Wednesday afternoon watercooler
Copy contract, BAM, Idaho clunkers, Stone 13th in Boise and corn vs. watermelon…
The Treasure Valley:
- TechBoise: What happened to Boise’s entrepreneurial spirit?
- Famefifteen: Fountain Party. Be there.
- Boy found in pool remains in hospital. Emergency crews responded to the home July 21 to find family members performing CPR on the boy, who was unconscious.
- Boise Record Exchange: Fantastic Instore by the Rev. Peyton.
- boiSee: Boise Art Museum.
- Idaho Innocence Project Helps Free Wisconsin Man. The Idaho Innocence Project has helped exonerate a Wisconsin man who’d already served 24 years in jail.
- Report notes “surprising” level of Treasure Valley spec building. While the Treasure Valley office vacancy rate decreased slightly from its first-quarter high in the second quarter, vacancy is expected to rise again as new office buildings enter the market.
- Idaho company cries foul over copier contract. An Idaho copier company is filing a complaint with the largest school district in the state, saying administrators turned down a contract that would have saved taxpayers $680,000 over five years.
- Boise Daily Photo: Highway View.
- Boise Family Starts Ribbon Campaign for Captured Soldier. A Boise family is doing it’s part to keep attention on captured Idaho soldier Bowe Bergdahl and his family.
- Fort Boise: Thought for the day: openness to change.
- Training And Being Trained. What if you’d gone your entire life solving problems one way, could you change now? Idaho’s Department of Corrections says it’s doable with a little help from a friend. Boise State Radio’s Adam Cotterell has this story.
Politics:
- Kevin Richert: Idaho’s stake in cash for clunkers.
- Clayton Cramer: Plastic Surgery Tax.
- Idaho Speaks: Obama’s Birth Certificate.
- Eye On Boise: Rusche op-ed: Dems continue to lag in Idaho, despite gains elsewhere.
- Nemesis Today: “Gay is Not the New Black”.
Booze:
- Patrick Orr: Attention hop heads — Stone 13th Anniversary beer finally in Boise!
- The Bitten Word: Dark ‘n’ Spicy.
- beertography: Rattle’n'Hum: The First Bar in the World with it’s Own iPhone App!
- The Pour: Could the Recession Change the Taste of California Wine?
Grub:
- Serious Eats: My Week Without Corn, Part II: The No Corn-Fed Animal Products Edition.
- The 99 Cent Chef: Stuffed Eggplant.
- So Good: Would You Rather? Corn vs. Watermelon.
- V e g a n D a d: For the Love of Berries (and Summer).
- San Francisco Chronicle: When Summer gives you a cornucopia of fresh heirlooms, preserve them in homemade tomato sauce.
