The Measure of Things to Come
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85 / 56 SAVAGE SPORT >>> ENT. 1 BRUINS BEGIN Twin Falls High School football opens Mixed martial arts rises among TV entertainment football practice >>> SPORTS 1 Mostly sunny. Sports 6 TAMARACK COMEBACK >>> Utah investor, out of bankruptcy in 2009, says he can bring back ID resort, BUSINESS 1 FRIDAY 75 CENTS August 13, 2010 TIMES-NEWS Magicvalley.com THE MEASURE OF THINGS TO COME DREW GODLESKI/Times-News George Fleetwood talks about how the snooker tables are getting removed from the multipurpose room at the Twin Falls Senior Center Wednesday. Snooker table sparks debate at senior center rattled by recession By Nick Coltrain ers’ monopoly on the room Times-News writer — moving one table into the general area and forcing the Retiree George Fleet- second, player-owned wood walked into the Twin table to be removed so the Falls Senior Center on room can be rented out to Wednesday hoping to find help pay the bills. someone to play snooker, a “It’s sad they have to take billiards-like game. what we have,” Fleetwood Instead, the room was said. DREW GODLESKI/Times-News vacant and the tables were The heads of the cash- covered by tarps. Even the strapped center felt they Bureau of Land Management Fuels Module Leader Joanne Anderson talks about her job as she plucks sagebrush for moisture testing west of light, a blue-gray pouring didn’t have much of a Notch Butte, along U.S. Highway 93 on Thursday. in through two windows, choice — federal and state suggested the room’s payments lagged in the As sagebrush dries out, fire risk remains normal for August, BLM says emptiness. spring, landing the center Most of the people $20,000 in debt to two food By Laura Lundquist On Thursday, two BLM fuels crews rainfall, allowing managers to get a Fleetwood usually plays companies and months Times-News writer competed in a “blitz” of nine measure- composite picture of fire risk across the with are boycotting the behind on other bills, said ment sites managed by the agency’s valley. room, instead travelling to Phillip Kottraba, who took SHOSHONE — Something as simple Shoshone Field Office. Their bi-week- After six years of sampling, Valdez Buhl to play. At issue is the over as the center’s director as the amount of water in a sagebrush ly mission is to collect 10 samples of knew enough to look at Thursday’s struggling center’s board of plant can influence spending by the sagebrush at each of the sites within sagebrush and estimate the moisture directors ending the play- See SNOOKER, Main 2 Bureau of Land Management. one day and measure the plants’ mois- content at around 80 percent. After collecting moisture and related ture content. “That’s pretty low,” Valdez said. data for decades, BLM fire specialists Fuels experts Erik Valdez and Joanna “Sagebrush can hold as much as 200 VOICE YOUR OPINION have learned which numbers mean Anderson collected sagebrush on BLM percent of its weight in moisture.” The Twin Falls Senior Center’s board of directors will dedicate increased fire risk and at what point land south of Shoshone, one of their Valdez said sagebrush normally time to speak about the snooker tables at its meeting, 1 p.m. they need to beef up their firefighting lower sites. Valdez explained how the Wednesday at the senior center, 530 Shoshone St. W. resources. nine sites vary in elevation and average See BLM, Main 3 No charges filed yet for Auger Falls Fire By Bradley Guire pect, who police are not cerned, it will make a move County Sheriff’s Office is Times-News writer identifying at this time, may only if Twin Falls does. not filing criminal charges have started the fire by dis- “If Twin Falls city decides against the suspect. Questions remain over the carding a cigarette, and the to go forward with prosecut- Auger Falls Park includes final outcome of the Auger city is considering whether ing an individual, BLM will 700 acres, 550 owned by the Falls Fire investigation. to pursue criminal or civil seek restitution,” said city and 150 owned by the Multiple agencies are tak- action. spokesman Brock Astle. BLM. Nearly 85 percent of it ing a wait-and-see City Manager Tom He added that the federal was burned by the raging approach depending on Courtney said once the agency is still tallying the fire, just months after the AP photo what the city of Twin Falls police investigation is com- costs of fighting the July 22 city opened the park to the American tourists wear surgical masks during a visit to Red Square may or may not do with plete, the city will review the fire. public. information it has gathered. findings and discuss what “Those numbers still It’s unknown how much on Sunday as smog from wildfires covers Moscow. St. Basil's cathe- The Twin Falls Police kind of action to take, if any. haven’t been totaled,” he reseeding will cost, though dral is seen in the background. Department’s investigation At this point, city officials said. “The aviation loans preliminary estimates show into a suspect who may have said they believe it’s prema- cost over $10,000, but that it could be about $45,000. started the massive fire last ture to talk about possible doesn’t include trucks, month is still pending, actions. engines and support staff.” Bradley Guire may be Long, hot summer according to city spokes- As far as the Bureau of According to Capt. Tim reached at bguire@magic- of fire, floods fits woman Julie Pence.The sus- Land Management is con- Miller, the Twin Falls valley.com or 735-3380. predictions Three St. Luke’s programs find new offices By Charles J. Hanley By Amy Huddleston cially moved into a 6,500- get to an accident and there Fenderson said. Associated Press writer INSIDE Times-News writer square-foot office building. will be these little kids safe The system-compliance Huge ice island could pose Located next to the Idaho in the cocoon of the car team, tucked into a hallway NEW YORK — Floods, threat to oil rigs, shipping. With a new hospital Department of Health and seat.” where traffic flow will be fires, melting ice and fever- preparing to open in May Welfare offices on Pole Line Other stories from people light, expressed gratitude ish heat: From smoke- See Sports 6 2011, other St. Luke’s Magic Road, the building once who have been affected by for the ability to have their choked Moscow to water- Valley Medical Center pro- served as patient financial home care and Safe Kids staff in a central location. soaked Iowa and the High although those scientists grams are finding homes a services and was remodeled provided an avenue for the Safe Kids Magic Valley Arctic, the planet seems to always shy from tying indi- little closer to, well, home. to comfortably fit the three businesses to demonstrate Director Page Geske said the be having a midsummer vidual disasters directly to St. Luke’s Home Care and businesses. the need for their services in new office gives her store- breakdown. It’s not just a global warming. Hospice, Safe Kids Magic The ribbon-cutting the community, and their front a better look. Though portent of things to come, The experts now see an Valley and St. Luke’s Health allowed each department to need for the new space. she will miss being able to scientists say, but a sign of urgent need for better ways System Compliance cele- show off its new space. Melissa Fenderson, man- walk across the street to the troubling climate change to forecast extreme events brated their open house on Idaho State Police Capt. Rob ager of the home-care oper- hospital, she said, the new already under way. like Russia’s heat wave and Thursday night with mem- Storm, who has served on ation, said the new location location suits everyone’s The weather-related cat- wildfires and the record del- bers from the community the Safe Kids board for two is improved from her previ- needs. aclysms of July and August uge devastating Pakistan. and ambassadors from the years, said the work Safe ous office in downtown fit patterns predicted by cli- They’ll discuss such tools in Twin Falls Area Chamber of Kids does directly affects his Twin Falls. Amy Huddleston may be mate scientists, the Geneva- meetings this month and Commerce. work as an officer. “It puts us much closer to reached at ahuddleston@ based World Meteorological The three different offices “They save lives,” Storm the hospital and it gives us magicvalley.com or 735- Organization says — See CLIMATE, Main 2 and 47 employees are offi- said. “Oftentimes you will easier access to the roads,” 3204. Comics....................Sports 5 Crossword ....Classifieds 10 Obituaries ..........Business 5 Commodities ......Business 2 Dear Abby ......Classifieds 11 Opinion ..................Main 6-7 IDAHO SCRAPS SCIENCE TEST REQUIREMENT Community ........Business 4 Movies ......Entertainment 2 Sudoku............Classifieds 11 Students off the hook, for now > Main 5 MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Friday, August 13, 2010 BRIEFINGBRIEF- TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS Pat Marcantonio Jack Lythgoe “Master Hypnotist,” teen pro- For detailed coverage of today’s arts and entertainment all gram hosted by Boys and Girls Club of around south-central Idaho, check out our Events Calendar It’s big doings in small street dance, interpretive Magic Valley, 1:30 to 4 p.m., various gyms in in the Entertainment section of today’s edition.