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Judge unseals hospital, insurerrecords in St. Luke’s trial

U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill saysIdaho’s largest hospitals and health insurancecompanies must release to the public morethan 500 pieces of evidence from a federal an-titrust trial by early August.

Winmill previously allowed lawyers to sealor redact the evidence, citing trade secrets,but the Idaho Statesman and several otherIdaho news organizations sued for access.

The lawsuit was brought by federal, stateand private plaintiffs against St. Luke’s HealthSystem over its acquisition of Saltzer MedicalGroup in Nampa. St. Luke’s lost in court. Win-mill temporarily stayed his order that it im-mediately divest Saltzer to give St. Luke’s timeto seek an emergency stay on appeal.

Medicaid providers protest lagtimes, cutbacks by Optum

Optum Idaho, the contractor for a newmanaged-care behavioral health program un-der Idaho Medicaid, is failing in its duty toIdaho mental health providers and Medicaidmembers, according to providers, who saylengthy delays and red tape hinder their work.

Among their complaints are cutbacks incommunity-based rehabilitation services. Op-tum says such rehab has not proved effectivein treating some children’s disorders.Providers say cutbacks will lead to increasedhospitalization rates for Medicaid children.

Medicare data reveals wheredoctor and supplier money goes

A Statesman analysis of payment data fromthe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Serv-ices found a sharp difference in what Idahoprimary care providers such as family doctorscharge for a single office visit and inMedicare’s reimbursements for various spe-cialties. Go online to IdahoStatesman.com tosee the results in interactive maps.

Ada County is far from the most expensive.One local doctor’s practice, among the high-est-paid, says the large sums it receives are forexpensive drugs, meaning it doesn’t make a

profit despite the large payments.

Idaho’s first health insurancecooperative gets green light

A division of the Montana Health Co-opcalled Mountain Health Co-op can start sellinginsurance plans on Idaho’s health insuranceexchange this fall.

The state has approved the cooperative todo business in Idaho. The co-op began inMontana with financing help from the federalgovernment through the Affordable Care Act.The co-op received more financing assistanceto expand into Idaho.

Saint Al’s gets a $52 million billAfter years in litigation, jury trials and mul-

tiple rounds in various courts, the case isclosed. Under a June order from the IdahoSupreme Court, Saint Alphonsus Health Sys-

tem must pay damages to a group known asMRI Associates for pulling out of the medical-imaging partnership Saint Alphonsus hadformed with other providers and going intobusiness with a competitor.

Millennials faring worse thanparents in many ways. Why?

People in their 20s and early 30s in Idahoare more likely to be living in poverty, living intheir parents’ home, unmarried and unem-ployed, when compared with previous genera-tions. But they have college degrees — the rea-son some Idaho millennials say they’re now infinancial distress.

Economists disagree on why some millenni-als are in rough shape economically — as domillennials themselves. Some say it’s state pol-icy that results in low wages and tough compe-tition from an aging and experienced work-force. Others blame laziness and entitlement.

T H E M O N T H

As I write, readers are in the finalday of voting for the top 10 storiessince the Statesman’s 1864 found-ing.

I worked on the committee thatpicked the top 50 stories fromwhich the top 10 are being chosen.We began with a newsroomwidemeeting to solicit ideas. Most re-flected events within the lifetimes ofpeople in the room. For a longer his-torical perspective, we reached outto Boise historians Arthur Hart andTodd Shallat.

Once we narrowed our list to 50,we assigned stories on each. I wrotetwo — on the Oregon Trail and theChinese settlement of Idaho — witha video on each. When it came timefor me to vote, I chose at least fivebusiness and economic-develop-ment stories, including water’stransformation of Idaho, the state’sgold rush, Joe Albertson opening hisfirst store, Micron’s founding andthe building of the Hells Canyondams. (I tweeted my full ballotMonday, July 14.)

One reason I like journalism isthat we write the first rough draft ofhistory. A few stories’ historic im-portance is obvious when they hap-pen — think statehood or 9/11 —but often the significance emergesover time. It’s been fun to pause atthe Statesman’s 150-year mark totake a long view. If you took part inthe voting, thank you. Watch for thetop 10 in a special section on ourbirthday, Saturday, July 26.

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Some say technology and social changehave opened more doors, and millennialsshould take advantage.

Homes selling for cashTreasure Valley real estate agents spe-

cializing in homes priced higher than$350,000 say up to 30 percent of homes theysold in 2013 were to cash buyers. The trendis fueled by baby boomers selling more ex-pensive homes in California and elsewhere,then using part of the sale proceeds to buyhomes in the Treasure Valley. Cash buyersdon’t want the hassle of making mortgagepayments or worries about the interest rateon a 30-year mortgage, agents say.

Downtown Boise apartmentsto fetch top dollar

The 951, an apartment building underconstruction at 951 E. Front St., will charge$1 per square foot or more, a number out-pacing most Boise rentals but that expertssays will become a benchmark for upper-

end apartments. A 675-square-foot apart-ment in the new building will go for $850 amonth. Two-bedroom apartments with 1,141square feet will rent for $1,125 to $1,525.

Meanwhile, a development firm plans alow-income apartment complex on the siteof a former trailer park along Veterans Me-morial Parkway in Garden City.

Subdivision managementcompanies want regulation

Homeowner association managementcompanies aren’t regulated in Idaho. Somecompanies say requiring a state licensewould crack down on companies with poorbusiness practices while adding credibilityto responsible businesses. A group of HOAboard members, management companystaffers and Meridian personnel created aninformal advisory committee to create a listof industry standards. The group may be-come a formal committee that could lobbythe Legislature to require HOA manage-ment workers to pass background checksand undergo training.

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CEO pay rises at Idaho’spublicly traded companies

The Gem State’s representation on stockexchanges has taken a beating in the pastyear.

A small crew of publicly traded compa-nies shrank to just nine — thanks to bank-ruptcy, mergers and acquisitions, and aheadquarters move. The companies that re-mained had strong fiscal-year performance,and their executives got median raises of 12percent, compared with 0.5 percent for av-erage Idaho workers.

International market to openat Franklin and Curtis roads

A new Boise International Market plansto open this summer in the strip mall on thesouthwest corner of the intersection.

The market will have retail shops andfood from countries in Africa, Asia andMexico.

Body Renew gyms closeMembers of Body Renew gym were sur-

prised to see the doors locked and lights outon July 9. The gym, which had five locationsin the Treasure Valley, told members in anemail that those who had paid for July couldfinish out the month at another gym. Mem-bers who hadn’t yet paid for July wouldn’treceive a bill.

Members were angry that a $25 fee for fa-cility improvements charged the previousweek wouldn’t be refunded.

Idaho anticipates start ofmodest natural gas industry

Michigan company Trendwell West isnearing completion of Idaho’s 10th naturalgas well near Notus. The $206 million thatexperts predict natural gas will bring to Ida-ho in 2013 is paltry compared to sales instates such as North Dakota and Wyoming.But growth in Idaho natural gas productioncould stimulate economies in towns such as

Notus. Increased production could alsomean increases in land leasing, small-busi-ness traffic and state and local tax revenue.

D.L. Evans outbids BannerBank for Idaho Banking Co.

Burley-based D.L. Evans Bank bolsteredits presence in the Treasure Valley by buy-ing the failed Idaho Banking Co. for $10 mil-lion in a bankruptcy auction.

The sales increases D.L. Evans’ branchcount in the Valley from seven to 11.

D.L. Evans President John Evans Sr. saidhis bank would have stopped bidding ifBanner Bank increased the bidding to just$10.1 million.

Reforms coming to workforcedevelopment training fund

Idaho officials say businesses that re-ceive state training money will earn largerreimbursements if they meet employmentcriteria.

The fund was criticized after millionswere spent on companies that closed soonafter receiving training money. The statewill now reward fund-recipient companieswhose employees receive certificates orskills that can translate to other companiesor meet other criteria designed to rewardlong-term job creation.

Nampa printing andpublishing house to expand

Pacific Press Publishing Association,which prints and distributes materials forthe Seventh-day Adventist Church, willdouble production in the coming months.The announcement was the result of thechurch deciding to close its East Coast pub-lishing house in Maryland.

Pacific Press employs 100 people. Thatnumber will grow after the closure of theMaryland operation, which employed 125.Pacific Press’ president says he doesn’t yetknow how many jobs are coming.

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BY AUDREY [email protected]

© 2014 Idaho StatesmanIf you ever want to get business lead-

ers talking, just ask them about health in-surance.

A dozen Idaho executives and busi-ness owners told Business Insider thatthey’re worried, heartened, frustrated,encouraged and financially stressed bythe Affordable Care Act.

The law’s mandate for midsize andlarger employers to offer health insur-ance to workers hasn’t even kicked inyet, but other provisions are directly af-fecting their businesses, the surveyfound. In some cases, the law has madelife easier for the executives’ workers.In others, the law would have provedbeneficial to their businesses if not forIdaho lawmakers’ resistance to big partsof it, such as expanding Medicaid to allpoor adults.

Many companies are offering theirworkers high-deductible insurance planspaired with health-savings accounts — amodel that shifts more financial risk on-to employees, while offering them an op-tion to set aside pre-tax money to coverany bills they do incur.

Several business leaders said theirhealth-insurance costs went up in thepast year, something they attributed tothe rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

“To date, we have not changed thebenefits available or passed any addi-tional costs we have incurred on to em-ployees. We hope this remains the case,”said Bill Gilbert, co-founder and manag-ing director of the Caprock Group Inc.“However, if we experience a significantchange in health care costs moving for-ward, we may have to revisit those deci-sions.”

Tommy Ahlquist, chief operating offi-

cer of Gardner Co., saidhis business is usingHSAs so employees bet-ter manage their healthcare costs. Gardner andseveral other businessesalso are offering wellnessprograms to give workersan incentive to stay fit, eatright, stop smoking, lose weight and re-duce their risks of needing a doctor or

costly treatments or sur-geries.

Jim Cleary, presidentand CEO of MWI Veteri-nary Supply Inc., said hiscompany has “a variety ofinitiatives” to encourage

employee wellness, such ashealth-club and exercise-

class reimbursements.If some executives’ re-

sponses are any indica-tion, more changes andnew models of employeehealth benefits are on thehorizon.

“We have to shift thecosts and decision makingback to the employee and their families.

MSAs, higher deductiblesand high copays are amust,” said Bob Lokken,CEO of WhiteCloud Ana-lytics. Lokken and fellowsurvey respondent BillWhitacre, of Simplot, areon the board of the St.Luke’s Health System.

“In the future, we will be aligning withdelivery systems that can deliver valueat cost — and not just more volume,”Lokken said.Audrey Dutton: 377-6448, Twitter:

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Somelocalexecutivesaremoving todifferent insuranceandstaff-wellnessplans.

Health care spendingweighs on execs’ minds

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1. A LOST OPPORTUNITY?“Having a focus on health care for

all Americans is an im-portant objective. ...Ultimately, it needs tobe rolled out right, effi-ciently and effectively.This wasn’t accom-plished.”

Bill Whitacre, CEO,J.R. Simplot Co.

2. PREMATURE POLITICS“I’m frustrated on the division

among Americans created by the po-litical debate. I thinkthat we should givethe act time to prove ifthis is what Ameri-cans need for betterhealth.”

Lucio Prado,owner, El Gallo Giro

3. MISSED THE MARKON A MAJOR PROBLEM

“It does not ad-dress continued in-creases in health carecosts, but rather anexpansion of care.”

Rob Perez,president, NorthwestBank

4. HOW MUCH GOVERNMENTHELP SHOULD WE RECEIVE?“While I applaud the federal

government fordetermining that allU.S. citizens should beentitled to free orsubsidized health care,where do we draw theline? People need

homes and automobiles as well.Should those purchases also besubsidized by the federalgovernment?”

Jim Kissler, CEO, Norco Inc.

5. HIGHER PREMIUMS HAVEA RIPPLE EFFECT“[The] health premiums for my

company went upsharply this year, andmy insurance agentsaid, ‘Brace yourself.Next year they will goup even more.’ ...Instead of passing

these health care costs onto ouremployees or sacrificing the highquality of coverage that we offer, wehave absorbed the increases as acompany. This has directly impededour ability to hire more employees.”

Matt Rissell, CEO, TSheets.com

6. POTENTIAL FOR SUCCESS —IF THE LEGISLATURE ACTS“Related to the ACA, the IdahoLegislature’s lack of discussion and

action on theremaining [Medicaid]coverage gap isfrustrating. With theopportunity to expandhealth coverage to the70,000 Idahoans who

fall into the cracks in the system, andeliminate the corresponding doubletaxation that is happening to Idahoans,it will be disappointing if our electedleadership cannot find their way to asolution in the next legislative session.

“Another frustration is that whileour nation’s hospitals agreed to acceptreduced payments for Medicare pa-tients by $155 billion, a correspondingincrease of those uninsured obtainingcoverage did not happen due to theSupreme Court ruling and individualstates’ decision to expand or redesignMedicaid programs.”

Sally Jeffcoat, president and CEO,Saint Alphonsus Health System

7. IT’S NOT A FIX-ALL, BUTTHERE ARE BENEFITS

“The greatest frustration came withthe initial launch and implementation.The new rules were complex and influx, making it challenging for busi-nesses to evaluate the best course ofaction. It is also frustrating to see so

many Idahoans fallinginto a gap that pre-vents them from hav-ing health insurance.While this may notimpact employees of

The Idaho Foodbank, it does have anegative impact on many of the peo-ple we serve.

“Satisfaction has come from thestandardization of essential healthbenefits, free preventative services,elimination of pre-existing conditions,ability for young adults to stay on theirparents’ plan, and the opportunity foradvanced premium tax credits makinginsurance affordable for more peoplewho do not have options through anemployer.”

Karen Vauk, president and CEO,The Idaho Foodbank

8. TAXES, FEES, OVERHEAD —BUT A HELPFUL EXCHANGE“The two greatest frustrations with the

Affordable Care Acthave been thefederally mandatedfees (or taxes), as wellas the many differentrules that wererequired to be

implemented within a very shortperiod of time. For example, IdahoPower will pay approximately$350,000 in additional fees to thefederal government each year over thenext several years. In addition, theresources allocated to administer andadopt the new rules, as well aseducating our workforce, were alsosignificant.

“The greatest satisfaction has beenthe establishment of public ex-changes, which help our workers andtheir families with easy, affordable andimmediate access to health insurancewhen and if the need arises.”

Darrel Anderson, president andCEO, Idaho Power

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CSHQA workers passgreen training

Five CSHQA employeeshave passed the GreenGlobes Professional pro-gram: Dave Davies, AIA (ar-chitect/senior project man-ager/associate), Scott Hop-kins, AIA, LEED AP (archi-

tect), TeresaKellim, AIA(architect/se-nior associ-ate/Oregonarea manag-er); Jeff Ward,PE (civil engi-

neer/associate) and DanielleWeaver, AIA (architect/se-nior associate).

The Green Building Ini-tiative created the programto train people to use theGreen Globes environmen-tal assessment, rating, andcertification system.

Allison namedTomlinson manager

Coldwell Banker Tomlin-son Group hasadded Blair Alli-son to its man-agement team.Allison, a Real-tor with thegroup since Oc-tober, 2004, will

assist Terry Torrence, man-aging broker of the compa-ny’s West Boise office.

“His expertise and ap-proachable demeanor makehim an ideal leader andcoach,” said Bob Van Allen,designated broker and chiefoperating officer.

Before starting his real es-tate career, Allison playedprofessional hockey, includ-ing several years as goaliefor the Idaho Steelheads. Heis originally from British Co-lumbia, Canada, and hascalled the Boise area homesince 2001.

Allison is involved withthe Make-a-Wish Founda-tion, Big Brothers and BigSisters, Paint the Town andnumerous other charitableorganizations.

Hubble gives toLighthouse Mission

The Boise Rescue Mis-sion received a gift fromDon Hubble, CEO andfounder of Hubble Homes,for $67,500 to be applied tothe mission’s capital cam-paign fund for the newLighthouse Mission in Nam-pa. The presentation wasmade in front of the homeHubble Homes built as afundraiser for the mission.

“We are also very thank-ful to the various contrac-tors and suppliers who con-tributed to the fund,” CEOBill Roscoe said.

The vendors and tradeswho participated in the proj-ect are: Action Garage Door,Advanced Marble and Gran-

ite, Aggregate Construction,Alside Supply, The BlindGuy, Brundage Bone, Build-ing Energy, Builders Light-ing, Clements/Sunroc, FastSigns, Foundations LLC,Gale Industries, GeneralElectric, Glenn Electric, HDSiding, Inteframe, Keely’sDrywall, ProBuild, MagicPlumbing, PerformanceCleanup, Petersen Painting,Tinney Construction, Vin-cent Mechanical/Tru Serv,US Mirror & Glass, WesternRoofing, A Woman’s Touch,Wood Brother Trucking, As-pire Design and MetcalfLandscaping.

Though the new NampaLighthouse Mission openedin February, Roscoe saidfundraising is not complet-ed.

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Connolly joinsD.L. Evans Bank

Charlie Connolly has beenappointed vice presidentcommercial/agricultural

loan officer atthe NampaKarcher officeof D.L. EvansBank.

Connolly re-ceived his Bach-elor of Sciencein agriculture

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Idaho IndependentBank hires Chadha

Surbir Chadha has been ap-pointed vice president and

commercialloan officer atIdaho Inde-pendent Bank’sWest BoiseBranch.

Chadha hasnine years of

banking and commerciallending experience. Beforejoining IIB, he worked foranother local financial insti-tution. Chadha graduatedwith a bachelor’s degree infinance from Boise StateUniversity.

Chadha is treasurer ofEagle/Garden City RotaryClub and a mentor for theLearning Lab. He participat-ed in United Way as a

Jackson begins atCushman-Wakefield

The Boise office of Cush-man & Wakefield | Com-

merce has hiredretail specialistMallisa Jackson.

Jackson willrepresent ten-ants, landlords,buyers and sell-ers in the Boisearea to research

and recommend locationsfor retail businesses.

Jackson has a backgroundin business financing, loangeneration, business man-agement, marketing, opera-tions and investments. Sheholds a bachelor’s degree inbusiness management andadministration fromStevens-Henager College.She is also a member ofGrotto Group, Local ImpactZone, BNI and the IdahoWomen’s Journal.

Rice joins TOKas accountant

Andrea Rice has joinedThornton Oliver KellerCommercial Real Estate as

property ac-countant.

Rice has 13years of ac-counting expe-rience and hasworked as anaccountant for

a commercial real estatefirm in Kansas. She willsupport accounts receiv-able functions for a portfo-lio of properties managedby the firm.

Ralston adds Steinto referral unit

Ralston Group Proper-ties, an Idaho independent,locally owned, and Boise-based residential and com-

mercial real es-tate brokerage,has hired TeriStein for its affil-iated firm, Ral-ston GroupProperties Re-ferral Services.

Stein is athird generation Idahoanand a licensed agent in Ida-ho for 18 years. She hasworked with McLeod/Win-dermere Capital and morerecently with Market Pro.

Stein and her husband, EdMiller, co-managing partnerat Givens Pursley, supportcommunity initiatives. Shehas volunteered for theBoise School District, theBoise Contemporary The-atre Board, and the Re-source Council for the TreyMcIntyre Project. She wasthe 2014 recipient of theJoyce Stein Memorial Awardfor her efforts on behalf ofthe Women’s and Children’sAlliance.

Ralston Group Proper-ties, owned by Alicia Ral-ston, has offices in Boise andKetchum.



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5 Parsons lawyersearn recognition

Mountain States SuperLawyers recognized fiveIdaho attorneys with Par-sons Behle & Latimer:Robert B. Burns, Dana M. Her-berholz, Kennedy K. Luvai, J.

Kevin West, and John N. Zari-an.

Zarian,who has ap-peared on thelist eighttimes, wasrecognized forhis work in in-

tellectual property litigationand business litigation.

This is the fifth consecu-tive year that Burns, whosepractice centers on real es-tate and business litigation,was recognized in those ar-eas.

West was recognized inhealth care and employ-ment law for the secondconsecutive year.

Herberholz was recog-nized for a fifth year as a ris-ing star in intellectual prop-

erty.This is the first year Luvai

has been recognized for hiswork in intellectual proper-ty litigation.

14 Holland & Hartlawyers honored

Fourteen attorneys fromthe Boise office of Holland& Hart LLP were named tothe 2014 Mountain StatesSuper Lawyers and Moun-tain States Rising Stars lists.

Only the top 5 percent ofattorneys in each state arehonored as Super Lawyersin the annual list, and theRising Star selection is limit-ed to 2.5 percent of eligibleattorneys.

All Together Nowhas new address

All Together Now Inc.,amental health agency, hasmoved to 2995 N. Cole Road,Suite 270, in Boise, next tothe Sockeye Grill in theStonegate Business Plaza.

The business has hired apeer support person, RickShaner, and two communitybehavioral rehabilitationspecialists, Teri Rogers andNicole Desmond.

Regence hires Carewto manage new sales

Regence BlueShield ofIdaho has hired Kelly J.

Carew, who isreturning to theNorthwest aftera five-year stintwith Starbucksin Boston,where he wasregion managerand business

development manager. Be-fore that, he was director ofsales operations for Premera

Blue Cross in MountlakeTerrace, Wash. Earlier in hiscareer, Carew spent adecade in increasingly re-sponsible positions withBaxter Healthcare Corp., be-ginning as a sales represen-tative and rising to regionmanager, where he heldP&L responsibility for a$34.7 million distribution re-gion.

Carew has a bachelor ofscience degree from the U.S.Military Academy at WestPoint and was a captain inthe U.S. Army.

Ballou becomesdental partner

Dr. Eric Ballou has becomea partner at Lake Harbor

Dental in Boise, now equallysharing the practice with Dr.Michael Peterson.

Ballou, who began work-ing at Lake Harbor in 2008,graduated from the VirginiaCommonwealth School ofDentistry. He recently trav-eled to the Dominican Re-public with a group of den-tists to help people there.

“Eric is a bright youngdentist and has done muchto keep Lake Harbor currentwith high-tech and comput-erized dentistry,” said Peter-son, who has owned LakeHarbor since 1993.

Lake Harbor Dental em-ploys nine people. It is locat-ed at 5355 W. State St.

Urologic Instituteappoints CEO

Idaho Urologic Institutehas named Gregory S. Fel-tenberger, Ph.D., MBA, as

CEO. He joinsIUI with 20years of execu-tive-level andadministrativehealth care ex-perience. Mostrecently, aschief operating

officer of the U.S. Air ForceAcademy Hospital in Col-orado Springs, Colo., he wasresponsible for leading 198personnel across 13 depart-ments with an annual budg-et of $70 million, supporting

150,000 outpatient, 6,000 in-patient and 40,000 dentalvisits per year.

Feltenberger was de-ployed to Afghanistan twiceas a mentor to the AfghanNational Army on healthsystem development. He isthe author of a book,“Benchmarking Success:The Essential Guide forGroup Practices.”

IUI in Meridian featuresan outpatient surgery cen-ter, outpatient clinic, diag-nostic imaging services,clinical research depart-ment, a reference lab that in-cludes an infertility lab, anda radiation oncology carecenter. IUI also has officesin Boise and Nampa.


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Wells Fargo donatesto Red Cross

The American Red Crossof Greater Idaho says WellsFargo donated $10,000 insupport of the 2014 RedCross Hometown HeroesAwards. The event, heldJune 19, recognizes emer-gency personnel who have

saved lives and made thecommunity safer.

U.S. Bank honors7 local employees

Seven U.S. Bank employ-ees in the Treasure Valleyhave been named annualPinnacle Award honorees.

Heather Sabala, districtmanager Idaho and EastWashington in-stores; JanetMeyer, branch manager inCouncil; Christopher Clark,branch manager in Nampa;Michelle Hymer, branch man-

ager in Meridian; EllenSuchar, wealth managementin Boise; Kathleen Hill, busi-ness banking relationshipmanager in Caldwell andTravis Huffman, Treasure Val-ley commercial bankingteam leader. They are win-ners of the company’s high-est employee achievementhonor.

Sabala, Meyer, Clark, Hy-mar, Suchar, Hill and Huff-man were among the top 10percent of top performingemployees nationwide.

Bank of Cascadesgives to United Way

Bank of the Cascades pre-sented United Way of Treas-ure Valley a $13,667 check insupport of the philan-thropy’s mission to improvethe quality of life for localresidents. The donation ispart of the bank’s employeegiving program, throughwhich the bank matches 100percent of all nonprofit pay-roll contributions pledgedannually by its Idaho em-

ployees.“Our employees recog-

nize the importance of Unit-ed Way’s local work, andBank of the Cascades isprivileged to double theamount of money theypledge to give in 2014,” saidIdaho Region PresidentMike Mooney.

D.L. Evans Bankpromotes Don Evans

Don Evans has beennamed assistant vice presi-dent and branch manager at

the Cole andEmerald branchof D.L. EvansBank at 7450 W.Emerald St. inBoise.

Evans haseight years of

banking experience andholds a bachelor’s degree infinance and real estate fromColorado State University.He volunteers for the BoiseChamber of Commerce, theIdaho Business League andLeadership Boise.

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The Super Lawyers areWalter Bithell, Robert Faucher,Murray Feldman, Pamela How-land, William Myers III, LarryPrince, Walt Sinclair, NewalSquyres, Kim Stanger, and ErikStidham. The Rising Starsare Richard Andrus, JasonPrince, Scott Randolph andNicole Snyder.

Walt Sinclair and NewalSquyres were named to theTop 100 list, which recog-nizes attorneys who receivethe highest point totals inthe nomination, research,and review process.

Chambers honors16 H&H lawyers

Sixteen Holland & Hart LLPlawyers in Boise werenamed to the 2014 Cham-bers USA: America’s Lead-ing Lawyers for Businessguide.

The attorneys are WalterBithell, Robert Faucher, MurrayFeldman, Brian Hansen,Matthew Hicks, Linda Jones,Fred Mack, William Myers, Lar-ry Prince, Scott Randolph, Lau-rie Reynoldson, Walt Sinclair,Nicole Snyder, Newal Squyres,

Erik Stidham andMary York.

Larry Princewas also rankedas a Star Indi-vidual byChambers inbankruptcy/re-

structuring law.

Foster joinsAndersen Banducci

Andersen BanducciPLLC, a Boisefirm specializ-ing in civil trialpractice andcommercial dis-pute litigation,has hired attor-ney Alyson Fos-ter.

Foster has worked incommercial contracts, in-surance recovery, class ac-tions, business disputes,personal injury, construc-

tion defect, voting rights, af-firmative action, employ-ment and labor law, andconsumer protection. Fosteralso advises small businessowners on contract and em-ployment issues.

Before joining AndersenBanducci, Foster worked atlitigation boutiques inWashington, D.C., and SaltLake City. She also served asa law clerk for Judge SidneyR. Thomas of the 9th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals.

Foster received her lawdegree from the Universityof Michigan and bachelor ofart degrees in mathematicsand German from the Uni-versity of California, Berke-ley.

Stoel Rives advisesU.S. Ecology

Stoel Rives LLP is a legaladviser to U.S. Ecology, Inc.on its acquisition of EQ-The Environmental QualityCo. for $465 million.

Stoel Rives Boise corpo-rate partner Paul M. Boyd ad-vised the company on theacquisition, including thenegotiations regarding thepurchase agreement, thatwas announced in April. Hewas assisted by Boise part-ner Krista K. McIntyre on en-vironmental review andPortland partner Gregory H.Macpherson on employeebenefit plan matters.

Based in Boise, U.S. Ecol-ogy provides environmentalservices to businesses andgovernment.

Holland & Hart’sKraft moves to Boise

Holland & Hart LLP asso-ciate Aaron Kraft has moved

from the firm’sBoulder, Colo.,office. Hejoined the firmin Boulder lastyear.

Kraft pro-vides strategicpatent counsel,

and he prepares and prose-cutes patent applications inthe electrical and electronicarts. He is a licensed profes-sional engineer and, beforebecoming a patent attorney,practiced electrical engi-neering for several years. Hedesigned and modeled pow-er distribution, lighting, andcontrol systems for utility,industrial, and large com-mercial facilities.

Kraft served as a lawclerk to Justice Jim Jones ofthe Idaho Supreme Court.He also served in the cham-bers of U.S. District JudgeEdward J. Lodge.

Hawley Troxell hiresKaine for marketing

Hawley Troxell has hiredKim Kaine as marketing andbusiness-development man-

ager.Kaine has 30

years of experi-ence in adver-tising, businessand staff devel-opment, mar-keting andstrategic plan-

ning, project management,and public and media rela-tions.

Before joining HawleyTroxell, she was the market-ing director for Ballet Idaho.She spent several years withColliers as marketing direc-tor in its Nashville, Tenn.,and Cincinnati offices. Shehas also held similar mar-keting positions with Tram-mell Crow Co. and CrowHoldings in Dallas.

Kaine will work with oth-er members of HawleyTroxell’s professional man-agement team, including Su-san Olson, executive direc-tor; Lynn McConnell, hu-man resources manager;Dana Reid, office manager;and Terrance Paternoster,accounting and IT manager.

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AgricultureWheat Commissionappointments

The Idaho Wheat Com-mission elected Ned Moon,

of Heyburn, to asecond term aschairman.JosephAnderson, Gene-see, was electedvice chairman.

Moon is theoperation sup-port/marketingmanager forJentzsch-KearlFarms, a 20,000-acre partner-ship growingpotatoes, sugarbeets, wheat,

hay and seed beans.Anderson was appointed

recently by Gov. Butch Otterto represent wheat produc-ers of District 1, which in-cludes six northern coun-ties.

Anderson has been oper-ating the family farm withhis brother Jay since 1983.The brothers farm about4,400 acres of owned andrented land in Latah and

Nez Perce counties.He just completed a five-

year term as a member ofthe Idaho Grain ProducersAssociation executiveboard.

“The technological land-scape is changing quickly,”Anderson says. “Technologyin farming is wide rangingfrom drones to double hap-loid breeding. I want to en-sure that policies and fund-ing are in place for Idahowheat growers to have ac-cess to all the advances intechnologies they need toreduce their input costs toincreasing yields to helpkeep them competitive.”

Otter also re-appointed JerryBrown of SodaSprings to thecommission.Brown repre-sents wheatproducers ofDistrict 5, which

includes six southeasterncounties.

Brown and his familyown and operate a dry landand irrigated farm wherethey raise winter and springwheat, and barley. He hasfarmed for 40 years.

“GPS, site specific tillage,variable-rate technology,

and UAV (unmanned aerialvehicle) flights make farm-ing appealing to my son’sgeneration,” Brown says. “Iwant to continue to developan environment in agribusi-ness where young men andwomen can be attracted toagriculture and earn a com-petitive living.”

Miller joins UnitedDairymen

Cindy Miller has joined theUnited Dairymen of Idahoas the senior director ofconsumer confidence andproducer relations.

Miller has spent much ofher 20-year career in mar-keting and public relationsfor private and public organ-izations. Raised in Wiscon-sin, she received a bache-lor’s degree in public rela-tions from Marquette Uni-versity in Milwaukee. Shelives in Eagle with her hus-band and three children.

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Idaho Trial Lawyerselect officers

The Idaho Trial LawyersAssociation elected officersfor the 2014-15 term duringits 42nd annual meeting inSun Valley.

They are President John J.Janis, Boise; President-elect

Sheli Fulcher Koontz, Boise;Treasurer Wyatt Johnson,Boise; Secretary James D.Ruchti, Pocatello; AmericanAssociation for Justice Gov.David E. Comstock, Boise; andAmerican Association forJustice Delegate Tim Gres-back, Moscow.

Richard S. Owen of Nampawas presented with the 2014

James J. May Trial Lawyer ofthe Year award. The awardis named after the ITLA’sfounding member and firstpresident, retired 5th Dis-trict Judge James J. May.

Andrew M. Chasan ofBoise was honored with theWalter H. Bithell Profes-sionalism Award for repre-sentation of injured citizens.

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YO U R B U S I N E S S C O M M U N I T YCommerce Foundation saysthe Boise Metro Chamber ofCommerce has been honoredby Hiring Our Heroes withthe three-star Chamber ofValor award.

The award acknowledgesthe contributions of localchambers, industry associa-tions and business develop-ment organizations that jointhe Hiring Our Heroes mis-sion of finding meaningfulemployment for veterans,transitioning service mem-bers, and military spouses.

“The Boise Metro Cham-ber been instrumental in ed-ucating and influencing em-ployers about the great val-ue veterans and militaryspouses bring to the work-force,” said Eric Eversole,executive director of HiringOur Heroes and vice presi-dent at the U.S. Chamber.

News fromaccountants group

The Idaho CentennialChapter of the Associationof Government Accountantshas recognized two mem-bers with awards.

The Chapter FinancialManager of the Year awardwas presented to Kelli Bolicekof the Ada County Sheriff'sOffice.

The Chapter ServiceAward was presented toShannon Chapman, an AGAmember for many years andan employee of Boise StateUniversity and the Collegeof Western Idaho.

The Idaho CentennialChapter also has announcedelection of new officers forthe 2014-15 program year.They are Judy Shock, Endow-ment Fund InvestmentBoard, president; ChristopherStratton, state controller’s of-fice, president-elect; MarionDemer, state controller’s of-fice, secretary; and MatthewMcBride, state controller’soffice, treasurer.

The Centennial chapteralso has donated $1,000 inscholarship money each tothe foundations of Boise

State University, Idaho StateUniversity, Lewis-Clark StateCollege, the University ofIdaho, the College of WesternIdaho, the College of SouthernIdaho and North Idaho College.

Boise Chamber isACCE finalist

The American Chamberof Commerce Executiveshas named the Boise MetroChamber of Commerce as a fi-nalist in its Chamber of theYear competition.

Chamber of the Year isthe nation’s only award rec-ognizing the dual role cham-bers have in leading busi-nesses and communities.The Boise Metro Chamberis a finalist in categorywhere it will complete withthree other finalists fromaround the country.

IACI directorreceives credential

The Idaho Association ofCommerce and Industrysays its director of finance,Marcia Jedry, has completedthe Certified AssociationExecutive credential. TheCAE is the highest profes-sional credential in the asso-ciation industry.

Idaho cities groupannounces awards

The Association of IdahoCities recognized the Meridi-an and Caldwell withachievement awards. Sixprojects were recognizedfor contributions to eco-nomic growth and develop-ment and quality of life inMeridian, and one in Cald-well.

Mayor John Evans of Gar-den City was honored withthe annual Harold HurstAward for his contributionsto the association. Theaward is named for HaroldHurst, the mayor of Hey-burn for 24 years and a pastpresident of the association.

AIC also honored Execu-tive Director Ken Harward,

who is retiring, with theBoyd A. Martin Award. Mar-tin was the chair of the Uni-versity of Idaho political sci-ence department and servedas dean of the College ofLetters and Sciences. Hewas instrumental in formingthe Idaho Municipal League,which was later renamedthe Association of IdahoCities.

The association has elect-ed these officers and districtdirectors:

President: Mayor Tammyde Weerd, Meridian.

First vice president:Councilan Greg Lanting,Twin Falls.

Second vice president:Mayor Brian Bald, Pocatello.

Third vice president:Councilmember Jeri De-Lange, Hayden.

Directors, District 1: Rath-drum Mayor Vic Holmes andCoeur d’Alene Mayor SteveWidmyer.

Directors, District 2:Grangeville Councilmem-ber Mike Peterson andMoscow Mayor Bill Lambert.

Directors, District 3:Wilder Mayor John Bechteland Weiser Mayor DianaThomas.

Directors, District 3A:Boise Councilmember ElaineClegg and Meridian Coun-cilmember David Zaremba.

Directors, District 4: PaulCouncilmember RobertDempsay and Twin FallsCouncilmember SuzanneHawkins.

Directors, District 5: Mal-ad Councilmember TomJenkins and Chubbuck May-or Kevin England.

Directors, District 6: Is-land Park Mayor Tom Jewelland Idaho Falls Mayor Re-becca Casper.

AutomotiveDealership honored

Larry H. Miller Subaru Boisewas named a Best Dealer-ship to Work For by Auto-motive News for 2014.

The publication creditedthe dealership at 9380 W.Fairview Ave. with a flexiblework schedule, college tu-ition assistance for depend-ents of full-time employees,employee participation withlocal nonprofit organiza-tions and charitable activi-ties and other programs andpractices.

EducationBoise schools nameadministrators

Kelly Fossceco, assistantprincipal, Riverglen JuniorHigh School.

In Fossceco’s24-year career,she has workedas a secondaryschool teacherand coach(Glenns FerryHigh School,Minico High

School and Boise HighSchool), Summer HighSchool principal (BoiseSchool District), intern ele-mentary school principal(Grace Jordan and Amity)and assistant principal (cur-rently Borah High School).

Bill McKitrick,assistant princi-pal, DennisCenter Profes-sional TechnicalEducation Cen-ter.

McKitrickhas worked in

Idaho’s public schools 21years as a special educationteacher (Mountain HomeSchool District and BoiseSchool District — WhittierElementary School and LesBois Junior High School),assistant principal (Les BoisJunior High School and Bo-rah High School) and princi-pal (Liberty ElementarySchool).

Dennis Konrad, assistantprincipal, Les Bois JuniorHigh School.

Konrad has worked 22

years in theBoise district asa U.S. historyteacher (BoiseHigh School),peer mediationand conflict res-olution teacher

(Boise High School), peertutoring teacher (BoiseHigh School) and athleticcoach (Boise High School —assistant track and fieldcoach, head track and fieldcoach, head wrestling coachand assistant football).

Dan Knight,assistant princi-pal, Borah HighSchool.

Knight hasbeen an educa-tor in Oregonfor the last 23years as a prin-

cipal (currently, Albany Op-tions School, Albany,), assis-tant principal (South AlbanyHigh School, Albany), eventmanager (Woodburn HighSchool, Woodburn), sec-ondary social studiesteacher (Molalla HighSchool, Molalla River) andelementary physical educa-tion teacher (Hayesville Ele-mentary School andRosedale ElementarySchool, Salem-Keizer.).

Laura Ruther-ford, assistantprincipal, BorahHigh School.

Rutherford isa 10-year veter-an in publicschools who hasserved as a sec-

ondary social studiesteacher (Liberty HighSchool — Clark CountySchool District, Nevada andcurrently Capital HighSchool, Boise), summerschool secondary socialstudies teacher (FrankChurch High School) andassistant summer schoolprincipal (West Junior HighSchool).

Jeff Lyle Roberts, assistantprincipal, Boise HighSchool.

Roberts has served the

district since1993 as a sec-ondary schoolsocial studiesteacher (cur-rently Les BoisJunior HighSchool), sec-

ondary summer school so-cial studies teacher (BoiseSummer School), athleticdirector (Les Bois JuniorHigh School), secondarysummer school assistantprincipal (Junior High Al-ternative Summer School)and coach (Les Bois — foot-ball, basketball, track).

Abram Lines,assistant princi-pal, CapitalHigh School.

Lines is assis-tant principal atBelton HighSchool in theBelton Inde-

pendent School District,Belton, Texas.

Jolene Lincoln, assistantprincipal, Whit-tier ElementarySchool.

Lincoln is a15-year publicschool educatorwho has workedas an English asa second lan-

guage (ESL) summer campcoordinator (Gonzaga Uni-versity), ESL Spanish tutor(College Place, Wash.), sev-enth grade science teacher(Spokane Public Schools),math and science ELL sum-mer camp teacher/coordi-nator (Boise School Dis-trict), elementary ELLteacher (Koelsch), technolo-gy coordinator (Boise Lan-guage Academy), seventhand eighth grade ELLteacher (Fairmont JuniorHigh School/Boise Lan-guage Academy), adjunctprofessor (NorthwestNazarene University) andfederal programs consultingteacher (Boise School Dis-trict).

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Frankensteinhas worked inBoise schoolssince 1994 as athird gradeteacher (3 years

— Liberty Elementary), 4th,5th and 6th grade teacher (9years — Trail Wind Elemen-tary), 3rd/4th grade combi-nation gifted and talentededucation teacher (4 years— Monroe Elementary) andassistant elementary schoolprincipal (1 year — current-ly Horizon).

Jason Hutchison, principal,Grace JordanElementarySchool.

Hutchisonhas served as aneducator in Cal-ifornia for 15years as a publicschool elemen-

tary and secondary schoolteacher (7 years), elemen-tary and secondary schoolassistant principal (2 years),elementary school principal(3 years) and currentlyserves as principal (3 years)at Richland Junior HighSchool in Shafter, Calif. inthe Richland School Dis-trict.

Dr. Holly MacLean, half-time assistantprincipal, Shad-ow Hills Ele-mentarySchool; half-time principal,Treasure ValleyMathematicsand Science

Center.MacLean has 36 years of

experience as a classroomteacher (Vancouver, Cana-da; Hayward, Calif.; CherryCreek, Colo. and Houston,Texas), District K-12 mathe-matics and science supervi-sor (Vancouver, Canada),technology/science special-ist (Alief, Texas), district co-ordinator of K-6 mathemat-ics and K-12 health (Alief,Texas), junior high assistant

principal (Riverglen), ele-mentary assistant principal(Shadow Hills) and princi-pal (Treasure Valley Mathe-matics and Science Center).

Chad Wright, assistantprincipal, Hori-zon ElementarySchool.

Wright hastaught studentsin publicschools in Idahofor 16 years. Hehas worked as a

secondary coach (football,volleyball, track andwrestling — Fairmont,Meridian High and LowellScott), physical educationteacher (currently Fairmont,Lowell Scott), athletic ad-ministrator (currently Fair-mont), assistant principal(Boise District SummerSchool Program — alterna-tive high school) and princi-pal (Boise District SummerSchool — alternative juniorhigh school).

Dr. Betty Olson, adminis-trator of studentprograms incharge of spe-cial education,alternative pro-grams, summerschool and inconjunctionwith profession-

al development, curriculumand federal programs.

Olson has worked inBoise schools for 30 years asa classroom teacher (6 years— Liberty Elementary), ele-mentary assistant principal(1 year — White Pine), ele-mentary school principal (19years — Liberty, Hawthorneand Adams), and secondaryprincipal (4 years — cur-rently South Junior High).

Jeff Hultberg, principal,South Junior High School.

Hultberg hasserved the dis-trict since 1998.He has workedas a social stud-ies and mathteacher (BoiseHigh School —

9 years), head baseballcoach (10 years, including 4years as head coach at BoiseHigh), sophomore assistantfootball coach (Boise High— 4 years), assistant princi-pal /elementary intern(Horizon and Whitney ele-mentary schools — 1 year)and assistant principal (cur-rently Timberline HighSchool — 5 years).

UI professor winsresearch award

David McIlroy, a professorof physics, has won theJeanne M. Shreeve NSF EP-SCoR Research ExcellenceAward.

Idaho’s National ScienceFoundation ExperimentalProgram to Stimulate Com-petitive Research, known asNSF EPSCoR, selects oneresearcher from the U of I,Boise State University orIdaho State University eachyear to receive this award,which is named for long-time U of I chemist and for-mer EPSCoR directorJeanne Shreeve.

McIlroy discoverednanosprings, coils of silicathat are about 200 nanome-ters thick — about 500 timesthinner than a human hair.Researchers around theworld now are experiment-ing with marketable uses fornanosprings.

Schneider honoredat Idaho State

Idaho State University-Meridian’s RuthSchneider hasbeen designateda fellow of theAcademy ofNutrition andDietetics, theworld’s largestorganization of

food and nutrition profes-sionals.

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BSU names donordevelopment chief

Boise State University hasappointed Gerti Arnold, aBoise State alumna and ad-vancement professionalwith 30 years of experience

in higher educa-tion, as a seniordirector of de-velopment. Shestarted April 30.

Arnold leadsthe university’smajor gift offi-cers in their ef-

fort to build philanthropicpartnerships with donors.Arnold most recentlyserved as the director ofleadership giving at the Uni-versity of San Francisco. Shealso previously held posi-tions at the University ofCalifornia Hastings Collegeof Law and the University ofMichigan. Early in her pro-fessional life, Arnold servedas associate dean of admis-sions and director of univer-sity admissions counselingat Boise State.

Arnold earned a bache-lor’s degree in businessadministration from BoiseState, a master’s degree ineducation from ColoradoState University and a Ph.D.in higher and postsecondaryeducation from the Univer-sity of Michigan.

BSU student winsFulbright

Boise StateUniversityalumna KelseyMontzka hasearned a Ful-bright EnglishTeaching Assis-tant award andwill be heading

to southern Serbia. FromOctober through June 2015she will work with the Eng-lish department of the facul-

ty of philosophy in Nis Uni-versity.

Montzka said she is excit-ed to explore the city andsurrounding area. Nis, pro-nounced “neesh,” has a cul-turally diverse history as acrossroad between centralEurope and the Middle Eastand a gateway for diversecultural groups over thecenturies.

She graduated from BoiseState in May 2013 with adouble major in history andEnglish, with a linguisticsemphasis, and a minor inChinese studies.

Ewing to leaddevelopment efforts

Boise State University hasappointed Matthew Ewing, anadvancement professionalwith 10 years of fundraisingexperience, as associate vicepresident for development

for the Divisionof UniversityAdvancement.He started June30.

Ewing willprovide strate-gic directionand oversight

for the major gifts, annualgiving, corporate and foun-dation relations and donorrelations teams.

Previously, Ewing workedas director of regional ad-vancement and director ofdevelopment for specialgifts for the Indiana Univer-sity Foundation.

STEM companyadds to board

Andrew J. Scoggin and BrittE. Ide have joined the boardof directors of PCS Edven-tures.

Scoggin began his careerpracticing law with a SanFrancisco law firm and hasspent the past 20 years insenior executive manage-ment positions with nation-al and regional retail foodand drug retailers. He has

spent most ofthe last decadeworking for alarge private eq-uity group turn-ing around trou-bled retail as-sets and puttingthem on thepath to strongsales growthand profitabili-ty. He currentlyis executive vicepresident of hu-man resources

and public affairs with Al-bertsons LLC. Scogginserves and has served on theboards of directors of anumber of entrepreneurialcompanies and on theboards and investment com-mittees of several multibil-lion-dollar pension funds.

Ide has 20 years experi-ence in business, engineer-ing and law working forcompanies including Bat-telle Memorial Institute,Boise Cascade Corp. and Al-bertson’s Inc. A formermath and science teacher,she has a bachelor’s degreein mechanical engineering,a master’s degree in envi-ronmental engineering anda law degree. She is presi-dent of Ide Law & StrategyPLLC, a strategic consultingfirm.

EngineeringJ-U-B now in IdahoFalls, too

J-U-B Engineers Inc. hasopened an office in IdahoFalls.

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Celt completesfederal certification

Michael Celt, a profession-al land surveyorof Boise, hasjoined a smallgroup of profes-sional land sur-veyors nation-wide to becomea Certified Fed-eral Surveyor.

Celt has been employed forseven years with The LandGroup Inc., a civil engineer-ing, land surveying, plan-ning, landscape architec-ture, and graphic designfirm in Eagle.

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URS names BerlinHR attorney

URS Corp. says RobertBerlin, vice president and as-sociate general counsel, willbe responsible for oversee-ing all human resources-re-lated legal matters and em-ployment and labor litiga-tion across the company.Berlin continues to managethese areas for URS’s Ener-gy & Construction Division,along with the division’s in-ternational trade and othercompliance programs.

Berlin joined URS in 1999,and his office is in Boise. Hepreviously was a partner atthe Boise law firm of EberleBerlin.

URS is an engineeringand construction firm head-quartered in San Franciscowith more than 50,000 em-ployees in nearly 50 coun-tries.

EnvironmentStauts joinsconservation board

Hannah Stauts, event coor-dinator for theKillebrew-Thompson Me-morial GolfTournament inSun Valley, hasbeen appointedto the NationalParks Conser-

vation Association. Of the 10people between 18-34 select-ed to serve on the council,Stauts is one of three repre-sentatives for the Westernstates.

Stauts in a Boise nativewho earned a bachelor’s de-gree at Boise State Universi-ty and received her mastersin public administrationfrom Montana State Univer-sity last year.

FinancialservicesUnited Heritageearns ratings

United Heritage Insurancerecently released financialstrength ratings for four op-erating insurance compa-nies that have earned Excel-lent ratings from A.M. BestCo.

A.M. Best affirmed the fi-nancial strength rating of A-(excellent) for United Her-itage Life Insurance Co. andfor its property and casualtyinsurance affiliates, Sublimi-ty Insurance Co. (Sublimity,Ore.) and Merced Property& Casualty Insurance Co.(Atwater, Calif.). A.M. Bestalso upgraded the financialstrength rating of UnitedHeritage Property & Casual-ty Co. from B++ (good) to A-.The outlook for all ratings isstable.

In upgrading the financialstrength rating of UnitedHeritage Property & Casual-ty Co., Best cited the sup-port provided by its parent,United Heritage FinancialGroup, which has infusedcapital into the company tomaintain adequate levels ofrisk-adjusted capitalizationrelative to premium writ-ings and other financialrisks.

The four operating com-panies of United HeritageInsurance benefit fromshared corporate services.

Napier named chairof United Heritage

Richard E. Hall, chairmanof United Heritage Financial

Group, saysNancy Napier ofBoise has beennamed chair-man of theboard of UnitedHeritage Prop-erty & CasualtyCo., one of the

four subsidiaries of UnitedHeritage Financial Group.

Napier has served as vicechair since 2011, havingjoined that board in 2007.

“We welcome NancyNapier as the first woman toserve as the chairman of theboard of any of our UnitedHeritage companies,” Hallsays.

A professor of strategyand the director of the Cen-tre for Creativity and Inno-vation at Boise State Univer-sity, Napier is also an ad-junct professor for AalborgUniversity in Denmark.

Wixon re-elected toWoodmen post

Donald D. Wixom, Nampa,was re-elected as watchman,a national officer, by dele-gates at Modern Woodmenof America’s 42nd nationalconvention. Modern Wood-men’s bylaws state that an

adviser, watchman, escortand sentry will serve everyfour years at the nationalconvention to help carry outthe convention process.

Modern Woodmen is afraternal financial servicesorganization. Wixom, aModern Woodmen member,is a graduate of the RealtorInstitute, an accredited buy-er representative and a cer-tified residential specialist.

Food &BeverageChandlers eventbenefits WCA

Chandlers restaurant re-cently made its fourth annu-al donation to the Women’sand Children’s Alliance.

In 2007, Rex Chandler,owner of Chandlers, had theidea to create a Mother’sDay tradition in which do-nations made to the WCAby patrons celebratingMother’s Day at Chandlerswould be matched or ex-ceeded by Chandlers.

“Being raised by a singlemom, I understand the chal-lenges single moms arefaced with and believe thatthe WCA is the most worthyof our efforts and charitablehearts,” he says.

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“Rex and Mary BethChandler are such fabulousambassadors for the WCA,”says Bea Black, executive di-rector.

Boise RAM honoredThe RAM Restaurant and

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Frick hasbeen assistantcity manager in

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She replaces Gary Marks,who resigned to take anoth-er job earlier this year.

HospitalityCW Moore buildingrecognized

The Penthouse at CWMoore Plaza was presentedwith the Best Wedding Ven-ue award at the Idaho EventProfessionals first Excel-lence Awards.

Nine stories aboveDowntown Boise at 250 S.5th Street, the penthousehas 1,876 square feet ofglassed indoor space open-ing onto 1,919 square feet ofpatio terrace.

MarketingStoltz Marketingwelcomes associates

Stoltz Mar-keting Grouphas added ac-count coordina-tor AndrewMentzer andproduction/me-dia coordinatorJoseph Eck to itsaccount servic-es team.

Mentzerholds a bache-lor’s degree inpolitical sci-ence, a master’s

certification in communityand regional planning and amaster’s degree in publicadministration from BoiseState University. He found-ed Idahostel, Boise’s first in-ternational traveler’s hostel,and managed the IdahoGlobal Entrepreneurial Mis-sion for the Idaho Depart-ment of Commerce. He vol-unteer-teaches travel class-es for Boise Community Ed-ucation and contributes toBoise Weekly as a recreationand travel journalist

Eck worked in sales andmarketing for Cold ChainLLC in Boise. He has a bach-elor’s degree in businesswith an emphasis on mar-keting and entrepreneurialstudies from Washingtonand Jefferson College inPennsylvania.

NaturalresourcesThompson CreekMining honored

The Idaho Association ofCommerce and Industry haspresented Thompson CreekMining Co. with its Environ-mental Excellence Award.

Thompson Creek’s minein central Idaho is recog-nized for creating and usinginnovative technology to re-duce by 90 percent the dustblowing off the ore pilethrough the installation of a$2.5 million wind fence. Thefence is the first of its kindin North America to be usedin mining. The cathedralstyle of the fence has signifi-cantly improved air qualityin the work environment,IACI says. It has helpedThompson Creek exceed re-quired air quality standards.

Chris Natoli, senior envi-ronmental specialist, andSuzanne Budge, ThompsonCreek governmental affairsrepresentative, accepted theaward.

NonprofitsNetworking groupdonates to JA

Junior Achievement of Ida-ho has been awarded $2,000by the Business NetworkingInternational Foundation.

BNI cofounder Beth Mis-ner presented the award toJulie O’Meara, JA of Idahopresident, at the Women Ig-nite Idaho Conference inBoise.

BNI, the world’s largestbusiness networking organi-zation, has 20 chapters inIdaho.

3 companies donateto Idaho Red Cross

The American Red Crossof Greater Idaho has re-ceived nearly $15,000 ingrants from Simplot, ServeProand KeyBank as part of theReady 365 program. Themoney will help pay for dis-aster relief and emergencypreparedness services to140,000 Idahoans a year.

Capital Matrixdonates to WBC

Capital Matrix has con-tributed to the launch of mi-crobusinesses in the Treas-ure Valley through a $20,000grant to META’s Women’sBusiness Center. The centerhelps women, includingwomen from underservedcommunities, launch mi-croenterprises.

Capital Matrix is a non-profit corporation licensedand regulated by the U.S.Small Business Administra-tion to administer the SBA504 loan program.

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Club has earned an annualDistinguished Club awardfor high performance.

The idea of having a cor-porate club came from theneed for developing em-ployees’ interpersonal skills.Six employees earned offi-cial leadership or speakingaward certifications thisfirst year. The club meetsevery Friday in the down-town Key Financial Centerat 9 a.m. It has 20 members,none of whom are executivemanagers.

Lung Associationhires state director

The American Lung As-sociation of the Mountain

Pacific hashired HeatherKimmel as Idahostate director.

Kimmel wasvice presidentand chief devel-opment officerat the Treasure

Valley YMCA and workedpreviously for the St. Luke’sWood River Foundation inKetchum, the Wood RiverLand Trust in Hailey and theIdaho Project for RefugeeResettlement in Boise. Shehas taught university-levelEnglish courses and servedas the conference director inthe Office of the President atBoise State University.

MAF staff changesMission Aviation Fellow-

ship has announced severalleadership changes at itsheadquarters in Nampa.

David Fyock is vice presi-dent of operations. He willoversee MAF ministry work

around theglobe. Fyockhas been withMAF since 1992.He served for 13years in variouspositions over-seas before relo-cating in 2005 to

MAF headquarters. where

he held the role of chief fi-nancial officer and vicepresident of resources, thenserved as executive vicepresident for six years be-fore being named to the op-erations role. Fyock residesin Nampa.

Rick Dickson has beennamed director of finance.Dickson was the organiza-

tion’s southernAfrica areamanager, over-seeing MAF op-erations in thecountries ofLesotho,Mozambique,and Zimbabwe.

He also spent six years as di-rector of MAF’s Latin Amer-ica region. In 2011 Dicksonmoved to Meridian to be-come senior director of fieldoperations at MAF head-quarters, a job he held untilaccepting the finance posi-tion. Dickson spent morethan a decade in the defenseindustry prior to joiningMAF.

Doug Harrison of Meridianhas been named director of

technology.Harrison spentyears leadinginformationtechnology op-erations in theprivate and pub-lic sectors be-fore joining

MAF in 2004. He most re-cently served as manager ofmember care at MAF, pro-viding spiritual and counsel-ing support for the organiza-tion’s staff around the globe.He previously held a man-agement position with MAFin Asia. Harrison will be re-sponsible for the ministry’sworldwide IT and learningtechnology functions.

Doug Haley isdirector of ad-vancementservices, withresponsibilityfor gift process-ing and report-ing, as well as

donor services. Haley mostrecently served as adminis-trator for a law office in theSeattle area. He previouslyworked in fundraising fortwo faith-based nonprofits.Haley lives in Nampa.

MAF receives grantMission Aviation Fellowship

has received a $66,800 grantfrom the M.J. MurdockCharitable Trust to fund aninternship program at theNampa headquarters.

MAF is a Christian min-istry that uses airplanes,technology and training toreach the world’s most iso-lated people. With a fleet of52 light aircraft, MAF pro-vides services to 600churches, relief groups,medical personal, develop-ment agencies and others,allowing them to work in re-mote and difficult parts ofthe globe. It employs 180people in the Treasure Val-ley.

“The grant is allowingMAF to provide paid intern-ships and mentoring to col-lege students interested inthe nonprofit sector,” saidBarbara Bowman, vice pres-ident for ministry advance-ment. MAF has alreadyhired two student internsfrom Northwest NazareneUniversity in Nampa.

Make-A-Wish addsboard members

Make-A-Wish Idaho hasadded two newboard members,Jeremiah Shinnand Jill Marfice.The board is ex-panding its re-gional presenceand has repre-sentation inCoeur d’Alene,Twin Falls andBoise.

Shinn is theassistant vicepresident forstudent life at

Boise State University.Marfice has been a volun-teer for Make-A-Wish Idahofor several years in Boiseand in the Coeur d’Alenearea. She lives in Coeurd’Alene.

Make-A-Wish grantswishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.

RetailR. Grey Gallery winsretailer award

R. Grey Gallery was nameda Top 5 Designer Retailer of2014-15 at the JCK Las VegasShow, one of the largest jew-elry shows in the world.Boise gallery owners Bar-bara and Robert Kaylor re-ceived the award.

R. Grey Gallery has beenin business in DowntownBoise for 28 years. It special-izes in handcrafted andAmerican-made jewelry,home furnishings, and glass.

Telesco joins ReelFoods

Reel Foods Fish Markethas hired Stephanie Telesco,with more than 40 years ofrestaurant experience, 28 ofthem at the former BrickOven Bistro, which she co-owned with her husband,Jeff Nee.

Telesco will focus on op-erations and enhancing aline of ready-to-eat meals(“take and bake”) and lunchitems that Reel Foods FishMarket is expanding.

Reel Foods Fish Market,in Boise since 1980, is theTreasure Valley’s only spe-cialized fresh-fish market.

TechnologyMicron Technologyjoins foundation

Micron Technology Inc. has

become a platinum memberof the OpenPOWER Foun-dation, an open develop-ment community based onthe POWER microproces-sor architecture.

Micron’s Skinnerhonored

Daniel Skinner, director ofmobile DRAM architecturefor Micron Technology Inc.,has received the JEDECAward of Excellence for hisleadership as chairman ofthe LPDDR3 and LPDDR4Task Groups. The terms areabbreviations for low-powerdouble-data-rate memory, atype of dynamic random-ac-cess memory.

PreCom recognizedPreCom, a unified com-

munications provider inBoise, has received Technol-ogy Assurance Group’s topaward.

The group, an interna-tional organization of inde-pendently owned unifiedcommunications compa-nies, selected PreCom as thewinner of the “PerformanceExcellence Award” for ex-ceptional economic per-formance and superior cus-tomer satisfaction. “In 2013,PreCom experienced phe-nomenal growth that pro-pelled them past the bestcompanies in the industry,”

said BrianSuerth, presi-dent of TAG.

Heidi Wood-head, vice presi-dent of Pre-Com, acceptedthe award.

LiveRez partnershipLiveRez.com, an Eagle

company that offers cloud-based software for profes-sional vacation rental man-agers, has partnered withPointCentral to optimizeand simplify the manage-ment of vacation rentals

through the introduction ofcellular-powered smarthome control.

“Without a doubt, smarthome control is the next biginnovation in the vacationrental industry,” said Liv-eRez founder and CEO Tra-cy Lotz.

CenturyLink Inc.announces grants

CenturyLink Inc.recentlydonated $30,000 in grants to42 nonprofit organizationsin Idaho and southeast Ore-gon as part of the company’sMiddle School PhilanthropyProgram. Students at 10middle schools were giventhe opportunity to distrib-ute $3,000 per school amonglocal nonprofits impactingtheir community.

ITC appointsBastian

The Idaho TechnologyCouncil has hired NathanBastian as development di-rector.

Bastian has been shoppermarketing man-ager at Prosper-ity OrganicFoods Inc. and aleadership de-velopment as-sociate at Ad-vantage Sales &Marketing. Bas-

tian obtained a master’s inbusiness administration atBoise State University andserved as a business devel-opment consultant at FuturaCorp.

Tech council adds2 business leaders

Two Idaho business lead-ers have been elected to theIdaho Technology Councilexecutive committee. Theyare Tommy Ahlquist, chief op-erating officer of GardnerCo., and Dave Boren, chiefexecutive and founder ofClearwater Analytics.

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AG R I C U LT U R EC OV E R S T O RY

BY ZACH [email protected]

© 2014 Idaho StatesmanAs usual, neighbors and friends gathered at

Bitner Vineyards to watch the quadcopter dronelift off. It hovered over the rows of grape vines,buzzing like a 3.7-pound bumblebee. Vineyardowner Ron Bitner and the others shielded theireyes as they watched the drone fly over his 5 acresof vines on rolling, Sunny Slope hills southwest ofCaldwell like a prop in a science fiction flick.

“It’s totally fun. Everybody comes around to seeit,” Bitner says. “But it’s more than fun. It’s a realtool, for agriculture especially.”

The vineyard is a testing ground for NorthwestNazarene University professor Duke Bulanon andhis team of four engineering students. They arefine-tuning the drone’s infrared camera, whichcan alert growers to crop diseases, inadequatemoisture content and a host of other problems.

Remote controller in hand, senior engineering

Disease-spottingdroneswillsoonbeamainstayofIdahoagriculture,accordingtoexperts.

DARIN OSWALD / [email protected] quadcopter drone piloted by researchers from Northwest Nazarene University takes infrared photos of grapevines at Bitner Vineyards in the Sunny Slope area southwest of Caldwell.

DARIN OSWALD/ [email protected]

Northwest Nazarene seniorDarrell Leber, second fromright, lifts the team researchdrone off a table at BitnerVineyards before guiding itover the crop. Fellow engi-neering students — fromleft, Heather Skovgard, JohnLonai and Paulo Salvador —are spending the summerhelping professor Duke Bu-lanon collect data from in-frared cameras on NNUdrones.

student Darrell Leber guided the drone over afew rows of grapes that Bitner had treatedwith a trial batch of fertilizer. The camera au-tomatically snapped photos to be analyzedlater to measure the treatment’sperformance.

Bitner, a professional entomologist with aPh.D. from Utah State University, has growngrapes at Sunny Slope for 33 years using asfew chemicals as possible. He says drones, orunmanned aerial vehicles — UAVs — willsoon help growers reduce chemical applica-tions.

“Rather than spraying the whole field, if wecan identify spots of disease or pests, we cando spot spraying,” Bitner says.


“What?Youwant topayme toflydrones?Yes.” Darrell Leber

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“That will reduce chemicals. We can re-duce water stress. There will be some realbenefits to it.”

The onlookers pulled cellphones frompockets and recorded videos as Leber landedthe drone. Accepting the fellowship offeredby his professor was an easy decision, hesays. Leber says he hopes to get a job in theaerospace division of the defense industry.

“What? You want to pay me to fly drones?Yes,” he says.

BIRD’S-EYE VIEWRobert Blair has flown hobby-kit drones

over his 1,500-acre farm 34 miles northeastof Lewiston since 2006. Blair says he was

the first American grower to deploy UAVtechnology for agricultural purposes. He’sgained a following on his blog, “The Un-manned Farmer,” and collaborates with oneof the University of Idaho’s several drone-research projects.

Blair outfits his 3-pound fixed-wing Sty-rofoam UAV with a GPS autopilot systemthat tracks coordinates to traverse his bar-ley, wheat, lentil, alfalfa and garbanzo beanfields. A digital infrared camera snaps pho-tos that Blair downloads and scrollsthrough. He finds patches of crops needingattention and keeps an eye on plants afterstorms when the fields are too muddy foron-the-ground scouting.

“I can’t cover 100 percent of my fields bytraditional scouting,” Blair says. “This

allows me to see better and realize, ‘Hey, Ido have a problem out there. Maybe it’ssomething I can fix.’ ”

Blair says drones can help growers im-prove their yields while accommodatingthe swelling demand for more eco-friendlyfarming practices.

“Agriculture has the tremendous respon-sibility of feeding 9.5 billion people by 2015,and doing so sustainably, as the activistssay,” Blair says. “This technology will allowus to better manage our inputs and makebetter management decisions.”

STATEWIDE EFFORTSBulanon’s NNU project is a partnership

with the University of Idaho and is fundedby state and federal grants worth a com-

bined $134,000. It is one of at least threeUAV research efforts underway in Idaho.

Donna Delparte, an assistant professor inthe Idaho State University Department ofGeosciences, is leading a coalition of re-searchers from Boise State University, theU of I and Idaho National Laboratory. Fund-ed by a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture, the coalition will fly itsdrones over 2,400 acres of potato andsugar-beet fields in East Idaho each week.The J.R. Simplot Co. is contributing a part-time researcher and equipment.

The team translates spectral imagesof crops into data about chlorophyllproduction, water content and other

NorthwestNazarene re-search internJohn Lonaiwaits to catchthe landingdrone as stu-dent internPaulo Salvador,left, watchesand pilot JohnLeber controlsthe landing. Theteam tracks thedrone’s locationon a laptop. TheNNU team fliesits drones man-ually, thoughthe drones’global position-ing systems canfollow pro-grammed way-points and com-plete routeswithout assis-tance.

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crop-health indicators.Delparte, who planned to begin data col-

lection this week, says her drones will tar-get pests and disease on a small scale.

“A potato or beet grower is interested inpractically the leaves on every plant to tryto nip a disease or biting insect,” she says. “Awheat grower might be more interested inhow a 5-meter by 5-meter square looks.”

Idaho Department of Commerce Direc-tor Jeff Sayer hopes to pull together state,industry and university resources to createan office organizing drone research forcommercial partners. The state doesn’thave much money to commit to the “centerof excellence,” as Sayer calls it. But he says abare-bones budget fronted mostly by indus-try money could make Idaho a destinationfor drone manufacturing or research forwhatever industries take interest.

Such an office might attract companies inwhat Delparte says will soon be a “billion-dollar” UAV-making industry, stimulatingresearch money for universities, she says.

“Maybe it will help industry partnersfind somebody like me who can help advise

on sensor development or data process-ing,” Delparte says.

Advanced Aviation Solutions in Star of-fers training on how to use UAVs and con-sulting services aimed at tailoring UAVhardware and software packages to clients’needs. CEO Steve Edgar says Idaho can be-come a leader in drone development.

“We have the airspace, sparsely populat-ed areas, facilities and everything you needto develop aerospace as an industry inIdaho, which can offer high-paying jobs inthe future,” Edgar says.

Sayer hopes to announce the office’sopening in the coming year, though plansare still informal. Drone use will becomecommonplace in agriculture, Sayer says,and Idaho would be smart to move beforeother states roll out welcome mats for com-panies and researchers.

“(UAV use) is real, and it’s coming,” Say-er says. “I think it will come faster than peo-ple realize.”

IMPEDIMENTSDelparte says the Federal Aviation

Administration has slowed UAV develop-ment by dragging its feet creating rules for

commercial drones. The FAA’s latest plan isto release rules in 2015, but its target datehas already moved several times.

The FAA has levied fines or sent cease-and-desist orders to drone hobbyists andprofessionals such as real estate agents andjournalists, Delparte says. The agency saysit must weigh commercial benefits present-ed by UAVs — agriculture included —against concerns about privacy and safety,especially around airports and large groupsof people.

Bulanon says his team is fine as long as itkeeps its drone under 400 feet and at least 5miles away from airports. Delparte says ex-isting rules are a gray area, but so far agri-culture researchers haven’t had any prob-lems.

“If farmers are flying their own units ontheir own property, there seems to be lee-way,” Delparte says.

Blair says the UAV enthusiasts he corre-sponds with don’t draw attention to theirdrones for fear of FAA enforcement.

“Will there be rules? Yes,” Blair says.“Will they be favorable for what agricultureneeds to be successful? I doubt it.”

Though high-end drones remain expen-sive — NNU also has a $10,000 drone await-ing repairs — the cost of UAV bodies andGPS and autopilot technology has fallen inrecent years. Many out-of-the-box dronessell for $1,000 to $2,000 without cameras orsensors. Farmers such as Blair can buildhobby kits for less. One of NNU’s smallerdrones was assembled in-house with partsmade from the university’s 3-D printer.

Bitner says drones will soon be inexpen-sive enough for mass adoption in agricul-ture.

“That would be around $1,500,” he says.“The camera is the expensive part of it.Then you have to have a grandson so some-body can fly it for you. It’s been so muchfun, I’ll probably get one, anyway.”

Zach Kyle: 377-6464; @IDS_zachkyleThe Post Register in Idaho Falls contributed.


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CASH RECEIPTS BY CROPIn millions

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Lesswater,morebeerBY ZACH KYLE

[email protected]© 2014 Idaho Statesman

2013 was a banner year for Idahobarley. Growers planted more of thecrop and took home more money forthe fourth straight year — a decade-high $337 million.

Barley’s rising price and value as alow-water crop persuaded more ofIdaho’s roughly 5,000 barley growersto increase barley acreage over thepast 10 years. Idaho’s 620,000 acres ofbarley planted were the third-highestin the nation behind Montana[990,000 acres] and North Dakota[760,000 acres].

The beer industry’s thirst for malt-ing barley has propelled demand,says Pat Purdy, who this year plantedbarley in 2,100 acres of his 2,500-acrefarm near Picabo. He sells his maltingbarley to Anheuser-Busch InBev,which processes malt in Idaho Falls;and to MillerCoors LLC, whichtrucks Idaho barley to Golden, Colo.

Purdy is vice chairman of the Ida-ho Barley Commission, which lob-bies and advocates for barley grow-ers. He says 2014 is shaping up to beanother good year even as farmersshift 50,000 acres to wheat and othercrops to take advantage of risingwheat prices and higher insurancepayouts for failed crops.

“Prices are still strong, so we ex-pect another year of increased barleycash receipts,” Purdy says.

The Treasure Valley is too hot togrow malting barley, but growershere raise the crop for seed and ani-mal feed.

East Idaho has ideal conditionsfor growing brewer-grade barley,Purdy says, though farmers raisemalting barley throughout most ofthe state.

“We’ve got a lot of cool, high-coun-try barley growing regions,” he says.“As of yet, we don’t have a lot of the

disease issues that forced barley outof some other states.”

In higher elevations outside theTreasure Valley, the aridity preventsIdaho farmers from losing yields toFusarium head blight, a disease thathas prompted growers in wetterstates such as Wisconsin, Minnesotaand North Dakota to convert barleyfields to corn or soybeans, Purdysays.

THE WATER TOOLTreasure Valley farmers don’t

grow malting barley because the hotgrowing season produces proteinlevels higher than brewers want. Lo-cal farmers, such as Richard Durrantof Big D Ranch, 13 miles south ofMeridian, grow barley for seed andfeed to sell to growers and dairies.Durrant says most locally grown bar-ley is fed to dairy cows in the Treas-ure and Magic valleys.

He says barley is not as profitablefor growers as potatoes, sugar beetsor corn, so Valley growers rely on itas a rotational crop — especially dur-ing low-water years such as 2012 and2013, because it needs less water thanwheat, which also grows in the earlypart of the season. Valley farmersplant wheat and barley in April andstop irrigating in mid-June, in time tostart irrigating potatoes and sugarbeets, which are planted and harvest-ed later.

Valley farmers planted more bar-ley than usual last year because ofdrought conditions, Durrant says.

“The last two years, water con-cerns in the Treasure Valley probablyaccounted for 50 percent of growersshifting acres to barley from wheat,and definitely from corn, so growershad a little extra water for sugar beetsor something else,” Durrant says.

Barleygives Idahogrowersa tough,low-irrigationcashcrop.

DARIN OSWALD / [email protected] barley grown near Meridian was last watered in mid-June. Most Treasure Valley growers have finishedharvesting barley by now, leaving time to harvest other later-maturing crops.



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Anheuser-Busch InBev, of St.Louis, is the largest buyer of Idahobarley and brews many of theworld’s most broadly distributedbeers, including Budweiser, Coronaand Stella Artois. A-B InBev in-creased its Idaho holdings when itacquired Mexico-based GrupoModelo, which jointly operated a6.5 million-bushel malt plant nearIdaho Falls with Cargill Malt.

The company operates a 4 mil-lion-bushel elevator and a seed-cleaning facility with an 18 million-bushel capacity in Idaho Falls. A-BInBev also runs a barley elevator inHazelton and grows barley testplots in Idaho Falls and BonnersFerry. The brewer has received abuilding permit for an $8.8-millionwater treatment system at its Ida-ho Falls malting plant.

Great Western Malting Co., ofVancouver, Wash., buys about $25million worth of barley from Idahoannually to sell to craft brewers.Great Western’s malting plant inPocatello has a capacity of 6 millionbushels.

MillerCoors LLC, of Chicagoand Golden, Colo., has bought Ida-ho barley for more than 40 years.The brewer operates a 9 million-bushel barley-handling facility anda 165-acre research farm in Burleyas well as a 120,000-bushel grain-storage building in Buhl.

Source: Idaho Barley Commission

THE BUYERS OF IDAHO’SMALTING BARLEYCONSERVATION EFFORTS

Barley is already a grower’sfriend during low-water years, butthe largest barley consumers —brewing companies — want to fur-ther curb the water needed to irri-gate the grain.

University of Idaho associateprofessor Howard Neibling, whostudies water management fromthe university’s Kimberly exten-sion office, says brewers supportpart of his barley research.

Growers normally harvest bar-ley at the soft-dough stage, whenthe kernel heads produce a tooth-paste-like substance whensqueezed, Neibling says. He wassurprised when he found that bar-ley last irrigated at milk stage,when the crop was underdevel-oped and produced a milky liquidwhen squeezed, grew to be sur-prisingly healthy by harvest time.The early water cutoff saved twoirrigations.

Neibling recommends irrigatingthrough the soft-dough stage, buthe says the study shows barley’s re-siliency — and gives growers alast-minute water-saving option ifthey get nervous about their waterallotments.

“We tried to be a little extreme,”Neibling says. “Lo and behold,when we cut off irrigation at milkstage with only 2 inches of usablewater in the soil, the crop madegrade.”

Anheuser-Busch InBev and oth-er brewing companies haveramped up research on water con-servation because of pressure fromWal-Mart and other sellers, Neib-

ling says. Wal-Mart is pushing forwater conservation as part of itspublic relations strategy, he says.

This can present challenges inplaces such as Idaho, where declin-ing snowpacks have forced grow-ers to work under smaller water al-lotments on fields where barley forBudweiser, Bud Light and otherbrands grows.

Pete Kraemer, Anheuser-Busch

InBev’s vice president of supply,says 90 percent of the water in-volved in the production of beer isused in agriculture, a figure com-mon in the beverage industry. “Nobarley, no beer,” Kraemer says.

A-B InBev says it has reduced itswater consumption from 3.5 bar-rels of water per barrel of beer to3.15 barrels. Some of the brewer’sconservation efforts take place in

the brewhouse. But the most sig-nificant changes take place infields, including those in Idaho.They include switching fromground irrigation to sprinkler irri-gation and breeding barley strainsthat resist disease and crop-dam-aging weather.

Zach Kyle: 377-6464, @IDS_zachkyle.The Houston Chronicle contributed.


DARIN OSWALD/ [email protected] Durrant, the third-generation owner of Big D Ranch south of Meridian, shows off some of the silage bar-ley left over from the 2013 harvest. Dairies that buy barley for feed often want the grain ground into a coarse flour.



P aul Harvey’s famousspeech, “So GodMade a Farmer,” por-

trays the many personalvirtues of the farmer. Heknew well that even thoughfarmers work long hours,they always stand ready tohelp their neighbors.

Farmers stand for all thatis good about America, butthey are not working in thebest of all markets.

Economic models andhistorical experience showsthat if you have a high levelof competition, you get themost efficient level of out-put at the best price. Mar-kets work best when con-sumers have lots of choices

and sellers must serve theirneeds by producing some-thing of quality at the bestprice.

Economic theory showsthat for markets to be per-fectly competitive, theremust be many buyers, many

sellers with little differentia-tion in their products, andfree entry or exit from themarket. The farm sector isperhaps the most frequentlycited example of perfectcompetition.

The agricultural sector ofthe economy looks to haveall the right characteristicsfor markets to work well.We all need and buy foodregularly, there are manyfarmers competing for ourfood business with similarproducts, and farmers canopen and close for businessas they see fit.

However, the U.S. farmsector fails the test of per-fect competition for two key

reasons: Our agriculturalsector receives generoussubsidies from taxpayers,and government policy un-necessarily restricts farm la-bor.

Agricultural subsidies in-crease supply beyond thequantity that would resultfrom perfect competition,resulting in what is knownin economics as deadweightloss. Deadweight losses oc-cur because the taxationcost of the subsidy regularlyexceeds what society cangain from the increased lev-el of production.

In April, the Congression-al Budget Office reportedthat direct support for U.S.

farms and crop insurancewill amount to more than$130 billion over the next 10years. This amount is downfrom previous decades, butthe U.S. agricultural indus-try remains the most direct-ly subsidized market in oursupposedly free economy.

While farmers don’t gen-erally support a reduction insubsidies, they agree thatfreeing up the labor marketwill help the agriculturalsector.

Productivity growth inU.S. agriculture is slowing.According to the most re-cent data from the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture, to-tal factor productivity,

which includes labor andcapital inputs, grew 4 per-cent between 2001 and 2011.This compares with a19 percent growth rate overthe previous decade. Immi-gration reform will helpfarmers best meet their la-bor needs.

Farmers typify what isgood about America. Buteconomically our agricul-tural markets could be somuch better. Reducingsubsidies and immigrationreform will help all Ameri-cans.

God made the farmer, butonly we can keep the farmmarket free.

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Subsidies, immigration system hold U.S. agriculture backT H E E C O N O M Y

PETER R. CRABBProfessor of finance andeconomics at NorthwestNazarene University inNampa

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I ’m not a real farmer, orgoodness, even a gar-dener. I’ve tried to plant

tomatoes (disaster) andeven roped my family intoplanting 100 tulips bulbs oneThanksgiving weekend. Allthat came of it was happysquirrels and two tulips. Butoh, what beautiful tulipsthey are!

But I consider myself afarmer of a different sort. Iplant seeds of ideas.

And to do that, I suspect afew principles that are usedby real farmers and garden-ers apply for ideas as well:

Prepare the soil.The envi-

ronment (or soil) has to beready to receive the seed ofan idea. That means readingan organization and peoplewithin it to see if they maybe primed for a new idea:

Are they beginning to talkabout something that is sim-ilar? Are they seeking some-thing new to work on or anew way to solve a problem?Is there fear that a competi-tor is moving ahead? In oth-er words, is the timing right?

Drop micro seeds.Nextcomes a slow process ofdropping micro seeds, hintsreally, that are almost invisi-ble, just to get some of thewords or thoughts in the air.That means mentioningsomething in small waysmany, many times (I had noidea how many times until Istarted tracking this

process) and to do it in waysthat are not threatening orpushing the idea but ratherjust tossing it out and seeingwhat happens.

Coveryourtracks and letsomeone else reap the ideaand take the credit. When wecome up with ideas, we be-lieve in them, fight for themand make them happen. Sohelping a good idea becomesomeone else’s can strength-en it, and take it in new andoften better directions. Thenplay the supporter — nolonger the initiator — of theidea. That means being readywith a bit more information

when needed and being ableto support the changes thatimprove the idea.

Let it go when it’s time.Fields need to rest, some-times to prepare for newseeds in the future, some-times to shift crops or usesaltogether. Same thing withideas. Good gardeners —and idea planters — need tolet go of an idea and move tothe next phase at times.

Long ago, a colleague andI had the world’s best ideafor our university (or so wethought). While we weretrying to persuade our col-leagues inside the university

to move on the idea, I men-tioned it to colleagues else-where. Boom! Another col-lege implemented the sameidea within a year, while welet it die on the vine. I wasticked but learned twothings: First, timing is criti-cal. We weren’t ready for theidea and the other universi-ty was. Second, you can al-ways generate new ideas. Sodon’t worry about ones thatdon’t work. Let them go.

I’ve tried to become a bet-ter planter — and reaper —of ideas. What seeds couldyou plant today?

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A July 6 Statesman ar-ticle, “Kids TheseDays,” described

what some people think is alack of work ethic in mem-bers of the millennial gener-ation who “don’t feel likethey have to work.” At theCollege of Idaho, studentsraised in agricultural andlivestock family culturescertainly understand thevalue of exerting effort,where nothing comes easilyor automatically. For farm-ers, ranchers and growers,there’s no way to glidethrough on autopilot: indi-viduals must take initiative,and communities mustwork together.

The Statesman articlealso notes that younger

Idahoans aren’t “puttingdown roots” to stay here.Why?

Although my life has in-volved urban globetrotting,my own roots were nur-tured by prior farming gen-erations: my mom’s parentsin Oregon City (summersspent collecting eggs and

moving bales), and my dad’sparents in Marsing (whobought him a plot to growsugar beets after World WarII). I marvel at Dad’s effortfarming in his “spare time”while attending the Collegeof Idaho. I walk to campus.

The College of Idaho isproud of our deep and long-lasting agricultural roots.The J.R. Simplot Co. hasbeen a generous campusbenefactor, and supporterslike Symms Fruit Ranch andCrookham Co. continuetheir involvement throughfourth and fifth generations.Such roots extend far (forCrookham, over six conti-nents), but are anchoreddeeply at home.

We also need to take care

to cultivate new roots in theC of I’s neighboring commu-nity. An appropriatemetaphor suggests a fewbuds sprouting through barepatches in the Caldwell citycenter, like tiny stalks burst-ing through sidewalk cracks.

Yes, there are some nox-ious weeds that need clear-ing. But several of ourdowntown business ownersare persisting, and even ex-panding, to create fertilefields.

The Bird Stop Café is onesuch inspiring example ofhard work and persever-ance. Matt and Karen Kellyraised 10 kids in the Green-leaf countryside, and nowthis close-knit blended fami-ly provides coffee breaks for

local workers, showcaseslive music in a safe and wel-coming space, and connectsvarious neighborhoodgroups into a robust socialnetwork.

The Kellys shareoptimism about what down-town Caldwell can becomeagain. While there is not yeta substantial infrastructureof family dining or trendynightspots to draw moreshoppers and “hoppers,” theKellys are “banking” oncontinued growth bypurchasing and refurbishingthe historic Caldwell Bank-ing and Trust Co. buildingon 7th and Main in theSteunenberg Block. Theyare preserving and respect-ing continuity with past

generations, while helpingto lead a resurgent Caldwellinto the future.

The Kellys also possessthe typical farmer’s hard-ened humility that strikes abalance between individualinitiative and a communal“barn-raising” approach tobuilding a stronger commu-nity. You won’t hear themtalking up their own accom-plishments or bad-mouthinganyone else. See more ofwhat the Kellys are doing onFacebook (there is only oneBird Stop) — and come ondown for a good cup, a tastynibble, and a lively chat ortune. Let’s cultivate [email protected];

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The self-funding modelencourages the state andAccess Idaho to move moreservices online, he says.

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TUESDAY, JULY 22Doing Business with the Gov-ernment workshop: 9 to 11 a.m.at the SBA Boise District Office,380 E. ParkCenter Blvd., Suite330. Learn about the Small Busi-ness Administration’s govern-ment contracting certifications,as well as the resources availableto help small businesses interest-ed in selling to government agen-cies. Free. To RSVP, call 334-

9004, ext. 336, or go tosba.gov/BDO-Workshops.Boise Metro Chamber CEOSpeaker Series luncheon: Noonto 1:30 p.m. at The Grove Hotel,245 S. Capitol Blvd., Boise. Fea-turing Pat Talamantes, presidentand CEO of The McClatchy Co.,the parent company of the IdahoStatesman. $30 members, $40nonmembers, through July 16.Beginning July 17: $40 and $50.Register at boisechamber.org orcontact Nick Souba [email protected] or472-5237.Business Launch Workshop: 4to 6 p.m. at the Women’s Busi-ness Center, 1607 W. JeffersonSt., Boise. WBC’s recommendedfirst step for startup entrepre-neurs. $60 or free to WBCclients.Smart StartUp Part I: 4 to 6 p.m.at the Zions Bank Business Re-

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Business Educator Exchangeworkshop: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. atNorthwest Nazarene University,623 S. University Blvd., Nampa.Teachers will spend the first dayvisiting businesses where theemployee career pathways aremost aligned to what they teach.The second day will be spentlearning about training and edu-cational opportunities for stu-dents and resources for educa-tors. With a $60 fee, participatingteachers can earn a professionaldevelopment credit from the uni-versity. Teachers not seekingcredit can participate withoutcharge. To register, [email protected].

THURSDAY, JULY 24LinkedIn Strategies: ManagingYour Brand: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. atthe Zions Bank Business Re-source Center, 800 W. Main St.,6th floor, Boise. Free, but registra-tion is required by [email protected] calling 501-7450.

FRIDAY, JULY 25TechBoise: 8:30 to 10 a.m. lastFriday of each month at ColeMarr Coffeehouse, 404 S. 8th St.,Boise. Business owners and en-trepreneurs developing innova-tive products discuss issues.

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30Inside Secrets to Funding YourBusiness: 4 to 6 p.m. at the ZionsBank Business Resource Center,800 W. Main St., 6th floor, Boise.Free, but registration is requiredby [email protected] calling 501-7450.

TUESDAY, AUG. 19Zions Bank’s Small BusinessConference: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. atThe Riverside Hotel, 2900 W.Chinden Blvd., Boise. Keynotespeakers include publishing exec-utive and fiscal conservativeSteve Forbes, and Sallie Kraw-check, a women’s advocate andformer Wall Street executive. U.S.Sen. Mike Crapo will also offer re-marks about Idaho’s competitive-ness. $35, includes lunch. Regis-ter at zionsbank.com/conference.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY,AUG. 19-20

IntermountainEnergySummit:At the Shilo Inn and Conference

Center, 780 Lindsay Blvd., IdahoFalls. The focus will be on energypolicy and finding ways to bringtogether the planning processesof the energy-rich region to have agreater impact on issues liketransmission and transportation,public engagement, educationand work force training, and re-search and development. Keynoteaddresses by Secretary of EnergyErnest Moniz and Rep. MikeSimpson, chairman of the HouseSubcommittee on Energy andWater Development. $229 earlyregistration (first 50 registrants),$249 through July 31, $299 lateregistration (Aug. 1-19).Intermountainenergysummit.com.

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OfficeJK2 LLC purchased a 2,292-

square-foot office/retail build-ing at 1233 N. Main St. inMeridian. Brianna Miller ofThornton Oliver Keller repre-sented the seller. Chad Hamil-ton of Cushman &Wakefield|Commerce repre-sented the buyer.

TEM Marketing Inc. leased 959square feet of office space at208 S. Academy St., Suite 140,in Eagle. TEM Marketing Inc.provides online marketingservices. Al Marino and ChrisPearson of Thornton OliverKeller handled the transaction.

Mike Sevieri, dba AmericanNational Insurance, leased of-fice space in Lakepointe Centre1 in Boise. Patrick Shalz ofThornton Oliver Keller repre-sented the landlord. JenniferMcEntee of RFR Propertiesrepresented the tenant.

Republic Mortgage HomeLoans LLC leased 1,383 squarefeet of office space in 1065Winding Creek at 1065 E.Winding Creek Drive in Eagle.Brianna Miller and MikeGreene of Thornton OliverKeller represented the landlord.Scott Nicholson of Boise ValleyCommercial Real Estate repre-sented the tenant.

State Farm Insurance agent IanJohnson leased office space inEmerald Business Center at8030 Emerald St. in Boise.Patrick Shalz of Thornton Oliv-

er Keller represented the land-lord. Matt Mahoney of Lee &Associates represented thetenant.

Genesis Real Estate Groupleased 2,715 square feet of of-fice space at 1859 S. TopazWay, Suite 200, in Meridian. DJThompson, Shelley Wallaceand Tim Reid of Cushman &Wakefield|Commerce handledthe transaction.

Stanley Consultants leased1,256 square feet of officespace at 5983 State St. inBoise. Charli Fairman of Cush-man & Wakefield|Commercerepresented the landlord. GregGaddis of Thornton OliverKeller represented the tenant.

Juliet Babcock-Hyde CPA &Morton Planning & FinancialServices leased 820 squarefeet of office space at 2770 E.Franklin Road in Meridian.Shelley Wallace of Cushman &Wakefield|Commerce repre-sented the tenant.

HMS Business Services Inc.leased 3,358 square feet of of-fice space at 827 E. Park Blvd.,Suite 200, in Boise. DaveWinder and Chuck Winder ofCushman & Wakefield|Com-merce represented the land-lord. Jim Hosac of Intermoun-tain Commercial Real Estaterepresented the tenant.

Whitewater Properties LLCpurchased an 8,400-square-foot office building at 8752 W.Overland Road in Boise. JeffreyHall of Cushman & Wake-field|Commerce representedthe seller. Dave Shaw of Silver-creek Realty represented thebuyer.

Hall International Academy forArts & Humanities leased4,200 square feet of officespace at 1167 Iron Eagle Drivein Eagle. Jennifer McEntee ofCushman & Wakefield|Com-merce handled the transaction.

LifeStory leased 190 square feetof office space in the Osprey

Building at 4700 CloverdaleRoad, Suite 215, in Boise. CharliFairman of Cushman & Wake-field|Commerce handled thetransaction.

Lissa’s Learning Ladder pur-chased 2,960 square feet of of-fice space at 5630 N.Cloverdale Road in Boise. Kare-na Gilbert of Thornton OliverKeller represented the buyer.Nancy Lemas of Nancy LemasTeam/KW Commercial repre-sented the seller.

E. Brian Allen with Waddell &

Reed Financial Advisorsleased 1,735 square feet of of-fice space at 1065 E. WindingCreek Drive, Suite 250, Eagle.Shelley Wallace of Cushman &Wakefield|Commerce repre-sented the tenant. BriannaMiller and Mike Green ofThornton Oliver Keller repre-sented the landlord.

RetailPopeye’s leased 2,600 square

feet of retail space at 1435 N.Happy Valley Road in Nampa.Sara Shropshire, Andrea Nilsonand LeAnn Hume of Cushman& Wakefield|Commerce han-dled the transaction.

Dollar Tree Stores Inc. leased8,318 square feet of retailspace in the Oliver Finley Plazaat 6907 Strawberry Glen Roadin Garden City. Jennifer McEn-tee of Cushman & Wakefield|Commerce represented thelandlord. Andrea Nilson of

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YO U R B U S I N E S S C O M M U N I T YCushman & Wakefield|Com-merce represented the tenant.

Fit Mania leased 2,280 squarefeet of retail space at 8707 W.State St. in Boise. Devin Pierceand Mark Schlag of ThorntonOliver Keller represented thelandlord. Dan Minnaert ofThornton Oliver Keller repre-sented the tenant.

Lilly Jane’s Cupcakes leased393 square feet of retail spacein the Alaska Center building at1020 W. Main St. in Boise. Thisis Lilly Jane’s Cupcakes secondlocation. The business sellscupcakes freshly baked daily.Ben Zamzow and BriannaMiller of Thornton Oliver Kellerrepresented the tenant. DarrinBurrell of Intermountain Com-mercial Real Estate represent-ed the landlord.

The Columbia Marketplace re-tail center at 6558 & 6562 S.Federal Way in Boise, has beensold. John Stevens and Ben Za-mzow of Thornton Oliver Keller

handled the transaction.Thornton Oliver Keller will con-tinue to manage the propertyfor the new owner.

IndustrialSoda Pop Miniatures LLC

leased 2,260 square feet of in-dustrial space at 216 W. 38thSt. in Boise. Chris Pearson andGavin Phillips of Thornton Oliv-er Keller represented the land-lord. Steve Foster of Colliers In-ternational represented thetenant.

Trinity Trailer purchased a24,000-square-foot industrialbuilding at 7533 Federal Way inBoise. Dan Minnaert and DevinPierce represented the buyer.Chris Pearson and Patrick Shalzof Thornton Oliver Keller repre-sented the seller.

American Builders & Contrac-tors Supply Co. leased 12,500square feet of industrial space

at 925 N. Franklin Blvd. in Nam-pa. American Builders & Con-tractors Supply Co. providessales of construction materials.Chris Pearson of ThorntonOliver Keller represented thetenant. Devin Ogden of ColliersInternational represented thelandlord.

Harris Moran Seed Co. leased16,080 square feet of industrialspace in I-84 Industrial Park at1428 Madison St. in Nampa.Harris Moran Seed Co. pro-vides sales and distribution ofseed. Chris Pearson and DevinPierce of Thornton Oliver Kellerhandled the transaction.

Brunner Assets LLC leased2,172 square feet of industrialspace at 16089 Franklin Blvd.,Suite 6, in Nampa. MallisaJackson, Bryan Oliver and JakeMiller of Cushman & Wake-field|Commerce representedthe tenant. Mike Pena of Col-liers International representedthe landlord.

Be.Barre LLC leased 1,680square feet of industrial spaceat 6053 W. Corporal Lane inBoise. Charli Fairman of Cush-man & Wakefield|Commercerepresented the tenant. ChrisPearson of Thornton OliverKeller represented the landlord.

CMP Inc. leased 2,880 squarefeet of industrial space at 250N. Baltic Place in Meridian.CMP Inc. manufactures foodprocessing equipment. ChrisPearson of Thornton OliverKeller represented the tenant.Tim Graver of Prime Commer-cial represented the landlord.

Granite Construction leased1,140 square feet of industrialspace in Cortland BusinessPark at 2224 Cortland Place inNampa. Dan Minnaert andDevin Pierce of Thornton OliverKeller handled the transaction.

Cradlepoint Technology ex-panded into 20,026 squarefeet of industrial space in FiveMile Warehouse at 646-652

N. Five Mile Road in Boise. DanMinnaert and Devin Pierce ofThornton Oliver Keller handledthe transaction.

Engineered Structures Inc.leased 4,850 square feet of in-dustrial space in the South ColeIndustrial Center at 2772 S.Cole Road, Suite 120, Boise.Jennifer McEntee of Cushman& Wakefield|Commerce repre-sented the tenant. Chris Pear-son of Thornton Oliver Kellerrepresented the landlord.

LandBradley B LLC bought 4.4 acres

on Arthur Street in Caldwell.Peter Oliver and John Stevensof Thornton Oliver Keller han-dled the transaction.

Dave Evans Construction LLCbought 27,567 square feet atHigh Desert Street and IdahoCenter Boulevard in Nampa.Chad Hamilton and Jeffrey Hallof Cushman &

Wakefield|Commerce handledthe transaction.

CBC Freddy’s LLC bought 1 acreat the northwest corner ofWoodruff Avenue and 1stStreet in Idaho Falls. AndreaNilson, Sara Shropshire andLeAnn Hume of Cushman &Wakefield|Commerce handledthe transaction.

Lovan Roker & Rounds PCbought 0.21 acres at 2103Cleveland Blvd. in Caldwell.Chad Hamilton and Jeffrey Hallof Cushman &Wakefield|Commerce repre-sented the seller. Sheree Colesof Keller Williams representedthe buyer.

Polaris Innovation Group LLCbought 0.82 acres at 9719 W.Chinden Blvd. in Garden City.Chuck Winder and DaveWinder of Cushman & Wake-field|Commerce representedthe seller. Lisa Schmidt of Sil-verhawk Realty representedthe buyer.

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The“slowbutsteadyeconomicgrowth”inthefinancialmarketspushedPERSItonewhighsthisyear,accordingtoBobMaynard,PublicEmployeeRetirementSystemof Idahochief investmentofficer.Whilenetcontributions intothefundre-mainednegative,MaynardsaysPERSIhad“oneofthebest fiscalyearsonrecord” inthe yearendingJune30.

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JUNE $233.9 MILLION

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T he Idaho TechnologyCouncil’s Energy andTechnology Consor-

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research leaders and entre-preneurs. We were success-ful in encouraging Idaho’sbudding energy technologybusinesses to collaborate andfurther expand their re-sources so that they can bebetter prepared to tackle theshift in energy and technolo-gy that is underway.

My company, Hailey-based Power Engineers, is anenergy technology companythat is expanding and suc-cessfully generating morerevenue for Idaho. We re-cently acquired New Jersey-based Burns and Roe Enter-prises Inc., expanding theemployee base by 300 peopleand bringing in an additional$50 million in revenue. By

uniting, this new power-gen-eration team will offer serv-ices across the full spectrumof the power-generation in-dustry, including fossil, nu-clear, and renewable tech-nologies. We have the oppor-tunity to make an impactthroughout the world, and itall starts in Idaho.

WithcompaniessuchasPowerEngineers thriving inthestate, theEnergyandTechnologyConsortiumhasanimportant rolegoingfor-ward.NextyearourEnergyConnectedConferencewilloccurearlier in theyearsomorelawmakershave theop-portunitytoparticipate.Rec-ognizing theblurringof thelinesbetweenenergyand

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educational event for clientsand professionals from thetax and estate disciplines.We chose Boise StateUniversity’s Stueckle SkyCenter. This venue providesa spectacular view of theBoise front, especially in thespring when the Foothillsdisplay their vibrant brightgreen hue.

The turnout was largerthan expected, and the eventwas generally well attended.We learned that attendeesstill have a desire for educa-tion when it comes to mak-ing informed investment de-cisions. They have no desirefor sales presentations or

product promotions. Andwhen the co-host is Van-guard, people sit up and takenotice.

We were honored thatVanguard would provideBrian Scott, CFA, senior an-alyst and adviser to severalVanguard investment com-

mittees, as our guest speak-er. Vanguard believes inter-est rates could stay low forthe next five to 10 years,while the economy coulddeliver average to below-av-erage growth. While not ro-bust, this modest growthrate compares favorably toother countries andeconomies around theworld. Median inflationcould run about 2.5 percentas it has since 2000. Thiscompares with 3.0 percentmedian inflation from 1950-2013.

Despite continued low in-terest rates, bonds shouldabsolutely remain an essen-tial part of a balanced port-folio. Scott advised cautionwhen seeking “bond substi-

tutes” such as utilities, high-yield bonds and real estateinvestment trusts, or REITs.While currently popularand appropriate for some in-vestors, these investmentscan react harshly to risinginterest rates. Seeking high-er-income investments dur-ing periods of low interestrates is often a mistake. Thehigher the return over the“risk free” rate of return, thegreater chance investorswill lose money when ratesincrease.

Scott advised investing inhigh-quality corporate, gov-ernment and municipalbonds. These bonds act likea shock absorber in the port-folio, while providing moreincome than cash. The bal-

last provided by short-dura-tion bonds tends to dampenprice volatility. These bondscan also be sold more easilyfor cash, avoiding the needto sell from one’s stock port-folio during inevitable mar-ket corrections.

Scott reminded attendeesthat valuation is the largestcontributor to stock-pricemovement yet the most dif-ficult to predict, as it is oftena function of investor psy-chology. The price-multiplethat investors are willing topay for sales and profitsvaries widely, and the ac-companying volatility canbe unsettling.

Dividend yield and profitgrowth are more tangible,stable and predictable com-

pared with valuation. Wecan accurately compare val-uation with long-term aver-ages and determine whetherstocks are “expensive,”“cheap” or “about right.”

In summary, Scott out-lined why current valua-tions remain reasonable,while maintaining a positiveoutlook for stocks. Onceagain the audience was re-minded not to put all of theireggs in one basket, and thatthe basic essentials of assetallocation and disciplinedrebalancing still apply.

We look forward to host-ing similar educationalevents, complete with high-quality informative speak-ers, in the future.

Mark Daly: 333-1433

Stocks’ outlook positive but keep bonds, too, analyst saysI N V E S T I N G

MARK DALYManaging director-investment officer, Daly &Vachek InvestmentConsulting Group of WellsFargo Advisors

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T he Boise AngelAlliance is 10 yearsold. We have been

active in mentoring localentrepreneurs prior to theirapplying for funding withus. Under the leadership ofour new president, MaryAndrews, we have recentlyannounced a shift in ourstrategy. We will no longermentor entrepreneursbefore they apply to us.

Here’s why.1. The Treasure Valley has

lots of support for entrepre-neurs. There are many or-ganizations available to helpentrepreneurs, includingSCORE, the Idaho SmallBusiness Development Cen-ter, the Women’s Business

Center, Zions Bank BusinessCenter, Tech Connect, Start-up Grind and ActivateBoise. We don’t need to of-fer mentoring services anylonger, because there areothers focused on providingthis service.

2. Our mission is to help

angels. We know there arelots of people in the valleywho have the financial capa-bility to make investmentsin early stage private com-panies. Most don’t do so. Wewant to help these peoplelearn how to make these in-vestments using currentbest practices. We do this byorganizing angel funds andthrough our education pro-gram. To the extent wespend our time mentoringentrepreneurs, we have lesstime to help our existing andprospective angels.

3. Mentoring by investorscan be problematic. Some-times our angels work withcompanies prior to theirsubmitting a funding appli-

cation, only to later turnthem down when they applyfor funding. Naturally thiscan confuse the entrepre-neurs and cause frustration.

The Boise Angel Allianceis modifying its businessprocesses to match thischange in strategy. Here’show the new model willwork.

1. Train the serviceproviders. On July 31 we areholding a training sessionfor service providers whoare interested in assistingentrepreneurs who mayseek funding from local an-gels, including our funds. Ifyou are a service providerand would like to attend,please let us know at loon-

[email protected].

2. Refer entrepreneurs tothe service providers. Ourwebsite will be changed toencourage potential appli-cants to first seek the coun-sel of one of the local serv-ice providers. Of course, en-trepreneurs may apply di-rectly to us without seekingsuch counsel, but in our ex-perience many who do sofile applications that are notwell thought through, andthey rarely receive funding.

3. Encourage serviceproviders to serve as advocatesfor the entrepreneurs. If aservice provider is workingwith an applicant for fund-ing, the provider will be

invited to attend our screen-ing meetings with the entre-preneur. In this way, theservice provider will serveas another set of eyes andears for the entrepreneur aswe engage.

Interested serviceproviders and entrepre-neurs can learn more aboutour process from ourwebsite: www.boiseangelalliance.com.

Disclosure: I am a pastpresident of the Boise AngelAlliance and a principal inLoon Creek Capital, whichprovides administrativeservices to the alliance andits funds. I am an investor inall three funds.

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Alliance to focus mentoring on angels, not entrepreneursA N G E L I N V E S T I N G

KEVIN LEARNEDDirector of the VentureCollege at Boise State andan experienced angelinvestor.

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J eremy is an outsidesales person for a localbuilding supply com-

pany. When hired, Jeremyand his boss agreed that hewould continue using hisown smartphone ratherthan a newly issued compa-ny phone.

His boss is happy withthis arrangement, because itsaves the company money.Jeremy is happy too, be-cause it is much easier tomanage one phone thantwo.

Jeremy uses his phone alot. He manages his calendaron it. Contact and other im-portant information abouthis customer base is storedon it. He uses it to take pho-

tos of job sites. He installeda scanning app to send cus-tomer orders directly fromjob sites to the office. He us-es his phone to check email,both personal and work. Hiscustomers call him fre-quently, even occasionallyon nights and weekends if

they have delivery prob-lems.

This situation, in whichemployees use their person-al phones, laptops or otherdevices rather than compa-ny-issued ones, is referred toas a Bring Your Own Deviceprogram. BYODs are in-creasingly common. One re-cent survey of chief infor-mation officers suggeststhat almost half of organiza-tions will shift to BYOD pro-grams by 2017.

BYOD programs can cer-tainly be beneficial, espe-cially if they save your busi-ness money, increase em-ployee morale and make iteasier for employees to dotheir jobs. However, there

may be hidden legal issuesto consider.

For instance, what if Jere-my is an hourly employee?When his customers callhim on nights and week-ends, or if he accesses workemail after hours, variouswage and hour laws may beaffected.

What might happen if Je-remy uses his phone inap-propriately? Although someemployers may assume thatthey are protected from lia-bility if an employee uses hisown phone, this is not neces-sarily so. If Jeremy uses hisphone to sexually harass an-other employee, for exam-ple, his employer may be li-able, especially if he does so

during work hours or usingcompany resources, such asan office Wi-Fi connection.

Also, consider the impor-tant and confidential datathat Jeremy has stored onhis phone. The photos, workorders and customer data-base may be highly valuableto his employer. If Jeremyleaves the company andtakes his phone with him,may his employer demandthat he return that data?

Perhaps. This is anemerging legal issue with noclear answer as yet. Gener-ally, customer contact infor-mation has been held to be atrade secret, but the fact thatJeremy stores it on his per-sonal phone complicates

matters. Courts may look towhen Jeremy gathered theinformation and whether hedid so at his employer’s re-quest to determine who isentitled to it.

Most experts agree thatthe best way to protect bothparties in a BYOD situationis to put in place an employ-ment agreement that out-lines how personal devicesshould be used for workpurposes. It should alsomake clear when and howthe employee should use apersonal device for employ-ment purposes, and that theemployer is entitled to itsdata when the relationshipends.

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If your employees use their phones for work, be carefulB U S I N E S S L AW

SUSAN PARKAssistant professor ofbusiness law at Boise State’sCollege of Business andEconomics

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I daho’s rural cities areused to having theirbacks against the wall.

Many have already wit-nessed the civic death-spiralof shrinking populationsand shrinking opportunitiesthat send people packing.There is often a tippingpoint in a rural community,when the townspeople ei-ther rally and push on to-gether, or pack up and headfor the cities. That tippingpoint could be when aschool closes, a big employ-er closes, or in many towns,when the daily needs of lifecan be purchased withoutan hour’s trip to the nearestbig-box store.

Over the last decade, asmall but growing number

of communities across theGreat Plains and MountainWest no longer served by amarket are taking matters in-to their own hand. When thechain store or general storeleaves, residents are bandingtogether and starting com-munity-owned stores.

Last year, my Economic

Development Clinic assist-ed several rural Idaho com-munities in researchingsome of most successful ofthese community entrepre-neurs. The stories we heardfrom across the country toldof years of hard work settingup such stores. But we alsoheard that the hard workbrought these communitiestogether in a way that mightsave them in the end.

What is a community-owned store? Simply put, itis a for-profit corporationwhere the shareholders areall members of the localcommunity.

By most accounts, thefirst community-ownedstore was Little Muddy DryGoods, of Plentywood,

Mont. The star of the com-munity-owned store move-ment, though, is the PowellMerc in Powell, Wyo.

When a national chainstore closed right at theheart of the 5,000-persontown’s commercial strip justover a decade ago, the com-munity wondered what thefuture would bring. Notcontent to see the town die,a group of volunteers band-ed together, met once aweek for nearly a year, creat-ed a business plan in thattime, and began selling 1,000shares of the store at $500 ashare to community mem-bers. About two years later,in 2002, the Powell Mercopened its doors. It hasstayed open since. It filled a

major hole in the city’s com-mercial strip, provided aplace to shop for dailyneeds, and proved a sourceof local pride.

Of course, the store’sshareholders have not seenas lucrative a return on theirinvestment as the stock ofsome high-flying tech com-pany might have provided.Shareholders were told up-front not to expect dividendsand that their investmentwas in the community. Inthose terms, shareholders ofthe Powell Merc seem tohave gotten something betterthan a share of Apple couldhave provided: the town’ssurvival and the mainte-nance of a rural way of life.

Starting a community-

owned store is tough. TheCommunity Store in ruralSaranac Lake, N.Y., took fiveyears to go from businessplan to grand opening. Themanager there told us “youneed a group with tenacity”to make a store work. But agrowing number of commu-nities — places such as Ely,Nev., and Quimper, Wash.,and other small townsacross Wyoming — aregiving it a try.

It might just work here,too. For the small Idahotown on the tipping point ofsurvival, a community-owned store could be justthe thing to keep the townlivable, and keep thecommunity together.

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Community-owned stores could help rural Idaho townsU N I V E R S I T Y O F I DA H O O N B U S I N E S S

STEPHEN R.MILLERAssociate professor,University of Idaho Collegeof Law

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© 2014 Idaho StatesmanThink of Jonathon Fishman as a

hacker for good. If your smallbusiness has a computer problemor a cloud services glitch, Fishmanwill access your system and solvethe problem from his office orcouch or anywhere in the world.

That’s a simple description ofthe services offered by Rimöt Sup-port, the Boise information tech-nology startup Fishman incorpo-rated in October. Fishman, 47,started as a one-man IT team witha lean service offering and a leanerprice structure: $50 per month forindividuals and $100 for business-es with up to three people for 24-7IT support, tech-purchase assis-tance and quarterly system tune-ups. Families of up to four mem-bers can subscribe for $75 permonth. Businesses with more thanthree staff members can pay $25per month for every additionalemployee.

The Rimöt (pronounced “re-mote”) office is located at theBoise Greenhouse business incu-bator at 1915 W. State St. in Down-town Boise. Fishman has two part-time employees handling market-ing and another part-timer helpinghim with customers. He says thecompany is profitable and willhire three to five employees in2015 to form his first IT team to ex-pand the business, which hasgained 100 individual clients and20 organizations since opening.

Q: Who are your customers?A: We service the micro-small

businesses from the self-employedup to 25 to 35 staff members. Wespecialize in businesses that lever-age email, documents and otherelectronic communications intotheir business activities such as in-

dependent insurance agents andsmall legal practices.

Q: What is your tech background?A: I have been in the technolo-

gy sector since the early ’90s.Rimöt Support is my third startupI have owned and the fifth early-stage company I have worked in. Ihave been working in small-busi-ness IT services and support since2004.

Q: Why did you go with flat-ratebilling?

A: When I started Rimöt Sup-port, I knew that a fixed-pricingmodel was necessary to facilitatethe level of relationship I expect toachieve with our clientele. Wedidn’t want a customer to hesitateto engage us because of the ex-pected bill.

Q: What convinced you that therewas demand for the services Rimötoffers?

A: The industry is littered withtech mechanics that can fix acomputer problem, but there isn’ta vendor that matched the IThelp-desk model with a surrogatechief technology officer offering.We knew that small-businessowners were yearning for a trust-ed partner to help them navigatewhat technology solutions arebest for their organization. Ofcourse they need help-desk sup-port, but that needs to come intandem with tech planning andintegration.

Q: Why offer remote services in-stead of on-site support?

A: The traditional model ofsending the tech out to the officewas both inefficient and cost-pro-hibitive. We knew that we couldsolve 90 percent of all IT issues re-motely. In this day and age, the 10

percent is typically managed bywarranties or equipment replace-ment.

Q: What equipment do you use?How tethered are you to your office?

A: Since the company deliversits services remotely, there is norequirement to be in a specificlocation. This allows the compa-ny to leverage virtual staff, hiringthe best people no matter wherethey are located. We simply needa high-speed Internet connec-tion.

Q: What’s the significance of thebusiness name?

A:Rimöt Support came as a de-rivative of Remote Support. Wewanted the name to subtly articu-late what we did. The umlaut was

a tribute to a dear European friendof mine.

Q: How do you spend your workhours?

A: On any given day, I’m bom-barded with client needs. Giventhis, I try to be regimented abouthaving set tasks to accomplishwhen there is downtime. It is tooeasy to just focus on the clientsand neglect growing the business.Shifting from technical planningto content marketing isn’t easy, butif the road map is clear and thetasks are defined, it makes thetransition smoother.

Q: What’s the best part of owningyour own business?

A: We are taking something thatis usually messy and complicated

and distilling it down to some-thing that is meaningful and prac-tical. This metamorphosis is 100percent gratifying to me.

Q; What’s the worst part of owningyour own business?

A: The worst part for any entre-preneur is dealing with the uncer-tainty, the loneliness and thescarcity of resources. Every day,you have to make it happen be-cause there is no one else that will.You are constantly battling self-doubt, and in the end, it’s up toyou.

Zach Kyle: 377-6464@IDS_zachkyle

Boise’sITguardianangel

KYLE GREEN / [email protected] Fishman, founder of Rimöt Support, says the company is an evolution of Ben’s Ranch Inc., an informationtechnology support business he started in 2004.

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