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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY VOL. XXII, NO. 2 WINTER 1 997
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A SENSE OF PLACE 16 Neighborhoods are more than just rows of houses. URBAN RENEWAL 22 A study of Boise's River Street area. RESIDENT FRIENDLY 24 Planning new old neighborhoods. COME TOGOHER 28 Neighbors find strength in numbers.
DEPARTMENTS
FIRST WORD 7 CAMPUS NEWS 8 GIVING 15 SEARCH 32 ALUMNOTES 36 FOCUS is published quarterly by the Boise State University Office of News Services.
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MYRIAD OPPORTUNITIES SET BSU APART FROM THE REST
By Charles Ruch, President
ne of the more enjoyable oppor A similar activity is now a key element in ing firms; social science students find state tunities of my job is to talk with a senior-level business course. To foster a and local government placements, while hu prospective students and their culture of service to the community, stu manities students find occasion to intern in 0 parents about the collegiate ex dents were required to share their talents all sectors of the workplace. Of course, our perience and the selection of a college. during 10 hours of community service activi new engineering and computer science stu After we discuss the tangible characteris ties for a charitable organization of their dents are finding the high-tech economy of tics that distinguish one institution from an choice. The students worked on such projects Boise a real value-added dimension to their other, such as location, size, mission, cost or as analyzing property taxes on homes fi- degree. Clinical training for students in nurs curriculum, the conversation turns to the ing, respiratory therapy, sports medicine and question of value-added benefits. What are teaching remains critical elements of their the unique advantages of any specific uni training. versity, and in particular, what are some of But what of the student who is interested the value-added dimensions of attending in graduate work or professional school? Boise State University? Here too, the BSU-Boise connection pro While different for each student, I would vides opportunities not available in other argue that the value-added dimension of the locations. For example, our premed stu BSU collegiate experience has much to do dents can participate in actual biomedical with our relationships with the Boise com research through our affiliation with Moun munity. Diverse in its neighborhoods, broad tain States Medical Research Institute, which in its economic base, rich in its opportunities is affiliated with St. Luke's Regional Medi for solid research and scholarship, and ex cal Center and the Veterans Administration panding in its links to the international com Hospital. munity, Boise provides a laboratory to Similar opportunities exist for students in complement the in-class experience. all of our science programs, where under One bridge between the campus and the graduate research is encouraged. community is through service activities. Here Boise's rapidly expanding international BSU has an abundance of programs and connections exemplify another set of value opportunities. BSU's Volunteer Services added experiences. Certainly international Board helped place more than 600 students programs such as ours in the Basque coun involved in more than 30 projects this fall. try, in Morelia, Mexico, or in 10 other na Our horticulture students volunteered at nanced by Boise Neighborhood Housing, tions enrich the collegiate experience. the Idaho Botanical Gardens as gardeners taught swimming lessons for the YMCA, Recently, the Department of Commerce while other students coordinated sporting provided senior respite care, and assisted and local corporations have provided a glo activities for disabled children, worked on with the Festival of Trees, sponsored by St. bal perspective for students by offering in Foothills restoration with theBLM, collected Alphonsus Regional Medical Center. ternational internships in Chile, Vietnam more than 2,200 pounds for the Idaho Food To further enhance our involvement in and Hong Kong, to name a few. Warehouse and collected more than 400 service learning activities, this fall I sup An important element of the collegiate toys for the Salvation Army. ported our application to join Campus Com experience is, of course, solid teaching from Without exception, participants reported pact, a consortium of 520 institutions across talented faculty who are intellectually in a renewed sense of confidence, an expanded the country committed to including service volved at the cutting edge of their discipline. understanding of what it means to be a mem learning elements in the curriculum. Our Boise State has many such talented faculty, ber of the community, and frequently, an team of faculty and staff is now working with as do all quality colleges or universities. What opportunity to learn valuable leadership and similar teams from other institutions to share sets Boise State apart- what becomes our teamwork skills. strategies and develop plans to enhance our value-added dimension-is the community Service/learning opportunities also have programs. of Boise and its infinite number of opportu found a place in the curriculum. A project in Boise's diverse economic community pro nities to enrich and enhance the classroom freshman English required a students to work vides a wide array of opportunities for in experience. at area non-profit agencies and then use the ternship and practica experiences. Here, If you have ideas for additional ways Boise experience as the subject of their in-class Boise State truly excels. I am unaware of any State can draw upon the community to en writing assignments. Graduate students in a curricula that does not provide an opportu hance the collegiate experience of our stu technical communication course create bro nity for real life-experiences directly related dents, I would welcome hearing from you. I chures and other printed materials for area to a student's academic major. Performing can be reached at (208)385-1491 or on the non-profit agencies. And students in a mar arts students find opportunities in Boise's Internet at [email protected]. 0 keting class wrote marketing plans for non many arts venues; business students intern in profit agencies. numerous corporations, banks, or account-
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$2.3 MILLION AIDS ENGINEERING DRIVE Boise State moved one-third closer to be ginning construction on a new engineering building when President Charles Ruch an nounced a package of gifts totaling $2.3 mil lion. The gifts will be matched by Micron Tech nology, which last February issued a three year, $6 million challenge grant to help fund the building's construction costs, which are estimated at $13.5 million. The gifts, which were announced at the BSU Foundation's annual meeting in Octo ber, are $1 million from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation, $500,000 each from the BSU Foundation and BSU Alumni Association, $200,000 from an anonymous retired faculty member and his wife, and $100,000 from Intermountain Industries. "These gifts are investments in the future of our engineering program. They give us a wonderful start in our efforts to meet Singer Neil Diamond set the BSU Pavilion attendance record for a single performer when he Micron's challenge," said Ruch. attracted 24,827 fans to two sold-out performances in early November. "We especially appreciate such a substan tial show of support from the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation. We are pleased HEALTH SCIENCES READY FOR MOVING VAN the new building is among the many projects Students in several BSU health science Gym, the Student Health Center and the they have supported in Idaho." departments will all be under one roof now College of Technology. This fall Boise State began bachelor's de that the new Health Science Riverside The Health Science Riverside building gree programs in electrical, civil and me classroom and administrative office building was remodeled to house six classrooms, a chanical engineering. As those programs is complete. student resource study lab, environmental grow, anew building will be needed to house The radiological science, respiratory health lab and new computer center with 24 classrooms, laboratories and offices. therapy and environmental health depart computer stations on the second floor. The The building will be located directly be ments are all scheduled to be moved into first floor is home to departmental offices hind the current Engineering Technology their new location, formerly the ITT build and a radiological sciences area with x-ray Building on University Drive. The new four ing west of the main campus, in time for the rooms, Hosford says. story structure will feature a simulated clean spring semester, says university architect Vic A second building on the site is already room and a variety of laboratories. Hosford. occupied by scientists and professors affili Plans have already been drawn up for the Previously the departments were scattered ated with the Raptor Research and Techni building. Construction will begin after the across campus, with offices in the Bronco cal Assistance Center. 0 $6 million Micron challenge has been met. 0 CANCER CLAIMS POKEY ALLEN; HOUSTON NUTT NAMED NEW COACH In a tumultous final weekend to 1996, cancer was once again active. in front of him. His attitude toward life is Boise State named Murray State coach Allen has waged a very public battle with something we will carry with us forever," Houston Nutt as its new football coach while rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive said BSU President Charles Ruch. at the same time maintaining a sad vigil as tissue cancer, since December 1994, the Nutt was named head coach after a na his legendary predecessor Pokey Allen same month he led the Broncos to the tional search. He comes to BSU after lead waged his final battle with cancer. NCAA Division I-AA national champion ing Murray State of Kentucky to a 22-3 Allen died the morning of Dec. 30 in a ship game. His determined fight attracted record and two Ohio Valley Conference Missoula, Mont., hospital. A service to cel national attention from CBS Sports, Sports titles the last two years. ebrate Allen and his life will be held in the Illustrated and USA Today. Nutt, 39, graduated from Oklahoma State BSU Student Union at 1 p.m. Jan. 23. "Pokey taught us to never give up. He in 1981. Allen, Boise State's popular head football never quit on his players in a game or in life. An interview with the new coach and a coach since 1992, resigned his position on He was the consumate optimist; he was go tribute to Allen will be featured in the next Dec. 11 after a CAT scan revealed that his ing to conquer whatever challenge was put issue of FOCUS. 0
8 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 BSU PROGRAMS EARN 'THUMBS UP' Boise State's athletic training program en has earned accreditation while the College Excimer of Education and two other academic de Q) partments await national stamps of approval from their accrediting bodies. The Commission on Accreditation of Al en lied Health Education Programs granted Laser accreditation to the athletic training pro en gram in October, citing the program's "com pliance with the nationally established ac can precisely remove most creditation standards ... and commitment to co continuous quality improvement in educa nearsightedness and tion" in granting the four -year accreditation. In other accreditation developments: astigmatism without radial • The College of Education has received CJ an "extremely positive" initial report from scars, cutting, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in October or scalpels ... and was preparing its response to the report at press time. ::J in only seconds. • Officials from the Computer Science Accreditation Commission conducted their If you are considering on-campus evaluation ofBSU's baccalaure 0 ate computer science program in the fall of alternatives to glasses or 1996 and are proceeding with the evaluation ..c process. The CSAC report is expected in contact lenses such as July or August. • The baccalaureate nursing program was Radial Keratotomy (RK), visited by the National League of Nursing, ·- which conducted a site evaluation in Octo you should learn about the ber and recommended accreditation for eight years. The nursing department expects $ safer, more effective, more confirmation of the recommendation by the National League of Nursing's board of re predictable, view.D c Excimer Laser. BOND REFINANCE SAVES $1.5 MILLION 0 Lower interest rates combined with high ·- marks from Wall Street has allowed Boise State to refinance outstanding bonds at a en savings of approximately $1.5 million in fu ture interest payments. ·- Charles Wm. Stewart, OD • Randy L. Andregg, OD Standard and Poor's assigned its A+ rating Charles R. Stewart, OD, FAAO • A. Sahba Jalali, OD to BSU's Student Fee Revenue Bonds, a Excimer Laser (PRK) • Contact Lens Specialists rating that reflects "strong state support, solid > debt service coverage and stable financial Primary Eyecare • Ocular Disease operations with good fund balance growth." The project refinances existing bonds that co were issued to fund Bronco Stadium (not including the stadium expansion), the Pavil ion, the university child care facility and the Health Science Riverside and Raptor Biol E ogy buildings. ~ A total of $114,999,130 is involved in the refinance (including all bonds insurance costs). 610 Americana Blvd • Boise, Idaho 83702 In 1996 BSU paid a rate of 5.6 percent on 0 the original1987bond issued. The university's (208) 344-2020 • (800) 230-2015 scheduled payment for 1997 was 5.8 percent. Under the new bond issue, the average cou CALL FORA pon rate is 4.98 percent for the term of the z COMPLIMENTARY SCREENING bond issued and 4.1 percent through 1999. 0
FOCUS / WINTER 1997 9 LARRY SELLAND: A TRIBUTE
The Boise State family said a fond farewell to one of its favorite sons in a December memorial for Larry Selland, former dean, executive vice president and interim president, who died Dec. 5 after a long battle with melanoma cancer. Among those who paid tribute to Selland during Boise State's ceremony to celebrate his life was provost Daryl Jones. His eulogy is reprinted here.
I join you today in celebrating the life of often ambiguous world of higher edu our friend and colleague Larry Selland. Or cation, Larry remained a person whose should I say "lives"? For there was Larry conduct was guided by the simple, core Selland the public leader and Larry Selland values that shaped his North Dakota the private man. There was Larry Selland upbringing. Among these were integ Born in North Dakota in 1937. the educator and administrator, the devoted rity, devotion to family and faith. husband and father, the servant of his com Earned doctorate degree from Colorado Whether in his personal relationships State In 1977. munity and of his God. From the various or in his professional responsibilities, facets of Larry's professional and personal Larry was a man of integrity. Often, Selected as state administrator of lives that shine forth in the memories of each during his service as executive vice presi Idaho's Division of Vocational Technical of us who knew him, there emerges a bal dent and especially during his term as Education in 1977. anced totality, a paradoxical jewel of subtle interim president, Larry and I had occa depth and simple clarity, that is the life and sion to confer in private about some of Named dean of Boise State's School of lasting gift of Larry Selland. the more difficult challenges we faced. Vocational Technical Education In 1986. Larry's contributions as a public leader to What I remember from these conversa Promoted to executive vice president in this university, this community and state, tions is the number of times when, con 1987. were many. I haven't the time to enumerate fronted by seemingly insoluble prob them here. But perhaps the culminating mo lems and a puzzling array of options, Served as interim president from ment of his public life came in that year and Larry concluded by saying, "It's not the September 1991 to January 1993. a half when he served as interim president of easiest way to go, but it's the right thing Boise State University. It was, some of you to do." Always, integrity was the true As interim president, secured funds lor will recall, a time of uncertainty and anxiety, north of Larry's moral compass. the Children's Center, renovation of the a time of division and turmoil when it seemed Canyon County Center, additional Larry was also a family man. Even student apartments and the acquisition that the expected course of the university when preoccupied with the burdens of a of the Health Science Riverside building. had been suddenly and inexplicably altered. job that respects no personal bound Also during the interim presidency, the Pressed into service, Larry brought to bear aries, Larry reserved a special part of State Board of Education approved BSU's on this awkward and challenging situation himself for his wife Jan and their loving first doctorate degree and two commit· all of the attributes for which he is justly family. This manifest love of family, and tees assessed the future of the praised and remembered. He calmed fears, their unconditional love and support university. he reached out to his colleagues internally for him, sustained Larry during his long and to the larger community externally, he Returned to executive vice president post fight with illness and contributed to the when Charles Ruch arrived in January reestablished trust, and he redirected strength, resiliency and courage he dis 1993. people's attention and energies on the fu played in even the darkest moments. ture. In this difficult time, his administrative And finally, Larry was a man of abid Left the university lor health reasons in skills and experience served him well. But ing faith. In our last conversation, he summer 1993. what served him best were his personal quali explained that he had come to accept ties. People simply liked and trusted him. the inevitability of his condition and Received Silver Medallion from BSU, Not long ago, when Larry and I spoke for that he had found strength and courage William Booth Award from Salvation the last time, he said of himself, "I'm just a Army, 1992 Distinguished Citizen Award in his faith. from Idaho Statesman, and emeritus simple person." Those of us who remember In that spirit, and in celebration of the status from BSU faculty. The State Board the many wise sayings, the proverbs and Larry Selland who lives on in each of us, of Education named the College of maxims of life that he quoted in his speeches let us resolve today to look beyond our Technology alter Selland in 1993. and had framed on his walls at home and at present grief. Let us resolve to embrace the office, would agree. For though he moved the future, with courage and faith, as Died Dec. 5, 1996 adroitly through the politically complex and Larry did. 0
10 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 CA8.AR.'I MUSICAL SET FOR FEB. RUN Tile DSl; thtmre am and ntuik dtpart mcnt:, will host Cuburet, one of DroH(Iv,:H)''S bcsl km.'l""'U muskab, for (h·~ perfonll~:tm.x;s feb. 20·23. Cuhar~r i:s the ironk; slory of love lind fn.:~dom durin!:! Lh~ ri:sc of Lh~ Third Reich rcvoh-ing around Lh~ viYHciou~ anc.J <.:arc(rcc Sally Bowles, stor of Berlin's Kit Kat Klub, xnd hl!r ~piritl!d rchtlionship wilh Amcricl:m writer. CliffBratlsbaw. C ahar~r will feature Lhc dirl!cling ta]l!nts of four rrofc~ FOCUS/wtNIB 10'07 11 MR. RILEY GOES TO WASHINGTON The White House is more than just a ence gave Riley a head start for his college pretty picture in a textbook to Boise State internship. "I already knew the inner work University student Jade Riley. It's his office ings, the members of the House and the rules - at least for a semester. and regulations," he says. Riley spent the fall working as an intern in Although he's comfortable in the halls of the White House Office of Legislative Af power, Riley still gets a charge out of daily fairs. "It has been treks through the a great experienc Rose Garden and for me," says the unexpected en 21-year-old junior counters with from Richfield, members of the Idaho. Cabinet. "You From his desk just never know in the West Wing, who you're going Riley works for to run into," he the staff of the says. Highlights White House Of ofhis internship fice of Legislative include Election Affairs. He helps Night spent with members of Con the White House gress and their staff in Little staffs, briefs spe Rock, Ark., and cial assistants on the White House congressional Christmas Ball. hearings, and BSU student Jade Riley, with the boss. His professors conducts re- in the political search on voting records and pending legis science department weren't surprised when lation for White House aides. Riley was accepted into the competitive in "It's an honor to work with the people ternship program. Department chair who brief the president," he says. Stephanie Witt says his future looks very As an unpaid intern, Riley is among about promising. "He's definitely somebody to 100 other college students with a front-row watch," she says. seat of government inside the Beltway. The The internship ended in late December work load can get intense - particularly but Riley isn't through with politics. He plans when Congress is in session. Eleven-hour to put his know-how to work this spring days aren't unusual, says Riley, a political helping the Senate Democrats at the Idaho science/economics major. Legislature. After graduation in the fall, he's Riley developed a passion for politics as a interested in returning to work in the nation's youngster in Richfield. His parents, Jack and capital or attending graduate school. Carla Riley, and older brother, Jake, live in Is a student from Idaho at a disadvantage the Lincoln County community north of Twin in the high-powered world of Washington, Falls. As a seventh-grader, Jade participated D.C.? No way, says Riley. His BSU classes in the 4-H "Know Your Government" pro helped prepare him for the substantive policy gram. "That put me in touch with a couple of issues he faces in his internship. And his state representatives and I helped with cam experiences at a small high school enabled paigns," he says. He later worked on two him to participate in student council, FFA, campaigns for former Rep. Richard Stallings. sports and other activities. The Washington, D.C., scene is nothing "There are a lot of people in the world new for Riley. As a high school junior, he who can't relate to middle-class America," served as a page in Congress. The experi- he says. "Richfield prepared me just fine." 0 HASKETT HIRED TO LEAD BSU COMPUTING Jim Haskett has been hired as BSU's new services for Indiana University m director of information technology. Bloomington, Ind. He will administer BSU's academic and Haskett earned a a Ph.D. In experimental administrative computing systems, includ nuclear physics from IU. ing the Project ACCESS conversion to a He has been involved in the implementa new student information and registration tion ofseveral new systems, including Central's system current effort to replace its administrative Since 1988 he has served as the director of system. He also oversaw the wiring of Cen computing services for Central Washington tral for voice, data and video communica University in Ellensburg, Wash. Prior to tions. that he worked for six years in computing He will begin his new duties in February. 0 12 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 BRONCO FALL SPORTS A MIX OF GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS The best cross country performance in head coach Pokey Allen through all but the better in its first season in the Big West school history and one ofthe worst seasons in final two games of the season. In August it Conference, losing to 16th ranked U .C. Santa football were the high and low points of was discovered that Allen's rhabdomyosar Barbara in the conference tournament. Boise State's fall sports in 1996. coma, a rare form of tissue cancer that was Boise State went 9-7 and finished second In three short years, coach Mike Dilley first detected in December of 1994, had re in the East Division, before losing to the took a below-average Big Sky cross country turned. Allen took a medical leave of ab Gauchos. The young Bronco team graduates program and turned it into a regional and sence to seek alternative cancer treatment in just one key player, and with a year's experi national contender. Canada before the season began and defen ence in the Big West, Bailey's team looks for The Bronco men's team ended its season sive coordinator, Tom Mason, was named continued improvement in league play. 0 with an eighth-place finish at the national interim head coach. championships. Other than a I-AA national The Broncos won only one of their first 10 BRONCO ATHLETICS football title in 1980, a I-AA runner-up finish games. But in a dramatic turn of events, HIT THE INTERNET in the I-AA football playoffs in 1994, and a Allen announced that his cancer was "under seventh-place finish at the 1988 indoor track control" and returned to lead BSU in its final Cyberhighway buffs take notice the and field championships, no Bronco athletic two games. Boise State athletic department is now on team has approached the success of this year's Five days after Allen's return the Broncos the World Wide Web. men's cross country team. traveled to New Mexico State, and in what Complete with information on each of Dilley, however, says he isn't satisfied with was clearly the highlight of the season, BSU BSU's 16 intercollegiate teams, color pic a top 10 showing. He wants to win a national edged the Aggies 33-32 in the closing sec tures, and even sound clips from press con title, which he did three times at Central onds. Allen couldn't work his magic again ferences and interviews, the Internet site has Oregon Junior College. against Idaho, however, as the Vandals tri become a popular attraction, drawing 3,000 The football season was another story as umphed 64-19. "hits" in its first month. the young Broncos struggled to a 2-10 record Although he planned to remain with the Created by BSU students Brian Powell in their first year in Division 1-A. The team BSU program for "the long run," Allen re and Gary Gibson of Web Works Publishing, set all kinds of school records for futility, signed on Dec. 11, just two and a half weeks the page can be found on the Internet at including an eight-game losing streak which after the Idaho game, after a CAT scan re http://www.broncosports.com. included a loss to Rose Bowl bound Arizona vealed that the cancer cells in his body were The site can also be reached through BSU's State and closer losses to Eastern Washingon, once again active. Allen died in a Missoula, home page at http://www.idbsu.edu. Brows Hawaii,NorthwesternStateandNorthTexas. Mont., hospital on Dec. 30. 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The Swedisfi and 'Deep 'Tissue massage tecfiniques, or remodeled Driscoll Hall, serious students advising is there to help students reinvest 'Reif 14 FOCUS I WINTER 1997 a a m The BSU Foundation hosted RADIO EXEC SENDS its annual Scholar Donor Luncheon on Nov. 20 to A STRONG SIGNAL honor donors and recognize Charlie Wilson has never forgotten the their scholarship recipients. opportunity someone gave him when he was Attending this year for the awarded a football scholarship to attend Sharon Crim Memorial Boise Junior Nursing Scholarship were, College. from left, Carolyn "I think it's Echeverria, daughter of important to Sharon and John Crim; give back to John Crim, scholarship others," he donor; LeResa Davis, 1996- says. 1997 Crim Scholarship Wilson has recipient; and Heather done that at McCollum, granddaughter BSU by es of Sharon and John Crim. tablishing two scholar ships: one for athletics and BSU FOUNDATION HAS RECORD YEAR one for a student majoring in communica The Boise State University Foundation "We are extremely grateful to our donors tion. announced private contributions totaling for their generosity and support," says Bob Wilson is president of Pacific Northwest $12,523,852 for fiscal year 1995-96, up from Fritsch, executive director of the BSU Broadcasting, which owns radio stations the previous year's amount of $5,264,072. Foundation. "The Foundation remains com KBOI, KQFC, KLCI, KIZN and KZNG. The Foundation's overall assets increased as mitted to academic excellence and quality He is past president of the BSU Foundation. well, gaining 49 percent from $27,615,879 to education, which we couldn't achieve with He and his wife JoAnne, a current BSU $41,044,470. out their help." 0 art major, have two sons. 0 DONOR NOTES • Michael and Mary Adcox, $2.000 to the Dentist and Physician each to the Warren McCain Library Endowment. Alumni Scholarship Fund. • Douglas and Ann James, $1,500 to the Ella Judith James Memo • Larry and Karen Arguinchona, $1,750, and Barry and Pat rial Scholarship and the Gene Harris Endowment Bloom $1,000 through Phonathon '96. • Key Bank of Idaho and KeyCorp., $50,000 each to the Warren • Patricia and Ron Bedient, $1,000 to the accounting depart McCain Library Endowment. ment and the Arthur Andersen and Co./Bunderson Executive • Ronald and Brin O'Reilly, $1,000 to the Frank Church Chair of in. Residence program. Public Affairs. • Rose W. Burnham, $1,500 to the Will and Rose Burnham • Donald and Doli Obee, $1,000 to the D. J. Obee Biology Geology and Geophysics Fund. Scholarship. • Bill and Rosa Campbell, $2,500, Earl and Kathleen Chandler, • Philip Morris Companies Inc., $15,000 to the Gene Harris $1,000 and Jim and Karin Nelson, $1,000 to the Gene Harris Endowment. Endowment • C. Arlen and Susan Planting, $1,000 to the Norm Dahm • Larry and Jill Costello, $1,000 to the accounting endowment Endowed Engineering Scholarship. • Jim and Belinda Davis, $1,500 to the Patrick Davis Memorial • Adelia Simplot, $1,000 to the Richard and Adelia Simplot Alumni Scholarship. Endowment. • Thomas and Linda Dixon, $1,250 to the scholarship in their • Snake River Valley Building Contractors, $6,757 to a scholar name. ship fund in its name. • Dr. and Mrs. Michael Downey, $1,000 for nursing enrichment. • The Stem Family Foundation Inc., $1,000 to the Frank Church • Catherine and Wilbur Elliott, $1,000 to the Helen Blanas Chair of Public Affairs. Vocal Scholarship. • Heidi and Phil Toomey, $1,000 to Heidi Toomey Non-Tradi • John Elorriaga, $20,300 to the visiting professor endowment in tional Student Scholarship. his name and the business school remodeling project. • Gerald and Eunice Wallace, $1,000 to the education scholar • Gwen Entorf, $1,000to the John EntorfEndowed Scholarship. ship in their name. • Institute oflnternal Auditoi:s, $2,900 to the accounting depart • William and Virgina Woolley, $2,000 for unrestricted use. ment • Virgil and Katherine Young, $1,000 to the Virgil Young Schol • First Security Bank ofldaho and an anonymous donor; $10,000 arship for Rural Idaho. 0 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 15 ------ Think of a neighborhood scene and a Norman Rockwell painting comes to mind. Kids sharing ice cream cones on the front porch Reaching swing while their parents chat over the fence. You know, warm fuzzy images of yesteryear. But Across neighborhoods are about more than backyard coffee klatsching. In our hectic times, neighbor- the Fence hoods provide us with a sense ByAmyStaltl of community, a source of n a hot Sunday afternoon last summer about 30 people (I being among them) walked out friends, a place to get involved. their front doors to gather for a couple of In this issue of FOCUS, we take hours in the middle of the street. It was my first block party or the first time a closer look at what's happen- I truly felt like a neighbor. Since graduating from college I've moved eight times and ing in Boise's neighborhoods lived in three states. Frequent moves tend to stifle the urge to become friendly with the neighbors. today. Relaxing in lawn chairs, we chatted about this and that, the mundane and the extraordinary. We laughed and talked about weddings, births, barking dogs, forest fires, football teams, vacations, you name it. After awhile the wind kicked up, we packed up our potluck dishes and went home. But the party left me with a new appreciation for the people who live next door, across the fence and down the block. No longer strangers, the people I see everyday on the street are now familiar; 16 FOCUS I WINTER 1997 Jim's Coffee Shop in Boise's North End is a favorite neighborhood hangout for friends. some are close friends. neighborhood is really a good place to en small-scale commercial areas. In these hectic times we need to connect gage citizens." He's heartened by the heightened aware with our neighbors, say BSU anthropolo Bertram, a former city planner, runs his ness of community activism he sees all over gists. Why is this network of neighbors so business, Planmakers Planning and Urban Boise. More and more people are teaming important? It's human nature, says archae Design, from a lovingly restored Victorian up to help one another and improve their ologist Max Pavesic. We all need to develop era home in the River Street area. community. Thousands of people volunteer "a sense of place," he says. "The idea of He believes in empowering neighbor for Rake Up Boise, Paint the Town, the place, where people live, is important to who hoods. "I think of neighborhoods as a place Boise River Festival and other activities ev we are and where we are in the community." where we can refine and enhance the quality ery year. "Boise is still a young city. It's And what exactly is a neighborhood? You of life communities really want." Through growing and healthy. Change is still possible. may think of it as a cluster of houses, apart careful planning, neighborhoods can put a We're small enough that groups can deal ments or rooms on the floor of a residence premium on features they consider to be with local problems," says Bertram. "Boise's hall. Or it could be the corner grocery store, important - things like walkability, trees, a can-do community." coffee shop, laundromat or anywhere neigh schools, building setbacks, sidewalks and He encourages residents, where possible, bors meet. to get involved in the neighbor A neighborhood typically hood planning process. It helps starts as a space, as a collection SOUL SEARCHING people identify important issues, of houses and businesses, says he says, "and allows people to BSU cultural anthropologist It's not easy to capture the essence of a neighborhood, says buy in and understand what their Robert McCarl. "Over time it writer Elizabeth VanderSchaaf. "We no longer live in a culture neighborhood is about and how transforms from a place to a cul that recognizes the soul of a place, especially an urban place," to make it a better place. Healthy tural space and residents derive she says. "We have to do the imaginative work to fmd it for neighborhoods make a healthy a sense of identity from the area. ourselves." city." Once people start associating In a 1994 story in the Utne Reader, she offers these tips on Pavesic has been a neighbor part of their identity with a par hood activist for years. A North how to get in touch with the soul of your neighborhood: ticular space then they become End resident, he testified in • Pay attention to the boundaries of the neighborhood. defenders of the status quo as support of the first community they see it." • Notice the neighborhood's festivals or rituals. based historic district and has Neighborhoods are a natural • Find out where to watch birds and where children play, campaigned against a plan to birthplace for grass-roots activ • Study the history of the houses and streets to find out where remove the grassy median from ism, says John Bertram. "If you the spirits live. Harrison Boulevard. get people involved at the • Investigate what makes the neighborhood different from Traffic is the No.1 issue facing neighborhood level they can adjacent neighborhoods. his neighborhood, Pavesic says, get plugged in," he says. "The praising the collective efforts of 18 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 North End residents who have waged war on what he calls "the engineering mentality" of the Ada County Highway District. "It's a show of neighborhood. You feel proud of living here," says Pavesic. The socioeconomic mix and "walkability" of his neighborhood appeal to Pat Bieter, a retired BSU professor who was recently elected to represent District 19 in the Idaho Legislature. Bieter and his wife, Eloise, bought their house on 8th Street in 1957. The four-bedroom house was perfectly located. It's close to church, the grocery store, schools. The Bieters raised their five kids in the house. They still hold backyard barbecues, sing Christmas carols with the neighbors, meet friends at Jim's Coffee Shop, chat with the pharmacist at Hill's drug store and shop atthe Hollywood Market just down the street. Brotherandsisiel' Randall altd Me(QnieReese lead a BSU student organiza Bieterworries about the impacts of growth tion that he}pspeoples{)rt out conflicts. and shrinking "elbow room" in the Treasure Valley.Buthe'scautiouslyoptimistic.Rather than dictate behavior through covenants and Sounding Off Safely restrictions, he says, more neighbors are Bj Edie ;feffers working together to reach consensus. "Neighborhood living carries responsibili ties. A lot of neighborhoods are trying to build on that by convention - not by cov cleanmg0.·u.··· .. r·.·.• .• n·. ~ig...h. deposit. bo.. r. 's ~og Loud· ·.ba·r·k· ··.··m.ustcs·.·.·. ·m····· ... c.. ·.ess·a··.··.nt•l.y. plays constantly n .• e landl~.rd.· tn the wo ..apartment n.· ..'.t re.tur··.. ·. ·n··· y.···next o...... u···..r······· doOf, Sound familiar? A BSU student-run organization can help. The enant," he says. "We'll have to develop these Sounding Board of BSU helps neighbors, co-workers and othets in.; conventions that allow us to work together." Y Maryanne Jordan, president of the West valved in a conflict t(j. reach an understanding. Currently, abont.+Q students serve as mediators for the Sounding )3oa~d, Valley Neighborhood Association, under which is operated QY the student chapter of BSD's Conflict Management stands the need to work together. Her group Services and offers free mediation services tri tbe university and community. was galvanized by traffic concerns. "We all Each student works'Cto~ly with one of40 volunteer ~rtified mediators. Their realized that if we didn't get involved we'd serViCe area reaches frolll Elmore to Ada and Canyon counties. have no say and no part in a compromise," Mediation is a process in which ty;o or: more disputing parties voluntarily work says Jordan. together with the aid of trained, impartial mediators toward a negotiated resolu Jordan's neighborhood is rimmed by tion, says Sounding Board President Randall R~ese. Student mediators meet with Maple Grove, Cloverdale, Chinden and both sides in a disagreement, !'etupa Jtiintmeeting, artd belp disputants identify Fairview, major arterial streets. As a result, positive solutions. "We t1everoffer a solution, even if we think we know what traffic is a perpetual problem for the fast would work best-/' he says. I'The solution has to come from them ... growing area. "That's just an issue that's Reese says that in typical neighborhood disputes,peoj)Ie get focused on .their never going to go away." position - 1wa~ t your dogto shut t!g< · and t~t!Ylose sight of their underlying "You get protective of a place," says Jor interest - I need, my st~p~ "Positions are usually mutually exclusive .and dan. "People come here, they like it and they therefore non-negotiable," he says. "Interests, on the other harid, are q'Uitd get protective. They want it to stay the same." oftenmutu~lly obtainable. "o/hen people come together and taJk through their BSU historian Todd Shallat thinks that interests, t~ey t?egin tQSj!eeach other as people instead Of problems." people get defensive because they're seek Mediation as a process >~ thousands of years Qld, says Melanie .~eei>e, a ing a link to a better world. "People are communicationprofessor and 1988J3SU graduate who is the group's FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 19 On-Campus Communities By Amy Stahl The local hangout. In some neighborhoods it's the corner grocery people, answer questions about residence life and make referrals for store, laundromat, tavern or church. In Chaffee Hall, it's theD2 tutoring, counseling and other services available on and off campus. lounge. That's where you're likely to find a gang of students munch "The goal is to make the residence halls an ideal place to live." ing on pizza, watching a video or listening to the coolest surround Students in the residence halls learn quickly about what it takes to sound system around. be a good- and bad-neighbor, says Rebecca Hancock, resident Frequent D2 visitor Chon Ramirez is a big fan of residence halls. director of Morrison, Driscoll and Chaffee halls. Currently in her "They're rather nice," he says, enthusiastic about the big rooms, free third year as RD, Hancock and her husband live in an apartment on cable, Internet connections and computer labs in every residence hall. "I don't have to worry about setting up a lease or finding an apartment to share with room mates," says Ramirez, a 21-year old junior who has lived at Chaffee for three years. Chaffee Hall is one of four resi dence halls housing nearly 800 stu dents at BSU. About 300 more stu dents live in the five apartment complexes operated by the univer sity. BSU is a series of neighborhoods within a neighborhood, says Stu dent Residential Life director Dick McKinnon. Communities form wherever people gather - the Table Rock Cafe dining hall, game rooms, computer labs, apartment community center. However, he says, the students who get involved BSU residence halls provide a sense of community to their occupants. are more likely to develop a sense of the larger campus community. Ramirez knows what McKinnon is talking about. He lived at home the first floor of Chaffee. in Blackfoot for a semester while attending Idaho State. But he At BSU, the residence halls are "student-directed communities," found the experience frustrating, he says. "I couldn't get involved in she says. Or at the very least they are democracies. Residents vote on the campus life." quiet hours, visitation policies, what to buy with floor funds and A member of his floor's soccer team, he's news editor of The other issues. Arbiter, BSU's student paper. He's also president of the 800-mem Each floor is its own neighborhood and is, in turn, part of the ber Residence Hall Association. RHA plans educational programs larger campus community, says Hancock. "When you come to live in and activities that make students feel more at home on campus. "We a residence hall, it's a safe way to learn that you are a community can provide ways for students to meet each other and not feel so member, that you have rights and other people do too." alone," he says. The organization also serves as a representative to Residence halls also provide a forum for students interested in the student government, food service and administration. taking action on community issues. For example, Hancock says, "Living in a residence hall is an easier way to integrate into Boise the recent battle over the 1 percent property tax initiative was society and college life," says Chris Clawson, a Chaffee resident "a unifying force" for residence hall students. Many campaigned adviser. The 19-year-old sophomore from Idaho Falls says the against the measure and worked on a campuswide voter registration residence halls are safe and the meal options are good-"you don't drive. have to fend for yourself," he says. "In my parents' eyes-and mine Students who live in the university's apartment complexes are less -it was a good environment in which to live." likely to rally round a cause but many meet socially, says building As an RA, Clawson is expected to help students meet other facility foreman Tess Imel. The apartments rent to single-parent families, traditional two-parent families, couples and single students. The university hosts gatherings for pic nics, Easter egg hunts, a Christmas coloring contest, movies, aerobics classes and educa tional programs. Parents can participate in a day-care co operative that was started two years ago for swapping babysitting services. Or they can reserve the new community center for birth day parties, holiday gatherings and group events. The community center, located in the University Village complex on Boise A venue, includes a meeting room, kitchen area, computer lab and laundry facility. Imel raised her four children in family housing. "My kids really liked it, they formed ~you like where your career is going? Is the path you're on a fast track or a dead some tight bonds," she says. It's a safe envi end? And what about your income, are you happy with that. Wouldn't you like to feel ronment for kids to play with a field where good about what you do? Then you're exactly the kind of person Northwestern Mutual boys play football and a sandbox for tod Life is looking for. You'd receive the best investment in your future- training. The kind dlers. no one else can match. The kind you need so you can run your own business. What's It's not unusual for couples to get together more you'd represent a company that has the highest possible financial ratings from for dinner or parents to sit at picnic tables Standard & Poor's, Moody's, A.M. Best and Duff & Phelps. Call Jan Fleck, recruiter, and chat while their kids play nearby, says at (208) 383-0210 if the road you're on is going nowhere. Imel. But most residents are too busy jug It's time to get on track. gling school, family responsibilities and jobs to devote a lot of time to cultivating friend North~tern ships in the complexes. The Rice Agency Mutual Lite• The residence halls, it would appear, offer 1555 Shoreline Dr. Suite 210 a more structured environment for students Boise, Idaho 83702 The Quiet Company• hoping to become part of the larger commu (208) 383-0210 http://www.NorthwesternMutual.com nity. For sales career Oflfl l1r1 uni lic' 1-800-CAL- NML BSU has jumped on a national bandwagon that is helping some students meet those with similar interests. Two "theme" floors have been established and another is set to open this fall. Idaho School of About 45 students in Chaffee have opted for the popular Living in a Fitness Environ ment (LIFE) floor. Residents sign an MAsSAGE agreement to lead substance-free lives and THERAPY participate in wellness activities. Another 45 students have opted to be residents of the Promoting Academic Suc cess for Students (PASS) floor, which em phasizes study skills. B 0 I S E Starting this fall, BSU will offer a floor for students interested in outdoor recreation and a Values in Action (VIA) floor for students CO·OP who agree to uphold conservative values. There are other choices, too. The university's new Honors College will house academically gifted students such as the Boise's Finest Ruth Haefer, C.M.T Brown Scholars who have been awarded full Cindy Langston, C.M.T. ride scholarships, room and board. Most Nationally Certified Therapists While residence halls offer a safety net for Comprehensive • Treatment Tailored To Individual Needs some students, "they are not for everyone," • Classes & Workshops for Personal says Hancock. In fact, the vast majority of Serection of Growth & Professional Application students commute to the university. Less Wines & Beers (!50 ltr. to 500 ht. Certiftcation) than 10 percent of BSU's 15,000 students • Swedish, C~ve Tissue, Sports, live in student housing. Case Discounts Available & Reflexology Some stalwarts, however, say campus liv Celebrating Freedom af Movement ing can't be beat. "People off-campus miss out," says Clawson. "On campus you're 5353 Franklin Rd. thrown into the mix and the opportunities Boise, ID 83705 • 343-1847 are right there." 0 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 21 River Street In Transition By David Proctor uring Boise's infancy it was an orchard, with groves offruit trees that stretched to the river. By 1910, what is now called the River Street neighborhood had devel oped into one of the city's first residential areas. Then came the railroad and the accom panying warehouses that cut it off from downtown. By A neglected the 1940s it was virtually the only place in Boise where black families were allowed to buy homes. section of Boise Later, light industry moved in. River Street became a is about to change. through street and cut the neighborhood in half. Specu lators and high-density resident zoning followed. Today, change is again afoot for the River Street neigh borhood. After decades of isolation and neglect, city planners have ambitious plans for the area that has so far been relatively untouched by the rapid development of Boise's downtown just blocks to the north. "We want to recreate what was going on in the 1920s," says Rick Greenfield, executive director of Capital City Development Corp., the city's redevelopment arm. "We 22 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 want to mix residential, small com mercial and office uses, and we want a great deal of pedestrian ac cessibility from those uses to down town." Two years ago, with the original city-center eight-block redevelop ment just about finished, the CCDC turned to the River Street Myrtle Street area. For the next 20 years or so, this irregularly shaped Bordered by Boise's busy downtown, the old, once proud River Street neighborhood is about to change. chunk of nearly 300 acres between Broadway and Americana boulevards will That's when Hayman moved in from her "I thought about moving out, but everything have the CCDC's full attention. parents' farm in Nampa. is so expensive. So I think I'll just stay." The CCDC's new redevelopment plan "We couldn't live any other place," she The CCDC redevelopment plan isn't the describes the current River Street neighbor explains. "It was very prejudiced. If you first one for the neighborhood. hood as an area of mixed uses, with ware wanted to buy a place out of this neighbor John Bertram moved into the area in houses and large tracts of open land that hood, when they found out you were black 1969 as a VISTA volunteer with El-Ada "lacks a cohesive, neighborhood image due you didn't get anything." Community Action Program. His job was to to a mix of older substandard dwelling units." Hardeman says the neighborhood began draw up neighborhood plans that would Longtime residents like Erma Hayman to change about 20 years ago. help River Street get back on its feet. and Cozia Hardeman remember a time in "Black people were moving up, getting Finished in 1973, the plan called for such the past when the neighborhood more re better jobs. It was just like the Jeffersons," things as rehabilitation of existing homes, sembled the future Greenfield envisions. she smiles. 1,100 new housing units of various types and Hardeman grew up there in the 1960s and Hardeman did it too. She got married and prices, improvement and expansion of Pio '70s, moved to the Bench and has come back. moved to an apartment on the Bench. But in neer Walkway and the improvement of city She remembers it as a village that raised 1986 she bought her mother's house and utilities. Twenty years later the CCDC plan children. moved home. is like deja vu all over again. "If I did something wrong on 15th Street, "It was seen as a step back," she says, by the time I got home I was in trouble though she obviously disagrees. (Continued on Page 31) before I could tell my mother," she says. "Everybody was one big family then. It's not that way now." Says Hayman, who has lived on Ash Street for 50 of her 89 years and raised three chil dren and a grandson there: "It was a clean little neighborhood ... everybody owned their own homes." It was a good place to live. There were neighborhood grocery stores, and she could walk to work at Lerner's. Her grandson, Dick Madry, was the first black to graduate from Boise State after it became a four-year school. "We looked out for each other. If some body got sick or died, we always took some thing over to the family. It isn't that way anymore." River Street was one of the few Boise neighborhoods where black families, many of whom came to Gowen Field during World War II, were welcome. FOCUS / WINTER 1997 23 What's Old Is New Again By Melanie Threlkeld McConnell oodbye, suburbia. Hello, Mayberry. As cities across the country struggle to curb the results of urban sprawl a new, but not novel, trend in city planning is appearing - a return to City planners say a the mixed-use neighborhoods of yesteryear when a trip to the store meant a hop and a skip down a return to Norman tree-lined block. Rockwell style Ah, the good old days. From New York to California, and Memphis to neighborhoods wil l Boise, city planners are hyping "neotraditional communities," "new urbanism" and "traditional neighborhood development," buzzwords he Ip people to feel for plans to help us recapture our sense of place with land-use designs better about their that make us feel good about where we live and who we are. These new concepts promote communities where multi- and single communities. family dwellings coexist and vary in style and architecture; where small shops and homes sit side by side; parks are a dog walk away; grannies live in quaint flats near the kids; big front porches - not garages -greet the street; and cui-de-sacs are replaced by grid- 24 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 Boise City neighborhood planner Jeff Jones says Hyde Park exemplifies a good mixed-use area. designed streets so traffic isn't dumped onto munities to accommodate auto-oriented de The new comprehensive plan recommends one or two arterial roads, causing conges velopment. creating more high-density living areas to tion. But luckily for Boiseans, some elements free up more open space for parks or other "Ask yourself what neighborhood in your of new urbanism have made their way into recreational uses. That means allowing hometown people are willing to pay a pre the city's comprehensive plan, thanks to a "granny flats" or other accessory units to a mium to live in," says D.R. Bryan, a North cooperative effort by community activists single-family dwelling while preserving the Carolina builder, in a Consumer Reports and city planners. The plan was still awaiting single-family character of the neighborhood. story titled "Neighborhoods Reborn." "It's approval from city and county officials at The plan also encourages use of existing probably a neighborhood built between 1890 FOCUS press time. infrastructure rather than adding road ex and 1920." Specifically, Jones says, the new compre tensions, water and sewer lines to newly Why the need and demand, as real estate hensive plan includes changes in the city's developed areas. markets indicate, for a step back in time? zoning laws to "create more incentives to "New urbanism is not just a planning ex "Cultural history has shown that people encourage better design" of neighborhoods ercise, it's a way to grow a healthier commu need community, a marketplace, face-to by developers. nity, so that you feel you have a sense of face interaction," says BSU anthropology "And we're aging as a population," he belonging," explains Jane Lloyd, a commu professor Robert McCarl. "It gives you a says. "We're going to have even more older nity activist who has worked closely with city sense of identity, a sense of place. It provides people than we do now. New urbanism al officials to help guide Boise's growth. "It's you with a perspective that allows you to lows people to age in place, whereas many of also a way to use our water, sewers and roads make an impact on people." the conventional zoning methodologies have more efficiently." "I think there's an element of community isolated people if they can't drive." Pat Machacek, architect and BSU profes that's been missing, and that histori- sor, agrees with the importance of cally people looked at physical archi environmental considerations when tecture as something that bound them 'Cultural history developing neighborhoods and com together," adds Jeff Jones, a Boise city munities. "If you can have mixed-use neighborhood planner who is helping has shown areas then people aren't forced to to redesign Boise's future neighbor drive to the mall to get that one thing hoods through his work on the city's that people need they need," she says. "Mixed-use comprehensive plan. community, means less pollution, less use of lim That connection between people and ited resources." their communities has been severed to a marketplace, But Machacek also warns of the some degree over the past three de consequences of poor planning for cades, he says, as streets, not buildings, face-to-face interaction.' mixed-use areas. "If it's not carefully began dictating the architecture of com- done, it can escalate the problems," FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 25 she says, by packing too many people and businesses in one area without preserving the open spaces. Students Find Historic Clues For examples of successful neighborhood planning that currently exist in Boise, Jones By Amy Stahl points not surprisingly to the city's north and rive down Boise's Warm Springs Avenue and you'll see elegant homes east end neighborhoods where tree-lined and towering trees. But take a closer look and you can find clues to a sidewalks lead from a good mixture of home fascinating past. Street markers etched into the sidewalk, an unusual tree styles with alley-entrance garages to neigh Dgrowing in a front yard, a decorative iron fence rimming a water flume. borhood schools, parks and on to a corner Fom BSU history students are inves grocery store. Traffic travels down a number tigating these clues as part of a collabo of different gridiron streets that have existed rative project about the Grove Street/ since before World War II. Warm Springs corridor. They plan to Changes in the current plan came from publish their findings in a book about a series of community workshops, public the cultural landscape of Boise. meetings and surveys in which participants Senior Meggan Laxalt and graduate voted on those elements of a neighborhood students Suzanne Sermon, Chelli they liked best. Bradshaw and Michelle Hall began the "It was very clear to us that Boise would project more than a year ago in apublic bloom into sprawl if something wasn't done, history class taught by adjunct profes and the whole valley would go that way sor Bill Tydeman. without a major change in consciousness and As yet untitled, the book will incor planning and zoning policy," says Lark porate landscape theory, historical re Corbeil, a founding member of The Live search methodology and oral interviews. able Community Group, which has orga ''It will help people read the landscape by seeing what is not immediately nized a series of lectures and meetings with visible," says Laxalt. city planners and officials, developers, bank The book, which is divided into five chapters, is based on a model developed ers, real estate agents and outside propo by noted Colorado historian PatriciaLimerick. Chapter topics are prehistory/ nents of neotraditional neighborhoods. "Ur Native American history, social impacts, vegetation and use of the land, ethnic ban sprawl does not happen by accident. It's groups and urban development issues, coded, meaning we had to change the zoning Historic photos and black-and-white images by Boise photographer Peter codes. Oberlindacber will supplement the text. "We tried to help the city staff by bringing Grove Street and Warm Springs were a natural choice for the project, says in these new ideas that were considered Laxalt. Grove Street, which is now home to the Basque Museum and Bar radical and we showed those ideas were Gernika, was once Boise's most elegant residential neighborhood. Mansions historically quite normal." built in the late 1890s lined the street until the neighborhood fell into disrepair Currently on the drawing board for the and was nearly decimated in the 1970s through urban renewal. Boise foothills is Hidden Springs, an envi Warm Springs Avenue, now a busy thoroughfare, was once a streetcar line to ronmentally conscious planned community the popular Natatorium. The same geothermal water that heated the pool also by Grossman Family Properties, which builds warms many of the houses on the avenue. suburban shopping malls. Both streets have faced significant changes yet retain historical elements that The Hidden Springs plan doesn't qualify fascinate the students. Buildingmateri· as new urbanism or neotraditional neigh als used in the houses, for example, borhood development because it's being built reflect a "transplantation ofinfluences," outside an urban area and most residents will says Lax:alt. Many of Boise's earliest commute to work, but the developers say it residents brought architectural prefer does promote a sense of self -containment with ences and tastes westward with them. its proposed village center and other ameni "A whole mixture of cultures wete ties. dropped on the western frontier," she "It is to create, with the village center, says. As a result, it's not unusual to find a sense of- above all else- community," Eastern lumber and Midwestern archi explainscompanyofficialJim Grossman. "We tectural touches on the early haines of can't go out and create community. We can the Intermountain West. 1\.fany trees only go out and create the infrastructure that and plants were imported, too. will allow a healthy community to develop. The students feel that the Anytime you put a group of people some project meets t,he public history where it's going to be a community. Whether program's goal of producing scholarly it's a strong, healthy, diverse community or a professional publications that are ac monochromatic, fragmented and very weak cessible to a wide audience. community is the difference." And they hope it will give people a new perspective on the history tbatis aU Concerned citizens say the same thing around them. "A lot oftimes we.see scenes over and over again but don'ttruly about Hidden Springs: It's a good plan, but see what's around us,·· says Lax alt. «1Jtis is a different way of looking at the the traffic is likely to be a problem, and landscape." 0 hopefully other developers will use some of the design ideas in Boise's urban areas. "It's the best development we've seen so 26 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 far, but it's still sprawl," says Corbeil, whose well as standard suburban models. group officially supports the plan. "It hasn't • N eotraditionalism doesn't fit standard pat adequately addressed the problems in traffic terns of financing developments. and infrastructure costs." • And without a big front parking lot, many It matters when you're recovering from Boise's not the only place struggling with retailers won't locate in neotraditional an illness or an injury at home. You ways to deal more effectively with urban downtowns. want someone who provides quality, sprawl. Andwhataboutcosts? Rea/Estate Newsline in-home healthcare. That's what we've New Urban News lists more than 100 reported that lots at the Seaside project in been doing in Idaho since 1986. traditional neighborhood development Florida, the first neotraditional neighborhood projects currently under way in 25 states. In developed, sold for $14,500 in 1982. Eleven San Diego, notes a Consumer Reports cover years later they sold for $150,000. And "de Continuing story, "an empty urban-renewal site now spite a soft housing market, about 70 percent boasts a profitable supermarket (with under ofthe first phase ofthe Laguna West develop ..11111 Care, Inc. ground parking) linked to streets densely lined ment in Sacramento (Calif.) has been sold to Our services include: with townhouses." homebuilders." • Home care aide service On a small island in the Mississippi River "That is our biggest worry," writes Con • Homemaking service sumer Reports. "That neotraditionalism will just minutes from Memphis, developer • Health promotion Henry Turley built Harbor Town by asking, become an expensive 'niche' product for up what kind of place do people want to live in? per-income homebuyers,maintaining the very • Occupational health services reports Newsweek. His quaint community socioeconomic uniformity that the movement's • Feet First Clinics boasts a front porch on every house and no advocates are trying to undo ... We hope that • Case management golf course. Housing prices vary from $114,000 these neighborhoods- and the lifestyle they • Resi dential care facility supervisory to $425,000. make possible - once more are so common nurse service "Democracy assumes - demands - that and affordable that they're ordinary." • Healthy baby/healthy family visits we know, understand and respect our fellow Whether new urbanism takes hold in Boise • Private nursing service citizens," he says in the article. "How can we is yet to be seen. But neighborhood planner • Contract nursing and thera py service appreciate them if we never see them?" Jones is optimistic. " We're rediscovering ways • Immunization administration service In spite of growing support for new urban to build neighborhoods incrementally and to • In-home mental health service ism, critics abound: preserve those that are already functioning • Fire departments worry that the streets well," he says. "As an extension of building For more information, call: will be too narrow for their trucks . the neighborhood, we're improving the city as 208•344•9228 800•834•9228 • Builders are afraid the houses won't sell as a whole." 0 JCAHO accredited FOCUS / WINTER 1997 27 Protecting Their Turf Neighborhood associations grow in the City of Trees By Bob Evanclto here's nothing like a little conflict to bring Boiseans together. Acknowledging the seemingly interminable growth in their city and subscribing to the notion that there's strength in numbers, Boiseans are mobilizing to protect the tranquility, safety and quality of their common living space. The result? Neighborhood organizations are sprouting ev erywhere in the City of Trees. Whether they're rising up against urban blight, unwanted development or excessive traffic, these groups have become effective neighborhood watchdogs and influential play ers in the city's political arena. That's not to say such groups aren't some times formed simply for the betterment of already ideal surroundings, says Marianne Konvalinka, head of Boise's Neighborhood Alliance. "But typically," she says, "Boise's neighborhood associations have been formed in direct response to a single issue that is of concern to a particular neighborhood." 28 FOCUS/ WINnR 1997 Or as Boise City Council member Anne the East End Neighborhood Association's The developers were eventually granted a Hausrath succinctly puts it: "Neighborhoods role in curtailing development of the permit, however, and began building homes tend to come together when they think Morningside Heights subdivision near Castle on part of the Castle Rock area in 1996. they're about to be stepped on." Rock. (Proposed development in the Hulls Gulch Call it what you want: citizen involve In the early 1990s developers sought per area of the foothills met similar resistance ment, neighborhood activism or civic aware mission from the city to build homes on a flat from the North End Neighborhood Associa ness, the marshaling of neighborhood troops portion of the Castle Rock area adjacent to tion a few years earlier. And like the EENA, in Boise has led to a rapid expansion of such Quarry View Park - a plan that was met the North End group mobilized to forestall organizations in Idaho's such plans, coordinated capital city. Five years ~ fund-raising efforts and ago there were four ~ received financial help neighborhood associa @ from the city to pur- tions in Boise; today "'i:J chase some of the land there are 29. And as § earmarked for develop- Boise grows, the num 6 ment.) bers are likely to in "I guess you could call crease. it a compromise," says "More people are be Hanson, who was the coming concerned about EENA's treasurer dur and looking out for ing the majority of the where they live and Castle Rock debate. where their children "Certainly, people on play," says Hausrath, both sides wanted more wife of Boise State math than what was agreed ematics and computer upon; we certainly science professor Alan wanted our voices to be Hausrath. "I think 'qual heard. ity of life' is an overused "But that one project term, but it's clear that alone took thousands of these associations have volunteer hours during been formed by people those two years. The who want to maintain the frustration and fatigue livability of the place they involved with such an have chosen to live." undertaking was unbe Hausrath's fellow City lievable." Council member Paula Dilley, far left, and Hanson, above, led successful neighborhood association efforts. The long hours may Forney agrees. "!think a deter many citizens lot ofthese associations are forming because with quick resistance from the EENA. from becoming involved in neighborhood they want to protect the character of their According to Rob Hanson, current presi organizations. But Boise Junior College neighborhood," she says. "I think more and dent of the association, the group sought to alumnus Stan Dilley, president of the more people are willing to stand up and say block the development of Morningside Franklin-Randolph Bench Neighborhood they've made an investment in their home Heights for a variety of reasons. Association, isn't one of them. and they consider their neighborhood an In addition to the impact such develop "I agree with the concept that people need to investment, too. ment would have on the city's infrastructure, get involved if they want to have an impact "And when you've had growth like we've many Boise residents consider Castle Rock on decisions that affect our lives," says the experienced in Boise, there's always that a popular area for recreational activities. retired pharmaceutical sales representative. fear that older, core areas like the North End "We were also concerned about the stabil "And it can make a difference. Look at the are going to degenerate. I think neighbor ity of the land," adds Hanson, a mine waste North End [Boise Neighborhood) Associa hood associations are being formed to make program manager for the state's Division of tion. It has been working for a long time on sure that doesn't happen." Environmental Quality. "There is landslide traffic control and issues regarding the foot So what do these groups do to preserve potential in that area; we didn't think it was hills. That group has an impact on [city gov that livability which makes Boise such a wise to allow development there." ernment) decisions." desirable place to reside? Furthermore, the Castle Rock area is con Forney agrees. "I think some of the newer It depends on the burning issue of the sidered sacred burial grounds by the neighborhoods have seen what the North day, says Konvalinka, whose Neighborhood Shoshone-Bannock and Paiute American End [Association) has been able to accom Alliance serves as an umbrella association Indian tribes. plish," she says. "They figure they can take a for all29 organizations. "It's sometimes dif Based on those concerns, the EENA in page out of the North End's book and ac ficult to keep an association going when volved itself "every step of the way," says complish similar goals." there is nothing for [its members] to rally Hanson, as it sought to restrict the planned With more associations forming and more around," she says. But given the many issues development. Boiseans joining those associations, Forney, inherent in Boise's rapid growth, that's rarely To that end, the association raised $75,000 a BSU alumna, says it's inevitable that those the case, especially in areas where develop over a two-year period and, with financial groups will enhance their political clout. ment - proposed or actual - is taking assistance from the city, purchased a portion "I've seen a broader cross-section ofpeople place. of the land in the Castle Rock area in J anu getting involved in local issues, and neigh One of the most publicized examples of a ary 1996, thus protecting that section of land borhood associations are one ofthe primary neighborhood organization in action was from development. ways to get involved," she says. "Obviously, FOCUS / WINTER 1997 29 with those kinds of numbers and with that kind of organization, most of these groups have done their homework before they come They Know Idaho before the City Council and they usually are able to make stronger cases." By Edie Jeffers And such political developments are not hen a group of Boiseans realized that local agencies and businesses exclusive to Boise. were going elsewhere in the Northwest to get historical information Jim Weatherby, director of Boise State's about their home state, they decided to put their passion for Idaho public affairs program, says neighborhood Whistory to work. associations are "a growing phenomenon The result: Formation of the Arrow rock Group Inc. The group has strong ties with increasing political clout, particularly to Boise State - Susan Stacy and Madeline J. Buckendorf are both BSU on land-use decisions" in the western United master's of history alumni; William Tydeman is a BSU adjunct professor and States. Barbara Perry Bauer is a 1985 history graduate and master's of history student. Weatherby, who co-authored a book on Elizabeth Jacox is the other member of the Arrowrock. the urban West with fellow BSU professor Named for the historical Idaho dam that was the highest in the world when Stephanie Witt, says the increase in the num it was built in 1915, the group does historical research for federal and state ber of neighborhood associations in Boise is agencies, local govern similar in some respects to what happened in ments, attorneys, corpo Portland and Phoenix, both of which experi rations and individuals. enced similar growth patterns. With individual expertise "Some people perceive growth as a threat in such areas as western to the quality of life in a neighborhood," he land and water issues, ur comments. "Because of that I think neigh ban and regional plau borhood associations are an emerging part ning,flood control policy, of the political scene in several western cit cultural resource issues ies." and historical records, the As Boise grows, perhaps the biggest con five decided that their cern facing neighborhood groups has be combined skills would come the increase in traffic in residential provide clients with an un areas. paralleled source for During the construction of the Cole-Over Idaho historical research. land Interchange, members of the Franklin When the Arrowrock Randolph Bench Neighborhood Associa Group does research, it tion grew increasingly uneasy about the flow not only documentsinfor of traffic and speed of those vehicles trying mation about buildings to get from Cole to Overland, or vice versa, and artifacts, it also learns through their neighborhood in an attempt to about people. Stacy says avoid the construction. that the way neighbor The association contacted the Ada County hoods have been devel Highway District about the possibility of oped historically can tell building speed bumps on Hummel and us a lot about the prevail Brentwood, the two streets in the association's jurisdiction that linked Cole ing attitudes during the Members oftheArrowrock Group. Sitting: William and Overland. timeofdevelopment. "In Tydeman and Barbara Perry Bauer. Standing left to ACHD installed equipment that measured the North End, which was right: Susan Stacy, Madeline Buckendorf and the traffic flow and the speed of those ve developed beginning in Elizabeth Jacox. the late 1800s, the streets hicles and determined that Hummel and have a definite grid pattern. You can go forever north, forever south, forever Brentwood did indeed qualify for the speed east, and forever west," she says. "Compare that with subdivisions that were bumps. built in Boise since World War II on the west side of the city where they are "It achieved what we were hoping for," designed with curving streets and cui-de-sacs in a kind of defensive posture reports Dilley. "Atlastcount, the traffic flow against the world. That's different from the street design of the earlier part of decreased by 7 percent and the vehicles' the century where growth was welcomed." average speed decreased by 5 mph." Past projects include surveys of historic sites and structures in Boise's North Successful crusades like the one led by End for the city of Boise, the documentation of historic mining sites in Owyhee Dilley illustrate why neighborhood associa County for Kinross Mining Co., architectural descriptions in Silver City for tions will probably grow in political clout, Owyhee County, and an oral history of the Hells Canyon area for Idaho Power. says City Council member Hausrath, who Buckendorf says the group finds itself in many strange places looking for has taught sociology at BSU. history. "The basement of courthouses are a repository for some of our most "I think as Boise gets bigger, neighbor important sources of information," she says. "The county clerks often don't hood associations are going to play an in know about the early records because they change hands, and nine times out of creasingly important role," she comments. 10 the early records are in the basement, usually in the furnace rooms." "Because they are closer to their individual ''You learn where to look for things and you develop a detective instinct;· concerns and can voice those concerns, they says Buckendorf. "It's the closest to Nancy Drew that I'll ever get." 0 help the city maintain some of its small-town charm, and that is still what many of us value most about living here." 0 30 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 RIVER STREET A new and improved Pioneer Walkway ing," says Dennis Clark, development coor will offer an easy and scenic walk from the dinator for CCDC. "We want the broadest (Continued from Page 23) Greenbelt and the river to the center of the range we can get because that range has a There were a lot of reasons the plan didn't city. The streets will be well lit and land higher chance of survival than if it's all one work then, Bertram says, including the city's scaped. segment." nearly fatal fixation on building a downtown The area will attract a broad mix of people In Hardeman's view the plans for River mall, an economic downturn in the early -high income couples and Boise State fac Street have far more plusses than minuses. 1980s and indecision on where the Connec ulty who can walk to work, long-time resi "I'm happy to see changes," she says. tor would go. dents who want to stay in the neighborhood, "There's a special part of me that loves this His biggest disappointment was that the empty-nesters who can be close to down neighborhood. I want to see it go up." 0 land along the river was sold for offices town and the museums, and lower-income instead of high-density housing. single parents or young couples just starting David Proctor has written for Rolling There were successes, though. Bertram's out. Stone, USA Today, The Salt Lake Tribune, plan helped save the Eighth Street bridge What will happen to the low-income fami The Idaho Statesman and Edging West, as and clean up Eighth Street. lies when River Street becomes gentrified? well as FOCUS. His first book is scheduled "It was a lot of things that didn't gel," "We intend to provide affordable hous- for publication in the fall of 1997. explains Bertram, who bought a house on 14th Street and lived there from 1975-1987 and still has an office in the neighborhood. "But I believe if someone had had the fore sight to do a first-class residential develop ment, it would be very successful now. RIVERSIDE MANAGEMENT CO., INC. "I always found it a wonderful place to live because it was so close to all these facilities. Full Service We're just blocks away from the Greenbelt, Real Estate Management there are two parks nearby, and the library, BSU and the museums are all close." Bonded & Insured • Competitive Rates Once the CCDC plan is carried out, the Locally Owned River Street neighborhood will be trans formed into a mix of new single-family homes 1425 S. Roosevelt St. and high-density residential structures (row 208-331-9696 houses, condominiums and apartments) in Boise, ID 83705 Fax 208-331-9797 all price ranges, small stores and offices. CoNNECT WITH YoaR Co.MMaNITY ~ CONTINUE YOUR LEARNING ....C: As knowledge continues to expand, continuous learning is a critical component of enhancing your productivity. BSU's Division of Continuing Education makes learning ACCESSIBLE by providing educational opportunities in locations and time frames that are convenient for you. 0 ClASSES AT CONVENIENT OFF-CAMPUS SITEs- Canyon County, Capital High School, Downtown Boise, Gowen Field, McCall, Mountain Home and Twin Falls. O ALTERNATIVE TIMEFRAMES- Evening and Weekend University, short-term work shops for credit or CEU's. 0 EASY ACCESS, DISTANCE EDUCATION FORMATS- KBSU Radio, Instructional TV, and Computer Conferencing. SPRING 1997 schedules are currently available Juu SuMMER 1997 schedules will be available April1 FIND OUT MORE BY CALLING (208) 385-1709 Outside Boise area 1-800-824-7017 ext. 1709 Visit our web site http:/ /www.idbsu.edu/conted FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 31 D IJ D Cl PRINTMAKING'S NEW IMAGE By Edie Jeffers BSU art professor George Roberts is put ting a 21st century twist on an ancient art form. Roberts is among a handful of pioneers who are using a high-tech plastic to revolu tionize printmaking ... the 400-year-old method of reproducing artwork by etching on metal plates. The key to the new process is the discov ery that Riston, a new light-sensitive plastic manufactured by DuPont for the electronic circuitry industry, could be used in printmaking. It's the "biggest thing to hap pen to an art medium since the computer revolutionized graphic design," Roberts says. Printmakers have been using Riston for only 18 months, but DuPont already has plans to market the plastic to the art world under the name ImagOn. Roberts, who learned of ImagOn from fellow printmakers, is constantly experiment ing with the new material to develop new applications. He then shares his findings with a small international group of printmakers who are also working with ImagOn. For years printmakers have been con cerned about the hazardous chemicals used in the conventional method, which calls for the artist to take cumbersome steps such as etching, spray painting and chemically rins ing a metal plate. All of this background work can be done in one simple, safe step using the new materials. With the ImagOn process, printmakers make a large positive transparency ofthe art piece. Then, the image on the transparency is exposed to ImagOn, not unlike conven tional photography exposes negatives to paper. When the image is developed using I simple water softener, the plastic dissolves to reproduce the fine lines of the art work. Those depressions then hold the ink that is transferred onto paper in the printing pro cess. "In the old way of printmaking there can be as many as 10 to 25 steps that can take several months to complete. Now, you can develop your image in 15 minutes, and then you can manipulate it much more easily," says Roberts. Art professor George Roberts, left, and art students Scott Kolbo and Amy Foster experiment A member of the art faculty since 1970, with ImagOn, a new plastic that has revolutionized the printmaking process. Roberts is an internationally exhibited artist who has worked in practically every medium 32 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 - painting, drawing, etching. But first and foremost, he is a printmaker. B u I I t b y e n n e e r 5 "There is a character and a quality to the 9 process of making images that are etched U 5 e d b y n o r m a I people. and layered," says Roberts. "When you put an image onto a plate, you don't know what The HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier. A you have exactly until you've printed it. 24-ppm network printer with There's something rhythmic about four input sources and multiple printmaking that suits me, I guess. Some output destinations, including thing magical." addressable mailboxes. "It's thrilling to be experimenting with a Transmits data for multiple sets printmaking process that saves time and en one time to reduce network traf ergy, allows the artist to concentrate on his fic. Staples and collates art, and all of this without using hazardous chemicals," he says. through software installed on But Roberts isn't working alone. He is your PC. sharing his project with his art students, who are excited to be involved in research that In plain language, that means it allows them to concentrate more on their art prints, collates, duplexes and than on the printmaking process. staples mopies - multiple origi "It's more direct. It's more spontaneous," nal prints. You can find out how says senior art major Scott Kolbo. "Instead the HP LaserJet 5Si Mopier can of having to use several different processes increase productivity and cut to produce an image, you can use just one." costs in your office at Roberts says that as graduates of BSU's printmaking program, students will krtow more about the ImagOn process than most The Right Choice for Your Business Solutions printmaking professors they might encoun ter in graduate school. Com~lerLand· For Roberts, student participation in re Business to business. Person to person. search is an essential element of teaching. "I like to involve my students in research be 4795 Emerald, Boise • Phone 344-5545 cause that's our task here- to engage them in the learning process," he says. "I could do the research and then teach it to my students, but that is so indirect. If you involve them in the process, then they are really learning how to problem solve. They learn to develop their own ideas and they begin to realize that they themselves can come up with creative solutions." Amy Foster, a senior art education major, came up with just such a creative solution when she found a way to increase the detail of her color collages. "My reproductions of collages have photographic detail now. This wasn't possible before." Roberts is now working with printmaking professors at Morehead State University in Minnesota, Grande Prairie Regional Col lege in Canada, Middlesex University in England and the University of Dundee in Scotland to develop a cooperative interna tional masters of fine arts program in which students can specialize in the new ImagOn technology. Through the international program, Rob erts is confident that ImagOn will set a new KepubUe Morq:ace standard in printmaking. "ImagOn does not sacrifice excellence and * * * * IXOIDKEM * * * * it actually bumps up the quality while mak .\Jnhel/e !Jennett ing the process more accessible," he says. loon Ojjicer "The use of ImagOn has caused revolution ary advances in an art form that has re 545 N. Benjamin • Boise, Idaho • 1 (800) 259-6510 mained virtually unchanged since the 16th Office (208) 322-3606 • Pager (208) 333-2967 • Fax (208) 322-3607 century," he says. 0 FOCUS I WINTER 1997 33 BSU'S ASHWORTH CARES ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TIES WITH JAPAN By Janelle Brown how respiratory therapy classes are taught at He credits Dr. Toshihiko Koga, a Lonny Ashworth didn't know what to ex BSU and about procedures at area hospitals. pulmonologist who is president and admin pect when he was invited to present a three In addition, Ashworth anticipates that Japa istrator of Koga Hospital, with making it day workshop on respiratory therapy atKoga nese students will soon be able to enroll in happen. Hospital in Kurume City, Japan. BSU respiratory therapy classes offered via "Dr. Koga is an incredible person, very "I was very apprehensive and ner loving and kind," says Ashworth. vous," remembers Ashworth, chair "We've become very good of BSU's department of respiratory friends." therapy, about the invitation here The two met when Koga visited ceived in spring 1995. BSU in 1994 as part of an interna Ashworth had never been to Ja tional exchange sponsored by the pan. He knew the medical staff he'd American Association for Respi be teaching didn't understand spo ratory Care. Koga was fascinated ken English, although they could with BSU, and asked Ashworth read it. Thanks to detailed hand to teach a workshop in Japan, outs and a translator, the workshop and then invited him to return. was a success. Ashworth says he now expects to "It was a wonderful experience, teach in Japan once or twice a but at the time I didn't know if I'd year for the foreseeable future. ever return," he says. Ashworth's Ashworth says he's been im trip turned out to be a pivotal step in pressed with the caliber of physi what has become an extraordinary cians he's met in Japan, although relationship between BSU and Koga respiratory therapy lags some Hospital. what behind U.S. standards. He's Ashworth has made two more Lonny Ashworth works with clinicians of a hospital. also enjoyed meeting Japanese teaching trips to Kurume City in the people, who he has found to be past 18 months and he'll present workshops the Internet. very friendly. in Tokyo this fall. Staff from Koga Hospital All this adds up to a valuable exchange of "Kurume City is sort oflike Boise, it's still have made several trips to Boise to learn information and goodwill, says Ashworth. got a small-town attitude," says Ashworth. D LOJEK PUTS ENERGY INTO SUCCESS OF ENGLISH STUDENTS By Janelle Brown and graduate scholarships and had their writ Kim Williamson, president of the student Helen Lojek could simply feel overwhelmed ings published in the society's national journal. chapter, says the society has helped him get with all the different tasks she undertakes to know other English majors at BSU, and as a professor in BSU's English depart § given him the chance to present an aca ment. Instead, she appreciates the variety, " demic paper to a national audience. He and believes that her diverse endeavors ~ says Lojek has been a big part of the enrich each other. ~ group's success. "If you make me choose, I'll choose the ~ "She's very enthusiastic, she encour students," she says. ~ ages us to get things done," Williamson Lojek works with students in the class says. room and as faculty adviser to BSU's na Lojek works with students on projects, tionally lauded chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, and accompanies them on field trips and the English honor society. She has done to conventions. extensive research on modern Irish play "They get to experience a wider group wrights during sabbaticals spent in Belfast of people, and that increases their overall and in Dublin. Fall semester, she served as awareness," Lojek says. The chapter also acting chair of her department. This winter joins in local service projects such as Rake finds her in Pau, France, where she is teach Up Boise and helps with the high school ing writing and literature for BSU's Inter academic decathlon. national Studies program. Helping students widen their perspec Lojek says she's proud of her students tives is important to Lojek. In fall 1995, and what they've accomplished. "It's just she arranged for an Irish actor and an Irish another sign ofthe things we're doing right poet she met during her sabbaticals to here," Lojeksays, about the national awards visit BSU. She'll bring back ideas from the honor society has received. her current international assignment The BSU chapter won honorable men that'll enrich her teaching. tion as an outstanding chapter at the 1996 Lojek has taught at BSU for the past 20 Sigma Tau Delta national convention. Both years, and has a doctorate in English from student advisers to the 1997 national board the University of Denver. "The best of "If you make me choose, I'll choose the students," are recent BSU graduates. Alumni and our students are on par with students says English professor Helen Lojek. students have won national teaching awards anywhere," she says. D 34 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 GRANTS ASSIST TECH PROGRAMS Teaching beyond the traditional classroom is becoming a reality in higher education in Idaho thanks to the Idaho Technology In centive Grant Program, which received more than $1.4 million from the State Board of Education this past fall. Boise State is involved in six of the 10 projects - several are joint efforts among Idaho's institutions of higher learning. BSU was the lone institution for a project that uses a combination of television, the Internet, telephone, video and audiotapes and text to teach Spanish. BSU was also the lead institution for a project that featured design-based engineering on the Internet. In addition to providing incentives for alternative methods of teaching with tech nology, the program seeks to enhance stu dent learning, improve faculty knowledge of AvaiLzble now at technological opportunities and increase ac cess to educational programs. The Bronco Shop More than 45 proposals were submitted. or mail order to: The two projects involving BSU in a lead role and the amount of funding are: BSU Bookstore SELF-PACED, MASTERY-BASED SPANISH AT A 1910 University Dr., Boise, ID 83725 DISTANCE - Developed by Florence Moorhead-Rosenberg, chair ofBSU's mod or phone: 800-992-8398 • 208-385-3080 em languages department, the project will Full color brochure available. Just call - we'll send one out! provide Spanish courses taught using a com bination of technologies, $117,440. DESIGN-BASED ENGINEERING EDUCATION ON THE INTERNET- Led by BSU mechanical engineering professor Joe Guarino, the project is a collaborative effort with the Uni versity of Idaho and Idaho State University. The three schools will create engineering LESS THAN design projects via the Internet for sopho more courses in statics and dynamics, TEN MINUTES $149,813. Four other grants will be directed by the FROM BSU CAMPUS University of Idaho, but will include Boise State and Idaho State in their development. 265 MoDERN GuEsT RooMs IDAHO VIRTUAL CLASSROOM- A training Q0)1DY) RESTAURANT AND LoUNGE course for college professors, K-12 teachers and the public will help participants create INDOOR AND OumooR SwiMMING PooLs on-line classroom courses in astronomy, plan SAUNAS, WHIRLPOOL AND FITNESS CENTER • HOLIDOME™ etary geology and earth science, $155,490. INDOOR RECREATION AND FUN CENTER • FREE CABLE PROCESS EDUCATION TO IMPROVE CORE EN TELEVISION • FREE AIRPORT SHUTTLE • MINUTES FROM THE GINEERING SCIENCE COURSES - Core engi neering classes will share information elec CAPITOL, BSU CAMPus, SHOPPING MALLS AND MusEuMs tronically, $149,696. ~,, THE IDAHO ART NETWORK- An Internet based, interactive, education art network for ·~- junior high, high school and college students '\\~ ~'VU\:- Boise Airport will be developed, $232,542. The grant also 3300VJSTAAVE. (208) 344-8365 BOISE, lD 83705 includes Lewis-Clark State College. COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING FRAMEWORK Convenient access to Interstate 84 at Exit 53 (Vista Avenue) FOR LABORATORY INSTRUCTION - The pro gram will feature 12 simulation exercises on a computer to supplement soil mechanics lab sessions and reduce overall demands on faculty time for multiple lab sessions, $122,197.0 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 35 II 1!1 m I] [I D BLUESHIELD'S NELSON HAS A HANDLE ON THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY By Larry Burke ecutive suite of one of Idaho's largest insur us through the maze of health care services ance companies, Nelson says. -to be a personal advocate," he says. Armed with his new Boise State business "Our industry is one of eminent change ... Last year, BlueShield was a partner with degree, Rich Nelson sold his first insurance I want to help stimulate the creativity we Boise-based Healthwise Inc. in a pilot project policy in 1972. Today, his clients comprise need to address those changes," says Nelson. to print a self-help medical guide that was almost a quarter of Idaho's population. Nelson says the insurance and health-care distributed in four Idaho counties. The com Nelson is president and chief executive industries are bracing for the impact of his pany also provides thousands of bicycle hel officer ofBlueShield of Idaho, the Lewiston generation - the baby boomers. mets for kids in an effort to prevent head based insurance company that serves some "The baby boomers are not willing to grow injuries, offers a phone-in medical advice 242,000 people in the state. And he is a key old gracefully. When they turn 60, they still service, and distributes thousands of publica executive in an affiliated group ofBlueShield will want to ride a bike 10 miles. They will tions about health-related topics. organizations in Washington, Over the years, Nelson Oregon, Utah and Montana. 0 has become one of These days Nelson is a man BlueShield's major players on the move, jumping weekly in the Northwest. He was a from Portland to Tacoma/Se co-founder of the Bench attle to Lewiston as he puts § mark Holding Co., the urn together complex mergers and a brella company that brought guides the company through a llhu,•Sh it•ld six BlueShields under a com changing environment. ot'lduho mon administration. And as Nelson learned the insur the acting chief executive of ance business from the ground Pierce County Medical Blue up, starting as an agent with Shield, he is facilitating the the Richard Cooke agency in complex merger of the Boise. Cooke and Nelson got BlueShield companies in acquainted at the YMCA, King and Pierce counties in where Nelson worked while Washington. attending Boise State. Nelson is also making an Cooke recruited Nelson into impact at the national level. this agency and became his He is one of only 25 to serve mentor, teaching him the ins on the Blue Cross Blue Shield and outs of the insurance busi Association's Executive ness. Nelson learned his les- Committee. And he also is a sons well. He became presi- "My goal is to create an environment where people can be successful," says member of the association's dent of the Idaho Association BlueShield CEO Rich Nelson. Emerging Issues Committee, of Life Underwriters and was which he likens to a "think named Idaho Life Underwriter of the Year. access the health-care system more frequently tank" that looks toward the future of the After 11 years of independent sales, Nelson and expect more from it." industry. says he joined the corporate world because "This will cause the system to change. We When he's not on the road, Nelson spends he was bored. And he was attracted by the need to find creative ways to deal with that time with his wife Teresa (Chamberlain) and possibility that he could be a mentor for change if we want to put a lid on health-care their three children. The Nelsons met as other agents, just as Cooke had been for him. costs. We have to find other ways to access students at Boise State. She went on to earn "I like to help others develop their talents the system other than calling a doctor," he a pharmacy degree from Washington State ... it seemed like a natural transition to get says. and continues to practice part-time in into a position where I could do that." Borrowing from the managed-care phi Lewiston. So he took a job with Blue Cross in Boise, losophy, BlueShield is placing increasing Nelson also finds time to serve on First where he established and trained a cadre of emphasis on wellness and prevention as a Security Corporation's advisory board and agents to market their products. That was in means to reduce health-care costs. In the last the boards of United Northwest Services and 1983. Three years later rival BlueShield came five years, seminars, pamphlets and informa the Tri-West Health Care alliance. calling. He became vice president of market tion campaigns have become a much more Until recently, he served on the Bronco ing and was named to the top post in 1991. prominent part of the company's arsenal of Athletic Association board of directors. That Today, he still defines his job in mentor services. affiliation, he says, seldom causes ripples in terms. "My goal is to create an environment "A more informed and healthy population Lewiston, except for one week during foot where people can be successful. I like to see helps us control the affordability of insur ball season. people reach, to do things they didn't think ance. We want people to take more respon "My office gets decorated black and gold they could do." sibility for their own wellness. The role ofthe about four times that week," he says with a This is an exciting time to occupy the ex- managed care physician is more to help guide laugh.O 36 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 JULIE BEniE LOOKED TO ROSEANNE FOR DISSERTATION INSPIRATION By Janelle Brown "I used Roseanne as an historical When Julie Bettie decided to study icon," Bettie says. "In some ways, issues of gender, race and class, she she is Archie Bunker turned on his didn't just head to the library. She head." turned on her TV set and found the Roseanne is rude, insubordinate perfect example of the new working and rarely a passive victim. She has a class right in prime time. job, not a career. She is fat, while "Roseanne: The Changing Face of middle-class characters on TV are thin. Working Class Iconography" is the Bettie writes that unlike the "bour result of Bettie's research. It was geois feminism" of a Murphy Brown, published last spring in the scholarly Roseanne's "proletarian feminism" is journal Social Text. shaped by the daily indignities faced Bettie's dissertation has been by women who hold jobs with little quoted in an article on Roseanne in power and prestige. The New Yorker magazine, and men Bettie says she knows lots of women tionedin the magazine In These Times like Roseanne. Her research on the as an example of academic writing TV show led to her dissertation, which that is lucid and understandable. looks at class and race differences Bettie, known as Julie Haase when among white and Mexican-American she graduated from Boise State Uni high school girls. She '11 finish her doc versity in sociology in 1986, wrote the toral program this spring, then hopes paper as part of her doctoral program to find a university position. in sociology at the University of Cali Michael Blain, chair of the BSU fornia-Davis. sociology department, thinks Bettie She says Roseanne is worth study has a bright future. ing, because the show deals with is- Julie Bettie explores the serious side of comedy. "She was highly disciplined and sues many women face today. thoroughly brilliant when she was at As the economy shifts away from heavy working class doesn't have labor unions or Boise State" says Blain, who was Bettie's industry to service sector work, women are othertraditional protections. And it's largely faculty adviser. "I think she is the kind of filling the unskilled jobs formerly held by unnoticed - women are usually identified student who guarantees that sociology will not white males, Bettie asserts. But this new by gender, but not class. only survive, but thrive in the 21st century." D DENVER AIRPORT EXPERIENCE HELPS LAUNCH A NEW CAREER By Janelle Brown ligned baggage system as an example. When Jeannie Davison feels a special thrill every construction started, the baggage system was time she lands at the Denver International designed as a manual system. Later, officials Airport. The soaring white spires, endless decided it should be automated instead. That runways and space age design ofthe contro change had a major impact on the entire versial $4.3 billion project hold many memo timetable, Davison says, because it meant ries for her because she was involved in its some construction had to be totally redone. construction. The baggage system malfunctioned when Davison, who received a degree in draft the airport opened, but the problems were ing technology from BSU in 1981, worked as quickly fixed. Davison say she isn't surprised a project control coordinator for Morrison that the airport now rates well above the Knudsen at the airport site for more than national average for on-time arrivals and four years. She was responsible for schedul departures. ing the construction work in several build Looking back, she's philosophical about ings and coordinating when different firms the unrelenting criticism. "One thing I would undertake specific tasks. learned in the 13 years I spent with M-K is It was a fascinating job - but Davison that on any huge construction job, there is a says it was also stressful, especially when massive amount of controversy," she says. design changes, cost overruns and contro DavisonwenttoworkforM-Kaftergradu versies delayed the project. When the air ating from BSU, and left after her Denver port finally opened in February 1995, 16 assignment to pursue her education. She months late and $3 billion over budget, received a bachelor's degree from Metro Davison felt both elation and relief. politan State College of Denver last spring in Da ison is pursuing a degree at San Jose State after her work on the Den er airport. "It was really hard. One thing most people aviation safety and psychology, and is cur didn't understand was how much work was rently enrolled in a master's program in Davison believes her work on the Denver added after the project had already started," experimental psychology at San Jose State airport will help prepare her for a career in Davison explains. University. She hopes to someday work for aviation. "Ilearned a lot," she says. "I'm glad Davison points to the airport's much-rna- the National Transportation Safety Board. I had the experience." D FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 37 KATHY L (MONZA) DUSKY, BA, social science, KIMBERLY K. KNOWLTON, BA, economics, '81, ALUMNI IN TOUCH ••• '78, is an associate professor at Portland State is branch manager at National Mortgage of University in Portland, Ore. Idaho in Boise. Our policy is to print as much "In scon TUDEHOPE, is a social studies teacher at RONALD L BELLISTON, BBA, accounting, '82, is Touch" information as possible. Ayala High School in Chino Hills, Calif. His a board member with the Twin Falls Chamber Send your letters to the BSU wife, CYNTHIA (CORDS) TUDEHOPE, is an adminis of Commerce. Bellis ton is a CPA, CVA and a Alumni Association, 1910 Univer trator, teacher and resource room specialist for partner with Cooper Norman and Co. in Twin sity Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. In the Rialto Unified School District in southern Falls. addition, if you know someone California. She was renamed Rialto-Unified KEITH W. CAMPBELL, AAS, electronics who would make a good feature School District Mentor for the school year and technology, '82, is an actor and stuntman for is responsible for all testing at Henry Elemen story in our 11 Alumnotes" section, films, television and commercials in Hollywood, tary School in Rialto. Calif. contact the oHice of News Services DAN MILLER, BS, criminal justice administra at the same address. tion, '82, is an investigator with the Ventura 80s County District Attorney's Office in Ventura, JEFFERY R. MANSER, MBA, '80, owns Control Calif. Miller received both silver and gold 40s lers Resource LLC in Boise. Manser's company medals during the 1996 California Police DAVID W. FISHER, AA, general arts and provides financial reporting and administrative Olympics in Long Beach, Calif. sciences, '41, and RUBY (SCHOFIELD) FISHER, AA, services to businesses. TERESA GAENnE ALEXANDER, BBA, accounting, general arts and sciences, '42, celebrated their JOANNE C. ANGELL, BA, social work, '81, owns '83, is an accounting coordinator at the Boise 50th wedding anniversary in October. They Country Comfort Bed and Breakfast in Orange, Art Museum in Boise. Alexander previously reside in Boise. Calif. She also is social work director for worked for Albertson's Inc. RehabCare at Western Medical Center BRENT DOUGLAS CARR, BBA, marketing, '84, is 50s Transitional Care Unit. a corporate account manager for Colgate JOHN w. GIST, BM, music/secondary Palmolive Co. in Boise. COMER BROWN, AA, general arts and education, '81, teaches music at American Falls VICKIE J. (CARRUTHERS) CHANEY, BBA, business sciences, '57, recently retired from Boise High School in American Falls. education/shorthand, '84, works in the Cascade in Boise after 38 years. Brown was sales and marketing manager with the particle board division. IDT'S STEPHAN STEALS THE SHOW ------~ 60s By Edie Jeffers BERNET A J. (ROBINSON) HEIDEMAN, AA, As the managing di nursing, '62, recently retired from St. Luke's rector of BSU's dance Regional Medical Center and has started her company-in-residence, own massage business named Busy B Enterprise in Boise. 1994 music business RUTH A. (WARD) BRUTSMAN, BA, elementary graduate Bill Stephan has education, '69, teaches special education classes brought larger audiences at Middleton High School in Middleton. and increased revenues Brutsman has been teaching for 35 years. to Idaho Dance Theatre (IDT). 70s Originally a perfor MALCOlM E. STOCKWELL, BA, general business, mance major, Stephan '70, works for Starkist Seafoods in Newport, Ky. changed direction after SYLVIA J. ROBISON, BA, English/liberal arts, getting involved with the '71, has been certified a municipal clerk by the Performing Arts Com International Institute of Municipal Clerks. mittee of BSU's Student Robison is employed by the city of Middleton. Programs Board (SPB ),the student group keting efforts and attend to all the detailS RAYMOND A. WESTMORELAND, BA, general that brings performing artists and enter of managing the company so the dancers business, '71, has been named a Certified can concentrate on being artists,,. says Remodeling Specialist by the National Associa tainment activities to campus. "1 fell in tion of the Remodeling Industry. Westmoreland love with the administrative side of the IDT co-artistic director and BS U theatre owns Wood Windows Inc. in Boise. arts, and I didn't know if I wanted to live arts professor Marla Hansen. UNDA KAY AWN, BA, social science, '72, is an the struggling artist's lifestyle," he says. And focus efforts he did. Under administrative secretary for the Honors He later had positions with the Boise Stephan's leadership, ticket sales for the program at BSU. Philharmonic, IJ A Productions and company have increased by 248 percent, JUDY IRENE MURPHY, BS, mathematics, '72, is worked briefly in ad sales at the Boise corporate support has increased by 339 an instructor at Ilisagvik College in Barrow, Weekly . When a full-time position was percent and audience size has increased Alaska. created at IDT in 1995, Stephan was the from 750 in 1994-95 to 2,025 in 1995-96. JAMES A. BURKHOLDER JR., MPA, '77, is a veteran's representative for the Bonners Ferry group's first choice. Stephan is proud that he plays a major Job Service in Bonners Ferry. Burkholder is a The dance company specializes in new, role at Boise's fastest growing arts orga retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. innovative choreography that features a nization. "Everyonewho comes to see an GLORIA ANN (GAUAHER) WORKMAN, BS, variety of styles, including contemporary IDT performance - their lives will be nursing, '77, is a nurse practitioner at the and neoclassical ballet, jazz and modem better because they came. I get a real University of Idaho Student Health Center in dance. The product was in place; what the sense of fulfillment out of bringing arts to Moscow. Workman previously was coordinator group needed was a person with the en Boise. I'm not just doing something, get for the Family Planning Program. ergy and vision to get people in the door ting my money and leaving. I'm doing a DOUGLAS L. DODSON, BM, music/secondary education, '78, is a music instructor at Adrian to enjoy the product. job that in a small way makes the world a High School in Adrian, Ore. Dodson lives in "Bill has been able to focus our mar- better place." 0 Caldwell. 38 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 development office at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. JEFFERY G. TUNISON, BBA, management/ behavioral, '84, is business development officer for First Security Bank in the Nampa and Caldwell area. Tunison previously served as assistant manager of the Caldwell office. Subacute - Rehabilitation JOHN B. BELVILLE, BA, social work, '85, is Respite - Skilled Nursing program director at Sand Stone Center in Nampa. The center is an expansion of Alcohol ism Intervention Services in Boise. NuRSING FACILITY• HoME CARE • HosPICE SERVICES MICHAEL J. CASEY, BBA, finance, '85, is a captain with American Airlines in Dallas. RESPIRATORY THERAPY KEVIN W. HAWKINSON, BBA, economics, '85, is manager with Smith-Barney's National provided py ST. LUKES HOSPITAL Training Center in Hartford, Conn. SANDRA MARIE MAROSTICA, BFA, art, '85, is 24 Hour Registered Nursing Supervision business development manager for Armstrong Architects in Boise. She previously worked for PHYSICAL, OCCUPATIONAL, & SPEECH First Security Bank. PATRICIA GAIL (HANSEN) METCALF, BA, social THERAPY SERVICES science, '86, is director of the Boise Basin Library District in Idaho City. JAN ALICIA (TUCKNESS) BIANCHI, MA, education/ Provided by IDAHO Et.KS REHABIUTA710N HOSPITAL curriculum and instruction, '87, is an elementary teacher for the Homedale School District. FEDERALLY and STATE CERTIFIED ROGER CRUZ QUINTANA, BS, sociology, '86, was recently selected by the Boise School CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE District's Board of Trustees to head its new Youth Violence Program. DOUGLAS J. SHEETS, BBA, economics, '86, is an investigator for the California Highway Patrol. 343-7755 Sheets is part of the southern division HOMEHEALTHIHOSPICE multidisciplinary accident investigation team. STEVEN KENT OVERFELT, BA, political science/ 1-208-385-9848 social science/secondary ed., '86, works at Travel 316 W. Washington • Boise, Idaho 83702 Agents International in Moscow. He previously worked in the travel industry in Seattle. STEVEN DAVID MEYERHOEFFER, BBA, finance, '87, is head golf pro at Clear Lakes Country Club in Twin Falls. MARK M. MYERS, BBA, marketing, '87, is a supervisor at Intuit in Tucson, Ariz. Every year I find that people just like you pay too much MICHAEL EDWARD SEALS, in taxes, either by paying taxes that they don't need to, or BBA, computer information by paying high preparation fees to their accountants. systems, '87, is a senior programmer/analyst for You'll be surprised to know that I save most of my clients CRI/The Resource Group in at least 40-50% on preparation fees alone! Boise. Seals recently earned a certified product specialist Liane M. Lemons, CPA designation from Microsoft Access. Fonner IRS Revenue Agent (auditor), BSU Alumni & SBA Accountant Advocate of the year. DANA LEE STRONG, BA, history, '87, teaches Call me today for a free comparison- (208)368-0525 high school history and geography and junior high social studies for the Hansen School Taxes - Bookkeeping - Overhead Reduction - Accounting District in Hansen. DAVID G. DALTON, BS, physics, '88, is an application engineer with Thorsen Rocky Mountain Inc. in Denver. at WriclltB~ KEVIN M. MILLS, BBA, economics, '88, is 'We are owner of Sockeye Brewing Co. in Boise. ERICA A. COMPTON, BA, elementary educa SUJIXl125Y'(gS ofBlUlX'O tion, '89, is vice president of operations with PCS Education Systems Inc. in Boise. NATALIE 0. GAMBILL, BA, political science, '89, P.O. Box637 is orchestra manager for Grande Ronde Youth Eagle, Idaho 83616 Orchestra in La Grande, Ore. Gambill also is a board member with Grande Ronde Symphony (208) 939-0377 Association. DEIRDRE "DEE" LEE LINT, BBA, accounting, '89, \1. was promoted to deputy director of finance in \1\/RIGHT BROTHERS accounting at Research Management Consult ants Inc., an environmental and telecommunica THE BUILDING COMPANY tions consulting firm in Camarillo, Calif. FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 39 CARl L. MAGEnE, BBA, accounting, '89, is a regional vice president for Settlement Associ specialist with Bronco Motors in Boise. Kibler partner in the firm of Reynolds, Stanton and ates and Insurance Services. Winslow also is a previously worked at Kelly Services Inc. Winkle, CPAs. general partner with Payne and Associates and MARl L. KNUTSON, MA, education/reading, '90, DEBRA LEE MATHEWS, BA, English/secondary also is a senior manager for Associated Loggers teaches at Lincoln Elementary in Caldwell. education, '89, teaches English, creative writing, Management Corp. in Boise. Winslow resides in Knutson was a 1989 Top Ten Scholar at BSU. survey of literature, and humanities for the Coeur d'Alene. His wife, DIANA LYNNE (FRANCIS) CYNTHIA L. SHERMAN, MA, education/reading, Hansen School District in Hansen. She was a WINSLOW, BBA, finance, '87, is employed by '90, teaches reading recovery of first grade at 1989 Top Ten Scholar at BSU. North Pacific Insurance Co. in Spokane, Wash. risk students at Mountain View Elementary in SUZANNE "SUE" PFEFFERLE, BA, elementary Burley. education, '89, is a child and family therapist at BRUCE S. TERNKE, MBA, '90, works for Trus Peninsula Community Mental Health Center in 90s Joist MacMillan in Boise. Port Angeles, Wash. ELIZABETH ANN GIBSON, BA, psychology, '90, MILESSA D. BLANKINSHIP, BBA, accounting, AMY (LIENTZ) SHEA, BS, environmental health, is an office administrator with Digital Effects in '92, is a manager with Coopers & Lybrand '89, is a manager with BDM International in Boise. L.L.P. in Boise. Idaho Falls. JEFFREY KIBLER, BBA, business management/ SANDRA LEE FRIEDLY, BA, English/writing TODD WAYNE WINSLOW, BA, art, '89, is human resources, '90, is a customer service emphasis, '92, is a freelance writer/desktop publisher in Mountain Home. CHRISTOPHER PAUL HANSEN, BM, music/ education, '92, teaches music in the Elko IF ONLY COMPUTERS WERE HISTORIC County School District in Nevada. Hansen was recently appointed choral director at Spring By Edie Jeffers Bratt's most an1bitious works are four Creek Junior-Senior High School. After four operas, two symphonies operas, all of which tely on historical KELLIE JOLENE JONES, BA, advertising design, and hundreds of songs, composer Griffith events for their story line. "Season for '92, is art director with J. Gordon and Associ ates in Boise. Jones previously was art manager Bratt is experiencing something new .. . Sorrow," the opera which was used for for a Caldwell screen printing company. he's struggling with his keyboard. Idaho's Centennial celebration, covers LEANNE MARIE (SUMMY) LONDON, BS, Of course, most people do when they the two-year period in Idaho history be radiologic technology, '92, is a clinical adminis learn how to operate a computer. tween 1904 when forn1er Governor Frank trator for Nampa Primary Health, as well as "So far it's mastered corporate radiology coordinator. me," jokesthe 82-year RONALD W. PIPER, BA, history/secondary old BSU music pro education, '92, teaches junior high history for fessor emeritus. "It the Oneida School District in Malad. NANEnE E. (METZGER) SELLAND, BBA, finance, speaks a different lan '92, works for Morrison-Knudsen in Boise. guage." JEFFREY AUEN STOPPENHAGEN, BA, political Bratt's prolific com science, '92, is financial services supervisor at posingcareeris briefly First Security Bank's Fairview office in Boise. on hold while he fig Stoppenhagen previously was a teller supervisor ures out his new at the Garden City branch. fangledmachine. Once JOSHUA LESTER LUCK, BA, political science, '93, that's accomplished, was recently designated a Naval Aviator and presented with "Wings of Gold" after flight he'll get back to the training with Training Squadron Seven, Naval n1ore familiar set of Air Station in Meridian, Miss. Luck is a first keyboards on his pi lieutenant and joined the Marine Corps in 1993. ano. Steunenberg was assassinated and 1906 RICHARD WALLACE OVERTON, BA, social Bratt, a Dlentor to dozens of organ when his widow went to the penitentiary science, '93, is a freelance writer, contributing to students during his career at Boise State, to forgive Harry Orchard, her husband's publications such as Wired and Hot Wired, The retired in 1976. His former students are assassin. "Rachel" is the story of Rachel Web, c/net and San Francisco Focus. He resides scattered across the country. teaching in Jackson, the wife of Andrew Jackson. in San Francisco. LOUIS JOHN PIFHER, BBA, finance, '93, is high schools and universities. Many still "The Year of the One Reed" is based on district manager for Mission Foods in Boise. stay in touch. In fact, Bratt's next project the story of the conquest of Mexico. DEBRA J. RAGSDALE, AS, marketing, '93, is is to finish CODlposing songs for a former "Luther" is based on the life of Martin assistant manager of First Security Bank's student's doctoral recital. Luther, the great church reformer. Emmett office. Ragsdale previously served as Now 20 years into retirement, Bratt Bratt doesn't focus only on the illlpqr· assistant manager at the bank's Garden City has never stopped writing music ... op tant events in history as backdrops for his office and also serves as a director of the eras, choral works, chamber music, you works; he's also extracted some old gems Garden City Chamber of Commerce and as nan1e it. Many of his works, such as a from the life of the con1mon folk. His Charter President of Soroptimist International of Garden City. recent cantata for a church in Michigan, "Warren Diggins Suite" is based on tunes JEFFERY LYNN BATEMAN, BS, construction were CODlDlissions. that were sung by miners in the old town management, '94, is a construction assistant at Over the years, Bratt has found inspi~ of Warren during their Saturday night ERC Properties in Fort Smith, Arkansas. ration in history. Thus, the legacy of soirees. CHERYL A. ELD, BBA, accounting, '94, recently humans and the events of their world is Bratt hopes that people will learn to opened Landmark Mortgage in Boise. the subject matter of his n1ost in1portant appreciate bistory through his works. "If BRENDA JEAN ETHRIDGE, BA, elementary &>mpositions. we pay attention to what has transpired in education, '94, teaches for the Dietrich School "History is a fascinating study and it the past, we can learn from our mistakes," District in Dietrich. RENEE J. (WATERS) FORD, BA, criminal justice, certainly is a beacon for understanding he says. "Ourcultureis onasJipperyslope '94, is a paralegal with Hamlin & Sasser in Boise. the mistakes of the past as well as under unless we turn our lifestyle around. And ROBERT JESS FREDRICKS, BS, political science, standing why we are as we are," he says. we can learn ftoDl history.,. 0 '94, works at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. 40 FOCUS/ WINTER 1997 COWlN k. LAMURT%, MBA.·~. is COOI'dina lur ur brt'aSl Cttrc l'>t:nic~s wilh Sl. J.ukC''S Rcgion~l Medic~ I C~nrcr in Boise. For Prevention. .. PntR w. POCUS I W1N1tR 1997' 41 AMY KATHLEEN ARGON, BS, nursing, '96, works School in Honolulu. at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in Boise. TRACY R. HITCHCOCK, BS, biology, '96, is a food BENJAMIN ARMSTRONG, BS, biology, '96, is microbiologist/quality control coordinator at attending dental school at the University of Analytical Laboratories Inc. in Boise. Minnesota in Minneapolis. CARMEN LOUISE HOGLE, AAS, legal office WANDA SUE ARTERBURY, AS, nursing, '96, technology, '96, is an administrative secretary at works at St. Luke's Regional Medical Center in the law firm of Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Boise. Hawley in Boise. CONSTANCE RAE (ALITA) ASHMORE, BS, health JETAIME HOOD, BS, psychology, '96, is in the science studies, '96, is in the physical therapy doctorate program in clinical psychology at program at Idaho State University in Pocatello. Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. BRIAN SCOn BANVILLE, AAS, electronics ROBBI LOU KIER, BBA, accounting, '96, works technology, '96, is a quality assurance technician for United Heritage Mutual Life Insurance Co. at Micron Custom Manufacturing Services in in Nampa. Nampa. JULIE NICOLE (HEBERT) KNOOP, BA, history, '96, CATHERINE (DIDIO) BEALS, MA, education, '96, is a liability claims adjuster at Great West teaches sixth grade for Boise School District. Casualty in Boise. nMOTHY JOHN BELLINGHAM, BBA, computer ALLYN McCAIN KRUEGER, BA, theatre arts/ information systems, '96, is a helpdesk specialist directing, '96, is teaching at Idaho Theatre for for Albertson's in Boise. Youth Drama School and will assist in the 1997 CARRIE BELUE, AS, nursing, '96, works on the Boise Music Week production of The Music medical/surgical floor at Lakeview Hospital in Man. Salt Lake City. DUSTIN GLADE KUHN, BS, mathematics, '96, is SUSAN JANE BLEEG, BAS, electronics a programmer analyst at ORION Development technology, '96, is an electronics technician at Inc. in Boise. the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise. ANDREA D. LEEDS, MSW, '96, is program LANI MARIE BODEN, BS, radiologic technology/ director for VOICES (Victory Over Incest and magnetic resonance imaging, '96, works for the Child Exploitation Services) with Mountain MRI Center of Idaho. States Group in Boise. KIMBERLY DAWN BROWN, BS, biology, '96, is ROBERT NATHAN LEHMAN, MS, raptor biology, attending medical school at Johns Hopkins '96, is a research wildlife biologist for the U.S. University in Baltimore. Dept. of Interior's National Biological Service KATRINA ANNA CARTWRIGHT, BA, general art, in Raptor Research and Technical Assistance '96, is a freelance illustrator and a partner in Center in Boise. The RRTAC is a cooperative Latta Design in Boise. research unit attached to BSU. JASON THOMAS DANEN, BAS, '96, is a civilian DAVID M. LOPER, BS, environmental health, firefighter at the Naval post graduate school fire '96, is an environmental health specialist at department in Monterey, Calif. Southwest District Health Dept. in Boise. SHILA RENEE DRAHEIM, AS, nursing, '96, is an ANNA GREGORIAN LOVELADY, BA, English/ ICCU nurse at Bonner General Hospital in secondary education, '96, teaches freshman Sandpoint. English at Nampa High School. DALE scon EDGERTON, BS, biology, '96, is in TAMARA LYNN MARnN, BA, social work, '96, the doctorate program in biomedical science at works for Family Advocate Program in Boise. Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. AARON DEAN McKINNON, BS, earth science PAUL EGBERT, BS, social science/liberal arts, education, '96, teaches physical science for the '96, is a juvenile probation officer for Ada Boise Independent School District. County Juvenile Court Services. scon D. RAVEN, BA, advertising design, '96, is DENA MARIE ELLIOn, BA, communication/ a graphic designer at Morgan and Co. in Mesa, English, '96, is a staffing coordinator with Ariz. Remedy Staffing Services in Boise. BRANDEN ROBERT FERGUSON, BS, biology, '96, is attending dental school at Indiana University WEDDINGS in Indianapolis, Ind. JON McDANIEL and Heather Williamson, CAROL MARIE GROSS, BA, elementary (Boise) June 1 education, '96, is an early childhood special ROBERT ALLEN WAnS and Rebecca Darlene education teacher at Garfield Elementary Peters, (Boise) June 1 School in Boise. HENRY PHILLIP KASPRZAK JR., and Miriam Sue SHEILA D. HANCOCK, BA, social work, '96, is a Brown, (Caldwell) June 15 social worker with mentally ill adults at V and T DIANNE SMITH and Greg Ruxton, (Boise) Mental Health Services in Boise. June 15 PENNY S. HARRISON, AS, radiologic technol BRIAN LUKE BECKER and Carol Louise ogy, '96, works in the radiology department at Beauclair, (Boise) June 22 St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in BLAKE GRIFFIN and Patti Boyce, (Boise) June 22 Boise. TABITHA D. KISER and Kevin L. Anderson, JENNIFER ALLISON HAYES, BA, social work, '96, (Boise) June 22 is a social worker at Senior Programs of Boise GINA STIVERS and Jeff Spengler, (Boise) June 22 City and Ada County. JEFFREY w. DAY and Deanne A. 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Sept. 16 LINDA ANN KLOTZ and Henry Jacob Vanderwyk, (Garden Valley) Sept. 21 DENISE JONELLE BARSNESS and Daryl Phillip Elliott, (Boise) Sept. 28 PAUL DAVID SERVATIUS and Debra Elaine Brown, (Boise) Oct. 1 JENNIFER ANN LORAAS and Merlin Kent Miller, (Boise) Oct. 5 CRYSTAL MECHSNER and Marty Grenier, (Idaho City) Oct. 5 Independent Study in Idaho offers 150 fully THE LINES ARE OPEN accredited college and graduate courses. Contact your Alumni Office by: FOR MORE INFORMAT10N & YOUR FREE CATALOG, CALL PHONE: (800) 824-7017 ext. 1698 or (208)385-1698 208.885.6641 or fax us at 208.885.5738 FAX: (208)385-4001 e-mail us at FOCUS / WINTER 1997 43 TRACIE LYNN WADLEY and T. Scott Wells, (Ocho Rios, Jamaica) Oct. 12 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RENEE WATERS and Michael Ford, (Boise) Oct.26 CALENDAR OF EVENTS To order tickets or for more information about the following events, call the BSU OBITUARIES Alumni Office at (208) 385-1698. DON CUFFORD BURBANK, CC, heavy duty FEB. 1-ALUMNI BASKETBALL NIGHT. BSU Pavilion. Men's game vs. Cal State Fullerton. mechanics, '85, died Sept. 19 in Boise at age 57. $3 discount tickets available to alumni with current Alumni Association membership Burbank was employed by the Veterans Administration in Boise at the time of his death. cards. Tickets available at BSU athletic ticket office or at the Pavilion two hours before DALE A. HOGAN, BA, general business, '72, tip-off. died Oct. 6 in Simi Valley, Calif., at age 55. He FEB. 7- ALUMNI BASKETBALL NIGHT. BSU Pavilion. Women's game vs. Cal Poly San was employed with Airport Group Interna Luis Obispo. $1 discount tickets available to alumni with current Alumni Association tional, a subsidiary of Lockheed, overseeing membership cards. Tickets available atBSU athletic ticket office or at the Pavilion two international airport development projects. He hours before tip-off. was an active member of the Masonic Lodge FEB. 20 - ALUMNI THEATRE ARTS NIGHT. Morrison Center Main Hall. Cabaret, pre and a member of the Malaika Shrine Temple in sented by BSU theatre arts department. $6 discount tickets available to all alumni with Los Angeles. current Alumni Association membership cards. TERRY L HOLADAY, CC, auto mechanic technology, '73, died Nov. 1 in Kuna at age 43. MARCH 14- BSU ALUMNI DAY AT BOGUS BASIN. $27 discount tickets available to Holaday was a mechanic at Mountain View current alumni. Call the Alumni Office to reserve your tickets. Equipment Co. APRIL 11 - ALUMNI THEATRE ARTS NIGHT. Morrison Center Main Hall. The Winter's LYNDA SHARON KNIGHT, CC, parts counter Tale, presented by BSU theatre arts department. Free tickets available to all alumni man, '84, died Nov. 6 in Nampa at age 51. with current Alumni Association membership cards. Reservations required. Call the Knight had worked for the Meridian School Alumni Office by April l. District until she became ill. APRIL 18 - DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AND TOP TEN SCHOLARS BANQUET. Crystal Ball R. DAVID LEMONS, diploma, general arts and sciences, '64, died Aug. 2 near Fairfield at age room, Historic Hoff Building, downtown Boise. For details, call the Alumni Office. 64. Lemons taught and coached in Wendell, MAY 3- AUCTION '97. Boise Centre on the Grove. 4 p.m. silent auction, 6p.m. dinner, Appleton and Fairfield before he retired in 7:45 p.m. live auction. Presented by the Alumni Association and Bronco Athletic 1991. Association to benefit BSU engineering programs and the athletic Hall of Fame DELLA ELEANOR SMITH MULUNIX, BA, English, Endowment Gallery. '88, died Oct. 12 in Boise at age 85. She worked MAY 6 - GRADUATION CELEBRATION. Student Union Patio. Free lunch for all graduat for Mountain Bell Telephone Co. in Boise and ing students; fun and games for the entire family. 0 later taught for the Boise School District. She graduated from BSU at the age of 77. MARY KATHERINE MYRTO, BA, elementary education, '67, died Oct. 14 in Boise at age 85. She studied music at Kansas State University Help Your University Celebrate the Past and Look to the Future and later studied opera with noted opera and voice instructor Estelle Liebling. Myrto's Join the BSU Alumni Association Today! performances included an appearance at Carnegie Hall. She later taught in Wyoming, Illinois and Idaho. She also wrote children's Membership Benefits: • West One Mastercard books and music. • Invitations to alumni gatherings • Low-cost life insurance RICHARD KARL NELSON SR., AA, general arts in your community • Movie theater discount tickets and sciences, '62, died Nov. 13 in Boise at age • use ofBSU Library • Capital Educators Federal Credit 56. Nelson taught school at HillsideJunior High, South Junior High and Boise High School. He • Homecoming/reunion Union owned Nelson Rent-All, was an insurance agent announcements • Use of campus recreation facilities and later purchased a business mailing service • worldwide travel programs (with purchase of P.E. pass) called Able Label. CORAL (WYWE) RICE, BA, elementary Name ______Soc. Sec.# education, '71, died Sept. 1 in Boise at age 88. After graduating from the Idaho State Normal Year of Graduation or Year Last Attended School, Rice taught in the Greenwood area, as well as Meridian, Boise, and Jordan Valley, Major Degree ______Ore. She earned her bachelor's degree from Address Phone ______BSU at age 62. MIKE E. RIGGIN, CC, auto mechanic technol City______State _____ ZIP ______ogy, '77, died Oct. 9 in Boise at age 38. At the time of his death, he lived in Ironside, Ore., where he raised cattle. Alumni Dues: $25 annually DENNIS K. ROSE, BS, criminal justice, '73, died Oct. 19 in Boise at age 62. Rose was a police __ Check (Payable to BSU Alumni Association) officer for the Boise Police department for Visa/MC # 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 seven years. After graduating from BSC he worked for the Idaho Department of Correc tions as a probation and parole officer and later Signature ______Expiration Date______served as the district manager in both Pocatello and Boise. Rose served with the Idaho Air Mail this form and payment to the BSU Alumni Association, National Guard, retiring as a staff sergeant in 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725. 1987 after 20 years of service. 0 44 FOCUS / WINTER 1997 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Alum News By Anne Grenke Gla ss, President BSU Alumni Association AUCTION '97 SET FOR MAY 3 Boise State's biggest single fund-raising It seems like yesterday we were planning for 1996. event, Auction '97, is scheduled for May 3 at Nineteen ninety-six was a great year Now, it is 1997! Boise Centre on the Grove. for your Alumni Association. We took great strides to Auction '97 is a combined effort of the impact all Boise State alumni living throughout the Alumni Association and the Bronco Ath nation. letic Association to raise funds for the uni The Alumni Association is growing and is increas versity. This year the Alumni Association irtg the impact we have on our alma mater. The will dedicate its proceeds to engineering pro association is taking great strides to support the aca grams at Boise State. Auction '97 is part of demic community at Boise State. the Alumni Association's effort to raise We have supported the music and theatte arts $500,000 for these programs. The BAA will departments through various functions and events, use its proceeds for the Bronco Stadium We are looking forward to an upcoming social event expansion project. preceding the performance of Cabaretatthe Morrison Center in February. In November, we sponsored an MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN alumni piano concert that raised more than $1,000 for music scholarships. The 1997 Alumni Association membership We also sponsored the fttst alumni art show this fall. More than 100 entries were campaign is under way. This year, many new submitted for the exhibition. Next year our goal is for the show to be tbtee times as and exciting events are planned for "members large! only." To ensure your participation, send in Outreach efforts were extensive in the past year, with the Alumni Association the membership application on page 44 as sponsoring events in every U.S. time zone. It was absolutely amazing to feel and hear soon as possible. As in past years, dues are $25 the support for our alma mater as we ventured across the country. Stories about the per household. "good old times" and our alumni's intense interest in today's Boise State students Benefits include family activities, discounted made this effort worthwhile. tickets to selected Pavilion performances and The Alumni Association is growing and expanding. We are redefining our role and sporting events and members-only receptions mission as we continue to support our alma mater. As we continue to raise the interest at athletic and cultural activities. To learn levelin Boise Stilte, it isvety clear we cannot do it without you, We need your support more, contact the Alumni Office. to continue our efforts in making Boise State a pett~r university. As we enter the new year, 1 hope you resolve to become involved with Boise State DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI University. I hope you will support the institution that bas supported you. Please call Do you know someone whose resume is the Alumni Office at (208) 385-1698 to Jearn mote about the Alumni Association and filled with personal and professional achieve all tht we have to offer. 0 ments? He or she may be a candidate for Boise State U oiversity's Distinguished ALUMNI INVITED TO THEATER PRODUCTIONS Alumni Award. A sample of past recipients include Mi Alumni Association members can receive A pre-show reception will be hosted by cron CEO Steve Appleton, actor Earl Boen, discounts to the theatre arts department's the Alumni Association in the Founders District Judge Edward Lodge, film director two productions this semester, Cabaret and Room beginning at 7 p.m. Michael Hoffman, former state legislator The Winter's Tale at the Morrison Center. The Winter's Tale is offering a free show to Kathleen Gurnsey and researcher D. Keith Alumni Night for Cabaret is Friday, Feb. all alumni members on Friday, AprillO. To Bishop. 20. Members can use their alumni card at the reserve a seat call the Alumni Relations Nominations are due to the Alumni Of Morrison Center, Pavilion or Student Union Office by Aprill. An alumni reception with fice by Feb. l. The awards dinner will be held ticket offices for a discounted ticket of $6. cast members will be held after the show. 0 April18 in Boise. 0 Rick's Cafe Americain at the Flicks a ~1nyou Nancy C. Kobe 1------should have e ectlve & Associates • Cosual Lunch 8 Dinner 7 Da~ A Wet* tax p lannir\~r- Licenced Professional Counselor. M. Ed . • Wine Bar, Import Beers Espresso a CAREER DEVELOPMENT • Seasonal Patio aRreside Seating 3 8cxx:l choiCes ~ G. 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Also a Bahamas Cynthia Wearden Design Gallery Hall of Fame in October. native, he took five Big Sky championships, 336-3380 Echoes of Home ED JACOBY, who retired in 1996 as the and in 1995 he took the high jump champion 395-0907 Broncos' head track and field coach, is con ship at the World Track and Field champion Fdness ConsuHant, Usa Farro sidered one of the best in the business. Dur ships. Kemp competed for the Bahamas in 343-7096 ing his 23 years with BSU his teams captured the 1988, '92 and '96 Olympics. Funny Bone Comedy Club 331-2663 nine Big Sky titles. Ten times he was named Perhaps more than any other players, for Gift Gallery Big Sky Coach of the Year and three times ward ARNELL JONES and guard CHRIS CHILDS 343-5943 he earned NCAA District Coach of theYear embodied the rise in BSU's basketball for Harper House Antiques & Gifts 343-7411 honors. During his tenure, Bronco athletes tunes since the late 1980s. Innovations Hair Salon won 23 All-America honors. 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Rainbow T's-n-Things 344-2622 door championships on the strength of the Childs started every game for BSU through Sneak Preview performance of three 1996 Hall of Fame his four-year career and teamed with Jones 336-6569 inductees. to lead the Broncos to their successful sea Spanky's Clothing Store The first is STEVE MUSE, who finished fifth sons in 1986-87 and 1987-88. The third lead 344-1725 Wor1d Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame in the shot put at the 1988 national meet to ing scorer in BSU history, he was named the 343-7224 help BSU to its seventh-place finish. A three Big Sky's MVP in 1988-89. Childs currently Zelia's Western & Wildlife Art time All-American, Muse took second in the plays for the New York Knicks of the NBA. 387-2n9 discus and sixth in the shot put at the NCAA PETE KWIATKOWSKI was a consensus All 1987 outdoor championship. 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