Thursday morning coffee
Single parents in Boise, portable computing in Nampa, coffee beer and best hot dogs…
The Treasure Valley:
- Special Olympics Idaho State Summer Games coming to valley. The largest Special Olympics Idaho State Summer Games on record for the event’s 36-year history will descend on the Treasure Valley this weekend. About 600 athletes are preregistered to compete in events in aquatics, track and field, cycling, basketball and power lifting during the events Saturday. Opening ceremonies are Friday.
- AnchorMommy: Vet Adventure 2009.
- via Clayton Borah: some guy takes portable computing to a new level at Flying M Coffeegarage.
- Sex and the City of Trees: Getting back into the game: Being a single parent and dating!
- Byron Yankey: Commuters love/hate relationship with I-84.
- Learn the correct way to compost from these Boise classes. The free one-hour workshops teach how to reduce waste and improve garden soil.
- Meridian’s vision for a medical, education & technology ‘core’ takes a step forward. Meridian leaders began considering a specialized medical district in 2006 along Pine Street between Eagle and Ustick roads. The district could include medical equipment manufacturers, hotels for visiting doctors, legal services for medical professionals and related businesses.
- Idaho Smart Growth names three new board members. Three new members have been named to the statewide growth initiative Idaho Smart Growth.
- Five charged after Nampa home invasion. Officials say five people forced their way into the home and threatened the people inside with a baseball bat. One resident was struck in the face and knocked to the ground.
- Idaho Press-Tribune: Cyclists, drivers: Know the rules of the road.
- Boise Guardian: Bicyclists Remain On Center Stage With PSA.
- Canyon County hopes to find alternative to emission testing. Canyon County commissioners hope to devise an alternative to emission testing that will meet the requirements of a state law that requires air quality improvement measures in the Treasure Valley.
- 2C Etc.: Take the bad along with the good. I’ve heard a lot of griping about the weather this spring (and summer). One good thing that has come from it is a bountiful fruit crop. I have never thinned so many apricots from my tree or peaches from the church orchard. I think every blossom must have set.
- Nampa sewer rate could increase by $10 per month. Nampa residents could see an increase of an average of about $10 a month for sewer service. The city will host two town hall-style meetings at City Hall Tuesday to discuss the proposed increase. Nampa needs the increase for upgrades to the sewer system, city spokeswoman Sharla Arledge said.
- Bill Cope: Cheap Joke.
- This Drives Most People Crazy: Toothpaste: WTF?
- Boise man accused of breaking into store to steal 30-pack of beer, charged with burglary.
- 28-year-old Boise dine-and-dash suspect charged with felony burglary.
Idaho politics:
- Stennett says he’ll be back for 2010 Legislature. Sen. Clint Stennett says his cancer is “on the run” and predicted he’ll be back in Boise for the 2010 Legislature after missing the entire 2009 session.
- Task force won’t issue highway recommendations until December 2010. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has named 15 people to the task force that will debate how to pay for a backlog in highway and bridge maintenance, though the panel won’t issue recommendations until December 2010. ed: If Otter, McGee, et al were so certain this past year about what needed to be fixed (something I supported), why are they putting it off another year — oh, it’s an election year — so it is as it always is in Idaho: politics over people.
- Nathaniel Hoffman: Crowded congressional race and Nampa mayor’s race.
- Pat Barclay: We need thoughtful debate in Congress, not a rush to act.
- The Political Game: The Sanford Debacle.
Booze:
- Perfect Summer Red. Not summer whites or summer rosés.
- Coffee Beer: An Expert’s Tour.
- A Beer Please – Don’t Bother With The Swanky Food.
- Fermentation: The Three-Tier System and Consumer Access To Wine.
- What People Drink: Celebrities. Hey, ya gotta give Megan Fox credit for drinking Arrowrock and not being suckered into Evian or something.
Grub:
- Straight from the farm to your front door. Do you know where your food is coming from? More and more Idahoans are answering that question by simply getting their food right from the source the farmer.
- What’s on the grill: Brined & Hickory Smoked Rotisserie Chicken.
- Endless Simmer: Head-On Cooking.
- Recipe: Brother David’s Grilled Chicken & Ribs.
- So Good: Burger King and Seven Inches of Meat (actual headline may be NSFW, story is about BK’s new marketing strategy).
- ‘Wich of the Week: Poached Egg and Prosciutto Muffinwich.
- Taste Test: All-Beef Hot Dogs.
