Terrace Lakes Resort to host IIEA Summer Meeting

By Wayne Haffner
2009 Summer Meeting Chairman

This year the IIEA will hold its annual summer meeting on July 30-31 in a new location - the beautiful Crouch-Garden Valley area.

Located one hour north of Boise, just turn right at Banks, where Hwy 17 meets Hwy 55. You’ll drive along the beautiful Payette River until you come to Crouch and Garden Valley.

The activities will be held at Terrace Lakes Resort and the Starlight Mountain Theater.

There are also fantastic ATV trails in the area and white water rafting if you want to make a weekend of it. Take advantage of the beautiful surroundings and do some camping and fishing while you’re in the mountains.

The Board of Directors will have a meeting at 1 pm at Terrace Lakes Resort. Rick Waitley with the group, Idaho Ag in the Classroom will be our guest. The IIEA has recently joined this group and would like to know how we can support this non-profit group that encourages teaching agriculture in the classroom. Everyone is invited to attend the Board Meeting.

After the meeting, we’ll have a registration reception, dinner, and play some BINGO. There will be a no-host bar. This is a great opportunity to network with people in the industry.

Garden Valley is home to an outdoor summer theater group, called Starlight Mountain Theater. The show scheduled for Thursday evening is the comedy musical called, “The Boyfriend.” For those interested, sign up through IIEA to get the group discount.

If you sign up for the Friday morning golf tournament, it will also include a breakfast buffet. Bernie Fischer will organize the H2Open Golf Tournament. “The Terrace Lakes Golf Course has 18 holes of chic championship greens and fairways amongst scenic Idaho Mountains,” according to their website.

For the non-golfers we’ll have an inflatable activity center. Terrace Lakes has just re-finished their natural geothermal swimming pool, so bring your swimsuits.
Friday’s events will culminate with the golf awards luncheon.

Bring your ATV and ride the trails in the area. See the show “Footloose” at Starlight, or sign up with a professional rafting company for a spectacular raft ride. Garden Valley is in the heart of rafting country.

To print out a registration form for the IIEA Summer Meeting, click here.

Directions to Terrace Lakes Resort: From Boise, travel north on Highway 55 to Banks from Boise (approximately 40 miles). Turn right on the Banks to Lowman Highway - Hwy 17 and go eight miles. Turn left on the Middle Fork Road (Crouch turnoff) and go four miles, keeping to the left turns in the road. Turn left on Warm Springs Creek Road at the Terrace Lakes Resort sign and follow the golf course to the lodge.