Comments on: Vern Calls It “10-42” After 53 Year Shift https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/ A different slant on the news. Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:53:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: JJ https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/#comment-110523 Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:53:52 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17234#comment-110523 I had a pleasure of meeting Vern multiple times and really appreciated and respected the gentleman.

]]> By: Joelon Wilson https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/#comment-110517 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:20:25 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17234#comment-110517 I joined the Ada County Sheriff’s Department in 1972; but sadly the job didn’t last too long. When myself and four other deputies complained about having to put campaign signs on voter’s lawns as opposed to doing active patrol we were asked to leave by Sheriff Bright. Then, a Sgt. Bisterfeldt who was running for sheriff took us all under his wing and we then worked for his escort service. Sadly he lost and we lost contact with each other. I will always recall the kindness he and Shirley showed us. He was a fine police officer. 1042/ 2220 ACSO

]]> By: Michael Conroy https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/#comment-110515 Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:21:40 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17234#comment-110515 When I was Advisor to the Student Council at Meridian High School (Early 1990’s) we used the Ada County voting machines so that the students could learn how elections worked. On the day I was to pick up the 50 machines I ran into Vern in the basement garage as I was ‘shuttling’ the machines back and forth on a dolly into the bed of my truck. He asked me what I was doing and when I told him about the elections he just said ‘Well let me help you’ and stopped what he was doing to assist me in loading up. I knew who he was and it is always great to meet an ‘icon’ and they are exactly the class act you thought they where

]]> By: Caeth https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/#comment-110510 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:42:59 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17234#comment-110510 Gained trust and respect for the man and local law enforcement when some of us highschoolers were only slightly illegal and were being rowdy at the burger stand drivethru. He told us to “button your lip” and “get on home” or he would be forced to report to our parents.

]]> By: Dave Kangas https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/#comment-110508 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:06:42 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17234#comment-110508 Thanks for sharing your experiences with Vern and sorry for your loss of a long time friend. Boise and the surrounding area was much better place through Vern’s efforts, hard work and personality. I was not around Boise from 85-2002 so I missed a lot of story. I do vaguely remember some of his common sense statments as a city council, something that just seems to be missing today at all levels. The gruff exterior seemed to be a common theme from thosse times. Don’t mess with me or else, but if you need help here I am. A good friend’s dad HD Lee, my English teachers husband and neighbor Joeseph Munch and Vern all seem to have been cut from the same cloth. Legendary, quiet until riled, servants to the community, all well missed and respected during their time. Again sorry your loss of a good friend.

]]> By: Gary E Richardson https://boiseguardian.com/2022/02/05/vern-calls-it-10-42-after-50-year-shift/#comment-110505 Sun, 06 Feb 2022 00:06:39 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=17234#comment-110505 10-4

Vern was the real deal!

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