🌱 Boise Lizards Rescued + Local Jobs + Snake Identification

Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, John Braese, your host of the Boise Daily.

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Boise Daily. Some local pets are thankful for our fire fighters after a house fire Sunday evening. A candidate for Idaho governor needs to decide on his party affiliation, and we have some new jobs available in Boise. Our youngest students are closer to full-day school, and we provide you with pictures to know your local snakes.

First, today's weather:

Periods of rain. High: 54 Low: 35.

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Here are the top stories today in Boise:

1. A Boise house fire on Sunday resulted in no injuries and the rescue of multiple dogs and lizards, according to CBS2 news staff. Crews from the Meridian Fire Department joined with Boise Fire Department to battle the blaze located in the 12000 block of W. Rockbury Street. (Idaho News)
2. Some choices in life are just tough to make. The IdahoCapitalSun's Melissa Davlin reports a Democratic candidate for governor registered as a Republican in 2014 and has never changed his affiliation. Shelby Rognstad stated he registered as a Republican to "have a voice" in an area dominated by the GOP. (idahocapitalsun)
3. Boise Patch may just have that job you're seeking for in this week's newest list of available positions. (Boise Patch)
4. Young students across Idaho are one step closer to full-day kindergarten as a House panel approved the option of full-day kindergarten by using $73 million in literacy intervention money. KTVB-TV carries the story written by Associated Press writer Keith Ridler. (KTVB)
5. With the weather warming and the urge to get outside, the chances are good you will encounter a snake. Just hiking in the Boise Foothills brings you into the slithering creature's environment. KIDO-AM's Nikki West provides a list, complete with pictures, of local snakes you may encounter, some poisonous, most not. (kidotalkradio)

Today in Boise:

• Join Ridges to Rivers on Tuesday as they provide quality trail opportunities for the citizens of Boise and the greater Treasure Valley. Work with Sam Roberts, an amazing Ridges to Rivers employee who makes volunteering fun and educational, to better the trail systems in the Boise Foothills. The group will be hiking, doing trail drainage work, leveling to fix trails from the winter months, while learning about the complexity and importance of the Boise foothill trail systems. (2 p.m.)
• Rocky Mountain High School will make the trip to Capital High School for varsity tennis action on Tuesday. (4:30 p.m.)
• Are you an educator ready to take your math teaching to the next level? Join a virtual meeting on Tuesday evening to learn more about the Graduate Certificate in Mathematics Instruction. (5 p.m.)
• The Idaho Chapter of the Sierra Club is urging comments on the Rocky Mountain Power 20-Year Energy Plan. (5 p.m.)
• Join the Boise State Recreation Center on Tuesday in the Student Union Dining Area for a chance to enter our March Madness Bracket Competition. You’ll be given the chance to pick your teams and place them onto a bracket while enjoying stadium food, playing games with other competitors, and answering fun trivia questions. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Nextdoor Neighbor, Collister: "I love cooking so much it’s my own form of therapy and a peaceful place also a place of love. My situation is I always have too much. I used to have a family to share with and neighbors and I do not any longer." (Nextdoor)
• CCVFD Mike Underwood, Clear Creek Volunteer Fire Department: "CCVFD Monthly Board Meeting-March 2022 has posted an event." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, SW Ada County Alliance - South: "Is this your kid? A small sedan that is either gray/silver/white with a distinct checker patterned wrap on the roof pulled up in front of our neighbor's house and launched a dozen eggs and a half a birthday cake at our house." (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Hazelwood Village: "At Patrick’s Day, where would be a good place to go for Irish food, bagpipe or other Irish music on March 17 in Boise?" (Nextdoor)
• Nextdoor Neighbor, Columbia Village: "Really disappointed in nextdoor. They keep deleting my posts about Ukraine. I have been very careful to not spew hate, not be political. But they delete my speech. Why? Are they censors? I guess they can do whatever they want." (Nextdoor)

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— John Braese

About me: Welcome to the Boise edition of patch.com. I am the community editor in this exciting endeavor for the Boise area. I was born and grew up in Boise, attending Bishop Kelly High School before graduating from Borah High School more than a few years ago. I have seen Boise grow substantially in the last few years, but still maintain my hometown appeal. I want to hear about what is important to you and the stories you wish to see on patch.com. Feel free to reach out to me via email at john.braese@patch.com or drop me a phone call or text at 208 954-9585.