Oral history
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Suki Molina, June 10, 2011
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In her interview with Stephanie Milne on June 10, 2011, Suki Molina of the Idaho Conservation League, offered her memories of the serial foothills levy campaign and her ten plus years serving on the Foothills Conservation Advisory Committee. Molina spoke of the campaign which took place between 2000-2001 as well as how the campaign was organized and the obstacles it faced. She also reflected on the atmosphere of the Boise community leading up to the foothills campaign election day in May of...
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June 10, 2011
Susan Pisani, September 10, 2015
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Susan Pisani was interviewed on September 10, 2015. Her interview primarily concerned community improvement projects that she supervised in the Vista neighborhood. Pisani moved to the Vista neighborhood in 1983 and was actively involved in the community by founding the Vista Neighborhood Association. She was president of the association, volunteering for more than twenty years while also working other full-time jobs. During her tenure, programs such as Paint the Town, Rake Up Boise, and...
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September 10, 2015
Terry Barnes , August 8, 2018
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In his interview with Gaby Thomason on August 8th, 2018, Terry Barnes, who served as a Boise firefighter, offered his memories of working from the years 1971-1996. In that time, Barnes served as a hose man and a driver. Barnes spoke on the following topics: How he came to join the fire department; starting pay and how it changed; the Vicks Café fire; getting stuck in a basement; a serial arsonist who lit multiple garage fires and the old Saint Alphonsus hospital; firetrucks and ladder truck...
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August 8, 2018
Thomas "Tom" Cole , July 20, 2010
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In his interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 20, 2010, Thomas Cole, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Hughes’s career as a firefighter began in 1968 and continued until his retirement in 1989. He spoke on the following topics: recruitment and training of new firefighters; life in the firehouse; his reasons for entering the fire service; his dislike of medical calls; the Eastman fire and other emergency responses; firehouse...
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July 20, 2010
Tom Eubanks, August 24, 2013
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Tom Eubanks is the son of Mary Latermore, the daughter of Tom Latermore who bought lots of the property on the NE corner of Franklin and Orchard. Royal Eubanks (Tom’s father) bought a plot from Tom Latermore and built a house for him and Mary. That is where Tom Eubanks grew up. He went to Franklin School and active in Wright Community Church. He remembers playing in the pastures, going to movies downtown, and cruising Fairview in his car. Tom’s father started a leather company in the...
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August 24, 2013
Vernon L. Bisterfeldt , September 15, 2010, August 31, 2011, and September 9, 2011
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In three interviews with Brandi Burns on September 15, 2010, August 31 and September 9, 2011 Vernon Bisterfeldt discusses his family and personal history, his career in the Boise Police Department, and his decade of service as a member of the Boise City Council. In Vernon Bisterfeldt’s interview on August 31, 2011, Bisterfeldt shared his experiences as a Boise City Police Officer. Bisterfeldt worked for the Boise Police Department from May 1959 to January 1987, retiring after 28...
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September 15, 2010, August 31, 2011, and September 9, 2011
Vicki Linderborn, July 13, 2013
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Vicki Linderborn was born in Mackey Idaho in 1936. Her father worked for the U.S. Forest Service, out of the Boise office, near 900 River Street. Her parents bought a house on the Bench in 1941, when Vicki was five. She went to Franklin Elementary School and spent most of her free time playing in the open fields. She was the first class to enter South Junior High and remembers voting for school colors and a mascot. Getting to school was difficult due to canals with no bridges. As a teenager...
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July 13, 2013
Willard Coles , April 6, 2018 and April 21, 2018
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In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on April 6, 2018, Willard Coles discusses his career with the Boise Fire Department from 1972-1997. Topics covered in the interview include: helping his dad and Wilder Volunteer Firemen train as a child; getting caught in a large fire in the Boise Foothills; the training he went through during the hiring process; the practical jokes the stations played on each other; the transition from fire boxes to a dispatch center; how promotions worked; helping...
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April 6, 2018 and April 21, 2018
William "Bill" Hoobing , June 23, 2010
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In his interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on June 24, 2010, William “Bill” Hoobing, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Hoobing’s career as a firefighter began after serving in the South Pacific during World War II. He joined his father on the Boise Fire Department after being discharged from the Marine Corps in 1946. He spoke on the following topics: memories of visiting his dad at the fire station as a kid; the lack of testing to...
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June 23, 2010
William "Bill" Parry , July 22, 2010
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In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 22, 2010, William “Bill” Parry discusses his career as a firefighter with the Boise Fire Department. Parry’s career spanned from 1951-1980; he worked as a hoseman, driver, lieutenant, training officer, and captain. Topics discussed in the interview: the lack of training for new hires; what life at the fire station was like; how disagreements were handled; starting the Training Division; memorable medical calls; rivalries between fire stations...
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July 22, 2010