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In This ISSUE

Abuse Prevention.........A2Historical Society..........A2Corrections...................A2Senior Center...............A3Sgt. Dan Brown............A4Public Works................A4Anniversary..................A5Pinewood Derby.....A5, B6Library..........................A5CSI Ed..A6, A10, A13,A16Jerome Rec. Dist.........A6CSI Happenings...........A7Did You Know...............A820/20 Business Mtg......A9Downtown Cleanup....A10Justice Programs.......A11Cinco de Mayo...........A12American Legion........A12Are You Prepared.......A13Jail Progress..............A14Water Update.............A16Off to Nationals............B1Boy’s Track..................B2Cheer Squad...............B2Girl’s Track...................B3Viking News.................B5Food Drive..................B12Hazelton City Seal......B12Horsemen of Idaho.....B12

Electronic Data SolutionsThey do what? (It's Complicated....)

by Charlie Correll

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Linda holding the Trimble GeoExplorer 7x GNSS Mapping System. On the table is the Apple iPhone (Green case) and the other Cedar Tree Technolo-gies rugged Android Tablet. Below is a picture of the office located at 154 1st Ave. West in Jerome.

Jerome residents have always said they’d like to have more graduates come back to live and work in Je-rome. Linda Dean Glover is one that not only moved back, but also owns a suc-cessful high-tech company here.

Located at 154 1st Ave West, just behind Title One on North Lincoln, Electron-ic Data Solutions (recently adopting the trade name of ‘Elecdata’) started business in 1986 and now has 16 lo-cal employees and another 10 employees in locations across the Western U.S. The office was originally the 4,000 square foot office of attorney Jim Jones. It has expanded now to 11,500 sq. ft. and they have added sev-eral adjacent lots.

Graduating in 1976 (the last class to graduate from the old high school on north Lincoln), Linda contin-ued her education at Ste-vens-Henager College in Salt Lake City, graduating with an associate degree in marketing-business man-agement.

Her first job was with Juniper Systems in Logan doing payroll and office work. It was a startup com-pany in 1981 that designed hardware and developed software. Not wanting to be interrupted while doing the technical work, they left Linda to handle the custom-ers. Having to learn about the equipment Juniper sold, she graduated to sales and became the sales manager.

She met her then hus-band, David Dean, who was a helicopter pilot in Alaska.

Wanting to move to the low-er 48 states, they settled in Jerome, partly because Lin-da’s parents, Jerry and Betty Doughty, still lived here and they thought it would be good for their kids to grow up near their grandparents.

David started flying for Reeder Flying Service in Twin Falls doing Forest Service and BLM work. Ju-niper Systems wanted Lin-da to come back to work for them but she didn’t want to move back to Utah. They instead gave her a sales territory covering West-ern Canada and the Pacif-ic Northwest to sell their equipment.

Linda then started Elec-tronic Data Solutions which is the business name of Field Data Solutions, Inc. (Ross Perot had already used the name Electronic Data Sys-tems, Inc., hence the dba of Electronic Data Solutions.)

Most people think Elec-tronic Data Solutions deals with just computers. They do, but they approach it from a different angle. They are involved in the complete process of installing hand held instruments, writing the software, gathering data in the field, and getting it back to an office computer or network. To do that they have to deal with a variety of rugged devices that have to hold up to the outdoor el-ements and the rough han-dling of field use.

David, her husband at the time and still her business partner, taught himself how to program the handheld de-vices in the 80’s, which is the state of the art technolo-

gy for forestry applications. That software operates on the handheld to calculate the board feet in a log, using the length, diameter, sub-tracting the defects. That information is then com-pared with the end product of the lumber processing.

In addition to the mar-keting of the machines, they also write custom soft-ware for specialized equip-ment. Instead of relying on the factories to supply the technical information for support to their customers, Electronic Data Solutions learns all the technical de-tails about the equipment and their applications. Be-cause the applications are so advanced, custom software is needed in addition to what the factory provides, so they have their own soft-ware programmers. This lets them provide custom solutions for their custom-

Section A April 2015 North Side Journal

A day and night full of events has been planned for this year’s International Astronomy Day at the Herrett Center for Arts and Science at the College of Southern Idaho.Activities begin at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, April 25 with make and take astronomy projects, color-ing pages, solar viewing, and building and launching of wa-ter bottle rockets. Admission to the make-and-take activity center is $1 per person. These

activities will be held regard-less of weather conditions that day.From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Centennial Observatory will offer safe views of the Sun, bright stars, and planets, weath-er permitting, and then reopen for a nighttime star party from 9 p.m. to midnight. Targets will include Venus, Jupiter, the first-quarter Moon, and more. All observatory events are free of charge, and weather permit-

ting. The Faulkner Planetarium will show ‘Astronaut’ and a live sky tour at 1:30 p.m.; ‘So-lar System Odyssey’ at 2:30 p.m.; ‘Sea Monsters: A Pre-historic Adventure’ 3:30 p.m.; ‘Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity’ with a live sky tour at 7 p.m.; and ‘Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon’ at 8 p.m. Admission prices for the planetarium are $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $4 for stu-dents.For information, contact the Herrett Center at 732-6655 or visit the website at www.csi.

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Corrections to March Jerome Cheese Article

Changes to the Jerome Cheese - High Tech & High Production ar-ticle that appeared in the March is-sue of the North Side Journal were received after the issue had gone to print. We apologize for the mistake. Paragraph #3 should have read:

The total milk purchased amounts to about $370 million paid to dairy farms per year. At a production rate of almost 275,000 lbs. of milk per hour, that produces approximately 650,000 lbs. of cheese per day. Over 400,000 gallons of useable water is

also extracted from the milk when processing.

Paragraph #6 should have read:

The plant is highly automated and uses about 50 PLC’s (programma-ble logic controller, which is a digi-tal computer used for automation of typically industrial electromechani-cal processes, such as control of ma-chinery on factory assembly lines) which control virtually the entire plant, all capable of communication between each other.

Jerome County Historical Society

The Jerome County Histor-ical Society Museum an-nounces that starting April 1 we are back on Summer Hours: Tuesday through Sat-urday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Stop by to see what history we have on exhibit. If you’ve never been in the muse-um, you are in for a treat. Besides the exhibits in the main room we have an area with 100 years worth of the previous Jerome paper—the North Side News, all the obituaries of Jerome Coun-ty persons, many scrap-books of Jerome County news items, research maga-zines and books, and lots of photographs. These items are available for research. There are several oral his-tories about area pioneers. We have been gathering ar-tifacts since 1981. There are local history books for sale

and some other items very reasonably priced. Maybe you visited when we were housed in Pioneer Hall, the log building on North Lin-coln, but we have been in the Depot on East First for the past six years and have some exhibits that will be new to most visitors. Stop by any time we are open. There is no admittance cost, but we do accept monetary donations. We will have an open house on Saturday, May 16 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The address is 212 East First Street, Jerome. The en-trance is on the east side of the building under the cano-py by the huge parking lot. For more information, call us at 324-5641 or send an email to [email protected] We have a website at HistoricalJe-romeCounty.com

April is National Child AbusePrevention Month

Join Fifth Judicial District CASA Program’s commit-ment to helping victims of child abuse and neglect heal, and making sure all children feel safe and loved.

Anytime a child is abused or neglected, it’s a tragedy – one that all too often scars victims for a lifetime. The latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are sober-ing:

● Child Protective Ser-vices agencies across the United States received some 3.4 million referrals of abuse or neglect involving 6.3 mil-lion children in 2012.

● An estimated 1,640 chil-dren died from child abuse or neglect in 2012, near-ly three-quarters of them younger than age 3.

As of July 1, 2014, chil-dren were involved in child protection cases in the state of Idaho. In the Fifth Judicial District, 431 abused children were involved in the child protection system.

Studies have shown that children who have suffered abuse or neglect are more likely to struggle in school, have run-ins with law en-

forcement, experience home-lessness or abuse drugs or alcohol. Research also shows that abused children are more apt to grow up to abuse their own kids.

At Fifth Judicial District CASA we help abused and neglected children heal so they can live happier, safer lives. Our CASA volunteers – court-appointed special advocates – make sure kids don’t get lost in the overbur-dened legal and social ser-vice systems or languish in unsupportive foster homes. CASA volunteers stay with children until their court case is closed and the child is placed in a safe, permanent home.

During National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we invite our community to learn more about the work we do and consider becom-ing a CASA volunteer. Our CASA staff are eager to meet with you and answer any questions you may have about becoming involved with our CASA program. Not everyone can be a CASA vol-unteer, but everyone can be an advocate by taking steps to make our community safer

for our children:• Be mindful of the signs

of abuse and neglect in chil-dren, such as a lack of adult supervision, extreme passiv-ity or aggression or poor hy-giene.

• Be aware of warning signs in parents, such as showing indifference or rare-ly touching or looking at their child, constant verbal criticism, demands for per-fection, blaming the child for family problems or other ir-rational behaviors.

• If you think a child is in immediate danger, don’t hes-itate. Call 911.

• If you believe a child is being abused or neglected, report your suspicions con-fidentially to our state’s toll-free child abuse hotline at 1-855-552-KIDS (5437)

Working together, we can end abuse and neglect so that every child has a chance to thrive.

To find out more about our local CASA program visit us online at 5thcasaidaho.org or call Executive Director, Tahna Barton at 208-731-2624 to set up a meeting or to schedule her to speak to your civic organization.

Here at the Jerome Coun-ty Museum, volunteers work diligently trying to preserve the history of

Jerome County. We have come to a point in time that things need to be replaced and repaired.

Utility bills, as we all know, have gone to a new untouchable level. Comput-ers are in need of costly re-pair. This list goes on. Any donations, large or small, will be appreciated to pre-serve mine, your and our future generations’ history.

We are a non profit or-ganization. New members are welcome, and we look

forward to your visit at the Jerome County Museum and Idaho Farm and Ranch Museum.

For more information; visit our web site at histor-icaljeromecounty.com, call 208-324-5641 or stop by the museum at 212 E. First St. In Jerome.

Donations can be sent to: Jerome County Museum, P.O. Box 50, Jerome, Idaho 83338

Dale Ross, President of Jerome County Historical Society

Peg Roberson, Lead Cu-rator of Jerome County Mu-seum

Help Secure Jerome’s

History

International Astronomy Day

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Senior Center Menu and Activities

Jerome Senior Center520 N. Lincoln

Challenges Your Center ToA

Soup and SaladFace Off

April 18th At5pm

Music by Ricky Lee

Doors open at 4:30May the Best Center Win

And take the Plaque Home$5.00 At the Door

The Senior Center invites you to attend the following events:Muscular Strength & Range of Movement – Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday, and Friday at 10:30AMYoga Stretch – Wednesday at 5:20PM and Thursday at

10:30AMHand & Foot Clinic – Thursdays at 1PM

Bingo – Fridays at 6PMCome enjoy lunch at the Senior Center! Ricky Lee will be per-

forming during the lunch houron Mondays. The Brunch this month will be held on Sunday,

April 26th at 11:30AM.Please contact the Senior Center at 324-5342 for information

on specific events or toregister for upcoming events.

Tear Newspapers VerticallyJust thought you’d like to know....

You can only tear a piece of newspaper smoothly when you tear vertically because the newsprint is made up of tiny wood fibers which line up in the same direction, up

and down, on the page. When

you tear a newspaper from top to bottom, it tears evenly because you are tearing in the

direction of the grain.

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The Fine PrintPublished by North Side Journal LLC, PO Box 174, Jerome, ID 83338 (208) 969-0043 [email protected] Managing Editor/Advertising: Gary Luther (208) 969-0043 Ad sales: Ronn Thorne (208) 420-7584 Church Directory/Ad sales: Linda Morrey (208) 324-8020 Administrative Assistant: Amy Thompson Contributors: Many, including Cathy Roemer, Linda Helms, Charlie Correll, Lenore Mobley, Shannon McBride, Megan Williams.... Questions, Corrections: Send an email: [email protected] or call (208) 969-0043. This newspaper is printed on recycled content paper, using soy inks. Please recycle this newspaper after reading. Member Jerome Chamber of Commerce. Letters Policy: The North Side Journal welcomes letters to the editor about current issues. However, The North Side Journal adheres to a strict letter policy. Letters must be written and signed by the author. If space is limited, we reserve the right to edit. Please include full name, address, and phone number for verification. Publisher reserves the right to print, and inappropriate material will be rejected. No materials will be returned unless provided with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Letters should be less than 300 words typed. Letters should focus on issues, not on personalities. The North Side Journal reserves the right to edit letters for grammar, length, libel and clarity. Letters must be signed and provide a current phone number. If your letter is in response to a particular article, please list the title and date of the article. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, by any electronic or mechanical means (including photography, recording or information storage or retrieval) without permission in writing from the North Side Journal LLC. Recipients of this newspaper are granted the right to make two (2) photocopies of any article originated by the North Side Journal for personal, non-commercial use. Copying for other than personal use or internal reference, or of articles or columns not owned by the North Side Journal, without written permission of the North Side Journal or the copyright owner is expressly forbidden. Address all inquiries concerning copyright and production to: North Side Journal, PO Box 174, Jerome, ID 83338. The publication of any advertisements or articles in this newspaper is not an endorsement of the writers, advertisers, or of the services or products mentioned. The opinions expressed herein are the writers’ and do not necessarily represent those of the publisher. All advertising is subject to acceptance by the North Side Journal, which reserves the right to reject ad copy. The North Side Journal does not assume financial responsibility for typographical errors in advertising unless an error materially affects the ads meaning as determined by the North Side Journal. The North Side Journal’s liability shall not exceed the cost of the advertisement in which the error occurred, and a refund or credit will be given for the first incorrect insertion only. The North Side Journal assumes no responsibility for damages caused by responding to fraudulent advertisements.

Sgt. Dan Brown Soldier MemorialIdaho Fallen Soldier

Memorial

We are raising funds for the Idaho Fallen Sol-diers Memorial which will be built in Jerome, Idaho. This Memorial will honor all Idaho Soldiers who have died in the service of their country since Sept. 11 2001. The bronze statue of Staff Sgt. Dan Brown, which is the centerpiece of the plaza, is already being produced but we need funds for the wall of names, benches and other hardscape that will complete the Memorial. It will be built at the Gayle Forsythe Park in Jerome, Idaho. It is the same park where Sgt. Brown played as a child and where families and children gather every day.

Sgt. Brown of the U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division was killed in Afghanistan March 24, 2012 while trying to protect others from an IED which exploded. Sgt. Brown was just two weeks away from going home to

Idaho. He never got to hold his twin baby daughters who are now 3 years old. His daughters may never know his touch but they will know about him and what he and other Idaho Soldiers have sacrificed for the free-dom we cherish today.

If you want to donate go to: www.gofundme.com/ixkx60

Upcoming Public Works Projects

The Public Works Department is gear-ing up for this year’s projects:

1 Restroom in North Park. The City of Jerome and Jerome Rotary Club have partnered to

provide the restroom facility to resi-dents of the City. The project is antici-pated to be completed in late Spring.

2 North Lincoln from the inter-section of 8th and going North to the intersection of 16th.

Public Works City Engineering staff will be involved in this project.

3 North Lincoln Priority #1 Wa terline - consists of installing 1,100 feet of 12” waterline to

increase fire flows in that area. This project also has Public Works and City Engineering staff involved.

4 North Fillmore Sewer line consisting of 53 feet of 8 inch PVC sewer pipe and manhole

replacement. Public Works, City Engi-neering Staff, and Wastewater person-

nel are taking part in this project.

5 Playground Equipment in Camozzi Park and Shepard’s Park - The playground equip-

ment in Camozzi Park will be replaced. Shepard’s Park will also have some replacements, as well as additions of equipment for children ages 2-5.

6 Chip and Seal six miles of road ways in the City. Some areas need asphalt dug out and

replaced, cracks filled with hot elastic material to seal the cracks to keep out moisture from rain and snow, and the road edges repaired. Public Works, and Wastewater personnel will work on completing this project.

The Public Works Director would like to inform everyone that there may be traffic delays or detours during proj-ects. This ensures thesafety of the working crew and public.If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Public Works De-partment at 324-9669.

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Happenings Around Jerome CountyAnniversary

AnnouncementThe Great American Love Story continues! Fifty years ago, James Roy Bab-cock married Janet Lou-ise Dixon after they met in Jackson, Wyoming, where they were both lodge em-ployees. In the mid-1970’s, after obtaining educational and professional experience and three small sons in Salt Lake City and San Francis-co, they took up residence in Jerome, Idaho, first on Davis Street, then later in a home they had built on East Avenue C. Jim worked as a physician at St. Bene-dict’s Hospital in Jerome for thirty years, and later, at Magic Valley Regional Hospital in Twin Falls. He served as the Jerome Coun-ty Coroner, as bishop of the Jerome First Ward (LDS), and as President of the Je-rome, Idaho, Stake (LDS), as well as putting in stints as scout master and tee-ball coach. Janet retired early from her teaching career to raise their five children: Michael, Matthew, Joseph, Anna Katherine, and Ste-ven. She was also active in many civic, social, and ec-clesiastical positions, sup-porting the public library, advocating adult literacy, and receiving honors from the Idaho Historical Soci-ety for her “Barn Again” project. As a couple, they served three missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in New Zealand, Chicago, and Salt Lake City. Send them your warm wishes!

Pack 139 Cub Scouts race in Pinewood Derby

Pack 139, sponsored by the Jerome United Method-ist Church Men’s Group ran their pinewood Derby races at the Jerome Fairgrounds on March 20, 2015.

The Tiger’s, Wolf’s, Bear’s and Webelos par-ticipated in the race. Each scout had to follow the offi-cial rules of construction for their derby car.

To qualify for the race the cars must pass point in-spections before entering the race.

The body of the car is constructed of wood that is an official pinewood derby kit.

After the cars pass in-spection they are then placed on the “Paddock” ta-ble. Each scout has a chance to race their car in double elimination.

The derby cars were raced on a double metal

track and it is equipped with an electronic finish line.

Each winner was pre-sented with a ribbon medal-lion.

Winner’s for the Ti-ger Cub division were: 1st place: Roberto Barraza; 2nd place: Hector Nevarez; 3rd place: Landon Russell. Wolf division winners were: 1st place: Oliver Morton; 2nd

place: Garett Minard; 3rd place: Teyler Rogers. Bear division winners were: 1st place: Joseph Flores; 2nd place: Braydon Wilkes; 3rd place: Bryce Jensen. Webe-los division winners were: 1st place: Edrey Sedano; 2nd place: Marcus Staffen; 3rd place: Tory Lemoine.

The Pinewood Derby was directed by John Wyatt

and Carroll Cone (Cubmas-ter). Lane Barnes (Commit-tee Member) was the race starter and our photographer was Laura Minard and Bert Rogers, George Showers and David Staffen (scouts in Troop 139) were the light reset men.

What’s Happening At the Library?

Science FairThe library hosted its first Sci-ence Fair on Thursday, March 26th. It was apparent that the little scientists put in a lot of time because there were so many great projects. We were so grateful to Megan Jacobson, a chemistry instructor from CSI, who came to the library to help judge the projects. Besure to check out our Facebook page to see the results.Smart Money

Smart Money week begins April 20th. The library has so much information avail-able, such as preparing for retirement, investing your money, budgeting and get-ting the most for your hard earned cash. On April 22nd at 6PM, the library will be hosting a program called “Know the Score”. Brett Belnap will be presenting some useful information on

how your credit score af-fects you and how you can improve or maintain your credit score. We will also be serving refreshments and offering some great door prizes. At the end of the program, we will be offering participants the opportu-nity to look up their credit history. They will be able to download their history to a flash drive that we will pro-vide or print it out free of charge.Make ItAlright makers, get your thinking caps on! In April,

the makers will have a va-riety of projects to choose from, including stop motionanimation, robotics, Ardui-no and jewelry making! Still interested in CAD design and 3-D printing? Come in any time after school andwork on your design. Once you are ready you can set up a time to come in and print it! ‘Make It’ is held every Monday after schoolfrom 3:30-5PM and is open to all students in grades 6-12.Jr. Make ItThis month our Junior Mak-ers will be making Robo Wheels and tending to their green houses. Jr. Make is held every Friday from1:00-2:00 and 2:30-3:30 and is open to grades 1-5.StorytimeStorytime is getting to be more fun each week. We fo-cus on one letter each week, so the stories, activities, crafts and songs are always a surprise! There is also a monthly Saturday storytime on the 4th Saturday of every month with even more ac-tivities and educational fun! The next Saturday storytime will be on April 25th, bring your preschoolers and tod-dlers - you won’t regret it.

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Jerome Recreation District

2032 South Lincoln Jerome, ID 83338 (208) 324-3389

TAEKWONDO Ages 4-17 T and Th 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm $25.00 in district / $35 out of district

HOME Wednesdays and Fridays 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm SCHOOL PE $12.00 / Child or $30.00 / Family - in district

ZUMBA - M & W @ 6:15 pm or M W F @ 9:05 am

POWER HOUR - T & TH @ 5:30 AM Tone those muscles!

CROSSFIT - Several class times available

PEE WEE Intro to Sports $15/indistrict

Ages 3 yrs – 5 yrs Saturdays - May 8, 16, 23, 30—9:00 am-9:45 am Your preschooler will be introduced to baseball, basketball, soccer and tennis. The focus will be

on team building in a noncompetitive environment.

Register now thru April 13th 5 yrs by May 11, 2015 thru 8 yrs old

$17.00 in district / $27.00 out of district

6 week season Tball - 5 & 6 yrs old - Mondays

Coach Pitch - 7 & 8 years old - Tues or Wed

Thursday April 16 - Kids’ Night Spring Fling!!

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm 4 years and up!

$3.00 per child or free with membership upgrades

April 1, 8, 15 and 22 Aerials 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

Twisters 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm $20.00 in district / $30.00 out of district

* Cheer Clinic * with Kira Capps Saturday, April 25th

9:00 AM—Noon Ages 4 yrs - 14 yrs

$15.00 per child - includes t-shirt

Adult Co-ed Softball

Register thru April 13th

Limited to 6 lower and 6 upper league teams

$225.00 team fee

$50.00 substitution fee

Plus Player Fee - per player

$25.00 in district / $30.00 out of district

All fees, roster waivers, and sexual harassment signatures are

required at registration to secure a team spot.

Becky Leslie, Recreation Gary Warr, Director Amy Worthington, Fitness

JRD Hours: Monday - Friday 5:00 AM - 9:00 PM Saturday 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Visit our website: www.jeromerecreationdistrict.com

Late registration fee

Add $10

After April 13

Class Days Time Fee Instructor

Evening Spinning Min. 5 Max. 15

T,TH 5:30 pm-6:10 pm $15 in-district $25 out-of-district

Paula

Early Spinning Min. 5 Max. 15

M,W,F 5:25 am-6:10 am $20 in-district $30 out-of-district

Paula

Noon Spinning Min. 5 Max. 15

M,T,W,TH 12:15 pm-1:00 pm $30 in-district $40 out-of-district

Paula

Saturday Spinning S 8:00 am-8:45 am $3 per class Paula/Diane

Sweatshop Min.5 Max. 15

M,W 5:30 pm-6:15 pm $15 in-district $25 out-of-district

Amy

Kickboxing Min. 5 Max. 30

T,TH 5:30 am- 6:15 am $15 in-district $25 out-of-district

Clover

Boot Camp Min. 5 Max. 25

M,W,F 5:30 am-6:1 5am $20 in-district $30 out-of-district

Amy

Yoga Min. 5 Max. 25

T,TH 8:30 am-9:45 am $25 in-district $35 out-of-district

SueLin

Evening Yoga Min 5 Max 25

T, TH 6:15 pm-7:00 pm $15 in-district $25 out of district

Jeri

Zumba Min. 5 Max. 25


Carmen

Evening Zumba Min. 5 Max. 25

M,W 6:15 pm-7:00 pm $15 in-district $25 out-of-district

Trisha

Pilates Min.5 Max 25


Annie

Kids’ Fitness

T,TH 5:30 pm-6:15 pm $12 in-district $22 out-of-district

Kirsten

Homeschool PE

W,F 2:00 pm-3:00 pm $12 person $30 family

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JEROME RECREATION DISTRICT (Classes will be April 1st - 30th )

Business Hours Mon – Fri 5am – 9pm Saturday 7am – 2pm

Sunday 10am – 2pm Call-324-3389

jeromerecreationdistrict.com

Phone: 324-3389

Walk-in to the above classes for a $3 fee. $5 per class for Cross-Fit

All walk-ins are on a first come, first serve basis. Please remember to sign in.

CrossFit Schedule Mon/Fri 5:30 am - 6:15 am $25/$35 per month

Mon/Wed/Fri 6:15 am - 7:00 am $35/$45 per month Tues/Thurs 5:30 am - 6:15 am $25/$35 per month M,T,W,TH,F 8:15 am - 9:00 am $60/$70 per month

Mon/Tues/Thurs 7:00 pm-7:45 pm $35/$45 per month Tues/Wed 3:45 pm $5 per class Saturdays 7:00 am $5 per class If you are more than 5 minutes late to any CrossFit class, you will

NOT be allowed in the class. This is for your own safety, and the classes schedule.

CSI Community Education Center offers

Microsoft Access Basics

The College of Southern Idaho’s Community Education Center is offering the enrichment class, Mi-crosoft Access Basics, taught by Izabella Bagdasarova, on Wednes-days, April 22 through May 6 from 6:30 to 8 pm. The class will be held at the Twin Falls CSI campus and the cost to Microsoft Access is one of the most user-friendly and versa-tile relational databases on the mar-ket but probably one of the most underused programs. In this class, participants will discover how Ac-cess can work with other Microsoft programs to import and export data, saving hours of tedious entry. They will learn how to open and navigate database objects, view forms and reports, and look at queries.

Additionally, they will learn to create tables, add and edit records, work with wizards, and look-up

Participants may register in the course online at http://communi-tyed.csi.edu or by calling (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early registration is suggested.

For more information and to view the course schedule on this and other CSI Community Educa-

tion classes, visit http://communi-tyed.csi.edu. To register for classes, call the CSI Community Education

Center at (208)732-6442, or reg-ister and pay online at http://com-munityed.csi.edu. CSI Community

Education can also be found on Facebook at http://facebook.com/csicommunityed.

The College of Southern Ida-ho Community Education Center offers non-credit personal, pro-fessional and business lifelong learning opportunities to the local and regional community through creative and innovative education. Programs offered include personal improvement courses with focus on individual growth and personal interactions, and professional and business courses with emphasis on skill enhancement that address immediate and emerging business needs with long-term education solutions.

For more information about the CSI Community Education Center, visit online at http://communityed.csi.edu.


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ers.

Once they develop soft-ware for a unique use, it can be marketed broadly to sev-eral customers. They have developed software for mosquito control (keeping track of areas of chemical use) that is used by over 400 mosquito control districts in the U.S. and Canada.

They partner with Trim-ble for the GPS (Global Po-sitioning System) and Laser Technology for the laser range finder- just two com-panies of over two dozen listed on their website (elec-data.com).

Desert Storm put Trimble on the map in 1990. Trim-ble Navigation provided troops with Trimpacks, de-vices that enabled soldiers to pinpoint their location. The hand-held receivers performed well, earning praise from military com-manders. In fact, the orders for Trimpack receivers to-taled $40 million in just six months between October 1990 and March 1991.

When a company calls and has a process request such as water quality moni-toring, Elecdata can provide the right instrument that

will record water samples or monitor flow from a partic-ular source. They then sup-ply the instrumentation that will do the exact function that is required. Because of regulations, companies want to have their own data so they can compare it to the regulatory agency’s data and make sure they are the same.

Many applications are interfaced with a computer and can be checked on the internet. Canal companies use a probe to automate gate controls for regulating flows throughout the water delivery system. The data is delivered to the watermas-ter and can then be adjusted at the main office instead of having to drive to the gate location.

Elecdata’s equipment sales are limited to their territory of the Western United States. But for their other services and software the coverage is worldwide. Software can now be de-livered via the internet and by using remote access to computers for support, they have a global reach which saves on travel.

The company deals with several utilities of pow-

er, gas and water so there are many ways that data is gathered in the field. The data is not just for the reg-ulatory aspect but is useful and needed to manage the cost of the customer’s op-erations. And it is much more accurate using elec-tronic data than relying on manually written figures on paper.

All of these technologies provide the tools for cus-tomers to better perform their job so that’s why they rely on Electronic Data Solutions to navigate all those technological chal-lenges. The customer wants to collect the data or per-form a function and that’s what Elecdata helps them do. And if they are compet-ing with another company for equipment sales, Elec-data needs to provide a bet-ter added-value service to the customer.

GPS was the first applica-tion used for mapping when the business started. Next were the laser range finders which can interface with the GPS to calculate pole heights or tree heights, and then water quality instru-mentation. Since then, that core technology just keeps evolving. The whole pro-

cess combines the software and user interfacing in re-trieving data for a database or a map.

Linda said that they have different product specialists for the GPS, GIS (geograph-ic information system), wa-ter resources and field data collection. In addition they also have the software de-velopers and their own tech-nical support people that are trained on the different sys-tems or software.

Besides factory training to learn the technical side of the machines, Elecda-ta has to learn what appli-cation is required by the customer. The customer already knows their part of the process so Electronic Data Solutions relies on that communication to supply the technical aspect of the equipment. That close rela-tionship makes sure that the instruments and software dovetails successfully into the customer’s particular application. By marketing the equipment and those related services makes El-ecdata unique and is why they’ve been successful and in business for nearly 30 years.

The next development

will be drones. Electron-ic Data Solutions is now training personnel to fly a model that Trimble has de-signed. Some examples of uses would be for mapping, bridge inspections, and maybe in the future, taking water samples, to name just a few.

Electronic Data Solutions provides extensive training to users and universities in both live seminars and we-binars. Last year they at-tended 58 events including training and vendor shows.

Their two daughters both graduated from Jerome High School and have joined the business in the last couple of years. The oldest daugh-ter is the operations manag-er and previously worked for the FBI in Portland. The younger daughter just grad-uated from Northwest Col-lege of Art in Washington in digital design and is the marketing manager.

Linda said “it’s been fun to be able to work with them to train them to hope-fully take over one day. We need that young blood in the business to keep up with all this technology.”

For Classes in Jerome call: 208-324-5101


Did you Know? by Marcia Luther

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ALBION AMMON BOISE BURLEY EAGLE HAILEY IDAHO FALLS JEROME KETCHUM MERIDIAN NAMPA POCATELLO RUPERT TWIN FALLS

Just three hours north of Jerome, on highway 93, in Custer County, you will find Bay Horse Idaho. The Bay Horse Mining District was one of the longest running silver and lead producers in Idaho. (1864 - 1915)

Bay Horse’s peak years were during the 1880’s and 1890’s, the town’s popula-tion reached a high of about 300 residents.

Hillsides were dotted with cabins and the townincluded numerous saloons, boarding houses, assay of-fices, banks, a stone Wells Fargo building, a post of-fice, six beehive kilns to make charcoal for the smelt-ers, several ore and timber mills, and two cemeteries.

The Ramshorn Mine re-mained productive until 1888, at which time other mines were also declining. By 1896, the beehive kilns were abandoned and in 1889 the town was struck by a fire which destroyed

Ramshorn Mine

Wells Fargo Building

Charcoal Kilns

several buildings. Over the next decade more mines closed and people began to leave the area. By 1915, allmining operations had ceased and Bayhorse had become a ghost town.

The kilns are located down the road beyond the town site. You will notice that the hillsides around Bay Horse are basical-ly barren. All of the trees were cut to fuel the kilns. Also sitting on the hill be-

side the road is one of the cemeter-ies, with just a few graves. Long abandoned and unkempt, the grave markers are long gone and only the

crumbling fences surrounding these few graves leave any indication that the dead were once buried here. This is a great place to visit!

Amercian Legion Auxiliary Spring Fling Luncheon

Jerome American Legion Auxiliary Unit #46Annual Spring Fling Luncheon

Friday, April 24, 2015 11:00 AM –2:00 PM

Salads, Rolls, Desserts

Donation $5.00 per person

107 7th Ave EastJerome, Idaho

Delivery available in Jerome City limits

Information: Phyllis 421-4878


20/20 Business Meeting held March 20, 2015

A meeting of the Jerome 20-20 was held Friday, March 20, 2015 at the Jerome Country Club. Rob Williams - Advisor for 20-20 conducted the meet-ing and was the keynote speaker. The Jerome 20-20 is a unique combination of the private sector and local govern-ment concerned with the economic de-velopment of Jerome.

Current board members are: Arlen Crouch, Joe Davidson, Bonny Ross, Teri Stokes, Mike Schutz, William Gilmartin, Mike Pahanka, Mike Young and Randy King. They also have at their meetings one member of the city council and one from the county. The Executive director is John Blaye.

The budget for 20-20 is shared, with a third coming from the city, a third from the county and a third from Pri-vate enterprise with the city and coun-ty each contributing $40,000 and the several (18) private business’s many of which were in attendance, contributing $45, 000.

The responsibility of 20-20 is to devel-op and help new business’s and also help existing business’s expand and realize the opportunities that are here for them.

Economic development is vital for Je-rome, it is the life blood of the com-munity. It’s the engine that drives com-merce, it’s the engine that brings jobs, it’s the reason for people that are look-ing for a place to live and raise their children to locate here.

Rob Williams said “I have never seen a time when there is more opportunity and more things about to unfold in this community, we have a host of things before us, many of which can’t be talk-ed about at this time. Good things are happening economically in our com-munity.”

Some of the signs of success and where we hope to go as a community:

• This last summer Commercial Creamery in Jerome, completed a $4 million dollar expansion of their facilities, which brought sev-eral new jobs.

• Wow Logistics is in the process of a 200,000 square foot expansion.

• Idaho Milk Producers this last year choseJerome to open a research and development center.

• Speciality Sales a business from Fresno California is in final permit processing, they’re going to locate just south of Jerome. They’ll bring several high paying jobs to the Je-rome community.

• Sawtooth Dairy Cows recently completed a new structure here and moved a business here.

• Dale T. Smith and Sons, a meat packer out of Utah, is actively try-ing to locate here.

Economic development doesn’t hap-pen in a vacuum, the community has to be involved. As our community in-frastructure improves it makes life bet-ter for everybody and paves the way for successful economic development.

The new jail is underway, so good job county commissioners. The Waste wa-ter treatment plant is in the process to correct problems that will bring them into compliance with the EPA which has been a problem.

Watch Jerome High School this sum-mer. New contracts are in the process of being finalized. They are doing $20 million dollars worth of renovations, its going to be a wonderful building.

The news paper (North Side Journal), Joe and Arlen are responsible for that, it’s a real focal point for the communi-ty, it’s Jerome stuff.

There are some things afoot to help im-prove downtown.

Officials from Jerome were asked to travel to Washington DC to meet with a group of foreign investors who are looking for investment opportunities in the Magic Valley. That wouldn’t havehappened a few years ago. Economic development is alive and well here.

20/20 is not oblivious to the problem of downtown and neither is Mayor Dave Davis. He spoke about a strategic de-velopment plan to revitalize the dete-rioration of downtown. They had greatresponses to the questionnaires that were sent out and hope to get the cit-izens of Jerome involved.

Charlie Howell spoke on behalf of the county - how the county can help with economic development. The county can’t do a lot but it can offer tax incen-tives and encourage business’s etc to come to Jerome.

City administrator Mike Williams talked about Jerome Urban Renew-al and introduced Esmeralda Chavez, Planning and Zoning.

If you would like to be a part of 20-20 or contribute to it, you can contact anyone of the boar members, or talk to John Blaye.

Rob Williams, Advisor addressing the attendees

Joe Davidson, Chairman, visiting with Board Members Arlen Crouch, Rob Williams, Advisor, John Lospeith, City Attorney,

and Dave Davis, Mayor and Representative.


CSI Community Education Center offers Bicycle Repair & Maintenance

The College of Southern Idaho’s Community Educa-tion Center is offering the enrichment class, Basic Bicy-cle Repair and Maintenance, taught by Lee Greer of Epic Ride Cyclery, on Tuesday and Thursday, April 21 & 23 from 6 to 7:30 pm. The class will be held at the Twin Falls CSI campus and the cost to regis-ter is $29.

Through demonstrations and hands-on practice, par-ticipants will learn how to get their bike ready for spring rides with basic bike repair skills in this two evening class. Participants will learn all about the important parts of their bike, how to patch a flat tire, adjust the brakes, and tune the derailleur.

Participants are encour-aged to bring their own bikes and friends.

Participants may register in the course online at http://communityed.csi.edu or by calling (208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early regis-tration is suggested.

For more information and to view the course schedule on this and other CSI Com-

munity Education classes, visit http://communityed.csi.edu. To register for classes, call the CSI Community Ed-ucation Center at (208)732-6442, or register and pay on-line at http://communityed.csi.edu. CSI Community Ed-ucation can also be found on Facebook at http://facebook.com/csicommunityed. The College of Southern Idaho Community Education Cen-ter offers non-credit person-al, professional and business lifelong learning opportuni-ties to the local and regional community through creative and innovative education. Programs offered include per-sonal improvement courses with focus on individual

growth and personal inter-actions, and professional and business courses with em-phasis on skill enhancement that address immediate and emerging business needs with long-term education solu-tions.

For more information about the CSI Community Educa-tion Center, visit online at

http://communityed.csi.edu.


VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AS JEROME COUNTY EXPANDS ITS JUVENILE

DIVERSION/RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROGRAMS

JEROME-- LaMar Brooks is the newest hire to Jerome County’s Juvenile Probation De-partment. Brooks will oversee the existing Juve-nile Diversion Program and will work to develop Restorative Justice Ser-vices, a new program for the county. But for both programs to be effective, Brooks says community involvement is key and a place where volunteers can really make a differ-ence in young people’s lives.

Diversion is a volun-tary program that offers juveniles an opportunity to resolve a filed police report without appearing in court. It is designed to give juvenile offenders a “second chance”. If they complete their outlined program, they will not have a juvenile record.

Brooks said the juve-niles and their parents meet with trained volun-teers to outline a program for restitution which can include community ser-vice.

“We work to find some-thing that the young per-son is interested in so the community service is not just a penalty but can be an incentive,” he said. “They will usually com-

plete the program in nine-ty days.”

Volunteers are essen-tial for the success of this program. Each group has two or three trained adult leaders assigned. A vol-unteer is responsible for facilitating each program meeting, providing guid-ance and encouragement. A three hour training ses-sion is required and about 3-6 hours per month for the program.

Volunteers are also vi-tal to the success of Re-storative Justice, a new program that Brooks is excited to be working on.

Restorative justice is a voluntary program be-gins with a conference or structured meeting be-tween victims, offender, and both parties support-ers (community mem-bers, volunteers). It is led by a trained facilitator who creates a safe and supportive environment, asks a set of scripted questions and keeps the process focused. It allows all parties to deal with the effects of the offense and decide how best to repair the harm.

Volunteers for the Re-storative Justice program can expect two eight- hour days for training and participation of up to 3-6

hours per month.“We want to get kids

back on the right track,” Brooks said. “When done right, the Restorative Jus-tice process can be very powerful.”

Brooks’ background and experience makes him a natural fit for his job. He has studied Nu-ero-Linguistic Program-ming (NLP) for twenty years. In simple terms, he says NLP is “learning to draw people out and help-ing them communicate their true feelings.”

“We want people to talk to each other, to com-municate,” he said.

Brooks has a real heart for young people as is ev-idenced in his many years of working with youth in coaching sports. He has a lifetime career with the Boy Scout program and still helps today in an ad-visory capacity.

He is pleased to join Je-rome County and believes that expanding the Diver-sion and Restorative Jus-tice Programs are positive steps in the right direc-tion.

“The community will gain,” Brooks said. “The crime rate can diminish and school attendance goes up.”

by Cathy RoemerJerome County Commissioner

For more information on becoming a vol-unteer, contact:

LaMar Brooks,Status Offender/Diversion Coordinator

300 North Lincoln #111, Jerome, ID 83338Ph: (208) 644-2727

What is Restorative Justice?Restorative justice views offenses as causing harm, and provides the opportunity for those directly af-fect by wrong-doing: the victim, offenders, their families and representatives of the community -- to respond to the harm caused.

The restorative justice approach aims to put key decisions in the hands of those most affected by crime, make justice more healing and transforma-tive, and reduce the likelihood of future offenses.

When victims participate in a restorative process, they make a primary contribution to building stron-ger, safer, and more responsible communities.

LaMar BrooksOverseer of the Juvenile Division and Restorative

Justice Programs

Best Steak Dinner in the Magic Valley Come in and See For Yourself

Snake River Elks Lodge (412 E 200 South, Jerome, ID on the Hwy 93 Golf Course)

6 – 9 pm Every Friday

Dance Band Available On Select Fridays

Non-Members/Community Always Welcome Dinner Includes:

10oz New York Strip Steak Choice of Potato

Vegatable, Choice of Salad or Soup Roll & Dessert

A second meal is also served, which changes each week. For more information please call 208-324-0200 after 4pm


Cinco de Mayoby Marcia Luther

Cinco de Mayo — or the fifth of May commemo-rates the Mexican army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867).The battle at Puebla in 1862 happened at a violent and chaotic time in Mexico’s history. Mexico had final-ly gained independence from Spain in 1821 after a difficult and bloody strug-gle, and a number of inter-nal political takeovers and wars, including the Mexi-can-American War (1846-1848) and the Mexican Civ-il War of 1858.France invaded at the gulf coast of Mexico along the state of Veracruz and began to march toward Mexico City. Although American President Abraham Lincoln

was sympathetic to Mexi-co’s cause, and for which he is honored in Mexico, the U.S. was involved in its own Civil War at the time and was unable to provide any direct assistance. March-ing on toward Mexico City, the French army encoun-tered strong resistance near Puebla at the Mexican forts of Loreto and Guadalupe. Lead by Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, a smaller, poorly armed mili-tia estimated at 4,500 men were able to stop and defeat a well outfitted French army of 6,500 soldiers.The victory was a glorious moment for Mexican patri-ots, which at the time helped to develop a needed sense ofnational unity, and is the cause for the historical date’s celebration.

Many people outside Mex-ico mistakenly believe that Cinco de Mayo is a celebra-tion of Mexican indepen-dence, which was declared more than 50 years before the Battle of Puebla. That

event is commemorated on September 16th .In the United States Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage, par-ticularly in areas with large

Mexican-American popula-tions. Cinco de Mayo tradi-tions include parades, Ma-riachi music performances and street festivals in cities and towns across Mexico and the United States.

American Legion AuxillaryDistrict Four Meeting April 5, 2015

by Linda Helms

Jerome American Legion Auxiliary Unit 46 met with members of the ten other units in District Four, host-ed by Mountain Home Post and Unit 101 on April 4. At-tending from Jerome were Joy Duvall, Linda Helms, Phyllis Posey, Diane Pos-ton, and Judy Turpin. A joint meeting with the Dis-trict Four Legion and Aux-iliary began at 11 a.m. and a luncheon followed. At 1 p.m. the Legion members and Auxiliary members held separate meetings to discuss business. 2015 District Aux-iliary officers were elected: President Diane Poston, Je-rome; Vice President Lynn Masters, Mt. Home; Sec-retary Carmen Metzer, Mt. Home; Chaplain Phyllis Posey, Jerome; Sergeant-At-Arms: Judy Turpin, Jerome; Historian Linda Helms, Je-rome.

The Jerome American Le-gion meets the second Tues-day of each month at 7 p.m. at the Legion Hall in Jerome. The Auxiliary meets the first Thursday of each month at 4 p.m. at the Legion Hall on the corner of North Lincoln and East Seventh Street.

The Legion and Auxilia-ry sponsor High School Ju-nior Class Boys and Girls to go to Boys State and Girls State and provide Poppies each year for a monetary donation that goes to help veterans. The Legion holds a Bingo game at the Jerome County Fair each year to help pay for items for veter-ans and active military and their families. For Memo-rial Day, they place crosses on the military graves at the Jerome Cemetery. Other ac-tivities open to the general public include a yard sale in July, and Spring Fling lun-

cheon April 24, 2015, both at the Legion Hall.

To belong to American Legion, a person has to have served in the military. To be a member of the Auxiliary, a woman has to be moth-er, wife, daughter, sister, granddaughter, great grand-daughter or grandmother of a member of the Ameri-can Legion or a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during any of the eligibility peri-ods including WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, Lebanon/Grenada, Panama, Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Gulf War/War on Terrorism or member of U.S. Merchant Marines be-tween December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946. For more information contact any American Legion or Auxiliary member. Or call 324-5322.


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Are You Prepared?by Marcia Luther

Can you answer YES to each of these questions or do you need to work on them for your home?

1. Has your family rehearsed fire escape routes from your home?2. Does your family know what to do before, during and after an earthquake or otheremergency situation?3. Do you have heavy objects hanging over beds that can fall during an earthquake?4. Do you have access to an operational flashlight in every occupied bedroom? (Use ofcandles is not recommended unless you are sure there is no leaking gas)5. Do you keep shoes near your bed to protect your feet against broken glass?6. If a water line was ruptures during an earthquake, or other emergency, do you know howto shut off the main water line to your house?7. Can this water valve be turned off by hand with out the use of a tool? Do you have a tool if one is needed?8. Do you know where the main gas shut-off valve to your house is located?9. If you smell gas, do you know how and would you be able to shut off the gas valve?10. Gas valves usually cannot be turned off by hand. Is there a tool near your valve?11. Would you be able to safely

restart your furnace when gas is safely available?12. Do you have working smoke alarms in the proper places to warn you of fire? Carbon Monoxide alarms?13. In case of a minor fire, do you have a fire extinguisher that you know how to operate?(The fire department will test yours for free)14. Do you have duplicate keys and copies of important insur-ance and other papers storedoutside your home?15. Do you have a functional emergency radio to receive emergency information?16. If you and your family had to evacuate your home, have you identified an outside meet-ing place?

If an emergency lasted for 3 days (72 hours) before help was available to you and your family:

17. Would you have sufficient food?18. Would you have the means to cook food without gas and electricity?19. Would you have sufficient water for drinking, cooking, and sanitary needs?20. Do you have access to a 72 hour evacuation kit? (See next month)21. Would you be able to carry or transport these kits?22. Have you established an out-of-state contact?

23. Do you have a first aid kit in your home and in each car?24. Do you have work gloves and some tools for minor rescue and cleanup?25. Do you have emergen-cy cash on hand? (During emergencies banks and ATM machines are closed)26. Without electricity and gas do you have means to heat at least part of your

house? (Think of how to cover broken windows)27. If you need medi-cations, do you have a month’s supply on hand?28. Do you have a plan for toilet facilities if there is an extended water short-age?29. Do you have a supply of food, clothing, and fuel where appropriate: For 6 months? For a year?

The College of Southern Ida-ho’s Community Education Center is offering the enrich-ment class, Microsoft Outlook, taught by Larisa Alexander, on Wednesdays, April 22 through May 6 from 6:30 to 8 pm. The class will be held at the Twin Falls CSI campus and the cost to register is $36.Microsoft Outlook is not just for email; it helps users be-come more organized and pro-ductive than ever before. In this basics class, participants

will learn how to manage their contacts, folders, and calen-dar.With Outlook, anyone can create plain text, rich text, and HTML emails, send meeting invites and schedule appoint-ments, and make to-do lists to help you better manage your time. This is the ideal class to learn to use Outlook to orga-nize your time more efficient-ly. Participants may register in the course online at http://commu-nityed.csi.edu or by calling

(208) 732-6442. Class size is limited so early registration is suggested. For more information and to view the course schedule on this and other CSI Community Education classes, visit http://communityed.csi.edu. To reg-ister for classes, call the CSI Community Education Center at (208)732-6442, or register and pay online at http://com-munityed.csi.edu. CSI Com-munity Education can also be found on Facebook at http://facebook.com/csicommuni-tyed.The College of Southern Idaho Community Education Cen-ter offers non-credit person-al, professional and business lifelong learning opportuni-ties to the local and regional

community through creative and innovative education. Pro-grams offered include person-al improvement courses with focus on individual growth and personal interactions, and professional and business courses with emphasis on skill enhancement that address im-mediate and emerging busi-ness needs with long-term ed-ucation solutions. For more information about the CSI Community Education Center, visit online at http://communityed.csi.edu.

CSI Community Education Center offers

Microsoft Outlook

LIBRARYCont’d from Pg A5

Spilling InkIf your 4th through 8th grader likes to write or tell stories, they should definitely be at

our Spilling Ink Writer’s Club! Every week we get a “dare” to write about, for ex-ample “You’re in a spaceship all alone and the red light is blinking- what do you do?”MineCrafternoonsMineCrafternoons are still in full swing on Tuesday after-noons! Every week we have seasoned players and new players come by. Stopby and play with the Mine-crafters!Flying NeedlesDo you like to crochet or knit? ‘Flying Needles’ meets the last Wednesday of every month from 9:30-10:30AM at the library. Bring a project to work on and enjoy some refreshments and wonderful company!


Jerome County Jail ProgressThe Jerome County Jail and Sheriff’s office project is off and running. The Coun-ty Commissioners want to again thank the public, Lt. Governor Brad Little and Zion’s bank representatives for attending the ground breaking ceremonies. The general contractor Hedrick Construction, is running four ten hour days to maximize input on the job. Currently grading, excavation and site preparation is being done by a local company--Idaho Sand and Gravel, and sur-prise--rock was discovered where all services were to enter the building. The con-tract with Hedrick Construc-tion and the design build architect firm, Hummel Ar-chitecture, specified rock costs were to be covered by the general contractor with no further expense to the County. Hummel Architec-ture has done a marvelous job of taking 6 pages of sche-matic drawings and turning them into a full blown set of workable, usable blue prints, and specification sheets. The

final site pieces, access from “T” street and Tiger Drive were agreed upon with the City, which included right of way on T street and a small widening of Tiger Drive, as well as that easement for the City. A traffic study conducted by the Sheriff’s office and monitored by the Cities engineer showed a right turn lane was not re-quired at this time, which saved the County money on the overall project. The cost of electrical service first es-timated at around $60,000 quickly escalated to around $90,000 after the engineer-ing was complete. Part of the increase (approximately $10,000) was due to placing the primary service under-ground on the east side of Tiger Drive. The remaining majority was explained as cost increases from origi-nal design to the actual job starting. This cost was cov-ered in the “contingency” line of the project recom-mended by LCA Architects at the start of the budgeting process to cover such sur-

prises. They recommended a 1-5% budget number from the total cost of the proj-ect, which came from their past experience on similar projects. This line will also cover other utility expens-es, as well equipment in the jail not specifically itemized at this time, such as phone systems, furniture and other

necessary items. Rebar is being placed and concrete poured as the foundation is taking shape as well as un-derground services being placed in trenches for the project. Another update to come next month. Drive by and look at the project approved by taxpayers of Jerome County and greatly

appreciated by the Commis-sioners and Sheriff of Je-rome County.

Footings are beingpoured Rocks being demolished

Charlie Howell, County Commissioner and Gary Simon,Field Supervisor for Scott Hedrick Construction.

Written by Charles M. Howell, County Commission Chair


Business Directory


Campbell Tractor Company 1985 Frontage Road South, Wendell, Idaho

Phone: 1-208-536-6653 Fax #: 1-208-536-6655

John Deere Z435 Mower 48” Deck

$4399.00

John Deere X320 Mower 48” Deck

$4299.00

Update on Reservoir Water Levels for theUpper Snake River Basin

As we read of the drought conditions in the Western United States, we naturally are concerned about the wa-ter situation here in the Mag-ic Valley. The update, which can be found at: http://www.usbr.gov/pn/hydromet/burtea.html seems to indicate that the reserves that the feed our Jerome County and other re-gions of the Magic Valley are

staying fairly constant as of this reported dated April 6th 2015. Since that time the wa-ter has begun to be released into the network of canals that feed the farmers irrigation re-serves. As of April 6th we are up 7% according to the Teacup diagram. The American Falls reservoir has increased it’s ca-pacity by 8 percent. The most dramatic change has occurred

in the Lake Walcott reserves going from 30% capacity at the March reporting to 98% capacity as of April 6th. Wa-ter still is our most critical resource. Here’s hoping that the weather will bring more moisture into our region in the coming days.

compiled by Gary Luther, Editor

North SideJournal

NORTH SIDE JOURNAL PO BOX 174 JEROME, ID 83338

April 2015 Est. November 2013 Jerome County Idaho

Section B

BPA - Off to Nationals ... CaliforniaSeven members of the Jerome Chapter of BPA qualified to compete at the BPA National Leadership Conference competition which will be held in May in Anaheim, California.

By: Kadence Brown

Hard work, dedication, and time. These are just a few of the qualities students in BPA, otherwise known as Business Professionals of America, have to have to become successful. Business Professionals of America is a national club designed to help prepare and teach individ-uals the skills necessary to become fluent in the business world.

According to the President of the Jerome Chapter, Nestor Hernandez, “BPA puts an emphasis on having a goal towards success. We compete in business related topics such as entrepreneurship and accounting, giving us a taste and preview of how competitive the business world is in our modern age.”

On March 12th and 13th, the Jerome Chapter of BPA competed at the State Leader-

ship Conference. This was held at Boise State University where the Computer Animation Team placed first, and the Digital Video Production Team placed second. The Graphic Design team placed solidly with 5th and 6th place, along with the Entrepreneurship and Payroll Accounting being represented well.

Michael Licano, a member of the Jerome BPA Computer Animation Team, explained that they used the program, Maxon Cinema 4D to create a virtual and active baseball stadium. When the team presented their project to the judges, they first explained their creative process and then showed them the actual video anima-tion that was created. The team consists of the Jerome High School seniors: Zach Nicholson, Michael Licano, James Powell, and Brennen Clegg. They achieved a perfect score on their presenta-tion. BPA Advisor Lori Peterson said that in her

eleven years, this was the first time a perfect score had been awarded.

The Digital Video Production Team (seniors: Benny Carlisle, Mario Nolasco, and Nestor Hernandez) placed second also qualify-ing them for Nationals. Hernandez said the team began with numerous discussions about the direction they should take for producing their video. Then, they started creating a storyboard which broke up the video in various scenes. They also decided on the camera angles and who would act in the video. Filming and editing are a part of the production process; publishing is the last step. Each of these processes is very tedious and time consuming.

The BPA National Leadership Conference competition will be held in May in Anaheim, California. Good luck at Nationals!

Section B April 2015 North Side Journal

Boy’s Track

Cheer Squad

Senior Haziel Ledezma and sophomore Cristian Castro run the 110 meter hurdles.

The Jerome Cheer Squad pose with their 2nd place trophy at the Ford Idaho Center. By placing first at distiricts, they qualified for state in the 4A Coed Show Cheer Division.

Left: New head coach Jeremy Munroe gives advice to senior Sean Cahala during the Tiger’s first track meet.

Below: Sophomore Nate Nordquist runs the 3200m.

Junior Dallon Suitter leads the pack in the 3200 meter run.

Senior Riley Stump throws the shot put.

By: Annabelle Day

By: Carol Hopper

Running, jumping, hurdling, and throwing. This is the life of boy’s track, and the season has started.

Jeremy Munroe has been coaching track at Jerome High School for five years. However, this is his first year as head coach for the boys. He said that he enjoys working with the boys and likes getting to be outside in the spring. “It’s a fun sport to coach,” said Munroe.

There have been fifty boys come out for track this year. Accord-ing to Munroe, this is a decrease from previous years when the team consisted of nearly one hundred boys. He believes this decline is due to more athletes going out for other spring sports.

Despite the decrease in the number of athletes, the 100 meter dash team is large.

Munroe believes that the populari-ty of this event is because, “nobody has to run that far.” The distance team is looking the strongest, with runners such as sophomore Nathan Nordquist and junior Dallon Suitter.

Even with their strengths, the team is up against tough competition. They also face the threat of injuries and the possibility that team members will slack off during the season. “If we’re injured, we’re going to struggle a little bit. If we stay healthy and we work hard, we have a chance to win districts and maybe get a trophy at state,” said Munroe.

The boys’ track team should be one to watch. With hard working kids and a determined coach, Jerome will go far. As Munroe pointed out, “It will be an interesting track year for all of us.”

The Jerome Cheer Squad started off the season with a bang. They placed first at almost every competition they went to. At districts they placed first in their show cheer. This consisted of a routine lasting 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Within this routine they had to incorporate a 1 minute cheer along with stunts, tumbling, and even dance. It took months to perfectly execute this routine.

Luckily, all their practicing paid off. By placing first in districts they qualified for state in the 4A Coed Show Cheer Division.

At state they ended up compet-ing against three other schools: Rigby, Sandpoint, and Kuna High

School. Jerome took second place. According to Kira Capps, the cheer coach, “Jerome Cheer has not qualified for state in 4 years, so this was huge for our school and for the cheer program.”

Captain Tiffany Fullmer said, “I was so nervous starting a new year of cheerleading my senior year. Every one of those girls and guys have made such a big impact on me and my life. We all worked so hard and grew so much as a team. Being a senior and a captain, my goal was to make it to state and be the best we could be. Not only did we make it to state, but we placed. I’m so glad I was able to learn and grow with such amazing athletes and friends through these last 11 months.”

North Side Journal April 2015 Section B Page 3

Girl’s Track

Sophomore Kaela McClure clears the bar in the high jump.

Below: Senior Gabby Borrayo clears the bar in the pole vault.

Junior Emily Palmer competes in the 100 meter hurdles.

Golf poster designed by Adalberto Vergara.

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designed by

KaitlynPass.

By: Annabelle DayThe bumper sticker says, “I know I run like a girl. Try to keep up.” This message is not far from the truth when it comes to girl’s track at Jerome High School.

Cory Musgrave has been coaching for nine years and this is his fourth year as head coach. Musgrave’s love for track comes from his dad. “My dad was a coach. He was the head coach for a long time,” said Mus-grave.

The team faces many rivals and challenges with a thin and young team. Musgrave expressed his con-cern for several other schools they will have to face. “Twin Falls is probably the best team in the region right now. Canyon Ridge is defi-nitely good. They got fourth place at state last year and they lost a few but they still have some good returners. Wood River has some good distance runners, and Minico is always good,” said Musgrave.

Despite his concern, Jerome is showing promise as well. Mus-grave has great faith in his distance team with girls such as sophomore Rachel Leavitt, and twin sisters Kathryn and Abbie Craig who are juniors running the 3200 meters.

Musgrave also mentioned Gabby Borrayo who is a 10ft vaulter and ranked number 1 in the state.

He said that the 4x4 team is all coming back after getting 6th at state (Kaela McClure, Emily Palmer, Jessica Brown and Rachel Leavitt). Other state qualifiers re-turning from last year are: Emily Palmer--100m/300m Hurdles, Kaela McClure--400m, and Stormi Reynolds--shot.

Musgrave also sees this season as one worth watching. “There’s going to be some real good races, especially when it comes down to State and Region,” said Musgrave.

Left: Junior Abbie Craig runs the 3200m.


Jerome Optimist Club Special Needs Fishing Derby

~ FISHING BUDDIES NEEDED

April 27th (Monday) ~ 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Martin Farms | 500 N 300 E Jerome

(off Hwy 93 at 500 North ¾ mile on right)

Fishing Buddies bring your chair and fishing poles, the Jerome Optimist Club and their Sponsors will provide: Pond – Martin Farms, LLC Trout – Clear Springs Foods, Inc Poles – Idaho Fish & Game Worms – Trophy Bait Hooks/Sinkers/Swivels – Sportsman’s Warehouse Portable Services – Western Waste Services Waters – May, Browning & May Lunch for volunteers – Jerome Optimist Club & More – Don’s Irrigation | Wal-Mart® of Jerome A special thank you to Jerome School District and the Many Volunteers

Come for an hour or the day! | For more information call Sheri Mitchell 308-3264


Viking News by Jennifer Hardy

Winter sports wrapped up at Valley School District…lots of reasons to celebrate, as well as a few disap-pointments. The Vikings are looking forward to suc-cessful seasons in Golf and Track this Spring.

Girls Varsity Basketball ended their season with a record of 13-12. They lost to Oakley in the district runner-up game by 4 points eliminating their participa-tion in the State Basketball Tournament.

Valley Wrestling co-oped with Kimberly School Dis-trict during the school year but participated in District and State separately. All five members of the 2014-2015 Valley Wrestling team qualified for State. Lorenzo Ramirez, a Junior, brought home the 3rd place medal in the 2A Heavy Weight Class.

The Boys’ Basketball team qualified for the State Tournament as the 2nd place qualifier in District IV. They won their first round game against Challis 50-32. Their second round game was against the #1 ranked and defending State Cham-pions, the Prairie Pirates. The Vikings took Prairie into overtime before losing 54-47. The 3rd place game was a rematch played be-tween Oakley and the Vi-kings. Oakley won the 3 previous games but Valley was determined to end their season with a win and bring home the 3rd place trophy. The team stepped up and played their best basket-ball during the tournament, ending a successful season. The players, student body, band, and community mem-bers also brought home the I-A Div. 1 Sportsmanship Award.

The Valley Boy’s Golf team with five members, has competed in two tour-naments with Ben Taylor taking 1st place individual in both.

After 20 years, Valley hosted a track meet on their own facility on March 12th. Marguerite Astorquia, re-tired, 35-year track coach, opened the facility by cut-ting the blue ribbon. Eight Magic Valley Schools par-ticipated at the meet. The

weather was great and excitement from the students and community will carry on throughout the rest of the year.


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The Sawtooth District Cub Scouts annual Pinewood Derby race was held March 21, 2015 at the Jerome Fairgrounds. Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd plac-es and Best Design car were giv-en out in each division: Tiger’s, Wolf’s, Bear’s and Webelos. A Chippy Humanitarian/Sportsman-ship trophy was also given out. Also a big ribbon was given out for the overall Champion. All tro-phies and ribbons were donated by the Knights of Columbus of the St. Jerome Catholic Church. We had a total of 10 different packs participate. Thanks to all of you for coming. Winners in each division were: Tiger’s: 1st place: Roberto Barraza (Pack 139); 2nd place: Hector Ne-varez (Pack 139); 3rd place: Kenen Staffen (Pack 82). Wolf’s: 1st place: Oliver Morton (Pack 139); 2nd place: Caleb Gibbons (Pack 93); 3rd place: Brandon Palacio (Pack 97); Bear’s: 1st place: Jo-seph Flores (Pack 139); 2nd place: Brayden Wilkes (Pack 139); 3rd place: Alex Asher (Pack 97). We-belos: 1st place: Robbie Staffen (Pack 82); 2nd place: Zander Rose-borough (Pack 82); 3rd place: Josh Andrus (Pack 83). An overall championship race

was conducted and the top 3 win-ners from each division raced against each other. The top 3 win-ners were: 1st place: Roberto Bar-raza (Pack 139); 2nd place: Robbie Staffen (Pack 82); 3rd place: Jo-seph Flores (Pack 139). Chippy Humanitarian/Sports-manship Trophy went to Tory Lemoine (Pack 139). Best Design trophies for their car design went to: Tiger’s: Ri-ley Lockwood (Pack 97); Wolf’s: Teyler Rogers (Pack 139); Bear’s: Raif Cockrell (Pack 94); Webelos: Keenan Maynard (Pack 97). Judges for the Best design were Joy Mathews, Sawtooth District Roundtable Chairman, Dona Cone, Advancement Chairman for Pack 139 and Russell Howell.Photographer was Laura Minard. John Wyatt and Carroll Cone (Cubmaster Pack 139) were the race callers and Lane Barnes (Committee Member Pack/Troop 139).

Sawtooth District held Pinewood Derby


Jerome Chamber of Com-merce Annual Banquet

Nearly a hundred peo-ple gathered at the Best Western Sawtooth Inn in Jerome on Thursday, March 12th to honor a se-lect number of business-es and individuals who went above and beyond to serve the community in 2014.

The Jerome Chamber of Commerce awards the Business of the Year, Rookie Business of the Year, President’s Award and Ambassador of the Year awards each year.

“While there are many deserving businesses and individuals who go above and beyond each year to serve the Jerome, Jerome County and Magic Valley communities, a few busi-nesses and individuals went the extra mile this year,” said Brandon Red-mond, Executive Director of the Jerome Chamber of Commerce.

The 2014 Jerome Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award was presented to St. Luke’s Jerome.

“St. Luke’s Jerome is always ready and will-

ing to serve the commu-nity through community outreach and community contributions. St. Luke’s Jerome also helped orga-nize and fund the Christ-mas in Jerome event which began in 2013,” said Redmond.

In addition several oth-er awards were given at this year’s Jerome Cham-ber of Commerce Ban-quet. Idaho Central Credit Union was presented with Rookie Business of the Year. The Rookie Busi-ness of the Year award is presented to a new cham-ber of commerce member that successfully partic-ipates in multiple cham-ber of commerce events throughout the year and is also vested in the com-munity.

The President’s Ap-preciation Award was presented to Patti Luper with Edward Jones Clel-land in Jerome. A second President’s Appreciation Award was presented to the Times News and MagicValley.com.

Nick Cosinteno with

Idaho Milk Products was awarded the 2014 Jerome Chamber of Commerce Ambassador of the Year.

“It’s a great time to be a member of the Jerome Chamber of Commerce,” said Redmond. “With the new Main Street Program that is moving forward to revitalize Downtown Je-rome, new economic de-velopment projects, a new Jerome Chamber of Com-merce information portal and website and our soon to be launched mobile app, we are promoting our member businesses and our community better than ever before and we plan on continuing to take Jerome and the Jerome Chamber of Commerce into the future.”

Businesses interest-ed in joining the Jerome Chamber of Commerce can visit www.VisitJero-meIdaho.com or call 208-324-2711.

St Lukes - Jeromes Business of the Year

Times News Presidents Award

Patti Luper - Presidents Award

Nick Cosintino - Ambasador of the Year

BANQUET

ICCU Rookie Business of the Year


Challenge Brand of Butter and Dairy Products

by Earl Gilmartin

Cont’d from March NSJ

Part 4 – Boise & Nampa cooperatives fail 1922When we visited Boise Val-ley in Idaho, in 1922, there was the Nampa Cooperative Creamery, besides the Boise Cooperative Creamery. The two were about 20 miles apart. Nampa carried the reputation of having ren-dered good early service, had a loyal membership, and a considerable volume, but perhaps with other mistakes its manager had entered into a long-term contract to mar-ket its butter. The price was to be based on the Portland market, the lowest on the Pacific Slope. Neither Boi-se nor Nampa had been able to adjust operations to meet changing conditions. Both the Jerome and Payette co-operative generously lent financial and managerial as-sistance, as did Challenge. They did succeed in merg-ing the two businesses, with all churning in Nampa. No doubt this all prolonged the agony. While the merging of two associations, each on the verge of bankruptcy, was quite another matter. The final meeting at Nam-pa at which it was decided to close the business, with the producers to lose 45 days butterfat, was one of the saddest we have ever at-tended.

Part 5 – Success after fail-ureIt was not long after the Boi-se and Nampa creameries had failed, until the dairy-men began to complain of

abuses by privately owned dairy concerns operating in Boise Valley. The dairymen began to reorganize under the name of the Ada Coun-ty Dairymen’s Association, with plans to build a cream-ery in Meridian, a town of about 1000 people at that time, situated midway be-tween Boise and Nampa.

When the building had been almost completed, a pot of pitch in the refrig-erator room exploded and the building and machinery were badly burned. It was left to the representative of the Meridian business peo-ple on the creamery board to settle with the insurance company. Happily, the full loss was recovered.

Part 6 – Jerome Co-opera-tive opens facility in Twin Falls 1929

The Jerome Cooperative Creamery opened a ca-sein factory in the Lincoln produce company in Twin Falls.

Part 7 – Jerome Co-oper-ative opens facility in Bur-ley 1948Challenge MemoriesThe Jerome Cooperative Creamery dedicated its new milk receiving plant at Bur-ley,

Part 8 – Jerome Co-op rep attends Challenge board meeting ‘61R Lyons Smish found time to attended the 1961 Chal-lenge board meeting at the

Ambassodor Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. That was the year that the new Ida Gem facility was being con-structed where a lumber yard had stood across the street to the east.

Part 9 – Chal-lenge Print ad 1966Jerome, ID – The 51st annual membership meeting of IdaGem Dairymen, Inc., will be held 11 am Friday at the association’s auditori-um in Jerome. Guest speaker will be E M Norton, secretary of the National Milk Producers Federation, Washington, DC. Oth-er speakers will include James P George, Los Angeles, General Manag-er of the Challenge Cream and Butter Association, and Joe Mandoza, Point Reyes, CA, President of Challenge Cream and Butter Associa-tion. Conducting the meet-ing will be Lloyd Blake, president of IdaGem Dairy-men, Inc. Reports will be given by Blake, R Lyons Smith, manager, and Har-vard Scranion, auditor. TFTN 13 Feb 1966

Part 10 – Challenge butter in stores today 2015

C h a l -l e n g e b u t t e r m a y s t i l l b e found in lo-c a l stores today !

Life sized cow & calf sculpted from 500# of Chal-

Challenge sign over the Jerome Co-op (Twin Falls location) ~ 1954 Bisbee

Challenge Brand of Butter and Dairy Products

by Earl Gilmartin

Cont’d from March NSJ

Part 4 – Boise & Nampa cooperatives fail 1922When we visited Boise Val-ley in Idaho, in 1922, there was the Nampa Cooperative Creamery, besides the Boise Cooperative Creamery. The two were about 20 miles apart. Nampa carried the reputation of having ren-dered good early service, had a loyal membership, and a considerable volume, but perhaps with other mistakes its manager had entered into a long-term contract to mar-ket its butter. The price was to be based on the Portland market, the lowest on the Pacific Slope. Neither Boi-se nor Nampa had been able to adjust operations to meet changing conditions. Both the Jerome and Payette co-operative generously lent financial and managerial as-sistance, as did Challenge. They did succeed in merg-ing the two businesses, with all churning in Nampa. No doubt this all prolonged the agony. While the merging of two associations, each on the verge of bankruptcy, was quite another matter. The final meeting at Nam-pa at which it was decided to close the business, with the producers to lose 45 days butterfat, was one of the saddest we have ever at-tended.

Part 5 – Success after fail-ureIt was not long after the Boi-se and Nampa creameries had failed, until the dairy-men began to complain of

abuses by privately owned dairy concerns operating in Boise Valley. The dairymen began to reorganize under the name of the Ada Coun-ty Dairymen’s Association, with plans to build a cream-ery in Meridian, a town of about 1000 people at that time, situated midway be-tween Boise and Nampa.

When the building had been almost completed, a pot of pitch in the refrig-erator room exploded and the building and machinery were badly burned. It was left to the representative of the Meridian business peo-ple on the creamery board to settle with the insurance company. Happily, the full loss was recovered.

Part 6 – Jerome Co-opera-tive opens facility in Twin Falls 1929

The Jerome Cooperative Creamery opened a ca-sein factory in the Lincoln produce company in Twin Falls.

Part 7 – Jerome Co-oper-ative opens facility in Bur-ley 1948Challenge MemoriesThe Jerome Cooperative Creamery dedicated its new milk receiving plant at Bur-ley,

Part 8 – Jerome Co-op rep attends Challenge board meeting ‘61R Lyons Smish found time to attended the 1961 Chal-lenge board meeting at the

Ambassodor Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. That was the year that the new Ida Gem facility was being con-structed where a lumber yard had stood across the street to the east.

Part 9 – Chal-lenge Print ad 1966Jerome, ID – The 51st annual membership meeting of IdaGem Dairymen, Inc., will be held 11 am Friday at the association’s auditori-um in Jerome. Guest speaker will be E M Norton, secretary of the National Milk Producers Federation, Washington, DC. Oth-er speakers will include James P George, Los Angeles, General Manag-er of the Challenge Cream and Butter Association, and Joe Mandoza, Point Reyes, CA, President of Challenge Cream and Butter Associa-tion. Conducting the meet-ing will be Lloyd Blake, president of IdaGem Dairy-men, Inc. Reports will be given by Blake, R Lyons Smith, manager, and Har-vard Scranion, auditor. TFTN 13 Feb 1966

Part 10 – Challenge butter in stores today 2015

C h a l -l e n g e b u t t e r m a y s t i l l b e found in lo-c a l stores today !

Life sized cow & calf sculpted from 500# of Chal-lenge butter for 1930 for Jerome, Twin Falls, & Cas-

sia County fairs by J E Wallace of Tampa, Florida.

Challenge sign over the Jerome Co-op (Twin Falls location) ~ 1954 Bisbee

This photo is from the Feb 14, 1961 Challenge board meeting in Los Angeles, CA Can you spot R Lyons Smith in attendence ?


Magic Valley Chorale Spring Concert

The Magic Valley Chorale will present a spring con-cert, “Rutter with a Twist”, on Sunday, April 19, at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Auditorium. The concert begins at 3:00 p.m. The music includes John Rutter’s Requiem as well as several selections from his Anthem Collection.

The concert concludes with a “Twist” that features choral selections from Ol-iver with words and music by Lionel Bart and arranged by Normal Leyden. Favor-ites from the medley in-clude “Consider Yourself” and “Oom-Pah-Pah”. The chorale is conducted by Ca-mille Cox.

Admission for adults is $10, for seniors $7 and stu-dents $5. A family ticket is available for $25.

Tickets are available at Welch Music in Twin Falls, the CSI Box Office, at the door and from chorale members. It’s a wonderful way to welcome the spring season.

Girl Scout Troop #21 Book Drive

The Girl Scouts of Troop #21 are holding a book drive! All the donated books will be donated to the CASA Program and to Heritage Academy’s School Library. The girls are trying to complete a “Take Action” community service project aimed towards improving our community’s literacy. What better way than to get books into the hands of our community’s children!

Both CASA and Heritage Academy are in need of new or gently used books from baby level all the way up through High School. Please consider a “spring Cleaning” of any books you may have, or purchase a new one (or two) and do-nate them to our troop book drive. Our goal is collect at least 100 books. Please email or call Stephanie Coelho at coelho123@ca-

bleone.net or (208) 644-9685 with any donations, I will come pick them up at your convenience. Or if you know one of the Troop #21 Girl Scouts, you can contact them directly. ALL DONA-TIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED! We need all donations by May 1st please, in order to get them distributed before school lets out.

Idaho Small Business Development Centerpresents

ELEVATE 20154th ANNUAL WOMEN’s BUSINESS & CAREER

CONFERENCE

Southern Idaho’s Only Business Conference Tailored to Inspire and Advance Women

The Idaho Small Busi-ness Development Cen-ter in Twin Falls has opened registration for Elevate 2015, the 4th an-nual women’s business and career conference 8 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 17 at Canyon Crest Con-vention Center, 380 Can-yon Crest Drive in Twin Falls. Join other business lead-ers, entrepreneurs and balance seekers at this empowering all-day con-ference to recharge your career and elevate your leadership skills as you learn practical and timely topics from uplifting lo-cal and state leaders.Seminar topics include finances, communica-tion, business branding, networking and person-al growth through a va-riety of three separate seminar tracks attendees can chose from. Local speakers include: - Donna Hatch, PhD of True Potential Coach-ing Consulting presents, “The Confidence Key: Upgrade Your Success

Story”-Cindy Collins of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices presents, “Negotiating with Confi-dence”-Ann Flannery, MA, CSC, Personal Life Coach presents, “Quiet-ing Your Inner Critic So You Can Play Big”-Bryan Matsuoka of Ida-ho SBDC presents, “Tips & Tricks for Managing Your Time More Effec-tively (Franklin Covey)-Vanessa “The Diet Doc” Toolson of Signature Fitness presents, “I am Enough: Getting Fo-cused on Balance in the Real World”-Megan Jantz of WFG presents, “Fearless In-vesting: What Every Woman Needs to Know to Get & Stay Ahead”-Clint Carter of Integrat-ed Technology presents, “Supercharging Your So-cial Media-Bryan Wright of Wright Physical Therapy pres-ents, “Elevate Your Busi-ness through Wellness”And a Business Boot-camp Strategies for Suc-cess Panel will be moder-ated by Bryan Matsuoka of Idaho SBDC, with An-gela Hickmon of Magic Valley Credit Repair and Lori Ward Idaho SBDC.

The lunch keynote pre-sentation, “Follow Your Heart but Use Your Brain!” will be provid-ed by Betti Newburn, of Boise’s Idaho Small Business Development Center. Other afternoon keynote sessions include Laura Smith of Idaho Central Credit Union, who will present “The Four Laws of Financial Prosperity,” and Kate McGwire of Townsquare Media, who will present “Perception vs. Reali-ty--How to Make Both Work for You.”“We’re excited to be able to offer a wide range of career-building content for this year’s confer-ence,” says Bryan Mat-suoka, Region IV Direc-tor of the Idaho SBDC. “This event helps wom-en focus on how to best follow their passion and elevate their leadership skills and the proof is the exceptional women and businesses we have in our community.”

Tickets are $59 through April 13 and includes all conference materials and keynote luncheon. Regis-tration is available online at www.csi.edu/elevate. Professional headshot portraits will be available

for a one-time con-ference fee of $25 from Addison Pho-tography. For more information about tickets, sponsorships or vendor booths, contact the Idaho SBDC at (208) 732-

6450.

Elevate 2015 is pre-sented by Idaho SBDC and spon-sored by DL Evans Bank, 2 Serve Solu-tions, Idaho Cen-tral Credit Union,

Wright Physical Therapy, WFG, Sig-nature Fitness, Ave-da of Twin Falls, Magic Valley Credit Repair and Canyon Starr Productions.

Magic Valley Chorale Spring Concert

The Magic Valley Chorale will present a spring con-cert, “Rutter with a Twist”, on Sunday, April 19, at the College of Southern Idaho Fine Arts Auditorium. The concert begins at 3:00 p.m. The music includes John Rutter’s Requiem as well as several selections from his Anthem Collection.

The concert concludes with a “Twist” that features choral selections from Ol-iver with words and music by Lionel Bart and arranged by Normal Leyden. Favor-ites from the medley in-clude “Consider Yourself” and “Oom-Pah-Pah”. The chorale is conducted by Ca-mille Cox.

Admission for adults is $10, for seniors $7 and stu-dents $5. A family ticket is available for $25.

Tickets are available at Welch Music in Twin Falls, the CSI Box Office, at the door and from chorale members. It’s a wonderful way to welcome the spring season.

Girl Scout Troop #21 Book Drive

The Girl Scouts of Troop #21 are holding a book drive! All the donated books will be donated to the CASA Program and to Heritage Academy’s School Library. The girls are trying to complete a “Take Action” community service project aimed towards improving our community’s literacy. What better way than to get books into the hands of our community’s children!

Both CASA and Heritage Academy are in need of new or gently used books from baby level all the way up through High School. Please consider a “spring Cleaning” of any books you may have, or purchase a new one (or two) and do-nate them to our troop book drive. Our goal is collect at least 100 books. Please email or call Stephanie Coelho at coelho123@ca-

bleone.net or (208) 644-9685 with any donations, I will come pick them up at your convenience. Or if you know one of the Troop #21 Girl Scouts, you can contact them directly. ALL DONA-TIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED! We need all donations by May 1st please, in order to get them distributed before school lets out.

Idaho Small Business Development Centerpresents

ELEVATE 20154th ANNUAL WOMEN’s BUSINESS & CAREER

CONFERENCE

Southern Idaho’s Only Business Conference Tailored to Inspire and Advance Women

The Idaho Small Busi-ness Development Cen-ter in Twin Falls has opened registration for Elevate 2015, the 4th an-nual women’s business and career conference 8 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 17 at Canyon Crest Con-vention Center, 380 Can-yon Crest Drive in Twin Falls. Join other business lead-ers, entrepreneurs and balance seekers at this empowering all-day con-ference to recharge your career and elevate your leadership skills as you learn practical and timely topics from uplifting lo-cal and state leaders.Seminar topics include finances, communica-tion, business branding, networking and person-al growth through a va-riety of three separate seminar tracks attendees can chose from. Local speakers include: - Donna Hatch, PhD of True Potential Coach-ing Consulting presents, “The Confidence Key: Upgrade Your Success

Story”-Cindy Collins of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices presents, “Negotiating with Confi-dence”-Ann Flannery, MA, CSC, Personal Life Coach presents, “Quiet-ing Your Inner Critic So You Can Play Big”-Bryan Matsuoka of Ida-ho SBDC presents, “Tips & Tricks for Managing Your Time More Effec-tively (Franklin Covey)-Vanessa “The Diet Doc” Toolson of Signature Fitness presents, “I am Enough: Getting Fo-cused on Balance in the Real World”-Megan Jantz of WFG presents, “Fearless In-vesting: What Every Woman Needs to Know to Get & Stay Ahead”-Clint Carter of Integrat-ed Technology presents, “Supercharging Your So-cial Media-Bryan Wright of Wright Physical Therapy pres-ents, “Elevate Your Busi-ness through Wellness”And a Business Boot-camp Strategies for Suc-cess Panel will be moder-ated by Bryan Matsuoka of Idaho SBDC, with An-gela Hickmon of Magic Valley Credit Repair and Lori Ward Idaho SBDC.

The lunch keynote pre-sentation, “Follow Your Heart but Use Your Brain!” will be provid-ed by Betti Newburn, of Boise’s Idaho Small Business Development Center. Other afternoon keynote sessions include Laura Smith of Idaho Central Credit Union, who will present “The Four Laws of Financial Prosperity,” and Kate McGwire of Townsquare Media, who will present “Perception vs. Reali-ty--How to Make Both Work for You.”“We’re excited to be able to offer a wide range of career-building content for this year’s confer-ence,” says Bryan Mat-suoka, Region IV Direc-tor of the Idaho SBDC. “This event helps wom-en focus on how to best follow their passion and elevate their leadership skills and the proof is the exceptional women and businesses we have in our community.”

Tickets are $59 through April 13 and includes all conference materials and keynote luncheon. Regis-tration is available online at www.csi.edu/elevate. Professional headshot portraits will be available

for a one-time con-ference fee of $25 from Addison Pho-tography. For more information about tickets, sponsorships or vendor booths, contact the Idaho SBDC at (208) 732-

6450.

Elevate 2015 is pre-sented by Idaho SBDC and spon-sored by DL Evans Bank, 2 Serve Solu-tions, Idaho Cen-tral Credit Union,

Wright Physical Therapy, WFG, Sig-nature Fitness, Ave-da of Twin Falls, Magic Valley Credit Repair and Canyon Starr Productions.


Jerome WWTF (Waste Water Treatment Facility) Tour

by Earl Gilmartin

SUMMARY OF WWTF TOUR by Gilbert Sanchez & Dade Petting-er

This is a brief summary of the deluxe tour of the Jerome WWTF given to William and Earl Gilmar-tin Feb 20, 2015, by Gil-bert Sanchez and Dade Pettinger, who took turns explaining the different stations of the WWTF. Both know the WWTF intimately, and are aware of what is required to op-erate it at a heretofore un-precedented level of opti-mization and efficiency.

The hallway leading out of the entrance leads past a wall of certificates, as all of the crew are giv-en up to an hour a day of paid time in the break room to study waste water treatment theory. (This policy would later prove to reap huge savings in operating the facility). In addition, Gilbert showed us an award the facility had recently received for outstanding membrane treatment facility by the NWMOA. (Not too shab-by for operating a decades old facility on a limited budget.

Gilbert told us the staff had just implemented an online system of keeping track of all the mainte-nance work, so they could schedule the work out a little at a time. Before

the equipment would get worked on when it broke down, and then everyone was in a frenzy to get the equipment back up and running.

Gilbert communicated all this, while constantly encouraging and praising the hard work the staff had undertaken, once they got over the shock of do-ing things differently than the staff had been trained to do previously.

The tour began with a visit to the laboratory, where a large TV is dis-playing what I thought was a Google Earth view of the facility. Upon clos-er inspection, I realized it was a large SCADA dis-play of the entire process. Gilbert explained that the original smaller SCADA display was located in a remote room, and the workers at the facility did not tend to spend much time there.

Gilbert wanted the staff to become intimately fa-miliar with every part of the treatment facility, and planted large TV monitors in the lab and the break room where the staff hang out when they were cur-rent with their work. This way the staff could watch it like it was a soap opera (i.e.not wanting to miss a single episode.)

A large fancy looking microscope was sitting

of to the corner in the lab, with digital camera secured at the top where you would normally put your eyes. The samples being examined were dis-played on yet another flat screen TV. The TV was displaying pictures of the flora and fauna found in the activated sludge ba-sin. If you can manage the microbes naturally occurring in the wastewa-ter, they will do the heavy lifting of breaking down the sludge that the facility must manage in real time, every day 24/7.

This tool lets them make sure the right mi-crobes were present. Gil-bert and D a d e t o o k t u r n s naming the var-ious mi-c r o b e s t h a t were on display, c a l l i n g out a N e m a -tode and then one scientific sounding name after another. They then explained that these were good for munching in the aerobic end of ac-tive basin, while another group of microbes pre-ferred to dine on phos-phorus at the anaerobic end of the basin. More on this later.

Gilbert and Dade took turns explaining what role each part of the fa-cility plays in making the water and the sludge that is removed safe to return to the snake river and to the sludge repository up at Milner. In addition, soon the sludge will be clean enough to actual-ly be applied to non-root type vegetable crop land.

When the water arrives at the treatment plant, it starts at the screening

station. All the water is pumped through a per-forated screen, which removes solid debris, rubber chunks, and ba-sically any solids that found their way into the city sewer. When Gilbert started working at the Je-rome WWTF, he inquired about the specifications of the perforated screen, and was shocked to find out it was a 3mm screen.

That may have been fine and dandy back in the day when the facil-ity was originally built, but when high-tech fil-ter membranes were in-stalled some years ago, these should have been re-placed with a finer screen.

This newer filter mem-brane technology requires the initial screen to be no less than 2 mm, so Gilbert persuaded the city to or-der these tighter screens in the near future, so that his membrane filters down stream would not become overloaded with debris.

In addition to this reg-ular screening station, Gilbert is in the process of installing a 21 million gallon lagoon, with a 12” HDPE pipe and automatic

sensors and bypass piping and valves.

With this system, if the treatment plant takes a hit (e.g. toxic substance), that kills all the microbes at the facility, the water may be transferred to the lagoon, and then returned to the system later, to be

processed once the mi-crobe numbers grow to the point they are able to chew up the sludge.

After the screening station, the water is sent to the bio-tower, where pre-digestive microbes do their thing. These are the large round towers that look not unlike the city water towers located about Jerome. The waste-water is pumped through a series of huge nozzles mounted on four rotating spray arms. When the wa-ter is sprayed and rotated at just the right rate, the result is the media inside are coated with a bright green microbe (not unlike moss in appearance) that pre-digests the sludge.

NWMOA 2014 Outstand-ing Membraane Plant

Award

Nematoad under the microscope

Article to be conclud-ed in May 2015 Issue.

new 21 million gallon divert lagoon will be located at upper right of Google Earth view


The 23rd annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is on Saturday, May 9. It’s the largest one-day food drive in America, and it’s made possible by thousands of letter carriers who volunteer their time to participate—as well as countless thousands of volunteers who help sort, collect and distribute much needed food to local food banks and pantries across the country. If you plan to be out of town on the 9th of May you may deliv-er your non-perishable food donation to your local Post Office. Let’s make this a banner year for the Food Drive. Thanks in advance for your generous donation.

Hazelton Seeks Applicants to Design a City Sealby Cathy Roemer

Jerome County Commissioner

HAZELTON--Something was missing in the City of Hazelton and Jacob Shobe, three year Hazelton City Council member, took steps to fix the problem.

“Hazelton doesn’t have a City Seal,” he said. “I think we should have one.”

Shobe said as he drove around the Magic Valley, he began to notice other towns displayed their City Seals on their city vehicles.

“My work takes me out and about the area,” he said. “I wondered why Hazelton does not have a City Seal.”

So, Shobe came up with a plan, took it to his fellow council members and it was “game on.” Plans are now underway to find what Ha-

zelton has been missing all these years---their very own City Seal.

It starts with a contest that is open to anyone and ev-eryone. The challenge is to design a City Seal that best represents Hazelton or what the entrant believes tells the city’s story.

Strobe stressed the prima-ry focus of the contest is to reach out to Hazelton City and the surrounding area to let the local residents know that their City Council is ac-tive and progressive when it comes to their community. The Council hopes citizens will take notice and decide to be more involved with their local government.

While community partic-

ipation is at the top of the list for the design contest, Shobe said people don’t have to live in Hazelton to enter their design.

“The contest is open to anyone and everyone, with only two requirements,” he said. “First, the seal must include when Hazelton was established, 1911; and it must say City of Hazelton.”

The City Council has pegged $500.00 for the winner. All entries must be submitted to the Hazelton City Hall by 5:00 pm on Friday, May 1st. From there, the Council members will choose a winner to be announced to the public in a special “unveiling” cere-mony.

Jacob Shobe, Hazelton City Councilman, has led the way to make sure Hazelton will have its own City Seal.

The Big Reveal will take place in front of Hazelton City Hall where the winning seal will have been adapted and put on the door of a city vehicle. Scheduled date is June 27th during the pa-rade for Hazelton’s famous week-end before the Fourth of July celebration.

Mayor Roy Crumrine, is

fully invested in the City Seal project that Shobe has brought forward. He said it is typical of Shobe to find things to move the Hazelton forward.

“Jacob is a homegrown guy,” Crumrine said. “He is really proud of his commu-nity.”

The Back Country Horsemen of Idaho

by Kathy Kerley,owner

The Back Country Horse-men of Idaho, a non-profit organization, began in 1978 as a service organization that works with the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management by giving back to the back country by volunteering ground work such as clearing trails and improving campgrounds. We are also involved in

agency management and promoting educational pro-grams to the public to per-petuate the recreational use of stock on public lands.

In 2013 sixteen chap-ters in Idaho volunteered 16,514 hours and 110,819 travel miles for a total val-ue of $665,075. The volun-teer hours for Back Coun-try Horsemen of America,

which includes 27 states with a membership of ap-proximately 13,000 mem-bers was 367,161 hours and 1,638,053 travel miles for a dollar value of $13,972,950. We work hard to keep our trails open for equestrian use for our chil-dren and grandchildren.

Our local chapter, High Desert BCH, was organized in 1992 and covers the Magic Valley area with 40 members. Nearby chapters are Cache Peak BCH in the Burley area and Sawtooth BCH in the Ketchum/Hai-

ley area. In addition to being a service organization these local chapters participate in day rides, overnighters and sponsor activities with the public invited.

If you are interested in giving back to the back country that we use and enjoy we always welcome new members. For more in-formation for High Desert BCH, contact Karen Am-brose 208-543-9041; for the Cache Peak BCH, con-tact Mark Ottman 208-438-2276; and for the Sawtooth BCH, contact Jo Heiss 208-

788-3802.The High Desert Chapter

is hosting their 5th Annual “Gambler’s Draw Ride” on Saturday, May 9, 2015, at Niagara Springs Wildlife Management Area south of Wendell, Idaho. Activities begin at 9:00 a.m. and in-clude a ride for prizes, lunch on the grounds at noon and a silent auction with inter-esting items. Bring your horses, kids, friends and neighbors and join in the fun. For information con-tact Karen Ambrose 208-543-9041.

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