🌱 Boise's Rock-a-Thon + Vallow Daybell Update + River Treasures

Hello again, hello! It's me, John Braese, your host of the Daily. Follow along to find out the most important things happening in town...

Welcome to the Sunday edition of the Boise Daily. We start today with volunteers taking it easy in rocking chairs for a cause. After some political pressure, a number of businesses and organizations pulled support from the Boise Pride Festival and a judge has ruled on a motion in the Lori Valley Daybell case. We provide you with alternatives to pumpkin carving and a Boise man is spending some time in the water to give you back your lost items.

First, today's weather:

Hot and smoky with hazy sun. High: 91 Low: 61.

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Here are the top stories in Boise today:

1. Numerous of your neighbors were rocking this past weekend and it was all for a good cause. KTVB-TV visiting the 9th Annual Rock-Thon held by Scentsy staff. The money raised this year will be donated to Camp Rainbow Gold. (KTVB.com)
2. The Boise Pride Festival went forward this weekend without the support of at least five companies or organizations. The Idaho Capital Sun's Clark Corbin and Audrey Dutton report Zions Bank, Idaho Power, the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Idaho Central Credit Union and CapEd Credit Union pulled their sponsorship of the festival after Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon called on supporters to contact the festival’s sponsors and remove their financial support of those sponsors. (idahocapitalsun)
3. As this is the weekend, the Boise Daily brings you our weekly update on the Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow Daybell ongoing murder cases. East Idaho News reporter Nate Eaton provides the update a judge has denied a request from Lori Vallow Daybell’s defense team to reconvene a grand jury for the purpose of clarifying language in her criminal indictment. Vallow Daybell's attorney, Jim Archibald, asked Judge Steven Boyce to reconvene a grand jury so the charges on Vallow Daybell could be separated or clarified. (eastidahonews)
4. If your future plans do not involve the pumpkin mess on the kitchen floor and two carved eyes of differing sizes, KIDO-AM's Ryan may have the answer. Boise has a number of alternatives to the tradition of pumpkin carving including pumpkin bowling and homemade pumpkin smoothies. (kidotalkradio)
5. The formal float season for the Boise River came to an end on Labor Day, but Boise's River Robin Hood is still hard at work and finding your lost treasures. KIVI-TV's Matt Sizemore tells the story of Rocky Detwiler, a local diver spending his spare time finding your keys, wallets, cell phones and other items lost during that trip down the river. (kivitv)

From my notebook:

• US National Weather Service Boise Idaho: "Current wildfires and air quality across the region. To check the latest air quality, see: https://fire.airnow.gov/#orwx #orwx" (US National Weather Service Boise Idaho via Facebook)
• Idaho Humane Society: "On September 1st, we posted this image and still haven't found the child who dropped off the initial donation of $42.66. Some exciting news: FIVE people MATCHED your donation and it has grown to $255.66!" (Idaho Humane Society via Facebook)
• Boise Weekly: "Find: Giant Pretzel from Das Alpenhaus Carb yourself into overload at Das Alpenhaus with the giant pretzels. The pretzel is as big as your head, both crunchy and soft, and served with German mustard or a house made Obatzda Cheese." (Boise Weekly via Instagram)
• Boise Art Museum: "BAM congratulates the Artist Award recipients in this year’s Art in the Park. The winning artists this year are Terry Jones (booth #198) for Best of Show, @flood_clothing (booth #39) for 2nd place Best of Show." (Boise Art Museum via Instagram)
• Boise Hive: "Lost to mental illness and eventually suicide!" (Boise Hive via Facebook)
• Boise Contemporary Theater: "THANKS to the Boise City Department of Arts & History for awarding BCT a grant for our 5x5 Theater Play Readings, one of BCT's most beloved offerings. This grant will help us continue this great tradition for our silver anniversary season." (Boise Contemporary Theater via Instagram)
• Boise State Public Radio: "A substantial percentage of people in the Mountain West with student loans will have up to $20,000 in student loan debt forgiven following a recent announcement from the Biden Administration." (Boise State Public Radio via Facebook)

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— John Braese

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