Location:

Red Lion Templin’s Resort in Post Falls, Idaho

Day 1–Tentative Seminar AgendaFriday, May 16, 2008

Registration/Check in                                                     3:30 -4:00

Welcome                                                                               4:00 – 4:15

Honorable Judge Wilper and Dianne Cromwell                                                    

Dinner on own                                                                  5:15 – 6:30

Clarity Legal Software                                                    6:30 – 8:00               

Software for court reporters and attorneys

Deputy Dan Jordan                                                          8:00 – 9:30

The A.I.R. of Personal Safety and Preventing victimization

VendorsStenograph, Clarity Legal Software, Deputy Dan Jordan

*************Speakers subject to change *********************

Day 2 – Tentative Seminar AgendaSaturday, May 17, 2008

Continental Breakfast                                                     8:30 – 9:00

Kootenai Medical Center                                                 9:00 -10:30               

Susan Hillenbrand Herbst, Oncology Clinical Nurse

Break                                                                                     10:30 – 10:45

Special Agent Michael Sotka                                        10:45 – 12:00

Catered Lunch                                                                    12:00 – 1:00       

Case Catalyst Indexing, Dianne Cromwell            1:00 – 2:30

Business Meeting                                                              2:30– 3:30

Break                                                                                     3:30-3:45

Deputy Dan Jordan                                                          3:45 – 5:15

Magic to Balancing Stress

**** *****Anticipated CEUs for both days = 1.05***********

March 7, 2008

Dear Court Reporters,

It is that time of year again, time for the Idaho Court Reporters Annual Seminar.   We are very excited about this year’s seminar, especially since it will be held in beautiful Post Falls, Idaho, at Red Lion Templin’s, right outside of

ICRA has reserved a limited number of rooms at Templin’s government rates.   When making your hotel reservations, please specify that you are with ICRA to get the special rate.  Deluxe room, single occupancy is $71.00/night.  Deluxe room, double occupancy is $81.00/night.  Additional adult guest per room/night is $10.00.   Important!!  Hotel reservations need to be made by April 3^rd.  That is when the room block expires.  Call 1-800-283-6754 to make your reservations.  We have also been informed there is a softball tournament in the area the same weekend, so hotel rooms are expected to be scarce.

The approach to seminar planning this year was unique in the sense that we looked at it from the perspective of “What am I interested in?” realizing that we are more than court reporters.  We have strived to include some software training and stress management techniques along with some serious topics that affect most women, breast cancer. And, yes, men can be affected as well, as can the women in their lives.   We hope you feel the same way we do, learning comes in many forums.

Our hope is that we will have a great turn out and that everyone who attends can walk away having learned something useful and, in the process, invigorate themselves with a sense of community by coming together with other reporters.    

Nicole Omsberg, President; List Yant, Vice President; Kim Saunders, Secretary-Treasurer

ICRA May 16 & 17, 2008, Seminar Registration Form

Registration includes all seminar sessions/NCRA continuing education fees and specified meals Before May 10, 2008     ____     ICRA Member Registration  $ 125  ____   ICRA Student Registration    $   75____  Non-member Registration  $ 140

After May 10, 2007        ____     Late Registration     $ 140                ____     Late Student Registration      $   90

Donations:         ____     Recommended donation to ICRA    $  50                $_____    Total included Name: __________________________________________________  CSR No.: __________

Designations:   CSR ___   RPR ___    RMR ___ RDR ___ CRR  ____    STUDENT ______ OTHER ____

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________________                   

Telephone Number(s):  Office ________________ Home: ___________Cell: ______________

E-mail Address: _____________________________________________                                                   

Reporter Type: Freelance ____    Official ____    Captioner ____    Other ____

SIGNATURE: _____________________________________  DATE:                                                   Make check or money order payable to ICRA and mail with this form to:

Post Office Box 6038

The Oral History Project of the Idaho Legal History Society is committed to interviewing, transcribing, and filing 30 interviews of prominent lawyers and judges in Idaho in the calendar year 2008.  More than a dozen interviewers are poised to contact one or two lawyers over the next few weeks to schedule one to two hour interviews. A major concern is having advanced volunteer help to transcribe the interviews and prepare them for filing in the Idaho Legal History Society archives and at the Idaho State Historical Society.

The incredibly valuable help from the Idaho Court Reporters in this important project is greatly appreciated.  Those court reporters who volunteer contribute immeasurably to the project by recording and transcribing attorneys’ and judges’ personal stories about their careers and lives.  They also have the enjoyment of hearing and reading many of the colorful stories that will illustrate the significant lives of the storytellers.We are proceeding  with some dispatch on the interviews statewide so that more of Idaho’s rich legal history is not lost as lawyers age, forget some details in their personal histories, or worse.If you are willing to participate, please notify oral history committee member Dianne Cromwell: 

dcromwell@cableone.net , or one of the regional court reporter-coordinators (Sandy Beebe in judicial districts 6 and 7–sbeebe@cableone.net) .   Dianne has participated in several oral history interviews and completed the written transcriptions.  Court reporters Lisa Yant and Sue Wolf have also contributed to this project.  They can tell you what is involved, and the enjoyable experience they had.Your professional help with the legal history society’s oral history project will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you for your support.

Rita Ryan, chair
Oral History Project,
Idaho Legal History Society
February 14, 2008

Please contact Dianne Cromwell at (208)345-3704 or dcromwell@cableone.net to participate. 

May 16 and 17, 2008

Friday and Saturday

POST FALLS, IDAHO

Hope to see all of our members at the seminar.  
Hotel information and seminar speakers forthcoming.

Nicole, Lisa, and Kim

ICRA Leaders 

  Hello,
 I have decided to quit court reporting for at least the time being.  I am interested in selling my Stentura 8000LX (including original case, paper tray, tripod, charger, cleaning supplies, realtime cable, manual, extra battery, and adjustment tool) and three-quarters of a case of paper.  I also have several speed tapes and various student theory books (Phoenix Theory I, Phoenix Theory II, first ten lesson tapes) and the student version of Case CATalyst 8.0(disks and key), and one of the ancient ‘toilet bowl’ machines (with tripod). 
If you come across anyone who would be interested in buying any of these, please relay my email address and phone number to them.
Thank you all for your support over the years.
Heidi Blodgett
isheidihome@hotmail.com
(208)590-2886

The Seminar will be held on Saturday, June 23rd, 2007, at Tucker & Associates on Fort Street in Boise, Idaho.  You may earn up to .6 CEs for attending this seminar.  We look forward to seeing you there!

If you are not able to attend the seminar, please print out the Membership Application and mail it to ICRA with payment.

ICRA’s Membership is from June 1, 2007, through May 31st, 2008.

Membership in your State Association affords you and other Idaho court reporters with:

• opportunities to attend seminars
• network with others in the profession
• obtain CEUs for licensing
• an informative website

ICRA works with the CSR Board, NCRA, the Idaho Supreme Court and other legal and professional entities to:

• provide you information
• work on legislation regarding court reporters
• research

ICRA welcomes every court reporter’s input and participation!

Welcome to ICRA’s new officers commencing their postions June 1, 2007.

More information about your officers and group photos coming in June!

President:  Nicole Omsberg, CSR, RPR

(208) 287-7585

nlomsberg@msn.com

Vice President:  Lisa Yant, CSR, RPR, FCRR

(208) 334-9721 

lisayant@usa.net

Secretary/Treasurer:  Kimberly Saunders, CSR, RPR  

(208) 884-5640

jameskim@cableone.net

ksaundersrpr@yahoo.com

I can now (finally!) global an untranslate and/or fingerspell from my steno machine in realtime.  I was excited about finally understanding and being  able to apply the automatic  indexing feature to my transcripts.

It’s been said we only use 10  percent of our brains.  I think it might also be said that we only use 10 percent of our software features!

It was such a wonderful and positive opportunity to make friends and network with many reporters from around the country.  We had lunch as we attended the SUN Business Meeting.  G. Allen Sonntagg shared with us his TV appearance as a court reporter on “Candid Camera” a few years back.  Hilarious!  I’m going to try and get my hands on a copy of that to share with you!

 Vegas was a new experience for me.  What a crazy place!  The highlight of the trip was the M&M World store.  Four stories of M&M stuff!  We had a blast shopping there and left with lots of goodies!  Kasey and I had a great time and laughed a ton!

What’s great about court reporting is there are always new and exciting things to learn and techonology to apply. There are many wonderful people in our profession. Every time I attend a conference or seminar, I am re-inspired and excited about striving to be the best court reporter I can be!

– Tammy Hohenleitner, CSR, RPR

To my fellow reporters of Idaho:

What a blast Tammy and I had in Vegas last month. Not only did I learn some new moves on my trusty StenoCat software, but I learned what a wonderful reporter Tammy Hohenleitner is! What passion she possesses for our profession and for us as individuals.

The seminar was very educational and informative with many new things to learn on the new update. I appreciate and thank all who were involved in making the weekend a success!

It is always exciting to meet new reporters all around the country to share our stories and experiences with. It’s always good to learn that I’m not the only one who has undergone the unexpected when it comes to our profession. But knowing that we all stress over our jobs at times, when we come together as a group of reporters and uplift one another, it creates a more positive and energetic light in us all.

By Kasey Redlich, CSR, RPR 

Lynda’s obituary appeared in The Statesman shortly after she passed away.  She will truly be missed.

Lynda Charlene Habel

A page in our book of memories was gently turned today. Lynda Charlene Habel, our beloved wife, mom, grandmother, daughter, and sister passed into the arms of our Lord on Saturday, April 28, 2007. Services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 3, at the Cloverdale Chapel in Boise. A reception will follow. Lynda was born on March 31, 1948 in Fort Benton, Mont. to Charles and Mary Ann Conn. The youngest of three daughters, she thrived living on a farm, riding their Shetland pony for hours with all three girls on board! She was an active little girl, 4H Club, Girl Scouts, Theta Rho and Youth Group, who was always gracious, kind, thoughtful, and smiling, always smiling. She graduated from Fort Benton High School, and attended Montana State University. She worked for Boeing in Seattle for several years. Later she became the first female apprentice in the history of the Seattle Post Intelligence. During this time she met the love of her life, Jack Habel. They were married on July 20, 1976. She found her passion in court reporting and attended school to become a certified court reporter. They lived in San Bernardino, Calif., moving to Eagle, Idaho in July of 1978. Lynda began her work as a court reporter for Tucker & Associates, Burnham & Associates and subsequently fulfilled her dream of owning her own court reporting business, Burnham Habel & Associates Inc. How she loved her work and the wonderful people she met and worked with. Lynda loved to play too! She could ride a snowmobile with the best of them, always with that beautiful smile on her face, always with Jack by her side. That smile turned to laughter as she spent precious time with her grandchildren and another joy in her life, her beloved dog, Mauli. A friend once said “if we lived as Lynda lived, the world would be a better place.” Survivors include, her husband, Jack; her stepson Kirk (Jennifer) Habel; grandchildren, Riley and Casey; her parents, Charles and Mary Ann Conn; her sisters, BJ McIntosh of Portland, Ore., Billie (Peter) Burke of Blair, Nebraska; extended family; and many friends. The family would like to give their heartfelt thanks to the wonderful staff at MSTI, Dr. Kreisle, his nurse Jill, and the hospice nurse, Deanna for the special love and care they gave to Lynda. Special thanks to DeEtta, the receptionist at MTSI, for her friendship and kindness during Lynda’s illness. A memorial will be established at a later date. “Lynda, we love and miss you. Go with the angels!” Love, your family
Published in the Idaho Statesman on 5/2/2007

Lynda was a wonderful woman. Always so nice and sweet to everyone. She will be missed very much. We miss and love you!

Cassandra Allison (Fortbenton, MT)

May 3, 2007

Lynda was truly a classy lady. She always went out of her way to make people feel special and touch them with her warm smile and kind words. I will miss you Lynda.

Laurie Scott

May 2, 2007

Lynda was one of the finest women I have ever met. She always had a friendly word and bright smile for everyone she met. I only knew her through my work, but she impressed me enormously. I will never forget the great times we had every year at the Burnham Habel Staff Appreciation parties. We always wondered, what kind of pet would we be vying for…I remember the hedgehog with particular amusement. Lynda, you will be remembered with smiles for years and years! To her family, I wish you God’s peace and love.

Dee Pastorino (Boise, ID)

May 2, 2007

17 years at Hall, Farley Oberrecht and Blanton, I loved when she came to the office, and she always threw a great party for secretary’s day, she will be missed….

Susan Corr (Boise, ID)