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Sports 1 Youngsters to converge on park, Twenty-four locals enhance creative talents, gear up for football games Entertainment 1 On the Kids get crafty gridiron Magicvalley.com New law lets schools access employee files and history can be overlooked. The district reviewed those hir- Personnel records augment district background checks Dobbs said the background checks ing practices last year after two in- are thorough, but knowing how cidents of teachers accused of sex By Amy Huddleston tricts to share employee perform- court-records database, a step that people have interacted in their past crimes. One of them was Michael Times-News writer ance files with potential new em- districts have to take themselves. jobs is helpful in deciding whether Scott Brinkerhoff, hired in 2006 as ployers. Now evaluations, any let- Twin Falls School District Su- to hire them. the Burley Junior High School Eng- In the past, when school em- ters of reprimand and more infor- perintendent Wiley Dobbs said the “We would just receive the dates lish and drama teacher and sen- ployees wanted to move to a new mation on employee performance personnel files will be helpful when from which they were employed,” tenced last month to a one-year re- district in Idaho, they would go will be available to new employers. interviewing candidates. Dobbs said. “Districts have been hab program after pleading guilty through standard hiring practices: Districts aren’t allowed to hire “All districts can think of a time skittish about saying too much be- to felony sex abuse of a minor under background checks, interviews and anyone from other Idaho districts or two where they hired someone cause of potential lawsuits.” 16. reference calls would be conduct- without their consent to look and didn’t have the full informa- Cassia County schools chief Smyer said that, in Brinkerhoff’s ed. through their files. tion,” Dobbs said. “This law is in- Gaylen Smyer said his district rou- case, the background checks didn’t But personnel files from former It’s one more tool for school dis- tended to give districts the full story tinely completes comprehensive give the district reason not to hire school districts were not allowed to tricts seeking to vet the people who about the person they are looking at background checks on its employ- him. The district’s checks did miss be reviewed. teach Idaho’s children. Last year, hiring.” ees and said the new law won’t a string of misdemeanor petit theft That changed on July 1 with a some districts began running po- Even with background checks, make a large difference in its hiring new law that requires school dis- tential hires through Idaho’s free employees’ past work performance practices. See LAW, Main 2 S KEETER DEFEATER Simpson budget proposal trims EPA
By Ben Botkin Times-News writer
Every government budget pro- posal has its winners and losers. In this one,the biggest loser would be the U.S. Environmental Protec- tion Agency, with a potential cut of $1.5 billion. Among the winners would be the U.S. Forest Ser- vice’s wildland fire management fund, which would get $37 million more. Both are in the budget proposal for Simpson the EPA, U.S. Interior Department and other natural-re- sources agencies for the coming fis- cal year. The House Interior and the Environment Appropriations Sub- committee, chaired by U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, approved ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News the bill on Thursday,sending it to the Kirk Tubbs, right, and Aaron Ursenbach, both with the Twin Falls County Pest Abatement District, collect bluegill Thursday morning at Dierkes Lake near Twin Falls. full House Appropriations Commit- They collected the fish to release in ponds around the county to combat mosquito swarms. See story on Main 3. tee. The bill has a double-barreled goal of trimming back on federal govern- ALSO MAKING NEWS ment spending while also making a slew of regulatory changes that sup- T.F.Co. assessment appeals rise porters contend are needed for eco- Officials rethink nomic growth. Those run the gamut from a one-year prohibition on reg- By Nick Coltrain assessors dropped their values improving the property,adjusted ulating greenhouse gases from fac- storage business Times-News writer after closer inspection, but that for depreciation and inflation. tories to reducing the backlog of ap- they still didn’t agree with the fi- In a perfect world, Bowden BOISE (AP) — Gov. C.L. plications to graze on federal lands. Twin Falls County’s number nal assessments. said, all three come out to the “Butch” Otter and Superin- “This committee is taking mean- of property assessment appeals State law assumes the assessor same number. But in our imper- tendent of Public Instruction ingful steps to help put our country’s more than doubled this year to be accurate,Kramer said. fect world, the assessor’s office Tom Luna say they erred last fiscal house in order,”Simpson said. compared to last year — to about Records of direct sales and gives extra weight to the evalua- year when they voted to spend Overall, the subcommittee’s $27.5 113 people and companies — for-a-fee appraisals have been tion method deemed most accu- $2.7 million to buy a storage billion bill is 12 percent less than County Commissioner Terry major considerations for Kramer rate. business whose revenue bene- what President Barack Obama Kramer said. when he votes on whether to up- In this week’s appeals, several fits Idaho public schools and sought. County residents have been hold the original assessment, he commercial property owners or other state institutions. The EPA faces a potential 31 per- making their cases to the com- said. their representatives disputed As Idaho Land Board mem- cent cut when factoring in a budget missioners all week, with the last Twin Falls County Assessor their assessments, arguing that bers, they voted in a unani- measure Congress passed in April. of them scheduled for Monday. Gerry Bowden said there are an income-based evaluation mous decision to use proceeds “Some naysayers will no doubt Kramer thinks part of the rea- three main ways to assess com- would have been more accurate. from the previous sale of try to portray Republicans as not son for the jump was that assess- mercial properties: by the ability Bowden doesn’t take much issue parcels from Idaho's endow- supporting clean water, clean air, ments were based on values from of the property to generate in- with that because of the fluctua- ment land portfolio to add Af- and a clean environment, but such almost a year prior, from Oct. 1, come, by what the property tions in occupied rental units. fordable Self-Storage in Boise 2009,to Sept.30,2010. would go for on the free market, to its investments. See Main 5 APPEALS See SIMPSON, Main 2 Several people testified that or by the costs of building and See , Main 2
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T States,and one of them is SAY shelter,Poyson was eventu- Department of Juvenile from the Magic Valley. ally convicted in Arizona of Corrections Center in St. He s Robert Allen Poyson, Steve Crump three counts of first-degree Anthony.He was released 34,sentenced to death in murder,one count of con- when he turned 18. Arizona in 1998 after being Anderson slit the boy s spiracy to commit murder “All my life I used excuses Golf Course Road convicted of murdering throat with a bread knife and one count of armed for why I did what I did and three people in August 1996. and Poyson bashed the vic- robbery.Anderson and Lane blamed a lot of people but He was born in Twin Falls tim s head against the floor were also convicted of the after you ve been locked and grew up in Jackpot. and pounded him with a murders, and Anderson is down like I am and have to signal delayed According to court rock. That didn t kill De- also on Arizona s death row. face the possibilities of dy- records,Poyson was a 19- lahunt, so Poyson picked up In the landmark 2002 ing soon, you begin to think Times-News and ITD cautioned the de- year-old drifter who be- the bread knife and drove it case Ring vs. Arizona, the and evaluate your life and lay could run as long as one friended a 15-year-old boy through the teenager s ear U.S. Supreme Court invali- you realize that it s no one s A project to install a new month. in Kingman, Ariz. The boy s and into his nose. That too, dated the death penalty law fault but your own,”Poyson traffic signal at the inter- The signal is being in- mother,Leta Kagen, invited failed to dispatch the vic- under which Poyson was wrote on the CCADP site. section of U.S. Highway 93 stalled in response to in- Poyson to stay in their trail- tim, so Poyson continued to sentenced because it al- “You see, it was hard for me and Golf Course Road has creased traffic volumes er home, along with two smash Delahunt s head lowed judges — and not ju- to see and face my prob- been delayed a couple of and crashes. It will take hitchhikers: 48-year-old against the floor.Forensic ries — to impose capital lems. So I began getting into weeks, according to the about one month to put in Frank Anderson and his 14- pathologists testified it took punishment. The Arizona trouble. It was the rush I got Idaho Transportation De- place, including an addi- year-old girlfriend, Kim- Delahunt 45 minutes to die. Legislature subsequently when I got away with it but partment. tional northbound turn berly Lane. Anderson want- Poyson found Wear s .22- changed its death penalty that got old so I went up the The delay in the work lane onto Golf Course ed to go to Chicago, so he, caliber rifle,borrowed am- statute to comply with the drug chain. I avoided the north of the Perrine Bridge Road and widening of that Poyson and Lane hatched a munition from a neighbor Supreme Court mandate. one thing that I should have is due to the late delivery of road. plan to kill Kagen, her son and shot Kagen in the head In a post on the website of faced: responsibility.” several key components, Gordon Paving Inc., of Robert Delahunt, and an- as she slept,killing her in- the anti-capital punish- Arizona executed child including the signal poles. Twin Falls, is the contrac- other man living in the trail- stantly.He then shot Wear in ment advocacy group killer Richard Bible on June The delivery date still was- tor for the $985,000 feder- er,Roland Wear,and steal the mouth,but the wound Canadian Coalition Against 30. No execution date has n t certain Wednesday, ally funded project. Wear s truck. wasn t fatal.In the struggle the Death Penalty,Poyson been set for Poyson. On the evening of Aug. 13, that followed,Poyson beat describes an abusive child- Lane lured Delahunt into a Wear with the butt of the ri- hood in Jackpot and serving Steve Crump is the Spectator injured at demolition derby small trailer on the property fle,kicked him in the head stretches in the Nevada Times-News Opinion on the pretext of having sex. and then picked up a cinder Youth Training Center for editor. HOMEDALE (AP) — A Homedale when a car spun woman suffered a broken out of control and crashed rib after a car crashed in- into a log barrier. The car to a fence at a demolition was then rammed by an- derby in southwestern other vehicle and collided Idaho man injured in ultralight crash Idaho. into a fence in front of the Organizers say the audience, knocking a loud- Elko Daily Free Press was traveling at 30 mph woman was among specta- speaker pole into the about 11 feet from the tors at the derby Monday in crowd. JACKPOT, Nev. — An ground when a wind gust Idaho man attempting to blew the ultralight to the land his ultralight aircraft side and the right wing crashed at 2 p.m. Tuesday at struck the box. Kindred sus- the Jackpot (Nev.) Airport, tained minor injury to his Appeals according to the Elko Coun- arm and chest as the aircraft Continued from Main 1 “none of your business,”he ty Sheriff s Office. landed. The ultralight and But that method is also said. Sheriff s detective Cpl. power box received major one his office doesn t have “The problem you have James Carpenter said Jesse damage. Photo courtesy Elko County Sheriff s Office as much information on as when very few people turn Kindred, 68, of Kimberly, Kindred was transported they d like. the form in is you are at the struck a radar power box to St. Luke s Magic Valley The Elko County Sheriff s Office investigated an ultralight crash at the Not for lack of trying: mercy of those who do,” near the runway. Medical Center in Twin Falls Jackpot (Nev.) Airport on Tuesday. The pilot, Jesse Kindred, 68, of The assessor relies on busi- Bowden said. Carpenter said Kindred by Jackpot Ambulance. Kimberly, sustained minor injuries. nesses to submit the esti- Part of the reason for the mated income for their lack of response, he said, is properties. This year, 2,700 that the county formerly questionnaires were sent contracted out the income out, assessor Andrew evaluations to a person who Prosecutor slaps man with 40 counts of child porn Humphries said. His office recently retired, leaving the Times-News counts of possession of sex- turned over three comput- Morris admitted to possess- received about 170 back — assessor s office now doing ually exploitative material of ers, allegedly containing ing child pornography to po- 100 of which basically said the work itself. Twin Falls County prose- a minor. child pornography, to police lice. cutors have charged a Kim- He was arraigned in Twin in November and December. A warrant for Morris ar- berly man with 40 felonies Falls County 5th District Twin Falls police had the rest was issued on June 10, Simpson after police claim to have Magistrate Court on Thurs- computers analyzed by the and he was taken into cus- found child pornography on day. FBI lab in Boise in late Janu- tody nine days later. He is Continued from Main 1 his computer. According to the police ary as investigators built a held on $50,000 bond, and a assertions are simply un- MORE ONLINE Donald Morris, 44, was report, a private citizen and case. preliminary hearing is set for true,” Simpson said. “The VISIT Capitol arrested in June on dozens of an area pawn shop owner The report also claims July 15. reality is that the EPA has Confidential, the received unprecedented Times-News political and unsustainable increas- blog by Ben Botkin es in recent years.” MAGICVALLEY.COM The bill would extend by Burley man convicted again after appeal five years a rider that allows servation League, said they the Bureau of Land Man- “certainly appreciate the By Laurie Welch 70s, is serving a life sentence agement to keep in place financial constraints that “This was a really tough case because by the Times-News writer for the upheld lewd conduct expiring grazing permits. the country s in, but unfor- time it went to trial this time, the case was charge and will become eligi- That change will give cat- tunately are disappointed RUPERT — A Minidoka ble for parole in 2028, ac- tlemen more time to com- in some of the budget cuts.” seven years old.” County jury found David cording to the Idaho Depart- plete environmental work He pointed to trims to Leon Johnson guilty — Lance Stevenson, Minidoka County prosecutor ment of Correction. He re- that s required to renew EPA programs that provide Wednesday of two counts of ceived 15 years on the sex grazing permits. Without grants to local communi- felony lewd conduct with a was sentenced in October victed for molesting his abuse conviction. the change, there s less cer- ties for clean water needs as child, after the Idaho 2006 to serve two concur- 6-year-old daughter in 2004 Pepcorn taught school in tainty because the rider cur- an example. Supreme Court overturned rent prison terms of 20 when he had sole custody of Cassia County from 1966 rently needs Congress year- At the same time, he said his original 2006 convic- years, with five years before her over spring break. In his until he retired in 1994 and ly reauthorization to extend it s not as bad as it could tions due to the use he was eligible for pa- appeal,he objected to the ad- was a Boy Scout and church an expired grazing permit. have been. of “prior bad acts” role in each case. At mission of evidence showing leader. The criminal charges The bill also makes it “I think given the tone evidence used in the the time, the Minido- he molested his little sister stemmed from incidents in- easier for the BLM to trans- and tenor of this Congress, first trial. ka County prosecutor when he was a teenager. volving now-adult family fer grazing permits with some of these things could “This was a really was Jason Walker. Johnson also appealed members between 1992 and less red tape, a measure have been worse,”he said. tough case because The Supreme other admitted testimony 1995, but testimony was al- aimed at reducing the by the time it went Court vacated the that his daughter only lowed from other alleged backlog of applications. Ben Botkin may be to trial this time,the conviction in Febru- thought he had abused her victims spanning back 30 Rick Johnson, executive reached at bbotkin@mag- case was seven ary 2010 and sent the because she accidently ob- years. director of the Idaho Con- icvalley.com or 735-3238. years old,” said Johnson case back to Minidoka served him watching Stevenson said cases are Lance Stevenson, County. Johnson was pornography and engaging being overturned across the Minidoka County prosecu- freed until his re-convic- in a solitary sexual act. state due to the evidence BUDGET FIGURES tor. tion. In a separate case, Steven- rules, likely changing how The jury verdict came in at The charges were over- son said his office has not prosecutors look at evidence Some current and proposed Proposed: $1.2 billion. 7:30 p.m. after a seven-day turned based on federal rules decided yet whether to re- going into trial. federal budgets: Endangered species recovery jury trial that spanned the of evidence that prevent pri- charge James F. Pepcorn Sr. “We will be looking at evi- • Environmental Protection has priority, while the trims Fourth of July holiday, or crimes or wrongdoings after the Idaho Court of Ap- dence we used to submit into Agency: are made to land acquisition Stevenson said. from being used as evidence peals vacated his convictions court with a different eye,” Current: $8.6 billion. and grant programs. Johnson, 44, of Burley, is of character to convict on charges of rape and lewd Stevenson said. Proposed: $7.1 billion. • National Park Service: scheduled to be sentenced at someone of a crime, without conduct with a child under Taking these cases to court Cuts include capping the Current: $2.63 million. 1:30 p.m. Sept. 19 in proof of motive or a common 16 based on the same rules of a second time will have a fi- agency s personnel level and Proposed: $2.5 billion. Minidoka County 5th Dis- scheme or plan. evidence. Stevenson said the nancial impact on county trimming money for regulato- All parks would stay open with trict Court. Stevenson said it was up to case differs from the Johnson coffers, he said. It also ry programs, including green- no layoffs. He was initially charged in his office to determine if case because the court up- means victims have to relive house gases. • U.S. Geological Survey: August 2005 with three enough evidence remained held two other Pepcorn con- the crime once again. • Bureau of Land Current: $1.13 billion. felony counts of lewd con- to retry the case. victions for lewd conduct Management: Proposed: $1.1 billion. duct with a child under 16, According to Idaho and sex abuse and he will re- Laurie Welch may be Current: $1.06 billion. The hardest-hit programs involve and was convicted on two of Supreme Court documents, main in prison regardless. reached at lwelch@magic- Proposed: $1 billion. climate change and satellite the counts in July 2006. He Johnson was originally con- Pepcorn, who is now in his valley.com or 677-5025. • U.S. Fish and Wildlife imaging, with priority given to Service: energy and minerals, natural Current: $1.5 billion. hazards and water programs. 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Photos by ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Kirk Tubbs, second from left, and Stacy Schwabedissen look at bluegill while Tubbs’ daughters Larissa, 9, GIVE $3 TO HELP PROVIDE left, and Jafina, 8, far right, help their dad collect the fish Thursday. District turns to fish to keep down mosquitoes By Kimberlee Kruesi A BOOK Times-News writer
Usually when you catch a fish, it’s yours to feast on. FOR A CHILD Lucky for bluegill, the op- posite is true in Twin Falls County. The Twin Falls County Pest Abatement District † has caught hundreds of AND GET $1O OFF bluegill to release into county ponds. The newly Kirk Tubbs holds a bluegill Thursday morning before it was removed placed fish are being moved from Dierkes Lake near Twin Falls. A to feed on mosquito-infest- PURCHASE OF ed waters. “We use bluegill because One net can catch up to the fish to control mosquito it’s a local and cheap way of more than 100 bluegill. populations. $5O OR MORE keeping pest problems This is a mere drop in the In ponds that were down,” said Kirk Tubbs, bucket when it comes to the stocked with bluegill last TFCPAD manager. “They total number of the fish in year, the numbers of mos- work for free, even on the lake right now, Ursen- quito went down. In some weekends and holidays. bach said. ponds, mosquito larvae This is a great option when “When we were up here were reduced to 24 per- some of the chemicals we the other day, the water cent of their original MACY’S WILL DONATE use cost $300 a bag.” looked like it was boiling numbers. The pest district has been from the amount of fish we “It’s hard to compare treating for mosquitoes caught on the first try,” he year-to-year since we never since early spring. Mosqui- said. have the same conditions YOUR $3 TO toes and black flies are ex- Once to the shore, the re- twice, but we’re going to pected to hit record popula- maining workers quickly study the larva levels any- tion levels since water levels measured and moved the ways,”Tubbs said. have allowed dormant eggs fish into buckets. The Some of the volunteers to hatch. buckets were then trans- came from the College of READING IS So, to combat the pests, ported to a holding tank. Southern Idaho. TFCPAD employees and a The tank will store the fish While taking a summer handful of volunteers spent until they are released in 10 online biology course, Jen- Thursday morning in different ponds. na Vulamore is required to FUNDAMENTAL Dierkes Lake collecting “Ideally we want small, complete a research project bluegill. Workers waded out young bluegill,”Tubbs said. that involves field work. into the lake and walked “That way they have a She was given a list of pos- their way back to shore with longer life expectancy in the sible options but the TFC- a net in the water, corralling ponds. Also, the smaller the PAD was the only group TO HELP REACH the fish into the net. fish, the easier it is to swim that would allow her to par- “We use a small mesh net up to where the mosquito ticipate in a project. so it’s still gentle on the larva is hidden.” “This was the first place OUR GOAL OF GIVING fish,” said Aaron Ursen- The pest district caught to say yes,” Vulamore said. bach, a summer TFCPAD and released bluegill last “I’m a business major so I employee. “We try to keep year. The relocation was was a little hesitant at first the stress levels of the fish part of a study to determine but it’s been pretty inter- 1 MILLION BOOKS TO KIDS. as low as possible.” the effectiveness of using esting so far.” 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS WE WANT TO MAKE TWIN FALLS COUNTY defender appointed, pretrial THURSDAY ARRAIGNMENTS July 26. YOU A LOAN! 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Q GOP as defenders of corporate tax giveaways EDITORIAL Imagine if you will — the Twitter Zone knew I should have been How about putting out eating charred meat I or watching a bad Michael Bay movie. But I couldn t help myself. cops in Jerome Every July Fourth weekend,I get sucked into the spooky little dimension of The Twi- under one roof? light Zone. As the annual Syfy marathon proves,Rod here s no question that the city of Jerome Serling s hypnotic show is as needs a different building to house its po- relevant as ever. lice station. But does it really need to ask for it on Nov. 8? TThat s also the day Jerome County will make its fourth attempt at a bond issue to build a new jail to re- Maureen place the sagging,37-year-old lockup on the verge of being closed by insurers as a liability hazard. Dowd The Jerome County commissioners have bent over backward to take lessons If Anthony Weiner had learned from the three previ- watched it,he might have Our view: ous bond issue failures and been more aware of how incorporate them into a swiftly,and chillingly,our Jerome’s technology can turn on us. cheaper,leaner design. taxpayers may Prosecutors and reporters, But no matter how cheap dumbfounded by dramatic agree with the and how lean,it s doubtful reversals in the cases of Serling and The Twilight dainful of Babylon s corrupt- screensaver on her col- need for one that Jerome County voters tabloid villains D.S.K.and Zone: The 50th Anniversary ing materialism and moved league s phone is so lifelike; who live within the city Casey Anthony,might do Tribute, published in 2009. back to a cottage on Cayuga another guy at the table takes law enforce- would say yes to two spend- well to keep in mind Serling s “Rod had an open mind to Lake in upstate New York. off his shoe and smashes it. ment bond ing proposals in the same postmodern mantra: Noth- the good,the bad and the in- Serling fought furiously There s a Twilight Zone election.Both the police sta- ing is what it seems. between of technology.He against censorship and ads, episode where a Western issue on the tion and the jail stand a better Agnes Moorehead may was a guarded optimist until asking how you could write gunfighter time travels for- November chance if one issue is on the seem to be a lonely farm- the Kennedy assassination. meaningful drama when it ward and goes into a bar, ballot on Nov.8 and the other woman under attack by scary After that,his work reflected was interrupted every 15 where he sees a TV with a ballot. But not little robots,but after she his sense of hopelessness.” minutes by “12 dancing rab- cowboy coming toward him. in the first half of 2012. kills them and takes an ax to He said that Serling s fa- bits with toilet paper?” Thinking it s real,he pulls out two. Yet maybe this doesn t their spaceship,it turns out ther,a middle-class grocer, In one Twilight Zone, an his pistol and shoots the need to be an either/or that she s the scary Amazon lost his business in the De- inept screenwriter conjures screen. What do proposition. alien and the little men were pression,so Rod had an early up Shakespeare to help him. Looking at this summer s How about a single build- U.S.astronauts from Earth. lesson in reversals.Serling al- The Bard produces a dazzling lame crop of movies and pre- you think? ing to accommodate both the Ensorcelled once more by so had a devastating experi- screenplay but then storms views you can appreciate We welcome sheriff s office and the that inimitable,smoke-filled ence while serving in World out when the sponsor de- Serling s upbraiding of the Jerome Police Department? Serling voice,which is reas- War II.During a lull at the mands a lot of revisions. entertainment industry for viewpoints That doesn t necessarily suring and unnerving at Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Pa- Did Serling,who had a “our mediocrity,our imita- mean the two couldn t con- once,I wondered how the in- cific,he was standing with searing sense of social and tiveness,our commercialism from our read- genious TV writer would his arm around a good friend racial justice,believe in God? and,all too frequently,our tinue to operate independ- ers on this have used social media and and they were having their “Not Charlton Heston sit- deadening and deadly lack of ently of each other; it just search engines in his plots. picture taken.At that mo- ting on a cloud with the Ten creativity and courage.” and other means they would share a fa- Given the way Serling treated ment,an Air Force plane Commandments,but ab- The Twilight Zone was issues. cility expressly designed for time travel,space odysseys, dropped a box of extra am- solutely,as a force in the uni- never high in the ratings,and law enforcement. robots and aliens,the 21st- munition that landed on Ser- verse,he did,”Brode said. Serling died at 50 from the Although planning for the century technology giants ling s friend and flattened “Nearly 35 years ago,George ravages of smoking six packs jail is far advanced,perhaps the commissioners and would probably have been him so fatally that he could- Lucas told me that the whole a day.He felt like a sellout and the council members should at least discuss a joint ominous in one narrative and n t even be seen under the concept of the Force comes failure.He had sold syndica- venture before either the city or the county goes to the benign in another.(Just like box. from Rod Serling.” tion rights for his show to voters asking for money. in life.) “Many Zone episodes are It s impossible not to CBS for a few million,think- The worst scenario,it seems to us,would be com- No doubt some characters about that split-second of watch a stretch of the end- ing he had not written any- would have been saved and fate where somebody arbi- lessly inventive Serling and thing of lasting value. peting ballot measures come November.That would others destroyed by Twitter, trarily gets spared or,absurd- not notice how many of his Sadly,he gave himself a be likely to make both the city s and the county s law Facebook and Google. ly,does not,”Brode said. plots have been ripped off for trick ending.He died never enforcement dilemmas more acute. “When you look at Twi- Serling himself lived a re- movies,and how ahead of his realizing how influential he The jail,it seems to us,is the higher priority because light Zone episodes,every- versal,going from a trailer time he was.In a popular new would be. the cost of its closure would affect every taxpayer in thing is ambivalent,”said park after the war and 40 re- Samsung ad,a young woman the county. Serling s friend Doug Brode, jection slips in a row to hav- jumps up from the lunch Maureen Dowd is a Jerome County is spending upwards of $20,000 a who,along with Serling s ing a big Hollywood house table and begins screaming columnist for The New York month now to house inmates elsewhere because there widow,Carol,wrote Rod and a pool.But he grew dis- because the tarantula Times. isn t enough room in the jail.If the lockup is closed,all of its prisoners would have to be sent elsewhere at a cost of almost $1 million a year. That s in addition to the tab for county deputies The data-reporting mess in Idaho schools spending time on the road ferrying inmates to and t was upsetting to me to prised of personnel who are million per year. from outsourced jails in Gooding,Hailey and Soda see the Idaho Association intermittent due to turnover. The great irony here is in READER Springs to court dates in Jerome. Iof School Business Offi- We are hesitant to involve the oft-heard Republican What s more,the current facility is a security risk — cials report on the ISEE,the COMMENT stakeholders and end users mantra,“We need to run longitudinal data system for appropriately,we purchase government like a business.” and the greatest risk is to residents of the city of Rep. John Jerome. K-12 education.Those most services from entities who No self-respecting busi- All of which is not to understate the urgency to find intimately involved with the Rusche can t deliver or whom we ness would ever tolerate the another building to house the city police station. management of our schools can t properly manage,and sorts of troubled implemen- The current building,which dates from the 1920s found a difficult-to-use sys- rely on those services. we are driven by “budget” tations that we ve seen at two tem containing inaccurate In both cases,there s no limitations rather than by of our state s largest agencies. and was formerly used as a telephone exchange,has data. question that a new system quality and results,and set Ultimately,we need to run no room for expansion.Cramped offices line the sta- They felt that they have was sorely needed.In both timelines based on externali- government like a well-run tion s hallway. had to divert an inordinate cases similar systems and ties (i.e.federal reporting re- government — efficient,re- The partially underground structure has leaky walls amount of already scarce re- changes had been imple- quirements or fiscal calen- sponsive,fiscally responsible, and a flat roof that drips,even with repairs. sources to work with the sys- mented elsewhere by the dars) rather than reality. and accountable.But the On Tuesday,the Jerome City Council approved a tem.They requested that the vendor.What was different These two areas (Medicaid, calamitous implementation plan to pay a $20,000 refundable deposit to hold a state Department of Educa- here? K-12 education) are the of these high-profile projects building along the 800 block of East Main Street, tion “slow down,”iron out I submit that the state, largest parts of our state suggests such management with the option to buy it for $355,000 if the bond issue the errors and bugs and make Health and Welfare and the budget,together totaling and leadership is absent.And passes muster with voters.The building sought was the system usable,before Idaho Department of Educa- more than $2 billion each that s unacceptable for a pushing its greater use.And tion were in over their heads. year.These are mission-criti- business or a government. formerly office space for the Idaho Department of they are frustrated with an They were ill-equipped to cal applications.And in many No matter how bad it Fish and Game. implementation process that manage a major system ways,they are foundational might make the governor or City officials concede the real need is for a new po- has been plagued by prob- change.Financial constraints to the future strategies of the superintendent look to lice station.The old Fish and Game office,they esti- lems — little training and in- and staff reduction decisions, those areas.We need accurate slow down and wait to get mate,would tide the police department over for adequate support by the de- poorly written contracts,or claims and membership data things right,it is better for the about a decade. partment. simply “not knowing what to do Medicaid medical man- state and her citizens to do so. That s a short-term solution to a bigger problem, It was very reminiscent of they didn t know,”made the agement and contracting to Otherwise we will be com- and both the city and the county need to be part of what I was hearing (and still projects more expensive and bring costs in line.Albertson pounding the errors and end that conversation. am hearing) about the Idaho difficult and resulted in an in- Foundation is proposing a $25 up with much less than the Medicaid claims system last ferior and unacceptable re- million expansion of ISEE in- citizens want and deserve, summer.Widespread and sult. to a robust reporting and having paid much more than costly errors,a poor transi- Such bungling of major management package.Not to we can afford. TIMES-NEWS tion process,little help desk initiatives is likely to contin- mention that the Luna Plan support and,as a result,a fi- ue.We rely on a department calls for changes in perform- John Rusche of Lewiston, John Pfeifer, publisher Josh Awtry, editor Steve Crump, Opinion editor asco for the department,pri- team that only sees part of the ance evaluation,compensa- the Democratic leader in the The members of the editorial board and writers of vate sector businesses who whole,is often inexperienced tion of teachers,technology Idaho House of Representa- editorials are John Pfeifer, Josh Awtry, Steve Crump, provide Medicaid services, in system and process and online course require- tives, has represented Nez Bill Bitzenburg and Mary Lou Panatopoulos. and the many Idahoans who change,and is often com- ments estimated at up to $60 Perce County since 2005.
T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho IDAHO/WEST Friday, July 8, 2011 Main 5 Otter, Luna reverse stance on storage business By John Miller say they now agree — and that said separately they believe the en- schools, universities and colleges, unfair advantage over private com- Associated Press their original vote in August was a dowment’s purchase still makes prisons, and mental hospitals, petitors. mistake. business sense — and fulfills their holds many timberlands and com- “They don’t pay property taxes, BOISE — Gov. C.L. “Butch” Ot- “Superintendent Luna does not responsibility to maximize earn- mercial properties that also com- they don’t pay for any of the serv- ter and Superintendent of Public support the state competing with ings, a requirement dating to the pete with private forestry compa- ices like fire and police, and yet Instruction Tom Luna say they the private sector in the storage drafting of the Idaho Constitution. nies and the owners of leasing they still get it all,” he said. “My erred last year when they voted to business or any other kind of busi- For instance, the storage busi- property. biggest fear is, they want to start spend $2.7 million to buy a storage ness,” said Luna’s spokeswoman, ness generated about $30,000 in “Our number one responsibility, trading off a lot of their forest business whose revenue benefits Melissa McGrath, adding that he’s annual taxes when it was private; it as trustees, we have a duty of undi- ground and cottage sites, and put Idaho public schools and other since become “disappointed in his now generates $20,000 per vided loyalty to the beneficiaries,” that into commercial.” state institutions. vote and will work with the Land month, an annual rate of return of Ysursa said Thursday, while con- The bill stalled, but the issue is As Idaho Land Board members, Board to explore selling Affordable nearly 9 percent, with the pro- ceding, “I’m sure we’re going to far from dead: A 16-member inter- they voted in a unanimous deci- Storage.” ceeds being distributed statewide. hear more about this.” im legislative committee, co- sion to use proceeds from the pre- Through spokesman Jon Han- Even if Otter and Luna are enter- During the 2011 Legislature, Re- chaired by Republican Sen. Monty vious sale of parcels from Idaho’s ian, Otter said he shares that senti- taining selling the business, the publicans unhappy with the Af- Pearce of New Plymouth,will meet endowment land portfolio to add ment. majority formed by Wasden, fordable Self-Storage deal unsuc- on the matter later this summer, Affordable Self-Storage in Boise to But the remaining three of the Ysursa and Jones said they’d only cessfully floated a bill to prevent likely in late August. its investments. five Land Board members who consider it if the alternative im- Land Board members from making “We’re going to look into the The business is run by a private oversee the endowment remain proved endowment returns, not to such purchases — and to force story, we’re going to talk about it, contractor, but storage industry convinced their 2010 decision was fulfill a philosophical goal of di- them to unload operating busi- we’re going to listen and we’re go- officials and some conservatives appropriate,despite controversy. vesting the disputed holdings. nesses on endowment land. Rep. ing to haul off and decide what to cried foul, accusing Idaho of com- Attorney General Lawrence They point out that Idaho’s en- John Vander Woude, R-Meridian, do from there,”Pearce told The AP, peting with the private sector. Wasden, Secretary of State Ben dowment, which generates about said Thursday he believes endow- adding that education groups are Nearly a year later, Otter and Luna Ysursa and Controller Donna Jones $48 million annually to benefit ment-owned businesses enjoy an due to participate. Park: Bear in mauling only protecting cubs Sheryl Crow to help group By Matt Volz Associated Press fight Nev. horse roundup The Associated Press Days on July 22. YELLOWSTONE NA- The Grammy Award TIONAL PARK, Wyo. — A RENO, Nev. — Singer, winner who grew up in grizzly bear that mauled a songwriter Sheryl Crow Missouri says she shares 57-year-old hiker to death in says she’ll donate part of the foundation’s dedication Yellowstone National Park the profits from an upcom- to the preservation of wild was only defending its cubs ing concert in Wyoming to a horses on public lands. and had not threatened hu- wild horse protection group The group’s lawyers are mans before. So park offi- that is suing the govern- due in federal court in Reno cials on Thursday decided to ment to try to stop a big on Thursday.They’re trying leave it alone to wander the mustang roundup in Neva- to win an emergency in- backcountry. da. junction to block the Bu- The mauling — the park’s Crow says the Colorado- reau of Land Management’s first in 25 years — temporari- based Cloud Foundation roundup of 1,700 mustangs ly closed one of the park’s will get a share of the gate scheduled to begin next top attractions, the south from her show with Kid weekend along the Nevada- rim of the Grand Canyon of Rock at Cheyenne Frontier Utah line. the Yellowstone, on one of the busiest days of the year. Yellowstone National Park /AP file photo Some tourists were left to A grizzly bear moves through brush in June 2005 at Yellowstone wonder what was going on. National Park. A grizzly mauled a man to death in Yellowstone National “It was not predatory and Park Wednesday, the first such death in the park in a quarter century. so we see no reason to take action against the bear,”said ground by the day pack she longer at the park, and offi- Kerry Gunther, bear man- was wearing and then cials declined to reveal her agement biologist for Yel- dropped her. whereabouts. lowstone. She tried to call 911 on her In Torrance, neighbor The attack also highlight- cellphone, but couldn’t get a Kathy Hester said Matayoshi ed the potential dangers, signal. Other hikers in the and his wife kept their house NO PRESSURE, NO HYPE! however rare, that face area responded to her cries immaculate and recently tourists who come in record for help and managed to get had put in a new lawn. 2010 CHEVROLET numbers each year to a park through to emergency offi- “They are the sweetest peo- known for its burgeoning cials. ple you’d ever want to meet,” COBALT bear population and the Old Marylyn Matayoshi told Hester said. $ Faithful geyser. rescuers that the couple sur- Park officials called the VISIT OUR Whenever there is a run- prised the sow, its cubs mauling a “1-in-3-million” 11,988 in or attack involving bears, nearby — one of the most encounter. NEW WEBSITE park officials must decide dangerous situations possi- While many visitors whether the attack was de- ble for humans encounter- Thursday morning were un- www.randyhansenautomotive.com fensive or an act of aggres- ing grizzlies. Park officials aware of the attack, many sion. In Wednesday’s maul- believe the grizzly had two seemed to know about it by STK #A7210617 ing, they based their conclu- six-month-old cubs, based the afternoon. Desk clerks at sion on the account of the on previous sightings in the hotels inside the park told hiker’s wife, who survived, area and cub tracks where new arrivals that there had 2010 NISSAN 2010 KIA 2011 FORD as well as their knowledge of the attack occurred. been a bear mauling. Wor- bear behavior. “All indications are that ried relatives called or texted VERSA OPTIMA TAURUS LTD Brian and Marylyn this was a defensive attack,” other visitors. Matayoshi, of Torrance, park spokesman Al Nash Some were surprised that $ $ $ Calif., were hiking in a back- said. “In such cases, the rangers didn’t let them know 14,988 16,988 25,988 country meadow along a park’s policy is to leave the when they entered the park trail a mile and a half from bear in the backcountry.” that there had been an attack the trailhead when they The bear had never been and that some trails were spotted the bear foraging documented before, never closed. about 100 yards away. The been tagged, and there was “They didn’t say one word couple immediately turned no reason to believe it had about it at the gate,” said and began walking away, of- interacted with humans be- Leslie Finch, visiting with STK #AL458453 STK #A5437534 STK #BG106057 ficials said. fore, Nash said. They said her husband and two chil- The grizzly charged and the way the attack happened dren for two days from Mis- 2011 TOYOTA 2010 CHEVROLET attacked Brian Matayoshi, indicated the bear didn’t in- soula, Mont. “I would have 2010 NISSAN then went for his wife, who tend to eat the couple. thought they’d say this area SIENNA LE MURANO SL TAHOE ran for cover behind a tree. Marylyn Matayoshi es- is closed. But they didn’t say The grizzly lifted her off the caped injury and was no anything.” $26,988 $26,988 $32,988 Please join us... as the Citizens Advisory Board deliberates on cleanup at the Idaho National Laboratory Site including: Public question and t 1SPHSFTTUP$MFBOVQ comment sessions will STK #BS058329 STK #AW122360 STK #AR121807 be held periodically t .JYFE8BTUF$PNJOHUP*/- throughout the meeting. t */-&OWJSPONFOUBM.BOBHFNFOU#VEHFU t $BMDJOF1BUI'PSXBSE t "EWBODFE.JYFE8BTUF5SFBUNFOU1SPKFDU4UBUVT
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MURDOCH TAKES CHARGE Amid scandal, media empire kills off News of the World, Business 4 B Stocks and commodities, Business 2 / Obituaries, Business 3 / Weather, Business 4 Dow Jones Industrial ▲ 93.47 | Nasdaq composite ▲ 38.64 | S&P 500 ▲ 14.00 | Russell 2000 ▲ 12.88 Business FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011 NEWSROOM: 735-3255 GET MORE BUSINESS NEWS AT MAGICVALLEY.COM Gov’t eases foreclosure rules for unemployed supported delay on their mortgage similar policy. Qualified individuals may go a year without making monthly payment payments. About 3,500 borrowers “Our hope is that this will have with FHA-insured loans fall behind broader effects,’’ Donovan said By Derek Kravitz homeowners to miss mortgage active mortgages and roughly on their mortgages each month due during a conference call. Associated Press payments to a full year from three 25 percent of new mortgages, and to unemployment, officials said, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had or four months. That will allow homeowners in the government’s and another 10,000 unemployed no initial comment on Donovan’s WASHINGTON — The Obama qualified homeowners to go with- Home Affordable Modification homeowners have taken advantage push for a broader, industry-wide administration is making it easier out making a monthly payment for Program. of a three-month delay in mortgage grace period for the unemployed. for out-of-work homeowners to 12 months before the foreclosure But the change will likely only payments in the past year. But new rules going into effect stay in their homes, as it tries to re- process begins. help “tens of thousands’’ of home- Donovan said administration Oct.1 for the mortgage giants to al- vamp its troubled foreclosure- The extended grace period only owners, Housing and Urban De- officials hope private lenders and low for long-term forbearance prevention program. applies to FHA-backed loans, velopment Secretary Shaun Dono- government-controlled mortgage when a home or a place of unem- Starting Aug. 1, the Federal which are usually given to low- and van said Thursday. companies Fannie Mae and Fred- ployment has been destroyed; if Housing Administration will ex- middle-income borrowers and Last year, roughly 17,000 home- die Mac, which back 90 percent of tend the period for unemployed represent about 14 percent of all owners received a government- all new mortgages, will adopt a See FORECLOSE, Business 2
Heyburn man appointed to commission
Times-News CRAZY Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has ap- pointed Ned Moon, of Heyburn, to the Idaho Wheat Commission. for Moon will represent wheat growers in the Magic and Treasure valleys as Extreme coupon cutters Monica Knight, left, and Cathy Yoder, right, one of five commission members.The coupons leave an Albertsons grocery store in Boise, last month. commission is made up of wheat growers in Idaho and exists to market Idaho wheat outside the state, do re- Extreme coupon search for and educate wheat growers in the state. Moon, a retired captain in the Air cutters save cash, Force, grew up on a Heyburn farm and now works as the marketing manager for Jentzsch-Kearl Farms, a 16,000- share secrets acre partnership that grows potatoes, By Jessie L. Bonner sugar beets,wheat,hay and seed beans. “Ned brings a wealth of marketing Associated Press writer and business experience to the Idaho Wheat Commission,” commission BOISE — The women sat ex- Chairman Gordon Gallup said in a pectantly as Monica Knight told statement provided by the governor’s them she once routinely spent office. $600 a month on groceries for In the statement, Moon said it is “a her family of four. Breaking into a privilege and an honor” to represent broad smile, Knight says that fig- the wheat growers in his district. He ure has been reduced to only $100 said his goal on the commission is to to $150 a month. see that it continues to improve profit And now the dental hygienist margins for state wheat farmers. and mother of two is about to tell them her secret. The women lean forward in their seats. They’re the latest dis- ciples of extreme couponing; MVAF hosts women who carry pictures of their overflowing pantries on their cell phones; savvy shoppers awards viewing who will spend hours flipping through newspaper and maga- Times-News zine advertisements in search of their bargains, and homemakers AP photos The Magic Valley Advertising Fed- who have pinched pennies to put Monica Knight, a dental hygienist and mother of two, shows her coupon binder at her home in Boise, on June 28. eration will host a viewing of the Clio food on the table during the re- Awards on Thursday at the Twin Falls cession and need the extra help. ous because people were staring Shilo Inn. Most have watched the televi- at me,’’Border said.“Then, I felt a LINGO FOR EXTREME COUPONING The awards are presented to those sion series “Extreme Coupon- rush.’’ Devotes of extreme couponing have their own lingo: who have shown innovation and cre- ing,’’ which debuted on TLC in She was among about 20 ative excellence in advertising, design Peelies — Peel off coupons that are found on April and follows shoppers whose women who attended an extreme and communication worldwide. They product at the grocery store. intense devotion to finding bar- coupon class on a recent Satur- are sponsored by Marketing Resource Blinkies — Coupon machines that are found in the grocery gains can whittle a $555.44 gro- day in Boise. The three-hour Group. store aisles and have blinking lights to grab the attention of cery store bill down to $5.97, to course was taught by Knight and Check-in will begin at 11:30 a.m. shoppers. cite one extreme example. her business partner, Cathy Yo- and the presentation and lunch begin Catalinas — A printable coupon that is handed with a receipt at check-out. Heather Border, a 36-year-old der. They own the extreme at noon. Lunch will be provided by Stacking — When two coupons, one from the store and one from the manu- mother of four in rural Idaho, is a couponing blog, “Fabulessly Fru- Outback Steakhouse at a cost of $10 facturer, are used to purchase a product. new to the extreme coupon phe- gal.’’ for MVAF members or member- Source: www.fabulesslyfrugal.com nomenon. But she was hooked a The women oohed and awed as guests and $25 for guests. RSVP your few weeks ago, after coupons and Knight pulled out the fat binder choice of chicken, steak or salmon by store deals brought her $180 gro- of coupons that saves her 50 per- of the stockpile of food at her room closet and packages of noon Thursday to Melissa Crane: cery bill down to $40. cent to 90 percent on every gro- home, where 46 boxes of cereal breakfast drink mix are kept under [email protected] or 308- “I was feeling a little conspicu- cery bill. She showed off pictures are stowed in her children’s bed- See COUPONS, Business 2 0488. Grisly labels not so scary for cigarette sales Oil, gas on the rise again The Associated Press U.S., will improve in the RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — of about $1,500 ers who cut down front and back — by the fall of second half of the year, The nation’s top tobacco com- per year, which on their habit. 2012. The labels, which repre- A funny thing hap- and global demand for panies’sales aren’t expected to translates to about “Gradually, sent the biggest change in cig- pened on the way to petroleum will rise. go up in smoke despite new $300 million in lost the warnings arette packs in the U.S. in 25 lower oil and gasoline Benchmark oil for Au- grisly warning labels that are revenue. That’s on- could impact years, also include images of prices: They went up. gust delivery rose $2.02, set to appear on U.S. cigarettes ly a fraction of the the smoking the corpse of a dead smoker, Two weeks after the or 2.1 percent, to settle at packs next year. estimated $43.8 bil- population,’’ diseased lungs, a smoker U.S. and other oil-im- $98.67 a barrel on the The graphic labels, which lion in revenue for said IBISWorld wearing an oxygen mask and a porting nations took ac- New York Mercantile were released in June by the the tobacco industry cigarette and man wearing an “I Quit’’ tion that knocked down Exchange. Brent crude Food and Drug Administration in 2013,the firm’s cal- tobacco in- T-shirt. the price of oil to almost gained $4.97, or 4.4 per- and include an image of rot- culation show. dustry analyst The warnings must also ap- $90 a barrel, it’s back cent, to settle at $118.59 ting teeth and gums,will cause The analysis, how- Mary Gotaas. pear in advertisements and around $100. And gas per barrel on the ICE Fu- a decline of less than one per- ever, does not take into “But in the constitute 20 percent of each pump prices, which had tures exchange. cent in overall U.S. tobacco account the cost of re- near term, it ad, and cigarette makers will dropped since May,are up Higher oil prices mean revenues in 2013, according to designing and printing won’t have have to run all nine labels on a about a nickel since Friday. higher gas prices. The a recent analysis by research new cigarette packages, much of an impact.’’ rotating basis. The FDA esti- Oil is rising again as national average pump firm IBISWorld. the number of people who The nine warning labels are mates that the labels will cut investors bet that the price rose 1.4 cents on An average person smokes won’t start smoking because required by federal law to take economies of many Thursday to $3.583 a gal- fifteen cigarettes a day at a cost of the warnings, or the smok- up half of the pack — both See CIGARETTES, Business 2 countries, including the lon.
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Today in business No reports. Business 2 Friday, July 8, 2011 BUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho MARKET SUMMARY YESTERDAY ON WALL STREET NEW YORK (AP) — A rebound in retail NYSE AMEX NASDAQ July 7, 2011 13,000 sales and strong jobs reports pushed MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) &QY,QPGU stocks near their highest levels of the Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg year. KPFWUVTKCNU 12,000 S&P500ETF1389364 135.36 +1.39 KodiakO g 52457 6.51 +.14 Cisco 693875 15.90 +.34 U.S. retailers had their best June sales BkofAm 1043561 10.92 +.18 BarcGSOil 49283 25.43 +.41 Intel 523841 23.23 +.48 +93.47 Pfizer 899171 20.23 -.55 AmApparel 34352 1.05 +.12 Microsoft 480504 26.77 +.44 results since 1999 as shoppers were lured FordM 653661 14.12 +.16 VirnetX 26901 35.99 -.62 PwShs QQQ444640 59.19 +.80 12,719.49 11,000 into stores by warm weather and deep iShR2K 598198 85.65 +1.27 GoldStr g 25346 2.50 +.09 NewsCpA 381234 17.43 -.04 F MAM JJ discounts. Kohl s Corp., Target Corp., and Pct. change from previous: +0.74% High 12,753.89 Low 12,627.23 Urban Outfitters Inc. each gained more GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) than 6 percent. Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg July 7, 2011 Investors have been concerned that high ChiNBorun 7.91 +.95 +13.6 Express-1 3.59 +.50 +16.2 ChinaAutL 2.07 +.91 +78.4 3,000 NeoPhoto n 7.99 +.85 +11.9 RennGEnt 2.26 +.23 +11.3 ChinaNet 2.60 +1.01 +63.5 0CUFCS gas prices would constrain consumer Talbots 3.47 +.35 +11.2 ClaudeR g 2.21 +.22 +11.1 APACC 8.44 +3.00 +55.1 spending as people looked for ways to NY&Co 5.42 +.52 +10.6 Augusta g 5.01 +.44 +9.6 BonaFilm n 4.75 +.93 +24.3 EQORQUKVG 2,750 save money. The higher sales figures reas- ProUMex 43.22 +3.92 +10.0 ChiMarFd 3.13 +.25 +8.7 ChinaSky 2.62 +.49 +23.0 +38.64 sured markets that consumers were LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) becoming more willing to spend again. 2,872.66 2,500 Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg F MAM JJ An improving job market likely helped. LumberLiq 18.32 -7.32 -28.5 Solitario 2.74 -.28 -9.3 NwLead rs 2.60 -.76 -22.6 Pct. change from previous: +1.36% High2,878.94 Low 2,853.90 The number of people who made first- ForestOil 24.24 -3.83 -13.6 BowlA 12.30 -1.20 -8.9 Affymetrix 6.59 -1.41 -17.6 time claims for unemployment benefits iP SER2K 21.15 -2.72 -11.4 Tofutti 2.22 -.18 -7.5 MagyarBc 4.30 -.90 -17.3 July 7, 2011 dropped last week to a seven-week low of C-TrCVOL 22.47 -2.37 -9.5 T3 Motn rs 2.13 -.17 -7.4 ImmuCell 6.52 -1.09 -14.3 1,400 CatoCp 27.94 -2.80 -9.1 YM Bio g 2.77 -.14 -4.8 IBC Cap pf 17.27 -2.51 -12.7 418,000, the government reported. That s 5VCPFCTF a sign that employers are laying off fewer DIARY DIARY DIARY 2QQT¶U 1,300 workers. Advanced 2,384 Advanced 332 Advanced 2,001 The Dow Jones industrial average gained +14.00 Declined 661 Declined 148 Declined 604 93.47 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at Unchanged 92 Unchanged 30 Unchanged 100 1,353.22 1,200 Total issues 3,137 Total issues 510 Total issues 2,705 F MAM JJ 12,719.49. The Standard and Poor s 500 New Highs 286 New Highs 19 New Highs 227 index added 14 points, or 1.1 percent, to New Lows 8 New Lows 5 New Lows 19 Pct. change from previous: +1.05% High 1,356.48 Low 1,339.62 1,353.22. Volume 3,633,771,869 Volume 118,799,796 Volume 1,825,848,679 AP
INDEXES 12,876.00 9,659.01 Dow Jones Industrials 12,719.49 +93.47 +.74 +9.86 +25.45 COMMODITIES REPORT 5,577.32 3,872.64 Dow Jones Transportation 5,618.25 +52.18 +.94 +10.02 +36.43 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A) 9.00. London afternoon fixing: $1527.50 up $0.25. 441.86 356.32 Dow Jones Utilities 438.80 +1.79 +.41 +8.35 +16.76 G RAINS NY Handy & Harman: $1527.50 up $0.25. 8,718.25 6,428.24 NYSE Composite 8,476.13 +79.65 +.95 +6.43 +25.46 NY Handy & Harman fabricated: $1649.70 up $0.27. POCATELLO (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau Intermountain Grain L IVESTOCK NY Engelhard: $1530.75 up $0.25. 2,490.51 1,789.54 Amex Index 2,411.73 +22.56 +.94 +9.21 +31.15 Report for Thursday, July 07. NY Engelhard fabricated: $1645.55 up $0.27. 2,887.75 2,077.77 Nasdaq Composite 2,872.66 +38.64 +1.36 +8.28 +32.05 POCATELLO — White wheat 5.90 (steady) 11.5 percent winter 5.62 POCATELLO (AP) — Idaho Farm Bureau Intermountain Livestock NY Merc. gold Jul Thu. $1530.20 up $1.50. ( down 2) 14 percent spring 9.47 down 3 barley 11.35 steady Report for Thursday. NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Thu. $1532.00 up $2.00. 1,370.58 1,018.35 S&P 500 1,353.22 +14.00 +1.05 +7.60 +26.44 BURLEY — White wheat 5.70 (steady) 11.5 percent winter 5.87 LIVESTOCK AUCTION — Idaho Livestock Market on Wednesday. 14,562.01 10,657.57 Wilshire 5000 14,399.28 +156.88 +1.10 +7.78 +28.53 (down 2) 14 percent spring 9.07 (down 3) Barley 10.50 (steady) Utility and commercial cows 67.00-75.00; canner & cutters NEW YORK (AP) — Handy & Harman silver Thursday $36.390 up 868.57 587.66 Russell 2000 858.11 +12.88 +1.52 +9.50 +38.34 OGDEN — White wheat 6.15 (down 5)/6.10 new 11.5 percent win- 48.00-68.00; heavy feeder steers 94.00-140.00; light feeder $0.295. ter 6.09 (down 7)/6.09 14 percent spring 8.99 (down 13)/8.49 steers 130.00-150.00; stocker steers 140.00-150.00; heavy hol- H&H fabricated $43.668 up $0.780. new Barley 11.50 (steady)/10.50 new corn 11.52 cwt (up 11) stein feeder steers 82.00-94.00; light holstein feeder steers The morning bullion price for silver in London $35.860 up STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST PORTLAND — White wheat 6.57 (up 4) 11 percent winter 7.04-7.24 85.00-100.00; heavy feeder heifers 95.00-120.00; light feeder $0.480. (up 2 0x150 down 3) 14 percent spring 10.43 (up 6) corn 267375- heifers 110.00-130.00; stocker heifers 120.00-135.00; bulls Engelhard $36.430 up $0.650. 275.75 (up 2.50 to 4.00) AlliantEgy 1.70 14 41.83 +.02 +13.8 Kaman .56 17 37.16 +.27 +27.8 80.00-88.00; baby calves n/a; stock cows n/a; stock cow/calf Engelhard fabricated $43.716 up $0.780. NAMPA — White wheat 9.45 cwt (steady): 5.67 bushel (steady) pairs n/a; feeder lambs 170.00-182.50; weaner pigs n/a; NY Merc silver spot month Thursday $36.528 up $0.617. AlliantTch .80 8 72.27 +.34 -2.9 Keycorp .12f 11 8.38 +.14 -5.3 Remarks: All classes steady. AmCasino .42 67 24.00 +.15 +53.6 LeeEnt ... 2 .83 +.02 -66.3 NEW YORK (AP) — Spot nonferrous metal prices Thursday. Aon Corp .60 20 51.83 +.35 +12.6 MicronT ... 13 7.82 +.26 -2.5 P OTATOES Aluminum -$1.1411 per lb., London Metal Exch. CHICAGO (AP) — USDA — Major potato markets FOB shipping M ETALS/MONEY Copper -$4.2779 Cathode full plate, LME. BallardPw ...... 1.60 +.01 +6.7 OfficeMax ... 13 7.89 +.32 -55.4 Copper $4.4320 N.Y. Merc spot Thu. BkofAm .04 20 10.92 +.18 -18.1 RockTen .80 12 66.40 +.57 +23.1 points Wednesday. NEW YORK (AP) — Key currency exchange rates Thursday, com- Russet Burbanks Idaho 50-lb cartons 70 count 23.00: 100 count pared with late Wednesday in New York: Lead - $2660.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. ConAgra .92 14 26.25 +.26 +16.3 Sensient .84 17 38.74 +.49 +5.5 16.00. Dollar vs: Exch. Rate Pvs Day Zinc - $1.0677 per lb., London Metal Exch. Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A) 9.00-10.00. Gold - $1527.50 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Costco .96f 26 82.06 -.58 +13.6 SkyWest .16 12 15.49 +.15 -.8 Yen 81.30 80.97 Gold - $1530.20 troy oz., NY Merc spot Thu. Diebold 1.12 15 32.65 +.90 +1.9 Teradyn ... 8 15.19 +.38 +8.2 Russet Norkotahs Colorado 50-lb cartons 70 count 22.00: 100 Euro $1.4351 $1.4296 count 17.00. Pound $1.5963 $1.5982 Silver - $36.390 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). DukeEngy 1.00f 13 19.09 +.02 +7.2 Tuppwre 1.20 20 71.08 +.78 +49.1 Baled 5-10 film bags (non Size A) 10.50. Swiss franc 0.8452 0.8403 Silver - $36.528 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Thu. DukeRlty .68 ... 14.71 +.21 +18.1 US Bancrp .50 13 25.62 +.32 -5.0 Russets Norkotahs Wisconsin 50-lb cartons 22.00-23.00: 100 Canadian dollar 0.9591 0.9657 Platinum -$1736.00 troy oz., N.Y. (contract). count 14.50-15.00. Mexican peso 11.5559 11.6279 Platinum -$1741.00 troy oz., N.Y. Merc spot Thu. Fastenal s .52f 37 36.55 +.08 +22.0 Valhi .50f 92 57.32 +3.64 +159.2 Baled 5-10 lb film bags (non Size A) 11.00-11.50. n.q.-not quoted n.a.-not available r-revised Heinz 1.92f 18 53.94 +.02 +9.1 WalMart 1.46f 13 54.49 +.77 +1.0 Russet Norkotahs Washington 50-lb cartons 70 count 19.00- Selected world gold prices, Thursday. HewlettP .48f 9 36.45 +.25 -13.4 WashFed .24 24 16.91 +.14 -.1 20.00: 100 count 14.00. London morning fixing: $1526.25 off $1.00. 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Stock Footnotes: cc – PE greater than 99. dd – Loss in last 12 mos. d – New 52-wk low Senators propose immediate end to ethanol credit during trading day. g – Dividend in Canadian $. Stock price in U.S.$. n – New issue in past 52 wks. q – Closed-end mutual fund; no PE calculated. s – Split or stock dividend of 25 pct or more in last 52 wks. Div begins with date of split or stock dividend. u – New 52- WASHINGTON (AP) — Two And $668 million will be used for renewing a federal economic de- wk high during trading day. v – Trading halted on primary market. Unless noted, dividend senators from ethanol-producing incentives for the ethanol and bio- velopment program — is uncer- rates are annual disbursements based on last declaration. pf – Preferred. pp – Holder owes installment(s) of purchase price. rt – Rights. un – Units. wd – When distributed. wi – states proposed Thursday to im- fuels industries. tain. When issued. wt – Warrants. ww – With warrants. xw – Without warrants. mediately end a tax credit for the If accepted by the House and the The White House signaled sup- 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 corn-based fuel and agreeing to Obama administration, the com- port for the deal. on last declaration. i – Declared or paid after stock dividend or split. j – Paid this year, divi- dend omitted, deferred or no action taken at last meeting. k – Declared or paid this year, support shifting some of that promise could provide a quick “Consistent with the Adminis- accumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m – Annual rate, reduced on last declara- money to debt reduction. path to end the ethanol credit as tration s goals, this deal provides a tion. 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 Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., part of budget negotiations be- roadmap for the American biofuels distribution date. x – Ex-dividend or ex-rights. y – Ex-dividend and sales in full. z – Sales and John Thune, R-S.D., along tween Congress and the White industry to navigate their own fu- in full. vj – In bankruptcy or receivership or being reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed by such companies. with ethanol opponent Sen. Di- House. ture expansion — addressing infra- • Most active stocks above must be worth $1 and gainers/losers $2. anne Feinstein, D-Calif., have pro- The Senate last month adopted structure needs while supporting Mutual Fund Footnotes: e – Ex-capital gains distribution. f – Previous day’s quote. n - No-load fund. p – Fund assets used to pay distribution costs. r – Redemption fee or con- posed diverting $1.3 billion of the an amendment to end the $5 billion innovation for the next generations tingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex- money remaining for the tax break subsidy, but the fate of the legisla- of biofuels, said White House cash dividend. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial. this year to pay for debt reduction. tion to which it s attached — a bill spokesman Matt Lehrich. Cigarettes Coupons Foreclose Continued from Business 1 the program has struggled to Continued from Business 1 Continued from Business 1 allows customers to down- the coupons, she said. the homeowner or a de- convert them into perma- a bed. load coupons to their store “We make that in an hour the number of smokers by pendent has a long-term nent loan modifications. In their class, Yoder and discount cards or onto now, said Yoder, who now 213,000 in 2013, with a disability or illness; or if the More than 1.6 million Knight warn against some home computers to print. supports her family with smaller additional reduction borrower has died and the troubled homeowners re- of the practices that have The site added a mobile the website, which gets through 2031. property is in probate. ceived trial modifications given extreme coupon cut- phone coupon app last year. about 30,000 hits per day. Aside from the potential Mortgage payments can be over the past two years.But a ters like themselves a bad “We ve seen slightly The coupon craze is both to get people to quit smok- put off for up to a year in majority of the applicants, rap. more complex couponing, good and bad, she said. ing— or prevent them from those cases. about 854,000 homeown- They instruct their stu- which can take longer for us On one hand, she makes starting —— the labels also “It can be extended and ers, have dropped out of the dents to be kind to their to help our customers exit a living off it. could have a huge marketing has been extended for peo- program entirely. cashiers. They encourage the store, said Kroger “At the same time there s effect for cigarette makers ple for a variety of reasons, In recent weeks, adminis- them to stockpile food to spokesman Keith Dailey. just an increased level of by making their brand said Brad German, a Freddie tration officials have ac- help their families, but cau- The so-called extreme frustration for everybody, names less important, said spokesman. knowledged that housing tion against “hoarding or couponers make up a small she said in reference to the Deborah Mitchell, executive The government has become a significant clearing shelves of items portion of customers and long lines and sometimes director of the Center for launched its chief foreclo- drag on the economy. Presi- that their families don t Kroger has not been forced empty shelves. sure program in 2009 to dent Barack Obama said the Brand and Product Man- need or won t use. They al- to limit coupon use because Yoder and other extreme help those at risk of foreclo- housing market has “been agement at the University of so warned against photo- of the trend, he said. coupon cutters acknowl- sure by lowering their most stubborn to us trying Wisconsin. copying coupons, which “But we re certainly edge some participants do monthly payments. Bor- to solve the problem, dur- Being unable to differen- can place stores on alert and keeping an eye on the in- cross the line. rowers start with lower pay- ing a town-hall-style meet- tiate cigarette packs, ruin deals for everyone. dustry, Dailey said. In Idaho, two newspa- ments on a trial basis. But ing Wednesday on Twitter. Mitchell said, consumers “I think the stores are a At Fabulessly Frugal, pers reported this month will care less about what little freaked out because of savvy shoppers can find that coupon inserts were brand they re smoking, and the television show, said video tutorials and state being stolen from their more about how much it will Knight, who advises her specific coupon lists. The racks. The state s largest cost them. That s a potential students to keep a copy of site boasts nine bloggers, newspaper, the Idaho Auction concern for Marlboro, the grocery store policies on including the coupon Statesman, set up a sting in nation s top-selling ciga- hand during shopping trips class instructors Yoder Boise and filed a police re- rette, and its owner Rich- Calendar in case problems arise. and Knight, who special- port after a woman was mond-based Altria Group Even before the “Ex- ize in specific grocery caught pulling the ads from Inc., parent company of the treme Couponing series, stores. more than a dozen copies. ADVERTISE YOUR AUCTION WITH US! nation s largest cigarette grocery stores were put on Yoder started the blog In nearby Nampa, a Call Randi Eldredge today at 208.735.3222 maker,Philip Morris USA. alert about counterfeit about three years ago for woman said she was email: [email protected] “A great brand like Marl- coupons that were circu- family and friends. She banned from Wal-Mart boro, it s like they cast this lating online. The National knew Knight, who had also stores because of an argu- SATURDAY, JULY 9, 10:30AM SATURDAY, JULY 9, 11:00 AM Tucker Estate Auction Lipton Estate Moving Auction spell, Mitchell said, refer- Grocers Association issued started to clip coupons, ment over her use of a com- Twin Falls, Idaho Location:101 Red Cliff Rd., Ketchum, ID ring to the brand s cowboy a warning in 2009, as from her church and the petitor s coupon. Guns, Vehicles, Trailers, Tractors, Machinery, Shop Equp. & Tools, Collectibles, Household Items, Lawn & Garden Items Art - Baby Grand Piano - Custom Light Fixture mythology. “If the spell is couponing made a fierce two started blogging to- “We should have accepted Times-News Ad: 07/7 2000 Ford Excursion - Guns - Safe - Antiques Furniture – Collectibles - Drift Boat - Much more! broken, for example, with comeback during the peak gether in November 2008. the coupon, and we under- www.mastersauction.com Masters Go To Downsauction.com for complete details this really negative packag- of the recession. A few months later, Yoder stand that this could have Auction Service ing ... all at once, Marlboro is The coupon-processing learned that she was preg- been handled differently Nampa, ID. 1-800-400-1712 just another brand of tobac- company Inmar Inc. re- nant with her seventh from both sides. I ve since MONDAY, JULY 11, 5:30PM WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 10:00 AM COLLECTOR’S NIGHT Lender Owned Auction co. ported coupon use dou- child, and then her hus- reached out to the customer Twin Falls,ID Bellevue, ID Requirements to include bling in the first half of band lost his job. and invited her back to our Antiques, Collectibles, Estate Items, Furniture, Grading & Ecavating Contractor Liquidation Appliances, Decor & Pictures, Tools & Misc Live and Internet Bidding! the warnings on all advertis- 2009 compared with the Her family, however, had store, said Lorenzo Lopez, a 734-4567 or 731-4567 507-285-1444 ing also will likely force to- same period a year earlier, a reserve of food to fall back Wal-Mart spokesman based www.idahoauctionbarn.com www.maascompanies.com bacco companies be more The Internet has also on thanks to coupons, Yo- in Arkansas. creative in their marketing. bolstered coupon use, with der said. While some newspapers In some countries where a wide range of online pro- During her best shopping have reported thefts, several SATURDAY, JULY 16, 10:30AM SUNDAY, JULY 17, 1:00PM more graphic warning labels motions, databases of trip, she purchased 165 have also reported that sales Darrow Auction Weigle Estate Auction were introduced, tobacco coupons and bloggers who boxes of cereal for about are up with help from Buhl, Idaho Jerome, Idaho Antiques, Collectibles, Glassware, Furniture, Household, Appliances, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles, Lawn, companies sold split packs regularly post about the $14. coupons. Miscellaneous Items, Sporting, Camping Items, Tools Garden, Shop, Sporting Items, Household Misc., so smokers could break the best deals. It wasn t long before Yo- In Washington state, the Times-News Ad: 07/14 Times-News Ad: 07/15 pack in half so one side did- “This is a whole new der and Knight realized Columbia Basin Herald re- www.mastersauction.com www.mastersauction.com Masters Masters n t have the labels, sleeves ballgame, said Glenda their extreme coupon ported single copies sales Auction Service Auction Service were made to cover the Glisson, 63, who attended website could make mon- were up 12 percent in May, warnings, and sales of ciga- the extreme couponing ey.The site features adver- compared to the previous NOW - JULY 27 JULY ON-LINE AUCTION rette cases spiked, said class in Boise. tisements and they get year. The newspaper re- Tools, Furniture, Collectibles, To fi nd out more, Michael Cummings, chair of The Kroger Co., which paid per click on about 75 ported that more than 800 Appliances, Antiques & more. the Roswell Park Cancer In- Ending Wednesday Evening July 27 operates the nation s percent of the coupons newspapers were sold at its www.idahoauctionbarn.com click Auctions on stitute s Department of largest traditional grocery found on the website, Yo- Moses Lake, Wash., offices Phone 731-4567 Health Behavior in New chain, launched a website der said. They made $35 on a recent Wednesday af- www.magicvalley.com York. about 18 months ago that the first month it featured ternoon. IDAHO AUCTION ONLINE Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OBITUARIES/NATION Friday, July 8, 2011 Business 3 Rex R. Rasmussen Richard Henry Werner April 26, 1919 - July 6, 2011 Dec. 31, 1960- July 2, 2011 RUPERT – Rex Rolan Ras- Richard Henry bands since 1978. mussen, age 92, of Rupert, Werner, 50, of Twin Rick will be missed passed away on Wednesday, Falls, Idaho, passed by all his family and July 6, at Countryside Care away at his home on friends. and Rehabilitation Center in Saturday,July 2,2011. Friends may call Rupert. Richard was the from 5 to 8 p.m. Rex was born on April 26, son of Leonard H. Monday, July 11, at 1919, in Burley, the son of and Lyla M. Werner Parke s Magic Valley Niels Peter Rasmussen Jr. and was born on Dec. Funeral Home, 2551 “Pete” and Cora Bell Crofts 31, 1960, in Mulheim, West Kimberly Road in Twin Falls. Rasmussen. He graduated Germany. Rick was the A funeral service will be held from the Heyburn High brother of Robert Werner at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at School and served during and the father to twin daugh- Immanuel Lutheran Church, World War II in the U.S. grandchildren; 14 great- ters, Macy and Kendra; twin 2055 Filer Ave. E. in Twin Grand Rapids Press/AP photo Navy. He married Edna grandchildren; five great- sons, Holden and Gage; and Falls. A man who said his daughter was inside a house where three bodies Lucylle Timmons on June great-grandchildren; a sis- was the stepfather to Brit- All services and arrange- were found collapses in the street Thursday in Grand Rapids, Mich. 29,1940,in Rupert. ter, Lola Nelson of Rupert; tany and Hailey Fleck. He ments are under the direc- In their earlier years, he and one brother, Jay (Trish) was preceded in death by his tion of Parke s Magic Valley and Edna enjoyed horseback Rasmussen of Nelson,Neb. parents and a stillborn son, Funeral Home of Twin Falls, riding, camping and fishing He was preceded in death Gage. Idaho. Those wishing to Police: Michigan in the primitive areas. Later, by his parents; his wife, Ed- Rick was a truck driver and share condolences may do so they enjoyed cruises and bus na, who passed away on Dec. an accomplished drummer at www.magicvalleyfuneral- tours. In 1970, they were able 18, 2002; one brother, Don who was part of numerous home.com. shootings suspect to tour Europe. Rasmussen; and a sister, Vi- Rex worked for the Union da Brower. Pacific Railroad prior to his The funeral will be held at Shirley Hutton Howard Tourville employment as a field man 11 a.m. Monday, July 11, at commits suicide for the J.R. Simplot Compa- the Rasmussen Funeral May 3, 1928 - July 4, 2011 ny. He was a member of the Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in ONTARIO, Ore. — Shirley and a brother,Ivor Hutton; 14 By Tom Coyne Dozens of officers with American Legion, the LDS Burley. Burial will follow at Hutton Howard Tourville grandchildren and 25 great- Associated Press guns drawn cordoned off a Church, and had served on the Rupert Cemetery with passed away Monday, July 4, grandchildren. neighborhood near a small the Rupert Fair Board. military rites accorded by 2011, peacefully in her home Shirley was a wonderful GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. lake in the northern part of Survivors include his chil- the Mini-Cassia Veterans in Ontario,Ore. friend and mother who will — A gunman opened fire in the city and shut down dren, Karen Kay (J.C.) Bryan Organization. Shirley was born May 3, be greatly missed. two Michigan homes nearby Interstate 96. of Lewiston, Marilyn (Jerry) Friends and family may 1928, to L. F.Hutton and Zel- In lieu of flowers, please Thursday, killing seven Records show Dantzler Hess of Rupert, Carolyn Be- call from 6 until 8 p.m. Sun- ma Cross Hutton in Hailey. make donations to your local people before leading po- was released from state van of Bellevue, Wash., and day, July 10, and from 10 un- She was preceded in death Cancer Society or Hospice. lice on a high-speed chase prison in 2005 after serving Claude Earl (Julie) Ras- til 10:45 a.m. Monday at the by her parents; her husband, We would like to extend a through downtown Grand time for assault less than mussen of Twin Falls; seven Rasmussen Funeral Home. Clarence Joseph Tourville; special thank you to the hos- Rapids and taking three murder. A spokesman for three brothers, Norman, pice care givers, Guardian hostages. The standoff the prison system said he Gilbert and a baby brother; Homes, Mary Danielson and ended when he killed him- had not been under state and two sisters, Ruby Hutton her granddaughter, Janet self with a gunshot to the supervision since then. DEATH NOTICES and Myrna Price. She is sur- McDonald, for all their help head,authorities said. At one point during the vived by her children, Carla and support of our mother. The hostages were re- chase, the suspect crossed Jasmine Salinas Alan Kime D. Howard, L. John Howard, A memorial service will be leased unharmed. a wide grassy median on MINIDOKA — Jasmine SHOSHONE — Alan Samuel J. Howard and Rhea held at 1 p.m. Saturday, July Authorities did not have the interstate and drove the Salinas,5-month-old daugh- Leroy Kime, age 83 of A. Howard-Polhemus 9, at St. Mathews Church, a motive for the suspect, wrong way down the high- ter of Luis Salinas and Adri- Shoshone, died Thursday (Dave); two sisters, Frances 802 SW Fifth in Ontario. 34-year-old Rodrick way while more than a ana Torres passed away Tues- July 7 at Desano Assisted liv- Stout and Bonnie Brambora; Ore. Shonte Dantzler, or dis- dozen squad cars pursued day, July 5, at Minidoka ing in Shoshone. close his exact relationship him. Belk said he crashed Memorial Hospital. Arrangements will be an- with those he killed. the vehicle while driving Private services are being nounced by Parke s Magic The manhunt for Dant- down an embankment into held; visitation at 6 to 8 p.m. Valley Funeral Home of Twin Thomas Gary Hansen zler began after four people a wooded area of the high- Saturday, July 9, at Hansen Falls. November 28, 1942 - July 6, 2011 were found dead in one way, which remained Mortuary Rupert Chapel. home and three were dis- closed hours later. JEROME — as a husband and dad covered in another across Two other people were Helen Baldwin Thomas Gary Han- and brother. town. Two of the dead were shot when the suspect fired Maria de Ville GREAT BEND, Kan. — sen, 68, of Jerome, Gary is survived by children. at police during the chase, Maria Coehlo de Ville, 83 Helen Viola Baldwin, 88, passed away peace- his caring and loving “We believe there were but their wounds were not of Twin Falls, died Wednes- formerly of Twin Falls, died fully at his home on wife, Judy; his chil- prior relationships with at considered life-threaten- day, July 6, at St. Luke s June 27,at her home in Great July 6, with his loving dren, Danny (Renee) least one person at each lo- ing. One man was wounded Magic Valley Regional Med- Bend,Kansas. wife at his side. Hansen, Vince cation, so we think there in what Belk described as a ical Center. A graveside inurnment Gary was born No- (Robyn) Hansen, Liz were some difficulties “road rage” attack after the Services will be an- will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, vember 28, 1942, in (Scott) Lewis, John there,” Police Chief Kevin suspect fired through the nounced White Mortuary July 30, at the Hazelton Sage, Wyo. to Thomas A. (Lauren) Hansen and Marie Belk said. rear window of the vehicle. “Chapel by the Park”. Cemetery. Hansen and Rula Jenkins (Dustin) McMillan. He also Following the discovery A woman was hit in the arm Hansen. He was one of four has 18 grandchildren, two of the bodies, Dantzler led in a separate shooting. children. Gary grew up in the great-grandchildren and officers on a chase, crashed The names of the dead SERVICES Bear Lake area and served for one great-granddaughter his car and then took the were not immediately re- a short time in the Navy. not yet born, all of whom he Helen S. Remington of neral Home, 321 E. Main St. hostages,police said. leased. Gary married Judy Hansen loved very, very much. He is Twin Falls, funeral at 10 a.m. in Burley; visitation one on September 28, 1966. Judy also survived by his mother, today at White Mortuary, hour before the service today was the love of his life. They Rula Hansen, his sister,Joyce 136 Fourth Ave. E. in Twin at the funeral home. had three sons and two (Arden) Nicholls, his broth- Falls. daughters. Gary completed er, Howard Hansen and his Robert Patrick Pat Ca- Texas executes Mexican the Painter and Decorators mother-in-law, Iva Hansen. Deloris Dixie (Pope) Jones hala of Jerome, celebration apprenticeship for the Utah He was preceded in death by of Hagerman, memorial of life at 1 p.m. Saturday at State Apprenticeship Coun- his dad, Tom, his brother, service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 after court stay rejected cil in 1972. In 1977, Gary and Tony and his father-in-law, the Hagerman United S.Lincoln in Jerome. Judy moved their family John. The Associated Press lethal drugs began flowing Methodist Church (Demaray from Logan, Utah to Jerome, A visitation will be held into his arms. Funeral Service, Gooding LaVerne West Duggan of Idaho where he started his from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday July HUNTSVILLE, Texas — After his execution, rela- Chapel). Hagerman, a service of re- own successful paint con- 10, at Farnsworth Mortuary, Texas executed a Mexican tives of Leal who had gath- membrance at 3 p.m. Satur- tracting company appropri- 1343 South Lincoln, Jerome. citizen Thursday for the ered in Guadalupe, Mexico, Teresa Ann Sobotka of day at the Kingdom Hall of ately named “Gary Hansen Funeral services will con- rape-slaying of a teenager burned a T-shirt with an Boise and formerly of Twin Jehovah s Witnesses, 912 Painting”. He was an ex- ducted at 11 a.m.Monday Ju- after he and the White image of the American flag Falls, celebration of life at 2 Milner St.in Buhl. tremely hard worker and the ly 11, in the Jerome LDS 3rd House pleaded in vain for a in protest. Leal s uncle Al- p.m. Saturday at Reynolds best painter in the world. Ward Chapel, 825 East Av- Supreme Court stay, saying berto Rodriguez criticized Funeral Chapel in Twin Falls. Juana S. Bautista of Bur- Gary touched so many lives enue B, Jerome, with Bishop he was denied help from his the U.S. justice system and ley, Mass of Christian Burial through his painting compa- Rick Geist officiating; visita- home country that could the Mexican government Randy Dale Smallwood of at 3 p.m. today at Our Little ny, whether it was people he tion will begin at 10 a.m. have helped him avoid the and said, “There is a God Carlin, Nev., and formerly of Flower Catholic Church, did work for or people he Committal services will be death penalty. who makes us all pay.” Buhl, memorial service at 1601 Oakley Ave. in Burley; employed or companies he held at noon, Tuesday July In his last minutes, Leal was sentenced to noon Sunday at Anderson visitation one hour before purchased paint from, there 12, in the Garden City, Utah Humberto Leal repeatedly death for the 1994 murder Ranch Dam (Fall Creek); the funeral Mass today at the was always one thing in cemetery. said he was sorry and ac- of 16-year-old Adria potluck follows at Deer church . common, everyone thought Gary s family suggests cepted responsibility. Sauceda, whose brutalized Creek Lodge; bring a chair the world of Gary. He was that in lieu of flowers, please “I have hurt a lot of peo- nude body was found hours and beverage. Cloyide (Claude) Lee Mar- very funny and witty and make a donation to your lo- ple. ... I take full blame for after he left a San Antonio ion of Paul, memorial service even a bit too honest at cal food bank to help the everything. I am sorry for street party with her. She Douglas Stobart of Hager- at 7 p.m. today at the Hansen times. hungry people in our com- what I did,” he said in the was bludgeoned with a man, memorial service at 10 Mortuary Rupert Chapel, He will be greatly missed munity. death chamber. piece of 30to 40-pound a.m. today at the Episcopal 710 Sixth St.in Rupert. “One more thing,” he chunk of asphalt. Church of the Ascension in said as the drugs began tak- Leal was just a toddler Twin Falls. Amelia De Oliveira of See what’s new at www.magicvalley.com ing effect. Then he shouted when he and his family Twin Falls, funeral at 10:30 twice,“Viva Mexico!” moved to the U.S. from Richard Costa of Twin a.m. Monday at St. Edward “Ready warden,”he said. Monterrey, Mexico, but his Falls,celebration of life at 1 to the Confessor Catholic “Let s get this show on the citizenship became a key 3 p.m. Saturday at Keri s Church; rosary at 6:30 p.m. road.” element of his attorneys Kids Daycare, 688 Washing- Sunday at Rosenau Funeral SENIOR He grunted, snored sev- efforts to win a stay. They ton St. N. in Twin Falls Home in Twin Falls. Q. My elderly father lives with us. He is eral times and appeared to said police never told him (Serenity Funeral Chapel in go to sleep, then stopped all following his arrest that he Twin Falls). Sally Diane Tipton of not able to be left alone anymore. Fortunately I am breathing movement. The could seek legal assistance Richfield, funeral at 10 a.m. home all day. The problem is that I am starting to feel 38-year-old mechanic was from the Mexican govern- Larry James McCardell of today at the Firat Christian overwhelmed. I don’t think of Dad’s care as a burden, pronounced dead at 6:21 ment under an interna- Burley, funeral at 11 a.m. to- Church, 1005 Poplat St. in p.m., 10 minutes after the tional treaty. day at Morrison Payne Fu- Buhl. but I don’t seem to have a minute to myself! Lifestyles A. The stress you feel is common in people who care for loved ones on a full-time basis. Spending time away is vital Air, soil, wells near Mont. oil spill to be tested to your health and happiness, and to your ability to provide quality care. We suggest that you plan regular getaways—to BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Indoor air, the scenic Yellowstone since Friday af- Crude oil contains dangerous chemi- cropland soils and residential wells ter a 12-inch pipeline operated by Exxon cals including benzene and hydrogen attend a grandchild’s soccer game, for example, or to enjoy a few downstream of a Yellowstone River oil Mobil Corp. broke near the south-cen- sulfide. But officials said much of those uninterrupted hours in the garden. Ask a responsible adult to sit spill will be tested for contamination tral Montana town of Laurel. substances would have evaporated with your dad while you relax and recharge. Caregivers are often after residents raised concerns about George Nilson, 69, of Billings, said quickly after the initial spill, meaning hazards from the tens of thousands of the fumes from oil that washed into his the long-term health risk is low. reluctant to seek help, but this is important! And, if your family gallons of crude that poured into the neighbor s property have been over- Air sampling along the river has not wants to go on vacation, look into long term care facilities that watercourse, the Environmental Pro- whelming. detected either of the chemicals, and tection Agency said Thursday. “I ve been in it for five days now, and water sampling shows no petroleum provide respite services. EPA and local officials said they do the only way I can breathe is to have all hydrocarbons that exceed drinking wa- not expect to find significant health the windows open,”he said. ter standards, the EPA said in a written BRP Health Management Systems, Inc. 001 dangers but were acting as a precau- Contractors for the EPA and Exxon statement late Thursday. Oak Creek Rehabilitation Center, Kimberly, tion. Some residents in oil-stained ar- Mobil were to collect air samples begin- “The air is not inundated with these Mountain View Center for Geriatric Psychiatry, Kimberly, Lincoln County Care Center, Shoshone, eas have complained of nausea, dizzi- ning Thursday or Friday,and the results potentially harmful chemicals,” said Desert View Care Center, Buhl, ness and shortness of breath that have would take about a week, said EPA on- Yellowstone County Health Officer Mini Cassia Care Center, Burley lingered for days. scene coordinator Steve Merritt. John Felton. “We can smell things that Benevolent. Responsive. Professional Please email any questions or concerns you would like to see addressed in future articles to seniorlife- An estimated 1,000 barrels of oil, or Twelve homes would be tested initially, are no longer creating the same level of [email protected]. The information provided is offered as a public service, and is not meant to 42,000 gallons, have fouled areas along with possibly more to follow. hazard.” replace the advice or counsel of family legal or medical professionals. Business 4 Friday, July 8, 2011 WEATHER/WORLD Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho
BURLEY/RUPERT FORECAST TWIN FALLS FIVE-DAY FORECAST Yesterday’s Weather Today: Partly to mostly sunny. High 80. Today Tonight Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday City Hi Lo Prcp Boise 94 67 Trace" Tonight: A few clouds. Low 52. Challis 83 53 0.00" Coeur d’ Alene 88 54 0.00" Idaho Falls 90 48 0.00" Tomorrow: Developing sunshine, warm. High 83. Jerome 89 54 0.00" Lewiston 90 59 0.00" Lowell 89 53 0.07" Malad City n/a n/a n/a" ALMANAC - BURLEY Malta n/a n/a n/a" Partly to mostly Minimal A warm day, Afternoon Decent Pleasant Pocatello 88 47 0.05" sunny cloudiness mainly sunny thunderstorms sunshine conditions Rexburg 88 50 0.00" Temperature Precipitation Salmon 82 50 0.00" possible Stanley 74 37 0.00" Sun Valley 80 49 0.00" Yesterday’s High 86° Yesterday’s Trace High 82° Low 54° 86° / 55° 87° / 58° 86° / 59° 83° / 55° Yesterday’s Low 56° Month to Date 0.00" Normal High / Low 86° / 53° Avg. Month to Date 0.09" ALMANAC - TWIN FALLS Record High 100° in 1989 Water Year to Date 10.77" Record Low 41° in 1971 Avg. Water Year to Date 8.96" Barometric Sunrise and Temperature Precipitation Humidity Pressure Sunset IDAHO’S FORECAST Yesterday’s High 90° Yesterday’s 0.00" Yesterday’s High 46% 5 pm Yesterday 29.95 in. Today Sunrise: 6:08 AM Sunset: 9:17 PM Yesterday’s Low 62° Month to Date 0.00" Yesterday’s Low 20% Saturday Sunrise: 6:09 AM Sunset: 9:17 PM SUN VALLEY, SURROUNDING MTS. Normal High / Low 84° / 53° Avg. Month to Date 0.07" Today’s Forecast Avg. 48% Sunday Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 9:16 PM Comfortable and seasonable temperatures this Record High 96° in 1976 Water Year to Date 12.14" Monday Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 9:16 PM afternoon, with a slight chance of developing Record Low 41° in 1993 Avg. Water Year to Date 9.8" A water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 Tuesday Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 9:15 PM showers and thunderstorms. Temperature & Precipitation valid through 5 pm yesterday Moonrise Coeur d’ Moon Phases Today’s U. V. Index Low Moderate High Alene Today Highs 60'sTonight’s Lows 30's to 40's and Moonset Forecasts and maps prepared by: 69 / 47 BOISE Today Moonrise: 2:48 PM Moonset: 12:45 AM 10 11 3 5 7 10 Plenty of sunshine will be available Saturday First Full Last New Moonrise: 4:01 PM Moonset: 1:18 AM The higher the index the10 Cheyenne, Wyoming across the region this afternoon. July 8 July 15 July 23 July 30 Sunday Moonrise: 5:12 PM Moonset: 1:56 AM more sun protection needed www.dayweather.com Temperatures will stay warm and in the 80's. REGIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST WORLD FORECAST Lewiston Today Tomorrow Sunday Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow 80 / 51 Today Highs/Lows 70's to 80's / 40's to 50's 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 80 49 su 85 53 su 87 53 su Atlanta 91 72 th 91 74 th Orlando 90 75 th 93 76 th Acapulco 87 75 th 86 75 th Moscow 73 58 sh 76 64 th Grangeville NORTHERN UTAH Bonners Ferry 69 45 sh 73 45 pc 77 45 pc Atlantic City 80 70 th 82 69 th Philadelphia 83 68 th 88 69 th Athens 82 74 pc 83 74 pc Nairobi 70 48 sh 67 47 sh Thunderstorm activity will Burley 80 52 pc 83 53 pc 85 53 th Baltimore 82 69 th 87 67 pc Phoenix 109 87 pc 109 86 pc Auckland 58 55 sh 59 53 sh Oslo 67 48 r 64 55 sh 69 / 42 become widespread across Challis 85 47 pc 85 47 pc 88 47 th Billings 90 58 th 87 57 th Portland, ME 70 58 pc 70 61 th Bangkok 91 80 th 91 80 sh Paris 69 56 sh 69 49 sh Coeur d’ Alene 69 47 su 72 47 pc 80 47 pc Birmingham 90 73 th 93 75 th Raleigh 89 72 th 88 69 th Beijing 98 70 pc 97 71 th Prague 74 50 sh 80 60 th the region during the Elko, NV 90 53 pc 91 53 pc 91 53 pc Boston 73 65 sh 78 62 pc Rapid City 84 65 th 84 63 th Berlin 75 57 sh 85 61 th Rio de Jane 65 50 sh 68 52 pc afternoon. Temperatures Eugene, OR 73 48 pc 77 50 pc 79 50 pc Charleston, SC 88 77 th 91 76 th Reno 91 60 pc 91 56 su Buenos Aires 58 46 pc 57 46 pc Rome 82 70 pc 83 68 pc McCall warm up a bit tomorrow. Gooding 82 49 pc 84 53 pc 84 53 th Charleston, WV 85 64 th 90 66 pc Sacramento 93 60 su 91 58 su Cairo 102 70 pc 104 70 pc Santiago 64 41 pc 61 43 pc Grace 78 49 pc 78 51 th 80 51 th Chicago 79 66 pc 82 72 pc St. Louis 89 72 pc 90 75 pc Dhahran 100 92 pc 102 89 pc Seoul 80 62 th 84 66 th Salmon 69 / 41 Hagerman 84 52 pc 91 53 pc 92 53 pc Cleveland 83 61 pc 84 62 su St.Paul 86 71 pc 86 71 th Geneva 69 48 sh 73 48 th Sydney 59 42 pc 58 42 pc 79 / 42 Hailey 79 49 pc 79 49 pc 82 49 th Denver 92 63 th 93 64 th Salt Lake City 84 69 pc 87 69 th Hong Kong 84 81 th 84 82 th Tel Aviv 80 77 pc 81 78 pc Idaho Falls 83 54 pc 82 54 pc 85 54 th Des Moines 87 70 pc 89 73 pc San Diego 74 66 pc 73 66 pc Jerusalem 101 75 pc 105 77 pc Tokyo 89 76 sh 88 75 th Kalispell, MT 66 40 pc 71 44 pc 79 44 su Detroit 84 68 pc 85 68 pc San Francisco 66 53 su 64 53 su Johannesburg 56 37 pc 56 37 pc Vienna 83 61 sh 84 62 th Jerome 81 53 pc 86 55 pc 87 55 th El Paso 102 77 pc 101 75 th Seattle 71 51 pc 76 53 pc Kuwait City 115 96 pc 118 96 pc Warsaw 85 62 th 80 63 pc Lewiston 80 51 su 84 56 su 87 56 su Fairbanks 77 51 pc 79 53 sh Tucson 102 79 th 102 79 th London 64 51 sh 66 50 sh Winnipeg 78 62 pc 84 55 th Caldwell Malad City 81 57 pc 83 57 th 83 57 th Fargo 86 69 pc 85 66 th Washington, DC 87 73 th 90 71 pc Mexico City 73 52 sh 74 53 sh Zurich 66 45 sh 70 50 th 81 / 52 Idaho Falls Malta 80 54 pc 83 54 pc 84 54 th Honolulu 84 73 sh 83 73 sh McCall 69 41 pc 74 41 pc 76 41 pc Houston 97 76 th 97 76 th Boise Sun Valley 83 / 54 Missoula, MT 71 43 su 76 46 su 83 46 pc Indianapolis 86 67 th 88 68 pc TODAY’S NATIONAL MAP 80 / 49 73 / 42 Pocatello 82 58 th 83 58 th 85 58 th Jacksonville 91 78 th 94 79 th 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Portland, OR 71 51 pc 76 53 pc 79 53 pc Kansas City 89 72 pc 92 77 pc Pocatello Rupert 82 52 pc 85 53 pc 87 53 th Las Vegas 101 85 th 103 85 th Rupert 82 / 58 Rexburg 79 51 pc 78 52 pc 81 52 th Little Rock 94 76 th 96 75 pc Mountain Home 82 / 52 82 / 50 Richland, WA 80 53 su 81 54 su 86 54 su Los Angeles 85 64 pc 82 63 su L Rogerson 75 47 pc 79 49 pc 82 49 th Memphis 92 74 th 95 77 pc L Burley Salmon 79 42 pc 80 45 su 84 45 th Miami 88 79 th 89 81 th Twin Falls 80 / 52 Salt Lake City, UT 84 69 pc 87 69 th 88 69 th Milwaukee 78 64 pc 79 69 pc Fronts 82 / 54 Spokane, WA 72 45 pc 76 48 pc 81 48 pc Nashville 87 70 th 92 70 pc Stanley 70 33 pc 71 33 pc 76 33 th New Orleans 92 79 th 92 79 th Yesterday’s State Extremes - High: 94 at Boise Low: 37 at Stanley Sun Valley 73 42 pc 74 43 pc 76 43 th New York 77 68 th 80 69 pc Cold Yellowstone, MT Oklahoma City weather key: su-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, mc-mostly cloudy, c-cloudy, 68 37 th 67 39 pc 76 39 su 99 77 th 103 78 pc L Omaha 88 69 pc 88 72 th th-thunderstorms, sh-showers,r-rain, sn-snow, fl-flurries, w-wind, m-missing L Warm CANADIAN FORECAST Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Stationary City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W H GREGG MIDDLEKAUFF’S QUOTE OF THE DAY Calgary 62 43 sh 59 48 sh Saskatoon 77 53 th 66 51 sh Cranbrook 56 37 sh 63 35 pc Toronto 77 56 sh 78 61 sh Valid to 6 p.m. today If you greatly desire something, have the guts to Edmonton 69 42 th 63 52 sh Vancouver 56 44 sh 61 47 sh Occluded Kelowna 55 32 r 67 36 pc Victoria 61 53 sh 64 54 pc Yesterday’s National Extremes: stake everything on obtaining it. Lethbridge 67 48 pc 73 46 pc Winnipeg 78 62 pc 84 55 th High: 111 at Palm Springs, Calif. Regina 80 54 th 73 53 sh Low: 37 at W. Yellowstone, Mont.
More Magic Valley weather at www.magicvalley.com/weather Brendan Francis Get up-to-date highway information at the Idaho Transportation Department’s Web site at 511.idaho.gov or call 888-432-7623. Amid scandal, Murdoch kills off News of the World By Jill Lawless and Robert Barr multibillion-dollar plan to who may have been targeted But in recent days the alle- said, “and this was not fully Associated Press take full ownership of British by the tabloid, which sells gations have expanded to understood or adequately Sky Broadcasting, an opera- about 2.7 million copies a take in the phone messages pursued.’’ LONDON — The Murdoch tion far more valuable than week. of 13-year-old Milly Dowler, “While we may never be media empire unexpectedly all of Murdoch’s British The paper has acknowl- who disappeared in 2002 able to make up for distress jettisoned the News of the newspapers. edged hacking into the mes- and was later found mur- that has been caused, the World Thursday after a pub- Faced with growing public sages of politicians, celebri- dered, as well as the families right thing to do is for every lic backlash over the illegal outrage, political condem- ties and royal aides, but of two other missing school- penny of the circulation rev- guerrilla tactics it used to ex- nation and fleeing advertis- maintained for years the girls. enue we receive this week- pose the rich, the famous and ers, Murdoch stopped the transgressions were con- James Murdoch said if the end to go to organizations — the royal and remain Britain’s presses on the 168-year-old fined to a few rogue staff. A allegations were true,“it was many of whom are long- best-selling Sunday news- newspaper, whose lurid reporter and a private inves- inhuman and has no place in term friends and partners — paper. scoops have ranged from tigator working for the paper our company.’’ that improve life in Britain The abrupt decision Sarah Ferguson’s claims she were jailed for hacking in “Wrongdoers turned a and are devoted to treating stunned the paper’s staff of could provide access to ex- 2007. good newsroom bad,’’ he others with dignity,’’he said. 200, shocked the world’s husband Prince Andrew to most competitive news town motor racing chief Max AP photo and ignited speculation that Mosley’s penchant for sado- Rupert Murdoch’s News James Murdoch, chairman and masochism. Corp. plans to rebrand the CEO of News Corp., Europe and James Murdoch said all tabloid under a new name in Asia, is driven away from the revenue from the final issue, a bid to prevent a phone- offices of News International in which will carry no ads, OUTDOOR ADVENTURES hacking scandal from London, Thursday. would go to “good causes.’’ wrecking its bid for a far The paper has been hemor- more lucrative television cluding bribing police offi- rhaging advertisers since the deal. cers for information, hack- phone hacking scandal esca- “This Sunday will be the ing into the voice mail of lated this week, with com- last issue of the News of the murdered schoolgirls’ fami- panies including automakers 4 - Hr Kayak, Canoe or World,’’James Murdoch, son lies and targeting the phones Ford and Vauxhall, grocery of the media magnate, an- of the relatives of soldiers chain J. Sainsbury and phar- nounced in a memo to staff. killed in Afghanistan and the macy chain Boots pulling Paddleboard Mushrooming allegations victims of the London tran- ads from the paper. of immoral and criminal be- sit attacks — cast a dark Police say they are exam- havior at the paper — in- cloud over News Corp.’s ining 4,000 names of people Rentals $15 WikiLeaks getting credit card funds Paddle to Pillar Falls, Perrine Bridge & Shoshone Falls. The Associated Press seven-month hiatus. terCard were not immediate- Fink claimed the move as a ly returned. Life jackets included. Beginners Welcome. LONDON — WikiLeaks tacit admission of guilt from Visa and MasterCard has again begun accepting the credit card companies, pulled the plug on the com- credit card donations,a com- but it may well have been ac- pany, DataCell ehf, in early pany affiliated with the se- cidental. December, shortly after cret-spilling site said Thurs- Visa Europe spokesman WikiLeaks began publishing day. Simon Kleine told AP that about 250,000 U.S. State De- Andreas Fink, the chief ex- processing the payments was partment cables. But Fink ecutive of Icelandic payment “not something that we’ve said Thursday that card serv- processor DataCell, told The sanctioned’’ and that the ices had been restored — say- AP that Visa and MasterCard company was investigating. ing that lawyers had made were again processing pay- An email and phone calls sure of it by making test do- ments to WikiLeaks after a seeking comment from Mas- nations. Downloading the Times-News iPhone® or Android app will make you...Smarter...Richer... and Much More Attractive*** ***Well, we’re pretty sure you’ll be smarter anyway. Located in Centennial Waterfront Park