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Former Rep. Wayne Meyer dead at 59

Feb. 11, 2009 11:01 a.m.  •  1 comment

Former state Rep. Wayne Meyer, who represented North Idaho in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2004, died Monday of colon cancer. He was 59. Meyer, a Republican, was a bluegrass seed farmer from Rathdrum and served as a high school basketball referee for 22 years. Though he made issues regarding field-burning on the Rathdrum Prairie a high priority in his legislative service – an issue close to home for him as a farmer who burned his grass-seed fields – he also was heavily involved in education issues, and pushed strongly for creating dual-enrollment programs in Idaho, like those in Washington, to allow high school students to take college classes and get credit in both places.

 Meyer’s funeral will be Friday in Coeur d’Alene, at St. Pius X Catholic Church.

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  • smilesid on February 12 at 6:01 a.m.

    I was honored to have been a colleague of Wayne when he served in the legislature. He was a true gentleman in every sense of the word; honest, sincere in his convictions, dedicated to service, polite, considerate, and passionate in his beliefs. He was an example on how to conduct oneself, in both victory and defeat. My respect for him is immense.

    In this cynical age of political correctness, good men like Wayne Meyer sometimes seem rare. I have lost a colleague, Idaho has lost a friend. My sympathy goes out to Karleen and the family.

    Steve Smylie
    Boise

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