Wednesday, January 22, 2025

ARTICLES BY TIM WOODWARD

'Eccentric' professor's art legacy stuns Boise State

BOISE - Boise State University Professor Tom Trusky lived in a North Boise house that needed paint and insulation, didn't meet electrical codes and had bricks missing from a chimney. He lived so frugally that the gift in his will stunned even his closest friends.
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Putting a fine edge on his work

MIDVALE - He almost blushes as he pulls out the knife he keeps in his jeans pocket a folding knife purchased through a mail-order catalog for $20.
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Stepping back in time

BOISE - Stepping into Ben Wetzel's leather shop is like setting your watch back 60 years.
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Death of 'Salmon River Caveman' ends Idaho era

BOISE (AP) - Known as the "Salmon River Caveman," Richard Zimmerman lived an essentially 19th century lifestyle, a digital-age anachronism who never owned a telephone or a television and lived almost entirely off the land.
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Couple grateful for 'son' with Down syndrome

BOISE (AP) - It isn't Edgar Call's age that makes him unique, though it's certainly unusual.
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