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Iran Companies Said to Be Paying Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops

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Taliban fighters ride on motorbikes in an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, July 14, 2009. (Reuters)

KABUL — At least five Iranian companies in Afghanistan’s capital are using their offices covertly to finance Taliban militants in provinces near Kabul, according to a Sunday Times investigation.

Afghan intelligence and Taliban sources have told the newspaper that the firms, set up in the past six months, provide cash for a network of district Taliban treasurers to pay battlefield expenses and bonuses for killing the enemy and destroying their vehicles.

The Iranian companies win contracts to supply materials and logistics to Afghans involved in reconstruction. The money often comes in the form of aid from foreign donors.

Profits are transferred through poorly regulated Afghan banks including Kabul Bank, which is partly owned by President Hamid Karzais brother Mahmood to Tehran and Dubai.

From these countries, the money returns to Afghanistan through the informal Islamic banking system known as hawala to be dispersed to the Taliban.

“This means the companies involved in funding the insurgency can cover their tracks easily. It makes it harder for us to trace the cashflow,” a senior Afghan intelligence official said.

Iranian companies have been established with the intention of winning contracts funded by foreign aid so that donors cash could be channeled into the insurgency, the official said. Western officials believe the network may have been set up by the Al-Quds force, an elite branch of Irans Revolutionary Guard.

The Iranian embassy in Kabul refused to respond to the allegations. But according to the Taliban treasurer, who has been interviewed by The Sunday Times, Iran is paying bonuses of $1,000 for killing an American soldier and $6,000 for destroying a U.S. military vehicle.

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Obama to Propose $100B R&D Tax Credit

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WASHINGTON — Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday.

Obama will outline the $100 billion proposal during a speech on the economy Wednesday in Cleveland, the official said. The announcement is expected to be the first in a series of new measures Obama will propose this fall as the administration looks to jump-start an economy that the president himself has said isn’t growing fast enough.

In addition to making the research credits permanent, Obama will also ask Congress to extend one of the credit options available to businesses from 14 to 17 percent, according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proposal has not been formally announced.

Congress has previously passed research tax credits on a temporary basis. The credits expired last year and a proposal for renewal is pending in the Senate. In order to pay for a permanent extension, Obama will ask Congress to close corporate tax breaks for multinational corporations and oil and gas companies.

While research credits generally have bipartisan support, Washington’s contentious political atmosphere means the White House isn’t taking anything for granted. Officials have watched other proposals they deem necessary to economic growth, including a bill to extend credit and cut taxes for small businesses, languish on Capitol Hill.

The proposal for research and development tax credits was first reported by The New York Times.

Amid an uptick in the jobless rate to 9.6 percent, the president promised to announce a series of new measures on the economy. The package could include infrastructure bonds for municipalities and extensions for other tax breaks for businesses and individuals that expired at the end of 2009.

The administration is also considering extending a law passed in March that exempts companies that hire unemployed workers from paying Social Security taxes on those workers through December. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has proposed extending the exemption an additional six months.

Obama is continuing to prod the Senate to pass the small business bill that calls for about $12 billion in tax breaks and a $30 billion fund to help unfreeze lending. Republicans have likened the bill to the unpopular bailout of the financial industry. And the president wants to make permanent the portion of George W. Bush’s tax cuts affecting the middle class.

The House has already passed many of the provisions, but they have stalled in the Senate because Republicans and Democrats cannot agree on how to pay for them.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka argued for job investment as a way of putting money in the pockets of middle-class Americans and others who need it.

“We do need more credit for small- and mid-sized businesses so that they can start creating jobs,” Trumka said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “All of that will help, but it may not be enough. Even the holiday on taxes may not be enough, the research and development tax credit may not be enough. We need to create demand.”

Taste Of Madison 2010 Held Over Labor Day Weekend

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By Gina Gomez
Sep 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Labor Day is United States federal holiday which is observed on the first Monday of every September. Labor Day weekend is enjoyed by the whole country. The citizens enjoy these holidays in various ways and one of oldest ways of celebrating this weekend is through various food festivals that take place all over United States. Taste of Madison 2010 is one such food festivals where people from all over the city come and enjoy the live music, foods and wonderful ambiance of the event.

Taste of Madison 2010 is well known for its inspirational music, its unique delicious cuisines and also unusual crafts. For the Madison citizens it is also one of the perfect hangout places during their labor day weekend holidays. This year the Taste of Madison is taking place on Capitol Square in Madison. Every year thousands of citizens flock to Taste of Madison event to enjoy variety of food enjoyed by the local restaurants of the city. Although yesterdays temperature was considerably lower than last year but any place which had shades was the best place for the people to take in lights and sounds of the festivals. The Taste of Madison kicked off yesterday and it is going to continue today as well.

The Taste of Madison 2010 organizers said that this year the event will showcase more than 75 local restaurants from all over the city. This year there is about 20 beverage stands offering various drinks. The prize of every food item varies from $1 to $4 and the admission to the event is free for the visitors. There are live performances by live bands, country bands and DJs as well. A reputed media source reported that Taste of Madison 2010 will feature performances by Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, Crash Kings and Marcy Playground.

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2010 Verona Invite Boys CC Highlights, Interviews – Wisconsin State Journal

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By: Rob Hernandez — Wisconsin State Journal

Undaunted by demanding task – Manawatu Standard

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By BOB WILLIAMS – The Manawatu Standard

Sifting through the New Zealand Rugby Museum’s collection of nearly 13,000 match-day programmes for cataloguing and storage purposes requires discipline, perseverance and patience.

Long-serving museum committee member and retired New Zealand Army major, Cliff Parker, has all those traits, and he proved the ideal person to handle one of the demanding tasks facing the museum as it prepares for its relocation.

The museum, in Cuba St, Palmerston North, is moving to the Te Manawa complex and is packing up its 40,000 items for the shift.

Cliff’s project was to collate the massive number of programmes that had been trickling into the museum in “dribs and drabs” over 40 years and put them into order and in archival, acid-free storage boxes.

A careful approach was needed and Cliff was up to a challenge that took two months to complete.

“The test programmes were the easiest to sort,” he said, “mainly because all tests are numbered in chronological order. You can pick up any programme and know by the match and the year whether it is test number 24 or 104.”

Cliff also broke up the matches into groupings, such as tests between 1956 and 1964 or 1987 to 1989, after working with a list of all tours involving All Black tests, making the task a lot easier. “It was important to have a system, because once you picked up a programme you had to know where to put it.”

Cliff located and itemised more than 360 test programmes of the 466 internationals played by the All Blacks (following the 29-22 win over South Africa at Johannesburg in 2010). “We are missing about 100 test programmes, most of them from the 1904-early 1930s period,” he said.

“I’ve completed a master list of those missing programmes, so if an old one does come in, we can check to see if it’s in our collection or not.”

The oldest test programme held by the museum is for the All Blacks’ second official test, against the British Rugby Football Team, at Athletic Park, Wellington, on August 13, 1904.

A graphic of the programme cover for the All Blacks’ first test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on August 15, 1903 can be seen on the museum’s website, www.rugbymuseum.co.nz

In addition to building up the test programmes, Cliff operated two other international files for All Black tours overseas and inbound tours to New Zealand.

“With the All Blacks on tour, there was also a chronological order to work through,” he said, “and we do have programmes from most of the tours they have made.”

Extra copies of test-match programmes are included in these collections, along with the non-international weekend and midweek fixtures.

The oldest away All Black test programme is for the Scotland clash in Edinburgh on November 18, 1905.

Inbound tours also provide 24 folders of programmes, with most tours represented, starting with the 1904 Great Britain side and running through to the visit by the 2005 British and Irish Lions.

Although each match programme is unique in its own right, some are more valuable than others, such as the one for the Great Britain v West Coast-Buller encounter at Greymouth in 1930.

Cliff’s attention then switched to Ranfurly Shield challenges, and he eventually filled 16 boxes containing programmes representing some of the most exciting provincial clashes played in New Zealand.

The fascination of the shield is vividly captured in these records.

The oldest Ranfurly Shield programme in the museum is for Wairarapa’s challenge against Hawke’s Bay at McLean Park, Napier, in 1923.

The holders won, 6-0, with future All Black great George Nepia kicking a penalty in his first match for Hawke’s Bay.

Home inter-provincial encounters from 1913 to 2009 are also carefully stacked away in alphabetical order, union by union, ranging from nine boxes for Auckland to two boxes for West Coast.

There are even programmes from the Central Vikings days of 1997-98.

Cliff’s task did not stop there, as other programmes depicting many other teams, tours, competitions and series needed to be sorted for Rugby World Cups, Super 12 competitions and International Sevens, Black Ferns and inter-provincial women’s matches, New Zealand Maori, Juniors, Colts, Universities and Services, non-test tours by smaller rugby countries such as Romania, All Black and North Island-South Island trials, the Cavaliers to South Africa, secondary schools and other off-shore international and club games.

And then there were the boxes needed for all the duplicates. Stacks of them!

In the finish, Cliff filled 317 boxes, with an average of 40 programmes per box: “I was instructed not to throw any away.

“I didn’t know how big the job was until I started, and felt the only way to approach it was to think logically, so that’s why I started with the tests.

“Once I had worked my way through them, I began to realise what I was doing.”

One noticeable difference in the programmes noted by Cliff was how much thicker, larger and glossier today’s ones are compared to those from the early years. “They were very flimsy then, with some on just one piece of paper, though many of them had lots of advertising. But the quality of the programmes with the paper, printing and colour is much better now.”

One of the more frustrating aspects was uncovering programmes, mainly French and Argentinian, which carried no date or year on the cover.

And then there was the All Black v Australia “test” programme that turned out to be a tour match involving Australia B!

Though Cliff is not a programme collector, he did have a personal favourite from the second test between the All Blacks and Springboks at Christchurch in 1937.

“I was just seven and it was the first time I had seen the All Blacks. I had a good look at that programme.”

And so he might, for it represented a well-deserved break from a consuming and detailed task has provided structure to one of the museum’s most valuable resources.

What to do in September: Take a train ride, sample local food and wine, see … – IdahoStatesman.com

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If you have an event you’d like listed in one of our calendars or online, please submit it at Events.IdahoStatesman.com.

SEPT. 1

Festival of India: 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, Hare Krishna Temple, 1615 Martha St., Boise. Visit the House of 10,000 Flowers and enjoy Indian Bharat Natyam dances, mridanga drums and other traditional music, play from Mahabharata, children’s activities such as Indian face painting and costumes, and a complimentary vegetarian dinner. Free. 344-4274, www.boisetemple.org.

Dum Dum Girls: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, Neurolux, 111 N. 11th St., Boise. $8. TicketWeb, 466-8499. $10 at the door.

SEPT. 2

Downtown Nampa Nights: 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, 12th Avenue and 1st Street, Nampa. Music by The Flavors. Take lawn chairs. Food, beer and wine available for purchase. Free.

The Black Crowes: 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 2, Eagle River Pavilion, 827 E. Riverside Drive, Eagle. Opening: Jackie Greene, Truth & Salvage Company. $39.50, $49.50, $99.50. ICTickets, 442-3232.

SEPT. 4

International Vulture Awareness Day: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept, 4 at World Center for Birds of Prey, 5668 W. Flying Hawk Lane, Boise. Learn about the vital role that condors and other vultures play in our environment and join the worldwide celebration for a group of birds threatened with extinction. Enjoy films, kids’ activities and flight demonstrations by Lucy, a 10-year-old turkey vulture. $7 general, $6 seniors, $5 youth. 362-8687.

“Voices of our Past” Cemetery Tour: 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, Emmett Cemetery. Re-enactors in costume will portray some of the more colorful early settlers of the Emmett area. Proceeds benefit the Gem County Village Museum. $8 Gem County Historical Society members, $10 nonmembers, $5 ages 12-17. Tickets available at the museum, 501 E. 1st St., Emmett, or call 365-9530, 365-4340.

Harvest Moon Dinner: Wine bar at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, The Grove plaza, southwest of 8th and Main streets, Boise. Six-course feast, grown and raised by Idaho farmers, created by area chefs and paired with Idaho wines. Music by the Ben Burdick Trio. Benefit for the Treasure Valley Food Coalition and the Capital City Public Market. $100 per person, available at the Capital City Market booth and www.seeyouatthemarket.com. 345-9287.

SEPT. 5

Music From Stanley: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, Redfish Lake Lodge, Redfish Lake Road, Stanley. Featuring Sarah Sample. Free. http://musicfromstanley.com.

SEPT. 7

Willie Nelson and Family: 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 N. Penitentiary Road, Boise. Opening: Ryan Bingham. $50 general, $75 preferred. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

Poetry Slam of Steel and Haiku Battle: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, Woman of Steel Gallery, 3640 Chinden Blvd., Garden City. $5 general, $1 with student ID. Free performance poetry workshop at 6 p.m.

SEPT. 8

KC & The Sunshine Band: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Lane, Boise. $15. Select-a-Seat, 426-1766.

Lubriphonic: 10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, The Bouquet, 1010 Main St., Boise. Chicago blues, soul and rock n’ roll sextet. $12. 345-6605.

SEPT. 9

Lights Over Paris: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9, The Venue, 521 W. Broad St., Boise. SOLD OUT

SEPT. 10

Jazz on The Grove: 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, The Grove plaza, southwest of 8th and Main streets, Boise. Headlined by Tizer featuring keyboardist and recording artist Lao Tizer. Opening: Boise Philharmonic Brass Band. Free. www.downtownboise.org.

SEPT. 11

Sports Card Show: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Holiday Inn-Boise Airport, 3300 S. Vista Ave. Sports and other cards and memorabilia. Free. 338-3828.

Opera Idaho Preview: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Opera Idaho, 513 S. 8th St., Boise. Previews of Douglas Moore’s “The Ballad of Baby Doe” and Carlisle Floyd’s “Susannah” for the People’s Choice vote for the American opera to be included in the 2010-2011 season. Free. RSVP required. 345-3531, Ext. 2. Vote at www.operaidaho.org.

Patriot Day BBQ: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Wilder Rural Fire Protection District, 111 2nd St. Benefit for the Wilder Rural Fire District Burn-Out Fund and the Wilder Fourth of July fireworks. $5 general, $3 children 4-12, free for ages 3 and younger.

Idaho Peace Festival: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Capitol Park, 601 W. Jefferson St., Boise. Music from Portland-based musician David Rovics and local musicians, as well as information and activity booths from area nonprofit organizations. Free.

An Evening on the River: A Gathering of Conservation Friends: 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Education and Event Center at Barber Park, 4049 S. Eckert Road, Boise. Locally produced food, wine and beer, entertainment, live and silent auctions, and conservation displays. Benefit for the Idaho Conservation League. $75 per person. 345-6933, Ext. 18; www.idahoconservation.org.

“Garden Trattoria” BUGS Harvest Dinner: Wine and appetizers at 6 p.m. and dinner and music at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, BUGS Garden, 4821 W. Franklin Road, Boise. Benefit for Boise Urban Garden School. $50 per person. 424-6665, Ext. 6; www.boiseurbangardenschool.org.

Knock ‘em Dead Dinner Theatre Gala Fundraiser: 6:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, 415 E. ParkCenter Blvd., Suite 110, Boise. Preview of the season’s upcoming musicals. Meet the directors, actors, theater board and enjoy champagne and appetizers. $50 per person. 385-0021, www.kedproductions.org.

Corrido Music Concert: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Special Events Center, Boise State University. Featuring corridos/ballads written by Idaho musicians (under the direction of Tejano artist Juan Manuel Barco) and dances by the Traditional Mexican Dancers (under the direction of Norma Pintar). Free, but tickets required and available at the Hispanic Cultural Center, Consulate of Mexico, and KWEI.

“Hollywood and Wine” at the Depot: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, Nampa Train Depot Museum, 1200 Front St. Wine tasting from Canyon County wineries set in a Hollywood theme, jazz music, appetizers, desserts and live and silent auctions. Benefit for the Nampa Depot Restoration Project. $30 per person or $50 per couple in advance; $35 per person at the door. 467-7611.

SEPT. 15

JJ Grey & Mofro: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: Cory Mon. $16. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 16

John Proulx: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, Timberline High School, 701 E. Boise Ave. Jazz singer/painist will be joined by local musicians, Damien Bard (drums), Troy Ferguson (bass), Rob Walker (trumpet) and Jake Van Paepeghem (guitar). Opening: local high school jazz choirs. $7.50 general, $5 seniors and students.

Smashing Pumpkins: 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: Bad City. $35. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 17

Gryphon Trio: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, Morrison Center Recital Hall, 2201 Cesar Chavez Lane, Boise. Part of Boise Chamber Music Series 2010-11. $20/$25. 426-1216.

SEPT. 18

Treasure Valley Highland Games and Celtic Festival: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, Expo Idaho, 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City. Music by the Wicked Tinkers and other Celtic entertainers, vendors, clan tents, Scottish Heavy Athletics, children’s games and food. Boise Highlanders and City of Trees Pipe Band will provide performances throughout the day. $10 general, $5 seniors, military with ID and children 6-16, free for ages 5 and younger, at the gate or Wee-bit-O-Scotland. 331-5675.

Indian Creek Festival Cardboard Kayak Race: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, Downtown Caldwell, corner of Kimball and Blaine. Build a kayak out of just cardboard and duct tape and race it down Indian Creek. Free. 455-3901, 455-3011.

Fall to Worship Benefit Concert: 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, Lakeview Park, Garrity Boulevard and 16th Avenue North, Nampa. Music by Chrism, Beloved, Nate Fowler, Mellatonic. Food provided. Take canned food for the Boise Rescue Mission. 954-0588.

Mito Group of Idaho’s Energy Bowl: 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 at Meridian Bowling Lanes, 324 S. Meridian Road. Fundraiser for The United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation. Cost is $20 per person. Contact Jennifer at 863-9403 or mitogroupofidaho[at]yahoo.com or go to www.umdf.org.

Sunrise Rotary Club Lobsterfest: 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, Western Building, Expo Idaho, 5610 Glenwood St., Garden City. Maine lobster dinner, 20-piece band, raffles and cash bar. Funds used to support various non-profit organizations in Ada County. $60 per person. www.boiselobsterfest.org.

“ABBA-Mania”: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, Nampa Civic Center, 311 3rd St. S. A rock musical which takes you back to the disco era of pop band ABBA. $35. 468-5555.

SEPT. 19

Rock Party: 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, Idaho Museum of Mining and Geology, 2455 Old Penitentiary Road, Boise. Hillside geology hikes, mineral identification, gold panning, mining history, activity stations for kids, gift shop, vendors, food. Sponsored in part by the Idaho Humanities Council. $4 general, $3 seniors, $2 children 6-14, free for ages 5 and younger and museum members. 283-3186, www.idahomuseum.org.

High Street: 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, Ste. Chapelle Winery, 19348 Lowell Road, Caldwell. $10 per person, $8 for wine club members, free for ages 14 and younger. 453-7843.

Allstar Weekend: 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: Action Item, Stop Drop and Party. $12. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $14 day of show.

SEPT. 20

Primus: 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, Eagle River Pavilion, 827 E. Riverside Drive, Eagle. Opening: Portugal. The Man, Split Lip Rayfield. $35 and $99.50. ICTickets, 442-3232.

Atmosphere: 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Headlines “To All My Friends Tour” with Blueprint, Grieves & Budo, DJ Rare Groove. $25. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 22

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony: 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $25. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 23

Brad Paisley: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, Taco Bell Arena, 1401 Bronco Lane, Boise. Opening: Darius Rucker, Justin Moore. $25, $45.75 and $59.75. Select-a-Seat, 426-1766.

Against Me!: 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: The Flatlines, Young Livers. $18.50. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $20 day of show.

SEPT. 24

David Allan Coe: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: Audio Moonshine. $22. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849. $24 day of show.

SEPT. 25

Opera Idaho Preview: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, Opera Idaho, 513 S. 8th St., Boise. Previews of Jake Heggie’s “Dead Man Walking” and Aaron Copland’s “The Tender Land” for the People’s Choice vote for the American opera to be included in the 2010-2011 season. Free. RSVP required. 345-3531, Ext. 2. Vote at www.operaidaho.org.

Boise State Broncos vs. Oregon State: Saturday, Sept. 25, Bronco Stadium, 1400 Bronco Lane, Boise. For tickets, go to www.broncosports.com or call 426-4737.

Jennifer Knapp: 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $15. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 26

Locavore Express: Departing at noon Sunday, Sept. 26, Horseshoe Bend. Sip Idaho wine and enjoy a scenic train ride along the Payette River. A gourmet feast comprised entirely of Idaho food products in Banks is the ride’s final destination. $42.50 per person. (877) IDA-RAIL (432-7245), www.thundermountainline.com.

Woolgrowers’ Event: Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, Ste. Chapelle Winery, 19348 Lowell Road, Caldwell. Music, vendors, sheep shearing demo, lamb dinner available for purchase. $5 admission, free for children. 453-7843.

St. Joe’s Oktoberfest and Carnival: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, St. Joe’s Catholic School, 825 W. Fort St., Boise. Brats, hot dogs, sauerkraut, hot pretzels, soda, beer, wine, music and carnival, featuring sidewalk chalk art contest, bounce houses, face painting, games, prizes. Benefit for St. Joe’s Catholic School. Free. 342-4909, www.stjoes.com.

Roger Kellaway Trio: 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, Esther Simplot Performing Arts Academy, 516 S. 9th St., Boise. With guitarist Bruce Forman. $30 Boise Jazz Society members, $45 general. 426-3498. Free Boise Community Jazz Symposium at 4 p.m.

SEPT. 28

Hanson: 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. Opening: A Rocket to the Moon. $25. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

SEPT. 30

A Chefs’ Affaire: 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, Boise Centre, 850 W. Front St. Five-course dinner, live and silent auctions, music by Curtis Stigers. Benefit for The Idaho Foodbank. $100 per person. 577-2698.

New Christy Minstrels: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, Boise High School, 1010 W. Washington St. Folk group. Presented by Boise Community Concert Association. $25 general, $10 students, or $60 for series. 331-5015, www.boisecc.org.

Blue October: 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, Knitting Factory, 416 S. 9th St., Boise. $26. Ticketfly, (877) 435-9849.

Seahawks won’t go for Leinart

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Don’t look for Matt Leinart in Seattle. Persons close to the team tell me it’s not going to happen.

Apparently, Seattle is satisfied with its two quarterbacks, Matt Hasselbeck and Charlie Whitehurst, despite Whitehurst’s inconsistent play this summer. But the club paid a steep price to acquire Whitehurst from San Diego and envisions him as Hasselbeck’s successor, and the Seahawks didn’t want to complicate the situation by introducing another young quarterback.

Plus, the Seahawks have plenty of money invested in the position.

So while Leinart going to Seattle would seem to make sense from a lot of perspectives — with his former coach at USC, Pete Carroll, the most compelling reason — it almost surely isn’t going to happen. Seattle is happy with two quarterbacks and will wait on Whitehurst. It will not jump for Leinart.

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