Eye On Boise

Stennett is back

Posted by Betsy

Feb. 8, 2008 7:27 a.m. • 0 comments

Senate Minority Leader Clint Stennett, D-Ketchum, who underwent brain surgery last week, returned to the Legislature this morning, attending a Senate State Affairs Committee meeting. Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise, was presenting a proposed bill on energy efficient school building design when Stennett came in and took a seat. Werk stopped mid-sentence. “I want to stop if I may, and welcome Sen. Stennett back – it’s great to see you,” he said. Committee Chair Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, said, “We all want to welcome you back.” Stennett said he’ll be undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments for brain cancer, but he’s back on the job. His initial prognosis, he said, is “that I’m going to do just fine.”