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NO TIME TO WORRYThe last time I sat down to fill this space I was angry and grief-

stricken over the Jan. 7 mass murder of journalists and police at the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. After I finished that Editor’s Note and went home to my 9-months-pregnant wife and our almost-3-year-old son, I despaired at the world we were bring-ing our second child into.

As is the case with life, it didn’t leave me much time for despair. Our second child arrived Thursday, Jan. 8: an 8-pound, 8-ounce girl we named Eleanor. Of course, she is perfect. She sleeps well (mostly), grunts like a slumbering little bear and looks exactly like her lovely mother.

I’d hate to think that the Charlie Hebdo massacre and the birth of my daughter will be forever connected in my mind; for now, though, I’ll take it as a challenge to raise her into the kind of person who glories in self expression and resists fundamentalism. Reading the underreported news of this month’s Boko Haram attacks, which have left hundreds (maybe thousands) dead in Ni-geria and Cameroon, I want my daughter to grow into someone who pays attention to the struggles of people around the world and helps as she can. While chilled by reports that human activity has pushed the earth past four of nine “planetary boundaries” that make it a “safe operating space” for our species, I pray (in my way) that she contributes to the solutions, rather than the problems.

Closer to home, watching 14-year-old Boise eighth-grader Ilah Hickman try and fail for the fifth year to persuade lawmak-ers to designate the Idaho Giant Salamander as the state’s official amphibian, I hope my daughter is similarly inspired by curiosity and brave enough to advance her cause—even (maybe especially) in the face of the kind of ideology-driven mindlessness that too often turns the Idaho Legislature into a place where good ideas go to die and bad ones become law.

There are many things that terrify me about raising kids in 21st century Idaho, including quality education, a living wage and af-fordable health care, but I have a feeling that my kids are going to be tough characters. Judging by their sleep patterns, neither they nor their mother and I will have much time for terror. Or despair.

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON JAN. 21, WHEN THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE WILL DELIVER REMARKS AT BOISE STATE UNIVERSIT Y FOLLOWING HIS JAN. 20 STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. FOLLOW BOISE WEEKLY ’S ONLINE COVERAGE ON FACEBOOK, T WIT TER AND CIT YDESK .

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BOISEWEEKLY.COMWhat you missed this week in the digital world.

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ans turned out to the Statehouse for two events commemorating the Jan. 19 birth of civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr. See BW’s pics and video on Citydesk.

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Hickman has been try-ing for five years to convince lawmakers the Idaho Giant Sala-mander should be the state’s of-ficial amphibian. Read why they said “no” on Citydesk.


Yeah, you’re right. I should be focusing my civic attentions on whatever our Legislature is up to. But if the past is any guide, they won’t really be accomplishing much during these first few weeks. Just a lot of strutting and schmoozing and sucking up—just what you’d expect out of the best and the brightest from hillbilly squats like Athol and Driggs and, of course, Nampa. If you were to be a fly on the wall at one of those lobbyist-comped social functions, you’d swear these goobers have never seen a Swedish meatball before.

So I figure now is as good a time as any to check in on MulletBoy. Last we heard, he and his cousin were applying to one of those for-profit, pretend universities. How’s that going, MulletBoy?

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Whooey Dawg! Did I have me some fun or what! Remember hows I told you me and Ripster were going over to Slamun last weekend for that Varmit Derby? Or maybe I didn’t tell you cause now that I think about it, I remem-bers how I ain’t done a blog pots since bfore Thankgivings so there ain’t no way youd know we were leaving for the Varmit Derby last week-end cause we dint know ourselves til last Friday night when ol Rip come’s over and say’s “guess what I just heard about!” and I took a guess an says, “Was it bout how rat turds sometimes gets mixed into that snoos you always got tucked under your lip?” and he says “No no. That ain’t it. I just heard bout a Varmit Derby up in Slamun wheres you can shoot all the wolfs and kiyoots ya want. And if ya shoot moren anyone else, they’ll give ya a thousant bucks!” an I says “a Thousan Bucks??” an he says “Yeah! a Thousan Bucks!! You could buy yurslef what Bushmasher you ain’t had the money to buy yet” and I says “But Rip. Hows could I shoot enough wolfs and kiyoots to win that thousan bucks thatd pay for me a new Bushmasher, when I ain’t got a Bushmasher yet to shoot em with?” an he says “oh. yeah.”

So we had ourselves a few more Keystones while we were thinking on it, and while we were thinking on it, Honey Bug comes home from her job at Pedicure Palace and says “you guys look like yo’er thinking about something” which is when I tell her about how wer’e think-ing on going over to Slamun for the Varmit Derby. Adn about then ol’ Rip says “lets’ go, Cuzz! If we leave now, we culd be there in time for braekfast” an my wife says “Your’ idiots. You been drinking Keystones since when you got home from work and now you’r talking about driving all night just sos you can shoot up some poor dead critters!!??” an I says “but jus think

Honey Bug. If I win that Thousan Bucks I can buy a Bushmasher an have enough left over to get the heater fixed in the car. Maybe. You won’t havet drive to work wearing a sleeping bag no more.”

Rip shoulda kept his big mouth shut cause my old lady hates him like she hates to stick her hand down in the garbage disposal, but he din’t. “Yeah Honey Bug. Juss think.” he says and whooey dawg was she mad. Exept I think she musta knew wed’ end up going anyways be-cause she says “The only way I’m gonna let you go to Slamun is if I drive” which got Rip mad because he dont like no one but him drivin his rig especially a woman, but finally he let her do it cause she says “It’s either that, or I call the state cops the minute you leave the house and tell them youer drunkern skunks.” So we left

Turns out a good thing Honey Bug drove cause both Rip and me were thinking Slamun was in the whole other direction from where it turned out to be. Then it wasn til we were about to someplace called Burgby or some place when I remebered I still ain’t got no Bush-masher or nothing else thatd kill no varmits. “Crap!” I says, and then I says “I don wanna stand just around watching you shoot varmits with nothign to do.”

It was my Honey Bug what thought of a thing. “Hows about if Rip shares his Bush-masher. He kills one poor dead critter, then it’s your turn.” Rip didn’t like that idea one littl bit, an he says so. “I dont like that idea one little bit,” he says, but I says “Hows bout I buy the bullets?” an after that, he wasn’t so mad. He even had an idea him self. He says “hows about if I shoot the wolfs and you shoot the kiyoots?” and I sways “Hows bout you shoot the wolfs and the kiyoots, and I get to shoot all the porkypines?” cause I hate porkypines. I don’ even like to look at em, ugly little stickery sonabiches, an Rip says “we got a deal, Cuzz!”

An that how I had the best fun I had since when me and Rip found that dinomyte. Rip din’t get no wolfs or kiyoots, probaby cause we never got no farther from the road than the truck would go fore it high-centerd on somebod’ys Ski-Doo, but I got two porkypines. Only Honey Bug don’t think they were porkypines at all, but I tolder they had t’be porkypines since nobody what lives in Slamun would have two shit-sue dogs running around their yard like she thinks they were. Then we came home cause we never did find where that Varmit Derby was goin on. But it was funnern hell anyways, excep I still owe Rip for the 13 bullets it tok to hit them two porkypines.

SLAMUN BOUNDMore ‘Randem Thinks’ from MulletBoy

BILL COPE

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Norman Maclean begins A River Runs through It with, “In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing.” Reading that sentence, I decided Maclean needed an excuse to skip church and go fishing. That’s not fair to Maclean, who demonstrates that fishing does indeed have its angels and demons, its Cain and its Abel, its heaven and hell, all of them located in Montana.

In my family, fishing was less metaphorical. Before the dams killed the runs in the Salmon River, my father guided salmon fishermen and approached fishing as a job. I also took on fish-ing as work, on a gill-netter in Alaska, catching more salmon in one short summer than my father had in his guiding career. If there’s religion in fishing, I had it sucked out of me that sum-mer on Bristol Bay when I pulled thousands of dead fish out of our nets and sold them to ships that were giant floating canneries.

But Maclean did write a book about heaven and hell disguised as a book about fishing. He got a wide audience, even among people who didn’t consider themselves religious, even among people who saw a fish as something to eat or sell.

Organized religion has done a lot to harness our need for the divine to less-than-virtuous social and political ends. So when a writer like Maclean comes along and shows us what looks like a new, if narrow, path toward salvation, even if involves torturing fish, a lot of folks will take it.

I’ve just spent a sunny morning reading Jona-than Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. The day is still sunny but no longer bright, and I’ve realized I might be inoculated against fly fishing but not against guilt. I’ll leave it to Edwards to explain why:

The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked; his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire; he is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times so abominable in his eyes as the most hateful venom-ous serpent is in ours.

Not pleasant stuff, even without semicolons. This sermon and similar ones caused some of Edwards’ congregation, including his uncle, to kill themselves, probably on Saturdays.

Edwards still is with us, even if we’re contem-porary secular Americans. If nothing else, his theology reminds us that fear and zealotry and hierarchy have formed the gray skeleton of civic life in this country. Dour and orthodox old men have sent young men and women off to war, have devised new and better ways of keeping

poor people poor, and have taken their prosper-ity and power as evidence that they are but the agents of a vengeful god. We call ourselves a Christian country, but the Old Testament is alive and well in our social blueprint.

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God deto-nates a shock of recognition, even if our most common reaction is to reject what he says and go out in the sunshine for a breath of guiltless fresh air. Of course, if you do, you risk running into Norman Maclean and his catalog of deadly fly-fishing sins.

At first glance Edwards and Maclean are much different writers, but they both see life as a spiritual journey, and the pitfalls along the way are many and deep. Both worship an unforgiv-ing and hostile god. Both describe hell with enthusiasm and love.

It’s tempting to see Edwards and Maclean as outliers in the pantheon of American authors, but they’re mainstream, centered in a conversation that has gone on for some time. Try finding a great American novel that isn’t about sin and the impossibility of redemption. You can start with the first page of The Great Gatsby.

You may not want to write as a Puritan, but remember that no one who writes escapes literary tradition. A good portion of your audience has been educated to see things the Puritan way. Ignore that education at your peril, whether you’re writing scripts for YouTube or stories about urban hipsters or a novel about alien ships that show up one morning a mile over the Empire State Building. At some level, your readers will be reading to see if your characters are damned to a well-imagined hell.

It sounds unfair and reductive and anti-art, but when you attempt to add to American litera-ture, you should be aware of your religious roots. You won’t escape them. Jung, who has his own problems with Puritanism, says the unconscious is indistinguishable from fate, and that to act out of free will—to do something new—you have to know the arena you’re playing in.

American writers in particular need to be conscious of the Long Puritanical Shadow. Oth-erwise, Jonathan Edwards—dead for centuries—will begin to stir and shuffle between your lines, and you won’t even know it. If you’re going to be a moralist, it’s best to be a conscious one.

For me, there is no clear line between religion and writing, but at times I try to escape the mor-alistic portion of my cultural birthright. It frees me to notice the bright beauty of the world—however briefly and precariously—and with luck and with a painful grace, to put some of that beauty on the page.

THE PURITAN IMPULSEAnother creative writing lesson

JOHN REMBER

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WHAT A WASTE

Analysis reveals a stunning amount of edible food

and yard debris in Ada County landfill

GEORGE PRENTICE

The technical term is “edible food.” The definition is all food—vegetables, fruit, bread, meat, pasta, cheese—that appears to be edible, or was at least edible when it was discarded. There is a lot of ed-ible food at the Ada County Landfill. Tons of it. Thousands of tons even. According to a hot-off-the-press analysis, more than 53,000 tons of food waste is sent to the Ada County Landfill each year. More than 17,000 tons of it is “edible food.”

That is one of a number of startling discover-ies in the analysis, prepared for Ada County by South Prairie, Wash.-based Green Solutions, LLC. From yard debris, which may be the big-gest stunner, to massive amounts of recyclable wood and carpeting, the bottom line is that way too many items are making their way to the 2,700-acre Ada County Landfill when they could be repurposed.

“I think I’ve read through this nearly 60 times already,” said Sara Arkle, community conserva-tion associate with the Idaho Conservation League. “I can’t tell you how excited we are that there’s solid data that can help drive decisions for a more sustainable landfill. This analysis was done efficiently and effectively, and I would like to see that efficiency and effectiveness translate into actual projects and policy decisions.”

In May 2014, Boise Weekly stood among the tons of garbage being pushed around what is known as the North Ravine Cell, a 281-acre mound of waste that is only one of 14 stages of the county landfill. Ada County was already knee-deep in what would be an historic analysis as teams of moon-suited auditors manually sorted tons of garbage, stroke-counting each piece by hand, in order to give Ada County the first odor-ous census of its trash. The analysis came in the wake of the Dynamis debacle: Ada County had paid Eagle-based Dynamis Energy $2 million to design a trash-to-energy facility. Lawsuits and investigations followed and in 2013, the county ultimately slinked away from the deal, swallowing the $2 million as a loss.

That was then.“The first thing that struck me with this analy-

sis is the level of transparency that we haven’t seen in the past,” said Arkle. “There’s some great information here.”

Dave Logan, director of Ada County Opera-tions, which includes the landfill, couldn’t be more pleased with what he says will be a col-laborative analysis of the analysis.

“How we manage our solid waste in Ada County really needs to come from a community conversation,” Logan told BW. “So the first thing we did was form a community advisory panel, including representatives from all of the cities; our providers, such as Republic Waste and Western Recycling; and members of the public, and we handed them this analysis. So, they’ve got a lot to consider,” he said.

For example:• We send 52,570 tons of yard debris to the

Ada County landfill each year; 34,500 of those tons are from single-family homes in the city of Boise alone.

• 37,410 tons of wood ends up in the land-fill each year.

• 33,280 tons of construction and/or demolition (C&D) materials pile up annually. Even more stunning, It’s estimated that approxi-mately 80 percent of C&D waste, including plywood, carpeting and roofing, is potentially recyclable.

“There’s a number of things we can discuss on C&D,” said Ted Hutchinson, the Ada Coun-ty deputy solid waste director. “For example, maybe there’s a piece missing in the building permit process, especially when there’s a job where someone is tearing down and remodeling. Imagine attaching something to a permit where the builder needs to get their materials into a recycling facility so that all of that waste doesn’t end up in the landfill. There’s a real opportunity

to get it back into the marketplace.”Logan said metals provide another bit oppor-

tunity: Each year, around 16,000 tons of cans and mixed metals end up in the landfill.

“Imagine that when a truck pulls into our facility, we might be able to direct them to a stop-off point where they could drop of their metals before heading to the big landfill,” Logan said.

The real bombshell, though, was the food. To the person, everyone BW spoke with was taken aback by the amount of edible food waste.

“That was the one real big surprise for me,” said Hutchinson. “It’s really something to see how much usable food there is in the landfill. A lot of people still don’t understand that there’s a big difference between the sell-by date, which is directed to the store owner, and the use-by date, which is directed to the consumer. A lot of that food hasn’t reached the use-by date. You’re throwing away something with a lot of value.”

Food waste and yard debris could be readily coupled for composting. Logan and Hutchinson said the new advisory council may want to talk more about the possibility of creating a giant composting facility at the landfill.

At Boise City Hall, some people are already talking about a city-driven plan to create so-called “curbside composting,” which could introduce a separate bin for compost materials.

“Yes, we’re doing some preliminary analysis of a curbside composting program,” said Steve Burgos, environmental engineer for the city of Boise. “The mayor and Council are certainly interested, but we’re at a very early stage of looking at the finances. We

Approximately 400 vehicles—large trucks from contracted haulers, private trucks from construction and demolition crews, and scores of individual citizens—dump waste into the Ada County Landfill every day.

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UNDA’ THE ROTUNDA

RIP RUSTY BITTON

‘He was so desperately in search of peace’

GEORGE PRENTICE

Russell Bitton died on the streets of Boise on Oct. 28, 2014. That name may not ring a bell, unless we add a marginalizing description, such as “that homeless guy who was beaten to death under the Americana Boulevard overpass.”

The 37-year-old Bitton, better known as Rusty, struggled with alcohol. More importantly, though, he had many more good days than bad: Bitton was a father of two, a skilled machinist, a talented guitar player and the people who knew him best say he was courageous.

“As hard as Rusty struggled, he went out a hero. If he had nothing else, he left us with something to be proud of,” said Jennifer Clif-ford. “And I’m proud to say that we had a child together.”

Jennifer looked down at photograph of Bitton from 2003. He had his arms stretched around their daughter Allura Clifford, Clifford’s other two children and a cousin. Jennifer could still see many of Bitton’s features in her now-16-year-old daughter.

“You can see that she has his chin,” said Jen-nifer. “And those eye... those eyes, definitely.”

Allura smiled, remembering better days with her father.

“He moved to Boise from Utah just a few months before he died, just to be closer to us,” she said. “He would come to visit my mother and me at the City of Light [Home for Women]. But he still struggled. He was picked up and sent to jail. I think it was for public intoxication, but he sent me a letter from jail that said how much he wanted to be sober. When he got out, he called me from an AA meeting. That was two days before he died. We were supposed to meet but…” Allura’s voice trailed off.

Bitton’s body was discovered in the early morning hours of Oct. 28. He had died of blunt

force trauma to the head. Nearly two-and-a-half months later, on Jan. 15, Ada County prosecu-tors charged 24-year-old Scotty Turnbull with second-degree murder in connection with the beating death. Turnbull is also charged with se-verely beating another man and woman the night before he attacked Bitton.

“One day Rusty brought a man and a woman over to see us at City Light,” Jennifer recalled. “I’m almost certain they were the ones that were beaten just before Rusty was beaten to death.”

Indeed, it was the assault on the woman that prompted Bitton to stand up to Turnbull, which ultimately cost Bitton his life, according to Jennifer.

“That woman was beaten close to death,” she said. “I need to tell you that the Boise Police De-partment and prosecutor’s office have been great. The amount of investigation that they conducted was amazing. Allura and I and Rusty’s family from Utah all met with a victim coordinator just before the holidays and they assured us that they needed to make sure nothing would fall through the cracks before they pressed charges.”

Tears flowed during Boise Weekly’s conversa-tion with the Cliffords, who are both looking to the future. Jennifer is about to graduate from City Light’s 18-month recovery program, and she said she will soon renew her nurs-ing license. Allura will graduate from Boise’s Frank Church High School, where she’s on the honor roll, and she is looking forward to college.

It’s important that people know Bitton as much more than “that homeless guy,” Allura and Jennifer said.

“I was so frustrated that the media said he was homeless on the streets of Boise for so long,” said Jennifer. “He tried so hard. Yes, he stayed at the River of Life [Men’s Shelter] and Interfaith Sanctuary, but he was this amazing man. I had a sense that he was so desperately in search of peace. That was his intent: to be the man that Allura wanted him to be. If that’s all he could do, he did a lot.”

Wiping away tears, Jennifer added, “Gosh, what’s the matter with me … Do you think you could write something nice about him?”

JFAC’S BITTER PILLIt’s called Sovaldi, which is the brand name

of a new drug that may be the miracle drug to best treat, and some say cure, hepatitis C. Data presented to the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections revealed a 100 percent effective rate when the drug was part of a triple regimen, prompting an October 2013 fast-track approval from the Food and Drug Administration. But the breakthrough comes with a budget-busting price tag.

“Your budget always gives me a headache,” Idaho Senate Finance Chairman Dean Cameron told Medicaid Administrator Lisa Hettinger.

Cameron’s biggest headache was a line item request for $6.5 million—$1.9 million in Idaho general funds and the remainder in spending authority of federal funds—for Medic-aid payments for Sovaldi.

“The dollars are significant,” he added.There’s good reason that the Sovaldi pro-

gram for eligible Medicaid recipients has never appeared in an Idaho budget before, let alone surfaced at a hearing of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee. Hettinger said the information on Sovaldi was new but very good.

“This drug is able to treat, and potentially cure, what has been a fatal condition,” she said.

The cost is astronomical: about $1,000 per pill, or $84,000 for a course of treatment.

“Are there alternatives?” asked Cameron.Hettinger’s answer was news to the Idaho

lawmakers in the room but not to the families and friends of those who have died from hepa-titis C, which according to the Cleveland Clinic is “one of the most important clinical and public health problems facing modern medicine.”

“What happened before?” Hettinger asked rhetorically. “Nothing.”

To date, 26 Idahoans have been identified for the Sovaldi program and the current fiscal year is already half over. The target number of patients was 49 for the $6.5 million plan.

“We’ve made substantial denials to the pro-gram,” Hettinger said. “A potential participant must be at a chronic level. No alcohol- or drug-use can be present, and the person must have the right genotype to be present.”

Sovaldi is only one of the challenges that budget writers must wrestle with in the coming days of the 2015 Legislature, with Medicaid being one of the first state departments to step before JFAC with hat-in-hand.

—George Prentice

Allura (left) and her mother Jennifer Clifford (right) reminisce as they look at a photo of Russell “Rusty” Bitton, circa 2003, in which he’s holding a 3-year-old Allura, Clifford’s other two children and a cousin.

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have to make sure it’s economically feasible before we turn to the ratepayers to see if they’re interested.”

Burgos, a member of the new advisory council, was one of the first people to get

his hands on the landfill analysis.“This is a great first step toward helping us

understand how we can better set goals toward waste reduction,” he said. “The most exciting

part of this is how many opportunities there are for improvement.”

Meanwhile, at Ada County headquarters, Logan was a pretty happy man as he considered the number of possible ways to better manage our waste.

“I wouldn’t be terribly surprised [if ] in the next 12 months, you’ll see some very serious discussions about recycling, repurposing and

overall better decisions at the consumer level,” said Logan. “Right now, the No. 1 agenda item is a green waste program.”

Items considered “green” would include all of the food that’s being tossed out.

“Holy cow,” said Arkle. “It’s hard to fathom what [106 million pounds] a year looks like. And that’s the total edible and inedible food. It’s so extraordinarily large.”

Sovaldi can cost $1,000 per pill, or $84,000 for a regular course of treatment.

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Is this restaurant your passion?

Criner: I was a meat cutter for 28 years. [Criner chronicled a working-class life of selling newspapers at the age of 8, beginning his career as a meat cutter while in middle school, his time in the Army, his return to his Montana home, his move to Idaho in 1983 and his ownership of a bar, cutlery shop and Lindy’s restaurant].

Who’s Lindy?Criner: My wife. She wanted to name it

Tom, but that’s not really any good. I had a bar called Lindy’s at Ustick and Five Mile in the 1980s. And I’ve had this bigger place, Lindy’s Steak House [on Chinden Boulevard] for 18 years now.

I’m presuming that you have a very good eye for a really good cut of meat.

Criner: Let’s put it this way: I know what I want.

Are you tough with your vendors?Criner: The chickens absolutely have to be

fresh. The beef has to be choice, and I’m very picky about the size. I’ll send them back if they’re not perfect. And we make everything here at the restaurant. You name it—desserts, sauces, gravies—they’re all from scratch.

And the customer favorites?Cundiff: The giant prawns and the finger

steaks.Criner: And the prime rib. Every night, it’s the

prime rib.

I’m assuming that you’ve hired a lot of people over the years.

Criner: Oh boy. But the real secret is not to have big turnover.

And your success is due to…Criner: Wages. I pay my people a lot better

than most places.

It appears as if your place is a success.Criner: Well, it was until the city of Boise

smoking ordinance came along. I’ve lost $6,000 a month. What’s a bar for? Smoking and drinking. I built a smoking area, but customers aren’t going to come in, order a drink and then walk outside.

Have you determined how much business you may have lost due to the anti-smoking ordinance?

Criner: Our income used to be 55 percent liquor, 45 percent food; now, it’s 60 percent-40 percent food to liquor. The smoking ban has cost me 20 percent of my business. If the ban was imposed statewide, it would have been a lot fairer.

You had a bit of excitement here on Jan. 6.Cundiff: There was a husband and wife here.

I knew they were from out of town because they were wearing University of Oregon colors. I checked on them and everything seemed to be fine. I was putting silverware together when I heard the wife ask, “Are you choking?” I turned around, and he was nodding. They both stood up, and the wife immediately tried to help but nothing was working. He couldn’t talk, and I could definitely tell he was choking. She needed help.

Were you trained to use the Heimlich maneuver?

Cundiff: [I learned it] when I was 18 years old; I was a certified nursing assistant at the time. I had never had to perform it, but the Heimlich was second nature for me. He was turning color, fast. I stood right behind him—he was pretty tall—and I put my hands right below his sternum and thrust up.

Sorry to ask, but what came out?Cundiff: Thankfully, he had a napkin to catch

what came out of his windpipe.

It had to be a pretty big piece of beef that he hadn’t chewed.

Cundiff: I felt so bad for him. But his wife said, “Don’t apologize. You’re not the one who told him not to eat half a cow in one bite.”

I hope they tipped you OK.Cundiff: He handed me a $50 bill and said,

“Thank you for saving my life.” It’s really some-thing to hear those words.

Criner: I can’t tell you how much of a big deal this was to me. She was amazing.

And while your waitstaff is taking care of your customers, what are you up to?

Criner: I’m bussing tables. Hey, I like to see what goes out, but I always want to see what comes back. And usually, that’s not much.

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A lifetime of serving (and even saving a life)GEORGE PRENTICE

One of them works well into the night. The other starts his day long before the sun comes up. They’re both passionate about serving customers.

“I’m here at 4 a.m. each morning. I’m doing the books, cutting the meat and doing a fair amount of the shopping,” said Thomas Criner, owner of Lindy’s Steak House. “What can I say? I’m really picky.”

“I’m a caregiver by nature,” said Jennifer Cundiff. “I’ve been in the medical field most of my professional life, but I recently returned to be a server here at Lindy’s.”

Their stories are individually unique, but Boise Weekly sat down with the pair at the beginning of Cundiff’s schedule and the end of Criner’s, to talk about their customers, the challenge of oper-ating a pub/restaurant after the smoking ban and one particular life-saving event.

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It’s always busy at Bittercreek Alehouse; often it’s too busy for a quiet conversation. So when Boise Weekly sat down with Bittercreek Beverage Manager David Roberts

to talk about the rapid proliferation of microbreweries in Boise, a move next door to Red Feather Lounge allowed for Roberts to paint a picture of Boise’s

growing craft beer market and what it will take for that growth to be sustainable.

“The type of brewery we’re getting is small in scale, and this type of brewery is not as sustainable an operation,”

Roberts said. “You’ll never turn enough of a profit that you can expand and grow and brew better beer. In the end, you’re

stuck spinning your wheels with $10 to $20 profit per keg,” Roberts said, adding that there are too many breweries of that scale.

Currently, there are 43 microbreweries operating in Idaho (there are nearly 3,000 nationwide). According to Idaho Brewers United, 19 of those are in the Treasure

Valley, and six more have their sights set on opening in the area in the near future. While some brewers might like to see

a taphouse on every corner, others in the industry, like Roberts, say the market can be hostile, with low profit margins and fierce

competition for tap handles at local bars and restaurants.

The growth in local brewing is visible at Bittercreek, which currently serves local and specialty beers from 33 taps. Roberts said there are plans to add nine more handles in the coming months. Deciding which beers earn spots on those coveted

handles depends on several factors. The first, of course, is a matter of taste.

“As our market becomes more mature, one of our biggest concerns is going to be quality. People love to bag on the big houses [like Anheuser Busch], but the one thing they do do is produce beer on a huge scale all the time, totally free of classic flaws,” Roberts said. “Brewers here have produced beers that have classic flaws that any

brewer can identify.”

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In several instances, Roberts said, he has purchased a keg from a local producer only to learn that the beer inside is past its prime—this is a particular concern with India pale ales—or sipped a beer only to have the buttery taste of diacetyl, a byproduct of the brewing process, coat the inside of his mouth. He said that a poor initial experience buying beer from a local brewer strongly influences his decisions to purchase from that brewer again.

Another contributing factor to a brewery’s success or failure is the business acumen of its marketing and distribution managers. Experienced sellers know when buyers like Roberts are making purchases, and the best sellers jump ahead of the pack by offering the best product in the most professional way.

Many breweries have tried to differentiate themselves by brewing exotic beers with strong or unusual flavors, but there are perils to that kind of distinction, as well: While many beer connoisseurs have shown a preferences for hoppy beers, like IPAs, and full-bodied beers, like porters, Roberts said these beers often pair poorly with food—only about 20 percent of the beers available at Bittercreek and Red Feather are extremely hoppy or sugary.

“I’m looking to marry flavors or contrast flavors, but always, they should be equal in the scale with which they affect the palate,” Roberts said.

Local breweries come in all sizes, from large operations like Sockeye Brewing and Payette Brewing Company, which have canning operations, sophisticated marketing and distribution programs, and tap handles across the state. Others are like Bear Island Brewing, with its 400 square-foot brewery and beers available at a handful of taps in Boise. They’re competing with huge brewers like Anheuser Busch, and, despite craft brewing’s famous culture of cooperation and solidarity, they’re all competing for a limited number of taps as well as for customers.

While the preferences of beverage managers like Roberts help determine the availability of local beers at area watering holes, there are

broader economic forces at work. Boise State University Professor Donald Holley said it’s a simple case of supply and demand.

“[Beverage managers] might try to encourage sales of one beer over another but regardless of what they might like to sell, they have to accommodate what buyers want to buy,” he said. “There are always two sides to this market. If nobody likes the beer, it’s not going to last very long.”

According to Holley, there are also the stresses of running a high-overhead operation, working long hours and surviving on low profit margins. Many would-be brewers might make initial investments in opening a brewery but look elsewhere when they discover how difficult the business can be. In a larger, more competitive marketplace, many small breweries will close because the economics of running a small brewery are less forgiving than those of producing product on a larger scale.

“We talk about economies of scale,” Holley said. “The larger operations are more efficient. But there are also dis-economics of scale. These small brewers are operating at a much higher cost per unit than the larger national breweries.”

The weather report for breweries in the Treasure Valley isn’t all doom and gloom, though, and some breweries have experienced unexpected success ahead of their own self-imposed schedules. Payette Brewing Company has made the leap from small-production to multi-state, self-distributing brewery in fewer than five years. Initially, Payette beers were available at 15 locations across the Treasure Valley, and it didn’t can its beers, which meant it couldn’t be sold at supermarkets. What’s more, during its first two years, Payette distributed all of its kegs

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on its own. According to Payette Marketing and Events Manager Sheila Francis, finding

new, economical ways of getting beer from the brewery and into customers’ glasses was the key to the fledgling company’s success.

“Having craft beer’s one thing,” Francis said. “But it’s a whole new realm to be able to take that beer wherever you want to go with it,” she said.

Payette’s staff struggled at first with the realities of self distributing, adhering to long- and short-term plans and ensuring that its sales staff hadn’t oversold its stock; but discipline and careful planning have paid off. The brewery has grown from distributing at 15 locations to more than 400, and gone from producing 578 barrels of beer in 2011 to more than 10,000 in 2014.

Francis, who also serves as president of Idaho Brewers United, talks to many would-be and startup brewers about crafting a strategy for long-term success. Often,she advises patience.

“We’ve definitely grown far past that original business plan. We’re well past those initial expectations; we’re distributing to multiple states; we have our own canning line,” Francis said. “The timeline went faster. I always tell people it takes a whole heck of a lot longer than you’d expect, but not everything goes according to plan.”

The chief concern of craft brewers isn’t necessarily competition from other craft brewers. Depending on who you ask, craft brewers’ share of the total beer market is between 7.5 percent and 10 percent nationwide and while nobody’s quite sure what share of the market craft brewers occupy in Idaho, Francis said that there’s plenty of market share to go around.

“There’s still a lot of pie for craft brewers, so I don’t think we’re near saturation, but there’s more education to be done about craft beer. We just have to grow that pool of people who are drinking craft beer,” she said.

The trick, Francis said, is to talk about craft beers in a way that helps potential customers choose them instead of mass-market beers. Terms

like “fruity” or “hoppy” are part of the parlance but can come across as elitist or unnecessarily technical. When it comes to competing directly with national beer brands for the business of longtime beer drinkers, some argue that it’s best to let the beer do the talking.

“I think it’s about the approach,” Francis said. “People can get turned on by craft beer, but they make it hard to approach. Being able to talk with somebody pretty normally about it without excluding them … There’s still a battle over whether a woman would like an IPA. That’s pretty absurd. Having a normal conversation about it is helpful.”

Then there’s the business of chasing tap handles. Francis, like Roberts, said that beer quality could be a problem if the number of handles increases. Bar managers installing more handles would mean large capital expenditures for bars to accommodate the supply of beer while not necessarily responding to demand from customers,

and they’d be filling those taps with beer that otherwise wouldn’t have made the roster.

Collin Rudeen is a relative newcomer to Boise’s microbrew scene but his brewery, Boise Brewing, which rents space in Boise Weekly’s building on Broad Street, is thriving, in part

because Boise Brewing began with filling growlers and glasses at its

taphouse but quickly moved on to pursuing tap handles at local bars, including Bittercreek.

After opening its door in June 2014, BB secured its first account with Roosevelt Market on Warm Springs Avenue. Today, it’s fulfilling orders from about 100 accounts across the Treasure Valley. It also has plans for capital expenditures in equipment that would double beer production from 120 barrels per month to 240 barrels per month, putting it within range of canning operations sometime in 2016.

Rudeen said that while some paint the competition as being between domestic beer and microbrews, the playing field is more complicated, involving competition between local microbreweries, regional craft breweries (like Rogue, Sierra Nevada and Ninkasi) and, wherever possible, nationally distributed domestics.

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“Ideally we take a Coors Light handle, but in reality, we’re eating into regional handles’ sales. There’s a limited amount of handles, and growth isn’t going to come easy. We’re going to have to fight for it,” Rudeen said.

But dislodging a domestic tap isn’t uncommon, Rudeen said, and grabbing market share from beers like Coors, Miller and Budweiser is taking place in Boise one tap at a time—most recently at Jim’s Alibi, where BB wrestled a tap from Coors Light.

“That one wasn’t actually too hard,” Rudeen said. “We had a conversation [with the beer manager], and they saw that they had a lot of domestic light beers on tap.”

Newer breweries are still more optimistic about the market. Clairvoyant Brewing is set to open its brewery and taphouse this summer in Boise’s West End. Co-founder Dr. Ryan Kowalczyk is eager to take his passion for homebrewing to the next level in a market that he sees as ripe for growth.

“We say, ‘The more the merrier.’ It’s like art. You don’t say, ‘There are too many artists out there,’” Kowalczyk said.

Clairvoyant Brewing is working through what Kowalczyk calls “red tape”: planning and zoning permits, filing with the proper authorities and purchasing equipment. And it has raised some eyebrows with the Boise School District, which noted in a letter to city officials that though the brewery will be legally far enough away from nearby Whittier Elementary School, the distance between the school’s property line to Clairvoyant’s front door “appears very close to the required minimum feet of separating distance.” Kowalczyk and his partners will have to renovate the space on the 2800 block of Idaho Street, and they’ve already paid an architect $10,000 to draw up plans. It’s a project he and his partners have agreed to undertake without accruing debt so Clairvoyant can expand organically.

“We tried to do this without getting a loan. There’s a lot of pressure that way. We wanted to brew ourselves into a bigger system,” Kowalczyk said.

When finished, Clairvoyant will be a five-barrel brewing operation producing 15 barrels per week and selling out of a taphouse. Its owners hope it will become a neighborhood watering hole in a part of

Boise that is likely to see an influx of commercial growth as developers begin expanding westward from downtown Boise. Kowalczyk, a dentist, has high hopes that development will help create a sense of community in Clairvoyant’s neighborhood, raising the fledgling business’ chances for success.

Kowalczyk and his partners aren’t afraid to start small, and while they aren’t opposed to pursuing taps beyond Clairvoyant’s taproom, Kowalczyk said they don’t yet have plans for other ways of getting beer to their customers.

Bear Island Brewing Company, which runs a three-barrel process out of Beth Bechtel’s 400-square-foot garage, is more aggressive when it comes to expansion, and its master plan is to make its beers available in cans within five years. It recently landed its Fuse Pale Ale at Bittercreek, Grind Modern Burger, Prefunk, Bier:Thirty and Haff Brewing, and is rolling on production of two other flagship beers: Bearfoot Brown and an IPA. For Bechtel, who founded Bear Island with her husband when they were discharged from the Navy, the brewery is meant to help grow Boise’s beer scene and raise awareness of issues affecting veterans—and she’s using “beer Meccas” like Belgium, Ireland and Germany as her models for

what healthy beer cultures look like.

“The culture of beer is so much more advanced [in Europe] than it is in

America,” Bechtel said. “In Belgium, beer is a religious experience. The monks make it, and it’s all about the quality.”

By contrast, America’s beer scene is still in a Wild West phase. Prior to Prohibition, there were around 4,000 small breweries in the United States; today, there are about 3,000, though the Brewers Association expects that number to return to pre-Prohibition levels by the end of 2016. Bechtel crunched the numbers and encouraged by that much potential room for growth, she devised a three-phase plan for growth that includes expanding the brewery out of her garage, building a taproom, canning or bottling, and, finally, distributing her beer regionally within five years.

When asked if she thought Boise’s beer market was saturated, she was clear.

“Starbucks has a location on every corner. Why can’t we?”

“WE SAY, ‘THE MORE THE MERRIER.’ IT’S LIKE ART. YOU DON’T SAY, ‘THERE ARE TOO MANY

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CALENDARWEDNESDAYJAN. 21

On Stage

MARK TWAIN: HIS LIFE AND TIMES—Mark Twain imperson-ator John Heimer provides an educational and entertaining look at the legendary author’s life. 6:30 p.m. FREE. Ada Community Library, 10664 W. Victory Road, Boise, 208-362-0181, adalib.org.

Workshops & Classes

ADVOCACY TRAINING FOR NON-PROFIT LEADERS—Learn to be an effective advocate for your causes and issues, and explore ways non-profits can influence public policy. Meet with state legislators Hy Kloc, Pat McDonald and Joe Palmer and discuss topics over lunch. RSVP by Jan. 16 to [email protected].

Questions? Visit transformidaho.org or call Sue Philley at 208-340-9450. 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boisepubliclibrary.org.

PARENTING THE LOVE & LOGIC WAY—Learn helpful ways to deal confidently with the challenges of raising children in today’s uncertain world. You’ll learn simple and easy-to-use techniques that will make your life as a parent more enjoyable and less stressful while raising more responsible children. Wednes-days through Feb. 25. Register by calling the Wings Center Business Office or visit their website. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $57-$67. Wings Center of Boise, 1875 Century Way, Boise, 208-376-3641, wingscenter.com.

WORD WORKSHOP: THE SHORT STORY—Kick off 2015 with an in-depth investigation of the short story led by Christian Winn. Work-shop students will be writing short stories, getting feedback though workshop discussion and detailed critiques, and working to evolve and revise their work thoroughly.

The end-goal will be to produce publishable stories. For more info or to register, visit thecabinidaho.org/WordWorkshopSeries. Wednes-days through Feb. 25. 6:30-8:30 p.m. $180-$207. The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho.org.

Art

CHARLES HAMAN—Check out this printmaking and oil painting exhibit by local artist Charles Ha-man during regular library hours. Mondays-Saturdays through Feb. 3. FREE. Garden City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2942, facebook.com/events/324384827764269.

FORAY IV: PUSHING THE ENVE-LOPE—Check out this collection of recent works by 46 Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance members, featuring 55 pieces in a dazzling array of media and styles. Get more info at treasurevalleyartistsalliance.org. In the Boise State Public Radio offices Mondays-Fridays through Jan. 30.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Yanke Family Research Park, 220 E. Parkcenter Blvd., Boise.

KAREN WOODS: SHIFT—Long-time Boise artist Karen Woods captures the beauty of the everyday experience, such as the trail of a raindrop sliding down a windshield. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 28. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Stewart Gallery, 2230 Main St., Boise, 208-433-0593, stewartgallery.com.

LISA BOWER: FROSTED—Showing Tuesdays-Saturdays through Feb. 28. Meet the artist on Saturday, Feb. 7, 6-9 p.m. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. FREE. Crossings Winery, 1289 W. Madison Ave., Glenns Ferry, 208-366-2313, crossingswinery.com.

QUILT EXHIBITION—The Narrative Thread, an exhibition of quilts and stitched artworks, features work by 37 quilters representing the Panhandle, Eastern Idaho and the Boise Valley. Through Feb. 8. FREE. Idaho State Capitol Build-ing, 700 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-433-9705, capitolcommis-sion.idaho.gov.

RED CIRCLE PRESS: TRANS-LUCENCY—Student and alumni printmakers dissect the concept of translucency through a series of prints. Through July 12. FREE. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-1242, finearts.boisestate.edu.

UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ROCK ’N’ ROLL—Celebrate an art form with uniquely American origins and its impact on our culture. Featuring paintings, photography, sculpture, contemporary and historic show posters and a timeline of the 1960s created by Sage School stu-dents that illustrates the connec-tions between rock ’n’ roll and so-cial, political, musical and historical events. Mondays-Fridays through Jan. 30. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. FREE. Sun Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., Ketchum, 208-726-9491, sunvalleycenter.org.

Calls to Artists

AUDITIONS FOR GYNECOLOGY: THE MUSICAL—Indie film company

MasterMindz Entertainment is currently casting several roles from Boise and the surrounding areas for a short film, entitled Gynecology: The Musical (working title). There are singing roles for two males, one 30-70 years and the other 25-40, and a female 25-40 years, plus a non-singing part for a female 18-35 years, and non-speaking roles for for a male 18-35 and a female 25-40. For audition material, email [email protected]. Your email’s subject line should read: VanHeimer Audition. Attach a head shot and include your name, age and location, and the role you would like to audition for. Deadline is March 15. FREE.

WRITERS IN THE ATTIC ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY CONTEST—The Cabin is now accepting submissions from Idaho poets, fiction and nonfic-tion story writers on the theme “animal.” Entries will be accepted through 5 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27. Selected works will be published as part of the Writers in the Attic 2015 anthology. Guidelines and submission forms can be found at virtualcabinidaho.com. $10-$15.

Celebrating the King.

MLK LIVING LEGACY EVENTS AT BOISE STATE Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday was observed on Jan. 19, but

this year’s commemoration extends well beyond the holiday.A panel discussion at 7 p.m., Jan. 21 at Boise State’s Student

Union, will envision a “Beloved Community” through the lens of escalated racial tensions in Ferguson, Mo. Attendees will include representatives of the Boise Police Department and ACLU of Idaho. Another panel on Thursday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union, will focus on dialogues between veterans and Middle Eastern students at Boise State. A Student Interfaith Breakfast is slated for Saturday, Jan. 24 at 9 a.m., also at the Student Union. This year’s keynote will be presented Monday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Student Union, featuring Dr. C.T. Vivian, civil rights leader and “an apostle of social justice” from the New School for Social Research.

Events through Monday, Jan. 26, FREE. Boise State University, 1910 University Dr., 208-426-5950, mlk.boisestate.edu

WEDNESDAY-MONDAY, JAN. 21-26

This show puts the “dance” in Idaho Dance Theatre.

IDAHO DANCE THEATRE: WINTER SHOWIdaho Dance Theatre’s Winter Show, Jan. 22-25 is more than a

simple diversion. On the program is an evening of all-new choreogra-phy, including the comedic Girls and Guys from IDT Artistic Director Marla Hansen with music by local jazz masters Frim Fram 4; a work by choreographer and longtime IDT dancer Yurek Hansen inspired by 20th century Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky; and two new works from acclaimed local dancer/choreographer Lauren Edson, who flexes her choreography muscles in Superego, a piece of “highly physical, combative and gestural movement” inspired by Denise Du-hamel’s poem Ego and set to the music of electronic artist Murcof. Edson will also perform a new solo work set to original music by her husband Andrew Stensaas (of duo Edmond Dantes).

Jan. 22, 7 p.m., $10 general, $5 student; Jan. 23-24, 8 p.m., $10-$30; Jan. 25, 2 p.m., $10-$30. Boise State SPEC, 1910 Univer-sity Dr., idahodancetheatre.org

THURSDAY-SUNDAY, JAN. 22-25

Attend the Banff Film Fest, and you’ll want to quit your day job.

BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVALEvery year, the theater goes dark, familiar theme music begins

and fervent followers of the Banff Mountain Film Festival feel the hair on their arms rise. This year, two dozen films ranging from three-minutes to an hour long will set the hearts of outdoor enthu-siasts across the Treasure Valley beating faster.

The festival includes three nights of films that feature wing suits, surfing, climbing, getting stuck in small cracks, skiing, running, flipping through the air with a parachute, slacklining, mountain biking on cliff sides the width of a tire, exotic landscapes, kayaking, exploring, repelling, cave searching and cairn building.

When the lights come back up, the audience will feel energized, restless and ready to pull on their parkas to see what they’re truly capable of.

Doors open at 6 p.m., films start at 7 p.m. $14-$48, Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., 208-387-1273, www.banffcentre.ca

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Literature

AUTHOR NOMI EVE—Boise Public Library hosts historical fiction author

Nomi Eve, whose newest book, Henna House, is a coming-of-age story set in the exotic world of Yemen’s Jewish community in the 1920s and ’30s. A book signing will follow. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Friends of the Boise Public Library. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Public Library, 715 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-384-4076, boise-publiclibrary.org.

Sports & Fitness

TREASURE VALLEY ROLLER GIRLS OPEN ENROLLMENT 2015—Do

you have what it takes to play derby? If your answer was “yes,”

then the Treasure Valley Roller Girls want to invite you to join the team. RSVP to [email protected], and get more info at tvrderby.com. 6:30-8:30 p.m. FREE.

THURSDAYJAN. 22

Festivals & Events

LIZ FAMILY NIGHT AND TRADE SHOW—Grab your co-workers and family for a fun night for kids and adults. You won’t want to miss this free opportunity to connect with other business owners, display your products and have fun. Email [email protected] for FREE table space. 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE. Forward Movement Training Center, 125 W. Taylor Ave., Ste. 600, Merid-ian, 208-888-4855, facebook.com/events/696577087129192.

TREASURE VALLEY SINGLES CLUB BRUNCH—Meet TVS mem-bers for brunch. Reservation re-quired; call Lyle at 208-888-5449. 11:30 a.m. FREE admission. Le Peep, 3036 N. Eagle Road, Merid-ian, 208-629-0155, lepeep.com.

On Stage

COMEDIAN DUNCAN JAY—With Jen Adams. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

COMEDIAN JIM JEF-FERIES—Actor, writer, producer and comedian

Jim Jefferies, has appeared on nu-merous TV shows, including HBO’s Down and Dirty with Jim Norton, which in turn led to his critically acclaimed HBO special, I Swear to God. He followed that up with a Showtime special titled Alcho-holocaust, and Fully Functional on The EPIX Network. 8 p.m. $39.50. Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., Boise, 208-345-0454, 208-387-1273, egyptiantheatre.net.

IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER CONCERT—Check out new works by

guest choreographer Lauren Edson, with the premiere of Superego and a new solo to original music by Andrew Stensaas. Idaho Dance Theatre Artistic Director Marla Hansen premieres “Girls and Guys,” to the music of The Frim Fram 4. And dancer-choreographer Yurek Hansen premieres new work inspired by the writings of Nijinsky. Tickets are available online at idahodancetheatre.org or at the door. 7 p.m. $10-$30, Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 Univer-sity Drive, Boise, 208-331-9592, sub.boisestate.edu.

RUN FOR YOUR WIFE—In this British farce by Ray Cooney, a taxi driver tries getting away with having two wives in different areas of Lon-don, but his double life threatens to explode after a car accident starts overlapping his two different lives. Through Feb. 7. 7:30 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Em-erald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, eventbrite.com/org/2762190930.

SQUABBLES—Jerry Sloan is a suc-cessful writer of advertising jingles married to an equally successful lawyer. Living with the happy couple is the not-so-happy Abe Dreyfus, Jerry’s curmudgeon of a father-in-law. The situation is exacerbated when Jerry’s mother Mildred loses her house in a fire and needs a place to stay. Abe and Mildred can’t stand each other. Comedy for adult audiences. 7:30 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittle-theater.org.

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ETHAN RUSSELL LEC-TURE AND SLIDESHOW—The Sun Valley Center

for the Arts presents a lecture and slideshow by Grammy-nominated photographer, author and director

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Beware the Queen of Air and Darkness.

BCT: FATA MORGANAThe term fata morgana is Latin for “the fairy Morgan,” referring

to the sinister sorceress Morgan Le Fay and shorthand for mirages that led Italian sailors into deadly waters. Playwright Jeni Mahoney imbues her Fata Morgana, about a couple whose quiet life on the edge of a toxic lake in the Mojave Desert is set to be upended, with the same sense of dangerous unreality—what Boise Contemporary Theater Executive Director Matthew Cameron Clark called “a new American magic realism.” The play celebrates its world premiere in Boise with previews Wednesday, Jan. 28-Friday, Jan. 30 and a Saturday, Jan. 31 opening night. Mahoney will be in Boise for the premiere, which features the work of actors Cherene Snow, of Chi-cago, and Danielle Sacks and Kathy McCafferty, both of New York.

Previews: Jan. 28-30, opening night: Jan. 31, matinees: Feb. 7, 14 and 21; 8 p.m., matinees at 2 p.m.; $16-$32. Boise Contempo-rary Theater, 854 Fulton St., 208-331-9224, bctheater.org

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Ethan Russell, who is renowned for shooting album covers for such rock ’n’ roll greats as the Rolling Stones, The Beatles and The Who. To purchase tickets, visit the website or call the office. 6:30 p.m. $25-$35. NexStage Theatre, 120 S. Main, Ketchum, 208-726-2985, sunvalleycenter.org.

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BOGUS SKI PATROL WAX N BEER NIGHTS—Bogus Basin Ski Patrol’s Wax N Beer nights have just about everything needed to warm a ski-er’s or snowboarder’s heart (sans snow): hot ski/snowboard waxing from Bogus Basin ski patrollers ($12 for skis, $15 for snowboards), a complimentary craft brew and screenings of ski and board movies on the patio--which is heated. Proceeds support the mountain’s ski patrol operations, which are overseen by an independent volunteer organization comprised of 180 members who provide first aid and support. 6-9 p.m. $12-$15. Sockeye Grill and Brewery, 3019 N. Cole Road, Boise, 208-658-1533, sockeyebrew.com.

FRIDAYJAN. 23

Festivals & Events

SPLASH N’ DASH—Par-ents, enjoy a Friday eve-ning with each other while

your children play in the pools. For ages 3–12; children must be potty trained. Preregistration required. 5:45-9:45 p.m. $13-$18. Nampa Recreation Center, 131 Constitu-tion Way, Nampa, 208-468-5858, namparecreation.org.

On Stage

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: PLAYFUL ROMANCE—Wil-liam Tell Overture, an

audience favorite, opens an eve-ning of playful, light-hearted works that includes Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony. Featuring Paul Sharpe, bass, and Brooks Whitehouse, cello. For more info and tickets, visit boisephilharmonic.org. 8 p.m. $21.20-$42.40. Brandt Center at NNU, 707 Fern St., Nampa, 208-467-8790, nnu.edu/brandt.

COMEDIAN DUNCAN JAY—With Jen Adams. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ—ComedySportz is an improvised comedy match with two teams that compete against each other for points and laughs. 7:30 p.m. $9.99. ComedyS-portz Boise, 3250 N. Lakeharbor Lane, Ste. 184A, Boise, 208-991-4746, comedysportzboise.com.

IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER CONCERT—8 p.m.$10-$30. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-331-9592, sub.boisestate.edu.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: HOL-LYWOOD—Join the Red Light Variety Show to pull back the curtains on the delightfully good and sinfully bad sides of Tinseltown. This star-studded cast features emcees Joe Golden and Veronica Von Tobel, music by The Green Zoo, and all of the jaw-dropping entertainment you would expect from a Red Light show, including comedy, aerial arts, modern dance, burlesque and more. For info and tickets, visit rlvs-boise.com. 9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.

RUN FOR YOUR WIFE—8 p.m. $15. Stage Coach Theatre, 4802 W. Em-erald Ave., Boise, 208-342-2000, eventbrite.com/org/2762190930.

SQUABBLES—8 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittle-theater.org.

SATURDAYJAN. 24

Festivals & Events

BEER CAN APPRECIA-TION DAY—Beer was first sold in cans on Jan. 24,

1935, and Payette Brewing Co. was the first brewery in Idaho to can beer. To celebrate this day, Payette will be selling $1 beers across the board, meaning $1 single cans, $6 six packs, $12 12 packs and $24 Adventure Packs. 12-10 p.m. Payette Brewing Company, 111 W. 33rd St., Garden City, 208-344-0011, payettebrewing.com/events.

FOUR RIVERS CLASSIC CAR SHOW—Experience a bevy of classic cars inside

the Four Rivers Cultural Center for comfortable viewing. The owners will be available throughout the weekend to visit with attendees. An anticipated 65 vehicles will be on display. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. $3. Four Riv-ers Cultural Center and Museum, 676 S.W. Fifth Ave., Ontario, 541-889-8191.

WINTER WELLNESS EVENT—From raw food to skin care, see how you can keep your New Year’s

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resolutions or maintain your already healthy lifestyle. There’ll be demos and sampling throughout the store, along with sales throughout the day. A FREE Restorative Yoga Class will be offered from 1-2 p.m. 12-5 p.m. FREE. Boise Co-op, 888 W. Fort St., Boise, 208-472-4500, boisecoop.com.

On Stage

BOISE PHILHARMONIC: PLAYFUL ROMANCE—Wil-liam Tell Overture, an

audience favorite, opens an eve-ning of playful, light-hearted works, including Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony. Featuring Paul Sharpe, bass, and Brooks Whitehouse, cello. For more info and tickets, visit boisephilharmonic.org. 8 p.m. $22.70-$70.40. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise, 208-426-1110, mc.boisestate.edu.

COMEDIAN DUNCAN JAY—With Jen Adams. 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. $12. Liquid, 405 S. Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

COMEDYSPORTZ—ComedySportz

is an all-improvised, for-everyone comedy match with two teams that compete against each other for points and laughs. 7:30 p.m. $9.99. ComedySportz Boise, 3250 N. Lakeharbor Lane, Ste. 184A, Boise, 208-991-4746, comedys-portzboise.com.

FREEZE FRAME—Enjoy this collec-tive dance performance put on by the member studios of the Boise Dance Teachers Association. Funds raised are used for scholarship money awarded to member studios’ students. 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. $7 adv., $8 door. Nampa Civic Center, 311 Third St. S., Nampa, 208-468-5555, nampaciviccenter.com.

IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER CONCERT—8 p.m. $10-$30, Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, , 208-331-9592. sub.boisestate.edu.

NAMPA NERDS UNITE COMEDY SHOW—Nerds, geeks and dorks of all kinds unite for live comedy. The hilarious Kyle Letner hosts, with the very funny Brett Badostain, Dylan Cole and Aaron Farnsworth topping it all off with “Star Wars Abridged,” an uproariously funny interpretation of all six Star Wars

movies in 30 minutes. 2-4 p.m. $3. Artistblue Gallery, Karcher Mall, 1509 Caldwell Blvd., Nampa, 208-467-3643, facebook.com/ArtistblueGallery.

RED LIGHT VARIETY SHOW: HOL-LYWOOD—9 p.m. $15 adv., $20 door. Visual Arts Collective, 3638 Osage St., Garden City, 208-424-8297, visualartscollective.com.


SQUABBLES—2 p.m. and 8 p.m. $11-$16. Boise Little Theater, 100 E. Fort St., Boise, 208-342-5104, boiselittletheater.org.

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BREWER AND THE COOK BENEFIT DINNER—The Brewer and the Cook returns for its second evening of paired beer and food. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Boise Rock School’s music outreach program. Tickets only available in advance at thebrewerandthecook.brownpapertickets.com. 7 p.m. $45. Crooked Fence Barrelhouse, 5181 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-376-4200, facebook.com/crookedfencebarrelhouse.

HOPE ON THE SLOPES—Hope on the Slopes Ski and Ride for a Cure raises

hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for cancer research through donations to the American Cancer Society. Visit the website for more info and to register. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $40 individual, $150 teams of 4-10.Brundage Mountain Resort, 3890 Goose Lake Road, McCall, 1-800-888-7544, brundage.com/event/hope-slopes.

Odds & Ends

LILLY JANE’S CUSTOMER AP-PRECIATION SALE—Celebrate the new year with Lilly Jane’s Cupcakes in Boise. Their cupcakes will be 50 percent off all day. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Lilly Jane’s Cupcakes Boise, 1020 W. Main St., Ste. 111, Boise, 208-336-1747, lillyjanescupcakes.com.

SUNDAYJAN. 25

Festivals & Events

FOUR RIVERS CLASSIC CAR SHOW—9 a.m.-5 p.m. $3. Four Riv-ers Cultural Center and Museum, 676 S.W. Fifth Ave., Ontario, 541-889-8191.

On Stage

COMEDIAN DUNCAN JAY—With Jen Adams. 8 p.m. $10. Liquid, 405 S.

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L A S T W E E K ’ S A N S W E R SGo to www.boiseweekly.com and look un-der odds and ends for the answers to this week’s puzzle. And don’t think of it as cheating. Think of it more as simply double-checking your answers.

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Eighth St., Ste. 110, Boise, 208-287-5379, liquidboise.com.

IDAHO DANCE THEATRE WINTER CONCERT—2 p.m. $10-$30. Boise State Special Events Center, 1800 University Drive, Boise, 208-331-9592. sub.boisestate.edu.


Sports & Fitness

INTRO TO SUP & SUP YOGA IN THE POOL—In the intro class, SUP in-

structors from the Y and Idaho River Sports focus on proper stance, basic paddle strokes and paddle techniques. In the yoga class, SUP instructors will help you take yoga to the next level. SUP boards are provided and you must be 16 years of age or older. Green ribbon swim test is required. Sundays, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Continues through May 31. $8-$15. West Treasure Valley YMCA and Boise City Aquatic Center, 5959 Discovery Place, Boise, 208-336-4844, idahorivers-ports.com.

MONDAYJAN. 26

Festivals & Events

MLK KEYNOTE AD-DRESS: REV. C.T. VIV-IAN—Be inspired by the

message from the Rev. C.T. Vivian, named by The New School for So-cial Research as a “spiritual leader, apostle of social justice, strategist of the civil rights movement.” Visit mlk.boisestate.edu/events for more details and a full list of MLK Living Legacy Celebration events. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom, 1910 University Drive, Boise, 208-426-5800, bois-estate.edu.

On Stage

STORY STORY NIGHT: SHORT CIRCUIT—Story Story Night’s ’80s movie-

based season gets kitschy and glitchy with “SHORT CiRCUiT: Stories of a Glitch in the System.” Hear mistakes and misfires from featured storytellers Elizabeth McK-etta, Justinia Ellis and Larry Davis, plus an open story slam, with prizes going to all who dare go on stage. Hosted by Jessica Holmes, with music by Stardust Lounge. 7 p.m. $10. El Korah Shrine Center, 1118 W. Idaho St., Boise, 208-343-0571, elkorah.org.

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JIM JEFFERIES: TOO LEGIT TO QUIT

During the ’10s, we saw a new kind of TV show: semi-autobiographical, self-referential, day-in-the-life series created by and starring standup comedians portrayed in situations that reflect how we came to know them in the first place: Episodes of Louie include snippets of creator Louis C.K. performing his act; Maron is centered on creator Marc Maron, often shown in

his garage recording his popular podcast, WTF with Marc Maron. Legit, a vehicle for Australian comic Jim Jefferies, originally

aired on FX (home to Louie), which should have been the perfect landing spot for a show trying to traverse the relatively uncharted terrain between scripted sitcoms of the past starring comedians (Roseanne, Everybody Loves Raymond) and these newer shows.

In Legit, co-creator Jefferies—who performs at The Egyptian Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 22—played a version of himself: an expat standup trying to be successful in the United States. The rest of the cast, however, portrayed characters like Steve (Dan Bakkedahl), Jim’s alcoholic best pal and Steve’s brother Billy (the always brilliant DJ Qualls), a quadriplegic, both of whom Jim lives with. Legit was off-color and profane and was often as cringe-inducing as Louie or Maron. It was also, equally as often, just as funny and engaging. Legit couldn’t find an audience, though, and even a move to FXX, FX’s new hip sibling, couldn’t save it—it was canceled after two seasons. As unfortunate as it was that FX and FXX pulled the plug on Legit, Jefferies is still touring, still perform-ing, still doing what he does best. And if he’s anything like his on-air persona, it will take more than getting his show canceled for Jefferies to quit.

—Amy Atkins

See Jim Jefferies live, Thursday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m., $39.50, The Egyptian Theatre, 700 W. Main St., egyptiantheatre.net.

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Sports & Fitness

JEFF GALLOWAY MEET-AND-GREET—Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Olympian and run/walk/run guru Jeff Galloway and learn about his unique methods at his Run School, set for Jan. 28. For more info, visit jeffgalloway.com. 6 p.m. FREE. Shu’s Idaho Running Company, 1758 W. State St., Boise, 208-344-6604, idahorunningcom-pany.com.

TUESDAYJAN. 27Talks & Lectures

IDAHO RIVERS UNITED: WHY IDAHO IS NO. 1 IN WATER USE—According

to a new report from the U.S. Geo-logical Survey, Idahoans use more water per person than any other state in the U.S. Why do we use so much water and what are the best strategies to chart a course toward water security? Molly Maupin, USGS hydrologist and author of the study, will explain how the USGS takes stock of national water use every five years. For more info, visit idahorivers.org. 6 p.m. FREE. Gar-den City Library, 6015 Glenwood St., Garden City, 208-472-2941, notaquietlibrary.org.

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JEFF GALLOWAY MEET-AND-GREET—Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Olympian and run/walk/

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run guru Jeff Galloway and learn about his unique methods at his Run School, set for Wednesday, Jan. 28. In the Elmore Room. For more info, visit jeffgalloway.com/learn/running-schools. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. FREE. St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center, 190 E. Bannock St., Boise, 208-381-1200, stluke-sonline.org.

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BEER FOR CHARITY—Head down to 10 Barrel Brewing for dinner and drinks. Proceeds from food and beer sales will benefit Winter Wildlands’ National SnowSchool programs. There’ll be raffles, auc-tions and awesome giveaways. 5-9 p.m. FREE admission. 10 Barrel Brewing Co., 830 W. Bannock St., Boise, 208-577-1182.

IDAHO SUICIDE PREVEN-TION HOTLINE INFORMA-TION SESSIONS—The

Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline needs volunteer phone responders for all shifts, especially evenings and weekends. If you’d like to find out how you can get involved, attend one of four January informa-tion sessions. Next training class begins Jan. 31. For more info, call Nina Leary at 208-258-6992, email [email protected] or visit

idahosuicideprevention.org. 6-7:30 p.m. FREE. Mountain States Group, 1607 W. Jefferson St., Boise, 208-336-5533, mtnstatesgroup.org.

WEDNESDAYJAN. 28

On Stage

FATA MORGANA—Brace yourself for this world premiere by Jeni Mahoney set at the edge of a toxic lake in the Mojave Desert, where Tori and Jack have built a quiet new life. The silence is broken when the life they left behind comes knock-ing. This boldly theatrical thriller features a murder of talking crows, brought to life by Dwayne Blackaller, BCT associate artist and puppeteer. Through Feb. 21. 8 p.m. $16-$32. Boise Contemporary Theater, 854 Fulton St., Boise, 208-331-9224, bctheater.org.

Workshops & Classes

WORD WORKSHOP: SHORT STORY LAB—Author Joel Wayne about scene choice, story arc, cliché, voice, pacing, editing and

developing healthy writing habits. Wednesdays through March 4. For more info and to register, visit the website. Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Continues through March 4. $180-$207 The Cabin, 801 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise, 208-331-8000, thecabinidaho.org.

Sports & Fitness

JEFF GALLOWAY MEET-AND-GREET—Don’t miss the opportunity to meet Olympian and run/walk/run guru Jeff Galloway and learn about his unique methods at his Run School, set for Wednesday, Jan. 28. For more info, visit jeffgal-loway.com/learn/running-schools. 12-1 p.m. FREE. YMCA, 1050 W. State St., Boise, 208-344-5501, ymcatvidaho.org.

JEFF GALLOWAY RUNNING SCHOOL—Olympian and run/walk/run guru Jeff Galloway gives you the information you need to reach your goals. The format allows everyone to ask questions at any time, so each can get the individual info needed. For more info or to register, visit jeffgalloway.com/learn/running-schools. 6 p.m. $99. Therapeutic Associates Physical Therapy-State Street, 1520 W. State St., Ste. 210, Boise, 208-336-8441, therapeuticassociates.com.

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TRANSFORM IDAHO CITIZEN LOBBY CORPS—Learn how you can get

involved in TransForm Idaho’s Citizen Lobby Corps during the 2015 Legislative session. If you can donate two or more hours before March, please sign up for an activity such as researching, writing letters, monitoring a legislative committee or calendar, speak-ing with legislators, attending an Advocacy Training, and/or identify one or more issues that interest or concern you that you can discuss with others. A brief orientation and overview of these activities will be provided, plus refreshments. For more info, visit transformidaho.org, email [email protected] or phone Sue at 208-340-9450. 7 p.m. FREE. Boise Unitarian Univer-salist Fellowship, 6200 N. Garrett, Garden City, 208-658-1710, boiseuu.org.

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CHANGING THE TERRAIN

Bogus and Brundage revamp terrain parks

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Jake White and Dylan Metz call themselves a “freestyle-based trail crew.”

“We’re five people with chainsaws, hiking our asses up the mountain,” Metz said.

White and Metz work for Brundage Mountain Resort, and they have spent the past two months building a terrain park like nothing Brundage has seen before. The park is appropriately called Deadwood: It is constructed entirely out of logs and fallen trees from the resort’s slopes, with jumps made of stacked logs, rails made of thick tree trunks, platforms, a battleship, a quarter pipe and a wall ride made from dead trees.

“We’re pretty much Abe Lincoln building a log cabin out here, you know?” Metz said.

Before White joined Brundage’s crew in 2012, he built log homes, so he understands working with timber. He is inspired by the backcountry.

“I’ve always been a backcountry skier, so in my eyes, I’m always looking for natural features like that,” White said.

Building the feature-filled project, called a “stash park,” had its struggles, though.

“The challenges? I could talk about that all day,” White said with a laugh.

First: Constructing the wooden features. “We couldn’t just build the features right

where our trees fell. We had to look around the area and manually move the trees to where we needed them,” White said. His five-person crew manually dragged trees 20-feet long and 12 inches in diameter all over the mountain. Once the features were built, the experimentation began. White and his team had to work with the amount of snow the mountain receives. If they built the features too small, the snow could cover them up like they didn’t exist. If they built too big, the fea-tures might become hazardous. And not all snow is good snow. If the snow is too firm, features will have to be closed for safety. Then, they realized the extent of the maintenance the park needs.

“Well, we start the day off by taking a swig of malt liquor,” Metz joked. “But in all seriousness, we’re going in with a rake and a shovel and doing it by hand.”

“Conventionally, with a terrain park, you remove the snow,” White added. “You have grooming apparatuses that are plowing the snow and sculpting. This park is different. We have no mechanical vehicles in there. We’re constantly in there making sure it’s raked out, making sure

there aren’t mogul fields going into the damn rails. It’s pretty tough actually. In a lot of ways, it’s a lot more maintenance than a regular terrain park.”

White and Metz said they were “very sur-prised” by all the challenges in the Deadwood Terrain Park but are confident they’ll have the park figured out by the end of this season or next. What they’re doing is pretty cutting edge.

“For a Northwest ski area, especially one in Idaho, to do something like this with a natural park is a pretty big step,” Metz said. “If you pro-posed this 15 years ago, they would have looked at you with a dead-behind-the-eyes stare.”

Closer to Boise, Corey McDonald is more than familiar with that stare. He’s considered the No. 1 terrain-park guy in the Northwest and now, he has taken his skills to Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area. But it took some convincing.

McDonald started working for Bogus in 1991 as a 16-year-old snowboard instructor looking to score a season pass. He left Boise to become a pro boarder (which didn’t work out) and came back to build one of Bogus’ first terrain parks in 1996.

“We’d build it and then Bogus would not help us with it and we’d have to do it by hand. It was a nightmare,” McDonald said.

He sent around a petition to places like Water Ski Pro Shop and Newt and Harold’s, trying to convince the resort it needed a terrain park.

“It was more like us just begging them for cat time and tricking them into letting us build stuff, so it didn’t last too long, and I could tell it wasn’t really going anywhere,” McDonald said.

McDonald tried for the next several years to get Bogus in on the terrain park scene with little success, and he finally left to built major terrain

parks across the United States and Canada at major resorts like Stratton Mountain Ski Resort in Vermont and Mammoth Mountain in California.

When the offer came from Bogus again last spring, McDonald was not interested.

“I had already gone down that road with Bo-gus,” he said, but took the job on the condition-that he could bring his assistant, Preston Woods. Together, they opened the park this season.

While the Brundage crew wrestles with heavy snowfall, McDonald could use more. He has built 40-foot jumps out of snow, but he said it took “scouring” the whole drainage under the Deer Point Quad to make it work.

“I was super nervous because everything I’ve built from Vermont to Michigan, it’s all like, bot-tomless snow,” McDonald said. “At Bogus, you have to build it in the right spot where you can farm up snow.”

Now that the rollers and kickers are in place, though, McDonald’s nerves have eased.

“Once you have a good thing built, you don’t need snow all the time,” McDonald said. “Today was pretty icy and we need some new snow, but a terrain park, if it’s built correctly and groomed correctly and maintained, it’s amazing.”

Bogus has three terrain parks: Stewart’s Bowl for beginners, intermediate Mambo Meadows and more advanced jumps on Claim Jumper. Mc-Donald is waiting for more snow to put another park off the Bitterroot Chairlift as well.

Crews at both Bogus Basin and Brundage will continue to work out the kinks in their new terrain parks, but the innovation and skill level of the designers have no doubt earned the ski resorts a spot on the map.

GREENBELT FROM VETERAN’S PARK TO RIVER PARK REROUTED

Right now, Esther Simplot Park isn’t much more than mounds of gravel, shabby over-growth and some puddle-filled parking lots.

By this time next year, the city hopes it will be a vibrant extension of the Boise River Park—where the popular kayak and surf wave is located near Quinn’s Pond—with a meandering stream, paved pathways, bridges, stretches of grass and picnic shelters.

The first phase of construction, according to Boise Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Amy Stahl, is slated to begin in the next few weeks. To prepare for that, though, a section of the Greenbelt from Veterans Memorial Park to the 36th Street pedestrian bridge (which overlooks the whitewater park), will be closed through late 2015. The dirt parking lots that allow access to Quinn’s Pond and the Boise River Park will also be closed.

“It’s not the world’s most convenient [op-tion] and we recognize that,” Stahl said. “But this will be a significant development for the future of the river park. It will provide a large space so we can reroute the Greenbelt and create vantage points of the river, and improve access for the public. It’s an inconvenience for this year, but the benefits in the long term are tremendous.”

The construction will include covering the Farmers Union Ditch Company’s culvert and head gate, as well as the ditch itself. While breaking ground for the Esther Simplot Park, the construction will also begin develop-ments on Phase II of the Boise River Park, which includes a half-mile of three waves with varying levels of difficulty, as well as terraced boulders along the shoreline for spectators. According to the Boise River Park website, the cost is estimated at $7.3 million, but the city is covering the costs of current construction to rebuild the canal.

As far as detours go, pedestrians will be instructed to cross the river and continue on the Garden City Greenbelt. A temporary park-ing lot for the river park and Quinn’s Pond has opened at the former Bob Rice Ford car lot on Main Street.

This portion of the construction costs the city $850,000, with Boise-based contractor McMillen LLC, at the helm.

—Jessica Murri

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Haunted Summer triumphs over turmoil

BEN SCHULTZ

Bridgette Moody and John Seasons were friends for about 10 years before they started making music together. It began in 2012 with a set of Animal Collective covers they’d agreed to play for a Halloween show in Los Angeles. Moody and Seasons billed themselves as “Haunted Summer” as a nod to the occasion. The name had strong personal resonance for the Highland Park, Calif.-based couple, too.

“The summer leading up to the whole project really blooming was a very difficult one,” Moody reflected. “We lost a lot of friends and things we thought we knew, but it was a great thing ultimately. We were shedding a lot of things that were trying to sabotage us. It was a crazy summer, but we’re thankful for it.”

Today, Moody and Seasons have much to be thankful for as well. In the past 18 months, Haunted Summer has opened for a wide variety of prominent acts, including psychedelic pop band The Polyphonic Spree, former Bauhaus and Love and Rockets bassist David J and shoe-gaze-black metal group Deafheaven. Buzzbands.la premiered the duo’s single “1996” in 2013, declaring that it “floats past like four minutes of French cinema, pensive and preoccupied (pos-sibly by its own beauty) and completely lost in the moment.”

Boiseans can lose themselves when Haunted Summer plays Neurolux on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Foul Weather and local ambi-ent act Cloudmover will open.

Haunted Summer’s music combines dulcet melodies and soothing atmospherics with Moody’s serene vocals. Her and Seasons’ cryptic, quietly troubling lyrics undercut the dreaminess of their sound and give the songs an appropriately haunting quality. This balance of light and dark reflects the duo’s creative process.

“It’s weird: When we first started writing as a project, we just took from real-life things that happened to us,” Seasons said. “The project kind of became this whole thing that it is today through similar dreams and nightmares we were having at the time about finding each other in the woods. That’s kind of what led to those images that we use today—the concept of find-ing each other in a dark place but [having] that light to reach another place.”

When Haunted Summer formed in 2012, both Seasons and Moody were in a dark place. They’d each spent the better part of a decade in separate bands: Seasons played with the psyche-delic group Seasons for eight years while Moody performed with the indie-rock group Torches for seven. But just as each band had begun to play larger shows and earn more money, Moody and Seasons left.

Seasons told the Radio Free Silver Lake blog that they and their former groups’ lead singers “couldn’t get along anymore. Things had gotten too far as far as where the line was drawn, as far

as being able to work together and respect each other.”

Moody and Seasons, who are now married, don’t have those problems in Haunted Summer. From that first Halloween show, their strong

chemistry—both personally and artistically—was clear.

“We had just begun dating right around that time, but we had yet to really play any music together,” Moody told Boise Weekly. “He had guested in my old band and I would kind of jump onstage and be annoying [with his band], but we hadn’t actually collaborated together. … After that [Halloween show], we realized, ‘Wow, we’re really on the same page musically.’ And everything just kind of flowed out really easily after that.”

It didn’t take long for audiences and industry pros to notice them either. Within three weeks

of releasing the first Haunted Summer demo, Moody and Seasons’ manager approached them with an offer to open for the renowned Brazilian psychedelic group Os Mutantes at the Trouba-dour. They turned the gig down—they hadn’t figured out how to play their songs live yet—but soon enough, they began playing with a diverse set of groups.

“That’s definitely one of the most awesome parts about being in this band—how versatile it’s ended up being,” Moody said. “We’ve opened for so many different styles [and] people. It’s amaz-ing, being in that much of an open market where you’re not just playing for dream-pop bands. We’ve opened for Icelandic composers or French pop-stars or Latin Grammy-winners.”

Moody and Seasons have connected with some impressive people in the studio as well. In 2014, they got to record at Jim Henson Studios in Hollywood with Nicolas Essig, who served as assistant engineer on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories (2013) and Paul McCartney’s New (2013). The couple hopes to work with multiple producers on a new album soon. They also hope to play South By Southwest and tour Canada later this year.

Whatever challenges await Haunted Summer, Seasons and Moody are ready to face them.

“Trust me, man, coming from those two bands [and] playing the L.A. tour a billion times,” Seasons said, “that’s when you realize… there’s a difference between having a hobby and wanting to be in a touring band. That’s the big leap of faith.”

Husband-and-wife duo Bridgette Moody and John Seasons live up to their last names in Haunted Summer.

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HAUNTED SUMMER

Tuesday, Jan. 27 with Foul Weather and Cloudmover, 7 p.m.,

$7. Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., 208-343-0886, neurolux.com.


WEDNESDAYJAN. 21EDMUND WAYNE—With Matt Hopper. 8 p.m. $3. Flying M Cof-feegarage

HAPPY KARAOKE—5:30 p.m. FREE. AEN Playhouse

JOEL KASSERMAN AND THE ELEMENTS—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

KARAOKE—With host Emily Stan-ton. 10 p.m. FREE. Mulligans

RANDOM CANYON GROWL-ERS—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

SONGWRITERS’ ROUND: JONATHAN WARREN, AUDRA CONNOLLY, TY CLAYTON—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT—8 p.m. $49.50-$150. Knitting Factory

TERRY JONES—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAM—8 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

THURSDAYJAN. 22BEN BURDICK TRIO WITH AMY ROSE—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

BRANDON PRITCHETT—10 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

FREUDIAN SLIP—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

FRIM FRAM FOUR—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

GARTH OLSON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

MINDSHOES—With Sunshine Genocide and Urb. 8 p.m. $3. Crazy Horse

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT—8 p.m. $49.50-$150. Knitting Factory


FRIDAYJAN. 23ADAM WRIGHT—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

BILL COURTIAL AND CURT GO-NION—6 p.m. FREE. Berryhill

THE COUNTRY CLUB—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

DJ FOOSE—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

FRANK MARRA—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JOHN CAZAN—5 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

JOHN JONES TRIO—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLY GOATS—10 p.m. $5. Tom Grainey’s

THE LIKE ITS—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye Grill

MOSSI WATENE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

ROCKEOKE FOR THE HELL OF IT—9 p.m. $5. Crazy Horse

RYAN WISSINGER—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper

SOUL PARTY—With DJ Dusty C. 11 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

SATURDAYJAN. 24ANDY BYRON & THE LOST RIVER BAND—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

ANIMAL CRACKERS—8 p.m. $15. AEN Playhouse

BERNIE REILLY AND DAVE MAN-ION—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

BRANDON PRITCHETT—8:30 p.m. FREE. Piper

CERBERUS REX—With Deep Creeps and guests. 7 p.m. $5. Neurolux

CHAD SUMMERVILL AND FRIENDS—9 p.m. FREE. O’Michael’s

CHUCK SMITH TRIO WITH NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—8 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

DJ ODIE—10 p.m. $5. Grainey’s Basement

DYLAN ANITOK & SCOTT SEWARD—7:30 p.m. FREE. The District

THE EMILY STANTON BAND—8 p.m. FREE. Cylos

ERIC GRAE—6 p.m. FREE. Ber-ryhill

FRANK MARRA—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

JONATHAN WARREN AND THE BILLY GOATS—10 p.m. $5. Tom Grainey’s

THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND GOTTEM—With Mindrips. 8 p.m. $5. Flying M Coffeegarage

PATRICIA FOLKNER—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

RISE OF THE FALLEN—With Mortal Enemy, Ghostbox and Splattered Throat. 8 p.m. $7-$14. Knitting Factory

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SUNDAYJAN. 25AUDIO/VISUAL DJ—10 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

EAST COAST SURF PUNK—Fea-turing Gottem and Faded Leroy with The Magic Fountain. 8 p.m. $3. Crazy Horse

HIP-HOP SUNDAY RAP BATTLE—10 p.m. FREE. Grainey’s Basement

JIM LEWIS—6 p.m. FREE. Lulu’s

NOCTURNUM! INDUSTRIAL GOTH DJS—9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

THE SIDEMEN: GREG PERKINS AND RICK CONNOLLY—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

MONDAYJAN. 261332 RECORDS’ PUNK MON-DAY—9 p.m. FREE. Liquid

CHUCK SMITH AND NICOLE CHRISTENSEN—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

KARAOKE—10 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

OPEN MIC WITH REBECCA SCOTT AND ROB HILL—8 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

WAYNE WHITE—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

TUESDAYJAN. 27CHUCK SMITH AND DAN COSTELLO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

DAN COSTELLO—6 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

IDAHO SONGWRITERS ASSO-CIATION FORUM—6 p.m. FREE. Sapphire Room

KARAOKE WITH DJ BONZ—9 p.m. FREE. Crazy Horse

LEFT COAST COUNTRY—8 p.m. FREE. Sockeye

OPEN MIC—8 p.m. FREE. WilliB’s Saloon

RADIO BOISE SOCIAL HOUR: DJ DR. FRESH—5:30 p.m. FREE. Neurolux

RADIO BOISE TUESDAY: HAUNT-ED SUMMER—With Foul Weather and Cloudmover. See Music, Page 21. 7 p.m. $7. Neurolux

WEDNESDAYJAN. 28CHUCK SMITH TRIO—7:30 p.m. FREE. Chandlers

HAPPY KARAOKE—5:30 p.m. FREE. AEN Playhouse

JACK GISH—6:30 p.m. FREE. Highlands Hollow

KARAOKE—With host Emily Stan-ton. 10 p.m. FREE. Mulligans

LIQUID WETT WEDNESDAY—Electronic music and DJs. 9:30 p.m. FREE. Liquid

OPHELIA—8:45 p.m. FREE. Pengilly’s

PATRICIA FOLKNER—7 p.m. FREE. Lock Stock & Barrel

RL GRIME—With Lunice and Tommy Kruise. 8 p.m. $20-$35. Knitting Factory

STEVE EATON—5 p.m. FREE. Bar 365

SWING IS THE THING WITH PAMELA DEMARCHE—7 p.m. $5. Sapphire Room


WEDNESDAY NIGHT JAM—8 p.m. FREE. Tom Grainey’s

BOISE PHILHARMONIC, JAN. 23 AND 24, BRANDT CENTER AND MORRISON CENTER

Every time someone refers to the William Tell Overture as “The Lone Ranger Song,” classical music aficionados everywhere grit their teeth. The truth is, the Ranger and the eponymous Tell had some things in common: both were crack shots, both ran around the countryside fighting bad guys and standing up for the op-pressed, and both were champions of democracy.

The legend of William Tell’s life, though not widely known in the United States, actually frames the foundation story of modern Switzerland and sets up Tell as one of Europe’s most important folk heroes. Given that, it’s not surprising famed playwright/poet Friedrich von Schiller wrote a play about Tell in 1804 and, in 1829, Gioachino Rossini set it to music as the William Tell Overture.

The Boise Philharmonic will showcase William Tell in an evening of light-hearted classics that includes two works by con-temporary American composer Lawrence Dillon and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, and features Paul Sharpe on bass and Brooks Whitehouse on cello.

—Zach Hagadone

8 p.m., $22-$70. Friday, Jan. 23: Brandt Center, 707 Fern St., Nampa; Saturday, Jan. 24, Morrison Center, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, boisephilharmonic.org.

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FOOD NEWS ROUND-UP

NEON Moves to Garden City, Flora’s Bake Shop

serves up sweets in Hyde Park TARA MORGAN

North End Organic Nursery wants to put the garden back in Garden City. The nursery packed up its seeds, fruit trees and potting soil and moved from its perch at 2350 W. Hill Road to the former Costume Shop space at 3777 E. Chinden Blvd.

“We felt like there were a ton of different products that we couldn’t carry just because our old store was so small,” said NEON co-owner Elisa Clark. “We felt like we couldn’t put in another cash register and get the line of our clients moving through faster. The layout of the building was hard for us to expand or do anything else.”

According to Clark, 28 new townhomes are slated to sprout up in NEON’s former site and while NEON will keep the “North End” part of its name, it will no longer be hindered by that neighborhood’s space constraints.

“We have doubled our floor space and we’re going to be expanding to have a coffee shop, deli and smoothie bar,” said Clark. “We also joined forces with J. Michaels Florist, so they’re co-oping the building with us; they’re going to have half of it and the ReUse Market is going to be here, as well. So we’ll be more of a destina-tion.”

Over the next few months, NEON plans to start offering grab-and-go deli items, organic coffee, tea and green smoothies.

“We’re actually in talks with the Boise Co-op right now to start possibly housing some of their grab-and-go items from their deli,” said Clark. “We’re thinking maybe that would be a good way to get it open and started and moving before we start actually having a chef in here.”

NEON’s sprawling new space extends be-hind the building, as well.

“There is actually a half-acre behind us where we’re doing our greenhouses, and our shade houses, and all of our outdoor plants, so there’s quite a bit of room here,” added Clark.

In addition to expanding its footprint, the gardening center will also expand its class of-ferings and increase its collection of heirloom, organic and non-GMO seeds. NEON will also be an outlet for Homestead Natural Foods.

“It’s really hard to imagine the Costume Shop without all of the costumes in it and the walls and everything else going on,” said Clark. “But if you come in here now, we opened up the building so you can see Chinden Boulevard from the middle of the store; it’s really open and airy. We’ve done some decorative touches: we’ve painted, we’ve cleaned, we’ve kind of made it our nursery, so it’s beautiful.”

For more information, visit NEON’s Face-book page or northendnursery.com.

In other Garden City news, Payette Brew-ing Co. is gearing up to celebrate Beer Can Appreciation Day Saturday, Jan. 24, noon-10 p.m., at its brewery, located at 111 W. 33rd St.

According to Payette, “Beer was first sold in cans on Jan. 24, 1935, and Payette Brewing Co. was the first brewery in Idaho to can beer. To celebrate this day, Payette will be selling $1 beers across the board: $1 single cans, $6 six-packs, $12 12-packs and $24 Adventure Packs.” payettebrewing.com/events

If you want to get even more canned on National Beer Can Appreciation Day, head to Crooked Fence Barrelhouse at 5181 N. Glenwood St., where you can sample canned brews from a number of Idaho breweries, in-cluding Laughing Dog Brewing, Slanted Rock Brewing Company, Sockeye Brewing, Payette Brewing Co. and Crooked Fence Brewing. The event takes place Saturday, Jan. 24, 2-6 p.m., and there’s a $5 suggested donation at the door. Funds go to support the Idaho Humane Society. crookedfencebrewing.com

Moving from breweries to bakeries, Flora’s

Bake Shop is now serving shortbread, brown-ies, cinnamon rolls, scones and sugar cookies from a quaint house in the heart of Hyde Park at 1607 N. 13th St.

Owned by partners Chris Bedrosian and Harry Studer, Flora’s Bake Shop is named after Bedrosian’s great grandmother, Flora Farmer, who “made the most wonderful sugar cookies in the world.”

“It was the first thing that I ever had that I noticed,” explained Bedrosian, referring to the sugar cookie. “It just made sense … to name [the business] after her because she was such a great baker, and it was such an inspirational cookie.”

Though Bedrosian doesn’t have her great grandmother’s exact recipe, she approximates it to create artfully decorated sugar cookie baskets and bouquets.

“I have 350 sugar cookie cutters, so I can do anything you want as long as you give me a head’s up because it does take a couple of days,” said Bedrosian.

Flora’s Bake Shop also offers Dawson Tay-lor coffee and espresso drinks, along with an assortment of hand pies.

“We always have little mini pies. They’re little circles, like little spaceships that fit in your hand. We have apple and cherry; we do pecan; we’ve done chocolate, which is awe-some,” said Bedrosian.

Though the bake shop is only open limited hours during the winter (Fridays and Satur-days, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.) beginning in April, it will be open Tues-days through Sundays. florasbakeshop.com

Flora’s Bake Shop, in Hyde Park, is now serving shortbread, brownies, cinnamon rolls, scones and sugar cookies.

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HONEY LIQUEURSHoney liqueurs have a long and sticky his-

tory. Drambuie’s Scottish origins can be traced to a secret recipe created for Bonnie Prince Charlie in the 18th century by his royal apoth-ecary. Barenjager’s roots stretch back even further—to medieval Germany, when “barenjag-ers,” or bear hunters, would lure their prey with “meschkinnes,” a mead-like moonshine made from honey.

DRAMBUIE, $38.95Drambuie derives its

name from the Scot-tish Gaelic phrase, an dram buidheach, which translates to “the drink that satisfies.” And, boy, does it. The liqueur pours a viscous honey-yellow, with thick, sugary rivulets that swirl in the glass. The nose has notes of oak, burnt orange peel and heathered honey, while spicy hints of clove and anise come through on the palate. Though sweet, its Scotch base adds a notable complexity.

CELTIC HONEY, $23.35The crystallized sugar

rim that coats this bottle’s cap hints at its inferior quality. Though claim-ing to be “masterfully blended using local Irish ingredients,” like Irish whiskey, wildflower honey and Irish spring water, the end result tastes artificial. It pours a pale caramel color and is the thinnest of the three. Powdered-sugar sweet, it leaves an unpleasant tingle on the sides of your tongue.

BARENJAGER, $28.45Barenjager wins for

“most honey-like” of the three beverages. This thick liqueur smells and tastes exactly like fresh honey. Though not particularly complex, it’s so much like drinking a glass of boozy honey that you can almost taste the pollen. We tried the suggested “Bear-varian” cocktail—one part Baren-jager, one part lemon juice and “your favorite beer to fill”—and it was awesomely refreshing.

—Tara Morgan

FOODBOOZEHOUND


Sit up straight and pay attention. We have some work to do in our monthlong plan to make you the shrewdest of cinephiles, while ensuring you win the office Oscar pool when the statuettes are handed out on Sunday, Feb. 22.

The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards were unveiled Jan. 15 and quite frankly, we couldn’t have been happier. We were keeping our fingers crossed for some Academy love for lesser-known films and performances, particularly Leviathan; Wild Tales; Song of the Sea; Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night; and Bradley Cooper in American Sniper—each scored a nod. We were especially impressed when the Academy made room for The Grand Budapest Hotel, with nine nominations, including a first-ever directing mention for Wes Anderson.

Let’s be frank, though. You may not have seen most of the nominees, which means you have some serious movie-watching to do in the next four weeks. But no worries. We are providing you with a study guide and syllabus, and this is the most enjoyable assign-ment you’ll ever endure.

WEEK 1 SUNDAY, JAN. 25-SATURDAY, JAN. 31:

This is the week to see American Sniper, Birdman, The Imitation Game, Whiplash and Wild. They’re all still playing at Boise-area theaters but if you have to choose only two, my best advice is to see Birdman and Whiplash. There’s a good chance Michael Keaton (Bird-man) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) will be picking up Oscars.

WEEK 2 SUNDAY, FEB. 1-SATURDAY, FEB. 7:

This is the week to access your Amazon In-stant Video, HBO Go or Netflix accounts and watch Boyhood (Amazon and Netflix), which Boise Weekly raved about last summer. It’s still the odds-on fave to win Best Picture, in addi-tion to Best Director (Richard Linklater) and Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette) awards. You’ll also want to see The Grand Budapest Hotel (Amazon, HBO Go, Netflix), which is certain to win technical Oscars.

We also want you to get out of the house, so head to The Flicks this week to see its once-a-year showcase of Oscar-nominated shorts: densely-packed bundles of short animated and live-action films. It’s one of the highlights of

the movie-going year, and you’re guaranteed to see an Oscar winner.


Round up the kids for a double-feature of sublime ani-mation: The Boxtrolls (Amazon) and How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Amazon, Netflix). One of these two is bound to win Best Ani-mated Feature, especially since the Academy failed to nominate The Lego Movie in this category, the year’s most glaring omission.

Two Days, One Night opens Friday, Feb. 6 at The Flicks, and it features a fabulous perfor-mance from Marion Cotillard. If she hadn’t won an Oscar in 2007 (La Vie en Rose) and Julianne Moore already had one of her own, I would say that Cotillard’s performance was a sure bet, but, this year, it’s Ms Moore’s to lose for Still Alice.


Make certain to snag a ticket for Still Alice, which opens Friday, Feb. 20 at The Flicks. Julianne Moore’s performance is outstanding

and is why she’s a sure bet for Best Actress. You’ll also want to see Leviathan (also opening Feb. 20 at The Flicks), which should be a frontrunner for the Best Foreign Language Film.

You’ll also want to see The Theory of Everything, available in Video On Demand through several platforms (including Cable One in Boise, Dish and DirecTV) beginning Tuesday, Feb. 17. It stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking, the only real threat to Keaton’s chance for a Best Actor award.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22, 5 P.M. MST: Sit back and bask in the glow of being an

Oscar know-it-all.

So many movies, so little time. But no worries, you can still catch the best of the best in the next four weeks.

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short19 Darn, e.g.20 Jets or chargers starter21 Doozy22 Revolutionary patriot Silas23 Asian cuisine24 Put in the minimum stake

25 Actress Lena26 Willing to do27 Gigantic sled hauls

firewood quite a bit31 1970s-’80s TV sheriff32 Tell a story33 Grub34 Domestic worker claimed

shifting beach engulfed basin

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45 Voting no46 Band news48 Put an end to51 Catastrophic start or end?52 Word after camper or

before Camp’s53 Fused54 It may go from sea to

shining sea55 Word in many California

city names56 Blue

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been to the beach don’t walk by the girl so often

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affection for model Kate above all others

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(1998 movie)82 Hubbub83 Solution for some

housework84 Villain85 [I am shocked!]87 ___ Romeo89 Generic91 Lines around Chicago92 Boisterous oaf confused

the previous set of actors97 Outdoor party98 Info for a limo driver99 “Ta-ta”100 Mr. Chamberlain intends

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containers116 Mosque leader117 Bog accumulations118 Head of a Tatar group119 Comics canine120 Early 1900s gold rush

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victories in Super Bowls VI and XII

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Bible9 Adjust, as pitch10 Shut11 Oceanic body12 This and that13 Strong and sharp14 Majority group15 Silt, e.g.16 Whole bunch17 Nephew of 8-Down

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headaches55 Flip56 “Midnight Cowboy” role57 Loop around the West?58 Mil. decorations59 “Sometimes you feel like

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Betsy Wetsy69 Playground comeback70 Bungle71 Upset with72 Quaint contraction73 “Love Story” co-star74 The Beach Boys’ “Surfer

Girl” vis-à-vis “Little Deuce Coupe”

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84 “Hush!”86 Retreat87 “There oughta be ___”88 Comedian who said “Every

day starts, my eyes open and I reload the program of misery”

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Mikhail96 Halloween prop100 Die down101 Early cultivator of

potatoes102 Mrs. Rabin of Israel

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tans106 Fendi ___ (men’s

cologne)107 Activity at a doctor’s

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF

IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAIN RE: Angela Sue Kilgore

Case No. CV NC 1423803

NOTICE OF HEARING ON NAME CHANGE (Adult)

A Petition to change the name of Angela Sue Kilgore, now re-siding in the City of Eagle, State of Idaho, has been filed in the District Court in ADA County,

Idaho. The name will change to Kilgore Trout Jr. The reason for the change in name is: for artis-tic reasons.

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Date DEC 30 2014CHRISTOPHER D. RICHCLERK OF THE DISTRICT

COURTBy: DEIRDE PRICEDEPUTY CLERKPUB Jan. 14, 21, 28 & Feb. 4,

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DATED this 15th day of January, 2015. Craig W. Beaver

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE STATE OF

IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADAIN RE: Michelle Vanden BuschLegal Name

Case No. CV NC 1420757

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A Petition to change the name of

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A hearing on the petition is scheduled for 130 o’clock p.m. on (date) March 3, 2015 at the Ada County Courthouse. Objec-tions may be filed by any per-son who can show the court a good reason against the name change.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Is there a patron saint of adver-tising or a goddess of marketing or a power animal that rules publicity and promotion? If so, I’m going to find out, then pray to them on your behalf. It’s high time for your underappreciated talents and unsung accomplish-ments to receive more attention. And I am convinced that the astrological moment is ripe for just such a development. Help me out here, Aries. What can you do to get your message out bet-ter? What tricks do you have for attracting the interest of those who don’t know yet about your wonders? Polish up your self-presentation, please.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): During his 67 years of life, Taurus-born Leonardo da Vinci achieved excellence in 12 differ-ent fields, from painting to engi-neering to anatomy. Today he is regarded as among the most bril-liant humans who ever lived. “His genius was so rare and universal that it can be said that nature worked a miracle on his behalf,” said one observer. “He towered above all other artists through the strength and the nobility of his talents,” said another. Yet on his death bed, Leonardo confessed, “I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.” Typical for a Taurus, he underestimated himself. It’s very

important that you not do the same, especially in the coming weeks. The time has come for you to give yourself more of the credit and respect you deserve.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Where you have been and what you have done will be of little importance in the coming weeks. Both your mistakes and your triumphs will be irrelevant. In my estimation, you have a sacred duty to spy on the future and reconnoiter the pleasures and challenges that lie ahead. So I suggest you head off toward the frontier with an innocent gleam in your eye and a cheerful hunger for interesting surprises. How’s your Wildness Quotient? If it’s in a slump, pump it up.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Will you ever find that treasured memento you misplaced? Is there any chance of reviving a dream you abandoned? You are in a phase when these events are more likely than usual to happen. The same is true about an opportunity that you frittered away or a missing link that you almost tracked down but ulti-mately failed to secure. If you will ever have any hope of getting another shot at those lost joys, it would be in the coming weeks. For best results, purge the regret and remorse you still feel about the mistakes you think you made once upon a time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the early 1300s, the people of the Mexica tribe had no homeland. They had wandered for centuries through the northern parts of what we now call Mesoamerica. According to legend, that changed in 1323, when their priests received a vision of an eagle eat-ing a snake while perched at the top of a prickly pear cactus. They declared that this was the loca-tion of the tribe’s future power spot. Two years later, the prophecy was fulfilled. On an island in the middle of a lake, scouts spied the eagle, snake and cactus. And that was where the tribe built the town of Tenochtitlan, which ultimately became the center of an empire. Today that place is called Mexico City. Have you had an equivalent vision, Leo? If you haven’t yet, I bet you will soon. Go in search of it. Be alert.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): By the end of the 16th cen-tury, nutmeg was in high demand throughout Europe. It was valued as a spice, medicine and preserva-tive. There was only one place in the world where it grew: on the Indonesian island of Run. The proto-capitalists of the Dutch East India Company gained dominion over Run, and enslaved the local population to work on plantations. They fully controlled the global sale of nutmeg, which allowed them to charge exorbitant prices. But ulti-mately their monopoly collapsed.

Here’s one reason why: Pigeons ate nutmeg seeds on Run, then flew to other islands and pooped them out, enabling plants to grow outside of Dutch jurisdiction. I see this story as an apt metaphor for you in the coming months, Virgo. What’s your equivalent of the pigeons? Can you find unlikely allies to help you evade the con-trolling force that’s limiting your options?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Have you triggered any brilliant breakthroughs lately? Have you made any cathartic departures from the way things have always been done? Have you thought so far outside the box that you can’t even see the box any more? Probably not. The last few weeks have been a time of retrenchment and stabilization for you. But I bet you will start going creatively crazy very soon—and I mean that in the best sense. To ensure maximum health and well-being, you simply must authorize your imagination to leap and whirl and dazzle.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The cassava plant produces a starchy root that’s used as food by a half billion people all over the planet. No one can simply cook it up and eat it, though. In its raw state, it contains the poisonous chemical cyanide, which must be removed by careful preparation. An essential first step is to soak it in water for at least 18 hours. I

see this process as a metaphor for the work you have ahead of you, Scorpio. A new source of psycho-logical and spiritual sustenance will soon be available, but you will have to purge its toxins before you can use and enjoy it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Italian composer Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) didn’t like to work hard, and yet he was also prolific. In fact, his desire to avoid strenu-ous exertion was an important fac-tor in his abundant output. He got things done fast. His most famous opera, The Barber of Seville, took him just 13 days to finish. Another trick he relied on to reduce his workload was plagiarizing himself. He sometimes recycled passages from his earlier works for use in new compositions. Feeling good was another key element in his approach to discipline. If given a choice, he would tap into his cre-ative energy while lounging in bed or hanging out with his buddies. In the coming weeks, Sagittarius, I recommend you consider strate-gies like his.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Each hour of every day, the sun offers us more energy than oil, gas and coal can provide in an entire year. Sadly, much of our star’s generous gift goes to waste. Our civilization isn’t set up to take advantage of the bounty. Is there a comparable dynamic in your per-sonal life, Capricorn? Are you miss-

ing out on a flow of raw power and blessings simply because you are ignorant of it or haven’t made the necessary arrangements to gather it? If so, now would be an excellent time to change your ways.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): According to my analysis of the long-term astrological omens, 2015 is the year you can get totally serious about doing what you were born to do. You will be given the chance to slough off all that’s fake and irrelevant and delusory. You will be invited to fully embrace the central purpose of your destiny. If you’re interested in taking up that challenge, I suggest you adopt Oscar Wilde’s motto: “Nothing is serious except passion.” Your primary duty is to associate with people and places and situations that feed your deepest longings.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Give up all hope for a better past,” writes Emily Fragos in her poem “Art Brut.” That’s generally sound advice. But I think you may be able to find an exception to its truth in the coming weeks. As you work to forgive those who have trespassed against you, and as you revise your interpretations of bygone events, and as you untie knots that have weighed you down and slowed you up for a long time, you just may be able to create a better past. Dare to believe that you can transform the shape and feel of your memories.

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