A bill has been introduced into the legislature to "help" Boise County pay the lawsuit judgement. This legislation would allow the commissioners to tax us WITHOUT a vote of the people. A bond by Boise County would need to be voted in by 2/3 of the residents voting. This legislation is not necessary, can be used by any taxing district in Idaho, and is without a sunset clause.
Please join us in sending an e-mail to the House Revenue & Taxation Committee. You must include your name and address. The email address is: hrev@house.idaho.gov Please also call and leave a message at 332-1125.
The message can be as simple as, "I oppose H 585!"
The House Revenue & Taxation Committee will be meeting on Friday, March 2, at 9 a.m. Please send your emails ASAP.
We wanted to follow up on our email regarding Case Lot specials. Buying cases of product at wholesale allows you to Stock Up and Save! The order form as an attachment may be too large for some of our customers email accounts, so we've placed the order from on our website ( http://www.gardenvalley-market.com -- go to Weekly news tab ). Please feel free to review and print off. Order forms are also available at the Store.
All orders must be made and purchased prior to March 13, 2012. The items listed are "while supplies last", so in case they are out of stocked, we won't collect payment until and unless they are delivered. If your email account can handle a file that is 500 KB large, please let us know and we'll email you the order form directly.
These savings are on a wide variety of canned goods (tuna fish, soups, vegetables, fruit, sauces, etc) and paper goods such as Toilet Tissue and Paper Towels. Also included are Pet foods and Frozen foods. The products are primarily Western Family Brand.
Ordering can begin as early as Sunday, February 26, but all ordering must be complete by Monday, March 5th.
Coming this week- details on a "Your Hometown Grocer" Essay contest - 3 Grand prize winners will be chosen from among all participating Associated Food Stores and receive an Apple Ipad. At the store level, we will have other prizes as well. More details in our next email!
On occasion, living in the mountains gives rise to a story or two, and this morning’s incident is a prime example. The snow plows woke me at 6 a.m. as they rumbled down the road at 30 mph, their scrapers making enough racket to disturb the dead. It was pitch dark outside, the sun remaining well below the mountains, but now fully awake I rose and let my dog Molly outside to do her morning duty while I made coffee.
As I poured water into the coffee maker, Molly began barking with deliberate urgency. She had retreated to the safety of the front porch and when I opened the door, gratefully ran inside whining and pacing to and fro and looking at me as if to say, “There is something out there stupid.” Often deer and elk visit, or a raccoon, or fox, and on one occasion, Molly learned that chasing a skunk is not a good idea. However, the only other time she acted so excited and disturbed was when a mountain lion decided to walk across our parking lot, but that was in broad daylight.
I grabbed my torch and stepped outside to have a look around, while Molly cowered behind my legs, still whining and sniffing the air. I saw nothing unusual, but then as I was about to go back inside I heard him. Not twenty yards away, a howl pierced the early morning air sending chills up my spine. I am told wolves seldom, if ever, attack humans, but without provocation will do violence to a dog. I shined the light in the direction of the howl but the source was hidden in the darkness and I saw nothing. The heck with seeing the animal, the howl was encouragement enough to send Molly and me scurrying back inside to double lock the door.
Wolves have visited our cabin before, but have never come so close. Once Renee and I watched as a pack chased an elk across the river. Smart cow that she was, she hid under the porch of the cabin across the river. The wolves circled the cabin from a safe distance not daring to come closer to a human residence. After a few minutes, they tired of the game and went up the mountain to find easer prey. On other occasions, we have heard wolves howling to one another, their cries echoing in the mountains, but always from a respectable distance.
This was the first time I encountered Canis Lupis this year. There is something about a wolf howling in the dead of night that makes me scurry about the cabin to make sure all the doors are locked. Doesn’t matter that I know a wolf would never come onto our porch much less enter an open door, but a locked door gives one a sense of security. From the safety of her bed, Molly agrees.
