Category: The Mayor’s Corner

The Mayor’s Corner 09/08/2021

Last Thursday I had a video appointment with my kidney doctor. Now normally I would not want to tell you about a doctor visit. In fact, it would be TMI (Too Much Information), but this time was different. The appointment was scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Forty minutes later, I called the nurse to let her …

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The Mayor’s Corner 09/01/2021

Congratulations to the varsity and junior varsity football teams for their commanding wins over the Buhl Indians in the first game of the season. Great Job! It is always good to start the season with a win! Last Saturday, I went to our airport to watch the short take-off and landing competition that I wrote …

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The Mayor’s Corner 08/25/2021

This last Saturday, Cathy and I met with our daughters, grandkids, and their dog to hike on the Weiser River Trail.  From the parking lot we walked a couple of miles and then turned around.  With a 3 and a 6- year-old, that was about far enough.  The weather was beautiful.  The temperature was just …

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The Mayor’s Corner 07/21/2021

This last weekend was spent with family, including the grandsons, camping at Upper Payette Lake north of McCall. We canoed, fished, played chess, Kid’s Monopoly, went for a hike, bicycled, and rough housed. I came back to work Monday to rest up. For me, it is fun to find those teachable moments during the fun …

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The Mayor’s Corner

My father was a small-time preacher who, starting out, pastored tiny congregations who could not afford to provide him a living, so he also had a full-time job, usually as a carpenter, sometimes as a door-to-door salesman, to provide for our seven-member family. Our family moved a lot in the process. Growing up in small …

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