Today’s House session focuses on Lincoln Day program, music, students

The Idaho House is holding its Lincoln Day commemoration today; the Senate held its on Friday. In the House, the program led off with bagpipes and drums from the Treasure Valley Professional Firefighters Pipes and Drum corps; also on the program are remarks by Rep. Linden Bateman, R-Idaho Falls, and Judy Boyle, R-Midvale; performances of “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and “Deep River” by Idaho state representative and singer Cherie Buckner-Webb; and a performance by Midvale third and fourth grade students, seen here in costume awaiting their part, of “Encouragement from the Past, by the Future.”