LIA Briefs

Dear LIA Alumni:

Congressman Mike Simpson
Thank you to those who participated on the March 2 Zoom call held with Second Congressional District Congressman Mike Simpson. He shared about his proposal to remove four dams on the Lower Snake River. During the presentation there were a number of questions from participants that were addressed by the Congressman. However, there was not time in the allocated hour for all questions to be addressed. Attached are the questions and the responses from the Congressman or his staff.

Questions for Congressman Simpson

LINK Call for March
Due to Spring Break and availability of presenters, we will be moving the March LINK call from the last Thursday of the month, March 25 to April 1, the first Thursday of April. Our plan is to have the following featured presentations:
 
Update on COVID Related Issues – Doug Robison, Class 29, President, Northwest Farm Credit Services
Report on the 2021 Idaho Legislative Session – LIA Alumni serving in the Idaho Legislature
 
The call will be held Thursday, April 1 – 9:00 AM (MT). More details to follow.

 
LIA Gala and Auction
Thanks to everyone who played a role in helping the first ever virtual LIA Gala and Auction be such a wonderful success. The goal of the evening was set at $75,000 and in the end, Development Director Kendra Dustin, Class 32, reported that over $120,000 was raised for ongoing programs and support of LIA. You did an outstanding job.
 
Special congratulations to our raffle winners:
Grand Prize Kubota – Scott Brown
Grand Prize Trip – Kerry Salutregui
Class Prize – Kara Hurst, Class 30
Card Game – Charlie Bryan, Class 10

 
Special Recognition
The Boise Session for Class 41 has been scheduled for January 24-28. This date was selected in anticipation that the 2022 Idaho Legislature will operate under a more normal set of conditions to allow the class to experience the week in Boise that deals with public policy. That being said, recognition of the 10-year alumni members and Lifetime Members has been put off until that time. However, we decided to go ahead and mail the plaques to each of these individuals receiving this honor so they can have their award to display and share. Those who would have received this honor at the LIA Graduation include the following:

Ten-Year Members

Scott Calhoun, Class 30
Daren Coon, Class 30
Patti Harris, Class 26
Dan Pinther, Class 30

Lifetime Members

Robert Blakeslee, Class 14
James Blanksma, Class 13
William Bokma, Class 37
Don Dixon, Class 15
Bryce Durrant, Class 39
Glen Edwards, Class 28
John R Gibson, Class 6
Alan Heikkila, Class 13
Cody Hendrix, Class 39
Brett Ingles, Class 40
Bo Isham, Class 40
Craig Lindquist, Class 31
Robin Lindquist, Class 21
Joe Moore, Class 40
Dave Paul, Class 16
Abbie Quesnell, Class 38
David Reynolds, Class 40
Rebecca Rutan, Class 33
Branden Schiess, Class 40
Lisa Shively, Class 15
Dave Wenk, Class 40
Nic Wittman, Class 39
Zack Wolf, Class 31
John W Wright, Class 37