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Magicvalley.com Idaho Power sees solar energy in future By Kimberlee Kruesi according to the document. In tation of growing customers and, While the state does not regu- Times-News writer 2009, energy use contracted by 3.5 eventually, more energy use. A se- late how much of a utility’s energy WHAT’S NEXT percent, followed by another de- ries of renewable energy projects is must come from renewable Solar power, business growth cline of 1.2 percent in 2010. Idaho scheduled to begin within the next sources, the cost of solar panels Idaho Power has drawn up its 20- and the lingering effects of the re- Power believes the decline is relat- 10 years. Unlike in previous plans, has been trending down, Stokes year forecast of its operations, cession have all factored into Idaho ed to the stalled customer growth this one includes a solar demon- said. The lower costs sparked an which the utility does every two Power Co.’s latest growth plan, re- the company experienced during stration project. interest among company stake- years. leased this week. the peak of the recession. The re- “Solar energy is really unlike holders to begin testing solar en- Now, the Idaho Public Utilities The Integrated Resource Plan port estimates Idaho Power will wind or natural gas,” said Mark ergy use. Commission must give its final explains the utility’s business plan, regain the amount of customers it Stokes, the company’s manager of “We know the technology is out approval to the plan. Dates will be growth predictions and future had before the economy soured by power supply planning. “Unlike there, this will be a time for us to set down the road for a public projects it hopes to spearhead 2015. wind, our peak energy-use days learn how it can sync up with our comment period, including a pub- within the next 20 years. Renewable energy has been in are on our hottest days when the load and integrate the energy into lic meeting in Twin Falls. Among the highlights: The the utility’s plan for some time, wind isn’t blowing. Solar panels our system,”Stokes said. To read Idaho Power’s forecast company has seen a drop in energy and Idaho Power is again looking to could be critical for adding energy document, visit: www.idahopow- use for the first time since 2001, renewable energy with the expec- when the wind can’t.” See SOLAR, Main 2 er.com/2011IRP 2 BOND ISSUES FOR JEROME Paramedic services to remain in downtown Twin Falls County, St. Luke’s sign lease agreement for ambulance service By Nick Coltrain Times-News writer
Even after completion of the new St. Luke’s Magic Valley Med- ical Center on Pole Line Road and months of nuts-and-bolts plan- ning to transition the old hospital back to Twin Falls County,the two entities aren’t done being inter- twined. The Twin Falls County com- missioners have OK’d a lease agreement with St. Luke’s Magic Valley to continue operating a paramedics’ base in downtown ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Twin Falls, near City Park, so as Jerome Police Chief Dan Hall crouches as he walks through a storage room at his station on Wednesday. The Jerome City Council plans to ask the public this fall to not to hamper emergency re- approve a bond to buy a $355,000 building to house the station. sponse times, Commissioner Leon Mills said. Because of the base’s proximity and its location, “it just made sense to continue that relation- Police to ask voters for a new station in Nov. ship with the county,” hospital spokeswoman Laura Stewart said. “It really is just a central location By Ben Botkin the police station, plus play a major role in the The two votes to that part of Twin Falls, that Times-News writer countywide jail bond election. downtown Blue Lakes area.” City leaders say the police station bond is- Jerome city voters will now face two bond propos- The base is one of three in Twin JEROME — When it comes to public safety n’t intended to compete with the county’s jail als in the November election, one from the city Falls, Stewart said. Another one improvements, Jerome city residents will now proposal, saying it’s a matter of timing and and the other from the county. near Martin Street and Addison have two major decisions in the upcoming needing to move quickly to buy a building that The station: Jerome city officials seek voter Avenue, by the old hospital cam- November election. can be turned into a new police station. approval for a bond to purchase a building for pus, serves the western part of Already, Jerome County will seek a bond to The Jerome City Council approved on $355,000. The bond’s final cost isn’t known yet, Twin Falls. A base on Kimberly pay for a larger, improved jail. Now,the city of Tuesday a plan to pay a $20,000 refundable as remodeling costs aren’t yet calculated. Road by the cemeteries serves the Jerome will also ask voters to pay to buy a deposit to hold a building along the 800 The jail: Jerome County will make a fourth east side of town. building that will become the new home of block of East Main Street, with the option to attempt at voter approval for a bond for a new, Mills said St. Luke’s will pay the Jerome Police Department. buy it for $355,000 if the bond issue passes expanded 120-bed jail, estimated to cost between $500 a month to use the property, At the intersection of both proposals are $8 million and $11 million. This jail proposal is with either party having the op- city voters, who will make the decision about See JEROME, Main 2 pared down from prior attempts. tion to cancel the agreement with two months’ notice — a clause to allow for painless separation if the county finds a potential buyer for the property on Shoshone Street Riding for the kids: Snake River Bros.host Rally in the Valley or if St. Luke’s finds a better loca- tion in the city. By Amy Huddleston around $100,000 to help chil- hopes $20,000 will be raised. I’m home” competition, which The move also fits with the Times-News writer dren and families in southern As one of the founding mem- requires riders to dive through an commissioners’ prior philosophy Idaho and northern Nevada in bers of the Snake River Bros. and open window and disrobe quick- for the hospital’s transition: No Once a year, Murtaugh Lake need of medical attention. The a motorcycle enthusiast, Bolton ly before putting all their clothes matter the urgency, don’t let the Park is overrun by bikers wearing admission cost this year is $20 said even those people not pre- back on and driving away. move interfere with patient care. leather chaps, sporting tattoos for adults and $15 for people 13- disposed to wearing leather The event offers family friend- “(The deal with the para- and revving their bikes, all in the 20 years old. chaps will have a good time. ly fun during the day, and at medics’ base) is just a nice exam- name of fundraising. Roger Bolton, Snake River On Saturday morning, bikers night the bands Swamp Cats, ple of the county and St. Luke’s The gates to the park will open Bros. treasurer, said most of the can sign up for a 100-mile dice Dogs on the Lam, Hoodwink and working together to provide that Friday morning at 8 for the sixth money goes to gas cards for fam- ride. The afternoons will offer As Is will be featured. Proceeds nice community service,”Stewart annual Rally in the Valley hosted ilies traveling out of the Magic biker rodeos and tattoo contests. and entry fees will go toward the said. by the Snake River Bros., a Twin Valley for medical needs. Last The biker rodeos allow partici- nonprofit’s fundraising effort. Falls-based nonprofit motorcy- year, around 700 people attend- pants to show off their skills in “It’s good to see all of the peo- Nick Coltrain may be reached cle organization. Over the past 10 ed the rally and the event raised events like the plank race, a ple that show up,” Bolton said. at [email protected] years, the bikers have raised $18,000. This year Bolton said he “weenie bite” and the “honey, “Everyone is welcome.” or 735-3220.
Bridge ...... Classifieds 8 Crossword ...... Classifieds 9 Obituaries ...... Outdoors 5 Few T-storms Comics ...... Classifieds 6 Dear Abby...... Classifieds 9 Opinion ...... Main 4 92 / 61 Commodities ...... Business 2 Jumble ...... Classifieds 10 Sudoku ...... Classifieds 12 Business 4 Main 2 Thursday, July 7, 2011 MORNING MIX TN Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho IF YOU DO ONE THING TODAY Burley seeks advice from Ada Co. sheriff Catch “The Music Man,”courtesy of musical theater troupe JuMP Co., 7:30 p.m. at the College of Southern Idaho s Fine By Laurie Welch ice contracts follow the dedi- The advantages include agency s contracts were Arts Auditorium. Tickets are $10 general admission at The Times-News writer cated policing model, the lower costs and better public much simpler when first Mail Room, Kurt s Pharmacy, jumpcompany.org, from any current contract trend. It al- safety. The disadvantages in- used, containing more esti- cast member, or at the door. BURLEY — Burley officials lows for “mini” police de- clude less information and mates and generalizations. brought in a criminal justice partments in each city com- control for the city, differ- If someone is arrested for leader Tuesday with experi- plete with identifying in- ences in service-level expec- city ordinance violations un- ence in police service con- signias and decals, and a po- tations that can cause frus- der the contracts, the county Arraignment set for Jerome tracts to learn the ins and lice chief who answers to the tration, confusion over costs charges the city for the jail outs of the documents,as the city council. and billing, and small issues time but does not charge for city continues to wrangle Other models include becoming big issues if the violations of state statutes. bank robbery suspect with county officials over re- hourly, which most closely sheriff is unresponsive to the The cities are also billed for Times-News judge found probable cause newing a police contract. matches the current contract city s needs. fire and emergency service to charge and potentially “Citizens don t care what between the city of Burley Raney said he staffs at one dispatch calls based on the The man suspected of convict Jacobs. the badge says, citizens don t and Cassia County, and officer per 200 yearly calls for actual number of calls for robbing a Jerome bank is set Police and prosecutors care what the patch says, cit- shared supervision, the least service by the public. For ex- those services the year be- to answer to three felony say Jacobs robbed the D.L. izens don t care what the car common model. ample, Eagle — with a popu- fore. charges later this month in Evans Bank branch at 980 says when they need help,” “Criminals do not know lation of about 20,000 people The last contract between Jerome County 5th District S. Lincoln Ave. on the af- said Ada County Sheriff borders or that invisible — currently has 12 officers Burley and Cassia County Court. ternoon of June 10. Police Gary Raney, who contracts county line that we call city and would have seven more if required the city to pay $1.5 Joseph Jacobs, 23, of arrested Jacobs the same police services with the cities limit. They cross that into not for budget constraints. million of the $3.3 million it Jerome, is scheduled for ar- day at a residence near the of Eagle, Kuna and Star. the county, they cross that Eagle pays nearly $1.4 million takes to operate the sheriff s raignment in district court bank. “They want someone to into other counties and ju- annually for police services. office. It expired last Octo- on July 25. He is accused of He was allegedly found come and help and that s risdictions,” Raney said. Adding an Ada County ber. robbery, grand theft and unarmed and with an what I think you have to keep “The more we can share in- deputy to a city costs $90,302 “I think as we ve looked at burglary. His case was undisclosed amount of in mind as government lead- formation and utilize simi- per year with uniforms and our contract and gone moved from magistrate cash. Jacobs remains in ers and elected officials first lar resources to recognize equipment, Raney said. through the problems, it s court late last week after a custody on $150,000 bond. and foremost.” crime and arrest offenders, Ninety percent of his budget been about communication,” Raney oversees more than the better off we are, and is personnel costs, and each said Burley Councilman 600 employees and a 1,217- that is done through better city can also purchase over- Denny Curtis. bed jail,and is also an adjunct consolidation and co-loca- time.Each patrol car,which is Curtis said he would like to Gooding couple pleads professor at Boise State Uni- tion of policing services.” used by two deputies, costs see the city and county stay versity and Northwestern For cities contracting out just less than $45,000 with together in some way. University s Center for Pub- their police services,it comes equipment. “But, we have to stay to- not guilty to growing pot lic Safety. down to costs, communica- Reached by phone later on gether for the benefit of both Times-News According to court doc- Ada County s police serv- tion and trust,Raney said. Wednesday, Raney said his parties,”Curtis said. uments, Gooding police Gooding couple Jacob obtained a search warrant and Randie Novinger have for the house on 11th Av- pleaded not guilty to felony enue East and scoured it on trafficking in marijuana in June 5. The police report Wakeboard competition returns to Burley Gooding County 5th Dis- claims investigators found trict Court. 70 plants in various states By Laurie Welch “People like to come to this event division, as well as the crowd-pleasing Jacob, 31, and Randie, 26, of growth in red, plastic Times-News writer mainly because of the venue,” said “outlaw” class. entered their pleas at their drinking cups. Five plants Carol Warr, business manager for Ida- Professional rider Bob Soven, of Or- district court arraignment were anywhere from four to BURLEY — Several dozen wake- ho Water Sports, which hosts the lando,Fla.,who held a wakeboard clin- last week and are now nine inches in height, while board riders will shake up the Snake competition. ic in Burley on Wednesday, said com- scheduled for a Sept. 14 ju- the rest were just breaking River on Saturday as they compete for “They always say they like the petitions like Wake in the Snake give ry trial. They are accused of through the soil. Police also prizes and glory during the 13th annu- grassy park by the water and that the people a chance to get out and both growing marijuana plants recovered rolling papers, al Wake in the Snake competition. people in Burley are really friendly.” watch the sport and compete in it. in their home. stems and seeds. The event will be held on the river Warr said about 90 percent of the “If people come out to Wake in the from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Burley Golf competitors will come from outside Snake, they ll see high-flying action Course Marina and is free for spectators. the area and about 500 spectators are on the water in a family environment,” Riders who want to compete, but expected to turn out to watch. Soven said. Warr said there will also be 5TH DISTRICT COURT NEWS haven t registered online can register for Riders as young as 10 will be able to a bounce house for children, among $60 the day of the event. compete and there will be a women s other activities and lots of trivia. TWIN FALLS COUNTY ed, preliminary July 15. WEDNESDAY ARRAIGNMENTS Paul Daniel Raynal, 30, Twin Jason Garth Aslett, 36, Twin Falls; fugitive warrant from Falls; attempted strangula- Calif., bond denied, public tion, $5,000 bond, public defender appointed, identifica- Jerome defender appointed, prelimi- tion hearing July 15. Continued from Main 1 nary July 15. Matthew Ray Hill, 25, Twin Falls; building has leaky walls and a point. … If we want to take ty, we basically need to do it Michael Earl, 47,Twin Falls; driving under the influence- muster with voters. The flat roof that drips, even with advantage of this opportuni- now.” felony possession of a con- excessive, appearance, bond building sought was formerly repairs. Occasionally, a foul trolled substance, $5,000 previously posted, private office space for the Idaho De- odor drifts through the bond, public defender appoint- counsel, pretrial Aug. 16. partment of Fish and Game. building. “The needs of our police “It s an old facility and ob- are not new,” Mayor John viously the brick has gotten Shine said. “This discussion porous,”Hall said. Utah woman charged has been going on for quite In the station s storage some time and I think every- space for records, a tarp cov- body in the community un- ers computer servers to shield with poisoning smoothie derstands we need a new fa- them from leaks. cility.” Other needs vary. Among The Associated Press tifreeze before he drank it. Jerome County Commis- them: a secure space for po- The Sept. 29, 2008, case sion Chairman Charlie How- lice cars and searching vehi- SALT LAKE CITY — A went cold until a jilted ell said the city has the right cles for evidence, and more woman was being held on boyfriend of York s re- to present proposals to its security for storing police an attempted murder cently came forward with voters, adding that the two files. charge Wednesday after new information, author- issues can be weighed on As for the building under police say she spiked her ities said. their own merits. consideration, city leaders roommate s peach Police in Vernal, Utah, At the same time, he said say it s not as ideal as con- smoothie with antifreeze received a letter in April he believes it will make the structing a new station, but a three years ago. from Joseph Dominic county s effort more chal- necessary choice given the Selena Irene York, 33, Ferraro, who was await- lenging. economy. was arrested this week in ing trial on an unrelated The existing police station, “I ve got to be honest it s Eugene, Ore., where she case in Oregon but had which the city s law enforce- probably not the optimum remained jailed pending information about the ment agency moved into in plan,” Hall said. “Obviously extradition back to Utah. crime, according to court 1988, has plenty of problems the optimum plan would be Police say Ed Zur- documents. that Jerome Police Chief Dan to build a new police facility buchen, now 78, nearly The documents say he Hall points to. that was built from the died when York bought provided specific details The building, constructed ground up.” him a smoothie at a near- of where York bought the back in the 1920s and for- Hall said the building on by store, dumped out half smoothie and the an- merly used as a telephone ex- Main Street could probably of it and poured in an- tifreeze. change, has no room for fur- meet the department s need ther expansion. Cramped of- for about a decade if the fices line the station s hall- city s growth continues as it way. has. Photos by ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News Solar For example, the room for “I certainly empathize Jerome Police Officer Ed Gates looks for documents that are stored in patrol officers holds four with the county and the need Continued from Main 1 would take above that to a cramped, combined storage room and locker room. computer work stations, and for the county jail,” he said. Even once it s up, solar supply a new, large indus- the space also doubles as a “We don t have much choice for the near future won t trial customer.Maintaining locker room. in our timing. We basically play a large role. Idaho more energy would, of The partially underground have to move on it at this Power expects solar energy course,come with a cost. to make up just 1 percent of “We re really looking its overall system by 2030. forward for public com- The solar demonstration ment on this idea,” Stokes project will produce 500 said. “This will help us fig- kilowatts to one megawatt ure out if this is what our of energy. customers want and if this “We would like to do is a good idea.” more but we re still trying It took a year for the to keep costs down,”Stokes company to compile the said. document. Now, the Idaho The company is also Public Utilities Commis- considering padding its ex- sion must still review it and pectations for its system give a final stamp of ap- Holes in a wall are among the problems at the Jerome Police load. In the past, Idaho proval. That review will in- Department s current station. 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Max Baucus on Tues- bestosis, an incurable dis- town into the deadliest Su- day pledged to launch his ease caused by inhaling as- perfund site in America. own inquiry into the use of bestos fibers that scars the Now they are being forced the bark and wood chips. lungs and slowly starves to live through the agony all The Democrat — a longtime them of air. “Are we sup- over again, thanks to two gi- advocate for Libby — said he posed to sit here and hold ant piles of bark and wood wanted to find what EPA our breath? chips on the edge of town. knew,when they knew it and Parker and her husband An Associated Press in- whether more action was have been working to re- vestigation found that the needed to protect public store their property since it federal government has health. was demolished during the known for at least three “The people of Libby have cleanup. Over the last sev- years that the wood piles already been poisoned in the eral years, they hauled were contaminated with an name of greed and I won t about 30 loads of the bark unknown level of asbestos, allow them to be poisoned and wood chips from the even as Libby residents again because of negli- former Stimson Lumber hauled truckload after gence, Baucus said. Co. mill. truckload of the material The EPA s press office de- They showed a reporter away from the site and clined repeated requests more than 300 trees they placed it in yards, in city from the AP to interview had planted, each one ringed parks, outside schools and at senior officials within the with bark a foot deep. Scat- the local cemetery. The En- agency s Superfund pro- tered across the property vironmental Protection gram about removal of the were thousands of newly Agency did not stop the re- material. planted berry bushes, vines, moval of the material until The agency instead of- shrubs and other plants — all the AP began investigating fered a written statement ringed with the bark. in early March. saying its prior tests on the The material is easily Regulators still do not material provided “incom- found around town, where know what effect the mate- plete information and were landscapers, city workers rial could have on public too limited to indicate an and homeowners paid small health, but EPA documents imminent danger. fees to haul it out. Those obtained by the AP showed The local official who was who have used it described it that the agency found po- selling the wood and bark, as ideal landscaping material tentially deadly asbestos Paul Rummelhart, dis- — cheap, plentiful and at- fibers in four of 20 samples missed concerns, saying tractive. taken from the piles of scrap they unnecessarily threat- After the EPA tested sam- wood in 2007.The sprawling ened to undermine econom- ples from the piles and found piles came from a now-de- ic development in the Libby evidence of asbestos in 2007, funct timber mill that took area, where roughly one in agency scientists never de- thousands of trees from a five people are unemployed. termined just how much forest tainted with asbestos “I ve got a file that s contamination was present. from a nearby mine. three-feet thick on all the Air samples taken from the The potential for more (asbestos) sampling that s site were negative. contamination has frayed been going on, Rummelhart AP photo Truckloads of the chips nerves in the town of 3,000 said. “If you have a few hits, Lerah Parker holds bark potentially contaminated with asbestos that she and her husband used in the gar- and bark continued to be people and further eroded so what? den around their home, April 28 in Libby, Mont. More than 15,000 tons of the material have been sold, used shipped from the site as re- confidence in the govern- Federal officials have ac- in and trucked out of the town over the past decade, with unknown risks to public health. cently as last fall. A pile that ment to clean up the mess knowledged that removal of witnesses said once towered that to date has killed an es- the bark went on for years charged with monitoring questions about the matter ing to reconstruct history as high as a four-story timated 400 people and without their knowledge. movement of material into back to the EPA. and see what has been building and covered five sickened 1,750. Yet the agency absolved the and out of the former mill “We re trying to take a moved and should it have acres has been reduced to “We thought we were on-scene contractor, CDM, site. look backward at what s been moved. remnants. A second pile, coming to an end and now of responsibility, saying the A CDM spokeswoman, there, EPA regional director The presence of the bark now roughly half gone, still we have this issue all over company s workers were not Marlene Hobel, referred Jim Martin said. “We re try- has stoked fears of wide- towers at least 20 feet. again, said Lerah Parker, who spread dozens of truck- loads of the material around her property. weekend clearance! The source of Libby s as- bestos was a W.R. Grace ver- miculite mine that at its peak produced 2 million tons of ore annually and employed 200 people. Vermiculite stripped from a mountain on % % the edge of town was shipped around the world to make insulation, only for authorities to later discover the ore was loaded with 4O to 75 off deadly asbestos. orig.* prices The EPA has spent more than $370 million over the past 11 years cleaning up selections for her: Libby. Contractors in moon suits carting off tainted ma- dresses • suits • sleepwear • juniors’ collections • shoes • handbags • more terials have become a con- stant reminder of the severi- ty of the contamination. selections for him: The wood chips and bark sportswear • designer collections • dress shirts • ties • more became a popular item for anyone in Libby looking to add some landscaping touches to their yards, and selections for home: for contractors who pack- bed & bath • housewares • tabletop • electrics • luggage • more aged the product and sold it around the country. plus, don’t miss these great savings! Local officials estimate that 1,000 tons were used in landscaping and for erosion control in Libby. Over the past decade, as much as extra 4O% off 15,000 tons were sold and hauled out of town to desti- sportswear clearance nations unknown, according for misses, petites & women for a total savings of 7O%-85% to the economic develop- off orig.* prices ment official who was sell- ing it. The EPA is now scram- bling to gauge the public 5O% + 2O% off health risk and is preparing to issue guidelines about how residents should handle fi ne jewelry clearance the wood, including warn- Orig.* $300-$8000, fi nal cost $120-$3200. ings not to move or work with the material when it s dry to avoid stirring up as- bestos. But the agency has 6O% - 7O% off decided it won t track down bra & panty clearance Orig.* 7.50-$38, now 2.99-9.99.
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Let’s be realistic or people who believe that oil markets are F rigged or broken,the first week of May offered Ex- about future hibit A. That week,the price of crude oil plunged more than $16 a barrel,erasing about of old hospital $32 billion of the market val- ue of Exxon Mobil and pre- saging an easing of prices at he Twin Falls County commissioners be- the pump,where the cost of came somewhat reluctant landlords last a gallon of gas had hit record levels. week,taking over the 300,000-square-foot Twhite elephant that used to be the St.Luke’s Magic Valley health care complex. As part of 2006 sale of the hospital to St.Luke’s Health System that led to the construc- tion of a new hospital,the coun- Steve ty now faces a major real estate Our view: It’s Mufson challenge – and a conundrum: a formidable How much of a purpose-built hospital is suitable for any other challenge to On that Thursday alone, use? the price of oil fell off a cliff, the nation’s Strategic Petro- of finding and developing prices edge up when that find someone tumbling more than $10 a leum Reserve.Then on June oilfields can be relatively cushion shrinks. The county just commis- to take barrel. 23,he suddenly said that tur- modest.Chevron,for exam- The only way to restore sioned a space study for the Ad- Yet the physical amount of moil in Libya justified the ple,has a $7.5 billion platform balance in coming years will dison Avenue West medical of- 300,000 oil in the market didn’t largest-ever release of re- that will tap into a half-bil- be through higher prices — fice building and don’t expect square feet change that week.Libya’s oil serves.It was more of an eco- lion-barrel field at an average but that could constrain eco- results for about two months. exports had been offline for nomic stimulus than a na- cost of about $15 a barrel. nomic growth.Robert Mc- From there,commissioners will of unwanted more than two months.In tional security measure. And that’s the thing: Nally,founder and president decide whether to move non- hospital the oil world,the surface was Because oil prices fluctu- There is no free market. of the Rapidian Group,esti- law-enforcement county facili- space off relatively calm.But a couple ate so much,however,it will There are obstacles every- mates that prices will have to ties into that building or use the of signs of economic weak- be impossible to measure where.Pipelines.Politics.Oil rise 13 to 15 percent a year to old Twin Falls Clinic and Hospi- your hands. ness spooked traders,who Obama’s success or failure.If spills.Warfare.They make it effectively ration supplies. suddenly worried that de- prices continue to drop,as hard to figure out a marginal “You can have 4 percent tal building on Shoshone Street. What do mand would be less than they were doing before his price for the next barrel of oil economic growth or double- There’s no timeline for the deci- they had expected.Goldman move,will he deserve credit? because it’s not clear digit crude oil prices,”he sion. you think? Sachs,a believer in rising If they rise,will he deserve whether the cheapest barrel says,“but you can’t have They’ve already spent We welcome crude oil prices,predicted a blame? If it works,will we can get anywhere near a both.” $60,000 on studies associated temporary pullback.Poof! want him to do it again? tanker,refinery or consumer. That goes back to Obama’s with county departments mov- viewpoints More than a tenth of the val- That will come down to Some argue that an era of release of strategic reserves. ing into the buildings and re- from our ue of a barrel of oil disap- the question of price. limits has begun.Yes,there is “The administration will be modeling information.The peared. In a competitive market, a peak to world oil produc- repeatedly tested”on its county has at least $5 million set readers on For consumers,oil prices the price of oil would be tion out there somewhere, strategic oil reserves policy, aside for final renovations,in- this and are like a bad case of malaria linked to the marginal cost of because we’re gobbling up McNally says.“If you believe cluding $4.6 million St.Luke’s — feverish one month and the next barrel.In other the plants and plankton that half of this,how do you get other issues. tolerable another.Such wild words,the price for the first have been simmering for reelected next year?”he says. gave the county for remodeling. fluctuation makes it nearly 88 barrels would be affected millions of years in the sedi- “You have to prevent the ra- As for filling the other 14 impossible to discern: What by the cost of producing the mentary cooker faster than tioning.So you have to throw buildings the county inherited from St.Luke’s,commis- is the right price for oil? 89th barrel,in effect the cost the Earth can replace them. the reserves into the market.” sioners said they’ve already received some interest from Today’s crude oil prices of replacing each barrel used. But we keep postponing that A week after Obama and adjacent building owners hoping to expand,and there are nearly 10 times as high as But in the world of oil,it’s peak — by finding new fields, the International Energy have been preliminary talks with the city of Twin Falls they were in 1998,and twice hard to say what that re- getting more oil out of old Agency unveiled their oil re- concerning it taking a building for a new City Hall. as high as in 2005.They hit a placement cost is.Producing ones or clamping down on serve plan,petroleum prices It’s worth taking time to explore at the possibilities, record of $147 a barrel in July oil is not like churning out consumption. had recovered nearly all the but we tend to agree with Commissioner George Urie, 2008,only to sink to less computer chips,where costs Still,supplies could re- ground. who’s the in-house pragmatist about the future of the than $40 a barrel by the end are similar everywhere. main tight because of fast It remains unclear of that year. In Canada,it costs some- consumption growth in Chi- whether the president pays a properties. In March,amid intense where between $40 and $60 na,where every year it’s in- political price,and what Urie has said that if the county can’t find the right ten- fighting in Libya,President a barrel to mine and melt the creasing by more than half a price we’ll all pay for oil. ants for the properties,they’re likely to be demolished. Obama said that there was- viscous goo known as tar million barrels a day.The And the meter is running.The county just signed up n’t a serious supply shortage sands.Yet in the Gulf of Mex- world has about 3 million to Steven Mufson covers en- an on-site caretaker for the old hospital property and a and that rising oil prices ico,where giant drilling rigs 4 million barrels a day of ergy for The Washington private security service.The longer the old hospital is weren’t reason enough to tap plumb deep waters,the cost spare capacity right now,but Post. empty,the deeper the money pit becomes. We hope a new day is coming for the old hospital cam- pus and for the West Addison neighborhood that sur- rounds it.But Twin Falls County taxpayers can’t afford For union members public or private, it’s work to wait indefinitely for that to happen. s New Jersey throws its cence of many liberals.I mean perintendent or the Wiscon- weight behind Wis- the idea that exploitation is the sin police chief,my pension TIMES-NEWS Aconsin and Ohio in exclusive province of oil ty- can only be described as piti- rolling back the collective bar- coons and other wicked types. ful,though the dairy farmer John Pfeifer, publisher Josh Awtry, editor Steve Crump, Opinion editor gaining rights of public sector If you own a yoga center or di- who lives down the road from employees,we are once again Garret rect an M.F.A.program,you me would be happy to have it. The members of the editorial board and writers of going to hear the argument Keizer can’t possibly be implicated in He should have it,at the editorials are John Pfeifer, Josh Awtry, Steve Crump, that public sector unions the more scandalous aspects least,and he could.If fiscal Bill Bitzenburg and Mary Lou Panatopoulos. ought not to be confused with The two-labors fallacy rests of capitalism — just as you conservatives truly want to their private sector counter- on an even shakier proposition: can’t possibly be to blame for “bring salaries into line”they parts.They’re two different that profits exist only where racism if you’ve never grown should commit to a model LETTER TO THE EDITOR animals entirely. there is an accountant to tally cotton or owned a slave. similar to the one proposed by Private sector workers,so them.This is economics re- The fact is that our entire George Orwell 70 years ago, ly and broadly.They were Reader thankful for the argument goes,have his- duced to the code of a shoplifter economic system rests on the with the nation’s highest in- very comprehensive. torically organized to win bet- — whatever the security guard principle of paying someone come exceeding the lowest by Ehrlick conviction Thank you to the 12 jurors. ter working conditions and a doesn’t see the store won’t less than his or her labor is no more than a factor of 10. What an ordinary day, It only took them two hours bigger piece of the pie from miss.If my wife and I have worth.The principle applies in They should establish that June 29,20011.It was to find Daniel Ehrlick guilty profit-making entities like young children but are still able the public sector no less than model in the public sector and Robert Manwill’s day.Jus- of first-degree murder for railroads and coal mines.But to enjoy the double-income the private.The purpose of enforce it with equal rigor and tice was served. Robert’s torturous murder. public sector employees work advantages of a childless cou- most labor unions has never truly progressive taxation in Robert was a light in this Robert’s light is shining. for “us,”the ultimate nonprof- ple,isn’t that partly because been to eliminate the profit the private. dark and cruel world,his When you look up at the it,and therefore are not enti- our children are being watched margin (the tragedy of the Right now CEO’s of multi- biological father said at his stars at night remember tled to the same protections. at school? If I needn’t invest American labor movement) national corporations earn son’s funeral.His sweet,8- Robert Manwill.His star is This is a fond notion at best. some of my household’s sav- but rather to keep it within salaries as much as a thousand year-old son was taken the brightest and shiniest. Yes,public school teachers ings in elaborate surveillance reasonable bounds. times those of their lowest- away too soon by Daniel He is telling us he is happy were never gunned down by systems,isn’t that partly be- But what about those paid employees.In such a Ehrlick.The day finally and he is OK.May he rest in Pinkerton guards; municipal cause I have a patrol car circling school superintendents and context complaining about came when justice was peace,for today justice was firefighters were never housed the block? The so-called “pub- police chiefs with their fabu- “lavish”public sector salaries done.Congratulations to served. in company-owned shanties lic sector”is a profit-making lous pensions,with salaries is like shushing the foul lan- the prosecutor.They pre- CARMEN STEELE by the side of the tracks.But entity; it profits me. and benefits far beyond the guage of children playing near sented their case complete- Jerome none of this cancels their Denying this profitability average worker’s dreams? the set of a snuff film.Whom rights as organized workers. has an obvious appeal to con- Tell me about it.This past are we kidding? More to the No ancestor of mine voted to servatives.It allows a union- school year,I worked as a pub- point,who’s getting snuffed? Tell us what you think ratify the Constitution,either, busting agenda to hide behind lic high school teacher in ON PAPER: The Times-News welcomes letters from readers on but I have the same claim on nice distinctions.“We’re not northeastern Vermont.At 58 Garret Keizer is the author subjects of public interest. Please limit letters to 300 words. the Bill of Rights as any anti-union,we’re just against years of age,with a master’s of “The Unwanted Sound of Letters may be brought to our Twin Falls office; mailed to P.O. Daughter of the American certain kinds of unions.”But degree and 16 years of teach- Everything We Want: A Book Box 548, Twin Falls, ID 83303; faxed to (208) 734-5538; or e- Revolution.Collective bar- the denial isn’t exclusive to ing experience,I earned less About Noise.” He wrote this mailed to [email protected]. gaining is an inheritance and conservatives; in fact,it in- than $50,000.By the stan- commentary for The New we are all named in the will. forms the delusional inno- dards of the Ohio school su- York Times.
T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho IDAHO/WEST Thursday, July 7, 2011 Main 5 Exxon assured feds failed Montana Wyoming wants pipeline was deeply buried in river wolf deal exempt BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Exxon Mobil Co. had reas- sured federal regulators and from court review officials from a Montana town since December that an CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) for them to be classified as oil pipeline beneath the Yel- — The state’s lone U.S. rep- predators that could be shot lowstone River was safe, resentative wants any deal on sight in most areas. The buried deep enough to avoid between Wyoming and the standoff has spawned sev- any accidental ruptures. federal government over eral federal lawsuits in Then, on Friday night, the wolf management exempted Wyoming and elsewhere. pipe failed, spilling an esti- from review in the courts. The federal government mated 42,000 gallons into Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R- earlier this year approved the flooded river. Wyo., announced Wednes- turning wolf management The cause of the accident day she’s inserted language over to state governments in remains under investigation, in a pending appropriations Idaho, Montana and other but the prevailing theory bill to bar any such legal areas with a similar provi- among officials and the challenges. She also propos- sion barring court chal- company is that the raging es to require the federal gov- lenges. Environmentalists Yellowstone eroded the ernment to transfer wolf are nonetheless trying to riverbed and exposed the line management to Wyoming as fight that move in court, to damaging rocks or debris. soon as the state and federal saying it sets a precedent There is still no definitive AP photo officials can reach a deal. that undermines the En- word on how far downriver Cleanup workers unload a truckload of oil-absorbent material at a staging area at Coulson Park along- Wyoming Gov. Matt dangered Species Act while the spill could spread. side the Yellowstone River in Billings, Mont., Wednesday. Mead and U.S. Interior Sec- exceeding the power of Oil has fouled miles of the retary Ken Salazar are set to Congress to limit judicial waterway that flows from whether this is an isolated shut down in May after Lau- 12-feet figure came from but meet Thursday in Cheyenne review. the famed Yellowstone Na- incident or there might be rel officials again raised con- was looking into the matter. to discuss the wolf issue. Lummis issued a state- tional Park, upriver from the other types of increased cerns that it could be at risk The documents also con- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ment Wednesday saying it’s spill, and across farmlands damage or erosion based on a as the Yellowstone started to tained additional details that Director Dan Ashe also is necessary to short-circuit and prized fishing grounds to year of flooding,’’ said rise. The company restarted raised new questions about scheduled to attend. years of legal wrangling on North Dakota. Crude has Brigham McCown, a former the line after a day, following the company’s response. Mead and Salazar have the wolf issue in Wyoming. been reported as far as 240 federal pipeline safety offi- a review of its safety record. Exxon Mobil took almost held a series of meetings Since their reintroduc- miles downstream, although cial who now advises The company said in a an hour to fully seal the since late last year intended tion in Yellowstone and most appears to be concen- pipeline companies at a Dal- June 1 email — just a month pipeline after the accident — to allow Wyoming to follow other areas in the mid- trated in the first 25 miles. las firm. before the spill — that the nearly twice as long as it had the lead of other states in the 1990s, the wolf population As residents along the riv- Officials in Laurel,near the line was buried at least 12 feet publicly disclosed.The com- Northern Rockies and take in the Northern Rockies has er deal with an oil-smeared site of the spill, raised ques- beneath the riverbed, ac- pany said that did not change over management of wolves rebounded up to more than shoreline and workers clean tions last year about erosion cording to documents from its estimate of how much from the U.S. Fish and 1,600 animals, including up the mess,the accident has along the riverbank threaten- the U.S. Department of crude entered the river. Wildlife Service. more than 300 in raised concerns about the ing the Exxon Mobil line. The Transportation, which over- Company representatives Federal biologists and en- Wyoming. Many ranchers impact that the season’s company in December sur- sees pipelines. initially said the spill lasted vironmental groups have and hunters in Wyoming floods may be having on the veyed the pipe’s depth and Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. “at most’’ 30 minutes, and opposed ending federal pro- have expressed concern network of pipelines buried said it was at least 5 to 8 feet president Gary Pruessing then later said workers began tections for wolves in that wolves are taking too under riverbeds. beneath the riverbed. said Wednesday the compa- shutting down the line with- Wyoming for years because great a toll on elk, moose “It’s too early to tell The line was temporarily ny did not know where the in six minutes of the break. the current state plan calls and livestock. Illegal fireworks blamed for fire Man killed by Yellowstone grizzly CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) days after the peak weekend told his wife to run. — A grizzly bear killed a for tourism in the park all The woman told park of- that damaged Lewiston church man who was hiking with year, on a trail close to ficials she didn’t see the his wife in Yellowstone Na- Canyon Village near the bear attack her husband. LEWISTON (AP) — An il- tional Park’s backcountry middle of Yellowstone. When the bear went for her, legal firework is believed to “We’ve had tears and sadness, after the couple apparently Details were sketchy but Nash said, she dropped to have ignited a blaze that sig- and there will be grieving.” surprised the female bear park officials said the bear the ground. The grizzly lift- nificantly damaged a church and its cubs on Wednesday, attacked to defend against a ed her off the ground by the Tuesday in northern Idaho, a — Loretta Stowers, president of the church’s council park officials said. perceived threat. They said day pack she was wearing fire inspector said. It was the park’s first fatal the wife of the 57-year-old then dropped her. A family sleeping in the Only three of the five fami- Tuesday to survey the dam- grizzly mauling since 1986, victim called 911 on her cell The woman may have basement of Grace Evangeli- ly members staying at the age. but the third in the Yellow- phone and other hikers in had scrapes and bruises but cal Lutheran Church in church were inside when the “We’ve had tears and sad- stone region in just over a the area responded to her didn’t seek medical atten- Lewiston was awakened by blaze erupted. Firefighters ness, and there will be griev- year amid ever-growing cries for help. tion, Nash said. Authorities firefighters and evacuated were able to evacuate them ing,’’ said Loretta Stowers, numbers of grizzlies and Yellowstone spokesman weren’t prepared to identify from the burning building before any major damage was president of the church’s tourists roaming the same Al Nash said the couple saw the couple until the man’s early Tuesday. The firefight- done to the building, Sorrell council. wild landscape of scalding- the bear twice on their hike. family could be notified, he ers had arrived to find the said. She took inventory of what hot geysers and sweeping The first time, they contin- said. roof and a wing of the church The roof later caved in, and could be salvaged from the mountain vistas. ued hiking. The second Park officials worked in flames. the church windows were church, which will not be The Wednesday morning time, the grizzly was run- Wednesday to clear the area There were no reported in- blown out. Smoke damage open for services Sunday. attack happened just two ning at them and the man of people. juries. was also reported throughout The Grace Lutheran congre- Lewiston fire inspector Ju- the sanctuary, and the gation will instead meet at lian Sorrell said illegal fire- church’s fellowship hall, their office building next works are believed to have ig- which contains a kitchen and door,Stowers said. nited the blaze after striking offices, was deemed a total “The church is our mem- the church roof. Sorrell and loss. bers,and we will hold togeth- Lewiston police detective Rick Parishioners stopped by er,’’she said. Fuentes searched the neigh- borhood and concluded the th aerial fireworks came from a 39 Annual Kimberly ASK SHERWIN-WILLIAMS HOW TO SAV E street beside the church. Idaho law bars people from setting off aerial fireworks. 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Main 6 Thursday, July 7, 2011 NATION Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Alert: Terrorists look to surgically implant bombs in humans By Eileen Sullivan tect explosives hidden inside Last year, it was reported carriers and governments to Surgery to implant explo- She said there are only so Associated Press humans.Still,there is no cur- that British officials uncov- identify ways to discover hid- sives could be done a couple many places to hide a bomb in rent information that points ered intelligence that al-Qai- den explosives, including of days before a planned at- the body, and a suicide WASHINGTON — Airlines to a specific plot involving da was seeking to surgically bombs potentially hidden in- tack, said James Crippin, an bomber would have to recov- are being warned by the gov- surgically implanted explo- implant bombs, a move some side of humans. Officials did explosives expert in Col- er enough from the surgery to ernment that terrorists are sives, a U.S. security official believed was prompted by the not want to discuss specific orado. In order for it to work, travel and set off the device. considering surgically hiding said,speaking on condition of use of full-body imaging ma- security measures under there would need to be a det- The al-Qaida offshoot in bombs inside humans to anonymity. chines at major airports consideration so as not to tip onation device, and it’s con- Yemen has emerged as the evade airport security.And as As airport security has in- around the world. off terrorists who could seek ceivable that if the explosive most inventive terror organi- a result, travelers may find creased since the Sept. 11, “This is something we’ve ways to get around them. was implanted in a woman’s zation these days and has themselves subjected to more 2001, terror attacks, so has been concerned about for Once a terrorist finds a breast,the detonator could be been behind two plots that scrutiny when flying in the the terrorists’ creativity in quite some time,’’said J. Ben- willing suicide bomber, se- underneath the breast so that nearly brought down planes heart of summer vacation developing methods to get net Waters, a security con- cures the explosive material all the operative would have over the U.S. The group, season, especially to the U.S. around it. Aviation continues sultant with the Washington, and makes the bomb, carry- to do is press downward, known as al-Qaida in the from abroad. to be a special target, and evi- D.C.-based Chertoff Group ing off this tactic is not that Crippin said. Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, Bombs-in-the body is not dence from Osama bin and a former Transportation difficult, said Chris Ronay, a But Jimmie C. Oxley, a was behind the Christmas a new idea, but recent intelli- Laden’s compound showed Security Administration offi- former chief of the FBI explo- chemistry professor at the Day attack in 2009 when a gence indicates a fresh inter- that the al-Qaida leader re- cial in the Bush administra- sives unit. University of Rhode Island Nigerian hid a bomb in his est in using this method, as tained his fascination with tion. “It’s rather easy and the and explosives expert, said it underpants and nearly people-scanning machines attacking airplanes until his The U.S. government has damage could be rather se- would be tough to carry out brought down an airliner over in airports aren’t able to de- death in May. been working with foreign air vere,’’Ronay said. such an effort successfully. Detroit. Take it from SPOT... Obama logs another first with his presidential tweet By Peter Nicholas ceiving end and that there some Democrats want Oba- been clearer in explaining Tribune Washington Bureau was no typo when the mes- ma to employ. As Obama the severity of the recession sage went out). pressures Congress to raise and the time needed for the WASHINGTON — In a Noting Boehner’s political the debt ceiling, some law- economy to heal. presidency full of firsts, leanings, Obama called the makers have advanced the He also faulted his reme- President Barack Obama question “slightly skewed.’’ argument that the whole dies for the housing crisis, BABBELS CLEANERS racked up another one: first He conceded that job idea of a debt ceiling may be noting that “we’ve had to is doggone good at removing spots. sitting president to “tweet’’ growth hasn’t been fast unconstitutional. revamp our housing pro- Bring us all the “old friends” hanging live from the White House. enough, but then turned it “I don’t think we should gram several times to try to out in your closet! Obama strode to a laptop around and asked why even get to the constitution- help people stay in their set up in the East Room on Boehner and other lawmak- al issue,’’ Obama said. homes and try to start lifting Wednesday, splayed his fin- ers won’t pay for road, sewer “Congress has a responsi- home values up.’’ THURSDAY ONLY gers in classic touch-type and bridge projects that bility to make sure we pay Bring In This Ad & Your Order On position and “tweeted’’ out could put people to work our bills. We’ve always paid Thursday & Receive 20% Off. a question: “In order to re- right away. them in the past.’’ duce the deficit, what costs “We haven’t gotten the Asked about mistakes he BABBELS would you cut and what in- AP photo kind of cooperation that I’d has made in combating the vestments would you keep? 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“Zombie shooting has really taken off in the last three years.’’ — Eric Johnson, owner of Seeing new life the Shoot House Auto industry is Taking on hiring spree aim at the
By Dee-Ann Durbin Associated Press writer living dead DETROIT — Volkswagen opened N. Idaho obstacle course a plant in Tennessee last month with 2,000 workers. Honda is hir- offers ‘zombie shooting’ ing 1,000 in Indiana to meet de- mand for its best-selling Civic. By Tom Hasslinger General Motors is looking for 2,500 Coeur d’Alene Press in Detroit to build the Chevy Volt. Two years after the end of the COEUR d’ALENE — “Don’t Great Recession, the auto industry chase the zombies, they could is hiring again — and much faster be leading you to an ambush.’’ than the rest of the economy. As an That’s advice from Eric employer, it’s growing faster than Johnson, owner of the Shoot airplane manufacturers, ship- House, the downtown Coeur builders, health care providers and d’Alene business that lets re- the federal government. al-life zombies attack you. The hiring spree is even more re- Your best defense is a simu- markable because memories of the lated weapon of your choice, U.S. auto industry’s near-death ex- from a 9mm handgun to a ful- perience are fresh.In 2009,General ly automatic machine gun, so Motors and Chrysler both got gov- when they come at you, blast ernment bailouts and entered away. bankruptcy,and auto sales hit a 30- “This is the entertainment, year low. the hook of the business,’’ In June of that year, about Johnson said. “Zombie shoot- 623,000 people were employed by ing has really taken off in the the auto industry in the United last three years.’’ States, the fewest since the early Google zombie hunt and a 1980s. Now the figure is almost slew of pages will come up. 700,000,a 12 percent increase. Everyone, it seems, wants to Sales are back up, too, and au- shoot one. Credit Hollywood tomakers are hiring by the thou- movies, credit political cor- sands to meet increased demand. rectness for not feeling bad for “The buzz is incredible around killing the already dead, just here about what opportunity we’re know it’s popular. going to get if we can build a great And Coeur d’Alene’s obsta- product,’’ says Ben Edwards, who cle course, open for roughly went to work for Volkswagen in three weeks, is at 403 N. Sec- Chattanooga,Tenn.,last year and is ond St., connected to the now a team leader on an assembly next-door businesses, Down- line that installs tires and seats. town Guns and Ammo. Edwards was working as a gener- It’s more than just blasting al contractor until the housing zombies. It offers real-life market dried up. He says the pay at firearm training courses for Volkswagen, which starts at $14.50 the general public to law en- an hour, is fair and the benefits are forcement agencies. The generous. training courses use a smoke- Besides hiring 2,000 people it- less, non-toxic marking car- self, Volkswagen figures the plant, tridge from a converted where it will make its new Passat, AP photo firearm. The cartridges, made will create 9,000 spin-off jobs in Ben Edwards, a team leader on the assembly line, works on the front door of a Volkswagen Passat on June 28 in Chattanooga, by Simunition, don’t pene- the region, including 500 at auto- Tenn. Edwards is a new employee at the Volkswagen plant, which opened May 24. trate and the discharges are supplier plants that are springing quiet, so the shooter doesn’t up nearby. percent gain for the economy as a But they do create positive have to wear ear protection. #WVQKPFWUVT[ Michigan Automakers are hiring again be- whole, excluding farming and ad- ripple effects for the 36,100 The courses incorporate cause car sales are rising. Ameri- justed for seasonal variation, since economy. The Center for CFFULQDU 31,000 home-based and real-life sit- Two years after the end of the Ohio cans bought 10.4 million cars and June 2009. The Labor Department Automotive Research es- Great Recession, the auto in- 18,600 uations, like an attack at an dustry is hiring again, and at a 14,200 trucks in 2009 and 11.6 million in reports Friday on jobs gained or lost timates that every new much faster pace than the rest ATM machine, or a home in- of the economy. Indiana 13,800 2010. This year, they’re on track to last month. auto manufacturing job Total U.S. auto industry vasion, to give it more realism. 11,300 buy 13 million or more, and auto In a normal economic recovery, leads to nine other jobs — employees, seasonally adjusted Motor vehicle Using live attackers adds Kentucky manufacturing 720 thousand companies are adding shifts to improvement in the housing mar- from parts makers to 11,600 employees stress for the trainee, making Not seasonally 12,500 meet the demand. ket leads the way by creating con- restaurants that feed au- 700 adjusted the lesson more valuable. Alabama May 2011 “Everybody got so lean and mean struction jobs. But home prices toworkers. 680 10,300 “The live targets add a 9,700 June 2009 660 May 2011 during the downturn that they’re haven’t stopped falling, and the The auto gains have 694,500 Texas whole other element to the trying to rebuild staff,’’says Charles construction industry has shed 8 been widespread,with the 640 8,800 training,’’Johnson said. 6,700 Chesbrough, a senior economist percent of its workers since June Midwest the biggest ben- 620 June 2009 But it’s the zombie blasting 622,700 Missouri 5,100 with IHS Automotive. 2009 — 474,000 jobs in all. eficiary. In Ohio alone, 600 that’s taking off. The auto industry’s 12 percent The gains in the auto industry 2009 2010 2011 5,900 increase in jobs compares with a 0.2 have been small by comparison. See LIFE, Business 2 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics AP See ZOMBIES, Business 2 U.S., Mexico sign multi-year Building permits cross-border trucking agreement continue to decline Times-News time frame in 2010. By Jonathan M. Katz by 1995 and full access to all U.S.high- The U.S. Department of Trans- Across the bridge, the city Associated Press writer ways by January 2000. Canadian portation says the safety concerns Building permits for new of Jerome saw a similar de- trucks have no limits on where they have now been resolved. Electronic home construction and cline of 12 percent from June MEXICO CITY — U.S.and Mexican can go. monitoring systems will track how commercial construction 2010 to June 2011. During officials signed an agreement But until now, Mexican trucks have many hours the trucks are in service. are still on the decline in the the latter, only three permits Wednesday allowing each country’s seldom been allowed farther than a Drivers will also have to pass safety re- Magic Valley compared to a were approved for new trucks to traverse the other’s high- buffer zone on the U.S.side of the bor- views, drug tests and assessments of year ago. homes in Jerome. ways, implementing a key provision of der. In retaliation, Mexico had im- their English-language and U.S. traf- The city of Twin Falls ap- Year-to-date, Jerome has the North American Free Trade posed higher tariffs on dozens of U.S. fic sign-reading skills. Mexico has the proved seven permits for new approved six new home Agreement after nearly two decades of products. authority to demand similar measures home construction in June, construction permits this bickering. The Mexican government has now from U.S. truck drivers entering their 12.5 percent fewer permits year, which represents a Transportation secretaries Ray La- agreed to suspend those tariffs as long territory. than were issued in June nearly 18 percent decline Hood and Dionisio Perez-Jacome as the agreement is in place. But those won’t do much to resolve 2010. Year-to-date, the city’s compared to 2010. signed the three-year memorandum, The public debate surrounding the the U.S. debate over the migration of seen roughly half the new In new commercial con- which is based on an agreement an- accord had mostly focused on the jobs, which dates back to the NAFTA construction it had by this struction, the permits is- nounced in March by Presidents safety of Mexican trucks. But labor debates of the early 1990s. The ques- time last year; Twin Falls ap- sued in Twin Falls dropped Barack Obama and Felipe Calderon. unions and other groups were strongly tion: Will a freer flow of cross-border proved 78 total single-family by about 10 each month NAFTA, signed in 1994, had called opposed to the agreement, which they cargo traffic boost business and allow home permits by the end of from the previous year, rep- for Mexican trucks to have unrestrict- say will cost Americans trucking and June 2011, compared to 141 resenting a year-to-date de- ed access to highways in border states other jobs. See BORDER, Business 2 permits granted in the same cline of 43 percent.
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Today in business Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims; Retailers release sales data for June.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates Business 2 Thursday, July 7, 2011 BUSINESS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho MARKET SUMMARY YESTERDAY ON WALL STREET NYSE AMEX NASDAQ In late afternoon trading, the Standard & MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) MOST ACTIVE ($1 OR MORE) Poor s 500 index lost less than 1 point to Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg Name Vol(00) Last Chg 1,337. Rupert Murdoch s News Corp. was BkofAm 1389090 10.74 -.26 NovaGld g 44527 10.22 +.11 Microsoft 472772 26.33 +.30 among the index s biggest losers, dropping S&P500ETF1274069 133.97 +.16 VirnetX 43052 36.61 +3.97 PwShs QQQ445055 58.39 +.19 SprintNex 567883 5.51 +.12 NwGold g 35253 10.64 +.28 NewsCpA 439880 17.47 -.66 4 percent, as a phone-hacking scandal iShEMkts 551700 47.82 -.32 GoldStr g 31079 2.41 +.12 Cisco 427109 15.56 -.11 engulfed one of the media giant s tabloids. SPDR Fncl 523243 15.41 -.08 KodiakO g 28910 6.37 -.02 Intel 423501 22.75 +.31 Some British legislators called on regula- tors to block News Corp. from taking over GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) GAINERS ($2 OR MORE) British Sky Broadcasting. Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg The Dow Jones industrial average rose TorchEngy 2.51 +.91 +56.9 VirnetX 36.61 +3.97 +12.2 BkCarol 2.14 +1.10 +105.8 ChinaDEd 3.40 +.76 +28.8 AlmadnM g 3.71 +.31 +9.1 IndBkMI rs 2.64 +.61 +30.0 39 points, or 0.3 percent, to 12,609. DuPont ChiNBorun 6.96 +1.07 +18.2 EvolPt pfA 25.24 +2.00 +8.6 SynthEngy 2.41 +.54 +28.9 rose 2 percent, the most of any stock in the MGIC 6.82 +.77 +12.7 OrsusXel rs 4.47 +.32 +7.7 FuweiFilm 4.21 +.94 +28.7 average, followed by Intel Corp. KineticC 66.20 +7.42 +12.6 ChinaPhH 2.43 +.16 +7.0 MagyarBc 5.20 +1.06 +25.6 The technology-focused Nasdaq com-
LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) LOSERS ($2 OR MORE) posite added 2 points to 2,827. Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Name Last Chg %Chg Among U.S. companies, General Motors OwensC wtB 3.96 -.51 -11.4 T3 Motn rs 2.30 -.22 -8.7 HeliosM rs 2.71 -.61 -18.4 gained 1 percent after analysts upgraded NBGre pfA 7.55 -.95 -11.2 RobertsRlt 2.07 -.16 -7.2 DragonW g 5.47 -.85 -13.4 the stock. Walgreen Co. also rose 1 percent Lentuo n 4.08 -.51 -11.1 InvCapHld 5.91 -.39 -6.2 THT HeatT 3.06 -.44 -12.6 after the retailer said its June sales were NaviosAcq 3.62 -.38 -9.5 CagleA 3.85 -.25 -6.1 EagleBulk 2.30 -.28 -10.9 GrayTvA 2.11 -.16 -7.0 Geokinetics 7.32 -.44 -5.7 FarmerBrs 8.67 -1.03 -10.6 higher than anticipated. Business software maker Compuware DIARY DIARY DIARY Corp. rose more than 5 percent, among the Advanced 1,694 Advanced 252 Advanced 1,462 strongest in the S&P 500. Compuware Declined 1,302 Declined 202 Declined 1,106 bought another software maker, dynaTrace, Unchanged 134 Unchanged 35 Unchanged 133 Total issues 3,130 Total issues 489 Total issues 2,701 for $256 million and said it expects the deal New Highs 158 New Highs 11 New Highs 143 to more than double sales in the next year. New Lows 13 New Lows 6 New Lows 26 — The Associated Press Volume 3,277,088,415 Volume 107,058,562 Volume 1,615,735,559
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AmCasino .42 66 23.85 -.06 +52.6 LeeEnt ... 2 .81 -.01 -67.1 (down 11) 14 percent spring 9.10 (up 14) Barley 10.50 (down 25) steers 130.00-150.00; stocker steers 140.00-150.00; heavy hol- London afternoon fixing: $1527.25 up $17.25. MicronT ... 12 7.56 -.22 -5.7 OGDEN — White wheat 6.20 (steady)/6.15 new 11.5 percent winter NY Handy & Harman: $1527.25 up $17.25. Aon Corp .60 20 51.48 -.05 +11.9 stein feeder steers 82.00-94.00; light holstein feeder steers NY Handy & Harman fabricated: Not Available . BallardPw ...... 1.59 ... +6.0 OfficeMax ... 12 7.57 -.16 -57.2 6.16 (down 10)/6.11 14 percent spring 9.12 (down 6)/8.52 new 85.00-100.00; heavy feeder heifers 95.00-120.00; light feeder Barley 11.50 (steady)/10.25 new corn 11.41 cwt (down 11)/ 11.21 heifers 110.00-130.00; stocker heifers 120.00-135.00; bulls NY Engelhard: $1530.50 up $17.28. BkofAm .04 20 10.74 -.26 -19.5 RockTen .80 12 65.83 +.66 +22.0 new 80.00-88.00; baby calves n/a; stock cows n/a; stock cow/calf NY Engelhard fabricated: $1645.28 up $18.57. Sensient .84 17 38.25 +.44 +4.1 PORTLAND — White wheat 6.53 (up 13) 11 percent winter 7.02-7.27 NY Merc. gold Jul Wed. $1528.70 up $16.40. ConAgra .92 14 25.99 +.25 +15.1 pairs n/a; feeder lambs 170.00-182.50; weaner pigs n/a; NY HSBC Bank USA 4 p.m. Wed. $1530.00 up $15.00. SkyWest .16 12 15.34 +.25 -1.8 (down 9) 14 percent spring 10.37 (down 2) corn 265.50-271.75 Remarks: All classes steady. 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Both entail watching because the talks were confidential. during trading day. g – Dividend in Canadian $. Stock price in U.S.$. n – New issue in the end of summer, several months video ads. Both companies have said they 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- earlier than forecast, its chief exec- Kilar also said Hulu remains on don t comment on rumor or specu- wk high during trading day. v – Trading halted on primary market. Unless noted, dividend utive said in a blog post Wednesday. track to make nearly $500 million in lation. Discussions with outside 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 – The rapid popularity of the paid revenue in 2011, up from $263 mil- parties are more than just ex- When issued. wt – Warrants. ww – With warrants. xw – Without warrants. plan may increase interest in Hulu, lion in 2010. He reiterated that the ploratory. 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 whose media company parents — company is profitable. On Wednesday,Disney Chief Ex- 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, including The Walt Disney Co., The company began presenting ecutive Bob Iger told reporters that accumulative issue with dividends in arrears. m – Annual rate, reduced on last declara- News Corp. and Comcast Corp. — its financial information to interest- Hulu s owners are “committed to 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 have put it up for sale. ed bidders late last month after an selling.”He spoke on the sidelines of distribution date. x – Ex-dividend or ex-rights. y – Ex-dividend and sales in full. z – Sales Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar unsolicited offer prompted its board an annual gathering of top media in full. vj – In bankruptcy or receivership or being reorganized under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities assumed by such companies. said the number of people who paid to look afield for other offers. executives hosted by investment • Most active stocks above must be worth $1 and gainers/losers $2. $8 a month for the Hulu Plus service About a dozen potential buyers bank Allen & Co. in Sun Valley, Ida- 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- hit 875,000 in June. Paying cus- are in discussions with Hulu, in- ho. Iger s comments were reported tingent deferred sales load may apply. s – Stock dividend or split. t – Both p and r. x – Ex- tomers get access to a deep catalog cluding search leader Google Inc. by Bloomberg and The Wall Street cash dividend. Source: The Associated Press. Sales figures are unofficial. of TV shows and can watch on mo- and portal operator Yahoo Inc., ac- Journal.
BUSINESS IN BRIEF Life Continued from Business 1 CONNECTICUT months of the year from a year and systemic violations” of fed- the U.S. when the dollar is tion for college students to Bank of America to ago, the first gain since 2004, eral overtime and record-keep- auto manufacturing jobs weak,are racing to build more design and build hybrid cars. thanks to rising sales of digital ing provisions of federal wage- have risen 31 percent the past products here. He says he and other young lay off 107 workers tracks and albums. hour statutes. two years, while parts makers Automakers are doing it recruits view the 103-year- HARTFORD, Conn. — Bank of Tracking firm Nielsen The agreement will pay back in Michigan have added with cheaper labor. Four old automaker as a trendset- America has informed SoundScan said Wednesday that overtime to almost 3,500 work- nearly 20,000 jobs. years ago, the United Auto ter. Connecticut officials it will be overall album sales rose nearly 4 ers. Parts jobs are also up 15 Workers agreed to a contract “Here in the battery lab, laying off more than 100 workers percent to 221.5 million units, Those workers were spread percent in Alabama, where that allowed Detroit s car- there s so much youth and so in Hartford and East Hartford. from 213.6 million a year ago. over Farmers centers in Austin, workers make parts for Mer- makers to hire some new much opportunity for Spokeswoman Nicole The figure includes compact Texas; Olathe, Kan.; Oklahoma cedes SUVs and Honda mini- workers at $14 per hour, or growth, he says. Nastacie said Wednesday that discs and digital albums. Nielsen City; Lake Mary, Fla.; and Grand vans, and in Kentucky, where half the starting pay of work- U.S. auto employment may Bank of America is eliminating also counts 10 tracks sold indi- Rapids, Mich.; Overland Park, the Chevrolet Corvette and ers at that time. While the never reach its previous 56 positions at its Hartford Cash vidually as one album. Kan.; and Hillsboro, Ore. Toyota Camry are made. UAW doesn t represent heights. The industry last Vault site, transferring the work The top-selling album was A message to Los Angeles- Before the turnaround, workers at foreign-owned topped 1 million workers in to Dedham, Mass., and Adele s “21,” with 2.5 million based Farmers seeking com- new auto jobs were scarce. plants, those companies — 2007,and most analysts don t Schenectady, NY. albums sold, while Lady Gaga s ment was not returned Detroit s auto companies had like Volkswagen — generally expect it to reach that level The bank is also exiting its “Born This Way” came second Wednesday. too many factories, high match UAW pay. again. The Center for Auto- East Hartford Lockbox site, with 1.5 million albums, thanks wages and bloated bureau- At a recent GM event in motive Research predicts total affecting about 50 workers. The largely to a promotion on SOUTH KOREA cratic management. Jobs be- Toledo, Ohio — where GM industry employment of work will be relocated to Amazon.com that sold her gan disappearing in 2006 and was announcing that it plans about 877,000 in 2025. Boston s neighborhood of album for a heavily discounted Samsung says Q2 2007 as U.S.automakers tried to hire or retain 4,000 work- The Detroit carmakers Dorchester. 99 cents. desperately to restructure. ers over the next 18 months — have shed nine brands — in- The bank notified the state operating profit fell SEOUL, South Korea — Dozens of auto suppliers were UAW Vice President Joe Ash- cluding Pontiac, Mercury Department of Labor that it will Samsung Electronics Co. is offer- pushed into bankruptcy. ton was unapologetic about and Hummer — and closed 25 lay off the workers in Hartford on TEXAS ing a preliminary look at its sec- Then came 2008,when gas the wage cuts and said the plants since 2005. Mexico, Sept. 23. Employees in East Farmers workers to prices spiked and the finan- union would consider allow- China and other countries Hartford will lose their jobs from ond-quarter earnings perform- get $1.5 million back ance showing operating profit cial crisis struck. The indus- ing more $14-per-hour jobs with cheap labor are compet- Aug. 11 to Dec. 1. try lost almost one in every in the future. ing for jobs, which will limit Bank of America says it will wages falling and sales rising slightly. The manufacturer of the four of its jobs. By the time “We re willing to discuss U.S.growth.And automation remain a major employer in DALLAS — Farmers Insurance GM and Chrysler got out of anything that creates jobs, lets every company do more Connecticut, with about 4,000 has agreed to pay just over $1.5 Galaxy S smartphone said Thursday in a statement that bankruptcy,in June 2009,the he said. work with fewer people. workers. million in back overtime wages to industry employed about half Auto companies are racing In a struggling U.S. econo- workers at 11 customer service operating profit for the three months that ended June 30 will as many people as it did in to hire white-collar workers, my, though, it s significant, call centers in Texas and five 2000. too. Monster.com has more since growing auto sales in- CALIFORNIA fall to between 3.5 trillion won other states after a U.S. Labor Sales and profits have risen than 100 postings for auto dicate growing consumer U.S. music sales see and 3.9 trillion won ($3.7 billion) Department investigation. ever since, and payrolls have engineers, including a hand- confidence. And considering from 5.01 trillion won a year ear- first rise since 2004 The federal probe found what followed. ful for Hyundai and Subaru. what the auto industry has lier. LOS ANGELES — U.S. music a Labor Department statement GM, Ford and Chrysler are Electric batteries, touch- been through,it s a bonanza. — The Associated Press album sales grew in the first six Wednesday called “significant all making money for the first screen dashboards and other “I really do believe that we time since the mid-2000s technology are becoming are seeing a renaissance in the and adding workers to build more common, so automak- American automobile indus- popular models like the re- ers need engineers with ex- try, says James Brock, a pro- Border vamped Ford Explorer. For- pertise. fessor of economics at eign companies, stung by the Randy Floreska was re- Farmer School of Business at Continued from Business 1 pant drug violence. high cost of exporting cars to cruited by GM at a competi- Miami University. owners to hire more workers, or will it ship Rep. Peter DeFazio, a Democrat from U.S. jobs to Mexican drivers who work for Oregon, introduced a bill Wednesday to lower pay? block the administration from implement- LaHood argued the first position in a ing the program, saying that his concerns Zombies Wednesday statement. about safety, security and job loss had not “By opening the door to long-haul been met. Continued from Business 1 operated similar training facilities with live trucking between the United States and But other U.S. groups from the National Dressed up, padded, the people playing rounds. He said his goal is to teach firearms Mexico, America s third largest trading Cattlemen s Beef Association to the Na- the zombies hide in corners and come at you safety, provide experience building on the partner, we will create jobs and opportuni- tional Christmas Tree Association cele- from behind doors as you make your way use of firearms and teach life-saving exer- ty for our people and support economic brated the end of the punitive tariffs and through an obstacle course in the back of the cises. development in both nations, he said. hoped for higher sales. The tariffs tax $2.4 Shoot House. With screams in the back- The city of Coeur d Alene granted the The Teamsters Union was incensed. billion worth of U.S. exports according to ground, zombies banging on walls, and little business permit in October. Patrons aren t General President Jim Hoffa said the the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, including light to size up your attacker,the hunt can be allowed to bring their own guns, only the agreement was “probably illegal because tariffs up to 45 percent on certain fruits ac- downright intense. converted ones for the special cartridges it goes further than a previously agreed- cording to a trade group. There are mannequin zombies to shoot, that the business provides. on pilot program and described it as Those tariffs will be cut in half within 10 too.Johnson moved to the area two years ago And don t chase the zombies as they run “opening the border to dangerous trucks days and then eliminated completely when from California. He has been a certified away. They re setting you up, just to take at a time of high unemployment and ram- full cross-border traffic begins. firearm instructor for a dozen years, and has you down. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho NATION Thursday, July 7, 2011 Business 3 Appeals court rules against law banning gays from military By Carol J. Williams Phillips in Riverside. A tary readiness. “letting down the troops.’’ treatment of the spouse of a two-page order granting a Los Angeles Times month later, Phillips issued a On Wednesday, a three- The 9th Circuit’s turn- lesbian lawyer who works motion brought by the Log “worldwide injunction’’ judge panel of the 9th Cir- around was attributed to re- for the 9th Circuit. Cabin Republicans, a gay LOS ANGELES — A fed- against further discharges of cuit said the “balance of cent statements by the Jus- Attorney General Eric H. rights advocacy group that eral law banning openly gay gay soldiers and sailors, but hardships,’’ which had pre- tice Department and the Holder Jr.’s February letter to sued the federal government people from serving in the the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of viously justified a stay of White House calling for Congress saying that the over “don’t ask, don’t tell’’ military should no longer be Appeals in November sus- Phillips’ order, had changed. “heightened scrutiny’’ of Justice Department would seven years ago. enforced, a federal appeals pended her order while the The appeals panel noted that laws that discriminate on the no longer go to court to pro- R. Clarke Cooper, a com- court ruled Wednesday, cit- case was being appealed. the Pentagon expects to have basis of sexual orientation, tect the Defense of Marriage bat veteran and reservist who ing the Obama administra- Congress, in the mean- completed its training of like the Defense of Marriage Act against lawsuits was also is executive director of the tion’s call for an end to “a time, repealed “don’t ask, military personnel to adjust Act that deprives same-sex referred to by the 9th Circuit Log Cabin Republicans, said history of discrimination’’ don’t tell’’ but left the policy to the new policy by mid- married couples of federal panel comprised of Chief the Defense Department had against homosexuals. in force until the president, summer. benefits. Judge Alex Kozinski and two been making good-faith The “don’t ask, don’t tell’’ the defense secretary and Gay rights groups ap- “Gay and lesbian individ- appointees of President progress in preparing for re- policy signed into law by the Joint Chiefs of Staff cer- plauded the 9th Circuit ac- uals have suffered a long and Clinton,Judges Kim McLane peal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,’’ President Bill Clinton in tify that enough training and tion, while opponents of significant history of pur- Wardlaw and Richard A. but that the 9th Circuit ac- 1993 was ruled unconstitu- preparation for integrating gays in the military called poseful discrimination,’’ the Paez. tion “ensures there will be no tional in September by U.S. gays has been accomplished the decision a capitulation to administration said last The panel lifted the stay it walking back on the legisla- District Judge Virginia to avoid any damage to mili- an administration that is week in ordering equal imposed in November in a tive side.’’ Obama to send condolence letters on troop suicides
WASHINGTON (AP) — taken a toll on them,’’ said the U.S. has fought two over- Acknowledging the mental Chiarelli, who has been lead- seas wars and some troops strains wrought by America’s ing the Army’s effort to re- serve repeated tours of duty decade at war, the Pentagon duce suicides. and suffered post-traumatic and White House said The letter policy had been stress and other problems. Wednesday they will now under review by the White According to totals re- begin sending condolence House since 2009 and some leased Wednesday by the letters to families of troops military families had pushed Pentagon, nearly 300 active who commit suicide in a for the change.Service mem- duty service members com- combat zone. ber suicides have increased as mitted suicide last year. The policy shift brings a bit of consistency to the long- Tucker Estate standing practice of top U.S. leaders recognizing the serv- Auction AP photo ice of those who died while Saturday, July 9, 2011 Vivian DePerrio, second from left, waits as Jeff Pierce, left, signs up for a ticket to Thursday’s sentencing fighting for their country. of Casey Anthony, at Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Fla., Wednesday. Located: 944 South Park Avenue West Until now, many of the mili- Twin Falls, Idaho tary service chiefs and secre- From South Park turn west on South Park Avenue West, go taries wrote to families of 1 1/10 miles west. Watch where and how you park, this is those who committed suicide a busy road Acquitted of murder, Casey while in combat. But in most cases, the president and sec- Sale Time 10:30AM LUNCH BY AL retary of defense did not. Guns Anthony now must rebuild life Mental health and troop Wards Western Field 16 gauge double barrel shotgun - Thompson advocacy groups welcomed 50 caliber reproduction muzzle loader - Remington Springfield ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A “liked’’ the “I hate Casey skills that could translate the change but said those “03-A3 30-06” 1943 Military rifle - Winchester “Model 1890” big fat book deal? A life in Anthony’’ page on Face- into a career. who die outside war zones al- 22 WRF 1917 pump action rifle with Junior Myler carved in stock - Firearms Int’L Corp 22 caliber Washington DC hiding? Motherhood again? book, which included com- In a 2010 jailhouse letter so should be recognized and Skeleton metal frame stock twist action - Spanish 96 Mauser What could the future ments wishing her the same to a friend, Anthony said that more should be done to 7.57 caliber WWII - Italian Cartano 6.5 Carton? WWII - Smith hold for Casey Anthony fate that befell little Caylee. she would like to adopt a prevent suicide among serv- and Wesson “Model 15-4” double action 6 shot revolver, 38 when she gets out of jail, Ti McCleod, who lives a few child from Ireland “accent ice members. caliber, 4” barrel in left hand holster - Browning Belgium semi perhaps as early as Thurs- doors from Anthony’s par- and all.’’ President Barack Obama automatic 25 caliber with 2” barrel - 2 Fillipietta replica Navy day? ents,said: “Society is a dan- Judge Belvin Perry will said the decision was made Colt 36 caliber with 7 1/2” barrel, black powder, percussion A day after she was ac- ger to Casey; she’s not a sentence Anthony on four after an exhaustive review of cap and ball - British Bull Dog 8 shot revolver, 32 caliber, 2 quitted of killing her 2- danger to society.’’ misdemeanor counts of ly- the previous policy, and was 3/8” barrel - American Arms 12 gauge double barrel shotgun, year-old daughter, Caylee, Her family has been ing to investigators while not taken lightly. 30” barrel - Mossberg 500A 12 gauge, 30” barrel, pump action in a case that was a coast- fractured by her attorneys’ they were looking into her “This issue is emotional, - Marlin semi auto rifle, 22 LR caliber with 4xBSA scope and 2 clips - assorted holsters, ammo and other gun related items to-coast TV sensation, insistence that Anthony’s daughter’s disappearance. painful and complicated, but many of those who followed father and brother molested Each count carries up to a these Americans served our Vehicles - Trailers 1978 Ford “F-250” 3/4 ton Camper Special Extended Cab the riveting drama are won- her and that her father par- year behind bars. At worst, nation bravely. They didn’t Pickup, long wheel base, V8, automatic, with hand crank cherry dering. ticipated in a cover-up of she will serve only a little die because they were weak,’’ picker - 1958 Edsel Citation 4 door hard top sedan, project car, “Anthony will always be Caylee’s death. On Tues- additional time. Obama said in a written family says it’s all there - 24’ tandem axle flat bed trailer with dogged by the belief that day, Anthony’s parents rose Prosecutors contended statement. “And the fact that metal floor - EZ Haul 8’ enclosed utility trailer, single axle - 8’ she killed her child,’’ said from their seats without that Anthony suffocated they didn’t get the help they tilt flat bed utility trailer Lewis Katz, a law professor emotion upon hearing the Caylee with duct tape be- needed must change.’’ Tractor - Machinery at Case Western Reserve verdict and left the court- cause she wanted to be free The complex and wrench- 1952 Ferguson “TO-30” gas tractor, 28” rubber, 3pt hitch, University in Cleveland. room ahead of everyone to party and be with her ing emotions of the issue are has mounted a step thru hydraulic loader with mechanical “She will never lead a nor- else. Their attorney, Mark boyfriends. Defense attor- evident on a war memorial at bucket, all sells together - Rollover Fresno, 3pt hitch - 7’ ter- mal life.’’ Lippman, said they haven’t neys argued that the little Fort Hood, Texas. Gen. Peter race blade, 3pt hitch - Ferguson single bottom one way plow, In a country known for spoken with their daughter girl accidentally drowned in Chiarelli, the Army vice chief 3pt hitch - Allied post hole digger, pto driven, 3pt hitch - 3pt second acts, never is a since the verdict, and he the family swimming pool of staff, said Wednesday that extension hitch strong word. But should she wouldn’t say whether they and that Anthony panicked the greatest regret of his mili- Shop Equipment & Tools be released at her sentenc- believed she was guilty. and hid the body because of tary career was his decision to Craftsman Quick Change metal lathe with components - ing Thursday, after nearly Anthony is a high the effects of being sexually leave one name off that mon- Chicago bench type 5 speed drill press - Sears portable double piston air compressor - Lincoln 225 amp electric welder - three years behind bars, the school dropout who, before abused by her father. ument. The soldier — one of Vulcan 80 lb anvil - Mig 100 welder - Harris acetylene torch 25-year-old Anthony could her arrest at 22, had limited The prosecutor in the the 169 1st Cavalry Division set with cart - Mono Ag 740 Mig welder (needs help) - engine be hard-pressed to piece work experience. Her last case, Jeff Ashton, told troops Chiarelli lost during a stand - 2 new Craftsman rollaround toolboxes - battery char- together some semblance of job was in 2006 as a vendor NBC’s “Today’’ show yearlong deployment in Iraq gers - shop lights - Craftsman router - toolboxes - many hand a normal life: at Universal Studios theme Wednesday that the verdict — had committed suicide. So tools -organizer boxes - OHM meter - bolt cutters - miter box She may have to get out park. While she once pro- left him and other prosecu- just 168 names are listed on saw - electrical power tools: sanders, saws and drills - 2 Stihl of town. Threats have been fessed an interest in pho- tors in shock. “I think I the memorial. chain saws - pipe wrenches - levels - hand saws - drop cords - made against her, and on- tography, and even found mouthed the word ‘wow’ “The terrible things some hydraulic jacks - car ramps - Handyman jack - many log chains line she is being vilified. some work in the field, it’s about five times,’’said Ash- have seen or experienced in - vise - chain binders - grinders - hammers - end wrenches - air hoses - cabinet clamps - shop creepers - pipe bender - impact Nearly 15,000 people not known whether she has ton,who is retiring Friday. combat have undoubtedly wrenches - hole saw - comealongs - Dayton shop vac - weld- ing helmets - jumper cables - sockets - and many other shop items and supplies Collectibles 2 Singer treadle sewing machines - 2 old portable Singer sewing Lawyers in machines in wooden cabinets - Singer Feather Weight sewing 3 Calif. moms accused of machine - assorted lighted and standard beer signs - collectible toy cars - whiskey decanters - old canning jars and lids - Avon Strauss-Kahn bottles and guns - mounted bull horns - deer antlers - 50 or more pieces of Ruby Red glassware - depression glassware - using PTA in Ponzi scheme Homer Laughlin and Eggshell china dishes - Wheat china case hold talks dishes - trivets - Zane Grey hard back books - flat and sad irons NEW YORK (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — “It was billed as no way to in Diamond Bar until school - kerosene lamps - old catalogs - Paris mantle clock - cuchoo Lawyers for Dominique Three former PTA mothers lose,’’he said. leaders became aware of the clocks - Anniversary clocks - clock parts - cellouid pieces - 2 Strauss-Kahn met with used their connection with Investments, which had complaints and ended their oz to 5 gal crock jugs - phonograph records - ladies vintage prosecutors Wednesday for a suburban elementary to be made in cash, ranged membership,Katz said. clothing - ladies old hats and boxes - cameras - set of Old West what the defense called a school to recruit investors from $5,000 to $208,000. The fact that they were books - Jim Beam collector cars - teenager mannequin - hand productive discussion, but in a phony $14 million get- The 40 investors dipped in- meat saw - 2 RR lantern - coal bucket - fire extinguisher - har- PTA members was key in ness hames there was no immediate rich-quick scheme, au- to their life savings, maxed leading the investors to word on what would happen thorities said Wednesday. out their credit cards and trust the women and to re- Household Items 2 office chairs - desk - Lazy Boy recliner - like new Lane recliner to the sexual assault case The alleged Ponzi-style took out second mortgages cruit their own acquain- with heat and massager - record cabinet - Christmas decorations that has been threatened by scam lasted more than two on their homes to come up tances as far away as Salt - party dish sets - 4 swivel bar stools - decanters - 8 track tape doubts about the accuser’s years before an irate in- with the money,Katz said. Lake City,he said. player - Sears phonograph and 8 track player - lamps - book credibility. vestor filed a complaint last Maricela Barajas, 41, and A spokeswoman for the shelves - Iron Ware barbecue - Arvin electric heater - many The two sides met pri- year, sparking an investiga- Juliana Menefee, 50, both of Pomona Unified School canning jars - and other miscellaneous household items vately for about 90 minutes tion that led to the arrests Diamond Bar, were arrested District said the district was Lawn & Garden Items - Miscellaneous in Manhattan District At- Tuesday of three women, on 22 felony charges, in- unaware of the investiga- Sears electric lawn mower - Homelite gas brush cutter - electric torney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s said Lt. Steve Katz of the cluding grand theft and se- tion until the sheriff’s de- leaf blower - Berger surveyors 110B instrument and tripod - 3 offices, but participants Los Angeles County Sher- curities fraud. The third partment announced the shop carts - 5 hp B&S gas motor - axes - Coleman heater - gas were tight-lipped about the iff’s Department. woman, Eva Perez, was al- arrests. cans - old portable Hobart welder on trailer - bolts and nuts - exchange, which came five The alleged swindle ready behind bars, serving a No PTA funds were in- nails - 220 volt electric heater - new Tecumsch 10 hp gas motor days after prosecutors said started in 2008 when the nearly 10-year sentence on volved in the fraud,Gabriela - tire chains - cement bull float - and other miscellaneous items the accuser had not been women told fellow PTA grand theft charges related De La Cruz said. NOTE: Don was a packrat. He liked guns, watches, clocks truthful about her back- members they had the ex- to a similar swindle in Shortly after the scheme and cars ground and the aftermath of clusive right to sell products neighboring San Bernardi- started, Perez was arrested the alleged attack. from a well-known local no County. in San Bernardino County OWNER: DON TUCKER ESTATE Lawyers for the former dairy to Disneyland, Disney Calls to the homes of on 28 charges of grand theft leader of the International hotels and other small re- Barajas and Menefee, who and one charge of writing a Terms: Cash or Bankable Check Day of Sale Monetary Fund called the tailers. were being held on check on insufficient funds. session with Vance and as- They said they needed $500,000 bail, were not In December 2010, she Sale managed by Masters Auction Service sistant prosecutors “con- capital to expand the busi- immediately returned. pleaded guilty to 10 of the “The Business that Service Built” structive.’’ ness and promised returns Their arraignment sched- charges and was sentenced Vance’s office said only of up to 100 percent, adding uled for Thursday was con- to nine years and eight Lyle Masters Gary Osborne Joe Bennett Lamar Loveland Jim Christiansen that it was continuing to in- that even if there was no tinued until Aug.4. months in prison and or- Buhl, Idaho Gooding, Idaho Hagerman, ID Hagerman, ID Rupert, Idaho vestigate and that no deci- profit, investors would get The women belonged to dered to pay $151,600 to 33 (208) 543 5227 (208) 934 5350 (208) 837 6523 (208) 837 4300 (208) 436 7355 sions had been made about their money back, Katz the PTA at the Neil Arm- victims, according to court Mobile Phones 731 1616 539 5350 539 0111 431 7355 the case’s future. said. strong Elementary School records. 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BURLEY/RUPERT FORECAST TWIN FALLS FIVE-DAY FORECAST Yesterday’s Weather Today: A few scattered thunderstorms. High 89. Today Tonight Friday Saturday Sunday Monday City Hi Lo Prcp Boise 97 63 0.00" Tonight: Lingering storms possible, partly cloudy. Low 59. Challis 92 53 0.00" Coeur d’ Alene 90 52 0.00" Idaho Falls 90 51 0.00" Tomorrow: Isolated thunderstorms later in the day. High 80. Jerome 92 61 0.00" Lewiston 94 55 0.00" Lowell 88 51 0.00" Malad City n/a n/a n/a" ALMANAC - BURLEY Malta n/a n/a n/a" A few scattered Lingering Partial A nice, warm Afternoon Warming up, Pocatello 91 51 0.00" thunderstorms storms, then sunshine, day showers or periods of Rexburg 86 55 0.00" Temperature Precipitation Salmon 90 52 0.00" possible partly cloudy pleasant storms sunshine Stanley 82 36 0.00" Sun Valley 85 47 0.00" Yesterday’s High 89° Yesterday’s 0.00" High 92° Low 61° 80° / 53° 85° / 57° 87° / 56° 88° / 57° Yesterday’s Low 57° Month to Date 0.00" Normal High / Low 85° / 53° Avg. Month to Date 0.08" ALMANAC - TWIN FALLS Record High 102° in 1999 Water Year to Date 10.77" Record Low 36° in 1986 Avg. Water Year to Date 8.95" Barometric Sunrise and Temperature Precipitation Humidity Pressure Sunset IDAHO’S FORECAST Yesterday’s High 93° Yesterday’s 0.00" Yesterday’s High 50% 5 pm Yesterday 30.03 in. Today Sunrise: 6:08 AM Sunset: 9:18 PM Yesterday’s Low 60° Month to Date 0.00" Yesterday’s Low 13% Friday Sunrise: 6:08 AM Sunset: 9:17 PM SUN VALLEY, SURROUNDING MTS. Normal High / Low 84° / 53° Avg. Month to Date 0.06" Today’s Forecast Avg. 40% Saturday Sunrise: 6:09 AM Sunset: 9:17 PM Scattered showers and thunderstorms will pop Record High 99° in 2007 Water Year to Date 12.14" Sunday Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 9:16 PM up across the region this afternoon. Record Low 38° in 1986 Avg. Water Year to Date 9.79" A water year runs from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 Monday Sunrise: 6:10 AM Sunset: 9:16 PM Temperatures remain in the 70's. Temperature & Precipitation valid through 5 pm yesterday Moonrise Coeur d’ Moon Phases Today’s U. V. Index Low Moderate High Alene Today Highs 80'sTonight’s Lows 40's and Moonset Forecasts and maps prepared by: 86 / 51 BOISE Today Moonrise: 1:35 PM Moonset: 12:15 AM 7 1 3 5 7 10 Hot temperatures are expected today, Friday First Full Last New Moonrise: 2:48 PM Moonset: 12:45 AM The higher the index the10 Cheyenne, Wyoming with developing storms late in the July 8 July 15 July 23 July 30 Saturday Moonrise: 4:01 PM Moonset: 1:18 AM more sun protection needed www.dayweather.com afternoon. More comfortable tomorrow, with highs in the 70's. REGIONAL FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST WORLD FORECAST Lewiston Today Tomorrow Saturday Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow 96 / 61 Today Highs/Lows 80's to 90's / 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 91 56 th 78 51 su 82 51 su Atlanta 92 72 th 91 72 th Orlando 91 75 th 92 77 th Acapulco 86 76 th 88 76 th Moscow 79 61 sh 77 62 th Grangeville NORTHERN UTAH Bonners Ferry 87 55 th 70 46 sh 74 46 pc Atlantic City 84 73 th 83 71 th Philadelphia 93 72 th 87 72 th Athens 80 73 pc 83 74 pc Nairobi 70 48 sh 70 48 sh Moisture and warm Burley 89 59 th 80 52 pc 82 52 pc Baltimore 89 70 th 85 69 th Phoenix 108 87 pc 109 85 pc Auckland 56 55 sh 59 54 sh Oslo 69 48 sh 66 48 sh 84 / 52 temperatures will combine Challis 87 53 th 83 47 th 84 47 pc Billings 91 63 th 90 61 th Portland, ME 79 61 pc 74 58 pc Bangkok 92 80 th 91 79 th Paris 68 52 sh 69 52 sh Coeur d’ Alene 86 51 th 70 47 pc 74 47 pc Birmingham 91 71 th 88 72 th Raleigh 90 72 th 89 72 th Beijing 94 71 pc 99 70 th Prague 81 61 th 72 53 sh to create scattered Elko, NV 91 56 th 88 52 pc 89 52 pc Boston 84 68 sh 77 65 th Rapid City 85 63 th 89 64 th Berlin 82 64 sh 75 60 sh Rio de Jane 62 52 sh 65 50 sh thunderstorms this Eugene, OR 78 53 pc 74 51 pc 77 51 su Charleston, SC 91 75 th 90 74 th Reno 91 59 pc 91 58 pc Buenos Aires 53 39 pc 57 43 pc Rome 81 69 pc 82 70 pc McCall afternoon. More storms Gooding 88 58 th 80 50 pc 81 50 pc Charleston, WV 91 66 th 86 65 th Sacramento 95 59 su 94 57 su Cairo 101 70 pc 103 70 pc Santiago 70 46 pc 69 41 pc Grace 79 54 th 75 49 th 79 49 th Chicago 78 66 pc 78 68 pc St. Louis 87 70 th 86 71 pc Dhahran 99 91 pc 101 91 pc Seoul 76 63 sh 80 61 sh Salmon possible tomorrow. 81 / 50 Hagerman 95 62 th 85 52 pc 87 52 pc Cleveland 79 65 pc 80 63 su St.Paul 85 66 pc 86 70 pc Geneva 72 52 th 67 49 sh Sydney 59 39 pc 58 41 pc 85 / 50 Hailey 85 54 th 78 48 pc 78 48 pc Denver 86 61 th 90 63 th Salt Lake City 86 72 th 87 68 pc Hong Kong 84 82 th 84 82 th Tel Aviv 79 76 pc 80 77 pc Idaho Falls 85 59 th 82 53 th 83 53 th Des Moines 85 66 pc 85 71 pc San Diego 76 66 pc 73 66 pc Jerusalem 98 73 pc 101 75 pc Tokyo 83 75 r 90 77 th Kalispell, MT 84 53 th 66 43 pc 71 43 pc Detroit 81 65 pc 84 68 pc San Francisco 67 54 pc 67 53 su Johannesburg 55 35 pc 55 37 pc Vienna 84 64 th 85 64 th Jerome 90 60 th 80 53 pc 84 53 pc El Paso 100 75 pc 101 77 pc Seattle 77 54 r 72 53 pc Kuwait City 112 94 pc 117 95 pc Warsaw 80 60 sh 86 64 th Lewiston 96 61 th 81 53 su 83 53 pc Fairbanks 79 51 pc 78 50 sh Tucson 101 79 th 102 80 th London 65 50 sh 65 50 th Winnipeg 79 54 th 78 61 pc Caldwell Malad City 82 61 th 77 57 th 81 57 th Fargo 83 64 th 86 70 pc Washington, DC 90 73 th 87 72 th Mexico City 73 52 sh 71 56 sh Zurich 70 52 th 68 48 sh 92 / 61 Idaho Falls Malta 85 60 th 78 53 th 80 53 th Honolulu 83 73 sh 84 73 sh McCall 81 50 th 70 41 su 71 41 pc Houston 97 76 th 97 76 th Boise Sun Valley 85 / 59 Missoula, MT 88 53 th 71 44 pc 76 44 pc Indianapolis 85 65 th 85 67 pc TODAY’S NATIONAL MAP 91 / 56 78 / 49 Pocatello 86 64 th 80 57 th 83 57 th Jacksonville 90 77 th 93 79 th 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 Portland, OR 77 54 r 72 53 pc 75 53 pc Kansas City 83 69 th 87 70 pc Pocatello Rupert 91 59 th 82 52 pc 83 52 pc Las Vegas 102 87 th 103 86 th Rupert 86 / 64 Rexburg 83 56 th 79 49 th 80 49 pc Little Rock 92 73 th 92 73 th Mountain Home 91 / 59 L 93 / 57 Richland, WA 91 58 hz 82 54 su 80 54 pc Los Angeles 88 68 pc 86 64 pc L Rogerson 80 52 th 74 47 th 76 47 pc Memphis 91 74 th 90 76 th L Burley Salmon 85 50 th 78 45 th 81 45 pc Miami 85 75 th 89 78 th H Twin Falls 89 / 59 Salt Lake City, UT 86 72 th 87 68 pc 87 68 th Milwaukee 74 62 pc 77 65 pc Fronts 92 / 61 Spokane, WA 89 55 th 75 47 pc 77 47 pc Nashville 90 71 th 87 70 th Stanley 77 40 th 69 33 th 71 33 pc New Orleans 92 79 th 92 79 th Yesterday’s State Extremes - High: 97 at Boise Low: 36 at Stanley Sun Valley 78 49 th 73 43 pc 72 43 pc New York 88 71 th 84 68 th Cold Yellowstone, MT Oklahoma City 76 weather key: su-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, mc-mostly cloudy, c-cloudy, 74 39 th 70 37 th 69 37 th 101 th 99 77 pc Omaha 85 67 th 86 70 pc th-thunderstorms, sh-showers,r-rain, sn-snow, fl-flurries, w-wind, m-missing Warm CANADIAN FORECAST H Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Stationary City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W City Hi Lo W Hi Lo W GREGG MIDDLEKAUFF’S QUOTE OF THE DAY Calgary 74 44 th 65 44 th Saskatoon 85 57 th 73 52 th Cranbrook 77 43 pc 54 37 sh Toronto 72 49 sh 74 57 sh Valid to 6 p.m. today “Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having Edmonton 77 57 th 76 52 th Vancouver 64 50 sh 56 48 sh Occluded Kelowna 79 39 pc 58 36 r Victoria 65 54 pc 60 53 sh Yesterday’s National Extremes: more. If you concentrate on what Lethbridge 86 55 pc 67 49 sh Winnipeg 79 54 th 78 61 pc High: 108 at Witchita Falls, Texas Regina 84 57 pc 73 54 th Low: 36 at Stanley, Idaho you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” More Magic Valley weather at www.magicvalley.com/weather Oprah Winfrey Get up-to-date highway information at the Idaho Transportation Department’s Web site at 511.idaho.gov or call 888-432-7623. Weather worsens for NASA’s last space shuttle launch CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. proves slightly over the to sneak through,he wants no quickly disappeared into the In the hallways of Kennedy Saturday’’ or beyond, Lein- (AP) — The weather isn’t cut- weekend. clouds for this historic send- clouds. Space Center,the mood is in- bach said. ting NASA any breaks, not Friday’s forecast would off — the last of the 30-year Glancing at Winters seated creasingly somber, Leinbach If Atlantis isn’t flying by even for the last space shuttle have to get worse before he’d shuttle program. next to him, Leinbach said, said. Thousands of shuttle Sunday, NASA said it will launch set for Friday. call off the launch, mission Between 750,000 and 1 “I’m hoping she’s really workers will lose their jobs have to wait until at least July Bad weather is expected, management team leader million people are expected to blown this forecast big time.’’ soon after Atlantis and its 16. That’s because of a sched- and forecasters said there’s a Mike Moses said at a jam the area for the launch, The weather was the only four astronauts return from uling conflict with an un- 70 percent chance that rain or Wednesday news conference. rivaling the crowds that gath- uncertainty hanging over the the 12-day space station de- manned rocket due to lift off thunderstorms will prevent A rain-free, storm-free zone ered for the Apollo moon 135th and final shuttle livery mission. next week. Atlantis from flying. No hail is needed 23 miles around, shots. launch. At the mission man- Even so, Moses and Lein- “We know there’s a lot or other severe conditions are among other things, in order “I hope it’s not like the last agement meeting Wednes- bach stressed, there is no de- more interest in the final anticipated, just “a lot of nui- for Atlantis to take off. launch where we only saw it day, there were only a few sire for delays that would launch, but when we’re on sance weather,’’ said the Launch director Mike for 22 seconds,’’ Leinbach technical items to discuss, all push off those layoffs. console Friday morning, it’s shuttle weather officer,Kathy Leinbach doesn’t just want a said, referring to Endeavour’s minor. The formal “go’’ for “Friday’s game day for us, going to be like any other Winters. The weather im- hole in the clouds for Atlantis May liftoff when the shuttle launch came easily. so we don’t want to wait until launch,’’Leinbach said.
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That’s why it surprised her — coil, heard its rattle and jumped said. Don’t ever jump away from a What you should — and shouldn’t even scared her — when during a back. snake. recent hike the Twin Falls woman “I ran back down the trail and Since her encounter, she’s read came upon a rattlesnake resting on barreled through Ben, the poor up about rattlers — “I’m even in- — do if you run into a rattlesnake the trail. guy,”she said. trigued by them,” she said — and “We weren’t even a mile up the They didn’t return to look at the learned a few other things that she By Andrew Weeks favorites is Rim View Trail in the trail when all of a sudden, out of snake, figuring if there was one on plans to remember in the event she Times-News writer South Hills. the corner of my eye, I saw some- the trail there might be more near- encounters another. “We’ve seen deer, sheep and thing move,”said Teresa, who was by. Will she hike the trail again? Teresa Botkin likes to hike with other animals that aren’t going to walking ahead of Ben, a Times- “I was told later on that what I “Absolutely,” she said. “But I her husband, Ben, and one of their bite you,”Teresa said. News reporter. She saw the snake did was absolutely wrong,”Teresa will be more cautious.”
Give it room Stay calm, Look ahead Paying attention to what’s ahead of you allows you to make proper If you’re in an area where judgements if you see a snake. respect the snake 3 As Teresa learned,quick signs are posted to keep an eye 2 “If you encounter a rattler,”Hatch said,“give it a wide berth and walk movements aren’t good if 1 out for rattlesnakes,use cau- around it.” you stumble close to a rattler un- tion.They’re probably not far Snakes do not have external ears but are sensitive to vibrations and will aware. away.You won’t likely find such “feel”your footsteps as you get close to them.Snakes can strike only within “When they start rattling,it’s a warnings on remote trails,but if half their length,Hatch said.But don’t take chances.Rattlers coil up when they warning for you not to get too you’re in desert terrain,often where feel threatened,so it’s difficult to tell how long the snake might be. close,”Hatch said.“If you’re there’s sagebrush and rock,the within a couple of feet,that’s snakes might be there anyway. pretty close.So what you’d want One of the things Teresa learned to do is stand still and wait until is that you should always look things de-escalate.Usually, ahead of you when hiking on trails they’ll drop and try to slither off.” — not just where you’re stepping, Rattlesnakes aren’t interested but several yards in front of you. in humans because we’re too big You’re looking for dark oval pat- for them to eat.They bite us only terns that often blend in with rocks if they feel threatened,or if we on the trail.Teresa said the snake startle them. she saw was stretched out on the Statistically,Hatch said,most trail and did not coil until she got bite victims are twenty-some- close. thing males,who are often intox- “Be alert,”said Kelton Hatch, icated and start teasing the snake. conservation educator with the Don’t do that,he said.Respect Idaho Department of Fish and the snake and it will leave you Game.“Pay attention to your sur- alone if you’re not too close. roundings.” This way your chance of encoun- tering a rattler unaware is lessened.
If you feel threatened 4 “There’s nothing wrong with killing a snake if you feel threatened by it,” Photos courtesy said Gary Hompland,con- Idaho Department servation officer with Fish and Game. of Fish and Game But if you’re not within striking dis- tance,there might be other options — such as walking around it. “Just because you see a rattlesnake doesn’t mean you have to kill it,”said What if you’re bitten? Hatch.“They are beneficial to the envi- About 25 percent of all rattlesnake bites are dry,non-ven- BULLSNAKES GET A BAD RAP ronment and good at rodent control. omous bites.But don’t take chances.If you’re bitten by a rat- They eat a lot of mice and things like 5 Rattlesnakes have triangu- tlesnake,stay calm and seek medical help immediately. that.” lar heads, narrow necks Do not cut the wound,as this can cause extensive bleeding,accord- and thick bodies. They are ing to BitesandStings.com.Because human mouths are full of bacte- brown with dark oval pat- ria,sucking venom from the wound can cause infection,making terns on the back and a treatment more difficult. lighter underside. Their WHERE ARE THE SNAKES? Tie a tight bandage a couple of inches above the bite.This slows the rattles, which have multi- dissemination of the venom.Do not cut off your circulation,or you Rattlesnakes are most active during the ple layers, are formed by can damage the healthy tissue not receiving the proper amount of shed skin and sound like a day. They rest in shade when the weath- blood below the wound. er is extremely warm, and often go onto raspy buzz when knocked Carry a snakebite kit.Kits such as the Sawyer Extractor contain a against each other. trails and roads to glean warmth from syringe-like device that extracts venom from the wound without the rocks as evening approaches or in early In southern Idaho, many people often mistake bullsnakes for rat- complications of bleeding or wound contamination. tlers, said Kelton Hatch, conservation educator with the Idaho mornings. Rattlesnake bites are extremely painful and life-threatening with- They can be found underneath rocks, Department of Fish and Game. out medical intervention.But according to the U.S.Food and Drug Bullsnakes, which like rattlers are found throughout the region, shrubs and plants. Administration,more people die from bee and wasp stings than rat- “But there’s not one under every rock,” also are brown, with dark patterns on their thick bodies. tlesnake bites.Each person reacts differently to bites,Hatch said.But Bullsnakes look a great deal like their poisonous friends, but with- said Kelton Hatch of the Idaho most people who are bitten by a rattler — as long as they get medical Department of Fish and Game. out the rattle and venom. A number of them live — and die, often help — make a full recovery without lasting effects from the bite. getting run over on the road — in the South Hills, he said. Going without medical treatment can result in death within the day They are so named because they often make a snorting sound, like or following day due to venom disrupting blood flow and the function a bull. of vital organs. Sun Valley gears up for bike mania By Karen Bossick streets. And even kids can Greg Randolph, himself a Times-News correspondent INSIDE race in that and the Idaho member of the U.S. Events at the USA Pump Track State Champi- Olympic road cycling team Sun Valley is coming Cycling Mountain Bike onships for prizes offered at the 1996 Olympics. down with an attack of bike Cross-Country National by the Toy Store. Riders will practice on mania. Championships. Some of the top con- Wednesday and Thursday More than 500 of the na- tenders in the mountain with Amateur XC races held tion’s top mountain bikers See Outdoors 2 bike championships include at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thurs- are expected to descend on Adam Craig, a 15-time na- day. Cross-country races Sun Valley Wednesday rides around Sun Valley, tional bike champion, get under way in earnest on through July 17, for the USA bike films, a bike expo, fun Georgia Gould, who swept Friday beginning at 9 a.m. Cycling Mountain Bike races for kids and two con- all six events on the national and continuing through Cross-Country National certs. mountain bike series in 5 p.m. They start up again at Championships. “It’s a lot like the Sun Val- 1007, and Ned Overend, 7:30 a.m. Saturday and The prestigious event — ley Nordic Festival. It’s who appeared in the world’s Sunday, continuing until Sun Valley’s answer to the meant to become an annual first mountain biking video, 5 p.m. Tour de France — will take event,” said Ellen Gillespie, titled “The Great Mountain The top race, according to place primarily on Bald who is helping to organize Biking Video.” organizers, is the 2011 Super Mountain. the week-long events. “The Spectators will be able to Downhill Course, a 10-kilo- And the valley is throw- Fat Tire Criterium on watch the racers from the meter time-trial start ing a Ride Sun Valley Bike Thursday evening will be River Run side of Bald that launches from Festival in conjunction with quite the show with bicy- Mountain where the stadi- the historic Roundhouse KAREN BOSSICK/For the Times-News the event that will offer se- clists racing wildly around um finishes will be, said Sun Hundreds of mountain bikers are expected to get an introduction to mi-guided mountain bike Ketchum’s downtown Valley Chamber Director See BIKE, Outdoors 2 the hundreds of miles of bike trails in the Sun Valley area next week. Outdoors 2 Thursday, July 7, 2011 OUTDOORS Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Wyoming gunners savor automatic fire, freedom By Ben Neary than 18 inches. An 8-year- Associated Press old boy died at a Massachu- setts machine gun shoot in NATRONA COUNTY, 2008 when he lost control of Wyo. — The row of machine a 9 mm micro Uzi and shot gunners sprayed a steady himself. stream of bullets hundreds Here, passers-by were of yards downrange into the able to pay $20 to $30 to fire Wyoming prairie, destroying off a magazine or a belt of propane tanks, fire extin- cartridges. guishers and the occasional “They’re just fun; there’s stick of dynamite or sacrifi- not much else you can say cial radio-controlled model about them,’’ Miller said. airplane. “Especially belt-fed guns, These enthusiasts were the ability of having more celebrating machine guns than 30 rounds.’’ and machine gun rights — Matt Hendrickson of and they’ve been doing so Laramie, a worker at the annually at the Northern University of Wyoming, Rockies Machine Gun and blazed away with a few dif- Cannon Shoot, whose 2011 ferent rental guns. edition was held recently at a “It’s something you don’t ranch west of Casper. get to do every day,’’he said. “A lot of people give us a Jerry John Lovik, a dealer bad rap and say,‘Why do you from Iowa, enticed mem- need a full-auto gun?’’’ said bers of the crowd to rent his Quinton Miller of Casper, guns with all the enthusi- one of several dealers offer- asm of a carnival barker. He ing machine guns for rent. AP photos brought 40,000 rounds of “Well,because we can.’’ A young man fires a machine gun at the 2011 Northern Rockies Machine Gun & Cannon Shoot, June 3 at a ranch west of Casper, Wyo. These ammunition for the event, The shoot featured a wide enthusiasts were celebrating machine guns and machine gun rights — and they’ve been doing so annually. which he said was becoming array of machine guns and more popular as others in earsplitting noise: Large new guns to civilians in the War veteran from Sheridan, Colorado and elsewhere ones on tripods pulsed with mid-80s. The government said the shoot showed that close as locations become a profound thumping bass. taxes each machine gun Wyoming is one of the last unavailable. Small ones, designed to fit transfer $200. bastions of a rare kind of “My dad started me in under suit coats, emptied With the supply of guns freedom — one combining guns when I was about 4 their magazines with jagged fixed, it can cost $12,000 to vast stretches of unpopulat- years old,’’ the 52-year-old rips of sound. Gunners wore $15,000 to buy a gun like Bill ed land with full acceptance Lovik said. “I guess you both foam ear plugs and ear Hudick’s World War I-era of gun ownership. could just say it was a con- phones to prevent hearing .303-caliber Vickers. Buyers “It’s still open yet, and tinual upping of the bar, is damage from the wall of must apply for and pass a people still have a choice. what it was.’’ sound. federal government back- They can make up their own While other guns blazed With both hands on the ground check. Hudick and mind,’’ Mullen said. “They on the line, Hudick’s old twin wooden handles of a other shooters emphasized still have their own free will, Vickers momentarily sat tripod-mounted machine that legal, registered ma- or whatever you want to call silent on its tripod. Its ac- gun,one shooter simultane- chine guns aren’t typically it. I don’t know how long tion stood open. Water ously pulled back on a safety used in crimes. that’s going to last.’’ oozed from a corrugated toggle with two fingers It’s also expensive to Miller said people com- metal reservoir surrounding while pushing forward with shoot them at the Wyoming monly respond with suspi- the gun’s barrel. A pile of both thumbs on a plunger event, and others held cion when they hear about spent cartridge casings, that serves as a trigger. across the country. “You’re his interest in machine along with a few dud car- The gun fired, moving on talking $300 to $500 a guns. He said his work with tridges, littered the ground. its tripod with a surprisingly Robert Mullen of Sheridan, Wyo., a gunner with the Kearny’s Frontier minute to shoot one of the oil industry has taken Hudick worked to replace gentle, rocking motion, Regulars, takes a break June 3 at the 2011 Northern Rockies Machine these, so it will definitely him to Kuwait and else- a broken firing pin spring. sucking a belt of loaded car- Gun & Cannon Shoot, west of Casper, Wyo. Mullen said he sees the keep you out of the bars,’’ where in the Middle East, His hands slick with grease, tridges in one side and expression of a particularly American freedom in firing machine guns said Hudick, who works in where people are dumb- he fit the nearly century-old spewing smoking, empty at the event. the excavation business in founded to learn U.S. citi- pieces of his gun’s bronze casings out the other. eastern Colorado. zens may own machine and steel firing mechanism Through the peep sight, Although machine guns coil of each cartridge as it Several shooters said the guns. back together. bullets kicked up puffs of are designed solely to kill, fires to cycle the action, fact private citizens can own “We don’t know how “If this was a real battle, dust on the landscape. they are also are marvels of eject the empty casing and machine guns underscores a good we have it,’’ Miller that would be the point Smiling shooters exchanged mechanical engineering — feed in a fresh cartridge. unique level of personal said. where the enemy would high-fives and posed for something celebrated at the Demand for machine freedom in the United Event organizers prohib- come up and blow my brains pictures next to their Wyoming shoot. They har- guns went up sharply after States. ited vendors from renting out,’’Hudick said.“And that weapons. ness the gas pressure or re- Congress banned sales of Robert Mullen, a Korean any machine guns shorter would be the end of Bill.’’ From economical plinker Outdoor news from around the nation WYOMING grizzly’s population in the unwanted bear spray canisters Grizzly bear Yellowstone area. for recycling. to certifiable tack driver Last year, a 70-year-old man Millions of people visit north- trapping begins was killed by a grizzly after he west Wyoming every year. nless you live under went hiking where a bear had Thousands of visitors buy bear a rock,you’re likely in Bridger Teton JACKSON — Wyoming state just been released spray to protect themselves Uaware that a small The Wyoming Game and Fish against grizzly bears but tourists but vocal minority of our wildlife officials are warning peo- ple to stay away from areas Department will start a second often can’t take the bear spray national legislators are operation in the Fox Park area of home with them — it’s prohibit- pushing for a total ban on se- where grizzly bears are being trapped in the Bridger Teton the Teton Wilderness between ed on commercial flights. mi-automatic firearms and July 26 and Aug. 12. Many unused bear spray can- high-capacity magazines. National Forest. Trapping begins Tuesday in isters get thrown away as a two spots near Moran Junction Grand Teton sets result. S Three Montana State HOOTING and will continue through July up bear spray THE BULL 25. University students designed a Officials say brightly-colored collection sites solution: A machine that Rich warning signs will be posted MOOSE — Add bear spray removes the pepper spray before crushing the aluminum Simpson along major access points to the canisters to the list of items that RICH SIMPSON/For the Times-News trapping site. can be recycled in Grand Teton canister.A recycling unit for bear spray began operating in Equally obvious is the the 10/22. Simply loosen For optimum accuracy,I The animals will be trapped, National Park. tranquilized, processed and Collection bins have been set Yellowstone National Park this fact that many of these the bedding screw and bar- chose an 18-inch Shooters year. politicians’ views do not rel band (if present) and the Ridge .910 fluted target released. The monitoring is part up at several locations in the reflect the desires of their stock drops free. Back out (bull) barrel. With their of federal efforts to rebuild the park where people can drop off — Wire reports constituents. Semi-autos two screws from the barrel Benz Match chambers and are hands down the most retainer and the barrel slips carbide button rifled bores, popular firearms carried by from the receiver.Drift out these premium barrels are law abiding citizens, two steel pins and the trig- one-hole shooters. sportsmen and law en- ger group parts company To prevent the 10/22’s Bike WHAT’S HAPPENING? forcement personnel. Two with the receiver.Then it’s notorious accuracy-dimin- The Wednesday ride starts at 8:30 a.m. taking riders along the in particular dominate the just a matter of gathering ishing bull barrel droop, I Continued from Outdoors 1 sales charts: Ruger’s 10/22 the desired components firmly secured the barrel newly refurbished Red Warrior Trail to Greenhorn Gulch. The rifles and carbines and the and reassembling. with a Tactical Solutions V- Restaurant, following one Thursday ride, also at 8:30 a.m., heads to Baker Creek. Friday’s ever-evolving line of AR-15 As mentioned earlier,the block retainer.To cushion of the fastest, flowing ride, which meets at the Visitor Center at 9 a.m., is called the variants. array of customizing acces- the violent bolt slam, I fit- downhill rides ever con- “Baldy Burner.” These two have become sories for the 10/22 is le- ted a Clark recoil buffer and ceived. There are two Saturday rides leaving at 9 a.m. One 22-mile ride, so popular that each has gion. Many area sporting screwed down a Weaver Pi- There also will be fast, billed as “the mother of all stokers,”heads to Fox Peak via the East spawned an aftermarket goods stores carry a fine se- catinny rail to allow wide flat circuit short-track Fork of Baker Creek. The easier 11-mile ride follows Curly’s Trail industry devoted exclu- lection. Numerous sources latitude in optic choices. cross country races, from Baker Creek to Easley Hot Springs. sively to modifying that also are available online, Final results: Not only which wind around River The Fat Tire Criterium starts in front of the Sun Valley Visitor firearm to meet the indi- such as MidwayUSA, was the heavy Run Lodge across the bike Center on Sun Valley Road and East Avenue Ketchum at 6:30 p.m. vidual user’s particular Brownells and Cabelas, barrel/thumbhole stock path up to the parking lot. Thursday. It circles around on Leadville Avenue, Fourth Street and tastes and needs. The array which distribute the largest combo easier to stabilize at The Ride Sun Valley Walnut Avenue. of replacement barrels, variety of aftermarket se- the range and in the field, Bike Festival will offer There will be amateur, pro and kids races with the grand finale stocks, sights, lights, trig- lections. its accuracy potential ab- four free semi-guided being the Ride Sun Valley Stand-Off — a four-person per team gers, extractors and maga- For specific brands, solutely went through the mountain bike rides dur- relay race that pits businesses and teams of locals against each zines is mind boggling. check out fajen.com, roof. My plain Jane 10/22 ing the week with trans- other in a quest for Mad Max glory. A future column will fo- shootersridge.com, butler- evolved from pounding out portation provided from Spectators will also enjoy the Bike Expo at River Run Lodge, said cus on the AR-15’s adapt- creek.com, and volquart- decent 1½-inch groups at the Sun Valley Visitor Randolph. It will include festival souvenirs and the latest in bike ability,but today I want to son.com. Boise-based Tac- 50 yards to drilling won- Center to the sites of the technology. zero in on the ease and af- tical Solutions produces derfully tight ½-inch clus- rides. Sun Valley Mountain Bike champion Rebecca Rusch and racers fordability with which a what many aficionados ters. “The whole week is go- Todd Wells and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski will preside at the show- standard Ruger 10/22 can consider the highest quality Just imagine, for less ing to be really exciting ing of the bike documentary “Race Across the Sky,”which chroni- be converted from an eco- 10/22 accessories available than two Benjamin’s you and it will bring a lot of cles Colorado’s grueling Leadville race, at 7 p.m. July 16 at the Sun nomical and accurate anywhere. too can transform your people who have never Valley Opera House. The showing costs $10 for children and $15 plinker into a certifiable For this project, I at- run-of-the-mill 10/22 ridden Sun Valley’s trails for adults. tack driver. The best part tached a Shooters Ridge plinker into a certified before,” said Jim Keating, The Avett Brothers will perform at 7 p.m. July 13 at the Sun Valley is, you can make this con- camo-finished thumbhole tack-driving machine. who heads up the Blaine Pavilion (www.sunvalleycenter.org) And The Great British Invasion version for a fraction of the stock. This excellent syn- Why not give it a try? County Recreation Dis- will perform at the Pavilion on July 16 (www.sunvalley.com ). cost of buying a specialty thetic model features a soft Good shooting! trict. “Like the Nordic Rounding out the festival will be the official race after party with .22 target rifle. rubber recoil pad, easy grip Festival, it celebrates the Philly’s Phunkestra on Saturday and a Sun Valley Fat Tire Film and This affordable meta- forearm panels, sling swivel Rich Simpson may be trail system and the bik- Photo Fest at 6 p.m. Sunday. Both will be held at Whiskeys morphosis is made possible studs, and a steel bedding reached at ing culture that this valley Jacques on Main Street Ketchum. by the modular nature of pillar for stability. [email protected]. offers.” For more information: www.ridesunvalley.com Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OUTDOORS Thursday, July 7, 2011 Outdoors 3 Otter names new Fish Grand Teton grizzly family and Game commish BOISE (AP) — Gov. C.L. “Butch’’ Otter named a 60- year-old Rigby man to the seven-member Idaho Fish and snarls traffic in national park Game Commission. By Mead Gruver Kenny Anderson replaces Cameron Wheeler of Ririe, whose term expired June 30. Associated Press Among the issues Anderson will help decide is manage- ment of wolves during the upcoming hunting season. CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Anderson is the owner of a cabinet and millwork busi- grizzly bear clan famous for ness, as well as an avid sportsman and member of the Na- its frequent roadside ap- tional Rifle Association. pearances in Grand Teton Sen. Steven Bair of Blackfoot, the Republican vice National Park is keeping chairman of the Senate Resources and Environment park rangers especially busy Committee, says Anderson “has no hidden agenda’’ and this summer tending to aims simply to protect and magnify Idaho’s wildlife re- tourist critter jams. sources to provide future outdoor opportunities for kids. The cubs are cute — no Otter says among numerous qualified candidates, Ken question about that — but a Anderson stood out as someone with a grasp of the issues female grizzly with cubs and an even temperament. happens to be one of the most dangerous animals in North America. And this Grand Teton clan has a his- tory: One attacked a hiker; another was shot and killed What you should by a hunter. Biologists speculate the unusually camera-friendly know about drawings behavior by Grizzly No. 399 AP photo and her daughter, No. 610, This June photo shows Grizzly bear No. 399 crossing a road in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., with her might serve to keep at bay three cubs. The bears are part of a family that’s become a tourist attraction because of their frequent and controlled hunts adult male grizzlies, which appearances near roads. Biologists speculate this behavior keeps at bay adult male bears, which some- sometimes kill cubs not their times kill cubs uestion:“In the own. Five spunky cubs re- new big game cently have joined the clan, ing in Grand Teton, the way No. 610 — the bears are ASK THE hunting brochure adding to the tourist traffic. IF YOU GO it’s going,”said park spokes- numbered in the order Q I noticed several OFFICER “It’s very important for woman Jackie Skaggs. they’ve been trapped for controlled hunts listed people to remember that Grand Teton National Park is Grand Teton has not just study — has been frequent- Gary with unlimited numbers of these are wild bears and that located in northwestern famous grizzly bears, but ing the same area where she permits allowed.Since I Hompland they are very protective,” Wyoming, south of more grizzlies in general as grew up, and biologists say was not successful in the said Steve Cain, senior Yellowstone National Park. the big bruins rebound in the she’s emulating her mother’s first drawing I was won- ing anywhere else,but it al- wildlife biologist at Grand Yellowstone region, which is roadside habits. Closest airports are in dering if I could apply for so requires a commitment Teton. under federal protection as a Few people have observed Jackson, Wyo., Idaho Falls, one of these in the second from a hunter during the No. 399 has attacked be- threatened species. Num- the grizzlies as much as and Salt Lake City. Entrance drawing?” application period because fore. In 2007, the year after bers are up from a couple wildlife photographer Tom Answer: A well-known he cannot apply in any oth- she gave birth to a litter of fee is $25 per vehicle for hundred in the 1970s to per- Mangelsen, who lives near wildlife professor and er unit. three cubs, she bit a man seven days. Info: haps as many as 1,000 or the park and a short drive scholar at the University of Wildlife manager’s use of who came across the four nps.gov/grte/index.htm. more. from the territories of No. Idaho once said to me, controlled hunts with no bears feeding on a just-killed “Twenty years ago, seeing 610 and No.399. “wildlife populations gen- limits on the number of elk. a grizzly in Grand Teton was He thinks the opportunity erally survive quite well in permits (unlimited con- This year, three more cubs sure people stayed behind rare. Today it’s common,” for one photo in particular is spite of all of our attempts trolled hunts) means that were born to No. 399 and their cars and didn’t get too Cain said. “It’s necessitated only a matter of time, possi- to control or manage them. everyone who applies for two to No.610,who has been close. a change in attitudes and bly while elk are calving and The real art and science of these opportunities are especially visible in recent June has been an especial- culture.” attracting grizzlies to the management involves con- successfully drawn.Many weeks. ly busy for bear jams and the The park encourages peo- Willow Flats area not far trolling the numbers of applicants select an unlim- Around sunset on a recent park’s Wildlife Brigade, a ple to take care not to attract from Jackson Lake Lodge. consumptive and non- ited controlled hunt as their Sunday, No. 610 caused a team of about a dozen vol- grizzlies to camp and to “The ideal thing for me consumptive sportsmen.” second choice on their ap- traffic jam while feeding on unteers supervised by a park know what to do if they en- would be to see if they walk As he said,much of our plication to ensure they an elk calf just 70 feet from a ranger. The brigade also counter a grizzly: Use binoc- past each other and see if efforts to manage wildlife draw at least something. road. About 30 cars lined up checks campgrounds for im- ulars or long lenses for view- they greet and meet each requires biologists to de- An unlimited controlled while tourists snapped pho- properly stored food that ing; stay at least 300 feet other. Typically females will velop hunting seasons that hunt may be selected by tos of the 5-year-old grizzly could attract bears. away; and never get between tolerate other females, and allow a level of harvest in managers where there is a and her cubs. A team of “I think this is going to be an adult and its offspring, even more so with their own line with wildlife popula- need to stabilize or reduce rangers and volunteers made the summer of bear-watch- among other measures. offspring,”Mangelsen said. tion goals.Hunting oppor- harvest. tunities can be manipulat- Unlimited controlled ed to increase or decrease hunts also help regulate harvest based on the types hunter numbers in some of hunting regulations previously open hunts with High water hurts Montana fly fishing adopted by the commis- high hunter congestion. sion. Another benefit of this op- Examples of regulations tion is that everyone who By Matt Volz throwing salmon flies different. President Barack “The people who make that encourage increased really wants to hunt a spe- Associated Press around, but it ain’t happen- Obama has declared a major their living on the river this harvest would be open cific big game unit still can. ing.’’ disaster for 31 Montana year are just getting killed,’’ hunts,any weapon,long If the desired manage- HELENA,Mont.— Disap- Fishermen have been call- counties and four Indian he said. seasons,and timing hunt- ment outcome or goal is pointed anglers are putting ing in to Swedman’s shop, reservations after weeks of The irony? The fishing on ing seasons when animals successful this option off their vacations this year asking about the water’s flooding in May and June. the Bighorn now is excellent, are most vulnerable such as maximizes hunting oppor- with Montana’s blue-ribbon clarity and the amount of The snow is still coming even with the high water. during the rut or during tunity to the extent possi- trout streams running high- snow that’s still in the down from the mountains, “That’s the sad part about winter when they are con- ble without having to re- er and dirtier than they have mountains. keeping most of the state’s this whole thing, it’s fishing gregated. duce opportunity by going in recent memory. All Swedman can tell them waterways at high levels far great and it’s an easy river to Examples of regulations to a limited entry con- The murky water is the re- is, “It’s pretty daunting. It’s longer into the season than float even at 15,000 (cubic that may decrease or regu- trolled hunt. sult of spring flooding and a going to be a while.’’ has been seen in years. feet per second),’’ Haacke late harvest would be Unlimited controlled torrential runoff still pour- Fishing is big business in That news has caused said. “The fishing is super weapons restrictions,con- hunts are not available to ing off the mountains from a Montana, particularly after out-of-state anglers to delay but there are a lot of people trolled hunts,shorter sea- hunters in the second record winter snowpack. the sport was popularized by or cancel their trips to Mon- who don’t want to fish that sons,or moving the hunt- drawing.Hunters success- Water flows for many of the the 1992 Robert Redford film tana, while locals are forsak- at those levels.’’ ing season out of the rut to fully drawing unlimited major rivers are at twice “A River Runs Through It.’’ ing the big water to crowd The fishing is not so super a time when animals would controlled hunts during the their normal rates or higher, Last summer, 16 percent of the few clear streams and at the Yellowstone River near be more difficult to locate. first drawing may purchase churning up muck and mud out-of-state travelers to lakes they can find at higher Livingston. At the Sweetwa- In either case,econom- their tags up to the last day that have made the water Montana fished, or roughly elevations. ter Fly Shop, the high, mud- ics and weather can play a of their unlimited con- nearly opaque in some 808,000 people, according About this time of year, dy water has not only put off huge role in making regu- trolled hunting season. streams. to the University of Mon- visitors usually are flocking Dan Vermillion’s business by lations successful or fail to If you have further ques- That’s muddied the out- tana’s Institute for Tourism to the Bighorn River in 38 percent in June, but it is produce the desired man- tions,call the Magic Valley look for a major tourism and Recreation Research. southeastern Montana, a also threatening his shop: agement outcomes. Regional Office at 324- draw for Montana,with can- Those visitors who come waterway frequented by the floodwaters crept to within Within our current rules, 4350 or e-mail us at the cellations running as high as to fish spend more per day likes of former Vice-Presi- 20 feet of his doors last a hunter successfully draw- Fish and Game website at 80 percent in parts of the and stay longer than vaca- dent Dick Cheney and for- week, and he is keeping ing a controlled hunt per- fishandgame.Idaho.gov. state so far this year. Some tioners coming for any of the mer U.S. Supreme Court 1,500 sandbags at the ready mit,and purchasing his tag, fly shops are reporting that other top attractions, in- Justice Sandra Day O’Con- in case it rises again. is only allowed to hunt that Gary Hompland is re- their business is off between cluding Glacier and Yellow- nor. It’s so bad that the water specified controlled hunt. gional conservation officer 38 and 50 percent. stone national parks, ac- But with swollen flows has invaded his dreams. This rule prohibits those for the Idaho Department “If you want to fish a blue- cording to the institute. Vis- from the Yellowtail Dam “The water’s been weigh- drawing hunts from hunt- of Fish and Game. ribbon trout stream right itors spent $34.2 million on causing the river to run at ing on our minds and I’ve now it’s going to be pretty guided fishing trips alone in about twice its regular been having dreams about tough,’’ said Eric Swedman, 2005, the most recent data speed, there is an 80 percent water conditions,’’ he said. We Are A Debt Relief Agency. We help People File manager of the Madison available, and that doesn’t cancellation rate for fishing “My sense is, it’s going to For Bankruptcy Relief Under The Bankruptcy Code. River Fishing Company in include what they spent on trips going into the July 4 drop pretty quickly. It’s go- Ennis. “Right now, we gear,licenses and hotels. weekend, Friends of the ing to be two weeks before should be floating and But this year is looking Bighorn’s Doug Haacke said. we know.’’ BANKRUPTCY Chapter 7 & 13 Stop Collections, Foreclosures & Garnishments Fast Experienced Bringing the Old West experience closer to home uestion: I have to file Bankruptcy, Qbut don’t want to lose my antique guns By George Plaven IF YOU GO coming in from the city, this a headquarters for the busi- worth about $5,000. My neighbor has agreed to The Montana Standard is somewhere they can make ness, smells of pine shavings buy them from me for $250 then sell them back Pogonip Ranch is located at real pleasant memories.” and has the appearance of a to me later so I won’t have to declare them. Is this OK? ANACONDA — Sharon 1723 Stumptown Road in Prior to horseback riding, locker room for horses. Sad- Scognamiglio coaxed the Anaconda. For information: Pogonip Ranch leased to area dles and reins hang on the nswer: What you propose is called a “fraudulent two massive Belgian horses 560-4282, or visit its cattle ranchers for the sum- walls, individually marked Atransfer” & violates both state and federal laws because out of the trees with tubs of Facebook page at www.face- mer. Before that, it was used for Wilma, Shadow, Donkey you could get a bankruptcy discharge of your debts and unfairly grain. book.com/pages/Pogonip- for logging. and all the others. deprive your creditors of the value of your non-exempt property Mike and Red trotted up Ranch/118442048231648. KG Investments bought The majority of horses are items. If caught, and you surely would be, you would face a 5 slowly at first, but picked up Pogonip — the word for icy leased from Montana Horses year prison sentence and fi nes of a quarter-million dollars. It is the pace when they could see by KG Investments LLC of fog that forms in the moun- in Three Forks. absolutely not OK, and no bankruptcy attorney I’m familiar with their treat. At 1,900 pounds Connecticut. Their seasonal tain valleys of the American “The horses have been each,the duo eats plenty,but summer business is expect- West — seven years ago,with doing this almost their would represent you knowing what you had done. The better works plenty hard,too. ed to open June 8, and run to the intention of creating a whole lives,” Scognamiglio approach is for your attorney to help you protect part of the value They are the muscle that about mid-September. recreational retreat. said. of your guns using legitimate exemptions, and then negotiate a will pull the covered wagon Scognamiglio, ranch Preparation has included Then there’s Mike and deal where you could keep the guns by paying the bankruptcy as part of a new horseback manager, said they hope to carving out seven intercon- Red, the twin engines that estate a sum of money. riding operation at Pogonip replicate the Old West expe- necting trails, and bringing run wagon rides to a spa- 029 Ranch, about 2 miles west of rience close to home. in a rustic, 100-year-old cious meadow about 15 min- Anaconda. “Every time we’ve taken barn from Silver Lake that utes from the barn. There, FREE Twelve more trail-riding the wagon out, we’ve seen used to belong to the Butte riders sit under the pavilion Consultation Email: [email protected] horses roam the corrals at elk, deer and wildlife,” she Water Co. for a cowboy cookout and 212 2nd Ave. West, Suite 200 the 626-acre ranch, owned said. “If you have people The barn, which serves as campfire. P.O. Box 329, Twin Falls Outdoors 4 Thursday, July 7, 2011 WORLD Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Spreading phone hacking scandal touches UK nerves
By Gregory Katz despite calls for her resigna- “The police are now im- Associated Press writer tion. plicated,’’ he said. “The The scandal, which has prime minister must have an LONDON — Britain’s already touched the office of independent inquiry and all phone hacking scandal in- Prime Minister David concerned should be prose- tensified Wednesday as the Cameron, widened as the cuted.’’ scope of tabloid intrusion Metropolitan Police con- Foulkes also demanded into private voice mails be- firmed they were investigat- the resignation of Brooks, came clearer: Murder vic- ing evidence from News In- the former News of the tims. Terror victims. Film ternational that the tabloid World editor who is now stars. Sports figures. Politi- made illegal payments to chief executive of News In- cians. The royal family’s en- police officers in its quest for ternational, the U.K. news- tourage. information. paper division of Murdoch’s Almost no one, it seems, The list of potential vic- News Corp. media empire. was safe from a tabloid de- tims also grew. Revelations News Corp. owns a swath of termined to beat its rivals, emerged Wednesday that newspapers, including News whatever it takes. the phones of relatives of of the World, the Sun, and The focal point is the people killed in the July 7, the Wall Street Journal. News of the World — now 2005, terrorist attacks on “She’s gotta go,’’ Foulkes facing a spreading advertis- London’s transit system, as said. “She cannot say, oops, ing boycott — and the top ex- well as those tied to two sorry, we’ve been caught ecutives of its parent compa- more slain schoolgirls, may out. Of course she’s respon- nies: Rebekah Brooks, chief also have been targeted. AP photo sible for the ethos and prac- executive of News Interna- The true extent of the British actor Hugh Grant is seen Wednesday outside the Houses of Parliament in London, where a debate tices of her department. Her tional, and her boss, media hacking is not yet clear — position is untenable.’’ was being held into allegations of phone hacking by journalists. potentate Rupert Murdoch. and may not be known for Brooks, one of the most In his first comment since months as inquiries unfold. hacking victims. that someone could work for sixth anniversary of the at- powerful women in British the latest details emerged, Graham Foulkes, whose “I just felt stunned and an organization that even to- tack, said an independent journalism, maintains she Murdoch said in a statement 22-year-old son David died horrified,’’ Foulkes told The day is trying to defend what investigation is needed be- did not know about the Wednesday that Brooks in the 2005 terrorist attacks, Associated Press. “I find it they see as normal practices.’’ cause the police were com- phone hacking. She said she would continue to lead his was told by police that he hard to believe someone could Foulkes, who plans to promised by accepting pay- will continue to direct the British newspaper operation was on a list of potential be so wicked and so evil, and mourn his son on Thursday’s offs from the tabloid. company. Riots erupt Libyan rebels seize in Egyptian 2 mountain towns city over TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — rebel positions near Zlitan, Rebel fighters in western from dawn until after night- Libya seized two mountain fall, said Dr. Ayman Abu police trials towns from government Shahma,a physician in Mis- troops Wednesday as their rata.He said 18 rebel fighters CAIRO (AP) — Hun- counterparts east of the were killed and 30 wounded dreds of Egyptian protest- capital Tripoli suffered Wednesday. He said two ers lobbed rocks at the se- heavy losses in intense civilians, including a 12- curity headquarters and fighting with government year-old girl, also were set fire to police cars for a troops. killed when a rocket hit their second day Wednesday in Meanwhile, the embat- Misrata house. a flashpoint city as grow- tled regime of Moammar NATO, meanwhile, said it ing impatience over delays Gadhafi sought to show it struck equipment used to in trying former regime remains in control of the refuel government military AP photo officials and police ac- country, laying out plans to vehicles near the key eastern Harry Potter fans hold a sign that predicts the coming of the rapture as they wait Wednesday in Trafalgar cused of killing protesters try rebel leaders for treason oil town of Brega, which has threatened to plunge the in court next week. been a frequent site of Square, London, for the world premiere of the movie ‘Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2.’ nation back into crisis. In the eastern rebel clashes between rebel fight- In a bid to defuse rising stronghold of Benghazi, ers and troops loyal to Gad- anger, the Interior Min- tens of thousands of rebel hafi. istry announced that hun- supporters poured into the The alliance said its war- Harry Potter actors dreds of high-ranking po- city’s main square for a rally planes have destroyed 2,700 lice officers will be sacked aimed at sustaining mo- military targets, including for their role in the harsh mentum for their nearly five 600 Libyan tanks and ar- crackdown on anti-gov- month-old uprising. Fight- tillery guns and nearly 800 bid adieu to characters ernment protests earlier ing began in February when ammunition stores, since this year that left nearly a popular movement NATO began bombing Gad- 850 people dead. Interior against Gadhafi quickly es- hafi-linked sites in March By Jill Lawless me work harder, just as a re- More than 20 members of Minister Mansour el-Es- calated into armed conflict. under a U.N. mandate to Associated Press writer sult of comparing myself to the cast and crew — from sawi said in a statement The civil war has been protect Libyan civilians. her every day.’’ producer David Heyman and that it will be the largest largely deadlocked, with the Secretary-General An- LONDON — Daniel Rad- Grint, 21, said he felt bereft director David Yates to as- shake up in the history of rebels controlling the east ders Fogh Rasmussen cliffe will miss being an ac- that the series had ended. sorted Hogwarts teachers his ministry. and Gadhafi clinging to large warned that Gadhafi’s tion hero. Emma Watson will “I have felt a little bit lost and red-haired Weasley sib- Justice for those who parts of western Libya, but forces remain a threat. miss being a role model. without it, really, not really lings — spoke to reporters killed demonstrators has unable to retake rebel “Without NATO there Robbie Coltrane will simply knowing what to do with Wednesday under the grand become a rallying point for bridgeheads there. The would be a massacre. Gad- miss getting to play a good myself,’’Grint said.“It’s been neo-Gothic vaults of Lon- the protest movement, rebels made some gains hafi would be free to use his guy. such a constant part of my don’s St.Pancras Hotel. nearly five months after Wednesday, taking two tanks and missiles on towns The cast and crew of the life.’’ It was a sentimental occa- Hosni Mubarak was oust- more towns in the western and markets,’’ he said. “We “Harry Potter’’ movies have Radcliffe — who appeared sion. Everyone, magic or ed in an uprising after a Nafusa mountains and will not let that happen.’’ been saying goodbye to their on tape from New York, muggle, paid tribute to their nearly three-decade rule pushing further from the NATO’s campaign was characters on the eve of the where he is starring in a colleagues. Several spoke of marred by complaints of port city of Misrata, their intended to deliver a sharp, premiere of the eighth and Broadway production of the Potter “family’’ and re- widespread corruption main stronghold in the devastating blow. However, final film in the magical ad- “How to Succeed in Business jected the idea of the films as and police abuse. west,toward the town of Zl- with the campaign dragging venture series. Without Really Trying’’ — a “franchise.’’ The two days of rioting itan, 12 kilometers to the on inconclusively, there When they met the press said he would miss the cast Yates, who has directed in Suez — a city at the west. have been increasing inter- at a valedictory news confer- and crew,and the stunts. the last four Potter movies, southern tip of the strate- Gadhafi’s forces fired national calls for a negotiat- ence Wednesday, it felt like “I don’t really have the said the cast and crew had a gic Suez Canal that saw more than 500 rockets at ed end to the war. the last day of school — a natural frame and stature of strong bond. some of the most dramatic warm mixture of release and an action hero,’’the modest- “We’ve all been to the confrontations between regret. ly sized 21-year-old actor moon together, as it were, police and protesters — Radcliffe, Watson and Ru- said. “So it’s kind of a gift for and I think that’s special,’’he was prompted by anger pert Grint have grown up in a young actor to be able to do said. over a court order on Mon- the films over the past all that stuff. ... Bursting out Evanna Lynch, the Irish day to release seven police decade, playing young wiz- of the water surrounded by a actress and Harry Potter fan officers charged with ards Harry, Hermione and ring of fire: I will never get to who was cast, aged 14, as killing demonstrators. Ron as they progress through do that again.’’ flighty Hogwarts pupil Luna Prosecutor-General Hogwarts School of Witch- Scottish actor Coltrane — Lovegood, said she had no Mahmoud Abdel-Meguid craft and Wizardry, and fight who has played the friendly idea what she would do next. had promised to appeal the dark forces of Lord giant Hagrid since the start “I’m distraught that this is the court order and return Voldemort. of the series — said the films over,’’ said 19-year-old the police officers to jail. Watson said was it is still were “the first time in my Lynch. “I’ve been obsessed “difficult to process’’the fact entire career that I’ve played with this book since I was that she won’t be playing a thoroughly good man.’’ eight, so I don’t really know Hermione again. “Harry Potter and the what I was before that or Main West The 21-year-old said she Deathly Hallows: Part 2’’ has what will come next. would miss the brave, brainy its premiere Thursday in “Apparently they are Denture Clinic young witch, who was not London and opens around opening a Harry Potter Ex- just a role but a role model. the world next week.It brings perience thing where Bonnie Jean DeVall “I think of her like a sister,’’ Harry’s saga to a close 10 Leavesden (Studios) was. I Licensed Denturist Watson said. “She feels so years after the launch of the am available as a tour guide.’’ Specializing in New Dentures real to me. ... 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She Mich., Nancy (Lee) and Joe Mwihia Los Angeles Times passed away at home Foster of Dallas City, Associated Press writers with her husband Ill., Holly (Jim) Rus- LOS ANGELES — Sat- and daughter by her sell of Carthage, lll., WAJIR, Kenya — Thou- urn s Great White Spot, a side after a long and coura- Gail (Roy) Burmeister of Lake sands of families are walk- recurring storm on that geous battle with breast View, Mich., and Dorothy ing for days in search of planet that has intrigued cancer. Morrison of Carthage, Mo.; food in a triangle of hunger scientists since it was first Sally was born April 19, two brothers, Hamilton (Ru- where the borders of observed in 1876, is a windy, 1958, to Helen and Hamilton by) Morrison of Brookwood, Ethiopia, Kenya and Soma- towering cloud of ammonia Morrison in Flint, Mich. She Ala., and Dana (Karen) Mor- lia meet. Hundreds already and water spewing out su- graduated from Byron High rison of Wesley Chapel, Fla.; have died, and images of per jolts of thunder and School and one of her first as well as eight grandchildren children with skinny, mal- lightning. Now astronomers jobs was working with the and numerous nieces and nourished bodies are be- and NASA s Cassini space- race horses at Harness Rac- nephews. coming commonplace in craft, which has been orbit- ing. She then took to the Sally was preceded in this corner of Africa. ing Saturn since 2004, have open road and became a death by her parents; a Even Somalia s top mili- captured the most detailed truck driver, seeing 48 states brother, James Herbert; a tant group is asking the aid views to date of the phe- from behind the windshield stepdaughter,Penny; and her agencies it once banned nomenon. of a big rig. She loved spend- father-in-law,Boyd Tipton. from its territories to re- The luminous storm, ing time in the mountains, The funeral service for turn. Thirsty livestock are which may be the gaseous hunting and fishing. She had Sally will be at 10 a.m. Fri- dying by the thousands, planet s main mechanism a love of critters but horses day,July 8,at the First Chris- and food prices have risen for dissipating heat, occurs were most special to her tian Church, 1005 Poplar St. beyond what many families approximately once every heart. She was always a in Buhl, Idaho. All services can afford. Saturnian year, the equiva- dreamer and loved life. She and arrangements are under Hawo Ibrahim said she lent of about 30 Earth years. loved to laugh, and she was the direction of the Parke s and her seven children The latest round — the most very artistic, giving many of Magic Valley Funeral Home trekked 15 days from a town AP photo intense on record — was her crafts away as gifts to of Twin Falls, Idaho. Those in southern Somalia before A malnourished child is held in her grandmother s arms first noticed by ground- loved ones. wishing to share condo- reaching a refugee camp in Wednesday at Wajir District hospital in Wajir, Kenya. based professional and am- Sally married Sol Tipton lences may do so at northeast Kenya. ateur astronomers as a on Nov. 10, 1996, and they www.magicvalleyfuneral- “We have seen misery Somalis desperate for for six seasons. bright speck on Saturn s moved around the area, liv- home.com. and hunger on our way, food are overrunning the Food prices have also northern hemisphere on ing in Buhl, Castleford, Filer The family would like to said Ibrahim, 32, who said world s largest refugee risen. The U.N. says in the Dec. 5, about nine years be- and Richfield. Sol and Sally thank Hospice Visions for her husband went mad af- camp in neighboring last year the price of fore schedule. adopted Sally s niece, the care given to Sally as she ter the family lost its live- Kenya, which is seeing sorghum in Somalia s Their observations coin- Chelsie, and raised her as began her final journey.Sally stock to drought. “The some 10,000 new arrivals Baidoa jumped 240 per- cided with Cassini s detec- their own. had an undying faith and most painful thing was each week, six times the cent, while yellow maize tion of a deluge of radio Surviving Sally are her everlasting love of God. We when you don t get any- average at this time last rose 117 percent rise in Jiiga, waves emitted by Saturn. husband, Sol Tipton; her will miss her, but find com- thing for your thirsty and year. Caught between vio- Ethiopia. White maize These radio waves are a sig- daughter, Chelsie Tipton; fort knowing that she is free hungry children. lence and hunger, a U.N. jumped nearly 60 percent nature of lightning and can two stepchildren, William from pain and suffering. Aid agencies are appeal- official said Somali in the Kenyan town of be used as a measure of its ing for tens of millions of refugees are suffering “a Mandera. strength. dollars in emergency fund- human tragedy of unimag- The U.N. s refugee During the days that fol- DEATH NOTICES ing. Oxfam — which hopes inable proportions. agency says Dadaab s three lowed, that small blemish, to raise $80 million, its The epicenter of the camps now host more than moving westward at ap- The funeral will be held at largest ever appeal for drought lies on the three- 382,000 people, while proximately 65 mph, grew Don Mann 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 11, Africa — says 12 million way border shared by thousands more are waiting to a size nearly equal to the HAGERMAN — Don A. at St. Edward the Confessor people are affected by Kenya, Ethiopia and Soma- at reception centers outside diameter of the Earth. Two Mann, 78, of Hagerman, Catholic Church; rosary at hunger. At least 500 Soma- lia, a nomadic region where the camp. months later, the behemoth died Monday, July 4, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10, at lis are known to have died families heavily depend on More than 135,000 peo- stretched across the entire his home. Rosenau Funeral Home in from drought-related dis- the health of their livestock. ple have fled Somalia this planet, spanning more than Arrangements will be an- Twin Falls. eases, though Oxfam says Uganda and Djibouti have year — including 54,000 in 180,000 miles. nounced by Demaray Funer- the actual number is likely also been hit. ActionAid June, three times as many “It turned into a very spec- al Service,Gooding Chapel. Gary Hansen higher. says some areas in the Horn as in May, said Melissa tacular storm, with so many “Two successive poor are experiencing their dri- Fleming, a spokeswoman (lightning flashes) we could- JEROME — T. Gary rains, entrenched poverty est conditions in 60 years. for UNHCR. n t resolve individual ones, Amelia De Oliveira Hansen, 68, of Jerome, died and lack of investment in “We only ran away from Many Somali children said Donald Gurnett,a physi- Amelia De Oliveira, 92, of Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at affected areas have pushed hunger — nothing else, are arriving at refugee cist at the University of Iowa Twin Falls, died Saturday, his home. Arrangements will 12 million people into a said Halimo Farah, a moth- camps so weak that they are and a contributing author of July 2, 2011, at Chardonnay be announced by Farns- fight for survival, said Jane er of three who fled Somalia dying within 24 hours de- one of the two reports, which Assisted Living. worth Mortuary of Jerome. Cocking, Oxfam s humani- and is now in Dadaab. “We spite emergency care and were published Wednesday SERVICES tarian director. had farms and got no rains feeding,she said. in the journal Nature. Harvey Oscar Beaver of 3 p.m. Saturday at Keri s Burley, funeral at 1 p.m. to- Kids Daycare, 688 Washing- Michigan man who crashed day at the Burley United ton St. N. in Twin Falls Methodist Church, 450 E. (Serenity Funeral Chapel in 27th St.; visitation from Twin Falls). Emmys, All-Star games dies noon to 12:45 p.m. today at the church. Larry James McCardell of By Jeff Karoub business in the Detroit Burley, funeral at 11 a.m. Fri- Associated Press writer suburb of Bloomfield Hills. Dayle Evan Fowler of Sun day at Morrison Payne Fu- Friends say he began his Valley, celebration of life at neral Home, 321 E. Main St. DETROIT — Barry Bre- career as the Great Impos- 5:30 p.m. today at 218 Mari- in Burley; visitation from 6 men, a Detroit-area busi- tor in 1978 while attending posa Road (the Heather- to 8 p.m. today and one hour nessman whose fun-lov- a Detroit Pistons game. He lands) in Hailey (Hove- before the service Friday at ing, gate-crashing stunts casually made his way to- Robertson Funeral Chapel in the funeral home. led him to shoot layups be- ward the visiting Kansas Detroit Free Press/AP file photo Jerome). fore NBA All-Star games, City Kings bench and Barry Bremen wears a New York Yankees uniform in 1979 in Southfield, Robert Patrick Pat Ca- accept an Emmy Award for grabbed the warm-up suit Mich. The suburban Detroit businessman, whose acumen for gate- Helen S. Remington of hala of Jerome, celebration best supporting actress and of a Kings benchwarmer, crashing led him to shoot layups before NBA All-Star games and accept Twin Falls, funeral at 10 a.m. of life at 1 p.m. Saturday at flee from veteran baseball getting some floor time in the Emmy Award for best supporting actress, has died at age 64. Friday at White Mortuary, Farnsworth Mortuary, 1343 manager Tommy LaSorda, the final minutes of his 136 Fourth Ave. E. in Twin S.Lincoln in Jerome. died of cancer at age 64. team s rout of the lowly Falls; visitation from 6 to 7 Sometimes called the Pistons. p.m. today, with rosary at 7 LaVerne West Duggan of “Great Impostor, Bremen The get-up reappeared a p.m.at the mortuary. Hagerman, a service of re- became known to millions few months later — on Bre- membrance at 3 p.m. Satur- during the 1980s for sneak- men s 6-foot-3-inch frame SPECIAL OFFER Deloris Dixie (Pope) Jones day at the Kingdom Hall of ing onto professional courts — in the NBA All-Star of Hagerman, memorial Jehovah s Witnesses, 912 and fields donning chicken game. After an air ball and a Back By service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Milner St.in Buhl. suits as well as player and couple clunkers, players the Hagerman United umpire uniforms — capers started feeding him the POPULAR DEMAND! Methodist Church (Demaray Juana S. Bautista of Bur- that required such accom- ball. His hard work, love of Funeral Service, Gooding ley, Mass of Christian Burial plices as baseball player the game and charm en- Chapel). at 3 p.m. Friday at Our Little George Brett and golfer Jack deared himself to many Flower Catholic Church, Nicklaus. professional players. 10 Teresa Ann Sobotka of 1601 Oakley Ave. in Burley; He died June 30 in “They always have a More Boise and formerly of Twin vigil service with recitation Scottsdale, Ariz., where he good time pulling some- 20 Falls, celebration of life at 2 of the rosary at 7 p.m. today lived with his wife, Margo. thing off against the estab- p.m. Saturday at Reynolds at Our Little Flower Catholic A memorial service was lishment, Bremen told The Funeral Chapel in Twin Falls. Church; visitation from 6 to held for family and friends Associated Press in 1997. People Wanted 7 p.m. today and one hour Tuesday in Southfield, fol- “That s why it s been so Randy Dale Smallwood of before the funeral Mass on lowing a funeral and burial successful. Who Have Difficulty Hearing to Evaluate Carlin, Nev., and formerly of Friday at the church . in Phoenix. Bremen s list of stunts New, Innovative Hearing Technology! Buhl, memorial service at Some of his more famous included shagging flies in a SPECIAL noon Sunday at Anderson Cloyide (Claude) Lee exploits included being New York Yankees uniform HUGE PRICING! Ranch Dam (Fall Creek); Marion of Paul, memorial chased off the field by La- before the 1979 All-Star DISCOUNTS! potluck follows at Deer service at 7 p.m.Friday at the Sorda — then the Los An- game in Seattle; showing up Creek Lodge; bring a chair Hansen Mortuary Rupert geles Dodgers manager — at home plate dressed as an Limited Openings Call Now! and beverage. Chapel, 710 Sixth St. in Ru- during 1986 during All- umpire before a 1980 World pert. Star game warm-ups and Series game in Philadelphia Serving you Douglas Stobart of Hager- slipping onto the stage to between the Phillies and for man, memorial service at 10 Amelia De Oliveira of accept an Emmy award in Royals; and playing a prac- 25 Years! a.m. Friday at the Episcopal Twin Falls, funeral at 10:30 1985 for Betty Thomas of tice round with Fred Cou- Twin Falls Hear better in background Church of the Ascension in a.m. Monday at St. Edward “Hill Street Blues before ples and Curtis Strange at noise. We’ll send you to lunch Twin Falls. the Confessor Catholic she could make her way to the 1985 U.S. Open at Oak- - to prove it! Church; rosary at 6:30 p.m. the microphone. land Hills,Mich. Falls Ave • Suite A Richard Costa of Twin Sunday at Rosenau Funeral “More than a man, he s a He found his way — by Across from CSI Falls,celebration of life at 1 to Home in Twin Falls. force, said Rabbi Tamara invitation — onto the late burley Kolton, who officiated the night sets of Johnny Carson - Fritz Kippes, H.I.S. For obituary rates and information, call 735-3266 Monday Hearing Instrument Michigan memorial service and David Letterman and E. th • Suite Specialist through Saturday. Deadline is 3 p.m. for next-day publication. that was videotaped and became a subject of a Inside Farmers Insurance The e-mail address for obituaries is [email protected]. posted on the Ira Kaufman “Jeopardy question. Death notices are a free service and can be placed until Chapel s website. “He s a Bremen told the AP he 4 p.m. every day. To view or submit obituaries online, force to remember the part “retired from gate-crash- Honest Service or to place a message in an individual online guestbook, of us that yearns to do some- ing in because he didn t Reasonably Priced Hearing Aids go to www.magicvalley.com and click on “Obituaries.” thing a little different, a little want to be mistaken for the extraordinary, a lot of fun. ... real nuts, who run onto Complete Hearing Healthcare What the world needs is sports fields for attention more forces like Barry. or worse. The knife attack Bremen was a father of on tennis star Monica Seles Call Today and “Hear” three and an enthusiastic in Germany in 1993 was a amateur athlete who ran a game-changer for security Clearly Tomorrow! successful merchandising breaches. COMMUNITYOUTDOORS 6 THURSDAY,JULY 7,2011 SECTION EDITOR NATE POPPINO: 735-3237 [email protected]
SOMEBODY NEEDS YOU Mentors — College of Southern Idaho Office on F UTURE BABYSITTERS Non-proit Community Spotlight Aging’s Mentoring Children Basque in Idaho of Prisoners program needs From the mid-eighteenth century until ater World volunteers to mentor chil- War II, large numbers of young Basques let the dren who have a parent in Basque Country for other parts of the world, oten prison. Mentors must un- for economic or political reasons. In the Western dergo a background check United States, Basques were oten employed in and be willing to mentor a sheepherding, ranching and farming. No U.S. State child for a minimum of four is more associated with Basque people and hours each month for one culture than Idaho. It has a large population of year. Volunteers can assist in ethnic Basques and their descendents. he largest coordinating the program, concentration of Basques communities is in the provide program input, help area around Boise with Gooding and the recruit eligible children, and surrounding communities next. work with area agencies and he Basques call their language Euskara. he organizations to better chil- Basques have traditionally called their country dren’s lives. Information: Euskal Herria, which means `the Basque Country'. Ken Whiting, 736-2122 ext. his designation includes the territory of the 2394, or kwhiting@ traditional seven provinces, located in northern ooa.csi.edu. Spain and southern France. “Basques took great Volunteers — CSI Office pride in being hard workers and being good on Aging’s Retired and Se- citizens” as evidenced by the number of Basques nior Volunteer Program in leadership positions in business and politics. needs respite volunteers to Probably the most well known Basque in the State sit with elderly homebound government is former Secretary of State Courtesy photo clients so their main care- Pete Cenarrusa. Minidoka Memorial Hospital’s Education Department recently held its annual Safe Sitter class for kids ages givers can take a break for he Gooding Basque Association strives to two to four hours per week. 11 to 14. The two-day course teaches youth about the safe and appropriate actions needed in order to care maintain and share our culture with all who are Volunteers are needed in for younger children, including CPR, first aid, and caring and feeding. Each student must then pass a test to interested. We utilize our Cultural Center in Wendell, Gooding, Jerome receive a certificate of completion. The hospital offers the course every June. Gooding to this end, hosting Basque dinners every and Twin Falls; mileage re- Pictured are the students practicing their CPR. irst Friday of each month except July. In July we imbursement is available, hold our annual Gooding Basque Association and covered by excess insur- WANT TO HELP? on Wheels program. Routes Picnic on the third Sunday of the month. his year’s ance. Information: Edith, take 40 to 70 minutes each; picnic will be July 17th at the Gooding County 736-4764. This public service column is designed to match needs in the mileage is reimbursed. Vol- Fairgrounds. Drivers — CSI Office on Magic Valley with volunteer help. If you need a volunteer, contact unteers also are needed to set Come join us Sunday July 17th at the fairgrounds. Aging’s Retired and Senior the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at 736-4764, the tables and help serve Even if you are not Basque, we’ll make you Basque Volunteer Program needs before noon Wednesday for Thursday publication. RSVP is a meals on a regular basis for for a day. You can sample our food, including volunteers age 55 and older in United Way-sponsored agency at the College of Southern Idaho. one hour per day. Informa- Basque style BBQ lamb, salad, rice, beans and this Gooding to drive senior citi- tion: Diane or Josh, 734- year, roasted pork loins. We’ll have something for zens to medical appoint- 5084. every member of the family from Basque Dancing ments and for grocery shop- work and for housekeeping. fort to patients, visitors and Volunteers — City of Twin exhibitions (in traditional costume), ping. Volunteers are reim- Anyone with an unmet need staff. Information: Kim Pat- Falls needs a volunteer for a Basque sports and contests for adults (weight bursed mileage and covered can also contact IVC terson, 814-0861, or visit St. part-time ditch rider posi- carrying, bota contest, Basque style tug of war) & by excess insurance. Infor- for assistance. Information: Luke’s Volunteer Services tion for the Harmon Park sports and contests for younger kids including mation: Edith,736-4764. Karen,733-6333. Office on the lower level of canal water system to care for races, junior tug of war, rides and other activities. Volunteers — Hospice Vi- Volunteers — St. Luke’s the new facility,801 Pole Line small ditches and headgates. Part of our activities will include our traditional sions needs volunteers to Magic Valley Medical Center Road W.,Twin Falls. The volunteer would help auction (live lambs, Dutch oven bread & git work directly with patients has several volunteer oppor- Drivers/volunteers — clients in that area in need of baskets). he day begins with a Catholic Mass at 11 and families filming and ed- tunities for friendly, com- Twin Falls Senior Citizens canal water for their gardens am with the BBQ lunch at a little ater noon. he iting the Life Review Project. passionate individuals who Center needs drivers over 18 and yards. Information: 736- auction and other events follow. Late arrivals can Information: Heidi Walker can set priorities; have the with vehicles for the Meals 2278. munch on chorizo sandwiches which will be served Gause,735-0121. physical ability to walk,stand starting about 3 p.m. Never heard the Basque Volunteers/drivers — In- and sit for a period of time; terfaith Volunteer Caregivers and can take the initiative language spoken? Come to the Gooding Basque needs volunteers to provide and be flexible in differing Check out what’s new at magicvalley.com Picnic and sample a little bit of Idaho’s ethnic transportation, to do yard roles to provide help or com- heritage. th Basque Festival 30Annual Sunday July 17th Gooding County Fairgrounds 11:001111 am - Catholic Mass 12:0012 pm - Lunch Served (BBQ Lamb, Basque Rice, Red Beans, Salad, Bread & Beverages Adults:Ad $15 SeniorsSe $13 ChildrenCh $7 (5-10 yrs) 3:00 pm - Chorizos for purchase Bring the whole family and enjoy: