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Magicvalley.com T.F.fireworks guaranteed on the Fourth Thursday night and has dis- works shows and to ask the July 5 show canceled BREAKING NEWS BY THE NUMBERS cussed other events leading community to donate money up to the Fourth. Pierce said to both. She said the two • $12,000 was needed by this Saturday By Nick Coltrain any additional money raised groups will probably hash out MAGICVALLEY.COM • $17,236 was raised by Wednesday Times-News writer will be used as a seed fund for a 2011 plan in the coming You read this story first online. • 4,181 people are members of the “Protest 4th of July on the 5th the 2011 fireworks show. months. in Twin Falls” Facebook group. This July 4 will be, well, the “The community has said “When the Fourth of July is Fourth in Twin Falls. fireworks show is now guar- ‘This is our event,’”she said. behind us, we’ll probably all An outpouring of commu- anteed for July 4. Southern meeting protested Southern Since that meeting, local Pierce said Southern Idaho sit down together and make nity donations rocketed past Idaho Fireworks has also can- Idaho Fireworks’ move of the radio station KIRQ-FM 102.1 Fireworks has been very sup- any possible plans for the the early goal of $12,000 set celled its July 5 show. celebration to the day after spearheaded a fundraising portive of her group and is future,” she said. “The more by July 4 show organizers to “I really did not expect the Fourth of July holiday. drive that netted more than sharing its plans and people involved, the better it surpass their grand goal of within 10 days to hit this Some of the event’s major $6,000, and the Facebook resources for the original July is. So it’s wonderful that so $17,000 on Wednesday after- goal,”Pierce said. sponsors weren’t comfort- page of the July 4 fireworks 5 fireworks show. many people got together.” noon. While some planning The fight over flares erupt- able with a July 4 celebration group gained more than Olivia Rowe, co-chair- for the event still needs to be ed May 24, when dozens of because it falls on a Sunday 4,000 members. woman of Southern Idaho Nick Coltrain may be finalized, fundraiser organiz- community members at a this year, prompting the The group still has a Fireworks, said it would be reached at ncoltrain@magic- er Ruth Pierce said the city’s Twin Falls City Council move to July 5. fundraising event planned for redundant to have two fire- valley.com or 735-3220. Shaping up for summer Alleged Wildland murderer’s firefighters slog through annual bullet struck endurance test second victim By Nick Coltrain Times-News writer Paul man won’t face death penalty At mile one, Eric Killoy thought, “Only two more to By Laurie Welch Medical Center. go.” Times-News writer According to court Two-and-a-half miles records, Arellano is also into the endurance test, with BURLEY — Cassia charged with felony aggra- his 45-pound pack feeling County’s prosecuting vated battery after the sin- heavier and heavier on his attorney has decided not to gle 9 mm bullet exited 165-pound frame, the seek the death penalty for a Monica Arellano’s body thought continued: “Only Paul man who allegedly and struck Federico Llanos half a mile to go.” shot and killed his Castillo in the He tried not to concen- estranged wife chest. trate too much on the dis- Saturday at a Burley Cassia Regional tance, instead falling into the bar. Medical Center rhythm of his footsteps and Juan Manuel spokeswoman Geri the sounds of Tom Petty and Arellano, 40, was Alejandro said hip-hop artist Tech N9ne in charged with felony Castillo was his headphones. first-degree murder admitted to and For Killoy, a 24-year-old after he allegedly Arellano released from the wildland firefighter for the shot Ramona hospital on Sunday. Bureau of Land Manage- Monica Nanez Arellano, 32, According to the criminal ment entering his seventh of Paul, in the torso at the El complaint, Arellano has season, the pack test is part Paralito Saloon. She later of being on the crew. He, died at Cassia Regional See ARELLANO, Main 2 along with his younger brother, is following his father’s footsteps and plans to make firefighting a career. State considers new Killoy would have pre- DREW GODLESK/For the Times-News ferred to run the three laps Erik Valdez, left, helps Amanda Russell, 21, get her 45-pound vest fitted before they begin walking three around the College of miles for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management annual firefighter endurance certification Wednesday at the standards for students Southern Idaho. The College of Southern Idaho campus in Twin Falls. More than 100 people participated. required speed-walking By Ben Botkin LEARN MORE emphasizes endurance over ished her test and almost near the fire lines, BLM Times-News writer speed, he said, and is similar MORE ONLINE immediately dropped her spokeswoman Sky Buffat To view proposed standards to the hikes firefighters take WATCH BLM firefight- vest to the ground. said. The walk kicked off the Idaho’s public schools and submit comments, visit while working the fire lines. ers talk about the “They work hard,” Killoy training for the fire crews, may eventually follow a www.sde.idaho.gov. “The weight on your back endurance test. said. “They are pushing it which includes a mile-and- new set of common core A public meeting is sched- really pounds your legs as MAGICVALLEY.COM and giving it everything a-half run and push- standards for English lan- uled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday you go,”he said, dressed in a they’ve got. up/pull-up challenge. guage arts and mathemat- at Canyon Ridge High T-shirt and the canvas pants “That’s something I do After physical testing is ics that are aimed at rigor- School in Twin Falls. characteristic of firefighters, Behind him, his 100-plus and expect them to do completed today, the BLM ously preparing students his sweat now dried. co-workers slogged through because when you’re out will hold a program-wide for their future careers and explain the proposal and Killoy aimed to beat his the test. Sweat drenched there on a fire, those are the orientation on Friday, before college educations. gather feedback, including brother in the test, which, their T-shirts and foreheads. kind of people you want rookie firefighters head to The state’s been involved one this Tuesday in Twin despite a respectable finish a Those not walking shouted working next to you.” Methodist Camp north of since June 2009 in the Falls. few seconds shy of 37 min- encouragement to those who The training is mandatory Fairfield for Basic Fire Common Core State “I think that it will pro- utes, “I failed to do. Again.” were. A young woman fin- for anyone working on or School, held next week. Standards Initiative, an vide students, teachers, effort with 47 other states parents and (the) commu- that has the goal of making nity the standards of suc- students competitive with cess in math and language their peers across the arts,” said Mary Lu Barry, nation and globally. Only secondary programs direc- Officials: Fire season tough to predict Alaska and Texas are not tor for Twin Falls School participating. District. “If there is a dif- By Nick Coltrain said the BLM’s Twin Falls District is by tomorrow,” said spokeswoman Julie The proposed voluntary ference or if there is an Times-News writer preparing for a normal fire season — Thomas. “And in July and in August, it standards were released emphasis, it’s on college about 100 flare-ups that consume could be very hot.If so,we’ll be a lot more Wednesday, but they aren’t and career readiness and Factors such as two fairly calm prior 90,000 acres. concerned than we are now.” in place for Idaho yet. that’s probably the most fire seasons and rainfall through Erik Valdez, prescribed fire technician She said the Forest Service is also Before that can happen, the significant change.” Memorial Day don’t make it any easier to for the BLM, said there are too many preparing as it normally does. Thomas standards will need Barry said she hopes the predict the burn of this summer’s season. variables to accurately predict the sever- asked people to take caution with fire in approval from the Idaho standards will better pre- “Oftentimes, significant spring rain ity of the season. the forest: just because the forest has State Board of Education pare students for needs means more fuel when the summer heat “There’s always potential for fire,”he seen a lot of rain doesn’t mean everything and head to the Legislature beyond high school. For starts drying things out,”said Sky Buffat, said.“Just because we have a lot of mois- is too moist to catch. in 2011 for a vote. example, some students spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of ture doesn’t mean we won’t have fire.” As an initial step, the who enter college after high Land Management. At the Sawtooth National Forest, the Nick Coltrain may be reached at Idaho State Department of school require remediation But, she said, the fuel moisture rating predictions are largely the same. [email protected] or 735- Education is holding a is better than it was last year.Overall, she “We could see not another drop of rain 3220. series of public meetings to See STANDARDS, Main 3
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Pat’s Picks TODAY’S HAPPENINGS Three things to do today ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Pat Marcantonio “Peter Pan,” dance recital presented by Nielsen School of Dance and Stargazer FIND MORE ONLINE • Summer reading pro- in Sun Valley. This is sug- Dance Co., 6:30 p.m., College of Southern Check out our online calendar where you grams are rolling along at gested for mature audiences Idaho Fine Arts Auditorium, 315 Falls Ave., can submit events and search by category area libraries. Fit, Food and of high school age and older. Twin Falls, Stargazer is celebrating its 25th Fun summer reading pro- Tickets are $25. The play anniversary, $6 at the door or from any for specific events and dates. gram registration for pre- continues June 4 and 5 and Stargazer member, proceeds go for the www.magicvalley.com/app/calendar/events/ school through young adult June 10 through 12. Willadean and Pam Nielsen Scholarship children is from 10:30 to • And for something Fund, 732-6221. 11:30 a.m. at the Burley completely different, the Edward Albee’s “The Goat, Or Who is 733-3974 or twinfallschamber.com. Seventh St., Rupert, no cost, 436-3874. Public Library, 1300 Miler Nielsen School of Dance and Sylvia?” preview night, presented by The Ave. There is no cost. If you Stargazer Dance Co. pres- nexStage Theatre, 7 p.m. at 120 S. Main St, LIBRARY MUSEUM don’t live in Burley, search ents “Peter Pan” at 6:30 Ketchum, the play is a mix of drama and for a summer reading pro- p.m. at the College of comedy designed to challenge the theater Day care story time, 10 a.m., for children of Faulkner Planetarium “Planet Patrol: Solar gram near you. Southern Idaho Fine Arts audience to question their beliefs in social day cares and homeschools, Jerome Public System Stake-Out,” 2 p.m., Herrett Center • The nexStage Theatre Auditorium. Tickets are $6, taboos, suggested for mature audiences of Library, 100 First Ave. E., 324-5427. for Arts and Science, north end of the presents Edward Albee’s and proceeds go for a schol- high school age and older, $25 each, 726- Filer Public Library preschool story time, College of Southern Idaho campus, Twin drama/comedy,“The Goat, arship fund. 4TKS; first 50 tickets sold on preview night 10:30 a.m., Filer Public Library, 219 Main Falls, $4.50 for adults, $3.50 for seniors Or Who is Sylvia?” at 7 p.m. are $10 each. St., 326-4143. and $2.50 for students, no cost for children at 120 S. Main St., Ketchum. Have your own pick to Fit, Food and Fun summer reading program younger than age 2, 732-6655 or The cast includes Richard share? Something unique to BENEFITS AND FUNDRAISERS registration, young people, preschool csi.edu/herrett. Dreyfuss’ son, Harry the area that may surprise through young adult children can explore Dreyfuss, a 2009 graduate people? E-mail me at Tip-a-Cop fundraiser, local law enforcement the world of water fun through stories, SCHOOL EVENTS of The Community School [email protected]. officers will be serving trays to assist at the songs, games and other activities, 10:30 to Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 6 a.m. to 7 11:30 a.m., Burley Public Library, 1300 Miler Heritage Academy open house, a proposed p.m., donations accepted in the form of tips Ave., no cost, 878-7708 or valerie@bpli- charter school for the Jerome area, 7 to 9 to the officers, silent auction with items brary.org. p.m., Jerome Senior Center, 520 N. donated by local business, all proceeds will Summer reading program, games, crafts Lincoln, no cost, www.heritagecharter- Arellano benefit the local Special Olympics Athletes, and stories, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., 417 school.com. Continued from Main 1 me,” Arellano allegedly said also been charged with in the court affidavit. felony attempted first- Arellano allegedly told G RADUATE PROFILE degree murder for trying to police he and his wife had fire a shot at the bar’s securi- been having problems since ty guard, Hector Lara, who December. wrestled him to the ground According to court after the alleged shooting. records, Arellano allegedly Filer’s Beard an all-around student All three charges carry an had the handgun tucked into enhancement penalty for the back waistband of his By John E. Swayze the use of a deadly weapon in pants when he went into the Times-News correspondent the commission of a felony. bar. When Arellano’s wife While Arellano faces the came in and started dancing FILER — Some students possibility of spending the with another man, Arellano just seem to have their act rest of his life in prison, followed her onto the dance together. Filer High School Cassia County Prosecutor Al floor and allegedly shot her. teachers say senior Bryce Barrus said his office won’t According to the court Beard can be listed among seek the strictest penalty it affidavit, a Cassia County those ranks. can request. Sheriff’s deputy asked Beard, 18, credits the suc- “A lot goes into the deter- Arellano if he knew who the cesses he has had in academ- mination of whether or not male was who was shot and ics, athletics and public serv- you seek the death penalty,” he said “whoever she was ice to parents who passed on a Barrus said. “You have to dancing with.” balanced work and play ethic meet certain criteria and it’s According to the criminal that has served him well dur- pretty strict. This case does- complaint, Lara said he saw ing his high school years. n’t meet the criteria. It car- Arellano with a gun walking “Have fun and enjoy the ries a maximum penalty of toward the dance floor. After high school experience, but, life in prison and we have the shot was fired Lara at the same time, take the filed other charges as well. allegedly struggled with serious aspect of it,” Beard There will be more than Arellano and hit Arellano said about his philosophy. enough for the judge to work several times on the head “Make sure you’re coming with in this case.” while telling him to let go of away actually learning According to the court the gun. Lara said Arellano something. It’s fun to mix affidavit, Arellano allegedly allegedly attempted to shoot both of them.” told police he shot his wife him during the struggle. According to Filer High because she was cheating on speech teacher Kristy him. Laurie Welch may be Forester, the pursuit of aca- “I’m tired of them laugh- reached at lwelch@magic- demic excellence amounts to ing at me, right in front of valley.com or 677-5025. more than lip service for Beard, a class valedictorian with a 4.0 grade point aver- Courtesy photo age. Filer High School senior Bryce Beard, center, is pictured with fellow classmates Danny Dyson, left, and “With Bryce, you know Robert Willis. 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS why you’re in the classroom. He’s an exemplary student BRYCE BEARD TWIN FALLS COUNTY who achieves at a high rate in WEDNESDAY ARRAIGNMENTS everything he does,”Forester Age: 18 Ashley L. Summer, 26, Twin Falls; possession of a controlled sub- said. “He takes advanced School: Filer High School stance, $10,000 bond, public defender appointed, preliminary courses in speech, English After graduation: Beard plans to serve a two-year church mission, after which he is considering pur- June 11 and government, and is one suing a career in dentistry or optometry. Ricardo C. Beraun Jr., 23, Twin Falls; possession of a controlled sub- of the most polite kids you Graduation: Beard and 82 of his classmates will graduate during a 6 p.m. ceremony Saturday at the stance, $20,000 bond, public defender appointed, preliminary would want to meet.” College of Southern Idaho Gymnasium in Twin Falls. June 11 Beard has also been a Tony Tellez, 30, Buhl; unlawful possession of a firearm, $30,000 bond, standout for Filer’s varsity and medal in my junior year, organized a free January and then learning to apply public defender appointed, preliminary June 11 basketball team and proved and 15th place in my senior dental sealant day for 16 to 20 the sealant,” Hughes said. to be a consistent runner year.” Filer Elementary School stu- “He’s the type of young man IDAHO LOTTERY during two years of cross- The pinnacle of Beard’s dents. you hope your daughter country competition. high school career is proba- “My biggest concern was marries.” Wednesday, June 2 “I started running to stay bly best defined in his sen- how we were going to take 04 09 14 39 43 Powerball: 38 in shape for basketball and ior-project work. Under the care of so many, but I was John E. Swayze may be Power Play: x4 found out I loved it,”he said. direction of Twin Falls den- amazed by how much work reached at 326-7212 or Wednesday, June 2 “I was able to take fifth place tist Jim Hughes, Beard Bryce put into organization [email protected]. WILD CARD: 06 10 12 25 27 Ace of Diamonds June 2 1 9 1 AROUND THE VALLEY June 1 7 6 2 May 31 9 8 1 CSI gets $25,000 “It gets them engaged in $50,000 less than the delays of as much as 10 min- Wednesday, June 2 higher education early and Airport Authority’s con- utes. A pilot car will be in grant from Qwest gives them a head start on sulting engineer estimated. operation during the lane 04 07 10 22 32 HB: 7 All the cluck accomplishing their goals.” The project is to seal most of closure. In the event of a discrepancy between the numbers Fresh eggs from your backyard? Foundation shown here and the Idaho Lottery’s official list of winning We’ll tell you how. The IEN is a state effort to the pavement at the airport. Specialized Pavement numbers, the latter shall prevail. The College of Southern connect more than 200 Markings, of Tualatin, Ore., www.idaholottery.com 334-2600 Tuesday in Home & Garden Idaho in Twin Falls is schools during the next two Sun Valley Road is the contractor for the receiving a $25,000 grant years with two-way $149,000 project. from the Qwest Foundation interactive communication. night work delayed WEATHER to grow its access to college District 23, 26 courses for students in rural Nearly $740,000 in The start of night work on areas through the Idaho the Idaho Highway 75 Republicans to / Education Network. airport projects heads spur/Sun Valley Road has meet today 24 7 The grant will pay for 175 to T.F. City Council been delayed until Monday students to each take a dual- due to anticipated wet and Republicans in Idaho credit course through CSI, A $403,642 pavement cold weather, the Idaho Legislative District 23 will which allows them to sealing project and a Transportation Department hold a reorganizational simultaneously earn high $335,871 master plan update announced Wednesday. meeting at 7 tonight at That school and college credits. for Joslin Field, Magic Valley The contractor has One Place, 1003 Main St., Circulation phones open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily The grant is also a chal- Regional Airport will be sent rescheduled the work to Buhl. TIMES-NEWS and 6 to 10 a.m. on weekends for questions lenge to other businesses to to the Twin Falls City install durable pavement District leadership and about delivery, new subscriptions and vacation pay for more students to Council for its approval. markings from Ketchum to state Republican Party con- PUBLISHER/EDITOR stops. If you don’t receive your paper by Brad Hurd ...... 735-3255 6:30 a.m., call the number for your area participate in the program, The nearly $740,000 in Sun Valley. vention candidates will be NEWSROOM before 10 a.m. for redelivery. said Qwest Idaho President projects were approved Crews will work for two selected during the meeting. News tips before 5 p.m...... 735-3246 Jim Schmit. Tuesday by the airport’s nights from 10 p.m. to 6 Information: Gary Davis, MAIL INFORMATION News tips after 5 p.m...... 735-3220 Curtis Eaton, executive advisory board. The proj- a.m. to replace existing 326-4980. Letters to the editor ...... 735-3266 The Times-News (UPS 631-080) is published daily Wood River and Lincoln Co. Bureau . . .788-3475 at 132 Fairfield St. W., Twin Falls, by Lee director of the CSI ects will be 95 percent paid paint striping, ITD stated. A similar meeting for Obituaries ...... 735-3266 Publications Inc., a subsidiary of Lee Enterprises. Foundation, said the grant for by the Federal Aviation Work could be delayed Republicans in District 26 is Periodicals paid at Twin Falls by The Times-News. ADVERTISING Official city and county newspaper pursuant to will help CSI expand its Administration with the again due to sustained wet also set for today at the fire Advertising director John Pfeifer . . . . .735-3354 Section 6C-108 of the Idaho Code. Thursday is support of dual-credit stu- rest falling on the city and weather or low tempera- station meeting room on CLASSIFIEDS hereby designated as the day of the week on dents. county, said Bill Carberry, tures, according to ITD. Main Street in Eden. Customer service ...... 733-0931, ext. 2 which legal notices will be published. Postmaster, please send change of address form to: P.O. Box “Dual-credit is a valuable airport manager. One lane will be closed Information: Cathy Roemer, CIRCULATION 548, Twin Falls, Idaho 83303. tool for any young person The sealing project went while crews are working. 308-5034. All delivery areas ...... 733-0931, ext 1 planning to go to college,” to Intermountain Slurry Drivers should watch for ...... or 1-800-658-3883 Copyright © 2010 Magic Valley Newspapers Inc. Circulation director Robert Ronco . . . .735-3327 Vol. 105, No. 154 Eaton said in a statement. Seal Inc., which bid about flaggers and be prepared for — Staff reports Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho LOCAL/WEST/FROM PAGE ONE Thursday, June 3, 2010 Main 3 Carrying the flame of hope “I think it was a really because Savannah is back T.F. Special Olympics event helps, TIP A COP good turnout this year,”said home.” Perreira, who has coordi- The torch run was an Where: Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 1564 Blue Lakes Blvd. N., nated the torch run for the opening act for the charity honors athletes past and present Twin Falls past eight years. event that continues with By Rebecca De Leon When: 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today Participants included today’s “Tip a Cop” event at What: Times-News writer MORE ONLINE Area law enforcement officers will serve meals, with tip pro- Special Olympics athlete Perkins, when officers will ceeds and 25 percent of sales going toward Special Olympics. Matt Holston, 22, of Twin serve meals from 6 a.m. to 7 WATCH a video of Also: A fundraising silent auction for various items will be held. Approximately 20 people, the torch run. Falls. He has competed in p.m., with tips and some mostly police officers, ran MAGICVALLEY.COM cycling and bowling for four proceeds going to Special from Twin Falls City Park to with the Henstocks to sup- officers. They were so spe- years, training under Donna Olympics. Perkins Restaurant & Bakery port Savannah at the 2007 cial to Savannah. They were Rae Henstock. A fundraising silent auc- Wednesday to spread word died April 26 at 26 years old. World Special Olympic always there to hug her.” Henstock said her family tion will also benefit Idaho and support for Special Savannah had been a Special Games. On Wednesday, With a police escort, has found solace through Special Olympics athletes. Olympics Idaho and area Olympics athlete since she Henstock choked back tears Wednesday’s torch run the community’s support “It’s always wonderful athletes. was 7. as she thanked Perreira and moved along the 2.7-mile and memories of when people show support,” Though she didn’t run, Henstock said both she Idaho State Police Capt. Rob run north at a steady clip. Savannah’s participation in Henstock said. “The dona- one observer still carried a and her daughter were close Storm for their support over At the front of the pack, past torch runs. tions really do help us so personal tie to the torch run. to police officers who the years. the Special Olympics “Death is a tragedy for much. It covers the cost of Hollister resident Donna donated time to Special “It’s important for people “Flame of Hope” was held those of us left behind,”she travel, lodging, food for the Rae Henstock is a trainer for Olympics Idaho. to know that they spend high to symbolize the con- said. “But not for those that athletes and participation Special Olympics athletes in Twin Falls Police time with my team,” nection law enforcement move on. We were able to fees. It’s so needed to show southern Idaho. Her daugh- Department employee Henstock said. “There is a officers have with athletes bring a sense of joy and hap- the athletes that you care ter, Savannah Henstock, Tracy Perreira went to China great feeling of love from the as guardians of the event. piness to the funeral and you love them.” Ted Haggard to start new church in Colo. Springs By Dan Elliott Church. Wearing an open- Associated Press writer neck shirt and jeans,Haggard sounded both optimistic and COLORADO SPRINGS, chastened, calling himself a Colo. — Former megachurch repentant sinner and a bro- pastor Ted Haggard said ken man who believes he can Wednesday that he will still help others. launch a new church from his “When the crash came in Colorado Springs my personal life, it home, 3 1/2 years was so incredibly after he resigned embarrassing and from his ministry heartbreaking,’’ he amid an embarrass- said. “It broke me. ing and devastating And I’m still broken, sex scandal. some.’’ “This is my resur- Haggard said a tel- rection day,’’ he Haggard evision documentary declared. on the birth of his Haggard said his new ven- new church was a possibility KAREN BOSSICK/For the Times-News ture would not be a but nothing was certain. Brendan Freund, Maxx Bates and James Hague share one final joke before receiving their diplomas. megachurch like New Life At his new church, Church, the congregation he Haggard said he will teach founded in 1985 and then left that God intended marriage in 2006 after a male prosti- to be a monogamous union of W.R.graduates mindful of absent peer tute said Haggard paid him a man and a woman. But he for sex. said heterosexual marriage By Karen Bossick “We’re a pretty close-knit before becoming assistant his generation does not Haggard said he doesn’t was just one ideal in a long list Times-News correspondent group so, yeah, it’s affecting superintendent of the Blaine spend all its time playing know how many people will of things God wants people all of us,”said Ellen Johnson. County School District. video games and texting one attend his new church, but he to do, including pray, be HAILEY — In all, 174 stu- “I think everyone here has Brendan Freund, a another, he said. said the ordeal he and his healthy and stay monoga- dents marched across the got something with them to National Merit Scholar, will “We have so much talent, wife,Gayle,went through has mous. stage at the Wood River remember him by,” added take a truckload of that I have no doubt that we prepared them to help others. He also said the biblical High School gymnasium Makenzie-Ann Callaghan, scholarship money with him (will) be able to solve the “I have an incredible heart ideals are sometimes hard to Wednesday night, taking who had written Schwab’s to Stanford University, along problems like I just for broken people,’’he said.“I live up to. their diplomas in hand. name on her elaborately with a 4.0 grade point aver- described,”he said. think we’re qualified to hold “Earth is not heaven. And But it was the one student decorated mortarboard. age and nine college credits Freund encouraged his people’s hands’’ in times of here on Earth, sexuality is who couldn’t be there who The Class of 2010 will go in such classes as advanced classmates to stay true to trouble. very complex and very con- was on their minds. out into the world with half calculus and physics. themselves. Haggard made his fusing,’’he said. Sam Schwab suffered a a million dollars’ worth of He spoke Wednesday “No matter what you announcement outside his “There is a complex badly broken leg in a trail college scholarships and night as valedictorian. decide to do, the most home, a two-story, brick- process people have to go bike accident over the $195,000 awarded by local Freund said he was con- important thing is to be fronted structure with a large through between their per- Memorial Day weekend and scholarship organizations, cerned about the depletion happy,” he said. “Do what barn, a swimming pool and sonal beliefs and their own was airlifted to Boise after he noted Principal John of coal and oil, as well as you love and don’t let others white-fenced corrals on ideals that they themselves developed a life-threatening Blackman, who served his other assaults on the earth. tell you what you should be Colorado Springs’north side, fail at, and I am a glaring lung clot. final graduation as principal But, despite what others say, doing.” not far from New Life example of that,’’he said. 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS GOODING COUNTY driving under the influence (under ing under the influence, driving Arturo Garcia-Tovar, 24; felony Delfino Wences-Guzman, 34; driv- of a controlled substance, use or ARRAIGNMENTS/AMENDED 21), failure to give immediate without privileges, grand theft. ing under the influence (second possession of drug paraphernalia, CHARGES notice of an accident. resisting/obstructing officer. Kayla Earlene Worth, 19; felony offense) amended to driving both dismissed on motion of pros- Jesus Alejandro Bedolla-Arreola, Margarita A. Perez, 20, driving Balfre R. Arizmendi-Pedroza, 33; fraud or insufficient funds check. under the influence, $575.50 ecution. 31; driving without privileges. under the influence. felony possession of a controlled MISDEMEANOR SENTENCINGS fine/fees, 180 days in jail, 175 sus- Jesus Gomez-Rangel, 48; resist- James Henry Brizendine, 35; driv- Darick Luke Peterson, 20, inatten- substance, driving under the influ- Donald Lee Nuse, 21; possession of pended, one day credited, 12 ing/obstructing officer, dismissed ing under the influence (second tive/careless driving. ence (excessive), possession of a controlled substance, 365 days months’ supervised probation, by court. offense). Walter J. Pfrimmer, 22; driving alcoholic beverage/open contain- in jail, 364 suspended, one credit- 180-day driver’s license suspen- FELONY SENTENCINGS Brandon James Huffman, 19; pos- without privileges (second er by driver, failure to ed, 12 months’ supervised proba- sion. Rene Octavio Pena, 37; felony for- session of a controlled substance, offense). purchase/invalid driver’s license, tion terminated; use or possession MISDEMEANOR DISMISSALS gery (conspiracy to commit), use or possession of drug para- Isidro Arizmendi, 33; felony assault felony assault or battery upon cer- of drug paraphernalia, $367.50 Janell M. Allen, no age given; $125.50 fine/fees, two years in phernalia. or battery upon certain personnel, tain personnel, felony weapon- fine/fees, 365 days in jail, 364 sus- inattentive/careless penitentiary determinate, 12 Lionel Jacob Jimenez, 17; failure to felony weapon-attempt or remove attempt or remove from law pended, one credited, 12 months’ driving, dismissed. indeterminate, 233 days credit- purchase/invalid driver’s license, from law enforcement officer, driv- enforcement officer. supervised probation active. Eric Jules Dastous, 18; possession ed. Standards www.magicvalley.com Continued from Main 1 Need HCG SUPPORT? courses before moving on to Take it from SPOT... We Have I t ! their freshman-level courses, Plantasia Cactus NON OILY LOTIONS! Barry said, and she’d like to CLEANSES! see the standards reduce that Gardens DETOXES! need. STEVIA ASSORTED FLAVORS As one example of the changes, a proposed new Annual Sale LIQUID B 12! 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N. 733 1411 department. 733-2258 M F 9:30AM 5:30PM SAT 10:00AM 4:00PM CLOSED SUNDAYS Main 4 Thursday, June 3, 2010 IDAHO/WEST Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Calif. may ban plastic bags Sacred bone whistle By Samantha Young No other U.S. state has headed back to Associated Press writer adopted a ban, according to Brownley’s office. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The bill, AB 1998, still It could soon cost California needs state Senate approval. Nez Perce from U of I shoppers at the checkout Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger aisle if they forget to bring praised the Assembly for By John Miller Perce members, as well as their own bags to the store passing the plastic bag ban, Associated Press writer their possessions, were under what would be the which he called “a great vic- returned by the University nation’s first statewide plas- tory for our environment.’’ BOISE — It was one of of Idaho and Washington tic bag ban. Ashley Smith, 29, of those fortuitous little State University in nearby The California Assembly Sacramento said she favors moments that happen Pullman and reburied at a on Wednesday passed legis- banning plastic bags, even every now and again in secret location, to thwart lation prohibiting pharma- though she reuses her plas- archaeological collections: modern-day grave robbers. cies and grocery, liquor and tic bags to pick up after her Somebody opens a dusty In this latest find, Evans- convenience stores from giv- AP photo dog. old box, not knowing Janke said lab workers were ing out plastic bags. The bill A car drives past a plastic bag on Highway 70 near Olivehurs, Calif., “It’s good to do things what’s inside. about 60 percent finished also calls for customers to be Wednesday. The California Assembly on Wednesday passed legislation that are good for the envi- What University of Idaho with cataloguing collec- charged for using store- that would prohibit grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor stores and con- ronment,’’Smith said as she anthropologist Leah tions from Idaho’s issued paper bags. venience stores from giving out free plastic and paper bags. left a Safeway grocery store Evans-Janke and staff at 10 northern counties in The goal is to get rid of in Sacramento. the school’s Alfred W. 2009 when they came unsightly disposable plastic who authored the bill. tomers bags made only of Requiring stores to charge Bowers Laboratory of across the bone whistle, bags that often wind up in Discouraging plastic bag recyclable paper, plastic that customers for paper bags is a Anthropology found — a along with a square wood urban rivers and the ocean, use through fees or bans first can be turned into compost, cost Republican lawmakers sacred bone whistle,among stick, a brass or copper but- as well as to reduce the num- gained traction outside of the or sturdy cloth or plastic that argued some Californians other items possibly dating ton, a tusk-like shell and a ber of bags heading for land- U.S. in nations such as South can be reused. can’t afford. to the 1700s — are now on rounded cork. fills. Africa, Ireland, China and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. got The American Chemistry the verge of being returned “Every now and again, “The biggest way to elimi- Bangladesh. rid of plastic bags at three of Council estimates the bill to the Nez Perce tribe after you still find one of those nate this kind of pollution is In 2007, San Francisco its Northern California would amount to a $1 billion spending decades in a for- boxes that hasn’t been paid to ban it,’’ said became the first U.S. city to stores this January as part of tax and threaten 500 jobs in gotten, anonymous crate in much attention to,’’ she Assemblywoman Julia require supermarkets and a pilot program to gauge cus- the plastic bag manufactur- a warehouse. said.“We get surprised,just Brownley, D-Santa Monica, large drug stores to offer cus- tomer response. ing business. While Evans-Janke, the like anybody else.’’ lab’s collections manager in Records show the objects Moscow, Idaho, says the were dug up 47 years ago on discovery isn’t earthshak- property owned by a sheep ing, “the greatest feeling in rancher named Harry AROUND THE WEST the world is meeting with Hagen. It was in the midst the tribe, and handing the of road construction, but WYOMING When park rangers arrived shortly there- frame and ore bin to a timber recycling busi- items back over to them, the site had been ransacked, Lightning hits people after, the man was conscious and breathing ness. A jury acquitted the two of a charge of and knowing things are according to an Idaho State on his own, Nash said. stealing government property, but convicted coming back to where they Archaeological Society at Old Faithful, injuring 9 Idell was discharged from the hospital at them of destruction of government property. should be — kind of tipping account. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — A light- about 5 p.m. Wednesday, according to a nurs- the balance in the universe “Although the site did ning strike in Yellowstone National Park ing supervisor. Group: Idaho’s Teton River to where things should be.’’ not yield human remains at injured nine people waiting to see Old Faithful IDAHO The 20-year-old federal the time of the excavation, geyser erupt and one man hit by the bolt on Idaho pair sentenced for endangered amid dam talk Native American Graves it was noted that the site Tuesday was hospitalized until late BOISE — An advocacy group named Protection and Repat- had been ‘almost com- Wednesday afternoon. destroying historic mine Idaho’s Teton River to its list of most-endan- riation Act requires human pletely potted by ama- The park identified him as Harlan C. Idell BOISE — Two Bellevue residents convicted gered streams amid talk of resurrecting a dam remains, funerary and teurs,’’’ the National Park Jr., 57,of Leesburg, Fla. of destroying part of a historic central Idaho that failed spectacularly three decades ago. sacred objects, and objects Service wrote in a Federal Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash said mine have been sentenced to 18 months in American Rivers says rebuilding the Teton of cultural patrimony be Register notice published Wednesday he didn’t know the type of injuries federal prison for the crime. Dam would waste money, be unsafe and irre- returned to lineal descen- Tuesday. Idell suffered. U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge also sponsible because other, more-reliable water dants and culturally affili- The federal agency now The others suffered minor injuries. ordered 37-year-old Russell Nuxoll and supply options exist. ated American Indian manages the site where the Nash said the lightning struck about 4 p.m. 51-year-old Janet Sylten to each pay more Idaho and the Bureau of Reclamation are tribes. objects were found.It’s near Tuesday in an asphalt area near the Old than $61,000 in restitution and spend three investigating ways to boost water supply in That can take years; col- where Nez Perce members, Faithful Inn. years on probation after they complete their Idaho, a state whose drier-than-average weath- lections are so vast, even led by Chief Joseph, fought “There were literally hundreds of people in prison terms er over much of the last decade has many con- their curators sometimes U.S. Cavalry forces in 1877 the immediate area,’’ he said. Prosecutors accused the pair of looting the cerned about its agriculture-based economy. don’t know what they have. during in the Battle of Idell was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Snoose Mine, located two miles west of Hailey The Teton Dam failed in 1976, killing 11 peo- In 2006, the remains of White Bird Canyon on their Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Nash said and listed as an official archaeological site, to ple and 18,000 livestock. about 150 American unsuccessful flight toward some bystanders performed CPR on the man. sell the pre-World War II timbers of the head — The Associated Press Indians including Nez Canada. DineMini-Cassia on Us $ Win a 30 gift certificate to any of these restaurants. FEATURED BUSINESS Come Try Our New Pier Menu Shrimp Chef's Special Basket 16oz. 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By Rebecca Boone The Idaho Supreme Court jus- But the judge decided to impose was found to have violated her pro- designed to help juveniles become Associated Press writer tices said that even though the some terms on her parents as well, bation for various reasons — none contributing members of society. daughter had committed a crime, because an investigation done in of them involving drugs — and her And the high court said that under BOISE — The Idaho Supreme the parents didn’t have any dimin- preparation for the disposition parents tested positive for marijua- state law, the lower court was cor- Court has ruled that the parents of ished expectation of privacy. showed that the parents had a his- na. Burton continued the girl’s pro- rect: “...the legislature gave magis- a girl who committed petit theft The parents were referred to as tory of drug abuse and that the bation and again required the par- trates the discretion to require drug can’t be forced to undergo drug John Doe and Jane Doe II in the case mother was on probation for pos- ents to undergo random drug tests, testing for parents, at least where it tests as a condition of their daugh- to keep their daughter’s identity session of marijuana drug para- warning them they could be subject is apparent that drug use is a feature ter’s probation. from being revealed. phernalia. to contempt of court proceedings if of home life,’’Justice Warren Jones In the unanimous ruling The case began in 2005, when Magistrate Judge Robert Burton they used drugs. wrote for the court. “Drug use by a Tuesday, the high court found that the parents appeared without an asked the parents about their drug But this time around, the parents minor’s parents could reasonably while state law allowed a Kootenai attorney in magistrate court with use,according to court records,and refused to sign the court’s proba- detract from the minor’s education County juvenile court judge to their daughter, who was a minor. both said they’d used marijuana.As tion order and appealed the terms and rehabilitation.’’ require that the parents undergo The daughter admitted to two a result, Burton required both par- of probation. Still, the high court found the random drug testing, the practice counts of petit theft, and was put ents to undergo random drug tests The Idaho Supreme Court jus- probation order violated the par- violates the U.S. Constitution’s on probation at her disposition (the as a term of their daughter’s proba- tices said the lower court judge’s ents’ Fourth Amendment rights protection against unreasonable juvenile court equivalent of a sen- tion. intentions were laudable and met because it intruded on their bodily searches. tencing) a month later. Some time later, the daughter the goals of Idaho’s state laws privacy. Study: Fear keeps Lineman ready to return to work kids from being after getting 7,620-volt shock By Kevin Gaboury tested for lead Lewiston Tribune LEWISTON — Aside from some scarring on his Avista lineman SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — a story published fingers and a missing big Tig Cornell, A new study concludes par- Wednesday. “When they toe where 7,620 volts of center, shown ents living in the Bunker Hill started talking about know- electricity exited his body, May 27 in Superfund site in Idaho’s ing people who were leaded, Tig Cornell has fully recov- Clarkston, Silver Valley are reluctant to I realized that people really ered and is ready to return Wash., consid- have their children tested for can identify those health to work. lead exposure due to a stig- effects in their families and “Everybody’s pretty ers himself ma associated with elevated friends.’’ much told me that I’m lucky to be blood-lead levels. Moodie said the low lucky,’’ he said. alive after Work at the Bunker Hill screening rates should be a “Everything just happened touching a live Smelter in Kellogg until 1982 concern, especially among to work out perfectly the wire in late left the region surrounding children 6 and younger who day that it happened.’’ January in Lake Coeur d’Alene awash in are at greatest risk from lead The 35-year-old Avista Clarkston lead pollution. Early child- exposure through house- lineman was severely hood lead exposure is linked hold dust. burned on Jan. 27 while his Heights. He to a lower IQ and behavioral “Being leaded’’ is a crew was repairing power said the quick problems. No amount of derogatory term in the Silver lines along the 2700 block actions of lead exposure is considered Valley. Moodie found par- of Sixth Avenue in co-workers safe. ents fear their children will Clarkston. Dave Paradis, The number of children become targets of ridicule if Cornell, who is from left, and Mike living inside “the Box’’— the they are tested. The percep- Genesee, said he has Knight, right, 21-square-mile area that tion was that “they were absolutely no recollection received the brunt of his- dirty people and didn’t take of the day of the accident or and of emer- toric mining pollution — care of their kids,’’one sur- the week after it happened. gency workers who are screened each year vey respondent told Moodie. “I lost seven days where I saved his life. for lead exposure has “The Box’’ is cleaner than don’t remember anything,’’ dropped from hundreds to it was 30 years ago,when the he said. just a handful in the past Bunker Hill Smelter was Nobody knows exactly decade, including seven kids operating, following $50 what happened that day, in 2007. The declines also million worth of Superfund and Cornell’s only account come after the federal gov- cleanup, said Marc is what he’s been told by AP photo ernment in 2002 stopped Stifelman, a human health co-workers on the four- paying families $20 to have risk assessor for the U.S. man crew he was with. Cornell was airlifted to to the quick response of body comes in contact with their kids screened. Environmental Protection “I reached up to grab the Harborview Medical his co-workers and the that kind of voltage, they The study by Sue Moodie, Agency. Over two decades, wire and (the electricity) Center in Seattle, where he new trauma ambulance usually don’t live to talk a doctoral student and toxi- contaminated soil was went in my left hand and spent three days in inten- based in the Clarkston about it,’’Thomason said. cologist at Johns Hopkins stripped from residential out my right toe,’’he said.“I sive care and 21 days in the Heights, which arrived on For Cornell, the hardest Bloomberg School of Public yards and public areas and can’t remember. It was like burn unit. the scene in about three part of his harrowing expe- Health in Baltimore, Md., replaced with clean dirt. I wasn’t even there.’’ “Then I came home and minutes. rience has been not being found parents feel “blame, When payments to fami- Avista linemen Dave have pretty much been “If they didn’t put that able to do the job he loves shame and guilt’’ for high lies stopped eight years ago, Paradis and Mike Knight healing up ever since,’’ ambulance up there in the and “just sitting around at levels of lead in their chil- 95 percent of the children were on the scene that day, Cornell said. Heights, I probably would- home doing nothing,’’ he dren’s blood. Moodie drew tested during the three pre- but their memories of the His wife, Sheri, said she n’t be here,’’he said. said. her conclusions after inter- vious years had blood levels accident are also fuzzy. was just about to leave for He mentioned Avista has Cornell is now waiting on viewing 94 caregivers. of 10 milligrams per deciliter Paradis said another line- Hawaii when she received been “nothing but extraor- the results of a psychologi- “People were quite candid or less. That’s the Centers men named Dave Fowler the call her husband had dinary’’ throughout the cal evaluation before he can with me,’’ Moodie told the for Disease Control and felt the power pole he was been burned. ordeal. return to work. Spokesman-Review news- Prevention’s threshold for on shake violently when She left town right away, Mike Thomason, He started working for paper in Spokane,Wash.,for public health action. Cornell grasped the live and Avista arranged for a Lewiston-Clarkston Avista in May 2002 and said wire. private jet to fly Cornell’s regional business manager his favorite part is the “He turned around and daughters and his brother for Avista, said aside from change of scenery the job saw Tig on the ground,’’ out to Seattle. Cornell’s case, the compa- provides each day. Paradis said. “It was scary with him ny has been fortunate when “You don’t have to go to Federal judge retires Knight said they didn’t not remembering that first it comes to accidents. the same location everyday initially realize Cornell had day and second day ... hav- “We have a very high and do the exact same been shocked. ing to repeat over and over regard for safety and train- thing,’’ he said. “Ninety “I thought he had fallen what had happened ing,’’ he said. “We haven’t percent of the time, it’s before vote to settle off the pole,’’he said. because he just couldn’t had very many accidents something different.’’ The two men rushed to keep his short-term mem- involving industry line- When asked if the inci- administer CPR to their ory,’’she said. men. dent has changed his opin- Indian trust lawsuit fallen friend and Fowler was “But now that we’re He added the swift ion of the line of work he’s about to use an automatic home, everything’s back to response by Avista workers in, Cornell shook his head By Matt Volz a century. external defibrillator (AED) normal. He’s running and EMS personnel made a vigorously. Associated Press writer The U.S. House of when the ambulance around with the kids and major difference in the out- “Accidents happen,’’ he Representatives has arrived. there are no problems with come. said. “That’s just part of HELENA, Mont. — The approved the settlement, “They were just getting balance or anything.’’ “In cases where some- the job.’’ federal judge who presided but it also must be accepted ready to put the stickys on Cornell’s next doctor over a class-action lawsuit by the Senate. The parties me when the ambulance appointment is June 23. accusing the government of have agreed to extend the showed up,’’he said. He credits his survival mismanaging Indian trust May 28 deadline until June 15 funds has retired before the for approval mandated by a Senate could vote on the federal court. $3.4 billion settlement Bill McAllister, spokes- negotiated after 14 years of man for lead plaintiff litigation. Elouise Cobell of Montana, Summer Judge James Robertson’s said Robertson’s retirement retirement as a senior judge was a surprise to all but a in the U.S. District Court in few, but it is not expected to Music Classes Washington, D.C., took affect the settlement. effect on Tuesday, said “It may explain most eas- June -, Canyon Ridge HS Robertson’s secretary, ily why he was so anxious to Music Room Marlene Taylor. The judge is get Congress to act on the Classes off ered: in his 70s. case by the end of May. I Robertson oversaw the think he wanted to be Beginning Band (: -: am OR : - : pm) negotiations that led to the around to preside over the Piano Keyboard (: - : am) settlement between the end of the case,’’ McAllister Department of Interior and said. Drums (: - : am) the plaintiffs — some The case has been reas- 300,000 to 500,000 Indians signed to District Judge Swap Band (: - : am) who own property the gov- Thomas Hogan, who will ernment holds in trust for preside over a fairness hear- Recreation Band (: noon - : pm) them. ing if the Senate approves The Department of the settlement. Guitar (: -: am OR : - : pm) Interior leases that land to Hogan will be the third Students may take as many classes as they others to farm or develop judge to preside over the resources and by agreement case. wish for one $ fee. is supposed to pay the All classes taught by CRHS & RSMS Band Director Indians the money generat- Foot Clinic Ted Hadley ed by the land into Individual Indian Money Arch / Heel Pain Toe / Joint Pain Monday - Friday in the Canyon Ridge HS Music Room. trust accounts, or IIMs. The Ingrown Toenails Toenail Problems For answers to questions, please call or email plaintiffs claim the govern- Corns / Calluses Other Foot Problems Mr. Hadley at - Ext or -. ment mismanaged those Timothy G. Tomlinson, DPM [email protected] trust accounts for more than 267 N. Canyon Dr. Gooding 934 8829 MAIN 6 THURSDAY,JUNE 3, 2010 OPINION EDITOR STEVE CRUMP: 735-3223 [email protected] QUOTABLE “Make peace with me and there will be no need for foreigners here.” OPINION — Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an appeal to the Taliban
EDITORIAL Time to be blunt: New doubts about Teton Dam won’t be rebuilt, climate change hree modern myths have been sold to the nor should it be TAmerican people: the promise of a transparent administration (President hirty-four years ago Saturday, eastern Obama); the promise of a Idaho changed forever. more ethical Congress The eight-month-old Teton Dam on (Speaker Pelosi); and the the Teton River near Rexburg collapsed myth of “global warming,” on June 5, 1976, drowning 11 people and or climate change. 18,000T head of livestock and causing $2 billion in damage. For a few anxious hours that Saturday afternoon, it looked as if the then-50-year-old American Falls Dam downstream on the Snake River might be endangered. Had the American Falls Dam failed, it would have Cal changed life as we know it in the Magic Valley. Thomas Ever since, irrigators and others in eastern Idaho have pushed for Teton Dam’s reconstruction. Simply The first two are daily put, it’s not going to happen. proving suspect and now For starters, the Teton Dam was constructed by the the third is sinking with federal Bureau of Reclamation at a location where it greater force than melting should never have been built. icebergs, if they were melt- The site is volcanic rock that sits upon sedimentary ing, which many believe rock. The area is permeable they are not. and riven with springs, After spending years pro- being endangered any Joe D’Aleo of The Weather Instead of trying to sell us moting “global warming,” longer. CBC News reported Channel, are publicly dis- a dubious doctrine at an according to historian Mark Our view: For the media are beginning to that the polar bear’s desig- tancing themselves from the estimated cost of $100 bil- Reisner, author of “Cadillac turn in the face of growing nation as a “species of spe- false doctrine of global lion a year worldwide (so Desert.”Test boreholes some Upper evidence that they have cial concern” has been sus- warming. D’Aleo says, far), environmentalists showed that one side of the Snake River been wrong. The London pended “while the govern- “We’ll have La Nina condi- would have done themselves canyon was fissured, a condi- Times recently reported: ment reviews the polar tions before the summer is and the world more good tion unlikely to be remediated Valley water “Britain’s premier scientific bear’s status and decides over, and it will intensify had they chosen a different by BuRec’s favored method of users, rebuild- institution is being forced to whether to renew the classi- further through the fall and strategy, such as not sending “grouting” (or injecting con- review its statements on cli- fication or change it.” winter. Thus we’ll have oil money to countries that crete into the substrates under ing the Teton mate change after a rebel- The New York Times cooler temperatures for the want to destroy us. This high pressure.) Dam has been lion by members who ques- recently lamented “global next couple of years.” would have increased our No matter. Under pressure tion mankind’s contribution warmism’s loss of credibili- Remember the scare patriotic spirit and had the from then-Congressman the holy grail to rising temperatures.” ty” in a story about hun- ignited in 2007 by supposed additional benefit of not George Hansen, R-Idaho, the for the past It gets worse, or better, dreds of “environmental melting Arctic ice caps? The only diversifying our energy dam was built anyway. depending on your perspec- activists who met to ponder Star Canada says a new supply, but also depriving “The fundamental cause of one-third of a tive. Newsweek magazine, this question: “if the scien- analysis shows that the our enemies of money they failure may be regarded as a century. But which more than 30 years tific consensus on climate apparent change was the use to underwrite terrorism. combination of geological fac- ago promoted global cooling change has not changed, result of “shifting winds,” Watch for the hardcore tors and design decisions that, it’s not going and a new ice age — and why have so many people while an expedition last year “global warming” cultists to taken together, permitted the to happen. more recently has been turned away from the idea to the North Pole discovered continue clinging to their failure to develop,”a review drinking the global warming that human activity is the ice “100 percent thicker beliefs; but also watch panel concluded. Kool-Aid — headlined a warming the planet?” The than expected.” increasing numbers of sci- story,“Uncertain Science: “consensus” never was a Much of this information entists and eventually Nearly four decades later, the state of Idaho and Bickering and Defensive, consensus. Most of us may — and more — is available at politicians to abandon this BuRec are investigating ways to boost water supply in Climate Researchers Have not have gotten an “A” in the useful website www.cli- once “certain” faith and to Idaho. That includes, perhaps, a new Teton Dam. Lost the Public’s Trust.” science, but we can sense matedepot.com. look for other ways to con- The environmental group American Rivers said this Newsweek does its best to when we are being bamboo- It is a given that America trol our lives. In that pursuit, week that rebuilding Teton Dam would waste money, cling to its increasingly dis- zled. needs new sources of ener- the left never quits. Rather be unsafe and irresponsible because other, more reli- credited doctrine, but the The German online news gy. Environmentalists have than acknowledge their able water supply options exist. growing body of contrary magazine “Focus” recently inhibited efforts at explo- error, they will go on to American Rivers is just articulating what down- evidence only adds to the carried a story,“Warm ration by supporting poli- make new mistakes, know- stream water users — including the Magic Valley canal public’s disbelief. Times Will Soon Be Over!” cies that have forced some ing they will never be held companies that are the dominant power in southern In Canada, the polar bear Commenting on the “new domestic exploration too far accountable. Idaho irrigation — concluded years ago. — which has been used by NASA high temperature offshore (thus increasing Yet for some eastern Idaho farmers, rebuilding the global warming promoters record,”which may be set, chances of an ecological Syndicated columnist Cal Teton Dam is as important as removing four dams on to put a cuddly face on the the magazine blames it on El disaster as is occurring in Thomas can be reached at the lower Snake River is for the Nez Perce tribe and issue — is in danger of not Nino. Meteorologists, like the Gulf of Mexico). [email protected]. other salmon advocates. So when the Idaho Legislature approved $400,000 in 2009 to study rebuilding the Teton Dam, the issue was joined again. Except that by then a significant number of eastern LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Idaho conservatives — including farmers and other water-users — had significant doubts about rebuilding A veteran’s thoughts just Americans. Our country is now in the Teton Dam. about his pledge turmoil due to a battle over Tell us what you think Essentially, it boils down to this: There are better, As a proud veteran of this who is going to run the ONLINE: Register at Magicvalley.com, and respond to cheaper ways to supply water to the Teton Basin and country, I stand for the country — the Republicans any of the local opinions or stories in today’s edition. beyond than the Teton Dam. beliefs of our founding or Democrats — and to be ON PAPER: The Times-News welcomes letters from Most of the parties who have been lobbying for years fathers. When I took my quite honest, none of them readers on subjects of public interest. Please limit let- to have the dam rebuilt are now part of the oath to the military, I really care about us the tax- Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan, a basin- pledged my life to protect payers except as long as we ters to 300 words. Include your signature, mailing wide effort to preserve and revitalize the Eastern the interests of this country pay. They are even taking address and phone number. Writers who sign letters Snake River Plain Aquifer. against all enemies, foreign steps as I write this to with false names will be permanently barred from publi- And the chances of getting an Obama and domestic. Once an oath remove one more of our cation. Letters may be brought to our Twin Falls office; Administration BuRec to sign off on rebuilding the and pledge is given it does rights using the United project are negligible. not go away. Nations — the right to bear mailed to P.O. Box 548, Twin Falls, ID 83303; faxed to But let’s be honest: The chief barrier to rebuilding While many of my broth- arms. (208) 734-5538; or e-mailed to the Teton Dam is the memory of what happened the ers, sisters and I may differ We even have one city [email protected]. last time it was tried. Contemporary societies don’t on issues of politics or reli- moving part of the Fourth JOIN THE DISCUSSION: Voice your opinion with local repeat mistakes of that magnitude. gion, we stood as one in of July celebration to July 5, combat and oath. I still take while free market and fair bloggers: Progressive Voice and Conservative Corner Imagine that you’re an irrigator seeking insurance on the opinion page at Magicvalley.com. for your operation located downstream from a rebuilt that stand beside my market have been so dis- Teton Dam. Would you be able to find anyone who brothers and sisters and torted by the seller as to would write you a policy? will to the day I die. mean we will raise the price The Teton Dam failed; it’s time — finally — to look at “We the people, by the and you will pay it because chaos which is where we those who helped with my people and for the people” you have no choice because are now! Senate campaign for Seat other solutions. was not a political state- the seller now sets the price Just some thoughts. 24. I appreciate all of the ment by men seeking re- not the consumer at the Thanks for reading. support and all of you who election. It was by men who same time the worker needs ROBERT W. WALTON voted. TIMES-NEWS gave up all they had in life a raise to support their Heyburn I look forward to repre- for a belief in a better way family and so wages and senting you and giving you a Brad Hurd . . . . publisher Steve Crump . ...Opinion editor of life and a country where services go up and it all Heider thanks voice in the state Senate. I The members of the editorial board and writers of all people had a voice in becomes a vicious circle promise to do my best. editorials are Brad Hurd, Steve Crump, Bill Bitzenburg their future. They were not until that circle catches campaign supporters LEE HEIDER and Mary Lou Panatopoulos. Democrats or Republicans, itself and we have financial I wanted to thank all of Twin Falls
T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OPINION Thursday, June 3, 2010 Main 7 OTHER VIEWS
work by GOP Rep. Mike beautiful and productive 29 percent to the pot. Here’s what Idaho newspapers Simpson. They have agreed heart of Idaho.” Perhaps this concealment to cross party lines. They are Granted, not everyone sees was inadvertent. Other moving forward, in an elec- it this way. individuals were listed as are saying about ... tion year. An off-road group, the running these campaigns. stretch family budgets, many They have set aside smaller Idaho Recreation Council, But this is not VanderSloot’s homeowners have planted political concerns of the has continued its fight first or even second venture home gardens yielding fresh moment to focus on some- against CIEDRA with radio into judicial elections. You’d vegetables, known as victory thing bigger: Central Idaho’s ads targeting Simpson and think by now he’d under- gardens in World War II dur- majestic Boulder-White Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim stand the state’s campaign ing food rationing. Adding a Clouds roadless area, and a Risch. The ads are unpersua- finance requirements. few chickens (limit of three consensus-based plan for sive, and rehash the tired, In 2006, VanderSloot and under the new Hailey law) managing the region. unyielding rhetoric that has his wife Belinda invested will add an ample supply of As advertised in its title — left the Boulder-White nearly $15,000 in a third- eggs to the breakfast table ... the Central Idaho Economic Clouds in management limbo party campaign ... that Wisely, the city has said it Development and Recreation for decades. helped oust 7th District will monitor the program Act, or CIEDRA — this bill More troubling, potential- men now has tainted two of Judge James Herndon. over the next year for com- skillfully balances varied ly,is where Gov.Butch Otter Idaho’s five Supreme Court And in 2000, it was munity acceptance and interests: stands. The state has some members. VanderSloot who bankrolled compliance, and in a year For wilderness advocates, concerns, Simpson said ,,, Does that bother you? Concerned Citizens for ... the chickens decide whether to renew the 332,775 acres would be pre- after securing the GOP’s 2nd Late in the campaign, a Family Values’ last-minute law. served in pristine form. Congressional District nomi- third-party group calling assault on incumbent of Hailey If the Hailey program For multiple-use advo- nation. itself Idaho Citizens for Supreme Court Justice works and creates no nui- cates, the bill relaxes restric- “(Otter) has asked all the Justice began running ads Cathy Silak. Concerned Idaho Mouintain Express, sances in neighborhoods, it tions on 131,616 acres of germane state agencies to slamming 2nd District Judge Citizens spent $70,000 Ketchum could be an important model wilderness study areas, now review the CIEDRA legisla- John Bradbury and promot- helping Justice Daniel for other cities to emulate. managed as de facto wilder- tion and provide input from ing the incumbent, Supreme Eismann best Silak. Of that, When the city of Hailey Hailey would surely then ness. the perspective of their own Court Justice Roger Burdick. $50,000 came from enacted its so-called have something cluck about, For off-road vehicle mission areas,”Otter Burdick prevailed (in last VanderSloot ... “Chicken Ordinance,”it of right? enthusiasts, the bill preserves spokesman Mark Warbis month’s) primary election. ... any judge who crosses course opened itself to all the key access on the Germania said.“That process is contin- But until the Spokesman- VanderSloot and his com- painful and obvious puns — Creek trail, which would cut uing. Those comments then Review’s Betsy Russell broke pany in a courtroom now it was henpecked into its between two wilderness will be compiled and shared the story just before the pri- has to recognize that the decision; it was an egg-cit- areas. with Congressman mary, nobody knew who or millionaire may choose to ing moment; it’s a way for For Custer County, Simpson’s office.” what Idaho Citizens for inject his checkbook into families to re-coop some of struggling with the con- Fair enough. But ultimate- Justice was. The group had the next judicial contest. their food costs; and others straints of a meager local tax ly,Otter should bring forward failed to comply with Idaho What’s beyond dispute ... intended as humorous base, the bill provides more any concerns, publicly.The Sunshine Law requirements is how a decade of “yokes.” than $2 million in grants for delegation deserves that. So that it register with the VanderSloot’s interference But on a more serious economic development, a does every Idahoan who has Idaho secretary of state’s in these elections has erod- note, Hailey’s approval of community center, EMT worked to sweat the details of office and disclose where it ed public trust and confi- this form of urban agricul- services and health clinics. the bill now before Congress. got its money and where dence in an impartial and ture is something of a return ... consensus on For ranchers, the bill It shouldn’t be a surprise that money was spent. independent judiciary. to the days of our grandpar- CIERDA allows continued grazing in that it has taken nearly a Turns out Idaho Citizens How can anyone expect to ents before farming had the wilderness. Some ranch- decade to reach this point. A for Justice got half its money get a fair day in court if he become a corporate industry Idaho Statesman, Boise ers would qualify for private point where Idaho can, and from Melaleuca Inc., an goes up against VanderSloot and home farmers were compensation if they volun- should, protect another one Idaho Falls firm owned by or his company before a commonplace in small Wilderness bills have long tarily retire permits. of its most precious places. Frank VanderSloot, and got judge whose campaign ben- towns. divided Idahoans — and the The word “compromise” its other half from Citizens efited from VanderSloot’s But yesteryear’s commu- people Idahoans elect to rep- often gets a bum rap, but ... Mr. Justice for Commonsense. support? nity customs is today’s use- resent them on Capitol Hill. CIEDRA reflects compromise Melaleuca was that orga- But as long as Idaho ful innovation. But not this year. All four at its best. No one gets every- VanderSloot nization’s sole contributor. insists on electing its judges As part of the environ- members of the delegation thing. Everyone gets some- Between them, Bradbury ... the temptation for corpo- mental trend of returning to have signed on to Idaho’s thing. The result, says Lewiston Tribune and Burdick spent rate manipulation in those the land and food self-suffi- next good wilderness bill, the Simpson, charts “a more $134,000. In other words, campaigns will be difficult ciency as well as a way to product of years of patient secure future for this rugged, One of Idaho’s richest VanderSloot added another to resist. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR This Wall St. enforcer shoots blanks School district thanks regarding calendars and schedules. We do plan to op quiz: Name the a regulator under fire. The and $28 million in 2008, voters who supported form a representative com- person who doesn’t Nasdaq stock exchange, according to data from Finra supplemental levy mittee to continue discus- Pbelong in the category which NASD owned, was spokesman Herb Perone. sions on how to best serve of Tough Lady Sheriffs Who awash in trading abuses and As Schapiro rose to the I would like to thank our our students. Scare the Bejesus Out of Wall needed an institutional top, Ponzi schemes were community for its decision ANDY WISEMAN Street. Susan housecleaning. cooking, unhappy investors to pass the supplemental Castleford 1. Mary Schapiro, chair- Antilla Just as she’s doing at the were given no choice but to levy on May 18. The levy (Editor’s note: Andy man of the Securities and SEC today,Schapiro ramped bring their complaints to pri- funds will allow us to con- Wiseman is the superinten- Exchange Commission. custom wing-tipped toes she up enforcement and pro- vate Wall Street courts, and tinue our quality K-12 edu- dent/principal for the 2. Sheila Bair, chairman of might step on. Warren had duced results, with fines col- hapless examiners didn’t cation, to address our Castleford School District.) the Federal Deposit the audacity to suggest that lected by NASD rising to Google before an inspection. scheduled facility needs and Insurance Corp. consumers, of all people, $125.4 million in 2005. Then She makes the right moves maintain our present pro- Spirit of cooperation 3. Elizabeth Warren, chair- have a right to be protected she was promoted to chief when she first gets called in a grams. The levy became man of the Congressional from financial institutions executive officer amid the crisis. But if your portfolio even more needed this year quickly vanished Oversight Panel on the that try to fleece them. euphoric markets of 2006, gets robbed, don’t count on to replace the reduction in After bringing several Troubled Asset Relief But Schapiro? There’s no and as often happens when this sheriff to draw her gun state funds that were allo- negative issues to the table Program. doubt she cast the deciding greed trumps fear among the on your behalf if public cated to education. on behalf of 17 students, If you didn’t choose No. 1, vote that allowed the SEC to investing public, memories attention has already moved I would also like to thank their parents and other con- you’ve got a short memory. file its much-debated lawsuit of fraud receded and brokers on. the staff who acknowledged cerned members of the Schapiro, the nation’s top April 16 against Goldman started to catch a break. the tough economic situa- community on Jan. 4, 2010, securities regulator, is getting Sachs. And since she became Fines fell to $87 million in Susan Antilla is a tion facing our school dis- at the College of Southern lumped together with chairman in January 2009, 2006, $48 million in 2007 Bloomberg News columnist. trict. Research is clear that Idaho concerning the rodeo women known for cleaning the SEC has revamped its staff (certified, classified program, we discovered how up Dodge. Her record, enforcement division and and hourly) is the most ruthless some people can though, includes overseeing trained its examiners to spot First Annual important factor in provid- be. Following this meeting, an agency where brokers frauds like that little Madoff ing a quality education. we all shook hands, were embraced as part of the case they missed. Spirit of Magic Valley My approach throughout exchanged hugs and left regulatory team and Still, I wonder whether when discussing salaries with the promise that a pos- aggrieved investors were Schapiro is an investor advo- Half-Marathon and benefits was to be sup- itive program was looming corralled into a private, back- cate in the spirit of an activist portive of the staff and to on the horizon. That is until room justice system. like Warren, or just a really and 5K Fun Run and Walk arrive at a balanced budget. the very next day. Time magazine cheered good politician who slides However, current condi- Since then, we have been Schapiro, Bair and Warren on into populist posture when Saturday, June 5, 2010 tions warranted benefits for physically threatened, per- its May 24 cover as “The the times demand, then all staff to be cut. The staff secuted, ridiculed, called New Sheriffs of Wall Street.” relaxes into business-advo- Old Town Twin Falls will not have employee- filthy names and shunned — You’ll get no argument from cate mode when headlines sponsored dental or vision so obvious as to why the me that women increasingly shift. insurance, the deductible students needed someone to are demanding and getting Schapiro was named pres- for health insurance will stand up for them. They clout to mop up the mess left ident of NASD Regulation increase and/or the staff will were and some still are behind by financial fraud- Inc., the regulatory arm of co-pay for the employee- afraid of repercussion! sters or lazy regulators. the National Association of sponsored health insurance. If this type of behavior Bair spoke her mind about Securities Dealers and pred- Additionally, we will operate can be brought against us banks’ bad policies even ecessor to Finra, in 1996. Like with one fewer certified after a combined 55 years of before the financial crisis, the SEC she took over in teacher and one less classi- dedicated service to the CSI without regard to whose 2009, NASD at the time was fied classroom aide. We also rodeo program, then just have a plan to reduce imagine what can and has salaries if an additional state been brought against the hold back is implemented students if the system is CENTURY STADIUM 5 for education by the state of challenged. These students IN BURLEY Idaho. should be able to address zAll Stadium Seating We know the school issues without retaliation, z budget for 2010-11 will be and the administration All New Digital Picture and Sound and tight. 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It agreed, up from 65 percent, same since a similar survey But the increase is consid- percent of never-married dropped again in 2008, by 2 though the female increase ATLANTA — A growing was done in 2002. ered worrisome because the teens had had sex at least percent, to about 10 percent was not statistically signifi- number of teen girls say But there were some rhythm method doesn’t once in their life. Of those of all births. cant. they use the rhythm notable exceptions in the work about 25 percent of teens, 98 percent said “We’ve known the The survey was conduct- method for birth control, new survey by the Centers the time, said Joyce Abma, they’d used birth control at decline in childbearing ed at a time of some highly and more teens also think for Disease Control and the report’s lead author. least once, with condoms stalled out. This report kind publicized pregnancies of it’s OK for an unmarried Prevention. About 17 per- She’s a social scientist at being the most common of fills in the why,’’said Bill unmarried teens, including female to have a baby, cent of sexually experi- the CDC’s National Center choice. Those findings were Albert, a spokesman for the Bristol Palin, the daughter according to a government enced teen girls say they for Health Statistics. about the same as in the National Campaign to of former GOP vice presi- survey released Wednesday. had used the rhythm The survey results were 2002 survey. Prevent Teen Pregnancy. dential candidate Sarah The report may help method — timing their sex based on face-to-face The increase in the Teen attitudes may be big Palin, and Jamie Lynn explain why the teen preg- to avoid fertile days to pre- interviews with nearly rhythm method may be part part of it. Nearly 64 percent Spears, Britney’s kid sister. nancy rate is no longer vent getting pregnant. 2,800 teens ages 15 through of the explanation for of teen boys said it’s OK for The 2007 movie “Juno,’’ a dropping like it was. That’s up from 11 percent in 19 at their homes in the recent trends in the teen an unmarried female to happy-ending tale of a teen Overall, teenage use of 2002. years 2006 through 2008. birth rate. The teen birth have a child, up from 50 girl’s accidental pregnancy, birth control and teen atti- They may have been Trained female interviewers rate declined steadily from percent in 2002. More than was popular at the time. Ex-JonBenet suspect Officials: Admin talked jobs with Romanoff sought in threat case to clear way for Colorado’s Sen. Bennet SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — investigation and bring it to By Philip Elliott has ducked questions on the Police are seeking the a close.’’ Associated Press writer subject, and it was not clear whereabouts of the man who Spiegel told NBC’s how long his discussions once falsely claimed “Today’’ show that WASHINGTON — The with administration offi- to have murdered she had known Karr Obama administration dan- cials lasted. JonBenet Ramsey since she was 9, gled the possibility of a gov- Romanoff had sought after a former when he was a ernment job appointment to the Senate acquaintance told teacher at her school for former seat that eventually went to authorities that he in San Francisco. Colorado Bennet, publicly griped he threatened to kill her She said they later House had been passed over and if she revealed his became engaged. Speaker then discussed possible attempts to form a Karr is now living Andrew appointment possibilities cult of little girls to Karr as a woman. Romanoff inside the administration, have sex with him. Her attorney, last year in one of the officials said. Samantha Spiegel, 19, Robin Sax, told The hopes he Romanoff Republicans have strong- claimed in a request for a Associated Press that Spiegel would forgo ly criticized the offer to restraining order against reached out to Karr after he a challenge to Democratic Sestak, and challenged John Mark Karr that he made confessed to the death of 6- Sen. Michael Bennet, offi- Romanoff to answer ques- “ongoing death threats’’ and year-old child beauty queen cials said Wednesday, just AP file photo tions about his own dealings “threats of sexual exploita- JonBenet, whose body was days after the White House President Obama is greeted by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., as he with the White House. tion to children’’ in e-mails found in 1996 in her parents’ admitted orchestrating a job arrives at Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., on Feb. 18. Bennet has outpaced and instant messages. The home in Boulder,Colo. offer in the Pennsylvania Romanoff in fundraising order was granted on April “She sought him out try- Senate race. promises to run an open and defeated Sen. Arlen and support from 19, but Spiegel’s attorney ing to reconnect, wanting to These officials declined government that was above Specter late last month for Washington, although party said Karr has not been served find out what happened to to specify the job that was back room deals. the Democratic nomination activists attending the state because he could not be him,’’Sax said. floated or the name of the The Colorado episode after disclosing the job dis- party assembly last month found. Things moved quickly to administration official who follows a similar controver- cussions and highlighting it favored the challenger by a Officer Alberto Esparza, a Karr contacting her hun- approached Romanoff, and sy in Pennsylvania. An as evidence of his anti- margin of 60 percent to 40 department spokesman, dreds of times a day, Sax said no formal offer was embarrassed White House establishment political cre- percent. The primary is said Wednesday that said. ever made. They spoke on admitted last Friday that it dentials. He said last week Aug. 10. Karr’s “whereabouts are Spiegel also said Karr told condition of anonymity, turned to former President he rejected Clinton’s feeler Bennet was appointed by unknown.’’ her to help him recruit chil- saying they were not Bill Clinton last year to in less than a minute. Gov. Bill Ritter to fill out the “Our primary concern is dren, and that she thought cleared to discuss private approach Rep. Joe Sestak In a two-page report on final two years of the term of the victim’s safety,’’ he said. about letting him meet her conversations. about backing out of the the Sestak case, the White Ken Salazar,who resigned to “San Francisco police takes niece. Spiegel now says she The new revelation of a primary in favor of an House counsel said the become interior secretary. these threats very seriously was brainwashed, and that possible political trade again unpaid position on a federal administration did nothing Romanoff’s campaign and we’re doing everything she’s speaking out to help called into question advisory board. illegal or unethical. spokesman did not immedi- we can to continue the other potential victims. President Obama’s repeated Sestak declined the offer Unlike Sestak, Romanoff ately respond to questions.
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