Trashy Ditches + 1960s Boise + Tubing Season Opening

The Boise Daily has the announcement Boise residents have been waiting for since the first day the thermometer hit 80 degrees-tubing season is here. Local irrigation waterways are being used as trash dumpsters and if in the construction trade, Boise is the place to be.

Taking a look at the weather today:

• Friday: Mostly cloudy throughout the day. Temps: High of 79° & low of 57°.

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Patch Pick: KTVB staff reports June 15 marks the opening of the Boise River for float season. Grab your tubes and refreshments! (KTVB)

1. Anglers only have one more week to land a spring chinook salmon after fish returning marked the third-worst run in the last 20 years as reported by Steve Dent of KIVI. (KIVI)

2. Boise is the place to be if you are in the construction trade, according to an article by Wayne Hammon of Engineering News-Record. The only things slowing down the Boise boom is lack of skilled tradesman and soaring material costs. (ENR)

3. Margaret Carmel of BoiseDev reports City Council Pro Tem Lisa Sanchez has announced she is running for reelection to the Boise City Council. (BoiseDev)

4. If you feel like returning back to the old days in Boise, the Boise Architecture Project has a video highlighting the capital city in the 1960s. Take a look back at Boise Junior College, the Bank of Idaho building, the start of Capital High School, and more. (YouTube)

5. Local irrigation canals and ditches are used to deliver water. Lately, these are being used as drop offs for couches, sofas and bags of trash. The news staff of idahonews speaks with irrigation officials over the rise of illegal trash dumping in our local waters. (idahonews)

Boise Fact of the Day:

Collectively, out of the 254 million tons of trash Americans can produce in one year, we recycle about 34.3 percent of it. For our average individual, 710.6 pounds are recycled and 1,361.4 pounds of trash are tossed out every year — about the weight of a grizzly bear.

Boise Community Calendar:

- The Boise Art Museum's online auction continues until July. Browse and bid on this week’s items at: https://boiseartmuseum.afrogs.

- The Garden City Public Library invites patrons to the “Carnival of the Animals” by Camille Saint Saëns. This program invites children to discover the aural description of animals in the piece, and encourages them to move, kick, hop, and dance. The program starts at 2:30 p.m.

- Prepare for Father's Day with a Mug Painting at Back State Studio starting at 4 p.m.

- The Greenbelt Market will once again sponsor Friday Night Art with pieces by local artists, starting at 5 p.m.

We did receive verified information snow did fall at Bogus Basin on Thursday. Yes, in Idaho we have snow in June.

- John

About me: My grandmother raised her family on Walnut Street, just off Warm Springs Avenue. She had an old, two bedroom home for many years along with a little acreage to grow a garden and a huge apple tree. Returning to that site now, hard to imagine her home every stood there.