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A lifestyle magazine delivered to more than42,000 households in the Treasure Valley

6 Keep your dollars local

9 Meet Bogus Basin GM Alan Moore

12 2013 Treasure holiday gift guide

20 Idaho Triennial honors top artists

25 Idaho City is a fun winter getaway

28 Idaho travel notes

37 This home is decorated with heart

48 Go local with your holiday menu

53 The winemaker behind Cinder Wines

56 Baker City brewery earns top honor

58 Help out by attending a fundraiser

59 Festival of Trees celebrates 30 years

60 Winter Garden aGlow lights the night

63 Celebrate the joy of the season

ON THE COVER: Warm up with a visit to The Springs, a hot springs resort near Idaho City. PHOTO BY JOE JASZEWSKI/THE IDAHO STATESMAN

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MAGAZINES EDITOR Holly AndersonDESIGNER Lindsie BergevinCOPY EDITORS Genie Arcano, JamesKeyser, Allison Maier, Ruth PaulCONTRIBUTORS Dana Oland, AndyPerdue & Eric Degerman, JulieHahn, Dusty Parnell, James PatrickKelly, Patrick OrrSTATESMAN PHOTOGRAPHERS Joe Jaszewski,Kyle Green, KAtherine Jones, Darin OswaldPREPRESS MANAGER Tom KryderPHOTO TECHNICIAN Susanna SmithCONTACT US:Editorial: (208) 377-6435; fax: (208) 377-6449or [email protected]: (208) 377-NEWS

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Shop local — and your money stays localDear Reader,

The 2013 holiday season is here! You’llfind Treasure’s annual gift guide starting onpage 12. The guide again features ideas fromlocal artisans and locally owned businesses.

If you are a longtime reader, you know wetry to feature a different mix of stores eachyear, but we keep finding that many of ourfavorite gifts each year come from the placesthat feature local artisans. The Treasure Valley is home to many art-inspired stores, co-ops and galleries — from Bee Wise Goodson State Street to Miss Courageous’ newretail store on Orchard Street in Boise. You’llalso find great gifts at weekend markets,local bazaars and more. See a list of artist

co-ops and galleries, bazaars and otheroptions at IdahoStatesman.com/Treasure.

In May, we featured the many fun thingsproduced in honor of Boise’s sesquicenten-nial. You can look through that photo galleryfor ideas — as well as at this year’s onlineholiday photo gallery featuring dozens ofmore gifts than we can include on thesepages — at IdahoStatesman.com/Treasure.

So cheers to another festive Christmasshopping season — and happy holidays toyou and yours from all of us at Treasure.

Holly AndersonMAGAZINES EDITOR

IDAHO STATESMAN

CORRECTION A story in the August issue of Treasure about the Preservation Idaho HeritageHomes Tour featured comments from Barbara Perry Bauer of TAG Historical Research and Consulting. The story misstated TAG's origins. TAG evolved from the Arrowrock Group, foundedin 1993. Elizabeth Jacox joined in 1995. In 2004, Bauer and Jacox became sole partners andadopted the new business name.

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BY JULIE HAHN

Growing up in Boise, Alan Mooredidn’t get a chance to ski the mountainhe now oversees.

“It was so expensive, and — Iwouldn’t say it was an elitist thing — ittook a certain amount of money to buy apass and buy equipment,” he says. “Andit was well outside what our family couldafford to do.”

It wasn’t until he was studying at theCollege of Idaho that he stood on skisfor the first time. Now he’s in charge ofkeeping Bogus Basin Mountain Recre-ation Area, a local institution, accessibleto kids who grew up in similar circum-stances — and their families.

“We want to be a more important partof this community,” he says. “Boise, Idaho,and the surrounding towns are just greatplaces to raise kids. And Bogus wants tobe an even more important part of thatprocess.”

Moore, who previously worked in thefinance department at Morrison-Knudsen,was brought to Bogus Basin by formerGeneral Manager Mike Shirley and even-tually became the vice president of finance.When Shirley retired in 2012 after 21years, Moore was tapped for the top spot.

Last season was plagued by intermit-tent snow and capped off with anincrease in the price of a season pass;prices hadn’t gone up for 15 years. It wasa necessary step, Moore says, but a toughone. Even with the increase, he says,things are much different than they werewhen he was growing up.

“(Cost) is one of the reasons I was soexcited about what Mike Shirley did atBogus Basin, which was make skiingaffordable,” he says. “The numbers of peo-ple — and the demographic of the num-bers of people — were so much differentthan they are now. Back then it was cer-tainly a well-to-do sport, and now it’salmost everybody who can afford to ski.”

What was your first attempt atskiing like?

You know, I was obviously muchyounger and it didn’t hurt to fall, so itwas a great time. It was a beautifulevening, and it was pretty nice.

You began working at Bogusright before a stretch of badsnow years.

Well, as Mike always said, kind of

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half-jokingly, “Everything was going gooduntil Alan got here.”

What has the reaction to the seasonpass price increase been?

We had done a marketing study thatshowed that the community was very muchin support of a price increase for the seasonpass. At the same time, we didn’t ask thecommunity what they thought of a priceincrease after two tough years. (Laughs.)They might have answered that slightly dif-ferently.

The last preseason pass sale was fairlylean — it was about three-quarters of whereit should have been on a historical basis.However, having said that, the business istruly snow-driven. And with the weatherbeing a little colder and wetter already thisyear, we’ve seen some return of those passholders buying passes at a higher pricethan during the preseason pass sale.

There’s one thing about this business: Ifyou do get snow, you look really smart. And ifyou don’t get snow, you look kind of stupid.So with a good snow year, I think many ofthose people will come back and buy passes.

Bogus is home to a lot of campsand programs for kids. Do you everreceive any feedback from them?

This summer, in conjunction with St.Luke’s, we had a YEAH! camp up there. A

lot of the kids up there — not only hadthey never been to Bogus Basin, a lot of thekids had never been to the mountains.

You know, going to the mountains is a bitof a game changer as far as your attitude,what you think about your place in thisworld. These kids had never been there. Sothat’s one aspect of what Bogus can do.

How has climate change affectedBogus?

Over the past 20 years, we have certainlyseen our opening date move further along.Prior to 1990 or so, I think you’d find it morearound Thanksgiving. Now you’re finding itmore around the first week in December.What’s going to happen there? I don’t knowif anyone knows. It’s one of those deals thatwill continue to be slow in progressing, butwe’ve got quite a good infrastructure inplace. We’re going to continue using thatinfrastructure as best we can, whether it’simpacted by climate change or not.

What has working for a businessthat is so dependent on theweather taught you?

I’m not a very patient person, so it’staught me to be a bit more patient. It’staught me to be more respectful of thoseforecasting the weather because it’s so veryhard to do. And it’s also taught me that it’simportant to look at your operation and

structure it in such a way that if it doesn’tsnow, you can live through those situations,that the business will be just fine.

Does your office have anysuperstitions about snow?

Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. If you want itto snow, wash your car.

I know one year I had some people, as ajoke, buy me a pair of high heels. As soonas they bought the high heels, we got a tonof snow. So I said, “Don’t mess with those!”And I saved them until the next season.Unfortunately, the next season it didn’tsnow. So I threw the high heels away.

But yeah, you become superstitious whenyou work in the ski business because if itlooks like you’re having a late opening,you’re trying to think of everything you canto get it to snow.

And if that means you’re going to washyour car every day, you’re going to washyour car every day.

If you could take anybody skiing fora day, who would you take?

It would have to be someone I just findincredibly entertaining. Like Joe Biden, forinstance. I’m not a Democrat, but I’vealways found him so entertaining.

There’s a guy I skied with a little bit lastyear who is the CEO of our Chamber ofCommerce, Bill Connors. And I find him

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very entertaining. He’s a great guy. Margaret Thatcher has died — I always

thought she’d be pretty entertaining. If mydad was healthier … maybe him.

But skiing is a great time when you’re rid-ing up on the chairlift to have some inter-esting discussions. And then when you skidown, you’re thinking about nothing butskiing. And you get back on the chairlift,and there’s a time to reflect about a lot ofthings.

What is your perfect after-skiroutine?

The best thing to do after skiing ... is tohave a cold one with your buddies. Justreflect on the day.

What are you listening to right now? ... I’ve been listening to some Led Zeppe-

lin, actually. One of our daughters left thisin our music basket where we throw ourCDs. But I’ve been listening to Zeppelinand really enjoying that.

What’s your favorite Zeppelin song?Oh, it’s gotta be “Stairway to Heaven.” It

has to be.

Julie Hahn is a Boise-based freelancewriter who enjoys spending time in theIdaho mountains.

Bogus Basin opened in 1942 and hasserved generations of snowsport enthusi-asts since then. It’s where skiers and snow-boarders, ski jumpers and tubers come toget out of the Valley’s cold winter inver-sions and enjoy a bit of sunshine. (Andthere’s a yurt if you want to make a week-end of it.) Since the beginning, Bogus hasbeen a year-round venue; you’ll findcampers, hikers and mountain bikers onsun-warmed slopes during the summer.

2013-14 SEASON PASSESThe pass sale (where adult alpine passesstarted at $229 depending on when youpurchased) is over for this season. If youwant to buy a pass now, you’ll have to paymore (see below) or wait until the 2014-15sale starts in February (which allows yousome skiing this season). Kids 6 and youngerand adults 70 and older are free.

Alpine Passes

Through Nov. 30: $389 for adults, $1,556for families and $59 for children.

Dec. 1-End of season: $429 for adults,$1,716 for families and $59 for children.

Nordic Passes: $139 adults, $39 children.

Alpine Day Passes:

Day Passes: $49 adults, $22 children.

Half-Day Passes: $42 adults, $22 children.

Night Passes: $22 for adults and children.Chairlift and Moving Carpet Passes: $10 foradults and children

Nordic/Snowshoe Day Passes: $14 foradults and kids

Tubing Hill: Bogus will begin taking reserva-tions for the hill beginning Dec. 1, with the hillopening on Dec. 20. Check bogusbasin.org/tubing/index.aspx for more information.Tickets are $12 for two hours; $7 for one hour.

CLASSESBogus offers a variety of classes for peopleages 3 and up. Check bogusbasin.org fordetails.

SUMMER ACTIVITIESBogus offers mountain biking, hiking, yurtrentals and more during the summer. Bogusworks with a variety of organizations,including the Boise and Meridian parks andrecreation departments, to provide summercamps on the mountain. For more informa-tion about summer activities, visit bogusbasin.org/index/bike-hike-golf.aspx.

HOW TO DONATEBogus has been a 501(c)(3) organizationsince 2005 and accepts donations. You canlearn more here: www.bogusbasin.org/about/donate-to-bogus/how-to-help.aspx

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Here are some ideas (locally inspired!) tohelp start your holiday shopping list. We’lltell you where we found “ours,” but some

items are available at several locations.

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Celebrate Boise1. Necklace by Lit & Co., $18 (Bee Wise Goods, Mixed Greens)2. Ornaments by Chelsea Snow, $8 to $10 depending on finish(Bricolage) 3. “In Our Town: Songs for Boise 150” CD featuring

19 local artists/groups, $10 (Sesqui-Shop and The RecordExchange) 4. T-shirt by Fawn and Foal, $24 (Bricolage)

5. “150 Boise Icons” book, $15 (Idaho Statesman) 6. Pack of 10Boise icons postcards, $5 (Idaho Statesman) 7. “Gardening inthe Treasure Valley” book by Margaret Lauterbach (comingsoon from the Idaho Statesman) 8. “Pioneer Theatre in the

Boise Basin: 1863-1899” by Charles Lauterbach, $18 (Sesqui-Shop) 9. Reclaimed wood wall art by Dictionary Hill, $12 (BeeWise Goods) 10. Word art by Riverworks Imaging in small to

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1. Ornaments, $8 to $12 (Fusions Glass Studio) 2. “IdaHoHo Ho: Celebration of the Holidays with Idaho Artists” CDbenefits The Idaho Foodbank, $15 (available at the Nov.

29 Empty Bowls Fundraiser, Moxie Java locations and TheRecord Exchange) 3. Stocking, $13.95 (Heritage Reflec-

tions; there are other styles, too, ranging from about $9 to$33) 4. Ornament by SueAnn Tanzer Roberts, $7.95

(various locations) 5. 3-piece Williraye nativity set, $97.95(Heritage Reflections) 6. Coasters by TT Designs, $29 for

four (Mixed Greens) 7. Jar by Flynn Day Pottery — note the cute pig on top — $35 (Bee Wise Goods)

Sweet tooth1. Arno Chocolates made in Twin Falls, $2.95 bar (Rosie Made)

2. Bars made for Rosie Made by Boise’s Dream Chocolate, $5 bar(Rosie Made) 3. Idaho Candy Co. favorites (idahospud.com and

several retail locations, including Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe) 4. Clas-sic sodas, featuring more than 200 flavors with the price startingat $1 a bottle (Soda Works) 5. Weiser Classic Candy chocolates,

various pricing and gift box options available (Ye Olde SweetShoppe and other locations, including weiserclassiccandy.com)

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Fun for adults1. “Friends for Life” Idaho Humane Society calendar, $14.95

(idahohumanesociety.org and various outlets) 2. Auto-graphed cards such as this one featuring Idaho jockey GaryStevens, $20 (Jerry’s Rookie Shop) 3. Burnoutfund.org EagleFirefighters calendar, $15 (burnoutfund.org and various out-lets) 4. Belt buckle made from fretboard, $37, and cufflinksmade from Gibson-style guitar knobs, $20 pair (Miss Coura-geous) 5. Wine and cheese cooler, $35.99 (The HoneyBaked

Ham Co. and Cafe) 6. Bow ties, $24, by Idaho company Timber Beast (thetimberbeast.com) 7. Color Me book, $18,illustrated by Caldwell artist Pamela Smart and paired with a

colored pencil set, $10 (Boise Art Museum Store)

Fun for kids1. Puzzle by DL Woodcraft, $40 (Bee Wise Goods)

2. Notebooks, $10, and bookmarks, $5 (Miss Coura-geous) 3. Owl by Hen and Chick, $18 (Rosie Made)

4. Yo-yo, $4.50 (Idaho State Historical MuseumStore) 5. Deja Moo, $15.95 (Idaho State Historical

Museum Store) 6. Wood car by DL Woodcraft, $149 (Bee Wise Goods) 7. Wind-up creatures by

Kikkerland in various forms starting at $11; this one costs $23 (Boise Art Museum Store)

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Make it an outingPair a cute gift with a pass to

the Discovery Center ofIdaho, Zoo Boise, the BoiseArt Museum or the IdahoState Historical Museum.

Plan a night outPair a gift or flowers with tickets to the IdahoShakespeare Festival (IdahoShakespeare.org),

the Boise Philharmonic (boisephilharmonic.org),Ballet Idaho (balletidaho.org) or The Flicks

(theflicksboise.com)

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In the kitchen1. Cowboy Tom’s flapjack mix from Declo, $14.99, and Homemade byDorothy syrup, $7.99 (The HoneyBaked Ham Co. and Cafe) 2. Coffeefrom Roastere Specialty Coffee in Boise; various sizes and gift basketsavailable 3. Olive oil bottle handcrafted by Boisean Lisa Stover, $48

(Boise Art Museum Store) 4. Fabric baskets by SueAnn Tanzer Roberts,$17 to $50 depending on size (various locations, including Boise Art

Museum Store) 5. Bee Wise pattern for napkins, $3, and Twigs and Twistbundle of fabric fat quarters, $16.50 (Bee Wise Goods) 6. Dillys baby dillsand dilled green beans from Midvale, $7 (Rosie Made) 7. Lilypad siliconeseal covers for bowls in various sizes starting at $9.99 (The Mixing Bowl)8. Glass plates in various colors and sizes; this small one costs $25 andthe large one $65 (Fusions Glass Studio) 9. Gurgle Pot drink pitcher,

$44.95 (Heritage Reflections) 10. Colander, $18.99, and soup mixes (TheHoneyBaked Ham Co. and Cafe) 11. Recipe cards from Boise-based

LadyBug Press, $11 for pack of 10 (Miss Courageous, Bee Wise Goods,Mixed Greens and various outlets) 12. “Bronco Cookbook” compiled by

Nancy Leroy and Lillian Kurek, $24.95 (American Clothing Gallery) 13. Brick Oven Bistro cookbook by Stephanie Telesco and Jeff Nee,

$18.87 (brickovenbistro.com) 14. Southern Living “Christmas Cookbook”to benefit Ronald McDonald House charities, $10 (Dillard’s)

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Great outdoors1. Bike bling, $6 or 3 for $15 (Miss Courageous)

2. Idaho Outdoors calendar featuring the 2013 award-winning photos, $5 (Idaho Statesman)

3. 1260v3 men’s or women’s shoes, $144.99, shownwith snap-on safety lights, $16 each (New Balance) 4.

“Ski the Great Potato” by Margaret Fuller, Doug Fullerand Jerry Painter, $22.95 (Idaho State Historical

Museum Store) 5. BounceBoards for practicing snow-board/waterskiing tricks on a trampoline, retail pricing

$129.95 pro, $119.95 classic (bounceboard.com, aMeridian-based company) 6. Water-repellent bike bag,

$40 (Nampa-based Anderson Supply Co.) 7. Men’sHigh Visibility Beacon jacket that glowsin the dark; also a coral-colored version

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Enjoy and indulge 1. Sprinkle necklace, $15, and earrings, $15 (Miss Courageous) 2. Vintage pocket

watches — 1907 Waltham, $390; 1920 Standard, $320; 1911 Elgin, $375 (Portsche’sJewelry Boutique) 3. Candle, $18.50, by Lit. & Co. (Bee Wise Goods) 4. Yoga bath, $3 for8-ounce size, and essential body cream, $10, by Anuera from Nampa (Rosie Made) 5. Lipbutter tins, $5 (Mixed Greens) 6. Earrings by Spools and Jewels, $14 (Bee Wise Goods)7. Molly Muriel Soap, $6, and soapdish, $17 (Mixed Greens) 8. Purse by Lazy Mondays,$50 (Bee Wise Goods) 9. Turquoise and silver necklace, $280 (Portsche’s Jewelery Bou-tique) 10. Hand-carved cameo ring with white gold, pearls and diamonds circa 1920,$1,899 (Portsche’s Jewelry Boutique) 11. Bubble wash, $8 for 8-ounce bottle (Mixed

Greens) 12. Cuff designed by Vaniece Petso, $50 (Idaho State Historical Museum Store)13. Rings in blue and pink quartz and peridot (green), $132 each (Portsche’s Jewelry

Boutique) 14. Vanilla snowflake body butter, $12.99, silky body cream, $11.99, and glyc-erine hand therapy, $12.49, from Eagle-based Camille Beckman (Camille Beckman)

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Editor’s note: We started shopping for thisguide early in the month, so not all the itemsfeatured may still be available. The informationbelow details the stores, artisans and companiesfeatured in this issue. Note that not all artists’contact information was available. And remem-ber, many of these items may be available atother locations around the Treasure Valley.

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Every three years the Boise ArtMuseum offers a moment to stop,take a breath and look at where we

are — both culturally and geographically.The Idaho Triennial, which opened Nov.16, explores Idaho through the perceptionsof artists. They come from Idaho’s largepopulation areas, such as the Treasure Val-ley, and far-flung rural areas, such as Troy.

In many ways, this show seeks to defy thecommon perceptions of art from the Westas simply cowboy imagery or rugged moun-tain landscapes. The Triennial showcasescontemporary artists in Idaho who areworking on par with their peers in theregion and around the globe, exploringideas that are both local and universalthrough a growing diversity of mediums.

This year’s Triennial class is all over themedia map. You’ll find more traditionalarts, such as oil and watercolor painting,photography and sculpture used in nontra-ditional ways — either by application orsubject matter — alongside new media,such as video, 3D printing, and digital artsand mixed media.

“The work in this show is part of ourcontemporary world,” says Bonnie Laing-

Malcolmson, this year’s Triennial juror andthe Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator ofNorthwest Art at the Portland Art Museumin Oregon.

“In the Intermountain states — and inthe whole Northwest — you find thatartists are concerned with environment,population, race and gender like they are inother parts of the region and the world,”she says.

What makes it “Idaho art” is how artistsare influenced by their immediate sur-roundings and the experiences that linkbiography and geography through the cre-ative expression. That gives art a sense oftime and place that comes through literallyand metaphorically in the work.

“There’s something about living out of amajor city that gives an artist more time towork on ideas,” Laing-Malcolmson says.“And being in a beautiful place like Idaho,there are a lot of environmental influences.”

Take Chris Binion’s “Storm, EarlySpring” a large-scale painting of a thunder-head he photographed from his Boise back-yard, or first-time Triennial artist ThomasFinnegan’s aluminum sculpture “TaraxacumTormentum,” an ode to the scourge of sub-

urban lawns — the dandelion. Both havedirect influences of Idaho’s landscapes andtouch on universal emotions.

Other artists contrast the natural worldwith mechanized culture, such as a collabo-ration by Eli Craven and Maria Chavez,who juxtapose natural elements with latex,video and photography in their installation“Canoeing: Rescue,” or sculptor Rikki Har-vey’s exploration of technology through themodality of a QR code.

“I’m interested in the overlap betweenthe virtual and real world and how muchwe’re connected to social media,” Harveysays.

Harvey uses the QR code as a metaphorfor our sometimes blind acceptance of the

STORY BY DANA OLAND

State of the

artsin Idaho

The Idaho Triennial breaks theconventions — and perceptions —

of art in the West

go see the TriennialThe Idaho Triennial runs through April 27 atthe Boise Art Museum, 670 S. Julia DavisDrive. It’s open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tues-days-Saturdays, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.Admission is $5 general, $3 college studentsand seniors, $1 grades 1-12. Free for kids 5and younger and members. Phone: 345-8330.Learn more about the Boise Art Museum at boiseartmuseum.org.

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virtual as actual. You scan the code and itunlocks another reality. Once you enter,you can lose touch with the physical exis-tence you leave behind.

“I enjoy the convenience technologyoffers,” she says. “I’m trying to bring it tothe viewer’s attention that you don’t haveto just accept it. That’s why I enjoy art. Youput stuff out there and people can interpretit how they like.”

MUSEUM & SHOW SHARE A RICH HISTORY

Since it opened in 1937 as the BoiseGallery of Art, the museum has sought toexhibit Idaho artists.

An annual Idaho Art Exhibit started inthe mid-1950s. As the museum grew, addedgalleries and began running exhibits forlonger durations, programming becamemore complicated. So, the annual became a

biennial in 1979 and triennial in 1991.Some artists felt it as a slight when the

museum cut back to every three years, butBoise Art Museum curator Sandy Harthornsays it was a practical concern.

“If we were still doing the annuals, theIdaho show would be every fourth show,”she says. “By the time we would be taking itdown, artists would be submitting for thenext one.”

Since moving to every three years, theshow has hit its stride. It happens oftenenough to satisfy the art audience withoutoverdoing it and allows artists enough timeto create new bodies of work in between.

In the time between Triennials, themuseum works to exhibit Idaho artistswhenever it can, Harthorn says.

In the past few years, Boise artists TroyPassey, Karen Woods, Charles Gill, KirstenFurlong and Renda Palmer, Caldwell artistGarth Claassen, Moscow artist MarilynLysohir and others have been featured insolo and group shows. Harthorn also weavesIdaho artists into shows that pull from themuseum’s permanent collection. Several ofthose pieces were put in the collectionafter the artist won a Triennial.

Shows like the Triennial can trace theirhistory to 18th century Paris, where salonswere created to lionize the artists from theAcademie des Beaux-Arts, the Frenchnational art academy, says Boise State arthistory professor Craig Peariso, who special-izes in contemporary art.

“The 18th century was a time of nationalantagonisms and rivalries, so saying France’sculture was better than, say, England’s wassort of the point,” Peariso says.

Those shows also became points of con-tention in the Paris art world. Artists work-ing in new styles or who focused on “ques-tionable” subject matter — such as Manet,Whistler, Pissarro and Cezanne — wererejected. That led to the Salon des Refuses

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CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT:

Chris Binion’s large-scale oilpainting “Storm, EarlySpring.” Goran Fazil’s mixed-media installation “HegelianConstructs”(Juror’s Award,second place, $500). MarilynLysohir’s metal and enameledsculpture “Flower Girl”(Juror’s Merit Award, $250).Stacie Chappell’s mixed-media painting “Urban Beat Box.” PROVIDED BY THE BOISE

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of 1863, an “exhibition of rejects” at thecommand of Napoleon III, that offeredthese artists a chance to show their “scan-dalous” work.

Biennials became popular in the 1990s asshows such as the Whitney Biennial at theWhitney Museum of American Art in NewYork City and others in cities such as Istan-bul and Shanghai became internationallyprominent. Museums started offering thesetypes of shows to establish themselves ascultural hubs and to attract tourists.

Of course, the point today is not to sug-gest that art in Idaho is better than inWashington or Oregon, Peariso says; how-ever, comparisons are inescapable.

PERSPECTIVE OF SUBJECTIVITYGetting into the Triennial is a subjective

experience. The museum brings in experi-enced, out-of-state jurors, who then choosethe best art from their own perspective.

So, this show is more a reflection ofLaing-Malcolmson’s aesthetic than of anyquantitative measurement of quality, whichshe freely admits.

“When you invite a guest curator, youinvite that person’s vision,” she says. “I wantto show people what I see as the strongestwork of what I saw across media.”

Laing-Malcolmson’s creativity is steepedin the Northwest and Intermountain sensi-bilities. Once a practicing artist, Laing-Malcolmson delved into curation for thefirst time in Bozeman, Mont., where sheearned her master’s degree in fine arts atMontana State University. She puttogether the first hometown show of woodand metal horses by the now internation-ally known sculptor Deborah Butterfield.

That’s when Laing-Malcolmson discov-ered that her true artistic calling was notcreating her own works. It was showingother artists to their best advantage, some-thing she’s done in the Northwest through-out her career.

Laing-Malcolmson also spent time inIdaho and proudly reports that she’s fishednearly every river in the state. From herposition at the Portland Art Museum shecurates work from Washington, Oregon,Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

She’s currently putting together a show ofnew work by Boise painter Charles Gill,who was a finalist for the Portlandmuseum’s 2011 Contemporary NorthwestArt Awards that Laing-Malcolmson curates.That show comes with the $10,000 ArleneSchnitzer Prize.

The Idaho artists she already knows arethose whom gallerists and museum directorshave nominated for awards.

Judging the Triennial has been good forLaing-Malcolmson because she saw thework of 222 Idaho artists, she says. It’s alsobeen good for the artists who get their workseen by an important regional curator.

“This gave me a much broader view of

what’s happening in the state because it’san open call,” Laing-Malcolmson says.

Working from digital images, Laing-Malcolmson went through three tiers ofjudging the work — first just looking at thework with no connection to a name orartist statement.

“I eliminated more than half in that firstgo-round — people who look like hobbyartists, and who don’t really belong at ashow of this level,” she said.

The second time through, she looks atsize, scale and media, looking for opportuni-ties to use more than one piece per artist.(About 30 percent of the artists will showmore than one piece.)

Then she looks at how the pieces relateto each other. That’s when she starts toread resumes and statements. For the lastcut she considers the square footage, wallspace and shape of the galleries, eventhough she won’t be on hand for the instal-lation.

That will be handled by head curatorHarthorn and her staff.

“I’m going to be surprised when I see itup,” Laing-Malcolmson says.

PUTTING IT TOGETHERHarthorn started at the Boise Art

Museum in the mid-1970s, and after morethan 200 shows, she knows its walls well.Still, hanging this or any Triennial comeswith the particular challenge of workingwith many artists across different media.

Harthorn starts with a map of the gal-leries, on which she “installs” thumbnailimages of the work to get an idea of howthe pieces might hang together. Of course,she won’t really know until all the artarrives at the museum and is unpacked. Shestarts placing the largest pieces first, whichusually means the installations.

Because this Triennial contains multiple

pieces by the same artist, those works muststick together. At the same time, Harthornwants to keep the diversity of the mediumthroughout.

“I’m looking for a balance — I look atrelationships. In some ways they’re like amusical score; they go from one note toanother, and there is a rhythm to it thatyou can pick up on.”

She knows they’ve hit it when after anight she can walk into a gallery and it justfeels right.

CAREER BOOSTERBeing in a Triennial can open doors.Amy Westover, who has three pieces in

this one, made her Triennial debut in 2001.She didn’t win an award, but it did give heran entrance into the world of public art.She’s done several pieces Downtown and atthe Boise WaterShed interpretive center inthe past 12 years. This is her second IdahoTriennial.

Besides the cash prizes that range from$250 to $1,000, the museum sometimes willpurchase a piece from the exhibit for itspermanent collection. And many artistshave received their first solo show afterbeing part of a Triennial. Sound artist TedApel received a solo show in 2006 afterwinning the Juror’s Award in 2004.

For many artists, it is the first time theirwork is seen in an accredited museum andis included in a high-quality catalog. So,many of them have a love/hate relationshipwith it.

“It’s a crapshoot,” says Binion, who is inhis second Triennial. “I don’t put any pres-sure on myself. You either get in or youdon’t. If you don’t, all you’ve wasted is the25 bucks, and if you do get in, you feelreally good about yourself.”

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Caroline Earley’s ceramic installation “Domestic Disturbance” took the top Juror’sAward of $1,000. Earley is an assistant professor of ceramics at Boise State University.

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Idaho TriennialThis year, the show consists of

65 pieces by 40 artists. Many of the artistswill record an expanded version of theirartist’s statements that viewers will be ableto access on their cellphones.

BOISEChris Binion, paintingMatt Bodett, mixed-media paintingEli Craven and Maria Chavez, sculpture Erin Cunningham, paintingCaroline Earley, mixed media*Chad Erpelding, mixed-media digital printMaria Essig, pinhole photographyGoran Fazil, mixed media*Thomas Finnegan, aluminum sculptureKirsten Furlong, mixed media drawingRikki Harvey, sculptureWarren Lassen, photographyKarl LeClair, mixed-media installationWilliam Lewis, painting*John McMahon, mixed-media sculptureKerry Moosman, hand-formed ceramicsNancy Panganiban, mixed mediaTroy Passey, drawingLisa Pisano, mixed-media sculptureCassandra Schiffler, paintingKatherine Sexsmith, photographyRandy Van Dyck, paintingAmy Westover, prints and a glass sculpture

EAGLESharron O'Neil, watercolor

HAILEYPamela DeTuncq, mixed-media installation

KETCHUMWendel Wirth, photography*

MCCALLMare Blocker, book arts

MERIDIANStacie Chappell, mixed-media enamelPatt Turner, drawing

MOSCOWEric Demattos, paintingJoe Casey Doyle, mixed-media installationStacy Isenbarger, mixed mediaMarilyn Lysohir, mixed media*

MOUNTAIN HOMEDennis Day, painting

POCATELLOPablo Dodez, mixed-media sculptureScott E. Evans, etching and aquatint

SANDPOINTTricia Florence, mixed-media painting

TROYLynne Haagensen, collage

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NOT WITHOUT CONTROVERSY

In 2001, Philip Brookman, seniorcurator of photography and media arts atthe Corcoran Gallery of Art in Wash-ington, D.C., selected a Triennial showthat ruffled feathers because it containedno traditional artwork. The communityhad a strong reaction and organized areal Salon des Refuses.

In 2004, juror Arthur C. Danto, whodied last month at 89, was one of thecountry’s foremost art philosophers, writ-ers and critics. He came to Boise tocurate a show for the first time. Theresult was an interesting mix of new andnontraditional media, abstract painting,craft, sound sculpture and robotic art —not a landscape in the bunch. AnotherSalon des Refuses was put together inwhat is now R. Grey Jewelry Gallery inBoDo. Both events turned out to be agreat night for art in Boise.

In 2010, the museum received a grantfor the Triennial that required it to havea theme. The museum chose “Sustain +Expand,” in an attempt to speak to con-temporary interests and allow a flexibil-ity of interpretation.

Many artists didn’t embrace the idea,and some, including Binion, didn’t evenapply that year. From that, Seattle cura-tor Beth Sellars chose 45 artists’ workfrom 157 who applied.

“Some of us are reactionary that way,”Binion says. “We do the knee jerk andthen we calm down. It was just one morething. But now I realize I probably hadwork that would fit that idea.”

Most jurors today work from digitalimages, and that can become a factor. It’shard to see textures and get a real senseof scale in a jpeg. But that’s the reality ofthe art world today, Harthorn says.

In 2007, the museum received a grantto send then-juror and BAM associatecurator Amy Pence-Brown to artist’s studios throughout the state over thecourse of three months for her final cut.

The result was an extremely solidshow. “There’s nothing like seeing theactual work,” Harthorn says.

Laing-Malcolmson was selected as thejuror because of her expertise in North-west art.

“She put together a wonderfully cohe-sive group of work,” Harthorn says. “Ithink this (is) one of our strongest yet.”

Dana Oland is a former professionaldancer and member of Actors Equitywho writes about performing and visualarts for the Idaho Statesman. She also

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You might think of Idaho City as Idaho’s “flyover county.” It’s that place where you have to slow down and maybe grab acandy bar on your way to or from somewhere else: Stanley, Low-man, Sun Valley.

But if you just zoom through it, you’re missing out.The place has so much potential: Imagine a piney mountain

retreat at the intersection of two creeks less than an hour fromDowntown Boise with the benefit of a rich and colorful mininghistory. Sounds great, right?

The ramshackle trailer parks and dilapidated shops that lineIdaho 21 as you drive through aren’t particularly inviting. Butthere’s treasure to be found among those mine tailings, and thisday trip will help you find it.

The drive from Boise to Idaho City along Idaho 21 followsMores Creek for much of the way, lifting you into the trees andmountain air. Start your Idaho City experience with lunch atTrudy’s Kitchen right on the highway.

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BELOW: The Crooked River Trail follows the banks of the crystal-clear Crooked River through ponderosa pines in the Boise NationalForest north of Idaho City.

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And don’t forget to make time to hit thetrails. This is Idaho, after all.

When there is no snow on the ground,head 17 miles northeast on Idaho 21 for ahike on the Crooked River Trail. The trail-head is a mile in on Crooked River Road atthe Edna Creek turn-off from the highway.It tracks along the river, gently rising andfalling for about four miles at the base ofsteep canyon walls. Several small sandybeaches give you the chance to take a breakand dip your feet in the brisk water.

After the snow flies, take your snowshoesalong (or rent them inexpensively in Boise)and check out one of the numerous Park N’Ski trails the state maintains. Choose fromtrails beginning at the Whoop-em-up, Ban-ner Ridge, Beaver Creek or Gold Fork park-ing lots on Idaho 21.

For the more adventurous, rent one ofthe six yurts along the trail system for anight of complete solitude.

After an afternoon hike or a snowshoe,you’ll definitely want to soak those musclesin the warm geothermal waters of TheSprings, one of Idaho City’s newest andmost-anticipated attractions. Located onIdaho 21 just south of the city center, TheSprings reopened earlier this year.

The facilities are nothing short of luxuri-ous. You have the option of two pools, withthe large pool hovering around 100 degreesin the winter and 85 in the summer, and thesmaller pool in the 104- to 106-degree range.The water refreshes every six to eight hours.

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Joe Jaszewski is the photography editor atthe Idaho Statesman and a lover of Idaho’srecreational offerings.


It’s that time of year again to wax upyour skis and dig those dusty snowshoesfrom the closet. And while you’re out

frolicking in the snow this winter, here aresome ideas to help make your mountaingetaway complete.

McCall is always buzzing with activityonce the snow starts to fall. It will be busi-ness as usual at the 49TH ANNUAL WINTERCARNIVAL, slated to take place Jan. 24through Feb. 2. Once again, people canexpect to see a wacky Mardi Gras parade,fireworks, live music and world-class icesculptures in every conceivable form. Get-ting a hotel room during the Winter Carni-val might be a challenge at this point,though. To see the full schedule of eventsand lodging options, visitwww.mccallchamber.org.

The same week as the Winter Carnival,RUPERT’S IN HOTEL MCCALL (www.hotelmccall.com) will be bringing to town someof the best winemakers in the Northwestfor three wine dinners — slated for consec-utive nights. On Monday, Jan. 27, taste vin-tages from Huston Vineyards and TelayaWine Co. (from Idaho’s Snake River Valleyand Washington’s Columbia Valley, respec-tively), paired with a tasting menu preparedby Rupert’s executive chef Gary Kucy, whowas a semifinalist for a James Beard Awardearlier this year. The next night, on Jan. 28,the restaurant will be featuring the wines ofCinder and Coiled Wines (from Idaho’sSnake River Valley), and on Jan. 29, wine-makers from Dunham Cellars and SinclairEstate Vineyards (from Washington’s WallaWalla Valley) will be pouring some of theirselect vintages. You might want to makereservations right away because these din-ners sell out quickly.

If dining in a yurt is more your style, give

BLUE MOON OUTFITTERS (www.bluemoonyurt.com) a jingle. These friendly folksoperate Blue Moon Yurt in Ponderosa StatePark. Ski or snowshoe along a tiki torch-littrail to this warm and comfy yurt for anunforgettable mountain dining experience.The multicourse meals ($95 per person,served Wednesday through Sunday, startingin early December) draw from a plethora ofinfluences. Expect to see everything fromThai to Cajun to Southwestern cuisine.The yurt holds up to 26 people, but reserva-tions from at least 10 people are required inorder to pull off a dinner. For more informa-tion and reservations, call (208) 634-3111.

Hanging out in hot springs sure feelsgood after shredding down the slopes allday. The McCall area is known for its back-country hot springs, but if you’re not intotrekking through the snow to find one,head over to GOLD FORK HOT SPRINGS(www.goldforkhotsprings.com). You candrive right up to these commercial pools,situated in a beautiful spot about nine milessoutheast of Donnelly. Gold Fork has sev-eral mineral-rich pools, including a big poolframed by a hillside of impressive boulders.There’s even a warming yurt where you canstay toasty when you’re not submerged inthe steamy water.

Like McCall, the KETCHUM/SUN VALLEYAREA has no shortage of fun stuff to do dur-ing the winter.

Perfect your double axel (or just try tostay upright) at Sun Valley Resort’s iconicoutdoor ice skating rink next to the LodgeTerrace, where you can grab a hot beverageafter spinning circles on the ice. If you’relucky, you might even see a famous skaterworking out some kinks on the rink. Theresort offers skate rentals, lessons and a proshop packed with plenty of sparkly skategarb. For rates and the winter open-skateschedule, go to www.sunvalley.com.

Cross-country ski enthusiasts will defi-nitely enjoy the fourth annual SUN VALLEYNORDIC FESTIVAL (www.nordictownusa.com), Jan. 25 through Feb. 2 at various loca-tions in the area. This festival has becomethe premier winter gathering for the commu-nity, featuring race events for novice andprofessional Nordic skiers alike. Spectatorsshow up in masses to see world-class Nordicathletes battle it out in the SWIX BOULDERMOUNTAIN TOUR RACE (Saturday, Feb. 1),which takes place on the Harriman Trailnorth of town. The festival also includes asnow bike competition, live music and thetouring Banff Mountain Film Festival.

There aren’t many better places inKetchum to grab a cocktail and appetizersthan the OLYMPIC BAR AT MICHEL’SCHRISTIANIA (www.christianiarestaurant.com). The walls of this venerable lounge,which boasts killer views of Baldy, arebedecked with ski paraphernalia and photosof famous skiers, such as local hero PicaboStreet. This may have something to do withthe fact that Michel Rudigoz, who owns theplace, is a former coach of the U.S.Women’s Olympic Ski Team.

Skiers also might want to considerPOMERELLE MOUNTAIN RESORT(www.pomerelle.com), southeast of Burleynear Albion. The powder is excellent atthis scenic spot in the Albion Mountains ofsouth-central Idaho. The resort maintains24 chair-accessible runs and two terrainparks, making it a great destination forskiers and boarders. After a long day on theslopes, check into the Marsh Creek Inn(www.marshcreekinn.com) in Albion, aclean and affordable hotel with an outdoorhot tub.

Take note, jazz fans: The 47TH ANNUALLIONEL HAMPTON JAZZ FESTIVAL will beheld Feb. 19-22 at the University of Idahoin Moscow. This is one of the most presti-gious jazz festivals in the country. Thelineup this year includes Benny Golson,Ken Peplowski, Groove for Thought andRene Marie and the Yellowjackets, to namea few of the internationally renowned jazzplayers. For tickets and more information,visit www.uidaho.edu/jazzfest.

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Hit the hills for winter funTRAVELNOTES

By James Patrick Kelly

KATHERINE JONES / IDAHO STATESMAN FILE

The McCall Winter Carnival celebrates the season with a Mardi Gras Parade each year.

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Thanksgiving Week 2013Boise Centre850 W Front St., Boise

The Festival of Trees is celebrating 30 years ofkicking off the holiday season for families

in the Treasure Valley and beyond.

Because of generous sponsors and volunteers like those listed in the following pages, the Festival of Trees has been able to raise nearly $8 million cumulative dollars to support programs at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center to improve healthcare in our community.

Past projects have included Life Flight, our Intensive Care Unit, and mammography within the new Women’s Wellness Mobile Clinic.

This year, funds raised will support the expansion of the Saint Alphonsus Emergency Department in Boise and help us to continue to give the highest caliber of care in our Level II Trauma Center, the only one in our region.

saintalphonsus.org/festival367-TREE (8733)

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Tuesday, November 26 Gala Celebration*: 5:30 pm

www.saintalphonsus.org/festivalFor more information call 367-TREE (8733).

Thursday, November 28ThanksgivingHours: 2 pm – 9 pm

Visits with Santa: 2 pm – 8:30 pm

Winter Wonderland Pageant: 6:15 pm

Friday, November 29Hours: 10 am – 9 pm

Breakfast with Santa*: 7:30 – 9 am Sponsored by Idaho Dairy Council.

Interactive Train Display: 6 – 9 pm Presented by Train Collector's Association Treasure Valley Chapter.

Visits with Santa: 10 am – 8:30 pm

Idaho Food Bank’s Empty Bowls: 11 am – 3 pm Outside on the Grove Plaza, support those in need by purchasing a unique bowl and enjoying hot soup generously donated by local restaurants.

“Balloonies”: 12 – 3 pm Reindeer antlers, Santa hats, and more - join the balloon artists as they create holiday magic in the North Pole Village.

Holiday Tree Lighting Celebration: 5 – 7 pm Join Mayor Bieter and his family in the Grove Plaza for the lighting of the community Christmas tree, caroling, candle lighting, and more. Bring your candle holder to the Festival to receive $1 off adult admission. Sponsored by Zions Bank.

Throughout the Festival of Trees, you will enjoy all of these special attractions:

North Pole Village Experience a visit with Santa after coloring an ornament, conversing with the "Talking Tree," or sharing a laugh with one of the elves – then get a free photo to keep the memory! Sponsored by Fast Enterprises.

Pictures with SantaSanta will be available to greet children throughout public admission hours, with the exception of brief scheduled breaks. Courtesy photos available; donations appreciated.

Schedule of Events

Special Attractions

Wednesday, November 27Senior Day!Hours: 10 am - 9 pm

Senior Day: Seniors Admitted for $2

Senior Tea: 1 pm – 4 pm (included with admission) Sponsored by Life Care Center.

Iron Designer and Junior Iron Designer: 4:30 pm – 6 pm Sponsored by Craft Warehouse.

Interactive Train Display: 6 – 9 pm Presented by Train Collector's Association Treasure Valley Chapter.



Admission Prices: Adults: $7 Children (3-12): $4 Children (2 and under): Free Seniors (62 and better): $4 Family Pass (for 6 individuals): $30

* Event requires reservations and ticketing in advance.

Sunday, December 1Hours: 10 am – 9 pm


Monday, December 2Fashion Show & Luncheon*: No-Host Cocktails: 11 am Fashion Show and Luncheon: 12 pm

Meet Me Monday “Christmas Style”: 5 pm – 7 pm www.meetmemonday.org

Saturday, November 30Family DayHours: 10 am – 9 pm

The Festival features special carnival games for the entire family. We are proud to partner with the Girl Scouts of Silver Sage who are coordinating and operating our Family Day activities. Bring a toy donation for the Salvation Army Family Services and receive $1 off adult admission to the Festival of Trees!

Breakfast with Santa*: 7:30 – 9 am Sponsored by Idaho Dairy Council.

Interactive Train Display: 10 am - 9pm Presented by Train Collector's Association Treasure Valley Chapter.


Visit "Prancer" the Reindeer: 12 - 3 pm Come see Prancer in the Grove Plaza before he has to report back to the North Pole to pull Santa's sleigh.

“Balloonies”: 2 – 5 pm Reindeer antlers, Santa hats, and more - join the balloon artists as they create holiday magic in the North Pole Village.

Raffle TreeEnter for your chance to win a tree that looks so good you could (and can) eat it! Sponsored by Powell's Sweet Shoppe.

Children's Scavenger HuntPick up a pencil, use the clues, and find Festival favorites! Winners will receive a family season pass to Roaring Springs.

Main EntryThe Festival provides a warm and tree-mendous welcome, thanks to the design by Lavon Webb at Sterling Landscape & Design and De Zborowski. Sponsored by Diana & Tom Nicholson.

Live PerformancesYou wil be amazed at the talent right here in our community! Entertaiment is provided by local dance groups, choirs and musicians. View the schedule at saintalphonsus.org/festival.

Art Contest In partnership with the Boise School District, the Festival offers a gallery of creativity and imagination by artists in kindergarten through 6th grade. Sponsored by Regence BlueShield of Idaho.

Gift ShopDo your holiday shopping at the Festival Gift Shop and find treasures for others (and a fewspecial items for yourself)!


Breakfast with Santa: Senior Tea:Family Day:

Iron Designer:

Family DayMedia Sponsor:

Distinguished Benefactors

Grand Benefactors

Benefactors

Event Sponsors

Attraction Sponsors

Main Entry: Craft Corner:

Raffle Tree: Children’s Art Contest:

Swire

2013 Sponsors


StarsMary AbercrombieDarrel & Lori AndersonIdaho Central Credit UnionIdaho First BankSally & Alan JeffcoatBill Morgan, MD & Teresa MorganNapier-Olbrich FamilyThe Reider FamilyMike Reuling & Marianne McIntoshRisch Pisca, PLLC Law & PolicyDrs. Rick & Shauna Williams

Major Underwriters

Air Van Moving GroupCar Park, USADunkley MusicMerchants Moving and StorageMolenaar Jewelers on BroadwayPeasley Transfer and StorageRoaring Springs Waterpark, Wahooz Family Fun Zone & PinzRooster’s EaterySimmons Fine JewelrySterling Landscape & DesignStorefront.comTuxedo District by Sweetheart Manor

AngelsACMS FoundationJuliana & John AldapeBoise CascadeBoise Inc.Dr. Steve & Neshia BrownDr. Michael & Kirsten CoughlinGary & Karen DyerW. Brent & Patti EatonTracie & Steve EddyDave & Keli ElledgeDr. Roy & Frances EllsworthJohn & Dee FeryRonald & Diane Plastino GravesJohnny & Kathy GreenC.K. Haun & Karen MeyerRay & Effie KaufmanLamar AdvertisingRick & Suzanne LierzDr. William & Judy MurraySusan & Bryan NorbyBlaine & Rebecca PetersenDr. Bob & Cris PolkNed & Renee PontiousTom & Rosemary ReinhardtHoward & Rhonda SchaffAdelia SimplotChar & Bruce SmithLinda Payne Smith & Jeff SmithBrandy Stemmler Turn-Key Medical, Inc.Linda YankeDr. & Mrs. Christian Zimmerman

Tree Sponsors

Ada County ParamedicsAmity Elementary SchoolASSE International Student Exchange ProgramBallet IdahoBishop Kelly Foundation & Bishop Kelly Parents’ AssociationBlackhawk on the River Boise Boys Transportation & LogisticsBoise Firefighters Local 149Boise State University Bronco Shop & AthleticsCabela’s Capital High School

Catholic Charities of IdahoCorks 4 A CureCrooked Fence BarrelhouseDaVitaDutch Oven Café & Church For NowEagle High School Student CouncilEast Junior High School Student CouncilGarden Plaza of Valley ViewNikki & Scott GarnerGiraffe Laugh Early Learning CentersThe Grove HotelIcon Credit UnionIconic IdahoIdaho Voices for ChildrenIn Memory of Dr. William LenziLeslie Kelly HallThe Laurandeau FamilyLittle Miracles Learning CenterLucky Fins Seafood & Sushi Grill - Boise & MeridianAnnyta McNees & Verle LuthyMOMS Club of MeridianMountain View High School - Student CouncilPeterson Auto GroupQuintessential QuillingRegency Columbia Village LLCRiverstone International SchoolRoaring Springs, Wahooz Family Fun Zone & PinzSacred Heart Catholic SchoolSaint Alphonsus Breast Care CenterSaint Alphonsus Cancer Care CenterSaint Alphonsus FoundationSaint Alphonsus Green TeamSaint Alphonsus Medical Group AdministrationSaint Alphonsus Women’s and Children’s & March of DimessewBoiseSpencer SmithSouthwest Idaho Advanced Care HospitalSTARS & The Jussel FamilySt. Joseph’s Catholic SchoolSt. Mary’s Parish SchoolTimberline High School Wolf ConnectionUmbrella Bird House of FurnitureUniversity of IdahoVital Life FoundationThe Warner FamilyThe Williamson FamilyYes Idaho CoalitionZee Christopher

Welcome OrnamentsMarianne & Joel HickmanDr. & Mrs. Christopher Hirose

Founders' Gala TreeMary AbercrombieJill Aldape & Xanti AlcelayDr. Michael & Kirsten CoughlinDr. Roy & Frances EllsworthGeridee & Don FarleyDr. David & Kellie GoughDebbie & Kent HamiltonPeter & Vicki HelmingJim & Lynn JohnstonDr. Jim & Jeannie KranzJulie & Mark LliterasToni & Steve NielsenDr. Bob & Cris PolkDr. Quentin & Barbara QuickstadMike Reuling & Marianne McIntoshAdelia SimplotLinda Payne Smith & Jeff Smith

Carol & Ken SwanbyCathleen & Jon WagnildBrad & Cindy WilliamsMaryann Wilson

FriendsKathy BauerClair Koetitz & Lyndon MarquezCornerstone DesignPat PlumtreeRitter Public RelationsBryant & Valerie RuddStan & Mary SmithDr. Kathleen SutherlandFred & Jan TurnerCharles & Margo Walter

In-Kind GiftsAuxilioBackstage PiratesBigelow TeaBlimpiesBoise Art CottageBoise Office EquipmentBRJ DistributingCentral Rent to OwnCloverdale Funeral HomeCostco WholesaleCross Town MoversDeli GeorgeDowntown Boise AssociationFlying M CoffeehouseFujifilmGreat Harvest Bread Co.The Grove HotelIdaho Senior NewsSuzanne & Rick LierzMeadow Gold DairyMesa Moving CompanyMetro Express Car WashMr. FormalNorcoPacific SupplyPaul’s MarketPro Image PhotographyRaggleday StudiosRepublic ServicesThe Riverside HotelSherwin-WilliamsSockeye Brewery Stor Mor ShedsTreasure Valley CoffeeVenue Event Services

Taste of Treasure ValleyBasque MarketBig City Coffee & CaféCafé OleCasa Mexico in Hyde ParkCheesecake FactoryChicago ConnectionChuck-A-RamaCobby’s Sandwich ShopCottonwood GrilleFlatbread Neapolitan PizzeriaFlying Pie PizzeriaFresh Off the Hook Seafood RestaurantGelato CafeIHOPJaker’s Bar & GrillKrispy Kreme DonutsLee’s CandiesLonghorn LoungeLucky 13Mai ThaiOld ChicagoPastry PerfectionProto’s Pizzeria NapoletanaRooster’s EaterySmashburgerSnake River Winery & Tasting RoomThe FlicksThe Old Spaghetti FactoryThe Riverside HotelWestside Drive In


Alpine Meadows Assisted LivingAmity Elementary – Cathy Pachner’s ClassBalance Chiropractic ClinicConnie BarrettKathy BauerBetty BesichTeresa BiggsBoise At Its Best FloralBoise Boys Transportation & LogisticsBoise High School - German Club - Photography ClubBoise Hotel and Conference Center – Castle Ranch Steak HouseKonnie BookBorah BoostersCampbell Family and Roule FamilyCapital High School – Occupational PreparationCarol’s Design House Catherine A. Carter-GoldstonChief Joseph School of the ArtsShelley & Harmony ColemanCollister Elementary – Mr. Hansen’s Class – Linda Stokes’ Class – Betty Turner’s Class – Mrs. Allen’s ClassColor & Redesign AcademyCorks for a Cure LuAnn Corlett in Memory of Lynn LittleCraft WarehouseCreative Hands Christian PreschoolZee ChristopherThe Crosby-Ellis FamilyCynthia Mann Elementary School – Mrs. Sundvik's Class – Mrs. Hunt’s 4th Grade Class – Mrs. Gibson’s Kindergarten ClassDennis Technical Education Center – Skills USAJill DingleEagle High School – Design ClassKaren Louise FalkFallstrom FamilyFamily Health CareFamily Medicine Residency of IdahoKip & Amy Fife FamilyThe Florist at EdwardsLynda GaberGarfield Elementary – Sonia Galaviz’s Class - Student CouncilGenesis Meridian CenterValerie GiffordGirl Scouts Brownie Troop 658 – St. Mark’s Catholic SchoolGirl Scouts Daisy Troop 658 – St. Mark’s Catholic SchoolGirl Scouts of America – Silver Sage Troup #811Glass Kicker Designsj. Michael’s - Terri MatlockKellie GoughGrace Jordan Elementary - PTO – Reading RoomDennis & Gretchen GravesRuby HallDana Hamilton FamilyHamilton & Estes FamiliesHeart ‘n Home Hospice & Palliative Care

Karen HendricksKrisena HennisSue HessHighlands Elementary – Andria Jenne’s Class – Ingrid Jungen’s Class – Darcey Kennedy’s ClassHillcrest FloralHome Arts StudioHorizon Elementary – Mrs. Poste’s 1st Grade ClassBobby Horton & Jennifer JanotIdaho City AmbulanceIdaho Correctional IndustriesIn Threw the OutdoorsChris JemmettJNJ Corner StoreKaren’s CraftshopToni KelchnerKelly KelschKoelsch Elementary School – Mrs. Dykhuizen’s 6th Grade ClassKriss KreationsJoe KubikPamela LaneBrandi LavarelloLCA Architechts P.A.Les Boise Junior High School – Honor Society StudentsLife Care Center of BoiseLife Care Center of Treasure ValleyLife Care Center of Valley ViewLooney Underground ArtDesiree LopezLowell Elementary School – Mrs. Kyzers Kinder Kids – Mrs. Salerno’s 2nd Grade ClassLyle Pearson CompanyThe Mangarelli FamilyLyndon R. Marquez Marquis Shaw MountainJeannie MatthewsJulie McFarlaneShelly MillerThe Monk FamilyMountain States Counseling - Blythe JohnsonJanet-Lee MurphyThe Nest Home StoreNorcoOwyhee Harbor Elementary – Sarah Walsh’s 3rd Grade ClassJeannette PackardPedal PoochPOJOSRick RamosRiverside Elementary – Sarah Mellane's 2nd Grade Class – Mrs. Diehl’s 4th Grade Class – Girl Scout Troup 247Redesign BoiseDeanna RobertsRoosevelt Elementary – Mrs. May’s 2nd Grade – Mrs. Everson’s 2nd Grade – Marian Woito’s Art Students Carol RossSaint Alphonsus – Auxiliary – Breast Care Center – Cancer Care Center – Clinical Documentation – Community Services

– Corporate Health & Wellness – Employee Support Team – Environmental Services – Foundation – Gynecologic Oncology – Health Alliance – Health Information Management – Heart Center – Infusion Clinic – In-Patient Pharmacy – Main O.R. PACU – Materials Management – Medical Access Center – Medical Credit Union – Medical Oncology – Mission Integration – Office of General Counsel – Patient Registration – Patient Relations – Patient Satisfaction – Pulmonary & Sleep – Pulmonary Function – Radiology – Rehabilation – School Health Program – Trauma Services – Urgent Care Nampa Health Plaza – Wound Care & Hyperbaric Saint Alphonsus Medical Group – Boise Pediatrics – CBO – IT - McMillan - NeurologyPatty SawyerShadow Hills Elementary School – Mrs. Cullen’s 6th Grade Class – Kelly Farris’ Preschool ClassSNIP – Spay & Neuter Idaho Pets, Inc.Linda SnowSubway at Saint AlphonsusSteve Santos Designs, Inc.Carolyn SchreinerJennie SellKaren A. SheridanMr. & Mrs. Paul StewardToni & Guy Hairdressing AcademyTrail Wind Elementary – Mrs. Ball’s 1st Grade Class – Mrs. Bushee’s 6th Grade ClassTreasured Miniatures Britnae TregellasVAMC BoiseValley View Elementary PTO – Mrs. Ford’s 1st Grade Class – Mrs. Girard’s 6th Grade Class – Mrs. Harrie's 4th Grade Class – Mrs. Heller’s 2nd Grade Class – Mrs. Lynch’s 1st Grade Class – Mrs. Oram’s 1st Grade ClassWashington Elementary School – Mrs. Tucker's 2nd Grade ClassWest Junior High School - Art Club – Art Students - Parent Teacher Booster ClubWhistle Stop GardenWhite Pine Elementary – Room 6CWhitney Elementary School – Mrs. Mora’s 3/4 ClassBecky WilsonWillow Park Assisted LivingDe Zborowski

Sponsors: Wreaths, Tabletop Trees, and Holiday Decor Items


Foundation Board Chair: Brandy Stemmler

Executive Committee:Decorator Liaison...................................................Christine Warner

Designer ..........................................................................De Zborowski

Entertainment..........................................................Lyndon Marquez

Fashion Show..................................................................Tracey Stone

Sage Wealth Management

Finance............Briana Cash, Advantage Early Learning Center

Janelle Haag

Move In Coordinator..........................Tony Fisk, Saint Alphonsus

Move Out Coordinator .......................................... Andy Schneider

Intermountain Gas Company

Photography .............................. Frank Baillargeon, Iconic Idaho

Tree Delivery..................................Jana Estes, Amity Elementary

Cathy Sorger, Boise School District

Tree Wrapping................ Pam Grove, Silvercreek Realty Group

Volunteers....................Connie Barrett, Idaho Pipe Trades Trust

Kathy Miller, Boise Cascade

Pam Wall, Idaho Pipe Trades Trust

Wreaths....................................................................Launa Rightmeier

Committee Chairs:Art Contest .........................................Janine Cornett, Boise Art Cottage

Cathy MansellAwards .........................Stacy Hollingsworth-Barnett, Saint AlphonsusBreakfast with Santa...................................Carrie Hall, Saint AlphonsusBreakfast with Santa Volunteers.................................. Danielle Bantrup

Bishop Kelly StudentsCelebrity Judging ................................Andrea Draper, Saint AlphonsusCrafts for Kids .................................................................................... Aly MillerDrill Team ............................................ Debbie & Gerry Bloom, B&B SteelEntertainment Committee...............................................Clair Koetitz, BPEvent Photographers....Sarah Baca-Schneider, Bruce Bates, Simplot

Clarissa Courey, Michael Ensch, Ryshel GolderLaura Gonzalez, Brenda Leap, Rob Hart, Russell Phillips

Katie Russo, Victor & Nicole Sanchez, Andy SchneiderFacilities.................................................. Charles Garner, Saint AlphonsusFamily Day Games Coordination .......................................Joanne Taylor

Girl Scouts Silver Sage CouncilGift Shop .....................................................................................Vicki Helming

Jeannie KranzHaven's Open House.....................................................................Amy Leigh

Jillien Morga, Saint Alphonsus Research InstituteHaven's Open House Special Friend........................................ Jeff SmithIron Designer Chair.................Georgia Wells-White, Boise At Its BestMain Entry..........................Lavon Webb, Sterling Landscape & Design

De ZborowskiMove-In/Move Out ........................ Saint Alphonsus Engineering StaffPictures with Santa .......................................Pat Baillargeon, Lynn Lupo

Larry Adams, Jerry D. SmithPictures with Santa Photographers .................................... Robert Allen

Sharon MontgomeryRaffle Tree .............. Debbie & Joe Giordano, Powell's Sweet ShoppeSanta Shoppe ............................... John & Luci McDonald, Idaho PowerSenior Day ................................................................................Joan Fothergill

Dianne MorfordScavenger Hunt ........................................ Jana Estes, Amity Elementary

Cathy Sorger, Boise School DistrictScrapbook.........................................................................................KC SchalerOnsite Stanchions..................................................Ron Elledge, Ron PriceTaste of Treasure Valley Tree ..........Nancy Moulton, Saint Alphonsus

Catherine Carter-GoldsteinTaste of Treasure Valley Tree Decor& Tree Clinic Instructor...........................................................De ZborowskiTechnical Support ........................... DeWitt Tremaine, Saint AlphonsusTree Clinic Hosts............................ Craft Warehouse & Tai Pan TradingTree Delivery........................................ Pat McDermott, Saint AlphonsusTree Wrapping..................................................................BSU Hockey TeamWine Tree ................................... Sharon & Steve Botti, Saint AlphonsusWreath Committee..............................Launa Rightmeier, Paul Leonard

Jeannie Matthews, Hanna RightmeierBrenda Briggs, Teresa Biggs, Crystal McClain

LeadershipVolunteer

2013 Festival of Trees Chairs:Darrel & Lori Anderson


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Gala:Gala Master of Ceremonies .........Larry Gebert, KTVB Channel 7

Auctioneer...........................................................................Gale Harding

Auction Item Program Writer.....................................Tish Thornton

Auction Runners Coordinator..................................... Jodie Perkins

Auction Spotters ..............................Tyler Bakken, Blake Campbell

Fred Ellis, Mike Lavarello, Brandon Medica

Centerpiece Sales .....................Jennifer Aldape, Saint Alphonsus

Setup.............................. Kappa Delta Sorority, University of Idaho

Gala Auction Table & Founders’ Gala Tree............ De Zborowski

Photography Crew................................ Xanti Alcelay, John Aldape

Paul Boehlke, Troy Colson

Don Day, Gary Salzman

Pianist ...........................................................................................Rex Miller

Raffle Ticket Sales.................Tami Urquhart & State Contestants

for the Miss Idaho Scholarship Program

Signage ......................................Jared Estes, Boise State University

Volunteer

Fashion Show:Music Arrangement........................................................ De Zborowski

Pre-Show Coordination ............................................................................

Laurie Burchfield, Coldwell Banker Real Estate

Courtney Conner, Senator Mike Crapo's Office

Cindi Elliott, Learning RX, Pat Ferguson, Vollara

June Harr, Erica Johnson, Garden Plaza of Valley View

Michelle Murray, Linda Poirier, Washington Trust Bank

Model Liaisons..............................................................................................

Jenifer Dellgard, Saint Alphonsus Foundation Board Member

Keli Elledge, Saint Alphonsus Foundation Board Member

Brandy Stemmler, Saint Alphonsus Foundation Board Chair

Fashion Show Emcees .................Carolyn Holly, KTVB Channel 7

Dee Sarton, KTVB Channel 7

Door Prizes .............................................................................. Madie Hall

Raffle Ticket & Centerpiece Sales ..........Mrs. Idaho Contestants

Reservations..................................................................................................

Jill Reed, Women’s Healthcare Fund Board Member

Val Rudd, Women’s Healthcare Fund Board Chair

Hair & Make-up................................Paul Mitchell The School Boise

Setup.....................................Lori Anderson, Festival of Trees Chair

Jana Perry, Saint Alphonsus

Program ....................................Stacey Alexander, Saint Alphonsus

Andrea Draper, Saint Alphonsus

Saint Alphonsus:Health System President & CEO.............................Sally Jeffcoat

Saint Alphonsus President ....................................Rodney Reider

VP Health System Marketing & Community Development.......................... Linda Payne Smith

Foundation Director..........................................................Jill Aldape

Foundation ................................ Nancee Bakken, Tom Halvorson

Debbie Hamilton, Ann Kirkwood

Jillien Morga, Nancy Moulton, Nat Reynolds

Marketing, Communication & Public Relations Staff.................

Sarah Berg, Holly Bolinder, Mary Buchanan

Andrea Draper, Carrie Hall, Brad Hoaglun

Robyn Hood, Jennifer Krajnik, Letty Ramirez

Josh Schlaich, Aimee Stein

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A pproach Dixie Grant’s home andyou know you’re someplace special.The entryway sparkles under a

large branchelier (a chandelier made ofbranches) glowing with lights and dripping with silvery shimmer.

Inside, you find garlands, ornaments,lights, candles, silk arrangements, acharming array of penguins, an incredibleview, glitter and more glitter that fills itsrooms with festive holiday magic. But themagic comes not only from the spectaculardecorations created by designers Sandie

Maggio and Beth Bindner of VillaLifestyles in Eagle. In Grant’s home, decking the halls creates the perfect backdrop for a partnership that lets thesethree women use bells, baubles and boughsof holly as a way to help others.

Grant regularly invites communitygroups and individuals who need a spec-tacular venue for a good cause into herhome. Whether it’s a fundraiser for theNorthwest Children’s Home Syringa

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STORY BYDANA OLAND

PHOTOS BY KATHERINE

JONES &KYLE GREEN

Dixie Grant loves her penguins (pictured above right by the tree). She keeps them out all year, dressing them for each season — and often in BSU blue and orange.

Dixie Grant opens her home to createcommunity and do good deeds

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House in Nampa, a recognition receptionfor the Ada County sheriff ’s “HeroesAmong Heroes” program, or a wedding fora couple who can’t afford a hall, all she asksin return is that people pay it forward.

“It’s for whatever touches my heart.Every event is either a fundraiser, or it’ssomething to inspire people to give back tothe community,” Grant says.

Grant, a retired Hewlett-Packard pro-gram coordinator and Realtor, first enlistedMaggio and Bindner to decorate her homefor a Republican Party fundraiser in 2007,shortly after she purchased the home.

The three women clicked and found thepower to use their talents to help others.

(At the time, this designing duo’s businesswas focused on interior style as Villa Decorand Design. In the past year, they changedtheir focus to collegiate feminine fashion,carrying licenses for BSU, U of I, othersports teams, and sororities and fraternities.)

Grant’s house now ends up in live auc-tions for groups such as the Boise StateUniversity Foundation and Boise Philhar-monic, and she invites organizations shesupports to use it as a venue. She schedulesthe events around the Bronco football gameschedule. This Caldwell native is a BSUgrad and avid fan. Since they started in

ABOVE: Sandie Maggio, right, and Beth Bindner, of Villa Lifestyles in Eagle, spend a little more than a week turning Dixie Grant’s home into a holiday showplace. The front entryway attracts a lot of attention with topiary deer, garlands and urnsfilled with silk arrangements.

LEFT: One of the central features of Grant’s home is the first-floor mantel. Maggioand Bindner decorate it with blacks, browns, golds, silvers, animal prints and wispygarlands that reflect Grant’s aesthetic. The stockings are elegantly hand-beaded. continued

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2007, Grant estimates they’ve helpeddifferent nonprofits collectively raiseabout $250,000.

TEAM EFFORT “I could never do this on my own,”

Grant says. “What goes on in this houseis such a community effort.”

They co-host a popular event theycall the Cookies and Martinis Party,which Bindner and Maggio started as amuch smaller affair. Since holding it atGrant’s home, it has grown each year.Now, about 200 women each bringthree dozen cookies, have a martini andcompete for awards. When attending,they also make a financial donation to agood cause and learn about it by meet-ing and hearing from those the groupbenefits, such as Camp Rainbow Gold.

What makes the event work, Bindnersays, is that it’s not only about raisingmoney. It’s about showing people thatthey can contribute.

“It’s about networking and supportingeach other in the business and socialworld,” Bindner says. “Yes, we want togive back, and this is the way we’regoing to do it — all together.”

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Tips for overall decorDECIDE ON A THEME — Maggio andBindner work with a “Fall Into Christmas”theme for Grant’s home; that way itdoesn’t have to be traditional Christmas.For example, there are no candy canes inGrant’s house (except ones you eat).They start with a base of gold, chocolateand black and then add holiday ele-ments. “You can swap out lights, andpumpkins and things that look holiday,but you have your basic idea establishedalready,” Bindner says.

TRY DIFFERENT COLORS, Maggio sug-gests. They like to use lime, just a touchof red and tons of glitter. They’re alsofond of animal prints. Grant’s tree holdsleopard and zebra-patterned ornaments.Look for things with texture.

USE WHITE LIGHTS. Maggio and Bindnerthink LED lights feel “cold,” and that colored lights compete with the decora-tions. They use white lights and high-quality commercial razor lights that canstand on their own.

ALWAYS BUY GOOD-QUALITY,DURABLE DECORATIONS, especially ifthey are going outside. They must beable to stand up to the elements.

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LAYER YOUR DECORATIONS ANDCREATE SCENES. “We might use apiece of art, three candles and a garlandthat’s lit and another little piece of inter-est. You don’t just plop something downand call it a day,” Maggio says.

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When that didn’t happen, she did somesoul searching at a time when the strug-gles of Hurricane Katrina victims stillsparked deep emotions in her.

“I didn’t know exactly how I wasgoing to give back,” Grant says. “I clearly did not need a house this bigand I almost couldn’t go through withthe transaction because I knew thereare all these people who didn’t evenhave a cardboard box. How can I possi-bly justify this?”

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RIGHT: The front entry is always stunning.Its centerpiece is a branchelier, createdby designer Deana Wish. They decorateit for every season; for weddings, it’sdressed in the bride’s colors.

BELOW: This backyard mirror corner isone of Grant’s favorite places.

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BY JAMES PATRICK KELLY

Planning big meals for friends and familyduring the holiday season can be stressful.It’s no doubt easier just going to the neigh-borhood grocery store in a frenzied blur, atthe last minute, than it is to go here andthere in search of local food.

But with a flourishing food scene in theTreasure Valley, bolstered by lots of farmersmarkets and locavore grocery stores, likethe Boise Co-op and Whole Foods Market,rounding up local foodstuffs has never beeneasier.

Say goodbye to all those factory-farmedfrozen turkeys and corn-fed beef roasts fromthe Midwest.

Most of the local farms and food artisansaround these parts are small-scale opera-tions, reliant on a steady flow of customerswho want high-quality, nutritious foodraised in a responsible manner.

“People seek out local food for differentreasons. Some for good health, others forethical reasons, like how we treat our ani-mals and crops,” says Janie Burns, owner ofMeadowlark Farm in Nampa.

“They mostly want to support local pro-ducers, though, and keep the farms in thearea thriving.”

Burns knows a thing or two about con-tributing to the local food system. She wasa founding vendor at the Capital City Pub-lic Market, which started in 1994. She nowsells her grass-fed lamb products at the newBoise Farmers Market. Burns holds steadfastto her belief that customers and farmersshould interface as much as possible. It’s asymbiotic relationship based on trust.

Food writer Lane Morgan nailed this phi-losophy on the head in his 1992 book,“Good Food Guide to Washington andOregon.” Even back then, Morgan under-stood the importance of the mutual bondsthat get created at farmers markets, as evi-

denced by this excerpt: “Successful regionalfood production must be a true partnershipbetween producer and consumer. The pro-ducer must supply what people want, reli-ably and at a reasonable price, and con-sumers must appreciate—and pay for—freshness and quality.”

Statements like these ring true now morethan ever, baiting the burning questionsthat consumers often have about the cost oflocal food, such as “Shouldn’t food becheaper if it travels fewer miles?” Theanswer is unfortunately a resounding no.For example, big-box stores can sell beefroasts for much less because they buy inmassive quantities from national distribu-tors, who typically get their beef from largefeedlot operations in the Midwest.

Small farms, on the other hand, oftenhave high production costs that must getpassed along to the customer in order forthe farms to survive. Yet these family-runfarms are able to maintain an extraordinarylevel of care for the animals and the landitself, unlike the sprawling factory farms.

“You get what you pay for. That’s reallythe best way to put it. If you want cheapfood, you get cheap food,” Burns states.

“If you want food that’s been raised withcare on a smaller scale, then you see thevalue of it.”

Granted, this is a lot to consider whenplanning a holiday dinner, but most people,not just foodies, want to put forth their bestmeal possible during the festive season.Burns believes a dish cooked with care,made from food raised with care, is a sooth-ing thought, especially when loved ones aregathered around the table.

MEAT THAT MATTERSHomestead Natural Foods is a coopera-

tive of three family-run farms in the areathat supports responsible ranching prac-tices, such as not using growth hormones,

stimulants and antibiotics. These folks taketheir jobs seriously.

“When they [the ranchers] all gottogether a few years ago, right away theycame up with some standards on how theanimals should be raised in a healthy man-ner,” explains Elisa Edmunds, who handlessales for Homestead.

The result of this effort has been wellreceived by the shoppers, who flock to theBoise Farmers Market to pick up Home-stead’s grass-fed beef, pasture-raised porkand free-range chicken—pulled from largecoolers by Edmunds and her cohorts.

Prime rib is always a crowd-pleaser, butHomestead, like most smaller beef produc-ers, has a limited supply of that choice cutthis time of year (order no later than thefirst week of December). Edmunds saysthere are plenty of beef chuck roasts, porkroasts and whole chickens to go around,and they’re also ideal for big holiday meals.

Greg Morrison, owner of M&N Cattle inthe Hagerman Valley, manages a herd of

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120 Wagyu cattle, some of which are cross-bred with Black Angus — placing theirmeat in the American Kobe beef category.

Kobe beef from Hyogo Prefecture ofJapan, cut from pure Wagyu cattle, is prizedfor its incredible marbling and flavor, due toa stringent diet of dried pasture forage,straw, specialized grains and, yes, rice lager.Morrison’s American Kobe beef, raised on asimilar diet, is equally flavorful and tender,yet he saves the beer for himself.

He is well aware of the fact that noteveryone can afford Kobe-style beef.

“The people who buy my products knowwhat is it and what they want, and they don’tmind paying the price,” Morrison says.

A typical M&N prime rib roast weighsabout 20 pounds and fetches a price of $20per pound. At $400, that’s one prime ribcooks surely don’t want to mess up (see chefGary Kucy’s easy prime rib recipe on page50). Calling it a specialty item is an under-statement.

“It’s a unique experience to serve thisprime cut, that’s for sure,” adds Jim Birdsall,who takes care of sales and marketing forM&N.

Birdsall says that prime ribs always go fast(order by the end of November) and thatthose who don’t want to pay top dollar canbuy other cuts, such as chuck roast andbrisket, for much less.

Bring some M&N Kobe beef salami overto Grandma’s house on Christmas Eve. Thisdelicious salami (mixed with a little pork)is sold by the pound or in 7-pound chubs.

“We only do it for a limited time. Peoplereally enjoy it during the holidays,” Morri-son explains.

He also raises grass-fed lamb on his prop-erty near the Snake River. M&N has plentyof legs of lamb, shanks and shoulder roaststo sell this year.

Meadowlark Farm specializes in all-naturallamb products. Janie Burns has scaled backher poultry program, at least for now,because of incredibly high feed costs. But shehas enough lamb, like legs, shanks and racks,to make it through the holiday season.

“People love buying things that maketheir house smell great, like a roasted rackof lamb. It’s elegant and comforting,” Burnssays.

She also makes lamb-apple sausage andspicy Moroccan-style sausage called mer-guez, which would taste wonderful in turkeystuffing.

Speaking of turkeys, Matthews All-Natu-ral Meats, a small farm in Weiser, hasplenty of gobblers this year. People can findSeth and Patti Matthews selling their free-range turkeys at the Capital City PublicMarket and Boise Farmers Market, wherethey also sell lamb, chicken, eggs and evena few ducks.

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Ever considered serving buffalo for theholidays? Well, this healthy meat is readilyavailable thanks to Brown’s Buffalo Ranch,a small farm based in Nyssa, Ore.

Brown’s Buffalo is finished for the seasonat the Boise Farmers Market, but the Brownfamily also owns Northwest Premium Meatsin Nampa, where folks can pick up roasts,ribs, steaks and osso bucco-style roastingmeats — cut from grass-and-grain-fed bison.

They also sell cured meats like summersausage, sweet Italian sausage and pastrami-like smoked buffalo roast — ideal for holi-day meat platters.

“We don’t do the smoked roast thatmuch anymore, but we’ll make it if peoplewant it. It seems to be popular during theholidays,” co-owner Garrett Brown says.

Commercial elk is another game meatthat often gets overlooked this time of year.Of course, Idaho hunters, if they’re lucky,have their freezers packed with the wildstuff. But for those who missed out on anelk tag, or just missed their target, TimberButte Elk Ranch caringly tends a herd ofgrass-fed Roosevelt elk near HorseshoeBend.

The popularity of elk has spiked in recentyears due to the healthy, low-fat nature ofthe protein, much like buffalo.

Timber Butte is owned and operated bythe Molenaar family, who can be found sell-ing their natural elk products at both Satur-day markets in Downtown Boise.

Stop by and score some huckleberry elksausage for that New Year’s Day brunch.Timber Butte also makes jalapeno salamiand Havarti salami, both of which makegreat holiday gifts.

Out in the country, near theAda/Canyon county line, there are twofamily-run businesses where people can buyimpeccably fresh meat.

Vogel Farms Country Market, a smallfarm and retail shop in Kuna, is a one-stopshopping destination for those looking fornatural meat products. They don’t havemany turkeys to sell this year, though. Evi-dently a critter wreaked havoc a fewmonths back, killing around 200 youngbirds. No worries. Vogel has lots of free-range chicken, pastured pork and grass-fedbeef.

Nearby, at the corner of Amity and TenMile roads in Meridian, Greenfield CustomMeats has supplied locals with fresh-cutbeef, pork and lamb for nearly 50 years.They make an excellent smoked ham, but itmight be wise to order one in advance asthe holidays draw nearer, and the same goesfor prime ribs of beef.

While on the topic of ham, Smoky Davisis definitely the go-to place for smokedmeat items. This Boise institution has itssmokers going every day, turning out hams,turkeys, assorted sausages and HagermanValley trout, to name a few. Smoked troutdip, anyone?

WHAT ELSE TO SERVE?After figuring out the main course, it’s

now time to pick some tasty side dishes tohelp fill the table. How about potatoes augratin? That’s surely comforting. Roastedacorn squash soup sounds pretty good, too.Finding locally grown vegetables to makedishes like these is a snap, even as the Val-ley temperatures dip into the 20s.

Rice Family Farms is an organic opera-tion that grows its produce on a 60-acrespread in Meridian. Currently people canbuy potatoes, winter squash, hearty greens,onions and leeks from the Rice family atthe Boise Farmers Market.

“We just finished harvesting our pota-toes. We let them cure out a little bit beforewe sell them. I expect to have potatoesavailable through December,” says LeeRice, family patriarch and co-owner of RiceFamily Farms.

Rice and his small crew digs up severalkinds of spuds each fall, like Yukon Golds,reds, fingerlings and even sweet potatoes.

His squash selection this year includes but-ternut, acorn, sweet dumpling and delicata.

Peaceful Belly is another organic farm thatsells squash, greens and root vegetables thistime of year. Clay and Josie Erskine grow sea-sonal produce at their farm in the Dry CreekValley area of Boise. They show up on Satur-days at the Boise Farmers Market.

Purple Sage Farms, owned and operatedby the Sommer family, has supplied areachefs and stores with organic mixed greensand assorted fresh herbs since 1988. Rightnow, Purple Sage has lots of dried savoryherbs, both individually packed and inblends, which will surely enhance anyrecipe.

Michael Sommer also makes batches ofbubbly kombucha, a fermented herbal teaknown for its medicinal properties. It’s theperfect elixir, in flavors like basil andlemongrass, after too much holiday fun.

Cheese platters are always a hit duringthe holidays, especially ones composed oflocal farmstead cheeses.

Holiday Prime Rib RoastFrom the kitchen of chef Gary Kucy, Rupert’sat Hotel McCall. Serves 8-10 people

Bone-in rib roast, 6-7 pounds ¾ cup Dijon-style mustard2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, finely chopped½ teaspoon liquid smoke2 tablespoons kosher salt1 tablespoon black pepper, freshly cracked 1 ½ tablespoon brown sugar1 tablespoon granulated garlic2 teaspoons smoked paprika2 yellow onions, sliced into thick rounds

Trim excess fat from topside of the roast,leaving a good half-inch of fat. Score thefat by slicing crosshatches. Try not to cutinto the meat itself.

Mix the rosemary, liquid smoke and mus-tard together and rub it all over roast—coating the entire outside.

In small bowl, mix the salt, sugar andspices together and sprinkle mixture overthe entire roast, especially on the topside

and ends. Slice the onions and layer themin the bottom of a roasting pan, placing therib roast on top of the onions, bone-sidedown. Put the roast in the refrigeratorovernight or for up to two days.

When it’s ready to cook, remove fromrefrigeration at least an hour before, whileoven is preheating to 450 degrees. Afterthe oven reaches 450, in goes the roastingpan for 15 minutes to sear the roast. Atthat point, turn the oven down to 325degrees and continue to cook roast untilthe internal temperature reaches 120degrees in the center. This should takeabout 55 minutes.

Remove it from the oven and cover withfoil, allowing it to continue to cook. Theroast should rest at least 15-30 minutesbefore serving, allowing the meat to reachdesired temperature and the juices to sta-bilize. When ready to serve, carve thebones off the bottom side and slice theroast as desired.

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Rollingstone Chevre in Parma isrenowned for its fresh and aged goatcheeses, made from the milk of Saanengoats. Cheesemaker Karen Evans can befound giving out samples at the BoiseFarmers Market. Good picks this time ofyear include the cranberry-walnut tortaand orange zest-pecan round—an aro-matic aged goat cheese with a waxy rind.

“Both of those cheeses have wonderfulflavors for the holidays. They work greaton cheese trays,” Evans says. She alsorecommends the Brandywine cheese, afresh chevre (with roasted garlic) wrappedin a brandy-washed grape leaf.

Green Goat Dairy and Blue SageFarm, two up-and-coming creameries inShoshone that sell at the Capital CityPublic Market, turn out a gamut of farm-stead cheeses that are also ideal forcheese platters. Try Blue Sage’s Borrego,a nutty Manchego-style cheese madefrom sheep’s milk.

One surely can’t go wrong with cow’smilk cheeses made by Ballard FamilyDairy. An Idaho cheese selection wouldnot be complete without Ballard’s agedwhite cheddar and ultra-creamy DanishPearl.

Farmstead cheeses and freshly bakedbread go hand in hand, and Boise’s breadscene is booming thanks to a handful ofartisan bakers. Gaston’s Bakery, the bak-ery arm of Le Cafe de Paris, pulls fromits scorching ovens every day a largevariety of crusty breads, like baguettesand Euro-style rounds — sold at bothSaturday markets in Boise. They alsomake cakes and patisserie items such ascroissants and sweet, flaky pastries.

New to the artisan scene is AcmeBakeshop, which sells its baguettes, rus-tic rounds, focaccia and ciabatta at theBoise Farmers Market.

James Patrick Kelly, a restaurant critic at the IdahoStatesman, is the author of the travel guidebooks“Moon Idaho” and “Spotlight Boise.” He alsoteaches journalism at Boise State University.

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BOISE FARMERS MARKET is now being heldindoors (on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at516 S. 8th St. (in the former Idaho Linen Sup-ply building, at the corner of Fulton Street)through Dec. 21.theboisefarmersmarket.com

CAPITAL CITY PUBLIC MARKET (on Satur-days from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) through Dec. 21. capitalcitypublicmarket.com

HOMESTEAD NATURAL FOODS homesteadnatural.com, Boise Farmers Market,Boise Co-op, Whole Foods Market

M&N CATTLE americanstylekobe.com, BoiseFarmers Market, Capital City Public Market,Choice Cuts Meats (Boise), Stonehenge Pro-duce (Boise)

MEADOWLARK FARM meadowlarkfarmidaho.com, Boise Farmers Market

MATTHEWS ALL-NATURAL MEATS matthewsmeats.com, Boise Farmers Market, Capital CityPublic Market, Karcher Ranch Market (Nampa)

BROWN’S BUFFALO RANCH/NORTHWESTPREMIUM MEATS 137 N. Happy Valley Road,Nampa, (208) 466-9413, brownsbuffaloranch.com

TIMBER BUTTE ELK RANCH timberbutte elkranch.com, Boise Farmers Market, CapitalCity Public Market

VOGEL FARMS COUNTRY MARKET 9501Robinson Road, Kuna, (208) 466-6928, vogelfarmscountrymarket.com

GREENFIELD CUSTOM MEATS 2965 W.Amity Road, Meridian, (208) 888-9690

SMOKY DAVIS 3914 W. State St., Boise(208) 344-1885, smokydavis.com

RICE FAMILY FARMS ricefamilyfarms.comBoise Farmers Market, Whole Foods Market

PEACEFUL BELLY peacefulbelly.com, BoiseFarmers Market, Boise Co-op

PURPLE SAGE FARMS purplesagefarms.com,Boise Farmers Market, Boise Co-op, WholeFoods Market

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BLUE SAGE FARM bluesagefarm.comCapital City Public Market

BALLARD FAMILY DAIRY ballardcheese.comSold widely in the Treasure Valley

GASTON’S BAKERY/LE CAFE DE PARIS204 N. Capitol Blvd., Boise, (208) 334-6446,gastonsbakery.com, Capital City Public Market, Boise Farmers Market

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SNAKE RIVER WINERY 2011 CABERNETFRANC ($21): Winemaker Scott DeSeelhorstfinesses the fruit, grown at his Arena ValleyVineyard in Parma, into a beautiful, garnet-hued red wine that boasts floral notes and anessence of raspberry. Try it with roasted lambor smoked ham.

CINDER 2012 DRY VIOGNIER ($18): Viognieris a must-have white wine during the holidays.This one (Cinder also makes an off-dry variety) isfruit-forward, punctuated with bright, citrusynotes, and it finishes impeccably dry. It’s versa-tile at the table, pairing with everything fromgoat cheese to roasted chicken to smoked trout.

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A s a child, Melanie Krause unknow-ingly sowed the seeds for the rest ofher life as she helped her parents

tend the family garden in Boise.Now, it’s the winemaker’s own daughter

who provides a healthy perspective andmakes a grown-up work space — CinderWines in Garden City — a better place.

“We’ve set up a kids room and nursery intwo spare offices,” Krause said of the UrbanWinemakers Cooperative that includesCoiled Wines and Telaya Wine Co. “Mydaughter, Charli, spends one day each weekwith us at the winery. The other winery own-ers and Kat House, owner of House of Wine,all have kids, as do several of our employees.

“We see other kids down at the winery atleast once a week,” Krause continued.“What I find really fascinating is how won-derful it is for all the adults when any of thekids are there. They seem to inject a hugedose of cheer into the work environment,bringing smiles to everyone’s faces.”

Krause, 36, describes it as “a real revelation.” The same could be said for her influence

on the Treasure Valley since her homecom-ing in 2006.

“Cinder has had a tremendous impact onthe Idaho wine industry,” said Moya Dolsby,executive director of the Idaho Wine Com-mission. “They are truly leaders. They are set-ting an excellent example of how, if a wineryworks hard to make good wine and goes outthere to sell it, then success can be had.”

This fall, Cinder received acclaim infamed British writer Hugh Johnson’s annual“Pocket Wine Book,” a scouting report thatread a “breakout Idaho winery making smallamounts of marvelous Viognier, a uniqueMourvedre/Tempranillo blend and verygood Syrah.”

Johnson’s three-star rating for Cinderplaces it on par with many of Washingtonstate’s top wineries. No other Idaho wineryreceived as many stars.

“The reception has gotten better and bet-ter the whole time,” Krause said. “What

started as a trickle has become a stream. Itwas certainly difficult to sell my wine thefirst year I went around, and now it’s just soeasy. The first year, I had to bang down peo-ple’s doors and force my wine down theirthroat because they weren’t enthused withIdaho wine.

“Now that sense has totally turnedaround. We have people calling, ‘Hey, Ineed an Idaho wine on my menu.’ Thatnever happened two years ago. The momen-tum is really exciting. It’s been building the

last couple of years, and this last summer,our company and other Idaho wineries havehad an incredible increase in sales.”

She gives much of the credit to the fiveyears of training she received while workingat Chateau Ste. Michelle in Paterson,Wash. And that might not have happenedwere it not for Joe Schnerr, whom she metwhile both were students at WashingtonState University.

GREATNORTHWEST

WINEBy Andy Perdue

and Eric Degerman

Melanie Krause,winemaker/owner of Cinder Wines —with her daughter,Charli Schnerr — in a tasting room inGarden City that thecompany shares withtwo other wineries.KYLE GREEN /

[email protected]

Krause brings it all home at

CINDER WINES

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“When I got out, I had a general biologydegree and a Spanish degree and had agri-culture in mind,” she said. “My husband,Joe — my boyfriend at the time — movedto Umatilla, Ore., to run a chemistry labthere. I thought, ‘Umatilla. That’s going tobe the end of our relationship!’ But I lookedaround and realized right across the riverare all the Washington vineyards. Ithought, ‘That would be fabulous. I’ve got agood background for that.’ ”

Those years in her parents’ garden, herlanguage skills and the research in WSU’swinter wheat lab made Krause an easy hirefor Ste. Michelle Wine Estates in 2001. Shespent two seasons as a vineyard technicianbefore moving into the winery as an enolo-gist. In time, she was promoted to an assis-tant winemaking position, working at theCanoe Ridge red wine production facilityalongside future Columbia Crest winemakerJuan Munoz-Oca. Her supervisors were RonBunnell, now at his eponymous winery inProsser, Wash., and Chateau Ste. Michellewinemaker Bob Bertheau.

“They were fantastic with the educationthey gave me,” Krause said. “I remain intouch with both Ron and Bob. They weregreat mentors, and they really helped meout.”

In hindsight, there’s little doubt thatKrause’s winemaking talents and Schnerr’sbusiness management would have workedin Walla Walla, where she would have beena bigger star at an earlier stage. Launchingtheir winery in Hood River, Ore. — a recre-ation-minded community — was anotheroption, but Krause believed in the SnakeRiver Valley.

“The whole time I was working in Wash-ington I was coming back to Idaho andexploring the vineyards and tasting thewines and thinking, ‘Hmm, this place has aton of potential,’ ” she said. “When my hus-band and I decided to start our own winery,we chose Boise, first for the climate and the

idea we could make world-class wines here,and second for the business climate, andthird, it’s an amazing place to live.”

Plans fell into place when they cameupon a former fruit and vegetable process-ing warehouse in Garden City. Their busi-ness model didn’t necessarily include plant-ing vines in wine country, and many oftheir personal ties are in Boise.

“That’s been a critical piece of luck — tofind this building to lease,” Krause said.“There are huge marketing implications tobeing close to population.”

It also fit nicely into their lifestyle.“Pre-Charli, I did bike to work frequently,”

she said with a smile. “It’s about 20 minutesfrom our house along the Greenbelt”

Earlier this year, the other half of thewarehouse became available, which allowedKrause and Schnerr to expand, remodel andalso create a remarkable urban winery expe-rience similar to those in Portland that aregaining national acclaim. The rollinggarage doors have even turned Garden Cityinto a summer night spot.

“We’ve been holding some events andwedding receptions, and people will comeby on their way home from work — everyday of the week — and we sell them wine,”she said. “They seem to enjoy the atmos-phere, and that’s been a real boon to ourbusiness.”

Perhaps it’s not surprising that criticalacclaim for Krause’s wines came beforeBoise truly embraced them. The 2006Syrah from her first commercial vintagereceived Wine Press Northwest’s top ratingof “Outstanding!” and Cinder earned theregional magazine’s Idaho Winery to Watchaward in 2009. That same year, Wine Busi-ness Monthly named Cinder one of its “HotSmall Brands of North America.”

Last year, Wine Press Northwest selectedCinder as the Idaho Winery of the Year.

“Most of my experience in Washingtonhas translated pretty easily here, and it’s funto be in a cutting-edge region,” Krause said.“We’ve got a fairly big population here inBoise that didn’t have an indigenous wineindustry, so we’ve had a great reception andsell a really high percentage of our wineright out of the door.”

The promise of continued success openedthe door of opportunity wider for Schnerr,who was a chemist at Micron Technology.Their teamwork allowed Cinder to growproduction from 1,000 cases to 4,000 casesa year, which doesn’t include the winemak-ing Krause does for Huston Vineyards inCaldwell or the time spent checking on thewines for Coiled and Telaya.

“Somewhere between where we’re at nowand 10,000 cases, we’ll find a sweet spot,”Krause said. “That gives us pretty good mar-gin, and we won’t have to distribute sowidely that we’re constantly on the roadwhile maximizing the productivity of thisspace. We’ve built it into a comfortablecompany where we have enough employeesthat we can step back and take a vacationonce in a while.”

The growth not only means success butalso the opportunity to get back some fam-ily time. “I don’t want to work stupid hoursanymore, and I’m more conscious of dele-gating,” Krause said.

“We have a pretty cool working environ-ment at the winery, but the difference thatthe kids make reveals to me how focused —and a little grim — the adults get whenthey are at work,” Krause said. “Being ableto create a workplace where kids are wel-come is one of the most rewarding parts ofowning my business.”

More help is on the way. Melanie and Joeare expecting that the 2014 vintage willproduce a baby brother for Charli.

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Many Snake River Valley wineries willoffer barrel and bottle tastings, food,tours, music and discounts over the longThanksgiving weekend. For example, Cinder, Coiled and Telaya’s combinedNov. 29-Dec. 1 barrel tasting includes livemusic and food trucks. Ste. Chapelle’sannual Nov. 29-30 open house featureslive music and harvest chili and corn-bread. Indian Creek Winery’s Nov. 29-Dec. 1 event features different local arti-sans each day. For more winery news,Thanksgiving weekend event information,costs and directions, visit idahowines.org.

Thanksgivingweekend tastings

PHOTOS BY KYLE GREEN / [email protected]

Melanie Krause samples a batch of Petit Verdot grapes.

Andy Perdue and Eric Degerman run Great Northwest Wine, a news and information website. Learn more aboutwine and see more of their stories at GreatNorthwestWine.com.


THE URBAN WINEMAKERS COOPERATIVE

107 E. 44th St.

Garden City, ID 83714

Melanie Krause and Joe Schnerr began leasinga portion of the former Quality Produce pack-ing and storage warehouse in 2008 to create ashared winemaking space. The occupantstoday include:

CINDER WINES/KRAUSE FAMILY CELLARS

(208) 376-4023, cinderwines.com

Hours: Daily 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Winemaker: Melanie Krause

Wines produced: Chardonnay, Tempranillo,Syrah, red blends, rose, dry Viognier, off-dryViognier, white blend.

First commercial vintage: 2006

Pressings: The 2012 off-dry Viognier earnedgold at the 2013 Northwest Wine Summit.

COILED WINES

(707) 480-4919, coiledwines.com

Hours: Saturday noon-6 p.m.

Winemaker: Leslie Preston

Wines produced: Syrah, red blend, Riesling.


Pressings: Preston worked at the renownedStag’s Leap Winery in the Napa Valley andClos du Bois in Sonoma before deciding toraise her family in her native Idaho. Her 2012

Dry Riesling earned Best of Show and doublegold at the 2013 Idaho Wine Competition.

TELAYA WINE CO.

(208) 557-9463, telayawine.com

Hours: Friday-Saturday noon-6 p.m.

Winemaker: Kathryn House


Wines produced: Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah,red blend, Viognier.

Pressings: The 2009 Syrah earned a gold at theGreat Northwest Wine Competition, and the2009 Turas red wine grabbed gold at the Sun-set Magazine International Wine Competition.This summer, the 2010 Syrah was named Wine ofthe Week by Wine Press Northwest magazine.

HOUSE OF WINE

(208) 297-9463, thehowofwine.com

Hours: Friday-Saturday noon-5 p.m.

Winemaker: Kathryn House

She handles lab work for 10 Idaho wineries andconsults for Fraser Vineyard and Telaya. Knownthroughout the industry as “Kat,” she married aBoise native and began her consultant businessin 2010 after spending several years as assistantwinemaker at famed Betz Family Cellars inWoodinville, Wash., and educator at SouthSeattle Community College’s Northwest WineAcademy. The Washington State Universitygrad also stages a variety of seminars for wineconsumers at the winemakers cooperative andthroughout the Treasure Valley.

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Boise — and Idaho — had its best repre-sentation ever at the Great AmericanBeer Festival last month in Denver.

Unfortunately, none of the nine spud-statebreweries in attendance left with any medals.

This is not anything to be ashamed of. Thecompetition was way fierce. More than 600breweries submitted 4,875 beers in 84 differ-ent style categories. I stopped by all the Idahobreweries — including Payette, TableRock,Slanted Rock and the Ram — that poured atthe GABF, and all had good crowds and satis-fied imbibers.

A close neighbor, however, had an amazingyear, and we get to benefit. Barley Brown’sBrewpub of Baker City, Ore., walked awaywith the most coveted medal of all — theAmerican IPA gold for its Pallet Jack. That’sthe top India Pale Ale in all of the land, best-ing 253 other entrants in by far the most com-petitive category. The most interesting thingof all about the Pallet Jack (a big citrusy andpiney brew featuring Simcoe, Citra andAmarillo hops) is that it’s only 2 years old.

That’s not all. Barley (and its separate pro-duction facility, Baker City Brewing) walkedaway with gold medals in the InternationalPale Ale and American-Style Wheat cate-gories for the Hand Truck Pale Ale andShredder’s Wheat. It got a silver in the for-eign-style stout and a bronze for its FreshHop Pallet Jack.

Oh, yeah. Baker City brewmasters MarksLanham and Eli Dickison won the small-brewers of the year award.

That Mark Spitz-like medal haul is anincredible achievement for Tyler Brown andhis crew, who have been producing killerbeers for the last 15 years. “I’m still not sureit’s sunk in yet,” said Brown. “Last year wewon a silver (for the Pallet Jack) and we werejust ecstatic. Winning the gold this year …that was something else.”

The good news for us? Barley Brown’s hasstarted bringing kegs into the Boise market.

Tyler Brown opened Baker City Brewingearlier this year to brew more Barley Brown’sbeer for markets such as Portland, Eugene,Ore., and Boise. Within months, it was brew-ing at capacity (about 350 kegs a month) andhaving a hard time meeting demand in Ore-gon — even though Baker City has more incommon with Boise than that rainy city to

the west. “Portland is just taking everythingwe can produce right now, so I have to makeit a point to sneak a few kegs Boise’s way,”Brown said. “I find myself in Boise aboutevery two weeks or so. It’s the commercialhub for the restaurant — it just makes sensefor us to be here if we can.”

There is already some connective DNAhere. Former Barley brewmaster Shawn Kelsois now the head brewer at 10 Barrel Brewing’sBoise brewpub, where he has been creatingkiller beers for months. (Seriously, did any-one try his SAM IPA? Amazing.)

Brown is working with Idaho Wine Mer-chant to get kegs to our best beer bars, so besure to regularly check the draft list at placessuch as Bittercreek Alehouse, Bar Gernikaand Bier:Thirty for killer brews like the PalletJack or Turmoil Cascadian Dark Ale.

You could also take the four-hour round-trip drive (120 miles or so each way) to BakerCity to fill up a growler or five and comeback to Boise as the conquering hero.

There might even be future plans to putsome Barley brews in bottles, but Tyler can’tsay when that might happen, as they are justtrying to keep pace with current demand. Isay bring it on. Boise might have an explod-ing local market, but there is always room foranother world-class brew.

GIFT IDEAS FOR CRAFT-BEER FANS One of the best places to buy local beer

gifts in Boise is Brewer’s Haven, 1795 S.Vista Ave. Brewer’s Haven has everythingfrom homebrew supplies to glassware tomagazines to books to clothes. It also hasthe best beer selection in Boise, reasonableprices and a killer growler program —

$11.50 a fill, regardless of what beer it is. Youshould also check out Boise beer shops suchas Bier:Thirty (3070 S. Bown Way), theBoise Co-op (888 W. Fort St.) and Brewforiain Eagle (78 E. Eagle River St., No. 165) andMeridian (3030 E. Overland Road, No. 100)for beer gifts. And six packs of a favoritelocal brew make great stocking stuffers.

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SATURDAY, NOV. 23 (TODAY)

Boise Holiday Parade — 9:45 a.m. Down-town Boise; bring food donations for charity.boiseholidayparade.org

Salvation Army Holiday Needs — Sponsorsand volunteers needed for Adapt-a-Family/veteran/senior and for food boxes,433-4425; bell ringers, 863-0156; angeltrees, 794-1745; food drives, 383-4235.Food will also be collected at the Boise Holi-day Parade in Downtown Boise on Nov. 23.salvationarmytv.org

Bogus Basin Ski Club 50th annual WarrenMiller Film Festival — continues today at theEgyptian Theatre. 4:30 p.m. ($13) and 7:30p.m. ($15). 344-9179; egyptiantheatre.net.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27

Boise Rescue Mission Great ThanksgivingDay Banquets in Nampa and Boise — Boise,Cathedral of the Rockies, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.;Nampa, Nampa First Church of theNazarene, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 343-2389; boiserm.org

THANKSGIVING — THURSDAY, NOV. 28

Turkey Day 5K — 9 a.m., Downtown Boise,Capital Boulevard at Main Street, $35,$40/Nov. 27-28, $12/age 17 and under,$15/late registration, race day registrationbegins at 7 a.m. at U.S. Bank Plaza; raffleand contest prizes. Benefits SpecialOlympics, City Light shelter and more.Please bring canned food to the race.turkeyday-5k.com

FRIDAY, NOV. 29

18th annual District III High School El KorahEast-West Shrine All-Star Football — 11a.m./8-man game, 2 p.m./11-man game.Rocky Mountain High School, $12, $6/stu-dents, under 5/free. Benefits Shriners Hospi-tal for Children and the Patient Transporta-tion Fund. 343-0571; elkorah.org

Idaho Foodbank 16th annual Empty Bowls— 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Grove Plaza; $10 and up;choose from variety of custom-made bowls.Gourmet soup from Boise’s best restaurants.336-9643; http://idahofoodbank.org

Idaho Conservation League “Landscapes ForIdaho” Art Exhibit — 6-9 p.m., Beside Bar-denay, 612 W. Grove St., free. Artwork is ondisplay by award-winning Boise artist RachelTeannalach from her “Landscapes for Idaho”body of work, and 25 percent of the pro-ceeds benefits the Idaho ConservationLeague. Her work can be seen at www.teannalach.com. 345-6933 ext. 15; idahoconservation.org

SATURDAY, NOV. 30

Salvation Army and Valley Regional TransitStuff the Bus — 10 a.m.-7 p.m., TreasureValley Fred Meyer locations. Drop offmoney, toys or food and help fill the bus.383-4235; salvationarmytv.org

VOLUNTEER BY DEC. 5

Eternal League of Friends (ELF) RefugeeChristmas — ELF adopts about 25 refugeefamilies for a typical American-style Christ-mas party with a visit from Santa Claus. Thisyear’s celebration is Dec. 6. If you are inter-ested in volunteering, visit the ELF website,or contact Angie Stephenson at [email protected]. http://elfhelp.us

THROUGH DEC. 24

Boise Rescue Mission Tree Lot — MinistryCenter, 308 S. 24th St., Christmas tree salewhile supplies last. boiserm.org

Einstein’s Oilery 5th annual Food and Fund-raising Drive — $12 off full service oilchange for 3 nonperishable food items forThe Idaho Foodbank. Monetary donationsmatched dollar for dollar. This year’s goal is20,000 pounds of food. 789-2166. For locations, visit einsteinsoilery.com

THROUGH JAN. 18

4th annual Warm Hearts, Toasty Toes SockDrive — Icon Credit Union and the GirlScouts of Silver Sage Council partner for asock drive with a goal of 4,000 pairs. Watchfor Girl Scout events or bring socks to anyIcon branch location. You can also donate atthe website. Sock distribution takes placearound Jan. 20, depending on needs ofselected nonprofits such as the Women’sand Children’s Alliance and Boise RescueMission. 908-5216 ext.499; iconcreditunion.org/warmhearts

SUNDAY, DEC. 1

Bishops’ House Holiday Music — 2 p.m. TheBishops’ House, 2420 Old PenitentiaryRoad, $12, $30/series (Dec. 1, Jan. 12, Feb.16), featuring The Table Rock Trio, joined by

The Romantics in February. 343-3279; thebishopshouse.com

IWCF Project LOI Deadline — Deadline tosubmit LOI forms (Letters of Inquiry) for poten-tial nonprofit funding under Pooled Grantsfund is Dec. 1. Grants range from $10,000 to$30,000. Areas include cultural arts, education,environment, financial stability and health.Instructions can be found at the IdahoWomen’s Charitable Foundation website: ida-howomenscharitablefoundation.org; 343-IWCF

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Upcoming events in support of nonprofit groups

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The festive Boise Holiday Parade on Nov. 23 is also an opportunity to help out thecommunity by bringing donations for a charity food drive.

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Canyon CountyFestival of Trees“Holiday Blessings” 21st annual Festival of Trees Nov. 29-Dec. 3 at the Nampa Civic Center

$4/adults, $3/seniors (62-plus),$2/children, $12/family (up to 6), $2each/groups of 10 or more; silent auc-tion, book fair, local entertainment,Santa’s Craftshop and refreshments

FRIDAY: 1-7 p.m. (photos with Santa,3-7 p.m.)SATURDAY: 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.(photoswith Santa, noon-4 p.m.) SUNDAY: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.( photos withSanta, noon-4 p.m.) MONDAY: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.TUESDAY: Gala auction and dinner, 5 p.m., $65, $490/table of 8, purchasein advance at Nampa Civic Center.

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BY DUSTY PARNELL

While pinpointing the date of the firstChristmas tree is an impossible task, zeroingin on the first Festival of Trees in Boise ismuch easier. And this year’s event hits amilestone.

The Saint Alphonsus Festival of Treesbegan 30 years ago in a small warehouse.Admission was a dollar, 50 cents for kids.There were 14 trees.

But it was also the beginning of a long-time success and family tradition. That firstFestival raised $14,000 for the hospital’sEye Institute. The 30-year total now tops$7.5 million, with almost 300 trees andwreaths annually and more than 1,000 vol-unteers to make the seven-day event hap-pen. Over the years, the Festival of Treeshas benefited a variety of needs at SaintAlphonsus Regional Medical Center,including Life Flight, the Women’s Well-ness Mobile Clinic and Mental HealthServices.

This year’s festival will support theremodel and expansion of the EmergencyDepartment — the region’s only Level IITrauma Center.

All the favorite events are back again —the kickoff black-tie Gala, Breakfast withSanta, the Fashion Show, Senior Day,North Pole Village, the Children’s Scav-enger Hunt, Raffle Tree, Art Contest, GiftShop, the Train Collectors Association dis-play, and plenty of live performances bylocal dance groups, choirs and musicians.

“It’s a perfect way to kick off the holidaysand remind you what’s important about theholiday season,” said Lori Anderson, co-chair of this year’s event along with herhusband, Darrel, the president and CFO ofIdaho Power Co.

And while the Festival of Trees is specialin a hundred different ways, to the Ander-sons, it has a personal touch.

Growing up in western Oregon, Lori hadalways had a childhood crush on Darrel,who was a friend of one of her older broth-ers. In the fall of 1986, Lori lived in Salemand Darrel lived in the Portland area. Hewrote Lori a letter inviting her to visit forThanksgiving weekend.

That letter apparently worked, becauseshe has kept it all these years.

“It was really cute,” she said. He haddrawn a border around it with little trees.Even Darrel seemed somewhat surprised byhis creativity. Although, to be clear, it stillseemed to have been written a bit like anaccountant, listing his proposed activitiesalmost like an itinerary. One of the mainpoints of interest in that letter, though, wasthe local Festival of Trees in Oregon.

“I thought it would be a fun outing,” hesaid.

The Andersons have now been married24 years and have a 22-year-old son at BoiseState University and a 20-year-old daughterattending Oregon State University.

Lori and Darrel have lived in Boise fornearly 18 years, and Darrel has been on theboard of the Women’s and Children’sAlliance for almost six years, and on theSaint Alphonsus Foundation board foralmost eight years. He’s also on the SaintAl’s board of trustees.

Like the Festival of Trees’ co-chairsbefore them, the Andersons have discov-ered just what an undertaking it is to organ-ize an event this size, which began its initialplanning back in January.

“It’s amazing how many people areinvolved,” Lori said. They both praise theteam at the foundation and the “incrediblenetwork of volunteers” that makes the festi-val happen every year.

Lori and Darrel have both been involvedthroughout the process, allowing them toput a personal stamp on some of the events.Darrel liked the opportunity to put a focuson more traditional themes this year. Theyhelped with the design of invitations andGala menu planning, among other activi-ties, including the Senior Tea and the Fash-ion Show. (See if you can guess who volun-teered Darrel and their son to model.)

And if a romantic connection to the holi-days isn’t enough, Lori’s parents even own aChristmas tree farm in Stayton, Ore. “I havechecked a tree on the plane more thanonce,” she said. “One year, I brought two.”

“We really, really enjoy the holidays,”Darrel said.

2013 Saint AlphonsusFestival of Trees LOCATION & ADMISSION

Boise Centre

Adults, $7; children (3-12) and seniors (62+), $4;family pass (for 6), $30. Visits with Santa avail-able Wednesday-Sunday. For more information about the festival, call 367-TREE or visit saintalphonsus.org/festival

TUESDAY, NOV. 26

Gala Celebration — 5:30 p.m., $250, dinner,dancing and live auction

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, 10 A.M.-9 P.M.

Senior Day — $2 admission for seniors with asenior tea from 1 to 4 p.m.

Iron Designer and Junior Iron Designer —4:30-6 p.m.

THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 2-9 P.M.

FRIDAY, NOV. 29, 10 A.M.-9 P.M.

Breakfast With Santa — 7:30-9 a.m., $12/child,$18/adult. Breakfast With Santa requires reser-vations and advance tickets.

(Empty Bowls event also happening from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Grove plaza, benefits Idaho Foodbank; that evening is the Holiday Tree Lighting, Grove Plaza — 5-7 p.m., bring your candle-holder to the festival for $1 off adult admission.)

SATURDAY, NOV. 30, 10 A.M.-9 P.M.

Breakfast With Santa — 7:30-9 a.m. (see above)

Family Day — Carnival games. Bring a toydonation for the Salvation Army for $1 offadult admission

SUNDAY, DEC. 1, 10 A.M.-9 P.M.

Closing day of the 2013 Festival of Trees

MONDAY, DEC. 2

Festival Fashion Show and Luncheon — 11 a.m., $50, $750/table of 10

Festival of Trees celebrates 30 years

PHOTO BY VALERIE MACMAHON / PICTORIAPHOTO.COM

Darrel and Lori Anderson, 2013 Festival of Trees chairpersons.


THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS, DEC. 5-19

Bishops’ House Victorian Holiday Open Par-lors — 4-7 p.m., Sundays & Thursdays: Dec.5, 8, 12, 15 & 19, The Bishops’ House, 2420Old Penitentiary Road, $4, under 12/free.342-3279; thebishopshouse.com

THURSDAY, DEC. 5

Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force LEFTOVERSIV — 5-9 p.m., Wingtip Press, 500 S. 8th St.,free/First Thursday event; silent auction oforiginal, limited edition fine art prints frommore than 150 artists using “leftover”paper; check out Wingtip Press Facebookpage or Leftovers blog:leftoversanyone.blogspot.com. Auctioncloses Saturday, Dec. 7. 447-8457

Idaho Parents Unlimited/VSA Idaho artexhibit — Featuring the work of fourapprentice artists with disabilities. 5 to 8p.m. Creative Access Art Center, 500 S. 8thSt., Boise. Free. ipulidaho.org.

FRIDAY, DEC. 6

Renaissance High School annual Winter Fes-tival — 5-9 p.m., Renaissance High School,Meridian, free; indoor street fair, book fair,entertainment, Santa, food trucks and [email protected]

SATURDAY, DEC. 7

KTVB “7 Cares” Day — 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m.,KTVB Channel 7 annual drive to collectmoney, toys and food

Zoo Boise Claus ‘n Paws — 10 a.m.-5 p.m.,Zoo Boise. The only free admission day ofthe year; Santa will be available for photosfrom 11 a.m.-4 p.m., musical entertainment.zooboise.org

Soroptimist International of Garden City19th annual Children’s Holiday Party — 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Boys & Girls Club, GardenCity; free; all kinds of fun, and a gift bag,too. 866-8402; gardencitysoroptimist.org

SUNDAY, DEC. 8

Saint Alphonsus Auxiliary and Dillard’s Shop-ping Day — 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Dillard’s, BoiseTowne Square. A percentage of purchasesbenefits the Saint Alphonsus Auxiliary (mustbe purchased at the 2nd floor registers)

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 6-8

Idaho Human Rights Education Center Nightof 65 Dinners — Host your own dinner thisweekend and raise a minimum of $200 for theIdaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorialand Idaho Human Rights Education Center.Host who raises the most money receives anengraved brick paver for the Memorial. 345-0304; http://idaho-humanrights.org

TUESDAY, DEC. 10

Nampa Recreation Center Scholarship FundBenefit Luncheon — 11:30 a.m., Texas Road-house, Nampa, $10. 80 percent of ticket salesgoes to rec center scholarship fund. Purchasein advance at Nampa Rec Center or online;some tickets may be available at door. 468-5777; nampaparksandrecreation.org

FRIDAY, DEC. 13

KTSY Great Turkey Roundup — 6 a.m.-7p.m., various locations. KTSY-FM partnerswith the Boise Rescue Mission to acceptdonated turkeys and funds.

SUNDAY, DEC. 15

Boise Baroque Orchestra Christmas Brunch— 1 p.m., Riverside Hotel, $35. Gourmetbrunch and holiday dessert buffet, livemusic, silent auction. Buy tickets by Dec. 10.891-1300; boisebaroque.org

MONDAY-TUESDAY, DEC. 16-17

Saint Alphonsus Auxiliary Book Sale —

7 a.m.-4 p.m., McCleary Auditorium, SaintAlphonsus Regional Hospital

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18

Women’s & Children’s Alliance 11th annualConcert For Cause — 6:30 p.m., The Knit-ting Factory, $20, featuring Tyrone Wellsand presented by 94.9 The River. Ticketsavailable at The Record Exchange or Ticket-Web. Benefits the Women’s & Children’sAlliance. wcaboise.org

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, DEC. 20-21

Idaho Regional Ballet presents “The Nut-cracker” — 7 p.m., Dec. 20; 2 & 7 p.m., Dec.

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Idaho Botanical Garden Winter Garden aGlowSomebody else counts them so you don’thave to — 308,000. That’s about howmany lights will create that glow through-out the Idaho Botanical Garden this year atthe Winter Garden aGlow. That’s at least50,000 more lights than last year.

There’s also a newly lit path in the Medita-tion Garden. The treehouse in the Adven-ture Garden is also adorned, and you’ll finda new Santa Station (modeled after an old-time train station) instead of a tent thisyear. And, of course, there’s the HolidayExpress Train, sponsored by the SouthernIdaho Garden Railway Society.

Open Thanksgiving Day through Jan. 5,including Christmas Eve, Christmas Day,New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Hours: 6-9 p.m., no matter the weather;check IGB Facebook page for updates

Note: Closed Dec. 3-4 for private events.

Santa and Prancer will make appearances

Friday through Sunday the first threeweekends in December.

Local choirs fill the air with music on selectnights.

ADMISSION:

Nonmember adult, $8; Member adult, $4;Youth 5-12, $4; Ages 4 and under, free.

Military discount, $1 off admission withvalid ID. There’s also Carload Mondays —$20, up to 6 people.Tickets may be pur-chased in advance or at the gate.

343-8649; www.idahobotanicalgarden.org

5TH ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION

Going on now through Dec. 9. Items thisyear include trips to Coeur d’Alene Resortand Las Vegas, Brundage tickets, helicopterflight, concert tickets and more. The auctionsupports horticulture programs like BotanyCamp, field trips, continuing ed classes andmore. http://botanicalgarden.afrogs.org

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21; BSU Special Events Center, 1800 Uni-versity Drive, $25-$40/ adults, $18-$33/stu-dents/children (reserved seating, no chil-dren on laps); cast of 100, including twoguest dancers from Pacific Northwest Bal-let. 338-4633; idahoregionalballet.com

SATURDAY, DEC. 21

Boise Rescue Mission Christmas Banquet inBoise — 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Cathedral of theRockies. 861-9295; boiserm.org

Boise Rescue Mission Christmas Banquet inNampa — 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Nampa FirstChurch of the Nazarene. 861-9295; boiserm.org

YMCA 25th annual Christmas Run — 10 a.m., Downtown YMCA, $30/adults,$25/adult team members, $25/17 andunder, $20/team members (10 or morepeople); two races, 4K run/walk and 10Krun. Christmas costumes encouraged. Localgroups sing carols along the course. Shoedonation encouraged, register online or atany Treasure Valley YMCA. Registrationopen until 30 minutes prior to race time.Register before Dec. 14 to avoid late fees.344-5502 ext. 295; ymcatvidaho.org

SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY,DEC. 21, 22 AND 23

8th annual Xtreme Holiday Xtravaganzawith Curtis Stigers — 7:30 p.m. EgyptianTheatre, Boise. Variety show featuring manycommunity performers. Benefits InterfaithSanctuary. $30. curtisstigers.com

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, DEC. 27-29

Hailey’s Holiday Antique Market — 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday; Hailey Armory, 7014th Ave. S., Hailey. Free admission. Wineand hors d’oeuvres benefit the AnimalShelter. 208-720-1146

TUESDAY, DEC. 31

Boise Rescue Mission “Sort With The Old,Bin With The New” — 4-10 p.m., MinistryCenter, 308 S. 24th St. 861-9295; boiserm.org

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1

The Make-A-Wish 11th annual Great PolarBear Challenge — 10 a.m., Spring ShoresMarina at Lucky Peak Reservoir. Donations,$50/minimum; top fundraisers qualify forprizes, youth and adult divisions, swim andwater ski/wakeboard categories, best cos-tume award. Heated changing tents. 345-9474; idaho.wish.org

SATURDAY, JAN. 11

Handy Hands Reflections 5th annual CraftyCrop — 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Maple GroveGrange, 11692 W. Presidential Drive,$30/table, $20/half table. Dinner, bingo, silentauction, craft sale, scrap supply sale and doorprizes. Bring craft of choice. 602-2371 or 371-4278; handyhandsreflections.org

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SATURDAY, JAN. 25

Friends In Action Family Caregiver Confer-ence: A Family Affair — 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.,BSU Student Union, $20, includes confer-ence sessions, expo, lunch and parking. 333-1363; fiaboise.org

St. Paul’s Catholic School and Parish Gala —5 p.m., Nampa Civic Center, $55/person,dinner, live and auction. 467-3601; stpaulsidaho.org

THURSDAY, JAN. 30

McCall-Donnelly Education Foundation 6thannual Chocolate & Spirits Tasting — 5 p.m.,Pavilion at Shore Lodge, McCall, $20, $25/atdoor. 208-634-6333; mdef.org

SATURDAY, FEB. 1

Catholic Charities of Idaho 7th annualLoaves & Fishes Gala & Roast — 6 p.m.,Stueckle Sky Center, $125, $1,000/table of 8;appreciative roast of former BSU footballcoach Dan Hawkins. 350-7481; ccidaho.org

FRIDAY, FEB. 7

21st annual Learning Lab Lunch for Literacy— 11:00 a.m., Boise Centre, $50,$500/table, corporate sponsorships avail-able; lunch, silent auction featuring auto-graphed books, collectible editions andbook-themed baskets; Learning Lab studentpresentation and guest author. 344-1335;learninglabinc.org

Discovery Center of Idaho Science WithStyle Gala — 6:30 p.m., Riverside Hotel,$75, $1,000/tables of 10; food, music, silentand live auction, and a 25th birthday celebra-tion of the past and future in style. Formerlythe Chocolate & Diamonds Gala, this eventsupports the Discovery Center mission toinspire a lifelong interest and learning in sci-ence, technology, engineering and math.287-4231; scidaho.org

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

Saint Alphonsus Foundation 9th annualInside Ride — 9 a.m-4 p.m., Boise TowneSquare. Sign up for a time. $35 per ride or$120 for a team of four, prizes. Blood pres-sue and bone density screenings will beavailable. 367-8991; saintalphonsus.org

Opera Idaho Mardi Gras — A Black & WhiteAffaire — 6 p.m. The Arid Club, $150/din-ner, $50/dessert only; dinner, dancing, liveand silent auctions, costume contest andprizes; costume or formal attire, just makesure you’re wearing either black or white.345-3531 ext. 2; operaidaho.org

The Magic of St. Joe’s — 49th annual CrabFeed & Auction — Dinner, dance and auc-tion, school’s primary fundraiser of the year. 342-4909; stjoes.com

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, FEB. 8-9

Junior Achievement of Idaho Bowl-A-Thon— 3:30 and 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday,Feb. 8-9, 20th Century Lanes; teams of fiveraise a minimum of $500 ($100 per player).For every $150 raised, participants are

entered into a drawing for a trip to Mexico;top overall fundraiser wins a trip to PalmSprings. This year’s theme is “Heroes,” socome dressed as your favorite superhero forthe costume contest. 350-5065; jaidaho.org

SATURDAY, FEB. 22

American Heart Association Boise Heart Ball— 5 p.m., Boise Centre, $150, formal dinner,dancing, live/silent auction. 384-5066; boiseheartball.org

SATURDAY & SUNDAY, FEB. 22-23

Idaho Artistry in Wood Show — Boise Hoteland Conference Center, 3300 Vista Ave, $4admission, $3 per entry, $5 entry on regis-tration day, free age 16 and under. Registra-tion day is Friday, Feb. 21, 1-6 p.m.). Annualbanquet Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ($22); auc-tion, raffles, competitions. 387-0492; idahoartistryinwood.org

SUNDAY, FEB. 23

Friends of the Museum 6th annual “What’sIt Worth?” — 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $5/person,$10/per item; artifact experts on hand forappraisals on a wide range of artifacts. Morethan 230 people attended last year. Theevent benefits the Idaho State HistoricalSociety Museum Expansion and RenovationProject set to begin next June. 334-2120;history.idaho.gov/museum-events

TUESDAY, FEB. 25

Big Brothers Big Sisters of SW Idaho BowlFor Kids Sake — 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Big Al’s,Meridian, teams raise money to fund men-

toring matches. This is BBBS’s largest fund-raiser of the year. 377-2552; bbbsidaho.org

ONGOING

Garden City Library “Leave Your Legacy”Patio and Children’s Amphitheater Fund-raiser — Make a donation for a new, pro-jected $150,000 patio and amphitheater atthe Garden City Library. Items start at $75(brick) up to $36,000 (amphitheater). Otherneeds include trees, benches, tables, bikeracks and more. Amphitheater will seatmore than 90 people, and the patio includesstudy tables, free Wi-Fi and more. 472-2942;gardencitylibrarypatio.afrogs.org

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Dusty Parnell is a freelance print, radioand video journalist who has worked in theTreasure Valley for more than 20 years.

Submit your eventsfor the next issue Nonprofit leaders: The next issue of Treasurecomes out Feb. 22, so please send us yourfundraising events happening through May31, 2014, by Wednesday, Jan. 22. Email infor-mation (text only; no attachments) to [email protected]. If you alsowant your event in the Statesman calendars,enter it online at Events.IdahoStatesman.com.

Supersize your New Year’s EveWatching all the action on New Year’s Eveon television at New York’s Times Squareis pretty ho-hum when it’s only 10 p.m. outhere in Idaho.

That’s why you may want to considerbundling up and heading to DowntownBoise to party down to live music, streetperformers and food vendors at The NewYear’s Eve Idaho Potato Drop.

Yes, there’s going to be a huge “potato”dropping 265 feet from the top of the U.S.Bank building. Yes, there will be lots ofwhooping, hollering, kissing and hugging.But best of all, there will be hours of enter-tainment leading up to that moment.

You will find two music stages. The mainstage will be on the Grove Plaza, and theother stage will be a block north on MainStreet between 8th and 9th streets.

Each stage will feature three warm-up actsbefore the headliners take the stage at 11 p.m. Already scheduled are Matt Hop-per and the Roman Candles, New Transitand Steve Fulton. (Fulton is the productionmanager and music supervisor of theevent. He has been a Boise musical main-stay for years, going back to the well-

known days of the House of Hoi Polloi andhas a long list of producing and mentoringaccolades.) This event is still in the plan-ning stages as Treasure goes to press; visit idahonewyearscommission.com to get more details.

Here’s the schedule:

6:30 P.M. Several blocks will close to traf-fic — basically Main Street between 9thStreet and Capitol Boulevard. Idaho Streetfor those two blocks will be open only forcabs and parking garages.

8 P.M. The celebration begins with thelighting and raising of the New Year’s EvePotato.

8:15 P.M. Opening ceremony and the dis-tribution of 2014 hats and noisemakers.

8:20 P.M. Opening acts hit their openingchords on each stage.

9 P.M. The second acts take the stage.

10 P.M. The third acts take the stage.

11 P.M. Time for the headline acts.

11:59 P.M. Count backward.

MIDNIGHT: Time to sing “Auld LangSyne.”


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This photo appears in the “150 BoiseIcons” book, which features Anna Webb’slook at the icons that make Boise unique.

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