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Fruitland womanbleeds blue

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Handy tools to getfall yardwork done

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The Davises:Family designs their dream home

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Western Treasure Valley

The Western Treasure Valley offers family-friendly fun this fall,

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ContributorsMax A. ChavezDorin DanielsApril EhrlichJessica ElseLarry Meyer

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Story by Jessica Else | Photos by Max A. Chavez

hen fresh-pressed apple cider touches the tongue, the drinker is transported to the orchard where the apples grew. The sweet, crisp taste brings with it the nostalgia of autumn and a powerhouse combination of vitamin C and antioxidants.

While most create their cider

press, a bit of creativity can bring the process to the kitchen.

apples. “We always like to do a mix

of varieties with tart apples and sweet apples,” said Ron Kelley, owner of Kelley Orchards on Hill Road between Weiser and Payette. “It makes a bit more

Kelley said the apple season starts in mid-September and runs through the end of October, with Fuji apples being one of the last varieties to fall from the tree.

of the fruit stands throughout the valley, but Kelley Orchards is one of only a few that allows people to pick their own.

“We’re open now for picking, and we’ll be harvesting through Halloween,” Kelley said.

After picking, the next step in the pressing process is to shred or mash the apples.

“You could put it through a shredder, like a cheese grater or

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of falla salad shooter or something like that,” Kelley said. “The object is to make it into small pieces.”

Put all of those small pieces into a piece of loosely woven cloth. Kelley Orchards uses muslin for making its cider, but cheesecloth works as well.

“Line a colander with that and press it down with something,” Kelley said. “Collect the juice in a pot or a bucket.”

There are several tools that could be utilized for a press. A potato masher could work, or a

the colander and squish the juice out of the apple mash.

“The press grinds a bushel of apples into a barrel, and then

that screws down on it,” Kelley said. “But if you’re doing it in the kitchen, it’ll be hand-pressed.”

Once the juice is extracted from the apple mash, it is ready to drink fresh, or it can be frozen for later.

Another option is to pasteurize the juice, which means heating it to 160 degrees. That destroys the juice’s enzymes and prevents fermentation.

“If you cook it, it won’t have anything left to ferment,” Kelley said. “It goes into quart jars nicely, but that fresh cider is really good by itself. We don’t pasteurize our cider.” | WTVM |

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Fertilize: When cleanup is done, it’s the best time to put some fall fertilizer on the lawn. It’s also a good time to mulch your garden to get it ready for spring planting.

Motorized lawn care: Sometimes motors just make things easier. To help with high tree limbs, use a pole saw. If you’re tired of raking, get a leaf blower (which, incidentally, is also a great way to blow snow off your car in the winter). For trimming the hedge, if your hands are too tired to use a lopper, hedge trimmers are a great way to go.

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WESTERN

TREASURE

VALLEY

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Celebrate

the seasonwith family-friendly fun

Get the taste of

fall in your kitchen

Fruitland woman

bleeds blue

Get the taste of

Hand-pressed

apple cider

Boise State

buff Handy tools to get

fall yardwork done

Autumn

chores

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Nothing says autumn like cool, crisp air paired with trees

blazing in warm, sunset-colored hues of yellow, orange and red. It seems just as soon as those leaves start showing their brilliant spectacle, the trees shake them loose from their summer home and onto the lawn below. Now is the perfect time to start thinking about yard cleanup. Of course, that includes the obvious raking of leaves, but beyond that, it’s the best time of year to do all the trimming. That includes hedges, small

branches and even high tree limbs. And once it’s all cleaned up, autumn is the perfect time of year to fertilize your lawn. There are an assortment of tools out there to help get the job done. What you use will depend on your personal preference, how much work you want to put in and, sometimes, your available space to store the tools. Either way, we encourage you to look around and appreciate the season while you’re out doing the necessary chores to get ready for the coming winter. | WTVM |

Rake ’em in: There are a number of rakes available, depending on your preference. For leaves, it’s best to get a lightweight head made of polyvinyl or lightweight steel, as heavier rakes will tear up the lawn.

Scoop ’em up: Leaf scoops are handy for picking up those piles. They come in sets of two with handles you can slip your hands into, so it’s like turning your hands into two big scooping rakes.

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Story by Larry MeyerPhotos by Leslie Thompson

atrick Hasbrouck keeps his soups fairly simple.

At most, he combines a few fresh ingredients with a little garlic and a soup base — be it ham, beef or chicken — to provide the seasoning.

“An easy way to screw up a soup is to put too much seasoning in it,” said Hasbrouck, who worked at several different restaurants before landing a job as chef at DJ’s Restaurant in Ontario.

He learned the basics in Newport, where the chef at the Shilo Inn taught him to make soup. Now, Hasbrouck said, he has become the instructor, and he’s teaching everyone at DJ’s how to make soup.

Hasbrouck thinks he started cooking in a restaurant at a younger age than he possibly should have been allowed. He was 16 and washing dishes at a restaurant in Pendleton when the cook quit.

“The chef said, ‘You are the cook now,’” Hasbrouck said.

About a year later, he went into culinary arts training with the Job Corps, where he spent a year. After serving in the Army for six years,

Inn at Newport, where he was the sous chef, he said, and then at a variety of other restaurants, including some management positions.

environmental regulations sank that business. That’s when he headed inland, for Ontario, to be near Baker City where he was born and where he still has family.

He worked at The Plaza Inn for six months before going back to Newport on personal

DJ’s had just opened under new management.Hasbrouck applied for and won the job and has

been the chef there for a year now.

P A person experienced in the restaurant business can go anywhere and get a job, he said.

“I never really want to run a restaurant again,” he said, but added that Ron and Carolyn Long, owners of DJ’s, are good work for.

He still crafts soups by hand, which is becoming rare at restaurants these days, he said.

“Everything is bought now,” Hasbrouck said. “Everything comes in a box.”

His favorite soup is cabbage and corned beef, he said, and the favorite among restaurant patrons is clam chowder. We asked him to share his bacon potato soup recipe, a perfect supper on a fall night.

Hasbrouck’s recipe for bacon potato soup can be made for a larger group or be made ahead of time and preserved in small portions to be eaten as desired later on.

• ½ pound of bacon, cooked and chopped

• 8 potatoes, diced• 3 celery stalks, diced• 2 carrots, shredded• 1 onion, diced• 1 ½ gallons water• 1 tablespoon garlic, granulated

• 1 cup vegetable oil• 4 cups nondairy creamer• 4 ounces ham base Combine the bacon, the vegetables and

water in a pot and bring to a boil.

nondairy creamer and ham base. Simmer until cooked to taste.

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Straight from the cow and onto the horse, Monty Culbertson sees his reins

and hackamores grow from start to

It all starts when a cow dies, he

tell him of a cow lost to old age,

off the cow’s back and cuts it into

The trick is ensuring the skin doesn’t get too wet or too dry,

the squeamish, but Culbertson is

Culbertson takes the cow’s raw

of the old-school rawhide braiders would grease the skin with the cow’s body or udder fat, he said, but that could lead to a bad smell

attract mice, dogs or other wild

Instead, he uses designated

Culbertson’s interest in braiding stems from long ago, when he was

“I was always messing around,

So he learned to make it on his

some time, he made friends with

would teach him the tools of the

Culbertson found that his friend was a little too quick in his

‘See? There it is,’” Culbertson

you do that?’”Culbertson would offer Collins

lacing he had around, and ask him

would then take home the button

I decided to redo it, I’d go from the

Then, one year for Christmas, he got a book by Bruce Grant,

“I still got it and still refer to it quite

the winter, when nights are long

Self-taught braiderMonty Culbertson practices patience in crafting rawhide reins

when he was younger and couldn’t afford to buy cow and horse tails, hackamores, romels and

Culbertson demonstrates how he can use the

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handy a few winters ago when he underwent surgery for kidney and prostate cancer.

The doctors discovered the cancer after he had been kicked by a horse. They took a look at Culbertson’s broken ribs and decided to check into some other things, then found a tumor on his kidney. They found more cancer later. He had two surgeries and was bedridden for six weeks after each one.

He kept himself busy by braiding.“I got all this stuff made and I

thought, what am I going to do with all this? No one is going to want to buy all this,” he said. “Then next thing I know, it’s all gone.”

With a few decades of experience under his belt, Culbertson’s braiding skills are pretty advanced, but he likes to keep things simple. Someone might make a custom request, like a set of reins with a lot more buttons than usual.

Culbertson will take the order, but not without his two cents.

“I’ll say, ‘You don’t want too many buttons on there. It’ll be too heavy,’” he said. “So they’re kind of custom, but I kind of build what I want.”

Culbertson prefers his work be considered tools rather than art. Sometimes people will buy a set of reins or hackamores from him and say they will never use them. They will hang them on the wall instead, like a work of art.

“I want you to use it,” he said. “That’s what I made it for.”

For those looking to pick up the trade, Culbertson suggests practicing patience.

to be very, very patient,” he said. “I’ve taken more stuff apart than you could shake a stick at. And it kind of teaches you patience. You have to be pretty focused most the time.”

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Culbertson pulled this two-color button he

what he calls his failure bucket. The materi-als used to make the button were not from Culbertson’s own rawhide, but from strips

he had purchased from Tandy Leather.

rawhide in a bucket with a wet sponge overnight before braiding them. The strips have to be slightly moist and pliable when

they are being braided.

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of Kentucky College of Medicine, then to Nebraska so he could complete his residency. They then hopped over to Las Vegas so he could serve in the U.S. Air Force as an orthopedic surgeon.

began working as an orthopedic surgeon at

Thus they began their search for the perfect plot to build their home.

They found this was not such an easy task. “There is not a lot of building land available,”

Tamara said. “What was available was either too small for a house or too big for us to know what to do with.”

Then they found an apple orchard just outside Fruitland. The 3-acre plot overlooked grassy hillsides and open blue skies.

“He stood in the middle of that orchard and

contractor based out of Fruitland, to build their home. He brought on a team of subcontractors

Story by April Ehrlich | Photos by Max A. Chavez

Davis family designs dream home outside Fruitland

designing their home for decades.

The two celebrated their 23rd anniversary in August, and they have been building scrapbooks of magazine cutouts and layout plans for their dream home almost the entire time. That dream came to fruition in February 2012 when, after months of work and design, they were able to move into their custom-built home outside Fruitland.

The house was designed to accommodate

sons of their own.

Tamara said. They always knew they were going to design

their own home, but they had to wait for the right time. The two Boise natives in the late

medical school at Brigham Young University.

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Pictured, from left, are Noah Davis, Ethan Davis, Tamara Davis, Miles Davis, Rick Davis, Jacob Davis and Quinn Davis.

who were not just builders — they were artists and craftsmen, Tamara noted. This made designing the house much easier.

Choosing the design and color schemes was a joint effort overall, though the couple tended to divvy up the rooms. Tamara chose the black-and-white whimsical tile and sage green cupboards for the laundry room, which looks like it hopped out of a 1950s French storybook. Rick chose the layout to replicate his own childhood family basement.

In the end, they usually agreed with each other’s decisions.

“It was a lot easier than I expected,” Tamara said. “Our tastes are similar enough that it was

A horseshoe driveway leads to the two-story vaulted front porch. Tamara chose the large glass doors framed with wood. As guests

home. There is the living room directly behind the front doors, and a dining room a few steps down the hall to the right.

The entryway opens into the two-story formal living room, which was designed around a rug Rick brought home from his deployment in Afghanistan and a grand piano. The rug is thick and adorned in intricate, though subtle, textile patterns. It stands out

colored walls that are framed in a decorative white molding.

Guests who turn right from the entryway will see the formal dining room, which is just large enough for an elegant table at its center, all

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clean and tidy, sort of like the storefront for guests.

more time in the family room, which is just down the hall from the formal section of the house.

someone can use the kitchen sink to rinse and

while another can use the island and its sink

The dishwasher doors match the eggshell-

cozy and functional.

water fountain in the laundry room. It looks just like any water fountain you would see in

too many dishes.

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shared bathroom. Back downstairs is the basement. Most of

this is Rick’s doing, particularly the stairwell leading down to it. Its walls are decorated with framed photos of family members. This was reminiscent of his own family’s stairway.

The basement is not what most people imagine when they think of the word. It is more like a third living room — it is large, furnished and white-walled. There are couches surrounding a television and entertainment center. Two bedrooms and one bathroom branch off the basement room. Their oldest son, Ethan, designed the bathroom when he was around 18 years old. He chose copper and black tiles and two vessel sinks for a manly, bachelor-esque room.

The basement has its own kitchenette complete with a refrigerator and sink. There is also the furnace room, where all the heaters, furnaces and freezers are stored, and the music room.

In addition to being athletic tennis, soccer and basketball players, the Davis family are

skilled musicians. The room is packed with two drum sets and a keyboard, and there are exercise machines and a TV nearby.

The basement is only half underground, so it has its own outside patio as well. This is where the family brings guests to lounge around a heated table and watch their children play outside.

Tamara and Rick suggest people who plan on designing their own homes think about how they will use it and how they will move in it.

“If you can dream it and work hard enough, you can make it happen,” Rick said.

Tamara and Rick have a big family of extended relatives, so they had two uses in mind: hosting family guests and having a cozy place for their boys to enjoy day-to-day family time. The end result is a balanced composition of elegance and functionality, of cozy family life and decorative arrangement. The Davis home is both a place in which they live as a loving family and an expression of their personalities, interests and artful eye.

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Family-friendly funEnjoy petting zoos, corn mazes andpumpkins galore

Fall is a time of celebrating harvest and such traditions as Halloween. Local businesses are creating some of their own traditions with activities designed to bring families

together and help other people.

Pumpkin Palooza is like an early Halloween party, but with a cause.Andrews Seed Co. will host Pumpkin Palooza from 10 a.m. to

5 p.m. Oct. 17.“We just wanted something to bring to the community,” Laura

LeBoutillier, who heads up the event for Andrews Seed, said about why Pumpkin Palooza got started.The event’s primary goal is to raise awareness and funds

for organizations in the area that work to make people’s lives better. This year’s palooza will help New Hope Kitchen and

Story by Larry Meyer

Photos by Max A. Chavezand Leslie Thompson

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and Harvest House Mission. Previous recipients have been the Food Bank and Project DOVE.Funds are raised through

donations, vendor bees and contest registration fees. Admission to the festival is free,

but people are encouraged to participate in all the activities Pumpkin Palooza has to offer, some of which come with a price tag.The second goal is to provide a

place for families to come together and have a fun, old-fashioned time. Contests are available for young

and old alike. They include the biggest pumpkin and zucchini contest, a pumpkin-baking contest,

Andrews Seed Co.’s Pumpkin Palooza draws crowds with food, games, face painting and more.

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and a pumpkin carving and decorating contest.Entries in the pumpkin carving

and decorating contest must be prepped and complete upon arrival.New this year will be a children’s

costume contest, LeBoutillier said. Costumes will be judged for creativity, originality, effort and authenticity.“We will have more food and

more vendors,” LeBoutillier said.Pumpkin Palooza also offers

a petting zoo, pony rides, face

At left, Pumpkin Palooza includes atractor show. Below, Andrews Seed encourages entries in the event’s biggest pumpkin andzucchini contests.

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painting, a bounce house, games and learning activities.Of interest for all ages will be the

display of antique tractors from the Bruce Corn family, Dave Haidle, Charlie Tucker and the Idaho Antique and Farm Equipment Club.

Two other activities in the Western Treasure Valley in the fall include corn mazes open west of Ontario and south of Fruitland.The one near Ontario is provided

by Ontario Paintball Challenge, situated along the Malheur River.

Hitch a ride on a wagon or a cow train to pick a pumpkin at AC&D Farms.

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Owner Alan Montgomery said this will be his seventh or eighth year having a corn maze.If he has a sponsor, the sponsor’s

name will be turned into a maze. If not, he highlights something

the maze, he said.“Salute to Agriculture” is this

year’s theme, Montgomery said. In addition to that phrase, the maze will include a hand plow and a tractor.The maze covers about 10 acres

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Paintball Challenge’s corn maze. In addition to a 10-acre maze (above), the facility features a zip line (left).

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Oct. 1

Project DOVE’s candlelight vigil, in recognition of Domes-tic Violence Month, starts at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 at Four Rivers Cultural Center, 676 S.W. Fifth Ave. in Ontario.

The event is a gathering to remember those who have died as a result of being a victim and recognize those who are survivors of domestic violence.

For more information, call (541) 889-2000 or visit http://www.project-doveor.org.

Oct. 3

AC&D Farms’ Fall Celebration runs Oct. 3 through Oct. 31 at 6525 U.S. 95, Fruitland.

The farm will host a pumpkin patch, corn maze, petting zoo, cow train and more.

second and third place — takes place Oct. 10For more information, visit http://acdfarms.org or call (208)

407-7533.

Oct. 3

Montgomery Farms Corn Maze takes place Oct. 3 through Nov. 7 at Montgomery Farms, 668 Sugar Ave. in Ontario.

In addition to a 10-acre corn maze, Mont-

That show takes place Nov. 7 this year and will start when it gets dark. The show’s length varies because it’s a pyromusi-cal, but it usually lasts about 15 minutes.

For more information, call (208) 741-7222 or (208) 741-1932.

Oct. 15-17

Four Rivers Community Theatre will present “Shrek the Musical Jr.” at 7 p.m. Oct. 15, 16 and 17, with a matinee at 3 p.m. Oct. 17.

The show, featuring sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders from around the Western Treasure Valley, will take place in the Meyer-McLean Theatre at Four Rivers Cultural Center, 676 S.W. Fifth Ave. in Ontario. For more information, call (541) 889-8191.

Oct. 17

The sixth annual Baby Quilt Show and Children’s Bou-

ery, takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 17 at Four Rivers Cultural Center, 676 S.W. Fifth Ave. in Ontario.

For more information, call (541) 823-2526.

Oct. 17

Andrews Seed Co.’s third annual Pumpkin Palooza takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Ontario green-house and nursery, located at 580 S. Oregon St.

The event will feature fair food, live music, pony rides, antique tractor and quilt shows, a costume contest, face painting, games and more. There will be a biggest pump-kin weigh-off, pumpkin and squash baking contests, and a pumpkin carving and decorating contest.

The event is a fundraiser for New Hope Kitchen.For more information, call Laura LeBoutillier at (541) 889-

9109.

Nov. 7

The Ontario Feral Cat Project’s Nab ‘n’ Neuter Auction takes place Nov. 7 at the Elks Lodge, 20 S.W. Third St. in Ontario.

nity. It also cares for cats that are injured, monitors colonies around Ontario and works closely with area pet stores to host adoption events.

The evening will include live and silent auctions, dancing, live music, a no-host bar and a no-host taco bar.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The auction starts at 7 p.m.Attendees can purchase single or double tickets, or they

can reserve a table of eight. Anyone who donates a large bag of cat food can get in free.

For more information, call Amy Kee at (541) 212-1028.

Nov. 8

Boise Cello Collective performs at the Meyer-McLean The-atre at Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 8, as part of Community Concerts of Treasure Valley’s 2015-16 season.

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Doors open at 7 p.m. Concert goers should use the south parking lot and east doors of the theater.

Advance tickets are available at Four Rivers Gift Shop, Greif’s Music Center and at the door the evening of the performance.

For more information, call Sue at (541) 889-2844 or email [email protected].

Nov. 20-22

The Festival of Trees takes place from Nov. 20 to Nov. 22 at the Clarion Inn, 1249 Tapadera Ave. in Ontario.

The event is the Western

kickoff to the holiday season. Donated themed Christmas trees are on display, and holi-day decorations, crafts and, on its opening morning, a break-fast complete with homemade cinnamon rolls are available.

For more information, call Debbie Blackaby at (541) 889-8693.

Dec. 4

The Ontario Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Santa’s Breakfast takes place at 6:45 a.m. Dec. 4 at the Elks Lodge, 20 S.W. Third St. in Ontario.

The grand marshal and junior grand marshal of the Win-ter Wonderland Parade will be recognized. In addition to a door prize gift exchange, appearances by area businesses and a buffet breakfast, all present will have an opportunity to meet the Jolly Old Elf himself.

For more information, call the Chamber at (541) 889-8012.

Dec. 4-5, 11-12

The Holiday Fair takes place Dec. 4 and 5 and Dec. 11 and 12 at the Malheur County Fairgrounds, 795 N.W. Ninth St. in Ontario.

For more information, contact the fairgrounds at (541) 889-3431.

Dec. 5

The annual Winter Wonderland Parade starts at 1 p.m. Dec. 5 in Ontario.

more in this traditional parade that starts near Albertsons and heads downtown. Participation is free; sign up through the Ontario Area Chamber of Commerce.

For more information, call the Chamber at (541) 889-8012.

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Selena Ashby, of Fruitland, knows all about bleeding blue. She is one of the many die-

hard Boise State Bronco football fans in the Western Treasure Valley.She didn’t become a huge fan until 2013, but as the saying goes, better late than never. “Last year, I ended up working out at Boise State for Spud’s Barbecue, and it was huge. Such a crazy environment,” Ashby said. “Before that, my brother and I went to a game the season before. Unfortunately it was when they lost to [Texas Christian University] at

home. That was crazy. I was just like, ‘Oh, no!’ People were walking out of there like they were walking out of a funeral. “Watching how they have bounced back from there is what really drew me into them.” Undeniably, watching how they have bounced back is a big reason people love the Broncos. Regardless of the obstacle or setback, whether it be a big loss or losing beloved coach Chris Peterson to the University of

a way to get back to where they want to be. “My best memories as a Boise

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fan is just being in the environment and all of the wins. Everyone gets so pumped up when they are there,” Ashby said at the end of the Broncos’ last season. “We’ve been to every single game this year except for one, but we ended up tailgating, and that was a blast. All the stuff they do during tailgating is phenomenal. They are handing out

of you if you’re a Boise fan.” Ashby’s love for the Broncos extends well beyond the stadium. She and her boyfriend, Jason Jungling, have made it clear where their allegiance stands when they are at home. “At our house we have an amazing man cave. The coolest thing is probably our Boise State pool table that is signed by Coach Bryan Harsin,” Ashby said. “On top of

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that, our walls are decked with Boise memorabilia. Magazines, posters and anything else you can think of. It’s amazing.” While in the past football may have been considered a man’s sport, this is far from the case now.

in the area that are just as big of Boise State fans as we are. Everyone loves cheering for the hometown team,” Ashby said. “On top of the new friends and fans I’ve met here in town, I have a lot of friends over in Boise that are huge fans as well. It makes it fun.” Jungling is the president of the Bronco Athletic Association of the Western Treasure Valley. “We have found that there is a ton of support of it here in the area. A lot of people have joined. We get to do a lot of fun things with it,” Ashby said.“We’ve gone to the Legends Bar and Grill in Weiser when they’ve had tailgating parties. We’ve also gone out to the Motor-Vu drive-in theater in Parma to watch games. When it’s dark enough and the weather conditions are right, they show the games up on their big screen. It’s really cool to watch.” If someone is interested in joining

minded fans to watch the games with, they would need to contact Jungling at [email protected]. “A lot of the information can be found on Facebook as well,” Ashby said. “It’s amazing for getting the word out about the events going on in our area for Boise State fans.” The group’s Facebook page is www.facebook.com/BAAWTV.

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Sept. 4 versus WashingtonAlbertsons Stadium, 8:15 p.m., ESPN

Sep. 12 at Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah, 8:15 p.m., ESPN2

Sept. 18 versus Idaho StateAlbertsons Stadium, 7 p.m., CBSSN

Sept. 25 at VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPN

Oct. 3 versus HawaiiAlbertsons Stadium, time TBA, ESPN network

Oct. 10 at Colorado StateFort Collins, Colorado, 5 p.m., CBSSN

Oct. 16 at Utah StateLogan, Utah, 7 p.m., CBSSN

Oct. 24 versus WyomingAlbertsons Stadium, time TBA, ESPN network

Oct. 31 at University of Nevada, Las VegasLas Vegas, time TBA, ESPN network

Nov. 7: open date

Nov. 14 versus New MexicoAlbertsons Stadium, time TBA, ESPN network

Nov. 20 versus Air ForceAlbertsons Stadium, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2

Nov. 27 at San Jose StateSan Jose, California, 1:30 p.m., CBSSN

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The Lewis and Clark expedition is one of the greatest expeditions of all time. The journey spanned more

than two years and saw Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explore the complete unknown. But they were not alone. While many people helped them along the way, none was as important as Sacagawea. Without her, Lewis and Clark might never have made it to the Oregon Coast and back. What some people might not know is that Sacagawea had a son on that expedition. He accompanied her throughout the trip’s entirety. His name was Jean Baptiste

Charbonneau or “Pomp,” as he was nicknamed by Clark. And his grave site lies in Malheur County. Pomp’s grave is located west of Jordan Valley in the now-abandoned town of Danner.

place is an interesting one. To really understand it, we have to go back to the beginning. Charbonneau was born during the expedition in 1805. He traveled with the group from North Dakota to the

Sacagawea’s back. Historians have said that the baby’s presence assured the native tribes that the expedition was peaceful. A few years after the expedition was over, Clark adopted Charbonneau. Clark would go on to pay for his

college education, thus opening some big doors for him. He became a well-respected businessman, spoke many languages and was involved in many different kings’ courts all across Europe. Charbonneau, however, tired of that scene, and decided to go back to St. Louis. Once home in the United States, he became a trapper and a hunter. Charbonneau also joined the military and served in the Mexican-American War. Soon after, he got into gold mining, which ultimately cost him his life. In 1866, Charbonneau crossed the Owyhee River on his way to the Montana gold rush. But that was as far as he would make it. A few short days later, on May 16, 1866, he succumbed

Story by Brandon WaltonPhotos courtesy of Josh Thompson

Above: An assortment of offerings lie on the ground around Jean Baptiste Charbonneau’s gravestone.

Left: This is the front of Charbonneau’s gravestone.

Sacagawea’s son is part of Malheur County’s history

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to pneumonia and died. Today, multiple monuments surround his grave site. But there was some debate about whether Charbonneau is really buried there. After extensive research by a variety of different people, it was determined that the site near Jordan Valley was indeed authentic. As a result, it has become a popular tourist attraction. The grave site has three historical

the Malheur County Daughters of the American Revolution, who donated the marker in 1971. Two years later, the Oregon Historical Society installed a marker of its own. Nearly three decades later, in

dedicated by the Lemhi Shoshone tribe.

near Jordan Valley or any of the surrounding towns, make sure you stop by and see the grave site. It may be a little bit of a drive to get there, but in the end, it is well worth it.

Dr. Dorin Daniels contributed to this story.

A sign near the gravestone has a brief story about the son of Sacagawea, who was the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He died in Oregon May 16, 1866, on his way to Montana.

A memorial plaque for Jean Baptiste “Pomp” Charbonneau sits near his gravestone. It was dedicated June 24, 2000, by the Citizens of Salmon River Country, Idaho, and East Central Idaho Planning and Development Association.

A closer look at some of the offerings left on top of Charbonneau’s gravestone re-veal many coins and a marble.

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Matt and Lindy Whitaker and their son, Allen

Virginia Shane and Elizabeth McMahon

Annalisa Schiffhauer, Silas Schiffhauer, Sarah Sherman, Angelina Schiffhauer and, in the wagon, Aliyah Schiffhauer

Madison Hoyt and her award-winning breeding ewe, Barbie

Carly Eden, Carlee Morton and Burgandee Porter

Morgan Hager, Kylee Jager, Kade Hauter and Peter McBride

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KIWANIS CHICKENBAR-B-QUE | Aug. 20

Dick and Juanita Finger

Maya, Sarah, Brock, Brady and Ian Skeen

Daphne Thornfeldt, Bittne Holom, Tymber Holom and Bob Lanterman

PAYETTE COUNTY FAIR | Aug. 5-8

Lexi Clow, Jordan Clow and Barbara Clow

Sydney Branstetter and Emma Winkle

Jean and Dale Dellinger

Wyatt Sweet and Chris Willet

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Kinsey’s landlord, Henry, loved doing cryptograms — but the names it yielded didn’t make sense. How could a woman long dead be of any interest to anyone today? And how did Pete end up with a few old pictures and a Bible from a lifetime ago? Better question: Why did someone else want them enough to threaten Kinsey on her own turf?

starting this series from here (and that’s OK, by the way) — don’t generally need a paragraph on the ingredients in bread or on making coffee.

latest installment from Grafton are classic Millhone, but the padding becomes a distraction after awhile. I’m sure I’m not alone in thinking that those pages could have been more mystery and less mud to slog through. Then again, you’ve read Grafton’s other 24 books (A through W and short stories). Can you stand to miss this one, the third from the presumably last? No, really, you know you can’t. This is the book mystery fans have been

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The months spent with your ex are better forgotten.You don’t even like to think about them, in fact, and you rarely discuss them. That’s all in the past now, and

best that it stay that way. Or is it? What if lessons learned from your ex back then can save the life of someone today?

for the latter, but the former was trickier — made more so

years ago. Private investigator Kinsey Millhone had once worked

As she waded through moldering boxes in search of old receipts, Kinsey remembered that Pete had been secretive,

odd code. Pete had obviously been working on a case that he wanted kept quiet; that intrigued Kinsey, who hated

What else could she do but complete his case — especially since she’d been stiffed by a client who’d lied to her from the start? The woman said her name was Hallie Bettancourt and that she was looking for someone she’d put up for adoption years before. Bettancourt had paid in cash,

hadn’t been a big job, but Kinsey wanted her money. The code Pete had fashioned was easily broken —

“X” by Sue Grafton. © 2015, Putnam. $28.95, 403 pages.

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She and her husband, John, settled in the Willowcreek area, north of Vale, with about 20 to 30 children — the four-legged kind, including their Nubian goat herd, a couple of cats and two dogs, an older border collie named Zip and a working Australian shepherd named Breeze. Dailey’s father living in Vale had something to do with her ending up in this area, but so did her love for the landscape. “I like the desert,” she said, “except I don’t like droughts.”

Dailey’s biggest concern was moving onto an unknown place whose history she didn’t know. She had to ensure there were no chokecherries, as the leaves are poisonous when they wilt. Dailey also had to ensure that there

the water. After more than four years there, though, she’s realized her plot of country land is the perfect setting to raise her goats. She depends on water to grow her alfalfa grass mix for her goat herd, which is typically made up of 20 to 30 of the small ruminants. This year, she said, they were fortunate enough to get three cuts of hay.

August,” Dailey said. But that’s OK, because Dailey has

her hands full. The life span of one of her goats ranges from 6 to 10 years. Dailey’s purebred Nubian herd is a dual-purpose breed, she said, and the animals are used for breeding stock and meat. But the Daileys also milk the goats and can get between 4 and 5 gallons a day. Made up of mostly does and a few bucks, the goats are high in butterfat.

grade A dairy, she said, so they can’t sell the milk, but they use it in their own kitchen. They drink it, bake with it and turn it into cheese, with which she makes her favorite goat milk recipe: cheese tartlets. It’s not just the Daileys who consume the goat milk; their animals get some, too. Dailey attributes her dogs’ life spans, healthy fur and active lifestyles to the goat milk that is added to their daily diets. What remains after they’ve had their

has found local markets to sell it in. She takes those soaps and anything else she’s made on the farm, such as gooseberry and Concord grape jams, and sells them at Vale and Ontario farmers markets. The soap making, which she’s done for about 10 years, is a much more demanding process than many people realize, Dailey said.

She starts by making a large bar. Once that sets, she re-grates and hand mills the soap. Then more goat milk is added along with fragrance from essential oils and colorants. The brown hues come from bean cocoa, and the green hues come from stevia leaves. The soap takes about two weeks to

it gets “good and hard,” she said. As for why she started making soap, “I had an excess of milk, and I like tinkering,” she said. Dailey’s country home offers plenty of wide-open views as a backdrop for getting all her work done. While she was busy with eight new kids in June, she tries to keep the kidding season spread out from December to July so they’re not all milking at once. All her kids are bottle babies, she said. She prefers to hand raise them until they are about 3 months old. Dailey’s love for goats was born as a child. Not only did she participate in 4-H with dairy goats, she said, her family always liked goats, too. “They’re nice and mellow,” she said. | WTVM |

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Barbi Dailey, owner of Soaps on the Trail, was born and raised

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