Thanks From Afghanistan

NEIGHBORLY NEWS

From Diane Caughlin, regarding donations sent to Afghanistan

from our community

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Here’s an email to and from Cpt. Somaratna, whom we sent boxes to for the children after Joe’s (Caughlin) group distributed the soldiers' boxes.

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To: Capt. Somaratna,

I just wanted to let you know that we have mailed the final boxes. I believe we have sent 83 boxes to the kids and 68 boxes to the soldiers.(Straight from my office managers email). Anyway, I think that's the end of the boxes, so thought you'd like to know.

Diane Caughlin

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From Capt. Somaratna,

Regrets on the belated reply. Thank you very much for everything you sent as it was a blessing to us in an extremely austere environment.

God Bless you

Chaplain Somaratna

Volunteers for Exergy Tour

NOTE FROM GV CHAMBER PREZ

If you’ve volunteered to help out with the Exergy tour that will be here in less than 3 weeks, please make sure you register online at http://www.exergytour.com/volunteer-sign-up We are stage 3 (May 27^th). The volunteer coordinator says we need more volunteers from our area, so if you’ve only told me, and haven’t registered, please do that ASAP! Thanks

Diane Caughlin, President

Garden Valley Chamber of Commerce

PO Box 10

Garden Valley, Idaho 83622

208-462-5003 info@gvchamber.org

Obituary: Larry LaVerne Gatherers

Fifty-four years old, Larry Gatherers died of natural causes at home on Friday, May 4, 2012, at 9:30 a.m.

Born on April 27, 1958,  Larry--his nickname "scare"--grew up and lived in Eastport, Idaho, most of his life.

In 2004, he and his "significant other", best friend and love of his life, Teresa "T.C." Steib, moved to Garden Valley, Idaho, where they started a cleaning business. Larry also worked for the Garden Valley School. He very much enjoyed his job and the people there.

His father, Walter L. Gatherers, preceded him in death, in 1986.

Surviving members of the family are:
Teresa "T.C.", her son Paul, and Larry's cat, Bobby.
Two brothers: Evan M. Gatherers , Dee Parr and family and Terry D. Gatherers, Carolyn and family.   
Mother and stepfather, Valerie C. Fry and Randall L. Fry.
 
No services in Garden Valley.  
AND a very special thanks to the Crouch Volunteer Ambulance crew.
Larry will be missed by us all.

Letter to the Editor: State Senate

To Residents of Boise County:

Alan Ward is probably the WORST choice we could have for our state 
senate representative. Please see his record at 
http://alanward4idahosenate.com

He seems to be a failure in business, a failure in local politics, and a 
failure in life.

Please choose another candidate for our Senate representative.

Elizabeth Dunn

Garden Valley

Should Job Creation Council Support CuMo?

Major changes have occurred at the CuMo Exploration Project. The primary PR person at Scott Peyron and Associates for the CuMo Project has changed to Noelle Lovern and the Project Manager has changed to Kyle Fend. The changes reflect the scope of work on the project of permitting and core drilling by Kirkness Drilling. A meeting will be held in the Centerville Fire Station, May 11, at 6 p.m. The Job Creation and Retention Council needs to know from this meeting if they should continue to be an overt supporter of the mine or an intervenor.

There are 3 topics for discussion:

1 - The "Boise County Adventures" promotion that will support the businesses that cater to the tourist industry in Boise County, presently the largest employer. If they testify positively at permitting hearings, CuMo's committment to them should be demonstrated.
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2 - The cell tower project on which JC/RC has been working. The hope is to bring Verizon or Century One cell service to Boise County and the way to justify that is the potential CuMo mine. JC/RC wants CuMo to put some pressure on Verizon in particular because if the mine should open, cell service will be a requirement. It will take three years to get that service up and running and that is about the right schedule for the exploration project completion at the earliest, so they have time.

3 - Last, if the mine does open, the Council has at least three years to get the skill sets of local residents up to the requirements for the mine. They plan to work with the State of Idaho to provide adult education to accomplish that and will need CuMo support for that program. It will help all the citizens of Boise County, whether the mine opens or not. They will base the education program on the Thompson Creek Mine experience, so will make NO assumptions regarding the potential CuMo mine. They will need support, however.

It is important that all the JC/RCs be represented at the meeting, which is at the Centerville location because it is centrally located. John Cottingham would like to know how many you think will attend, which would be helpful. The room is not very large and they need to plan accordingly. JC/RC members will put out meeting notes after the meeting for those who cannot attend, but they are never as good as being there in person. The public is welcome to attend this meeting.

Contact: 

John B. Cottingham
28 Southfork Lane
PO Box 802
Garden Valley, ID 83622
ID Phone: 208-462-3178
AZ Phone: 623-975-4213
Cell: 208-908-3818 (Verizon)
Email: cottinghmj@aol.com

Fraud Alert: Fake Electric Company Calls

NEIGHBORLY NEWS
Submitted by

Marcie Pyorre, Coordinator

Garden Valley Senior Center
261 S. Middlefork Road
Garden Valley, ID 83622
E-mail: gvseniors@frontiernet.netPhone/Fax: (208) 462-3943

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Hello,

Our agency received a call from a client in Caldwell stating she had just been contacted by a person claiming to be with the electric company. He stated that her account was 2 months past due and if she did not make an immediate credit card payment over the phone, her power would be shut off the following day. She was smart and asked him “which electric company.” His response was “your electric company” and could not identify Idaho Power by name. The client said that he was persistent and unprofessional. He did give her a call back number (302-200-9735) probably used a spoofing software which makes the call untraceable, but the call was definitely a scam. Idaho Power confirmed that the call did not originate from their office. Please spread the word to anyone you think might need this information.

Best regards,

Esmeralda Zamora
CCOA Medicare Counselor
SMP/SHIP Federal Programs
(208)459-0063, Ext. 105
www.ccoaidaho.org
www.smpresource.org

May at GV Market

Happy May! Let’s hope the April showers bring plenty of those May flowers.

This week ends with Cinco de Mayo and we’re ready with all the fixins. In addition to Mexican foods and sides you can find in our grocery aisles, our Meat Dept will have Carne Asada and plenty of skirt steak (great for marinating). If you enjoy margaritas when celebrating May 5^th, we have the salt and mixers in the liquor section.

Camping supplies arrived this week including stoves, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, and tents. Check out the propane BBQ’s, Patio Umbrellas and Stands.

Finally, Jan and Leigh Ward (Warm Springs Greenhouse) will open Garden Mountain Nursery this Friday in front of our Store. They have wanted a retail presence in Crouch for a couple of years and decided to take the plunge this year. Many of you are familiar with their hanging baskets and other flowers. Along with Syringa Floral and Gifts and the Trading Post’s Greenhouse (supplied by Wards nursery) and gardening supplies, we will not have to travel far or take an entire day when it comes to purchasing items for our lawns and gardens. It will all be covered thanks to those 3 businesses.

Garden Mountain Nursery is not the only new business opening this weekend. It is also the Grand Opening for Syringa Floral and Gifts and Ravens Nest, located in downtown Crouch on Market Street (on either side of the Red Rooster). Check out their schedule of events for the day including door prizes, live music, etc.

We look forward to your next visit and if you’re over 60, we hope to see you on Thursdays for your 10% discount. Have a great week and weekend.

Greg and Gerold

Garden Valley Market
462-3817
greg@gardenvalley-market.com