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Idaho's Congressional Delegation Reacts to Obama's Strategy in Afghanistan
Idaho's U.S. senators and Mike Simpson agree with some portions of President Obama's new strategy in Afghanistan but they question others.
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Helping Others To Overcome Challenges
They've overcome the odds stacked against them and are now sharing their inspiring message of hope with local high school students.
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A Little Extra English After Class
A new program in Idaho Falls is giving assistance to parents and their kids who may need a little extra help learning English.
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Will Troops to Afghanistan Impact Idaho National Guard?
Thirty thousand troops over a six-month period. How will Obama's plan to ramp up efforts in Afghanistan affect Idaho soldiers?
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Keeping the Holiday Weight Off: Part 3
Lauren Johnson spent the afternoon at the grocery store with Idaho's walk-in weight loss founder Dr. Willey.
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HAWK Traffic Signal Installed
Drivers in Rexburg will likely encounter a new traffic light soon - one of just two in the State of Idaho.
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Santa Baby
Hurry to the El Korah Shrine Temple Friday night. by Jeff Lake Boisean Lauriel Loyst, comedienne and cabaret crooner, is returning to the stage for a two-performance run of Santa Baby, her follow-up to October's Broadway Baby Wannabe and November's The Spice of Life. A 15-year cruise ship veteran, Loyst has also tried her hand at theme park performances and the New York cabaret circuit. Loyst's flair for the fantastic is evident with every sequined step she takes, and this time, she's ready to put her own spin on Christmas cheer. Santa… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Holiday Festivities in Meridian
Head out for the Winterland parade and the Meridian street fair on Saturday, Dec. 5, then stay to catch the Meridian Symphony Orchestra. by Jeff Lake The first Saturday of the month will be bustling with festive cheer as Meridian celebrates another holiday season. The Meridian Symphony Orchestra will provide the finale for the city’s holiday celebration, following the Winterland Parade and the Meridian Street Fair. Participants will sit in jubilant rapture as the orchestra plays a multitude of seasonal jams, from “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to “Winter” from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. No Christmas celebration would be complete without a visit from a certain bushy-bearded… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Cops Taser Teenager in Purse-snatching Incident
by Jay Vail Attention, shoplifters, burglars and purse-snatchers: 'Tis the season--for Tasing. While you bargain shoppers are out this holiday season, the dregs are out in full force as well, ready and willing to relieve you of your holiday purchases. Or, in some cases, your hard-earned cash. Just ask one Boisean, who was out and about shopping on the afternoon of Nov. 23, in the 8300 block of West Overland. While returning her cart to the store, the woman saw two men remove… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Krung Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar
Afew months ago, a BW reader sent a note stating that the placehas the best sushi he's found in Oregon, Washington, Montana or Idaho by Amy Atkins Though thousands of miles apart in origin, the food of Thailand and the food of Japan find a happy meeting place thousands more miles away on the white china at Nampa's Krung Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar. A few months ago, a BW reader sent a note stating that the place has the best sushi he's found in Oregon, Washington, Montana or Idaho, and that he makes excuses to come to Idaho on business to eat at Krung Thai. On… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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The Opt Option
I think that a great manyinsurance company executives ought to be getting their meals sloppedonto aluminum trays by a prison kitchen work crew for the crimes theyhave already committed against humanity. by Bill Cope I believe I've made my opinions clear enough throughout this months-long spectacle, but here they are again in the condensed version: I think we ought to have a government-run healthcare system like the civilized countries do, and I think that a great many insurance company executives ought to be getting their meals slopped onto aluminum trays by a prison kitchen work crew for the crimes they have already committed against humanity. I think that Americans' health, lives and futures are… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Music at the Bouquet (seriously) and Hawthorne Heights
Surprise, surprise. The Bouquet still has live music and Hawthorne Heights plays the Venue. by Amy Atkins Surprise, surprise. The Bouquet still has live music and some interesting upcoming music at that. On Thursday, Dec. 3, it's The Black Lillies, an Americana/country collective from down in Knoxville, Tenn., whose harmonies and strumming steam ahead faster than a freight train, taking all toe-tapping two-steppers along for the ride. The show is free. On Friday, Dec. 4, Boise rock band Clyde kick things off at 9 p.m. A listen on their Myspace page (myspace.com/therealclyde) reveals a penchant for a… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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A Provincial Production
Things seem to be running smoothly on the set of Buhl, Idaho, the biggest little film to blow through the Magic Valley since Breakfast of Champions was shot in Twin Falls a decade ago. by Jeremiah Robert Wierenga It's a frosty midmorning on the corner of 12th and Birch streets in Buhl. If not for the massive generator and truck-side snack table, the day's filming location--a whitewashed, dilapidated dwelling--could have been any house on the block. As co-producer Laura Mehlhaff gets up, abandoning the warm stoop huddle of producer Heather Rae and art intern Hayley Curby, we hear calls for sound, speed and action echo from around the corner. It's Day 13--as indicated by the mark in Sharpie… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Never on Sunday
by Jaki Katz Ashford Medium: Giclee process fine art print, 3/100 Artist Statement: Six days a week "Poker Alice" Ivers Duffield Tubbs earned her living as a successful card player, saloon owner and madam. Her day of rest was always devoted to the Lord. See Jaki Katz Ashford and her creations on First Thursday, Dec. 3, 5-9 p.m., at the American Clothing Gallery, corner of Eighth and Main streets.… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Jack Kleeb
I was in amphibs in the Navy during 'Nam, and I said I am nevergoing to raise another damn chicken. by Nathaniel Hoffman When the processing plant that Jack Kleeb used closed down, he and Janie Burns of Meadowlark Farm in Nampa started Homegrown Poultry, a butchering plant in New Meadows that caters to small- to medium-sized operators. This year, they butchered about 1,500 turkeys for Thanksgiving. Kleeb also raises 4,000 to 6,000 meat chickens a year, and delivers 800 dozen eggs a month to Boise Co-op and Bittercreek Ale House. Kleeb grew up on the farm in Broken Bow, Neb., worked as… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Krung Thai Restaurant and Sushi Bar
With pulverized fish cakes and miso soup mingling in our bellies, weembarked on round two: sushi and pad Thai. by Tara Morgan When we pulled into the Krung Thai parking lot on a frigid fall evening, I was taken over by a distinctly David Lynch-ian feeling. A strand of multi-colored Christmas lights wound around the perimeter of the lone building, and through the open blinds, witness-interrogation-bright lamps hung over a row of empty booths. Surrounded by rickety watering holes and scrap yards on an eerie stretch of Garrity Boulevard in Nampa, Krung Thai seemed at once out of place and oddly at… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Boise State Holiday Concert, Dec. 6, Morrison Center
Get in the holiday spirit by singing traditional carols with 1,000 of your closest friends. by Amy Atkins We complain about how early the holidays "start" every year--Halloween candy is on store shelves in August and cardboard Valentine's Day cutouts line aisles in January. But not all early reminders are cause for an eye roll and curses against capitalism. The Boise State music department's holiday concert is an annual evening of classic Christmas tunes to help get in the true spirit of the season. This year, the Morrison Center will ring with the sounds of Boise State's Symphony… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Alan Stanford at Idaho State historical Museum
Alan Stanford's watercolor paintings focus on the places, people and objects that make up Idaho's past. by Jeff Lake Not all artists are ready to bow down to the tyrannical might of the computer. Some, like watercolor artist Alan Stanford, prefer to use centuries-old mediums to express themselves. On Thursday, Dec. 3, Idaho State Historical Museum will open a new exhibit featuring Stanford's paintings. A Treasure Valley resident, Stanford's work focuses on the places, people and objects that make up Idaho's past. His exhibit, "A Watercolor Journey Through Idaho," features more than 80 pieces, all with their own short… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Vidiot
Vidiot's gonna throw an epic tempertantrum if this show gets canceled prematurely because of a lackof viewership. by Travis Estvold When I learned that Lost--one of my all-time favorite TV shows--will end in 2010, I started looking for a replacement. Then ABC announced the second coming of Lost: an hour-long sci-fi/action show called FlashForward, which debuted in September. Despite having lambasted ABC earlier this year for bailing on all its best programs, I closed my eyes and set my DVR, knowing I was playing a game of chance in hoping that this show would replace my Lost. Annnd ... jackpot!… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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"You would pass out"
by Leila Ramella-Rader [image-1] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Full House
Texas Hold 'Em tournament in Reno leads to some brotherly bondingand some cash. by Bill English My younger brother Stevie still lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where we grew up. Since I moved to Boise nine years ago, I don't see as much of him as I'd like, but recently we decided to get together for some poker bonding in Reno. Some brothers like to camp or fish together, others prefer to ski or climb mountains. Stevie and I like to push chips across faded felt. Ever since we were boys, we've battled over… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Boise Milk: At Your Doorstep
Milk is not all Boise Milk does; that's just where it allstarted. by Rachael Daigle The milkman has returned. At Boise Weekly, we've been talking about a return to the simpler times of food for a while now. Snagging a dinner salad from your own dirt or a breakfast egg from your own coop. The profusion of backyard gardens and the rise of urban chicken raising may be an indication of a larger cultural shift back toward the days of DIY, or it may just be a fad. Either way, both are the result of… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Robert Trujillo on the past, present and future of Metallica
The (sort of) new bassist for the rock metal icons explains why he has the best job in the world. by Amy Atkins In 2001, when the members of Metallica agreed to let a documentary film crew chronicle the making of the album that would become St. Anger (Elektra 2003), the result was the illuminating rock doc Some Kind of Monster. It is in Monster that the world gets its first glimpses of bassist Robert Trujillo's 2003 entry into the exclusive club that is Metallica. Trujillo, a long-haired anachronism at a time when guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich had trimmed their… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Hip Holiday Market 2009
The fourth-annual Hip Holiday Market draws an array of local small-business owners--many with online Etsy shops--to sell their wares to gift-hungry hordes. by Tara Morgan If you have a consumerist itch to scratch, hop on I-84 and keep going straight past the mall. Steer your happy ass straight through downtown Nampa (making sure to obey the speed limit at all costs) and slide into a parking spot in front of the Flying M Coffeegarage. Inside, in addition to the M's usual array of kitschy gag gifts and heart-palpitating espresso, you'll find 25 booths crammed with some of the Treasure Valley's most clever crafters. The fourth-annual… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Silver City Brown Bag
Bag a PB&J and book it to the Idaho State Historical Museum. by Jeff Lake Looking to stimulate that mound of mush between your ears before that New Years bash kills some brain cells? The Idaho State History Museum will be ending the year with their fourth session of the 2009-2010 Brown Bag Lecture series, entitled Silver City, Yesterday and Today. Silver City, Idaho was once a gold and silver mining town located just east of the Oregon/Idaho border in the Jordan Valley. In its heyday, the town was home to around 2,500 people and… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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"Ah, crap ... I think I'm a nihilist again."
by E.J. Pettinger [image-1] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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"This is the end ..."
by Jacob Good [image-1] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Note: Bad Cartoon. It's one of those things that makes BW .... well, BW.
Our weekly cartoons helpus embrace that side and, in keeping with being the most unique andcommunity-focused game in town, the majority of our cartoons are fromlocal artists. by Rachael Daigle In addition to our serious side, which we employ for breaking news at boiseweekly.com, in-depth reports on gritty stuff like the current state of HIV/AIDS cases in Idaho, and the occasional finger wagging at other media outlets, we believe it's important to have a lighter side. Our weekly cartoons help us embrace that side and, in keeping with being the most unique and community-focused game in town, the majority of our cartoons are from local artists. But even those cartoons… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Sex AKA Wieners and Boobs
Yes, you read it right. And it's the name of Alley Repertory Theater's irreverent new play. by Tara Morgan Preview on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 7 p.m. Runs through Dec. 19. Alley Repertory TheaterVisual Arts Collective 3638 Osage St., Garden Cityalleyrep.org First, a disclaimer: Alley Repertory Theater's new play Sex a.k.a. Wieners and Boobs is about as sexy as a small town New Jersey hooker. Penned by Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter and David Wain--of The State and Wet Hot American Summer fame--the play is crammed with all the sophomoric, smart-ass irreverence that one might expect from its creators. Local… [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Worlds AIDS Day Come and Gone
In last week's main feature, "The Forgotten Epidemic" about HIV/AIDS, local activist Duane Quintana said that sensationalized news coverage of HIV/AIDS often swallows accounts of the reality of living with HIV. That is, unless a former Boise State athlete is knowingly passing on the disease, we're not likely to see HIV/AIDS in the local news regularly. Not even when the president lifts a long-standing ban on allowing HIV-positive people into the country."The Forgotten Epidemic" is a story I've been wanting Boise Weekly to cover since I took over as editor some 18 months ago. But it took us 18 months to get around to it. In fact, aside from a guest opinion written by Quintana last May and sporadic event announcements, the last time Boise Weekly covered HIV/AIDS in any depth was in December 2006. That was three editors ago.Tuesday, Dec. 1, was World AIDS Day, which means that a quick Internet search for recent HIV/AIDS stories this morning will yield an impressive number of results. Try that same search again in seven months and count how many recent stories you turn up. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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English Professor Tom Trusky Dies
Joyce AlexanderThe Ada County Coroner has confirmed that Boise Police found 65-year-old Boise State English professor Tom Trusky dead in his home yesterday. The cause, though not yet determined, is not believed to be suspicious.Trusky, a longtime member of the Boise State faculty, founded the university's Ahsahta Press, which publishes works of Western American poets, in the 1970s. He was also the director of the Idaho Center for the Book. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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Group, planned ID plant reach CO2 emissions pact
Associated Press - November 30, 2009 8:14 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A proposed southeastern Idaho fertilizer plant due to be powered by turning coal to gas will adhere to strict greenhouse gas...
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Pneumonia taking toll on bighorn sheep near Darby
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 7:34 AM ET BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Wildlife officials have confirmed that pneumonia is causing a significant bighorn sheep die-off is underway in southwest...
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IDFG to begin collaring mule deer
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 8:14 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - State wildlife biologists will be capturing mule deer across the state starting next month, to outfit them with radio...
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ISU plan for new degree program moves forward
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 8:14 AM ET POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - An Idaho State University official says plans to create a new master's degree program with classes based in south-central...
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Swine flu shots back in Boise, Meridian schools
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 8:14 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - State health officials say swine flu shots are scheduled to return to Boise and Meridian public schools after being...
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Christian group to pay off $10K in parking tickets
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 8:14 AM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A Christian coalition will once again camp out in front of Boise City Hall and offer to pay off up to $$10,000 in people's...
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Brucellosis found in eastern Idaho cow
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 1:54 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The infectious bacterial disease brucellosis has been found in a beef cow in eastern Idaho, and state agriculture officials...
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McGee: Idaho roads funding not on 2010 agenda
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 2:24 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Efforts to boost state highway repair and maintenance funding dominated the 2009 Legislature but are likely to be absent from...
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Agencies, Monsanto forge cleanup pact for ID mines
Associated Press - December 1, 2009 2:54 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Five federal agencies, an Indian tribe and Monsanto Co. have agreed to develop comprehensive cleanup plans for three defunct...
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ISU Students Rally For Intersection Safety
A group of I.S.U. Political Science students 'picket' for pedestrian safety in Pocatello.
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Pocatello Regional Airport Construction Slightly Delayed
After months of work, a major hurdle is being cleared. Concrete is being poured for the new $3.2 million dollar expansion project, but the project is facing some slight delays.
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Talking Tango
If you're looking to spice up your relationship or just want to learn some new moves, the Idaho Falls Tango Club might be for you.
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Ugliest Carpet Contest
If you have the ugliest carpet, it may be time to start bragging.
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New Art Gallery
A local artist opened a new gallery in Blackfoot on Monday.
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Local Man Charged with Lewd Conduct
A 78-year-old Rexburg man is in custody for inappropriate behavior with a 4-year-old girl.
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DNCFR Tickets for Sale
The 2010 DNCFR kicks off April 7th and runs until the 10th.
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Fun Run to Raise Money for Scholarships
Most of the students organizing the fun run are on scholarships themselves, and want to help give back.
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Guilty Plea in Stabbing Death
An Idaho Falls man admitted that he stabbed a 20-year-old to death over a missing iPod and camera.
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Speaking of Heather Rae ...
Recently, our own cinema bon vivant, Jeremiah Wierenga, spent a few hours on the set of the movie Buhl, Idaho, which is being filmed In the little town from whence it takes its name. We'll have more on that in this week's issue of Boise Weekly.The movie brings with it some big names, including producer Heather Rae, who Variety reported will be a juror in the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, which are happening tonight in New York City.Rae and actors William H. Macy and Rosie Perez, director Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace), cinematographer Matthew Libatique and editor Christopher Tellefsen will judge the category of Best Breakthrough Director. Up for the award of Best Breakthrough Director are Cruz Angeles for Don't Let Me Down, Frazer Bradshaw for Everything Strange and New, Derick Martini for Lymelife (which stars Alec Baldwin) and Robert Siegel (who wrote the screenplay for The Wrestler) for Big Fan, which is also up for Best Feature and Best Breakthrough Actor, (Patton Oswalt). Other jurors include directors William Friedkin (The Exorcist) and David O. Russell (I Heart Huckabees), composer Stewart Copeland, actors Ellen Burstyn and Oliver Platt and more.Visit ifp.org for more info. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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