2010-08, August 2010 (Iona)

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  FEATURES

  Dead Last but Finished
  by Kitty Fleischman

  Billed as the Northwest’s toughest half-marathon, the Race to Robie Creek heads east from Boise into the mountains. For some, to finish is to win.

  Iona—Spotlight City
  by Rachel Snow

  A twenty-year resident of the Snake River Valley explains why she is determined to stay in this floodplain town of fertile soil.
  
  A Nasty Mission Claim
  by Steven D. Branting

  Investigating the ruins of a long-lost mission church near Lapwai, the author puts together the pieces of a 19th Century embezzlement by Idaho’s second governor.

  DEPARTMENTS

  Comment: Idaho in Hats; Award Winners

  Sun Valley: Above Idaho; A Veteran of Tandem Paragliding Rhapsodizes over the Flying Here, by Amy Crawford

  Hollister: Vole versus Owl; A Farmer Summons Nature’s Pest Control, by Rob Morris

  Caldwell: I Am Made of Idaho; What It Means to Be a Person in a Place, by Kate Lovan

  Potlatch River: Get in the Boat; A Hesitant Canoeist Braves the Potlatch River with a Master, by Tara Roberts

  Cocolalla: Different from Perfection; For a Master Mandolin Maker, Every Instrument Is Unique, by Desiré Aguirre

  Bonneville County: Dream for Sale; When the Old Order Goes, It Can Be Hard to Accept the New, By Amy McClellan

  Hells Canyon: A Week in the Canyon; Student-Tramping with a Woman in a Famous Hat, By Fred Hebert

  Recipe Contest: Beef Ranch Zucchini Gnocchi, Recipe courtesy of the Idaho Beef Council; Jet’s Alaska & Beyond Tranquility River Macademia-Crusted Rainbow Trout, by Mike Kincaid; Garden Fresh Salad, by Greg Grasso

  IN THIS ISSUE!
  Boise, Bonneville County, Caldwell, Cocolalla, Hells Canyon, Hollister, Iona, Potlatch River, Spalding, Sun Valley