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CSI Volleyball Team Participates in Community Service • S1 Regional Wages Lag 2011 Twin Falls County Fair Behind Average
BY BEN BOTKIN [email protected]
Idaho wages slipped further below the national average as the Great Re- cession took its toll on the Gem State. And in south-central Idaho, wages are even lower than the state s aver- age. The findings are in a report re- leased this week by the Idaho De- partment of Labor. The state s aver- age wage was $18.56 an hour in May 2010, which is 15 percent below the national average of $21.35. The state s average wage ranking dropped a notch to 38th among U.S. states in 2010, according to the re- port. In south-central Idaho, the aver- age wage for 2010 was just $16.81, or 9.4 percent less than the state s aver- age. Please see WAGES, M3
Hourly Wage ASHLEY SMITH • TIMES-NEWS Averages in 2010 Kelli Schroeder hangs around the family camper on Wednesday at the Twin Falls County Fair. The family bought the camper for $100 and this week has added it to the RV city that forms around the fair in Filer. South-central Idaho: $16.81 Home Is Where the Hog Is Idaho: $18.56 National: $21.35 RV city pops up around Twin Falls County Fair, with 4-H ers Source: Idaho Department of Labor. spending the week closer to the animals that demand early mornings and long nights. BY NICK COLTRAIN their own activities. Community [email protected] Being on-site makes it More Online easier to take care of all the FILER • Blaze Requa, 16, has last-minute responsibility SEE more fair photos at Advocate spent most of his birthdays that comes with show ani- Magicvalley.com/gallery. away from home but in a mals, including the 6 a.m. place sure to make most 8- pen cleaning after a day that Kelli Schroeder, who is part Wooten Left year-olds jealous: camping can have 4-H ers working of the camp, said they even at the Twin Falls County until after midnight. take turns cooking for each Fair. “It s like a home base,” other. Lasting Legacy His family is one of the Requa s dad, Twin Falls The group takes up sever- relative few to have secured County farmer Brad Requa, al of the coveted 230 RV a spot at the fairgrounds for said. spots at the fair, only 180 of Through her involvement their recreational vehicle. Grouped up with other 4- which have hookups. Fair with Community Action, They ll stay there for more H families, the impromptu Manager John Pitz said there ASHLEY SMITH • TIMES-NEWS Valley House and the Boys than a week as Requa pre- RV camp becomes like a was a waiting list 20 people Olivia Johnson, 13, gives a piggy-back ride to pares his pigs for show and “cozy family,”as one of the deep at the start of this fair. Hallie Thompson, 11, in route to the 4-H Barn and Girls Club, the former others in the family take in campers described it. Please see FAIR, M2 Wednesday at the Twin Falls County Fair in Filer. Twin Falls resident made a positive impact on the Magic Valley.
Q&A ALSO MAKING NEWS BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI [email protected] Deadlines For School Not many people T.F. Learning Center can love a skunk. But for Betty to Close, but Officials Wooten, it was Merit-pay Plans is Today second nature to Plan to Form Another nurture an animal nobody else could BY JULIE WOOTTON Popplewell, met in June and July. The stand. [email protected] Twin Falls school board approved the The Southern Idaho Learning Wooten “My mom plan Aug. 24. Center is closing its doors at the couldn t turn her When state legislators approved creat- end of the year, but Executive Di- back on anything,”said Kathie Fogg, ing merit bonuses for teachers as part What does it say? Wooten s daughter. “We always had rector Dori Madsen hopes to keep of this spring s education reforms, the The district based its share of bonuses a ton of critters in the house.” concept was still extremely abstract. primarily on student test scores. The services going under a new non- For as many quirky and unusual Now, districts are sorting out how district favored test scores over other profit organization called the animals she cared for in her house, the bonuses will actually work. Here s measures such as graduation rates or Southern Idaho STAR Center.The Wooten also took on just as many what the Twin Falls School District parental involvement. center,which provides a variety of community advocacy projects in the concluded: Magic Valley. How will local success be meas- services to struggling Magic Val- Wooten died on Aug 24. She was Who can receive merit pay? ured? ley students, is currently located 83 years old. But her memory re- In order for certified school employees Kindergarten through fifth-grade in a rent-free Twin Falls County- mains strong in the people and or- to receive bonuses, both local district teachers can receive bonuses based owned building on Shoup Av- ganizations she was active in and state goals must be met. The first mainly on student reading scores. 7 Best throughout the years. round of bonuses is scheduled to go Scores will be averaged district-wide enue. But the county plans to Wooten grew up in Kimberly and out to employees in fall 2012. for each grade level. Turning in com- Spots close down the building by Dec.31 eventually married and settled down pleted assessments to the district of- for Kid in order to potentially sell it in the in Twin Falls. In 1968, she went Who came up with the district s fice will also factor in. future.The upstart organization s to work at the newly founded plan? Middle and high school teachers can Fishing South Central Community Action A 12-member committee, chaired by receive bonuses based on test scores goal is to raise $100,000. Agency. Now called South Central elementary programs director Ted Please see MERIT, M2 Page O1. Read more on M2 Please see WOOTEN, M2
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Both Trappen and Wooten Wooten spent the rest of the day T.F. Learning Center to Close, but Continued from the front page driving the family around town, all of them packed Community Action Partner- snugly in a Ford Ranger,until ship, it s a nonprofit low-in- they could find a hotel that Officials Plan to Form Another come assistance organiza- would accept pets. tion in Twin Falls. “I never forgot that day,” BY JULIE WOOTTON The organization is look- Those close to Wooten de- Trappen said.“It was inspir- [email protected] ing for a building with at Help Out scribe her personality as ing how passionate she was least 3,000 square feet that “driven,”or “intelligent,”and about serving those who The Southern Idaho Learn- could be used for the learn- Those who wish to donate start-up funds for the pro- at times, even “intimidat- were underserved.” ing Center is closing its doors ing center, as well as a retail posed Southern Idaho STAR Center can send checks to ing.” Fogg said her mother s at the end of the year, but store to offer teacher sup- Nancy Koonce, Ataraxis Accounting, 267 Fillmore St., “It was very young back blend of fierce tenacity and Executive Director Dori plies. Twin Falls, ID 83301. A new STAR Center website with then, there was a lot of compassion has been passed Madsen hopes to keep serv- Board members at the additional information is expected to be online soon. learning,” said Michelle down to her children and ices going under a new non- learning center decided to Picklesimer,SCCAP s finan- grandchildren. profit organization called the close the organization un- Idaho Learning Center learning disabilities or fall cial officer. “She grew up “As a kid, I was somewhat Southern Idaho STAR Cen- der its current name at the Foundation, didn t return a behind in other educational with the organization.” clueless what I was doing ter. end of the year.Madsen said phone call Wednesday. settings. Students are re- In 1989, the U.S. Depart- when I was helping my The center, which pro- one reason for that is to The Scottish Rite Foun- ferred to the center by ment of Energy and the state mother raise money or vol- vides a variety of services to break ties with the Southern dation created the learning schools or their physicians. of Idaho named Wooten the unteer at an event,”she said. struggling Magic Valley stu- Idaho Learning Center center about 20 years ago Twin Falls pediatrician Business and Financial “But now I see how impor- dents, is currently located in Foundation, which was and used to provide about Dr. Jack Trotter said the Manager of the Year.She was tant that is. All of us kids are a rent-free Twin Falls Coun- formed in 2008 to provide 4 percent of the center s an- learning center fills a heavily involved in the plan- trying to pass that onto our ty-owned building on Shoup funding for the organiza- nual budget, Madsen said, “much-needed niche” in ning process of Valley kids. We all are volunteers Avenue. But the county tion. but doesn t anymore. the community. House, Twin Falls transi- and try to do whatever we plans to close down the “They haven t provided However, Madsen is “If (the center) were to tional housing organization. can do to help others around building by Dec. 31 in order sustainable funding for us,” working to see if that group close down, people in the She also helped start the us.” to potentially sell it in the fu- she said, adding that the will provide seed money for city would be looking at a Boys and Girls Clubs of For those who would like ture. foundation has provided a new center. two-hour drive to some- Magic Valley. to pay their respects, The upstart organization s money for scholarships, but If a new center isn t up thing that might possibly be “Betty once saw a family Wooten s funeral service is goal is to raise $100,000 in not for the organization s and running in January, equal,”he said. with a dog walking on the scheduled for 11 a.m. Satur- seed money for a new center operating costs. Madsen said that will leave a Parent Beth Hewes signed street. After talking to them day at Relyea Funeral Chapel by Dec. 1. Madsen said she and void in the community. her daughter Cloee up for a and inviting them into the at 318 N. Latah St. in Boise. A “At that time, we ll sit learning center staff mem- “We re unique,”she said. session at the center this SCCAP office, she found out reception and lunch will fol- down and decide whether a bers pursued donations on “There s no other service summer after Cloee s they were homeless and low at the Church of Jesus new center is a go or not,” their own and received a that provides remediation to teacher said she may have to hungry,”said Leanne Trap- Christ of Latter-day Saints Madsen said. $15,000 donation from kids who are struggling.” repeat first grade. pen, SCCAP s community Chapel at 701 S. Curtis Road She said she s still working Glanbia Foods for fall schol- Last year, the learning As a result of the session, services director. in Boise. with the county to search for arships. center provided services to Hewes said Cloee is going a new location that s rent- Edie Unland, executive about 1,265 school-aged into second grade with con- free or has low rent. director of the Southern children who suffer from fidence in her abilities.
Fair Get a Camp Spot Continued from Luci Willits, chief of staff the front page The camping spots at the Twin M.H. Fire Burns 500 Acres Merit for the Idaho State Depart- Falls County Fair typically fill up Continued from the front page ment of Education, said And on the first the first day they re offered. TIMES-NEWS acres southwest of Moun- the state s plan is already in working day of Octo- Here s how to get your own: tain Home. from student finals. Scores place. Bonuses will be dis- ber, when open lots • Know someone: Fairgoers have Smoke drifted over to the The fire surrounded will be averaged district- tributed at a school-wide are divvied out on a been known to rent a spot to Magic Valley Wednesday several homes but only wide by department. level based on student first-come, first- their friends if they stop needing from a western Idaho damaged several outbuild- Teachers can also receive scores on the Idaho Stan- served basis, he said the space for some reason. wildfire. ings. bonuses by submitting dards Achievement Test. any openings are typ- • Show up early: People with U.S. Bureau of Land Fire crews estimated the course syllabi and curricu- Public information offi- ically booked up by spots have the first option to re- Management fire crews fire would be contained by lum to district office. cer Melissa McGrath said midday. People even new, but on the first working day responded to the fire early 5 p.m. Wednesday and As the plan exists now, the education department line up outside the fair in October, everything not re- Wednesday.It burned 500 controlled by 8 p.m. today. middle and high school hopes to distribute $38 office before it opens newed goes up on a first-come, teachers are eligible for million in bonuses in 2012. to snatch up any open first-served basis. The fair man- bonuses if test scores are at However, state legislators spots, he said. ager said he usually sees a line 80 percent of the 3-year still haven t made a deci- Not that he be- form before the fair office even CLARIFICATION average. The maximum sion on the amount of grudges them. opens on those days. amount of merit pay from funding. “It s their home • Cost of a spot next year: About Fair Concert admission. Tickets finals can be reached if away from home,”he $100 for the entire week. Fair ad- bought at the grand- scores are at 95 percent of Will the plan change? said. “At least for this mission is included. Ticket Prices stands ticket office after the average. The school district is trying week.” Unclear 6 p.m. Sunday run $16 for District Superintendent out its plan this year and Ticket prices for the reserved seating and $12 Wiley Dobbs said the per- will have an opportunity to Sunday concert of The for general admission, centages are a work in make changes. The plan Band Perry with Joey but do not include fair progress,and could change. will be revisited in February and Rory were unclear in admission. “We don t want to scare 2012, as well as after every What s the Twin Falls County Advance tickets are teachers off with this yet,” school year. Going Fair special section in available at the Twin he said. Starting during the Tuesday s Times-News. Falls County Fair- Employees who aren t 2013-14 school year, the on at Advance tickets, which grounds ticket office in regular classroom teachers statewide plan will change include fair admission, Filer, by calling 326- can earn bonuses for out- to allow teachers to earn The Fair cost $20 for reserved 4398, or online at lining how they ll help bonuses for taking on a THURSDAY seating or $17 for general tfcf.funnbiz.com. teachers meet standards. leadership duty or hard- to-fill positions, McGrath What s the state s part? said. 7 a.m. • Fair Gates Open 8 a.m. • 4-H Horse Quality (including miniatures) fol- LOTTERY lowed by English Equitation followed by 4-H Horse Per- Around the Valley formance, followed by Free Style, Zebarth Powerball Wild Card 2 8 a.m. • 4-H Horse Trail, Zebarth (Arena #2) Wednesday, August 31 Wednesday, August 31 13 19 35 47 57 (29) 01 07 12 21 22 Other area school districts and charter schools also 9 a.m. • Open Youth show followed by Open Market Power Play: x5 Wild Card: Ace of Spades had to submit their pay-for-performance plans to the Lamb Idaho State Department of Education today. Here s a show followed by Pen of 2, followed by Pee Wee Show- Hot Lotto In the event of a discrepancy Wednesday, August 31 between the numbers shown look at three others: manship, McCoy Sheep Show ring 10 18 19 20 36 (04) here and the Idaho Lottery s of- • Minidoka County School District: The Minidoka 9 a.m. • Open Dairy Goat Sr. Doe show, Goat Show ring ficial list of winning numbers, County School Board approved pay-for-performance 9:30 • Jr. Division Market Steer Show, Southwick Beef Idaho Pick 3 the latter shall prevail. August 31 897 plans Aug. 25. Instead of a district-wide plan, each Show ring August 30 434 www.idaholottery.com school developed its own plan. At several schools, 10 a.m. • Fair Buildings Open August 29 186 334-2600 bonuses are tied to the number of times school em- 10 a.m. • FFA Dairy Showmanship followed by 4-H, fol- ployees communicate with parents per trimester. Oth- lowed by FFA/ 4-H Quality, Dairy Show ring Late or missing paper? 733-0931, ext. 1 or 1 (800)658-3883 er schools are focusing on student assessment scores. Noon • Petting Farm opens, Kiddie Land Have a news tip? 735-3246 before 5 p.m., 735-3237 after 5p.m. • Cassia County School District: Individual school Noon • Carnival Opens Interested in advertising? Call 733-0931 plans were approved by the Cassia County School 1 p.m. • Play with Gravity, Free Stage Arena (30 min) Board Aug. 23. 2 p.m. • Organic Whole Wheat Bread Demo, At Declo High School, as well as most of the elemen- Kitchen & Pantry tary schools, bonuses will be tied to how much com- 2 p.m. • K-9 Demonstration, Free Stage munication employees have with parents. Other 4 p.m. • Play With Gravity, Free Stage Arena (30 min) schools, such as Declo Junior High, are focusing on 4 p.m. • Organic Whole Wheat Bread Demo, PUBLISHER CLASSIFIED ADS John Pfeifer 735-3345 Customer service733-0931, ext. 2 student attendance rates. 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Wages March that David and IEA: Area Teachers Colleen Conner were held Continued from Baker Pleads Guilty in at gunpoint by multiple in- the front page dividuals while being Had Busy Summers robbed on the night of The only region in the Home Invasion Case March 9. The defendants state with a lower wage were charged in April. Sen- TIMES-NEWS put on by the Idaho State average is southwestern TIMES-NEWS The Lincoln County tencing for Baker is slated Board of Education, along Idaho, which was at Sheriff s Office reported in for Nov.1. For a few area teachers, with a NASA class. $16.29 an hour. Gabriel Bak- summer wasn t a time to Laureen Metzler of Filer Jan Roeser, a regional er, one of take a break. attended the “making economist with the Idaho four defen- Though their salaries are grades work” conference in Department of Labor,said dants sus- Still Beautiful at Sixty-Five spread across 12 months, Wendell. She also packed several factors contribute pected of Idaho educators are only up two classrooms and set to southern Idaho s wage committing paid for contract days them up in new locations levels. Those include the a home in- around the time schools for this fall. pay scales at retail stores; Baker vasion rob- Happy are in session. According to Theresa Higginbotham the area s strong agricul- bery in Diet- the Idaho Education Asso- Silvester of Buhl attended tural sector, which has rich, pleaded guilty to ciation, many educators the total instructional many seasonal workers; felony conspiracy to com- Birthday, use the summer months to alignment conference in and service-oriented jobs, mit burglary on Tuesday. learn new skills, complete Pocatello and took the last including the tourism-re- A jury trial was scheduled required continuing edu- two classes for her master s lated hotels and restau- to begin for Baker, 30, this Wanda cation credits, take work- degree in American history rants in Blaine County,she week, but he changed his shops, revamp or develop and government. said. plea. Trials are still sched- new lesson plans and pur- IEA, the state teachers Paul Miller, a branch uled for Jeremiah Bennett, sue advanced degrees. union, represents elemen- manger with S.O.S. 27,Aaron Donabedian, 22, IEA highlighted various tary and secondary teach- Staffing in Twin Falls, has and Jamie Taylor, 30, later summer efforts by teachers ers, education support seen plenty of frustration this year. Mom in a recent release, includ- professionals, school ad- over the region s low ing the following: ministrators, retired edu- wages from job-seekers. Peggy Shufeldt Hess of cators, and students The national company s Cassia County attended a preparing to become local office helps people best practices workshop teachers. find work throughout the Take It Off… Magic Valley, including general labor,clerical, and manufacturing jobs. “It just seems like Keep It Off! everybody is struggling to find positions that are a Police Warn of decent paying wage,” Miller said. Getting an employer to Laser Hair Removal pay the region s average is Storm Relief Scams tough,though. Most positions that are available tend to pay $8 to TIMES-NEWS couraged to research or- $10 an hour,he said. % ganizations seeking mon- Miller said there s an in- Twin Falls police are ey for hurricane relief, creasing willingness warning the public to be whether they seek out a among local clients to 20Off on the lookout for poten- means to donate them- move out of state for bet- tial scams that could crop selves or are contacted via ter-paying jobs that hit up in the aftermath of phone or email by organi- the $15- to $19-an-hour All Packages if Booked by October 1st Hurricane Irene. zations. mark, including the oil Police say they have Police advise to never and natural gas fields in found one Facebook page give out financial infor- neighboring Wyoming. set up to trick people into mation over the phone or Despite the region s donating money for relief through email to those so- standing, there is a bright efforts. The public is en- liciting donations. spot: the average south- central Idaho wage actual- ly increased 42 cents per hour from 2008 to 2010. 5TH DISTRICT Roeser said the eco- COURT NEWS nomic development of Edgar Raul Aguilar- new jobs in Mini-Cassia Bautista, 23, Jerome; traf- have helped the region s (208) 736-2763 TWIN FALLS ficking in methampheta- figures show an overall mine (three counts), improvement. COUNTY $250,000 bond, private WEDNESDAY counsel to hire, prelimi- Ben Botkin may be ARRAIGNMENTS nary Sept. 9. reached at 735-3238. Samson Leroy Stewart, Judith Ann Berreth, 54, 58, Twin Falls; felony pos- Kimberly; driving under session of a controlled the influence (excessive), substance, $1,000 bond, open container, appear- public defender appoint- ance, private counsel to ed, preliminary Sept. 9. hire, pretrial Oct. 12.
T.F. Teen Gets Probation for Stealing Credit Cards
TIMES-NEWS burglary, Roper received a prison term of three to six A Twin Falls teen received years, and an additional probation for stealing a two to five years for pos- Filer woman s credit card session of a transaction from her car and going on card. He was fined $1,000 a mall shopping spree ear- for each count, but $800 lier this year. was suspended in each in- Tyler Roper, 18, will stance. serve a three-year proba- Roper must also com- tion in lieu of prison time, plete 60 hours of commu- as he pleaded guilty to nity service and pay vic- felony burglary and felony tim restitution of $649.99. possession of a financial He was arrested and ar- transaction card. He was raigned in May on 13 sentenced on Monday in felony charges, but 11 were Twin Falls County 5th dismissed upon entry of a District Court. For the guilty plea in July. Happy 50th Birthday!
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“I think that people are still a little shell-shocked right now. There's just a lot of disbelief on people’s faces.” — Gail Devine, director of the Woodstock Recreation Center as OPINION National Guard helicopters rushed food and water to a Vermont towns after the remnants of Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges
OUR VIEW He s the Governor, So Send His Friends Money et s pretend that Democrat Keith Allred, and not Republican C.L. “Butch” Otter, had L been elected governor of Idaho last No- vember. And let s say that you opened your mailbox Monday morning to find an envelope with Allred s name on the return address The letter, let s pretend, was from the Idaho Edu- cation Association soliciting funds to help over- turn Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Lu- na s education reforms of the past legislative ses- sion. “Your contribution of $500, $250, $100 or $50 will help Our View protect Idaho children,” the Gov. C.L. “Butch” letter might have read. “It s Otter is supposed up to us here in Idaho to set to be doing public an example that the rest of policy, not the country will follow.“ infomercials. Send Allred the money, the letter might have asked, care Rick Perry Channels Dick Cheney of the IEA. Republicans in his state — and a lot of independ- ick Perry has jetti- two millennia of follow- taught that corporations ents — would have gone into orbit, and rightly so. soned the “com- ers?” are evil, religion is the opi- passion” that Dana The governor forecasts ate of the masses, and And yet that s exactly what our Republican gov- R Milbank sometimes leav- divine punishment for morality is relative”); hu- ernor did for the Idaho Freedom Foundation, a ened the conservatism of The Washington Post those who hold different man rights commissions conservative lobbying organization that supports his predecessor in the Texas political views. “Shall they (“often nothing more than Otter s agenda. governor s mansion. stand before God and brag a front for attacking insti- If Perry s style resembles one is attracted to a person that they fought to scrub tutions that teach tradi- Call us cynical, but we were under the impres- anybody s in George W. of the same sex, he or she His glorious name from the tional values”); and evolu- sion that the governor of this state wasn t supposed Bush s White House, it is will make a choice to en- nation s pledge?” he asks. tion (he says “the weight of to be the agent of any special interest group. that of former vice presi- gage in sexual activity with “Shall they seek His ap- evidence” supports intelli- If Otter wants to write a personal check to the dent Dick Cheney,whose someone of the same gen- proval for attacking private gent design). Perry polish- just-published memoir In der.” organizations merely be- es the old “war on Christ- IFF or attend one of its fundraisers, that s his busi- My Time might as well Imagine those words cause these organizations mas” chestnut and finds a ness. But he went too far when he signed up to be have been titled “Right crossing Bush s lips. Or proclaim His existence?” way to cast Mitt Romney its shill. Every Time (Even Though I these: “The radical homo- So it all comes back to (now his rival for the nomi- IFFhas mailed out a similar solicitation under Was Surrounded by Id- sexual movement seeks so- the Boy Scouts. nation) as a defender of gay the signature of former U.S. Sen. Steve Symms, iots).”Think of Perry as cietal normalization of I have no beef with the scoutmasters. Bush without the charm. their sexual activity ... Scouts. (I quit my troop Though he speaks now R-Idaho. That s perfectly appropriate; Symms is a The man who suddenly They must respect the when I was 12, not because as a small-government private citizen. tops the Republican presi- right of millions in society of excessive godliness but conservative, Perry argues Otter is not. More than a quarter-million Ida- dential polls is no libertari- to refuse to normalize their because the older boys kept in his book: “We are close hoans voted to hire him to run the state, not a mar- an. Rick Perry is a theocrat. behavior.” getting high.) My problem to a tipping point in Amer- By his own account, he is Perry s politics are reli- with Perry s zeal is one of ican society.If you believe keting campaign for his favorite private cause. a cultural warrior, seeking gious in a way not seen be- my problems with the Tea there is right and wrong, to save marriage, Christ- fore in modern-day main- Party generally: Though it that there are acceptable mas and the Boy Scouts stream presidential candi- claims to be libertarian, it standards of behavior . . . from liberals, gay people dates. “Either faith in is remixing the religious then you have a stake in and moral relativism. His Christ can cleanse all peo- right s greatest hits. this war. If the attackers latest treatise, the Tea Par- ple of their sin, or none, In a series of hoary bro- win many more victories . . John Pfeifer Josh Awtry Steve Crump ty-inspired Fed Up! touch- but not some,”he writes. mides, the supposedly lib- . the culture war may be Publisher Editor Opinion Editor es only briefly on matters “The truth of Christ s ertarian Perry condemns lost before we know it. If The members of the editorial board and writers of such as abortion and gay death, resurrection, and the “litigious advocates of that happens, we will find editorials are John Pfeifer, Josh Awtry, Steve Crump, marriage. For an eyeful of power over sin is absolute. licentious behavior” (that s ourselves living in a world Bill Bitzenburg and Mary Lou Panatopoulos. the full Perry,crack his ... What we believe about it the ACLU) and informs us where moral relativism 2008 book, On My Honor.” does not determine its that “Sometimes the rules reigns and individualism In the book s most truthfulness.” must protect society at runs amok. 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system that is back-loaded.It who take on the toughest student performance,pro- invests potential early-career challenges should have the viding more flexibility to Bring Teachers Pay earnings into late-career re- opportunity to make six-fig- teacher-preparation pro- wards,causing teachers total ure incomes early in their ca- grams and improving how we compensation to swell at the reers.We should differentiate train and support principals. end of their careers.The ef- their salaries based on the Yet with a million teachers Into This Century fective cost to the system can difficulty of their assign- set to retire nationwide in the be $150,000 or more a year. ments and their ability to next few years,an inadequate ur ability to compete had to choose between be- This setup provides per- drive results in the class- system to recruit and retain for the jobs of to- coming teachers or nurses, verse incentives: Teachers room. new teachers,and schools morrow depends, Michael we could convince them to who are ready to move on Every teacher who has en- that are struggling to meet O Bennet above all,on our ca- teach “Julius Caesar for 30 might stick it out in the class- tered under the current sys- high expectations,we can no pacity to educate children to- Boston Globe years with a small salary that room until they qualify for tem is owed what they were longer afford to continue a day.Yet we are still operating built toward a generous pen- full retirement benefits. promised.Honoring the 20th century system in a 21st under yesterday s system to sion in retirement.Fortu- Meanwhile,new teachers commitments that have been century world.It is time we attract and retain new,tal- ple are supported and re- nately,women today can aren t enticed.Nearly 50 per- made while financing a new reform our compensation ented teachers.It is outdated warded. choose from an array of lu- cent of new teachers leave the system will take some cre- structure to allow us to re- and designed to fail. That won t happen with- crative professions.But our profession within the first ativity.But we have to do it to cruit from a strong pool of Study after study affirms out reforming a compensa- system of teacher compensa- five years,well prior to be successful. talent and to prevent us from what I saw in the classroom tion system that was de- tion has yet to evolve to re- achieving full benefits. Across the nation,districts losing our most successful every day as superintendent signed deep in the last centu- flect this choice. We urgently need a new have begun recognizing this newcomers to other jobs. of Denver Public Schools: ry for a labor market that no We pay new teachers ex- system — one that provides reality and are beginning to Nothing makes a bigger dif- longer exists.It s based on a tremely low starting salaries. competitive salaries from the redesign their pay structures. Michael Bennet, a Democra- ference for student learning society that discriminated They are eligible for only start,and opportunity for Teacher compensation is- tic senator from Colorado, is than great teaching.To get against women,and left small increases as they ad- growth,attracting talented n t the only factor in cultivat- the former superintendent of enough of the teachers we them with limited profes- vance through their careers. people entering the work- ing great teaching.Other im- schools in Denver. He wrote need,teaching has to be a sional options. But instead of competitive force to the profession. portant priorities include this commentary for the great job where talented peo- When talented women salaries,we offer a pension Top-performing teachers changing how we measure Boston Globe.
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U.S. officials say around 80 percent of Afghan bombs are made led a congressional delegation to Pak- with fertilizer produced by a single company in Pakistan istan last week to press army and civil- and smuggled across the porous border. ian leaders for action. U.S. officials say Pakistan and Report Finds Half Pakarab have expressed willingness to BY CHRIS BRUMMITT The U.S. military says around 80 regulate the fertilizer, which is also Associated Press percent of Afghan bombs are made widely used in the manufacture of of Americans Drink with the fertilizer, which becomes a bombs used by insurgents to kill thou- MULTAN, Pakistan • The main in- powerful explosive when mixed with sands of soldiers and civilians inside gredient in most of the homemade fuel oil. The rest are made from mili- Pakistan. They acknowledge the diffi- bombs that have killed hundreds of tary-grade munitions like mines or culties: 15 years after ammonium ni- Too Much Sugar American troops in Afghanistan is fer- shells. trate was used in the Oklahoma City tilizer produced by a single company in The United States began talks a year bombings, the U.S. government only Pakistan, where the U.S. has been and a half ago with Pakistani officials presented its proposals to regulate it on BY MIKE STOBBE been urging people to cut pushing unsuccessfully for greater and Pakarab, one of the country s Aug. 2. Associated Press back for years. Some offi- regulation. largest companies. But there is still no But with the death toll from home- cials have proposed an extra Enough calcium ammonium nitrate regulation of distribution and sale of made bombs rising almost daily inside ATLANTA • Half of Amer- soda tax and many schools fertilizer for at least 140,000 bombs calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer. Afghanistan, continuing inaction by icans drink a soda or sugary have stopped selling soda or was legally produced last year by “If you have a host country that has Pakistani authorities will add more beverage each day — and artificial juices. Pakarab Fertilizers Ltd., then smug- a factory making a substance that ul- strain to a U.S.-Pakistani relationship some are downing a lot. But advocates say those gled by militants and their suppliers timately becomes the problem, then already frayed by allegations that Is- One in 20 people drinks efforts are not enough, and across the porous border into southern that country has to contribute at least lamabad is aiding Afghan insurgents the equivalent of more than on Wednesday a coalition and eastern Afghanistan, according to half the solution, said Democratic on its side of the border. four cans of soda each day, of 100 organizations an- U.S. officials. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who Please see FERTILIZER, N2 even though health officials nounced a new push. The say sweetened beverages effort includes the Ameri- should be limited to less can Heart Association and than half a can. some city health depart- The Centers for Disease ments, which plan to prod Control and Prevention re- companies to stop the sale leased the figures Wednes- of sugary drinks on their day in a report said to be the property or providing them government s first to offer at business meetings. national statistics for both There will also be new adults and kids. media campaigns, like one Sweetened drinks have starting soon in Los Ange- been linked to the U.S. ex- les that will ask “If you plosion in obesity and re- wouldn t eat 22 packs of lated medical problems, sugar,why are you drinking and health officials have it?
NYPD Monitored Where Muslims Ate, Shopped,Prayed ASSOCIATED PRESS Documents offer rare cafes, businesses and clubs. President Barack Obama gestures after a statement in the Rose Garden at the White House on Wednesday. glimpse into program Police looked for businesses shaped and steered by that attracted certain mi- norities, such as taxi com- CIA that sometimes panies hiring Pakistanis. Obama Yields to GOP on Timing of Speech blurred line between They were told to monitor domestic, foreign current events, keep an eye President asked Congress for prime-time slot on Sept. 7, giving The change now will allow a planned spying. on community bulletin him a grand stage for a televised address on jobs, but it would Sept. 7 Republican presidential debate boards inside houses of have upstaged a GOP presidential debate set for the same time. in Simi Valley, Calif., to proceed with- worship and look for “hot out Obama upstaging it. BY MATT APUZZO spots of trouble. Still, by seeking a rare joint session of and ADAM GOLDMAN The Demographics Unit, BY JIM KUHNHENN Boehner, who had balked at Obama s Congress as his audience, Obama will Associated Press a team of 16 officers speak- Associated Press request for a Sept. 7 speech. get a nationally televised address that ing at least five languages, is Obama s address still gives him a puts him face to face with Republican NEW YORK • From an of- the only squad of its kind WASHINGTON • In a retreat after an grand stage to unveil his economic lawmakers who bitterly oppose his fice on the Brooklyn water- known to be operating in hours-long test of wills Wednesday, agenda, but it falls on the same evening agenda and have vowed to vote down front in the months after the country. President Barack Obama agreed to de- as the opening game of the National any new spending he might propose. the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist Using census informa- liver an address on jobs and the econo- Football League season. White House “It is our responsibility to find biparti- attacks, New York Police tion and government data- my to a joint session of Congress on officials were working on the precise san solutions to help grow our economy, Department officials and a bases, the NYPD mapped Sept. 8, yielding to House Speaker John timing of the speech. Please see JOBS SPEECH, N2 veteran CIA officer built an ethnic neighborhoods in intelligence-gathering pro- New York, New Jersey and gram with an ambitious Connecticut. Rakers then goal: to map the region s visited local businesses, ethnic communities and chatting up store owners to dispatch teams of under- determine their ethnicity cover officers to keep tabs and gauge their sentiment, Gadhafi Spokesman Rejects on where Muslims the documents show. They shopped, ate and prayed. played cricket and eaves- The program was known dropped in the city s ethnic as the Demographics Unit cafes and clubs. Rebel Demand To Surrender and, though the NYPD de- When the CIA would nies its existence, the squad launch drone attacks in BY LEILA FADEL rebels say they are closing in on Sirte maintained a long list of Pakistan, the NYPD would The Washington Post from the east and west. “ancestries of interest and dispatch rakers to Pakistani Libya s Transitional National Coun- received daily reports on life neighborhoods to listen for BENGHAZI, Libya — The spokesman cil — the de facto government of the in Muslim neighborhoods, angry rhetoric and anti- for Moammar Gadhafi s collapsing country since the rebels gained control according to documents American comments, cur- government on Wednesday rejected a of key areas last week and Gadhafi dis- obtained by The Associated rent and former officials in- rebel ultimatum to surrender or face an appeared from view — has said loyalists Press. volved in the program said. all-out military assault, and two of have until Saturday to relinquish con- The documents offer a The rakers were looking Gadhafi s sons sent mixed signals from trol over the pockets of the country rare glimpse into an intelli- for indicators of terrorism hiding about dealing with the rebel where they still hold sway. gence program shaped and and criminal activity, the government. In response, Gadhafi spokesman steered by a CIA officer. It documents show, but they A senior rebel official coordinating Moussa Ibrahim dismissed the council was an unusual partner- also kept their eyes peeled the hunt for Gadhafi, Hisham Buha- as an unlawful group and said Gadhafi s ship, one that occasionally for other common neigh- giar, said the deposed Libyan leader is son Saadi was willing to negotiate and blurred the line between borhood sites such as reli- believed to be either in the area of Bani form a transitional government in co- domestic and foreign spy- gious schools and commu- Walid, a desert stronghold of Gadhafi ordination with the rebels — some- ASSOCIATED PRESS ing. The CIA is prohibited nity centers. loyalists 104 miles southeast of Tripoli, thing opposition leaders have made A woman gives the victory sign with from gathering intelligence The focus was on a list of or in Sirte, his home town and tribal clear is unacceptable to them. fingers painted in the colors of the inside the U.S. 28 countries that, along power base on the Mediterranean coast “No dignified, honorable nation pre-Gadhafi Libyan national flag Undercover police offi- with “American Black 278 miles east of the capital, Reuters would accept an ultimatum from during a demonstration against cers, known as rakers, visit- Muslim, were considered news agency reported. Both areas were armed gangs, Ibrahim said in a phone Gadhafi on Tuesday in Green ed Islamic bookstores and Please see MUSLIMS, N2 hit Tuesday by NATO airstrikes, and interview with the Associated Press. Square in Tripoli, Libya. Nation & World 2 • Thursday, September 1, 2011
HUMANS USED SUSPECT HAND AXES GIBSON TO PAY $750K CONFESSES TO EARLIER THAN KILLING TWO THOUGHT IN CUSTODY CASE U.S. AIRMEN LOS ANGELES • Ancient Mel Gibson will pay $750,000 to his ex-girlfriend FRANKFURT, Germany humans made hand axes, • A Kosovo Albanian man cleavers and picks much and continue to provide housing and financial confessed Wednesday to earlier than believed, but killing two U.S. airmen at didn t take the stone tools support for their young daughter to resolve a bit- Frankfurt airport,saying in along when they left emotional testimony at Africa, new research sug- ter legal fight that followed sexist, racist rants at- the opening of his trial that gests. A team from the he had been influenced by United States and France tributed to the actor. The settlement disclosed ASSOCIATED PRESS radical Islamic propagan- made the findings after Oscar-winning actor Mel da online. Arid Uka is traveling to an archaeolog- Wednesday is intended to end the bickering and Gibson is shown during a charged with two counts ical site on the northwest accusations that have permeated the case han- court hearing to settle a of murder in the March 2 shoreline of Kenya s Lake long-running custody slaying of Senior Airman Turkana. Large cutting dled in mostly secret proceedings for more than a dispute with his girlfriend, Nicholas J. Alden, 25, of tools had been previously Russian musician Oksana South Carolina, and Air- excavated there along with year, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Grigorieva, over their man 1st Class Zachary R. primitive stone flakes. daughter, Wednesday in Cuddeback,21,of Virginia. — Associated Press Lichtman said. — Associated Press Los Angeles. — Associated Press
Most say they are aware am- ers. In this case, the White and does not simply trawl Fertilizer monium nitrate can be used Jobs Speech House notified Boehner s Muslims communities. Continued from N1 as an explosive, but none Continued from N1 office on the same day it re- Continued from N1 “We do not employ un- has been told to report sus- leased the letter requesting dercovers or confidential “This is a test, Casey picious purchases. and if we are willing to put the session. A White House “ancestries of interest. informants unless there is said. “The key thing now is Pakistani fertilizer pro- country before party, I am official,speaking on condi- Nearly all were Muslim. information indicating the to see results. ducers are not permitted to confident we can do just tion of anonymity because Mayor Michael Bloom- possibility of unlawful ac- The only producer of cal- export to Afghanistan be- that, Obama wrote of the sensitivity of the top- berg said last week that the tivity, Browne wrote in an cium ammonium nitrate cause they are subsidized by Wednesday in a letter to ic, said Boehner s office NYPD does not take reli- email to the AP. fertilizer in Pakistan, the government and their Boehner, R-Ohio, and Sen- raised no objections or con- gion into account in its That issue has legal sig- Pakarab operates two facto- products are meant for do- ate Majority Leader Harry cerns. policing. The inclusion of nificance. The NYPD says ries in Punjab province, the mestic use only. But the low Reid, D-Nev. But Boehner, in his for- American black Muslims it follows the same guide- country s agricultural heart- price of fertilizer in Pak- With new August unem- mal reply, said the House on the list suggests that re- lines as the FBI, which land. istan, and a chronic shortage ployment numbers ready to would not return until the ligion was at least a consid- cannot use undercover The largest is on the out- in Afghanistan, has meant be released Friday,Obama is day Obama wanted to speak eration. On Wednesday, agents to monitor commu- skirts of Multan, an ancient that smuggling has long under pressure to lay out his and that security and par- Bloomberg s office referred nities without first receiv- city surrounded by thou- been rife. plan. In seeking a joint ses- liamentary issues might be questions to the police. ing an allegation or indica- sands of acres (hectares) of The chemical, known as sion of Congress to deliver an obstacle.The House and How law enforcement tion of criminal activity. mango orchards and cotton CAN, is often trucked into it, he is turning the effort the Senate each would have agencies, both local and Before the AP revealed fields. A sprawling industri- southern Afghanistan into a public relations cam- to adopt a resolution to al- federal, can stay ahead of the existence of the Demo- al complex of smoking repackaged as a harmless paign. low a joint session for the Islamic terrorists without graphics Unit last week, chimneys, pipes and tanks fertilizer. Other times, it s The timing dispute cre- president. using racial profiling tech- Browne said neither the surrounded by high walls, hidden under other goods, ated an inauspicious start to Boehner spokesman niques has been hotly de- Demographics Unit nor the the 39-year-old facility often after border guards the jobs debate and intro- Brendan Buck said no one in bated since 9/11. Singling term “rakers exist. Both churns out the chemical 24 have been paid a bribe, ac- duced tensions before Con- Boehner s office signed off out minorities for extra are contained in the docu- hours a day when it s oper- cording to smugglers at the gress even returns from its on the date and accused the scrutiny without evidence ments obtained by the AP. ating. Chaman border and U.S. of- annual summer recess. White House of ignoring of wrongdoing has been An NYPD presentation, Lines of trucks wait out- ficials. It began with the White established protocol of ar- criticized as discriminato- delivered inside the depart- side to transport sacks of One dealer, Mohammad House releasing the letter at riving at a mutually agreed ry.Not focusing on Muslim ment,described the mission fertilizer to 2,000 distribu- Wassem, told The Associat- noon Wednesday from date before making public neighborhoods has been and makeup of the Demo- tors around the country, ed Press wealthy people Obama to Boehner and Reid announcements. equally criticized as politi- graphics Unit. And a police who then sell it to millions of with links to the insurgents asking them to convene a Boehner s letter did not cal correctness run amok. memorandum from 2006 Pakistani cotton, fruit and placed orders for all three joint session of Congress for mention the Republican The documents describe described an NYPD super- wheat farmers. fertilizers produced by his address at 8 p.m.Sept.7. debate on Wednesday or how the nation s largest visor rebuking an under- Around Multan, dealers Pakarab. Usually, presidential re- Thursday night s NFL game police force has come cover detective for not doing sit in small shops in front of They sold the two safer quests to address Congress between the New Orleans down on that issue. a good enough job reporting piled-up sacks of ammoni- varieties domestically, then are routinely granted after Saints and the Green Bay NYPD spokesman Paul on community events and um nitrate and other fertil- trucked the ammonium ni- consultations between the Packers, a game certain to Browne said the depart- “rhetoric heard in cafes and izer, haggling with farmers. trate across the border. White House and lawmak- draw a large TV audience. ment only follows leads hotspot locations.
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YOUR BUSINESS THE DIGIT Burley C-A-L Ranch Gets a Grand Re-Opening $118 Million TIMES-NEWS Brown-Forman Posts Higher 1Q C-A-L Ranch Stores will host a grand re-opening Sept. 16-17 Profit • Liquor mak- for its Burley location,at 226 N.Overland Ave. er Brown-Forman One of five C-A-L Ranch locations in Idaho,the Burley store Corp. mixed a new has been open since 1967 and was in need of an update,accord- Jack Daniel s honey-flavored ing to the company.The newly remodeled store will use previ- whiskey with strong sales over- ously unused space in the building. seas to come up with a 6 percent increase in its first- The re-opening will coincide with the store s annual park- quarter profit. ing lot sale. It will also feature drawings and door prizes from For the three months ended July 31, the company MONEY+AGRIBUSINESS store vendors. reported net income of $118.1 million, or 81 cents per Information: Jerry Ward,522-8593 or [email protected]. share, up from $111.4 million, or 76 cents per share, a year ago. For more moves and promotions, see the Sunday Money section.
Market report sponsored by: Idaho Power Government Sues to Block Announces New Grant AT&T, T-Mobile Merger Program BY JOELLE TESSLER TIMES-NEWS and PETE YOST Associated Press Idaho Power has launched a new set of WASHINGTON • The Jus- grants aimed at improv- THE MARKET AT A GLANCE tice Department took the un- ing educational opportu- usual step Wednesday to try nities across its service to block AT&T