BYU-Idaho Radio

"Startup Weekend really is helping people take their ideas and learn how to take that idea and actually do something with it, create a product or a service or whatever that might be," Scott Johnson, the Director of Economic Development in Rexburg, old BYU-Idaho Radio.

The international Oktoberfest is well-known for it's "beer and bratwurst tradition," but the Mayor of Rexburg is gearing up for a family-friendly version of the event, packed to the brim with root beer and french fries.

"We think it is an opportunity to provide a forum for them to discover and to share stories and emotions," Brandi Newton, the Executive Director at the ARTitorium in Broadway in Idaho Falls told BYU-Idaho Radio. "At this age, when kids are completely uninhibited because no one has told them they can't, this is a time that they can truly discover another form of expression in a really positive and beneficial way."

"It's not a movie," Brandi Newton, Executive Director of the Idaho Falls Arts Council said. "It is a recorded version of the play that we can show here in the states so that our patrons can have the experience of being there...you're in the stage environment, these are housed over in our ARTitorium on Broadway, there's a small theater up there, so you get to still have the comforts of a squishy chair and a cupholder, you get to have live theater without the expense of travel."

"I testify that I know the Lord can and will help us through life’s trials, if we will put our trust in him, and move forward in faith."

"Looking out over the kids, it just feels right," Madison Middle School principal Michael Bone told BYU-Idaho Radio. "With these disasters having happened so far away from us...it's nice to be able to help in southeast Idaho to do our part."

"If my advice could go out to anyone it's, stay close to your Father in Heaven, make your stumbling blocks your stepping stones because they very much can be made into that," Sister Melanie Walker told BYU-Idaho Radio. "Your trials are sanctified to your good and will help strengthen you for future events or future ways that Heavenly Father might want to use you."

Aaron Titus said when he saw relief efforts slowed by long check-in lines during the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, he realized he could make a platform to streamline clean-up.

"The temple overlooks the communities of Eagle and parts of Meridian," Craig Rowe told BYU-Idaho Radio. "It's just a naturally beautiful area of pastures, farmland. The land just sits a small distance from the banks of the Boise River. It's really quite a serene temple environment and a large temple site of nearly 16 acres...I think people will find as they visit the temple, a very serene and welcoming place and people can just come and relax and contemplate about things."

Local business owner Russ Little talks about his business ventures in southeast Idaho, which includes goat lawn mowing services and horseback riding services.