Meridian Press Meridian Press Meridian Press Meridian Press Meridian Press meridian press Meridian Press meridian press Meridian Press meridian press Meridian meridian press Meridian will get new weekly newspaperPress A new weekly newspaper will have a full online component, be published in Meridian, start- apps and a full suite of social me- meridian press ing next Friday, the Idaho Press- dia components as well. meridian press Tribune announced Tuesday at “The positive feedback we’ve the Meridian Chamber of Com- already received from the Merid- merce monthly luncheon. ian community has been over- The Meridian Press will be a whelming,” Davison said. meridian press publication of the Idaho Press- The Idaho Press-Tribune con- meridian press Tribune, Publisher and President ducted a research study a year Matt Davison said, and will be ago and results underscored the distributed Fridays to more than need for better media coverage of 10,000 targeted homes and at sev- Meridian, Davison said. eral locations in Meridian. The weekly newspaper will Please see Meridian, A3 Wednesday, January 16, 2013 Nampa TIMELINE Nancolas voters will CWI GROWS UP May 2007 defends Supermajority Total number of students: 18,628 of Ada and Canyon see levy 12,902 County voters passed referendum Pioneer 12,000 9,937 8,807 9,521 to establish College 9,000 of Western Idaho. election 6,227 litigation, 8,077 9,107 6,000 3,618 in March 3,000 January 2009 gun rights CWI welcomes School district asking to approve credit Fall ‘09 Fall ‘10 Fall ‘11 Fall ‘12 Caldwell mayor touches on national non-credit Fiscal year ‘09 FY ‘10 FY ‘11 FY ‘12 its rst academic $4.3M, no property tax increase students. issue at State of the City Address By TORRIE COPE [email protected] 2011-2012 Degrees and certificates awarded By MIKE BUTTS © 2013 Idaho Press-Tribune Advanced Professional July 2009 [email protected] © 2013 Idaho Press-Tribune NAMPA — Voters in Nampa Associate of Associate of Associate of Technical Technical Technical Transfer of Boise will decide in March whether to CALDWELL — At an otherwise Arts Science Applied Science Certi cate Certi cate Certi cate State University - typical State of the City Address approve an up to $4.3 million, 298 51 170 8 65 55 one-year supplemental levy for Selland College of Tuesday, Caldwell Mayor Garret Nancolas came to life the Nampa School District. Applied Technol- ogy professional in a spirited defense The Board of Trustees unani- of the city’s lawsuit mously approved the resolution technical programs and sta to College with Pioneer Irriga- at its regular meeting Tuesday. tion and the right of The levy amount is tied to the of Western Idaho. U.S. citizens to own approximately $4.3 million in guns. outstanding bonds the district Nancolas’s voice has coming due in 2014 that it STUDENT RATIO January 2010 rose as he described can refi nance. Rescheduling Students served by location the city’s legal fi ght Garret Nancolas those bonds will lower the dis- full-time The Northwest with Pioneer. He also Caldwell mayor Canyon County Commission on trict’s bond levy by $4.3 million campuses disavowed a letter regarding gun and allows the district to certify Ada County Colleges and Uni- control sent to President Barack 46% 9,998 a supplemental levy without 54% campuses versities (WCCU) Obama by the National League of an increase in overall property 7,022 approved CWI’s Cities. taxes levied by the district, ac- part-time Application for Nancolas condemned the ac- cording to the resolution. Consideration for tions of the gunman who killed If the levy is approved, the Candidacy. young students in Connecticut last VETERANS Online month. He said he supported back- money will go into the district’s 4,086 general fund instead of the SEEKING ground checks on gun purchases bond fund. The resolution will DEGREES and strong gun crime penalties. go before voters March 12. Community May 2010 But he said he almost resigned from Chairman Scott Kido said locations Nearly 400 stu- the National League of Cities Board the district work diligently on over a letter advocating a ban on 560 2,770 dents participated certain weapons. “plans B and C” if the levy does in rst graduation He said violent acts are not an not pass. ceremony held on excuse to take away rights to own Voters rejected a two-year the front lawn of guns. $3.58 million supplemental levy the Nampa Campus. “I spoke adamantly against that in March 2012. But a two-year piece of the letter written to the $1.6 million supplemental levy Nampa-based college celebrates president,” Nancolas said during to cover supply costs, maintain his speech at The College of Idaho. buildings and update the dis- March 2011 “My fi rst instinct was to resign from trict’s reading curriculum was four years of exponential growth J.A. & Kathryn Al- the board of directors. But I thought approved by voters in Septem- n January 2009, ated 647 degree- or certifi cate- bertson Foundation if I resign, who’s going to stand there ber. That levy did not increase the College of seeking students and awarded provides initial $6 and talk about this to those other property tax rates. Western Idaho another 1,400 GEDs. million investment mayors?” In a now fi ve-year lawsuit, Pio- Please see Levy, A4 opened its doors And all signs point to contin- to secure center to students, ued growth of the Nampa-based in Nampa for nine neer Irrigation District claims answering the institution. Thanks to help from Caldwell residential areas illegally Professional Tech- drain storm water into Pioneer’s call of residents Micron and the J.A. and Kathryn nical programs. for an affordable facilities. Nancolas said the Dis- Abedini correction Albertson Foundation, the college “community col- unveiled its new Center for Profes- trict sued the residents of Caldwell. He called the Irrigation District’s In the Jan. 13 article, “Boise man told lege” option in the sional Technical Education in Au- arguments “fear mongering” and that he ‘will hang’ for religion,” Saeed Abe- Treasure Valley. gust 2012. It’s also working toward August 2012 dini is a member of Calvary Chapel Boise. Just four years “smoke and mirrors.” independent accreditation — cur- New Micron Cen- “Pioneer sued the citizens of later, the college rently accreditation is overseen by boasts more than ter for Professional Caldwell, their own patrons, to take Judge Hoff clarification the College of Southern Idaho. Technical Education 9,000 full-time students at cam- away their historic rights to drain Retiring Judge Renae Ho ’s retirement opens for classes in into the very drains that those very was not a result of her recent DUI convic- puses throughout the Valley, and More information, A3 Nampa. property owners helped to build,” tion. Ho had announced her plans to Iin the 2011-12 school year, gradu- Information courtesy College of Western Idaho Nancolas said. retire as a full-time judge a week earlier. Please see Nancolas, A3 READERS: TAKE OUR SURVEY TO WIN AT IDAHOPRESS.COM Deaths Stella Bruder Linda Manee Gertrude Shannon Jerry Vangerpen Classifieds ..... C5-8 Lottery ............ A2 Outdoors.......... B4 Linda Bearss Gary Chipman Trudy Nyland Joseph Smits Obituaries, A7 Comics .............. C4 Movies............. A2 Stocks .............. A6 Nancy Benjamin Dorothy Long Ervin Petet Ida Toney Legals ...... C5, 9-10 Opinion ........... A8 Weather .......... A2 NEW 2013 FORD F150 4X4 SUPER CAB STX JANUARY SALES EVENT $235* A MONTH oac Starting Price Lease, 36 months @10,500 miles per year, requires $2000 466-4615 cash or trade equity down, LEV $22,365, zero security deposit, OVER 115 5707 EAST GATE IN NAMPA plus tax, title and $299 doc fee. 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