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By Brian Murphy
bmurphy@idahostatesman.com

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said rehabilitation of the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River serves as a model of his America’s Great Outdoors River Initiative.

The Yankee Fork at Sunbeam is one of 51 river projects Salazar is highlighting nationwide, to provide examples for how communities across America can restore and reconnect with the rivers in their backyards.

If you surf the web for any time you find all sorts of interesting ways to waste time. Surveys and questionnaires abound. and I’m going to use one of them myself to ask: If you were going to a deserted island and could only pack three books, which three would you take?

Here are mine:
The Bible – King James version because the words are beautiful even if sometimes mystifying
Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell – I loved it in the eighth grade, and it’s long -- an important consideration for a deserted island

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The Boise High football team, in conjunction with Boise School District officials, has rearranged its season opener to set up a matchup against crosstown rival Borah, Boise High Athletic Director Tracy Leinen told the Idaho Statesman on Tuesday.

This looks like a good scope for those who like to plink at certain rodents in the spring. The Nikon P-223 scope is preset to the ballistics for standard .223 rounds for an AR-15 and other .223 rifles, so the hold over is already calculated. It's an inexpensive way to get take some of the guess work out of shooting at longer ranges.

Lauren Edson, TMP's Boise-grown dancer, sent this from Guangzhou, China. That's where the company is today. This entry covers her time in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, and a bit of Guangzhou.

Lauren writes:

Our time in Vietnam was filled with many experiences that left lasting impressions on all of us.

Crapo says the conversation will focus on the budget deficit and the economy. Participants are invited to join the call at 6:55 p.m.

Crapo's news release follows:

CRAPO TO HOST iTOWNHALL MEETING ON MAY 23

Encourages Idahoans to join discussion on budget and economy

Johnson will speak from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Hayes Auditorium at the main library on Capitol Boulevard.

A former Idaho Public TV host, Johnson was spokesman and then chief of staff to former Democratic Gov. Cecil Andrus. Johnson and Andrus are colleagues at Gallatin Public Affairs, a regional PR, lobbying and consulting firm.

Johnson is writing a biography of Montana progressive Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, a contemporary of Idaho Sen. William Borah. In the course of that work, Johnson has studied the New Deal era extensively.

First District Democratic candidate Jimmy Farris seized on my column in today's Idaho Statesman about a new book describing the role Republican Rep. Raul Labrador plays as a leader of the House freshman class that has made life difficult for House Speaker John Boehner.

Idaho law requires political parties to reorganize after biennial primary elections, with the votes held by the precinct committeemen and women elected in Idaho's 925 election precincts.

The action is on the GOP side, where Gov. Butch Otter is aiming to avoid the embarrassment of 2008, when his candidate for party chairman was defeated by a conservative-libertarian axis that elected Norm Semanko.

Semanko is stepping down in June and voters who will elect his successor will be chosen at county central committee meetings in the coming days.