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Magicvalley.com Surgeons broke every bone in Cayden Peterson s face so he could grow. Scientists Through 14 surgeries, his young family has grown with him. tinker with food Genetically altered salmon may be next to arrive for dinner By Seth Borenstein and Malcolm Ritter AP Science Writers
WASHINGTON — We ve always played with our food — even before we knew about genes or how to change them. For thousands of years, humans have practiced selective breeding, pairing the beefiest bull with the healthiest heifers to start a new herd. That concept was refined to develop plant hybridization and artificial insemination. Today we ve got tastier corn on sturdier stalks, bigger turkeys and meatier cattle. Now comes an Atlantic salmon that is genetically engineered to grow twice as fast as a regular salmon. If U.S. regulators approve it, the fish would be the first such scientifically altered animal to Cayden Peterson, 7, sits in his first-grade class at St. Edward s Catholic School in Jerome on Sept. 16. Peterson returned to school after a summer that saw him undergo reach the dinner plate. the latest two of 14 surgeries that stem from his battle with Apert syndrome, which involved having doctors break every bone in his face and skull to make room for his Scientists have already deter- brain to grow and his facial features to develop. mined that it s safe to eat. They are weighing other factors, including environmental risks, after two days of intense hearings. Whatever the decision on JEROME — Nikki Peterson is salmon, it s only the start of happy that the last big surgery is things to come. In labs and on over and her son s life should be experimental farms are: • Vaccines and other pharma- extended. A family s ceuticals grown in bananas and other plants. Cayden Peterson can dime to around the size of a • Trademarked “Enviropigs breathe at night now. quarter. whose manure doesn t pollute as Before a June surgery broke The operations included much. all of the bones in his face, a string of six surgeries in • Cows that don t produce his breathing was labored seven months of Cayden s methane in their flatulence. and often stopped when he early years — something his changing slept. She is grateful that mother said was like taking See FOOD, Main 5 the operation her family has large steps forward, only to been preparing for all seven go back to where they had years of Cayden s life was started in his developmen- successful. tal process. But she starts to tear up Cayden s father, Ryan, Poll: Races when she talks about his 30, and Nikki, 29, were both face face. raised in Jerome and have It s different now — the been married for eight By Amy Huddleston ❖ Times-News writer facial expressions she s years. Cayden, their first aren t a memorized have changed. child, was also the first Photos by Ashley Smith ❖ Times-News photographer The small nose that she baby born in Idaho with kissed every day is differ- Apert syndrome. The ent. She s watched her baby Petersons didn t know MORE ONLINE done deal boy grow into a 7-year-old where to turn for help. and now she is watching It s been a long journey VIEW more pictures him with new eyes, looking for Cayden s parents and 5- of Cayden Peterson Tax-averse Idahoans for familiar expressions and year-old sister, Brynlee. But and his family. his old smile. MAGICVALLEY.COM say they might support See CHANGING, Main 3 “My mom said it best — somebody doesn t have to an increase for schools die (for you) to grieve,” By Bill Roberts Nikki said, wiping tears The Idaho Statesman from her eyes. “I ve been grieving for his face. You We like the tea party, but don t don t have the same face for consider ourselves one of its seven and a half years and members.We think the legislature then change it. I can t read did the right thing by holding off a his facial expressions any- tax hike this year. But next year a more.” different story. Here s a quick Cayden has Apert syn- recap of the poll conducted by drome, a rare genetic disor- seven Idaho daily newspapers a der that affects one in few weeks before the November 200,000 newborns. The election and reported in last disorder causes the skull week s editions: and facial bones to fuse Otter vs. Allred: By the num- together prematurely, cre- bers, Republican Gov. C.L. ating a rigid cage around a “Butch” Otter appears to have a child s growing brain. comfortable margin. But scratch When he was 5 months beneath the surface and you ll old, Cayden underwent his find a race that s far from con- first operation to break his cluded. skull so the bones could Just 68 of Republicans said they grow at the same rate as his intended to vote for Otter. That brain. The string of surger- compares to 86 percent for U.S. ies has continued, 14 in Sen. Mike Crapo. total, from cutting apart the Twenty percent of poll respon- skin between his fingers dents were undecided on the and toes so they could gubernatorial race, and they typi- Cayden Peterson celebrates while playing Nintendo Wii golf at his home in Jerome in July. Screws that connected his skull and function individually to the cally end up favoring the chal- last operation to expand his upper palate to the halo around his head were tightened daily over the summer, forcing his palate to advance so it does not appear lenger, Washington-based airways from the size of a sunken later in life and opening Cayden s airways. See POLL, Main 4
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Saturday had its share of the point? fundraising walks through- out southern Idaho and the first to kick off at the Twin ooked for a mailbox Falls City Park was a lately? You know, the YOU Hunger Walk sponsored by big, blue metal L Communities Responding receptacles that used to DON’T SAY to Overcome Poverty. stand on every street cor- Around 30 walkers stood ner in every town in Steve Crump near the band shell in the America? morning sun to turn in their Best of luck with that. money packets and get According to National DO TELL their marching orders. Four Public Radio, the number walkers were wearing dis- of U.S. Postal Service mail- If it’s quirky, poignant or tinctive shiny gold vests boxes fell below 200,000 funny and it happens in with “Kiwanas” on the nationwide in 2008 and south-central Idaho, I want back while others elected to continues to decline at a to hear about it. wear signs bearing a red rate of about 4,000 a year. Call me at 735-3223, or write stop sign emblazoned with The calculus is simple: The [email protected]. “HELP CROP STOP less mail — because of e- HUNGER.” mail, faxes, texts, tweets, CROP walks are held UPS and Fed Ex — the COREEN HART/For the Times-News CASH after business nationwide and most of the fewer mailboxes. hours? donations go to the Church Heather Lloyd and her children were some of hundreds of the walkers who turned out at Heyburn’s And you don’t realize The crux of the problem World Service, a non-profit Riverside Park on Saturday for the fundraising CROP walk. how few until you really, is that America is a post interfaith organization that REALLY need to mail a let- office nation that may not works internationally to world disaster, we’re prob- tions after the walk from churches joined in the ter nowadays. have a postal service as we end hunger by donating not ably done,” Clark said. people who learn about the Heyburn event, including My mother-in-law and know it for much longer. only money but equipment “That’s why now, more fundraiser late. The Church of Jesus Christ father-in-law, who live in For 200 years, the United and training to allow people than ever, we need com- Melanie Halsell walked of Latter-day Saints Declo California, were visiting States literally defined to grow their own food. munity support.” for the First Presbyterian Stake, which had the most my wife and me in Boise itself by its post offices; if Each year, local CROP Twin Falls CROP chair- Church. She said this was volunteers, at 41. When the other day. Victoria’s you had one, you were a organizers select one woman Renee Horner said at least the fifth or sixth legs began to complain, hot mom needed to post a let- community. If you didn’t, organization to receive a this year’s goal was 100 year she’s participated in dogs, cookies and cold ter that had to be delivered you were Berger. quarter of the walk dona- walkers to raise $10,000 the walk with her sons, drinks helped them to ASAP, and it was after 5 And through it all, post- tions and this year it’s the but with a big cancer walk Simon, 15, and Elias, 12. recover. Those bringing in p.m. on a Saturday. ing a letter — in a Big Blue Twin Falls Crisis Center. in Boise and a suicide pre- “It’s always a fun thing to more than $250 earned a Now Boise is a city of Box — was the ultimate The money will help stock vention walk following lit- do and our goal is just not free T-shirt. 206,000 people with eight validation. the center’s food pantry. erally on the heels of the to be the last ones in,” Organizer Viola Bloch post offices. It shouldn’t be NOBODY tampered with Crisis Center represen- CROP walk at Twin Falls Halsell said. said she won’t have final THAT challenging to mail a the mail after it was tative Patti Clark explained City Park, there was a lot of About 288 registered figures until Oct. 14, “but letter, should it? deposited in a mailbox. To the center’s need to the competition for people’s walkers — or riders, as I’m sure we brought in over Guess again. do otherwise was the moral walkers. She said the center money and shoe leather. some were in wheelchairs $12,000,”she said. My mother-in-law and I equivalent of kicking pup- gets some federal money The group completed the — turned out to a CROP drove around for an hour pies. but the amount has dwin- loop before noon. During walk at Riverside Park in Times-News corre- looking for a Big Blue Box Worse, it was un- dled as a result of shrinking that time, CROP volun- Heyburn. spondent Coreen Hart until we finally posted the American. So how can you budgets and competition teers counted the dona- Walkers became rockers contributed to this report. letter in the mail slot at an be a real American if you’re from other groups who tions and came up with as they listened to the rock Albertsons. That just isn’t off-loading your letters in must deal with catastro- around $2,500. Former band Death of Dinosaurs Laura Lundquist may be the same. the mail slot at Albertsons? phes such 9/11 and CROP treasurer Pam and strolled along the reached at 735-3376 or After all, what can you Some analysts believe Hurricane Katrina. Schultz said they often park’s paved pathways. [email protected] say about a nation in which Big Blue Boxes will disap- “If we have one more receive additional dona- More than a dozen om. mailing a letter is harder pear altogether within the than doing your own next 20 years, replaced taxes? sporadically by Fed Ex and The decline of the Postal UPS containers and, of Service is well documented course, electronic mail in — it lost $3.38 billion last all of its forms. Voters deny Gooding School District $4M bond year — but did you know But isn’t a nation with Times-News voters denied the district a 330 came out against it,put- with a zero-percent interest that at no post office in virtual mail really only a $4 million bond meant to ting the yes votes 1 percent rate and a state matching- America can you actually virtual nation? The requirement of a add classroom space to its shy of the number needed. funds program that would buy a 44-cent stamp with To me, the ring of truth two-thirds supermajority schools and carry out a vari- The sum would have have covered $1.1 million of of America is the sound of for bond passage has ety of improvements and extended a 1997 bond set to the sum. The new bond a Big Blue Box slot clanging thwarted Gooding schools renovations, including a expire in 2016, thanks to would have levied up to shut. IDAHO LOTTERY for a second time. new high school kitchen and help from a federal school $390,000 per year between That and the fact that I Saturday, Sept. 25 Gooding School District cafeteria. Out of 912 voters, construction bond program 2016 and 2024. just inadvertently mailed 08 16 27 35 42 Powerball: 30 my car keys. Power Play: x2
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The 4/2-hour surgery consisted of break- FREE ESTIMATES ing all the bones in his face and then reconstructing them — a rare and danger- Cayden Peterson swings with his sister, Brynlee, 5, at their Jerome home in July. ous operation that Schmelzer has performed Peterson said. “It is hard to 15 to 20 times in his career. “We’ve never gone into a surgery happy and know right now how much He spent months rehears- this will all affect her.” ing for the surgery and anxious, but this one we did.” There was no indication practiced the night before — Nikki Peterson, mother of Cayden Peterson that Cayden would have Flu Shots on a model of Cayden’s challenges before he was skull. born. But Peterson said A large, titanium half- “I have no real idea of stubborn — we don’t give knowing ahead of time circle halo was screwed how much it has cost,” up.” wouldn’t have changed a onto each side of Cayden’s Peterson said. “Everything Cayden’s little sister, thing. Many people give head and connected to the is a specialty with Cayden.” Brynlee, has witnessed his $25 their Apert syndrome upper part of his mouth. Denied three times from joys and struggles along the babies up, she said, and she Each day, his parents would getting disability insurance way. Nikki said she and wishes she had the ability to turn the screws connected through the government, Ryan have had to learn to adopt children like her son. to the metal contraption up the family was able to get on give their daughter the “He’s my inspiration. to 1.5 millimeters so his the Katie Beckett Medicaid attention she needs in the These kids are amazing. upper palate would Program, a special eligibili- midst of Cayden’s surgeries He’s changed my life and advance prematurely. ty process that allows chil- and recoveries. Mother and made me a better person,” Cayden will grow into his dren with long-term dis- daughter often have girl she said. “How often does new look as time progress- abilities to get an Idaho dates, and Brynlee got to go your kid do that for you?” es, and Nikki said waiting Medicaid card. to Salt Lake for the last sur- until he was 7 was the best With life-changing sur- gery — a first for the freck- Amy Huddleston may be age to do the surgery. Over gery behind them, the le-faced girl. reached at 735-3204 or the summer, his facial tis- Petersons are adjusting to a “They are really close — ahuddleston@magicval- sue has been stretched 27 new rhythm of life. Cayden Brynlee takes care of him,” ley.com. millimeters — a little more is starting first grade at St. than an inch. Edward’s Catholic School, a The halo was removed in new scene from Canyonside August and Cayden and his Christian School in Jerome. h ank You End Back Pain family can breathe easier Nikki is taking 11 credits at now, knowing that the the College of Southern Our family would like to express our sincere hardest leg of his medical Idaho with the goal of appreciation to all of the people who helped make with Dr. Sam Barker journey is over. becoming a surgery techni- “We’ve never gone into a cian, something she attrib- our memorial bike ride in honor of our Beloved surgery happy and anxious, utes to her experiences with Dr. David Maurice Webster a great success. All but this one we did,” Cayden’s surgeries. proceeds from the bike ride went into David’s Peterson said. Nikki said her family’s YMCA Endowment Scholarship Fund to help The latest surgery, per- now faced more of an emo- formed at Primary tional challenge now that young people become involved in programs to Children’s Hospital in Salt Cayden’s latest surgery is promote self esteem and a healthy lifestyle. We Lake City, took only 20 complete. The family, she would like to thank you for your time, ef ort, minutes to remove the halo. said, has just pushed contribution, and consideration to honor a Afterward, the family held a through things, counting party for everyone who has their blessings along the wonderful man who continues to make a dif erence been instrumental in way. Her faith, her marriage in our lives and in our world. Our apology for any Cayden’s journey. Nikki and her family have been names misspelled or not on the list. said that after the halo was her stability throughout the We thank you all. Chiropractic removed Cayden was on years. “cloud 899” and couldn’t “Ryan gets me through. Gary Ettenger, Director, Tom Ritter FOOD DRIVE stop smiling. Someone told me that the and the Staff of the YMCA Rick Sandison No more major surgeries statistics for divorce is Robin, Bob, and Danny Seastrom Jill Fleming are scheduled for the red- higher when you have a Amy Huddleston of the Times-News Ann Seppi for the Salvation Army headed boy, although Nikki child with disabilities and I Monsanto Eric Snow thinks another one to cor- never wanted to be a statis- Jim Gomm Heather Kohring ONE WEEK ONLY! rect his ankles will take tic,”she said. “It has just Karol and Dave Hanson Michael Strom place in the future. made us closer. It’s hard for Monday, September 27th thru Kay and Tom Harmon Susan Miley All in all, she estimates anyone else to fully under- Linda Holyoak Cayden’s surgeries have stand, so we just have each John McPherson Friday, October 1st cost close to $1 million. other and we are both very Wendy Scott Reed Hollingshead Ed and Brenda Briles Heidi and Byron Stutzman MUST CALL BY FRIDAY! Bob and Tami Charlton Tammi and Graydon Stanley Nita and Stenson Clontz Jerry Crozier Michael and Patricia Courtney Scot McNeley In exchange for HCG Cowdin, F.N.P. Chtd Darren Kyle $50.00 you get your Georgia Durbin Julie Ellis NEW PATIENT SPECIAL LOSE UP TO A Greg and Tasha Schroeder Eric and Susan Ettesvild (Exam, X Ray & Adjustment) POUND A DAY! 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Governor U.S. Congress, 1st District STATEWIDE STATEWIDE If the 2010 election for governor If the 2010 election for Idaho’s Blue Lakes Boulevard North were held today, who would you 1st District congressional seat wer Eastland Drive North vote for? held today, who would you vote for? Pole Line Road West UNDECIDED UNDECIDED 20% 16% Accident, non-injury — 25 Washington Street North Accident, injury — 4 Battery — 9 OTTER 36% Burglary other than a vehicle — 8 45% Drug use or selling — 8 CSI ALLRED MINNICK Fight — 6 29% 46% Gun or weapon incident — 1 Hit and run — 7 Noise disturbance/disturbance — 54 DUNLAP 3% WASHBURN1% Prowler/peeping Tom — 4 PRO-LIFE2% OLSON 1% KEMP 1% Shots fired — 1 Stolen vehicle — 6 Grandview Drive North Structure fire — 1 Poll MORE ONLINE Theft — 24 READ complete poll Threat — 1 Continued from Main 1 Trespassing — 3 results and previous Vandalism — 15 Mason-Dixon Polling & stories in this series. Vehicle burglary — 4 Research Inc. pollster Brad MAGICVALLEY.COM Shoshone Street Sexual assualt — 3 Coker said. That could be welcome news for it. Most poll respondents Kimberly Road Democrat challenger Keith said the state s tax structure Allred. Otter s lead in heav- needs reform. And 46 per- ily Mormon southeast cent would be willing to Idaho is only 6 percent. support repealing some or Twin Falls Allred s Mormon affiliation all of the state s sales tax is contributing to those exemptions to increase close numbers, observers money for education and incidents say. other state programs. In other races: Walt Time for Tea? The tea Minnick, a blue-dog party s agenda resonates Eastland Drive South 9/17-9/24 Democrat running in the with nearly half of heavily Republican 1st Idahoans. But more than Congressional District, is 90 percent don t consider Source:Source: city City of of TwinTwin Falls ahead of Republican chal- themselves party members. Washington Street South lenger Raul Labrador by 10 More than two-thirds of percentage points. But Republicans said they sup- Minnick s margin dwindles port the tea party vision; to a statistical dead heat in just 38 percent of inde- North Idaho. One Idaho pendents and 18 percent of 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS political scientist said that Democrats agreed. TWIN FALLS COUNTY MORE ONLINE least 90 days or $2,000 charge, public defender fee, 90 days may be attributable to anti- On the question of FELONY SENTENCINGS whichever is less. jail, 88 suspended, two credit- Obama sentiment. whether state legislatures Jimmie J. Stovall, 67,Wendell; VISIT Magicvalley.com David L. Watkins. Seeking estab- ed, driving privileges suspend- In the race for state ought to elect U.S. senators possession of methampheta- for a full listing of 5th lishment for paternity and child ed 180 days, 12 months proba- schools superintendent, — a notion that is in the mine, amended judgment of District Court records, support, $137 monthly support tion, no alcohol. Republican incumbent state s Republican Party conviction, five years peniten- including misdemeanor cases. plus 45 percent of medical Merle B. Evans, 54, Filer; driving Tom Luna is well ahead of platform — poll respon- tiary, two determinate, three MAGICVALLEY.COM expenses not covered by insur- under the influence, $500 fine, challenger Stan Olson, the dents strongly opposed the indeterminate, two years proba- ance, provide medical insur- $400 suspended, $182.50 just-retired Boise School idea. In fact, Republicans tion, $1,000 fine, $600 sus- ance, 45 percent of any work- costs, $75 public defender fee, District superintendent. are more opposed (60 per- pended, $165.50 costs, $500 FELONY DISMISSALS related day care expenses. 90 days jail, 88 suspended, two But nearly a quarter of the cent) than Democrats (54 public defender fee, 100 hours Brina M. Krohn, 18, Jerome; bur- Pamela R. Otto. Seeking estab- credited, driving privileges sus- voters have not yet made up percent). community service, $1,225.04 glary (conspiracy), grand theft lishment for child support, pended 90 days, 12 months their mind. Eighteen per- And even though restitution. (conspiracy) and malicious $204 monthly support plus 29 probation, no alcohol. cent said they didn t recog- Idahoans may be skeptical Angela G. Haase, 31, Twin Falls; injury to property, dismissed. percent of medical expenses Nicholas J. Auth, 20, Twin Falls; nize Luna s name; 53 per- of the federal government possession of methampheta- Russell J. Wageman, 28, Twin not covered by insurance, pro- driving under the influence, cent didn t know who Stan from time to time, 40 per- mine, seven years penitentiary, Falls; possession of metham- vide medical insurance, 29 per- $1,000 fine, $800 suspended, Olson was. cent of those polled said three determinate, four indeter- phetamine, dismissed per plea cent of any work-related day $182.50 costs, $75 public Idahoans and taxes: they opposed the idea of a minate, four years probation, negotiations. care expenses. defender fee, 180 days jail, 170 Lawmakers got kudos for constitutional amendment $165.50 costs, $1,363.82 resti- Rusty Lee-Ray McAlexander. suspended, one credited, five holding the line last spring that would give the state tution, $660 court compliance, CHILD SUPPORT CASES Seeking establishment for days work detail, driving privi- on taxes for the 2011 budget authority to seek control 100 hours community service. The State of Idaho, Department Medicaid reimbursement and leges suspended 365 days, 12 year. But Idahoans may be over federal lands in the Raul Torres-Alacorn, 20, Buhl; of Health and Welfare, Child medical support, 47 percent of months probation, no alcohol. willing to cede some of that state. delivery of methamphetamine, Support Services has filed medical expenses not covered Todd L.Weber, 43, Jerome; driv- ground next year,especially The seven involved Idaho 10 years penitentiary, 1 1/2 claims against the following: by insurance, provide medical ing under the influence, $700 if public education stands newspapers will conduct a determinate, 8 1/2 indetermi- Alberto Dominguez Jr. Seeking insurance, 50 percent of any fine, $400 suspended, $182.50 to take another deep hit. similar poll in mid- nate, $2,500 fine, $165.50 establishment for child support: work-related day care expens- costs, $75 public defender fee, The question is how to do October. costs, $5,257.46 restitution. $704 monthly support plus 62 es, $4,980.31 birth costs, lien 90 days jail, 80 suspended, two Leah M. Trejo, 36, Twin Falls; pos- percent of medical expenses placed upon defendant s real credited, eight days house ABOUT THIS POLL session of methamphetamine, not covered by insurance, pro- and personal property if delin- arrest, driving privileges sus- six years penitentiary, three vide medical insurance, 62 per- quent in his obligation for at pended 90 days, 12 months How the poll was done determinate, three indetermi- cent of any work-related day least 90 days or $2,000 charge, probation, no alcohol. Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of Washington, D.C., interviewed 625 nate, four years probation, care expenses. whichever is less. Katie E. Rhodes, 23, Twin Falls; randomly chosen registered Idaho voters Sept. 13-15, limiting the inter- $1,000 fine, $1,000 suspended, Marty K. Vance. Seeking estab- driving under the influence, views to people who said they are likely to vote in November. The $110.50 costs, $500 public lishment for child support: $174 DIVORCES FILED $1,000 fine, $700 suspended, statewide poll s margin of error is 4 percentage points, with a 95 percent probability that results would fall within that margin if the entire popula- defender fee, 100 hours com- monthly support plus 45 per- Penni S. Coon vs. Kevin P.Coon. $182.50 costs, $75 public munity service, $816.95 restitu- Crystal D. Berks vs. William E. defender fee, 120 days jail, 110 tion were sampled. cent of medical expenses not Sixty additional interviews were conducted in the 1st Congressional tion. Berks. suspended, 10 days house covered by insurance, provide District to bring the total sample size there to 400 likely voters, and 15 Olga L. Alvarez, 52, Twin Falls; medical insurance, 45 percent Justina Bea vs. James Bea. arrest, driving privileges sus- pended 90 days, 12 months additional interviews were conducted in the Second Congressional burglary, five years penitentiary, of any work-related day care Gary D. Jumper vs. Cathy D. District to bring the sample size there to 300. The margins of error are 5 two determinate, three indeter- expenses, $348 reimbursement Jumper. probation, no alcohol. Arthur H. Cristler, 62, Twin Falls; percent in the First District and 6 percent in the Second. The extra inter- minate, two years probation, for public assistance. Ricki L. Wright vs. Mark W.Wright. driving under the influence, views covered only the congressional races. $500 fine, $220.50 costs, $250 John C. Moser. Seeking estab- Leonard G. Booth vs. Barbara A. $700 fine, $400 suspended, public defender fee, 100 hours lishment for child support in Booth. $182.50 costs, 90 days jail, 80 The Times-News partners community service. foster care: $297 monthly sup- Irish D. Witbeck vs. Donald C. Idaho Press Tribune in Nampa, Idaho Statesman in Boise, Lewiston suspended, two credited, eight Brina M. Krohn, 18, Jerome; bur- port plus 64 percent of medical Witbeck. Tribune, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Post Register in Idaho Falls, days house arrest, driving privi- glary, six years penitentiary, two expenses not covered by insur- Keith E. Harrington vs. Bethany and Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. (circulates and pro- leges suspended 90 days, 12 determinate, four indetermi- ance, provide medical insur- R. Harrington. vides coverage in northern Idaho). months probation, no alcohol. nate, $2,000 fine suspended; ance, $1,039.50 foster care Shawna L. Sandbom vs. grand theft, six years peniten- reimbursement. Kristopher E. Sandbom. tiary, two determinate, four Austin R. Garcia. Seeking estab- indeterminate, $2,000 fine sus- lishment for paternity, Medicaid CITY OF TWIN FALLS pended, five years probation, reimbursement, child support, DRIVING UNDER THE $225.50 costs, 100 hours com- $244 monthly support plus 50 INFLUENCE SENTENCINGS munity service, complete G.E.D, percent of medical expenses Kimberly M. Fivecoat, 18, Twin submit letter of apology, supply not covered by insurance, pro- Falls; driving under the influ- DNA thumbprint impression. vide medical insurance, 50 per- ence (second time, under 21), Cody A. Billings, 21, Twin Falls; cent of any work-related day amended to driving under the possession of marijuana with care expenses, $672 reimburse- influence (under 21), $700 fine, intent to deliver, five years peni- ment for public assistance, $500 suspended, $182.50 tentiary, two determinate, three $3,411.96 birth costs. costs, $75 public defender fee, indeterminate, three years pro- Rafael Doria Jr. Seeking estab- driving privileges suspended bation, $265.50 costs, $500 lishment for medical support, 365 days, 12 months probation, public defender fee, $796.99 50 percent of medical expenses no alcohol, 16 hours community restitution, complete G.E.D., not covered by insurance: pro- service. abide by alcohol/substance vide medical insurance, lien Sondra L. Ahrendsen, 44, Twin abuse evaluation and treat- placed upon defendant s real Falls; driving under the influ- ment, 200 hours community and personal property if delin- ence, $500 fine, $400 sus- service. quent in his obligation for at pended, $182.50 costs, $75 WANTED Check out what’s new online at in Twin Falls County www.magicvalley.com Sonia Solis Age: 26 Description: 5 feet, 3 inches; 170 GET MEAN! pounds; black hair; Date: Wednesday, October 6th, 2010 brown eyes Time: 7:00 am until 10:00 am —While supplies last!!! Wanted for: Probation viola- GO GREEN! Place: Drive through the Chamber of Commerce parking tion; original charge pos- Replace old lighting with green lighting. lot on the corner of Lincoln and Main in Downtown session of a controlled sub- Get rebates on your upgrades from Idaho Power. stance; $75,000 bond Jerome. The Twin Falls County Call us for a FREE lighting or energy audit. 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“Get your safety glasses on.Make sure your ear plugs are in,” Kirk Tubbs told his students. Pairs of hands went to faces, and then to ears. “OK, I’m going to move in back of you,”he said. “This range is now live.” More instruction, and then: Pop, pop-pop. The sound of .22-caliber rifles. Eighteen students in an dramatic settings Idaho Department of Fish and Game hunter education class gathered at Hub Butte Saturday morning south of Twin Falls to participate in the last segment of the two- week class — a range and field test. Tubbs, manager of the Twin Falls County Pest Abatement District, has been volunteering his time to teach the class for about DOUG GASKILL/For the Times-News star-studded affairs four years. He enjoys help- Kirk Tubbs reviews 13-year-old Ryan Stigall’s paper target during a ing kids understand the hunter education event Saturday morning south of Twin Falls. importance of such things as gun safety and being prevent accidents in the responsible in the outdoors. To volunteer field, said Kelton Hatch, “I just want to instill regional conservation edu- Fish and Game would like within them good ethical cator with Fish and Game. more volunteer instructors and basic conservation val- About 2,000 students in for hunter education class- ues,” he said, noting that the Magic Valley participate es. If interested: 324-4350 hunting isn’t just about in the classes every year, he or fishandgame.idaho.gov/ bagging game. “We have said. They’re hosted by abundant natural resources about 100 volunteer here, and it’s important that informative than I instructors like Tubbs. we take care of it. I want to thought.” “This typically is the make sure they understand Students learned tips like slowest time of year because that. how to filter water through our instructors want to be “And it’s fun,”he added. a handkerchief and also out hunting,” Hatch said, Students seemed to be about items they should adding that classes general- having fun Saturday,as well carry with them when in ly start picking up again as at other times during the the field. around Thanksgiving. class. At Tubbs’ home on One of the ways Tubbs Larry Bull brought his Tuesday, students learned helps students to learn two children, 9-year-old how to properly hold a gun, about gun safety is by pass- Brenna and Benjamin, 12, falling head over heels in love read a map, and build a fire. ing around mouse and rat from Jerome to take Tubbs’ Nine-year-old Caleb traps, which he uses to rep- class. Perreira said he liked learn- resent guns. The students “I’m glad we did. He’s ing to build fires best. are cautioned about getting really good,” Bull said. “He “This match is your life their fingers caught in the really cares about the kids.” support,” said class assis- traps. More importantly, he Tubbs said it helps to have tant Doug Slack, who tells them, don’t mishandle good, sharp students like he instructed Caleb on how to a gun that will have more had this year. After the start a fire by using just one serious consequences. three-hour event Saturday, match. Students must take a students were awarded Caleb’s mother, Tracy written exam, as well as the orange hats for passing their Perreira, also took the class range and field test. On tests. because she wants to go Saturday, Tracy Perreira “That looks excellent,”he afield with him to hunt was happy to report that told a student about the game birds. The family is she scored 98 on the writ- bullet holes on his paper serious about their goal: ten exam. Caleb scored 88. target. “That one looks they recently purchased a Anyone who wants to excellent,”he told another. bird dog. hunt, and who was born “I’m having a blast,” she after 1976, must take the Andrew Weeks may be said Tuesday.“The instruc- state-mandated hunter reached at 735-3233 or tion has been so much more education class. It helps [email protected]. Food
Continued from Main 1 working to develop geneti- the soybean, corn and cot- And in the far-off future, cally modified rice that ton acreage in the United there may be foods built would be less prone to States last year used geneti- from scratch — the scratch insect damage. cally engineered crops, being DNA. In fact, some experts say according to a 2010 Sometimes when science the natural food of our National Academies of tinkers with food, it works. forebears is for the most Sciences study. Decades ago, Norman part long gone. That’s David Ervin of Portland Borlaug’s “Green Revolut- mostly due to breeding and State University in Oregon, ion’’ of scientifically precise other now-commonplace who chaired the committee hybrids led to bigger crop practices. that wrote the report, said it yields that have dramati- Old-fashioned breeding found no large-scale envi- cally reduced hunger. has led to turkeys that ronmental risks associated Sometimes it flops. “can’t have sex anymore with the current genetically Anyone remember the Flavr because we’ve been breed- engineered corn, cotton Savr tomato? Probably not. ing them for big chests,’’ and soybeans in the United It didn’t taste good. “There says Martina Newell States. As for future crops, was no flavor there to save,’’ McGloughlin, director of “you just have to be very one expert quipped. But the University of cautious,’’depending on the you might remember 10 California’s Biotechnology nature of the plants, he years ago when genetically Research and Education says. modified corn meant for Program. The report, which didn’t animal feed wound up in “All of the animals,plants consider health impacts of taco shells? and microbes we use in our eating genetically engi- To the biotech world, food system, our agricul- neered crops, did recom- precise tinkering with the tural system, are genetically mend large-scale studies of genes in plants and animals modified in one way or ecological effects of such is a proven way to reduce another,’’says Bruce Chassy crops, Ervin said. disease, protect from at the University of Illinois Marion Nestle, a New insects and increase the at Urbana-Champaign. York University professor food supply to curb world “That, or they’re wild.’’ and expert on food studies hunger. The modifications are and public health, says that To skeptics, genetic mostly from selective in processed food,“if it’s got changes put the natural breeding and hybridization, beet sugar, soybean or world and the food supply the traditional ways of sugar, it’s got an 85 to 95 at risk. Modified organisms changing plants and ani- percent chance of being can escape into the wild or mals. But these methods genetically modified.’’ Whatever it is that dazzles, mingle with native species, used for thousands of years Nestle fears unintended potentially changing them, are compared by genetic consequences in the food with unknown effects. engineers to using a sledge- supply and environment. delights or excites your senses, Over the last 15 years, hammer. They say their She previously served on genetically engineered techniques are like using a Food and Drug plants have been grown on scalpel. Administration advisory this Fall, you’ll fi nd it at Macy's. more than 2 billion acres in “Genetic engineering is boards, and she opposes the more than 20 countries. more precise and pre- genetically engineered Consumers eat genetically dictable, yet it is regulated salmon. In the 1990s, she So come in, or click on macys.com/fi ndyourmagic engineered plant products up the wazoo,’’McGlough- voted against allowing in large quantities in the lin says. “Yet there is no genetically engineered for everything you need – from exciting new styles & U.S., often in unlabeled regulation at all on the tra- plants. spectacular events to the chance to win $100 a day in products such as oils and ditional breeding system.’’ Animals are a bigger processed foods. She finds fears over problem in trying to prevent our Daily Fashion Challenge – to make this season your The same crops are genetically engineered food mixing with nongenetically viewed more suspiciously and the regulations that modified populations, she most magical ever. in Europe and other coun- accompany them hard to says. “Millions (of farmed tries, including India. stomach. fish) escape, not one or two, China, meanwhile, is More than four-fifths of but millions.’’ Main 6 Sunday, September 26, 2010 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
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IDAHO ect in 2007. Austin says the comment period stun gun, he’d die. Sixty-nine-year-old Paul was to expire Friday, but was Officers told him the paint Police: Man fatally McConnell and 49-year-old James extended after a computer glitch wouldn’t affect the Taser’s capa- stabbed daughter’s Renshaw pleaded guilty in federal thwarted some potential com- bility. According to police, Mattert court this week to discharge of a ments on the project. scuffled with officers and was hit boyfriend pollutant and illegal taking of a So far, at least 150 comments with a Taser twice before officers BOISE — The Kootenai County threatened species. Donna have been submitted on the handcuffed him. The man faces Sheriff’s Office says a northern McConnell pleaded guilty to dis- Missoula Electric Cooperative’s several criminal charges. Police Idaho man fatally stabbed his charge of a pollutant. plan to bury about two miles of say the officers’ uniforms had to daughter’s 22-year-old boyfriend All three are from Kooskia and power lines and relocate two be cleaned. during a fight at a Rathdrum resi- scheduled for sentencing Dec. 14. power poles on Lolo Forest land dence. Prosecutors say the along the highway. CALIFORNIA Major Ben Wolfinger says McConnell’s asked Renshaw to Exxon Mobil has proposed investigators have determined channelize a stretch of Clear Creek more than 200 oversized ship- 10 shot, 1 fatally, that 47-year-old Scott A. Johnson, to prevent flooding during spring ments weighing up to 300 tons at LA house party of Rathdrum, acted in self defense runoff. Their property is about 1½ starting this winter from the LOS ANGELES — Authorities when he stabbed Brandon S. miles upstream of the Kooskia inland port city of Lewiston along say 10 people were shot, including DeLuca during the confrontation National Fish Hatchery and along a narrow mountain highway to tar one fatally, and another was late Friday. habitat for threatened steelhead. sands in Alberta, Canada. stabbed after a fight broke out at Authorities say they arrested The project caused significant a birthday party in east Los Johnson after he told them that damage to steelhead habitat and WYOMING Angeles. he stabbed DeLuca after the man sent significant deposits of silt Man douses self with Police spokesman Cleon lunged at him. Investigators later downstream. The work was also Joseph said Saturday that at least determined that Johnson had done without a permit. paint to avoid Taser one suspect is being sought in the acted in self defense and he was CHEYENNE — A Cheyenne man shootings that erupted just after released. NEW MEXICO who covered himself with white 2 a.m. at a house in the Boyle The sheriff’s office says the NM plans to create latex paint in hopes of avoiding a Heights neighborhood. results of an investigation into police Taser was hit with the stun Joseph says a dispute escalat- DeLuca’s death will be submitted wild horse preserve gun anyway. ed to the point where several peo- to the Kootenai County MADRID — New Mexico plans to The Taser chase happened ple pulled out knives and guns. Prosecutor’s Office. become the first state to operate a Sept. 16, when Cheyenne Police Police said earlier that eight peo- preserve for wild horses, which went to Brian Mattert’s house on ple had been shot. N. Idaho gains jobs have disappeared from much of a domestic violence call. The Officials say two of the gunshot the Western landscape. Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports victims suffered critical injuries from Horizon deal Horse activists praise a plan by that when police arrived, and the others who were injured COEUR D’ALENE — A decision Gov. Bill Richardson to buy a Mattert thought they’d use a are in stable condition. A 22-year- by Horizon Air to outsource some 12,000-acre ranch near Madrid, in Taser on him, so he hastily cov- old man died at the scene. of its aircraft maintenance work northern New Mexico, to create ered himself in paint and told offi- could be good news for the econo- the horse sanctuary. Supporters cers that if they shot him with the — The Associated Press my in northern Idaho. say it will protect horses and cre- The commercial carrier recently ate an “eco-tourism” opportunity awarded a long-term contract to for people to see a free-roaming Empire Aerospace to perform wild horse herd. heavy maintenance and aircraft However, the governor’s pro- Average savings of $489* modification. posal to buy the ranch with federal Empire Aerospace President economic stimulus money is Tim Komberec says the deal drawing opposition. Critics say the is just one phone call away. means the creation of 100 new federal aid should go for services jobs at the company’s facility at the to people rather than animals. Coeur d’Alene Airport in Hayden. Most wild horses removed from Switch to State Farm Car Insurance. 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BOISE — Federal prosecutors power lines to accommodate oil Twin Falls, ID 83301 Twin Falls, ID 83301 Jerome, ID 83338 Twin Falls, ID 83301 Twin Falls, ID 83301 say three people from northern equipment transports along U.S. 734-6672 733-5855 324-3772 734-7765 734-3400 Idaho have pleaded guilty to dam- Highway 12 through Idaho and TMT aging steelhead trout habitat dur- Montana. *Average annual per household savings based on a national 2009 survey of new policyholders who reported savings by switching to State Farm. ing an illegal channelization proj- Forest Supervisor Deborah 1005001 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, State Farm Indemnity Comp;any - Bloomington, IL statefarm.com® Free Joint Pain Seminar Listen in as Hall-of-Fame Catcher and Stryker Hip Recipient Johnny Bench shares his personal experience with joint replacement. Local orthopaedic surgeons Gilbert Crane, MD and Bryce Millar, MD will be discussing topics including:
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Johnny Bench is a paid spokesperson of Stryker Orthopaedics. Main 8 Sunday, September 26, 2010 IDAHO/WEST Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Wyoming, 9 other Gridlock diplomacy states file brief on gay marriage CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — anyone and everyone’s per- Wyoming and nine other sonal love and commitment is states, including Idaho, have the single purpose of mar- filed a gay marriage opposi- riage, a limitless number of tion brief to a federal appeals rights claims could be set up court in California. that evacuate the term mar- The amicus brief sent riage of any meaning,” the Friday to the 9th Circuit U.S. brief said. Court of Appeals said the The amicus brief was criti- Constitution does not require cized by Jason Marsden,of the marriage to include same-sex Matthew Shepard Founda- couples. The 39-page brief tion, a Denver-based gay- also said states, not federal rights organization. He told courts, have final say in the newspaper it was “very whether to allow same-sex puzzling” that Wyoming marriages. Attorney General Bruce A federal judge ruled last Salzburg joined given that the month that California’s Wyoming Legislature last year Proposition 8, a voter-passed defeated a resolution to ban ban on same-sex marriage, recognition of gay marriages was unconstitutional. Judge performed in other states. Vaughn Walker ruled there “I thought it’d be pretty was no legitimate state inter- clear that the legislative est in preventing same-sex branch, at least, doesn’t want marriages and that “moral to send this kind of message of disapproval” alone wasn’t lack of acceptance to its gay sufficient reason to justify and lesbian citizens,”Marsden Imaginechina/AP Images banning it. said. “But the attorney gener- Masses of vehicles sit in a traffic jam Sept. 17 in Beijing, China. The case is being appealed. al appears to have taken The Casper Star-Tribune another direction.“ reported that other states who Salzburg, who was away LA, Beijing to exchange ideas on traffic joined the brief against gay from his office Friday, wasn’t marriage are Alabama, available for comment. By Daisy Nguyen “Beijing planners are desperately trying to adjust to an increasingly Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Becky Vandeberghe, of Associated Press writer Louisiana, Michigan, South WyWatch Family Action, a car-oriented world, where people don’t live where they work. At the Carolina, Utah and Virginia. Wyoming-based family-val- LOS ANGELES — Two They argued same-sex mar- ues group that opposes gay cities notorious for their same time, LA wishes it had as good of a transit infrastructure — and riage is not a fundamental marriage, said she was choked roads are teaming up as many people wanting to take transit.’’ right. pleased to see that Wyoming to share ideas on how to bet- — Randall Crane, an urban planning professor at UCLA “If public affirmation of joined the brief. ter manage traffic. A Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transporta- world, where people don’t more cars than anywhere a manufacturing hub in tion Authority executive live where they work. At the else in the U.S. and probably southern China. says he is working on an same time, LA wishes it had on a per capita basis more “Being able to say this is Cross-country paddler agreement with his counter- as good of a transit infra- than anywhere in the world, not a crazy idea that we part in Beijing that will lead structure — and as many and they’d like to know how have, other people are to an exchange of technical people wanting to take tran- we deal with that.’’ thinking about it, too, can finishes 4,300-mile trip expertise and joint research sit.’’ As traffic becomes uni- really open people’s minds,’’ By David Sharp April 2009. He says it includ- projects. Beijing, which went from versally common, cities are she said. Associated Press writer ed using a bicycle to haul the While the notion of the having almost no private increasingly looking out- Taylor said he recently canoe 800 miles over land to car capital of the world cars 15 years ago to having ward to learn how other spent a week meeting with PORTLAND, Maine — An cover parts of the country teaching China’s capital how vehicles snarl to a crawl for cities are tackling the chal- Chinese officials at the invi- extreme paddler who that aren’t connected by to handle traffic seems far most of the day, wants to lenges of growth and con- tation of the Ministry of launched a cross-country water. fetched, experts say the two know how Los Angeles gestion. Chances are, a new Transport. He toured Beijing canoe trip in Portland, Ore., And he’s thinking about his cities can benefit from the copes with such problems. approach to curbing traffic and said he was impressed has completed the journey next waterborne adventure, partnership. Meanwhile, Los Angeles in one city has been tested by the quality of the subway 4,300 miles later in Portland, possibly Siberia’s Lena River. “Clearly there are things can benefit from learning somewhere else. service, and the scale of the Maine. He says it’s described as one to learn on both ends,’’ said about Beijing’s speedy “We benefit so much in city’s bus operation. Alexander Martin paddled of the longest rivers in the Randall Crane, an urban expansion of its rail transit learning how other places ... With gridlock and smog the final stretch down the world that’s not obstructed planning professor at the system, said Paul Taylor, actually get an innovative commonplace, Los Angeles Presumpscot River Friday by dams. University of California, Los deputy chief executive offi- project to happen,’’ said County has been focusing and arrived at Portland’s East Chris Stec of the American Angeles who’s working on a cer of the MTA. Tilly Chang, deputy director on high-capacity transit End Beach, where family Canoe Association says it’s book about Chinese urban- “They’re experiencing the for planning at the systems — light rail, interur- waited. unclear if Martin’s feat repre- ization. same problems we’ve gone San Francisco County ban heavy rail, dedicated The 24-year-old from sented a record because there “Beijing planners are des- through in a much more Transportation Authority, busways — to catch up with Kensington,Conn.,complet- are no comprehensive perately trying to adjust to accelerated way,’’ Taylor which is forming a similar the transportation demands ed the trip in three two- records for cross-country an increasingly car-oriented said. “They know we have partnership with Shenzhen, of its 10 million residents. month segments starting in paddles. Lohan’s jail release Boise refugee garden offers fresh raises concerns of food, reminders of homeland By Tim Woodward special treatment The Idaho Statesman BOISE — Harvesting veg- By Andrew Blankstein tion violation and set a date etables from a garden on and Richard Winton for a hearing in the time it Cole Road reminds Tulashi Los Angeles Times might take to serve a full jail Regmi in a small way of life in sentence. his former homeland, the LOS ANGELES — Lindsay “More and more judges are “happiest place in Asia.’’ Lohan’s journey to jail Friday doing this very thing to ensure Bhutan, his onetime home on a 30-day hold — only to be the sheriff doesn’t release the on the edge of the released hours later — has person early,”Geragos said. Himalayas, has a guiding raised new questions about Veteran defense attorney philosophy of “Gross whether the actress is being Glen Jonas said the judge’s National Happiness.” treated differently than other actions effectively side- Business Week rated it the inmates. stepped the early-release happiest country in Asia and On Friday morn- process, which covers the eighth happiest in the ing, Beverly Hills inmates sentenced to world. Judge Elden Fox jail time but not to But Regmi’s and his fami- ordered Lohan jailed inmates awaiting sen- ly’s last memories of it aren’t without bail until a tencing. happy. They’re among some hearing Oct. 22 on “Judge Fox guaran- 100,000 ethnic Nepalis who, The Idaho Statesman/AP photo whether Lohan teed Ms. Lohan will beginning in 1985, Bhutan Tulashi Regmi rolls tortillas as he prepares breakfast for his family in Boise on Sept. 22. Regmi, 34, came should be incarcer- not receive early expelled as illegal immi- to the United States in 2009 from a refugee camp in Nepal. ated for using drugs Lohan release by setting the grants. They were given in violation of her hearing a month out refuge in Nepal. financial support. Beki Wenk said. “That’s impor- their families and get to probation on a drunken-driv- with no bail. Judge Fox is fed “In Bhutan we had every- Parham of AmeriCorps tant in their culture. They’re know each other while they ing conviction. up. Ms. Lohan is being treated thing,’’ he said. “A home, a helped coordinate volunteers vegetarians.” work.” It also appeared to be an like a drug addict on proba- cow farm, a 10-acre garden, — neighbors, Eagle Scouts, The half-acre garden pro- The garden, she said, is a effective way to skirt Los tion instead of a celebrity” an orange plantation. In Boys and Girls Club mem- vides food for 15 refugee communal co-op, with Angeles County’s early release with a drug issue, Jonas said. Nepal, we had nothing. A bers, Idaho Youth Ranch families, altogether about 70 those who provide the labor policy and keep Lohan incar- But others said Fox was tent.” workers, Boise Police. Their people, from Bhutan, Burma sharing the benefits. It began cerated for a month. The 24- treating Lohan differently They were in a refugee efforts have made the New and Chechnya. All who are with eight families tending year-old actress has twice than other defendants. camp in Nepal for 17 years Roots Community Garden a able pitch in to weed, com- the vegetables of their choice received jail sentences but “She neither presents a before becoming part of reality. post, cultivate and otherwise on family plots. New families both times served less time danger to the community nor Boise’s refugee community This summer, it was in full tend to the unending needs are added as others come and than ordered because of over- is she a flight risk,” said L.A. just over a year ago. bloom. Members of Regmi’s of a vegetable garden. go. crowding at the women’s jail. defense attorney Mike Horticulturally speaking, family and other refugees “We are all vegetarians in In June, IRC representa- Most female inmates serve a Cavalluzzi. “Those are the their timing was perfect. worked there virtually every my family (of 17, including tives from New York visited quarter of their sentence. primary criteria for either Planning was just beginning day. Now they’re enjoying his wife, mother, three the garden. But Lohan’s attorney, denying bail or setting an for a refugee garden on a field the fruits of the harvest. brothers and their children), “They evaluated it and Shawn Chapman Holley, appropriate amount of bail, donated by St. Stephen’s “In some ways it reminds so it’s very valuable to us,’’ were impressed,’’Wenk said. immediately challenged the especially given that this is a Episcopal Church. With help me of Bhutan,’’he said. “We Regmi said. “Gardens like this are devel- legality of holding her client misdemeanor.” from a diverse group of vol- used the same kind of hand “And not just for the food oping across the IRC net- without bail based on a pro- The star of “Freaky Friday” unteers, the project acquired tools and grew some of the it provides,’’ Wenk added. work. The largest is in San bation violation for a misde- and “Mean Girls” was a life of its own. same crops.” “It’s a place for them to Diego. Michelle Obama vis- meanor. On Friday afternoon, processed out of the Century The Rotary Club of Boise They include corn, toma- socialize. ited it this summer.” another judge granted Lohan Regional Detention Facility East donated $500 for sup- toes, lettuce, okra, cucum- “Some of the refugee fam- How does Boise’s rate? $300,000 bail, and she was about 11:40 p.m. Friday after plies.Tamarack Landscaping bers, peas, beans, zucchini, ilies live several miles away “It’s one of the up and able to leave jail. posting $300,000 bail. She cleared the field. The fruits and flowers. and have to ride the bus to get coming ones,’’ she said. It’s Attorney Mark Geragos was whisked out of a back International Rescue “It’s all fresh vegetables to the garden. Gardening doing very well. All we need said it was not unusual for a door and driven to an undis- Committee sponsors the grown without chemicals,’’ gives them a chance to spend to do is keep the funding judge to deny bail on a proba- closed location. garden and helps provide IRC Program Specialist Aliza time with people outside going.’’ Toy stories Forbes’ huge collection to be auctioned B Business 3 Your Business, Business 2 / Nation, Business 3 / Obituaries, Business 4 Business SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010 BUSINESS EDITOR JOSH PALMER: 735-3231 [email protected] Q&A with Larry Hall Help comes LAND to rural economies as the safer investment? Times-News While rural communities may be growing crops, a new ally may help them grow busi- ness. In an effort to help rural Twin Falls County communities with business expan- sion, relocations and new business devel- opment, Southern Idaho Rural Development announced the hiring of Larry Hall as director of the new program. Hall will work with the seven rural communities in Twin Falls County — excluding the city of Twin Falls — to establish econom- ic development opportuni- Hall ties using the tool of urban renewal agencies, according to a release from the Southern Idaho Economic Development Organization, a private, non- profit group that markets south-central Idaho to new or expanding businesses. While urban renewal agencies are being developed, projects will be identified that could draw new businesses, expand local business and build jobs. Hall now serves as a board member of the city of Twin Falls Urban Renewal Agency, and will work out of the Twin Falls offices of the Region IV Development Association. “Most of our rural communities don’t have the means to hire their own economic development person,” Hall said. “In this new position, I look forward to utilizing my skills to help each of them grow business BRIAN VAN DER BRUG/LA Times/MCT and add jobs in their communities.” Farm manager Carl Evers samples an almond in an orchard north of Bakersfield, Calif., in July. Evers works for a company that oversees farm interests for a “There has been an interest to support Wall Street investment firm. economic development in our rural com- munities for several years, but the funding just wasn’t there,” said Joe Herring, presi- dent of Region IV. “Thanks to Twin Falls Leery investors look to the original asset: farmland County who submitted the grant to the Idaho Department of Commerce and to By P.J. Huffstutter Los Angeles Times Betting the farm See RURAL, Business 3 KERN COUNTY, Calif. — As As the U.S. economy has soured, farmland prices have grown amid investor interest. investors tire of Wall Street’s Average U.S. farm real estate Farm real estate value per acre, by state roller coaster, more of them are value per acre, annual data and Less than $1,000 $2,000-3,999 $10,000 or more latest, in thousands of dollars plowing their money into land $1,000-1,999 $4,000-9,999 $2.5 Largest tax — farmland. Aug. $2.14 Few people understand this shift better than farm manager 2.0 Carl Evers. increase ever? On a recent morning, Evers 1.5 R.I. steered his pickup truck Conn. through a Central California Del. almond grove, his drawling 1.0 Not quite sales pitch at the ready. Evers is co-founder of Farmland 0.5 By Stephen Ohlemacher Management Services, which Associated Press writer runs about 30,000 acres of nut 0.0 groves, fruit orchards and wine WASHINGTON — The expiration of ’00 ’02 ’04 ’06 ’08 ’10 grape vines for a Boston invest- Bush-era tax cuts in January has sparked a Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture ment firm. Sunburned and Graphic: Los Angeles Times © 2010 MCT partisan bickering stocky, tugging down his wide- match this election brimmed hat, he talked about Average U.S. farm real estate vate funds alike are gobbling up group of firms, pool their season, and much Analysis how farmland — and the food it prices — including the value of Washington apple orchards, money and purchase parcels of of the rhetoric from produces — is the safer bet land and buildings — have Illinois cornfields and land through a corporate struc- both Democrats and Republicans is mis- these troubled days. nearly doubled in the last Louisiana sugar plantations. So ture. (Minimum investments leading. A look at three prominent argu- “You want to throw your decade to $2,140 an acre, are foreigners. In California, can start around $25,000 and ments, sorting the spin from the facts: money into something you according to the U.S. investors from countries often require a commitment of can’t touch?” said Evers, 50. Department of Agriculture’s including Spain, Switzerland, at least six years.) After pur- “Or do you want to put your National Agricultural Statistics China, Egypt and Iran collec- chasing the land —whose value money here, into soil and sun, Service. Wells Fargo, the tively boosted their holdings 2.5 historically appreciates — it is THE SPIN: into food that feeds people nation’s top agricultural busi- percent from February 2007 to usually then turned over to a Republicans warn that America faces the around the world?“ ness lender in total dollar vol- February 2009 to 1.08 million farmer or a management firm, largest tax increase ever if Congress doesn’t It’s the fourth time this year ume, said demand prompted it acres — about 5 percent of the which handles day-to-day extend the tax cuts enacted in 2001 and Evers has wandered through to increase farm lending 12 per- state’s total farmland. Overseas, operations. If all goes well, 2003, which are due to expire in January. these trees and given his spiel to cent from 2008 to 2009. U.S. and other investors are investors can receive rent, pro- “Democrats in Washington are now plot- pension fund managers, hedge- Since the recession began in snapping up tens of millions of ceeds from crop or livestock ting the largest tax increase in history,”says fund operators and hungry December 2007, financial ana- hectares of farmland in Africa, sales, or some combination of the website for Republicans on the House investors on behalf of Hancock lysts say, agricultural invest- Central America and Eastern both. Ways and Means Committee. Sen. Orrin Agricultural Investment Group. ments have easily outper- Europe. For some, there is a sense of Hatch, R-Utah, makes a similar claim in a He’s reeled it off many more formed the Standard & Poor’s Such investments generally romanticism and relief at the press release, and so does Rep. Tom Price of times over the phone. 500 index. involve a group of people who Farmland has become hot. Wealthy Americans and pri- come together in a company or See LAND, Business 3 See TAX, Business 2 So goes the center, so goes the U.S. economy
t’s hard to read this classic case of the unloved prey to misguided propa- even more dependent and lack of sustained growth week’s election results, office-holder trying to gov- ganda about a government politically beholden to the and widely shared prosperi- I and the public opinion ern from the center and takeover of the economy. far left wing of his party. ty leads to political polariza- polls generally, and not be accommodate his liberal The president’s loss of This trend toward polar- tion, which by paralyzing concerned about the col- Steven program to political and popularity is now being felt ization has been developing government leads to even lapse of the political center. Pearlstein practical realities. By most keenly by moderate for some time, aided and slower growth and even less I disagree with my Post declining to pull troops Democrats from abetted by an increasingly widely shared prosperity colleague E.J. Dionne that dynamic on the Democratic immediately out of Iraq and Republican-leaning dis- fragmented news media and and yet more polarization. this is strictly a Republican side is as much about inter- Afghanistan or fight for a tricts who were swept into a rising tide of special- This interplay between phenomenon, in which the est group politics as it is single-payer health plan or office two years ago on the interest spending on cam- the politics and the eco- “tea party” and other anti- about political ideology. bring Wall Street to its anti-Bush tide. Their defeat paigns and issue advocacy. nomics is the subject of a government zealots are in But you don’t have to look knees he has lost the enthu- in November, combined We’ve reached a point, provocative new book, the final stages of driving hard to find it in President siastic support of the with the intransigence of a however, where a vicious “Winner Take All Politics,” out experienced, thoughtful Obama’s declining poll moveon.org liberals, even as newly empowered and self-reinforcing politi- by political scientists Jacob moderates from the numbers. economically anxious mod- Republican leadership, will cal and economic cycle has Republican Party. The Obama is perhaps the erates and independents fall leave the centrist president taken hold — one in which a See PEARLSTEIN, Business 2 Business 2 Sunday, September 26, 2010 BUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pearlstein Continued from Business 1 abomination. YOURBUSINESS Hacker of Yale and Paul We saw another small Pierson of the University of example this week regard- California at Berkeley. ing the new consumer While slowing growth and financial protection agency rising inequality have established under the MILESTONES CAREER MOVES afflicted all advanced financial regulation legisla- economies in recent tion passed by Congress decades as a result of glob- over the summer. The S TONE B Y S TONE alization and new tech- agency represents precisely M AGIC V ALLEY nologies, Hacker and the kind of check on mar- Pierson find them to be kets that can even out the T OASTMASTERS more pronounced in the distribution of income a bit United States, as this by sparing middle-class week’s report on the households the financial nation’s soaring poverty hardship and ruin caused rate attests. by abusive lending prac- Conservatives like to tices while reducing the ascribe such trends to the fees and profits that might natural dynamics of effi- be earned by bankers and ciency-producing, liber- other titans of finance. But ty-protecting markets, because of the total break- but Hacker and Pierson down in comity and major- remind us that there are ity rule in the Senate, the no such thing as “pure” new agency will be run for markets, and that markets its first two years not by a Courtesy photo everywhere are shaped by director nominated by the Stone By Stone Enterprises cut the red ribbon recently at the Magic laws and regulations, cul- president and confirmed by Valley Regional Airport with the Twin Falls Chamber Ambassadors. tures and the institutional a majority of the Senate, arrangements that them- but by a special assistant to Gary Stone has begun an expansion of his 42-foot mural. His unique Courtesy photo Magic Valley Toastmasters held its annual humorous speech and selves are shaped by the the president and Treasury depiction of the Magic Valley is hanging in one of the area’s most political process. secretary. extemporaneous talk contests Sept. 18 in Twin Falls. Pictured are the important gateways. He is beginning an 18-foot addition to honor fall- Less convincing is the Whatever you might en and injured area soldiers, who have been involved in the Iraq and two winners: winner of the extemporaneous contest was Elsa Tolman Hacker-Pierson thesis that think about the appoint- Afghanistan wars. Stone’s plan is to paint a male and female repre- of Jerome, while Bill Killion, a pastor from Elko, Nev., won the humor U.S. markets have now ment of Elizabeth Warren, senting all those soldiers, and then he will inscribe the names of local contest. They will proceed to the division contest in Boise. been captured by a clever however, using this clever individuals who have died or been injured in recent conflicts. Toastmasters International meets locally at noon every Wednesday at and carefully plotted right- maneuver to circumvent wing conspiracy to screw the law will inevitably add Stone By Stone Enterprises is a member of the Twin Falls Chamber of Idaho Pizza, and every Tuesday evening at Addison West Restaurant. The organization’s goal is to help members develop speaking and lead- the American middle class. to the polarization and the Commerce. Pictured are Bill Knopp and Gary Stone. At the same time, it’s pretty paralysis and make it less ership skills in a fun and positive atmosphere. 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New York. from a key House commit- But in the three months tee. since that announcement, SALE The Ways and Means the yuan has risen less than AP photo/ Committee approved the 2 percent against the dol- Sotheby's New York legislation Friday and lar, sparking unhappiness Democratic leaders said among U.S. manufacturers the measure would be who blame the underval- taken up by the full House ued Chinese currency for this week. Supporters say the loss of millions of U.S. Forbes tiny toys will be sold in NYC the bill would protect U.S. jobs. jobs against unfair trade The House bill would By Ula Ilnytzky competition at a time of allow for the imposition of Associated Press writer high unemployment. stiff sanctions on Chinese The measure was imports by expanding the NEW YORK — The Forbes expected to win easy definition of trade sanc- collection of miniature vin- House passage, although tions to include a govern- tage toy soldiers and boats — trade analysts said it was ment s undervaluation of from kings and queens to unlikely to be taken up in its currency. luxury ocean liners and war- the Senate before the Currently, the Comm- ships — is going on the auc- November elections. erce Department does not tion block in December. However, they said the consider currency manip- The charming collectibles proposal would send a ulation under the defini- have been on view for 25 years clear message to China that tion of improper govern- in a series of dioramas and it risks U.S. trade sanctions ment subsidies for which it vignettes in the lobby of the unless it moves faster to can impose the sanctions, Forbes Magazine Fifth allow its currency to rise in known as countervailing Avenue headquarters in value against the dollar. duties. Greenwich Village. The House action comes The Ways and Means Totaling 7,500 pieces craft- as the Obama administra- passage of the bill came ed from the 1870s through tion has stepped up its after an original measure, the 1950s, they will be sold in pressure on China to make which had gained more 250 lots on Dec. 17 at more progress on currency than 140 House co-spon- Sotheby s. They are expected reform and other con- sors, was amended by to bring $3 million to $5 mil- tentious trade issues. The Committee Chairman lion. White House said that Sander Levin in a way that Among the highlights is a President Barack Obama he said would make it more 37-inch-long replica of the AP photo/Sotheby's New York pushed Chinese Premier likely to withstand a chal- Cunard Line s Lusitania This collection of toy boats which has been on display for the past 25 years in the lobby of the Forbes Magazine Wen Jiabao to move faster lenge before the World ocean liner complete with Fifth Avenue headquarters will be among the items auctioned Dec. 17 at Sotheby's New York galleries. on currency revaluation Trade Organization, the two lead seamen, a seated during a two-hour meeting Geneva-based body that passenger and five pairs of Associated Press in century that could bring Indians surrounded by a the two leaders held in New enforces global trade lifeboats. The magazine s late announcing the sale. It could $15,000 to $25,000. stagecoach and fox hunters — York on Thursday. rules. publisher, Malcolm Forbes, bring $200,000 to $300,000. Company Vice President is being sold in December. American manufactur- “By taking a stand today, paid $28,600 for it at a The assortment of tiny Robert Forbes said he and his Forbes founder B.C. ers contend that China s this committee takes the Sotheby s auction in 1983. At boats is endless, including brothers decided to part with Forbes started buying toy currency is undervalued by lead in standing up for the upcoming auction, the submarines and a Venetian- the collection to give “others boats when his sons were as much as 40 percent American workers and vintage toy is estimated to style gondola, manufactured a chance to own them,collect young. Many years later his against the dollar. That businesses and holding bring $100,000 to $200,000. in tin and cast iron by noted them, and maybe even wind son Malcolm took over the makes Chinese products China accountable for the A cast-iron French gas- German toy makers Bing, them up on a pond or pool family business — and the cheaper and more compet- manipulation of its curren- powered armored gunboat Carette, Fleischmann and and watch them go. toy-buying tradition. itive in the United States cy, Levin, D-Mich., said with zinc and bronze details Marklin. The family auctioned a A savvy entrepreneur and American products after the measure was is the largest toy in the collec- Among the toy soldiers — selection of the tiny toys four who lived large, Malcolm more expensive in China. approved on a voice vote. tion. Forty-seven inches by toy makers Britains, years after Forbes death in Forbes passions extended long, it is a replica of a 19th Heyde, Mignot and Elastolin 1990, bringing a total of to motorcycling, balloon- century battleship and the — is a rare group of 27 hand- $393,415 at Sotheby s.What s ing, sailing and collecting — Auction Notice only known example of its made Medieval mounted left — including inch-high most famously Faberge kind, Sotheby s told The knights from the early 20th Aztecs and conquistadors, eggs. Idaho Power • Co-Qwest Communications Bankruptcies - Repossessions - Lease Returns Cities - Counties - Gov. Agencies - Rea Utilities ~ Open to the Public ~ Land Trucks, Dumps, Trailers, Pickups, Autos, Construction Equip, Underground and Overhead Equipment, Shop Equipment and Supplies Continued from Business 1 (NO BUYERS FEE) that land is a finite com- meat, grains, nuts and other cent over the past decade. idea of putting money into modity. The amount of farm products are surging. When a friend launched Boise, Idaho something as tangible as arable land worldwide is Overall, federal officials Midwest Organic Farm Saturday • October 2nd • 10:00 am dirt. dwindling, while the world s estimate that U.S. farmers Management and asked him Sale Bill Fivecoat, Sales Mgr. “It s something people population is forecast to will ship $107.5 billion in to bet on a farm, Rivard Conducted Sale Site Phone 208-362-1428 understand,” said Jeff jump to more than 9 billion agricultural products over- reached for his wallet. By: [email protected] Conrad, president of by 2050 from 6.9 billion seas in fiscal 2010 _ the sec- As the country s economy Auctioneers: Rod Fivecoat, Hancock Agricultural today. That has water- ond-highest amount ever, suffered the worst decline 2250 S. Raymond St. Daryl Rhead Boise, Idaho • At Targhee Street • I-84 Exits 50-B & 52 Investment Group. The strapped countries eager to according to the USDA. since the Great Depression, 208-362-5193 / 362-1428 • FAX 208-362-0720 enterprise manages about establish secure food sup- Frustration with the stock he bought into more farms: www.a-a-auctioneers.com $1.3 billion of agricultural plies and bolster biofuel market persuaded Dr. So far, he s put $300,000 real estate for institutional production. Fast-growing Stephen Rivard to bet on into three Illinois organic investors, including public economies such as China are farms. The physician who operations, including one and corporate pension stepping up food imports to lives in the Chicago area called Two Roads Farms. Auction funds. “It s something you feed a burgeoning middle invested heavily in stocks, “My only regret so far is can touch, feel, see, visit.” class. only to cringe as the value of that I didn t invest more Investors also understand As a result, U.S. exports of his portfolio shrank 42 per- sooner,”said Rivard, 57. 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He was employed for 36-year-old lifelong resi- Sept. 25, 2010, at St. Dick is well Sept. 11, 2010, at the home of Shaw for 30 years. His truck dent of Hazelton, died Luke s Magic Valley remembered for his loving friend and com- was the love of his life. Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, in Medical Center in Dick s Donut Shop, panion, Melba Watts, where At the time of his illness, Eden. Twin Falls, follow- still influencing the he spent the last six months he was employed for Mike was born Nov. 10, ing an acute waistlines of many battling cancer. Discovery Oil. He was a 1973, in Twin Falls, Idaho, to episode. Twin Falls residents. Born March 28, 1938, in member of American Legion James Edward and Sandra Born Aug. 19, He later learned Adair, Iowa, the first born of Post 139, all in Springdale. Lynn (Stringham) Louder. Juanita Louder; numerous 1922, the second son of locksmithing and secured Irwin E. and Mary (Richter) Survivors include six chil- He attended Valley schools aunts, uncles and cousins; Kenneth C. and Lucy May many doors and vaults Perry. He was attending dren, three sons, Robert and graduating from Valley High and his special friend, Stephens Stone in Bedford, throughout Magic Valley school in Hansen, Idaho, Roger of Homedale and School in 1992, where he Cindie, and her daughter, Lawrence County, Ind., with Dick s Mobile Key and when he joined the Navy. In Caldwell, and Jeff of excelled in basketball (espe- Lexi. where he grew up and Safe. 1959, while in the Navy, he Gooding; three daughters, cially as a three-point He was preceded in death attended school. As many For many years, Dick and married JoAnn Bolyard of Theresa Wilson of Caldwell, shooter). He worked at by his maternal grandpar- fine young Americans he Virginia have been strong, Kimberly. Upon leaving the Debbie Hansen of Homedale Conida Farms & Warehouse ents, Ray and Joan served his country during active and beloved members Navy, they returned to Twin and Lisa Walker of Caldwell; with his dad and Uncle Stringham; and his uncle, the Second World War with of the Kimberly Church of Falls where he helped his ex-wife, JoAnn Eggleston Steve, and at the time of his Steve Louder what would become the U.S. the Nazarene, where they Dad farm, worked for Eoff of Nampa; siblings, Pat death was employed with The funeral will be held at Air Force as an airplane and found the strength and fel- Amalgamated Sugar, and Baily of Hansen, Phil Perry Grant & Hagan Farms. 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at engine mechanic. Upon dis- lowship of their faith. started his own hay trucking of LaConnor, Wash., Mike Mike was a friend to the Valley High School gym- charge, he married Doris Camping and fishing with business. He and JoAnn later Perry and Susan Hickman of everyone. He enjoyed golf, nasium,882 Valley Road S.in Howells of Oakley,Idaho. He his family brought him much divorced; six children were Port Angeles, Wash., fishing, hunting, trapshoot- Hazelton. Burial will be in was preceded in death by enjoyment after retirement, born to this union. Colleen Werner and Joe ing, and after work, socializ- the Hazelton Cemetery. A Doris and their youngest but his greatest joy was the He went to work driving Perry of Kimberly; many ing. Of all these, golfing was viewing for family and daughter, Dee. Their three family and the children and truck for Willis Shaw and grandchildren; seven Mikey s passion. Mike was friends will be held from 6 surviving children are the many who called him eventually moved to stepchildren; his loving an active participant in the until 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. Richard W. Stone Jr. and friend. Springdale, Ark. While companion, Melba (and her Bullets and Balls, Valley 27,at the Rasmussen Funeral Dana L. Etlin of Twin Falls A visitation will be held working for Shaw, he met caring family); and his faith- Rowdies and the Vic Home, 1350 E. 16th St. in with one daughter each, and from 5 until 7 p.m. Monday, and married his “second ful dog, Butchy. Memorial Golf tournaments. Burley. Diana Hutchison of Las Sept. 27, at Parke s Magic driver,”Mary Perrin of Iowa, Services were held Sept. He is survived by his par- In lieu of flowers, the fam- Vegas and her two children. Valley Funeral Home, 2551 the mother of seven chil- 14 in Springdale. ents, Jim and Sandy Louder ily suggests memorials be On May 19, 1973, Dick Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. of Hazelton; his paternal directed to the Valley School married Virginia Moon An additional viewing time grandparents, D.L. and District. Wixom in Twin Falls, will be held one hour prior to Earl Leland Braga enlarging his family with the service from 10 until 11 daughter, Beverly Bullock a.m. at the funeral home. Earl Leland Braga of service in 1981. York K. Corbridge and six children of Twin The funeral service will be at of Twin Falls, Idaho, During his working Falls; sons, Bill and Marilyn 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at passed away on years, Earl always HAGERMAN — sports, activities and Wixom and three children of the funeral home, followed Thursday, Sept. 16, had various addi- York K. Corbridge, dance. Spokane, Wash.,Eugene and by military honors and 2010. tional jobs from 47, of Hagerman, York is survived by LaNora Wixom and eight graveside services at the Earl was born in remodeling houses passed away sud- his wife, Arlynda; children of Twin Falls, and Twin Falls Cemetery. Gooding, Idaho, on to farming, eventu- denly at his home on daughters, Branda- Leslie and Teresa Wixom Those wishing to share Sept. 12, 1918, the ally retiring to their Monday, Sept. 20, lyn and Hallie, all of with two children of condolences and memories 10th child of 11 chil- own 40 acre farm 2010. Hagerman; and Blackfoot; and 44 grand- may do so at www.magic- dren born to Antone and west of Twin Falls. Earl and He was born Jan. brothers, Jack (Toni) children and 35 great- valleyfuneralhome.com. Mary Ann Braga Silva immi- Glenda traveled extensively 12, 1963, in Orange Corbridge of River- grants from the islands of around the United States County, Calif., the son of side, Calif., and Jon (Jolene) Sao Miguel and Pico in the and Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, Keith and Hallie Corbridge. Corbridge of Redlands, Calif. Olive Mae Lancaster Azores. He grew up on an 80 visiting three of the Azores York was raised and attended He is also survived by his acre farm east of Gooding, Islands, and taking several schools in Westminster,Calif. Aunt Grace of California; his ALBION — Olive Mae where he and his younger cruises. In the early 90s, he and his father-in-law, Olna Newlan Brackenbury Lancaster, age brother lived in the pump Earl was a wonderful hus- father moved to Hagerman, of Jerome; and many extend- 93, of Albion, passed away house as there was not band and father. Family was where they bought property ed family members and Friday, Sept. 24, 2010, at enough room in the home for always his first concern. He and planned to build a home. friends. He is preceded in Valley Vista Assisted Living the whole family. And, yes, was an avid reader of eco- On June 24, 2000, York mar- death by his parents and his in Rupert. he did walk a mile through nomics and business mate- ried the love of his life, mother-in-law,Lois Newlan. Olive was born Oct. 14, the snow that was over a rial, enjoying golf when he Arlynda Newlan. He soon The funeral will be con- 1916, in the family home in fence high to catch a school finally semi-retired, travel- became a father and finished ducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, Almo, Idaho, to George bus. During his youth, he ing and maintaining his building their new home. Oct. 2, at the First Christian Brackenbury and Estella Joan worked on the family farm home. He was very mechan- York loved the outdoors, Church, 229 E. Ave. B in Rice Brackenbury,the second and to earn extra money ical and could fix most any- camping, fishing, pool, foot- Jerome, Idaho, with Pastor of nine children. The family borrowed the family horses thing. In fact, he built his son ball and most of all, softball. John Marshall officiating. moved to Filer, when she was and worked for neighbors for a car from parts of a He could entertain a person Interment will follow in the 3 years old. She attended 37.5 cents a day (remember Cushman motor scooter, a or a crowd with his childhood Jerome Cemetery. York s Cedar Draw Elementary $5 would buy school clothes lawnmower axel, and Model memories, jokes and raw family suggests that in lieu of School and Elmwood Jim. Failing health forced for an entire year). After T steering wheel. It had rear humor. He was a great friend flowers, donations be made Elementary School and her to move to Valley Vista graduating from Gooding wheel drive with a rear to many and never knew an to York Corbridge Memorial graduated from Filer High Assisted Living in June High School, he continued mounted motor and inde- enemy. He enjoyed getting Fund, at any US Bank branch. School in 1935. She grew up 2009. to work on the family farm pendent suspension of the together with friends and Arrangements are under the on a farm by the side of the Olive was preceded in and was a member of the front wheels and could go 40 family but most of all, staying care of Farnsworth Mortuary Cedar Draw Lake, where she death by her husband, John; National Guard. He was miles an hour. He was a active with his daughters of Jerome. worked alongside her dad her daughter, Virginia accepted as a cadet in the member of the First Baptist and siblings in the fields. Morrison; her parents; United States Air Force in Church in Twin Falls. Her best childhood memo- brothers, Roderick, Jack and 1942 and began pilot training Surviving are his wife, Carlyle Hyrum Larkin ries were of the fun swim- Gerald Brackenbury; and in March 1943. He graduated Glenda; son, Larry (Ann); ming, boating, skating and sisters, Estella Lancaster and as a second lieutenant in and granddaughters, Talli GILBERT, Ariz. — his work never sledding with her siblings Lilly Ward. December 1943. During the Sperry and Brittany Carlyle Hyrum ceased, working as a and neighborhood friends on She is survived by her son, war, he flew C-47s in the Frintner; and great-grand- (Curly) Larkin was brakeman for the the lake. Olive met the real Robert (Roberta) Lancaster Troop Carrier Command in son, Austin Walsh; his born Aug. 24, 1915, in railroad, a milk truck love of her life, John of Shoshone; daughters, the South Pacific and was brother-in-law, Herb Snowville, Utah, to driver, cattle insem- Lancaster, in 1934, and they Sandra (Mike) McCoy of involved in the post war Deagle; cousin, Ramona John Larkin and Vera inator, fruit farmer, were married in Twin Falls on Elverta, Calif., and Darlene occupation of Japan. Syverson; and many nieces Stratford. He passed dairy farmer and June 27, 1936. Olive and John (Jim) Wahlgren of Albion; Earl was married to and nephews. He was pre- away peacefully in rancher. Curly had four children, Robert, grandchildren, Craig Cona- Glenda Kolb on March 19, ceded in death by his parents his home surround- enjoyed “heaven on Sandy, Darlene and Virginia. way, James Morrison, Debra 1943. He met Glenda, a and all siblings. ed with love, Sept. 23, 2010, earth” with his wife, Naomi, In 1950, John and Olive Bulkeley, Jeff Paulson, native of Nebraska,while she A service will be held at 1 in Gilbert, Ariz. and enjoyed traveling with followed the Lancaster fami- Crystal Davis, Cindy Linker was working in the Ration p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at Through their love of her in retirement, riding for ly to California, making their and Mary Crussey; 12 great- Office in Gooding and all he Parke s Magic Valley Funeral dance, Curly met and mar- the Twin Falls Sheriff s home in Manteca, Calif. grandchildren; one brother, went in for was a set of tires! Home to allow for family ried Naomi Pickford on Dec. Posse, four-wheeling with When the kids were all in George (Esther) Bracken- After returning from the members who are following 15, 1939, and were sealed for his family, doing temple school, Olive went to work bury; sisters, Violet Engel- war, they took an extensive Earl s example of traveling, time and all eternity in the work, and enjoying his 20 seasonally in the canneries. king and Della (Dale) Berg; driving vacation and delayed to return home. In lieu of Salt Lake City temple. They grandchildren, 51 great- After John and Olive retired, and sister-in-law, Glenette honeymoon for three weeks flowers, it is requested that a had four children, Bob grandchildren, and one they enjoyed traveling seeing Brackenbury. traveling to Montana, memorial be made to the Larkin of Plain City, Utah, great-great-grandchild. much of the states, Hawaii, The family wishes to Washington, Oregon and First Baptist Church, 910 Don Larkin of Sandy, Utah, A viewing will be held at Alaska, and one grand trip to extend their heartfelt thanks California. This year they Shoshone St. E., Twin Falls, Jack Larkin of Pleasant 12:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, Europe. Their biggest to all the staff at Valley Vista observed their 67th wedding or to the Boys and Girls Club Grove, Utah, and Bonnie at Bunker s Garden Chapel, pleasures in life were the Care Center in Rupert and anniversary. in Twin Falls. Metcalf Simonton of Gilbert, 33 N. Centennial Way in times they spent together Minidoka Home Health and After the war, Earl worked The family would like to Ariz. He was preceded in Mesa, Ariz.; a service in his and times spent with their Hospice for the loving care for Mountain Bell and then thank the staff at Rosetta death by his beloved wife on honor will be held at 1:30 family. Olive loved to gar- they provided to Mom. They transferred to Idaho Power Homes for the loving sup- Aug. 13, 2000. p.m. A second viewing will den and did so until the age also want to thank Jolene Company, where he worked port and comfort provided Curly was loved by all for be held at 9:45 a.m. of 92. She loved to do craft Hass, Thelma Jack and her in power plants from to Earl these last few years. his quick wit and friendly Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the projects and filled her home sister-in-law, Glenette American Falls to C. J. Strike Those wishing to share conversation. He had a deep Larkin Funeral Home, 2060 as well as that of friends and Brackenbury, for all their Dam. He was transferred to condolences may do so at love of horses, reading and E. South Temple in Salt Lake family with her handiwork. kind and thoughtful acts of Twin Falls as a dispatcher in www.magicvalleyfuneral- travel. He was a man of City; a service in his honor She sewed clothes for herself love. 1962, retiring after 30 years home.com. devotion to the Gospel of will be held at 11 a.m. and her daughters but par- The funeral will be held at Jesus Christ and the ethic of Interment will follow at the ticularly enjoyed making doll 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, See Death Notices and Services hard work. From a young age Willard City Cemetery. clothes. She was an avid at the Rasmussen Funeral reader until her eyes finally Home, 1350 E. 16th St. in on Business 5 failed her. Burley, where friends and Cheryl Lynn Quinn John passed away in 1989, family may call one hour and Olive continued to live in prior to the service. BOISE — Cheryl brothers, Keith their home in Manteca, Officiating will be Pastor send an Lynn Quinn, 67, of (Barbara), Marvid Calif., until July 2006, when Dennis Stoneman. The final Boise, passed away (Dajinja), Demi, she moved to Albion to be resting place will be at instant message :-) Wednesday, Sept. Kenny (Susan) and closer to her daughter, Burwood Cemetery in 22, 2010, after a long Morey Johnson. Darlene, and son-in-law, Escalon, Calif. FlowersFlowers make aa greatgreat impression. A Rutgers battle with cancer. Cheryl was preced- impression.University study A Rutgers shows that She left us to be with ed in death by her For obituary rates and information, call 735-3266 Monday through Universitypeople who givestudy fl owers shows her Savior Jesus parents; brothers, Saturday. Deadline is 3 p.m. for next-day publication. The e-mail thatare seen people as friendly who andgive Christ in heaven. Ricky and Jody address for obituaries is [email protected]. Death notices are fl successful.owers are Contact seen asus today Cheryl was born to Arthur Johnson; and two stillborn to send an instant message a free service and can be placed until 4 p.m. every day. friendlythat’s sure and to delight. successful. E. and Phyllis Johnson on brothers. Contact us today to send Aug. 30, 1943. Cheryl was A celebration of Cheryl s an instant message that’s married 46 years to Robert life will be held at 2 p.m. sure to delight. L. Quinn, and they had Friday, Oct. 1, at the First Thank You three children. Cheryl s love Christian Church in Burley, of life, family and friends Idaho. A private family A note of thanks and appreciation to was obvious by all who knew graveside will be held. her. In lieu of flowers, the fam- all of the friends and neighbors that
Cheryl is survived by her ily suggests donations be ©2008 husband, Robert; two made to Mountain States sent cards and fl owers and to those who
733-9292 SAF daughters, Paula (Rick) Tumor Institute, 520 S. expressed their sympathies at the passing Ketcher and Patricia (Randy) Eagle Road, Meridian, ID Otteson; and son, Michael 83642. Cremation Society of of our mother. 1563 Fillmore Street, North Bridge Plaza, Unit 1-C M. (Sandra) Quinn; a sister, Idaho is in charge of arrange- Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 Shirley Hodge; and five ments. The Doris Kelly Family EXPERTS IN THE ART OF EXPRESSIONS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho NATION/OBITUARIES Sunday, September 26, 2010 Business 5 SERVICES DEATH NOTICES One of Texas