http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/ Ferdinand, ID News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/c1e807196bb39ac35d7691dc1b55501f.html Associated Press October 12 2008 6:24 PM ET BOISE Idaho AP Officials with the federal Department of Agriculture's rural development program plan to award nearly 35 million in grants http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/6162ec784833065253f694d2f5f7e7f0.html Congressional staffers and representatives of the US Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program will be in the region Tuesday to deliver nearly 35 million in grant checksThe delegation will be at Ferdinand City Hall at 10:30 am to deliver a 213053 grant to First Step Internet of Moscow which will provide Ferdinand with a new computer center as http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/5803197867cba390e4236fe377db5eee.html Northwest Nazarene University will have a dropin reception from 7 to 8 pm Saturday for the Treasure Valley community to meet David Alexander NNU's 12th president http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/a753fc2bef4ba1ba285742a4c7ea2e7d.html The first trial of Commission Chairman David Ferdinand ended in a hung jury in August Ferdinand is charged with a misdemeanor after police confiscated a revolver at the airport on Feb 28 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/ab5ff81c67995be6ed310a0d3f016211.html A Canyon County commissioner faces a second trial for having a gun in his carryon bag at the Boise Airport last February but the juror who reportedly triggered a mistrial in the first trial says she believes the charge never should have gone to court http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/330b0722b320afda604c8d2e38f6bcdf.html BOISE Canyon County Commissioner David Ferdinand's retrial for possessing a weapon at the Boise Airport security checkpoint has been set for 8:30 am Dec 12 in Ada CountyFerdinand is charged with carrying a handgun in his carryon backpack Feb 28 as he attempted to board a commercial airliner Ada County Magistrate Judge Thomas Watson declared Ferdinand's airport gun case a mistrial Aug 29 after jurors deadlocked and could not reach a verdict The charge Ferdinand faces says he knowingly had the gun in his possession His defense attorney argued last month that Ferdinand forgot he had packed the gun in the backpack http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/766c36bf2e6d222ab2c1deaae111246e.html BOISE Canyon County Commissioner David Ferdinand's retrial for possessing a weapon at the Boise Airport security checkpoint has been set for 8:30 am Friday Dec 12 in Ada CountyFerdinand is charged with having a handgun in his carryon backpack Feb 28 as he attempted to board a commercial airliner Ada County Magistrate Judge Thomas Watson declared Ferdinand's airport gun case a mistrial August 29 after jurors deadlocked and couldn't reach a verdict The charge Ferdinand faces says he knowinglyhad the gun in his possession His attorney argued last month that he forgot he had packed the gun in the http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/idaho/ferdinand/content/06552698070d4a3b50e46c189666e089.html A jury says they can't decide whether a Canyon County commissioner knowingly broke the law when he carried a loaded handgun through a security checkpoint at Boise airport