🌱 Local Guard Deployment + Boise River History + Vall-eBike Info

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Welcome to the Friday edition of the Boise Daily. Over 600 members of the Idaho National Guard will need to read the Boise Daily to keep up with local news as boarded planes for a deployment in Asia. Our current status of the Boise River is much different, and cleaner, than the past and your child's school resource officer recently underwent some intense training. You do have a choice of getting around downtown and candidates for the Boise School Board answered some questions.

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Turning cloudy and hot. High: 97 Low: 69.

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Here are the top stories today in Boise:

1. While one group of families cried and said goodbye, a second group of families is counting down days. KTVB-TV staff write more than 600 members of the Idaho National Guard's 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team departed Gowen Field for a deployment in Southwest Asia. A second group is expected to return home in October after deploying in November 2021. The Idaho soldiers are part of Operation Spartan Shield, a joint mission under U.S. Central Command and is part of Operation Enduring Freedom, which began after the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. (KTVB.com)
2. A highlight of Boise is our flowing river running right through town. Residents of very few cities can claim that within a short drive or bicycle ride exists fishing for steelhead, skipping rocks or picking up friends off a tubing adventure. FromBoise's Marissa Lovell and Amanda Patchin look at the history of the Boise River. Prior to today's attraction, the river was home to slaughterhouse waste, abandoned vehicles and raw sewage. Beginning in 1975, the Boise Greenbelt went from an idea to the original 12 miles. (fromboise)
3. In the event a shooting takes place in a Boise school, it will be a school resource officer as the lone officer on the scene for the initial minutes of the incident. CBS2's Luke Randle was present as Boise School Resource Officers (SRO) spent the day participating in scenario-based training specific to schools Wednesday at the Boise Police Department Training Facility. Officers trained on breaching doors, moving through hallways and finding a target. (idahonews)
4. Gas prices are slowing falling, but the Boise Weekly's Nick Danlag offers an alternative to finding a parking place downtown. Vall-eBike is an electric, pedal-assist bike share network launched by Valley Regional Transport July 13. A total of 50 bikes are scattered around Boise, mainly in the downtown area. Depending on usage, three payment plans exist to cruise around Boise and get up those inclines without burning out your quads. (boiseweekly)
5. Boise voters will decide Sept. 6 the trustees who will decide the path of education for years to come. IdahoEdNews reporter Kevin Richert provided a list of questions to each candidate including pandemic issues, critical race theory, and teacher retention. The responses from the candidates can be found on YouTube or the article includes their unedited answers. (idahoednews)

Today in Boise:

• Grab the little ones in the family and head to Sunset Park as the Library! at Collister holds Family Storytime Friday morning. (10:30 a.m.)
• It is only August, but you can celebrate ghosts and goblins this weekend at the Idaho Halloween and Horror Convention 2022. (Noon)
• This is your chance to walk around with a brew and shop local vendors at Fridays on 34th-Market & Music. (4 p.m.)
• Join your undead friends for the Idaho Zombie Walk with a stop at the local McDonalds Friday evening. (6 p.m.)
• The Boise Parks and Recreation is holding a free screening of Disney's Jungle Cruise Friday evening at the bandshell of Julia Davis Park as part of Movies Under the Stars. (9:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Boise Weekly: "Duck Club holds groundbreaking ceremony for Treefort Music Hall The Treefort Music Hall is set to open in early 2023 and will feature two bar areas, one of which will be on the roof." (Boise Weekly via Instagram)
• Boise Police Department: "Boise Police SROs are working on campus every school day interacting with kids, solving problems and ensuring the safety of students and staff. The Boise Police Department follows national best practices for responding to active shooters." (Boise Police Department via Facebook)
• Boise Parks and Recreation: "It's been a fun (and hot) summer, Boise! Mark your calendars and get some splashes in before the outdoor pool season ends. Fairmont Pool is closed for the season. Borah and Ivywild Pools close for the season on Sunday, September 4." (Boise Parks and Recreation via Facebook)
• Idaho Shakespeare Festival: "Spotlight on backstage! For every stellar performer you SEE, there are 5-6 artists behind the scenes making the theater magic happen. We are so please to share some of it with you, thanks to associate artistic director Sara Bruner." (Idaho Shakespeare Festival via Facebook)
• Radio Boise: "From 7-10pm every Wednesday, we travel through time and live in the moment. Join Mr. Grant Olsen for It's Now Right Now, a three-hour voyage through the past, present and future of music known and unknown, revisited and rescued." (Radio Boise via Instagram)
• Boise Little Theater: "It's trivia time! No cheating, and let us know what "theaomai" means in the comments! #LiveTheater #theaterboise #Theater #TheaterArts #theaterlife #theaterkid #theaterroom #TheaterNerds #Theaterproduction #theaterkids." (Boise Little Theater via Instagram)

That's it for today! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next update.

— John Braese

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