On Saturday, April 30th, the Boise Police Dept., Ada County Sheriff’s Office, and Garden City Police will be participating in the Drug Enforcement Association’s (DEA’s) National Drug Take-Back Day.
This is an opportunity for you to properly dispose of unused or out-dated medications that might otherwise end up in the wrong hands or in our water.
Collection locations will be:
1. Boise Police will be collecting unwanted medications in the front of the State Capitol;
2. Garden City Police will be collecting unwanted medications in the parking lot of the Garden City Walgreens – 6725 N. Glenwood;
3. Ada County Sheriff’s Office will be collection unwanted medications in the Eagle Albertson’s parking lot – 250 S. Eagle Road
The Sheriff’s Office will also be collecting in Kuna and the Meridian Police Dept. will be collecting at the St. Lukes Meridian site as well as at their headquarters on Water Tower Street, Meridian.
Collection will be from 10 AM – 2 PM on Saturday, April 30th. Please watch/listen for ads and additional collection locations. Attached is a billing insert that everyone in Boise, Garden City, and Eagle will be receiving.
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The Downtown Boise Association in association with local agencies including City of Boise and Capital City Development Corporation, parking operators and property owners are exploring the option of a car sharing program for downtown.
Car sharing programs have been very successful in cities across the USA including on university campuses and in downtowns. They provide freedom from car ownership and an alternative for personal transportation. Membership provides you access to cars across the country for as little $50 per year and $8 per hour and can be used for one hour or up to four days at a time.
We would like to get some feedback as to whether you would use a program like Zip Car (http://www.zipcar.com) or WeCar (http://www.wecar.com), to name a couple of existing programs.
The 2011 Raft Along Program will be held on Tuesday June 28th. We will be taking 700 kids rafting. This is the 16th year we have run this program and we look forward to another successful year. The purpose of the program is to bring area kids and police officers together to break down barriers, and develop understanding by working together rafting.
The event is hosted by Cascade Raft Company, Inter West Transportation, First Student Bus Co., American Catering and Boise PAL. The kids are transported by bus to Cascade Raft Headquarters north of Horseshoe Bend on the Payette River. The kids are teamed with officers and a professional guide, given safety equipment and placed in rafts for the journey down river.
We float the calmer section of the river so it is safe for the kids. We have volunteer kayakers that float along with the rafts and act as safety boaters. The kids learn how to work together paddling the rafts to navigate the river safely.
Kids ages 8 to 16 are eligible to participate. Each child must fill out a rafting waiver form and have a parent or guardian sign the waiver form available at http://www.boisepal.org/RaftALong.html. Pre-registration for all kids planning to float is mandatory! (Waiver form and additional information attached for your convenience.) We recommend that you get your waivers in for each child who will be floating as soon as you can–these trips fill up FAST and we won’t be able to guarantee a spot to any late-comers.