving. I’ll never forget it.” Last year she was forced to travel to Utah Mayor Nate Mitchell could not be reached where she underwent a catheter ablation, a for comment on who the remaining council procedure meant to correct her irregular heart members may be considering to fill McDaniel’s rate, which McDaniel says reached between seat as an interim council member until 170 and 190 beats per minute. A catheter ablation is a procedure using thin, November’s elections. Tomkinson said the show isn’t based on the quality of work, but more on the art and enjoyment of the quilt, and is strictly subjective. It’s not too late to enter a quilt or to sponsor a ribbon. For more information, call Judy Tomkinson at 286-7595, or log on to www.starquiltshow.com or search for the Star Quilt Show on Facebook.
This quilt will be raffled off at the July 17-18 Star Quilt Show.