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MagicValley.com T.F. officers cleared in shooting at motel Holler shot 17 times by 4 officers FATAL SHOOTINGS The shooting of R.J. Holler was the By Nichole Carnell Magicvalley.com third fatal shooting by police offi- Times-News writer WATCH videos from the cers in Twin Falls County in two years. Four Twin Falls police officers Twin Falls Police Depart- were justified in shooting and ment’s press conference. On June 30, 2007,a shooting at killing Randy J. Holler Jr. at the WinCo Foods by city police offi- Dunes Motel last March 17, Ada Officers Tim Arredondo, Nate cers Ben Mittelstadt and Steve County Prosecutor Greg Bower Silvester and Dave Frick, of the Benkula ended in the death of announced Wednesday. patrol division, and Det. Dan Logan Brizzee, 19, a suspected In a press conference at the Twin Clements, of the criminal investi- shoplifter who drew a loaded gun Falls County Courthouse, Bower gation division, all fired shots, said on the lawmen. Both officers were revealed that the four officers fired Twin Falls Police Chief Jim Munn. cleared of criminal wrongdoing. 20 shots — hitting Holler 17 times The four officers were placed on On Aug. 16, 2008, ISP Trooper — when Holler brandished a pistol administrative leave on March 18, Michael Wendler fatally shot 29- as they attempted to arrest him for according to Munn. Sgt. Charles year-old Cody Hanks during a a probation violation. Garner, Officer Dusty Solomon, of traffic stop near Kimberly, and Holler, 20, of Twin Falls, was on the patrol division, and Det. Ken ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News probation for a grand theft convic- Rivers, of the criminal investigation Twin Falls Police Chief Jim Munn, left, listens as members of the Ada County was cleared by prosecutors of any tion. He did not fire his pistol, Prosecutor’s Offices report on the shooting death of Randy Joe Holler Jr. All Twin Falls wrongdoing. Bower said. See OFFICERS, Main 4 Police personnel involved in the shooting were cleared of any wrongdoing. No end yet for well OPENING UP CANYON RIDGE closures Solution reviewed as state prepares for enforcement By Nate Poppino Times-News writer

The parties in an ongoing case that prompted state-enforced well closures last week held a “productive” meeting Wednesday morning, but still have work to do to end or reduce the closures while enforcement actions are set to begin. Former Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Dave Tuthill ruled last year that groundwater pumping in the Magic Valley had deprived Clear Springs

See WELLS, Main 2

Police investigate

Boise boy’s death MEAGAN THOMPSON/Times-News Canyon Ridge High teacher Mike Ridgeway unpacks boxes Wednesday in his new classroom. Ridgeway is one of the new Earth Science teachers and he is also as homicide the varsity basketball coach. The Associated Press Teachers moving into Canyon Ridge High School BOISE — Police say the death of an 8- year-old boy who was missing for more By Ben Botkin Magicvalley.com Canyon Ridge High School than a week before his body was found in a Times-News writer will have a public dedication canal was not an accident. WATCH a video interview with teachers moving in to the new Deputy Chief Jim Kerns said Classes at Canyon Ridge High Canyon Ridge High School. at 6 p.m. Aug. 14. Wednesday Robert Manwill’s death is an School are still nearly three active homicide investigation. weeks away from starting, but Kerns says there is no evidence the boy the new high school is already feeling like a school. The next which means that the educators on a screen. was abducted by a stranger. showing signs of life. thing will be to see the excite- were coming even though it “It’s nice to be a part of some- The child reportedly disappeared July 24 Teachers on Wednesday were ment on students’ faces when wasn’t required. thing new,” said Ridgeway, who after leaving his mother’s apartment in allowed to begin setting up their they come in.” “I’d have had them in a week formerly taught at Robert Stuart Boise. A passerby called emergency work- classrooms and settle into the Construction at Canyon ago if I could let them in then,” Junior High School. ers Monday to report a body in the canal school. About 25 teachers — Ridge is essentially done. All Dickinson said. “The excite- Kathy Dabestani, a math near Kuna at about 1:30 p.m. roughly half of the faculty — that remains is a final walk- ment’s incredible.” teacher, was equally excited – The boy was visiting his mother, who showed up to check out their through and minor tasks such as Classes begin on Aug. 24. even though her husband is a was previously convicted of hurting classrooms and begin unpack- touch-up painting. Mike Ridgeway, an earth sci- wrestling coach at Twin Falls another child, the night he vanished. ing school supplies. The turnout of teachers gave ence teacher, said he likes the High School. His father, Charles Manwill, lives in “It’s just been a whirlwind of Dickinson a clue about their building’s technology. For “I was ready to move in two New Plymouth and has had custody since activity,” Principal Brady enthusiasm. Teachers’ contracts example, images from a com- weeks ago,”she said. “I’m ready 2008. Dickinson said. “Now, it’s really don’t begin until mid-August, puter monitor can be projected to go.” Gov’t insurance would allow coverage for abortion By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar affect millions of women and over to any health insurance sold denying coverage for abortion to ardize political support for Associated Press writer recast federal policy on the divi- through a new marketplace envi- millions of women who now have President Barack Obama’s health sive issue. sioned under the legislation, an it through workplace insurance care initiative aimed at covering WASHINGTON — Health care Federal funds for abortions are exchange where people would and are expected to join the nearly 50 million uninsured and legislation before Congress would now restricted to cases involving choose private coverage or the exchange. restraining medical costs. The dis- allow a new government-spon- rape, incest or danger to the life of public plan. Advocates on both sides are pute could come to a head with sored insurance plan to cover the mother. Abortion opponents Abortion rights supporters say preparing for a renewed battle abortions, a decision that would say those restrictions should carry that would have the effect of over abortion, which could jeop- See ABORTION, Main 2

Comics ...... Outdoors 8 Dear Abby ...... Classifieds 16 Obituaries ...... Outdoors 6 Commodities ...... Business 2 Jumble ...... Classifieds 20 Opinion ...... Main 6 ROAD CONSTRUCTION BLOCKED IN NATIONAL FORESTS Crossword...... Classifieds 19 Movies...... Main 7 Sudoku ...... Classifieds 18 40 million acres affected > Main 5 MORNINGMORNINGMain 2 Thursday, August 6, 2009 BRIEFINGBRIEF- TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT “Idaho Pat Marcantonio Free wine tasting, with varieties of wines, cheeses and crackers, 4 to 6 p.m., Sun Valley Landscape: Art is in the air. • For the young athletes Deli, Sun Valley Resort, no cost, 208-622- A Different Point • Take a First Thursday in your life or kids who just 2060. of View” Artist Studio Tour from 4 to want to have fun, sign them Sun Valley Summer Symphony, features con- 8 p.m. at several Mini- up for a football camp from ductor Alasdair Neale, 5:30 p.m. doors open Cassia studios in Burley: 9 to 11 a.m. today and and 6:30 p.m. performance, Sun Valley 401 E. 16th St., 326 S. 250 Friday at the Buhl Elemen- Pavilion, Sun Valley Resort, free admission, E., 637 W.18th S., and tary School field. It’s for svsummersymphony.org or 622-5607. Springdale School at 494 E. kids in grades 1-8 and the Thursday Plaza Nights, free concert series, 6 to 200 S., which opens at cost is $20. They get a T- 8 p.m., Town Plaza, across from Atkinsons’ 5 p.m. The works vary from shirt and great fundamen- Market, Ketchum, ice cream and crepes for Evans as starting point, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun 734-7300. paintings to ceramics to tals. sale at Leroy’s Ice Cream Booth, part of profits Valley Center for the Arts, 191 Fifth St. E., TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) ID No. 48 jewelry. to Wood River Valley nonprofit organizations, Ketchum, no cost, sunvalleycenter.org or 726- Chapter of Jerome, a weight-loss support • Stop in at the Have your own pick you 725-2103. 9491. group, 10 a.m., Jerome Public Library, 100 Holesinsky winery, 4477 A want to share? Something Twin Falls Municipal Band Concert, 8 to 9:30 Idaho Landscape: A Different Point of View, First Ave. E., 420-3823. Valley Steppe Drive in Buhl, that is unique to the area p.m., historic band shell, Twin Falls City Park, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Jean B. King Gallery, Senior Health Insurance Benefit Advisory and taste some award-win- and that may take people by no cost, 735-2500, ext. 3654. Herrett Center for the Arts and Science, (SHIBA), 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Minidoka County ning organic wines. surprise? E-mail me at Magic Valley Idol contest, 10 p.m., Pioneer College of Southern Idaho campus, 315 Falls Senior Center, 436-9107 for appointment. Information: 543-6940. [email protected]. Club, 1519 Kimberly Road, Twin Falls, $10 reg- Ave., no cost, 732-6655. Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 10 to 11 a.m., istration fee prior to performance, no cover, “Idaho’s Fences,” open exhibit for local photog- Living Waters Presbyterian Church, 821 E. 733-9937. raphers, illustrators, painters and printmakers, Main St., Wendell, no cost, 737-5988. presented by Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Fit and Fall Proof Exercise Class, 10:30 a.m., Abortion BENEFITS AND FUNDRAISERS noon to 5 p.m., The Center, 314 S. Second Ave., First Segregation Fire Station, Eden, no cost, Hailey, no cost, sunvalleycenter.org or 726- 737-5988. Continued from Main 1 the Catholic bishops American Legion Bingo, 7:20 p.m. bonanza 9491. Ongoing exercise program for people with House and Senate floor votes believe,’’ said Capps, who bingo and 7:30 p.m. regular bingo, 610 W. Main First Thursday Artist Studio Tours, new and Parkinson’s disease, offered by Magic Valley on abortion this fall, a supports abortion rights. St., Wendell, $500 and $1,195 black outs, 536- varied work at several Mini-Cassia studios, Regional Medical Center, 11 a.m. to noon, prospect that many law- “Our country allows for both 6358. 4 to 8 p.m., Burley: 401 E. 16th St. (Donna Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 371 makers would like to avoid. sides, and our health plan Arbogast and Heywood Williams); 326 S. 250 Eastland Drive N., Twin Falls, no cost, 737-2977. “We want to see people should reflect that as well.’’ CHURCH EVENTS E. (Kathleen Hawkins, Nicole Maier and Billie SilverSneakers Fitness Program, innovative who have no health insur- But Senate staffers said Larios); 637 W. 18th S. (Marilyn R. Miller); and exercise program designed specifically for Baseline Fellowship’s family event, with free 494 E. 200 S., Springdale School, 5 p.m., ance get it, but this is a stick- Capps’ compromise is unac- hot dogs, games and a movie, 6:30 p.m. Medicare beneficiaries’ unique health and ing point,’’ said Richard ceptable to Republican sena- (Claudette Bray, June Carey, DeeAnn physical needs, 11:15 a.m. to noon, Twin Falls games with movie to follow at 7:30 p.m., at the Goodwin, Maize Bowers and Joan Turner), pur- Doerflinger, associate direc- tors. church, 123 K St., Rupert, no cost, 312-5092. YMCA, 1751 Elizabeth Blvd., no cost for tor of pro-life activities for For years, abortion rights chases available from each artist, light refresh- Humana-insured or YMCA members and $5 the U.S. Conference of supporters and abortion CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS ments at some locations, 678-5056. per class for uninsured, 733-4384. Catholic Bishops. “We don’t opponents have waged the TOPS Weight Support Group Chapter No. 256, want health care reform to equivalent of trench warfare Soroptimist International of Minico, noon, East FESTIVALS AND FAIRS 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. to weigh-in, 6 p.m. meeting, be the vehicle for mandating over restrictions on federal conference room, Minidoka Memorial Jerome County Fair continues with highlights: Snake River Bowling Alley, 725 Minidoka Ave., abortion.’’ The church can’t funding. Abortion oppo- Hospital, Rupert, 436-0481. 4-H/FFA swine show, 8:30 a.m., show ring; Burley, 208-678-2622 or 678-5959. accept a public plan that nents have largely prevailed, Twin Falls Kiwanis weekly meeting and lunch, a commercial and food booths open, noon to Overeaters Anonymous, 6 p.m., 109 Seventh covers abortion, he said. instituting restrictions that volunteer organization serving the community 10 p.m.; cultural exhibits and 4-H exhibits Ave. E., (red log building with cannon), Jerome, Donna Crane, policy bar federal funding for abor- and children, noon, Turf Club, 734 Falls Ave., open, noon to 10 p.m., Messersmith Building; 324-5019. director for NARAL Pro- tion, except in cases of rape visitors welcome, trent.stimpson2@sci- 4-H/FFA poultry show, 2 p.m.; 4-H/FFA rabbit Celebrate Recovery, Christian-based, 12-step Choice America, said abor- and incest or if the mother’s us.com. show, 2:30 p.m.; Inland Empire Carnival open, program to assist people with life issues, tion opponents “want an life would be endangered. Twin Falls Optimist Club, open to interested 4 p.m. to midnight; and PRCA Rodeo, 7:30 7 p.m., Twin Falls Church of the Nazarene, 1231 abortion ban in private A law called the Hyde members of the community, noon, Mandarin p.m., DePew Arena, Jerome, 324-6475, 539- Washington St. N., Twin Falls, 733-6610. insurance, and that’s not amendment applies the House, 324-3333 or chris@southernida- 0108 or 644-2251. ACTS Program, a 12-week, ongoing course neutrality at all — that’s a restrictions to Medicaid, hofreightliner.com. based on self-help, recovery and education, radical departure from cur- forcing states that cover Mini-Cassia Women’s Shelter meeting, 6 to GOVERNMENT 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., Bethel Temple Apostolic rent law. They want some- abortion for low-income 7 p.m., 123 First St., Rupert, 208-436-0987. Church, 929 Hankins Road (behind D&B thing far more extreme than women to do so with their Magic Valley Christian singles weekly gather- Twin Falls County commissioners, 8:30 a.m., Supply), Twin Falls, no cost, 731-3210. where I think the American own money. Separate laws ing, Bible study and fellowship, 7 p.m., Rock courthouse, 425 Shoshone St. N., 736-4068. public is.’’ apply the restrictions to the Creek Park, Twin Falls, 320-3245. Bellevue Planning and Zoning Commission, 7 HOBBIES AND CRAFTS A compromise approved federal employee health plan Paul Lodge 77 , 8 p.m., across from the Paul p.m., City Hall, 115 E. Poplar St., 788-2128. by a House committee last and military and other pro- Post Office, 438-5150. Wendell City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 300 Pinochle, 1 p.m., Twin Falls Senior Center, 530 week attempted to balance grams. Main St., 536-5161. Shoshone St. W., 50 cents, open to the public, questions of federal funding, The health overhaul would EXHIBITS Malta City Council, 8 p.m., Raft River Electric, 734-5084. personal choice and the con- create a stream of federal 645-2211. science rights of clinicians.It funding not covered by the “The Container Show” exhibition, with artists MUSEUMS AND PARKS would allow the public plan restrictions. Bob Dix, Curtis Kemp, Elissa Kline and Troy HEALTH AND WELLNESS to cover abortion but with- The new federal funds Passey, presented by Sun Valley Center for the Faulkner Planetarium “Sky Quest/Live Sky out using federal funds, only would take the form of sub- Arts, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., in storage containers on SilverSneakers Fitness Program at Curves of Tour,” 2 p.m., Herrett Center for Arts and dollars from beneficiary pre- sidies for low- and middle- the center’s new property, corner of Second Twin Falls, complete cardio and circuit training Science, north end of the College of Southern miums. Likewise, private income people buying cov- Avenue and Fourth Street, Ketchum, no cost, with resistance, state-of-the-art equipment Idaho campus, Twin Falls, $4.50 for adults, plans in the new insurance erage through the health sunvalleycenter.org or 726-9491. and “Curves Smart” personalized coaching, $3.50 for senior citizens, $2.50 for students, exchange could opt to cover insurance exchange. “The Rural Vernacular,” a look at people and 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Twin Falls Curves, 690 no cost for children under age 2 and a special abortion, but no federal sub- Subsidies would be available places outside the urban-dominated main- Blue Lakes Blvd. N., no cost for Humana Gold- price package for families with five children or sidies would be used to pay for people to buy the public stream, using iconic photographs of Walker insured or AARP provided by Secure Horizons, less, 732-6655. for the procedure. plan or private coverage. “It’s a sham,’’said Douglas Making things more compli- Johnson, legislative director cated, the federal subsidies for National Right to Life. would be mixed in with con- A&B water call could now be appealed to court “It’s a bookkeeping scheme. tributions from individuals The plan pays for abortion, and employers. Eventually, By Nate Poppino courts — a place A&B’s call A&B petitioned on July wrote, Tuthill didn’t pro- and the government subsi- most Americans could end Times-News writer has already visited. First 14 for one last reconsidera- vide all information dizes the plan.’’ up getting their coverage filed in 1994, proceedings tion of Tuthill’s June order, required by state law to Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., through the exchange. A&B Irrigation District were kick-started in 2007 including among its argu- appear in such orders. author of the compromise, The Democratic health officials will have to turn to when the district alleged ments the concern that the The Idaho Ground Water said she was trying to craft a care legislation as originally the courts now if they want the state failed to follow new order creates a new Appropriators and the city solution that would accom- introduced in the House and to recoup water they argue through on a previous standard for injury to a of Pocatello replied two modate both sides. Her Senate did not mention groundwater pumpers promise to manage an water-right holder and weeks later, arguing that amendment also would abortion. That rang alarm deprived them of. underground aquifer. that A&B has dry wells not the district didn’t raise any allow plans that covered no bells for abortion oppo- Gary Spackman, interim Responding to a court- because it doesn’t need new substantial issues in abortions whatsoever — not nents. director of the Idaho ordered deadline, Tuthill them, but because they the case. Spackman’s deci- even in cases of rape, incest Since abortion is a legal Department of Water denied the call in January aren’t producing water. sion this week was short or to save the life of the medical procedure, experts Resources, on Tuesday 2008. A&B officials then The district’s attorneys and to the point, noting the mother — to be offered on both sides say not men- affirmed a previous finding requested a review of his also insisted that Tuthill previous filings and then through the insurance tioning it would allow health that outside pumping has- decision, but hearing offi- effectively shrank its water concluding “that no fur- exchange. care plans in the new insur- n’t contributed to any of cer and former Idaho Chief right, which has already ther action is necessary.” “With all due respect, not ance exchange to provide the district’s problems. Justice Gerald Schroeder been decreed through the Idaho Code now pro- everyone adheres to what unrestricted coverage. The decision clears the upheld it in a recommen- Snake River Basin vides 28 days from the date way for the third of three dation in March and Tuthill Adjudication, by creating a of this week’s decision for IDAHO LOTTERY CORRECTIONS recent Magic Valley water- reaffirmed it on his last day slightly lower benchmark parties to appeal the matter call cases to shift into the on the job in June. for diversion. And, they for judicial review. Wednesday, Aug. 5 Woman named 25 34 41 46 49 Powerball: 29 The work experience and involve- Power Play: 3 ment of former Southern Idaho Wells Wednesday, Aug. 5 Regional Communications WILD CARD: Center employee Anna Save in Continued from Main 1 the North Side Canal Co.’s conditions,”he said. affected were expected to 7 14 19 21 28 Queen of Clubs accounting errors at the center Foods of Buhl of water it system and finish restoring While noting that both be in good shape — Jerome were incorrectly described in an Aug. 5 1 5 7 receives through springs in the conversions in 2010. sides seemed to be working and Wendell, at least, have article Wednesday. Save worked Aug. 4 6 0 0 the Snake River Canyon. The director and others together at the meeting, been able to rely on other for the center for six years, and Aug. 3 7 6 1 The pumpers were who sat in on the meeting Spackman said that his rights. But Wendell Mayor SIRCOMM board Chairman Tom required to file plans to said that questions still agency is still obligated to Rick Cowen said his town Wednesday, Aug. 5 Mikesell says he was referring replace the water through remain over some details of enforce the current clo- may be in trouble if things another employee in assigning 4 6 9 34 38 HB: 17 two area groundwater dis- the plan, but that the dis- sures. Employees are final- get worse; similar closures responsibility for errors. In the event of a discrepancy between the numbers tricts, and IDWR Interim cussions at least brought izing which water users threatened just this March shown here and the Idaho Lottery’s official list of winning The Times-News regrets the numbers, the latter shall prevail. Director Gary Spackman questions to the forefront. need to be directly con- affected rights with a date www.idaholottery.com 208-334-2600 error. concluded last month that Spackman said discussions tacted about stopping use of 1972 and later, and the districts failed to currently focus on the con- of the shuttered rights, he another order like that CIRCULATION maintain as much as half of versions over the recharge, said, and active enforce- would sweep up more of All delivery areas ...... 733-0931, ext 1 9,300 acres of land con- and the latter may require a ment is “imminent” — set Wendell’s rights...... or 1-800-658-3883 verted to use surface water full hearing to approve. to start within a few days or “We would have to look Circulation director Laura Stewart . . . .735-3327 PUBLISHER Circulation phones open 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to leave more water in the “There’s some opportu- even hours of his at some changes,” Cowen Brad Hurd ...... 735-3345 daily and 6 to 10 a.m. on weekends for ques- ground for the springs. nity to work here, see if we Wednesday afternoon said. NEWSROOM tions about delivery, new subscriptions and vaca- Spackman ordered more can get something done,” interview with the Times- In their newest proposal, Editor James G. Wright ...... 735-3255 tion stops. If you don’t receive your paper by than 300 water rights said Lynn Carlquist, chair- News. the districts almost recov- News tips before 5 p.m...... 735-3246 6:30 a.m., call the number for your area before News tips after 5 p.m...... 735-3220 10 a.m. for redelivery. feeding businesses and man of the North Snake “We can’t sit on our ered all of the conversions Letters to the editor ...... 735-3266 MAIL INFORMATION cities and irrigating just Ground Water District. thumbs and wait for nego- they lost earlier this year. Newsroom fax ...... 734-5538 The Times-News (UPS 631-080) is published daily less than 9,000 acres to be Travis Thompson, an tiations to be complete,” Of 17 water users who Mini-Cassia newsroom fax ...... 677-4543 at 132 Fairfield St. W., Twin Falls, by Lee Wood River and Lincoln Co. Bureau . . .788-3475 Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises. shut off starting Friday. attorney for Clear Springs, Spackman said. reverted to groundwater, Obituaries ...... 735-3266 Periodicals paid at Twin Falls by The Times-News. Wednesday’s discussions said the company believes IDWR so far has made just two refused to convert Official city and county newspaper pursuant to ADVERTISING Section 6C-108 of the Idaho Code. Thursday is in Boise centered on a plan it may be a little late now to checking irrigation rights a back to surface water when Advertising director John Pfeifer . . . . .735-3354 hereby designated as the day of the week on from the pumpers that remedy the pumping that priority over other uses, asked by the districts, said CLASSIFIEDS which legal notices will be published. Postmaster, would restore all but 1,500 has already happened this partly because irrigators Carlquist and Idaho Customer service ...... 733-0931, ext. 2 please send change of address form to: P.O. Box of the converted acres this year. make up the bulk of the Ground Water Appropri- Classifieds manager Christy Haszier . .735-3267 548, Twin Falls, Idaho 83303. year, provide for late-sea- “There may be a path rights in question. Three ators Executive Director ONLINE Copyright © 2009 Magic Valley Newspapers Inc. Online sales Jason Woodside ...... 735-3207 Vol. 104, No. 218 son aquifer recharge using forward with additional towns that had rights Lynn Tominaga. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho LOCAL Thursday, August 6, 2009 Main 3 Jerome commissioners want Jerome budget ITD to address U.S. 93 safety writers expect

By John Plestina in the valley have been given Doug McFall provided the one of two options that Times-News writer preference over this impor- Times-News with statistics would not grant the county drop in expenses tant and unsafe highway,” from an ITD study of crash- authority to levy taxes to JEROME — A fatality two the letter stated. es. The state findings show a pay for the jail, but would By John Plestina the 2008-09 budget for an weeks ago and several other The commission request- 5.5 percent decrease in the carry a higher interest rate. Times-News writer additional amount of near- recent serious crashes ed that the ITD place an number of motor vehicle The other option avail- ly $1.8 million in revenue prompted the Jerome improvement project for the crashes statewide from able to the board would have JEROME — The Jerome bringing last year’s rev- County Commission five-mile stretch of roadway 2007 to 2008. McFall said included language allowing City Council approved a enues to about $18.3 mil- Monday to ask the Idaho on its list of approved proj- crashes in Jerome County the commission to impose a tentative budget Tuesday lion. Department of Transpor- ects for 2010. decreased significantly dur- special levy to pay for the for the next fiscal year that Marchant said the tation to make U.S. “What we’ve been told is ing that period. jail, but only if a future reflects a need for an almost $1.8 million is rev- Highway 93 safer and to ask all of the projects have come There were six fatal financial crisis were to war- $883,985 increase in revenue not anticipated when when and why a five-mile in under budget. We can’t crashes in Jerome County in rant a levy. enue generated by property the council passed the stretch of the roadway in count on that but it is possi- 2008, down from 17 the Not raising taxes for the tax. But that might not budget for the current fis- Jerome County was ble (that funding might be previous year and seven in project and avoiding the translate to a significant cal year last September. removed from the state’s available),” Commission 2006. appearance of an intended increase on tax bills, “This will maintain a projects list. Chairman Charlie Howell Only one of the 30 crash- levy increase has been a according to City balanced budget for this The commissioners said. es over the three-year peri- concern of the commission- Administrator Ben Mar- year,”he said. unanimously approved a He said that leaves hope od was in the city limits of ers. chant. The council also sched- letter to ITD and expressed that the state might sched- Jerome. Several occurred on The commission voted Marchant explained that uled a public budget hear- their concern and disap- ule the project for next U.S. 93. June 21, after several months the increase showing up on ing for Aug. 24. The council pointment that the state summer. In other business, the of discussions, to send the tax bills will be minimal has until Sept. 8 to make agency has neither plans nor Howell said the commis- commission by a 2-0 vote question of funding a new because most property val- changes to the tentative funding to restructure U.S. sion hopes to meet with approved the ballot ques- jail to voters. At that time, uations in Jerome plan. 93 between Interstate 84 ITD’s director or deputy tion voters will ponder Nov. the board left unresolved a decreased by 5 percent The Idaho Code requires and Idaho 25. director. 3 over the proposed new jail. decision of which funding from the previous year due that the city must certify The letter cited the poor Frank Orth, 65, of Commissioner Joe option to place on the ballot. to economy-driven factors. the tax levy for the next fis- condition of the roadway Wendell, died July 23 and Davidson was not present Two-thirds voter Total projected property cal year to county commis- and its failure to meet state two other people were when the board voted. approval is necessary before tax revenue for the fiscal sioners by Sept. 10 and to standards, and specifically injured after a vehicle he The county is seeking the county can enter into a year beginning Oct. 1 is publish the adopted appro- refers to the Crossroads was a passenger in was permission to borrow more long-term lease for the jail $3,547,039, up from last priations ordinance by Point interchange that struck from behind while than $12 million for a new facility. year’s $2,663,054. Sept. 30. accesses the Flying J Travel slowing to turn left from facility that would replace Property tax revenue was Marchant explained Stop as unsafe and falling U.S. 93 onto 200 South in the aging jail adjacent to the John Plestina may be $2,229,539 two years ago. some new expenditures for below state standards. Jerome and was pushed into Courthouse that was built reached at jplestina@mag- The 2009-10 tentative the coming year. “We are shocked and oncoming traffic. during the early 1970s. icvalley.com or 208-358- budget calls for expendi- “We did a salary survey alarmed that other projects Jerome County Sheriff The commission chose 7062. tures projected at in January that showed a $3,865,862, a decrease significant deficiency in from last year’s total of several areas especially $4,222,055. public safety employees. In Total projected non-tax order to retain our employ- revenue, including irriga- ees we had to be able to Law Blaine Co. won’t support tion, water, the library and compete with other com- other sources, is munities,” he said of the & $18,424,553, an increase of increase in spending. Disorder... more than $1.7 million He said the city also airline revenue guarantee from last year’s needs to catch up on ... in Cassia County $16,689,803. deferred water system and The council amended streets maintenance. From July 23 police reports: By Karen Bossick Vandalism: Times-News correspondent “I can’t tell you the exact amount of The principal of Declo Elementary the commitment because it was a confidential and the janitor reported that HAILEY — Blaine someone, according to the County commissioners agreement. But I can tell you it was over a report,“had taken a black mark- Tuesday declined to pledge Smaller budget in the er and had wrote (sic) dirty support for a minimum half-million dollars.” words on a lunch table, window revenue guarantee to retain — Carol Waller, executive director of the Sun Valley/Ketchum and side of the school ... The daily Horizon Air service, Chamber and Visitors Bureau works for Heyburn writing on the back of the school despite warnings that loss used several graphic drawings of the service would be a to an airline if bookings do $50,000 minimum rev- By Laurie Welch expenses of $63,815, a and words to indicate the male significant blow to the not provide a certain level enue guarantee in its budg- Times-News writer $15,477 increase in its and female anatomy.” community’s economy. of revenue. Historically, et, said Councilman Nils building expenses and The janitor said he would “paint All three commissioners Sun Valley Co. has been Ribi, but added that the HEYBURN — Heyburn small increases in the over everything today before said there was no way they able to provide the entirety city still has to determine will hold a budget hearing executive and public any of the summer school kids could pledge the $37,000 of such guarantees. whether it’s legal for the Wednesday before works, finance, legal, fire see it.” they were asked for, given a But the guarantee asked city to pledge such sup- approving a substantially department, irrigation, Lost property: $500,000 budget deficit. for this year was substan- port. smaller city budget for the parks and building A 57-year-old Burley woman Carol Waller, executive tially increased, Waller Maurice Charlat, presi- upcoming year. expenses. Several other called the police to report that director of the Sun said, necessitating Fly Sun dent of Fly Sun Valley, The hearing will be held funds like the legislative, she lost her cell phone “about a Valley/Ketchum Chamber Valley to ask local govern- warned that Friedman at 7 p.m. Aug. 12, at economic development, month and a half ago.” and Visitors Bureau, spoke ments to commit a portion could be reduced to one Heyburn City Hall before insurance, animal control, on behalf of Fly Sun Valley of pledge support. provider — SkyWest — if the regularly scheduled garbage and recreation From July 24 police reports: Alliance, a nonprofit “I can’t tell you the exact the guarantee to Horizon City Council meeting. will remain the same. Vandalism: organization made up of amount of the commit- isn’t met. Both meetings are open to The city’s general rev- A 38-year-old Burley man report- representatives from cities, ment because it was a con- “This is an economic the public. enue is expected to be ed that his home had been van- Friedman Memorial fidential agreement,” necessity,”he said. The proposed 2009- $862,670 less than last dalized. Airport and private busi- Waller said. “But I can tell Len Harlig, a member of 2010 budget is $7,678,232 year. State revenue shar- “I saw toilet paper hanging from nesses. you it was over a half-mil- the airport authority and a compared to last year’s ing shows a decline of the trees,”Deputy Shannon She said that Sun Valley lion dollars.” former county commis- budget of $15,646,410. $81,179, a $13,669 drop in Taylor’s report reads. The man Co. was able to retain daily Waller said Fly Sun sioner, reminded the com- The smaller budget this state highway revenue, said a key to his friend’s Horizon Air service from Valley needs to come up missioners that, while Sun year is due in part to sewer state liquor revenue will Honda ATV was stolen and that Seattle, which the commu- with $250,000 in addition Valley Co. is the primary projects, which are near- dip $6,005, and state sales several solar lights from his nity has had for more than to what Sun Valley Co. has beneficiary of air service, ing completion as well as tax is expected to fall flower bed had been “removed 20 years, and daily service pledged. It has asked all valley residents benefit declining revenue. The $12,961. and thrown around the yard.” from Los Angeles only Ketchum to provide from it. city’s general fund rev- The city’s total electric The man saved the most dis- through aggressive negoti- $50,000, Hailey, $10,000; Waller said that Blaine enue will drop $1,224,785 fund went from $2.5 mil- turbing act of vandalism, possi- ations and the commit- Bellevue, $2,000, Carey, County’s lack of support and was balanced by the lion to $2.4 million and bly related to the toilet paper, ment of a substantial mini- $1,000, and the local busi- means that her group will city with a corresponding the city’s RV fund showed for last.“He told me someone mum revenue guarantee. ness community inde- have to scramble to raise drop in the city’s general a $1,250 drop. The city’s had defecated on the front step A minimum revenue pendent of Sun Valley Co. funds for the guarantee. expense fund. water and sewer funds outside his home,”the report guarantee promises that a for $100,000. “We have to come up The proposed budget reflected capital projects states. No suspects. business or public entity The city of Sun Valley with the money some way,” includes a $1.2 million that are currently in the — Damon Hunzeker will make up the difference has already agreed to put a she said. decrease in the city’s works. streets expense fund along with an $83,159 cut Laurie Welch may be in the city’s contingency reached at lwelch@mag- fund. The budget shows icvalley.com or 208-677- BID polishes parking recommendations an increase in police 8767.

By Nichole Carnell Director Melinda Anderson out in three hours. sented to the city council Times-News writer said eliminating Saturday Suggestions were made to include installation of new The Twin Falls enforcement may decrease initiate a system where meters along Main Avenue Downtown Twin Falls revenue by more than businesses would be given between Gooding and Farmers Market parking may soon have a $5,700. tags to pass out to cus- Hansen streets and a presents... different feel. Board members agreed tomers who park longer change from one warning The Business Improve- after some discussion than three hours. per month to one per year. A Canning Day with Master Preserver ment District met today to that enforcement revenue Woody Cullen, the city’s While the board was discuss recommendations losses would be compen- sole parking enforcement concerned with new busi- to be presented to the Twin sated by an increase of officer, said decreasing this nesses that may bring Peggy Candy Falls City Council later this metered parking rates from limit may have little impact additional employees in honor of National Farmer’s Week month. 25 cents per hour to because enforcement is downtown, City Council- Come and learn the pioneering art of canning and preserving Of the nine recommen- 25 cents per half-hour on difficult for one person no man, Don Hall advised that your own food. Find local growers who can supply the dations discussed by the new meters. matter what the time limit. board that changes can be board, eight were adopted “No one complained “There is only one made later on if needed. quantities you need for your canning projects. with minor alterations. about raising the meter Woody,” said Jeff Buckley, The board will meet One of the most highly price,” said Hamilton, BID board chair. again Aug. 27 to present the discussed changes that will speaking about the public Other changes to be pre- recommendations. be presented concerned forum held this month. Free Class parking meter enforce- Some concerns over the 10 am ment. recommendations made by ¢ th Michele Hamilton, co- the BID Parking 5 Bonus! August 8 owner of Scrappin’ Subcommittee included Market opens Girlfriends, said she was changing free three-hour On Aluminum Cans! 9:00 am concerned with Saturday parking for customers to meter enforcement. two hours in city lots to Door Prizes of Canning Equipment “We need to look at increase customer Bring in this coupon for an extra 5 cents something that is a win- turnover. per pound. No grocery bags. Every 1/2 hour from 10-1pm win,” Hamilton said. “I Hamilton expressed Cans must be clean, dry & free of trash. think Monday through concern with some busi- Cannot combine with any other offer or coupon. Expires 09-30-09 Farmer’s Market • North College Road Friday, nine to five, is win- nesses, specifically hair win.” salons, which may not be 114 Market St. Twin Falls For more information call 316-1292 Economic Development able to get people in and 733-9690 (Bring a Lawn Chair) Main 4 Thursday, August 6, 2009 LOCAL Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho AROUND THE VALLEY Wendell expands student drug testing Body found in state and federal funding. Random testing not just for student-athletes anymore The Wendell School Hailey identified District does not have a as local man By Blair Koch The policy also dictates that if we tested the kids in allowing the random tests random drug testing policy Times-News correspondent that students enrolled in sports than we should test will not be eligible to par- for its staff or administra- A man whose body was FFA,professional technolo- all kids involved,” Petersen ticipate. tors. found on a street in Hailey WENDELL — From gy, school clubs, academic said. “There wasn’t a particu- While no such policy is in Tuesday was identified members of the band to the clubs and any other activity Petersen said that lar incident or issue that place Trustee Charlene Wednesday as Dennis Lyke football team and thespians through the school, will be expanding the policy was happened to have trustees Stouder said not only would of Hailey. onstage, if you’re a Wendell required to sign up for the only change made to it. want to look at the policy,” she volunteer to be tested Lyke, 38, was found High School student mandatory urinalysis of “It wasn’t a big deal. It’s said Lowe. “The board felt she would probably support Tuesday morning slumped involved in extracurricular illegal substances and/or something a lot of other that if athletes are held to random drug testing of dis- over on a railroad tie activities you’ve got to take alcohol use. districts do and we all sup- such high standard then trict employees as well. in front of the Peak a drug test to play. The philosophy states ported it because we, the why not all students that “You know, I hadn’t Media Building on Spruce The Wendell School that expanding the program board, are there to look after represent our school?” thought of it,”Stouder said. Street. Board of trustees, during its is necessary for the “health the kids,”Petersen said. Lowe said that increasing “But I probably would be in Blaine County Coroner July 21 meeting, unani- and safety of the individual Superintendent Greg the student testing pool favor of something like Russ Mikel said there was mously decided to expand and others” and that “many Lowe explained that 10 per- would likely increase the that.” no evidence of physical the district’s random drug students will be able to say cent of students enrolled in cost of the program but he The expanded student trauma or foul play. testing policy to be, “for all ‘no’ to drugs because they activities will be tested didn’t know what the costs policy was immediately put “It looked like he col- high school students will have a legitimate rea- weekly.The district also has were. into effect during the July lapsed,”he said. involved in extracurricular son; ‘I want to participate.’” the option of testing all stu- He said that the cost of meeting. Mikel said he is investi- activities including Idaho Trustee Gay Petersen said dents at the beginning of the urine tests were mostly gating whether drugs or High School Activities expanding the policy was any activity season. covered through the dis- Blair Koch may be alcohol may have played a Association (IHSAA) is “mainly for fairness issues.” Students without a par- trict’s Safe and Drug Free reached at 208-316-2607 role in the man’s death. An necessary ...” “We felt it was only fair ent/guardian signature School grant, paid in part by or [email protected]. autopsy is pending. Lyke worked for his family’s business, Lyke Insulation and Garage Attorneys Doors. Paul proposes smaller ’09-’10 budget U.S. 20 road work want family By Laurie Welch $2,269,260, with a ment expenses, an enue of $142,000 is near Picabo to be Times-News writer General Fund decrease of increase of $2,130 in irri- expected to remain con- $320,210 in expenses from gation costs and the city stant. records in suspended PAUL — The Paul City the previous year. plans to spend $1,648 The city will receive All work on a road reha- Council will hold a hear- Capital improvement more in recreation and $55,500 less revenue from Probasco case bilitation project near ing Wednesday to pass a spending will be cut parks this year. It also miscellaneous and recre- Picabo will be suspended slightly smaller city $376,638 from last year’s calls for no increase in the ation this year, a $2,000 Times-News until this fall, the budget this year. budget level, and the city public safety fund, which drop in county road rev- Idaho Transportation The meeting is set for plans a $1,722 decline in is $58,000. enue and a $1,000 decline Attorneys in a civil law- Department has 7:30 p.m., Aug. 12, at Paul administration expenses. The city expects to in revenue from fees, fines suit against admitted announced. City Hall. It is open to the The city’s general contin- receive $200,000 less in and licenses. embezzler Robie Probasco The planned construc- public. gency fund will increase grant money than it did The budget shows an by his former employer, tion includes a pavement The city’s proposed $30,000 to $50,000. the year and shows a increase in tax revenue of Hamilton Manufacturing rehabilitation involving 2009-10 budget of The proposed budget $75,000 drop in its con- $8,290 and an increase of Inc., are looking into the Cement Recycled Asphalt $1,943,150 is down shows an increase of tingency and savings $5,000 for franchise rev- financial records for his Base Stabilization (CRABS) $326,110 from last year’s $24,372 in street depart- fund. The city’s state revenue. family. to increase the structural HMI attorney Thomas value of the section. High has in multiple sub- Despite expectations for poenas requested banking moist conditions in the documents from Probasco, area of Silver Creek, exces- Officers his family and a company sively wet conditions this Continued from Main 1 spent slug was found near- named Probasco spring increased soil mois- division, were also present by; and one was never Diversified Inc. The sub- ture and caused severe soft but did not fire their accounted for. poenas went to D.L. Evans spots in the road base that weapons. Bower said no shots were Bank, First Federal, U.S. is complicating the CRABS They, too, were placed fired by Holler and the offi- The scene of Bank, and Wells Fargo on process. on leave on March 19 and cers ceased fire after Holler the shooting July 27 and Aug. 2. The soft spots encoun- all officers underwent psy- was down. The press release on March 17, HMI initially claimed tered have been repaired. chological screening did not indicate if Holler’s 2009, at the Probasco embezzled Nevertheless, moist soil according to protocol, said weapon — stolen in an earli- Dunes Motel $306,030 by forging signa- conditions are still preva- Munn. er residential burglary — in Twin Falls. tures on checks between lent throughout the project All were believed to have was loaded, but did say 2003 and 2008, according leading to the decision to returned to duty by March ammunition was found in a court papers filed Feb. 12. postpone the work. 25, though Munn could not small black bag in the bath- An amended complaint The project includes confirm that date. room. Goins and Hanks had filed June 6 sets the rehabilitation of U.S. 20 “The officers involved seen Holler with the bag amount at $314,520 between Gannett Road and acted responsibly and pro- that day. Times-News file embezzled through forgery the Silver Creek bridge east fessionally under circum- Munn declined comment photo of 89 company checks and of Picabo (milepost 186 to stances which happened on details of the incident. by altering business 192) and an already com- so fast that a number of Autopsy and lab reports involved in a confrontation force is ongoing but should account records and bank pleted bridge approach slab split-second decisions had indicate that Holler had over drug money that led to be finished soon, Munn statements. HMI also seeks replacement at milepost to be made,” said Bower. methamphetamine and the theft of a cellular phone said. $10,000 in costs and inter- 187. During the suspension “We decline, in this case, THC (marijuana) in his sys- in the parking lot of the Bel That review is considered est, according to court of work the speed limit will to file any charges against tem. Additionally, a plastic Isle Apartments, 750 Sparks a personnel matter and records. be 55 mph through the con- officers.” bag with 2.58 grams of St., in Twin Falls. results will not be made Probasco in June pleaded struction zone. No other Munn called the inci- methamphetamine was Holler completed a public, he said. guilty to two counts of restrictions are currently in dent “a tragedy in our found in his clothing, RIDER program and was “The officers had to make grand theft, seven counts effect. community, but the offi- according to Dunn. released after six months on split-second decisions that of forgery, a count of com- An expected return date cers did act in a profes- Goins and Hanks told two years probation. had to be evaluated for three puter crime and money has not been designated sional and responsible authorities Holler was Warrants for Holler’s arrest to four months,”Munn said, laundering and faces sen- but advanced notice will be way.” “tweaking” — agitated from were issued on Feb. 11 after “and I think that’s a reflec- tencing on Sept. 14. given to the public. Bower said the incident the effects of drug use — he failed to attend required tion of their training and Trial in the civil case is Western Construction Inc. began when a citizen called and instructed them not to meetings and again on Feb. professionalism.” set for Sept. 25. of Boise is the contractor law enforcement to report open the door for police 19 for alleged malicious for the project. Holler after seeing a “because he would go to injury to property. “wanted” poster in the jail.” According to court records, Dietrich council window of a bail bond The black bag with the the second warrant was agent. ammunition also contained issued after Holler broke gets paid for A written news release drug paraphernalia, Bower down the front door of his summarized the investiga- said. former girlfriend’s apart- the first time tion’s findings as follows: Goins said he saw Holler ment. DIETRICH — Having Two officers went to the with a gun earlier that day, Holler also had a previous never drawn salaries, Dunes Motel on West according to the press history of possession of Dietrich’s City Council Addison Avenue and found release. Hanks reported drug paraphernalia, posses- members approved Joseph Goins and Solomon seeing “something black” in sion of a controlled sub- 99th Annual stipends Monday for Hanks in Room 2. The men Holler’s hand but believed it stance, domestic battery themselves and the mayor. were later identified as to be the small bag. and a juvenile history of Cassia County The annual pay-outs to “close associates” of Hanks and Goins were petit theft, according to cover gas and other Holler, said Ada County not charged with crimes court records. expenses for elected offi- Deputy Prosecutor related to this event, said A Twin Falls Police Fair cials will total $300 for Shawna Dunn. Idaho State Police Det. Jerod Department internal review each council member and The officers saw Holler Sweesy. of the shooting and evalua- & Rodeo $599 for Mayor Don come out of the motel Holler was originally tion of department policy in Heiken. room’s bathroom carrying placed on two years proba- relation to the use of deadly 1-7 pm - Entertainment Tues. Aug. 11th *Free Stage Gazebo Other business included a 9 mm handgun. tion for charges of grand 6:30-10 pm - Exhibit buildings 1 pm - Queen & Princess the council tabling a dis- Silvester — the only theft in 2007. According to CENTURY STADIUM 5 open Horsemanship 678-7142 6:30-10 pm - Commercial cussion of a noise ordi- officer named in the news court records, Holler was www.centurycinema5.com 2-4 pm - 4-H Bowl building open nance until a future meet- release — struggled with 3 - 5 - 7 pm - Hypnotist, 5 pm - Turkey Fitting, Showing ing and the three council Holler, shooting him in the Shows Nightly 7:00 & 9:45 Kendrick Lester Take it from SPOT... & Quality members whose terms chest. 8 pm - PRCA Rodeo Harry Potter PG 8:30 pm - John Anderson Concert expire this year all declared Holler then broke free AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE their candidacy for the fall from the two officers and In Digital Cinema The Adventure Continues Now In Digital Cinema Fri. Aug. 14th election. ran into the motel parking Wed. Aug. 12th 9 am - Beef Fitting & Showing 9am-10pm (daily)- lot. Shows Nightly 7:15 & 9:15 9 am - Swine Fitting & Showing Exhibit buildings open An officer in the parking 1:30 pm - Pari-Mutual Horse Racing Phone service G-Force PG 10:30 am - Parade lot said he saw Holler 2-7 pm - Entertainment In Digital 3-D 1-10 pm - Commercial buildings open “sweeping”his gun at him. A Fun Animated 3-D Adventure *Free Stage Gazebo repaired at 1-7 pm - Entertainment 2 pm - Round Robin Another officer reported Admission Prices on 3D Movies *Free Stage Gazebo Times-News 8 pm - PRCA Rodeo seeing Holler point his gun BABBELS CLEANERS Adults $8.50 Kids & Seniors $6.00 1 pm - Sheep Fitting & Showing Matinees $6.00 (includes 3D Glasses) “Are You Tough Enough To Wear Pink” Telephone service to the back toward the motel is doggone good at removing spots. 4:30 pm - Dog Show Times-News was inter- room, where Silvester and Bring us all the “old friends” hanging Shows Nightly 7:25 & 9:25 5:30 pm - Rabbit Fitting, Showing mittent on Tuesday and the other officer were out in your closet! & Quality PG-13 Sat. Aug. 15th The Proposal 7 pm - Team Ranch Sorting was entirely out of service standing in the doorway. Sandra Bullock in A Romantic Comedy 9 am - 4-H/FFA Livestock Sale for about two hours Wed- All four officers then fired 10:30 am - Dutch Oven Cookoff nesday morning due to a at him from three different THURSDAY ONLY Shows Nightly 7:00 & 9:45 Registration Bring In This Ad & Your Order On Thurs. Aug. 13th Qwest circuit wiring prob- positions. Transformers PG-13 9 am - Swine Quality & Breeding 1:30 pm - Pari-Mutual Horse Racing REVENGE OF THE FALLEN lem. Paramedics at the scene Thursday & Receive 20% Off. 9 am - Beef Breeding & Quality 8 pm - PRCA Rodeo The Action/Adventure Movie of the Summer Full service was restored determined they could not 11am-10pm (daily) at mid-morning Wednes- save Holler’s life and BABBELS Shows Nightly 7:20 & 9:10 Commercial buildings open day. ceased treatment. Aliens in the Attic PG The Times-News apolo- Dunn said authorities CLEANERS A Family Comedy Adventure “ gizes for any inconvenience believe Holler was shot a 228 Shoshone St. E. BURLEY THEATRE Imagine Today, to customers and others. total of 17 times. She said Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 678-5631 one bullet was recovered Shows Friday thru Harvest Tomorrow” — Staff reports from a parked car; one 733-2258 Tuesday each week! Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho IDAHO/WEST Thursday, August 6, 2009 Main 5 Otter leads state officials Court reinstates road ban in in fundraising for 2010 national forests in 38 states By Matthew Daly in San Francisco, sides with Idaho, at that time Idaho’s LEWISTON (AP) — Gov. Associated Press writer several Western states and governor, originally intend- C.L. “Butch’’ Otter received environmental groups that ed to submit the state’s more than $102,000 in WASHINGTON A feder- sued the Forest Service roadless plan under the campaign donations during al appeals court Wednesday after it reversed the so- Bush rule. But a California the first six months of the blocked road construction called “Roadless Rule” in judge reinstated the Clinton year, by far the most of any in about 50 million acres of 2005. rule on the same day Risch of Idaho’s top elected state pristine national forests. But it is not the final word unveiled the plan,leading to officials, new campaign Lawyers involved in the on roadless forests. a revision Risch said he finance reports show. Otter Little Luna Wasden case said the 9th Circuit A separate case is pend- believes will set the state The reports also show Lt. ruling reinstated the ing in the 10th Circuit apart for years to come. Gov. Brad Little collected deadline for filing campaign bill, saying it was “best Clinton era rule everywhere Court of Appeals, where “Sometimes you just get $62,934 during the period, finance reports. practice’’ for elected offi- except Idaho and the environmental groups are lucky,” Risch told the with more than $50,000 of The reports indicate that cials to shun in-session Tongass National Forest in appealing a Wyoming dis- Times-News on that total coming in during most of the contributions to contributions. Alaska. Idaho created its trict court decision repeal- Wednesday. the 117-day session of the Little and Otter came from But seven days later,Little own plan for roadless ing the Clinton roadless That tweak also kept 2009 Legislature. lobbyists, industry groups attended an event where he forests and the Tongass was rule. Idaho out of a May 28 direc- Otter leads the fundrais- and political action com- received thousands of dol- exempted from roadless “It’s up and down like a tive by U.S. Agriculture ing among the state’s top mittees. lars in donations from lob- protection in a separate yo-yo,” said Tom Partin, Secretary Tom Vilsack that officeholders even though The timing also shows the byists. Little later acknowl- 2003 decision. president of the American gave him sole decision- he has yet to officially majority of those contribu- edged the conflict between The decision by a three- Forest Resource Council, a making authority over all declare his bid to seek a sections came during legisla- his statements and actions. judge panel of the 9th timber industry group. “It proposed forest manage- ond term in 2010. tive session. Other top state officials, Circuit Court of Appeals seems to be bouncing from ment or road construction The Republican governor Some Democrats voiced all Republican, submitting reinstates most of a 2001 one court to the other.” projects in designated reported $90,305 in expen- objections to allowing cam- midyear reports include: rule put in place by The one state not affect- roadless areas in the other ditures during the period paign donations during the Superintendent of President Bill Clinton just ed by the “bouncing” so far 49 states, for the most part and ending it with $117,800 session, arguing it sends the Public Instruction Tom before he left office that has been Idaho, where a creating a one-year mora- in cash on hand. Little, who wrong message to the pub- Luna reported contribu- prohibited commercial log- state roadless rule was torium on most road- was appointed to the post by lic. tions of $3,500 and $24,000 ging, mining and other developed but due to a fluke building in national forests. Otter in January, reported Sen. Kate Kelly, D-Boise, in debt. development on about 58 of timing was submitted Though Colorado also expenditures of $19,039, introduced a bill that would Attorney General million acres of national under the federal developed a plan, it hasn’t leaving him with $43,895 have banned individual lob- Lawrence Wasden had forest in 38 states and Administrative Procedure been formally approved. cash on hand to spend if he byist contributions to elect- $7,600 in contributions and Puerto Rico. A subsequent Act. That act was first put Other states could still avail announces a bid to cam- ed officials while lawmakers more than $17,000 in debt. Bush administration rule in place in the 1940s and themselves of the process paign for the job next year. are meeting, but the meas- Secretary of State Ben had cleared the way for governs how federal agen- Idaho used to create its The deadline for the ure failed to even get a vote. Ysursa claimed $3,635 in more commercial activity cies can propose regula- plan, and Risch said he’s reports was July 31. State At the time, Little said he donations, leaving him with there. tions. surprised more haven’t lawmakers have a separate supported the spirit of the $22,663 in cash on hand. The latest ruling, issued U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R- been interested. All DOE to store 15,000 drums of depleted uranium in Utah Blizzard By Brock Vergakis torium on the waste until “It’s really frustrating. tary requirement into an Sales Associated Press writer the NRC develops new rules, Honestly, we’ve been work- absolutely legally (binding which could take several ing on this for over two license) and we would be Donated SALT LAKE CITY — years. Nuclear waste watch- years,’’Pierce said. subject to that,’’ said to The Nearly 15,000 drums of dog group Healthy EnergySolutions believes spokeswoman Jill Sigal. “We depleted uranium oxide will Environment Alliance of there’s no need for a mora- fully expect we will meet Children’s be shipped from South Utah, also known as HEAL torium. It has voluntarily any additional requirements Miracle Carolina for disposal in Utah Utah,requested the morato- asked state regulators to or regulation if they come under a contract awarded by rium. amend its license to require out with any.’’ Network. the Department of Energy. 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MAIN 6 THURSDAY,AUGUST 6, 2009 OPINION EDITOR STEVE CRUMP: (208) 735-3223 [email protected] “... the last thing any politician wants to do is cut off the opportunity for somebody who wants ... to buy a new automobile.” — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on the OPINION UOTE prospects for the $2 billion ‘cash for clunkers’ measure Q EDITORIAL Why council-manager government works — and why it doesn’t n only three Idaho cities — Twin Falls, Lewiston and McCall — a professional manager runs the day-to-day operations of government. The council-manager system survived a strong challenge in McCall TuesdayI night, but not by much. Voters in the central Idaho town of 2,600 decided not to return to a strong-mayor form of government, which is the norm in 196 of Idaho’s 199 cities and towns. The vote was 293-212. Our view: What does that mean to Twin Falls, which has oper- McCall’s ated under council-manager government since the tempestuous early 1950s? Just this: Any debate over system of governance is only as effective as those the same running it. form of city In McCall’s case, leadership has been sketchy. The government resort community lost a $5- that Twin Falls A big, fat challenge to America’s future million lawsuit to the con- uses should tractor it hired to build a s if President Obama “Obesity now accounts for nearly 10 percent winter waste storage lagoon be a lesson does not have enough on his plate, of all health care spending. The per capita cost — and then fired because A to local vot- he should tell us to stop pil- city leaders weren’t satis- of medical care for someone who is obese ing more on ours. The time Derrick Z. fied with the work. With ers, city is right for a national address is $1,429 a year, 42 percent more than interest and legal fees, it will employees to look us squarely in the eye Jackson cost McCall more than $7 and say,“You’re fat!“ for the care of someone of normal weight.” million. and office- Now, no one wants to be But that was deep in the In 2007,U.S. District shamer-in-chief, and middle of his pitch for of obesity and related risk McDonalds rank among the Judge Lynn Winmill held holders. Obama and his advisers health care reform. Our factors, including poor diet Fortune 500’s most prof- McCall in contempt because might be tempted to side- national waistline has to be and inactivity. These itable companies for trash it hadn’t paid up, and for a What do step the obesity crisis with front and center. This week, reforms will require policy food and drinks. while the city considered delicate deli diplomacy, researchers published a and environmental changes Meanwhile, 24 million you think? merely asking us to try a lit- study in the journal Health that extend far beyond what Americans have diabetes bankruptcy. That crisis was We welcome tle hummus instead of that Affairs that found that as can be achieved through and 57 million have predia- averted when 4th District pound of pastrami. But the obesity rose 37 percent over changes in health care betes, according to the Judge Thomas Neville last viewpoints crisis is now so serious that the last decade, the cost of financing and delivery.“ Centers for Disease Control. year ruled the cost was an from readers he cannot attempt to finesse obesity to the nation has Evidence of the possible When a quarter of your “ordinary and necessary” fat. nearly doubled from $78.5 imposition came in a study population has diabetes or is expense under Idaho law, on this and Last month, Obama told billion a year to $147 billion published a few weeks earli- at risk for it, that screams and that McCall didn’t have other issues. the American Medical a year. Obesity now er in Health Affairs, one that for a prime-time address. to ask taxpayers for a bond Association that the nation accounts for nearly 10 per- found that the cost of obesi- Obama is right that fighting issue. Instead, a generation needs to “invest more in cent of all health care ty hospitalizations for chil- against obesity involves of ratepayers will pay higher sewer fees. preventive care so that we spending. The per capita dren nearly doubled smart individual choices The city manager at the time, Robert Strope, can avoid illness and disease cost of medical care for between 1999 and 2005. (and I do hope he can find a in the first place. That starts someone who is obese is The money we now lose in way to finally quit smoking). was widely criticized for his handling of the so- with each of us taking more $1,429 a year, 42 percent just one year to obesity is But just as Americans need called “J-Ditch” imbroglio and resigned. Strobe’s responsibility for our health more than for the care of five times the budget of him to bluntly tell us we’re predecessor quit after losing a power struggle and for the health of our someone of normal weight. Massachusetts. It is nearly fat, Capitol Hill has to cut with the mayor. children. It means quitting “Without a strong and 16 times what the federal the fat of subsidies, impose Before that, the city manager was fired after he smoking. It means going for sustained reduction in obe- government has made avail- taxes on trash food produc- was charged with domestic battery for allegedly a run or hitting the gym and sity prevalence, obesity will able to states from 1992 to ers, and support cities and beating up his girlfriend, according to the weekly raising our children to step continue to impose major 2008 for transportation suburbs in redesigning Star-News. away from the video games costs on the health system enhancements such as bicy- streets and parks to support Lewiston’s 55-year-old manager-council sys- and spend more time play- for the foreseeable future,” cle and pedestrian paths. people who want to cycle or tem has been challenged six times, most recently ing outside. It also means the study concluded. “And It is nice that the first go out for a run and children cutting down on all the junk although health reform may family has a garden at the who want to play outside. In in 2001 when 61 percent of voters upheld it. food that’s fueling an epi- be necessary to address White House, but Obama a crusade against fat, flabby Twin Falls’ manager-council government, the demic of obesity, which puts health inequities and rein in has made no dent in farm politics will not do. oldest in Idaho, has only once been seriously far too many Americans, rising health spending, real subsidies that help challenged — in 1979. So stable is the system that young and old, at greater savings are more likely to be agribusiness overproduce Derrick Z. Jackson is a Twin Falls has had only two city managers in the risk of costly, chronic condi- achieved through reforms worthless calories and help columnist for the Boston past 39 years. tions.“ that reduce the prevalence Coke, Pepsi, and Globe. Although City Council membership regularly turns over, the professional management of Twin Falls doesn’t. That has bred some complacency, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR as the city’s recent close-to-vest efforts at a public-private partnership to redevelop a four- Response to article only News only reinforce a sense Episcopal Church declared practiced by Jesus. proves CSI’s problems that CSI’s officials don’t following the recent nation- • Biblical references no block section of downtown demonstrated so expect to have their deci- al convention “… this is longer have the power to vividly. Thank you for your recent sions scrutinized and don’t where the church ought to conform or compel. Only one-fifth of registered voters showed up coverage and questions con- appreciate it when they are. be.”Episcopalians have rec- Discerning Episcopalians for the last city election. Twin Falls residents cerning the actions of the JANE IDSO ognized that theological view the Bible in its overall take for granted that their city is running on College of Southern Idaho Twin Falls questions addressed by sci- context and not as individ- auto-pilot, and that’s a reckless assumption. leadership. No one disputes entific facts and social reali- ual texts condemning sexu- We’re just one or two bad electoral choices — or the significant role CSI plays Thomas wrong about ties regarding same-sex ality. The gospels teach us to unfortunate hires — away from the kind of tur- in our community. Still, the Episcopal Church relationships may not be eliminate barriers that sepa- moil McCall has seen. somewhat cavalier approach ignored. Legislation passed rate all human beings. If McCall dumped its strong-mayor system in to day-to-day decision- We are members of the at the convention affirms people were not compelled making seems to support the Episcopal Church at the openness of the ordina- by the teachings of the 1993 after then-Mayor Larry Smith tried unsuc- perception that rules, which Ascension and would like to tion process regarding those Bible, there would have been cessfully to fire the city administrator and take routinely apply to others, correct some bias com- relationships. Episcopal no progress in the civil over his duties — and his pay — as well as his can be bent or overlooked by ments in a column by Cal doctrine is to include not rights movement or in the own. Seventy-seven percent of McCallites voted the tight-knit CSI team in Thomas run in the Times- exclude. It follows we need continuing development of for manager-council government to take politics the Taylor Building. News on July 25. It appears to be honest and truthful equal rights for women. out of city administration. In both the hiring of the columnist and Fox News about whom and where we Episcopalians continue to Clearly, it hasn’t always worked out that way. President Beck’s daughter commentator fails to go are regarding all relation- play a major part in both Nor will it for Twin Falls if we don’t hold our and the awarding of the beyond the headlines in his ships. movements. The Bible has leaders’ feet to the fire. construction contract to pithy understanding of the • Inclusivity has nothing not changed but our matu- Starr/CTA, our community Episcopal Church and its to do with foundational rity as a faith has been is left with an impression of history of taking a measured truths set forth in Scripture. unquestionably solidified. less-than-stellar perform- approach toward sensitive Say what? The powerful How has this inclusivity ance by both elected and and controversial church liturgical tradition of our changed Mr. Thomas and appointed leaders who issues. Here are a few of his faith dating back to the First like-minded others’ rela- Brad Hurd . . . . publisher Steve Crump . ...Opinion editor should know better. The objectionable comments Century established a tionship with God? For us it refusal to answer face-to- followed by our response: method and guide to apply has not. The members of the editorial board and writers of face questions and • Church of What’s scripture in our daily lives. JERRY KEMP editorials are Brad Hurd, James G. Wright, President Beck’s testy writ- Happenin’ Now. As the pre- How we treat others is the BILL LEHMAN Steve Crump, Bill Bitzenburg and Ruth S. Pierce. ten response to the Times- siding bishop of the principal biblical lesson Twin Falls

T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OPINION Thursday, August 6, 2009 Main 7 Idaho National Laboratory is no place for mercury dump f you’re old enough to consumed by and builds up industrial operations emit establishment of a national this resource is essential. remember having your READER in fish, prompting fish mercury into the air. The mercury repository. Given the availability of I temperature taken with consumption advisories. volume emitted is relatively Compared to Idaho’s open sites across the country, a household mercury ther- COMMENT This phenomenon occurs small when compared to processes to address mer- locating the nation’s mer- mometer, you may be won- globally. global sources outside cury emissions, this federal cury repository materials dering why all the concern Toni It’s no wonder then why Idaho. Nonetheless, just decision was made without atop these porous forma- over mercury these days. Hardesty Idaho is looking into ways last week the Board of open consultation or input tions and the aquifer is an We’ve come a long way to address mercury emis- Environmental Quality from any state. obvious and unnecessary from yesterday’s mercury Because fetuses, infants, sions. For example, the voted to approve a petition Furthermore, the criteria risk. thermometers. Sound sci- and children are still devel- Idaho Department of to initiate rulemaking to for the selection of these Mercury-related issues entific evidence now shows oping, they are particularly Environmental Quality has further strengthen air per- sites and the merit of the facing Idaho are important, that exposure to mercury, sensitive to the effects that conducted numerous stud- mitting rules for Idaho’s selected sites versus all whether it is the appropri- in its many forms, can be a common organic mercury ies on the sources and largest industrial sources of other potential sites across ate level of regulation of poisonous to humans. The compound called types of mercury in Idaho, mercury emissions. The the country are unknown. Idaho sources or the long- severity of effects depends methylmercury can have operates a mercury deposi- board’s action came after Idaho and the rest of the term storage of the nation’s largely on the type, amount upon the nervous system, tion monitoring network, more than a year of work country have been deprived entire mercury stockpile. It and timing of exposure. even at low levels of expo- develops water quality and debate on this issue, all of any open and fair con- is clear that mercury merits Short-term exposure to sure. plans to improve streams conducted in an open and sideration of the best sites the attention it is getting high concentrations of Mercury can be emitted impaired by mercury, fair public forum. available. from Idaho’s leaders, envi- mercury vapor can cause as part of certain industrial issues air permits to limit Contrast this to the U.S. The INL sits atop porous ronmental groups, busi- harmful effects on the processes, carried by the mercury emissions from Department of Energy’s basalt formations and the nesses, and citizens. nervous, digestive, and res- wind, and eventually industrial sources, and reg- selection of the Idaho Snake River Aquifer, which piratory systems, and the deposited in water bodies ulates the transportation, National Laboratory in provides water to thou- Toni Hardesty of Boise kidneys. Chronic exposure where it is converted to storage, and disposal of eastern Idaho as one of sands of farms and people is director of the Idaho can permanently damage methylmercury. mercury. only seven potential sites in across eastern and south- Department of the brain and kidneys. Methylmercury in turn is A handful of Idaho the entire country for the ern Idaho. Protection of Environmental Quality.

OTHER VIEWS Revenge of Here’s what Idaho who is allowed nearly free reign to speak his mind or newspapers are present information, another who intermittently saying about ... is the object of the mayor’s wrath, one who looks the Agricrats sullen and says little, and ... Sun Valley’s one who persistently tries limate change legis- Dan Morgan to bring peace to a group lation was moving dysfunctional that isn’t getting along C along in the House well. in June when it ran into a them is that they dominate council It was embarrassing to tractorcade. Dozens of those districts.” Idaho Mountain Express, watch the mayor stop the farm-state lawmakers, led The Agricrats overlap Ketchum meeting and verbally by the blunt-talking roughly with the Blue Dogs, upbraid Council member Minnesotan who chairs the a formal caucus of moder- Watching the Sun Joan Lamb for violating House Agriculture ate-to-conservative House Valley mayor and City procedure by using a Chairman Blake Hall of Cameron, R-Rupert, shep- Committee, blocked the Democrats. They share a Council spend six hours Blackberry while the meet- Idaho Falls, as the adminis- herded a bill that essential- way. prairie-populist wariness trying to decide how to ing was underway. trator. ly put CAT under state Only after Democratic of Wall Street and allocate $75,000 or just 1 Mayor Willich proudly Medicaid’s costs have management. It means a leaders agreed to a raft of Washington, heightened by percent of its $6.1 million insists that grown at almost the same slightly larger hit on prop- changes drawn up by Rep. last year’s financial melt- budget last week was like his city clip, but the feds pay 71 erty taxes — an $11,000 Collin Peterson, D-Minn. down and the ensuing gov- watching a bad reality TV doesn’t do percent of the bill. And deductible versus a did the bill squeak through ernment bailouts. show about a dysfunc- “Kumbaya” because it provides a range $10,000 bill charged to the House, 219 to 212. Like the Blue Dogs, many tional family. retreats or of services, Medicaid offers counties in the past. It was a striking demon- Agricrats have reservations Instead of discussion, group hugs. the promise of containing It also gives the stration of agricultural about the price tag of the public saw little more He ought future costs. Department of Health and interests stamping their health-care reform propos- than pronouncements to rethink When CAT responds to Welfare authority to pre- imprint on key parts of the als, and they have fought about the positions of the that posi- Willich an ER case, it pays for an screen CAT patients to see Democratic program. That for money for rural hospi- mayor and members of tion. episode of treatment. If the if they’re eligible for may surprise those who tals and doctors. But they the City Council. If there were ever a patient has a chronic con- Medicaid, Medicare, thought the “farm bloc” have mainly been mobilized The public saw discus- group of elected officials dition, he’ll probably be Veterans Administration or disappeared sometime by a recent series of White sion displaced by postur- that needed a discussion back. The ER will repeat third-party insurance. around the end of the House and Democratic ini- ing and parliamentary about how to disagree the care and process the The state, not the coun- Eisenhower administration. tiatives that would directly procedure wielded as a without being disagree- bill. And so on. ties, will process the bills. In fact, its clout has been affect farmers, ranchers weapon to silence dis- able, this mayor and coun- With Medicaid, there’s State appointees will join reshaping — and in some and the economies of rural sent. cil are it. the prospect of ongoing or what had been a CAT board cases halting — the ambi- communities. It saw a presentation even less expensive, more comprised exclusively of tious agenda of President As head Agricrat in the about $2.7 million in ... more like appropriate options. For county commissioners. Obama and Speaker Nancy House, Peterson has cast rainy day funds the city instance, an ER patient All told, this is supposed Pelosi, D-Calif. himself as a mediator, has in the bank—an Medicaid could be transferred to a to drive down CAT’s costs A bloc of moderate-to- rewriting legislation to amount equal to 44 per- rehab center. Preventive to $19.7 million. Still, the conservative rural bring rural lawmakers on cent of its total budget. Lewiston Tribune medicine offers the chance situation leaves two ques- Democrats in both houses board. While many liberals Yet, the public heard no for reducing expenses even tions: now holds the fate of smart at his activism, Pelosi discussion about whether Which would you prefer: more. Why isn’t Idaho mov- health-care legislation in has praised him publicly for keeping the amount that Spending federal money In one of the 2009 Idaho ing more quickly to a its hands. Meanwhile, the helping pass the climate high when it’s raining to help cover medical bills Legislature’s unheralded Medicaid-sponsored med- American Farm Bureau bill. And more accommo- economic cats and dogs for Idahoans in need? successes, the state has ically needy program? Federation, the nation’s dations may be coming on is really necessary. Spending the state’s lim- moved closer to the And how much longer largest farm organization, immigration and the It saw providers of ited dollars? Medicaid-based model. will Idahoans need to pay has vowed to kill the cli- administration’s plan to services to the city ... Or even some of your Legislative budget com- Hall’s $205,000 salary to mate change bill in the help African farmers grow come before the council own property taxes? mittee co-Chairman Dean run this program? Senate. And last week, farm more food. requesting contract Therein lies one of groups forced significant Thanks to his commit- renewals. Yet, given their Idaho’s great health care changes in food safety leg- tee’s oversight of the reception at the meeting, riddles. Tell us what you think islation by limiting the Commodity Futures they could have been When someone enters a Food and Drug Trading Commission, mistaken for welfare hospital’s emergency room, ONLINE: Register at Magicvalley.com, and respond to any of the Administration’s role in Peterson was instrumental cheats in line for big he gets treatment. If he local opinions or stories in today’s edition. tracing suspected in killing a proposal by checks. can’t pay, the hospital ON PAPER: The Times-News welcomes letters from readers on pathogens back to farms. Treasury Secretary Tim The public saw the passes the bill onto the subjects of public interest. Please limit letters to 300 words. You might call these Geithner to merge it with mayor insist on and suc- county, which by law is the Include your signature, mailing address and phone number. newly empowered farm- the Securities and ceed in protecting raises source of last resort for so- Writers who sign letters with false names will be permanently state lawmakers the Exchange Commission. for city employees at the called medically indigent barred from publication. Letters may be brought to our Twin Falls Agricrats. They’re The CFTC has long been same time people in the persons. office; mailed to P.O. Box 548, Twin Falls, ID 83303; faxed to Democrats, all right. In the seen as a defender of farm- private sector are losing From property taxes, the (208) 734-5538; or e-mailed to [email protected]. House, many of them are ers against manipulation in jobs and wages. county pays a JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Voice your opinion with local bloggers: newcomers who defeated the grain markets. The It saw polarized coun- deductible.Then it passes Progressive Voice, Conservative Corner and In the Middle. On Republicans in 2006 or issue also enables Peterson cil members criticize the the remainder to the state, the opinion page at Magicvalley.com. 2008. In the Senate, to hoist a populist torch proposed budget, but which draws from a cata- Democrats have 12 of the 18 against Wall Street specu- offer no alternatives for strophic health care fund, seats in the central farm lation in derivatives and shifting money around. or CAT for short. belt and northern Great energy futures (to which Instead, the public saw In five years, CAT’s hit on Plains. ethanol prices are closely low-level grudges played the state treasury has Over the years the farm tied). out, demeaning lectures jumped 79 percent to $23.3 bloc has fought off efforts In the case of the food delivered and parliamen- million. to reduce farm subsidies safety bill passed Thursday tary gamesmanship At one time, Idaho and raise gasoline mileage by the House, Peterson engaged. seemed poised to embrace a requirements for cars and worked behind the scenes And if things weren’t Medicaid-funded medical- trucks. But this latest rise of to limit new FDA powers to tense enough, Mayor ly needy program to resolve the Agricrats poses a make farmers keep records Wayne Willich took pot- its medically indigent dilemma for the to help trace food-borne shots at the City of problem. Democrats liked Democratic Party. illnesses. And in regulating Ketchum and made clear the idea. Republicans pre- Rebuilding the urban-rural small growers and organic his personal disdain for ferred going with CAT, and coalition that enabled farmers, the FDA will now its elected officials and installed one of their own, Democrats to control have to consider the impact its operations. former Idaho GOP Congress for most of the the new rules will have on All of this took place final two-thirds of the last them. under a strained veneer century has been a major All this shows that the of good humor. achievement. Last year, 49 Agricrats are a force to be Sun Valley’s family of House Democrats were reckoned with. When the elected officials contains elected in districts carried Obama administration pro- a domineering mayor, a by the Republican presi- posed phasing out a princi- favored council member dential candidate, Sen. pal farm subsidy over three John McCain. But Agricrats years for all except the are putting the needs of smallest farmers, Peterson h is individual has been classifi ed HIGH RISK OFFENDER farmers, ranchers and rural pronounced it “dead on as a communities ahead of arrival,”then said, “We by the Idaho Sex Off ender Hundreds of kittens! Classifi cation Board. party loyalty, often to the might cremate it.” Name: “Tiki” is one of hundreds chagrin of more liberal law- Spoken like a true Charles Harrington of kittens waiting for makers. Agricrat. Address: a home at the shelter. “The good news for 500 Overland Ave. Please come and see Democrats ... is that they Dan Morgan is a transat- Unit 7 Your selection now dominate the marginal lantic fellow at the German Burley, Idaho them all. will never be better! districts,”said Scott Lilly, a Marshall Fund of the Conviction: senior fellow at the Center United States. He wrote First degree sexual assault TWIN FALLS ANIMAL SHELTER for American Progress. this commentary for The Cassia County 420 Victory Avenue “And the bad news for Washington Post. Sherif ’s Oi ce 736-2299 Main 8 Thursday, August 6, 2009 AROUND THE WEST Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho I DAHO Helicopter struck by and fines of $50,000 when I DAHO S R ECORD TROUT he appears for sentencing Judge approves lightning, 4 injured Oct. 5. MCCALL — Four people Judge Darren Simpson Smoky Canyon were injured when light- also ordered Post to under- Mine expansion ning struck a firefighting go a psychosexual evalua- helicopter in central Idaho tion before sentencing. BOISE — A federal judge while it was on the ground. Defense attorney Ron has given approval for the None of the employees of Bird says Post pleaded expansion of the Smoky Siller Brothers, Inc., a con- guilty as part of an agree- Canyon phosphate mine tract firefighting company, ment that includes a rec- into a roadless area near suffered life-threatening ommendation that he be Yellowstone National Park, injuries in Tuesday placed on probation. but an environmental evenings incident, but group is already promising they were transported to to appeal the ruling. hospitals in the region for W YOMING In a 53-page decision treatment. Yellowstone Park handed down late Tuesday The Sikorsky S64E sky- evening, U.S. District crane helicopter was on a visitor numbers hit Judge Mikel Williams said national contract with the the U.S. Forest Service and Payette National Forest to all-time high in July the Bureau of Land help fight forest fires in the YELLOWSTONE Management followed the region. NATIONAL PARK — A necessary steps when con- The incident Tuesday at record number of people sidering the expansion about 8:45 p.m. took place visited Yellowstone request from the J.R. just as the four crew mem- National Park in July. Simplot Company. bers were doing end-of- Americas first national Marv Hoyt, executive day maintenance. park hosted more than director of the Greater Idaho Department of Fish and Wildlife/AP photo They were tying the 900,500 people last Yellowstone Coalition, said Michelle V. Larsen-Williams of Pingree holds the state record rainbow trout she caught July 29 on the chopper down as high month, up more than 11 the group would appeal the Snake River upstream of the American Falls Reservoir. The fish was 34 1/4-inches long, weighed slightly winds hit the area following percent from July 2008 and decision to the 9th U.S. more than 20 pounds and had a girth of 22 1/4 inches. heavy rain and lightning. 6 percent higher than the Circuit Court of Appeals. Damage to the aircraft is previous all-time monthly Hoyt said they believe the police since June and face jail and also face felony had steadily declined in the still being surveyed. record set in July 1995. expansion violates several conspiracy charges of charges of intimidating a past four years, from 220 to This year is on pace to set federal environmental and recruiting gang members witness and unlawfully about 110 during the most Utah man convicted a record for visitors. More clean water rules. in southwest Idaho were discharging a firearm into a recent school year. than 1.9 million people Simplot spokesman arrested at the Canyon residence. McDonald says some of video voyeurism have visited Yellowstone David Cuoio said the com- County courthouse in parents can no longer BLACKFOOT — A Utah through July, up 100,000 pany was delighted by the Caldwell. Nampa private afford to send their kids to man has pleaded guilty to from the previous seven- decision and that it looked Police Chief Chris the private school, videotaping a woman in her month high in 2007. forward to continuing to Allgood says 19-year-old school to close where tuition ranges from eastern Idaho home with- Julys numbers build on mine phosphate in an envi- Maxamillion Chavez BOISE — The owner of $190 a month for kinder- out her permission. this Junes record for that ronmentally responsible Zavala and 21-year-old the only private, secular garten students to $280 a Rael Ashley Post, 33, of month of about 644,000 manner. Rocky Chavez Hernandez school in Nampa says she is month for fifth and sixth Grantsville, Utah, pleaded visitors. July is typically the were taken into custody closing her doors after 35 graders. guilty this week to one peak visitation month, fol- Police: Two after they tried to attend an years because of the econ- The school also lost a lot count of felony video lowed by August, June, unrelated court hearing on omy and competition from of its older students to voyeurism in Idahos 7th September and May. suspected gang Tuesday. charter schools in south- Nampa Classical Academy, District Court. 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B Stocks and commodities, Business 2 / Nation, Business 3 / Weather, Business 4 Dow Jones Industrial ▼ 39.22 | Nasdaq composite ▼ 18.26 | S&P 500 ▼ 2.93 | Russell 2000 ▼ 4.75 Business THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009 BUSINESS EDITOR JOSH PALMER: (208) 735-3231 [email protected] Dairy industry acts against oversupply

producer in the U.S with 1.1 billion CWT announces pounds of milk annually, will not take Dairy update part in the buyout. second largest herd “I haven’t heard of any names of gles to bring milk production in line dairymen in our area who are partici- with demand. pating in the retirement this time,”said retirement on record On Wednesday, the largest dairy Rick Naerebout, an industry represen- cooperative in the U.S. announced that tative with Independent Milk By Joshua Palmer it will pay dairymen to remove nearly Producers. “I think many of them are Times-News writer 87,000 cows, or about 1.8 billion holding out at this point.” pounds of milk, from herds before Jerry Kozak, president and CEO of Dairymen across the nation will Sept. 15. Cooperatives Working Together, which File photo begin the second largest herd retire- However, the Idaho dairy industry, Dairymen announced Wednesday that in September they will begin the ment on record as the industry strug- which at its peak was the third largest See DAIRY, Business 2 second largest herd retirement on record. Once Upon Archer Daniels Seeking a Child Midland 4Q falls franchise on weak demand The Associated Press economic downturn, as we second-hand opens in T.F. concluded a year of good DECATUR, Ill. — Archer performance overall,” Daniels Midland Co. said Chairman and CEO Patricia Tuesday its fiscal fourth- Woertz said in a statement. quarter profit tumbled Revenue fell 24 percent to 83 percent as its results were $16.53 billion from $21.78 pressured by higher corn billion but beat Wall Street’s costs, lower average selling estimate of $15.24 billion. prices and softer demand. ADM said lower average success The Decatur, Ill.-based selling prices reduced sales agribusiness company by about $5.8 billion, partly By Blair Koch earned $64 million, or offset by increased sales vol- Times-News correspondent 10 cents per share. That’s umes. down from $372 million, or Corn processing operating A mother of two children under five, Pam 58 cents per share, in the profit fell partly on higher Hill knows how expensive keeping young kids same period a year ago when corn costs, while weakening clothed can be. the company benefited from demand hurt oilseeds pro- On a recent afternoon out of the house the crop prices that hit all-time cessing and agricultural stay-at-home Twin Falls mom made an highs. services results. unplanned stop at the new Once Upon a Child Analysts polled by Full-year net income store, at 1520 Fillmore St. N., just to browse the Thomson Reuters, whose slipped 5 percent to $1.71 bil- new inventory arrivals. estimates generally exclude lion, or $2.65 per share, from “I’m supposed to be grocery shopping,”Hill one-time items, forecast $1.8 billion, or $2.79 per chuckled. “But I like this store.” profit of 45 cents per share share, in the previous year. Hill, who moved to Twin Falls from for the period ended June 30. Annual sales dipped 1 per- California, said she is familiar with the fran- “In the fourth quarter, we cent to $69.21 billion from chise brand and “had been waiting for some- felt the impact of the global $69.82 billion. thing like this, or for this store, to open here.” About two months ago Hill’s waiting was over and she’s been shopping at the store ever since. She doesn’t mind that it sells slightly used clothing and other kids’ equipment. “It’s organized and the quality of the stuff is great. Most of the clothing I get is brand name and looks practically brand new,”Hill said. Hill said she doesn’t necessarily save any money but that her dollar goes farther. “I’d probably spend the same amount somewhere else but here I can get more,”she said. BLAIR KOCH/For the Times-News Customers like Hill are driving sales at Once Once Upon a Child franchise owner Danielle Houser sorts through new merchandise at the Twin Falls store which opened in June on Fillmore Street. So far, sales are See FRANCHISE, Business 2 strong and the brand is catching the attention of new customers daily, Houser said. AP photo The ADM logo is seen on a tanker truck which carries mostly corn syrup at the Archer Daniels Midland Company plant in Decatur, Ill. Archer Daniels Midland said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit tumbled 83 percent as its results were pressured by higher corn costs, lower aver- No down time this summer age selling prices and softer demand. at some small businesses Clunker cash won’t he down time that about the effort.” customers and clients. summer usually SMALL “The feeling is been a lit- This year, especially with Tbrings has become a tle more scary than in the signs of improvement drive true recovery casualty of the recession at TALK past when you knew big creeping into the economy, many small businesses. Joyce M. clients had four programs down time has turned into Short-term car Owners who might have to launch in the new year,” something too precious to Analysis taken it easy in past years Rosenberg Whitlow said. “Now, all waste. are taking less vacation. those programs are poten- At gotoBilling, which sales may hurt ed sales taxes for cities. Instead, they’re spending five cities, spent August tially in question and you provides billing, marketing All this will help the econo- time on lining up new busi- preparing for a September have to be more intense and other services online, over long-term my grow faster in the second ness, staying in closer touch retreat attended by the about your current busi- “historically, August is a half of the year than previ- with current clients and entire staff. There’ll likely ness interactions and your slow month,”said CEO By Jeannine Aversa ously forecast. Yet the rebates putting their budgets be no retreat this year new business develop- Steve Roderick. “This is a Associated Press writer will also steal economic together. At some compa- because of the economy. ment.” little different from nor- growth from the future: They nies, employees are also August has also been a The slow days of July and mal.” WASHINGTON — The make car sales happen now working at a stepped-up big vacation time at August have always given So his Bozeman, Mont.- popular “cash-for-clunkers” that would have been made pace. CRT/Tanaka. Not this small business owners an based company is “using program may be a well-timed later anyway. The summer is usually month, though. Staffers are opportunity to tackle some August for planning, set- shot of adrenaline for the “Cash for clunkers,” soon slow in the public relations taking less time off as the of the chores that may get a ting goals over the next five economy, but it’s not a pre- to be a $3 billion program business, but at company aggressively seeks lower priority the rest of years,”Roderick said. He’s scription for a lasting recov- after an expected extension CRT/Tanaka, a Richmond, new clients as other busi- the year, such as installing also working on ery. from Congress, comes at a Va.-based firm, “we’ve got nesses do their own strate- new software, painting the gotoBilling’s budget, deter- The federal rebates of up to critical time for the economy. an all hands on deck men- gic planning for 2010. office or writing employee mining where the company $4,500 to drivers who trade in Recent data suggest the tality,”Executive Vice “Team members are manuals. And even in the can spend money and a gas guzzler for a more fuel- country is finally emerging President Michael Whitlow going over lists of prospects best of times, many are also where it’s able to cut efficient vehicle are steering from the worst recession said. and going after them,” doing strategic planning, expenses. cash to car dealers, giving a since World War II. In the past, the company, Whitlow said. “Everyone working on their budgets boost to troubled automakers which has 75 employees in feels a certain intensiveness and prospecting for new See SUMMER, Business 2 and generating much-need- See CLUNKER, Business 2

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NYSE AMEX NASDAQ August 5, 2009 10,000 MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) &QY,QPGU 9,000 The Dow fell 39.22, or 0.4 percent, to Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg KPFWUVTKCNU 8,000 9,280.97.The broader Standard & Poor’s Citigrp 21209024 3.58 +.33 InovioBio 162605 2.49 +.34 PwShs QQQ1063037 39.73 -.31 7,000 500 index fell 2.93, or 0.3 percent, to BkofAm 4726978 16.66 +1.02 PSCrudeDL 122546 4.98 +.08 Cisco 685560 22.17 -.27 -39.22 1,002.72, while the Nasdaq composite CIT Gp 2890312 1.39 +.38 Hemisphrx 78932 2.16 +.07 Intel 589024 18.86 -.32 6,000 SPDR 1716286 100.41 -.29 EldorGld g 32097 10.68 +.21 Microsoft 523332 23.81 +.04 9,280.97 A M J J A index fell 18.26, or 0.9 percent, to SPDR Fncl 1613346 14.08 +.47 GoldStr g 26459 2.61 +.09 Yahoo 492285 14.67 +.16 1,993.05. Pct. change from previous: -0.42% High 9,318.08 Low 9,206.45 Analysts said the drop in stocks was wel- GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) come because building on gains in a step- Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg August 5, 2009 2,000 like fashion is more sustainable than a RadianGrp 6.72 +3.05 +83.1 DeerfCap rs 6.30 +1.70 +37.0 Cardtronic 6.87 +2.32 +51.0 1,800 AIntlGp rs 22.00 +8.48 +62.7 UQM Tech 5.12 +1.22 +31.3 MoSys 2.24 +.58 +34.9 0CUFCS surge without breaks. AmAxle 3.75 +1.14 +43.7 InovioBio 2.49 +.34 +15.8 WuhanGen 4.00 +.97 +32.0 EQORQUKVG 1,600 In other trading, the dollar was mixed CIT Gp pfC 6.72 +1.71 +34.1 CoffeeH 4.75 +.58 +13.9 CT BkTr 5.50 +1.33 +31.9 1,400 against other major currencies and gold AnthCa pfC 2.41 +.51 +26.8 Banro g 2.34 +.22 +10.4 SciClone 4.32 +.91 +26.7 -18.26 1,200 fell. 1,000 LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) The Russell 2000 index of smaller compa- 1,993.05 A M J J A Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg nies fell 4.75, or 0.8 percent, to 565.99. Bowne 6.72 -1.37 -16.9 InvCapHld 2.51 -.37 -12.8 CentrlBcp 5.60 -2.35 -29.6 Pct. change from previous: -0.91% High2,014.45 Low 1,980.68 Falling stocks outnumbered those that rose AmOriBio 5.20 -1.04 -16.7 ZionO&G wt 4.75 -.55 -10.4 BigBand 4.38 -1.22 -21.8 8-to-7 on the New York Mercantile EngySvcs 2.95 -.26 -8.1 AmCapLtd 3.02 -.59 -16.3 DolanMda 11.52 -2.28 -16.5 August 5, 2009 1,200 Exchange, where consolidated volume GtPlns pfD 59.00 -10.52 -15.1 UnvSecInst 5.19 -.44 -7.8 DivX 5.49 -1.03 -15.8 1,100 MLSel10 7-12 3.67 -.53 -12.6 PSBMetDS 23.99 -1.93 -7.4 PathBcp 6.13 -1.12 -15.4 came to 7.7 billion shares, compared with 5VCPFCTF 1,000 5.8 billion Tuesday. DIARY DIARY DIARY 2QQT¶U 900 Overseas markets slid. Britain’s FTSE 100 800 Advanced 1,419 Advanced 262 Advanced 991 fell 0.5 percent, Germany’s DAX index lost -2.93 700 Declined 1,647 Declined 272 Declined 1,709 1.2 percent, and France’s CAC-40 shed 0.5 Unchanged 103 Unchanged 63 600 Unchanged 117 A M J J A Total issues 3,169 Total issues 597 Total issues 2,817 1,002.72 percent. Japan’s Nikkei stock average New Highs 149 New Highs 15 New Highs 62 Pct. change from previous: -0.29% High 1,006.64 Low 994.31 ended down 1.2 percent. New Lows 5 New Lows 2 New Lows 5 Volume 7,683,823,901 Volume 154,111,151 Volume 2,334,213,576 SOURCE: SunGard AP

INDEXES 11,867.11 6,469.95 Dow Jones Industrials 9,280.97 -39.22 -.42 +5.75 -20.38 5,293.41 2,134.21 Dow Jones Transportation 3,644.22 -32.42 -.88 +3.03 -28.81 Signs show slow start on back-to-school sales 486.64 288.66 Dow Jones Utilities 367.44 -3.13 -.84 -.90 -21.24 8,524.20 4,181.75 NYSE Composite 6,558.19 -10.95 -.17 +13.92 -22.86 The Associated Press foggy picture.” shoppers appear to be delaying 2,161.55 1,130.47 Amex Index 1,718.96 -5.87 -.34 +23.00 -19.59 The sluggish start is expected to their purchases, Morris said, even 2,473.20 1,265.52 Nasdaq Composite 1,993.05 -18.26 -.91 +26.38 -16.20 1,313.15 666.79 S&P 500 1,002.72 -2.93 -.29 +11.01 -22.22 NEW YORK — It’s still early, but show up in retailers’ July sales though back-to-school marketing 13,382.96 6,772.29 Wilshire 5000 10,343.50 -23.50 -.23 +13.83 -21.25 analysts’ grades already are coming reports, to be released Thursday, as began in mid-July. That will make 764.38 342.59 Russell 2000 565.99 -4.75 -.83 +13.32 -22.03 in: the back-to-school shopping job worries heighten. it difficult for retailers to reorder season is off to a lousy start. By the end of July, sales of items popular items. TOCKS OF OCAL NTEREST S L I “Back-to-school selling hasn’t like jeans and other back-to- Craig R. Johnson, president of AlliantEgy 1.50 11 26.17 -.20 -10.3 Kaman .56 15 19.17 -.46 +5.7 really started yet,” said John school merchandise usually have Customer Growth Partners, a AlliantTch ... 18 78.98 -.36 -7.9 Keycorp .04 ... 6.41 -.09 -24.8 AmCasino .42 ... 17.91 -2.24 +107.3 LeeEnt h ...... 1.66 +.11 +304.9 Morris, BMO Capital Markets started kicking in. But this year, it retail consultancy, described the Aon Corp .60 21 40.14 +.24 -12.1 MicronT ...... 6.74 -.02 +155.3 analyst, based on recent conver- won’t be until the third or fourth season so far as “late and lousy.” BallardPw ...... 1.83 -.07 +61.9 OfficeMax ...... 10.05 -.22 +31.5 sations he’s had with store exec- week of August before stores have a He added, “Shoppers are still BkofAm .04 45 16.66 +1.02 +18.3 RockTen .40 10 45.83 -.01 +34.1 utives. “Retailers have a very sense of the best sellers because holding back.” ConAgra .76 9 19.65 -.10 +19.1 Sensient .76 13 25.37 -.04 +6.2 Costco .72 19 49.06 -.42 -6.6 SkyWest .16 8 13.34 +.30 -28.3 Diebold 1.04 25 30.66 -.62 +9.1 Teradyn ...... 8.20 -.09 +94.3 DukeEngy .96f 16 15.33 -.25 +2.1 Tuppwre .88 14 32.99 -1.07 +45.3 2008 as global and domestic tion, the CME reported that Class DukeRlty .68m 44 10.56 +.52 -3.6 US Bancrp .20 27 22.79 +1.09 -8.9 Fastenal .74f 24 36.57 -1.05 +4.9 Valhi .40 ... 11.99 -.56 +12.1 economies afforded more dairy III Milk futures for August lost Heinz 1.68f 13 38.06 -.34 +1.2 WalMart 1.09 14 49.20 -.65 -12.2 Dairy products. 5 cents per hundredweight, clos- HewlettP .32 13 43.26 -.16 +19.2 WashFed .20 ... 14.89 +.03 -.5 Continued from Business 1 However, Class III milk futures ing at $10.91. HomeDp .90 18 26.33 +.04 +14.4 WellsFargo .20 36 28.02 +1.52 -5.0 Idacorp 1.20 13 27.80 -.12 -5.6 ZionBcp .04m ... 15.20 +.05 -38.0 is based in Arlington, Va., said the — an indicator of prices that will Idaho dairymen say they need a cooperative accepted 294 bids be paid to milk producers in com- minimum of $13 per hundred- from dairymen for the third herd ing months — are showing signs of weight to break even. For almost a HOW TO READ THE REPORT retirement in the last nine months. continued oversupply. year, most dairymen in south- Name: Stocks are listed alphabetically by the company’s full name (not its abbrevia- By Sept. 15, the CWT will have Naerebout said the market was central Idaho have been burning tion). Company names made up of initials appear at the beginning of each letters’ list. sent nearly 240,000 dairy cows to looking for a larger buyout. through equity to stay afloat. Div: Current annual dividend rate paid on stock, based on latest quarterly or semiannu- al declaration, unless otherwise footnoted. slaughter in an attempt to stem the “This is entirely a supply and On Monday, CWT field auditors Last: Price stock was trading at when exchange closed for the day. decline in milk prices. demand issue,” Dave Kurzawski, will begin visiting the 294 farms Chg: Loss or gain for the day. No change indicated by ... mark. And more buyouts could be on an analyst with Downes-O’Neill whose bids were accepted, check- Fund Name: Name of mutual fund and family. the way. in Chicago, said. “We had too ing milk production records, Sell: Net asset value, or price at which fund could be sold. Chg: Daily net change in the NAV. “The CWT stands ready to con- much milk a year ago and we made inspecting herds and tagging cows duct yet additional herd retire- a lot of cheese with that milk. for slaughter. Stock Footnotes: cc – PE greater than 99. dd – Loss in last 12 mos. d – New 52-wk low during trading day. g – Dividend in Canadian $. Stock price in U.S.$. n – New issue in ments later this year in order to Then demand slowed, and our According to a statement by the past 52 wks. q – Closed-end mutual fund; no PE calculated. s – Split or stock dividend of help address the severe supply- export numbers started to fall. The CWT, all farmers will be notified if 25 pct or more in last 52 wks. Div begins with date of split or stock dividend. u – New 52- wk high during trading day. v – Trading halted on primary market. Unless noted, dividend demand imbalance,” Kozak said. market went from never having their bid was accepted by Aug. 31. rates are annual disbursements based on last declaration. pf – Preferred. pp – Holder The dairy industry is desperate- enough cheese, to never having owes installment(s) of purchase price. rt – Rights. un – Units. wd – When distributed. wi – When issued. wt – Warrants. ww – With warrants. xw – Without warrants. ly trying to reduce milk produc- enough demand.” Joshua Palmer may be reached at Dividend Footnotes: a – Also extra or extras. b – Annual rate plus stock dividend. c – Liquidating dividend. e – Declared or paid in preceding 12 mos. f – Annual rate, increased tion that saw year-over-year On Wednesday, following the 208-735-3231 or at jpalmer@mag- on last declaration. i – Declared or paid after stock dividend or split. j – Paid this year, divi- increases from the mid-90s to announcement of the herd reduc- icvalley.com dend omitted, deferred or no action taken at last meeting. k – Declared or paid this year, accumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m – Annual rate, reduced on last declaration. p – Init div, annual rate unknown. r – Declared or paid in preceding 12 mos plus stock dividend. t – Paid in stock in last 12 mos, estimated cash value on ex-dividend or distribution date. x – Ex-dividend or ex-rights. y – Ex-dividend and sales in full. z – Sales in full. vj – In bankruptcy or receivership or being reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, folks bringing in their slightly have been on the climb for over or securities assumed by such companies. • Most active stocks above must be worth $1 and gainers/losers $2. used baby and child items. six years; well before the reces- Mutual Fund Footnotes: e – Ex-capital gains distribution. f – Previous day’s quote. n - Franchise “We average about 25 people sion hit. No-load fund. p – Fund assets used to pay distribution costs. r – Redemption fee or con- tingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex- Continued from Business 1 selling a day…it just gives people The reason they succeed in cash dividend. Upon a Child stores across the a little extra cash,” Houser said. both good and bad times is their Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial. country. The Twin Falls store is “Of course, we won’t buy every- focus on purchasing. If they pur- robustly picking up market share of thing that people bring in. We chase quality goods to begin with customers looking to save money, look for gently used, clean items the selling part is easy, Murphy COMMODITIES REPORT said Owner Danielle Houser. that look more brand new so they said. (down 15); 14 percent spring 5.52 (down 15); Barley 5.25 “I don’t have sales data or keep are resalable.” “We tend to have very, very C LOSING FUTURES (steady) OGDEN — White wheat 4.65 (down 5); 11.5 percent winter 4.79 customer numbers but we are Once Upon a Child is part of the loyal customers and now we have (down 13); 14 percent spring 5.71 (down 13); Barley 5.65 Mon Commodity High Low Close Change (steady) busy,” Houser said. “This com- Winmark Corporation family of more customers because people Aug Live cattle 84.20 83.10 84.03 - .05 PORTLAND — White wheat 5.00 (steady); 11.5 percent winter munity has welcomed us with brands, added to the company in are looking for value,” he said. Oct Live cattle 89.95 88.25 89.83 + .10 5.75-5.80 (down 11 to 18); 14 percent spring 6.89 (down 11), Aug Feeder cattle 101.50 99.40 101.35 + .40 barley n/a open arms and most customers 1993, said Steve Murphy presi- “Plus, people are selling more so Sep Feeder cattle 101.50 99.48 101.15 + .58 NAMPA — White wheat cwt 7.12 (down 5): bushel 4.27 (down 3) Oct Feeder cattle 101.55 99.55 101.38 + .45 have said it’s a long time coming.” dent of Winmark Franchising. our inventory is up. It’s just a Aug Lean hogs 53.70 51.60 53.35 - .63 Oct Lean hogs 50.75 47.65 50.20 + .08 C HEESE Houser said the store started “We’ve got 232 stores open, and good time for us right now.” Aug Pork belly xx.xx 57.75 57.75 - 2.00 buying in April and opened for counting,”Murphy said. Feb Pork belly 81.25 79.50 81.00 + 1.00 Sep Wheat 544.00 523.50 528.75 - 13.50 Cheddar cheese prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange sales in June with 10 employees. In the recent economy it makes Blair Koch may be reached at Dec Wheat 570.50 550.00 556.75 - 13.50 Barrels: $1.2600, nc: Blocks: $1.2700, nc Sep KC Wheat 573.00 552.75 560.25 - 12.75 The store buys new items every sense sales are up, 12.5 percent 208-316-2607 or blairkoch@ Dec KC Wheat 589.50 569.25 577.00 - 12.50 P OTATOES day giving cash on the spot to this year through June, but sales gmail.com Sep MPS Wheat 621.50 600.75 607.00 - 13.00 Dec MPS Wheat 636.25 614.75 620.50 - 13.75 Sep Corn 357.25 340.00 347.00 - 7.50 Dec Corn 367.50 349.00 357.00 - 8.75 Aug Soybeans 1175.00 1155.00 1175.00 + 10.00 CHICAGO (AP) — USDA — Major potato markets FOB shipping points Tuesday. Sep Soybeans 1089.00 1069.00 1088.00 + 4.50 Russet Burbanks Idaho 50-lb cartons 70 count 13.00: 100 Aug BFP Milk 11.05 10.95 10.96 + .10 count 7.00. mer slowdown. But they may financing now because investors Sep BFP Milk 12.39 12.07 12.16 + .05 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A) 3.25-3.50. still be able to take advantage of are more hesitant to take on risk. Oct BFP Milk 12.74 12.38 12.58 + .07 Russet Norkotahs Idaho 50-lb cartons 70 count 13.00: 100 Nov BFP Milk 13.08 12.78 13.04 + .14 Summer count 9.00. the slower pace that other busi- The slow days of August are giv- Dec BFP Milk 13.31 12.97 13.23 + .10 Baled 5-10 film bags (Size A) 5.00. Oct Sugar 19.55 19.15 19.37 + .02 Round Reds 50-lb cartons Size A Minnesota 11.00-11.25. Continued from Business 1 nesses enjoy. ing the company an opportunity to Jan Sugar xx.xx xx.xx 20.17 + .07 Sep B-Pound 1.7043 1.6901 1.7018 + .0098 “Last year we would have Blue Spark Technologies, which prepare presentations for Dec B-Pound 1.7028 1.6900 1.7016 + .0099 L IVESTOCK Sep J-Yen 1.0572 1.0486 1.0534 + .0032 played more in August than makes ultra-thin batteries used in investors, including those who are Dec J-Yen 1.0572 1.0499 1.0550 + .0038 we’re doing this year,”Roderick cards, tags and other products, is overseas and take extended time Sep Euro-currency 1.4449 1.4355 1.4428 + .0039 JEROME — Producers Livestock Marketing Association in Dec Euro-currency 1.4447 1.4362 1.4429 + .0041 Jerome reports the following prices from the livestock sale said, noting that the company is spending the summer working on off during the summer. Sep Canada dollar .9366 .9274 .9353 + .0044 held Tuesday, Aug. 4. Dec Canada dollar .9365 .9284 .9357 + .0045 Holstein bull calves: $3-$10 head keeping a wary eye on the a capital-raising campaign. CEO “We do experience some signif- Sep U.S. dollar 77.94 77.52 77.60 - .29 Started bull and steer calves: $100-$270 head future. “We’re growing today, Gary Johnson said the Westlake, icant doldrums from our friends in Aug Comex gold 968.1 959.8 967.2 - 0.3 Started heifer calves: $100-$260 head Oct Comex gold 969.5 960.0 968.4 — Commercial utility cows: $46-$55.25 head but that could change in a few Ohio-based company, which Europe,”said Matt Ream, Blue Sep Comex silver 14.85 14.55 14.79 + .09 Cutter/canner cows: $40-$45 Dec Comex silver 14.87 14.59 14.84 + .10 Shelly/lite cows: $27-$34 months.” raised a first round of money two Spark’s vice president of market- Sep Treasury bond 117.21 116.04 116.05 - .29 Slaughter bulls: $56-$62.75 For companies that are still in years ago, is finding success again, ing. “We’re using August as a Dec Treasury bond 116.11 114.27 114.28 - .29 Holstein steers: 800 to 1,000 lbs., $65-$70 Sep Coffee 133.85 130.60 131.50 - 1.50 Choice steers: 400 to 500 lbs., $95-$112.50; 500 to 600 lbs., their formative years, there’s having just closed on one deal. ramp-up to September when peo- Dec Coffee 136.95 133.65 134.50 - 1.55 $95-$107; 600 to 700 lbs., $92-$99.50; 800 to 1,000 lbs., $84- Sep Cocoa 1804 1753 1767 - 43 $96 usually no such thing as a sum- But, he said, it’s harder to get ple do come off their holidays.” Dec Cocoa 1831 1781 1794 - 43 Choice heifers: 300 to 500 lbs., $93-$113: 800 to 1,000 lbs., Oct Cotton 60.87 59.83 60.39 - .26 $83-$86 Dec Cotton 63.01 61.62 62.26 - .30 Advance consignment sale, Tuesday, Aug. 11: 100 head choice Sep Crude oil 72.10 69.71 71.72 + .30 700 to 800 lb. steers: 80 head choice 700 to 800 lb. steers Sep Unleaded gas 2.0578 2.0021 2.0500 - .0067 and heifers Sep Heating oil 1.9610 1.8888 1.9505 + .0491 Intermountain Livestock most optimistic forecasts — As a result, Zandi nudged his Sep Natural gas 4.090 3.894 4.036 + .035 LIVESTOCK AUCTION — Blackfoot Livestock Market on Friday Quotations from Sinclair & Co. Utility and commercial cows 43.00-54.00; canner & cutters underlying problems will make the projection for economic growth in 733-6013 or (800) 635-0821 39.00-47.00; heavy feeder steers 83.00-102.00; light feeder Clunker steers 93.00-108.00; stocker steers n/a; heavy holstein feeder pace hard to sustain. the second half of this year slightly B EANS steers n/a; light holstein feeder steers n/a; heavy feeder Continued from Business 1 Consumers, the lifeblood of the higher,and lowered his estimate for heifers 78.00-95.00; light feeder heifers 87.00-104.00; stocker heifers n/a; slaughter bulls 56.00-68.00. Remarks: Cows 1 bet- And clunker cash delivers more economy, lack confidence. Their growth in the first half of next year. Valley Beans ter, bulls 2 better, feeder cattle steady. Prices are net to growers, 100 pounds, U.S. No. 1 beans, less than just an isolated jolt to the auto take-home pay is flat or falling. Some analysts worry that people Idaho bean tax and storage charges. Prices subject to change without notice. Producers desiring more recent price informa- M ETALS/MONEY industry. More business for auto Some of them are expanding their who used clunker cash to buy a new tion should contact dealers. Pintos, no quote, new crop great northerns, no quote; pinks, dealers, manufacturers and parts debt with bigger car loans. And the car or truck may cut back on other no quote, new crop; small reds, no quote, new crop. Prices are Key currency exchange rates suppliers could mean fewer layoffs outlook for jobs remains lousy. things, like clothes and home fur- given by Rangens in Buhl. Prices current Aug. 5. Key currency exchange rates Wednesday, compared with late Other Idaho bean prices are collected weekly by Bean Market Tuesday in New York: or even some hiring, meaning more The “cash-for-clunkers” pro- nishings. And history suggests auto News, U.S. Department of Agriculture: Pintos, not established; Dollar vs: Exch. Rate Pvs Day great northerns, not established; small whites, not estab- Yen 94.99 95.29 people are spending money gram has provided a burst of sales promotions gin up sales only tem- lished; pinks, not established; small reds, not established. Euro $1.4433 $1.4387 throughout the economy. that will give auto makers and their porarily. Quotes current Aug. 5. Pound $1.7020 $1.6919 Swiss franc 1.0603 1.0614 But the rapid success of “cash for suppliers a need to replenish thin In 2005, for example, General Canadian dollar 1.0693 1.0745 G RAINS Mexican peso 13.0275 13.1365 clunkers”— it’s credited with mak- inventories. That’s good news for Motors offered a promotion giving Gold ing July the best month for car sales people who work at dealerships, shoppers the same discount Selected world gold prices, Wednesday. London morning fixing: $964.50 up $4.00. in nearly a year — does not mean auto plans and parts factories. employees got. That powered sales Valley Grains London afternoon fixing: $960.50 unchanged . the program should be expanded But the help is likely to be short- to record highs. By October, sales Prices for wheat per bushel: mixed grain, oats, corn and beans NY Handy & Harman: $960.50 unchanged . per hundred weight. Prices subject to change without notice. NY Handy & Harman fabricated: $1037.34 unchanged . to, say, $10 billion. lived. were flagging again. Soft white wheat, no quote; barley, $6.20; oats, $6.50; corn, NY Engelhard: $962.78 unchanged . $6.90 (15 percent moisture). Prices are given daily by Rangens NY Engelhard fabricated: $1034.99 unchanged . There are only so many people Mark Zandi, chief economist at “Once these clunker rebates in Buhl. Prices current Aug. 5. NY Merc. gold Aug. Wed $964.20 off $3.30. Barley, $5.75 (48-lb. minimum) spot delivery in Twin Falls and NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Wed. $966.00 off $1.00. looking to trade in pickups for Moody’s Economy.com, is among expire, it is over,” said economist Gooding: corn, no quote (Twin Falls only). Prices quoted by hybrid sedans. And there are only those predicting the “cash-for- Richard Yamarone of Argus Land O’Lakes Inc. in Twin Falls. Prices current Aug. 5. Nonferrous NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices Wednesday. so many people who can afford to. clunkers” program will help boost Research. “Consumers are not Intermountain Grain Aluminum -$0.9175 per lb., N.Y. Merc spot Wed. POCATELLO (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau Intermountain Grain Copper -$2.8365 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Even if clunker cash helps the consumer spending in the second going to keep buying cars. It is a and Livestock Report on Wednesday. Copper $2.8065 N.Y. Merc spot Wed. POCATELLO — White wheat 4.70 (down 5); 11.5 percent winter Lead - $1910.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. economy expand at a 4 percent half of this year. But he predicts temporary one-time gimmick, not 4.72 (down 13); 14 percent spring 5.54 (down 13); Barley 5.52 Zinc - $0.8413 per lb., delivered. annual rate from July through spending will flatten out as the a long-lasting tonic for the recov- (steady) Gold - $960.50 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). BURLEY — White wheat 4.15 (up 11) 11.5 percent winter 4.70 Gold - $964.20 troy oz., NY Merc spot Wed. December — the high end of the benefit fades. ery.” Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho NATION Thursday, August 6, 2009 Business 3 Senate reaches deal on $2B ‘clunkers’ refill

By Ken Thomas fund had been spent, Americans the chance to and Laurie Kellman accounting for nearly grab the new car incentives Associated Press writers 185,000 new vehicles sold. through September. President Barack Obama has Car companies have cred- WASHINGTON — The said the program would go ited the clunkers program Senate reached a deal on broke by Friday if not with driving up sales in late saving the dwindling “cash replenished by Congress. July. Most consumers are for clunkers’’ program late Administration officials buying smaller, more fuel- Wednesday, agreeing to vote have estimated the addi- efficient vehicles under the on a plan that would add $2 tional $2 billion could fund program, according to a list billion to the popular rebate another 500,000 vehicle of the top-10 selling cars program and give car shop- sales and last into Labor Day. released Wednesday by the pers until Labor Day to trade That’s the same day the National Highway Traffic in their gas-guzzlers for a Senate was to follow the Safety Administration. new ride. House into the August Among manufacturers, Following lengthy negoti- recess, a looming break that General Motors Co. had the ations, Senate Majority Senate leaders often use to largest share, accounting for Leader Harry Reid said prod their colleagues past 18.7 percent of new sales, Democrats and Republicans standoffs. followed by Toyota Motor had agreed to vote on the “We all acknowledge Corp. with 17.9 percent. Ford plan Thursday, along with a there’s a significant majority Motor Co. was third with 16 series of potential changes to that want to move forward percent of the sales. Detroit the bill, which was passed by with this legislation,’’ Reid, automakers represented 45.3 the House last week. Reid D-Nev., said earlier in the percent of the total sales has said Democrats have day, adding that he has the while Japan’s Toyota, Honda enough votes to approve the votes to approve the House- Motor Co. and Nissan Motor measure and reject any passed version as is. Co. accounted for 36.5 per- changes that would cause an His Republican counter- cent. interruption in the rebates of part, Sen. Mitch McConnell The Toyota Corolla is the up to $4,500. of Kentucky, concurred that top-selling vehicle on the Reid said the agreement the matter would be settled list, followed by the Ford “accomplishes what we soon. And objectors con- Focus, Honda Civic, Toyota need to accomplish.’’ ceded they do not have the Prius and the Toyota Camry. Late Wednesday, it was votes to force all of the There is one SUV on the list, not clear that any of the pro- changes they want, or to the Ford Escape, which also posed amendments stood a block the House version of comes in a hybrid model that chance of passing. Some of the bill. can get up to 32 miles per them included placing an “My guess is, at the end of gallon.Six of the top-10 sell- income limit on those bene- the day, it will pass,’’ said ing vehicles are built by for- fiting from the vouchers and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., eign manufacturers, but AP photo requiring the government to who called it an example of most are built in North Vehicles traded as part of the government’s Cash for Clunkers program are parked at the Aadlen Bros. Auto sell off its stakes in General “Congress choosing win- America. Wrecking junkyard lot before being disposed of, Tuesday in Sun Valley, Calif. Motors Co. and Chrysler ners and losers among If the Senate approves the Group LLC. industries.’’ additional money, it’s likely Any Senate changes to the The program offers car to lead automakers to plant, and Ford is consider- has taken most advantage of White House for Obama’s bill would require another buyers rebates of between increase production and ing increases. the program, requesting signature and assure con- vote in the House, some- $3,500 and $4,500 for trad- bring back laid-off workers. Ford’s chief financial offi- more than $44 million in sumers there will be no thing that couldn’t take ing in their gas-guzzlers for Many automakers reported cer, Lewis Booth, said vehicle vouchers. California interruption in the program place until the House new, higher-mileage mod- low inventories due to Wednesday night the com- dealers had requested nearly that has led to packed car returns in September from a els. increased sales from the pany would decide this $40 million in vouchers, and dealerships nationwide. monthlong recess. The new funding would program at the end of July. month and make an Ohio had sought nearly $38 The deals are aimed at The government said triple the cost of $1 billion Already Hyundai Motor Co. announcement in early million. boosting auto sales, which Wednesday that more than rebate program and give as has added a day of produc- September. Senate passage would have been at their lowest $775 million of the $1 billion many as a half-million more tion to its Montgomery,Ala., Among states, Michigan send the legislation to the levels in two decades. Former La. congressman Obama tells nation,‘We don’t give up’ convicted in freezer cash case By Ben Feller Associated Press writer BY Matthew Barakat Mark Lytle said Jefferson Associated Press writer could face more than 20 WAKARUSA, Ind. — years in prison under fed- Promising new jobs and ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A eral sentencing guidelines. money, President Barack President former Louisiana con- Jefferson had been under Obama on Wednesday told a Obama gressman accused of investigation since March hurting Midwestern region speaks at accepting hundreds of 2005. In August that year, that its recovery will be like Monaco RV thousands of dollars in FBI agents searched his America’s: tough but certain. bribes was convicted in Washington home and Obama’s second visit as manufactur- federal court Wednesday in found the cash in his freez- president to a northern ing in a case in which agents er, wrapped in foil and hid- Indiana area mired in unem- Wakarusa, famously found $90,000 den in boxes of frozen pie ployment reflected political Ind., stashed in his freezer. crust. Prosecutors said he reality. People appreciate Wednesday. William Jefferson, a had planned to use the hope and the presence of the Democrat who had repre- money to pay a bribe to the president, but they want sented parts of New then-vice president of jobs. So Obama came bear- Orleans for almost 20 Nigeria to secure a multi- ing all of those in what AP photo years, was stoic as the ver- million dollar telecommu- amounted to a national eco- dict was read and had little nications deal there, an nomic pep talk. public opinion heats up dur- that these factories might be economic performance to be to say afterward. Asked accusation Jefferson “Even in the hardest ing the August congressional closed for good,’’ he said. judged on Elkhart’s. how he was doing, he said, denied. times, against the toughest recess. “But now they’re coming “Our whole goal is to, first “I’m holding up.’’ U.S. Attorney Dana odds, we have never surren- Obama tried to remind back to life.’’ of all, rescue the economy Prosecutors contended Boente said after the ver- dered,’’ Obama told a crowd people, including Indiana’s Elkhart-Goshen from the brink,’’ he told Jefferson accepted more dict that “no person, not on the steamy factory floor of Republican critics, that some area had an unemployment MSNBC. “But the most than $400,000 in bribes even a congressman, is Monaco RV, whose previous of the stimulus money was rate of 16.8 percent in June. important thing we’re going and sought millions more above the law. Ninety owner went bankrupt. “We always designed for longer- That’s up 10 percentage to have to do is help Elkhart in exchange for brokering thousand dollars in a freez- don’t give up. We don’t sur- range infrastructure and points from last year. Obama reinvent itself.’’ business deals in Africa. er is not a gray area. It’s a render our fates to chance. energy projects to rebuild the was in Elkhart, just north of When someone in the After a two-month trial, violation.’’ We have always endured.’’ economy. Wakarusa, in February when audience at his speech jurors took five days to con- The defense argued that The loudest applause That tied into his news he made a similar get-out- shouted a thank-you to vict him on 11 of 16 counts Jefferson was acting as a though, came when Obama nugget of the day: the side-the-Beltway stop to Obama for coming back with that also included racket- private business consultant announced that recreational awarding of $2.4 billion in lobby for the stimulus. taxpayer-dollar grants, he eering and money launder- in brokering the deals and vehicle company’s new grants toward the production In an interview on responded: “You’re wel- ing. He was acquitted on that his actions did not owner, Navistar of electric and hybrid cars, Wednesday, Obama said it come. Thank the American the other five. constitute bribery under International Corp.,had won part of the stimulus plan. was fair for his presidency’s people.’’ Assistant U.S. Attorney federal law. a $39 million grant to build Obama delivered the news in 400 battery-electric trucks. the border region of Indiana That means work in an RV- and Michigan — the two heavy region crushed by the states benefiting the most. recession, where unemploy- He dispatched Vice ment has jumped so high so President Joe Biden to fast that Obama called it Michigan and other Cabinet “astonishing.’’ emissaries to North Obama’s broader audience Carolina, Pennsylvania, was the American public, Missouri and Florida to help which has grown more skep- spread the news and the tical of the $787 billion stim- wealth. All of those states, Don’t worry about ulus plan that he pushed and Indiana, are pivotal elec- through Congress just weeks toral states. into his term. 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BURLEY/RUPERT FORECAST TWIN FALLS FIVE-DAY FORECAST Yesterday’s Weather Today: Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Today Tonight Friday Saturday Sunday Monday City Hi Lo Prcp Heavy rain possible. Highs in the 80s. Boise 95 68 0.00" Tonight: Evening thunderstorms may contain heavy rain. Challis 90 53 0.00" Coeur d’ Alene 91 64 0.00" Mostly cloudy with lows 50 to 55. Idaho Falls 90 51 0.00" Tomorrow: Another round of thunderstorms possible. Heavy Jerome 87 62 0.00" Lewiston 98 69 0.00" rain again a threat. Highs around 70. Lowell 93 62 0.02" Malad City not available Malta 91 52 0.00" ALMANAC - BURLEY A chance of Evening storms, Cooler,C/ A chance of BackS to mostly Mostly sunny and Pocatello 92 49 0.00" thunderstorms, heavy rain still a thunderstorms may showers, isolated sunny skies very warm Rexburg 89 50 0.02" Temperature Precipitation Salmon 86 54 0.00" heavy rain possible threat have heavy rain thunderstorms Stanley 85 40 0.00" Sun Valley 81 49 0.00" Yesterday’s High 93 Yesterday’s 0.00" High 83 Low 54 71 / 50 75 / 51 83 / 56 88 / 58 Yesterday’s Low 57 Month to Date 0.00" Normal High / Low 89 / 54 Avg. Month to Date 0.07" ALMANAC - TWIN FALLS Record High 100 in 1949 Water Year to Date 11.28" Record Low 43 in 1976 Avg. Water Year to Date 9.29" Barometric Sunrise and Pollen Temperature Precipitation Humidity Pressure Sunset Count IDAHO’S FORECAST Yesterday’s High 93 Yesterday’s Trace Yesterday High 72% 5 p.m. Yesterday 29.91 in. Today Sunrise: 6:35 AM Sunset: 8:51 PM TF pollen count yesterday: Yesterday’s Low 54 Month to Date Trace Yesterday Low 18% Friday Sunrise: 6:36 AM Sunset: 8:50 PM 29 (Mod.) Kochia, Russian SUN VALLEY, SURROUNDING MTS. Normal High / Low 87 / 53 Avg. Month to Date 0.06" Today’s Forecast High 46% Saturday Sunrise: 6:37 AM Sunset: 8:49 PM Thistle Scattered thunderstorms today with a potential for Record High 97 in 1987 Water Year to Date 12.91" Today’s Forecast Low 29% Sunday Sunrise: 6:39 AM Sunset: 8:47 PM Mold: 6600 (High) heavy rain and small hail. Much cooler with showers Record Low 45 in 1980 Avg. Water Year to Date10.08" A water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 Monday Sunrise: 6:40 AM Sunset: 8:46 PM Cladosporium,Smuts and thunderstorms Friday. A few showers and still cool Temperature and precipitation valid through 5 p.m. Courtesy of Asthma and Allergy of Idaho U. V. INDEX Dr.’s Kadlec and Henry Coeur d’ on Saturday. Moon Phases Moonrise Low Moderate High Alene Today Highs 70 to 77 Tonight’s Lows 38 to 46 and Moonset Forecasts and maps prepared by: A chance of thunderstorms through Today Moonrise: 9:06 PM Moonset: 7:13 AM 80 / 58 BOISE 9 Friday. Some storms may produce Friday Moonrise: 9:28 PM Moonset: 8:16 AM Full Last New First The higher the index the Cheyenne, Wyoming heavy rain. Not nearly as warm Aug. 6 Aug. 13 Aug. 20 Aug. 27 Saturday Moonrise: 9:48 PM Moonset: 9:18 AM more sun protection needed www.dayweather.com through Saturday. Showers may linger into Saturday as well. REGIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST WORLD FORECAST Lewiston Today Tomorrow Saturday Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow 92 / 65 Today Highs/Lows 77 to 82/51 to 56 City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Boise 79 53 th 69 48 sh 76 53 sh Atlanta 91 69 th 91 72 th Orlando 92 75 th 94 76 th Acapulco 91 77 th 89 77 th Moscow 69 48 sh 66 48 pc Grangeville NORTHERN UTAH Bonners Ferry 80 57 th 64 55 sh 74 52 th Atlantic City 81 68 th 81 68 th Philadelphia 85 64 th 85 67 pc Athens 90 75 su 88 71 pc Nairobi 68 53 r 68 53 r A slight chance of Burley 86 53 th 70 47 sh 73 49 sh Baltimore 81 61 th 84 68 pc Phoenix 109 84 pc 104 78 su Auckland 59 42 pc 59 45 pc Oslo 72 52 pc 75 59 sh 73 / 49 thunderstorms today. Challis 81 53 th 68 47 sh 70 48 sh Billings 85 60 th 84 57 th Portland, ME 66 57 pc 68 58 su Bangkok 88 77 th 86 77 sh Paris 85 65 pc 80 56 th Coeur d’ Alene 80 58 th 67 55 sh 74 53 th Birmingham 94 71 su 95 73 th Raleigh 90 68 th 90 71 pc Beijing 89 65 sh 93 64 pc Prague 80 54 pc 80 53 pc Thunderstorms more likely Elko, NV 79 43 th 68 40 th 72 40 pc Boston 81 62 pc 77 62 pc Rapid City 87 63 th 91 62 th Berlin 84 61 pc 84 62 pc Rio de Jane 83 62 pc 76 62 sh Friday and much cooler. Eugene, OR 73 54 pc 73 54 pc 79 56 pc Charleston, SC 89 75 th 89 75 th Reno 76 51 th 77 53 pc Buenos Aires 55 40 pc 56 43 pc Rome 90 72 pc 90 71 pc McCall Lingering showers and Gooding 79 51 th 69 46 sh 73 49 sh Charleston, WV 80 60 pc 81 66 pc Sacramento 79 54 th 83 57 su Cairo 102 64 pc 102 70 pc Santiago 57 38 pc 56 40 pc Grace 84 53 th 72 45 th 69 46 th Chicago 79 65 pc 78 73 th St. Louis 89 72 pc 91 74 th Dhahran 109 89 pc 111 92 pc Seoul 74 65 r 73 65 r Salmonstorms Saturday. 68 / 44 Hagerman 85 55 th 74 50 th 79 51 sh Cleveland 77 58 pc 79 66 th St.Paul 78 63 pc 81 67 th Geneva 79 54 pc 76 50 th Sydney 66 51 pc 69 48 pc 78 / 51 Hailey 79 50 th 66 45 sh 69 46 sh Denver 91 62 th 92 60 th Salt Lake City 102 77 su 100 76 pc Hong Kong 85 84 th 85 83 th Tel Aviv 84 80 pc 83 81 pc Idaho Falls 83 54 th 72 48 th 68 48 th Des Moines 84 67 th 85 74 th San Diego 74 64 pc 72 64 pc Jerusalem 96 66 pc 96 69 pc Tokyo 87 75 sh 79 73 sh Kalispell, MT 75 55 th 66 51 sh 68 47 sh Detroit 79 64 pc 77 64 mc San Francisco 60 53 th 61 53 su Johannesburg 69 47 pc 66 44 pc Vienna 81 60 pc 82 59 pc PC/TH Jerome 81 53 th 69 49 sh 74 51 sh El Paso 100 73 pc 99 72 th Seattle 71 55 pc 69 52 pc Kuwait City 113 91 pc 113 89 pc Warsaw 80 61 pc 78 57 pc Lewiston 92 65 th 78 62 th 85 60 th Fairbanks 73 55 mc 73 54 mc Tucson 103 79 th 100 73 pc London 79 57 sh 65 52 r Winnipeg 78 56 pc 74 55 pc Caldwell Malad City 88 54 th 73 46 th 72 47 th Fargo 75 59 pc 78 64 th Washington, DC 83 65 th 86 69 pc Mexico City 68 41 pc 70 47 sh Zurich 75 54 pc 76 50 sh 79 / 56 Idaho Falls Malta 88 50 th 73 45 sh 75 47 sh Honolulu 87 72 sh 87 73 sh McCall 68 44 th 59 39 sh 62 41 sh Houston 99 76 pc 97 76 pc Boise Sun Valley 83 / 54 Missoula, MT 79 54 th 67 50 sh 69 47 sh Indianapolis 82 63 su 81 69 th TODAY’S NATIONAL MAP 79 / 53 68 / 45 Pocatello 89 57 th 74 50 th 74 50 th Jacksonville 91 73 th 92 74 th 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Portland, OR 74 57 pc 71 57 pc 76 59 pc Kansas City 89 75 th 96 76 pc Pocatello Rupert 89 54 th 72 48 sh 76 50 sh Las Vegas 102 74 pc 92 72 pc Rupert 89 / 57 Rexburg 81 52 th 70 45 th 65 46 th Little Rock 95 74 th 97 73 pc Mountain Home 89 / 54 81 / 54 Richland, WA 85 63 th 78 59 th 82 60 pc Los Angeles 71 61 pc 71 62 su Rogerson 73 44 th 61 39 sh 65 44 sh Memphis 94 72 pc 97 76 pc Burley Salmon 78 51 th 67 49 sh 70 43 sh Miami 89 82 th 90 82 th H Twin Falls Salt Lake City, UT 93 64 pc 79 56 th 78 57 th Milwaukee 78 69 pc 75 65 th 86 / 53 Fronts 83 / 54 Spokane, WA 88 66 pc 87 70 th 92 73 pc Nashville 90 67 pc 92 71 pc Stanley 75 41 th 58 35 sh 64 36 sh New Orleans 92 78 th 91 80 th L Yesterday’s State Extremes - High: 96 at Mtn. Home AFB Low: 40 at Stanley Sun Valley 68 45 th 57 39 sh 60 40 sh New York 81 65 th 83 66 pc Cold Yellowstone, MT 70 41 th 63 37 th 54 35 th Oklahoma City 98 77 th 98 75 su weather key: su-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, mc-mostly cloudy, c-cloudy, Omaha 84 69 th 95 75 su th-thunderstorms, sh-showers,r-rain, sn-snow, fl-flurries, w-wind, m-missing L Warm CANADIAN FORECAST H Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Stationary GREGG MIDDLEKAUFF’S QUOTE OF THE DAY City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W H Calgary 67 40 pc 70 49 sh Saskatoon 67 48 r 79 50 pc “The world can change in an instant. So can the Cranbrook 71 49 th 49 th 66 Toronto 70 53 sh 73 54 sh Valid to 6 p.m. today Edmonton 73 45 sh 79 54 pc Vancouver 74 52 pc 73 53 pc Occluded way you choose to see it. Why not Kelowna 72 51 th 74 44 sh Victoria 74 58 pc 74 57 pc Yesterday’s National Extremes: Lethbridge 75 52 pc 60 53 r Winnipeg 78 56 pc 74 55 pc High: 116 at Death Valley, Calif. choose to see the good in yourself Regina 76 56 r 69 56 r Low: 37 at Leadville, Colo and others.” More Magic Valley weather at www.magicvalley.com/weather Bob Perks Get up-to-date highway information at the Idaho Transportation Department’s Web site at 511.idaho.gov or call 888-432-7623. Arkansas crowd mocks U.S. journalists describe relief lawmakers over proposed Obama healthplan at release from North Korea By Robert Jablon By Jill Zeman Bleed ical care, evident in polls Associated Press writer Associated Press writer that find confidence in Obama’s handling of the BURBANK, Calif. — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An issue has fallen since Two American journal- unruly Little Rock crowd January. Concerns are ists held captive in North heckled and shouted at two growing about government- Korea since March Arkansas Democratic con- run health plans, a growing endured meals of rice gressmen Wednesday, federal deficit, and the with rocks, more than accusing them of support- impact on small businesses four months of isolation ing a government-backed and end-of-life provisions. and the constant fear health plan that would take “I’ve said this several they would be sent to a away Americans’ personal times but let me see if I can gulag. choice and freedom. make it a little more clear,’’ Facing sentences of 12 At one point, U.S. Rep. Ross said. “I don’t represent years hard labor, they Mike Ross sat with his head Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi or were allowed only spo- in his hands while the crowd President Obama or (House radic contact with each shouted. He and fellow Finance Committee other, let alone the out- Democratic Rep. Vic Snyder Chairman) Barney Frank. I side world. Then, sud- told audience members at a represent the people of denly this week, they forum at Arkansas Arkansas and I’m not voting were brought into a Children’s Hospital that for any bill that forces any meeting with none other they wouldn’t support a one plan on anyone, peri- than Bill Clinton, who AP photo completely government- od.’’ helped win their release run, single-payer health Many audience members and flew home with them Former Vice President Al gore, center, hugs Laura Ling as former President Bill Clinton looks on, insurance plan. cheered loudly when Ross for a tearful reunion with Wednesday at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Ling and fellow journalist Euna Lee jubilantly reunited “But that’s what Obama said he wouldn’t back any- their families. with family and friends early Wednesday upon returning to the United States with Clinton, whose diplomat- wants!’’ an audience mem- thing that would provide “We could feel your ic trip to North Korea secured their release nearly five months after their arrests. ber shouted, leading to more federal funding for abor- love all the way in North heckling. tions or pay for health Korea,’’ an emotional some time for her to gather Ross, who represents insurance for illegal immi- Laura Ling said. “It is her wits and speak about south Arkansas, sits on the grants. what kept us going in the her captivity. Energy and Commerce But some were skeptical darkest of hours and it is Family members found it Euna Lee, Committee and has led his about the intentions of what sustained our faith challenging to hear the few left, is fellow Blue Dog Democrats President Obama and that we would come details they have received, greeted by in delaying a vote on the Democrats in Congress. home.’’ she added. health care overhaul until at Colleen Shoemaker of Ling and Euna Lee She said the captives saw her hus- least September. Ross is Bauxite apologized to the sobbed and embraced each other for only a couple band, chairman of the Blue Dogs’ congressmen for being “out their husbands and Lee’s days after their detention. Michael health care task force. of line’’ and heckling them 4-year-old daughter, “They actually were kept Saldate, and The Blue Dogs — a group during the forum. She said Hana, in the sleek hangar apart most of the time. ... daughter, of mostly Southern, fiscally the government was taking of a Burbank airport after On the day of their trial, Hana, at conservative Democrats — away Americans’ rights. a 9½-hour flight from they hugged each other and Bob Hope have not committed to sup- “At this point in my life I Japan. It was the last stop that was it,’’ Lisa Ling said porting or opposing the bill have never seen my America following their release outside her sister’s home in Airport in yet. A deal reached last week turn into what it has turned from North Korea after the San Fernando Valley of Burbank, calls for exempting more into,’’she said. “And I don’t an unusual diplomatic Los Angeles. Calif., small businesses from a think that representatives rescue mission headed by She said the family had Wednesday. requirement to offer cover- and senators are going to be the former president. four telephone conversa- age, cutting subsidies to able to (pass a plan that pre- In a voice shaking with tions with her sister during help people buy health serves personal freedom). sobs, Ling recalled how her captivity. During one of insurance and making any I’m scared.’’ their time in captivity them, Laura Ling asked AP photo government-sponsored Though much of the came to an abrupt end them to write to Lee “and insurance plan negotiate crowd opposed Obama’s after she and Lee were tell her that I’m thinking they were arrested in North Korea,’’ she said in payment rates with medical plan, there were a few sup- summoned to a meeting about her and I love her.’’ March, and sentenced to 12 prepared remarks on behalf providers. porters. and found the former Lisa Ling said her sister years of hard labor for ille- of both women. “We feared Lawmakers across the “I’m a huge Obama fan,’’ president standing there. was craving fresh food and a gally entering North Korea. that any moment we could country are encountering college student Jacob “We were shocked but sushi dinner will be on the The pair were granted a be sent to a hard labor growing public doubts Kauffman told the crowd, we knew instantly in our agenda soon. pardon Tuesday, following camp.’’ about President Barack which responded with a hearts that the nightmare “She’s really, really anx- talks between Clinton and Clinton was hugged by Obama’s push to remake the smattering of applause and of our lives was finally ious to have fresh fruit and North Korea leader Kim Gore as he stepped off the system for providing med- a few chants of “Get a job.’’ coming to an end, and fresh food. ... There were Jong Il. plane. He didn’t speak, but now we stand here, home rocks in her rice,’’Lisa Ling They arrived at Bob Hope his office later issued a and free,’’she said. said. “Obviously, it’s a Airport at dawn aboard a statement saying he was While questions country that has a lot of Boeing jet owned by Steve happy the long ordeal was swirled about the delicate economic problems.’’ Bing, a multimillion-dollar over. negotiating dance that They were held in a guest film producer, friend of “Hana’s been a great girl led to their release, Ling house and had not yet been Clinton’s and contributor while you were gone,’’Gore only talked about their sent to the labor camp to Democratic causes. told Lee. “And Laura, your gratitude to be free and because of medical con- Lee, who emerged first, mom’s been making your their desire to quietly get cerns, the sister said. Laura wept and hugged her special soup for two days reacquainted with their Ling suffers from an ulcer, daughter, held her hands as now.’’ families. while Lee has lost 15 pounds she talked to her and then He also thanked the State Neither woman offered since being detained. Ling scooped her up. Both were Department for its help in details of their treatment had been seen regularly by a crushed in an embrace from the release. in North Korea, which doctor, her sister said. her husband, Michael “It speaks well of our has a reputation for a Ling, 32, and Lee, 36, are Saldate. country that when two brutal government and reporters for former Vice Ling threw up her arms in American citizens are in has struggled through President Al Gore’s San joy before descending the harm’s way, that so many AP photo famine. But Ling’s sister Francisco-based Current plane’s stairs and embrac- people will just put things Colleen Shoemaker of Bauxite, Ark., right, weeps as she speaks during later told reporters that TV. They had been working ing her husband. aside and just go to work to a forum dealing with proposed health-care reform at Arkansas her sister was “a little bit on a story about the traf- “Thirty hours ago, Euna make sure that this has had Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., Wednesday. weak’’ and it would take ficking of women when Lee and I were prisoners in a happy ending,’’he said. CRAFTSMAN Kansas man builds hunting bows O Outdoors 2 Skywatch, Outdoors 2 / Community, Outdoors 4-5 / Obituaries, Outdoors 6 / Comics, Outdoors 6 Outdoors THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009 OUTDOORS EDITOR ANDREW WEEKS: (208) 735-3233 [email protected] The North Settle into a rhythm at Face Skareb 50 backpack he Skareb 50 backpack from The North Face is touted as the Idaho Rocky T“ultimate pack for fast-pack- Idaho Rocky ing.”As it sounds, “fast-packing” is a term for backpacking fast with lighter loads and often covering distances of 15 or more miles in a day. I tested the unique and lightweight Skareb 50 on a recent three-day “fast- packing” backpacking trip in the Catskill Mountains of New York. We trekked more than 17 miles one MMoouunnttaaiinn RRaanncchh day, including the ascent of four major peaks. Loaded Story and photos with about THE GEAR by Karen Bossick 25 pounds JUNKIE of gear, Times-News correspondent food, and Stephen water, the Regenold t precisely 6:30 a tow- Skareb headed youngster races carried well and proved to be almost A across the porch of the perfect for the weekend. Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch. Made of a light and durable white He climbs up on the railing “parachute fabric,”the Skareb weighs and hammers an iron rod back about three pounds when empty. It and forth in the triangular din- has 50 liters of interior capacity — ner bell. enough for multi-day trips if you go “Surf and turf’s ready,”noted light. one of the guests, who had been An injection-molded EVA foam relaxing in a rocking chair, a back panel has channels to let air flow glass of wine in hand. between your back and the pack’s It’s easy to settle into a rhythm load, increasing comfort. A tubular at the Idaho Rocky Mountain aluminum interior frame supports Ranch, nestled in the Sawtooth loads up to 45 pounds. Valley between Galena Summit The hip belt and lumbar panel are and Stanley. molded to be ergonomic. Mesh fabric Day starts as the sun emerges over a soft corrugated foam makes from the hills behind the ranch, these parts comfortable and not overly its rays burning through the warm while on the go. ground fog that hangs over the It rained throughout my weekend in valley and highlighting the tops New York. But with its water-resistant Top: Gary Carlson, Jilla Web and Bruce Innes’ punctuated the still of an evening summer with songs like ‘Crazy’ and ‘Take Me of the mountain peaks that ring fabric and a “weather-resistant” Home, Country Roads’ during an after-dinner concert. The concert was part of the ranch’s new Summer Showcase Series Redfish Lake. hood-compart- By 7:30 the ranch hands have ment zipper, featuring photography and fly-fishing workshops, wine tasting seminars and special music. set out a buffet of cinnamon my supplies Above: California visitor Anna Bratney spends a few moments with the cowpokes who take guests on horseback rides rolls, bagels and fruit for early stayed dry around the ranch. risers. inside the Below: The cabins nestled in the woods around the Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch lodge south of Stanley have all the ameni- And by 8:30 even the late ris- Skareb. (I ties of modern-day life without giving up their rustic charm. ers are straggling in for break- keep essen- fasts of French toasted encrust- tials at all ed with pecans, eggs benedict times in light- and a tofu scramble with peanut weight water- ginger sauce and cilantro and proof bags scallions. inside any Breakfast gives way to horse- pack, just in case.) back rides, hikes to nearby Hell The Skareb has the requisite hydra- Roaring Lake, fly-fishing and tion-bladder pocket and a pouch on maybe even a trip to the nearby the hip belt for quick access to energy ghost towns of Bonanza and snacks and small items like lip balm or Custer. a compass. A large front pocket on the And by the time guests have main compartment is made of a worked up an appetite, the din- stretchy fabric, letting you drop items ner bell rings again. in without having to deal with a zipper The ranch is not a dude ranch or clips. I stuffed a water bottle and in the strict sense of the word rain gear in that area for easy access on where guests feed the horses, the hike. rake manure and help bring in The company includes trekking pole the calves. loops on back as well as a trekking pole Rather, it’s a guest ranch attachment point on the hip belt. where folks from New Instead of the attachment point, I Hampshire and Idaho — and would have preferred another hip-belt Germany, Italy and Sweden, too pocket for an added easy-to-access — can play in the outdoors while area on the pack. snuggling up in handmade quilts One potential point of concern: designed to fend off the chill of a After just one trip, the Skareb’s bright Sawtooth Mountain morning, white fabric was dirty and stained. enjoy meals of lobster tail Some of the markings came off with accented with mango chutney the scrub of a wet towel, though the and relax the night away with a pack is marred in a few places with game of chess in front of a light smudges where dirt or sap still crackling fire. clings. All without the crowds one The North Face (www.thenorth- has come to expect in a national face.com) sells the Skareb 50 for $219, Idaho Rocky Mountain Ranch is located 50 miles north of Sun Valley and nine miles south of Stanley on Idaho 75. park. which is an average price for this type Dinner, which begins with appetizers at 6 p.m., is by reservation. Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday feature “The Rocky Mountain Ranch of pack. Overall, the Skareb proved a gourmet dinners in the Lodge dining room. Thursday is barbecue night on the front porch with live music. And is an extension of the Western worthy companion for me on the trail. Saturday is the Surf and Turf Barbecue Buffet with musical entertainment. ranch tradition where towns It was comfortable with a load and Dinners are $50 for adults and $25 for children under 7. were few and far between and simple to organize for my “fast-pack- There are several more events left in the 2009 Summer Showcase Series: ranchers extended gracious hos- ing” adventure in the Catskill Aug. 12 and 22 will feature Sawtooth Valley author John Rember reading some of his stories about growing up in pitality to those traveling Mountains. the Sawtooth Valley. through,” said Ranch Manager

IF YOU GO Bruces Innes and Jilla Web will perform Aug. 29. And John Alonge, founder of the San Diego Wine and Sandra Beckwith. “We do have Stephen Regenold writes Culinary Institute, will pair wines with Chef Andrew Machanic’s hors d’oeuvres during a Sips and Bites event horseback riding, Dutch oven about outdoors gear at Aug. 23 and 28. www.gearjunkie.com. For information about these events or lodging: 208-774-3544 or e-mail [email protected] See RANCH, Outdoors 3 Fish and Game awards bighorn tag to new group At their July 23 meeting, selected the tag proposals tag has ranged between request them. Fish and Agency to explore formal commissioners decided to they felt would bring the $45,000 and $86,000. Game Director Cal Groen split the tags for the first most money to benefit the The groups only keep also said during the meet- time. The auction tag went sheep. Wright also charac- enough money to cover ing that he plans to look at application process, more tags to Sportsmen for Fish and terized the decision as an their expenses. That’s other options for wildlife Wildlife-Idaho, while the issue of fairness, “just defined as no more than 5 tag auctions and lotteries. By Nate Poppino One tag is auctioned off, foundation received the because the foundation percent of proceeds for the Future events could target Times-News writer while the other is awarded lottery tag. had it for so long.” auction tag and no more elk and deer, Wright said, through lottery. The Wild The decision proved Revenues from the tags than 25 percent for the lot- and would put Idaho in For more than 20 years, Sheep Foundation has somewhat controversial, have varied widely over tery tag. line with what other states the Idaho Fish and Game always received both — Commission Chairman the years. Just since 2005, With more than one run. Commission has released until this year, when Wayne Wright told the the auction tag has group seeking tags, Wright “A lot of other states annual bighorn-sheep tags another group submitted a Times-News. But the brought in between said commissioners plan have more opportunities to raise money for research proposal for the tags for commissioners said in a $55,000 and $180,000 to establish more of a for- than Idaho does,” Wright and habitat work. the first time. press release that they each year, while the lottery mal application process to said. Outdoors 2 Thursday, August 6, 2009 OUTDOORS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Look high Kansas man crafts hunting bows By Michael Pearce overhead for The Wichita Eagle WICHITA, Kan. — For a guy who loves the outdoors, Dave Beeler doesn’t the stars of this get there very often. His weekdays are spent at Coleman and most of his evenings and weekends in Chinese folk tale his home workshop. The demand for his cus- wo of the brightest tom-made bows is that summer stars fig- high. Ture prominently in “Every time I did a little a Chinese legend about the SKYWATCH asking around about who herd-boy and the weaver- made good bows his name girl. Chris Anderson came up,” said Jason The stars are Vega (cur- Robinson, a customer from rently directly overhead at North Carolina. “People 11 p.m.) and Altair (high in SKY CALENDAR know who he his and what AP photos the southeast at 11 p.m.). he can do.” Dave Beeler makes traditional bows in the basement of his home in Haysville, Kan. The custom bow maker Vega represents the weav- THROUGH Beeler uses the side busi- er-girl, whose job it was to ness as a way to earn extra has made bows for archers in several states. weave the clouds. Altair is THURSDAY income and sometimes as a the herd-boy, who tends a way to pay his respects to bows.com, driving the dozen domestic and exotic Thunder,” the bow has a herd of oxen. others. demand. woods. Beeler can do just red, white and blue handle. The two young lovers Planets: One hour before sun- It all began with an He has about 15 orders about any color combina- One of Robinson’s military were so smitten with one rise attempt to simplify his life. awaiting to be built. The tion imaginable. That’s a dogtags is embedded on another that they neglect- Venus: ENE, low About 13 years ago, custom bows sell for $400 big deal to clients. one side. A medallion with ed their duties. Without Mars: E, mid-sky Beeler was just another to $500 and take about 40 “An off-the-rack bow an eagle sits on the other. clouds, the sun scorched Jupiter: SW, very low happy Kansas bowhunter. hours to build. would never hold much Photos of the bow have the earth. And the oxen One hour after sunset: He carried a compound Beeler makes both long- value to me because I know circulated widely on Web wandered far and wide, Saturn: W, extremely low bow with wheels, cams, bows and recurves. The anybody can get one,” said sites and forums dealing trampling the withering Jupiter: ESE, very low cables and fancy sights. latter are a step up the Robinson, the North with traditional bows. crops. Moon: No major phase this “I was very proficient archery ladder, with the Carolinian. “But the bow Robinson and Beeler said Soon the Queen of week (waning gibbous). but just got tired of mess- tips of the bow arching for- Dave’s making me is mine the response has been Heaven saw that some- Close to Jupiter this morning ing with the cables and the ward to provide added and it’s the only one like it. good. thing must be done. She Other data: Perseid meteor sights and all of that other power and arrow speed. The first time I saw a pic- “I made the bow for put the weaver-girl on one shower peaks Wednesday. stuff,”he said. “I just was- Both styles of bow must ture of it, it really felt so Jason but I also made it in side of the silver river (the Meteors appear to emanate n’t excited about shooting be built to accommodate a right.” honor of all of the people in Milky Way) and the herd- from high in the NE. Best it anymore.“ shooter’s size and strength. With Robinson’s help, the military,” Beeler said. boy on the other side. They viewing pre-dawn, So he ordered a commer- The limbs of Beeler’s Beeler designed a bow “It’s just kind of tribute returned to their work, and Wednesday morning, cially-made Robin Hood- bows are made of four thin befitting the customer’s from me to them.” all seemed well at first. But although bright moonlight style longbow. wood laminations encased occupation. It’s not the only bow he’s soon, the weaver girl grew interferes. “As soon as I drew it back in fiberglass for added Robinson is an Air Force built while thinking senti- sad. Her cloud-weavings and watched that first strength. staff sergeant awaiting his mental thoughts. grew heavy and dark. She Chinese folk wisdom arrow sail through the air I The thicker handles give fourth tour of Iraq or Beeler made his personal missed the herd-boy so holds that if it rains before knew I’d found what I was Beeler a chance to get artis- Afghanistan. Beeler saw bow about 18 months ago, much that she began to cry the seventh day of the sev- wanting,” he said. “It was tic and build a bow to meet the project as a chance to though last fall he was too day and night, and her enth month, the crops will so simple and it would take each customer’s fancy. show his appreciation to busy making other bows to tears flooded the earth. be bountiful. And on the some time to get good. It Clients choose from any Robinson and others. take it hunting. So, the Queen of Heaven special day, when Vega, got me excited.” combination of about a Named “American The handle is a striking devised a compromise. Altair, and the Milky Way He got the bug to become combination of orange and Once a year, on the seventh are high overhead, few a bowmaker after helping a black. Beeler said those day of the seventh month, magpies will be seen, since friend who made bows in were his dad’s favored col- the weaver-girl and the they will be up in the sky, 1999. Beeler went home ors because he loved any- herd-boy could meet. Pure making a bridge so the and made himself a bow. thing Harley-Davidson. white magpies would fly to lovers can meet for their He was soon making oth- His father, Bill, died from the silver river and form a annual tryst. ers. leukemia in 1985. Beeler bridge with their bodies so Next week: Dark clouds “Some of my friends saw regrets not having the the herd-boy could cross in space. mine and asked if I’d build chance to have crafted him to the weaver-girl’s side. them one and I did,” he a bow. However, the herd-boy Chris Anderson man- said. “Then I made a few He feels like he’s sharing crossed with his oxen in ages the College of others and sold them on the bow with his father. tow. Their muddy feet Southern Idaho’s eBay.” “It’s a personal-type soiled the magpies’ feath- Centennial Observatory in From there it has been thing,” Beeler said. ers, which is why they are Twin Falls. He can be word-of-mouth advertis- “Hopefully this year I’ll get part white and part black reached at 208-732-6663 ing and a simple Web site, Beeler shows a traditional bow he made in honor of his father, in to take it out and do some today. or [email protected]. www.beelertraditional- Haysville, Kan. hunting with it.” A pre-season primer: Part I Outdoor news from around the nation ith daytime I’ve found that a good Sporting Clays Club Information: 732-6655 (donated by McClain’s temperatures SHOOTING spray down with inexpen- Aug. 12: Fish & Game fish- Pizzeria and The Chocolate Wpushing into the THE BULL sive brake cleaner and championship shoot ing 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Moose), games, activities 90s, most of us can’t wait some scrubbing with an Dierkes Lake. Information: and campfire. After dark, to back the bass boat into Rich old toothbrush will clear is Saturday 324-4359 scan the skies for shooting the cool waters of the out most of the debris and The Jerome Gun Club will Aug. 13: Jerome Public stars or gaze into the heavens reservoir or knock a few Simpson crud from the action before hold a sporting clays shoot Library — Outdoor Reading with Mark Nelson of Shades balls down the fairway. woodwork for signs of wear evaporating away. But be on Saturday. at Jerome Recreation District of Sun Valley, who will share But have you looked at or damage. If the stock fin- aware, some synthetic This is the Sporting Clays Pool, 10 a.m. Information: his expertise and his high- your calendar lately? Our ish is intact, simply apply a materials and stock finish- Club Championship, a 100- 324-5427 powered telescope. Families hunting seasons are literal- couple coats of a quality es can be adversely affected target event. Cost is $25 for Mystery Sight — create may lay their sleeping bags ly just around the corner, furniture paste wax to the by certain solvents. For adults, $20 for juniors under your own activity, journal out in the meadow under the and now’s a good time to interior and exterior sur- these instances, Birchwood age 18. It is open to all shoot- about your experience and stars or wander into cabins begin preparing for them. faces of the stock and Casey makes a wonderfully ers, but only club members take your journal to a sign- as the little ones begin to What I’d like to offer you you’re good to go. effective synthetic-safe will be shooting for trophies. up location (the one by the nod. The Shooting Star today are some preseason Synthetic stocks simply aerosol. Lightly oil and Sign-up is 9 a.m, shooting canyon) today or Friday for Sleep Out will be at the suggestions to help you require a careful cleaning. lubricate the action after- begins at 10 a.m. a stamp and prize, if you are Central Idaho 4-H Camp, ‘get your ducks in a row,’ If the finish is sufficient- wards to prevent rust and The club is located 11 miles one of the first five families about 17 miles north of before you’re actually knee ly worn to warrant refin- wear. north of the junction of to arrive. For more informa- Ketchum. Cost is $50 per deep in Snake River mud ishing, now’s a perfect time Since any firearm is only Highway 93 and I-84 at mile tion about Be Outside, regis- family, and includes dinner getting your ducks in a row. for this work. as good as the barrel, it marker 64. tration info or directions to a and breakfast. Our primary focus will be Next, let’s have a look at deserves special attention. For more information: sign-up location: 736-2265 A detailed schedule, on gun preparation. the gun’s action and metal- Gunsmiths will tell you Mike at 539-4814. or www.beoutsidetwin- what-to-bring list and rele- The first step is to work. Normal use or mild that more gun barrels are falls.com. vant paperwork will be sent arrange your guns and neglect will almost guaran- ruined by infrequent or Valley ATV club upon registration. Family cleaning materials in a tee that firing residues and improper cleaning than by Fall shooting league scholarships are available. well-lighted and ventilated field debris have worked actual wear. I would sug- schedules picnic To register or for more infor- work space. Since we’re their way into the action’s gest investing in a sturdy Magic Valley ATVRiders signup draws close mation: Lisa Horton at lhor- generally dealing with nooks and crannies. This one-piece coated cleaning will gather for a picnic at The Twin Falls Gun Club [email protected] or 726-4333. rather potent cleaning can adversely affect your rod and chamber/bore 6 p.m. Wednesday at Filer Fall League signup begins Also see www.ercsv.org. chemicals, you’ll want to gun’s functioning and guide. Community Park. Aug. 13. The first week of consider protecting your- safety. Nowadays, there are lit- Club members should shooting begins Aug. 20 and FWP to intervene in self with safety glasses, Depending upon your erally dozens of fine bore bring their own beverage (no will run for six weeks. some sturdy latex gloves knowledge and familiarity cleaners available. I partic- alcohol permitted in park) Includes five-person teams, federal wolf lawsuit and an old work shirt or with the particular firearm, ularly like Hoppes, and lawn chair, as well as a 25 targets from the 16-yard HELENA, Mont. — The shop apron. I would also you can decide how much Shooters Choice, Outers, potluck dish. Hamburgers line and 25 targets from the Montana Department of strongly suggest that you disassembly is appropriate Tetra and Montana X- and hot dogs provided by handicapped yard line. Fish, Wildlife and Parks has get yourself a quality set of for proper cleaning. The Treme products. Give sev- MVATVR. Cost to shoot is $65 for intervened in a federal lawsuit gunsmith screwdrivers or a Internet is a great source of eral a try to learn which Prizes will be awarded. team sponsor fee and $60 for that seeks to restore federal torque wrench (fat wrench) information for disassem- best suits your needs. No pets allowed in park. individual shooter fee. endangered species protec- with appropriate bits. bling and cleaning most After reassembling and To get there, from Highway For more information: the tion to gray wolves in the These little gems are popular firearms. In fact, adding a protective 30 turn north on Fair Avenue gun club Thursdays and northern Rocky Mountains. invaluable for preventing most major manufacturers oil/lubricant, your firearm and travel north to 6th Sunday at 734-0639. FWP officials say the damage to the gun/scope provide online instruction will be ready for some Avenue. Take another left to agency will also oppose any screws. Look at your manuals. I recently found a range work. That’s our Park Street. Club members Count, sleep under preliminary injunction buddy’s gun and see what I You Tube video that taught topic for next time. will meet in the southwest requests that seek to reinstate mean. me how to give my old Good Shooting! corner of the park. shooting stars federal protections while the Let’s begin with the Ithaca 37-pump gun its For more information: Every summer,the Perseid case continues in court. stock. If I’m working with a preseason cleanup. Rich Simpson may be Stan Mai at 733-5981. Meteor Shower streaks Joe Maurier, FWP director, wooden stocked gun, I Though you can pur- reached at rsimpson29@ across the sky, putting on a says the state’s wolf popula- carefully examine the chase more costly solvents, hotmail.com. Be Outside this week show of about one per tion is growing, well protect- minute at the peak. The ed by Montana law and well- This week’s Be Outside — Environmental Resource managed. Southern Idaho Challenge Center in Ketchum invites In May, the federal gov- Been riding lately? How about sharing your • • • includes: you to join other families ernment removed more than Saturday: Fish & Game Aug. 14-15 to count shooting 1,300 wolves in Montana dirt bike, ATV or other off-road ride photos with fellow fishing 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at stars and to sleep beneath and Idaho from the endan- Times-News readers? Send photos and info Exit 208 pond, Burley. them. gered species list. to Outdoors Editor Andrew Weeks at aweeks@magicvalley. Information: 324-4359; Before the sun goes down, Environmentalists have sued Herrett Center Star Party nature’s extravagance will be to restore federal oversight. com or 132 Fairfield St. W., Twin Falls, ID 83303. 9:45 p.m. to midnight. celebrated with dinner — Staff and wire reports Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OUTDOORS Thursday, August 6, 2009 Outdoors 3 Step back in time at Bonanza, Custer By Karen Bossick Times-News correspondent

In Custer’s heyday, Biddy Dunn hung blankets on the bridge behind the hotel, letting the river run over them and wash them. The 50 or so Chinamen who lived there inadver- tently served as the town’s garbage men, collecting slop for their chickens. And Mr. Jeffries ordered burnt toast for breakfast every day at the Nevada KAREN BOSSICK/For the Times-News Hotel to keep his complex- ion clear. Kaia Wolfrom, of Bellevue, didn’t have to go any farther than the front porch to find a bird’s nest. The ghosts of Bonanza and Custer come to life every summer as park rangers and costumed Ranch interpreters recount the Continued from Outdoors 1 Register of Historic Places. Wash., woman who was days when emigrants from cookouts, even a pond for “I remember when they spending a week at the Cornwall, England, Italy fishing. But we also serve as used to put you up on Army ranch with her husband,two Sweden, Ireland and China a good base for guests to go cots. And the bathrooms teenage sons and her par- streamed into the Land of out and explore on their were so tight you could ents, Hugh and Karen Eddy the Yankee Fork searching own.” hardly turn around,” said of Caldwell. “We leave such for small particles of placer The property the ranch Sue Beede, of Eagle. “Now hectic lives back home it’s gold that had washed down sits on was originally the the place has a luxurious nice to have some down the surrounding hillsides. homestead of Stanley Basin feeling — but still with all time to just sit.” Today the historic sites pioneer and mail carrier the rustic flavor you want in Chef Andrew Machanic have been preserved as part KAREN BOSSICK/For the Times-News Dave Williams, one of the an Idaho ranch.” cooks up an elaborate array of the Land of the Yankee The old-timey pioneers turned out for Custer Days, held each year in first climbing guides in the In addition to refurbish- of dishes he calls “ranch Fork Idaho State mid-July. Sawtooths. ing the accommodations, fusion cuisine” every night. Centennial Park. Captivated by the beauty the new owners built a new Non-lodgers are welcome You can walk the dusty the teakwood opium pipes even get an ice cream cone of jagged peaks resembling a deck in the concrete hot to join in the dinners, which streets that the miners in the museum. or candy stick at the gener- saw blade, New York pool, which maintains a pair American and Mexican once walked, stopping in at And you can tour the al merchandise store. Frigidaire distributor comfortable temperature flavors with European fla- Frank Tully’s Cabin and the Yankee Fork Dredge, which To get there, drive Winston Paul bought the between 98 and 103 degrees. vors — provided they make a Custer Schoolhouse. operated between 1940 downstream from Stanley property in 1929. And they added heated reservation ahead of time. You can learn the story of and 1952, chewing its way 12 miles on Highway 75 to Over the next few changing rooms below the One couple who spent how many of the residents through the gravel of the the old Sunbeam Dam. months, 60 workers pool. their honeymoon at the here met their end at the Yankee Fork of the Salmon Turn left onto the Yankee camped out in the open But they stopped short of lodge returned recently for Bonanza Cemetery. River as it recovered mil- Fork Road and drive a few meadow,snaking logs up the putting TVs in every room. their 50th anniversary,mar- You can peruse old lions of dollars of gold. miles up the road to creeks to build the 8,000- The absence of TVs frees veling at how much easier it wooden backpack, the buf- Everything’s free, save a Bonanza and the dredge. square foot lodge said to be guests up to sit on the porch, was to get to the ranch since falo hide coat worn by a small admission price to Custer is a little farther up inspired by Yellowstone’s just as the first guests did 80 they no longer had to go by stage coach driver and see the dredge. And you can the road. Old Faithful Lodge. years ago. But, instead of train to Shoshone. The ranch opened the fol- hunting game, they’re Paul and Chris lowing year as an invitation- hunting for the most dra- Mensinger, of Hagerman, only hunting club where matic sunsets to train their celebrated their anniversary guests could “hunt” the cameras on. at the ranch this summer, plentiful deer, elk and other Beckwith organized a riding horseback during the F&G Commission to meet game from the expansive variety of workshops this day and watching a cornu- front porch made of knotty summer, ranging from pho- copia of stars appear in the The Idaho Fish and list, which happened in May. quota or statewide quota is pine. tography and fly fishing to sky as they soaked in the hot Game Commission will Legal challenges to the reached. As the ranch changed wine tasting seminars and pool. meet Aug. 17,to set harvest delisting, however, still are Tags would go on sale after hands, guest operations outdoor concerts. “It’s pretty amazing how quotas for Idaho’s first wolf pending. the quotas are set. A resident were curtailed for a time. Guests can also relive you don’t have to go far to hunts this fall. The seasons would be the tag would cost $11.75, a non- But that’s scarcely the their childhood days with a feel like you’re really gotten The meeting will start at same as proposed last year, resident tag would be $186. case today. game of Risk found on the away from it all,” said Paul about 1:30 p.m. at the Idaho except in the Lolo and Other items on the agenda The current owners — shelves in the Great Hall or Mensinger. Fish and Game Upper Snake Sawtooth zones where they include setting seasons for financier Steve and archi- take advantage of the sug- Bill Leavell, who manages Region office, 4279 run from Sept. 1-March 31. waterfowl and sage grouse; a tect Courtney Kapp, and gestions that the staff posts the ranch, says it’s not Commerce Circle, Idaho In the Selway and Middle discussion of fall chinook financier David Singer and on the board each day. uncommon to see cougar, Falls. Fork zones the seasons run fishing opportunities; the his wife Diane Kapp — With more than 300 lakes otter, fox and elk and In March, the commission Sept. 15-Dec. 31 fiscal year 2011 budget recently refurbished the in the area and miles upon wolves, especially on the adopted wolf hunting sea- Elsewhere the wolf season request, and updates on lodge and the 17 cabins that miles of hiking and biking lower half of the ranch near sons statewide, pending is from Oct. 1-Dec. 31. plans for a headquarters surround it. They endowed trails that start right outside the hot springs. removal of wolves in Idaho Hunting may end sooner if building and the pelican them with modern ameni- the lodge’s door, there’s no “It’s amazing,” he said. from the endangered species the wolf management area management plan. ties like Oakley stone in the shortage of things to do. “You’ll be lying in bed and showers while maintaining “It’s wonderful for three all of a sudden you’ll hear a the rustic charm provided generations because there’s long deep wolf howl. It’s a by log burl chandeliers, something for everyone — beautiful sound.And it’s one wooden skis hanging on the usually, some of us go fish- you can’t hear in the city.” Super hunt tickets still available walls and cowboy boots, ing or hiking while others lariat and branding irons may prefer to sit on the Karen Bossick may be Weren’t lucky in the first son or controlled hunt tags. 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COMMUNITY NEWS SilverSneakers DIFFERENT expanding in Jerome SilverSneakers exercise classes at the Jerome Senior Center will soon offer evening classes. An open house will be held Aug. 13 at the center for those wanting to try out the class designed DIRECTOR for seniors. The class begins at 5:15 p.m. A and a free dinner will follow at 6 p.m. Tipton Participants will move to the music through a variety of exercises designed to increase brings muscular strength, range of movement and activities for daily living. unique Hand-held weights, elastic tubing with handles and a SilverSneakers ball are offered business for resistance. A chair is used for seated and/or standing support. There will also be background door prizes. Everyone is invited to attend. Information: Kris to Jerome Shelton, 324-5642. Chamber Area students enter writing workshop By Mary Hanson Shelby Peters of Jerome and Times-News correspondent Grace Bowler of Gooding are among the 25 students select- JEROME — Dawn Tipton ed to participate in the knows business. The new Writers@Harriman work- Jerome Chamber of shop held this week at Commerce director also Harriman State Park in eastern knows snakes. Idaho. While there’s a used-car- The workshop is for high salesman joke in there school students entering their somewhere, it’s Tipton’s junior or senior year. unique background as a Students will work in small business owner who par- groups and one-on-one with layed her lifelong interest in professional writers and a reptiles and amphibians naturalist, exploring imagina- that she hopes will make tive writing techniques in her a fit with the area’s Idaho’s outdoor classroom. diverse business sector. An anthology of student work Tipton is a University of will be printed following the Wyoming graduate who camp. came to Jerome from Writers Chris Dempsey Casper, Wyo., where she from Middleton, Catherine and her late husband oper- Jones from Missouri, Mont., ated Rocky Mountain and Sen. Nicole LeFavour from Vivarium, a business that Boise are teachers. All three are assists in the care, safety, MARY HANSON/For the Times-News published writers with expe- transportation and research New Jerome Chamber of Commerce Director Dawn Tipton, right, stands with assistant Ashley Morrell at the chamber’s office on Tuesday. rience teaching imaginative of reptiles and amphibians. writing to young people. While Tipton said her Tipton recently took the job after moving from Casper, Wyo. Information: writersathar- sons are looking after that riman.org. business, a chance and chamber of commerce primary goal of the Jerome getting acquainted.” seem daunting. Not for a encounter with the Jerome involvement.” Chamber. As for the snakes and woman who smiles sweetly WSU graduates Chamber’s advertisement Tipton’s background also “But right now I’m just reptiles she cared for in as she describes her favorite for the director opening includes growing up on a trying to get my feet wet,” Wyoming, Tipton said venomous sanke, a “little area students brought her west. Wyoming ranch where her Tipton said. “This culture bringing any to Jerome miniature Namibian puff The following Washington “I was visiting friends in family bred and showed is a bit different than mine “takes some thought.” adder” — one of the most State University students from Idaho when I saw the quarter horses and where in Wyoming … Casper, But as far as the challenge venomous snakes in the the area have earned under- advertisement about the she competed in barrel rac- Wyoming is growing so of taking over the Jerome world. graduate degrees for the spring position in Jerome,”Tipton ing and participated in 4-H. fast and people don’t know Chamber director position 2009 semester. said. “I felt I fit the descrip- Tipton said she’s inter- each other any more. in one of the worst eco- Mary Hanson may be Hailey: Nicole Michelle tion for the job because of ested in the subject of People are so friendly here. nomic downturns in U.S. reached at maryhanson- Stern, Bachelor of Science in my business background workforce development, a I’m looking forward to history goes, it doesn’t [email protected]. microbiology. Jerome: Tyson Bernell Stout, Bachelor of Science in “I felt I fit the description for the job because of my business background chemical engineering. Murtaugh: John Alexander Silvers, Bachelor of Science in and chamber of commerce involvement.” architectural studies.

T IGERS WASHING Woodhouse celebrates THEIR WAY TO D ISNEYLAND her 90th birthday Louise Wood- resident of Oakley house will cele- all her life. She mar- Members of Jerome High School’s brate her 90th ried Elmo Wood- music program wash a Jerome birthday at an house and they had Fire Department engine recently. open house from three children, The program is raising money to 5 to 7 p.m. Vaughn, Paul and help fund a spring-break trip to Saturday at the Sally. Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., for Vaughn and Anita She has 14 grand- Woodhouse resi- Woodhouse children and 35 a band competition. The next dence, 1011 S. great-grandchil- music fundraiser car wash will be Idaho Highway 27, Burley. dren. Saturday at D.L. Evans Bank on The family requests no gifts. The event is hosted by Lincoln Street in Jerome. Woodhouse was born Vaughn and Anita Aug. 5, 1919, in Oakley, to Woodhouse, Paul and Garneta Rose and James Claudia Woodhouse, and Photo courtesy Gina Ordaz Garnet Port. She has been a Sally and Bruce Van Leuven. A bar of soap works for more than just leg cramps DEAR DR. GOTT: I have amazed that I have almost needs and found it so suc- Reports “Dr. Gott’s DEAR DR. GOTT: I am bursitis in my upper right a full range of motion back cessful. I have printed your Compelling Home seeking your interpreta- arm that I used to describe ASK DR. and that I am pain-free. letter in the hopes that it Remedies” and “More tion of a report I received as a toothache in my mus- GOTT Thank you for printing will also help others. Compelling Home about the extent of an cle. It got to the point of suggestions for such sim- So, folks, it seems that Remedies.”Other readers injury to my right eye being so painful that I had Dr. Peter Gott ple and cheap pain-relief my soap-under-the-sheet would like copies should socket. I want to know to quit using my arm to do methods. remedy works for more send a self-addressed whether it is broken or anything and kept it muscle cramps. I decided DEAR READER: Bursitis than just leg cramps. Try stamped No. 10 envelope otherwise damaged. tucked tightly to my side. to try it, but instead put it is a fairly common and experimenting and let me and a check or money Could you please explain Then I read your column near my arm rather than painful arthritis-like con- know the results. order for $2 per report to the report results in lay- about putting a bar of soap my legs, and within two dition. I am glad that you To provide related infor- Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, man’s terms? under the sheet at the bot- days the pain subsided. As adapted one of my recom- mation, I am sending you Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be tom of the bed for leg- of today, my doctor is mendations to suit your copies of my Health sure to mention the title(s). See DR. GOTT, Outdoors 5 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho COMMUNITY/IDAHO Thursday, August 6, 2009 Outdoors 5 Idaho tribe restoring sturgeon habitat By Becky Kramer gate some of the damage The Spokesman-Review caused by a century of dik- ing, farming and other BONNERS FERRY — development. Four-inch long sturgeon “Society has put con- frolicked in a hatchery tank straints on the river,’’ said comically flipping onto their Greg Hoffman, a fish biolo- backs to feed,then wriggling gist who works at Libby right side up. Dam. Bonners Ferry would Barely a year old, they flood if the Army Corps of looked ancient. Long Engineers released the same snouts, sharklike tails and volume of spring flow that the sturgeon’s bony armor historically swept down the hinted at the species’ pre- valley, he said. historic origins, which date “We want to see the sys- back 150 million years. tem restored, but we’ll do it “They’re mysterious, in a way that’s sensitive to beautiful creatures,’’ said the local community and the Sue Ireland, fish and wildlife culture of the area,’’ said director for the Kootenai Patty Perry, the tribe’s Tribe of Idaho, the hatch- administrative director. ery’s operator. “It’s impor- The tribe has gathered a tant that we do everything in policy team that includes our power to help them sur- representatives from Idaho, vive.’’ Washington, Montana and As part of aggressive plans British Columbia’s Ministry to keep the Kootenai River’s of the Environment. Tribal white sturgeon population members will work cooper- from sliding into extinction, atively with other govern- the tribe has crafted a habi- ments to secure funding for tat restoration plan for 55 the habitat work, Perry said. miles of the river. The habi- Sturgeon are culturally tat work will help young significant to the 141-mem- hatchery sturgeon survive Courtesy photo ber Kootenai Tribe. after they’re released into The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho is working with state and federal agencies to restore habitat in the Kootenai River for the white sturgeon which was “The tribe is connected to their native waters, and also listed as an Endangered Species in 1994. sturgeon just like the benefit the remaining wild Columbia River tribes are sturgeon population. river. If the trend isn’t Dwindling numbers of British Columbia’s “We’re trying to unlock connected to salmon,’’ In the 1970s, an estimated reversed soon, only a hand- Kootenai sturgeon were first Kootenay Lake to spawning the mystery of what’s keep- Ireland said. “They’re a 7,000 white sturgeon lurked ful of wild female sturgeon documented in the mid- grounds near Bonners Ferry. ing them from thriving in spiritual messenger, revered in the river’s cool, green will be left to spawn. 1960s. Then came Libby In recent years, the U.S. the wild,’’Ireland said. for their longevity.’’ depths. Only 800 to 1,000 Kootenai sturgeon are a Dam. Sixty-five million Army Corps of Engineers The restored habitat will Ireland, who isn’t Native, adults remain — and that distinct stock, evolving after years ago, sturgeon survived has released water from the also help five other native began working for the tribe figure’s shrinking by about 9 the last ice age isolated them the mass extinction that dam to mimic the spring fish species, including koka- in 1996. She, too, fell under percent each year, according from Columbia River stur- killed off the dinosaurs, but freshets. Although the stur- nee, which are part of the the sturgeon’s spell. to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife geon. The freshwater giants they were no match for geon are spawning again, sturgeon’s diet. “They get to you,’’ she Service. can reach 8 feet in length, modern engineering. the fry don’t survive. In an Ireland said the habitat said, cradling a hatchery Scientists believe the next but they’re slow to mature. Built in 1974 for flood effort to reverse the trend, plan is a practical document. sturgeon in her palm. few years will be critical for The fish don’t spawn until control and power genera- the tribe’s habitat plan calls It recognizes that the river Everyone who works on the Kootenai sturgeon. More they’re 30. Although tion, Libby Dam tamed the for creating deeper pools in won’t return to a pristine the restoration effort devel- than three decades have females can live into their spring torrents that once the main river and restoring state. But by working closely ops an intense desire to see passed since the fish repro- 70s, they lay eggs only every triggered the upstream jour- side sloughs for rearing with local landowners, she the Kootenai sturgeon sur- duced successfully in the four to six years. ney of the sturgeon from areas. said, the tribe hopes to miti- vive, she said.

5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS JEROME COUNTY Saul F. Garcia, failure to purchase Ruben Vargas-Romero, failure to Salvador Castano-Dominguez, bation, $165.50 fine. speed limit, dismissed; 180 days MISDEMEANOR ARRAIGNMENTS driver’s license. purchase driver’s license, failure driving without privileges, failure Gerry W. Cross, placing debris on jail, 105 suspended, credit for 2 Jose Alejandro Aguilar-Ramirez, Cody Jacob Garey, injure another to provide proof of insurance. to provide proof of insurance, public or private property, guilty, served, 70 discretionary, 1 year minor consumption. by careless handle/discharge of Ryan Jeffrey Ward, injure another guilty, 180 days jail, 178 sus- $100 fine. supervised probation, $626 Amanda Imogene Ames, driving weapon. by careless handle/discharge of pended, 2 days sheriff work pro- Yaneli Ocampo-Castro, failure to fine. without privileges, failure to pro- Eddie Gomez, driving without weapon. gram, 1 year unsupervised pro- purchase driver’s license, vehi- John Peter Jasso, driving under vide proof of insurance. privileges. Kyle Eugene Wilkinson, driving bation, $440.50 fine. cles color or clearance lamps or the influence (excessive), guilty, Riley Douglas Arbaugh, minor Scott Nelson Hall, battery. without privileges, leaving the Brenda Garcia, petit theft, guilty, side marker lamps, guilty, $208 365 days jail, 318 suspended, consumption. Jose Ramon Hernandez-Garcia, scene of an accident, operate a 90 days jail, 88 suspended, 2 fine. credit for 47 served, 2 years Gwyn Beaumont, driving without resisting/obstructing officers, motor vehicle without liability days to serve, eligible for sheriff Robert Ernest Popp, dog at large, supervised probation. privileges. disturbing the peace. insurance. work program, 1 year unsuper- guilty, $50 fine. Javier Jimenez-Negrete, driving Chad M. Beckett, driving without Robert C. Hudelson, Jr., disturb- Michael E. Wilson, possession of vised probation, $225 fine. Denise Lorene Sturgeon, dog at under the influence, fail to use privileges, fail to provide proof ing the peace. a controlled substance, drug Nelida Garcia-Ruiz, large, guilty, $50 fine. safety restraint, guilty, 180 days of insurance, two counts of Howard K. Huefner, paraphernalia. inattentive/careless driving, jail, 178 suspended, credit for 1 improper safety restraint-child 6 inattentive/careless driving. Juan M. Zambrano, failure to pur- guilty, 10 days jail suspended, 6 MISDEMEANOR DISMISSAL served, 1 day to serve, eligible years or younger. Larry Dean Kimbrough, driving chase a driver’s license, failure months unsupervised proba- Richard LJ Cussler, driving on for sheriff work program, 1 year Oralia B. Borrayo, driving without without privileges. to provide proof of insurance. tion, $187.50 fine. divided highway/restricted supervised probation, $313.50 privileges, fail to secure registra- Alain Antonio Martinez-Elorza, Fred Wayne Peterson, two counts access, dismissed. fine. tion. driving without privileges, driv- DRIVING UNDER THE vicious dog at large, two counts Joan A. Morquecho, driving Cole Cade Covey, open container, ing on the wrong side of the INFLUENCE ARRAIGNMENTS fail to license dog, guilty, $100 DRIVING UNDER THEN under the influence, guilty, 180 leaving the scene of an acci- highway. Juan G. Acevedo, driving under fine. INFLUENCE SENTENCINGS days jail, 148 suspended, credit dent, inattentive/careless driv- Sherry Marie Miranda, petit theft. the influence. Jesus Picozo-Cruz, vicious dog Levi Dylon Brewer, driving under for 2 served, 30 discretionary, 2 ing. Nikole Ray Nelson, driving with- Jordan Leanna Baker, driving violations, guilty, $50 fine. the influence, guilty; failure to years supervised probation, Sonya Ken Davis, driving without out privileges, failure to provide under the influence. Levi Dylon Brewer, battery, 90 purchase driver’s license, $440.50 fine. privileges, two counts of proof of insurance. Jessie L. Ellis, driving under the days jail, 88 suspended, credit stop/yield sign violations, dis- Lucas Conrad W. Rubash, driv- improper safety restraint-child 6 Shannon E. Rios, battery. influence. for 2 served, 1 year supervised missed; 180 days jail, 178 sus- ing under the influence, guilty- years or younger, failure to pro- Araceli Salazar-Martinez, willful Mary Alaina O’Toole, driving probation, $175.50 fine. pended, credit for 2 served, 1 withheld, 180 days jail, 178 vide proof of insurance. concealment of goods, wares or under the influence, two counts James S. Cronquist, year supervised probation, suspended, credit for 1 served, Julie Marie Dewitt, driving with- merchandise. of possession of a controlled inattentive/careless driving, $440.50 fine. 1 day to serve, eligible for out privileges. Tyler David Shepherd, minor con- substance. guilty, 90 days jail, 88 suspend- Lisa R. Carroll, driving under the sheriff work program, 1 year Kelly L. Drezler, minor forbidden sumption. Carlos Vega-Garcia, driving under ed, credit for 2 served, 1 year influence, guilty, 180 days jail, supervised probation, $440.50 to loiter at certain licensed David Lloyd St. Jean (Kenyon), the influence, failure to pur- supervised probation, $175.50 178 suspended, credit for 2 fine. premises. placement in open view on pri- chase driver’s license. fine. served, 2 years supervised pro- Ike Allen Ellis, battery. vate property unlawful, declared Ariana Marin-Arteaga, driving bation, $440.50 fine. Lee R. Fife, failure to appear. nuisance accumulation and MISDEMEANOR SENTENCINGS without privileges, exceed Kenneth V. Field, driving under Lee R. Fife, driving without privi- storage. Kenneth J. Barney, disturbing the maximum speed limit, guilty, the influence, drug parapherna- Main West leges, failure to provide proof of Jamie Rae Taylor, unlawful sale of peace, guilty, 10 days jail sus- 180 days jail, 100 suspended, lia, guilty; possession of a con- insurance, fail to display plates alcohol to minor or intoxicated pended, 6 months unsupervised 78 discretionary days, 2 to trolled substance, fail to register Denture Clinic or stickers. person. probation, $187.50 fine. serve, 1 year unsupervised pro- annually, exceed maximum Bonnie Jean DeVall Licensed Denturist Hammertoe Clinic Specializing in New Dentures • Contracted Toes • Toe Corns/Callouses New Dentures are guaranteed Dr. Gott • Deformed Toes • Infected Toes Dentures, Relines & Repairs • Toe/Joint Pain • Toe Ulcers/Sores Continued from Outdoors 4 507 Main Ave. West, Suite B, Twin Falls probably had a cold and Return to your physician, country (and in some cases, Timothy G. 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Main St. #4 • Jerome • 867-4654 324-2754 Outdoors 6 Thursday, August 6, 2009 OBITUARIES Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Juanita Mae Hill Munk Pamela Hatch Aldrich Cavaliere Hoss Harrison BUHL — Juanita Mae Hill BURLEY — Pamela Pam is survived by Hoss Harrison, 75, Hoss was a member Munk passed away peace- Hatch Aldrich her husband, Joe; her of Twin Falls, passed of the Twin Falls Gun fully in her home in Buhl Cavaliere, age 49, three sons, Michael away Monday, Aug. Club. with her husband at her side died Monday, Aug. 3, (Alisa), Matthew of 3, 2009, at his home. He is survived by on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009, at 2009, after a long, Ketchum and Hoss was born his wife, Sue the age of 76. hard, five-year battle Brandon (Amber) of Nov. 8, 1933, in Harrison of Twin The daughter of Dalice with ovarian cancer. Burley; one stepson, Ventura, Calif., to Falls; daughter,Jamie and Virginia (Christoph- She was born Sept. Billy of St. George, Fred and Elsie (Steven) Bailey of erson) Hill, Juanita was born stake music chairman and in 14, 1959, in Price, Utah, the Utah; 11 grandchildren; two (Chapman) Estorga.He grew Tracy, Calif.; son, Mike during the Great Depression, a stake Relief Society presi- daughter of Duaine and sisters, Melanie (Harve) up around Grace, Idaho, and Parry of Manassas, Va.; sis- Sept. 10, 1932 in San dency. She served an LDS Colleen Smith Hatch. She Paling of Green River, Wyo., moved back to California, ters, Edith Raper of Fresno, Francisco, Calif., where she Mission in Portugal with her married Bill Aldrich on and Leslie (Jim) Patrick of where he graduated from Calif., Mary Ann (Mike) spent the first five years of husband. She also served as March 13, 1982, in Elko, Nev., North Tonawanda, N.Y.; one Long Beach Poly High Gardner of Hemet, Calif., her life, after which she a temple worker for many and together they had three brother, Kevin (Zenaida) School. After graduation, and JoAnn (Ray) Courson of moved with her family to years in the Boise Temple. sons, Michael, Matthew and Hatch of West Point, Utah; Hoss joined the U.S. Army, Hillsbourgh, Ore. Hoss is Twin Falls. She graduated Juanita was a remarkable Brandon. Bill and Pamela her mother, Colleen Hatch of serving in Korea during the also survived by his four from Twin Falls High School person who freely shared her were later divorced. She then American Falls; and Bill Korean War. After his dis- grandsons, Gabriel Bailey, in 1950. She then earned her time and talents with others. married Joe Cavaliere on Aldrich of Boise. She was charge from the Army, he Gerrod Bailey and Gregory nursing degree in Idaho She was highly esteemed by Sept. 7, 2007, in Burley. Pam preceded in death by her returned home and worked Bailey, all of Tracy, Calif., Falls, then her degree in edu- those who knew her.She will graduated from American father. in the air conditioning and and Jeffrey Parry of cation from the University of be greatly missed. Falls High School. She had A celebration of Pamela’s refrigeration trade. On June Mountain Home; and his Utah. After her education, Juanita is survived by her many cooking jobs and then, life will be held at 11 a.m. 13, 1982, in Palm Springs, dog, “Muffin.” Hoss is pre- Juanita was an RN and loving husband of 53 years, in 1996, she devoted the Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Calif.,he married Sue David. ceded in death by his parents Nursing OB/GYN instruc- Albert Juan Munk of Buhl; remainder of her life to work- Burley Community Support They moved to Twin Falls in and one brother. tor. After raising her family, and children, Julie Van Sickle ing at the Community Center, 1200 Oakley Ave. in October of 2004 from Tracy, A gathering in honor of she worked with her hus- of Buhl, Alan (Tammy) Support Center serving and Burley. Arrangements have Calif., after his retirement. Hoss will be held from band as his assistant in his Munk of Winnemucca,Nev., caring for others. She loved been entrusted to the care of Hoss enjoyed fishing, hunt- 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, dental practice. Ron (Anne) Munk of Cotati, life, all of her family,her dolls Rasmussen Funeral Home of ing and loved spending time Aug. 8, at White Mortuary Juanita married Albert Calif., Steve (KayLyn) of and her pets. Burley. with his family and friends. “Chapel by the Park.” The Juan Munk on July 12, 1956, Redmond, Wash., and Dave Hoss never met a person he family would like to extend in the Idaho Falls Temple. (Joan) of Winnemucca, Nev.; didn’t like, couldn’t talk to an invitation to all visitors to Her focus in life then became and siblings, Barbara Wallace (Wally) William Smith or make smile. He loved life stop by Hoss and Sue’s home raising her five children. Bingham of Twin Falls, and lived it to the fullest. after the gathering. Juanita had a love for music. Delcie Hymas of West Valley CHUBBUCK — Wallace Elizabeth’s death in June A gifted violinist and vocal- City, Utah, Roger Hill of (Wally) William Smith, 94, of 1990, he moved to ist, she earned a degree in Albion and Beverly Chubbuck, passed away Chubbuck, where he lived ERVICES music in the years she was Kellersberger of South Monday, Aug. 3, 2009, at the with his son, Wally Jr., until S raising her children. She was Jordan, Utah. Also surviving Pocatello Care and Rehab just before his death. Jordan Nutzman Kokjer of 2466 Addison Ave. E. in a member of the Magic are her 17 grandchildren and Center in Pocatello. He was He is survived by his sons, Chico, Calif., and formerly of Twin Falls; visitation from Valley Symphony and two great-grandchildren. under the care of Access Wallace Jr. (Linda) Smith of Heyburn, funeral at 11 a.m. 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the mor- Chorale for more than 20 Her parents, Dalice and Hospice. Chubbuck, Kenneth (Carol) today at the Burley First tuary. years. She also had a love of Virginia Hill; and her grand- Wally was born Sept. 16, Smith of Boise, Charles Presbyterian Church, 2100 Harold Burton Bryant of the outdoors and enjoyed son, Jeremy Van Sickle, pre- 1914, in Fort Wayne, Ind., to Smith of Pocatello and Scott Burton Ave.; visitation from Gooding, memorial service camping with her family. ceded her in death. Henry and Emma Vesseriat Smith of American Falls; his 10 to 10:45 a.m. today at the at 11 a.m.Saturday at the LDS Later in life, she traveled The funeral for Juanita will Smith. He married Elizabeth daughter, Christine (Jerry) church (Rasmussen Funeral Church in Gooding with her husband to Europe, be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Claire Jenkinson on May 15, Ward of Idaho Falls; nine Home in Burley). (Demaray Funeral Service, Japan, Australia, New Aug. 7, at the Buhl LDS 1943,in Roby,Texas.Wally grandchildren; one step Dee Anna Barnes of Buhl, Gooding Chapel. Zealand,Mexico,Hawaii and Church on Fair Avenue in served in the CCCs in Mount grandchild; 10 great-grand- memorial service at 11 a.m. Daniel William O’Brien Jr. her favorite — the Holy Buhl. Visitation will be held Shasta, Calif. For 20 years, he children; and six step great- today at Farmer Funeral of Twin Falls, private family Land. from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, worked as an aircraft grandchildren. He was pre- Chapel in Buhl. gathering at 2 p.m. Saturday. A deeply spiritual and Aug. 6, at 9 a.m. Friday at mechanic for Slick Airways ceded in death by his wife, Donna J. Mayne of Twin Leland Lorenzo Hugen- religious person, Juanita was the church. Burial will be at in Burbank and San parents, two sisters and two Falls, memorial service at tobler of Orem, Utah, and a member of The Church of the Sunset Memorial Park in Francisco, Calif. In 1965, the brothers. 2 p.m. today at Reynolds formerly of the Magic Valley Jesus Christ of Latter-day Twin Falls immediately fol- family moved to Montpelier, The funeral will be held at Funeral Chapel, 2466 area, funeral at 11 a.m. Saints and was very active in lowing the funeral. where they first farmed then 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Addison Ave. E. in Twin Monday at the Cascade serving others in various All services and arrange- built and operated a KOA. Demaray Funeral Service, Falls. Chapel of Suncberg-Olpin callings, including Primary ments are under the direc- After retiring, Wally Gooding Chapel, with Lloyd Calvin Mitchell of Mortuary, 495 S. State St. in president, Relief Society tion of the Parke’s Magic rehabbed an old log cabin Deacon John McKinley offi- Kennewick, Wash., and for- Orem, Utah; visitation one president, choir director, Valley Funeral Home of Twin where he and Elizabeth ciating. Burial will be in merly of Twin Falls, funeral hour before the service Cub Scout leader, teacher, Falls. lived until moving to the Hagerman Cemetery. at 11 a.m. Friday at Parke’s Monday at the church; inter- Hagerman. They spent their Visitation for family and Magic Valley Funeral Home, ment at noon Tuesday at the winters with friends follow- friends will be an hour prior 2551 Kimberly Road in Twin Rupert Cemetery in Rupert. Elsie Lea Arrington Egbert ing the fish around Nevada, to the start of the service Falls; visitation from 5 to Bertha M. VanBuren Arizona and California. His Friday. In lieu of flowers, the 7 p.m. today at the mortuary. Wilson of Twin Falls,memo- Elsie Lea Arrington of family and history. loves were fishing, travel, family requests that dona- Paulino Rodriguez of Twin rial service at 1 p.m. Monday Egbert, 88, of Twin She had a wonderful debating politics and espe- tions be made to a favorite Falls, funeral at 7 p.m. Friday at White Mortuary in Twin Falls, died peacefully sense of humor. She cially his family. After charity. at Reynolds Funeral Chapel, Falls. at home Monday, instilled in her chil- Aug. 3, 2009, with dren a knowledge family by her side. and testimony of the She was born Savior. We counted DEATH NOTICES March 19, 1921, in on the power of her announced by Parke’s Magic Valley Falls, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at Twin Falls, to Robert Glenn prayers. Caroline M. Cowden Funeral Home of Twin Falls. his home. Arrangements will be Arrington and Annie Lunett Elsie is survived by her BURLEY — Caroline Marie Cowden, announced by Parke’s Magic Valley Tuttle. She attended schools husband, Francis Marion 65, of Burley, died Tuesday, July 28, Funeral Home of Twin Falls. in Twin Falls and graduated Egbert Jr,; and 10 children, 2009, at her home. At Caroline’s Melvin D. Kaiser in 1939. Elsie married David (Ann) of Jerome, request, there will be no formal service JUNCTION CITY, Ore. — Melvin D. Francis Marion Egbert Jr. on Lea (Gary, deceased) (Rasmussen Funeral Home of Burley). Kaiser, 70, of Junction City, Ore., and Dwight A. Ramsey Aug. 20, 1941, in Salt Lake Andreason of Filer, Kendal formerly of Rupert,died Saturday,Aug. RUPERT — Dwight A.Ramsey,80,of City. She was a devoted wife (Beckie), Carol (Ray) 1, 2009. A service will be held Aug. 24 Rupert, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. and mother of 10 children. Conover and Merl (Kathlyn), Norma Vierstra in Junction City, Ore. A memorial service will be held at They lived in Castleford and all of Twin Falls, Myrna Norma Vierstra, 73, of Twin Falls, 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 10, at the Apostle Murtaugh while Francis (Wesley) Frey of Rigby, Loa died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2009, at St. House of Prayer, 93 E. Baseline in taught school and farmed, (Kim, deceased) Anderson of Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center in Clifford L. Hallstead Rupert (Hansen Mortuary Rupert then moved to Twin Falls in Layton, Utah, Donald (Lori) Twin Falls. Arrangements will be Clifford L. Hallstead, 77 of Twin Chapel). 1945. They later lived above of Wendell, Douglas Shoshone Falls in Jerome (Carleen) of Meridian and County for 30 years. They Maurice (Amber) of Provo, have lived south of Twin Utah; also, brothers, Lee and Falls for past seven years. Alden; sister, Gilda Hear better. Elsie encouraged her chil- Garrison; 50 grandchildren; You deserve it! dren and husband in church, and 122 great-grandchil- community and school dren. Preceding her in death, activities. She worked at were her parents, four TWO-DAY OPEN HOUSE SPECIAL EVENT Shelby’s Market, Egbert brothers, three sisters, four Special Guest: Dr. Michael Ilif, President of the Colorado Academy of Audiology Accounting and 10 years at grandchildren and two & Widex Hearing Aid Company Regional Representative Tupperware. Elsie enjoyed sons-in-law. serving in The Church of A service will be at 11 a.m. Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saturday,Aug.8,at the Twin We’ll discuss how the latest in hearing aid technology can help Saints. She and Francis Falls Stake Center by the enhance your hearing, understanding and quality of life. served in the Boise, Idaho, temple, with visitation at 10 and Atlanta, Ga., temples. a.m. A viewing will be from She enjoyed her flower gar- 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Hearing Screening dens, loved to cook, sew, Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Consultation embroider and collect dolls. Home, 2551 Kimberly Road Live Hearing Aid Demonstration Elsie also enjoyed clipping in Twin Falls. A graveside FREE articles and amassed an service will follow at Sunset incredible history about Memorial Park. Arrange- Magic Valley. She filled ments are under the direc- Wednesday, August 12th many notebooks with her tion of Parke’s Magic Valley Twin Falls Oice - 260 Falls Avenue, Suite A thoughts, stories and notes Funeral Home. Across from CSI Michael Eddward Sizemore Thursday, August 13th Burley Oice -1301 East 16th Street, Suite A JEROME — who preceded him in Fritz Kippes, HIS Inside Farmer’s Insurance Michael Eddward death along with his Hearing Instrument Specialist Sizemore, 45, of brothers Jim, Ben and Jerome, was called to Cecil Sizemore. his heavenly father on Surviving are his Space is limited and Wednesday, Aug. 5, wife, Lucinda; and reservations are required. 2009. He will be their children, greatly missed by all Brandon, Sharron, who knew and loved him. James and Camelle; also sis- Please call (208) 734-2900 to reserve your appointment for this special two-day event. Mike was first and fore- ters, Bonnie, Vickie and Pat; most a family man who loved and brothers, Asa, Kenny Honest Service - Reasonable Priced Hearing Aids - Complete Hearing Healthcare his wife and children and was David, Jack, Doug, Randy, always a cheerleader for their John, Tracy and Jessie. sports and competitions. A service of remembrance OPEN HOUSE SAVINGS Mike loved the outdoors and will be held at 11 a.m. enjoyed landscaping and Saturday, Aug. 8, at the creating lovely settings for Valley Christian Center in himself and others. Hazelton. A luncheon will Camping, hunting, fishing follow the service. Private and four-wheeling with his family inurnment will follow $)*&((%' &%, . 0 ,-*'% buddies was a passion for at a later date. "! # him. Arrangements were under # ).-$ Mike was born in Coeur the direction of Parke’s ! %+&0(!-*'' "! ! 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5RKPCNEGOGPV Tens of thousands of Americans undergo vertebroplasty annually, Psychologists repudiate gay therapy a treatment where bone cement is injected into the vertebra. from celibacy to switching nuanced assessment of how up their eyes to the potential Group suggests other ways to help churches — for helping therapists should deal with positive aspects of being gay clients live spiritually gay clients struggling to or lesbian.Secular therapists Bone cement clients struggling with religious faith rewarding lives in instances remain loyal to a religious have to recognize that some injected into where their sexual orienta- faith that disapproves of people will choose their faith a fracture By David Crary espoused by a small but per- tion and religious faith con- homosexuality. over their sexuality.’’ Associated Press writer sistent group of therapists, flict. Judith Glassgold, a In dealing with gay clients often allied with religious The APA had criticized Highland Park, N.J., psy- from conservative faiths, NEW YORK — The conservatives,who maintain reparative therapy in the chologist who chaired the says the report, therapists American Psychological gays can change. past, but a six-member task task force, said she hoped should be “very cautious’’ Association declared No solid evidence exists force added weight to this the document could help about suggesting treatments Needle Wednesday that mental that such change is likely, position by examining 83 calm the polarized debate aimed at altering their health professionals should says the resolution, adopted studies on sexual orientation between religious conserva- same-sex attractions. not tell gay clients they can by a 125-4 vote. The APA change conducted since tives who believe in the pos- “Practitioners can assist

become straight through said some research suggests 1960. Its report was sibility of changing sexual clients through therapies Cement needs therapy or other treatments. that efforts to produce endorsed by the APA’s gov- orientation and the many that do not attempt to two hours to In a resolution adopted by change could be harmful, erning council in Toronto, mental health professionals change sexual orientation, harden, then the APA’s governing council, inducing depression and where the 150,000-member who reject that option. but rather involve accept- normal activity can resume and in an accompanying suicidal tendencies. association’s annual meet- “Both sides have to edu- ance, support and identity report, the association Instead of seeking such ing is being held this week- cate themselves better,’’ exploration and develop- SOURCE: Mayo Clinic AP issued its most comprehen- change, the APA urged ther- end. Glassgold said in an inter- ment without imposing a sive repudiation of “repara- apists to consider multiple The report breaks new view. “The religious psy- specific identity outcome,’’ tive therapy’’ — a concept options — that could range ground in its detailed and chotherapists have to open the report says. Spinal treatment ‘On the for elderly Waterfront’ writer Budd Health club horror no better Schulberg Pennsylvania than sham dies at 95 By Stephanie Nano gunman bitter Associated Press writer By Hillel Italie NEW YORK — A com- Associated Press writer mon treatment that uses over women medical cement to fix cracks NEW YORK — Budd in the spinal bones of elder- Schulberg, the son of a By Michael Rubinkam ly people worked no better studio boss who wrote a Associated Press writer than a sham treatment, the novel that defined the first rigorous studies of the Hollywood hustle and BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. — George popular procedure reveal. later proved himself a Sodini seethed with anger and frus- Pain and disability were player with the Oscar- tration toward women. He couldn’t virtually the same up to six winning screenplay for understand why they ignored him, months later, whether the Marlon Brando classic despite his best efforts to look nice. He patients had a real treat- “On the Waterfront,’’died hadn’t had a girlfriend since 1984, ment or a fake one. Wednesday at age 95. hadn’t slept with a woman in 19 years. Tens of thousands of Schulberg died of natu- “Women just don’t like me. There Americans each year are ral causes at his home in are 30 million desirable women in the treated with bone cement, Westhampton Beach, on US (my estimate) and I cannot find especially older women Long Island, said his wife, one. Not one of them finds me attrac- with osteoporosis, some of Betsy Schulberg. He was tive,’’ the 48-year-old computer pro- them stooped and unable to taken to a nearby medical grammer lamented in a chilling diary stand up straight. The treat- center, where doctors he posted on the Internet. ment is so widely believed to unsuccessfully tried to For months, he also wrote vaguely work that the researchers revive him, she said. about using guns to carry out his “exit had a hard time getting “He was very loved,’’ plan’’ at his health club, where lots of patients to take part when it she said, “and cherished.’’ young women worked out. was explained that half of “On the Waterfront,’’ On Tuesday,Sodini put his plan into them would not get the real directed by action. thing. Elia Kazan He went to the sprawling L.A. “All of us who do the pro- and filmed Fitness Club in this Pittsburgh sub- cedure have seen apparently in Hobo- urb, turned out the lights on a dance- AP photo miraculous cures,’’ said Dr. ken, N.J., aerobics class filled with women, and Stacey Falk, right, and Lisa Myl of Pittsburgh are interviewed outside LA Fitness in the Great David F. Kallmes, a radiolo- was re- opened fire with three guns, letting Southern shopping center in Bridgeville, Pa., Wednesday. Both women were in the club when gist at the Mayo Clinic who leased in loose with a fusillade of at least 36 a gunman opened fire Tuesday night during an exercise class. led one of the studies.But he 1954 to bullets. said there were also “mirac- popular Schulberg He killed three and reached into it. ulous cures’’ among those acclaim women and wounded 0 5 mi “All of a sudden all the lights went who got the fake treatments. and won eight Academy nine others before 05 km 76 out and I turned around, he started The researchers said it is Awards. It included one of committing suicide. PA. firing. I turned around and I saw him yet another example of a cinema’s most famous “He just had a lot of 79 holding a gun,’’she said. medical procedure coming 579 lines, uttered by Brando as hatred in him and 376 Solomon said the man was expres- into wide use before good the failed boxer Terry (was) hell-bent on Pittsburgh sionless, and she didn’t hear him say studies are done to show Malloy: “I coulda been a committing this act, Sodini anything as he sprayed bullets. The that it is safe and effective. contender.’’ and no one was going teenager ran out of the room and into Medicare pays $1,500 to Schulberg never again to stop him,’’Allegheny County Police Shooting at the parking lot, bolting into a restau- $2,100 for the outpatient approached the success of Superintendent Charles Moffatt said Bridgeville health club rant where she told the workers to call procedure. “On the Waterfront,’’ but Wednesday. 911. Bone cement has long he continued to write The 4,610-word Web diary N.Y. 0 75 mi Lauren Dooley,27,who was exercis- been approved for many books, teleplays and appeared to be a nine-month 0 75 km ing on a treadmill on the second floor, medical uses, but this par- screenplays — including chronology of his plans to end his ran down the fire escape and out the ticular use had not been the Kazan-directed “A misery with a shocking act of carnage PENNSYLVANIA rear of the building, where bystanders tested against a placebo Face in the Crowd’’ — and at the health club. He portrayed him- Pittsburgh were applying pressure to victims’ procedure until now. scores of articles. Spike self as painfully and inexplicably lone- Harrisburg gunshot wounds. The findings,published in Lee was an admirer, dedi- ly. “You just feel like you’re in a movie Thursday’s New England cating the entertainment “Every evening I am alone, and then Detail ... a horrible movie where someone Journal of Medicine, mean satire “Bamboozled’’ to go to bed alone,’’ he wrote. “I see comes in and unleashes fire on every- patients and doctors need to MD. Schulberg and working twenty something couples every- W. VA. one. You just don’t know what to do,’’ review the options together, with him on a film about where. I see a twenty something guy SOURCE: ESRI AP Dooley said. wrote Dr. James N. boxer Joe Louis. with a nice twentyish young women. I She returned to the gym Weinstein of Dartmouth Schulberg was first think those years slipped right by for club and had been there two times Wednesday morning to retrieve her Medical School in an known for the novel me. Why should I continue another Tuesday before he came back at night, purse and cell phone, but the doors accompanying editorial. “What Makes Sammy 20+ years alone?’’ police said. He did not have a relation- were locked. A sign read: “Each of us “When best evidence sug- Run?’’ Published in 1941, It was unclear when the Web diary ship with any of his victims, according in the LA Fitness family are shocked gests a tossup between it follows the shameless was posted and whether it had been to police. and saddened by the senseless acts of treatment options and no adventures of Sammy updated online repeatedly since In his Web diary, Sodini wrote of violence that took place at our benefit, informed patient Glick (born Shmelka November or posted in its entirety planning the attack since at least Bridgeville club Tuesday evening.’’ choice is essential,’’he said. Glickstein) as he steals, recently.Moffatt said investigators are November and said he tried to carry it Sodini did not have a criminal About 750,000 schmoozes and backstabs trying to determine whether anyone out when the same Tuesday-night record, and he legally bought the guns Americans suffer painful his way from office boy at saw it online before the rampage. aerobics class met on Jan. 6. “I cannot he used, police said. Sodini used his compression fractures in a New York newspaper to “If anyone knew of it, they would wait for tomorrow!’’ he exulted the cell phone a few minutes before the the bones of the spine each production chief at a have a moral and ethical obligation night before. But he backed out at the shooting, but Moffatt would not say year. Bone-thinning osteo- major Hollywood studio. and legal obligation to bring it for- last moment. whom he called. porosis is the most common Unlike Nathaniel ward,’’the police superintendent said. “It is 8:45PM: I chickened out!’’ he Sodini’s family issued a brief state- cause. The weakened bone West’s “The Day of the The violence rocked the town of wrote. “I brought the loaded guns, ment: “Our hearts and prayers are collapses or cracks, some- Locust,’’which immortal- about 5,300 people just outside everything. Hell!’’ with the victims and their families and times causing debilitating ized the desperation of Pittsburgh. In his diary, he complained that we pray for the full recovery of the pain, limiting mobility and show business outsiders, Killed were Heidi Overmier, 46, of women “don’t even give me a second survivors.’’ resulting in a loss of height Schulberg’s book was an Carnegie, a sales manager at an look ANYWHERE’’ even though he Six patients remained hospitalized, or a stooped posture. insider’s account, and amusement park; Jody Billingsley, 37, was tan and fit and claimed to dress including the aerobics instructor, Doctors usually try bed Hollywood responded as of Mount Lebanon, who worked for a well and smell nice. He listed his sta- Mary Primis, 26, who was listed in fair rest, painkillers and back it would to one of its own: medical-supply company; and tus as “Never married.’’ In a chilling condition. Primis is pregnant but said braces before turning to fascinated and betrayed. Elizabeth Gannon, 49, of Pittsburgh, addition, he recorded the date of his doctors told her the baby is fine. vertebroplasty. During the Everybody from movie an X-ray technician at Allegheny death as Aug. 4, 2009. Authorities initially had difficulty procedure, hot bone cement executives to columnist General Hospital. On that evening, he walked into the identifying the victims because they is injected into the collapsed Walter Winchell was con- “She can’t be gone,’’said Gannon’s health club wearing black workout had workout clothes on and weren’t or cracked vertebra. The vinced he or she knew the next-door neighbor and close friend, gear and a headband, and entered the carrying wallets. cement is thought to shore real-life model for Glick. Carl Rady, who knew her for 35 years “Latin impact’’ class with four guns. Sodini graduated in 1992 from the up or stabilize the com- Schulberg later said he and said she loved to work out and Jordan Solomon, 14, said she University of Pittsburgh with a degree pressed bone. There can be based the character on pamper her dog. “It can’t happen that thought it was weird when a man in computer science and had worked complications, including numerous hustlers he had way.’’ walked into the all-female class and as a systems analyst at a Pittsburgh infection and leakage of the encountered. Sodini was a member of the health put a black duffel bag on the ground law firm since 1999. cement. Outdoors 8 Thursday, August 6, 2009 COMICS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

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By Dustin Lapray day of camp went. Times-News correspondent Fall camp highlights “First of all we got coaches out BSU will hold there,” Acrey said. “It’s a whole BOISE — Boise State football two camp different type of training than run- players received instruction from Who was wearing Ian Johnson’s No. 41 when BSU opened fall scrimmages ning decks or sprints. It’s a lot dif- their coaches for the first time camp on Wednesday? Find out at Magicvalley.com/blogs/bsu open to the ferent than football shape. You see since spring ball on Wednesday public, the that when you get out there. It’s a morning at East Junior High first at 3 p.m., snap of reality. It’s like OK, now it’s School. divide practice up, how we thin the The Broncos carry 2008’s 12-1 Aug. 13, and back to football. It’s these reads In all, there were 105 players and troops out in two different prac- season in their pocket and appear the second at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 21. that you weren’t reading before. 13 walk-ons. On Day 1 of camp tices, those guys take a lot of reps. to have the push to get better. That The final camp scrimmage, slated They’re back and there’s a lot of there were also no logos on helmets, There’s a lot of tired soldiers out was evidenced by the high partici- for Aug. 26, is closed to the public. pressure the first couple of days. no pads, no shells. The team is split there.” pation in summer workouts. You got to iron out those wrinkles, up into two groups at this point of Petersen never wavers. “Coach (Tim) Socha thinks it’s so come shells, come full pads, camp: veterans and newcomers. “Our goals every year are to win as good of a summer as they’ve had ers, gasser shape. We got this next we’ll be ready to go.” “The only way you really get in the WAC, win a bowl game, to do it since he’s been here,” Petersen month to get our football legs Petersen said his team still had a football shape is to go practice with integrity, class and academic said. “We know they worked their going.” few weeks before it started to focus football,” BSU head coach Chris excellence. Those goals don’t tails off. There’s football shape, As for the players, just ask line- Petersen said. “Certainly, how we change.” then there’s running decks and lin- backer Derrell Acrey how the first See BSU, Sports 2 Giants make QB Manning W ESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL

Via NFL’s richest Taua Manning inks $97 million extension By Tom Canavan Associated Press writer

ALBANY,N.Y.— The Giants don’t think being the highest paid player in the NFL will change Eli Manning. Nothing seems to. “He is a franchise quarterback,” Giants general manager Jerry Reese said Wednesday. “He has done everything we asked him to do. He has come in, Manning taken a lot of flack from you guys (the media) and he just keeps going. He INSIDE does what we ask him on More NFL the field and he does what camp news we ask him to do off the field. He is a good football See Sports 4 player.” The easygoing New Austin Pettis Orleans native, who took over as the Giants starter midway through his rookie season in 2004, has proven a worthy No. 1 overall draft pick.In his first four NFL sea- Seyi Ajirotutu sons, Manning has won a Super Bowl and was MVP of the game, helped his team to the playoffs all four years and is coming off Boise State Broncos Nevada Wolf Pack Fresno State Bulldogs See MANNING, Sports 4 2008 record: 12-1 2008 record: 7-6 2008 record: 7-6 Returning starters: 13 (6 offense, 5 defense, Returning starters: 15 (7 offense, 7 defense, Returning starters: 18 (7 offense, 9 defense, kick- kicker/punter) punter) er, punter) Preseason WAC finish: No. 1 Preseason WAC finish: No. 2 Preseason WAC finish: No. 3 Head coach: Chris Petersen Head coach: Chris Ault Head coach: Pat Hill All 12 Idaho Players to watch: QB Kellen Moore, CB Kyle Players to watch: QB Colin Kaepernick, RB Vai Players to watch: SS Moses Harris, DE Chris Wilson Taua Carter Coach speak: “We have to go out and come Coach speak: “We’re going to throw the ball more Coach speak: “We’re in very trying times in the together as a team and a staff and be cohe- than we have in the past. We think there’s some State of California. We’ve all got jobs and we’re games on TV sive. The team we have right now, that won’t nice potential out there. But there are a lot of going to work them as hard as we can. Like any be the team we finish with this season.” coaches walking the street with the players and strong people we’re going to work through it — Times-News — Chris Petersen the potential they had.”— Chris Ault that’s what strong people do.”— Pat Hill The Vandals are getting some TV time. All 12 games on Idaho’s 2009 football schedule will be televised this fall, including the Sept. 12 trip to Washington, which will air on Fox Sports Network. The Go Vandals Network, which Top of the food chain includes KTID Channel 58 in Twin Falls, will carry Idaho’s season opener at New By Dustin Lapray Everybody wants to talk about season. The Wolf Pack is also Mexico State, along with games at San Jose Times-News correspondent Oregon, but I want to talk the only team to put a genuine State (Oct. 10) and Nevada (Oct. 24). about us. “ scare into Boise State last sea- “This is an excellent opportunity to It’s not too hard to find the On defense, the Broncos son. engage our fans across the country,” said best team in the Western return six starters, but also The team also returns sixth- Idaho athletics director Rob Spear. “The Athletic Conference this past This is Part 3 of a three-day series have several others who rotated year senior Luke Lippincott. visibility created by the broadcasts of our decade. The Boise State looking at Western Athletic into the lineup last year. He ran for 1,420 yards in 2007, football games is a benefit not only to the Broncos have won the WAC Conference’s nine football teams. Cornerback Kyle Wilson led but only played two games last athletics department but to the University every season but two since Log on to Magicvalley.com to the league with five intercep- season due to injury. of Idaho.” joining the league. read Parts 1 and 2. tions last season, while Derrell Despite the incredible suc- ESPN Regional will carry the Vandals’ But aiming to keep the Acrey should assume a leader- cess on the ground, Ault looks home dates with Hawaii (Oct. 17), Broncos from a seventh con- last season are back, many in ship role at middle linebacker. to improve the passing game in Louisiana Tech (Oct. 31) and Utah State ference crown in eight seasons different positions as BSU Jeron Johnson led the team 2009. Kaepernick struggled (Nov.28). Spokane’s SWX, KHQ’s 24-hour are the rest of the WAC’s elite: looks to shore up its offensive with 98 tackles at strong safety with accuracy at times and sports and weather channel,will broadcast Nevada and Fresno State. Both front. Behind them, Jeremy and returns for his junior sea- missed spring camp due to an home games against San Diego State and would love to end BSU’s domi- Avery and D.J. Harper will be a son. ankle injury. Fresno State. nance this fall. 1-2 punch at tailback. Wilson is the only senior on “We want to expand our The Nov. 14 game at Boise State will be Here’s a look at all three title The Bronco offense defense. Fullback Richie passing game, because with aired by KTFT, while Altitude Sports plans contenders. outscored opponents 489-164 Brockel is the only senior on Kaepernick’s running ability, to carry the Oct. 3 home game against last season. offense. our play-action game will be Colorado State. Broncos ready to repeat Head coach Chris Petersen “The whole key to our suc- more respected,” Ault said. said his team is cautiously cess is consistency,” Petersen “He’s got one of the strongest BSU finished 2008 with the optimistic. A big game against said. “We take nothing for arms in the country.That ball is Vandals 2009 schedule best scoring offense (37.6 ppg), Oregon looms on Sept.3.While granted. We start over every hard to catch.” Date Opponent TV Time scoring defense (12.6 ppg) and fans won’t stop talking about year.” Who will catch it in 2009? Sept. 5 at New Mexico St. GVN* 5 p.m. total defense (308.2 ypg) in the it, Petersen put some perspec- Even Kaepernick isn’t sure. Sept. 12 at Washington FSN 12:30 p.m. WAC. tive to the season-opener. Wolf Pack hunts WAC title “We do have one returning Sept. 19 San Diego St. SWX 2 p.m. The Broncos return Kellen “There’s just so much talk receiver who has played, but Sept. 26 at No. Illinois Comcast 12:30 p.m. Moore for his sophomore sea- about that game,” Petersen Chris Ault’s squad boasts the the rest of them are new,” Oct. 3 Colorado St. Altitude 2 p.m. son at quarterback, with plenty said. “There’s no doubt the best rushing attack in the Kaepernick said.“We do have a Oct. 10 at San Jose St. GVN 5 p.m. of weapons around him, kids hear about it. To me, it’s WAC, led by quarterback Colin lot of speed that has come in at Oct. 17 Hawaii ESPN Reg. 2 p.m. including receivers Austin one game in our season and win Kaepernick (1,130 yards) and receiver. Missing spring ball, I Oct. 24 at Nevada GVN 1 p.m. Pettis (49 receptions, nine or lose, it’s one game. We’re his read-option back Vai Taua didn’t get to throw with them Oct. 31 Louisiana Tech ESPN Reg. 2 p.m. TDs) and Titus Young (16.8 trying to focus on ourselves (1,521 yards). The Nevada duo live in game situations.” Nov. 7 Fresno St. SWX 2 p.m. ypc). right now and really, whoever are two of only three 1,000- Nov. 14 at Boise St. KTVB * Noon Seven linemen who played we play, it’s about ourselves. yard rushers in the WAC last See WAC, Sports 2 Nov. 28 Utah St. ESPN Reg. 2 p.m. * Go Vandals Network (KTID in Twin Falls) Sports 2 Thursday, August 6, 2009 SPORTS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TRYOUTS Following are high school and middle school in the high school cafeteria. All those in Suzuki, Ms topple Royals sports tryouts submitted to the Times- grades 9-12 who plan to play football should News. attend. Season information and paperwork KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ichiro will be given. Helmets and lockers will be Suzuki had his major league- checked out and football spirit packs can be Pedro strikes out leading 52nd multihit game and purchased at the meeting. The first football HIGH SCHOOL Russell Branyan and Jose Lopez practice is at 8 a.m., Monday, Aug. 10. 11 in rehab start Buhl drove in three runs apiece to lead Students must have school district paper- READING, Pa. (AP) — Pedro Football: There will be a player/parent meet- the Seattle Mariners to an 11-6 work and a physical completed prior to the Martinez recorded nine of his first ing for this fall’s high school players at 6 win over the Kansas City Royals first practice. Information: Gary Krumm at 12 outs by strikeout and worked p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the high school on Wednesday. 731-3709 or Sid Gambles at 410-2536. six innings for the Double-A gym. Students who wish to participate Everyone in the Seattle lineup Volleyball: Tryouts will be held from 6-8 a.m. Reading on Wednesday night, in must attend, and those who have yet to had a hit and only two failed to and 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 14 and from 7- what could have been his final check out gear may do so at 5 p.m. that score as the Royals’ home record 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 15, at the school rehab start before joining the day. Information: Stacy Wilson at 308-6170. since the All-Star break dropped gym. Players must have a physical and Philadelphia Phillies. Volleyball: A parent/player meeting will be to 1-10. school district paperwork completed prior In his best start since signing a held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 12, in the Luke French (2-2) worked five to tryouts. Information: Hannah Clark at one-year deal on July 15, the 37- school gym. Tryouts begin Friday, Aug. 14, innings in his first start since 208-404-9292. year-old Martinez allowed three with sessions from 8-10 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. being acquired from Detroit by runs and five hits without walking Tryouts continue from 8-10:30 a.m., the Mariners and gave up four AP photo a batter against the New York Saturday, Aug. 15. Athletes must have a Minico runs on nine hits. Seattle Mariners’ Ichiro Suzuki hits an Yankees’Trenton affiliate. He fin- current physical to participate. Information: Football: There will be a mandatory RBI single during the fourth inning ished with 11 strikeouts. Denny Moretto 308-4772. player/parent meeting at 6:30 p.m., today RAYS 6, RED SOX 4 In that first four-inning span in in the MHS auditorium. The first day of ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — against the Kansas City Royals which he struck out nine, Martinez practice starts at 8 a.m., Aug. 10, and the Carlos Pena, Carl Crawford and Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo Burley gave up two hits, including a home first contest is against Bishop Kelly on Aug. Pat Burrell homered in support Football: The Burley High football team will run to shortstop Eduardo Nunez. 29 in Boise. Information: Tim Perrigot at of rookie left-hander David on three hits, walking two and hold a mandatory parent/player meeting at Overall he looked free and easy, 436-8899. Price, and the Tampa Bay Rays striking out eight. He has 7 a.m., Aug. 10, in the school’s gym. Drug recording first-pitch strikes to 18 Boys soccer: The Minico boys soccer pro- beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 on allowed two runs in 16 innings testing will follow at 7:30 a.m. and the of the 23 batters he faced. He gram will hold tryouts from 5:30 to 7:30 Wednesday night to finish a two- over two starts against Baltimore Bobcats’ first practice at 8:30 a.m. All threw 82 pitches — 60 strikes. p.m., Monday, Aug 10 and Tuesday, Aug. 11 game series sweep. this season. paperwork must be turned in prior to prac- In three starts for Class A at the soccer field at West Minico Middle Facing the Red Sox for the first tice. Information: coach Eugene Kramer at Clearwater, Triple-A Lehigh Valley School. Athletes need to bring completed time since getting the last four WHITE SOX 6,ANGELS 2 431-3622. and Reading, Martinez has given physical forms, soccer shoes, shinguards outs of last season’s AL champi- CHICAGO — Jim Thome Boys soccer: Tryouts will be held at 7:45 up seven earned runs and nine and water. Information: Armando Tapia at onship series, Price (5-4) allowed homered twice, giving him 561 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10. hits in 12 1-3 innings. 219-0395. two runs and six hits in six for his career, and Gavin Floyd Paperwork may be picked up Thursday and Girls soccer: Tryouts will be held from 6:30- innings to improve to 5-1 at home pitched into the ninth as the Friday during school registration. 8:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 10 and Tuesday, compared to 0-3 with an 8.20 White Sox won their fifth in six first swing to help Cincinnati Information: Wes Nyblade at 208-677-3319. Aug. 11, at the Minico High School soccer ERA on the road. games. snap an eight-game losing Girls soccer: Tryouts will be held at 6:30 fields. Players should bring cleats, shin Floyd (9-6), who was aided by streak. a.m., Monday, Aug. 10 and Tuesday, Aug. 11. guards, watet and the necessary paper- YANKEES 8, BLUE JAYS 4 three double plays, allowed six Justin Lehr (1-0) limited the Information: Sarah Edwards at 208-380- work. Information: Dennis Haynes at 208- TORONTO — Johnny Damon hits and two runs in eight-plus Cubs to four hits in his first com- 5468. 436-1747. hit a solo home run and had three innings. plete game. RBIs, Nick Swisher also con- Canyon Ridge Shoshone nected and New York completed NATIONAL LEAGUE METS 9, CARDINALS 0 Soccer: The boys team tryouts run from Football: Practice begins at 7 p.m., Monday, a two-game sweep. PHILLIES 7,ROCKIES 0 NEW YORK — Nelson 5:30 to 8:15 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, and Aug. 10. Reliever Alfredo Aceves (7-1) PHILADELPHIA — J.A. Happ Figueroa pitched 4 1-3 innings Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Sunway Soccer Volleyball: There is a mandatory meeting at pitched two innings for the vic- struck out a career-high 10 in his and boosted the offense with a Complex. The girls team will hold tryouts 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the high school tory as the Yankees used a four- second shutout of the season, two-run triple after Jonathon from 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. gymnasium. Practice begins at 7 a.m., run seventh inning to win their leading the Philadelphia Phillies Niese got hurt, leading New York on Monday, Aug. 10, and Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Friday, Aug. 14. third straight overall after losing to a 7-0 win over the Colorado to the victory. Sunway Soccer Complex. Students must All players must have a physical completed three in a row in Chicago. Rockies on Wednesday night. Angel Pagan hit his second attend all sessions and bring cleats, shin before the first practice. Jimmy Rollins, Jayson Werth homer in four games and had guards, a ball and water. They must have INDIANS 8,TWINS 1 and Pedro Feliz all homered. four RBIs, and David Wright also physical examinations turned into the CLEVELAND — Aaron Laffey homered for the Mets. school or they may be brought to practice Twin Falls rebounded from one of his worst GIANTS 10,ASTROS 6 to play. Parents/Guardians need to sign Cross country: First practices are set for performances to pitch a career- HOUSTON — Joe Martinez BRAVES 6, PADRES 2 releases before players can try out. 6:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., Friday, Aug. 14, at high eight innings for the came off the disabled list to win SAN DIEGO — Tommy Information: Brian Gillenwater (boys) at Jerry Kleinkopf Track (morning) and Indians. his first major league start and Eli Hanson pitched six solid innings 871-7043 and Christa Tackett (girls) at Centennial Park (afternoon). Information: The first three batters in Whiteside hit a grand slam for his to lead the Braves to the victory. 404-4248. Marty Grindstaff at 733-2915. Cleveland’s lineup — Grady first career home run, leading Atlanta’s 14 hits were all sin- Football: Equipment checkout for the foot- Sizemore, Asdrubal Cabrera and San Francisco to the victory. gles. Nate McLouth and Chipper Castleford ball team will run from 6 to 10 p.m., Shin-Soo Choo — along with Jones had three apiece, and each Monday, Aug. 10, and from 8 to 10 a.m. and No. 9 hitter Trevor Crowe com- NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 4 Braves regular had at least one Football: A mandatory player/parent meting 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Baun for all boys interested in playing will be bined to go 10 for 16 with five WASHINGTON — Cristian hit. Gymnasium. Practice starts Friday, Aug. 14, runs and seven RBIs.The Indians Guzman fell a home run shy of held at 7 p.m., today on the football field. and will run from 8 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 5 Practice will start Monday, Aug. 10 with won for the eighth time in 12 the cycle, Adam Dunn homered DIAMONDBACKS 4, PIRATES 3 p.m. at the practice field south of Bruin games. in his third straight game and PITTSBURGH — Stephen two-a-days. All athletes must have a cur- Stadium. Information: Allyn Reynolds at rent physical on file prior to practice. Washington tied a season high Drew hit a tiebreaking two-run 539-3881. TIGERS 4, ORIOLES 2 with its fourth straight win. single in the eighth inning and Information: Tracy Vulgamore at 208-308- Soccer: Tryouts for boys soccer will be held 0935. DETROIT — Edwin Jackson the streaking Diamondbacks ral- at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 10, took a shutout into the ninth REDS 4, CUBS 0 lied to get the victory. Volleyball: Practice will begin at 9 a.m., through Wednesday, Aug. 12, at Sunway Friday, Aug. 14, in the gym. All athletes must inning, Magglio Ordonez home- CINCINNATI — Scott Rolen Pinch-hitter Alex Romero also Soccer Complex. The girls’ tryouts are at red and the Tigers beat returned from a beaning that left had a tying RBI single in the have a current physical on file prior to prac- 5:30 p.m. those days, also at the complex. tice. Information: Oscar Flores at 208-316- Baltimore. him sore and blurry for two days, eighth for Arizona. Information: Jose Morales at 420-2352 Jackson (8-5) allowed two runs then hit a two-run homer on his — The Associated Press 0564. (boys soccer), Katie Kauffman at 410- 2881 (girls soccer). Declo Volleyball: Tryouts are set for 8 to 10 a.m. Boys soccer: Practice begins Monday, Aug. and 4 to 6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 14, and 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the high school Saturday, Aug. 15, in Baun Gymnasium. WAC fields. Incoming freshmen and juniors must Information: B.J. Price at 863-2518. Continued from Sports 1 rounded by hype, but this sea- The big question this season have current physicals to participate. Look for Lippincott and Taua son there’s not much attention is at quarterback, where three Players should bring soccer cleats, shin Wendell to share the backfield as the focused on a team that has been players will probably see game guards and water. Information: Tim Volleyball: Tryouts will be held on Pistol offense evolves to run the to nine bowl game in 10 seasons. time. Tom Brandstater threw Henrickson at 208-654-2611, 678-1131 or Wednesday, Aug. 12, and Thursday, Aug. 13, triple option. Hype dissipated after a 7-6 every pass except one last sea- 312-4270. with the first practice on Friday, Aug.14. “For me, it’s great,” season a year ago. The Bulldogs son for the Bulldogs, so none of Information: Julie Lund at 536-5590. Kaepernick said. “I love the seem to play better against the newcomers have game Filer Pistol offense. It’s always some- teams on their nonconference experience. Cross country: Practice begins at 9 a.m., thing new for us. It always keeps schedule, but manage to lose “I think we have a real good Friday, Aug. 14 at the track. Information: MIDDLE SCHOOL/ defenses guessing.” games to inferior WAC oppo- problem,” Hill said. “I’ve got Ken Young at 731-8956. The defense was the best in nents. three quarterbacks who can Football: Practices begin at 6:30 a.m., JUNIOR HIGH the WAC last season against the “We’ve been trying to win the run, and one that can really run, Monday, Aug. 10, at the old football field run, but last against the pass. WAC, trying this and that,” run like a tailback. We’ll play behind the elementary school. Two-a-day Filer To make the needed changes safety Moses Harris said. with multiple quarterbacks, practices continue through the Red and Football: A parent meeting will be held at 6 there, Ault changed his philoso- “We’re tired of that. This year especially early.” White scrimmage on Friday Aug. 21. p.m., Monday, Aug. 17,in the middle school phy about defense. we want to just go out and do it. Ebahn Feathers is the fresh- Equipment checkout will be held from 7 to gym. Uniforms and equipment will be hand- “Instead of matching the We’re not on the national stage man who can run, Derek Carr is 9 p.m., today at the gym upstairs. There will ed out to players (grades 7-8) at the meet- players to the scheme, we are like we usually are. It’s more of a the freshman who can throw also be a player/parent meeting for all per- ing. The first practice will be held from 6- going to match the scheme to grind.” and Ryan Colburn is the junior spective players at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 18. Players should the players,” Ault said. “Don’t Once again the Bulldogs only currently slated as the starter. Aug. 6, in the high school gym. Information: wear helmets, shoulder pads, T-shirts and create the rainbow without the play five home games this sea- “Colburn is a lefty, Carr was- Russell Burnum at 521-7096 or 543-6249. cleats. rain.” son. They must travel about n’t as confident as he is now Boys soccer: Tryouts will be held from 4-6 Each student must have a physical and Defensive playmakers Kevin 15,000 miles in their first five with some of the passes he was p.m., Monday, Aug. 10. Information: Bill must pay a sports fee to participate. Basped and Dontay Moch games. Head coach Pat Hill said making and Ebahn is more of a Sweet at 208-420-1585. Information: Coach Dong at 948-0390. return with their combined 21.5 there are some downfalls to runner,”Moore said. “We don’t Volleyball: Tryouts are Friday, Aug. 14 and sacks and the team’s tackle playing that type of schedule, know who the starter is going to Saturday, Aug. 15. Grades 10-12 are from 9 O’Leary leader, Jonathan Amaya, is back but it’s become the norm at be, but as a receiving corps we a.m.-noon and freshmen are 2-4 p.m. Cross country: Practice beings at 4 p.m., at free safety. FSU. really don’t care. We’ve got a job Information: Kristan Young at 731-8954. Friday, Aug. 14, behind the gym at Twin Falls “What would Fresno State be to do.” High School. There will be practice each Bulldogs beg for respect without a tough schedule?” Carr is the wild card. He Kimberly day the following week. Information: ; receiver Marlon Moore said. completed 17 of 18 passes in Coach Atkins at 736-8779 The Fresno State Bulldogs “Anytime, anyone, any place, it spring ball and may steal the Cross country: Practice begins at 7:30 a.m., typically enter a season sur- doesn’t matter.” job. Friday, Aug. 14, at the high school. There will Football: Registration for the seventh- and also be a practice at 7 a.m., Monday, Aug. eighth-grade football teams will be held 17.All runners must have a current physical from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11, and on file to participate. Information: Kelly Wednesday, Aug. 12, at O’Leary Middle BSU camp School. Information: Skip McFarlin at 733- Gibbons at 423-6303. Continued from Sports 1 Football: Practices begin Friday, Aug. 14 at 2155. Volleyball: Tryouts for the seventh- and Broncos 2009 schedule the field behind the high school gym. on the Sept. 3 home opener with Oregon, but eighth-grade teams are set for Friday, Aug. Date Opponent TV Time Equipment checkout will be held from 7 to acknowledged it’s importance. 14, and Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Twin Falls Sept. 3 Oregon ESPN 8:15 p.m. 9 a.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 13, at “(Oregon is) going to be as good of a team as we High School gym. Seventh-grade tryouts Sept. 12 Miami (Ohio) TBA 6 p.m. the old gym. Practice begins at 7 a.m., see all year,”Petersen said. “The talent they have run from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and eighth- Sept. 19 at Fresno St. ESPN 7 p.m. Friday. All players must complete athletic coming back and how they’re coached, that will physicals to participate. There will be a grade tryouts run from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 at Bowling Green TBA 5 p.m. set the tone for the whole year. We better come Oct. 3 UC Davis TBA 6 p.m. player/parent meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, Students must have physical forms on file out of the gate right from the start. There’s no Aug. 17,at the high school gym. Two-a-day at the school. Information: Skip McFarlin at Oct. 14 at Tulsa ESPN 6 p.m. warm-up, that’s for sure.” Oct. 24 at Hawaii TBA 10 p.m. practices will continue through the annual 733-2155. The biggest worries for the Broncos headed scrimmage and KHS Booster Club Oct. 31 San Jose St. TBA 1 p.m. into camp are on the offensive line, but there are Nov. 6 at Louisiana Tech ESPN2 6 p.m. Barbecue on Saturday, Aug. 22. Robert Stuart plenty of players who can step up to lead. They Information: Kirby Bright at 423-6298 or Nov. 14 Idaho KTFT 1 p.m. Soccer: The boys soccer team tryouts will need to find a replacement for departed safety Nov. 20 at Utah State ESPN2 7:30 p.m. 308-8520. be held from 5:30 to 8:15 p.m., Monday, Ellis Powers, who was key in defending spread Volleyball: Tryouts for the 2009 team will Nov. 27 Nevada ESPN2 TBA Aug. 10, and Tuesday, Aug. 11, at Sunway offense’s last year in BSU’s five defensive back Dec. 5 New Mexico St. TBA 1 p.m. begin at 9 a.m., Friday, Aug. 14, at the high Soccer Complex. Students must bring a look. Winston Venable (6-0, 206, San Rafael, school gym. Information: Lawrence ball, cleats and shin guards. Physical exam- Calif.) looks to be the man. He ran with the Winston step up and kind of come out of Pfefferle at 731-6623. inations must be turned in to the school or starters today. His teammates spoke about his nowhere.” they may be brought to the tryouts. summer workouts. He looks game. Jerome Parents/Guardians need to sign releases “That nickel position has become an obviously Dustin Lapray covers BSU football for the Football: There will be a mandatory before players can try out. Information: really critical position, Ellis making a name for it Times-News. Read his blog at player/parent meeting at 6:30 p.m., today John Bartlett at 420-6527. last year,” Petersen said. “It was nice to have Magicvalley.com/blogs/bsu. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Thursday, August 6, 2009 Sports 3 SCOREBOARD

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LOB—Boston 6, Tampa Bay 3. 2B— Tracy 1b 3 1 1 0 Jarmll c 3 0 0 0 Rownd cf 5 1 1 0 Sampsn p 0 0 0 0 Wednesday’s Games Toronto 51 56 .477 14 Ellsbury (17), V.Martinez (23), Youkilis (27), Varitek CYoung cf 1 0 0 0 Ohlndrf p 2 0 0 0 Renteri ss 3 1 0 0 Kata ph 1 1 1 0 Spokane at Salem-Keizer, late Baltimore 45 62 .421 20 (20). HR—V.Martinez (16), Bay (21), Bartlett (9), ARomr ph-lf-rf 1 1 1 1 JChavz p 0 0 0 0 Whitsd c 4 1 1 4 Fulchin p 0 0 0 0 Tri-City at Eugene, late Crawford (12), Burrell (8), C.Pena (27). SB—Longoria TV SCHEDULE DDavis p 3 0 0 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 JMrtnz p 2 1 0 0 A.Arias p 0 0 0 0 Boise at Everett, late CENTRAL W L Pct GB (3), Zobrist (13), B.Upton (34). CS—C.Pena (2). Whitsll ph 1 0 0 0 Meek p 0 0 0 0 FLewis ph 1 0 0 0 Coste ph 1 0 0 0 Yakima at Vancouver, late Detroit 56 50 .528 — IP H R ER BB SO GOLF Rauch p 0 0 0 0 RVazqz ph 1 0 0 0 Meddrs p 0 0 0 0 Thursday’s Games Chicago 56 52 .519 1 Boston 9:30 a.m. Ojeda 2b 0 0 0 0 Karstns p 0 0 0 0 Ishikaw ph-1b1 0 0 0 Spokane at Salem-Keizer, 7:35 p.m. Minnesota 53 54 .495 3½ Penny L,7-6 6 6 5 5 2 5 Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 30 3 5 3 Totals 40 10 13 9 Totals 39 612 6 Tri-City at Eugene, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland 45 62 .421 11½ Delcarmen 1 1 1 1 0 1 TGC — USGA, U.S. Women’s Arizona 000 001 030 — 4 San Francisco 002 005 102 — 10 Boise at Everett, 8:05 p.m. Kansas City 41 66 .383 15½ Okajima 1 0 0 0 1 1 Pittsburgh 020 000 001 — 3 Houston 030 000 102 — 6 Yakima at Vancouver, 8:05 p.m. Tampa Bay Amateur Championship, second E—Hanrahan (1). LOB—Arizona 9, Pittsburgh 3. 3B— E—Tejada (14). LOB—San Francisco 5, Houston 8. 2B— WEST W L Pct GB Price W,5-4 6 6 2 2 0 5 round matches G.Parra (8). HR—R.Roberts (5), G.Jones (11), Sandoval (32), Rowand (28), Ca.Lee 2 (23), Michaels BASKETBALL Los Angeles 63 42 .600 — Cormier H,2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Noon An.LaRoche (5). SB—G.Parra (5), J.Upton (16). CS— (9). 3B—Garko (1), Bowker (1). HR—Whiteside (1), Pence Texas 59 46 .562 4 Bennett 0 1 1 1 1 0 J.Upton (4), Milledge (2). S—Milledge. (14). SB—K.Matsui (12). CS—Sandoval (3). Seattle 56 51 .523 8 Wheeler H,12 1 0 0 0 0 0 TGC — PGA Tour/WGC, IP H R ER BB SO IP H R ER BB SO WNBA Oakland 46 60 .434 17½ Howell S,12-17 1 0 0 0 1 2 Bridgestone Invitational, first Arizona San Francisco All Times MDT Tuesday’s Games Bennett pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. D.Davis W,6-10 7 4 2 2 2 5 J.Martinez W,2-0 5 7 3 3 0 4 EASTERN W L Pct GB Umpires—Home, Tony Randazzo; First, Chris Guccione; round Rauch H,11 1 0 0 0 0 0 Medders 2 2 1 1 0 0 Baltimore 8, Detroit 2 Indiana 16 4 .800 — Minnesota 10, Cleveland 1 Second, Mike Winters; Third, Jerry Layne. 4:30 p.m. Qualls S,21-25 1 1 1 1 0 2 Romo 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 3 T—3:07. A—31,517 (36,973). Pittsburgh Affeldt 2-3 0 0 0 1 1 Connecticut 10 9 .526 5½ TGC — PGA Tour, Reno-Tahoe Ohlendorf 6 4 1 1 5 2 Howry 2-3 2 2 2 0 2 Washington 10 9 .526 5½ Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2, 13 innings Atlanta 10 10 .500 6 Seattle 7, Kansas City 6 TIGERS 4, ORIOLES 2 Open, first round J.Chavez H,7 11-3 1 0 0 0 3 Br.Wilson 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago White Sox 5, L.A. Angels 4 Hanrahan L,1-4 0 0 2 0 1 0 Houston Chicago 10 11 .476 6½ Baltimore Detroit MLB BASEBALL Meek BS,1-1 2-3 2 1 1 0 0 Moehler L,7-7 6 9 7 6 1 5 Detroit 7 10 .412 7½ Oakland 6, Texas 0 New York 6 13 .316 9½ Wednesday’s Games ab r h bi ab r h bi 6:10 p.m. Karstens 1 1 0 0 0 0 Byrdak 2-3 1 1 1 0 1 Detroit 4, Baltimore 2 BRorts 2b 3 0 0 0 Grndrs cf 4 0 0 0 Hanrahan pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. Sampson 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 WESTERN W L Pct GB Cleveland 8, Minnesota 1 Reimld lf 3 1 0 0 Polanc 2b 4 1 1 2 FSN — Seattle at Kansas City Umpires—Home, Doug Eddings; First, Brian Knight; Fulchino 1 0 0 0 0 1 AdJons cf 4 1 2 2 Thoms lf-rf 3 0 1 0 Phoenix 16 6 .727 — N.Y. Yankees 8, Toronto 4 Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Dana DeMuth. A.Arias 1 2 2 2 0 1 Seattle 12 8 .600 3 Tampa Bay 6, Boston 4 Markks rf 4 0 1 0 MiCarr 1b 3 0 1 1 T—2:47. A—11,470 (38,362). HBP—by Howry (Keppinger), by A.Arias (Sandoval). A.Huff 1b 4 0 1 0 CGuilln dh 4 0 1 0 Minnesota 10 10 .500 5 Seattle 11, Kansas City 6 WP—Moehler, A.Arias. San Antonio 9 10 .474 5½ Chicago White Sox 6, L.A. Angels 2 Mora 3b 4 0 0 0 Ordonz rf 3 1 2 1 D.Robertson 1 1 0 0 0 2 Umpires—Home, Chuck Meriwether; First, Laz Diaz; Scott dh 3 0 0 0 Raburn lf 0 0 0 0 PHILLIES 7, ROCKIES 0 Los Angeles 6 11 .353 7½ Texas at Oakland, late Toronto Second, Eric Cooper; Third, Mike Reilly. Sacramento 5 16 .238 10½ Thursday’s Games Pie pr 0 0 0 0 Inge 3b 3 1 1 0 Rzepczynski L,1-3 6 5 4 4 1 7 Colorado Philadelphia T—3:05. A—31,710 (40,976). Zaun c 3 0 0 0 Laird c 3 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Tuesday’s Games Minnesota (Blackburn 8-5) at Cleveland (Carmona 2- Roenicke 1 3 2 2 2 2 San Antonio 63, Los Angeles 59 6), 10:05 a.m. CIzturs ss 2 0 0 0 Everett ss 3 1 1 0 Carlson 1 1 1 1 1 0 Fowler cf 3 0 1 0 Rollins ss 5 1 1 2 Wggntn ph-ss1 0 0 0 Barmes 2b 3 0 0 0 Victorn cf 4 0 1 0 Tuesday’s Late NL Boxes Detroit 76, New York 64 Baltimore (Da.Hernandez 3-3) at Detroit (Porcello 9-7), Tallet 1 1 1 1 0 1 Phoenix 101, Seattle 90, OT 11:05 a.m. Totals 31 2 4 2 Totals 30 4 9 4 Rzepczynski pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Fogg p 0 0 0 0 Utley 2b 3 2 1 0 BRAVES 9, PADRES 2 Baltimore 000 000 002 — 2 S.Smith ph 1 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 1 1 Wednesday’s Games L.A. Angels (E.Santana 3-6) at Chicago White Sox WP—Hughes. Atlanta San Diego Indiana 76, Chicago 67 (Danks 9-7), 12:05 p.m. Detroit 000 010 03x — 4 Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First, Mark Wegner; Helton 1b 4 0 1 0 Ibanez lf 3 1 1 0 E—B.Roberts (9), Laird (3). DP—Baltimore 1. LOB— Tlwtzk ss 4 0 0 0 Werth rf 4 1 1 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi Thursday’s Games Texas (Tom.Hunter 3-2) at Oakland (Cahill 6-10), 1:35 p.m. Second, Tim Timmons; Third, Jeff Kellogg. McLoth cf 5 1 1 0 Gwynn cf 4 0 0 0 Atlanta at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Boston (Smoltz 2-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Chamberlain 7-2), Baltimore 6, Detroit 4. HR—Ad.Jones (19), Ordonez (6). T—3:13. A—31,402 (49,539). Hawpe rf 3 0 0 0 P.Feliz 3b 4 1 2 1 SB—B.Roberts (21), Ad.Jones (9). GAtkns 3b 3 0 1 0 Ruiz c 4 1 2 0 Prado 2b-3b 5 2 3 3 Eckstn 2b 4 0 0 0 Seattle at Los Angeles, 8:30 p.m. 5:05 p.m. C.Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 Venale rf 2 2 1 1 Friday’s Games Seattle (J.Vargas 3-5) at Kansas City (Chen 0-6), 6:10 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO Splrghs lf 2 0 0 0 Happ p 3 0 1 0 Baltimore Tuesday’s Late AL Box Torreal c 3 0 0 0 MGnzlz p 0 0 0 0 Kzmnff 3b 4 0 0 0 Detroit at Washington, 5 p.m. Friday’s Games Logan p 0 0 0 0 Headly lf 4 0 2 1 Connecticut at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. Guthrie L,7-11 71-3 6 3 3 2 3 ATHLETICS 6, RANGERS 0 DeLRs p 1 0 1 0 Hendrickson 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Quntnll ph-2b2 0 0 0 McCnn c 4 0 1 0 Blanks 1b 3 0 0 0 New York at Sacramento, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 5:05 p.m. Texas Oakland GAndrs lf 5 2 3 2 HBlanc c 4 0 0 0 Baltimore at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. Meredith 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 Totals 29 0 4 0 Totals 34 7 11 7 Detroit ab r h bi ab r h bi Colorado 000 000 000 — 0 YEscor ss 5 0 2 0 ECarer ss 3 0 1 0 Oakland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. J.Arias 2b 4 0 0 0 RDavis cf 3 1 0 0 AdLRc 1b 4 1 4 1 Stauffr p 1 0 0 0 Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 6:11 p.m. E.Jackson W,8-5 8 3 2 2 2 8 Philadelphia 130 030 00x — 7 TRANSACTIONS Rodney S,22-23 1 1 0 0 1 2 MYong 3b 3 0 1 0 KSuzuk c 4 1 1 1 DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Colorado 4, Philadelphia 6. M.Diaz rf 5 1 1 2 LRdrgz ph 1 0 0 0 Texas at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. Byrd cf 4 0 2 0 Hairstn lf 3 0 0 1 JVazqz p 2 1 1 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 BASEBALL Tampa Bay at Seattle, 8:10 p.m. E.Jackson pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. 2B—Fowler (23), Helton (31), Victorino (28), Utley (21), HBP—by E.Jackson (Reimold). AnJons dh 4 0 0 0 EPtrsn lf 0 0 0 0 Ibanez (23), Ruiz (15), Happ (1). HR—Rollins (13), Werth KJhnsn ph-2b2 1 1 0 Thtchr p 0 0 0 0 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL—Fined Houston RHP LaTroy Umpires—Home, Brian Gorman; First, Scott Barry; Blalock 1b 4 0 0 0 Grcprr dh 4 0 1 0 (23), P.Feliz (7). CS—Fowler (9). S—Happ. OSalazr ph 1 0 0 0 Hawkins an undisclosed amount for comments he National League Second, C.B. Bucknor; Third, Mike Everitt. Hamltn rf 3 0 0 0 Cust rf 2 1 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO Ekstrm p 0 0 0 0 made about an umpire after he was ejected from a All Times MDT T—2:21. A—28,978 (41,255). DvMrp lf 4 0 1 0 RSwny rf 1 0 0 0 Colorado Totals 41 9 17 8 Totals 31 2 4 2 July 27 game at the Chicago Cubs. Sltlmch c 3 0 1 0 Everdg 1b 3 2 2 0 De La Rosa L,9-8 5 10 7 7 0 3 Atlanta 010 114 020 — 9 American League EAST W L Pct GB San Diego 100 100 000 — 2 BOSTON RED SOX—Purchased the contract of LHP Billy WHITE SOX 6, ANGELS 2 Andrus ss 3 0 0 0 Crosby 3b 3 1 1 0 Fogg 3 1 0 0 1 2 Philadelphia 60 45 .571 — M.Ellis 2b 4 0 3 3 Philadelphia DP—San Diego 3. LOB—Atlanta 9, San Diego 5. 2B— Traber from Pawtucket (IL). Optioned OF Josh Reddick Florida 55 52 .514 6 Los Angeles Chicago Pnngtn ss 4 0 1 1 Happ W,8-2 9 4 0 0 2 10 McLouth (22), Headley 2 (19). 3B—E.Cabrera (6). HR— to Pawtucket. Atlanta 55 53 .509 6½ ab r h bi ab r h bi Totals 32 0 5 0 Totals 31 610 6 HBP—by De La Rosa (Utley). Prado (7), M.Diaz (5), Venable (5). SB—Venable (3). CLEVELAND INDIANS—Recalled RHP Jess Todd from New York 51 56 .477 10 Figgins 3b 4 0 0 0 Pdsdnk cf-lf 4 0 1 0 Texas 000 000 000 — 0 Umpires—Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Tom Hallion; Second, IP H R ER BB SO Columbus (IL). Designated RHP Jose Veras for assign- Washington 36 72 .333 25½ MIzturs 2b 4 0 1 0 Bckhm 3b 4 1 1 0 Oakland 110 110 02x — 6 Brian O’Nora; Third, Jerry Crawford. Atlanta ment. CENTRAL W L Pct GB BAreu rf 3 1 1 0 Dye rf 4 1 1 0 E—Holland (4), Everidge (1). DP—Texas 2, Oakland 1. T—2:18. A—45,129 (43,647). J.Vazquez W,9-7 7 4 2 2 2 6 KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Recalled RHP Kyle Davies from Guerrr dh 4 0 1 0 Thome dh 4 2 2 4 LOB—Texas 8, Oakland 7. 2B—M.Young (32), Everidge 2 M.Gonzalez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Omaha (PCL). Designated OF Ryan Freel for assign- Chicago 57 49 .538 — Willits pr 0 1 0 0 Konerk 1b 3 1 2 1 (5). HR—K.Suzuki (7). SB—R.Davis 2 (17), Cust (4), Logan 1 0 0 0 1 0 ment. St. Louis 59 51 .536 — JRiver lf 4 0 1 0 Przyns c 4 1 2 0 M.Ellis (6). SF—Hairston. NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 4 San Diego LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Recalled RHP Sean O’Sullivan Milwaukee 53 54 .495 4½ KMorls 1b 3 0 0 1 Quentin lf 3 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Florida Washington Stauffer L,1-3 5 8 3 3 2 2 from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned INF Sean Rodriguez to Houston 53 55 .491 5 EAyar ss 4 0 0 0 Wise pr-cf 0 0 0 0 Texas ab r h bi ab r h bi Mujica 1-3 5 4 4 0 0 Salt Lake. Cincinnati 46 61 .430 11½ Napoli c 4 0 1 0 Getz 2b 4 0 0 0 Holland L,4-7 41-3 4 4 3 4 4 Coghln lf 5 1 2 0 Morgan cf 2 2 1 0 Thatcher 12-3 1 0 0 0 1 NEW YORK YANKEES—Recalled RHP Anthony Claggett Pittsburgh 45 62 .421 12½ MthwsJ cf 3 0 1 0 J.Nix ss 3 0 1 1 Jennings 12-3 1 0 0 0 3 NJhnsn 1b 4 1 1 0 CGzmn ss 4 0 3 2 Ekstrom 2 3 2 2 2 1 from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL). Designated INF Cody WEST W L Pct GB Totals 33 2 6 1 Totals 33 610 6 Guardado 1 0 0 0 1 0 HRmrz ss 5 1 2 0 Zmrmn 3b 4 1 1 1 Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Jim Reynolds; Ransom for assignment. Los Angeles 100 000 001 — 2 D.Mathis 1 5 2 2 0 0 Cantu 3b 4 0 1 0 Dunn 1b 3 1 1 1 Second, Angel Campos; Third, Bill Welke. OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Purchased the contract of RHP Los Angeles 66 41 .617 — Chicago 000 113 01x — 6 Oakland Uggla 2b 3 1 2 3 AHrndz 2b 0 0 0 0 T—2:52. A—17,916 (42,691). Chad Reineke from Sacramento (PCL). Optioned OF San Francisco 60 48 .556 6½ E—Dye (5), Konerko (4), J.Nix (6). DP—Los Angeles 1, G.Gonzalez W,3-2 62-3 3 0 0 3 7 C.Ross rf 4 0 1 0 Wlngh lf 4 0 1 0 Eric Patterson to Sacramento. Colorado 59 48 .551 7 Chicago 3. LOB—Los Angeles 6, Chicago 5. 2B—Napoli Ziegler H,7 2-3 2 0 0 0 1 RPauln c 4 0 1 0 MacDgl p 0 0 0 0 DODGERS 17, BREWERS 4 SEATTLE MARINERS—Announced RHP Roy Corcoran Arizona 49 59 .454 17½ (18), Beckham (18), Konerko (21), Pierzynski (14). 3B— Wuertz H,13 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 Bonifac cf 3 0 0 0 Dukes rf 3 0 0 0 declined an outright assignment to the minors and San Diego 44 65 .404 23 Podsednik (3). HR—Thome 2 (20), Konerko (21). SB— Breslow 1 0 0 0 0 1 VndnHr p 2 0 0 0 Bellird 2b-1b 4 1 1 1 Milwaukee Los Angeles became a free agent. Acquired RHP Mike Koplove Tuesday’s Games J.Nix (7). SF—K.Morales. Umpires—Home, Tim Tschida; First, Bob Davidson; Sanchs p 0 0 0 0 Nieves c 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi from Pittsburgh for INF Deybis Benitez. Arizona 6, Pittsburgh 0 IP H R ER BB SO Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Mark Carlson. Gload ph 1 0 0 0 Lannan p 2 0 0 0 FLopez 2b 5 1 1 0 Furcal ss 6 2 2 0 TEXAS RANGERS—Purchased the contract of INF Colorado 8, Philadelphia 3 Los Angeles T—2:34. A—10,781 (35,067). Ayala p 0 0 0 0 Padilla ph 1 0 0 0 Counsll 3b 5 0 0 0 Ethier rf 6 3 3 2 Esteban German from Oklahoma City (PCL). Optioned Washington 6, Florida 4 O’Sullivan L,3-1 5 6 4 4 0 3 Pinto p 0 0 0 0 SBurntt p 0 0 0 0 Braun lf 4 1 2 1 MRmrz lf 4 2 2 3 INF Joaquin Arias to Oklahoma City. Designated RHP Chicago Cubs 6, Cincinnati 3 Oliver 0 2 1 1 0 0 Donnlly p 0 0 0 0 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 Iriarrn lf 1 0 0 0 Mota p 1 0 1 1 John Bannister for assignment. St. Louis 12, N.Y. Mets 7, 10 innings Palmer 2 1 0 0 0 0 NL Boxes Hermid ph 1 0 0 0 WHarrs lf 0 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 4 0 2 1 Troncs p 0 0 0 0 National League San Francisco 8, Houston 1 Fuentes 1 11 11 0 BRAVES 6, PADRES 2 Lndstr p 0 0 0 0 MCmrn cf 4 0 2 0 Blake 3b 5 2 2 2 CHICAGO CUBS—Activated INF Aaron Miles from the Atlanta 9, San Diego 2 Chicago Totals 36 4 10 3 Totals 31 5 8 5 Swindle p 0 0 0 0 Loney 1b 4 1 0 0 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Jeff Stevens to Iowa (PCL). L.A. Dodgers 17, Milwaukee 4 Atlanta San Diego MiRivr ph 1 0 0 0 Kemp cf 5 3 4 5 G.Floyd W,9-6 8 6 2 1 1 6 ab r h bi ab r h bi Florida 010 010 200 — 4 Granted LHP Jason Waddell his unconditional release Wednesday’s Games Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Washington 201 200 00x — 5 Catlntt rf 1 0 0 1 RMartn c 3 2 3 2 from Iowa. N.Y. Mets 9, St. Louis 0 McLoth cf 5 1 3 2 ECarer ss 3 1 1 0 Hall rf 1 0 0 0 JCastro 2b 4 0 0 0 G.Floyd pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. Prado 2b 4 1 2 1 Venale cf-rf 4 1 2 2 DP—Washington 1. LOB—Florida 8, Washington 6. 2B— NEW YORK METS—Announced C Robinson Cancel San Francisco 10, Houston 6 O’Sullivan pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Cantu (29), C.Ross (28), C.Guzman (20). 3B—C.Guzman Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 Kuroda p 2 0 0 0 cleared waivers and was optioned to Buffalo (IL). Atlanta 6, San Diego 2 C.Jones 3b 4 1 3 0 AdGnzl 1b 2 0 1 0 Kendall c 4 1 2 0 Loretta ph 1 1 1 2 Oliver pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. McCnn c 3 0 1 2 Kzmnff 3b 3 0 0 0 (6). HR—Uggla (20), Zimmerman (22), Dunn (29), SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Activated RHP Joe Martinez Arizona 4, Pittsburgh 3 HBP—by Oliver (Konerko). WP—G.Floyd 2. Gallard p 2 1 1 0 Kuo p 0 0 0 0 from the 60-day DL. Optioned RHP Waldis Joaquin to GAndrs lf 5 0 1 1 GBurke p 0 0 0 0 Belliard (3). SB—Morgan 2 (34). CS—Dukes (8). Stetter p 0 0 0 0 Pierre ph-lf 0 1 0 0 Philadelphia 7, Colorado 0 Umpires—Home, Ed Rapuano; First, Paul Schrieber; RSorin p 0 0 0 0 Thtchr p 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Fresno (PCL). Placed RHP Henry Sosa on the 60-day Washington 5, Florida 4 Second, Paul Nauert; Third, Joe West. Florida DiFelic p 0 0 0 0 DL. Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 0 YEscor ss 5 0 1 0 OSalazr ph 1 0 0 0 CSmith p 0 0 0 0 T—2:35. A—32,167 (40,615). AdLRc 1b 5 1 1 0 Headly lf-3b 3 0 1 0 VandenHurk L,1-1 4 7 5 5 1 4 Gerut ph-cf 1 0 1 1 WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Purchased the contract of Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, late Church rf 3 2 2 0 Blanks rf-lf 4 0 1 0 Sanches 1 0 0 0 1 0 OF Jorge Padilla from Syracuse (IL). Placed OF Austin Thursday’s Games Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 4 11 4 Totals 41 1718 17 Kearns on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 4. Florida (Volstad 8-9) at Washington (Stammen 3-6), INDIANS 8, TWINS 1 Hanson p 1 0 0 0 LRdrgz 2b 4 0 0 0 Milwaukee 000 030 010 — 4 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 Alfonzo c 3 0 0 0 Pinto 2-3 1 0 0 1 1 Los Angeles 400 017 05x — 17 BASKETBALL 10:35 a.m. Minnesota Cleveland Norton ph 1 0 0 0 Gaudin p 1 0 0 0 Donnelly 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 National Basketball Association Colorado (Cook 10-3) at Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 8-9), ab r h bi ab r h bi LOB—Milwaukee 10, Los Angeles 8. 2B—Gallardo (1), MGnzlz p 0 0 0 0 Perdm p 0 0 0 0 Lindstrom 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ethier (25), M.Ramirez (16), Blake 2 (23), Kemp (16), DETROIT PISTONS—Signed F Austin Daye. 11:05 a.m. Span rf 4 0 1 0 Sizemr cf 5 2 3 2 Washington HOUSTON ROCKETS—Signed G Jermaine Taylor to a Arizona (Scherzer 6-6) at Pittsburgh (K.Hart 3-1), 5:05 p.m. M.Diaz lf 0 0 0 0 Gwynn ph-cf 2 0 1 0 R.Martin (13). HR—M.Ramirez (12), Kemp (15). SB— OCarer ss 4 1 3 0 ACarer ss 3 1 3 2 Totals 36 6 14 6 Totals 30 2 7 2 Lannan W,8-8 6 8 2 2 2 6 M.Cameron (5). S—Gallardo, J.Castro. multiyear contract. N.Y. Mets (Li.Hernandez 7-5) at San Diego (Richard 4- Mauer c 3 0 1 0 Choo rf 5 1 2 2 Atlanta 120 300 000 — 6 S.Burnett 0 1 2 2 1 0 PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Named Randy Ayers assistant 3), 8:05 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO Mornea 1b 4 0 0 1 JhPerlt 3b 5 0 0 0 San Diego 000 002 000 — 2 Sosa H,2 2 1 0 0 0 2 Milwaukee coach. Atlanta (D.Lowe 11-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Wolf 5-6), 8:10 p.m. Kubel lf 4 0 1 0 Gimenz 1b 3 0 0 0 E—Hanson (1), Alfonzo (1). DP—Atlanta 4, San Diego 1. MacDougal S,10-11 1 0 0 0 0 1 Friday’s Games Gallardo L,10-8 51-3 10 9 9 2 7 FOOTBALL Cuddyr dh 4 0 1 0 JCarrll 2b 1 1 0 1 LOB—Atlanta 10, San Diego 5. 2B—E.Cabrera (10). 3B— S.Burnett pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Stetter 0 1 1 1 0 0 National Football League Arizona at Washington, 5:05 p.m. Crede 3b 4 0 0 0 Shppch c 4 1 1 0 Headley (2). HR—Venable (6). SB—Gwynn (6). CS— HBP—by VandenHurk (Morgan). Florida at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m. DiFelice 1-3 3 2 2 1 1 ARIZONA CARDINALS—Signed FB Reagan Maui’a to a Gomez cf 4 0 0 0 AMarte dh 3 0 0 0 McLouth (2), E.Cabrera (2). S—Hanson 2. SF—Prado. Umpires—Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Adrian C.Smith 11-3 0 0 0 1 0 one-year contract. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Punto 2b 3 0 0 0 Crowe lf 3 2 2 1 IP H R ER BB SO Johnson; Second, Jim Wolf; Third, Gary Cederstrom. ATLANTA FALCONS—Signed WR Dicky Lyons. Milwaukee at Houston, 6:05 p.m. Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 32 8 11 8 Swindle 1 4 5 5 1 2 Atlanta T—2:54. A—18,312 (41,888). Los Angeles CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed DT Maake Kemoeatu on Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 7:10 p.m. Minnesota 000 001 000 — 1 Hanson W,6-2 6 5 2 2 3 5 injured reserve. Signed DT George Hypolite. N.Y. Mets at San Diego, 8:05 p.m. Cleveland 020 204 00x — 8 Kuroda W,4-5 6 9 3 3 1 7 Moylan 1 1 0 0 0 2 METS 9, CARDINALS 0 Kuo 1 00 00 2 DALLAS COWBOYS—Released DB Jerome Carter. Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8:10 p.m. E—Gomez (1), Gimenez (1). LOB—Minnesota 7, M.Gonzalez 1 1 0 0 0 3 Signed OT Robert Brewster and placed him on the Cincinnati at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. Cleveland 9. 2B—O.Cabrera (27), Sizemore (16), St. Louis New York Mota 12-3 2 1 1 0 1 R.Soriano 1 0 0 0 1 1 Troncoso 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 physically unable to perform list. Removed DT Tim A.Cabrera (26), Choo (25). CS—Span (7), Gimenez (1). San Diego ab r h bi ab r h bi Anderson from the physically unable to perform list. SF—A.Cabrera, J.Carroll. Lugo ss 4 0 1 0 Pagan cf 4 2 3 4 Stetter pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. AL Boxes Gaudin L,4-10 31-3 9 6 6 2 3 HBP—by C.Smith (M.Ramirez), by Swindle (Pierre), by KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Waived QB Ingle Martin. IP H R ER BB SO Perdomo 22-3 3 0 0 2 1 DeRosa 3b 4 0 0 0 Cora 2b 5 1 1 1 MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed RB Antone Smith. MARINERS 11, ROYALS 6 Minnesota G.Burke 2 1 0 0 0 1 Pujols 1b 3 0 2 0 DWrght 3b 4 1 3 2 Mota (Fielder), by Kuroda (Catalanotto). Umpires—Home, Lance Barksdale; First, Randy Marsh; SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Waived-injured LB Tony Taylor. Seattle Kansas City Liriano L,4-11 5 8 4 4 4 4 Thatcher 1 1 0 0 0 2 Hollidy lf 4 0 0 0 Sheffild lf 4 0 1 0 Signed LB Shane Simmons. Dickey 0 2 3 3 1 0 Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Angel Campos; Ludwck rf 2 0 0 0 Sullivn pr-lf 1 0 0 0 Second, Angel Hernandez; Third, Marvin Hudson. ab r h bi ab r h bi T—3:28. A—45,535 (56,000). WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed WR D.J. Hackett and ISuzuki rf 5 2 2 1 DeJess lf 3 0 1 0 Keppel 1 1 1 1 1 0 Second, Bill Welke; Third, Mike DiMuro. Ankiel cf 2 0 0 0 DnMrp 1b 5 0 1 0 DL Michael Marquardt. Branyn 1b 5 1 2 3 Blmqst rf 5 1 2 1 Mijares 1 0 0 0 0 3 T—2:52. A—21,816 (42,691). Hwksw p 0 0 0 0 Francr rf 3 0 2 0 HOCKEY JoLopz 2b 5 0 3 3 Butler dh 4 1 3 3 Guerrier 1 0 0 0 0 3 KGreen ph 1 0 0 0 Schndr c 4 1 1 0 Pioneer League National Hockey League GrffyJr dh 4 0 1 0 Teahen 1b 5 0 0 0 Cleveland REDS 4, CUBS 0 BThmp p 0 0 0 0 Berroa ss 3 1 0 0 All Times MDT BUFFALO SABRES—D Teppo Numminen announced his Beltre 3b 5 1 1 0 Callasp 2b 4 0 1 0 Laffey W,5-3 8 6 1 0 1 5 TMiller p 0 0 0 0 Niese p 0 0 0 0 NORTH W L Pct. GB retirement. FGtrrz cf 5 1 2 0 Olivo c 5 1 1 0 Todd 1 1 0 0 0 1 Chicago Cincinnati Schmkr ph 1 0 0 0 Figuero p 1 1 1 2 CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Announced an affiliation JaWlsn ss 4 2 2 1 AGordn 3b 5 2 3 2 Dickey pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. ab r h bi ab r h bi YMolin c 3 0 1 0 Reed ph 1 1 1 0 Great Falls (White Sox) 2 0 1.000 — agreement with Toledo (ECHL). Hannhn ss 1 0 0 0 YBtncr ss 4 0 0 0 HBP—by Guerrier (A.Cabrera). PB—Mauer 2. Fukdm cf 4 0 0 0 Tavers cf 4 1 2 0 LaRue c 1 0 0 0 Parnell p 1 1 1 0 Missoula (D’backs) 2 0 1.000 — MINNESOTA WILD—Named P.J. DeLuca video coordi- RJhnsn c 4 2 2 0 Maier cf 3 1 1 0 Umpires—Home, Larry Vanover; First, Ted Barrett; Miles ss 3 0 0 0 AlGnzlz ss 1 0 0 1 Thurstn 2b 4 0 2 0 Billings (Reds) 0 2 .000 2 nator and Chris Pietrzak-Wegner strength and condi- MSndrs lf 4 2 1 1 Second, James Hoye; Third, Sam Holbrook. Theriot ph 1 0 0 0 Votto 1b 4 0 0 0 Lohse p 1 0 0 0 Helena (Brewers) 0 2 .000 2 tioning coach. Totals 42 11 16 9 Totals 38 612 6 T—2:54. A—17,683 (45,199). D.Lee 1b 4 0 1 0 BPhllps 2b 3 1 1 0 DReyes p 0 0 0 0 SOUTH W L Pct. GB NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Signed F Brendan Shanahan to Seattle 002 602 100 — 11 ArRmr 3b 4 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 1 1 2 Rasms cf 3 0 0 0 a one-year contract. Bradly rf 2 0 1 0 Balentn rf 4 1 1 0 Totals 33 0 6 0 Totals 36 915 9 Casper (Rockies) 1 1 .500 — Kansas City 002 201 010 — 6 YANKEES 8, BLUE JAYS 4 Idaho Falls (Royals) 1 1 .500 — PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Named Tony Granato assis- E—Davies (1). DP—Seattle 1, Kansas City 1. LOB—Seattle ASorin lf 3 0 1 0 L.Nix lf 3 0 0 0 St. Louis 000 000 000 — 0 tant coach. New York Toronto Fontent 2b 3 0 0 0 Hanign c 2 0 0 0 New York 230 002 02x — 9 Ogden (Dodgers) 1 1 .500 — 7, Kansas City 11. 2B—Branyan (20), Ja.Wilson (4), ab r h bi ab r h bi K.Hill c 2 0 0 0 Lehr p 2 0 0 0 Orem (Angels) 1 1 .500 — VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Re-signed RW Jannik Hansen Ro.Johnson (15). 3B—M.Saunders (1), Olivo (3). HR— E—Ankiel (5), D.Wright (13). DP—St. Louis 3, New York 1. Tuesday’s Games to a one-year contract. Butler (12), A.Gordon (2). SB—I.Suzuki (23). Jeter ss 5 1 1 0 Scutaro ss 5 1 2 1 Fuld ph 1 0 0 0 LOB—St. Louis 9, New York 8. 2B—Lugo (5), Pujols 2 SOCCER Damon lf 5 1 3 3 A.Hill 2b 5 0 0 0 Gregg p 0 0 0 0 (27), Francoeur (15), Schneider (9), Reed (6). 3B— Casper 9, Ogden 8 IP H R ER BB SO Teixeir 1b 5 0 1 2 Lind dh 5 2 2 1 Harden p 2 0 1 0 Missoula 5, Helena 4 Major League Soccer Seattle Pagan (7), Figueroa (1). HR—Pagan (2), D.Wright (8). Idaho Falls 5, Orem 3 MLS—Fined Chivas USA coach Preki Radosavljevic French W,2-2 5 9 4 4 1 2 ARdrgz dh-3b4 0 0 0 Overay 1b 3 1 2 0 Smrdzj p 0 0 0 0 SF—Pagan. Swisher rf 5 1 2 1 V.Wells cf 4 0 1 1 J.Fox ph-c 1 0 0 0 Great Falls 7, Billings 3 $1,000 for inappropriate conduct directed toward Batista 2-3 2 1 1 2 1 IP H R ER BB SO Wednesday’s Games match officials following Chivas USA White H,12 11-3 0 0 0 0 1 Cano 2b 4 2 2 0 Rios rf 4 0 2 1 Totals 30 0 4 0 Totals 26 4 5 3 St. Louis MeCarr cf 4 0 0 0 Encrnc 3b 4 0 1 0 Chicago 000 000 000 — 0 Casper at Ogden, late COLLEGE Olson 2 1 1 1 2 2 Lohse L,4-7 22-3 7 5 5 2 0 Idaho Falls at Orem, late ARKANSAS—Named Travis Geopfert assistant track Kansas City HrstnJr 3b 1 1 0 0 Barajs c 4 0 0 0 Cincinnati 030 000 10x — 4 D.Reyes 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 HMatsu ph 1 1 1 1 Inglett lf 3 0 1 0 Great Falls at Billings, late coach. Davies L,3-8 32-3 8 8 8 1 2 E—Harden (1). LOB—Chicago 4, Cincinnati 6. 2B— Hawksworth 12-3 1 0 0 1 0 Helena at Missoula, late ARKANSAS TECH—Named Doug Karleskint men’s R.Colon 21-3 4 2 2 1 1 Aceves p 0 0 0 0 Harden (1). HR—Rolen (1). SB—Taveras 2 (23), B.Phillips B.Thompson 2 5 3 3 1 0 Thursday’s Games assistant basketball coach. J.Cruz 2 3 1 1 1 1 Coke p 000 0 (18). CS—B.Phillips (8). S—Ale.Gonzalez, Lehr. SF— T.Miller 1 2 1 1 0 2 Missoula at Great Falls, 7 p.m. DEPAUL—Named Blair Banwart assistant director of Mahay 1 1 0 0 0 1 Hinske ph 0 0 0 1 Ale.Gonzalez. New York Idaho Falls at Ogden, 7 p.m. athletics facilities, Dave Corzine assistant to the ath- HBP—by Olson (DeJesus). WP—Davies. PB—Olivo. Hughes p 0 0 0 0 IP H R ER BB SO Niese 12-3 1 0 0 1 2 Helena at Billings, 7:05 p.m. letics director for community outreach, and Erin Umpires—Home, Mike Estabrook; First, Andy Fletcher; DRrtsn p 0 0 0 0 Chicago Figueroa W,1-2 41-3 4 0 0 0 5 Casper at Orem, 7:05 p.m. McGovern assistant director of business and financial Second, Greg Gibson; Third, Tim McClelland. JMolin c 2 1 0 0 Harden L,7-7 6 4 3 2 4 9 Parnell S,1-5 3 1 0 0 0 3 affairs. T—3:19. A—27,805 (38,177). Totals 36 8 10 8 Totals 37 4 11 4 Samardzija 1 1 1 1 0 0 B.Thompson pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. DUKE—Named Rhett Parrott volunteer assistant base- New York 002 000 411 — 8 Gregg 1 00 00 1 HBP—by Figueroa (Ludwick, Pujols). Northwest League ball coach. RAYS 6, RED SOX 4 Toronto 200 010 100 — 4 Cincinnati Umpires—Home, Bill Miller; First, Derryl Cousins; All Times MDT ELON—Named Brandon Lane volunteer assistant foot- LOB—New York 6, Toronto 8. 2B—Cano 2 (28). HR— Lehr W,1-0 9 4 0 0 1 4 Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Jim Joyce. EAST W L Pct. GB Boston Tampa Bay Damon (19), Swisher (18), Scutaro (9), Lind (23). SF— HBP—by Harden (B.Phillips). T—2:50. A—39,781 (41,800). ball coach. ab r h bi ab r h bi Hinske. Umpires—Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Bill Hohn; Tri-City (Rockies) 27 17 .614 — GEORGIA STATE—Named Sylvia Kamp men’s and Ellsury cf 5 0 1 0 Bartlett ss 4 1 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Gary Darling. Spokane (Rangers) 19 25 .432 8 women’s cross country coach. Pedroia 2b 3 1 0 0 Crwfrd lf 4 1 1 2 New York T—2:27. A—22,098 (42,319). GIANTS 10, ASTROS 6 Boise (Cubs) 18 26 .409 9 GREENSBORO—Promoted Jean Lojko to athletic direc- VMrtnz 1b 4 1 2 1 Longori 3b 3 0 0 0 Mitre 41-3 8 3 3 2 3 San Francisco Houston Yakima (D’backs) 16 28 .364 11 tor. JOHN JAY—Named Chris Weeks men’s soccer coach. Youkils 3b 4 0 1 1 Zobrist 2b 4 1 1 0 Aceves W,7-1 2 1 1 1 0 3 DIAMONDBACKS 4, PIRATES 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi WEST W L Pct. GB Bay lf 4 1 1 1 Burrell dh 3 1 1 1 Coke H,13 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Velez lf 5 1 1 0 KMatsu 2b 5 0 1 1 OKLAHOMA STATE—Named Chris Young womens ten- NGreen lf 0 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b 3 1 1 2 Hughes H,11 1 1 0 0 0 2 Arizona Pittsburgh Winn rf 5 1 1 0 Kppngr 3b 4 1 1 1 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 30 14 .682 — nis coach. Federal judge refuses request to halt Delaware sports betting WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge on extension with the Portland Trail Blazers. Ridge, Kimberly, Filer, Jerome and all other Wednesday denied a request by professional The Blazers planned a news conference surrounding schools. Students practice as a sports leagues and the NCAA to halt with Roy on Thursday to announce the deal, Sports Shorts group, but swim for their home school at Delaware’s planned sports betting lottery according to a report by Yahoo! Sports that meets. Students are welcome to try out the until a legal challenge is resolved. cited unidentified league sources. Submit and read local sports briefs at club for free for two weeks. Come by the pool Chief District Judge Gregory Sleet set a The extension is expected to be worth Magicvalley.com for practice or contact the team captains for Dec. 7 trial date on the plaintiffs’ claims that between $78 million and $82 million, the more. Information: Cari Miranda at 421- the sports betting plan violates a federal ban report said. Viliami Tuivai. The Bronco Shop trailer will 1944 or Matt Ashby at 734-6842. on sports gambling, as well as Delaware’s Roy led the Blazers with 22.6 points and 5.1 be on hand, selling BSU gear and season tick- state constitution. assists per game last season, his third in the ets. Glenns Ferry boosters meet “The court concludes that a preliminary league. He was acquired from the Minnesota Information: Julie Davis at 208-329-0611 injunction ... is not warranted in this case,” Timberwolves in a draft-day trade for Randy for the barbecue and Brad Larrondo at 208- GLENNS FERRY — The Glenns Ferry Pilot said Sleet, adding that the leagues had not Foye in 2006 and went on to win Rookie of 426-3566 for the Bronco Extravaganza. Boosters will hold their first meeting at 7 met their burden of proving that such an the Year honors. p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the Carmela “extraordinary remedy” was justified. Muni holds Club Championship Vineyards Winery. Sleet’s ruling came after he and attorneys Fall activities will be discussed. for both sides met behind closed doors for M AGIC V ALLEY TWIN FALLS — The 2009 Coors Club Information: Mark Martell at 366-2614. more than an hour before emerging in open BSU barbecue set for today Championship will be held Saturday and court to continue discussions on case sched- Sunday, Aug. 9, at Twin Falls Municipal Golf Filer holds soccer sign-ups uling and the request for an injunction. TWIN FALLS — The Boise State Magic Course. The cost is $50, plus green fees. Sleet said the leagues had not convinced Valley Alumni Chapter will host a barbecue Players may make tee times for Saturday, FILER — Filer Community Recreation him that they would suffer irreparable harm from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., today at Centennial while Sunday's play begins with an 8 a.m. District will hold registration for coed soccer without an injunction, that the state would Park in the canyon. The event is free. The shotgun start. The winner of each division from 5 to 8 p.m., today and Friday at the Filer not be irreparably harmed with it, or that the chapter will provide meet, but attendees are (regular and senior) has the opportunity to Fire Station.The cost is $30 per player and the injunction would be in the public interest. invited to bring a dish to share. Last names advance to the Tournament of Champions. league is open to boys and girls in grades K-5. “The court is not convinced that the plain- A-G should bring a salad, H-O a d essert and Information: Pro shop at 733-3326. Information: Bob Hansing at 326-3327. tiffs will likely succeed on the merits in this P-Z chips or side dish. BSU representatives case,”he added. will be on hand to answer questions about fall T.F. swim team begins practice Kimberly boosters hold meeting semester,the alumni association or BSU athletics. TWIN FALLS — Twin Falls High School's KIMBERLY — The Kimberly Booster Club NBA On Friday afternoon, the Bronco swim team will begin preseason workouts will hold its first meeting of the new school Roy set for 5-year extension Extravaganza will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 10, at the year at 7 p.m., Monday,Aug. 10, in the media at the Anchor Bistro (334 Blue Lakes Blvd.). YMCA City pool. Practices continue each center at Kimberly High School. Anyone PORTLAND, Ore. — Brandon Roy has Former BSU quarterback Bart Hendricks will weekday. The swim team is open to all high interested is invited to attend. reportedly agreed to a five-year contract be on hand along with assistant coach school students from Twin Falls, Canyon — staff and wire reports Sports 4 Thursday, August 6, 2009 SPORTS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Mickelson in a better place, ready for golf AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The have some wonderful care. talk openly because it’s not practice sessions have been a Bridgestone Invite And not only have the doc- involving me,” he said. “It’s little sharper, his optimism First-round coverage tors been incredible in their involving Amy, it’s involving much greater. Phil Mickelson Noon, The Golf Channel science, but they’ve also my mom, and it’s a personal isn’t sure how that will been very compassionate issue with them. I want to translate on the golf course, He returns to competition toward us. We’ve had a great respect their wishes and not and he’s not sure that even at the Bridgestone medical experience. go into too much detail. But I matters at the moment. Invitational, where he fin- “We feel lucky to be — for a feel like we’ve been fortu- Mickelson is simply ished two shots behind a year bad situation — in as good a nate.” thrilled to be back on the ago at Firestone. Then it’s off situation as it can be.” His last shot in competi- PGA Tour, for no other rea- to Hazeltine for the PGA He declined to elaborate tion was tapping in for par at son than he wasn’t expecting Championship, the final on the surgery or the recov- the Bethpage Black to close to play so soon. major of the year. ery his wife and mother face with a 70 — he was the only It was only six weeks ago His turbulent summer has because it’s not about golf. player to shoot par or better when his wife had surgery for taken a toll. Mickelson doesn’t mind all four days at the U.S. Open breast cancer, about the time Mickelson has played only talking birdies and bogeys, — to finish two shots behind Mickelson’s mother discov- twice since The Players the family vacations they Lucas Glover. ered she also had breast can- Championship in May. A love to take, even his hopes of It was his fifth runner-up cer. While he chose not to go week later, he disclosed that AP photo being able to buy a chain of finish in 11 years at the major into details on their recover- his wife, Amy, had breast Phil Mickelson signs autographs for fans after his practice round for breakfast restaurants. that means so much to him. ies, that he is back to work cancer. Doctors caught it the Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament Wednesday at Firestone And while he was willing to This one was far easier to said plenty. early enough that surgery was Country Club in Akron, Ohio. go public with Amy’s cancer take, realizing that he had “We’re in a much better pushed back to July, allowing and his own emotions — bigger issues in life than pos- place now than we were,” Mickelson to play the St. Jude He once was consumed by “I feel we’ve been fortu- breaking down in tears while ing with a silver trophy. Mickelson said Wednesday. Championship and the U.S. fear of not knowing what nate because of a couple rea- driving — this part of the Mickelson didn’t return to “I’m excited about that. I’m Open,where he had a share of Amy faced. That has been sons,” he said. “Both my process is one that stays at practice until recently, which excited about the chance to the lead until a record-setting replaced by hope that she will mom and Amy have caught it home. included a scouting trip to play a little golf, too.” fifth runner-up finish. make a full recovery. early, and we’ve been able to “It’s hard for me to really Hazeltine last week. Scare over Stop eating slop, win a Super Bowl Bush’s knee lot of people in San Diego thought it Amight have been the inconsistent defense or the tendency to use LaDainian Tim Dahlberg short-lived Tomlinson too much. Others blamed Norv Turner The Associated Press NFL spokesman Greg for the Chargers’ inability to Aiello would not confirm the win a Super Bowl. from sending out any mes- METAIRIE, La. — Reggie meeting or give any Wrong. It was the slop sages. Bush reached down to grab timetable on a possible deci- being served at lunch time. Not that any fans — or his left knee, gasped as if in sion by Goodell. Charger fans found that many in the media, for that pain, then looked over at the “We do not comment on out when Antonio matter — have any clue sideline, grinning. the details of the review Cromartie sent a tweet the what is going on in those Bush realized he’d caused a process,”Aiello said in an e- other day saying “nasty practices. Doesn’t matter. stir Wednesday morning mail response. “So we food” might have played a All it takes is one person when he suddenly decline to compart in stifling the team’s realizing that a third-string walked off the ment on the report chance at greatness in offensive tackle is practic- practice field and of a meeting today. recent years. Apparently he ing with the starters to ruin returned with his When a decision is hurt the caterer’s feelings, an opening day surprise. surgically repaired made, we will because Turner pulled the The paranoia doesn’t left knee wrapped announce it.” star cornerback out of a stop there. There are so in ice. Browns coach meeting to tell him he was many new restrictions So during the Eric Mangini being fined $2,500 for, shall around the league that fans club’s second prac- declined to com- we say, spilling the beans. must wonder if coaches are tice of the day in the evening, ment Wednesday on If the Chargers weren’t so spending more time trying the star running back took a Stallworth’s status, saying it dead-faced serious, the to plug leaks than fixing moment to joke about it, was a “league matter” and decision to levy a fine over leaky defenses. then returned to full partici- that the team would address food would be hilarious. The Texans this week pation in team drills. it at the proper time. Actually, it still is. instituted a ban on filming “I iced it just as a precau- Stallworth pleaded guilty But maybe there’s a big- or taking pictures of injured tion, so when I ice it, that to DUI manslaughter in the AP photo ger point than last week’s players during rehab, means I’m just maintaining,” death of 59-year-old Mario New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush (25) watches practice lasagna to ponder. depriving all Houston fans Bush said between practices. Reyes of Miami. Stallworth from the sidelines at the club’s training camp in Metairie, La., If Cromartie is com- of the chance to watch cen- “I’ve got to stay on top of it admitted drinking at a Miami Wednesday. plaining publicly about the ter Chris Myers get treat- and treat it as if it was the Beach hotel before the acci- grub, what’s next? What ment for his high ankle first day I injured it.” dent. He reached an undis- hibit tweeting. Such restric- always say the more snaps other secrets will he reveal, sprain. It wasn’t quite clear Bush had surgery on his closed financial settlement tions run contrary to a rec- you see, the better you’re and at what cost? why, but you might think a left knee in December to with Reyes’ family, which ommendation from league going to be. That was anoth- Think of what might team that has never had a repair cartilage. Drafted sec- factored into his relatively headquarters that teams er opportunity.” happen if other teams knew winning season might be ond overall in 2006, the light sentence. allow tweeting and blogging the Chargers’ showers more worried about other Heisman Trophy winner out during training camp prac- NO CLEMENCY REQUEST BY FORMER weren’t hot enough, or that things. of Southern California has SOME NFL TEAMS CLAMP DOWN ON tices. OHIO FOOTBALL STAR the offensive line had to In Indianapolis, the Colts missed 10 games in his past TWEETS Along with the Broncos COLUMBUS, Ohio — lather up with soap bought demanded reporters leave two seasons, including four DAVIE, Fla. — The only and Dolphins, the New Former Ohio State football at the dollar store? their notebooks behind games in 2007 because of a tweets during the Miami England Patriots, Buffalo star Maurice Clarett has Let that go, and soon when they watch practice, posterior cruciate ligament Dolphins scrimmage Bills, Indianapolis Colts, withdrawn a request for they’ll be tweeting the lest they scribble some- tear, also in his left knee. Saturday will come from the New Orleans Saints and early release from prison so playbook, 140 characters at thing about who Peyton Coach Sean Payton already officials’ whistles. Detroit Lions disagree. They he could pursue an NFL a time. Manning is throwing the has held Bush out of a couple The Dolphins are at the don’t allow reporting from career. There’s something so ball to. In Philadelphia, practices on days when the forefront of an NFL clamp- the practice field. Clarett had argued that Nixonian about it all, the coach Andy Reid stopped Saints practiced twice, limit- down on Twitter and other the sooner he was released, silly dance of NFL coaches talking about injuries ing him to one practice a day. social media, with new NFL REFS LAMENT LOSS OF ARENA the sooner he could make a and team officials in the because reporters violated When Bush has practiced, restrictions imposed on LEAGUE OPPORTUNITIES comeback, possibly in the never-ending effort to keep an unwritten “pact” by he has done so vigorously.On players, reporters and even FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — NFL. But he sent a letter their team’s secrets. daring to ask others on the Tuesday afternoon, he spectators. It’s not just players such as Monday to the Ohio Parole Paranoia strikes deep team about an injury to turned an end run into a 15- Miami’s secretive Bill Kurt Warner who used the Board explaining his deci- among the football elite, linebacker Stewart Bradley. yard touchdown during 11- Parcells regime prohibits Arena Football League as a sion to withdraw the who seem to be spending Asked when he would on-11 drills. He ran hard on fans and media at training- steppingstone to the NFL. request,Ohio Department of an awful lot of time this resume talking, Reid said, Wednesday afternoon and camp practices from tweet- The indoor circuit also was a Rehabilitation and preseason figuring out ways “When I decide that people did not shy away from con- ing, blogging or texting. At training ground for many Correction spokeswoman to thwart enemy spies and can abide by the rules, I’ll tact. least six other teams have referees on their way up, and JoEllen Culp said the enemy within. do that.” also imposed such restric- a place for them to keep their Wednesday. Just how any of it will The problem for coaches REPORTS: BROWNS’ STALLWORTH tions on reporters, even skills sharp in the offseason Franklin County help Eli Manning get the is not everybody follows MEETS WITH GOODELL though the workouts are after they got there. Prosecutor Ron O’Brien had New York Giants back to their rules. Even if they did, BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland open to the public. The Arena League shut opposed the move, saying another Super Bowl or get coaches would make new Browns wide receiver Donte Twitter intolerance is no down this week, giving up the former Buckeyes stand- Mike Singletary’s 49ers ones anyway. That’s the Stallworth, suspended surprise in a league where after a year on the sidelines out hasn’t made a strong back to .500 is debatable. nature of the beast in a indefinitely for killing a paranoia is part of the play- when it couldn’t figure out a case to be released so early in Everyone in the incestuous business where you’re only pedestrian while driving book. Like many Americans, way to make money. his prison term. world of pro football as good as your last game drunk, met in New York with coaches are anxious and a lit- Players and executives “It probably was a reality already knows what every- and you’re convinced NFL commissioner Roger tle confused about the rapid throughout football lament- check by both Mr. Clarett one else is doing anyway, everyone around you is just Goodell about a possible pace of change in communi- ed the demise of the 8-on-8 and his lawyer that they had and the only real secrets are waiting for the right time to reinstatement, according to cation. NFL offshoot that propelled no chance of obtaining open secrets. stab you in the back. media reports. “I don’t really have a Warner to the Super Bowl clemency under the circum- Control freaks that they It’s at its worst right now: Stallworth was recently Twitter policy,” Denver MVP and turned John Elway stances,” O’Brien said are, though, nothing will Every team is unbeaten, and released from jail after serv- coach Josh McDaniels said.“I and Jon Bon Jovi into owners. Wednesday. stop these guys from trying. every coach believes his ing 24 days for a DUI convic- don’t know what it means; I But the AFL also will be Clarett, 25, was sentenced So far this preseason, team has a shot at the Super tion. don’t know what it is. I don’t missed by referees, who used in September 2006 to serve Twitter has emerged as Bowl. That’s especially true Miami’s WPLG-TV first know MyFace, Spacebook, their time indoors to hone at least 3½ years for a public enemy No. 1 for most in San Diego, where Turner reported Stallworth’s meet- Facebook stuff. I don’t know their skills and get discovered holdup outside a Columbus teams. Some have told their might have to win a ring to ing with Goodell. ESPN.com what that is either.” by NFL scouts. bar and a separate highway players not to tweet, and at keep his job. and The Plain Dealer, both McDaniels mangled the “It’s a shame,” said Ed chase earlier that year that least seven teams have He’s not about to let citing unnamed sources, also Web-site names in jest, and Camp, a linesman in his 10th ended with police finding banned fans and media at some bad meatloaf get in said the meeting took place. the Broncos actually do pro- year in the NFL. “They loaded guns in his SUV. training camp practices the way.

will keep him with the Giants Indianapolis Colts. agent, was not immediately pressure than he already has through the 2015 season. Carolina defensive end available for comment. Reese in this market. He knows Manning The extension will pay Julius Peppers has Eli was hopeful that Manning’s how to handle pressure and Continued from Sports 1 salary of roughly $15.3 mil- Manning $200,000 per year Manning beat this season, contract would be completed he has done it before. I don’t lion, according to a person more than All-Pro corner- when he’ll make $16.7 mil- quickly, adding it’s always expect to see any difference his first Pro Bowl season. close to the talks.The person, back Nnamdi Asomugha of lion — but it’s only a one- important to get the quarter- in his attitude and his work Now he’s set to make more who spoke on condition of the Oakland Raiders, who year deal. back signed. ethic. He works hard. He money than even older anonymity because the deal agreed to a three-year, $45.3 Manning declined to talk Reese said that a lucrative expects a lot from himself. brother Peyton. was not signed and had not million contract this year. to the media during lunch at new contract would not put He knows what his role here Eli Manning agreed to a been announced, said Peyton Manning earns an Giants training camp on more pressure on Manning. is with us and we expect him six-year, $97 million con- Manning is guaranteed $35 average of $14.17 million Wednesday. “He is used to that,”Reese to continue it for a long tract extension, an average million under the deal that annually with the Tom Condon, Manning’s said. “He won’t get more time.”