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MagicValley.com FROM T.F.TO THE Smoke on the horizon Farmers taking more advantage USS RONALD REAGAN of new crop-burning program By Ben Botkin M.V.native serving Times-News writer By Nate Poppino Times-News writer ON THE WEB: avy Cmdr.James Mills was For more on the crop-burn- as combat systems stationed at the Pentagon State officials say a ing program, including train- N on Sept.11,2001,when the revised field-burning pro- ing materials and approved airliner overtaken by terrorists gram seems to be working burn permits, visit officer aboard slammed into the building. well in its first full year of http://www.deq.idaho.gov/ Mills, who is from Twin Falls and deployment. and click on “Growers: Crop has family in the Magic Valley, had The 9th U.S. Circuit Residue Burning” in the largest aircraft an office in the section of the Court of Appeals in January middle of the page. Pentagon that collapsed. He was 2007 invalidated Idaho’s out of his office at the time the air- program allowing farmers north-Idaho issue, where carrier in Navy liner hit because an appointment he to burn crop residue. lighting bluegrass residue was in lasted longer than anticipat- Farmers, environmentalists on fire is the most econom- ed. and state authorities nego- ical way to deal with it and U.S. Navy photo by MC3 Chelsea Kennedy For Mills, that’s something he tiated a new plan, and the the airshed is overall more remembers while serving as the Cmdr. James Mills stands on the flight U.S. Environmental vulnerable to smoke. But combat systems officer aboard the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Protection Agency the new program encom- USS Ronald Reagan, an aircraft car- Reagan. Above him, in the ship’s super- approved it last year in passed all of Idaho, requir- rier currently in international structure, or ‘island’ as it as known on enough time to allow burn- ing a $2-per-acre fee of waters in the Gulf of Oman off the the ship, lie several surface and air ing in September and southern Idaho farmers for coast of Pakistan. The 1,092-foot search radars. October. the first time. long, 97,000-ton aircraft carrier — Crop burning in recent the largest in the Navy — launches Enduring Freedom, Mills, 41, who years has been more of a See PROGRAM, Main 2 planes that support troops sta- was commissioned a Navy officer in tioned in Afghanistan. 1990, sees his career coming full From seeing the devastation of circle. the attack on the Pentagon first hand to now serving in Operation See MILLS, Main 2

ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News A field of straw is burned Friday afternoon on Stan Ward’s farm south of Dietrich. DEQ official say this year’s crop-burning program is off to a good start, with healthy participation in the Magic Valley and farmers willing to give the new registration system a try. Rifle raffle stirs controversy at fair By Blair Koch “We’ve raffled off a U.S. Navy photo Times-News correspondent weapon for the past several The USS Ronald Reagan is years,” Baker said. “We deployed to the Gulf of Oman, FILER — As Jennifer were hoping this gun launching jets daily into Jones walked past the Filer wouldn’t stir controversy Afghanistan in support of U.S. Police Reserves’ booth at but I guess it has, a little “The best part of it all is getting to the Twin Falls County Fair, bit.” and coalition forces there. she didn’t stop to buy a raf- Baker said the appear- fle ticket for the semi-auto- ance of the civilian version lead sailors and mold and shape matic rifle on display. AR-15 makes it look more Jones, of Colorado, was- menacing than it really is. them into tomorrow’s leaders.” n’t impressed with the gun. “It’s black,” Baker said. “I don’t think that kind of “Take away all the black, — Navy Cmdr. James Mills, combat systems officer gun needs to be on the plastic parts and place it in aboard the USS Ronald Reagan street, let alone raffled at a wooden stock and it’d look county fair,”Jones said. like any other typical rifle.” While some visitors to The .233 caliber rifle isn’t the fair have shared her legal in all states, Baker view, most have been sup- said, but it is in Idaho. portive of the reserve force’s “The (reserves) used to Forced to shrink, Army National Guard gets pickier attempt at raising a little raffle off a shotgun but extra money, said reserve By Meghan Barr den of fighting overseas onto volunteer Lee Baker. See RAFFLE, Main 2 Associated Press writer the active-duty Army and ease the public outcry over COLUMBUS, Ohio — the way that Guard units — Suffer from a bad case of part-time soldiers normally acne? That could disqualify called into action during you from joining the Army hurricanes and other disas- National Guard. Too many ters at home — have been speeding tickets? In today’s sent on long, repeated com- slimmer, smarter Guard, bat tours in Iraq. that could keep you out, too. In fact, while the Under pressure from the Pentagon has cut the Pentagon to trim its ranks, AP photo National Guard by about the Guard has been quietly Christopher Runyon, 19, stands outside of his home in Glouster, Ohio, 9,000 soldiers to 358,200 phasing in new restrictions on Aug. 27. Runyon has been unable to enlist in the armed services over the past six months or that make it harder to enlist. after failing his Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam. so, the nearly 549,000- “To get in now,you have to Under pressure from the Pentagon to trim its ranks, the Guard has strong active-duty Army is BLAIR KOCH/For the Times-News be the cream of the crop,” been quietly phasing in new restrictions that make it harder to enlist. under orders to recruit Filer Reserve Policewoman Lia Perez sells raffle tickets for a civil- said Sgt. 1st Class Brian 70,000 new soldiers by the ian issue AR-15, semi-automatic rifle at the Twin Falls County Fair Clum, a recruiter in Ohio. force that was bloated from But there are suspicions end of September and on Sunday. The raffle is raising eyebrows by some who think the Military officials portray years of successful recruit- inside the Guard and out 22,000 more in the coming the cutbacks as an effort to ing, especially during the that the reductions are part gun looks like an assault rifle and shouldn’t be at the fair — where trim excess from a Guard recession. of an effort to shift the bur- See GUARD, Main 2 firearms are not allowed on the premises.

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Three things to do today FESTIVALS AND FAIRS sion (prices include fair admission Blvd., Twin Falls, visitors welcome, marl- Pat Marcantonio Bellevue’s Labor Day celebration, with before sales tax), 326-4398 or [email protected], 208-324-4808 or music, food and crafts, as part of Wagon tfcfair.com. www.bluelakesrotary.com. • If you don’t want a • Get into shape with the Days, 1 to 5 p.m., City Park, quiet picnic in the back Over 60 and Getting Fit bellevueidaho.com. HEALTH AND WELLNESS MARKETS/ANTIQUES yard, go to the Destruction program starting Tuesday. Twin Falls County Fair continues, features Choices for Recovery, a non-traditional, 12- Ketchum Art and Antique Show, 9 a.m. to Derby at 7 p.m. at the Twin The College of Southern 4-H/FFA Junior market animal sale, 10 step spiritual program open to all faiths, 5 p.m., nexStage Theatre, 120 S. Main St., Falls County Fair in Shouse Idaho class will be held in a.m., fair sale barn; with carnival, enter- issues and addictions, 6 p.m., west confer- Ketchum, www.visitsunvalley.com. Arena in Filer. Tickets are Hagerman, Shoshone and tainment on the free stage and exhibits ence room, Minidoka Memorial Hospital, $8 for general admission. Jerome. It’s free if you’re 60 in the merchants buildings, all day, Twin Rupert, no cost, 431-3741. To have an event listed, please submit the • Visit one of my hus- and older, or $100 for Falls County Fairgrounds, Filer, fair name of the event, a brief description, time, band’s favorite hikes, Baker younger whippersnappers. admission: $7 for adults, $6 for seniors TODAY’S DEADLINE place, cost and contact number to Suzanne Lake, which is full of Information: 934-8678. 65 and over, and $3 for children 6-12 (no Browne by e-mail at sbrowne@magicval- scenery and fish. It’s a little cost for children age 5 and under); and Meeting Memo for Sept. 8 Blue Lakes Rotary ley.com; by fax, 734-5538; or by mail, more than a mile to the Have your own pick you Destruction Derby, 7 p.m., Shouse Arena, Club meeting and breakfast, features Times-News, P.O.Box 548, Twin Falls, ID lake. The trailhead is 20 want to share? Something fairgrounds, concert tickets: $11 for speakers from the community, 7 to 83303-0548. Deadline is noon, four days in miles northwest of that is unique to the area reserved seats and $8 for general admis- 8 a.m., Red Lion Hotel, 1357 Blue Lakes advance of the event. Ketchum, off of Idaho and that may take people by Highway 75. Information: surprise? E-mail me at 622-5371. [email protected]. Program Continued from Main 1 ing and documentation law despite the new fees, tors in Twin Falls, Paul and Last fall, the Idaho required to file with the Ward said. Hailey track any health Law Disorder... Department of Environ- state, said Bobby Dye, But Curt Darrow said threats from the burns, said & mental Quality focused its DEQ’s regional crop- complying isn’t necessarily Stephen VanZandt, an air- efforts on getting farmers on residue burning analyst. worth the work, and both quality science officer in ... in Cassia County board with the program in “It just takes one or two farmers said they’ve seen DEQ’s Twin Falls office. enough time to benefit from days burning with us and fires they’re not sure were DEQ can’t tell if any From Sept. 1 police reports: husband said the child fell on a it. With a little more time to they certainly understand permitted. Darrow watched farmers are steering clear of Information: toy. The couple was told to prepare this year, the agency the program,”Dye said. the online training material the new program — no solid Police were dispatched to a “remain civil” and “conduct focused its efforts on Stan Ward, who farms and registered to burn 10 numbers for southern Idaho Burley residence to check on the themselves in an adult manner spreading the word about near Dietrich, torched 250 acres of barley near burns existed prior to last welfare of two children, ages 2 for the sake of the children.” the program. It also set up a acres in three different fields Castleford anyway, and said year. But this year’s total has and 5. Disturbing the peace: section on its Web site with on Friday afternoon, plan- he was impressed by DEQ’s already neared last fall’s Their mother, 26, said she and her A 46-year-old Burley woman told information about the pro- ning to replace the wheat turnaround time. 4,670 burned acres, and in husband had been “engaged in a police that her neighbor, a 47- gram, including training they used to hold with alfal- “They called this morn- south-central Idaho the air family dispute for the last few year-old man, has been calling materials and maps of fa. The limited burn hours — ing, wanted to know if I quality this season has days” and that her husband, 39, her obscene names for the past where burns are set to hap- he was granted permission wanted to burn today,” stayed pretty healthy. has been living behind the house few months. pen each day. for between 1 and 4 p.m., Darrow said on Friday, “I think they’re doing a in a Volkswagen van. “She said that she does not really Farmers have burned according to his permit adding that he wasn’t quite good job,”VanZandt said of Deputy Norma Talamantes care what he calls her,”the more than 3,400 acres posted online — were the ready yet. He had applied participants. checked on the kids. They were report reads,“but Sunday, she through the program in only real inconvenience, he just the day before to burn fine, according to the report, had her granddaughter with her south-central Idaho over said. on Tuesday, and had Nate Poppino may be except one had a small bruise in the car and the neighbor start- the past month, and they’re “I think everybody’s try- expected a 30-day wait. reached at 208-735-3237 or under his left eye. The woman ed swearing at her, calling her a working through the train- ing to comply” with the new Three air-quality moni- [email protected]. told Talamantes that her son said ‘(expletive) fat (expletive)’” “his dad hit him with a stick.” The neighbor, according to the The woman said she didn’t think report, said the woman is “just her husband hit him with a stick making it up to get him in trou- Mills and that, while he’s “verbally and ble,”adding that “his wife is Continued from Main 1 which the carrier’s admiral mentally abusive towards her,” always with him and he would “We’re on the scene try- receives e-mails. he never hurts the kids. not swear.” ing to keep the fight in their “All of the technology When questioned in his van, the — Damon Hunzeker (terrorists) backyard.” that this ship has primarily The carrier has 61 aircraft is Commander Mills’ aboard, and typically responsibility. Warfare in launches numerous planes this day and age is increas- on a daily basis. ingly about information, Raffle The planes fly through and the speedy flow of Continued from Main 1 said she thought the raffle was Pakistan and enter information is critical and would only raise $200,” Baker a good idea. Afghanistan and from there that’s really his responsibili- said. “People have the right to go on patrols, which can ty,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ron U.S. Navy Since upping the ante with their own opinion but as far as include taking pictures, Flanders, spokesman for the firearms like a 7mm Mag, the I’m concerned this is for the looking for improvised ship. An F/A-18 jet launches on the deck of USS Ronald Reagan. Twin Falls raffle has been quite success- police department and it explosive devices being Mills, in a telephone native Cmdr. James Mills is the ship’s combat systems officer, ful, bringing in up to $5,000 in makes no difference if they raf- planted, and assisting interview, noted how tech- responsible for all the ship’s radars, self-defense systems and infor- one year. Last year the raffle fle it here or at another func- ground troops coming nology has changed during mation flow to and from the ship. The USS Ronald Reagan is only raised $2,000 but this year tion,” she said. “By purchasing under fire. his time with the Navy. deployed to the Gulf of Oman, launching jets daily into Afghanistan is looking better. a raffle ticket you’re helping the Mills’ day is not short. In his earlier Navy days, in support of U.S. and coalition forces there. “Most of the feedback we’re community and supporting Each workday — usually letter-writing instead of e- getting is positive because the department … and that’s a some 16 hours long, seven mailing was the norm, and is getting to lead sailors and mission is expected to last people around here know what good thing.” days a week — is filled with sailors would number letters mold and shape them into until late October, when (gun) they’re looking at. They Baker said the funds raised tasks such as meetings and to family members to keep tomorrow’s leaders.” another ship will relieve it. know what size it is, what it is help the reservists sponsor briefings to keep abreast of track of their correspon- Mills’ career includes That date could always capable of,” said Lia Perez, a youth baseball, give scholar- the ship’s operational plans dence and know which let- participation in restoring change, though. reserve officer.“But then there ships and keep the regular Filer for each day,giving orders to ters were received. the Navy’s telecommunica- Regardless of the are those people, rare and far Police Department stocked sailors in their technical Last week, he was able to tions infrastructure after timetable, Mills will be and few between, that look at with equipment. fields, and overseeing the catch a few minutes of a the attack on the Pentagon aboard with the rest of his this gun and the look throws “The department wasn’t carrier’s preventative main- Boise State University game and restoration and opera- crew. them off.” able to afford TASERs and we tenance. through a satellite connec- tion of communication sys- “They’ve got good spirits Challis resident Alvin S. were able to get those for As the combat systems tion. tems in support of and are proud to be doing McCoy saw the firearm and them,” Baker said, because of officer, Mills oversees 250 While Mills’ job is tech- Hurricanes Katrina and Rita what they’re doing,” Mills thought it looked perfect for funds raised from past raffles. sailors. He’s responsible for nology-based in many relief operations. said of his colleagues in the hunting coyotes and other The raffle drawing will take a plethora of technical sys- ways, he says people are the As for his current mis- Navy. “In the long run, it large rodents. place this afternoon,Baker said tems: air and surface radars, best part of the job. sion, the ship left San Diego will pay off.” “I don’t see any problem and the winner will be notified self-defense missile sys- “What I enjoy the most is on May 28 and after a four- with it,”McCoy said. after passing the mandatory tems, unclassified and getting to work with all the day stop in Singapore, Ben Botkin may be His wife, Martha McCoy, background check. encrypted communications sailors we have from all arrived at the Gulf of Oman reached at bbotkin@magic- systems, including top- parts of the country,” Mills on July 6. valley.com or 208-735- secret computer systems on said. “The best part of it all USS Ronald Reagan’s 3238. Labor Day brings Guard Continued from Main 1 Col. Mike Jones, the In May, the Guard accept- what Jones said may have closures around M.V. fiscal year as the fighting in Guard’s top recruiting com- ed 3,026 recruits, compared been a combination of the Iraq winds down and the war mander, said a higher per- with 5,311 in May 2008. But worsening bloodshed in Times-News Library is closed. in Afghanistan escalates. centage of applicants are the Guard gave no figures on Afghanistan and the higher • The College of Southern Under restrictions issued being turned away compared how many men and women standards. Many offices and facilities Idaho and Herrett Center for by the National Guard’s top with just a few years ago, applied. In fact, over the past cou- are closed today for Labor the Arts and Science are recruiting commander early though he would not give John Pike, director of the ple of weeks, Jones told Day. closed. this year, the maximum precise figures. military think tank Guard commanders in 40 • City and county offices • The YMCA/Twin Falls enlistment age was lowered Several states, including Globalsecurity.org, said the states they are free to reverse are closed. City Pool is closed. from 42 to 35. And the mini- Georgia and New York, have government is trying to some of the restrictions. • State and federal offices • Trash will not be picked mum score on the Armed long waiting lists of the reduce the outcry over the “We might have cut a little are closed. up; trash collection will be Services Vocational Aptitude aspiring soldiers they have heavy use of the Guard in the too deep,too fast,”Jones said. • Post offices are closed. one day later. Test,the exam required by all rejected. Iraq war and wants to return “Did we swing too far? Did • Banks are closed. • Magic Valley Mall will be branches of the military, was For some recruiters, the the force to its original part- we cut too much bonus • Twin Falls Public open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. raised for the Guard from 31 shrinking Guard is a source of time status. money?” He said the Guard to 50 out of a possible 100. frustration and envy, partic- “They used the Guard a lot is “working right now to try Also, the Guard stopped ularly since the regular Army more than they had planned to get back the momentum www.magicvalley.com forgiving potential recruits is growing. several times in Iraq just that we had in the early part for offenses such as theft, “We literally turn people because that was all they of the year.” CIRCULATION assault, driving under the away every day that want to had,” Pike said. “They’re For people like 19-year-old All delivery areas ...... 733-0931, ext 1 influence or chronic law- serve and we can’t take increasing the active compo- Christopher Runyon of ...... or 1-800-658-3883 breaking. 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In June and July, myself and I really got dis- Classifieds manager Christy Haszier . .735-3267 548, Twin Falls, Idaho 83303. eligible for any bonus money down from an all-time high the Guard failed to meet its couraged,” he said. “But I’m ONLINE Copyright © 2009 Magic Valley Newspapers Inc. Online sales Jason Woodside ...... 735-3207 Vol. 104, No. 250 at all. of 457,000 in 1989. recruiting goals because of still trying, you know?” Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho LOCAL/IDAHO Monday, September 7, 2009 Main 3 AROUND THE VALLEY Jerome teens organize clinic Roadway testing, U.S. Highway 20 near Picabo. By Nate Poppino survey south of Throughout the con- Times-News writer LEARN MORE Ketchum begins struction zone, between The student clinic will operate Tuesday Gannett Road and the Silver Jerome students and, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on the Creek Bridge east of Picabo eventually, other residents of third Wednesday of each SHOSHONE — Geotech- (mile post 186 to 192), driv- the area should soon be get- month at Summit Elementary nical testing of the road ers should be prepared for ting health-care advice from School, 200 10th Ave. W. in structure and soil for Idaho delays and watch for crews their own peers. Jerome. To reach the Mustard 75 will begin Tuesday in the and equipment. Additional The Tiger Health and Tree Wellness Clinic, call area between the two Big delays may be encountered Wellness Clinic, organized by 734-2610. Wood River bridges south of due to holiday traffic students from Jerome Middle Ketchum, the Idaho through Tuesday. School and Jerome High tary-age kids, gradually Transportation Department As lane restrictions are School, will open its doors for broadening over time to announced. required for the road work, the first time on Sept. 16 at include other people. Soil sampling from drivers are asked to watch Summit Elementary School. One student made the Timber Way north to the Big for flaggers.A pilot car oper- It’s organized as an off- ASHLEY SMITH/Times-News clinic her senior project. Wood River bridge near ation will be in used during shoot of the Mustard Tree Sen. Mike Crapo, right, speaks Friday morning at the Mustard Tree Others didn’t seem fully sold Hospital Drive will take place working hours from 7 a.m. Wellness Clinic in Twin Falls, Wellness Clinic in Twin Falls. on careers in health care on both on and off the roadway. to 7 p.m., Monday through which runs on donations and Friday,but acknowledged the Drivers can expect minor Friday. A 45-mph speed whose doctors, nurses and overall mission of the Twin Supervised by health-care contribution they intend to delays and lane closures limit will be in effect other staff volunteer their Falls clinic. professionals, students will make to the area. throughout the area for up to through the work zone at all services. The students hope The brief stop was one of provide a few basic services, Naturally, some saw addi- three weeks. Crews will be times. to build on the Mustard several related to health-care such as blood pressure meas- tional benefits to participat- taking samples during both The project includes Tree’s mission of preventing matters the senator made urements and urinalysis. ing. daytime and evening hours. rehabilitation of U.S. 20 expensive emergency-room while in town, and Crapo More importantly, they’ll “It’ll look good on college Preliminary survey work between Gannett Road and visits by connecting people seemed impressed by what serve as a referral service to applications,” said Reagan also continues in the same the Silver Creek bridge east with the health-care services he saw and heard. He noted the Twin Falls clinic, which Jones. area for the beginning of of Picabo (mile post 186 to they need. that obesity, smoking and then can set patients up with It was McClusky who per- design work on the Idaho 75 192), and the already com- And now, more than a other factors drive up health- the more serious services haps expressed the highest Timmerman to Ketchum pleted bridge approach slab week before their first clinic care costs, but that the serv- they need. hopes for the students’ role. corridor. replacement at milepost 187. session, the students may ices provided through the The students met with He unabashedly described Drivers are asked to watch The work will include benefit from some extra clinic help both mitigate Twin Falls Dr. David the Twin Falls clinic’s work to for crew members and use reconstruction and widen- attention by U.S. Sen. Mike those costs and improve McClusky every other Crapo as “a beam of light caution while crews are ing of the shoulders followed Crapo. access to care. Wednesday this summer to coming out of the storm of working along highway by four inches of asphalt Crapo, R-Idaho, met the “This is clearly a part of the learn about diet, exercise and health care.” rights of way. pavement placed the full students on Friday morning solution,”Crapo said. other basic factors that con- “And if it could happen in For more information width of the roadway. during a visit to the Mustard Preventative care will be a tribute to health issues later this community,” he contin- about the project, go to Crews have started Tree and heard about their huge aspect of the student in life. They said Friday their ued, “it can happen in every www.itd.idaho.gov/projects, reconstructive work at the project, as well as about the clinic. first clinic will target elemen- community.” follow links to “South- east end of the project zone Central Idaho” then “Idaho and are working toward the 75 Timmerman to Ketchum.” western boundary near Gannett Road. Paving of the Caution urged on roadway is expected to begin U.S. Highway 20 in late September. A healing place for hurting kids Western Construction of Drivers are reminded to Boise is the contractor on use caution through a road the $3.5 million project. Artists help Camp Rainbow rehabilitation project on — staff reports Gold camper expanding Camp Taylor, 14, of Boise, works on a bottle Rainbow Gold cap necklace that Cellulite Suppress Formulala will be sold to By Karen Bossick raise money for For the fi rst time, women can achieve more Times-News correspondent the summer camp toned, fi rmer, and smoother looking skin with the cutting-edge, muli-ingredient that serves kids KETCHUM — Nancy Cellulite Suppress™ Formula. Rivetts said her heart was with cancer. Taylor, “stolen” seven years ago by who’s last name Based on extensive research, Life Extension® has identi- campers who had lost their was withheld by fi ed seven compounds to help reduce the appearance of hair after going through camp officials to cellulite. The Cellulite Suppress™ Formula provides all of chemotherapy more often help preserve her these important scientifi cally tested ingredients. than most kids get to go through a McDonald’s drive- anonymity, calls through. the camp her sec- This year she found a ond home. unique way to give back to the kids of Camp Rainbow KAREN BOSSICK/ Gold in Ketchum.The retired For the Times-News Hailey schoolteacher started turning bottle caps into It’s stories like this that with 15 percent of the sales necklaces and selling them to have touched the heart of from other paintings sold raise money for the summer Nancy Rivetts since her during August. camp for kids with cancer. daughter Jaime Rivetts Elizabeth Lizberg, the And the camp’s 85 kids join introduced her to the camp. camp’s director, said money ?K>>xLF:KMxK^pZk]lx;@=;CAF? her in the effort this summer. “They’ve taken over my raised by such artists and a “I love it because it’s so life and my heart,” she said. plethora of service organiza- creative,” said camper “These kids change your tions in the Magic and Wood % Rebecca, of Boise, as she whole perception. I’ve never River valleys have proved 4.19 APY* meticulously glued tiny had a bad day compared to invaluable as the program on balances up to $30K beads into a bottle cap. “I’m what these kids go through.” has grown from one week of thinking it’d be cool if I could “This camp is so special,” camp a year to a year-round grow up to become an art agreed Jaime Rivetts, who program. % % designer.” works with special needs “We have grown from 0.79 APY* 0.09 APY* Campers’ last names were kids at the Lee Pesky supporting the child diag- on balances over $30K applies to all balances withheld by camp officials to Learning Center in Ketchum. nosed with cancer to sup- :G=xx help preserve their “One child who’s been bat- porting the entire family anonymity. At 16, Rebecca tling a brain tumor for three with our new family and sib- LF:KMxK^pZk]lxK9NAF?K has hardly known a day when years said, ‘When I got sick, ling camps,” she said. “We her name wasn’t paired with cancer took everything away have a new college scholar- cancer. from me. This camp gives it ship program that gave out 18 % When she was 2, she was back.’” scholarships this year … I 3.19 APY* diagnosed with an adult Nancy Rivetts has incor- really could go on and on, as I on balances up to $30K form of leukemia. She can’t porated a horse that artist am so very proud of this pro- go to regular summer camps Ashley Collins created into gram and how much it has because of her special med- many of the bottle caps, with become.” % % ical needs, so Camp Rainbow the word “Courage” printed To accommodate the 0.79 APY* 0.29 APY* Gold has become what she on them. 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Davidson says it was his 50th marathon over a 38-year career of running marathons. He had never run in a marathon in Idaho before and says he’s now run a marathon in 34 of the 50 states. Patent Pending, Bancvue *Annual Percentage Yield (APY) accurate as of September 08, 2009. Minimum to open account is $100. Davidson says the Rates are variable and can change at any time. Fees may reduce earnings. marathon was a well-organ- ized race. Main 4 Monday, September 7, 2009 IDAHO/WEST Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho SHOCK AND CAW Pesky starlings still overwhelm By Mike Stark mob cattle operations, chase duction,they quickly expand- Associated Press writer off native songbirds, roost on ed west, taking advantage of city blocks, leaving behind vast tracts of forested land SALT LAKE CITY — The corrosive, foul-smelling opening up to agriculture and next time the sky darkens with droppings and hundreds of human development, Dolbeer a flock of noisy unwelcome millions of dollars of damage said. By the 1950s, starlings starlings, blame Shakespeare each year. had reached California and — or, better yet, a few of his And getting rid of them is nearly all parts in-between. strangest fans. near impossible. Today, it’s one of the most Had the Bard not men- Last year U.S. government common birds in the U.S. tioned the starling in the third agents poisoned, shot and Their prodigious presence scene of “Henry IV,’’arguably trapped 1.7 million starlings, is no mystery. Starlings breed the most hated bird in North more than any other nuisance like crazy, eat almost any- America might never have species, according to new fig- thing, are highly mobile and arrived. In the early 1890s, ures, only to see them roaring operate in overwhelming about 100 European starlings back again. numbers. They’re also expert USDA/AP photo were released in New York “It’s sort of like bailing the at nesting in protected nooks This undated image provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows starlings perching alongside City’s Central Park by a group ocean with a thimble,’’ said and making an intimidating cattle feeding in Wisconsin. The birds, introduced to the United States about a 120 years ago, now number dedicated to bringing to Richard Dolbeer, a retired statement as they swirl in vast about 200 million and are considered a major nuisance for airports and agricultural operations. America every bird ever men- Wildlife Services researcher in clouds called “murmura- tioned by Shakespeare. Sandusky, Ohio who spent tions.’’ in Boston that killed 62 and a Today, it’s more like years trying to figure out ways “They’re great survivors 1996 military cargo plane Hitchcock. to keep starlings — which he and quite the biological crash that killed 34 in the Some 200 million shiny calls “flying bullets’’ — and machine,’’ said Greg Butcher, Netherlands.Since then,there black European starlings other birds from causing director of bird conservation have been close calls, includ- crowd North America, from problems at airports. Federal at the National Audubon ing a Boeing 747 that ran into a the cool climes of Alaska to the aviation officials say they have Society. flock in Rome last fall. No one balmy reaches of Mexico’s caused $4 million in damage They’re also responsible for was killed but the badly dam- Baja peninsula.The enormous since 1990. the most deadly bird strikes in aged plane had a rough land- flocks endanger air travel, After the starlings’ intro- aviation: a 1960 civilian crash ing. Meridian company turns to shotguns to bolster business MERIDIAN (AP) — A forced Advanced Precision to firearm production,’’General ing an arms manufacturing Meridian machining compa- cut its work force to 13 people. Manager Jeff Brackus said. plant there. ny is getting into the shotgun “I have employees who “We just haven’t been able to Bentley said he helped production business as a way have worked here 22 to 25 grow in the last year.’’ arrange for Advanced to help bolster its bottom line years,’’ owner and founder The company anticipates Precision to make the guns and avoid more layoffs and Nick Brackus told the Idaho shipping its first order of for Legacy Sports, a Nevada- reductions in work hours. Statesman. “We relied on shotguns later this month, based firearms importer and The company, Advanced attrition to reduce our work and preliminary projections distributor, to buy them Precision Machining, is pro- force, and then I had to cut call for manufacturing 1,000 wholesale and market them ducing the majority of the employees down to 30 shotguns per month. A retail globally. parts and assembling a new hours.’’ price for the shotguns has not One shotgun model is line of assault-style shotguns But if all goes well with yet been determined. black and silver, another that will be marketed to shotgun production and a The idea and design for the camouflage. Other models police and military customers rifle line in development, the shotguns came from Jim will become available in nationally and abroad. company hopes to restore Bentley, president of Krow November. Company officials said payroll to previous levels and Innovation, a Boise market- Jeff Brackus said the shot- they began looking into possible grow. ing firm. Bentley said he got guns have a magazine capa- firearm production after los- “We’re really looking to the idea of assembling a shot- ble of holding between five ing a major semiconductor complement what we’re gun in the United States and seven shells and a stock client contract, a move that already doing with this new when he was in Turkey,visit- designed to reduce recoil. 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Blount will remain on all of Boise punch “an egregious error.” Boise State defensive end Byron what was said. scholarship and be allowed to prac- Hout yelled in Blount’s face and Boise State’s Petersen was not Hout and coach Chris Petersen to Blount punched tice with the team, but will not play tapped him on the shoulder pad available for comment on Sunday. apologize for the punch he threw Hout in the jaw fol- in games or a bowl. before catching the right to the jaw. He was scheduled to speak on the following Thursday’s game between Bount lowing the 16th- Saturday’s apology was first Petersen was trying to pull Hout WAC coaches conference call today. the two teams. ranked Ducks’ 19-8 reported by The Register-Guard away when he was hit. Blount was expected to practice Blount and Ducks coach Chip loss to the 14th-ranked Broncos on newspaper in Eugene and ESPN. Oregon president Richard with the Ducks today, but will not Kelly made the conciliatory phone Thursday night. Hout was knocked Blount had apologized after the Lariviere called Blount’s actions be allowed to speak to the media. Stricker, Goosen, O’Hair lead NORTON, Mass. — Steve them share one goal. Stricker was among eight players who had at least a PETTERSEN WINS CANADIAN share of the lead Sunday in WOMEN’S OPEN the Deutsche Bank PRIDDIS, Alberta — Championship. He also Norway’s Suzann Pettersen knew how much each shot won the Canadian mattered. Women’s Open for her first Standing in the 18th fair- LPGA Tour win in nearly way, a stiff breeze in his two years. face and the front of the The tall Norwegian fin- green 230 yards away, ished at 15-under 269 after about 5 yards longer than opening rounds of 65, 68 the maximum distance he and 66. Since winning five usually gets out of his times in 2007, she had six hybrid. He went for it any- runner-up finishes, way, and it paid off. including a playoff loss last He was filled with weekend in Oregon. uncertainty until the ball Momoko Ueda (65), barely cleared a creek and Morgan Pressel (66), Ai bounced up to 5 feet for Miyazato (67), Karrie Webb eagle, giving Stricker a 6- (69) and Angela Stanford under 65 and a share of the (70) tied for second. lead with Retief Goosen and Sean O’Hair. SLUMAN CLAIMS “I maxed that one out, WALMART FIRST TEE OPEN and it turned out good,” PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. Stricker said. — Jeff Sluman, who started His chances to win on the day tied for fifth after a Labor Day are equally ten- second-round 73, had four uous. birdies and the hole-in-one O’Hair overcame a AP photo on the 187-yard fifth to fin- scratchy start with birdies Steve Stricker tees off on the 17th hole during the thrid round of the Deutsche Bank Championship golf tournament in Norton, Mass., Sunday. ish at 10-under 206. He has on two of the last three three Champions Tours holes for a 70. Goosen, a victories after winning six two-time U.S. Open at 13-under 200. one-shot penalty, didn’t Padraig Harrington, and Kevin Na (66). times on the PGA Tour. champion, had a chance to Just about everyone else make a birdie until the 15th cheered wildly in a region Jim Furyk, who had a Gene Jones shot a 70 to take the outright lead until — except Tiger Woods — hole and shot 1-over 72. with a large Irish popula- share of the 36-hole lead finish second. Tom Lehman a chunky bunker shot that apparently had the same That left him nine shots tion, knocked in a long with O’Hair, slumped to a (73) and Mark O’Meara (75) kept him from getting up- idea. behind in a tie for 30th. birdie putt at the 18th for a 73 yet still was in the hunt. were 7 under, and second- and-down for birdie at the Woods struggled from The gallery still has a 67 and was among those He was at 10-under 203. round leader Loren Roberts par-5 18th. He settled for a the opening shot. He hit a rooting favorite among one shot behind, along No one stands out as the (78) tied for fifth at 6 under. 68 to join the other leaders driver into the woods for a those trying to win. with Scott Verplank (68) obvious favorite. All of — The Associated Press New mother Clijsters Kahne pulls away for second win

HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Kasey Kahne gave himself a huge boost in the Chase for beats Venus at U.S. Open the Championship with a victory Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NEW YORK (AP) — A half- major champion, Clijsters dis- Kahne jumped from 11th to sixth in the hour after getting past Venus played the same sort of boom- Sprint Cup standings with the victory, Williams in a three-set tussle ing groundstrokes and all- allowing him to breathe a little easier going at the U.S. Open, Kim Clijsters over-the-place court coverage into next weekend’s race at Richmond that had her hands full again. that helped her win the 2005 will set the 12-driver field for the season- Juggling an energy drink, a U.S.Open and briefly reach No. ending playoff. bottle of water and a snack, 1 in the rankings before leaving Kevin Harvick, who won the Nationwide Clijsters was trying to keep an the tour. race Saturday night, was in position for a eye on her 18-month-old Only two mothers have won weekend double until teammate Clint daughter, Jada, as the tyke a Grand Slam singles title; the Bowyer spun with 15 laps to go, bringing scurried around the players’ last was Evonne Goolagong out the final caution of the night.Kahne got lounge. Cawley at Wimbledon in Harvick on the restart and pulled away to Better keep the nanny on 1980. Clijsters will be in the an easy 1.766-second win. AP photo call: Mommy’s got more work semifinals if she beats No. 18 Harvick held on for second, matching his Kasey Kahne celebrates after winning the NASCAR to do at Flushing Meadows. Li Na of China. best performance in a disappointing season. Sprint Cup Series’ Pep Boys Auto 500 race at Playing by far her biggest Serena Williams’ bid for a Juan Pablo Montoya finished third and solid- Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Sunday. match since coming back after 12th Grand Slam title will con- AP photo ified his odds of making the Chase for the first 2½ years away from tennis, tinue with a quarterfinal Kim Clijsters celebrates her 6-0, time. though there was some shuffling in their Clijsters knocked off the No. against No. 10 Flavia Pennetta “We did it right at the end,”Kahne said. order. Stewart still leads, followed by 0-6, 6-4 victory over Venus 3-seeded Williams 6-0, 0-6, of Italy, who saved six match “We had an unbelievable car throughout Gordon, Johnson, Hamlin, Carl Edwards, 6-4 Sunday in a match of wild points en route to eliminating Williams in the fourth round of the race. I think Kevin was the best on the Kahne, Kurt Busch, Montoya, Ryan momentum swings to reach No. 7 Vera Zvonareva 3-6, 7-6 the U.S. Open tennis tournament. long runs. We did it at the end.” Newman, Mark Martin, Greg Biffle and the U.S. Open quarterfinals. (6), 6-0 at night. Denny Hamlin became the fourth driver Matt Kenseth. Brian Vickers will go to “It’s still kind of hard to Williams-Clijsters was the Andy Murray has ended to clinch a spot in the Chase with a sixth- Richmond just 20 points behind Kenseth, believe. But then again, I’m main attraction Sunday, and the Taylor Dent’s improbable run place showing. Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon with Kyle Busch 37 points out of a return to not trying to get carried away biggest piece of news elsewhere at the U.S. Open in the third and three-time defending champion the Chase. with it all,” the 26-year-old came when Rafael Nadal sought round. Jimmie Johnson were already in. The first scheduled night race in Atlanta Belgian said. “Just trying to treatment from a trainer for a The No. 2-seeded Murray, Kahne is feeling a lot better about his history and a new Labor Day weekend date focus on what I have to do, stomach muscle problem. trying to become the first chances, too. that was a big hit with the fans. At least because the tournament’s still The third-seeded Nadal, trying British man since the 1930s to “I knew Harvick and Montoya were 100,000 turned out on a comfortably warm going. I just want to keep to complete a career Grand Slam win a Grand Slam title, beat going to be really tough there at the end,” night after years of declining attendance at focusing on my tennis.” with a U.S.Open title,refused to talk the 195t-ranked Dent of Kahne said. “We just got them. We had a the 1.54-mile trioval south of Atlanta. And some tennis it is. about his health after beating No. 32 Newport Beach,Calif.,6-3,6- really good car for about 10 laps.” Johnson came into this race saying he’s Against Williams,a seven-time Nicolas Almagro 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. 2, 6-2. There was no change among the top 12, never felt better heading into a Chase. M AGIC VALLEY S PORTS W EEK The Times-News sports staff picks your best sports bets for this week MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Labor Day football Tri-match time Pitching a rivalry Thursday night lights 3A-2A battle Let’s Rumble So it begins … Enjoy the holiday by taking One of the better tri-match Catch a great Great Basin High school football arrives Find out if Class 3A Sure, Boise State is hosting The NFL regular season in some college football. TV lineups of the season finds Conference soccer match a day early for Twin Falls Kimberly is reloading or Miami (Ohio), but don’t kicks off with a full slate of games include Cincinnati Twin Falls and Filer travel- as Class 4A title contender High School as the Bruins rebuilding as the Bulldogs miss Minico vs. Bear River games, including St. Louis at Rutgers (2 p.m., ESPN) ing to Burley with a 5 p.m. Jerome travels to Twin Falls (0-1) travel to face former visit last year’s Class 2A (Utah) at 1 p.m. in the at Seattle and Chicago at and Miami at Florida State start. for a 4:30 p.m. match. 5A conference foe Skyline state runner-up Declo for a Rocky Mountain Rumble at Green Bay in prime time. (6 p.m., ESPN). at 7 p.m. 7 p.m. kickoff. Holt Arena in Pocatello. Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho SPORTS Monday, September 7, 2009 Main 7 Mariners’ Suzuki gets 2,000th hit OAKLAND, Calif. — leading the Padres to a 4-3 Ichiro Suzuki’s 2,000th victory over the Los Angeles major league hit was over- Dodgers on Sunday night. shadowed by the go-ahead Seattle grand slam Scott Hairston Mariners bat- NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 4 hit in the seventh inning to ter Ichiro WASHINGTON — Ryan help the Oakland Athletics Suzuki tips Zimmerman hit a two-run beat the Seattle Mariners 5-2 homer in the ninth inning to his helmet to on Sunday. end Washington’s eight- Suzuki reached the mile- fans after get- game losing streak. stone on a double in the first ting his inning against Gio Gonzalez 2,000th BREWERS 2, GIANTS 1, 12 INNINGS (5-5). career hit off MILWAUKEE — Prince The Mariners All-Star Oakland Fielder hit a solo homer with outfielder,who accumulated Athletics one out in the 12th inning 1,278 hits in Japan, became and the Brewers, helped by a pitcher Gio the second-fastest player to triple play, beat the Giants. 2,000 hits, recording it in his Gonzalez 1,402 major league game. Al Sunday in REDS 4, BRAVES 2, 12 INNINGS Simmons did it in 1,390 Oakland, Calif. ATLANTA — Micah games. Owings walked off the field Andrew Bailey got three after getting beaned with the outs for his 23rd save in 27 bases loaded in the 12th AP photo AP photo chances, including the last inning and Cincinnati Mississippi quarterback Jevan Snead (4) runs past Memphis defender 18 in a row. Hairston’s slam picked up its seventh con- came against Scott Kelley Boston increased its AL the Texas Rangers to earn secutive win. Jada Brown in the second quarter in Memphis, Tenn., Sunday. No. 8 (4-2). wild-card lead to three their second series win since Mississippi won 45-14. games over Texas. the All-Star break. PIRATES 6, CARDINALS 5 TIGERS 5, RAYS 3 PITTSBURGH — Garrett ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — BLUE JAYS 14, YANKEES 8 NATIONAL LEAGUE Jones hit a game-ending RBI Brandon Inge hit a grand TORONTO — Rookie ROCKIES 13, DIAMONDBACKS 5 single to cap a two-run rally in slam in the ninth inning and Randy Ruiz hit an RBI single DENVER — Chris Young the ninth and the Pirates Snead’s 2 TDs Detroit picked apart Tampa during an eight-run fifth, hit three home runs for avoided a record-setting loss Bay’s bullpen for a three- then was hit in the face by a Arizona, but Seth Smith at least for one day,stopping a game sweep. pitch later in the inning as connected twice and drove nine-game skid. the Toronto Blue Jays beat in a career-high five runs as ANGELS 7,ROYALS 2 the New York Yankees. the Colorado Rockies com- METS 4, CUBS 2 lift Ole Miss KANSAS CITY,Mo. — Joe pleted a three-game sweep NEW YORK — Daniel Saunders won his third INDIANS 3, TWINS 1 with a 13-5 romp Sunday. Murphy homered, tripled straight start, Bobby Abreu CLEVELAND — Michael Ian Stewart and Carlos and drove in four runs to drove in three runs and the Brantley hit a tiebreaking Gonzalez homered and back Mike Pelfrey’s eight Los Angeles Angels beat single with two outs in the Yorvit Torrealba doubled efficient innings in the Mets’ past Memphis Kansas City. seventh inning to lead David twice, helping Colorado victory. Huff and the Cleveland extend its NL wild-card lead MEMPHIS, Tenn. — threw it right to me, and RED SOX 6, WHITE SOX 1 Indians over the Minnesota to two games over San ASTROS 4, PHILLIES 3 Jevan Snead sure knows when I caught it I knew it CHICAGO — Jon Lester Twins. Francisco. HOUSTON — Bud Norris how to finish. was six.” allowed four hits over seven pitched six efficient innings Snead recovered from an That gave Ole Miss confi- shutout innings and Mike ORIOLES 7,RANGERS 0 PADRES 4, DODGERS 3 for his first win in a month awful start to throw two late dence going into the second Lowell and Victor Martinez BALTIMORE — Jeremy LOS ANGELES — Kevin and Carlos Lee had a two- touchdowns and Dexter half and Snead completed homered as the Boston Red Guthrie pitched seven Kouzmanoff drove in San run single for Houston. McCluster scored twice to his personal comeback with Sox beat the Chicago White innings of six-hit ball, and Diego’s first three runs and lead the No. 8 Rebels to a a couple of rapid-fire Sox. the Baltimore Orioles beat Adrian Gonzalez homered, — The Associated Press 45-14 win over Memphis on touchdowns of 18 yards to Sunday. Snead hit 4 of 5 Markeith Summers and 17 passes for 73 yards and two yards to McCluster in the touchdowns in the fourth fourth. quarter, breaking open a His counterpart had a Heisman winner Bradford’s return uncertain close game. much more difficult time in “Another thing you have the face of pressure from OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Kevin Wilson said Sunday. interest is taken into consid- his collarbone in 2006 and to love about Jevan is that Ole Miss’ defensive line. — Before the season started, Oklahoma’s medical staff eration with what’s being missed seven games. when things don’t go just Hall completed 15 of 30 Oklahoma’s offensive coor- was still taking a look a done,”Wilson said. Two of those three sea- right, he doesn’t put his passes with two intercep- dinator talked about prepar- treatment options for “There’s no rush. There’s sons ended with Oklahoma head down,”Ole Miss coach tions for 110 yards. He had ing the Sooners to deal with Bradford on Sunday. The no judgments.” still winning the Big 12 Houston Nutt said. “You 37 yards in the first half and an injury to Heisman Trophy injury to Bradford’s right, Only four days before he championship and going to don’t have to be concerned limited the Tigers’ effec- winner Sam Bradford. throwing shoulder has been was hurt, Bradford a BCS bowl. about that. He’s a winner, tiveness with several poor The worst case scenario called a sprained AC joint. described how he’d taken “We do have a track and the guy really came passes well off the mark. became reality Saturday Purdue quarterback Curtis out an insurance policy after record here,” Wilson said. back and played well.” night and the result was a Painter missed two games he decided to pass up the “We’ve lost some guys Those who having been COLORADO STATE 23, COLORADO 17 season-opening 14-13 upset last season and played as a chance to be a first-round through the years. It is a part watching Snead at Ole Miss BOULDER, Colo. — at the hands of BYU. reserve three weeks after pick in this year’s NFL draft of the game. You don’t want will start to notice a trend. Senior Grant Stucker cele- Now, with no timetable injuring the joint. and instead pursue a nation- it.You don’t want it for any- Snead got off to a slow start brated his first collegiate for their star quarterback’s Wilson said a similar al championship at one, but I do think we’ve last season before rallying start by throwing for a return,the Sooners are look- process is ongoing for sec- Oklahoma. shown that we do have the the Rebels to six straight touchdown and leading ing for Plan C — or at least a ond-team All-America tight The Sooners have no such ability to adjust and we do wins. He did just the same Colorado State on five scor- revised Plan B. end Jermaine Gresham, who policy, but they have been have a bunch of good players in microcosm in the team’s ing drives in the Rams’ 23- “Whether he is here or is has cartilage damage in his through this before. Starting here that will rally and pick seventh consecutive victo- 17 upset of rival Colorado on not here for this week and right knee and didn’t play quarterback Jason White got it up.” ry. Sunday night. the weeks to come, we’re against BYU. hurt in both 2001 and 2002, A rebuilt offensive line Snead was the focus of It was the second win for sitting right here at 0-1 and “Those are not just neces- prior to his Heisman Trophy with four new starters com- preseason hype and men- the Mountain West we’ve got to buckle it up and sarily for our team, but those run. Adrian Peterson was a mitted nine penalties as part tioned as a dark horse can- Conference over a Big 12 get moving in a quick direc- are two tremendous players season and a half removed of what Wilson called “a didate for the Heisman team in 24 hours, coming on tion and a positive direc- that have great futures. We from being the Heisman tremendous comedy of Trophy. But when the spot- the heels of BYU’s stunning tion,” offensive coordinator want to make sure their best runner-up when he broke errors.” light first hit him in 2009, 14-13 victory over third- he wilted. He completed ranked Oklahoma. just 8 of 17 passes for 102 Stucker threw a 13-yard yards with two intercep- touchdown pass in the first tions through three quar- quarter to new running Chargers LB Merriman arrested in domestic call ters, missing badly at times. back John Mosure, who also The offense struggled had a 1-yard TD run as the SAN DIEGO — San Diego Chargers “There was absolutely no wrongdo- ing their struggling run defense by because of it and was espe- Rams (1-0) never trailed in star outside linebacker Shawne ing on the part of Mr. Merriman,” acquiring five-time Pro Bowl defensive cially dysfunctional in the quieting the crowd at Merriman was arrested Sunday and Macaluso told The Associated Press by lineman Richard Seymour from the first half when the team Folsom Field. accused of choking and restraining his phone. “He essentially was doing what New England Patriots on Sunday. turned the ball over three While Stucker was girlfriend, reality TV star Tila Tequila, was appropriate under the circum- The move does not come without its times, punted three others selected the Rams’ quarter- as she tried to leave his suburban home. stances in trying to protect the safety of risks as the Raiders gave up a first- and gained 144 yards. back last week over Jon Tequila, 27, signed a citizen’s arrest Miss Tequila. There were numerous round pick in 2011, which could be in It took a big play by Fon Eastman, Colorado coach warrant, charging Merriman with bat- eyewitnesses that will support his ver- the top 10 based on Oakland’s recent Ingram to wipe away those Dan Hawkins — who’s tery and false imprisonment, San Diego sion of the events that transpired at his history, to acquire a lineman who turns troubles. entering a do-or-die fourth County Sheriff’s Lt. Gary Steadman home.” 30 next month and is in the final year of It looked like Memphis season at Boulder — kept his said. Merriman,25,was taken into custody a contract paying him $3.7 million this might take the lead late in starter a secret until just Both are felonies. and booked into the central jail at about season. the second quarter. The before kickoff when his son, Deputies responded about 3:45 a.m. 8:30 a.m. He was released shortly after Raiders owner Al Davis wanted Tigers trailed 10-7 and junior Cody Hawkins, got to Merriman’s house in Poway,north of 11 a.m. immediate help for a defense that has appeared to have an oppor- the nod over Tyler Hansen. San Diego, after a woman called to say Tequila was taken to a hospital. Her struggled to stop the run in recent sea- tunity to take the lead with a That decision was met she was choked by the player and condition was not immediately avail- sons. Since going to the Super Bowl fol- solid drive when Ingram with derision by the thrown to the ground when she tried to able. lowing the 2002 season, Oakland has stepped in front of Arkelon Buffaloes’ student section leave, Sheriff’s Department spokesman Caldwell said deputies determined had the worst run defense in the NFL, Hall’s pass and returned it as Hawkins completed 7 of Jan Caldwell said at a news conference. Tequila had been drinking. allowing 141.7 yards per game on the 38 yards for a 17-7 halftime 14 passes for 46 yards in the Merriman’s attorney, Todd ground and 122 touchdowns rushing. lead. first half, which ended with Macaluso, disputed Tequila’s story and PATRIOTS TRADE DL The Raiders have allowed a 100-yard “It was just being in the Colorado (0-1) trailing 20- said he’s confident Merriman won’t be RICHARD SEYMOUR TO RAIDERS rusher in more than half of their games right place at the right 3. charged by the District Attorney’s ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Oakland the past three years. time,” Ingram said. “He — The Associated Press Office. Raiders took a big step toward improv- — The Associated Press ISU no match for Nixon, ASU in opener TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — throw the ball and he picks Rudy Carpenter’s backup, fast, athletic Arizona State Defense is supposed to be the it.” completed 13 of 25 passes for defense. strength of Arizona State this The Bengals, who play at 165 yards in 2½ quarters for “Their defense forced a lot season. The Idaho State Oklahoma next Saturday, the Sun Devils. of those with their speed and Bengals would agree. committed five turnovers “I think it went pretty size,”he said. Mike Nixon returned one and managed just 37 yards, well,” Sullivan said. “There The 37 yards, which of his three interceptions for zero in the first half. were a couple of unfortunate included a 32-yard loss on a touchdown and blocked a “Defensively, we totally events out there but that’s Idaho State’s final play, was punt to lead Arizona State dominated,” Erickson said, the game.” the fourth-fewest allowed by past Idaho State 50-3 late adding empathy for Idaho Jarrett Huk kicked a 54- ASU in school history. Saturday night. State’s limitations. “That is yard field goal for the lone Idaho State starter Kyle The senior linebacker how it is when you only have score for Idaho State (0-1), Blum was intercepted three became the first Sun Devil 65 scholarships. I’ve been coming off a 1-11 season in times in the first half and his with three picks in a game in there. That is hard.” the Football Championship replacement Russel Hill once 20 years. Thomas Weber tied an Subdivision, formerly NCAA in the second. “He makes plays,”Arizona Arizona State record with Division I-AA. Brandon McGee inter- AP photo State coach Dennis Erickson five field goals,all inside of 30 Idaho State coach John cepted Blum’s underthrown Idaho State head coach John Zamberlin, right, talks with quarterback said. “He’s in the right place yards. Zamberlin said there were pass and returned it 11 yards Kyle Blum (8) after Blum threw an interception against Arizona State at the right time. They just Danny Sullivan, in his first too many mismatches to the Bengals 40 to set up a during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game in Tempe, don’t see him and then they start after two seasons as between his offense and the touchdown. Ariz., Saturday. Main 8 Monday, September 7, 2009 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho SCOREBOARD

Seattle 030 000 002 — 5 Wolf W,10-6 7 4 2 2 0 5 M. Reid, $10,920 69-72-77—218 +2 AUTO RACING Oakland 004 100 04x — 9 Troncoso 2-3 2 0 0 0 1 B. Vaughan, $9,240 74-76-69—219 +3 E—Jo.Lopez (16). DP—Seattle 2, Oakland 1. LOB—Seattle Sherrill 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 B. Crenshaw, $9,240 78-67-74—219 +3 NASCAR Sprint Cup 10, Oakland 5. 2B—Kennedy (22), M.Ellis 2 (21), GGAAMMEE PPLLAANN Ja.McDonald 0 3 2 1 0 0 B. Fleisher, $9,240 71-73-75—219 +3 Pep Boys Auto 500 R.Sweeney (23), D.Barton (5), Pennington (5). HR— Broxton S,32-37 1 1 0 0 0 2 K. Clearwater, $9,240 70-71-78—219 +3 Sunday Jo.Lopez (22), M.Sweeney (6), Pennington (3). SB— Ja.McDonald pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. D. Forsman, $6,930 79-67-74—220 +4 At Atlanta Motor Speedway R.Davis (31). CS—Cust (1). SF—K.Suzuki. TV SCHEDULE PREP FOOTBALL WP—Perdomo. Balk—Latos 2. D. Hammond, $6,930 73-72-75—220 +4 Hampton, Ga. IP H R ER BB SO Umpires—Home, Derryl Cousins; First, Mike Estabrook; J. Sindelar, $6,930 75-68-77—220 +4 Lap Length: 1.54 Miles Seattle 9:30 a.m. Second, Jim Joyce; Third, Bill Miller. S. Lyle, $6,930 71-71-78—220 +4 (Start Position In Parentheses) French L,4-5 32-3 7 5 5 3 0 AUTO RACING FSN — Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series, T—3:10. A—53,368 (56,000). C. Stadler, $6,930 74-68-78—220 +4 J.Vargas 21-300 00 2 G. Norman, $6,930 69-72-79—220 +4 1. (2) Kasey Kahne, Dodge, 325 Laps, 131.1 Rating, 190 11 a.m. Euless Trinity (Texas) vs. Bingham Points. Batista 11-3 6 4 4 1 0 P. Blackmar, $6,930 72-67-81—220 +4 2. (18) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 325, 116.5, 175. Messenger 2-300 00 1 ESPN2 — NHRA, U.S. Nationals, final (Utah) FOOTBALL D. Watson, $4,620 73-75-73—221 +5 3. (22) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 325, 114.7, 170. Oakland eliminations D. Pooley, $4,620 73-74-74—221 +5 Bre.Anderson W,8-10 5 7 3 3 2 6 12:30 p.m. J. Chancey, $4,620 71-76-74—221 +5 4. (28) David Reutimann, Toyota, 325, 95.5, 160. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NFL Schedule 5. (7) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 325, 109.5, 155. Ziegler H,12 1 2 0 0 1 2 FSN — Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series, Thursday’s Game T. Wargo, $4,620 73-73-75—221 +5 6. (10) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 325, 121.1, 155. Wuertz H,20 12-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 p.m. Colleyville Heritage (Texas) vs. Tennessee at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m. B. Mccallister, $4,620 74-72-75—221 +5 7. (8) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 325, 100.1, 151. A.Bailey S,22-26 11-3 3 2 2 0 1 ESPN — Cincinnati at Rutgers Sunday’s Games W. Hall, $4,620 76-69-76—221 +5 8. (4) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 325, 110.4, 147. Ziegler pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Irving MacArthur (Texas) Miami at Atlanta, 1 p.m. H. Sutton, $4,620 73-72-76—221 +5 9. (23) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 325, 80.7, 143. WP—French. 6 p.m. 3:30 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Houston, 1 p.m. 10. (26) Greg Biffle, Ford, 325, 70.5, 139. Umpires—Home, Ted Barrett; First, Jim Reynolds; ESPN — Miami at Florida St. Detroit at New Orleans, 1 p.m. LPGA Tour Canadian Open 11. (12) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 325, 89.5, 130. Second, Bill Welke; Third, James Hoye. FSN — Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series, Denver at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Sunday 12. (15) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 325, 81, 132. T—2:58. A—16,495 (35,067). CYCLING Mansfield Timberview (Texas) vs. Kansas City at Baltimore, 1 p.m. At Priddis Greens Gc 13. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 325, 98.4, 129. 11 p.m. Mansfield Summit (Texas) Dallas at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Calgary, Alberta 14. (9) David Stremme, Dodge, 325, 83.2, 121. ANGELS 7, ROYALS 2 Minnesota at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Purse: $2.75 Million 15. (41) Paul Menard, Ford, 325, 65.6, 118. Los Angeles Kansas City VERSUS — Tour of Missouri, first 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 1 p.m. Yardage: 6,427 - Par 71 16. (29) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 325, 72.1, 115. ab r h bi ab r h bi stage Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Final FSN — Kirk Herbstreit Varsity Series, St. Louis at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. 17. (31) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 325, 85, 112. Figgins 3b 4 1 0 0 DeJess lf 5 1 2 0 GOLF S. Pettersen, $412,500 65-68-66-70—269 -15 18. (25) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 325, 69.4, 109. EAyar ss 5 1 3 1 Blmqst rf 4 0 1 0 Klein Oak (Texas) vs. Notre Dame Washington at N.Y. Giants, 4:15 p.m. M. Ueda , $157,477 67-72-70-65—274 -10 19. (17) David Gilliland, Ford, 325, 66.5, 106. BAreu dh 3 1 2 3 Butler 1b 4 0 2 0 Noon San Francisco at Arizona, 4:15 p.m. M. Pressel, $157,477 71-71-66-66—274 -10 Prep (Calif.) Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. 20. (35) Aj Allmendinger, Dodge, 325, 58, 103. TrHntr cf 5 0 1 1 B.Pena c 4 0 1 1 NBC — PGA Tour, Deutsche Bank A. Miyazato, $157,477 69-69-69-67—274 -10 21. (21) Elliott Sadler, Dodge, 325, 49.8, 100. KMorls 1b 4 0 1 0 Teahen 3b 4 0 1 0 TENNIS Monday’s Game K. Webb, $157,477 69-68-68-69—274 -10 22. (34) Joey Logano, Toyota, 324, 68.9, 97. JRiver lf 4 0 0 0 Olivo dh 4 1 2 1 Championship, final round 9 a.m. Buffalo at New England, 7 p.m. A. Stanford , $157,477 70-65-69-70—274 -10 San Diego at Oakland, 10:15 p.m. 23. (11) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 324, 56.8, 94. MthwsJ rf 2 1 1 0 Maier cf 3 0 2 0 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL CBS — U.S. Open, round of 16 I. Kim, $78,371 69-68-69-69—275 -9 24. (32) Scott Speed, Toyota, 324, 49.5, 91. Napoli c 4 1 1 1 YBtncr ss 4 0 1 0 V. Hurst, $65,195 71-71-67-67—276 -8 25. (33) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 324, 44.8, 88. HKndrc 2b 4 2 2 1 LHrndz 2b 4 0 0 0 10:30 a.m. 5 p.m. College Scores A. Nordqvist, $65,195 68-71-70-67—276 -8 26. (1) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 324, 96.6, 95. Totals 35 7 11 7 Totals 36 212 2 WGN — Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh ESPN2 — U.S. Open, round of 16 SOUTH J. Shin, $47,530 72-65-77-63—277 -7 27. (13) Reed Sorenson, Dodge, 324, 66.8, 82. Los Angeles 040 300 000 — 7 S. Carolina St. 34, Grambling St. 31 S. Kim, $47,530 71-62-77-67—277 -7 28. (27) Jamie Mcmurray, Ford, 323, 48.6, 79. Kansas City 001 100 000 — 2 Mississippi 45, Memphis 14 J. Inkster, $47,530 69-72-68-68—277 -7 29. (20) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 323, 47.3, 76. E—Bulger (1). DP—Los Angeles 4, Kansas City 2. LOB— FAR WEST K. Mcpherson, $47,530 71-67-69-70—277 -7 30. (42) Erik Darnell, Ford, 323, 39.9, 73. Los Angeles 7, Kansas City 9. 2B—B.Abreu (22), Napoli Guthrie W,10-13 7 6 0 0 1 6 Maybin cf 2 2 0 0 Villone p 0 0 0 0 Colorado St. 23, Colorado 17 S. Gustafson, $47,530 69-68-70-70—277 -7 31. (40) John Andretti, Chevrolet, 323, 36.4, 70. (20), Y.Betancourt (17). 3B—E.Aybar 2 (8). HR—Olivo Albers 1 0 0 0 1 0 ASnchz p 2 0 0 0 Orr ph-2b 1 0 1 0 L. Ochoa, $47,530 66-68-72-71—277 -7 32. (19) Michael Waltrip, Toyota, 323, 44.5, 72. (18). CS—E.Aybar (6), K.Morales (6). Mickolio 1 1 0 0 1 1 Gload ph 1 0 1 0 Morse ph 1 0 1 2 A. Yang, $37,035 70-70-71-67—278 -6 33. (16) David Ragan, Ford, 322, 61, 64. IP H R ER BB SO HBP—by Holland (Mora). PB—Moeller. Lndstr p 0 0 0 0 MacDgl p 0 0 0 0 College Standings M. Hur, $37,035 68-67-74-69—278 -6 34. (24) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 322, 54.2, 61. Los Angeles Umpires—Home, Joe West; First, Ed Rapuano; Second, Helms 3b 0 0 0 0 Big Sky Conference C. Kerr, $33,707 72-69-68-70—279 -5 35. (30) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 320, 42.7, 58. J.Saunders W,12-7 51-3 10 2 2 1 2 Paul Schrieber; Third, Paul Nauert. Totals 35 4 10 4 Totals 33 510 5 Conference All Games A. Rawson, $33,707 64-73-72-70—279 -5 36. (3) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 303, 91.2, 60. Bulger 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 T—2:42. A—21,599 (48,290). Florida 000 100 102 — 4 W L PF PA W L PF PA S. Prammanasudh, $30,793 68-71-74-67—280 -4 37. (14) Carl Edwards, Ford, 302, 70.6, 52. Palmer 2 2 0 0 1 2 Washington 000 000 023 — 5 C. Koch, $30,793 68-74-68-70—280 -4 38. (6) Kurt Busch, Dodge, Accident, 244, 73.9, 49. Arredondo 1 0 0 0 0 0 No outs when winning run scored. E. Washington 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 14 S. Young Yoo, $30,793 69-66-73-72—280 -4 39. (43) Terry Labonte, Toyota, Electrical, 148, 32.6, Kansas City Saturday’s Late AL Box DP—Washington 1. LOB—Florida 9, Washington 10. 2B— Montana 0 0 0 0 1 0 38 0 M. Redman, $28,575 70-71-70-70—281 -3 46. Hochevar L,6-9 32-3 9 7 7 2 2 ATHLETICS 5, MARINERS 2 N.Johnson (20), C.Ross 2 (34), Dukes (19). HR— N. Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N. Yeon Choi, $26,008 74-67-75-66—282 -2 40. (39) Max Papis, Toyota, Accident, 100, 28.1, 43. Hughes 41-3 1 0 0 2 5 Ha.Ramirez (21), W.Harris (6), Zimmerman (28). S— Idaho St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50 M. Hjorth, $26,008 73-69-70-70—282 -2 41. (38) Mike Bliss, Dodge, Electrical, 38, 25.9, 40. V.Marte 1 1 0 0 1 1 Seattle Oakland Helms. Montana St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 44 I. Park, $26,008 68-74-69-71—282 -2 42. (36) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, Brakes, 25, 25.8, 37. HBP—by Hughes (K.Morales). WP—Hughes. ab r h bi ab r h bi IP H R ER BB SO N. Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 49 C. Matthew, $26,008 68-66-75-73—282 -2 43. (37) Dave Blaney, Toyota, Electrical, 19, 25.9, 34. Umpires—Home, Brian O’Nora; First, Jerry Crawford; ISuzuki rf 4 1 1 0 Kenndy 3b 3 1 2 0 Florida Portland St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 34 P. Creamer, $22,655 69-71-74-69—283 -1 Race Statistics Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Tom Hallion. FGtrrz cf 3 1 1 0 RDavis cf 3 1 2 0 A.Sanchez 6 4 0 0 2 5 Sacramento St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 38 J. Moodie, $22,655 71-65-75-72—283 -1 Average Speed Of Race Winner: 134.030 Mph. T—3:02. A—16,745 (38,177). JoLopz 1b 3 0 2 1 RSwny rf 3 0 0 0 Lindstrom H,7 1 1 0 0 1 0 Weber St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 29 R. Hetherington, $22,655 70-72-67-74—283 -1 Time Of Race: 3 Hours, 44 Minutes, 4 Seconds. MSwny dh 3 0 0 0 Hairstn dh 4 1 1 4 S. Kang, $20,528 74-68-75-67—284 E Beltre 3b 3 0 1 1 Powell c 4 1 1 1 Pinto H,12 2-3 1 2 2 2 0 Margin Of Victory: 1.766 Seconds. RED SOX 6, WHITE SOX 1 Calero BS,4-4 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Mountain West Conference S. Jane Smith, $20,528 68-73-71-72—284 E Caution Flags: 9 For 42 Laps. Hall 2b 4 0 0 0 M.Ellis 2b 4 0 1 0 L.Nunez L,4-5 BS,6-240 3 3 3 0 0 Lead Changes: 31 Among 13 Drivers. Boston Chicago Johjim c 4 0 1 0 DBartn 1b 4 0 1 0 Conference All Games Washington W L PF PA W L PF PA Lap Leaders: M.Truex Jr. 1-38; K.Kahne 39-41; M.Truex ab r h bi ab r h bi JoWilsn pr 0 0 0 0 EPtrsn lf 4 0 0 0 J.Martin 62-3 6 2 2 2 4 TENNIS Jr. 42-61; Ky.Busch 62-71; J.Johnson 72-83; M.Kenseth Ellsury cf 4 2 3 0 Pdsdnk dh 4 0 3 0 JaWlsn ss 3 0 1 0 Pnngtn ss 4 1 1 0 Villone 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Air Force 0 0 0 0 1 0 72 0 84; Ky.Busch 85-95; M.Truex Jr. 96-105; M.Waltrip 106; Pedroia 2b 4 0 0 0 J.Nix 3b 3 0 0 0 Carp ph 1 0 0 0 Clippard 1 1 0 0 0 1 BYU 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 13 Ky.Busch 107-109; D.Hamlin 110-127; J.Johnson 128-132; VMrtnz c 4 1 2 3 Konerk 1b 4 0 0 0 MSndrs lf 3 0 0 0 U.S. Open MacDougal W,1-0 1 2 2 2 2 0 Colorado St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 23 17 Sunday J.Gordon 133-135; D.Hamlin 136-138; J.Gordon 139-165; Youkils 1b-3b4 0 0 0 Dye rf 4 0 1 0 Totals 31 2 7 2 Totals 33 5 9 5 L.Nunez pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. UNLV 0 0 0 0 1 0 38 3 D.Hamlin 166-167; K.Harvick 168-188; B.Vickers 189- Bay lf 4 1 2 1 Quentin lf 4 0 0 0 Seattle 100 001 000 — 2 At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center HBP—by A.Sanchez (Dukes). WP—MacDougal. Utah 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 17 New York 190; K.Harvick 191-202; R.Newman 203; K.Harvick D.Ortiz dh 4 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 3 0 1 0 Oakland 000 100 40x — 5 Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Greg Gibson; Wyoming 0 0 0 0 1 0 29 22 204-207; K.Kahne 208-227; K.Harvick 228-229; Lowell 3b 4 1 1 2 Getz 2b 4 0 0 0 E—Fister (1). DP—Oakland 2. LOB—Seattle 6, Oakland 7. Purse: $21.6 million (Grand Slam) Second, Brian Knight; Third, Tim McClelland. TCU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Surface: Hard-Outdoor K.Kahne 230; K.Harvick 231-247; G.Biffle 248; K.Kahne Ktchm 1b 0 0 0 0 Rios cf 3 0 0 0 2B—I.Suzuki (27), R.Davis (17). HR—Hairston (7), Powell T—2:43. A—22,325 (41,888). New Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 41 249-269; J.Montoya 270; K.Kahne 271-274; J.Montoya J.Drew rf 4 0 1 0 RCastr c 3 1 1 1 (6). SB—F.Gutierrez (13). S—F.Gutierrez. San Diego St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 33 Singles 275-304; K.Harvick 305-314; K.Kahne 315-325. AlGnzlz ss 4 1 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO Men Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Totals 36 6 10 6 Totals 32 1 6 1 Seattle ASTROS 4, PHILLIES 3 Third Round M.Truex Jr., 3 Times For 68 Laps; K.Harvick, 6 Times Boston 000 210 003 — 6 Fister 5 6 1 1 2 5 Pacific-10 Conference Juan Carlos Ferrero (24), Spain, def. Gilles Simon (9), For 66 Laps; K.Kahne, 6 Times For 60 Laps; Chicago 000 000 010 — 1 Kelley L,4-2 BS,3-3 2 3 4 4 0 2 Philadelphia Houston Conference All Games France, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 1-0, retired. J.Montoya, 2 Times For 31 Laps; J.Gordon, 2 Times For DP—Boston 1. LOB—Boston 7, Chicago 6. 2B—J.Drew Messenger 1 00 00 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi W L PF PA W L PF PA Fernando Gonzalez (11), Chile, def. Tomas Berdych (17), Rollins ss 5 1 1 1 Bourn cf 4 2 2 0 30 Laps; Ky.Busch, 3 Times For 24 Laps; D.Hamlin, 3 (27), Ale.Gonzalez (5), Dye (18). HR—V.Martinez (21), Oakland Stanford 1 0 39 13 1 0 39 13 Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. Times For 23 Laps; J.Johnson, 2 Times For 17 Laps; Lowell (17), R.Castro (4). SB—Ellsbury (59). S—Pedroia. G.Gonzalez W,5-5 7 6 2 2 2 3 Werth cf 4 1 1 1 KMatsu 2b 4 1 1 0 Rafael Nadal (3), Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro (32), Utley 2b 4 0 1 0 Brkmn 1b 3 0 1 1 Arizona 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 6 B.Vickers, 1 Time For 2 Laps; R.Newman, 1 Time For 1 IP H R ER BB SO Ziegler H,13 1 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 50 3 Spain, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4. Lap; G.Biffle, 1 Time For 1 Lap; M.Kenseth, 1 Time For 1 Boston A.Bailey S,23-27 1 1 0 0 0 2 Howard 1b 4 0 1 0 Ca.Lee lf 4 1 1 2 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (7), France, def. Julien Benneteau, Ibanez lf 4 0 2 0 Tejada ss 4 0 4 1 California 0 0 0 0 1 0 52 13 Lap; M.Waltrip, 1 Time For 1 Lap. Lester W,12-7 7 4 0 0 2 8 HBP—by Kelley (R.Davis), by G.Gonzalez (Beltre). Oregon St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 34 7 France, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4. Top 12 In Points: 1. T.Stewart, 3,694; 2. J.Gordon, 3,457; Wagner H,2 2-3 1 1 1 0 0 Umpires—Home, Jim Reynolds; First, Bill Welke; BFrncs rf 4 1 1 1 Pence rf 3 0 0 0 Juan Martin del Potro (6), Argentina, def. Daniel P.Feliz 3b 4 0 0 0 Blum 3b 4 0 0 0 Southern Cal 0 0 0 0 1 0 56 3 3. J.Johnson, 3,404; 4. D.Hamlin, 3,296; 5. C.Edwards, D.Bard H,9 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Second, James Hoye; Third, Ted Barrett. UCLA 0 0 0 0 1 0 33 14 Koellerer, Austria, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. 3,162; 6. K.Kahne, 3,153; 7. Ku.Busch, 3,152; 8. Papelbon 1 1 0 0 0 0 T—2:20. A—16,188 (35,067). C.Ruiz c 4 0 1 0 Towles c 3 0 0 0 Gael Monfils (13), France, def. Jose Acasuso, Argentina, Hamels p 2 0 0 0 Valvrd p 0 0 0 0 Oregon 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 19 J.Montoya, 3,145; 9. R.Newman, 3,138; 10. M.Martin, Chicago Washington 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 31 6-3, 6-4, 1-0, retired. 3,126; 11. G.Biffle, 3,125; 12. M.Kenseth, 3,077. Danks L,12-9 6 7 3 3 1 4 NL Boxes Cairo ph 1 0 1 0 Norris p 2 0 0 0 Marin Cilic (16), Croatia, def. Denis Istomin, Durbin p 0 0 0 0 Boone ph 1 0 0 0 Washington St. 0 1 13 39 0 1 13 39 Uzbekistan, 6-1, 6-4, 6-3. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula Williams 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 ROCKIES 13, DIAMONDBACKS 5 A Maximum Of 150 Points Can Be Attained In A Race. T.Pena 11-3 0 0 0 0 1 Stairs ph 0 0 0 0 Gervac p 0 0 0 0 Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Taylor Dent, U.S., 6-3, 6- The Formula Combines The Following Categories: Dotel 1 2 3 3 1 1 Arizona Colorado Brntltt pr 0 0 0 0 Wrght p 0 0 0 0 Western Athletic Conference 2, 6-2. Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running HBP—by Danks (Youkilis). ab r h bi ab r h bi Hwkns p 0 0 0 0 Conference All Games Women Position While On Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Umpires—Home, Gary Darling; First, Mark Carlson; RRorts 2b 4 0 1 1 CGnzlz cf 4 2 2 1 Quinter c 0 0 0 0 W L PF PA W L PF PA Fourth Round Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish. Second, Bruce Dreckman; Third, Paul Emmel. Byrnes lf 3 0 0 0 S.Smith lf 4 2 2 5 Totals 36 3 9 3 Totals 32 4 9 4 Serena Williams (2), U.S., def. Daniela Hantuchova T—3:02. A—32,134 (40,615). J.Upton rf 2 0 1 0 Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0 Philadelphia 100 100 010 — 3 Idaho 1 0 21 6 1 0 21 6 (22), Slovakia, 6-0, 6-2. Houston 001 030 00x — 4 Boise St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 19 8 Li Na (18), China, def. Francesca Schiavone (26), Italy, ARomr rf 2 0 0 0 Tlwtzk ss 3 1 0 0 Fresno St. 0 0 0 0 1 0 51 0 BASEBALL INDIANS 3, TWINS 1 Rynlds 3b 2 1 1 1 Quntnll ph-ss 1 0 1 0 DP—Philadelphia 1. LOB—Philadelphia 7, Houston 7. 6-2, 6-3. Ryal 1b 3 0 0 0 Hawpe rf 3 2 0 0 2B—C.Ruiz (21), Tejada 2 (39). HR—Rollins (18), Werth Hawaii 0 0 0 0 1 0 25 20 Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Venus Williams (3), U.S., 6- American League Minnesota Cleveland Allen ph-1b 1 0 0 0 JoPerlt p 0 0 0 0 (31), B.Francisco (3). SB—Bourn 2 (52). Louisiana Tech 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 37 0, 0-6, 6-4. All Times MDT ab r h bi ab r h bi IP H R ER BB SO Nevada 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 35 Flavia Pennetta (10), Italy, def. Vera Zvonareva (7), LRosls p 0 0 0 0 Herges p 0 0 0 0 San Jose St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 56 EAST W L Pct GB Span rf 4 0 1 1 Brantly cf 4 2 2 1 Monter ph 1 0 0 0 Stewart 3b 2 3 2 2 Philadelphia Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-0. OCarer ss 4 0 0 0 ACarer ss 3 0 2 1 CYoung cf 3 3 3 3 Torreal c 4 1 2 3 Hamels L,8-9 6 8 4 4 2 6 Utah St. 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 35 Doubles New York 87 50 .635 — Mauer c 4 0 1 0 Choo rf 4 0 0 0 Hester c 5 0 0 0 Splrghs rf 1 0 0 0 Durbin 2 1 0 0 1 1 New Mexico St. 0 1 6 21 0 1 6 21 Men Boston 79 57 .581 7½ Mornea dh 3 0 0 0 JhPerlt 3b 4 0 1 1 Ojeda ss 4 0 0 0 Barmes 2b 5 1 2 2 Houston Third Round Tampa Bay 72 64 .529 14½ Kubel lf 3 0 0 0 Hafner dh 4 0 1 0 Y.Petit p 1 0 0 0 DeLRs p 2 0 0 0 Norris W,4-3 6 6 2 2 0 6 GOLF Ivan Ljubicic, Croatia/Michael Llodra, France, def. Juan Toronto 61 75 .449 25½ Cuddyr 1b 3 0 0 0 LaPort lf 4 0 0 0 Mulvey p 1 0 0 0 GAtkns ph 1 0 0 0 Gervacio H,2 2-3 1 0 0 0 1 Ignacio Chela, Argentina/Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 7-5, Baltimore 56 81 .409 31 BHarrs 3b 4 0 0 0 Valuen 2b 3 1 2 0 GParra ph 1 0 0 0 Rincon p 0 0 0 0 W.Wright H,6 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 PGA Tour Deutsche Bank 2-6, 6-3. CENTRAL W L Pct GB Gomez cf 2 0 0 0 AMarte 1b 2 0 0 0 Schlrth p 0 0 0 0 RFlors p 0 0 0 0 Hawkins H,16 1 2 1 1 0 1 Wesley Moodie, South Africa/Dick Norman (7), Punto 2b 2 1 1 0 Gimenz c 1 0 0 0 DCarer p 0 0 0 0 Iannett ph-c 1 1 0 0 Valverde S,21-25 1 0 0 0 1 0 Championship Belgium, def. Martin Damm, Czech Republic/Robert Detroit 75 61 .551 — JCarrll ph 1 0 0 0 Tracy 1b 0 1 0 0 Umpires—Home, Wally Bell; First, Kerwin Danley; Sunday Lindstedt (11), Sweden, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5). Minnesota 68 68 .500 7 Toregs c 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 5 6 5 Totals 34 13 11 13 Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Mike Winters. At Tpc Boston Max Mirnyi, Belarus/Andy Ram (5), Israel, def. Simone Chicago 68 70 .493 8 Totals 29 1 3 1 Totals 30 3 8 3 Arizona 010 001 021 — 5 T—2:43. A—34,754 (40,976). Norton, Mass. Bolelli/Andreas Seppi, Italy, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-2. Cleveland 60 76 .441 15 Minnesota 000 010 000 — 1 Colorado 402 100 60x — 13 Purse: $7.5 Million Bob/Mike Bryan (1), U.S., def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Kansas City 51 85 .375 24 Cleveland 000 001 20x — 3 DP—Arizona 1. LOB—Arizona 11, Colorado 8. 2B— BREWERS 2, GIANTS 1, 12 INNINGS Yardage: 7,202 - Par: 71 Spain/Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 7-5, 6-3. WEST W L Pct GB E—Jh.Peralta (18). DP—Cleveland 1. LOB—Minnesota 6, R.Roberts (15), Quintanilla (2), Torrealba 2 (7). HR— Third Round Women Cleveland 6. 2B—Punto (11), A.Cabrera (35). S—Punto, San Francisco Milwaukee Los Angeles 81 54 .600 — Reynolds (41), C.Young 3 (10), C.Gonzalez (11), S.Smith ab r h bi ab r h bi S. Stricker 63-72-65—200 -13 Third Round A.Cabrera, A.Marte. 2 (15), Stewart (22). SB—Byrnes (8), C.Gonzalez (11). R. Goosen 65-67-68—200 -13 Maria Kirilenko/Elena Vesnina (10), Russia, def. Alexa Texas 76 60 .559 5½ IP H R ER BB SO Velez lf 6 1 1 0 FLopez 2b 5 1 1 0 Seattle 72 66 .522 10½ IP H R ER BB SO S. O’hair 66-64-70—200 -13 Glatch/Carly Gullickson, U.S., 7-6 (3), 6-2. Minnesota Arizona Renteri ss 6 0 2 0 Bourgs rf 6 0 0 0 K. Na 69-66-66—201 -12 Alisa Kleybanova/Ekaterina Makarova (13), Russia, Oakland 61 76 .445 21 Blackburn L,9-10 62-3 7 3 3 1 3 Sandovl 3b 3 0 1 1 Braun lf 5 0 2 0 Saturday’s Games Y.Petit L,3-9 3 4 6 6 4 6 Uribe 2b 5 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 6 1 2 1 P. Harrington 67-67-67—201 -12 def. Anabel Medina Garrigues/Virginia Ruano Pascual N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 4 Mijares 1 1 0 0 0 1 Mulvey 2 1 1 1 3 2 S. Verplank 65-68-68—201 -12 (2), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Crain 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Schlereth 1 0 0 0 1 1 Winn rf 3 0 2 0 McGeh 3b 4 0 2 1 J. Kelly 66-69-67—202 -11 Bethanie Mattek-Sands, U.S./Nadia Petrova (8), Chicago White Sox 5, Boston 1 Cleveland Romo p 0 0 0 0 Hardy ss 3 0 0 0 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 1 D.Cabrera 0 2 5 5 2 0 BMolin ph 1 0 0 0 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 K. Sutherland 68-65-69—202 -11 Russia, def. Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany/Patty Baltimore 5, Texas 4 D.Huff W,9-7 7 2 1 1 4 2 L.Rosales 2 4 1 1 0 0 J. Dufner 66-69-68—203 -10 Schnyder (9), Switzerland, 6-7 (6), 3-6, 6-3. Sipp H,9 1 1 0 0 0 2 Colorado Howry p 0 0 0 0 Gerut cf 5 0 1 0 J. Senden 69-64-70—203 -10 Cara Black, Zimbabwe/Liezel Huber (1), U.S., def. Olga Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 6 K.Wood S,19-24 1 0 0 0 0 2 MValdz p 0 0 0 0 Looper p 2 0 0 0 L.A. Angels 2, Kansas City 1, 11 innings De La Rosa W,14-9 5 2 1 1 6 4 Garko 1b 3 0 1 0 Counsll ph 0 0 0 0 D. Johnson 68-65-70—203 -10 Govortsova, Belarus/Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-4, 5- Oakland 9, Seattle 5 Umpires—Home, Sam Holbrook; First, Dan Iassogna; Rincon 12-3 1 1 1 2 0 J. Furyk 63-67-73—203 -10 7, 6-1. Second, Larry Vanover; Third, Rick Reed. R.Flores 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 Ishikaw 1b 2 0 0 0 Wethrs p 0 0 0 0 M. Kuchar 65-71-68—204 -9 Samantha Stosur/Rennae Stubbs (3), Australia, def. Sunday’s Games T—2:26. A—17,911 (45,199). Rownd cf 5 0 0 0 Hoffmn p 0 0 0 0 Cleveland 3, Minnesota 1 Jo.Peralta 1 2 2 2 0 1 Whitsd c 5 0 1 0 Catlntt ph 1 0 0 0 A. Cabrera 65-69-70—204 -9 Gisela Dulko, Argentina/Shahar Peer, Israel, 7-5, 6-3. Toronto 14, N.Y. Yankees 8 Herges 1 11 11 1 JSnchz p 1 0 0 0 Coffey p 0 0 0 0 G. Ogilvy 66-68-70—204 -9 Serena/Venus Williams (4), U.S., def. Sorana Cirstea, Baltimore 7, Texas 0 TIGERS 5, RAYS 3 D.Cabrera pitched to 5 batters in the 7th. Bowker ph 1 0 1 0 CVargs p 0 0 0 0 M. Leishman 70-62-72—204 -9 Romania/Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 6-4, 6-2. Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 3 HBP—by D.Cabrera (Iannetta), by Jo.Peralta (Tracy). M. Wilson 70-69-66—205 -8 Detroit Tampa Bay Meddrs p 0 0 0 0 CPttrsn ph 0 0 0 0 J. Overton 69-66-70—205 -8 Boston 6, Chicago White Sox 1 ab r h bi ab r h bi WP—De La Rosa 2. Runzler p 0 0 0 0 Stetter p 0 0 0 0 L.A. Angels 7, Kansas City 2 Umpires—Home, Mike Muchlinski; First, C.B. Bucknor; M. Weir 68-65-72—205 -8 Grndrs cf 5 0 1 0 Bartlett ss 4 0 1 0 Schrhlt rf 2 0 1 0 J. Leonard 65-68-72—205 -8 TRANSACTIONS Oakland 5, Seattle 2 Santiag 2b-ss4 0 0 0 Crwfrd lf 4 0 0 0 Second, Mike Everitt; Third, Gerry Davis. Totals 43 1 10 1 Totals 41 2 8 2 Monday’s Games T—3:26. A—35,192 (50,449). Z. Johnson 68-71-67—206 -7 BASEBALL CGuilln lf 3 0 0 0 Zobrist rf 3 0 1 0 San Francisco 100 000 000 000 — 1 J. Day 68-66-72—206 -7 Tampa Bay (Garza 7-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 16-7), MiCarr 1b 3 1 0 0 C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 Milwaukee 000 001 000 001 — 2 American League 11:05 a.m., 1st game METS 4, CUBS 2 B. Haas 69-66-72—207 -6 KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Purchased the contract of INF A.Huff dh 3 1 1 1 Burrell dh 3 0 0 0 One out when winning run scored. C. Wi 71-64-72—207 -6 Minnesota (Manship 0-0) at Toronto (Richmond 6-8), Thams ph 0 0 0 0 Longori 3b 4 1 1 1 Chicago New York LOB—San Francisco 11, Milwaukee 13. 2B—Velez (11), Luis Hernandez from Omaha (PCL). 11:07 a.m. A. Kim 71-70-67—208 -5 National League WRmrz pr-dh0 1 0 0 Iwamr 2b 4 0 1 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Renteria (19), Braun (31), Fielder (30). HR—Fielder (37). H. Mahan 73-66-69—208 -5 Boston (Beckett 14-5) at Chicago White Sox (Buehrle Ordonz rf 4 0 2 0 Navarr c 3 1 1 0 Fuld cf 4 0 1 0 Pagan cf 5 0 2 0 SB—Braun (14). S—J.Sanchez, C.Patterson. CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled RHP Esmailin Caridad from 11-7), 12:05 p.m. C. Hoffman 69-69-70—208 -5 Iowa (PCL). Raburn pr-rf0 1 0 0 Zaun ph 1 0 0 0 Scales lf 4 0 0 0 LCastill 2b 3 1 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO C. Howell Iii 68-69-71—208 -5 L.A. Angels (E.Santana 7-7) at Kansas City (Davies 6-9), Inge 3b 4 1 1 4 FPerez cf 3 1 1 0 D.Lee 1b 3 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 4 1 0 0 San Francisco FLORIDA MARLINS—Recalled LHP Andrew Miller from 12:10 p.m. B. Molder 67-69-72—208 -5 New Orleans (PCL). Laird c 2 0 0 0 ArRmr 3b 4 0 0 0 DnMrp 1b 4 1 3 4 J.Sanchez 6 3 1 1 3 9 S. Garcia 70-71-68—209 -4 Texas (Tom.Hunter 7-3) at Cleveland (C.Carrasco 0-1), Polanc ph-2b2 0 2 0 Bradly rf 4 0 1 0 Francr rf 3 0 0 0 Medders 1 2 0 0 1 1 MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Released RHP Jesus Colome. 4:05 p.m. S. Ames 67-73-69—209 -4 FOOTBALL Everett ss 2 0 0 0 JeBakr 2b 3 2 1 0 Sullivn lf 4 0 1 0 Runzler 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 J. Bohn 73-67-69—209 -4 Tampa Bay (Sonnanstine 6-8) at N.Y. Yankees Thoms ph 1 0 0 0 Soto c 4 0 2 2 Schndr c 3 0 2 0 Romo 11-3 0 0 0 0 3 National Football League (A.Burnett 10-8), 5:05 p.m., 2nd game M. Goggin 71-69-69—209 -4 ATLANTA FALCONS—Agreed to terms with CB Brian Avila c 1 0 0 0 ABlanc ss 3 0 1 0 Tatis ph 1 0 0 0 Howry 1 1 0 0 2 1 S. Mccarron 70-70-69—209 -4 Tuesday’s Games Totals 34 5 7 5 Totals 32 3 6 1 Gregg p 0 0 0 0 Santos c 0 0 0 0 M.Valdez L,2-1 11-3 2 1 1 0 2 Williams. Signed QB D.J. Shockley, DT Vance Walker, Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 5:05 p.m. V. Singh 67-72-70—209 -4 OL Jose Valdez, OL Michael Butterworth, LB Robert Detroit 010 000 004 — 5 SMrshll p 0 0 0 0 AHrndz ss 4 0 1 0 Milwaukee S. Marino 70-68-71—209 -4 Texas at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m. Tampa Bay 012 000 000 — 3 Fukdm ph 1 0 0 0 Pelfrey p 3 1 1 0 Looper 7 8 1 1 2 1 James, WR Troy Bergeron and CB Glenn Sharpe. Minnesota at Toronto, 5:07 p.m. K. Streelman 70-68-71—209 -4 BUFFALO BILLS—Signed LB Alvin Bowen, RB Bruce DP—Detroit 1. LOB—Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 5. 2B— R.Wells p 2 0 0 0 Evans ph 1 0 0 0 Weathers 1 0 0 0 1 0 T. Matteson 66-71-72—209 -4 Baltimore at Boston, 5:10 p.m. Granderson (18), Zobrist (20). 3B—Polanco (4). HR— MHffpr ph 1 0 0 0 FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Hoffman 1 1 0 0 0 2 Hall, DB Cary Harris, WR C.J. Hawthorne, OL Nick Detroit at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m. L. Glover 69-68-72—209 -4 Hennessey, WR Felton Huggins, DT Corey Mace and TE A.Huff (14), Inge (27), Longoria (28). SB—Polanco (6). Miles ss 0 0 0 0 Coffey 1 1 0 0 1 1 T. Woods 70-67-72—209 -4 Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 6:11 p.m. IP H R ER BB SO Totals 33 2 6 2 Totals 35 4 11 4 C.Vargas 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jonathan Stupar to the practice squad. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 8:05 p.m. M. Letzig 68-68-73—209 -4 CAROLINA PANTHERS—Claimed RB Tyrell Sutton off Detroit Chicago 000 010 001 — 2 Stetter W,4-1 1 00 00 1 D. Toms 67-69-73—209 -4 E.Jackson W,12-6 8 6 3 3 3 4 Medders pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. waivers from Green Bay and DT Ra’Shon Harris from New York 000 110 20x — 4 K. Perry 69-72-69—210 -3 Pittsburgh. National League Lyon S,3-5 1 0 0 0 0 1 E—Ar.Ramirez (8), Dan.Murphy (12). LOB—Chicago 6, Umpires—Home, Rob Drake; First, Jerry Meals; Y. Yang 71-70-69—210 -3 Tampa Bay Second, Mike DiMuro; Third, Dale Scott. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Claimed DB Marquis Floyd All Times MDT New York 9. 2B—Soto 2 (15), A.Blanco (7). 3B— C. Villegas 70-69-71—210 -3 (Seattle), RB Cedric Peerman (Baltimore), DB W.Davis 7 3 1 1 1 9 Dan.Murphy (3). HR—Dan.Murphy (9). SB—Pagan (13). T—3:53. A—36,590 (41,900). B. Quigley 70-69-71—210 -3 EAST W L Pct GB Cormier H,4 11-3 1 0 0 0 2 DeAngelo Smith (Dallas) and OL Phil Trautwein (St. S—L.Castillo. B. Watson 68-71-71—210 -3 Louis) off waivers. Waived LB Marcus Benard, OL Philadelphia 77 57 .575 — Balfour 0 0 1 1 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO PIRATES 6, CARDINALS 5 J. Holmes 72-67-71—210 -3 Florida 72 65 .526 6½ Howell 0 0 1 1 1 0 Corey Hilliard and DB Bret Lockett. Reached an injury Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh D. Love Iii 69-70-71—210 -3 settlement with OL Fred Weary. Atlanta 70 67 .511 8½ Springer L,0-3 BS,2-2 0 3 2 2 0 0 R.Wells L,10-8 6 7 2 1 0 2 B. Gay 70-67-73—210 -3 New York 62 75 .453 16½ Choate 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 ab r h bi ab r h bi DALLAS COWBOYS—Signed WR Jesse Holley, CB Mike Gregg 2-3 3 2 2 1 1 Lugo 2b-ss 4 1 1 0 AMcCt cf 5 2 2 0 B. Davis 67-70-73—210 -3 Mickens, WR Manny Johnson, G Travis Bright, QB Rudy Washington 47 90 .343 31½ Balfour pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. S.Marshall 11-3 1 0 0 0 4 S. Piercy 67-69-74—210 -3 Howell pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. BrRyan ss 3 1 1 0 RVazqz 2b 4 0 0 0 Carpenter, TE Scott Chandler, FB Julius Crosslin and DE CENTRAL W L Pct GB New York Ankiel ph-lf 1 1 1 1 Doumit ph 1 0 1 1 P. Perez 70-65-75—210 -3 Marcus Dixon. Springer pitched to 3 batters in the 9th. Pelfrey W,10-10 8 5 1 1 1 5 N. Watney 71-69-71—211 -2 St. Louis 81 57 .587 — WP—E.Jackson. Pujols 1b 5 1 3 1 GJones 1b 5 1 2 1 DENVER BRONCOS—Signed TB Darius Walker, TE Fr.Rodriguez S,30-35 1 1 1 1 1 1 Hollidy lf 5 0 1 0 Milledg lf 4 0 1 1 B. Snedeker 70-70-71—211 -2 Marquez Branson, CB Tony Carter, CB D.J. Johnson, G Chicago 68 67 .504 11½ Umpires—Home, Laz Diaz; First, Eric Cooper; Second, WP—R.Wells. P. Mickelson 71-68-72—211 -2 Houston 66 70 .485 14 Mike Reilly; Third, Chuck Meriwether. Frnkln p 0 0 0 0 Moss rf 4 1 2 0 Mitch Erickson, LB Braxton Kelley, DL Everette Umpires—Home, Fieldin Culbreth; First, Jim Wolf; TMiller p 0 0 0 0 NWalkr 3b 3 1 1 0 D. Chopra 67-71-73—211 -2 Pedescleaux and WR Matthew Willis to the practice Milwaukee 66 70 .485 14 T—2:48. A—28,059 (36,973). Second, Adrian Johnson; Third, Gary Cederstrom. G. Owen 69-69-73—211 -2 Cincinnati 63 73 .463 17 T—2:44. A—39,593 (41,800). Ludwck rf 4 1 1 1 JChavz p 0 0 0 0 squad. Pittsburgh 54 81 .400 25½ Glaus 3b 4 0 0 0 Cedeno ss 4 0 1 2 W. Austin 67-70-74—211 -2 GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed QB Brian Brohm, WR BLUE JAYS 14, YANKEES 8 YMolin c 2 0 1 1 Jarmll c 4 0 3 1 G. Chalmers 67-70-74—211 -2 Jake Allen, CB Trevor Ford, LB Cyril Obiozor, RB Kregg WEST W L Pct GB New York Toronto REDS 4, BRAVES 2, 12 INNINGS Rasms cf 4 0 0 0 Mahlm p 1 0 0 0 B. Weekley 68-69-74—211 -2 Lumpkin, T Jamon Meredith, DE Ronald Talley and NT Los Angeles 81 57 .587 — ab r h bi ab r h bi Cincinnati Atlanta Pineiro p 3 0 0 0 DlwYn ph 1 0 0 0 J. Byrd 67-74-71—212 -1 Anthony Toribio to the practice squad. Colorado 77 60 .562 3½ Jeter ss 3 1 3 0 Scutaro ss 6 2 2 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi DReyes p 0 0 0 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 B. Estes 70-71-71—212 -1 HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed CB Dunta Robinson to a San Francisco 75 62 .547 5½ R.Pena ss-2b1 0 0 0 A.Hill 2b 5 3 2 3 Stubbs cf 5 1 3 1 McLoth cf 5 0 1 0 Motte p 0 0 0 0 AnLRc 3b 1 1 0 0 D. Points 69-70-73—212 -1 one-year contract. Arizona 61 77 .442 20 Damon lf 5 1 2 0 Lind dh 5 1 0 1 DMcDn rf-lf 5 0 1 1 Prado 3b 4 0 1 1 Schmkr ph-2b 1 0 0 0 L. Donald 69-72-72—213 E INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Claimed LB Cody Glenn off San Diego 61 77 .442 20 Teixeir 1b 4 1 1 0 Barajs c 5 1 2 1 Votto 1b 4 1 0 0 GAndrs lf 5 0 0 0 Totals 36 5 9 4 Totals 37 613 6 J. Henry 72-68-74—214 +1 waivers from Washington. Waived S Matt Giordano. Saturday’s Games Cervelli c 1 0 0 0 V.Wells cf 5 2 3 1 BPhllps 2b 5 0 0 0 Norton 1b 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 100 120 001 — 5 B. Baird 73-67-74—214 +1 Signed WR Sam Giguere, WR John Matthews, WR Taj Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 3 HMatsu dh 5 1 2 2 Encrnc 3b 4 1 1 2 Rolen 3b 5 1 1 0 AdLRc 1b 4 0 1 0 Pittsburgh 100 003 002 — 6 R. Imada 74-66-75—215 +2 Smith, RB Mike Hart, OG Jaimie Thomas, TE Colin San Francisco 3, Milwaukee 2 Swisher rf 4 2 2 3 R.Ruiz 1b 3 1 1 2 Gomes lf 4 0 1 0 Gorecki pr-lf 0 0 0 0 One out when winning run scored. R. S. Johnson 68-72-75—215 +2 Cloherty and DT John Gill to the practice squad. Florida 9, Washington 5 Cano 2b 3 0 0 0 Millar pr-1b 1 0 0 0 Balentn rf 0 0 0 0 M.Diaz rf 4 0 0 0 E—Cedeno (3), Jaramillo (4). LOB—St. Louis 9, F. Jacobson 70-68-77—215 +2 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Released QB Todd Bouman. Houston 5, Philadelphia 4 Hinske ph-3b2 0 1 0 Snider lf 4 1 1 1 ARosls ss 2 0 0 0 Conrad 2b 4 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 8. 2B—Lugo (9), Br.Ryan (14), Moss (18). J. Rose 69-70-77—216 +3 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Claimed OT Ryan O’Callaghan St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1, 10 innings HrstnJr 3b-ss3 1 1 0 Inglett rf 5 2 3 1 Herrer p 0 0 0 0 Infante ss 5 0 0 0 HR—Ankiel (11). S—Br.Ryan, Maholm. D. Trahan 71-70-76—217 +4 off waivers from New England. Waived OT Barry Cincinnati 3, Atlanta 1 MeCarr cf 4 1 1 3 Masset p 0 0 0 0 D.Ross c 4 2 1 1 IP H R ER BB SO B. Crane 73-68-78—219 +6 Richardson. Signed CB Jackie Bates, TE Tom Crabtree, Colorado 4, Arizona 1 JMolin c-1b 4 0 0 0 Barker ph 1 0 0 0 THudsn p 2 0 0 0 St. Louis DE Dion Gales, DE Bobby Greenwood, G Darryl Harris, L.A. Dodgers 7, San Diego 4 Totals 39 8 13 8 Totals 43 14 15 12 Owings p 0 0 0 1 KJhnsn ph 1 0 1 0 Pineiro 6 8 4 4 1 3 Champions Tour RB Javarris Williams and WR Rodney Wright to the Sunday’s Games New York 003 020 300 — 8 Arroyo pr 0 0 0 0 MGnzlz p 0 0 0 0 D.Reyes 1 0 0 0 0 0 practice squad. N.Y. Mets 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Toronto 301 082 00x — 14 Corder p 0 0 0 0 RSorin p 0 0 0 0 Motte 1 10 00 1 Walmart First Tee Open MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed QB John David Booty, RB Cincinnati 4, Atlanta 2, 12 innings E—Hairston Jr. (2), Teixeira (3), Cano (10), R.Pena (5). CMiller c 4 0 0 1 Moylan p 0 0 0 0 Franklin L,2-2 BS,3-401-3 3 2 2 0 0 Sunday Ian Johnson, TE Garrett Mills, OT Chris Clark, OT Drew Washington 5, Florida 4 DP—New York 1, Toronto 1. LOB—New York 8, Toronto Cueto p 2 1 1 0 McCnn ph 1 0 0 0 T.Miller 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pebble Beach Golf Links, Par 72, 6,837 Yards Radovich, WR Nick Moore, DT Tremaine Johnson and S Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 5 10. 2B—Teixeira (36), Swisher (29), A.Hill 2 (30), V.Wells Burton p 0 0 0 0 Kawkm p 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Del Monte Golf Course, Par 72, 7,192 Yards Colt Anderson to the practice squad. Waived C Jon Houston 4, Philadelphia 3 (31), Inglett (4). HR—Swisher (24), Me.Cabrera (12). SB— Janish ss 3 0 0 0 Church ph 1 0 0 0 Maholm 6 6 4 4 1 7 Pebble Beach, Calif. Cooper. Signed C Kory Lichtensteiger. Milwaukee 2, San Francisco 1, 12 innings Jeter (24), V.Wells (15). Totals 40 4 7 4 Totals 40 2 5 2 Hanrahan 2 0 0 0 2 2 Purse: $2.1 Million NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Traded DL Richard Seymour Colorado 13, Arizona 5 IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati 001 000 010 002 — 4 J.Chavez W,1-4 1 3 1 1 0 1 Final to Oakland for a 2011 first-round draft pick. San Diego 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 New York Atlanta 000 010 100 000 — 2 T.Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Charles Schwab Cup Points In Parentheses NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Signed QB Chase Daniel, WR Monday’s Games Mitre L,3-2 41-3 11 11 9 2 5 E—Cueto (2). DP—Cincinnati 1, Atlanta 1. LOB— HBP—by Maholm (Ludwick). J. Sluman (630), $315,000 65-73-68—206 -10 Adrian Arrington, DT DeMario Pressley, RB P.J. Hill, G Chicago Cubs (Lilly 10-8) at Pittsburgh (D.McCutchen Melancon 1-3 1 1 1 2 1 Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 8. 2B—Prado (25). 3B—Stubbs (1). Umpires—Home, Angel Hernandez; First, Randy Marsh; G. Jones (370), $184,800 68-70-70—208 -8 Tim Duckworth, WR Matt Simon, CB Danny Gorrer and 0-0), 10:35 a.m. Towers 31-3 3 2 1 0 1 HR—Stubbs (5), D.Ross (7). CS—Stubbs (2). SF—C.Miller. Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Marvin Hudson. T. Lehman (278), $138,600 71-65-73—209 -7 OT Jermey Parnell to the practice squad. Philadelphia (Happ 10-4) at Houston (Moehler 8-10), Toronto IP H R ER BB SO T—2:55. A—19,274 (38,362). M. O’meara (278), $138,600 67-67-75—209 -7 NEW YORK JETS—Waived RB Danny Woodhead, P 12:05 p.m. Tallet W,6-9 5 8 5 5 3 5 Cincinnati D. Eger (174), $86,800 68-73-69—210 -6 Reggie Hodges, OT Mike Kracalik and LB Brandon St. Louis (C.Carpenter 15-3) at Milwaukee (Bush 3-6), Wolfe 12-3 4 3 3 1 1 Cueto 6 3 1 1 2 9 O. Browne (174), $86,800 66-73-71—210 -6 Renkart. Claimed P A.J. Trapasso, TE Matthew 12:05 p.m. League 11-3 0 0 0 0 1 Burton 0 2 1 1 0 0 Saturday’s NL Late Box L. Roberts (174), $86,800 66-66-78—210 -6 Mulligan and FB Jason Davis off waivers. Acquired QB Cincinnati (H.Bailey 5-4) at Colorado (Jimenez 13-10), Camp 1 1 0 0 0 0 Herrera 12-3 0 0 0 0 0 DODGERS 7, PADRES 4 F. Funk (116), $57,750 69-71-71—211 -5 Kevin O’Connell from Detroit for an undisclosed draft 1:10 p.m. HBP—by Towers (R.Ruiz). WP—Mitre, Wolfe. Masset 11-3 0 0 0 0 0 T. Watson (116), $57,750 70-69-72—211 -5 pick. L.A. Dodgers (V.Padilla 1-0) at Arizona (Scherzer 9-8), Umpires—Home, Bob Davidson; First, Scott Barry; Owings W,7-12 2 0 0 0 2 1 San Diego Los Angeles T. Jenkins (116), $57,750 72-66-73—211 -5 OAKLAND RAIDERS—Released DT William Joseph. 1:40 p.m. Second, Jeff Nelson; Third, Tim Tschida. Cordero S,33-35 1 0 0 0 0 3 ab r h bi ab r h bi M. Mcnulty (116), $57,750 68-70-73—211 -5 Signed DE Greyson Gunheim, LBs Slade Norris and San Diego (Richard 4-1) at San Francisco (Penny 1-0), T—3:26. A—30,873 (49,539). Atlanta ECarer ss 5 2 3 0 Furcal ss 4 3 2 0 G. Hallberg, $44,100 69-72-71—212 -4 David Nixon, FB Marcel Reece, S Jerome Boyd and WR 2:05 p.m. T.Hudson 7 4 1 1 1 6 Eckstn 2b 3 0 1 0 Pierre lf 4 0 0 0 J. Cook, $44,100 68-71-73—212 -4 Jonathan Holland to the practice squad. Placed DB Tuesday’s Games ORIOLES 7, RANGERS 0 M.Gonzalez BS,6-15 1 1 1 1 0 2 AdGnzl 1b 4 0 1 1 Ethier rf 5 2 2 2 S. Simpson, $38,850 68-74-71—213 -3 Michael Hawkins on injured reserve. Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. R.Soriano 1 0 0 0 0 1 Kzmnff 3b 4 1 2 1 Kemp cf 5 1 0 1 T. Kite, $38,850 67-72-74—213 -3 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Released QB A.J. Feeley. Philadelphia at Washington, 5:05 p.m. Texas Baltimore Moylan 1 0 0 0 0 1 Headly lf 4 1 1 0 Loney 1b 2 0 2 2 K. Fergus, $33,600 70-75-69—214 -2 Claimed DT Antonio Dixon off waivers from Florida at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m. ab r h bi ab r h bi Kawakami L,7-11 2 2 2 2 2 0 OSalazr rf 4 0 1 0 Bellird 3b 4 0 1 0 J. Ozaki, $33,600 73-70-71—214 -2 Washington. Atlanta at Houston, 6:05 p.m. Borbon lf 4 0 0 0 BRorts 2b 5 0 2 2 Burton pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Hundly c 3 0 0 0 RMartn c 3 1 1 0 A. North, $33,600 69-71-74—214 -2 PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Signed RB Isaac Redman, C St. Louis at Milwaukee, 6:05 p.m. Andrus ss 4 0 1 0 Pie cf 4 0 1 0 HBP—by Cueto (Prado, Conrad), by Kawakami EdGnzl ph 1 0 1 1 OHudsn 2b 3 0 1 0 L. Nielsen, $28,665 72-70-73—215 -1 A.Q. Shipley, DT Steve McLendon, RB Justin Vincent, TE Cincinnati at Colorado, 6:40 p.m. Kinsler 2b 3 0 2 0 Reimld dh 3 0 0 1 (Owings). Gwynn cf 4 0 0 0 Wolf p 3 0 0 0 N. Price, $28,665 68-72-75—215 -1 Dezmond Sherrod and WR Tyler Grisham to the prac- L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 7:40 p.m. Germn 2b 0 0 0 0 Aubrey ph-dh1 0 0 0 Umpires—Home, Jerry Layne; First, Tony Randazzo; Latos p 1 0 0 0 Thome ph 1 0 0 0 J. Jacobs, $21,257 73-73-70—216 E tice squad. San Diego at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. M.Byrd cf 3 0 1 0 Markks rf 3 1 0 0 Second, Brian Gorman; Third, Chris Guccione. Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Troncs p 0 0 0 0 ST. LOUIS RAMS—Claimed DT LaJuan Ramsey off Gentry cf 1 0 0 0 Mora 3b 3 2 1 0 J. Pate, $21,257 71-74-71—216 E T—3:39. A—32,397 (49,743). Alfonzo ph 1 0 0 0 Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 F. Allem, $21,257 75-69-72—216 E waivers from Tennessee and DB Anthony Smith from Blalock dh 3 0 0 0 Wggntn 1b 4 1 3 0 Perdm p 0 0 0 0 JMcDnl p 0 0 0 0 Green Bay. Waived LB Quinton Culberson and WR Nate AL Boxes N.Cruz rf 4 0 2 0 Fiorntn lf 3 2 2 2 Macias ph 1 0 0 0 Broxtn p 0 0 0 0 M. Goodes, $21,257 71-71-74—216 E NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 4 A. Bean, $21,257 72-70-74—216 E Jones. Signed LB K.C. Asiodu, TE Eric Butler, DE Ian ATHLETICS 9, MARINERS 5 C.Davis 1b 3 0 0 0 Moeller c 4 0 2 2 R.Webb p 0 0 0 0 Tegrdn c 4 0 1 0 Andino ss 3 1 0 0 Florida Washington Venale ph 1 0 0 0 T. Simpson, $21,257 71-69-76—216 E Campbell, LB Dominic Douglas, CB Cord Parks and WR Seattle Oakland Vizquel 3b 4 0 0 0 ab r h bi ab r h bi Totals 36 4 10 3 Totals 34 7 9 5 A. Doyle, $21,257 71-69-76—216 E Sean Walker to practice squad. ab r h bi ab r h bi Totals 33 0 7 0 Totals 33 7 11 7 Coghln lf 5 1 2 1 WHarrs cf-2b 4 1 1 1 San Diego 101 000 002 — 4 M. Wiebe, $21,257 70-70-76—216 E SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed T Alex Boone, WR ISuzuki rf 5 1 3 0 Kenndy 3b 4 1 2 1 Texas 000 000 000 — 0 LNunez p 0 0 0 0 CGzmn ss 4 1 1 0 Los Angeles 220 201 00x — 7 B. Gilder, $21,257 69-68-79—216 E Dobson Collins, TE Joe Jon Finley, FB Brit Miller, DT FGtrrz cf 4 0 0 0 RDavis cf 5 1 1 0 Baltimore 020 400 10x — 7 NJhnsn 1b 5 0 2 2 Zmrmn 3b 5 1 1 2 E—E.Cabrera 3 (12), Ethier (4). LOB—San Diego 6, Los R. Cochran, $14,201 72-75-70—217 +1 Khalif Mitchell, RB Kory Sheets and WR Dominique JoLopz 1b 5 1 2 2 KSuzuk c 3 1 1 1 DP—Baltimore 1. LOB—Texas 9, Baltimore 8. 2B— HRmrz ss 3 1 1 1 A.Dunn 1b 4 0 1 0 Angeles 9. 2B—E.Cabrera (15), Furcal (22), Ethier (37), B. Wadkins, $14,201 72-72-73—217 +1 Zeigler to the practice squad. MSwny dh 5 1 4 1 Hairstn lf 4 0 0 1 Wigginton 2 (18), Moeller (7). SF—Reimold. Cantu 3b 4 0 1 0 Wlngh lf 3 0 0 0 Belliard (8). HR—Ethier (28). SB—E.Cabrera (21), Kemp J. Thorpe, $14,201 72-72-73—217 +1 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed S Lawyer Milloy to a one- Beltre 3b 4 1 0 0 Grcprr dh 4 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO Pinto p 0 0 0 0 Dukes rf 2 1 2 0 (30), R.Martin (10). CS—Loney (3). S—Eckstein. G. Morgan, $14,201 72-71-74—217 +1 year contract. Claimed OT Brandon Frye off waivers Hall lf 5 0 0 0 EPtrsn pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Texas Calero p 0 0 0 0 AlGnzlz 2b 3 0 1 0 IP H R ER BB SO R. Eaks, $14,201 71-71-75—217 +1 from Miami. Waived OT Kyle Williams. JaWlsn ss 4 1 1 0 M.Ellis 2b 4 1 2 2 Holland L,7-10 31-3 6 6 6 3 6 JoBakr ph-c 1 0 0 0 Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 San Diego C. Beck, $14,201 70-72-75—217 +1 WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S Lendy Holmes, DE JoWilsn 2b 2 0 1 0 Cust rf 3 0 1 0 Nippert 12-3 2 0 0 0 1 Uggla 2b 4 0 0 0 J.Bard ph 1 0 1 0 Latos L,4-5 3 3 4 2 5 4 M. Allen, $14,201 69-73-75—217 +1 Rob Jackson, WR Trent Shelton, DE J.D. Skolnitsky and RJhnsn c 3 0 1 2 RSwny rf 1 1 1 0 Strop 1 0 0 0 0 0 C.Ross rf 4 0 2 0 JPadill pr 0 1 0 0 Mujica 1 2 2 1 0 1 B. Lietzke, $14,201 73-68-76—217 +1 FB Eddie Williams to the practice squad. GrffyJr ph 1 0 0 0 DBartn 1b 2 2 1 2 Moscoso 1 2 1 1 1 1 RPauln c 4 0 1 0 Maxwll cf 0 0 0 0 Perdomo 3 4 1 1 1 5 H. Irwin, $10,920 76-70-72—218 +2 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Claimed DE Maurice Evans Johjim c 0 0 0 0 Pnngtn ss 3 1 3 2 D.Mathis 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bonifac pr 0 0 0 0 Nieves c 3 0 0 0 R.Webb 1 0 0 0 0 1 R. Black, $10,920 74-71-73—218 +2 and CB William Middleton off waivers. Signed CB Kyle Totals 38 5 12 5 Totals 33 913 9 Baltimore BCarrll lf 0 0 0 0 JMartn p 2 0 0 0 Los Angeles T. Purtzer, $10,920 75-69-74—218 +2 Arrington, WR Patrick Carter, DT Rashaad Duncan, RB Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho OBITUARIES/NATION Monday, September 7, 2009 Main 9 Samuel L. Morse Samuel L. Morse, alike. 40, of Mead, Wash., Sam is survived by Bottom line on public and formerly of his children, Sydney Twin Falls, Bellevue, and Baxter Morse, and Shoshone, who were always a passed away at his twinkle in his eye home in Mead on and the light in his insurance plan gets blurry Sept. 3, 2009. heart. Also by his A viewing for mom, Judy Morse By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar ership of health care legisla- insurance companies. In its included is as a last resort. family and friends will be and step-dad, Mike Buel; Associated Press writer tion that until now has been original form, supporters The government option held from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. sister, Shannon Morse; shaped by political conflicts envisioned a Medicare-like would only be rolled out if on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at brother, Cache (Anitra) WASHINGTON — The in Congress. Lawmakers plan in which the govern- after a few years, private White Mortuary “Chapel by Morse; sister, Beckett Obama administration’s return this week from a sum- ment pays the bills. But it insurers have failed to the Park” in Twin Falls with Hamilton; nephew, Tom bottom line on a government mer break that saw eroding would be financed through increase competition and an informal gathering to be Morse; niece, Cassandra health insurance option public support for an over- premiums paid by benefici- restrain costs. held during and after the Hamilton; uncles, aunts, blurred Sunday as White haul and contentious town aries, not taxpayer dollars. “If somehow the private viewing at the city park. cousins and more friends House officials stressed sup- hall meetings in their dis- While there’s strong sup- market doesn’t respond the Samuel Lloyd Morse was than anyone could imagine. port but stopped of short of tricts. port for a public plan among way it’s supposed to, then it born March 9, 1969, at We know the Teagan will calling it a must-have part of The idea of a public plan House Democrats, the votes would trigger a public option, Mountain Home, Idaho. He especially miss riding with an overhaul. has become a symbol for the appear to be lacking in the or a government-run grew up in Hansen, starting Sam. As President Obama pre- reach of government in a Senate. option,’’ Nelson said on school at Hansen Sam was preceded in pares for a Wednesday night revamped health care sys- Democratic Sen. Ben “State of the Union’’ on Elementary and finishing at death by Grandpa and speech to Congress in a risky tem. Supporters say it would Nelson of Nebraska, a swing CNN. “But only as a fail-safe Hansen High School. Grandma Bailey; Grandpa bid to salvage his top domes- give workers and their fami- vote on health care legisla- backstop.’’ Sam worked for several and Grandma Morse; uncles, tic priority, no other issue is lies similarly secure benefits tion, said the only way a White House spokesman businesses in and around the Tony, Mark and Luke Bailey; so highly charged. Obama’s as older people now get public plan should be Robert Gibbs, who joined Magic Valley for many years, aunt Sally Bailey,uncle, John liberal supporters consider through Medicare, while Axelrod in a giving them all of the loyalty Gilbert, cousin, Lance the proposal for a public plan leaving medical decisions up one-two ad- and dedication that lived Gilbert; cousin Sara to compete with private to doctors and patients. The ministration inside of him. Cameron and Sam’s very insurers do-or-die. plan would be offered punch on the Wherever Sam went, he best friend ever, Joe-dog. Republicans say it’s unac- alongside private cover- Sunday talk shows, made friends with ease,hav- Can’t you hear the uncles ceptable. It’s doubtful the age through a new said the president believes ing a word and a laugh for saying, “Grab a chair, Sam. public plan can pass the kind of purchas- a government plan would be everyone, young and old The coffee pot’s on.” Senate. ing pool “a valuable tool.’’But Gibbs White House political called an danced around the ques- adviser David Axelrod said insurance tion of whether it has to be DEATH NOTICES Obama is “not walking exchange. At least initially, in the final legislation. away’’ from a public plan. the exchange would be open “We’re not going to pre- But asked if the president to small employers and peo- judge what the process will Herbert F. Eilene M. would veto a bill that came to ple buying coverage on their be when we sign a bill, which him without the option, own. the president expects to do Hubbard Anderson Axelrod declined to answer. Insurers say they could “I’m this year,’’ he said on ABC’s HEYBURN — Herbert F. Eilene M. Anderson, 85, of The president “believes it never compete against the not “This Week.’’ Hubbard, 83, of Heyburn, Filer, died Sunday, Sept. 6, should be in the plan, and he price-setting power of gov- The uncertainty over the died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, 2009, at Bridgeview Estates expects to be in the plan, and ernment. Employer groups going to administration’s position at his home. in Twin Falls. that’s our position,’’Axelrod warn it would undermine the isn’t new.Health and Human Services are pending and Funeral Services will be told The Associated Press. system of job-based cover- deal in Services Secretary Kathleen will be announced by announced by Parke’s Magic Asked if that means a pub- age. hypotheticals. Sebelius said last month that Morrison Funeral Home & Valley Funeral Home, Twin lic plan has to be in the bill for A public option — or gov- a government alternative to Crematory. Falls. Obama to sign it, Axelrod ernment plan — has come to ...(Obama) private insurance is “not responded: “I’m not going to mean different things to dif- believes it’s the essential element’’ in deal in hypotheticals. ... He ferent people. Some say it revamping the system to Esther Wood Robert E. Lacy believes it’s important.’’ could be a public trust and important.” guarantee coverage for Esther Wood, 89, of Buhl, Robert E.Lacy,83,of Twin The biggest challenge independent of the govern- — White House political all and try to died Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, Falls, died Saturday, Sept. 5, Obama faces in his prime- ment: nonprofit co-ops curb unsustain- at Bridgeview Estates in 2009, at St. Luke’s Magic time address is to take own- could serve as a check on adviser David Axelrod able costs. Twin Falls. Valley Medical Center. Arrangements are under Cremation is under the the direction of Farmer direction of Serenity Funeral Funeral Chapel in Buhl. Chapel, Twin Falls. 2-year-old, 3 others dead in La. murder-suicide By Doug Simpson against him, Livingston with his father to protect ARK. 0 75 mi Associated Press writer Parish Sheriff’s Office his mother. SERVICES 0 75 km LOUISIANA Chief of Operations Perry MISS. Rushing said it appeared Lee E. Chojnackyof Jerome, Chapel, 710 Sixth St.; visita- HOLDEN, La. — A man Rushing said Sunday. Amber Carter, who was funeral Mass at 11 a.m.today at tion one hour before the serv- shot his estranged wife, son The father of the preg- Man killed family then self about six months pregnant,

St. Jerome’s Catholic Church, ice Tuesday at the chapel. and 2-year-old grandson to nant woman, Amber TEXAS and Masson Carter man- 216 Second Ave. E. in Jerome; death and seriously Carter, said the suspect had Baton Rouge Holden aged to escape from a sec- graveside committal service at Mel Meyer of Hazelton, wounded his pregnant a history of abusing his New Orleans ond-floor window but it 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Jerome funeral at 11 a.m. Tuesday at daughter-in-law at their estranged wife and recently was not clear if the gunman Cemetery, 900 W. Ave. I in White Mortuary in Twin Falls; rural Louisiana home, then tried to attack her with a shot them inside or fol- Gulf of Mexico Jerome. (Farnsworth visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. killed himself as police tried machete. lowed them outside and Mortuary in Jerome). today at the mortuary. to pull over his car 20 min- “This had been going on SOURCES: ESRI AP shot them there. utes later, authorities said. for quite some time,’’ Paul around 10:30 p.m. Saturday Rushing said deputies Michael Gail Thurston of Helen Poulsen Anderson of The pregnant woman Williamson said. “It was to the home in Holden, spotted Dennis Carter Sr. Burley, celebration of life at 2 Albion, funeral at 1 p.m. later gave birth, about three one of those domestic vio- about 30 miles east of Baton about 20 minutes after the p.m. today at Emerald Lake, Tuesday at the Albion LDS months early, her father lence things that just gets Rouge. Donna Carter, 49, shootings driving on a Freddy’s Pond, in Heyburn Church; visitation from 6 to 8 said. worse and worse.’’ and Dennis Carter Jr., 26, highway. When they tried (Rasmussen Funeral Home in p.m. today at Rasmussen The shootings late Another 16-month-old were dead inside. Dennis to pull him over,he shot and Burley). Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St. Saturday appeared to stem boy was in the house during Carter Jr.’s wife, Amber killed himself. in Burley, and noon to 12:45 from an ongoing dispute the shootings but was not Carter, was badly hurt and “It’s very unusual to have Martha Jane (Perry) Turner p.m. Tuesday at the church. between 50-year-old hurt. The child was related their son, Masson Carter, 2, this many victims,’’ of Boise, funeral Mass at 11 Dennis Carter Sr. and his to the Carters but Rushing was found dead outside. Rushing said. “This is an a.m. Tuesday at St. Mark’s Helen Bernice Hollifield of wife, Donna Carter, who was not sure how. Williamson said Carter anomaly by any stretch of Catholic Church, 7960 W. Hansen, funeral at 2 p.m. had a restraining order Authorities were called Jr. had previously fought the imagination.’’ Northview in Boise; vigil serv- Tuesday at Parke’s Magic ice at 7 p.m. today at the Valley Funeral Home, 2551 church; burial at 2:30 p.m. Kimberly Road in Twin Falls; Patient Spotlight Tuesday at Morris Hill visitation from 5 to 7 p.m. Lobbyists feel the pinch Cemetery (Accent Funeral today at the funeral home. Home in Meridian). Lola M. Crawford of as downturn hits K Street Etta Mae James Reynoldsof Shoshone, memorial service “My wife Burley, funeral Mass at 11 a.m. at 1 p.m. Friday at Demaray By Dan Eggen of The Washington Post. Tuesday at St. Nicholas Funeral Service, Gooding The Washington Post “If you can’t make payroll, Catholic Church, 802 F St. in Chapel. and you can’t get bridge doesn’t get Rupert; rosary at 6:30 p.m., WASHINGTON — In a loans like you used to, you with vigil service at 7 p.m., Jacky C. Bess of Buhl, year when Washington’s have to make a choice: Do today at the church; visitation memorial service at 11 a.m. influence industry should be you want to pay people to nearly as mad one hour before the rosary Sunday at the Jarbidge thriving, with epic battles represent you in Washington today and one hour before the Cemetery in Jarbidge, Nev. over health-care and energy or delay laying people off?’’ funeral Tuesday at the church legislation, lobbying in many said Nicholas Allard, co- at me now…” (Rasmussen Funeral Home in Lloyd G. Hann of Twin sectors is in marked decline chair of public policy and Burley). Falls, memorial gatherng from as defense contractors, real administrative law at Patton Jack Self, Kimberly 2 to 5 p.m.Oct.11 at his daugh- estate firms and other com- Boggs. Adeline Haag of Heyburn, ter, Colleen Latham’s home at panies pull back in a down Lobbying has been a major y wife funeral at 11 a.m. Tuesday at 383 Ridgeway Drive in Twin economy. growth industry in “ doesn’t get the Hansen Mortuary Rupert Falls. Overall spending on lob- Washington for the past M bying has leveled off for the decade. Spending on lobby- nearly as first time in a decade, ing more than doubled to mad at me now that I according to disclosure data $3.3 billion last year from Autopsy inconclusive on filed with Congress. $1.44 billion in 1999,accord- have my new Widex Lobbying revenue for many ing to disclosure records.The of the city’s most powerful number of registered lobby- hearing aids. boy found in septic tank advocacy firms, including ists rose in most of those I think my new hear- bellwethers such as Patton years, peaking at more than HOOKSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — declining to say how long that Boggs and Akin Gump 15,000 in 2007.That total has ing aids are great and the An autopsy was performed would take. “The cause and Strauss Hauer & Feld, shrunk to 12,500. service I get from Fritz and the staff at Sunday on the body of a 4- manner will be pending until plunged 10 percent or more Lobbying insiders say fac- year-old boy found stuffed in they’re done.’’ in the first half of the year. tors other than the economy Professional Hearing Aid Services has a septic tank, but a coroner Homicide charges are Washington also has are driving the numbers been excellent.” said more tests are needed to expected after the autopsy 2,200 fewer registered lob- down. Trade groups and pri- determine how he died. Police results are completed, but it byists than it did a year ago, vate corporations, for exam- are calling it a homicide inves- may take several days, state the lowest tally since shortly ple, are increasingly pouring Now Celebrating tigation. police said. after George W. Bush took resources into television ads, Our 22nd Wyatt Smitsky was report- “It is a homicide investiga- office in January 2001. grass-roots organizing and Anniversary! ed missing by his family tion,’’ Lt. Thomas Dubovi The primary reason for the other advocacy efforts not around 7:30 p.m. Friday. said. “We believe he (Wyatt) slump is the economy, counted under the narrow Twin Falls Hear better in background His body was found around could not have gotten into that according to many lobbyists definition of lobbying - noise. We’ll send you to lunch 12:45 p.m. Saturday after septic tank by himself. The and public-interest experts. required for House and  Falls Ave • Suite A to prove it! searchers drained a septic tank cover is too big for a 4-year- Companies tied to home Senate disclosure forms. on property near his home in old boy.’’ building, defense, trans- The Campaign Media Across from CSI Greene Township, Beaver In reporting him missing, portation, agriculture and Analysis Group estimates burley County,about 25 miles north- the boy’s family told police he other struggling sectors have that $75 million has been - Fritz Kippes, H.I.S. west of Pittsburgh, according was playing outside with two pared back on lobbying spent this year on television  E. th • Suite  Hearing Instrument to Pennsylvania State Police. sisters,ages 3 and 6.Hundreds expenses this year, some- spots related to the health- Inside Farmers Insurance Specialist “We want to do more tests,’’ of emergency personnel and times dramatically so, care debate. Much of that Beaver County Coroner Teri volunteers had searched for according to data analyzed effort is aimed at Congress, Honest Service • Reasonably Priced Hearing Aids Tatalovich-Rossi told the the boy in dense woods with by the Center for Responsive but none of it is considered Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the help of dogs. Politics (CRP) at the request lobbying. Complete Hearing Healthcare MAIN 10 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,2009 OPINION EDITOR STEVE CRUMP: (208) 735-3223 [email protected] QUOTABLE “I thought it was the end game, over. ... After all this, I got away lucky.'” — Convicted financier Bernard Madoff after SEC investigators queried OPINION him in 2006 about what account he was using to clear certain trades

EDITORIAL Where has Idaho’s It’s a somber Labor Day ASHINGTON — The first Labor organized labor gone? W Day, held in New York City in 1882, was less a celebration of the n this, the 127th Labor Day, take a dignity of work than a look at the Web sites of the Idaho demonstration in favor of AFL-CIO (http://www.idaaflcio.org) the eight-hour day, down and the Idaho Education Association from the prevailing 10 to 12 (http://www.idahoea.org). hours. Compared to then, OThey’re smart, relevant, passionate — but the American workers have content could have been written by somebody in come a long way. Congress Pittsburgh or Washington, D.C. made Labor Day a national Organized labor simply doesn’t get 21st century holiday in 1894, and over the years, it evolved into a Idaho, and vice versa. What was once one of the day off rather than a crucibles of the American labor movement has moment to reflect on the become its Siberia — and the most Republican state state of labor, broadly in America. defined and extending Since Idaho voters approved beyond unions. Well, not a Right to Work Law 23 years Our view: this year. ago, the Idaho labor movement It’s the bleakest Labor has largely melted away. Two Whatever Day since at least the early reasons are apparent: The state organized 1980s (unemployment in tion,”says economist Nigel economic forecasts could has imported the most conser- September 1982: 10.1 per- Gault of IHS. “Once the be wrong — just as upbeat labor in cent). With the unemploy- (Federal forecasts before the finan- vative Californians, Oregonians Idaho is ment rate at 9.7 percent in Reserve) was comfortable cial crisis were wrong. and Washingtonians, and the August and expected to go it had broken inflation, it Some economists are folks who run organized labor doing hasn’t higher, cheery news is Robert lowered interest rates, and warming to greater opti- in Idaho are out of touch. worked. scarce. Samuelson economic growth took off.” mism. “Global manufactur- The two giants of the post- The Economic Policy Interest-sensitive sectors — ers cut output too deeply,” war labor movement in Idaho Time for a Institute, a liberal think August found that 31 per- autos and housing — pro- says David Hensley of — Jim Kerns and Bob Kinghorn new game tank, has painted a statisti- cent of workers worried pelled recovery. By con- JPMorgan Chase. “People — were typical gun-toting, cal portrait of today’s labor about being laid off, up trast, today’s slump results thought we might be head- family-loving, socially conser- plan. market. Here are some from 15 percent a year ear- from financial crisis, Gault ed into another vative Idahoans. They didn’t lowlights: lier; 32 percent thought says. The Fed has already Depression.”Here and • Since the recession’s their wages might be cut, cut interest rates, which will abroad, he says, companies have to relate to their mostly What do start in December 2007,the up from 16 percent; and 46 probably go up. are reversing previous cut- Republican neighbors; shoot, you think? number of lost payroll jobs percent feared fringe bene- As overborrowed house- backs. “Businesses over- they were like their mostly We welcome totals 6.9 million. A third of fits might be reduced, up holds repay debt, their shot. They’ll snap back (in Republican neighbors. today’s jobless have been from 27 percent. spending will be sluggish. hiring); that will fuel con- And they understood Idaho, viewpoints unemployed more than six What’s most ominous is The weak recovery then sumer spending.”One good which is one reason why Frank from our months, almost double the not today’s job market; it’s retards new jobs. omen: In August, an index Church, Cecil Andrus and John share a year ago and a post- the outlook. After the 1981- The implications of pro- of online job vacancies rose Evans had such long and pros- readers on World War II high. 82 recession, unemploy- longed high unemployment 5 percent, reports the perous political careers in this and • Wage growth has ment dropped steadily from — should it materialize — Conference Board. America’s conservative other issues. slowed dramatically. In the an annual average of 9.7 haven’t been fully explored. Job creation has been an Valhalla. first half of 2007,all private percent in 1982 to 7.5 per- People without work don’t historic strength of the wages and salaries rose at cent in 1984 and 5.5 percent acquire on-the-job skills. American economy. Its Then along came Gary an annual rate of 3.7 per- in 1988. The descent this Young college graduates are capacity to remain so will Glenn, a brash young Reaganite who got himself cent; in the first half of time is expected to be much already having trouble get- increasingly frame the eco- elected to the Ada County Commission and shep- 2009, the increase was 1.3 slower. In 2014, the unem- ting work. High unemploy- nomic debate: between herded Right to Work into law in 1986. percent. ployment rate will still ment could depress wage those who want more gov- Glenn completely outmaneuvered Kinghorn, • The unemployment average 7.6 percent, fore- gains for years. ernment and those who Kerns and their allies by redefining them in the and “underemployment” casts IHS Global Insight, It could foster protec- want less; between those minds of most Idahoans as minions of Big Labor — rate is 16.8 percent — this which predicts a peak of 10 tionism and long-term who fear budget deficits and Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis’ includes the officially percent early next year. poverty.“In a tight econo- and those who favor more Democrats. unemployed plus all part- Reducing unemployment my like the late 1990s, firms economic “stimulus“; So in the quarter century since, Idaho workers time workers who’d prefer requires an economic are more willing to take between those who see have seen their economic well-being relative to full-time jobs, as well as expansion fast enough to chances on more disadvan- meager wage gains as discouraged and demoral- absorb today’s jobless plus taged workers,”says impeding recovery and entrepreneurs and the always powerful Idaho big- ized job-seekers who have the natural growth of the Harvard economist Larry those who see them as business community decline. stopped looking for work. labor force. Most forecast- Katz. EPI’s Lawrence encouraging hiring. On What should they do about it? Job anxiety has also ers expect a tepid recovery Mishel thinks the effects on Labor Day 2009, future jobs The rank-and-file, vote-for-your-local- increased sharply, accord- will only gradually dent low-income families would are the nation’s gigantic Democrat model hasn’t worked. It’s time labor ing to opinion surveys unemployment, despite be devastating; the child question mark. embraced different tactics: compiled by Karlyn slowing labor force growth. poverty rate could jump • Advocate for good jobs. South-central Idaho Bowman of the conserva- “The 1982 recession was from 18 percent in 2007 to Newsweek columnist has the state’s worst-paid workforce, and organized tive American Enterprise largely caused by the desire 27 percent, he says. Robert Samelson writes labor — theoretically in a position to wield some Institute. A Gallup poll in to break the back of infla- Of course, today’s bleak about economics. clout for Magic Valley food-processing and manu- facturing workers — hasn’t moved the needle a bit. So here’s a thought: AFL-CIO officials should ETTERS TO THE EDITOR angle for a seat on the Southern Idaho Economic L Development Organization board, and every other Kennedy’s legacy was ourselves.”He said legislators will have to Retiree dropped from economic development campaign in the state. They Kennedy’s reaction to suf- drastically revolutionize should lobby for creation of good jobs, not just triumph over tragedy fering and hardship our education and health health coverage transfer of wealth from employers to workers. President Barack reminded him of care systems and policies As a state retiree (I • Get to know some Republicans. Idaho organ- Obama’s eulogy delivered Wordsworth’s wise words: to make sure that every retired from the College of ized labor should break free from the Democtatic for Sen. Edward M. “As tempted more/more child can grow up to fulfill Southern Idaho after 25 Party to court Congressman Mike Simpson; Lt. Kennedy was very inspir- able to endure. As more their basic human poten- years), I am enrolled in the Gov. Brad Little; Attorney General Larry Wasden; ing. exposed to suffering and tial and serve their family State Retiree’s Blue Cross Obama spoke of distress/thence also more and nation as empowered, Program. It is the supple- Idaho Senate Assistant Majority Leader Joe Stegner; Kennedy as a man of tall alive to tenderness.” productive citizens like the ment to our Medicare pol- Joint-Finance Appropriations Committee stature who was also I couldn’t help but won- Kennedys had the privilege icy that we were forced to Chairman Dean Cameron, R-Rupert, and Sen. Tim afflicted with serious der how Sen. Kennedy’s of doing. carry. Corder, R-Mountain Home. They’re all authentic shortcomings. Obama positive attitude toward JERILYN FAY KELLE Imagine my surprise Republicans, but they’re dyed-in-the-wool stressed that Kennedy life’s hardships and his Twin Falls when I received a letter Idahoans first. All six share a commitment to ordi- could have succumbed to ultimate triumph over from Blue Cross stating nary citizens, and they take it seriously when the pain of a life-filled multiple tragedies would Honest citizen thanked that as of Jan. 1, 2010, all Idahoans can’t earn enough to support families. with great public and per- have been diminished and for bag return state retirees over the age • Embrace merit pay for teachers. The IEA would sonal tragedies and sur- whether or not he would of 65 were going to be do itself an incalculable favor if it shed its old, tired, rendered to “self-pity and have been able to make Recently, I lost a bag kicked off the policy. regret,”become “bitter such impressive contribu- containing prescription Guess we are just too old all-teachers-are-above-average ethos. It’s a credi- and hardened” and tions to our nation if he medicine with my name and feeble? bility issue. Idahoans want to know if teachers are “retreated” from a life of had not been born into a on it and other items pur- At any rate, the legisla- willing to step up in the pursuit of no-excuses aca- public service. family that possessed such chased at Walgreens on tion for the bill was spon- demic excellence. But Ted Kennedy chose great social-political capi- Blue Lakes Boulevard. I sored by Mr. Coiner and Organized labor has ceded most Idahoans to the not to. In the end, tal and was not able to searched everywhere until Mr. Lake. I cannot help but Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry. For Kennedy prevailed in both afford the best education Walgreens reported that a wonder if they, too, will be the good of us all, it’s time it took some back. his personal and public and health care money person found it and “kicked off” when they lives by not surrendering could buy. returned it to the store. turn 65. to his personal losses and If only it were possible The person did not leave If our state Legislature failings. for all Americans to obtain his or her name so I cannot can pull this kind of a Obama said Kennedy the practical means neces- thank the person person- stunt, imagine what our told him, “Individual sary to enjoy America’s ally, but through this let- national people will do if Brad Hurd . . . . publisher Steve Crump . ...Opinion editor faults and frailties are no blessings of liberty, like ter, I thank the honest per- we turn health coverage The members of the editorial board and writers of excuse to give in and no the best education and son. over to Congress. editorials are Brad Hurd, James G. Wright, exemption from the com- health care possible. LACY JOHNSON JOAN BRAWLEY Steve Crump, Bill Bitzenburg and Mary Lou Panatopoulos. mon obligation to give of To do that, however, our Twin Falls Twin Falls

T HE LIGHTER SIDE OF POLITICS Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau Mallard Fillmore By Bruce Tinsley Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho WORLD Monday, September 7, 2009 Main 11 U.S.-German rift emerges over Afghan deaths case The Associated Press McChrystal, visited the site KARZAI EDGES CLOSER TO 50% IN AFGHAN VOTE Saturday where two charred KABUL — An airstrike by trucks and yellow gas cans U.S. fighter jets that appears By Heidi Vogt fraud allegations. The head been releasing partial sat on a riverbed. He asked a to have killed Afghan civil- Associated Press writer of the Independent results, but says it will top commander in Regional ians could turn into a major Election Commission, complete the count from all Command North about the dispute for NATO allies KABUL — President Daoud Ali Najafi,said it was polling stations later this response time. Germany and the United Hamid Karzai nudged clos- not yet clear how many week. “Why didn’t RC-North States, as tensions began er to the 50 percent thresh- votes were affected. Those results won’t be come here quicker?’’ rising between them Sunday old needed to avoid a runoff With 74 percent of finalized until later this McChrystal asked Col. over Germany’s role in in Afghanistan’s election, polling stations counted, month, after a complaints Georg Klein, the command- ordering the attack. according to the latest Karzai is leading with 48.6 commission investigates er of the German base in Afghan officials say up to results released Sunday. percent. Top challenger more than 650 claims of Kunduz. 70 people were killed in the The Aug. 20 ballot has Abdullah Abdullah has 30.1 serious violations on voting “I can honestly say it was early morning airstrike AP photo been marred by accusa- percent. Karzai needs more day and after. These a mistake,’’ Klein answered, Friday in the northern German colonel Georg Klein is tions of vote-rigging and than 50 percent to avoid a include charges by in a discussion witnessed by province of Kunduz after pictured at the German base in election officials said they second round against Abdullah that Karzai sup- an Associated Press Taliban militants stole two Kunduz, Afghanistan, Sunday. An threw out results from 447 Abdullah. porters stuffed ballot boxes reporter. tanker trucks of fuel and vil- airstrike ordered by a German out of more than 26,000 The country’s election with tens of thousands of On Sunday, Smith said lagers gathered to siphon off commander Klein and carried out polling sites because of commission has slowly votes. that in McChrystal’s judg- gas. ment the response time Afghan and NATO inves- by U.S. fighter jets that appears used as suicide bombs. behind our commander’s He explained that it’s “was probably longer than it tigations are just beginning, to have killed Afghan civilians “If there were civilian decision’’ to order the air important to hold the should have been.’’ but both German and U.S. could turn into a major dispute casualties or injuries, of strike. ground after a strike and German troops in officials already appeared to between the two NATO allies, as course we deeply regret Meanwhile, Rear Adm. determine what happened Afghanistan have long been be trying to deflect blame. tensions began rising Sunday that. At the same time, it Gregory J. Smith, the top before the enemy comes out criticized for avoiding com- German Defense Minister over Germany’s role in the was clear that our soldiers U.S. and NATO spokesman with its own version of bat operations, even as mili- Franz Josef Jung said the attack. were in danger,’’ Jung said in the country, said German events. tants have increasingly infil- Taliban’s possession of the in comments to Ger- troops let too many hours The top U.S. and NATO trated northern Afghanistan two tankers “posed an acute German officials have said man broadcasters. “Conse- pass before visiting the site commander in Afghanistan, the last year, destabilizing threat to our soldiers.’’ the tankers might have been quently, I stand clearly of the bombing Friday. U.S. Gen. Stanley the once-peaceful region. 9 dead, 926 rescued from Arms dealer’s arrest exposes capsized Philippine ferry Iran’s smuggling By Devlin Barrett Often, those networks tar- Associated Press writer get U.S. suppliers, which are the best source of high-quali- Philippine Naval Forces Western Mindanao,/AP photos WASHINGTON — The ty military equipment. In this photo released by the Philippine Naval arrest of a reputed arms dealer “Our military technology is Forces Western Mindanao, navy ships approach known as “The Field the foremost in the world in the tilted Superferry 9 off Zamboanga del Norte Marshal’’ is the latest success terms of quality and design province, southern Philippines, Sunday. Rescuers in a global cat-and-mouse and manufacture, so there’s transferred 900 of 968 passengers and crewmen game between federal agents an obvious desire to obtain it,’’ to two nearby commercial ships, a navy gunboat and a network of said Steven Pelak, shadowy business deputy chief of the and a fishing boat from the sinking ferry. figures trying to Justice Department’s smuggle weapons counterespionage and equipment to section. Iran from the country “Are we ever going most determined to to completely stop it? stop them: the United No. Are we going to States. Monsieur put a dent in it? Yes,’’ Jacques Monsieur, he said. a Belgian long pursued by var- Pelak said recent successes ious governments for shipping with the United Arab Emirates military supplies to trouble in shutting down Iranian net- spots around the world, was works operating there have led arrested in late August after an some suspects to shift efforts undercover Immigration and to Malaysia. While many of Customs Enforcement inves- the cases involve engine parts tigation. He is accused of try- and equipment, those same ing to buy fighter jet engines networks could be used to for Iran. His lawyer said he obtain more deadly material, By Jim Gomez passenger Reymark Belgira. all was well. About two plans to plead not guilty. he said. Associated Press writer He said he saw parents toss- hours later he was awoken Monsieur’s case — based on “They are ready and willing ing children to people on life by the sound of crashing clandestine meetings in to move all sorts of items,’’ MANILA, Philippines — rafts below,but he could not cargo below his cabin, he London and Paris before his Pelak said. Passengers leapt into the immediately jump himself. told DZMM radio. arrest in New York — may be Charges filed against a vari- dark sea and parents “I held on to the ferry for “People began to panic the most unusual among a ety of individuals outline what dropped children into life hours until day break. I because the ship was really slew of U.S. charges against authorities call sophisticated rafts from a stricken ferry couldn’t jump into the tilting,’’he said as he waited people accused of trying to and far-reaching attempts by carrying nearly 1,000 peo- water in the dark,’’ Belgira for rescuers to save him and violate the arms embargo on Iran to evade sanctions and ple after it capsized in the said. a group of more than 20 Iran. acquire restricted weapons middle of the night in the Rescuers transferred 926 other passengers. Monsieur apparently was technology,including: southern Philippines. of 968 passengers and Navy ships were deployed imprisoned for a time by • A Toronto man charged Nine people died and crewmen to two nearby and three military aircraft Iranian authorities after skirt- with trying to get devices used more than 30 were missing commercial ships, a navy scoured the seas, Defense ing charges in Europe for sev- with enriched uranium from a Sunday though rescue gunboat and a fishing boat, Secretary Gilbert Teodoro eral years and claiming in a U.S. company in order to send efforts saved about 900 ter- Tamayo said. A search was said. American troops pro- 2004 interview he had an them to Iran. rified victims on the under way for 33 missing viding counterterrorism unspecified relationship with • A man charged in Superferry 9 after turned on people. training to Philippine sol- U.S. intelligence officials. California with overseeing an its side 9 miles off “We really hope they’re diers in the region deployed According to Pat Rowan, a international network that Zamboanga del Norte just unaccounted for due to a civilian helicopter and five A woman and a girl passenger of former Justice Department allegedly purchased thou- province. the confusion,’’Tamayo told boats, some carrying para- the sunken Superferry 9 arrive at official, Iran’s ability to sands of military and com- The vessel’s violent rota- The Associated Press. medics, to help, U.S. Col. the southern port city of acquire such equipment mercial items from U.S. com- tion roused frightened pas- A coast guard statement William Coultrup said. Zamboanga, Philippines, Sunday. depends on middle men oper- panies, shipping them sengers from their sleep and said rescue efforts were Teodoro said two men ating “shady companies through Malaysia to Iran. sent many jumping in the continuing through the and a child drowned during said, adding three people around the world.’’ Authorities charge the mate- darkness into the water, night. the scramble to escape the were injured. “It’s an extraordinary net- rial was sent to two Iranian coast guard chief Admiral Passenger Roger Cinciron ship. The bodies of two A Canadian tourist, work they’ve developed to military entities declared off Wilfredo Tamayo said. said he felt the ferry tilting other passengers were later Jeffrey Predchuz, was work around the web of sanc- limits by the U.S. for their role Many aboard panicked as at about midnight but was plucked from the sea by among the survivors, offi- tions that’s intended to stop in Iran’s nuclear and ballistic the huge ferry listed, said assured by a crewman that fishermen, the coast guard cials said. them,’’he said. missile program. China Xinjiang chief survives political firestorm BEIJING (AP) — As leader of won a partial victory with the Paramilitary forces main- Residents told reporters the volatile far western firing of Urumqi’s Communist tained a strong presence on they were basically satisfied Xinjiang territory for 15 years, Party Secretary Li Zhi and the Urumqi’s streets on with the dismissals and want- Wang Lequan is the closest Xinjiang’s regional police Sunday, but there was no sign ed a return to normalcy — China has to a regional strong- chief. Wang, 64, escaped of new protests of the sort that although they repeated man. without so much as a repri- had called for Wang’s ouster demands for a speedy end to So it’s little wonder a recent mand. and forced him to address the needle attacks and prose- purge of lower-ranking offi- “Wang Lequan is too big,’’ demonstrators outside his cutions of suspects in the July cials over a spate of bloody said an Urumqi beverage seller office on Thursday. riots that killed 197 people. unrest has done nothing to clip on Sunday, who would give his authority, underscoring only his surname, Chen, for both the extent of his power fear of official reprisals.“There and China’s extreme sensitivi- is nothing you can do.’’ Sponsor a Pet! ty over any changes in the If anything, last week’s leadership of this strategic, protests may have strength- conflict-ridden territory. ened Wang’s position because Angry protesters poured Beijing will always favor a into the streets of the regional tough approach toward ethnic capital Urumqi last week, unrest, even if that just aggra- demanding the removal of vates the tensions, said Wang and other officials over Michael Davis, a professor of deadly ethnic rioting in July law at the Chinese University $39 a month is all it takes to sponsor a pet for the and a string of unnerving nee- of Hong Kong. Animal Shelter here in Twin Falls. You can buy a dle attacks blamed by the gov- “The government has spot on our Adopt-A-Pet page, which runs once a ernment on Muslim sepa- shown that every time this month, and helps fi nd good homes for local, ratists.Officials say five people problem flares, rather than adoptable pets. Remember to spay or neuter your died in the protests and 21 have reconsider the problem, they pets before you bring them home. been detained on suspicion of crack down, and the hard-lin- stabbing people with needles. ers take a dominant position,’’ For more information call Karen at 735-3270 or email: [email protected] On Saturday, the protesters Davis said. Main 12 Monday, September 7, 2009 Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

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AP file photo French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier takes the catwalk the natural way with model Crystal Renn in 2005 at the end of the presentation of his spring/summer 2006 collection, in Paris. Enhancers forbidden in Plus-size model bodybuilding Crystal Renn fits contest in her own skin By Melissa Davlin Times-News writer By Samantha Critchell Associated Press writer lair Thompson wears This photo released by heels to the weight NEW YORK — Crystal PMK shows model Crystal B room. Renn was miserable as a Renn early in her career. On a recent Friday after- super-thin model who had noon, the 28-year-old heart palpitations strutted through Flex when she’d worry Fitness in Jerome, practicing that there might be her stage presence and calories in Diet smiling into the mirror, pos- Coke. ing and flexing her muscles. As she powers through her daily routine Aug. 28, Blair Thompson’s muscles get a workout. She will compete in Her moment of She is training for the first the Flex Fitness natural body building contest on Sept. 12 in Twin Falls. epiphany came Flex Fitness Natural when “I couldn’t Bodybuilding and Figure walk another step Contest, geared for body without being builders who don’t use exhausted,or having enhancers to build their hair clumps falling bulk. out.’’ She knew she That means no Fen-Phen, needed to live in the no diuretics, no muscle body she was sup- implants, no plastic surgery. Magicvalley.com posed to have — Contestants must submit to WATCH a video interview specifically a curvy lie detector tests, random with Blair Thompson. size 12. uranalysis and can’t have In a new memoir used enhancers for seven “Hungry,’’ Renn, years prior to the competi- She alternates her carbo- now a plus-size model, tion. Mainstream body- hydrate intake to confuse exposes her struggles with “I got to my lowest building contests don’t test her metabolism and burn weight, health and self- point, when I for drugs, said Vanessa Blair Thompson’s trainer Vanessa Toolson of Flex Fitness says petite the most fat. On the low- esteem, fueled by the Toolson, owner of Flex frames like Thompson’s are made for natural body building. She will com- carb days, she’s tired and industry she says she still couldn’t go lower, Fitness. pete Sept. 12 in a natural body building competition in Twin Falls. grumpy. loves. and it was either, The contest has three “I’m pretty laid back, but That is, she loves it now categories: Men’s it definitely brings out the that she has been accepted ‘I’m going to die and Bodybuilding, Women’s suits, makeup and fancy day, starting before her 4- worst in you,” she said. — even embraced — by the Bodybuilding and Figure. hair-dos. year-old daughter wakes It’s also an expensive fashion world. not accomplish the Figure competitors, like “It’s a more glamorous up. hobby. In the months lead- “I got to my lowest point, dream,’or, ‘I can Thompson, have softer side of body building,” Thompson also adheres ing up to a competition, when I couldn’t go lower, bodies than the muscular Toolson said. to a strict diet — the worst See MUSCLES, H&F 2 and it was either,‘I’m going become a plus-size women who compete That’s not to say it’s part, she and Toolson to die and not accomplish model and keep the in bodybuilding. wimpier. Figure competitors agreed. the dream,’ or, ‘I can Even their presenta- still have well-defined mus- “You cannot understand become a plus-size model dream.’” tion is more femi- cles. When preparing for a the willpower,” Toolson and keep the dream,’” she — Crystal Renn nine: they wear show, Thompson said. “She cannot eat what said in an interview. “I am high heels, glit- trains up to she wants for four to healthy now, the healthiest tery two-piece four times a six months.” I’ve ever been in my life — modeling and magazine both physically and men- industries have been tally.’’ receptive to the idea, she Writing “Hungry’’ with said, noting that she’s still Marjorie Ingall for Simon & working with her fuller fig- Schuster was an important ure in Vogue, Glamour, on part of the healing process, the runway with Jean Paul said Renn, 23. Gaultier and in ads for She had told her story Dolce & Gabbana. before, but always in a It’s often not the typical quick hit for some maga- “pretty girl’’ who makes zine celebrating the novelty the biggest splash anyway, Photos by of an hourglass shape on its she said, explaining that MEAGAN THOMPSON/ pages. The book is her when a modeling scout Times-News attempt to move the needle first laid eyes on her as a on how people — everyone chubby cheerleader, he was from wide-eyed young the only person other than girls to jaded fashion insid- her mother who said she ers — perceive beauty. was beautiful. “I’d like to see everyone Still, Renn is not ready to take on the attitude that declare that runways will there are women of all dif- be filled with curvy types ferent shapes and sizes as anytime soon. ‘the beauty ideal,’ and that “I believe there is a cycle it’s not one type or another. to everything — Wall Where: There are women who are Street, the housing market, College of Southern naturally a size 2 — you and modeling, too. Back in Idaho Fine Arts Center Blair Thompson’s back muscles can’t forget them, and the Victorian days, it was When: Saturday, Prejudging at flex as she powers through a that’s discrimination the all about a full figure, in the 9 a.m., main event at 4 p.m. set Aug. 28 during her daily other way,’’Renn said. “All ’50s, it was about the Price: $25; $12 for anyone with mil- workout routine at Flex Fitness. women bring something boobs, in the ’80s it was itary ID or active school ID, free for Thompson will compete in a different to the table and shoulders and in the ’90s it kids under 8. Prices include morning natural body building contest we have to appreciate them was waifs,’’she said.“It can judging and evening show. on Sept. 12 in Twin Falls. all.’’ SEE THEM FLEX Information: myflexfitness.com Some in the fashion, See MODELS, H&F 2 Healthy & Fit 2 Monday, September 7, 2009 HEALTHY & FIT Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

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All 4,500 stores around the This week’s topic: Information: Lisa Junod, men are at risk for prostate world — say the sandal was Storytelling. The session is 734-9422. cancer and about one man in designed to be a workout educational support for par- six will be diagnosed during while you walk, with “side ents and babies. A baby scale his lifetime, according to a effects’’ of comfort and is available each week. Learn CPR news release from St Luke’s. relief from chronic lower Free; 324-6133. “Heartsaver Cardio-pul- For appointments: St. back pain. monary Resuscitation” class, Luke’s at 737-2998, and The premise of the 6-10 p.m. Thursday, in the press option “2.” AP photo FitFlop’s rubber sole with Childbirth refresher Sage Room at St. Luke’s different densities (also Orthopedic surgeon Marc Umlas holds a pair of FitFlops at Mt. Sinai Childbirth refresher Education Center, 588 Autism spectrum known as the micro-wob- Hospital in Miami Beach, Fla. course, 6:30-9 p.m. Addison Ave.W.in Twin Falls. ble board) is that it helps Tuesday, in the lobby at St. Topics: Infant, child and disorders tone because it creates duration of wearing the shoes to wear. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical adult CPR, and automated Informative workshop on instability during walking, shoe. As for an extra workout in Center’s downtown campus, external defibrillators. autism spectrum disorders forcing leg muscles to work I wore the FitFlops inter- a walk? They said it is pos- 660 Shoshone St. E. in Twin Cost is $36. (ASD), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sept. harder to maintain posture mittently for about two sible theoretically, but hard Falls. Preregistration required; 16, at Primary Therapy and balance. Skechers and weeks and I did feel the to quantify. Topics: Review of child- 737-2007. Source, 254 River Vista Dr. Scholl’s make their own familiar burn of exercise in “The big question in my birth preparation and Place. versions. my knees and back leg mind is to what extent is breathing techniques and a Parents, caregivers, edu- Dr. Phil Graham-Smith, muscles. I scanned myself this enough of a wobble video tour of the Women’s About C-sections cators and the general public head of the Directorate of in the mirror daily to see if that it actually produces a and Infants Center. Caesarean childbirth will learn about ASD and the Sport at the University of there was any minute dif- medical effect, where Cost is $20. Pre-registra- class,6:30-9 p.m.Thursday, treatment options that can Salford, did an independ- ference and I have to say I you’re actually toning mus- tion required; 732-3148. in the lobby at St. Luke’s help children, families, ent study on the shoe. He felt better, even if I couldn’t cles and building strength,’’ downtown campus, 660 teachers and others deal said data has indicated that see a difference. said Marc Umlas, an ortho- Shoshone St. E. in Twin with the challenges ASD calf and thigh muscles My pair was red and pedic surgeon at Mount About childbirth Falls. presents, organizers said. were activated for longer white, but there are other Sinai Medical Center in The birthing class of St. Topics: Caesarean deliv- Physical, occupational during walking with these styles with sequins, suede Miami Beach. “The other Benedicts’ prepared child- eries, pain management, and speech therapists will shoes, and that the speed and bright colors with trans- question is to what extent birth series, 7-9 p.m. non-conforming labors and provide information about of walking was slightly parent soles. (Women’s san- does it cause damage? We Wednesday, at Jerome hospital procedures. their roles in working with faster. dals range from about $50 don’t know how much this Ambulance Building, 240 E. Free. Preregistration children with ASD and their He’s still studying the to $60, while men’s go for can increase in sprains or Main St. required: 732-3148. families. Dr. Nancy Mann, a effects. about $60.) When I got strains or other muscular Topics: the birth process local pediatrician specializ- “I think the comfort ele- caught in a torrential South skeletal injuries.’’ and breathing techniques. Breastfeeding ing in behavioral health, will ment of it is that you proba- Florida summer rainstorm He added that women Bring a labor support person, provide insight critical to the bly feel more motivated to one weekend, the red dye have been wearing narrow, if possible. Mothers may and employment team approach. Attendees do more exercise as well,’’ ran all over my toes making high-heeled shoes that cre- enroll even if their babies will A two-part class to help can share experiences and he said. me look like I had cut ate a wobble for ages. be born at a different hospi- successfully combine ask questions. The idea was to mimic myself. Podiatrist James Losito of tal. The class is offered sepa- breastfeeding and employ- Free; 734-7333. the natural roll of the foot, A Miami-based orthope- the Barry University Foot & rately, or as part of the child- ment. Does not replace a said Dr. David Cook, senior dic surgeon and a podiatrist Ankle Institute said walking birth series. basic breastfeeding class. “To do for you” is a listing lecturer of biomechanics at who were asked to examine barefoot isn’t necessarily a Fee is $5. Register: 324- The first class, before of health-related activities, London South Bank the shoe both said that good thing nowadays. 6133. birth, helps with pump events and education. University, who along with wearing an uneven shoe “Walking barefoot isn’t selection and milk storage. Submit information by a doctoral student created could actually create more something we would rec- The second, after birth, Thursday for publication in the FitFlop. Cook also said problems for people with ommend for most people About Alzheimer’s helps choose appropriate the following Monday’s toning depends on a per- foot conditions and that based on the terrains of our Alzheimer’s Support bottle nipple and pump Healthy & Fit section. E-mail son’s diet, exercise and sandals are not the safest civilization,’’he said. Group meetings, 6-7 p.m. schedule. notices to ramona@magic- Wednesday and 2-3 p.m. Cost is $25 for the two- valley.com.

Models The Natural Way Health Store Over 30 Years Professional Experience, Quality Products & Personalized Service Continued from H&F 1 In hindsight, however, she is my moment. I remember phers and styled by one of only go up from here.’’ cringes at her early modeling him saying, ‘We’ve got it,’ our important editors,’’ said CUSTOMER APPRECIATION In the more recent past, photos, as she focuses on the and I remember thinking, spokesman Patrick O’Con- say 2008, Renn writes in her graying skin and lifeless ‘This is my time.’ nell. “And Crystal certainly book that she started to see a eyes. Once she joined the Everything I was working is a beautiful model.’’ Sept.1 - Oct.31 greater variety of models on “12+’’ group at Ford Models, toward, taking a chance on Renn has taken her mind the designer catwalks, and Renn said she finally started becoming a plus-size off 24-7 dieting and is more we’re not just talking some seeing images of the young model, following my involved in the lives of her 20% DISCOUNT size 2s and 4s. There also woman she knew she was dream, and now everything friends and family, she said. Quality Products at Everyday Discounts. No Membership Fee. Mail Orders. were girls with different hair meant to be. is happening in front of my Flashes of fears about her Downtown Twin Falls • 117 Gooding Street West • 208-733-7735 color, skin color and body (On the day she decided to eyes,’’Renn said. thighs — the bane of her types, she observed. switch gears of her career, The American edition of skinny-model time of her Fashion alone isn’t to she celebrated with a salad Vogue is unrivaled in its life — still cross her mind, blame for the idea of car- with salmon and nuts on it. power in fashion publishing. but she has learned to get Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine bon-copy beauty, nor is it to It was, she wrote, a really big Using plus-size models is over them quickly: She’ll blame for all the girls out deal.) not the norm, but it’s not find her “positives’’ to dis- BACK & NECK PAIN there with eating disorders, Renn’s favorite photo of unheard of, and there is an tract her. SCIATICA Renn said. But she added herself was shot in 2004 by annual issue that celebrates “I love my cheekbones. I that fashion does help create Steven Meisel for Vogue. It the idea of “shape.’’ highlight them,’’she said. “I INSOMNIA the lens through which oth- emphasized her mane of The Meisel picture “is a also love my eyebrows. I WEIGHT LOSS ers, like the chubby cheer- raven-colored hair and real quintessential Vogue por- have good thick healthy hair WOMEN’S HEALTH leader she was in Clinton, cleavage. trait, taken by one of our — and that shows how far Miss., see themselves. “That shot — I knew this most important photogra- I’ve come.’’ HEADACHESEAD & MIGRAINES DANA HENRY QUITUIT SMOKING MSOM, L. AC. Foot Clinic ALLERGY Muscles Hips • Arch / Heel Pain • Toe / Joint Pain DEPRESSIONE • Ingrown Toenails • Toenail Problems Continued from H&F 1 to compete, according to INDIGESTIONND EquilibriaqPIONEER BLDG. STE. 100 Toolson. don’t lie • Corns / Calluses • Other Foot Problems 139 RIVER VISTA PLACE TWIN FALLS, ID 83301 Thompson spends up to “Most people, especially Older women bring Timothy G. Tomlinson, DPM 208.720.7595 $600 in supplements and in this area, shy away from wisdom, grace 1120 Montana • Gooding • 934-8829 protein shakes. Other body building in general to belly dance troupe. expenses include travel, because they think it’s all NEXT WEEK entry fees, professional hair the freaks of nature,” she IN HEALTHY &FIT and makeup and fake tans. said. Her suit is custom-made Normally, Toolson com- and cost $200. And even if petes in Figure, but she is Light & Dark Chocolate Covered she does well — she placed taking a hiatus after giving Orange & Rasberry Sticks 2009 fourth in her first competi- birth to her 4-month-old tion — she won’t recoup daughter, Danika. In the $825/lb Saturday, October 3 any of those costs. meantime, she is enjoying “As an amateur, you coaching her protégés and Fresh Caramel Corn 7 a.m. – 2 p.m. don’t win any money,” bringing the sport she loves 1 lb & 1/2 lb sizes Magic Valley Mall $ 90 Toolson said. to southern Idaho. /lb Though there are a hand- 5 ful of competitors from the Melissa Davlin may be Fresh Peanut Brittle ~ Free Screenings ~ Magic Valley, most will reached at 208-735-3234 or 1 lb & 1/2 lb sizes come from Boise and Utah [email protected]. $ 30 ~ Low Cost Bloodwork ~ 6 /lb LOOSE DENTURES? Almond Bark ~ Flu Shots ~ Milk, Dark & White Chocolate AND MUCH MORE! $ 85 11 /lb Now you can have what you crave! NEW THIS YEAR: Super Colon walk-through display & Free Educational Seminars With new mini dental implant technology you can enjoy secure eating comfort again. Watch the Times-News for more information! In one short procedure you can have a Co-sponsored by: stable denture with no surgical sutures nor the typical months of healing.

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