June 2009 Order copies of this issue! Just $3.50 each! Hey! This Issue Needs a Sponsor! Learn how Your Business can Sponsor Online Issues June 2009 Volume 8 Number 9 FEATURES The Born Lakes Identity by Jim Ridenour A search for the man behind the place name unveils an ambitious life of prospecting and promoting in the White Clouds. Crouch—Spotlight City by Karma Metzler Fitzgerald Built by ranchers and loggers, inhabited now by commuters and retirees, this fun-loving Garden Valley burg faces the familiar challenge of how to grow and yet stay the same. The Way to Kirk Lake by Emily Johnson Burton Her grandfather had talked for years about a lake hidden in the Sawtooth Mountains, high above Redfish. Finally, she decided, it was time to go see. DEPARTMENTS Editorial: New Digs, by Steve Bunk Profile: Don't Ever Give Up; How Boise Physician Karl Watts Has Helped to Change the World, by Brenda Adams Nature's Way: The Eagle and the Duck, by Tom Davenport Meet the Author: I Am a Fan; What Won't People Do To Get That Autograph?, by Amanda Turner Rodeo Days: Let 'Er Rip; In White Bird, Rodeo Stories Abound from Two Decades of Action, by Shelley Neal The Hermit Miner: Old Man River; Gold-Mining Hermit Dan Lord, Rediscovered, by Ward Stevens Excerpt: All Along the River, by Nellie Ireton Mills, courtesy of Bridget Frank Around the Bend: Heart of the Wild; A Solo Hike in the Lemhis Turns up More Than Pikas, by Margaret Fuller Love and Triathlons: A Long-Lost Couple Reunites And He Turns into a Champion, by Dianna Troyer Recipe Contest: Teriyaki Chicken and Rice, by Jessica Lopez & Rena Tarlini; and Banana and Yogurt Crepes, by Chef Federico Elbl June Contributors IN THIS ISSUE! Boise, Burley, Crouch, Garden Valley, Gibbonsville, Hayden Lake, Lemhi Range, Sawtooth Mountains, White Bird, White Cloud Mountains