88 / 50 HURDLE Four CLEARED goodbyes Sunny, warm. Broncos win >>> Sports 1 Family Life 1 Opinion 8 PLOWING MONEY INTO LAND >>> Some investors look to the original asset — farmland, BUSINESS 1 SUNDAY $1.50 September 26, 2010 TIMES-NEWS Magicvalley.com Surgeons broke every bone in Cayden Petersons 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. Edwards 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 sons 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 doesnt 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 dont produce his breathing was labored seven months of Caydens 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 Caydens life was started in his developmen- successful. tal process. But she starts to tear up Caydens 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 shes years. Cayden, their first arent 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. Shes watched her baby Petersons didnt 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 Caydens 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 doesnt have to an increase for schools die (for you) to grieve,” By Bill Roberts Nikki said, wiping tears The Idaho Statesman from her eyes. “Ive been grieving for his face. You We like the tea party, but dont dont 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 cant read did the right thing by holding off a his facial expressions any- tax hike this year. But next year a more.” different story. Heres 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 weeks 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 childs growing brain. comfortable margin. But scratch When he was 5 months beneath the surface and youll 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 Caydens airways. 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Check out our online calendar where you strations and the cutest ani- • A celebration of Idaho’s p.m., Rupert Civic Center, 624 F St., mals this side of South culinary bounty continues 800-RED-CROSS or redcrossblood.org. can submit events and search by category America make up National at the Sun Valley Harvest for specific events and dates. Alpaca Farm Days, from Festival in Sun Valley and FESTIVALS AND www.magicvalley.com/app/calendar/events/ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 3685 N. Ketchum. You’ll discover 2600 E., Twin Falls. There chef demonstrations and AGRICULTURAL EVENTS also will be alpaca products culinary trade show, a beer National Alpaca Farm Days, meet the gate, 432-5334 or establishments, 450-6430 or and fibers available, and garden with live music, beer Thousandspringsfestival.org. Sunvalleyharvestfestival.com. admission is free. tasting, a homebrew com- alpacas, kids activities, demonstrations • Admit it. We all like to petition and more. Go to and information, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Lost Marley In The Mountains’ “Harvesting look inside new houses. You Sunvalleyharvestfestival.com Shaker Alpacas, 3685 N. 2600 E., Twin the Vibes” Festival, presented by To have an event listed, please submit can satisfy that desire at the for the full schedule. Falls, no cost, 733-0555. Mountain Niceness Productions, con- the name of the event, a brief descrip- Magic Valley Builders The 18th annual Thousand Springs tinues at 11 a.m. with Community Snow tion, time, place, cost and contact num- Association Parade of Have your own pick to Festival of the Arts, continues, 10 a.m. Salutations yoga for “Winter Two ber to Mirela Sulejamnovic by e-mail at Homes from 1 to 5 p.m. share? Something unique to to 5 p.m. on Ritter Island at Thousand Thousand Heaven” at Ketchum Town [email protected]; by phone, Check out the homes online the area? E-mail me at Springs State Park, take Interstate I-84 Plaza, marleyinthemountains.com. 735-3278; by fax, 734-5538; or by mail, at www.magicvalley- [email protected]. to Wendell exit 155 and follow the signs, Sun Valley Harvest Festival, a celebra- Times-News, P.O.Box 548, Twin Falls, ID $6 for adults, $5 for seniors (62 and tion of Idaho’s culinary bounty contin- 83303-0548. Deadline is noon, four If you can’t older), and $3 for children 5-12, at the ues with harvest brunch options at area days in advance of the event. mail it, what’s Communities stand against poverty By Laura Lundquist Times-News writer 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.