Here's IDAHO magazine's September 2015 Newsletter

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Spotlight City:

Harvard

On a visit to a favored community in her neck of the woods, the author extols the virtues of distance and isolation.

By Khaliela Wright

Put It in Your Heart

Kalispel Tribe members pass down wisdom of the ages to northern Idaho schoolchildren.

By Cate Huisman

A Sad Day at Albion

Through decades of research, the author pieces together the day his great-grandfather died in a gunfight with an outlaw.

By Glenn Butterfield

Free Story

Every issue, the magazine offers a free feature in the online edition for the first week of the month. This month, it's "In Pioneer Footsteps," an unusual tale of repeated excursions to unearth remnants of the historic Swan Falls to Silver City power line. Available from Sept. 1 here.

By Alan Drew

Birds on the Brain

A retired biologist shares stories of the lengths to which he and other enthusiasts will go to see and photograph the birds of Idaho.

By Dale E. Toweill

Photo Contest Winners

Carolyn Fletcher of Boise pulled off back-to-back wins in our annual Cover Photo Contest, taking first place again this year for a Riggins Rodeo shot called “Ride “Em!”

Second place went to Nancy Chocker of Kimberly for "Sharing Splendor." Third place winner was Robert Huguez of Boise for "Sawtooth: The Early Bird Gets the Fish" (pictured above). Jill Cozer of Jerome won the Publisher's Choice Award for "Man and Dog," and the Youth Award went to Star's Jonah Young, nine, for "Laken and Wendy Bender with a Bass at Sunset."

Congratulations all!

Wildfires on Facebook

Everyone knows August was a very bad month for wildfires in Idaho. From across the state our Facebook friends sent in harrowing and thrilling photos and videos of the flames and the men and women who fight them.

The coverage contributed to a spike in our page's reach to about three-quarters of a million people. If you missed the August images, check them out here.

Send in Your Snaps

Our Facebook page is always looking for photos from around Idaho, which are posted numerous times a day throughout the week. If you'd like to send in an image, attach it as a jpg and send it directly through the Facebook messaging system to Kitty Fleischman.

We can't offer payment, but the exposure is significant for amateur and professional photographers, as demonstrated by the paid work people are getting from posting images on our page.

Write a Spotlight

Every issue, IDAHO magazine publishes a Spotlight feature on a different town in the state, usually written by someone who lives in that community. The place can be of any size, and you don't have to be a published writer to contribute a Spotlight, because we'll help you to put the story into shape if necessary. And we'll pay you for it!

If we haven't profiled your town yet, we'd be interested in hearing from you. Just drop a note to managing editor Steve Bunk, sbunk@idahomagazine.com.

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