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Why or why not? By Sean Ellis sellis@journalnet.com POCATELLO — City Council members have agreed to lend a helping hand to Bannock Baseball, but they were very careful to point out Pocatello isn’t offering a bailout or taking over operation of the league. “It’s not a takeover of Bannock Baseball,” Councilman Craig Cooper said Thursday before the council unanimously voted to cooperatively run the program. “It is a cooperative effort and it will be reviewed at the end of the year.” The city reached a memorandum of understanding with the privately run league to help with administrative and other duties until the program, which has struggled to find enough volunteers, can get back on its feet. The council seemed eager to help the league, which provides a competitive baseball environment for about 400 kids ages 6-14. “I like to see this kind of cooperation that... The Bannock County Complete Count Committee is hosting a stop for the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The Road Tour vehicle will be in Pocatello from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the southeast corner of the Quadrangle on the Idaho State University campus. The 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour is designed to educate the public about the 2010 Census, inspire interest in the process and encourage participation in the 2010 Census. Attendees will receive information about the Census and have the opportunity to see a sample Census form like the one that will arrive at more than 130 million addresses across the nation this month. In addition to the interactive Census displays, activities scheduled include a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:15 p.m. with the Pocatello Chiefs and a live remote with music from KMGI 102.5. There will also be giveaways, free hot dogs and free Coca-Cola products. Benny the Bengal may also make a special appearance. Local sponsors for the... WHEN & WHERE: March 16, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Idaho State University Pond Student Union, Bengal Theater HOW: Free and open to the public. WHO: - Following the film our speaker will engage the audience in Q&A and a “talk back” session. It’s under our feet and under our fingernails, but what is it? And how did it get there? Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s acclaimed book "Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth," find out how industrial farming, mining and urban development have led us toward cataclysmic droughts, starvation, floods and climate change. Dirt is a part of everything we eat, drink and breathe. Which is why we should stop treating it like, well … dirt. Presented by Idaho State University, Idaho Public Television, and the Independent Television Service Lynn Allen Idaho Regional Outreach Coordinator Community Cinema 1908 Norcrest Drive Boise ID 83705 208-345-4453 A free monthly screening series, Community Cinema features... Submitted by the Idaho Falls Arts Council IDAHO FALLS — Building upon the success of the downtown Idaho Falls art bench project, a new committee is seeking artists and craftspeople who wish to construct “Art You Can Sit On” which will be located on the Snake River Greenbelt. The 20 new sculptural seats or artistic benches will welcome visitors to walk the Idaho Falls Snake River Greenbelt and discover a beautiful resting place where art interfaces with nature. The project is a collaboration between the Historic Downtown Foundation of Idaho Falls, the Idaho Falls Arts Council, the City Parks and Recreation Department and the City Beautification Commission. In consultation with the City Parks and Recreation Department, organizers selected locations between Broadway and the LDS Temple on the east side of the river and between Broadway and John’s Hole Bridge on the west side. Artists and the media are encouraged to view online... 
ISU Institute of Rural Health’s Ann Kirkwood Named to Serve On National Substance Abuse/Mental Health Steering Committee POCATELLLO – Ann Kirkwood, senior research associate for Idaho State University’s Institute of Rural Health, has been named to serve on the Steering Committee for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Resource Center to Promote Acceptance, Dignity and Social Inclusion Associated with Mental Health (ADS). SAMHSA formed the ADS Center in 2003 to promote acceptance and social inclusion by ensuring that people with mental health problems can live full, productive lives within communities without fear of prejudice and discrimination. The eight-member ADS Center national steering committee includes leaders from various perspectives in the mental health field. The steering committee works to guide the ADS Center focus, activities and programs. Kirkwood initiated new children’s mental health programs in Idaho in 1997 and has won a Peabody... 
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What happens when you get a Master’s degree in Oceanography? You become a national children’s entertainer, of course! After working and teaching (and playing lots of music) on a marine research vessel, Shana Smith decided to take a leap of faith and formalize her creative talents in singing and songwriting. Shana discovered and developed her incredible joy of writing songs for children first as a touring folk musician when children were in the audience, and then on the grounds of her mother’s preschool. Over the years, she became nationally known as “Shana Banana” and earned a reputation as one of today’s top children’s entertainers, with a voice that still delves into blues, jazz, and folk as well.
Performing at major festivals and performing arts centers across the United States, Shana Banana has earned many prestigious... 
By John O’Connell joconnell@journalnet.com POCATELLO — A local elementary school run by Franciscan sisters that has offered a unique, acting-based curriculum for the past 34 years will close its doors for kindergarten through the sixth grade at the end of this academic year. Officials with the Cre-Act School, short for Creative Acting, made the announcement to faculty members Thursday afternoon and to Cre-Act families Thursday night. The sisters plan to continue their preschool program at a new location, ensuring education in the Cre-Act style won’t disappear from the community. “The Cre-Act School has had a strong and vigorous life as an institution. It’s not something that the Franciscan Sisters have decided lightly to close,” Sister Francine Cardew, director of education for the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist in Portland, Ore., said while in Pocatello Thursday. The Cre-Act School, started... 
By Sean Ellis sellis@journalnet.com POCATELLO — It’s back to the drawing board on the city’s vicious dog ordinance. After listening to a dizzying array of suggestions over a two-hour period, the City Council decided to extend a public hearing on proposed changes to the ordinance to May. In the meantime, City Council members Ron Frasure and Eva Nye will meet with the two sides that are bitterly divided on the issue and try to mediate a solution acceptable to both sides. Thursday’s public hearing, the culmination of months of wrangling on whether the ordinance that governs vicious animals should be changed, was filled with emotion, a good dose of humor, an apology and a little contention. Members of Voices for Animals, a group formed to effect major changes to the ordinance, asked the council to suspend the current ordinance and meet with them to discuss formulating a completely new one.... 
By Jenny Hopkins jhopkins@journalnet.com POCATELLO — Country singer James Otto will be performing at Idaho State University next week. Otto is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12 in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Art Center. Tickets are $15 for guests, $10 for faculty and staff, and $5 for ISU students with I.D. Tickets can be purchased by calling 282-3595, visiting the Stephens Center box office, at Vicker’s Western Stores in Pocatello and Idaho Falls, or online at www.isu.edu/tickets James OttoCountry music sensation James Otto is back with his new single “Since You Brought It Up,” from his forthcoming new album due from Warner Bros. Records Nashville this fall. The track was co-written by Otto with Rivers Rutherford and Dave Berg, and co-produced by Otto and Grammy Award-winning record producer and session guitarist Paul Worley (Big & Rich, Dixie Chicks). “It is just a pleasure to... 
POCATELLO – Idaho State University Interim Dean of the Kasiska College of Health Professions Stephen Feit has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by the Idaho Counseling Association for 2010. Feit is also a professor of counseling and former chair of the ISU counseling department. Feit graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a degree in sociology. Feit proceeded to earn his master’s and doctoral degrees in counseling from West Virginia University. The ICA Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals who have long and distinguished service to the counseling profession and exemplary care for people. Nominees should maintain the highest standards of personal conduct and recognize that their personal conduct is held up to public scrutiny. Nominees must have demonstrated consistent and reliable contributions... 
By Jenny Hopkins jhopkins@journalnet.com POCATELLO — The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, March 13 in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall of the Stephens Performing Art Center at Idaho State University. Their second recording for Telarc International, “LAGQ’s Guitar Heroes,” won a Grammy in 2005. They have been performing for more than 25 years, and they have established themselves as the masters of the classics, as well as the creators of the unique syntheses of world-music and contemporary styles that have made the “LAGQ-sound” a favorite around the world. Members John Dearman, Matt Greif, William Kanengiser and Scott Tennant each have extensive musical backgrounds. Dearman is the Director of Guitar Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Greif is trained in many guitar styles inclduing classical, jazz, rock and bluegrass. Kanengiser is one of the few guitarists... 
Submitted story Ryan Pelton, widely regarded as one of the world’s best Elvis tribute artists, will perform in Blackfoot March 10 and in Idaho Falls March 11. Pelton has been entertaining audiences all over the United States and on four continents, performing with the Las Vegas Production Show “Legends in Concert.” He also starred in movies including “Hound Dog” with Dakota Fanning, and appeaed in commercials as Elvis. He is the only tribute artist to have been booked to perform at at Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis, Tennessee. Ryan’s chronological tribute to the King of Rock-n-Roll starts out with songs from the mid 1950’s such as “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” From there, the show moves on to the Movie Career of Elvis. Ryan performs many of the recognizable hits from this era including “Teddy Bear,” “Blue Hawaii” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love". The second half of the... BOISE, Idaho — After long and emotional debate, Senators on Friday voted 21-13 to allow pharmacists, nurses and other health-care workers to opt out of providing assistance for abortions, stem-cell therapy, emergency contraception or end-of-life care, if they tell their employers first the procedures violate their conscience. The measure now goes to the House, where a similar bill aimed at giving pharmacists conscience protections passed 48-21 last year before stalling in the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. This year’s measure, written by anti-abortion activists, bypassed that committee and went to the Senate State Affairs panel where it passed on a 6-3 vote. Backers including Sen. Chuck Winder, R-Boise, said this wasn’t a “right-wing scheme” brought by a “bunch of religious fanatics,” rather a heartfelt effort to provide all health care workers with protections against having to do something against their moral or ethical... 
Old Town Pocatello First Friday Art Walk March 5, 2010 Plan to spend Friday night in Historic Old Town! Galleries and local businesses will have new artwork on display. Participating downtown businesses and restaurants open extended hours and parking is free! Mind Your Body 234 S. Main will show original photography and handcrafted earrings by Amberlee and James Rich. Carolyn Zweigart will present Scentsy, a wickless fragrance system. Mini massages, Yoga and Pilates demonstrations. ERA The Brokerage 158 S. Main will feature the creative “Washer Wear” jewelry designs by artist Karen Miller. Vinyl Perk 155 S. Main will host the First Annual Employee Art Show featuring original works from baristas Morgan Stinson, Rachael Warnock, Brandon Skoumal and the owner’s children. Also showcased will be work by Pocatello High School pottery students of teacher Robin Gray. New Dawn Gallery 357 W. Center will show The Walt Osborn Collection: 40 years of fine art including original paintings,... “Old Town Pocatello” and “City’s Budget Process” to be Discussed Mayor Brian Blad invites citizens to join him tomorrow, March 2, 2010 for “Calling City Hall,” the Mayor’s monthly call-in program. The show will begin at 6:30 p.m. and is aired live on Government Access Television, Channel 11. Mayor Blad’s guests this month will be Jay Reeves, Chairman of the Old Town Merchants Committee; Dave Swindell, Chief Financial Officer, City of Pocatello; and City Council President Eva Nye. The program will start with Jay Reeves from the Old Town Merchants. This group of local business owners meets monthly to discuss common interests and to find ways to work together to invigorate the downtown area. During the second half of the program, Chief Financial Officer Dave Swindell will join the Mayor to discuss the City’s upcoming budget process, which begins this week with Service Level briefings. He will also give viewers an overview of how the budget process... Storytimes For The Week of March 1, 2010, to March 5, 2010, Are Cancelled Storytimes are cancelled at Pocatello's Marshall Public Library, 113 S. Garfield Avenue, for the week of March 1, 2010, to March 5, 2010. The Storytime Lady had a change in her schedule and will not be available. Library staff apologizes for any inconvenience to its patrons. Storytimes will resume the week of March 8, 2010. Please contact Kathryn Poulter at 232-1263 ext. 22 if you have any questions. 
Pocatello – Idaho State University anthropology Research Professor Herbert Maschner has co-edited the book “The Northern World, AD 900-1400,” released in December 2009. Maschner is also director of the ISU Center for Archeology, Materials and Applied Spectroscopy. “The Northern World, AD 900-1400” examines rapid and catastrophic climate changes and social networks in the region of the Arctic from the Bering Straits to Greenland from A.D. 900 and 1400. Maschner and his colleagues acknowledge scientists see the region of the Arctic as a critical modern laboratory for investigating the long-term impact of global warming. The cultures and lives of indigenous people during this time span are examined to understand historical and modern climate and social impacts. The book details the medieval period as a time of dynamic and variable change in Arctic... POCATELLO – Idaho State University students will be gathering at 1 p.m. March 12 in the Pond Student Union to produce a “lip dub” of the Beatles song “Revolution.” This event was originally planned to occurred March 5, but the time and place have been changed to March 12. In a nutshell, a lip dub is a lip-synching music video tour of a college campus. Through a survey offered on the ISU Facebook page students picked “Revolution.” The completed video will be posted online at YouTube.com and links to it will be made available through various ISU websites. A sample of a lip-sync video is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zcOFN_VBVo. “We’re hoping for a large turnout of students to come have some fun, lip-sync a good song and have some pizza,” said Logan Miller, ISU web marketing specialist and event co-organizer. “The whole process should only take a couple of hours, which is a small price to pay for potential Internet fame... 
OPENING NIGHT March 10th (7:00pm) Portneuf Valley Brewing UNIVERSITY NIGHT March 11th (7:00pm) The College Market THE AFTERNOONER (Black Rock & Sage) March 12th (3:30-5:00pm) NEW TIME ISU's Bengal Cafe BOOK FAIR March 12th (5:00-6:45pm) ISU's Bengal Cafe JANET HOLMES March 12th (7:00pm) ISU's Bengal Cafe NATIVE VISIONS March 13th (1:00pm) ISU's Bengal Cafe REMEMBRANCE OF POETS PAST March 13th (5:00pm) The Warehouse POTLUCK March 13th (6:00pm) The Warehouse FINALE READING March 13th (7:00pm) The Warehouse
Visiting Author AnnouncedJANET HOLMESwill headline this year's festival. Janet HolmesThe ms of my kinF2FThe Green Tuxedo, which also won the Minnesota Book Award, and has received grants from the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Her fellowships include residencies at Fundación Valparaiso (Spain) and Fondation Ledig-Rowholt (Switzerland). At Boise State... 
By John Bulger jbulger@journalnet.com POCATELLO — A district judge heard arguments Thursday morning regarding the validity of the city’s vicious dog ordinance in the form of an appeal by Meghan Layfield, whose dog, Balou, is currently on canine death row. The ordinance has recently undergone review and changes have been recommended to lessen the severity of application, although the City Council has yet to vote on amending the ordinance. Several dogs similarly condemned have been spared after agreements have been reached, such as with the Roper family and their dog, Rosco. However, Layfield filed her appeal prior to either of these events, so any negotiations as to Balou’s fate have been put on hold pending the court’s ruling on the merits of the appeal. Layfield’s attorney, John Dewey, said Layfield’s suit alleges the code, in its current form, is void for vagueness and impermissibly imposes strict liability. ... 
sellis@journalnet.com POCATELLO — A consultant’s feasibility study shows construction of a large multiuse events center in Pocatello could begin as early as next year. The $60,000 study, commissioned by the Pocatello/Chubbuck Auditorium District, shows the facility would cost between $7.5 million and $10.9 million, depending on how big it is and what material it’s built with. Auditorium district board members said no decision has been made yet on whether or when to build the facility, or where it would be located. “No decision has been made by the auditorium district board on how, when or where we go forward,” said board member Sam Nettinga. The district earns about $320,000 a year from a 2 percent room tax it collects on hotel rooms in Pocatello and Chubbuck. The district commissioned the study following an Idaho Supreme Court ruling requiring the district to use the tax to market... 
POCATELLO – “Only connect,” wrote author E.M. Forster in 1910. Now, 100 years later, that is still vital advice for these times. This year’s Idaho State University College of Education Bellon Visiting Author Yangsook Choi will be coming to Pocatello and Chubbuck March 15-17 to make connections with school children, educators and community members. In an interview, Choi explained what she means by connections: “I picture an imaginary bridge, made of books – books’ pages connected like an accordion. The bridge links many cultures, in a circuit. It never falls or sinks, but stays buoyant against any differences of conflicts.” In addition to visiting several area elementary schools, Choi will be give three public presentations: • On Monday, March 15, at Pocatello’s Marshall Public Library at 4 p.m. This exciting presentation is for people of all ages. Choi will tell stores... 
First place is the photo of Pebble Creek by qwertyuiop. Congrats, you have won a $50 gift card to Fred Meyer! Second place is the panned photo of a chariot race in Afton, Wyoming by rvwalker. You have won a $25gift card to Fred Meyer! Third is the photo of the eagle by colinj. Congrats! You have won a $15 gift card to Fred Meyer! And honorable mention is "Icy Tetons Reflection" by Kendra. These are all beautiful photos! Thank you for entering! Theme is ‘The Middle East,’ David Meyer to Keynote Pocatello – Idaho State University’s 39th annual Frank Church Symposium running March 3-5 will be on the theme “The Middle East,” and will feature David Meyer delivering the keynote address “Terror, Nukes, Land, and Peace: U.S. Foreign Policy toward the Middle East in the Obama Administration.” Meyer will deliver his keynote address at 7:30 p.m. March 3 in the Pond Student Union Wood River Room. Meyer, who earned his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University, is currently associate professor of government at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va. In June, 2009, he was an Academic Fellow of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy studying counter-terrorism at Tel Aviv University and throughout Israel and the West Bank. He has taught a variety of classes on political science, the politics of the Middle East and the history of Islam. The International Affairs Council, an Idaho State University... |
