Tim Woodward

The "pipe tree" at the Boise WaterShed honors recipients of the EnviroGuard Environmental Protection Award. The ends of its branches are water faucets.

Tim Woodward: Boise has dozens of pieces of public art, and many are hidden in plain sight

Boise has dozens of pieces of public art, and many are hidden in plain sight.

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Tim Woodward: Enough public art fiascos, thanks

Public art for the plaza at Boise City Hall, according to a recent Statesman headline, is "back on track."
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Tim Woodward: My big sister left no small legacy

Most families have at least one eccentric, someone whose habits, appearance or lifestyle depart from the conventional. In my family it was my sister, Joanie.
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Tim Woodward: My friend Grady's crazy Vietnam War

No one who knew him will forget the late Grady Myers. He was an imposing figure: 6-foot-4 with merry blue eyes, strawberry blond hair and a Yosemite Sam mustache. He was, among other things, a combat veteran, a gifted artist and a collector of preposterous vehicles, from British Morgans to an ancient...
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Tim Woodward: Water issues abound at my house this winter

I became somewhat infamous years ago for having things go wrong with my old house. This Siberian January was a reprise in the current house.
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Tim Woodward: 'My' maple trees were a timeless beauty, gone in a day

The trucks came early on a Monday morning. The temperature was near zero; the only people in the park were the men driving the trucks and an occasional runner on the icy Greenbelt.
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Tim Woodward: Arm teachers? Depends on the teacher.

Until now I’ve avoided the debate over arming teachers in classrooms for some excellent reasons.
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Statesman's Woodward, Micron's Keeth to be honored by U of I at Boise event

Retired Statesman reporter and columnist Tim Woodward and Micron executive Brent Keeth are being honored in Boise on Jan. 23 as outstanding University of Idaho alumni. Woodward is a 1971 graduate. Keeth got degrees in 1982 and 1996.
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Tim Woodward: Old record becomes one of best ‘gifts’ ever

With due respect for Time magazine and Barack Obama, my Person of the Year for 2012 is Dorothy Peachock.
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Tim Woodward: End of the world? Forget about it.

I’m writing this well ahead of Friday’s end of the world, in the absolute certainty that it will be published two days later.
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Tim Woodward: The Southwest is enchanting, but it is definitely not home

All my life I’ve wanted to visit the colorful Southwest — storied places like the Painted Desert and Mesa Verde and Monument Valley — and thanks to my wife’s mother’s Buick, I finally got the chance.