Basalt
Basalt, ID · Municipal
Idaho State Journal
Large scale Billiards tournament begins In Pocatello on Tuesday
Pocatello is trying to win back its reputation as a billiards town, with a five-day tournament aimed at filling the city’s quiet fall season. The tournament runs Tuesday, Nov. 3, through Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day at the Avenue Event Center, the event space attached to the Museum of Clean. The prize pool is up to $30,000 with an $80 entry fee. “We used to have quite a reputation for being a pool town and having lots of billiards tournaments,” said Jeff Glissendorf, director of tourism for Visit Pocatello Chubbuck. “We were a billiards hub, so they wanted to kind of get that back.” Glissendorf said the event also is meant to bring visitors to town after the busy summer months. “We were looking to bring in different kinds of events, cornhole, those kinds of things, and billiards in the off season,” he said. Play will include 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball and Scotch doubles across nine brackets, with platinum and standard divisions for different skill levels. The main 8-ball tournament starts Friday, Nov. 6, and wraps up Saturday night. Diamond Billiards is supplying 40 tables. Professional trick-shot artist and Billiards Hall of Fame member Tom
Idaho State Journal
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East Idaho News
$255K gift helps build on Menan pioneers’ legacy with new library
MENAN — A $255,400 donation is giving a new library in Menan a major boost as construction gets underway on the $2 million community-driven project. The 7,500-square-foot building is being built in a one-acre field on the corner of 3550 East and 665 North, east of the Menan City Park. Northern States Development, the contractor that built The Hub in Rigby, began excavation in late September. The foundation walls were recently completed, which you can see in the video above. RELATED | Rigby is getting two new restaurants and more inside new commercial development “After utilities are put in, we...
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Idaho State Journal
New Pocatello Kumon center offers structured math and reading help to families across Southeast Idaho
POCATELLO — Salome Owusu-Achampong opened the Kumon Math and Reading Center of Pocatello at 344 Yellowstone Ave. in late August, giving local families a new after-school option for building math and reading skills. Two months in, the center has 12 subject enrollments. Owusu-Achampong’s path to business ownership runs through education administration. She worked in higher education leadership and student affairs in Ghana before joining Idaho State University, where she coordinated the College of Education’s America Reads program, which provided reading intervention to local elementary schools. She has also worked at several early learning centers, including ISU’s Early Learning Center. She holds a master’s degree from the College of Education and is pursuing a doctorate in education. “Managing staff, academic operations, student support systems and community programs at the university has provided the exact blueprint needed to run a structured, successful educational franchise today,” Owusu-Achampong said. She chose a franchise over starting her own tutoring business because of Kumon’s established teaching method, name recognition and corporate support, which includes staff training, operational software, marketing help and field consultants. “As a student of education, I have always researched the best ways to positively impact kids in the community,” she said. “Having experienced
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Ammon welcomes hundreds for annual “Nog-a-thon” Fun Run at McCowin Park
Every year, community members in Eastern Idaho challenge themselves to drinking 32 ounces of eggnog and running a mile at McCowin Park. The holiday cheer was palpable as people ran in Christmas costumes and drank eggnog between every lap.
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East Idaho News
32 ounces of eggnog and one mile: Ammon’s Nogathon is back
AMMON — Think you can drink a quart of eggnog and still run a mile? The City of Ammon is giving you the chance to find out this weekend. The fourth annual Ammon Nogathon Fun Run returns Saturday, Nov. 7, at McCowin Park, where participants will trade traditional race-day refreshments for something a little thicker and a whole lot more festive: Reed’s Dairy eggnog. The challenge is simple — complete four laps around a quarter-mile course, drinking an 8-ounce cup of eggnog before each lap. By the finish line, participants will have consumed 32 ounces of eggnog and traveled a full mile. Costumes ...